In The Lawful Universe

By: BrahmaKumari (BK) Shagun Saini

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 INTRODUCTION
The universe—and everything in it—is made of energy.
At the subatomic level, everything is pure energy.
Everything, without exception. The food you eat is
energy. The water you drink is energy. The bed you
sleep on is energy. The computer you use is energy. The
Book in which you are reading this is also energy. In
fact, you yourself are pure energy! And so is your
spouse, your children, your parents, your boss, your pet,
your friends and your relatives. Even the people you are
not particularly fond of are—at the subatomic level—
made up of pure, unadulterated energy.

We—each of us—is an energy system operating in a

larger energy system we call the universe. This is the
fundamental truth. This means that our physical bodies
and our thoughts are made up of the same energy.
Knowing this, we can begin to transform our lives in
ways that we have hither to never imagined.

Our physical bodies are much denser forms of energy

compared to our thoughts, which are much more subtle
energy. But our thoughts, though subtle, are a more
powerful form of energy because they empower us to
create something out of nothing. Think about it. Before
anything is built in our physical reality, it is first
conceived in the mind. You would have probably seen
many new flyovers on city roads. A decade ago, these
flyovers did not exist. Before being manifested in the
physical reality, these flyovers were conceived in the
collective minds of the civic administrators, civil
engineers, construction workers and many more people.
So, energy works individually or collectively.

German Physicist Max Planck’s in his Nobel Prize

acceptance speech said “As a man who has devoted his
whole life to the most clear-headed science, to the study
of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research into
atoms this much. There is no matter, as such. All matter
originates and exists only by virtue of a force which
brings the particles of the atom to vibration. I must
assume behind this force the existence of a conscious
and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all
matter”.

We cannot achieve in our physical reality, what we

cannot conceive in our minds. All manifestation starts
with thoughts. When W Clement Stone said, “Whatever
the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can
achieve,” he was sharing with us this version of the
fundamental truth—that our thoughts are powerful form
of energy that, when channelized effectively, could
achieve astounding results. Stone was an American
businessman, author, and philanthropist who advocated
and practiced Positive Mental Attitude [PMA].

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PMA can be easily understood from the energy
perspective. One of the greatest scientists ever born, and
a genius in his own right, Albert Einstein declared:
“Energy can neither be created, nor destroyed. It can
only change its form.” Quantum physics states that
energy and mass are interchangeable. The moment we
understand this, limitless possibilities open up. For
instance, if thoughts are energy, then thoughts can
become things. Now, if our thoughts are positive, then it
follows that positive events will manifest for us. The
opposite is also true. Negative thoughts are equally
powerful and bring about what we don’t want for us.
Therefore, it is in our best interest not to dwell on what
we don’t want, and instead focus on what we want.

The greatest power that ever existed in this universe is

the creator of this world, the universe itself, now the
question arises is who is the creator, for different
religious sects there is a different name for that divine
energy, for different schools of thoughts exists different
laws behind the working of this universe, so the question
arises, what is the ultimate truth, Answer can vary but
the most accepted answer is Universe "SHIVA", Shiva is
not to be entangled with any religious thought Shiva the
supreme father, it is the Universe itself. OM NAMAH
SIVAYA which means Soul, Earth, Water, Fire, Pranic
Air, sky its total meaning is Universal Consciousness is
one.

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The Universal Laws Are the Key to Conscious
Living
Knowing and correctly applying the Universal laws, you
will succeed in any field – whether you want to split an
atom, build an Empire or just live happily. Why am I so
sure? Because the universe doesn’t care whether you’re a
good person or a bad One. The rain pours equally for
everyone. The universe empowers those who correctly
understand and implement its laws. But it never supports
the ones who ignore them.

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Chapter 1 – The Law of Divine

Oneness

"The most important principle of divine philosophy is

the oneness of the world of humanity, the unity of
mankind, the bond conjoining East and West, the tie
of love which blends human hearts." Abdu'l-Baha

If you truly want to undergo a positive change in your

life, you first need to understand the laws that govern the
universe. The law of divine oneness can be described as
the law of original creation. It impacts thoughts, desires,
beliefs and action which will have an influence on our
world and the people within it.

The law of divine oneness interconnects the whole of

humanity and nature through a collective
consciousness. Meaning we are all attached to one
infinite energy source, and when we give happiness to
others, we receive equal kindness in return. This law
keeps balance and stability into the Universe.

If you look out of the window, everything you see is

connected through vibrational energy. Regardless of the
item it vibrates and depending on the destiny of the
object will determine the vibrational energy. Energy can
be broken down into either;

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• Thermal energy
• Radiant energy
• Chemical energy
• Nuclear energy
• Electrical energy
• Motion energy
• Sound energy
• Elastic energy
• Gravitational energy

Meaning if everything is energy, we interact with

everything inside the universe through energy, including
other people. We are consciously unaware of how we
communicate. In fact, only 7% of our communication is
verbal. Think about a situation whereby someone is
clearly angry about something. You can feel the energy
being produced by that individual as they tell the story.

Everything that exists originates from energy, and that

energy flows to and from us. If someone in your family
is hurt, everyone is hurt conversely if everyone is happy,
the energy flows to make everyone happy. The law of
divine oneness connects;

• Humans
• Nature
• Elements
• Minerals
• Plants
• Insects
• Animals
• All non-living matter

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The law of divine oneness states nothing exists outside

this oneness and oneness is endless in time, space and
force. Suggesting everything inside our universe must
obey this law to exist and flourish.

We Are Connected to Divine Oneness

Through Vibrational Energy

Your thoughts shift universal energies and create

movement because the divine oneness connects
everything in the universe, nothing can escape the law.
You need to acknowledge that your desires, beliefs and
behaviors will be aligned and move things in the
direction towards you. When you think, feel, speak or act
in a certain way, either positive or negative will begin to
be attracted into your life.
Having a sense of oneness, you start to shift your
awareness of how feelings of anger, revenge or hate can
have negative distress to the world and people around
you. Being mindful of this may influence you to shift
your thoughts to positive energy. Love is a powerful
emotion and can eliminate negativity within your mind.
Love vibrates at an extremely high frequency of energy
and attracts like things back towards you.

Energy cannot be created or destroyed but can only

change from one form to another. Nothing dies
completely, including us, we only change form from one
state to another. Everything that exists is continually

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moving or changing form. For example, water

continuously transforms from steam to water then to ice
and back again.

Think about an old castle or manor house that has been

left to deteriorate for hundreds of years. The object had
deteriorated slowly over many years because of the
transformation of energy and forces around it. It has
constantly been diminishing because of the energy
source effecting it. It proceeds to change form one
molecule at a time until the object has disintegrated back
into the universe. Because nothing can be destroyed, the
energy is used to create something new.

Your thoughts, feeling and behaviors send out

vibrational frequencies, and these frequencies can be
matched to attract things into your life. However,
because many of us have negative and harmful thoughts,
we will attract these like energies back on to ourselves.
You can’t attract good into your life when you’re in a
negative vibrational frequency.

The Hidden Message of Divine

Oneness Is Inside Water

Dr Masaru Emoto, the Japanese scientist who

transformed the idea that our thoughts and feelings
influence the world around us. For over 20 years he
studied the scientific data of how the molecular structure
in water modified when it was impacted by our words,
thoughts, sounds and beliefs.

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Dr Emoto analyzed various frozen water samples from

different parts of the world and discovered each water
crystal had a different formation. Some water created
beautiful crystal structures and others were distorted. Dr
Emoto then spent the next 20 years exploring the reasons
for this.
He filled jars with water from the same source and put
labels on each jar. Half of the labels had a strong positive
word like love, happiness and joy. The second half had
strong negative words like hate, evil and death. Over
several days people were chosen to say the words on the
different jars. The experiment concluded when the water
was frozen, and the water crystals were examined.
The results were amazing, the group of jars that
contained water with positive words created beautifully
formed crystal, whereas the negative words created
distorted and damaged crystals. The experiment
continued by examining music and their effect on the
water. The results revealed music containing positive
words created the beautiful crystal structures and music
with negative words formed distorted crystals.

Importance of this Law to

Consciousness
Our bodies are around 65% water, and when we hear or
speak these negative words, it is creating the water inside
us to become distorted and deformed. Our words also
can affect other people and more importantly, those
people who we love and should be taking care of.

Dr Emoto’s research shows the power of words and

thoughts on the Universe. The divine oneness state

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everything is energy, and we are all connected by

energy. Meaning our thoughts and words have an impact
on the world around us. Negativity can become
damaging to us and others around. Transform negativity
into positive energy and release it into the universe
because you will begin to attract like back towards you.

Ways to practice the Law of Divine

Oneness

1. Use Positive Affirmations to

Improve Your Thoughts
Listening to positive affirmation in the morning and
before you go to sleep will allow your subconscious
mind to absorb those positive statements. Affirmations
repeat several positive words or statement that will begin
to transform your thoughts and raise your vibrational
frequency. This positive message will keep your mindset
focused on happiness and positivity throughout the day.

2. Daily Meditation Calms the Mind

Spend 20 minutes every morning meditating to connect
with your inner self, mind and universe by using
meditation music. Meditation has been around for
hundreds of years and is a practice that the majority of
highly successful individuals share. Meditation is
described as the key to the door which opens universal
consciousness through your subconscious mind. When

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you calm the mind your open this power and thoughts,
ideas and happiness enter your mind.

3. Give to Others
Giving is the most powerful emotional connect you can
have with someone else. If you continually look to give
to others instead of taking, your life will transform.
Money isn’t the only way you can give. You have an
abundance of talents that you can use to help others. The
law of divine oneness works best when the good energy
flows and By helping others you can achieve this.

4. End the Day with Gratitude

Become grateful for the things you currently have in
your life. You will never attract more until you give
thanks for the things you have. We live in a world where
we always want more but when was the last time you
stopped and realized what you currently have?

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Chapter 2- The Law of Vibration

"How you vibrate is what the universe echoes back to

you in every moment." Panache

The Law of Vibration is the foundation of the law of

attraction. According to the Law of Vibration, everything
is vibrating, nothing is at rest. Although we cannot see
the Law of Vibration, it is real. Just like the Law of
Gravity, we cannot see gravity, but it is there.
After the microscope introduction into the world, people
started believing smaller particles in our bodies. And
today, science has proved that everything is made of
atoms and molecules, and what made these atoms are
energies. And thus, you, me, and everything else has its
vibration frequency. We are all bound by the Law of
Vibration.

Once you understand that your thoughts and emotions

are energy vibration (Law of Vibration), and you know
that “like attracts like” (Law of Attraction), you will
appreciate that you can now start to alter and transform
your life just by altering your thoughts and emotions,
which will ultimately alter the energy vibration within
you.

Affect Of The Law Of Vibration in

Life
Microcosm (atomic particles) = Macrocosm (the external
Universe)

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In a nutshell, as you choose to have happy feelings, more

happy feelings will be drawn into your life because you
are offering the energy vibration that is in harmony with
happy feelings. On the other hand, if you are upset and
feel inferior, you will create more of the same vibration
in your life.

Your mind is the most powerful tool in this universe

because you can change and alter the vibration energy
through your thoughts and feelings. And when you do
that, you will attract and bring forth the energy vibration
that is in harmony with your thoughts and feelings.

Your thought is where it all begins. As your conscious

mind dwells habitually on thoughts of a certain
frequency, these become firmly embedded in your
subconscious mind. These thoughts will become your
dominant vibration. And this dominant vibration sets up
a resonance with other similar vibrations and draws them
into your life.

It means that it works like a big mirror. You first create

the vibration frequency through your mind (feelings and
thoughts) and then buzz that frequency out into your
surrounding that is vibrating in harmony with your
frequency will come to you in the forms of things,
people, and experiences.

Ways to practice the Law of

Vibration
You have to understand that over 90% of the manifesting
process is completed by the time you get your vibration
activated. This means to say that the vibration element of

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your wish has already occurred in the non-physical

realm, within you. Therefore, your primary focus is to
align with your desires so that what you want can appear
in your physical reality.

Everything happens in the inner world first. Our outer

world is a mere echo or the fruits of what has happened
in the inner world. Your mission is to maintain that
vibration and unlock the desires from their energetic
holding space so they can manifest. You need to learn
how to close the gap between your intention and the
manifestation.

Abraham Hicks once said, “The greater part of us is non-

physical.” This may sound a little confusing, but your
goal is to align your vibration with the vibration of the
things that you want in your life. When your vibrations
are in alignment with the things you want, the universe
will deliver them to you. Things will become smooth and
come to you. You will feel like you are so lucky and
things just come to you without much effort.
So how can you do that? Well, to put it in a simple term,
you just need to make sure your thoughts and feelings
are in harmony with what you want. You need to act as if
the things that you want to have already been manifested
and you are living them right now. Most people
understand their thoughts, But the need is to understand
your feeling too. You need to feel as if your desire has
already manifested. It will close the gap between your
inner world and your outer world.

Five Keys
1. Set Your Intention Right
2. Raise Your Vibration through Visualization
3. Raise Your Vibration through Emotions

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4. Trust and Believe in the Process

5. Let Go and Ready to Receive

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Chapter 3 – The Law of Attraction

"Imagination is everything, it is the preview of life's

coming attractions." Albert Einstein

The law of attraction is a philosophy suggesting that

positive thoughts bring positive results into a person's
life, while negative thoughts bring negative outcomes. It
is based on the belief that thoughts are a form of energy
and that positive energy attracts success in all areas of
life, including health, finances, and relationships. While
the Law of Attraction has generated attention in recent
years due to books like "The Secret" , There are central
universal principles that make up the law of attraction:

Like attracts like: This law suggests that similar

things are attracted to one another. It means that
people tend to attract people who are similar to
them—but it also suggests that people's thoughts
tend to attract similar results. Negative Thinking
is believed to attract negative experiences, while
Positive Thinking is believed to produce
desirable experiences.

Nature abhors a vacuum: This law of attraction

suggests that removing negative things from your
life can make space for more positive things to
take their place. It is based on the notion that it is

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impossible to have a completely empty space in

your mind and in your life. Since something will
always fill this space, it is important to fill that
space with positivity.

The present is always perfect: This law focuses

on the idea that there are always things you can
do to improve the present moment. While it
might always seem like the present is somehow
flawed, this law proposes that, rather than feeling
dread or unhappiness, you should focus your
energy on finding ways to make the present
moment the best that it can be.

Use in Life

According to the law of attraction, you create

your own reality. What you focus on is what you draw
into your life. It suggests that what you believe will
happen in your life is what does happen. Some things
that you can do to incorporate the law of attraction into
your own life include:

• Be grateful
• Visualize your goals
• Look for the positives in a situation
• Learn how to identify negative thinking
• Use positive affirmations
• Reframe negative events in a more positive way

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While the law of attraction may not be an immediate

solution for all of life's challenges, it can help you learn
to cultivate a more optimistic outlook on life. It may also
help you stay motivated to continue working toward your
goals.

Ways to practice the Law of Attraction

There are some exercises that can help you learn to put
the law of attraction into practice in your own life. Some
ideas include:

• Journaling: Writing down your thoughts can

help you better learn to recognize your habitual
thought patterns to see whether you tend toward
optimism or pessimism and learn more about
changing negative patterns of thought.
• Make a mood board: Create a visual reminder
that helps you maintain a positive mindset, stay
motivated, and focus on your goals.
• Practice acceptance: Instead of focusing on
what is wrong about the present or what needs to
be changed, work on accepting things as they are.
This doesn't mean that you won't continue to
work toward a better future, it just means that you
won't get bogged down by wishing for things to
be different right now.

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Practice positive self-talk: If

you struggle with being
overly self-critical, set a
goal to engage in positive
self-talk each day. Over
time, this may come much
more easily and you may
find that it is harder to
maintain a negative
mindset.

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Chapter 4 – The Law of

Correspondence

"Everything we do is infused with the energy with

which we do it. If we're frantic, life will be frantic. If
we're peaceful, life will be peaceful." Marianne
Williamson

The world is full of people who look at the mirror of life

and they don’t like the reflection they see, so what do
they do? They pound the mirror, they try to change the
mirror, they get frustrated at the mirror, and they
complain and curse at the mirror. It is equivalent of
trying to change the external world, instead of working
on themselves.
The Law of Correspondence says “as within so without,
as above so below.” What this means is that your outer
world is a reflection of your inner world.
Your outer world is 360-degree mirror, everywhere you
look you are seeing yourself reflected back. Wherever
you go, there you are. Your outer world merely
expresses your thoughts, beliefs, feelings, attitudes.
Therefore, if you can change your inner world that
means you can dramatically change what is going on
what is on the outside.

The Law of Correspondence says that your relationships,

your health, your income, every single part of your life
solely reflects on a 1 to 1 basis back to you the way you

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think and feel. Everything you have in your life you have
attracted to yourself because of the person you are.

Ways to Change your Outer Reality

You have little or no control when it comes to the

external world but you have TOTAL control when it
comes to your inner realm. As it is result you have total
control over your future destiny, you can become
anything that you truly desire to become by simply
altering your inner world so that is in full alignment and
harmony with what you envision. However, you cannot
constantly energize and identify with feelings of anger,
frustration, lack and disappointment and expect to have a
joyful, successful, abundant and fulfilled life on the
outside. When you are fully integrated internally your
outer world will experience profound changes. If you
have been around for a while in the spiritual and self-
growth community then this is not new news to you.

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Chapter 5 – The Law of Inspired

Action

An inspired action is when you do something because

you feel the strong inner urge to do it, like having a
gut feeling.

But it’s not just a small action step, it is really a quantum

leap towards your dream. This type of action is definitely
one of the most critical steps in the Law of Attraction
manifestation process and usually the first big step
forward. It’s about doing something that brings you one
big step closer to your goal, and doing it with strong
emotion, knowing that this is the RIGHT thing to do
right now.

The great thing about such an action step is that it

usually attracts the next steps and directs you further in
the right direction. Maybe you’ve already heard when
you want to manifest something that you should pay
attention to the signs of the universe? And then, you
simply have a strong feeling or desire to do something,
often you can’t even explain where the feeling comes
from, why you got it, and what it should bring you. Then
you either give in or ignore it. You could also call it
intuition. Or to have a creative idea or epiphany. And
you are then taking action on it. This is exactly the
feeling that triggers inspired action if you decide to
follow it. But that’s the step you have to take.

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Because the How, this next step is your job. You don’t
have to know by 100% what to do and have planned it
through in every single detail, but to be able to recognize
the signs and to know when and how to react is not easy,
so the how becomes your job, fortunately, one you can
learn and train. I read somewhere the other day that
inspired action works without a plan. That it’s
something, you don’t think about in advance. Most of the
time inspired action is something you do out of a positive
feeling, you just want to do it, you have this inner urge,
and it feels totally awesome. The problem is, it’s not
always like this and also depends a lot on your
abundance blocks.

If you are one of the among those who rather question

things and are anxious, or maybe just find it hard to
make decisions, then it is quite possible that you don’t
see the hints of the universe so easily or when you do see
them, you question your actions and maybe never move
on.
Your inspired action is something that happen
intuitively, something where you should act quickly
and, in my opinion, even something that you can and
should consciously trigger.

How and when you have to take

inspired action.

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You have the belief that your dream will come true,
then you start living as if these goals were already
achieved (act as if), and this acting as if it will be a
signal to your subconscious mind that this is the place
where you belong.

And then the magic happens, it’s not really magic, but
sometimes magical things can happen when you activate
the Law of Attraction it is important to understand
that in the end, only your actions count, your inspired
action! Your subconscious mind (or call it the universe)
will give you signs, attract ideas, bring people and
possibilities into your life, you will have inspirations,
dreams, an epiphany, or anything that could inspire the
right action. But in the end, you have to act. Without
your action, all these signs are useless.

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Chapter 6- The Law of Perpetual

Transmutation of Energy

"Thoughts become things. If you see it in your mind,

you will hold it in your hand." Bob Proctor

This universal law states that energy can neither be

created nor destroyed in this Universe. This doesn’t
mean that it remains stationary or constant. Energy in the
Universe is all the time changing its form and getting
transferred among people and things. Energy is in
constant motion. The law is referring to the total energy
of the Universe.

It is from another important Universal law that we learn

how everything in this Universe is made up of energy.
Understanding the law of perpetual transmutation of
energy is immensely helpful for manifestation. Raising
your energy vibration is an essential requirement for
manifesting your desire. Once you learn the technique of
transmuting energy, there is no stopping you. All your
desires and goals are within easy reach.

How do energy and vibrations work?

“As above, so below, as within, so without, and as the

universe, so the soul.”

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This hermetic principle encapsulates the law of perpetual

transmutation of energy succinctly. Your vibrational
energy is directly linked to your state of mind. When you
are feeling happy and upbeat and there are positive
thoughts and emotions in your mind, your energy will be
high. On the other hand, when you are feeling low or
having negative thoughts and emotions, your energy will
also be lower.

When you are on a manifestation path to achieve what

you set out to accomplish, you need to raise your
vibration to the same level as the object of your desire.
Diverse positive thinking strategies are adopted to make
this happen. However, there is natural resistance from
within us to change the status quo even if we realize that
it is beneficial. Let us understand this through an
example.

You are joining a new job as you were unhappy at the

previous one. However, you approach the new job with
trepidation and fear. You desperately want it to succeed
but you do not feel confident that you will be able to
make it work. When you are filled with negative energy,
it blocks the free flow of positive energy towards
yourself. This means things may go wrong at the new job
as well. Instead, if you can approach the new job with
positive feelings, you have a better chance of making it a
success.

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When things go wrong, another universal law comes into

play as well. The more you resist, the more it persists.
This means the same negative turn of events will
continue to repeat until you learn from it and change
your approach to a positive one.

Ways to practice the Law of

Perpetual Transmutation of Energy

1. Freedom from Worries

Don’t ponder on undesirable events of the past or worry

about what is going to happen in the future. Instead of
endless cycles of negative thoughts, be bold and take
action. Find a workable solution and work that into your
life.

2. You are the architect of your thoughts

Every time your mind wanders into negative territory,

distract yourself. You can also try the tactic of replacing
negative thoughts with positive ones. Follow what you
find the most comfortable and workable for yourself.

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3. Think positive

Teach your mind the art of positive thinking. This is

neither easy nor does it happen overnight. Changing your
mindset requires an energy shift and it is a slow process.
You can get help from affirmations. Use this technique
to drive away negative thoughts from your mind.

4. React to respond

When things happen in your life, you have the choice to

react or respond. When you react, it is automatic and
hence you have no control over it. On the other hand,
when you learn to respond, you will have an easier time
in life.

Your subconscious mind is the central point where all

these activities begin and happen. And, this is where you
can make changes to improve your life. When mental
blocks and limiting beliefs exist in your subconscious
mind, it will create a conflict with your desire. This will
slow down your manifestation process or even prevent it
from succeeding.

Life is unpredictable and it is impossible to control

everything happening to you. The trick is to focus on
positive events and what makes you happy. And, leave
out the less-than-desirable incidents. When you focus
only on the positive aspects of your life, you will notice

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that slowly yet surely the tide is turning in your favor.

Build upon this positivity more and more until there is no
more negativity present in your life.
Make sure that your goals do not clash with your moral
values. If they do, even if you succeed in manifesting it,
you will not feel happy or content. Show kindness and
compassion to others and express your gratitude for all
the blessings you have received until now and will
receive in the future. All this help retain your mind in the
positive space and achieve higher vibrational energy.
Then, all your desires will come true and good things
keep coming to you naturally.

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Chapter 7– The Law of Cause and

Effect
"The universal law of karma is that of action and
reaction, cause and effect, sowing and reaping. In the
course of natural righteousness, man, by his thoughts
and actions, becomes the arbiter of his destiny."
Paramahansa Yogananda

Nothing happens by chance or outside the Universal

Laws. Every Action has a reaction or consequence "We
reap what we sow". Ralph Waldo Emerson said the Law
of Cause and Effect is the "law of laws". In this Cosmic
law, significant lessons involving human conduct and
interaction can be seen. "For every action, there is an
equal and opposite reaction" Every human thought,
word, and deed is a Cause that sets off a wave of energy
throughout the universe which in turn creates the effect
whether desirable or undesirable. The law states the
effect must do physical manifestation. It describes the
significance of good thoughts, words, emotions, and
deeds for a better world as they all create striking effects.

With every thought of intention, emotion, and action a

wave of energy is transmitted from a person which sets
into the motion of an unseen chain of effects that vibrate
from the mental plane through the entire cellular
structure of the body out into the environment and finally
into the Cosmos. Eventually, the vibratory energy returns
to the source upon the swing of the pendulum.

The law of Cause and Effect states that every cause has
an effect and every effect becomes the cause of
something else. This law suggests that the universe is
always in motion and progressed from a chain of events.

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If you want to look at this law from a philosophical drift,

every cause and effect had its worldly purpose in what
we are undergoing today.

According to the nature of your actions, the Divine

omniscient consciousness will assign corresponding
effects. To benefit individual society and mankind as a
whole, one should use their free will of choice and
perform good deeds with the awareness that what they
think, act and speak about will affect the entire universe.
The prosperity of life is created by our deeds in helping
others through our thoughts and actions.

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Chapter 8 – The Law of Compensation

"When you understand the law of divine

compensation, you realize that in the presence of
spiritual consciousness, there is more than enough
compensation for any diminishment in materiality."
Marianne Williamson

The law of compensation is the law that says a person

will always be compensated for his efforts and
contributions, no matter what the effort, no matter how
much or how little. Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his 1841 in
his book called Essays, Emerson discussed the notion of
“Compensation” - Emerson stated that a person will get
compensated for his or her efforts and what they have
contributed to others. He says that when you give, your
reward may not come back right away, all at once or in
the manner that you expected it, but your reward will
come. In other words, if you make an effort in your life,
you will get compensated for your efforts.

The Law of Compensation is a restatement of the Law of

Sowing and Reaping

There’s the saying that goes “you reap what you sow”.
You can consider the Law of Compensation to be similar
to the Law of Cause and Effect. Your actions, whatever
they may be, will affect what you get. In life, there’s
always action and an equal and opposing reaction.That’s
the Law of Compensation.

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Ways to use the Law of Compensation

It all comes down to what you have in your mind. If you

focus your thoughts and energy to think positive, be
happy, remain at peace, your life will suddenly change.
Look at your life today and recognize that what you have
in material goods, in relationships, in wealth and in all
aspects of your life is what the world has returned to you
for your efforts. Think about how you can contribute
more to the world in your efforts, with your ideas and
with your actions. Implement and execute your thoughts.
Give more to the world, go the extra mile, spread
positive thoughts, make people happy, reach out and
touch someone’s heart.

Increase your compensation

Based on the law of compensation, you can increase your

compensation if you increase the value of your
contribution or effort. The law of compensation says that
your compensation is correlated with the value of the
contribution you offer to the world. If the value of your
contribution to the world goes up, the value of the
compensation you’ll get in return will also go up. You
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compensation will not exceed the total value of the effort

you gave to the world.

Success is in your mind

Your mind can have a profound impact on your overall
joy, happiness and satisfaction.
If you experience the world positively, think positive,
adopt a happy attitude in your life, you will experience
more and more positive feelings. The more positive
feelings you experience, the more you can achieve
happiness in your life. Ultimately, the universal law of
compensation says that you will get more compensation
with the positive experiences in your life.

Give more to the world

Another component of the Law of Compensation is how
much you give to the world.
If you give more than what you are paid for or more than
what is expected, you will increase your compensation.
The universal law of compensation says that you will
reap great compensation and rewards for the efforts you
put in .If you consistently put more effort and exceed
expectations, you will consistently be rewarded with
more in your life.

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Live happily
We all experience life in a different way. However, we
all have the power to choose how we experience life. No
matter your life circumstances, you can choose to change
your mindset. You can choose to live a happy life.
Happiness is in your mind. Nobody has a perfect life but
we can all work to increase our happiness in life. Smile
to people, tell them how happy you are to see them.
Acknowledge those in your circle and beyond. Make
others happy even though they are not immediately
making you happy or the task required to make them
happy is not joyful to you. Be thankful for all that you
have. By making others happy, you will increase your
own happiness. Don’t expect others to make you happy.

Law of Compensation Napoleon Hill

Napolean Hill, in his famous book Keys to Success: The
17 Principles of Personal achievement paraphrases
Emerson’s Law of Compensation.
He writes-
The orderliness of the world of natural laws gives
evidence that they are under the control of a universal
plan. Man is the only living creature equipped with the
power of choice through which he may establish his own
thoughts and behavior patterns. You have the power to
break bad habits and to create good ones in their place –
at will. You are where you are and what you are because
of your established habits and thoughts and deeds.

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Just like the Law of Compensation, Napoleon Hill says

that you are where you are in your life because of your
habits, thoughts and deeds. This means, if you have a
habit of thinking positive thoughts and giving to the
world with meaningful and concrete actions, your life
will then evolve to a new level.

You have the power to choose how you lead your life.
You have the power to decide that today is the day that
you will make a change in your life,
Once you get to that realization, your life will change

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Chapter 9- The Law of Polarity

"Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider

is chaos for the fly." Charles Addams

Each person will receive as series of problems (Tests of

Initiation/Lessons) for the purpose of strengthening the
light within. In each of these tests/lesson challenge is to
remain connected to our hearts when proceeding to solve
the problems. This law also teaches us to compare our
problems to others problem into its proper perspective.
No matter how bad we perceive our situation to be, there
is always someone who is in a worse position, all
relative. Spiritual and metaphysical aspects of this law of
relativity tells us that everything in our physical world is
only made real by its relationship or comparison to
something. Light only exists because we compare it to
dark. Good can only exist because we compare it to bad.
Hot can only exist because we compare it to cold. In fact,
everything in our life just is until we compare it to
something.

“Nothing in life has any meaning, except for the

meaning that we give it”

It is all in how you look at your situation and what

thoughts and perspective you choose to think about the
situation with. When you focus on good thoughts and
energies, more good things will come to you. Likewise,
if you focus on how bad your situation is, you will attract
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someone else, and it will look better or worse depending

on your view point and how you look at it. If you
compare your situation to someone whose is worse yours
will look better. No matter the situation at hand, 'There is
always someone worse off and there is always someone
better'. However, from a spiritual point of view, we can
remove barriers of labelling and accept everything 'as is'.

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Chapter 10 – The Law of Polarity

"We cannot experience sadness without an idea of

happiness. Light cannot be experienced if we do not
know what darkness is. To feel successful, we must have
a sense of what failure is."

Everything is on a continuum and has and opposite. We

can suppress and transform undesirable thoughts by
concentrating on the opposite pole. It is the law of
mental vibrations. We can see that you cannot have a
left without a right, an up without a down, failure and
success, a good without a bad and so on, it is a world of
duality. However, these opposites have no absolutes,
there is not one point where you can say one starts and
the other begins, it is a scale range.

There are two poles or opposites, the difference between

the two extremes of one thing is called polarity. There
are degrees of difference between the extremes or poles
no absolutes. This laws states that, in fact, these
opposites are simply different manifestations of the same
thing! Example: there is not one point where you can say
that cold stops and heat begins, all on the same pole.

Napoleon Hill, author of the classic Think and Grow

Rich, wrote "Every adversity, every failure and every
heartache carries with it the seed of an equivalent or a
greater benefit."

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"Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything

has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same;
opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree;
extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all
paradoxes may be reconciled."--The Kybalion.

An understanding of the principle will enable one to

change his own Polarity, as well as that of others, if he
will devote the time and study necessary to master the
art. Mastery of the Law of Polarity requires learning how
to maintain balance, focus, and detachment from the
distractions of the material world.

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Chapter 11- The Law of Rhythm

"The whole world moves according to the laws of nature

in an auspicious rhythm of innocence, intelligence and
divinity. That is Shiva." Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

"Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides;

all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in
everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the
measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates."--
The Kybalion.

The Law of Rhythm states that the energy in the universe

is like a pendulum. Whenever something swings to the
right, it must then swing to the left. Everything in
existence is involved in a dance, swaying, flowing,
swinging back and forth. Everything is either growing or
dying.

This law can even be seen in the cycles of economies,

there is a high period then a low period. Our seasons,
you can see that the seasons are in a continuous flow of
summer to winter. Everything goes through cycles, yet
everything has a rhythm or a pattern. What seems to be
random is actually very orderly.

The law of rhythm also governs our economy, health,

relationships, and spirituality. Let's say that you're at
peak potential with your health and fitness. If you realize
you're at the peak, then you can foresee your health and
fitness dropping some. However, instead of viewing this

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“drop in health” as something being wrong with you, you

now view it as a sign to rest your body. Then, by law,
you have to grow to a better and higher state of potential.

Masters know how to rise above negative parts of a cycle

by never getting to excited or allowing negative things to
penetrate their consciousness, the key to success in
mastering this law is in balance. Never allow your
emotions to swing too far to the left or right.

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Chapter 12 – The Law of Gender

The Universal Law of Gender states, “Gender is in

everything, everything has its Masculine and
Feminine Principles.
The Law of Gender states that we all have the potential
to express both feminine and masculine energy because
both can be found within us. This is the law of the yin
and the yang.
Like nature, feminine energy is like a seed and masculine
energy is like pollen. The feminine, the seed (or the
idea), needs to be fertilized by the masculine, the pollen
(or the action). A seed cannot come into fruition without
fertilization, and pollen is useless without a seed to
pollinate. In other words, nature requires both energies in
equal amounts to thrive. Our world, and our feeling of
fulfillment, requires us to pull from both energies in any
given situation. Our goal, in order to manifest the things
we want, is to achieve balance between the two in our
lives. And to achieve this balance, you may need to tap
into the energy you’re not as comfortable with.
Even though this law uses the word “gender”, is not
referring to sex or gender as we know it in terms of being
male or female; instead, the Law of Gender is a
representation of the types of energy that are more
masculine in nature and the types of energy that are more
feminine in nature. To be clear, this law has no relation
to your sex organs; There are plenty of examples of
women who have more masculine energy, and a men
who have more feminine energy.

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In fact, I’d probably say that most people have more

masculine energy because society has and encourages
more masculine energy.The business world places a
heavy emphasis on masculine qualities and can influence
people, even people who are naturally more feminine, to
shift into masculine energy in order to “succeed in the
business world”. However, I think that’s where we went
wrong as a society and thankfully, I think we’re starting
to see a shift toward including more feminine qualities
into business which can help us achieve that balance we
want which means that we can be MORE successful as a
result.

Ways to practice the Law of Gender

Masculine energy is based in knowledge. It is

application, action, logic, practicality, stability,
willpower, focus, drive, and clarity. If you’re struggling
to stay motivated, or you’re really impulsive, chaotic, or
you’re feeling lost, you might need to tap into your
masculine energy more. Alternatively, if you’re always
on the go, never allow downtime, can’t sit still, and
operate in a black and white world, you might be tapping
into your masculine energy too much.

Feminine Energy is based on knowing. It is intuition,

creativity, passion, nurturing, authentic, open, flowing,
dynamic, and perceptive. If you’re feeling blocked,
hyper critical, resistant, unfulfilled, or feel disconnected
from yourself and those around you, you might need to
tune into your feminine energy more. If you’re
struggling to execute, move passed creating, find
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others, you might need be tapping into your feminine

energy too much.

As an example of each, if have too much feminine

energy and you’re imbalanced, you might get stuck
daydreaming without ever taking action. If you have too
much masculine energy and you’re imbalanced, you
might spend too much time being practical and killing
great ideas before you start. Having the best of both
worlds will make sure we’re striking the balance
between productivity and creation.

As individuals who want to manifest the things we want,

we have to embrace the yin and the yang. To be in
balance means not just having an idea, but taking action.
Not just having knowledge, but knowing. Not just having
passion, but also logic. Falling into any one extreme will
create an imbalance that can throw you off of your
course, just like many of the other laws we talked about
already.

When I talk about balance, I’m not saying that everyday

you need to balance both. Right? If you’ve had a really
creative day, it doesn’t mean you need to end with some
serious action or logic. I’m talking about finding balance
over a period of time, or over the course of our lives.
There are certain phases of our lives where we will need
to lean more into one or the other. If you’re taking a
series of tests over the course of a difficult semester, it’s
okay to lean more into your masculine to get things done
for a while. If you’re trying to make a major life decision
or change, it’s okay to lean more into the feminine for a
while.

Our goal is to achieve balance over the course of our

lives, understanding that we will go through phases and

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experiences where we eb and flow between the two.

And, if you notice that you’re feeling drained,
unmotivated, or exhausted, you might want to check to
see if you need to shift into the opposite energy for rest.
If you’ve operated in the masculine energy for a long
time, feminine energy can feel like a rest, even if it’s
awkward at first. If you’ve operated in feminine energy
for a long time, masculine energy can feel like a breath
of fresh air, and it will be really challenging to embrace
at first. It’s always uncomfortable shifting into the
energy that we’re not used to, so try it out little by little
and see how it feels.

In order to function at our peak as individuals and as a

society, this law encourages us to utilize both our
feminine and our masculine energies because that is
when we are our most powerful. To manifest what you
want utilizing the Law of Gender, learn to pull from the
feminine and the masculine energy, as needed, in any
scenario. The person who can successfully balance the
two in most situations will have knowledge and wisdom
beyond their years.

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Chapter 13- Words

In the beginning, was the Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.

We could all learn something from this well-known

Bible verse. Looking beyond the religious overtones,
there is a message to be found in this for everyone.
Everything begins with a word. Words consist of
vibration and sound. It is these vibrations that create the
very reality that surrounds us. Words are the creator, the
creator of our universe, our lives, our reality. Without
words, thought can never become a reality. This is
something that we have been taught throughout history,
as far back as the Bible, which writes of ‘God’ –
whatever that word may mean to you – saying ‘let there
be light and as a result creating light. We should only
pick the very best words in order to create our very best
reality.

The Power of Words and Affirmations

Our thoughts also impact what we manifest in our lives.

But it can be argued that the real power lies in our words.
It is our words that provide a bold affirmation of our
innermost thoughts. They are a confirmation to the world
of how we see others, our lives, and ourselves. It is
this powerful affirmation that our words provide which
enables our thoughts to manifest into a reality. So why
do we choose to misuse our most powerful asset?

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Ways to Use Words

Choosing Your Words Wisely

As a society, we have become conditioned to talk about
our misfortunes and problems. We take our
interpretations of events, people, and ourselves and
communicate them to the world, bringing them into
existence, by that admission, when we moan or complain
about our lives to others, we are putting those negative
words out there to become a reality. When you say
something out loud enough times your words become the
truth not only in your own mind but in the minds of
everyone you are saying them to. If this is really so, then
ask yourself – do you really want to tell yourself and
everybody that you know that you are unlucky in love,
unsuccessful, miserable, bored or whatever else you have
been complaining about? Especially now that you know
that it is these exact words that are creating the life that
you live?
Begin to choose the words that you speak consciously.
Practice improved self-awareness over the words that
you use to describe yourself and your life. Negative,
powerless words such as ‘can’t’, ‘shouldn’t’, ‘need’,
‘won’t’ should all be avoided. They strip you of your
ability to manifest a life that you want to live. As the
creator of your universe, what you say goes. Therefore,
next time you catch yourself using negative words,
regain control and frame your word choices so that they
have a much more positive impact on your world.
For example, if you would usually say something such as
‘I am unhealthy and overweight’ then why not turn this

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into a more positive, constructive statement such as ‘I am

in the process of becoming healthier and every day I get
closer and closer to my ideal weight’

Your words are the paint with which you paint your
reality. Choose those words wisely and positively to
create a reality that is good for you.

I Am What I Am
Affirm who you are, your dreams, your hopes, and your
successes with two of the most powerful words that a
person can ever utter – I am. Two small but incredibly
powerful words should be considered the most precious
words that you have in your entire vocabulary. How we
end the sentence ‘I am…’ defines who we are to
ourselves and to everybody around us. So, when you say
‘I am…fat/lazy/shy’
or
‘I am…beautiful/confident/successful/happy’ this is the
exact truth that you are creating for yourself. It doesn't
even matter if there is any truth in the words that you are
saying, how you finish those two little words is how you
define your reality.

So why not choose a higher expression for yourself?

Remind yourself of what you are and what you wish to
be by starting each morning with a positive
affirmation beginning with those magical words I Am.

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Speak From the Heart

When we complain about alot lot in life, speak anxiously

or use hateful words, we usually do so from a place of
fear. So, the first step that you need to take in order to
conquer this is to practice better self-awareness of the
words that you are using.

Next time you open your mouth to complain or put

yourself or others down, ask yourself:

1. ‘Why am I about to say this?’

2. ‘How is this going to serve me or my happiness?’

Ask yourself these two important questions and you will

no doubt discover that you are in fact speaking out of
fear. This is the fear that you are not good enough, fear
that you are in the wrong relationship, the wrong career,
etc. Most importantly of all, you will realize that by
voicing these fears you will be doing nothing for your
happiness. Your words can only make you feel worse,
manifesting these fears into your life with greater
intensity.

Choose your words bravely, consciously, and lovingly.

Always speak from a place of love, for yourself, for your
life, and for others. Your words equal your world, so use
them wisely.

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Chapter 14 – Feelings

The feeling is the only medium through which ideas are

transmitted to the subconscious mind. Therefore, the
man who does not control his feeling may easily impress
the subconscious with undesirable states. Control of
feeling is not meant restraint or suppression of your
feeling, but rather the disciplining of self to envision and
entertain only such feeling as contributes to your
happiness. Control of your feeling is all-important to a
full and happy life. Never entertain an undesirable
feeling, nor think sympathetically about wrong in any
shape or form. Every feeling makes a subconscious
impression and, unless it is counteracted by a more
powerful feeling of an opposite nature.

I am happy is a stronger feeling than I will be happy. To

feel I will be is to confess I am not. Sensation precedes
manifestation and is the foundation upon which all
manifestation rests. Be careful of your moods and
feelings, for there is an unbroken connection between
your feelings and your visible world. Your body is an
emotional filter and bears the unmistakable effects of
your prevalent emotions. Emotional disturbances,
especially suppressed emotions, are the causes of all
diseases. To feel intensely about a wrong without
voicing or expressing that feeling is the beginning of
disease – dis-ease – in both body and environment. Do
not entertain the feeling of regret or failure for frustration
or detachment from your disease.

Think feelingly only of the shape you desire to realize.

Feeling the reality of the state desired and living and
acting on that conviction is the way of all seeming
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through a change of feeling. A change of feeling is a

change of destiny. All creation occurs in the domain of
the subconscious. What you must acquire, then, is a
reflective control of the operation of the subconscious,
that is, control of your ideas and feelings.

Chance or accident is not responsible for the things

that happen to you, nor is predestined fate the author
of your fortune or misfortune. Your subconscious
impressions determine the conditions of your world.
The subconscious is not selective; it is impersonal and
not a respecter of persons [Acts 10:34; Romans 2:11].

The subconscious is not concerned with the truth or

falsity of your feeling. It always accepts as true that
which you feel to be true. The feeling is the assent of the
subconscious to the truth of that which is declared to be
true. Because of this quality of the subconscious, there is
nothing impossible for man. Whatever the mind of man
can conceive and feel as true, the subconscious can and
must objectify. Your feelings create the pattern from
which your world is fashioned, and a change of feeling is
a change of pattern. The subconscious never fails to
express that which has been impressed upon it.

To impress the subconscious with the desirable state, you

must assume the feeling that would be yours had you
already realized your wish. In defining your objective,
you must be concerned only with the objective itself. The
manner of expression or the difficulties involved is not to
be considered by you. To think feelingly about any state
impresses it on the subconscious. Therefore, if you dwell
on difficulties, barriers, or delay, the subconscious, by its
very non-selective nature, accepts the feeling of
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produce them in your outer world. You are already that

which you want to be, and your denial to believe this is
the only reason you do not see it. To strive on the outside
for that which you do not feel you are is to strive in
futile, for we never discover that which we desire; we
discover only that which we are.

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Mastery of self-control of your

thoughts and feelings is your highest
achievement

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Chapter 15– Free Mind

Ancient Seers of India gave the term “CHITTA” to the

natural restless waves of the mind.
Thus, RISHI PATANJALI defined Yoga as “CHITTA
VRITTHI NIRODHAHA ”
The natural restless waves of the mind result in
unwanted immoderation of the energy of the soul. When
the Soul Energy is dissipated, the physical body becomes
weak and more susceptible to attacks from various
external sources, resulting in multifarious diseases, early
aging, and early death. The ability to concentrate on the
issues at hand in the present moment is deeply hampered
by the naturally existing restless waves of the mind. As a
result, the memory power becomes impaired. More the
natural restless waves of the mind, the more the
ineffectiveness of the person to attend to any work, it is
important to remember that an uncultivated mind is
naturally restless.

The naturally restless mind is the common lot of all

persons who do not make any efforts to consciously
cultivate the mind. An uncultivated land, of course,
becomes full of weeds. Similarly, an uncultivated mind
becomes full of unwanted thoughts. Minimization of the
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when the mind is concentrated on any given work. The

more a person concentrates on a given work, the more
the mind of the person becomes cultivated and, to that
extent, the restless nature of the mind becomes reduced.
And, to that extent, the mind becomes more restful; to
that extent, the energy of the physical body becomes
more.

Spiritual Emptiness “Be an Empty

Vessel with an Empty Mind”

Spiritual development is a process of learning by

awakening to the answers that are already within you by
becoming an empty vessel with an empty mind. This is
what is often referred to as achieving spiritual emptiness.

However spiritual learning is quite different from the sort

of learning we’re used to receiving in educational
institutions. When you learn at school, college, or
University, you expand your knowledge and awareness
by memorizing facts. So you are essentially filling
yourself with more information, to improve your
knowledge and awareness.
Spiritual learning is the complete opposite of this sort of
learning. Spiritual learning does not involve
accumulating more into you. It involves letting go of
what’s within you. Spiritual training that involves
learning new practices and acquiring knowledge, is
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for consciousness to expand, you must learn how to let

go of all the things within you that stop that process from
happening.

What Do You Let Go of to Become an

Empty Vessel?

You’re letting go of everything that you have identified

yourself with, as being who and what you are, and all
other preconceptions. Your personality, your wants,
wishes, desires, your ego. The concepts and beliefs you
accept to be true, the people and things you attach
yourself to, your needs and co-dependencies, all these
things you learn to let go of so you can empty yourself.
When you let go of all these things you’re left with an
empty vessel which can then be filled with Source Love.
However, you cannot fill any vessel that is already full of
something else. You have to clear all the junk out of your
head so your mind can rest in its natural state of being an
empty mind and still. And when you’re mind is in that
peaceful state you become more open to receiving.

Your heart must become an Empty Vessel to. But it’s not
only your head that needs a good clearing out. Your
heart must become an empty vessel too. Because your
heart cannot be filled with Source Love when it’s already
full of anger, judgments, fear, unforgiveness, selfishness,
envy, jealousy, and the list goes on and on.

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Spiritual purity comes from spiritual emptiness. And

that’s what you are essentially working towards
achieving with Reiki and other forms of energy healing.
You heal yourself and empty yourself so that you purify
yourself. And the purer you become, the closer you
resonate with The Source and the more Love flows into
your heart.
When you let go of your wants, wishes, desires, ego,
concepts, beliefs, and all the other things you hold within
you, and you’re left with an empty vessel and an empty
mind, your mind will try to grab onto things.
Your mind will try to remain attached to the past and
attached to the things you have used to define yourself,
or that have otherwise become a part of your life. And
that can cause some mental fluctuations which can make
you feel a bit lost. It can make you feel isolated and
lonely. It can make you feel as though your life has
become stagnant and is going nowhere. It can make you
feel as though you have no real sense of purpose and
direction and it can lead you to question the meaning of
your life.
And naturally, negative thoughts, negative feelings, and
negative self-talk can creep into your head. What you tell
yourself when you’re going through this stage, and what
you believe, will determine how much you resist this
natural process of emptying yourself to become an empty
vessel. If negative thoughts and beliefs can be avoided
you will flow through this transformation with relative
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will stop grabbing onto things and trying to hold onto the
past and will let go of all its attachments.

Then your empty mind will rest in its natural state of

being empty and still. And this is when you will
experience a deeper sense of freedom. You will
experience what it feels like to be free from your mind.
And you will be able to do think, feel, and act
independently, without your mind modifying itself and
subconsciously directing your behavior on autopilot.
And when your mind is under control, you’re free to
open your heart with no resistance from your mind. And
that is a beautiful freedom to awaken to

A Guide to Managing Your Thoughts

and Emotions

50,000–70,000. That’s the number of thoughts you have

in a single day. And you don’t have to be an Einstein or a
Tesla either—it’s the number of thoughts an average
person has in one day. Feelings, one can safely surmise,
must be even larger in number and scope. You feel
hungry, sleepy, angry, happy, tired, sad, happy, worried,
anxious, and so much more.

Naturally, all this mental and sentimental exercise is

supposed to get a little taxing, Here’s the good news:
while you can’t control many things in your life—such
as the weather or the world order—you can control and
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corresponding behaviors. And what comes of managing

thoughts, feelings, and behaviors? You achieve your
goals and are successful in your life.

Understanding How the Two are

Interdependent

People may have pitted thoughts and feeling against each

other as if the two were opposites, never meant to meet
on a single plane. The truth, however, couldn’t be far
from it. Thoughts and feelings aren’t just overlapping
phenomena, they are connected. The question of whether
you have a thought before you feel or whether you feel
something before you feel is like the question of the egg
and the hen. It’s a circular debate that we’re not at the
moment interested in. We’re just trying to emphasize the
importance of managing thoughts and feelings, because
it takes only a moment for you to go from thought to
feeling—to behavior.

Ways to manage thoughts and feelings

Pinpoint the Problem

So, let’s say you’ve been worried about the traffic you’ll
find on your way home. It’s a thought that began as a
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unprecedented proportions. You’re now actively

concerned about making it home on time and are not
looking forward to the commute. These thoughts will
now affect how you feel and have a generally adverse
effect on your overall well-being.

Reassess the Problem

Once you’ve acknowledged the thought that’s making
you nervous, re-think it—because you can’t un-think it.
Why are you having this thought? Why does it matter? Is
getting home soon really important? Is someone else’s
(such as a colleague’s) worry spilling out onto you?

Reframe
Once you’ve worked that out, take a deep breath. Listen
to some soothing, pleasing music. Try and get some
fresh air. And now, for the final trick: work out a
positive angle of the problem. So what if you’ll be stuck
in traffic—you’ll have some time to yourself. You
can play your music and have a good time. You can stop
somewhere and take a walk until the traffic clears. Give
a new angle to the problem: the traffic isn’t going to
make you late. It’s going to give you some time alone
with yourself, for reflection.

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Spiritual purity comes

from spiritual emptiness

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Chapter 16 – Humans as Energy

Beings

God (Supreme Consciousness) is energy hundreds of

billions of years old living in a level of consciousness
able to give light to consciousness to live in matter. God
created the way for consciousness to live in matter. God
(Supreme Consciousness) created human beings out of
His likeness giving conscious energy the ability to live
through matter at their level of consciousness. A human
being is only energy. We are not the body we are the
conscious energy inside of the body. This concept of a
human energy field and Humans as Energy goes back
200 years to Nature Cure therapists. They promoted the
concept of a vital life force. The gift God gave human
beings is to live in free will creating the experience in the
matter at any level one can think at. The miracle of our
existence is having the ability to live as conscious energy
in matter through higher levels of consciousness that
eventually live in Heaven. Our purpose is to become
Love just as God is Love.

We are living to become Love. The level in this life is to

live by becoming conscious of Love because Love is the
light that expands consciousness giving us greater levels
of living. If we are to understand our level in life we
have to always remember the human being is not the
body but is the conscious energy inside of the body
having an experience in matter through consciousness.
What is existing is only consciousness. Consciousness is
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life is, and life's purpose and meaning are only from
humanity's level of consciousness. If we can give some
time to not think about our existence at the level of the
present world and instead live in a moment of Universal
Truths and Laws we have an opportunity to understand
life greater than what we might believe we can conceive.

Living in energy means everything in matter is

temporary and only exists in consciousness. Whom we
call ourselves doesn't even exist. The “self” is only a
level for this part of life in the mortal world. Self is
temporary and only a level giving us the way to
experience our consciousness. In every new life, we will
have a different medium and Spirit that we call
ourselves. In living what is alive is only consciousness.
The body is in consciousness and all matter is only a
level of consciousness. As we are living through
consciousness everything in matter is changing form
based on our energy. This is how we are having matter
give us matter to live through. Everything is having our
consciousness living through it.

Nothing is existing outside of our light. Just as God has

everything only existing in his light. We are living with
everything only in our light becoming God. In this way
we are creating our reality, we have the power within us
which is not known nor discovered fully, By Balancing
our energy through the power of thoughts, emotions,
intention, and faith we can manifest anything we want
and create our heaven. And individual heavens will help
in building the whole society as heaven, as Mother
Teresa rightly said "If each of us would clean our own
doorstep, the whole world would be clean"

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Put your pure intentions, faith in anything and the divine

energy will get manifest itself into it, the best way to
understand this concept is Ideal Worship from the simple
natural elements a statue is made, and with deep faith, it
is worshipped and through the universal laws it gets
manifested. By putting faith, intentions, strong will, and
divine energy you can manifest anything from this
universe. The creator who has perfectly and lawfully
created this Universe has created you with the same love
and powers as him. Surrender everything to the universe
which is beyond your control and Create your Destiny
through your Karma, Vibrations, and Thoughts. Through
the divine energy of this Universe- become the divine
creator of your universe.

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Chapter 17 – Self Realization

Self - Realization, the concept today’s culture has linked

with some metaphysical experience where you went to
Himalayan Cave, Or Forest, meditate for your whole life
to get that "Self -Knowledge" or "Atam-gyan" The truth
lies another side of Cultural Conditioning - what we are
taught in our modern-day society is Eat, Sleep and Be
Merry, which make us hunt more for pleasures and less
for the truth, we are living by accident, our lives have
become an existential crisis. Mental Health issues are
common, Anger, Frustration and Depression are
becoming new normal, Codependency and Attachment
are at their peak, at this point, there comes a need to
realize, How to Live.

Whether you are using your car, computer or even your

cell phone, the more you know about it the better you
can use it. Or even with the people around, your own
family, friends, or people who work with you, the better
you know them the better you can deal with them.
Whatever you wish to deal with, the more you know
about it, the better you can handle it, In the same manner,
the more you know yourself the better you can lead your
life joyfully. The more you know about this piece of life,
which you refer to as me, the better your grasp over this
and the better your ability to handle it, which gives you
more access to life. In other words, self-realization is a
way of knowing this piece of life in a much better way
than the way you currently know it. You may know
something about your thought process, your personality,
and your emotions – you may have been psycho-
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about the nature of this life – how this happens, where it

comes from, where it goes, what is its nature. If you do
not know anything about the machine that you are
handling, you will handle it by accident.

Self-realization transforms everything. To learn how the

false self with all it’s pre-formed dogma and it’s robotic
rhetoric controls everything we think and do. It appears
we have free choice but how free is that choice if most
everything we do is programming stemming from our
imprinting and learned beliefs. Is your name really who
you are? Someone named you, so who were you before
your name? You just were, you just are. Before
programming, we are a clean slate. I suppose that is
debatable since if you believe you live through many
lives, maybe some of that programming moves through
with you?

Those discussions are fun but not necessary to wake up

from false programming to realize the True Self. This is
when true choice begins. When we realize we are more
than the content of our lives. We are the paper the
writing is on. We are the canvas on which the painting
appears. We are the part of ourselves that never changes
but stays there through the coming and goings of
thoughts, feelings, memories, and conditions. The
realization of that quiet observer is the real power that
brings freedom from pain and suffering.

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We will work to remove, bit by bit the programming of

the false self to reveal the true self the part that brings
comfort, acceptance, and love in the most unconditional
way. It is rarely observed that writing is not possible
without the paper. Imagine this white paper. Write a
bunch of stuff on the paper. All that writing obscures the
paper, the true self, but as you dissolve the writing on the
paper the paper is more realized as the necessary
component to the writing itself. Our work is to remove
the patterns of the false self- revealing what is already
there, the sun behind the clouds. The added component
of self-realization is true freedom and the root of the
peace that surpasses all understanding.

Self - realization means your ability to unfold the true

self that remained hidden and dormant through many
incarnations. You got to know your soul and its true
purpose in a specific human life through this process of
realization.

It is the conscious knowledge of our physical form and

spiritual energy that lies within. You are unable to know
your real self because your mind is full of false beliefs
and irrational thoughts that cloud our perceptions of
reality. The various mind poisons or klesas restricts your
realization process. You are unable to focus on the subtle
and powerful energy of the soul that lies beyond your
physical existence.

The moment you get to decipher this energy, you are

realized. You are not the physical body or mind but you

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are the life force or ‘prana’ that is immortal. Life energy

doesn’t disintegrate. It merges with the universal soul.
This is self - realization that merges with the divine soul
and paves the path towards spiritual ascension. The
process of realization gives immense happiness and bliss,
leading to enlightenment.

Importance of Self Realization

In Sanskrit, self- realization means ‘Atman

Gyan’meaning knowledge of your spiritual self. The
importance of self- realization lies in the fact that it
allows you to understand and evaluate your real self.
You break free from false beliefs that hold you back
from attaining true knowledge. On receiving the
knowledge of ‘who am I’, you take charge of your
thoughts, feelings, and actions that guide your
behavior. You become detached from worldly ties, your
relationships are getting settled to the point where the
cycle of birth and rebirth breaks and you can meet with
your higher self.

According to Dada Bhagwan, a spiritual teacher “the

knowledge that gets rid of anger, greed, pride, and deceit
is real knowledge, it is self- realization.”

• Self- realization is a continuous process of

exploring, analyzing, and searching the true or
real self.

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• You gain knowledge of the single, unchanging,

and ever-present ‘soul’ that is powerful and
energetic.
• Self - realization determines your purpose in life
and is an answer to your ultimate existence in this
human form.
• It paves the path towards improvement in various
aspects of life, your personal and creative growth
is possible, only if you are aware of your abilities
and potentials.
• Self - realization is a profound way of spiritual
awakening from an illusory identity of ‘self’
(Ego) to real and divine identity of meeting the
ultimate creator of existence.

10 Qualities of A Self Realized Person

A self-realized individual is devoid of anger, fear, greed,

lust, dishonesty, and jealousy. He doesn’t possess
negative thoughts and feelings that cloud the mind from
attaining the knowledge of ‘self’. Self-realized
individuals have the following qualities:

1. They are honest and righteous.

2. Simplicity and humility are their greatest assets.
3. These people accept people, situations, and
circumstances as they are, without making
evaluations.
4. Happiness is the ultimate goal of their existence.
They have complete freedom from worldly ties.
5. Ability to perceive things objectively.
6. They are self-sufficient, autonomous and
determined in nature.

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7. Self - realized people are perfect and effortless.

They have full control over their thoughts,
emotions, and actions.
8. They are charismatic and can easily inspire
others.
9. These people have learned to accept themselves
with their virtues and vices.
10. Self- realized individuals know their priorities in
life and the away to achieve goals.

10 Impediments to Self - Realization

Great scholars and distinguished teachers had

emphasized a few obstacles in the path of self -
realization. It is a spiritual search of ‘self’ that is pure
and loving. Self - realization allows you to live a life,
you were meant to live.

1. Our body impedes our realization process

because it is always busy with the gratification of
needs and desires.
2. Wealth and money are obstacles to self-
realization, as it destroys the soul’s purpose and
devotional service to humanity.
3. Your greed and wants to achieve more worldly
possessions are also obstacles towards
fulfillment.
4. Your ‘ego’ or ‘me’ symbolizes pride and moves
you away from selflessness and devotion. It is an
obstacle to realize your real self.

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5. The negative thoughts, emotions, false beliefs,

and desires are impediments as well. It resists
understanding and clouds your awareness of the
various things. As a result, you are unable to
create your own reality.
6. Your ignorance about the internal world of purity
and divinity is an impediment. You have never
made a conscious effort to know yourself. The
mysteries of the soul always remained hidden and
unexplored.
7. Impatience and laziness to know oneself is an
impediment.
8. If you are impatient, you always strive to do
things in a hurry. You are without focus and end
up messing things in life. This leads to a loss of
purpose in life.
9. Lazy people do not make any efforts and waste
time to unfold their potential.
10. The biggest impediment to self - realization is
your immediate external world. You get
influenced by the judgments of family, friends,
and others. Thus try to be somebody else. Your
daily decisions are based on the liking of others
and end up living a life that doesn’t belong to
you.

The Science of Self Realization

In the western world, the philosophical debate on higher

states and discovering the timeless science of self-
realization was envisaged by Carl Jung. He referred to
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your mental world shifts from ego to a state of self-

awareness. You attain the highest potential of your
psychic life, through realization.

The process of self- realization is a science that great

teachers have said as a way to undergo self-analysis and
discover your abilities. You also unleash those truths
about ‘self’ that lies beneath your ego-centric
personality. Your knowledge about the universe and the
supreme powers are attained through the realization
process.

A true realization occurs through pure thoughts, feelings,

and good work that you do. The spiritual path is the
synchronization of the mind-body connection. It unveils
your true nature in the steps, the process of honest living
and purposeful actions.

10 Stages of Self Realization

As self- realization means to know yourself, through
yourself, it leads to liberation from all those aspects of
you that are non-purposeful and unnecessary.
It follows certain stages that lead to the evolution
of the soul. They are:

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1.Self-inquiry
You begin to inquire and ask questions about ‘self’. Such
as “Who you are?” and “What is your purpose in your
present birth?” This introspective process leads to
proclamation of unconventional thoughts, feelings, and
leads to self- realization. These questions are your soul’s
yearning to know the truth towards freedom and
liberation.

2. Self-discovery
In this stage, you analyze your strengths and weaknesses.
When you discover yourself, you even get to know your
dark side. You begin to encounter the unpleasant truths
about yourself that were hidden from your conscious
awareness for a long time. It might be a painful process,
as you need to accept yourself as you are and move
towards growth without any biases.

3. Self-awareness
It is the conscious knowledge of one’s character and
belief systems. Awareness comes with self-discovery. It
is a way to know the subtle energies that lie within you.
Your thoughts, intuitions, and instincts are the powerful
tools of self-realization. When you become aware, you
know what to do to tap your potential. It leads to the next
stage called self-acceptance.

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4. Self-acceptance
You accept yourself as you are. No fake or temporary
reality that surrounds you. With a positive mindset and
commitment, you start to accept yourself as a potential
being who is capable of fulfilling everything with
dedication and hard work. Self-acceptance helps you to
meet your real self. You begin to live a life of your
choice that is not influenced by the likes and judgments
of others around you.

5. Self-empowerment
It is the knowledge that guides you towards a purposeful
life. You take control of your life and positively view all
problems. A good enough feeling pervades your ‘psyche’
that boosts confidence. You recognize your ability to live
a natural and genuine state of happiness and peace. You
have already learned to let go of the past and be
present. Your negative thoughts and emotions do not
interfere with inner bliss. There is no judgment, criticism
and regrets. You are just filled with satisfaction and
serenity.

6. Self-love
When you start to show compassion towards yourself,
you become strong and complete from within. You
develop self-validation, where all thoughts and feelings
of yours are accepted as a part of you. Loving means to

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forgive and accept yourself as you are, not of what

youcan be. It also nurtures self-esteem and confidence.

7. Self-respect
This comes when you are comfortable with your inner
world. You are filled with happiness, peace, and
forgiveness. You realize your worth by considering your
strengths and work on weaknesses, self-respect is all
about valuing yourself the way you are. You develop a
growth mindset that brings the successful
accomplishment of goals.

8. Self-transformation
In this stage, you let go of old emotional patterns and
shed off those habits and belief systems that acted as
impediments to self- realization. You are authentic and
liberating in your outlook towards life, you transform
and make space for new growth to occur. You have
already expanded your realm of consciousness in this
stage.

9. Self-mastery
Carl Jung said that self-mastery is the alignment of body-
mind duality with the ‘Oneness’ of the soul. You have
controlled and mastered your false ego. You have
become balanced, calm, perceptive and wise. Self-
mastery makes you kind and loving, honest, and truthful.

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It’s all about moving ahead of your limiting ego that

hinders empowerment and growth.

10. Self-realization
With transformation and mastery, you enter the stage of
realization. Here, your ego and false beliefs would no
longer obscure thoughts and feelings. There is clarity in
understanding ‘Who you are?’ You have moved away
from labels such as ‘me’, ‘I’, and ‘mine’.
You have progressed to a state of divine oneness with the
supreme powers of the universe. From religious
perspectives, it is also known as “Krishna and Christ
consciousness”, “enlightenment”, “nirvana” or
“moksha”. The spiritual path of self- realization shows
you that ego is impermanent and it binds you to subtle
experiences that are self-limiting and detrimental
towards evolution.

Ways to Reach Self Realization

1. Find time for you

The first step is to find time for yourself. There are so
many pre-scheduled things that need to be done. Thus,
you are left with no time to be alone with your thoughts,
feelings, and beliefs. To find time is about thinking of
your present, past, and future. You need to analyze your
abilities and purpose in life. It is a type of contemplation

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without anything or anyone interfering and taking your

focus away from what is important.

2. Know yourself
This process will help you to come out of your comfort
zone and know the deeper aspects of you. Most of us do
not know our secret motives and desires. You are unsure
of your deepest insecurities and fear that holds us back
now and then. When you start to know yourself, you get
an idea of all these and many more. These are self-
introspective queries that give you the courage to break
all negative habits and start forming new ones.

3.Find peace within

You can only be peaceful within when you have
accepted yourself with all flaws and virtues. As we
humans can never be perfect always, you must learn to
take responsibility for all your good and bad deeds.
Unconditional self-acceptance helps to find peace within.

4. Free your ties

This process is all about defeating those demons inside
you that keeps telling you that “you cannot do it”. Such
demons are your setbacks, fear, insecurities, negative
thoughts, disturbing emotions that were deep-rooted for
years now, you need to free yourself from those and

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move ahead with a positive attitude. The many

boundaries that stop you from being a self -realized
person need to be pushed back. You are capable of
formulating your destiny and making a life of your
choice. Freeing yourself from pessimism, hopelessness
makes you good enough to accomplish success.

5. Be focused and do self-work

Self - realization allows you to understand and set clear
goals. It increases your focus on specific objectives in
life. To attain what you want, you need to do self-work
which means to try to become the best version of
yourself by expecting more from you. Push yourself to
overcome obstacles and move ahead. Put in hard work
and dedicate yourself to accomplish your objectives.

6. Get to explore your spiritual self

Here you understand the needs and desires of your soul.
You will have to let go of material cravings. Remove all
sensory gratification and feed your mind and spirit to
develop power and strength. Then only you are liberated.

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7. Meditate regularly
Meditation is a potent tool of self-connection. It takes
you to a mental state of peace, happiness, and refines
awareness. To attain self- realization, you should
meditate every day. By practicing yoga in modern times,
you can discover and get deeper insights about those
aspects of self that you never knew existed. Meditation
liberates your mind from daily hassles so that you can
develop better focus and concentration.

Steps in self - realization meditation

• Find a comfortable place and start the practice

• Relax by focusing your mind on good
experiences you had.
• Slowly take a note of your breath. Breathe in and
out as comfortable as possible.
• Pause for a while and feel the experience of being
present in your moments.
• Let go of your wandering thoughts and calm
down your mind. Thoughts are like waves. Allow
them to calm and go.
• Gently bring your focus back to the rhythms of
your breath.
• You may practice this every day for 5 to 10
minutes.

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10 Benefits of Attaining Self

Realization

In today’s world, you will get endless suggestions on

who you should be and what your life ought to become.
Thus, it is imperative to get confused at times. The best
way to move away from these is to be aware of your
abilities. There are several benefits of attaining
realization.

1. You have higher confidence and good self-

esteem, because of your deeper connection with
the inner self.
2. Good focus and mental sharpness come with self-
realization. You can define goals and work on it
diligently.
3. Self-realized individuals are in better control of
their thoughts and emotions. They can observe,
face, and overcome emotional trauma.
4. It develops self-acceptance and ensures
productive relations with others as well.
5. You are less guided by others and you do not live
life on the wishes of others.
6. Self-realization helps you to confront your
deepest fears and insecurities.
7. You get rid of meaningless things in life and can
focus on what matters the most.
8. It removes distraction and keeps you grounded to
reality.

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9. You have clear perspectives that guide your

thoughts, feelings, and actions.
10. Self-realization helps in emotional healing. You
can access those feelings that you have not
reached before, allowing a cleansing process.

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Chapter 18 – Self Healing

Self-healing is the self-practice to remove soul mind

body blockages. Blockages can be present in the
spiritual, mental, emotional, or physical body, as well as
in relationships, finance, intelligence, and various
aspects of life. Five thousand years ago in China, people
started to do tai chi, meditation, qi gong, and kung fu for
self-healing. In India and many other countries, people
meditate, chant, practice yoga, use diet, and many
distinct methods and techniques for self-healing.
Millions of people understand that physical exercise
promotes blood circulation and boosts energy. Millions
of people also understand the benefits of spiritual
practice, including meditation and chanting. Self-healing
is a bridge through which all kinds of spiritual practices
result get more propitious to the practitioner. The power,
significance, and benefits of self-healing are unlimited.
Through self-healing, you can:

• heal your spiritual body

• heal your mental body
• heal your emotional body
• heal your physical body
• prevent sickness
• rejuvenate your soul, heart, mind, and body
• prolong your life
• transform your relationships
• transform your finances
• increase your intelligence
• make every aspect of your life successful

Many—from physicians and healthcare workers to

progressive consumers, even knowledgeable patients
seeking alternative care—have become disillusioned by

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the yet prevailing conventional interpretation of healing

and what defines good health.
For example, wellness is not just the opposite of illness,
but rather “a state of physical, mental and social
wellbeing—not merely the absence of disease and
infirmity.” This definition, established by the World
Health Organization in 1946, provides a more holistic
view of people’s wellbeing at all ages and is essential to
the fullest attainment of health for all.

Emotional and Spiritual Self – Healing

There’s a revolution in health care emerging that’s based

largely on insights from ancient traditions where healing
and spirituality are linked. These ancient models come
from traditions that are very much alive today—and have
never been dormant (such as Chinese and Ayurvedic
Medicine) and are embraced by cultures worldwide and
tailored to their specific needs.
Evidence-based research also strongly supports the
ancient view of the human body as more than a mere
life-support system. Rather, our bodies are “vehicles” we
must enhance for lifelong wellness and to realize our
versions of perfect health.
These ancient healthcare models, which come to us as
teachings, practices, and even rituals, provide us with
new ways to understand the link between the body and
mind. Our body and mind, as well as our attitudes and
behaviors, are, in fact, an integral part of health care and
one of the most important elements of the self-healing
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While many of the ancient systems of mind-body health

are thousands of years old (see some for yourself here
and here), their approach is modern, as they involve our
bodies, mind, behaviors, emotions, and spiritual growth.
In many cases, they have served as the foundation for
common modern remedies (such as willow bark,
prescribed in ancient Greece for headaches and the
source of salicin, modern aspirin’s reliever of pain.)

Principles of the Mind-Body Approach

Ancient teachings and modern science increasingly

concur - Your body, mind, and emotions are part of one
integrated system, and when you influence one aspect of
your system, you affect all of it. Whatever point you
begin from —whether it’s your body, your thoughts, or
your emotions—you can change the totality of your
system, and your body’s ability to physically and
emotionally self- heal.
This means that when you activate your body positively
or negatively, it can have a positive or negative impact
on your mind. And whatever emotional responses you
have, affect what you do and say and how you physically
function or behave. When you’re physically tired or ill,
you’re less likely to be creative, upbeat, or calm. Or,
when you’re emotionally depressed or down, your
posture may reflect how you feel. Everything that is
“you” is connected.

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Recognizing that you as a human being operate as a

whole system helps you find better ways to achieve and
maintain your health. The art and science of wellness
come from understanding the importance and power of
your body’s dual control—the mind-body connection—
as the source and hope of self-healing itself.
What matters is the series of personal choices you
make:

• Cultivating your body

• Sustaining vital energy
• Boosting your immune system
• Focusing the power of your mind
• Developing and refining your senses
• Empowering your emotions
• Creating health-producing behaviors to support
spiritual and personal growth

The potential for self-care, and healing the body

naturally, is founded on these choices. These many
transformative strategies have never been quite this
accessible to all. Nor have they even been so desperately
needed. But it’s going to take renewed effort and
attention to embrace as many holistic priorities as each
of us can right now.

This challenge leads us back to “self-awareness”—of our

physical health, mental focus, moods, behaviors, and
values. The more we know about ourselves, and others
who are important to us, the more we make our
unconscious conscious, gain clarity to see more of the
truth and develop mind-body skills essential for thriving
in a complex world.

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How to Embrace Physical and

Emotional Self - Healing Now

Changing our actions, thoughts, and feelings, generating

happiness in ourselves, and making our lives more
positive are not mysterious talents. They are learned
skills that come when you realize that you can change
your health, and there is something you can do about it.
Taking the time to pay attention to your health makes
you become an active force in designing it. Once you
begin to take full responsibility for whatever you
generate in your body and mind, extraordinary
consequences will appear.
This is what natural self-healing can and should look like
now:

• Deciding to create successful new routines and

activate them
• Exercising healthfully, sleeping more regularly,
reducing stress, going out in nature, and
developing mind-body skills
• Learning to meditate, practicing breathing,
focusing the senses—and simply appreciating
yourself more.

Finding new ways of natural self-healing that engage

your body, mind, and lifestyle means finding your style
of practice that makes you feel healthy and happy. And
over time, through sustained and committed efforts, you
may achieve a revolution of sorts— creating both
personal change and societal healing.

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Chapter 19 – Chakras
Chakras, by definition, are energy centers within the
human body that helps in regulating all its processes,
from organ function to the immune system and emotions.
Seven chakras are positioned throughout the body, from
the base of your spine to the crown of your head. Each
chakra has its vibrational frequency, and color, and
governs specific functions that help make you well
human. Before we define chakras and explore the
meaning of each, it is essential to understand one thing
You are energy. All living things are created by and
comprised of energy. The ability of your energy centers
to function optimally is what keeps you psychologically,
emotionally, physically, and spiritually balanced.

Chakra: A Brief Historical Definition

The term chakra is Sanskrit for “wheel.” Rightfully so,

chakras are regularly depicted as spinning, colored
wheels of energy. For millennia, chakras have been
recognized as essential to life. Discussions about chakras
originate in India around 1,500 B.C. and there is also
mention of them in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, dating
to circa 200 B.C. However, the West didn’t hear much
about chakras until the subject was introduced by Sir
John Woodroffe (aka Arthur Avalon) in the early 20th
century

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Most of us have energetic blocks and imbalances as well

as energy-sabotaging habits that prevent us from
accessing our full vitality, which leads us to feel
exhausted, scattered, dull even ill. Now we will explore
the seven chakras in our body, how they affect the body,
what imbalance does to our personality and organs, and
how to set it right by balancing the chakras with yoga
asanas or poses.

1. Muladhara Chakra - Root Chakra

2. Swadishthana Chakra – Sacral Chakra
3. Manipura Chakra – Solar Plexus Chakra
4. Anahata Chakra – Heart Chakra
5. Vishuddhi Chakra – Throat Chakra
6. Ajna Chakra – Third Eye Chakra
7. Sahasrara Chakra – Crown Chakra

1. Muladhara Chakra
Element: Earth
Color: Red
Mantra: LAM
Location: Base of the spine between the anus and
genitals
How it affects the body: The Muladhara
Chakra influences the health of the bones, teeth, nails,
anus, prostate, adrenals, kidneys, lower digestive
functions, excretory functions, and sexual activity.

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Imbalance in the chakra leads to tiredness, poor sleep,

lower back pain, sciatica, constipation, depression,
immune-related disorders, obesity, and eating disorders.
The behavioral impact of the imbalance:

Ungrounded fear
Anger
Low self-esteem
Insecurity
Obsession with comfortability
Traits of a balanced Muladhara Chakra :
A feeling of being grounded and centered
A sense of commitment and independence
Energy and Vitality
Strength and stillness
Ability to digest food well
Poses that balance Muladhara chakra:
Grounding-into-feet poses like
Mountain Pose
Side-Angle Pose
Warrior Pose
Standing Forward Bend
Bridge Pose

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2. Swadishthana Chakra

Element: Water
Color: Orange
Mantra: VAM
Location: Situated at the base of the pubis between the
genitals and the sacral nerve plexus
How it affects the body: The Swadishthana
Chakra deals with the individual’s emotional identity,
creativity, desire, pleasure and self-gratification,
procreation, and personal relationships. It governs the
sexual organs, stomach, upper intestines, liver,
gallbladder, kidney, pancreas, adrenal glands, spleen,
middle spine, and autoimmune system.
An unbalanced Swadishthana Chakra leads to lower
back pain, sciatica, decreased libido, pelvic pain, urinary
problems, poor digestion, low resistance to infection and
viruses, tiredness, hormonal imbalances, and menstrual
problems.
The behavioral impact of imbalance:

Irritability
Shyness
guilt vitality
Tendency to blame
Sexual obsession
Lack of creativity

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Traits of a balanced chakra:

A feeling of compassion and friendliness
Intuitiveness
Vitality
Sense of belonging
Good sense of humor
Poses that balance Swadishthana chakra:
Hip opening poses like
Standing Wide Forward Bend
Sitting Wide Forward Bend
Bound Angle Pose

3.Manipura Chakra
Element: Fire
Color: Yellow
Mantra: RAM
Location: At the level of the umbilicus
corresponding to the gastric or solar plexus
How it affects the body: Manipura Chakra deals
with a sense of belonging, and mental understanding of
emotions, and defines self-esteem in an individual. It
governs the effective functioning of the upper abdomen,
gallbladder, liver, middle spine, kidney, adrenals, small
intestines, and stomach.

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An unbalanced Manipura Chakra may lead to diabetes,

pancreatitis, adrenal imbalances, arthritis, colon diseases,
stomach ulcers, intestinal tumors, anorexia/bulimia, or
low blood pressure.
The behavioral impact of the imbalance

Lack of self-esteem
Timidness
Sense of depression
Fear of rejection
Inability to make decisions
Judgmental and angry nature
Hostility
Traits of a balanced chakra:
Energetic and confident nature
Intelligence
High productivity
Improved focus
Good digestion
Postures that balance Manipura chakra:
Heat-building poses like
Sun Salutation Pose
Warrior Pose

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Backbends like Bow Pose

Twists like Sitting Half-spinal Twist
Abdominal-strengthening poses like Boat Pose

4.Anahata Chakra
Element: Air
Colors: Green or pink
Mantra: YAM
Location: On the cardiac plexus in the region of
the heart
How it affects the body: Anahata Chakra affects
a person’s social identity and influences traits like trust,
forgiveness, unconditional love, wisdom, compassion,
and issues of the soul.
It deals with the functioning of the heart, rib cage, blood,
circulatory system, lungs and diaphragm, thymus gland,
breasts, esophagus, shoulders, arms, and hands. An
imbalance can cause issues related to the thoracic spine,
upper back and shoulder problems, asthma, heart
conditions, shallow breathing, and lung diseases.
The behavioral impact of the imbalance:

Difficulty with love

Lack of hope, compassion, and confidence
A feeling of despair

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Mood variations
Traits of a balanced chakra:

The feeling of completeness and wholeness

Confidence and compassion
Empathy
Friendliness
Optimism
Increased motivation
Outgoing nature

Postures that balance Anahata chakra: Chest-

openers like
Camel Pose
Cobra Pose
Fish Pose
Pranayamas like Alternate Nostril Breathing or
Bellow breath

5.Vishuddhi Chakra
Element: Sound or Ether
Color: Blue
Mantra: HAM

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Location: On the level of the throat, the nerve

plexus of the pharynx region
How it affects the body: Vishuddhi
Chakra deals with personality traits like communication,
creativity, faith, truthfulness, self-awareness, and
expression. It governs the throat, the thyroid, parathyroid
gland, trachea, cervical vertebrae, vocal cords, neck and
shoulders, arms, hands, esophagus, mouth, teeth, and
gums.
An unbalanced Vishuddhi Chakra causes thyroid
dysfunctions, sore throat, stiff neck, mouth ulcers, gum
or tooth problems, laryngitis, and hearing problems.
The behavioral impact of the imbalance:

Shaken faith
Indecisiveness
Weak will-power
Lack of expressiveness
Lack of creativity
Proneness to addictions
Traits of a balanced chakra:

Increased creativity and expressiveness

Effective communication skills
Contentedness

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Good listening abilities

Postures that balance Vishuddhi chakra:

Fish Pose
Cat Stretch
Bridge Pose
Plow Pose

6.Ajna Chakra
Element: Light
Colors: Indigo
Mantra: AUM or OM
Location: Between the eyebrows (third eye)
How it affects the body: Ajna Chakra deals with
self-awareness, wisdom, intellect, clairvoyance,
implementation of ideas, detachment, insight,
understanding, and intuitive reasoning. It governs the
functions of the brain, eyes, ears, nose, pituitary gland,
pineal glands, and neurological system.
Any imbalance could lead to headaches, nightmares,
eyestrain, learning disabilities, panic, depression,
blindness, deafness, seizures, or spinal dysfunctions.
The behavioral impact of the imbalance:
Poor judgment

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Confusion
Fear of truth
Indiscipline
Concentration issues
Proneness to addictions
Traits of a balanced chakra:

Clear thinking
Healthy imagination
Strong intuition power
Good concentration
Improved focus

Postures that balance Ajna chakra:

Child Pose
Meditation
Seated Yoga Mudra
Eye exercises like palming the eyes and
rotational viewing

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7.Sahasrara Chakra
Element: Conscience
Colors: Violet or White
Mantra: Silence
Location: Crown of the head
How it affects the body: Sahasrara
Chakra influences intuitive knowledge, connection to
spirituality, integration of mind-body-spirit, and
conscious awareness. It governs the center of the head
and midline above the ears, brain, nervous system, and
pineal gland.An imbalance in the Sahasrara
Chakra causes chronic exhaustion and sensitivity to light
and sound.
The behavioral impact of the imbalance:

Lack purpose
Identity crisis
Disbelief in any spiritual practices
Lack of inspiration
Sense of fear
Materialistic nature
Traits of a balanced chakra:

A feeling of oneness with the universe

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Open-mindedness
Intelligence
Thoughtfulness
An overall harmonious personality

Postures that balance Sahasrara chakra:

Balancing poses like Tree Pose brings awareness
to the body
Yoga Mudra

Imbalance is a part of life, however, regular practice of

yoga asanas will help you balance your chakras, enabling
you to live a fulfilled, contented, and happy life. You can
also use Chakra healing music and frequencies.

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Chapter 20 – Present Moment

Awareness

The present moment is all there ever is. Still, most

people ignore it, imagining the future or the past, stuck in
their thinking minds. The present moment is always so
simple. Its simplicity is masked by the egoic mind -
wanting to get to some imaginary point in the future (as
if the future will bring more happiness than anything
could now), or reliving the past (as if this is more
important than now). Present moment awareness is the
end of the ego and the end of illusion. Be aware that it
knows this, and will resist you staying present. So many
of our problems, traumas, anxieties, fears, etc are all
based in our minds, in time - dwelling in the past, or
conditioned by the past and then negatively anticipating
"the future".

Time exists only in the mind. It keeps you from the

conscious presence that is who you already are, only
available within the present moment. Just for now,
increase your present moment awareness. Be fully in this
moment. Notice what you can be aware of - but do not
label or judge anything.

• Be aware of what you can see, hear, smell, and

feel.

• Be aware of your breath flowing gently in and

out of your body.
• Feel your body from within - for example, can
you be aware of your legs - as if you are feeling
the inside of them?

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• Can you hear the silence beneath any noise that

may be there? can you be aware
of space around all things you can see rather
than just the things (the forms)?
• What is perceiving all of these things?

All of this puts you within the present moment and

somewhat out of your mind. Of course, the mind may
well pull you back in again with some thought, or
emotional resistance may arise when this happens you do
the same thing - be aware of what is happening now but
do not judge it or mentally label it. Just for this moment,
allow the present moment to be as it is complete, and see
what happens. You do not have to do anything (no
matter what your mind may say!).This is the beginning
of conscious living, of living at one with the present
rather than being controlled by your ego and trapped in
time. Present moment awareness brings you towards
realizing your oneness with life.

You may notice as you do this, that a sense of peace,

aliveness, and awareness, however subtle or strong is
arising in the background. You do not have to do
everything that has been listed above - just one method
will do. For example, just feeling the flow of your
breath. This puts you in a state of awareness - which is
what you are, Stay for now in this state of present
moment awareness (presence), not judging what arises.
Any mental-emotional activity or feeling of restlessness,
resistance, begins to weaken. By letting everything be,
you take away its power over you.

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You may see that at this moment it is very simple.

Things are as they are. This is the "isness" of the present
moment that the Buddha spoke about. This moment is all
there ever is - everything else is just an illusion of the
mind, a bundle of thoughts and emotions. You may
notice that as you stay in the present, you become more
aware of deeper negative feelings, thoughts, and
emotions that you were not aware of before. This is fine,
and they are as they are, allow them to be as well, do not
name any emotion or thought as "bad" or
"uncomfortable" - let them be, be the space for them, and
see what happens it is as if they are just asking for
permission to be - then suddenly you are free - they are
not you anymore, and as you realize this they weaken
and disappear all by themselves - without you even
wanting them or needing them to leave. This is the
beauty of present moment awareness, the ultimate reality
of life. The present moment is your doorway into
freedom, and the mind/ego will not like it. So of course,
you let this be as well.

Live in the Present Moment

Being present, or living in the present moment, is the key
to ending suffering for the following reasons:

The Past fills us with regret - No matter what we do we

can’t change the past, but who hasn’t laid awake at night
thinking back to that one embarrassing thing they did in

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middle school at least once? But is there a point to

worrying, other than to make us miserable?

The Future fills us with anxiety - While we have no

effect on the past, our decisions can and do influence the
future. However, also unlike the past, which we know
very well, the future is entirely unknown. So, we prepare
for everything and, in turn, do nothing.

The Present is the only time we have control. If we

want our lives to change, those changes need to happen
now. Looking too far back or forward keeps us
distracted. We aren’t in the past or future. We are here.
We are now. This is where our focus should be.

The past and the future should act as tools to help us

make decisions, rather than be the driving force behind
them. Mountain-climbing, for example. If we took a
helicopter to the top of a mountain, it wouldn’t feel
nearly as satisfying as it would if we’d climbed it
ourselves. In this case, we needed the past events of
physically making the climb to make reaching the peak
in the present meaningful. Conversely, aimlessly
wandering around at the base of the mountain forever
wouldn’t be satisfying either! It’s the plan of reaching
the top in the future that inspires and guides us forward.
Where the past gives the present meaning, the future
gives it direction.

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Ways to become Present

Presence, or living in the moment, can manifest in many
ways, and Tolle has more than a few suggestions:

Slow down - Our modern society has grown used to

instant gratification, getting what we want exactly when
we want it. Life doesn’t always work this way however,
which can leave us frustrated or stressed. Learning to
slow down in our fast-paced lives helps retrain our
patience for when we really need it.

Avoid multitasking - Whether we want to admit it or

not, humans aren’t very good at multitasking. We feel
more productive when we have multiple projects going
on at once, but truthfully, our productivity is better
tackling one thing at a time.

Spend time in nature - Going out into the world and

interacting with nature is a scientifically-backed mood
booster. It forces us to slow down and simply appreciate
the world for what it is. The Japanese even have a word
for it: shinrin-yoku or “forest bathing.”

Meditate - Meditation is designed to help people focus

on the present moment and a daily meditation practice
can help us inject calm into our everyday lives. Bringing
our focus from our thoughts to the natural rhythm of our
breath grounds us and helps us acknowledge our bodies,
thoughts, and feelings from a safe, objective distance.

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Chapter 21 – Embracing Love

Living in the love vibration is our birthright. It sets the

intention for every day, the agenda for every interaction,
the prescription for every ill, and the expectation for
every circumstance. In this state of being, we are heart-
centered in thought, word, and deed. We project the high
frequency of love and light, and it returns to us. This is
the law of attraction.

Because the love vibration requires our ego-personality

to surrender to the soul-self, we get out of our way. Our
path is cleared. We encounter people and situations that
inspire us and guide us toward the fulfillment of our
potential and passion. We are in the flow of life. Our role
shifts from the reactor to the cocreator. We are
empowered.

You know when you're living in the love vibration

because you can feel it. It feels like a natural high. It is a
feeling of connection, wholeness, lightness, and
expansion. Meditation, miracles of nature, emotional
ecstasy, and places of awesome beauty can give us
similar feelings of bliss.

Committing to the Love Vibration

To continually live in the love vibration takes
considerable commitment and vigilance. It is all too easy
to regress into fear, judgment, or self-righteousness. No
matter how spiritual we think we are, we are still having
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and relapse. And it's all right. We don't have to deny or

condemn our human vulnerabilities. The goal is to be
positive and let the intelligence of our hearts guide us.

Prayer, meditation, inspirational readings, and service to

others are all excellent ways to attract connection,
wholeness, and love. Other strategies include:

• Seeking the good in everyone and everything.

• Bringing trust to adversity.
• Being grateful for all that we have.
• Taking the high road in any conflicted situation
or relationship.
• Creating a sacred space of peace and beauty in
which to renew.
• Caring for living things.

Love is the elixir for joy and the antidote to pain -

Love fuels the fire of our passion. Love lifts us from our
limitations to our potential. Love transcends time and
space. Love transmutes differences and prejudices. Love
heals. Love is the vibration of Spirit, the song of the
Universe. Love is the alpha and the omega.

Learning to live in the love vibration is why we are here.

It is our individual and collective purpose. It is the secret
of life that is hiding in plain view. When we live in the
love vibration, we graduate this life with honors.

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Embracing Wholeness

When we live in the love vibration, we know that all

aspects of life are connected and that we each have the
potential—indeed, the responsibility—to become whole.
To clarify: Connection means that every presence on this
planet (human, animal, plant, mineral) is a unique
expression of God and that we are all
interdependent. There is no separation ... we are all
cells of the living God, and what affects one, affects us
all.
Wholeness, on the other hand, means being complete as
an individual and in harmony and balance at all levels of
our being—body, mind, and spirit. To be whole means to
gather up and heal our fragmented pieces—the parts of
ourselves that are disconnected from Spirit. Our
brokenness is often due to feelings of unworthiness and
pain from the past. Living in the love vibration keeps us
focused in the present moment, connected and at one
with ourselves and all there is.

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Chapter 22- Mantras and Chants

Man refers to the mind and contemplation. ‘Tra’ pertains

to vital energy and protection. In Sanskrit, the word
"Mantra" implies – ‘a liberator of mind’. The word
mantra indicates a specific structure of sonic patterns –
coded in syllables and vowels, that works as a spiritual
tool to liberate the mind from ignorance, illusion, and
evil instincts. A mantra is a 'revealed sound.' having a
specific combination of letters or words which have
hidden within it a mysterious divine power, to bring
about certain results on being used in a particular
manner.

The specific configurations of syllables and the

corresponding combinations of phonemes in the mantras
make the latter powerful ‘carriers’ of the cosmic energy
of sound. These sacred vibrations can help in lowering
blood pressure, regulating blood sugar, balancing the
heart rate, releasing negative energies and toxins from
the body, and more. Also, as we develop a deeper
understanding of the mantras we chant, they bring a
feeling of deep inner calm and peace and can be a very
helpful tool in our mindfulness journey.

The sound is a kind of energy. Energy is the ability to

make something move. Sound energy is produced when
something vibrates. When something vibrates, it moves
back and forth. This vibrating or sound energy can be
heard. The speed of sound is 343 meters per second.

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Today, modern science sees the whole existence as

reverberations of energy, different levels of vibrations.
Where there is a vibration, there is bound to be a sound.
So, that means, the whole existence is a kind of sound or
a complex amalgamation of sounds – the whole
existence is an amalgamation of multiple mantras. Of
these, a few mantras or a few sounds have been
identified, which could be like keys. If you use them in a
certain way, they become a key to opening up a different
dimension of life and experience within you.

Every sound has a form attached to it. Similarly, every

form has a sound attached to it. Every form in the
existence is reverberating in a certain way and creates a
certain sound. When you utter a sound, a form is created.
There is a whole science using sounds in a particular way
so that it creates the right kind of form. We can create
powerful forms by uttering sounds in certain
arrangements. This is known as the Nada Yoga, the yoga
of sound. If you have mastery over the sound you also
have mastery of the form that is attached to it. Sound can
not only build forms but can also destroy or disintegrate
them. The sonic vibrations of each spoken or mentally
thought syllable exists in the universe forever.

SCIENCE BEHIND MANTRA

Each mantra acts as a bridge between the seeker and the
presiding deities of those specific mantras. Generally, the
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the case of mantras, the words are arranged in such a

way that these vibrations make a unique kind of spiral
spring connection to the deity of that specific mantra,
and the echo of that mantra returns with the added divine
and subtle qualities of that deity to the aspirant.
A mantra is like a Boomerang. Whatever spell or mantra
you send out of your mind in the universe, comes back to
you. Energy has a 'boomerang' effect - the energy you
emanate will return to you. So be very careful of your's
choice of mantra. The science of mantras or spells is
very ancient and widely practiced in all parts of the
world as a powerful purifying and transforming tool
leading to concentration, absorption, and illumination.

The mantra is a force like gravitational, electrical, and

magnetism. Every word of the mantra has a specific
weight, shape, size, form, power, color, and quality. The
rhythmic utterance of a mantra can create a specific
pattern of waves in the universe which have a definite
frequency, vibration, and energy. The sound vibrations
produced during mantra chanting are mechanical waves
that always require a medium [like solid liquid and gas]
for their transmission.

Scientific benefits of Chanting Mantras

1. Alfred A. Thomas, Doctorate in Medicine from
Paris School of Medicine found that chanting
sounds have a therapeutic effect on the body.
Chanting calms the bodily system and activates
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rid of addictions like smoking, alcohol, and

drugs. Marian Diamond, a professor of Anatomy
at the University of California, Berkeley also
confirms that chanting helps in increasing the
immune system.
2. Dr. Watkins, a senior lecturer in neuroscience at
Imperial College London, recently carried out
research that demonstrated that the musical
structure of chanting can have a significant and
positive physiological impact. The chants are said
to reduce stress levels, lower blood pressure,
increase performance hormones level as well as
reduce anxiety and depression. Dr. Alan Watkins
also confirmed that when we chant, the vibration
of the sound calms the nervous system. It also
reduces stress and increases memory power.
3. Chanting the mantra provokes a curative effect in
us. In research done at Cleveland University
USA, it is proved that the rhythmic tones
produced during chanting create a melodious
effect on the body and mind called the Neuro-
linguistic effect (NLE). We understand the
meaning of the mantra we are reciting, which
creates a Psycholinguistic effect (PLE) on the
body. Due to NLE and PLE effects, the body
produces a curative chemical in the brain.
4. Chanting helps to uplift the spirit and produces
positive vibes and energy with us thus enhancing
our overall health, this includes – balancing blood
pressure, reducing stress levels, and balancing
heart rate.
5. Chanting mantras also purify the environment
around us. Mantras can be used as a tool to
cleanse negative energies from home and even
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6. Dr. Alan Watkins also confirmed that when we

chant, the vibration of the sound calms the
nervous system. It also reduces stress and
increases memory power.
7. Research done by Marian Diamond, a professor
of Anatomy at the University of California,
Berkeley shows that chanting helps in
strengthening our immune system.

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Chapter 23– Meditation

Meditation is a form of mental exercise that focuses on

attention, awareness, and patience. It’s critical to maintain
your cool and avoid getting angry. Furthermore, it has
several advantages for one’s psychological wellbeing.
There is no such thing as an ideal meditation practice.
Your attention may stray or you may forget to follow your
breath from time to time. That’s all right. It’s part of the
fun. The most crucial aspect is to meditate on a regular
basis, which is why it’s called the journey rather than the
destination.

What Are Benefits of Meditation?

Meditation has long been known to aid individuals in a

variety of ways. It may assist someone physically or
mentally. And the benefits don’t stop there when your
meditation session is finished. Furthermore, it can help
you cope with symptoms associated with several medical
issues and can help you remain calmer during the day.

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• Meditation keeps you young. Meditation helps

you to reduce stress, which aids in the prevention
of ageing.
• If you’re suffering from anxiety or depression,
medication can help you cope. It is much more
effective than antidepressants at managing
anxiety and sadness.
• Meditation can be a very helpful practice for
those of us who have difficulty focusing on life.
It allows you to consider the present rather than
the past or future. It aids in the improvement of
your memory as well.
• Meditation is an excellent method to deal with
persistent discomfort. It aids in the management
of your fury. This helps you to let go of the bad
ideas that may be running through your mind
right now. This automatically improves your
social interactions.
• Meditation can help with a variety of medical
issues, including high blood pressure and heart
conditions.
• Furthermore, it boosts your immune system.
• It aids in the maintenance of a healthy sleep
cycle.
• Mediation may help you obtain a fresh viewpoint
on difficult circumstances.
• Taking some time out to unwind with the help of
nature is beneficial in terms of learning how to
handle stress.
• Furthermore, it enhances self-awareness.
• Meditation helps you to concentrate on the
present moment.
• It helps to minimize unpleasant sentiments.
• Furthermore, it improves your creativity and
imagination.
• Meditation helps you be patient and tolerant.

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Physical Meditation Benefits

Meditation may also help you if you have a medical
problem, especially one that can be exacerbated by
stress.While a growing body of medical evidence
supports the therapeutic effects of meditation, some
researchers believe it is not yet feasible to draw
conclusions about the possibilities of meditation.
Furthermore, it aids in the reduction of these diseases’
symptoms, including:

• Anxiety
• Asthma
• Cancer
• Chronic pain
• Depression
• Heart disease
• High blood pressure
• Irritable bowel syndrome
• Sleep problems
• Tension Headaches

Other Benefits of Meditation - Meditation is the

process of re-discovering, enjoying and using the
positive qualities latent within you. Like any skill,
meditation requires practice to achieve positive and
satisfying results. By doing a little every day, it soon
becomes a natural and easy habit, which generously
rewards you for the little effort it involves. Meditation
energizes your awareness, bringing both peace and
wisdom to a busy mind. It expands one’s capacity to
love, and heals broken hearts. It also dissolves many
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anxiety. But perhaps the greatest gift that meditation

brings is the glow of inner peace that is both gentle and
strong.

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Chapter 24 – Eating Habits

The happy being believes good health is more than just

good ingredients. Preparing the food and eating the food
while in a state of peace and relaxation soothes the body
and allows the digestive organs to function efficiently as
they assimilate and distribute nutrients to the cells. In
addition to helping the digestive system, pure thoughts
infuse the food with positive energy. This energy enters
our cells like a peaceful tune, inspiring them to dance
harmoniously. Though this may have been a far-out
concept years ago, recent research in quantum physics,
as well Dr. Emoto's research on the effects of
consciousness on matter, support this concept. All matter
responds to the energy of our thoughts. Why not make
our food, which is deposited in the body three times a
day, sing with high spiritual energy?

Tips for preparing food while in a peaceful

frame of mind

1. Take a shower to cleanse the energies you may

have picked up during the day. Water refreshes
both the body and the spirit. Then turn on some
gentle music in the kitchen. Set the intention to
make your mealtime preparation a quiet,
meditative process. Stay present and enjoy the
silence as you chop, clean, and cook.
2. Meditate for 5-10 minutes before you prepare
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thought. For example, "I, the soul, am fresh, pure,

clean light." As you meditate on this thought,
savor it. Visualize it. Feel it. Experience it. Then
enter into your kitchen to hold that experience
and thought as you prepare your meal.
3. Take a few moments of silence before you cook.
Invite God into the kitchen with you to pour the
pure energy of spiritual love over your food. As
you cook, imagine God as a waterfall of divine
pure, loving light above you. In each moment,
see that light as it pours over your mind and heart
as well as the food. Hold this vision as you
prepare your meal.

Tips for eating while in a peaceful frame of

mind

1. While you eat, simply eat and be fully present.

Resist the urge to check your cell phone or search
the web. Set the intention to eat calmly. Chew
each bite at least 40 times. By counting the bites,
you not only improve your digestion but you
become present, peaceful, and focused.
2. Before you eat, take a moment to become aware
that you are a soul and that the body is an
instrument that allows you, the soul, to travel
through the physical world and experience the
sights, sounds, and scenes of life on the planet.
Eating is a way of filling the body with good,
healthy fuel.

With each bite you eat, imagine that you are filling
that food with pure, healing light. As you swallow,
visualize that light pouring into every cell of the
body healing the body and bringing it into balance
and harmony.

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3. Set the intention to rest your mind on one simple

thought as you eat. As you eat, simply hold the
thought, "I am a peaceful soul." As you savour
your food, savour that thought as well. Allow
yourself to feel it and experience it. If your mind
wanders, simply come back to that one thought
and see if you can hold that for the duration of
your meal.

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Chapter 25- Reiki Healing

Reiki is an energy healing technique that promotes

relaxation, reduces stress and anxiety through gentle
touch. Reiki practitioners use their hands to deliver
energy to your body, improving the flow and balance of
your energy to support healing. Mikao Usui developed
reiki in the early 1900s. However, people have practiced
Reiki for about 2,500 years. People also refer to Reiki as
palm healing or hands-on healing. deriving the term from
the Japanese words rei, meaning “universal,” and ki,
which refers to the vital life force energy that flows
through all living things. Now, reiki is used all over the
world, including in hospitals and hospices, to
complement other forms of health treatments. Energy
medicine aims to help the flow of energy and remove
blocks in a similar way to acupuncture or acupressure.
Reiki practitioners believe that improving the flow of
energy around the body can enable relaxation, relieve
pain, speed healing, and reduce other symptoms of
illness.

Health benefits

According to practitioners, Reiki channels universal

energy known as ki, pronounced “chi” This is the same
energy involved in tai chi exercise. This energy
supposedly permeates the body. Reiki experts point out
that although this energy is not measurable with modern
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Reiki allegedly aids relaxation, assists in the body’s

natural healing processes, and develops emotional,
mental, and spiritual well-being. However, no studies
have conclusively shown this to be true. Some anecdotal
evidence suggests that it may induce deep relaxation,
help people cope with difficulties, relieve emotional
stress, and improve overall well-being.

Conditions that people have used Reiki to help

treat include:

• Cancer
• Heart disease
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Chronic pain
• Infertility
• Neurodegenerative disorders
• Autism
• Fatigue

It is important to note that Reiki should never

take the place of medical treatments.

However, people living with certain health conditions

may be interested in trying Reiki alongside their regular
treatment. For instance, some people with cancer may
find Reiki beneficial as it may help them relax. The
gentle nature of Reiki therapy may have a soothing effect
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invasive therapy, fear, and stress. Individuals report

different experiences. Some say that the practitioner’s
hands become hot, others report cooling hands, and some
feel pulsating waves. The most common reports are of a
release of stress and deep relaxation.

Reiki’s healing power: What is the

evidence?
Although Reiki is growing in popularity, there is little
evidence that it provides any clinical benefit.
Practitioners claim that Reiki can enable relaxation,
reduce pain, speed healing, and improve some
symptoms. However, few research findings support any
specific health benefits.

In contrast, a review article in the Journal of Evidence-

Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine Trusted
Source found “reasonably strong support” for Reiki
being more effective than a placebo in reducing pain and
anxiety in people with chronic health conditions.

Learning Reiki

Can Anyone Learn Reiki?

The ability to learn Reiki is not dependent on intellectual
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does not take years of practice. It is simply passed on

from the teacher to the student. As soon as this happens,
one has and can do Reiki. Because of this, it is easily
learned by anyone.
Reiki is a pure form of healing not dependent on
individual talent or acquired ability. Because of this, the
personality of the healer is less likely to cloud the
significance of the experience. The feeling of being
connected directly to God's healing love and protection
is clearly apparent.

Reiki training varies, but most students learn about:

• the energies around the body

• how to work with healing energy
• the ethics of working with clients

There are three levels of mastery. Those who reach

“Master” level can teach others and can reportedly heal
from a distance.

The Attunement
Reiki is not taught in the way other healing techniques
are taught. It is transferred to the student by the Reiki
Master during an attunement process. This process opens
the crown, heart, and palm chakras and creates a special
link between the student and the Reiki source.

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The Reiki attunement is a powerful spiritual experience.

The attunement energies are channeled into the student
through the Reiki Master. The process is guided by the
Rei or God-consciousness and makes adjustments in the
process depending on the needs of each student. The
attunement is also attended by Reiki guides and other
spiritual beings who help implement the process. Many
report having mystical experiences involving personal
messages, healings, visions, and past life experiences.

The attunement can also increase psychic sensitivity.

Students often report experiences involving: opening of
the third eye, increased intuitive awareness, and other
psychic abilities after receiving a Reiki attunement.

Once you have received a Reiki attunement, you will

have Reiki for the remainder of your life. It does not
wear off and you can never lose it. While one attunement
is all you need for each level to be attuned to that level,
additional attunements bring benefit. Experimentation
has found that additional attunements of the same level
add to the value of that level. These benefits include
refinement of the Reiki energy one is channeling,
increased strength of the energy, healing of personal
problems, clarity of mind, increased psychic sensitivity,
and a raised level of consciousness. At the Reiki support
groups sponsored by the Center, additional attunements
are usually given by someone who has taken Third
degree Reiki, with no extra fee required.

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The Reiki attunement can start a cleansing process that

affects the physical body as well as the mind and
emotions. Toxins that have been stored in the body may
be released along with feelings and thought patterns that
are no longer useful. Therefore, a process of purification
prior to the attunement is recommended to improve the
benefit one receives. See below for specific instructions
on preparing for an attunement.

Preparing for an Attunement

In order to improve the result you receive during the
attunement, a process of purification is recommended.
This will allow the attunement energies to work more
efficiently and create greater benefits for you. The
following steps are optional. Follow them if you feel
guided to do so.

1. Refrain from eating meat, fowl or fish for three

days prior to the attunement. These foods often
contain drugs in the form of penicillin and female
hormones and toxins in the form of pesticides and
heavy metals that make your system sluggish and
throw it out of balance.
2. Consider a water or juice fast for one to three
days especially if you already are a vegetarian or
have experience with fasting.
3. Minimize your use of coffee and caffeine drinks
or stop completely. They create imbalances in the
nervous and endocrine systems. Use no caffeine
drinks on the day of the attunement.
4. Use no alcohol for at least three days prior to the
attunement.

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5. Minimize or stop using sweets. Eat no chocolate.

6. If you smoke, cut back, and smoke as little as
possible on the day of the attunement.
7. Meditate an hour a day for a least a week using a
style you are familiar with or simply spend this
time in silence.
8. Reduce or eliminate time watching TV, listening
to the radio, and reading newspapers.
9. Go for quiet walks, spend time with nature, and
get moderate exercise.
10. Give more attention to the subtle impressions and
sensations within and around; contemplate their
meaning.
11. Release all anger, fear, jealousy, hate, worry, etc.
up to the light. Create a sacred space within and
around you.
12. By receiving an attunement you will become part
of a group of people who are using Reiki to heal
themselves, and each other, and who are working
together to heal the Earth. You will also be
receiving help from Reiki guides and other
spiritual beings who are also working towards
these goals. While Reiki is not a religion, you
may prepare your mind with intention work and
pray in a religious mode comfortable to you to
prepare to open to higher spiritual energies and
experiences.

If a practitioner is not available, you may wish to go

ahead and start with a class. If money is a problem, some
teachers offer scholarships. If Reiki is right for you, you
can find a way.

Once you have found a teacher, the simplest and best

advice is to follow your heart. Listen to your inner voice.

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When you decide that you wish to the study Reiki, we

recommend you consider the following questions in
choosing a teacher.

Questions to Ask about Reiki Training

For yourself:

• Should I study Reiki at this time?

• Do I feel in my heart that I should study with this
person?
• Is this person a good learning partner for me?
• Am I willing to commit to regular practice so that
this method (indeed, any method!) may yield
results?

Learning Reiki is a good starting point for experiencing

and working with healing energy and a wonderful
method for deepening awareness of universal energy. In
general, Reiki complements other healing methods and
spiritual practices. There are no hard and fast rules about
how to approach starting Reiki and starting healing.
Again, listen to your heart and you will be guided in
choosing the right experiences and teacher(s) for you.

Once you have learned a healing technique, the work

begins. To develop your understanding of, and
sensitivity in, Reiki it is a good idea to devote time to
regular practice, find a supportive teacher and practice
group and pursue continuing study. Make sure that you

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arrange circumstances so that you can be nurtured in

your healing and growth. Keep your eyes on your goals,
your mind in your heart and take things one step at a
time.

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END NOTE
We have heard people talking that everything is
connected, but what does it really mean? How is
everything connected? How are all humans connected?
Is that some abstract concept or science can prove it?
Spiritual teachers have known that from the beginning
and now science confirms that. Quantum physics
explains it through quantum entanglement.

Quantum Entanglement
Entanglement is a term in physics that says once
something begins as a whole, even though it is
physically separated, energetically is still connected.
In quantum physics, entangled particles remain
connected so that actions performed on one affect the
other, even when separated by a large distance, hundreds
of miles or even more.

Quantum entanglement enables particles to affect

each other instantaneously across any distance.
Entangled particles would remain connected even if
they were on opposite sides of the Universe.

Twin photon experiment

There was a twin photon experiment conducted at the
University of Geneva in 1997. Scientists took one photon
(particle of light) and broke it into two separated
photons. Once they had two identical photons, they
placed them into a specialized device that was connected

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to fiber optic cables that run in opposite directions from

the device. One cable run 7 miles in one direction and
the other run 7 miles in opposite direction.

They fired these photons simultaneously in opposite

directions so that when each photon reached the
maximum distance, they were 14 miles apart. At that
point, scientists began to demonstrate that what
happened to one photon was happening to another
photon at exactly the same time.

They influenced one photon in one place while observing

the other photon 14 miles away. They found that the
other photon acted like it had exactly the same
experience even though it wasn’t being touched.

When they would force one photon to rotate in a

particular direction, the other photon rotated in exactly
the same direction.
When they would electrically charge or remove charge
from the photon in one place, the same thing would
happen on the other photon as if it would have the same
experience.
Scientists were using atomic clocks (an extremely
accurate type of clock) to find out how much time
elapsed between the time one photon was influenced and
the other responded and what they found was that there
was no time elapsed. The change was instantaneous.

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It could only mean two things. Either information was

traveling faster than the speed of light, or, the distance
perceived between the objects didn’t really exist.

The conclusion was that photons didn’t need to

communicate from one place to another as a
conventional linear way of thinking says. Even though
they were physically separated, they were still connected
on an energetic level.

The experiment shows that the matter that once was

physically connected remains energetically connected
even though the space that separates the matter is of a
large distance.

Scientists then started to look into the Universe in order

to find out whether is it possible to apply this
entanglement on a larger distance between galaxies and
they found that galaxies on the one side of the Universe
were actually entangled with galaxies on the other side
of the Universe on a light year distance.

How are all humans connected?

Modern scientists agree that Universe, as we know it
today, begins with the tremendous release of energy
called Big Bang. Immediately before Big Bang occurred,
entire Universe was compressed into a tiny ball of
energy about the size of the single green pea.

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Yes, that’s correct, according to quantum physics, the

entire Universe is composed of energy. The matter is just
a form of energy that takes shape when energy is reduced
to low vibration.

If you could take out all the empty space from all
physical matter in the Universe and bring all of that
matter back into contact, all the matter in the entire
Universe would occupy the space with the single green
pea.

What is important here is that there was a point in time

when everything was physically connected. When Big
Bang occurred and energy began to expand, physically
particles began to separate but energetically remain
connected.

So, when we talk about our connection with other

people, animals or things, there is a scientific basis for
that connection – physical matter once unified remains
energetically connected even when separated by large
distances.

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How deeply are we connected?

In 1987, there was an experiment conducted under the
auspices of the United States Air Force and they found
that there was a field of energy that connected all things
everywhere. This field is sometimes called the Field,
Quantum Field, God, Source, the Matrix or the Divine
Matrix.

According to Gregg Braden, the field does more than just

connects things through entanglement. It is a container
for all things and a bridge between our inner and outer
world. It is also the mirror in the world around us for
what we claim to be true in the world within us.

Parting words
If everything was once physically connected even
though it’s no longer, the energy is still connected and
we’re energetically connected. We are all deeply
connected through entanglement even though we appear
to be separated. Relationship of entanglement holds
the key to understanding our relationship to our
world. We are deeply connected to each other and that
connection is fundamental. We are part of this world and
we are part of one another.
And it leads to a fundamental question for the way that
we’re going to do that. Because we’ve been given this
incredible gift of consciousness. And because of this gift,
we can deeply understand our connectedness, in a way
we haven’t seen other animals having the opportunity to

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do so. And because we can deeply understand our

connectedness, we’re the ones that have the decision on
how we’re going to go use that knowledge, how we’re
going to go use it to build our societies and to shape our
lives. I think the reason that all the spiritual traditions
have got this concept of “we are all connected in the
universe” is because of the societies that actually
profoundly adopt this idea are the ones that over time
deepen their level of consideration, deepen their level of
expression, deepen their level of understanding for each
other. This is the reason that this idea pops up over and
over at the core of spiritual traditions.

And I hope that through this book you see that the reason
that it appears at the core of science is it’s actually
something that is just literally true of the physical
universe at every single level of organization and every
single manifestation of matter, energy, and life. I’d like
us all to come together with this knowledge and
understand this truth about how the universe is, that
because our hearts, our breath, and our mind are
connected in this way, we need to challenge ourselves to
understand what it means to live from this truth.

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Application

This book is compact and

practical guide based on
proven research. To start
the journey of Conscious
Living. Some applications
are required to be
implemented in life. These
eleven rules will help you to
apply the knowledge you
gained from this Book.

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Eleven Rules
• Conceptualize the Universal Laws and Apply
them.

• Live in the present moment and let go of the

past pain and future’s anxiety.

• Take control of your egoic mind don’t

compare, label or judge.

• Focus on Breathing, feel your breathing.

• Reframe your subconscious mind with the

help of Affirmations, Chanting, Binaural
Beats and Healing Music.

• Empower your mindset, Think Positively.

• Take diet charged with positive and loving

energy.

• Practice Self - Healing and Yoga.

• Be still and Happy.

• Keep a learning attitude.

• Stay open to life, Life is easy filled with

different situations for different responses.

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HAPPY JOURNEY
MAY HIGHER CONSCIOUSNESS GUIDE YOU
AND
BLESS YOU WITH MORE POWER.

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Acknowledgement
I am deeply thankful to divine energy
for guiding me throughout the Journey
of Creating this Book. I extend my
gratitude to all the wonderful people my
family, friends, and relatives for giving
me space to be.
I am also thankful to Amazon KDP for
giving Budding Authors a chance to Self
- Publish their work. Finally, I would
like to express my love and gratitude to
my mother and father, without whom
this book would not have come into
existence, to my spiritual teachers, soul
family and the most empowering guru
of all, Life.

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About the Author

Shagun Saini is an undergraduate student at Gargi
College, University of Delhi pursuing Honors in
Philosophy. She studied and researched vivid topics of
Self Development, Spirituality, Psychology, Pseudo-
Science, and Philosophy and then conceptualized the
way of Conscious Living backed by spiritual,
psychological, and scientific research which made this
book distinctive and applicable.

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