Here's an interesting quote from William Walker Atkinson: "I recently read an account of a naturalist, who related that one day in a tropical country he noticed a winged insect circling around and around a scorpion. After a bit, the insect made a series of desperate...
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The one thing that brings your magnetism down
Often I see students trying to find that ONE thing that brings their magnetism down. They think that if they solve that ONE thing, everything will be fine. But that's a misunderstanding of what happens. Rarely will you find ONE thing that is causing your magnetism to...
How can you evaluate your own magnetism
Here's an interesting question from a student: "how do I know how is my magnetism? I don't feel everyday the same. Some days I feel good while others I feel bad." We're all like this. You, me, everyone... we don't feel everyday the same. Indeed some days will be...
Do you really generate energy?
I've often written about "generating energy", but that's not entirely correct. So I'll make sure you understand this. If nature teaches us anything is that energy is not created out of thin air, it's transformed. In fact, Anaxagoras in 450 B.C. already said it...
The truth about sexual tension (Part 2)
On the last email, we discussed about tension, how tension is nothing more than a buildup of energy with no release and with no "escape pod". We also discussed how the tension energy exercises are a powerful way to vitalize your own body in a conscious and controlled...
The truth about sexual tension (Part 1)
I often see students uncomfortable with tension in interactions. And yes, depending on the interaction, tension can be quite negative. An interaction filled with tension with your boss, might mean that you're about to be fired. Or that you screwed up somehow. Or an...
The one true Law
Ernest Holmes wrote: "Limitation and poverty are not things but are the results of restricted ways of thinking. We are surrounded by a Subjective Intelligence which receives the impress of our thought and acts upon it. This Intelligence is a natural Law in the Mental...
Healing your body with your mind
I remember the first time I learned about the placebo effect in my teenage years. I was talking with a family member that was studying in the university and he casually mentioned in a derogatory manner something like: "That's nothing more than the placebo effect" I...
How can you be yourself?
Here's an interesting quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” You can read plenty of articles online that simply tell you to "be yourself". Yet, what exactly does...
Two (important!) attributes of concentration
William Latson wrote: "Now, what is concentration? In a word, concentration may be defined as being in that state of mind in which the total and entire energies of the individual, physical as well as mental, are focused upon the thing he is doing or thinking. All...