anybody ever watch " the secret"
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radio, you seem like an open minded individual..and hopefully everyone else gets some nice insight from this passage i'm goin to copy from "an autobiography of a yogi" a book i'm reading right now by Paramhansa Yogananda. i find this passage relating well to this topic since everyone is defining their own perception of what success is lol.
ok.
=) i lol'ed at that last line.
ok.
=) i lol'ed at that last line.
I hate that movie.
It's based off something that's fairly common knowledge and explainable in psychology. Theres no hocus pocus about it. The way "the secret" presents it is all twisted and misleading.
Let me briefly explain...
First of all visualizing how you want to do something or a goal you wish to achieve is nothing new. Visualization is common in the warm-up routine for many pro-league athletes. Actions follow thoughts, this is common sense.
Secondly if you preoccupy your mind with the thought of an object or goal, you will see more things related to whatever it is you're thinking of in your environment. Lets say you have a goal, if your mind is preoccupied with this goal you will think of ways to attain this goal and seek possible opportunities in your environment.
The human mind can only process a small amount of incoming stimulus from any given environment. Your mind filters out majority of incoming stimulus and data as useless information depending on 1. past experience 2. what you are consciously thinking and 3. thoughts you have had in a past period of time. If you're thinking of baseball, you might see things related to baseball in an environment where most people wouldn't notice anything. If you're a gang banger you might see graffiti and signs in environments where most people would not notice anything.
You can consciously change your mind's "filter" to the mass of incoming stimulus in any given environment, but you are not actually attracting anything to you with your "mind power". Theres no magical "mind power" to it.
It's based off something that's fairly common knowledge and explainable in psychology. Theres no hocus pocus about it. The way "the secret" presents it is all twisted and misleading.
Let me briefly explain...
First of all visualizing how you want to do something or a goal you wish to achieve is nothing new. Visualization is common in the warm-up routine for many pro-league athletes. Actions follow thoughts, this is common sense.
Secondly if you preoccupy your mind with the thought of an object or goal, you will see more things related to whatever it is you're thinking of in your environment. Lets say you have a goal, if your mind is preoccupied with this goal you will think of ways to attain this goal and seek possible opportunities in your environment.
The human mind can only process a small amount of incoming stimulus from any given environment. Your mind filters out majority of incoming stimulus and data as useless information depending on 1. past experience 2. what you are consciously thinking and 3. thoughts you have had in a past period of time. If you're thinking of baseball, you might see things related to baseball in an environment where most people wouldn't notice anything. If you're a gang banger you might see graffiti and signs in environments where most people would not notice anything.
You can consciously change your mind's "filter" to the mass of incoming stimulus in any given environment, but you are not actually attracting anything to you with your "mind power". Theres no magical "mind power" to it.
