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Piece Of Mind
by
Sandy MacGregor
Mind Charts
by
Monika Kobus
Copyright 2011 Sandy MacGregor,
All rights reserved.
Published in eBook format by eBookIt.com
ISBN-13: 978-1-4566-0226-0
Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of study, research, criticism, review or as otherwise permitted under the copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without written permission of the author
PIECE OF MIND
Science today has shown us how we can access all our mind in seconds - it's like turning on a switch inside your mind.
With the information in this book you can not only Switch On to all of your mind in seconds, you can increase the use of your mind to achieve faster and more easily.
Switch On to your personal power.
DEDICATION
I dedicate this book to my three children who can no longer be here with me in body, but always will be in spirit: Jenny, Kirsty and Lexie. It has been what I have learned from their untimely death and the direction I have moved in since their death that has driven me and been my inspiration.
I also dedicate my book to my three children who live on with me in both body and spirit: Andrew, Lara and Ian. They have also been my inspiration and it is through them that I continue to learn and know that whatever happens life moves on and on ....
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I thank my wife Sandra for the long hours, patience and support she's given me whilst we both worked on this book. Sandra does many things to constantly make life run smoothly in addition to being a wonderful mother.
Thank you to Monika Kobus, for the wonderful artwork; it has been a delight to work with Monika. I would also like to thank Susan St Lawrence and Victor Wilson who have so capably assisted with the running of my seminars.
Steven Snyder is a friend who instructed me so well at Insight IV. I thank him for his friendship, for his encouragement and for his wonderfully clear teaching style.
To Ken Davis a big thank you for his assistance and encouragement and for the marvellous piece of music he has composed for me: Infinite Joy.
I highly recommend Insight Seminars as a wonderful personal awareness organisation which had a great influence on me.
Many others, too numerous to list, have helped me along the way and I thank you all: you know who you are.
Finally, I would like to acknowledge myself and say; “Well done Sandy!” I hope this book may also inspire you and contribute to your life's purpose.
FOREWORD
Is there any new information under the sun? The human race places its own limitations on belief – we want everything to be proven to us scientifically. Recently (in the last 30 years) an enormous amount of research has been accomplished in the field of learning and particularly the brain, which researchers, scientists and psychologists have been able to label with new words – the “new” discoveries. This makes it more acceptable to us. Has accelerated learning, (ie. the ability to achieve faster, both academically and gain life skills) using relaxation and the power of the subconscious mind, always been with man? The answer is YES. Many great artists, scientists and inventors have used it, but it was not labelled “accelerated learning”. All of us have used it – especially between the ages of 0 to 5. (Scientists now tell us this, so we have come to accept it).
This book is about how to use the subconscious mind to our own advantage. The subconscious mind is 88% power of our mind. It is a storehouse for memory – all memory – including habits. You use this mind effectively only in the relaxed state; the language of the subconscious mind is emotion. So what does this book do differently? It teaches how to relax in 30 seconds and how to use emotion; the two most important tools towards achieving accelerated learning – not only academic learning, but life skills learning (increasing confidence, releasing weight, enhancing artistic abilities, releasing stress, increasing sales, sleeping easily, etc, etc). We have all heard of mind power courses – this book uses plain language to “take the mystery out of mind power”, making it available to all those who seek it. We all use mind power – but we can use it more and it's our right to know about it!
In presenting the information, I have used three major resources: the first – myself and my experiences. References for scientific research can be found in Colin Rose's book Accelerated Learning – basically it summarises the research available in this field. My third major resource is my association with Steven Snyder – his clear, explicit language and lucid explanations are really worth emulating.
I am motivated by my belief in these methods, this “mind power”, which has been of such tremendous benefit to me. I would like to share this with as many people as possible. I conduct my seminars, and I love doing that, however I know that with this book I will reach an even wider audience, and that would please me greatly. So who is this book for? We are all at different phases or stages in our lives. This book can be for taking control of our individual power, it can be the start of charting a new direction, it can be for parents wishing to impart skills to their children, it can be for those who wish to relax and release stress, it can be for those who wish to change or reinforce a habit or to increase self confidence and self esteem, it can be for those who wish to learn faster with no stress involved, it can be for those who wish to know about the skills of academic learning, it can be for those taking the first step to meditation, it can be for busy professional people to make more time in their lives, it can be for corporations applying the skills to increase sales, for motivation, etc. Have I missed anyone? I hope not.
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
To gain an overview, look at the Mind Charts at the beginning of each chapter and then at the end of each chapter. Your next step is to read each chapter and complete the exercises.
Questions raised in telephone conversations and in discussion sessions are included. If you have more please write to me. Read the personal stories, they show many examples of how these techniques have worked for various achievements.
On completion, review this book by looking at the Mind Charts at the end of each Chapter.
The audio tapes A Peaceful Place (PP) No.1 (Instrumental) and A PP No.2 (Guided Imagery) are available (see Appendix A) or you could make your own guided imagery tapes using the written words (where indicated in italics) in this book.
With the tapes and this book you can achieve relaxation in thirty seconds; you can apply this to academic learning, by experiencing new techniques.
