INSIGHTS

"If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through."

Rosalynn Carter

Former American First Lady

A distinguished American psychotherapist has said that no one, as far as we know, is born neurotic. We learn to become neurotic as a result of our upbringing. We are raised by other human beings and they literally teach us to become neurotic.

If a child is raised to believe that intelligence and beauty are worthwhile traits, and that he is bright and handsome, well, he will tend to look upon himself as "good" and to have a favourable self-concept. But if he is raised to believe that he is stupid and ugly, he will tend to look upon himself as "bad" and to have a poor self-concept.

Our early self-concepts depend upon the concepts that others have toward us. If those who are important in the life of a child generally blame him, he will learn to blame himself; if they consistently accept him, he will learn to accept himself. That does not mean that the self-concept a child first learns is absolutely final and crucial; he can, later in life, change it for better or worse. But it's hard. And this early self-concept is most important, and it does tend to set the pattern for later attitudes and behaviour.

I read somewhere that self-confidence is like a psychological credit card. And I can still remember my mother telling me that I could do anything I set my heart upon. To tell a youngster he or she is great is to give him the kind of self-image he needs to build a meaningful life for himself. Youngsters will discover their limitations, their blind spots, the areas in which they have little or no aptitude, soon enough without our help. Self confidence is a kind of psychological credit card and is of far greater value than any other we can carry. When we see someone who is neurotic, it should elicit our sympathy in the realization that the person was not born that way...he was taught to be neurotic by his elders. Neuroses are like chains that are put on children to hinder them in their development and activities.

Earl Nightingale

INSIGHTS

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811-1896, Novelist

POSITIVE ASPIRATIONS

"When you paint success pictures in your mind, you initiate an inner process whereby your attitudes, hopes, aspirations, and enthusiasm are elevated in response to an image of a more promising future. Every person who aspires must first sell themselves hope, the promise of a better life."
U.S. Andersen Author and Speaker

Psychic

The word psychic comes from the Greek word psyche, meaning soul. Therefore, psychic means “of the soul.” In following the psychic pathway, you are following the pathway of the soul.

What is the pathway of the soul? It is the pathway of life lived with the belief and understanding that you are a soul, and that spiritual growth is your primary purpose. It is the understanding that your true essence is spiritual, and that your physical body is your instrument of expression, just as a piano is an instrument through which music is expressed. The piano is designed to be capable of expressing beautiful music, but without the understanding and discipline of a talented and developed musician playing it, the piano may sit silent, or worse yet, if played carelessly, will send out awful and discordant noises. The piano expresses the creativity and awareness of the musician. It does not create the music, it channels the music.

If you walk the psychic pathway, you live in the world differently than the ordinary person. You look at life differently, and respond to it differently. You know that you will be helped with each experience you face, however difficult. It is the pathway of trust and belief. That is what we mean when we talk about psychic ability.

Different psychic skills, such as clairaudience, clairvoyance, telepathy and precognition, are like different melodies a pianist plays on the piano. Each is beautiful, and some may be more appealing to you than others. You will learn to play all these “melodies,” to express all these psychic faculties naturally, if you remember that the musician, the creator, the true you, is Divine soul, a beautiful reflection of God.

The Basic Truths

1. Psychic gifts are gifts of the soul.

2. We are all souls; therefore we all have psychic gifts.

3. The development of our psychic gifts is our birthright.

4. Psychic gifts are messages from a divine source, directing us toward our own divine nature and its highest creative expression.

5. The development of each soul’s psychic gifts is not selfish; psychic gifts benefit us all.

6. Psychic gifts bring light and healing to us all.

7. The psychic pathway is born in love and results

5. The development of each soul’s psychic gifts is not selfish; psychic gifts benefit us all.

6. Psychic gifts bring light and healing to us all.

7. The psychic pathway is born in love and results in understanding.

8. The psychic pathway is gentle, powerful and always non-coercive.

9. The psychic pathway does not flatter the ego; rather it supports the soul’s true essence.

10. Exercising psychic gifts is fun.

http://www.alternativenatural.com/psychic.php