| Introduction.
As a guide, you are not compelled to accept anything said here, as a matter of fact you may disagree with everything here, in that case this tips may serve as a stimulant for you to reexamine your values and reinforce them the more.
Presently there are two books I have in my library by the same author, Thomas Moore. The first book by the title care of the soul bought in 2006 after reading the book I disagreed with everything in the book due my disagreement it took my over 5months to finish a book of less than 300pages. As if this was not enough I saw another of his book ‘soulmate’ during one of my book buying spree and I bought it too. Went home, read it and disagreed with almost everything in it. These books deals with the soul, it tried to define it and or examine it. To date these two books are the only two books in my library of over 500 books that I have not read a second or third time.
This is the interesting fact is the I was challenged ‘e to define soul (since I didn’t accept his definition) and this question of soul has led me to deep research into literatures rich in religious and philosophical content and in the process of this I have learned a great deal though I have not still arrived at a satisfactory definition of the soul of man. So here was I with a book I disagreed with and in the process of disagreeing I made great discovery and acquired knowledge for myself, so also these tips can serve you.tis the good reader that makes the book.
Secondly, these tips are all here (online) for you but I will suggest you read it according to the days, dont rush down everything down your throat in a day, reason being that this is not to convey some intellectual or educational knowledge to you but to motivate you along the path of self realization and achieving the best in you.
Lastly, get a notebook which will serve as a workbook for you, always start any new exercise on a fresh page even if you did not cover the previous page, this is because when you go back to the exercise after a while, and you will find that you have new things to add to the list.
it’s my believe that as you cruise through this pages may you be inspired to achieve the best, may the sublime part of you take preeminence and may humanity(posterity) benefit from the fruits of the noble tree of your inner man.
1
Who you are/who are you/what is life.
Yes I respect and appreciate the fact of who you are,i may not know much about you but if you are reading this then you are who or what I think you are. Like if said previously I cannot pretend to know much about you but if you are reading this then I see a desire in you, a desire to blossom the better part of you.
We humans might not be perfect being but within each of us is a kernel of greatness ever waiting to exhale. I believe this from my observation of life which has taught me that man is not just a mechanical accident, man is a well thought out and designed being, fashioned with many endowment or qualities that I find no better word than ‘divine’ to describe us with. We are all born divine irrespective e of our creed, dogma, religion, beleif system, philosophy or any other. The only difference amongst us is determined by the degree to which we allow ourselves to channels through which this positive energy may flow through.
But before I go on, what has science got to say about man. Quantum physics makes us understand that man is a condensed energy localized into matter; this energy is beautified or destroyed from within. science has shown that the space between a cell wall and its nucleus is intergalactic and all of life obey the same law of creation whether plant cell, animal cell, atoms of chemicals or physical matter-all obey the universal law of energy flow “as above, so below” ” thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven”
Each human being is made off billions of cells clustered to make a functional being. In accordance with the greatest law of physics is the fact that energy grows from within religion says “as a man thinks…..so he will be” the greatest truth about our lives is to learn, understand and control our thought in the right direction.
To manifest the best in you, you have to realize that there is greatness within you, a greatness that supersedes anything you can ever think of. Napoleon hill had a glimpse of this greatness when he said “the mind of man has never dreamt imposibility, it can achieve everything it conceives”.
You future is greater than your past in the sense that henceforth you can blossom anything noble using your innate power, this can be done irrespective of your past, in America it is said that where you are going is greater than where you are coming from. Don’t reach for the star for you yourself are a congloromate of stars all shining(science has discovered that within every cell is a light emitting material that gives heat and regulates the life of the cell the same way our sun sustains life in the 8 planets)
your past may not b as great as you wanted it to be…..that’s d past, you future is greater, dont seat back and bemoan that you have lost the only opportunity, opportunity doesn’t come only once in life, irrespective of your past seatbacks, shortcoming, ills and excesses, you can still blossom the best in you, you see everyday gives us a new round of opportunity to actualize the noble dreams/vision and aspiration in us. The past is only a stepping stone to the wonders of the future.
The truth here is that you are actually greater than you think, more wonderful than you know and no devil can stand in the way of your progress. The Chinese say that “it is man that makes the way great not the way making man great”
2
The achievement of your destiny is inevitable (you and your destiny, part 1)
On a fresh page n your workbook, drew a vertical line like this, name one side: (do it)
Step 1
On the side rebelled positive traits, write all your positive character. U can ask a close associate to help you with a few.
Name every trait you can think have, even if it seems trivial to you, add it, it’s a plus to you.
Step 2
On the side rebelled negative traits, name all the negative traits you knew you have. Don’t pay much attention to the negative traits, a time will come when we may need it but for now ignore it after you have done it.
After you have done this, go to a quiet place where you will not be distracted and contemplate upon urself.
Step 3
Write every other good about you.
Write the impression you have about yourself that is detrimental to your achievement of the best in you.
Step 4
Write the dreams and aspiration you had as a child; write the ones you have now as an adult and compare it with what you are doing now, do they fit in?
Step 5
Write out factors that impede your progress now.
Brainstorm for the traits you need to achieve you best.
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(You and your destiny, part 2)
The mind of man has never dreamt impossibility – Napoleon Hill.
You are born golden, u have a great destiny if you chose to.
The word destiny came from a Greek word that means choice () destiny is not fate). The choices you make today are your destiny. Sometimes we erroneously say the great leaders or successful people are born like that but the truth is that everybody is born great, the person we mistakenly say is a born great person is the person who has learned to ‘make the right decision early in life.
The degree of blossoming of your greatness lies in how much work, effort and determination you put into the achievement of your best. You destiny can never be delayed or denied by any external person; destinies are only delayed or denied by the carrier.
Light shines and darkness cannot comprehend it, d ligt in you is meant to dispel the daunting darkness in your family, community, state, nation, continent and world. Build a dream for yourself to the benefit of humanity. Don’t wait for opportunity to come because if you wait, when it comes you will not recognize it and she will pass by. (Don’t walk the path, go a new way, create a path for others to follow -Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Another important point we may recall is that, your destiny and achievement will not fail if you are strong and “if you strength fails during challenges you are weak” as d holy writ will say.
Always remember this-the light of the image in u will always power u to success.
4- He who wishes to manifest his clear and disciplined character to d world will
First bring his state to order,
He who wishes to bring his state to order will
First regulate his family,
He who wishes to regulate his family will,
First cultivate his personal life.
He who wishes to cultivate his personal life will,
First rectify his mind,
He who wishes to rectify his mind will first
Make his will sincere.
He who wishes to make his will sincere will first,
Extend his knowledge.
Then when knowledge is extended,
The will is made sincere,
When d will is sincere, d mind will b rectified,
When d mind is rectified, the personal life wills b cultivated.
When d personal life is cultivated the family wills b regulated.
When d family is regulated, the state will know order n there will b worldwide peace.
– A Chinese quote
5-the community of humanity.
Go to the ant you sluggard and learn her ways-holy writ.
A casual observation of creation informs one with the knowledge of one remarkable law being repeated in all life forms and at every strata of life-the power of synergy.
Sociologist have Come the realization that man is a being who is complete only in the mist of other men. “No man is an island”
Interdependence transcends independence. The interdependence of our society is the reason we live, it’s the reason we achieve much, it’s the reason we enjoy life, it’s the comfort we have as against the primitive that lived in isolation and deprived himself of manifold benefit. |
