Mindful Wisdom

Mindful Wisdom Note: What Does Today’s I Ching Bring?  Dreams are the wanderings of the spirit though all nine heavens and all nine earths.” – I Ching If you are at all interested in the I Ching also known as the book of ‘I’ , the Way or the book of changes. One should act in consonance with the way of heaven and earth, which is enduring and eternal. The superior man perseveres long in his course, adapts to the times, but remains firm in his direction and correct in his goals.” – I Ching  You could of course buy…

Mindful Wisdom Note: Out Of Approximately 250,000 How Many Of Them Do You Think You Are You Using? The ‘English’ language has very approximately 250,000 words in it, according to the Oxford English Dictionary source. Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo This includes words we still use today and some that we don’t. The ones we don’t count for as high as 20% of all obsolete words.  As English is used so widely around the world, there are lots of different spellings, alterations, amalgamations from lots of other…

Mindful Wisdom Note: Are You Good At Being You? Does that sound a smidge irregular? Well let’s think on. We might think that of course we are us, after all we all wake up as ourselves, go  through the day nad then go to sleep the same person so surely this is the real us? Man’s task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.” – Carl Jung Actually and factually speaking, we aren’t always being our true honest pure self at all times at all. Mainly because we have been socialized to behave in…

Mindful Wisdom Note Technically & Spiritually Is This It? Never stop. Never quit. Keep on going no matter what. Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.” – Morihei Ueshiba Today (or over the next week) make a few lists. Things you’ve done Places you’ve been Success, achievements & accomplishments Things that didn’t work out so well Things you regret or wished you had never done Your good qualities and characteristics Your values and beliefs Now stop and take a good long look at how much you have grown, through good times…

How To Use The I Ching For Insights, Improved Intuition And Your Personal Development? I Ching and the old ways As Martial Artists or those interested in Eastern Wisdom you cannot really escape the I Ching and possibly more importantly why would you want to? It is a huge gem not a little one. And for those who are not so familiar let’s start with a little potted history and then move on to why it is a very relevant aspect of our personal development journey. If that which is within is not right, it is futile to pray for…

Is The Tao Your Way Of Doing Things And Is It Working For You? The majority of Martial Artists and others of course are familiar with such terms as Taoism, Zen, Confucianism, and Buddhism and so on as there are entwined with the history and indeed philosophy of the arts and indeed are of considerable interest. To follow Tao look within and return to the universal Self.” – Lao Tzu They are individually, of course, huge subjects with many academic writers and translators creating a vast plethora of work that could easily take a lifetime to read, digest, interpret and…

Mindful Wisdom Note – Lakota Instructions for Living   Friend do it this way – that is, whatever you do in life, do the very best you can with both your heart and mind.   And if you do it that way, the Power Of The Universe will come to your assistance, if your heart and mind are in Unity.   When one sits in the Hoop Of The People, one must be responsible because All of Creation is related. And the hurt of one is the hurt of all. And the honor of one is the honor of all….

Mindset Mastery The Importance of the Be, Do, Have Principle Following on from the previous article in the Mindset Mastery series, let’s take a look at the infamous Be, Do, Have principle, its importance in your daily life and how significant it truly is in enabling you to shape your health, wealth and happiness through your holistic personal development. There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation.” – George Washington Carver First let’s take a look at the phrase and understand how we usually approach it and therefore what results we can expect to yield from it….

From Nothing Becomes Everything – The Story Of Svetaketu From The Chandogya Upanishad In Aldus Huxley’s – The Perennial Philosophy is an extract from the Chandogya Upanishad about a young man’s journey of education and understanding. It correlates most highly with the Universal Principles such as Source, Oneness and The Way, it is a delightful, revealing and inspiring story. I found a site which had the story on so have used their version and listed their address below, plus a wiki page for anyone interested in that. Let me know what you think of the story or if you already…