Intuition Has Been Left on the Back-burner for Too Long!

Even back when Einstein was around intuition was a rare thing to be found in people, especially the scientists and thinkers of the time, and things haven't changed much nowadays either, so it seems.

Just to clarify:

According to freedictionary.com intuition is - "The act or faculty of knowing or sensing without the use of rational processes; immediate cognition."


Now we all know that Einstein was a great supporter of intuition and imagination due to the plethora of quotes like the one above and in fact it was imagination along with this 'knowing' that brought us his 'Special Theory of Relativity'.


Fond of exploring new possibilties through the use of imagination, Einstein once imagined himself running alongside a beam of light and turning to see how it appeared as he ran with it. Not long after and as a result of this 'thought experiment' he developed his Special Theory of Relativity.


Where almost all other scientists relied on logic and rational thinking to develop science, Einstein relied on the inexhaustable power of intuition to guide him and the power of imagination to build the blueprints of advancement.


Just imagine ... Einstein changed the world with ... imagination and intuition. 'Imagine' what you can do if you follow his example.

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Einstein

Intuitively, you 'know' what you want ... what your life purpose is. Intuition shows you through subtle nuances of feeling rather than the 'thought material' that rational thinking gives. Intuition is like a good friend that knows what is best for you and so let's you know through feeling signals. Rational thought however comes solely from your 'experience' and 'memories' of life and will be tempered by your fears and predjudices, therefore more than likely serving to steer you away from that which which would make you happiest - a dream career, house, spouse, project etc.


Intuition will gladly inform you of the direction in which to go while your limitless imagination will supply you with the means and the inspiration to get there. Have a safe journey! :)

Until next time, success seekers.

Oh nearly forgot, here is another person who more than likely used intuition. 

Peace. 

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A Quote About Being Sensitive from Mr. Marlon Brando

Photo by TRF_MR_HYDE, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-commercial license.

 

 

 

 

According to Dr. Elaine Aron, best selling author of ‘The Highly Sensitive Person’, 15 – 20% of us are highly sensitive. Is this a good thing? 

Well, yes and no because on the one hand, being sensitive means a person is more compassionate, has more acute senses and is highly intuitive, but on the other hand being sensitive and gentle in a non-sensitive world can be incredibly trying. 

Marlon Brando, the much vaunted star who ‘hated’ being famous was clearly a highly sensitive person and displayed many of the gifts one can expect to possess as a HSP (highly sensitive person).

Compassion

Intuition

Creativity

Adaptability

Acting ability (related to adaptability)

Empathy 

These are just some of the gifts highly sensitive people are lucky to have and if one studies Marlon Brando and his acting career, it is easy to see these traits on display. 

So if you are sensitive, be proud to be because you are in possession of some wonderful gifts!

Peace.

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Time Well Spent

Spend Your Time Wisely

What is more valuable than money? Possessions? Love? Power? No, none of those. TIME is the most valuable currency of all for without time, there would be no life, no opportunity to gain possessions or to find love. 

With that in mind, ask yourself this question: How am I spending my time? Am I spending my time on things that further me, intellectually, physically or monetarily? 

OR am I wasting this most precious currency on activities that simply ‘pass time’ or worse still, am I allowing others to waste this time for me? 

Why so many questions, you ask. Well, questions illicit answers and if one is to be successful in any endeavor in life, questions must constantly be asked and answered because in those answers are the essence of ‘you’, the answerer. Consider the Socratic Method employed by Socrates to instruct his students and encourage thinking.

Therefore, two things must be routinely monitored each and every day. TIME and your use of it, and CONTEMPLATION as a means of staying on track and growing as is natural to all life. 

So, monitor your time and your use of it and constantly seek ways to better use your time so that one day you can realize your dreams, or your purpose. 

Let others waste their time while you spend it wisely. 

Can you honestly say that you are spending your time wisely?

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There's no Time Like the Present

In fact, there's no time but the present! The rest has either happened already or yet to happen so do your utmost to stay grounded in the present moment.

Fear of the unknown often causes us to be apprehensive about the future and it leaves a heavy weight upon our shoulders and a shadow across our faces. Regret about the past is much the same and therefore effectively useless to us as it only seems to make us ill or afraid all the time.

Stay in the moment and practice appreciating all the good things around you as well as constantly seeking to improve both yourself and your environment.


Peace.
Richawriter

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Sometimes, Envisioning the End Result Helps One Achieve a Goal

Often, when I'm feeling lazy or discouraged about a project, personal or otherwise, I just 'stop' and all progress grinds to a halt. That's when the T.V. remote appears in my hand and a few hours consequently spent watching shows I have already seen.

It's a difficult feeling to shake. At those times I need to be inspired and motivated to get back to work and one of the most effective ways of giving myself the kick-up-up-the-backside I need is to re-visit my reasons for pursuing whatever goal it is I'm after.

I then imagine just how wonderful it will be once I have achieved my goal and am living it, every day of the rest of my life. The longer I image it the more I'm enthused with that powerful force - motivation.

Or failing that, I'll watch Rocky 1!

Peace.

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An Enthusiastic Approach to Life

Well said, Mr. Emerson. Let me just start with a little analogy here, if you don't mind.

"If a purpose or a desire is our wood, then enthusiasm is the fire." 

In other words, we can have as many goals and 'wishes' as we can think up AND tell the whole world, but if deep down we don't have real, lasting enthusiasm for those goals, then I'm afraid it will become just another project put on the backburner.

How do you get enthusiasm?

That's the easy part. In order to light the fire/enthusiasm, one must first have wood/goal.

What do you love? What do you care about so deeply that you would get involved with it for free and be happy to spend hours working on it?

Start there. If it's the right purpose for you then the enthusiasm will naturally follow, otherwise ...


Peace.

Richawriter.

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Challenges are Inevitable

Such a fine piece of wisdom here.

We are all able to overcome the more mundane challenges we are familiar with, such as learning to walk as babies, learning to ride a bike, finding our first job, buying a house etc and I believe this is due to the fact that we see others overcoming these challenges all around us. What happens then is we start seeing them less as challenges and more as 'options' but make no mistake about it, they ARE challenges and as such we should give ourselves a little more credit when we overcome them.

Anyway, I'm off to challenge myself.

I hope you'll do the same my fellow explorers.

Peace. :)

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Mistakes are Fundamental to the Learning Process

What a great quote this is. We often chide ourselves for making mistakes no matter how big or small they are and although this is understandable, when you consider the kind of world we live in (competitive), I think we are missing the point.

What is the point?

Mistakes:

• motivate us to try harder
• show us how not to do a thing
• bring us one step closer to completion 
• help us to learn more about ourselves
• keep our feet on the ground (humility)
• cause us to be more creative
• initiate growth within us because without growth we continue to make the same mistakes

 I could go on but the above are the 7 main positives of mistakes. Of course, in the same vein we could easily look at mistakes from the opposite point of view, in a negative way - but why would we want to do that?


Mistakes are the lessons of wisdom. Indeed!

Peace to you all. :)

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A Lesson from the Great Ones - Marie Curie Shows Us How it's Done!

 A truly great woman and a fine lesson learned from her. Check out this awesome article which analyzes and extrapolates a useful lesson from the life of Marie Curie, winner of a Nobel prize and first person to discover 'radioactivity.'


Enjoy, fellow success seekers!



 Learn from the Greatest Women in History - Marie Curie

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Is it Obstacles or Opportunities for You?

How are You Living Your Life? 

When you look closely at life and all its components, from an objective point of view of course, you see that there are two types of people (forgive me for the cliche) inhabiting this earth - those who predominantly see obstacles and those who predominantly see opportunities.  

I would say that most people are obstacle perceivers. You only have to look around you to see this. A small percentage of us are out there seeking our goals and passion and as a result, bringing the human race forward into the future, while the rest of us are content (or not so content - but still inactive) to exist in mediocrity. 

Why? 

Why isn't everybody pushing their boundaries and seeing challenges as opportunities to grow and thrive? 

There are many reasons, however, the important question is not 'why' but 'what'. 

What are you? An obstacle perceiver who let's his dreams fade away because the path ahead hasn't been signposted and redcarpeted? OR - An opportunity seeker who sees those big O's as neccessary challenges that once completed will result in your growth and therefore one more step towards your dream, your ultimate goal? 

I know which one you would like to be ... so ... BE IT! 

Peace to you.

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Success Messages - The Beginning of a Long and Fruitful Journey

Welcome to the very first addition and post of Success Messages from the great ones. 

To be honest, it wasn't difficult to choose the first success quote as this is surely one of the most inspiring of all, especially if you have watched the 6 Rocky movies. 

Life is tough and it's going to throw punches at you tirelessly. It really is up to you, whether you fall and stay down or you get back up and learn from your mistakes. 

Get hit --- Fall down --- Get back up --- That is what winners do! 

Share this quote with those who need it, and if this quote has touched you today... well then that's my day made!

More quotes to come soon. Until then...

Peace. :)

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