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Have you ever wondered how some human beings seem to develop their potential to become a powerful influence in the world? What inspires a Martin Luther King, Jr. to broadcast a vision so clear it lasts generations beyond him? What gives a Mahatma Gandhi the courage to hold true to his ideals amidst great adversity? What enables an Albert Schweitzer to transform his life and career and devote his life to humanitarian service? Where does a Mother Teresa acquire the determination to give and give with complete surrender to a higher calling?
These great men and women throughout history tapped the hidden powers of the mind. Scientists report that the average person draws upon only ten to twenty percent of his or her brain power. The remainder lies dormant until we learn how to develop and strive toward our full potential. We believe that any thinker can come into his own greatness by increasing his knowledge, exercising mental discipline, and generating insightful discoveries that can be employed to improve his own life, and sometimes aid all of humanity. (from School of Metaphysics Student Guide) We can greatly increase our ability to be powerful, intelligent, creative, and expressive by learning how to access reasoning and intuition. These are two of the ten essential life skills taught in the School of Metaphysics course of study. These skills are: |
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SELF RESPECT |
Everything begins and ends with you. When you can view yourself from different perspectives, you develop a greater awareness of who you are and how to become the person you desire to be. Knowing how you cause everything in your life gives you the great power of knowing how to change. | |
Undivided Attention | Attention is one of our greatest commodities! You can learn to put your whole self into whatever you doing. You can learn to be here now to reap the beauty and fullness of each moment. Your relationships will improve, you will be a better employee or employer, and you will be a great influence on your children when you give your undivided attention. | |
Concentration | Holding your attention where you want it for as long as you desire makes you powerful, effective, and efficient. A high degree of concentration is one of the secrets to success in the business world, the field of education, for artists and musicians, and for anyone who wants to understand commitment. Concentration is a skill that can be built with exercise and practice! | |
Memory | You can also build the skill of drawing out of your brain what you have stored there, at will. Undivided attention and concentration build the memory power. The ability to strengthen memory saves time, produces relaxation, and helps you to learn from the past so that you can live a better present. | |
Listening | Everyone loves to be heard. When you cultivate the ability to listen to your inner self through meditation, you can be s still-minded, calming presence for others. Listening to your inner self enables you to listen to other people. Good listeners are great marriage partners, wonderful parents, sought-after employees, excellent employers, compassionate friends, and wise counselors. | |
Imagination | This is a skill that distinguishes the exceptional person from the average one. Imagination gives you the ability to improve your self and your life and to create new ways of being. Every great discovery in our world was made by someone who could imagine a better way! | |
Reasoning | Reasoning skill is built through developing memory, attention, and imagination. Learning to discern cause is a function of reasoning. A good reasoner can learn from any experience, can produce growth and understanding, and is able to become healthy, wealthy, and wise. | |
Intuition | True intuition is the direct grasp of truth. It is the ability to draw from the subconscious store of understanding and wisdom, the “teaching from within.” Intuition can be cultivated and developed for better decision-making, for understanding dreams, for drawing upon abilities like clairvoyance and telepathy. | |
Breath | Most people don’t think of breath as a function of the mind. Conscious breathing is the ability to give and receive energy. We can learn to be more balanced, more energized, more relaxed, and to become aware of the Self that exists beyond the physical body. | |
Entrainment | Coordinating the head and the heart we become a Whole Self. We experience the truth that we are all connected with one another energetically, as we realize the connection of our outer, physical self with the inner, spiritual self. If you have ever had a “peak experience,” you’ve been entrained. You can cause this state of consciousness on a regular basis with the practice of mental discipline. |