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THE SCIENCE OF BREATH

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                                      PLAVINI PRANAYAMA                    PLAVINI IS ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED PRANAYAMA EXERCISES. IN THIS PRACTICE, THE STOMACH IS FIRST FILLED COMPLETELY WITH AIR. THEN, WHILE THE AIR REMAINS IN THE STOMACH, THE LUNGS ARE FILLED COMPLETELY. THE BREATH IS RETAINED, AND THEN FINALLY EXHALED. THIS METHOD OF INHALATION, RETENTION, AND EXHALATION IS REPEATED THE DESIRED NUMBER OF TIMES, AND WHEN THE EXERCISE IS FINISHED, THE AIR IS REGURGITATED THROUGH THE MOUTH.                     THERE ARE A FEW, MORE RARE, ADVANCED PRANAYAMA EXERCISE WHICH ARE MEANT EXCLUSIVELY FOR ADEPT YOGIS. SUCH EXERCISE ARE TRADITIONALLY IMPARTED TO ADVANCED STUDENTS BY THEIR PRECEPTORS.                      PATANJALI, THE CONDIFIER OF THE YOGIS SUTRA, WHILE EXPLAINING VARIOUS WAYS OF BRINGING THE MIND UNDER CONTROL, ALSO INCLUDES THE METHOD OF PRANAYAMA. THE WHOLE SECRET OF THE SCIENCE OF BREATH LIES IN THE INTERPRETATION OF SUTRA. HERE PATANJALI USES DIFFERENT WORDS FOR INHALATI

THE PRINCIPLE REASON FOR FAILURE

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                             UNDERSTAND THE TRICK                      THE PRINCIPLE REASONS FOR FAILURE ARE : LACK OF CONFIDENCE AND TOO MUCH EFFORT. MANY PEOPLE BLOCK ANSWERS TO THEIR PRAYERS BY FAILING TO FULLY BLOCK ANSWERS TO THEIR PRAYERS BY FAILING TO FULLY COMPREHEND THE WORKINGS OF THEIR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND. WHEN YOU KNOW HOW YOUR MIND FUNCTIONS, YOU GAIN A MEASURE OF CONFIDENCE. YOU MUST REMEMBER WHENEVER YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND ACCEPTS AN IDEA, IT IMMEDIATELY BEGINS TO EXECUTE IT. IT USES ALL ITS MIGHTLY RESOURCES TO THAT END AND MOBILIZES ALL THE MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL LAWS OF YOUR DEEPER MIND. THIS LAW IS TRUE NEGATIVELY, IT BRINGS TROUBLE, FAILURE, AND CONFUSION.                      WHEN YOU USE IT CONSTRUCTIVELY, IT BRINGS GUIDANCE, FREEDOM, AND PEACE OF MIND.                       THE RIGHT ANSWER IS INEVITABLE WHEN YOUR THOUGHTS ARE POSITIVE, CONSTRUCTIVE, AND LOVING.                      FROM THIS IT IS PERFECTLY OBVIOUS THAT THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO OVER

THE POWER OF BELIEF

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                             THE LAW OF LIFE IS BELIEF                      ALL RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD REPRESENT FORMS OF BELIEF, AND THESE BELIEFS ARE EXPLAINED IN MANY WAYS. THE LAW OF LIFE IS BELIEFS. WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE ABOUT YOURSELF , LIFE AND THE UNIVERSE? IT IS DONE UNTO YOU, AS YOU BELIEVE.                      BELIEF IS A THOUGHT IN YOUR MIND, WHICH CAUSES THE POWER OF YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS TO BE DISTRIBUTED INTO ALL PHASES OF YOUR LIFE ACCORDING TO YOUR THINKING HABITS. YOUR MUST REALIZE THE BIBLE IS NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR BELIEF IN SOME RITUAL, CEREMONY, FORM, INSTITUTION, MAN, OR FORMULA. IT IS TALKING ABOUT BELIEF ITSELF. THE BELIEF OF YOUR MIND IS SIMPLY THE THOUGHT OF YOUR MIND. IF THOU CANST BELIEV, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO HIM THAT BELIEVETH.                   IT IS FOOLISH TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING TO HURT OR HARM YOU. REMEMBER, IT IS NOT THING BELIEVED IN THAT HURTS OR HARMS YOU, BUT THE BELIEF OR THOUGHT IN YOUR MIND, WHICH CREATES THE RESULT. ALL YOUR EXPERIENCES, ALL

TYPES OF SELF-TALK

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                            THE DEFINITION OF SELF-TALK                               WHAT IS SELF-TALK, AND HOW DOES IT WORK? THE DEFINITION OF SELF-TALK, AS WE'RE USING IT THROUGHOUT THIS BOOK, CAN BE SIMPLY STATED. SELF-TALK IS A WAY TO OVERRIDE OUR PAST NEGATIVE PROGRAMMING BY ERASING OR REPLACING IT WITH CONSCIOUS, NEW POSITIVE DIRECTIONS. SELF-TALK IS A PRACTICAL WAY TO LIVE OUR LIVES BY ACTIVE INTENT RATHER THAN BY PASSIVE ACCEPTANCE.                               WITH SELF-TALK, WE HAVE A WAY TO GIVE NEW DIRECTIONS TO OUR SUBCONSCIOUS MINDS BY TALKING TO OURSELVES IN A DIFFERENT WAY, CONSCIOUSLY REPROGRAMMING OUR INTERNAL CONTROLS CENTERS WITH WORDS AND STATEMENTS THAT ARE MORE EFFECTIVE, MORE HELPFUL TO EVERY PART OF US THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE. THE SELF-TALK STATEMENTS PAINT A NEW INTERNAL PICTURE OF OURSELVES AS WE WOULD MOST LIKE TO BE.                              SELF-TALK GIVES EACH OF US A WAY TO CHANGE WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE, EVEN IF WE HAVEN'T BEEN

THE KEY OF LIFE

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                              FORGETTING THE KEYS                                    AS YOU BECOME SUCCESSFUL,                         DO NOT FORGET THE KEYS TO HAPPINESS.                      HAPPINESS RESIDES NOT IN POSSESSIONS, AND NOT IN GOLD,                      HAPPINESS DWELLS IN THE SOUL'.                      IT MAY HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE THAT MY FAVOURITE CUISINE COMES FROM THE SOUTH OF INDIA, BECAUSE THE WHOLE YEAR, IT WAS SAMBER FOR BREAKFAST, SAMBAR FOR LUNCH AND SAMBAR FOR DINNER. INFACT, SAMBARS FOLLOWED ME EVERYWHERE I WENT. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT KNOW, SAMBAR IS A LENTIL BASED VEGETABLE STEW,  WHICH ACCOMPANIES FAMOUS RICE-BASED DISHES SUCH AS DOSA OR IDLI. FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TO AUSTRALIA, EVERYONE WHO INVITED ME TO THEIR HOME FED ME THEIR VERSION OF THIS MUCH-LOVED LENTIL SOUP. HAVING HAD SO MUCH OF IT, IT WAS ONLY NATURAL THAT I BECAME A CONNOISSEUR OF THE DISH, I KNEW WHERE TO FIND THE BEST SAMBAR IN ANY TOWN, LET ALONE MY OWN. AND T

MOTIVATION OF THE DAY (SELF-TALK)

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                                                                                   SELF-TALK                       THE RADIO TALK SHOW HOST WAS SAYING, "MY GUEST TODAY IS A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER AND AN AUTHOR IN THE FIELD OF MOTIVATION". HE CONCLUDED HIS INTRODUCTION TO THE PROGRAM BY TURNING TO ME ACROSS THE MICROPHONE AND SAYING, "SHAD, ARE YOU ONE OF THESE GUYS WHO GETS AUDIENCES JUMPING IN THE AISLES AND READY TO RUN OUT AND CONQUER THE WORLD"?.                      I THINK MY ANSWER SURPRISED HIM. MY RESPONSES WAS, NO, I'M NOT. IN FACT, I REALLY DON'T BELIEVE IN MOTIVATION".                       THE NEXT FEW MOMENTS MAY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TIME THERE WAS THAT MUCH DEAD SILENCE ON HIS RADIO SHOW. HE HAD BEEN PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT EXCITING WORLD OF MOTIVATION, AND HE HAD JUST REALIZED THAT HIS GUEST WAS ABOUT TO SAY IT DOESN'T WORK.                        BUT LET ME CLARIFY. SOME MOTIVATION WORKS. IT'S JUST THAT MOST OF IT, MAYBE 95 PERCENT

DONT DO IT

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                             WAKE UP WITH POSITIVITY                   WHILE MOST SELF-TALK IS EITHER UNCONSCIOUS OR GOES UNNOTICED, SOME SELF-TALK IS GLARINGLY OVBIOUS, AND, NOT SURPRISINGLY, CLEARLY, SELF-DEFEATING. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE SELF-TALK PEOPLE USE IS CONSTRUCTIVE AND BENEFICIAL, MOST OF IT IS THE OPPOSITE - THE KIND OF SELF-TALK THAT IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AND SELF-DEFEATING.                    FOR A PERIOD OF TIME DURING MY QUEST FOR A MORE PRACTICAL PATH TO LASTING SELF-IMPROVEMENT, TO SEE JUST HOW PERVASIVE NEGATIVE SELF-TALK MIGHT BE, EACH TIME I HEARD AN EXAMPLE OF THIS KIND OF SELF-TALK, I WROTE IT DOWN. IN TIME, I HEARD AN EXAMPLE OF THIS KIND OF SELF-TALK, I WROTE IT DOWN. IN TIME, MY LIST INCLUDED HUNDREDS OF SELF-TALK STATEMENTS THAT ARE MADE BY PEOPLE - EVERY DAY. MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO USE NEGATIVE SELF-TALK ARE NOT AWARE OF WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. AND FEW, IF ANY, OF THEM ARE AWARE OF THE POWER OF THE PROGRAMMING - THE NEGATIVE PROGRAMMING - THEY ARE GIVING THEMSEL