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		<title>Team Hoyt &#8211; A Story Of Love, Passion, Courage and Determination</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 05:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahindra Raj</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Perspective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Achieving Goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Determination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Challenges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Passion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perseverance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Persistence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taking Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Team Hoyt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unlimited Human Potential]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the story of Father and Son Team Hoyt. I came across them and their videos and just had to share it here because to me, Team Hoyt, truly radiates and expresses the handful of major inner qualities and inner resources that possibly ALL OF US could benefit from having more of. As you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>This is the story of Father and Son Team Hoyt.</p>
<p>I came across them and their videos and just had to share it here because to me, Team Hoyt, truly radiates and expresses the handful of major inner qualities and inner resources that possibly ALL OF US could benefit from having more of.</p>
<p>As you watch this video, as you watch how Dick Hoyt (the father, now 70 years old) pushes, pulls and carries his son, Rick Hoyt (48 years old and the size of a full grown man) through marathons, triathlons and even Ironman competitions, you may want to stop and ask yourself, &#8220;What&#8217;s my excuse for not playing full-out in life, for not doing whatever it takes and for making excuses about why I can&#8217;t do things or have what I want in life?&#8221;</p>
<p>I know I did! And every time I watch this video or think of Team Hoyt now, I can&#8217;t help but be compelled to get of my ass and do something, do anything to get me closer to my goals and dreams, even if it&#8217;s just a step closer!</p>
<p>If you aren&#8217;t sure of how long a marathon is, it is a run that covers 42.2 km or 26.2 miles.</p>
<p>A triathlon is a race where competitors will first swim a set distance (usually about 1.5km), then ride a bicycle (usually 40km) and then run 10 km.</p>
<p>And if you are wondering what an Ironman competition is like, competitors swim 3.86 km (2.4 miles), then bike for 180.2 km (112 miles) and finally run a FULL marathon of 42.2 km (26.2 miles)! Dick and Rick Hoyt, together, have completed more than 1000 races together, including 6 Ironmans! Can you imagine?</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t even do that by myself yet, let alone while pushing, pulling and carrying someone else!</p>
<p>Enjoy this video, be inspired to take action as you watch this really moving story of Team Hoyt…</p>
<p><a href="http://www.experienceserenity.com/blog/new-perspective/team-hoyt-love-passion-courage-determination"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p>So you&#8217;ve watched the video,what do you think?</p>
<p>What questions came up for you?</p>
<p>What do you feel and know that you have maybe been procrastinating or not doing?</p>
<p>What have you been delaying in your life?</p>
<p>What goals and dreams have you forgotten about or suppressed because either you or other people said you don&#8217;t have what it takes?</p>
<p>Why do I ask these questions?</p>
<p>Look at Rick Hoyt. Disabled from cerebral palsy. Even though he doesn&#8217;t have control over his body, he does have control of his mind.</p>
<p>Just with his mind alone and HUGE doses of determination to succeed, perseverance, persistence, faith, and action, he has achieved so many things. And I ask myself, what is my excuse, especially when I have a strong and healthy functioning body?</p>
<p>If you have anything to share, comment or say please feel free to leave a comment below. People hardly take the time to comment but I would love to hear from you and your thoughts.</p>
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		<title>Our Unlimited Inner Potential &#8211; What Are YOU Really Capable Of?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 04:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahindra Raj</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Perspective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freediving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ingredients For Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacques Mayol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One Breath Of Air]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategies For Life Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unlimited Human Potential]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Trubridge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone, sorry it&#8217;s been a while since my last post. I keep having great ideas to write about and share with you but I have been lacking on the execution part of it. But that will change now. I&#8217;d like to share a video from You Tube with you which I found. I think [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Hi everyone, sorry it&#8217;s been a while since my last post. I keep having great ideas to write about and share with you but I have been lacking on the execution part of it. But that will change now.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d like to share a video from You Tube with you which I found. I think it is amazing what you are about to watch but that&#8217;s not important. What is important are the questions the video raises.</p>
<p>What questions?</p>
<p>What you will see in this video raises questions about what beliefs we hold onto which are limiting our full and ever expanding potential. It raises questions about how much we say we want things &#8211; our goals and dreams &#8211; but how much effort, persistence, discipline, focus, DESIRE, determination, perseverance we actually develop and use in our journey towards that which we say we want in our lives</p>
<p>It raises questions about how long we are willing to be patient and persist with each step forward towards what we want.</p>
<p>It raises questions about the strategies that you are using. Are they working or not? Are they getting you the results you want or not? Are the strategies you are using actually the most effective or are there other strategies that exist which you are not using simply because your OLD BELIEFS about how things should be done are stopping you from really looking through eyes of clarity and truth.</p>
<p>There are so many more questions it raises but more importantly what I hope you will get and integrate or take home with you today, is the courage to really question what you believe is your FULL POTENTIAL. I hope that, by watching this &#8211; whether or not you fully understand and appreciate the full DEPTH and PROCESS of what it takes to do the thing you are about to watch &#8211; you will really begin to wonder and imagine what else you are really capable of and can achieve.</p>
<p>I hope you will begin to realize and question how many OLD LIMITING BELIEFS you have about your UNLIMITED POTENTIAL and the UNLIMITED POSSIBILITIES that await you and your life. I know, personally for me, stumbling upon this video has been a reminder of all those things, and has challenged me to question all that I believe.</p>
<p>I challenge you to question &#8211; HOW MUCH MORE CAN YOU DO AND ACHIEVE IN YOUR LIFE WITH <strong>JUST ONE BREATH OF AIR</strong>?</p>
<p>And if the rest of the remainder of your life will inevitably consist of millions more of <strong>SINGLE BREATHS OF AIR</strong>, how much more is possible and will you actually go forth to ACHIEVE, CREATE, and DEVELOP in your life and the lives of others around you?</p>
<p>Enjoy the video&#8230;</p>
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<p>I hope you enjoyed that as much as I did. I hope it raised several questions. I hope it inspired you in some way. I hope it shook, and is beginning inside your unconscious mind now, to break down some old beliefs about what you believe you are capable of which are not true anymore.</p>
<p>I say that because, well&#8230;.. let me give you a short summary and intro into FREEDIVING.</p>
<p>You already realize, that was done on just <strong>ONE BREATH OF AIR</strong>.</p>
<p>About 30 or more years ago, it was BELIEVED by scientists and experts on the human body and physiology that it would be impossible for a human being to dive to a depth greater than 100m . In 1976, Jacques Mayol became the first man to reach 100m. Now the World Record for the &#8220;NO LIMITS&#8221; freediving category is 214m. The NO LIMITS freediving category basically involves the freediver holding onto a weighted sled which takes him down to the target depth and then an inflatable balloon and other form of air inflation device pulls him up to the surface.</p>
<p>The video you just watched was the World Record set by William Trubridge in April 2007. This year, in April, he broke his own World Record for the same category (Constant Weight With No FIns) and set a record of 95m.</p>
<p>So basically, to give you some perspective, since the No Limits category involves a weighted sled to take a freediver down and a air ballon to pull him up, it takes the least time &#8211; just over 2 mins for depths in the 200m region. Although it takes a lesser amount of time, it is in now way any easier because the effects of depth and pressure on the hunan body are simply to great for me to even imagine.</p>
<p>Jacque Mayol set a No Limits World Record of 100m in 1976. William Trubridge set a Constant Weight No Fins (the category you just watched which involves only body weight while swimming down and up) in April this year of 95m &#8211; JUST 5m short of the 1976 No Limits record. If you realize, it took just over 3 mins for William Trubridge to swim down to 88m and up.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s my point if you already realize, <strong>TIME, FOCUS ON AN OUTCOME or RESULT, PERSEVERANCE, DETERMINATION, DISCIPLINE, DESIRE, THE RIGHT STRATEGIES and CONSISTENT PERSISTENT ACTION BEGINS TO GRADUALLY UNLEASH AND INCREASE OUR UNLIMITED POTENTIAL&#8230;.</strong></p>
<p><strong>All those elements are necessary. </strong>You get little if any &#8220;one&#8221; is missing.</p>
<p>So to conclude this post, I leave you with this question: &#8220;<strong>What is It That You Have Been Thinking or Imagining About Achieving, Having or Creating In Your Life that You Haven&#8217;t Yet and WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?</strong>&#8221;</p>
<p>Think about it &#8211; <strong>JUST ONE BREATH OF AIR can get you so much. What more with the all the series of breaths you are going to have from now on??</strong></p>
<p><strong>Please go ahead and comment, share your ideas, your thoughts, your inspirations, your goals and dreams or your questions for that matter. Ask question through the comment form if you like and I will answer them if I can</strong>, otherwise I will find the answer.</p>
<p>Thanks for watching and reading&#8230;.Peace..</p>
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		<title>How To Get What You Want &#8211; 4 Simple Keys</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahindra Raj</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Goals and Dreams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Achieving Goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Determination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mahindra Raj]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Persistence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Serenity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Set Goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taking Action]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Getting what you want in life is a simple process but IT IS A PROCESS. It is a process that involves a few simple steps or keys that need to be fulfilled. Use them consistently, and you will find yourself creating more of the results, goals and dreams that YOU WANT in your life. Watch [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Getting what you want in life is a simple process but <strong>IT IS A PROCESS</strong>. It is a process that involves a few simple steps or keys that need to be fulfilled. Use them consistently, and you will find yourself creating more of the results, goals and dreams that <strong>YOU WANT</strong> in your life. Watch the video below for more on this&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.experienceserenity.com/blog/goals-and-dreams/how-to-get-what-you-want-4-simple-keys"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
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		<title>Spiritual Response Therapy Still Amazes Me!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahindra Raj</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Spiritual Response Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mahindra Raj]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SRT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SRT Clearing For Homes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi there&#8230; I hope you are doing well and outstanding. I&#8217;d like to share a quick (hopefully) stories with you about my week. I already shared this with the Spiritual Response Therapy clients I have been serving and I thought I would put this up here too since I, believe this is such an amazing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Hi there&#8230;</p>
<p>I hope you are doing well and outstanding.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d like to share a quick (hopefully) stories with you about my week. I already shared this with the Spiritual Response Therapy clients I have been serving and I thought I would put this up here too since I, believe this is such an amazing example of the quick results anyone can get through Serenity Spiritual Response Therapy.</p>
<p>In case you have not yet heard of Spiritual Response Therapy or if you would like to know more, you can feel free to check out this link: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/azdGfk" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/azdGfk</a> (this goes to the page on the main site that explains it)</p>
<p>But first let me give you a little about my background with Spiritual Response Therapy (SRT). I use SRT to help heal myself and  others, to help clear and remove blocks and negative energies for myself and others, AND to help create even more awareness about what is holding me back from achieving all the goals and dreams I want and then to help me move forward. That&#8217;s right! SRT can even help you move forward towards your goals..</p>
<p>Anyway, although I have been using this amazing system of energy clearing and healing for over 10 years now, I am STILL BLOWN AWAY and<br />
amazed sometimes with the immediate and significant results of the SRT clearing.</p>
<p>My girlfriend and I just moved into a nicer apartment in a quieter area. We have two cats. So of course, once we had moved in all our belongings and cleaned the new apartment, we collected our cats and moved them in too.</p>
<p>From the time they arrived in this new apartment, the were crying the whole time and behaving very afraid of something. The first night we spent in the new apartment with the cats, our male cat, Anakin, just would not stop crying the whole time. No matter what I did, whether it was to console him, or ensure he had food, or whatever, he just kept on crying!</p>
<p>I just dismissed this as the fact that this was all a new environment for them and they were not yet used to it.</p>
<p>The next morning, when we woke up, we spent about 15 minutes looking for them, only to find them hiding in a small empty space under the  stove!! How they got in there we don&#8217;t know but they sure looked like they were hiding from something.</p>
<p>Check out the video to see for yourself how they were hiding&#8230;</p>
<h3><span style="color: #3366ff;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Before Spiritual Response Therapy Clearing Video of Our Cats</span></strong></span></h3>
<p><a href="http://www.experienceserenity.com/blog/spiritual-response-therapy/spiritual-response-therapy-still-amazes-me"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve had cats before and I have even moved my cats into new homes before but I have never seen behavior like this.</p>
<p>But I still dismissed this as something to do with their new home they were not yet used to.</p>
<p>Around 11am, I sat down to do my daily SRT clearing for myself and my girlfriend. I find that although I have gotten the main SRT clearing done for the both of us a long time ago, programs and negative energies STILL COME UP and ARE CREATED.</p>
<p>Why? Because we are beings of infinite consciousness that are constantly experiencing new things.</p>
<p>So anyway, I sit to do my clearing and somewhere during the clearing, the little intuitive voice in me says &#8220;Check whether the apartment has any negative energies that are being held in its energy field&#8221;.</p>
<p>You see, everything is made of energy, everything that exists in the Universe is made of energy vibrating at different frequencies. This is plain physics and science. Therefore, just as we as beings living inside these physical bodies have our energy field surrounding us, non-living objects also have energy fields. This new apartment has its own energy field.</p>
<p>And just as the programs and energies we create can be stored in our energy field as well, negative energies can also be stored in the apartment&#8217;s energy field. Where do these energies come from you ask? They come from the many experiences and people who have lived here previously. They can even come from all the people who worked on building this apartment and many, many other places or sources.</p>
<p>I won&#8217;t go into much detail about what Higher Self cleared for the apartment&#8217;s energy field (morphogenic field) but there were energies HATE, SELF &#8211; PUNISHMENT, GUILT, and a lot more. Higher Self cleared all that in mere minutes.</p>
<p>Now, here&#8217;s the INTERESTING PART! Listen closely for this part because even I am STILL AMAZED.</p>
<p>Within less than 5 minutes of finishing the SRT clearing for the apartment&#8217;s energy field (I&#8217;m not exaggerating by the way &#8211; this really happened in less than 5 minutes!), our two cats come out from under the stove and began to explore their new apartment AS IF nothing had happened before and AS IF they were never afraid before..</p>
<p>All the crying the were doing also STOPPED. And, they haven&#8217;t been back to hide under the stove again either. Pretty amazing coincidence if think this is just a mere coincidence! I for one, don&#8217;t subscribed to coincidences <img src='http://www.experienceserenity.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Since that time, even that night, both of them slept in peace and (thankfully) we slept in peace too <img src='http://www.experienceserenity.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t that amazing?? Less than 5 minutes after the SRT was done, the come out from hiding and being afraid for about 24 hours and<br />
completely normal and used to the their new home.</p>
<p>This is just one of the many AMAZING examples and stories of the results many people and I get from SRT clearing.</p>
<p>It just goes to show and prove the fact of the unlimited possibilities and nature of life. We can create anything we want &#8211; NEGATIVE or POSITIVE at any time. And it is such a valuable tool to have in your life &#8211; Spiritual Response Clearing.</p>
<p>Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed this. I am still smiling at the brilliance of this simple but effective nature of this amazing<br />
system <img src='http://www.experienceserenity.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Peace to you,</p>
<p>Mahindra</p>
<p>P.S &#8211; If you liked what you read, feel free to post comments and feel free to also contact me for a FREE Spiritual Response Therapy review to check how much clearing you would need (if any). You can request the FREE review here: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/9RXxTd" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/9RXxTd</a></p>
<p>P.S.S &#8211; Or, if you already know about SRT and would like to schedule an SRT consultation session, you can do that by emailing me at srt@experienceserenity.com</p>
<p>P.S.S.S &#8211; Thanks again for reading and commenting..Peace</p>
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		<title>Stocks Fall &#8211; A Time For Massive Change is Coming??</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahindra Raj</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life Challenges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Growth Opportunity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stock Market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time For Transformation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Honestly, I hope what I write is NOT true but here you go&#8230; What took almost every stock market in the World to make gain in 12 months, has been lost and vaporized in ONLY 2 months! I&#8217;ve been posting on a few social media sites since a couple of months ago &#8211; GET OUT [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Honestly, I hope what I write is NOT true but here you go&#8230;</p>
<p>What took almost every stock market in the World to make gain in 12 months, has been lost and vaporized in ONLY 2 months! I&#8217;ve been posting on a few social media sites since a couple of months ago &#8211; GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN!</p>
<p>Many people who have money in the stock market have been holding on since the BIG decline in 2008. What are they holding on for? They are holding for the time when the stock market will once again rise to the DOW 12,000 to 14,000 level. The DOW has for the last 2 days, closed below 10,000 once again. I fear, that those people who are waiting, will be waiting for a few years to see those higher levels.</p>
<p>In the middle of 2009, I was already advising to a few people (but who am I to advise right? I&#8217;m not a certified stock analyst or anything like that), to get most of their money out. The only way that a person is going to make money in the markets for a while to come, is by either short-selling stocks or trading options. If you don&#8217;t know what those two ways are, then you either want to begin to learn now or stay out of the market.</p>
<p>Of course I may be wrong, but what if I&#8217;m not. The only way you&#8217;re going to have a little more certainty that the stock market (DOW Jones)  is going to advance higher than the DOW 14,000 level, IS when it actually does break a new high. Until that happens, I would suggest it would be safer to stay &#8220;short&#8221; the market and NOT long. In other words, no buying and holding stocks!</p>
<p>I addition to all this, a few weeks ago, as I sat and watched the stock market on my computer, I witnessed something I had never seen before. I witnessed the stock market decline (almost) 1,000 points in less than 15 minutes. 700 of those points were lost in less than 5 minutes! If you know anything about the stock market and how human psychology is so deeply embedded into it, you will know that those were some of the most fearful 5 minutes that existed for many, many people. Massive selling like that only takes place when there is MASSIVE FEAR.</p>
<p><strong>And here&#8217;s a key distinction</strong>: <strong>I don&#8217;t think any of us have seen the worst declines yet.</strong></p>
<p>But really I&#8217;m not writing because I want to talk about stock markets and global economies.</p>
<p>I am talking about the fear that exists in the World as a whole now. This is something that must be thought about and prepared for beginning from now. Sure some people are still sitting nice and happy, and &#8220;partying&#8221; away all their monthly or weekly income because 2009 (so people think) was the year of the &#8220;recovery&#8221;. Some people still believe it is &#8220;ok&#8221; and that economies are doing fine. I have even heard some people tell me, &#8220;Banks lending money is a good sign, loans are a good sign&#8221;.</p>
<p>The only thing I have to say is that, every once in a while comes a HUGE opportunity. Opportunity for what? Opportunity for transformation. Transforming what? Transforming what we believe, how we think, discarding our &#8220;old&#8221; models of the World and adopting &#8220;new&#8221; models of the World that will work in the future.</p>
<p>There are always two paths one can go down. One is a path of waiting for the &#8220;sh#!&#8221; to hit the fan before doing something about it. The other path is a path of <strong>anticipating the possibilities and future outcomes and preparing for them &#8220;ahead of time&#8221;</strong>. You choose&#8230;</p>
<p>If you were to ask me, I would say, that even starting to prepare now is a bit too late. But hey, any preparation is better than nothing at all.</p>
<p>Question is: &#8220;How do we prepare for this coming time of escalating fear and collapse?&#8221;</p>
<p>Sure we can prepare financially, but what is more important than that is to prepare and build up our psychology and &#8220;state of being&#8221;. We need to begin strengthening our mental, emotional and even physical states in  order to, not just handle, but be able to create the life of success, balance and serenity that we want amidst the global chaos that will be going on. There is a way to do this &#8211; there is always a way!</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a final note and something to really think about:</p>
<p>&#8220;Everything that exists on this planet, has been built up from an idea and thought. That&#8217;s how EVERYTHING started. Therefore, I need not say that your mind and brain are the most powerful things you will ever own physically. If you do not learn how to use them in order to create the life you want, truly desire and deserve, then what are you doing with them? Your mental, emotional and physical state determine everything else that you create in your life, everything that you experience in your life and everything that you WILL experience in life.</p>
<p>And of course, I may be completely wrong about all this and be absolutely out of my mind. But hang on&#8230; I am out of my mind! <img src='http://www.experienceserenity.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Thanks for reading&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Anthony Robbins &#8211; The Sylvester Stallone &#8220;Rocky&#8221; Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 06:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahindra Raj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What Are You Willing to do in Order to Achieve Your Goals and Dreams? You know you meet people all the time who say they have &#8220;this&#8221; goal and &#8220;that&#8221; goal or they have &#8220;this&#8221; dream and &#8220;that&#8221; dream. But how many people do you know actually achieve their dreams and goals? How many people [...]]]></description>
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<p>You know you meet people all the time who say they have &#8220;this&#8221; goal and &#8220;that&#8221; goal or they have &#8220;this&#8221; dream and &#8220;that&#8221; dream. But how many people do you know actually achieve their dreams and goals? How many people do you know actually live their true life purpose or live a life that truly fulfills them? That&#8217;s right! Not many at all. In fact, among all the studies and research that has been done, results have shown that less than 6% of Earth&#8217;s entire population achieves any goals set! That&#8217;s ridiculous isn&#8217;t it? 6%??</p>
<p>Why is that? What is it that makes it so difficult to achieve goals, dreams and to live the life that really fulfills us and calls out to us? What is it that keeps 94% of people pretty much living the &#8220;standard&#8221; or &#8220;ordinary&#8221; life? What is it that keeps so many people believing that they can&#8217;t live their dreams and that dreams will always be dreams?</p>
<p>So here&#8217;s the story of Sylvester Stallone and his journey up to the point he made the movie &#8220;Rocky&#8221;. The story is told by Anthony Robbins, a World-renowned personal development and results &#8220;guru&#8221;. Feel free to sit back, relax and enjoy this short 10 minute video and allow the answers to those questions I posed above to be revealed through this amazing story of Sylvester Stallone and Rocky.</p>
<h3><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Anthony Robbins Tells the Sylvester Stallone &#8220;Rocky&#8221; Story</span></span></h3>
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<p>So what did you think? What answers came to you? What insights into your own life and journey did you have? And what do you know you must do now? Imagine if we were educated from a young age that <strong>&#8220;we are all meant to live our dreams and we can all achieve anything we set out to achieve&#8221;</strong>. Imagine how different life would be right now. Imagine how much higher our consciousness and the consciousness of mankind will be right now. Imagine how much more we would all believe in a World of greater possibilities and go out to actual make those possibilities real.</p>
<p>Imagine how we would all believe it to be &#8220;normal&#8221; to achieve goals and live our dreams and purpose instead of believing that those things are just concepts that the rare and few humans with special abilities can actual actualize. Imagine what life would be if you were willing to do whatever it takes to commit and persevere towards the life you dream about. Imagine if you were willing to do whatever it takes and trust in yourself in order to achieve all that you want. Imagine if you would surround yourself with a &#8220;peer&#8221; group that believed in you and your infinite potential and supported you instead of telling you what is not possible. All this and more, the World needs more of.</p>
<p>Thank you&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Life Without Limbs &#8211; How Strong Are You Going To Finish?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 23:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahindra Raj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life Challenges &#8211; We Think We Got it Bad You know that all of us have been through our own versions of what we call &#8220;challenging or difficult life experiences&#8221;. Well, there are times when I went through experiences that felt so difficult at that time and I felt or thought I was the only [...]]]></description>
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<p>You know that all of us have been through our own versions of what we  call &#8220;challenging or difficult life experiences&#8221;. Well, there are times  when I went through experiences that felt so difficult at that time and I  felt or thought I was the only one going through &#8220;crap&#8221;. Sometimes it  felt so bad that I couldn&#8217;t help but wallow and involve myself in deep  states of negative and limiting emotion and thought. And all of that was  valid I&#8217;m sure because I believe that no matter what we are going  through and no matter how we are behaving, we are always doing &#8220;the  best&#8221; we can with our current life resources, and by resources I mean  everything we have available to us &#8211; both internally and externally.</p>
<p>But wouldn&#8217;t be great if we could snap out of the &#8220;crap&#8221; way we feel even quicker? Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if we could stop running the patterns of self-pity, depression, sadness, anger or whatever other &#8220;not so positive&#8221; emotional or mental states and behaviors we go through? Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if we could put ourselves in a more resourceful and positive state of mind even faster? I&#8217;ll just hallucinate you said &#8220;yes&#8221;. And if you did, then, may I suggest to you that, one of the quickest ways to do that (if not the quickest way), is to change or shift perspectives.</p>
<p>Shifting perspectives literally have the ability to give us the ability to think, feel and behave differently. If we shift to a more neutral (at the least) or even better, more positive or empowering perspective about what is going on in our life, then more than likely, we will at the very least find ourselves begin to think and act more resourcefully towards getting ourselves moving forward again.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Nick Vujicic &#8211; Life Without Limbs &#8211; Man Without Limbs</span></span></h2>
<p>So having said that, here&#8217;s a video I&#8217;d like to share with you of a guy who I absolutely bow to and think is absolutely amazing! If only I could have 10% of his courage, strength, determination, faith, perseverance and desire to succeed, I would be doing wonders by now. Some of you may have already watched this and know of him too but I invite you humbly to watch it again. Why? Because I honestly tell you that even though I have watched this about 50 times now, every time I do, he never ceases to &#8220;blow me away&#8221; and bring tears to my eyes. This video always, every single time I watch it, gives me &#8220;a shot&#8221; of all those positive emotions I mentioned earlier and gets me off my ass and moving forward again with massive force and momentum! So please, feel free to enjoy it..</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Nick Vujicic &#8211; How Strong Will You Finish?</span></span></h3>
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So did you enjoy it as much as I did? Well, it&#8217;s definitely a story of perspective isn&#8217;t it? Here&#8217;s a guy who has chosen a different way to see his life and life circumstances. And that has shaped his present life and his destiny with abundance, success, massive influence, love, joy and even more serenity in all it&#8217;s forms. If we could only remember more often that we are probably not the worst of even though it may feel that way. If only we could learn to choose better perspectives to look at the challenges life presents us, imagine how much more we could be and do&#8230;.</p>
<p>Thank you&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>Serenity Yoga? Really?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahindra Raj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now most of you who have been attending Serenity Yoga classes know how long you are kept holding the poses &#8211; LOOOOOOONGGGGGG&#8230;. And perhaps some of you are wondering how can it be called &#8220;Serenity Yoga&#8221; if it feels more like &#8220;suffering yoga&#8221; sometimes. Well if you are by now wondering how Serenity Yoga [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>By now most of you who have been attending Serenity Yoga classes know how long you are kept holding the poses &#8211; LOOOOOOONGGGGGG&#8230;. And perhaps some of you are wondering how can it be called &#8220;Serenity Yoga&#8221; if it feels more like &#8220;suffering yoga&#8221; sometimes. Well if you are by now wondering how Serenity Yoga works, that&#8217;s great!</p>
<p>Because it is possible to find Serenity and Relaxation in Tension, in Difficulty.</p>
<p>So here&#8217;s an Inquiry, a question for you to allow now your unconscious mind to find the answer to. I say your unconscious mind will find the answer because this is not a question to answer with your conscious mind. The conscious mind is often too caught up in the pain, the suffering and ways to distract from the pain and suffering. And because the conscious mind always looks for ways to distract itself, it will often never find quality answers.</p>
<p>So the question is: &#8220;If it is not your muscles that will hold you in poses for a long time (because they will get tired rather quickly), then what is it that allows you to hold your body in poses for so long like you have been doing?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Coins of Our Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahindra Raj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Identity and Who We Really Are Something to think about&#8230;. We color and shape our identity as a result of our experiences and emotions. Our identity becomes who we &#8220;think&#8221; or &#8220;believe&#8221; we are. We say things like &#8220;I am a rock climber&#8221;, &#8220;I am a yoga teacher&#8221;, &#8220;I am this and I am [...]]]></description>
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<p class="note">Something to think about&#8230;.</p>
<p><span class="drop_cap">W</span>e color and shape our identity as a result of our experiences and emotions. Our identity becomes who we &#8220;think&#8221; or &#8220;believe&#8221; we are. We say things like &#8220;I am a rock climber&#8221;, &#8220;I am a yoga teacher&#8221;, &#8220;I am this and I am that&#8221;. This is what we identify ourselves with. and it&#8217;s necessary to have an identity, it is necessary to have some level of Ego.</p>
<p>But then what if we are like coins. Coins have two sides. Coins need both sides to be of full and total value. If a coin we possess has only markings on one side (a one sided coin), then that coin is of no value. When we attach ourselves so strongly to one identity, i.e. one side of the coin, what are we missing out on in life?</p>
<p>We buy things all the time right? Imagine now, only having one sided coins. We go to stores and pay with our one sided coins. And every time we pay, we &#8220;cleverly&#8221; (out of thinking we know exactly who we are and what we are doing in life), lay the coins we have on the cashiers counter with the side that has markings facing up. So we hide the other side &#8220;cleverly&#8221;. And we get away with that a lot of times, we don&#8217;t get caught and we feel good about ourselves. The cashiers in our life, often are unaware themselves and so they blindly accept our one-sided coins. We get away with a lot of things in life this way &#8211; by showing only one side of our coins. We get through life&#8217;s experiences this way a lot.</p>
<p>We keep paying with one-sided coins again and again, feeling good every time, UNTIL, one day, someone actually flips the coin we give them over and sees that the other side is blank. And that PERSON or LIFE throws the coin back at you and says, &#8220;this is no value to me&#8221; or &#8220;this coin doesn&#8217;t represent its full value or potential&#8221; or &#8220;You can&#8217;t pay with this! I&#8217;m not a fool!&#8221; Then suddenly we don&#8217;t feel good about who we are anymore. Why? Because someone or LIFE has discovered that we are only showing them that one side of the coin, of ourselves. And as if that isn&#8217;t enough, that person steps up and challenges us to reveal to ourselves and the World the other side to. They or life challenges us to do this because, only if both sides of our coins are fully marked will they have full value and potential. And with full potential we can be more, do more, and feel more.</p>
<p>And at that point, when we are challenged because someone or something in life has pointed out to us that we are not being our true and full selves, that we are not living from our fullest potential, we can take two paths. We can either take the path of trying to keep getting away with this and get through life&#8217;s experiences with only one-sided coins OR we can choose to take action and discover the other side or sides of ourselves. And that&#8217;s not all, because we can further choose to build up those other aspects or sides of ourselves so that we become more WHOLE. By being more whole, we are able to access greater resources already within us. We are able to help more people. We are able to be more and do more. We are able to feel even more. And most importantly, by being more whole and complete, we feel fulfilled even without doing anything more than we already are because we are being true to ourselves &#8211; we are not hiding anything any longer. How great would it be to live like that?</p>
<p class="alert">There are two paths &#8211; which one will you take?</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mahindra Raj</dc:creator>
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