{"id":18,"date":"2007-12-06T18:16:21","date_gmt":"2007-12-07T00:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dronamraju.com\/blog\/?p=18"},"modified":"2009-12-11T18:17:19","modified_gmt":"2009-12-12T00:17:19","slug":"mind-over-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dronamraju.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/mind-over-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Mind Over Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"

When i read the book The Alchemist<\/a>, I felt a connection to the concepts\/ideas presented in that book. The first concept is that of a personal legend – a path, a story that drives person\u2019s life journey. Intertwined into this, paulo coelho\u2019s hero – santiago – connects with various elements of nature as he wills the universe to guide\/help him along his path. This is quite an interesting concept. The idea is that through your mind\/soul you can connect with the elements of nature in a profound way that bends the laws of nature and time. This idea resonated with me quite a bit. Mind over Matter manifested not as creating things out thin air, but as communication with powers of the universe and results through that.<\/p>\n

Now the idea is works very well with in the story. But, Is this real? I am sure a lot of parapsychology and\/or metaphysics debates cover the validity or invalidity of these ideas in real world. I don\u2019t have any expertise or knowledge in those topics. However, the idea about connecting with the universe and harmony with elements of nature resonates with me. I can look back in my life where i feel that some seemingly improbable things happened for no apparent logical reasons. I can only point to my faith, harmony i felt with nature and a energy i feel about myself and my life as the potential causes.<\/p>\n

Personally, at one level all this seems hokey. All the indications i can see in my life as connecting with nature and achieving improbable results in my life can simply be attributed to chance. Other indications where i felt that i could see what\u2019s coming is not really premonition, but simply an educated guess at what\u2019s to come and some glitch in my brain synapses.<\/p>\n

In any case, the idea of being in harmony with elements or people or situations around me, the idea of approaching life with a great positive energy and happiness and strength seems very appealing. It is hard for me not to have faith. Sure i can\u2019t find a scientific explanation. But faith in this idea does resonate at a deep level with me.<\/p>\n

Having said all this, I came across a new book – \u201cThe Secret<\/a>\u201c. The Alchemist presented these ideas as a story\/fable and leaves it at that. Just a part of a story. The Secret<\/a> however is more like the \u201cMillionaire toolkit\u201d that gets marketed on infomercials late at night. \u201cI have this great system that can make you millions if not billions of dollars and all you have to do is spend $19.95 to get it. Of course, i am selling this system to make $19.95 instead of making the billions using the said system because the system doesn\u2019t work. \u201d<\/p>\n

The Secret, reveals the secret of people who seemingly have what they want, by just using your thoughts. It is a clear, simple, succinct, manual to think your way to great success. You can use your thought to get women, houses, money, jobs, promotions etc.
\nOf course, they recommend that you start with parking spaces \"\"<\/p>\n

Despite the sleazy, money making toolkit like feel to this book, the core ideas presented here are very similar to that of paulo\u2019s alchemist. There is a lot of wisdom presented in this book. Some simple ideas that i like are<\/p>\n