1. Floaters are caused by things blowing into our eyes: Around half of the population have floaters in their eyes, so this point should be relevant to at least 50% of people who are reading it! Floaters are the speck or thread like (people describe them in all sorts of ways!) particles that we notice floating around in our vision from time to time. They are normally more noticeable if we are tired and if we are looking against a white back ground. People often assume that floaters are caused by something externally blowing in to the eye but this is absolutely not true. Floaters are formed in the inside of the central part of your eye, in the jelly like substance called the Vitreous. They have a variety of causes but the most common one is just old dead cells breaking down.
2. Computers damage our eyes: This is another myth and people often talk about computers like they are this all conquering evil when it comes to our eyes! It is true that doing a lot of close work such as computer work, can make us more likely to become short sighted, or for our short sightedness to deteriorate but it is no worse than us reading a book. Put another way, if you replaced your computer screen with a piece of paper at the exact same distance it would be just as likely to cause your short sightedness!
3. Cataracts only occur in really old people: It is true that as we get older we are more likely to get cataracts but people of all ages can develop them. People quite commonly get cataracts in their early 50’s but the average age to get the start of cataracts is around 67 years old. Children can be born with cataracts which need early surgical intervention so their eyes can fully develop.
4. Cataracts are a skin growing over the eye: No skin grows over the eyes with cataracts and they are merely a slow clouding of the lens in your eye. We all have a natural lens in our eye which focuses objects at different distances and over time it goes from being completely transparent to being cloudy. Cataracts are easily removed with a simple operation.
5. Wearing glasses makes our eyes worse: This is a very common assumption and it can be difficult to convince people that it is not true! What actually happens is when you wear glasses you realise how much better your vision can be.  Imagine you have been walking around in a blur for the past few years and then you suddenly put glasses on and the world suddenly becomes clear and in focus. When you then take your glasses off you feel like your eyes have got worse but it is merely a case of you now know what you are missing!

It just goes to show things aren’t always what they seem and you shouldn’t believe everything you hear! I hope this blog post has been interesting and I hope it inspires you to get your eyes checked regularly. . You can read more about your eyes at Treatment Saver which provides easy to understand and independent information

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It is helpful to understand what you will be doing when you’re hypnotized. A hypnotic trance can be likened to doing very intense meditation. Hypnosis is simply going into a deep trance like state. Entering and exiting that state is usually done with the help of another. With self hypnosis, the trance may not be quite as deep and you have more control over what is happening to you. But, this still isn’t something to take lightly. If you are not comfortable going that far into your head, then we would recommend starting with meditation and working up to self hypnosis.

Counting backward from 100 is one of the simpler methods for you to utilize in getting yourself to a self hypnotic state. Some experts will tell you to envision yourself walking down a set of stairs as you relax yourself. Others will suggest that you picture yourself strolling through a hallway. A good form of repetition that keeps your mind awake is counting. In addition, it give you a set amount of time to focus on the breaths you take and really become relaxed while trying to get to your headspace. It may not be a necessity for you to count every number between 1 and 100, although

There are many people who are under the belief that self hypnosis works excellently just before going to sleep or first thing when you wake up in the morning. The simple truth is that, if you are tired, you are more likely to simply fall asleep than you are to enter a hypnotic state. This is why the pros say that hypnosis works ideally at the time of day that you are most awake. The sharper and more alert you are, the easier it will be to relax your body, focus on your breathing and really pay attention to the issues that you are trying to work through during your session.

Self Hypnosis is not meant to be hard. The simple fact of the matter is that you will see many benefits of hypnosis when you have worked through your underlying issues. Many experts recommend hypnosis for working through deep issues. I hope these tips have helped you grasp what you are trying to achieve.

Until next time,
Be your best,
Keir

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English: Dennets idea of mind and conscious experience (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

When your subliminal affirmation software is creating audio, the situation is different. In this case, affirmations using subliminal audio messages are usually sound files that have the affirmations registered in a special way. The positive affirmations are coded in such a way that when you listen to the audio, you can not recognize them. However, your powerful unconscious mind is able to process the information and stores it.

The characteristic of subliminal affirmations in general is that it bypasses your conscious mind’s barriers, sending the message directly to your unconscious mind. Your unconscious mind simply takes these positive affirmations as a matter of fact and stores it along with everything else. Both audio and visual affirmations using subliminal messages work the same way, but depending on your personal case, you could have different levels of success with one or the other.

We still have a lot to discover on how the brain works but we already know that most of the processing takes place outside our awareness. subliminal affirmation software taps into this almost limitless potential and feeds you with an abundant flow of positive statements. Eventually those positive affirmations will become a part of your reality as the unconscious assumes the information to be true.

Using subliminal affirmation software to create your own subliminal affirmations can be tricky. In the same way as you should take care what you put in your body, you should do the same with what you put into your mind, especially your unconscious mind. Make sure your affirmation is positive, that it is something that you really and honestly desire and want to believe in. If your affirmations were to be true today would there be any side effects? Make sure you’re aiming at the right target because you will most likely hit it!

Most subliminal affirmation software comes with a pre-recorded set of positive affirmations. Even though you may be tempted to fire them off immediately, do yourself a favor and take a step back. More often these are so generic that they don’t light the spark necessary to bring out the necessary to bring out the change. Use your subliminal affirmation software wisely and don’t expect the software to do all the work for you. You still need to put in the time to choose your affirmations that are congruent with what you want to be. Make sure your software has the flexibility to use your own affirmations to create subliminal messages.

In the meantime, be your best,
Keir

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Heart Chakra Guided Meditation With Subliminal Affirmations (Photo credit: MitchellDahood)

The characteristic of subliminal affirmations in general is that it bypasses your conscious mind’s barriers, sending the message directly to your unconscious mind. Your unconscious mind simply takes these positive affirmations as a matter of fact and stores it along with everything else. The overall process is relatively the same for affirmations using subliminal messages, although there are some important aspects to consider if you want the best results.

We nonetheless have a great deal to discover on how the brain operates but we currently know that most of the processing occurs outside our awareness. Subliminal affirmation software taps into this practically limitless potential and feeds you with an abundant flow of positive statements. As the affirmations are repeated, your unconscious considers these as reality. This is the way our unconscious works; if the information keeps coming in and is the same, then it assumes it to be true.

While you can use subliminal affirmation software to create an unlimited amount of affirmations, you should be very careful how you do this. In the same way you take care to hydrate yourself, breathe fresh air and eat healthy foods, you need to be even more careful when it comes to talking directly to your unconscious. Are your affirmations positive statements? Are these truly what you want for yourself? Only you know what you really want and you need to take full responsibility once you get what you want.

Make sure you are true to yourself when you start making your own subliminal affirmations. You should deal with what goes into your mind the same way you deal with what goes into your body. It’s all about the ecology of one’s mind and you, at the end of the day, need to take on full responsibility. Your subliminal affirmation software needs to have the flexibility to choose your personal affirmations. You also should look at features including update frequency for visual affirmations or various options to encode audio, if you’re working with the software to create subliminal affirmation mp3s.

In the meantime, be your best,
Keir

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These days you can use subliminal affirmation software to create your own self talk. You will come across two distinct kinds of affirmations using subliminal technology. The first is visual, where the software displays the message so quickly that you just don’t see it, even though your unconscious perceives it. In the second case, the software creates a sound file which is usually an mp3 file that you can put on your iPod and listen to it whenever you choose.

Technology is coming to help us in many different ways. Subliminal affirmation software is a great example of how technology is used for self help. Using this specialized software, you can take positive affirmations and digest them through subliminal technology, delivered to you either visually or in audio. The best part is that while you can use your conscious mind to choose an create the positive affirmations, you leave it to the software to deliver the messages to your unconscious.

We probably know more about the conscious mind than about the unconscious mind; yet we need to understand some of the important differences of the unconscious mind in order to make our subliminal affirmations more effective. Our unconscious is like memory with infinite capacity, recording everything that has ever happened to us.

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Another characteristic is that our unconscious processes only positive statements and simply ignores the negative.One good example to illustrate is the following: if I ask you NOT to think about a cute pink rabbit, you unwillingly think about one, even though your conscious mind perfectly understands the instruction. Fascinating as these are, essentially the most important attribute of the unconscious mind is how it relates to reality. As far as your unconscious is concerned any and all information it possesses is true, and therefore, real.

You should be careful when you choose your positive affirmations. Let’s be clear here: We’re stepping under our conscious mind’s radar and planting seeds in our unawareness zone. Whatever you put there will be considered to be true. So don’t start a self talk with yourself saying things that are untrue to who you really are. Your conscious mind will detect it as a core value violation and will ignore it. You won’t benefit from your investment if you’re not careful.

When creating your own positive affirmations, make sure you are choosing statements that are honestly what you truly want for yourself. You really should deal with what goes into your mind the same way you treat what goes into your body. It’s all about the ecology of one’s mind and you, at the end of the day, need to take full responsibility. Your subliminal affirmation software needs to have the flexibility to choose your own private affirmations. You also need to look at features including update frequency for visual affirmations or various options to encode audio, if you’re working with the software to develop subliminal affirmation mp3s.

In the meantime, be your best,
Keir

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Subliminal affirmation software is what we refer to as computer programs that create either a visual or audio representation of your affirmations. The audio and visual cover two of the three primary channels of perception. For the moment, I am unaware of any software that can create a kinesthethic affirmation.

Subliminal Visuals

The visual affirmations are displayed using a screen saver like tool; the only difference is that you don’t see the messages flashing on the screen because it happens too fast for your conscious mind to react to it. Your unconscious, on the other hand, has no problem whatsoever with the speed and takes it in just like anything else it is registering at the time.

Subliminal Audio

When your subliminal affirmation software is creating audio, the situation is different. In this case, affirmations using subliminal audio messages are usually sound files that have the affirmations registered in a special way. The positive affirmations are coded in such a way that when you listen to the audio, you can not recognize them. However, your powerful unconscious mind is able to process the information and stores it.

Your Conscious and Unconscious Mind

The characteristic of subliminal affirmations in general is that it bypasses your conscious mind’s barriers, sending the message directly to your unconscious mind. Your unconscious mind simply takes these positive affirmations as a matter of fact and stores it along with everything else. The overall process is relatively the same for affirmations using subliminal messages, although there are some important aspects to consider if you want the best results.

We probably know more about the conscious mind than about the unconscious mind; yet we need to understand some of the important differences of the unconscious mind in order to make our subliminal affirmations more effective. The unconscious basically remembers everything since you came into existence. Another interesting property is that it does not process the negative. A well known demonstration of this is when I ask you to NOT think about a pink elephant, you first think of it before your conscious mind comes to the rescue and tells you to cancel the thought. Fascinating as these are, probably the most important attribute of your unconscious mind is how it relates to reality. As far as your unconscious is concerned any and all information it possesses is correct, and therefore, real.

Creating Your Affirmations

You should be careful when you choose your positive affirmations. Let’s be clear here: We’re stepping under our conscious mind’s radar and planting seeds in our unawareness zone. Whatever you put there will be considered to be true. So don’t start a self talk with yourself saying things that are untrue to who you really are. Your conscious mind will detect it as a core value violation and will ignore it. You won’t benefit from your investment if you’re not careful.

When creating your own positive affirmations, make sure you are choosing statements that are honestly what you really want for yourself. You ought to treat what goes into your mind the same way you deal with what goes into your body. It’s all about the ecology of the mind, and you, at the end of the day, have to take on full responsibility. Your subliminal affirmation software needs to have the flexibility to decide on your own personal affirmations. You also should look at features for example update frequency for visual affirmations or options to encode audio, if you’re using the computer program to generate subliminal affirmation mp3s.

In the meantime, be your best,
Keir

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Subliminal affirmations are effective techniques that you should be considering as a part of your personal development plan. The caliber of your thoughts and feelings acts like a guide that the universe uses to generate situations that you experience. Typically, positive thoughts and feelings will produce positive situations, while negative thoughts and feelings will manifest negative situations.

Using affirmations to reinforce beliefs has been around for a long time. In the early days, affirmations were basically a repetition of positive words you would say to yourself. There are lots of examples of this in movies where you see the hero reciting in front of a mirror, just before the decisive event. Recently we’ve discovered that delivering these affirmations in subliminal messages actually works just as well, if not better, than the original way.

Positive affirmations are essentially phrases you repeat to yourself to affirm something to be real. Subliminal affirmations are similar to positive affirmations. The fundamental difference is that for positive affirmations, you are conscious of what you really are saying to yourself. Subliminal affirmations, on the other hand, bypass your conscious mind so you are not aware of it at the conscious level. Your brain, nonetheless, is able to process this information. Your conscious mind will not hear them because they are registered at a subliminal level, but you can be sure that your powerful subconscious mind is picking up every single one of the suggestions.

Subliminal affirmations fed into your subconscious mind tell the negative thinking to hold off and let it work on the new information it’s getting. Therefore, your conscious and subconscious mind will both be processing the new positive thoughts at the exact same time. For lasting change to occur, a new belief must take root in your mind where your conscious and subconscious are in harmony.

Affirmations using subliminal messages are becoming more popular nowadays as we discover how powerful they are in changing our lives. In fact all areas in your life can use the power of subliminal affirmations. Some of the more popular ones are weight loss, stopping smoking, and building up your self esteem, just to mention a few. Listening to subliminal affirmation mp3′s on a regular basis are proving to become an effective, convenient, cheap and pleasant way people produce outstanding personal change in their lives.

If you believe in the power of thinking positively, subliminal affirmations is certainly something you should go for. You have nothing to lose except maybe some limiting beliefs.

Before you take a deep dive into subliminal affirmations, take time some time to do your research. Some of the search phrases you may want to consider are:

• Subliminal affirmations software
• Subliminal affirmations download
• Free subliminal affirmations

Until next time,

Take care and be your best,

Keir

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Affirmations are powerful and if you get them right, they are an invaluable tool for self improvement. Yet, if it were so easy then why don’t we all just affirm our dreams and realize them? Well, one of the reasons is that we are a bit more sophisticated and evolved than most of the personal development gurus would want you to think. Just because you repeat a positive phrase to yourself over and over does not mean you actually believe it.

Beliefs

Beliefs govern our lives. One of the ways of looking at this is understanding our learning process. We either generalize information, or suppress it, and often it is a combination of both so that we distort it. We unconsciously tend towards “a more of the same” type of information processing, which means that the first beliefs we created are often the strongest and the most difficult to change.

While beliefs are subjective: i.e. they are true for us, they may or may not be true for others. Knowledge, on the other hand, objective in the sense that you can prove it and so can others. We often confuse the two, thus loosing a very important ally that is our rational mind.

Modern psychology suggests that there multiple levels of consciousness and that there are different parts to our personality. Without going into any detail or preference of these abstractions, one model which resonates well for beliefs is to imagine that we have a dreamer, a realist and a doubter part to our persona.

Walt Disney Technique

Walt Disney’s signature. He developed a creativity technique which is well adapted for good affirmations

Walt Disney was well known for applying this technique for problem solving and creativity. He would gather his team and get them all going so that everyone was in a dreamer mood. Then they would go into the realist mood and finally the “devil’s advocate” mood. Records state that they actually changed rooms to enforce the different modalities and used this technique to come up with the most amazing ideas. Applying this technique to fine tune your affirmations can be extremely powerful because you will be completely congruent.

The Dreamer

The Realist

The Critic

Accept Yourself

There are several purposes to this exercise. The first one is to accept yourself for who you are. We all have these parts in our personalities and often they all talk to us at the same time. By giving each of these their separate voice you free them from competition. You’re also educating yourself so that you give your creative self freedom to express itself without criticism. At the same time, you’re also developing trust in yourself because asking your realistic and doubtful parts to contribute to the creation process.

You should repeat this exercise once a week for a couple of weeks. Each time, you’ll feel an alignment building up and your congruence with regard to your goals will increase. Now you can go back and choose your affirmations. You’ll be amazed how good these affirmations will sound to you. And because you won’t be fighting back at the unconscious level, these affirmations will actually sink in and get you moving towards your goals.

So go ahead, give your creative part the freedom to speak first, add on your realism and critics then choose your affirmations to pave your road of self improvement.

Live your dreams to the fullest and be your best,

Keir

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One of the common issues when we’re working on our personal development plan is to keep ourselves motivated. While we’re working on defining our goals and building the plan, our motivation level is high. Then when we come to implementing the plan, reality kicks in and we start to hesitate. We are living in a period of instant gratification, everyone wants results now. This quick and easy approach to everything creates superficial judgment and we only add another negative item to our self talk list, lowering our self esteem. So how do we keep motivated and gets things done?

• The first thing is to focus on the outcome and not on the tasks. The task is a list of actions to achieve what we want; by itself it does not motivate us but what we want does. Visualize how your life will be when you realize your goals; anchor the goal in front of you, like a heads up display for pilots. Keep your goals on screen, regardless of what else is going on. Imagine the good things people will be saying to you. Imagine how your body will feel when you get there. Associate positive thoughts and feelings to your goals and focus on the good vibes. This creates a lasting motivation
• The second is to use positive affirmations constantly. Just like our body becomes what we feed our body, our mind becomes what we feed our mind. Pay attention to your self-talk, every time you say something positive to your self; you are building your self esteem. Remember, no one cares about you more than yourself, treat yourself well and you will be the first one to benefit. If you hear yourself saying something negative to yourself, stop! Weed out the limiting belief, plant an empowering belief and let it grow. Look forward to listening to your positive self talk; give yourself a compliment the first thing in the morning and enjoy the rest of the day.
• Finally, take action each and every day. Consistency is crucial to building momentum. Practice is the key to perfection and you need to keep going at it. You’ll notice that as you continue to act towards you plan; your self confidence will grow. Celebrate your successes along the way, build on the positive energy and you’ll find that your self growth will accelerate beyond your expectations.

If you do the above consistently, not only will your be more motivated to realize your personal development plan, but your motivation will become contagious for those around you and you will become a role model for others to follow. Treat others as you would treat yourself, and treat yourself well.

Until next time, be your best.

Keir

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I’ve always wondered what motivates people. One of the typical metaphors we use is “the carrot and the stick”. The carrot is your reward for achieving your goal and the stick is the punishment if you fail. We all relate to this because it brings together the two major types of motivational behavior. Understanding the relationship between motivation and commitment is essential for your self improvement.

Think about the metaphor for a moment, what is more important for you: the carrot or the stick?

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While there is obviously truth to the metaphor, the carrot and stick don’t necessarily translate into motivation for most of us. A part of that is because we are more evolved than this animalistic metaphor would suggest. Our ability to make a commitment is a key factor for motivation.

Commitment

So how do you make a commitment? Let me ask you another question, what is the number one item in any personal development plan? It is, of course, that you need to write it down! Writing your objectives on paper is very important and I want to expand on this. You can test this out for yourself and let me know how it works for you.

The first thing is that you write the goal, on paper, in handwriting. Yes, I know we have computers these days, so the pen and paper may seem old fashioned. But trust me, writing with your own handwriting is very personal, and so is commitment and motivation.

The second thing you do is you write it down every day, and you read it to yourself aloud. From a neurology point of view, you’re activating different parts of your brain and this creates alignment, which enforces the commitment you’re making.

The third thing you do is you write it down and send it to people who are dear to you. No, you don’t send them an email, or ping them, tweet them, IM them or any other high-tech instantaneous thing. You send them a snail mail, with the envelope and the stamp. You’re better off writing them a letter as well, telling them what you’re doing. They will be delighted to be on your dear person list.

The fourth thing you do, after you send the letters, is that you write a letter to yourself with your objectives. Awkward as it may seem, the fact that you have all these letters going around is an incredible commitment and you’re motivation will skyrocket.

Once you get the letter you sent yourself, review where you are. My bets are on the fact that the public commitment will have increased your motivation beyond your expectations. You will be happy that people are counting on you and you will not want to disappoint them. You’ve just amplified the carrot and stick effect by a hundredfold.

Increase Your Comfort Zone for Self Improvement

Self improvement requires you going out of your comfort zone. Each time you push you comfort zone, it will expand and things that previously were difficult for you will become easier.

Until next time, be your best,

Keir

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