{"id":156,"date":"2011-05-31T19:01:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T07:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wisdomhealthprosperity.com\/selfimprovementmastery\/?p=156"},"modified":"2011-05-31T19:01:23","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T07:01:23","slug":"the-secret-of-success-unleashing-your-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wisdomhealthprosperity.com\/selfimprovementmastery\/the-secret-of-success-unleashing-your-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Of Success: Unleashing Your Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Easy AdSense V2.99 -->\n<!-- Post[count: 1] -->\n<div class=\"ezAdsense adsense adsense-leadin\" style=\"float:right;margin:12px;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-8279754544979895\";\r\n\/* self improve3 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2464079329\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<!-- Easy AdSense V2.99 -->\n\n<p>It may be myth \u2013 but often myths are basic facts lost in the fog of time \u2013 that, having searched for many years to discover the meaning of life, the Buddha became enlightened when he was simply sitting under a tree.  It may also be legend, but legend has it that Sir Isaac Newton made is most important scientific discovery, once again, whilst sitting under a tree.   And although it was an apple that reputedly dropped for Newton, you\u2019ve got to find your own tree to allow your very own pennies to drop for you \u2013 your <a href='http:\/\/www.gurdy.net' target='_blank'>personal development<\/a> depends upon it.<\/p>\n<p>Only a clear and uncluttered mind can be inspired.  And the normal mind is anything but clear and uncluttered.  Psychology suggests that the normal mind is overwhelmed by random thought \u2013 some fifty thousand random thoughts zip through our minds every single day.  Most of those thoughts are innocuous but, research concludes, some of those thoughts are self-destructive \u2013 I was going to say positively self-destructive but that would be a contradiction \u2013 these negative thoughts are toxic.  These are the thoughts that create the illusions of low self-esteem, worry, anxiety, stress and depression.   Left to its own devices, the adult mind simply cannot be inspired.<\/p>\n<p>And is life worth living without the excitement of inspiration?  Surely  life is nothing more than going through the motions if you\u2019re not excited and delighted by the exhilaration of the out-of-the-ordinary?  However, the out-of-the-ordinary is all too rare an event for the normal mind that merely exists in the comfort of the routine.  However, if you don\u2019t stir yourself out of this deadly slumber you will simply not have lived life to the full.  Not only that, you\u2019ll be a negative influence on those around you \u2013 in particular those who you claim to love.<br \/>\nEveryone is capable of being inspired and being inspirational.  You are capable of escaping from the norm and <a href='http:\/\/www.gurdy.net' target='_blank'>living your very best life<\/a>.  But you must make space for inspiration, you\u2019ve got to give yourself the uncluttered and clear time to let the inner you out.  Our next-door neighbour in the Alps has often asked me what I do for a living.  And, even though  I have explained it to him on a number of occasions, he still seeks clarification \u2013 in his own words \u201cIt seems to me and my wife that you spend a lot of time doing nothing!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Doing nothing is not a waste of time.  Doing nothing can often be time most fruitfully spent.  The peace and clarity of mind that comes with spending time doing nothing is the incubation chamber in which inspirational ideas simply spring to life.  Thomas Edison found that he only became inspired in his mind\u2019s quiet moments to the extent that he set about creating quiet moments for his mind every day.  Edison had over four hundred inventions patented in his name.  Pablo Picasso  said that he was never sure when inspiration would strike so he made it his business to cultivate a prepared mind.<\/p>\n<p>Are you prepared to <a href='http:\/\/www.gurdy.net' target='_blank'>be inspired<\/a>?   How often do you simply let your mind set off on flights of fancy?   I\u2019m not talking about wandering into negative thought \u2013 I\u2019m talking about effortlessly allowing your mind wander onto what normal people would find undoable or unachievable.   Such things are only undoable to a normal mind constrained by preconceived negative notions.  De-program yourself \u2013 let yourself go, let yourself off the hook of normal \u2018living inside the box\u2019.  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