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- Depression: An Example of Patient Participation - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2010 from Marc LernerWhen a person experiences the negativity of depression, his or her natural reaction is to look for an instant cure. Fortunately, today there exists effective medication for depression, but that doesn’t excuse a conscious patient from actively participating in healing. A study of depression ...
Views: 2593(2 votes) - What We Can Do To Consciously Affect Our Healing - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2010 from Marc LernerWould you do something that improved your condition 10%? Then, if you did one thing with that improvement, would you do three more things? I have a chronic illness myself, MS, which really has no medical cure. I do, though, have the ability to change the way I interpret my condition and how I ...
Views: 2051(1 vote) - The Commitment to Heal - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Marc LernerWhen the essence of your life, which is consciousness, connects to something, a commitment is formed. A superficial level of commitment happens when your consciousness connects to the thoughts of something and you are just left committed to your own mind. The most common example of a deeper ...
Views: 1791(3 votes) - How to Consciously Condition the Subconscious Mind - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Marc LernerWe are often challenged when we face something to do that we have not been prepared for. When most of us prepare for a challenge, we think of what we can do. I want to propose a way to prepare for challenges that involves developing oneself on a subconscious level. If we could prepare to develop ...
Views: 4186(6 votes) - How to Become More Conscious - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2010 from Marc LernerI define consciousness as our life force. When you take away all of our distractions and limitations, we become more conscious. It isn’t that consciousness evolves, for it is we who evolve to be conscious. From our most intelligent thoughts to our best perceptions, we appreciate them because we ...
Views: 1912(1 vote) - Do External Situations Like Job, Relationships or Health Cause Depression? - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2010 from Marc LernerWhen we face difficult times, how we perceive the situation we are in may cause depression. It is not what happens in the world around us, what other people say or the promise of a dismal future, but by our own mind. When we focus on our thoughts, our own brains create our experience. If you ...
Views: 1507(1 vote) - Integration for a Whole You by Consciously Conditioning Your Mind - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2010 from Marc LernerThink of a wheel with a hundred spokes all meeting at the center. Each spoke represents a different aspect of you, but the center represents your self image, where all your thoughts are directed. You may think differently on each spoke, but all of your thoughts are directed to your self image. ...
Views: 1199(2 votes) - Boredom—Using It as an Amazing Opportunity - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2010 from Marc LernerWhen our consciousness runs with familiar habits, boredom seldom exists. It is when consciousness doesn’t benefit from the old habits and you lack interest or purpose in what you do. Boredom is basically getting stuck in your mind with nothing to do and you lack the courage to explore the ...
Views: 3022(1 vote) - Mastering Second Chances: An Excellent Self-Growth Opportunity - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2010 from Marc LernerThe idea of facing a challenge and feeling as though you are given a second chance develops because of your perspective. Too often, we look for external situations to be the reason we have a second chance, but what happens within your brain creates the feeling as though you can deal with this ...
Views: 1304(1 vote) - The Most Spiritual People I Know - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2010 from Marc LernerThe most spiritual people I know don’t have to talk about spirituality to be spiritual. I sense them in the moment and their focus inspires me. I used to go to philosophical geniuses to satisfy that thirst, but now I find it in the people I love. Their expression of the heart directly talks to ...
Views: 1787(2 votes) - Happiness is Accepting Life Without Limitations - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2010 from Marc LernerHappiness is the simplest expression of life without the limitations of our mind. Unfortunately, most people are used to looking for happiness outside of themselves. In this article, we will explore the reality of finding happiness within. For most people, happiness depends on their interaction ...
Views: 1571 - What is the Benefit of the Silence Beyond Thinking? - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2009 from Marc LernerThinking is the vehicle our consciousness travels in when our ego does the driving. That is how we get what we want...but that is actually a very small part of life. Attraction happens when our consciousness is not locked into our thought patterns. Let me share how the power of being attracted ...
Views: 1003(2 votes) - The Power of Your Interpretations - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2009 from Marc LernerWe all possess an amazing power to create the world we live in. The simple act of how we interpret what happens to us is usually subconscious. When you face a challenge you cannot control (like a chronic illness, losing your job or the decision of another person); you can always control the way ...
Views: 1264(3 votes) - How Inner Wisdom Serves Us in Everyday Life - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2009 from Marc LernerWe live in a world where value is captured in thoughts or it goes unnoticed. Imagine really desiring something without being able to express it in words. Desires have power when they are put into words. Because our focus is on thinking most of the time , we would seldom strive for what we ...
Views: 1456(3 votes) - It Is Easier to Change Your Interpretations of Stress Than the Cause of Your Stress - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2009 from Marc LernerWhen you face a challenge you cannot control (like a chronic illness, losing your job or the decision of another person); you can always control the way you interpret your perception of what happens. Victims are people that accept what happens as the only reality they deal with. The empowered ...
Views: 1172(3 votes) - Intellect Or Inner Wisdom: How Do You Respond To Your Challenges? - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2009 from Marc LernerOur Intellect, regardless of how developed it is, seldom taps our powerful inner resources as we face challenges. The power of a confident self image is not an idea. The empowerment of simple self trust does not come from intellectual understanding. The ability to focus accurately does not come ...
Views: 1462 - How Focusing Empowers the Magic of Self Growth - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2009 from Marc LernerSelf-growth requires the energy our focus creates. How we focus our awareness is how we activate our inner resources. When we focus on our thoughts, we activate more thinking. When we focus beyond thinking, we activate the Wisdom of our Body. In sports, that places us in the Zone. In healing, ...
Views: 959(2 votes) - How I Deal With My Disabilities - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Marc LernerThe purpose of this article is to help people with disabilities who may be surrounded by loving, quality support identify an emptiness they may experience because they live in a different reality. There is a significant difference between understanding a person and accepting them. To really ...
Views: 1197(2 votes) - Developing the Foundation of Your Dreams - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Marc LernerMy Dad built houses and I worked for him as I grew up. I learned a valuable lesson watching someone’s dreams manifest; you have to build on a strong foundation for the dream to become a reality. We too often have a goal and forget that how we relate to that goal is an essential ingredient. How ...
Views: 1335(1 vote) - How the Medical Profession Either Empowers You or Makes You a Victim as You Heal - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Marc LernerThe medical profession today is an amazing resource in healing. I define a victim as the person who only looks outside for the solutions to their problem. If a person gets excellent medical care and they only look outside, they can become a victim. The empowered patient actively participates ...
Views: 934(1 vote) - The Patient’s Role in Pres. Obama’s Health Plan - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Marc LernerAfter I studied what the Obama health plan entails, I want to identify an additional important perspective. As president of Life Skills Institute, I have been working with the chronically ill and disabled for over 25 years. The focus of my work is to help people in a health crisis connect to ...
Views: 1323(1 vote) - In Exercise, Your Mind Matters - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2009 from Marc LernerThe disability of losing the ability to walk can be an incredible motivator or it can lock you into discouraging thoughts. There are 2 paths I found in dealing with disabilities. I could focus on the thoughts and fears of what was happening to me, which would leave me completely discouraged. Or ...
Views: 1192(2 votes) - Communicating Wellness Using the Universal Language and the Whole Brain - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Marc LernerWhen people focus on their thinking, they communicate in the cultural way they were conditioned to live in. Their language, habits and values were taught to them by the people they grew up with and they tend to believe that is the correct way to think. If they were taught to go beyond thinking ...
Views: 1252(1 vote) - What Do You Do When You Don’t Have Choices? - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2009 from Marc LernerI don’t think there is a situation where you don’t have a choice. If all you do is focus on thinking, it may be that you just haven’t thought about it yet, so your thoughts don’t serve you. When I find myself in that situation, my greatest choice is to focus beyond my thoughts. When most ...
Views: 962(5 votes) - Spirituality and Healing: Discovering the Wisdom of the Body - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Marc LernerWith two powerful words in the title, I have to start by defining what I mean by spirituality and healing. Let me define spirituality not with words, but with experiential situations. First, in spirituality something greater than your conditioned ego controls your heart. That means your thoughts ...
Views: 1127 - The Benefit of Recession and How It Forces Us To Grow - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2009 from Marc LernerA recession is an illness our country has and we have to participate in healing it as if we were sick. When dealing with an illness, people have to go beyond their conditioned habits and tap their inner resources to become an active part of the healing process. Our nation, actually the world, ...
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