taken from The Mind Unleashed on 6th of March, 2014

“There is nothing you can learn from as much as a problem you cannot fully solve. Unsolved problems can be some of the greatest tormentors, but also the greatest teachers. Unsolved problems keep the mind hungry and the eyes open.” –Jonathan Zap

When it comes down to it, the universe is a baffling place. There is perhaps nothing more baffling than the fact that there’s even a universe to be baffled by. How many universes are there? Some scientists claim the answer could be anything between zero (this universe is an illusion) and infinity (multiverse). Nobody really knows the answer. And yet, the more we know, the more fascinating everything seems. The more baffling the question, the more exhilaration we feel. It’s the unanswered questions that pull us forward and bring a sense of the spiritual to the task of figuring things out.

Her strategy is to get to the root of players’ negative thinking.

AMELIA ISLAND – Many people agree a positive mental attitude is the key to success.

But keeping that attitude can be hard for professional athletes, particularly professional golfers, whose game relies on swings as close to perfection as they can get. This is magnified when thousands of people are watching.

Amelia Island hypnotherapist Dawn Grant found out this year how much a golfer’s state of mind can affect his or her game. And since Grant, in her work, seeks to get to the root of negative thinking and uses hypnotic suggestion to break those patterns, she thought she could help.

Forgiveness of Self

       Last month, I talked about the virtue of acceptance. I wrote on how to apply it to yourself, your life, others around you, and as a spiritual principle. The reason I am doing this is so that you can have this wisdom and instill it into your life, for the greater evolution of yourself.  This month I am looking at forgiveness. This, along with acceptance are two of the most important virtues to begin with if you want to change your life and reach higher levels of consciousness. What I have learned over a decade of private sessions is that forgiveness seems to be at the root of almost every symptom brought forth in my sessions with clients. Even when someone comes in for smoking cessation, it is likely that the root of their problems lies in the need for acceptance and forgiveness. A lot of times, people start smoking at a really young age to feel accepted. That lingers on throughout their lives over the years in the subconscious levels of the mind. I teach them how to accept who they are and forgive their pasts. It is not just my smoking cessation clients though. Practically every ailment in which I aid clients goes back to acceptance and forgiveness. This is the first installment of forgiveness for the month of August.

Acceptance of Others

        This week in the Living the Virtues Series is Acceptance of Others. Last week I wrote about accepting yourself. If you would like to read that blog post, click here. I pulled the quote for this week from Thomas Merton: “Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody’s business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy if anything can.”