Defining “Consciousness” presents a great dilemma in that we all know we are conscious yet, despite hundreds of years of thought by some of the world’s greatest philosophers, a concise definition of what defines the state of “Consciousness” continues to elude us.

I have incorporated a fascinating set of YouTube videos featuring Peter Russell presenting his view of Consciousness comprising a fundamental aspect of the Universe, equivalent to space, time and matter. The videos comprise a single presentation by Peter Russell, divided up into 7, approximately ten minute clips. » Read the rest of the entry..

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In reality, the Law of Attraction, as originally proposed by authors such as Charles Haanel and Napoleon Hill, consists of a PROCESS, a process which includes the critical and integral component of ACTION directed toward your goal. The key component of ACTION has been de-emphasized, and even omitted, by many proponents of the “Law of Attraction”, resutling in a “Something for Nothing” philosophy. Nowhere in the known Universe, as documented through science (and, most importantly to the “Law of Attraction”, physics itself), has the concept of “Something for Nothing” been documented. This is physically represented by the concept of the Perpetual Motion Machine. » Read the rest of the entry..

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I am currently reading “The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference” by Malcolm Gladwell and am delighted to find that it resonates with my thoughts regarding individuals initiating significant change, as previously posted in my articles “The Golden Rule” and “Manifest World Change“.  In these two articles, the main thoughts I proposed were that:

• we need to exemplify the (social, behavioral, ethical etc.) changes we wish to see in the world,
• small changes in our behaviour might produce significant result,
• changes we exemplify might be scalable in their influence, reaching well beyond our individual area of influence, and
• in order to develop the character traits we desire, we need to exemplify them.

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I have posted the text for Elbert Hubbard’s “A Message to Garcia” on my Squidoo page. I posted an introductory comment on this brief text in an earlier post. » Read the rest of the entry..

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A brief lecture by Murray Gell-man as another installment in the great line of TED Talks.

Murray Gell-man is one of the great names associated with the investigation of Quantum Theory, specifically theoretical particle physics, and his presentation is a mere 16:02 minutes. The presentation is light-hearted, easy to follow for the layman and emphasizes the role of “Beauty” and “Elegance” in evaluation of any given theory and the universality of Natural Laws, as opposed to man-made “Natural Laws” (i.e. the Law of Attraction”). » Read the rest of the entry..

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In these two earlier posts I provided links to a series of YouTube videos (released by Primeau Productions)

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in which Napoleon Hill discussed principles from his personal success philosophy (as published in “Think and Grow Rich” and “The Law of Success”). » Read the rest of the entry..

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I was just reading Robert Pirsig’s “Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals“, the sequel to Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance, in which he clarifies his “Metaphysics of Quality” and came across his description of the moral and social chaos accompanying the transition from the Victorian Era to post World War I society, from the change in status of the “intellectual”, from “… social domination of intellect to intellectual domination of society …” I believe it represents a good description of the context in which many of the books discussed on this blog, and the accompanying Integrated Success Program web-site, were written. » Read the rest of the entry..

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A short presentation by Alain de Botton on success.

He first discusses the idea of a “meritocracy” in which members in society are graded according to merit. Those who have the merits to be successful, become so while those who don’t have such merits are not as successful, or even fail. » Read the rest of the entry..

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I have just finished editing and posting James Allen’s “LIGHT ON LIFE’S DIFFICULTIES” on the Integrated Success Program web-site. I have found his texts to be inspirational, however, this latest text strongly resonated with me as a I read it. » Read the rest of the entry..

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With the recent posting of Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich on the Integrated Success Program web-site, Mr. Hill’s complete personal philosophy of success (or achievement) is now available. A brief background for these two texts is available, as are brief descriptions of both LAW OF SUCCESS and THINK AND GROW RICH elsewhere on this site. » Read the rest of the entry..

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