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What Can Your Mind Conceive?

“The key to making your dreams and desires come true is to clearly know what you want without question. You are specific about what you want and you absolutely want it. When you think about having it you feel, and know inside you, that you can, and will, make it happen!

Whatever your mind can conceive, whatever you can imagine for yourself happening, as if it were happening right now, you can achieve. BUT WAIT, there are two more facets to being able to do this. Conceive, and then believe it. Be certain you will do it.

That feeling of certainty is important. Feel that you can, in fact, attain it. Conceive it, believe it, feel it and you can achieve it. Simply do these right things, long enough, consistently and you will make it happen. Feel as if you already made it happen. It is already yours right now. Act as if you accomplished, and achieved, your desire and you can. Celebrate everything!” Rex Sikes

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Stop Living From Outdated Info: Update!

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“We don’t know what we don’t know. What we think we know is what we think. It doesn’t make us correct. Research points out that we don’t operate directly on the world. Information coming through our senses is filtered through our brain. We create maps.

We create maps of our experience. Our eyes don’t see. Our eyes are the lens through which the brain sees, interprets and makes sense of the data coming in. We are bombarded with trillions of bits of sensory date but consciously can only process 5 +/- 2 bits.

That means we are only consciously aware of an infinitesimally small sliver of all that is going on. It is as if we have a flashlight in a dark room. What we are aware of is whatever is within its beam as we shine it around the room. From this limited info we create maps.

Consciousness Is A Flashlight – We See Only What It Shines On

We should attempt to examine and review and update our own maps whenever we can. We can never know it all, and as I stated, we don’t even know what we don’t know. Still, we can seek to discover what we are missing and work to enhance or update our maps.

The funny thing about ‘we’ humans is we defend our maps. We think we have the whole picture, when we don’t. We argue over our perceptions of what we think is going on, or what ‘the story is’. We think our version, our map of reality, is correct and other’s wrong.

When we agree, we agree on elements of the map because we can’t even describe our entire map, small as it is, nor understand what precisely we, or others mean when we describe it. That too is subject to the same issues. We are limited in what we know and perceive.

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know – We Wear Blinders

We are all brought up programmed and conditioned by everyone and everything around us. There is no escaping that. Some of us never question much of our original programming. We simply live from that conditioning most of our lives and then pass on.

We never know it might be different from what we were taught and came to believe as ‘reality’. There are those who elect to, and spend much of their lives attempting to, discover and update the original conditioning. They challenge it and seek to discover what else is.

They effort to trade in old conditioning for new updated, more relevant conditioning. They seek better maps and attempt to constantly keep up to date. In some cases there are those who attempt to drop the conditioning altogether. It can be done!

Awareness Is Necessary To Begin To Discover Your Conditioning

Maps are maps. We got them from somewhere. Most of us, mostly, live from old outdated maps. We remember and review old pictures, conversations, self-talk and memories while thinking we are thinking new things. We aren’t. We are reliving old things.

The key to change IS becoming free of it all, as much as possible. We need to learn to do new things instead of re-live the old. We need to learn how to ‘respond’ instead of knee-jerk react. It is possible and many do become free or at least, freer. Meditation assists in this.

First, one must become aware that one is living off their old maps. Without this awareness you will not change your life. Within these blog pages I have described different processes and principles for becoming free. I suggest, if you want to become free, you study these blogs. Enroll in Mind Design™. But if you don’t at least begin the practice of gratitude and celebrate everything!” Rex Sikes

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Happiness Is Already Yours: Happiness Is Your Birthright!

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“All one has to do is reflect on the wisdom from the ancients. Those who suggested we should travel within to find our bliss. Love, peace, and joy aren’t found outside oneself but on the inside. Happiness is already within you. It doesn’t come from what you acquire.

Plenty of people pursue the wrong things and the wrong thinking. They think a new car, home, shiny toy or even a new relationship will bring them the happiness and satisfaction they now lack. Scores of people prove this is wrong. Things and riches don’t fulfill us.

Ask any number of people who have made it to the top only to find themselves still sad and lonely. I had a top, top, music producer tell me he ‘lucked’ into becoming fantastically rich by putting out music he wanted to hear, only to discover his wealth was hollow.

Unhappiness Stems Not From Circumstances But Your Thoughts

He said, with all this, ‘I am still me.’ By the way, he wasn’t lucky in getting rich, he was smart about it. He knew what he wanted and worked to make it happen. So what was wrong? He put his faith in the results that having those would make him happy and different.

They didn’t. He changed his circumstances without changing himself. From the top he sought to transform himself. That is why he called me. With help he discovered how to go within. He began studying transformation. He meditated. He practiced being fulfilled.

It worked because it is a mental game, a heart game, a game of the spirit. Thinking about it won’t make you happy. Wanting things to be different doesn’t make you happy. Comparison doesn’t make you happy if you come up filled with envy. Only you make you happy!

Happiness Is Within – It Comes From What You Give Energy To

I am happier in my life for the last number of decades than I was for the first couple. It is me that changed not the circumstances. Although, as I changed my circumstances changed. Life is good as a result of my inner happiness and not the other way around.

When we live ‘at cause’, in charge of our thinking, feeling and behaviors, the ‘effect’ is happiness. The results are happiness. Does that mean we never have sad or ho-hum moments? Probably not. All emotions are part of being human. Be glad they are too. It is good.

What it does mean is you spend more time in those moments that uplift and support you and less time in those that bring you down. You are ‘at cause’ and no longer ‘at effect’. Happiness is already yours. This is what so many people and researchers miss!

Life Isn’t About Finding Yourself It’s About Creating Yourself

You were born happy. Consider this. Who was that being prior to speech or any outer influence? You learned your language, your thoughts, your beliefs, your feelings, behaviors, your paradigms from the outside, from those surrounding you. It was all added to you!

Happiness is what’s left within you when you remove all that masks and hides it. Let go, drop all that. Allow yourself to become aware that happiness is already yours. Accept it. Learn to become a great receiver. Receive all that is already belongs to you. Stop waiting and start living! Begin now. Celebrate everything!” Rex Sikes

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Olympic Champion Speaks Mind On Developing The Winner’s Edge

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“Olympic Champion Aly Raisman won 6 Olympic Medals. 3 of them gold. She won in London, 2012 and in Rio, 2016. She is considered one of the most accomplished American gymnasts of all time. In a recent 60 Minutes interview shared important lessons.

Aly dreamed it, saw it, rehearsed it and dedicated herself to it! She authored the book Fierce: How Competing For Myself Changed Everything describing her process. If you’d like to read how Aly put her mind to work for her, get her amazing book.

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Her coach told her she worked too hard to not be an Olympic Champion because she was a little afraid. She knew he was right. She described what it was like to know she was going to do well. She emphasized the difference her thinking made on her performance.

What You See And Say Inside – Is What You Get Outside

‘I felt like I was like floating. It felt like it was effortless and I never felt like that before, but it was like the best feeling in the world. I learned a valuable lesson that day. In the all around final I was nervous. I doubted myself and I made a mistake. In the floor final, I knew I was going to hit the best routine of my life, and I did.’

The Mind Is As Strong As Its Weakest Think – Focus – Be Certain

Certainty, knowing you are going to do it, comes from right conditioning and right mindset. It comes from daily practice in creating what you want. Hope, wishes and wanting won’t cut it. Fear, doubting and worry don’t help. ONLY Certainty does. Knowing does.

When you become certain, when you know you will succeed, you will succeed! She returned to the Olympics and won Silver in the all around in Rio. She says, ‘I finally competed in an all around without any major error. I finally competed for myself and I finally believed in myself. That was such a good feeling. It was really empowering for me.” Isn’t this cool? You bet it is. Celebrate everything!” Rex Sikes

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Whatever Has Your Attention Rules Your Life!

“What you give your attention to determines how you live. It determines how your life goes. It determines whether you get more or end up with less. What you give you attention to rules, dictates, you circumstances, your results, the overall quality of everything!

So what has your attention? What do you give it to? Is it devoted to your goals and dreams and creating your best life ever? Is it devoted to your problems, your fears, your doubts, your debts and your lack. Whatever has you attention occupies your mind and makes it so.

Birds of a feather flock together! You have two choices: increase or decrease. Either you are expanding, growing, thriving, increasing, becoming better or you are shrinking, contracting, losing out, dying. Wherever your attention is determines increase or decrease!

What You Focus On Expands – You Become What You Think About

You need to take hold of your mind and direct it. You need to focus your mind and rule it, otherwise it rules you! Is that what you want. Your mind is an incredible servant and a terrible, cruel master. If you want to live well and create you best life ever you must master your attention and ability to focus. Otherwise, expect to remain the same. Perhaps, even worse. But it can be different! Celebrate everything!” Rex Sikes

Horizons photo used with permission of Phil Koch

There Is Nothing To Fear: Trust In This!

“There seem to be a lot of ‘in name only’ Christians these day. People who spout scripture but whose lives don’t follow scripture. Some ‘cherry pick’ passages to put others down, show others the error of their ways, without realizing they, themselves, come up way short!

I will make a bold statement. If you are a true Christian or Jew, if you believe the Bible or Torah is the inspired word of god, THEN you would be well served to act on it. Claim it. Stand on the promises there within. Live as if you have that word in your heart. Act like it.

If nothing else the 23rd Psalm tells you how the true Christian or Jew lives, believes and acts. Take comfort and stand on the words attributed to David, the king and the other authors of the Psalms. I share this incredible promise with you. Take it to heart. Apply it.

Some won’t like what I say next. Others will love it.

You may or may not believe in god, nor must you to read this blog. There are many ways to describe the mysteries of the universe, source, infinite intelligence, divine mind, and more. I am for you deciding on your own, for I will not tell you what you must believe.

Whether or not you are Christian or Jew this Psalm attributed to David is amazing.

‘The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.’ The author says god is our unfailing and abundant supply. We shall not want for anything. He will take good care of us as a shepherd does his sheep. All our needs can and will be met. I will not want for anything. Pretty darn cool!

‘He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.’ God, or the universe, source whatever you choose, takes care of us in all ways; in every way!

‘Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.’ There is nothing to fear. Fear no evil for god is with us. He protects, keeps safe, and comforts us. Nothing can harm us in god. Fear not!

‘Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.’ Again, god meets all our needs. Even in the presence of enemies we are safe; abundantly all our needs our met. A banquet in presence of enemies. WOW!

‘Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.’ God’s goodness will always follow me. So think about this. There is nothing to fear. We can come to no harm. Every need is taken care of. We are comforted and loved.

So, what is it with name only christians who are afraid of others, who claim other’s sin is responsible for downfall? Who blame and accuse and deprive others from living happy, healthy lives, and attempt to prevent them from following their dreams. They hate and are afraid.

Why is it that they take money from them, prevent them from having the care and access to resources they need? These same name only christians allocate money to themselves, health benefits for themselves all while depriving others. They don’t live the Word.

There is nothing to fear, hate, or harm. God takes care of us. Rest in god’s word. Claim the promises and live as god intended you to live. Follow Matthew 22:36-40 When a disciple asked Jesus, ‘Master what is the greatest commandment in the law?’

Jesus said unto him, ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.’ Seems fairly direct. Love god. Love your neighbor.

Do you not get this? If you claim to be a Christian it seems you have your work cut out for you. The rest of us would benefit if we followed these words as well. Love and love some more. Stop the hate. Be filled with love. You are safe with nothing to fear. You are well provided for. There is plenty for all. Love god and love others as you love yourself. Treat everyone well. Be kind. Be generous as god is to you. Celebrate everything!”

Horizons photo used with permission of Phil Koch

This One Decision Can Transform Your Life Instantly!

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“It all begins with a decision. One decision has the power to completely transform your life and circumstances. Most people never make a powerful decision to create their best life. They settle. They believe what they were taught growing up. Do you?

They follow what they were taught, but they were never taught to develop the mindset and behaviors for success. They were taught, go to school, get a job, get married, have kids and retire with a pension. Not bad if that is what you want, except in today’s world.

If you are my reader, it’s possible you’re becoming aware if you want something, you must create the desire and passion for it. You must create the energy to get it. You create the momentum by what you do and how you do it. You desire, believe, act and persist. Go for it!

You Are Today Where Your Thoughts And Decision Brought You

If you want the best life ever you must create it. You must think yourself successful. The right mindset can make you rich. Just any mindset will keep you broke and in debt. You must decide what you want. Success is only a decision away. Choose! You must choose!

Then you must be willing to do what it takes to create the life you want to enjoy. If you don’t make an active, conscious decision, then you’ve already made one to not succeed. If you want to change your life, then you must change what you are doing. Decide today! Celebrate everything!” Rex Sikes

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Decide: Create The Momentum Cycle For Success!

“Newton’s law: A body at rest tends to remain at rest unless a force acts on it. A body in motions tends to remain in motion unless a force acts on it. You are stuck because you have been stuck. This is the condition most people are in. Inertia keeps them from moving.

If you take action, if you make a powerful decision, you can begin to move forward. If you do what I have suggested in my blog and make a powerful decision, your taking action, creates the energy. Then focus that energy on your Definite Chief Aim with white-hot desire.

Decision creates movement. Once you are moving forward you continue to move forward. If you do as I have suggested and create this momentum you will remain moving forward. If you cultivate your will, and persist, you will continue forward no matter what.

Momentum – The More We Do The More We Can Do

You will develop the habit of forward movement and for keeping it going. You’ll refuse to let anything stop you! Inertia will keep you moving BUT it will never happen UNLESS, and UNTIL, you decide to make it happen! If you fail to act you will remain right where you are. It is time to act. Do it today! Act right now. Celebrate everything!” Rex Sikes

Horizon photo used with permission of Phil Koch

How To Live Your Best Life Most Easily

“When it comes to learning there are four phases we go through. The first is Unconscious Incompetence which means you don’t know you don’t know. Before you ever saw someone ride a bike you were not conscious it was possible, and you were incompetent to do it.

Next we become aware. We become Consciously Incompetent. We know we can’t do it and we can’t do it. From here we eventually move into Conscious Competence. We are doing it, albeit imperfectly as neophytes. We talk our way, struggle, though it.

We spend the longest time in Conscious Competence talking our way through it, celebrating the changes or criticizing the frustrations. Most people aren’t very positive learners, having gone through our educational system public and private. We suck.

You Go Where Your Thoughts Take You – So Stay Positive

We suck at learning. We think we should be further along than we are. We want to be perfect right from the start. We pressure ourselves while learning which makes it more difficult. More than that, learning is not just knowing, but successfully doing things.

HOW we go through this phase determines, to a large extent, how soon we get to Unconscious Competence. Unconscious Competence means we make the new behaviors reliable habits that are automatic so we don’t have to think about doing it any longer.

We go through this sequence learning everything For example, learning to drive a car. You talk your way through it consciously. One day you find yourself driving while doing other things. You get lost in thought, converse, bop to music, and more, all the while driving.

The More You Do The More You Can Do – Skill Comes Of Doing

If you want to get to Unconscious Competence sooner get out of your own way. Realize the more fun, discovery, and celebrating of the wins, and even the goofy moments, with joy and enthusiasm, and high vibe, allows you to learn much more quickly. You get it faster.

You learn, not only more quickly, but easily, when your attitude is right. When you accept that there will be plateaus and setbacks on the learning curve you do so. The more you enjoy the process, the more readily you transform, all while living more fully as you do.

AFTER all, why suspend living your best life presently while you are learning how to do it? The more high vibe and joy you do everything the more your life qualitatively transforms from okay to marvelous. Plus, you become Unconsciously Competent in living your best life ever. It is a marvelous and unprecedented opportunity to live well and live large even while learning how to. So celebrate everything!” Rex Sikes

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Why Most People Fail To Succeed!

“People don’t succeed because they don’t want it enough. They don’t succeed because they don’t believe they can or will. They don’t realize it is ‘they’ who will make it happen. ‘If it is to be it is up to me.’ The saying goes. They don’t act in their own best interests.

People procrastinate. They lack enthusiasm and passion. They don’t believe they deserve it or have what it takes to make it happen. They are busy doing anything and everything, but what works. They feel busy, but they are not productive. They aren’t moving closer to it.

They are distracted, not focused. Busy doing all sorts of things, but not in pursuing their dream! They let things interrupt and lead them astray. They listen to others who tell them they can’t. The bottom line is, they want it but they don’t want it enough! To have it, you must HAVE TO have it! Most people are wishy washy, hence, most people remain average. Others around them succeed while they do not. What about you? Celebrate everything!” Rex Sikes

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