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Consciousness and science. Practices. Things You Can Do To Get Smarter. You might be under the impression that intelligence is a fixed quantity set when you are young and unchanging thereafter. But research shows that you're wrong. How we approach situations and the things we do to feed our brains can significantly improve our mental horsepower. That could mean going back to school or filling your bookshelves (or e-reader) with thick tomes on deep subjects, but getting smarter doesn't necessarily mean a huge commitment of time and energy, according to a recent thread on question-and-answer site Quora.

When a questioner keen on self-improvement asked the community, "What would you do to be a little smarter every single day? " lots of readers--including dedicated meditators, techies, and entrepreneurs--weighed in with useful suggestions. Which of these 10 ideas can you fit into your daily routine? 1. Every online break doesn't have to be about checking social networks and fulfilling your daily ration of cute animal pics. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 5 Steps to Transform Yourself into Higher Self. The last week or so I have been engulfed and suffocating in negativity. Everywhere I look these days information is streaming in; all about death, war, pestilence, toxins, destruction, disease..well you get it.

It all felt so much out of my control and dis-empowering. Then there is the other side of the spectrum, the world where I perceive my brothers and sisters to reside. The world of unrelenting and all consuming love. Then today I had a breakthrough, like the two hemispheres of my brain, the yin and the yang finally harmonized in that cranium of mine and the truth started pouring out inspired by a fantastic interview with Eisenhower’s great granddaughter. We are living in the grand cleansing. We must merge hemispheres. For those of you who have been watching current events, with the internet exposing so much of the agenda to lock the connection to source and acceleration of the human aura, there is a period of time when it can all seem negatively overwhelming. How to Lose Your Mind and Create a New One. By Katrin Geist Guest Writer for Wake Up World Breaking the habit of being yourself requires – dare I say it? – discipline. Daily discipline. And once you embark on it, it’s the most wonderful process in the making.

So why not actively create your life, instead of mostly running in automatic-reactive-survival mode? Interacting with the quantum field Nobody is doomed by their genetic makeup or hard wired to live a specific way for the rest of their lives. Says Dr. “You… broadcast a distinct energy pattern or signature. In essence, we influence the quantum field through our Being-states (and not only through what we want). Vision and creative mode A brain region called the frontal lobe plays a key role in envisioning the life you desire. This is exactly what we admire in great leaders: Gandhi, Dr.

Mechanics of change and the art of ‘becoming familiar with’ Repetition is the mother of all skill – and it is what wires brain cells together to create new neurological pathways. References: Silver Line. The Present - Universal Truth - The Ultimate Truth. A man should look for what is and not for what he thinks should be. Albert Einstein Truth you can check: It is as matter of fact as the ground and as useful as food. It's the kind of truth that can make hate and war as unnecessary as ignorance. Charles Darwin revealed how evolution works, but not what it really means. Evolution is no longer just a theory; it has been proven true beyond a reasonable doubt.

The problem is, even people who believe evolution is true disassociate themselves from the process. The evidence says we evolved as life evolved. Human beings did not just appear at the top of the evolutionary ladder to reap the benefits of those millions of years of evolution without having to live through it. In other words, you were those other animals. You had to be lower animals to be a human now. In addition to the fossil evidence, the genetic code proves that all animals, including us, evolved from bacteria over the last 700 million years on earth.

How do you know you are dead? 1. Head trip. 10 Ways Our Minds Warp Time. How time perception is warped by life-threatening situations, eye movements, tiredness, hypnosis, age, the emotions and more… The mind does funny things to our experience of time. Just ask French cave expert Michel Siffre. In 1962 Siffre went to live in a cave that was completely isolated from mechanical clocks and natural light. He soon began to experience a huge change in his perception of time. When he tried to measure out two minutes by counting up to 120 at one-second intervals, it took him 5 minutes. After emerging from the cave he guessed the trip had lasted 34 days. But you don’t have to hide out in a cave for a couple of months to warp time, it happens to us all the time. 1. People often report that time seems to slow down in life-threatening situations, like skydiving. But are we really processing more information in these seconds when time seems to stretch?

To test this, Stetson et al. (2007) had people staring at a special chronometer while free-falling 50 metres into a net. Creativity Innovation Genius. Finding the Mind. Which of the 8 kinds of intelligence do you have? Along with youth, beauty and wealth, our culture places a high premium on intelligence, which is generally seen as a fairly concrete trait. People are smart or they’re not, and psychologists and educators have a slew of standardized tests with which to gauge a person’s intellect.

The terms IQ, general intelligence, general cognitive ability and general mental ability are all used to refer to what cognitive tests measure — which is primarily an evaluation of mathematical skill, verbal fluency and spatial visualization. But what about a musical genius who does poorly with spelling or a brilliant linguist who has a hard time with fractions? How does the standard idea of “general intelligence” account for those with obvious gifts, but who may not score well across the board on standardized tests?

The general intelligence model is defined by a relatively narrow spectrum of skills, which seems really limiting when you think about it. This is where Dr. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Pos ed articles and You Tube.