| Nowadays, it seems that people expect immediate | | | | Techniques that promise quick results might work for |
| results from positive thinking, self-improvement and | | | | the one who invented them, but not necessarily for |
| spiritual growth methods. Just think or visualize for a | | | | other people. Everyone begins from a different starting |
| few minutes a day, or just listen to a CD and your life | | | | point and at a different level of development. What |
| will change. It is like making instant coffee, opening a | | | | helped the author might not help everyone else. This is |
| can of beans or heating and eating some ready-made | | | | why there are so many books and so many teachers. |
| food. | | | | Different people need different approaches. |
| Let me ask you something. | | | | If you wish to use hypnosis or listen to subliminal CDs, |
| - Can you become a medical doctor, just by listening | | | | do so. These are passive methods, but to reach high |
| to a CD a few days? | | | | and far, become a more conscious human being, be in |
| - Can you become an airplane pilot, just by saying so a | | | | charge of your life and understand what you are doing, |
| few times a day, without studying and practicing? | | | | you need to use the active methods of doing, working |
| - Can you develop a muscular and athletic body in just | | | | and studying. |
| a few weeks? | | | | Laziness, lack of faith and belief, and too much |
| To all of these questions the answer is NO! | | | | negative thinking prevent people from pursuing positive |
| So why do you think that it is different with inner | | | | thinking methods, creative visualization or meditation. If |
| development methods? | | | | results do not manifest immediately, one becomes |
| Developing the power of concentration, developing | | | | disappointed and lose faith. It is like the story about the |
| inner strength, overcoming negative habits, developing | | | | man who was digging for oil and couldn't find anything |
| psychic powers or making progress in spiritual growth | | | | and so he gave up and went away. Then someone |
| and meditation are gradual process and requires work | | | | else came and continued digging, just to find oil a few |
| and time, just like any other subject. | | | | feet further deep. |
| In all my articles I speak about the necessity of inner | | | | You can buy ready made food, but you can work |
| work and perseverance. You need to devote time | | | | more at the kitchen and cook something really |
| and energy to gain results. You may not like hearing | | | | delicious. You can pick a few words in a foreign |
| this, but any sort of success requires more than just | | | | language from a movie that you watch or you can |
| listening to a CD or visualizing for 2-3 minutes a day. | | | | learn the language at a school. You can gain some |
| Reading books motivates, but you also need to | | | | inner peace or feel better by certain methods that |
| practice what they teach. Listening to CDs and using | | | | produce quick results, and you can work a little more |
| hypnosis might be of some help, but you stay passive | | | | and gain greater results. |
| with these methods. You just let these methods | | | | Real results in self improvement, spiritual growth or |
| program your mind, without awakening the "Inner You", | | | | meditation need more time and effort, but when you |
| which should be beyond the steering wheel of your life. | | | | understand their importance and benefits, the work will |
| You are dependent on external methods and tools, | | | | not be regarded as drudgery or a task to perform, but |
| instead of being the one who controls your life. | | | | will turn into a habit that you love and enjoy. |