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Beliefs And The ‘Victim’ Syndrome

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By:  Ivan Cavric Who do you know that takes full responsibility for all their feelings and behaviours?  What would your life look like if you quit blaming others for what you feel and what happens to you?  What would your life be like if you decided that your life was yours and you could consciously create it any way you wanted to? Research findings by social scientists and psychologists have demonstrated that the belief systems of individuals have a profound effect on health, the mind, and success.  Cancer patients who believe that they can heal their bodies are much more likely to go into re-mission, students who believe that they can do well in school will do well, and people who believe they can succeed in business will succeed.  In other words, “They can because they think they can.”   Beliefs are assumptions, prejudices, judgements, ideas, opinions, and attitudes through which everything we experience is filtered.  Beliefs are not facts – ju...

Ambitions

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By:  Ivan Cavric I aim to become the president of my country. I have the object of becoming the greatest scientist. I will one day be the richest person in the world. I aim to and so goes the list of ambitions of people. Nobody remembers that the final goal for each one of us is going back to earth. Let us talk more about ambitions. Are ambitions good or bad? This is difficult to answer, isn't it? To be an ambitious person must be very good. With ambitions a person strives to achieve a great feat. Few of us have very big ambitions and few very small. It all depends on our contentment. What will make us feel happy? What will make us feel worthy, and what will make us feel powerful? It's all about w hat we want from life. If you want money at any cost, you will compromise with all other values and try to make more money. But if your ambition is to become an honest person and live a God fearing life, no amount of money can attract you to do any wrongs.   Ambitions therefore depe...