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Dear Friends,

Just wanted to share this.

In light and love,

VIctoria

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Yesterday you signed up at SecretsofMeditation.com and showed

an interest in more information on meditation, energy and

manifestation. Here is your first e-course instalment as promised:

Today we're going to talk about stress, what causes stress and

how to deal with it. Were going to show you how to keep your

mind focused, even when it seems there's no end to the amount of

things you have to get done.

There is a secret to dealing with stress ...

Master this secret and you will be in control of your mind and your

life. Disregard this principle and the chaos of life will control YOU.

Imagine this ...

You're getting ready for work in the morning. You have a number

of unresolved problems you need to solve.

1) You have to make your breakfast.

2) You have to polish your shoes.

3) You have to brush your teeth.

You're already running late when...

4) You realize you cant find your keys.

Now you have another problem to solve. And just when you

thought things were getting out of hand...

5) You realize that someone else is in the bathroom and you

can't get in to clean your teeth.

6) The phone rings.

7) You realize you need to go to the bank.

Stress and overwhelm arise when we have too many unresolved

problems to do deal with. As each new unsolved problem is added

to your plate, you start to lose the feeling of certainty and

control. The more unresolved problems, the more stressed you

feel.

Unfortunately, life rarely presents us with a single problem to

deal with at once. Normally life requires us to deal with a

handful of problems at the same time.

That's why our minds are in the habit of jumping around from one

thing to another.

Guess what, at any given time, your mind is simultaneously

trying to solve all kinds of unresolved problems. In fact, a

lot of this is going on outside of our conscious awareness.

Over time the mind looses its sharpness. The world doesn't look

as bright as it used to. You're not enjoying things and having fun

in the same way anymore. This is how we lose touch with

ourselves.

So what can we do about this?

The answer is to focus on resolving one problem at once. We

only ever feel stressed when the mind is trying to solve too

many unresolved problems.

Restrict your focus to one single problem and suddenly the

situation becomes less stressful and confusing.

If you're getting ready in the morning, you may decide the first

thing to focus on is eating breakfast. As long as you focus on

only one unresolved problem at once, you feel more in control.

That's exactly what we're doing in meditation.

We're giving the mind a single object to pay attention to. As we

do this, we feel the stress beginning to dissipate. The jumble

of thoughts and unresolved problems swimming around in our minds

begins to slow. We feel happier and more in control.

You wouldn't go out to an important meeting or social occasion

without clean clothes, brushing your teeth and taking care of

your appearance, would you?

What about the mind - the instrument through which we perceive

reality? Doesn't it make sense to take the time to clean up our

attitude and the way we feel as well?

That's all for today. In the next session, I'll be going through

a simple meditation exercise you can use to calm the mind and

feel great whenever you want.

Thanks and best wishes,

Matt son

SecretsofMeditation.com

Ph: +44(0)7092 185 223

Email: mattclarkson@...

PS. Want to learn how to quiet the mind, super-charge your

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Remember, this article is only a tiny sampling of what's

waiting for you inside Secrets of Meditation, Energy and

Manifestation.

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PPS. If you like this e-course, and think your friends might

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