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Electric Shock or alone with your thoughts?

What would you choose?

Posted February 2, 2022

If you were given the choice between sitting quietly with your thoughts or self-administering a mild electric shock, what would you choose?

Yes, it’s a serious question and one that was addressed in a study by Timothy Wilson et al at the Department of Psychology at Virginia University – “Just think: The challenges of the disengaged mind”

All men’s miseries come from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. 
-Blaise Pascal

If you are anything like me, in today’s world of excessive stimuli and assault on our senses, you crave time alone in silence, “me-time” to sit quietly, rest and calm the mind and to meditate. You would also most likely consider that to be a pleasant experience.  Not so for some of the population who apparently consider being alone with one’s thoughts to be an unpleasant experience. The study by Wilson et al determined that men, in particular, chose to give themselves a mild electric shock rather than be denied external sensory stimuli.

“…Many participants elected to receive negative stimulation over no stimulation–especially men: 67% of men (12 of 18) gave themselves at least one shock during the thinking period…”

“…not including one outlier who administered 190 shocks to himself]” Read more…

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Setting INTENTIONS – All you need to know…

“Focus your attention on your intention”

Posted January 14, 2021

What is an Intention?

Intention – a determination to act in a certain way: Resolve
A thing intended; an aim or plan. What one intends to do or bring about.
A concept considered as the product of attention directed to an object of knowledge – Merriam Webster dictionary

An intention is a guiding principle for the goals that you set and when you set and align your intentions with your values, you enhance your ability to manifest your goals. Intention involves, contemplation and planning. An intention is an expression of how you want to live your life and express yourself in the world. When I think about intentions, I am always mindful about setting an intention (s) that it will be “In HARMONY for the Highest Good for the World as seen on one of the Uplift Your Soul cards.

Intention + Action = Reality

Although a clear and powerful intention will influence your Read more…

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