Success & the Power of Mind

Once a pupil asked his teacher about the secret of success and the teacher asked him to meet at the river bank after the class. At the river bank, the teacher and the pupil chit chatted and decided to take a dip in the river. As they approached the middle of the river, the teacher pushed the pupil’s head under the water. The pupil wrestled to pull up but couldn’t – he wrestled harder and failed again but he kept trying and finally succeeded. “Were you trying to kill me?” asked the bewildered pupil. “What was only thing you wanted and you fought for while you were underwater?” asked the teacher. “I wanted to get out and breathe,” replied the pupil. “This is the secret of success,” said the teacher “wanting and striving for something as you were striving to breathe underwater”

Success has as many definitions and formulas as many mouths. Its components are numerous – hard work, luck, attitude, perseverance, etc. Let sum them up, the only component is the power of our mind.

As inside, so outside! One’s world is the perception of one’s own senses and more than that an interpretation of one’s own brain. Our eyes provide a pretty distorted image with a gap in it caused by the blind spot to our brain. The pixels are blurred and the onus is on our brain to interpret it. Don’t believe me! Well have a few shots of alcohol down your throat and check the efficiency of your eyes.

Yes, a very potent power lies inside the brain box and not on the readings in our palm. The faculty of our mind has enormous potential. When we do not succeed, it is because our entire energy controlled by our mind was not concentrated in the achievement of our goal. In other words, we had other things in mind, especially the fear of failure. If we concentrate our energy in fearing to fail, we will fail for we have not concentrated our energy in achieving – no amount of hard work can avoid it. When we concentrate fully and leave no options for ourselves but to succeed and succeed, the universal energy connects with the energy directed by our brain and it seems that universe is conspiring to make us achieve our goal.

So, next time if you wish to achieve and succeed, keep success as the only end and not one of the options. Concentrate the power of your mind in achieving and devote all your energy for that – Success is waiting for you!