Copyright by Martin-JamesBathroom millionaire? Made no mistake, if everybody can do so then the economic condition in the world would certainly fare very well! The idea of million dollar in this context will very likely conjures up the thought of someone conceiving an idea so fabuluos that brings him or her a load of fortune, much like what Steve Jobs (iPod), Tony Fernandes (Air Asia) and other mega successful entrepreneurs who are so good at doing. Such pattern of thinking seems logical, considering that we can always read in the media about how those movers and shakers come up with great ideas that propel their businesses to stratospheric height and in the process amassing wealth that is just about everyone's dream.
The million-dollar idea in this context is not intended to be understood in its literal meaning. That is - it is not necessarily that ideas which are associated with monetary value, but rather with any set of ideas that can bring about any positive benefits to one's life. As most of us know the huge monetary value of a million dollar, hence its usage here to better able to describe the value of ideas that can change one's life.
Each one of us possesses such "magical" capability too. Nevertheless, we require a set of conditions through which can we then derive benefits from the incubation of these ideas. This is similar to that of a seed, which requires the proper conditions - suffcient sunlight, water, oxygen and suitable soil in order for it to flourish. So how can we prepare the conditions for us to incubate the "million-dollar" idea to benefit ourselves and others?
One way is to get a shower!
This is because it is during this time we are more relaxed - physically and mentally. We are all the more focused and alert to the present, rather than being drifted to the past and to the future. The relaxation of the mind thus enables one to better able to think clearly, hence the potential to incubate a million-dollar idea. Of course taking a shower is just one way to bring forth such ability. The idea is to just get our mind still and with no wandering thoughts, thereafter our fullest potential can just surface withhout our knowing it.
There is a lot to be said about calming our mind down. It is believed that this state can bring about peak performance and wonderful thinking from the person who practises this. Such practice of mind taming is also applied in golf. In Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental Game, Joseph Parent explained how employing various strategies in mind training can enable one to perform better in golf course. One lesson to be learnt in Zen Golf is to beware of trying, for the very thinking of such attempt may affect the outcome achieved. With the absence of trying, it is believed that we can easily strike a perfect shot. Think about the time when you try to throw a fist of paper into the dustbin, you can almost always tell that you can successfully throw the paper into the basket only when you throw it without the intention of it being successfully thrown into!
Such is the marvel of absence of intention. And that when one is taking a shower, for during this time one's mind is relaxed and does not have the thinking of wanting to do something. Oh yes, trying to be absent of intention is not being absent of intention, too.
The million-dollar idea in this context is not intended to be understood in its literal meaning. That is - it is not necessarily that ideas which are associated with monetary value, but rather with any set of ideas that can bring about any positive benefits to one's life. As most of us know the huge monetary value of a million dollar, hence its usage here to better able to describe the value of ideas that can change one's life.
Each one of us possesses such "magical" capability too. Nevertheless, we require a set of conditions through which can we then derive benefits from the incubation of these ideas. This is similar to that of a seed, which requires the proper conditions - suffcient sunlight, water, oxygen and suitable soil in order for it to flourish. So how can we prepare the conditions for us to incubate the "million-dollar" idea to benefit ourselves and others?
One way is to get a shower!
This is because it is during this time we are more relaxed - physically and mentally. We are all the more focused and alert to the present, rather than being drifted to the past and to the future. The relaxation of the mind thus enables one to better able to think clearly, hence the potential to incubate a million-dollar idea. Of course taking a shower is just one way to bring forth such ability. The idea is to just get our mind still and with no wandering thoughts, thereafter our fullest potential can just surface withhout our knowing it.
There is a lot to be said about calming our mind down. It is believed that this state can bring about peak performance and wonderful thinking from the person who practises this. Such practice of mind taming is also applied in golf. In Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental Game, Joseph Parent explained how employing various strategies in mind training can enable one to perform better in golf course. One lesson to be learnt in Zen Golf is to beware of trying, for the very thinking of such attempt may affect the outcome achieved. With the absence of trying, it is believed that we can easily strike a perfect shot. Think about the time when you try to throw a fist of paper into the dustbin, you can almost always tell that you can successfully throw the paper into the basket only when you throw it without the intention of it being successfully thrown into!
Such is the marvel of absence of intention. And that when one is taking a shower, for during this time one's mind is relaxed and does not have the thinking of wanting to do something. Oh yes, trying to be absent of intention is not being absent of intention, too.
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