A commercial which aired frequently in the 1980s used the slogan ‘the mind is a terrible thing to waste’. We’re not talking about college educations here today, but this is a slogan which is absolutely true.

We can expand on the sentiment though; the power of the mind is a terrible thing to waste. It is time for you to harness the power of mind and use it to create what you want in life.

In the last few years there has been an interesting concept called the ‘law of attraction’. This came about by the book and film called ‘The Secret’ which deals with the idea of ‘the power of mind’.

In a nutshell, whatever you positively visualize in your life, you’ll achieve. Even if you don’t consciously direct it, your perceptions of the world will alter how the world happens to you. People with negative attitudes draw negative events to them, and people with positive attitudes draw good fortune to them.

Scientific studies of the subconscious mind show this more than ever. In today’s world we use studies like the Placebo Effect to understand the thoughts that can run through an individuals mind.

You must have experienced this yourself where people can think themselves well and conversely think themselves sick. This is mind power at work!

You’ve no doubt seen the effect in your own life as well. For instance, you’ve no doubt woken up thinking that a particular day isn’t going to be a good one. It shouldn’t really be too much of a surprise when these days turn out not to be among your favorites.

It’s actually the power of the mind that causes this to happen.

Correlation is not causation, though there are a lot of people who try to link the Law of Attraction to some quantum mechanical effect. Going too far down this line will make your head hurt, either from the quantum mechanics or from the way the terminology is being misused. Ultimately, this drives into solipsism if you look at it too deeply, and that’s not what the Law of Attraction is about.

While there are a few people who enjoy things such as ESP, telepathy, and psychic power, you don’t have to take it that far. The way you use the subconscious mind can work for the smallest things in your life that needs to be changed. Need to eat healthier foods? Then you can train your mind to bring that positive aspect into your life. Just keep in mind it works for everything.

In short – everything we see, hear and feel is merely a creation of our thoughts! Nothing is solid; it is all energy and this energy has been created by the power of our minds.

If you could use the power of your mind to make the universe work with you rather than against you, wouldn’t you want to learn how?

There are a couple of methods which can help you to learn to access your own latent mental powers.

Most importantly you have to have a goal to aim for. This needs to be a very clear and specific goal. For example do not just have it in mind to make a lot of money – decide on the exact amount and then all of your efforts and mental action can go to getting that amount of money.

Learning to focus is the key here; most of the time, you may have dozens of different thoughts going on at once. You must however be consistent and keep going.

The sign of someone who’s goal focused is that they’re very driven. They work each and every moment towards some goal, rather than frittering their time away in unstructured pursuits. When they’re working on a goal, they’re driving towards it, rather than do it a little bit, then get distracted by something else.

You have to make it happen and it all starts with the thought process. The first time around you’ll probably have a hard time focusing on just one thought with a million racing through your head.

Start focusing your mental energies on this goal. Visualize what vegetables you’d plant in the garden and what color you’d paint each room in the home.

You start expending effort into areas that will help you to achieve your goal (like working more so you can save up the down payment) and research how to get favorable mortgage terms.

Then just watch what happens. suddenly it all falls into place. Your dream house comes on the market at a great price. You get the mortage and move in! All of your thoughts and energy have been directed at getting the dream house and you got it!

What it comes down to is that we believe in ourselves to a certain extent. When the time comes that you feel as though something will be impossible, it’s time to tap into the subconscious mind. If you can do this, it won’t be long before you start experiencing the positive energy that is built around you.

The ability of the human mind to influence matter is what is meant by the phrase ‘mind over matter’. We have heard this phrase repeated several times perhaps by our parents and teachers while they motivated us to reach greater heights with studies and during examinations against all hindrances.

This echoes with truth as can be seen right from the power of concentration, to usage of willpower for self development, bearing intense pain by mind focus elsewhere to even moving physical articles with the power of thought. The power of the human mind can be utilized to influence matter according to one’s desires.

Psychokinesis can be termed as one psychic extreme of such mind over matter phenomenon. In simple terms it refers to the psychic ability of a person to move physical objects with the power of his/her thoughts. Suppose you are hungry and your mind had the power to make the bread fly out from the refrigerator and into your hands? Sounds too good isn’t it?

In order to explain the extent of human mind power influence over matter, parapsychologists in the 19th century carried out research and various experiments. At first the reason behind such phenomena were thought to be due to spirits and was termed Telekinesis but later when the role of human mind was discovered, it was coined Psychokinesis.

Micro psychokinesis and macro psychokinesis are two ways of measurement of this extreme mind over matter phenomenon. While the former refers to very small atomic level changes in matter only perceptible through scientific equipments, the latter involves physical movement of large objects which can be seen with the naked eye.

‘Mind over matter’ as a statement also has a lesser extreme ‘responsibility assumption’ version of it where it is extensively used. This is in context of more mind centric subjects such as the philosophy or spirituality.

An important aspect in the personal growth studies, responsibility assumption basically refers to taking responsibility for your own life and your own future. That is, it proposes that what comes off your own life or what you achieve is solely the function of your mind and its thoughts.

Apart from this, concepts like the law of attraction or affirmations are also part of the new age spirituality that focuses around the concept of mind over matter.

The universal Law of attraction states that if you concentrate on an object that you want in your life and intensely visualize yourself achieving the same along with incessantly affirming the same to your mind, the power of your mind will attract your object of desire from the infinite cosmos into manifesting in reality.

Claimants to psychokinesis are countless in number but some names are worthy of mention.

The author of the 1972 novel Cyborg, martin Caidin could move energy wheels placed on one or more table tops.

While Uri Geller, an Israeli was famous for spoon bending techniques, the alleged Soviet psychic Nina Kulagina also appears in several short black and white films demonstrating such mind over matter psychokinetic activities.

Another person worthy of mention is Felicia Parise who gained much fame with her telekinetic abilities. An American laboratory technician by profession she was able to move compass needles, pieces of aluminum foil, plastic pill containers and the like.

She was even called the First American to move matter with mind by the tabloid National Enquirer. She retired from psychokinesis demonstrations after she reported extreme bodily stress from the same.

On this note, mention might be made of places that fall outside the normal viewing or scientifically researchable boundaries. One such place is the great Himalayan mountain range in India, Nepal and Tibet, the seat of spirituality and positive energy where sadhus and monks reside renouncing everything in the world and focusing solely on discovering the many powers the human mind has within.

One can see psychokinetic feats openly in the famous pilgrimage of the Hindus in India called the Kumbh Mela (Annual), Ardha Kumbh Mela (Once in 6 years) and Purna Kumbh Mela (Once in 12 years) where the sadhus come down amidst millions of pious people and onlookers to take dip in the holy river of Ganges.

As a conclusion, it can be said that the power of human mind can achieve anything and everything starting from moving matter physically to attracting your object of desire in your life. With this developed, you can create, control and change anything you want and with the power of your thoughts, belief and concentration, go on to create your own destiny.

Our mind is a powerhouse and the immense power stored inside it is unimaginable. The slogan “The mind is a terrible thing to waste” became popular almost thirty years back and mainly tried to hit at drug abuse among the teens. However in today’s world the slogan has whole new meaning.

We can expand on the sentiment though; the power of the mind is a terrible thing to waste. It is time for you to harness the power of mind and use it to create what you want in life.

Everyone in the reach of Western Media has, by now, heard of The Secret, or The Law of Attraction, which deals with the concept of the ‘power of mind’.

The main point is that your mind will manifest whatever you think about. What most people don’t realize is that this happens whether you actively make it happen or not. So start to use the power of mind consciously and choose the life you want!

One prime example of mind power at work is called the placebo effect. This is named for the clinical trials which use placebos for the control group while giving the actual medication to the other. Both groups think they’re getting the medication, so both often believe them to be experiencing the effects that have been described to them.

Suppose there are two persons who think in two different ways regarding their health. There is one who thinks he is unwell and the other always feels that he is not sick. These two completely different viewpoints can have great effect on the individual’s health.

All of us have experienced something like this in our own lives. We all have those days where we wake up thinking that this is going to be a bad day – and in fact, these days usually are. This is the power of the mind at work.

Welcome to the Law of Attraction on a personal scale. It’s your own mind and your own expectations sabotaging you.

One which is particularly intriguing is that matter exists only when there is an observer there to describe it (or rather, matter may be in one of several possible states until it is observed – or all of them at once). What this means is that human beings may be able to exert much more influence on their surroundings than has been previously thought.

In fact everything, even so called ‘supernatural’ powers can be explained in terms of quantum physics and the power of the mind. Understand that your mind is what creates everything around you.

In short – everything we see, hear and feel is merely a creation of our thoughts! Nothing is solid; it is all energy and this energy has been created by the power of our minds.

So why not use the power of your mind to make sure your life goes exactly the way you want it to go! Why leave everything to chance when you can direct the power of your mind into creating what you want.

In fact if we really try it is quite easy to harness the power of the mind for a better life. This is the way to do it.

The Law of Attraction is all about goal visualization. You need to define a concrete, clear goal. Don’t wish for a lot of money – set a goal aside for a certain amount of money, and set reachable, achievable daily goals. Next, try to direct every mental action you take towards achieving that goal.

Pull yourself away from distracting influences. Keep that effort constant. Try to clear your mind of the usual pattern of thirty different thoughts running at once.

Many people already understand the power of the mind and they expend a great deal of time and effort into putting their mental energy towards meeting their goals. These people focus on their objective, putting all of their thoughts and actions towards their goal – they put the full power of the mind in order to overcome obstacles and make it towards what they want.

You have to make it happen and it all starts with the thought process. The first time around you’ll probably have a hard time focusing on just one thought with a million racing through your head.

Suppose we put the theory of the power of the mind to test. We set a goal that we need to have a dream home and then completely become obsessed with the idea of buying such a house. We think about it day and night and even decide the colors of the walls and the other intricacies of the dream house.

Let’s talk about your dream house for a second. You will give yourself the appropriate affirmation to study hard on how to make this happen. You might look into mortgage rates, what you need to do with your personal finances, or even read that fine print on potential contracts.

After you’ve put your effort towards it, your dream starts coming true – the house goes up for sale, you are able to secure the mortgage, your offer is accepted and everything goes fine. It’s all because you’ve been putting your thoughts and your energy into achieving your goal; this is what makes it happen for you.

This is something that any of us has the ability to do. When you learn to tap into the power of the mind, you can use it to achieve nearly anything in life. The important thing is to start small and then work your way up to ever bigger and better things until you’ve accomplished everything you want to in life.

You may not know this, but back around the early to mid-80s, we really saw an increase in powerful messages helping the subconscious mind. Most of them dealt with anti-drug slogans and commercials that were just about everywhere. However, there was one that said, ‘The mind is a terrible thing to waste.’ Well, they couldn’t have brought more right.

You definitely don’t want to waste the power of mind, especially your own. You can tap into the power of your own mind to make positive changes in your life.

By now, we have heard of The Secret. Whether you are one of the millions that bought the book and watched the movie or not, you have to know that it all dealt with the Law of Attraction. The Law of Attraction, which everyone by now knows that the basis is you will attract what it is you think about.

The idea behind this is to let everyone know you can create events in your life simply by thinking about them subconsciously. Since there is a positive and negative side to this, you just need to train your subconscious to believe in the positive.

Proof of this can be seen in scientific studies everywhere, in the medical world it is known as the Placebo Effect. There is an old adage that even evokes the sentiments, ‘Mind over matter.’ That means that if you don’t mind it doesn’t matter, and if you do mind then it will matter.

Suppose there are two persons who think in two different ways regarding their health. There is one who thinks he is unwell and the other always feels that he is not sick. These two completely different viewpoints can have great effect on the individual’s health.

While the singular of data is not anecdote, there is some direct experience you’ve had. How many times have you woken up in the morning thinking this was going to be a bad day, or ‘one of those days’. And then had a self-fulfilling prophecy?

Welcome to the Law of Attraction on a personal scale. It’s your own mind and your own expectations sabotaging you.

There is an ever growing amount of evidence for a scientific basis to the power of the mind, with one of the most intriguing ideas coming from the world of quantum physics. This is the possibility that matter either does not take shape until an observer is there to witness it. This suggests that the power of the mind may actually be what shapes the universe, not the other way around.

In fact everything, even so called ‘supernatural’ powers can be explained in terms of quantum physics and the power of the mind. Understand that your mind is what creates everything around you.

This doesn’t negate the world as we know it; the world isn’t made up of our thoughts – but how we interact with the world comes from how we think about it.

Although you may not even have considered it before; learning how to use the power of your mind is vitally important to having a great life! Obviously it is better to have your assets working for you instead of working against you.

There are ways that can be used so the power of the mind can be unleashed to achieve all that we want in our lives.

Most importantly you have to have a goal to aim for. This needs to be a very clear and specific goal. For example do not just have it in mind to make a lot of money – decide on the exact amount and then all of your efforts and mental action can go to getting that amount of money.

It will probably be difficult at first, but if you stick with it even on the first time out, things will change.

There are certain individuals who have learnt to control and harness their mind power to great extent. They remain completely focused on the goal they want to achieve in life and hence are able to shape their life in a better way.

Thus such individuals are in fact able to drive all their mental energies to the goal they have set in their mind. In fact now that the mind is supreme the other energies too find a path to help the person attain the goal. This feat may overwhelm people because it may sound so easy to perform. But the truth is that it is easy if we are determined enough to carry out the task of using the mind power.

Suppose we put the theory of the power of the mind to test. We set a goal that we need to have a dream home and then completely become obsessed with the idea of buying such a house. We think about it day and night and even decide the colors of the walls and the other intricacies of the dream house.

Everything you do from now on needs to be focussed on getting that dream house. You could visit the local Home store to choose the color paint you want. You can look at getting the best rate mortgae.

Then, the house of your dreams hits the market. It’s for sale. And because you’ve been planning and focusing on this, you qualify for the mortgage, and the owners like what you’re planning with the home. You close the deal and move in – and everything you’d been focusing on, all that energy, has helped realize your goal.

In a nutshell our mind is really a powerhouse that has no bound to impossible things it can do. We should not thus have any doubts to the capabilities of the human mind.

The phrase mind over matter promotes the theory that the human mind is more powerful than the body and it has the strength to influence any matter that it so desires.

Thus, starting from basic concentration power, will power for self development to a bit more advanced like focusing away your mind to bear pain and till the extreme end of influencing or moving physical objects with your thoughts, all fall within the scope of the power of your mind.

The term psychokinesis is closely related to this above mentioned phrase since ‘mind over matter’ in its extreme sense leads to psychokinesis which involves moving matter physically with the power of one’s mind.

First coined as Telekinesis during the 19th century, this paranormal phenomenon was researched and experimented upon by parapsychologists in order to explain the extent of the power of mind over matter. The term was first denoted to explain the mysterious movement of objects by spirits or ghosts. Later on when the role of human mind was speculated to be behind these, the term psychokinesis was born.

Depending on the measurement of such phenomena, there exits two categories to this phenomena. One is micro psychokinesis where the changes in the movement are too minute to observe without use of scientific instruments while macro psychokinesis is bigger movements in objects which can be seen by ordinary eyesight.

In the field of spirituality or philosophy, the less extreme version of the expression ‘mind over matter’ is seen to be reflected. Here, it is the mind centric aspect of the same which gets more focus with the responsibility assumption concept.

The concept of new age spirituality that focuses on mind over matter is essentially all about this responsibility assumption which talks about an individual’s responsibility in turning one’s life into what he wants it to be. This proposes that one’s future as etched or his destiny is essentially a function of the person’s own mind and the thoughts therein.

Other new age spirituality concepts like the law of attraction or mental affirmation also talk on similar lines propagating the concept of mind over matter.

The core essence of the Law of attraction is that if you have an object of desire in mind and you fiercely concentrate on the same focusing all your attention on it, visualizing yourself attaining the desire and repeatedly telling yourself that the object of desire is coming your way, then it gets attracted from the infinite universe in reality and manifests in your life.

Claimants to psychokinesis are countless in number but some names are worthy of mention.

Martin Caidin, author of the 1972 novel Cyborg, could move energy wheel kept on one or more table tops.

Uri Geller another Israeli was famous for his spoon bending techniques. Nina Kulagina again was a Soviet psychic who shot several videos of herself demonstrating such powers.

Mention must be made of Felicia Parise, an American laboratory technician who could move matters like plastic pill containers, aluminum foil, compass needles etc with the power of her mind. While she first performed these spontaneously, it was only after several intense concentration sessions and inspiration from the Nina Kulagina films that she was able to develop her powers to work at her will.

She was soon tagged as America’s First Person to move matter with mind by the tabloid National Enquirer. She retired from psychokinesis performance after she reported bodily stress from the same.

Psychokinetic abilities also exist in areas that are beyond the scientific study and researching boundary. In this light mention may be made of the great mountain range of Himalayas that stands as the symbol of positive energy and spirituality of the ancient East. Stretching from India through Nepal into Tibet, it is a vast place where sadhus and monks reside, renouncing everything and giving up their entire lives towards realizing the full potential of their minds.

The word famous pilgrimage of India named Kumbh Mela (Annual), Ardha Kumbh Mela (once in 6 years) and Purna Kumbh Mela (once in 12 years) is that time when one can see these great souls and their special abilities openly when they all come down to take a holy dip in the Ganges.

Living your own life the way you want to, making it the way you dreamt of it forever and creating your own destiny are some of the things that you can do if you truly believe in the saying ‘mind over matter’ and work towards developing and harnessing the power of your concentration, faith and true belief.

Once upon a time there were all kinds of anti-drug commercials for young teens. While they were very successful in the 80s to help bring down the overall usage, many people didn’t realize the benefits it was really giving everyone.

Your mind is the most powerful tool you have to create the life you want. The power of mind is everything!

The subconscious mind has unbelievable power hidden within it. If you’ve had the opportunity to watch, ‘The Secret’ you realized the potential and possibly used it to your advantage. This uses the idea of the ‘power of mind’.

The Laws of attraction puts forward the fact that we can have whatever the mind thinks about with great amounts of focus and concentration. However this feat is impossible if we do not do it with all the zeal and seriousness we have within us. We need to think about something actively and then will reap the fruits of effective using of the power of the mind. Or life will be better and satisfaction is bound to come.

In scientific studies, this is sometimes called the observer effect, or the Placebo Effect. More plausibly, it’s that keeping a good mental attitude and a solid set of goals in mind keeps you mentally prepared to take advantage of opportunities you’d've overlooked before. Opportunism is one of the great defining characteristics of successful people.

It really is true that people can ‘think’ themselves better. Conversely they can ‘think’ themselves ill.

All of us have experienced something like this in our own lives. We all have those days where we wake up thinking that this is going to be a bad day – and in fact, these days usually are. This is the power of the mind at work.

It is not coincidence, if there is one thing that you should know by now everything happens for a reason. The reason is your mind.

If you or someone you know has ever studied the laws of quantum physics, you will know that there really is no such thing as ‘matter’. At subatomic levels everything is pure energy and matter only exists because we are observing it!

Many scientists now believe that all so called ‘supernatural’ powers such as esp, telepathy, remote viewing, psychic and clairvoyant phenomena can be explained in terms of quantum theory.

Thus we can say that all things around us are energy created by the power of our mind. There is nothing solid that exists and everything that we perceive is in fact created by the mind.

Once you reach this point and start believing in the unlimited potential that surrounds your subconscious mind, the training process can begin. It will allow you to enjoy and have a better life then you ever imagined.

Let us look at what needs to be done in order to get your mind to manifest everything you want.

The first thing is to have a goal. Without goals people tend to walk through life without meaning. Seriously, if you don’t have anything to accomplish, then you become stagnate and pretty much in limbo.

Pull yourself away from distracting influences. Keep that effort constant. Try to clear your mind of the usual pattern of thirty different thoughts running at once.

Many people already know about the power of the mind and use it every day to make their goals a reality. They are able to decide on a specific goal and put all of their mind power towards this objective – and this is exactly how some of the world’s most successful people have managed to become who they are today. It’s not difficult to do, though learning to focus your mind on your goal does take a little metal training.

Thus such individuals are in fact able to drive all their mental energies to the goal they have set in their mind. In fact now that the mind is supreme the other energies too find a path to help the person attain the goal. This feat may overwhelm people because it may sound so easy to perform. But the truth is that it is easy if we are determined enough to carry out the task of using the mind power.

So instead of letting life happen – make it happen. Instead of the direction of your life being left to chance decide which way you want your life to go and it will happen! For example say you wanted to buy your dream home.

Everywhere we go, our thoughts must be converge on the goal set. It may be the mortgage or the paints and our energies should also work in same lines.

Then of course you aren’t really thinking about getting a dream home anytime soon, and all of a sudden it’s up for sale. Amazing right? Well, it’s just one example of the power behind the subconscious mind and how it will work for you.

The moral is that we need to set a goal in our head and thrive to attain it at all costs. Our mind power can help us to a great extent in this regard.

Once upon a time there were all kinds of anti-drug commercials for young teens. While they were very successful in the 80s to help bring down the overall usage, many people didn’t realize the benefits it was really giving everyone.

The subconscious mind is a very intriguing part of any individual, and the power of mind can be used to help you change your life in a positive manner.

By now, we have heard of The Secret. Whether you are one of the millions that bought the book and watched the movie or not, you have to know that it all dealt with the Law of Attraction. The Law of Attraction, which everyone by now knows that the basis is you will attract what it is you think about.

Everything revolves around the Law of Attraction and the fact that when you think about something, you will attract it to you. So keep that in mind as we get deeper into the subject.

If you’re having a hard time believing it, here is a great example of mind power at work. Many medical research performed involves the subconscious mind and the Placebo Effect. This is where you have a couple groups that are formed from volunteers that are paid for going through the experiment. They all suffer from the same problem, but separated into 2 groups and given two different pills. One group is given the real medicine and the other is given a placebo. The best part about it is neither group knows that one of them is getting something different. Then the medical team studies the results.

When the case study is researched, they test the minds ability to overcome ailments even if they aren’t actually taking any medication. On the flipside, they also observe whether or not a person can make themselves sick just by believing they’re already suffering. Some individuals would simply call this a coincidence.

All of us have experienced something like this in our own lives. We all have those days where we wake up thinking that this is going to be a bad day – and in fact, these days usually are. This is the power of the mind at work.

The scientific evidence is starting to point towards the idea that there is a scientific basis for the power of the mind as well.

There are various complicated and high level scientific theories that explain the power of the mind. Quantum physics is one of them. It explains that at the sub atomic level there is nothing but energy and that matter is nonexistent at that level. It also says that the presence of the energy is felt only because we observe it and thus shows us that the mind being the observer is actually a container of great power which needs to be harnessed for good use.

There are scientists who are of the opinion that some of the things generally regarded as being supernatural phenomena such as ESP, remote viewing and astral projection may be explainable through science, although the way that they work is not yet entirely understood.

This doesn’t negate the world as we know it; the world isn’t made up of our thoughts – but how we interact with the world comes from how we think about it.

And that opens up doors. Learning how to use the power of your mind can change your life, by giving you focus, by making a lot of your goals attainable. It’s better to keep your mind open to opportunities, to let the Law of Attraction work for you, than to let negative impressions derail your life.

We’re going to take a closer look at what that entails.

The first thing is to have a goal. Without goals people tend to walk through life without meaning. Seriously, if you don’t have anything to accomplish, then you become stagnate and pretty much in limbo.

What is really important is that you are consistent. You need to keep focusing on your desires however difficult it may be not to get distracted.

Many people already understand the power of the mind and they expend a great deal of time and effort into putting their mental energy towards meeting their goals. These people focus on their objective, putting all of their thoughts and actions towards their goal – they put the full power of the mind in order to overcome obstacles and make it towards what they want.

So by using the full power of your mind on attaining that goal it eventually becomes a reality. This seems very difficult to grasp but not because it is difficult but because it seems too easy!

So make the decision to completely change your life by changing the way your subconscious mind contructs reality. Now say for example you want your dream home. You want it so much that it is almost an obsession. Your thoughts are filled with it all the time. Imagine yourself painting the master bedroom and landscaping the gardens.

Everything you do has to do with getting that house. It could be improving your performance at work, clocking the commute from that new house to your job, looking at paint at the local Home Depot, reading up on how to get a good mortgage. You might even start buying a few small things for that new house.

Then just watch what happens. suddenly it all falls into place. Your dream house comes on the market at a great price. You get the mortage and move in! All of your thoughts and energy have been directed at getting the dream house and you got it!

Every one of us can do this. It’s just a matter of understanding your own inherent abilities and believing in the power of the mind to achieve the things you want out of life. Start with a small goal and you can work from there to accomplish ever greater things.

You must have heard your parents using the phrase ‘mind over matter’ during some childhood toothache or stomachache that you had. In that case your mother was perhaps trying to lessen your pain by asking you to focus away from it.

The power to concentrate, the ability to use will power in self improvement, the power to hold on during instances of intense pain to even moving matter with the power of thoughts, all fall under the scope of the immense human mind power.

Psychokinesis shares some similarity with the expression ‘mind over matter’ since it tends to imply a kind of extreme point of the same, where an individual bestowed with such ability can move objects physically with the sheer power of one’s thoughts.

In order to explain the extent of human mind power influence over matter, parapsychologists in the 19th century carried out research and various experiments. At first the reason behind such phenomena were thought to be due to spirits and was termed Telekinesis but later when the role of human mind was discovered, it was coined Psychokinesis.

Such phenomenon can be measured and categorized into two groups – Micro psychokinesis and Macro psychokinesis. While the former involves small movement in matter that can only be seen with the help of scientific instruments, the latter refers to bigger movements that can be seen by ordinary eyesight.

‘Mind over matter’ as a statement also has a lesser extreme ‘responsibility assumption’ version of it where it is extensively used. This is in context of more mind centric subjects such as the philosophy or spirituality.

The concept of new age spirituality that focuses on mind over matter is essentially all about this responsibility assumption which talks about an individual’s responsibility in turning one’s life into what he wants it to be. This proposes that one’s future as etched or his destiny is essentially a function of the person’s own mind and the thoughts therein.

Even concepts like law of attraction and mental affirmations talk in similar lines based on the new age spirituality concept of mind being actually over matter.

According to the law of attraction, the power of visualization and affirmations can attract whatever you desire in your life into manifestation in reality. What you need to do is focus all your attention and concentration on this object of desire of yours, visualizing yourself attaining the same and affirming your subconscious mind.

There are and have been various people in the world who claimed to have psychokinetic abilities and some of these deserve a mention.

Martin Caidin is one of those who was the author of the novel Cyborg in 1972 and was alleged to move energy wheels kept on one or more table tops.

An Israeli man named Uri Geller was also noted for his spoon bending techniques while an alleged Soviet psychic Nina Kulagina made many black and white short films where she was seen to demonstrate psychokinetic actions.

Felicia Parise again was another person worthy of mention who became quite a celebrity for her powers in psychokinesis. An American laboratory technician by profession, she was able to move matters like compass needles, pill containers and aluminum foil with her mind. In the beginning such abilities came to her spontaneously but inspired with Nina Kulagina’s films, she used intense focus and concentration to develop the powers to work at her will.

She was also stated by a tabloid to be the First American to move matter with her mind. She finally left such demonstrations since it took a toll on her physically.

Going beyond the above mentioned modern scientifically researchable occasions to more remote places in the world where seats of positive energy and spirituality are stated to exist amidst vast mountain ranges, it can be said that the sadhus and monks in the Himalayas of India, Nepal and Tibet renounce everything in order to develop their mind power and are experts in the same.

Psychokinesis demonstrations can be witnessed openly in events such as the Kumbh Mela in India. A world famous pilgrimage of the Hindus that takes place once a year (Kumbh Mela), Once in six years (Ardha Kumbh Mela) and Once in twelve years (Purna Kumbh Mela), it is when the great souls come down from the mountains to take a dip in the holy waters of the Ganges.

With the power of the human mind harnessed and developed, one can attain the impossible. They say one can achieve anything with the power of concentration, faith and true belief. So if you truly believe in the saying ‘mind over matter’ and work towards developing your mind power, then creating, controlling and changing whatever you want in your life is very much possible.

Our mind is a powerhouse and the immense power stored inside it is unimaginable. The slogan “The mind is a terrible thing to waste” became popular almost thirty years back and mainly tried to hit at drug abuse among the teens. However in today’s world the slogan has whole new meaning.

Your mind power is more amazing than you can imagine; the biggest reason for this is because you can change the landscape of your entire life if you can unleash this power of mind.

Even if you haven’t seen the film or read the book, it’s all but certain that you know of the book The Secret or about the law of attraction, the most important idea of the book and film.

The Laws of attraction puts forward the fact that we can have whatever the mind thinks about with great amounts of focus and concentration. However this feat is impossible if we do not do it with all the zeal and seriousness we have within us. We need to think about something actively and then will reap the fruits of effective using of the power of the mind. Or life will be better and satisfaction is bound to come.

In a way, you can see this effect of mind power at work in clinical trials where it is known as the placebo effect. It’s all about mind over matter. When you think about something; rather, when you believe in something, the power of the mind can make it happen.

Can you imagine thinking you’re going to take a drug that is supposed to solve a problem and it doesn’t? It happens all the time, but most of the time it’s because your mind is telling you it won’t. This is just one example of mind over matter. This shows that mind power is very powerful!

For example, how many times has your alarm gone off, or you had something happen that put you in a foul mood, and you’ve said ‘Oh, great. It’s going to be one of those days…’, only to drag yourself into one bad experience after another, with each one compounding the ill will of the former?

It’s actually the power of the mind that causes this to happen.

If you or someone you know has ever studied the laws of quantum physics, you will know that there really is no such thing as ‘matter’. At subatomic levels everything is pure energy and matter only exists because we are observing it!

Some of the more fringe scientific studies are trying to link this observer effect to thinks like remote viewing, telepathy, and other ‘supernatural’ powers. An even greater extension is that everything we see, feel and hear – all of our sensory inputs, may well be something ‘stitched together’ into a narrative by our minds.

So amazingly everything we experience, everything we see, touch and smell is just a creation of what we think about. Nothing is real or solid only energy which is created by the power of our minds.

You’ve probably already experienced this a time or two without even realizing it. Maybe you were cutting out coupons and that inner voice told you if you don’t stop you’ll end up cutting your hand. Then of course you didn’t listen to this nonsense and all of the sudden you stick your other hand with the scissors. Granted, it may not have happened exactly like this, but you get the idea.

So where does it all start? How about figuring out where you want to go.

An essential first step is to have a clear goal. This needs to be very clear and precise; there is no point in just saying ‘I want lots of money’. You need to have an exact amount in mind.

It will probably be difficult at first, but if you stick with it even on the first time out, things will change.

All those who already understand the power of their mind constantly work towards their goals. There is no room for being stagnate and just wishing things would be better.

These people who are able to channelize their mind power in fact people with great mental stature. As their starts working and goes forward with the task of achieving the goal, the other energies are also channelized towards the same. Thus the combination of energies help to great extent and this theory may not be easy to grasp since in reality it seems too easy to attain.

So make the decision to completely change your life by changing the way your subconscious mind contructs reality. Now say for example you want your dream home. You want it so much that it is almost an obsession. Your thoughts are filled with it all the time. Imagine yourself painting the master bedroom and landscaping the gardens.

You begin putting all of your energy towards this goal, taking steps like angling for a promotion so you can make the money you need to purchase this new home, start thinking about how you’ll do the work necessary to set things up exactly the way you’d like and even researching how to get the best possible mortgage.

Then just watch what happens. suddenly it all falls into place. Your dream house comes on the market at a great price. You get the mortage and move in! All of your thoughts and energy have been directed at getting the dream house and you got it!

You are going to have to deal with all the ins and outs of the subconscious mind. It’s important for you to understand that you can change your life by creating everything around you. This takes us back to the theories around quantum physics again and that it truly is mind over matter.