How Can I Soar with the Eagles when I am Surrounded by Chickens?

Soar with Eagles

Roost with Chickens

When my clients, people just like you, start working with me to gain the objectives of improving their life, one of the first things I ask is, “How many people have direct influence over your life, such as your spouse, children, friends, relatives, etc.?” This lays down a specific directive for my client to assess.

Why should you care? These are the same people that have been influencing you throughout your life. How do you think they will react to you making significant change in your life without consulting with them first? Some will think you are leaving the fold. Others will take steps to put you back into ‘your box’, so they do not need to make changes in their expectations of you.

The Path of Self-Improvement

When you first start on the path of #SelfImprovement, you will usually start alone; and most likely you will continue to walk this path alone. Self improvement is a very personal experience. Have you ever wondered why? I don’t often refer to songs, but there is one song that should be your mantra when you set out on the path of self improvement. The song is, “I Walk Alone” by Green Day. The lyrics fit the circumstances perfectly.

Once you really get moving along your path of #Change, you will become excited with your progress. Of course you will feel inclined, even passionate, to tell other people. This new way you have adopted is making you feel great! So, should you suggest to your partner that he or she should be making changes likewise; maybe similar changes to the ones you have made?

Just because you are making positive changes in your life does not mean that anyone else wants to. Most likely other people will consider in an insult if you suggest that they follow a similar course of action. Some #People believe you think less of them if they choose not to do what you are suggesting.

An Example of wanting to Help People:

I am blessed with accumulating a tremendous amount of valuable information. Recently, I had the opportunity to help a friend that has a progressive cancer. He has everything and everyone to live for. He has a worthwhile life – better than most people. Without him asking, I provided him with some specialized information, so that he has options to live longer and healthier. I gave him this information without expectation that he would ever read it, or do anything about it. When I gave it to him, I even told him that, “I did not expect him to do anything with it. But it was there for him if he chose to.”

It is unfortunate that he has chosen not to get around to it. It saddens me. But that is just how people are…

People don’t change People,

Crisis Changes People

Moral Support vs. Standing Alone

If you get moral support from those around you, feel blessed. Most people must walk their path lonely, and without support. Once in a while you may meet someone that is on a similar path as you; a kindred spirit. This is the Law of Attraction at work. Often these are the best people to be co-supportive with. Look for these people to appear. It is nice to find a friend while traversing adversity.

You may think my choice of the word “adversity” may be a negative way of thinking about doing something positive for yourself. Please take a moment to think about why we are driven to improve ourselves to begin with. Our dissatisfaction in ourselves is the reason why we pursue self improvement in our life. If we were not dissatisfied, there would be no reason to do anything in that direction. There are 2 specific rules here:

The need to change is greater than the burden to stay the same

And

The only constant in life is CHANGE

But you already know that people do not like change and resist it. It is in our nature. The “adversity” comes from the internal battle of contradiction.

Change is Inevitable

Benefit of Change

There is Benefit for you when you do things of your own accord, and without the coddling support you may wish you had. When you take on the risk, and potentials of both failure and success, it gives you a great sense of self-worth and feeling of accomplishment when you succeed. In reality, when you take on the risk for yourself, you will always put more effort into achieving success. Thus you are more likely to succeed. You are now confident to move forward and take more steps along your path.

On the other hand, if you are hand-fed and coddled through the experience, you will not have the opportunity to gain that sense of accomplishment; your reward for facing the struggle.

Recommendations:

My recommendations for you, is to understand the pitfalls and proceed with “eyes wide open”. At least this way you will not be deterred from your path when the wolves are snapping at you. At times you may even feel that you have made a mistake by wanting to improve yourself. That is just your old resistance coming to the forefront. Your biggest battles for self-improvement will be waged within first. Once you overcome those battles and your older self, nothing can stand in your way to ultimate success.

Good Luck. The road of self-improvement is a rocky one. Prepare yourself accordingly.

Shannon Panzo

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Self-Improvement and Change for People

The Photographic Memory :: Myth, Legend, Fact or Fiction

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The Photographic Memory

the Truth is Out There…

What exactly is the “photographic memory”?

The elusive photographic memory; ever experienced it? Chances are you may have come across it in grandiose Hollywood films and television shows. Furthermore, the photographic memory is expressed in such a way that it seems both superhuman and abnormal!

The apex of the photographic memory experience has been portrayed accurately by characters such as:

Sheldon Cooper from “The Big Bang Theory”
Will Hunting from “Good Will Hunting”
Mike Ross from “Suits”

…and many more

You know, writers may be writing for fiction but they are heavily influenced by real life events that shape their work. They also have the power to release material that is inaccurate; only to be aired. Not only is the photographic memory, itself, is one of those real life events its also one of those inaccuracies that writers write about!

Believe it or not….The phenomenon that looks to good to be true…is indeed true. Even worst, the name ‘photographic’ itself is wrong. At best, it’s inaccurate, and at worst it is deceptive.

The actual, technical and medical term for it is…the Eidetic Memory.

Photographic Memory vs. Eidetic Memory

Despite two different names, if there is a correct term for this real and amazing memory then why on earth is it expressed wrong?

The answer lies with people’s personal experiences with visual learning, i.e. seeing and absorbing information via their eyes. Considering that permanent and verbatim recall of information is a classic function of eidetic memory, the ‘photographic’ metaphor was created as to identify with that type of flawless recall and the name stuck.

In both real and scientific terms, the eidetic memory does not rely upon visual input but uses the remaining senses of the human body as well.

Therefore the term ‘photographic’ is used interchangeably but loosely.

The Scientific view?

The typical view in mainstream science is that it does not exist at all and it is a myth. Take for example, Joshua Foer’s article in the magazine, Slate, he promotes the myth theory by downplaying past examples of people but without citing any evidence that that perpetuates his views. (slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2006/04/kaavya_syndrome.2.html)

One of those is exceptional people is Stephen Wiltshire, an autistic artist with a vivid photographic memory, that accurately draws stunning city landscapes purely from memory alone. The accuracy in his illustrations is flawless he has been awarded an MBE for his works. (dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1223790/Autistic-artist-draws-18ft-picture-New-York-skyline-memory.html)

Such feats do not lie only with Autism. Recently, an ordinary policeman featured on the news used his ‘photographic’ memory to identify and capture hundreds of criminals over the last five years purely from memorizing them from faces on wanted posters. (huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/29/andy-pope-photographic-memory-pcso_n_3519213.html)

Many stories like those above provide a basis that the eidetic memory does indeed exist, contradicting many of the standard scientific views.

Psychologists wrestle with this subject in the laboratory and have established the existence of Eidetic Imagery (EI), in which they conclude that some people, mainly children, have this ability. The after-image of something they have seen is embedded, or retained, with vivid detail like an image in their minds. (theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/14/truth-about-memories-jarrett)

You have this power too

Everybody of all ages and abilities has access to this extraordinary memory. Perhaps it is not as rare as you, or I, have been led to believe.

Let me briefly tell you a story that occurred about a month ago. A customer came in to my work and I was talking about the photographic memory. She overheard me and commented about recall ability and reading speed of her daughter-in-law and how she “completes degree after degree!” I was astonished!

Most people would say “Well that’s OK for her. But I can’t do it, it is impossible!” The good news is we all have this ability and therefore we can all tap into it and use its unlimited resources. Now that is great!

Unfortunately, when we all started school from age 5 we were programmed out of using this ability and were taught the rote-memory system of learning which uses reading as its vehicle.

Reading uses a short-term memory system and we quickly forget almost everything that we were taught and had to learn by repeatedly revising or ‘cramming’ to absorb it all. Not good… It is a huge waste of time.

There is a Silver Lining – The keys to unlimited success are yours

But don’t worry, there is a long-term memory system out now that can reconnect you to those eidetic abilities that you lost as a child along with allows you to absorb extreme amounts of information at lightning quick speeds!

The method is called Mental Photography, also known as ZOXing. It has been around for over 35 years, and has helped thousands of people tap into their innate, photographic memory and become eidetickers again as well as ZOXers!

Years of independent scientific research; supports the existence of your eidetic memory and proves that anyone can learn at astounding speeds accompanied with a memory that can recall and retain all needed information at will, just like those Hollywood characters I mentioned earlier!

Richard Welch, the Father of Mental Photography said, “The brain, the brain, the brain. The more we learn about the brain, the more we realize how little we really know about it.” His statement is still correct today. If scientists knew everything there is to know about the brain, then there would be no question whether the photographic memory exists; or if it is myth, legend, fact or fiction.

For scientists to subscribe to scientific principle, and then proclaim the photographic memory does not exist is professional heresy. Or does the existence of the photographic memory fill them with so much fear; they dare to cross the line of professional integrity.

Create your best path,

Abel Journeyman

(Contributing Author)

Quiet Intelligence is Quite Intelligent – Horse Sense really…

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Horse Sense

Quiet Intelligence is Quite Intelligent

Insights from the animal world can give us a better picture of humanity.

Many people have pets. Often times they give their pets human characteristics, even though their pets are not human. Do your pets seem to want to be like you in some way. Studies have found that people often choose a pet that looks like them, or reflects their own personality in some way. Logic would suggest then that since a person may select a pet based on their own self, then it is much easier for that person to assign them human characteristics, much like looking into a mirror.

Too much Logic!

It is time to toss logic aside and look at characteristics that are not so easily explained. Studies have also shown that pets often have unusual and often unanticipated abilities. There are “Helper pets” that seem to know how to spot a problem with a persons health. But why would an animal choose to do this? The action of the helper pet extends to other people that are not even known by the animal. The most common type of helper animal is the dog, simply because there are more dogs owned and have social interaction with humans than any other domestic animal. A good example of a helper dog trained in this fashion is the seeing eye dog.

Hospitals and elderly care units have found it to be very good therapy to bring in comforting animals to be with the patients. Many patients have cut themselves off from communication with other people, but choose to communicate with the comfort animals. Many breakthroughs have been made in this way. But more than anything, it gives the patient that moment of caring and comfort – a gentle therapy.

(I am not suggesting you run out and get a pet. These decisions require thought and consideration. Some pets can be quite problematic. You must gain wisdom. ZOX Pro Training provides the means to gain that information. Choose wisely. Chances are you will be stuck with your decision for a long time.)

Are Animals Psychic?

Take a moment to think about a few things. Suppose you own a dog. You are around your dog every day. Your dog is friendly and sociable with others around you. Then one day out of the blue, you meet someone that your dog takes a complete dislike of, and maybe wants to take a chunk out of their leg. In other words, your dog is acting completely different than usual. What should these signals tell you? Dogs are much more perceptive on a natural level; a level you have been taught to ignore – instinct. If your dog does not trust this person, should you?

“Quiet Intelligence is Quite Intelligent”

So, what does it mean? Horses really don’t have a lot to say. While in the paddock, they may think, “Gee, there seems to be a nice bit of grass over there.” They wander over and chew on that patch of grass for a while. Then they see another bit of grass further on an they go through the same process. If there is a dominant horse already over there, then they will just look somewhere else. They really don’t mind communicating with people. They have just generally given up talking with people, because people don’t know they are being talked to. The horse thinks they are being ignored by the person, so the horse goes about their regular business… “There is another interesting clump of grass over there…”

Horses (equines) possess a “quiet” intelligence. They know the rules and what is expected of them. They prefer it that way. It is only when people intervene with their routine that unsettles them. Then suddenly, we want them to do things outside of their normal pattern. So, with repetition we teach them to have a new way of doing things. They will feel most comfortable with the new routine if it is relatively the same each time. But us silly humans, we want to do things differently all the time. It can be quite frustrating for the horse. For the most part, if done in a way the horse understands it, the horse will be somewhat cooperative until the new routine is established. Above all you must gain and maintain the horse’s trust.

Their intelligence stems from their ability to adapt to doing the things us silly humans want them to do.

The quote, “Quiet Intelligence is Quite Intelligent“, also gives you a lesson to work with and think about. Find the little piece of Wisdom for yourself.

Shannon Panzo

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New Vision with Weather – When it Rains, It Pours

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Weather

“When I Wash My Car, it Rains”

Weather – Rain Storm Clouds

Imagine if something as simple as washing your car could change the weather. WOW! What a world it would be.

I recently asked someone, “Have you ever washed your car, and as soon as you are done, it begins to rain?” He immediately answered, “Yes, it happens to me all the time.” Many people just know it will rain if they wash their car.

A Road Less Traveled

Let’s take a walk down a road less traveled, and explore the possibilities of that one statement, “Whenever I wash my car, it rains.” It is a true statement to most people. (Of course you must have a car to wash in the first place.) Could people benefit globally thinking about things this way? “There wasn’t a cloud in the sky when I started, but by the time I finished washing my car, the thunderheads were upon us.” What if weather could be influenced that way?

Weather in the Public Eye

What is the single major topic that is in the minds of most people, most days of their life? It is suggested if you want to start a conversation, talk about the weather. Everyone has an opinion. Yes, weather is the main topic of interest.

Other issues will come and go. There are only so many stories about famous people, governments, or any number of transient events that draw your attention. But there are none that match the day to day resiliency as the weather. In recent times, weather has been even bigger in the news than ever before. Topics of interests such as global warming, climate change, El Niño, polar ice caps melting, ice age, and the excessive list goes on.

Now that the experts have pummeled us with enough information to make us all climate change savvy, many of their scientific findings and claims have been repudiated for inaccuracy. Gaia, Mother Nature, has easily defeated their flamboyant efforts with a blast from volcanoes spewing out massive amounts of greenhouse gases into the air. It makes human contribution to greenhouse gases insignificant in comparison.

New Vision with Weather:

What if there was a completely different way to deal with weather, as well as other things? What if the human spirit could be harnessed to deal with these issues energetically? Guess what? It has already been underway for thousands of years. I am not reporting on some new-fangled idea.

I am about to take you on a fantastic journey of understanding the simple complexities of the human mind, and how it can be used in global consciousness to change the outcome of events. THIS IS NOT NEW! The same practice has been done for thousands of years by various religious and spiritual organizations to influence the direction of our planet by moving the minds and hearts of man in directions benefiting man-kind.

For Spiritual Reference

Common examples in use are specific prayers or mantras that seek to communicate the higher good to the minds of others. When a group of people create a singular thought, it strengthens the output. The larger the group, the more power is behind sending out the directed energetic message. Again, most of these types of spiritual or religious undertaking deal with the highest good when it comes to global consciousness. What are the characteristics of a spiritual person?

What if we were to use this same principal idea coupled with the Law of Attraction to influence weather patterns? Traditional cultures around the world recognize the “Shaman”, “Weather Witch” or “Rain Man”. This is usually a person that has a spiritual connection with the elements such as spiritual meaning of your name. This person acts as a liaison between the people in need and the forces of nature. Secondly, they coordinate the group of people, or tribe, to be in like-minded unison to draw in the elements needed; in this case, rain.

Drought is obviously caused by the lack of rain. So, quite often in the work to break the drought and make it rain, there may be a rain dance where everyone is dancing in a rhythmic pattern to resemble or entice rain to come. This is not a social gathering. This is considered a serious engagement of body, mind, and soul. For many people their survival is at stake. During the dancing, which may go on for many hours, heightened states of consciousness are often reached, and contact with spirit guides may be sought.

Other people that work with vibrational energy to influence the elements include geomancers, dowsers, witch doctors, shamen, and Tribal Elders.

Taxing Rain

Now, let’s take this scenario one step further. Let’s paint a picture. As more and more governments are grabbing money from wherever they can, let’s look at how the balance could be tipped by a government charging for or taxing rain. You are probably thinking, “That’s ludicrous! That is impossible! How could a government ever justify charging someone for rain?” Yes, it is already happening. Here is how.

A farmer digs a dam on his property to catch water when it falls from the sky, so he can water his crops and does not need to rely on regular rain. The farmer then sets out to provide the pumps, power (usually some form of electricity), valves, piping, and the entire infrastructure to move the water from his dam to where it is needed. This is a great investment for the farmer and costs him out of pocket before he can grow his crops to pay back the money for the dam. It may take years of growth to pay for that investment.

Along comes a government official that assesses the dam and declares that since the farmer will be using the water to create crops that may produce an income, that he will be taxed by the volume of water the dam can hold, whether it currently has a drop of water in it or not. Then along comes the water department and installs a gage onto the output piping the farmer paid for, to further monitor his use of the water that has fallen from the sky. Therefore the farmer has created a huge bill for himself, and the government is now taxing him for his effort to create something out of nothing.

Lessons in the Law of Attraction

Do you think the farmer may feel some resentment? Maybe he would feel that he is already paying his way with regards to the government. So, for every bit of water he uses from his own dam, he will now be charged; even though the government did not give him a penny to compensate his effort. They didn’t even pick up a shovel.

This next part may sound like self-sabotage, and it is. Since the farmer doesn’t like what has just been pulled on him, he may inadvertently look at his dam, and even the rain to fill it, as a burden he cannot afford. How is he supposed to catch the rain, water and grow his crops, sell them, and do all that work, just to have the government there with bill in hand collecting the rain money from him without them putting any effort in to help him run his farm? This could be setting up such a negative vibration around his farm that it may not rain for years.

So if you ever hear that it is impossible for you to pay for the rain you receive, or even the air you breathe, think again. It is just a matter of time before it affects you directly. You are probably paying for it already at the checkout counter of the grocery store.

Epilogue:

Direct Mass Consciousness for Weather Control

It is time to put a positive spin on washing your car during a drought. In times of drought, the government can mandate (That seems to be what governments like doing.) that everyone wash their car on a specific day each month. Therefore, most people will be washing their car on the same day. Just think how many people would be automatically thinking, “Every time I wash my car, it rains.” With that amount of concentrated mental energy shouting out that it is going to rain, the clouds will be driven to appear and provide.

You may think I have gone too far with this. That is fine. You have your spiritual opinion. Whenever you carry vast amounts of accessible information, you can flow between the logical, psychological, and the esoteric world at will. The information you don’t have available are the personal results my clients tell me about when they employ it for themselves… Amazing!

Believe that you can move mountains, and you will.

Shannon Panzo

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Negative Thoughts – Pandora’s Box of Self Fulfilling Prophecy.

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Pandora’s Box of Self Fulfilling Prophecy

thoughts Pandoras Box

A client recently told me that he had a problem with having visions of tragedy happening to people around him, and even to himself. He claimed that even though these deep thoughts were only that, he continually had a fear he could be influencing the outcome of events in a negative direction. What he wanted to know how to deal with and eliminate this types of negative attitudes and thinking.

Most people have had this type of thing happen along their path in life. It is not a unique circumstance. What makes it feel unique is you do not want to talk about it. It is uncomfortable. You may feel exposed, even though the thoughts are not the thoughts you want or choose to have.

Terrible Thoughts

Do you find yourself thinking about terrible things happening to you or to people around you? Events that people often think about are car crashes, tragedy, murders, and catastrophe. Many of these events will involve people they love, friends, family, and enemies. Even harming themselves does not escape this picture. Why?

Why Think Tragic Thoughts?

To answer that, we must look at some other issues first. If a person is occasionally or even constantly thinking about harm coming to people, results can be benign to dangerous. The personality of most people afflicted by such will have a lower self esteem and a degraded sense of self-worth. Maybe they want to rebel against all those perceived people that have kept them in their position of want. Maybe they feel it is the only way they can rebel without doing anything physically in the real world. Quite often this results in anxiety and depression.

What if the person experiencing these automated thoughts is not a negatively driven person (has a list of negative attitudes), and doesn’t have any reason to have such terrible deep thoughts on life? Even though they don’t think the events will happen, and hope they will not happen, it is the terrible possibility that they could happen. That is why it can be a very scary situation they are dealing with. You could imagine that same person not wanting to seek professional help, or telling someone about it, in case it did come true.

The worst case scenario happens when someone having these thoughts of retribution carry them through with a real action. It could be the person has been stressed out and depressed. Since a major portion of the population is taking anti-depressants, serotonin uptake inhibitors, and both legal and illegal drugs, it is quite common that there are plenty of problems already. When compounded with sudden thoughts of dire events, the results you could expect from the normal person can swing to the extreme, even hallucinations the ‘thought of’ event is actually happening, while they are in the middle of it all. It reminds me of post-traumatic stress disorder war veterans’ experience. Even sudden changes in psychotropic drugs can turn an ordinary person psychotic or suicidal.

The Smoking Gun

Common sense would suggest that there must be some way these errant thoughts must be getting into your mind in the first place. Most people that typically would not have negative thoughts, or don’t want to think about things like that, would not be thinking about them unless there was some type of common demonstration or platform where they had witnessed those types of occurrences.

Have you noticed the incredible amount of grotesque murders, mutilations, and heinous crimes that are shown on television? The spectacular number of police and CSI shows abound. As the roast beef and turkey is sliced up during the family meal, cadavers on the mortuary slab are being cut apart in the background. (Remember, even when it is in the background, your brain automatically takes it and stores it with all of its gory detail, to access later.)

Your Mental Abuse – It is All About Money

Hollywood has created a staggering number of tragedy movies and shows like never before; too many to fill the slots after the kiddies go off to bed. These thrillers are prime time! If you visit a friend, and you see the television ON, with a cop show, ask to turn it OFF while you have your conversation. More than likely you will be the one getting the ‘if looks could kill’ look.

Now, back to the question: Why, would people be capable of these random terrible thoughts when they are not terrible people? More to the point, where are the thoughts coming from in the first place? The most obvious answer is the television. Sure, there is other types of media, but none have the impact of television. Since television is the most observed form of media, it also runs first place here as well.

The bigger question is, “What should you do about it?” Start by changing the channel, if that doesn’t work because they all have negatively geared shows, then learn to use the one button some people never touch – the “OFF” button. Find something more constructive to do with your time.

“An idle mind is the devil’s workshop” – Old English Proverb

Prologue:

I sincerely hope the client finds peace within his mind someday. Using our methods of finding direction in life should make his task easier. Discipline and meditation are the keys to knowing yourself and knowing what outside influences may be getting in the way of creating the best life for yourself.

Self Applied Guilt

Guilt is a very powerful device when it is associated with something you have done of your own accord. But guilt is a terrible thing when it is associated with contrived events that don’t exist. Since this guilt has no base except for your beliefs, it is more difficult to eradicate that sense of unfounded guilt. If you find this is holding you back in life, then you may need to seek counsel with someone you trust or a professional.

We want to see everyone move forward in life in a positive way. That also means you need to address the things that are holding you back from being your best. When you build a strong foundation of discipline and mental alacrity, then you can handle much more of the onslaught than the person that is mentally apathetic. Come out of self applied guilt!

Shannon Panzo

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