September 2005
YOUR BEAUTIFUL MIND
Transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary!

The next 4 editions of QE News are dedicated to your beautiful mind.

It is easy to be inspired by people's acts of genius. What is not commonly acknowledged is that those that win Nobel prizes and geniuses carry the same brain, equal in potential to you and I. Yet even they are only using a fraction of their mental power - and we perhaps a fraction less.

In this 2nd edition of QE News, we continue to explore the most powerful tool known to humanity and power of perception.

Power of Perception

It is important to understand that we do not perceive with our senses. We perceive through the interpretation of the signals by our brain! Quantum Physics, the study of sub atomic particles that form all matter has proved that nothing is solid and everything is energy, vibrating at different frequencies. One of the most amazing misconceptions is the assumption that because these frequency waves engage our five senses, therefore it is our senses that actually experience the reality around us.

In respect to the sight sense, science is concluding today that all frequencies enter through the lens of the eyes and are decoded by the brain. So why does reality need decoding? Isn't reality there and we should simply sense it as it really is.

Science is saying that 400 billion bits of information per second are carried through frequencies that are received by our senses. Yet our brain is only decoding 2000 bits per second! In other words, we only perceive a fraction of what is exists. (Dr Joe Dispenza - What the Bleep Do We Know? www.drjoedispenza.com) How can we only be sensing and seeing a fraction of what reality is?
Using our Brain

American psychologist William James wrote in 1908: "We are making use of only a small part of our possible mental and physical resources". Albert Einstein and anthropologist Margaret Mead, are also attributed with statements regarding the use of only a small portion of our brain. The argument that we are only using a fraction of our mental power, and therefore are seeing only equal to that fraction has been discussed for decades.

We use less than 1% of our true mental potential and we can increase the percentage we use. (Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler - Pioneer Brain/Mind Research; www.quantum-self.com). Therefore, if we increase what we know and our mental power, then Dr Ammon-Wexler suggests we will see more.

Perception Range
Since we are only using a fraction of our brain, then our perception range is very limited. One interesting fact to observe is our perception range compared to animals. For example, we can hear in the range of 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz while rats can hear in the range of 1,000 to 50,000 Hz. We do not hear all sounds that vibrate outside of our hearing range so we do not acknowledge they exist. Even our eyesight cannot decode all light-wave frequencies. This is why we do not see gamma, x-ray, ultra-violet and infrared frequencies and rely on measurement tools to measure their existence. Even the wings of a humming bird flutter outside our range of vision!

How in tune are we to our bodies, family, business and the environment? If we become more perceptive, are we enabling ourselves to make more informed decisions? How much healthier, responsible and more successful can we be by making different choices like what job or business to undertake, who we associate with and what we allow to occupy our time?

Expanding our Perception
It is remarkable when we observe nature's ability to perceive compared to us. Animals sense a Tsunami and escape long before it approaches. Here is a list of amazing perception abilities that some animals possess: -
    •     Bats can find food (insects) up to 18 ft. away and gain information about the type of insect using echolocation.

    •     The eyes of the chameleon can move independently. Therefore, it can see in two different directions at the same time.

    •     Crabs have hair on claws and other parts of the body to detect water current and vibration.

    •     Like bats, dolphins use echolocation for movement and locating objects.

    •     Each eye of the dragonfly contains 30,000 lenses.

    •     Blowflies taste with 3,000 sensory hairs on their feet.

    •     The silkworm moth can detect pheromones up to 11 km. away.

    •     Scorpions can have as many as 12 eyes.

Expanding Perception Exercise
Anything we want to understand or experience means we need to develop the capacity to perceive it. Holding our focus on any thing we want to experience with conviction and acceptance is the key. Last edition I outlined the goal focus and candle focus exercises. These are designed to evolver our ability to focus.

Developing our ability to focus is very important. This needs to be our first priority. Practicing on things we want to experience is a practical and motivating way to achieve results. Below is another exercise with the aim of achieving the same results.

Nature Focus
    1     Find a place where you can trance on a river, moving stream, waterfall or fountain. If nothing is available, then lie on the ground and look up at the sky. If a beautiful tree or any particular natural scenery resonates with you, use that.
    2     Go into a trance and then hold up visuals of the things you want to experience using nature as your backdrop.
    3     Hold them there for as long as you can without thinking of anything else.
    4     Make this a half hour session you can have to break your day and realign your direction.