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RAMAKRISHNA ANANDA

The Power of Suggestion

How to accept good, beneficial, true ideas from others

We often live in a world of spin. Yoga encourages us to consciously choose that which is true, beneficial and good. Even when we study and evaluate ideas with our rational mind, negative suggestions are often accepted by our subconscious mind. Our lives can improve by examining those suggestions which too often negatively influence the way we think and live.

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Consider Your Influences

What subconscious suggestions have impacted you the most? Think of people in your life and consider how they have influenced you. What views about life and people have you absorbed? Were you loved and appreciated? Were you made to feel stupid, unworthy and inferior? What have others led you to assume? Take your time and consider your collection of positive and negative influences.

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  • Yogis attune with vidya, the inner current which takes us toward truth, and avoid avidya, the current of ignorance
  • With our objective mind we analyze and evaluate ideas as we encounter them
  • Our subconscious mind often accepts suggestions as truths
  • Through contact with vidya and the soul, we discover the truth of who we really are
  • At present, are you burdened by suggestions and influences which y0u haven’t examined?

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