Articles appearing in the Swazi Times

One of my intentions for these weekly articles is to share with you ( my fellow swazi's ) a number of important techniques and pointers that I really know , in creating new realities and new mind sets so that you can all harness the force of the universe and actively and consciously participate in the creative process of making your goals happen and into a reality.
 
To work with "mind power" or the "law of attraction"  you do not have to understand the laws of Quantum physics  or how it really manifest itself, just as  you don't have to understand electricity and how it fuels a light bulb. But you can enjoy the effects of it ,like enjoying light.
 
Anyone can quickly and successfully master the basics and effectively put them to good work in their lives.We are now starting to realise that creative visualisation in our minds is not just idle day dreaming but can be very powerful in directing energy (law attraction) the same energy that causes a seed to sprout and grow and bear fruits.
 
The power of the mind which we all posses, is governed by laws and if clearly understood can be used to create the life of our dreams .
This explain why events are effected by what we imagine, visualise, desire ,want or even fear and how an  'image' held in the minds eye can be made real.
 
We are living simultaneously in 2 worlds , 2 realities. Our inner reality of our thoughts , emotions, beliefs and attitudes and our outer reality of people , places and things and events. Because we fail to separate the two we allow ourselves to become dominated by what is happening in the outer world,  i.e.: high petrol prices, mean people , loss of money etc And so our inner world becomes just a mirror of  'reaction' and therefore we never experience our  "True Power"
 
You can instantly change your reality the minute  you cease reacting to it .Thoughts "our thoughts"  whether positive or negative  are forever attempting to become form and manifest itself into reality.
But although our thoughts contain the essence and potential power they normally dissipate quickly .But if  a thought becomes focused and repeated and meaningful it will generate immense power and quickly manifest itself into a reality.( your Reality )
 
" Weak and scattered thoughts are weak  + scattered focus
Strong and concentrated thoughts are strong  + concentrated focus."
 
To give a mental picture of what I'm talking about - picture a magnifying glass as  if  it is moved about from spot to spot , the power of the suns (our scattered thoughts) rays will not affect anything , however if the magnifying  glass is held still and focused at the right height the rays become concentrated (focused thoughts) and suddenly the focus of energy will ignite a fire.The same goes for our thoughts.
 
So I want you to all learn to develop and concentrate your thoughts so that they become much more productive and powerful. For the most part the average person eats, works, talks , worries , hopes ,plans, makes love , shops and plays with very little attention payed to how we think.
 
The beginning step to a new and more successful life is so easy. You have only to pay attention to your daily thoughts and feelings and direct them to what you want rather then what you do not want.
 
You claim you want financial abundance yet you constantly think and moan about your lack of money and how expensive things are. You think and dwell on what you don't have and all the bills you keep getting. Your first step to financial abundance is to become aware ( awake ) consciously of your thoughts of lack, scarcity and worry and to begin to change them today!!
 
In short wanting something badly will not make it happen, looking for something different , hoping for something different will have no effect and even working harder will not be enough. You will remain where you are unless " You change your thinking"
 
This ability is a remarkable gift that is given to each and everyone of us and can be ignored or used correctly. It costs no money and requires no special talent. It takes only a decision on your part !!
Your mind is like a garden which you can tend to or neglect and you are the master gardener. So make no mistake you will reap the harvest of your work or neglect.
 
Your mind creates your reality
you  can choose to accept this or not
you can be  conscious of it and set
your mind working for you, or you
can ignore it and allow it to work in
ways that will hinder and hold you back 
But your mind will always and forever be creating your reality.
 
So my fellow swazi's keep reading each week and I will teach you the magic and power you hold to make a magical life full of abundance, health , wealth and happiness. Till next week- happy thought!!
 
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POSITIVITY!

Good day to my fellow swazi's I don't know about you but geepers, I'm now getting really gatvol (Ngidziniwe) of all the bad news. Swaziland and SA being it's own worst enemy. I think I'm going to go mad if I hear any more negagtivity about, Kamdodi Gang, Zimbabwe, Crime & rape, Eskom, the petrol Price, Inflation, Soaring Food Costs, elections and corruption, muti and Sihlangu or even Britney Spears. I've absolutely had it with all this negativity, doom and gloom! How about you? ItÕs not like I want to be an ostrich and bury my head in the sand. This stuff is real and it's serious and it's happening all overÉ Nevertheless, I can't help but read it, hear about it,think about it, see it in the headlines, hear the rumoursÉEVERYWHERE. It is brainwashing us. And the worst part of it is that I feel totally and completely HELPLESS. Useless. Disempowered, Frustrated (completely.) Do you keep getting this heavy ball of anxious dread filling your guts does it feels really KAK! I do motivational work and I need to stay positive and optimistic and it's even hard for me to stay optimistic. To top it all off, winter is here so we can't even feel good about the cool (libalele ) weather !

The local media thrive on negativity. They have very little good to say about this country. If there is something bad about this country the local media will break a leg to be the first to write about it. There can be negative people who only want to write about the bad stuff, and are merely there to earn a living and not make Swaziland a better place. Most (not all ) of our journalists, reporters and editors are uninspired, negative, disaster focused and sensation seeking! They find fault in everything but never propose any workable solutions. Many of the ordinary people of Swaziland are busy doing wonderful, amazing little things every day, but none of it is news worthy or makes the front page. Here's the truth: There are roughly 6.6 billion people on planet. And according to the World Health Organization, some 56 million deaths occur per year. That works out to about 153 400 per day. That's right Ð 153 400 deaths every 24 hours! So it's not really hard work to find disasters, accidents, catastrophes, murders, muggings and general mayhem to fill the headlines. It's actually pretty easy. But during that same 24 hours, about 350 000 babies are born. That's right, every 24 hours, around 350 000 beautiful, miraculous, perfect, pure, happy, untainted, precious little beings begin their journey on this planet. And what do journalists write about this? Nothing, that's what! Unless of course a six month old baby is stabbed to death or raped Ð then we never stop hearing about it! Every day millions of us get up, clean our teeth (hopefully) and get on with our life. And many of us perform little acts of respect, compassion, kindness, service, giving, helping!!

When we as a nation are happy, we celebrate together. When we are sad, we are sad together. Does anything else really matter? But for our media this is not newsworthy. It's just life. So this is why I tell you it is our responsibility as a nation , as a newspaper ,and as a individual to start with "us " ( Nami ) first to make the real change.( "Be the change that you want to see" - Ghandi ). Learn to meditate. Stop reading most of the negative news, stop watching the negative news on TV .Stop listening to people with negative chirps and bad energy. And most of all stop focusing on what was going wrong in your life and our country. Meditate every morning, do simple yoga stretches and synchronized breathing exercises. Replace your morning cup of coffee and cigarette with some herbal tea and a dagga joint. (OK Ð joking about the joint!) And re- read the Power of Now or Conversations with God or go out and buy a good positive book, Serendipity has an amazing book store. Visit an awesome positive website . You will feel better. MUCH BETTER!!

Watch a true Swazi sunset , ride a bicycle, watch funny video's on Youtube, work in your garden, let a taxi go in front of you Ð this is living again Bhuti!! From the inside out! You can't change your thinking in order to improve your behaviour. You need to "change your behaviour "in order to improve your thinking. It's taken me many years of searching and many many books, and personal growth experiences to come to this simple truth. So if you, like me, are feeling anxious, concerned, depressed or gatvol( Ngidziniwe) , why not try changing your behaviour and DOING something differently, from today. For example: Greet every "Swazi phoyisa" you meet with a friendly smile or handshake and thank them for protecting you and your loved ones. Boy do they need some motivation! Read an inspiring book. Write a poem. Get into nature (or walk barefoot on your lawn!) Write down everything you have to be grateful for. Every morning. Play inspirational music, especially when the news comes on your radio. Find some way to exercise your body a little more. (Endorphins mahle!!) Try out one of the 100 available techniques of mediation or relaxation. Book a massage or Facial, treat yourself or a loved one Watch the sunrise and/or sunset. Create a morning ritual to make your day beautiful. Find out and speak about the good news.

Choose to be happy. Most importantly, seek out and speak your own truth and live a whole life. You deserve it. And in doing so, you will change your life and make a massive difference to this special place "our Kingdom" that we call home. PS: To all the media people out there - I'm all for a free press. Really. I'm just tired of the continued obsessive focus with everything negative. When are you going to realize that you are not merely reporting on what is happening Ð you are CAUSING some of it by your actions. You are helping to perpetuate a dangerous cycle of violence and destruction and negativity. I accept that bad news sells, but soon there will be nobody left here to buy it! Please cheer up and report on worthy news that can grow and promote our Kingdom.

Enough already. Start to be responsible for with your writing, for you truly can make a difference . Creatively seek out and give some headline space to the good stuff going down in Da Kingdom - o - Swaziland!!. Trust me, itÕs there! (Pheeew it feels good to have got that off my chest!!!) I wish you an awesome day. Choose to make it that way!

Everyday wisdom

Now that you know about this Law Of Attraction - and now know how important your thoughts and feelings are and what they can create for you. Have you given any thought or time to what you really want out of life. It's Funny how people spend more time on their shopping lists or on what outfit the are going to wear on a night out then they spend on planning their life or even knowing what they truly want.

How about you sit down today, tonight and just give yourself a moment to let a desire bubble inside of you... What do you feel right now ? confusion, weird?? That's because most of us are soooo focused on what we don't want ,on what we don't want to have happen that we never give ourselves time to know what we do want!! ( eg:I don't want this horrible job, I can't stand this person in my life, I never have enough money ,I don't want to be poor anymore )

An epidemic worse than any plague that humankind has ever seen has been raging for centuries. It is the " DON"T WANT " epidemic. People keep this epidemic alive when they predominantly think, speak, act, and focus on what they don't want. But this is a generation that will change history, because we are receiving knowledge that can free us of this epidemic! It Begins with YOU and you can become a pioneer of this new thought movement by simply thinking and speaking about what you do want.

It's time NOW , TODAY , this MOMENT to start to have thoughts of what we do want, of what we choose to create in our lives. And you can do this by setting some goals. "Goals allow you to create and control the direction of change in your favour "

Back to Basics

I have decided to write today's article on the basic principles and laws of the universe.( or to put it in more simple terms, The rules for the game of life ) I have been getting alot of people writing in or asking me all these questions. Like, what is the universe, what is this law of attraction and what do you mean when you say Thoughts become things. I have written about the basics in my first few articles and do realize that if you missed the foundation and the basic teachings, alot about what I write about can seem a bit weird and out there.So let me start with this.

Every human being wants to come to this earth and make a difference. Every human being wants to make a success of there lives and to feel joy and happiness doing this!!! I am sure as you read this you would agree that you want these things too!! Am I right??
But now lets say you were put on a soccor field , kitted out with the best gear and told to play..... But you have never played the game before and have no idea what the rules are or what you are meant to do to play the correct way or even to play successfully. ( How do you think you would be feeling right now ?)Maybe stressed knowing everyone was watching, maybe fearful that you would play the wrong way or even very angry that no one has taken the time to show you the ropes.So by force you start playing trying hard to get to this round black and white thing, and you pick it up, no wait you kick it or knock it by mistake.It goes into the net but the wrong side. ........ well you get the picture yes??

This is how I think we all enter the world. We are born innately knowing everything we need to know. I mean think about from the time you were conceived and were in your ,mothers tummy. You grew just the right amount, at the right speed with all your fingers and toes just perfectly with no interference what so ever and then when you are born your parents are sooo happy to see this beautiful baby so perfect and cute. They are in awe at your perfection and then they turn to God or ( the universe or source energy ) and say thank you for all that you have done but we will take over from here ( butt in ) and your parents slowly begin to teach you the game of life ( but remember they have no idea how to play as they are just making it up or playing by default or teaching you what they were taught by their parents) and so slowly you begin to learn that life is hard, and you have to work hard to get anywhere, there are no free rides and that money doesn't grow on trees, and we all have to suffer and blah blah blah!!! So we believe what our parents teach us, why wouldn't we, we think they know everything and they think it's all true anyway but shame they only teaching you what their parents taught them. So you are now living a life full of stress and strain and di-sease and problems with the odd bit of happiness but never consistently. Trying to play in this game of life but never really knowing what will work or not . NOW.......

Imagine a different scenario. Imagine you were put on a soccor field and kitted out with the best gear but before you even began the game you were taught the rules and the best way to play the game so that you can win win win and have a whole lot of fun and joy too.! You are taught by a coach with alot of knowledge and a proven success record , to play correctly .Wouldn't you play an awesome game of soccor and have alot more fun playing ?? You see this is where I come in. I happen to be one of many messengers that know the rules of life and the best way to play the game so as to have a game played on purpose and in a way that you can do it successfully and happily. Once you learn a few basic principles and practice them you can and will begin to see and experience dramatic differences in your life.
So whose up for a coaching session. Just like a coach on the soccor field teaches you how to play your best so can I as a life coach teach you to play the game of life so that you get more from life, actually you'll love life more!! Life will become a wonderful gift for you to explore , create and experience instead of a painful and difficult path that is just so not joyful or pleasant and filled with some much fear and anger.

Some of the basic rules:
There is a law in the universe that is more powerful than any law. It is called the Law of attraction. This law basically states that what you think about ( our daily thoughts ) and feel ( our every day emotions ) and see ( in your minds eye) you will bring about into your life or make manifest. To put this simply if you think every day that life is hard and that the you can't find a job and you continue to think about this and of course feel really fearful that you have no money coming in to feed and educate your children and see no end to this horrible situation then you by Law of attraction will continue to attract this into your life.
Our thoughts are really powerful and you must begin to use them wisely and consciously or you will be thinking about the the things you do not want in your life and continue to attract them. The bible even talks about this law of attraction in many different ways. Think it and so shall you be, in the begining there was the word ( a thought ) and there are many more. Even famous sayings like "Birds of a feather flock together". Meaning that like attracts like. So if you are negative and feel angry all the time chances are that you will always attract that which you are . More anger and more negative people ands situations. Even Gandhi says "Be the change you want to see in the world." You have to become the very thing you want to attract into your life. Focusing on and thinking about the things you don't want only brings more of that into your life. If you want wealth then start to think and feel as if you have the wealth already. Ever seen a child play make believe and get completely immersed in their game. Well whatever happened to make you stop playing make believe. It's one of the quickest ways to attract great things into your life.

Now what I want to propose is that for the next few weeks I begin to teach more about the law of attraction and how to apply it to your life. It seems pretty odd to say "apply "it to your life as the law of attraction is already every part of your life right now. Have you ever noticed that when you need something it kind of just lands in your lap, or if you have been thinking about an old friend and suddenly they call you out of the blue.Or perhaps you thinking about a person while walking in the street and suddenly you walk right into them. So it's not really accurate of me to say I will teach you how to apply the law of attraction but but rather to teach you to consciously be aware or awake to it so that you can then actively direct your life and begin to have more joy, love and abundance flow into your life.
Each week I will teach you a few practical ways to be the driver of your life, or to be the scorer of your goals. Playing any game with the right tools and knowledge is so much more fun don't you think. So please read each week and even cut the articles out and make a scrap book of them. I tell you it can and will change your life. As my favorite Author of all time states. Change your thoughts change your life - Dr Wayne Dyer

So this weekend begin to become aware and awake to what you think about. Do you sit and worry about the bills, or look at how fat your body is, or talk about your aches and pains. STOP!! and I will show you the way.
I know that we can change our lives, our communities, our nation and our Kingdom if we learn the rules of life. Come on my fellow Swazi's let live life to the fullest and show the world by example that being one of the smallest countries does not mean we have to live small and meaningless lives of poverty and illness. We are not born to live and then die. We are born so that we can create and expand and live a life of PURPOSE and MEANING!!

For 13 years Tracy Foss, a registered and certified kinesiologist has been in practice. Specializing in N.O.T, kinesiology, Educo mind therapy, hypnotherapy, reflexology and Chirology. Her work includes food testing / allergies, muscular skeletal balances and Life coaching skills. She owns and runs her own Practice from Serendipity Home of well-being.

For more info or private sessions please call 4050452