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The mind is an infinite wonder. It has the fantastic ability totransmute your desires into their physical counterparts. You cando anything that your mind can conceive, as long as you have thebelief and will power to back it up.

Take the case of cancer patients who were given placebo pills. These are just plain pills that have no healing capabilities.So how did they get well?

The power came from their thoughts. They were told that thesepills contain the highest amounts of cancer-fighting ingredientswhich can effectively cure them in a matter of days.

See how powerful your mind is?

They believed that their health will be restored. They haveregistered in their minds that these pills will cure them oftheir illnesses. In the process, the belief embedded within their subconscious came to reality.

So how can you use your mind to achieve your dreams? One of themost effective ways is to use the "as if" principle.

Act as if you are the person you want to be. Act as if you arealready in possession of whatever you long to have.

So what do you want to be? You want to be a lawyer, doctor,athlete, or newscaster? Think, act, and feel like one. You'llbe much closer to your goal if you're constantly intact withyour objective. Be obsessed with your dream. It doesn't mean that if you want to be Superman you'll fly out the window. Nota good idea!

It's not enough that you act like one, but you have to actuallyACT. Do what needs to be done. You might get so lost in yourfantasy dream world that you've forgotten to take some action.Let your visions encourage and motivate you to actualize yourpurpose.

The problem with the people of the modern world is that theyare too preoccupied with worries, anxieties, and negativeemotions. As a result, they are adversely affecting theirstate of health.

White lies have become prevalent nowadays in order to ease theburdens or to persuade others to do things that they thoughtare unattainable.

There was once a weightlifter who couldn't lift weights in excessof 300 lbs. So his coach devised a clever idea and told him thatthe barbell he has to carry weighs only 300 lbs. With all hismight, the weightlifter managed to put it above his head. Afterhe puts it down, the coach told him that he has just lifted 350lbs. of weight! It's all in the mind!

A famous person once said, "Whenever you think you can or youcan't, you're right."

If you think you are poor, then you are; unless you properlycondition your thoughts to the positive mindset. I know it'shard to think rich if your environment is not conducive tosuch way of thinking. Use your imagination then! Visualizeyour house to be a mansion, your old car to be a limousine,...Well you get the picture.

There is absolutely no limit with what the mind can achieve. Butyou have to combine belief, will power, and action with positivethinking in order to arrive at your intended destination.