E Book The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari Robin S. Sharma

Carl Jung oncesaid that 'your vision will become clear only when you can look intoyour heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside,awakens.'

Yogi Raman said thatwhen we are born, we are crying while the world rejoices. Hesuggested that we should live our lives in such a way that when wedie, the world cries while we are rejoicing."

"There is an ancient saying in India: 'We are not human beingshaving a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having ahuman experience.'

"She told me that the best time to plant a tree was forty yearsago. The second best time is today. Don't waste even one minute ofyour day. Develop a deathbed mentality."

The Techniques

• The Heart of the Rose

• Opposition Thinking

• The Secret of the Lake

Most people don't giveany thought to the nature of their thoughts and yet, the quality ofyour thinking determines the quality of your life. Thoughts arejust as much a part of the material world as the lake you swim inor the street you walk on. Weak minds lead to weak actions. Astrong, disciplined mind, which anyone can cultivate through dailypractice, can achieve miracles. If you want to live life to the fullest,care for your thoughts as you would your most prized possessions

Youcome home and fall into your favorite chair, full of gloom. Step oneis to become aware that you are thinking these uninspiringthoughts. Self-knowledge is the stepping stone to self-mastery.Step two is to appreciate once and for all that just as easily as youallowed those gloomy thoughts to enter, you can replace them withcheerful ones. So think of the opposite of gloom. Concentrate onbeing cheerful and energetic. Feel that you are happy. Perhaps youmight even start to smile. Move your body as you do when you arejoyful and full of enthusiasm. Sit up straight, breathe deeply andtrain the power of your mind on positive thoughts. You will noticea remarkable difference in the way you feel within minutes. Evenmore importantly, if you keep up your practice of OppositionThinking, applying it to every negative thought that habituallyvisits your mind, within weeks you will see that they no longer holdany power. Do you see what I'm getting at?"

However, to

liberate the power of the mind, you must first be able to harness itand direct its focus only to the task at hand

There are no mistakes in life,only lessons. There is no such thing as a negative experience, onlyopportunities to grow, learn and advance along the road of self-mastery. From struggle comes strength. Even pain can be awonderful teacher.

To live life to the fullest, you must stand guard at the gate ofyour garden and let only the very best information enter