The Power of The Mind

Another lesson taught by Nithya Shanti: The mind has amazing powers.

One of the lessons that Nithya Shanti emphasized at our day long seminar was how the mind can allow us to do amazing things that we wouldn't normally think we could do. He asked for 5 volunteers from our group. 2 men and 3 women (including myself) stepped forward. He asked one woman, Margaret, to sit in a chair, and he asked the two men to stand behind her and myself and the other woman, Andie, to stand in front of her. Then, he instructed us to put our hands in the "James Bond" position, with our palms together, fingers interlocked and pointers straight out. The men placed their pointer fingers under each of Margaret's arms and Andie and I placed our fingers behind her knees. We all then closed our eyes and Nithya spoke to us about how weak we are and how heavy Margaret is. He spoke in this manner to us for a minute or two, then instructed us to lift Margaret off the chair. We all tried to lift her, but couldn't. Then, Nithya had us all stack our hands above Margaret's head and close our eyes. He spoke about great strength and all of our energy coming together, picturing Margaret being lifted toward the ceiling and how light she was. After another minute or two of this, we tried again to lift her from the chair using only our fingers. And we did it. Andie and I looked at each other in complete amazement. Margaret's eyes were huge with disbelief. Everyone else in the room let out a small gasp or murmur. We held her there for just a few seconds, but it was absolutely astounding.

We can do incredible things if we simply believe we can, and if we put our energy behind that belief. We have the ability to channel our energy to create or do just about whatever we want. That's an amazing thing. That also allows for great moments of acceptance, happiness and appreciation!