LEFT BRAIN
Do not mistake complex conditioned programs for original thought.

Assume nothing

We affect our brain's physical properties when we exercise
our minds.

Truth is temporary.

RIGHT BRAIN
 
charisma is in the mind
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Mind Alchemy - A summary of what this site is all about.

This is the journal of a voyage of internal exploration of the mind. A place where emotions gather strength, resisting the cold intellect's control. A place where dreams are born and plans are formulated. A Magic Loom, an Aladdin's Cave. It concerns the supernormal, the extraordinary. It deals with the power that is generated within, and flows outwards from the core. The journey takes us from the our earliest beginnings as a species, and into the laboratories of those in the forefront of exploration. The discoveries reveal maps for a better journey through life.

It records discoveries and wonders, mishaps and misadventures. It is a record of strange places, and old scenes viewed through new eyes. A place of surging endorphins, hormones, and the tones of alpha waves. Of true information super-highways thrumming with with streaming neurotransmitters carrying their coded messages from one end of the body to another; changing to electrical impulses to leap synaptic gaps, then back to modified chemical flows.

The human mind is something the brain does. As we all have brains, so do we all have minds. Instruments of incredible capabilities and potentials. Yet so very few of us are taught, or learn, how it works, or what it is capable of. We go through our lives largely ignorant of the part our minds play in shaping our individual destinies. Even when we go searching for the keys, we find ourselves hacking our way through thickets of superstition, taboos, urban myths, and outdated theories. The knowledge is there to be had, but not in one piece. It is broken up like a jigsaw, its pieces scattered through ancient practices and leading edge technologies.


The Charisma Files deal with human capabilities arising from a wide range of Left Brain disciplines and Right Brain art forms. They include information from Paleo-Psycho-Neuro-Immunology, to the use of such tools as our response to ritual, and Tarot Cards. The Charisma Files are not the embodiment of a secret and arcane lore graven in stone, but are a work in progress that will be added to, or otherwise edited, as occasion requires. It is not my purpose to pontificate on 'higher levels of spiritual awareness'. I write about altered states of consciousness that bring about a greater awareness.

Charisma comes from within, it is the result of an internal alchemy. Charisma is not an add-on, it is the quality of being fully alive. It is derived from a combined mental, emotional, and physical attitude that forms the core concept of one's personality. It engenders a state of mind that allows one to act in an appropriate manner towards life's events. It brings the ability to be physically relaxed while engaging in intense mental activity. To be mentally relaxed while engaging in intense physical activity. And to be emotionally balanced at all times.

The Charisma Files are based on the knowledge that we have four brains that have evolved during differing periods of our evolution. Each of those brains has a mind of its own. The separate brains have, to some extent, integrated their functions. Yet, under many circumstances, each of those minds still try to exert dominance over our thoughts and actions, and it is these conflicts of interest that are at the root of many of our problems, ranging from time and energy wasting prevarication to inappropriate behaviour. The Charisma Files offer ways in which those diverse minds can be taught to converse as equals.

The Charisma Files follow the path of the evolution of the human mind from its earliest formation, through protohuman, subhuman, and what is generally recognised as normally human, to the development of a charismatic personality.

The Charisma texts follow the dualistic nature of human thought in that they are written in two separate sections.

Section One explores the issue :-  "We are bio-electrical-machines." Section One imparts information.

Section Two explores the issue :-  "We are bio-electrical-machines, and much, much more. We have evolved.
We have developed a mind of our own."    Section Two requires reader input.

It is in our nature to seek out those sections with which we feel the greatest affinity. Our natural reaction is to compare, to judge one thing against another. I ask that you consider an alternative view, to merge the two sets of information into one.

The texts are not about right and wrong, they exist to present an idea. One that explains much of our behaviour and offers way and means by which we can manipulate ourselves to our own advantage. Our personal evolution depends upon our individual attempts to comprehend and manage the bio-chemical-mechanisms. When we manage our internalised selves, we progress. When the mechanisms manage us, we regress.

Sitting here in my study, I can see two things of import in my life. One is a computer, while the other is a figure of the Buddha. They sum up the dualism of our nature. One is a gateway to the external world, its whirling electrons symbolic of the organised chaos of society. The other is a representation of inward looking stillness. This dualism exists in all peoples, but is most clearly seen in the schism between Western and Eastern ideologies.

The main thrust of western endeavour has been outward, the search for external power. Its religions, from pagan magicians to christian priests, have always looked outside of themselves for the sources of power; looking to wield that power to change reality. The east has always tended to turn inwards, seeking to change their view of reality.

Like the two faces of a coin, these views seem to be diametrically opposed to each other, but they are only the outward extremes of the same thing. The coin is the thing that has the intrinsic value.

The texts are about tuning the performance, about editing our scripts.
Are we prepared to leave our misconceptions on the cutting room floor?
 To do whatever rewriting that will be required for a more rewarding script?

Nota: I am aware of the frequent use of male-gender pronouns in the texts. However, the subject has difficulties enough without attempts to formulate tortuous phrases to circumvent words such as 'mankind' and 'humanity'. I trust that all women reading the texts will accept this; and not infer that they are being excluded by implication.
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