Betty Shine - A Mind of Your Own

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A good book is the precious life-blood

of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up

on purpose to a life beyond.

JOHN MILTON

1608–1674

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to the memory

of my dear friend

MICHAEL BENTINE

From quiet homes and first beginning,

Out to the undiscovered ends,

There’s nothing worth the wear of winning,

But laughter and the love of friends.

HILAIRE BELLOC

1870–1953

CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Introduction

1. Abuse

2. Accidents

3. Addiction

4. Ageing

5. Aggression

6. Anger

7. Anxiety

8. Bitterness

9. Blessings

10. Books

11. Burdens

12. Career

13. Carefree

14. Carers

15. Caressing

16. Chain letter

17. Character

18. Charisma

19. Charity

20. Chatting

21. Cheating

22. Cheerfulness

23. Christmas

24. Clairaudience

25. Clairsentience

26. Clairvoyance

27. Class

28. Colour

29. Comedy

30. Communication

31. Complaining

32. Conceit

33. Concentration

34. Confession

35. Conscience

36. Conversation

37. Criticism

38. Crying

39. Cults

40. Danger

41. Death

42. Destiny

43. Destructiveness

44. Detachment

45. Determination

46. Devil

47. Discipline

48. Discontent

49. Discretion

50. Dishonesty

51. Divorce

52. Ego

53. Embarrassment

54. Emotion

55. Encouragement

56. Energy

57. Entertaining

58. Envy

59. Excess

60. Expectations

61. Extra-sensory perception

62. Faith

63. Fame

64. Familiarity

65. Fatigue

66. Favouritism

67. Fear

68. Forgiveness

69. Fun

70. Gifts

71. Giving

72. Gratitude

73. Greed

74. Grief

75. Grievance

76. Guidance

77. Guilt

78. Halo

79. Harmony

80. Hate

81. Heartbreak

82. Heaven & Hell

83. Humour

84. Hygiene

85. Ignorance

86. Impulsiveness

87. Inactivity

88. Incompatibility

89. Irritability

90. Inspiration

91. Judgement

92. Kindness

93. Knowledge

94. Laughter

95. Laziness

96. Leisure

97. Lethargy

98. Love

99. Magic

100. Malice

101. Materialism

102. Meditation

103. Mediums

104. Memories

105. Mind

106. Miracles

107. Mysticism

108. Nightmares

109. Noise

110. Opportunism

111. Opportunities

112. Peace

113. Pessimism

114. Pettiness

115. Phenomena

116. Phobias

117. Positivity

118. Possession

119. Possessiveness

120. Potential

121. Public speaking

122. Predictions

123. Pride

124. Principles

125. Priorities

126. Privacy

127. Quarrels

128. Reincarnation

129. Rejection

130. Reputation

131. Retirement

132. Runes

133. Sacrifices

134. Sarcasm

135. Screaming

136. Self

137. Self-esteem

138. Self-importance

139. Self-indulgence

140. Self-pity

141. Sensationalism

142. Sensitivity

143. Sexual harassment

144. Shouting

145. Showers

146. Shrine

147. Sign of the Cross

148. Silence

149. Simplification

150. Sincerity

151. Singing

152. Sittings

153. Sobbing

154. Solitude

155. Soul

156. Spirits

157. Spirituality

158. Spite

159. Stability

160. Stealing

161. Supernatural

162. Superstition

163. Survival

164. Symbolism

165. Sympathy

166. Tears

167. Teasing

168. Temper

169. Temperament

170. Thought

171. Threats

172. Tolerance

173. Touch

174. Tradition

175. Tragedy

176. Trance

177. Transfiguration

178. Trouble

179. Truth

180. Universe

181. Unlucky

182. Unreasonable

183. Vibrations

184. Vocabulary

185. Voice

186. Vulgarity

187. Walking

188. Warfare

189. Water divining

190. Weak-willed

191. Wealth

192. Witches

193. Work

194. World

195. Writing

196. Xenoglossia

197. Yarns

198. Yearning

199. Yoga

200. Youth

201. Zest

Keep Reading

Index

Postscript

Other Books By

About the Publisher

Introduction

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.

SAMUEL JOHNSON

1709–1784

THIS BOOK is an A–Z of experiences. Its aim is to help people with various aspects of their lives, to strengthen character and balance temperament. It can be dipped into again and again, whenever the appropriate help is needed. But the magic of this book will only be revealed when you have read every word.

Each word opens with a classic quotation to demonstrate that, although the world changes around us, human beings never change. We experience thoughts and emotions the same as people did centuries ago, and we still have the same problems. You may find that the quotation alone carries the age-old wisdom you seek.

Following a short insight from me, each key word also has a visualisation and an affirmation. The visualisation is short so that you can ‘live’ it as you read it. It is a trigger for the imagination and the self-healing process. See it in your mind, picture it from beginning to end, and you will find where the main problem lies. Then you can make the right decisions and change your life. If a particular visualisation does not in any way apply to your circumstances, you can modify it or create your own – that is why I have called the book A Mind of Your Own.

Many people believe that they cannot visualise, but if you ask them to remember a person or place that has been special to them, the pictures and feelings flow. Remember, the blockage is within you. Take your key and unlock the doors of your mind – you will be amazed at what you find.

Finally, you will find an affirmation at the end of each word to take with you when you close the book. It is the key to the rest of your life.