Never reveal the full extent of your resources or capabilities; a man whose strength is fully measured can be planned against, but a man with unknown reserves forces caution, making every move against him feel like a gamble with potentially ruinous consequences.
Never build your identity around being the one who understands everyone. Some people are not confused, they are incentivized. Some people are not wounded, they are opportunistic. Compassion without discernment turns you into a luxury service for people avoiding accountability.
There's a state your brain drops into every single night that can hand you your best ideas, solve problems you've been stuck on for weeks, and rewire your subconscious mind faster than almost anything else, and most people pass right through it without ever knowing it's there.
It's called the hypnagogic state, the in-between zone right as you're falling asleep, where your mind starts throwing up images, sounds, and strange ideas on its own while you're still a little bit awake. It's one of the most creative and open states your brain ever produces, and some of the sharpest minds in history used it on purpose instead of wasting it.
Thomas Edison was obsessed with it. He'd nap in a chair holding steel balls in each hand over metal pans on the floor. As he slipped into that state, his hands would relax, the balls would drop, the noise would snap him awake, and he'd instantly write down whatever his mind had just shown him. He swore his best ideas came from that exact edge, and researchers recently tested his method and found it really does boost creative insight.
Salvador Dalรญ did almost the same thing and called it "slumber with a key." He'd doze off holding a key over a plate, and the second it fell and woke him, he'd grab the strange dreamlike images for his paintings. His whole surrealist style basically came out of that half-asleep state.
Mary Shelley got the entire vision for Frankenstein from one of these waking dreams, she described seeing the whole scene unfold in front of her while half-asleep.
The reason it works comes down to what your brain is doing at that exact moment.
As you cross into sleep, your prefrontal cortex, the part that handles logic, filtering, and self-criticism, lowers its activity. At the same time, your brain shifts from its normal waking rhythm into slower theta waves, the same brainwave state linked to deep creativity and suggestibility.
With that critical filter powered down, two things happen at once. Your mind starts linking ideas it normally keeps apart, which is where the sudden insights come from. And any image or suggestion you feed in at that moment meets almost no resistance on its way to the subconscious.
That's why it's both the most creative and the most programmable window your brain gives you all day.
The closest thing to a cheat code in life is self-hypnosis. Most people have no idea how it works or how easy it is to do.
Why it works
Self-hypnosis is powerful because it quiets the part of your brain that filters and second-guesses everything new. Brain scans show the prefrontal cortex, which handles self-monitoring and criticism, drops in activity, and once that guard is down you get a direct line into the subconscious where your habits and emotional patterns are stored. Normally that filter blocks new beliefs from sinking in. Hypnosis turns it down.
It's also a real, distinct brain state. Stanford found that the region keeping you alert to your surroundings goes quiet, the parts tied to self-consciousness switch off, and the mind-body connection strengthens, which is why a suggestion lands far deeper than a normal affirmation. And when you vividly imagine something in that state, your brain fires almost the same as if it were really happening, so it half-treats the imagined version as something you've actually lived.
How to do it
Find a quiet spot and sit or lie back. Close your eyes and slow your breathing so the exhale is longer than the inhale, around four seconds in, six to eight out. Move through your body releasing tension from your feet up to your head, tensing each muscle group for a second then letting it go as you breathe out.
Once you feel loose, count down from ten to one, telling yourself you're sinking twice as deep with each number. When you reach that heavy, sunk-in feeling, you're ready to put the suggestion in.
For the suggestion, follow four rules. Say it as if it's already real ("I am confident," not "I will be"). Point it at what you want, not what you're escaping ("I am secure," not "I'm not broke"), because the mind ignores the "not" and locks onto whatever picture you paint. Make it vivid, see it happening now and feel what you'd feel if it were already true. Then repeat it.
When you're done, count up from one to five, coming back sharper and more awake with each number. The best times to do all this are right as you wake and right before you fall asleep, because your brain is already drifting near that state on its own.
God is strategic in connecting the dots of your life for the greater purpose. He makes sure people cross your path in the timing He wants you to meet them. Through your life experiences he equips you with the skill sets you need to be in the rooms He has called you.
Your only responsibility is to submit your plans to God, obey Him, and seek Him first above all else. When you do that, you can rest in knowing that He will guide you in every decision because your steps are ordered by the LORD.
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Trading is a rules based business, not an entertainment business.
The moment you abandon your rules, emotions take control. That's when overtrading, revenge trading, and oversized positions become normal.
The intelligent stoner is rarely what people imagine. Most of the time, they're not trying to impress anyone. They're working, studying, paying bills, and carrying responsibilities while constantly thinking three steps ahead of everyone around them.
Many say "God" but when you say the name "Jesus" a lot of people become uncomfortable. There is power in the Name of the One whom heaven and earth flee from the face of.
I and the Father are One
-Jesus
look, the evil eye is real. most people carry unconscious envy and hidden resentment, they donโt want to see you outgrow them, their energy pulls you down. without a shield, your results will never match your effort. that shield is your aura.
they smile with you, celebrate with you, yet something within them becomes uncomfortable when you begin to rise beyond where they expected you to remain. your first layer of protection is your energy. when your energy is weak, you absorb every room, every opinion, every projection and every ounce of that negativity around you.
you begin carrying burdens that were never yours but when your energy is strong, those same forces struggle to find an entry point.
so strengthen your field by living with discipline. guard your sexual energy, stop explaining yourself to everyone, be intentional with your words, cleanse your mind of constant noise, watch what you consume, who you entertain and the environments you repeatedly expose yourself to.
develop a spiritual practice and stay consistent with it via prayer, meditation, silence, breathwork, contemplation.
& over time, something changes... your aura turns to armor, your presence becomes heavier, those distractions lose their grip, the negativity stops sticking to you, your intuition sharpens and new opportunities begin finding their way to you to match your effort.