Can We Fly?

You have first flown with your mind to every goal you have ever achieved

I was always fascinated by birds that could fly anywhere they wanted. Flying gives them a higher vantage point from which they can observe the world below, and decide in which direction to fly and where to land. Even though we don't possess wings, we often use our mind to fly above whatever issue we are dealing with. We mentally visualise and evaluate different options, before deciding what to do. We use this ability to fly with our mind in a mundane manner, mostly to resolve issues.

1.1 You fly almost everyday

Imagine that your car is not running smoothly, and you ask your mechanic to see what's making the seemingly-expensive rumblings coming from your engine. After an examination, your mechanic tells that your gearbox is slowly dying and therefore you need to replace it without delay. Your mechanic has solved the problem, and you have to take a decision. So you mentally fly above the problem to see the bigger picture made up of diverse things such as, how much will it cost; do you have enough money or will you need to borrow; how long can you drive before it breaks down; is it worth that risk; how long will the repair take; how will you manage during that time; etc. Based on your decision, your mechanic will solve the problem. After that, your mind will return to its familiar grounded mode, until you face the next issue.

Flying with your mind is all about sharpening and applying this ability to non-problem situations. You use it to critically examine all areas of your everyday life, even though they don't really need fixing. You then decide which areas you want to take to the highest possible level. This is what visionaries and highly successful people do. They go beyond the limitations of their lives and create totally new realities for themselves and those around them. Many people lead lives of quiet desperation, only because they are unaware of the power they possess to reinvent their lives.

1.2 What power do we possess?

All animals seem to know everything about themselves and the world they live in. They know what to eat, how to stay naturally healthy, and how to bring up their young. They know everything they need to survive even under adverse conditions. What's even more amazing is how migrating birds collectively know when to take off and in which direction to fly, without the kind of meetings that humans love to organise for discussing and making collective decisions.

If we're the most intelligent life form on earth, shouldn't we be far ahead of them? In a material sense, we do appear to be far superior. But, I have always felt that we are far from achieving the full potential we possess as humans. I think what we learnt from our elders and teachers was based on their personal experiences, beliefs and prejudices. It fell far short of what we really need to know to unleash our vast inborn potential as humans.

From a scientific perspective, quantum physics (at the subatomic particle level) has proved that the universe is an energy field (even though it appears solid to our senses), and that we have the power to influence it with our thoughts. Buddha summarised it elegantly: All that we are is the result of what we have thought; it is founded on our thoughts; it is made up of our thoughts. Einstein proved the relationship between matter and energy with his theory of relativity summarised by the amazingly simple equation: E = Mc2 (where 'E' is energy, 'M' is matter and 'c' is a very large number equal to the speed of light). It shows that matter and energy are interchangeable and that there is a huge reservoir of latent energy associated with matter even in its simplest form. All religious Masters have taught that the salvation we seek in whatever form is to be found within ourselves. All humans are genetically engineered in a similar way. Therefore, every single one of us has the potential to achieve the highest level of success achieved by any human that ever lived, including creating miracles normally associated with enlightened Masters. It is said that all such Masters started their lives as ordinary children, and subsequently achieved perfection through divine intervention or their untiring efforts (depending on the religion). Gautama Buddha has said that the Buddhas are only teachers, and that anyone can reach perfection by following their teachings.

1.3 Rediscovering your power

As little children, we created our lives almost totally on our own using what we learnt about ourselves, the people around us, and the world we lived in. We used our imagination to connect the dots from all our fragmented experiences to build a picture of life. That was long before we could even read. But, our vast inborn intuitive intelligence got gradually submerged as our well-meaning parents, elders and teachers told us to stop dreaming and start learning serious things. Spreading our wings to explore new realities was frowned upon and downright risky. For example, in Richard Bach's wonderful book, Jonathan Livingstone Seagull was banished from his flock for trying to find a higher purpose in life through the glory of flight.

The good news is that we never lose our inborn ability to fly with our mind to any reality we want to create. Thinking back, you will realise that you have first flown with your mind to every challenging goal you have ever achieved. This boundless ability to fly with your mind is driven by your limitless imagination. It enables you to mentally fly far beyond the limitations of everyday realities. It can be easily awakened using the simple techniques you will discover in this book. I will guide you through this process, which I have personally used to reach heights I could hardly imagine even a few years ago. Most importantly, you wouldn't know the privilege of being born human, until you unleash your vast inborn human potential to reach the highest states of human consciousness that spiritual leaders have attained.

1.4 Science discovers huge human potential

Can we fully unleash the vast inborn human potential mostly sleeping within us? According to religious teachings and oriental philosophies, every human can do it. Modern science has finally discovered the validity of this ancient hypothesis. It began when a team of molecular biologists won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for the discovery of a way to activate a 'sleeping gene' (hTERT code) inside our...