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FOREWORD
In beholding a better tomorrow these book I dedicate to my intense passion and effort in shaping the world to being a better place for you and me and our future generations Gaddiel Tatenda Chitaka
With no legal enforcements making the reproduction of this book in any way illegal the author kindly enquires of you not to in any way alter the books contents but however the distribution and reproduction for distribution purposes is authorized by the author. In as much a manner as it depends upon you distribute the book to the remotest kindrest. Gaddiel Tatenda Chitaka
Introduction
Consciousness being the main stem of human existence and the mind being the
stemming root of consciousness calls for the need of human effort toward shaping the mind,in as much a manner as one would shape out a desired tree hence improving the attractiveness of ones yard.
Being one who has successfully shaped and reshaped the mind - the resilient mind so as to say,found it of utmost importance to put it down in writing in the hope of aiding some who might be finding the process tiresome and strenuously difficult to partake efficiently with the full hope that in one way or the other this original piece of self-experienced observations and solutions will be worth your attention.
The mind
With no clear-cut meaning the whole mind changing and mind shaping process
is prone to be as strenuous as trying to unlock a given padlock with no defined unlocking keys,rather leading to the whole [process being partly done as the possession of a restricted definition restricts other areas from being reshaped and developed. Some view the mind as part of the complex human central processing unit the brain,whilst others as the inner person which is secularly given the underdefining term-the heart,yet still it is viewed as the conscience by some.This kaleidoscope of views leads to just but one question-what really is the mind?Before the question is answered the truth that the answers is begottern from writers perception of its nurture-that is its rooted from the writers mind.
In shaping my mind I ventured into more than the secular definition,venturing into change of perception,consciousness,thought,volition(act),intellect,opinion and the way one inclines his emotions towards. In providing the answer to the question I will some up the intellectually ignorant definitions and the intellectually begotten leading to the mind being defined as that faculty of the human being which gathers information,reason,and which draws conclusions,the field of the soul onto which thought is sown to flower deeds which are harvested as character.The mind being a faculty of the being of humans has various faculties inclusive of thinking faculties,reasoning faculties,intellectual capacity,mental perception,reson.intelligence,intention,remembrance,opinion,attitudes and behaviour.
In any particular cultivable field,there are inputs,processes and outputs,in as much a manner as those of the mind.Does not one sowing barley expect nothing more or less than pumping?In a like manner does not one cultivating good thoughts on his mind in a like manner expect nothing more or than good deed and character. Like the body whose up-building and nature whose outer environmental is determined by the inner, so is the mind. The mind is like some sort of system, having inputs(what we allow to reach the mind), processes(in which the inputs are transformed into the outputs of deeds, character, intellect and reason).
Acceptance The aspect of acceptance needs not only be applied to the present but also to
that which is already seen- the past. For one can only lead a peaceful life prior to having brought the past and present at peace with each other, for failure to do as such prior to acceptance only of the present might equal the results of not being at peace with the present for true equity of the past and present is only achievable prior coming to peace with the former. Does not reaching the middle or end of the bridge require some dwelling on the steps prior to the one present? Acceptance is amongst the primary causes of peace of mind, for even failure to realize the anticipated leads not to unmet want. Hope might fade away, dreams might not come true, but, with acceptance the mind is maintained at equipoise. Acceptance should be aided with the hope for the best but expecting the worst for it to be successfully enjoyed. With acceptance one can realize his weaknesses, strengths and areas in need of change. Effort is enhanced by acceptance. With a readily accepting mind one can venture into any field, for preparedness of acceptance of any probable outcome is what uplifts one to the exquisite realms of activity. That our emotions are what make us complex beings is an unquestionable belief, thus, even acceptance takes not away feelings of hurt, downheartedness, sorrow, pity, grief and all sorts of desirable and undesirable human emotions.
As humans we can not escape the consequences of our actions, be it with acceptance or being with being at peace with the either the present or the past or rather with any anticipation of the future, thus the need to accept and learn t olive in harmony with the present, with no dwelling too much on the past nor the future but concentrating the mind on the present. That the mind is a data bank with eternal memories should aid in our decision making as the pleasures of undertaking a certain activity might fall short of the horrors of tomorrow arising as the aftermath of the partaking. The only way to change the mind in its area of data storage is not two way, not far fetched, not based on altering the pre-existing information but rather changing that which has not transpired. We can do so merely by cautious scrutiny of our actions and of what we allow to enter the precious delicate mind. The process of changing the mind lies anywhere between change of any of the variables constituting the mind- character, deed, thought, reason, intellect, perception,,thus any change in any of the variables truly is a change of the mind. The aforementioned faculties which act as delegates of the mind are changeable in various ways. Reason, intelligence, thought and perception being primarily influenced and sprouting from that which is acquired and already on the mind can be changed by acquisition of matter that is favorable to the desired outcome, that is after the initial stage of personal research into what is desired and undesired in ones areas of concern. Of great importance in changing the mind is having faith and believing in the possibility of fruition of what you are aiming towards, this being in line with the common adage that as you thinketh, so are you.
Realization
Of symmetrical importance is the concept that I have found the greatest aid in
changing the mind and all other attributes of human nature is that of realization. This stretches from the personal arena and as to what your actions towards others yield. One needs firstly make realizations of himself-as to what he favors, prioritizes, dislikes, is fond of-his character before he can change it and all its attributes. For a successful knowledge of himself and his probable reputation one has to realize the effect and aftermath of his actions towards those whom he
associates with. This needs not be a momentary undertaking as human reaction to a given stimulus tends to be affected by environment-both internal and external-both of which with a nature of changing over a given time. The results obtained from this process is of momentous symmetrical importance to the data obtained prior to the statistical adjustments in varied sectors of a countrys socio-economic arenas, they tend to act as a foundation to which the process of change is based and built dependently on.
Likewise the irregularities of the mind which reduce its functionality reduces the possibility of changing your mind as these like the Trojans and viruses in computers work in opposite interest with the positive stimulus of commands. Like the Trojan which gains access into a computer system by initially appearing to the user as attractive and user friendly programs and with time gain control of the system there are certain things in the human life that truly are non-essentials but cunningly deceive us to be fond of them and acquire them in our lives after which their negativity appears and our delay in combating them can have disastrous implications for the future. Stress, which I have come to view as a psychological an externally acquired but internally enhanced reducing agent to the functioning of the mind with physiological impacts can deeply and devastatingly drench and rip the mind of its peace thus the need to identify and implement strategic actions against the potential sources of stress together with taking each day as it comes, being not expecting over-much of the outcomes of a desirable outcome, standing firm on our resolves and allowing circumstances to alter our principles should the need come and knowing our strengths and weaknesses.
At this point I can truly give a testimony on the impact of food upon behaviour as I have observed that when a non-satisfying meal is provided by the employer my work related performance such as customer service tends to suffer directly or indirectly depending on the nature of the non-satisfaction. There is an undisputable relationship between psychological and physiological arenas of the human being. To simplify the proportionate increase in the satisfaction a human-being acquires is symmetrical to the their effort in satisfying others through their actions, in a salesperson their progressive incremental levels in the satisfaction of food they consume equals that a customer is likely to obtain from services acquired from them. The above is true since someone who might have consumed insufficient portions from the employer-apportioned portion might due maybe to an incremental level of staff being non-accompanied by a symmetrical increase in the food portions will have caused his service-provision diminishing point to be easily arrived at due to easily depleted energy prior to the relationship between food quantities and quality to energy levels. Should you ever come to manage people, remember this important relationship between motivation and performance to food.
Your dress-code is likely to play a significant part on the way in which you are likely to be position on peoples minds and it is of primary importance to dress in accordance to the event as it is not always being formally dressed that will enhance your being positively positioned on peoples minds; think of having someone putting on their pair of suits on an occasion like an outing on the lake shore, how do you position them especially given that the remainder is in beachwear? The essence of the importance of dress-code is that ones dress-code has too many a time known to provide a picture of their nature together with their probable character and in some cases such as that of one of my directors dresscode can show how one will be feeling and thus their likely reaction to a given stimulus such the prevalence of the widely accepted view that putting on a black dress-code implies either the probable likelihood of a funeral attendance or going through difficulty. I have come to realize that my dress-code is at times biased toward and influenced greatly by my emotions at any particular dress-changing period. Going out in a formal dress-code enhances my self-esteem, dignity and generally sense of completion together with my mood, my dominance and an unwavering position in a conversation let alone the resultant confidence and reducing my subjectiveness to being made inferior and consequently my reaction to certain given stimulus is also altered as my rationality and my likely possibility of taking a defensive position in the face of opposition increases accompanied by the proportionate logicalness increases. When casually-dressed my level of activeness is greater to that when formally dressed. Can you think of any aspect of your life that is altered by a change in dress-code? One area I have come to utilize the many beneficial dress-code attributes is that of helping to maintain focus on ones goals and desires. In spite of being primarily a warehouse-based employee I have recently switched my dress code from casual to formal in line with educational and professional prospects of being a procurement person sometime in the near future prior to realizing that being dressed like one allows me to see the possibility of my achieving my goal whereas casual dress-codes blurred my vision and sort of restrict my future vision to continuously being a warehouse person with no future procurement person views. Will not altering or rather changing your dress-code to fit the future you in the present help not lose sight of the future you?
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auditorial systems,that is through our ears,with no deep thought being invested on its meaning. Taking the saying as it is its implication is nothing more than its saying,that is:that everything happens for a reason.But have you ever bought time to think of its implication and its effects? Divulging on the imlications of the saying I unearthed that it implies a predertermined life,which is directly in opposition of the nature of life:it being a non pre-determined one in accordance to The Creators Word. The negativity of the saying not only is in its contradicting The Creators Word but also to its effect on our behavioural character.Amongst the multitudes of people whom I came across who believe in the pre-determination of life I came to observe that they tend to be reduced in their putting effort in improving their lives as they believe that their lives are following a pre-set course which has a negative of limiting the enhancement and betterment of human welfare when capability and capacity for it is there.Such a people shamelessly end up living a carefree life as a consequence of the misconception.Is life pre-determined?Was it inscribed on my lifes course that I would write this book and inscribed on yours that you would read it today? For too a time the African child has enculcated a detrimental saying that goes as there is no need to hurry because we are two hours ahead of America. Circular quotations like these play a negative role in the development of the mind as a child who is continuously exposed to such common sayings is likely to have a mindset with a distorted view of life as he or she is probably to be inclined to view time as abundant.The likely consequence is that throughout their development the habit of procrastination is likely not only to develop but also to harden into character.The negative impact being a generation perceiving time as abundant with the likely consequent of retarded initiation technologically as their benchmark which is America evidently do not allow themselves to retard their way of life as a consequence of being behind a developing country Zimbabwe. I thus can postulate that in spite of our (African countries populations which are ahead in terms of time) perceiving that time is abundant the Americans which we have come to take as our benchmark for the rate at which we partake of our activities do not hold such a view on time but view is as scarce.Thus in no need of further deepening into the effects of secular sayings it can hence be concluded that it is detrimental to allow them to influence oneself and having shed light on this dark part the onus is on you to choose the depth to which you will allow them to influence you as it can be argued that not all are detrimental.That not all are detrimental calls for nothing more than a welltrained and developed discretion.
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Concluding comments
Amongst the hardest of processes one can undertake successfully is that of changing the mind-the sole reason being that many do not accept the nature of the process-that it is gradual not instantaneous. I have seen in my course of life many with a potential of achieving the goal of change dying along the way solely because of this failure. In the light of peer pressure and in allowing or desiring an external part to influence him or herself one does well to reflect on this truth that:each man is the master of his own destiny,and,also that allowing someone to make a decision for you at times in which you appear to be not able to make a decision means that you will have in actuality made a decision:that of allowing someone to make a choice for you,thus the importance of being dependant in all necessary conditions but being resilient as some situations call for counsel from others. That great achievements take time is the lesson that one desiring change should have in mind before and during the process, let alone that it is a secular process as it is never truly ending. It takes a lot of faith to believe a sling-shot can turn a nation into a superpower. The powering principle behind this quote-that there is possibility in everything should one possess faith-is true with changing the mind. The value of effort and determination is fully explicit in my most beloved and highly esteemed quote that effort is rewarding, determination is key. With effort but not beholding determination or vice-versa, no positive or rather desirable result is to be expected, as the two are truly dependant upon each other and are what economists would coin perfect compliments-those that are best used jointly. Since the need and power for change stems from the same mind that beholds undesired thoughts and faculties it is truly evident that change is possible for if it was not, then the realization of the undesired let the will to change would never spring from the mind. Having reached my desirable goals in changing the mind I have come to learn that setting goals is crucial to the success or attainment of a desired quality, that success is to be measured against goals not other peoples success, let alone that complexity stems from simplicity thus the need to aim at changing the simple things in life and that by so doing you will be changing the complex. It takes twenty years to achieve an overnight success; effort is rewarding, determination is key, the power lies in you.
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Resting my analysis I postulate that ``you have to feel success to realize it let alone that one is not a failure until he accepts he is, also that who seeks after it should inhibit strong perseverance as the road to success is not an easy one. The power is yours
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Homosexuality book was inspired by the authors encounters with homosexuals in his life and hes findings on them. The authours burning passion for recording hes findings is increasing in intensity thus the author envisions 20 or more books throughout the course of his life and about three more by the end of this God-blessed year of 2011 which is the year which saw the completion of The Cultivable Mind-by Gaddiel Tatenda Chitaka after about two years of writing with the delay of completion being prior to being at times technically handi-capped and being drenched into the education system in the hope of a better tomorrow. At the current point in time the author is buying hes time which he was supposed to be either studying hes best inspired writing [which is non other than the book from the Creator,the book which has helped him to achieve a fruition in changing to being the best man he can be,the Bible],or studying hes current Purchasing and Supply (Certificate) studies with The Institute Of Purchasing and Supply in the hope of a better tomorrow.
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On this 16th day of July,a sunny Saturday the blessed year of 2011 I rest my effort in writing this short book by finishing off with this statement. Only you can shape your destiny,the possibility exists and the power is yours.
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