I have seen a huge interest in hypnosis over last few weeks. I have also seen that there is limited interest in developing intelligence and creativity. Memory is still a topic with many followers, especially those trying to find a surefire method of remembering everything without effort.

The human mind has incredible powers. Our mind is capable of processing huge amounts of information at once, and is able to sort out a form of order from sensory chaos. As infants, we are placed in a world where nothing is familiar, yet we learn physics (balance, motion, cause & effect, gravity, momentum, etc.), language, some degree of psychology, and millions of details which are now processed at an unconscious level such as identifying objects from mass of visual information fed into our brain (something our highly developed computers still struggle with).

Not only this, but our minds have powers which are still being discovered. Only in last century has psychic perception been accepted as a scientific fact. Prayer itself has been scientifically tested and found to be a statistically valid exercise. While science has not found out why these abilities exist and what makes them work, it is agreed that process is, at least in part, a mental one.

There is still much research being done. How does one develop these abilities to a point of being reliable? Which techniques are best to use? What are factors that influence a person's ability to use these mental skills? Are genetic factors involved? Are environmental factors important? How powerful can one mind become?

Happiness is a choice.

This may come as a bold statement for many, yet it is absolute truth. In almost any situation we find ourselves, we can choose to be happy if we want to. Obviously, this is more difficult to do in some situations than in others. For example, if we are in physical pain, it's very difficult to focus our minds on happiness. And when we are experiencing something pleasurable, happiness almost comes on it's own.

In our modern world, we rarely experience physical pain. Most of situations we find ourselves unhappy in are simply situations that don't meet our expectations. A friend who betrays our trust, a life partner that is dishonest or unfaithful, a boss that is difficult and demanding. These are types of situations that we can choose to be happy in if we set our mental focus properly.

But how do we find happiness in midst of these situations? Or, on a more basic level, how do we control our emotions to be what we want them to be? And an even more basic question, why would we want to?

Let's start with most basic question, why would we want to control our emotions and make them be something other than those expected?

One of core principles in Keys To Power system (and many New Thought systems) is that Power of Spirit is directed by thoughts and feelings within us to create our experiences. This means that when we're thinking and feeling happy thoughts, Power will be directed to create happy experiences. When we think and feel unhappy thoughts, Power is directed to create unhappy experiences. This 'Law of Power' works just as surely and accurately as any other natural Law, such as gravity.

Most people understand basic concepts here, so I won't go into detail here. If you need more detail, read through some of ebooks in Download section of this site. What continually amazes me, however, is number of people who will agree with concepts just mentioned, yet will do nothing to implement them into their lives!

But maybe that is because they don't really know how. Which gets us to next question, how do we control our emotions to be what we want them to be?

To get to answer to that question, we need to understand how emotions work. Not an easy task, and a full description would take far too much time and space to include here. But in essence, emotions react to mental stimulus. This means that combination of our thoughts, beliefs, mental images, and perceptions of world around us work together to create our emotions.

The sight of a mountain can arouse feelings of pride in one person, and feelings of failure in another. Obviously, sight of mountain itself did not create feelings, or everyone would feel same way about seeing a mountain. Hearing that stock market dropped 500 points will make one person feel like end of world is at hand, yet make someone else feel that a grand opportunity has arrived. And on a more personal level, finding out that your spouse has engaged in extramarital affairs can be either a blessing or a curse to relationship, depending on how you look at it.

So, to control our emotions, we need to control mental stimulus that creates those emotions.