In the Second World War, one tactic which was employed by the axis powers controlling the Pacific, targeted the morale of the American soldiers who were fighting in the region as well as those in the Prisoner of War camps.  A radio station would broadcast a program regularly, featuring a lady who played songs and interspersed it with questions directed at the soldiers asking them what they imagined their wives or girlfriends were doing at that moment.  These questions sought to demoralize the soldiers by raising issues which weakened their morale.  They knew that the soldiers looked forward to going home to their families, their girlfriends, and fiancées.  Their aim was to reduce or destroy the troop’s mind power, knowing the link between mind-body communication.  The human mind in dire circumstances seeks an anchor to prevent it from drifting.  It looks forward to a target; something to live for, and it is your duty to strengthen your mind by giving it something to fixate on and work towards.

When Jacob sought Rachel’s hand in marriage, her father Laban put some terms before him to which he agreed.  He spent seven years in servitude to Laban for the purpose of the end he was pursuing.  He had obviously empowered his mind to look forward to marrying Rachel and so any duty which was set before him became a challenge he could take on.  With his mind focused, it made it difficult for his body to accept tiredness or any excuse which would impede his mission.  Jacob’s mind power was tuned up to a level that pushed his body to accept nothing less than the result he had inputted into it.  That is the kind of force which the power of the mind has on the human body and is another example of mind-body communication.  The body becomes a servant of the mind and ultimately acts so as to achieve the end which the mind has pre-determined.

You may have neither fought in the Second World War nor had terms imposed on you by a prospective father-in-law, but you have to understand that every day you face many of the same challenges which the soldiers and Jacob faced.  You hear messages from those close to you and even those you do not know which undermine your purpose in life, and if those messages are allowed to sink in and take root, your mind power is weakened, and knowingly or otherwise, you could be faced with subtle, yet powerful mental obstacles. This is why it is so important to gain control over the thought processes of your mind and thereby overcome any negative roadblocks that are thrown at you.  There is no strength like that of the mind and no physical exercise which can equal it.

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