I will multiply my value 100-fold

We all want to bring success into our lives. How do we do this, as we make our way through our busy days, bombarded by countless small questions, bounded by our daily routine...'time to get up for work or school, but I am still tired because I stayed up late the night before, talking with my friends on social media, answering their endless pings on whatever topic is on their mind or brought to the attention of my group. What will I have for breakfast, do I have time for breakfast, I need to fix my hair, I need to check my phone for the latest comments from my friends, I need to listen to the latest piece of music...now I am almost late, time to dash to work or school...'

It is a practice of many religions to pause for prayer, in the evening and in the morning, which to many may seem like a mindless ritual...but it can serve as a moment of mindfulness, bringing into our awareness the key issues, as we see it, that we need to handle in order to move our life forward.

All people can benefit from such as practice, but for those without a religion, they may not even know how to create these moments of awareness, and struggle through their days at a fraction of their potential.

The poems, songs and fables on this website are intended to offer a path for focus on our values, for all people.

One method is to use the music as a point of mental focus. Each day, while travelling to or from school or work, one can listen to one of the songs...repeat the song, such that the ideas become committed to memory, and think about how the ideas of the song might apply to your specific circumstances. For example, 'I will multiply my values 100-fold': we would all like to accomplish this seemingly impossible task, and we begin with a step forward, we identify one goal or a few goals that are within our immediate reach, and we choose to direct our attention and action on achieving these few goals. And as we achieve these goals, then we find that new goals become within our reach, and new doors open that we did not know about before.

The mind learns by condensing our experiences into a more manageable, smaller package. The songs bring such a condensed package into our mind, but we need to repeat the songs, and the ideas within the songs, in order to automatize them and bring them into our immediate awareness and action. By choosing a single song, and listening to it during normally idle moments, such as travelling to and from school or work, each day for one week, we can almost effortlessly bring direction and guidance into our normally confused and busy days.

Each song covers a different aspect of our thinking and values, by passing in sequence through the full list of songs and poems, one can grasp and use the basic elements of life- supporting virtues. "I will multiply my value 100-fold, I will persist until I succeed, I will act now, I will use my independent mind, I will form good habits and become their slave, I will guide my path through uncharted waters....'