I was with a friend at school and he really wanted to be a great fighter. I remember that he had a fight after school one day and that I showed him how he could win the fight using the power of his mind. I remember that day like it was yesterday. I still remember the look of confidence on my friends face as he marched out onto the battleground. I had shown him how powerful the mind could be, using the tools of a recent seminar. I was 14 years old when I attended an introduction seminar for “mind power” in Tamworth NSW with a man named Peter McMahon. A woman was at the front of the room with her back to a white board. The audience then came up with 20 random items for her to commit to memory. I was amazed at her skill and ability as in a matter of minutes she learned and repeated back all 20 items. Even more impressive was the fact that she had learned every item independently of any other item. What I mean by this is that she could immediately recall item 7 or item 18. Finally the audience was asked…