Dealing with anxiety through spiritual practice

by Ryan Rivera

What is spirituality, if not the process of learning how to see life in perspective? What is a spiritual seeker, if not a person who aims for detachment from his lower self? Most people don’t realize this, but following a consistent spiritual practice can be a highly effective way to deal with anxiousness; in the same way, certain methods of anxiety management can be described as being almost spiritual in nature. (more…)

Empowerment through Surrender, Awakening and Divine Love

by Dawn MacIntyre

Making most of our time here on earth is not difficult but does require us to develop certain states of mind as well as the higher qualities of our soul.  This includes empowering ourselves to succeed and enjoy life, learning to trust and surrender to a higher power, our Divine Selves, and stop trying to do everything by ourself from the place of our personality and finally, becoming fully awakened by developing higher states of being.

How can I transform my victim mentality to one of authentic empowerment and truly succeed in all areas of my life? (more…)

Building Up Self Esteem

by LT Col RK Langar

Self esteem means feeling good about one self. It is an understanding that we are worth something regardless of criticism, blame or adverse judgment by others on us. Self esteem is the belief that that we have the potential to do something good in whatever condition we are placed. It is a feeling of self worth which convinces us that we can contribute towards the well being of others. Self esteem is a firm belief on our personal values on which we stand like a rock without any compromise. When we build up self esteem we do not require any certificate from others as to how good we are. At our ordinary level of existence we feel better when people tell us what we want to hear about ourselves. We all waste part of our life in attempting to display those qualities which we do not possess. Swami Vivekananda goes to the extent to say that nine-tenth of our life energy is spent in trying to make people think which we are not. But when we develop self esteem we do not order our life based on the opinion of others and we stay natural as we are. With self esteem we stay out of artificiality and do not regulate our life to please others. (more…)

Top 7 Truths You Must Know About To Make Any Creative Visualization Technique Work

Author: Mohamad Latiff Bin Rahim

What do you really want out of a creative visualization (cv) technique that you had just gotten out of a "Guided Imagery" book (maybe by Shakti Gawain) you borrowed from the library or a "Creative Visualization" e-book you just purchased and downloaded online or a manifesting article you read by Abraham Hicks?

Results. Like anything else, you want results. You need results. Without results, you'd lose faith in the power of creative visualization to manifest what you truly desire in your life. (more…)

Your Creative Genius - How To Tap It For Success

Author: Abhishek Agarwal

We are all creative beings just as the ultimate being is the divine creator. To create something is to bring into existence something that did not exist before. Creative genius comes when you bring into existence something that will enhance the lives of all who encounter your creation, including yourself. In order to tap your creative genius, there are a few considerations that you should be aware of. (more…)

Exercises to Encourage Creativity

Author: Eran Sadeh

Introduction

Before I list some very helpful and powerful exercises to encourage creativity, let's take a moment to consider what constitutes creativity, why we aspire to encourage creativity in the first place and what is required from the person who wishes to encourage creativity through exercises, be it her own creativity or that of others. (more…)

The Art Of Creative Thinking: How To Be Innovative And Develop Great Ideas

Author: Vern Burkhardt

See or make connections between ideas that seem far apart, look to nature for models and principles to solve problems, make the familiar strange and the strange familiar, cultivate curiosity, ask lots of questions, observe, be a good listener, and read to generate questions. Reading without reflecting is comparable to eating without digesting. These are but some of the many useful bits of advice that Dr. John Adair offers in The Art of Creative Thinking.

Dr. Adair was kind enough to answer some questions that occurred to me as I read his book. (more…)

Seven Habits of Creative People, and How They Change the World

Author: Mary Campbell

Marcel sits alone, at his workstation with his head in his hands. It is Monday morning and he cannot believe he is here, in this same situation yet another day, another month, another year. He had sworn to himself that this year would be different. But it wasn't. It was the same. He is not sure which is more soul-destroying: the problem that causes his unhappiness, or his sense of powerlessness to change it. He knows that if he could just solve this one problem, everything else would fall into place. The trouble is, no matter what he tries nothing seems to work. Marcel doesn't need money to change his world. What Marcel really needs is a bit of creativity. (more…)

Do Opposites Attract? Compatibility and your Myers Briggs Personality Type

Author: Molly Owens

It's the classic story of the Odd Couple: she's the life of the party, while he gives any excuse to leave early. He's orderly and fastidious, while she leaves milk on the counter and clothes on the floor. He's logical, she's emotional; he's from Mars, she's from Venus. Much is made of the idea that opposites attract, and we all know at least one of these "odd couples" that makes a relationship work despite major differences. But is it true that opposites attract? And more importantly, what makes for the most successful relationship-a stimulating opposite or a comforting soulmate? (more…)

Why are some people so happy... while others aren’t?

I imagine you know someone in your life who is just so happy that it almost doesn’t seem REAL to you.  They seem to have it all... effortlessly.  You might work harder than they do, take twice as many seminars, and practice all the right stuff, but yet that real HAPPY feeling they have,  just eludes you.  Or you have it for a day or two and then it FADES…  darn it.

Why is that? (more…)