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There are many techniques for increasing the power of the mind. Even simple habits like asking a few crucial questions anytime you consider something can make for more productive thinking. But there is one approach that can probably do more than all the other techniques to boost your mind power. It is being ready to be mistaken at all times. Be Ready To Be Wrong We like to be right. It's very satisfying on a certain level of consciousness. So much so that we feel better having argued our point well than having learned something new from another person.

Metaphysics refers to the branch of philosophy that seeks to address all things Universal whether it is divine, cosmic, spiritual, or human. Ultimately, those who study metaphysics seek to address how we play a role in this continuum. It addresses those things perceived to be hidden.” To that end, many institutions including seminaries, universities, schools of metaphysics, and the like have found it necessary not to make the teachings of all metaphysics available to the everyday individual.

Ma-Mahajnan, a spiritual genius, expounds in a state of ‘Conscious Trance’ the essence of truth and how we can attain to perfection. With deep sense of spirituality, based on coordination of worldly-cum-spiritual striving, she begins thus: “Here’s my ‘On The Quest’ for you. Have patience and contemplation-- Look far into that horizon; Let the thought of thy source Always be in view.”

Move the Room! - Three Keys to Delivering a Knockout Presentationr By Kristin Mackey, Professional public speaker So you have to give presentation…here are my proven secrets. KEYS 1. Know Your Content 2. Organize Your Content 3. Deliver Your Content Well How to Know Your Content Giving a presentation on a subject matter instantly makes you the expert. If you are standing in front of any size group, you are now the expert of the content you present. The best way to BE the expert is to properly prepare for your presentation. You can do this in three ways:

Left Brain: “That’s all well and good to dream but the reality is....” Right Brain: “Reality?

For many of us at times it has seemed as though living a life of our dreams was not realistic. We have held down jobs that we have disliked, stayed in less than healthy relationships out of fear of the unknown and resigned ourselves to the concept that we are here to struggle and then we die.

The call you’ve been waiting for finally comes. The president and CEO of James Nanochic Widget Makers, Inc. is on the line. Peter James’ company has cornered the market on the cute microchip—advancing an interest in science among the young while creating trendy, chic ...

Imagine this:rnYour friend gets a brand new car and invites you for a drive. When you reach his house, you are awestruck at the sight of his brand new car. It’s shiny, black spotless paint is almost blinding and the smell of the interior leather is immensely inviting. You both finally sit in the car and your friend puts his key in the ignition. The roar of a new car. Wow! You relax and stretch yourself on the passenger seat and casually ask your friend.rn“You didn’t eve

Friendship, what is true friendship? This issue has been brought to my notice recently in a number of cases. Over the past year my partner has been laid up with an injured back and then with flu and a bad cough. In all this time there was a noticeable lack of communication from the majority of ...

Curiosity develops the energy in our body which helps us to perform the particular work with good accuracy and speed. It helps us a lot to explore more about the particular topic simple because we are curious to know about the particular subject matter. There are different ways to enhance your level of curiosity. The effective ways to enhance your level of curiosity are as follows:r

You may have used affirmations before, writing positive statements on cards and repeating them every day. Hopefully you stuck it out and got the results that you wanted. More often, we find it hard to take the time to read them every day, and without that constant repetition, we don't get the ...

By Kristin Mackey …A pause follows with an attempt to grasp for further clarity, “Do you mean what I do for a living?” the participant eagerly asks… “No, your life’s purpose”, I reiterate. Confused, she expands her question, “With family, friends or work? Then I prepare for the longest silence in the seminar when I clarify, “Why were you born?”

As your child starts learning to sew, take the time to make these two Sewing Notebooks. Your child will be inspired and encouraged by them, and you will find one of them priceless!nnYour Assignment:n1. Let your child choose 2 special 3 ring binders. Buy the kind with a clear pocket on the front.n2. Have them decorate 2 pieces of paper with the following labelsnA. PortfolionB. Sewing Ideasnn*Let them decorate it any way they want - with crayons, paint, stickers, cutting out pi

As we all know, adaptability is a valuable character trait. Whether you choose to cultivate your adaptability or not can have a drastic impact on your attitude and happiness. When a major shift happens, good or bad, things go much easier when we can roll with the changes as opposed to putting up huge, “Do not force change!” signs. Take for example, the current economic state of affairs.

Embrace Your Full Wingspanr By Kristin Mackey

We should always be looking for ways of thinking outside the box. It isn't that we will always find a better solution through more creative or non-conventional solutions. But we sometimes will. Maybe that doesn't sound inspiring enough, so let me explain. Suppose you get in the habit of thinking outside the box and you have many interesting, creative, but unusable ideas. So most of the time you fall back on conventional solutions to your problems, whether at home or in business or in the workplace.

When we heard personal and executive coach Jeannette Samanen, Ph.D. (of Valley Forge, PA) speak at a luncheon, we were attracted by her statement that "accessing your intuition leads to peak performance."nn"Could you tell us more about this connection, Jeannette?" we asked in a subsequent interview for our "Marketing Energizer" ezine.nn"Your deeper mind, or your intuition, knows you because it's been with you from the very beginning of your life. It knows what you need, what

Dreams are storehouses of creative inspiration that can easily inspire you for new artistic works, and also help you to solve problems at work and in your relationships, to heal emotional wounds and even physical illnesses, to learn new skills, and to find greater spiritual fulfillment, all the while allowing you to explore and better enjoy the third of life that we all spend asleep. Wouldn't you like to remember more dreams and start really experiencing the powerful benefits

Prosad: Just a word mother. You say this as definition for genius. But who will ever reach the primordial level so that he can expound. Ma-Mahajnan: Nobody ever did nor could expound. If somebody can reach that level—that hope has been cherished. Prosad: The philosophy of the primordial, Mother, you’ve plentifully scattered. Your sayings at the primordial level; there will be clue left there for understanding ‘who and what you are’. All that will remain unintelligible if we fail to reach that level. Many of those things will be transmuted into allegories. They can not be expounded.r

There are hundreds of ways to increase brainpower. They range from dietary practices and specific supplements to creative thinking techniques and even environmental changes. Here are six short examples of things you can try today to boost the power of your brain and mind. Act Intelligent When you act as if you’re more intelligent, it sets up an expectation in your mind that your unconscious mind tries to meet - and this affects actual performance. This isn’t merely speculation.

"When negative self-talk robs us of our enthusiasm for our dreams, we're suffering from the classic creative block... Self-criticism can seriously injure potential talent that wants to be expressed." These quotes from the book "Putting Your Talent to Work" by Lucia Capacchione and Peggy Van ...

During discourse Ma-Mahajnan expounds, “You’ve come into my life. You listen to what I tell you. Here is a mass of people sitting, who have filled up the whole temple. Perhaps I note some fault or offence. I go up and hold you by the ear or give you a slap or rebuke you with a word or two--”What’s this! Insulting me before so many people!” So?

"Do not underestimate the thrill of trying." ~ Julia Cameron A few days ago, I got an idea for a book. I sat down at the computer and an outline flew out of me. It felt like this was the book I was born to write. In the process of writing the outline I entered that "flow state" where I felt totally in the creative zone. It was great.

Printed stickers give broader range of publicity and change the nature of readability in society and product, messages, announcements and funny words enable everyone to know what you want to share. Every type of printed items like stickers, banners, posters, flyers, envelops etc provide wide place to the companies and business to describe all about themselves. Similarly printed message on stickers allow people to communicate effectively each other. On the same time it brings

"Creativity comes from a desire to express the true self." Art has often been isolated and considered precious, something only official artists do. In her book "Revolution From Within" Gloria Steinem notes that "most art in the world does not have a capital 'A,' but is a way of turning everyday ...

So you have written a book and had it published. Congratulations. Now you are faced with the challenge of what to do next. Many authors think that marketing is a job for the publisher so they sit back and wait for the royalties to roll in. You might have a very long wait. The market for ...

Very few people can claim that they have achieved all that they are capable of. In the Western world most of us do moderately well. We get an education and a succession of jobs; we have some relationships that work; we are well fed; we avoid penury and destitution. We can take comfort in ...

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Sewing is an excellent hobby to start, because somebody who has the skill to sew can not only create small repairs on their clothing, but can also create a large number of useful things even with just a little practice. Whether you're attempting dress making or simply replacing a lost button, the same type of basic skills are utilized.nnWith just a small amount of free time, anybody can create and plan some excellent sewing projects that help to make your surroundings just a

It is sometimes said that the truth should never be allowed to get in the way of a good story. Sometimes, however, it is the true events that turn out to be the stories that tell us the most. This is the case with the story of my friend's cat. My friend, Rachel, has a cat. Nothing special ...

The following creative marketing ideas are specifically about finding new places and ways to advertise. This has always been an area ripe for new ideas. What prompted me to write this page is an article I recently read on a company called Show Media. Show Media has advertising displays on top ...

Unless life happens to be successful, has this birth any meaning? Where lays our superiority in course of the development of humanity? Now the question arises whether the two—successful life and highest life are distinguishable. Yes, there’s a slight distinction. While talking about the successful life, there shouldn’t be in that any flaw in judgment. Regarding the highest life—it’s in a word flawless judgment. Further there are added to it a flawless mind with a detached and unruffled state of it.

We live in a world with information overload. We are flooded with data, facts, statistics and information in all forms. Definitive answers to specific questions are immediately available from search engines on the internet. But people want more than facts. They want understanding. They want meaning. They want context. They want stories. Children ask their parents to tell them stories because they like to fit the pieces of the story into a context they can understand. It is the same with adults. Audiences at conferences do not want to be bombarded with data and figures.

It is disappointing that human qualities often turn too emotional and we fail to show humanity, not to speak of truth and salvation. Our silly sentiments befool us and we frequently become unsuccessful at the rear of being dutiful. Good qualities are of course essential to bring about peace and happiness in every family and society. Without doing justice to ourselves we cut a sorry figure. That is to say, how should we begin (may be all of a sudden) and where to stop.r

Creative photography may be the most demanding of them all. That is because unlike commercial photography, your boss is your creative imagination and the artistic marketplace. And who knows from one week to the next what is considered artistic and what isn’t. It isn’t just poetic license that we are using when we talk about you following your creative muse when you use your photography as an expression of your art. You can look at a hundred settings and scenes and only yo

Consciousness and Spiritual Growth The purpose of life is the evolution of consciousness. Spiritual awakening offers life in the state of joy (Bliss / Ananda). If we learn to listen to our souls we can consciously choose to be joyful or sad, peaceful or loving, alert or relaxed. There is a Buddhist saying: 'Before enlightenment he gathered wood and carried water; after enlightenment he gathered wood and carried water.'

Are you committed to losing weight and keeping it off? Then, it is time to discover the science of losing weight. Losing weight is the result of a chemical reaction that takes place in the body where stored fat is used for energy. It is important to learn the science of losing ...

Is genius a simple thing? What is it? Development, expounding, individuality in the perspective of favourable, adverse and under any circumstances—will not all these things be assessed? Of course, judged by the standard of Mother, everything will outright vanish into a mere dot. Looking at her nobody can keep up his glory whatever it may be. Genius has sprung out of the bosom of that life. Can genius ever look upon that as insignificant of subsidiary and still succeed? So it pains us to find the creator imperfectly manifested in the midst of his creation.

Is there a "lie detector?" Most people have been lead to believe that this is what the polygraph is. But most scientists think the polygraph is less than scientific. Here's a quick look at the From the website of the American Polygraph Association: "A steady pace of improvements in techniques ...

The American poet and political activist Muriel Rukeyser said "The universe is made of stories, not atoms." Ursula K. LeGuin has been quoted as saying, "There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories." And yes, alright, they are both quotes by storytellers but these statements would suggest that storytelling is pretty important to all cultures. Elsewhere I have said (and I'm by no means the only one) tha

I’m the Mother; the Nothingness too. We know, more or less, from our very birth what ‘Mother’ means. But what is about ‘Nothingness’? It remains ever unrevealed to us. In the light of education, culture and civilization people guess something and that’s all. How little it is!

It’s true that often we cannot decide what have to do, when and how. Very few people are born with strong mind and easily can decide what is to be ensured right at that moment when he is in a fix. To me, as have been taught by Ma-Mahajnan, a spiritual genius, it’s not as difficult as we think them to be. To develop power of reasoning associated with self control right from the very young age is earnestly desired. The parents and teachers are expected to mobilize children’s character. Gradually, with the knowledge and experience of gear and clutch one can safely drive one’s car.

Recently, I was considering the question of peace, which doesn't happen often while writing fiction. There's all that drama, love, hate, desire, envy and so on. Peace, with any luck, comes at the end of the novel. I was considering this aimlessly as I lay with my head on Phoebe's warm flank. Phoebe, being the sensitive, intuitive creature she is, immediately tuned into my musings and suggested we consider the question of love instead, which she quite rightly observed was a precursor to true peace.

Creativity is a mysterious journey that connects us to the unseen worlds. There was a time when all people had access to the unseen worlds, although it was shaman, story tellers and healers who mediated between the worlds as they journeyed into the Mystery and interpreted the images found there. Today we have our contemporary journeyers into the cosmic unseen worlds--many creative people are such journeyers--but as a culture we have lost the connection to our instinctual nature.

Perhaps, you have heard the phrase “May the force be with you” from your favorite Episode of the Star Wars movies. The Star Wars movies explore the power of our choices, the wonder of destiny, and the manifesting power that is in us and all around us. However, what if the force could truly be ...

The art of glass blowing is quite exciting. However, to ensure that there are no mishaps while you are creating a glass art using this technique, here is a guide to all the essential safety tips that will come in handy.rn Appropriate Dressing rn rnAvoid wearing flowing and loose clothes, clothes made of synthetic or any other fabrics which are flammable, any metal or dangling ornaments/jewellery and open-toed footwear. Opt for long-sleeved shirts, trousers or any other piece

...or perhaps a better title would be, how to keep your jewelry clean. After twenty-five years in the jewelry business I have come to the conclusion that everyone needs to make an annual trip to their favorite jewelers to have their jewelry professionally cleaned. I recommend sometime in September, you know, when the kids are back to school and you could use a mid-day glass of red wine while someone does something for you.

When I was three years old, I had an experience I’ll never forget. My mother had just prepared lunch for my brother and me, and a neighbor lady came running over, breathless, telling my mother some news. Mom went right to the television and turned it on. This was unusual—she rarely watched TV. She set up the ironing board in the living room(!) so that she could iron while watching. Stranger still, she seemed to have forgotten all about naptime. My brother and I sat on the

Why not start each morning with a simple thought for the day? Hold it in mind to see what perspective it gives to the day's events. Here is one for each day of the week. Monday's Thought For The Day When you argue with a person, are you focused on the words? What's out there beyond the words? ...