Creativity Articles

“May you live in interesting times.” is considered more of a curse than a proverb. Whatever, we are in it, “interesting times” that is. You gotta love this heady adrenalin rush of change and opportunity. It’s like a freight train screaming down the track. The trick ...

I went to the beach yesterday. It was an act of courage. Courageous, not because of the whipping winds and high surf that were forecast for the day here in Hawaii, but because I had the brave audacity to ignore the threats and taunts that screamed at me from the stacks of paper and to-do lists ...

Random Word Stimulation is a powerful technique that provides a practical method of accessing your subconscious mind and utilize the wealth of information it contains to generate fresh new original ideas. Regular practice causes the brain to expand its neural network to accommodate this free-form style of thinking which strengthens connection to the subconscious mind and endows the practitioner with greatly enhanced creativity and critical thinking skills. The best part is th

Are you considering selling your business? Before slapping up the ‘for sale’ sign, you may want to invest some time and energy in developing a few areas that don’t show up on the balance sheet. Buyers are interested in more than the bottom line. Here are 5 value drivers that influence the goodwill portion of your asking price and can make or break a sale. Put yourself in the shoes of the buyer. You want to buy a business that can go through the transition smoothly with minimal disruptions.

There is a couple I know who I really like being with. Their deep commitment to each other's well- being is very clear as they interact with each other. I feel calm, safe and relaxed with them. I like to ride that wave with them. I have a friend that brings out my quirky sense of humor. We just laugh and carry on together. I really enjoy riding this wave when I am with her. I volunteer with the Guardian Ad Litem program and when I feel such compassion for these wounded children, it opens my heart. I like that wave too.

"Quiet the mind and the soul will speak." ~Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati A couple of months ago I gave myself a challenge. I committed to meditating every morning for at least ten minutes a day for the next thirty days. I created a small altar on the coffee table in our living room, consisting of a Buddha statue, a surrender box, and an incense burner.

The following ten guidelines for writing articles are meant specifically for articles that are used to promote a website or blog. These are typically distributed through directories where readers can access them and other webmasters can take them for free to use as content on their websites. It is one of the best ways to optimize and promote your site or blog. 1. Have an Optimized and Interesting Title The title should catch the attention of readers. It doesn't have to be unusual or outrageous, although that can help when it is possible.

rnInnovative ideas are what fuel the growth of any business. Thinking outside the box helps to distinguish you from the competition. In fact creative thinking is directly responsible for most all the new products and services we see being rolled out on a regular basis. Most any new business venture that you may see is usually the result of some ambitious entrepreneurs' creative idea that was put into action. Obviously creativity is needed in some form or fashion in order for

It isn’t just about “looking good” or eating disorders; body image relates to our identity, and how we think about and accept ourselves, which directly or indirectly affects how we access the awareness and emotional energy we need for creating. Body image issues can be especially significant ...

Nobody plans to become poor and yet a great many people end up poor. Here are some of the best known ways of ensuring a life of penury: 1. ‘We don’t need no education…’ If you drop out of school or fail to achieve a basic education then you will severely restrict your chances of employment. What is more it is difficult to acquire further skills if you lack the basic ones. However this method does not guarantee poverty as there are some exceptional people who, because of sheer hard work or innate ability, succeed despite little formal education. 2.

Let me come straight to the point. A stranger once came to see the Mother. Stranger: When you are out to subdue lust all by yourself, a hundred employees of lust rally together. –‘What do you think? Is there going to be a lock-out? It can’t be.’ So you started struggling. The same is the case with greed. Thus you have to give battle to every passion.

There are a lot very good reasons for developing a meditation practice. You are likely to be healthy both physically and mentally. You’ll have less stress. You might gain some insight into the workings of your own mind. Your friends may find that you are easier to be around. Then there are the spiritual goals. Some people use meditation as a form of prayer. For some it means learning to be in the moment, with the hope that this more natural and peaceful state of mind can be carried into everyday life and activities. Other find that meditation helps them to become more compassionate.

Being creative is scary? No, no, that's not true at all. THINKING about being creative is scary. So much so that the large majority of people with inspired thinking abilities never actually show up to their creative dreams, nor to their potential. And so, we have a rather impressive number of people who have potential to make changes... by bringing beauty, new thought, wake up calls, inventions, inspiration and concepts that could make a difference into our world... who just don't. They don't show up to; ~ writing a book,r

In order to be successful in Living by Design you must let yourself know what you REALLY want. This is can be daunting for some folks. There are many reasons you might struggle with declaring goals and dreams. Perhaps you are afraid that once you get it, you will find you really don’t want it. Or perhaps your life will be so changed that you will lose touch with those you love. Or some other form of harm may come to you or to others.

Sometimes the most difficult thing to do is not to think too deep when you are looking for a solution to a problem. It's an art to think simple and common thoughts, and a whole lot more difficult than you are willing to admit.nnIt is in our human nature to think deep and complex, yet the answers to most of our problems are really easy and right in front of us. The trick is to develop a way not to think too complex.nnNow if you think it is easy to think "simple", think again.

This is a great month to capture colorful flowers. Here are some quick tips to remember when you do. Camera tricks: - Use a shallow depth of field (get your f-stop or aperture set to the lowest number you can.) This gives you a sea of color while making one flower pop out. - Try a slow shutter speed, 1/30th, 15th or even 3 seconds, on a windy or breezy day. This creates a wonderfully pastel emotional image. - Get close in, macro if you can. You will see unique detail rarely seen that will delight the viewer, especially if you print it very large.r

Creativity… For me, it is blissful to witness a world that is evolving to recognize the power of our creative being. Like magic dust finding its way into all nooks and crannies, those who were once considered 'ordinary mortals' are now experiencing moments, discoveries and creations that leave them breathless saying, "YES! YES!...

In Napoleon Hill’s classic book Think and Grow Rich, it explains that there are two proficiencies of imagination namely, creative imagination and synthetic imagination. Also, as outlined by Denis Waitley in his Seeds of Greatness, it becomes significant and essential to learn precisely how every aptitude works and know that one is hugely a component of the right brain hemisphere and one a component of the left brain hemisphere. To be a big success in the business field or a

An inspiring thought that will help your day go cleaner, swifter, and with a higher degree of positivity: AN EXAMPLE FROM MY LIFE: I could not disce why I kept being thrown from residence to residence; why no home I seemed invited into let me stay. A friend, initially welcoming, became ...

“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”nn --Pablo Picasso--nnnHaving grown up in a household where my little brother and I had an arts and crafts table since we were old enough to hold a crayon, a home where my parents built our furniture, my mom made our clothes, and my grandmother made the most beautiful Christmas decorations out of yarn and felt and old tin cans and recycled cards; it’s sometimes hard to understand why peo

You Want Brain Power, Not Scores!Would you like to know what your IQ is? Want to improve it? What is IQ anyhow? The American Heritage Dictionary defines Intelligence Quotient as "The ratio of tested mental age to chronological age, usually expressed as a quotient multiplied by 100." Basically, ...

True Inspiration By Kristin Mackey Where do we truly find inspiration? The kind of inspiration that makes us step back and evaluate the track we are on. What kind of moments, observations and epiphanies really inspire us to look deeper at our choices, lives and habits? Is it in the book we just read or the movie that moved us? Perhaps. Or are the most profound moments of inspiration less obvious, less direct?

Choose To Be Creative When we ‘Choose To Be Creative’ we decide to see the world with fresh open eyes! We make new connections and perceive new facets of experiencing life. Our simple being, doing and living takes on new dimension! There are several theories espousing the nature of Creativity depending on what viewpoint you resonate most with. Various pathways and brain processes fuel creative momentum. A wide confluence of factors, beyond the scope of this article, may e

We all have a bit of brain fog from time to time - particularly in the morning for myself. We may want to concentrate on finishing that story, working on that report for work, or whatever it is that requires our best mental efforts, yet we are in a haze. What can you do to more effectively concentrate on the task at hand? Fortunately there are several things.

Hello friends! Previously I talked about meditation as a tool to bring more presence into our lives. I've decided I want to make meditation a more regular part of my current routine. Practice what you preach, right?

There are a thousand or more ways to make money, but they can be roughly classified into three categories. These are fast ways to make money, basic ways to pay the bills and long-term wealth-creation strategies involving building a business. Lets take a quick look at the three, based on the assumption that you are starting from a desperate position with no money. If that is not the case, you can skip ahead to the “paying the bills or “wealth creation” part.

In a fantasy interview some time in my future, some adversarial jou alist will ask me where the hell I get off writing a series of articles called How to Live Life! It will be pointed out to me that I have no graduate degrees in psychology, sociology or human behavior, no background in ...

Having the perfect home is something each one of us thinks about. Being a proud home owner is not less than an honor today but the ultimate satisfaction comes when your home is designed and decorated tastefully. Interior design ideas for homes are numerous the real task is choosing the suitable option. An essential part of home designing is wall paint. Transforming the plain walls is also an essential aspect of home décor. Indulging in some colour therapy when designing your

There are many realities. In this energy, in your life, now more than ever, you can experience miracles, everyday. This may sound far fetched. There can be miracles when you believe. Who knows what miracles you can achieve, when you Believe. I am reminded of the beautiful duet that Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston performed of the Disney song When You Believe. I also was guided to Josh Groban singing, Believe. My guides and angels have been talking to me for weeks about this topic, these songs and now I am ready to write about this information. When You Believe.

I prefer to report on unusual ways to make money, but when you save money it can effectively be a way to make money for your goals. If, for example, you want to make two thousand four hundred dollars for a vacation, you might work extra shifts or find other ways to generate the three thousand dollars necessary to meet your goal after taxes.

Are you too busy, overwhelmed and feel like the “pile” keeps growing? These ideas will get you back on track FAST… KEYS 1. Know what’s important 2. Prioritize essentials 3. Prune time wasters 4. Create boundaries 5. Simplify processes Know What’s Important

Yes, we should agree to what has been uttered by Sunandaji. But we can not have better understanding within so easily. It requires long practices amid awakened awareness. How very difficult we comprehend that follow an ideal or dedicate to a mission. Over and above, we are born to act according to the capital stored by our parents before our birth. Sometimes it makes vast difference. Let me quote from Ma-Mahajnan, a great spiritual genius, just to make things little clear. During catechism once she purported thus in a state of ‘Conscious Trance’.

Are people fascinated by so many things in the world because of their intellectual development, or does consciously feeding our mind stimulate high level thought and creative ability? Writer Steve Pavlina poses that idea in his book Personal Development for Smart People: The Conscious Pursuit ...

People can be so hard on themselves. Check this out. These are real emails that real people send to themselves on a regular schedule from 'Hassle Me'. www.hassleme.co.uk. The site's tagline is: Because sometimes in life, you just need to be nagged. It's a popular site – who among us haven't had similar thoughts? The responses, though, are just me imagining what I'd like to say. Because sometimes in life, you just need to be mused. "You're fat."(sent to theirself every day) You know how when you tell someone they're cranky, they get cranky even if they weren't cranky to begin with?

Selling your business can be a very emotional process. Countless hours and tremendous effort go into building a business, then one day, it is time to sell. It is easier for serial entrepreneurs to deal with closing day than it is for someone who has been in a business from start-up 25 years ago. Being prepared to sell involves a fairly objective viewpoint along with a plan for the future. There is a great deal of advice coming from many directions once you begin to look into what is involved in the sale, and most likely, some conflicting advice to wade through.

Each human being is surrounded by an aura. As a psychic energy field, the aura depicts an individual’s physical, mental, emotional and spiritual state. The human aura consists of multiple energy layers and each vibrates differently. Further, it changes frequently according to a person’s physical and mental health. Also connected to the electromagnetic field of the body, the aura is affected by a person’s environment and external energies. rnBecause of this, the colors o

Laughter Laughter is probably the best method for relieving stress, improving health and opening up the mind. The beneficial effects of laughter have been proven by scientific studies. It can even heal incurable diseases as revealed by Norman Cousins in his book, “ The Anatomy of a Disease” He ...

Yesterday, while taking a drop-in art class I had an experience that I don't always have when I'm engaging in something creative: I was fully "in the zone." My instructor even commented: "You're on fire today." Painting after painting was flying out of me. I felt free and almost reckless - a very unfamiliar feeling for me.

Every child is born creative. Each and every child is blessed with a set of unique skills and talents which only require to be polished. We need to identify their talent and interests and help them work towards it. Each and every child, and adult, has a spark of creativity. We just need to awaken it. Every time children create something new, it is a result of their observation, understanding and expression of their surroundings. We as parents and teachers are in a unique posi

Yes, it is to think seriously about and ask within delving deep into what makes the difference between truth inculcated by the prophets in the past and that of expounded lately by Ma-Mahajnan, the spiritual genius. Swami Vivekananda, the great Hindu monk, delivered a lecture in ‘The Parliament of Religion’ in 1893 in Chicago, USA, that as all roads are led to a particular place so are different beliefs speak about the same truth. It has had been supported, more or less, by all the representatives present there and widely, thereafter.

[Presently, there is an abrupt change in Indian Politics. Although I am a Spiritualist, I can never keep me away from the views that make the economic reform possible under the auspices of Dr. Manmohan Singh, our Prime Minister. Everybody in a democratic country has the right to react and remark. Political understanding takes its own course and surprisingly we are elevated. Let truth come to light.]

There’s just something about an Island. Looking out from here, from this tiny speck of sand in the middle of the ocean – and from where I live, in Hawaii, the largest ocean on the planet - it’s easy to feel isolated. Way …… out …… here … In the middle of nowhere. Separated from everything ...

No More Of Mystery. Prosad : Universal solutions have unraveled all the mysteries. Then whatever mystery there is in creation, you've unveiled it and, keeping in view all the miracles and mysteries not to gain any importance, you stand matchless through this unique work 'Universal Solution Offering Tranquility'. But why is this word 'mystery'?

There’s a mango hanging on the topmost branch of the tree. My mouth waters. How can I get it from there? Can I just looking on? If I really drool at the mouth, I’ll surely do something to pluck it off. But there’s mango on the topmost branch, I keep looking on and then come away. My mouth waters and then dries away. From that position, I describe the mango hanging on the topmost branch. I can’t go on to describe how it may be plucked.

Worried that you’re not creative? You are, but you may be out of touch with it. Your intuition can lead you into a world of novel ideas, experimentation, and brainstorming that will perk up your work life and stimulate innovation and problem-solving. Intuition training is not just for New Agers. Many executives, business owners, and research and development professionals attribute their successes to following intuitive clues. Intuition is your internal information and feelin

Weakness is the root cause of fear: A weak mind is prone to fear. Fear is another name for ghosts. A stout mind has energy. Energy is another name for God. Fear springs from weakness. The man, who happens to be weak, has a heart which can not but tremble with fear. If a man is free from weakness, why should he be afraid? Ghosts mean ignorance, and God means Knowledge. It's needless to labor the point. You should know that weak nerves are the cause of fear. It is furthered by the ignorance of mummy, granny and neighbors.

Even if your child is 3 years old, the only question you must ask yourself to determine if a person is ready to learn to sew is: Will they obey the MOST important rule in sewing? nnWhat is this rule? - Keep your fingers out from under the needle!!!!! When our daughter was 3, I knew that she could understand the dangers and would obey that rule. We bought her an inexpensive sewing machine and three months later she was sewing pillows, and by 6 months she had sewn her first lap

I find those little dogs with the loud barks to be really funny. Every time I see one, I’m tempted to say, “Dude, the bark isn’t working for you. You’re still little.” So of course I loved the story that Rama Berch, founder of Svaroopa yoga, told a room full of yogis one weekend. Whenever her ...

The words aren’t coming. The music feels flat. The canvass stays blank. Panic starts to set in. Every creative person has had the experience of “hitting the wall” on a project. It can feel like torture and it can feel like forever. Here are 10 ways to breakthrough creative blocks.

What are critical thinking skills? They are the habits of thought that you cultivate for better decisions on what to believe and what to do. Critical thought is not about being able to argue well. That kind of thinking can be a trap. Unfortunately, some very intelligent people think that way, ...