Self Realization Articles

The ete al wisdom of life – as recorded in the ancient vedic literature – advises us to realize who we really are, and to identify with our real self. By silencing our chattering mind, we easily find out that our real self is pure awareness, pure, unbounded awareness, also known as pure consciousness. Having realized this, we automatically find out that we are neither our mind nor our body. We realize that our mind-body system is an instrument with which we can express ourselves in the world.

I had always been one of those negative people, constantly at war with themselves, while searching for happiness in all the wrong places, looking for self validation from others and allowing their perception of who I was define me. I saw my trials and tribulations as punishments, which made me a ...

Madam Blavatsky, born Helena von Hahn, was a free spirit in a time when women were not free to roam the world alone. She dreamt about her teacher of Theosophy at an early age and then met him many years later in London. Weeks before her seventeenth birthday, she was married to a 44 year old man, Vassilievich Blavatsky. This marriage was never consummated according to Madame Blavatsky who claimed to be a virgin even in her later years after a second failed marriage. After three months, she stole a horse and headed for her grandfather's house in the mountains.

Thought is the limitation within which I have this human experience. At first, that may be a slippery concept to grasp. Beyond the understanding that I can think, and fall immersed into thought, is the concept that I can step out of thought. As long as I’m experiencing life from inside the box of thoughts, stories, beliefs, and mental conjecture, my happiness will be a temporary candy coating. Jumping out of the box is equivalent to gaining lucidity, or waking up to being present in the moment, outside of unneeded thought.

The only person we can truly change is ourselves. What a hard lesson this is to learn, right?

The Master Of Ceremonies Have you ever noticed how the mind narrates life as you’re experiencing it? I have. Sometimes, the thinking mind starts chattering the minute I wake up in the morning. It’s as if thought were standing at the ready, salivating. The mind springs into action even before I can open my eyelids, spewing prediction like it had a crystal ball.

Hypnosis has been around for at least as long as we humans have kept records. Hypnosis is a natural human ability. Every time we focus our attention we enter a kind of hypnotic trance. Our normal awareness involves us being aware of many things at the same time and our mind jumping around. So the defining characteristic of the hypnotic state is a single, or limited focus of attention.

With the U.S. presidential election coming around again, there are now more and more political conversations going on around us these days, and politics – just like everything else in life – is all about relationships. You may hear people talk about ending conflicts and creating ...

"With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now" Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Stop Momma, stop. I'm burning up, I'm on Fire". This was to be the title of my first book when I first decided to write it back in 1992. It refers to the episode when my mother had each of my four brothers hold a limb as I lay across her bed, and she proceeded to beat me 'till I urinated and defecated. At that point, she beat me even harder because I had now soiled her bed and linen. I was six or seven years old then.

You Have The Key To Your Own Heart Did you know that you have the key to your own heart? Heart and Soul is Who You Are, and it’s who I am. This has always been the source of my highest guiding self. My heart tells me who I am and also what I want. It moves me into my true passions that call to me. This is its astounding wisdom in its own right. In fact, we are all born with it and have it deep within us. Sometimes it may lie dormant, so the key is to turn inward to find it.

Do near death experiences awaken the mind? Some people witness those in the waiting room, viewing from above the room they almost die in and seeing people from their past that went before them. Others have near death experiences that involve light and a loving beautiful feeling surrounding them. Some near death experiences are not so pleasant. They include demons, horrible visions and a painful experience. Everyone that has a near death experience, however, has one thing in common. It changes his or her life. Several of the near death experiences actually cured the victims.

Did you ever wonder how the power of your thoughts can affect your body? Dr. Bernie Siegel, the author of Love, Medicine and Miracles, was giving a talk to a room full of skeptical doctors when he brought out a copy of Lady Chatterly’s Lover and proceeded to read the most erotic part. As he put the book down he said, “Just as reading a book can stir our sexuality, so you can see how our thoughts and feelings can affect us physically.” The doctors were immediately convin

There's a difference between striving for excellence and seeking perfection. Excellence is about living from the highest part of your Self - the part that is the most like God. It's about living from your highest thought, your highest action, your highest word. It is the truest, most real part of yourself. It is who you were Meant to Be when you chose to show up on this earth.

This book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Self Realization. Self Realization is knowledge of the true self gained from personal experience, as opposed to book knowledge. Self realization can be achieved through spirituality, meditation, and yoga. Ariel and Shya Kane are the Official Guides to Self Realization .nn Choices and Illusions: How Did I Get Where I Am, and how Do I Get Where I Want to Be? , by Eldon Taylor, is a valuable resource for people intere

"If you want to be free of anxiety then notice and feel this: life is happening in this moment. You are not doing this moment, you are not making this moment happen. It is here on its own. If you really notice your experience in this moment, existence is happening. And if you disagree, if you think you are creating yourself to exist in this moment, then stop existing. Go on. In trying to stop existing you only become more and more aware of this sensation of existing. And this sense of existing cannot be changed orrnmanipulated by your thinking. Existence isr

The timing is perfect, in the middle of all the chaos consuming the world at the moment. Yet, further thought reveals that this topic is timeless, because throughout most of the recent history of the world, there hasn’t been a whole lot of unity about anything! Oh sure, there are groups of people that are united, under the guise of purporting their truth. They are people in the religious world. They are people in the civil rights movement. They are people in the civil liberties unions.

The are studies that say we only use a small percentage of our brains. What are we hiding from ourselves? What are the capabilities if we were to access the unused parts of our brains? We are only limited by our own thoughts. We are boundless beings, the creators of our own realities. There are numerous techniques that teach us to awaken the mystic within us.

I was watching Oprah’s Lifeclass the other night and author and speaker Iyanla Vanzant was talking about changing the stories that we tell ourselves.

Fear can be a wonderful asset in our lives--protecting us from dangerous situations and keeping us safe. But fear can also limit our lives significantly. While it may not be conscious, fear may make us think we are unacceptable or that what we have to offer isn't valuable. Fear may make us feel ...

It’s early. I can hear the birds chirping outside while sipping my coffee. I have the whole day ahead of me. There are things I’d love to do, and things I have to do. Then it dawned on me. If I have access to the control panel of this ride, then maybe I should begin my day in a more empowering way, instead of at the mercy of where the chips may fall.

In spite of all the economic woes the world is dealing with right now, there is still the basic truth that we could all find justifiable joy within our own lives, if we so chose. There is much joy in life which can be considered justifiable. Yet, joy, in its very essence, has absolutely no need to be justified. Joy is an innate contentment, in spite of circumstance, happenings, or events that swirl around our lives on a daily basis.

The Power of Positive Thinking Written perfectly by Greg Riley, he evaluates the effects of positive thinking in relation to your physical health as well as our mental health. You will learn that what we put into our mind (our images and thoughts) is heavily effected by our habitual way of thinking, therefore, determines our rnattitude. The first situation to consider is the relationship between thoughts and conditions like depression and stress. A crucial question is whether

A reader asks: What do spirituality and religion have to do with astrology? That's a simple question with a complicated answer. In order to answer properly, I need to provide you with my working definitions, Obviously, there are many definitions, but these make sense to me and I hope they will to you also.

"I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles." --Zig Ziglar Choose the key areas of your life and then ask yourself questions to help you ...

Your identity is your perception of who you are in this world; it’s the image you hold of yourself in your head. Early on in life you decided what character you were going to play in the theatre of life and you’ve proceeded to act in accordance with the personality, traits, and ...

Most of us remember the childhood game “Hide and Seek”. The whole idea is to close our eyes, count to 100 and then find the people who tried really hard to hide in a place they would “never” be found. The premise of the title of this article is to walk in deliberate awareness and intention for our lives, with our eyes wide open. Too many years are spent walking around with our eyes wide shut, not conscious of our purpose.

A Reference Point – The Real Point of the Past? What happens if the power of now is based on the “then”? Then what happens? The evidence is overwhelming that history repeats itself over and over again. So how can we live in the now if so much of the now is based upon what happened previously. It’s not that this idea is bad or even good. However what would be the purpose of rehashing the past in different scenarios? If you believe in Karma, Lessons and Reinca ation, then it would make sense.

I was playing Pictionary the other night with my husband and picked the word, incubate. I drew test tubes, a beaker, and a thermometer to show the heat. While weren't able to guess it before the time ran out, it did get us thinking about the other meanings of the word. The meaning that stuck with me and is still here days later is, to develop, grow, take form. I love thinking about this definition in terms of a plan, goal, or idea. There is something very satisfying to me about sitting on it for awhile rather than immediately acting on it.

Have you ever gone down a path in life that didn’t feel quite right on a soul level, but it felt comfortable and secure on an ego level? For instance, what if you always knew that you wanted to be a writer, but you had been told so often that writing would never pay your bills: you would have to work at a 9-5 job and then write at night and on the weekends. And so you went to school and got a degree in something practical: technical editing.

Denial was right up there in my “major life awareness” topics. Denial is not a river in Egypt!

I am in the process of writing a book. It’s a different kind of book than the Soulful Jou als that my husband, Dan, and I have written. It’s a full-length book about pushing through fear to live the life of our dreams. It really gets to the heart of who I am – my soul has begun to emerge throughout the journey of writing it. This has been both a great experience and a real learning lesson at the same time.

I say yes we can! I think this is what most people want. Yes most people want this but how many are willing to put in the time and effort that this may take to get there. I do believe it is a large task and it will take each and every one of us but I do believe it is possible. I hear you over there. Some of you are saying this can’t be done. Some of you are saying we can’t fix everyone and everything out there and some even say this won’t happen in a hundred years but I am here to tell you that it can and it surely will happen.

Tai Chi is known as a soft martial arts technique that emphasizes health, longevity and proper form above self-defense. Tai Chi originated in China but in recent years it has become popular around the world, particularly among older people looking for an exercise that is smooth and easy for them ...

I woke up this morning thinking about the many unfinished projects I needed to do, emails I wanted to send, and the seemingly endless pile of papers that needed to be filed. Not always the best way to wake up. I immediately felt tired and overwhelmed. But then I remembered a wonderful cd that I listened to several years ago that talked about how we store energy in our bodies. It was called Energy Anatomy by Caroline Myss.

We all have dreams. They start with a simple idea and soon grow into a possibility. And as time goes on, they begin to feel more and more real. We even start to believe that they could actually happen. We really begin to see ourselves living our dreams. We can almost taste them they seem so real. Our dreams are our passions met with action. We take all of our talents that are swirling around inside of us, and we map out a plan of how we can put these talents to good use.

Today I want to tell you about a friend I had way back when I was just like you. I had to go to school, even when the weather was just right for skating or hiking. My mother never seemed to be really pleased with me because I kept making mistakes. n This friend, Ricky, was different. n ...

Many of us are unhappy with ourselves to some degree, however for some the unhappiness may turn to self loathing which affects every aspect of ones' life. Self loathing limits our ability to better ourselves and our lives. It allows us to settle for less than what we deserve and it results in bad choices and bad relationships. Some of us may not even be aware that we are in self loathing mode, but if we are honest with ourselves we will be able to see that our lives are a direct reflection of what we believe we deserve.

One of the markers that we live in an awakening world is the heed that so many people are paying to the call for an authentic life. More of us are seeking meaningful careers and work. We want relationships that transcend old roles and that are emotionally and spiritually fulfilling. We question voices of so-called ‘authority’ that appear shallow, and look for new ways of creating community. We want to be and be with authentic leaders. The word “authenticity” pervades

THE SPEED OF LIFE How fast life goes by these days! We try to slow it down by recording it with camcorders, writing diaries, scrap booking and jou als. We use whatever media available today to capture the events of our lives and to account for our pasts, which were the presents wemissed while ...

We have all had a moment in life (or several of them) where things didn’t go according to plan. We set up a scenario in our mind. We visualized the outcome happening exactly how we would like it to. And we waited for everything to unfold beautifully. And then reality set in. The universe had something else in mind. And things took a very different turn. Our response to this new outcome is the only part of the outcome that we can control.

Be Your Own Brand Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes. – THOMAS W.HIGGINSON Branding, in a simple manner of speaking, is a way of saying that something belongs to us. You own your body, your personality, so you are in every sense of the word, your brand. Brands carry values. ...

-There is only one way to live life and that is to live life completely and absolutely in Love- One autumn day while everyone was busy being busy, I decided to hide in a corner and read a short story I will never forget: ‘The Girl Who Loved Too Much’.

Within the past 10 years, there has been a surge of scandals that have come out in the media about practices of ministers, businessmen, politicians, etc. For example, in 2006, it was revealed that Ted Haggard, an evangelical preacher, paid a man to engage in sex with him for three years and purchased and used crystal methamphetamine. rnIn 2001, there was the Enron scandal that hid billions of dollars in debt as a result of failed deals and projects. rnLast month, senior pasto

The age-old quest of knowing oneself feels necessary and essential. We think finding out who we are is of upmost importance, and feel incomplete in some way without a story of self. Well, of course we would. The self loves self. It loves the idea of itself. It loves the description and labels. It loves the perpetual possibility of being special, better than yesterday, or the next guy. We end up living our lives in service to building, polishing and enhancing our identity. The good news is, this is all okay, because you are not the self you speak of.

We all have so much to offer. We are all born with sacred gifts and special qualities that are meant to be shared with the world. When we are young, these gifts flow easily and pour out of us. We sing, we dance, we play - we share our talents with anyone and everyone who will listen. And even if they won't - we don't let that stop us. We are simply living our purpose and sharing our gifts.

My thoughts have gone here many times in the past couple of years and here they are again. What if we all lived as one world united? What if we just allowed everyone to be who they are with no judgment? What if we accepted all religions, races, opinions, sexual preferences, and ways of life just as they are for each person? What if we all became more involved in our community and focused on helping and loving all no matter where they are from or what the beliefs and allowed them to be just the way they are? Couldn’t that make a huge difference in the world?

Dear High Achiever:nnReligion, politics and money management are topics I typically stay away from in my personal conversations and in the FYI ezine. But today, I’m going to use a quote from the Bible because, in my opinion, it best illustrates the importance of Self-Discipline.nn He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. Proverbs 25:28 nnOr, if that visual doesn’t work for you try this one:nn Talent without discipline

It’s not always easy to open up. To be raw. To be vulnerable. To let others see the real you – to let yourself see the real you. To tell it like it truly is. To let go of any pretenses. To step out without a mask. To show your soul.

There’s a certain nobility to failure. If you’ve failed, it means you’ve had the courage to try. To quote Robert F. Kennedy, “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly”. Here are 3 tips for dealing with feelings of failure so that you can suit ...