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Lotus Flower Meditation

"Bright but hidden, the Self dwells in the heart. Everything that moves, breathes, opens, and closes lives in the Self-the source of love. Realize the Self hidden in the heart and cut asunder the knot of ignorance here and now." ~ The Upanishads Sit in your meditative pose and breathe deeply and slowly. Relax your entire body. If you feel any tension, focus on the feeling of space in that area to relax it. Inhale and move your consciousness up slowly… Continue

Added by Josephine on August 7, 2009 at 3:21pm — No Comments

The Power of Focus - by Jack Canfield, Mark V. Hansen & Les Hewitt

The Power of Focus: What the World's Greatest Achievers Know about The Secret of Financial Freedom and Success

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Added by Bijay Raut on August 7, 2009 at 2:17pm — No Comments

Five Surprising Ways Yoga Affects Your Health

A new study adds rheumatoid arthritis to the list of health problems yoga can help alleviate.

By Dana Blinder Incorporate a yoga routine into your week for all-around wellness. Regular stretching and use of breathing techniques can go a long way. Yoga is famous for improving flexibility and encouraging relaxation, but more and more research shows that the practice offers benefits that go beyond calming you down. For example, a… Continue

Added by Bijay Raut on July 31, 2009 at 3:59pm — No Comments

Organic IS Healthier…and Here’s Why

Organic IS Healthier…and Here’s Why - by Emily Main

Buy organics because they’re free of pesticides, counteract global warming, and contain more of some key—but overlooked—nutrients. RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—A new analysis of previous research studies has found that organic food, and food produced using pesticides and other chemicals, are of comparable nutritional quality—implying that buying organic because it’s perceived to be… Continue

Added by Bijay Raut on July 31, 2009 at 3:51pm — No Comments

Eating Well For Optimum Health - by Dr. Andrew Weil

Eating Well For Optimum Health: The Essential Guide to Bringing Health and Pleasure Back to Eating

Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Review Hopefully, years from now, Eating Well for Optimum Health will be looked upon as the book that saved the health of millions of Americans and transformed the way we eat--not as the book we overlooked at our own peril. It clarifies the mishmash of conflicting news, research, hype, and hearsay… Continue

Added by Bijay Raut on July 31, 2009 at 11:12am — No Comments

We Live as if We are Never Going to Die...

... And We Die as if We Never Lived.

Added by Bijay Raut on July 16, 2009 at 9:37am — No Comments

5 Reasons to be Grateful for ...

1. If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75 percent of the people in the world. 2. If you can attend a church or synagogue meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death, you are more blessed than 3 billion people in the world. 3. If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of… Continue

Added by Bijay Raut on July 15, 2009 at 5:36pm — 1 Comment

Focusing Your Energy

One of the fundamental ideas in Yoga is the ability to focus all of your energy or attention in one place. The place that is recommended to focus on is called the "Christ center" or "The third eye". It is located between the eyebrows, behind the bone. According to yogic writings, the more you can focus all your energy upward to this spot, the closer you will come to enlightenment. Reportedly, many yogis have been known to look up towards the heavens… Continue

Added by Josephine on July 15, 2009 at 2:03pm — No Comments

Emotional Intelligence (EQ): Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

From Publishers Weekly New York Times science writer Goleman argues that our emotions play a much greater role in thought, decision making and individual success than is commonly acknowledged. He defines "emotional intelligence" a trait not measured by IQ tests as a set of skills, including control of one's impulses, self-motivation, empathy and social competence in interpersonal… Continue

Added by Bijay Raut on July 10, 2009 at 10:17am — No Comments

The Sun Never Says - A Poem

The Sun Never Says

Even after all this time, The sun never says to the earth, "You owe Me." Look what happens with A love like that, It lights the Whole Sky. - From

The Gift by Hafiz - Version by D.Ladinsky Note: "Sunrise between our nation capital's two monuments - Capitol Hill and Washington Memorial. I took this shot from the window of my apt. building during my school days in Washington, DC. Happy 4th July,… Continue

Added by Bijay Raut on July 2, 2009 at 10:40pm — No Comments

You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay

You Can Heal Your Life (gift edition)

Amazon.com Review If you haven't seen Hay House's Lifestyles series of gorgeous gift books, there is no better way to acquaint yourself than with publisher/author Louise Hay's You Can Heal Your Life. A bestseller for many years, You Can Heal Your Life has been republished with bright, beautiful illustrations in full, living color and exquisite typography--each and every page is a work of art by… Continue

Added by Bijay Raut on June 26, 2009 at 1:38pm — No Comments

Mindfulness and Reconnecting to the Source

Mindfulness and Reconnecting to the Source - by Deepak Chopra

A lot of people struggle with turbulent emotions and addictive behavior. They spend years in psychotherapy and at times they are able to overcome addictive habits through will power, only to have a recurrence and go back to old ways. From my experience, and also through observation of many people , I have discovered that a lasting change from unwanted behavior can be achieved… Continue

Added by Bijay Raut on June 25, 2009 at 6:23pm — No Comments

Summer - A Poem

Summer - A Poem by Wayne Jarus

The boats adrift in the harbour As thoughts in a calm mind A liquid sun beaming today and forever We hoard happiness a smile at a time As thoughts in a calm mind Finding respite in cool shade A liquid sun beaming today and forever Butterflies flutter in a golden haze Finding respite in cool shade In this pastel world of light and shadows Butterflies flutter in a golden haze And crickets sing in motionless… Continue

Added by Bijay Raut on June 21, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller--Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

Amazon.com Product Description: The bestselling success book of all time is updated and revised with contemporary ideas and examples. Think and Grow Rich has been called the "Granddaddy of All Motivational Literature." It was the first book to boldly ask, "What makes a winner?" The man who asked and listened for the answer, Napoleon Hill, is… Continue

Added by Bijay Raut on June 19, 2009 at 12:04pm — No Comments

Candlelight Meditation

Imagine you are an unlit candle. Someone comes along and lights your wick and you begin to glow with orange light. Your flame grows stronger and your whole body becomes engulfed. Feel yourself giving off this warm light. Your fire light is like the brightness of wisdom that is driving away the darkness of ignorance. You are the bright orange light. Feel yourself expanding, your light reaching out further and further until it fills your entire house,… Continue

Added by Josephine on June 17, 2009 at 5:19pm — No Comments

Dr. Deepak Chopra Answers: How Do You Access Your Higher Self ?

Accessing the Higher Self

Q: How do you access your higher self in meditation? Is there any particular technique that you use? How do you know that you are really in touch with the higher self? A: Meditation is an opportunity for the noise of the mind to subside and for the higher Self to reveal itself. If you use a mantra in meditation, the mantra allows the mind to undirected and neutral. This state permits the inherent… Continue

Added by Bijay Raut on June 14, 2009 at 5:00am — No Comments

Perfect Health by Dr. Deepak Chopra

Perfect Health: The Complete Mind/Body Guide

From the Inside Flap A decade ago, Deepak Chopra, M.D., wrote Perfect Health, the first practical guide to harnessing the healing power of the mind, which became a national bestseller. The book described how breakthroughs in physics and medicine were underscoring the validity of a 5,000-year-old medical system from ancient India known as Ayurveda ("the knowledge of life span" in… Continue

Added by Bijay Raut on June 12, 2009 at 11:52am — No Comments

Ageless Body, Timeless Mind by Deepak Chopra

Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old

From Publishers Weekly Chopra ( Quantum Healing ) is one of our perennial gurus, appealing to millions but offering them a suspect brew of panacea and escapism. The message of his new book? "We are not victims of aging, sickness, and death. These are part of the scenery, not of the seer, who is immune to any form of change. This seer is the spirit, the expression… Continue

Added by Bijay Raut on June 12, 2009 at 11:44am — No Comments

An Interview with Mark Victor Hansen: On Goals, Mentors, Success, and Meaningful Life

An Interview with Mark Victor Hansen By Dennis Hughes, Share Guide Copublisher

In the area of human potential, no one is better known and more respected than Mark Victor Hansen. For over 25 years, he has focused solely on helping people and organizations, from all walks of life, reshape their personal vision of what’s possible. His powerful messages of possibility, opportunity, and action have helped create powerful change in thousands of… Continue

Added by Bijay Raut on June 9, 2009 at 1:08pm — No Comments

Megatrends 2010: The Rise of Conscious Capitalism

by Patricia Aburdene

Amazon.com Customer Review:

Trending Toward the End of Greed, October 13, 2005 By Fearless Reviews "D. Patrick Miller, Editor" (Berkeley, CA United States) In their 1982 title Megatrends, Patricia Aburdene and her former husband John Naisbitt talked about the birth of the Information Economy; in Megatrends 2000, published in 1990, they predicted the networked, technology-driven Internet era.… Continue

Added by Bijay Raut on June 5, 2009 at 5:39pm — No Comments