Lie down and begin to relax. Think of your feet. Flex toes and feet for a moment and then let them droop. Let the lethargy move slowly up to your ankles, up your calves to your knees, into your thighs. Your muscles are relaxing completely. Let the feeling continue up through your hips. You are becoming quite limp. And on up through your abdomen, along each vertebra of the spine one at a time. Feel your shoulders suddenly lose all resistence and release them to sag against your support....

Being Extraordinary Is A Choice!

I have always loved and played the game of basketball.

Still, on 25 different occasions I was handed the opportunity to take the game winning shot and I missed...

...as my team mate "would you be willing to give me one more opportunity at the game winning shot?"

Would 9000 more missed shots be enough for you to say enough!

You probably wouldn't have given me another chance and maybe you would have started to look...

To grow spiritually in a world defined by power, money, and influence is a Herculean task. Modern conveniences such as electronic equipments, gadgets, and tools as well as entertainment through television, magazines, and the web have predisposed us to confine our attention mostly to physical needs and wants. As a result, our concepts of self-worth and self-meaning are muddled. How can we strike a balance between the material and spiritual aspects of our lives?

To grow...

To begin with, I am not aware if this has been practised in all the cities of India. But sure in Bangalore, where the vegetables are beautifully carved depicting birds, animals and the like. Though the artistic work is appreciated using a pineapple as crocodile, the bottle gourd as goose or gander, the raddish becoming a penguin and many more to follow..it is disheartening to know that VEGETABLES which have to be respected for its nutritious value and for consumption is ebing wasefully...

Failure does not exist at higher levels of awareness. Failure is experienced when the mind is focused on the physical life and present circumstances.

Thomas Edison succeeded with the invention of the light bulb by eliminating all the things that didn't work-more than a 1000 so called failures. Walt Disney created Disney Land from bankruptcy by successfully visiting over 400 banks before he found one that would lend him the money.

Neither one of these men focused on...

The ten secrets to a happy menopause

Menopause is a passage that happens in every woman's life. Whether one chooses to live it as an opportunity for renewal and changes or an ordeal is entirely up to us. There is little known tricks and tips that can help every woman live a better and more happy menopause. After all, this period of a woman's life can be a perfect time to start or continue a fulfilling existence.

Every woman will experience menopause. This period of her life...

Positive self-esteem is very important if not crucial to our happiness and well being as a human being.  Having positive self-esteem can make the difference in that which we take on in life, in that which we go about achieving and creating.  Having positive self- esteem also allows us to have healthy and joyous relationships with others, to experience true intimacy.  One could also assert that having positive self-esteem gives us access to genuine...

Not everyone can be as talented as the classical greats Mozart and Beethoven or even the modern day piano man himself, Billy Joel, but it is never too late to learn how to play the piano.

Children and adults alike can learn to play as long as there is a commitment to practice and the process is fun. The motivation for learning the piano is usually different for children and adults.

Parents are typically the ones who want their children to learn whereas an adult is...

Many of you will have already come across the DVD or book of ‘The Secret’, or the work of Abraham-Hicks. Possibly you’ve read some Barbel Mohr or heard Noel Edmonds say how he managed to create a new prime-time TV show for himself, through Cosmic Ordering. There are ‘Law of Attraction’ and ‘Cosmic Ordering’ books by Jonathan Cainer, Andronicos Andronicou, Stephen Richards and many more authors out there, each having their own slant on the...

Have you had a loved one pass away recently? Or maybe you are thinking about leaving a relationship or your job? Death is another metaphor for change. Yet death has been given a bad name. Compared to birth and life. Death is not something one talks about. Yet it happens. Life and death are connected. When we are born, death is inevitable. From my first breath to my last gasp, my life will end one day. So when death comes, why should I be surprised or fearful? Yet the honest truth, life...