The Trick to Getting Unstuck!

Face it; unless you are a contortionist, getting stuck signifies pain in three real ways – body, mind and soul.

I know I've been in that metaphorical box, know the four walls like the back of my own hand.

There were times in my life where I answered "yes" to the following:

• I'm not doing something correctly.
• I'm not succeeding.
• I'm not fulfilling my potential.
• I'm not doing my job to my...

I am sitting by the ocean here in South Carolina for a much-needed break in the action. I am re-discovering the order in nature. It is so restful, so regenerating. Watching the ebb and flow got me thinking about the poem, "The Idea of Order at Key West," by Wallace Stevens where he mentions "the genius of the sea."  Some people speak of genius or intelligence as if it were something only humans possess, its abode "the castle of intellect." Stevens'...

There exists a mental path that guarantees succes and relaxation in whichever field of human endeavor you might be in or want to pursue. And by guarantee i mean 100% succes. Yes as precise as that. This mental path is troded by those who learn the secret way the human mind is tied to the source of all power. They posses the power to become and do anything they want to.

If you come to believe you are unsuccessful and probably anxiety prone, it is because you virtually...

It has been stated, "The typical person has as many as 60,000 thoughts in a single day." The interesting part is most of them are recurring from the previous day and therefore unnecessary.

Here are two simple questions to ask yourself and supplementary comments from a meditative viewpoint:

Can you rationalize why you continue to think about the same things day after day?

Most people simply attempt to accomplish too much in a single day....

Each of us reacts differently to the exhaustion caused by poorly managed stress. That is due to environmental factors as well as hereditary predisposition. Some people are muscle reactors, some gut reactors and some are vascular reactors .

Muscle reactors constantly brace their skeletal muscles such as in the neck and shoulders, causing tension headaches. In some cases, the tension moves down the spine. This is the cause of up to ninety five percent of all low back pain. Not...

This is Muhammad School -15

In many countries, they set aside a special day called Mother's Day to honor and appreciate the mother.  According to the Quran and Muhammad's Hadith, the appreciation of the mother should be a daily recognition rather than a special occasion. In Islam, mothers are given particular gratitude and respect.  A Muslim should respect and appreciate his mother 365 days a year.

A man came to the Prophet Muhammad and complained...

So there you are, you've just had a row with your beloved/child/parent/flatmate and you're sitting there absolutely fuming. You've got smoke coming out of your ears and you're so livid that the vein in your forehead is pulsing so hard it literally might just pop out of your head. So you sit and plan their demise in the minutest of detail. Does this sound like you? Oh yes, we've all been there!

But hang on a minute…is this really how you want to feel? Burning up with...

It is the change in times that has been responsible for the finest aspects of both the worlds. The two most important aspects of human life are- education and information. The perfect permutation is not possible as one will not be able to amalgamate their positions in a correct manner. On so many occasions it has been found that the solution to a problem is always found at the place of the problem itself. Games are knocking on the doors of real physical world so as to prove the fact...

One of my favorite parts of working from home is that I don't have an office outside our house to go to. What is one of the most stressful parts of working from home?  Yep, you guessed it.  I don't have an office outside our house to go to.

While I usually love showing up to work in my pajamas, taking a nap in the afternoon, and being able to fix myself my favorite mid-morning snack, working from home can be very stressful when my family doesn't realize that I am...

For the most part, at the beginning of every year we start out with a list of New Year's Resolutions that will help us feel great and lead to some personal accomplishments.   We start out with vigor and perseverance and it slowly phases out in 1-2 months.  Then we are back to where we started with nothing to show for it.   Undoubtedly, finding ways to de-stress is one of those listed items that often goes without resolution and repeatedly gets listed year after...