Posts Tagged ‘Self Improvement’
Within our hearts is the child that longs for Alladin's lamp, wherefrom the genie will pop out and grant us our every wish.If we would only care to take a deeper look within ourselves, we might just find Alladin's lamp after all. Of course, the fulfillment of our wishes may not be as rapid as the twinkling of our eyes, but we may well be our own genie.Miracles happen if only we let them. The entire manifestation of existence is one big miracle. T...
Laughter and Healthby Marshall BrainWe've long known that the ability to laugh is helpful to those coping with major illness and the stress of life's problems. But researchers are now saying laughter can do a lot more -- it can basically bring balance to all the components of the immune system, which helps us fight off diseases.As we mentioned earlier, laughter reduces levels of certain stress hormones. In doing this, laughter provides a safety...
by Paul Hourihan We are attached to everything. Everything we hear or see we tend to react to—must like or dislike. Or: we have certain expectations from someone or something. When they are not fulfilled, we are disturbed. ATTACHMENT! We often ask: what is wrong with life anyway … with people, with the way society functions? We look for some interesting answer that will satisfy not only the intellect but the ego ...
What is the Higher Self?Candice CreelmanWhen we talk about our Higher Self, it tends to conjure up all kinds of images of some kind of angelic, mystical being located in some far away place. Though there is a small amount of truth to that image, the Higher Self is a lot more physical and most importantly, local than most people tend to imagine. It is true that there is an aspect of us that does exist beyond our physicality. This is the unseen par...
Emotional bonding.Attachment refers to an emotional bonding, say between two people, where the element of dependency is present in the relationship. The need for attachment does not necessarily abate as we mature.A lack of self-acceptance.A person attached to another identifies his happiness with that person, meaning he projects the cause of his happiness outside himself. This always indicates lack of self-acceptance — which is self-denial.Sepa...
