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Are Good Listeners Almost Extinct?
by Pawan Sarda
The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and to be understood.The best way to understand people is to listen to them. Listening is by far the simplest process a human body undergoes. But most of us have yet to learn the art of list... |
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Goddess Saraswati: rocking the creativity
by Danielle LaPorte
Saraswati, by Pieter Welteverde www.sanatansociety.com
Saraswati is my #1 Goddess. She rules what I dig most. I'm surprised she's not up there with Kali and Aphrodite in mass popularity. Saraswati is regarded as the Goddess of knowledge and the ar... |
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Lusting after books....
by Pawan Sarda
When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing. Anonymous
The concept of a book starts within someone who is restless with a concept. So restless that he cannot keep it to himself. He feels like sharing it with ... |
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The Language Of The Soul
by Nithya Shanti
How will you know whether you are moving forward? Well, it is not that difficult - sudden creative flow, universal signs, synchronicity, realisation of abundance, deeper connection with the universe, fulfilment followed by futility, a sense of multiple personalities and willingness to rest long hours - is the closest analytical comparison to graduating from one paradigm and stepping onto the other. |
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Inhaling Life More Deeply
by Danielle LaPorte
Myths have a way of perpetuating themselves. There are quite a few related to training and learning too. Everyone seems to believe in them. So much so that they have become sacrosanct and no one even bothers to question them. |
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Make Your Glasses Green!
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It is human nature that we never fully value what has been given to us in life. God gives us life, and a particular set of circumstances for myriad reasons that pertain to personal growth and spiritual evolution. |
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Life Tsunamis
by Suresh Subramaniam
During one of my visits to an isolated beach strip off Chennai, I had a chance interaction with a middle aged fisherman mending his nets. We were the only souls on the beach at that time.
Curious, I asked him about the killer tsunami that struck... |
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A Minute With The Style Shrink
by Danielle LaPorte
I once worked with a branding client who had a closet full of clothes fit for a hooker. Purple animal prints, a sequin skirt (with the price tag still on it,) lacey, itty-bitty things. Yet, she told me that her ideal outfit was a crisp white shirt, straight-legged jeans and a single strand of pearls. "I could wear that everyday," she pined. "You know, Jackie O with a twist." Uh–huh. |
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That Baffling Human Paradox
by Ashima CL Sharma
With great power lies great responsibility. Unlike nature that has very efficient methods of balancing power centers, man's power centers are haphazard and self-regulated. Man is the only creature who can simultaneously live in two worlds: one on the inside and other on the outside. |
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Celebrate yer roots
by Danielle LaPorte
Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to - John Ed Pierce
My grandfather was Leonard Alphonse Laporte. (Note the small ‘p’ in LaPorte - in high school I decided a capital P was more elegant.) Like most... |
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When Princess Met Subhadradi
by Sucharita Ray
Aunt Prema or Prema Mashima, as Ma used to address her, was one of Mamai, my paternal grandmother’s closest friends. She also happened to come from the Tripura royal family. Mamai had taught me to address Prema Mashima as Princess, a title the latt... |
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You are not that important
by Danielle LaPorte
This is Part One of a two part exercise. Repeat: this is not a philosophical declaration to carry around in your heart. Rather, it's a soul-teaser to wind through your bean and shake up some thought forms.
The world will go on if
: you don't show... |
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time management with the monks
by Danielle LaPorte
One mile south of Georgia O'Keefe's beloved Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, thirteen miles down a cliff-hugging dirt road in the heart of Chama Canyon, you will find Christ In The Desert. The Benedictine Monastery is cloister to about twenty monks. I'd ... |
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Make Your Glasses Green!
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It is human nature that we never fully value what has been given to us in life. God gives us life, and a particular set of circumstances for myriad reasons that pertain to personal growth and spiritual evolution. |
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My encounter with a Filipino mystic
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“The mind knows no limitations aside from those it accepts,” says Jaime Licauco, President and Founder of the Inner Mind Development Institute, Manila, Philippines. This, in fact, is the motto of the institute he established in 1988.
The 69... |
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The Big Real
by Danielle LaPorte
Do you know the story about the two stone cutters? When asked what he's doing, the first man replies, "I'm cutting this stone into bricks." When the second laborer is asked what he's doing, he replies, "I'm building a temple."
How much do we do in... |
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Who are you fixing anyway?
by Danielle LaPorte
We’re so occupied with home improvement and self-improvement that it’s difficult to see the true self that’s underneath. Who are you fixing, anyway? Do you know? Maybe you don’t need improving at all. Perhaps your original self is more beautiful than you even imagined. |
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what does learning feel like?
by Danielle LaPorte
If knowledge is power, than curiosity is the muscle.
Focus is a fabulous force. Tho’ sometimes, it’s good to blur the lines and depart from your expertise, your skill set and what you think you know so well. Many a great discovery has come fro... |
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Superhero!
by Amy chastek
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During every mock interview I do with a student or graduate I ask the question, “Who is your role model and why?” A... |
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Life Lessons For Young Entrepreneurs
by Axee
Once perhaps in a decade, you get to read a book that reflects your thinking and experiences so exactly, it make you wonder in awe, leaving you thinking, blinking and bewildered. You wonder why you did not write the book!
One such effort with a v... |
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The Big Real
by Danielle LaPorte
Do you know the story about the two stone cutters? When asked what he's doing, the first man replies, "I'm cutting this stone into bricks." When the second laborer is asked what he's doing, he replies, "I'm building a temple."
How much do we do in... |
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Life Tsunamis
by Suresh Subramaniam
During one of my visits to an isolated beach strip off Chennai, I had a chance interaction with a middle aged fisherman mending his nets. We were the only souls on the beach at that time.
Curious, I asked him about the killer tsunami that struck... |
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Are Good Listeners Almost Extinct?
by Pawan Sarda
The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and to be understood.The best way to understand people is to listen to them. Listening is by far the simplest process a human body undergoes. But most of us have yet to learn the art of list... |
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I Wish I Were A Goldfish
by Rajesh
I am told that a goldfish cannot remember anything beyond a 3 minute time frame. One of my favorite pastimes is to sit and watch our goldfish swim around lazily and rising up only to gobble at the food before going back to their contented existence.
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Make Your Glasses Green!
by
It is human nature that we never fully value what has been given to us in life. God gives us life, and a particular set of circumstances for myriad reasons that pertain to personal growth and spiritual evolution. |
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Waves Of Inspiration
by Suresh Subramaniam
I stay in the coastal city of Chennai and one of my favorite pastimes is to explore the coastline that borders one side of the city.
Starting from the crowded marina and Eliot’s Beach to the less crowded and secluded ones that dot the East Coast... |
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the power of being positively doubtful
by Danielle LaPorte
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt.
Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.
- Robert Hughes
A well known painter friend of mine once said that having an art show is like "pulling down your pants in pub... |
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That Baffling Human Paradox
by Ashima CL Sharma
With great power lies great responsibility. Unlike nature that has very efficient methods of balancing power centers, man's power centers are haphazard and self-regulated. Man is the only creature who can simultaneously live in two worlds: one on the inside and other on the outside. |
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Inhaling Life More Deeply
by Danielle LaPorte
Myths have a way of perpetuating themselves. There are quite a few related to training and learning too. Everyone seems to believe in them. So much so that they have become sacrosanct and no one even bothers to question them. |
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The Language Of The Soul
by Nithya Shanti
How will you know whether you are moving forward? Well, it is not that difficult - sudden creative flow, universal signs, synchronicity, realisation of abundance, deeper connection with the universe, fulfilment followed by futility, a sense of multiple personalities and willingness to rest long hours - is the closest analytical comparison to graduating from one paradigm and stepping onto the other. |
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We All Need Just This ONE Thing....
by Pallavi Rao
There are times in life when for no particular reason, you're feeling lower than a snake's belly you know, a little on the weepy side, kind of listless, thinking a big chunk of chocolate would lift your spirits right up. Sometimes, without much ... |
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What Happiness Means to Me! - Harvinder Kaur
by Harvinder Kaur
Happiness is what remains once I remove the clutter from the untidy room of my mind. Thoughts, anxieties, ambitions, desires - oh! so many of them - zoom like crazed electrons around the inner nucleus of my being.
Moreover, I have often been s... |
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What happiness means to me!
by Kaushik Chakraborty
Every action of an individual or anything that a human being does has one deeper need or aim behind it - the need to feel happy. We all seem to be driven somewhere in life by the inner urge to pursue happiness.
It was rightly said by Epicurus: ... |
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What happiness means to me!
by S. Deenadayalan
Seemingly prosperous, India’s silicon city Bangalore has the highest number of suicides and cases of depression in India. Engineers working as coders are nothing but white-collar coolies busy as hell.
Double income coolie families have all the luxuries but rangolis are missing in front of their houses. They have airconditioned bedrooms with all the modern gadgets but they are full of stress and have restless sleep. |
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listen to the rhythm of the falling rain....
by Pawan Sarda
I like walking in the rain, because nobody can see me crying. Charlie Chaplin.
I recently participated in a ‘heated’ dinner debate about which is the best season of them all. One person said “winter” for all the cosy comforts it provide... |
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What happiness means to Me!
by Shyleswari M Rao
Happiness does exist. Truly our very being is happy. When I say “I am happy!” it’s a mood, a feeling which I can savor or experience for a span of time, then when I move I am something else. |
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What Happiness Means to Me! - Marilyn Chee
by Marilyn Chee
I joined the working world 8 years ago upon graduating from the National University of Singapore. During the span of my career, I had been a researcher, an analyst, a project officer overseeing infrastructure projects and a customer service m... |
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What Happiness Means to Me! - Chitra Jha
by Chitra Jha
What does happiness mean to a free spirit like me?
Josh Billings said, “Don't mistake pleasures for happiness. They are a different breed of dog.” I completely agree with him. So, let’s first get clear what we mean by ‘happiness’ tha... |
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Not happy enough? Start counting your blessings...
by Sining Malaya
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to be happy most days or every day of their lives? Simply happy that they have their family around them, that they survive everyday with their payout from their not-so-exciting jobs, or that they were able ... |
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