PERSONAL GROWTH

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PERSONAL GROWTH

INTRODUCTION

Personal growth is the process of unfolding your full potential and achieving what you came to the earth for—your own Godhood, no less!

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The Manipulation Trap: Are you a victim?

Recognise the signs and take steps to safeguard yourself from abuse More...

Are your relationships healthy and happy?

Get to know where you stand vis-a-vis others and follow the action plan for change More...

A dialogue within

Ever told your body, mind and soul what you think of them? And heard what they had to say in turn? More...

Do you love yourself?

Only when we love ourselves can we love others More...

Have fun

Making light of serious situations helps lift one’s spirits More...

To choose or not to choose

Real choice would mean the capacity to deliberate, to choose between two options, to be conscious More...

Is your God good?

Everything in our life is shaped by our beliefs. So what is your belief about God? More...

Winds of change

Fear of change is a natural human emotion, while acceptance of change is not. However, change is inevitable, and the sooner we accept that, the better off we will be More...

I Will

Determination is the master quality on which everything else hinges. it can help achieve any goal in life More...

How good is your word?

Do you deliver on your promises? More...

Spiritual Arrogance

Being spiritual means surrendering completely to the object of your faith More...

The Kindness of a stranger

The author recounts an incident that reinforced her faith in the goodness of human nature More...

A vacation at home

Can’t take off on a vacation? Try staying at home. You will be surprised at the outcome as the author discovered More...

Being authentic

Moving from the divided self to authenticity has been a journey of a lifetime More...

Love yourself

Give yourself the gift of you and see the difference More...

How loyal are you?

As long as loyalty is not misplaced, it is a human emotion with lots of virtues and benefits More...

The heart of health

The heart controls the brain, and the the brain controls immune system. So if you can learn to love, you can heal More...

Are you a money magnet

Check your abundance quotient More...

Just a child

Most of those who have hurt me in life, Have done so because they did’t know better, just like a child More...

The Uncertainty principle

Can we learn to move from the many what-ifs that consume us with fear to a serene acceptance of what is? More...

The Big No

Rejection hits all of us at different times in our life. If we can learn the lessons it holds for us in the maw of its pain, it can vault us to greater self-esteem and acceptance More...

Being is doing

If you focus on the ‘being’ part of you, the ‘doing’ will take care of itself, says the author More...

Exception is not rule

All our impressions about ourselves, others and life are based on when we flout the norm More...

Chakras : An inbuilt growth detector

Located within our astral body are seven vortices of energy called chakras that hold the secret of our emotional, mental, and spiritual maturity. Through balancing the chakras and the energy needs More...

Freedom is just letting everything come and go

These excerpts from Jacqueline Maria Longstaff's latest book, Kaleidoscope reiterate her teachings on being a witness to the dramas of the mind More...

A market for mystics

The exhibition zone of the Life Positive Expo, 2010, at India Habitat Centre in Delhi had many stalls offering an array of holistic healing techniques, alternative therapies and other well-being aids More...

Do you love yourself

Find out to what extent you find harmony and inner worth within you More...

Giving so other may live

Sacrifice is in the very order of nature. if the seed didn’t sacrifice itself, it wouldn’t become a seedling. The bud dies so that the flower can bloom, and the flower dies to yield fruit. Human More...

A tryst with spirit

Over 150 delegates from all over india and even abroad converged at Delhi during the life positive expo 2010 for a heady exposure to innumerable mind- and life-expanding ideas and experiences More...

Life is a process

Failure is part of the process of success and life goes through many mutations before arriving at the desired outcome. So anchor yourself in faith More...

Sunny side up

Celebrate the ‘rights,’ and ignore the ‘wrongs’ in your life, to change the entire perspective of your life More...

Change your life

Oyez, Oyez, Oyez ! Pack your bags and head for Delhi for the LP Expo on the 19th, 20th and 21st of March at the India Habitat Centre More...

Just another memory

What we choose to remember and what we choose to forget is entirely up to us, and that makes all the difference More...

Beyond self interest

Once we recognize that the world is one family, it is impossible to operate on the basis of naked self-interest More...

Change your life

The one thing that binds all the facilitators who will be holding workshops at the LP Expo, is their powerful intention to help you make a quantum leap in your well-being More...

Be Indian Stay Indian

A British psychotherapist lauds the unique Indian way of life and pleads with us to retain it despite the blandishment of Western culture More...

Embracing the hug

Shy, undemonstrative India has discovered the hug, and things will never be the same again More...

Living in uncertainty

The knowledge that life has no guarantees has helped unlock gratitude and a determination to make the most of the present moment More...

From rocking to resting

Confessions of a former fast-life addict More...

Are you leading the life you are meant to do?

Some probing questions to set you introspecting and changing your life’s direction to due north More...

Impressing or expressing?

It's a long road from trying to impress to simply expressing More...

Face life, not death

An encounter with serious illness shows up some truths More...

Intention : The cosmic force of creation

Manifest your intentions effortlessly and with ease by engaging the forces of nature. Here’s how More...

Uncovering the soul

As we peel off various layers, what is left is our deepest and true self – the soul, shares the author in her journey towards healing More...

Something out of nothing

A fistful of mud, a handful of amla, a crisp dosa – the seemingly ordinary, became the reason for a lifetime of memories More...

There is always a reason

Everything that had seemed like such a challenge at a point, had in turn, left me transformed More...

The miracle of being ordinary

The spiritual path can be described as the journey from being nobody to becoming somebody and finally to being nobody again. Here, we look at the processes that govern this movement. More...

Army life is spiritual

The nomadic life in the army teaches you detachment, welcoming uncertainty, being happy with what is, giving and sharing. Isn’t that what spirituality is all about? More...

Children of a sexless God

From the spiritual perspective where balance is emphasized, the third gender are probably the most evolved of us all. What kind of a spiritual life do they lead, and what can we learn from them? More...

Formula for personal transformation

Awareness, acknowledgement, and acceptance of your self, followed by celebrating it is the way to personal transformation More...

Reclaim your power

Taking back our power is one of the most crucial tasks that confront us on our way to selfhood. how can we ensure that no one can pull our strings and that we retain our right to More...

An insidious dress code

Peer pressure compels young people to wear western clothes even if they would rather not More...

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade

A so-called ‘ordinary’ life can become extraordinary merely by a shift in the way you look at a situation More...

Make your dreams work

Following your dreams with confidence make them come true More...

We are one

The illusion of separateness from the source and all its myriad manifestations is what keeps you away from enlightenment More...

Coffee with me

Flooding our lives with people and activities, we tend to distance away from the person who matters the most – our self More...

Everyone has a story

If we can recognize that everyone has a story which leads them to behave in hurtful ways, we will be less inclined to judge and crucify them More...

On loving myself

The search for self-esteem is dovetailing into the search for self-hood More...

I am that I am

In one of a series of missives sent to a seeking soul, the author shares her journey towards self-acceptance and surrender More...

Always a better way

This single- line mantra helps in day-to-day life situations and getting the best out of people More...

The glue of life

Trust is the glue that binds relationships and the grease that keeps the wheels of society moving. Without it, all human interaction would fall apart. A glimpse of the various avenues of trust More...

When less is more

Do we really need all the modern amenities that we “can’t do without?” Do they really make our lives happier or lead us on to wanting more? More...

The feel good factor

Right from the time we drink milk from our mother’s breast to the time we breathe our last, every action is a need for gratification. What is gratification based on and how can we achieve it on a More...

Get another view

Assuming that there is only your way of thinking or doing something is a sure way to unhappiness says the author More...

The purpose of life

What is the purpose of life is a common question. Are there any answers? More...

Keeping the faith

Faith is the simple act of knowing that once i have done my work, he will do his More...

Beware the advice trap

Most of us love to give advice but rarely enjoy being at the receiving end. Why the dichotomy? Could it be because we advice for the wrong reasons? More...

Listening now

The simple skill of listening helps cultivate better relationships, thereby enhancing your work life, and enriching your life More...

Get Clear!

When you de-clutter your living spaces, you free yourself of the toxins in your body and eliminate the debris of outdated thoughts, feelings, experiences... you clear the spaces around your soul. More...

Confessions of a Yogi

When the author changed her pen name from Coontoor to Yogi, it triggered a storm in an inkpot More...

Sattvic, Rajasic or Tamasic

A quiz to help you gauge where you stand in the guna game More...

The Story of Life

A young seeker asks and a seasoned traveller responds with this letter from one soul to another More...

Empty spaces

When the scissors of time cut the cord, i floated in the stream of life, unanchored and rudderless More...

The Gentle Giant

From extremely trying circumstances, Anthony Robbins turned his life around, and over the years has been helping people resolve life’s issues and find peace and happiness More...

Make adversities proportionate to self growth

Advertisities can be stepping stones to growth More...

Mistaken identity

We are whole, perfect and complete beings, through whom emotions swarm. We are not our emotions More...

Change Your Life

From the start of this century, there have been two topics that have attracted attention in the media as well as in books. They are terrorism, and positive thinking and living. More...

Learning to live

Jeevan vidya is a unique educational programme that aims at integrating man with his environment, nature, and society, thus fostering a shift in universal consciousness More...

From debate to dialogue

Genuine dialogue occurs when the participants are not judgmental and are attentive to all voices More...

Why define confine

A seven-year-old taught his teacher a lesson – That definitions can limit an experience More...

A Wake Up Call

The sense of lack that makes us pursue material achievements and wealth, can only be plugged by the realisation that we are fundamentally whole, perfect and complete More...

Multidimensional Living

We are multidimensional beings who are moving from the third to the fifth dimension More...

Internal and External Fear

When we understand various types of fear, we will be able to deal with it More...

Older and Colder

Why do we find it hard to make friends as we grow older? and what is the cost of this emotional atrophy? More...

Love Transforms You

When you develop love in your heart for people not easy to like, your life is transformed. More...

The Yin and Yang of the brain

Hey Gili! It has been quite a while since I poured my heart out to you. I have been so caught in the daily grind that I have not had my usual time with you. Even now, I have just a moment to spare! I More...

The Path of Action

All we can control is effort, not the outcome More...

Sleep Tight

A good night’s sleep is a priceless treasure. readers share their sleep rituals More...

Auction of People

It is acceptance alone that holds the key to better relationships, and indeed a better life More...

The Rich, The Poor and The Prosperous

It is our attitude which determines if we are rich, poor or prosperous More...

Managing Time

My personal tip for time management is Sahaja Yoga.The practice of Sahaja Yoga meditation and techniques keeps me connected to the all- pervading cosmic power. Hence I am constantly in the present. More...

The Inner Child

All of us have an inner child within us, the source of our joy, playfulness and spontaneity. However, all too often, in the process of growing up, the child is wounded. How can we discover our More...

Embracing Change

Change is natural and the only constant in life. when we resist change, we suffer. the tree that sways with strong winds, survives, while a rigid tree falls More...

God Is Indeed Love

I had no idea that the truism that God is love would be proven to me by looking at the body mechanism More...

Soul Calling

A new trend is emerging among the young. They are taking up spirituality, and in some cases moving to spiritual careers forsaking well-paid jobs More...

Path To The Divine Presence

As you acknowledge, express appreciation and gratitude every day for every human through whom the divine is manifest in your life, you feel alive. More...

Lead Kindly Truth

The path of truth is wrenchingly hard, and often sends you freewheeling out of the clutches of conventional society into the great unknown. but only in its company will you find courage, strength, More...

You Are The Now

A report of a workshop held by Power of Now author Eckhart Tolle in Rishikesh More...

The Moment Is All

Can we take pleasure in the fleeting joys of life without resisting their passing away? More...

Set Yourself Free

Forgiving yourself is the best thing that you can do for your peace of mind More...

Dump Your Junk

When you open up space in your life, you make room for the things you really want More...

Fear Factor

When the monkey mind takes over there is no stopping the rising of fear – real and perceived More...

Finding balance in the fear

Tara Brach talks about the wisdom of pausing to arrive at the present moment More...

Nothing is ever lost

No matter what aspect of yourself you think you have lost, take comfort in the truth that it is only temporarily obscured under negative conditioning and will show up if you work on it More...

Where are you coming from

Though primarily used in the corporate world, MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator) can be equally powerful in understanding oneself, self-improvement, nurturing self-esteem, and creating harmonious More...

The Weak and the strong

Surface labels like ‘weak’ and ‘strong’ don’t tell the whole story. These manifestations have deeper roots More...

Pilgrim’s Progress

There are no quick-fix solutions on the spiritual path. All there is is a marvellous, mysterious path upon which you must be willing to walk. More...

The beast within

Incidences of road rage will reduce if people learn to tame ‘the beast within’ More...

The Four Dimensions of Your Life

Learn about the seven habits, which lead to improvements in all four dimensions of our lives, physical, spiritual, mental, and social/emotional More...

The wise dog

Prayers are not for striving to make the divine power subservient to our wishes, but an endeavour to align one with the divine will More...

Whats Your Question

A deep inquiry into the nature of questions and how asking the right questionscan provide answers that inspire and elevate you More...

Dream It Achieve It

Meet Manoj Lekhi and Najoo Sohonie, the dynamic presenters of the popular workshop, Professional Insights or PI. Catch the duo at the LP Expo 2008, where they present a workshop on the More...

Learning To Dream

Appreciative Inquiry looks at what works as a springboard for inspired action. Catch R Sankar and Wasundhara Joshi presenting this unique workshop at the LP Expo 2008 More...

Intimacy with I

Who am I? Numerous seers have found enlightenment by just asking themselves this question. Here, through a unique interview with that most mysterious and sacred ‘self’, get several More...

Thy will be done

Surrender is the last step in the seeking game. When the seeker reaches this hallowed spot, he can put down the burden of self and hand it over to God. His job is done. The rest is God’s. More...

Change Yourself

Change from within can give you lasting solutions to your problems More...

Minding Our Business

Between indifference and equanimity, there lies a thin but crucial line, which we all need to cross to attain inner peace and tranquillity More...

Silence Speaks

Unspoken communication can be more powerful than speech. More...

Intimacy in tune with others and self

Intimacy requires identity development, which means that you have to know yourself and your inner self in order to share yourself with another. More...

Think Out Of The Box

The key to creativity is the knowledge that there is more than one way to do things and to look for them More...

Self And The Soul

The self changes, constantly, completely, and ceaselessly, and with it, the value that we attach to it. learn about the various stages that a seeker’s self-esteem goes through before it comes to More...

Extrapolate

Through The Art Of Extrapolation One Discovers Universal Laws And Principles More...

Courage Unplugged

Like all essential virtues, courage is an intrinsic part of each of us. we only need to rediscover it to lead a complete and joyful life More...

Cry Freedom and Rejoice

You wander all your life searching for freedom while it waits for you, within More...

The Spiritual Almanac

Here are the days in the year that throb with spiritual significance. connect to the deep essence of the day even as you celebrate and venerate, and you will turn them into significant milestones on More...

The Shreya Culture

Our present culture revolves around comfort and convenience when the purpose of life is inner growth More...

Look who's Talking

Your subconscious mind speaks to you through a phenomenon called reverse speech, enabling you to unravel the hindrances it poses to your progress – spiritual and material More...

The Gateway to Transformation

Self-help books can transform your life. for many, they take the place of a guru or a teacher More...

To Catch a Rainbow

When you pursue happiness, it eludes you. however, when you recognise that happiness is the soul’s natural state, all you need to do is eliminate all that comes between your happiness and you More...

Trusting Your Vision

If you have a vision, the first and probably most important step towards your dream is taken, says this internationally-acclaimed author More...

A Stitch in Time

Arts and crafts heal. here is how two sisters healed themselves and each other using needlework More...

Lessons From Life

Small victories build our self-esteem and teach us valuable lessons in life. There is how the author crafted victory from unpromising material More...

Build Self Efficacy

Self-efficacy is the key to success outside and peace within. read on to know how your self-efficacy currently rates and ways of raising it More...

Words Heal The World

A pen and paper: experts say there’s something magical about those two objects More...

When Psychology Met Spirituality

The world congress on psychology and spirituality 2008 created new possibilities of collaboration between these two apparently disparate but ultimately symbiotic worldviews. More...

Whole Perfect and Complete

What do these terms mean and how can one get there? More...

Find Your Calling

What do you think you were born to do? if you don’t know, read below for tips and cues to send you on a search More...

Mother Incarnate

Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma) is one of the greatest spiritual presences of our times, and a powerhouse of love and compassion More...

Beyond Opinion

Is it possible to have an opinion without opposing others’ opinion or defending one’s own? More...

Granny Power

An interview with dadi janki, the newly appointed administrative head of the giant brahma kumaris world spiritual university More...

On Life And Death

Though it is futile to fight against death, one must fight for life More...

Dont Worry Becreative

Here’s how to eliminate anxieties and release creativity through the famed vittoz method More...

What Stopping You

We want it. we even know what needs to be done to have it. and yet we don’t do it. find out why there is a gap between wanting and having, as several seekers speak of how they got all that More...

The Sun not the Shadow

When you look at what you want, and not at what you don’t want, the landscape changes dramatically More...

Get Grounded

Dealing with insecurity, the root cause of envy, depression and relationship problems, is essential for our well-being and growth More...

Unthink Erase Vaporise

Use the subconscious mind to go back in time and reverse illnesses and accidents for miraculous healings More...

The Hidden Jewel of Advaita

Obscured by the lustre of the miracles that radiate in his name, are sai baba of shirdi’s diamond teachings of advaita More...

Life and Death

Death can steal upon us on winged feet and whisk us or a loved one away in a moment. how can we make sense of such an event? how can we use it to live with greater skill? More...

Seven Steps to Staying Young

Staying young and healthy is a conscious choice that involves caring for the body, mind and spirit More...

Consenting to a Pose

Learn to consent to life by consenting to your asana practice More...

The English Guru

Meet sri madhava ashish who ran an ashram for many years in the himalayas teaching a blend of meditation, seva, dream work and self-inquiry

- by Rajeev Tandan and Pervin Mahoney More...

Forgive and Be Free

When you forgive, you free yourself from your wounds and hurts and take back the threads of your life. Forgiveness heals and empowers you More...

Straighten Up

A good posture indicates not just a well-balanced body but also a sound mind and stable emotional state. Learn how to improve your posture and stand tall More...

The Space Between

Pause – and think about the pause, the gap, the space in between two thoughts, two breaths, two words, or two bars of music. it is space that makes existence possible and it is in this space More...

Attract the Life of Your Dreams

Want to be a millionaire? to achieve greatness? to cure that incurable illness? to attract a soulmate? what if we were to tell you that everything is possible? all you have to do is to think it More...

Not Just a Body

For so long we have associated ‘i’ with looks with the surface with the body is ‘i’ just that or much more? Find your answers as the author found hers. More...

Get in Control

Create time and clarity in your life More...

Sensing The Body

By changing one’s breathing, by placing the attention on the softness of the out-breath, one can change the energy of a room, one can turn an argument into a dialogue More...

How to Get a Whole Brain

Enough has been said about right and left brain dominance. here are ways of putting the brain together again More...

Just Do It

There are certain movies which fail to remain a reel for public entertainment – no, they become a platform for revolution, inspiring all who watch it to do something great. More...

Life Stories

Each of us needs a daily dose of wisdom and spirituality. More...

The Other Krishnamurti

The late UG Krishnamurti has been a queer fish in the spiritual world about who no two people have the same opinion. More...

The Spiritual and The Mundane

Your present circumstances are tailormade for your growth. there is no need to dive into the Himalayas More...

Know Thy Dosha

Ayurveda believes that when all our doshas are in a state of equilibrium, we arrive at a balanced state of the body, mind and spirit. read on to know more about doshas and to find out yours More...

The Perfect Imperfection

Have you heard of the intriguing wabi sabi philosophy –of seeing beauty in simplicity, in finding appeal in the natural imperfection of life?

Gitika K Kaji and Megha Bajaj More...

Food as Medicine

Think health and nutrition, and chances are the name Anjali Mukerjee will pop into your mind. Her 20 years of clinical practice has helped over 20,000 people heal their lives through diet. More...

Setting Priorities

Though not easy, the ability to live by priorities can help you determine your destiny More...

You can Change

It’s not easy, it’s often painful, but we can change the habits and behaviours that limit us, and choose new, life-affirming ones More...

Count Your Blessings

Instead of counting the other’s. here’s how to deal with envy, that common or garden sensation all of us experience from time to time More...

Strike a Balance

Finding the right balance between life and work is vital if you aspire to holistic growth. pick up some tips here More...

Reach out and Touch Someone

It’s possible for you to come out of that shell, and embrace the world. we tell you how More...

Music of the Night

Depression is quite often a response to our present conflict between material pressures and spiritual aspirations. used wisely, it can be a springboard to spiritual awakening and wisdom More...

Thank you God

A new way to pray is paying rich dividends More...

We are the World

In our quest for greater independence and autonomy, have we forgotten the law of interdependence that is the driving force of the cosmos? More...

Transcending Difficulty

When you cut through the layers of thought through the relentless application of ramana maharshi’s technique of self-enquiry, you eventually reside in the silence of the true self More...

Get into the other Shoes

Empathy is a precious gift we can offer our fellow beings. when we learn to see through another’s eye, or feel through another’s mind, conflicts dissolve and love unfolds More...

Coffee with Greatness

What do great people have in common? Here, in their own words, and through the testimony of their lives, 10 of the greatest human beings who ever lived, share their secrets. Gather around More...

The Prophet of Human Potential

Founder of esalen, the world famous institute for human transformation, author of several paradigm-shifting books and creator of a personal growth programme, Michael Murphy has helped raise More...

From Darkness to Light

Does black magic exist? yes, it does. but we can counter its power through cultivation of spiritual strength and equanamity More...

The Corporate Guru

Kambiz Naficy left the exciting fields of international finance and information technology to become a well-known meditation teacher and corporate trainer. More...

The Delusion of Superiority

Superiority is a notion that separates you from the world that you live in. More...

Out of the Chakravhyu

A failed relationship can be an enriching and positive experience if we follow certain rules. More...

Freedom From Time

For most of us, time is a tyrant, relentlessly pushing us forward. The spiritual journey is all about escaping from its clutches and resting peacefully in the present moment. How do we crest this More...

When I Grow Up

Growing up does not end when we put away our school uniform. It's a lifelong enterprise that is hard, but also good. More...

Struggling Towards Freedom

by Meenakshi Suri and Suma Varughese
If life on the path is meant to be effortless, why do we face so much struggle? Here we look at the basic struggles in a seeker's life and how it gets More...

Give and you will Get

Since all is one, the best way to ensure that we get what we want is to give it generously. More...

In Fear of the Other

Duality is one of the two main causes for fear. And its antidote is to remain aware of unity. More...

Make up Your Mind

Just like shakespeare's hero, hamlet, pondered, "to be or not to be", at times, we are unable to decide on choices and end up feeling torn and confused. read on for tips on how to decide More...

Freedom from Fear

Cultivation of perfect equanimity can be assisted by the conquest of fear. More...

Commanding the Mind

Far from easy, it is sometimes impossible to harness the innumerable thoughts racing through your mind and focus on the task at hand. Here are some simple ways to effective mind control. More...

How to Survive and Thrive in Marriage

Marriage counselors, Linda and Charlie Bloom, mine through the wisdom and experience of a longstanding marriage, to unearth the secrets of a healthy and happy relationship. More...

Inner Communion

Solitude, with its potent ability to heal and hone creativity, can reconnect us to our inner selves and awaken the rich treasures within. More...

Nix the Hex

How do you counter negative energies directed at you in the form of criticism, anger, hatred or even black magic? Here's a survival kit to help you not just combat but triumph over them, converting More...

One Step at a Time

Going through situations rather than attempting to bypass them unfolds the meaning of our life. More...

My Name is Legion or We are Many

Of all the selves that populate the inner world, which is the true one? More...

Mastering Time

People who are in control of their lives somehow manage to be on time without arriving hurried,” Eknath Easwaran in Take Your Time: Finding Balance in a Hurried World. More...

Coaching Life Champions

Life coaching is a relatively new profession that supports personal and professional growth uniquely. friend, philosopher and guide, a life coach lights the way, turning you into a star More...

Do the Difficult Thing

Why is life hard and not easy? Why must we take the hard option? More...

Discover Your Why

The secret behind the world's high achievers is that they are aligned to their why - to the purpose of their life. Here's how you can increase your motivation by looking for your why. More...

Wisdom of the Body

A psychotherapist and a choreographer help people reconnect with their body and use its innate wisdom for wholeness and growth. More...

Adjust Please

When we accept what-is, we learn to adapt, expand and grow. More...

The Dark Night of the Soul

To qualify for unalloyed happiness and freedom, the aspirant must purify herself in the crucible of pain. More...

The Path of pain

As suffering peaks in the kaliyug, humanity is careening towards a spiritual revolution More...

Let go the ego

when the sun of our true selves is clouded by the ego, we forget our original glory More...

The Awakened Giant of New Age

The world’s leading authority on peak-performance, bestselling author, and among the best-known personalities in the field of self- development, anthony (tony) robbins has an ability to simplify and More...

Convergence Man

As an indian doctor based in the us, deepak chopra is perfectly suited to the task of integrating allopathy and ayurveda, east and west, science and spirituality. in the process, he’s reconciled More...

"Each of Us can Make a Difference"

Robin Sharma, 40 years old and single father of two, gave this interview to life positive from Toronto More...

"I am an Explorer of Consciousness"

Deepak Chopra has moved from influencing personal change to influencing social change. Excerpts from an email interview with him More...

Self-Help Gurus

Self-help books are the greatest success story of the 20th century. Why are they so popular? what do they teach? How is that reflected in the life of their creators? Also presenting three leading More...

The Highest Ethic

Life calls upon us to adapt constantly to change-within ourselves, to others and the circumstances of our lives. Our ability to do this determines our success, joy, and growth. More...

Life Coach

The monk who sold his Ferrari made Robin Sharma famous. But his subsequent books have also been bestsellers. They all inspire and tell us in simple practical ways to create the best life each one of More...

Finishing Touches

We need to ongoingly come to terms with the past and bring it to closure, in order to freely move into the present. what rituals can we practise to help us in this crucial task? More...

How ready are you for change

Even people who say they need and love change can be stressed by it after a certain point. More...

Assert yourself

Test and sharpen your assertiveness skills More...

Mapping your Mind

To take control of your life, buzan brothers propose radiant thinking, a brain-based mode of advanced thought, and its natural expression, the mind map More...

Colours of Aum

She is a multi-faceted personality—poet, writer, yoga teacher and painter. Her spiritual background is rooted in her study of Zen Buddhism and yoga. More...

Living with passion

Don’t let the train of life pass you by. You are meant to board it… even if it means having to run passionately just to get in. With passion, the obstacles, the challenges and the adversities only More...

The truth shall set your free

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Power of noticing

Noticing is having your attention on what is, which leads to appreciation of what is, which enhances your competence More...

Winning the battle of life

The ultimate goal of self-development is self-actualisation, which is the harmonious blending of all aspects of man’s total personality More...

10 things I have Learned in 10 years of Seeking

After being initiated by Swami Chaitanya Bharati, no aspect of my life, sacred or profane, has been left untouched More...

Warm up to herbal tea and coffee

Tea and coffee are health-negative, and addictive. Try giving then up with these substitutes More...

Learning how to think, critically

The Theory of Knowledge course, offered by the International Baccalaureate Organisation for teenagers, deals with developing authentic inquiry and critical thinking skills, sorely missing in our More...

In silence, find the self

We have to penetrate the cluttered noisiness of our mind and the world around us to reach where absolute silence alone remains. When we know silence, we shall know ourselves More...

Complete the Year

Now that we are almost at the end of 2003, it’s time to cross your Ts and dot your Is. In other words, complete the unfinished business and come up to date with your life so you can transit into the More...

Prime Time for Spiritual TV

In the last few years, religion and spirituality-oriented channels have mushroomed in India. Their rising viewership figures and revenues make one wonder—how hot is religion on the Indian screen? More...

Cultivating Detachment

Detachment, as I have understood it, has meant giving credence to my feelings, needs, desires and perceptions, but controlling them and their expression or anxiety in fulfillment. More...

A Tough Act to Follow

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Travelling Light Words of Wisdom

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An Intimate Relation With Self

If I start judging myself, then I can neither grow, nor progress. It is this relationship with myself that allows me infinite patience and understanding More...

A Spiritual Teacher Need not be Idolized

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Compass of Your Soul

You came into this life equipped with everything you needed to know. So, when uncertain about a choice to be made, turn within for directions, to that unfailing guide - your intuition More...

The Future is She

“The world is undergoing a distinct genesis. With women coming into their own, sublime feminine values of selflessness, surrender, empathy, peace, love and harmony will mend a world dangerously out More...

Cross train your brain

Most of us have become left-brain people. but by practising these simple techniques you can use both sides of the brain for that mental edge More...

Generating Possibilities

An Appreciative Inquiry way for Personal Growth. More...

101 ways to create super you

Change for the better this New Year. You can begin with small things that together make a big difference. Kickstart 2003 by resolving to pave way for success, better health, More...

Growing over lifetimes

Having accidentally encountered past lives and reincarnation, Dr Brian Weiss took time to More...

The path of sadhna and service

Ananda Marga's public display of vigorous Tandava dance or the more subtle and intellectual Progressive Utilisation Theory (PROUT) has always created ripples, but the organization has also enlarged More...

Emotional evolution

Mounting stress, rotting careers, recurring unpleasant episodes, lingering fatigue and More...

Moving from head to heart

Because it is ego-driven, head thinking can often be delusory. Heart thinking is focused on reality and therefore unlikely to go too wrong More...

Search for a genuine Guru

Gurus hold a very high place in the Indian tradition. Maybe too high a place. Do gurus live up to their noble calling of 'dispelling darkness' and setting their disciples free? There are many fake More...

Master of the present moment

Is the key to a fulfilled life and to enlightenment simply this: not to run away from the present moment, but to be deeply rooted in it? The answer is yes, reiterated More...

PILGRIM`S PROGRESS

Numerous personal growth techniques are available today. But for most of us, they seem to be placed on a pan without a flame. How to ignite our passion for self-growth, so that we can use the More...

WON'T YOU JOIN THE DANCE?

As the velocity of change whips up, can we create for ourselves an attitude so receptive to change, so attuned to it that change becomes not just painless but positively joyful, brimming with More...

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS: A MATTER OF RESOLVE

Your New Year resolutions could turn out to become effective personal growth tools More...

A PHILOSOPHY OF PLENTY

Life can be viewed as a vale of sorrows or as the wonder that it is. It is all a matter of individual perspective. A few adjustments in your focus can alter your life forever. More...

THINKING OUT OF THE BOX

Edward de Bono's gift to the world, lateral or nonlinear thinking can help you conjure creative solutions to emerge a winner in an increasingly More...

Stepping out of the shadow

Assertiveness is the ability to say yes or no when you want to; it's the freedom to be yourself in all circumstances. Here's how you develop this invaluable skill More...

GROWTH THERAPIES

The frenetic pace of modern living creates a strong undercurrent of stress, strain and trauma that could disturb one's mental equilibrium. Some New Age therapies to help you connect with your life in More...

A TIME FOR CATHARSIS

In Meera Kotak and Anand Tendolkar's two-day workshop 'Journey Within Success', participants are encouraged to face their worst fears and release them. They emerge cleansed of their mental blocks and More...

Learning to learn

Poor academic performance may not necessarily mean a low IQ. A change in attitude and a switch to novel learning techniques may be all that it takes to get that elusive first division! More...

Growth perfect

Each of these simple exercises is a challenge and a promise that when practiced regularly, will enhance the quality of life, health and relationships More...

You can

Agnese Rizvi, academic-turned-personal growth guide, believes that the essence of happiness lies in choosing what you want from life More...

WIND BENEATH YOUR WINGS

Personal growth is the process of unfolding your full potential and achieving what you came to the earth for. Life Positive offers More...

Art and soul

Elizabeth Sass-Brunner and Elizabeth Brunner were a rare mother-daughter duo of artists for whom every brush stroke was a step towards divinity More...

Learning to grow

Personal growth courses may well provide today's child the much-needed skills to grow into a creative, effective and balanced individual More...

Inner Spaces

The author experiences a great void during a short walk in the open More...

ARE YOU USING BOTH SIDES OF YOUR BRAIN?

Are we using both sides of our brain?? No? Then here is how we can accomplish it to function more effectively, realize our hidden potentials and become balanced and complete personalities More...

Pains of power

As control dramas go, this one had few equals: a 10-month-old moderately stable coalition government in India was toppled overnight due to a single individual's hunger for supremacy. What Congress More...

HOW TO LIVE A LIFETIME

The enchanted hour, when the two hands of a clock meet. They stand upright, almost as if saluting the new day; their coming together symbolizing unity and strength. On midnight, December 31, they More...

YOU ARE RICH! YOU JUST HAVE NOT REALIZED IT

You will probably not lack anything, be it love, health, happiness, knowledge or money, if you understand that your outer, material fullness is not really separate from your inner spiritual wealth, More...

Have you hugged anyone lately?

We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth —Virginia Satir, family therapist More...

Mistaken identity

We are whole, perfect and complete beings, through whom emotions swarm. we are not our emotions More...