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Melinda Sorensson - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Melinda M. Sörensson, Ph.D. is a mother, writer, scientist, investment specialist, selfgrowth expert, and the author of a book entitled My Journey To An Integrated Life (ISBN-10: 0979650704) available at Amazon and the online bookstore Booksxyz.com. Melinda is currently writing her second book entitled "Mind of a Scientist, Soul of an Artist, Heart of a Sage" [ISBN 13 978-0-9796507-1-0 ISBN 10 0-9796507-1-2]due out in early 2011
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- How to Align Your Life Vision With Your Soul Purpose
[Self-Improvement:Personal-Growth] I dreamed of winning the Nobel Prize when I was in college. It did not seem to be so lofty at the time. After all I was with the best minds of my time, the kids who ate Friedrich Nietzsche for breakfast. I set my goals to working for five years to send my younger brother to school, going to graduate school and then on to winning the Nobel in Chemistry and or Physiology and Medicine.
- How to Capture Miraculous Moments, Magical Moments
[Self-Improvement:Motivation] When one is in the flow then every moment is truly magical. In this state of mind, when all resistances are given up, surrendered, one can manifest and sometimes, instantaneously.
- A Simple Technique to Reclaim Your Authentic Power
[Self-Improvement:Empowerment] In order to change a thought pattern, we choose empowering words. The method is to erase old thought patterns and replace them with new thought patterns. To create a new thought pattern, we choose the words, we feel the meaning of the words until the new thought is ingrained in us. It is how we reclaim authentic power.
- Discipline is the Only Way to Freedom
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] It is the ability to will yourself into doing what does not come easy, for a higher purpose, a goal that you want to achieve. It requires conscious choice and in that conscious choice is intent. The gift of freedom which we so desire in our spiritual paths is, and can only be a consequence of discipline. There is no other way.
- How to Develop Fearlessness
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] In the spiritual path, the ultimate battle is always between the smaller self and the Higher Self. It is the smaller self that judges, condemns, become angry, and frustrated. It is the smaller self that experiences vanity, jealousy, envy, self pity, vengeful and hateful thoughts. An integrated person accepts the fact that both parts coexist and that the spiritual materialism experienced by the smaller self is the greatest danger in the spiritual path.
- How to Reverse a Habitual Pattern of Thought in Order to Manifest
[Self-Improvement:Attraction] It is never easy to change a habitual way of thinking. Sometimes we are so used to it that we don't even know we are doing it. It is this habitual way of thinking that imprisons us, paralyzes us and keeps us from realizing our true potential. To change a habit, we must first change our habitual way of thinking.
- Manifesting Magical Moments One Day at a Time
[Self-Improvement:Inspirational] When we put attention to what is happening, we are using the Law of Attraction unconsciously. It is possible to create magical moments, one moment at a time, for a series of moments. In this case a seven hour stretch.
- Clearing Blockages of Energy Centers
[Self-Improvement:Innovation] The heart is the energy center where all manifestation begins. While it is possible to directly manifest from the heart, this is not accomplished unless all of the other energy centers are cleared. This is an exercise in such clearing.
- Detachment - A Key to Faster Manifesting
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] There is a gap between the thought process and the actual manifestation in the physical world. That gap is your safety valve. In that gap, you can perfect the vision of what you have intended. After you have perfected the vision, you let it go. Much like encircling it in a bubble and then releasing it. We all have played with this when we were little. This is what detachment is about.
- Our Greatest Gift is Our Free Will
[Self-Improvement:Inspirational] No person can will things for you, unless you surrender yours to that other person in which case you are giving away the greatest gift you have as a human being. This would be the equivalent of Esau selling his birthright as a first born, to Jacob, for a meal.
- The Alchemy of Emotions
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] There is a whole gamut of emotions that we humans have to relate to, on the path of self realization. An emotion is a conscious mental reaction. When combined with energy, it becomes feeling and it becomes very powerful. To begin to touch heaven, we must first relate to the earth. This is what the Buddha did when he became enlightened. He said "The earth is my witness." Emotions are our earthly companions. For as long as we are here, we will have them. They are our shadows. We are their light.
- Our Lives As Perfection in Motion
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Your life, my life and everyone else's is Perfection in motion. You liken it to a stream. You put a boulder of rock on that stream and the water gets divided at the point where you put the boulder but at some point the water unites again. It does not matter how many boulders or small stones you put. You divide the water at those points, but the water unites regardless.
- Trusting the Process of Manifestation
[Self-Improvement:Innovation] The manifestation process works. The Universal laws are impersonal. Everyone is subject to the same laws. Just as the sun shines on everyone, the laws do not distinguish between the pious and the atheists, the beautiful and the plain, the good and the bad.
- The Color of Kindness
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] The usual interpretation of kindness has some giver and receiver, a gift to be given, usually from someone who has something to give another. An implied hierarchy of power. Yet true kindness is like a lamp that radiates heat, it gives warmth without a giver and a receiver.
- The Perfect Sage of Chogyam Trungpa
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] We always think we know the truth, but almost always we do not know the whole picture. This is where non-judgment comes. How can we judge if we do not know? We even try to deceive ourselves by making excuses for doing things we would have done anyway without prompting.
- To Command the Wind
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] There are people who are so in tuned with nature and the natural laws that they can actually perform what we would call as magic by ordinary people, yet that same power lies asleep in all of us. We need only to remember.
- The Sage and the Sorcerer
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] On the path of enlightenment are seductive detours that can distract us from the goal of realizing our true Selves. Regardless of how much power we wield over the illusory world, it still does not compare to the realization that that world is illusory and the only truth is found within our hearts.
- Waking Up From a Dream
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] The world as we see it, Samsara, and the other world that we seek, Nirvana are two worlds superimposed within the other. They co exist. It is only our habitual way of thinking as a human being that separates the two.
- Waiting For Enlightenment
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] When we cease to seek outside of us, we see. There is no enlightenment apart from where we are right here and right now.
- Acquiring Intuitive Knowledge by Disciplining the Mind
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] By disciplining our minds, we can acquire intuitive knowledge. Intuitive knowledge is knowledge beyond intellectual reasoning. We all have it. The problem is that we are too busy doing instead of being. We pray (usually) telling God everything we desire, in a one way conversation. How do we know that our prayers are answered when we don't really listen? In the silence of our thoughts lies the answer to every question that we ask.
- No Traces Left
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Life is a series of moments attached like pearls in a necklace that has no clasps. When we do each action completely and there are no traces left, we see the infinite space when the action occurs and from this we get a glimpse of freedom.
- The Universality of Suffering
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] When Gautama, whose father shielded him from the realities of life outside the palace stepped out, he learned the first noble truth, the truth of sickness, old age and death. The truth of suffering. It is a privilege to live as a human being, but privilege always comes with responsibility. Until we realize enlightenment in this lifetime there will always be something that will cause us to suffer. How do we deal with it?
- Redefining Power
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] In the jungle, power is used for survival. Man on the other hand desire power in order to have dominion over other men. As long as we seek power outside ourselves, it will be elusive and when we think that we have, that feeling will be fleeting. The source of all power is God and all we have to do is remember Who we are - Beloved children of God. In us is all the power we can handle.
- The Fruits of Our Attachments
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Until we learn all of the lessons in this lifetime, we will come back and be part of the same movie again and again. Different faces will play the characters but the movie will be a remake of the previous one. We have to learn from this lifetime and we have to do it alone. There is no one who could do it for us.
- Choosing to Stop the Karmic Wheel From Turning
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Why are some people born to great wealth and some to dire poverty? We are all part gf the karmic wheel of life. We chose our present status in life and everything else in it to learn. Every action is rooted in desire and every desire is rooted in karma. Every thought, every action has a karmic origin. Each and every one of us is here to fulfill a unique purpose. It is up to us to find out what that purpose is and then perhaps we will understand our situations in life much better.
- The Seven D's of Manifesting Our Innermost Desires
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] There are seven steps for manifestation, each of which is essential in the process. Of the seven, deep gratitude is the most important, for in the feeling of being grateful for the what is right here and right now, we communicate to God that we are right where He wants us to be and we are grateful for the gift of life.
- We Only Have Moments
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] When we look at old photographs, we are recalling the past at will. When we relive the past, the past becomes the present and we realize that life is not a rehearsal. We only live one moment at a time.
- Right Action - Effective Action
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] When we are not attached to the fruits of our labor, our actions become discriminate and effective. In t this lifetime we have roles to play and these roles change depending on how fast we evolve on our journey toward God.
- Taming Our Inner Dragons
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] At some point in our lives, we will experience doubt, fear and worry. Even the most beautiful, the richest and the most powerful people experience these feelings. They are our inner dragons. Until we realize enlightenment, they will always be there to remind us of our humanity and of our attachments. We need not fight them. We can tame them.
- To Forgive
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] When we release our victim mentality we are able to see beyond the perceived injustices in this world.
- Anger as a Conditioned Response
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] We get angry because we care. Sometimes we get angry because we feel victimized, but behind any form of anger is a perceived loss of something related to love. Love for oneself or the love of another.
- Anchoring as a Tool
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] When we are grounded in our being, life becomes a joyful journey rather than a drudgery. There are many ways for us to anchor us to our being. When we are able to anchor our thoughts to our actions, anything that we do becomes meditation in action.
- The Illusion of Time
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] The only time we have is here and now. Now is when we can retrieve the past at will, or create the future that we envision. Now is when the past and the future merge all at once.
- The Many Loves of Our Lives
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] We all experience romantic love in our lifetimes. If we look at our previous and present romantic relationships, we see that the person we are with is truly a mirror of who we are inside and we can rejoice or move on.
- Compassion and Detachment
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] In moments of true detachment lies infinite compassion. We can only truly help others when we are not caught up in their dramas. The tendency to plunge in is of the ego. An awakened one's actions are always effective and comes from a place of true freedom from the ego's needs to "help".
- When You Look Into the Mirror
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Mirrors reflect without judgment. Looking into the mirror can be an anchor on the path to freedom.
- While Scrubbing the Bathroom Floor
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] In the mundane activities are doorways to freedom, if we only let it be.
- Smoke Gets In Our Eyes
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] In order to arrive at a place of peace, we sometimes have to search the depths of our souls. The process can entail a lot of pain but in the end, we find that we could in fact, once in a while pierce through the veil of illusion that covers our eyes.
- Everyday a Test
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] There is pain in having to attack an enemy, or a perceived enemy, for how can there be an enemy if there is only One? As long as we are trapped in the kamic loop, there will be pain. We have to regard every event in our lives as a lesson in gaining insight.
- Our Relationships as Mirrors
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] The world is a mirror of our thoughts. The beauty of being able to watch everything including our thoughts bring empowerment for we know that we have power to choose where the mind should land rather than the mind ruling everything.
- Like a Butterfly in a Garden Full of Flowers
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Our minds are like butterflies in a garden full of flowers. There are so many flowers to choose from. Where must it alight?
- Essence
[Self-Improvement:Inspirational] The paradox of observing life as it happens is that in simplicity, there is beauty, and in this we find truth
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