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Tim Ong - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Dr. Tim Ong is a medical doctor who writes about life, personal growth, mind science and spirituality, and occassionally on webmastering. He enjoys meditation and has been meditating for more than 15 years. He also teaches meditation every Wednesday. From time to time, he volunteers his service to hospice work in the community, gives public talks and runs workshops on the Law of Attraction and Creating Money.
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- Finding Peace in Chaotic Times
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] The external world we experienced is a mirror reflection of our inner state of mind. This is what is meant by the phrase "As within, so without" - a spiritual law taught by an ancient god known as Thoth to the Egyptians and as Hermes to the Greeks. Thus, in our effort to find peace in this world, we must first find peace within ourselves.
- Resolving Conflicts - The Spiritual Way
[Relationships:Conflict] Every relationship comes with potential conflicts. It is hard to find a relationship that has no conflict. So having a conflict in a relationship is not really abnormal. It certainly does not mean the end of the relationship. It only means that we now have the opportunity to improve on the relationship and even take it to the next level.
- The Many Manifestations of Fear
[Self-Improvement:Empowerment] Fear manifests itself in many forms. At it's mildest, it is experienced as a vague sense of anxiety or frustration, or a sense of discomfort that is difficult to pin down. At its extreme end, fear can kill.
- Living Without Fear
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Is is possible to live a life without fear? In recent times, we have heard of people who are able to live their lives without fear. People like Eckhart Tolle, Byron Katie and Jan Frazier are a handful of people who have written about and share their discovery of a fearless life. In olden times, many mystics and gurus have also been able to achieve living their lives without fear and sufferings. So living a fearless life is possible. The challenge is to learn how to live our lives fearlessly.
- Challenge Your Beliefs
[Self-Improvement] What is a belief? A belief is a thought you hold in your mind that you believe to be true. In reality, a thought is only a thought, nothing more. A thought is neither true nor false. So how do we come to believe a thought as true? Through our mental filters - our assumptions, beliefs, concepts, desires, expectations - and built upon our past experiences.
- Is Suffering Optional?
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Is suffering optional or must it be a necessity of life? Can we live a life without suffering? Here are some insightful thoughts on suffering and how our thoughts create our own sufferings. Once we see through it, we can be free from sufferings and live a life of joy.
- 5 Ways to Make Money Online
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online] In difficult times, people tend to look for new ways to earn extra money. The Internet actually offers many interesting ways to make some pocket money. Some people even earn money full time online and a handful have been known to earn megabucks. For the average guy, it is not difficult to make money online. Here are 5 common ways to do so.
- How to Blog For Profit in 3 Simple Steps
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Blogging] Blogging can be a fun activity and it can also be profitable. However, blogging for profit requires quite a different strategy compared to blogging for fun. If you are blogging for profit or plan to do so, then here are 3 simple but essential steps you need to do to succeed in making money from your blog.
- 4 Good Reasons to Forgive
[Self-Improvement] Much has been said about the virtues of forgiveness, yet many today that need to forgive are unable or unwilling to do so. This is mainly due to the wrong understanding of what forgiveness is. Most people, when given a clearer understanding of what forgiveness is, become more willing to do so.
- Fear and the Self
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] There are many doors that open inward for self discovery. One of these is through the understanding of our emotions. Taking a peep at any one of our unpleasant feelings and then tracing it all the way to its root cause will invariably bring us face to face with fear.
- From Fear to Love
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] We are increasingly living in a fear-based society where national policies are motivated by fear. We have fear of terrorism and lately fear of recession. Individually, we are also increasingly living and doing things with fear as the main motivator. We fear loss of job, loss of income, loss of health, loss of security and loss of self esteem.
- How Beliefs Work
[Self-Improvement] A belief is only a perception of reality in this relative universe that we live in. There are no right or wrong beliefs, only empowering or limiting ones. Only fools stick and fight for their beliefs. The wise constantly work to be open to new possibilities, refusing to be limited by the beliefs they hold. To change our limiting beliefs, we must first be aware of them. There are many ways to replace limiting beliefs with empowering ones, and you will attract them the moment you decide to change your limiting beliefs.
- 5 Reasons Why You Should Become a Coach
[Self-Improvement:Coaching] Becoming a coach can be very rewarding. This is especially so if you are keen in self improvement and in helping people to improve their lives too. Here are 5 top reasons why you should become a coach.
- The Incredible Power of Intention in Manifesting
[Self-Improvement:Attraction] A lot has been said about the power of intention, yet many still do not get its true significance. This article is written with the intention (no pun intended) to clarify by looking at the mental components and processes of intention. Once you have seen the full picture, it will be easier to understand why intention is so powerful.
- 3 Powerful Ways to Increase Your Mindfulness in Life
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] The modern lifestyle is too stressful, too rushed and too distracting for the senses. It is unhealthy for the body, for relationships and for the spirit. If we are to regain control over our lives, we must slow down, re-focus and contemplate.
- How to Create Your Life One Day at a Time
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Our lives consist of our daily events and experiences strung together from the day we were born to the day we die. So the best way to create our ideal lives is to live each day in the best possible way. If your life now is not giving you what your desire, then I suggest that you change the way you live your life right now. This article will recommend 6 simple steps that will change your life.
- 7 Things You Should Know About Mind Power
[Self-Improvement:Attraction] Every since the natural Law of Attraction was popularized to the masses through the phenomenal success of The Secret movie, just about every one is trying out his or her own version of mind power and mental manifestation. However, there are a few basic things we need to know before we even begin.
- Mind Science - A Brief History of the New Thought Movement
[Reference-and-Education:Future-Concepts] Mind science has recently become the rage. Over the last 20 years, ever since science realizes that mind has far greater influence on the state our physical body and life than previously thought, there have been an increasing number of researches, experiments and studies done on the mind. The phenomenal success of The Secret movie that advocates that our mind is the creator of our realities and we have the power to be in control over our own destiny simply by mastering our own mind has further generated interest in this field.
- 10 Reasons Why I Choose to Sell Online
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online] If you're looking for passive income, then you owe it to yourself to explore the many benefits of owning your own online business. The Internet has opened many opportunities for creative and innovative individuals to earn a decent living right from their own homes. Here are 10 reasons why I choose to sell online.
- Learning From Your Fear
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Nobody likes to feel fearful and because of that, most people will habitually react to fear by avoiding, repressing or suppressing it. It takes courage and wisdom to see that our fear can be our greatest teacher.
- Cultivate a Spiritual Relationship
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] A relationship is how we relate to other. A spiritual relationship is a relationship that aims for the highest good for those in the relationship. It is one that facilitates our spiritual growth.
- Why Mind Power Works for Some but Not Others
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] Not all who tried mind power techniques achieved successful results. Like everything else, there are certain criteria for successful implementation of any techniques. This article takes a look at some of these criteria.
- How to Overcome the Fear of Dying
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] The fear of dying is so common that it has become acceptable in our modern society. Yet it was not too long ago that there were cultures that actually embrace death as sacredly as they embrace birth. Is it necessary that we fear death as it approaches or is there a way to embrace it and even welcome it with grace and acceptance?
- The Power of Article Submission
[Writing-and-Speaking:Writing-Articles] Article submission is one of the most powerful and cost effective ways to increase traffic to your website, and in the process generate more exposure and profits for you and your website. One well written article may transform a website on life-support to one that generates increasingly higher profits from month to month. How do I know this? Because that was what happened to me and my website.
- The Different Levels of Knowing
[Self-Improvement] Self improvement requires that we learn new information and skills. However, it is important to know how much we know about a certain subject, and whether what we know is only through our faith, through witnessing or through our own experience. This article explains the different levels of knowing.
- Living Skills: Mindfulness and Letting Go
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] Living skills are skills that help you to live your life better. Unfortunately, living skills are often not taught or emphasized in schools. Thus, most people acquire living skills from the "school of hard knocks" - through experiences in life.
- Open Your Heart to Love
[Relationships:Love] Many people live a life without love. They cannot love themselves, and therefore they cannot love anyone else. Some even feel that they do not deserve love. The sad fact is that without love, no matter what else you have in life, it's not enough. We need to love ourselves unconditionally in order to live fully.
- The Principle of Accountability
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] We are responsible for every thought, word and deed of ours. The ancient masters said we are the owner of our deeds and we are the result of them. This article explores the principle of accountability in life according to universal laws.
- Change Your Beliefs and You Change Your Life
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] Our mind is to our body what the software is to the computer. It controls the body. Whatever words and deeds that come out through your mouth or your body must first be conceived in your mind. Our belief system is comparable to the computer's operating system. It determines our attitudes and behaviours.
- A Memorable Death
[Home-and-Family:Elder-Care] The dying experience is not one that is totally out of our control. Even at this crucial moment, we can determine how we want to die. We can decide to have a "good" death - a dying experience that is both memorable and pleasant.
- Creating Money Beyond Belief-The Spiritual Way
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] There is one crucial factor whether one lives a life of abundance or a life of lack, and that is our belief in money. Most people live lives of quiet desperation because they unconsciously sabotage the flow of abundance into their lives.
- In a Moment of Anger
[Self-Improvement] Big problems in our relationship with others often arise when we ignore or allow them the opportunity to grow. Thus by dealing with them when they are still small and managable, we can prevent big problems from arising. The trick is to catch them early and this requires a high level of self-awareness.
- Little Things Mean a Lot
[Self-Improvement] Each day, in the news, we read about the merging of companies, banks and multinational corporations into ever bigger entities. As they grew bigger, they gain more leverage, more control, and greater monopoly of the markets, thus assuring the slow but steady demise of small concerns. Thus we can easily understand why most people think big is better. So, why are we talking about the little things?
- Identifying Limiting Beliefs
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] Beliefs drive attitude and behaviour. Self limiting beliefs result in self sabotaging attitudes and behaviours that prevent us from getting what we want in life. So the first step to self transformation and change must involve a change in our belief system.
- The Amazing Power of Beliefs
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] Of all the things that influence our lives, our beliefs is perhaps the most important. What we believe shapes our attitude and behaviour, and if we want to change or transform our lives we cannot truly succeed without changing our beliefs.
- On Death and Dying
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] In fearing death, we make dying a painful experience for the dying and everyone concern. In welcoming death, the experience is totally different and even joyful. I made up my mind that I would prepare myself to welcome death when the time comes.
- Self Forgiveness is Essential for Healing
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] As the saying goes, “To err is human, to forgive divine.” While
forgiving is indeed divine, self forgiving can be the most difficult thing to do. It is often much easier to blame someone else instead of accepting responsibility for one’s choices. It takes a person of courage and integrity to own his actions.
- Reciprocal Link versus Value Exchange
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:Site-Promotion] Most webmasters are familiar with reciprocal links but some may not be so familiar with value exchange. The difference between the two may well determine your website's search engine ranking.
- How to Increase Your Adsense Revenue
[Internet-and-Businesses-Online:PPC-Publishing] How much you earn from Google's Adsense depends on only two factors: the number of clicks to your Adsense links and the value of these links. This article will show you a simple method of adjusting one of these factors to dramatically increase your Adsense revenue.
- Cultivate a Friendship with Death
[Self-Improvement:Grief-Loss] There may be a thousand reasons why we fear death, but most of all we fear death because we fear the unknown, and death is an unknown entity to most people. We fear that dying may be painful and we do not know what will happen to us at the point of death.
- Mind is the Forerunner of All States
[Self-Improvement:Success] Our mind creates the world we live in. The ancient sages knew the secret and used it to transform their lives and the lives of many. Learn this secret now and start transforming your own life.
- 5 Ways to Boost Your Business Income
[Business] The experts taught that if you own a business - any type of business - there are 5 ways you can boost your business income.
- Achieving Optimum Health
[Health-and-Fitness] "Optimum health is not just the absence of disease but the presence of wellness in mental, emotional, physical, spiritual and social areas. Some would also include financial health."
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