We are currently looking for an Official SelfGrowth.com Guide to "Creativity ". If you have expertise in Creativity and your own website and/or product for this topic, please review this form for complete details. The Official Guide Position is part of our Premium Placement Package
We all reside in a world where individuals of different kinds exist. Some people have everything in their stores that are needed to survive on this massive planet. On the other hand, there still are a huge number of people who have been poverty-stricken or are deprived of various amenities. ... Views: 884
One of the best ways to create awareness for environment restoration is to go for environment volunteering. For someone, the services are aesthetics based while for others it is related to philosophical approaches.
Individuals who value nature and environment take help of environment ... Views: 902
Volunteering is a selfless path which is walked by magnanimous individuals to serve the humanity. Reasons can be countless behind these philanthropic activities like community development, emergency rescue, preservation of nature & natural resources, public healthcare, economical development of ... Views: 1140
Last fall I was in England exploring some ultra modern holiday homes as part of a press trip for a project called Living Architecture. While happily snapping photographs of these contemporary buildings, one woman said to me: “Make sure there are people in the photos; architecture is about ... Views: 1978
(One)
In the name of religion most of the people of this planet are oriented since long. Leaving aside paraphernalia—rituals, custom etc. culture of different countries had grown gradually. In every family we follow such things according to our respective religion and that varies from others. ... Views: 1563
Yes, it is to determine how it gets glorified in the true sense of the term and that again its overall identity, which should appear clear and inspiring in budding each family and the country as well we belong to. We must maintain healthy relations with others--both mentally and physically. ... Views: 1707
Activity without fulfilment is just passing time while your body decays. It does not fulfil the emotional needs. Only by creating according to your own personal nature can fulfil that. If there is no channel for you to be creative, then the energy that is available for that must be used ... Views: 1282
When Walt Disney materialized at the back of my elementary school cafeteria in 1957 he was already a very famous man. He was visiting the brand new elementary school in Anaheim that had been named in his honor, and escorting every one of us kids and our teachers to his “Happiest Place on Earth” ... Views: 3370
I find that the best kind of creative inspiration, in any field of endeavor, comes from communing deeply with other life presences, in heartfelt, open-minded, empathic attunement with them. The more deeply we invest our heart, mind, and senses, in communion with other life presences, ... Views: 1165
Stress … it affects us all. But it doesn’t have to put a damper on your creativity. At least that’s according to pianist/composer Edward Weiss. Weiss is also the webmaster and creator of NewAgePianoLessons.com - a website that teaches beginning adults how to play piano in the New Age ... Views: 1686
Our lives are made up of both inner and outer worlds, and our education and progress--as individuals and as a society--is built upon the accomplishments of those that came before us.
SO, learning more about ourselves is a reflection of how much we learn about others--especially their beliefs ... Views: 2959
There's nothing worse than great art that is poorly placed. When you take the time to decorate an area, you want to be assured that your efforts create an overall sense of organized planning. Without direction to help it match other spatial elements, you'll notice that even the best art looks ... Views: 1191
Volunteering services through various projects can serve the society through cultural immersion, a vast new social network, new skills, etc, to meet the challenges.
Volunteering services come with certain myths and this stop one to participate or get indulged in the services. If people are ... Views: 1227
Creating a vision is where most people have great difficulty.
There are so many challenging things that have to be overcome, and it is in not understanding what we are trying to achieve that shipwrecks many early attempts.
It is your right to obtain wealth and create enough money to live a ... Views: 1473
The dictionary definition for the verb "create" is: to bring into being. I love this concept - to make something that didn't exist before, be it a story, a picture, a song or a performance of a piece of music. Creativity doesn't just have to be linked to art. Creativity can be an innovative ... Views: 5959
Every child is born creative. Each and every child is blessed with a set of unique skills and talents which only require to be polished. We need to identify their talent and interests and help them work towards it. Each and every child, and adult, has a spark of creativity. We just need to ... Views: 1342
The words aren’t coming. The music feels flat. The canvass stays blank. Panic starts to set in. Every creative person has had the experience of “hitting the wall” on a project. It can feel like torture and it can feel like forever. Here are 10 ways to breakthrough creative blocks.
1.) Check ... Views: 1295
Yes, it is to think seriously about and ask within delving deep into what makes the difference between truth inculcated by the prophets in the past and that of expounded lately by Ma-Mahajnan, the spiritual genius. Swami Vivekananda, the great Hindu monk, delivered a lecture in ‘The Parliament ... Views: 1279
O Thou Destiny! You have snatched away our Steve Jobs only at 56. What a sad demise! Strangely, the medical board of America couldn’t save such an invaluable life! In fact, there is no consolation, since the sufferings of Jobs was beyond control of the greatest physicians of the USA. People ... Views: 1255
Day by day we are faced with a multitude of challenges: violence, natural disaster, war, poverty. How do we create systemic change? Society is in need of some basic change and that change in society rests in the hands of future generations. The children are our future as the song says. By ... Views: 1195
Answer: For Leverage & Increased ROI (Return on Investment)
If you buy 1000 shares of xyz stock trading at $20.00, it would cost you $20,000 ($20 x 1000 shares).
If you trade a January option on 1000 shares of xyz stock and the option is trading at $1.50, it would cost you ($1.50 x 10 ... Views: 775
Is there, indeed, anything anywhere?
Prosad : 'A weak mind is prone to fear. Fear is another name for ghosts. A stout mind contains energy. Energy is another name of God.'—If that's true, why do you now say—'We have to recognize Energy owing to the weakness of our mind.' Doesn't that lead to ... Views: 1202
Weakness is the root cause of fear:
A weak mind is prone to fear. Fear is another name for ghosts. A stout mind has energy. Energy is another name for God.
Fear springs from weakness. The man, who happens to be weak, has a heart which can not but tremble with fear. If a man is free from ... Views: 1301
Everything done through freewill.
Mother: There is a form of energy. What's that like? That's a kind of vapor. A force of Nature. Before the creation, it is left to each at certain moment to draw upon that force in the way one can on the eve of a clash--as much as one can.
Prosad : 'On ... Views: 1204
Ghost and God
It is to examine how beautifully Ma-Mahajnan explains things of great interest. We recorded those in tapes and cassettes from time to time and listened to feel ourselves enriched in very may ways. Under any circumstances she expounds the matters for great interest and it all ... Views: 1019
Scoop out mud, you will arrive at a well-head:
Mother: This indeed comes first. You go searching the bottom. The top will of itself come within your grasp. Let's understand the matter with the aid of an example.
If you want to dredge the mud in a pool, you've first to drain away the water ... Views: 1182
Ma-Mahajnan, a matchless spiritual genius, expressed her entire creation in a state of "Conscious Trance” which has all been stuffed with highly philosophical values and strong literary sense. She could not attend even Primary School due to extreme poverty. Strangely, she was taught all by ... Views: 1176
What a long way Ma-Mahajnan had traversed in one life! None knows how far the octogenarian Mother had yet to cover, leaving her fleshly frame, to assure people realizing truth and its applications.
Ma-Mahajnan has just made possible something extremely impossible. Her stupendous creation ... Views: 1127
What Else Have I To Speak Of Again!
Well, here I can comprehend another thing—this is the law of being. The being is heir to terror, fear, delight; in its own way it is setting up knowledge here. All these things are nothing—only the terror of the fleshly being—illusion, obsession.
Maya ... Views: 1203
No More Of Mystery.
Prosad : Universal solutions have unraveled all the mysteries. Then whatever mystery there is in creation, you've unveiled it and, keeping in view all the miracles and mysteries not to gain any importance, you stand matchless through this unique work 'Universal Solution ... Views: 1291
I Very Well Understand That Power Within Me:
I was at that time thirteen. All of a sudden a call came to me at that age. That call persists. While the call lasted, I told you many a thing. I've told. You know that. That went on for a pretty long time—five or seven years, may be ten years. ... Views: 1204
Tracing Back Life To Its Origin:
Mother: At the root of all creation is that vapor (something vaporous). The vapor comes in such a stream that at the moment life is created, dual forms each unlike the other, come into being. They have like shapes, but probing further, the duality is ... Views: 1233
Merit Surmounting Demerit:
Prosad: Mother, your "Unraveling of the Mystery of the Universe" indirectly says—whatever we see is bound exclusively by the bonds of natural laws. Things are either well-organized or simply at sixes and sevens—everything is automatic.
Mother: Yes.
Prosad: ... Views: 1119
Ultimately, It Is one—Energy:
Prosad: Now I come to the question of ''Parmbramhan (The Super being). There the thoughts centers on parents. How is it that there the term male is used in the sense of 'Mahajnan'—Super knowledge and the term female in the sense of 'Mahasahkti'—Super energy? ... Views: 1236
Knowledge Emanates From Energy:
Knowledge is the male-principle--all the manifestation of knowledge is derived from seminal vigor. The female-principle is energy because it is the container. Which comes first, knowledge or energy? Knowledge derives from energy. If we unerringly probe, we find ... Views: 1145
[A gist of some features purported by Ma-Mahajnan in the last chapter : ‘Universal Solution Offering Tranquility’ in one of her authentic titles : ”Unraveling of the Mystery of the Universe”. She had expounded miraculously all these difficult things in a state of ‘Conscious Trance’—ever ... Views: 1099
What is a Forum Posting?
The Forum is a great way to interact with other members on your Network. An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least ... Views: 6641
(One)
Man is essentially business-minded. Because of this, he bustles’ about in all directions, but he can hardly gather in his spoils. I had been to Rampur or Shampur or Madhupur or Jadupur. Whom you see and what you know? I can’t say that. What then? What answer shall I make to myself? I ... Views: 1110
There’s a mango hanging on the topmost branch of the tree. My mouth waters. How can I get it from there? Can I just looking on? If I really drool at the mouth, I’ll surely do something to pluck it off. But there’s mango on the topmost branch, I keep looking on and then come away. My mouth waters ... Views: 1301
Life has been speeding along for decades with technology advancements leap frogging over each other at frightening rates; from faster cars to smarter phones, from producing food out of merely chemicals, to sticking those processed food-stuffs into individual 100 calorie packages in order to help ... Views: 912
The rat race trains you to follow a specific path to be successful in life. However, the reward comes at the expense of your hopes and dreams. Once you realize that you are in control of your own success, your dreams will beat the rat race.
Most of you have heard of the rats in the maze ... Views: 1805
(One)
[None would ever be able to realize how difficult the situations were in the past when Mother had to manage and treat Kala everyday in the midst of her tiresome household activities! How very compassionate Mother was that none of us at the fore could ever protest doing things along the ... Views: 1406
(One)
There are any numbers of metaphysical doctrines. But we have to stand and realize in what particular manure heap of reality it has grown. All hail to “Shantibhavan”--that abode of peace (here Ma-Mahajnan spent almost the whole of her life) where everyday there are plenty of ... Views: 1166
Introduction
[‘Mother has descended endowed with Energy.’ Do I make myself free just by saying this? Haven’t we got to know who she is, that she pours out these many words–freely and effortlessly? Her subject matter is not just some holy gibberish; it’s an antidote to poison. She talks not ... Views: 1432
[One may not basically religious-minded or have the necessary power of reasoning. At the same time mere experience cannot lead one to realization. All that we have to do is to perceive things around us, feel for others and grow selfless gradually in course of our progress in life. Otherwise we ... Views: 1199
Preface
The modern world is used, as it were, to lead an aimless life. From her very birth, Ma-Mahajnan, the Transcendent Mother, has been utterly self-disciplined. There has been nobody to direct her, teach her or to uncover her insight. She is self-born, self-fulfilled and self-revealed. ... Views: 1154
Seven
Now one last word: not merely these writings, when the Transcendent Mother thought of doing any creative work, she was never in favor of taking time off, sitting down and giving notice of what she was about to do. Whenever and whatever questions cropped up, she went on explaining that ... Views: 1187
Five
One thing we should never forget. Though the Transcendent Mother remained unique and superb from the angle of spiritual endeavor, she was all along an ideal housewife. She played her role surrounded by her husband and children. That had to be realized by others with all their hearts ... Views: 1102
(Three and Four)
Three
There are so many essays of Ma-Mahajnan. The first and foremost one is “End in View” which states that she has not come to say, indeed, what has already been said. All those verdicts and judgments, which have remained unsaid, lie far beyond ... Views: 1140
One
Works of Ma-Mahajnan, The Most Worshipful Transcendent Mother, calls for special study and serious discussion. The question of complete realization of her subtlety at all levels is something which can simply be ruled out. Again, with regard to those who are imbued with a normal ... Views: 1118