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Mindpower Secrets Revealed

Thursday, June 25th, 2009
by Brian Parry

Scientists estimate that we only use around ten percent of our mind power. - Only ten percent! Can you imagine what would happen if you could access the remaining ninety percent? The results would be incredible!

In fact it has long been thought by scientists that people with all types of extra sensory and psychic powers have these powers because they are able to access different parts of their mind from other people. It seems that they were either born with this increased mindpower or have managed to develop this mindpower in later life.

We’re not sure yet how it works, but there is ongoing research into how our own mindpower can influence the world we live in.

There are studies which seem to suggest that our minds have more power than we think to shape reality; in fact, it may be that our minds are the determiners of our world, not the other way around.

‘The Secret’ and other works about the law of attraction lay out how to use mindpower to change their lives and even the world!

This principle states that there are causes and effects to everything, even our own thoughts can bring about tangible effects if directed properly. It all relies on being able to get your conscious mind to communicate to your subconscious in order to use your latent mindpower to achieve results.

So the subconscious mind is not only responsible for all of the esp powers such as telepathy, remote viewing, and precognition, it also reacts with the ‘universe’ or what some call the ‘universal consciousness’, to manifest your desires.

Now the key to the development of your mindpower is to communicate with your subconscious mind. But how exactly do you do this? There are a number of ways.

Affirmations:- Affirmations are a well known positive thinking technique. When you repeat a positive affirmation to yourself, your subconscious begins to understand and begin using your untapped mindpower and start making your wishes a reality.

For example, you could increase your self esteem with affirmation such as ‘I am a confident, successful person’. You can also use affirmations to break bad habits, using sayings like ‘I do not smoke and have no desire to have a cigarette’.

Affirmations produce results with repetition. You need to repeat the message until it reaches your subconscious and begins to make you change your behavior to get the results you’ve wanted.

So just take this a stage further and realize that anything you want to change will change; not just your behavioral habits but absolutely everything in your reality. This is mindpower!

Visualization:- You can also develop your mindpower using visualization. Visualization consists of closing your eyes and picturing the things you want to happen in your mind’s eye. Your subconscious mind responds to the images which you focus your thoughts on and begins using your mindpower to make them a reality. You can visualize anything you want and with practice, you’ll increase your mindpower and make it possible.

You can use visualization to help you develop some of the psychic abilities which are naturally present in every human being. You can visualize yourself predicting the future or communicating via telepathy. If you keep practicing, visualization can bring these latent abilities to the surface and increase your mindpower even further.

Hypnosis:- Hypnosis is a very effective means of boosting mindpower through communicating with the subconscious. You can work with a professional hypnotherapist who will place you into a state of deep relaxation and then supply suggestions to your subconscious mind which it will begin to work on once you wake up from your trance.

You don’t necessarily have to go to a professional hypnotist either. You can use the technique of self hypnosis, listening to a hypnotherapy session which has been recorded. This is far cheaper than going to a hypnotist yourself and of course, you can use this recording anytime you like.

Brainwave entrainment:- This is a new audio technology which is brainwave synchronization. This changes instantly your brainwaves to a certain frequency. This can result in many things. At a certain frequency you can improve your memory. At another frequency natural endorphins are released into your body which heal and alleviate pain.

Some frequencies attune your mind to the trance state where it becomes easy to speak directly to the subconscious and thus increase mindpower.

There are also frequencies designed to stimulate the chakras; these are your body’s energy centers. One of the most important chakras is the ‘third eye’ which corresponds to psychic abilities.

In fact you do not even really ‘develop’ these powers. They are inside you already. It is thought that humans many thousands of years ago had this enhanced mindpower, but it became repressed and locked deep inside the mind.

So when we talk about developing mindpower we really mean unlocking all of the latent powers and true potential of every human being.

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How to Use Inspirational Quotes in your Daily Life

Thursday, June 25th, 2009
by Joanne Aika Castillo

Inspiring quotes can positively affect your personal disposition in life. Reading quotes can bring a fresh form of perspective about your life problems. Whenever you’re depressed, worried, or uninspired; famous motivational quotes from famous people can inspire you to keep going again. It might be odd to take refuge from quotations alone, but it has proven over time how motivational quotes can change a negative disposition into a happy and positive outlook in life.

The good thing about quotes is that they are totally free. You can find them not only in books and magazines but also online. Since quotations are readily available online, it is only convenient for us to find ways of using them in our daily lives. Here are seven suggestions on how you can incorporate them in everyday living:

1. When you see an inspirational quote you like and that best fits your current mood, write it down on a piece of paper or post-it, and put it in places youll most likely notice everyday like your work desk, your nightstand, the bathroom door, your planner, and in your car.

2. You can create a to-do notebook for a particular attribute you want to change or achieve in your lifestyle. Say for example, success. You can compile success quotes and put them in your everyday to do lists as a form of daily mantra.

3. Most of the famous inspirational quotes come from famous individuals. If you are an aspiring author or actor; quotations are a good glimpse of what these people were as individuals. Whether they were writers, musicians, painters, politicians, actors etc., you can research on their personal lives and works for additional knowledge and inspiration.

4. You can record inspirational quotes in your ipod and listen to them while you take some personal time in the morning. A motivational quote is a good way to start your day. When youre working out you can also listen to inspirational CDs.

5. You can include famous inspirational quotations on your myspace, facebook, and blogger profiles. You can also use your favorite quote as your email signature. Quotes are a good way of showing people a side of your personality while giving them something to think about.

6. In order to personalize cards, you can write the person’s favorite quote or include an interesting quote that would best reflect the recipient’s personality. Also you can include inspirational quotes in customizing gifts depending on what kind of holiday or event you’re celebrating.

7. Finally, inspirational quotes are good way to start a conversation. When you need a better perspective on some of your pressing life problems, you can discuss an inspiring quote with your family and friends to help you understand your problems and get on with the solving.

These are only some of the obvious ways that we can use quotes in our everyday life. Try to unleash your creativity and look for other ways you can use them in yours.

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10 Success Quotes from Oprah Winfrey to Start Your Day

Thursday, June 25th, 2009
by Joanne Aika Castillo

Are you feeling uninspired lately? Do you have a lot of worries in school or at work? Are you worried about something? Are you unhappy with your life?

Negative thinking has a way of dragging us into inactivity and depression. When we start thinking and entertaining those sample questions, it will eventually become a habit. Positive thinking is the only way that we can get ourselves out of a sticky situation. If we want to become a healthy, happy, and productive individual we need to constantly remind ourselves that a positive disposition is the way to go.

The most important thing to remember in motivating yourself is that it’s a conscious effort on your part. You have to keep in mind that happiness and success is a choice. Therefore everyday is an opportunity to exercise the power to be happy. You’ll be surprised at how it will then be a natural thing for you. One of the most critical part of the day is waking up in the morning. It is during this time that we set the mood for the entire day. When you eat your breakfast, drink your coffee, and/or meditate in the morning; you can set aside a time to recite a daily mantra, something that would instantly motivate you and remind you of what you need to focus on.

There are ten motivational quotes listed below to help you get going. These are the words of Oprah Winfrey, one of the most influential and successful women in America. Winfrey is definitely a credible source of motivation. It is high time we read and be empowered by the words of such an inspiring woman. The best thing about Winfrey’s quotes is that they are very practical sources of clear and honest advice. We can immediately incorporate them in our daily lives. Read the following success quotes and let Oprah’s words inspire you to action.

Oprah Winfrey says

1. Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

2. Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.

3. Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.

4. I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that’s how I operate my life.

5. So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.

6. Turn your wounds into wisdom.

7. My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.

8. Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

9. I always knew I was destined for greatness.

10. Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

These are only some of Oprah’s take on happiness, success, failure, and self-improvement. Write down the quotes that you find most applicable to your situation and try to use them as daily reminders. In no time, you will be surprised that you have already made a habit out of it.

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The Many Faces of Grief and Loss

Thursday, June 25th, 2009
by Maurice Turmel PhD

An overview of grief and loss shows us that this is a broad category of life experience. We usually associate it with death and dying, but it can include losing your employment and broken relationships as additional categories that generate the grief experience. Grief and loss comes in a multiplicity of dimensions that affect our daily lives.

The predominant category is loss of a loved one, of course. Death is the first thing that comes to mind when grief and loss are being discussed. But this particular experience can also emerge when we breakup with a lover, lose a pet or get fired from our employment. When the grief experience strikes, recovery is what preoccupies us the most.

We now understand that losing a loved one is only one aspect of grief and loss. Relationship breakups, divorce, loss of the family pet, getting fired and losing a business are all causes that generate the grief and loss experience. Such losses are rarely associated with the main grieving category, but in fact, they do share many common denominators as the primary experience of death of a loved one.

This article aims to point out the many common denominators grief and loss reveals over all of the above related dimensions. We grief our loved ones. We mourn the loss of the family pet. We suffer over a recent breakup. We fall into depression over the loss of our job or business.

Whats at stake here? What is at the heart of the grief and loss experience? It is an emotional crisis characterized by deep feelings of hurt that are often masked with anger. We are feeling lost and afraid. Something precious has been taken away. We are hurting, depressed and anxious. All of these reactions are typically associated with every category of grief and loss.

Grief and loss, as a life experience, emerges in many aspects of our lives. Learning to relieve ourselves of stress via relevant grief recovery programs can have far reaching benefits. Recovering our usual bounce and drive is a worthy goal and significant benefit in grief recovery. Whatever we learn about dealing with grief and loss can be applied across its many dimensions and occurences.

The cycle of life includes gaining, losing and gaining again. For example, when a snake crawls into the tall grass to shed its old skin, it’s because the new is emerging from underneath and pressing for release. Losses are typically categorized as devastating when, in fact, they are often a prelude to something better. Learning to let go, no matter what the cicumstances is a valuable life lesson.

Our biggest loss is always the death of a loved one. On a well known stress scale, this type of loss is just ahead of divorce and moving, two more examples of grief and loss. Learning to manage our daily losses, big and small, can well equip us for dealing with the big one when it inevitably strikes. A good grief resource becomes our most valuable guide during such circumstances and will lead us toward a healthy recovery.

Dealing with grief and loss requires that we face our emotions and work through them. Acquiring a good resource, turning toward family and friends and sharing our sorrow can lead to new and deeper relationships. There are secret benefits to all of life’s trials, even though it make take years to see them. The main lesson from grief and loss is that something awaits us on the other side of the experience.

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Grief and Loss Review

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
by Maurice Turmel PhD

An overview of grief and loss shows us that this is a broad category of life experience. We usually associate it with death and dying, but it can include losing your employment and broken relationships as additional categories that generate the grief experience. Grief and loss comes in a multiplicity of dimensions that affect our daily lives.

The loss of a loved one is the predominant category of course. Grief and loss is often immediately associated with death, even though it is equally applicable to the loss of a relationship or the family pet. Getting over grief and loss is what occupies peoples minds the most.

Divorce, relationship breakup and death of a pet will generate powerful grief reactions. Losing one’s home, employment and place of business are equally powerful in their grief and loss effects. We typically do not associate such losses with the grief and loss experience. It turns out that they do affect us in similar ways to the primary experience of losing a loved one.

What is central to this article is that grief and loss affects us in almost every aspect of our lives. We recoil over the loss of a job. We fall into depression over the loss of our home. We grieve the death of our pets. We agonize over a recent divorce. And of course, we cry over the loss of loved ones.

What is the central point here? Why do we examine grief and loss from all these points of view? Because at the heart of every crisis is an emotional wound. We feel hurt, depressed and sad. We feel lost and afraid. Something we valued has been taken away. We feel pain associated with any loss and that usually elicits anger as a first response. These reactions are typical in every type of grief and loss experience.

We begin to see that the experience of grief and loss applies to every aspect of our lives. Learning to grieve and relieve ourselves of stress is the key to a healthy recovery. Grief work and stress relief provide the necessary bounce back for our energy and drive. Grieving, in all its varied forms, is far more common than we may have realized.

Gaining and losing are part of the cycle of life. A snake sheds its old skin so that new growth underneath can emerge. We typically see most losses as devastating when, in fact, they may be a prelude to something new and exciting. Learning to let go is essential to the process of recovery from any loss.

Our biggest loss is always the death of a loved one. On a well known stress scale, this type of loss is just ahead of divorce and moving, two more examples of grief and loss. Learning to manage our daily losses, big and small, can well equip us for dealing with the big one when it inevitably strikes. A good grief resource becomes our most valuable guide during such circumstances and will lead us toward a healthy recovery.

Recovery from grief and loss, in all its varied forms, requires that we deal with our emotions. When we are emotionally vulnerable we can find a deeper meaning to life and acquire new and lasting friendships where we initially saw hurt and sorrow. Every loss carries a benefit, even if it takes years to uncover. Letting go emerges as grief and loss’ primary lesson.

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Grief and Loss Experience

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
by Maurice Turmel PhD

Grief and loss are typically associated with death and dying, usually involving the loss of a loved one. But the category can also encompass loss of job, home or relationship as additional dimensions of experience. Grief resources and recovery programs are subsumed under this umbrella and are usually designed to help us with all aspects of loss.

Losing a loved one is what we typically associate with grief and loss. But losses of many types can also generate powerful grief reactions. We include here broken relationships, loss of a pet and loss of employment. When the loss experience strikes we immediately want relief and begin seeking some kind of recovery help.

We now understand that losing a loved one is only one aspect of grief and loss. Relationship breakups, divorce, loss of the family pet, getting fired and losing a business are all causes that generate the grief and loss experience. Such losses are rarely associated with the main grieving category, but in fact, they do share many common denominators as the primary experience of death of a loved one.

The main point of this article is that dealing with grief and loss has a lot of common dimensions over all of its related categories. We mourn the loss of a loved one. We grieve the loss of a pet. We agonize over a broken relationship. We become depressed at the loss of our job.

What is our point here with this foray into the multiple dimensions of grief and loss? We are dealing with an emotional crisis and a feeling based wound. We experience sadness, depression and hurt. Feeling lost and afraid is common. Anger usually arrives first, till we discover what’s underneath, and pain is what we wish to avoid, initially. All such reactions are quite typical with the experience of grief and loss.

We begin to see that the experience of grief and loss applies to every aspect of our lives. Learning to grieve and relieve ourselves of stress is the key to a healthy recovery. Grief work and stress relief provide the necessary bounce back for our energy and drive. Grieving, in all its varied forms, is far more common than we may have realized.

Gaining and losing are part of the cycle of life. A snake sheds its old skin so that new growth underneath can emerge. We typically see most losses as devastating when, in fact, they may be a prelude to something new and exciting. Learning to let go is essential to the process of recovery from any loss.

Our biggest loss is always the death of a loved one. On a well known stress scale, this type of loss is just ahead of divorce and moving, two more examples of grief and loss. Learning to manage our daily losses, big and small, can well equip us for dealing with the big one when it inevitably strikes. A good grief resource becomes our most valuable guide during such circumstances and will lead us toward a healthy recovery.

Dealing with our emotions is central to the recovery process, no matter what type of loss you encounter. Turning to each other for comfort and solace can bring peace and new found friendships. All times of trial have their secret benefits. That is the main lesson from grief and loss.

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Let’s Clean This Place Up!

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
by Michael Angier

“The world is not to be put in order; the world is order incarnate.

It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.” -Henry Miller

A few years ago, I was the publisher of a magazine called Creating Excellence. We were nearing an important advertising deadline and were a long way from reaching our sales objectives.

I called a full staff meeting for some green-light thinking on ways we could bring in new business and fill the holes we had in the upcoming issue.

There were several good ideas tossed about with almost everyone contributing-except for Ann. Ann always had something helpful to offer, so it was out of character that she hadn’t said anything.

When there was a lull in the brainstorming, she got everybody’s attention when she said, “Let’s clean this place up!”

Everyone turned to her with puzzlement and asked her to explain. She suggested that we devote an entire day to clean the office from top to bottom.

Now, a magazine production space is a busy place and not always one that appears neat and organized. Ours definitely fit this description. It had been a long while since it had been completely cleaned.

Her suggestion wasn’t met with immediate enthusiasm, but in keeping with our rule of not disparaging any ideas brought up in a brainstorming session, Ann was allowed to outline why she thought it was more than just a good idea.

In spite of the fact we were already behind in our work, she maintained that taking a day to put our “home” in order would enable us to work and sell from a better place.

She added another dimension to something I had said many times about successful sales, “It’s not so much what you say, but the space you say it from.” She convinced us that it was indeed worth it to create a new place to work from-one that provided a new perspective.

The cleanup went beyond the Friday we scheduled and into the weekend. Some even came in to paint. With everyone helping, the entire office looked and felt different.

And so did we.

It worked! We all pulled together to hit our sales goal. Everyone felt the change in attitude. We had more pride, and we felt more organized. We also sold more ads. Our customers could sense it.

We embodied excellence, which was what we were selling.

Take a good look at your workspace. Is it inspiring? Is it enjoyable to spend time there? If not, have at it. Make it some-thing to be proud of. You’ll find yourself being more productive and experience more joy in doing so.

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Understanding the NLP Basics

Friday, June 19th, 2009
by Andres Cardenal

The first, and most likely one of the more important subjects to learn in NLP, is how we process information. The process works like this. We have an external event, which goes into our head having been filtered. The filters apply to the process of deleting, distorting and generalising. We use these filters based on our focus and what is happening around us in our world. Things like time, space, matter and energy all play a part, as does personal history. Of most importance is that the language we use can describe the world we live in. What you say and think is what you will inevitably get. Based on this principle our memories and decisions affect our world, which also brings us to our values, attitudes and beliefs.

Then an internal representation produces state/physiology, which then triggers behaviour. When you notice the kind of words people around you use and what words you use, you become conscious of the process of what you are doing, the language you use, and the results you are expecting, working towards or away from achieving.

What are the order and sequence of those internal representational systems? Have you ever seen the old dont slip banana peel guy in signs? This is a guy slipping on a banana peel with the words dont slip. The result of this sign leads to an increase of people slipping in the work place. This is based on their internal representational system - they think dont slip and then do as they have to think of slipping and they end up focusing on slipping!

It makes sense to tell people what to do but it does not make sense to tell people what not to do. The reason is that your mind cannot process a negative directly e.g. If I were to say to you, (and this is such an NLP statement), dont think of a blue tree. Well you have to think of a blue tree before you can not not think of a blue tree.

You see the unconscious mind does not process negatives. Your nervous system is an exquisite device ” so efficient for producing behaviour but that behaviour depends on internal representational systems that you make inside of yourself.

If youre making an internal representation about what you dont want then youre likely to produce behaviour that also is what you dont want. Think about kids for a moment ” you say to him dont go play in the street , and he goes oh the street, thanks dad I never thought to play in the street, and off he goes. You put something in his mind that wasnt already there.

The internal representation that is going on inside your head is the basis of creating change. Its impossible to hold a negative in consciousness directly. Maybe its a 2 step process where you think about what you dont want to think then moving on to thinking about what you do want to think about. Think about that for a moment and realize that its not possible to not think about what you dont want to think about without thinking about it!

What do you do to make change to the internal representations? You need to learn how to use it and to be in control of this. Its not as easy as saying ok I am in charge of my thoughts now. This of course is the first step, but keeping this train of thought constantly would require you to learn how to do it at an unconscious level. This is where NLP comes in.

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The Process Of Effective Giving

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
by Masami Sato

A new experiment is completely changing lives in the rural areas of India by bringing luminosity where there used to be darkness.

The New York Times published a piece named, “Husk Power for India”. Power, which is common in the lives of most in advanced countries, is a rare bonus in far-flung areas of underdeveloped countries. What was once cattle feed is now used to generate power - rice husks.

Raised in the rural state of Bihar, Manoj Sinha understood what it was like to sit in darkness. Being an engineer with Intel Corporation he had all the ability to bring alive the dream of a lifetime. He led the advancement of his power equipment that produces electricity from rice husks and other farm wastes and now he trades it to hamlets across India.

Sinha is what could be called a social entrepreneur because he feels business is a solution to key social issues. “Business leaders must realise that the world’s poor need investments more than handouts,” he says, adding, “these are customers, not victims.”

The article inspired me to think about giving in a different way leading me to ask myself, “what is the most effective form of giving?” Is it education, commercial activity or disaster relief? There are so many ways to make a difference. One way of giving can seem more effective or sustainable than other ways depending on the way it is expressed, looked at or implemented.

I then came to delineate there were eight segments to giving as a way to see this. So, let me chart out the eight differences; which in effect are often ’stages’ of giving as well.

Stage one: Urgency - rescuing and supporting others who are struck by natural disaster, epidemic diseases or other uncontrollable circumstances.

Stage two: Relief - providing relief from long-standing hunger, poverty, diseases, handicaps or discrimination which otherwise would continue or worsened because of the lack of information, education or resources.

Phase three: Curing and defending - morally, bodily and spiritually. Many people carry scars that may be invisible but strongly constricting their lives. Giving the cure to release the long-standing suffering creates more chances for them while giving necessary defense gives them a feeling of security.

Stage four: Training - giving better training, knowledge and skill instruction to create empowered and practical solutions to resource creation while encouraging people to identify their singular talent to survive.

Stage five: Inspired investment - giving a help, capital or resources to those who have great talent to alter the situation. This gets used many times as the resources become more and passed on to other people who again produce more out of the prospects given.

Phase six: Maintainability - working collectively involving the people in the local surroundings, creating maintainable society - ecologically and communally.

Phase seven: Empowerment - enabling and motivating the people to release their true ability and power to make a change. In this group of sharing, the aim of giving changes from ‘giving to the people who want’ to ‘giving people a chance to give to others’ and to the society.

Stage eight: Cherishing - just doing whatever we like to do to tend and care for others. No approach or expected upshot exists in this stage of offering. ‘Giving’ does not even exist here in the physical sense of the word, as there is no sense of owning or decision or craving to modify things. This is where we do not even have to consider anything, we give out of a sense of our own fulfilling sensations.

What we also see is that at each of these eight phases of sharing there are many things that the giver gets in return.

One: Sense of connection

Two: Sense of comfort

Three: respite from hurt (our own)

Four: Gratification for our own understanding, talents and situations

Five: Long-term sense of commitment and contentment for our own life

Six: Better ambience for our own life and for the lives of others we treasure and revere

Seven: Soul fulfilling inspiration and dedication to our own purpose

Eight: Affection

Giving has many planes and understandings upon the basis of the giver and the beneficiary. And the ‘levels’ do not explain which one is higher than the other. All are imperative.

I was gifted with an experience early in 2008 while travelling with a group of dedicated entrepreneurs through India to see how we could be more effective in our giving. I was blessed to have one particular experience that made me think about what ‘effective giving’ really meant.

We were in a small town one day. Four of us had just called a taxi to take us to another town in the vicinities. We bargained with the driver with care as our hotel staff had told us beforehand that we could be duped since we were not local.

We chose to stop in front of the local train station for a short interval en route to the town. While the others went to use restrooms, I struck up a conversation with the driver of the taxi, standing nearby. With his limited English vocabulary and a smiling face that showed his black front teeth to advantage, he told me that he lived in the outskirts of the town and that he had a young wife and two kids who attended the local school - I began to feel a relationship with him.

I appreciated the fact of his having such a wonderful family and told him that I too had two little ones of almost the same ages as his. When the others were back the driver suddenly invited us to come to his house and have lunch. I took it only as a formality that was customary courtesy. But after taking us to the town center and leaving us there, he told us that he would wait for us until all our wandering in the town was over. And he really did. I was actually quite astonished to see him still remaining glued to the side of the road next to his taxi more than one hour later. We got into the taxi and he drove fast up the road to where he had his family.

When we reached there we were really quite taken aback to see how he was living. It was more or less similar (if not worse) to the standard of people dwelling in slums we had visited before. From the gleaming new taxi he was driving, who could have thought this

As he reached the narrow open street in between shanties that were made with rough concrete blocks and mud walls, we felt guilty about accepting his invitation. For a brief moment I was nonplussed. “How could I accept the hospitality of this man who didn’t seem to have anything at all and I didn’t even bring any gift that could be a help to his family”, I told myself.

As we went inside his house, we saw a vessel and a small stove on the floor. His timid young wife raised her head in surprise and withdrew into the small store room (a cupboard size) adjacent to it. As I took in the scene, I saw the neighbours residing next door giving her a few cups across the broken down concrete fence. The young couple did not even have sufficient teacups in their house. There was a single room fitted with one single bed and a pretty old galvanised box near it.

The driver hastily drew out three hand-woven mats from the trunk and spread them out on whatever little space there was on the mud floor and put one on the bed.

Soon the cups of tea and some snacks arrived. All his children and children from the neighborhood came to see us and stood in the doorway. All six of us were totally squashed in the tiny room. I curiously asked him where all his children were sleeping. I thought they probably had another space somewhere. To my surprise, he cheerfully pointed the chest and said it was their bed with his beaming smile.

He gleefully told us that he was a dancing champion in town and pointed to some trophies on the shelf above the bed. Keen to show us his dancing skills he suddenly dashed outside. From nowhere music filled the tiny room. He didn’t have any music system in the house, it was coming from outside. I was curious so I stood up to see him reversing his taxi right against the back wall of his house with the doors wide open with car radio on full volume!

The time moved fast (with his dancing and the many more cups of tea that followed) and very soon it was time to thank them for their great warmth and courtesy and make our move. As we got ready to leave and express our gratitude to him and his wife, he pulled out the best of all the rugs he had, and just gave it to us. It was one of the very few things he owned. It was impossible to believe that he was offering it to us.

We all politely declined his gift and walked out saying goodbye to all the people waving at us. We got confused about this whole thing. Should we have given some money to the family as their life obviously looked very limited? Should we have accepted his prized gift?

As I was thinking about this soul-lifting happening a few days afterwards, I was wondering about refusing his gift. He looked quite dejected that we didn’t agree to take the gift. It wasn’t only the fact of declining the gift that crossed my mind.

I realised that the feeling of restlessness I felt was in reality the result of seeing him as less privileged. I was feeling that I couldn’t probably receive anything from someone who owned too little.

But did he actually have modest means? Maybe he had other things - a lot more.

Maybe the perfect gift we could have given him then was to accept his gift in total surrender and gratefulness.

Every act of sharing and taking are indispensable for us to fill our world with profusion and satisfaction in equal measure for both sharer and taker. We can start doing this instead of evaluating and validating one over another. The beautiful act of sharing and taking requires no additional elucidation.

Manoj Sinha’s words echo in my mind once again, “these are customers, not victims.” I can imagine the smiling faces of the villagers who are now proud to have electricity in their villages and the children who now can read books and learn in their homes at night.

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Improving your Life with NLP and Tad James Training

Sunday, June 14th, 2009
by Martin Velazquez

There is a company named Tad James Co. which has more than 25 years in the market offering NLP seminars and professional training to make you more efficient in your work. This company provides a wide range of seminars, courses and resources that will improve your capacities and your leadership throughout your organization, your personal life and all kind of activities you are involved in life.

Tad James is an enthusiast, and expert a people that is preaching to thousand people around the world and he has created a network of professionals who currently are international coaches who are also promoting all the coaching techniques and things they have learned from tad James and his diverse programs. The hypnosis and neuro linguistic programming are some of the most relevant resources Ted James is currently using in their practices for help million people around the world. The amazing impact of these things is making that professionals from diverse fields are more interested in their business as well as more efficient and productive. How can you optimize your performance? How can you be more productive? How can common people like you and me overcome our limitations in life? There is a new and amazing alternative that will lead you to the next level in your life. You will have the capacity to understand all the good things you need approach for your business or organization.

One of the most relevant things you should have in mind is that Tad James and NLP are not the solution for your life beyond your desire to succeed and get the most out of your skills. But I can tell you that they can give you the tools you need to make possible all the things you have dreamed in your life. Tad James is offering a wonderful program that can help you to optimize all your interests in life. This program is basically based in a neuro linguistic programming training that will help you to be always ahead in this competitive marketplace we are living.

The experience, techniques and tools you will receive in this training will equip you and even your staff to be more efficient in all your practices in life and also have a better control of your potential. The most important thing is that you invest just few weeks in this training that will improve your capacities, will help you to keep your mind focused and be an organized professional.

These NLP programs are divided is some specific areas that can perfectly fit with you. You can select from three main areas which are NLP practitioner certification training, NLP master certification training and NLP trainers training and certification. All of them are programs prepared by the experts that are leading the market in coaching training and improving the skills of most reputable professionals and companies around the world. There are very prestigious companies from diverse fields which are investing thousand dollars is NLP training and coaching because they are now aware of the importance of have well-prepared professionals that will lead your organization to be the leader of the market.

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