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Success is a Spiritual Thing

By Darnise Martin 

Success is a Spiritual Thing is a way of describing the way that I work with people. I believe that we are all spiritual beings having a human experience; therefore we are most successful when we are in alignment with our source or our divinity within. Our own internal guidance system is always providing the right answers and showing us the path we should take. The problem is that sometimes as individuals we lose sight of our own inner guidance. Our lives become so busy, noisy and full of distractions that we are unable to plug in for ourselves. The role of a mentor is to redirect a person back to a spiritual practice that lays the foundation for real success. It does not matter the area of life, being connected and balanced spiritually is the core. Let's look at an example:

Success is a Spiritual Thing in Relationships:

I'm doing a lot of work with people in the area of relationships, and one of the main problems I see is a tendency among us that we don't recognize our own roles in the relationships we attract and keep. Relationships give us a perfect opportunity to work on our own baggage. We meet someone, become smitten or fall in love, and the growth begins, appearing as conflict. Here is where the universe gives us the opportunity to grow the most. It is in our most intimate relationships that we get to our most intimate issues. It's the perfect combination. From the person we are attracted to initially, to the way we handle conflict, express affection, run a household all reflect something of who we are. Spiritual wisdom allows us to recognize our experiences as the growth opportunities they are intended to be. It ain't always pretty, but it is always what we need. Without it we take things only at face value, blaming others for our relationship problems, never seeing ourselves in it, or what we might learn.

Thus, we are destined to continue to meet the same circumstances over and over with each partner we have. Our pain turns into anger, blame or apathy. I always say you can't skip a grade in the school of life, so all lessons will be repeated until learned. Working with a mentor or coach helps this process go a lot smoother, shortens the learning curve and gets us to happier, healthier relationships much easier. I named this newsletter Living Life Consciously because I wanted to help people do just that, and actually see and trust their own life and learning process. Helping people to live life consciously is why I do the work I do.

Darnise Martin, Ph.D is a Professor of Religion, Spiritual Director, and Author who provides Spiritual Life Makeovers to help clients transform their lives. Yes, you can have the life you want. Visit Dr. Darnise at http://www.drdarnisemartin.com to receive your free subscription to the e-newsletter Living Life Consciously.

 

Living a Passionate Life - How to Recognize Your Intuition

By Paula Harvey

Designing a passionate life is enhanced by embracing your intuition completely. Maybe you call it a gut feeling, a hunch, or maybe a thought appears from nowhere. I'm sure you've experienced it, whatever you choose to call it.

I think of intuition as that knowing inside that you should take some sort of action or say something during a conversation. I'm sure you've had moments when you had a "hunch" about something and you had no logical explanation or facts to back up your hunch, so you remained silent or did nothing. Then after some time passes, the result that matched your hunch occurs and you wished you would have followed your "hunch".

I have had numerous moments like this and as a result have learned to listen closely to my intuition and give it voice. I have found my intuition to be an insightful messenger for me in all areas of my life. Intuition is listening or feeling what's behind someone's words or actions, or recognizing new ideas that occur to you.

For example, when I am coaching people, I ask questions, they respond and based on what I am hearing, what I am feeling about what and how they say it; thoughts and additional questions pop into my mind. When I share these thoughts or questions with my clients, often times they have an "ah-ha" moment and they see the circumstance or issue from a whole new perspective.

 

How to Recognize Your Intuition
You have intuition, it is simply a matter of whether or not you notice it and if you give it voice. Intuition can show up in different ways and you simply need to recognize when your intuition shows up. For me, I notice a physical sensation in my body; I feel it around my heart and in my stomach. I let the thought come to me rather than try to reason out an answer.

Support your intuition by meditating and noticing the thoughts that seemingly come from nowhere. After noticing and watching your intuition start voicing and taking action based on it. I have to say, that listening to my intuition has been a positive experience for me.

 

Start recognizing your intuition by answering these questions:
How does your intuition show up?
Do you feel it physically in your body? If so, where do you feel it?
Do random thoughts pop into your head? What do you do with those thoughts?
Do you see pictures? What do you do with those pictures?
What would have been different if you had followed your intuition?
How were the results different because you didn't follow your intuition?

 

By answering these questions you raise your awareness to how your intuition shows up. You learn to trust the signals that you receive. After the trust grows, you can start voicing and acting on your intuition.

I invite you to start paying attention to your intuition as you align your life with your passions. You will be amazed at what shows up. If you are a little skeptical about acting on your intuition, then write it down for awhile and simply notice the outcomes as they occur. Were your 'hunches' on or off track?

I wonder what would happen if you were able to identify your passions and start living in alignment with them? I offer tips and methods for living passionately on my blog. I'd like to invite you to receive my free Passion Deficit Disorder (PDD)Report and find out why passion is so important in your life and what you can do about it. You can get your instant access at http://www.DesigningAPassionateLife.com

Conquer Yourself and Not the World

By Sowmithri Ramgangadar

Today, in this fast-paced world, man is always under stress to stay in tune with life. He wants to control everybody and everything around him, little realizing that controlling himself is the key to success, peace of mind and happiness.

There comes a time in life, when man realizes that the external world is no longer interesting and does not give him peace and happiness. He understands that there is something more to life and starts analyzing himself or starts looking within.

This is the beginning to conquering himself. This is the beginning for peace and happiness.

Even for a big bonfire, a small spark is what matters. Even a journey of a thousand miles starts with a small step. Conquering yourself is the first step.

Just as your shadow follows you wherever you go, your thoughts are always with you, wherever you are, be it home, at work or in the Himalayas. Hence, being in control of yourself is of prime importance. It is a mind game.

There are two options available to you; conquering yourself or conquering others.

Consider a situation wherein someone intimidates you. If you are in control of yourself or in other words conquered yourself by overcoming anger, you will react to this intimidation positively. You will not lose your cool but will leave the intimidator cold.

You will take on an assertive role, speak suitably and put him in place. You will be in control of the situation. When you have a cool head, you will take the right decisions.

Conquering yourself is an easier and sensible option giving you the desired results and conquering others an unwarranted one. Think differently. Do not try to conquer others; rather try to conquer yourself for peace and happiness.

This article is not intended to be one full of advice. Nor is it a magic mantra for everything. I can vouch for its effectiveness, as I have learnt in my personal, professional, social and spiritual life leading to peace of mind and happiness.

The motivating factor and purpose of this article is as follows:

Like everyone, I have gone through a series of experiences and learnt about the practical aspects of life. I wanted to record my experiences, which would help readers understand life without having to go through what I did. Thereby cutting down the learning curve substantially.

The importance of this exercise can be seen in the fact that this is aimed at the younger generation. I do not want them to despair in life, but feel that they should fight and carry on in their lives with confidence and courage.

This assumption is based on the fact that all round education is a must for an individual from the younger days itself. This will give him an idea as to what can be expected later on in practical life.

Another factor is that more and more couples are in employment these days. HR managers have a problem on hand, since employees carry thoughts of office to home and vice versa.

Husband and wife will have to mesh smoothly for happiness at home and efficiency at office. This will help HR managers in recruiting and retaining good and useful talent. Experiences in my personal, professional, social and spiritual life have proved that this is possible.

Conquer yourself and not the world, is a positive outcome of the conflict I had with my conscience and not with my colleagues or compatriots. Remember, everything is within you. I am only acting as a catalyst by kindling your thought process by way of this article.

Wishing you Success!

Sowmithri will guide you to Conquer Yourself for Success, Peace and Happiness based on real life experiences over two decades and more. Find out how at http://www.conqueryourself.info

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