All relationships, thoughts, and actions begin with you as a person. Your development, awareness and choices are the foundation for all your connections. Without a developed self, you cannot responsibly serve your family, understand humanity, or even contribute to your nation. However, a healthy self must be balanced by humility, empathy, and a commitment to growth. What matters most about you is your ability to develop yourself, undestand what it means to be alive and to contribute to the general good.

Realizing your Dreams
Many people undervalue their potentials and in doing so abandon their dreams mostly because of a seemingly lack of resources. . But according to Harry Kemp “The poor man is not he who is without a cent, but he who is without a dream”. And Norman Vincent Peale teaches us that “Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that”. Begin now to work on your dreams!

Losing Weight Naturally
There is no doubt that the obese situation of our time is mostly the result of eating a lot of unhealthy foods without control. Thus the first question to ask yourself if you want to lose weight is: “Do I live to eat” or Do I eat to live?” I weighed about 155 Pounds when I first came to the US but over the years I added over 30 pounds to my weight because of eating unhealthy foods. Meanwhile I got sick with a condition known as GERD that made it difficult for me to swallow anything and I consulted with my physician but that did not help. So I did some research on the Internet and discovered that my situation could only get better through a lifestyle change and not through any form of medication. I changed my lifestyle and got healed!

Living a Healthy Life
If you develop allergies or gain weight after eating a kind of food it is possible that the food is not good for your body. I used “weight gain” and “allergic reactions” to eliminate a lot of the foods that were bad for my body and substituted mostly seeds, nuts, grains, fruits, and vegetables. Further I
also cooked my food during the period of transition and I continue to cook my food up to this day and it feels good.

Happy Family Life
What is your Family Vision? What are your FamilyValues? Your vision will guide your family for generations while your values will lead the way to peace, happiness and a fruitful life. Build a family legacy for your descendants with values that bring peace and happiness.

Couples Facing Infidelity & Cheating Problems
Many people stray from their vows because of different reasons but it is no one's place to judge because it is a personal life challenge. However, couples who follow a simple practice might remain faithful to each other irrespective of the circumstances. Faithfulness is a decision you make.

Living a happy life after Divorce
Many people want to get into another relationship in order to fill the void immediately after a divorce. But chances are that in your haste you might settle without following your heart and repeat the cycle all over again. I was about to do the same thing immediately after my divorce but I took a step
back to rethink my life. A voice asked, “Why not try to live with yourself first before inviting someone into your life?” If you can live with yourself and are
at peace with your environment, you could live happily with anyone of similar temperament.

Avoiding HomelessnessWe work with the homeless and we know that not all homeless people are drug addicts. For many of them life just happened to them because they were not prepared and this could happen to anyone. However, you can avoid homelessness by planning for the future among other things.

You are the LIGHT
Jesus said: “You are the Light of the World”. New Testament, Matthew 5:14. Rumi said: “Don’t you know yet? It is your light that lights the worlds.” You are the LIGHT and you are here to live in your perfect body. You are the LIGHT and you are here to create what you want! You are the LIGHT and you are here to live in peace with all creatures You are the LIGHT and you are here to love without conditions. You are the LIGHT and you are here
to put an end to all forms of discrimination. You are the LIGHT and you are here to bring love, peace and happiness to the world.

You are one with Creation
You belong to the CREATURE FAMILY because we are all interconnected. This idea is elaborated in the Buddhist doctrine of Dependent Co-arising or Dependent Origination. The doctrine highlights the unity in creation and that nothing exists independently. Thus when next you eat a
chicken, be thankful for the sacrifice, and use your life for the good of other creatures. The chicken is not just a “Chicken”, the Chicken is part of you!

LIFE Loves You Without Conditions
Many of us grow up feeling worthless and looking for something to hold onto. but as the Buddha said there is nothng to hold onto! The truth is that we are all loved without conditions and we are all blessed without requirements. This is the greatest gift of LIFE but only few people know this truth. Wake up from your hypnosis and count
your blessings because you are loved just the way you are.

Begin a Daily Routine for Change
Many people wake up in the morning without a daily routine. It is like anything goes and such a life has neither a direction nor a destination! The truth is that LIFE rewards us according to what we put into
it. A Daily Routine could improve productivity and reduce stress. Enhance your Daily Routine with Prayer, Meditation and Affirmation.

New Life Ceremony
A New Life Ceremony serves to celebrate the beginning of a new phase in a person’s life. This ritual is mostly for those who made some retrogressive choices but want a second chance. The ceremony serves as a balm to heal the participant and literally presents him or her with
a “New Life. New Life ceremonies could also be used for positive reasons like preparing to get married, leaving your home to live in another culture, focussing on your dreams or beginning to play a new role in your life.

Life Transition Ceremony
The Life Transition Ceremony is intended for those who develop from one stage of life to the next stage like from infancy to adolescence, adolescence to adulthood and from adulthood to a senior citizen. The main purpose of the Life Transition ceremony is to bless and prepare you
for the next stage of your life. It is also a time for you to reflect, to remember, to plan, to share, to give, to forgive, and to celebrate.

Life Regeneration Ceremony
The Life Regeneration Ceremony is for those who have retired from active work or are in the last stage of the life cycle. The main purpose of the ceremony is to inspire or to motivate the celebrant. If you are retired it does not mean that life is over and that you are in the last cycle of your life does not mean that you should sit and wait for the end of all. It is a fact that most people at this period of life make their greatest contributions to humanity. Do you want to leave legacy? May be this is your chance. By all means do not sit and wait for death; instead get inspired by partaking in the Regeneration Ceremony.

You are in a Box
Motivational Speakers often tell us to “think outside the Box”but how can we think outside the Box when we are in the Box? The Box is a
metaphor for cultural or societal conditioning. The Box contains the unwritten rules and standards that dictate the way we think, and feel within the culture and in our society. These could limit our worldview and make it challenging to consider alternative viewpoints. Further our limited perception of the world
often affects the way we see others who are different from us, consciously and
unconsciously. The Box may be comfortable but it is also filled with prejudice, racism, exclusivity, and superiority.

Get Out of the Box
The greatest challenge we face as human beings is getting out of the box. It is a challenge because many people do not even know that they are in a box and live their lives with what was fed to them by the society up to old age and death. Some of these people could have contributed immensely to human progress if they were brave enough to get out of the Box. Do not let this to happen to you while you still live. Reflect on your beliefs and values with questions; travel and live in other cultures, seek diverse perspectives on every issue, go to a church, participate in an atheist gathering and above all undertake your spiritual journey. A typical example of the Box is in Star Wars Episode IV when Luke Skywalker removed the mask of Darth Vader. Like Darth Vader we are all following a system or we are all in Boxes and our only hope is to find a way to remove the masks that we wear or to get out of the Box. Get out of the Box and live life from your experiences and wisdom.

Begin to Tell Your Story

Part of being in a Box is that you regard your story as insignificant so you only tell other people’s stories. The question is who will tell your story if you do not tell it? You may not be famous and you may not have contributed anything in your life but your story is equally important. Your story is a piece of the puzzle and without it the human story is not complete. Tell your story and improve the world!

Undertaking Your Spiritual JourneySpirituality is a personal journey for the transformation of consciousness. There are seven stages of Spiritual Developmentaccording to Sonari’s Stages of Spiritual Development. The purpose of these stages is to help you to follow a proven track in your spiritual journey. The NATIVE is spiritually dead and embraces most if not all the elements of the culture; the NEOPHYTE is a beginner on the spiritual life; the AWAKENED sees the LIGHT and wakes up from her cultural hypnosis; the SEEKER searches for knowledge to make sense of his experiences or to answer the questions in his mind; the REBEL rises in opposition to the established way of life in the culture; the ENLIGHTENED pierces the veil of ignorance and understands the way things are; the SAVIOR attains unity consciousness and develops compassion for all creatures and becomes DIVINE. Where are you on your spiritual journey?

Resolving Issues of UnbeliefMany people who have issues with their religious beliefs automatically think that they might be Atheists. Do not fall into this trap! Instead find out on your own what your change of heart really means and not to settle. The more you know the better you will be able to make informed choices.