Archive for the ‘Spirituality’ Category

This is another installment of articles written in the series Creation and Manifestation. In this article, I discuss what helps you to make your wishes and dreams come alive. You may be wondering why I am advocating manifestation of desires, as opposed to dropping all of them on your way to enlightenment which is the traditional view. That is a topic by itself to be covered in a separate article. For now, trust me that it is better to manifest your desires and experience the results to bring wisdom into your life to create an Expanded Sense of Self (ESS), than trying to drop them which may cause more inner conflict. […]

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Have you ever wondered about all that mystery surrounding the words enlightenment and self-mastery? Wonder no more. Every spiritual practice, either implicitly or explicitly, follows a model of creation. This article discusses an alternative model and demystifies what Self-Mastery and Enlightenment are based on this model. It also reconciles this model with the existing models based on Chakras and Kundalini. […]

Today, I thought that I would share the following video. This is a greatly inspiring talk by Prof. Randy Pausch on Achieving One’s Childhood Dreams. He is dying of cancer and probably has a few months or so to live. He has a wife and three young children. But, when you see him you don’t […]

In yOga (see sanskrit transliteration scheme), prANAyAma (control of life-force through breath) is an important and ancient conglomeration of techniques to promote physical, mental and spiritual well-being, and enlightenment. In a previous article in this series, I have discussed a 3-part deep abdominal breathing technique.

In this article, I will discuss ujjAyI prANAyAma or Victorious Breathing […]

Recently, Priscilla Palmer graciously tagged me to be part of the Personal Development List. This is an extensive list of sites focusing on personal development, self improvement, self mastery and spirituality. I hope that the content on these sites help you in your journey to self-mastery.
To this list I would like to tag the […]

Here is an interesting article from Copyblogger.com titled, “Do You Recognize These 10 Mental Blocks to Creative Thinking?. Though this article’s main focus is on creative thinking, it’s content has relevance to many areas of our lives. This article directly relates to aspects of mastering ourselves and our view of the universe which is […]

My blog has been featured in Doing it Differently Blog Carnival, 11th Edition, hosted by Aaron Potts. He says,

Over at I Am My Own Master we learn of a unique breathing technique that the article says can be used to actually control the gender and lifespan of a baby during conception. How cool is […]

My blog has been featured in Personal Development Blog Carnival, hosted by Lorraine Cohen. She says,

Desika Nadadur presents Fear posted at Desika Nadadur’s Self-Mastery for Independent Minded Seekers. Fear and its origins and how to deal with it.

Thanks to Lorraine for featuring my blog article on her carnival.
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In yOga (see sanskrit transliteration scheme), prANAyAma (control of life-force through breath) is an important and ancient conglomeration of techniques to promote physical, mental and spiritual well-being, and enlightenment.
In this article, I will discuss a powerful deep breathing technique that is very healing by itself. This can be used whenever you feel stressed, or […]