Category Archives: Spirituality

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A Note of Thanks and Answers to Questions raised in “What India May Have for the Law of Attraction”

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Thank You Note

I just received a surprise pingback from Akemi Gaines’ blog Gratitude Magic from the article, What India May Have for the Law of Attraction.

In that article, she discusses two of my articles, Self-Mastery and Enlightenment Demystified and Ways to Attract Abundance and Whatever You Want into Your Life, in some detail. I am very grateful to her for her discussion of my articles on her blog. I would like to reciprocate that link love here. While discussing my article, she asks the following question: [...] Continue reading →

A Surefire Recipe for Successful Manifestation of Your Wishes and Desires

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Flame of Desire

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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Blog Carnival Participation #5

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My article, Self-Mastery and Enlightenment Demystified appeared in Meditation, Yoga & Spiritual Growth Carnival- Edition #11 hosted by Anmol Mehta. He praises this article as, The flagship article for Desika Nadadur’s Self-Mastery Blog. Once in a while there comes an … Continue reading →

Self-Mastery and Enlightenment Demystified

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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. [...]

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A 10 Minute Ujjayi Pranayama, Victorious or Ocean Sound Breathing Technique

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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 a previous article in this series, I have discussed a … Continue reading →

Personal Development List Finds a Home at Self-Mastery for Independent Minded Seekers

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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 … Continue reading →

10 Mental Blocks to Creative Thinking from Copyblogger

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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 … Continue reading →