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ARTArticlePeace at Any Cost What does that Mean?Peace at any cost, what does it mean? To me it means following or agreeing with another in order to avoid conflict. The cost is ignoring what you feel, think or believe. My Grandmother lived this way. I watched time and time again what it did to her. Her belief in peace at any cost came back to haunt her through her stomach ailments. My Grandma has since passed away, and the lessons I have learned from her are invaluable. I took on the mantra of peace at any cost up until my late 20’s. Prior to that, my life revolved around what others felt I should be doing.ARTArticlePersonal Preferences Should be linked with The Welfare of OthersPersonal Preferences Should be linked with The Welfare of Othersrn(Vinod Anand) In the southern Califo ia town of Claremont, where my parents lived, there is a retirement community called Pilgrims’ Place. It looks like an ordinary neighbourhood of modest homes, but everyone who lives there is a retired missionary or church worker of some kind. Once a year the community hosts a festival to which the whole town is invited. Among the activities, many of the residents set up tables in front of their homes.ARTArticlePlant positive ThoughtsPlant positive Thoughtsrn(Vinod Anand) How many of us utilize the power of the subconscious mind? Your subconscious mind does not need your advice to say what is to be done to overcome barriers, when there is a blockade in your daily life. It is continuously alert: Whatever your need may be — your desire for a promotion, purchase of house and precious household items, or anything else — you are able to get guidance from your subconscious mind.ARTArticlePower and LovePower and Lovern[Vinod Anand] All of us contain within ourselves two strong but distinctly different fundamental forces that are in tension: power and love. In working for social change, we need both. The problem is — whether we openly acknowledge it or not — each of us is tilted more towards one or the other, falling into either the power-camp or the love-camp. Our task then is to learn to work with each of them, rather than denying their hold onus.ARTArticleProcrastination - the Killer of SuccessFace it, we all put things off. We leave the hard stuff till last and hope that it somehow gets dropped off our "to do" list. We find other things to do that are "more important." It's just amazing how many "emergencies" can pop up to lead us away from taking the action we need towards our goals. Procrastination takes many forms, and all those forms are just ways of avoiding the things we need to or want to do to achieve an end result - success. Why do we do it? Why do we procrastinate? Well, because we view tasks as difficult or unpleasant, of course.ARTArticleProper Tree Care an Important ThingTrees are an integral part of the backyard and it is important to keep them in proper shape. There are number of tree care services, which should be initiated so that they remain in good shape and also enhance looks of the backyard. There are different kinds of tree services, such as hedge maintenance, tree trimming and stump grinding. These services are initiated to maintain the attractive looks of the garden.ARTArticleQuasar MD Offers Power and Pure Elegance in the Fight Against AgingThe Quasar MD is a serious anti-aging red light therapy device, hence the MD in its name. It’s an age fighting power house that improves the appearance of your complexion without pain, downtime, or temporarily damaging the skin as other procedures can do. The Quasar MD is designed with exceptional quality using medical-grade aluminum rather than plastic and high intensity light emitting diodes (LEDs.)ARTArticleReason and TruthReason and Truthrn(Vinod Anand) Dogmatic thinking and abdication of reason in their innumerable forms remain as great obstacles to human advancement leading to suffering and ignorance, according to Swami Dayananda. So strongly was he guided by the supremacy of reason that he proclaimed that one should spu dogmas even if inherited from people of wisdom, if such beliefs fail to withstand the supremacy of reasoning and truth in the light of new revelations.ARTArticleRemembering Past LivesRemembering Past Livesrn(Vinod Anand) If you remember two or three lives, you will be in the same state as the centipede that had been living perfectly well and was going for a morning walk, when a little rabbit asked him, “Uncle, I have to ask a question: How do you manage your hundred legs: which one should come first, which one second, and which one third...? How do you manage one hundred legs together?” He said, “I have never thought about that.ARTArticleSecularismSecularismrn[Vinod Anand] The concept of secularism was vibrant in the Indic region with the realization not only of one God but of the essential oneness of all existence: “Ekam Sat bipra bahudha badanti.” Ultimate reality is singular as time or space is, but appears to be many due to apparent divisions. The Rig Veda proclaims that diverse ways of worship reach the same destination as different rivers reach the same ocean.ARTArticleSeeing the World through Feng Shui-tinted GlassesAs human beings, we interpret our environment through our senses. It is reported that 70% of what we experience comes from our eyes. Our sight impacts our experiences more than any of the other senses. Basically, we pay more attention to what we see than what we hear, smell, taste or touch. A basic concept of feng shui is that everything is comprised of energy or chi. We are constantly giving and receiving chi. We’ve all heard the expression what goes around, comes around. This can be applied to the exchange of chi. What we put out, we get back.ARTArticleSelf-Assessment is Very ImportantSelf-Assessment is Very Importantrn(Vinod Anand)ARTArticleSkin Care Expert Recommends Analysis Before Product PurchaseSkin care products, they’re everywhere! On the TV, Internet, and department store beauty counters. They promise beautiful skin for their devoted followers. But how do you really know if these products are working for you? How do you know which products are worthy and which are a waste? There is so much confusion about which skin care products consumers actually need, because the average consumer does not know his or her skin type.ARTArticleSmoke MeditativelySmoke Meditativelyrn[Vinod Anand] Many people cannot drop the habit of chain-smoking. They do try hard but they normally fail. Some people say that is a sin to smoke. I would suggest that don’t make a mountain out of a molehill! Now, what are you really doing when you are smoking? Just taking some smoke inside your lungs and letting it out. It is a kind of pranayama filthy, dirty, but still a pranayama! You are doing yoga, ma stupid way.ARTArticleSpace of Love Diary. A Living Story.Two thoughts – two hearts, joined aspiration, Unite for beautiful creation, For God’s and our joyful contemplation! To a future world, to a world-with-God, We take a step – right here, not beyondr May all our planet and our worldr On every single plane of Beingr Begin to shine with Dreams of Godr Emitting Light and Love a-Beam! Together once more – and bonded for lifer Like a family divine, happy and freer Father-God and all of Creationr You and Me ! Dear Friends! Today we begin a new interactive live section of SOL magazine.ARTArticleSpiritual ExperienceSpiritual Experiencern(Vinod Anand) There are five aspects of spirituality—the objective, the why of spirituality, the means for attaining the objective, who pursues spirituality and when. Objective of spirituality is to transcend the limited bodily identity and experience the oneness of the single whole that this creation is. Why should, or rather, why does, one pursue spirituality? We can start by saying that one gets a desire to pursue spirituality and hence goes ahead with it.ARTArticleSpiritual Practices of a Midlife CrisisDuring midlife crisis, your foundation is shaken. You see yourself growing older and realize that your days are numbered. What you thought was true may be called into question. You suffer losses and setbacks, and you begin to ask big questions: “Why is this happening to me?” “Why do I seem to want to go in two directions at the same time?” “Where am I going?” and “Who am I?” These are spiritual questions, and I believe the midlife transition is, at least in part, a spiritual journey. Here are six spiritual practices that can bring you peace while also moving you down the midlife path.r ARTArticleSpiritual ProgressSpiritual Progressrn(Vinod Anand) What is the subject of the enjoyer? It is the mind. The mind undergoes physical as well as intellectual experiences. The experience of spiritual bliss is psycho-spiritual and partly mental by nature. If all feelings are through the mind, it follows that these feelings are born within the vibrational scope of the mind. All existence in this universe is vibrational. Physical and intellectual happiness, both of which are enjoyed by the mind, are therefore vibrational.ARTArticleSpirituality is Synthesis, it is OnenessSpirituality is Synthesis, it is Onenessrn(Vinod Anand) A British author has described Jesus as a Sufi. Jesus was pure; he was love personified. Love is the motif of Sufism. Perhaps that is the reason why the author is calling Jesus a Sufi. In the same why, scholar Sheikh Saleem Ahmed has described Guru Nanak, Buddha and Kabir as Sufis.ARTArticleSPRING CLEAN your Home with Feng ShuiBefore winter comes to an end, its time to start thinking about spring cleaning. When cleaning, you can use Feng Shui to improve the energy in your home by simply getting rid of clutter. Clutter is a confusing, draining energy that can have a negative effect on certain areas of your life. So this spring, work to rid your home of that energy. The front entrance to your home is an important area to keep clutter-free because the front door is where a major part of energy enters. Get rid of any object in your front entrance that doesn't belong there.ARTArticleStay Calm No Matter What HappensStay Calm No Matter What Happensrn(Vinod Anand) On any given day, our emotional state changes many times, one moment, something good happens to us and we are joyful. The next moment we receive a bad news and we start feeling sad. Then, we get a cheque in the mail unexpectedly and we are happy again. Next, on the way home, someone cuts us off on the highway and we are enraged.ARTArticleSuccessful Attraction Marketing Starts With ThisSuccessful attraction marketing is all about the vibration you carry as you engage with your prospects and customers. As a successful home business or network marketing professional, before you start into the activities of your day, think about the things you can do to get yourself grounded and started out well so that you approach your day in a fashion that serves you well as you move forward in building your business. When you first wake up in the morning, you want to "set" the level of vibration you carry into your day.ARTArticleTake the True Inner PilgrimageTake the True Inner Pilgrimagern(Vinod Anand) The Brahmasutra Bhashya of Sankara is an abstruse exposition of his advaitic thought, best summed up in a classic line from the l3hashya: “Brahmn satyamjagat mithya jivo Brahmaivah napara” — Brahmn alone is real, the world is illusory; the individual and the universal soul are one”. However, it is in the smaller poetic compositions that Sankara puts these abstruse advaitic concepts within easy grasp of the average individual, using everyday references to illustrate the concepts.ARTArticleTake Your Business To the Next Level With GoogleRemember the game of king of the hill? It was a game where when you knocked the king of the hill off of the hill, you became the next king. With online marketing you are essentially playing a game of king of the hill and the king gets on the first page of Google and will stay there until someone knocks him off. This is a coveted and heavily guarded position on the internet because it allows you to receive the most exposure to clients, the most clicks and the most sales.ARTArticleTeen Acne……Help!The effects of teen acne go so much deeper than what you see on the outside. The world can be a cruel and judgmental place and a teenager’s world can be even more so. Often times you won’t know how deeply she is hurting inside. She feels ugly and hopeless, as though there is nothing can be done to help her, so whey even bother sharing how much she’s really hurting on the inside.ARTArticleThe Balance betwee Love and LogicThe Balance betwee Love and Logicrn(Vinod Anand) Can we achieve a balance between love and logic? Logic leads to material gains, while love warms the heart and leads to emotional and spiritual gain. In life, both are required. The ete al battle between mind and heart is something all of us have to contend with. You are made up of body, mind, heart and soul.ARTArticleThe Ete al Light Lies WithinThe Ete al Light Lies Within All of us do not see or hear the same way at life or the world. That explains why there are believers and non-believers of all hues. Jesus said that one should fix one’s affections on heavenly things and not lay up treasures upon this earth, neglecting more enduring matters of the soul.ARTArticleThe Gift: Economic PerspectivesThe Gift: Economic Perspectivesrn[Vinod Anand] As we know, there are three values (gifts) of economic life: Freedom, Justice and Care. Let us briefly look at the economic perspective of gift: In economics gifts have also received some attention too. It will come as no surprise that most economists have done so within their conventional framework of explanation, that is, by explaining gifts both in terms of exchange and in terms of utility maximization. Kenneth Arrow (1972) is a good example, adding also the idea of a social contract:ARTArticleThe Inner MirrorThe Inner Mirrorrn[Vinod Anand] I look again at a drawing my niece, then five, had made, and which I treasure. It has her, her sister, and another person who looks a lot like them. Under each ‘person’ is their name in a childish scrawl — Jacqui, Sue and God. “God looks like this, huh?” I asked; she laughed. “Of course, silly!” and went on to tell me she saw God often; didn’t everyone?ARTArticleThe Power of Sincere ApologyThe Power of Sincere Apologyrn[Vinod Anand] The word ‘sorry’ is synonymous with apology. It is a common, familiar word but it is t potent and magical in its efficacy. In our day-today life, it is symbolic of a polite apology for a wrong done intentionally or inadvertently and normally figures in the vocabulary of suave, courteous individuals. Small, insignificant wrongs like bumping accidentally into someone or stepping on someone’s foot elicit a spontaneous, even nonchalant apology from the perpetrator.

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