Big means large or of great size. The Magic of Thinking Big is a self-help book by David Schwartz published in 1959. The book which has sold over 4 million copies, instructs people to set their goals high and think positively to achieve them. The author gives a step-by-step guide on how to achieve what one wants by ...

Children's expanding cognitive abilities allow them to understand Time more clearly. - Two- and three-year-olds' understanding of Time is mainly limited to 'now and not now.' - Five- and six-year-olds can grasp the ideas of past, present, and future. - Seven- to ten-year-olds can use clocks and calendars. - Very young children literally 'live in Time' before gaining an Awareness ...

Death ... this tremendously important to think about. We put it off. Death is swept under the carpet in our culture. In the hospital they try to keep you alive as long as possible, in utter desperation. They won't tell you that you are going to die. They, when relatives have to be informed that ...

Life is a series of ever-changing moments of trials and joys, and sometimes Love is grand, and sometimes it is not. Sometimes it is not fun, but that does not make it any less important. In fact, during the most difficult, and trying of times, to love, and to continue to love, is actually the most ...

The most fascinating thing about science is the ideas, is the lifting of the Human spirit. - We can justify what we do by the technological spinoffs, and it's true General Relativity is esoteric, but you couldn't use your GPS machine without it. Turns out the effects of General Relativity into satellites have to be incorporated, if not, within ...

As an adult you have been forced into a World of responsibility and practicality where money, bills, and jobs (many of which we hate) dictate how you live, breathe, and experience the World. Dreaming of what can be allows you to use your imagination again, reminding you what it feels like to be passionate about something. Somewhere ...

All energies of life have in them a possibility of an excess, of going too far. When you bring up your children, when you tell your children your various far-out ideas and the children suddenly believe in them. 'I'm horrified! Oh, my god, what will they do next?' But everybody feels that way in regard to the ...

There is no word in the English language for a parent who loses a child. When our parents die we are orphans. When our spouse dies, we are widowed. When a child dies we are speechless. In the natural order of things, parents are not meant to bury their children. You must readapt to a new ...

Life has changed so much with the advancement of technology, changing cultural norms, new priorities, and new forms of communication. It is a natural question what the importance of the family is, a dying institution that has no place in modern life or just as relevant as it ever was. The definition of family has evolved, ...

Freedom is a state of mind – not freedom from something but a sense of freedom. A freedom to doubt and question everything and therefore so intense, active and vigorous that it throws away every form of dependence, slavery, conformity and acceptance. Such freedom implies being completely alone. This solitude is an inward state of mind which is not dependent on any stimulus or ...

What do you want me to be when I grow up? I want you to be a good Human being. Who is a good Human being? The one who is selfless (meaning without Ego), caring, loving and respectful. You live in a fast-paced Society where life is mechanical. Earning more money matters the most and making it quick is ...

Awakening is not a walk in the park. It is a ride through hell. It is the tearing down of all of your beliefs and everything you thought about yourself. There is no way around this. You must enter the shadowlands, and come face to face with your shadows. It is there that your false ideas of who you ...

The tree of life is a widespread myth in the World's mythologies. The tree of knowledge, connecting to heaven and the underworld, and the tree of life, connecting all forms of creation, are both forms of the world tree or cosmic tree, and are portrayed in various religions and philosophies as the same tree. Various trees of life are recounted in folklore, culture ...

Kundalini is a Sanscrit term from ancient India that identifies the energy and Consciousness which has been at the base of the spine since birth, and is the source of the life force that everybody knows. The awakening involves various physical, psychological and spiritual experiences. Kundalini may ravel and arise from the base of the spine due ...

The key to an advanced state of Consciousness is the Ego – or rather, the absence of the Ego. Our sense of time passing is a function of the Ego. Young babies have no sense of Ego, and therefore no sense of time passing. Young children only have a weak Ego structure and so only have a ...

I wish I had had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. When you realize that your life is almost over and you look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. You have not honored even a half of your ...

If you could accomplish anything in the World – anything – what would it be. When was the last time you allowed yourself a moment to dream big about your life or your future. As a child you had dreams that were larger than life. Your imagination could turn cardboard boxes into rocket ships on the moon ...

The greater the motivation to move into action, the greater strength a person can access, and there is no greater incentive than saving your life or the life of someone you love. Self-sacrifice and altruism are some of the most highly prized qualities. The basic principle of altruism is that man has no right to exist for his ...

You have wrong perception on your self and on the other. And the other has wrong perception on themselves and on you, and that is the cause of fear, of violence, of hatred. That is why trying to remove wrong perceptions is the only way to peace, and that is why Nirvana is, first of all, ...