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Very often clients and friends have shared that they fail at meditation, in spite of sincere attempts. Nothing to worry. Meditation is only one of the contemplative practices. Depending upon your learning style and personality, you may find it easier to contemplate using a variety of practices such as journaling, music, dance or deep listening. For more details, visit this site and check the tree of contemplative practices and links to the page with detailed description.  http://www.contemplativemind.org/practices/tree Storytelling is also a relational contemplative practice, as per the description. If you are eager to learn storytelling, you can download the free eBook, "I too want to be a storyteller" here:- http://alservices.in/ebook/ Happy contemplation. Happy Storytelling. ----------------------- Profile Dr Amit Nagpal is an Online Branding Expert, Social Media Influencer &  renowned Storyteller . His unique skill lies in inspiration...

Here are some musings and stories, with a spiritual touch The Progress Story  Small progress requires tactics. Big progress requires strategy. Grand progress requires blessings. Infinite progress requires oneness. ------------------- The Self-Reflection Story  We need breaks and vacations for reflection too. Because the irony is, best thoughts (and inspirations) come only in a state of thoughtlessness. Shhhh! May be the Universe is shy & it is whispering. ----------------------- The Energy Story  (Don't mind, if you do a little) Do a little affectionately, with loads of positive energy. Don't do sacrifices grudgingly, with heaps of negative energy. Your love matters more. Your energy counts more. Not so much the hugeness of your acts. Nor so much grandness of your sacrifices. ------------------ The Enlightened Soul Sometimes her wisdom would surprise him so much, he began to joke, "You are surely an old head on young sho...

Quotes and Musings on Storytelling by World No 1 Storyteller Michael Margolis, Get Storied ( Best Storytellers in the World ) Quotes and musings have been divided into 3 broad categories which represent the 3 areas of storytelling viz. 1) People Storytelling 2) Organization storytelling 3) Spiritual Healing by Storytelling I 'You Matter' and so does 'Your Story'  (People Storytelling) Your greatest achievement will always be your life's story.   ------------- The 3 Cs of storytelling: circumstance, choice, consequence --------------- Start with the story that's yours to tell. ------------ We all will experience pain, struggle, and trauma; suffering is a choice to cling and remain attached to the story. -------------- The story you tell yourself is the story of how you see the world and your place in it. ---------------- Whether your succeeding or failing, just look at your story. --------------- Always know why you're telling t...

People want positive energy (or love) and are getting tired of everything else. Interestingly when I spoke on “Spirituality & Personal Branding” at Ananda Spa in the Himalayas, CIOs took more interest in spirituality and less in reputation management. Surprisingly the three things which they liked most about my presentation were:- a) How meditation helps us in getting inspira tion and how it can bring out inner greatness and passion? b) The power of storytelling as a self-expression tool. c) The humour (with a serious touch) in my presentation got a warm response. I said in the very beginning, “ Some inspiration comes from my friends, some of it comes from divine. Some inspiration comes from the inspiration (muse), There is nothing I can claim to be mine. Hence no copyright deserved. ” And I could see the smiles all around. To add to the beautiful experience of Ananda, a CIO stood up and gave a standing ovation. And words cannot express beyond a point...

Click here to add this blog to your feed (subscribe to Blog) Sometime back I discussed about how I regained creativity with meditation and how 3 life lessons contributed to my social media success . The creation of my social media mega success formula in fact directly relates with mindfulness and soulfulness. Social Media Mega Success =  Mindful Content + Soulful Engagement + Heartfelt Collaboration  1) Social Media is a Glasshouse Being a transparent glasshouse success on social media requires lot of wisdom in posting, commenting and even sharing. Each activity contributes to the reputation of the user and can thus enhance or reduce the credibility. So tap your inner wisdom to be a social media rockstar. 2) Social media mega success requires love for people Mega success on social media requires genuine love for people and patience. The negative comments especially need to be handled with patience. When you genu...

Click here to add this blog to your feed and you will not miss out on any story 3E Story Blogathon Post #17 by Dhara Kothari For Day 17 of the 3E Story Blogathon, well known spiritualist and storyteller Dhara Kothari shares a story of a soul. Let me keep the details secret and not spoil the climax. Let me tell you a story...... There was once a soul that had made a long arduous journey through space and time, then finally rested to contemplate on finishing the final leg of its journey. Its home was high in the dimensional ladder where it rested.  The final journey, the final climb, would be difficult the soul recognized it, but what’s hard for you and I was not the same for this soul. You see the final part of the journey is not physical but purely spiritual. It is like solving a riddle, whose answer is right there but not visible as yet.  What could be the answer? What was the last piece of block that needed to be removed?  The so...

Dear Reader, Warm Greetings!!! I hope you had a wonderful 2012 with its shares of victories and challenges. I posted on Facebook once, “Gratitude is positive energy, Grudge is negative. Forgiveness is positive energy, Hatred is negative. Compassion is positive energy, Anger is negative. Keep the precious positive energy, Let go the negative.”  Here is a superb song full of positive and affectionate energy to cheer you up:-  People can bring both positive and negative energy in our lives. When they bring negative energy, either our positive energy should be stronger than their energy or we need to stay away as much as possible (if you have time and compassion, guide them about the importance of energy).  On the other hand some people can come with such powerful positive energy in your life- as if reverse hurricanes. They can put everything back in order which had been destroyed and thrown around.  It is easy to manipulate the langua...

I have shifted to ‘Planet Utopia’ and to Earthlings, I am an Alien now When I used to stay on ‘Planet Earth’, I felt a strong need for Personal Branding. So I have shifted to, ‘Planet Utopia’ recently. Here I do not feel the need for personal branding because people are divine and completely evolved. You can also say that they have reached complete enlightenment as they understand your value proposition and what you stand for without you telling them.  Let me give you few examples:- No Personal Growth Required - The decisions of Utopians are not impacted by their emotions or bias. (This is unlike human beings who cannot be completely unbiased). In fact, personal growth is a dead industry here, as everyone is already completely enlightened and divine. Complete Authenticity - People have no fears. The law and order is 100 % perfect and you can afford to be completely authentic because everyone is, so understanding ( Poor You! I know, being compl...