Article Topic: Self-Help

Know thyself. That good advice goes back all the way to the days of Plato and Socrates, and the ancient Greek inscription at the Temple of Delphi. But sometimes, knowing yourself is a lot harder than it should be, especially if you are out of touch with what is going on at the subconscious level. So how do you find out what is going on inside your head? According to Kathryn Klvana, author of Intuition in an Instant, dowsing is the perfect tool to talk to the subconscious mind and find out what’s going on beneath the surface. Here she provides tips on how to effectively using dowsing to tap into your intuition and achieve your goals.

We often think of wisdom as being something exclusive to saints, gods, gurus, and teachers, but everybody has a vast amount of wisdom and knowledge. However, many of us have forgotten how to tap into it. Debra Moffitt, author of Awake in the World: 108 Practices to Live a Divinely Inspired Life, offers nine simple ways we can awaken our inner wisdom.

The dove is one of those birds whose imagery seems universal. It is a symbol of hope, purity, and faith, and many people would never think to look any deeper into its complex and ancient past. But why the dove? How does a quiet, ground-feeding little bird come to evoke such potent imagery from culture to culture? Lesley Morrison, author of The Healing Wisdom of Birds, explains the long-standing symbolism of the dove and just why we should be paying attention.

"In what kind of world do you live?" Ask this question to two people living in the same area and you will most likely get two very contrasting answers. And, both of these answers are correct. We create our worldview based on how we interpret that which is in front of us, as well as that which is in our own imagination. And, as Andy Baggott, author of Blissology, explains, we can use these tools to create our own happiness in life.

In popular culture, vampires are as big (or even bigger) as they ever have been. Why? Why are so many of us engaged in this love affair with the Undead? Claudia Cunningham, author of Biting Back: A No-Nonsense (No Garlic) Guide to Facing the Personal Vampires in Your Life, explains that our own relationships with our personal vampires has fueled our love for the vampire culture, and that, like fictional characters, we too can slay our own vampires and reign victorious over our personal demons.

Love and intuition seem to go together like peanut butter and jelly, the sun and the moon and…well, like two people in love. Who at one time or another has not felt a shiver move up their spine or their stomach leap in joy when looking into another’s eyes? Have you ever met someone and instantly felt a connection with them or somehow knew what they were thinking or feeling, without knowing how you knew? We all have innate intuitive ability, and Sherrie Dillard, author of Love and Intuition and Discover Your Psychic Type, explains how we can enhance our relationships by enhancing our intuition.

Sometimes it is difficult to know and understand our "self." We may think we understand our thoughts, feelings, compulsions, and desires, but we may be left wondering just why we do or say certain things. Carl Llewellyn Weschcke, co-author of Self-Empowerment Through Self-Hypnosis, details just how we can understand ourselves fully and realize our full potential, becoming actualized wholes.