I have news for you. SuccessConsciousness has launched a new forum, which replaces the old forum.

We had the same forum for several years, but now the time has come for a change, for a new forum, with a new look and many more topics.

If you are a member of the forum, you will need to register again. You may use the same email address and username, as in the old forum, or choose a new email address or username. You will be able to participate and post messages immediately after registration.

As to the old forum, you will be still be able to access it and read the messages, but it is not possible to post messages or begin new threads. This is possible only in the new forum.

The new forum includes forums on:

# Personal Development – Self Improvement
# Life Coaching
# Positive Thinking
# Creative Visualization and the Law of Attraction
# Motivation
# Affirmations
# Setting Goals and Achieving Success
# Meditation
# Peace of Mind – Inner Peace
# Nonduality and Advaita Vedanta
# Psychic Abilities and Development
# New Age, Occultism and Mysticism
# Books Reviews and Discussions
# General Discussion

Here is the address of the new forum:
http://www.successconsciousness.com/forums/

Please note that the address of the old forum has changed. Here is the address of the old forum:
http://www.successconsciousness.com/cgi-bin/forums/ofsc/Blah.pl

Please visit the forum and register as a member. Actually, you don’t need to be a member to read the posts, but if you wish to interact with the other members, post questions or reply, you will have to register (it is free registration).

I am sure the forum would grow to be a great and unique forum, with advice, tips, information and lively discussions on all aspects of self-improvement and spiritual growth, and become an informative and inspiring source for many people all over the world.

You are all invited to visit the forum at
http://www.successconsciousness.com/forums/

Many websites across the net display a donation button, asking people to donate for the website. In most cases it is quite legitimate, understandable and reasonable. When you give free information or free software you make no money, but you spend your time on maintaining the website writing or building and improving software.

A website that displays a donation button usually gives you free information or stuff, requesting nothing in return. It just offers the option of donating, if you found the information or software useful, and only if you wish to donate.

A website costs money to maintain. There are monthly expenses to pay for hosting the website, for the Internet connection, for software required to maintain or improve the website, and there are other fees too. And what about all the time spent on the website, writing, researching and improving?

We all search for free software and free information, and there are many websites that offer free software and information, and that’s great, since not everyone can or is willing to pay for what he or she are seeking, and in this case a donation button might be of some help.

I give a lot of free information at my website, and I like doing so. I know that most websites, not all of them, give just a little information, and then ask you to buy something, which is quite ok. It is so everywhere. You don’t go to the supermarket or the shopping mall and take what you want without paying. If you want something you need to pay for it, and that’s the same with websites.

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Some people asked why there is no print button on every page of the website and blog, so that they can print an article they wish to keep or read away from the computer.

It would be a lot of working implementing a print button on every page of the website, and it is unncessary, since you can print the articles by clicking on “file” at the top of the browser, and then on the “print” link. In Internet Explorer you can also print the page by clicking on the print icon at the top of the browser, and then on the “print” link.

The page will be printed without the ads, the graphics and the left and right menus.

You can see how the page would print without printing it, by clicking on “file” in top menu of the browser, and then on “print preview”. In Internet Explorer you can also click on print icon at the top of the browser, and then on “print preview”.

All the pages were designed in such a way that you can print just the article and logo, to save paper and ink.

‘What we commonly think of as constituting the “I” is an idea which changes from year to year. This is the personal “I.” But what we feel most intimately as being always present in all these different ideas of the “I,” that is, the sense of being, of existence, never changes at all. It is this which is our true enduring “I.”‘
- Paul Brunton. An excerpt from The Notebooks of Paul Brunton.

Sit down at a quiet place and think about yourself.
Are you your thoughts and feelings? They always change.
Are you your moods and state of mind? They too change often.
Are you your body?

Now watch your thoughts. They come and go like the waves of the ocean. If you are able to watch them, then you must be apart from them. You are the one watching your thoughts. Then who are you? You are “THIS” that is always here, beyond thoughts and feelings.

If you are able to separate yourself from your thoughts, from your personality, even for a brief moment, you become aware of your true “I”.

Read about Spiritual Awakening, Enlightenment, Consciousness, Being, Freedom

Your attitude and thoughts affect you, your life and the people around you. The thoughts that you think most often affect your behavior and expectations, and the manner people treat you. If you worry too much, lack faith in yourself, and often run movies about problems and failure in your mind, you will eventually attract problems and failure, and would make your life difficult. Being negative, you will feel that you do not deserve success, and would therefore not try to improve your life.

From Visualize and Achieve