This book will help you learn how to get CREATIVE BLISS ‘organically’, nurture your creative and expressive spirit by using powerful states of Mind and tapping into your Intuition & also your sensual life force. We ALL have powerful creative energies within us and our authentic expression is waiting for an outlet. This book helps you open those inner channels. This container is for anyone who intends to connect with their creative & expressive powers, let go of inner resistance and fears in the context, seek solutions from ‘within’, be it personal or professional, feel confident about their creation, needs creative inspiration, understand and tap into Creative Trance organically and attain that bliss, learn how to tap into Flow and Intuition & also work with the structure to bring about holistic powerful outcomes, create various art forms, generate ideas, build powerful rapport with their intuition, connect with their sensuality, tap into powerful states of mind, seek newness and variety in way of life/perspective/approach towards work and lead a creatively fulfilling and joyfully expressive life with less of struggle and more of ease.

Embark on a transformative journey into the heart of happiness and creativity with "Creative Bliss: Crafting Happiness." This groundbreaking book invites you to discover the profound connection between your creative spirit and your overall well-being. Drawing upon the latest scientific research and ancient wisdom, this guide reveals ten pathways to unlock the extraordinary potential of your mind, body, and soul. Find Your Rhythm with Music Therapy: Music has the extraordinary ability to move us, inspire us, and heal us. Explore the science of music therapy and its profound effects on mood, creativity, and overall well-being. Discover how incorporating music into your daily life can unlock your creative potential and bring you closer to your authentic self. Awaken Your Senses with Aromatherapy: Aromatherapy is not just about pleasant scents; it's a powerful tool for influencing your mood and creativity. Explore the fascinating world of essential oils and their ability to evoke memories, reduce stress, and enhance your overall well-being. Learn how to incorporate aromatherapy into your daily routine to support your creative journey. Enter the Flow State of Creative Expression: The flow state, a state of complete absorption in the creative process, is a coveted experience for artists, writers, and musicians. Discover the science behind the flow state and learn how to create the conditions that allow your creativity to flow effortlessly. Explore the joy of losing yourself in the act of creation. "Creative Bliss: Crafting Happiness" is more than just a book; it's an invitation to embrace the full spectrum of your human experience, to unlock your creative potential, and to live a life filled with joy, meaning, and purpose. Whether you're a seasoned artist or someone who simply wants to infuse more creativity into their daily life, this book offers a roadmap to a happier, more fulfilling existence.

In those moments when focus on creative work overrides input from the outside world, we are in a creative trance. This psychologically significant altered state of consciousness is inherent in everyone. It can take the form of daydreams generating scientific or creative ideas, hyperfocus in sports, visualizations that impact entire civilizations, life-changing audience experiences, or meditations for self-transformation that may access states beyond trance, becoming gateways to transcendence. Artist and psychologist Tobi Zausner shows how creative trance not only operates in scientific inventions and works of art in all media, but is also important in creating and recreating the self. Drawing on insights from cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology and post-materialist psychology, this book investigates the diversity of the creative trance ranging from non-industrial societies to digital urban life, and its presence in people from all backgrounds and abilities. Finally, Zausner investigates the future of trance in our rapidly changing world.

ÿWriting for Blissÿis most fundamentally about reflection, truth, and freedom. With techniques and prompts for both the seasoned and novice writer, it will lead you to tap into your creativity through storytelling and poetry,examine how life-changing experiences can inspire writing,pursue self-examination and self-discovery through the written word, and,understand how published writers have been transformed by writing.Poet and memoirist Raab (Lust) credits her lifelong love of writing and its therapeutic effects with inspiring her to write this thoughtful and detailed primer that targets pretty much anyone interested in writing a memoir. Most compelling here is Raab?s willingness to share her intimate stories (e.g., the loss of a relative, ongoing struggles with cancer, a difficult relationship with her mother). Her revelations are encouraging to writers who feel they need ?permission to take... a voyage of self-discovery.? The book?s seven-step plan includes plenty of guidance, including on learning to ?read like a writer,? and on addressing readers as if ?seated across the table .? Raab covers big topics such as the ?art and power of storytelling? and small details such as choosing pens and notebooks that you enjoy using. She also helps readers with the important step of ?finding your form.? --PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY "Writing for Blissÿis about the profound ways in which we may be transformed in and through the act of writing. I am grateful to Diana Raab for sharing it, and I trust that you will feel the same as you read on. May you savor the journey." --from the foreword by MARK FREEMAN, PhD "By listening to ourselves and being aware of what we are saying and feeling, the true story of our life's past experience is revealed. Diana Raab?s book gives us the insights by which we can achieve this through her life-coaching wisdom and our writing." --BERNIE SIEGEL, MD, author ofÿThe Art of Healing "Only a talented writer who has fought hard to overcome life?s many obstacles could take her readers by the hand and lead them through the writing process with such enormous compassion, amazing insight, and kindness. Diana Raab is a powerful, wise, intelligent guide well worth our following." --JAMES BROWN, author ofÿThe Los Angeles DiariesÿandÿThe River "Writing for Blissÿis far more than a 'how-to manual'; it enlightens the creative process with wisdom and a delightful sense of adventure. Bravo to Bliss!" --LINDA GRAY SEXTON, author ofÿSearching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton "Uniquely blending inspiring insights with practical advice, Diana guides you on a path to discover the story that is truly inside you?and yearning to be told." --PATRICK SWEENEY, coauthor of the New York Times bestsellerÿSucceed on Your Own Terms DIANA RAAB, PhD, is an award-winning memoirist, poet, blogger, workshop facilitator, thought provoker, and survivor. She?s the author of eight books and over one thousand articles and poems. She lives in Southern California. Learn more at www.DianaRaab.com

This book is a study of religious ecstasy, and the ways that it has been suppressed in both the academic study of religion, and in much of the modern practice of religion. It examines the meanings of the term, how ecstatic experience is understood in a range of religions, and why the importance of religious and mystical ecstasy has declined in the modern West. June McDaniel examines how the search for ecstatic experience has migrated into such areas as war, terrorism, transgression, sexuality, drug use, and anti-institutional forms of spirituality. She argues that the loss of religious and mystical ecstasy, as both a religious goal and as a topic of academic study, has had wide-ranging negative effects. She also proposes that the field of religious studies must go beyond criminalizing, trivializing and pathologizing ecstatic and mystical experiences. Both religious studies and theology need to take these states seriously as important aspects of lived human experience.

The Handbook of Contemporary Animism brings together an international team of scholars to examine the full range of animist worldviews and practices. The volume opens with an examination of recent approaches to animism. This is followed by evaluations of ethnographic, cognitive, literary, performative, and material culture approaches, as well as advances in activist and indigenous thinking about animism. This handbook will be invaluable to students and scholars of Religion, Sociology and Anthropology.

This short, accessible guide introduces readers to Sæ-sii meditation, which differs from the vast number of other meditative methods in that it relies solely on the inner voice as a guide. What sets Sæ-sii meditation apart is that it can be done anywhere without the use of any visual cues, aromas, or special music. This is extremely beneficial in situations that require people to instantly escape mentally, and can even be done with their eyes open.Readers will learn how this simple method can help them overcome difficult situations and unlock-and resolve-deep personal issues. The path to learning this valuable practice has been broken down to its simplest form so as to reach the largest audience. In twenty-five easy, unintimidating lessons, readers receive practical step-by-step methods, allowing them to calm their minds and connect to their internal teachers.Using simple yet profound techniques that are easy to adapt, I combine my own insight, knowledge, wisdom, and humor to guide the readers on a joyful journey of self-discovery that ultimately leads to their bliss.