By Lydia Wilson For The Bali Times KEROBOKAN ~ Eighteen years ago, someone asked me this question: “What do you want in life?” My answer then was: “All I want is a peaceful mind.” What I meant by a peaceful mind was a state in which I could live my daily life filled with joy [...]

By Lydia Wilson For The Bali Times KEROBOKAN ~ I was told once that when we pray, we talk to God and when we meditate, we listen to God. Two years ago, during one of my regular morning meditations, I pondered the question of who we really are and what we really are here in [...]

By Lydia Wilson For The Bali Times KEROBOKAN ~ In this week’s article, I would like to share with you what I have experienced and learned in my journey of life in finding balance. It might make sense, and it might not. All I’m asking is for you to open your mind, for it is [...]

By Lydia Wilson For The Bali Times KEROBOKAN ~ As I mentioned in my previous articles, “Our beliefs shape our lives,” for they create our feelings, attitudes and behaviours, which affect our successes or failures in life. When a child is born, they are pure and innocent. They are like a blank canvas ready to [...]

By Lydia Wilson For The Bali Times KEROBOKAN ~ As parents, we want to ensure that our children are happy and successful when they grow up. The last thing we want is for them to grow up unhappy or depressed about their lives. But most of us have never had any education about parenting. What [...]

By Lydia Wilson For The Bali Times KEROBOKAN ~ To continue this creating prosperity series, I would like to share with you what I know about the Power of Surrender and the Power of Gratitude. There are times when we have tried everything to get or to manifest the things we wish for, but nothing [...]

By Lydia Wilson For The Bali Times KEROBOKAN ~ I received an email from a reader, Wanda Lee, suggesting that I continue on the subject of creating prosperity in our lives. As a novice columnist, I am grateful and appreciate very much her comments and suggestions. She is right: there are still “and thens…” that [...]

By Lydia Wilson For The Bali Times KEROBOKAN ~ Creating prosperity in our lives is about manifesting all the wonderful things that help make our lives more meaningful and fulfilled. It is about creating abundances of health, wealth, wonderful friendships, loving relationships and, most importantly, it is also about having the time to enjoy them [...]

By Lydia Wilson For The Bali Times KEROBOKAN ~ I was at one of my nieces’ wedding party 10 years ago when I met one of my brother-in-laws whom I hadn’t seen for quite a few years. The moment we greeted each other he straight away said to me: “You are a very lucky person!” [...]

By Lydia Wilson For The Bali Times KEROBOKAN ~ Last week one of my friends told me a true story about how African monkey poachers can easily catch monkeys from the forest without hurting them. It’s so simple that most of us would be amazed how they do it. The monkey hunters prepare and bring [...]

By Lydia Wilson For The Bali Times KEROBOKAN ~ In the past few weeks I have had questions about how we can motivate ourselves in our lives, and I will share with you what I know about it in the hope it can assist you in finding motivation in your daily life. I have had [...]

By Lydia Wilson For the Bali times KEROBOKAN ~ We often hear the term “psychosomatic illness”; it’s an infirmity caused by the mind. One of the rules of the mind is: Every thought has a physical response in the body. Here’s a simple example of how you can prove this theory: Think of biting into [...]