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- Introduction to the Fourth Way - by Introduction to the Fourth Way
I have long thought to write a short commentary answering the question so often asked of me, "What is the Fourth Way?" While the subject in general requires much study to begin to understand, I now am ready to lay out the aims, or goals, the practical process, ...
Views: 979 - Introduction to the Symbolic Language of Astrology - by Astrology is a symbolic language.
Astrology is the study of the motions and relative positions of the planets, Sun and Moon, interpreted in terms of human characteristics and activities.
Astrology attempts to reduce life experience into a series of ordered cycles.
The Earth as Symbol of the ...
Views: 1395 - Introduction to Trance - by Most of you have an idea as to what a trance is. But, that idea is probably different than the idea you will learn here.
Most likely you got your idea as to what a trance is from watching TV movies or reading books which described someone who was in a trance. "Look at her" said the hero ...
Views: 2038 - Intuition - by Intuition is beginning to emerge from obscurity and gain legitimacy. A natural mental faculty, a key element in the creative process, a means of discovery, problem solving, and decision making, it's no longer considered the province of a gifted few.
Intuition is an EQ competency. That is, it ...
Views: 3558 - INTUITION TIPS - by 1) WHY IS INTUITION IMPORTANT?
Your intuition can contribute "quick and ready" insight according to Webster's dictionary. I define intuition as "when you know something, but you don't know how you know it." Too often we discount the role of intuition in decision making. Begin to pay close ...
Views: 1397 - Intuition, the Key to Agility - by You are facing a tough choice about which direction to go in a workplace problem. Management wants the results immediately (meaning that your work should have been done yesterday), yet you don’t nearly have all the information you need to make a comfortable decision. You will have to take a ...
Views: 655 - Invalidation vs Respect - by (My thanks to CoachCampus who have given permission for me to publish this extract from the CoachCert?training program.)
The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines the verb RESPECT as: "to consider deserving of high regard" or "to refrain from interfering with". It defines the verb INVALIDATE as ...
Views: 1556 - Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Hypnosis - by Irritable Bowel Syndrome, also known as spastic colon, colitis, or nervous stomach, is a baffling and complex set of gastrointestinal symptoms that affects 15% to 20% of the population (approximately 20 million people). It is characterized by intermittent abdominal cramping, constipation, ...
Views: 1579 - Is Acid Weighing you down? - by The body is naturally acidic. This is a true statement. However, the foods we eat add to this acidity and the fat in our body stores the additional acid, which results in overweight problems and an unhealthy body. There are specific foods that are alkaline and help to flush the acid and fat from ...
Views: 720 - Is Anger A Way Of Life For You . . . Or Someone You Know? - by If someone cuts in front of you when you've been standing in line *forever,* do you get angry?
If a delivery is late, do you get angry?
If someone doesn't live up to your expectations, do you get angry?
Do you get angry, frustrated, or hurt often? Does it seem like being angry is a habit ...
Views: 1755 - Is cheap cigarette the cause of flight attendant’s sinus? - by Cheap cigarettes
Here’s an unbelievable, but true news story making the rounds of websites on cigarette. Ever wonder what causes sinus? An American Airlines flight attendant thinks it is secondhand tobacco smoke.
Cheap Cigarettes and common cold
Secondhand cheap cigarette smoke! Geez, be ...
Views: 1500 - Is Cow-Thinking Controlling Your Life & Business - by With all the sensationalistic, gloom-and-doom type hyperbole and half-truths we constantly hear on the mainstream media these days (even if we are just scanning the channels for a quick 15-minute break ... as I often do to catch a breath), I couldn't help but remember a very funny (sad, but ...
Views: 927 - Is Customer Service Outdated - by Tom Peters tells us that 70% of customers hit the road not because of price or product quality issues, but because they did not like the human side of doing business with the provider of the product or service. Research conducted by The Forum Corporation supports this fact and indicates that 45% ...
Views: 1344 - Is it possible to transcend subjectivity and see things as they really are? - by The following is an excerpt from LETTER TO EARTH (Random House/Harmony 2000) by Elia Wise.
"LETTER TO EARTH establishes viable foundations for a science of consciousness. The theories it presents substantiate and unify the work of generations of intuitive thinkers and writers." M.F. Schlitz, ...
Views: 2543 - Is it Self-Esteem or Self-Confidence or what lies in between? - by I was driven towards looking to the self-confidence and self-esteem in ourselves on a deeper level. How do we evaluate the two?
On a human level and perhaps whilst growing up, our religion, the influence of the culture of where we grew up in and our parents, are all factors that influence and ...
Views: 2003 - Is Life Fair? - by How we look at life depends greatly on our circumstances. When we are happy, healthy and have sufficient money for all of our needs and wants, we think life is more than fair.
Put the shoe on the other foot where we are unhappy, sickly and constantly worried about money, and we deem life to be ...
Views: 880 - IS LOVE A FOREIGN LANGUAGE? - by What a weird question. Internet users are business people, teachers, students of all ages, housewives, ministers, all sorts of people. Are they lonely? There must be research somewhere to break people down by economic standing, social status, education, etc., but that is probably not needed to ...
Views: 787 - IS LOVE A FOREIGN LANGUAGE? - by A Special Report by Bill McGrane, III
If you can't answer YES to all of the following questions.... then love just might be a foreign language to you. 1. Do you know how to recognize when you are loved totally and unconditionally? 2. Do you know why it is important to love and be loved? 3. Are ...
Views: 796 - IS LOVE A FOREIGN LANGUAGE? - by If you can't answer YES to all of the following questions....then love just might be a foreign language to you.
1. Do you know how to recognize when you are loved totally and unconditionally?
2. Do you know why it is important to love and be loved?
3. Are you aware of the ways you can ...
Views: 869 - Is Love Painful? - by Who hasn't experienced the pain of love? Or is it the pain of love or the pain of rejection? This is where we start getting into all the “add-ons?of love. The love baggage, we might call it. For some reason, many people assume negative emotions are a PART or element of love. Love is not painful. ...
Views: 1061 - Is Love Stronger than Prophecy? - by Hi Doc,
I need help on how to approach a woman at my college. Her name is Elizabeth and I wish to ask her out to dinner, but I am worried that she will say no. Why? Because a man at her church prophesized to her that she would marry a preacher some day and travel the world with him, and she ...
Views: 911 - Is neediness ruining your relationships?Is neediness ruining your relationships?
By John Gray, author of Men are from Mars Women are from Venus
In a recent survey conducted at MarsVenus.com, “neediness”—clingy, controlling, possessive and/or demanding behavior—was one of the most commonly cited reasons for ...
Views: 7396 - Is Peace a priority for you? - by If you had 20 people who constantly demonstrated how much they love and adore you, and then you won 20 million dollars, would you find it easier to relax?
Unmet Needs
Isabel Parlett (a coach) defines Inner Peace as "the absence of need or drive".
We constantly scurry, or worry, because of ...
Views: 1122 - Is Reality Really Real? - by As Dorothy discovered when she returned to Kansas, her friends and family did not agree that the Land of Oz was “reality?
Conversely, gaining agreement from one’s friends does not guarantee that the information agreed upon is true or workable or will aid survival. Agreement is not necessarily ...
Views: 1055 - IS SILENCE REALLY GOLDEN? - by IS SILENCE REALLY GOLDEN?
DEAR Dr. OSCAR. Why does this happen to me? "Someone introduces themselves to me. I tell them my name. Then suddenly I realize I can not recall their name."
MY RESPONSE… "Simple, you didn't forget their name - you never really heard it in the first place. Your focus ...
Views: 820 - Is That The Reason Why I Cannot Deal With Stress After A Traumatic Experience? Part 1 - by Post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, has been called many names over the years. It was known as “shell-shock” in World War I and “battle fatigue” in World War II. The term post-traumatic stress disorder became well known during the war in Viet Nam. It simply means a ...
Views: 2829 - IS THERE A REALISTIC SOLUTION TO EMOTIONAL OVEREATING? Simple Procedure May Help Melt Away Pounds - by Are you overeating because something’s eating you? Are you losing hope that you can conquer your emotional issues and finally lose the weight that you have been holding on to for years?
A recent online article at the Mayo Clinic website says you are an emotional eater if you are “eating as a ...
Views: 1830 - Is there anybody who loves ME? - by Is there anyone who really loves ME?
Yes! There is Someone who created you and who loves you intensely!
The chances are good that, like most people’s, your ideas about God are off the wall. A lot of people think He is a heartless bogeyman, ready to punish us for every little thing we do ...
Views: 3692 - Is there anything new under the sun? - by While reading the Bible, I am always fascinated by the character of Solomon, the great king. His ambitions were pure. He asked God for just one thing - wisdom, and in addition to marvelous wisdom, he received tremendous wealth and worldwide fame. His writings inspire me to seek God's wisdom and ...
Views: 1044 - Is There No End To Inhumane Actions? - by Today's attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon are yet another striking example of humankind's inhumanity to humankind. Is there no end to it?
When will we learn to live in peace with compassion for each other?
We must start with ourselves. Why? Because that is where everything ...
Views: 859 - Is this sales opportunity qualified? - by For many sales professionals the question, "Is this deal qualified?" is one they dread to hear. It comes from fellow sales people, from pre-sales and marketing types, from his or her own boss, and from their boss, and their boss, and their boss. It's a question that is difficult to answer ...
Views: 852 - Is this the perfect business for someone in recovery? - by Have you kicked the habit? Are you working and living a twelve step program. If so their may be a business just for you.
If you have been working a twelve step program you are probably pretty good at listening. If you have a little recovery time under your belt you are probably good at sharing ...
Views: 916 - Is Your Business Running YOU? - by I lost a client recently. When I asked why he was making a change he said to me, "Your site used to be in the top three results of all the search engines and now it's not".
Alarmed, I immediately investigated. He was right.
It was then that I realized that I had dropped the ball. I hadn't ...
Views: 726 - Is your child developing the same way as his or her peers? - by A good friend of mine, a first time mom, raised an interesting point. Parents, when comparing children, often see one child being able to do something that their own child (of a similar age) cannot do. This natural method of comparison sometimes gives rise to anxiety. Parents often wonder in ...
Views: 1139 - Is Your Child Safe From Sexual Abuse - by For many decades we have screamed, ranted, condemned, demanded and enacted legislation to punish perpetrators for sexual abuse of children to little avail. The news media and magazines have joined in the campaign to illuminate the problem after the damage is done. As a result of the media’s ...
Views: 1070 - Is Your Life On Purpose? - by Life Coach Dave Ellis asks us to imagine a person who walks up to a counter at the airport to buy a plane ticket for his next vacation.
"Just give me a ticket," he says to the reservation agent, "anywhere will do."
The agent stares back at him incredulously."I'm sorry, sir," he ...
Views: 1075 - IS YOUR LIFE ON PURPOSE? - by Until thought is linked with purpose, there is no intelligent accomplishment. With the majority, the bark of thought is allowed to drift upon the ocean of life. A man or woman should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out to accomplish it.
-James Allen
Is you life on ...
Views: 815 - Is Your Life Out Of Control? Then Do Something About It! - by When it comes to living "out of control", often, you're the last person to truly realize it. It is so easy to become caught up in a cycle or circle of negativity, self-sabotaging, struggle, adrenaline addiction (or another addiction) or even depression. Sometimes "out of control" shows its face ...
Views: 837 - Is YOUR name really that important? - by Just picture yourself wandering around every day with no name. The man from the grocery store says, “Hello…guy that, uhh, bought a candy bar from me.” Your girlfriend comes over, “You want to go out tonight…ummm…guy that I’m dating. Mom dials and says, “You haven’t called in a while…boy… that I ...
Views: 6440 - Is Your Problem Bigger Than Your God? - by Problems. We all have them, be they health, relationship, financial or career related, life is full of these seeming nemeses that cause us pain and suffering. Problems exist in many forms and degrees of difficulty. Some are minor and have solutions that are apparent, while others are complex and ...
Views: 5958 - Is Your Relationship A 10? - by Do you and your partner in business or at home have the same arguments over and over? Do you wish they’d just pay attention at least once in a while? Why do you have to keep getting yelled at or keep yelling at them over the same things again and again? Why can’t they just understand you? ...
Views: 956 - Is Your Shampoo, Toothpaste, and Soap Destroying Your Health? - by Have you read the ingredient label on your shampoo lately?
How about the label on that bottle of bath gel?
Or toothpaste?
Or moisture cream?
If you have, you most certainly ran into a practically endless list of hard-to-pronounce, even harder-to-decipher chemical names.
Have you ever ...
Views: 2914 - Island Time and Your Internet Success - by Several years ago, I had a real "eye-opener" from one of my patients.
He was from an island "somewhere in the Pacific" and when I asked him about his homeland, he made the comment that he really missed living by "island time".
Not knowing exactly what he meant, I asked what this was, and his ...
Views: 822 - It Depends On Me - by "If it is to be, it is up to me!" was the first quote that really hit me while reading my first self-help book by Wally Famous Amos ... and the start of my continuous travels on the road to an empowered life.
Once I was certain what it was I set out for myself to accomplish, I had to design an ...
Views: 939 - It Only Takes a Little Bit of Poison to Kill - by (Excerpt from the New York Times Best Seller "Your Destiny Switch: Master Your Key Emotions, and Attract the Life of Your Dreams" – By Peggy McColl, Foreword by Neale Donald Walsch)
http://www.selfgrowth.com/products/mccoll0717.html
I was married to a wonderful man. All my life, I'd dreamed ...
Views: 956 - It Takes Courage - by "Listening to your heart is not simple. Finding out
who you are is not simple. It takes a lot of hard work and
courage to get to know who you are and what you want."
-- Sue Bender
How does a person find the time, space, inclination and
direction to understand his or her self and unique ...
Views: 849 - It Takes More than Meals to Feed Your Body - by Do you take a multivitamin?
If you do, do you actually FEEL it working? Does it have a real effect on your energy level or the way your body operates? If you don't feel it, how do you KNOW that you're getting your money's worth?
If you don't take a multivitamin, it's probably because you've ...
Views: 1664 - IT TAKES MORE THAN TALENT TO SUCCEED ?10 STEPS TO CREATING ALL THE SUCCESS YOU WANT WITHOUT STRUGGLE, SACRIFICE OR SELLING YOUR - by A number of years ago I read a book by a (now very famous) author in the self-growth arena whose name you would instantly recognize. It was his first book, and as I slowly turned the pages I was in awe. It was horrible! Bad grammar, hard to follow, rambling - he had made every writing mistake ...
Views: 960 - It works! Knock-Their-Socks-Off, Wildly Effective Advertising - by Have you ever noticed that most ads suck?
For example, you probably saw and heard about 400-600 ads yesterday. How many of them do you even remember?
Why do most ads suck? Because marketers and advertisers follow trends. If everyone's doing it, it must be right.
Tsk, tsk. I can just hear ...
Views: 1129 - It's Absolutely, Positively Not About Food (sm) - by You’re reading this article because you think you have a food or weight problem, right? And what if I told you, you’re wrong. Moreover, no matter how hard you try to fix the problem by dieting, you end up failing. Why? Because you haven’t fixed the real problem.
If you are working a diet ...
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