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BRAIN POWER Our Genie to Success - by Michele Blood- ***Divine Soul Versus Human Brain and Heart Function: Where Do Intelligence, Wisdom, Thought, Voice, Love, Passion, Memory, Imagination, Happiness, Fantasy, Anger, Jealousy, Anger and Doubt Originate and How are They Expressed? - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2012 from Jerry PollockDuring the course of a day, you can have hundreds even thousands of thoughts, each one becoming the “now” of the moment. IBM devised a computer that drew a tie with the human brain of Russian chess champion Gary Kasparov but could that IBM computer be a match for Kasparov’s intelligent soul? ...
Views: 3964 - Life Is Suffering, Suffering Is Caused By Desires, Or Maybe Not - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2012 from David SamuelThe title of this article is a basic principle of Buddhist teachings. The common interpretation is that unfulfilled desires cause pain and suffering. This is very easy to understand, that desires themselves are the cause of suffering and we have to remove all desires to end ...
Views: 1798 - "Live And Let Live" - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2012 from Susan FoxleyTake a deep breath. Your trapped for an evening, at a dinner party, where the seats are assigned, and your sitting next to a couple of religious fanatics. They are proselytizing their doctrine, and there is no room for discussion. Arguing with a fanatic is like trying to wrestle with a grizzly ...
Views: 1765(1 vote) - 5 Meditation Tips Proven to Make Your Meditations More Blissful - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2012 from Kip MazuyThe first meditation tip is to not eat or drink anything besides water for at least an hour and a half prior to meditation. The reason for this is for one, the body will be busy digesting your food making it much harder for it to relax. Second, because meditation is awakening the subtle ...
Views: 2050(2 votes) - You Can Be Present to the Mind and Body, But You Can't Be a Present Mind or Body. - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2012 from Patricia MurphyEvery moment your experience of life is only happening inside your head. Your sensory organs are sending signals to your brain, and in turn your brain creates the mirror of your experience. The experience of life happening in your head can never be fully present, there will always be a gap in ...
Views: 1875 - Emotions as Weather - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2012 from Tina TessinaAlthough most people in the country wouldn’t agree, we in Southern California have been having extreme weather conditions for us: rain and mudslides. You could almost say we’re so used to mild conditions that we become afraid of what others would call “real” ...
Views: 3042(2 votes) - Science vs. Religion - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2012 from Robert BurgenerThere has recently been a resurgence of the argument between those of a Religious bent and those who are more Secularist. When I was a kid it was purely a Science vs. Religion argument of Evolution vs Creationism, in recent years, the moderate religionists have re-framed the argument as ...
Views: 1240 - Immerse Yourself in the Ocean of the Heart - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2012 from Melanie McGheeThe yogi who is established in a steady posture easily becomes immersed in the ocean of the heart. ~ Shiva Sutra 3.16 As I reflect on this sutra, what is most compelling to me is the phrase “ocean of the heart.” As we all know, the ocean can be still and smooth as a mirror ...
Views: 1462 - Self-Help for Type A’s – How to Slow Down and Achieve More - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2012 from Miriam KnightMost of us live our lives in a constant state of mental agitation. We have work to do, bills to pay, errands to run, children to tend, homes to maintain, food to prepare; and in each moment our minds are running at full speed, juggling the perpetual decisions to be made, schedules to be ...
Views: 1256(1 vote) - The Passion Test ready for it? - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2012 from Nancy BattyeJanet Attwood The Passion Test Have you ever considered what your passion in life is? Have you ever heard of Janet Attwood and the Passion test? Have you ever considered asking yourself if you’re living a passionate life or are you like most living day to day in the treadmill of what’s ...
Views: 1985 - Living Real - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2012 from Bobbye FarinoLiving Real... 06/21/20120 Nothing in the Universe is real until we receive it. Everything, and I mean every thing, remains a theory, an idea, information, a concept until it becomes our very own experience. Receiving is quite the amazing experience... it is the beginning of the life ...
Views: 1103(1 vote) - You Are Living Someone Else's Dream - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2012 from Womens Recreation, Inc.Sometimes it’s hard to get a grasp on how large our world really is. This is how I look at it. We are all living someone else’s dream. We can take each and every moment and the things that we do in that moment and spread it throughout the world. Here are some examples: Let’s take for ...
Views: 4426(1 vote) - The Truth about Spiritual Teachers and Enlightened Beings - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2012 from Kip MazuyIf you are seeking enlightenment, it is important to understand that there is a huge difference between the new age spiritual teachers that are popular today and the enlightened beings who have actually attained full enlightenment. In the past, the majority of enlightened beings came from the ...
Views: 2472(1 vote) - Shift to Wisdom by Developing Diamond heart Awareness within Your own Consciousness and Accept the Christ Self within your human soul Part 1 - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2012 from Thomas Malcolm Mc AuliffeShift to Wisdom by Developing Diamond heart Awareness within Your own Consciousness and Accept the Christ Self within your Human Soul Part 1 Today I read an article in the Huffington Post in the mindful living section written by Agapi Stassinopoulos Author of the book “Unbinding The Heart” I ...
Views: 1178 - SHIFT TO WISDOM BY EMBRACING DIAMOND HEART AWARENESS WITHIN THE SILENCE - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2012 from Thomas Malcolm Mc AuliffeChrist self,Truth, “Be Still and Know I AM ALL THAT I AM” Divine love of Father Mother God has released spiritual heat and spiritual light to shed Faith , LOVE, and Wisdom to resurrect the known of our true origin and the potential of what we could become. This wisdom cannot be understood by ...
Views: 1198 - SHIFT TO WISDOM WITHIN DIAMOND HEART AWARENESS (Part3)BY ALLOWING THE DIAMOND RIVER OF LIGHT Embrace You - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2012 from Thomas Malcolm Mc AuliffeI spent all of my teenage years studying to be a De La Salle brother. This was a Christian teaching order which became my home for most of my young life. I used to go home to my family during the Christmas holidays and the summer months only to return for further training on entering the De La ...
Views: 1236 - Pearls OF Wisdom-part 2 (Shiftt TO WISDOM AND ACCESS DIAMONDHEART AWARENESS) - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2012 from Thomas Malcolm Mc AuliffeWith our conscious mind, we tend to analyze and judge data. We used the process of thinking, planning, making judgement and using references of past experiences from our memory to determine truth. Whether good or bad experiences, the mind holds them in our memory and accepts them as truth. When ...
Views: 1274 - ***The Bodiless Soul in the Spirit World and the Soul Energy Inside Our Bodies are Mini-Brains; yet, Soul Intelligence is Miniscule in Comparison to the Limitless God, Creator of the Soul. - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2012 from Jerry PollockAlthough I am a believer in God and that He gave us our souls to give us life, I am also a scientist and one can explain the workings of the human body based purely on science. When I was a Professor at Stony Brook University, I did just that when I taught the pharmacology of salivary secretion ...
Views: 2935(1 vote) - The Direct Path to Enlightenment - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2012 from Terry ChenThe underlying motivation for everything that we do as human beings is the ongoing search for happiness or completeness. This being said, people have innumerable ideas of what it might be that could make them happy or make them complete. Even seemingly terrible deeds done and crimes commited are ...
Views: 2522(1 vote) - The Journey of Unconditional Love - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2012 from Harold BeckerThe journey of life takes a new direction when we become aware of the power of unconditional love residing within our heart every moment. This awareness begins a new approach to life that leads to personal peace, natural harmony and genuine inner wealth. It also changes the very fabric of ...
Views: 2220 - The Dawn - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Linda RadfordI awoke early this morning even though the night before had been a late retiring. The darkness was like a cool blanket as I sat with myself by the living room window. Morning’s light crept ever so slowly to silhouette the mountain rim. The bird song choruses began one voice at a time until there ...
Views: 1524(1 vote) - Is My Life Worth It? - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from David OrmanIt always seems to start about 2 weeks or so before a birthday that has at least the number 4 as the first number. Is my life worth it? Have I really accomplished anything? Am I making any difference? These are typically spoken more as declarative statements versus questions. A bit of ...
Views: 2203 - Looking Only at What You Want - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCNever look at that which you do not wish to experience. No matter what the false condition may be, it must be refuted. The proper kind of a denial is based upon the recognition that, in reality, there is no limitation; for mind can as easily make a planet as anything else. The Infinite knows ...
Views: 1947(2 votes) - Scheherazade (Shahrazad): Sowing good is never lost - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2012 from Susan (Teacher Su) McKenzieDO YOU HAVE A MENTOR? Mentors can be from the past, present or even fictional. Shahrazad is strictly fictional but I feel she could be real – a composite character of realness, and she is my mentor because for me she is real. PARALLELS WITH LIFE Fiction can be so real because it draws upon ...
Views: 3008 - ***How Do the Divine Soul and Oxygen Provide Life to the Body? What are Positive and Negative Soul Energies and How Do they Affect Our Survival? - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2012 from Jerry PollockYou may wonder what your purpose is in life, but have you given any thought to how you can be alive in your physical body? Can you be open enough to accept the premise that your Divine soul along with oxygen providing energy to your body cells is responsible for life? Have you ever heard of the ...
Views: 3222 - Is Karma Absolute? - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2012 from Rick McBrideOr is it relative? I admit I am confounded by this idea called karma. It seems so simple I’m embarrassed to admit such a thing. The source of my confusion comes from other ideas we have about how the universe works that seem to conflict with it; quantum theory, relativity, synchronicity, ...
Views: 1544 - Astrology and Numerology- The Gateway to You - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2012 from Nancy McCleary~You’ve lived with yourself for a lot of years now, so you do know a lot about yourself. But I would venture to say that there is still more to uncover. Astrology and numerology are two powerful tools to use to delve even deeper into what makes you tick, why you do what you do and what would ...
Views: 1221 - Striking a New Trail – Catalytic Action towards Happiness for All - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranThis beautiful, blue marble of a planet is racing through space with great dignity. Do we match it in dignity and deserve to belong to this planet? Obviously, we don’t! The reasons are clear too. Can we bring in a new dimension to this scenario? The writer has participated in discussions on ...
Views: 2038(2 votes) - A Bird in Hand - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2012 from Valerie SheppardAs I engage in spiritual transformation discussions with my clients, workshop participants, and members of my Heartful Awakening Circle online community (www.HeartfulAwakenings.com) who are making choices to have more of what they want in their lives, I am noticing a trend. It’s one that feels ...
Views: 1381 - The Golden Rule of the Ancient Hawaiian Huna - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2012 from Cathy Eck“What you think you do to others, you actually do to yourself,” was the original Golden Rule according to the ancient Hawaiian Huna masters. It is a powerful statement that is life changing if you learn how to apply it. People can hide behind the Bible’s Golden Rule if they want to. “Do ...
Views: 2717 - ***God and Our Bodiless Divine Souls in the Spirit World Live for All Eternity: Can We in Our Physical Bodies Live Forever? - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2012 from Jerry PollockCan you even begin to imagine how you can live forever? God does it. Your God-given soul does it. Could it happen now, if now is the coming of a new evolutionary human being? There is only one prerequisite ― live a spiritual life so God will permit your entrance into this second Garden of Eden. ...
Views: 3561(1 vote) - The Islands peoples are most religious! - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2012 from Abdul Haye AminThe Islands peoples are most religious! Says Author Abdul Haye Amin. Guernsey without ‘Sub- Continental ‘Indian Gourmet’ Cuisine’ tastes and charm. The lonely Isolated Isla—nds The days before yesterday was not his or her but our darkness, without missing alphabetical letter before ‘ND’ ...
Views: 2769(1 vote) - Holes. Not the Sigourney Weaver movie, the ones in the Sidewalk of Life. - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2012 from Rene' LeisterPortia Nelson wrote "Autobiography in 5 Short Chapters" below. Chapter I I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost ... I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes me forever to find a way out. Chapter II I walk down the same street. There is a deep ...
Views: 1548(1 vote) - Proof of Mind - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCNo one has ever seen Mind or Spirit, but who could possibly doubt their existence? Nothing is more self- evident than that we live; and since we live, we must have life; yet who has ever seen this life? The only proof of life we have is that we live; and the only proof we have of Mind is that we ...
Views: 2242(1 vote) - Word of God - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCThe argument has been something after this manner: The Ultimate Cause back of all things must be One, since Life cannot be divided against Itself; the Infinite must be One, for there could not be two Infinites. Whatever change takes place must take place within the One; but the One must be ...
Views: 1499(1 vote) - Meaning of Creation - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCNext, we come to the forms of Spirit, which forms we call matter. But what is matter? Science tells us that matter is eternal and indestructible; that, at first, it is an invisible cosmic stuff; and that it gradually takes form through some law working within it. The worlds were formed by ...
Views: 1609(1 vote) - The Aim Of Evolution - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCThe aim of evolution is to produce a man who, at the point of his objective thought, may completely manifest the whole idea of life—i.e., bring the concept of Unity to the point of particularization, finding nothing in the Law to oppose it. The reason Jesus was able to become the Christ was, ...
Views: 1430(1 vote) - The Nature of Being - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCSPIRIT We treat of Spirit as the Active and the only Self-Conscious Principle. We define Spirit as the First Cause or God; the Absolute Essence of all that is. It is also called the great, or the Universal, I AM. When Moses asked God who he should tell the Children of Israel had sent him, the ...
Views: 1770(1 vote) - A Simple Tool For Your Toolbox - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2012 from Tom MooreAs we get older, one of the things we must face are more trips to a hospital for any variety of reasons. This happened to me recently when I went in for arthroscopic knee surgery to repair a torn cartilage brought on by years of skiing. After a vacation this past September to Orlando’s ...
Views: 1198 - The Bosnian Pyramids - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2012 from Tom MooreThere has been much misinformation published regarding the discovery of the Bosnian Pyramids, not far from Sarajevo. I wish to present my findings both from a spiritual standpoint and from attending a lecture given by the founder of the pyramids, Dr. sci. Semir (Sam) Osmanagich. For my ...
Views: 1509(1 vote) - If Heaven Was a Corporation - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2012 from Tom MooreImagine for a minute if heaven was an international corporation. Then we would be able to explain a lot of misconceptions people have. First we would have a brilliant CEO (Creative Executive Officer) such as Steve Jobs, whose creations and innovations are different from all the other ...
Views: 1223 - Only One Mind - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCThere is no such thing as your mind, my mind, his mind, her mind and God’s Mind; there is just Mind in which we all live, move and have our being. There is Mind and nothing but Mind. We think of Conscious Mind and Spirit as One and the Same. Things are ideas. What else could they be? There is ...
Views: 1646(1 vote) - Nothing Happens By Chance - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCNothing in the Universe happens by chance. All is in accordance with Law, and the Law of God is as Omnipresent as is the Spirit of God. This Law is a Law of Mind, but back of the Law is the Word. “All things were made by Him and without Him was not anything made that was made.” Back of our ...
Views: 1893(1 vote) - Remove The Complex - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCSuppose one is constantly saying: “Everything is all wrong in the world; people are wrong; things are wrong; conditions are wrong; every one is sick; every one is unhappy; nothing is worth while.” You, as a practitioner, must remove this complex; for these inner emotions create outer ...
Views: 1378(1 vote) - The Survival of Consciousness - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2012 from Else ByskovThe Survival of Consciousness. By Else Byskov, M.A. & B.A., author. It is now close to three decades since Raymond Moody’s groundbreaking book “Life After Life” was published, and during the years since its publication serious research into the phenomenon of the near-death experience ...
Views: 3023 - Everything is perfect - just as it is - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2012 from Michael KewleyWe all have a perception of perfection. We carry with us an idea of how everything should be and because of this spend huge amounts of time and energy trying to arrange conditions to match this idea. Our family, friends, partners and colleagues, our work and social engagements. Nothing falls ...
Views: 3015(1 vote) - The Labyrinth - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Linda Radford“We are all on our own path, and exactly where we need to be. The labyrinth is a model of that path for it is an ancient symbol that relates to wholeness. It combines the imagery of the circle and the spiral into a meandering but purposeful path. Walking a labyrinth represents a journey to our ...
Views: 1340 - The Truth about Freemasonry - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2012 from Etta JacksonEverything is governed by some form of urgency toward satisfaction. This is distinctive of mankind’s search at every stage of his development; whether it is the instinctual urge to self-preservation, which can be seen in his savage search for food or in the economic problems of the modern ...
Views: 2517 - The Serenity Path System Is Taught? - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2012 from Mike EvansUsing a mixture of modern and traditional techniques, from Yoga to Meditation to whole body relaxation and release. Which combination is best for you? With The Serenity Path System, you'll discover the perfect blend that works best for your personality and learning style. The good news is ...
Views: 1196 - There Is Only One God... - by Submitted on May 27, 2012 from Lateef Terrell WarnickThere is only one God! He is the God of all! Your god is the wrong god! Yet some of you Blessed enough may have the right God! No one religion has a monopoly on the Creator; not Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Taoism or any other religion. Ignorant religious adherence is ...
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