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BRAIN POWER Our Genie to Success - by Michele Blood- A Message of Light - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"Light! More light!" howled Goethe before he died. Dear Loved Ones, You have been called to be who you are -- the whole luminous light. No one can dim your light when you are fully present to the depth and breadth of it. No one can say no to a light so bright. No one can deny who you are ...
Views: 864(1 vote) - The Brilliance of Procrastination - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2013 from Layne SchmidtI can make things happen. I’ve been doing it for a long time. My partner lovingly (and sometimes accurately) calls it stubbornness but I prefer to call it stick-to-it-iveness, perseverance, a strong work ethic or what my mother used to call good old fashioned elbow grease. The feeling of ...
Views: 1486(3 votes) - *** Healing Patterns - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2009 from Lumari ~ Psychic and Psychic Readings ExpertHEALING PATTERNS AND CREATING HARMONY As you participate with the energies flowing through your world, remember that this is a time for change. Many dramas are being played for your benefit. Whether these dramas are in your personal life or within the global arena, you are working within these ...
Views: 3148(3 votes) - Judgment - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2009 from Janice SmithJudging is a part of who we are, we judge pretty much everything to decide whether it is bad or good and how to file it away in our minds. We make our decisions from a very limited perspective, going don’t go this way it is bad, go this way it is good. The problem now is our limited ...
Views: 854 - Out-of-Body Experience (OBE) -- Should I be a Skeptic? - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2009 from Kit CavendishOut-of-body experience is a fascinating topic. The idea that we can leave our physical body and allow our consciousness to roam free on a non-physical plane of existence is liberating for some, scary for others, and just plain impossible to believe for the rest of us. But is out-of-body ...
Views: 1566 - My Wonderful Life in Atlantis - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2009 from Amy GialucoIt was a cool April evening and I was on my way to the New Hope Metaphysical Society’s monthly meeting. Driving up there, it struck me that I hadn’t had a re-incarnational experience in a long time. This thought was triggered by the fact that the speaker for the evening would be speaking about ...
Views: 4052 - A Mindfulness Meal Meditation - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWith its many details, motions, and movements, it may be easy to perceive Buddhism’s formal Oryoki monastery meal as a prescribed ritual. But within the practice of Buddhism, monastic meals—indeed, all meals and other “everyday” activities—serve as a microcosm for the more profound, ...
Views: 1036 - The "Great" Cleansing! - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Avida YulaYes, since the middle of May we have been in the middle of a great purging and cleansing. For a while, I thought I was having a personal spiritual experience, however I am now seeing that most of us are going through this great cleansing. It is sooo purifying that it may be like we have ...
Views: 1002 - My Intent is to Dissolve Time - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAs Einstein said time is a stubborn illusion. In our daily lives, time is probably the most experienced certainty and worldly reality. There is no more precious entity than time. Even those who have acquired enormous wealth, power, and fame, suffer from the absolute scarcity of time. All those ...
Views: 746 - Attaining Enlightenment (For Normal People) - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2009 from Rebecca Ruark-HalsteadIt takes noticing the little things. It also takes: Gratitude. How often do you say thank you each day to other people? The bank teller, the waiter, the grocery store clerk, the mocha stand girl … How often do you say “you are welcome?” Not “thank you,” but “you are welcome?” I’m willing ...
Views: 2050(1 vote) - In an Impossible World, All Things Are Possible - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Dorie BowlinTake time, in this moment, to connect with the events in your life in which you have "settled"-- not compromised on, or agreed to-- but experiences in which you have allowed yourself to experience and "be" LESS than what you truly are. We are sure you can find many such experiences, for it's ...
Views: 1664(2 votes) - A State of Balance - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Dorie BowlinAs the world continues to change around you, and as you continue to grow and expand into the new energy, you will ascend higher and higher into a new vibrational frequency in body, mind, and spirit. Because of theses changes, there will be times when you will experience battles within yourself ...
Views: 2916 - The Shift Into Light (Angel Message) - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Dorie BowlinThe challenges that you face in experiencing life on this planet are enormous, and yet each person makes the decision to willingly (or maybe not so willingly!) be involved in the grand experiment that is unfolding on your planet at this time! Your Light, love, wisdom, and knowledge were needed ...
Views: 1634(1 vote) - Magicians Are Sacred Clowns - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from John CarisTen years ago I renewed my interest in the magical arts and joined the Society of American Magicians and the International Brotherhood of Magicians. A revitalized appreciation for magic and an opportunity to delve into several intriguing ideas that have, at least for me, a deep and existential ...
Views: 1854 - The Mythic Life & Times of Deepak Chopra: An Interview - by Submitted on May 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLike millions of people around the world, I’m a fan of Deepak Chopra. But for me it wasn’t reading his books or hearing him speak or seeing him on Oprah that did it—it was getting to know the man himself. Over the last couple of years I’ve developed considerable respect for Deepak’s sheer ...
Views: 870 - The Essential Guide to Creative Action - by Submitted on May 27, 2009 from Artur RybowiczMy Personal Transformation The Starting-point of personal development, since a person is an agent, is the development of the ability to act. -- John Macmurray Welcome on the other side of life, the side of creative thinking, feeling and acting. You are here not by any chance or editorial trick ...
Views: 1747 - *** What Is Intuition? - by Submitted on May 26, 2009 from Dawn McIntyre“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” –Albert Einstein Intuition is an incredible resource and gift that we have been given to help us live our best lives. I like to call ...
Views: 6347(1 vote) - Psychic Abilites - by Submitted on May 25, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I have a very important question. My yoga instructor told me when I get enlightened, and my third eye opens up, that my psychic abilities, intuition, and wisdom will open. Do you know of these psychic abilities? As a Christian I was raised to believe that anything psychic is bad and ...
Views: 1211 - Truth vs. Meaning - by Submitted on May 22, 2009 from Tad WaddingtonThe mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot asked a deceptively simple question: How long is the coast of Britain? The answer depends on how you measure it. You get a much shorter distance if you fly from one end to the other than if you drive a road that follows the island’s contours. The road gives a ...
Views: 2192 - How to Awaken the Kundalini Energy for Reaching Enlightenment - by Submitted on May 22, 2009 from Conrad RawThere is an experience called the Kundalini that occurs when you reach a higher level of spiritual discipline, although, sometimes it occurs spontaneously. It’s an awakening of the energy that lies at the base of the spine and means snake in Sanskrit. Those that experience this awakening find ...
Views: 3212(1 vote) - How to Be a Man - by Submitted on May 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhat does it mean to be a man? Strong and brave? Sensitive and sweet? Unfortunately, this is a question that gets little attention in the public sphere today, leaving so many of us gentlemen unenlightened. In my experience, growing up in a solidly progressive area of the US (the Pacific ...
Views: 1431 - We're All on the Yellow Brick Road - by Submitted on May 17, 2009 from Glenn BergerSeveral years ago, I spent six months providing psychotherapy for inmates at the local county jail. Most were drug addicts; all of them had a heart. I had a close relationship with one wise felon, whom I will call Chris. I could see through Chris’s orange prison suit that he had a huge stiff ...
Views: 1514 - Musings on Adam and Eve - by Submitted on May 09, 2009 from John CarisOver the years I have read all of the Christian Bible, some passages many times. As far as serious study and analysis, I have not yet progressed beyond Genesis 4. Yes, I am still seeking the deeper layers of meaning in the first four chapters of Genesis. It has been an intriguing journey, and ...
Views: 1828 - On Mastery - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from Tad WaddingtonThere is a notion in Japanese that if you are a master of one thing, then you are master of all things. The idea goes back to the thirteenth century where in Rinzai Zen monasteries you sought enlightenment by meditating on koans. A koan is, “a succinct paradoxical statement or question used as ...
Views: 1596 - Today’s Promise Awaits You - by Submitted on May 06, 2009 from Kimberley CohenThe dawn of each day holds the promise for possibilities. It’s hard to believe that’s true when world seems to be filled with despair, war, recession, The Swine Flu, Listeria, company closures, layoffs, gas and oil price increases, fluctuations in stock markets, earthquakes, tornadoes, ...
Views: 1753 - There Is Love Behind Every Action Of This World - by Submitted on May 03, 2009 from Merry BattlesBe at peace and know that no matter the appearance of calamity, disruption, and chaos, there is love behind every action of this world. There is a reason for suffering. It has become the only way to learn our soul lessons. There is coming a time when we will learn our lessons through love. ...
Views: 1572 - "Ye Are The Light Of The World." (Matthew 5:14) - by Submitted on May 03, 2009 from Merry BattlesThe opposing forces would have us believe in doom. I say, believe in LIGHT! Dream the seeming impossible dream into manifestation. There is a divided camp on earth: those who speak of evil, gloom, and inevitable destruction of this planet. I say, dream of love and peace and work toward it ...
Views: 1399 - Is Free Will Our Freedom To React To What's Happening? - by Submitted on May 02, 2009 from Merry BattlesIs God's Will What's Happening? I believe in a higher Divine Order. I had a Metaphysics teacher years ago. He was a counterpart of Ernest Holmes, the founder of the Church of Religious Science. I remember one thought that he repeated, "There is only One Will." I always pondered over that idea, ...
Views: 1549 - Sin - Original and Otherwise - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2009 from John CarisOriginal sin is a basic tenet in Christian theology. Adam and Eve, our first parents, sinned in the Garden of Eden and were kicked out because of that. Jesus came to save us from that sin and make things right again. The ideas that are contained in the biblical story and form part of the ...
Views: 1766 - How Long Will Enlightenment Come? - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2009 from Menno SpijkstraPart of enlightenment is letting go. When we decide to let go of our ambition, even ambition for being enlightened, then being enlightened is very possible. It is a mystery or a puzzle; how can we become truly enlightened without even trying? But when we ultimately realize and understand ...
Views: 1311(1 vote) - What is This Pain? - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2009 from FSB AuthorsIt starts as tightness in the upper solar plexus. Then it starts to droop like the top of an ice cream cone on a hundred-degree day, eventually melting over everything to form a vague coating of ambivalence. Sometimes it matures into hopelessness and, for some, even depression. The "it" is the ...
Views: 1026 - Detached Observation Meditation - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2009 from charles MacInerneyRemember laying on your back as a kid, and watching the clouds without trying to change them, control them, or pass judgment on them? These are the very same qualities we look for in the practice of Detached Observation. This was J. Krishnamurti's favorite form of meditation, and the following ...
Views: 3689(1 vote) - Presence First - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2009 from Kidest OMEntangled with the surface movements of the mind, you think that you are subject to the pendulum swing of contrasts, the negative and positive of this reality. Entangled in this ever-changing mental movement you believe and so conceive of life as a bi-polar roller-coaster ride. But this simply ...
Views: 1317(1 vote) - Pope’s Jerusalem Visit a Bad Omen? - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2009 from Dr. Richard RuhlingIn "The Keys of This Blood" Malachi Martin showed the three-way race for world supremacy between Communism, the Vatican and the Capitalist West. He predicted the fall of communism and shipwreck for Capitalism, and after that, John Paul would become “the servant of the Grand Design.” The race ...
Views: 1797 - The Four-Fold Path to Enlightened Life Change - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2009 from Roy Biancalana.Change is a tricky matter. One the one hand, it's human nature to want to better our lives, whether it's our bodies, our careers, our income or our love lives. Even enlightened beings like Jesus, Buddha and Mother Teresa were people of mission who meant to bring change to the world. On the other ...
Views: 2061 - Evidence of Spirit 4 - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2011 from S. Evette GardnerIt is not a coincidence that the same people who doubt or fail to recognize the existence of their Spirit, are also the same people who dismiss intuition as being nothing more than superstition or the byproduct of an overactive imagination. For intuition is the language of the Spirit. Intuition ...
Views: 1230 - According to Love - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Monica UnderwoodWhilst I’ve been around on Planet Earth, I’ve made quite a mess. How about you? My name is Monica. It means “counsellor” and I’ve been counselling people one way or another all my life. Counselling is all very well. I’ve tried to be a good one, but maybe it would have been better if I’d ...
Views: 1203(4 votes) - From Ecstasy to Enlightenment - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Rev. Keith HallWhat is it with Americans and sex? We appear to crave it, are fascinated by it and simultaneously fear it with every fiber of our being. We use it in advertising to sell everything from automobiles to zucchini, yet often prohibit our children from learning about it, our teachers from teaching ...
Views: 1466(4 votes) - RAVE About It! - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2009 from Lola Jones"Raising your vibration" used to be a nebulous concept. Those of you who have read my book know it can be as easy as reading the altimeter on your airplane. And you know that once you can use that altimeter to navigate your plane up into the higher altitudes, you become a more powerful ...
Views: 1372 - Spiritual Reflections - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2009 from John CarisThe magic mirror offers insight into the meditative art, and following Hermes’ path, we can prepare our mind so that it accurately reflects spiritual energy into the alchemical process. In some ways the mirror is more similar to a lens that allows light through when clean. Because if the lens is ...
Views: 1797 - The Call of the Soul - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Samantha JohnsonMany of us feel uncomfortable revealing to others – and even to ourselves – what lies beneath the surface of our day-to-day consciousness. We get out of bed in the morning and begin again where we left off yesterday, attacking life as if we were waging a campaign of control and survival. All ...
Views: 1439 - Ability - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Fred HareThere are three basic abilities—to observe, to make decisions, to act. The last is dependent on the fundamental "Cycle of Action"—Start, Change and Stop. To be able to accomplish anything you must be able to complete a Cycle of Action. For example, to drive a car you need to learn how ...
Views: 1231 - *** 10 Steps to Full Enlightenment - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Al Link and Pala CopelandWhen one who has been enlightened speaks, there are things he can say with relative certainty--as much certainty as is possible while still in a body in this world. There are other things he can say with considerable authority, but not with certainty. There are also things he would like to be ...
Views: 5195(2 votes) - What is Red Tantra and White Tantra? - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Rev. Keith HallWhat is the diffrence between Red and White Tantra? The short answer is that Red Tantra is focused on sensuality and sexuality, while White Tantra is more oriented towards a spiritual approach. There is also Black Tantra which is obsessed with power and its permutations, e.g., siddhis, ...
Views: 27561(3 votes) - Awakening - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Devrah LavalI guess it was my time or, rather, God’s time. I was 29 years old. I had a good husband and I was a successful model and dancer. By conventional standards, I had an enviable life and yet I felt somehow empty. Something was haunting me. Then, during a routine check-up, my doctor told me that my ...
Views: 1479 - Evidence of Spirit, Part 3 - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2011 from S. Evette GardnerOnly when you feel (to some degree) your Spirit’s closeness to you, your Spirit’s nearness to you, Its inseparability from you, may you then be guided by It. It’s an indescribable feeling which is actually more than just a feeling; it may more aptly be defined as a knowing-feeling. And learning ...
Views: 1312 - Divine Timing: The Law of Gestation - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from Charlene MurphyPeople are funny. I mean that in a collective sense. We, by nature can be such impatient creatures! And as technology and transportation continue to speed things up for us, we’ve become even more impatient, even a little entitled at times. We want it all and we want it now! On one hand, our ...
Views: 9167 - The Energies of the Seven Chakras - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2009 from Olga RezoOf all the parts of our microcosm, we are presently able to consciously perceive only our physical body. However, besides our physical manifestation we possess a couple of invisible, but very important bodies. In connection with the seven chakras, we have to consider the so-called Etheric body, ...
Views: 2920 - Consciousness: The Only Elegant Solution - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2009 from Dean AllenYour consciousness in the moment of decision is what always makes the difference with everything in your life, including the health of your body, the success of your business, and the quality of your relationships! This is true because Consciousness determines the quality of all your decisions, ...
Views: 2394 - Was Everyone Famous in Past Lives? - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2009 from Mary Lee LaBayDo you feel that you have been famous? Do you sometimes wonder what happened to your valet or your lady in waiting? Do you wonder how you got put into the role of Cinderella this lifetime, and how long will it take before your real parents come along to claim you and put you back on the throne ...
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