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- Transformation. What’s the Cost? - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2013 from Tracy CrossleyMany of us say we want things to be different in our lives, but the loss of the familiar is way too scary. We can stay stuck for years in non-movement, making excuses and feeling crappy. The main reason we stay there, beyond losing the familiar is we don’t know how to proceed. What’s the best ...
Views: 896 - The Shocks in Life Seem to Tell Us Something – Can We Understand? - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranReflective people apply themselves to understanding the vagaries of life and it helps them move into deeper perspectives. Consequently, there is a sensing of the non-apparent aspects of life. They see that shocks in life have a message understanding which the shocks become unnecessary! When ...
Views: 1655(1 vote) - The Blame Game - Stop It - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2013 from WEE DILTSThe Blame Game - Stop It To define Blame, let’s first look to Webster who says it is to accuse others of being at fault; to say or think that a person, place or thing, is responsible for something happening; to put the responsibility for the fault somewhere else. Does this sound familiar? It ...
Views: 1080 - 6 Ways To Handle Holiday Stress - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2013 from Gia CilentoHoliday stress can put pressure on our entire lives and wreak havoc on our ability to maintain our inner peace. These weeks leading up to the holidays can be extremely stressful as we try to juggle our regular schedules and add in all the extra food to cook, shopping to do, family to invite (or ...
Views: 1425 - The Freedom of Forgiveness - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2013 from Cynthia OrtizForgiveness is not about the other person. Forgiveness is about freeing OURSELVES from the pain, anger, resentment and negativity we hold against someone else so WE can move forward. I believe the reason it is so difficult to find forgiveness is because we believe saying “I forgive you” means ...
Views: 1146 - Embracing the Unexpected - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2013 from Cynthia OrtizThroughout our lives we are going to experience the unexpected. We will welcome the things that bring us joy and happiness with open arms and we will resist the things that bring us sadness and heartache. Both are natural reactions to what we want and what we don’t want. But….what if, ...
Views: 1692 - Life Is Inside You - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2013 from Cynthia OrtizLife is inside you but you spend so much time looking outside yourself, you don’t even know it exists. It is an unshakable feeling of peace and well-being; an unshakable feeling of calm. No matter what is going on you will never lose yourself when you are connected to Life. The Life inside ...
Views: 1123 - Living a Fulfilled, Balanced Life - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2013 from Richard LassiterIn my recent public presentations, I have been inspired to share about how: *knowing what I want *effectively living in two worlds at once *being in the “now” *personal organization result in living a fulfilling, balanced life. I call this the Spiritual Science of Balance because these ...
Views: 1035 - Gratitude & Abundance - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2013 from Lisa TunneyThe Thanksgiving holiday is fast approaching. As such, this is traditionally a time for reflection and for the giving of thanks for all that we have in our lives. Unfortunately, our modern day interpretation has been muddled a bit. With all the football games blasting on the television sets, as ...
Views: 1319(1 vote) - The Value of Spontaneity in Holistic and Vibrant Living - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranThe human mind has the tendency to be tethered to the past or future. In the process, it creates problems due to its anxiety and the like. Understanding the value of spontaneity helps us move into healthy psychology with its spiritual content. The conventional neurology with which human ...
Views: 1817(3 votes) - My Ways of Stress Control! - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2013 from Niki CleggI need to say straight off the bat stress is a killer and I don't intend to be a victim anytime soon! I am a sixty years old, hard working single mum of five adult children, eight grandchildren plus a great granddaughter. I still have two sons at home all of which means I do know and understand ...
Views: 1600(3 votes) - Why Do Things Happen? - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2013 from Maria Barry“So why do things happen? How does life work? Tell me the truth, so I will no longer hurt.” “It’s really quite simple. One thing you must know. Always remember: you reap what you sow.” I had heard this before and it didn’t make sense. If I thought about it much, it made me quite ...
Views: 1295 - Three Levels of Self-Liberation in Dzogchen Meditation - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2013 from Kimberly HolmanThe goal of Dzogchen meditation is to discover the mind’s true essence, its natural state. This essence is traditionally described with words like spacious, open, clear, luminous, and aware. It is nondual. Nonduality is the natural power of the mind to not get preoccupied with making ...
Views: 3044 - You Are Not Your Circumstances: Four Simple Steps to Stay Centered When Life Gets Hard - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2013 from Alan SealeIt can happen to any of us. Everything is going well, you feel you are in a really great place in your life or in what you are doing, and suddenly something happens that completely throws you off your center. In an instant everything has changed and you feel lost with no idea what to say or ...
Views: 778 - Holistic Life – A Matter of Return Journey to the Source through Inner Development - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranDuring our life on earth, we are offered many possibilities. Some of them are healthy and some unhealthy in regard to our moving towards a holistic life of inner peace, empathy and loving application. What can help us take the right course? A great deal of our life is wasted by living on ...
Views: 1687 - When Life Gets Froggy, Just Let Go - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2013 from Cynthia OrtizLet’s be honest; life is NOT always easy and we are not always happy. No matter how hard we try to feel better or get out of our funk, it only seems to get worse. Well the good news is, that is the problem. Whenever you “effort” from a place of negativity or frustration, you are only going to ...
Views: 1098 - 5 Happiness Habits To Do Before 8AM - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2013 from MADELINE CORRMy recent article ‘Climb the Ladder to Success with Happiness Habits states the best way to become the best you is through your habits and the goal is to make your daily success habits as habitual as possible so you do them without thinking. So, below are 5 habits to do before 8am for a happy ...
Views: 1256 - We Only Know - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2013 from Womens Recreation, Inc.We only know what we know, until we reach the point we long to know more. We only act a certain way until we realize that our actions are not gaining us any ground. We are always eager to speak, always longing to be heard; until we realize how important it is, just to listen. We will only ...
Views: 1461 - How Hopelessness Brings Infinite Happiness - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2013 from David SamuelWhen anyone asks; ‘How are you?’I am always well. The secret to always being happy is to have nothing you want to do. This is the essence of the Buddhist teaching that all suffering is caused by desires. The more we desire, the more we suffer, either through lack of what we desire or fear of ...
Views: 1395 - How Being Graceful Equals Being Awake - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2013 from David SamuelMany people would like to be more present, awake, aware, as well as financially successful and equally importantly, have better relationships with someone who is actually ‘there’. In my years of trying to teach people how to attain these qualities I have been met with constant resistance to ...
Views: 1290 - Carpe Diem: Finding the Beautiful - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2013 from Bridgette Short & Elisa Stella ~ Guiding SoulsToday is unlike any other, it is unique to this point in time and space. The reality of this always brings to mind the quote, “Carpe Diem”. This quote actually means so much more than just, seize the day, it means to sense this fact, to enjoy it, and yes of course to make use of the gift that ...
Views: 1302 - Can Progressive Muscle Relaxation Help Someone With An Anxiety Disorder? - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2013 from Dennis SimsekThe night before my big tennis match I again did my guided visualisation session, but this time I added a progressive muscle relaxation session to it as well. My old junior tennis coach would always tell me the benefits of progressive muscle relaxation, so from time to time I used these ...
Views: 1207 - Ten Tips for Dealing With Difficult People - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2013 from Janet PfeifferDifficult people - ya gotta love em! Or not. Whether you do or don't, it's a fact of life that they are all around us - in our families, places of employment, communities, social events, and everywhere else. For whatever reasons, we all have personal issues that cause us to behave in ways others ...
Views: 1779(3 votes) - The Path of Transformation in Contrast to the Paths towards Preset Goals - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranThe transformational state is based on pure awareness in the ‘Now’; the future is taken care of by that holistic state of mind. In contrast, paths to preset goals sustain the ego through expected fulfillments; the ‘Now’ is relegated as a mere passage. The conventional mindset in which human ...
Views: 1738(2 votes) - Be Happy And Feel Blessed - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2013 from Mulyadi Kurnia“The most important thing is to enjoy your life- to be happy- it’s all that matters” -Audrey Hepburn Happiness is one of those virtues that eliminate negative energy from your body and mind. Too often, people end up spending their lives in regrets because they fail to enjoy the small and big ...
Views: 1412 - Learning to Love the Weeds - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2013 from Valerie LipsteinTuning Out the Outer Critic In my work with hundreds of men and women who are choosing greater success in designing their future, one major challenge they often experience, is listening to, and being affected by the voice and opinions of others. Taking in the criticism of others and being ...
Views: 1219 - BOO! WHO'S SCARING YOU? (HALLOWE'EN OR ANY OTHER TIME) - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2013 from Valerie VinarAre you tricking or treating yourself? What kinds of things do you say to yourself throughout the day? Are they loving or hurtful? Do they motivate and encourage or paralyze and frighten you? And what about those things that others say to you? How do you interpret them? So often we put a ...
Views: 876 - Are you seeking for gratification or happiness? Understand between what is gratification and happiness - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2013 from Mykim TranDo you think it is important for you to take action to improve your community or society? Have you ever stop yourself from taking action to try to improve your community or society because you believe that one person cannot make a difference? Do you feel like it would be a waste of your time to ...
Views: 746 - LIFE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2013 from Tom KrauseLife is a work in progress that never is complete. We learn a different lesson from each experience we meet. We learn the joy of living- of what a heart is for. We learn that through our struggles we are stronger than before. We learn the thrill of victory- the pain of a ...
Views: 1280 - How to Live in Unshakeable Tranquility - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2013 from Janbreathe@aol.com Janbreathe@aol.comMany of us long to live in a state of unshakeable tranquility. What I’ve come to realize is that tranquility is unshakeable ONLY when I’m unattached to outcome, when I’m willing to roll with whatever’s happening. “Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm.” Resisting is ...
Views: 1514(2 votes) - Creating a Peace Plan - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2013 from Janet PfeifferWhile it's important to understand, express, manage, diffuse, and heal your anger, imagine how much easier it would be to prevent outside forces from irritating you from the get go? You can learn to be emotionally unaffected by the drama and chaos around you. Rest assured, I'm not suggesting ...
Views: 1793(1 vote) - Intuition...What is it and how to listen to it - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2013 from Eloryia RAIntuition is a direct perception of a truth or fact that is independent of any reasoning process. It is the quality or ability of having keen and quick insight or immediate apprehension. Intuition is easily defined; what most of you have difficulty with is how to listen to intuition and trust ...
Views: 1521 - 6 Steps To Use Visualization And End Your Need For Immediate Gratification - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2013 from Gia CilentoIf you’ve ever struggled to attain your goals, don’t beat yourself up, don’t give up. It may just be that all you need is a change in your focus. You may just be giving in to your desire for immediate gratification. If you’re like most people today, you’ve probably let yourself fulfill this ...
Views: 1588(2 votes) - 6 Steps To Use Visualization And End Your Need For Immediate Gratification - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2013 from Gia CilentoIf you’ve ever struggled to attain your goals, don’t beat yourself up, don’t give up. It may just be that all you need is a change in your focus. You may just be giving in to your desire for immediate gratification. If you’re like most people today, you’ve probably let yourself fulfill this ...
Views: 1548(2 votes) - Passivity and Non-action – The Factors behind Fundamental Transformation - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranEffortful movements towards spiritual transformation sustain the habitual neurology and so dissolution of the ego does not take place. What can help are the two factors of passivity and inward non-action which move us on to a different dimension of awareness. Many people feel that they must ...
Views: 1620(1 vote) - Inner Peace Is A Choice - 12 Steps To Get There - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2013 from Gia CilentoOn any given day and at any given moment there are as many reasons to feel peaceful, to choose inner peace and to pass it on as there are to feel annoyed, threatened, angry, frustrated and to pass that on. It is a choice. Pass on the peace or pass on the crap. Feel the peace within or roll ...
Views: 1582(3 votes) - The Beckoning of Sorrow – A Key to Understanding Life and the Afterlife. - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranThe feeling of sorrow, as different from sadness, can take us on to the beyond – the region of universal spirituality where man’s self-centered projections cannot thrive. Can we understand the beauty of that feeling and its deeply cleansing effects? Generally, the words ‘sorrow’ and ...
Views: 1544(1 vote) - The Silence Speaks - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2013 from Ruth Bleakley-ThiessenHello and Cead Mile Failte´, this is gaelic and means "a hundred thousand times wellcome". We live in a world, in which we have too much distraction from things outside of ourselves. Instead of listening to ourselves, we dive into various methods of distraction, which are available almost ...
Views: 1099 - Keep Your Boundaries – 4 Steps To Keeping Solid Boundaries - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2013 from Gia CilentoBoundaries can be considered our personal rules of engagement. They’re the limits or guidelines we use to indicate how we interact with others and how we will allow them to interact with us. Some of us have multiple layers of boundaries and some have a simple set. Still others have different ...
Views: 1313(3 votes) - Morning Rituals To Feed the Soul - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2013 from Alan SealeIt’s an overcast, blustery morning on the shores of Lake Chautauqua. The sun has just risen and is trying hard to break through the clouds. I’m the first to arrive this morning out on the point of the bell tower peninsula. I want to claim my special spot under a particular willow tree right ...
Views: 1493(1 vote) - An Advance Booking for Healthy Mental Stance at the Last Hour - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranHuman beings don’t think much about their last hour before leaving this planet. If they care for it at all, they give in to some religious promises rather than rely on their own awareness and discovery. There is good scope here for reflections. It is good to reflect on the last hour that ...
Views: 2013 - Near Death Experiences and Their Amazing Physiological Aftereffects - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranIn the aftermath of quite a few near death experiences, the person gets cured of almost impossible medical conditions much to the amazement of the hospital staff. We look into some case studies and the possible inferences from them in this presentation. There are many aspects of near death ...
Views: 1928(2 votes) - The Anatomy of Personal Development - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2013 from Kasi PhillipsPersonal development has a profound effect on our successes as human beings. Often I would come across books at home when I was a teen that momma would have and i’d scan over them. I believe she read some of them. All us are that way on some level. She said, when we don’t have real purpose and ...
Views: 1136 - How Cooperation Melts Resistance - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2013 from Kumari MullinHave you noticed there seems to be a widening gap between positive and negative experiences recently? If I am in cooperation and collaboration mode, everything runs so smoothly, even magically. The converse is also glaringly evident; when I am pushing my agenda, without sharing my goals and ...
Views: 1228 - Living from love - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2013 from Michael KewleyOur usual way of being is to live in accordance with the rules and regulations set down by others. To play other people's games. They tell us what is right and what is wrong, and most importantly, how we should behave. This is simply conditioning by our parents, our educational system and ...
Views: 1500 - A Better Prayer - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2013 from Steve GoodierOne man, too inebriated to drive, was walking home along railroad tracks when his foot suddenly became stuck. He pulled and tugged, but could not free it from the tracks. Then he heard a noise and turned around to see an oncoming train. In a panic, he prayed. "Dear God, please get my foot out ...
Views: 1184(1 vote) - The Pause, Mindfulness - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2013 from Margo KnoxMindfulness “LOVE AFTER LOVE The time will come when, with elation, you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror, and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was yourself. Give wine. Give bread. Give back ...
Views: 1803 - Defend-Less - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2013 from Max RyanOne of my favorite quotes and I think one of the most effective principles and getting positive results in our lives is this: "It is in our defenselessness that your safety lies" That is from A Course in Miracles. The concept of defenselessness is something that is foreign to many people. It ...
Views: 1362(1 vote) - The Beatings Will Continue … 5 Ways To Tackle Negative Self-Talk - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2013 from Gia CilentoWho’s really beating up on you the most? It’s probably you. Don’t believe me? Stop and notice the way you talk to yourself. One of the biggest obstacles to Inner Peace and developing your Inner Sanctum is the presence of negative self-talk and the way we beat ourselves up. For the most part, ...
Views: 1386(1 vote) - Symphony of Silence - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2013 from Gian KumarSilence is pure splendor and absolute. For it is sound that is dual; it needs a source to transmit and a receiver to hear its transmission. Between any two notes of a sound there is a gap of silence, in order to define that sound. Sound on further expansion, is expressed through words or ...
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