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- Living As A Soul: A Strategy For These Times - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2010 from Nancy SeiferA news bulletin came across the airwaves recently like a flash of lightning. Its psychological impact is not yet knowable, but it appears to mark a watershed in our collective evolutionary journey. On April 26, 2009 ABC News Now reported on a study of children between the ages of 6 and 11 who ...
Views: 945(1 vote) - You’re Not Alone - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockPeople who are truly spiritual tend toward quietness. Not too many saints and prophets of old were the life of the party with a lampshade on their inebriated heads! You might instead find them out in nature somewhere, on a mountain trail, at the ocean, or in a forest, quietly reflecting on the ...
Views: 1785(1 vote) - A Jolt of Joy - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2010 from Sally MarksI was recently interviewed on World Talk Radio, American Dreams: The Sky is the Limit. I had not been feeling that well earlier in the day, and I also had some concerns about the phone working properly. However, once I started chatting with the hosts, Jin Robertson and her daughter, ...
Views: 2519(1 vote) - Generating Laser Beams of Love - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from Sally MarksThroughout my life I have heard, read and studied about the importance of becoming a warm and loving human being. Below is one of my favorite quotes. "More valuable than treasures in a storehouse are treasures of the body, and the treasures of the heart are the most valuable of all. Strive ...
Views: 1922(6 votes) - What Is Your True Path In Life - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from David SamuelMay 27, 2010 What Is Your True Path In Life The first thing is to really understand, not just intellectually, but to sincerely finally understand and accept is that there is no one specific God given special path for anyone. We each have some abilities, either natural talents or developed ...
Views: 2858(1 vote) - Are you taking life too seriously? - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2010 from Louise Presley-TurnerAre you taking life too seriously? Did you know as we age we are less inclined to see the funny side of life? New research shows that children laugh on average 400 times a day, compared to 28% of UK adults, who don’t laugh for up to a week at a time! Why have we all stopped ...
Views: 3499(2 votes) - How to Fall Into Your Essence in Meditation - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"The beautiful thing about a dog is he's never going to lie to you. If he's sad, he's going to tell you. If he's glad to see you, he's going to tell you. But there is something hidden unconsciously in the human condition that says what you are experiencing is wrong. And ...
Views: 821(4 votes) - I Know Who I Am And I Know What I Want - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from David SamuelThat is the problem. You do not know who you are, and you only know what you think you want. There are many sayings that tell us to find our self, be that in religion, Shakespeare or in common conversation. ‘Know thyself’ “To thine own self be true” ‘Don’t think who you are, know who you ...
Views: 2195(3 votes) - Redemption - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2011 from Dan L. HaysWritten December 30, 1988 At Thanksgiving of 1988 I returned to Fort Worth, a place of many of my roots - my family, early friends, beginnings. I had lived there for about a year and a half in 1967 and 1968. My family had moved back to the town where my parents had grown up, and where many ...
Views: 2213(2 votes) - Forgiveness Can Set You Free: Unshackle the Chains of Resentment - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Donna Marie Thompson“To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive peace and happiness.” Robert Muller Often when we are wronged we hold on to the hurt. We own it – it is our hurt and we do everything we can to keep it. In the early stages, we use this as a coping mechanism ...
Views: 4089(3 votes) - Five Ways to Recognize Your Soul is Calling - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2010 from Andrea FriedmannWe are not taught to listen to our Soul, in fact, we are often taught to ignore it, to build our lives around an agenda that society, our parents, our peers —someone else— has told us matters. And we do live that way, starving our Soul, until it begins to make itself noticed, calling patiently ...
Views: 7333(4 votes) - The Constant Flow of Change - by Submitted on May 17, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond Rock"All is impermanent." What a depressing thought, but only to an untrained, worldly mind. Impermanence is never lost, just a flow of change; a flow of change that is an ultimate truth and therefore an ultimate security. What is it that we instead depend upon for our security? When I was a ...
Views: 1718(2 votes) - A Different Way of Meditating - by Submitted on May 17, 2010 from Barbara AlexanderFeeling perfectly content to be so physically small in this great big space, I was sitting on the ground in what I have come to call the Temple of the Horse and though no other humans were there, I was far from alone. We were just watching the snow gently falling outside through the arched ...
Views: 2406(2 votes) - The Benefits Of Having A Spiritual Community - by Submitted on May 15, 2010 from joseph namzoffThe Benefits Of Having A Spiritual Community Father Peter Bowes Having a spiritual community accelerates your personal growth in ways you cannot imagine. The idea of being with spiritually-minded people who care about the same things and are dedicated to deepening their relationship to God ...
Views: 1480(1 vote) - "3 Ways to Fulfill Your Hearts Yearning" - by Submitted on Jan 20, 2011 from LaTalya Palmer"3 Ways to Fulfill Your Hearts Yearning" By: LaTalya Palmer-Lewis Article ID: 4294500 Article Submitted: May 14, 2010 Category: Self Improvement :: Personal Growth Article Word Count: 1127 Would you believe it if I told you that many of our problems in life, emotional upsets, ...
Views: 1351 - How to Experience Your Soul - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Jeff DouglassTo experience your divine nature, start making it a habit to place your attention on your Soul during the day. Your attention has probably been elsewhere so initially you may feel quite flatfooted and not sure how to feel your divine nature. One of the easiest ways to begin is to simply ask, ...
Views: 1276(2 votes) - The Science of Light and Reflection - by Submitted on May 13, 2010 from Robin EschlerAs I started my meditation this morning, I asked for a “clearly lighted path.” As many are these days, I have been navigating some challenges searching for “the” path to take into my “future.” As I write this, I realize how much I have neglected the teachings of my prior article, “And The ...
Views: 1096 - How To Be Happy: The Culprit in Virtually All Human Unhappiness - by Submitted on May 11, 2010 from Dr. Steve McSwain,Robert Louis Stephenson once wrote: "I have a little shadow who goes in and out with me; and what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head; and I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed." Clever poem, but what is he talking ...
Views: 2249 - How to Forgive and Forget - by Submitted on May 11, 2010 from Susan LiddyWe have all heard the phrase, “Forgive and forget,” but how easy is it do either of those things? If only we could forget… maybe it wouldn’t be so hard to forgive. And sometimes we’ll offer someone our forgiveness… but the truth is that the scar of their unkind words or deeds remains. How do ...
Views: 1577(2 votes) - Blame - by Submitted on May 12, 2010 from Bettina GoodwinBlame is one of the biggest issues that we come up against in our daily life. We seem to have gotten the idea that the world is there to make us happy. And when that doesn’t happen we lay the blame out in the world as well, through other people, places or events that we think are the cause of ...
Views: 1476(4 votes) - Weapons of Least Distraction - by Submitted on May 10, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockOne of the most powerful weapons in the world is compassion. The least powerful is control. The two are surely at odds with each other, and it certainly seems that power and control would trump wimpy compassion any old day. But in actuality, compassion, a weapon of least distraction, is not only ...
Views: 1655 - Ooh heaven is a place on earth! - by Submitted on May 10, 2010 from Willie HortonI may be in danger of breaking into song here – and anyone who has heard me sing will confirm that you don’t want to be there when that happens! Seriously, thought, the well-known hit song does actually say it like it is – “Ooh heaven is a place on earth”! Confirmation of this fact comes from ...
Views: 2324(1 vote) - An Easy Way to Make Yourself Happy—Recognize You Are Responsible—It is Up to You to Change Your Life - by Submitted on May 12, 2010 from Cindy L. HerbAll of us want peace and happiness. We look outside for the answers. However, the bottom line is that our happiness is up to us. We must choose to release old habits, destructive thoughts and patterns to be happy. No one can do it for us. Everyone can realize many exciting hopes and wishes. ...
Views: 2772(2 votes) - Overcoming Fear of Hurting Feelings of Others—How to Stop Being a Worry Wart - by Submitted on May 05, 2010 from Cindy L. HerbMany friends that I know are miserable. They are unhappy with a current situation in each of their lives. However, not one of them will ever take steps to alleviate the problem because they are always fearful of hurting others. They base all their actions upon that premise. Each friend keeps ...
Views: 7159(2 votes) - Connecting with the Divine Feminine Energy Within - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2010 from Michael HoareSo what does Divine Feminine Energy mean? What is it? What does it look like? How does it feel? The answers will be different for each of us, of course. But there are also similar characteristics that we will all experience. In a general sense, I want to share with you the answers to ...
Views: 10184(2 votes) - Stained Glass -- A Channeling on Stained Glass - by Submitted on May 04, 2010 from Natalie KimbroughWhen is the last time you took the time to look through a stained glass window? Think of the different colors and reflections, the way that every time you look at it, through it you see something different. When the sunlight hits these colors, the various color areas presenting a different ...
Views: 1497 - Moving forward with grief! - by Submitted on May 03, 2010 from Sandy BrosamI am a mother – daughter – wife – sister – granddaughter. I love my family deeply, so when I lose a member of my family or a close friend, how do I move forward in my grief? I can share my thoughts with you on this subject as a woman who has lost 2 children in two very different ways, my ...
Views: 4563(4 votes) - Revulsion - Accepting Other’s Faults - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Leah ColeHave you ever been in a public place and had someone clear his sinuses right behind you? To me, that sucking sinus snort is extremely off-putting. I have a physical response to the sound, as if an unappealing stranger has just blown his nose on my shoulder. How does this feeling of revulsion fit ...
Views: 1745 - Staying Afloat on the Ebb and Flow - by Submitted on May 01, 2010 from CHARLES GLASSMANWhat got me started writing these weekly messages was a need expressed by one of my patients. He always felt particularly motivated after meeting with me, but was frustrated that the motivation quickly faded once he was back among the pressures of his life. We came up with the idea of a weekly ...
Views: 1648(2 votes) - It doesn't really matter - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2010 from Debra HardingThese past few weeks I’ve spent some time in ‘observation’ mode. Watching my thoughts, my actions and the results from my thoughts, my feelings about my thoughts and actions. I’m a funny person. I notice that even though I have a thought- ‘don’t do that’ I still do it. I watch how sometimes ...
Views: 855 - The Biggest Avatar Course in the World, Part I - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2010 from Christopher BurbridgeThe biggest Avatar® course to date is starting on Saturday July 4th, the date of the United States’ Independence Day. Hundreds of people will fly from all over the world–from Korea, Japan, Taiwan, from Holland, Germany, Brazil–and many, many other countries, speaking many ...
Views: 1220 - Saved by the Laundry: From Hamper to Happiness in 8 Steps - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2010 from Laura MonzoWhen I was thirty-five, I looked up one day and realized that I hadn't had a life. I'd had a lot of things. I had a husband and a marriage. We had two late-model cars, two high-speed careers, and a two-story house on an oak-lined street. I had everything I ever thought I wanted, and much more ...
Views: 1913(8 votes) - Be the Butterfly - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Meghan GehanOver the past two years, I’ve used various activities to cope with my divorce: yoga, meditation, coffee dates with friends, workshops and the OJC retreat, etc. One simple, yet effective coping mechanism has been inspirational quotes taped to my bathroom mirror. They change periodically depending ...
Views: 1454 - Replenishing Your Soul! - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Trudy-Ann EwanWhen our mind, heart and body are tired, our Soul will feel drained. Sometimes we push ourselves too much and we forget the natural state of who we are. That’s fine as long as we remember at some point and bring ourselves back in alignment. You can do that by taking a time out from the everyday ...
Views: 5272(1 vote) - Meditation for Healing and Manifestation - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2010 from Krzysztof SrokaWe live in a very fast, changing and often stressful world. Sometimes things happen so quickly that we don't react as fast as we want to. We might even lose our capacity to think fast, clearly and make right decisions. It's not supposed to be like that. It is important to slow down, relax and ...
Views: 1794(5 votes) - Vivation - The Skill of Happiness - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2010 from Paul Hughes“Wow! I didn't know it was possible to feel this good!,” said a client the other day after a Vivation session. This article briefly explains what Vivation is. Originated by Jim Leonard, Vivation is the skill of experiencing the core feeling process within your body that is the true source of ...
Views: 2494(1 vote) - Everything's Gonna Be Alright - by Submitted on May 06, 2010 from CHARLES GLASSMANI recall during high school when I was applying to colleges. Firmly affixed in the neurons of my automatic brain was Groucho Marx’s famous line: “I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.” So it would follow ...
Views: 3101(4 votes) - Are You Ready For A Spiritual and Personal Transformation? - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2010 from Dr. Carol BateyAre you ready for a Spiritual and Personal Transformation? “There I say unto you. What things so ever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.” Romans 8:26 (KJV) You are wondering what a spiritual and personal transformation is. Then you may ask does ...
Views: 1522(3 votes) - What Was My Life All About? - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockThere comes a time in most people’s lives when they look back. Perhaps after the kids are gone, or when their faculties are almost gone! Or when they are more inclined to surrender rather than put up the good fight anymore. We all have to surrender, eventually. We might long for a sense of ...
Views: 1667 - Preparing For Earth Changes - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2010 from Tianna RoserToday there are many who wish to share specific guidance and bring forth love and hope for a brighter future. Know that the future is not predestined. You and all the other beings on this planet co-create this world. As it stands now, there is a probability that extensive changes will occur ...
Views: 1645(3 votes) - Dealing with a Midlife Crisis - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2010 from Greg BakerIf you or someone you know is having a midlife crisis, then you may want to know how to properly deal with it. This period in a person's life is extremely dangerous. They can become depressed, disillusioned with life, and even quit things or relationships they should not. Primarily, a midlife ...
Views: 3298(4 votes) - Seeing Everything Anew - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockTo clear the mind of past programming requires practice. It can't be done by wishing it to happen. The fastest and most trusted way is meditation, and the type of meditation that gets results quickly and surely is breath meditation. As one concentrates on his or her breath for some time, the ...
Views: 1993 - Faith or Fear In Our Economy - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2010 from Coach LouiseEverywhere I hear this question “Now that our economy is falling apart again, how do we keep on believing in America?” You are not alone in questioning your faith in America. There is an under current sweeping across America like a bad flu virus, challenging our core beliefs. The economy and ...
Views: 1056 - Depression - A Societal Evolution - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2010 from Greg BakerDepression is increasingly on the rise in our society. Its diagnosis has exploded over the last twenty years, and as a result, the medical field has responded with pill after pill. But depression isn't a disease. It can't be transmitted from person to person like the flu. So why is depression ...
Views: 2331(5 votes) - Intuition-At-Work Expert Offers Tips on How to Stay Positive after a Job Loss - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from Lynn RobinsonThe national unemployment rate has soared to its highest level in 16 years, offering little encouragement to the 12 million plus Americans who are unemployed. During these difficult economic times, intuition expert and best-selling author Lynn A. Robinson, M.Ed., offers sound advice on how to ...
Views: 1664(7 votes) - You Are 100% Responsible for Every Thing That Happened to You. - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2010 from David SamuelMisery or good things, almost every thing that happens to you, other than some exceptions, has happened due to your own decision at one point in time. You made a decision and that sent a chain of events in progress until what you are currently dealing with happened. Likewise, your innocent ...
Views: 1479(1 vote) - What’s Your Pleasure? - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockTake a look at your life and see if it's not true that the pursuit of pleasure and happiness involves just about everything you do. From watching TV or playing on the internet, to working at a career in order to make money - so that you can spend it and be happy with the resulting pleasure or ...
Views: 1780(3 votes) - Is the grass greener on the other side?: 4 tips to a more vibrant life - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2010 from Monique MacKinnonWhen you acknowledge, accept and embrace the fact that your weaknesses are also your strengths, you can begin detaching yourself from illusion of “good” or “better” versus “bad” and “worse” in your life. The truth is, you are whole. Once you fully embrace this notion, you will consistently view ...
Views: 2345(2 votes) - Complete Peace: How Can You Achieve It? - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2010 from Dr. Shirley Cheng, Blind Author with VisionAre you able to feel at peace even when life bombards you with hardship? If not, how can you achieve peace when life gets tough? In January, Tammy Brackett, a music publicist/writer, experienced the financial pain that many Americans are going through now. "My income was reduced by 2/3 ...
Views: 4603(4 votes) - How To Achieve The State of 'Now' Without Traditional Meditation - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2010 from Rion FreebergThere's a lot of talk about Eckhart Tolle's breakthrough book 'The Power of Now'. It is very profound. But to a lot of people it just seems too idealistic, too impractical, too out of touch and not directly applicable to our 'ego'-based and driven daily Western lives. How can we stop ...
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