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  • The Future Holds the Same Stuff as Today - by Debbi Dickinson
    Submitted on Nov 23, 2012 from Debbi Dickinson
    How often we lament ‘When ___ happens my life will be better’. The blank may be a job, marriage, new baby or even divorce. What you can count on is that your life will be altered; but will it be better? My experience has been that my life gets better when I work on me. If I rely upon ...
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  • The Gift of the Present - by Sally Ann Marks
    Submitted on Dec 16, 2020 from Sally Marks
    One of the most challenging experiences I have in my daily life is to stay focused on the present moment. It is so easy for my mind to skip forward to the future or lapse into stale memories. Although I’d like to think I’m older and wiser, I have found children are much better at enjoying (or ...
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  • The Gifts of Forgiveness - by Kristin Whitelaw
    Submitted on May 04, 2011 from Kristin Whitelaw
    The Gifts of Forgiveness Forgiveness can be one of the most difficult and complicated concepts we deal with in our lives. It is not that we aren't loving and compassionate people who desire to be thoughtful and forgiving, it is simply that the perspectives about forgiveness have been so ...
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  • The Good Idea/Balanced Life - by Nancy A. Lennert
    Submitted on Jul 01, 2013 from Nancy Lennert
    Good morning to all…. This morning I started the day by ushering out a few family members….one by one they left to fulfill their daily obligations. I realize more and more that it is not the “job” we have or where we go; it is what we do with that job and what we do where we go. I kiss ...
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  • The Good Idea/Good Intentions - by Nancy A. Lennert
    Submitted on Jun 24, 2013 from Nancy Lennert
    Good morning to all….. As I begin with you today I realize that it is close to Noon and I ask; what has happened to the morning? I’m sure that everyone wonders that from time to time. We had one appointment this morning which I figured would take maybe 30 minutes or so – more than an ...
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  • The Good Idea/Holiday Rest - by Nancy A. Lennert
    Submitted on May 26, 2013 from Nancy Lennert
    Good morning….. Another glorious day, wouldn’t you agree? I was once asked (OK maybe more than once.) if I ever think a day is not glorious or wonderful or bright or beautiful….sure I do. I just can’t remember when. It is difficult to see darkness when you live in a rainbow! I’ve been ...
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  • The grace and wisdom of living with uncertainty - by Clement McGrath
    Submitted on Feb 25, 2015 from Clement McGrath
    We humans invest huge amounts of energy, time and resources trying to create a sense of certainty and security. Uncertainty can terrify us because it threatens the control we believe we have over life, so we cling to those things that are supposed to bring us certainty, and refuse to ...
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  • The Healing Power of Forgiveness - by Janet Pfeiffer
    Submitted on Jul 17, 2013 from Janet Pfeiffer
    Forgiveness is oftentimes misunderstood and difficult to put into action. For some, when another offends or betrays them, moving beyond the anger and the need to get even can feel impossible. Forgiveness is a conscious choice to let go of all anger, pain, bitterness, and negative feelings ...
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  • The Healing Power of Forgiveness - by Anne Hartley
    Submitted on May 17, 2014 from Anne Hartley
    I consider myself to be a nice person. I spend a lot of my life - giving to others and teaching positive life skills. However, what I like about myself sometimes makes it hard for me to accept other people when they are inconsiderate, selfish and downright hurtful towards others. You see I have ...
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  • The Healing Power Of Nature! - by Oliver JR Cooper
    Submitted on Mar 05, 2018 from Oliver JR Cooper
    A few weeks ago, I was having a conversation with a friend of mine called Wain, and this was a deep conversation. However, this was a conversation that was far deeper than usual and I ended up thinking about what we spoke about. I won’t go too far into what we spoke about as I sure that he ...
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  • The Hundred Monkey Theory and Collective Change - by Alan Mesher
    Submitted on Apr 17, 2012 from Alan Mesher
    Critical Mass The Hundred Monkey Theory provides hope for collective change in humanity. The notion that a critical mass of consciousness can change the collective consciousness is not a new one. The Hundred Monkey Theory emerged in the nineteen seventies when researchers in the wilds of ...
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  • The Implications of Nocturnal Dreaming in Regard to Self-awareness - by Gopalakrishnan T. Chandrasekaran
    Submitted on Dec 26, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan Chandrasekaran
    Deep dreamless sleep can result from a mind that is quiet during the day. It cannot come through controlling the mind but only through self-awareness in which one functions as an affectionate bystander to oneself. Looking In Nocturnal dreaming is a natural process that we all go through. ...
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  • The Inner Mirror - by Vinod Anand
    Submitted on Jun 27, 2013 from Vinod Anand
    The Inner Mirror [Vinod Anand] I look again at a drawing my niece, then five, had made, and which I treasure. It has her, her sister, and another person who looks a lot like them. Under each ‘person’ is their name in a childish scrawl — Jacqui, Sue and God. “God looks like this, huh?” I ...
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  • The Key of Daily Happiness - by Dada Bhagwan
    Submitted on Jan 08, 2019 from Dada Bhagwan
    Everyone prefers to be happy rather than being unhappy, sad or miserable. And there come numerous occasions in our life when we feel happy. However, all too often this sense of joy fleets as we encounter another challenge in life through unfolding circumstances. The key question, therefore, is ...
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  • The Life of Lord Hanuman - by Harshad Jethra
    Submitted on Sep 13, 2016 from Harshad Jethra
    If we look at Indian literature, the kind prominent since ancient times, we come to realize that it is full of miracles, withholds magic within itself. Vedic philosophy has been maintained pretty much on the same lines since millennia! This has been accomplished in form of stories that ...
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  • The Light Within - by Sharon Craig
    Submitted on Nov 18, 2011 from Sharon Craig
    We are here as one, united by the consciousness of who we are. For who we are is the consciousness of our creator. Our creator who desires that we learn and grow to evolve who we are and who we are to become. The love and the light of the universe, the love and the light that is part ...
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  • The Little White Lie That Grew - by Jenn Prothero
    Submitted on Apr 07, 2017 from Jenn Prothero
    We have come so far from truth in many areas of our lives that sometimes it seems difficult to find our own inner truth. We have accepted the little white lies we tell ourselves and others for so long that we have drifted to a place were the truth feels so uncomfortable we don’t want to hear ...
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  • The Mental Activity Of Meditation - by rachel ann
    Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from rachel ann
    As we go through our daily lives, we tend to forget to make a pause from all the clamors of circadian life. Why don’t we break off for a moment and contemplate just to unclog all those worldly stuff and breathe in some fresh air. We need that from time to time to make our lives more bearable to ...
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  • The minimum size and form of an ideal dream - by www.desire2will.com
    Submitted on Nov 11, 2011 from Dinesh Kumar
    The minimum size and form of an ideal dream There was an ordinary village labourer in a remote place with the state of Bihar in India. He was just able to survive with his wife and children. He had no contact with the world outside neither had he any formal education through which he could ...
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  • The Most Important Thing You Could Ever Learn - by Charles David Heineke
    Submitted on Dec 28, 2021 from Charles Heineke
    The most important thing you could ever learn is that YOU are loved, honored, and adored by All-That-Is-Holy. Nothing you’ve ever done or ever will do could earn this love. Nothing you’ve ever done or not done ever lost this love. Nothing you’ll ever do or not do will ever lose this ...
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  • The Most Loving Act Part 2 - by Melanie McGhee
    Submitted on May 25, 2012 from Melanie McGhee
    In my last blog I wrote about my plans to travel with my father. By now, we have launched ourselves into the trip and I am in Turkey attempting to remember a language I spoke about 4 decades ago. The point of last week’s post was acceptance. Accepting yourself and others for who they are and how ...
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  • The Most Loving Act- Part 1 - by Melanie McGhee
    Submitted on May 11, 2012 from Melanie McGhee
    I will be travelling to Europe with my father in a few weeks. We both love to travel and it will be a trip that revisits places very dear to both of us. My dad is now 82 and traveling together is a precious and, like everything else, time-limited. These sorts of events get me thinking about a ...
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  • The Nature and Power of Peace - by santosh krinsky
    Submitted on Aug 23, 2025 from santosh krinsky
    In the context of yogic psychology, peace is not the absence of disturbance, just as in the external world, peace is not the absence of war. We generally define peace as a negative attribute. As the seeker gains depth of experience, however, it becomes clear that peace is ultimately a very ...
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  • The Nature of Inner Peace - by Santosh Krinsky
    Submitted on May 14, 2021 from santosh krinsky
    Most of us, when we reflect on the quality of “peace” think about finding an external situation that is quiet and isolated from the activities of the social body, whether it be politics, the economy, or inter-personal relationships. Peace for us is something that exists through the absence of ...
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  • The NDE Pointers - Comprehensive Messages from IANDS for Life’s Lessons - by Gopalakrishnan TC
    Submitted on Dec 02, 2016 from Gopalakrishnan Chandrasekaran
    Research on near death experiences (NDEs) have revealed many amazing aspects of our Deeper Self. Because people live oblivious of it, their personal life gets governed by the ego. This leads to mediocrity in life and to the self-importance that destroys harmony in oneself and others. The ...
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  • The Necessity for Quietude of the Vital Nature - by Santosh Krinsky
    Submitted on Feb 08, 2023 from santosh krinsky
    There can be no permanent settlement of peace in the mind if the vital nature has not also attained quiet and peace. Many people take this as a reason to abandon active life and involvement in society and the world-at-large; yet, this is not a solution. The vital nature is very much driven by ...
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  • The Need for a Settled Peace and Silence in the Mind As the First Stage of Yogic Practice - by santosh krinsky
    Submitted on Sep 15, 2025 from santosh krinsky
    The vital nature seeks ‘experiences’. These experiences are something special that sets the individual apart. In most cases, these experiences come as signposts along the way to motivate the seeker and guide. But the vital ego latches on to them and desires them to repeat as well as have new ...
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  • The Need for the Descent of Peace Into the Being - by Santosh Krinsky
    Submitted on Sep 25, 2021 from santosh krinsky
    We see in tales of various spiritual paths of the past, and present, that even a slight opening to the divine Power, Knowledge or Ananda can lead to severe disruptions in the individual being. There are stories of people dancing with ecstasy when they cannot hold the force coming down, as well ...
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  • The New Pledge of the Highly Sensitive is Life-Changing - by Sheryl Paul, M.A
    Submitted on Oct 01, 2019 from Sheryl Paul
    A theme has been constellating lately in my professional and personal worlds, and when I see a theme I’m compelled to write about it here as it’s my indicator that we’re tapping down into the realm of the collective unconscious: the invisible realm where we’re all connected, all struggling with ...
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  • The Nurturing Self - by Pam Guthrie
    Submitted on Jul 02, 2012 from Pam Guthrie
    Some years back I had my first taste of Indian food and a surprising thing happened. About a half hour after I’d finished my dinner, I felt really good. I felt like I had been fed, rather than just feeling full. I’d never had that experience before, but it sure set me thinking. I liked that ...
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  • The One And Only LeBron James - by Albert Wagner
    Submitted on May 30, 2015 from Albert Wagner
    Okay. As someone in Cleveland, Ohio there are special times. Special because, as most people know, the Cleveland Cavaliers are in the N.B.A. Finals. And, unlike the last time, they are contenders with a chance to compete. This accomplishment is not taken lightly in these parts, And you ...
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  • The One And Only LeBron James - by Albert Wagner
    Submitted on May 30, 2015 from Albert Wagner
    Okay. As someone in Cleveland, Ohio there are special times. Special because, as most people know, the Cleveland Cavaliers are in the N.B.A. Finals. And, unlike the last time, they are contenders with a chance to compete. This accomplishment is not taken lightly in these parts, And you ...
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  • The ONE KEY to Making Love Last a Lifetime - by Janet Pfeiffer
    Submitted on Feb 15, 2013 from Janet Pfeiffer
    Ah, Love! What could be more wonderful than falling in love? We find ourselves attracted to another and regardless of our age we feel like a teenager falling in love for the first time. And for a period of time, all is right with the world. But then reality sets in. We begin to notice things ...
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  • The Path from Nobody to Somebody - by William Cottringer
    Submitted on Aug 29, 2023 from William Cottringer
    The Path from Nobody to Somebody by Bill Cottringer "Be a somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody." ~anonymous. Sometimes without being aware of it, or at least not fully knowing the details, we are all searching for a path to help us go from being a nobody to become a ...
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  • The path we are traveling - by Katrina Singer- Hill
    Submitted on Aug 07, 2011 from Katrina Hill
    I was reading a verse the other day written by Walt Whitman "Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and ...
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  • The Pause, Mindfulness - by Margo Knox
    Submitted on Aug 05, 2013 from Margo Knox
    Mindfulness “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 ...
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  • The Peace of Pure Existence Is the Foundation for All Spiritual Development - by santosh krinsky
    Submitted on Sep 24, 2025 from santosh krinsky
    All of the action that takes place in the world, in the galaxy, in the universe, occurs within a vast, unmoving, wide space. The ancient Vedic Rishis termed this basis of reality, Satyam, Ritam, Brihat, the Truth, the Right, the Vast. Incalculable energies of galaxies with innumerable stars, and ...
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  • The Perfection Of What Is - by Janice Hylton
    Submitted on Feb 09, 2010 from Janice Hylton
    A compassionate body/breath practitioner said to me today that she felt the common definition of "perfection" was very constrained. I had been a recipient of her work as we shared some observations and questions about the nature of perfection. What had come up for me a few minutes earlier as ...
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  • The positive health and wellness benefits of the Law of Attraction - by Mindvalley Academy
    Submitted on May 01, 2017 from Mindvalley Academy
    Have you ever imagined how law of attraction and healthy habits could be interlinked? Right from the beginning, this earth has witnessed the law of attraction or manifestation in a high-calibrated way. We all live in the empire of the power of now. Wondering what do you mean by the power of ...
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  • The Power and essence of Music and Song - by Dilani Diva -spiritual guru
    Submitted on Mar 17, 2011 from Dilani Diva
    Even as a little taker of six I had an opinion ! an dI stated it . wow How great was that ?? I would sit at the feet of my father and bask in the many renditions of Classical masters. I could hum most of the lead lines in these wonderful pieces, at that young age. There was something very cool ...
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  • The Power of a Quiet Mind - by SANTOSH KRINSKY
    Submitted on Jun 09, 2025 from santosh krinsky
    Modern civilization puts a premium on the mental process. We educate our children with a focus on the mind. We want them to learn verbal skills, reading skills, logical skills and measure them on their abilities in these areas with various forms of standardized tests by which we then classify ...
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  • The Power of a Smile - by Csilla Moffat
    Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Csilla Moffat
    It is always my intent to smile: to smile at a stranger passing by; to smile at anyone that I make eye contact with; to give unsolicited smiles. "A smile confuses an approaching frown" . When I smile I suddenly find my body relaxing and everything easily falling into place. Smile. It is, ...
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  • The Power of Authenticity - by Mike Robbins
    Submitted on May 31, 2013 from Mike Robbins
    I was recently talking to my counselor Eleanor, asking her for some guidance on both an important meeting I had coming up and on the approach I was taking in some writing I was planning.  She said to me, “Mike, get out of your head and into your heart.  Remember, the truth can’t be ...
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  • The power of concentration and presence of mind - by Max Corradi
    Submitted on Jun 16, 2017 from Max Corradi
    A general definition of concentration would be ‘to bring to a center’. Concentration is the undisturbed power of subjective attention over an object of consciousness; therefore concentration is the domain and the best of mind’s tools. Once mastered, concentration is called presence of mind and ...
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  • The Power of Gratitude - by Karuna DiLibero
    Submitted on Dec 09, 2011 from Karuna DiLibero
    The Thanksgiving holiday has just passed and for the first time in my life, I celebrated it alone. Life seems to have been so busy and moving so quickly lately, that I felt I needed some down time to reflect on what is transpiring in my life. Taking time for myself to be thankful for all the ...
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  • The Power of Gratitude in the Elangomat System of the Order of the Arrow - by William Hartman
    Submitted on May 10, 2023 from LEON GRANT
    The Elangomat system is an integral part of the Order of the Arrow program. The Elangomat system in the Order of the Arrow is designed to help new members of the program feel welcomed, supported, and encouraged throughout their journey. One of the key values of the Elangomat system is ...
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  • The Power of Laughter - by Maria Khalifé
    Submitted on Feb 28, 2011 from Maria Khalife
    Laughter is the best medicine. ~ Proverbs Laughter is puzzling. We don't know where it comes from, but we do know that we like it. Babies like to laugh, we like to laugh at them laughing, don't we? We certainly don't work to discover in a scholarly way what laughter is or the benefits of ...
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  • The Power of Love to Heal - by Kumari Mullin
    Submitted on Feb 14, 2013 from Kumari Mullin
    St. Theresa of Lisieux wrote in “Story of a Soul”: “What matters in life, is not great deeds, but great love.” Her spiritual path was doing the ordinary with extraordinary love. “I know of one means only by which to attain to perfection: LOVE. Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing ...
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  • The Power of Purpose - by Tina Tessina - Dr. Romance
    Submitted on Jun 14, 2014 from Tina Tessina
    “Whatever your age, if you learn to listen, your inner voice will speak to you about your path,” writes oncologist Dr. Bernie Siegel in Peace, Love and Healing, your ‘job on earth.’ This wisdom that is directing you from within is your birthright... an inner message, an ...
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  • The Power to Never Again Feel Powerless - by Guy Finley
    Submitted on Apr 07, 2020 from Guy Finley
    When expectations get dashed, we don't see new possibilities unfolding; all we see is the way things should have gone. We don't see what is with all of its positive possibilities; instead we see only the negative . . . what is not. We feel powerless because we've become the captive of a mind ...
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