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  • No More Secrets - Thank You Tiger Woods - by Claudia McNeely, CCHt
    Submitted on Dec 16, 2009 from Claudia McNeely
    The year 2009 has been a time of secrets coming out of the darkness into the Light. Much that has been hidden for centuries has come to the surface for all to see. Through the years, our politicians, bankers and the medical profession have been able to keep many secrets from us. This is no ...
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  • Your Journey Back Home - by Valencia Clay
    Submitted on Jul 03, 2012 from Valencia Clay
    Quote: “To walk your path, you must walk it alone. It is the home you own and where you belong." We travel on this journey called life with high hopes of making good choices. We must be willing to change the course of our paths at any time to find our true life’s purpose. Do not take your ...
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  • BE-Attitudes ~ Remembrance of Love - by Kimberly Marooney
    Submitted on Dec 16, 2009 from Kimberly Marooney
    Sadness, missing people you love who have left. Be in Love. “On the 3rd day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…” a Remembrance of Love. Our True Love is the Holy Spirit, or God, or whatever you call the Most High. Many people experience deep despair during the Holidays. The absence of ...
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  • The Certitude of Uncertainty - by Theodore Henderson
    Submitted on Dec 16, 2009 from Theodore Henderson
    It is always interesting to watch the talking heads on TV speak with such certainty about what would happen if we follow their advice on the economy, foreign policy, war, industry, and just about anything else they feel compelled to pontificate on. They apparently (if you believe everything they ...
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  • Are you doing Job’s job? - by Elsabe Smit
    Submitted on Dec 14, 2009 from Elsabe Smit
    Here is an interesting piece of information: I looked up the meaning of the word “job” in the dictionary. The meanings included “task, chore, difficulty, problem, trouble, hard time”. This reminded me of a biblical figure called Job, whose name means “persecuted, afflicted, adversity”. ...
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  • The Audacity to be Ignorant - by Salim Boss
    Submitted on Jan 13, 2012 from Salim Boss
    When life is preoccupied with American Idol, African Idol, Asian Idol, Indian Idol, Australian Idol, Eskimo Idol . . . ; when precious moments are spent watching talk shows, from Tyra, to Oprah Winfrey Show to Late Night with Conan O’Brien to Jerry Springer . . . ; when alarms are set to ...
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  • Purpose Of Life - by Salim Boss
    Submitted on Jan 13, 2012 from Salim Boss
    “If tomorrow is judgment day And I’m standing on the front line And the Lord asks me what I did with my life I will say, I spent it with you” ~Whitney Houston, “My Love Is Your Love” Lyrics “Only barbarians are not curious about where they come from, how they came to be where they are, ...
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  • I am the Voice for Choice - by Pam Hauser, RN, LMBT
    Submitted on Dec 11, 2009 from Pam Hauser, RN
    I've been thinking a lot about choice these days. I have even decided that my new motto is this: “I am The Voice for Choice”. I like it. It is not a new concept for me or the world, but rather one that I am currently pondering and well, choosing! Some times things happen in our lives that ...
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  • How to Live an Authentic Life - by Elsabe Smit
    Submitted on Dec 07, 2009 from Elsabe Smit
    Are you living an authentic life? How would you know where to find the answer to this question? Frank Joseph said “Following a vocation, that inner call, is not self-indulgence or an excuse for laziness. Doing what one really wants to do is hard work, but it is self-fulfilling as nothing ...
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  • $84,600.00 to be Happy! - by Deb Scott
    Submitted on Dec 05, 2009 from Deb Scott
    $84,600.00 to be HAPPY! So I was listening to one of those inspirational shows, and the question was posed: “You have just been given $84.600.00 dollars to spend in 24 hours – what do you buy – what do you spend it on – do you spend it all – or leave a few dollars behind?” I really ...
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  • It’s All About Time! - by Marie Kirkland
    Submitted on Feb 01, 2010 from Marie Kirkland
    December often brings about the idea of time. 23 days until Christmas… 29 days until the New Year! We begin to ask ourselves questions like …did I do everything I wanted to do this year? What are my New Years resolutions? And saying things like “Next year will be better.” And this is all before ...
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  • Spending A Lifetime - by Fireflies Team
    Submitted on Nov 30, 2009 from Fireflies Team
    Most of us know that the country of India is a vast and wonderful country. With great potential and diverse problems, it has many needs. Jesse and Ann Williams went in 1971 to be part of India's solution. "Honey,” said Jesse...."pack a few bags, get out the atlas. We're going to India." ...
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  • How To Discover What's True For You! - by Paula Tarrant, Certified Spiritual Life Coach
    Submitted on Oct 06, 2011 from Paula Tarrant
    One of the most common outcomes of transition and transformation is that the life we used to live is no longer our reality. So, how do you reconstruct your life, when many of the things you used to hold so dear no longer have the attraction they used to? Here are 3 exercises you can use to ...
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  • ~ The History of Manifestation Before "The Secret" ~ - by Larry Agresto
    Submitted on Nov 27, 2009 from Larry Agresto
    If you’re like me and thousands of others on this planet, you’ve either read The Secret, watched the DVD or know what it’s about. Those of us who are familiar with the Law of Attraction (LOA), know that it has been around since Jesus and other prophets walked the earth. All we need to do is read ...
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  • FIVE “HELPING” THINGS WE ALL WANT FOR OURSELVES AND NEED TO LEARN HOW TO GIVE TO OTHERS - by William S. Cottrigner, Ph.D.
    Submitted on Nov 26, 2009 from William Cottringer
    FIVE “HELPING” THINGS WE ALL WANT FOR OURSELVES AND NEED TO LEARN HOW TO GIVE TO OTHERS By Bill Cottringer “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.” ~Dr. Seuss I have been involved in the helping business on both ends of giving ...
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  • Synopsis of Four Beatitudes - by Curtis R Doll Jr
    Submitted on Jul 12, 2019 from Curtis R Doll Jr
    Brokenness is the theme of the first Beatitude. The significance of being poor in spirit is simply that, as long as I was living my life under the fallacious notion that I was self-sufficient, I thought that I didn't need God in my life. I now realize that our need to love and know that we are ...
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  • What are you thankful for? - by Pam Hauser, RN, LMBT
    Submitted on Nov 23, 2009 from Pam Hauser, RN
    In 1990 I had everything that I had ever dreamed of. I had two beautiful children, a home, a husband, a career that I loved, a cat, a lush garden, friends… and yet something was missing. Three weeks later, my daughter died. She was 5 months old when she went down for a nap and never woke up. ...
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  • Do Opinions of Others Drive Your Life ? - by Steve Monahan
    Submitted on Nov 23, 2009 from Stephen Monahan
    Opinions of others or self; Which matters more to you ? Self or Wealth; Which is more precious ? He who is attached to things will suffer much. He who holds on will experience heavy losses. A contented person is never disappointed. He who knows when to stop will stay forever safe. ...
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  • For the Love of God - by H.E.Muller
    Submitted on Nov 22, 2009 from Heinrich Muller
    When reading the newspapers or articles in magazines the level of lawlessness, unethical behaviour, violence, abuse of children and women, drug and alcohol abuse and the overall moral collapse in the world is appalling. Combined with the global warming issue and the abuse of all of the earth's ...
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  • Blue Christmas - by Cherokee Billie
    Submitted on Nov 22, 2009 from Cherokee Billie
    Just because the economy has gone down does not mean we need to lose the true meaning of Christmas. What is the meaning? Giving to others without expecting anything in return. Wow, what a concept. Do you have it in you to give of yourself without expecting anything back? What I’m ...
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  • Past Life w/ Future Possibilities - by Zen Benefiel
    Submitted on Nov 15, 2009 from Zen Benefiel
    The 26,000 year Tzolkin recycles in 2012. There are some personal connections to that within a past life regression I did in 1989. I’ve been open to these things but always had a skeptical eye open just to keep observant and a bit cautious of getting lost in it all. After all, we do live in the ...
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  • The art of creating meaning in your life - by Gilbert Ross | Soul Hiker
    Submitted on Nov 11, 2009 from Gilbert Ross
    I think one of the most fundamental questions we come to ask in our lives is “what is the purpose of my life?” which can be transcribed into “How meaningful is the life I am living at the moment?” This is a personalization of the more general and philosophical question “What is the meaning of ...
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  • Observing and Learning from Nature...The Tao Te Ching - by Steve Monahan - the Tao Warrior
    Submitted on Nov 10, 2009 from Stephen Monahan
    Tao Te Ching: Verse 76 A man is born gentle and weak. At his death he is hard and stiff. Green plants are tender and filled with sap. At their death they are withered and dry. Therefore the stiff and unbending is the way of death. The gentle and yielding ...
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  • Just What is the Yin and Yang of Life ? - by The tao Warrior
    Submitted on Nov 04, 2009 from Stephen Monahan
    Yin and Yang To understand the ancient books of Oriental philosophy such as Taoism and the Tao Te Ching one has to understand Yin and Yang. Yin and Yang is the continuous rhythm of life that continually pulsates through the universe, in the seemingly separate but in truth one ...
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  • Why do we celebrate our Birthday? - by Jill Lowy
    Submitted on Nov 04, 2009 from Jill Lowy
    My birthday is coming up soon and this led me to think about birthdays in general. Why do we celebrate our birthdays? Is there something special about the day we were born? Well, there is! From an astrological perspective, we come to this planet for a specific purpose. Our astrological natal ...
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  • Who are You? - by David Wayne Thompson
    Submitted on Nov 03, 2009 from David Thompson
    Who am I? Have you ever asked that? Its a good question and the answers change as we change. "You are who you are...even before you know...who you are." When we are born, we have certain genes,personality traits and emotional ranges from our parents. As we grow older, these "gifts" grow as ...
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  • TWO VIEWS - Looking for balance in the 21st Century - by Robert C. Felix
    Submitted on Jul 05, 2012 from Robert Felix
    As we race forward into the 21st century, mankind’s unlimited ability to prosper will be increasingly testing the Earth’s limited ability to support that prosperity. Over the past 50 years, the global middle class—defined here as those who are able to spend a third or more of their income for ...
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  • The Quality of Life - by Michelle Morovaty
    Submitted on Nov 03, 2009 from Michelle Morovaty
    The Quality of Life The quality of life is your quality of life. How do you know your life to be? Are you happy and content with your life, Right Now? Are you exactly where you would like to be in life? And how is the quality of your life? Are you present with the quality of your ...
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  • *** In Wholistic Healing, the Journey Is the Destination - by Daniel J. Benor, MD, ABHM
    Submitted on Nov 02, 2009 from Daniel Benor
    Health and healing are not what we have been led to believe they are. Modern Western medicine and science tell us that disease is a scourge and that the primary goal of treatment is to cure it. In order to achieve cures, we fight illnesses with drugs; remove diseased parts; replace worn out ...
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  • Battle Between Good and Evil II: Why Didn't God Stop or Prevent Satan from Creating Evil? - by Shirley Cheng
    Submitted on Nov 02, 2009 from Dr. Shirley Cheng, Blind Author with Vision
    Question: Doesn't God know everything? Isn't He all-powerful? So even when He did not create evil, He could have squished it down in an eyeblink. He knew it was coming and exactly from whom and every detail. And He could have saved Jesus from suffering, why didn't He? Why didn't God prevent ...
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  • A CHILD OF GOD - by Arlene Cohen Miller
    Submitted on Nov 08, 2009 from Arlene Miller
    A CHILD OF GOD I met a Child of God She walked into my life She spread her loving arms And enveloped me in Love I stood in awe of her Her majesty and splendor I felt her beauty Her glory and her might She walked the talk of love Never wavering or faltering She walked the talk ...
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  • ADAPTABILITY & MANIFESTING OUR BEST POSSIBLE FUTURE REALITY NOW - by Arlene Cohen Miller
    Submitted on Nov 08, 2009 from Arlene Miller
    ADAPTABILITY & MANIFESTING OUR BEST POSSIBLE FUTURE REALITY NOW Adaptability is one of the most important spiritual qualities to integrate, and the key to success in our lives. We need to be adaptable because people can be self-centered, self-absorbed, scattered, fearful and ungrounded. ...
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  • Starseed, Walk-in and Lightworker Series: Starseed Challenges - by Jelaila Starr
    Submitted on Oct 29, 2009 from Jelaila Starr
    Walking this Earth are many souls from the stars. Though we all walk in human form many find it hard to operate…like a piece of technology with no operating manual. Though we find Earth to be a beautiful place, our hearts still harken to the stars… to a far away. Memories and voices from the ...
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  • ***Moving Through Limiting Beliefs and Fear to Fulfill Your Purpose and Live Your Best Life - by Kamila Harkavy, the Official Guide to Financial Freedom
    Submitted on Oct 28, 2009 from Kamila Harkavy
    “Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being” - Rumi "There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstances permit. When you're committed to something, you accept no ...
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  • ***Values, Life Purpose, and New Year's Resolutions - by Kamila Harkavy, Official Guide to Financial Freedom
    Submitted on Oct 27, 2009 from Kamila Harkavy
    Soon people will be writing out their New Year's Resolutions for 2009 or at least thinking about the New Year. People will be thinking of what they want, what they want to be different and better, and what they think they could do differently to better bring about the life or circumstances they ...
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  • The 3rd Chakra: The Power, The Key, The Gate - by Rev. Keith Hall
    Submitted on Oct 27, 2009 from Rev. Keith Hall
    The sense of yearning is a coded message that the soul is sending to our ego. Yearning takes on different characteristics depending on one’s state of evolution, one’s level of consciousness. To the individual awakening to higher consciousness, first the physical necessities must be met. Then ...
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  • The Heart of Love - by Glenn Berger, PhD, LCSW
    Submitted on Oct 25, 2009 from Glenn Berger
    Where does love come from? Contemporary science tells us that love is built into us. As the great researcher, Allan Schore, proves, we enter the world pre-wired to love the first person who takes care of us. Once an infant is born it works like this. When an infant sees his mother gazing at ...
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  • Battle Between Good and Evil: What Is It All About? Why Is It Necessary? - by Shirley Cheng
    Submitted on Oct 24, 2009 from Dr. Shirley Cheng, Blind Author with Vision
    Question: What is the battle between good and evil all about? Why is it necessary? Answer: Originally, there was no force of evil, because Jehovah God Almighty did not create anything evil. Evil was created only after a great angel rebelled against God. Jehovah created countless number of ...
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  • A Different Way to Live - by anagarika eddie
    Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond Rock
    The way that we have been living is called the way of least resistance. This way involves emotionally and logically going after what we believe will make us happy. For the vast majority of us, this usually includes a career, a partner, then a house, cars, furniture, kids, college tuition, ...
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  • Are you a Victim or Are you Living on Purpose? - by Caroline Makepeace
    Submitted on Oct 21, 2009 from Caroline and Craig Makepeace
    Attending the live conference in Puerto Rico last week and having the opportunity to learn from some of the most amazing speakers was truly life transformational for us. This is the fantastic community I currently find myself involved in. To be surrounded by empowering and uplifting people for ...
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  • Emotional Courage or is it Encourage - by Roger N Quevillon,M.Msc.
    Submitted on Oct 21, 2009 from Roger Quevillon
    What does this mean anyways? Being completely authentic, being you, not holding back, speaking truthfully. I warn you, the truth hurts, sometimes. It is one of the greatest healing tools around. Emotional Courage is going towards your dream, with confidence, energy, love and enthusiasm, ...
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  • PURPOSEFUL PARENTING - by Holly Boyd
    Submitted on Oct 21, 2009 from Holly Boyd
    As a Christian Professional Organizer my solutions to organizing everything come straight from the rock solid, age old proven methods of the Bible, no messing around. I’ll take scripture and truth over trendy ideas and hypothesis any day. You see, what’s trendy is here today, gone tomorrow. ...
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  • Heaven (A Poem aboout Eternity) - by Ross A. Rosenberg, M.Ed. LCPC, CADC
    Submitted on May 30, 2011 from Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed. LCPC CADC
    Seven years ago I was asked by a friend if I was "religious and if I believed in God?" As a (formerly) practicing agnostic I quickly answered:"no." However, I defended myself by explaining that I lived my life according to universal principals of "right and wrong." Because I believed that our ...
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  • Letting Our Visions Emerge - by Rachel Ginther
    Submitted on Oct 16, 2009 from Rachel Ginther
    Have you ever heard the phrase - "Sometimes love isn't enough"? How is it possible that Love, the force that binds the Universe, the glue that holds the fabric of life together, could somehow not be enough? The answer lies in how we feel about ourselves - how we love and care for us. If we don't ...
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  • The 3rd Chakra: The Tower of Ego & The Fall - by Rev. Keith Hall
    Submitted on Oct 15, 2009 from Rev. Keith Hall
    The 3rd Chakra: The Tower of Ego & The Fall The Tower of Ego The over compensation for survival challenges and the perception of lack in the material or emotional realms leads to the quest for dominance. This makes sense on the animal level as the best hunters or providers will ensure their ...
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  • How to Find and Follow your Inner Calling (from the Oprah Winfrey Show - Part One) - by shared by craig
    Submitted on Oct 14, 2009 from Craig Lock
    Title: How to Find and Follow your Inner Calling (from the Oprah Winfrey Show - Part One) Submitted by Craig Lock Category/Subject: Personal growth, Oprah Winfrey, dreams, inspiration, life purpose, success, motivation. Web Site: Craig's new blog (with extracts from his various writings: ...
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  • Are you ready to activate the POWER IN YOU?? - by Sharon Cohen
    Submitted on Oct 11, 2009 from sharon cohen
    We are all souls on a journey. We all have fears and insecurities. But we also have the tools within us to transform those fears into a positive source of fulfillment. Like your body, your soul is built from many different parts. Each part of your soul has its powers, and the way you use ...
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  • Manifestation: Life Alignment for Fulfillment and Success - by Alan Seale
    Submitted on Oct 11, 2009 from Alan Seale
    Manifestation is all about alignment of energy. The conventional wisdom around manifestation, if there is such a thing, tells us that it is the result of alignment of thoughts, feelings, attitudes, behaviors, choices, actions, and habits. While that is absolutely true, that’s only part of the ...
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  • Lunch With a Friend Taught the Meaning of Life - by Bill Chandler
    Submitted on Oct 09, 2009 from Bill White
    Hooked-up with a friend I hadn’t seen in a while today. And I’m very glad we had lunch together. You know, the lessons life unexpectedly throws our way can be absolutely amazing. She taught me one such lesson. Suzanne and I were in the same cohort throughout grad school. I’ll never forget ...
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  • ***Sex and Spirituality - by Ben Willemsen, the Official Guide to Purpose of Life
    Submitted on Nov 21, 2009 from Ben Willemsen
    "Everything in nature is designed with an innate drive to grow and reproduce. Without this drive, life could not exist. Even before humans appeared on earth, sex and reproduction played a predominant role. The world was inhabited by plants and animals, all of which were designed to reproduce. ...
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