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- What to consider when choosing a football trophy - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2018 from Nancy LeeFootball is a game of joy, pride and most importantly, victory. Hosting up your league's football trophy after winning a championship is the greatest feeling ever. In fact, chances are you’re looking for a trophy for this very purpose. If you’re searching for a football trophy for your ...
Views: 837 - What True Love Looks Like — in Real Life! - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2021 from Marcia Naomi BergerEvery society in the world praises the value of love. Love takes us beyond self-centeredness and motivates us to connect meaningfully with another. Yet, too often, the secular ideal of love emphasizes being loved, or at least receiving love in reciprocation for the love one gives. In ...
Views: 682 - What Web Is Connecting The Different Areas Of Your Life? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2015 from Jesse An Nichols GeorgeWhat threads do you have woven through the different areas of your life? What wisdom connects for you whether it is spiritual, social, cultural, intellectual? How does the mystical aspects of dreams work in your waking life? As much as many people try to keep the different areas of their ...
Views: 1019 - What Wicca Is and What It Is Not - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2020 from Morticia DruidThere are so many misunderstandings and misconceptions about Wicca. This is due to some books that say that there is only one God (the Christian God) and that all other Gods are demons. This is not true. Let’s start with what Wicca is: Wicca is a polytheistic religion focusing upon ...
Views: 828 - What You're NOT Hearing About the Coronavirus That Will Save Your Life - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2020 from Janeska Smith-AsanteBACKGROUND & WHERE DO WE START… I’m sure you’ve heard more in the last month than you’ve ever thought you needed to know about Coronavirus. Some of that information is valid. Some is not. In this day and age, we get bombarded by information that MAY or MAY NOT be true. What we need to ...
Views: 1043 - What Your Guru is Not Telling You About Karma - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloWe define karma as everything you say, do, or intend coming back to you in equal measure, mostly from past lives. What you do now will likely come back to you in a future life, not in your immediate future. Everyone has endured a negative experience relating to career, relationships, family, ...
Views: 1671 - What's Sacred Intimacy? - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2013 from Teri GoetzWe all lead busy lives. No doubt. The problem with living busy lives is that we forget, sometimes, about the living part. Part of living is in the everyday interaction. It’s seeing the person whose eyes you avoid as you walk down the street, or the waitress who served you, the person who ...
Views: 1560 - Whats The Difference: Psychic, Physical, Mental, Evidential Mediumship? - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2017 from Lisa BoussonThere’s quite a bit of confusion when deciding what type of reader one needs. What would best serve your purposes? Here’s a simple cheat sheet… A psychic is someone who through clairvoyance, clairaudience, or clairsentience (clear seeing, clear hearing and clear feeling, respectively) is able ...
Views: 2344 - What’s Believing Got to do With It? - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2012 from Cathy EckMy life did a U-turn the day that I noticed the word belief contains the word “lie” within it. I’m sure people notice that all the time and consider it coincidental. I felt that it was an important clue to the truth left by some wise ones from the past. Many people share their beliefs as if ...
Views: 1423 - What’s the Use of Seeking to Have Spiritual Experiences? - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2023 from santosh krinskyPutting aside the ‘allurement factor’ of having some kind of special, unusual, extraordinary type of experience, which is clearly a way to feed the ego-personality, we come to the actual benefits of such experiences. There are cases where an individual is leading a perfectly ordinary life in the ...
Views: 439 - When Information Technology Attacks? - by Submitted on May 12, 2012 from Peter WendtAfter several decades of computerization, most people enjoy a life that is almost free from problems with the information technology that is administered by others on their behalf. Public institutions and private companies have improved systems and processes to the point where glitches and ...
Views: 1053 - When Offering Prayers Improve your Concentration - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2018 from Marghoob Bin SafdarThere is no uncertainty and doubt that Salah is the obligatory and fundamental elements of the Islamic faith. This is farz worship and every Muslim offer the Salah regularly five times a day and represent his or her obedience to Allah. That’s why the significance of the Salah can’t be denied in ...
Views: 1683 - When Paradoxical Client Comes to Psychologist - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2020 from Andriana ElohaThis is the situation that is usually not talked about openly and publicly. And yet, this is the very situation most Psychotherapists, Counsellors and Coaches are quite familiar with and must be able to recognize on the spot whenever it presents itself. This way they don’t waste their quality ...
Views: 740 - When the Fire Has Consumed All Its Fuel - by Submitted on May 07, 2023 from santosh krinskySri Aurobindo translates Shwetashwatara Upanishad, Chapter Six, Verse 19: “Who hath neither parts nor works, for He is utterly tranquil, faultless, stainless, therefore He is the one great bridge that carrieth us over to Immortality, even as when a fire hath burnt up all its fuel.” When we ...
Views: 449 - When the Psychic Being Comes Forward to Direct the External Nature - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2023 from santosh krinskyThere is a considerable difference in effective results from the psychic being having an influence, essentially from ‘behind’ the surface nature, on the actions of the life in the external world, and what Sri Aurobindo and the Mother designate as the psychic being ‘coming forward’. Until the ...
Views: 379 - Where Do Desires Come From? - by Submitted on Dec 20, 2025 from santosh krinskyWe feel a desire and try to fulfil it. It may be a desire or craving for some type of food or drink, or for a particular object of material enjoyment, or it may be a sexual desire, or a desire for companionship, excitement, or any other vital drive that wells up in us. In some cases we try to ...
Views: 74 - Where Does Desire Come From? - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2022 from santosh krinskyEveryone experiences the tug of desire. We observe something and suddenly we want to have it. We experience something pleasant and we want to have it happen once again. Sometimes we feel a sudden urge for something after being exposed to a commercial message. At other times we can simply be in a ...
Views: 616 - Where is the Sub-Conscious Mind Located? - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2013 from Rajah SharmaWhere is the Sub-Conscious Mind Located? Most people know that the root cause for our struggles is in the sub conscious mind. We all are aware that we have a conscious and a sub conscious mind and the sub conscious mind is the powerful one of the two. Most of the time we are on cruise control ...
Views: 3661 - Where's the Love? - by Submitted on May 17, 2019 from Mary HorsmanMy friend and I had a great conversation the other day about understanding unpleasant interactions with other people. Sometimes we have experiences that make us wonder...“Where’s the Love? ” When we cross paths with someone who treats us unkindly, it’s easy to get upset and actually take ...
Views: 1556 - Which Radio Service in Orlando Plays all Kinds of Music - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2019 from Webscare Inc.977 Alternative reflects the meaning that they play all kinds of music beyond any specific category. If being exact, it means that one can listen to all types of music which include 80s hits, hip hop, rock music, 90s hits, romantic and all other categories. They air content from Rob Zombie to ...
Views: 879 - Who Am I? - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2022 from santosh krinskySri Ramana Maharshi famously inquired into the question ‘who am I?’. Through constant self-examination with this question, the seeker begins to separate himself from the idea that he is the body, or the particular life-energy formation or mental sense that make up his external, surface ...
Views: 595 - Who Are You? - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2012 from Richard JacobsThis is a serious question! Let’s explore this for a moment and let me help clarify exactly who you are, as you might not be who you think you are…. I was reading about the Ancient Romans recently and found that they were obsessed with the after life and being remembered after they had passed ...
Views: 1243 - Who Is Your Life About? - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2012 from Linda RadfordI remember many years back a counselor I was seeing asked me what I was doing for my birthday? In those days, my life was so busy, I scheduled almost every waking hour. I listed the activities that I had scheduled feeling in a celebratory mood. He asked me a question that stopped me in my ...
Views: 1560 - Who or What Experiences the Growth of Consciousness Through the Process of Rebirth and the Evolution of Forms and of Consciousness? - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2024 from santosh krinskyThere are quite a few anecdotes and statements by individuals about remembering past lives, and there is an entire field of study dealing with what is called ‘past life regression therapy’. Some of the more intriguing incidents involve young people who can describe a village in some distant ...
Views: 317 - Whose Feelings Are You Responsible For - Yours or Others? - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2018 from Margaret PaulDo you believe you are responsible for causing others' anger, hurt, sadness or anxiety? Is this causing you to feel guilty? "My wife is so upset that I have to travel more on my new job," Chuck told me in our phone counseling session. "She feels so alone and lost when I'm gone. When I talk ...
Views: 1359 - Why a Spiritual Seeker Should Not Just ‘Go With the Flow’ - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2025 from santosh krinskyWe frequently hear the advice that we could have much more peace and satisfaction in our lives if we were not always trying to ‘manage’ things. We are encouraged to just ‘go with the flow’. Even spiritual seekers are frequently asked to let the ‘force’ work without interference from our mind or ...
Views: 82 - Why Are Women Attracted to "Bad Guys?" - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2020 from Emily ScottGuys?" You must know a friend, relative, colleague, or neighbor whose relationship ended up in a nasty breakup or divorce. The fault, as we commonly see, is in their choice of men. But is it fair to blame mankind if the options women have are limited? You don't think twice about grabbing the ...
Views: 903 - Why chastity has always been considered as highest virtue? - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2023 from Dada BhagwanIn the book, ‘Brahmacharya – Celibacy Attained with Understanding’, Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan, an Enlightened being, has shown the beneficial effects of brahmacharya with scientific exactness. Let’s look at the following excerpts from this book: Param Pujya Dadashri, herein, says: “So ...
Views: 345 - Why Connection Matters for Leaders - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2014 from Susan FreemanAccording to Wikipedia, connection is “a relationship in which a person, thing, or idea is linked or associated with something else.” This directly relates to a fundamental leadership skill: the ability to connect. Everything a leader does, requires connection. Vision, strategy and ...
Views: 1163 - Why do I want to be a god? Is it rooted in trauma, ego, or something deeper? - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2025 from Dada BhagwanTypically, in moments of extreme hardship or intense suffering, individuals often seek a path to escape their pain, suffering and misery. It is during these times that the aspiration to attain a god-like state may arise. "Traumatic" is generally related to experiences that are emotionally ...
Views: 70 - Why Do Some People Believe the Practice of Yoga Causes Illness or Death? - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2022 from santosh krinskyPeople in the West who have been introduced to yoga, primarily Hatha Yoga, come to understand that there can be substantial health benefits to the practice of yoga. Meditation has also been shown to help reduce stress, aid in achieving rest and sleep, and thereby enhance health for the ...
Views: 539 - Why Doing Yoga has significant Influence on Health - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2019 from Yogi Mahesh ChetanYoga is an excellent form of exercise to build strength and to create a balance between your mind and body. It incorporates breathing, meditation, and various yoga postures that reduces stress and anxiety and has great physical benefits. Practicing yoga in your daily life has an immense benefit ...
Views: 683 - Why Is Joy Inconstant, and How Does One Extend it? - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2024 from santosh krinskyIt is first necessary to distinguish pleasure from joy. Pleasure may arise from the most insignificant, external factors, a sense impression, a lucky or fortuitous turn of events, or some passing vital response to a circumstance. Pleasure is a response of the surface being to something which has ...
Views: 371 - Why John Lewis's "Good Trouble" is Still Relevant Today by Kimberly E. Stone - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2021 from Ian MonroeIn honor of the late John Lewis, a civil rights leader, he is quoted as saying: "To those who have said, 'Be patient and wait,' we have long said that we cannot be patient. We do not want our freedom gradually, but we want to be free now! The documentary points out that America is still in a ...
Views: 879 - Why Liberate? Part I - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2020 from Jacklyn Loa better place to live People tend to look for a better place to live. Some emigrate from Africa to Europe, another from Mexico to the USA, etc. European countries, USA, Australia, etc. are places with the better-developed economy than others; therefore, there is less risk to die from ...
Views: 947 - Why should you buy stainless steel furniture? - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2020 from Mohimenul IslamNowadays, smart people should buy stainless steel furniture more than wooden furniture. You may wonder why you should buy furniture made of stainless steel. Well, there are many reasons for this. Do you want to know these reasons and then make a decision? If yes, then you should keep reading the ...
Views: 1125 - Why Speaking About One’s Spiritual Experiences Can Be Counter-Productive to the Sadhana - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2023 from santosh krinskyIt is a quite natural impulse. An individual has an extraordinary, unusual and in some cases, inexplicable experience, outside of his normal realm of experiences. Either through vital enthusiasm, a feeling of ego-aggrandisement due to the extraordinary nature of the experience, or through sense ...
Views: 453 - Why Spiritual Growth Increases Success 5 Reasons - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2015 from Patrick HercusThere are four areas of life physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual. Real sustainable fulfilling success comes from having all four areas alive, vibrant and integrated. To talk about spiritual growth and how it increases success, we first have to define it. Simply stated, spiritual ...
Views: 1106 - Why Students Use an Online Coursework Help in Uk - by Submitted on Jan 20, 2026 from Jean EricStudents today face many academic challenges. Coursework deadlines, complex topics, and high expectations from teachers can make studies stressful. Many students struggle to manage everything at the same time. To handle this pressure, learners now rely on an online coursework helper for guidance ...
Views: 55 - WHY THE WORLD OF FASHION NEEDS TRENDSETTERS RATHER THAN FOLLOWERS? - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2020 from Saurabh Gupta"The individuals who don't fall in line are intended to lead." _ Anonymous A vocation in style is notable for its excitement, offer, and benefit in the present period. There are huge advances, oddities and remarkable patterns that are driving into the current business and lifting the 'idea of ...
Views: 680 - Why Visit Himalayan Country for your Vacation - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2023 from Ace Vision NepalHimalayan Kingdom Nepal is Unique Paradise Country in the world. Amazing mountain view, Natural and Cultural diversity in the world. Kathmandu Valley consists of three vibrant cities Kathmandu, Patan, and Bhaktapur with cultural highlights. Pashupatinath, Boudhanath, Swayambhunath, Hanumandhoka, ...
Views: 1027 - Why we may Never Stamp out Racism - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2015 from Christopher EvansThe scene in Paris where a black man was prevented from boarding a train on the Paris Metro by a number of Chelsea football supporters was proof that despite being 2015, very little has changed. A bystander at Richelieu-Drouot station recorded the event on his mobile phone, capturing the ...
Views: 1322 - Why You May NOT Be Stuck - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2017 from Carmin WhartonOftentimes we get to a point in life where we feel stuck. No matter what we do or think we are doing or have done, we can’t seem to move forward or things are not changing for us. Now if you are really stuck, as a life and business coach, I can help you get unstuck by helping you create a ...
Views: 1507 - Widening the Consciousness Through Identification with Galactic Space - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2022 from santosh krinskyThe principle Patanjali set forth for the practice of samyajma provided that one would be identified with and gain complete knowledge with the object of the practice of concentration. Those who choose to identify with the vast galactic panorama of stars and space would find their consciousness ...
Views: 493 - Widening the Consciousness: Practical Exercises and Benefits - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2022 from santosh krinskyIf we observe what happens to our inner psychology when we experience physical pain, we will see that we mostly tighten ourselves up, tensing the body, focusing intently on the experience of the bodily pain. By doing so, we actually intensify the pain experience through this focus and it takes ...
Views: 488 - Wielding the Torch of Perfect Sincerity — the Way of Realisation on the Spiritual Path - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2025 from santosh krinskySome years ago, there was a movie coming out of Hollywood that was based on the premise that someone was ‘cursed’ with having to tell the truth at all times. The premise was developed as a comedy with the idea that rather than using flattering terms or avoiding any harsh statements, the ...
Views: 132 - Will The Real You Please Stand Up? - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2015 from Tony Fahkry“Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It’s about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let our true selves be seen.” - Brené Brown The Master was never impressed by diplomas or degrees. He scrutinised the person, not ...
Views: 961 - Will-Power Can Aid the Development of the Physical Body - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2024 from santosh krinskyA woman recounted her experience of living in a small intentional community during her 20’s. The community arranged to get broken bags of cement from a nearby production facility at no charge. She was tasked with driving a van, loading up the 40# bags, and bringing them back to the location ...
Views: 272 - Wise Reminders From Aristotle - by Submitted on May 09, 2022 from Scott & Stephen PetulloAristotle (384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher taught by Plato. He wrote about many subjects and his philosophy continues to heavily influence almost every form of knowledge in the West. Below are words of wisdom from Aristotle. "Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear ...
Views: 594 - Wise Reminders From Edgar Allan Poe - by Submitted on Dec 06, 2022 from Scott & Stephen PetulloEdgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809–October 7, 1849) was an American writer and poet who is considered to have pioneered the category of detective fiction, and was one of the first Americans to consistently write short stories. He is also the first well-known American writer to earn a living ...
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