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- THE BASIS OF SUPREMACY OF SUPER MANTRA GAYATRI - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2012 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaOn the basis of spiritual practice/meditation for a very long time span, very difficult austerities, profound research and due mental cogitation/reflection Indians have given the world in the form of a great gift of Psychology Science which if used methodically man benefits personally and can ...
Views: 1376 - The Difference Between Self Realization & Oneness - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2012 from Kip MazuySelf realization is the realization of the Self, or Atman. The Self can be related to the experience of impersonal being, or the sense that you are pure consciousness, or that you are silence itself or awareness itself. Self realization is also the freedom from the sense of being a personal ...
Views: 3192(1 vote) - HOW TO WORK WITH YOUR DREAMS; PART 3 - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2012 from Shakeenah FentisPART 3 of 3 HOW TO WORK WITH YOUR DREAMS THE MECHANICS OF SLEEP It is helpful to have a little understanding of the mechanics of sleep in order to understand our dreams better. This section provides a glimpse of these sleep procedures we all experience on a daily basis under normal ...
Views: 2239(1 vote) - Taking Awakening off the Pedestal - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2012 from Mark KellyWhat we put beyond our reach remains beyond our reach. Awakening, enlightenment, God-realization, Self-realization, whatever you want to call it, is our natural state. When we place it on a pedestal we fail to recognize this and become like a dog chasing its own tail since no view that divides ...
Views: 1406(1 vote) - Meditation Technique to Attain Self Realization - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2012 from Kip MazuyBefore we begin to discuss this powerful technique to attain self realization, we need to understand what is keeping us from self realization. We have to realize what we are constantly doing that separates us more and more from our own experience of oneness. As thoughts arise, we identify ...
Views: 4640(1 vote) - We Are All Connected - Remember When Faced With a Critical Incident - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2012 from Dr. Erica GoodstoneWe are all connected and all part of the universe and the Kingdom of God. We create our reality and bring about our good fortune by the way we respond and naturally affect the responses of others. In fact, we are all basically seeking to return to the realization of who we are, a magnificent ...
Views: 2492(1 vote) - Curse of the Fortunate and the Blessing of Suffering - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2012 from David SamuelThings are not often what they appear and, what they clearly are at the time, is not always what they turn out to be in the future. Often, a wonderful safe and enjoyable childhood leads to difficulties in adult life. While we grow up, our fragmentation is formed based on certain experiences. ...
Views: 1779 - What makes the difference between a Spiritualist and a Spiritual Genius, please? - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2012 from Ma-Mahajnan prosad[The gist of an article: “MMS, The Closet Spiritualist by: Narayani Ganesh, published on 16 Sept. 2012 in “Speaking Tree” of the Times of India. The widely respected economist and scholar have been credited with heralding a new era of economic liberalization in India with his laissez-faire ...
Views: 1615 - What is Grounding and Why is it So Important? - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2012 from Mette MullerGrounding is a subject that is widely talked about in the self-help world. However, it’s also a technique that’s often confused with other methods, which are similar in nature and provide many of the same benefits. To clear any confusion, grounding means to rid yourself of foreign excess ...
Views: 1635 - 3 Ways to Inspire Your Creativity - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2012 from Liz Fletcher BrownMany of us would like to have more creativity in our lives. How about you? One of the best ways to get into a creative space is to break out of your normal daily routine. And the best way to do that is to bring more playfulness and spontaneity into your life, especially into your work ...
Views: 1345 - Sweating it out: Experiencing the Temezcal - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2012 from Halle EavelynI’m in Hacienda El Carmen, a delightful old Spanish estate that has been turned into the kind of hotel that is both wedding destination and respite from the everyday world — you can walk the restored rooms full of antiques, inside walls over a foot thick, and imagine the footsteps of the ...
Views: 1435 - NOW.....FAITH IS! - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2012 from Heather BuzzardNOW FAITH IS.... What does that say to you? NOW FAITH IS.... Does it say to you that Faith is "out there" in the future, "one day to come?" the " you will, you just wait, its possible" syndrome OR, do you have FAITH NOW? I find myself in the space of BEING consciously aware of where I place ...
Views: 1366 - Being in our Brilliance - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2012 from Maureen Brennan MercierBeing in our brilliance means loving and embracing ourselves as the perfectly human and perfectly Divine beings that we are. It is about self love and self acceptance in each now moment. When we are being in our brilliance we are not holding back in any way that would dim our light. We are ...
Views: 1530 - How You Can Attain Spiritual Awakening through Self Discipline - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2012 from Kip MazuyIf you are really passionate about spiritual awakening then spiritual discipline is most important. For spiritual awakening to happen there must be that build up of energy and there must be that in-your-face awareness of yourself. You see, the moment your go for that beer, that glass of ...
Views: 2950(1 vote) - Understanding Why We Hold onto Excessive Energies - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2012 from Mette MullerFor those of you who aren’t yet familiar with what it means to hold onto other people’s energy, here’s a quick explanation: Empaths have a very thin aura, resulting in a tendency to absorb other people’s mental, emotional, physical and spiritual energies whenever they are exposed to it. For ...
Views: 1350(1 vote) - Self-Harm - Why We Think It or Do It - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2012 from Lee GerdesIt may surprise you to hear that even a person who ends their life is, in a strange way, seeking to preserve themselves. Not their physical existence, of course, but what they have left of their mental wellbeing. As an act of self-preservation in terms of their mental state, they end their life. ...
Views: 2091 - Being present in life - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2012 from Michael KewleyThere is a common misunderstanding in spiritual practice that we do what we do to acquire some special qualities and that there is something to get from outside ourselves. Something that we don't already have. Something that will make our life perfect. It is the lottery syndrome. We feel that ...
Views: 1788(1 vote) - Being in balance - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2012 from Michael KewleyOne of the qualities of spiritual progress is balance. This is achieved through the establishment of a calm and peaceful centre. Actually, this centre is not acquired by doing anything special, or by developing any particular talents or abilities, but by simply letting go of the minds natural ...
Views: 1104 - We are designed to do as endowed with. - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2012 from Ma-Mahajnan prosadYes, we should agree to what has been uttered by Sunandaji. But we can not have better understanding within so easily. It requires long practices amid awakened awareness. How very difficult we comprehend that follow an ideal or dedicate to a mission. Over and above, we are born to act according ...
Views: 1461 - Dear Dr. Romance: Is This Unhealthy? What Should I Do? - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2012 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: Do I have an unhealthy celebrity obsession? I really need answers and help! I feel this is still unresolved? Does anyone else have an obsession with a particular celebrity to the degree that you wanna look, act, talk, dress and live like them. I do, I wanna look like ...
Views: 1799 - Experience Easier Zen Meditation By Repurposing Guided Audio Meditations - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2012 from Rion FreebergDid you know that you can use your audio meditations to make it easier to get into meditative states? If you are doing traditional meditation, you may have already found that it maybe be difficult to silence your mind on its own but you still really value meditation and the benefits, even ...
Views: 1214 - God School 2 - Core Courses - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2012 from Kyre AdeptDid you go to college or university? Did you learn something while you were having fun? Well, we are here to attending God School, and it’s similar to college: you get to learn things and you get to come to the party. And just like in college, there are foundation courses that everyone ...
Views: 1737 - Spiritual Meaning, Science, and Personal Growth - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2012 from Andrew CortYears ago, I realized that the primary cause of all our world’s problems and difficulties is the loss of any real sense of life’s meaning and significance. We live in a scientific and commercial age, an age of rationality and utility. This is the culmination of the great humanitarian agenda of ...
Views: 1369 - 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: 1510 - What Does Spiritual "Sleep" Really Mean? And What Can We Do? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2012 from Andrew CortAccording to the Jewish mystical tradition, the Kabbalah, the Sacred Feminine is the ‘Vessel’ that accepts and protects the ‘Seed’, the ‘Light’, of the Sacred Masculine, like a chalice filled with wine. She then pours forth all of nature, abundance, and life. The Kabbalah adds, however, that as ...
Views: 4187 - Are We Spiritual Beings or Material Beings? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2012 from Andrew CortGreat Spiritual Teachers have always counseled humanity that the world has meaning. Our soul has descended from the divine, and it has come here with an attainable purpose - a need for worldly experience, spiritual awakening, and perfection, before it returns once again to the divine. They tell ...
Views: 2330 - The Source of All Abundance - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2012 from Nanice EllisWe are all born innately free spirited and living in the moment,then something happens; we are taught that we have to wait until after dinner for the cookies, we can't go to the play ground until after homework and we must even wait for Christmas or another special occasion to receive all that ...
Views: 1535 - Humbleness or Humility - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2012 from Gerry MartinTHE CHOICE, CARING OR SELFISH Tex writes: On the question of discernment of peoples' motives and agendas. It reminds me of a time when I lived in a commune in the late 60's. No drugs, and the core group were really more interested in sorting out problems and helping each other figure ...
Views: 962 - Beautiful People - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2012 from Dr. Carolyn PorterThe title of this article probably allows your thoughts to immediately travel to a person who to you is attractive and appealing–someone you feel has pleasing features and good looks. Obviously you are thinking of the outward appearance of that individual because that is what we see initially ...
Views: 1555 - We Love Others to the Degree We Love Ourselves - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2012 from Suzanne E. Harrill, M. Ed., LPCFebruary makes me think of Valentine's Day with its theme of love. What better time to remind yourself of all it takes to build your own foundation of love so you can truly love others. If you value loving and giving to others, take time to nurture your own self-esteem, build your reserves so ...
Views: 977 - What is it that sees through your eyes? - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2012 from Bob FademThe seer is merely the power of seeing, although pure it witnesses the images of the mind. Patanjali 150 BCE When we ask ourselves the question “who am I?” most of us get simple answers. I have recently heard; me, myself and last week a fellow told me that he knows as a fact that he is a ...
Views: 851 - The Paradoxical World of Spiritual Enlightenment: We are nothing but we are everything - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2012 from Dr. Robert PuffWhen we wake up to who we are, something happens. We stop identifying with our egoic selves because we realize they are impermanent and only that which is permanent can be who we are. We aren’t our bodies, we aren’t our memories, we aren’t our thoughts, we aren’t our feelings… We aren’t any ...
Views: 1537 - Are You Courageous Enough to Do This? - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2012 from Rev. Anne PresuelImagine finding yourself on an early morning flight. 5 am. Which means being at the airport by 4 am. The plane boards and takes off, the pilot turns off all the interior lights. It is completely dark. And you’re awake. Wide awake. And you want to work. But working means turning on ...
Views: 1370 - Body Image: Ego or Transcendence - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2012 from Suzanne E. Harrill, M. Ed., LPCHow is your relationship with your body? Are you dissatisfied with the way you look? Do you secretly or openly say you want your body to be different? Maybe you criticize your complexion, hair, or the shape of your body? Maybe you weigh more than you did a couple of years ago, have to constantly ...
Views: 1489(1 vote) - Transforming Judgmentalness - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2012 from Suzanne E. Harrill, M. Ed., LPCDo you ever judge yourself for being judgmental towards another? Do you look back at actions, words, or thoughts you had in your younger years, or last week, and then criticize yourself? Have you ever felt ashamed that you can't live your highest truth and value system at all times? Most of us, ...
Views: 1908 - Finding Your Truths - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2012 from Kim BrownMany people are searching for the one truth to life. A truth that once found would allow them to live joyously and without fear. Seekers look to books, healers, doctors, friends and councillors for answers. They may even try a variety of therapies, workshops and seminars. And with each ...
Views: 1476 - Why Not Being Yourself Is Dangerous - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2012 from Ishan ChaitanyaIt goes without saying that if you don’t know who you are, who you really are, you won’t be able to get much out of life or enjoy true happiness. I mean, it’s almost like being completely lost in a daze or a storm or in the middle of the ocean or desert. A lost cause. Now the burning question ...
Views: 3430 - The Unified Field of Love - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2012 from Beloved HeartsongIn the Unified Field of Love of All That Is, we bask. We bathe. We ARE. It is in this Cosmic Grace that we are held, loved, and nurtured on the deepest levels, always. Through the opening and unfolding of this consciousness, we have our mystical, profound, heart opening and life changing ...
Views: 1793 - The Gift That Means the Most~ Our Presence - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2012 from Beloved HeartsongThere is nothing more powerful and desirable than our full attention and awareness in the present moment. From this place we can joyously create our future, our health, our relationships and true happiness. Being fully present for ourselves and others is the greatest gift we can bestow. In ...
Views: 1070 - Spiritual Perseverance - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2012 from Beloved HeartsongDeep within the psyche of humankind is the capacity, ability and drive to persevere. Although developed and genetically stored as a survival tool, it has become a spiritual ascension tool. In the spiritual evolution of man, survival often meant you had to keep your beliefs under wraps. Truth ...
Views: 1388 - Spiritual Bypass - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2012 from Beloved HeartsongSpiritual bypass is the use of whatever means we employ to not deal with what is true and real within our emotional bodies. We can all see the places in our lives that aren’t working as well as we would like. Why they aren’t most often stems from unconscious belief systems. If we knew what they ...
Views: 1191 - Remembering to BE Who We Are - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2012 from Beloved HeartsongI have had several write me recently about how to "see" and "BE" with what is going on in our world now. Many are concerned about money, the economy, the political scene, and what I am most concerned about is the spiritual community of the world. Who are we as the millions of light players on ...
Views: 1110 - Inner Dialogue on Expectations - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2012 from Beloved HeartsongI’ve been thinking about expectations a lot lately ~ noticing within how I occasionally set myself up for disappointment. I expect a stranger to be polite, hold the door, smile and even say hello. I expect my son to eat what he is served and appreciate it. I expect my cats not to scratch the ...
Views: 1145 - Effective Prayer - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2012 from Beloved HeartsongIt seems there is so much to pray for and so many who "need" our prayers! Through the very act of calling forth divine intervention, it may be that we are overlooking a very important fundamental truth. We are all One So if.... We are all One and one with All, we are already ...
Views: 1118 - Dancing the Divine - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2012 from Beloved HeartsongTime seems to be speeding up at ever increasing rates. Trying to keep up the pace is no longer a challenge - even for someone who is great at organizing and multi-tasking. I find myself wanting to wave the white flag of surrender. I have realized that continuing to speed up is out of the ...
Views: 1126 - Awakening & Communicating with the Spirit of YOU! - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2012 from Beloved HeartsongLearning how to communicate clearly, effectively and comfortably with our inner voice, Higher Self, God, universal life force, angels, ascended masters, Higher cosmic intelligence, is the most important work we can do. Who we are in our lives, relationships and out in the world can be greatly ...
Views: 1092(1 vote) - A Coming Home... - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2012 from Beloved Heartsong"Oh my Beloved, Kindness of the heart, Breath of life, I bow to you. And, I’m coming home." From Snatam Kaur’s chant “Ong Namo” on her CD entitled “Grace”. We are so hungry; so desirous. We are consumers; our thirst is unquenchable and our longing unconsumed. How will we fill the ...
Views: 1137 - What Exactly Is Enlightenment? - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2012 from Charles FrancisOver the last couple of weeks, I’ve gotten into two different discussions about the definition of enlightenment. Those of us who are on a spiritual path have some idea of what the term means, but when we’re put on the spot to give a clear definition, we find ourselves getting ...
Views: 2011(1 vote) - What Confidence Is and Is Not - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2012 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorWhat do you believe confidence is? Maybe you’re right, and maybe you’ll be surprised. Maybe you, like many, confuse confidence with competence. And that’s understandable because you’re advised to enhance your skills, knowledge, and expertise, and presto: The confident you will emerge and ...
Views: 1644(1 vote) - Mindfulness and Consciousness As Paths To Self-Awareness - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2012 from Suzanne E. Harrill, M. Ed., LPCRecently, I was interviewed for an on-line radio show; the topic of discussion was awareness and mindfulness as paths to consciousness. Here are the questions and my answers. May my answers be food for thought and allow you to more deeply ponder your own life. The first question asked me to ...
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