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- MANAGING METAPHORS ABOUT LIVING AND DYING FOR EVERYDAY LIFE - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2009 from William CottringerMANAGING METAPHORS ABOUT LIVING AND DYING FOR EVERYDAY LIFE By Bill Cottringer “Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.” ~M.H. Abrams. Metaphors: Creative communication of words that magically simplify huge, complex realities into ...
Views: 2339(1 vote) - Influence of the Pulpit In Islam - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2016 from Umer FiazThe Minbar or pulpit plays an important role in Muslims societies. Muslims pay serious attentions and act on the addresses which are being delivered from pulpit. The messages from pulpit are largely accepted by Muslims. Thus, it shows that the value and worth of person who uses pulpit. Though ...
Views: 2328 - 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: 2320(2 votes) - Prayers for Protection - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from Maureen Brennan MercierPrayers for Protection are spiritual insurance for our family, friends and self. There is no fee to pay for this kind of insurance. All you need to do is surrender, have faith, trust in your Higher Power, and simply speak to God. Praying is talking to God. You can say a standard prayer, ...
Views: 2320 - On Nostradamus and the Paths of Wisdom - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2010 from Morten St. GeorgeThis article summarizes the thematic content of the thirty-two Nostradamus prophecies that were known in mystic circles as the Paths of Wisdom, and for cross-reference to online sources the Nostradamus numbers will also be noted. Years of investigation unwinding the cryptic writings of medieval ...
Views: 2303(1 vote) - Transcending the Stories of Our Life - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2010 from Sherry O'BrianThroughout history humans have walked this journey called life using myths and stories for direction or guidance along the way. From the Petroglyphs of caves, to more modern times, stories have guided us along our journey. As a culture there is an agreed upon meaning of what is important, and ...
Views: 2303(1 vote) - Perseverance - by Submitted on May 16, 2013 from Womens Recreation, Inc.To me, recreating yourself means having preserved over a certain circumstance or many circumstances. For an example, let’s take the roles of survivor’s versus victims. The survivor has persevered over the circumstance and their whole outlook on everything has changed. This can be for any type ...
Views: 2302(2 votes) - Come On, Cathy! Are All Beliefs Lies? Really? - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2012 from Cathy EckWhat Is Real? Albert Einstein said, "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Few people understand what he meant. Einstein realized that truth and reality are not the same thing. Let me explain. People often ask me, “Cathy, do you really mean ALL beliefs are lies? ...
Views: 2288 - Anything I can do to help just let me know. - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2011 from Ma-Mahajnan prosadAnything I can do to help. It is unbelievable that such words of sympathy and cooperation are still to receive in this world of spirituality. See, how the weather is changing. I was engrossed in the study of profound realization of Great Ma-Mahajnan, expounded in a state of “Conscious ...
Views: 2285 - How Do We Know That We Can Trust the Bible As the Word of God? - by Submitted on Jan 03, 2012 from Dr. Shirley Cheng, Blind Author with VisionQuestion: How do we know that we can trust the Bible as the Word of God? Answer: We can trust the Bible as the Word of God because the Bible is proven to be: 1) Historically accurate: Archeologists have unearthed evidences of certain people, places, and events described in the Bible, and ...
Views: 2279 - GOD and Science: Does Science Exclude God or Does God Include Science? - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2012 from Jerry PollockSummary: In a recent symposium in New York City, scientists who both believed and disbelieved in God discussed the problematic issue of science and religion. Opponents of a Supreme Being involved in creating our universe framed their arguments around their beliefs that centuries of ...
Views: 2258 - #1 Reason We Struggle in Accomplishing a Goal REVEALED! - by Submitted on Nov 26, 2012 from Gary DalyWhen we struggle with accomplishing a goal we really want to achieve, it can leave us perplexed. When you think about it, why, if we really want the goal, do we not achieve it? What is holding us back? Is it our fault or not? What is the barrier that is stopping us from breaking through with our ...
Views: 2246(1 vote) - Challenge Your Beliefs - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2017 from Dante PetrillaToday, I would like to offer you a challenge that will help you to understand how your beliefs impact your experience of reality and what you attract into your life. Most people don't take the time to examine what their beliefs are and they stumble through life as a result, often with little or ...
Views: 2233(2 votes) - Facing Cancer Without Fear: My Personal Breakthrough - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2011 from Abraham Rose and Johnny L. EllisI am a Spiritual Healing Expert. I get lots of practice. Last month I was diagnosed with cancer. After living with the AIDS virus for over twenty years, I knew this would be a piece of cake as long as I remain willing and obedient to follow my inner Divine guidance. The Lord speaks to me in ...
Views: 2232(3 votes) - God the Mysterious... - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2011 from Lateef Terrell WarnickWe all live our lives based upon our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. Through these experiences we all tend to develop a “philosophy” about the world in which we live. Depending upon the lens through which we view the world, our philosophy is strengthened or weakened daily ...
Views: 2230(1 vote) - The Truth is Known - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCOur conscious intelligence is as much of Life as we understand. We have stopped looking for the Spirit, because we have found It; It is what you are and It is what I am; we could not be anything else if we tried. The thing that we look with is the thing that we have been looking for. That is why ...
Views: 2216(1 vote) - Some Facts about the Revelation of the Holy Quran - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2017 from Umer FiazThe most readable book in the world is the Book of the Holy Quran e Pak. The religious, holy, divine, and sacred Book of the Muslim nation. The Allah revealed this Book on the Last Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) more than 1400 years back with the message of mercy, forgiveness, and peace for all ...
Views: 2214 - How to Train Your Unconscious Mind - by Submitted on May 10, 2013 from Tore KesickiHow to Train Your Unconscious Mind Did you know that you’re sitting on a well of power over 30 times greater than your conscious mind? Well, that’s your unconscious and it’s there to stay. You see, there’s a good reason why the rich are rich and the famous are famous, and it’s not because ...
Views: 2211 - Why Do You Think the Church is in a State of Crisis? - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2010 from Dr. Steve McSwain,The church today appears to be more lost than the world it's trying to save. One reason is that the church has so wedded itself to western culture that Christians today look and live more like the culture around them than the Christ before them. The irony is, while the church almost continually ...
Views: 2208(1 vote) - Angels ángelos - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2010 from Francois Janse van RensburgAngels ángelos Late Latin angelus Views: 2204(2 votes)
- Discomfort: monster or mouse? - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2012 from Amy Iverson AdamsA friend who is struggling with compulsive eating was telling me that she has determined many of her triggers for discomfort. She was grateful that now she can avoid those situations that make her want to eat. She called herself a "comfort junkie" with no tolerance for discomfort. She also ...
Views: 2198 - Using The Power Of Intention To Dissapate Catastropic Events - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2009 from Sue HeldenbrandBeing from La. and in the direct path of Hurricane Gustav was very frightening and unsettling to say the least. As a practitioner of energetic healing, I knew the power of intentions. There is a website conducting the Intention Experiment for world peace, complying scientific data of the ...
Views: 2193 - The end of the World - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2010 from Francois Janse van RensburgThe end of the world! The end of this age / the last hour. Millions of Christians are confused, because they do not read the clear description of Jesus about the end of the World in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. Many people believe that we live in the last days and the world is ...
Views: 2182(2 votes) - Why Some Religions Are Dying While Others Are Thriving - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2010 from William CottringerWhy Some Religions Are Dying While Others Are Thriving By Bill Cottringer “Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson. If you want to know a real secret worth knowing about success, look at the religions today ...
Views: 2179(2 votes) - Overcoming an Eating Disorder at Any Age - by Submitted on Jun 27, 2012 from Joleene DesRosiers MoodyI have struggled with a barbaric and often relentless eating disorder for 26 years. That’s a long time. A first I thought I might be the only woman in her 40’s hiding my secret, but I was wrong. After wrestling with the illness in an attempt to overcome, I gave into my solo fight and entered ...
Views: 2133 - Manifest Your Ideal Life the Mystic's Way - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2013 from Edwin SpinaOver the past several weeks I've received dozens of email solicitations for books, CDs and videos that promise to reveal newly discovered techniques to improve my life. These emails promise a wide variety of benefits: how to get rich, lose weight, meet the woman of my dreams and buy a million ...
Views: 2131(2 votes) - No Child's Death is in Vain - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2011 from Womens Recreation, Inc.The most unimaginable thing ever to happen is the loss of a child. I have been blessed to have never had to experience this. It doesn’t matter how the child dies, it has to be devastating to the parents and family members. and friends. I use to turn the channel when the news came on ...
Views: 2128 - Miracles - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Linda RadfordWe went to a gathering of friends on Sunday to enjoy good food and each other's company. We circled up to talk for a while and the hostess shared her thoughts on miracles and asked us to share ours'. Everyone has his or her own meaning for this word. What I felt inside of me as we shared our ...
Views: 2122(1 vote) - The New Jerusalem - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2010 from Francois Janse van RensburgThe New Jerusalem Greek
Views: 2113(2 votes) - 2012 - Which Road Will You Choose? - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2009 from Jo-Anne CutlerRecently I tuned into a documentary about the prophecies of Nostradamus and the events and changes that he and others predicted would take place in the world; 21.12. 2012 believed to be the pinnacle date where the world will exist dramatically different than it does now. I am far from being ...
Views: 2105(5 votes) - Scientists Create Life, not God! - by Submitted on May 21, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockDateline May 21, 2010. Scientists Create First 'Synthetic' Cells - Researchers Imbue Cell With Engineered DNA. - by MICHAEL SMITH MedPage Today Staff Writer. "In a development that seems likely to stir a firestorm of controversy, researchers said Thursday that ...
Views: 2105(1 vote) - Magic Spells - What makes one Spell more powerful than another? - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Vicki MitchellIs it that one person is better at it than some-one else? Apart from a personal skill or native flair, is the amount of practice and experience, which makes one person more capable to cast more potent spells, over another one. A major portion of that experience is mirrored in the quantity ...
Views: 2101(1 vote) - 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: 2100(3 votes) - Science - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCScience is knowledge of facts built around some proven principle. All that we know about any science is that certain things happen under certain conditions. Take electricity as an example; we know that there is such a thing as electricity; we have never seen it, but we know that it ...
Views: 2099(1 vote) - Bible: Can We Trust It? - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2009 from Dr. Shirley Cheng, Blind Author with VisionQuestion: The Bible's full of great stories but is there any convincing evidence for any of them? Answer: Long before people proved it scientifically, the Bible indicated that Earth hangs in space: "He stretcheth out the north over empty space, and hangeth the earth upon nothing," (Job 26:7) ...
Views: 2096(4 votes) - Defensive Walls - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2012 from Valencia ClayDefensive Walls Quote: "Let down your guard and release the walls of safety. Defense mechanisms will weigh you down. They are too heavy to carry around." We learned how to defend ourselves from the offenses of the world through our caregivers, environment, and societies troubles. We never ...
Views: 2080(6 votes) - Honor Goddess Gaia - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2011 from Maureen Brennan MercierHonor Goddess Gaia as the earth goddess that she is, according to the ancient Greek religion. She is a living being who organically loves and nurtures us in so many ways. All that we need to do is receive her loving mother energy that she so freely shares with us. When we appreciate the ...
Views: 2079(1 vote) - ***Massive Breakthroughs from Theta Healing - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Kamila HarkavyMassive Breakthroughs with Theta Healing By Kamila Harkavy How would you like a massive breakthrough in your life? Theta Healing and NLP can facilitate one for you. As you may know, I’m an Advanced Theta Healing Practitioner, and use Theta in my work as a Money Coach and Life Purpose ...
Views: 2078(5 votes) - Importance of Modesty - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2016 from Umer FiazModesty is one of the essential ideals that Islam has been indorsing. Modesty as a facade of human behavior is an intelligence of shame or bashfulness. Modesty is indispensable in the affairs and affiliation of the Creator and creatures. Modesty was fortified and permitted by All Messengers sent ...
Views: 2078 - That Great Commandment - by Submitted on May 01, 2011 from Abraham Rose and Johnny L. EllisHave you heard about that “Great Commandment,“ you know, the one Moses and Jesus told us about, the one that says we should love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. When I first heard about it I thought, “Oh Boy, God, you sure don’t want much, do You! I mean, if I loved You with all ...
Views: 2077(1 vote) - A corruption of Identities behind the deliverance of truth. - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2012 from Abdul Haye AminA corruption of Identities behind the deliverance of truth. It was year 1995 time of Christmas day of celebration of ancient Prophet Lord Jesus Christ, (HE-SA-RU-HU-LUL-LA-HE”--R.A), when the deliverance of the storm of the revolutionary cultural century hits Islands of Guernsey, British ...
Views: 2064(1 vote) - DEALING WITH TESTING TIMES no 1 - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2011 from Robert NajemyRemaining Healthy, Happy and Positive during “Testing Times” From Robert Elias Najemy’s newly released DEALING WITH TESTING TIMES There are periods in the life of every person when certain events and situations demand greater inner strength, courage, faith, stamina, energy, understanding, ...
Views: 2059(1 vote) - DEALING WITH TESTING TIMES no 1 - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2011 from Robert NajemyRemaining Healthy, Happy and Positive during “Testing Times” From Robert Elias Najemy’s newly released DEALING WITH TESTING TIMES There are periods in the life of every person when certain events and situations demand greater inner strength, courage, faith, stamina, energy, understanding, ...
Views: 2059(1 vote) - Short story of Chapter Al-Baqarah - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2016 from Umer FiazThis Surah is an invite to the Divine Leadership and all the stories, events etc., revolve around this dominant melody. As this Surah, has chiefly been addressed to the Jews, many past events have been cited from their own peoples to criticize and advise them that their own good lies intolerant ...
Views: 2057 - Water is A Stream of Consciousness - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2010 from Shara GardnerWe are water ... we flow together Sitting near a creek this morning, I was reminded how the continuous stream of moving water carries the experience and memory of every surface it touches and every environment is passes through before it arrives at the sea. Dr. Emoto confirmed what many water ...
Views: 2052(2 votes) - Gratitude - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from carole railtonAPPRECIATION How or why would others appreciate you if you do not appreciate yourself? Have you looked at yourself recently? Do you like what you see, are you proud of yourself, are your thoughts good, and is your mind steady? Do you appreciate yourself? As human beings we often put ...
Views: 2050(8 votes) - My defining Moment - My Mother's death - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from venkat caDefining Moment Each one of us would have had one or more defining moments in our life. Defining moment can be explained as a very crucial moment which brings out the essential nature or character of a person For me the Defining moment of my life was My Mother’s Death in front of my ...
Views: 2048(1 vote) - Astrological Imagery - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2015 from Jackie Wiliams BrockertAstrology is a vast science. Though it is traditionally an astrologer is more versed with it than a psychic, it takes many years to master the craft of this and be able to use it for tangible readings. However it is not just limited to advanced science readings. Its imagery ...
Views: 2044 - Beware of False Teachers: How to Detect Them and Their Falsehoods - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2012 from Dr. Shirley Cheng, Blind Author with VisionBeware of false teachers! Since nearly two thousand years ago, we have been warned of false teachers by Jesus Christ and His earliest apostles. False teachers had crept into the early church, misleading many Christians with untruths. Today, many false teachers are in our world, teaching others ...
Views: 2033(1 vote) - Islam and Scope of International Law - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2016 from Umer FiazIslamic law has almost described all issues of human beings in a very organized and systematic manner. Islam has given some rules and regulations to lead life for personal and public affairs. Likewise, Islam has also given some international rules and obligations. It has told us how to rule and ...
Views: 2033 - ***Lessons from the Garden of Eden: Part 1. God is the Master Scientist but Why Both Creation Humans and Evolution Humans? - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2013 from Jerry PollockSUMMARY: I was, am, and shall always be a scientist and therefore I enthusiastically acknowledge that man existed long before God’s Creation of Adam and Eve. I also have an unshakable belief in God, so I am a man of faith as well as a man of biological reason and logic, thus believing in the ...
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