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- Yoga Pura Wednesday Night Flow Class Review - Isvara Pranidhanam or Surrendering to the Divine - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2011 from Thadddeus FergusonIf you are seriously interested in taking a Flow class at Yoga Pura on Wednesday nights then keep on reading in order to get a taste of what Yoga is really about. Currently, the Wednesday night Flow classes at Yoga Pura are being led by the talent and imagination of Jen Brooks. One of the ...
Views: 1088 - A Message From Spirit: Moving From Fear to Love - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2011 from Karen HagerBefore I connect with a client on the phone, I sit in meditation for a few minutes. Very often, I'll receive guidance from Spirit about what needs to be communicated to that person. Last week, I got a very clear message for my client ... with the understanding that I was also meant to share this ...
Views: 1376 - The Power of Awareness - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2011 from Its All About WomenAwareness, as I’ve said before, is your best shot at a solution to life’s problems -- at least those problems that have a solution. With enough awareness, you either see how you’re creating a problem, or you see that there’s nothing you can do about it. Both are valuable. There are certain ...
Views: 880(1 vote) - Choosing a Solar Light - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2011 from Jeffrey RileyThese lights come in a variety of types from seven-foot lampposts to lights with animal shapes. These accent lights, use LED lights that burn up to 100,000 hours and they automatically turn on at dusk and off at dawn. All of them burn for 10 hours a night, have a Rechargeable Ni-Cd AA battery ...
Views: 866 - I and me are different realities - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2011 from Philip MartinIs there a difference between the Me and the I? Are they one and the same? Are they both just you? There is much written and discussed, in philosophical, enlightenment and spiritual circles, of the I (of I am fame). Much has been devoted to discovering the I. Whole philosophies have been centred ...
Views: 1046(1 vote) - Promise and Hope Mean a Lot To People - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Jim FargianoPromise and hope mean a lot to people. They are thoughts that will vary in their meaning, depending on what is going on in the lives of those who are thinking about it. From a spiritual perspective, your lives are always filled with promise. Each soul is a microcosm of learning and wisdom that ...
Views: 1154 - Competition - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Sandra DawesGrowing up, competition was considered a good thing, healthy even. As a visible minority I was told I had to be better than the rest, because nothing was going to come easy to me, and I was going to need the upper hand intellectually in order to achieve the success I wanted. To be honest, I ...
Views: 2542(4 votes) - DIY Water Filters and Rain Barrels - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Jeffrey RileyDIY water filters and rain barrels are two ways you can get control of your water and make sure it is the best for your family. Make sure your drinking water is clear of contaminants, tastes good, and smells good. I have written several articles about the issues with the drinking water in the ...
Views: 1692 - The Way of Tea - The Japanese Tea Ceremony As A Template For Effective Human Interaction. - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from DR YOMI GARNETTTHE WAY OF TEA The Japanese Tea Ceremony As A Template For Efective Human Interaction The Japanese have a penchant for turning the seemingly ordinary into the sacred. The tea culture, more appropriately called The Way of Tea, is one of Japan’s richest traditional ...
Views: 1932(1 vote) - Accomplishing God's Purpose for Your Life - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Michael AsanteHow do you accomplish God's purpose for your life? Do you ask God to reveal His purpose to you? Do you fast for 21 days before you get to know God's purpose for your life? How do you do it? Let's look at the following points: Identify yourself with the Purpose-giver No other person than ...
Views: 3958(1 vote) - Does You Life Look the Way You Want It? - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Jodi Michele CooleyDoes your life look the way you planned it? Most of us planned out in our minds from the time we were children on how we would like our life to look like, as we got older. We might've even mapped out a strategy of where we should be at a certain point in our lives. But unfortunately and ...
Views: 1166 - Purposeful Living and Spiritual Living Are One - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2011 from Richard JacobsHow do we truly apply our spirituality on a daily basis? How many of us have been practicing spirituality for years, having intuitions of a higher possibility for ourselves and the planet, and then come out of meditation or the course we happen to be doing and have a dozen bills land on us at ...
Views: 1288 - Why Cry? - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2011 from Rabbi Yaakov RosensteinWhy Cry? Who wants to cry? Why should we try to feel bad if we want to feel happy? The answer lies in the true meaning of Tisha B'Av, a solemn day that reminds us of what we are missing and expresses our yearning to attain something more. Allow me to explain. Tisha B'Av, which falls out on ...
Views: 1179(1 vote) - The path we are traveling - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2011 from Katrina HillI 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 ...
Views: 796 - Outdoors , age nine - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2011 from James Beard a.k.a. noodinOn a warm sunny summer day back in 1954, as I recall. I was about nine years old and was very bored that day. There was no one around to play with and my mom and dad were busy so I decided to go for a walk. There was a place about two miles away from my home that was owned by the Catholic ...
Views: 1985 - Happiness - Developing the Powerful Habit of Gratitude - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2011 from Bernadette Dimitrov aka Mrs ClausGratitude has the power to transform your life. It has the promise of bringing forth a bounty of joy and happiness from deep within you. It will connect you to a higher level of awareness and consciousness that in turn will create feelings that will transpire into powerful, positive ...
Views: 1138(2 votes) - Bottled Water Versus Water Filters - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2011 from Jeffrey RileyIn today’s world, it seems people choose water in bottles instead of water filters. Why is that and what seems to be driving people to water in plastic bottles? Everyone (except the bottlers) will be better off if people will filter their own water and take it with them. The Readers Digest ...
Views: 745 - Reality and the Power of the Mind - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2011 from Gracie CanfieldFor many years, we’ve been exposed to the law of attraction and how it works to effect life changes quickly and easily, simply by implementing the power of the mind. For some of us though, this seems to be a case of wishful thinking. There may be an inner feeling, or have learned by hard ...
Views: 909(1 vote) - The Golden Door to Nirvana - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2011 from Marjorie RothsteinThe Golden Door to Nirvana Nirvana: Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace. Thesaurus The state of peace and happiness that a person achieves after giving up all personal desires Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary Are you a boomer in search of the perfect escape? Have ...
Views: 1434(1 vote) - How To Understand Your Goals in Life - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2011 from Ade AdenekanLife, according to what the revered Late Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo, the erudite Nigerian statesman and the first Premier of Western Nigeria whose avowed political opponents tagged as the best President the country never had said many years ago when he was alive, is not a bed of roses but ...
Views: 1688 - Seniors! The greatest Physical Difficulty as We Get Older – and Some Solutions - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2011 from Francoise BonhoureReduce Falls by Becoming Balanced Keeping one’s balance is what keeps us sure of taking steps without having to look at the ground to check if our feet are going to make it! Have you noticed? People who are unsure of their balance (their connection to the earth, the ground) always seem to ...
Views: 1525(1 vote) - What Are You Known For? For What You Do, For What You Are or For What You Have Become - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Saritza ZambranaLet me ask you this: What is being your Legacy to the world? How is your perception of yourself? How are you projecting to the people around you? Is it consistent with who you are? What Meaning you are giving to your Life? What you Stand for? Yes! I know… These are very deep questions that ...
Views: 1453 - The Human Condition - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2011 from Alrick RobinsonIn the Abundance of Water the Fool is Thirsty....Bob Marley In his song, Rat Race, Bob Marley tells us that in the abundance of water the fool is thirsty. Much of the lyrics of songs like these go unexamined but he is on the mark here. Who is the fool? In our quest for happiness, we go ...
Views: 1032 - Purpose, Success and Suffering - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2011 from Alrick RobinsonDoes success always bring happiness? The last two times I examined aspects of “purpose”, “success” and “suffering”. Now I will examine these from the angle of whether your life is in sync with the universe and if you are at peace. In reference to Amy Winehouse, I suspect she was not at ...
Views: 1011 - Success and Suffering - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2011 from Alrick RobinsonAmy Winehouse “The more spiritually ignorant you are, the more you suffer” – Eckhart Tolle. Singer Amy Winehouse is dead at age 27. This brought to the fore an observation by a local newspaper that she is the latest member of the “27 club”; that is, another musician who has died at age 27 ...
Views: 963 - What is your life's purpose? - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2011 from Alrick RobinsonThe idea of “purpose” takes on several meanings. It is hardly considered without some material sense of the forms, values, culture, etc., with which we have identified. I spent a long time trying to figure out what is my purpose because so many teachings explains it in the context of what you do ...
Views: 940 - The Great Economy - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2011 from Patricia MinxThe Great Economy Our minds are on how the stalemate with the 4 trillion deficit is going to end. Will our country be able to save its credit and who is going to be cut in order to bring the deficit down. Along with this there has been a terrible heat wave throughout the Midwest and drought ...
Views: 951 - Guided Meditation Is Great - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2016 from Dion DalyDid you know that guided meditations are one of the greatest ways to get into the habit of meditating? That is because they are straightforward to use, which is great if you're in need of constant relaxation after a hard day. The funny thing is most people find it hard to find the time to ...
Views: 955 - Dancing as an Evolutionary Strategy - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2011 from Sam VakninDances are thinly disguised simulations of sex acts. But there’s more to dancing than bawdy ribaldry. The sweaty proximity allows the partners to exchange an enormous amount of information about their respective bodies: from joint suppleness, through spatial orientation and coordination, and ...
Views: 1088 - Finding Peace Within Yourself - 3 Tips to Feel at Ease - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2011 from Thadddeus FergusonIt's no secret that many of us strive towards finding that sense of Peace that we know is within us. Yet, far too often life situations and circumstances that are beyond control have a tendency to move us away from recognizing that Peace within ourselves. How would your situation change if you ...
Views: 2397(1 vote) - Finding Inner Peace With Your Daily Activities and Relationships - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2011 from Thadddeus FergusonIf you are anything like most people your daily tasks at home may range from picking up toys or caring for the ones you love. Your work duties may be anything from the mundane, trivial or essential. And no matter what your day's activities may bring you if you are seriously interested in ...
Views: 1138 - How to Find Peace of Mind When Feeling Burdened By Life's Circumstances - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2011 from Thadddeus FergusonWhat would happen if when you suddenly found yourself feeling burdened by life's circumstances, in that moment you chose to become still? All you need is to let yourself think that when you turn inward, you are affirming God's presence in and all around you. As you already have probably ...
Views: 1190 - Why Do We Need Clean Water? - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2011 from Jeffrey RileyIt is a simple question, “Why do we need clean water?” The answers may or may not be as simple, but they are compelling. First of all, biologists have told us for years that the human body is 90% water. We need clean water to maintain that 90%. As with any topic, do a quick search on the ...
Views: 5977 - Who Am I? - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2011 from Andrew SchneiderWhen the early Greeks went to the Oracle in Delphi to ask questions about life and the future, the Oracle often gave enigmatic answers. But behind all the answers was the ages old dictum, ‘Man, Know Thyself,’ for which the Oracle is remembered. All questions that we may have about life arise ...
Views: 1092 - Do You Time Travel? - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2011 from Michelle Lee, CHI know, it sounds like a science fiction movie. Time travel movies are my favorite. I love, love the idea of being able to move forward and backward in time to manipulate events. The work I do with clients involves a little bit of traveling across the waves of time. You do it too, you ...
Views: 1444 - Rediscovering your inner child - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Sandra DawesWhen was the last time you had a really good laugh? You know the kind I’m talking about – those laughing fits you get where you can’t stop laughing even though your stomach hurts and tears are rolling down your face and you can’t even speak. Those are the best laughs, and when you think of a ...
Views: 1312(1 vote) - What Else Is In Our Drinking Water? - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Jeffrey RileyIt is actually very difficult to answer the question, “What Else is in our drinking water? It turns out that while people are concerned about this question, there is little evidence that is current on the issue. Even a quick search on the Internet produces articles dating back to 2005. The scary ...
Views: 812 - Finding Something To Cheer About When You Are Looking For a Job - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Thadddeus FergusonWhen you suddenly find yourself in need of new employment, it can be quite challenging to find something to cheer about. While it might seem quite natural during times many people find themselves in need of employment to begin to allow worry or fear to overwhelm them. As you take a deep ...
Views: 1040 - Achieving Balance Between Your Human and Divine Nature - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Thadddeus FergusonWhat would happen if you achieved balance between your human nature and divine nature as you practice spirituality in everyday life? What if you suddenly began to realize that the balance of mind, body, and spirit is within you? Would you find yourself living this life with gratitude all ...
Views: 2149(1 vote) - Where do we find the truth about ourselves? - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2016 from April LugoAccording to an Ancient Legend: by: April Lugo, PhD Mankind has spent many years seeking for answers and looking for direction. It appears that often we will look hither and fro and forget that the actual truths lie in a chamber very special and designed for our own wisdom... There was a ...
Views: 1338 - Some Meditation Skills - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2016 from Dion DalyA holistic way of living and meditation have become very popular in current years, with more individuals looking for an alternative to the frenzied speed of everyday life. Nevertheless, a lot of practitioners of meditation don't reflect on the obstacles modern society gives to meditation. Even ...
Views: 986(2 votes) - A Different View on Casey Anthony - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2011 from Phyllis KingThe source of all pain on the planet, all confusion, all hatred, all poverty lies in what those in Eastern religions have long since called “The Disease of Duality.” The quest to balance the ego mind with the soul’s wisdom. When we believe we are separate from God, that God is over there, and ...
Views: 1464(1 vote) - Peace Seekers - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2011 from Nada CrystalWith all the pressures and demands that we face in today’s society, finding peace seems like a far off dream. But what if I could suggest some simple practices that would help to usher in peace and balance? These are what I call meditative moments...these moments are done as often as time ...
Views: 872 - Children - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2011 from TRAN NGUYEN NGOC TRANGHelping Our Children In Crisis Divorce...illness...violence. Crisis and hardship are no respecters of age. They shatter even the world of children and shake their security to the core. Consider this pattern to offer comfort, encouragement, and healing to children in ...
Views: 1279(2 votes) - Which Way to God? - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2011 from Keith Varnum“No, I can’t go. They’ll find out!” And once again—as she had every summer since she left home 15 years ago—she cried. Tammy missed just sitting on the big front porch of the farmhouse with her grandmother, sipping homemade peppermint tea, counting the five cars that would pass by on ...
Views: 1176 - Is Your Water on Fire? - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Jeffrey RileyDoes it seem extreme by asking, “Is Your Water on Fire?” All you have to do is look on Google to discover that people are reporting their water actually catches fire. What else do you know about your water? Do you drink all of your water from plastic bottles because you don’t trust or like the ...
Views: 807 - Chakras and Christianity: East Meets West - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Abraham Rose and Johnny L. EllisAlthough I have been aware of my own Chakra energy for many years, recently I discovered a connection of the Chakras to Christians and the Bible. The Wheaton Franciscan Sisters have incorporated the Chakra system into their spirituality and healing art. Studied for thousands of years, the ...
Views: 17047(3 votes) - ***Parable on Karma - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneA couple were feeling very lonely and prayed to God for a son. The couple were granted a son, and began a great celebration. “You are so fortunate to have borne a child this late in life”, said a neighbor. In the father's stead, a wise man answered with the simple reply, "Maybe". Time passed ...
Views: 3480 - ***The Importance of Good Company - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David Stone“Evil company demeans and debases an individual.” – Sai Baba It cannot be emphasized highly enough how important it is to choose wisely the company you spend your time with. The people you hang out with will either pull you up or pull you down. As the Hindu guru Paramahansa Yoganada said, ...
Views: 4378(1 vote) - Simplicity and Frugality Create a Welcoming Home. - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2011 from Glenda HandI knew that I needed a home that both invited my creativity, and welcomed others into my home. A home that said “there is peace here, come in and lay your burdens down.” A two fold problem remained. I have made a commitment to live simply and I don't have a lot of money. My solution has been ...
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