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- Is Vipassana meditation a fast track to liberation?* Part II - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2017 from Jacklyn LoSide effects As anything in this non perfect world, there can be negative side effects of the Vipassana meditation technique too. During the meditation, a Vipassana student receives fine (pleasant) or rough (disgust) sensations of the body. His/her main task is to stay indifferent to them. ...
Views: 1582 - You Are the Driver - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2017 from Lisa BoussonJust watched a commercial saying that a golf ball doesn’t have control over where it lays, nor does it know where to go without our guidance. This reminds me of our spiritual path. We pull out our best moves hoping that we accomplish what we desire, but it’s our actions that dictate our landing ...
Views: 1472 - 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: 2296 - The Buddha Says... - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2017 from Lisa BoussonThe Buddha Says: “Young man, be aware of these four good-hearted friends: the helper, the friend who endures in good times and bad, the mentor, and the compassionate friend.” The Helper can be identified by four things: by protecting you when you are vulnerable, and likewise your wealth, ...
Views: 1495 - Your Defining Moment: What Opened Your Eyes To Spirit? - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2017 from Lisa BoussonWas there one defining moment in your spiritual growth? Did you have an accident, a near death experience, or a revelation? For many people the awakening to spirit comes directly after a traumatic event or life-altering experience. Like many children, I remember seeing “imaginary” faces in ...
Views: 1001 - Opposing Viewpoints--What Happens After Death - by Submitted on Dec 19, 2016 from Scott & Stephen PetulloThe life after death debate includes two main viewpoints. Either you believe in life after death (the afterworld, or heaven), or you believe that once you die your consciousness simply ceases to exist. Below we outline the two general belief systems regarding the life after death debate ...
Views: 1707(1 vote) - How You DO NOT Create Your Own Reality - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2016 from Andriana ElohaEasy, by just doing the following: 1. Expecting anything outside of you to make a choice for you. PROS: None CONS: Anything outside of you will not make the best choice for you. 2. Getting forever stuck in and never addressing your own previously acquired “United States of ...
Views: 2508 - Heal Your Life - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2016 from Joan Marie WhelanMost people are unaware of a very important and harmful truth, that is, when you listen to and watch violent and negative energy shows or movies, you are emotionally affected in a harmful way. Do you realize that you have the power to choose what goes into your mind 24/7? Maybe you are a ...
Views: 1523 - Keep going and get ready - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2016 from Joan Marie WhelanIt is easy to start looking for a scapegoat for all the things we think we cannot do or have not done. Most of us have a difficult time facing reality so we place the blame on outside forces. Maybe that technique has worked for you in the past; but in actuality, it is a malicious tool that can ...
Views: 1239 - "Unsuspected Heroes among Us - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2016 from Barry and Joyce VissellIn 1960, I was fourteen years old and my mother was the first civil rights activist that I knew. She did not march the streets. She lived her beliefs. She had Blacks, Muslims, Gays and other minorities over to our house for dinner almost every Sunday. She treated them all with the greatest ...
Views: 1359 - How Can You Find Your Life Purpose? - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2019 from Carol KnoxI have published a new self-help workbook called: Transforming Difficulties into Triumphs in 30 Days. A Story-Based Workbook. In this workbook, you can go through daily ways to overcome your life difficulties. Each day there is a story, lesson, and small action on discovering meaning, practicing ...
Views: 1311 - 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: 2129 - Meaning, Purpose and the Great Perhaps - My Story - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2019 from Carol KnoxI am sharing my story, about how I discovered my own meaning and began to unfold my life purpose. I give an overview of how this began to unfold in my life, which has brought me to the possibility of fulfilling my meaning, through reaching out to others. I have come to this late in life, after ...
Views: 1388 - Liberation From The Saboteur! - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2016 from Moreen DuFermontThe consensus among most Psycho-Spiritual philosophies is that we all have a cluster of primary character archetypes encoded in us that help us live in the world! One of the four universal archetypes (crosscultural) is known as the ‘Saboteur’. Yes!! in fact we do all have one! It’s function is ...
Views: 1357 - How To Let Go Of The Past And Forgive Yourself - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2016 from Mitra Shahidi“In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.” ~ Deepak Chopra There is no life without emotional scars; no one escapes flawless; no one can claim perfection without committing mockery upon himself. Jesus, the great example of humility for ...
Views: 1701 - Ways Your Reality Will Be Different in Heaven - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2016 from Scott & Stephen PetulloBased on our experience with past life regression, life-between-life regression, documented near death experiences, and the after life research of Stafford Betty, we believe there is nothing to fear about death. When you shed your physical body, your soul moves on to a different dimension. ...
Views: 1052 - What are Hauntings and Can They Harm You? - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2016 from Jas BassiHauntings are places where a spirit resides. This could be a specific place like a piece of land, but it does not have to be an occupied place necessarily or somewhere that has foundations built on it. Hauntings take place where someone has passed away and has not yet made it onto the other ...
Views: 917 - Nature of Individual Reality - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2016 from Nebo LukovichHow come we are condensed into a single point of the Universe? Is there another way of existing in it? Is there a way of experiencing the reality without being so restrained into this point of space-time? Is there any other kind of existence at all? These existential questions can lead us to ...
Views: 1458 - Do you really know who you are? - by Submitted on Sep 26, 2016 from Joan Marie WhelanThis is not a trick question but rather an honest insight into the inner workings of each one of us. We usually share with our friends and associates a piece of who we are, the piece that we want them to like or connect with; however, there is a secret, a hidden piece of you that doesn't want to ...
Views: 1424 - The hassle-free House moving Tips! - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2016 from Darsh TMoving to a new location is not a rare incident in modern people’s lives because of various reasons. Change of employment, changes in lifestyles, kids’ educational purposes and various other reasons push people to change their dwellings time to time. If not the help of a home removalist in ...
Views: 1255 - You have the power to shift your attitude and behavior for the better. - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2016 from Joan Marie WhelanI believe we are in a crisis in the world today and many people feel caught up in worry, fear and anxiety so they act out foolishly to numb their discomfort. There are more people drinking too much today, taking drugs and smoking pot than ever before in our history. There are a lot of mixed ...
Views: 1303 - Bring Joy And Fulfilment Into Your Life - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2016 from Mitra ShahidiBring joy and fulfilment into your life. Life can be as joyous and meaningful as we choose to make it. Joy is what makes life beautiful. It runs deeper than mere ‘pleasure’, is more enduring than mere ‘fun’, and is more intense and thrilling than mere ‘happiness’. Joy is what helps us to get ...
Views: 1406 - How Emotions And Thoughts Can Affect Your Mental Health - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2016 from Mitra ShahidiMental health consist of our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is usually used as a substitute for mental health conditions, such as ...
Views: 1094 - How Emotions And Thoughts Can Affect Your Mental Health - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2016 from Mitra ShahidiMental health consist of our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. Mental health is usually used as a substitute for mental health conditions, such as ...
Views: 1115 - Your words can raise you up or drag you down! - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2016 from Joan Marie WhelanTaming your tongue is a major factor in reaching your highest potential for your life. Sometimes when we are in stressful situations, we say things that we really don't mean or that we should not speak. Those are the times we often blurt out negative words without thinking first and the ...
Views: 1144 - How We Find Happiness in Life - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2016 from Mitra ShahidiHow We Find Happiness in Life. Happiness is life’s most desired goal. But we can never achieve it while we continue to look outside of ourselves, as it is an inside job. “Happiness cannot be travelled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every ...
Views: 1072 - BRAHMACHARYA ~ Transmuting Desire - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2016 from Maetreyii Ma NolanThe Sanskrit Brahmacharya blends two words, Brahma meaning God and Charya meaning to follow. This practice involves seeing everything in this universe as the manifestation of the Brahma, the Primal Source of Being. Some scholars limit this transmutation of desires in Brahmacharya to controlling ...
Views: 1759 - ANCESTRY: An Extraordinary Travel Back From Slavery To Royalty - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2016 from Stephanie AdamsANCESTRY: An Extraordinary Travel Back From Slavery To Royalty By Stephanie Adams-Nicolai Introduction I. Delphia II. Native Americans III. American Pioneers IV. Knights Templar And Crusaders V. European Nobility And Royalty VI. Castles Titles And Names VII. Ancient ...
Views: 5424(1 vote) - A Word about Soul Mates - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2016 from T. Renee RichardsonAloha! Speaking briefly on this, because although the subject of soul mates is not central to the services I provide, it occasionally arises within my work with individuals who are expanding their businesses. Women seem more susceptible to it than men, so since I work primarily with men, I’m ...
Views: 1458(1 vote) - ASTEYA - Non-Stealing, the Third Precept of the Yama's of Yoga - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2016 from Maetreyii Ma NolanAsteya is the yogic practice of avoiding taking what does not belong to you and is not freely offered to you. It includes greedy desires expressed in our thoughts, words, and our deeds. There are many reasons we may covet what we do not have and be jealous, feeling someone else has more than we ...
Views: 1433 - Four Important Guidelines to Finding Happiness - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2016 from Lucky BalaramanEveryone wants to be happy, even though it often seems that some people are determined to be unhappy at all costs. It is not difficult to be constantly happy. Achieving this boils down to your beliefs, your mental habits and the time you put in to becoming happy. Here are four major ...
Views: 1273(1 vote) - Do You Truly Practice the Meaning of Friendship? - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2016 from Mitra ShahidiDo you truly practice the meaning of friendship? What is a friendship? The philosopher Aristotle said, “In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. They keep the young out of mischief; they comfort and aid the old in their weakness, and they incite those in the ...
Views: 1262 - Do You Truly Practice the Meaning of Friendship? - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2016 from Mitra ShahidiDo you truly practice the meaning of friendship? What is a friendship? The philosopher Aristotle said, “In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. They keep the young out of mischief; they comfort and aid the old in their weakness, and they incite those in the ...
Views: 1033 - SATYA, LIVING IN TRUTH - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2016 from Maetreyii Ma NolanThis week we will explore Satya, the practice of truthfulness and the second tenant of the Yamas. This is the practice of not deceiving oneself or others. Being truthful with others and with ones self is extremely important on the spiritual path, as the goal of yoga is to know the ultimate ...
Views: 1303 - Do You Sometimes Feel Dysfunctiona - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2016 from Joan Marie WhelanIt is a most uncomfortable period in our lives to be caught up in the dysfunctional periods where nothing seems to be flowing and everything feels difficult to manage. I know that feeling because I have experienced it, however, I can truthfully say that as I was going through it, I was able to ...
Views: 1116 - Your Last Chance - Do You Take The Blue Pill Or The Red Pill? - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2016 from Michael RobeyYour Last Chance - Do You Take The Blue Pill Or The Red Pill? These are the prophetic end times, as per The Revelations, which has all come to a head this year, and a lot more turmoil to come in the next few months, beyond most peoples comprehension. Despite having been forewarned of these ...
Views: 1134 - The Spiritual Growth of Modern Times - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2016 from Mitra ShahidiTo grow spiritually in a world defined by power, money, and influence is a Herculean task. Modern conveniences such as electronic equipments, gadgets, and tools as well as entertainment through television, magazines, and the web have predisposed us to confine our attention mostly to physical ...
Views: 1008 - Trust Yourself - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2016 from Mitra ShahidiTrust yourself. You know more than you think you do. ― Benjamin Spock Trusting ourselves means trusting our intuition or our gut feelings. Intuition is a great self-help tool as it is with us at all time and can tell us what we really want or don’t want in our life and what we need to be ...
Views: 1092 - Change your thoughts and you change your world - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2016 from Mitra ShahidiChange your thoughts and you change your world. / Norman Vincent Peale In life, you are always filled with choices. You may opt to have a pessimist’s view and live a self-defeated life or you may decide to take the optimist’s route and take a challenging and fulfilling life. So why ...
Views: 1011 - Knowing Into Experience - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2016 from Michael RobeyKnowing Into Experience Life is a process by which the soul turns Knowing into Experiencing, and when what you have known and experienced becomes a felt reality, that process is complete. Awareness is achieved by Knowing and Experiencing which produces Feeling. whereupon you reach a place ...
Views: 1073 - Animal Guides Part 4 - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2016 from Jackie Wiliams BrockertTo begin, he paid extra interest to real bees, but he also grew to become extra mindful of them in other means. Quickly soon after our psychic reading, he noticed a flyer to get a humane society fundraiser on which a bee was touchdown over a canine’s nose. Cute graphic, certainly, but ...
Views: 1348 - Chakras Part 1 - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2016 from Jackie Wiliams BrockertGot financial worries? Problems finding or keeping a job? Is dread one particular of one's main emotions? Do you think you're effortlessly swayed by other’s ideas or strategies about how to are living your life? This is why we turn to psychic readings for guidance. ...
Views: 797 - Basic Human Needs - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2016 from Mitra ShahidiBasic human needs are that of recognition. To be appreciated, seen, loved and respected for who we are. “There is nothing, absolutely nothing, more important than meeting our basic human needs. If we focused less on retina display ipads and more on the vision of a world where all people’s basic ...
Views: 1257 - The Purpose of Life - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2016 from Mitra ShahidiThroughout my life, I have persevered through much pain and misfortune; however, instead of using my experiences as reasons for a life of retaliation and reparations, I used these tragedies as motivation to making other people’s lives better. I believe that we all have untapped potential, ...
Views: 820 - God Can You Hear Me? - by Submitted on May 31, 2016 from Joan Marie WhelanSome of us have had this conversation with God wondering if He/She is listening. Maybe you call on your Creator because you simply want to express your thankfulness and gratitude for the blessings in your lives; but more often than not, you find yourself in some sort of predicament or difficulty ...
Views: 1608 - Psychic Variations Part 1 - by Submitted on May 23, 2016 from Jackie Wiliams BrockertAs we browse The internet, metaphysical bookstores and listings for spiritual advisers, we get confronted with a lot of terms explaining spiritual advisory perform. Many people lump them all into the exact same category and a few individuals who use the phrases for on their own aren't ...
Views: 943 - Mindful Being Course Interview with Nataša Pantović Buzzfeed - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2020 from Nataša PantovićWellness and Nutrition Author of 9 consciousness research books Nataša Pantović has told Buzzfeed that her latest personal development book called: Mindful Being towards Mindful Living Course, is about how ‘consciousness transforms into its golden possibilities’. While sitting and ...
Views: 2239(1 vote) - Longing for Desire - by Submitted on May 13, 2016 from Sheryl PaulMost people are familiar with the heart-aching pain of grief. Most people can identify the empty thud of loneliness. Most people know when they've been pricked by the green-eyed monster of jealousy, or taken under the thick, gray blanket of shame. But how often do we talk about longing? In ...
Views: 1874 - Psychic Rebecca Part 2 - by Submitted on May 11, 2016 from Jackie Wiliams BrockertA Channel to Share Her Gifts Five years ago, while looking to broaden her network, Rebecca found APN and was excited by the opportunity to reach more people and talk with clients from all over the world. “It’s truly amazing how alike we all are. What I’ve learned from ...
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