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- Trust - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2014 from Kate JarosinskaFor many of us, when we find ourselves in dire circumstances we begin to resist the uncomfortable feeling of being disconnected or misaligned. We develop a resistance to ourselves and to the undesirable and often times unbearable experience we are having. Many times, the negative feeling of ...
Views: 1339 - The Present Moment of Now - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Barry LipscombThe present moment is all there ever is – everything else is only thought, memories of the past and visions of the future. There is a constant dialogue with the past and the future here in the present, with the unfolding future informing what occurs each moment and our ever changing perception ...
Views: 1338(1 vote) - Understanding the Nature of Love - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2018 from Maetreyii Ma NolanLove is a many-faceted topic. There is love between people, love for nature, love for animals and plants and love for the Divine. What is important in all of these different experiences of love is that you love purely. To know infinite love, you need not live up to anyone’s expectations but only ...
Views: 1338 - Learning to Trust and Believing What is Right - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2010 from Beatrice ElderDuring our life time, we meet people from all walks of life. Some may go on to be lifelong friends, while others may flit in and out of our lives for whatever reason. In the meantime we may have doubts and disbelief about the friendship, this will create a sense of mistrust between the two ...
Views: 1337(2 votes) - Luck and Grace -Divine Mother Mary Transmission Nov 30th '00 through Li Lan Chan - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2013 from Li Lan ChanLuck and Grace -Divine Mother Mary Transmission Nov 30th '00 through Li Lan Chan Good evening dear ones, We are much pleased to see you all gathered here after the holidays. I am that being that you call Mother Mary. I wish you to feel my energies. Breathe me in through your heart. Feel ...
Views: 1337(1 vote) - For The Right Reasons - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2011 from Frances LucasWe often times struggle with what we do. We wonder if we should do or say certain things in order to help others, or to better ourselves or to even get ahead in life. We need to know the difference between what we want to do, what we feel like doing and what we ought to do. We need to be sure we ...
Views: 1336 - As the Paradigm Shifts: W is for Will - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2012 from Rosie KuhnI’ve been thinking about this blog for awhile, specifically the intention I had in mind – what I wanted to convey regarding our will. The third step of the Twelve Step Program came to mind: We turn our will over to the care of a higher power as we understand it. (The original version is: ...
Views: 1335 - Cosmology of Dance - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2010 from lynn buessCosmology of Dance By Lynn Buess, MA, EdS As a one time practicing psychotherapist and avid social dancer, I have jokingly said that I can go around the dance floor twice with my partner and tell about three generations of her life. There is some exaggeration to this statement, and a lot ...
Views: 1335(1 vote) - I Want Change. WHY? - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Keith BrayYOU WANT CHANGE. WHY? Another great question prompted from my coaching mentor, Dr. Randin Brons “Idea Engineer”. I work with intelligent people who are prepared to invest time, and in the case of my clients, money, to get a better life than current. To get what they want, they must be prepared ...
Views: 1335 - Svadhyaya, Reflections Upon the Nature of Soul - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2018 from Maetreyii Ma NolanDear friends, We have two more aspects of Yama and Niyama to cover, Svadhyaya (self-reflection) and Ishvara Pranidhana ( surrender to God). When we have completed these two aspects we will move on to discussion of other aspects of yogic teachings such as karma, samskara, the five ...
Views: 1335 - CHRISTIAN BOOKS AS TOOLS FOR PERSONAL GROWTH - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2012 from Mariana SarcedaThere are an almost infinite number of ways in which Christian books can help you promote your personal growth and overcome many issues and problems we need to face daily. We all undergo through harsh times and these books can give us tools to help us understand them and find the strength within ...
Views: 1334 - 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: 1334 - Partner for Support: How to Find the Right Community for You! - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2010 from Nanette SaylorI believe we are here on this Earth to connect—no one is intended to “go it alone”. Energy flows in, around and throw all things, including all people. To fully engage the positive forces of that energy, you have to become a part of the flow. The only way to do that is to connect to other ...
Views: 1334(1 vote) - Six Ways to Know a False Inner Guide From the True One - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2018 from Guy FinleySix Ways to Know a False Inner Guide From the True One From The Secret of Your Immortal Self By Guy Finley The journey to the divinity within has its dangers. About this we are clear: the inner path is lined with many trials and pitfalls. But there is nothing to be feared in this ...
Views: 1334 - Coming Out of the Darkness - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2009 from Keli WoodyI am not here to tell my life story, explain all the mistakes I have made (which have been many), or to drag on and on about everything I have been diagnosed with. I am simply here to tell how I overcame the hurt, the pain, the addiction, and everything else that has, in the past, been put on ...
Views: 1333(3 votes) - Find Out The Answer - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2011 from Frances LucasThere are times when others come to us with something they are trying to do and sometimes we tell them we just don’t know or we don’t have time. However, we should stop and try to help them any way we can. It will benefit them and us if we take an extra step to try and help. We need to help them ...
Views: 1333(1 vote) - Guided Visualizations - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2008 from Pamela Hadfield-GrierSo many of us today lead extremely busy lives. We find ourselves constantly rushing around, always "on the go." We have commitments to jobs, to family and friends, to our households, churches or temples, and even the gym! We are stretched and pulled in many different directions; no wonder we ...
Views: 1333 - YOUR SUMMER 2016 FORECAST: The Crack in Everything Is Getting Bigger All the Time - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2016 from joan pancoeTo view in your browser: http://joanpancoe.com/page-newsletter-details.php?nl=106 “There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen Dear ONE, Just as ever increasing earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are creating bigger cracks in ...
Views: 1333(1 vote) - Another Perspective - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2012 from Jodi ChapmanHave you ever wondered how others see you? Have you ever stepped back from your life and looked at it as though you were an objective bystander? Have you ever felt stuck and asked a loved one to offer guidance and perspective? A few months ago, Dan and I were on a call with a wonderful life ...
Views: 1332 - Change Your Reality - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2015 from Gina CharlesThere is only Consciousness and unconsciousness. We are either awake, or we are sleepwalking and sleeptalking. We are either lucid, or we are submerged in and believing unnecessary, unexamined, unfounded thoughts and beliefs. These thoughts and beliefs create our reality, and how we ...
Views: 1332 - How Enlightenment Resides Within You - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2012 from Craig VillarrubiaAs I look back at my spiritual journey it is clear that my personal understanding of enlightenment has evolved. Early in my search I remember getting a glimpse of its promises through self-help and spiritual texts. I associated enlightenment with visions, specialness, power and bliss. It was ...
Views: 1332 - How to Overcome Depression - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2008 from Daya Devi-DoolinKnowing that we are depressed is one of the keys to overcoming depression. Knowing that everything we do involves choice. Everything is choice. Every decision we make, we choose to make it. We decide what we think and we decide what we think is best for us. We can choose again if the result ...
Views: 1332(1 vote) - Recession- Finding Your New Purpose - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2009 from Chris ConnellWe Have A Purpose There is something inside you that craves fulfillment-inside all of us. Most of us were not taught nor encouraged to pursue a career that was meaningful to us. When the time came, we were most often pushed to pick something that would earn a good income, that we could stand. ...
Views: 1332(2 votes) - 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: 1332 - 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: 1331 - Authentic Gift Giving Is An Expression of Who You Are - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2010 from David Robert OrdDaily Spiritual Insight from the Story of The Little Prince “I just don’t know what to get him,” Cathy, forty-two, confided in her twin sister as she tried to decide on a Christmas gift for their father. “He always says he has everything he wants.” Amy chuckled. “Just the other day I was ...
Views: 1331 - The Positive Negative Side of Polarity - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Sherry AnsharaThe Positive Negative Side of Polarity The story goes that positive is good and negative is bad. How can that be when you are both positive and negative polarity? Your positive and negative poles work in unison with your body to stay balanced. When you go to the ocean or around water, it ...
Views: 1331 - Trust Me...There's Pollen on Your Wings! - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2009 from Rita Farin“Do you think they know?” I asked. “Know what?” “That they carry pollen on their wings?” My friend and I were walking around Callaway Gardens, on the Rhododendron Trail with no rhododendrons blooming as of yet. We had just walked out of the butterfly conservatory where 1,000 tropical ...
Views: 1331 - Breakthroughs and Setbacks - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2011 from Frances LucasWe have all wondered why we can’t just have a normal average life with no issues or concerns. We wonder why things have to happen to us and why we have to struggle so much. We sometimes wish we could have a normal life and not have problems in our relationships or with money or with our health. ...
Views: 1330 - Daily Affirmative Prayer - Personal Inventory - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Gayle Dillon“Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.” Alcoholics Anonymous "Step 10 isn’t only about our relationship with other people. It’s about our relationship with ourselves, and with our God. What and how did I think today? How did I speak, to others, and ...
Views: 1330 - How a unique conclusion is drawn by “Ma-Mahajnan” - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2011 from Ma-Mahajnan prosadIs there, indeed, anything anywhere? Prosad : 'A weak mind is prone to fear. Fear is another name for ghosts. A stout mind contains energy. Energy is another name of God.'—If that's true, why do you now say—'We have to recognize Energy owing to the weakness of our mind.' Doesn't that lead to ...
Views: 1330 - Life is a Trip, But Where Are You Going?: The Art of Choosing “Who to Be” Rather Than “What to Do” - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesWhenever I mention to people that I teach stress management, meditation, and life mastery skills, they almost always say to me, “Boy, do I need that!” We live in a very fast-paced world. Information, opportunities, and challenges are expanding exponentially every day. Life is full, to say the ...
Views: 1330 - Enlightenment: How to Transcend the Ego - by Submitted on May 06, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"That which you assume yourself to be is not actually a thing, but an action. It is the action holding on. In every moment, you are unconsciously holding on to an idea of who you are. And although this idea of who you are is constantly changing moment to moment, the action of ...
Views: 1329(2 votes) - Giving Thanks When All Is Not Well - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2010 from David Robert OrdIn the northern hemisphere, the harvest is in, winter is upon us, Canada has already celebrated, Britain too, and this week it is the turn of people in the United States to gather to give thanks. A question: What does it mean to give thanks when everything "goes wrong"? Are we supposed to ...
Views: 1329 - Love Beyond Paradigms - by Submitted on May 17, 2012 from Mark KellyWe often look to traditional paradigms of Wholeness for insights into the nature of Love, but seldom look to Love for insights into the nature of traditional paradigms of Wholeness, i.e. look at Wholeness through the eyes of Love. Yet Love offers us a clear understanding of what it is to be ...
Views: 1328 - POSITIVE AFFIRMATION: Your Next Step in Unfoldment - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2008 from Dr. Barbara DelozierIt is common to say that we are all on different levels of our spiritual evolution. In some spiritual organizations, our personal ascension is documented by initiations which keep us yearning and learning toward that next step ~~ something to look forward to, as it were. Today's Positive ...
Views: 1328 - Patanjali Yoga Sutra - Strategy to Explain the Basic Teachings of Yoga - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2010 from GS VirkYoga is the experience of control and calm persistence of thought in the mind with consciousness raised. Consciousness is a reflection of the true soul in your mind. Consciousness is life in the universe of pure subtle where it meets your selfishness in your physical life. Your mind is impure, ...
Views: 1327 - Breaking Free of Our Comfort Zones - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2010 from Debra RebleIn 1992, a Chinese freighter mistakenly dropped a crate of 30,000 rubber duckies into the Pacific Ocean. Three months later, many of these “friendly floatees” were discovered on the coasts of Indonesia, Australia, and South America. Some daring ducks headed toward Alaska by crossing the Bering ...
Views: 1326(4 votes) - What does it mean to be “Spiritually Asleep?” - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2019 from Tina RaynerIf there were a linear scale from zero to 100 to represent a continuum of the human understanding of Love, “spiritually asleep” would begin at zero on the left, “spiritually awake” would begin somewhere in the middle, and “spiritual ascension” would begin somewhere on the far right. A synonymous ...
Views: 1326 - Have the Courage to Be Vulnerable - by Submitted on May 06, 2015 from Mike RobbinsGiven the focus of my work, especially in the past five years since the release of my book Be Yourself, Everyone Else Is Already Taken, which is all about authenticity and vulnerability, I’m constantly in situations where I’m talking about, encouraging, and seeing the positive impact of ...
Views: 1325 - Life’s been giving us wake up calls - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from ray borjaSo here we are caught up in the midst of an upheaval in our lives. Our marriage is dissolving. Our house is no longer our home. The light of our relationship that once was a beacon in our lives leading us into the safe shores of contentment, has burnt out. And we are left alone, arms crossed ...
Views: 1325(4 votes) - The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles - Chapter 1 of the Free PDF Ebook - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2011 from Wallace WattlesNote: This is the original chapter 1 of The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles (available in PDF ebook for free download. The Chapter is called "The Right to Be Rich". If you like this chapter, you can download the entire PDF Ebook version of The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. ...
Views: 1325 - CREATING YOUR PERFECT LIFE I: Health - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2011 from Ada MarieToday I welcome you all to begin your life anew. To begin it as though you were your own personal creator. What would you choose to have your life be? How would you create your self from appearance to attitude, from happiness to success? Today we start a five part series that will help you ...
Views: 1324 - Is Fear Holding You Back? - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2023 from Debra BurdickWhat is fear? Fear is an emotion that is basic to our survival and occurs in response to anything by which we feel threatened, real or imagined. It allows us to recognize danger so we can protect ourselves. In the brain, fear is triggered by a stressful stimulus that prompts a release of ...
Views: 1324 - Where There Is A Will There Is A Way - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2013 from Moreen DuFermontWhere There Is a Will There Is A Way The truth is that we are living in our physical bodies and have “this” one life to live. We each can only take it one day at a time! Of course, I know that this is nothing new to you. In fact, its a philosophy you’ve heard dozens of times before; ...
Views: 1324(1 vote) - “Your purpose is not in what you do, but in who you’re being when you do what you do.” - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2011 from Amir Zoghi“Your purpose is not in what you do, but in who you’re being when you do what you do.” – Amir Zoghi – It’s a wonderful thing to live with purpose, without it you lose meaning for your life. But there is a difference between getting your purpose from what you do and getting your purpose from ...
Views: 1324(4 votes) - Enlightenment & The Importance of Kundalini Shakti - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"Underneath everything is silence; deep, profound, infinite silence. It is in everything yet remains as nothing. The spiritual path is very slippery because of this. Because the mind is always looking for that next bit of knowledge that might take it to silence, that next ...
Views: 1323(2 votes) - 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: 1323(1 vote) - The Wanted Motion that will Bring in Wealth - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2011 from Rishan BTo entice wealth you need to be teachable. Just how teachable we are is tested through our Teachability Index. Being teachable is definitely very critical if we desire to know things that could boost our lives to a wonderful extent. Take studying how you can work with the Law of Attraction for ...
Views: 1322 - TURN YOUR LIFE AROUND II: FOREMOST FORGIVENESS - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from Ada MarieToday we continue with part two of our five part series on “turning your life around”. We began last week with the building – and for many the rebuilding – of your personal foundation. What do you, as an individual, stand on? Now we are here to learn the next step that is as vital as that of ...
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