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BRAIN POWER Our Genie to Success - by Michele Blood- Introduction to “Illuminating Essays” (A garland is woven) - Five and Six - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2011 from Ma-Mahajnan prosadFive One thing we should never forget. Though the Transcendent Mother remained unique and superb from the angle of spiritual endeavor, she was all along an ideal housewife. She played her role surrounded by her husband and children. That had to be realized by others with all their hearts ...
Views: 1303 - Islam is in Urgent Need of a Counter Revolution to Alter the Distorted Foreign perception regarding its teaching - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2016 from Thabet Sava HassanNowadays, one can’t go through any newspaper or turn on a television channel without coming across an article or a talk show discussing the latest terror attack that took place somewhere. Those attacks are usually committed by few fanatic Muslims who had come up with their own version of the ...
Views: 1302 - Love Thy Self - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2012 from Lee Pattersonwhat does this mean exactly... when you hinge on the words of others and rely on this to know exactly what you feel.. this is not enlightenment and it is not who you are... Ever seen a dog with self esteem issues. Or a bird who was depressed cause it couldn't fly straight.. what about a horse ...
Views: 1302(1 vote) - Defying Death - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2015 from Kumari MullinWith the carnage in Paris so ever-present on our minds, I am reminded that even though it is so difficult to fathom such violence, one of the blessings I have received from all of the spiritual and energy healing practices is the deepening experience that this earth journey is a tiny fragment of ...
Views: 1301 - How Being Graceful Equals Being Awake - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2013 from David SamuelMany people would like to be more present, awake, aware, as well as financially successful and equally importantly, have better relationships with someone who is actually ‘there’. In my years of trying to teach people how to attain these qualities I have been met with constant resistance to ...
Views: 1301 - Learn This Advanced Meditation Technique for Spiritual Enlightenment - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"If you close your eyes and stop thinking even for a second you will discover all that is here is impersonal attention. So a good meditation technique is to keep your focus on this impersonal attention. Which is really saying turn your attention back upon itself until you are ...
Views: 1300(1 vote) - The ONE New Year's Resolution... - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2011 from Michelle Lee, CHAs we embark on another new year and a new beginning many of us are taking stock of the past year and how we would like to improve upon ourselves and our circumstances in the year to come. This is a time many begin to make New Year’s resolutions, set new intentions or new goals. This can be a ...
Views: 1300 - Israel Mourns Destruction of Both Temples on the 10th of Av; Do We Understand Those Appointed Times? - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2014 from Richard RuhlingSummary: History tends to repeat. With militant extremists who don't honor truces or peace-fires, their call for a 3rd Intifada is serious. August 7 is the 10th of Av, counting from the new moon crescent. “In the 5th month [counting from spring, Exodus 12:2] in the 10th day...Nebuchadnezzar ...
Views: 1299 - Sharing Some More Information on Major Religions of the World: Islam - Are the Differences Between Muslim Shiites & Sunnis Major - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2010 from Craig LockArticle Title: Sharing Some More Information on Major Religions of the World: Islam - Are the Differences Between Muslim Shiites & Sunnis Major? Submitted by: Craig Lock Category (key words): Islam, religion, faith, beliefs, Shiites, Sunnis, spiritual unity Craig's new blog is at ...
Views: 1299(2 votes) - Excerpt: Home Enlightenment - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2005 from Yolanda CardenWater as a Spiritual Element Water is the central source of our beings. It is part of every cell and fiber in us; it is our very essence. Could water be the common denominator that weaves us all (earth, animal, human, and plant) together as one? Is it the ultimate connector? It's awesome and ...
Views: 1298 - Reciting and Understanding Quran - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from John KaserReciting Holy Qur'an, your knowledge about the world will improve drastically and you will be a better informed and enlightened person. Almighty Allah will shower his limitless blessings upon you and daily sustenance will be granted to you miraculously. Humans can never reckon the countless ...
Views: 1297(1 vote) - The Surprising Benefits of Dying - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2010 from Harry WarmanNear-death survivors tell stories of out-of-body experiences and spiritual awakenings. How is it possible for near-death experiences to result in religious experiences so profound that they totally and utterly transform an individual? Is it really possible to attain such mystical illumination ...
Views: 1296(2 votes) - Divinity, Where You Least Expect It - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Kimberly SchneiderThis morning I had a lovely opportunity to put my commitment to find Unity in Duality to a test! Our youngest woke up with a case of the grumpies. The lack of routine and missing her friends from school was taking its toll. One of her choices then resulted in a consequence we’d discussed ...
Views: 1295(2 votes) - How to solve conflicts regarding children - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2011 from Pearl Shanti Lodur-LionheartMany times we get questions from parents regarding daily situations in their children`s lives. Here is one of these questions we received on our fan page Conscious Parenting on Facebook. We have also shared a relevant incident in our own life at the end of this article. Question: Hello, ...
Views: 1295(2 votes) - October 28th Opened Your Portal of Manifestation - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2011 from Brenda HoffmanWelcome to Brenda's Blog Channeled by Brenda Hoffman for www.LifeTapestryCreations.com Summary of October 31, 2011 free, 15-minute, channeled “Creation Energies” on www.BlogTalkRadio.com: Even though you have moved through many energy shifts in the last few months, the shift of October ...
Views: 1295 - Thoughts Shared With a Young Explorer - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2010 from Carl BozemanI have been having an ongoing discussion with a young explorer this last week. I thought I would share his questions along with my thoughts on them. He reminds me of a time in my life when I was looking for three-dimensional answers to questions that exceed the boundaries of the finite illusion ...
Views: 1295(1 vote) - Essence of Truth Realized by Ma-Mahajnan (One) - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Ma-Mahajnan prosad[A gist of some features purported by Ma-Mahajnan in the last chapter : ‘Universal Solution Offering Tranquility’ in one of her authentic titles : ”Unraveling of the Mystery of the Universe”. She had expounded miraculously all these difficult things in a state of ‘Conscious Trance’—ever ...
Views: 1294 - Gap-Closing - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2018 from William CottringerGAP-CLOSING By Bill Cottringer The most serious problem we have today is the growing divide/gap between this and that group of people and the ineffective gap-closing activities we waste valuable time engaging in. The gaps and divide just keeps getting wider and wider, creating more ...
Views: 1294 - The Seasons Don’t Really Change - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2013 from Gia CilentoGrowing up in South Florida, I heard this a lot from the northern transplants, the unhappy ones, at least. They’d tell me that the weather was always the same – hot! I’d always argue that there were distinct differences in the climate that were clearly visible throughout the seasons. These ...
Views: 1294(1 vote) - I Think, Therefore I Am - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2010 from David SamuelYour mind is a conglomeration of thoughts and memories, in itself, it does not exist. Mind is like a dustball, the ball itself is only a collection of dust held together by static electricity. Remove each spec of dust and what is left? Nothing. Then where did the electricity go? It has merged ...
Views: 1293 - Reiki in Rishikesh - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2020 from Yogasth Vidya RishikeshWhat is Reiki? The word Reiki is the unification of two words ‘Rei’ and ‘Ki’ meaning spiritually influenced life force energy. Reiki can be simply defined as an advanced and highly superior technique that influences the construction and networking of the universe. It is identical to the prana ...
Views: 1293 - Legends Of Rudraksha - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2010 from Rudraksha RatnaShiva Purana describe Rudraksha's origin as Lord Shiva's tears. He had been meditating for many years for the welfare of all creatures. On opening the eyes, hot drops of tears rolled down and the mother earth gave birth to Rudraksha trees. Lord Siva has many aspects indicated by His 1,008 names ...
Views: 1292(1 vote) - Self-Help for Type A’s – How to Slow Down and Achieve More - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2012 from Miriam KnightMost of us live our lives in a constant state of mental agitation. We have work to do, bills to pay, errands to run, children to tend, homes to maintain, food to prepare; and in each moment our minds are running at full speed, juggling the perpetual decisions to be made, schedules to be ...
Views: 1292(1 vote) - The Year of Captivation - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2013 from Dr. Natalia SchotteThe Nature New Year begins with the Autumnal Equinox, when the Sun enters Libra on September 22, 2013 at 1:44 PM PT / 4:44 PM ET / 8:44 PM GMT. At this time, our personal and collective cycles for the next 12 months are set in motion. Using esoteric systems as the basis for intuitive insight, we ...
Views: 1292(1 vote) - You Cannot Find Something by Avoiding It. - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2010 from David SamuelIf you run from it, how will you ever attain it. If the world is a form manifested by God and, if we run from the world, then how can we find God? You must get to know the world, and you know the world by knowing your self. You know yourself by observing yourself. In your objective ...
Views: 1292(2 votes) - The way to Read the I Ching - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2015 from Jackie Wiliams BrockertDo you feel that your destiny a string of random events? Several think to that greater influences form our fate. Cleromancy is a diversified psychic resource of pictures resulting messages revealed. As an illustration, when Tarot cards are mixed the during which the cards seem in a ...
Views: 1291 - The Mysteries of Life Unknown Realities Experienced - by Submitted on May 20, 2011 from Carla Goddard"The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced."-- Aart Van Der Leeuw This quote was posted by Lisa Meade’s Winthinsight Women’s Wisdom on Facebook and it took me quite by surprise. Surprise why? At the same moment that I read this quote a song called ...
Views: 1290 - There Are Champions Among Us Are You One Of Them? - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2010 from Gregory L HendersonYou must come to the self realization that you are one of the "Champions" of this era and you have a purpose for being here. You just may not know it yet! Most people have literally been robbed of their promised rewards in this life by letting negative, organizations and traditions effect ...
Views: 1290 - Desires, Fears and Regrets; The Cause and End of Suffering and Limitations - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2013 from David SamuelDo not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment, Buddha There are three things which rule our lives; desires, fears of all types and, regrets for mistakes, missed opportunities and decisions that just went wrong. A life lived without ...
Views: 1289 - Conscious Eating - by Submitted on May 16, 2016 from Jesse An Nichols GeorgeHow conscious are you about what you eat? Do you really know what you are ingesting? Now at first thought, I am guessing that many will say that they are conscious. There are likely those that relate that to blessing or praying over their food. Then there are those that will say they are ...
Views: 1288 - Aim and Your Essential Nature - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from David SamuelMuch has been said about the importance of having an aim to give direction to your life for you to progress with your work. If you do not have an aim, nothing in your life can progress. Your aim is the engine which drives the entire vehicle. It is not only having any aim, it is having a ...
Views: 1287 - Part IV: What is Self-Empowerment? - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2016 from Kumari Mullin"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do” ~Bible, John 14:12 In this series, we have been discussing the tricky balance of attaining a space of spiritual surrender and the seeming opposite need for ...
Views: 1287 - Three Steps to Spiritual Enlightenment: Earnestness, Concepts, Being-ness - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2012 from Dr. Robert PuffThere are three important steps which are crucial aspects in moving in the direction of living an enlightened, awakened life. Any one of us can take these steps. The first step is “earnestness.” To achieve enlightenment, you really have to want it. Saying, “I’ll work during the day, sleep ...
Views: 1287(1 vote) - Predictions for 2011 - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2011 from PD RiversEvery good spiritual advisor makes predictions for the coming year. Would I be remiss if I did not? Of course; so I will. 1. The American people will stop sitting by while politicians play with their lives like Lego toys. Politicians in the next two years will discover that the Americans of ...
Views: 1286(2 votes) - Finding Your Bliss - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2008 from Lailah MoridFinding bliss in your life requires you to understand the workings of the mind. We encounter stress and depression when we allow our thoughts to take hold of us. When we become liberated from the mind, we experience bliss. To become liberated, you must stop connecting thoughts. The true ...
Views: 1284 - Stepping Into Ourselves - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from regina meredithI have written a book, which should be out in the next few months. In it I share a story regarding the beginning of human kind, which I have alluded to in some of my Fifth Elements. It’s a story that elicits deep compassion for our species as we are a people divided within. This is not to say ...
Views: 1284 - What Is Happening In Our World? - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2016 from Jesse An Nichols GeorgeWhat are your thoughts on the world today? Certainly when asked this there are a variety of responses that seem to come forth from people. Some will say they don’t think about it at all, others will be loaded with opinions, others have already created a thousand solutions for what they see ...
Views: 1284 - The Day I Forgot About Spiritual Enlightenment - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2017 from Kalyna KapurIt was nine years since my "religious experience". In those nine years I had been consuming spiritual books one after another, watching Yogis and sages on YouTube, and I even attended a live recording of "Eckhart Tolle TV" in San Francisco in the Spring of 2012. All I wanted was another ...
Views: 1283(1 vote) - Total Recall of Who We Are: Stop Thinking and Start Being - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2012 from Dr. Robert PuffThere is a movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger called Total Recall. A large part of the movie revolves around Arnold’s character discovering who he really is. We all want to know who we really are. Unless we settle into thinking, “Well, this is my life and I’m not going to think about it,” we ...
Views: 1283(1 vote) - Enlightenment - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2007 from Steven SadleirEach of us have an instinct to learn, to grow and evolve. Everything you experience is teaching you something about yourself. Life lessons that we miss we tend to get tested in again and again until we learn the lesson. The more we learn the better life we live. The more we evolve the greater ...
Views: 1282(1 vote) - Learning to Think Better - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from Art MasonIf you listen to the news or read a paper there is so much negativity is can be overwhelming. Now from a business standpoint bad news sells, so this is what we get. I am however more interested in the thinking that causes this versus the situations themselves. The first line of our Student ...
Views: 1282(4 votes) - Love Like Crazy - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2011 from Dr. Barbara WaltonAt any given moment, life is offering up at least a dozen (probably several dozen) reasons for you to be worried, frightened, unhappy, maybe even discouraged, offended, hurt, or angry. You could tell me the circumstances of your life and justify your logical emotional experience. You could ...
Views: 1282(2 votes) - 2009 - Wisdom and Justice will Prevail! - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2008 from Merry Battles2009 – what will the new year bring? It has been said that the new year and new numbers bring a different vibration. We need all the help we can get! These are trying times and the possibility of fear overtaking our lives. We must remember there is Divine Order in every action of this ...
Views: 1281 - Discover Who You Are And Why You Are Here. - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2008 from Emmanuel EmezieThe Human Being is a Creative Worker: God carries on creative work through human beings. Human beings serve as instrument of transformation of thoughts and ideas from the spiritual state to the physical state. Our mind which is an aspect of the brain mechanism is a creative device which enables ...
Views: 1280 - What Is Really Real? How Awareness and Beingness Open the Doors to the True Self - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffEverything that is, everything that ever will be, everything that has ever been, can only occur because we are bearing witness to it. Everything exists simply because we are aware of it. Without us, nothing can be. The entire universe unfolds from our true self: our consciousness, which is also ...
Views: 1280(2 votes) - The Cycle of Life - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2007 from Kenneth MacLeanIt is said that a child is closest to God. What does this mean? I think it means that a child is more cognizant of his connection to Native State. I have also noticed that as I grow older, I seem to get wiser and feel a much greater sense of who I am. These ideas can be illustrated with a ...
Views: 1279(2 votes) - Sustainability Part I: A Call To Action - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2011 from Barry LipscombWe have reached a point if we look honestly and fully we will see that the way we live today is not sustainable. We consume too much, work too hard, creating too much trash and rapidly depleting the earth’s non-renewable resources. In short, we do not respect and live within the natural flow ...
Views: 1277(1 vote) - You Are a Big-Shot, Live Up to Your True Value! - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2012 from Anyaele SamThe following are simple but very important tips you need to live up to your true value, and be a big-shot. Please, read on! You have the good life. You have greater grace for greatness. You are created in the image and likeness of God. God makes advancement and touches lives through ...
Views: 1277 - Church, State, and The Divine - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2016 from Jesse An Nichols GeorgeDo you feel that there is a connection between church or religion and government? Have they always been joined at the hip in one way or another? Have you noticed any common ties between government and religion? Now, I realize I may rock some waves this week; and that is ok. Afterall, I am ...
Views: 1276 - Using The Alarm Clock To Stay Asleep - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2008 from Abdi AssadiNever in history have so many siren songs clamored for our daily attention. From infancy to our deathbeds we are besieged by advertisements and commercial invitations, each one artfully (or not so artfully) spun to conceal their appeal to our vanity, greed and insecurity. The apparatus of ...
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