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- Using the Law Of Rhythm, Habits and Melody for Spiritual Growth and Mental Focus - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from David SamuelThe Law of Rhythm is basically indicating an expression of habits. A habit is something you do consistently, therefore it has a rhythmic movement to it. The Law of Rhythm shows you your habits and those of society and the planet. For instance the planet is in the habit of going from season ...
Views: 2032(4 votes) - ***Spiritual Power: First Steps - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2011 from Emily Erickson-SandstromSpiritual Power: First Steps An expert's handbook exists for beginners to spiritual power, an ancient book. We know it works because the lady who wrote it trained a group of women in the fifteenth century—during the Inquisition in Spain-- to pray so powerfully that a real estate empire was ...
Views: 3235(5 votes) - Spiritual Cleansing and Defense: Guard Your Energy With These 6 Methods - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2009 from Scott & Stephen PetulloCosmic debris is everywhere, and if you’re not careful and don’t protect yourself, it can interfere with your life and cause havoc. Capitalize on your spiritual and mind power and make the most of your life within the framework of your unique destiny and karma by employing potent spiritual ...
Views: 5816(4 votes) - Aligning With the Law of Attraction - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2009 from Marie BarrettWe can align with the Law of Attraction; we have the power; it is simply a matter of understanding how and then working with the energy. We can design our future. We are maturing creators and are here on earth to learn about our power and to use that discovery wisely. So how do you create a ...
Views: 1614(3 votes) - Feeling your way to enlightenment - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2009 from Jonathan EvattSomething challenging has come up between you and someone close to you and you're not sure what the most life-giving and healing approach is to such a situation. Life can be so darn complicated, at least sometimes, right? Who hasn't had this arise in their experience? Few, if any, of us, I am ...
Views: 1514(4 votes) - Psychic Protection Techniques--4 Tricks to Keep Your Spiritual Body Clean - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Scott & Stephen PetulloIt's always a good idea to remember to spiritually protect yourself. Just as there is filth in the physical world, spiritual debris is everywhere. Thoughts are things, they create your reality within the framework of your personal karma and fate, and you can capitalize on this mind dynamic to ...
Views: 4366(6 votes) - Modern Day Mystic - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2009 from Jill LowyWhat is a Modern Day Mystic? Well, first of all a modern day mystic is a mystic. According to the Wikipedia, “a mystic is one who practices mysticism”; "Mysticism (comes from the Greek, mystikos, an initiate of a mystery religion) It is the pursuit of communion with, identity with, or conscious ...
Views: 1938(2 votes) - Thing or Person - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2009 from Rabbi Simcha WeinbergI was called to perform an emergency Taharah – the ritual cleansing and preparation of a body for burial. I was the rabbi of a large congregation, and although I had participated in Taharot in this funeral home, I had never been summoned for an “emergency Taharah.” The manager of the funeral ...
Views: 886(3 votes) - ***Tarot Analysis Nourishes Our Mental and Spiritual Selves While we are in the Physical World - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2011 from Emily Erickson-SandstromTarot Analysis Nourishes Our Mental and Spiritual Selves While We are in the Physical World Body, mind and spirit make a human what occultists term a 'three-plane entity.' Each of these entities has its separate sphere. Your mind exists in a mental sphere and your spirit exists in a ...
Views: 3468(5 votes) - A Heaven of Perpetual Virgins, Sex and God. - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2009 from David SamuelIn the pursuit of truth and the hopeful clarification of the escalating lunacy that is pervading our world at present, cultivating a religious war of truly disastrous proportions, I offer you a touch of reality. It is unlikely that many people other than Moslems will read the Koran. It is ...
Views: 2821(2 votes) - Native American Bird Medicines - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2009 from Paula BidwellThere are so many bird medicines. They are complex and tricky to describe. I have hesitated to write about them. Then the idea came that it would be better to start by sharing a few and then adding other stories later. The one’s I know are from personal experience and training. Water ...
Views: 5469(3 votes) - My Meditation Journey with the 12 Holy Days of Christmas December 26-January 6 - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2009 from Merry BattlesThirty two years ago I officially stepped on "the path," the sacred path. It is a journey that one takes perhaps in many lifetimes. Within three months I started my work with massage, I began my weekly metaphysics classes, and my beautiful sister Donna was diagnosed with terminal cancer. I ...
Views: 2296(2 votes) - The Sign of Cancer - 4th Holy Day of Christmas - December 29 - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2009 from Merry BattlesThe sign of Cancer - 4th Holy Day of the 12 Holy Days of Christmas is assigned to a Disciple, sign of the Zodiac, Spiritual attainment, Spiritual part of the physical body, and a passage from the Bible. My book "Christmas Meditations on the Twelve Holy Days December 26 - January 6" is a ...
Views: 2078(2 votes) - Tarotscope Happenings - Zodiac Tarot Horoscope for November 2009 - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2009 from Suzi DronzekMystical messages and spiritual guidance from the wisdom of the Intellectual and Intuitive Tarot. To strengthen the message, read your rising sign. If you were born in the evening, you may feel more comfortable including your Moon sign. SCORPIO (October 23-November 21) Happy birthday Scorpio! ...
Views: 1231(4 votes) - How To Experience God Directly And Immediately - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2009 from Michael GeorgeMysticism is not for everyone. Mysticism has been wrongly labeled as a ‘secret’ or ‘magical’ type of knowledge. Mysticism is not knowledge at all. The mystical path is the direct experience of the Divine, versus a man-made, philosophy on a platter kind of knowledge. Mystics feel that God is ...
Views: 1977 - Symbols of the Human Brains - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2009 from Vincent Sandee (Swami Ekabuddhyananda)Today I would like to share an inspiring way of seeing ourselves. As we know, human beings have an amazing brain and its potential has not yet been fully discovered. It is subjected to always new studies and experimentation. The human brain is a mystery. Stil some great human beings seem to ...
Views: 1732(2 votes) - Creating Sacred Space in Your Home - Let Nature Be Your Guide! - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2013 from XXXX XXXXXAre you in search of "down to earth" home decorating ideas that create an ambience of serene beauty, contemplation and inner peace? If so, the answer is revealed outside your doorstep! When stepping into nature and observing its myriad of colors, shapes, patterns and textures; decorating with ...
Views: 2189(4 votes) - Tarotscope Happenings - Zodiac Tarot Horoscope for October 2009 - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2009 from Suzi DronzekMystical messages and spiritual guidance from the wisdom of the Intellectual and Intuitive Tarot ~based on what I sense without sugarcoatin' my interpretations into a 'fantasy fairy tale', (because life isn't always pretty. As a problem-solver, I look for solutions, while including the good, the ...
Views: 1240(3 votes) - Love Always Returns - A Halloween Ghost Story - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2017 from Merry BattlesIt was a month before All Hallows Eve. We were in a Jr. College in Boston. A group of friends were sitting around our dorm room. It happened to be in an old apartment building on Beacon Street. It was the late 60's. We started telling ghost stories one by one. All of a sudden we all ...
Views: 2199(1 vote) - What is an Angel Reader? - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Ann Marie O'DellWhat is an Angel? Do Angels need names? How do we connect with our Angels? What is an Angel Reading? How can you be sure of the readers truth? Why should you get an Angel Reading? Here is some information. WHAT IS AN ANGEL? Angels are perceived to be pure and ...
Views: 3547(2 votes) - The End of Self-Enquiry - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2009 from Clive TempestIndulging in spiritual enquiry is a waste of time. But then the whole of existence, as we have to live it, is a waste of time – until we come to our senses. The more we keep enquiring, the less we will discover of the truth. The truth is now; and now is what is. That is everything in sense, ...
Views: 1277(5 votes) - Something To Explain - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Rabbi Simcha WeinbergI was putting the final touches on my first Yom Kippur sermon in my new synagogue. I wanted to begin with an acknowledgment that I hurt people even though I had only been there for a month or two, and I wanted people to learn to ask for forgiveness. I was writing, “Request for Mechilah – ...
Views: 775 - ***The Mystic Path Out of the Box and Into Spiritual Power; Experiences, Sensations and Symptoms; Language as a Factor - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2011 from Emily Erickson-SandstromThe categories that human languages lock things into in our minds stifle creative thinking and block extrasensory perception. The categories are the 'box' to 'think out of.' Language fetters awareness: *Most people won't think of or even sense something they have no words for. *We dream of ...
Views: 3039(8 votes) - ***Mystical Development: Illness Accompanies It - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2011 from Emily Erickson-SandstromThe making of American Indian shamans includes illness, sometimes serious illness: It is a common thread in their biographies, and also in the biographies of well-known mystic saints. You don't have to be a shaman or a saint for sickness to be part of your spiritual training; it is a phase in ...
Views: 3332(5 votes) - The Shaman, mystic and psychotic - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2009 from Adele McDowellIt sounds like the beginning of one of those three person jokes, i.e., the shaman, the mystic and the psychotic walked into a bar. But this isn’t a joke; this is more of a pondering aloud on the line between sanity and insanity, delusion and reason. What prompted these ponderings was that I ...
Views: 8126(4 votes) - ***Ducks' Capacity for the Enjoyment of Life Surpasses Humans' - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2011 from Emily Erickson-SandstromHere is a picture of ducks who have been slimed by the latest oil spill. They are doomed, and the water they float in is doomed. But here they are doing what ducks do, up until the very last minute of their lives. They have no horror on their faces, just a relaxed but miserable expression. ...
Views: 2700(4 votes) - ***Tarot Supports the Spiritual Path and Personal Growth - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2011 from Emily Erickson-SandstromIt is an act of will – a decision, that's all – that starts a person on the mystic path of being one with the Almighty. After that initiation, it is events of the person's life, and the “voice in your gut” that are the training, the lessons. Seeing a pattern in the events of your life is ...
Views: 2917(5 votes) - Rosh Hashana: Shades of Light - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Rabbi Simcha WeinbergIt was pitch black when I arrived in the park this morning for my daily walk. Each park bench was occupied by a homeless person. Skunks were rifling through the garbage cans. None of the usual walkers were crazy enough to be there in those conditions. It was also freezing and I considered ...
Views: 832 - Reemergence of the Shamanic Worldview - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Cathy TeetsMany contemporary spiritual organizations are concluding that the “modern” worldview is taking us down a path that is not viable in the long run. In searching for a viable alternative, some of them are reexamining the ancient shamanic worldview and incorporating it into their ...
Views: 1784 - Ascended Master – an expression of the spirit path - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Aaron PyneMuch has been written about the Ascended Masters. They are consider to be spirits that have incarnated on Earth, like all of us, but have learned the lessons of the Earth plane, transmuted all fear, and ascended into spirit. They have removed themselves out of the karmic cycles that keep most of ...
Views: 2184(1 vote) - Timeless: The Timeless Soul - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Rabbi Simcha Weinberg“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered (zacharti) God. My prayer came to You in Your Holy Sanctuary.” (Jonah 2:8) The Midrash (Shocher Tov 62) on the verse “Every breath shall praise the Lord,” (Psalm 150:6) teaches that with every breath the soul attempts to escape the confines of the ...
Views: 852(2 votes) - Karma -- Melodious Coexistence with Environment - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Rachel MadorskyIn the Hindu language the profoundly powerful word KARMA is used to identify this “Law of All Laws” ? the “Cause and Effect Law of the Universe.” If we subscribe to the laws of karma, we are open to the possibility that there is no such a thing as a “coincidence.” In reality, coincidence is a ...
Views: 1184(2 votes) - Keeper of Secrets - Card Reader - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2010 from Ana CortezThere is a time and place for all things - including the dissemination of truth. Recently I have been asked to keep a secret. No, I’m not telling. Now I recognize that I actually keep a great number of secrets on a regular basis. It is a greater part of my occupation as a card reader. ...
Views: 1402(2 votes) - Enter the Golden Age: Keys to Manifesting the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Tony TuckerCongratulations, Fellow Child of God. You’ve just taken the first step to entering the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. This Kingdom ("The New Heaven and New Earth")is available through the union of your heart, mind, and soul. This journey begins with the understanding beyond the common limits of ...
Views: 2267(1 vote) - Psychic Karma - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2009 from Dawn Ardent'Karma' is an eastern concept (primarily Indian) which states that your actions will be reflected back to you by the universe sooner or later. (The related western concept of 'cause and effect' states that you reap what you sow.) A deeper and more accurate concept is that of 'instant karma', ...
Views: 1253(1 vote) - Origins of Astrology and the Breaking of the Tree - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2011 from Aryana HudsonIf you wear a gray alien masque on Halloween you might become an astrologer. Artifacts of Mesopotamia point to the meaning of the eye that houses the stars; if you have eyes then you will know your destiny. In the skirt symbolism of early tablets that are from the continent of Africa and other ...
Views: 3033(2 votes) - Science Meets Mysticism - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2011 from Lisa TunneyWhen most people think of mysticism, they certainly don’t associate it with science. I recently discovered that both Einstein and Newton, two of the greatest scientific minds of all time, were practicing mystics. To be fair, it is likely that neither historical figure had an inkling that they ...
Views: 1641(1 vote) - Are Aliens Really “Alien” or Simply Extraterrestrial? An Earth History Article - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Shylo LoveBy Shylo Love (Annu)Creative Commons Copyright: www.book-of-light.comI remember growing up, being fascinated with space and the universe. I felt a large part of me was drawn to live in this vast universe, rather then the little human body I inhabited. The universe to me at the time ...
Views: 1879(2 votes) - Destiny, Karma, Fate, & Creating Your Reality: The Bulk of Your Life is Predestined, Good and Bad - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2009 from Scott & Stephen PetulloUnique levels of unavoidable personal adversity exist for everyone and they are discernible in comprehensive numerology and astrology charts. This finding of ours greatly clashes with modern, New Age spirituality. As most anyone will admit, life can be unpleasant at times, but you can’t ...
Views: 2426(2 votes) - What Prophecy is and how to learn to do it - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Martin EttingtonHave you ever had a dream that came true? Or a vision of something that seemed very real and it later came to pass? If so you may already be sensitive to the future and have naturally developed prophetic abilities. I experienced many types of visions of the future in my life. These included ...
Views: 1419 - The Business of Spirit & Matter - The Eagle & The Condor - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2009 from Rebecca AstaraWhen I awoke at 4:44am, it was Easter morning of 2006 and I felt the presence of life all around me. The light from my headlamp seemed to startle me more than the herd of elk I was camped in the middle of! They raised their heads all around me and seemed as uncomfortable with my presence as I ...
Views: 1433 - Global Peace 11:11 Event - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2009 from Darlene SiddonsThere is a definite shift that is taking place on this planet, it is a global event and reaches into every corner of the globe and also involves all of the people of the planet. This is our opportunity to assist this change and shift to our advantage and the betterment of all. Between now ...
Views: 1632 - UFOs, Bibles and False Altars - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2010 from Aryana HudsonChariots of fire in the sky written about in the Old Testament. How did Moses get the Ten Commandments? A radio wave beam of information hitting a tablet is able to carry and produce an anomaly that could be interpreted as a phenomenon. How would this be interpreted by a person ages ago that ...
Views: 2403(1 vote) - Extra Terrestrial Seeding: What it Means and ET Implantation - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2013 from Aryana HudsonSo we have the crop circles and the Ziggurat symbols of hyperspace math given again in successive generations that have been forgotten and then re described by history in increasingly inaccurate forms of information from the original accounts beam projected onto fields with beautiful intricacy ...
Views: 3111(1 vote) - The Zone of Incomprehensibility - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Lawrence GoldIf you've been doing somatic education for any period of time - or any form of education for that matter -- you've observed periods when your clients (or students) appear to have lost comprehension of your instructions. In fact, there have probably been periods either during sessions or during ...
Views: 1482 - Way of the Celts - Celtic Spirituality - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2009 from Kristin OlsenWelcome the Way of the Celts, land of myth and fantasy. As we look to the magic and mysticism of the celtic lands, we discover that part of the magic we are drawn to might be the modern interpretation of what the ancient Celtic lands might have been. This is a portrait by modern writers and it ...
Views: 2665 - Inner Peace Has No Opposite - by Submitted on May 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHas it ever happened for you that you’ve picked up a book, usually a highly recommended one, read it and disliked it? It’s rare for me. Such was my first response to Eckhart Tolle’s original offering, The Power of Now. More than five years have elapsed since then and since I loved his second ...
Views: 1362 - On the Nature of Evil: An Occultists Perspective - by Submitted on May 20, 2009 from Garland ValleyEvil may seem to be a vague and highly misunderstood topic, but one of extreme importance to the practicing Occultist. If you are wondering if you are a "practicing occultist" by definition you are if you practice any form of spirituality other than Christianity. Ironically, however, there are ...
Views: 4337(2 votes) - Musings on Adam and Eve - by Submitted on May 09, 2009 from John CarisOver the years I have read all of the Christian Bible, some passages many times. As far as serious study and analysis, I have not yet progressed beyond Genesis 4. Yes, I am still seeking the deeper layers of meaning in the first four chapters of Genesis. It has been an intriguing journey, and ...
Views: 1761 - Sin - Original and Otherwise - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2009 from John CarisOriginal sin is a basic tenet in Christian theology. Adam and Eve, our first parents, sinned in the Garden of Eden and were kicked out because of that. Jesus came to save us from that sin and make things right again. The ideas that are contained in the biblical story and form part of the ...
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