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- 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: 2768(2 votes) - Absolute Truth - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Holly BoydThe Bible is either 100% true or 100% fake – if is fake, can’t be true 100% of the time, and if it’s God it has to be true or He wouldn’t all knowing therefore, not God. As a Christian Professional Organizer, I can follow “new and trendy” or I can use the age old proven methods of the Bible ...
Views: 1517(2 votes) - An Amazing Hug - by Submitted on Nov 08, 2009 from Fireflies TeamHe hadn’t felt this free for a long time. He marveled at how buoyant he felt – how he was almost floating with each bouncy step. Looking up at the sky he thought how much bluer it looked today – and how white the fleecy clouds were. Wow! And those flowers almost jumped out at him; their color ...
Views: 864(4 votes) - An Introductory Explanation of the Voodoo Religion - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2011 from rachel annAn Introductory Explanation of the Voodoo Religion The voodoo religion is common in some parts of the world. It has spread in many other regions formerly plagued by slave trade. The voodoo religion is more than six thousand years old according to researchers, and remains alive because of its ...
Views: 2919(1 vote) - Are We Created? If So, Do You Know Your Creator by Name? - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2009 from Dr. Shirley Cheng, Blind Author with VisionWhen we admire a beautiful painting, we know a gifted painter is behind the masterpiece. When we drive by a brick house, we know skilled builders must have built it. And when we talk on the phone, we are grateful for its invention. But when we see a blossoming rose, a rainbow after refreshing ...
Views: 5921(4 votes) - Are You Appreciating or Depreciating Your Business? - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2010 from Maryellen SmithIf you own a stock, you can follow it on the stock exchange and watch it go up and down in value all day. You have no control over the value or the fluctuation. All you really have is the hope and faith that the stock will go up. Your choice lies in keeping it or selling the stock. If you own ...
Views: 1601(1 vote) - Are You Making These 7 New Age Mistakes? - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2015 from Jason Demakis7. You Assume Thoughts Create Your Reality The Myth: Thoughts create our reality. All you have to do is think about something, and it will manifest into your life effortlessly! The Truth: Your thoughts don’t create your reality. Your actions do. Thought merely mitigates the process, and ...
Views: 1420(1 vote) - Are Your Beliefs Keeping You From Attracting What You Want In Life? - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2013 from Hope BradfordBuddhist Goddess of Compassion and Mercy, Kuan Yin states the universe will bring “whatever one wants”. Whether instant or long term: any personal request should ultimately match one’s deepest sensibilities, wherever one is on that spectrum. Aware of one’s innate power, one can then call forth ...
Views: 1784(2 votes) - Back to Basics - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2012 from Shirley GallupI consider myself to be a Philosopher of Consciousness; to my philosophical thinking, what is most basic is, "what is real." Our Reality, currently, is determined by what we in the Western World have been Indoctrinated and Programmed to Believe it is. In the past, in the philosophical world, ...
Views: 1245(1 vote) - Be Grateful - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2010 from Robert NajemyMethod No 1: Be Grateful Think of, and make a list of, all that already exists in your life for which you can feel grateful. Read this list daily for at least 90 days. Add to the list each time you think of something else for which you can feel grateful. Gratitude and love initiate the ...
Views: 2494(1 vote) - Be Still and Know That I Am God - How to Hear God's Voice By Becoming Still - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2010 from Robert PedersenOne of the greatest challenges in communicating with God is stilling your mind. You may ask "What does stilling your mind have to do with communication with God"? Here's the thing. We all have ideas about God. We have expectations about God. We expect ways in which God shows up, speaks, ...
Views: 5176(1 vote) - Choose to be Happy! - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2011 from Lisa PhillipsChoose Happiness Most of wait for something great to happen in our lives before we put on the smile and feel happy! But really, happiness is a choice and why not make yourself happy rather than waiting for happiness to come to you? Seriously, nobody is coming to save you so if you want ...
Views: 1379(1 vote) - Defensive Walls - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2012 from Valencia ClayDefensive Walls Quote: "Let down your guard and release the walls of safety. Defense mechanisms will weigh you down. They are too heavy to carry around." We learned how to defend ourselves from the offenses of the world through our caregivers, environment, and societies troubles. We never ...
Views: 2072(6 votes) - Dreaming for Fun, Adventure, and Personal Transformation - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2010 from DREAMS FoundationDreams provide what star trek fans might call a nightly holodeck experience or what hi-tech buffs might see as the ultimate virtual reality, where there is no limit to graphics resolution, computing power or on-line storage. In dreams and in lucid dreams especially, where the world somewhat ...
Views: 698(1 vote) - Everything Is A Test - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2013 from Lars KingThis is a short but sweet mindset shift that can dramatically improve your life. It definitely has changed the quality of my life for the better. Normally, people go through their lives and get pushed and pulled around by their emotions, causing their moods to be a direct result of what ...
Views: 1626(2 votes) - Faith - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2009 from Jean TindleI have been searching in the last month or so, for the threads that make up the essence of this weaving called Jean. By now I'm sure that many of you have read something about the powerful new energy that was opened up (or further opened up) on 9-9-09. There have been various explanations - ...
Views: 1300(3 votes) - From Victim To Warrior - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Esther AdlerZen: “People are like tea bags. We can only tell how strong they are when we put them in hot water.” Why is it that it takes an enormous challenge for us to wake up and make a shift in our lives? We all know stories of people in dramatic situations overcoming great obstacles and coming out ...
Views: 4749(1 vote) - Gaining Comfort From Spirituality - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2010 from Roseanna LeatonI had a great session with a wonderful Medium the other day. I have felt as light as a feather ever since and yet very much rooted firmly to the ground as well; I guess the overall feeling is one of believing that I am exactly where I'm meant to be and also know where I should be going...and of ...
Views: 1394(1 vote) - Grow Your Money. No Excuses. - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2011 from Joyce K ReynoldsVery few of us are feeling like it’s raining money these days. Or that it’s growing on trees. But, that’s our fault. We’ve bought into the fear that there’s not enough money. That the sources have dried up. We just can’t find or earn it. We actually think that the money market’s been ...
Views: 978(1 vote) - How to give to the best gift ever! - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2012 from Lee PattersonHow lost peoples thoughts can make them… I paid absolute attention to those that came around today… watching and being completely present as with awakening outside myself to see the lives of others.. I noticed that people were not present in what they were doing.. paying absolutely no attention ...
Views: 933(1 vote) - How to Release Limiting Beliefs - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2011 from Shela SkarpA limiting belief is any belief you have that is not serving your highest good and is not aiding in your personal growth. These beliefs are usually formed during childhood, and come from your parents, relatives, teachers, and peers. They combine to form the basis of your paradigm, or how you ...
Views: 1474(1 vote) - INNER KNOWING - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from Dr. Katie GarnettMost of us have had times in our lives when we have listened to that ‘little voice’ inside, or that ‘feeling’ about a person, place, or thing. That ‘voice’ or ‘feeling’ has come to awareness from the unified field itself – there is no true separation. That is one of our mythical beliefs, the ...
Views: 1153(1 vote) - Intellectual Emotions - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2010 from David SamuelThis article is a transcript of a talk with a male student. It starts with a discussion of an exercise he has been given and then expands into the subject of the intellectual and emotional centers, feelings and thoughts. He is very shy and lacks self confidence. He has been given the exercise of ...
Views: 6374(9 votes) - Is it my fault? Cancer, tumours and other chronic diseases. - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2012 from Angela BaileyWhat is the correlation between your thoughts and illness? There are good thoughts and bad thoughts or good feelings and bad feelings. Where are you most often? Law of attraction is like gravity. It is everywhere. Gravity is so basic , so important that life as we know it would not exist ...
Views: 1026(2 votes) - Is There Life Beyond Earth? - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2009 from Harry Connor JrWe may all ask the question at one time or the other, if there is something ‘out there’. Some so called ‘learned’ Bible scholars say that the Bible does not speak of extraterrestrial life beyond this planet. That is a very interesting and ‘safe’ statement to make, which by the way, is the ...
Views: 1609(1 vote) - Levels of Consciousness - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2012 from Valencia ClayQuote: “The mind works like a computer. It does what you train it to do. Install an original program of positive thoughts with an attitude representing the new you." Our powerful mind operates like a machine. You perceive the world on the outside from the thoughts stored within your inner ...
Views: 997(2 votes) - Magic Spells - What makes one Spell more powerful than another? - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Vicki MitchellIs it that one person is better at it than some-one else? Apart from a personal skill or native flair, is the amount of practice and experience, which makes one person more capable to cast more potent spells, over another one. A major portion of that experience is mirrored in the quantity ...
Views: 2096(1 vote) - MANAGING METAPHORS ABOUT LIVING AND DYING FOR EVERYDAY LIFE - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2009 from William CottringerMANAGING METAPHORS ABOUT LIVING AND DYING FOR EVERYDAY LIFE By Bill Cottringer “Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions.” ~M.H. Abrams. Metaphors: Creative communication of words that magically simplify huge, complex realities into ...
Views: 2334(1 vote) - People Love To Be Depressed And Have No Hope - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2011 from David SamuelIt is an interesting thing I have noticed, that everyone dreams and wishes to be a certain way, free of negative emotions, free in spirt, open of heart, without pain or fear, and meet someone like that. Yet if they met someone who possesses those qualities, they say it cannot be real, they are ...
Views: 1369(1 vote) - Practical Spirituality On Reclaiming Real Science April 6, 2011 - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2011 from John GilmoreThere seems to be a gap between what leaders want and what the people want that is supported by false religion and pseudoscience (another form of religion that uses scientific jargon). This gap has existed for a long time, but has been growing since the Age of Enlightenment. During that time, ...
Views: 1278(1 vote) - Prayer, Faith and Action! - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from JoAnn Youngblood KingI was speaking to someone recently who was going through a rough time. She said "I've been praying and praying and nothing is happening. I don't know what I'm going to do." Prayer is a sincere request to God or an object of worship. Every tradition talks about the importance of prayer. When I ...
Views: 2339(3 votes) - Pursuit of Comedy Writing Dreams is Something to Laugh About - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2013 from Sally MarksI’m a reformed joker. I used to be the life of the party, but sadly gag-telling seems to be relegated to the internet these days. Now I’m a rusty. My humor is limited to things I can write about. The advantage of writing comedy, as opposed to performing it, is you get a chance to fix ...
Views: 1752(1 vote) - Sacred Life Sacred Treatment - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Carrie FlehartyOnce in a while an event will occur either directly or indirectly in our lives which will cause us to reflect on our humanity. Do we treat each other with a sense of honoring that each person is sacred? If not then we need to do just that. Human life is fragile, and we need to protect that life ...
Views: 1093(2 votes) - Scientists Create Life, not God! - by Submitted on May 21, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockDateline May 21, 2010. Scientists Create First 'Synthetic' Cells - Researchers Imbue Cell With Engineered DNA. - by MICHAEL SMITH MedPage Today Staff Writer. "In a development that seems likely to stir a firestorm of controversy, researchers said Thursday that ...
Views: 2096(1 vote) - Simple Let Go Things in Life - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2021 from Dr.Purushothaman KollamAs human beings most of the time we are living in our old concepts and beliefs. It is a common fact in a particular situation, especially when there are various problems and conflicts we are very rigid and stubborn. The very attitude of rigidity will not find a solution to a particular problem ...
Views: 434(1 vote) - Spirituality and material wealth; some thoughts - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2009 from Peter RoseMany, if not most, of the religions of the world suggest that you need to be poor in order to be “saved”; or that some how, being deprived and poor materially is the way to heaven. To some extent the definition of religion is going to get involved in any consideration of this suggestion. ...
Views: 1641(2 votes) - Stand Your Ground - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2010 from AGHORUNSE HENRYStand Your Ground God is not the author of confusion and you must not loose sight of the fact that He does not work or bound by human reports. He is not in the business of deception, oppression, manipulation or afflicts anyone. He is the light, and in Him is no darkness neither shadows of ...
Views: 1229(2 votes) - Strength that Comes not from Muscularity, but Tendon Power and Virtue. - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Raven CohanAn article from Rodale Press which was copied to a Yahoo Group I subscribe to, is available for you to read via the following link: http://www.rodale.com/doing-good-deeds?cm_mmc=DailyNewsNL-_-2010_05_12-_-Top5-_-NA - Please read it and then follow my response about its conclusion. The ...
Views: 5284(1 vote) - Telepathy with Animals; Do You Think Animals Receive and Respond to Human Thought and Feeling? - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2010 from Stephanie AltI never get tired reading amazing animal stories; how pets alert their owner’s when there is danger, and act as guides for those who are physically impaired. The astonishing tales of lost animals who find their way back home after years and miles of trekking. For many of us, our animals are like ...
Views: 1338(1 vote) - The Bible: Why Is It Special and Unique? - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2009 from Dr. Shirley Cheng, Blind Author with VisionWhat is so special about the Bible? The Bible is the most unique book for several reasons: 1) The Bible is the only accurate and complete account of human origin. It answers some of life's most important questions: Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where will we go? How can we ...
Views: 2807(2 votes) - The Fundamentals of Sales management - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from David SteelThe management of a sales team can either make or break an organization. It is product sales that ultimately determine whether the organization makes profits and grows. Sales management is a skill that each person in charge of a sales team must be familiar with if they are to lead their team ...
Views: 1459(2 votes) - The Law of Attraction on Ice - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2012 from Tim RyanThe law of attraction has been doing the rounds under the lights of high profile media since the movie 'The Secret' was launched in 2006. Years later, stories abound of people who have used it to magically make millions and turn their lives around etcetera. Some people bought into the concept of ...
Views: 1301(2 votes) - The Meaning of Reincarnation - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2009 from Liz McCaugheyWhat is the meaning of Reincarnation? - It is the repeated entering into the physical. Or as Krishna said to Arjuna in “Bhagavad-Gita" “It is something permanent that inhabits successive ‘somethings’ that are impermanent.” Krishna to Arjuna “Bhagavad-Gita In Western philosophy there are ...
Views: 1981(1 vote) - Think Yourself into Health - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2011 from Martha Tara LeeThe Buddha is purported to have said “What we think, we become.” If your thoughts could change your life for the better, wouldn’t you do it? Of course! But, what thoughts do you change? All of us have an inner voice that speaks to us and us alone. Self-talk is that inner running dialogue you ...
Views: 818(1 vote) - Tolerating Poor Behaviour from Others - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2011 from Lisa PhillipsWithin the article, I don’t plan to go into all the details of why some people tolerate poor behaviour more than others, but I do plan to give you a few key concepts which may help you put appropriate boundaries in place when dealing with such people. On the whole, we often attempt to be kind ...
Views: 3375(4 votes) - Transcending the Stories of Our Life - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2010 from Sherry O'BrianThroughout history humans have walked this journey called life using myths and stories for direction or guidance along the way. From the Petroglyphs of caves, to more modern times, stories have guided us along our journey. As a culture there is an agreed upon meaning of what is important, and ...
Views: 2294(1 vote) - Veils of Illusions - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2012 from Valencia ClayQuote: “When your mind is intruded with confusion, it becomes a victim to the Veils of Illusions.” The Veils of Illusions are distortions within the mind perceived from one’s own subjective thinking. When we judge the world based on personal experiences, we lose touch with universal harmony. ...
Views: 1116(4 votes) - Why Goals Come Close, Then Pass You By - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from David SamuelIt is a common phenomena that people working with the law of attraction and positive thoughts towards a goal will receive many opportunities, but often, they never materialize. This leads to confusion and eventually dropping of the faith and efforts along with giving up hope. I have spent many ...
Views: 1703(1 vote) - How is your Self Esteem doing today? - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2011 from Lisa PhillipsOn a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your self esteem? If it requires some improvement, then you are not alone! Most of us can acknowledge that our self esteem could do with a boost, but much of the time, we are not sure how to go about improving it. In this newsletter, I am going to ...
Views: 1762(6 votes) - The Law (and Power) of Belief - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from Craig LockArticle Title: The Law (and Power) of Belief Author: Craig Lock (Eagle Productions Books) Category: Belief, faith, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Laws Spirituality Web Site: http://www.myspace.com/writercraig Other Articles are available at: ...
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