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- Understanding God: Moving from Concepts to Spiritual Enlightenment and Nonduality - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2012 from Dr. Robert PuffWho are we before anything else ever was? When we take away everything impermanent, who are we at our core? Although God may be the ultimate, our concepts of God are not. Though religion plays a beautiful role in this conceptual world of ours, it prevents us from God because it labels God. ...
Views: 1869(2 votes) - Unlock Your Sacred Contract - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2014 from Joy PhillipsHow would your life change if you knew (without a doubt) you are being guided by a Sacred Contract that your soul made before you were born? Would you feel more trusting of your "life lessons", more at ease, and peaceful (even in the midst of your most challenging relationships and ...
Views: 980(2 votes) - We Are What We Think - The Power of Thought - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2010 from Kala AmbroseEarly in 2001, while teaching the ancient wisdom teachings to my students, I explained to them that we were going to enter a period of time where in order to evolve as human beings, we were first going to go through a challenging and difficult time where it would seem as if all was lost and that ...
Views: 2323(2 votes) - Welcome, Class, to Advanced Uncertainty - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2011 from Adele McDowellIs your world more down than up? Has sideways become your new vertical? Have your health, sanity, relationships, future plans, money, housing and/or employment concerns been in bucking-bronco states of flux? Have global warming, political warring, economic forecasting, ecological nightmares ...
Views: 3762(2 votes) - What is the sixth sense? - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2010 from Anita KarlsonI looked up the definition of the word sense on Wikipedia. It says: Senses are the physiological capacities within organisms that provide inputs for perception. Most of us tend to think of the five traditional senses when we discuss senses; sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste. This ...
Views: 1723(2 votes) - What Is Vision, How Do You See - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2010 from David SamuelWhere did you learn how to see. How did you acquire vision. What is vision. Let us look at the actual process of seeing. Before we can see anything, there must be something to look at. So the first step is that something exists. Then that object reflects light. That reflected light is ...
Views: 1599(2 votes) - Who Are You In The Big Scheme Of Things? - The Interconnectedness of All Life - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2013 from Nicola GraceExcerpt from the book www.DiscoverWhatYouAreHereToDo.com, by Nicola Grace - The Mission Mentor Our society has taken a predominantly separatist view of life where we tend to look at everything as separate moving parts that don’t have any relationship to each other. While there are ...
Views: 2228(2 votes) - Why is it wrong to never expect anything and therefore avoid all disappointment in life? - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2010 from BeiYin *The People Whisperer*To believe that it is possible to 'never expect anything', tells how far peoples manipulation of themselves goes and it also shows the lack of self knowledge. Fact is that every body is full of expectations, although hardly anybody is conscious about this, because these expectations are the ...
Views: 4688(2 votes) - Why We Are Miserable When We Don’t Get What We Want - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2012 from Patricia ReedWaaaaah! Remember that sound? You used to make it, once upon a time, whenever you didn’t get what you wanted. We all did, didn’t we. Oh yes, we all certainly did. We made that sound when we wanted to eat and didn’t get instant gratification. We made that sound when we messed our diapers and ...
Views: 1592(2 votes) - WORDS HAVE POWER! - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2012 from Heather BuzzardWORDS HAVE POWER. What you think, and what you speak, IS what you will create PERIOD! Are you conscious of what you are thinking and speaking? Considering we live in the 21st Century in a 5th dimensional energy, which is what you think, & what you speak, IS what you will create, How is that ...
Views: 1108(2 votes) - Your Personal Growth and Success with Intimate Relationships Depends on Your Being True to Yourself - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2011 from Doron GilAre you a person who tells yourself stories in order to justify to yourself why things go one way and not another? Do you convince yourself that whatever happens in your life happens because of such and such reason, unwilling to look reality in the eye and acknowledge that after all, things are ...
Views: 1068(2 votes) - So Much Noise - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2010 from James Patrick McDonaldCan you be alone and quiet? Can you simply sit and be still in silence, with YOU? Are you walking around unconscious, asleep? It seems that everywhere we go these days there is “human” noise of some kind or other obscuring the peace of quiet. One typical day: Bank - music playing ...
Views: 2587(9 votes) - ***Exploring the Purpose of Life - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2009 from Ben WillemsenWhat's the purpose of life? Why am I here? What path should I be following? These are questions each one of us asks from time to time during our life, perhaps when we're feeling unhappy, disappointed, confused or angry, or when we're experiencing a sense of awe or wonder at life's mysteries, ...
Views: 1740(5 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: 3265(5 votes) - What is a Life Coach Exactly? - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2010 from Bambi CorsoWhat exactly IS a Life Coach? Coaching has become the leading tool that successful people use to live extraordinary lives. The life coaching profession is certainly not new, though it is fast becoming popular due to peoples’ increased interest in personal development and an overall need to ...
Views: 1932(5 votes) - ***Be the Master of Your Attitude - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2010 from Joan Breiner, M.Ed. and Susyn Reeve, M.Ed.There seems to be so much in life that we don’t have control over even in the midst of the best made plans. Given this uncertainty the opportunities for frustration, disappointment and distress abound. But what is important to remember is that even in the midst of uncertainty and plans gone ...
Views: 2658(6 votes) - ***Whose Beliefs Are You Believing? - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2013 from Laura YoungBe patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Rainer Maria Rilke In “The Road Less Travelled”, Scott Peck says the God of our youth is a second hand one. Just like family recipes, passed down and nobody questions the validity of the ...
Views: 11284(3 votes) - 7 Herbs for 7 Chakras - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2009 from Linda KingsburyThe vibrational qualities of plants can assist in balancing, relaxing, and energizing your aura and chakras. Each member of the plant kingdom has a unique gift to offer and can support you on your journey of manifesting your highest path on earth. Allowing herbal energies to assist your personal ...
Views: 12088(9 votes) - And the Tears Flow - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Freedawn CreationsI cry and I cry and I wonder how I can be in this place – this place of desperation, of being lost, of wondering where life went wrong. How have I ended up here? I have the tools, I have the knowledge, I have the self awareness and yet in these last few days they all seem to be of little help. ...
Views: 744(3 votes) - Are YOU Ready to Transcend Your Financial Struggles and Manifest Abundance? - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2011 from Cari MurphyTranscending Financial Struggles and Manifesting Abundance Are you frustrated because you seem to have continual struggles with money? Is is possible that you are sabotaging your financial situation and potential for creating success? Did you know that the reality of your financial ...
Views: 2060(3 votes) - Balancing More Than Just Our Checkbooks - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2011 from Karen KleinwortThe balancing act we all strive for can so easily be put out to pasture with a flick of a pen, the sneeze of a child, or when the heavens open up with some much needed rain. How are we supposed to live in the present when the present we face continuously changes? One of the hardest transitions a ...
Views: 1197(3 votes) - Brain Waves by Parisha Taylor - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2010 from Parisha taylorThe Ancients of most Indigenous People say we are in the Fifth World, which means we have evolved through five cycles around the Pleiades. We are, according to brain research, growing a fifth layer of brain tissue and cells. The ancient people called the Maya of Mexico and South America are ...
Views: 2406(3 votes) - Creating Sacred Space From the Inside Out - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2010 from Sukie BaxterHave you ever noticed how wonderful it feels to come home to a clean house, especially when you've been gone on a long trip and are good and ready to sleep in your own bed? There's a certain refreshing feeling to walking into a space that's perfectly organized, dust free, and scrubbed ...
Views: 1456(3 votes) - Easiest Meditation Technique for Enlightenment - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"The mind is simply the action of identifying with thoughts. Thoughts arise and you take on the thoughts as your identity. You place all importance on them. The thought arises, 'this is not the way it is supposed to be' and you claim ownership of that thought. You take that thought ...
Views: 1371(3 votes) - Find The River Within - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2010 from Robin EschlerLast night I attended a satsang. I would imagine that most of you reading this know that a satsang is a gathering of people around a teacher, usually of Eastern thought, to listen, meditate, chant or whatever the teacher guides the group to do. Although I left euphoric and feeling a bit ...
Views: 1159(3 votes) - How Women Can Change the World - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2011 from Allura JoyDuring a Peace Summit in Vancouver last year, the Dalai Lama made a stunning proclamation that “the world will be saved by the Western woman”. His Holiness went on to highlight the reality that 'awakening' women are emerging as the leaders of the global change movement. Women have never before ...
Views: 2095(3 votes) - Keep It Open At The Top - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Charlene MurphyI love what Sonia Choquette says about our planetary evolution. She says, “We are now going from homo sapiens to homo spiritus.” The evidence to support that statement is all around us. Have you seen the number of spiritual groups on Facebook, for example? Just five years ago, we were still ...
Views: 1853(3 votes) - Masterminds and Their Groups - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2010 from PD RiversHave you ever wondered about all those big mastermind groups that are always being talked about in the news and on the talk shows? A Mastermind group comes together around a central thought. They also have control issues; they often want to control the world (or at least their little portion of ...
Views: 2091(3 votes) - Paid in Full: A Reincarnation Story - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2009 from Jo LeonardA good case against the theory of reincarnation can be made based on the fact that few people are able to recall their former lifetimes with any certainty. Suspicion about a past life may flicker ever so slightly in someone’s memory banks but then be easily dismissed and forgotten. To catch ...
Views: 1282(3 votes) - Releasing Fear - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2011 from Adam BenedettoWhether you realize it or not, a lot of our actions and reactions are based upon fear. For we believe what has happened will happen again. We let our imaginations run wild with the possibilities, whether harmful or not. We see the world through eyes connected to our past, for we can not ...
Views: 800(3 votes) - Revealing the Clarity of Self: Energetic Mastery - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2009 from Pamela ArwineMost of us have some healing need, whether it be physical, emotional, spiritual, social or financial. In reality, there is nothing to heal, nothing to change, nothing to fix. A perceived need for healing simply tells us that there are thoughts, emotions or karmic patterns in our field which ...
Views: 1794(3 votes) - Signs you've been visited by a departed loved one on a holiday - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2011 from Ronni Ann HallThis time of year can be very difficult for many of us who have lost a loved one. Holidays are not the same without their presence. But what if they never really left you? What if, on special occasions, they were very near. My mom, who had crossed over back in 1995, has been an active vistor ...
Views: 4820(3 votes) - The Awakening Process and How to Change Your Mindset - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2017 from Christine HoeflichA few days after I published an article about the subconscious mind and the misconceptions being spread by so-called self-help gurus, I read a message channeled by Mike Quinsey about the awakening process that humanity is currently undergoing. The following is an excerpt: "...As the energy ...
Views: 1584(3 votes) - The Cosmic Life Force - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2013 from Misty WoodardLife. It is the birds of the sky, the verdant lush plants that grow on the ground, the beasts of the land, small and great. It is the air we breathe, the vast stretch of water that covers over 75% of our planet. Life is the resounding breath of God in the cosmos, emanating from the stars in the ...
Views: 1556(3 votes) - The Keys to Self Mastery - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2010 from Luminessa EnjaraIn Tantra the essential premise is that we are all already awakened. And, we come into this world to learn discernment and to master various aspects of life. For myself I know that I chose to master this life in many ways. I knew from a very early age that I was on a spiritual self-mastery ...
Views: 1948(3 votes) - The Power of Intention - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2011 from Barry LipscombEverything is energy. And our intention is the force that influences and sets this energy into form. We co-create within the un-manifested potential through our intentions. When we are conscious of this, it is simply a matter of moving this energy, shifting it into the forms we ...
Views: 1711(3 votes) - ***Mental Power & Spiritual Ability via Blending Consciousness, Subconsciousness & Superconsciousness into One Operating Unit: You - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2009 from Emily Erickson-SandstromMental Powers and Spiritual Abilities Through Blending Consciousness, Subconsciousness and Superconsciousness into One Operating Unit: You Body-mind-spirit = Physical plane-mental plane-spiritual plane = Conscious-subconscious-superconscious. These correspond. They interconnect ...
Views: 4800(4 votes) - ***The Placebo Effect: Claim It - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2011 from Emily Erickson-SandstromThe laws of random distribution are not some theory; they are principles written in the same stone as the laws of physics. Actuaries, persons who calculate chances of things for a living (Really!), base your insurance premiums on the FACT that, when there is a hazard that could cause a ...
Views: 2595(4 votes) - ***The Placebo Effect: Claim It - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2011 from Emily Erickson-SandstromThe laws of random distribution are not some theory; they are principles written in the same stone as the laws of physics. Actuaries, persons who calculate chances of things for a living (Really!), base your insurance premiums on the FACT that, when there is a hazard that could cause a ...
Views: 2595(4 votes) - Controllng That Voice In Your Head - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Stephen MonahanDo you know how to quiet that voice in your head and stop its constant chatter. Are you aware that voice is not you, but your thoughts,some call it ego, masquerading as you. As humans, we seem to travel a wacky backwards path to learning life's lessons. Take, for instance, learning how to ...
Views: 3854(4 votes) - How do movies influence our behaviour and impact the Law of Attraction? - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2011 from Jennifer HallHow do movies influence our behaviour and impact the Law of Attraction? So many movies can lower our vibration with content of murder, mayhem and gratuitous violence and sex. Have you ever watched a violent movie and felt afterwards as if you had actually suffered? The same can be said about ...
Views: 7413(4 votes) - Life Is What Happens When You’re Making Other Plans - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2010 from Ellen WoodSeveral months ago I posted “There’s a WRONG Way and a RIGHT Way to Set Goals,” which I wrote the week before Christmas. In it I talked about the right ways to set goals for the new year. I enjoyed writing that column and was delighted that so many friends told me they enjoyed reading ...
Views: 1949(4 votes) - Realizing We Are One - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2009 from Pat BenageThe third step on the path to becoming all that you are in this life, is realizing we are all one! I don’t just mean this in the way you might think. Realizing something is the act of making it real or manifesting it in your life. So, not only is this about understanding that we are all one, but ...
Views: 3375(4 votes) - Reiki: A System of Mastery - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2010 from Andrea ConnellMastery; a foreign concept in our western way of thinking. It’s a word that is hardly relevant to our understanding of how the western world functions today. In our new world we assess achievement with diplomas, certificates and degrees and aggressively climbing the ladder to success. In the old ...
Views: 1693(4 votes) - The Fifth Agreement - A Powerful New Agreement from don Miguel Ruiz - by Submitted on Aug 08, 2010 from Kristopher RaphaelThe Fifth Agreement – What is it? Miguel Ruiz, bestselling author of The Four Agreements has not come out with another Agreement, perhaps the most powerful agreement of all, The Fifth Agreement I first met don Miguel, in the late ninety’s. I had been walking the Toltec Path and studying ...
Views: 3075(4 votes) - The Third Chakra and The Mystery of the Solar Plexus - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2009 from Rev. Keith HallThe Mystery of the Solar Plexus For many years I have seen various charts and books written on the subject of the chakras. There seems to be some general confusion as to the location and spiritual function of the solar plexus. I have seen some charts put its location as low in the body as the ...
Views: 2798(4 votes) - Your True Nature is Free and This is How to Attain That State - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2010 from David SamuelYour true nature, a state of full consciousness, it is within your grasp, you just do not know it. You see, your true nature is not an organ or a particular thing that you can call your soul. True consciousness, enlightenment, is a state of being. You could almost call it feeling an emotion ...
Views: 1128(4 votes) - ***How to Undo Stress--Access Your Dialog Between the Conscious and the Subconscious About that Primal Feeling in Your Gut - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2011 from Emily Erickson-SandstromMuch of the discomfort we experience that we call 'stress' is really turf related. Defending turf is a primary instinct for mammals and we are mammals for all our pretensions. In humans 'turf' expands to whatever it is we feel entitled to. When we allow bullies of any stripe to invade our ...
Views: 4675(9 votes) - 7 Symptoms of Shutting Down Your Psychic Abilities - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2010 from Judy Lynn KoonsHow might You tell if You are resisting and shutting yourself down to receiving psychic information. This is more common than You might think. Not everyone wants to know something and not have a clear sense of where the information came from. Especially in our culture, where the word psychic ...
Views: 2885(5 votes) - Ignite the Genius Within: Everything you need is already there - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2009 from Christine RanckYou're already there. This is perhaps one of the greatest messages of all time. For we have taught ourselves that "happiness" or "paradise" is somewhere far from here, something we don't have and can't get to, no matter how much we want it, and no matter how hard we try. But if you've ...
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