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- Life Is But A Dream: Waking Up from the Dream of Life - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffWhen we think about our lives, the people in our lives, the work we go to, the city we live in, the galaxy we’re a part of and the whole universe, we think of it as so real, tangible, ever present and everlasting. But because we perceive it in our minds and we can only perceive that which our ...
Views: 1186(2 votes) - Life Is Not Supposed to Be All About Problems - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2011 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorDo you wake every day, move through your day, and go to bed with problems on your mind? Maybe you’d like to do something about that right now. What can you do that’s quick? Reframe the problem or your perceptions about it to make a difference, even if just a small shift at first. I ...
Views: 1305(1 vote) - Life Shifting Experiences With Synchronicity - Non-Causal Relations - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2013 from Kael RanschaertDo you ever wake up in the morning after having an incredibly vivid dream, only to have it become a reality a short time later? The real life event may take place hours to months after the dream, but it rocks your consciousness with a surge of energy and you know that you have thought and ...
Views: 1378(1 vote) - Limitations of a Conditioned Mind - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2011 from June BlunkEach day, many of us unintentionally place limitations on ourselves by way of our conditioned mind. What we perceive as a purely natural reaction may actually be creating limitations for us and take away our inherent ability to empower ourselves. What is driving your life? We are all on a ...
Views: 4296(2 votes) - Limitless Medium - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCWhen we realize that as we deal with our own individuality we are dealing with Self-Conscious Mind, and when we realize that as we deal with subjective mind we are dealing with the Universal Subjectivity, we see at once that we have at our disposal a Power compared to which the united ...
Views: 1229(1 vote) - Litterbugs Be Gone - by Submitted on May 29, 2013 from Lisa TunneyWhen I was six years old my teenage babysitter walked with me and my brother to get a drink from a fast food place. I may not be a fan of anything fast-food these days, but back then a milk shake was a treat that I delighted in. Considering it was a hot summer day, the frozen chocolate ...
Views: 1325(1 vote) - Live Each Day As If It Were Your Last, Really? - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2010 from James Patrick McDonald"Live each day as if it were you last." It sounds wonderful doesn't it? What would today look like if i truly lived it as if it were my last? Would i get out of bed? i might just stay a while - not out of depression but because it's so peaceful, so safe, so genuine with being. Would i ...
Views: 1850(2 votes) - Living a Conscious Life - by Submitted on May 30, 2011 from Sandra DawesHave you ever considered how you are living your life? Do you have goals and a plan to achieve those goals or does life seem to just happen to you? Are you proactive or reactive in life? When you haven’t made a plan to achieve your goals, they really end up just being dreams; things you’ve ...
Views: 1382(2 votes) - Living Calmness - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2011 from Charlie BadenhopLiving Calmness In Seishindo we believe..... Each person is very much like a snowflake. Unique, Never to be duplicated, And with a life that’s over all too quickly. One of our key tasks in life is learning how to appreciate our uniqueness rather than comparing our self to others, ...
Views: 1678(1 vote) - Living in an Openly Psychic Society - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2010 from Christy MartinI have a dream, of a society that has reached its psychic potential on an individual and group level. I dream of the day when it is the norm for people to trust, respect, listen and discuss our psychic guidance with our peers. A time when society frowns upon taking action that doesn't ...
Views: 1306(1 vote) - Living Mindfully - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2010 from Stefanie MillerNotes to Myself Living Mindfully I was relaxing on the beach yesterday reading a good book. I saw myself in the main character. I was rooting for her, wondering how she was going to resolve her challenges. I thought about my current issues and I sat for a moment wondering how it would all ...
Views: 1062(1 vote) - Living Vertically - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2012 from Kemila ZsangeWe are used to this way of assuming, as we were told, that when we are born, we are a blank slate. While we grow, we learn everything from parents, school, community… all outside of ourselves. And based on what the society needs and what’s available, we decide what to do as our “career”. We get ...
Views: 1349(2 votes) - Living with BS Also Known as Belief Systems - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2012 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorI once wrote that beliefs change, Truths never do. But how can we know which is which; and, why should we concern ourselves with the difference? Belief Systems, which author David Brown humorously (and somewhat accurately, when you think about it) referred to as BS, are concepts we cling to ...
Views: 1312(1 vote) - Love and Freedom - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2013 from Harold BeckerWhat we do each moment has a powerful impact on life. Each choice we make, and each we ignore, adds to the collective experience. Where we place our attention and what we contemplate becomes our reality. The power of our mind is amazing, yet nothing compares to what we can do when we come ...
Views: 1431(1 vote) - Love and Technology: Inspired or Lost within Technology Matrix - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2020 from Nataša PantovićWe live surrounded by an increasingly complex matrix of impulses allowing strangers of all sorts (TV, media, Internet) interfere in our mental, emotional and spiritual development. Understanding this intricate network and how does the human brain interacts with it is becoming our door to ...
Views: 1720(2 votes) - Love Light Portal of April's New Moon - by Submitted on May 05, 2010 from Linda BackesWhenever I am in the audience of someone who channels an ascended master, I am always humbled at the idea that we are loved so much on the other side of the veil by those of the Light who sincerely want us to hear important messages for our wellbeing. In that vein, I sought to raise my own ...
Views: 2392(2 votes) - Loving Yourself - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2011 from Rohan and Mohan PereraYou have heard that it has been said, ‘you have to love yourself before you can love others’. And that, 'you must 'learn' to love yourself'. This is like saying, you have to learn to breathe for yourself. Love is the breath of life for the spirit, and loving is like breathing for the spirit. ...
Views: 1401(1 vote) - Mad To Happiness For Grief and Loss - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Louise RouseWe all want to be happy! Mad can sound harsh, but in actuality, feeling upset, in a bad mood, or depression all have roots in being mad. It is nothing to be ashamed of because actually it is normal, as we all have felt mad at one time or another. Most of us will experience a crisis or loss ...
Views: 1607(1 vote) - Magnetizing Abundance with the Power of the Spoken Word! - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2011 from Cari MurphyMagnetizing Abundance with The Power of the Spoken Word Prosperity isn't just the accumulation of things! Prosperity is the CONSCIOUSNESS that ATTRACTS the things! It is a way of living and "being." We all have words that resonate strongly with us -- words that inspire us and just make us ...
Views: 2258(2 votes) - Making Discerning Choices - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2010 from Debra RebleThroughout our everyday lives, we need to make choices all the time. Sometimes, we may find making any choice an overwhelming experience. Because we have so much going through our minds at once, it is often hard to sort through this ricochet of ideas, thoughts and information and make the choice ...
Views: 1313(3 votes) - Man Is Identified In mind - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCMental treatment recognizes that each individual has his identity in mind and is known in Mind by the name he bears. This Subjective Law knows there is a John Smith and a Mary Jones. Why? Because John Smith and Mary Jones know that there is a John Smith and a Mary Jones. But It only knows ...
Views: 2674(1 vote) - Man Reenacts God - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCAs Mind, or Soul, accepts these images of thought, It operates upon unformed substance and causes it to take definite form as body, which is unconscious form. It becomes definite form, but the form itself is unconscious, because it is made of immaterial substance. Body of itself, ...
Views: 1599(1 vote) - MAY OUR INTELLECT IMBIBE DIVINE SAVITA SOUL ENERGY - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2012 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaWhen despite undergoing spiritual practice ones psyche does not manifest inspiration and brilliance that leads to a bondage free life, a devotee starts despairing and feels that it’s a waste to do spiritual practices. While stepping on this ladder those who desire soul well being must know that ...
Views: 950(1 vote) - Mayan Calendar - Changing Times of 2011 - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2011 from Meg BenedicteWell it has been one hell of a week of changing, shifting tides on the world stage, as the old system of power surrenders to the growing call for establishing a new world order. The voice of freedom, equality and universal justice is sounding loud and clear around the world, and cannot be ...
Views: 2051(2 votes) - Maybe It Is All in Your Mind - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2012 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorWhere do you experience most of your life? Is the majority of activity outside of you or inside your mind? I was with a person who, as other times before, talked about what’s perceived as wrong in her life, wrong with others, and recounted past events shared from a negative perspective. Yet, ...
Views: 1379(1 vote) - Meaning of Creation - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCNext, we come to the forms of Spirit, which forms we call matter. But what is matter? Science tells us that matter is eternal and indestructible; that, at first, it is an invisible cosmic stuff; and that it gradually takes form through some law working within it. The worlds were formed by ...
Views: 1528(1 vote) - Meditate to Strengthen Your Relationship - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2019 from Katrin De OcampoMeditation nowadays is practiced by millions of individuals over the world. And with new studies turning out each year, the advantages of meditation seem to be ceaseless. Meditation today is acknowledged as a mental and physical recovery tool. One of these advantages has a great deal of heart. ...
Views: 1011(1 vote) - Meditating with George - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2010 from Michael HoareI've been actively meditating since 1972, when I was 16 years old. There was some meditation in church when I was growing up, but I didn't participate. My first real experience with meditation was listening to "My Sweet Lord," by George Harrison. As I listened, the chanting in the background ...
Views: 3706(2 votes) - Meditation & The Nature of Attention - by Submitted on May 01, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"If you give your full attention to anything without wanting anything in return there is love and bliss. The particular action does not matter, it is that giving yourself over fully to that action which brings love and bliss. When you give someone you truly love a hug, you give ...
Views: 1008(1 vote) - Meditation & The Path of Shakti - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"In meditation everything gets stripped down to its essence. All of these seemingly different things, the body, the mind thoughts, emotions, consciousness, outer objects, are revealed to be one thing. And it is not a thing, but rather, it is energy, fluid, moving, conscious ...
Views: 1032(3 votes) - Meditation & The Path to Self Realization - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"Awareness itself is always free. If you are completely aware in this moment, watching what is arising instead of being caught up in what is arising, then the experience is freedom. Yet if you remain aware without getting caught up, at some point it will no longer feel like ...
Views: 966(1 vote) - Meditation Brain Waves – How to Control Them - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2011 from Allison MacWhen we meditate our brain waves actually change. The frequency of our brain waves lower so that we are able to experience higher levels of consciousness, altered states of mind as well as experience the extreme benefits that go along with that. Unfortunately to be able to experience these low ...
Views: 1785(1 vote) - Meditation Forms - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2011 from rachel annThere are many forms and traditions of meditation, as well as various ways or positions in which a person may meditate (usually a part of a particular tradition, although often simply the way an individual finds it easiest to relax and meditate through/ in). The one thing they all have in common ...
Views: 1523(1 vote) - Meditation Technique to Make You Blissful - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2012 from Kip Mazuy"If you want to be free of anxiety then notice and feel this: life is happening in this moment. You are not doing this moment, you are not making this moment happen. It is here on its own. If you really notice your experience in this moment, existence is happening. And if you ...
Views: 1246(3 votes) - Meditation, Awakening and Enlightenment - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffPeople from the Eastern hemisphere are probably more acquainted with the term or the word “Enlightenment.” If you’re from the Western hemisphere, you probably are acquainted with the term “Awakening”. So what is “Awakening” or “Enlightenment”? In the Western tradition Abraham Maslow was really ...
Views: 1022(2 votes) - Meditation: How to Be Free of The Mind - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"If you look inwardly, you will see that there is the constant habit of identifying with thinking. A thought arises and you believe you are the thinker of that thought. Even more so, the thinking defines who you are and what life is. Meditation is about directly experiencing ...
Views: 700(1 vote) - Meditation: How to Realize the Nameless - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"Someone sent me a beautiful email recently. They said they were searching for something that they did not feel really had a name. Everyone is really looking for that same thing. That mystery which is fulfillment. But somewhere along the line most get caught up in defining ...
Views: 1031(1 vote) - Meeting “The Right Person” Is Not a Matter of Luck or Time But of Being “Available and Ready” for a Relationship - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Doron GilYou probably know those who, when failing, time and again, in their attempts to develop an intimate relationship, tell you “it’s only a matter of time” until they will; “it is only a matter of meeting ‘the right person’”. What they don’t realize is that meeting “the right person” with whom to ...
Views: 3527(1 vote) - Merrily, Merrily, Merrily, Merrily - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2011 from Bob Makransky“Someday there will be a great awakening when we know that this is all a great dream. Yet the stupid believe they are awake, busily and brightly assuming they understand things, calling this man ruler, that one herdsman – how dense! Confucius and you are both dreaming! And when I say you are ...
Views: 1450(1 vote) - Metaphysical Meaning of Words - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCUPPER SECTION Spirit.—That part of man which enables him to be self-conscious. That which he really is. We do not see the spirit of man any more than we see the Spirit of God. We see what man does; but we do not see the doer. Christ, Logos.—The Word of God manifest in and through man. In ...
Views: 1331(1 vote) - Metaphysical Meanings to Old Adages - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2012 from William ConstantineThroughout the years, there have been adages hinting to a happy more fulfilled life, but many have been misinterpreted or simply discarded. “Love is blind.” Love is blind means, simply, that love has no judgments and exists through all things. It means that a person shouldn’t love another ...
Views: 2058(2 votes) - MID-FALL 2016: KARMIC DÉJÀ VU: “Remembrance of Things Past” - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2016 from joan pancoe“I’ve seen 50, I’ve seen 60 and, baby, 40 is better.” I've been rich, I’ve been poor, and rich is better. I've been young, I've been old, and young is better. If I could turn back time, If I could find a way.” CHER Joan Pancoe: “NOT!” Dear ONE, This Fall, the ongoing ...
Views: 1458(1 vote) - Mind Machines To Super Achieve - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Mary RivasI want to tell you about another powerful tool that you can use to train your mind to enter theta and delta to achieve some pretty awesome results. I'm talking about mind machines. What they can do for you is mind blowing... WHAT ARE MIND MACHINES? Mind machines are high-tech brain ...
Views: 1628(1 vote) - Mind Power - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from rachel annMind power is the ability to overcome things using your thoughts. It is always better to use your mind for constructive thoughts. When we use mind power it is something that no one can control. With this energy we can shape the way our lives are constructed. Mind power is just the beginning of ...
Views: 1608(1 vote) - Mindful Practices That Can Help You Live a Better Life - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2019 from Katrin De OcampoWhen you focus on the present moment, you are starting to be mindful. To cope up with your daily existence in this world and handle the rough moments of your life, practicing mindfulness can help you a lot. Through mindful practices, you can concentrate on your everyday task, keep you calm in a ...
Views: 1254(1 vote) - Mindfulness of Emotions - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2012 from Fariborz ArbasiSometimes emotions make the life difficult even make it unbearable for some people. On the other hand, the life without emotions is tasteless, because, emotions give us experience of pleasure. All addictions and most entertainments, communicates, projects, trainings, and therapies result from ...
Views: 4379(2 votes) - Mindfulness Tips: 3 ways to help you enjoy this summer - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2010 from JoAnne Ceccarelli-EganDuring the summer months, Nature provides you with a wonderful invitation to BE in the present moment and become mindful. Will you accept her invitation to enjoy what she offers you? Or will you be too busy “doing” and be unaware of the beauty of nature? In her book, Waking up to this Day, ...
Views: 1644(2 votes) - Modern Day Mediumship - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2011 from rachel annIn a modern day medium readers’ life, many strange things can and do happen. I have worked with many excellent phone medium readers who have told me that when the planets are aligned in a certain way for example, mercury in retrograde, their electrical appliances at home go wrong. One medium ...
Views: 1457(1 vote) - Modern Idolatry: What Is the Idol in Your Heart? - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2015 from Dr. Shirley Cheng, Blind Author with VisionDo you have an idol in your heart? Now, before you say no, let us define idolatry and see what it means today. In ancient times, idolatry was the worship of idols or the use of idols to represent the "gods" people believed in. Such idols were carved images in various forms made of stones and ...
Views: 1898(1 vote) - Moving past that "stuck" feeling - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2012 from Nathalie GuerinHave you ever felt so stuck; it seemed that you were never going to become unstuck? Did you ever feel that way, and then you made your way to freedom just to end up right back to the place of deep stuck-ness; where there seems to be no options, no ideas and/or hope for actually moving forward. ...
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