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Authenticity and integrity is really the same thing. To be authentic means to be our real being. I did not use the word "self," because our normal conception of self is a false self. What many people see as themselves is not their true selves. We often try to identify ourselves by our ... Views: 1228
When we choose to come from a place that is real, that touches who we really are, we are then coming from our true selves. We are empowering our destiny, our truth, and our calling in this life when we act from our true form, from who we really are and not just from our idea or perception of ... Views: 837
Over the years, the true self has been used to describe ones true nature and who they really are. On the other hand, the false self represents all that is not true and is made up of illusions.
And while deep down one may want to embrace their true self; it is often far from easy and the world ... Views: 6684
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Trust - by Kasia Jarosinska (www.spiritualshifts.com)
For many of us, when we find ourselves in dire circumstances we begin to resist the uncomfortable feeling of being disconnected or misaligned. We develop a resistance to ourselves and to the undesirable and often times unbearable experience we are having. Many times, the negative feeling of ... Views: 1294
Question – BELOVED OSHO, WHAT KIND OF TRUST DO YOU HAVE IN SOMEONE WHO IS CHEATING YOU? I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
Osho - I do not understand myself – but what to do? I have only trust to offer because I don’t have any distrust in me. You ordinarily think that trust has to be given to a trustworthy ... Views: 780
When it comes to personal growth, at the very time life feels most threatening—as if it’s perhaps even about to sink our ship—instead of seeing it as our enemy, we need to trust it.
It may seem crazy, but I have seen over the years how there is an incredible wisdom in the way life has brought ... Views: 1139
“Do you think they know?” I asked.
“Know what?”
“That they carry pollen on their wings?”
My friend and I were walking around Callaway Gardens, on the Rhododendron Trail with no rhododendrons blooming as of yet. We had just walked out of the butterfly conservatory where 1,000 tropical ... Views: 1287
Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do. ― Benjamin Spock
Trusting ourselves means trusting our intuition or our gut feelings. Intuition is a great self-help tool as it is with us at all time and can tell us what we really want or don’t want in our life and what we need to be ... Views: 1000
Daily Spiritual Insight from the Story of The Little Prince
The way millions upon millions, in fact more likely billions, picture God isn’t really very different from the king the Little Prince encounters on the first planet he visits.
If I had to sit on a throne all day—and for all ... Views: 1200
Many things we learn and hear about how to suceed or improve our lives are accepted by us as truisms, almost monoliths of dogma, which we turn to time and again. We write about them, use them in speeches and regurgitate them readily, mostly because we ourselvs have been taught to do so.
But, ... Views: 863
Today we continue with part two of our five part series on “turning your life around”. We began last week with the building – and for many the rebuilding – of your personal foundation. What do you, as an individual, stand on? Now we are here to learn the next step that is as vital as that of ... Views: 1281
We have come to the end of our journey. We have reached Part V of our five part series. We can also say that we have come full circle. In all of our series “Turn Your Life Around” – How to Build a Personal Life Foundation, Foremost Forgiveness, Acknowledge & Overcome Fear and Identify Your ... Views: 1163
Like many of us, until my forties, I had gone through life feeling rather invincible. Not only was it inconceivable that something bad could ever happen to me, even my very mortality seemed suspect. Then, when I started feeling creaks and aches in bones I hadn't thought about since anatomy class ... Views: 1070
It has been thought, by a few great individuals, that if you can garner twelve perspectives on a particular subject, then you can attain a significant understanding of the subject. This article strives in that direction by presenting the dynamics of reincarnation and karma from twelve different ... Views: 776
The two creativity tips that follow suggest two of the dozens of basic questions you can ask to increase the creativeness of your thinking. Ask these as you work on something, and you can see more creative results today.
1. A Question Of Purpose
Asking certain questions can lead to more ... Views: 742
The two ways of recognizing what you actually yearn for will be the focus of this article.
Focusing on just these 2 principles will assist you to begin manifesting what you desire immediately. Ignoring them will nearly guarantee that anything you attempt to manifest is not going to come ... Views: 700
Since the release of the The Secret, there have been some discussions lately about being wealthy. As most discussions and speculations arise, it is also expected that there would be some personal viewpoint that would come up and with it some incorrect information about becoming wealthy. Let us ... Views: 737
There has been some debate lately about being wealthy ever since “The Secret” has been released. Due to these discussions, it is only probable that many misunderstandings will turn up. Because of these, it is only right that we will talk about these misunderstandings about becoming ... Views: 774
In this article I’m going to explain 2 keys to attracting abundance through the Law of Attraction. As you’ll soon find out, we have a lot of extra baggage when it comes to money, so special care needs to be taken.
Putting these keys into our lives will allow you to get over those hardships ... Views: 664
According to Stephen J. Johnsonn, Ph.D., a marriage and family therapist in practice for 40 years and married for nearly 35, "Even stellar relationships lose their spark over time." In this article, he gives "the ingredients of a lasting, fruitful partnership, and techniques for weathering the ... Views: 1040
Chapter 2 from "The Magic Words, by Jon Lovgren.
Two Times to Forgive
Ho’oponopono
The Pathway to Peace
“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
-Helen Keller
Welcome to ... Views: 975
EFT and abundance is a perfect union.
Accommodating the talent of getting free of preventive ideals, feelings or practices using EFT will enable you to bring in riches at will. If you don’t know how to do this, you’ll find yourself striving to attract what you want. You’ll likely get ... Views: 841
Creating abundance has become a hot topic of debate recently, particularly ever since the launch of The Secret. Together with all that discussion has come two destructive myths. Let us talk about those wrong beliefs in this article.
You you would have a simpler time working on being rich if ... Views: 827
Recently, due to the launching of The Secret, individuals have talked rather a lot about being wealthy. Together with all of that talk has come 2 detrimental myths. In this article I'll dispel these myths.
If you observe the advice in this article you will find your work with creating ... Views: 770
We live our life. But for what? That we do not know.
We keep earning money all life. For what? That too we do not know.
We want to be successful in life. For what reason? We really do not know.
We all are in search of happiness. But what kind of happiness are we looking for? Don’t know.
We ... Views: 510
Understanding your true nature is a fundamental part of your happiness. We tend to overlook this; instead, we act as who we think we are. We look for our behaviors to correlate with who we think we are rather than what we really are. We act a certain way so that the idea of ourselves is ... Views: 1072
Brad Yates has been successful in teaching EFT to attract abundance in our lives. Today I will explore some of the essential instructions I personally utilised from his teachings.
Teaching #ONE: Attraction relies upon on how you feel about your purpose or subject
The most crucial teaching ... Views: 778
The Upanishads describe an aspect of reality that is generally blocked from the external awareness of the body-life-mind complex. The Isha Upanishad states: “The face of Truth is covered with a brilliant golden lid; that do thou remove, O Fosterer, for the law of the Truth, for sight.” (Isha ... Views: 433
Anger is something that I am very familiar with, and have personally self-studied for many years. As a child who grew up in a house and family built on anger, I wanted to understand it better, but also understand where my own anger was coming from - despite the fact that I learned it at a very ... Views: 2094
"Be the change that you wish to see in the world". Ghandi.
There is much talk in the spiritual communities about how the world that I see outside of myself is a reflection of the world that is inside me. Part of the journey to peace, love, and happiness, is understanding that I am not always ... Views: 8350
The human mind likes to have a logical reason for events, and therefore we search for a causal relationship between an event and some precursor. We call this “cause and effect” or “causality” or “dependent origination” or “law of karma”, or “law of nature”. However we describe it, we are trying ... Views: 539
We bring to the spiritual quest all kinds of mental ideas, emotional expectations and preconceived notions about what is supposed to happen, how it is supposed to happen and what it signifies. All of these things, however, are based in the mind-life-body complex and act as limiting factors in ... Views: 456
Love is a many-faceted topic. There is love between people, love for nature, love for animals and plants and love for the Divine. What is important in all of these different experiences of love is that you love purely. To know infinite love, you need not live up to anyone’s expectations but only ... Views: 1290
Feeling the need to be in control is a strong habit. It helps us to feel safe, at peace, and content, but only on the surface, for under the desired effect of trying to control lies the real discontentment that is causing the action. The continued desire for control will override any ... Views: 2919
We tend to identify with the perceptions, sensations, desires, feelings and thoughts we experience and through the ego-consciousness, we take ownership of them and believe that they are what makes up our unique individuality. When we sit quietly, and turn our attention away from the outer world, ... Views: 508
Unleash Your Ultimate Uniqueness
What exactly does ‘ultimate uniqueness’ mean to you? How might you attempt to define it? Is it captured by your strengths, abilities, beliefs, traits, mannerisms, behaviors, energy and/or personality profile and perceptions? Well, of course yes it is; ... Views: 1477
You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
– Mary Oliver
I don’t have to be good? What a RELIEF! I have spent much of my life trying to be ... Views: 1240
Are you living the life you want and deserve? Are you happy with where you are in your life emotionally, physically, financially, spiritually, etc.? Are you happy with your lifestyle, your career? If you answered 'No' to any of these, you need to consider life coaching. Once you realize what ... Views: 1126
This week’s 15-minute “Creation Energies” channeled radio show discusses how you’re reviewing and removing those beliefs that stop you from creating the life you dream of.
Dear Ones,
We wish to discuss something Brenda heard earlier this week, “creativity requires courage.” So it does, ... Views: 1121
My spiritual teacher many years ago used to say, "There is only one will." In this crazy life we may say to ourselves, "This is not fair. This is the worst thing that could happen to me." Later, sometimes much later, we can look at experiences and say, "Now I understand why this had to ... Views: 1223
In Law of Attraction, the practice of procedures is needed to manifest your aspirations. It's essential to comprehend the process so you'll follow the right path. By doing the right thing all the time, then you'll be able to arrive at unconscious knowledge in using the strategies one must ... Views: 1110
My colleague, Natalie, recently shared another story with me. It is a classic tale of love found, lost and reclaimed, right before her very eyes.
A member of her family, a Golden Lab whose name now escapes me, was well known for his affectionate ways and a deep love of cats. On visiting ... Views: 1159
Oooooh, here it comes again: Valentine’s Day.
Hopefully you have a sweetheart and some experience with romantic gestures. In that case, you probably don’t need to read any further because you’ve got it handled. But for those of us who have not experienced Valentine’s Day for a while, or ... Views: 1494
It is easier to “manipulate” words than thoughts, feelings or emotions. Start to change your words and you'll change your life.
The other day I was talking with my best friend (a very handsome man) about how we feel when somebody says that we are an "ugly" person or something unpleasant ... Views: 1459
Victimhood affects 99.9% of the population.
Almost everyone is a victim of something at some time.
Only a chosen few, a few that have chosen, have taken the steps to overcome victimhood in our society today.
We live in a society where victimhood is seen as an ongoing social problem that ... Views: 934
Beliefs are a key part of your internal map of reality. Your beliefs produce your experience of life. There are a lot of people who really don’t know what they believe.
Transformation comes as you become aware of what your beliefs are. I want you to play along; observe inside your own head, ... Views: 1222
One of the best ways to get the wheels of the Law of Attraction rolling to give you what you want is to visualize your desires. One should not take this too seriously though, exerting too much effort and straining your self by painstakingly visualizing a picture of yourself having what you ... Views: 741
Visualizing success is something that athletes are famous for. Actors and actresses are known for seeing themselves in the role that they are endeavoring to play. It is one of the keys to success. Visualization is a mental technique that uses the imagination to make dreams come true. It can ... Views: 1029
Vocational Awakening and Evolution of the Soul
By Richard L. Roberts, PhD.
Each soul comes to the Earth with gifts. A soul does not incarnate only to heal and to balance its energy, to pay its karmic debts, but also to contribute its specialness in specific ways. Before it incarnates, each ... Views: 2223
Most mornings many people all over the world wake up to worry. They wake up and begin to think about all the things they have to do. They wake up and begin to worry about how the bills are going to get paid. They wake up worrying about their health or their family. We really need to make a ... Views: 1588