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- Don't Be So Sensitive! - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"Don't be so sensitive!" Has anyone ever said that to you? Hopefully not when you were rendered especially vulnerable by a condition like cancer. Hopefully, not at all. Someone recently directed me to thicken my skin after I expressed feeling upset at a teasing, sarcastic remark. ...
Views: 944(1 vote) - Good Health Not Found in "Secrets" - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt never seems to end. One celeb after another endorseing the next best "secret" revealing the way to great health or a hot body or weight loss. And if it is not an endorsement, it's a book or video proclaiming a near magic transition from the way you are now to a whole new you virtually ...
Views: 526(1 vote) - Morning Motivation: Transcending the Darkness - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn his book, Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl talked about the horror that he faced in a concentration camp. He also talked about the spiritual core within himself that transcended the pain and despair surrounding him. His insight into that spiritual core became the basis for a form of a ...
Views: 575(1 vote) - It's All About You! - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsConscious parenting means taking better care of ourselves, so we can take better care of our children. I had three unplanned hours to myself the other day. It was rather strange. A family friend had just pulled out of the driveway with boys in tow, on their way to a baseball game. I ...
Views: 562(1 vote) - 5 Productivity and Simplicity Books That Sent Me Down My Path - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere have been many books that have influenced my path, but there are a few that stand out: Seven Habits For Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. This was the first productivity book I read ever and it shook up my outlook. I realized that I needed to work at relationships, and that ...
Views: 882(1 vote) - Sweetness without Sugar–Spikes: Low–Glycemic Raw Foods - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn recent years, a number of lovely low–glycemic raw food sweeteners have appeared on the market, which can be wonderful additions to any healthy eating plan. However, many people feel unsure how to use these delectable ingredients. In this article, you can find out the ‘skinny’ on delicious ...
Views: 1419(2 votes) - The Joyful Sounds of the Children Can Change Your Life - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIf you are bored, depressed or taking a negative view of life, even for a moment, you can listen to the songs of the birds and that will be uplifting. But an even greater sound to listen to is the song, laughter and cheerful sounds of the children. If you have no children or grand children of ...
Views: 557(1 vote) - Gardens of Gratitude - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIf you're thinking about going green and how you can make a difference, it can be somewhat overwhelming. I've changed my bulbs to CFCs now what? One group has actually got together to make a big difference in small incremental ways. Gardens of Gratitude this weekend are helping hundrends of ...
Views: 718(1 vote) - Nontoxic Virus Defense: Make Disinfectant Sprays with Essential Oils - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEspecially when there are flu and virus outbreaks in your community, added protection against germs is often warranted. Try these homemade essential oil mists — an easy way to add antiviral and antibacterial yet natural scent to your home. They are proven allies in the fight against germs, and ...
Views: 1560(2 votes) - Women, Do You Want Less Emotional Moodiness and More Harmony and Peace Throughout the Month? - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWomen! Do you wonder why at some times you feel out of control and emotional and next light and creative? Do you have problems with your menstral cycle? Do want more harmony and peace throughout the month? Be inspired and empowered as Zahra ~ the Yoga Goddess teaches us about women's four ...
Views: 1272(1 vote) - The Distraction of “God” - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I have read a number of your books, including "How to know God". Let me say, I had a conventional Protestant upbringing, but I soon rejected the "prison of social conditioning", as you call it, and became an evolutionist and agnostic. Whenever I hear the word God, I see the old ...
Views: 561(1 vote) - Peace Through Commerce® - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn the context of my work with FLOW and my collaboration with FLOW co-founder Michael Strong (author of Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World’s Problems), for the past three years I have been deeply engaged in advancing the idea of Peace Through ...
Views: 693(1 vote) - Depression as a Spiritual Transformation - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTransforming depression is sacred work. My blood runs cold when I hear of people entering conventional psychotherapy for this emotion without a peep of spirituality mentioned as part of healing. Why is this such a damaging form of neglect? You deserve to have an illuminated appreciation of ...
Views: 620(1 vote) - From Platonic to Romantic, Is it Worth the Risk? - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I have been friends with a guy for around 8 years now and we have a fantastic relationship. However for quite some time now I have developed more feelings for him and I get the sense that he feels the same way, but I don't want to ruin a good friendship. It's funny because a lot of ...
Views: 556(1 vote) - Anything's Possible When There's No Unfinished Business - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFor nine years, I have been leading Shadow Process workshops and training programs around the world with amazing people. I've met thousands of people who picked up one of my books, came to one of my workshops, or enrolled in one of my training programs because there was some area of their lives ...
Views: 614(1 vote) - Simple Serenity: Navel Meditation - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsJourneys of lifelong evolution often begin simply. No matter how complex the goal or desire we have nurtured in our souls, the first steps we take are nearly always basic and uncomplicated. Navel meditation, a creation of the Taoist tradition and the oldest form of meditation recognized in China ...
Views: 1403(3 votes) - Whispers From the Soul: Tapping into Your Intuitive Guidance System - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou are driving home from work and you suddenly get the urge to go a different route. You follow the urge only later to hear on the radio that there was a major accident on your usual route. You think to yourself, “what good luck!” You wake up in the morning and remember that you dreamed that ...
Views: 1432(2 votes) - Women Bullies - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMany of us are familiar with teen bullying. If you didn’t see Mean Girls with Lindsay Lohan, you probably heard about it. Girls being mean to girls – backstabbing, back-talking and sabotaging. Pretty depressing, but pretty true. Where does this come from and does it go away as we get older or ...
Views: 832(1 vote) - Why Antioxidant Supplements May Harm, Not Help - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA new study from researchers at University of Bonn and Harvard gives a plausible explanation for the negative effects of antioxidant vitamins that have been reported in several previous studies. They show that people who take 1000 mg/day of vitamin C and 400 IU/day of vitamin E do not gain the ...
Views: 482(1 vote) - An Impatient Letter from God - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFrom: GOD To: My Children on Earth My Dear Children (and believe me, that’s all of you), I consider myself a pretty patient guy. I mean, look at the Grand Canyon. It took millions of years to get it right. And how about evolution? Boy, nothing is slower than designing that whole Darwinian ...
Views: 938(2 votes) - Ten Tips to a Terrific Staycation - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis week the weather turned a corner and the looming summer season hit me straight in the face - and left me wishing for a summer vacation spent lazily lying on sandy beaches sipping drinks with orchids floating in them. But like many Americans, frugality prevails this year, so visits to ...
Views: 588(1 vote) - The Books by Sri Aurobindo and the Mother Help Me Keep Spiritual Focus - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt is terribly easy for me to get all wrapped up in the business of life: how much am I accomplishing, where am I going, and what am I doing? Even though my work is spiritual, it can be easy to get pulled into the craziness of my own problems and the craziness of the problems of others. In the ...
Views: 1694(1 vote) - How Your Style Affects Your Dreams - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen people talk about style, they often mean fashion. Lady Gaga has a stylist. The Jonas Brothers have a stylist. You don't need a stylist. You just need to know what your style is. By style, I mean the way you approach work and life. Are you an outgoing person? Are you on the shy side? What ...
Views: 592(1 vote) - Search Tirelessly For Your Mission - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDo not let the opportunity to value the small and simple things in life pass you by, because tomorrow it might be too late to understand that those small, simple things were the greatest, and that you may have lost them. To limit oneself to merely existing is to deny oneself the opportunity ...
Views: 506(1 vote) - What do Handmade Soap, Recycled Tires, and Yoga have in Common with Coca Cola and Walmart? - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA shift is now taking place in the way we live that is affecting us all. It asks us to reconsider what our priorities are, who we want to share our life with, what we can do without, and what is really important and meaningful to us. As a result of our current recession, we are all going through ...
Views: 864(1 vote) - Staying in the Present - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: Being in the present moment to moment is not easy ... I pray ...meditate...and believe that the universe supports me...but when I’m angry my mind will not stop going to past and future...I know better ...please tell me how you give your problems up to the universe to solve and stay ...
Views: 578(2 votes) - Camelot's Kitchen - The Cutest Salad Recipe Book for Your Space! - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI came across the greatest recipe book this week and I have to share it with all of you since this week is all about books! It is called Camelot’s Kitchen. It came into fruition in the most adorable way and the recipes are excellent. For those of you who like to eat, or prepare food, you should ...
Views: 1687(1 vote) - The Psycho-Physiology of Stress - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn the west, stress has become a major contributing factor in the cause of disease with some authorities attributing up to eighty percent of disease to stress. According to Ayurveda, the cause of disease is attributed to “the mistake of the intellect1”, or Pragya Paradh. This is when the mind ...
Views: 2734(3 votes) - Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey's Secret to Success - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen asked the secret of their business success, both Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey have said, "Business Intuition". Business intution??? Some of the wealthiest people in the world have said that their success is based on something as airy-fairy, new-agey, and clearly un-scientific as ...
Views: 1224(1 vote) - 'Enough Already!': The Seduction of Stuff, The Liberation of Gratitude - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHello!! This is my first Intent blog, and I am so honoured and delighted to be joining this community of intention, inspiration and true innovation. As an artist, humanitarian, mother and praise singer, I feel called to sing a song of joy, love and compassion in these magnificent and challenging ...
Views: 798(1 vote) - Build A Cathedral - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis Way to the Greenhouse – This Way to Success My 3-year-old son kept running up to a big boulder in our back yard. He wanted me to chase him; he wanted to play. Two minutes earlier we had a completely different plan in mind – two minutes earlier he was immensely excited about helping me ...
Views: 863(1 vote) - Remembering Our Spiritual Priorities--Especially When Things Go Wrong - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDo you have days when things do not go as you would like? What a silly question. We all have days where things do not go as expected and it seems as if we are not accomplishing anything. Those are the moments when we have to remember our spiritual priorities. What is most important to you? ...
Views: 576(2 votes) - Greeting the Divine Spirit: Bowing - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsBowing is a universal gesture of respect and reverence. In many cultures, it is the predominant form of social greeting, and most religions incorporate it into their rituals of worship. In many cases, bowing signifies not only respect but also an acknowledgment of the shared divinity between the ...
Views: 529(1 vote) - Fiddlehead Fern Recipes - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI love this time of year because, among other things, fiddelhead ferns are available! They have an earthy flavor, somewhat like asparagus. You may be able to get them from your local farmer, and Whole Foods carries them. Do not eat them raw. Rinse thoroughly, and remove the brown scales with ...
Views: 909(1 vote) - The Ayurvedic Magic and Mystery of Cleansing and Revitalizing - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe body will heal itself. Our bodies heal themselves. They knit themselves back together when cut, they process, digest, detoxify and remove built-up material daily. But we do have to give our bodies the proper environment in which to heal and stay balanced. Sometimes that requires some extra ...
Views: 1127(5 votes) - Five Books That Challenge Conventional Thinking - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHere are five books that challenge conventional thinking and are worth reading. My Experiences Preceding 5000 Burials by Hamid Bey. - The life and education of Hamid Bey. Published by The Coptic Fellowship of America. Plan B 3.0 - Lester Brown of Earth Policy Institute has written THE ...
Views: 1261(1 vote) - The 20 Health Benefits of Real Butter - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe origins of butter go back thousands of years to when our ancestors first started domesticating animals. In fact, the first written reference to butter was found on a 4500- year old limestone tablet illustrating how butter was made.1 In India, ghee (clarified butter) has been used as a ...
Views: 1013(1 vote) - The Nature of Memory - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWorking with one of my memoir writers recently we found she was having trouble with the chronology of her life story, and she began to bemoan the loss of her diaries. She had, she said, destroyed several of her diaries in a fit of boredom. She’d looked at them, declared there was nothing ...
Views: 929(2 votes) - What is Micro IVF? - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMicro IVF in general can be described as taking either solely oral fertility meds with or without minimal use or injectable gonadotropins when going through InVitro fertilization. The process is the same as doing conventional IVF which entails egg retrieval, fertilization, embryo culture and ...
Views: 1309(1 vote) - What is Micro IVF? - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMicro IVF in general can be described as taking either solely oral fertility meds with or without minimal use or injectable gonadotropins when going through InVitro fertilization. The process is the same as doing conventional IVF which entails egg retrieval, fertilization, embryo culture and ...
Views: 1309(1 vote) - Tarot Myths & Superstitions - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsEvery year more and more people use tarot decks for study, meditation, divination or self discovery, but there are still many common myths, misunderstandings, and simple untruths surrounding Tarot cards. Here are some of the more persistent myths about the Tarot that seem to still be around. ...
Views: 5181(2 votes) - Is There Such a Thing as a Psychic? - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSo I made an appointment with a psychic. She called the morning of our appointment to cancel because, she said, something unexpected came up. I still rescheduled. Am I crazy? Is there such a thing as a psychic who can charge by the hour and tell you what is going to happen in your life? I ...
Views: 898(5 votes) - Your Challenges Are a Gift - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen I chose to step into the process of making my first yoga DVD earlier this year, it sweetly reminded of how my life's challenges have brought me my greatest gifts. In 1996 at the age of 24, I was seeking a way to become more of myself when I was presented with a huge challenge and gift -- a ...
Views: 593 - What I Wish I'd Known - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy cell phone rang while driving to my son's basketball game; he was in 4th gradeand about to play his elementary school's archrival. I was supposed to watchhis game for 30 minutes and then pick up my daughter from her tennis match. Butwhen my doctor told me I had "a couple of cancer cells," I ...
Views: 575(1 vote) - You Think For Yourself but You Act Like Your Friends: How Homophily Changes the Way We Think - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsBirds of a feather tend to shop together. That we know. They also tend to talk together and walk together; and who their friends are affects more than just what type of jeans they buy. Their friends have the capacity to affect their tastes, activities, and their lives overall. Sociologists ...
Views: 1696(1 vote) - The 150 Myth: You Actually Know More People than You Think - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAll the literature and studies that claim that people can only build relationships with maximum of 150 other people is only half true. The "150" number is often referred to as the Dunbar number after anthropologist Robin Dunbar. As covered in Gladwell's Tipping Point and CommonSenseAdvice: ...
Views: 615(1 vote) - Resolutions Revisited - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn 2009 I resolve to stop yelling at my kids. That is precisely the New Year’s pledge that Marion Budnick broke the first week of the new year. It wasn’t that she didn’t have positive intentions. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to end the yelling. It wasn’t even that she wasn’t sincere ...
Views: 593(1 vote) - Mother-in-law Nightmare - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion for Deepak: I'm married for the 2nd time now. My previous wedding was a 'love marriage' - now, it's a typical Indian arranged marriage. I'm in US with my husband from the past 2 1/2 months, the issue between us is his mother- whom he wants me to listen to, obey and please- I have ...
Views: 881(2 votes) - The Bottom Line - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMy father passed the following words to me when I was in my early teen years. These words have been, in many ways, the basic guiding principles in my life. I just wanted to share them with you. THE BOTTOM LIINE FACE IT. Nobody owes you a living. What you achieve or fail to achieve in ...
Views: 514 - In Whose Name, for God's Sake? - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe despicable, abhorrent and loathsome attack on young girls in a pub has outraged the entire nation. The incident defeats all reasoning and has left everyone in a state of shock. What is even more appalling is the fact that the reprehensible assault on young women was done in the name of ...
Views: 731 - Barack Obama and the Noble Lie - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSome commentators have called 2008 "the moment of truth election." The phrase seems to expand in all directions. It's the moment of truth for an out of control financial system and hapless home owners in over their heads. It's the moment of truth for America's addiction to Middle East oil, and ...
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