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- Be "Meatless in May" to Help Fight Global Warming - by Submitted on May 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYour Daily Thread and Chelsea Green have partnered up to raise awareness about the beef with meat. The raising of livestock, specifically the factory farming of animals, is a major contributor of green house gases that pollute our planet. The raising of these animals creates 18% of global ...
Views: 628 - Be a Fake Vegetarian - by Submitted on May 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI became a vegetarian out of pure coincidence. Several years ago, I had a friend who was giving up meat for Lent. He loved meat. This was a true sacrifice for this Catholic man. By pure happenstance, a day or two later I came across a news story in my college newspaper about the rising trend ...
Views: 709 - Be Happy 'Round the Clock - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHow do you achieve happiness, the kind that lasts all day? Robert Frost wrote, “Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.” While this is a beautiful aphorism depicting the spirit of the human condition, there are many concrete strategies to assist you in making happiness go the ...
Views: 708 - Be Like Water - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere is a theme that runs throughout the Tao Te Ching and it is to Be Like Water. This is a potent metaphor that I have been reflecting on recently. There are many incredible attributes of water, but there are two in particular that I want to highlight for helping you live a peaceful and joyous ...
Views: 873 - Be Like Water - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere is a theme that runs throughout the Tao Te Ching and it is to Be Like Water. This is a potent metaphor that I have been reflecting on recently. There are many incredible attributes of water, but there are two in particular that I want to highlight for helping you live a peaceful and joyous ...
Views: 564 - BeadForLife: Getting Out of Poverty By Making Paper Beads - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMillie lives on $1 a day earned from crushing rocks in a quarry, and she has asthma. This is enough for one meal a day for her whole family. She lives in a 4x7 hut with her 6 children, 2 of which are AIDS orphans she has adopted. They have no water, no electricity, and no possessions. It is so ...
Views: 801 - Beautiful Voices - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: First of all, I am sorry my English is no so good but I hope you will understand me. I am 25 years old, a few month ago, I made a therapy with regression and during one session appeared a voice so sweet , that I called the Source and starts to give me advices and answer my questions ...
Views: 503 - Being Helped by Hidden Hands - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMoyers: “Do you ever have this sense when you are following your bliss, as I have at moments, of being helped by hidden hands?” Campbell: “All the time. It is miraculous. I even have a superstition that has grown on me as a result of invisible hands coming all the time--namely, that if you do ...
Views: 749 - Being in the Now - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: You can teach us about the "now" and we can think about being in the "now", but in order to be in the "now", we cannot be thinking about it. How do we reach this mind frame if we cannot force ourselves into being there? The very act of thinking puts us out of where we desire ...
Views: 576 - Being There: A Covenant - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsRecently someone posted a comment, or rather a plea, on CarePages' emotional health discussion forum, and it both broke my heart and inspired great hope. Here’s an excerpt of what the poster wrote: “i have so many medical problems an have been so hurt recently an asked friends to support me an ...
Views: 778 - Benefits of Coconut Oil - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI wanted to share this post in hopes of inspiring people to add healthy saturated fats to their diets. Yes, I said it SATURATED FATS!!! Isn't fat bad for you? Won't it make me gain weight? Doesn't it cause high cholesterol? The truth of the matter is that fat has gotten a bad rap, and most ...
Views: 496 - Bernie Madoff is the Bear - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMore than 100 years ago, it was an annual tradition in some Native American tribes to capture a large bear, tie him to a stake, and then begin dancing around him. There was also a bonfire and drumming. Then, one by one, members of the tribe approached the bear and confessed their sins. After ...
Views: 697 - Beyond Dating (for men and women): 8 Ways to Feel Great Now - by Submitted on May 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLooks like we’re living in interesting times. The financial markets are in a tizzy, people are losing jobs and homes, and there’s a pivotal election coming up on top of all that. Hey, just yesterday, even I got hit by a couple of nasty surprises, and lord knows I was pretty bummed out for a ...
Views: 972 - Beyond Sustainability - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"Sustainability, in a broad sense, is the capacity to maintain a certain process or state. It is now most frequently used in connection with biological and human systems. In an ecological context, sustainability can be defined as the ability of an ecosystem to maintain ecological processes, ...
Views: 514 - Biology, the Millennials, and Possibilities - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhat a week! So much to reflect on. There’s the official launch of the Conscious Business Alliance, the evolution of the 2010 Peace Through Commerce conference, some profound opportunities to practice the skills of Working for Good to make it through challenging passages – personal and ...
Views: 933 - Biophysical Economics: In the Future, Economists Will Return to Earth - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe year 2009 will witness a tsunami of economic appeals to fix, as disgraced Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan put it, the “flaw” in their thinking. Most will get it wrong. The proposals for bailouts, regulations, and government spending sprees all share one tragic flaw: They assume no ...
Views: 923 - Birds... an apology - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA few days back I wrote about the robins nesting right next to the backdoor of my house. At the time I thought they’d been spooked by all the activity and left. It turns out I was wrong. I’d made some comments about how, they, like us, tend to keep on doing things as always in the face of ...
Views: 592 - Blaming Satan - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I happened to watch your debate on if Satan exists. I found it very interesting. Although I am a devoted Christian. I wanted to understand your stance of this. I think that u were trying to let people realize that when we are conditioned to believe in negativity as far as Satan, that ...
Views: 551 - Bloodsuckers and The World of Michael Jackson - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn the aftermath of Michael Jackson’s death, I found myself in a surreal situation that gave me a glimpse into the dark side of bloodsuckers, media and celebrity. In those few hours, I saw a side of humanity that saddens me – where people try to take advantage of vulnerability, confusion, ...
Views: 1319 - Blue Sky Meditation - by Submitted on May 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsClose your eyes and imagine an endless blue sky underneath your eyelids. When your mind begins to think, for example, "I wish I was sitting on the beach with this blue sky instead of in my bedroom", see the thought on a puffy white cloud and watch it float through the sky. When your mind asks, ...
Views: 1518 - Body-type Questionnaire - by Submitted on May 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I wish to determine my Dosha so that I can eat correctly. I have seen several questionnaires on the internet and do not know exactly how to answer the questions. The reason is because I have been sick for over 15 years and I had a totally different energy level and physical ...
Views: 534 - Bodymind: How Your Thoughts and Feelings Affect You Physically - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDid you ever wonder how the power of your thoughts can affect your body? Dr. Bernie Siegel, the author of Love, Medicine and Miracles, was giving a talk to a room full of skeptical doctors when he brought out a copy of Lady Chatterly’s Lover and proceeded to read the most erotic part. As he put ...
Views: 1291 - Bodymind: Love Your Immune System - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSpring is a time when we can easily catch a cold. Your immune system is one of the most complex and important systems in your body as it recognizes foreign substances, such as viruses or bacteria, and prevents them from doing you any harm. But it is also highly subject to being influenced by ...
Views: 521 - Boost Your Thyroid and Your Energy! - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSo you´re not feeling well, you have low energy and a host of other symptoms of thyroid deficiency. Perhaps you even visit your doctor who tests you and verifies that your thyroid hormone levels are low. You and your doctor might automatically decide you need to be on a synthetic thyroid, when ...
Views: 625 - Boosting Productivity By Simplifying - by Submitted on May 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere is a lot of emphasis on being productive right now. It's a buzzword that litters our news outlets, and is heard frequently in connection with the economy. Personal productivity is also a hot topic right now, with the business world abuzz with Stephen Covey, David Allen's Getting Things ...
Views: 700 - Bouncing Back: Building resiliency to deal with setbacks - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou are walking through your neighborhood enjoying a beautiful sunny day. Suddenly you hear the sound of a dog barking. It sounds like the barking is getting closer. You look behind you and notice that the ferocious dog from down the street is loose and running directly toward you! A wave of ...
Views: 1606 - Brain Healing Power of Periwinkle - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPeriwinkle is a European plant used by herbalists to treat nervous disorders, epilepsy, hysteria, and nightmares. Exciting new research into this delicately beautiful plant shows that vinpocetine, a derivative of vincamine, a natural compound in periwinkle, helps transport oxygen and glucose to ...
Views: 7609 - Break Free of Old Sexual Pain - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIf you think elephants never forget, consider all the things your body remembers. It remembers that you like ice cream, how to hear and see and how to feel excited, how to ride a bike, and what the tingling sensations of being in love are like-even if you haven't eaten ice cream, ridden a bike, ...
Views: 884 - Breaking the Cycle of Emotional Violence - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I had a family member who was and is emotionally violent towards me. I find it very difficult when things get very heated to NOT be emotionally violent in return. What is the best way to break this emotional violence cycle? I am a parent, now. I have worked very diligently in ...
Views: 1045 - Breathing New Dreams into Our Space - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“God answers all prayers so be careful what you ask for” is what my oldest friend would tell us when my sisters and I would say such things as “go away” to each other or, “I’m fat”. It took till I was older to realize this old saying has some truth to it. Observing all of us move into the story ...
Views: 596 - Bring Yourself Back to Life - With Spring Cleaning from the Inside Out - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWinter has a way of zapping the life right out of us, and this winter has been especially hard. While many, including me, are angry over winter weight gain, others are depressed from battling colds and flu, or living in fear of losing their jobs or homes. But, there is a way to get rid of the ...
Views: 873 - Bring Yourself Back to Life with Spring Cleaning from the Inside Out - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWinter has a way of zapping the life right out of us, and this winter has been especially hard. While many, including me, are angry over winter weight gain, others are depressed from battling colds and flu, or living in fear of losing their jobs or homes. But, there is a way to get rid of the ...
Views: 981 - Caffeine Helps Athletes Feel Less Pain When Exercising - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsResearchers at the University of Illinois report that 300 mg of caffeine (the amount in four cups of coffee) reduces muscle burning during intense exercise in both regular coffee drinkers and in those who do not drink coffee at all (International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise ...
Views: 969 - Can I Eat That? How to Break Out of The Virtue Trap - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI’m a Nutrition Professional, not a Food Saint. Although it’s probably frowned upon in my field, I eat white rice—and I like it! White pasta, buttered sourdough bread. I also eat every vegetable, sushi, pasta, love avocados. For decades, I’ve been practicing what I teach: eat when hungry, eat ...
Views: 625 - Can Values Save the Economy? - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsStrange as it sounds, the recent collapse of the economy was predicted in a nursery rhyme. Every child in past generations learned it, although I don't know if they do now. For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was ...
Views: 485 - Can you fight for peace? - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsCan you fight AGAINST injustice? What does it mean to protest? The situation in Iran brings up many questions about the power of peoples voices and how they use their voice. The story of Neda Agha-Soltan ignites passionate emotion, because she really wasn't "fighting"...
Views: 1014 - Can't See the Forest for the Trees - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLast week, as I stood in line at Kinkos, I overheard someone say that buying recycled paper isn't necessary because paper today comes from young trees grown on farms, and thus no forests and mature trees are sacrificed. It's at times like these that I wish I were bold enough to tap people on the ...
Views: 726 - Can't Sleep? Use Imagery to Create a Soothing Blanket - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt's the end of the day. You're tired. You've worked hard. The children have finally gone to bed. You're looking forward to some peace and quiet by yourself. All of a sudden you hear the cries of your normally loving youngster: "I can't sleep!" Or, your teen charges into the room and insists ...
Views: 1264 - Care, But Not Care - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsContinuing the highlights from the manifesting seminar with Koelle’s horses in Scottsdale, Martha shared a quote that is at the heart of successful manifesting. I thought it might be from Lao-Tzu, but I might have that wrong. Anyway, what she said was that one of the keys to getting what we ...
Views: 1000 - Caring for an Unloving Parent - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I was raised by an insensitive, unloving cruel, selfish man. Intentionally cruel and enjoyed it. He has caused me much heart ache by not giving me the love and care that I so much deserved. I am sick and fatigued. He is old and sick and has had a good life and now I find myself ...
Views: 1060 - Causecast and United We Serve: Get Involved! - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHey all! Just wanted to give our followers on Intent a quick update about how Causecast has been spending the last few weeks. We're thrilled to be partnered with The White House, Google and All For Good on this initiative, which seeks to make public service a way of life for Americans. At ...
Views: 715 - Celebrate Failure! - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAre you afraid to commit to yourself fully? Are you terrified to lose weight, to fully take-in, ingest, go hog wild for your healthy living plan? Are you just plain afraid to push your envelope in any direction? Are you afraid to let the buried, the 'real' you - OUT? Afraid that you are going to ...
Views: 732 - Celebrating Our Animal Friends - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI've always been a dog person. I don't have anything against cats; I just like dogs better. But now that I am sharing an apartment with a woman who owns two cats, I couldn't help but grow fond of these two other furry roommates. Zikara is a year old, was rescued from a pet adoption center, and ...
Views: 683 - Ceremony of Welcome - Welcoming a New Member to Your Family - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsJust as our inner landscape is constantly shifting and changing in response to the world around us, the dynamics of the families we belong to evolve over time. When we welcome an individual into our family—whether that individual is human or animal—a transformation takes place, a shift in the ...
Views: 3301 - Challenges of Finding Purpose Amongst Greatness - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsGoing to a prestigious university is an extremely interesting/odd/humbling/unique experience. Chances are, almost everyone you meet has some incredible talent that they are using to make the world a better place. I take classes amongst students my age who have founded various incredible ...
Views: 756 - Change Happens - It's Okay (It's Only FaceBook) - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn the last two hours, my Facebook home page has changed. The change isn't too dramatic since the only interface that actually changed was the home page - everything else is still the same. And now Facebook sort of looks like Twitter. Or maybe Twitter looks like Facebook. Anyways... In ...
Views: 665 - Changing "Helpless" to Hopeful: Can a Simple Change of Mind Change a Life? - by Submitted on May 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOn a quiet side street, I slowed my car to a stop as I waited for a mother and child - a mother squirrel and her youngster - to cross the street. The mother would run a few paces then stop. The young squirrel would race to catch up, then jump up on her back for a free ride. She wouldn't move ...
Views: 660 - Changing Our Relationship to Our Skin: Sexual Anorexia and Overeating - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLast week on Oprah’s show they explored how to talk to your children about sex and Dr. Laura Berman said something that provoked a huge response in the audience: that parents should give their daughters permission to masturbate. She went so far as to say that at 15 or 16, introduce a vibrator. ...
Views: 2154 - Child Abuse Doesn't Take A Day Off and Neither Can We - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIt kind of trails off after the holidays. We would love to keep the issue in the front of everyone and that child abuse happens all year long. Abuse doesn't take a holiday, doesn't take a day off, and we can't either. (Jane Donovan) The it referred to in the quote is child abuse. It was in ...
Views: 1704 - Child Abuse: When Will We Do Away with This National Recognition? - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsApril is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. We take one day to remember mothers and fathers, those who gave their lives for this country, the signing of The Declaration of Independence, a man who gave his life in the name of civil rights, and the day Christ was born. I have often wondered ...
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