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- Chimneying: The Spiritual Climb - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI recently began rock climbing. So far, I love it. Not only is the climbing fun, it's opening some new metaphors for the spiritual journey. There are times, when rock climbing, that you find yourself wedged between two parallel rock walls. Sort of like Santa Claus stuck in a chimney. To ...
Views: 907 - Chose Eco-Friendly Fabric for Home - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsChoosing safe—or safer—fabrics is possible. Just as the healthiest food is the least processed and closest to its natural state, so should the fabrics we choose. Natural fabrics, such as linen, flax, hemp, jute, sisal, wool and cotton can be made with little or no processing and chemical ...
Views: 717 - Clear the Office Clutter! - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsBuy a shredder and get to work! The IRS requires that you keep tax returns and attachments for five years and cancelled checks and documents for three. Shred the rest to prevent identity theft. This chore may take you into your attic, basement or garage. Go for it. If you have mountains of ...
Views: 671 - Close Your Ears & Dream On! - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“Close your ears to all adverse suggestions. Never mind if people call you a fool and a dreamer. Dream on.” ~ Wallace D. Wattles from The Science of Being Great Did you know the guy who invented the radio (Marconi) was thrown into an insane asylum when he told his “friends” that he could ...
Views: 657 - Combat Hair Loss Naturally - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLooking in the mirror became a difficult experience for Janet. It seemed like every day her forehead receded further and her already thinning hair became thinner. Feeling like everyone might be criticizing her appearance she became embarrassed to go out and worried what might be causing her hair ...
Views: 3220 - Communicating with Nature - by Submitted on May 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA little tid bit of information I read on Facebook today sparked this blog. A friend reported he had seen his first Colorado Rattlesnake on a popular trail out here. I commented, congratulating him, offering to show him more. He replied that the snake was very unhappy because people were ...
Views: 579 - Compassion - by Submitted on May 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTen years ago, in the late 1990’s political leaders of governments around the world promised to cut world starvation in half by 2015. Unfortunately, they’ve done so little to keep that promise the number of people starving today is greater than ten years ago. Should we feel angry or point ...
Views: 634 - Complementary Energies: Balancing Self with Family Life - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMany of us have a hard time balancing taking care of ourselves with taking care of our family responsibilities. For people with young children, this can be especially challenging, but even people without children have obligations to care for extended family, partners, pets, and the home in which ...
Views: 765 - Conference With Your Spirit: A Great Way to Recharge Your Batteries - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou were born with an incredible gift – one that is so beautiful, so profound, so magnificent that words can only barely begin to describe it. This gift is the spark of infinite wisdom that lives within you. It is that part of you that is eternal. It is the core of who you are, and yet it is ...
Views: 518 - Confronting Your Fears - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsRecently, an interviewer asked me what my greatest fears were. I said I didn't have any. He seemed surprised, but this is how I see it: If you label something as a fear, then it creates fear when sometimes it's not a fear but a concern. For example, I know just as well as everyone else that New ...
Views: 947 - Congratulations to Meet You - by Submitted on May 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsLast year I was given the book, Eat, Pray, Love by one of my girl friends. I placed the book on my coffee table, and there it sat for well over a year. Recently, just by a lark, I decided to give it a read. I couldn’t put the book down. In it was a section where the author meets an old ...
Views: 702 - Controlling Behavior: Allowing Others to Be - by Submitted on May 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe all know what it’s like to want to be in control. In some ways, exerting control is an important survival skill. For example, we have every right to be in control of our own bodies and our own lives. Taking control in these cases is empowering and necessary. Controlling behavior in the ...
Views: 978 - Controlling Behavior: Allowing Others to Be - by Submitted on May 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe all know what it’s like to want to be in control. In some ways, exerting control is an important survival skill. For example, we have every right to be in control of our own bodies and our own lives. Taking control in these cases is empowering and necessary. Controlling behavior in the ...
Views: 1934 - Cooking Tips to Save Time - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe following are some practical and efficient tips to help you cook faster and easier. Cook enough food for two dinners. Most food can be easily reheated. Consider steaming to reheat food. Place a bit of water in a pan and place food on it. Cover. Check frequently to ensure that the water ...
Views: 749 - Coping with Grief - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I am the eldest of 12 children and only survivor who did not perish the Australian fires. I feel the guilt being spared from working abroad. Despite my own problems here, being wiped out financially and facing homelessness, I realize the God I know does not care. I find ...
Views: 1397 - Cosmically Conscious with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, Warms My Heart - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSometimes we feel a “spiritual high.” I had one this week through one of those supposed coincidences, that many of us feel are not really coincidences. Here is it the first week my new book Cosmic Connection: Messages for a Better World is available in bookstores. My husband, God bless him, ...
Views: 584 - Could the Man I Met Online Be Married? - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: Several weeks ago I met a man through an online dating site. We have a great time together but something about him doesn’t feel right and I cannot put my finger on it. I know that many people who are married or otherwise committed use the Internet to cheat on their partners. How can I ...
Views: 640 - Counting Experiential Calories - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsPut aside this annoying business of counting nutritional calories for a moment and ask yourself: what else am I getting out of this eating moment? How is my Mind being enriched? A Nutritional Calorie is a unit of energy. The job of a Nutritional Calorie is to fuel your Body. An Experiential ...
Views: 678 - Couples Counseling for India and Pakistan - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSuspicions over a cooked election in Iran have brought a glimmer of hope for real reform. It takes glimmers in the long, fractious fights that hold societies in thrall. Can we find one in the toxic fight that has plagued India-Pakistan relations for six decades? We've already had a Camp ...
Views: 755 - Crazy Giving - by Submitted on May 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I've always wanted to live a life based around helping others and developing the world around me. For some reason unknown to me ; and I'm not trying to blow my own trumpet here - I innately can't resist helping people. When my friends ask me for favours I jump at the chance. When ...
Views: 855 - Creating a Balance in Your Life (An Exercise) - by Submitted on May 17, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMothers tend to give so much of themselves, and in the process, can lose their sense of identity. The following are suggestions to help create balance and harmony in your life. Appreciate your abilities as a mother. Forgive yourself; even mothers make mistakes. Do the best you can ...
Views: 618 - Creating Unlimited Energy - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI wanted to leave a thought or two on how to get more energy into your life. Our culture constantly reinforces the impulse to do something external when we suffer from fatigue. Do you need to improve your diet and exercise routine? Or perhaps take more supplements? Sleep more? Although all of ...
Views: 724 - Creating What We Don’t Want: When Worry Becomes A Prayer - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIf prayer is an intention that we announce to the universe in order to create a desired outcome, then our every thought is a prayer. This includes thoughts of worry as well as of hope. All thoughts are subtle creative energy. Some thoughts are more focused or repeated more often, gathering ...
Views: 942 - Creativity or Inspiration from Divine Consciousness? - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhat is the difference between creative expression and a true contact with Divine Consciousness? This is a fascinating question to ponder, but a question that deserves the attention of all of us who are either creative and/or claim to have inspirations filled with Divine Wisdom. The answer to ...
Views: 1242 - Daily Ups and Downs - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsFolks have been asking lately why they continue to catch cold or come down with a flu now and then even when they’re really doing their best to live properly, meaning watch their diet, get plenty of sleep and exercise regularly, monitor their stress levels, try not to worry too much, even ...
Views: 677 - Dalai Lama Banned from Attending South Africa Peace Conference - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAccording to news reports that came in last week, the Dalai Lama was denied a visa from the South Africa government to attend a peace conference in Johannesburg that would have been attended by five other Nobel Peace prize winners. Officials believed that banning the Dalai Lama would keep the ...
Views: 776 - Dancing with her Heart - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another and little Radha did just that. Yes Radha, the one who cannot walk, the one with brittle bones disease, the one who dreams of being a dancer danced with her heart, and I know that even the Heavens stopped to watch ...
Views: 702 - DASH (High-Plant) Diet for Heart Health, Weight Loss and Diabetes Prevention/Control - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsReports from Harvard School of Public Health shows that a diet rich in plants lowers high blood pressure (1,2). It's called the DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension.) Other studies show that similar eating patterns lower cholesterol, help to control diabetes and cause weight loss ...
Views: 729 - Day of Reckoning in Health Care - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe unspoken corollary of the old adage, "If it's not broke, don't fix it.." is: "If it is broke, we better fix it.." Broken and broke. That's how a growing number of people -- including President Obama -- see the current health care system and what it does to ordinary citizens. When ...
Views: 535 - Dead At 32: What Jamie Dyer Dordek Can Teach You About Living - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI didn't meet Jamie until after she died. 2009-06-04-Jamiephoto_3.JPG Think life is certain? Guess again. Jaime was a blaze of florescent colors until she stepped off a curb and sprained her ankle. The blood clot from that minor accident traveled to her brain and killed her. Jamie Dyer ...
Views: 979 - Dealing with Shades of Black - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTragedy comes unannounced. At any given moment, or turn in our lives, we may face upheaval, be that a family tragedy, a distressing piece of information, a health scare, or any situation that may lead one to feel a sense of loss and despair. Nobody is immune to those twists that life may take ...
Views: 780 - Dealing with the Past Can Only Happen NOW - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI had just taken a book I was packing for a trip OUT of my suitcase, feeling that I needed a break from anything "heavy" and needed to just have some pure R&R. The book is called "Unattended Sorrow." I came back to my desk, intending to post on Intent about the subject of sleep, something I am ...
Views: 564 - Dear Iran: Free Roxana Saberi (Now) - by Submitted on May 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsTo the 65.8 million wonderful people of Iran, As an American Muslim human rights lawyer, I write to you today to kindly ask for the immediate release of American journalist Roxana Saberi. In order to continue the advancement of peaceful dialogue between our two nations, it is an absolute moral ...
Views: 963 - Deepak Chopra on Karma - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe Bhagavad Gita says “the course of karma is unfathomable.” And so it is. In Sanskrit the word karma means action. Sanskrit provides a precise vocabulary for this abstract field that can help us navigate through it with more assurance. Every action creates an experience, and the memory of ...
Views: 1807 - Defining Your Direction - Your Life's Work - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMany people are committed to professions and personal endeavors they never consciously planned to pursue. They attribute the shape of their lives to circumstance, taking on roles they feel are tolerable. Each of us, however, has been blessed with a purpose. Your life’s work is the assemblage of ...
Views: 1817 - Dehypnotize Yourself! - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“It is no exaggeration to say that every human being is hypnotized to some extent, either by ideas he has uncritically accepted from others, or ideas he has repeated to himself or convinced himself are true. These negative ideas have exactly the same effect upon our behavior as the negative ...
Views: 2851 - Delightful Contradiction: The Healthy Burger - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhile no longer a vegetarian, I haven't eaten red meat since age 9. To be honest, I don't really remember what a burger tastes like, but judging from its fan base, I gather it's pretty damn good. The following recipe is pretty damn good too; it even has the endorsement of my guy, a card-carrying ...
Views: 983 - Despondent View of Life - by Submitted on May 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I have a lot of trouble with living in this time. I don't think this is how life was meant to be. I am nearly finished an engineering degree, and soon I'll be working at redesigning some gadget that nobody really needed in the first place, making money to buy things I don't want but ...
Views: 1115 - Detox Emotions this Spring - by Submitted on May 25, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhile spring is the perfect time to detox the deep tissues of the body, few of us realize the opportunity each spring brings with regard to a deep emotional cleanse. In nature, the harvest in the spring is basically one rich in low fat foods. If we were forced to eat only according to nature's ...
Views: 956 - Detoxing Our Bodies and Homes with Supernatural Mom: Exclusive Podcast Interview - by Submitted on May 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSeven years ago, author and Intent Voice Beth Greer was shocked to discover that she had a tumor the size of a tennis-ball in her chest when she went to the doctor to check up on a mysterious shoulder pain. Though the tumor was found to be benign, Beth decided to find a way to shrink her chest ...
Views: 914 - Differing Paths in Relationship - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I'm trying as much as I can to think by myself about my deep questions but this one I thought, I really need to ask you, because I feel stuck: a year and a half ago, I fell deeply in love with a man. It was 'love at first sight' and felt so completely obvious that "he was the one", ...
Views: 597 - Diseasing of America Continues: Binge Eating and the New DSM - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe definitions of national sanity don’t just change on election years. They also get revamped with each new edition of the DSM, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the next (fifth) edition of which is due out in 2012. So what, you may ask? Isn’t a new and improved DSM a ...
Views: 1052 - Disinterested Procrastination - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDo you like your life? Is there anything you'd change? If you were to die tomorrow, could you honestly say you have no regrets? Do you get caught up in procrastinating about things you have no real interest in and then end up ignoring what you're passionate about too? Today I'm going to ...
Views: 1032 - Dismissing Disinterest - by Submitted on May 28, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIn my last blog post I discussed how a lack of interest can cause procrastination. So what can we do about it? Well, we could kick ourselves in the butt and just start doing, but that sort of attitude and behaviour can backlash. It can create a rebellious-teenager response within us. We don't ...
Views: 627 - Do Animals Have Souls? - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOne day when yoga instructor Kari Harendorf was practicing backbends, her dog Charlie padded over and started stretching out beneath her on the hardwood floor. In a flash of insight that may or may not recall some ancient yogic pioneer’s moment of inspiration for Downward and Upward Dog, the ...
Views: 1296 - Do Soup Diets Really Work? - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSeems that my last post generated lots of responses. Here is a well researched article: Do Soup Diets Really Work? By Pat Solly of www.SoupSong.com ONCE UPON A TIME, soup was primarily perscribed to stimulate the appetite—not depress it. That magnificent "Monarch of the Kitchen" ...
Views: 1103 - Do You Believe in a Universal Spiritual Energy? - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsBelieving is Receiving: Do you believe in a universal spiritual healing energy? Does a universal spiritual healing energy exist that can seemingly create miracles in your life? Can this energy accelerate your spiritual enlightenment? Can this energy also heal your body and mind? Many ...
Views: 1474 - Do You Believe in Magic? - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDo you believe in magic? If you could dream a magical world into being, what would it look like? I raised Brenna and Carter within their imaginations and by stretching their sight to see things not readily seen by the physical eye. When they were young we would take our favorite cookie, which ...
Views: 717 - Do You Easily Ride the Wave of Life? - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsAre you able to easily ride the wave of life? Everything in life occurs in cycles, there is an ebb and a flow to everything. This is readily apparent in nature where we see seasonal cycles, lunar cycles, etc. There are business cycles, life cycles, relationships cycles - it seems that ...
Views: 1012 - Do You Get Drained By Other People's Energy? - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsGrowing up, my girlfriends couldn't wait to hit the shopping malls and go to parties, the bigger the better--but I didn't share their excitement. I always felt overwhelmed, exhausted around large groups of people, though I was clueless why. "What's the matter with you?" friends would say, ...
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