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- What Buddha Might Say to Barack Obama - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere is a story of a Buddhist monk who meditated for many years on the quality of patience. He was immersed in everything to do with patience. One day someone walked past him and said, “Eat shit!” The meditating monk immediately replied, “You eat shit!” This story goes to show just how tough ...
Views: 518 - What is Your Mind Full Of When You Feel Empty? - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA koan is a kind of question used as a training device in the Buddhist tradition, designed to help the aspirant attain a degree of clarity. I'm sure you've come across these zany questions before ("What's the sound of one hand clapping?" or "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, ...
Views: 518 - The Power of Your Smile - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsUnfortunately, there may be times that smiling can be difficult—when it might not be easy and might feel virtually impossible. Sometimes we get so caught up in the bad things that we forget that smiling is actually an option. Maybe your boss inappropriately yelled at you; maybe you had a fight ...
Views: 517(1 vote) - Trying to Follow - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I am trying to find my footing and go with the flow. I am very much in love with a man who came to me 2 1/2 years ago. He's been spending most of the work week by me, then flies home for the end of the week and weekend. Initially, he told me he was separated, but in a very short ...
Views: 517(1 vote) - Do It Yourself (And Then Share How You Did It) – How Women Are Changing Personal Finance - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsDo It Yourself (And Then Share How You Did It) – How Women Are Changing Personal Finance There’s a voice coming out at the forefront of personal finance that is newly communal. Economic news and forecasts have us talking: strangers or friends, when we get together we start asking, “How are you ...
Views: 516(2 votes) - Releasing in the Gap - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: Right now I'm reading "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" and I'm having a little trouble understanding a portion that for the most part seems to make a great deal. In the chapter "Law of Intention and Desire" shortly before the applying section, one of the ideas embellished is to ...
Views: 516(1 vote) - Desire or Go with the Flow? - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: Hi, my question is I know we are responsible for all we experience in life, I have my desires, my dreams, but they don’t seem to happen, at times I think well maybe I'm not doing things right, I'm not following the steps, but then I think no, things always happen the way they should ...
Views: 515(1 vote) - Life after Death - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: When your physical body passes, does your energy simply return to the One Source, becoming everything, and nothing, as your own consciousness merges with Go, or do you continue your spiritual journey in the eternal here and now with the ability to consciously merge and separate your ...
Views: 515(2 votes) - Morning Motivation: Who Are You? - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe often read words from philosophers and spiritual Teachings telling us, “Know thyself.” People typically define their knowledge of self through their roles and the groups to which they belong. Someone might say, “I am a divorced white man, a truck driver, a father, an American, and a ...
Views: 515(3 votes) - The Most Important Thing for Mental Health - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhen considering the most important elements for mental health, a really basic one is often overlooked. It's not stress reduction, a healthy diet, exercise, healthy relationships, or taking your medications. What is it? When I worked at the state hospital, patients would be brought in by the ...
Views: 515 - 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 - How to Be Happier - Living Our Fairytales - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“I move from wish to wish in my life“ I realized, while in a shower, a couple of days ago. "I wish to do something, to be something, and my life moves in that direction. I wished to become a psychologist for a while, then I wished to become a designer, then I wished to become a freelance ...
Views: 514 - Mindfully Exercise Right Through Stress - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsNo matter what the challenges are that you are facing in your life, regular exercise moves you through stressful times with greater clarity, increased energy and a more positive outlook. And to benefit even more from exercise - get mindful. Exercise can be a form of meditation. And if you ...
Views: 514 - Own the Power of Your Self-Love! - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere is nothing more beautiful and powerful than a woman who truly loves herself. Most people would totally agree that this is true, and most of us can think of a woman like this, and nod our heads and say “Yes, she is both beautiful and powerful.” So if self-love gives you true beauty and ...
Views: 514 - Reclaiming Your Power: Insecurity - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere is an innate awkwardness to being human. With each decision we make, there is the potential for self-doubt and it is this-self doubt that forms the root of insecurity--a complex emotion that is a mix of equal parts inadequacy, isolation, fear, and hopelessness. Yet these feelings of ...
Views: 514(1 vote) - 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 - The G-Free Diet - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe’ve come a long way in the G-Free world. With great tasting products that also meet the needs of those following a G-Free Diet. Using the best, I designed AKA goodie bags for the audience of the View, and while you didn’t get one, I wanted to share what it contained. Then read on for some key ...
Views: 514(2 votes) - Older People Need More Sunshine - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA study from the University of Warwick in England shows that more time in the sun can help older people avoid diabetes and heart attacks (Diabetes Care, July 2009). They evaluated 3,262 people aged 50-70 years old in Beijing and Shanghai, China, and found that 94 percent were low in vitamin D ...
Views: 513(2 votes) - Open Mind - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWith all the activities our lives are dedicated to, it is easy and usual to overlook the fulfillment present in this actual moment. In service to our goal-oriented minds, we usually neglect to stop our internal chatter for even just a few seconds. When I use the word "stop" here, I am referring ...
Views: 513(2 votes) - Stock Piles of Guilt Free Yummy Foods for Your Organic Space! - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou have to have them. Face it; we all munch from time to time on unhealthy snacks. If we don't have guilt free yummy snacks on hand we resort to eating unhealthy and end up feeling guilty. Plan ahead and create a good organic space for your family! Guilt Free Snacks to Store (all organic of ...
Views: 513 - The Only Single in the Group - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: Within my circle of friends, all but one of us has a boyfriend. When we go out it's all the couples...and me. I love being with everyone but sometimes I feel so alone within the group. It's as if a spotlight is on me screaming "I'm the only one that doesn't have someone." What's the ...
Views: 513 - An Unwavering Connection to the Infinite - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThough much of who and what we are changes as we journey through life, our inherent worth remains constant. While the term self-worth is often used interchangeably with self-esteem, the two qualities are inherently different. Self-esteem is the measure of how you feel about yourself at a given ...
Views: 512(1 vote) - What is Prayer Meant to Be? - by Submitted on May 18, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThursday is National Day of Prayer, as mandated by Congress. What should President Obama do? Should he follow tradition and sign a ceremonial proclamation? Should he follow President George W. Bush's practice of hosting a formal White House event? Should he ignore it completely? Whether ...
Views: 512 - Where were you one year ago? - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2009 from Intent.com Authors"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun" ~ Katharine Hepburn Many of us spend a lot of time thinking about the future. We try to get things right. We set goals for ourselves and work hard to strive for them and we often do reach them. Consider where you were just one year ago. ...
Views: 512 - More Than Good Enough - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere’s an old adage that states that a mother is only as happy as her least happy child. I can attest to that. I have felt every scrape of the knee, disappointment, illness, and heartache my children have endured, and if one of them is sad, hurt or unhappy, at some level, so am I. Parenthood ...
Views: 511(1 vote) - Losing My Religion - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsQuestion: I need some clarity on a sensitive matter. I am 35 years old with 2 beautiful children and my own successful business. Since childhood I strongly believed (or led to believe) that going to church every day to the organised church activities is the path to salvation. After reading 5 ...
Views: 510(2 votes) - Staying Grounded in a Big City or Busy World - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Intent.com Authors1. Live simply and live deliberately. By choosing not to get caught up in the details of this fast-paced world, you are doing your part to slow down the . You will also discover that you have more time to enjoy being alive. 2. Stay in touch with yourself. Soul searching, meditation, and ...
Views: 510 - Use What’s Falling On You - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI heard a great story the other day that goes to the heart of how we need to deal with the challenges of our lives. A farmer had a mule. One day, that mule fell into a deep well. He was swimming as fast as he could, but the farmer couldn’t get him out. He knew that not only would the mule die, ...
Views: 510(2 votes) - A Fearless New Year: Ten Tips for How You Can Not Only Save Your Job, But Make a Big Splash at Work in 2009 - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWhile you were ringing in 2009, it’s likely that there was a dash of worry and stress mixed in with your champagne. With the economy in a full-blown recession and more companies announcing layoffs every day, you could practically feel your career trajectory dropping alongside the ball in Times ...
Views: 509(2 votes) - Everything is possible in nature - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI love being with nature, with trees, because of the way they relate. There is no "noise" in relationship with trees. There is no "little voice in my head", there are no stories, no "right way" to be, to talk, no "right thing to do". There is only space to be. There is no talking. I realized ...
Views: 509 - Shouldn't Every Day Be Earth Day? - by Submitted on May 31, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsSince 1970 when the first Earth Day was observed, we may have become more environmentally aware, but have we really accomplished much in the way of affecting significant change in the way we relate to our Mother? Seems like we've gone on trashing her just as badly, if not more, as we did before ...
Views: 509 - The Benefits of Tea - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe health benefits of green tea have been trumpeted in the media recently. Even though the claims may be exaggerated, if you're going to drink much of any beverage other than water, tea is probably your best choice. Tea is water plus phytochemicals including caffeine, and very little else ...
Views: 509 - How To Expand During The Current Contraction: Complete Your To-Do List - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOriginally published on The Huffington Post. Last week, we examined a way to expand during the current economic contraction. The tip had to do with taking stock of all the "stuff" you have at home, and giving some of it away to someone who could make good use of it. Did any of you try this? ...
Views: 508(1 vote) - It's Always When You Can Have Whatever You Want For Dinner, You're Never Hungry - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThere might be great self-help books for dads who have their kids every other weekend, how to act, what to think, tips for getting a six year old to eat cereal and milk made the wrong way because Mommy knows how to pour the milk in the bowl the right way, but I've never seen one. Of course, I ...
Views: 506(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) - Should I Stay or Should I Go? Determining Whether the 9-5 World Is For You - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsIf you believe the hype of many of the personal development blogs out there, figuring out your passion, kissing the 9-5 world goodbye and working for yourself is the best way to find happiness. But is it really? Self-employment has some serious drawbacks. Even if you put yourself on a ...
Views: 506(1 vote) - Do You Have Metabolic Syndrome? - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsMetabolic syndrome, also called insulin resistance syndrome, is a dangerous thing to have. It is a combination of symptoms including: Abdominal obesity (excessive fat tissue in and around the abdomen). Blood fat disorders like high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol and high LDL ...
Views: 505(1 vote) - Have a Heart - Everyday - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsA woman approached me recently with the idea of purchasing hearts for an entire school that helps support her autistic son. I was so taken by the gesture, first of all, and geared up to get those hearts to them by Valentine's Day. She politely told me that it did NOT need to happen by ...
Views: 505 - Morning Motivation: You Are Supported! - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsOne of my favorite movies is “About a Boy,” in which a teenage boy decides that the social support shared by only two family members (the boy and his struggling single mother) is not enough. If something happened to one of those family members, what would happen to the other? Through the rest of ...
Views: 505(3 votes) - Our biggest "toxic asset": ideology - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe government is trying to solve the problem of toxic assets that have infected America's biggest banks. But apparently it hasn't disinfected its own toxic asset — political ideology. It was ideology that made House Republicans vote against the first bailout in September, a bailout proposed by ...
Views: 505 - Tai Chi for the New Year - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThis morning I got a phone call from a student to reschedule his private tai chi lesson. He’s done a lot of that lately, and when I said so he replied that it was a bit hard for him to afford the lessons just now. This particular student is well employed and earning strongly, in fact just the ...
Views: 505(1 vote) - Spiritualizing The Planet - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe are one with the cosmos whether we realize it or not. Realizing it, though, quickens our spiritual energy and allows us access to higher realms. In those higher realms lies the awareness that we are more than just finite physical beings living one life in one place at one point in time. ...
Views: 504(1 vote) - Turn Stress Into Strength - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe economy is in a downward spiral. Perhaps, someone you know is laid off from work or maybe it’s you. Your home might be filled with clutter, possessions you don’t use or even know you have, and the bills are piling up on your desk. It’s time for some plastic surgery – cutting a few credit ...
Views: 504 - 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 - Appreciating Everyday - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHere's the thing to know about love, sometimes it feels great, like a sunny day in the Northwest after 26 days of rain, but sometimes it feels like the early stages of flu- unsettled, achy, loss of appetite. Ok, well maybe not as bad as the flu, but love lives can be irritating, like an insect ...
Views: 502 - Is Your Focus Making You a Victim of the Economy? - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsThe Drunk Monkey (your mind) is a survival machine. It's job is to protect you from possible destruction. Therefore, its totally addicted to the news. The news organizations have realized that sensationalized news hooks their viewers Drunk Monkey's. The news has no commitment to truth. It has ...
Views: 501(1 vote) - Staying Calm in Rough Financial Waters - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWe are in a period of history where many people feel agitated and insecure about what is going to happen to our climate and to our worldwide financial structure. I speak to people everyday who are scared. On the other hand, some people feel that we are getting a huge wake up call and need to ...
Views: 501 - The Secret of Happiness - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2009 from Intent.com Authors“Alright, the secret of happiness is simple: find out what you truly love to do and then direct all of your energy towards doing it.” ~ Robin Sharma from The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari We’ll get right to the point here: WHAT DO YOU TRULY LOVE?!? And what % of your energy are you putting ...
Views: 501(2 votes) - What Is Wellness? You Know You Are Well When You're Practicing These 10 Wellness Behaviors... - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsWellness has nothing to do with your external circumstances! You know you are "well" when you find yourself: 1. Approaching healing and life as an opportunity to constantly reorganize into a more dynamic, aware and responsive you. 2. Fully experiencing and accepting your core nature, ...
Views: 501(1 vote) - I May Be A Complete Idiot But I've Never Lost $645 Million Every Day For An Entire Quarter - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI have bought low and sold lower. I have bought high and sold low. I never have bought low and sold high and frankly, if I did the shock would probably kill me. I have built businesses, blown up businesses, learned from failure and still hope to learn from success. However, one thing I've ...
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