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- How I Got Into The Law Of Attraction Serendipitously - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2014 from Penny CohenIn a previous blog, I mentioned my spontaneous mystical experience which was similar to a Near Death Experience of feeling a a radiance surround me like soft pins and needles embracing me and a love and warmth enter into me. It was the feeling of unconditional love – love without having ...
Views: 1042 - Searching For Tinglies - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2014 from Penny CohenYou’re 40 years old and married 15 years. You have two children. Your husband/wife is climbing the corporate ladder or is a stay at home parent and is a nurturing, and attentive, parent to your children. You’re living in a beautiful home, and have a relatively comfortable lifestyle. Then you ...
Views: 931 - Rageing To Sageing - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2014 from Penny CohenRage is running ramped. People are angry about everything; not having enough money, time, sex, intimacy, energy, support systems, friends, pleasing environments, circumstances, rest and relaxation. The rage is about not having enough, doing enough, being enough. It’s feeling powerless, not being ...
Views: 861 - How To Pray Effectively - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2014 from Penny CohenLast year there was an article in the New York Times Magazine section by Zev Chafets titled “Is there a right way to Pray?” I don’t know if there is a right or wrong way to pray. But I do know an effective way to pray. To pray effectively first we have to determine what prayer is and to ...
Views: 896 - Faith And Trust: A Conversation - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2014 from Penny CohenIn discussing the concept of letting go and having faith and trust with a student in one of my groups she stated that she believed in God but was also afraid of God. She said, “I know you are supposed to let go and let God. But I can’t trust in a God that punishes.” I asked her, “What ...
Views: 774 - Relationship Intimacy: Partners Coaching Each Other Towards Intimacy - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2013 from Penny CohenDo you love your partner but don’t feel like you are “in love” anymore?” At the beginning of a relationship there’s usually the lusting romantic stage. Two people are so totally into each other there’s a magnetism and craving to be together. You feel like you know each others’ thoughts and ...
Views: 1017 - Oneness: Living In Divine Paradise - by Submitted on May 11, 2013 from Penny CohenOneness with the Divine means being in Divine Paradise. From a Kabbalistic perspective it means to be in the endless light and relate from Oneness. In Christianity it might be staying devoted to Jesus, the personification of love. In Sufism it is a connection to a merciful God. They all carry ...
Views: 774 - Oneness: Living In Divine Paradise - by Submitted on May 11, 2013 from Penny CohenOneness with the Divine means being in Divine Paradise. From a Kabbalistic perspective it means to be in the endless light and relate from Oneness. In Christianity it might be staying devoted to Jesus, the personification of love. In Sufism it is a connection to a merciful God. They all carry ...
Views: 809 - Matters Of Perception: Mysticism, Illusion, and Magical living - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2013 from Penny CohenWhile babysitting for my six year old granddaughter one afternoon we were playing a game. Then I saw her head shirk and she looked around, “Is this all a dream?” she asked out of the blue. “What do you mean?” I asked her. She reiterated, “Is this all?” She pointed around the room, “Is ...
Views: 1471 - Upper Limit Setpoints: How We Sabotage Success - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2012 from Penny CohenA few weeks ago I added a facebook post discussing breaking through our Upper Limit Setpoints. Several people asked what that meant. Upper limit setpoint is a term coined by Gay Hendricks, co-founder of the Hendricks Institute. They are the unconscious restrictions we put on ourselves to keep ...
Views: 1047 - Success: A Deeper Understanding - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2012 from Penny CohenWhen my ex husband left thirty years ago I panicked. I was the traditional housewife and mother with no college education, no means of support and little sense of myself. The women’s movement was in full force. Liberation meant having a career and being financially independent. Like many of ...
Views: 1532 - Luck: Do we make our own luck or does it happen by chance? - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2012 from Penny CohenMany years ago at my High School graduation right after moving the tassels on our hats, we greeted our families. Before reaching his family, my friend Rob stopped to say hello to my relatives. My aunt walked over to wish us good luck. Rob automatically said, “I don’t need luck. I’ll make my ...
Views: 951 - What Is The God You Don’t Believe In? - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2011 from Penny CohenWhen people tell me they don’t believe in God, I usually ask, “What is the God you don’t believe in?” I’ll often get these answers: “The God that rewards and punishes.” “The God that’s supposed to take care of you.” “The God that answers your prayers.” “The God that’s there for ...
Views: 901 - What Is The God You Don’t Believe In? - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2011 from Penny CohenWhen people tell me they don’t believe in God, I usually ask, “What is the God you don’t believe in?” I’ll often get these answers: “The God that rewards and punishes.” “The God that’s supposed to take care of you.” “The God that answers your prayers.” “The God that’s there for ...
Views: 966 - What Makes A Genius? Personal Kabbalah And The Highest Learning - by Submitted on May 20, 2011 from Penny CohenWhat makes a genius? Einstein said, “My comprehension of God comes from the deeply felt conviction of a superior intelligence that reveals itself in the knowable world.” We all have access to this genius state where we experience inner wisdom, increased intelligence and creativity, and ...
Views: 1487 - The Guided Life - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2011 from Penny CohenWhat does it mean to have a guided life? It means to feel supported, guided and blessed internally. That happens when we do our Divine work. Divine work is the work of love: It’s loving yourself, loving others, loving work, loving life and loving God. I think of the word GOD as an acronym ...
Views: 1077 - Coming Out Of The Closet With God: A God Of Love - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Penny CohenI noticed for years that many contemporary personal development and spiritual coaches, leaders and authors tend to avoid using the word God in their work. Instead, they use words like Universal flow, Source, Higher Consciousness, Higher Power, Love, Vortex, Oneness, etc. I know the word God can ...
Views: 1014 - Mysticism: I am God, Right God? - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2011 from Penny CohenOne day while doing a presentation I made the rash statement to the group. I said, “I believe I am God,” then I looked up, “Right God?” Of course I got grimaces, frowns and rumblings in the audience. I overhead someone telling another, “She thinks she’s God. Is she an ego maniac or just ...
Views: 1026 - Healing Into Life: Obstacles To Healing And How TO Overcome Them - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2011 from Penny CohenYears ago, before becoming a spiritually oriented psychotherapist I took a workshop on relationships. An exercise we did was to pair off with someone we didn’t know and share a secret. The woman I partnered with said, “I’ve been ill and I have a belief that the ultimate healing is death. I ...
Views: 1782(1 vote) - Kabbalah: Personal & Practical Application - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2011 from Penny CohenSince writing the book Personal Kabbalah: 32 Paths to Inner Peace and Life Purpose, many people ask me what I think of Madonna and her involvement in Kabbalah. And they further ask what is Kabbalah? What are the benefits of studying it? And, how do I get started? What is ...
Views: 1916(1 vote) - Mystical Experience Or Nervous Breakdown?: How I Turned From Atheist And Pessimist to Believer And Optimist - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2011 from Penny CohenMYSTICAL EXPERIENCE OR NERVOUS BREAKDOWN?: How I Turned From Atheist And Pessimist To Believer And Optimist And Opened To A New World And A New Life. When people ask me now who I work with and what I do, I tell them, “I do business with God. She tells me what I think." I got the job when I ...
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