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- ***The Last Thought on your Mind Before you Die Determines your Next Birth … And How you can Start Preparing for your Transition Today - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneAccording to Hindu tradition, the last thought on our mind before we die determines our next birth. Now, the Integrated Ascended Master realizes that the whole purpose of life is to break free from the wheel of rebirth altogether by taking our ascension. Ascension is the process of restoring ...
Views: 2683 - ***Three Things you can Do to Protect Yourself from Negative Thought Forms - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneWe live in a world where unfortunately most people are not in control of their thinking. They are run by their lower self and subconscious mind and mostly think thoughts based on fear and attack. Not realizing that their thoughts are not contained within a box but actually go out there into the ...
Views: 2670(1 vote) - ***What is the Synthesis Ashram? - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe Synthesis Ashram is an ashram or teaching center on the inner plane which originally was headed by the Ascended Master Djwhal Khul, and which now is headed by one of Djwhal Khul’s senior students, Dr Joshua David Stone. Every Ascended Master has such a teaching center and ashram on the ...
Views: 2669 - ***Simple Self-love Visualization - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneMake yourself comfortable, preferably sitting on a chair with your feet firmly on the floor, making sure your arms and legs are uncrossed, and your spine straight. Imagine a golden light all around you spreading out as far around you and as high above you as you can visualize it. This is a ...
Views: 2653(1 vote) - *** Simple Meditation and Creative Visualization to Connect with your Spirit Guide - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneMake yourself comfortable, preferably sitting on a chair with your feet firmly on the floor, making sure your arms and legs are uncrossed, and your spine straight. Imagine a golden light all around you spreading out as far around you and as high above you as you can visualize it. This is a ...
Views: 2638(1 vote) - ***Who are the Pleidians? - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe Pleidians are an advanced civilization in our galaxy that comes from a star cluster in the constellation Taurus which is about 500 light years from Earth. They are devoted to unconditional love and service. They are dedicated to help humanity evolve because they realize that we are all ...
Views: 2631 - *** Self-love Affirmations - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneIt is not possible to be right with another person or the world without first learning to be right with self. Getting right with self begins with having self-love. Self-love begins with a proper philosophy and state of mind. For your enjoyment, here are seven affirmations you can say to yourself ...
Views: 2606(1 vote) - ***Chanting Mantras as a Tool to Connect with the Divine Within - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneChanting is the process of rhythmically saying or singing words or sounds of power. You can chant a mantra, a holy text, the name of God, of an Ascended Master, Angel or saint. You can chant anything you want to align with. You can do it alone or in groups, during the day or during ...
Views: 2605(1 vote) - ***Parable by Sathya Sai Baba on “The Greatest Sacrifice” - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneBuddha used to keep with him always a rattle-drum. His disciples once asked him, "Master, why are you always keeping this rattle-drum by your side?" Buddha replied, "I shall play on this drum the day a person who has made the greatest sacrifice approaches me." Everyone was eager to know who ...
Views: 2600(1 vote) - ***Numerology Affirmations - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneNumerology is a science unto itself. Essentially, all of creation is built upon numbers. For your enjoyment we have created some numerology affirmations for you. Enjoy! 1. #0: I am undivided infinity. 2. #1: I am one with All That Is. 3. #2: I successfully transcend all dualities of life ...
Views: 2594 - ***The Law of Karma Spans over Lifetimes - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe law of karma spans over lifetimes. Nothing is ever lost. Everything we put out in life comes back to us. Some of what we put out comes back sooner, in the same lifetime, whereas other causes we set return to us in a future lifetime. God’s laws are not limited by time and space. And so the ...
Views: 2580 - ***Seven Tips to Become Financially Wealthy - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe Integrated Ascended Master seeks to become financially wealthy so he can use the money in service of humanity and to help manifest the Divine Plan on Earth. For your enjoyment here are seven tips to become financially wealthy: 1. Claim your personal power! No one in this world will go far ...
Views: 2579(2 votes) - ***How to have Certainty in an Uncertain World - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneWe are living in an uncertain world and in uncertain times. And deep inside of us, this uncertainty makes us long for certainty in our lives. The only thing that is certain in this world and that can give us the certainty we so deeply desire is our true Self. Our true Self is eternally the ...
Views: 2532(1 vote) - ***Psychic Abilities – Curse or Blessing? - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneMany Lightworkers, as they awaken, develop psychic abilities. However, what most Lightworkers don’t understand is that there is both a higher and lower aspect to psychism. Most Lightworkers, not understanding the psychological level of the ascension process and not understanding that the ...
Views: 2521 - ***Don’t compare and compete with others - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneIt is okay to compare ourselves with ourselves to measure our Spiritual growth, but it is not okay to compare ourselves with others. The negative ego and lower self, not understanding that our self-love and self-worth come from who we are and not from what we do, literally live by comparison ...
Views: 2510 - ***Creative Visualization to Restore Balance and Harmony - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneClose your eyes and take a few deep breaths. As you breathe in, breathe in the Light of God and as you breathe out, breathe out all that is not of the Divine. In your mind’s eye now imagine a beautiful nature scene. You see butterflies flying through the air, birds singing in the sky and a ...
Views: 2485(1 vote) - ***Any Crisis is an Opportunity to Change Direction in your Life - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneAny crisis is an opportunity for healing. The word “crisis” comes from the Greek and means “turning point in a disease.” So a crisis is truly an opportunity for a turning point in our lives. However, most people don’t realize their crises as an opportunity and so the opportunity is lost. ...
Views: 2479 - *** Examples of Blind Spots in Channels and Psychics - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe biggest blind spot in channels today is negative ego interference – their own lower self and fear-based mind is interfering with their channelled messages. An example of such a channelling would be the fear-creating messages of planetary destruction, physical pole shifts and the likes. These ...
Views: 2476(1 vote) - *** The Buddhic Plane is the Habitat of the Higher Self or Oversoul - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe plane next above the mental plane is the buddhic plane. It is the habitat of the Higher Self or Oversoul. The buddhic plane is also called the causal plane because it is the realm of causation. From this plane the Soul can see the causes that it has set in motion and the steps that need ...
Views: 2476 - ***The Inner Plane Ascended Masters are Here to Serve us, and We are Here to Serve Them - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe Ascended Masters of the Spiritual Hierarchy have their own lives on the planes or realms they live. They have their own interests and growth objectives. However, part of what they do is to be actively involved in the evolution of humanity, as well as the Earth as a whole. So they are here to ...
Views: 2473(1 vote) - ***Ascension is the Process of our Soul or Spirit Ascending Back Home to God - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneWe are the Soul and ultimately the Spirit that inhabits the four-body-system during (re)incarnation upon the planes of matter. We can raise the frequencies of our physical, etheric, emotional and lower mental bodies through integrated self-mastery and meditation. As we work on our Spiritual, ...
Views: 2472 - *** Creative Visualization and Soul Travel Journey with the Angels - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneClose your eyes, taking in a deep breath, breathing out all negative energies and relaxing your whole body. See yourself now standing in front of a beautiful Crystal Palace. This Palace is made entirely from quartz crystal. It stands majestically in front of you, sparkling and emanating the ...
Views: 2458(1 vote) - ***The Astral Plane is an Illusionary Plane - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe astral plane is a world unto itself. It is much like the physical plane except that things have a greater lustre. A very, very long time ago when humanity was still very unevolved, one could travel at night to the astral plane (in the astral body) to receive learning and do service work. ...
Views: 2453 - ***Sai Baba on Blows of Fate, Disaster, Solving Problems, and Why ETs don’t just Materialize Themselves in the World - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneWith regards to blows of fate, disaster, solving problems, and karma, Sai Baba, the Avatar from India, said: “Any instant solution would go against the fundamental quality of nature itself as well as the karmic law of cause and effect. Most people live in the material world of their desires ...
Views: 2452 - ***To See Things Change in the World, we Must Change the Way we See Things - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneIn order to see things change in the world, we must change the way we see things! The Integrated Ascended Master realizes that the world we see is a projection of our own thinking. What we see in the world is determined by our own thinking. There is a way of thinking that can give us ...
Views: 2444(3 votes) - ***Self-love Affirmations to Help you Fall in Love with Yourself - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneFor your enjoyment, here are some affirmations that you can work with to help you develop self-love. Say them out loud at least twice a day, for 21 days – without missing a day. If you miss a day, start over again from day one. It is unwritten law of the mind that whatever we do for 21 days ...
Views: 2434(2 votes) - ***Why so many Lightworkers are so easily deceived - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneLightworkers are often very naïve and easily deceived by so-called Spiritual teachers because: 1. They have not been trained in Spiritual psychology. 2. They do not understand the fragmentation that can take place between the Superconscious, conscious and subconscious minds. 3. They have ...
Views: 2430 - *** Buddha’s Four Noble Truth Affirmations - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneAn Integrated Ascended Master is a Living Buddha. As such, he makes a conscious effort to practice Buddha’s Four Noble Truths to the best of his ability, in all ways and all things. For your enjoyment, we have put Buddha’s advice into affirmations for you: 1. I recognize that all things ...
Views: 2424 - ***A Few Words of Caution and Guidance on Channelling and Psychism - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneStay away from the lower psychic plane and dimension! It is a huge blind spot in the consciousness of Lightworkers in general to think that just because someone has passed over that they are any more evolved than they were on Earth. Our consciousness remains basically the same before and after ...
Views: 2421(1 vote) - ***Every encounter is a holy encounter - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2012 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe phrase “holy encounter” comes from A Course in Miracles. To practice the holy encounter means to regard every encounter with another person as holy: as God meeting God, Christ meeting Christ, Buddha meeting Buddha, Eternal Self meeting Eternal Self. To look at every person you meet as ...
Views: 2418 - ***Never give your power away to anyone or anything - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2012 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneMost people in this world feel powerless. They give their power away to other people, outside situations, their emotions, physical body, subconscious mind, inner child, lower self desires, dreams, the weather, and so forth. Never give your power away! Not even to God and the Ascended ...
Views: 2418(1 vote) - ***The Beginning Stages of the Soul’s Evolution - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneWhen the Soul starts out its reincarnation process, the Soul is just beginning to gain experience in the physical worlds. It takes some rounds of birth and rebirth until the Soul gradually develops awareness. During these early stages, the emotional or astral body is hardly developed. It ...
Views: 2397 - ***Who are the Elohim? - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe Elohim are known as the co-creator gods who created the world by the will of God. Together with the Angels they form the left and right hand of God. There are Elohim on each of the Seven Rays. Their names are: - First Ray Elohim: Hercules and Amazonia - Second Ray Elohim: Apollo and ...
Views: 2375 - ***The Substance of the Mental Plane is Composed of Very Refined Thought Substance - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe substance of the mental plane is composed of very refined thought substance. It is extremely pliable and reactive to the intent with which we fashion it. The matter of the mental plane responds directly to our thoughts. That’s how thoughts become things, as Edgar Cayce said. Although, ...
Views: 2369(1 vote) - ***Affirmations to Help you have Happiness and Inner Peace … And the Secret to Reprogram the Subconscious Mind with Godspeed - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneWhatever you want in life is yours for the claiming! You claim something by affirming it! Say the following affirmations every morning and every night for 21 days and experience happiness and inner peace. 1. I own my personal power and self-mastery at all times, in all ways and all ...
Views: 2358(1 vote) - ***The Power of Negative Self-talk - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneMost people in the world today don’t realize how powerful their words are. Words are spoken thoughts. Thoughts are things! God created the world by the power of His Word, and so do we! Most people practice negative self-talk, day in and day out. And then they wonder why their lives are not ...
Views: 2357 - ***How can I build my light quotient? - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneSpiritual initiations are indicators of light quotient. So if you want to take higher and higher levels of initiation, you will have to raise your overall light quotient. Logically, the next question now is, “How can I build my light quotient?” Here is to give you an idea: We build our ...
Views: 2348 - ***Three Prerequisites to Succeed in Meditation - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe purpose of meditation is to help us realize union with God and our God Self (also called: Monad or Mighty I AM Presence or Eternal Self). The purpose of meditation is to reveal our True Self. We are one with God – always have been, always will be, and are so right now. We are our God ...
Views: 2341(3 votes) - ***What is Karma? And Why all Karma is Neutral in Truth… - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe Master Jesus said, “As ye sow, so shall ye reap.” The Kybalion says, “Every cause has its effect; ever effect has its cause; everything happens according to law; chance is but a name for law not recognized; there are many planes of causation, but nothing escapes the law.” In Eastern ...
Views: 2321(1 vote) - ***It is Neither Normal nor Necessary to Have Negative Feelings and Emotions - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneContrary to popular opinion it is neither normal nor necessary to have negative feelings and emotions. All negative feelings and emotions come from negative thinking and wrong points of view. Period. It is our thoughts and interpretation that create our feelings and emotions. Negative ...
Views: 2313(1 vote) - ***Karma is a Gift, not a Punishment - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneKarma is the law of cause and effect. This cause can be set in motion by an individual, a group of individuals, or by the planet as a whole. The effect can be both “positive” and “negative” depending on the cause we set. So even though most people speak of karma as being “bad karma”, there is ...
Views: 2308(1 vote) - ***Ascension is the Process of Descending our Mighty I AM Presence or God Self into the Earthly World - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneAscension is not a process of leaving the Earth behind and going to a “better place” somewhere up in the sky, it is a process of descending our Mighty I AM Presence or God Self into the world of form. So despite the seeming preoccupation with the Spiritual realm, ascension is the process of ...
Views: 2304 - ***Checklist of Twelve Questions to Ask Yourself before Communicating - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe Integrated Ascended Master thinks before he talks because he realizes that his words have power. For your enjoyment, here is a checklist of twelve questions to ask yourself before communicating: 1. How will it be received what I have to share? 2. Is the other person open to hearing ...
Views: 2291(1 vote) - *** Karma is Effectuated through the so-called Permanent Atoms - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneWe each have a physical/etheric, astral/emotional, mental and Spiritual body, sometimes jointly called the “four-body-system.” Within each of these four bodies are so-called permanent atoms. They are called permanent atoms because they are permanent in the sense of recording our every thought, ...
Views: 2282 - ***Gold is Tried in Fire, People by God … and Why you Should Strive to be a Master rather than a Disaster - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneEarth is a mystery school. Every school naturally comes with its sets of tests. So does Earth school. Earth is a Spiritual school teaching us to practice the presence of God both in body, mind, emotion and Spirit. It is teaching us to become a living Integrated Ascended Master. It is teaching ...
Views: 2281(1 vote) - *** Who is the Ashtar Command? - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe Asthar Command is another advanced extraterrestrial civilization that is dedicated to both serve and protect humanity. They form part of the unified Federation of Planets and serve as military deploy in space. So they not only protect Planet Earth but many other planets as well. The ...
Views: 2279(1 vote) - ***Creative visualization and meditation with Kuan Yin to clear energy remnants after a fight - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneClose your eyes taking in a deep breath, breathing out all tensions and all negative and misqualified energies. Relax and let go of anything that is not of God. Imagine yourself now walking towards a beautiful Temple of Peace in the inner realms. You see this beautiful temple situated in a ...
Views: 2273(1 vote) - ***The Probationary Path is a Path of Preparation to Prepare the Incarnated Soul for the First Initiation - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe probationary path is a path of preparation to prepare the incarnated Soul for the first initiation. The Soul upon the probationary path very slowly begins to tune in to the Higher Self, and in turn, the Higher Self vaguely begins to turn its attention to the incarnated Soul. At this ...
Views: 2271 - ***Which Chakras are connected to which endocrine glands? - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2012 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneEach Chakra is connected with an endocrine gland. Imbalanced glands are indicators of imbalanced Chakras: Crown Chakra: pituitary gland Third Eye Chakra: pineal gland Throat Chakra: thyroid gland Heart Chakra: thymus gland Solar Plexus Chakra: lyden gland Sacral Chakra: adrenal ...
Views: 2268(2 votes) - ***Seven Simple Physical Action Steps you can Take to Advance on the Path of Integrated Ascension - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe Spiritual path is the path of integration. That’s why those who master it are called “Integrated” Ascended Masters. The Integrated Ascended Master integrates physical action steps to ensure self-mastery over the physical body and Earth life. For your enjoyment, here are seven simple ...
Views: 2263(1 vote) - ***Seven Simple Physical Action Steps you can Take to Advance on the Path of Integrated Ascension - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe Spiritual path is the path of integration. That’s why those who master it are called “Integrated” Ascended Masters. The Integrated Ascended Master integrates physical action steps to ensure self-mastery over the physical body and Earth life. For your enjoyment, here are seven simple ...
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