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- You Are Ruining Your Health - One Breath at a Time - by Did you know that the United States Environmental Protection Agency reports that:
Indoor air quality is on average two to five times more polluted, and sometimes 100 times more polluted, than outdoor air!
Well, I've lived my adult life by one simple rule: I don't put anything unhealthy into ...
Views: 1048 - How Do You Treat Others? - by When others are angry with you, loving to you, critical of you, and so on, do you treat them the same? We tend to treat others, except those in a position of authority or power over us, the same way they treat us.
Let's say you enter a restaurant expecting great service and a tasty meal. The ...
Views: 1233 - Are You A Success Or A Failure? - by No human being is ever a failure. Things such as machinery, equipment and devices fail. People do not fail. The word "failure" should be never be applied to human beings. We did not fail to climb the mountain, we simply did not climb it for one reason or another.
There always have been and ...
Views: 902 - New Online Psychological/Spiritual Self-Help Process - by New Online Psychological/Spiritual Self-Help Process www.theuniversalgenerator.co.nz
Launched: December 2001
The Universal Generator is a new and unique self-help process that goes to the core dynamics of consciousness and spiritual health. It is simple, belief-free and holistic.
The ...
Views: 1230(1 vote) - You Are In Control! - by You may well question the statement made in the title of this article. There are many who feel they have little or no control over their lives. That things happen to them which are totally beyond their control.
We all have control of our lives. No one else controls our thoughts or our ...
Views: 864 - The Power Of Thought - by Ancient manuscripts and various religious writings have long propounded the power of thought.
Studies of the writings of Aristotle, Buddha, Plato, Epictetus, the Bible, the Bhagavad Gita and other ancient manuscripts and individuals and religions show the power of thought has been known for ...
Views: 1304 - What Is Average? - by You might say that, on an average, if a person has one foot on a hot stove and the other in a bucket of ice, he is comfortable. See the fallacy in that statement?
Or, the statement saying the average family has two and a half children. What happened to the other half of a child?
What defines ...
Views: 802 - The Power Of No! - by How often do we find ourselves in awkward situations we could have avoided simply by saying "no"? It is only after getting into those situations that we remember the simple act of saying "no" would have kept us totally out of them.
Your time and peace of mind are invaluable. There are times ...
Views: 1192 - Expectations - by We expect people and circumstances to conform to our desires. Is this realistic?
We have limited control over circumstances or other people. People normally do the best they are capable of doing at that particular moment. Circumstances and events happen over which we have little or no control. ...
Views: 774 - Your Mountains - by What is the mountain in your life? Or is it an entire mountain range? This basically applies to the challenges in your life.
We all have different challenges. Some of us have too much month and not enough income. Others have health challenges. There are those who have mental or physical ...
Views: 896 - How Do You See Things? - by Most of us see circumstances through our own biased perceptions. We see them based on our beliefs and experiences. No two people will see the same event in the same manner.
Proof of this lies in the fact you can take statements concerning an accident from 20 people and none of the versions ...
Views: 1402 - What Is The Meaning Of Life? - by The purpose of life is that which you give it. Its meaning is different for each and every one of us. My definition of the meaning of life is very likely not the same as yours. You may agree with some parts of what I consider to be the intent of life, however it is unlikely you will agree with ...
Views: 1672 - Does It Really Matter? - by We are all involved in this game called life and we will have our challenges and successes. One thing that will have great bearing on our attitude and lives is how we treat those challenges and successes.
Have you ever had one of those days where nothing seems to go right? What was your ...
Views: 684 - Are You Living Your Own Life? - by Most would say yes to that question. Let's take a closer look at it. When you fill your life with the evening news, television, movies and fantasy books, what have you added to your life which is truly beneficial?
Very little. Most of the news to which you are exposed is simply a repeat of ...
Views: 902 - Are We To Crumble In The Presence Of Terrorism? - by A number of people have decided to forego business as usual because of the recent terrorist attacks on the USA which have caused untold loss of life and property and enormous grief.
This has been another "shot heard around the world." The aftermath affects us all and will be far-reaching.
We ...
Views: 906 - Is There No End To Inhumane Actions? - by Today's attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon are yet another striking example of humankind's inhumanity to humankind. Is there no end to it?
When will we learn to live in peace with compassion for each other?
We must start with ourselves. Why? Because that is where everything ...
Views: 805 - Life Is? - by Life is anything we believe it to be. We can deem it unbearable, joyful beyond belief, or anything in between. Why is this so? Why do different people react in totally different ways to the same situation or set of circumstances?
It must be our attitude toward and outlook on life. There are ...
Views: 912 - What Is The Key To Success? - by Is it knowledge, money, physique, intelligence, persistence, commitment, charisma, enthusiasm, skill, desire, need or attitude?
Or is it some combination of these?
All of these have a bearing on success. Your attitude does much to define your level of success.
You may have any or all of ...
Views: 1155 - Looks Can Be Deceiving! - by Are things black, white or gray, or do our perceptions color them? You see something on a trail in the twilight and immediately think it to be a snake. It is only when you further investigate that you find it is only a harmless piece of rope.
You observe a person wearing outrageous clothing or ...
Views: 3840 - Self-Improvement As It Applies To You - by How does self-improvement apply to each of us? There is no one system or technique which applies equally across the board. There are numerous books, articles, teachers, techniques and schools of thought to guide us in our quest for self- improvement.
There are a number of common threads ...
Views: 811 - Whose Standards? - by By whose standards do we live our lives? Much depends on the circumstances in which we find ourselves.
One who is drowning has no use for water, whereas another dying of thirst in the desert would give everything and anything for a sip of water.
A wealthy individual has no need to find a few ...
Views: 1036 - Want Some Real Excitement? - by Should you be seeking real excitement, try calming the tornado of thoughts flying through your mind. That is the heighth of excitement.
It's easy enough to do. Start with the thoughts you have at this precise moment. As soon as you identify one, drop it and move on the next arriving thought. ...
Views: 836 - What Do We Really Seek In Life? - by How many of us truly know what we seek in our lives? Do we confuse our desires and wants with our needs?
Are we really seeking that new home, job, car, boat, vacation (you may add anything you can imagine to this list)? Or are we seeking the "peace that passeth all understanding"?
We are ...
Views: 1095 - Does It Really Matter? - by Have you ever had one of those days where nothing seems to go right? What was your reaction? Some of us shrug off the petty things and some react violently. But do those things really matter?
There is a way of looking at those things that greatly smoothes the bumps of life you encounter. When ...
Views: 964 - Are You A Perfectionist? - by There are those of us who wish for every single thing to be absolutely perfect before we move. We believe in perfection and strive for perfection. Is there such a thing as perfection or is it only an illusion we have accepted as being real?
In reality and in nature, is anything truly perfect? ...
Views: 727 - Through The Eyes Of A Child - by I have often wished to once again be able to see the world through the eyes of a child. The child has a natural curiosity and awe of the mysteries of the world. It wants to know the why and how of everything. It has prejudged nothing. All is fresh and new.
Then, life happens. Adults and other ...
Views: 1047 - Nothing Is As Good (Or As Bad) As It Seems! - by We often think it would be good to win or inherit several million dollars. Why? For starters, we could pay off all our debts, travel around the world, purchase that magnificent mansion we have always wanted, acquire the automobiles of our dreams and obtain just about anything else money can buy. ...
Views: 2236 - Has Human Nature Really Changed Over The Centuries? - by We look around us at all the marvels of modern technology and all the great inventions and believe that things have greatly changed over the centuries. It is true that outer circumstances have changed and the average person of today has more luxury than a king of olden times.
Human nature is ...
Views: 982 - Is Life Fair? - by How we look at life depends greatly on our circumstances. When we are happy, healthy and have sufficient money for all of our needs and wants, we think life is more than fair.
Put the shoe on the other foot where we are unhappy, sickly and constantly worried about money, and we deem life to be ...
Views: 819 - Change, You, And The Internet! - by It is strange that most of us fight change and are unwilling to go along with anything new or different. Perhaps it is because we are frightened by it. We always prefer to cling to the known and familiar.
Where would we be today if everyone had always clung to the known and familiar? There ...
Views: 830 - Our Hidden Faces - by Whether we like to admit it or not, we all have many faces and most of them are hidden from others (and some from ourselves).
We put on one face when we are courting someone with romance in mind, another face when we are angry, another face when we think we are in control of someone, and yet ...
Views: 1033 - Do You Take On The Problems of Others? - by How many of us either willingly or unwillingly try to solve the problems of others? It seems to be a common trait of humanity that our own problems are not enough, we have to also take on other people's problems.
We do not realize we cannot solve the problems of others because we did not ...
Views: 1717 - How Do You Handle A Bad Day? - by Actually there is no such thing as a bad or a good day. Nothing is either good or bad unless your thinking makes it so.
Let's say you are in a bad traffic jam and on your way to a very important meeting. Your thoughts immediately turn to the dire consequences of being late for or missing the ...
Views: 740 - Your Life Is Like A River! - by Your life begins small, something like the drops of rain which become small streams and eventually great rivers which flow into the ocean.
Like these streams and rivers, we encounter obstacles and challenges. The streams and rivers overcome these obstacles by wearing them down or finding a ...
Views: 17121(1 vote) - Stop the Panic! The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook - by In other themestream articles, I've written about my anxiety disorder. The disorder can consist of many things. Mine consists of generalized anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and phobias. The book I'm going to review just doesn't talk about what anxiety is but simple ways to combat the ...
Views: 973 - Spiritual Awareness vs. Prozac© - by Spiritual Awareness vs. Prozac©
My eyes open to the morning light and a sense of doom invades me. I know this feeling well. No major crisis has occurred and yet some void or hole swallows me up in depressive thoughts and feelings. Am I truly depressed, beyond the help of my own awareness and ...
Views: 1076 - Living With Intention - by There's an interesting thing that happens in our lives when we decide on goals. We feel crisper and sharper. Our sense are honed. We begin to measure the world by a different barometer.
Most of us are accustomed to mundane goals and how to measure them: Lose weight; get on a scale. Save for a ...
Views: 697 - Winding Your Spiritual Clock - by As we evolve our consciousness, we also evolve a special gift. We become closer to the mysteries. We’re more in touch with the elemental flow, with the sacred and hidden pulse that makes life happen, with the synchronicities that make the wheel spin.
Too often we forget this about ourselves. We ...
Views: 1599 - Learning to Listen - by Too often we walk around thinking we know less than we do. We believe that if we only had some answer, or even a clue to the answer, or on really hard days even a better understanding of the question, that we’d be richer, braver, happier, smarter, better looking, more successful, or any other ...
Views: 910 - Hams - The Forgotten Heroes - by On Good Friday, March 27, l964 approximately 12,000 square miles of the Alaskan seafloor shifted causing one of the worst earthquakes in US history. When the shock waves subsided and the massive tsunami receded, loss of life and injuries were compounded by yet another tragedy -- a total ...
Views: 1140 - Joint Venture - by A joint venture (often abbreviated JV) is a legal entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. The parties agree to create a new entity by both contributing equity, and they then share in the revenues, expenses, and control of the enterprise. The venture can ...
Views: 881 - Remembering Numbers - by Most people have trouble remembering numbers. This is easy to understand, because we all remember things that we care about, and most of us don't care very much about numbers. The key to remembering numbers is to translate them into something that we do care about using mnemonics.
A mnemonic ...
Views: 10024(2 votes) - Vitamins and Herbs / What's the Harm? - by With each day more people are turning to herbs and vitamin supplements to ease their pain and/or enhance their overall health. People are taking control over their own health and we're telling the medical profession that they are NOT the only answer. We are pressuring our doctors to become more ...
Views: 877 - One Step Ahead - by Well, it's that time of year again where we get ready to send our children off to school. I just saw my oldest manchild off to his 3rd year in college. At age 22 he's really a man, but he'll always be my child. So I lovingly refer to him as my "manchild". One thing Bible College has taught him, ...
Views: 801 - Prostate Problems Virtually A Fact Of Life - by The general consensus is that it's not a question of whether or not a man will develop prostate problems, it's a question of WHEN. Although 80% of all cases of Prostate Cancer occur in men over the age of 65, it has been known to strike men as young as 30. Prostatitis, also known as Benign ...
Views: 778 - Has Everybody Heard? Nutrition Makes a Difference! - by I don't believe that there has ever been a time when society has been as hectic as it is today. It seems that we are all busy, busy with our 9 to 5 jobs, then rushing to take one child to dance class and the other to soccer. Remember to stop quickly, in your travels, to pick up milk; you'll do a ...
Views: 974 - Advances in Cancer Diagnosis - by Being a health information provider, it seems only fitting that we make people aware of how serious an illness Cancer is, and hopefully share some news too. The American Cancer Society states that in the year 2000, about 1,220,100 new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed. This is the second ...
Views: 944 - Advances in Cancer Diagnosis - by It looks as though there may be some wonderful break throughs on the horizon. Researchers at John's Hopkins University have conducted studies on new ways of detecting cancer other than biopsies. It seems that certain cancers can be caught by testing related body fluids, saliva showed changes ...
Views: 910 - Prostate Problems Virtually A Fact Of Life - by Prostatitis, also known as Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia or BPH, is an inflammation of the prostate gland, which is located under the bladder and in front of the rectum. A common cause is a bacterial infection spread from the urethra or other part of the body carried through the blood. There are ...
Views: 1142 - One Step Ahead - by Well, it's that time of year again where we get ready to send our children off to school. I just saw my oldest manchild off to his 3rd year in college. At age 22 he's really a man, but he'll always be my child. So I lovingly refer to him as my "manchild". One thing Bible College has taught him, ...
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