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- Is it possible to transcend subjectivity and see things as they really are? - by The following is an excerpt from LETTER TO EARTH (Random House/Harmony 2000) by Elia Wise.
"LETTER TO EARTH establishes viable foundations for a science of consciousness. The theories it presents substantiate and unify the work of generations of intuitive thinkers and writers." M.F. Schlitz, ...
Views: 2457 - SELF-KNOWLEDGE, THE KEY TO PREPARING FOR COMPETITION - by Self-knowledge has always been the key to preparing for competition. Knowledge of your attributes, abilities, interests, strengths, weaknesses, and traits is essential to riding the front end of the wave of change into the new century. To fully assess your own talents, realize that studies ...
Views: 2456(2 votes) - *** Top 10 Tips to Infidelity-Proof Your Relationship - by Infidelity can sneak up on even the most solid partnerships. According to an infidelity poll conducted by http://www.WomanSavers.com of 6,330 women, 92% believe that emotional affairs lead to physical affairs, whereas only a mere 7% believe they do not..* Source: ...
Views: 2454 - TURN OFF THE MEDIA VIOLENCE - by If a stranger came to your door and said, "Hello, I'd like to come in. I promise to keep your kids entertained and while I'm doing that I'm going to show them graphic pictures of violence and murder and rape." What would you do? Would you open the door and say, "Great, come on it. Hey kids, ...
Views: 2443 - Open Sexual Communication - by Jim and Mary are a typical middle-class Americna couple. They've been married for ten years, and both work at careers they enjoy. Two or three times a year they go on vacation; either a romantic cruise to the Caribean or a ski excursion to Switzerland.
Both are attractive and successful in ...
Views: 2442 - WARNING! Toxins and Body Care Products - by Did you know that we absorb 60 percent of the substances we put on ourskin,from moisturizers and shaving lotion to makeup and cologne? Anythingyouput on your skin will literally get under your skin. The approximatelysixpounds of skin each human carries around is a porous ...
Views: 2441(1 vote) - ARE YOU SUPER-CRITICAL? TAKE THIS SHORT TEST - by There are many names for people who criticize to excess. Some are called nags, bossy, perfectionists, picky, and other terms of a more graphic and profane nature. Some people know they are critical and others never see it. This test will give you an objective way to test yourself. It is meant to ...
Views: 2440(1 vote) - When You're Sick, But the Tests Show "Normal" - by Have you ever been to the doctor with a set of symptoms that concerned you and after completing the evaluation been frustrated and perhaps a little embarrassed when the doctor looks at you blankly and says all your tests are normal? “How could they be normal!??you think to yourself. You begin ...
Views: 2437 - Introduction to Tae Kwon Do - by Accepting the challenge of running and coaching a Tae Kwon Do multicultural club in such a transient place as Brussels perhaps gives me more of an edge over instructors that reside in the UK for example, but I could be wrong, as dealing with people is always a challenge to one's own personal ...
Views: 2436 - Accessing Your Intuition - by It has been said that men and women start to become great when they begin to listen to their inner voices. Your intuition is your direct connection with infinite intelligence. Intuition is so powerful that it has been studies and written about by the greatest men and women of history for ...
Views: 2431(1 vote) - How to Find and Evaluate a Therapist - by Eating disorders are extremely complex disorders that can be life threatening. It is important to seek the help of a qualified professional to assist you in the recovery process. Having a good support system of friends and loved ones is extremely helpful, but it is vital to have a professional ...
Views: 2431 - ***The Energy Game - by “The Game of “Life” …is an ‘Energy Game’ …between the Tools/Rules of Energy!
Your TOOLS (from conception) are 23 pairs of chromosomal (color/light body) memory banks that ‘come together’ to play the Game of Life by the RULES (Laws of ...
Views: 2430 - Let's Start Thinking Differently So We Can Start Feeling Differently - by When a person thinks positive thoughts he is not just thinking positive thoughts, he is changing the chemicals in his body.
How is this true? Your mind affects every cell in your body. If you want to get well, you had better start thinking well thoughts. What do I mean?
Well, how do you ...
Views: 2429 - WINNING: DEFINING IT. ACHIEVING IT - by If you ask most people whether they would like to be considered a winner or a loser in life, they would most assuredly reply that they would like to be a winner. But this begs the question, "What does it mean to win at life?" In some things it's easy to define a clear winner. In a basketball ...
Views: 2424(1 vote) - Women Tend to Eat More Junk Food When Under Stress Easy Acupressure Technique Addresses Stress and Food Cravings - by Do you reach for sugary or fatty snacks when you’re stressed? Do you have a bag of treats in your desk at work to soothe your frazzled nerves? If so, you aren’t alone. According to British researchers, women who feel stressed at work and at home are more likely than men to turn to ...
Views: 2421 - NUTURING YOUR SELF ESTEEM - by I wonder how many people would choose high self esteem as one of the most important aspects of themselves. In our work with thousands of individuals in a variety of settings I recognise that low self esteem has reached epidemic level in all human society. I would go to the extent to declare that ...
Views: 2420 - Can You Take A Compliment? - by Many people confuse being self-effacing with politeness. When complimented, instead of saying a simple thank you, they disparage the compliment. Someone says, "That's a nice dress you're wearing." And the reply often is, "Oh, this old thing? I don't know why I put it on." This is possibly ...
Views: 2417(1 vote) - LORETTA CLAIBORNE - by Earlier this year, there was a wonderful Movie of the week telling the story of Loretta Claiborne, a young African-American woman who has mild mental retardation. Claiborne, born partially blind, unable to walk and talk until age 4, was raised by a no-nonsense and loving single-parent mother, ...
Views: 2408 - Manifesting happiness - by MYTH: “I will be happy when...”
What do you think would truly make you happy? Let’s suppose one of your answers would be to make more money. If you were given a million dollars but told that you couldn’t spend it, money would do you no good. If you were allowed to buy a house that no one could ...
Views: 2404(1 vote) - How to Break Out of Your Financial Comfort Zone - by Copyright © 2003 T.D. McKenzie. All rights reserved.
One of the most startling discoveries I made once I embarked on this path of personal growth were the self-sabotaging attitudes I had towards wealth.
This is something that has also shocked many of my clients once they made the realisation ...
Views: 2403 - ***Relationships: 5 Resolutions to Keep to Create Successful Relationships - by Relationships can be our greatest joy, or our greatest challenge. Often they are both! With a world going through significant economic restructuring and transition, many people are re-assessing what is truly important to them. After all, will we assess our lives with the question of "How did my ...
Views: 2400 - THE TOP 10 WAYS to KEEP WORKING WHEN SPRING FEVER STRIKES! - by With the coming of spring, who wants to be stuck at work? As the weather warms up, the flowers bloom and the trees blossom, it gets harder and harder to focus on work. (I can hear the local golf course calling at this very moment it's a haunting sound, very similar to the rattle a ball makes as ...
Views: 2397(2 votes) - Enuresis - by Enuresis is a term used for a child that soils his/her clothing or bed linens with urine after most other children, the same developmental age, have ceased to do so.
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) regards five years of age, or the developmental equivalent, ...
Views: 2396 - Who You Are: An Excerpt from <i>Jack Canfield's Key to Living the Law of Attraction</i> - by Thoughts are things.
Your thoughts are not just wispy little clouds drifting through your head. Your thoughts are *things.* They are actually *measurable units of energy.* Thoughts are biochemical electrical impulses. They are waves of energy that, as far as we can tell, penetrate all time and ...
Views: 2394 - Have You Ever Run Energy? - by Have you ever run energy? Do you know what *running energy* means? (I know that this may be something foreign to many of you at first, but then that’s how you learn, right?)
If you haven’t run energy before, you probably have questions. Your questions might be: What is *energy* specifically? ...
Views: 2392 - The "Secret of Letting Go" - by Question: Can you help shed some light on why we are here in this life?
GF - All of our deeper personal experiences eventually come to reveal some lesson that we needed to learn. This process of events that leads us to the discovery of their cause proves both the existence of order and ...
Views: 2388 - Gentle Touch Produces Miracles - by For as long as I can remember, I've suffered from back pain. Although I have experienced some relief using heat, cold, massage, chiropractic and acupuncture, invariably the pain has always returned. Until one day I visited a friend in California who had similar back problems. She told me she had ...
Views: 2384 - Help Your Relationship Flourish by "Popping the Question" - to Yourself! - by According to Hale Dwoskin, author of The Sedona Method, our relationship problems stem from need, not love. “We are really looking for love in all the wrong places and in all the wrong ways,” he says. Love gets mixed up with or covered over by other feelings, and therein lie such ...
Views: 2383(2 votes) - Mineral Cell Salts -- The Biochemic Theory of Natural Health, How to get well and Keep Fit with Mineral Cell Salts - by Mineral Cell Salt deficiencies is the cause of all disease according to The Biochemic Handbook, written by JB Chapman, MD & Edward L. Perry, MD. This extract from The Biochemic Handbook explains the principles behind the theory.
"The Biochemic System of Medicine is based primarily and ...
Views: 2377 - What If You Couldn't Fail? - by Failure is defined as "falling short of hitting the target." What if you couldn’t fail? How differently might you approach
challenging situations if you knew you could be successful?
To look at "failure" we need to look at two aspects. First, the targets we set and second, our definition ...
Views: 2371 - *** Growth Hormone and Hormones: The Right to Aging Well for Men and Women - by You will become Older but do not become Old…
Picture yourself in twenty-five years right now…do you see OLD or OLDER? A revealing question don’t you think?
One we often deny…
Because OLD speaks of a loss of freedom, lack of dignity, disease, no sex, no fun, no making ...
Views: 2370 - The 15-minute Workout: There's No Place Like Home - by A few years ago, Consumer Reports magazine surveyed their staff about the types of workouts they liked best. The overriding favorite was using a home treadmill.
At the time, I couldn’t see the least bit of value in this—I was doing much more intensive workouts—playing tennis, kickboxing, ...
Views: 2368(1 vote) - BALNEOLOGY OR “TAKING THE WATERS” - by Wellness tourism is the buzz word these days and even part of the new “re-branding” of Dominica. Balneology is the scientific study of the therapeutic benefits of naturally occurring mineral waters. Put the two together and “voila” the Ministry of Tourism’s new logo “Defy the Everyday” has an ...
Views: 2363 - Customizing Your Skin Care Regimen with Secrets from Ayurveda! - by Customizing Your Skin Care Regimen with Secrets from Ayurveda
The ancient healing tradition of Ayurveda is creating waves in the world of natural skin care. Industry leaders are touting the benefits of ayurvedic herbs like Gotu Kola (Centella asiatica) and spas offering ayurvedic rejuvenation ...
Views: 2361(4 votes) - Giving THANKS for EVERYTHING - by Thanksgiving is approaching: a time when we give thanks for food, friends, family and health. Have you noticed that we normally only give thanks for all the things that are going “right” in our lives? But, how often do we give thanks for absolutely EVERYTHING in our lives, even the ...
Views: 2356(2 votes) - Stress Can Make You Feel a Little Bit Crazy! - by During any period of crisis or extreme stress, it’s common to experience frightening feelings of disorientation. Anxiety can be so generalized, you can't even put your finger on the exact cause. It feels like your brain is going to fly apart, and you might feel lost and confused most if not all ...
Views: 2348 - How to Free Yourself From Your Ego and Live From Your True Self - Your Spirit - by Q. What do you mean by the phrase "True Self?"
A. Your true self is your Spirit. The part of you that has no boundaries - no limitations. To understand this is to live your life with no fear. Only your ego fears anything. Your True self - your Spirit - knows that in order to truly free ...
Views: 2333 - Depression Is A Spiritual Issue - by Depression, from my point of view, is cured when we become aware that it is a spiritual issue and not an inherit physical flaw or defect. This is my story about how I cured myself of chronic depression when the medical profession failed me. I am not advocating that what worked for me in regards ...
Views: 2327 - *** The Universal Healing Tool That Modern Medicine Has Missed - by Thousands of years ago, physicians in China mapped the body’s electrical system. They charted fourteen energy paths, or meridians, and documented how stimulating specific points along those paths released energy blocks, restored the normal flow of Chi, or healing energy, and improved health.
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Views: 2324(1 vote) - Denial Is Just Another Defense Mechanism: Defenses Protect Us from Uncomfortable Self-Awareness - by "Defenses operate to protect us from uncomfortable or unacceptable self-awareness."
Almost everyone nowadays knows what it means to say an alcoholic is "in denial." This is the alcoholic who tells himself and the world "I can quit any time I want to." He doesn't quit, though, and doesn't ...
Views: 2322 - Effects of Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (PEMFs) on Stress - by The very presence of life means that stress is also present. The recognition of and the reaction to stressors is fundamental to physical and emotional existence. Our reactions to stressors are either healthy, that is, adaptive, or unhealthy, that is, maladaptive. Maladaptive reactions to ...
Views: 2311 - How to Care for your Stiches - by 1. It is important that you avoid any contact with water for the first 2 days following surgery.
2. For the next three days,(3-5) it is important to not soak in water. You may take a shower but avoid leaving the stitched area in the path of the direct stream of water. Avoid baths and ...
Views: 2305 - Turning Your Passion Into Profit: A Spiritual Journey - by As I sit here reading book 3 of Conversations With God, by Neale Donald Walsch, I feel as if I'm reading a lecture in support of turning your passion into profit. Everything I've always believed about why everyone needs to follow our truth is beautifully expressed in the "dialogue" between God ...
Views: 2304 - WHEN ARE WOMEN THE HAPPIEST? - by Women Don't Lie - Men Don't Listen
Dear Doc Love,
I just discovered your Internet column in Askmen.com; the one entitled "A Dose of Male Perspective on this Romantic Love Stuff." As a babyboomer single (divorced) woman, I disagree on one aspect: "The woman is happiest when she does the ...
Views: 2298 - *** Taking Control of Your Credit Identity - by The belief that you are in complete control of your own life can get you into some pretty serious trouble if you aren't careful. Your unique identity, your reputation and especially your credit scores are ruled by your own actions, but only to an extent. To be absolutely certain that your life ...
Views: 2296(1 vote) - Reincarnation and karma in the Bible - by Generally speaking, people are unaware that there are definite references in the New Testament that unequivocally imply reincarnation. In fact, many ask why, if the subject of reincarnation is so important from the religious point of view, there is so little mention of it in the Bible.
One ...
Views: 2294 - Beyond Anon: The Next 12 Steps - by Some 65 years ago, Bill Wilson the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, proclaimed that during one of his darkest times, “a bright light” appeared to him with the 12 Steps of AA, offering him sobriety. And since that date, millions have found help through the program! Likewise, there have been many ...
Views: 2290 - Women Only Health Clubs: The Reason & Need - by by Rande LaDue
In a recent article, John McCarthy, the Executive Director of IHRSA addressed the issue of Women-Only Clubs. IHRSA estimates that there are approximately 2,000 women-only fitness centers in the US serving approximately 2 million women. McCarthy sited research done for IHRSA by ...
Views: 2290 - The Key to getting lucky! - by When Gary Player arrived in the United States in the late 1950s, he was already becoming known as a “world traveler.?His schedule was at first limited; nevertheless, he quickly made an impression on many of the home-grown pros, and soon developed a reputation among them as a "lucky" golfer. As ...
Views: 2289 - Success Begins in Your Mind, So Let’s Start There (Book Excerpt) - by Before we get into the heart of this book, understand that if you read what I am about to say very carefully and then do it, chances are you will be earning large sums of money in just a few short months – each and every month.
But all I can do is provide the information. How much money you ...
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