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- Spirit-Centered Listening: How to Facilitate The Flow of Spiritual Connection - by (Excerpt from “Spirit-Centered Relationships” – By Gay & Kathlyn Hendricks)
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“Spirit-centered listening” occurs when you listen to other people while being aware of your spiritual essence and theirs. Another way to say it is that you listen from ...
Views: 1131 - Food is A Drug What You Eat Can Cause Your Body To Be Chronically Inflamed or In a State of Harmony - by We now know that when “inflammation” (a normal immune system response to illness and injury) becomes chronic rather than acute it can be the major underlying factor in the increased incidence of coronary artery disease, cancer, type II diabetes, obesity and many other chronic inflammatory ...
Views: 1130 - Negative or Positive Choices - by As caregivers we sometimes encounter feelings of negativity, such as resentment, hate, anger or even fear. We might even experience mixed feelings bouncing back and forth from a negative to a positive.
Most of us don't like to admit that we can have these feelings which may be provoked by ...
Views: 1130 - Five Ways to Relax Instantly - by 1. Peripheral vision
Look at the wall opposite you and find a point which is straight ahead and a little above eye level. Continue to look at this point in soft focus throughout this exercise. After a while you may find that as you concentrate on this point the rest of the room goes a little ...
Views: 1129 - You have been programmed - by It is what it is - not what is programmed into us.
If you are going to be programmed at least know it for what it is.
Whether it be religion, politics or what ever belief systems you have bought into.
.............At least know that you are programmed and have bought into it.
We are ...
Views: 1129 - Do You Have A Hard Time Learning? - by Do you have a hard time learning? It can be easy, once you realize that learning is just a relationship.
The minute you connect the unknown with the known, you have a relationship.
Is someone trying to teach you something? Do they say put Tab A in Slot A. Good. You know what Tab A is, and ...
Views: 1128 - Simplify, Simplify, Simplify - by Just as location is the key driver to success in real estate, simplification is the key to success in life. No matter how much you want your life to change, it's impossible if there is no room for change.
We tend to fill our lives with activity and with 'stuff'. It's supposed to mean we're ...
Views: 1128(2 votes) - Words Are Not Neutral. Are We the Victims? - by The English novelist, Rudyard Kipling, once said that "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." Indeed, words can make you cry, can make you laugh, and can kill you. Why? Because of the "images" that they leave in our minds. Although most of us may not realize what is ...
Views: 1128 - You Did That On Purpose - by The meaning behind this one simple childhood utterance can literally change your life...almost overnight.
Here's the scenario. Little Tommy intentionally pushes little Suzie. Suzie runs to the teacher and exclaims "Tommy pushed me on purpose!" Of course, Tommy gets punished for his act. You've ...
Views: 1128 - It's good to talk - by IT'S GOOD TO TALK...
from a speech given by Peter Settelen at the Oxford Union
In all our lives we've all had moments, when we can honestly say, it’s been good to talk. A conversation when we felt emotionally connected to another human being. A conversation which gave us both a deeper ...
Views: 1127 - Just Get Rid of It - by Spring cleaning – a wonderful annual tradition associated with this time of year. A powerful way to honor one’s Self and the shifts occurring both in the earth and in our collective consciousness. I am committed to introducing ideas and concepts that inspire people to honor home and space in a ...
Views: 1127 - Water,Water Everywhere, Now What Drop Dare I Drink? - by Water, or "aqua vitae" is literally the "Water of Life". All known life forms require water to live. Our bodies are made up of approx. 70% of water. Water is involved in every body process, including digestion, absorption, circulation and excretion. Water is the natural way we receive nutrients ...
Views: 1127 - ENJOYING YOUR SEASONS OF LIFE Action Steps to Not Just Go, But GROW Through! - by SUMMER-LIVING LIFE TO THE FULLEST!
How can you tell if you’re in a summer season?
1. You have lots of energy to tackle projects.
2. You enjoy life and see the positive in everything.
3. You have higher self-confidence.
4. There is more balance in your life.
5. You no longer allow the stress to ...
Views: 1126 - An Alternative Therapeutic Intervention to Reduce Aggression and Other Behavioral and Emotional Problems - by An Alternative Therapeutic Intervention to Reduce Aggression, Emotional Outbursts and Other Behavioral and Emotional Problems
Abused males and delinquent males who are emotionally disturbed are often placed in a residential treatment facility for therapy. The purpose of this study was two ...
Views: 1126 - First in The Line - by There has to be one in every family - a first born child. And it’s a pretty good spot to be in most of the time. As a child you were probably the first to get all the best privileges, like staying up later than your sibling (s), and the most pocket money. But it can also be a hard position to be ...
Views: 1126 - Healthy Bones The Wise Woman Way - by Every woman I know is concerned about osteoporosis. Frightening stories equate it with broken hips, bent spines, wheelchairs, and death--things we all want to avoid. What can we do? Should we take calcium supplements? hormones? Fosamax? Can we rely on our green allies?
The Wise Woman tradition ...
Views: 1126 - Relationship Corner - by Following on from The Training Cycle, readers sent in some very thought provoking requests for cyber coaching. Below you can read selected issues sent in by readers, and the coaching I sent back!
Invitation: If you send your (very brief!) relationship issue/problem to lifecoach@instructor.net, ...
Views: 1126 - Seeking Peace - by The journey is long. Sometimes it is arduous. Enormous exertion and great concentration is needed as you demolish walls, confront your fears and battle the conflicts that hinder your passage on earth. Evolution, though natural, is sometimes difficult. When you have reached one plateau of ...
Views: 1125 - Stop the Negative Self-Talk - by Have you ever listened to what you're telling yourself? You know, those almost unconscious mental messages you give yourself all the time as you move through your daily life.
Take a moment and listen to what you're saying to you. What sort of messages are you sending to yourself? How would you ...
Views: 1125 - Remove The Clouds From Your clear Blue Sky! - by ___________________________________________________
REMOVE THE CLOUDS FROM YOUR CLEAR BLUE SKY
Written By: Darren Roberts
Copyright ?1998, All Rights Reserved
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To operate at your optimum in a forward direction you may need to organise many ...
Views: 1124 - TOP FIVE TIME MANAGEMENT MISTAKES - by In my thirty years as a Time Management speaker and consultant, I have observed a lot of what we can and should not do to increase our daily results. Time management is not necessarily working “harder”, but rather, “smarter”.
And to accomplish significantly more in our days, we need not ...
Views: 1124 - What is Ayurveda? - by Ayurveda teaches the use of natural medicines and forces such as diet, hygiene, and psychology, which can bring us into
better balance with life. Disease is not the problem to be opposed with violence and force. Rather, it is to be avoided or prevented by promoting health as a fortress of ...
Views: 1124 - You Can Never Remember Because . . .? - by Really, you can never remember, because . . . Why?
Because you haven't tried hard enough, or made it fun, that's why. We all have an excellent memory, we just don't exercise it. It's certainly NOT because we can't. Not if we're like everyone else.
You haven't lifted a 50 lb. weight either, ...
Views: 1124 - Business and Self-Care - by A couple of years ago, I heard someone say that the qualities which are necessary to succeed in business were of one kind, while those which are important in the realm of relationships were of another. Considering that the most (and don't forget, the longest) relationship we have is the one we ...
Views: 1123 - Choosing a yoga class - by With so many yoga teachers around, it may be difficult, especially for a beginner, to choose the yoga class that best suits. The following are a few guidelines for choosing a yoga class that's right for you.
1 Choose a style of yoga that suits you
There is no point in signing up for an ...
Views: 1123(1 vote) - THE PERSONALITY’S BROKEN LEGS - by It is important to begin to realize that our personality is just like our body. It is not our true self, but rather a vehicle, or "mental body", through which our true self, the soul, is expressing itself. We tend to be more detached from our physical bodies than from our «emotional body» or ...
Views: 1123(1 vote) - Aromatherapy for the Parents of Teenagers - by If you are the parent of a teen, you are certainly aware of how much your family dynamics have changed in recent years. It doesn't seem all that long ago that you were the center of your children's universe. Remember when you were the one they came to when they had bruised shins and broken ...
Views: 1122 - SAM-e, Supplements, and Serenity After Rehab! - by Following the rigors of a substance addiction, detox, and rehab, recovering people expect to and desperately want to start feeling that serenity everyone talks about in the rooms. However, as recovery tends to be, results are slow coming. Most struggle physically and emotionally. Frustration can ...
Views: 1122 - The Competent Divorce - by Based on a thorough review of the literature and the research on children of divorce, the following summary conclusions may be drawn and used as guidelines to assist counselors and their clients in The Competent Divorce.
1. Non-Stigmatization Of The Single Parent Status And Divorce.
The ...
Views: 1122 - Top 10 Ways To Generate Brilliant Ideas - by Here you will find ten of the best methods I have used in my organisation for idea generation. They have worked for me very well. I now share them with you. I trust they will assist you in your endeavours as they have done with mine.
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DEFINE THE PROBLEM
To generate ideas to solve ...
Views: 1122 - Adversity Gives You Strength - by How can you stay motivated in the midst of turbulent times and a sluggish economy? How do you persevere when many companies are reducing spending and customers seem to be holding on to every last penny in fear of an economic downturn? Every challenge you encounter in your life comes with the ...
Views: 1121 - 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: 1121 - In Search of Life Purpose - by On July 6, 1946 a kid was born to a chorine and an Italian immigrant. A foreceps accident during his birth severed him paralyzed. He also suffered with rickets. At age 15, his parents' divorce, leaving him a homely, sickliest child. By this time, the kid had developed a passion to become a movie ...
Views: 1119 - Emotionally Surviving After 9-11 - Self-Care Strategies for Adults - by A disaster of any proportion can shatter the sense of safety and stability of anyone who feels close to the disaster or its victims in any way. With a disaster involving such a public icon like the World Trade Center in NYC, involving so many people who were simply going about their morning ...
Views: 1118 - Feng Shui, a mystical belief or a natural science? - by Feng Shui is a body of knowledge that has developed and grown for thousand of years. Originally, it was the exclusive knowledge of the court meteorologists of Imperial China. The meteorologist studied medicine, geomancy, astrology, and other esoteric arts. These meteorologists protected their ...
Views: 1118 - 13 Easy To Follow Tips To Effectively Send Your Ad To Ezine Publishers And Get Clicked - by Copyright 2002, By: Rizky Nur Zamzamy All rights reserved
I write this based on my own experience as an Editor/Publisher of Arigola e-Millionaire Newsletter.
I shake my head often every time I receive ads submitted by either new or current subscribers every week. I never just cut and paste ...
Views: 1117 - Create the Vision of You Inc. (Book Excerpt) - by The first step toward creating a vision for You, Inc. is developing
a strategy that helps you crystallize what you really want to do,
can do, and must do to achieve your vision.
When I was a young girl,my goal was to sell more Girl Scout
cookies than anyone else in my troop.Without even ...
Views: 1117 - Finding Your Ideal Place To Live - Part 2 - by Are you getting closer towards bridging the gap between where you are living and where you really want to live? After you think about the glories of moving, do you then experience waves of terror running down your spine? You are not alone! According to "A Quick Stress Test" by International ...
Views: 1117 - How to Spend Money Confidently - by Do you hate your decisions about how much and when you spend money? Does this stuff spoil your day?
Is this going to spoil your holiday season? It doesn't have to. Everyone deserves a Christmas season filled with love and self-renewal. So here are four simple guidelines you can make to ensure ...
Views: 1117 - A NEW APPROACH TO OLD MEDICINE - by "What do they smell like?" is the question I often get asked when I display my bottles of flower essence formulas at a healing arts fair. I explain that there is no smell because the contents in the bottles is vibrational medicine---pure healing energy.
"What does that mean?" is usually the ...
Views: 1116 - Did You Goof Or What? - by Did you get ready to purchase some items and you realized you didn't have your wallet?
Have you tripped and/or fallen down in front of people?
Did you ever go somewhere and realize you had on two different shoes, two different earrings, or your shirt inside out? Or how about this? A sock ...
Views: 1116 - poK - by In Beelzebub's Tales, Gurdjieff refers often to the "crystallizations of the consequences of the properties of the organ Kundabuffer" (poK). This special crystallization is not defined specifically, but by-products of it are listed as "pride, vanity, self-love, egoism, self-conceit, swagger, ...
Views: 1116 - Think Big - Dream Bigger To Manifest Your LIfe - by There is the story of the kindergarten teacher who asks a child what she is drawing. "I'm drawing a picture of God," the child replies. "But, sweetheart," says the teacher, "no one knows what God looks like." They will in a minute!" says the child.
Now, that is a perfect example of Thinking ...
Views: 1116 - Growing Young Gracefully: the Ayurveda Way - by That first wrinkle.
The realisation that Father Time has just pencilled the first line of age underneath your eyes. Followed by a wistful shrug of acceptance.
Is this how you visualize the day, or rather the moment, of truth?
Picture, instead, this.
It’s your 70th birthday, and the best ...
Views: 1115(1 vote) - The power of listening from your heart in Relationships! - by One of the most difficult things to do in relationship is to listen--truly listen from your heart without blame, judgement or "you ought toos and you shoulds."
It's also difficult to take the time to listen without allowing distractions to pull you away from what the other person is saying. It ...
Views: 1115 - Perspective Is Everything - by "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!"
--Anonymous
A living legend turned 100 in May. He's W. Clement Stone, founder of Combined Insurance Company (which is now a part of Aon Corp.) and author of one of the best-selling motivational books of all time, Success Through A Positive Mental ...
Views: 1114 - Birthday Journals - by Last year, as I turned 50, (FIVE-OOOH!!!), I decided to give myself a birthday party. Part of the party was to have a birthday journal. (I used my book The 5 Year Journal for two reasons -- #1. I had a lot of copies, and #2. The 5 Year Journal is dated) I asked my friends to pick a date telling ...
Views: 1113 - How to ask Single Women Out For a Date - by If possible, avoid asking a single girl out for the first time for a Friday or Saturday night date. Here's why:
1. The odds of her being busy are high so she may have to turn you down, which creates bad vibes right off the bat.
2. It tells her that you don't have a date for the weekend with ...
Views: 1113 - Loss - An Ayurvedic Perspective - by Distraught with grief over the loss of her grandson and only remaining family, a 70-year old Indian lady and devotee of Lord Buddha, sought the audience of Lord Buddha to bring her grandson back to life. The grandson had been young, healthy, and deeply loved by the old woman, yet in one instant ...
Views: 1113 - The lighter side of New Year's resolutions - by Here it comes again, that time of year when we plan our resolutions for the coming year, looking forward to a fresh start. Here is our chance to start again, to do it right this time, to have another shot at success... at glory...
Tradition states that you make resolutions on New Year's day to ...
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