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- Karma and Redemption: What You Ought to Know - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloThe Oxford Dictionaries defines redemption as “the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil: God’s plans for the redemption of his world [in singular] a thing that saves someone from error or evil...the action of regaining or gaining possession of something in exchange for ...
Views: 2435 - Busting 5 Myths About Demonic Possession - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloDue to several movies in recent years about demonic possession and exorcisms, the subjects have gained in popularity. Are they fictitious notions, merely part of a scary Hollywood storyline? 25 years ago, we thought so and naively assumed that in terms of spiritual energy, only God and ...
Views: 1407 - Avoid the New Age Consciousness Trap at All Costs - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloIn your pursuit of spiritual awareness, you may have embraced the “consciousness” movement. After all, it sounds good, right? Become more conscious of yourself, humanity, and the environment, and strive to better the planet. However, what you may not realize is that to many advocates, ...
Views: 3459 - Avoid the Hangover Trap: 5 Tips to Enjoy a Few Drinks and Maintain Your Spirituality - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloHangovers can seriously impede your success, as well as the advancement of your spirituality. Drinking more than a couple too often is a lethal trap that you need to avoid at all costs if you want to reach your full potential and accomplish your earthly missions. You’re not alone, most people ...
Views: 1805 - What Your Guru is Not Telling You About Karma - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloWe define karma as everything you say, do, or intend coming back to you in equal measure, mostly from past lives. What you do now will likely come back to you in a future life, not in your immediate future. Everyone has endured a negative experience relating to career, relationships, family, ...
Views: 1181 - 9 Causes of Feeling Spiritually Disconnected - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloWe believe everyone has at least one spirit guide whose main role is to encourage you to make the most appropriate choices in order to learn, grow and accomplish the goals you incarnated for this time. But sometimes when life isn’t going well, it may seem like you’re severely lacking in ...
Views: 5881(1 vote) - Your Enemies and Reincarnation: End That Karmic Cycle Forever - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloOur long-term findings firmly support the theories of reincarnation and karma. Until we prove them invalid, we will continue to accept them as viable Explanations for some of life’s “mysteries.” Related to the theory of reincarnation is the notion that there are no accidents in life and that ...
Views: 5550 - 7 Love Life Tips That Can Save Your Teen’s Heart - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloHave you ever wondered why so many people experience love life heartache on a regular basis? Most people seem to start out with good intentions but then many fall into the typical love life traps. After over 25 years of empirical research with metaphysics, personality and compatibility ...
Views: 1479(1 vote) - Avoid Love Life Grief: 7 Tips for Your Teen and You - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloThere’s an epidemic in this world and it’s as plain as day to us: A perception of dating and relationships that severely conflicts with reality. After over 25 years of empirical research with spirituality, personality and compatibility assessment, and as a matchmaker and writing a book about ...
Views: 1070 - Help Your Teen Avoid Love Life Grief: 7 Tips - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloWe get many questions from young adults about love life dilemmas. So many of them fall into traps that could have been avoided with good guidance and advice. It leaves one wondering, “Didn’t their parents or mentors help them distinguish love life fantasies from reality?” Sadly, many parents ...
Views: 2004 - Number 9 and Numerology: 7 Things That Completely Resonate With 9 - by Submitted on May 28, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloOur metaphysical theories stem from empirical observation in conjunction with a comprehensive system of checks and balances using handwriting analysis, intuition, and in-depth astrology and numerology. Clusters of indicators form patterns that symbolize character, key life events and ...
Views: 2018 - Top 7 Reasons So Few People Have and Keep an Ideal Relationship - by Submitted on May 14, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloThe most common reasons so many people are seemingly unable to find a long-lasting, ideal, harmonious, fulfilling, compatible relationship may include some of the following: they like being single; they aren’t comfortable with the prevailing relationship models of today; they’re holding on to ...
Views: 1326 - 5 Myths about Spirituality and Money - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloAbuse of financial power, such as manipulating, exploiting, or making false promises with the carrot and stick trick will downgrade your spirituality and earn you some tough future life karma. Most people who have studied the concept of karma and reincarnation understand this, even if they don't ...
Views: 1118(1 vote) - Number 5 and Numerology: 7 Things That Completely Resonate With 5 - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloConstantly witnessing the repetition of numerological and astrological patterns accurately reflecting personality and real life events and circumstances in peoples’ lives forms the basis for our related metaphysical theories. In other words, the more you see specific patterns in the charts ...
Views: 1565 - Number 7 and Numerology: 7 Things That Completely Resonate With 7 - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloMany years of empirical observation using a comprehensive system of checks and balances, including handwriting analysis, developed intuition, and in-depth astrology and numerology have allowed us to form well-defined theories. Distinct patterns of multiple indicators symbolize personality, ...
Views: 2105(2 votes) - Karma Warning: 3 Examples of Black Magic to be Avoided at All Costs - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloBlack magic is defined as the misuse of spiritual energy including harming another person or attempting to get someone to act in accordance with your desires, especially if your desires oppose theirs. In our view, spiritual power is to be used only for good. The moment you try to control or ...
Views: 7439(3 votes) - The Myth of Inequality and How it Relates to Karma - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2012 from Scott & Stephen Petullo“Income inequality” has been a popular topic in the news lately. Some say that those who make more money should give to those who have less to “even the playing field.” From the standpoint of karma and reincarnation, there is no such thing as inequality. Life is not supposed offer equal ...
Views: 1381 - Spirituality and Your Love Life: How to Survive Being Dumped - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloAnyone who has dated has probably been dumped. It happens even to the most eligible singles for various reasons. We recently heard from a 29 year-old woman who said that her ex "should be" with her, and that she had paid a few spell-casters to work their magic and bring him back, but he still ...
Views: 1495 - 4 Shocking Examples of How Your Subconscious Mind Always Prevails - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2012 from Scott & Stephen PetulloThe power of the human mind is astonishing. You’re aware of your conscious mind, the part of you that is knowingly reading this right now, but your collective subconscious mind is of its own volition, and doesn’t always agree with your conscious desires. Try as you might, you aren’t really in ...
Views: 4075 - How to Know Which Career is Best For You - by Submitted on Dec 12, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloOne of the most common questions we receive is “What should I do for my career?” Some are studying toward a degree and questioning if it’s right for them. Some didn’t have parents or mentors who helped them develop interests other than TV, sports, or video games, or they were urged into ...
Views: 605 - 5 Common New Age, Spiritual Errors: Which Have You Made? - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloVirtually everybody ends up wasting time somewhere along the line in their pursuit of spiritual awareness because the path is replete with pitfalls. Don’t feel bad if you’ve taken a time consuming detour down a spiritual dead-end street. You’re not alone. Below we list some of the most ...
Views: 1719 - Reincarnation and the Famous: Past Lives of 12 Celebrities - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloAfter employing past life regression techniques for our own benefit and others for over 20 years, we frequently perceive spontaneous flashes of insight related to past lives without having to do a formal regression. How do we know the insight is authentic? We cannot bring forth related ...
Views: 10342 - Karma Case Studies Test: Which Generate Negative Karma? - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloThe concept of karma is often misinterpreted. It’s a mistake to confuse subjective morality, that which society considers “right and wrong,” with karma. Karma is simply what you’ll get back (mostly in future lives) in equal measure from every action, thought, and intent and “bad karma” is not ...
Views: 1104 - Reincarnation: Busting the Choosing Past and Future Lives Consciously Myth - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloNew Age urban legend suggests that you’re empowered through “ascension” to consciously manipulate your past lives and future lives to live happily ever after in a never-ending utopia without any personal adversity. All you have to do is spend enough money on the services of the gurus who spew ...
Views: 1361(2 votes) - Psychic Impressions--3 Possible Explanations - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloWe received this inquiry recently: “Just what is a psychic looking at? How do they ‘see’ the future? What in the world are they looking at? Where do they get their information about things 30 years in the future about people who were not even born yet?” As professional mystics, we readily ...
Views: 1635(1 vote) - Myth Exposed: Mundane and Physical vs. the Real, Spiritual You - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloIt’s easy to get caught up in seemingly important material, physical, and other labels because it’s the nature of everyone in society to judge based on those labels. The real, spiritual you is not your race, personality, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, height, weight, muscles, ...
Views: 791 - Destiny: Don’t Worry, What is Predestined Will Manifest - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloWe received the following question recently: “What happens if you don’t take action at the right time to manifest your destiny? Does this mean you will miss it? Or miss important events in your life? Will the opportunity present itself again at a later time?” Based on our empirical ...
Views: 8891 - Kick the Cigarette Habit: A Little Known Spiritual Cause of Addiction - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloIf you've tried many times to quit smoking but you haven't been able to make it permanent, it may be time to consider the little talked about spiritual side of addiction: Ghosts. What do ghosts have to do with an addiction to cigarettes? More than you may realize. We've found through our ...
Views: 7906 - How You Know if She’s Your Soul Mate--5 Tips - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloAlthough love life connections seldom offer pure romantic fantasy, they do offer fantastic opportunities for emotional and spiritual growth, inevitably drawing to the surface anything but bliss and your romantic expectations. Almost everyone wants to be in love and be loved, but ...
Views: 6235(2 votes) - Watch Out: Identifying Sociopaths and Tips to Handle Them - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloAccording to Martha Stout, PhD, author of The Sociopath Next Door, about one in 25 individuals is a sociopath. A sociopath is someone who lacks a sense of moral responsibility. They’re often very charming and will look you in the eye and smile, be your friend, then later when you’re not ...
Views: 3082(2 votes) - A Trap to Avoid at All Costs: Find the Love of Your Life in 90 Days or Less - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloYou never want to be caught in the trap of thinking you can conjure up your "soul mate" in 90 days or less by following a New Age snake oil protocol. Ready, set, go. You now have 90 days to find the love of your life. What a terrible approach to love. Just like square-dancing, you'll twirl ...
Views: 826(2 votes) - Bad Karma--Surprise--You Won't Gain it Through These 7 Condemned Acts - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloAs you journey through your unique spiritual path, it may be helpful to know which sort of behavior won't come back to haunt you in a future life. Do you want to avoid some of the problems you've experienced in this life? Then you need to always be mindful of your actions. Through over 25 ...
Views: 2435 - Sex, Love Life, and Karma Avoided: 7 Frowned Upon Acts That Don't Earn Negative Karma - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloThere may have been a lot of things you got away with as a kid. But now you know better, we hope. If you're like most people, you live your life aligned with the expectations of society, but is everything you abide by really for your own good? Laws, regulations, rules, and more rules. But ...
Views: 3487(1 vote) - Money and Karma: 7 Frowned Upon Things That Don't Make You Gain Negative Karma - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloMoney and spirituality are commonly viewed as incompatible. However, since financial resources are necessary to survive and money by itself takes nothing away from your spirituality, it’s reasonable and wise to simultaneously strive for a healthy spiritual foundation and relationship with ...
Views: 3366 - Old Soul Quiz: Find Out How You’re Progressing Spiritually - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloAre you an old soul? The term is commonly used to describe someone mature beyond their years, or spiritually defined as someone who has lived many, many lives. However, our many years of past life regression research has shown us that there are younger souls who are just as or more ...
Views: 2604 - Spiritual Mega Myth Exposed: Erase Your Fate and Create What You Want - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloWe’ve seen it countless times. An inspirational speaker develops a huge following by spouting mantras such as, “You can achieve anything, just work hard and believe you can do it!” They offer enchanting magic wand solutions intended to tug at your heart strings, backed by sophisticated public ...
Views: 735 - Spiritual Trap to Avoid At All Costs: Believing You Are Above Karma - by Submitted on Apr 04, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloThe belief that you can escape karmic retribution from this and prior lives is a trap to be avoided at all costs. This erroneous way of thinking can lull you into a disastrous false sense of security. Consequently, your world can be turned upside-down when your guard is down and unexpected, ...
Views: 1393 - Beware of This Major Spiritual Trap: Bias Destroying Your Future Good Karmic Opportunities - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloJohn Edwards, the famous medium, was recently asked in an interview if there are heated arguments about politics and other issues on the "other side." He said he doesn't believe there are, and that on the other side, it's all about unconditional love and respect. We would like to add to his ...
Views: 1320 - Doing it For the Money--Everyone is a Harlot - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloDisclaimer: The following article about prostitution is in no way meant to promote any kind of illegal activity and we recommend always living within the laws of society. This article is simply meant to encourage thought about the issues of sex, money, programming, judgment, unquestioned yet ...
Views: 748(3 votes) - Don’t Drown in the Sea of Love: 6 Tips for Couples - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloMost people strive to be part of a happy couple. Unfortunately, the result is often the opposite. Humans learn great lessons, often through difficult times, from love relationships. But if you take a spiritual approach and remember the following tips, you’ll be able to create more happiness and ...
Views: 945 - 5 Unique Tips for Singles to Stay Afloat in the Sea of Love - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloWhether you are single, involved, or somewhere in-between, your love life has no doubt caused you to experience a whole gamut of emotions. It’s part of the human experience and one of the most important vehicles by which you learn your lessons. With a spiritual approach, you will be able to rise ...
Views: 753 - 15 Tips to Boost Your Energy and Spirituality - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloMaking the most of your life depends on maximizing your energy, minimizing your stress levels, and maintaining a mental, spiritual and emotional center. Act on these 15 tips to get more out of life: 1) Supplements. There are many natural supplements that will help improve your health and ...
Views: 1026 - Difficult People: 10 Tips to Save Your Sanity - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2010 from Scott & Stephen PetulloYou’ve experienced it. Perhaps with a coworker, a neighbor, or even a relative. You try to get along with the bully to keep the peace, but they always manage to get under your skin and you react, sometimes not so nicely. You avoid them as much as possible. But for those times when you have no ...
Views: 1681 - Spiritual Martyrdom Trap: Avoid at All Costs - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2010 from Scott & Stephen PetulloRefusing to capitalize on your abilities (i.e., accepting money for your talents) and sacrificing yourself for nothing in return only generates negative consequences and hinders your spiritual growth. Centuries ago, religious adherents were conditioned to believe that they should never use ...
Views: 1448(1 vote) - Spiritual Martyrdom Trap: Avoid at All Costs - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2010 from Scott & Stephen PetulloRefusing to capitalize on your abilities (i.e., accepting money for your talents) and sacrificing yourself for nothing in return only generates negative consequences and hinders your spiritual growth. Centuries ago, religious adherents were conditioned to believe that they should never use ...
Views: 1448(1 vote) - Numerology and the Number 9: 7 Revelations for Self-Awareness - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2010 from Scott & Stephen PetulloNumbers relate to quantities ("party of 3"), as well as qualities ("she's number one"). Personality traits, timing trends, and key events in your life are astonishingly and consistently represented by number symbolism, as empirically evidenced through the ages. Although the mere mention of ...
Views: 1822(2 votes) - 4 Soul Mate Mistakes: Avoid These or Suffer - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2010 from Scott & Stephen PetulloMost singles want to find a soul mate, but aside from the common romantic assumptions about this elusive magical bond, they generally don't stop to think about the spiritual purpose of soul mates or the true meaning of the term. Thanks to movies, TV, and romance novels, the perception of a ...
Views: 3788(1 vote) - Numerology and the Number 11: 10 Revelations for Self-Awareness - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2010 from Scott & Stephen PetulloNumbers symbolize quantity. Numbers also symbolize qualities, as through number symbolism, better known as numerology. The number 11 is one of the most popular topics in basic numerology due to the unique energy it represents. Below are ten things you need to know about the number 11. 1. ...
Views: 3062(3 votes) - How to Scare Your Kids Into Avoiding All Drugs - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2010 from Scott & Stephen PetulloA very concerned mother recently wrote to us because she had discovered that her 17 year-old son was smoking pot. She was worried about addiction and asked us what we would do in her situation to help him realize the spiritual and other consequences of his choices. Even though we intuitively ...
Views: 3240(2 votes) - Influenced by Evil Spirits: 6 Symptoms You Should Never Ignore - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2010 from Scott & Stephen PetulloHave you ever felt inexplicably angry, sad, exhausted, or otherwise not yourself? Ever experienced a dramatic personality change while under the influence of alcohol? It’s possible that those feelings weren’t you, but the affect of dark or other-dimensional energy. Based upon our empirical ...
Views: 20701(3 votes) - Liar Liar: How to Develop Your Inner Lie Detector - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2010 from Scott & Stephen PetulloA 2002 University of Massachusetts study about lying found that 60% of people lied during a 10 minute conversation. The average person told two to three lies in that 10 minutes, most didn’t even realize they were doing so, and men and women lied about the same amount. Psychologist Robert S. ...
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