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Why do you believe what you believe? Are your beliefs established on sound basis? How do you decide what to believe?
Let's do a fun exercise together. Answer "true" or "false" for each statement below, and then explain why you believe it is true or false. Go ahead:
1) The sun will rise ... Views: 6190
My motto: Keep it Simple.
When I go into any bookstore or online I see all the varied information and ideas about Spirituality. I’ve attended workshops and seminars that presented similar messages in different ways and styles. How did I know what to believe? It really was very simple.
Each ... Views: 1256
Tom Wright
Many brilliant theorists, philosophers, self-help gurus, and psychiatrists, often speak of the "ego" as if "it" were something other than what it is: an illusion. An illusion is something that is real, but temporary. What we refer to as the ego has no permanent existence, any ... Views: 3640
I sat down on the eve of 11.11 to write you this letter.
This number is of significance for me because it means NOW...pay attention to the synchronicity. Something is being revealed to you. For others this is a day to remember all the people who have served the US armed forces. As these two ... Views: 1303
We have spoken of the many layers of the totality of our being in previous lessons, and now we shall explain how each one has its own mind. There is the mind of each of the physical senses, the mind of discrimination of good and bad, the mind of thought and creativity, the mind of the soul, and ... Views: 1183
As children, our first few years are pivotal to our future growth. Optimally, our parents or caretakers teach us our alphabet, numbers and social skills, all of which we will continue to use until our passing. These, then, are some of the most important skills we can learn.
We stress to our ... Views: 1760
All unrepentant wicked people will be cast into hell, where the fire will burn for eternity. But what does "eternal" fire of hell mean? What does the Bible say?
Let us study what the Bible says below about the condition we know as "hell:"
1) Jesus said, "…fear him who is able to destroy ... Views: 3657
Beware of false teachers! Since nearly two thousand years ago, we have been warned of false teachers by Jesus Christ and His earliest apostles. False teachers had crept into the early church, misleading many Christians with untruths. Today, many false teachers are in our world, teaching others ... Views: 3483
Do you desire to know the truth? How valuable do you believe the truth is?
Nowadays, people believe there is no absolute truths--it's just a matter of personal choices. When we believe that everything can be true, then it means that we should agree that stealing and murder are okay because ... Views: 3888
Recently, because of the release of The Secret, folks have talked rather a lot about being wealthy. Together with all of that discussion has come a couple of destructive myths. Let us speak about these wrong beliefs in this particular article.
You will have a simpler time working on being ... Views: 871
Today was a re-creation of when I was 8 years old. Only it wasn't me it was my 7 & 4 year old granddaughters. You see their father died after a year long battle with cancer. Even though he and my daughter are not together he was a great father. Heck, you think you over something but your not. ... Views: 1132
Whenever I think back to the times when my life was a struggle, there was always an element of me trying to force something. Either things weren’t happening as quickly as I wanted them to, according to my time frame, or what was showing up didn’t look exactly as I wanted it to, and therefore I ... Views: 1348
What is Beauty?
What is beauty? Is it a perfect profile or a perfect smile?
Is it hope? Is it the energy of positive expectations?
Is beauty simply the opposite of ugly? Is beauty the absence of ugly?
Is ugly a lack of hope? Is it a surrendered soul; a bitter heart?
Every day around ... Views: 986
Let’s face it your current “reality” is an effect of your thoughts. Therefore your current “reality” was created by your thoughts that you chose to hold in the past. Although your present moment is an effect of your past thoughts you can now create your future “reality” by your current ... Views: 3298
The longer I live the more I realize that things are always changing around us; whether or not we want to admit it. We don’t like change. It must be in our genetic makeup to want to keep things like they are. Even my five year old grandson hates change. It’s just normal.
If you are a religious ... Views: 3967
MARKETING MIRACLES
Dr. Katie Garnett
Marketing Miracles happen in a number of ways:
1. Finding out who you are and what you have to offer.
2. Identifying where the integrity lives within who you are and what you have to offer.
3. Bringing coherence between who you are, what you have ... Views: 1040
I am of the point of view that a life without meaning is not much of a life at all.
In my coaching practice, I have worked with people on the brink of “losing it” and wanting to give up on various levels---from quitting a job that could not bear, to wrestling with understanding the challenges ... Views: 1575
Byron Katie, a spiritual teacher of the wisest kind, has given us the gift of seeing how arguing with reality only exhausts and stresses us. And that when we give up our story, we can find the freedom and peace we long for.
Here is what I have learned from 15 years in the personal ... Views: 901
When it comes to living a life of purpose and destiny, it requires ALL of you. Unfortunately, there can be an inner saboteur that gets in the way of you really taking a risk to stand out and shine.
What I found from working with thousands of people is that it is essential to get into right ... Views: 1058
Death was my teacher last night. Our thirteen-year-old retriever passed into the other world, leaving a hole in our hearts that words cannot describe. And as I continue to grieve and am longing to hold her, a handful of questions continue to rise. Did I love her completely? Did I embrace her ... Views: 822
Writers’ block, procrastination, and a sense of overwhelm are all forms of inner resistance that most writers confront at some point in their career or level of experience. However, in spite of the productivity hindrances and creative stagnancy that originates on our internal landscape, there ... Views: 1147
In recent years, one concern has continually cropped up in my practice.
The concern regards the nature of suffering, and the question that usually arises involves why suffering exists. One recent client asked me, “If God is loving, then why am I constantly faced with pain and suffering?” ... Views: 1279
I have always believed that everyone has gifts. Sometimes it takes all of a person's life to figure out what those gifts are and the person doesn't get to do the work he or she was "supposed" to do. That's where Karma comes in. After all, what goes around comes around and if you don't get to do ... Views: 2566
Children can be affected by anxiety disorder, child panic attacks, and other mental health issues. Recent studies show that more than 17% of children are suffering from an anxiety disorder. It is normal when children face some sort of stressful period from time to time during their childhood. It ... Views: 1007
What do you do when your partner starts to change and he or she is no longer the one you were initially attracted to? How can someone so right became so wrong after a while? What changed? Whose fault is it?
The answer is not as complicated as you think. There is never anything wrong with the ... Views: 1077
How can we find happiness and have a perfect relationship when our partner is abusive in some way? What if no matter how loving you are, your partner still behaves in a physically or verbally violent manner? This situation can be enormously frustrating, extremely challenging, and even ... Views: 1915
By Jim Phillips 9/22/10
Have you ever considered that most of what you believe to be true you have never experienced first hand? Think about it, most of what we believe we have been told by someone else, have read it somewhere or heard it somewhere and then have come to the conclusion that it ... Views: 1302
Or rather, why don’t we know we are Magicians, Shamans, Sages, Wizards and Mystics? I believe that we were all born with magic inside of us: a passion, desire and ability to express something that is uniquely our own. No one ever was or ever will be exactly like you. You are unique and you have ... Views: 859
What road are you traveling on these days? What is it in your life that you seldom see or forget to see? Since we are in the 9th month, here are 9 seldom seen ways you may or may not be traveling?
1. Do you dream and see your passion or do you see your innermost fears?
2. Do you see ... Views: 1610
Are you a religious or spiritual individual? Maybe you’re both or maybe neither, but I believe that these viewpoints play an important role in molding your Identity. As for me, I am still figuring it all out. I can’t tell you how many times I have had serious conversations with my boyfriend, ... Views: 880
On Dec. 17, 2009, I watched the Olympic torch make its way down Yonge Street in Toronto. As I cheered and pumped my fists into the air with delight, I was filled with a sense of excitement I hadn’t felt in years - 30 years to be exact.
When I was 16, I was bundled off to Lake Placid with my ... Views: 975
This article summarizes the thematic content of the thirty-two Nostradamus prophecies that were known in mystic circles as the Paths of Wisdom, and for cross-reference to online sources the Nostradamus numbers will also be noted. Years of investigation unwinding the cryptic writings of medieval ... Views: 2139
Animal magnetism refers to a person's sexual attractiveness or authentic charisma. Simply put, the better a person feels about himself, the better people feel around him, which creates a magnetic presence. The controversy with science is about whether this is due to body language, voice tone and ... Views: 4018
Reality Creation is the Art of matching your energy-field (your thoughts, emotions and actions) with the energy-field of the Reality you wish to Create. You thereby attract what focus on, into your life. So if you wanted to attract money, you'd assume the energy-field of already being rich. If ... Views: 6092
Do you dread the thought of being put on the spot without notice? Have you ever experienced being tongue tied or at a total loss for words in unexpected situations? Have you ever thought of all the things you could have or would have said after an opportunity passed or felt that what you did say ... Views: 1497
What do you think when you see a stranger look at you, for only a moment, yet smile at you with a type of grace and almost gratitude? Does it bother you ? Do you turn around to make sure they are actually smiling at you or assume they have seen someone they know behind you? Or do you simply ... Views: 2768
There are so many chances one has to transform and change the various assortment of events that take place within the mind, from how it perceives the day to day functions to how it perceives oneself. These transformations feature an array of diverse inner layers and can be thought of as a start ... Views: 1476
The management of a sales team can either make or break an organization. It is product sales that ultimately determine whether the organization makes profits and grows. Sales management is a skill that each person in charge of a sales team must be familiar with if they are to lead their team ... Views: 1343
Everyone knows that it is impossible to foresee the future. Well, believers in astrology, tarot cards, psychic powers, black magic, crystal balls, and so forth, may take exception to this but their beliefs have been generally discredited by the world's scientific community. Indeed, to predict a ... Views: 3609
There are many theories as to how mankind was originally formed, how we arrived on this planet, and where we are going after we leave here.
One possible theory as to how we were formed and arrived here, is that millions of years ago, some alien starship needed to dump its garbage ... Views: 1759
Are you having psychic experiences? Are you questioning whether your metaphysical experiences are real? Do you see or hear dead people? Are you sensing that angels, God, or other spirit entities are giving you messages?
Are you in the closet, so to speak, about your spiritual abilities? ... Views: 2593
I Love You! Do you say these words enough? Do you say them too much? Do you say them at all?
According to marriage expert, Alisa Bowman, a sincere verbal expression of love at key times of the day can really have a positive impact on your "love connection."
Couples who say "I Love You" on ... Views: 4474
“Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit.”
– Norman Vincent Peale
What is it about hope that inspires us to keep on forging ahead? To keep trying – even when we feel like we are falling down? Hope is powerful. Hope is sometimes all that is ... Views: 2780
The church today appears to be more lost than the world it's trying to save. One reason is that the church has so wedded itself to western culture that Christians today look and live more like the culture around them than the Christ before them. The irony is, while the church almost continually ... Views: 2040
(Canonsburg, PA)— Nearly eighty percent of Americans believe in miracles, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life reports.
“I know miracles are real,” says David Beato, a devout Christian and author of the new memoir The Power of Prayer, Endurance and Truth. “I have witnessed many miracles ... Views: 1628
Method No 1: Be Grateful
Think of, and make a list of, all that already exists in your life for which you can feel grateful. Read this list daily for at least 90 days. Add to the list each time you think of something else for which you can feel grateful.
Gratitude and love initiate the ... Views: 2318
In your quest for truth, empirical, objective research is imperative and can be done by almost anyone. If you choose to, you can find great clarity in matters such as health and wellness, your love relationships, and current events.
However, even the most obvious findings, when they contrast ... Views: 2830
Throughout history humans have walked this journey called life using myths and stories for direction or guidance along the way. From the Petroglyphs of caves, to more modern times, stories have guided us along our journey. As a culture there is an agreed upon meaning of what is important, and ... Views: 2133
I am a simple soul, who had a multitude of problems while growing up and still has them as an adult, but facing them with a smile. Dreams came and went, reoccurred but never taken to understand. Now, I realize the opportunities I have missed by not listening to them or heeding to their ... Views: 1649