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- A Path of Passion, Excellence, & Purpose - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2010 from Andrea ConnellEarly in my life I was taught to take what you do best and do your best with it. I believe in setting the bar high and doing all you can to reach it. We may even have to try many things before we find the thing that we do best. Presumably somewhere along the line though we will discover ...
Views: 2024 - Reiki: A System of Mastery - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2010 from Andrea ConnellMastery; a foreign concept in our western way of thinking. It’s a word that is hardly relevant to our understanding of how the western world functions today. In our new world we assess achievement with diplomas, certificates and degrees and aggressively climbing the ladder to success. In the old ...
Views: 1693(4 votes) - "Is Your Life Waiting To Be Dreamed"? - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2010 from Christie PenningtonWaking Dreams Most of the time we think of dreams as something we experience at night or a flight of fancy we experience during the day as a wishful thought for our lives. Consider the possibility that this is really backwards. What if your life is really the dream? What if you are dreaming ...
Views: 1246(1 vote) - The Mystical Benefits of Waiting - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2010 from Marc LernerWaiting is a skill we often ignore. It may seem to have as little value as nothingness, but in Zen, nothingness is a profound state of Being. When we focus on thinking, we tend to aspire to conclusions. This could be attempting to achieve a goal, attaining a desire or simply ending what we are ...
Views: 2949(1 vote) - Understanding Higher and Lower Emotions - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2010 from Anthony CappelloEvery emotion you have is designed for a specific purpose. For example, guilt is just meant as a tap on the shoulder letting you know that the way you reacted, or whatever you may have done probably isn't in the highest interest for yourself and others around you. There are those who may lay ...
Views: 4086 - Angels and True Guidance - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2010 from Marti AngelIt has been said over time that those who hear voices are going mad. What about those who hear voices in their dreams? Are they mad also? How do we determine when we have heard the voice of the angels, and when we have received true guidance? One of the easiest things to do is to discount ...
Views: 1864(1 vote) - Journaling and Ascension - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2010 from Maurice TurmelJournaling for Ascension is about empowerment through self-awareness. It is a process by which you get your needs met for emotional and spiritual cleansing. Journaling removes the cobwebs from your thinking processes by having you record the ideas, thoughts and emotions that you currently find ...
Views: 1842 - Preparing for Ascension 2012 - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2010 from Maurice TurmelWe are witnessing events of great magnitude on the Earth right now. Very recently we saw the latest in terms of catastrophe and suffering as we witnessed the collapse of cities and towns in Haiti. A small island nation has been rocked by an earthquake and has succumbed to the forces of the ...
Views: 2217(1 vote) - What is the Higher Self? - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2010 from Bobby BeaulieuAre we just a body with a personality? From my understanding, we are much more than that. Each one of us has a higher aspect. This higher aspect has been typically called the Higher Self. If I am not wrong, others have also referred to it as the oversoul or overself. Who and what is the ...
Views: 2870(3 votes) - How do movies influence our behaviour and impact the Law of Attraction? - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2011 from Jennifer HallHow do movies influence our behaviour and impact the Law of Attraction? So many movies can lower our vibration with content of murder, mayhem and gratuitous violence and sex. Have you ever watched a violent movie and felt afterwards as if you had actually suffered? The same can be said about ...
Views: 7413(4 votes) - Breaking Free of Our Comfort Zones - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2010 from Debra RebleIn 1992, a Chinese freighter mistakenly dropped a crate of 30,000 rubber duckies into the Pacific Ocean. Three months later, many of these “friendly floatees” were discovered on the coasts of Indonesia, Australia, and South America. Some daring ducks headed toward Alaska by crossing the Bering ...
Views: 1287(4 votes) - Emily & Isable: Literary Heroines in Dreams - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2010 from Deborah DeNicolaEmily and Isabel : Literary Heroines in Dreams Dreaming or awake, we perceive only events that have meaning to us. — Jane Roberts Emily Many women writers I know, and not just those of my generation, still struggle with giving themselves permission to write, which is tantamount to ...
Views: 1587(1 vote) - Right attention attracts right results to entrepreneurs - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2010 from Monique MacKinnonIf you want to create different and better results for yourself and your team, at work and/or home, consider going a step further in your self-development and expanding your inner self. If you continue managing your time, finances, people and stress, and additionally, focus your attention and ...
Views: 1317 - Find The River Within - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2010 from Robin EschlerLast night I attended a satsang. I would imagine that most of you reading this know that a satsang is a gathering of people around a teacher, usually of Eastern thought, to listen, meditate, chant or whatever the teacher guides the group to do. Although I left euphoric and feeling a bit ...
Views: 1159(3 votes) - Have You Been Diagnosed With An “Itis” Recently? - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2010 from Sharon WilsonI had a client recently with what is referred to as What-if-itis. What-if-itis is when you’re worried about what hasn’t happened yet. She had a prospect that was referred to her but was scared to call because she was scared of what the outcome would be. She didn’t believe that she had the ...
Views: 1599(1 vote) - Do You Talk More Than You Listen? - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2010 from Sharon WilsonEven if you often let others carry on the conversation, there's likely another conversation simultaneously going on inside your head. As the other person speaks, your mind may be racing on with its own thoughts, drowning out all words but its own. Often the loudest, most notable sensation in ...
Views: 2690(2 votes) - Live Each Day As If It Were Your Last, Really? - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2010 from James Patrick McDonald"Live each day as if it were you last." It sounds wonderful doesn't it? What would today look like if i truly lived it as if it were my last? Would i get out of bed? i might just stay a while - not out of depression but because it's so peaceful, so safe, so genuine with being. Would i ...
Views: 1850(2 votes) - Spiritual Guidance and Support Coping With Personal and Global Tragedy - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2010 from Stephanie AltI remember feeling my mother’s sorrow as a child. Sometimes I would stand next to her and begin to cry. “Why are you crying” she’d ask bewildered? “I don’t know mommy, because you are sad” I’d say. Some of us physically register the suffering of others in our bodies. We tap into their feelings ...
Views: 1139 - Is Fear of Failure the Vibration You Feel Most Strongly? - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2010 from Sharon WilsonHave you ever awakened in the middle of the night worrying about what if the clients don't show up? Or what am I going to do if... Or maybe just felt that sense of, "What am I doing wrong? Why can't I get a break?" In my coaching business there was a point where I could not break through to ...
Views: 1544 - Opening Your Eyes - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2010 from Holly Mae HowardGreetings, Abundant Ones, How lush is your world? Are you able to see all the Abundance that is around you? When you look at a challenging situation, do you see it with the eyes of defeat, or with the eyes of Infinite Possibility? I promise you this: THERE IS NO SITUATION THAT IS LARGER THAN ...
Views: 1270(1 vote) - CREATIVITY IN A TIME OF CRISIS - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2010 from Nancy DetweilerEssayist Ann Taylor Fleming once shared her means of coping with the present planetary crisis. Instead of focusing on the turmoil, she visits museums of art. She feasts upon the beauty humankind has created. Surrounded by the extraordinary, Ann finds hope. Humanity is capable of creating a ...
Views: 933(2 votes) - Shift as a Positive Force in the Universe - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2010 from Debra RebleShift is a fundamental force in the universe that we can harness to create and enhance the greater good. Right now we are in the midst of tremendous shifts on a global level and individually as well. How we perceive and deal with the significant changes in the financial market, environment, and ...
Views: 1285(2 votes) - Making Discerning Choices - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2010 from Debra RebleThroughout our everyday lives, we need to make choices all the time. Sometimes, we may find making any choice an overwhelming experience. Because we have so much going through our minds at once, it is often hard to sort through this ricochet of ideas, thoughts and information and make the choice ...
Views: 1313(3 votes) - The Law of Attraction: the Power of Gratitude and Marveling - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2010 from Hope BradfordAs one who is grateful and also 'marvels', you add another dimension of law of attraction actions and skills. Each morning you awaken to another day. Surrounded by the sights, sounds and scents of your reality, you realize that this amazing mind and body allows you to magically create and then ...
Views: 1749(3 votes) - Sacred Geometry - Designs of Creation and the Symbols of Wholeness - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2010 from Russell Symonds (Shaktivirya)Sacred geometry symbols come from the patterns of nature, spirit, and various mystical concepts. Behind all sacred geometric symbols is the knowledge that enables us to take complete control over our lives, taking us out of chaos, fear and hatred which affect so many of us. According to ancient ...
Views: 4802(1 vote) - Astral Travel? - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2010 from Lilian EDEN* EdenAstral Projection: The Beginning There is a difference between remote viewing and astral travel. I conduct workshops (Saloons) introducing astral travel and remote viewing so that people can learn the difference. There are still some who do not know there is a difference or they believe these ...
Views: 3092(2 votes) - It's the Little Things... - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2010 from Stuart RosenEven the mightiest of oaks starts as the tiniest of acorns. Neither one is greater than the other; they're just merely different forms of the same thing. And yet, we often look around our lives and see things from only today's perspective. We look up at the oak, but down at the acorn. Sometimes ...
Views: 1526(5 votes) - Do YOU Have Personal Strength? - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2010 from Keith BrayHave YOU Got Personal Strength?(God Thing) I ask this question for a reason. I am very interested in hearing honest and open answers from other. I am particularly interested in hearing from those who can respond without giving away a particular religious bias. For many years I have known ...
Views: 1512(1 vote) - Energy Vampires - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2010 from Azzrian VisionsEnergy Vampires Raise your hand if you know one! Now Raise your hand again because you ARE one! We are all energy and we need to thrive and feed off of the energy of others and we also give back with our own energy. We have the Law of Polarity and for every action there is an ...
Views: 2694(1 vote) - The truth of the presence - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2010 from Angela Schulz-HenkeThe information I give you today is of some importance. We are entering the stage of Consciousness. The transformation of the global consciousness already started. More and more people like you are looking for the truth. This transformation is happening in you. But be aware that every ...
Views: 2526(5 votes) - Highly Intuitive Children; Amazing Stories and Insights About Raising Psychic Children - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2010 from Stephanie AltDo you have or know a highly intuitive child? When you look into their eyes it’s as if there’s an unspoken understanding between you, a psychic connection. I casually refer to these children as “old souls”. They just seem wiser than their years, and more tuned in to the sixth sense. I have ...
Views: 4664(5 votes) - The Soul Connection - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2010 from Bettina GoodwinWe all have it, we just don’t always know how to get to it or keep it. And when stressful things are happening around us or we are confronted with someone who is angry, we wish we could feel it. We look for it out in the world and yet we never seem to find it there. We long for it and sometimes ...
Views: 1577(1 vote) - What Can Amelia Earhart Teach Us About Life? - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2010 from Rena ReeseWhile on vacation I finished an autobiographical accounting of Amelia's historical flight in the Friendship called, 20 hrs., 40 min. I took note of many parts of the book-- and many of her funny remarks and down to earth humble stories. One story that amused me was when she gave an ...
Views: 2318(2 votes) - So Much Noise - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2010 from James Patrick McDonaldCan you be alone and quiet? Can you simply sit and be still in silence, with YOU? Are you walking around unconscious, asleep? It seems that everywhere we go these days there is “human” noise of some kind or other obscuring the peace of quiet. One typical day: Bank - music playing ...
Views: 2587(9 votes) - Your True Nature is Free and This is How to Attain That State - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2010 from David SamuelYour true nature, a state of full consciousness, it is within your grasp, you just do not know it. You see, your true nature is not an organ or a particular thing that you can call your soul. True consciousness, enlightenment, is a state of being. You could almost call it feeling an emotion ...
Views: 1128(4 votes) - How to Resolve Conflicts of Your Mind - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2010 from David SamuelKnowledge of how something functions is vital to being able to use it, be it a nuclear power plant or a can opener. If we do not know what it is and how it works and how to use it properly, it is of little or no use, or can even be a great danger to yourself and society. Our mind is the ...
Views: 1813 - How to Become More Conscious - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2010 from Marc LernerI define consciousness as our life force. When you take away all of our distractions and limitations, we become more conscious. It isn’t that consciousness evolves, for it is we who evolve to be conscious. From our most intelligent thoughts to our best perceptions, we appreciate them because we ...
Views: 1997(1 vote) - A Smile Goes a Long Way - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2010 from Bettina GoodwinOften in life, there are days when we don’t even want to get out of bed, let alone get on with our day. We can look at the day ahead as something to dread or we can change our vision of what it will be with a breath. This is merely a matter of changing your perspective. When you wake up in ...
Views: 2831 - The Beauty of Life - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2010 from Stefanie MillerNotes to Myself My beloved dog, Staci passed away gently in the night on Valentine’s Day. I lay with her while she transitioned stroking her fur and murmuring how much I love her. I reminisced about all the fond memories we shared in the past 14 years. She was my companion when I did not have ...
Views: 1162(1 vote) - Neutral Energy - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2010 from Stefanie MillerNotes to Myself Have you ever woken up really early in the morning before anyone is up? You wake refreshed but somewhat groggy and disoriented. Perhaps you make a pot of coffee and sit in your favorite place enjoying the morning sounds and sights. In the background is the sound of birds and ...
Views: 1319(2 votes) - Add Crystals and Stones to your Meditation Practice for an Enlightening Experience! - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2010 from Sherri CortlandI have always loved crystals. I love to be surrounded by them, I love to hold them in my hands and place them on Chakra points during meditation, and I especially love to wear them. When I was young and broke, I remember saving my change in a jar until I had enough money to buy a piece of raw ...
Views: 3795(4 votes) - Wring out the Old – Ring in the New! - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2010 from Michelle CrossThe start of a new decade is a good time to take stock of our quality of life, of our accomplishments and our ongoing goals. For example, just take a moment to cast your mind back over bygone years and check out what happened to those New Years’ resolutions you made. You know the ones: the diet ...
Views: 1273 - The Spiritual Warrior - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2010 from John StachuraThe Spiritual Warrior In the best selling book The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz gives four principles to practice in order to create love and happiness in your life. Adopting and committing to these agreements is simple. Actually living and keeping these four agreements can be one of the ...
Views: 1490(2 votes) - The Power of Our Words in the Creation of Our Reality - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2010 from Hal PriceAs humans we have been given many powerful gifts, but the most sacred may be our power of speech. We are the only creatures who can consciously use our breath to create vibrational sounds which we have learned to form into words to communicate with one another. More importantly however, is ...
Views: 3400(6 votes) - 2012: Prophecy or Potential? - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2010 from Joan Marie WhelanThere has been a lot of chatter on the Web, on TV programming and in open discussion about the year 2012. Propagating Mayan Prophecy further was the film debut of 2012, which held viewing audiences captivated with its spectacular and alarming scenes of a cataclysmic event. Throughout ...
Views: 1644(3 votes) - Alternatives for Millennium Kids - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockA good friend of mind recently commented that his own kids and their friends are a lot less materialistic than our generations were, and that numerous surveys show that Millennials don't want their jobs to interfere with their family or social life. He went on to say that, "Some say this is ...
Views: 1413(2 votes) - Future Reality - Living In Joy - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2010 from Marie BarrettIt is time to birth the new reality of our future. We are creating a new world; what kind of world depends on our thoughts and our belief that we do in fact manifest what we think about. As a transformational life coach I am finding it easier and easier to speak to others about living in a state ...
Views: 1530(1 vote) - First We Were Dreamers - Mammoths, Angels, and Demons - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2010 from Christofer FrenchBefore Psychology and Religion, there was Us and our Dreams - As we stand on the proscenium of the Future, in the 21st Century's front door, it is useful to remember that Humans are not our things, not our technologies, not our web, nor our electronic codes. We are not the New Age. We are not ...
Views: 819(2 votes) - The Law of Attraction Between Men and Women - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2010 from Inner Sync Systems Inc.Have you ever had an instinctive "knowing" that your relationship is more than simply a connection with another person? That there is a purpose in that connection? That it's a natural channel for attracting what you want in life, whatever that means for you - being cherished, good health, a ...
Views: 3522(3 votes) - Do External Situations Like Job, Relationships or Health Cause Depression? - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2010 from Marc LernerWhen we face difficult times, how we perceive the situation we are in may cause depression. It is not what happens in the world around us, what other people say or the promise of a dismal future, but by our own mind. When we focus on our thoughts, our own brains create our experience. If you ...
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