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- Why to decide for joy in life - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2012 from Manfred JohannsenMake a decision that you will experience joy in everything you do. Be sure to wake up every morning and say to yourself that today you decide to be joyful. Do not get out of bed before you have this feeling of joy, because with this decision and feeling your day will be in a much lighter light ...
Views: 1229 - Cougar Dreams and The Power of Choosing - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2012 from Dan StoneBelieve it or not, even personal development coaches can sometimes feel themselves struggling with inertia, seemingly unable to figure out much less take the next step, feeling stuck. Recently, in the throes of a particularly impotent (figuratively speaking) period where I felt both my personal ...
Views: 8707 - Faith Quotes - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCThese quotations will strengthen your faith. Smith Wigglesworth - “I am not moved by what I see. I am not moved by what I feel. I am moved only by what I believe.” Kenneth E. Hagin Sr. – “Faith begins where the will of God is known.” Joni Erickson Tada - “Faith isn’t the ability to ...
Views: 3489(2 votes) - Hope Quotes - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCThese quotations will give you hope and build your faith. Hope is the road, Faith is the victory. Martin Luther – “Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.” Unknown – Don’t worry, the fog will lift. Me – “Hope is the raw material from which faith builds the ...
Views: 2500(2 votes) - Fear - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCFear can have both positive and negative effects in our lives. Suppose, for example, that you were called upon right now to justify your life before God. How would you feel? Most people, would feel some degree of fear. What does your fear tell you? What is the real meaning of your fear? ...
Views: 2036(1 vote) - Word of God - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCThe argument has been something after this manner: The Ultimate Cause back of all things must be One, since Life cannot be divided against Itself; the Infinite must be One, for there could not be two Infinites. Whatever change takes place must take place within the One; but the One must be ...
Views: 1413(1 vote) - Meaning of Creation - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCNext, we come to the forms of Spirit, which forms we call matter. But what is matter? Science tells us that matter is eternal and indestructible; that, at first, it is an invisible cosmic stuff; and that it gradually takes form through some law working within it. The worlds were formed by ...
Views: 1528(1 vote) - The Aim Of Evolution - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCThe aim of evolution is to produce a man who, at the point of his objective thought, may completely manifest the whole idea of life—i.e., bring the concept of Unity to the point of particularization, finding nothing in the Law to oppose it. The reason Jesus was able to become the Christ was, ...
Views: 1335(1 vote) - The Nature of Being - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCSPIRIT We treat of Spirit as the Active and the only Self-Conscious Principle. We define Spirit as the First Cause or God; the Absolute Essence of all that is. It is also called the great, or the Universal, I AM. When Moses asked God who he should tell the Children of Israel had sent him, the ...
Views: 1678(1 vote) - Money Revealed ~ Become a Spiritual Custodian of this Infinite Supply - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2012 from Anita BriggsAbstract: Money is a fallen symbol in our world that needs to be spiritualized by brave souls who wish to support awakening in these monumental times! The greatest potential for healing our world will come through this, as money is a most powerful symbol in our reality. Many people live in a ...
Views: 1511 - Symptoms of an Awakening. - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2012 from Adrian BoniardiI talk and write about the ‘Awakening’ process and subjects related pretty often… If you’ve been through the process yourself you won’t need further explanation of ‘why’ I may refer to it so often; and if you’re not sure what an ‘awakening’ is, you may have a better idea after reading this ...
Views: 1593(1 vote) - A Simple Tool For Your Toolbox - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2012 from Tom MooreAs we get older, one of the things we must face are more trips to a hospital for any variety of reasons. This happened to me recently when I went in for arthroscopic knee surgery to repair a torn cartilage brought on by years of skiing. After a vacation this past September to Orlando’s ...
Views: 1113 - If Heaven Was a Corporation - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2012 from Tom MooreImagine for a minute if heaven was an international corporation. Then we would be able to explain a lot of misconceptions people have. First we would have a brilliant CEO (Creative Executive Officer) such as Steve Jobs, whose creations and innovations are different from all the other ...
Views: 1138 - The World Has Learn't all it can Through Suffering - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCThe world is beginning to realize that it has learned all it can through suffering and pain. Perhaps they were good in their place, but surely there can be no power in the Universe which wishes man to be sick, to suffer pain, to be unhappy and end up in the grave. Surely God could not ...
Views: 1718(1 vote) - Only One Mind - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCThere is no such thing as your mind, my mind, his mind, her mind and God’s Mind; there is just Mind in which we all live, move and have our being. There is Mind and nothing but Mind. We think of Conscious Mind and Spirit as One and the Same. Things are ideas. What else could they be? There is ...
Views: 1538(1 vote) - Nothing Happens By Chance - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCNothing in the Universe happens by chance. All is in accordance with Law, and the Law of God is as Omnipresent as is the Spirit of God. This Law is a Law of Mind, but back of the Law is the Word. “All things were made by Him and without Him was not anything made that was made.” Back of our ...
Views: 1809(1 vote) - Unity With Law - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCWe will say, then, that in Spirit man is One with God. But what of the great Law of the Universe? If we are really One with the Whole we must be One with the Law of the Whole, as well as One with the Spirit. Again psychology has determined the fact to be more than a fancy. The ...
Views: 1226(1 vote) - Metaphysical Meaning of Words - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCUPPER SECTION Spirit.—That part of man which enables him to be self-conscious. That which he really is. We do not see the spirit of man any more than we see the Spirit of God. We see what man does; but we do not see the doer. Christ, Logos.—The Word of God manifest in and through man. In ...
Views: 1331(1 vote) - Nature of Man - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCWhatever is true of the Universe as a Whole must also be true of the individual as some part of this Whole. Man is evolved from the Universe, and is a self-conscious, thinking center of Living Spirit, and, as such, he must, in his nature and being, reproduce the Universe. This is what ...
Views: 1770(1 vote) - Limitless Medium - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCWhen we realize that as we deal with our own individuality we are dealing with Self-Conscious Mind, and when we realize that as we deal with subjective mind we are dealing with the Universal Subjectivity, we see at once that we have at our disposal a Power compared to which the united ...
Views: 1229(1 vote) - Christ and Antichrist - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCThe Spirit of Christ means that mentality which recognizes the Law and uses It for constructive purposes only. The spirit of Antichrist is the spirit of the individual, or class of individuals who, understanding the Law, use It destructively. The meaning of the Flood or Deluge (which is ...
Views: 1177(1 vote) - Divine Nature on all three planes - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCMan reenacts the Divine Nature on all three planes; he is self- knowing in his conscious mind, creative through his subconscious mind, and has a body. He reenacts the Trinity of Being. Man is in perfect unity with the Whole. His conscious mind is his understanding of God; his subjective mind ...
Views: 1218(1 vote) - Man Is Identified In mind - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCMental treatment recognizes that each individual has his identity in mind and is known in Mind by the name he bears. This Subjective Law knows there is a John Smith and a Mary Jones. Why? Because John Smith and Mary Jones know that there is a John Smith and a Mary Jones. But It only knows ...
Views: 2674(1 vote) - Thought Force - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCThought force is the movement of consciousness which sets law in operation. The movement of consciousness upon itself creates a motion or vibration in Intelligence and upon Substance, the force of which is equal to the reality of the thought set in motion. For everything that happens in the ...
Views: 1595(3 votes) - Idea Must Take Form - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCHealing, then, takes place to the degree that we send down the right kind of thoughts into subjectivity. This does not mean that we must sit around holding thoughts. We do not hold a seed in our hand when we wish to plant it, and it is the same in healing; we do not hold the thought but ...
Views: 1935(2 votes) - Seeing Perfection - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCWhen Jesus said to the man, “Stretch forth thine hand,” He undoubtedly saw a perfect hand. Did he see the without or the within as being perfect? If everything is mental, and if he saw an imperfect hand instead of a perfect one, no good result could have come through His seeing, according to the ...
Views: 1445(2 votes) - Remove The Complex - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCSuppose one is constantly saying: “Everything is all wrong in the world; people are wrong; things are wrong; conditions are wrong; every one is sick; every one is unhappy; nothing is worth while.” You, as a practitioner, must remove this complex; for these inner emotions create outer ...
Views: 1281(1 vote) - Individuality - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCWhile man must be, and is, a Divine Image or a Perfect Idea, yet he suffers and is sick. The answer to this is the same answer which can be given, philosophically, to the whole problem of evil—that man is an individual and does with himself what he wills. The Scriptures say, “God hath made man ...
Views: 2016(1 vote) - Man Reenacts God - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCAs Mind, or Soul, accepts these images of thought, It operates upon unformed substance and causes it to take definite form as body, which is unconscious form. It becomes definite form, but the form itself is unconscious, because it is made of immaterial substance. Body of itself, ...
Views: 1599(1 vote) - Oneness with all law - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCWhen we know of our Oneness with God and Law, what a great burden will be removed which otherwise would cause us to struggle in making a demonstration! The sense of opposition must forever be removed from the consciousness which perceives Unity. Instead of saying, “Here is a sick man to heal ...
Views: 1132(1 vote) - Intuition: stay open, stay alert, expect to be amazed! - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2012 from Bryn Gregory PuchertVampires. The Trost family tree. The British Records Office. Hemingway. Dorothy Parker. An 'assault on Whitney'. What does it all mean? And who – or what – is Whitney? This morning a friend sent me a mail. He said it was about vampires. But it wasn't. It was a newsy bit of chit-chat from ...
Views: 1137 - Illusion: The Mocking Game - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2012 from Bryn Gregory PuchertWhat is the nature of our world? Is it as it seems; a hard-edged, walled-in Skinner Box, in which we are rats, closely monitored for our individual performance, our ability to outwit, outlast and outplay according to laws of randomness and separateness? For most of us, slowly coming to terms ...
Views: 1116 - Science and Spirutuality - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2012 from Fakeer IshavardasSCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY "Nature obeys mathematical law." -Frank Wilczek (Nobel Prize Physics,2004) It is a fallacy. Nature does not follow mathematical law. Maths ...
Views: 1232 - Ho'oponopono - the problem is never out there - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2012 from Lena ChenHave you heard of Ho'oponopono? Ok... it's quite a mouthful, but this is by far the most powerful teaching I have heard, and it's literally transformed the way I look at everything. Here is the story written by Joe Vitale who was featured in The Secret, that introduced me to Ho'oponopono. ...
Views: 2764 - The world as I see it (do you see it too?) - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2012 from Lena ChenThis is the world as I see it: 1) People are usually kind and supportive, and have good intentions, even it does not seem that way. 2) The universe always sends people and situations to us for our soul growth. 3) Once we know what we want, the universe will give us 100% support by ...
Views: 1251 - Love and quantum physics - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2012 from Lena ChenFirst of all, let me say that I am no expert in quantum physics, so for those of you who are not inclined towards reading a whole bunch of scientific technical terms, you may now breathe a sigh of relief, because I'm not capable of writing them either! In fact, in order to write this ...
Views: 3679 - Behind the Scenes of My Experience - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Linda RadfordHave you ever perceived life as a play, and what is happening behind the scenes as important as what is happening on stage? I am going to out on a limb by sharing a new perception I just received from a car accident Monday night February 27, 2012. If you do not agree, I honor your opinion. Yet ...
Views: 1400 - Resurrecting the Great Mother - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2012 from Rev. Sheri Heller“I found god in myself and I loved her /I loved her fiercely.” - Ntozake Shange We come into this world yearning to connect with the mother. Psychoanalyst Carl Gustav Jung conveyed that this innate need for mothering is archetypal, meaning that it reflects a universal symbolic ...
Views: 1104 - Aphrodite's Wound: Women & Sex Addiction - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2012 from Rev. Sheri HellerAphrodite’s story begins with a violent birth with absent parents and a castrated father. We can conjecture that her violent birth contributed to her cruelty and vindictiveness in which she used her beauty as a channel for her aggression. In her compulsive search to transcend the pain of her ...
Views: 1717(1 vote) - Navigating You And Me With Love And Compassion: The Two-Sided Silver Lining - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Ragini MichaelsEveryday Dilemma: Even though I’m exhausted, should I push myself to keep that independence that makes me feel really competent and good? Or, should I just relax today and enjoy depending on family and friends for all the wonderful things they bring me? When I was growing up, the silver ...
Views: 1257 - Navigating You And Me With Love And Compassion: Two Sweeteners for Intimate Interaction - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Ragini MichaelsEveryday Dilemma: Do I honor my thirst to be alone for awhile, or do I follow the longing in my heart to be together with friends and family? For years I believed intimacy meant being together with my beloveds - all the time! Everyone I knew suffered greatly from my youthfully exuberant ...
Views: 2023 - Navigating You and Me with Love and Compassion: Can Being Wrong Be Alright? - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Ragini MichaelsEveryday Dilemma: Should I point out my thinking and doing is right, even though you’re telling me I’m wrong? Or, should I take the high road, avoid conflict, and let you believe I’m wrong and you’re right? ‘You’re wrong!’ Those words were a red flag to my bull. I love being right; and ...
Views: 1281 - Navigating You & Me With Love & Compassion: You’re Not The Boss O’Me! - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Ragini MichaelsEveryday Dilemma: Should I follow my urge to take control of this project, do it my way, efficiently and quickly, and risk a fight? Or should I just breathe deep, surrender to my partner’s way, and opt to keep the peace to get the project done? My mom and dad never fought over cooking. But ...
Views: 1221 - Ask for Whatever You Want - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Clardy MalugenASK FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT An excerpt from “Let’s Manifest Miracles!” by Clardy Malugen Follow your bliss and the Universe will open doors where there were only walls. -- Joseph Campbell I’d have to say that over 90 percent of my seminar participants and private clients come to me ...
Views: 1156(2 votes) - Turbulence - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2012 from Donna GershmanTwo years ago, after a month of traveling, I boarded a red-eye flight from California to return home to Massachusetts. Although I had a connecting flight, I imagined being able to sleep most of the way. My first flight to Dallas was uneventful, just like you hope for. The connecting flight from ...
Views: 1347(3 votes) - If something keeps on happening to you, you need to pay attention - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Donna LeeI have a rule in my life. If something happens twice, pay attention to it. This type of awareness has allowed me to to stay present in my life without being overwhelmed. I may not always like the situation but I do pay attention so that it does not become a mess that I can't handle. Repetitive ...
Views: 6452(2 votes) - Spiritual Education in the Classics - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Andrew FlaxmanCopyright©2002 by Andrew Flaxman Available online at www.classicinsights.com SPIRITUAL EDUCATION THROUGH CLASSIC INSIGHTS For hundreds of years, from all over the ancient world, kings and commoners traveled to Delphi to ask the Oracle of Apollo about the right course of action – ...
Views: 806 - What is an Intuitive? - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Jennifer LyallYou may have seen some people claim that they are intuitive or they are intuitive. Have you ever wondered what this means? I’m sure you are familiar with the gut feeling or simply knowing what to do in a particular situation. That’s your intuition guiding you to a certain outcome that is ...
Views: 1744(1 vote) - Nuts and Bolts: Intention and Free Will by Eva Herr www.evaherr.com - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Eva HerrOne of the favored topics of discussion today is the topic of intention and free will. Are you of the opinion that intention creates? What I mean by this is do you believe that intention can shape or manipulate one's reality? Are you of the opinion that human beings have free will? Two very ...
Views: 1032 - Would you rather move a mountain or climb one? - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Jake TuschinskiToday I read a quote, “Mountains are made for movin’ not just sitting there lookin’ pretty! So get out there & get to movin’!” With that thought you will work your butt off. Seriously! Where is the progress in moving a mountain? Where the heck are we to move that mountain? Remember that life ...
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