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- STOPPING TERRORISM… a winnable challenge! - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Stephanie Mann“Must stay on guard,” (Bay Area News Group Editorial 5-2-11), is a message for all citizens. However, Americans need to know what they can do to reduce this dangerous threat to our safety. Terrorism is an unholy war with evil leaders spreading fear to promote their agenda. Terrorists want to ...
Views: 1393(1 vote) - Be Sure You Are Reaching Higher Beings Or You Will Never FIND The Ascension Path - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Malina HavardHow To Be SURE You Are Reaching A Higher Level Being  This is so simple. FOLLOW THE COLOR CHART OF THE PRISM, the 6 primary colors with a blue-green, makes 7. But, other than that, The rainbow. Red, orange, yellow, green, bluegreen, indigo and violet. God is simple, it's not complex ...
Views: 1805 - Crucifixion: a Symbol of What We Do to Ourselves - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from David Robert OrdThere are people who think we ought to get rid of all talk about the crucifixion of Jesus in the 21st century—that it is a negative, unhelpful, even harmful image. Those who have moved away from Christianity point to how Christendom has even taught people to crucify themselves, put themselves ...
Views: 1409 - Come Fully Alive By Learning to Die to Your Ego Daily - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from David Robert OrdSpiritual Insight from Eckhart Tolle's Stillness Speaks In the British television soap EastEnders, an elderly character called Dot says that at lonely times in life, she always had herself, so that she was never totally lonely. Her concern about the fact she’s aging is: what if she loses ...
Views: 1219 - Griever's Dilemma--How to Celebrate Mother's Day - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Sandy ClendenenMother's Day carries a lot of emotional significance for most grievers. Whatever one's relationship with Mother, this person is our first connection here on the Earth plane. This connection may have lasted a lifetime or it may have ended on the day of birth with adoption, or any number other ...
Views: 1531(1 vote) - Principles of Raja Meditation - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from Walker SharpeFunny story actually, one night I had this really overly intense dream about being in a forest, and coming to this giant oak tree. The top of the tree turned into a three-headed dragon, and I had to battle with it. Some days later I was walking through Barnes and Noble and came across a ...
Views: 869 - We Are All One Family - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from Maria Khalife"If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity." ~ John F. Kennedy Diversity is the only thing that can do justice to the concept of infinity, and in the Family called Man, the importance of diversity takes first honors. Frequently, because the ...
Views: 613 - Honor Your Mind - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from Maureen Brennan MercierHonor your mind first by acknowledging how powerful the mind is. This is another jewel for self discovery. We are not our minds. We are spirit in physical form with a magnificent tool, our mind. The mind is best used for creating our life with intention and purpose in union with the ...
Views: 698 - Beat Social Fear Review - The Best Ways to Reduce Stress & Anxiety - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from michael reviewSome people prefer these ways : 1. Eat correctly. Food has more related to our moods than we believe. When our blood sugar is low, we are able to get crabby and tense. Don't miss meals (especially breakfast), and choose foods with protein and complex carbohydrates, and also hardwearing . ...
Views: 1229 - GOD Explained for Atheists and Simplified for Theists - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from Swami AaronMay 2, 2011 GOD Explained for Atheists and Simplified for Theists Whether God exists or not, before we ask or answer this question, we must be very clear about the fact that what actually we mean by the word ‘God’; otherwise both the question and all answers are meaningless. In ...
Views: 786 - The Basics of Chakras - by Submitted on May 10, 2011 from Karen de GrenierYour physical and spiritual bodies should be in balance so that you will have an optimal learning experience while on Earth. Balance in this connotation is not staying upright and being able to walk a straight line, but rather keeping your chakras open to receive the universal life force. ...
Views: 970(1 vote) - How to Be Yourself in a Workplace of Giant Egos - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from David Robert OrdHow can you be who you really are in a corporate, government, or nonprofit workplace when you are around giant egos that challenge you and seek to control you and get the better of you day in and day out? An interesting article was sent to me recently entitled "A bigger ego is the only way to ...
Views: 2041 - Passion - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Kristin WhitelawPassion is the very substance of our grandest visions. It is not easy to find a comfortable home in our daily, civilized, disciplined and organized world for passion’s vibrant and intense existence. Our culture can certainly be prudent to control and contain, with watchful and sensible eyes, the ...
Views: 1263 - What is Your 2012 Timeline? - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Meg BenedicteIn keeping with the natural cycles of our planet, Spring is the time of the year to seed our intentions so that they grow and manifest during Autumn's harvest. The Cosmological lineup in Aries since the Spring Equinox has been compelling our thoughts and feelings to focus on self, the 'I AM' ...
Views: 1428 - Final Year of the Mayan Calendar - Choice Point of our Future - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Meg BenedicteOn February 11th, 2011 we entered the final stage of the Mayan Calendar and the acceleration of time as we know it. Every 20 days we will experience an incremental 'bump up' in vibration that pushes our denser energy to adjust and change. In the same manner that pressure applied to a solid ...
Views: 1637 - Afraid to Develop Self-Awareness? Fail in Your Relationships? Combat the Fear and Develop a Successful Relationship - by Submitted on May 04, 2011 from Doron GilThere are many who, in spite of failing in their relationship over and over and again, are afraid to develop self-awareness and understand what makes them fail. This is unfortunate, since it is only when they will develop Self-Awareness and understand how they shoot themselves in the foot in ...
Views: 1450 - Mindfulness and the Power of Living in the Moment - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Jane AbramowitzMindfulness and the Power of Living in the Moment Before discussing Mindfulness itself, just some food for thought which will lead us into a full discussion of the topic… Previously I wrote about the power of forgiveness in helping us get out from under the Shadow of the Past. (Check out this ...
Views: 2293 - Osama and the Karma of State-sponsored Killing - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Ramgiri BraunIn the light of 9-11 and the killing of Osama bin Laden we understand the reactions of revenge and of hatred. Their expression was easy enough to see in the outburst of joy at his death in many parts of the US. It made some of us rather uncomfortable. That we are staging the equivalent of ...
Views: 1195 - Beyond Conceptual Thought into Experiential Reality - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Frederick DodsonThere is a Spanish word called "Duende" that originally meant spirit entering your body and causing you to view your surroundings, other people and nature with awe and wonderment. According to the dictionary today the word is used to the "mysterious power a work of art has to deeply move a ...
Views: 2502(1 vote) - Meditation, Awakening and Enlightenment - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffPeople from the Eastern hemisphere are probably more acquainted with the term or the word “Enlightenment.” If you’re from the Western hemisphere, you probably are acquainted with the term “Awakening”. So what is “Awakening” or “Enlightenment”? In the Western tradition Abraham Maslow was really ...
Views: 1022(2 votes) - The 7 Planes Of Existence - by Submitted on May 06, 2011 from rachel annThere are a number of concepts that have been described by theta healing but their governing concept is of the seven planes of existence. This is a central way of unfolding this whole globe and it is well known that it helps people who are concerned to know the spiritual and physical features of ...
Views: 5346 - Survival Evidence Spiritualist Mediums - by Submitted on May 06, 2011 from rachel annFirst of all, we should have the complete understanding of the term, spiritualist mediums. Spiritual mediums are those exceptional or special people who possess the unique ability or capacity of conveying or building communication with spirit people by receiving their messages from life after ...
Views: 2550(1 vote) - Is The Afterlife Real? - by Submitted on May 06, 2011 from rachel annMany people believe in life after death, which is commonly termed as “the afterlife”. In some beliefs, the word “afterlife” signifies being reborn, and that there is continuity to life, that whatever you have been doing should be continued on to the next life. The most common example to this ...
Views: 1646 - Enlightenment: How to Transcend the Ego - by Submitted on May 06, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"That which you assume yourself to be is not actually a thing, but an action. It is the action holding on. In every moment, you are unconsciously holding on to an idea of who you are. And although this idea of who you are is constantly changing moment to moment, the action of ...
Views: 1293(2 votes) - A Look at Life and Death - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Janis EricsonRevenge is a confession of pain.” Today it is hard to think of much else. The news that Osama Bin Laden was dead arrived last night, and I wasn’t alone in my shock. It is news I thought would never arrive. We all remember 9/11 and where we were that day. None of us was alone in our grief ...
Views: 1442(1 vote) - Do Sleeping Position Surely Affect Loud Snores? - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Marie MalacamanMost have ever heard and read the tip about sleeping on one’s side that will help get rid of snoring. Following this help, it turns out, will go regardless. Since it occurs, the 2 main kinds of snorers: positional and non-positional. The former being those who snored only once they slept with a ...
Views: 1079 - Are you Evil - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from David SamuelThe thoughts of this writing are based on the Hermetica, a body of literature written in late antiquity, but believed to be much older. Perhaps written at the time of Moses. Written originally in Latin and Greek, it is the source of the Gnostic teachings and it appears that Christianity took ...
Views: 1200 - Do You Yell at the Movie Screen of Your Life? - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorIf you find you don’t like a movie, you don’t yell at the screen to change. But, is that what you do about your life? I’d decided to use the Ho’oponopono method to work on old program tapes that run in my subconscious. If you’re going to aim at a target so you can hit it consistently, you ...
Views: 1329(1 vote) - The Awakening for Women - by Submitted on May 06, 2011 from Carl Tuchy PalmieriThe Awakening for Women A time comes in your life when you finally get it. When in the midst of all your fears and insanity you stop dead your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out ENOUGH! Enough fighting and crying or struggling to hold on. And, like a child quieting ...
Views: 490 - Cooperation - The Driving Force of Evolution - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Andrew SchneiderEveryone has heard that survival of the fittest is what drives evolution. We have not only heard it but believed it. We now know this is not true, but will have a hard time letting go of the original idea that was nothing more than a disproven theory. We will probably hang on to it not only ...
Views: 1198 - Age Old Divination & Fortune Telling - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from rachel annEvidence shows that various forms of divination - or fortune telling - were in use (and playing important roles in religion and politics as well as medicine) as far back as 4000 BC. Practised in places like ancient China, Chaldea, Babylonia and Egypt, as well as Greece, Northern Europe Africa ...
Views: 2719 - Mystic Astral Travel - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from rachel annThe concept of astral travel, or projection, has been observed for many thousands of years, dating all the way back to ancient China and is today frequently associated with New Age beliefs and systems. Generally, it can be described as the conscious mind or spirit leaving the body, either to ...
Views: 2402 - The Afterlife Belief System - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from rachel annAn important concept of many belief systems around the world, the afterlife is certainly an attractive prospect. None of us want to simply accept that the physical death of our bodies will mean the end of our existence. The question whether there really is a life after death has been, and still ...
Views: 1747 - Ultimate Reasons For Experiencing A Psychic Reading - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from rachel annMany of us have at least one or two of those moments in our lives when we don't quite know which way to turn or things simply just don't make sense. As a rule, we are blinded to solutions to various situations/ problems by the feelings or emotions we have regarding or because of them. Asking ...
Views: 1380 - Engaging Potential - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from June BlunkWhen you awoke this morning, what thoughts came to mind? How did you feel about the day that lie before you—the yet-to-come? From the instant that you began experiencing today, you were also formulating the yet-to-come. Perhaps unknowingly, perhaps consciously, or perhaps somewhere in between, ...
Views: 1132 - Dreams and Spiritual Growth - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Karen de GrenierI think most people are inquisitive about the meanings of our dreams. There are many books with dream symbol definitions and they each have their own ideas about the meanings with a few exceptions. Some people will declare they don’t dream. Absent a sleep disorder we all dream, and we can ...
Views: 879 - Creating Spiritual Balance - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Karen de GrenierUsing the light that surrounds you is the key to providing balance throughout your body. Your body is surrounded by energy that appears in different colors. Many people can actually see this energy that is referred to as an aura. The colors in your aura should clear and bright and will change ...
Views: 836 - Romance in the New Energy - by Submitted on May 01, 2011 from Stefanie MillerNotes to Myself We’ve entered a new energy where everything may look the same, but, in actuality nothing is it appears. If we even so much as attempt to do things in the old way and expect the same old results we are mistaken, therefore, our relationships are shifting. Those that were not ...
Views: 1076 - What is Self-Awareness, Why is it Important for a Successful Relationship, and How to Attain it - by Submitted on May 01, 2011 from Doron GilWHAT IS SELF-AWARENESS? Self-Awareness is a process by which you get to know yourself better. You can then understand what controls your attitudes, thinking, reactions and behaviors and drive you to sabotage your relationships. As you attain Self-Awareness you can realize the factors that ...
Views: 3316 - Unveil the Chore of your Self - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Swami AaronApril 30, 2011 Unveil the Core of Yourself What a great irony it is that we try to reach from a corner to the other corner of the world, from one planet to another planet of the galaxy; but, we never try to reach the core of ourselves. Our core, which is pristine ...
Views: 727 - Meditation, Self Improvement And Spiritual Guidance - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Audrey GreenWhen it comes to improving oneself, there are a lot of different methods; and for an individual to develop certain aspects of his life, he needs meditation and self improvement. These aspects can be about his thinking, overall health, controlling vices, and other areas that need to be ...
Views: 850 - Listening To Oneself- Fad or Fact? - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2012 from Joan Jacobs"Listening to oneself" has become a popular token of language and cultural icon in this era of spiritual awakening. Healer, coaches and others in the self-management industry discuss the need to listen to ourselves. The verb "to listen" causes expectations of hearing things. The only sounds ...
Views: 1375(1 vote) - Personal Growth-A Growing Factor In Health-Related Issues - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2012 from Joan JacobsConsidering the rise in health-related challenges, Many people search for alternatives to the common medical system. It is becoming clear and clearer that Personal growth is a significant aspect in establishing health due to the association between the "person" and disease. According to the ...
Views: 1461 - Can You Really Teach An Old Dog New Tricks? - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2012 from Joan JacobsSelf- sabotaging health is very common and mostly associated with bad eating habits, lack of exercise, smoking etc. But more serious and much more hazardous is resistance to change. You can't change your bad habits without dealing with change. Its only logical that you can't modify bad ...
Views: 1433 - Are You Managing Or Managed By Your Life? - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2012 from Joan JacobsWhen examining the processes and situations in our lives, people often look for a system that is responsible for our life processes and why is it that they experience the specific situations of their lives. Disciplines such as theology, psychology and philosophy and most spiritual doctrines ...
Views: 1348 - What About Your True Self? - by Submitted on May 01, 2011 from Elisabetta ReistWhat about your True Self? Do you think that your True Self suffers from Anxiety? What does it do within you? Do you know where your true Self is located? Have you ever thought of it? Most people do not make any difference between their body and their Self. Do you? Should you? What do you ...
Views: 938 - PRESENCE - The Inner Source of Love, Truth and Wholeness - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2012 from Giten Swami DhyanAn excerpt from Swami Dhyan Giten's new book "Presence - Working from Within. The Psychology of Being" (Lulu.com, 2012) What is presence? Presence is: Our Inner ...
Views: 1864 - Brainwaves and The Subconscious - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2011 from Steve TruetonBrainWaves and Your Conscious Awareness Have you ever wondered how some people are always so cool, calm and collected, even in the trickiest of situations? On the flip-side, some people are always so excitable even when there's nothing to really get excited about. The reason for this is that ...
Views: 7367(1 vote) - The Dancing Physicist Talk: The Ignorance of Anger - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2011 from Oleg MoskvineAnger is your intrinsic quality. You are born with this quality,just as you are born with love, compassion, happiness, hate, wonder, fear… Instead of controlling your anger, instead of managing your anger, instead of suppressing your anger, try to deeply understand the roots of your anger. ...
Views: 934 - Meditation & The Nature of Attention - by Submitted on May 01, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"If you give your full attention to anything without wanting anything in return there is love and bliss. The particular action does not matter, it is that giving yourself over fully to that action which brings love and bliss. When you give someone you truly love a hug, you give ...
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