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- We Only Know - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2013 from Womens Recreation, Inc.We only know what we know, until we reach the point we long to know more. We only act a certain way until we realize that our actions are not gaining us any ground. We are always eager to speak, always longing to be heard; until we realize how important it is, just to listen. We will only ...
Views: 1340 - Weakness of Limitation or the Power of Omnipotence Depends on the Status of Consciousness - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2025 from santosh krinskyWhen we are feeling weak or limited, we become unhappy, we react with frustration and are discontented with our lot. We feel in many cases oppressed by circumstances. We can become depressed if things are not going the way we expect or want them to go. We can become angry with ourselves, with ...
Views: 15 - Weapons of Least Distraction - by Submitted on May 10, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockOne of the most powerful weapons in the world is compassion. The least powerful is control. The two are surely at odds with each other, and it certainly seems that power and control would trump wimpy compassion any old day. But in actuality, compassion, a weapon of least distraction, is not only ...
Views: 1569 - Welcome Channeling, Kryon Festival Spring 2011 - Kryon - by Submitted on May 23, 2011 from Pia Sosua von ProndzynskiI am Kryon and I greet each individual with the words OMAR TA SATT. I greet the collective for it connects the grid of love. These connections are very strong and they unify the energies to an even higher energy that the collective, each individual absorbs and carries to the outside to the human ...
Views: 861 - Well-being is a Living Substance - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2012 from Rolley HurleyRegardless of any event or circumstance that appears in our lives, I believe there is a consistent present force that permeates it all. There is an underlying element that provides a directional sequence towards the balance of well-being. Everything in life holds within it a substance for ...
Views: 1827 - Well-head, delve deep, humanity and The Unfathomable Knowledge - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2011 from Ma-Mahajnan prosadScoop out mud, you will arrive at a well-head: Mother: This indeed comes first. You go searching the bottom. The top will of itself come within your grasp. Let's understand the matter with the aid of an example. If you want to dredge the mud in a pool, you've first to drain away the water ...
Views: 1252 - West Ridge Academy Emphasizes The Value Of Recognition - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2012 from Thomas LambertYour youngest daughter makes an effort to buss the table, but leaves out a small spot. Your teenager mows the lawn, but misses a patch. You request your husband to get you your favorite make-up on the way home, and he gives you the wrong brand. How do you respond? Is your first instinct to ...
Views: 667 - Westerners and Indian Yoga, Part 1: Is It Possible For Westerns to Practice Yoga? - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2022 from santosh krinskyThe question is frequently raised as to whether Westerners, with a background and culture grounded in materialism, the fulfillment of the vital ambitions and desires, and the development of the mental faculties, can truly enter into the spirit of yoga and obtain the fruits of the yogic practice ...
Views: 482 - Westerners and Indian Yoga, Part 2: A Hindu Temperament in a Westerner’s Body? - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2022 from santosh krinskyWhen a Westerner takes up a serious yogic practice, they frequently hear that they must be Hindu souls born into Western bodies. They are then viewed as somehow anomalous to the cast of mind, vital force and emotions that tend to develop through life-long exposure to Western culture, educational ...
Views: 462 - Westerners and Indian Yoga, Part 3: Are There Advantages to an Indian Birth for the Practice of Yoga? - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2022 from santosh krinskyIf we look at the qualities required for bringing about the emergence of the psychic being, the development of a devotional attitude, and support for the idea of focusing on the Eternal through subordination or even abandonment of the relations of the outer life, it is clear that India has ...
Views: 391 - Westerners and Indian Yoga, Part 4: Obstacles Faced by Westerners and the Soul’s Aspiration to Overcome Them in the Integral Yoga - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2022 from santosh krinskyAll human beings, regardless of whether they are born in the West, the East, or elsewhere, find the challenges of taking up yoga to be daunting and requiring of them unstinting efforts to understand the obstacles, and identify and implement ways to overcome them. With its long history of support ...
Views: 393 - Westerners and Indian Yoga, Part 5: the Yogic Path Is Not Limited by Race, Origin or Religious or Cultural Background - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2022 from santosh krinskyThe objective of the integral yoga is to support the evolutionary process of the development and integration of the next stage of consciousness, beyond the mental consciousness. This step is necessary to overcome the limitations of the current mental framework which have helped create the ...
Views: 453 - What a hangover and a 10 mile run have in common - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2019 from Kathleen GageIf you’ve been thinking of trying a plant-based diet and shared this fact with family and friends, there’s a strong possibility they’ve warned you of the dangers of eliminating meat and dairy from your diet. “Where will you get your protein?” is more times than not the big warning. “You ...
Views: 697 - 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: 946 - What an Amazing Life! - by Submitted on May 30, 2013 from Womens Recreation, Inc.Life is like a long winding road, with little dips in the road and high terrain to go over. I reflect on the highs and lows that this life has brought me. I don’t sit and wonder if most of it has been a high road or a low road, but a road full of knowledge and adventure. The people along the ...
Views: 1065 - What are Channeled Messages? - by Submitted on May 02, 2012 from Maureen Brennan MercierWhat are Channeled Messages? Channeled messages are messages that come from a higher source such as angels, spirit guides and ascended masters like Jesus, Mother Mary, Kwan Yin and Archangel Michael. The person receiving the message, the channel, needs to have an open heart and an open mind. ...
Views: 1959 - What Are Guardian Angels - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2011 from Belinda DalyThere was a time in our lives when we all believed in the existence of guardian angels. Did your parents tell you that if you are a good child you will have a beautiful guardian angel looking after you and keeping you out of any danger? This method is a popular way for parents to tell their ...
Views: 679 - What Are Spiritual Experiences? - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2023 from santosh krinskyIn our normal human lives, we live in an externally focused standpoint and we create a distinction between ‘objective reality’ and ‘subjective reality’. Because we are so dependent on the body-life-mind complex and its relation to the outer world, we tend to assign a greater truth and reality to ...
Views: 329 - What Are You Focusing On? Where Is Your Energy Going? What Are You Creating? - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2022 from Oliver JR CooperFrom the moment that someone wakes up until the moment they fall asleep, their attention will be on all kinds of things. And, it could be said that even when they are asleep, their attention can still be on different things thanks to the dreams that they may have. When they are awake, they ...
Views: 358 - What Are You Grateful For? - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2016 from Womens Recreation, Inc.I have so many wonderful people and things in my life which I am so grateful for. Every moment of every day is a treasure waiting to be found. Sometimes the craziness of life gets in the way of feeling appreciative for every moment. When I was younger I used to say my thanks at bedtime. I ...
Views: 1170 - What can help me achieve enlightenment? Begin your journey with the right tools - by Submitted on May 01, 2012 from Dr. Robert PuffWhen it comes to living in the moment and being more enlightened, you might have some questions that you’d like answered. For instance, you might be saying, “Dr. Puff, how do I reach that point? Is there anything I can do to speed up the process of waking up and of having a life filled with the ...
Views: 1257 - What Causes the Wind? - by Submitted on May 07, 2024 from santosh krinskyA young child was asked what causes the wind. The child replied: “When the trees move their branches and leaves, that is what makes the wind!” This extremely logical observation mirrors the way we tend to look at the world. We think that we make the decisions, that we are ‘in charge’ of what we ...
Views: 192 - WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW? - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2019 from Todd PuntolilloIt is shocking how little we know. How can anyone presume to tell anyone else what they should know? We, who cannot fathom the word eternal, always was and always will be, seem to be locked into our limited views. How about the word infinite? Picture what it is like when you get to the end of ...
Views: 794 - What Do You Love Doing That Offers You Strong Fulfillment? - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2015 from Jesse An Nichols GeorgeHave you ever loved doing something so much, that nothing would keep you from having it in your life? Have you ever enjoyed something to the point that you didn’t concern yourself if you ever got well known for it; or even made a dime for doing it? Have you ever enjoyed something so much that ...
Views: 936 - What do you mean when you say “be present”? - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2017 from Eric PutkonenTo be present means to cease doing things that take your awareness away from now. If you did nothing at all, you would automatically be present. We are present, because our bodies are in the present and our experience is of the present. There is no when or where else we can truly be than here ...
Views: 1220 - What do You See When You Speak to a Crowd? - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2012 from Mary WilkeyDo you see their eyes? Do their eyes make you feel self conscious? Do you see their ears? If you are addressing the crowd, what are they thinking about what they are hearing . . . and are they really listening? Do you see their mouths? What are they saying, or how are they planning to ...
Views: 1079 - What does "consciousness" mean? - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2012 from Jennifer Harvey SallinI talk a lot about consciousness in my practice : “living consciously”, “making the unconscious conscious”, “consciously choosing”, and so on. But what does it all really mean? On one hand, the idea of “consciousness” could seem completely abstract and without any practical implications. ...
Views: 1130 - What Does a Psychic Look like? - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2017 from Lisa BoussonRecently I have been working with quite a few youth who are extremely intuitive. This reminds me of an event that took place years ago where I met a young boy. The boy’s mother wanted me to discuss with him the normalcy of intuiting the spirit around him as he was afraid of the deceased ...
Views: 1187 - What Does It Mean To Be In The Moment? - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2011 from Adam BenedettoWhat is the meaning behind being in the moment; what does it really do for us? Existing solely in the moment you are in allows you to connect to what is real. Anytime we are withdrawn, distant, or not present, we are living in a way that is not real. Existing anywhere other than the exact ...
Views: 7036 - What does it mean to be “Spiritually Asleep?” - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2019 from Tina RaynerIf there were a linear scale from zero to 100 to represent a continuum of the human understanding of Love, “spiritually asleep” would begin at zero on the left, “spiritually awake” would begin somewhere in the middle, and “spiritual ascension” would begin somewhere on the far right. A synonymous ...
Views: 1292 - What Does It Mean to ‘Be Calm’ in the Mind - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2023 from santosh krinskyAttaining a deep inner peace in the being is a process that can begin wherever an individual current is in their inner life. For someone just starting out, there is no expectation of some sudden miraculous silencing of the mind (although of course, it is possible). Rather, the initial attempts ...
Views: 393 - What Does Sri Aurobindo Mean by Transformation of the Nature? - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2021 from santosh krinskyIn setting forth a goal of transformation of the nature through the advent of the spiritual consciousness and the supramental level, Sri Aurobindo goes beyond the goals of other traditional spiritual paths which have ‘liberation’ as the goal. He describes the impact of each new manifestation of ...
Views: 474 - What Drives Me Crazy About People - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2012 from David SamuelI have experienced too many times and have heard from so many other people about conversations that went inexplicably wrong. You may meet someone, have a conversation, even by text or email, and all of a sudden with tremendous ease and agility that you had no idea you possessed, your foot ended ...
Views: 1478 - What Energy Do Your Words Carry? - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2011 from Caroline NettleThere is much talk about how when you dissect things down to their smallest levels, what is left is space, or energy. According to the quantum physicists, everything is energy, including solid matter. If everything is energy, then our thoughts and words are also energy. I have become very ...
Views: 3105 - What ever happened to being authentic? - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2016 from Donna NelsonAre you still trying to connect to your authentic self? Let's face it, we're in a world that is constantly telling us ideas of who we should be, how we should be, and what we should have. It can be challenging to just 'be yourself' without fear of judgment and rejection. You take the brave ...
Views: 1082 - What Exactly Is Plant Based Eating? - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2019 from Kathleen GageIn the time I’ve been a WFPB (whole food plant based) eater I’ve heard a cross-section of people give various definitions of what this is. Everything from absolutely no animal or dairy products to a little in moderation to eat as much as you want of animal products as long as you have plants in ...
Views: 602 - WHAT HELPS ME COPE WITH DIFFICULT EMOTIONS - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2018 from Sara Fabian“ One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all. “One is Evil – It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false ...
Views: 1015 - What if Political, Religious and Country Divisions Were Removed? - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2011 from Brenda HoffmanWelcome to Brenda's Blog Channeled by Brenda Hoffman for www.LifeTapestryCreations.com Overview of her 7/4/11 “Creation Energies” 15-minute, channeled radio show at www.BlogTalkRadio.com: It’s time to fully clean your slate of Old Age beliefs and claim your inner power. Request ...
Views: 1202 - What If? - by Submitted on Feb 05, 2011 from Sheri RosenthalI am often bereft of words to explain the many deeply transcendent spiritual experiences I have had over the last ten years. I say bereft, because I cannot speak about what is conceptless, beyond human language, and formless. The best I can do is share inspirational stories and weave mystical ...
Views: 1316 - What is A Bellyful of Bliss? - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2012 from Amy Iverson AdamsLiterally speaking, the definition of "bellyful" is: more than one needs; more than enough. The definition of "bliss" is: utter contentment, serene joy, euphoria. As a compulsive eater, I stuffed food in my belly to fill what felt like an emptiness but never felt fulfilled. Instead of feeling ...
Views: 2848 - What is a Miracle? - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2011 from Monique MuhlenkampI have always believed we must consider life and everything associated with it a miracle or consider nothing is a miracle, and I’ve used this philosophy in my life and in my medical practice. What I mean is that we really cannot explain the origin of life and its evolution. In a sense everything ...
Views: 488 - What Is a ‘Natural” Response to Circumstances for the Human Individual? - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhen we see any individual stopping to reflect, choose his line of action and make a specific, conscious determination of how to respond, we consider this action to be unnatural, stilted, and we imply that it is somehow subject to some kind of ulterior motive, and thus, tend to distrust it. ...
Views: 235 - What Is a ‘Natural” Response to Circumstances for the Human Individual? - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhen we see any individual stopping to reflect, choose his line of action and make a specific, conscious determination of how to respond, we consider this action to be unnatural, stilted, and we imply that it is somehow subject to some kind of ulterior motive, and thus, tend to distrust it. ...
Views: 223 - What is Animal Communication? - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2011 from Debbie JohnstoneAnimal Communication is a form of intuitive or telepathic communication, a nonverbal language. It is something that we are born with and is a very natural ability. When we are babies, we see animals as being no different then ourselves. They are simply just little furry balls of love and fun; ...
Views: 1114 - What is Beauty? - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2012 from Melanie McGheeI was recently asked by a friend of mine, Ramona Rice of DeStress Express to share my thoughts about beauty. What a great contemplation! In this day and age with so much focus on external beauty, I have loved thinking about what I find beautiful and when I’ve seen beauty. For me, beauty boils ...
Views: 1051 - What is Compassion? - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2019 from Maetreyii Ma NolanWhen you live in appreciation of life and reverence for life, you become alive, vibrant in gratitude and joy then you move toward love and compassion. For the Divine is the source of compassion. When you develop compassion, you put real love into practice. Seeing the pain and suffering of ...
Views: 2072 - What is Consciousness in Reality? - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Carrie-Anne D'AngeloReality is all things. It is physical and spiritual, it is the embodiment of everything known and not yet realized. It is occurring in the NOW, future, past, and present simultaneously. It is the consciousness and the unconsciousness. Your experience is your reality. It is a reality created by ...
Views: 837 - What is Consciousness? - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2011 from Swami AaronCognition and Consciousness are different. Cognition - It is awareness focused to outside reality, losing connection with self. It is the result of action – reaction mechanism. It consumes energy- biological or physical as the case may be. Biological Consciousness and Spiritual ...
Views: 1213 - What Is Cosmic Consciousness? - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2021 from santosh krinskyOur normal human consciousness revolves around the standpoint and awareness of our ego-personality. We look at things from our own viewpoint, and determine our relation to everything that takes place based on how we perceive these things to impact the ego. We tend to treat the universal creation ...
Views: 500 - What is Dharma? - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Connie Huebner,Question: What is Dharma? It seems like the message we’re getting today is that Dharma is something that is really every moment of life, that it’s a very vast thing. I’ve heard Dharma defined as Love. Is our Dharma just to become enlightened, however that is, or is there also some specific ...
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