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- What Shakespeare Can Teach Us About Enlightenment: All the world’s a stage - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2012 from Dr. Robert PuffWhen I was an undergraduate at university many years ago, my deep enjoyment and love for the works of William Shakespeare blossomed. I had the privilege of taking a Shakespearean class and then during one summer in my undergraduate years, I was able to travel through Europe inexpensively on a ...
Views: 2937 - What Style of Hypnotherapy is Right for You? - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2011 from Holly Holmes-MeredithThere are several styles of hypnotherapy that are commonly adopted by practitioners and not all styles work well for all clients. One way to access what style might work best for you is to respond to this question: How do you normally respond to people telling you what to do? If you are the type ...
Views: 2244 - What Technique or Practice Is Prescribed in the Integral Yoga? - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2023 from santosh krinskyit is a frequent inquiry: ‘Tell us what technique we should use to reach the spiritual goal?” Many ask what specific technique Sri Aurobindo or the Mother recommends for everyone to follow. They point out that other paths of spirituality offer specific actions one must undertake to succeed. ...
Views: 368 - What the Heck is Geotran? - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2012 from Kyre AdeptWhat if you could tap into the language of the universe? What would your world look like if you could let go of self-sabotage, had more focus on what you want to create, and were able to access your own genius? Geotran™ human programming enables you to do just that. Using numbers, ...
Views: 6532 - What The Heck Is My Life Purpose? - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2012 from Tonya LaurinWe all come here with a Purpose, and gifts and talents to be shared. Our Life Purpose IS our gift to the world. We all have a part to play in humanity’s growth and evolution of consciousness. Knowing and living our Life Purpose is the star to shoot for. It is the key to living our truest ...
Views: 1601 - What the Mystics Know - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2012 from Helen Valleau"You must build up by faithful daily exercise, the true Love consciousness, and all the rest of spiritual development will follow upon that. Love will heal you. Love will illumine you." "This extraordinary Power, mystic though I have rightly called it, is nevertheless very real, no mere ...
Views: 1243 - What to do when doctor gives bad news. - by Submitted on May 06, 2012 from Janet Perez EcklesA friend asked me the following question (she had read my last post about me praying with the doctor who had given me bad news). “Dear Janet. Question. If you had just met this doctor for the first time, how did you know he would be willing to pray with you? Did you know he was a ...
Views: 1754 - What to do when troubles pile up. - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2012 from Janet Perez EcklesHubby lied to me. And I love him for it. Crazy, I know, but I think you’ll agree with me. We decided to host three foreign students for a month. Fun experience. But that required me to clean closets; a task that for the last decade, I avoided like the plague. Each was jammed with clothes, old ...
Views: 1529 - What to Do When You Face Unwanted Situations - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2013 from Sugandhi IyerPeople face unwanted situations from time to time. That is how the universe works. Most people get caught in the contrast and relive it again and again. Contrasts are useful because they help you understand what you really want. The contrast when continued however keeps the energy of the ...
Views: 2278 - What to do while we wait for God’s answer. - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2012 from Janet Perez Eckles“How did they get to Paris without me?” my friend said when she got the news from the airline. Has that happened to you? You reach your destination and your luggage ends up in another part of the world. Frustrating. But not as much as missing your connecting flight because the previous ...
Views: 2159 - What Web Is Connecting The Different Areas Of Your Life? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2015 from Jesse An Nichols GeorgeWhat threads do you have woven through the different areas of your life? What wisdom connects for you whether it is spiritual, social, cultural, intellectual? How does the mystical aspects of dreams work in your waking life? As much as many people try to keep the different areas of their ...
Views: 913 - What Will Happen 12/21/2012? The Change Has Already Begun - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2010 from PD RiversWe are at the door to 12/21/2012. What will happen next? Will we open it and step through or will we, somehow, miss the whole thing? I have said in past articles that the fear mongers have used the date of the Galactic Convergence to scare humans half to death. Books are written and sold every ...
Views: 3739 - What Would Your World Be Like If You Lived In Flow? - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2015 from Carolyn GoldfarbI have recently been experiencing living in “Flow,” and I have to say, I have been amazed how much my life has improved, my attitude has shifted to being optimistic, relaxed, and happy. By being in Flow, I am attracting more positive experiences, higher level of connections with others and ...
Views: 1034 - What You Are Made Of - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2012 from Womens Recreation, Inc.What makes us the kind of person that we are today? It is a number of things! Who we are is a combination of our past, present and future thoughts and actions. Let’s look at it more closely. Your past-regardless if you had a great childhood with only minor struggles or if you had a hard ...
Views: 1797 - What You Don't See - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2015 from Womens Recreation, Inc.We are living, breathing souls; some of us are troubled souls. Some of us feel like we have lost our soul or have made a deal with the devil to try and save it. Whatever your case may be, offer love and compassion as an extension of one’s self. If you are in a dark place, there is light. ...
Views: 1159 - What You Focus on Expands (So Focus Wisely!) - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2015 from Jason DemakisIf you’re experiencing states such as frustration, aggravation, or disappointment in life – this is a clear sign that you’re anchoring and attracting the type of reality you don’t want. The key to solving this issue involves raising your consciousness in the following way: How do we anchor ...
Views: 1350 - What You Resist Persists - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2019 from Trish Bishop“What you resist persists”, you’ve probably heard this before, but are you consciously aware of what you’re resisting. As a Spiritual Coach, I often (and generally quite easily) see what others are resisting. However, I have never consciously thought to myself, “What am I resisting?” So I ...
Views: 1541 - What's Blocking Me From Enlightenment? - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2020 from Kate JarosinskaWhen water is stirred up, it’s hard to see the bottom. When it settles, finally we can see the leaves, twigs, branches, stones, or even fish bones… The same goes for the light of awareness. Once the Truth or light of presence is recognized as the all-pervading reality, separation begins to ...
Views: 820 - Whats The Difference: Psychic, Physical, Mental, Evidential Mediumship? - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2017 from Lisa BoussonThere’s quite a bit of confusion when deciding what type of reader one needs. What would best serve your purposes? Here’s a simple cheat sheet… A psychic is someone who through clairvoyance, clairaudience, or clairsentience (clear seeing, clear hearing and clear feeling, respectively) is able ...
Views: 2204 - What’s Believing Got to do With It? - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2012 from Cathy EckMy life did a U-turn the day that I noticed the word belief contains the word “lie” within it. I’m sure people notice that all the time and consider it coincidental. I felt that it was an important clue to the truth left by some wise ones from the past. Many people share their beliefs as if ...
Views: 1300 - What’s the Use of Seeking to Have Spiritual Experiences? - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2023 from santosh krinskyPutting aside the ‘allurement factor’ of having some kind of special, unusual, extraordinary type of experience, which is clearly a way to feed the ego-personality, we come to the actual benefits of such experiences. There are cases where an individual is leading a perfectly ordinary life in the ...
Views: 329 - What’s Your New Year’s Resolution?...Resolving to "Being" Instead of Just "Doing" - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2011 from Erica TucciYou know that most of us try to make New Year’s resolutions at the start of a new year. We vow to make changes by doing things differently and then we set our goals of how we plan on accomplishing them. But perhaps we did it with a bit of resistance, questioning whether we would follow through ...
Views: 930 - What’s Your Rock’n’Roll? - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2014 from Bave New Man“It’s gonna save your head, it’s gonna save your soul. That good old-fashioned, good time remedy they call rock’n’roll” – Rose Tattoo When I’m sad I listen to music. When I’m happy I listen to music. When I’m somewhere in between I listen to music – this will usually makes me feel ...
Views: 1062 - When Fear Washes In: Health Anxiety and Death Anxiety - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2016 from Sheryl PaulFear is a part of life. Sometimes we can keep it at bay, but eventually, with certainty, it will creep in like a red tide on an otherwise calm beach. We try to run, but it's faster than we are. We try to hide but it discovers all of our hiding places. Eventually we realize that the only way to ...
Views: 1052 - When Food Is Love - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2012 from Suzanne E. Harrill, M. Ed., LPCDo you eat to live or live to eat? We all have a relationship with food and it can represent much more than nourishment to keep our bodies alive and healthy. Take a look at your eating habits. Do you eat just the right amount of nutritious food to maintain a healthy weight, to feel good, and ...
Views: 2175 - When is it time to go? - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from Gina VitaloneWe have all experienced a time when we were ready to leave something... ready to make a change or just ready for something different. This could be a relationship, a job or a move; or it can even be a way of thinking. Do you recall that feeling way down in your stomach that just tells you - ...
Views: 1083 - When is the Moment of Awakening coming? - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2017 from Theresia ValoczyWe become awakened women when we clearly recognize our values and live our days with higher spiritual awareness. We feed our relationships, members of our family, build our businesses, do our job from this consciousness. I think that awakening does not mean raising awareness of our ...
Views: 1708 - When Jesus "Flew Up into the Sky" - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2010 from David Robert OrdMillions think that Jesus literally flew up into the sky to God, who was working things like a puppet master from a place somewhere up there called heaven. They get the idea from the Gospel of Luke and its second volume, the Book of Acts. Both are actually one single work in two volumes, which ...
Views: 1851 - When Life Throws You a Curve, Is that Okay with You? - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2010 from David Robert OrdDaily Spiritual Insight from the Story of The Little Prince How we see reality has to do with our beliefs. If you hold one set of beliefs, you will interpret what happens to you in a very different way than someone who holds an opposing set of beliefs. However, at a deeper level our ...
Views: 1126 - When People Are Seen as Workers, Not People, the Workplace Becomes an Unproductive Treadmill - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from David Robert OrdDaily Spiritual Insight from the Story of The Little Prince The businessman on the fourth planet the Little Prince visits on his journey to Earth is completely self-absorbed, to the point he doesn’t even notice the Little Prince’s arrival. To be self-absorbed is to be unaware of everyone ...
Views: 1080 - When Resistance Is Winning: Simple Questions To Reveal a Way Forward - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2013 from Alan SealeOne of the great challenges facing many people who want to do transformational work in the world is that they can get stuck in situations where they feel like they are trying to push a boulder up the mountain. They experience so much resistance, or perhaps even harder, an organizational or ...
Views: 628 - When Self-Care is Driven By Products - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2021 from Rochi ZalaniThis article was originally published at rochizalani.com I was about to dismiss writing on self-care because it is a competitive keyword. Because that’s what it has become now: a keyword on Google. Have you ever come across brands forcing you to take care of yourself without selling ...
Views: 491 - When the Fire Has Consumed All Its Fuel - by Submitted on May 07, 2023 from santosh krinskySri Aurobindo translates Shwetashwatara Upanishad, Chapter Six, Verse 19: “Who hath neither parts nor works, for He is utterly tranquil, faultless, stainless, therefore He is the one great bridge that carrieth us over to Immortality, even as when a fire hath burnt up all its fuel.” When we ...
Views: 343 - When the Psychic Being Comes Forward to Direct the External Nature - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2023 from santosh krinskyThere is a considerable difference in effective results from the psychic being having an influence, essentially from ‘behind’ the surface nature, on the actions of the life in the external world, and what Sri Aurobindo and the Mother designate as the psychic being ‘coming forward’. Until the ...
Views: 260 - When The Shift Hits, Be The Fan! - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2011 from Adonya WongChange is inevitable. Every day, we change our minds, change lanes, and hopefully, our underwear too! But what matters most is how present and ready we are when these changes come about. Do we use these reminders as a means to appreciate where we are, or are we too caught up in doing with no ...
Views: 672 - When Those Close to Us Don't Agree - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2010 from David Robert OrdWhat do you do when you love more than one person in your life, but they are at odds with each other, and you find yourself torn between them? It's a pretty common scenario. For one reason or another, a daughter or son doesn't approve of who you, as a divorced person, are dating. A mother or ...
Views: 1246 - When was the law of attraction discovered? - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2020 from Petri MaattaThe law of attraction as a concept has been in existence for so many years. It has been part and parcel of the universe as we know for as long as we have lived. However, LOA was not discovered until 2004. Although most of us have used the law of attraction subconsciously in our daily lives, it’s ...
Views: 899 - When was your last time servicing your Vehicle? - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2011 from Darreck ChenHave you serviced your vehicle yet? Yesterday my client told me she just went to service her car in the early morning before joining the SRT class. She told me it is essential to service the car regularly and on time since she frequently travels long distance. I think it is a smart move ...
Views: 1149 - When we don’t know how to pray. - by Submitted on May 18, 2012 from Janet Perez EcklesApologies in advance. Don’t want to brag. Last week I gave a silly grin of pride. Yes, shameless pride at my four-year-old granddaughter. In those delicate hands, she held her Mom’s cell phone. And in seconds, she managed on her own, to text a message to her other grandma. The message ...
Views: 1332 - When Will ‘More’ Be Enough for You? - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2020 from Melinda UrbanMore’ – it’s a word that’s used profusely, full of hope and selling fulfillment. It seems that no matter where you turn, someone is offering you more – more food, more success, or more financial security, as though this will solve your craving. Seldom does this satisfy when made in promise of ...
Views: 764 - When You Overcome Your “Fear of Change” You Become Able to Develop a Successful Intimate Relationship - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2012 from Doron GilYou might be controlled by the fear of change. When you have a relationship that isn’t satisfying, you’re afraid to make changes or leave and give up the known and familiar, fearing pain and others’ reactions. When single, you hesitate to look for a partner out of fear of changing a way of life ...
Views: 2449 - When You Understand the Reasons for Your Failed Relationships You Become Able to Develop a Successful Intimacy - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2012 from Doron GilIt is very likely that if you have been failing tine and again to develop a successful relationships it means, you don’t know what you do wrong. Consequently, you keep doing the same “mistakes” over and over again. When you get a grip on what makes you sabotage your attempts you can change and ...
Views: 1166 - When You're Willing, You'll Be Ready and Able - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2013 from Moreen DuFermontWhen You’re Willing, You’ll Be Ready and Able Trust Yourself To Love! There’s no time like now to go ahead and make a difference. A sincere willingness with an Open Heart is the first truth in Love and Compassion. This willingness is the space where anything is possible, and all else ...
Views: 1077 - Where Did Your Path of Self Discovery Begin? - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2015 from Jesse An Nichols GeorgeDo you remember when you really got “active” on your path? Do you remember having an awakening that really made you get “serious” about the life you are living? What was it that made that an awakening journey for you? Even those that are born with gifts of intuition or seeing seem to have ...
Views: 1060 - Where Does Desire Come From? - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2022 from santosh krinskyEveryone experiences the tug of desire. We observe something and suddenly we want to have it. We experience something pleasant and we want to have it happen once again. Sometimes we feel a sudden urge for something after being exposed to a commercial message. At other times we can simply be in a ...
Views: 499 - Where does lay the difference? - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2011 from Ma-Mahajnan prosadYes, it is to think seriously about and ask within delving deep into what makes the difference between truth inculcated by the prophets in the past and that of expounded lately by Ma-Mahajnan, the spiritual genius. Swami Vivekananda, the great Hindu monk, delivered a lecture in ‘The Parliament ...
Views: 1372 - Where Grief Hides - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2014 from Linda HellerWHERE GRIEF HIDES In the space of one breath, I moved from a place of conscious breathing to a space of intense grief. Grief deep and profound... This particular experience of grief was a surprise. My dear friend had passed after an intense experience with a progressive disease, five months ...
Views: 1450 - Where Has America Gone? - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2015 from Randolph N. AlvisWhen our forefathers stepped on our shores in the 1600's they were seeking to separate themselves from an oppressive government and establish a place where they could experience religious freedom. Somewhere in our very short existence of 239 years we have seriously lost that vision. This ...
Views: 663 - Where Has America Gone? - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2015 from Randolph N. AlvisWhen our forefathers stepped on our shores in the 1600's they were seeking to separate themselves from an oppressive government and establish a place where they could experience religious freedom. Somewhere in our very short existence of 239 years we have seriously lost that vision. This ...
Views: 741 - Where Have All The People Gone? - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2010 from David SamuelI wonder...when something new is opened or discovered and there is so much activity, people say how wonderful and helpful it is, are they lying? or just wrong. For the purposes of this discussion, I am not speaking of a new restaurant, rather this is about something that is of benefit to you and ...
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