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- The Third Chakra and The Mystery of the Solar Plexus - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2009 from Rev. Keith HallThe Mystery of the Solar Plexus For many years I have seen various charts and books written on the subject of the chakras. There seems to be some general confusion as to the location and spiritual function of the solar plexus. I have seen some charts put its location as low in the body as the ...
Views: 2938(4 votes) - S.E.L.F.: a "Science of Consciousness" approach! - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2009 from Carlo MonsantoS.E.L.F. or “Self-Explore and Learn through Feedback” is a complete system for awareness-raising, transformation, self-healing and for raising human potential. Its operation is based on a new “Science of Consciousness” paradigm that utilizes theories and practices that regard the subjective, ...
Views: 1803(5 votes) - Making Smaller Footprints - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockOn my way up the mountain carrying some roofing materials I stopped to catch my breath, and as I unconsciously gazed at a scrub cedar tree that I had trimmed a month before to make the trail, an insight popped up. They happen at random like this, and seldom have anything to do with the thinking ...
Views: 1712(2 votes) - Knock, Bump and Whoosh!Submitted on Oct 09, 2009 from Marlene BuffaHalloween brings to light our memories and our apprehensions and enlivens our imagination. Each year we honestly portray ourselves as something other than who we are, and venture out into the night fearlessly asking for what we want from strangers and friends. The chant, “Trick or Treat!” ...
Views: 1591(6 votes) - "The Secret" is Stupid, Capitalism: A Love Story - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2009 from Danish AhmedHi Each and Every One of You!! This is why I’m a visionary. Being a computer hacker at age thirteen, I resonated with this community’s manifesto which articulated my own consciousness concisely as follows: “We explore... and you call us criminals. We seek after knowledge... and you ...
Views: 3143(4 votes) - Is It Possible To Alter Mass Consciousness Using A Virtual Healing Group? - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2011 from Robert FritchieToday our civilization is disintegrating before our eyes. In addition to chaos in our money systems, governments, corporations and families, we are seeing a decrease in potable water, food shortages and increased environmental contamination from many sources. Efforts to curtail these health ...
Views: 1472 - Finding Your Heart During a Busy Day - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2009 from Kristin RobertsonDoes this sound like you? You rush from one meeting to another, deal with demanding customers, handle employees' concerns, put out the latest "fire" at the office or at home, return phone calls and wade through a knee-deep pile of emails. With a day like that, it can be so easy to get caught up ...
Views: 1669(3 votes) - Why Is It Important to Know Jehovah God Almighty, Our Heavenly Father? - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2009 from Dr. Shirley Cheng, Blind Author with VisionWe often focus on the question: "Do you believe in God?" Yet we seldom go on to the crucial question: "Why is it important to KNOW God?" Why do we desire or need to identify that there is a Creator? Why is it important to know Him? We have the longing and the duty to know the one and only ...
Views: 5822(2 votes) - The Pain That Comes From Feeling Good - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2009 from Ted CiubaThere is a pain that feels good. Now, I know that sounds contradictory… and no, I'm not into S&M. But, let's take the metaphor of exercise, where we've stretched beyond what we are accustomed to. Let's take the metaphor which I am familiar with, of weightlifting-where we enter a new area, ...
Views: 1022(1 vote) - The 3rd Chakra and the Spiritual Purpose of Power - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2009 from Rev. Keith HallThe 3rd Chakra and the Spiritual Purpose of Power Americans love power. It is our god. Well, ok, money and power. The American Dream is based on a certain level of self-sufficiency and freedom. Empowerment and the liberation of the spirit have been characteristics of many of the original and ...
Views: 1640(3 votes) - How to TRULY Manifest With the Law of Attraction - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2009 from Reid PetersonToday, many people are very familiar with the Law of Attraction. For anyone who watched “The Secret,” the Law of Attraction, and its principles were communicated very clearly. This universal law became conceptually familiar to people desiring healthier lifestyles, more money, and/or a soul mate. ...
Views: 1510(15 votes) - Living Consciously in a Technological World - by Submitted on Oct 05, 2009 from Jason CooperLiving consciously is, perhaps, nigh on impossible in today's digital age. It's hard not to notice that technology has advanced tremendously in the past 100 years or so. Since entering into the 21st century almost a decade ago, the age of communication has risen phenomenally and has, at the ...
Views: 1202(1 vote) - On Not Missing Precious Moments in Eternity - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2009 from Jo LeonardMy husband and I were vacationing with some friends in Florida. One overcast morning we decided to take a sightseeing tour in their car for the sake of something to do to. Leaving the raw, magnificent ocean that fronted the property of their gated community behind, we ventured forth to the ...
Views: 1195(2 votes) - Explore Your Infinite Vastness, Release Your Limitations, Experience Your Abundance - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2009 from Dr. Cynthia MillerThe Truth is that you are a vast, limitless being who chose to come to earth and be in a body. During the process of trying to squish this vastness into a small body you needed to choose some limitations in order to fit into a human form. It is all a grand game and you decided which limitations ...
Views: 1792(3 votes) - Pagsus & Tiny People: A Dream Group Experience - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2009 from Deborah DeNicolaPegasus & Tiny People: An Essay on a Dream Group Experience by Deborah DeNicola www/intuitivegateways.com I first encountered Robert Bosnak’s dream methods at the C. G. Jung Institute in Boston and was later invited in to a private dream group that met in his home in the western suburbs ...
Views: 2379(1 vote) - October 2009--A Time To Prepare For What's Coming - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from Mary RivasOctober is here and with it are opportunities and influences that you can use to empower yourself. The main theme for October 2009 is Preparation. Below are excerpts from a monthly commentary by Lena and Jose Stevens, Ph.D, founders of an international school and consulting firm ...
Views: 999(1 vote) - Are You Here... Now? (Learning To Be Present) - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2009 from Paul DaltonOne of the quickest ways out of stress is to learn how to fully experience the present moment - that’s the one that is happening right now! Most stress that people feel in their body is generated from a thought about something that has either already happened and is now over, or something ...
Views: 1715(5 votes) - Speak Your Truth, Not Your Mind - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from James Patrick McDonaldIt’s one-thirty in the morning and a single mother frets anxiously for her seventeen-year-old daughter to come home, anger building. Mother falls asleep on the sofa. The next day, daughter leaves for work before mother awakens. Upon returning home from work at 2:00 p.m., mother speaks her ...
Views: 1615(2 votes) - 4 Daily Practices For Emotional Energy Mastery - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2011 from Paula TarrantJust what is Emotional Energy Mastery? Simply put, energy management is feeling management. It's the system of building new beliefs that are so powerful and empowering that, no matter what happens to you, you have the power to be, do and have whatever it is you want! Like many people, ...
Views: 2225(3 votes) - The Anti-Affirmation - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI have heard it said over and over in the personal growth world that in order to reach your potential, you must “embrace your dark side,” or “shadow.” What the heck does this mean? I thought for years. What dark side? Little by little I would step a toe into what I thought was my “dark side,” ...
Views: 1482(2 votes) - Remembering My Homeless Friend, Vietnam Veteran, Mama Lee - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI never knew when Mama Lee was born and I don't remember the exact day in 1995 when she died, but I knew and loved Mama Lee during the ten years she was a homeless Vietnam veteran living on the streets of Santa Monica, California. Born in Texas, Mama Lee was a full-blooded Comanche Indian whose ...
Views: 973(1 vote) - Living In Abundance- Observing the Abundance Around You - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Rita Desnoyers-GarciaThere's an old joke about two elderly women on an airplane complaining about the food. One says "This food is terrible! The meat is overdone, the vegetables are bland..." and the other woman chimes in "Yes, and such small portions!". Woody Allen uses this joke in the beginning of one of his ...
Views: 1321(4 votes) - Abundance: Appreciating the Wealth of Our Senses - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Richard LiottaOur senses are our connection to the world. They are the sum and substance of all individual and shared experience. They are necessary to our survival and effectiveness. They are also tools to be utilized to enhance our appreciation of all that surrounds us! One of the necessary steps to ...
Views: 2150(7 votes) - 'Living a life that is worthy of you.' - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Arlene RannelliDo you value your life, your health and your happiness? How much is it worth to you to feel alive, vibrant and fulfilled or on purpose? Many say there is no price that can be placed on these things since they are so incredibly valuable and life is not really worth much without ...
Views: 1097(1 vote) - Channeling Your Internal Metal Detector - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Ann Marie O'DellWhen all is quiet, can you hear the sound of your heart beat and nervous system? Did you know that many light workers tune in to this like a metal detector as they heal or give readings? It's a gift we are all given. One must train themselves to hear their "Internal Metal Detector." Have you ...
Views: 1876(1 vote) - The Colour of Racism and the Oneness of Humanity - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2010 from Paula Johnstone-WhitehawkIt is the media that chooses to promote the term Racism to obscure political, social and spiritual process. Mass media disseminates and processes information on a continual basis, programmed in relation to the political, social and economic policies impressed upon them through government ...
Views: 1793 - What Is A Person’s True Character - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from David SamuelIf I treated Paul with great kindness and generosity, he would praise me at my funeral as being the most wonderful man who ever lived. But if I also treated John with cruelty and cheated him every chance I could, he would have only terrible things to say. The two would argue bitterly ...
Views: 1714(2 votes) - The Spirit Of Divination - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2009 from William HordenAmong the questions haunting humankind across the bridge of generations, most revolve around these in one form or another— What lies ahead? What does the future hold? Where am I going? Because spirit is the invisible half of nature, we learn much about spirit by observing nature closely ...
Views: 2297(2 votes) - Let the Season by Your Reason - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2009 from Danish AhmedHi there everyone!! I’m sitting on the subway across from a beautiful woman... I want to strike up a conversation, but my fears get the best of me. Then, this beautiful woman starts up a conversation with another person on the subway who is also a stranger to her (I eavesdropped on their ...
Views: 2013(1 vote) - Five 30-Second Emotional-Spiritual Techniques to De-Stress at Work - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2009 from Jonathan HuieTo reduce the effects of stress in the workplace, take an emotional and spiritual, as well as a physical break, at least every two hours, preferably every hour. Here are five de-stressors you can do in thirty seconds each... 1. Stretch your hands, arms, and shoulders. In addition to ...
Views: 2318(4 votes) - Do You Need All Your Thoughts? - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from Remez Sasson- Are you aware of the thoughts that pass through your mind? - Do you remember what you thought a few minutes ago? - Do you know how many thoughts pass through your mind in 24 hours? - Do all your thoughts originate in your mind? Are they your own thoughts or other people’s thoughts ...
Views: 2947(9 votes) - Imbue Yourself With Joy - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Areanne LloydImbue Yourself With Joy (Excerpted from a group channeling held in Los Angeles, CA.) Evolutionary entities are on the planet at this time to be joy in their lives, in order for the light of joy to emanate from that which you are and shine upon those around you so that they can be uplifted a ...
Views: 1454(6 votes) - Lousy Segments Make for Good Life - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Jan DeniseINSIDE RELATIONSHIPS BY JAN DENISE RELEASE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 Lousy Segments Make for Good Life Often we're so engrossed in snippets of our lives that we fail to see the big picture; but life, directed by the mother of all directors, has a way of bringing the pieces ...
Views: 1368(3 votes) - Distinctions from September 11, 2001 (Tire, Falter & Fail) - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2009 from Danish AhmedHi there everyone!! September 11, 2001 was a historic day for all of us. As the anniversary of that date approaches, we can’t help but sadly recall the events, the tragedy and the great human toll that was extracted. However, this is also a good time to reflect on the eloquent response of ...
Views: 2215(7 votes) - Life Is A Series of Choices - by Submitted on May 30, 2011 from Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed. LCPC CADCFortune cookies are true…so I now believe. Two days before our Friday December 2008 wedding, Korrel (now my wife) ate at a Chinese restaurant, where she received a fortune cookie that read: "A lifetime of happiness lies ahead of you." The next day, on Thursday, she went out for Chinese again and ...
Views: 2254(1 vote) - The Racket - Internal Dialogue - Mind Chatter - Monkey Voices - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Danish AhmedHi there everyone!! There’s chatter in our minds. There are things we say to ourselves without realizing it. This is our internal communication. Think about it. Are you saying things to yourself right now as you read this? Are you asking yourself questions? Are you pausing and ...
Views: 5257(5 votes) - Controllng That Voice In Your Head - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2009 from Stephen MonahanDo you know how to quiet that voice in your head and stop its constant chatter. Are you aware that voice is not you, but your thoughts,some call it ego, masquerading as you. As humans, we seem to travel a wacky backwards path to learning life's lessons. Take, for instance, learning how to ...
Views: 3980(4 votes) - 4 Cornerstones to Doing Any Personal Development Program RIGHT - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2009 from Danish AhmedHi there everyone!! Before we begin, let me say that I use the term "personal development" very loosely. Anything that we are doing in life that helps us to grow personally, is personal development. So, taking a new cooking class is personal development . . . Deciding to travel to a new ...
Views: 2865(6 votes) - ***Mystical Development: Illness Accompanies It - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2011 from Emily Erickson-SandstromThe making of American Indian shamans includes illness, sometimes serious illness: It is a common thread in their biographies, and also in the biographies of well-known mystic saints. You don't have to be a shaman or a saint for sickness to be part of your spiritual training; it is a phase in ...
Views: 3401(5 votes) - ***Psychics Find Turning Points in your Life that Reframe Your Reality - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2011 from Emily Erickson-SandstromEverything is going swell, and I am really, really happy. And here are tears on my cheeks, some psychic pain. I ask my body 'What's up?' and it replies it is deeply sad. At that moment, I would attach that sad feeling to what is going on around me, and conclude my job is depressing. But I ...
Views: 2950(4 votes) - Art, the Moon, and the Unconscious - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2009 from Jeannette RodriguezI've had several people ask me already about the name of my art therapy practice, Mothermoon. I chose this name intuitively, because the moon represents to me the sleeping / dreaming world of the Unconscious, whose language is symbol, metaphor, and art. Many great works of art have been ...
Views: 2451(5 votes) - ***How Tarot Works; Learn Tarot by Listening to Tarot - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2011 from Emily Erickson-SandstromThe more things change, the more they are the same especially when it comes to human behavior. So many things appear to be happening...and they are...and yet there are templates that overlay the events, patterns and sequences that the events fit into. The question is: Where in the pattern, ...
Views: 2873(4 votes) - 6 Common Myths In Self-Growth & Personal Development - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2009 from Danish AhmedHi there everyone!! Mythology can be intriguing to study. The stories that are portrayed in myths may be fictional, but there is usually some truth that has allowed the story to be passed down from generation to generation. That's what "myths" are -- they are not completely true or completely ...
Views: 4311(8 votes) - Trust & Time - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from tiffany Crosara- formerly RonaldI have just began teaching Reiki in Mysteries, which I am so happy about as since I shut my shop in London & moved to cornwall, teaching Reiki has been rather difficult. I got an email the other week asking if there was any spaces left on the next Reiki course. I redirect them to Mysteries & ...
Views: 1264(4 votes) - A walk on the dark side... - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from tiffany Crosara- formerly RonaldWhen I began blogging & sending newsletters I knew with the nature of my work with spirit that it would probably mean publishing some very personal & maybe sometimes "taboo" material. However, those that know me would describe me as a very open person who loves to talk about how her ...
Views: 1747 - Law of Attraction, Synchronicity or Just Good Old Fashioned Intuition? - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from tiffany Crosara- formerly RonaldThis is worth it's weight in reading! Those of you who read May's newsletter would know that spirit had been warning me that I was listening to my ipod too much on more than one occasion, & that eventually I lost my ipod! Becasue I wasn't heeding the message. (For those that want to read the ...
Views: 2511 - Our destiny is written before us in the stars...***** - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from tiffany Crosara- formerly RonaldOur destiny is written before us in the stars...***** Astrologically, we now have gathered our harvests & we are entering a time to review those seeds that germinated well & those that maybe need to be let go off before they bring down the rest of our well nurtured crops. Astrologically ...
Views: 2468(1 vote) - The Chattering Monkey or The Silent Monk - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2009 from Joan LaineThere are times in our lives, when we are so busy thinking, that it actually stops us from being in action towards the dreams that we have created in our imagination. So how do we know whether the creative sparks in our imagination will truly manifest new realities or remain dreamscapes, ...
Views: 2704(2 votes) - Divine Parenting "101" - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2009 from Susan Le Clair“When the children’s needs are tended to, then the world will change.” First things first – the common misconception about the name, Divine Parenting, is that it is ‘religious’ and it is about children, and parenting them. The parenting of children is one aspect of the initiative, sure. ...
Views: 1534(2 votes) - Self-Knowledge is Power! Knowledge of Self Towards Successful Living - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Jason CooperWhat is the relationship between Self-Knowledge and Self-Reflection? Snow White comes to mind when I take the time to self-reflect, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who has the most self-knowledge of them all?” The mirror then replied, “Look within yourself to find the answer.” Okay, I know the ...
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