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- 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 ...
Views: 3590(2 votes) - Our Inner Spiritual Musician - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2009 from Havi MandellOur Inner Spiritual Musician Each moment is new and precious and unknown until it arrives. In this fall season, this time of transition, let it be time to harmonize our relationship with our innermost selves with our relationships in the world and our relationship to Spirit. We have the ...
Views: 1542(2 votes) - How To Go With The Flow - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2009 from James LeGrandIn our society, we often use the phrase, “Go with the flow.” Many of us have not given any thought as to what that means. Going with the flow means moving with the flow of events. It means that you move with the present, and you do not fight against it. The present is also known as ...
Views: 1572(2 votes) - Shift Out of Fear - Design A New Life - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Daeryl HolzerExcerpt from Opening A Window To The Soul: A Guide to Living Beyond the Human Drama, a compilation of Spirit guided responses to commonly asked questions. To be able to choose your emotions, to override your ingrained, self-protective impulses using your conscious mind, loving heart and free ...
Views: 1582(3 votes) - The Power of Our Words - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Corey SondrupPOWER OF OUR WORDS “All that we are is the result of what we thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.” —Marharishi Mahesh Togi One of the primary daily functions is listening to patients’ words. What most people do not realize is that words are energy and behind words ...
Views: 1291(3 votes) - Understanding the Art of Allowing - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Christine SherborneOver the last couple of days, I have been listening to ‘The Astonishing Power of Emotions’ by Esther and Jerry Hicks and have had an amazing revelation. Like me perhaps you have found that with the second or third time of listening to an audio or reading a book, that a light bulb moment happens ...
Views: 5255(7 votes) - Serial Dating - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Jyude AllbrightSerial Dating In our attempt to find...”the one,” we may dance with many trolls. Some may become serial daters for a time, going from one to another. Below are questions and answers that may assist you on this journey. Ultimately, he or she will show up when you understand, love, honor and ...
Views: 3651(3 votes) - In The Moment - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2009 from Becky RichardsonI do Bikram Yoga. It’s also called “hot yoga”. It is called that because the class is conducted in a room that is heated to about 105 degrees. However, depending on the number of bodies in the class, and the time of day, the room can even be hotter. Bikram Yoga is one of my favorite things ...
Views: 1350(1 vote) - ***Ducks' Capacity for the Enjoyment of Life Surpasses Humans' - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2011 from Emily Erickson-SandstromHere is a picture of ducks who have been slimed by the latest oil spill. They are doomed, and the water they float in is doomed. But here they are doing what ducks do, up until the very last minute of their lives. They have no horror on their faces, just a relaxed but miserable expression. ...
Views: 2773(4 votes) - Drowning the Old Story - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2009 from Chris FenwickChange can happen but you have to be ACTIVE to make real change. The old stories continually play in our minds, our hearts and our lives. The ideas and the meaning we make up for past events can color present and future events. They can cloud our decisions and hinder our progress. Barack Obama ...
Views: 1135 - You can change the world. - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2009 from Chris FenwickYou can change the world. A few of you believe me. A few more want to believe me, but really don't. Many don't really believe it at all and most think it's just plain craziness. Someone asked me recently if I would change the name of my book, "the 100th human."(www.the100thhuman.com) The answer ...
Views: 1211 - Antidote to an Apocalypse - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2009 from Chris FenwickWill December 21, 2012 be the end of the world? If you study the Mayans and their philosophy, you will find that their social, economic and spiritual systems were built on cycles. Cycles go around, the end of one cycle is always the beginning of another. December 21, 2012 is the end of a 5125 ...
Views: 1127 - Using the Law of Attraction to Your Advantage NOW - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2009 from Linda McRaeThe law of attraction has been around for some time. Even so, not everyone is familiar with it. There are also a number of those who are a little aware of what it is but have not been able to benefit from it. This may be because they are only superficially aware of the concept but may not really ...
Views: 620 - Let Them Eat Cake - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockIt seems to me that too many people are taking a big cut out of the health care pie for themselves. Instead of a middleman, we have numerous middlemen that come between the sick person and his or her care. And it has gotten too top heavy, way out of control. The medical schools reap huge ...
Views: 1760 - Playing a Bigger Game - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Kamala Murphey"How many of you think you'll do something great in your lifetime?" asked Father Manuel of our social psychology class. Only one student raised her hand. Father Manuel seemed shocked: thirty students at a fairly prestigious university and only one student raises her hand? His question, one I'd ...
Views: 822 - What Step are You On? Evolution of Religion - Six Steps - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockThese six major steps weave in and around each other, and there are many others, all revealing a transition between materiality consciousness and heightened consciousness, or between an outward emphasis (thinking, remembering, body and mind), and an inward emphasis (the replacing of thought and ...
Views: 1667(1 vote) - Spiritual Insight - Extraordinary, Yet Very Ordinary - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockA direct experience of spiritual insight will change your life, a fact which is irrefutable and well documented. But spiritual searching, rather than spiritual insight - well, that's another story. Most people who embark upon a spiritual quest aren't satisfied with answers that they are ...
Views: 1673(1 vote) - E. Raymond Rock Life Situations - The Usual Mistakes (and how to avoid them) Part 4 - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2009 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond Rock4. Thinking that life is a cake walk. This has the potential to be one of the bigger mistakes because it means that we are blind to the realities around us, and usually insensitive to others. When we have blinders on, we tend to create a personal little world that is in fact very fragile, ...
Views: 1621 - ***The Placebo Effect: Claim It - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2011 from Emily Erickson-SandstromThe laws of random distribution are not some theory; they are principles written in the same stone as the laws of physics. Actuaries, persons who calculate chances of things for a living (Really!), base your insurance premiums on the FACT that, when there is a hazard that could cause a ...
Views: 2723(4 votes) - ***The Placebo Effect: Claim It - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2011 from Emily Erickson-SandstromThe laws of random distribution are not some theory; they are principles written in the same stone as the laws of physics. Actuaries, persons who calculate chances of things for a living (Really!), base your insurance premiums on the FACT that, when there is a hazard that could cause a ...
Views: 2723(4 votes) - Making Lemonade From A Life Lesson - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2009 from Laurie MartinHer facebook page was hacked into from a thief in London. She was locked out of her own face book page. The thieves were able to type in a message on her facebook wall saying, “I NEED HELP FROM A GOOD FRIEND,” and then the thief began Instant Messaging anyone online with a well practiced story. ...
Views: 941(1 vote) - The U.S. Healthcare Debate Brought Out the Worse in Us - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from James LeGrandThe yelling, screaming, fighting and complete disrespect for our fellow men and women over differing opinions was horrible. The debate over the H.R. 3200 Health Care Bill is emotional, complex and highly controversial. We teach our children how to resolve conflict by listening, understanding, ...
Views: 1318 - Feel the Joy Of Your Unfulfilled Desires - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2009 from Psychic LillyYou don't stop very often to think about how you are feeling. And yet, how you are feeling is everything. How you are feeling is your point of attraction. How you are feeling is your asking from the Universe. How you are feeling is everything that is coming to you! Most of you have not ...
Views: 4439(13 votes) - 7 Herbs for 7 Chakras - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2009 from Linda KingsburyThe vibrational qualities of plants can assist in balancing, relaxing, and energizing your aura and chakras. Each member of the plant kingdom has a unique gift to offer and can support you on your journey of manifesting your highest path on earth. Allowing herbal energies to assist your personal ...
Views: 12234(9 votes) - Three Keys to Successfully Manifest Your Desires - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Becky KimesIt is a natural human tendency to always want more. Just like you wouldn't want to stay in the first grade forever, you are always looking to grow and expand into different adventures whether they are new jobs, better relationships, exotic travel or more money. If you pay attention you'll ...
Views: 1228(1 vote) - Amplified Illusions - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Sankarshan Das AdhikariKrishna explains in the Bhagavad-gita how the knowledge of the Absolute Truth is understood through the system of disciplic succession. This means that if we want to understand this knowledge, we must take it as it has come down perfectly to us over the ages through an unbroken line of ...
Views: 1970(2 votes) - Suffering, The Unconscious Choice - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from Renee DuaneI believe suffering is a choice we make for ourselves. Like most of our choices, it is an unconscious one. Suffering is present when I refuse to accept what is. I find myself suffering when my mind is entertaining an unconscious stream of downward spiraling thoughts. Thoughts of what the ...
Views: 2968(1 vote) - Living and Enjoying NOW - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Stephen MonahanLiving and Enjoying “NOW” The essence of Zen teachings is taking our awareness deeply into “Now”. Current and past sages, saints, gurus and teachers have always tried to get us to understand that to eliminate pain and suffering from our lives we have to shift our consciousness from the past ...
Views: 2148(2 votes) - Gayatri and Savitri - 2 Forms of One Super Power - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaPrimordial Energy has 2 aspects. One is Jnana and the other is Vijnana. Jnana or wisdom includes consciousness, thinking, sentiments, beliefs and aspirations. It lies within man. Vijnana includes extrapolation of natural wealth and science of its application in day to day life. Wisdom lies ...
Views: 1921(1 vote) - Answer The Question; “Why Am I Here?” An Explanation of Limitations, Business Success, Life Purpose, and Regaining Motivation - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from David SamuelWhen we are young we ask the question of why am I here. This is normal for most people. Some have stopped asking and forgot they asked at all, and others still ask no matter how old they are. We look for an answer, ask our parents, teachers, anyone, but do not find anyone who can give a ...
Views: 1626(1 vote) - Dreams: Our Night Counselors - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Laurel ClarkThere is a world that everyone visits every night that, to most people, is invisible and intangible. It is a world of relationships, reconnecting with old friends, meeting strangers who seem familiar, sometimes falling in love. In this place, we can experience things we’ve never seen or touched ...
Views: 2208(3 votes) - Is Enlightenment Still Possible in the Modern World? - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Lori BrenckmanEnlightenment is a word with a lot of buzz around it. My dictionary lists the synonyms for enlighten as "to educate, inspire, perfect (v), etc." But for those of us who've walked a spiritual path, enlightenment goes beyond that. That definition isn't in the dictionary; but for me it included ...
Views: 3361(5 votes) - Virus Protection for your Consciousness - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Lori BrenckmanIf you use email or go online with your computer, you’re probably aware of the damage a computer virus can do. There are thousands of viruses, and a whole industry that's dedicated to fighting them. Just in case you don’t know what I'm referring to, a computer virus is a 'rogue' program that's ...
Views: 1245(1 vote) - From Slavery to Freedom - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Victoria Lorient-FaibishWhat is change? How do we achieve this illusive concept? How do we master going beyond what we have been taught to do repeatedly either because we saw it or because it was drilled in to us on pain of who knows what? The thing I ask most readily when a client enters my office is “What is it that ...
Views: 1704(6 votes) - Soul with Willpower to Pay off Karmic Debt - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Rachel MadorskyThe lessons and conclusions we experience from our karma are sometimes clear to us immediately, and other times the understanding comes to us much later. Settling karmic accounts is inevitable for every soul. Every step of each life form is reflected in the book of destiny, or the Akashic ...
Views: 4725(2 votes) - Obscured by the Clouds - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Stefanie MillerNotes to Myself The past few months have been an intense time of integration and finishing up old stuff. So many new things are coming in as the old is departing. I see this time we are in as a warm, sunny day. A day when we are just relaxing outside in the fresh air. Suddenly a big cloud ...
Views: 1255(3 votes) - Beginning To Live As Your Heart - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2010 from Elysha ElyshaYour heart, which is the truth of you, is freely standing before the arising of all existence. The only thing that has hindered your recognition of the simplicity and freedom of your true nature is you believing in and identifying with your chattering mind. For you to consciously live as your ...
Views: 1452(3 votes) - A Time for Change - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Sequoia Elisabeth CarpenterA time for change We are in an era of dramatic change and have the opportunity of a lifetime to change the course of mankind! Actually when you look really close change is happening constantly! So I say enjoy the ride! At least sit back and observe the changes and look beneath the covers ...
Views: 1437(2 votes) - Connect: Be Fully Present NOW! - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Karen Mehringer, MAEager to fill our hungry bellies after a full day of hiking and soaking in the mineral hot springs, John and I sat waiting for our food to arrive. Observing my surroundings, I noticed a woman sitting with her husband text-messaging with her iPhone. The couple appeared to be on vacation. Next, I ...
Views: 2480(2 votes) - Accessing the Now...The only time you have! - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Nick CastellanoIn order to move into the “Now Moment” we must understand two things. The first thing is that we are not our minds. We are a spirit being created by God with a soul and a body. The mind is a tool to solve the situations that come up in this world. We tend to identify ourselves with our past. ...
Views: 2042(1 vote) - Letter to all the governments, leaders, directors and... to us all - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Wim RoskamIn 1854 the Indian Chief Seattle addressed the White Chief in Washington about the Indian doubts considering the plans of the white men with their lands. Now, in 2009, this speech finds itself a successor in the letter of a white man, written to all the government chiefs in the world. But in ...
Views: 1003(3 votes) - Changing the Future - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Tom MoorePerhaps you’ve asked yourself how can we raise the vibrational level of everyone in order to lift ourselves to a fifth dimensional level? Well it’s actually much easier than you can imagine—so easy that many will not believe it can be so simple. If you can imagine a huge ladder going all the ...
Views: 2102(2 votes) - Ask, Act & Allow; using EFT and the Law of Attraction - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Andy BryceThe same principles apply to all areas of receiving, wheter it is love, money or fulfillment in work or lifestyle. There are many people who say "change your thinking, and change your life" and while that is true, EFT or Emotional Freedom Techniques makes change easier and faster than anything I ...
Views: 2567(11 votes) - The Key to an Open Heart - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Moonstone WhiteFew people are aware of the limiting power their judgments hold over the ability to live life on their own terms. Judgments are the glue that keep us stuck in unwanted outcomes. They take away the ability to be present in the moment. Holding a judgment is a belief that inhibits the transitory ...
Views: 1484(2 votes) - Run the Light - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Elizabeth HepburnRun the Light This phrase has taken on new meaning for me recently. To many of us it's always referred to zooming through a traffic signal that's morphing from yellow to red. Now, to me, Run the Light means something totally positive and invaluable. I Run the Light while meditating, while ...
Views: 1242(4 votes) - Are We Spiritual Warriors, or Beings of LOVE? - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2009 from Jaclyne WachellWith the high array of spiritual books on the Market and the ending struggle of life, that Man experienced Physically, Emotionally, Mentally, & Spiritually over the last Ten’s of Thousands of years. It is often easy to get caught up in the Labels we chose to give our mind to find the strength to ...
Views: 1178(1 vote) - The Spiritual Significance of Music - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Rosemarie AshleyCreativity, in any form, is Divinity in action. Music is one of many ways to communicate spirituality. In just about any religion or "enlightenment training", participants are encouraged to memorize and recite words to support and encourage appropriate thinking. Thoughts, words, feelings ...
Views: 1998(2 votes) - Paid in Full: A Reincarnation Story - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2009 from Jo LeonardA good case against the theory of reincarnation can be made based on the fact that few people are able to recall their former lifetimes with any certainty. Suspicion about a past life may flicker ever so slightly in someone’s memory banks but then be easily dismissed and forgotten. To catch ...
Views: 1400(3 votes) - Reclaiming YourSelf in Tarot's Ancient Space - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2009 from Sheila Winter WallaceI have great respect for the Tarot and its meaning in my life as an expression of awakened consciousness. In a holographic universe, where I know that I am an unique articulation of the whole - particle and wave at one and the same time - revering my own potential - the Tarot is a reminder for ...
Views: 1938(5 votes) - Is Someone Telling You That You Are Broken? - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2009 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorDo you have a person in your life now (or did) who frequently tells you what’s flawed about you or broken? Do you believe him or her? What might be going on with them, and you? "Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs." - Pearl Strachan Hurd I want to share a ...
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