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We can’t get back the time that we spent trying to change someone else. The energy and time is irreplaceable. You truly have to look at each and every circumstance and evaluate the time and energy that you’ve put into it and come to the conclusion that it is unchangeable.
It could be the ... Views: 1545
All religious and spiritual practices ultimately serve one purpose; to reflect on who you are as a human being by discovering the true nature of your personality. The method I present to you here allows us to discover who we truly are rather than who we think we are. With the discovery of the ... Views: 1543
Our family likes taking nature walks and taking small trips. When my youngest son Joseph was four years old, we took him for what “I” thought was going to be a short hike for us. My husband took us to a state park for one of these short trips and when we got there, on the board before entry, ... Views: 1543
Here are four scientific reports about the practical benefits of meditation, the first three being about Breath Meditation specifically:
1. “Everyone around the water cooler knows that meditation reduces stress. But with the aid of advanced brain-scanning technology, researchers are beginning ... Views: 1543
Clearing the Channel for Your Personal GPS
There really is only ONE question you need ask yourself today, or any day: “Which way and which choice brings me closer to my own Sacred Purpose?” The answer reveals the pathway. You have your very own personal GPS built right inside of you that is ... Views: 1542
I Don’t Like You
by Jim McDonald, LIMC
Who Would I Be Without is the story of a man who asks how rather than why. Specifically, he asks, how am I right now — how am I feeling, thinking, and being in my body—because asking how, rather than why, takes us out of thinking. It frees us to be ... Views: 1542
Awareness Meditation – Simple Guided Meditation Exercise
Mindfulness is all about becoming mindful and being present. In our day-to-day life, we often do things on autopilot, which means that we are locked inside our own head and as a result not aware of what is going on in our surrounding. ... Views: 1541
You may be newly unemployed, laid off or retired. You may need to return to work for financial reasons.
That may feel like a disaster and a dilemma, but it's also an opportunity to re-create your life in a way that is fulfilling and can be financially rewarding too.
Maybe you're ready for ... Views: 1541
It is time to birth the new reality of our future. We are creating a new world; what kind of world depends on our thoughts and our belief that we do in fact manifest what we think about. As a transformational life coach I am finding it easier and easier to speak to others about living in a state ... Views: 1541
As the river winds and wends its way downstream towards the sea it is flowing in the direction of least resistance. Is your own life flowing in a similar direction? If so, then you will find that your life is one of ease.
More often than not, things will turn out the way you want them to, ... Views: 1541
Mother'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: 1541
Honor your body the temple especially now that we are celebrating the New Year 2012. After the usual excesses of the Holy Season it is time to get back to our routine.
Our daily practices help us to bring more balance in our body and in our lives. Moderation in all things is key ... Views: 1541
Any human being who is genuinely connected with God (the creator of all things) would have ultimate peace and true prosperity. God is spirit and we can’t see him! In fact, his invisibility makes many people feel like he doesn’t exist. But he’s there! Right out there! He’s connected with men and ... Views: 1541
“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
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I like to put a reframe on the topic of boundary-setting.
Think about this: If you are walking around with boundaries all the way around you, think about what this looks like. Think about what this feels like. You are building a wall all the way ... Views: 1540
A NEW YOU IN 2012?
READY FOR CHANGE?
Here we are, 9 days in to a new year and most things back to normal. By now, a majority of people who have made resolutions have broken them
As you looked at a new year, what changes have you committed to make in how you live? More importantly, how are ... Views: 1540
This article is about how to increase your awareness, learning how to hold your tongue, to not say the wrong thing and, not stick your foot in your mouth. All this is achieved by removing selfish desires.
You may not realize how much of your life is ruled by very subtle but powerful selfish ... Views: 1540
A medium has a job which can be challenging. In addition to the church being in the main against mediumship, there is the added pressure of many people who, not understanding mediumship, may believe the medium to be working in league with the devil. I have been told by many mediums that they ... Views: 1540
Before your Creator introduced you into this world and the generation that you are part of now, an event took place that you were not conscious of. It occurred in your nonexistence.
Beloved, if you will agree with me, the spirit that gave birth to your being was without nomenclature. This ... Views: 1539
We, all without exceptions, spend most of our lives chasing after an intangible or an abstract idea called Happiness. However, is it a tangible feeling or an elusive concept?
The fundamental question should focus on the meaning of happiness and the means to experience it.
Some people may ... Views: 1539
AN “INTERVIEW” WITH JESUS ON THE STATE OF THE WORLD TODAY “MY CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD”
From https://beyondthezonespirit.wordpress.com/conversations-with-god/
And www.sharefaith.wordpress.com
(Updated article from ... Views: 1537
Living with no-mind does not mean living as a zombie, or drifting through life in a daze. It means being totally alive with your senses, body, feelings and awareness wide open and awake to this moment’s pulse. It means allowing life to happen through you rather than interfering with that flow ... Views: 1537
I have spent a couple of months visiting my father and I have come to see some very disturbing things about not just myself, but how our personality, and thus our life, is formed and lived.
As anyone who has spent enough time reflecting on their character and seeing their flaws (we all have ... Views: 1537
One day I woke up.
On this day, I realized that I had been asleep for a very long time – years, actually. Somewhere in my late teens, I decided that life was too scary and difficult to handle, and so I flipped my life switch to auto pilot and crawled back into bed.
Every once in awhile, I ... Views: 1537
Even the mightiest of oaks starts as the tiniest of acorns. Neither one is greater than the other; they're just merely different forms of the same thing. And yet, we often look around our lives and see things from only today's perspective. We look up at the oak, but down at the acorn. Sometimes ... Views: 1537
Next, we come to the forms of Spirit, which forms we call matter. But what is matter? Science tells us that matter is eternal and indestructible; that, at first, it is an invisible cosmic stuff; and that it gradually takes form through some law working within it. The worlds were formed by ... Views: 1537
So much is going on in your external and internal worlds right now that we thought it would be a good time to remind you of the power of your ability to focus your intent. Your internal belief systems can be difficult to reprogram, and changing what is wrong in the world can appear to be more ... Views: 1536
This time of year, many of us in the U.S. turn towards the practice of thanks giving –giving thanks. For me, this comes down to a very simple yet fruitful practice, mindfulness. Being mindfully thankful for the simplest gifts of life coupled with sense awareness not only gifts me with the ... Views: 1536
When 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: 1535
Hello to you all, my beloved brothers and sisters living in our global family of humanity. I send you my love and wishes for continuous re-occurring blessings from my spot -of Heaven on earth, in Okeechobee, Florida. I view us all this day as absolute perfection; in some of us the abilities ... Views: 1535
Oh the many times I have asked myself that question. I can’t see it, touch it, hear it so how can it be real? I am speaking, of course, about all the “mystical” experiences I have had over these last 7 years. So many times I thought I was losing my mind….going off the “deep end”….waiting for ... Views: 1535
Question: What can we do if we feel depressed in any way?
Divine Mother: I want you to know something about depression. I want you to know why this situation is so debilitating. The truth is that when people don't allow themselves to be themselves, there is a repression of energy in the ... Views: 1535
One question on many people’s minds refers ghosts and their existence. Many people argue on the subject of ghosts, are they real or a hoax. There is credible evidence to prove that ghosts are real demystifying skeptics’ arguments.
Apparently, if you see a ghost today and tell to another person ... Views: 1534
Do you believe that to live is to heal? Do you believe that because you are alive; born into a physical body; and bound by the physical laws of this world that you are and were born…unwell? If your answer is “No” to both questions, then you belong to the vast majority of people living today. ... Views: 1534
I have just finished reading the excellent article, IF YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE, On the Moral Urgency of Climate Change, by Katherine Dean Moore in THE SUN, Dec. 2012.
A powerful statement about climate change and what we, as individuals could and should do if we are to save our planet for ... Views: 1533
There is tight connection between abundance and the subconscious beliefs. It has been scientifically proven that the level of abundance in life is directly related to your individual subconscious beliefs. It is actually some kind of subconscious attraction.
What comes to your mind a when ... Views: 1533
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."
~ Charles Dickens (1812-1870), English author. From 'A Christmas Carol'.
I was quite taken by this quote from Charles Dickens. This line from “A Christmas Carol” reminds us of the fact that for most people, the true ... Views: 1533
Every one of us exits childhood with our own unique cocktail of patterns, programming, beliefs, habits, preferences, expectations, and mind viruses. Some of these ingrained pieces of our psyche are positive, such as saying please and thank you, brushing our teeth every day, and, hopefully, ... Views: 1533
“A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli
“In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.” ~ Anthony ... Views: 1533
Underlying every change you wish for is a layer that must be transformed yet is rarely addressed.
It is the root from which all else emerges…and the key to sustained transformation.
It has become a part of you, integrating itself in the subtleties and intricacies of who you have come to ... Views: 1533
As the Holiday Season draws us into the well-wishing, gift giving and a warm sense of cheer, we also are experiencing a tremendous wave of energy sweeping the planet at this particular time that cannot be ignored. Although we would much rather pay attention to all the fun parties, rich meals and ... Views: 1532
Tarot readings are mostly misinterpreted by those who do not practice spirituality. Their religious resources are limited and their teachings give a different idea of what the tarot is all about. There are a couple of things, I would like to address and the first is, tarot cards cannot tell your ... Views: 1531
There are many forms and traditions of meditation, as well as various ways or positions in which a person may meditate (usually a part of a particular tradition, although often simply the way an individual finds it easiest to relax and meditate through/ in). The one thing they all have in common ... Views: 1531
There is a great danger in the whole idea that thoughts are things and we create what we think. This danger is to people who do not fully understand what that principle means, how it works, and how it can be confused with guidance and intuition. That danger lies in the ego which thinks it knows ... Views: 1531
Sometimes a dream may appear negative when you first express what you’ve experienced such as:" I am in a gymnasium with homeless people . . . "exactly the words I spoke into my recorder the other morning. But as I continued to listen to the recording I was able to accept the dream ... Views: 1531
We live in a time of new beginnings. It is a new time of rights and freedom for women and for spirituality. However our society based on a patriarchal (or male) focus has no understanding or framework for women's wisdom or the Feminine Divine.
As women we are beginning to rebuild our ... Views: 1531
4. 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: 1530
When I was a teenager, I remember questioning in my bible study class. My question pertained to the validity of Christianity. In other words I asked "How do we know our religion is the right one? Is there really a 'right religion' versus a 'wrong religion'? What makes us so sure that our way ... Views: 1529
Recently I've been thinking about my own mortality. I've wondered, if I had to review my life right now, would I be proud of the choices I made? The one thing I know for sure, is that you can start new this moment. It's never too late. Instead of waiting for that final life review, take the time ... Views: 1529