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Regardless 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: 1444
SATAN'S SOLILOQUY
Because there is always more than one side to a story...Indeed, here is mine...
(Note: This artsy piece is intended to invoke a sense of independence, freedom, and affirmation for the pagan reader, to continue in the development of his or her own individual path without ... Views: 1439
I've spoken many times about the importance of all feelings, anger included. With every emotion we experience, we have the ability to learn much about ourselves. No feeling is inherently wrong. It's how we choose to express and use them that determines their value.
In my book "The Secret ... Views: 1415
Gangaji is a modern day spiritual teacher who shares a simple yet profound message for humanity. "Silent awareness is alive in you."
Gangaji travels all over the world sharing her message with seekers of truth. She is a teacher and author who speaks and writes about her personal experience of ... Views: 1400
An innocent question you may think but for many psychics, this can be a difficult question to answer. This could be because being psychic varies from person to person; what one medium or psychic feels, is unlike anything another person would feel. But, if we were to generalise the experience on ... Views: 1399
It has been said that the human race is in the midst of an evolutionary change. As time goes on, children are coming into this physical reality retaining the conscious spiritual knowledge of whom and what they are. And that change is being heralded in by the indigo children. Indigo children ... Views: 1396
Question #1: Why can’t we see Extraterrestrials?
Very simple answer! They have so refined their consciousness and bodies that they vibrate at a level that is etheric in nature. Our physical eyes cannot register etheric substance and so this is why we can’t see them. And since we are ... Views: 1388
Hello my friends. I trust this New Year is greeting you with all things of love and light! It is a joy to share with you in this way!
A question was posed to me: “What does enlightenment look like?” I found myself taking the word “look” extremely literal as I began to write this piece. As I ... Views: 1387
Know and shoulder responsibility. Why have I come, what for and what have I to offer—for myself or you? If for you, then think of the other brothers and sisters of yours and spend something out of your pocket for their good. Once you spend thus, you do whatever you like.
Hasn't this been done ... Views: 1386
There is a very simple exercise you can do to show you your own divinity, and it’s not a joke (though it may sound a bit silly at first). Take a hand-held mirror and find somewhere quiet to sit. It’s important that you not be disturbed while doing this exercise or you won’t be ... Views: 1386
The word “devotion” comes from the Latin and means “dedicate by a vow.”
God is infinitely dedicated and devoted to His Creation. The Integrated Ascended Masters makes a vow to equally dedicate and devote himself to his Creator.
Devotion is one of the most beautiful qualities on the ... Views: 1383
You’ve seen it hundreds of times. Some guy is being interviewed by the local news after he helped prevent some crime or rescued someone in distress. The reporter asks, “Do you consider yourself a hero?” Apparently, this question must be asked in order to test whether or not said person is in ... Views: 1379
Are you consciously living your life to the fullest?
Or are you just a walking avatar without heart vibes going through your being and out to the universe?
If you truly want to share and live a purposeful life here on this plane, follow some of the secrets below and start to consciously live. ... Views: 1379
There are many stories that people tell about psychic animals, all of which point to animals being ‘tuned in’ to our emotions, the messages from the ‘other side’, as well as listening and hearing the earth and heavens.
There are stories abound of animals, such as dogs who, on realising their ... Views: 1377
A mandala set (or Dultson Kyilkhor in Tibetan) is a tool used by Buddhists, Hindus, and Jainists in their offering ceremonies. The mandala set represents the mind and body of the Buddha, and can grant practitioners great power. The Sanskrit word mandala means “circle”. Mandala sets are often ... Views: 1376
There is immense power in the spoken word; however, unfortunately most people are not aware of this power they wield every day of their lives with every word they speak!
In the Bible it says, “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.” We are made in the ... Views: 1375
There is Spiritual perfectionism and there is negative ego perfectionism. These are two totally different understandings of what perfection is.
The ideal in life is to achieve perfection. However, the negative ego’s disturbed and distorted understanding of perfection is that mistakes are ... Views: 1375
You can work with any of the Angels and Archangels by simply calling on them.
For example, Archangel Michael focuses on protection and strength. So part of his job is to protect us with his strength and to teach us to stand in our own power. If you need protection or strength, you can call on ... Views: 1374
The Integrated Ascended Master realizes that part of his job on Earth is to move out of mass consciousness and join the group consciousness of the so-called “New Group of World Servers,” as Djwhal Khul calls it. This NGOWS is the group of Integrated Ascended Masters that has come to Earth to ... Views: 1373
Krishna 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: 1373
On March 8th, 2016, the whole planet celebrated the International Day of Women. However, one may ask about the reasons that could gear the members of the gentle gender to participate in that precious event.
Did they achieve their objectives of being treated as equals to their male ... Views: 1373
I have been asked the question time and time again. "Why do you believe in the ethereal world?"
Every single time somebody asks me this question my soul stops in its tracks and begins to process a level of information far beyond my understanding. I have almost always responded in the exact ... Views: 1372
For your enjoyment, here are some things you can do to cut down on mistakes:
1. Get in control of your subconscious mind.
2. Work on achieving absolute mastery over your every thought, feeling, emotion, word and deed.
3. Fully train yourself in the difference between Christ thinking versus ... Views: 1371
Three women have come together to share the beauty of their pregnancies, the amazing baby body and the body as a temple.
The 3 of us have created a fan page on Facebook – “How to give birth as a Goddess” – helping women to love and accept their bodies – and to feel safe in the process of giving ... Views: 1370
Ever since Maharishi Mahesh Yogi inaugurated the Transcendental Meditation movement in 1958, he started each year with a week of silence.
Those of us who worked at the international level of the organization or who were in a residence course facility also took a week of silence. This ... Views: 1370
There is a common misunderstanding in spiritual practice that we do what we do to acquire some special qualities and that there is something to get from outside ourselves. Something that we don't already have. Something that will make our life perfect.
It is the lottery syndrome. We feel that ... Views: 1367
You may have asked yourself just what is clairvoyant ability? Does everyone have it or just certain people? There are some exercises that you can try at home to see if you have any clairvoyant abilities:
1/ The next time your phone rings try and visualize who is on the other end before you ... Views: 1363
Would one trade in his or her vitality for a temporary thrill? Would one lose one's spirit over some frivolous romance that did not even last the night? Hopefully not, but most likely nearly everyone is doing something quite similar to the above on a regular basis. If one is really serious about ... Views: 1361
Most of us identify with our thoughts and assume that we are the mind. However this is not the case; you are not your thinking and you are more than your mind.
Thoughts flow through your mind like water down a stream every moment of every day. It has been said that an individual entertains ... Views: 1359
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We tend to take for granted that God’s miracles are separate from science and they are. However God operates on a different level of science because He has limitless powers that we do not understand. God’s miracles were planned in advance by God so that they could easily be open to ... Views: 1358
We are not the only species in the universe, and to believe otherwise is to live in illusion. One just needs to look at the sky and consider all the star systems out there, of which there are infinite, to realize how foolish it is to believe that humans are the most evolved and only species in ... Views: 1357
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This is one of my favorite stories about the Buddha’s travels in India. I hope you like it.
In the countryside of India the Buddha is giving a talk on Dharma. Whenever the Buddha talks people gather from all around to listen to his wisdom. On this particular occasion there is a heckler in ... Views: 1354
Each of us has a guardian angel who has been assigned to serve and guide us, and who has been with us throughout our many incarnations on Earth. So our guardian angel knows us inside and out, and protects us in whatever way possible. They realize that Earth is a school for us to grow and learn, ... Views: 1353
Shaktipat meditation techniques used by your realized teacher can very quickly guide you through the different planes, dimensions or worlds that make up our universe.
Eventually all of us will realize that our entire universe is one living, intelligent organism. There’s no separation or ... Views: 1353
Dear Reader,
We don't usually think about it, but there is something much "deeper" about hearing than seeing, something that provokes a more powerful emotional response.
In the era of silent movies, for example, a pianist was required to bring out the emotional significance of a love ... Views: 1352
Is it possible to see the world from outside of our single physically-focused perspective?
Isn’t it amazing that we spend our whole lives inside one single body? We always look out through just one set of eyes, hear through one set of ears, taste with one tongue, and touch with one set of ... Views: 1350
A good man in hard times prays to god - “god, just let me win the lottery, I have been good, I love everyone equally, I live a decent life. I just wish I had a break from all this financial turmoil, please just let me win.”
Weeks go by, the man hasn't won.
In the mean time his car breaks ... Views: 1349
Blessed are those who own their personal power at all times in all ways and all things, and surrender to God's Will, for they carry the real power of God in the world.
Blessed are those who love without conditions for they shall experience the unconditional love of their Father and ... Views: 1348
The Conscious Gateway
Self-actualization occurs when spiritual light is consciously introduced into the energy channels of the subtle nervous system through meditation and is then directed to rise in a disciplined manner through the chakras, starting with the base chakra at the bottom of the ... Views: 1345
If I could say to you, “Touch your heart. Feel your heart beat; feel your blood flow through with every breath you take.” If I could say to you, “Take that tenderness, that pulse and carry it with you. “ Carry it to all the places that it is so desperately needed. To the young little voices ... Views: 1344
In the Beginning, there were seven days of Creation. So at the End, there will have to be seven reciprocal days of Destruction.
But don’t get worried.
“Seven” is an ancient and universal symbol of complete achievement. Thus, we have seven days of creation, seven colors of the spectrum, ... Views: 1330
Archangels are in charge of large groups of Angels whose service is focused in all areas of life.
As such there are so-called healing angels, angels of peace, guardian angels, angels of beauty, angels of the home, angels of the garden, angels of mercy, angels overlighting every forest, every ... Views: 1329
Humans are the teachers, older brothers and sisters of the animal kingdom. Animals do not only respond to feelings and emotions of the people around them, they are also responsive to the mental atmosphere surrounding them.
When a pet “owner” speaks with his pet, explains things, gives him or ... Views: 1327
You are amazing. You are the creation of yourself. You are that which creates. You are the choice to experience existence – beingness. The only limit to what you can be is your self-belief and your imagination. To be born into this reality is to enter a wonderful, shared illusion that grants you ... Views: 1322
Findhorn is a small Scottish community that became known in the early 70’s for a small group of people who developed direct contact with the nature spirits and overlighting devas or angels of the plant kingdom. They followed the guidance given by these beings, and as a result all the plants and ... Views: 1320
The word “Kundalini” comes from the Sanskrit and means “coiled.” Kundalini is a universal energy that lies coiled (like a snake) at the base of the spine.
In Eastern tradition there are methods to forcefully raise the Kundalini, however, one should refrain from such practices at all cost as ... Views: 1318
One of the most beautiful prayers in the world is the prayer of St. Francis. It is actually both a prayer and an affirmation, and, said aloud and/or silently within oneself in repetition, it serves as a powerful tool to bring about heightened states of consciousness and awareness. It describes ... Views: 1316
To whatever percentage you do not own your personal power is the extent to which the subconscious mind, astral body, emotional body, inner child, negative ego, lower self, glamour, maya and illusion will run and victimize you!
Being a master in life involves owning your personal power 100% of ... Views: 1311
You can work with any of the Angels and Archangels by simply calling on them.
For example, Archangel Michael focuses on protection and strength. So part of his job is to protect us with his strength and to teach us to stand in our own power. If you need protection or strength, you can call on ... Views: 1311