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You are all you need to deal with in life - By Agustina ThorgilssonYou can rise like the Phoenix from the ashes! - By Agustina ThorgilssonToo Stubborn to Learn the Easy Way - By Agustina Thorgilsson- Pendulum Dowsing - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Joseph JamesWhat is a Pendulum? A Pendulum is a physical device for communicating with our subconscious, based on a simple 'YES' or 'NO' signal. The first time I was introduced to a pendulum was during 1981, at 45 years of age. Initially I was terrified, to say the least, as the pendulum circled ...
Views: 3577(2 votes) - ***The Higgs Field, Higgs Boson Particle, and GOD: Are they one and the same? - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2012 from Jerry PollockSummary Every once in a while, an opportunity arises which permits us to blend science with spirituality. Such a momentous event was announced on July 4, 2012 with the discovery of the Higgs field and a particle thought to be the predicted Higgs-like boson particle originally proposed by Peter ...
Views: 3529 - The Day I Woke Up, Became Enlightened, Awakened…I’m Not Real Sure What to Call It - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2009 from Dr. Steve McSwain,“The hour I have long wished for has now come.” -- Saint Teresa of Avila (1515 – 1582) I had reclined on the living room couch, picked up the remote, and began surfing the plethora of television programs, most of which are repetitive and useless. I paused from channel-surfing just long ...
Views: 3523(5 votes) - *** Chanting Elohim/Yod He Vau He to attune with the Divine Mother and Divine Father - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe Kabbala refers to the Elohim as the Divine Mother and to Yod Hay Vau Hay as the Divine Father. Chanting both these powerful and divine names together creates a very powerful, beautiful and integrated mantra. It connects us with Father/Mother God, our Creator. Find a comfortable ...
Views: 3503 - NANO Yoga - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2010 from Doug HaywardThink of NANO Yoga as taking a bath or a shower for the inside of our body. However often you take a regular bath or shower is how often you do NANO Yoga. Daily would be great; however, that is not always possible. Skipping a day or two does not ruin it. 'Just as nanotechnology has the ...
Views: 3479(4 votes) - Life Balance and the Need for Solitude--Lessons from Nature - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2009 from Dr. Mary Beth FordWe seek many things in this world to bring us happiness and inner peace. We set goals and work hard to achieve them. But in doing so, we often neglect our inner needs--the desires of our spirit. We struggle with the push-pulls between inner and outer worlds. Quiet time alone renews us and ...
Views: 3452(6 votes) - Meditation Technique to Attain Self Realization - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2012 from Kip MazuyBefore we begin to discuss this powerful technique to attain self realization, we need to understand what is keeping us from self realization. We have to realize what we are constantly doing that separates us more and more from our own experience of oneness. As thoughts arise, we identify ...
Views: 3432(1 vote) - Spiritual Dogma and the New Age: Ascension, a Mystical Illusion - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2009 from Scott & Stephen Petullo“Ascension” is a popular spiritual topic. In Christianity the term is used to describe the bodily rising of Jesus into heaven. In the New Age, it’s descriptive of consciously transcending this dimension (i.e., “self-ascension”) to advance spiritually to a higher plane, one that is void of ...
Views: 3424 - A Day Without Speaking - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2007 from Kay EarnshawI had been wanting for awhile to experience a day without speaking. I would like to go even longer, but I have three small children and they wouldn’t appreciate it. I did decide to try it for one day. I decided the night before, and only my eldest son (7 years old) was awake. I told ...
Views: 3412 - *** Relationships: Do Humans Mate for Life? - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Christine BreeseEveryone is looking for “the one” who will be a partner for life. Some even feel that they are looking for a lost soul counterpart, their other half somewhere here on the earth like a needle in a haystack. Many believe that human beings are meant to mate for life. However, I am not so sure about ...
Views: 3404(5 votes) - ***One of the most powerful and beautiful prayers in the world - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneOne of the most powerful and beautiful prayers in the world is The Great Invocation. It is both a prayer and invocation. It was given to the world by the Master Djwhal Khul through Alice A. Bailey. The Integrated Ascended Master makes this prayer and invocation part of his daily routine. From ...
Views: 3395 - Kwan Yin, Goddess of Love and Compassion - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2012 from Maureen Brennan MercierKwan Yin, Goddess of love and compassion carries the qualities of the Sacred Feminine. She is also called the Mother of all Buddhas and the Chinese Divine Mother. Kwan Yin's qualities of unconditional love and compassion are sought after by spiritual seekers and people in need around the ...
Views: 3382 - *Enlightenment Technology - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2007 from Suzanna KennedyHuman spiritual enlightenment occurs when your consciousness permanently expands beyond the limits of your body and your mind’s self-created identity. The energetic membranes between the subconscious, conscious and superconscious levels of the mind dissolve. As an enlightened human, you take ...
Views: 3374(1 vote) - ***Above the Buddhic Plane there is the Atmic Plane - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe plane next above the buddhic plane is the so-called atmic plane, or plane of Atma. On the atmic plane there is total freedom and bliss. Here even the limitations of the Soul body are broken through. This is a place of beingness where the Soul knows that there are yet vaster realms of ...
Views: 3318 - Using Tantra to Increase Energy and Joy in Your Life - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2011 from Carla TaraTantra wants you to have pleasure and guides you to have the Divine pleasure of merging the male and female energies into One. It uses this pleasure to bring more joy and light into your life. If you are living a disconnected life, you will experience the opposite – being separated from ...
Views: 3313(4 votes) - GOD: Understanding God, His Omniscience, Omnipresence, Omnipotence, and Miracles - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2012 from Jerry PollockSummary: Einstein was an exceptionally brilliant thinker who understood that his imagination was more important than his knowledge. He realized that to find the answers to seemingly insoluble questions that he posed about the universe, he had to approach the problems from a different level ...
Views: 3303 - How to Transcend the Mind in Meditation - by Submitted on May 20, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"The source of all problems is the mind. Thoughts arise, you identify with your thoughts and that defines your experience. So many thoughts arise without you even knowing it. So many worries and troubles constantly arising and repeating and although you are not conscious of ...
Views: 3248(3 votes) - ***Divine Soul Versus Human Brain and Heart Function: Where Do Intelligence, Wisdom, Thought, Voice, Love, Passion, Memory, Imagination, Happiness, Fantasy, Anger, Jealousy, Anger and Doubt Originate and How are They Expressed? - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2012 from Jerry PollockDuring the course of a day, you can have hundreds even thousands of thoughts, each one becoming the “now” of the moment. IBM devised a computer that drew a tie with the human brain of Russian chess champion Gary Kasparov but could that IBM computer be a match for Kasparov’s intelligent soul? ...
Views: 3231 - ***The Fifth Initiation is Esoterically called the Monadic Merger - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe fifth initiation is esoterically called the Monadic merger. The third initiation is called the Soul merge, for it is this initiation that marks the moment when the incarnated Soul begins to identify itself with the Oversoul. Now, the fifth initiation is called the Monadic merger, for ...
Views: 3194(1 vote) - ***How to Gain Conscious Control over the Subconscious Mind - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StonePart of becoming an Integrated Ascended Master is to learn and master our subconscious mind in service of the conscious mind and Superconscious mind. Most people are run by their subconscious mind and react in life based on the programs that happen to be running in their subconscious mind ...
Views: 3184 - Don't Get Mad, Get Glad - by Submitted on May 19, 2010 from Laina OrlandoLast evening, as I was reading, with my 13 year old son, Spencer, from the book Spiritual Economics by Eric Butterworth, we entered into a delicious dialogue on the meaning of resistance. We were reading a passage that says, to realize prosperity, you must accept the responsibility of your own ...
Views: 3176(3 votes) - Four Critical Questions to Ask On Your Spiritual Journey - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2011 from Michael HoareThis inherent feeling of wanting more is the very essence of our being. It helps us continue moving down the path on our journey of discovering who we are (beyond the outside designations of male or female, black or white, accountant, physical education teacher, etc.), why are we here (what is ...
Views: 3172 - Seeing Spiritual Energy Above One's Bed, Surrounding One At Night; Am I Seeing My Own Aura? - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2007 from George LockettIt is true that we are all looking through our Aura at the world around us. The world shows up as a reflection of our personal emanations. We tend to be most sensitive to this at the junction point between waking and sleeping. As we go to bed at night it can be like going into a kind of ...
Views: 3147 - ARCHANGEL HANIEL “Glory of God'” - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Vivian Nadya LunnyArchangel Haniel helps us to connect with divine magic and powerful cycles of the moon. Helps us to groom hidden talents and find true passions. Helps us to appreciate ourselves and build self-worth honoring our cycles and moods She is a nurturing mother able to care for you and create ...
Views: 3139 - Beyond the Secret: A review of the movie by Bob Proctor - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2009 from Lorna Sophia LevyLots of talking heads. That was my first impression. Lots of folks no one knows, and a few who are known, talking about motivation. Not the most exciting format. Motivation, success thinking, and goal setting are fine topics and, when you put a lot of effort in, they work. But they are not ...
Views: 3100(4 votes) - Walking Through the Valley with Your Hungry Ghost - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2010 from V. Ophelia RigaultAs a spiritual life coach I work with people as an accountability partner as they go walk through the valley and deal their dark nights. My philosophy has always been that you can't avoid your pain for ever – you can't rationalize it away with intelligence – with avoidance – with activities or ...
Views: 3095 - ***Awakening Diamond Consciousness, Individually and Globally - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2010 from Jacqueline JoyOne thing I have learned on my journey of transformation is that Awakening to our own Divinity, or to what I call our Diamond Consciousness (conscious partnership with the Divine) is a process – not just a one-time event. In these accelerated times, moving through the vibrational shifts and ...
Views: 3072(6 votes) - Discovering Your Personal Power Symbol - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Mary Lee LaBayWhat would you enjoy manifesting in your life? What perceptions or self-defeating thoughts may be interfering with achieving your purpose and manifesting your highest dreams? Awareness Engineering combines contemporary healing techniques, quantum reality concepts, ancient disciplines and ...
Views: 3062(2 votes) - ***Who are the Arcturians? - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe Arcturians are a very advanced and God-pure civilization. They are headed by the Lord and Lady of Arcturus. They have transcended fear and the illusion of separation and have dedicated their life and consciousness to service. Part of their service work includes Planet Earth and helping ...
Views: 3053 - Are You Comfortable Being Uncomfortable? - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2009 from Colleen CanneyIf you feel too comfortable in life it probably means you are not growing as an individual. By nature growth is uncomfortable. As a child I experienced Charley Horses, otherwise known as growing pains, in my legs. I would wake-up in the middle night because I was uncomfortable. This is part of ...
Views: 3045 - ***Simple Prayer for Protection - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneBeloved Presence of God, Christ, Holy Spirit, all the Ascended Masters and Angels of Light and Protection (direct the prayer to whomever you feel guided to) I hereby ask for protection on all levels of my being. I ask for a golden light or golden dome of protection to surround me, day and ...
Views: 3036(2 votes) - ***The Good God Versus the Evil Devil: Part 1. The Devil and Our Evil Inclination - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2012 from Jerry PollockSummary: Within the left brain we find the evil inclination which is under the influence of the Devil. The evil inclination is that part of your brain that is always negating or trying to negate your better beliefs and your better moral actions. Often the evil inclination will change your mind ...
Views: 3032 - Kriya Pranayama Benefits For Body, Mind and Soul - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2012 from Hans NeukommKriya Pranayama is cleaning your aura and chakras Kriya Yoga, particularly Kriya pranayama is purging your energy system in your light body as well as purifying and healing your physical body. Kriya Yoga therefore should only be practiced in combination with the rules of life for a truly ...
Views: 3005(2 votes) - Is Anyone There? Can Anyone Hear Me? - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2010 from David SamuelThis is the real question we all ask at some point in our life, is anyone there? Am I alone here, in the crowd, in the world? This article is about those moments, the times when we wonder if we are from another planet because it seems like no one can understand our feelings, thoughts and ...
Views: 2982(5 votes) - ***What is light quotient and light quotient building all about, and what does it have to do with the process of ascension? - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe path of ascension is intimately connected with the path of initiation. Essentially, an initiation is an expansion of consciousness. The higher our level of initiation, the more evolved and expanded our consciousness will be. Our level of initiation is measured in light or light quotient. ...
Views: 2981 - Spiritual Bankruptcy - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2008 from John QuerciThis is one of my most important talks because it centers around a commonly misunderstood and ominous topic. Spiritual bankruptcy is potentially terminal for the person with the problem, and it can also destroy the lives of people around them. Everyone, including and especially the person devoid ...
Views: 2951 - ***The Logoic Plane is the Plane of Total Oneness - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe logoic plane is the plane of total oneness. Upon the logoic plane we are put in touch with the Plan of God and are at complete oneness with that divine intent and purpose. We know ourselves to be the God Self or Mighty I AM Presence and have completely transcended the illusion of form. ...
Views: 2947 - ***The Seventh Initiation is the Goal of Every Initiate because it Means Freedom from Rebirth - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneEssentially, the seventh initiation is the goal of every initiate because it means freedom from the wheel of rebirth. It is the nirvana of the Buddhist, the Samadhi of the meditator, and the liberation of the yogi. So in essence, the seventh initiation marks freedom from rebirth which is a ...
Views: 2945(1 vote) - Enlightenment Quiz -- Answers - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2010 from Rose RosetreeHere come answers to our Enlightenment Quiz (See that Quiz as a separate article at http://www.rose-rosetree.com/blog). 1. Enlightenment shows to everyone who is intuitive. FALSE. You need Energetic Literacy to tell. And you don't need just Stage 1 Energetic Literacy (being aware of energy ...
Views: 2945(1 vote) - Lightworkers! It's Time to Face our Fears! - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2010 from Sherri Cortland"The only thing we have to fear,is fear itself." --Franklin D. Roosevelt Our planet is going through changes (we’re up to our knees in the Shift, and there is so much fear surrounding 2012, much of it unfounded), we are still dealing with terrorist activities, and our economy is still ...
Views: 2932(4 votes) - Embracing the Divine Masculine - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2009 from Harold BeckerLife is a beautiful interplay of imagination and manifestation. Known in other ways as feeling and thought, feminine and masculine, yin yang, each requires and adds to the other. In an amazing dance that allows us to create and recreate our world, these energies continuously merge into each ...
Views: 2886(4 votes) - Singularity and Duality - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2011 from Philip MartinTo attain wisdom, remove things every day.” -- Lao Tzu Man is certainly a complex creature and the most complex parts are the brain/mind/consciousness. I have spoken of many different aspects of the mind and of problems we have in life and of their solutions. So now I come to a very ...
Views: 2883 - ***The Good GOD Versus the Evil Devil: Part 3. Satan’s Reach In Our Channeling Society - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2012 from Jerry PollockSummary: The interview starts off as mildly confrontational as Methuselah calls into question Jerry’s belief in the Devil being alive as due to Jerry’s continuing Bipolar Disorder. Jerry refutes Methuselah’s suggestions and so does Marcia, as Jerry states that mental illness has been ...
Views: 2871(1 vote) - Money! Power! Sex! - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2012 from Pam GuthrieMoney! Power! Sex! When we have them, and use them well, they are so much fun. When we don’t have them, we have feelings about them. When we misuse them, we have feelings about them. And sometimes we have serious mis-learning around them, and become either abusive or abused with them. As ...
Views: 2855 - How to Find the Elusive Higher Self - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2007 from Hieu DoanThe Higher Self is the key to getting in tune with your true purpose in life. Everyone has a purpose. It is that which gives your life a deep and true meaning and value. The Higher Self is aligned with your highest purpose and so when you are aligned with your Higher Self you ...
Views: 2853(1 vote) - ***Energy: Science and Spirituality - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2012 from Jerry PollockSummary: Out of need, curiosity and often desperation to be helped, we tend to grasp onto thoughts and ideas that will seemingly solve our health problems but invariably do not. Part of the problem is our lack of knowledge and understanding, and the remainder is due to the persuasion of the ...
Views: 2841(1 vote) - How to Open Your Third Eye (Open Portal Technique) - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2011 from Jason MangrumOpening your third eye can freak you out if you’re not prepared for what you might experience. I activated my third eye using a technique I learned for projecting astrally, and the most peculiar thing happened… A bright-green cyclone appeared from the virtual space behind my eyelids and ...
Views: 2825(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: 2812(2 votes) - Addressing The Types Of Gender Inequality Around The World (1): Female Genital Mutilation - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2010 from Dotun AdewunmiFemale Genital Mutilation (fgm) is a cultural procedure that has been carried out since ancient times throughout the world, mainly in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. It consists of girls and young women having parts of their vagina either partially or completely cut off by blunt, unsterilized ...
Views: 2804 - Synopsis of Four Beatitudes - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2019 from Curtis R Doll JrBrokenness is the theme of the first Beatitude. The significance of being poor in spirit is simply that, as long as I was living my life under the fallacious notion that I was self-sufficient, I thought that I didn't need God in my life. I now realize that our need to love and know that we are ...
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