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BRAIN POWER Our Genie to Success - by Michele Blood- Past Life Regression – As Entertainment - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2010 from Michael JuddI have often been invited to lead a small group of friends in an evening of Past Life Regression. They are looking for an evening of entertainment. Some in the group may believe in reincarnation, others may not. Many times, no one in the group has experienced either hypnosis or past life ...
Views: 1403(3 votes) - How Enlightenment Resides Within You - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2012 from Craig VillarrubiaAs I look back at my spiritual journey it is clear that my personal understanding of enlightenment has evolved. Early in my search I remember getting a glimpse of its promises through self-help and spiritual texts. I associated enlightenment with visions, specialness, power and bliss. It was ...
Views: 1401 - CAN YOU SAY INTEGRITY? - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2011 from Jennifer Elizabeth MastersYou want to become enlightened? Whether being enlightened is your bucket list or not, integrity is an important part of life. In fact I feel it is one of the most important aspects of life. If you are out of integrity God, (The Universe, The Divine) is going to kick your butt. You will not be ...
Views: 1399 - Enlightenment: How to Transcend the Ego - by Submitted on May 06, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"That which you assume yourself to be is not actually a thing, but an action. It is the action holding on. In every moment, you are unconsciously holding on to an idea of who you are. And although this idea of who you are is constantly changing moment to moment, the action of ...
Views: 1399(2 votes) - When the Spotlight Hits You, You Will Know What to do - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Brenda HoffmanWelcome to Brenda's Blog Channeled by Brenda Hoffman for www.LifeTapestryCreations.com Special Event: Brenda will be the featured guest on Michael Quinsey’s (Michael channels SaLuSa) “Connecting the Light” www.BBSradio.com show Friday, December 2nd at 5 pm Eastern Standard Time / 2 pm ...
Views: 1399 - Getting to Egypt Via Economic Collapse and Martial Law; God Brings the Blind by a Way They Knew Not - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2014 from Richard RuhlingSummary: God will hold pastors accountable for smooth messages when the times demand a warning. People should be preparing for an overwhelming surprise by studying the Bible and getting out of cities A blind spot for most Christians involves the letter to the last church--Laodicea in ...
Views: 1398 - Releasing Attachments - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2012 from Adam BenedettoThroughout life we grow accustomed to things, to needs, and to the belief in how things must be. We believe we can't do without them, that in order to be happy things must be a certain way. But do they have to be? And what happens when we lose the things that are necessary to us? When life ...
Views: 1398(2 votes) - Divine Revelation....at Work. - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2009 from Leslie Coff("Seeing God through the Eye of the Needle"...) On this day, of all days -- commemorative of when Moses went up the mountain to receive the Ten Commandments from God. On this, the time when we honor our connection to our spirituality -- this is a good day to talk about Chinese medicine and ...
Views: 1397(1 vote) - Echoes of Emptiness - Gradual and Sudden - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2012 from Jacob Newell© Jacob Newell (Gu Shen Yu Daoshi) When it comes to cultivating qi, there is no question that Laozi suggests we take a gradual approach. “A tree too large to embrace starts as a tiny shoot; a 9-story terrace starts as a mound of earth; the journey of 1,000 li happens under the feet” (Ch. ...
Views: 1397(1 vote) - Gifts in Strange Forms - by Submitted on May 01, 2012 from David OrmanIt was a horrible ending to a beautiful weekend. A contrast of epic proportions. Darkest of nights and the brightest of mid-days. I was coming home from one of the most incredible weekends I have experienced in years, beaming with happiness. Three days of training in a martial art that I ...
Views: 1397 - Essence of Truth Realized by Ma-Mahajnan (Eight) - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Ma-Mahajnan prosadWhat Else Have I To Speak Of Again! Well, here I can comprehend another thing—this is the law of being. The being is heir to terror, fear, delight; in its own way it is setting up knowledge here. All these things are nothing—only the terror of the fleshly being—illusion, obsession. Maya ...
Views: 1396 - 2012 is coming - by Submitted on Dec 25, 2011 from Angela Schulz-HenkeAnd an eventful year comes to an end. The banks are supplied continuously with money, which actually does not even exist. Even as it does not exist, the taxpayers have to pay it back. We have known for some time that this system has outlived its usefulness. "If the world was a bank, you would ...
Views: 1395 - Perspective and Acceptance - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2012 from Adam BenedettoWhat is the best outlook to have on life? If we are to have one perspective, what should it be and where should it come from? We can look at life in so many ways. We can see it as a struggle, as something to be fought against, as a hardship. At times, do we not see life from this vantage point, ...
Views: 1394(1 vote) - M.A.G.i.C IS QUITE REAL - by Submitted on May 13, 2011 from Dr. Elizabeth BarhydtM.A.G.I.C. is quite real. It stands for: Miracles According to God’s Infinite Creativity I believe in miracles or as I call them, “GOD WINKS”. The Universe Provides Think of something that happens in your life and then something strange happens but it’s not what you want. This ...
Views: 1393(1 vote) - Who Are Spirit Guides - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2014 from Lisa BoussonOnce in a physical body, Spirit Guides are masters at helping you achieve your life goals. Keeping in mind that you really are the creator of your universe, Spirit Guides try to steer you toward your original goal that was originated prior to your physical birth. There are always bumps and ...
Views: 1393 - How To Make Life Roll Smoothly In Perfect Control - by Submitted on May 17, 2011 from David SamuelFor a bike wheel to roll smoothly, all the spokes must be strong and well connected. They connect to the hub. The hub is the central point of the wheel and connects to the axel. As I discovered by my own experience, when one spoke out of the 20 on my bike wheel broke, the whole wheel was wobbly ...
Views: 1392 - "Ye Are The Light Of The World." (Matthew 5:14) - by Submitted on May 03, 2009 from Merry BattlesThe opposing forces would have us believe in doom. I say, believe in LIGHT! Dream the seeming impossible dream into manifestation. There is a divided camp on earth: those who speak of evil, gloom, and inevitable destruction of this planet. I say, dream of love and peace and work toward it ...
Views: 1391 - Free Will – The Bubble of Creation: Why We are a Spark off the Bigger Flame - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2010 from Tiffany SnowImagine a child blowing a large soap bubble and as it leaves the wand it slowly hangs in the air, iridescent and beautiful. Now the child takes his wand and passes it through the bubble one more time, making smaller bubbles from the big one. He blows again, and a myriad of little bubbles stream ...
Views: 1391(1 vote) - Ma-Mahajnan expounds “No more Mystery” but Warns - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2011 from Ma-Mahajnan prosadEverything done through freewill. Mother: There is a form of energy. What's that like? That's a kind of vapor. A force of Nature. Before the creation, it is left to each at certain moment to draw upon that force in the way one can on the eve of a clash--as much as one can. Prosad : 'On ...
Views: 1391 - What Obstacles and Situations Have You Overcome? - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2015 from Jesse An Nichols GeorgeHave you ever had a situation that you considered an obstacle? Have you felt like all the cards were stacked against you? Have you ever beat the odds in a situation? I love exploring this as so many people come to realize they have really come through some tough challenges and created some ...
Views: 1391(1 vote) - 3 Empowering Lessons Taught by the Horse - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2012 from Jessica BakerHorses have long been admired for their compassionate free spirit, being honored as a connection to the power and strength in oneself. One gaze into their eyes and we not only feel their wisdom, we see sometimes for the first time, our own Soul looking back at us. What we see may bring us joy ...
Views: 1390(2 votes) - Our shadow selves make bad decisions - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2009 from Elsabe SmitHave you ever been in a position where you made a decision because you felt at the time that you had to, even though your mind was woolly and the world was unreal? I am sure you lived to not only regret that decision, but also to ask yourself “What had gotten into me when I decided that?” ...
Views: 1390(2 votes) - Are there partial or incomplete awakenings? - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2017 from Eric PutkonenThe idea of partial or incomplete awakenings is a refuge of the ego by creating progress. It feels good, egoically, to say I partially awakened. I have taken another step to “full awakening.” No, that is just being stuck in a new illusion…a new set of chains. How can there be a partial or ...
Views: 1387 - Karma Clearing Time - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2012 from Angela Schulz-Henke"For all of us the time has come to liberate us from fear that has kept us away from joy, creativity, peace and courage to be honest. It's time to do something inspiring to live the meaning of our lives." ~ Joseph Bailey The 21st of December 2012 when the Mayan Calendar ends, is very near. ...
Views: 1387 - Testing My Writing Ability - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2011 from Dan L. HaysWhat if I don’t have a talent for creative writing? On the other hand - what if I do? ______ It was September of 1988, and I had signed up for a creative writing class at The University of Houston. The teacher was a well known published author and writing teacher from New York City who had ...
Views: 1386(1 vote) - Another Look At Twin Tower Lights As We Remember 9/11 in May 2011: Freedom Is Not Free! - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from Terry WeberThe symbolism of the twin beams of light as they thrust skyward from the site of the now ruined but once majestic twin towers in New York is obvious to all who see them. The first time I saw those twin lights on my television screen, I thought... The symbolism of the twin beams of light as ...
Views: 1385 - Are You Living Life by Default? - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2011 from Veronica DrakeI am the D.I.V.A. of Life Design ~ Empowering Women to Live Life by Design not by Default Daring, Inspiring, Vivacious, Accepting What is a DIVA of Life Design? Simply put it means I consciously design my life from the inside out using practical spirituality. My intention is to show up in ...
Views: 1385(1 vote) - Enlightenment & The Art of Surrender - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"For your enlightenment, we want to get you out of your mind, out of the controlled idea that you are an intelligent and together person and into what is here in this moment beyond such ideas. The mind is always trying to put things in order. But once the mind puts ...
Views: 1385(3 votes) - Enlightenment & The Importance of Kundalini Shakti - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"Underneath everything is silence; deep, profound, infinite silence. It is in everything yet remains as nothing. The spiritual path is very slippery because of this. Because the mind is always looking for that next bit of knowledge that might take it to silence, that next ...
Views: 1385(2 votes) - How Hopelessness Brings Infinite Happiness - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2013 from David SamuelWhen anyone asks; ‘How are you?’I am always well. The secret to always being happy is to have nothing you want to do. This is the essence of the Buddhist teaching that all suffering is caused by desires. The more we desire, the more we suffer, either through lack of what we desire or fear of ...
Views: 1385 - We're All in Different Places, And That's Okay - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2011 from S. Evette GardnerSometimes it can be difficult to resist the impulse not to put people in a box. For most of us, sizing people up and then applying the labels we feel best characterizes them is such an ingrain habit that parting from this tendency requires an extraordinary amount of diligence and attention from ...
Views: 1385 - How Long Does itTake to Become Enlightened? - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2008 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockEnlightenment can take a long time, perhaps as long as it takes to wear a granite mountain down to the ground by a fine veil brushing its top once every hundred years, or perhaps as long as a lifetime, or a year, or perhaps in only a week, as the Buddha proclaims, if you can maintain perfect ...
Views: 1384(1 vote) - Robin William's Suicide Due to Drug for Parkinson's--How Many Other Deaths that We Don't Know? - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2014 from Richard RuhlingSummary: Prescription drugs have had a “free pass” for too long. It's time to revisit the science of pharmacology, evolved from toxicology—the science of how much chemical killed half the animals. A close friend of Williams said Robin was taking a drug for Parkinsons that listed suicide as a ...
Views: 1384 - WARNING: SPIRITUALITY CAN BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH & WEALTH - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2014 from Marc OromanerAh, the enlightened life! A life where the superficial trappings of the material world have lost their luster. Where greasy, fried, and fatty foods are no longer tempting. Where meditation, sharing, and an appreciation of the beauty of nature provide all the fulfillment one needs for true ...
Views: 1384(1 vote) - Gratitude and Appreciation - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2010 from David SamuelThere is a big difference between sincere gratitude and profusely saying thank you. The difference is sincerity, and that affects how the giver feels about giving to you in the future. When you sincerely feel gratitude, then one thank you is enough, even a smile will do, but if you do not ...
Views: 1383(6 votes) - Is it Time to Ask Different Questions? - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2009 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorWe’re half-way through 2009, and nearly everyone might agree shift has hit the fan. Significant change prompts significant questions. These questions may have lingered beneath the surface of busyness (and cluttered thoughts) for a while; and just as some seeds in the forest need fire to ...
Views: 1383(1 vote) - The World's Smallest Hanuman Chalisa in the Hanumanji Pendant - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2016 from Harshad JethraHanuman Chalisa is a prayer in prose form, beautified in words and expression alike. Magical it is and each of its 40 Chaupais are said to withhold hidden knowledge, recitation of this prayer builds a high moral character in an individual. Most importantly, it is the prayer is associated ...
Views: 1383 - 15 Tips to Boost Your Energy and Spirituality - by Submitted on Jan 28, 2011 from Scott & Stephen PetulloMaking the most of your life depends on maximizing your energy, minimizing your stress levels, and maintaining a mental, spiritual and emotional center. Act on these 15 tips to get more out of life: 1) Supplements. There are many natural supplements that will help improve your health and ...
Views: 1382 - Come As You Are - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2014 from Womens Recreation, Inc.Take a good look at yourself. Accept yourself as you are in this moment. What you might feel are flaws, are not. They make up who you truly are. Regardless if you are tired and weary or if you are rambunctious and a go-getter, it is who you are. Accept your strengths and weaknesses. Accept ...
Views: 1382 - Inner Peace - by Submitted on May 23, 2013 from Womens Recreation, Inc.What does inner peace mean? It means, when the world outside of you is going crazy, or is just too loud, and it doesn't affect you. It means staying balanced, both physically and mentally when the ground beneath you is shaking. It also means that you have seen and felt it all, and nothing ...
Views: 1381(2 votes) - 19 Spiritual Myths That Hold You Back - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Lola JonesHere are some common myths to bust free from: 1. Your will vs. God's will? When you are living as your Large Self, there is no difference in your will and God's will. Your will IS God's will. This also relates to... 2. God is some authority figure who tells you what to do or what is right. ...
Views: 1380(1 vote) - Have You Discovered the Power in the NOW? - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2010 from David Robert OrdYou have no doubt heard of the “law of attraction.” Literally millions of people are trying to attract to themselves things they want, especially greater financial prosperity. The books that teach these concepts have been a phenomenal publishing success, but that some are concluding isn’t ...
Views: 1380 - These Five Things Seem Ungodly But Are Really Spiritual - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2017 from Scott & Stephen PetulloYou may wonder sometimes what is spiritual and what isn’t. According to New Age and religious standards, ”spiritual” has to do partly with worship, meditation, compassion, and grace. We agree that regular prayers, meditation, and other devout and paranormal activities are spiritual. But many ...
Views: 1376 - What Do Muslims Believe about Jesus? (from 'Basic Principles of Islam') - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Craig LockArticle Title: What Do Muslims Believe about Jesus? (from 'Basic Principles of Islam') Author: Mohammed F Thompson Submitted (with permission) by: Craig Lock Category (key words): religion, Islam, Jesus, faith, beliefs, peace, spiritual, spiritual growth, spiritual unity, unity of religion ...
Views: 1376 - Father, Daughter, and God: A Great Team - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2013 from Olga Vladi(New York, NY)—The modern father-daughter relationship as explored through the painful reality of a terminal illness is vividly captured in the new inspirational and spiritual book “A New View of an Old Horizon” by Dena Bedsole. In her book, Ms. Bedsole describes how her life had been pretty ...
Views: 1375(2 votes) - Forgiveness is the Heart of Compassion - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2010 from Nerak AmiForgiveness is one of those things when given, does more for the giver than the intended receiver. I confess, it is a difficult concept to fully integrate in a sincere way, as it means moving beyond the ego's perceptions of feeling wronged, to a place of deep connection with another human being. ...
Views: 1374 - From Nobility to Divinity - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Ma-Mahajnan prosadNobility pays in the long run Initially, it was very difficult to make people understand about Ma-Mahajnan’s lessons on life and living—especially among her neighbors. Latter on, even the distinguished hardly could come to know a little about her philosophy of life. Although she was out and ...
Views: 1374 - How to End The Quest for Enlightenment - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2021 from Charles HeinekeFor years, after I became disillusioned with "Christianity" as I knew it, and learned of other, more ancient teachings, teachings which, in fact, were embedded within Christian teachings, I fervently "sought enlightenment." Once we come to know what we don't want, we then go searching for what ...
Views: 1374 - How We Limit Our Mind - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2010 from Eric PepinI want to show you the difference between how we think and an enlightened mind in order to introduce some powerful techniques that will change the way you think. The Enlightened Mind Let me tell you something interesting that few people know. An enlightened master doesn't think like the ...
Views: 1374 - Is It Illusion Or Reality? - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2007 from Arthur LevinePlease feel free to use this article as long as credit is given to the resource box. © Arthur Levine 2007 Words 582 Keywords: Reality, Illusion, Dream, Awakening, Enlightenment As the main character in a fictional novel called Johnny Oops who is suffering under the delusion that I am ...
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