Self Improvement Site
On The Internet! Take the Self Improvement Tour
On The Internet! Take the Self Improvement Tour
Enlightenment Articles
Michele Blood is The Official SelfGrowth.com Guide to "Enlightenment". You can find complete information on Michele Blood and her products by visiting Musivation Success.
SelfGrowth.com Recommended Articles:
BRAIN POWER Our Genie to Success - by Michele Blood- The Veils of Life - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2016 from Jesse An Nichols GeorgeHave we really forgotten more than we have learned? Have you really ever pondered where we came from and what is next? Have you had an opportunity to peek on the other side of the “veil”? I know these can be some really big questions. Most of the people I know or come across have at least ...
Views: 1077 - Refreshing Your Intention During the Easter Season - by Submitted on Apr 21, 2010 from Maria KhalifeEarth's saddest day and gladdest day were just three days apart! ~ Susan Coolidge The celebration of Easter is replete with so many messages that it is challenging to focus on just one to share with you during this ...
Views: 1076 - What About the Debt Ceiling Issue? - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2011 from Phyllis KingAs our country’s leaders grabble with their hatred and vitriol for each other, to try to solve a problem, a financial crisis looms for the American people. Several thoughts come to my mind. The first is why are people not outraged at the behavior in Washington? Why aren’t people in the ...
Views: 1076 - Stress Can Cause Untold Personal Problems - by Submitted on May 08, 2011 from Jim FargianoBeing filled with stress can cause untold problems. That information alone should be a catalyst for you to adjust your thinking so that you can reduce it at all costs. This is where meditation, breath work and a strong effort to keep thinking in positive terms comes in. Often, from the side of ...
Views: 1075 - The "Still Small Voice" - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2007 from Merry BattlesWhat do we have inside of us that becomes the greatest gift? It is the love of our Creator, the Divine Presence that lives within our heart. This World offers many temptations that others judge us for. These inner feelings, these moments of love and compassion can change our planet. What ...
Views: 1075 - What Is Spiritual Awakening? - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2015 from Martita Robinson“Jesus Christ knew he was God. So wake up and find out eventually who you really are. In our culture, of course, they’ll say you’re crazy and you’re blasphemous, and they’ll either put you in jail or in a nut house (which is pretty much the same thing). However if you wake up in India and tell ...
Views: 1075 - How To Live With Desires: Identifying with the True Self Instead of Letting Desires Control Us - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffWhen we desire something, we first have to work for it. Often we find ourselves spending a large amount of mental energy thinking about it, wishing for it and wanting it to happen. But after working for it, we should let go and just be. Living in a state of beingness means that we do the ...
Views: 1074(2 votes) - The Fire Within: 8 Insights - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2009 from Kimberley CohenDo you feel purpose and passion in all areas of your life? * Your spiritual life? * Your financial and job/career? * Your relationships? * Your personal time and growth? * Your health and well being? * Your legacy/contribution (people, community, world)? In ...
Views: 1072 - Receiving Help from the Angels - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2008 from Cherokee BillieTo make miracles we need only dare to ask. There are legions of angels - physical and Divine - all around us, just waiting to help us create what we want in life. There is only one condition to their help.... we must ask for it. Dare to Ask What do you want? What are your desires right now, ...
Views: 1071(2 votes) - The grace and wisdom of living with uncertainty - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2015 from Clement McGrathWe humans invest huge amounts of energy, time and resources trying to create a sense of certainty and security. Uncertainty can terrify us because it threatens the control we believe we have over life, so we cling to those things that are supposed to bring us certainty, and refuse to ...
Views: 1071 - Why Is Change So Damn Hard? - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2011 from Gina VitaloneChange is so damn hard because we humans are creatures of habit and have limited comfort zones that have been carefully constructed over time and space. We are so protective of our comfort zones that we protect our comfort zone boarders with impassioned justification whenever threatened. We ...
Views: 1070 - What makes for a good life? Personal development, happiness, joyful living, the AmAre Way - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from Frank RaWhat makes for a good life? Based on personal experience, and also on what I see from other people, a good life has its root in the choice of living a meaningful life. Here, I summarize an approach to what I have been writing on the blog http://www.amareway.org/ I had a sudden shift in ...
Views: 1069(1 vote) - Who Am I? - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2011 from Andrew SchneiderWhen the early Greeks went to the Oracle in Delphi to ask questions about life and the future, the Oracle often gave enigmatic answers. But behind all the answers was the ages old dictum, ‘Man, Know Thyself,’ for which the Oracle is remembered. All questions that we may have about life arise ...
Views: 1069 - Are You Psychic? - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2011 from Heidi SawyerOne of the world's most famous experts on mental health, Carl Jung had regular conversations with his 'imaginary' friend Philemon during his adult years. So how do we know if it's a person in spirit we're experiencing around us, or simply our imagination? Like many people whom I have come ...
Views: 1067 - The Stages of Enlightenment: Becoming, Being and Embodying - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2014 from Kumari MullinI have been pondering my spiritual journey for the past 25 years. After my father’s sudden death from lung cancer prompted me to seek ways to ease suffering, and other existential answers led me to a meditation master from India, it has become apparent there are different stages of ...
Views: 1067 - Crisis Or Creativity - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2008 from Janet Perez EcklesA baby camel asked his mother, "Why do we have such large hooves on our feet?" She turned to him. "God made us that way for a very special reason," and she began her explanation. "The big hooves are to keep us from sinking into the sand." "Oh! So why do we have long eyelashes?" "It's to ...
Views: 1064 - A New Year - A New Start - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2016 from Jackie Wiliams BrockertWith all the whirlwind of routines that occur together with the month of December, we sometimes reduce sight from the fact that A new Twelve months happens with the stop of all of it! A fresh season is approaching. Many of us get a psychic reading through to put together an inkling ...
Views: 1063 - Are You A Modern Urban Hero? - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2011 from Michael CasteelAre you a Modern Urban Hero?” Only you can answer this, yet the fact that you’re reading this, is an indicator. The journey of the Modern Urban Hero first quest begins with the choice to leave the comfort and safety of the false self (all the stuff that was inherited from his ...
Views: 1063 - Discovering Your Life's Work - What It Is And How You Can Find It - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2008 from Kathi Calahan, Career CoachYour Life’s Work is the mission of your Soul in making a difference in life. We all know people who are angels of mercy, like Mother Theresa. She has discovered and implemented her Life’s Work internationally. Or how about the president of the United States or other leadership position ...
Views: 1063(1 vote) - Did you know that DNA can be influenced and reprogrammed by Light and Sound frequencies? - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2011 from VIE (Helene Fallateuf)The human DNA is a biological in many aspects to the artificial one. There is evidence for a whole new type of medicine in which DNA can be influenced and reprogrammed by Light & Sounds frequencies WITHOUT cutting out and replacing single genes. According to the Russian researchers, our DNA is ...
Views: 1062 - What is Reality? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2011 from Philip MartinWhat is reality, we may say that there are many different levels or dimensions of reality and whatever level of reality you are in that is okay. Actors in a TV series are displaying story lines of characters that script writers have written. They come together in a studio and play out their ...
Views: 1062 - Through a Simple Twist of Faith Part Three - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2018 from Randi FineThrough a Simple Twist of Faith The conclusion of a three-part article written by Randi G. Fine I should have seen the writing on the wall and planned an exit strategy long before I needed it but I had not. Financially dependent and deeply in denial I lingered until the very last second. ...
Views: 1061 - Red Flags: An Experiment In Reaction - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2016 from Jesse An Nichols GeorgeWhat are your thoughts about Red Flag or False Flag Operations? Are they about more than just a distraction? Are “they” “crying wolf” too often? It seems like these days it is getting harder and harder to tell the truth from the distortions from the flat out lies. Although, I will say that ...
Views: 1060 - The Ultimate Purpose of Meditation: Meditation’s role in enlightenment - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffI began meditating almost thirty years ago. I think at first I began just out of curiosity. I had been studying meditation in my academic training and learned how science has shown that meditation is very beneficial to us. When I started meditating I found it to be a very relaxing, peaceful ...
Views: 1060(3 votes) - What is Meditation? - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2011 from Kip MazuyWhat is Meditation? This is a tricky question because meditation is beyond the understanding of the mind. Meditation could even be said to be the recognition of what you are beyond the mind and body. Beyond thinking, there is a sense that you exist. Not existing as a name or person, ...
Views: 1058(2 votes) - What Is The Necessity Of Self-Control In Spiritual Living? - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2013 from Jacques TombazianThe essentials of every religion are principally two: self-knowledge and self-control. Self-knowledge means awareness of the higher Self, the celestial nature of man; and self-control is the check of the lower self or selfish nature. True knowledge of the divine Self comes when the lower self is ...
Views: 1058 - All You Need To Know About Diwali 2019 - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2019 from AstroVed AstrologersThe literal meaning of Diwali or Deepavali (in Sanskrit) means "a row of lights". It is a five-day festival in most parts of India. It celebrates the triumph of good over evil like most Hindu festivals. Mythology has it that it celebrates the return of Lord Rama and his wife Sita from exile to ...
Views: 1057 - Holistic Psychic - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2009 from Dawn Ardent'Holistic' means to embrace the view "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts". Being psychic requires to a great degree to assume and use a holistic view of the world. Despite that, not everyone is a holistic psychic. Psychics who claim that they got their psychic abilities through ...
Views: 1057(3 votes) - How Much Is Your Image Costing You? - by Submitted on Sep 12, 2008 from Arleen HannichThe topic of image seems to be up for me these days, and that leads me to believe it may be up for some of you as well. I invite you to go on this journey of discovery with me if it calls to you... My question to you today is "What is the image you (think you) project to the world?" Here's ...
Views: 1057 - Why You Should Love These Spiritual Laws - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2015 from Scott & Stephen PetulloEveryone has heard about the law of attraction, but there are other spiritual laws about which you should be more excited. Embracing these spiritual laws will help you get the most out of your life by minimizing negative circumstances and generating peace of mind and satisfaction. Our ...
Views: 1056 - 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: 1055 - Gather Together To Awaken Yourself! - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2011 from Karuna DiLiberoOpening our hearts to live and love to our fullest potential may not be as easy as it sounds. Many people have been hurt so deeply, that this pain closes us down in such a way that we cut ourselves off from fully feeling. Knowingly or unknowingly we build walls around ourselves that harden our ...
Views: 1055 - 10 Things to make your prayer effective. - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2019 from Tarun Nanwani10 Things to make your prayer effective. "Prayer is the best form of worship!" Indeed it is, there is no denying the fact that prayer is indeed the best form of worship. But most of us do not understand what true prayer is and we do not know how to do prayer. We will discuss 10 things ...
Views: 1054 - Separate Realties & Fear - by Submitted on May 25, 2008 from Gregory DrambourToday I went to check the condition of the log bridge that’s on the way to the Perfect Vortex. Sadly, I discovered it was washed away by the rains. I got a sense to walk downstream and see if there was another way to get across the creek. Little did I know that many lessons about separate ...
Views: 1054 - Let It Begin from Within in 2010! - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2010 from Michael CasteelLet It Begin from Within in 2010. It's a cute jingle but what does it really mean anyway? How can this be helpful to you in your real life? The intention of this article is to provide you with something that is both inspirational to feel and practical to do to begin from within in ...
Views: 1053(4 votes) - Mystical Journeys With Music - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2015 from Jesse An Nichols GeorgeHave you ever let music transport you to a different space? Have you ever had music unlock your own inner muse? Have you ever experienced visions or connected to your true self while listening to music? I know for myself, I can think of many journeys that I have taken while meditating to ...
Views: 1053 - The Great Remembering: Who Are You, If You Are Not Your Story? - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2009 from James PowellIn the beginning … well, no one can say with any certainty what existed in the beginning, or, indeed, if there even was a beginning. But there is a process, a Cosmic process of evolving, of unfurling, and while we are ignorant as to when, or even if, that process will end, we can still assert ...
Views: 1052 - The Stories of Old - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2009 from Beau HermesEsoteric knowledge (of the chosen few) has always been embedded in our religions, literature and folklore. The early mythologies of the Greece, which were later upheld by the Romans, were very esoteric. In one of the mythological stories, Zeus releases three Cyclopses from the dark pit of ...
Views: 1051 - Your Physical Being is Now Catching Up to Your Spiritual Self - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2011 from Brenda HoffmanWelcome to Brenda's Blog Channeled by Brenda Hoffman for www.LifeTapestryCreations.com Overview of 9/19/11 “Creation Energies” Brenda’s channeled, 15-minute, free show on www.BlogTalkRadio.com: Your physical body is catching up to your spiritual being so you may feel “fuzzy” mentally ...
Views: 1050(1 vote) - Living Real - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2012 from Bobbye FarinoLiving Real... 06/21/20120 Nothing in the Universe is real until we receive it. Everything, and I mean every thing, remains a theory, an idea, information, a concept until it becomes our very own experience. Receiving is quite the amazing experience... it is the beginning of the life ...
Views: 1049(1 vote) - My Dark Side - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2008 from Michele LongDid you ever look into the bathroom mirror and wonder who was staring back? With an evening off work, I decided to catch up on what I’d been missing on TV. I switched on a new series, Medium, and sat down to watch. It wasn’t five minutes into the show that I realized how true to ...
Views: 1049 - What is Metaphysics? - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2016 from April LugoWhat is Metaphysics By April Lugo PhD Metaphysic is that which is unexplainable by the sciences. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica Metaphysics is a “philosophical study whose object is to determine the real nature of things- to determine the meaning, structure and principles of whatever ...
Views: 1049 - Cinderella - What a Troublemaker! - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2019 from Todd PuntolilloWomen, since childhood, were raised with a desire to be a princess, not a saint. Men want to be rock stars or athletes, not holy men. What kind of impossible values do we live by? How many happy princesses or rock stars do you know? Elvis? Marilyn Monroe? Judy Garland? Michael Jackson? I ...
Views: 1048(1 vote) - Enlightenment -- "Let there be light" Genesis 1:3 - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2007 from Merry BattlesIn the light means living with love. Light is defined as that which makes things visible, that which affords illumination. All colors depend on light. Without light we would not have the sublime variations of color on our beautiful mother earth. In our world of duality, we are given both the ...
Views: 1048(1 vote) - What Direction Are You Headed - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2011 from Lori Fields“Just because you don’t name the direction, doesn’t mean that you aren’t going in one.” – Say Yes Institute I came across this quote yesterday and thought it was beyond powerful. It’s a significant reminder that life doesn’t care if we’ve made a plan for ourselves or not, it simply keeps ...
Views: 1048 - How to Live a Life of Joy - by Submitted on May 31, 2013 from Tami GlasperThe Dilemma. Joy is being robbed and stolen from us, from the entity of our soul, from the very life in us. Through circumstances, situations, and relationships, and circumstances, our reservoir of joy is dwindling day by day. The other day a friend shared with me how she lived in the dark ...
Views: 1047(1 vote) - 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: 1046 - Cause and Effect: Suspending time to achieve beingness - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffWhat causes things to be the universe, us, everything that is? Time and space play a huge role in causation. Physics, Einstein and scientists around the world have concluded that we live in a space-time continuum. The only way we’re able to conceive of this, however, is in the mind. The ...
Views: 1046(2 votes) - Purpose Power Passion - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2018 from Lana ThomasTo seek purpose is to seek power. The loss of power due to the absence of purpose is an unsettling dilemma that many people struggle with. Self-empowerment is not a catch phrase that we use to shuffle self-growth strategies into. Self-empowerment is tantamount and if one is focused upon finding ...
Views: 1046