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Your Body and Self-Image

The way we look at ourselves has a lot to do with our happiness. If you believe in yourself, see yourself as acceptable, you will have an easier time being you. When you look outside of yourself for acceptance this leads to failure and low self-esteem. We all tend to believe, at one time or another, that if we were just a little more this or a little less that we could be happy. If only your hair was different or your body more like something else.

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Struggle In Relationships

When we are in a relationship we often have a hard time seeing the bigger picture, for under all the emotions and thoughts is the purpose for you being together. We are brought together with another person to find balance and love, not struggle, resentment, and confusion. Often we let the parts we fight against crowd out the truth of the relationship. We begin to not see why we are together but why we shouldn’t be.

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By Rachelle Wilber
Stole Something? How to Repent and Find Recompense

Theft isn’t something that should be funny to anyone. If you have stolen anything in the past, then you should put time into thinking about the gravity of the whole thing. You should do anything and everything you can to show that you regret your actions as well. Taking full responsibility may help you feel like a new person. Accept Your Punishment Owning up to things that you’ve done that are wrong can be extremely tough. It’s something that you have to do, however. If

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Releasing Tension and Stress

As we go through life, we tend to add up what has happened to us, what has gone wrong, and how we made it through it. We take and add up what has come before and hold onto it, instead of letting go of it. Therefore, by adding up our troubles, our mistakes, and our problems, we are creating a closet full of discontent, not only in our minds but in our hearts as well. By adding the pressure of what came before onto today, we are then waiting for more to come. Our body feels this, as does our mind.

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By Avtar Singh
My Intent is to Dissolve Time

As Einstein said time is a stubborn illusion. In our daily lives, time is probably the most experienced certainty and worldly reality. There is no more precious entity than time. Even those who have acquired enormous wealth, power, and fame, suffer from the absolute scarcity of time. All those who have been victorious in worldly battles have lost to or will ultimately be defeated by time – it is only a matter of time.nnTime is a relative reality experienced by the body and

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Finding Yourself

Often in life we find we are not being who we truly are, that we are holding something back, a feeling that we are not fully connected to what we are as a person. It is like we are going through life as someone else, playing a role and not being true to who we really are. Often the truth of who we are escapes us unintentionally and we do not fully understand where or why we lost ourselves.

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Personal Growth

Personal growth is about reaching a place that is a new you, the real you. It is about releasing parts of you that you no longer need and finding out about who you really are. To achieve any kind of growth is to find what is holding you back and then what you need to do to set it free. Becoming who you are and letting go of what is old is one step. Realizing that you can change is another. We so often hold ourselves back in life because we have accepted who we are.

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By Deepak Chopra
Glimpsing Enlightenment

Question: I have recently, Nov 15-08 to be exact, had enlightenment bestowed on me. It was an explosive experience, I felt timelessness, shapelessness, my DNA activate, pure love, peace and joy - An incredible experience that brought me to my knees in tears. I truly had no idea of what it's all about. This experience was not premeditated, that is - I was not working towards enlightenment - in fact, I was unaware that any such thing existed. I have changed my life almost entir

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"Let's Do This"

"If there's a hell below we all gonna go". Lyrics composed and added to a melody backed with a very rhythmic bass line. The type of musical track that creeps into one's consciousness whenever the song is considered. Curtis Mayfield was the prolific composer.nnWhen I think of this tune in relations to the state of the minds of todays youth. Tomorrows leaders, I get a 'lil chilly at the realities of what is to come. These children who will soon be adults haven't a clue as to li

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You Can Make A Difference

"Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around." –Henry David Thoreau- Imagine over 100 years ago this was a personal belief of Henry David Thoreau, and now today in our enlightenment many of us are just becoming aware of this truth that he knew then. A true great master in perfect form and enlightenment. Find your beliefs, expand your beliefs, practice your beliefs, share your beliefs and live your beliefs. As each of us do this, one then ten then a hundred then thou

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Accepting and Becoming Yourself

When we go through life sometimes we create an idea of ourselves, one which may not correlate to who we truly are, but only fits with what we think we are. There can be an imbalance between the two, that one outweighs the other. How do you find yourself when you have created layers of supposition and false reality upon yourself? By going within and realizing you can accept yourself for who you truly are, with nothing else. You do not need acceptance from another. It your acceptance of yourself, your true self, that is real and powerful.

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By Carter Phipps
My Mind Is Like My Mother

I recently finished a ten-day meditation retreat, a deeply enriching experience and one full of all kinds of insights and breakthroughs. But of all the many things that struck me during those powerful days of silence and stillness, one in particular really hit home … and left me privately chuckling behind my meditative mask. My mind is like my mother. Yes, it’s true. But don’t get me wrong; I’m not talking about Freud here. I don’t mean that my mind is like my “su

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Opening Up To Acceptance

Acceptance is about letting go and releasing any and all battles with the truth of the moment. Acceptance is forgiveness, it is being who you really are, and it is letting everything else be just as it is. When we release the unending battle with the truth of reality, we open ourselves up to be who we really are in the moment that we are in. By accepting everything we see and allowing it to be, we are then free of struggle in our lives.

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Perception and Truth

Perception or truth, which dominates your reality more strongly, which is more present in how you relate to the world and even yourself? We can all exist in both or more heavily in one or the other. If we fall too heavily on our own perceptions, we become clouded, our judgment is altered, and our emotions are presented in a way that is further from the truth of what is real. In order to know whether or not you come from a place that is purely your perception or truth is to ask whether or not you are seeing clearly.

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By Ekhart Tolle
Book Review: The Power Of Now: A Guide To Spiritual Enlightenment

This book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Enlightenment, which relates to the act of acquiring new wisdom or understanding that enables clarity of perception, either spiritually or secularly. Suzanna Kennedy is the Official Guide to Enlightenment . nn The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment is a valuable resource for people interested in Enlightenment , and it is available through Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble .nn Amazon.com nEkhart Tolle's me

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Understanding Your Siblings

Understanding your siblings can be hard for we often have ideas of who they are based on our childhood and our connections with them. We may not see the real person they are or have become. Instead, we come from a place of relating to them as if they are still the same person in our memories. We see them as we wish they were or how we have already decided they are. You can see that because of the close and often emotional ties one has with their family, the reality of who our siblings are can be different from how we see them.

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By nadovatours.com
Top eccentric places in your Vietnam customized tour

Vietnam is home to a wide range of stunning landscapes, breathtaking beaches and picturesque monuments. However, this S- shaped country not only seduces tourists by its gorgeous beauty but also has numerous weird places waiting for you to explore. Ranging from recreational park to the scary house in Da Lat, you definitely want to see such sights at first hand when having a Vietnam private tour. Crazy House in Da Lat Suoi Tien Cultural Tourism Area is an entertainment complex

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Happiness is What We Are, When We Are Not Making Ourselves Miserable

Happiness and joy are our natural state, but people often then question, “why isn't that my experience now?” We don't experience our natural state, because of the bad mental habits and beliefs that we learned while growing up. Look at young children. Happiness and joy perpetually shine from their faces, except when hungry or hurt or a diaper needs changing. Say a young child falls and hurts a knee. The child will cry, and mommy will kiss it and make the boo-boo go away. Minutes later, the child is happy again like nothing happened.

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By Mst. Rahela
Top secret ways to reduce the regrets of life

Many of your big and small decisions are working to get you where you are today. So, your future depends on the decision you make today. That the future can be peaceful, it can be regrettable. But we do not want to live with regret. What are regrets: Suppose you go to your friend's wedding party on the train tonight. It took exactly one hour to get to the station from home. But you could not reach the station on time as there was a lot of traffic jam. The train left you and s

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By komal
Space travel! After 70,000 years, Comet Leonard heads towards Earth; check date now

Comet Leonard is anticipated to be seen this December. Check where and when it'll be visible. rn Skywatchers have just got some great news! They've an occasion to watch a noway- ahead seen comet band by Earth veritably soon. A cosmic caller is heading towards Earth. Comet named C/ 2021 A1 Leonard, was discovered by astronomer GregoryJ. Leonard on January 3 at the Mount Lemmon Observatory. Comet Leonard is going to have a close encounter with Earth and this comes after an asto

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Staying Clear In The Moment

Staying clear in the moment is giving up on the idea of trying to manage it. It is letting go of any control and allowing yourself and the moment to exist just as it is. With control there is a fight and when this occurs, we are betraying ourselves; we are letting ourselves be controlled. To be free of this is to give up on the fight; it is to lay it down and to cease the act of trying to manage everything. To be free, to simply exist, means to truly let go of any sense that the moment should be any different than what it is.

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By James Smith
AMSTON N95 Dust Protection Mask

Amston N95 has the ability to remove up to 95% of non-oil based particles. With such capacity, this is one of the options you can count on to keep your respiratory system free of dust, pollen, fumes and other tiny particles in the air. Dusk features comfortable rubber straps for adjustability. The rubber strap does not contain latex, so it will be a good option for people with sensitive skin. The mask straps will not pinch your skin like other options. Plus, the customizable

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The Shakti Gate

The Eastern paths of spirituality are all in agreement that our original sin is ignorance. What we are ignorant of is who we are. We have a false idea of our identity. Simply by overcoming that false idea, we are immediately transported into a different energy field. It is as if we are traversing an inter-dimensional portal. Crossing the boundaries of the ego identity enables us to be in a much vaster field of Being, a field of grace.nnThe more that gateway is open to you, op

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Being True To Yourself

Awakening to your true self is like opening up to the truth. It is finding what you are meant for, where you should go, and what to do with your life. It is knowing from within all that matters and what is real. It is your truth that is most evident and that is pouring forth in your day to day life, not with just big decisions, but in all moments of your existence. How do you get there, how do you find what everyone is looking for--your truth, your real self?

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By Marcel Koert
Festival of Light of 2009, Emmen Netherlands

I know it has been a while ago but in 2009 the Chinese festival of lights (Mid Autumn festival, lantern festival) came to the Netherlands and landed in a Zoo in Emmen. We went to see it and I just wanted to write a little history about the festival. The historians are not 100% sure when it started but they are sure it is a very old festival. Most of them are reasonably sure it is a harvest festival that dates back more then 3000 years to the moon worshiping that happened in t

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Happiness is What We Are, When We Are Not Making Ourselves Miserable

Happiness and joy are our natural state, but people often then question, “why isn't that my experience now?” We don't experience our natural state, because of the bad mental habits and beliefs that we learned while growing up. Look at young children. Happiness and joy perpetually shine from their faces, except when hungry or hurt or a diaper needs changing. Say a young child falls and hurts a knee. The child will cry, and mommy will kiss it and make the boo-boo go away. Minutes later, the child is happy again like nothing happened.

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By Kiril Stoycheff
The good, the bad and the Shadow

We live in a bipolar world, and because of that, we have been taught to avoid one of the poles – the evil, and to aim for the other one – the good (according to our impressions about good and evil). They form under the influence of the philosophical and moral points of view that our parents, teachers, communities, religions etc. give us. Due to this, every time when we say to ourselves “I am a good person (educated, honest, fair, a Christian etc.)”, we develop in our

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By Dada Bhagwan
What is the main reason behind rise of depression among Indian students in the past few years?

The world is in utter distress today, and if the young generation grows up to bring good relief and peace in this world, what an incredible achievement that would be, isn’t it?! But while we are hoping the young generation to reach out to the world to make it a better place to live in, the statistics from across the board are confirming and reconfirming the fact that the burden of depression among Indian students is rising at a very high pace indeed. How can a depressed per

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By Dada Bhagwan
What is the difference between spiritual awakening and enlightenment?

In Akram Vignan, spiritual awakening, also known as Self-realisation and enlightenment, are understood uniquely. Here is an explanation of their meanings and experiences within the context of Akram Vignan: Spiritual Awakening (awareness of the Self): In Akram Vignan, spiritual awakening is referred to as "waking up to the knowledge of who am I." It is the initial phase where an individual becomes aware of their true nature as a pure Soul separate from the mind, body, and ego.

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By James K Meyer
A Russian woman detained in Australia on suspicion of espionage complains of terrible conditions of detention.

Kira and Igor Korolev were arrested in July of this year. The woman was accused of allegedly planning to transfer information about the Australian army to the Russian Federation, and her husband was accused of complicity. Here is what the Russian woman's sister Maria told us: ◾️ Kira and Igor were detained after a trip to Russia for treatment. 60 heavily armed police officers arrived to arrest them. Kira was not explained her rights, nor was she told what she was supposed

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FBI Evidence: Cyberbullying, Sexual Assault, Gang-stalking, Harassment

My name is Monica Mi'Chelle Burns. I have been stalked, gang-stalked, sexually assaulted online, harassed, cyber-bullied and hacked every single day for a few years now. I recently opened a FBI Complaint against all of My attackers, and ever since, the attacks have become even more blatant. Just now, today November 27, 2025 on Thanksgiving Day, I AM trying to submit articles to free article submission websites, and the attackers are following every thing that I AM doing online trying to prevent Me from publishing the FBI Evidence by erasing My article posts.

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FBI Evidence: Messages of Admission of Guilt For The Attempted Murder of Monica Mi'Chelle Burns By Attempted Lethal Injection

If you have read My previous post regarding the group who attack Me each and every day, you are up-to-date on how they have tried to infect Me with a deadly virus by attempting to inject Me with this virus or disease by drone. In retaliation of that post and also a clear admission of guilt with taunting posts, messages and thumbnails screenshotted from YouTube after writing and publishing My post this morning, Laurent Bourgeois of les twins, has admitted to being the main one who was trying to inject Me with this deadly virus.

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FBI Evidence: Attempted Murder By Trying To Inject/Attack Me With A Lethal Deadly Virus

My open FBI case is unique and different from most. In order to gather My evidence, I AM able to go into the "Spirit Realm" to actually SEA what and who is doing what. My Divine family warned Me that the same individuals who attack Me on a daily basis, along with some others, were trying to do every thing that they could to keep Me away from Kendrick Lamar Duckworth.

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