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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- Buddhist study: Guidelines for being a good person part 1 - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2019 from Merlyn SeeleyThe Buddhist “Guidelines for Being a Good Person” was written by ancient Chinese sages. There will be eight parts to this study so if you have not yet subscribed to the column here please take a moment to do so. Just find the subscribe button near the author's photo and click it, no spam will ...
Views: 2123(2 votes) - ***Chanting Mantras as a Tool to Connect with the Divine Within - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneChanting is the process of rhythmically saying or singing words or sounds of power. You can chant a mantra, a holy text, the name of God, of an Ascended Master, Angel or saint. You can chant anything you want to align with. You can do it alone or in groups, during the day or during ...
Views: 2075(1 vote) - ***Gossip is NOT a Harmless Practice - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneGossip is a mass practice in our society today, however, contrary to popular opinion it is not a harmless practice. Words have great power. Gossip is a misuse of that power. And at the end of the day, the power of misuse hits but ourselves. Whatever we put out in our lives comes back to us. ...
Views: 2075(1 vote) - How To Change Your Perception Of Life - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2012 from Adam BenedettoOpen up your perception of life and you will not only live life differently, but will see the world in a whole new way. Often, we can get locked into seeing the world as we think it is, instead of seeing what is real. This can come from how we feel about ourselves. We project how we feel ...
Views: 2075(1 vote) - SEX AND THE SPIRITUAL SEEKER - by Submitted on May 03, 2012 from gloria eagleSpiritual seekers are often confused about the place of sexuality, in the life of a spiritual person.They ask the following question:Many spiritual schools advocate celibacy as a prerequisite for spiritual development;While other schools advocate sexual fulfillment. Should I suppress my ...
Views: 2069(2 votes) - WALKING A METAPHYSICAL PATH - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2009 from Lyn AsmarWalking a metaphysical path will raise many conflicts of principle, morality and purpose within you and in the process of awakening to your higher purpose, and subsequently function, both the good as well as the bad are brought into consciousness. Deeply buried garbage in the form of mental ...
Views: 2068(2 votes) - *** Self-love Affirmations - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneIt is not possible to be right with another person or the world without first learning to be right with self. Getting right with self begins with having self-love. Self-love begins with a proper philosophy and state of mind. For your enjoyment, here are seven affirmations you can say to yourself ...
Views: 2062(1 vote) - What Shakespeare Can Teach Us About Enlightenment: All the world’s a stage - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2012 from Dr. Robert PuffWhen I was an undergraduate at university many years ago, my deep enjoyment and love for the works of William Shakespeare blossomed. I had the privilege of taking a Shakespearean class and then during one summer in my undergraduate years, I was able to travel through Europe inexpensively on a ...
Views: 2048 - Children are mankind`s precious gifts – does society truly value them? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2010 from Pearl Shanti Lodur-LionheartThe newborn baby is looking out, ready to embrace the wonderful world, a new life. The baby is coming from a place totally free of limitations, materialism, violence and war. He is enveloped in a glow of safety, unconditional love, the light and the freedom to be…himself. The devoted love a ...
Views: 2039(8 votes) - Doors of Perception - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2009 from Cherokee Billie“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is: Infinite.” William Blake from “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.” "There are things known, and there are things unknown and in between are the doors" William Blake. 1757-1827 “The spiritual journey does ...
Views: 2039(4 votes) - ***Parable by Sathya Sai Baba on “The Greatest Sacrifice” - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneBuddha used to keep with him always a rattle-drum. His disciples once asked him, "Master, why are you always keeping this rattle-drum by your side?" Buddha replied, "I shall play on this drum the day a person who has made the greatest sacrifice approaches me." Everyone was eager to know who ...
Views: 2038(1 vote) - Top 8 reasons Why The Sixth Sense Is The Key To Enlightenment - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2010 from Eric PepinWhen you think of the great enlightened masters, they all seem to share many similar traits: Unusually intelligent, charismatic, can do miraculous things, and they all exhibited the use of the Sixth Sense. The Sixth Sense or Psychic Sense is anything that excels beyond 'basic' sensory. * ...
Views: 2035(1 vote) - True or False Belief Systems - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2012 from Valencia ClayQuote: “We learned to follow many belief systems programmed from youth. It is time to embrace change and re-create a new system based upon your own truth." Each one of us can identify with a certain set of beliefs passed down from generations. Beliefs can hold us back from creating ...
Views: 2032(5 votes) - The Energies of the Seven Chakras - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2009 from Olga RezoOf all the parts of our microcosm, we are presently able to consciously perceive only our physical body. However, besides our physical manifestation we possess a couple of invisible, but very important bodies. In connection with the seven chakras, we have to consider the so-called Etheric body, ...
Views: 2029 - Spiritual Warfare: There is a Thin Line between Good & Evil - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2013 from Yamaya CruzWhat is peace? It is anarchy with a smile on it. Come on. I am not telling you anything that you don’t already know. You understand that we all have this sense of corruption, destruction, and turmoil seething inside of us. This is perhaps why the Joker, the infamous villain normally ...
Views: 2026 - What Represents Truth to You? - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2010 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockTruth is not what we believe truth to be. Whatever we see, whatever we hear, whatever we think, whatever we believe is not truth. Truth manifests beyond that. We might say that our religion is truth, but our religions are no more than a set of beliefs, and beliefs can never be truth, only ...
Views: 2018(2 votes) - ***Sai Baba on Blows of Fate, Disaster, Solving Problems, and Why ETs don’t just Materialize Themselves in the World - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneWith regards to blows of fate, disaster, solving problems, and karma, Sai Baba, the Avatar from India, said: “Any instant solution would go against the fundamental quality of nature itself as well as the karmic law of cause and effect. Most people live in the material world of their desires ...
Views: 2017 - Make Today Your Masterpiece - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2010 from Lori FieldsSelf-motivation flows from the importance we attach to today. I am reading this amazing book called, “100 Ways to Motivate Yourself” by Steven Chandler and each chapter is a HUGE nugget of thought provoking, spirit lifting, energizing inspiration. This morning I randomly open the book to this ...
Views: 2016(3 votes) - Scheherazade (Shahrazad): Sowing good is never lost - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2012 from Susan (Teacher Su) McKenzieDO YOU HAVE A MENTOR? Mentors can be from the past, present or even fictional. Shahrazad is strictly fictional but I feel she could be real – a composite character of realness, and she is my mentor because for me she is real. PARALLELS WITH LIFE Fiction can be so real because it draws upon ...
Views: 2013 - The Bible: Why Is It Special and Unique? - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2009 from Dr. Shirley Cheng, Blind Author with VisionWhat is so special about the Bible? The Bible is the most unique book for several reasons: 1) The Bible is the only accurate and complete account of human origin. It answers some of life's most important questions: Where did we come from? Why are we here? Where will we go? How can we ...
Views: 2012(2 votes) - ***Psychic Abilities – Curse or Blessing? - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneMany Lightworkers, as they awaken, develop psychic abilities. However, what most Lightworkers don’t understand is that there is both a higher and lower aspect to psychism. Most Lightworkers, not understanding the psychological level of the ascension process and not understanding that the ...
Views: 2009 - Three Levels of Self-Liberation in Dzogchen Meditation - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2013 from Kimberly HolmanThe goal of Dzogchen meditation is to discover the mind’s true essence, its natural state. This essence is traditionally described with words like spacious, open, clear, luminous, and aware. It is nondual. Nonduality is the natural power of the mind to not get preoccupied with making ...
Views: 2007 - Christmas - The Birth of the Christ Consciousness Within - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2008 from Merry BattlesThe Christ is not just one person. The Christ is an "office" or "position" we ALL attain to. The word Christ means, "the anointed one." Jesus came to show us the way to be a vessel for the Love of God to manifest. When the Christ Spirit entered Jesus he had perfected His soul in many lifetimes ...
Views: 2003 - Energy Vampires - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2010 from Azzrian VisionsEnergy Vampires Raise your hand if you know one! Now Raise your hand again because you ARE one! We are all energy and we need to thrive and feed off of the energy of others and we also give back with our own energy. We have the Law of Polarity and for every action there is an ...
Views: 1995(1 vote) - ***How to have Certainty in an Uncertain World - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneWe are living in an uncertain world and in uncertain times. And deep inside of us, this uncertainty makes us long for certainty in our lives. The only thing that is certain in this world and that can give us the certainty we so deeply desire is our true Self. Our true Self is eternally the ...
Views: 1994(1 vote) - ***What is the Synthesis Ashram? - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe Synthesis Ashram is an ashram or teaching center on the inner plane which originally was headed by the Ascended Master Djwhal Khul, and which now is headed by one of Djwhal Khul’s senior students, Dr Joshua David Stone. Every Ascended Master has such a teaching center and ashram on the ...
Views: 1988 - ***The Law of Karma Spans over Lifetimes - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe law of karma spans over lifetimes. Nothing is ever lost. Everything we put out in life comes back to us. Some of what we put out comes back sooner, in the same lifetime, whereas other causes we set return to us in a future lifetime. God’s laws are not limited by time and space. And so the ...
Views: 1987 - God and Science: What do You Believe God is Responsible for in Our Earthly World? - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2012 from Jerry PollockSummary: Take the test. Are you an atheist, an agnostic, a humanist, a believer but not a good person, a believer and a good person, or a good believing person with absolutely no doubts about God? Can you define yourself in terms of God? You may have to do some soul searching. Take the ...
Views: 1985 - *** Chanting Elohim/Yod He Vau He to attune with the Divine Mother and Divine Father - by Submitted on Sep 20, 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: 1984(1 vote) - Everything is perfect - just as it is - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2012 from Michael KewleyWe all have a perception of perfection. We carry with us an idea of how everything should be and because of this spend huge amounts of time and energy trying to arrange conditions to match this idea. Our family, friends, partners and colleagues, our work and social engagements. Nothing falls ...
Views: 1981(1 vote) - So You Think You Can Trance? Go Deeper With Brainwave Entrainment - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2012 from Wanina PetlockDid you trance today? Bet you did. Everyone experiences a trance state, everyday, whether they realize it or not. Did you get lost in a good book today or a music download? Did time disappear? How about driving home the same old way? Do you remember every detail about the trip? How ...
Views: 1980(1 vote) - Jesus Meets Muhammad: Conversations, a “Fascinating Discussion” between Jesus and Muhammad (Part Two) - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Craig LockJESUS MEETS MUHAMMAD (PART TWO) CONVERSATIONS, A “FASCINATING” DISCUSSION BETWEEN JESUS AND MUHAMMAD Key words (tags): Islam, Christianity, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Muhammad, Muhammed, faiths, unity of religions, spiritual growth Dedication This "labour of love" is written especially ...
Views: 1975 - TOOLS OF OUR OWN CONSCIOUSNESS (Visualization,Meditation, Affirmation) - by Submitted on May 19, 2010 from Judy MerrillWe do not require any outside stimulus to open and expand our state of consciousness to inspire our being. We have been given the tools of strength and balance in our body, mind and spirit connection. We do not require any outside stimulus to open and expand our state of consciousness to include ...
Views: 1973(2 votes) - ***Numerology Affirmations - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneNumerology is a science unto itself. Essentially, all of creation is built upon numbers. For your enjoyment we have created some numerology affirmations for you. Enjoy! 1. #0: I am undivided infinity. 2. #1: I am one with All That Is. 3. #2: I successfully transcend all dualities of life ...
Views: 1971 - ***To See Things Change in the World, we Must Change the Way we See Things - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneIn order to see things change in the world, we must change the way we see things! The Integrated Ascended Master realizes that the world we see is a projection of our own thinking. What we see in the world is determined by our own thinking. There is a way of thinking that can give us ...
Views: 1969(3 votes) - ***The Astral Plane is an Illusionary Plane - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe astral plane is a world unto itself. It is much like the physical plane except that things have a greater lustre. A very, very long time ago when humanity was still very unevolved, one could travel at night to the astral plane (in the astral body) to receive learning and do service work. ...
Views: 1963 - The Islands peoples are most religious! - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2012 from Abdul Haye AminThe Islands peoples are most religious! Says Author Abdul Haye Amin. Guernsey without ‘Sub- Continental ‘Indian Gourmet’ Cuisine’ tastes and charm. The lonely Isolated Isla—nds The days before yesterday was not his or her but our darkness, without missing alphabetical letter before ‘ND’ ...
Views: 1959(1 vote) - Your Life Has Just Begun - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Dorie BowlinIt's a new year! Look around you and what do you see? Your "perception" is EVERYTHING, for you have a choice of seeing, and then believing in, a world that is promoting fear, OR seeing, and then believing in, a Universe that offers abundance. It really is your choice. We are most certain ...
Views: 1946 - Secret of the Most High Vibration - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2011 from Jason MangrumA friend of mine recently told me he needed a good technique he could use every day to empower himself. After some contemplation, I decided to share with him (and with you) the Secret of the Most High Vibration. Most creative work is done in the “white light” which is said to be on the Astral ...
Views: 1943(1 vote) - Spiritual Awareness - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2011 from S. Evette GardnerIt does not take a great effort (or any effort at all actually) to grow in spiritual awareness. Just be aware, that’s all. Spiritual awareness is simply about being mindful of spiritual Truths. You don’t have to go around obsessing about these Truths to be aware of them. Nor is there really any ...
Views: 1938 - ***Self-love Affirmations to Help you Fall in Love with Yourself - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneFor your enjoyment, here are some affirmations that you can work with to help you develop self-love. Say them out loud at least twice a day, for 21 days – without missing a day. If you miss a day, start over again from day one. It is unwritten law of the mind that whatever we do for 21 days ...
Views: 1935(2 votes) - Spiritual Cleansing and Protection Quiz - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2010 from Rose RosetreeA quiz just in time for HalloweenToday's quiz is meant to test your awareness about different types of astral-level STUFF that are effectively removed through the skill set I call "Spritual Cleansing and Protection." Although my annual workshop for Spritual Cleansing and Protection for 2010 ...
Views: 1935 - Forgiveness and Holistic Healing: Nature Wisdom on Letting Go - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2011 from Dr. Mary Beth FordWe hold on to memories about ways that someone has hurt us or hurt someone we love. Or perhaps we are the one who did the hurting. We struggle to forgive others and ourselves. Forgiveness takes an act of the will that sometimes does not come easily. Nature wisdom can help us see forgiveness ...
Views: 1934(8 votes) - ***Ascension is the Process of our Soul or Spirit Ascending Back Home to God - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneWe are the Soul and ultimately the Spirit that inhabits the four-body-system during (re)incarnation upon the planes of matter. We can raise the frequencies of our physical, etheric, emotional and lower mental bodies through integrated self-mastery and meditation. As we work on our Spiritual, ...
Views: 1933 - Libra - 7th Holy Day of Christmas - January 1 - by Submitted on Nov 05, 2009 from Merry BattlesLibra is the 7th holy day of the 12 holy days of Christmas. The 12 holy days start on December 26-January 6th. Each day is assigned to a Disciple, sign of the Zodiac, spiritual attainment, spiritual part of the physical body, and a thought meditation from the Bible. My book "Christmas ...
Views: 1921(4 votes) - Sensitivity; a Key Trait in Balancing Mind, Body and Spirit - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2007 from Ed BonapartianIf someone were to ask you what is the key element to balancing Mind, Body and Spirit with your daily actions, how would you answer them? Since everyone has a slightly different opinion about what constitutes a balanced approach, there could be a number of different ways to answer this question. ...
Views: 1911 - ***The Power of Negative Self-talk - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneMost people in the world today don’t realize how powerful their words are. Words are spoken thoughts. Thoughts are things! God created the world by the power of His Word, and so do we! Most people practice negative self-talk, day in and day out. And then they wonder why their lives are not ...
Views: 1898 - *** Creative Visualization and Soul Travel Journey with the Angels - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneClose your eyes, taking in a deep breath, breathing out all negative energies and relaxing your whole body. See yourself now standing in front of a beautiful Crystal Palace. This Palace is made entirely from quartz crystal. It stands majestically in front of you, sparkling and emanating the ...
Views: 1895(1 vote) - *** Are You Alone? Is God Alone? - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Christine BreeseYou are not alone. We are all here together and all you have to do is reach out to others and they will be there for you. You'll have to make yourself available to others or you won't be able to have "right fellowship." Go to the spiritual circles in your area, go to events and gatherings where ...
Views: 1890(1 vote) - Sharing Some Spiritual Thoughts From Gary Zukav (Part Three - from "Inspirational Books") - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2009 from Craig LockSharing Some Spiritual Thoughts From Gary Zukav (Part Three - from "Inspirational Books") Shared by Craig Lock Category: spiritual, life meaning, inspiration. Web Site: http://www.myspace.com/writercraig Other Articles are available at: http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/user/15565 ...
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