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How Mankind Choses to Live Outside Of The Will of God
From my book," Who Made God," 'An Incredible Journey Into The Light' Helen M Nanney
The Beginning of Disobedience
If Adam knows something God does not (namely evil), and
exists in his own interpretation of good; he will be as a ... Views: 1910
Each of us, no matter what religious path we follow or deities we worship, has a spark of Divinity within us. This spark of Divinity is your soul or spirit or whatever you might wish to call it and if you learn to get past your learned ego then you'll find that your inner Divinity can actually ... Views: 1902
Interview with Leslie Harrington, master singing teacher
By Barbara U. Jones Ph.D.
April 2007
(Barbara Jones has a Ph.D. from the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology. Leslie Harrington has been her singing teacher for four years. Together, they have a goal to teach the world to sing. ... Views: 1869
Simmering just below most people's awareness most of the time is an instinct for not making a mistake, not being wrong. It can be a quiet but steady unease that makes a person less comfortable in his own skin.
Having to choose one right thing, the most right thing, instead of a right thing ... Views: 1864
Amish Tripathi is synonymous with his first book, The Immortals of Meluha. It became a best seller within a week of its release making its way to the best-seller lists. It is the first of the Shiva Trilogy which centers on Lord Shiva; it is a biographical account of the Hindu deity who in ... Views: 1860
"No weapon that is formed against you will succeed; And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their vindication is from Me, declares the LORD."
-------Isaiah 54:17
Over 2000 Wrongful Conviction Exoneration
The ... Views: 1855
I am a happy woman! The joy of the Lord is my strength! I live a miraculous life! I can do ALL THINGS through Christ Who strengthens me! My best keeps getting better...Glory after Glory!!!
And yet, I have been divorced, disowned, rejected, evicted, threatened, and thrown into a mental ... Views: 1854
What are you?
Ask that question of a thousand people and the vast majority will likely respond with their occupation or job. I am a parent, teacher, lawyer or a whatever-I-do-to-earn-money-and-fill-my-day. Yet this is not who we are. We are not what we do. Think about that for a moment; ... Views: 1854
Dear SelfGrowth Friends,
Each new moon, I receive a vision and channel an accompanying message from the spiritual OverLight of the portal. The energetics of the image are explained, as well as the spiritual work that can be accomplished by going deep within the portal during meditation - or ... Views: 1853
Years ago meditating was a huge part of my daily regimen. As time went on I kept meditating, but I did not stick to any set schedule. Within the last year I have been working on meditating more. I am quite pleased with my progress.
I had a vision of an Indian man riding a horse. I focused ... Views: 1849
We each have a physical/etheric, astral/emotional, mental and Spiritual body, sometimes jointly called the “four-body-system.” Within each of these four bodies are so-called permanent atoms. They are called permanent atoms because they are permanent in the sense of recording our every thought, ... Views: 1848
As one is stepping onto the path of ascension and initiation, they won’t help but notice lots of energies moving through their body.
Some of these energies are generated through meditation and prayer, others again come from mental and emotional self-mastery, whereas others again come from the ... Views: 1847
What's Your Purpose?
There are two ways of looking at what motivates us in life:
- day to day necessity
- the big picture.
And of course, we fluctuate between the two. Although for the most part people are overwhelmingly caught up in the day to day detail of life... getting that ... Views: 1847
From Joe Wolfe
I founded the prison ministry known as Spirit Light Outreach. It’s primary function is to share and deliver Course related books to prisoners. For over six years now I’ve been sending prisoners copies of books, including copies of A Course in Miracles and material written by ... Views: 1844
If you are seeking enlightenment, it is important to understand that there is a huge difference between the new age spiritual teachers that are popular today and the enlightened beings who have actually attained full enlightenment.
In the past, the majority of enlightened beings came from the ... Views: 1839
Everything in the universe works in some pattern. Everything has a logic and pattern of its own.
The trick is to find the pattern of what you are studying. This could be so different than anything you can logically perceive, which makes it very difficult to find.
If you can remove your ... Views: 1833
It's common for people in the New Age arena to believe the myth about a vegetarian diet and spirituality, that it's necessary to become enlightened.
The pro-vegetarianism contention goes something like this: "I am 100% for life and I love animals, so I avoid eating meat. Animals are my ... Views: 1833
There are permanent atoms built into our lower bodies. These permanent atoms hold within them a complete record of our past, containing a record of our every thought, feeling, emotion, word, act, deed, motivation and intention.
Man forges his own destiny, and the records contained in these ... Views: 1830
It's easy to have doubts about almost everything nowadays. When we look at the morale of the world in which we live, the economy, the finances, and the functionality of governments we see a picture—a very clear picture, of a bombed out city. How can you stay positive in such a world? There ... Views: 1828
I was introduced to many other religions, not intentionally, but more by accident. My father was a minister, but my mother was a travel agent and tour leader. When I was just a child, she began leading tours and taking groups to Europe and the Middle East, the Scandinavian countries, even to the ... Views: 1826
The Asthar Command is another advanced extraterrestrial civilization that is dedicated to both serve and protect humanity. They form part of the unified Federation of Planets and serve as military deploy in space. So they not only protect Planet Earth but many other planets as well.
The ... Views: 1825
At age 14 I was a willowy little thing with long blonde hair and braces. Not yet old enough to drive, I was grown-up enough to ride the bus from our town of Gresham, Oregon to downtown Portland for my orthodontist appointments. I liked going to Portland - it made me feel worldly and mature. On ... Views: 1819
Glendower: “I can call spirits from the vasty deep.”
Hotspur: “Why, so can I, or so can any man;
But will they come when you
do call for them?”
– Henry IV, Part I
Like that character from Moliere who was delighted to learn ... Views: 1817
"When we were born we were sensitive to everything. We were vulnerable to everything. In that sense we lived an enlightened life.
But as we began to feel things like hurt, sadness, rejection, we began to block that sensitivity. We began to contract and separate ourselves from our experience ... Views: 1815
A Shaman's Christmas Story
December 25, 2010
I was reluctant to write my Christmas story for fear of judgment. I have always projected an air of being multi cultural with no ties to any particular belief system other then what I am guided to by Spirit. My experience so confused and ... Views: 1809
Anything I can do to help.
It is unbelievable that such words of sympathy and cooperation are still to receive in this world of spirituality. See, how the weather is changing. I was engrossed in the study of profound realization of Great Ma-Mahajnan, expounded in a state of “Conscious ... Views: 1808
This expression caught my attention the other day, reading an interview in the newspaper. That is a good suggestion, I thought. But then, the question comes…’what is reality?’ One thing about reality that we all know is that it is pretty darn complex! And it’s also clear to all of us that every ... Views: 1805
"For the purpose of meditation,
you can break it down
to two states.
The first state is
identification with thinking.
You believe you are the thinker
of your thoughts
and the subject of your thinking.
You experience this moment
through the interpretation
of the mind.
The ... Views: 1802
An Integrated Ascended Master is an Enlightened Being. An Integrated Ascended Master is a Living Buddha. As such, he makes a conscious effort to practice Buddha’s Eight-fold Path to the best of his ability, in all ways and all things.
For your enjoyment, we have put Buddha’s advice into ... Views: 1801
Many Lightworkers have a tendency to look at the Spiritual path as being separate from the activities of their daily life.
They have designated a certain period of the day to meditation and prayer, and so during these periods they enjoy the presence of Spirit and the Masters and their ... Views: 1792
I am going to tell you the truth of life on earth. But you are not going to like it.
You are not going to like it because you already know this truth and have chosen to forget it. You are determined not to be reminded. So you are going to make excuses for not hearing it, for avoiding it and for ... Views: 1791
WE ARE DIAMONDS!
We are Diamonds! Each of us, as an indestructible, brilliant spark of the Divine, arrives on this Earth with a Divine Diamond Blueprint, or Divine Plan, that is imprinted with our Soul’s Divine Purpose and Highest Diamond Potential, ready and waiting to be awakened and ... Views: 1786
Dec 21 2012 end of the world predictions according to the Mayan calendar and Chinese astrologers.December 21st does not normally create undue stress and anxiety, but this coming year is just a little different.
Dec 21 2012 is just around the corner and this is a year that has been causing both ... Views: 1784
For many of us, our true self means our personality. However, for those dedicated to reaching enlightenment through discovering their true self, often with the aid of hypnosis, it means much more.
Our true self is known by many names. Depending on your spiritual beliefs, you may call it your ... Views: 1780
The astral body is also called the emotional body. It comprises the emotional world of each individual. It is connected with the astral plane but also interpenetrates both the physical and etheric body.
The Earth Herself has an astral body too. It includes all the feelings and emotions of ... Views: 1771
It can happen in a moment--a matter of seconds, or a few minutes at most. Something shifts within you & the mind stops. No more voices in the head, no more rambling thoughts, no more questions, no more self-doubt, no judgments, no involuntary or un-invited thoughts, just quietness & ... Views: 1770
It is so noisy, I can’t hear myself think.
You could be in a night club or in the middle of the desert – noise can still drown out the essence of a joyful life. If you are not bombarded with ‘physical noise’ that plays on your eardrums, you are still plagued by the ‘emotional noise’ that you ... Views: 1759
As I walked in to the Avatar Course on the first day, in the La Fonda Hotel on the town square in Santa Fe, and sat down—name badge and registration form in hand, my “b.s. meter” was on high alert.
At 38, I had been through 24 years of promises by self-help gurus, promising that ... Views: 1758
“We have been put on this earth to discover our own path, and we will never be happy if we live someone else’s idea of life.”
~James Van Praagh
The GPS navigational system has revolutionized travel. Now, we can simply input our destination, sit back and let a voice activated system guide us ... Views: 1757
The Integrated Ascended Master is ever striving to create and maintain peaceful relationships at all costs. He realizes that peace in the world begins, first, with peace within self and, secondly, with peace in our relationships. He recognizes that each one of us has our part to play in creating ... Views: 1756
This book review is part of a series that covers the topic of Enlightenment. The Official SelfGrowth.com Guide to Enlightenment is Suzanna Kennedy. Enlightenment relates to the act of acquiring new wisdom or understanding which enables clarity of perception, either spiritually or ... Views: 1756
Hypnosis can be used to undergo past life regression, though hypnosis is not an essential tool to use for past life regression. It is important to understand that hypnosis, like any other therapy, should be practised by a skilled person because if you are not qualified in the field you practise ... Views: 1755
The 3rd Chakra: The Tower of Ego & The Fall
The Tower of Ego
The over compensation for survival challenges and the perception of lack in the material or emotional realms leads to the quest for dominance. This makes sense on the animal level as the best hunters or providers will ensure their ... Views: 1753
The Vajra, or Dorje is a Buddhist symbol representing the nature of reality. Vajra is a reality wisdom, wisdom of equanimity, and all-accomplishing wisdom complementing at the other side. The significance of the symmetry of this symbol is to illustrate the unification of relative and absolute ... Views: 1753
Make yourself comfortable, preferably sitting on a chair with your feet firmly on the floor, making sure your arms and legs are uncrossed, and your spine straight.
Imagine a golden light all around you spreading out as far around you and as high above you as you can visualize it. This is a ... Views: 1742
Our true identity is our Eternal Self or God Self, also called Monad or Mighty I AM Presence.
Our God Self is like an ever flowing well that springs forth from Spirit and feeds us both Spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically. However, man in his search for material possessions and ... Views: 1739
Our true identity is our Eternal Self or God Self, also called Monad or Mighty I AM Presence.
Our God Self is like an ever flowing well that springs forth from Spirit and feeds us both Spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically. However, man in his search for material possessions and ... Views: 1739
If you are blessed enough to have your own garden, try working with the devas as well as with the nature spirits living there. If you don’t have a garden, no problem. Just work with the devas overlighting your indoor plants.
But make a conscious effort to connect with the nature spirits and ... Views: 1734
No matter what religion you are or in what culture or part of the world you live in, the life of Jesus has changed your life. This also includes all who never heard about him and who have ever lived or died upon the planet. And it has nothing to do with man’s concept of religion. How so? How ... Views: 1729
In a secular or a non-Buddhist context enlightenment is often used to mean full comprehension of a situation, or having gained spiritual insight. Enlightenment is also construed as being a state of freedom from suffering, desire and ignorance. The term enlightenment has been broadly and ... Views: 1722