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- The weight of wait - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2010 from Adele McDowellLike Oprah, I have spent my life dealing with weight and have recently regained once-lost avoirdupois. I hate that. I end up hating myself and then it’s that all-too-familiar battle of up and down, Monday is a new start, last hoorah Sundays and so forth in a addictive cycle that has its roots in ...
Views: 3434(2 votes) - The Christmas Black and Blues - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2008 from Adele McDowellThis year, the winter solstice is December 20. The word “solstice” is derived from the Latin for “sun standing still.” This solstice, a pagan precursor to Christmas and other seasonal holy days, denotes the return of the light and a decline in the darkness. And for most of us, that return of ...
Views: 1991(1 vote) - The Courage to Hope - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2012 from Tina TessinaWe’ve heard a lot about hope recently, but one thing was not said. Hope is scary. Anyone who dares to hope runs the risk of disappointment and feelings of failure. With the overwhelming focus on success in our culture, the threat of failure and disappointment is blown out of proportion. In my ...
Views: 1901(1 vote) - The CR Door - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2020 from Cheryl GowinAlice Mathews, in her book “A Woman God’s Spirit Can Guide,” writes: God’s Spirit (like the wind) moves into our lives and guides us in many different ways. He can guide us through our disabilities as well as our abilities. At times, God’s Spirit leads through our circumstances, but other ...
Views: 1255(1 vote) - The Footprints of Our Life’s Journey - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2020 from Margaret O'ConnorEvery footstep we take is in the shadow of a surrounding presence. The footprints of our life’s journey are awash in the worlds of physical or spiritual presence. Are you ready to exit from your Internet highway of presence and begin cruising up the entrance ramp onto your spiritual highway of ...
Views: 1118(1 vote) - The Three Toms - by Submitted on Apr 09, 2009 from Adele McDowellRecently, a very dear friend of mine lost three relatives -- her 30 year old nephew, 96 year old uncle, and 62 year old brother, in that order. They died within a mere six weeks of one another. All were named Tom. The causes of death: murder, the complications of old age, and a sudden heart ...
Views: 2640(1 vote) - The trend of crowdfunding has grown exponentially - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2019 from Ehi LilianGone are those occasions when individuals choked their virtuoso business thoughts, bolted their inventive bits of knowledge, smothered their capable aptitudes since they had no capital for dream speculations. Craftsmen have gone unnoticed, interesting films have neglected to taste the kind of 70 ...
Views: 1116(1 vote) - The Truth is Known - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCOur conscious intelligence is as much of Life as we understand. We have stopped looking for the Spirit, because we have found It; It is what you are and It is what I am; we could not be anything else if we tried. The thing that we look with is the thing that we have been looking for. That is why ...
Views: 2231(1 vote) - The Visible Pain - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2017 from Lisa BoussonThey say that the eyes are the window to the soul, and I believe this to be true. Don’t we all look at someone’s eyes to gauge whether they’re happy, sad, confused, fearful or surprised, etc? Of course, we do, and not one of us is immune to each one of these emotions at certain times in our ...
Views: 3051(1 vote) - Tired and cranky? Time for a vacation? - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2008 from Adele McDowellHave you met anyone recently who isn’t tired? It seems to be a national, if not international, pandemic. Most everyone is a bleary-eyed, caffeinated automaton who is putting one cranky foot down after the other. Even the kids with their over-scheduled days and burgeoning back-packs can ...
Views: 3303(1 vote) - Tired and cranky? Time for a vacation? - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2008 from Adele McDowellHave you met anyone recently who isn’t tired? It seems to be a national, if not international, pandemic. Most everyone is a bleary-eyed, caffeinated automaton who is putting one cranky foot down after the other. Even the kids with their over-scheduled days and burgeoning back-packs can ...
Views: 3303(1 vote) - TOP TEN REASONS to CELEBRATE 2016 (Even If You’re Still Hungover from Last Year) - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2016 from joan pancoeTOP TEN REASONS to CELEBRATE 2016 (Even If You’re Still Hungover from Last Year) TO VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER: http://joanpancoe.com/page-newsletter-details.php?nl=101 “If everything seems under control, you’re probably not moving fast enough.” MARIO ANDRETTI Dear One, ...
Views: 1466(1 vote) - Understanding Attention - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2009 from Adele McDowellIn my gym, there are promo pieces that are played over the loud speaker. One such tag line is, “What gets measured gets improved.” The message is designed to encourage the clientele to get body fat levels measured and, ultimately, be inspired – or, more likely, shocked – and, as a result, hire a ...
Views: 2942(2 votes) - Walking the Walk - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2008 from Adele McDowellThat’s right. It’s time. This is the moment we have been waiting for; there are no more warm-ups. Practice is over. It is time to suit up and get in the game. Our souls have been preparing for this moment for lifetimes. We have arrived at the tipping point of evolutionary consciousness. We have ...
Views: 2511(1 vote) - Were you Cleopatra? - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2011 from Adele McDowellOr, maybe, Julius Caesar or William Shakespeare or Marie Antoinette? Discussions of past lives are often met with a bit of a smirk. Do you really believe? And the answer is, “Yes, I do.” I look at past life information in a number of different ways. It serves as a teacher; it explains ...
Views: 3862(2 votes) - What is Accurate Life Prediction by date of Birth? - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2020 from Sri TulasiWhat is Accurate Life Prediction by date of Birth? Free accurate life prediction by date of birth and time is an astrological report based on Vedic astrology. This report gives you a detailed analysis of your life in various aspects. Want to predict my future online? then this report ...
Views: 889(1 vote) - What is Karma and effects in Astrology? - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2020 from Sri TulasiKarma is categorized into three parts. The first part - SANCHIT. The word Sanchit means ‘TOTAL’ - all that is accumulated from all your past lives. Whenever I say ‘you’ or ‘your’ - let it be very clear that it is for all my followers including the questioner. ‘Total’ - SANCHIT KARMA - that ...
Views: 995(1 vote) - You lost hope - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2011 from Adele McDowellYears ago, a shaman looked at me and said, “You lost hope. You should never lose hope.” He was right -- and, boy, did I hate that. I have a long history of unflappable optimism. I’m able to make copious amounts of lemonade. I pride myself on my out-of-the-box thinking. But the shaman ...
Views: 3802(1 vote) - ***Help, I fell off my yoga mat - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2011 from Adele McDowellEver have one of those days? You are brimming with newly found motivation and re-aligned resolution. You haven’t even walked out of the door, yet, and the thought of what you are going to accomplish has you filled with button-bursting pride. You are puffed up with purpose. You are ready to ...
Views: 4617(5 votes) - ***Crazed by the holidays? Six steps to avoid overwhelm - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2011 from Adele McDowellOMG! The holidays are here. Are you ready? Good God, I’m not -- even though I swore up and down that I would be all wrapped and carded by Thanksgiving. Well, such is the way of my good intentions when life does life. I am guessing you can relate. It’s not too late to find help. Here are six ...
Views: 2865(3 votes) - Thank You, God, for My Fears - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2010 from Adele McDowellDo you know those moments when you are driving in the car and you find yourself knee-deep in reverie? These are moments when, out of nowhere, you find yourself long in thought; it’s as if you have made a U-turn into the underground waters of your psyche. Maybe it’s the constancy of the ...
Views: 4011(3 votes) - ***Ernest Hemingway, Oprah, and my new spiritual discipline - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2012 from Adele McDowell“For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn.” That’s how it started. Those six words, we are told, are the shortest of Hemingway’s short stories. And those provocative words inspired Smith Magazine writer and editor, Larry Smith to challenge his Smith Magazine web readers to describe their lives in a ...
Views: 4007(2 votes) - ***HOPE - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2011 from James RobinsonI was contemplating my navel the other day and realized how much we have going for us in this universe. The truth is that no matter what your circumstances, this is a kind universe and everyone in it has the primary motivation to work in favor of a peaceful, bountiful life. The only obstacles ...
Views: 2906(2 votes) - ***Overworked? Seven strategies to help you cope - by Submitted on May 06, 2011 from Adele McDowellAre you screaming unmentionables in your head all day long? Do you feel like the character in the movie, Network, bellowing out the window for all the world to hear, “I’m mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore?” Do you fantasize about walking away from your job when you are within ...
Views: 5194(2 votes) - ***The stuckness of spiritual depression - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2011 from Adele McDowellEvery have one of those seemingly endless stretches of time, when it feels as if all your get-up-and-go has got-up-and-went? You are not sick, per se. You just don’t give a damn anymore. Nothing matters much. After all of your full-speed-ahead decisions, choices and actions, you feel ...
Views: 3670(4 votes) - ***The stuckness of spiritual depression - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2011 from Adele McDowellEvery have one of those seemingly endless stretches of time, when it feels as if all your get-up-and-go has got-up-and-went? You are not sick, per se. You just don’t give a damn anymore. Nothing matters much. After all of your full-speed-ahead decisions, choices and actions, you feel ...
Views: 3670(4 votes) - ***Where can you go when you run from the madness of overwhelm? - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2012 from Adele McDowellIt’s too much. It’s way too much. You just can’t take one more something to remedy, re-organize, or create anew. You have been chugging right along, working to keep pace with everything that has come your way. There have been moments when you have been breathless. Yet, you have persevered. ...
Views: 2508(2 votes) - An open letter to my fellow straight white men... - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2016 from Mike RobbinsNovember 13, 2016 It's time for us to step up straight white men! This campaign and this election have exposed many issues in our country and our world...issues that have been there for a very long time, and although we've made progress on them through the years, it's time for real change and ...
Views: 1781(2 votes) - Are you suffering from spiritual depression? - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2010 from Adele McDowellEvery have one of those seemingly endless stretches of time, when it feels as if all your get-up-and-go has got-up-and-went? You are not sick, per se. You just don’t give a damn anymore. Nothing matters much. After all of your full-speed-ahead decisions, choices and actions, you feel ...
Views: 8785(2 votes) - My top 12 lessons of 2010 - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2011 from Adele McDowellIn 2010, I moved, attended one symphony, took two cab rides, read 39.5 books, watched 18 movies, visited seven museums, had a banner year with eight Broadway shows as well as eight train trips, travelled by plane 12 times, spent 38 nights in hotels, witnessed the death of a dear friend, mastered ...
Views: 2572(2 votes) - The Shaman, mystic and psychotic - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2009 from Adele McDowellIt sounds like the beginning of one of those three person jokes, i.e., the shaman, the mystic and the psychotic walked into a bar. But this isn’t a joke; this is more of a pondering aloud on the line between sanity and insanity, delusion and reason. What prompted these ponderings was that I ...
Views: 8094(4 votes) - Welcome, Class, to Advanced Uncertainty - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2011 from Adele McDowellIs your world more down than up? Has sideways become your new vertical? Have your health, sanity, relationships, future plans, money, housing and/or employment concerns been in bucking-bronco states of flux? Have global warming, political warring, economic forecasting, ecological nightmares ...
Views: 3783(2 votes) - Joan Pancoe: Portrait of a NYC Psychic - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2009 from Adele McDowellAre you a curious type? Do you ever wonder how someone becomes an intuitive, and what their life has been like? Allow me to introduce you to Joan Pancoe, a psychic, trance channel, and karmic astrologer in New York City since 1976. Recently, Joan gifted me a good portion of her afternoon ...
Views: 4517(3 votes) - ***Are you going through health challenges hell? - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2012 from Adele McDowellBad diagnosis? Very bad diagnosis? Are you trying to keep it together for family and friends? There are days when you are so freakin’ tired and scared out of your socks. You beg and plead with God, “Please let me see my daughter make it through high school.” You hold on to every slimmer of ...
Views: 2136(2 votes) - ***Are you or someone you love going through health hell? - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2012 from Adele McDowellBad diagnosis? Very bad diagnosis and you are trying to keep it together for family and friends. There are days you are so freakin’ tired and scared out of your socks. You beg and plead with God, “Please let me see my daughter make it through high school.” You hold on to every slimmer of ...
Views: 2249(1 vote) - ***Core Exercises for Today’s Brave Lightworkers and Healers - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2014 from Adele McDowellIt is not easy being a lightworker and healer in today’s world. Challenges have been plentiful and hard-hitting and there have been portals of initiation that have moved you to a new platform, a new way of being. It’s as if you have stepped up and into an expanded perspective. ...
Views: 1255(1 vote) - ***Packing your cosmic backpack for the Big Shift - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2012 from Adele McDowellThe world is changing at break-neck speed as we inch ourselves closer and closer to the planetary shifts of consciousness and being. And, as with any new birth, there will be some pain, contractions, doubt, fear and maybe, even, a bit of panic as we work to bring forth a bouncing new world that ...
Views: 2616(1 vote) - ***This year, I choose surrender - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2011 from Adele McDowellMy dear pal, Debbie, passed along this birthday ritual. On your birthday, you choose one word to be your focus for the coming year. Once, I chose the word “sparkle” – just the thought of it made me happy. This year, my word arrived unbidden with cat-like stealth and sure-footed certainty. It ...
Views: 2676(2 votes) - Anatomy of Betrayal - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2011 from Adele McDowellA face reader once told me that I had kind eyes, a strong jaw, a good forehead, in fact, an excellent forehead, an emotional nose, and, more pointedly, that I absolutely could not handle betrayal. Really, though, who can handle betrayal? Its very name conjures up deep hurt and heartache. ...
Views: 9965(2 votes) - Help, it's Dark in Here - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2010 from Adele McDowellDo you ever have one of those days, weeks, or, even, years when it feels nothing is going your way? There is no break from the gods. In a word, you would say that your life stinks, and it stinks out loud. I have recently had a number of conversations with folks who are finding themselves, ...
Views: 3983(4 votes) - I Wish I Didn't Know - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2012 from Womens Recreation, Inc.I wish I didn’t know what a broken heart felt like. I wish there was no illness. I wish I never knew what homeless meant. I wish there was no such thing as war. I wish I never heard or said an angry word. I wish my heart didn’t know what it was like to ache for someone not with us anymore. ...
Views: 2820(1 vote) - It Is Time for Enlightenment - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2013 from Yamaya CruzThe book the “The Power of Now” changed the topography of spiritual pop culture. The “Power of Now” allowed people to coin really cool phrases like, “It is what it is,” and “The only time that we have is now.” You know that a book is a pop culture phenomenon when Wall Street yuppies are ...
Views: 1533(1 vote) - Oh Jesus What Must I do - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2013 from Yarelis VidalAfter being told that God exists and that Jesus died for your sins, sometimes you may be left with a, "what next?" This article is intended to help people new to Christ and also people who are already devoted Christians to really grasp what that Lord wants from you now that you know the truth. ...
Views: 1436(1 vote) - Psychic Choices4 - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2016 from Jackie Wiliams BrockertHere’s an example of what I ask people to do or consider—whether they are new or long time clients. •Think about the areas of your life you are the most concerned about. This can include relationships, work, spiritual development, friendships, or family issues. I would avoid health ...
Views: 2869(1 vote) - Seeking Sun Sign Horoscopes For Better Preparations For The Future - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2013 from Ryan JessicaLooking up horoscope before doing any important activity is a commonality in the modern day scenario. People from all backgrounds are checking out their sun signs and accordingly going to the astrologers for getting their charts read. These are then analysed and presented in form of charts to ...
Views: 1449(1 vote) - Tarot Readings 27 - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2017 from Jackie Wiliams BrockertChoose a number of minutes to gaze in to the credit card, committing the image to reminiscence. Then close your eyes, and envision your self entering the globe with the credit card. Discover your senses—what do you think you're seeing, feeling, listening to? Approach the characters, if you ...
Views: 3281(1 vote) - The Power of Possibility - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2012 from Amy Iverson AdamsFor 10 years I read about and watched compulsive eaters become free from overeating and I continued to be discouraged as I binged and obsessed about food. I would identify with people who felt, thought, and ate the way I did, and when they said they were free I believed them. I knew it must be ...
Views: 2406(1 vote) - Why should we recall the past? - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2015 from Academy QuranFrom time to time we recall the series of special events that happened or ended a long time ago. We on an occasion, predominantly remember the sincere efforts that our ancestors made in the past. Why do we do so? Is it beneficial for us to remember the past? The past has passed so why should we ...
Views: 986(1 vote) - Five Ways to Deal with an Emotional Hangover - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2011 from Adele McDowellEver have one of those weeks when there is palpable, anger-inciting tension between you and a family member? Or you have had a crushing misunderstanding with one of your dearest friends? Or there is an incident at work that has had you mumbling obscenities under your breath and double-checking ...
Views: 8587(5 votes) - ***Five ways to deal with today’s chaotic energies - by Submitted on Sep 22, 2011 from Adele McDowellCan you feel the energies bumping up against you? One minute, you feel pushed; the next minute, pulled. One minute, you’re ok, and the next minute, you’re not. It’s chaotic out there. Our world is in flux; nothing feels normal anymore. Disasters are becoming way too familiar, and terra ...
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