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It is the duty and high privilege of every human being to endeavor to improve himself. Effort at self-improvement is the definition sometimes given for religion. It may relate to our actions or to our convictions. In our actions we should aim at goodness; in our convictions, at truth. Presenting ... Views: 2363
Some people don’t know how to goal set for the New Year. Why? They may be feeling low or overwhelmed about the year ahead. Perhaps they didn't have a great year in 2012 and are predicting the same results for the year ahead.
I've been there but these feelings don’t last forever. They will ... Views: 1427
It started simply enough, a run of the mill typo. Instead of signing off with my usual “Take good care,” I had missed an “o” and written “Take god care.” I noticed right away, but opted not to correct my mistake. This was fun and, besides, I look for messages and meanings in almost everything ... Views: 2776
The word came last week that a friend and colleague, a clinical psychologist, had committed suicide. She had suffered a hammering of profound losses and fell into a deep hole of depression. She had placed herself in good professional hands, was hospitalized for two weeks, and released with ... Views: 5311
The new A&E/Biography channel documentary series, The UneXplained is taking a look at past-life regression therapy. New York City psychic, Joan Pancoe is featured this Saturday, September 15 at 10 p.m. EDT in an episode entitled “The Weight of My Past.” You will watch Joan doing past-life ... Views: 1659
Home again, home again, jiggedy jig.
I am back in Connecticut after three weeks of Red Cross deployment in Joplin, MO. I arrived in Joplin eight days after the tornado. Everything was still chaotic -- and my repeated response to viewing what was termed “the footprint,” the 6 x 1 mile area of ... Views: 2223
I am a woman who believes that there are messages in everything. In other words, everything is symbolic to me.
So, what am I to think when 10 days before I head to my long-awaited, greatly-anticipated trip to the UK, I fall into a small well on uneven pavement – a hole, if you will – after ... Views: 2548
I have recently been working with a wonderful, young woman who has been struggling mightily with her recovery from addictions. She had relapsed after some good, solid sobriety.
Relapse is like any kind of breakdown on the path. It is where things fall apart; traction is lost, and chaos ... Views: 2412
The Random House College Dictionary defines hope as "the feeling that what is desired is also possible or that events may turn out for the best."
It's certainly easy to have hope when everything is going your way--you just landed a great job, met the man/woman of your dreams, lost a lot of ... Views: 1880
Do you believe in reincarnation? Past lives? A regular, hard-working, church-going couple, Andrea and Bruce Leininger were faced with these very questions when their two-year-old son, James, began have unremitting nightmares and shouting the words, “Plane on fire! Little man can’t get ... Views: 4005
If you’ve ever suffered from a depression, whether for a few hours, days, months or even years, you know it is a very dark place. “Just think a happy thought” people tell you. The problem is, you simply can’t even remember one, let alone think about it or allow yourself the pleasure of ... Views: 998
Many people are hindered by procrastination, and have no idea why they do it. There doesn’t seem to be any logic or reason as to the cause of putting things off, but it is almost impossible to get the simplest task done.
My theory is that the problem lies in the aspiration of perceived ... Views: 1588
I didn’t realize it at first, but they happened on the same day.
On Saturday morning I am taking a walk with a friend. We cover our familiar route, knowing the circuit automatically in our steps. We are on the home stretch of the walk, moving down a country lane, all green and leafy. Out of ... Views: 3795
Amanda Brock is the CEO of OpenUK, a not-for- profit company which advocates for Open Technology being open-source software, opensource hardware and open data, “Open” in and for business communities across the UK.
Amanda was introduced to open source when she joined the company Canonical, ... Views: 585
We are rapidly moving forward with ping-ponging planetary activity. Our world course is hurtling towards a new consciousness. These shifts, changes, and transformations on both the micro and macro levels have not always come easily. Change can sometimes feel counter-intuitive, wrongly timed, ... Views: 1668
For most of my life I didn’t want to be me. In fact, I was so unhappy being me that I wanted to be someone else. When I was in my twenties I wanted to be Fred Astaire, because I liked the light and joyful sense of life he projected when dancing on screen. Later in life I didn’t care who else ... Views: 1751
Hope … it’s a wonderful four-letter word. Hope offers possibilities; hope suggests that the good will prevail. It makes us happy. It fills us with expansiveness and can make our tight, constricted worlds crack open with a little wiggle room for the good stuff to find its way. Hope has us ... Views: 1971
It is a tender day here in Connecticut. My eyes well with tears at the memory of the senseless shooting of beautiful, bright-eyed first graders, teachers, and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT.
Loss is never easy. Loss of a child is especially traumatic. Loss of so ... Views: 1158
How do You Pray? by Susun Weedmentor at the Wise Woman UniversityPlus Ode to Susun – Her Favorite Weeds by Joy-Prem
My Prayer c. 2011, Susun S. Weed High Priestess of the Goddess, Peace ... Views: 1759
We would all agree that the world is fast, frenzied, and chock-a-block with sensory stimuli, challenges, and change. Where is terra firma, we might ask as we bend on our knees, take deep breaths, and straddle that big balancing board called life. We attempt to stay upright, but life does ... Views: 995
Being without a mother is special kind of club. Only those that share the experience understand the profound ache for once what was or could have been.
Mothers are lost for a myriad of reasons - be it childbirth itself, accident, illness, poverty, circumstances of family, culture, or fate, ... Views: 2130
There are days I feel like I am treading as fast as I can and barely can keep my head above water. Glub, glub, glub. Technology is wonderful, and, equally, it can be exhausting for me. My email in-boxes are full of great things I want to read and way too many good intentions on my part to ... Views: 1759
Have you ever felt that you are simply hanging in the middle of the time and space continuum? You have plans, an agenda, goals, deadlines, places to go, and people to see, but you find yourself stuck in an energetic void where nothing -- as in zippidy-do-dah -- is happening. You want it to ... Views: 1552
Those trusty researchers at Harvard University -- and elsewhere -- have been busily exploring what makes us happy. It is called the neurobiology of happiness and speaks to what lights up our brains. The researchers are also examining the plasticity of our brains – how we can re-pattern our ... Views: 3430
This world of ours is fast-paced and challenging. Time is elusive; personal energies fluctuate, and a healthy sense of self can get battered in the mix. Needless to say, we want to be happy, feel less stressed, have more satisfying relationships, get in better shape, have more adventures, feel ... Views: 1245
The holidays have passed and we have settled into the new year. Might I suggest a focal point for your intentions and energies?
I am not talking about the oft-forgotten resolutions. We all mean well and, at the time we announce our resolutions, we think this is the year. We are going ... Views: 1121
What’s it about technology that makes us admire its creators and keep them forever on a pedestal?
Simply put, it’s the ability of these creators to come up with ways and means that totally and often unrecognizably change the way things are done. And in doing so, they make human lives so much ... Views: 648
I hold the belief that while we can’t control all elements of life, we can co-create of our destiny. If 2020 taught us one thing, it was to make peace with what we can’t control, but to make better decisions about the things we can.
Decisions are the building blocks of life. Each day, you’re ... Views: 1107
“Kindness is like a snowball that’s rolling down a hill. Each unselfish act or word is another snowflake that greets the others…creating something much larger than itself in the process.” Mac Anderson
I am creating a joyful game of giving gifts of kindness every day for 25 days. Will you join ... Views: 2099
So much of my life has been spent worried, stressed and anxious about what and how other people perceive me to be. A constant question has been, do I live up to their expectations? Little thought was given to how I felt or how I was actually doing or feeling. Although I have mostly grown out of ... Views: 1232
When my friend was diagnosed with cancer and was facing radiation and chemotherapy, I wondered what I could I do when I lived 2,000 miles away. I couldn’t do any of the usual things to help. Normally, I might offer to drive her to chemotherapy and radiation sessions, take care of her kids, or ... Views: 1784
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If 2020 were a novel, it would fall between the genres of suspense and thriller; from the Australian wildfires and impeachment trial to the novel coronavirus and economic crash, this year has brought a bounty of unwelcome surprises. It’s no wonder many of us are feeling anxious about our future. ... Views: 862
Friday, March 9.2012 I was on my way to work. I left home about 7:40am. I take the same route: Morningwood Drive to Cashell Ct, turn right then left on Bowie Mill Road. Turn left at Muncaster Mill Road and then a quick right on Needwood Road. Needwood Road has a small lake and I always take ... Views: 1239
Coping with the virus by Rosemary Price psychic
Ever since the lock down in the Uk I have had people flocking to me for readings about how they will fare doing the lock down. Unfortunately, I am an honest and realistic psychic and tarot reader so I am not going to promise anyone that they ... Views: 773
COVID-19 presented multi-faceted challenges to individuals, families, companies, and communities. No one person’s experience has been the same, and we have all had different feelings about different aspects at different times; even the length of time has impact – on the sustainability to endure, ... Views: 559
Successful startups are founded by people who are truly passionate about what they do. One such startup is MetroQuest. A digital public engagement pioneer, MetroQuest is changing the expectations of the public for an easy and convenient online option for providing input.
An interview ... Views: 649
with a difficulty I was getting which has a accomplice. I silently asked the
universe, “Satisfy, send me a indication. What am I missing right here?” As I
appeared up, sending away from my meaning, I heard a sound off to my left inside
the brush. Startled, I stopped. Standing not twenty ... Views: 1163
Terrified . . . starving . . . her leg throbbing in pain from the deep sore extending down to her bone . . . the horse had little chance for survival.
Bought at auction by a backyard butcher, this gentle horse - along with 14 cows, 32 goats and sheep and 4 turkeys - was slated for ... Views: 1161
Many years ago, before I had any sense of spirituality, a friend of mine, a practicing Buddhist shared with me that most of us are constantly immersed in thoughts that are driven by hopes and fears. Think about that for a moment … My thoughts coalesce around either fear-based monologs or I’m ... Views: 1290
When I was 6yrs old I had my first experience of death of a family member. My mother explained the passing as one of transition where my family member was now “one of my guardian angels”. I took her word for it, believing as an innocent child would that that was exactly what happened. I ... Views: 1486
Latoya Dawkins, an infertility survivor and founder of nonprofit Our Miracle Child provides financial support and patient services for those struggling with infertility, after personally having battled it for 10 years. Her 'aha' moment came after lacking the proper treatment coverage and walking ... Views: 878
Latoya Dawkins, an infertility survivor and founder of nonprofit Our Miracle Child provides financial support and patient services for those struggling with infertility, after personally having battled it for 10 years. Her 'aha' moment came after lacking the proper treatment coverage and walking ... Views: 874
Materialism is a philosophical theory that matter is the only substance, and reality and everything else — thought, emotions, intellect, and existence — are explained in terms of physical phenomena on matter. Do not confuse materialism with stuff-ism — the constant acquisition of possessions — ... Views: 666
Online learning has established itself as one of the best ways to get an education. Online learning occurs when knowledge or educational materials are obtained from the Internet. We have all had interaction with face-to-face learning in the traditional classroom. It seems that we feel more ... Views: 298
As the intercessor of joy, success, peace, and prosperity, the lord manifests in a novel form of 'Panchamukhi Vinayaka' or the five-faced Ganesha.
Panchamu- khi Ganesha is shown having five faces. Pancha means Five, and mukhi means faced. Panchmukhi Ganesha is the embodiment of all potencies. ... Views: 573
Indian-American actress and singer Sheila Houlahan recently held a supporting role in the Warner Bros. feature film "The Little Things" opposite Academy Award winners Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto.
In the film, Houlahan plays “Paige Callahan”, a girl from the wrong side of the ... Views: 1113
Some time ago I had an encounter with my ego, which still smarts. I experienced what I have come to understand as spiritual pride. I have an ongoing, daily struggle with my submission to the fact that of myself I am nothing.
After enduring the mourning process and coming to grips with the ... Views: 1235
James Van Praagh is a spiritual medium--someone who is able to bridge the physical and spiritual worlds. Unaware of his spiritual gifts until he was in his twenties, he slowly came to terms with his unique abilities. In addition, many of his sessions with grieving people who came to him looking ... Views: 1421