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Are you ready for a Spiritual and Personal Transformation?
“There I say unto you. What things so ever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye
receive them, and ye shall have them.” Romans 8:26 (KJV)
You are wondering what a spiritual and personal transformation is. Then you may ask does ... Views: 1347
There comes a time in most people’s lives when they look back. Perhaps after the kids are gone, or when their faculties are almost gone! Or when they are more inclined to surrender rather than put up the good fight anymore. We all have to surrender, eventually.
We might long for a sense of ... Views: 1399
Today there are many who wish to share specific guidance and bring forth love and hope for a brighter future. Know that the future is not predestined. You and all the other beings on this planet co-create this world. As it stands now, there is a probability that extensive changes will occur ... Views: 1449
If you or someone you know is having a midlife crisis, then you may want to know how to properly deal with it. This period in a person's life is extremely dangerous. They can become depressed, disillusioned with life, and even quit things or relationships they should not.
Primarily, a midlife ... Views: 3019
To clear the mind of past programming requires practice. It can't be done by wishing it to happen. The fastest and most trusted way is meditation, and the type of meditation that gets results quickly and surely is breath meditation.
As one concentrates on his or her breath for some time, the ... Views: 1723
Everywhere I hear this question “Now that our economy is falling apart again, how do we keep on believing in America?”
You are not alone in questioning your faith in America. There is an under current sweeping across America like a bad flu virus, challenging our core beliefs. The economy and ... Views: 899
Depression is increasingly on the rise in our society. Its diagnosis has exploded over the last twenty years, and as a result, the medical field has responded with pill after pill.
But depression isn't a disease. It can't be transmitted from person to person like the flu. So why is depression ... Views: 2075
The national unemployment rate has soared to its highest level in 16 years, offering little encouragement to the 12 million plus Americans who are unemployed. During these difficult economic times, intuition expert and best-selling author Lynn A. Robinson, M.Ed., offers sound advice on how to ... Views: 1416
Misery or good things, almost every thing that happens to you, other than some exceptions, has happened due to your own decision at one point in time.
You made a decision and that sent a chain of events in progress until what you are currently dealing with happened. Likewise, your innocent ... Views: 1255
Take a look at your life and see if it's not true that the pursuit of pleasure and happiness involves just about everything you do. From watching TV or playing on the internet, to working at a career in order to make money - so that you can spend it and be happy with the resulting pleasure or ... Views: 1476
When you acknowledge, accept and embrace the fact that your weaknesses are also your strengths, you can begin detaching yourself from illusion of “good” or “better” versus “bad” and “worse” in your life. The truth is, you are whole. Once you fully embrace this notion, you will consistently view ... Views: 2066
Are you able to feel at peace even when life bombards you with hardship? If not, how can you achieve peace when life gets tough?
In January, Tammy Brackett, a music publicist/writer, experienced the financial pain that many Americans are going through now. "My income was reduced by 2/3 ... Views: 4307
There's a lot of talk about Eckhart Tolle's breakthrough book 'The Power of Now'.
It is very profound. But to a lot of people it just seems too idealistic, too impractical, too out of touch and not directly applicable to our 'ego'-based and driven daily Western lives.
How can we stop ... Views: 972
Spiritual wellness can mean different things to different people however the most basic definition is a search for meaning and purpose; the values, ethics and morals that guide an individual and gives meaning and direction to their life.
For most of us spiritual wellness is an evolutionary ... Views: 3811
Life indeed throws a curve ball at us every now and then, doesn’t it? You can never predict what's going to happen next, unless your level of awareness matches that of the 'Sages of the Ages' exclusive club members. But for an everyday Joe or Mary or Svetlana (I like that name, and I had to use ... Views: 4421
I love spring. Who doesn’t? One of the things I love about spring is that I get to clean out my closets and dressers, deep clean my bathrooms and kitchen… throwing myself into that yearly ritual of getting rid of what doesn’t fit me or my life any longer in order to make room for the possibility ... Views: 1337
Letting go is one of the most important, yet most difficult spiritual principles that we are awakening to at this time. Like any art, it takes an open loving heart, expanded awareness, and sustained practice to become masterful. It also requires surrounding ourselves with the people and ... Views: 2394
Your mind is a conglomeration of thoughts and memories, in itself, it does not exist. Mind is like a dustball, the ball itself is only a collection of dust held together by static electricity. Remove each spec of dust and what is left? Nothing. Then where did the electricity go? It has merged ... Views: 980
As we approach 2012, the end date of the Mayan Calendar, we have all observed how our lives have grown more intense. This is due to the higher energies or light coming to the Planet at this time. This light has a vibratory rate much faster than we are used to.
Those of us who are doing inner ... Views: 1425
Waiting is a skill we often ignore. It may seem to have as little value as nothingness, but in Zen, nothingness is a profound state of Being. When we focus on thinking, we tend to aspire to conclusions. This could be attempting to achieve a goal, attaining a desire or simply ending what we are ... Views: 2792
It has been said over time that those who hear voices are going mad. What about those who hear voices in their dreams? Are they mad also? How do we determine when we have heard the voice of the angels, and when we have received true guidance? One of the easiest things to do is to discount ... Views: 1469
Your thoughts control you moods. This is simply the way it is, we must think, or something must reach our intellectual mind to be processed and understood before we can feel anything. If someone insulted you in a language you do not understand, however they put on a sweet face and gentle ... Views: 1506
"The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.” ~Zen Saying
When life seems to be going in many directions at once, think about conscious intentional relaxation. It is simply bringing your awareness and your intention to allow your mind, body and spirit to relax. It only takes a ... Views: 2998
On March 14th Daylight Savings Time begins. Shortly thereafter, in many parts of the country, Spring will begin to show its warm face. The daffodils will start popping up and the birds will get busy building nests for their next round of babies. Spring. That beautiful time of year when hope, ... Views: 2877
From the moment we are born into this world, we are in the process of what I’ll call “transition.” Transition in life is constant; and it guarantees that we will always be transforming throughout our lives — even in death. Remember that energy never dies — it transforms; this is how we as ... Views: 1454
If you want to create different and better results for yourself and your team, at work and/or home, consider going a step further in your self-development and expanding your inner self. If you continue managing your time, finances, people and stress, and additionally, focus your attention and ... Views: 1116
"Live each day as if it were you last." It sounds wonderful doesn't it?
What would today look like if i truly lived it as if it were my last?
Would i get out of bed? i might just stay a while - not out of depression but because it's so peaceful, so safe, so genuine with being.
Would i ... Views: 1674
To forgive our past, we first have to face and resolve any unfinished business from our past choices. This means every pattern, choice, and grievance must be examined, like turning over river stones, without hiding behind the facade of excuses. Then, to attain closure, in addition to spiritually ... Views: 944
We are water ... we flow together
Sitting near a creek this morning, I was reminded how the continuous stream of moving water carries the experience and memory of every surface it touches and every environment is passes through before it arrives at the sea. Dr. Emoto confirmed what many water ... Views: 1920
Be careful what you wish for ‘cos you might just get it... so says the old expression. Of course, wishing, hoping or wanting won’t get you very far in life because, at the end of the day, we get what we believe – not what we wish for – and believing is not wishing, hoping or wanting, believing ... Views: 1385
Can you think of a colleague, co-worker or acquaintance who really annoys you, but is probably a pretty agreeable person underneath their irritating qualities? Stated another way, are there people who make you bristle because of a certain aspect of their personality, but if you consider them ... Views: 1579
I am really enjoying watching the Winter Olympics. It’s fascinating to watch these young athletes do what they love to do; I can feel their passion in my own body. I am so inspired by their commitment and determination to live out their dreams NOW!
As I watch these Olympics unfold, I see the ... Views: 1289
When you go to the restaurant, you go with an empty stomach. They give you food, you give them money.
There is the emptiness, which is filled, and then what is given gets something in return, money for food.
When a child is born, it is empty and helpless. The parents give it food, shelter, ... Views: 1307
As kids, we generally learn that forgiveness is just a word that you say. When you forgive, it’s like letting the other person off the hook. They say they’re sorry and you hug and make up. But what does that really do? Do we feel differently? Does that make the hurt go away? Generally ... Views: 2430
I just read an article today (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3304496/Be-lucky-its-an-easy-skill-to-learn.html) on a study done on what separates lucky people from unlucky people. It seems that “lucky people” are more relaxed overall, and are therefore able to take in information that is ... Views: 2114
Can you be alone and quiet? Can you simply sit and be still in silence, with YOU? Are you walking around unconscious, asleep?
It seems that everywhere we go these days there is “human” noise of some kind or other obscuring the peace of quiet.
One typical day:
Bank - music playing ... Views: 2425
Anger is a toxic poison we willingly serve to ourselves. We think that by holding on to our anger that we are somehow punishing those that have wronged us in the past. In truth, we hurt ourselves over and over again by holding on to past experiences and angry emotions. Anger, like stress, is ... Views: 1517
Knowledge of how something functions is vital to being able to use it, be it a nuclear power plant or a can opener. If we do not know what it is and how it works and how to use it properly, it is of little or no use, or can even be a great danger to yourself and society.
Our mind is the ... Views: 1683
A variety of people speak with reference to what meditation methods and styles people draw on and which types of meditation methods people must focus upon. One of the easiest and one which the minority people ever truly expend much time upon is breathing, there are of course a variety of ... Views: 1508
It is so simple...just to be walking and talking, living and breathing, life is good! It's great to be alive! When people tell me life stinks, I ask them "Compared to what?"
We all have many things to be thankful for, although we sometimes do not remember them! We sometimes get caught up in ... Views: 6598
The Spiritual Warrior
In the best selling book The Four Agreements, don Miguel Ruiz gives four principles to practice in order to create love and happiness in your life. Adopting and committing to these agreements is simple. Actually living and keeping these four agreements can be one of the ... Views: 1386
Whether it is on the field of professional sport or in the Buddhist temple, you will find exponents of the art of mindfulness. Mindfulness - the exact opposite of mindlessness - is the only key you need to unlock a life of peace, calm and effortless success. Doesn't matter what kind of success ... Views: 1317
"Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - the risk to be alive and express what we really are.” - Don Miguel Ruiz
Wouldn’t it be wonderful have a fool proof strategy for getting unstuck and moving forward again whenever you find yourself in the ... Views: 3507
There is a popular belief that has been misinterpreted, misunderstood and, I believe, misused. The mind is a powerful tool, allowing us to co-create with life. And while the mind is powerfully creative, we do not live in a vacuum. We cannot know what lessons we are here to learn, or to help ... Views: 2407
Yes, you read that right! “What will be my Valentine?”
We usually ask, “Who will be my Valentine?” - which can bring up a myriad of uncomfortable answers, particularly if you are single.
Those who are in a romantic relationship tend to think romance is a ‘shoe in’. Wait a minute – is it? ... Views: 773
« I am the actor of my life.
However, I know the script but I've forgotten my vibrator! »
(copyright Jenni Parker-Brown
Leaning towards our dreams is a balancing act. Similar to a dancer spinning towards a victorious arabesque, if we dance too fast and without direction, when we lift ... Views: 1364
A compassionate body/breath practitioner said to me today that she felt the common definition of "perfection" was very constrained. I had been a recipient of her work as we shared some observations and questions about the nature of perfection.
What had come up for me a few minutes earlier as ... Views: 821
In yoga, we learn to tune into our breathing and let our bodies expand and contract around the breath. And the only way to stay healthy is to allow our breathing to be steady, consistent and natural. If we hold the breath in, or out, we cut ourselves off from life source energy. So the ... Views: 3091
How a simple reversal of perspective will give you the life you desire.
But first I have to share a word with you that is so significant to our health and happiness it is the only key to our personal joy and to the flourishing of the Earth and the Universe she rests in. So mystical is this ... Views: 1012
Have you ever had an experience where you said, "Wow, what a coincidence." Maybe it was more. Maybe it was a synchronicity. Let me explain through a Jungian perspective.
Carl Jung, the prominent Swiss psychiatrist, believed synchronicity meant 'more than a coincidence.' Jung, the thinker ... Views: 6050