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- Living a Life On Purpose! - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2010 from Diane YoungHave you stopped to wonder how you can get off the Hamster Wheel of working a job you don't love, with people who you cannot relate to, in a business that has no meaning for you? How can you get off this hamster wheel and start to live a life filled with happiness, purpose and freedom, and be ...
Views: 1770(1 vote) - Is There Life After the Kids Have Launched? - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2011 from Estra RoellThis is the time of year when many of you have dropped the last child off at college. Many feelings are no doubt swirling around inside you. You may feel proud of your child and excited about the new possibilities that await him or her. You may also be feeling anxious about your child's ...
Views: 3796(1 vote) - Do You Want To Discover Your Divine Destiny? - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2010 from Matthew FlintonHave you ever wondered what your life’s purpose is? Have you ever become frustrated with your current lot in life and said… there’s got to be more to life than this? Have you ever just stopped and asked yourself… why are so many people around me living lives of happiness, fulfillment, and ...
Views: 1583(2 votes) - THE QUANTUM LEAP TO BEING by Parisha Taylor - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2010 from Parisha taylorWe are becoming a totally transformed evolved Being. Different from the step-by-step practices and processes that keep us spinning in our denials, the accelerated pace at which we are moving today it is a leap into transformation that is called the Quantum Leap of consciousness. There are many ...
Views: 1327(1 vote) - An Old Woman and Her Granddaughter - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2010 from Parisha taylorOn a mountain, in a forest, there sat an Old Woman and her Granddaughter… They await the Sunrise. The valley and meadows below them are covered by a blanket of mist. Each tree and blade of grass is adorned by dew drops, like pure diamonds. Every creature of the Great Earth Mother awaits the ...
Views: 2361(3 votes) - Every Behavior Has a Positive Intention - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2010 from Charles BenderWhy drilling down to a behavior's true purpose changes everything One of the most powerful NLP presuppositions is that every behavior has a positive intention. This does not imply that everything that a person does is 100 % positive - that would be utter denial of the truth - this presupposition ...
Views: 4233(1 vote) - Law of Gratitude - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2010 from Jim PhillipsThe law of gratitude is much like the law of gravity in that we know it exists, we know to a certain degree what it is, we know that it is at work whether we are consciously aware of it or not. We don’t have to think about gravity to know that it keeps planets in alignment and us on the face of ...
Views: 1808(3 votes) - Money is the Root of Transformation - by Submitted on Sep 03, 2010 from John GilmoreWhen I was younger I thought that making money was all that counted. I was making my way through college and graduate school with plans to begin to save, invest, become a millionaire by 30 and then live the life. This never happened. On the way I had a motorcycle accident that almost killed ...
Views: 1746(2 votes) - Love Is The Maximum Nourishment For Growth - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2010 from Luminita Saviuc“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always ...
Views: 1783(1 vote) - Why you should write your life story - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2010 from Lindsey DawsonListen. There is no such thing as an ordinary life. Think of your own moments of high drama. Take any room full of people, or a busload, or just a group of villagers at a community meeting around a battered dining table, and every single person there will have a powerful story inside them. ...
Views: 1049(1 vote) - Elvis Presley's Inner Spiritual Voyage - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2011 from Larry GellerElvis Presley's Inner Spiritual Voyage Millions of words have been written about the turbulent and legendary life and career of Elvis Presley: from his humble birth and extremely poor early days in a tiny wooden shotgun two-room house in Tupelo, Mississippi; to his musical beginnings as a ...
Views: 4057(2 votes) - When Higher and Lower Consciousness Collide - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2010 from Tomar LevineWe have within us two very different sources of direction, guidance, or operating instructions, that tell us very different things – opposite things. Our “lower self” or ego-mind tells us to stay safe, that we’re in danger, that it’s not good to take risks; it tells us why we can’t really ...
Views: 1383 - BRINGING FORTH YOUR DIVA DIVINITY - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2010 from Jo Anne MeekinsA Diva defined has mixed connotations both positive and negative, depending on how one thinks of themselves and expresses those thoughts to others in words and actions. Webster’s Dictionary defines Diva as Prima Donna [Italian – goddess; Latin – divine, god]. Prima Donna is defined as a ...
Views: 2914 - A Universe on a Journey - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2010 from David Robert OrdFrom the minute to the mammoth, order emerges spontaneously in the Universe. The natural state of things is to pull everything toward patterns. It works a lot like a magnetic field. If you put a magnet under a glass table and move it around, iron filings scattered on top of the glass line up ...
Views: 1243(2 votes) - How on Earth Did We Get Here? - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2010 from David Robert OrdIf there’s a God, why doesn’t this God just appear on television and spell out how we came into being and why we’re here? It would seem a simple enough miracle for the kind of being most imagine God to be. Are we the product of seven days of creation, as millions believe? Or, as Richard ...
Views: 1462(1 vote) - It's All About Love - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2010 from David SamuelIt is clear that an accepted belief these days is that all is love. That all things exist because of love. In Sufism, we say that God is love and out of God’s love all things have come into being. So nothing exists save love. It is also commonly accepted that very few people know true love ...
Views: 1764(1 vote) - Do Your Instructions Come From Your Higher or Lower Self? - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2010 from Tomar LevineDo you ever have a longing to do something wonderful but you can’t get started? Or you start but get stuck? Why do you some days feel expansive and full of trust and confidence, but the next day you don’t want to crawl out of bed? These inconsistencies happen to all of us. But why? The ...
Views: 1269(1 vote) - ITS A WONDERFUL WORLD - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2012 from MOSHOOD OLATUNJIGod created apple not apple juice. Although he has created everything in the world perfectly, but he wants us to think so, he left some things undone. He left those things undone so that the wise among us will find life as easier as possible. He created tree not table, chair or sofa. There is a ...
Views: 710 - RESURRECTING YOUR DREAM - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2010 from Jo Anne MeekinsRESURRECTION IS A LIFESTYLE - LIVE IT! Are you suffering from the heart sickness of a dream deferred? If so, the resurrection of your hope is at hand. Resurrection is not limited to the Easter season; it can be an everyday experience as in the motto coined by the St. Paul Community Baptist ...
Views: 1590(6 votes) - THE PROCESS AND PROMISE OF PURSUING YOUR PASSION - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2010 from Jo Anne MeekinsDREAM AGAIN Have you identified your talents, gifts, and abilities? Is there an activity that fills you with joy and motivates you to engage in out of sheer pleasure? Do you have a strong liking for or a deep interest in anything in particular? Has God sowed a vision in the core of your ...
Views: 1886 - Happiness - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2010 from Sneha RamjiWhat is happiness? Why is it so elusive ? Is there a secret that happy people are keeping to themselves? For some happiness may mean winning the lottery, getting the woman/man of your dreams, watching your children grow up , listening to your favourite song, sitting on the beach watching ...
Views: 898(1 vote) - The Garden of Eden - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2010 from Wendy ZelleaThere is a world where life is good and all is well and it is right here on earth. It exists beyond a thin, transparent veil of conscious perception that, in spite of its fragility, has power greater than a thick lead wall to those who live within it. We, who reside outside the veil, walk ...
Views: 1072 - What is Life Between Lives Regression? - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2021 from Eli BliliuosThere are those who believe that before we came into this physical body, we were part of the energy and love that exists in the spirit world. We were souls that had access to the limitless love and knowledge that's available in that realm. But we eventually made a decision to come back into the ...
Views: 2913(1 vote) - Blooming At Midlife - How the Recession Can Help You Bloom - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2010 from Tomar LevineIs it possible to expand when the world is contracting? To bloom in a time of drought? I propose that it is! With the world in crisis and the economy in turmoil, you can flower and even flourish. I suggest that the very upheaval the world is going through can even help you flourish! Four ...
Views: 1395(1 vote) - Life's Purpose - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2010 from Sneha RamjiDo you ever wonder how you fit in to the universe and why amongst millions and millions of people why you are here? How do you stand out? How do you make a difference? Also how do you measure your contribution? Is it enough to touch one person’s life, 10 people’s life, a 100 or do you have ...
Views: 1089(1 vote) - If Today was Your Last Day - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Krystal KuehnIt's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth -- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up -- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had. ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross We all have just one life to live. We ...
Views: 3668(4 votes) - Being The Change - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Erica BoersmaStep #4 ~ Being The Change What do I believe in? What are my desires? What stage am I at in my evolution? Life knows no boundaries except for the ones we impose according to what we are accepting and believing. We can at any moment, move around what is manifesting in our lives by ...
Views: 2098(3 votes) - How to Follow Your Desires - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2012 from Leanna Fredrich“To understand the magical nature of the mind is to acquire awesome power. It is to understand that at every moment of our lives, we have the power to accomplish everything we want.” Deepak Chopra We come this way but once. We can either tiptoe through life and hope that we get to death ...
Views: 2142 - How to define Your Life Purpose? - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2010 from Iona MeadeWhat’s the best way to define your life purpose? Your purpose is unique, is your definition of how to define your Life Purpose, different from others? I was in conversation on Skype with a dear friend last week, who said she had done some guided meditation to get clarity on her life purpose, ...
Views: 2519(1 vote) - Midlife Women: Are You Ready to Bloom? - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2010 from Tomar LevineI speak to many women who sigh with recognition when I mention that my work is to help women bloom at midlife. “Oh, I could use that!” they’ll say wistfully. Usually they tell me a bit about their story. And it usually follows a familiar pattern, one of several scenarios that I realize ...
Views: 2367(2 votes) - Passions are Clue's to your Life Purpose - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2010 from Bambi CorsoHave you ever had someone ask you if you knew what your life's purpose was and felt completely stumped? I certainly have, it just sounded so daunting and so big that all I could say was, "Oh gosh if only I knew! I've been trying to figure that out for years!" But when asked what I was ...
Views: 3015(5 votes) - Do We Plan Our Lives Before We're Born? - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2010 from Robert SchwartzMay 7, 2003. I remember that day well, because it was the day on which my life changed, the day that launched me on the path to writing the book Your Soul’s Plan: Discovering the Real Meaning of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born (www.yoursoulsplan.com). I was 40 at the time, ...
Views: 4773(5 votes) - Midlife is the Perfect Time to Bloom - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2010 from Tomar LevineI’m a late bloomer and a midlife bloomer, someone who only started fully blooming in the second half of life. That is why I am so passionate about helping other women bloom later in life. Because really, there is no age limit to what I mean by blooming. My concept of late blooming has changed ...
Views: 2695 - It's Your Life, So Follow Your Dreams - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2010 from Mary Jane Hurley BrantIt was 1992. Four years had lapsed since my daughter Katie's diagnosis of a brain tumor. She was now healthy and back working in New York City. Because my maternal stress levels were greatly relaxed, my professional dreams began to reemerge. It was time to think about making them come true. ...
Views: 3394(1 vote) - Making Love Work - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2010 from Dr. D. Ivan YoungManaging conflict is the foundation of a lasting relationship. There were many implications that support the hypothesis that positive affect and de-escalation are predictive of positive outcomes in any relationship, including marriage. To the extent that positive affect and de-escalation ...
Views: 4398(1 vote) - Courtesy vs. Honesty - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2010 from Saritza ZambranaYou might be agreeing with me if I ever told that honesty is the center of any personal success. All our relationship will be more productive and meaningful while we are truly honest. That is the stability and wellness that we usually are looking for in life. Courtesy is just another ...
Views: 4176(6 votes) - A Success Story - Letting go to succeed! - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2010 from Peter GFailure is something we all face in our lives. I've sure had my share. I remember in the mid-1990s, I had worked myself all the way from a sales person to Marketing Director to COO of a thriving company - only to discover that I really did not like that position. So I did something radical. I ...
Views: 3012(2 votes) - Give Love to Other People - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2010 from Angelene O'ReillyI personally feel much more content and happy with myself when I am sharing love with others. There is not enough love giving in our world I am noticing more and more everyday. Why is this happening? I have seen many articles written on love and most of them either revolve around religion or ...
Views: 4649(2 votes) - Give and Fill Your Jar! - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2010 from Saritza ZambranaI feel so much curiosity when people describe themselves as "giving persons". And there is a question that seems to be out of sight. And that question is: what is it you give? The same thing occurs every time a leader describes himself as a committed person. And then their results show a ...
Views: 1693(8 votes) - Minister Ordination as a Means of Spiritual Growth - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2011 from R ZorgerEverything happens for a reason. Most people have an unfilled sense of longing for something they just can never quite put their finger on. Our modern world is so full of technological distractions that it becomes nearly impossible to hear the inner voice that comes from somewhere deep inside ...
Views: 4880(2 votes) - In Search Of True Friendship - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2010 from Greg AllenThe passing of a relative made the thought of inward examination all too evident - funerals have a way of doing that. The words, "What if?" were a constant pry upon my mind for days. "How old will I be when I go?" A probe of, "What will it be like when the end comes?" spun around in my head ...
Views: 2066(1 vote) - How Much Do You Know About Life? - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2010 from Jimm YimThe more I learn about life’s connection with the universe, I am starting to appreciate and love the way it is designed. Life is a wide issue that if I were to compare my understanding with God or Buddha, I will be a laughing stock. Nevertheless, Life is always simple. It is just that we tend ...
Views: 2081 - Theory of KyuShinDo - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2010 from Derek EastmanThe Theory of KYU – SHIN – DO ...and more precisely what it isn’t !! Kenshiro Abbe Sensei 1915 – 1985 by Henry Ellis Kyu = Desire – Yearn – Sphere – Circle – Search – Study. Shin = Heart – New – Spirit – True – To be true to ones self. Do = Way or Path , a way of life or ...
Views: 2990 - DON’T GROW OLD, JUST GROW - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2010 from Susan (Teacher Su) McKenzieI wish someone had told me this when I was in my 20s: Don’t grow old, just grow. But whatever age you currently are – there is still time to just grow. SEEING INTO THE FUTURE As you get older you won’t look the same. In fact, if you look at your parents and grandparents you will know in ...
Views: 2532(1 vote) - The Self-- what it is - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2010 from Shaun Johnston“Make your self comfortable.” “Suit your self.” Even “Self growth”--we use the word “self” a lot but does anyone know what it means? Christians think they do. They say God gives it to them, it’s like the soul, it’s what God gives people at birth so they can choose freely whether or not to ...
Views: 1809(2 votes) - Past Life Regression- A Meditation - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2010 from Peter DoldingPast Lives - we have all had them - some more than others, yet the fact remains we all have some experience of lives before this one. All of us have at least some Karmic Debt that is still playing out in our lives today, sometimes it is also useful to understand what that debt is and why you ...
Views: 1492(2 votes) - The AB of Natural Health - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2010 from Wendy WilksWith so many different herbs and supplements available, the question naturally arise, "Where do I begin?" Like the song in the film The sound of Music suggest, it is always good to "start at the very beginning." Reading begins with the ABCs and singing begins with Do Re Me. Likewise natural ...
Views: 1672(2 votes) - What You Seek is Not in the Yellow Pages - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2010 from David SamuelIn the search for what excites you in life, there is no thing to do or possess, no place to go, nothing at all that can replace the essential need and ultimate foundation of good companionship to make life in general more interesting and satisfying. Certainly, we can be very happy alone, and ...
Views: 2172(3 votes) - Suppression and Expression - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2010 from Mary Lee LaBayIn Awareness Engineering™ we have a saying that there is more energy held in suppression than in expression. By this it is meant that when we hold back from living life fully, from fulfilling our dreams, and being true to ourselves, we expend much more energy than when we flow with our gifts and ...
Views: 1716(1 vote) - Stuck in Grief - You and Your loved one who passed over. - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2010 from Wendy AGrief is yours to own, and no one will ever expect you to forget your grief. Grief cannot just be cured or dismissed, as the hurt surrounding grief is there because of your connection with the loved one you lost. Grief can keep time standing still, and it is very common for people to not want ...
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