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- The Biggest Avatar Course in the World, Part I - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2010 from Christopher BurbridgeThe biggest Avatar® course to date is starting on Saturday July 4th, the date of the United States’ Independence Day. Hundreds of people will fly from all over the world–from Korea, Japan, Taiwan, from Holland, Germany, Brazil–and many, many other countries, speaking many ...
Views: 1137 - The Vaster Consciousness Provides A Firm Foundation For Mental Peace - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2013 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranIt is interesting to note the way in which we cognize things and come up with feelings and emotion with respect to various items in the world. Understanding these from a wider field of Consciousness leads to confidence and peace. When our awareness expands, there is the freedom to observe and ...
Views: 1137(3 votes) - Fire your client! - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2012 from mandie crawfordWhat do you mean, fire the client? It seems hard enough to find a client – now you want to fire them? However many people take on just any client because they think that they must - to stay in business. But not every client is the right client. How can there be a wrong client? A good ...
Views: 1136 - The Body Keeps The Score - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2018 from Irving SchattnerThe body is a magnificent creation. It lets us know when we’re feeling well, and when things are off kilter. If we take good care of it, most likely it will take good care of us. If we abuse or ignore what it is telling us, we fail to recognize the message(s) it is trying to ...
Views: 1136(1 vote) - After You Get Everything You Want, What Else Is There Left to Want? - by Submitted on May 05, 2018 from Rossana SneeHave you ever wanted something so badly that your days and nights were spent dreaming about it? No matter what you were doing, your thoughts would eventually travel back to that “thing” you coveted. Then the day would finally come—the Day of Acquisition. You felt beyond excited. There were no ...
Views: 1135 - Are some things getting better? - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2015 from Rick HansonThere are always things that are getting worse. For example, over the past year, you probably know someone who has become unemployed or ill or both, and there's more carbon in the atmosphere inexorably heating up the planet. But if you don't recognize what's improving in your own life, then ...
Views: 1135 - 4 ACMPR Secrets for Cannabis Growing in Canada - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2019 from Helena ParkerGrowing weed in Canada has never been easier; recreational cannabis laws now state that within every household there can be 4 homegrown cannabis plants. If you want to truly reap the benefits of growing your own weed, the best way to do that is by getting your ACMPR Health Canada ...
Views: 1134 - A wrong step has not been taken-Behind it is aptness - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaOnly God is innocent and beyond illusion. Yet it is my good fortune that in this life such situations have not occurred wherein I had to walk against the direction of ideals and spiritual values. Human beings generally imbibe the wrong path and actions due to delusion and greed. Between these 2 ...
Views: 1134(1 vote) - Dear Dr. Romance: I have no support structure - by Submitted on May 22, 2016 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I am 48 years of age, never married but would definitely like to. I am doing the online dating thing for a while now and so far no success. I am currently speaking to a gentleman who lives in another state; but given he is currently a pilot he ...
Views: 1134(1 vote) - The Power of Perceptions - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2012 from Harrish SairamanThe roles of perceptions in our life are not only scientific but also spiritual. On one level, as I speak in my workshops, perceptions are like our inner lenses and what we see outside is a reflection of what is inside. SO, if you see and experience issues in your life, there is an issue inside ...
Views: 1134(3 votes) - Turn Those Wrongs Into Rights - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Kimberley CohenI'm sure you've had those days, weeks, months, or even years where things seem to be going wrong. You might start to believe that they aren't going to get any better or may never change, right? Wrong. Sometimes situations can't be changed, but how we view them can. When you can turn ...
Views: 1134 - Meditation and Happiness - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2010 from karen Hood-CaddyMost of us think of happiness as something that just happens. Or doesn't. But recent studies are showing that happiness can actually be learned. How? Through meditation. Dr. Richard J. Davidson, PhD, who teaches at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been using brain imaging to ...
Views: 1133(1 vote) - Ring the Bells That Can Ring: The Only New Years Resolution You Will Ever Need! - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2012 from bud inzerRing the Bells That Can Ring The Only New Years Resolution You Will Ever Need! by Bud Inzer Not long ago my wife brought home a DVD of Leonard Cohen in concert in London from our local library. She has the knack of picking up books and movies that speak to me even though I myself would not ...
Views: 1133(2 votes) - The New Year—A Blank Piece of Paper Awaiting Your Inspiration - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2013 from Kathy GottbergAs a writer, it’s easy for me to imagine each New Year as a blank piece of paper awaiting my inspiration. But when you think about it, that metaphor actually works for everyone. Every year we all have the potential to start over with a story—our personal story for sure—and any other story we ...
Views: 1133(3 votes) - Are You Feeling Unneeded Pain? - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2018 from Rick HansonPainful experiences range from subtle discomfort to extreme anguish - and there is a place for them. Sorrow can open the heart, anger can highlight injustices, fear can alert you to real threats, and remorse can help you take the high road next time. But is there really any shortage of ...
Views: 1132 - Make Discipline in Life and Avoid Nightmare - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2010 from Alan J SmithDreams leave hope on our mind; it gives way of further life. That’s why someone said one beautiful line about dream “If somebody has not dreams, it means they are not alive”. But other side of coins is bad dreams which caught into fear, anxiety and distress. Some time you wake up in night in ...
Views: 1131(3 votes) - The Heart in Five-Part Harmony - by As February is the “month of Love” (or so Hallmark would have us believe on Valentine’s Day), I wondered what love would look like in Five-Part Harmony. The Five-Part Harmony Model of Health includes the physical, mental, emotional, Spiritual and energetic aspects of healthy being, and posits ...
Views: 1131(7 votes) - What's Left Out? - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2016 from Rick HansonWhen I look back on mistakes I've made - like dumping my anger on someone, making assumptions in haste, partying too much, losing my nerve, being afraid to speak from my heart - in all cases a part of me had taken over. You know what I mean. The parts of us that have a partial view, are driven ...
Views: 1130 - My Year of Crazy, Unbelievable Good Luck..... (Was it the Law of Attraction? You Decide!) - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2011 from Denise Duffield-ThomasThe last year and a half has been the luckiest and most amazing of my life so far. It also coincided with me experimenting with the Law of Attraction and other well-known personal development principles. In one year, I achieved some almost unbelievable goals and manifested almost £500,000 ...
Views: 1129(3 votes) - Head Injury: A Practical Guide: YOU ARE AN EXPERT ALREADY - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Craig LockArticle Title: Head Injury: A Practical Guide: YOU ARE AN EXPERT ALREADY Author: Trevor Powell Submitted by: Craig Lock Category (key words): head injury, brain injury, neuro-psychology, Web site: http://www.headway.org.uk Other articles on this subject are available at: ...
Views: 1127(4 votes) - Is the Time of Learning Over? - by Submitted on Jan 25, 2021 from Rev. Tony PonticelloOn October 1, 2017, Rev. Tony Ponticello gave a talk to those assembled at the Community Miracles Center Sunday Gathering in San Francisco, California. Below is a lightly edited transcription of that talk. Welcome back everybody! Thank you so much for joining us again. Welcome everybody who ...
Views: 1127 - Three Simple Steps to Become More Balanced in Life - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2012 from JoAnne Ceccarelli-EganNature abhors a vacuum and I do too. In the spirit of generosity and kindness, as soon as I have some free time, I volunteer to do a deed. As these commitments accumulate, I find myself out of balance. There is little time for me to do what I really want to do and I begin to feel angry and ...
Views: 1127 - ***One More Way To Be Happy In The Now- Dreaming Of Department Stores - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2008 from Barbara Becker HolsteinOvercoming adversity and creating a happy life sometimes requires great work on our parts. Sometimes to live a life worth living and to experience more positive emotions and to have a sense of mental wellness we have to climb mountains in terms of efforts to feel good. But thankfully, for most ...
Views: 1126(2 votes) - Are You Exaggerating Sticks While Downplaying Carrots? - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2017 from Rick Hanson"Tell the truth." It's the foundation of science, ethics, and relationships. But we have a brain that evolved to tell lies to help us survive. As I've written before, over several hundred million years our ancestors: Had to avoid two kinds of mistakes: thinking there's a tiger in the ...
Views: 1126 - Could it crack? - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2015 from Rick HansonThe truth of anything is like a mosaic with many tiles, many parts. One part of the truth of things is that they are robust and enduring, whether it's El Capitan in Yosemite or the love of a child for her mother and father. Another part of the truth is that things bruise, tear, erode, ...
Views: 1126 - The Top Ten Things You Should Never Say to a Person With Generalized Anxiety - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2013 from Dennis SimsekThere are some things that you just need to hold back from saying when it comes to communicating effectively with someone with an anxiety disorder. Although anxious people hear these kinds of comments and questions quite often, they don't get any easier to hear as time goes by. If you are part ...
Views: 1126 - The Why, How, Where and When of Meditation! - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2011 from Ralf FritzingerNamaste beloved Reader! My warmest greetings to you on this wonderful day of our Lord! Today I have for you some vital information about one of the spiritual exercises of the soul -Meditation. Often, for lack of knowledge and insufficient experience we are not clear enough about ...
Views: 1126(2 votes) - Use the Mind/Body Connection to Conquer Challenges - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Pamela TurnerWe all have a physical body, emotional body and mental body and they all influence each other. I’m sure you’ve had the experience where alot of mental stress (mental) makes your irritable (emotional) and exhausted (physical), or when eating too much sugar (physical) and made you feel agitated ...
Views: 1126(4 votes) - A Guide to Parenting While You Sleep -Sleeping Angels - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2009 from Eric WhalleyI have spent weeks creating my site and thinking of things to write. So many ideas, but which to do first? Then I had a revelation... I was sitting down after dinner to watch the news when this lady from Queensland came on. She is the mother of four children, and she was having some ...
Views: 1125(2 votes) - Seeking Balance - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2020 from Paul DunionSeeking Balance Paul Dunion What is balance? Is it a good thing? If so, how is it acquired? Before addressing psychological balance, let’s explore the analogy of physical balance. We say that if you can stand on one foot while holding the other foot uplifted, you have ...
Views: 1125 - Can You Be With The Whole Of Your Psyche? - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2017 from Rick HansonWhen you're young, the territory of the psyche is like a vast estate, with rolling hills, forests and plains, swamps and meadows. So many things can be experienced, expressed, wanted, and loved. But as life goes along, most people pull back from major parts of their psyche. Perhaps a swamp of ...
Views: 1124 - Learn How you can Cut back Hypertension Utilizing Brainwave Entrainment - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2011 from Daniel StithNowadays, hypertension or hypertension has grew to become an necessary drawback in our society. Social stress makes us more stressed and unhealthy meals contributes to be liable to excessive blood pressure. Normally medical doctors suggest a change on weight loss plan, a reduction within the ...
Views: 1124 - 3 Simple But Powerful Ways on How to Stop Thinking Negatively - by Submitted on May 26, 2011 from Rhod JonesIn life, it is inevitable to go through hardships. That is part of life that a person has to go through in order to continue living and to become stronger. Having said that, people tend to think negatively of life in general because of the hardships they encounter. Just like how inevitable ...
Views: 1123(1 vote) - A Powerful Concept to Alter Children’s Behavior - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2017 from Gary Direnfeldhere is a Jewish word that doesn’t translate directly into English, but it informs my attitude to people who have undergone hardship and need help. Translated, the word is a hybrid of several concepts, not standing alone on any one, but really the combination of all. The concepts or words ...
Views: 1123 - Awareness - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2016 from Charlie MooreAre you aware of your awareness? I call it room awareness. I sold Time Share for years and we would train our Sales People about room awareness. If you ever been to a Time Share Presentation you know that everyone sits in the same room at different tables and each table is close to every other ...
Views: 1123 - Healing and Awareness Are Vital for Your Personal Growth - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2012 from Doron GilIt is likely that you, as a grown-up – like so many others - probably have some unfinished businesses to take care of, be it relationships issues, unfulfilled career opportunities, as well as unresolved parents-children issues (with your own parents and/or own children). Taking time to heal ...
Views: 1123(2 votes) - Speak to children at their level - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2016 from Monty RitchingsThe other day I was relaxing at the local pool when I witnessed a really special event that unfolded in front of me. A young man was sitting in the hot tub with his 5 year old son. It was obvious they had a really special relationship as they chatted in the warm water. While they chatted, ...
Views: 1123 - D Is For Define - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2011 from Sara DillingerI heard a segment of a program about branding on NPR this morning when I drove over to feed my daughter’s cat. In this brief snippet, the host and his guest were talking about “sheeple”, that is, people who will follow the crowd, the style, the latest fad like sheep going to ...
Views: 1122 - How to Experience Awakening and Enlightenment - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2011 from Bob WaxmanThe spiritual concepts of "Awakening" and "Enlightenment" connote the continuous realization that you are an eternal being who is on an unending spiritual journey. It comes from a deeper knowing that the real you is beyond the body and mind. It is the process of celebrating every moment of the ...
Views: 1122(11 votes) - VARIOUS MOVEMENTS AND AGITATIONS SEEN FOR WOMEN’S AWAKENING - by Submitted on Dec 25, 2012 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaEfforts have always been made for women’s awakening and freedom. Since this question arose regarding human rights these sparks were seen in many countries of the world. The medium may have been some female, yet this forest for engulfed the entire world. As a result of this at least today she ...
Views: 1122(1 vote) - Do You Need A Counselor or a Coach? - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2011 from Lita PernaIn the movie, Forrest Gump, Forrest quotes his mother, who said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get." I don't know about you, but I'd like to have some idea about what I'm going to get. Life is rarely as sweet as a box of chocolates, and it can be a ...
Views: 1121(3 votes) - A Life Changing Diagnosis - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2013 from Joanne DufaultTwo years ago, my life changed dramatically. Although I was diagnosed with a life-long neurological disorder for which there is no cure and no hope for a cure during my lifetime, my life is better than it was before the diagnosis. Of course, you are wondering HOW my life could be ...
Views: 1120(3 votes) - Out of Darkness Into Light Part 2 - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2011 from Daniel ToopsThe first thing you can work on to make the coming year a great one, is your belief system. Your belief system has the power to create and destroy your life. The way you view life and everything in it (people, events, information, circumstances) is all interpreted by your belief system. So, if ...
Views: 1120 - Pain Control and Self-Hypnosis - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2011 from Dion DalyHypnosis has and is still being utilized for all kinds of various reasons. Did you know that it can also be a helpful technique for pain control? Hypnosis is just another technique you can use to rid your body of pain by employing numerous hypnotic methods, that stops the pain indicators from ...
Views: 1120 - The Path to Fulfillment - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2011 from Nova ReedThe Path to Fulfillment By Nova Reed, MA, CLC Are you searching for happiness, or yearning for more out of life and your relationships? An eternal desire exists within all of us, the universal quest for fulfillment: the feeling of having a “full” and satisfying life filled with joy and ...
Views: 1120(4 votes) - Joy Is Where You Find It: Inspirational Movies - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2012 from Charles SteedInspiration is where you find it. Sometimes that’s in the movies. My favorite theme for both books and film is what I refer to as passing the torch. It’s pretty simple actually. You can identify a passing the torch story because by the end of the movie one character is far better off as a ...
Views: 1119(2 votes) - Rejecting Our Real Life - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from Lene StJohn“One’s real life is so often the life that one does not lead.” -Oscar Wilde My perception of “one’s real life” is that of the life that was intended before conception. We are all on this earth with an innate purpose. That purpose is what was meant to guide our path. The innate empowerment ...
Views: 1119 - 3 Ways To Awaken to the Joy of Living - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2011 from Jennifer Urezzio1. Remove the Blame If you are living in blame, guess what? You are living way below your happiness level. How do you shift the blame? Take responsibility for your participation in your life, forgive yourself, and be open to feeling the joy. 2. Enjoy Every Moment Mad, the cat, never ...
Views: 1118(2 votes) - Learning Unconditional Acceptance - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2014 from Womens Recreation, Inc.Accept me as I am; whatever my faults may be, my weaknesses and my strengths. Like me and love me unconditionally. The old is the old, change has taken place, and time has put a divider in between friends. Learn to look through new eyes, a new perspective, and with new hope. Look through ...
Views: 1118 - 3 Ways To Step Out In Front - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2011 from Jennifer UrezzioWe often play hide and go seek with our lives: hiding from what we desire, hiding from our life purpose, and/or hiding from ourselves. This tip is to help you stop hiding and move out in front. 1. Acceptance This week, I was speaking with a client who said, “I want to be out in the ...
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