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- Blame - by Submitted on Jan 22, 2010 from Lisa PhillipsYou might not wish to hear this but, YOU are responsible for much of what is happening in your life and your life, is your responsibility! Unfortunately, nobody is coming to save you! In all situations in life, you have the freedom and choice to choose how you will react and what actions you ...
Views: 1554(3 votes) - Change and Personal Growth—See Yourself and Your World in a New Way through Science and Nature - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2011 from Dr. Mary Beth FordA basic principle of life is change and growth. Science tells us: Nothing stays the same. The flower bud changes and blooms into its own colorful expression. Like the bud, our own creative expression needs time for inner growth. We change and grow from the inside out. Inner growth leads us ...
Views: 2057(3 votes) - Coming Out of the Darkness - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2009 from Keli WoodyI am not here to tell my life story, explain all the mistakes I have made (which have been many), or to drag on and on about everything I have been diagnosed with. I am simply here to tell how I overcame the hurt, the pain, the addiction, and everything else that has, in the past, been put on ...
Views: 1297(3 votes) - Confidence And Believing In Yourself - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2011 from Adam BenedettoA lack of confidence is caused by the idea that we need something more to be who we are. Yet we already are everything we are meant to be. The lack of confidence comes from not believing this. It is seeing yourself through clouded eyes and not believing in your potential as it already is. ...
Views: 1269(3 votes) - Conscious Clarity using Relaxation and Visualization - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2010 from Lauren LarsenRelaxation and visualization are natural skills you can use every day. The ability to relax the body has many benefits such as strengthening your meditation practices, releasing constant thoughts, improving sleep patterns, reducing stress and negative emotions. The techniques below will assist ...
Views: 2774(3 votes) - CROHN'S DISEASE - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2011 from margareth garnier simonCROHN’S DISEASE If you are diagnosed with CROHN’S, relax! You are not sick; you are allergic to several foods. When you eat foods that your body rejects, the whole digestive tract (from the mouth to the anus) targets itself for destruction. The problem is that you do not necessarily know ...
Views: 2481(3 votes) - Daily Affirmative Prayer - I Have Complete Control Over My Own Thoughts - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2009 from Gayle Dillon“I Have Complete Control Over My Own Thoughts... You can find yourself in an endless loop where you explain that you feel negative because of the negative behavior of someone else. But if, instead, you take control of your own emotions and you think an improved thought because it feels better to ...
Views: 2129(3 votes) - Finding Your Life Purpose in Three Easy Steps - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2010 from Aaron WhistonEach day is a rewarding, exciting journey when you are living from a center of purpose and meaning. And the following article makes finding your life purpose simple and fun. Today more than ever people are interested in connecting with a sense of purpose. As a species we are no longer happy ...
Views: 1223(3 votes) - How to Be Spiritually Full - Understanding Part of the Whole and Not Separate - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2009 from Cindy L. HerbFeeling empty or spiritually unfulfilled How many of you often feel empty, or spiritually unfulfilled, as though something is missing, despite going to church on a regular basis? Have you found that you have drifted from one church or religion to another, searching for one that can meet your ...
Views: 3231(3 votes) - Life force and the Anatomy of Power - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2009 from Rev. Keith HallStoring Life Force What makes the third chakra and its emotions and agendas so powerful is, well, power. Power in the sense of the pure life force stored in this area. The third chakra is like a battery; life force is stored as potential. This energy is rarely stored as true potential, in the ...
Views: 1513(3 votes) - To Understand Yourself, Understand Your Problems - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2009 from Albert GaroliSometimes, we can feel overwhelmed by life, feeling as though small problems are bigger than they should be or that we lose control of ourselves and the outcomes we wish to achieve. Whether it’s based on a bad day or a bad year, the solutions are always easier than they seem and yet we fail to ...
Views: 3682(9 votes) - Worry Never Works - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2009 from Mike RobbinsI was talking to a friend of mine last week and she said, “If worrying worked, I’d weigh 115 pounds and be a millionaire by now.” I laughed out loud – appreciating her humor and insight. Worrying, which is something I’ve spent and wasted a lot of time and energy on throughout my life, never ...
Views: 1325(3 votes) - Worry Warts and the Church Camp from Hell - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2009 from Jake CameronMany years ago (and I mean MANY), I decided at the young age of 19 that I was going to be bonified Church Youth Director and felt "called" to do so. I talked with my preacher and he set me up with a small church across town as their new Youth Director and offered to pay me a whopping 15 dollars ...
Views: 575(3 votes) - Zero-Based Gratitude - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2009 from Jonathan HuieThere are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. - Albert Einstein Perhaps you have heard of zero-based budgeting as a technique for governments, businesses, and occasionally individuals. Zero-based ...
Views: 2685(3 votes) - "A COURSE IN MIRACLES" SAVED MY LIFE - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Bettina Sparkles Obernuefemann“A COURSE IN MIRACLES-ACIM” SAVED MY LIFE! Bettina “Sparkles” Obernuefemann 7-27-2009 Most of us who have continued our commitment to studying the “A Course in Miracles.” are by its nature inspired to extend God’s Love in various forms. To express this, I have chosen to write some articles ...
Views: 3955(4 votes) - ***HAPPINESS VS. DENIAL - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2011 from James RobinsonA student asked me a very good question the other day, and I had to think awhile before I responded. It is a question that many people never ask themselves and as a result miss an opportunity to apply some very important teachings. The question was “how do I know whether I am happy or just in ...
Views: 3304(4 votes) - 4 Ways to Finding Purpose in Life - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2009 from Stephen MartileFinding purpose in life gives you direction and guidance. It channels inner forces and energy to overcome outer circumstances and conditions. It’s at the crux of leading your life, instead of having life lead you. Are you doing what you love? Are you living on purpose? Here are 4 ways to ...
Views: 1629(4 votes) - Emotional Stability in the Observer - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2009 from Alan AWe possess an ability to observe what is happening in our own body and mind. Whether this observer is in our minds or somehow separate, it can observe the mind itself. There are our thoughts and that which is aware of our thoughts. There are our feelings and that which is aware of our feelings. ...
Views: 3099(4 votes) - Mastering the Law of Attraction – The Greatest Secret - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2010 from Rishan BMaybe you are asking yourself why until now you have not manifested what you really want the most yet. Probably you are already doubting that you are ever going to have it. Here is the Attracting Abundance Blueprint, yours for the taking! People who are adept at using the Law of Attraction ...
Views: 912(4 votes) - Mastering the Law of Attraction – The Greatest Secret - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2010 from Rishan BMaybe you are asking yourself why until now you have not manifested what you really want the most yet. Probably you are already doubting that you are ever going to have it. Here is the Attracting Abundance Blueprint, yours for the taking! People who are adept at using the Law of Attraction ...
Views: 912(4 votes) - Mastering the Law of Attraction – The Greatest Secret - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2010 from Rishan BMaybe you are asking yourself why until now you have not manifested what you really want the most yet. Probably you are already doubting that you are ever going to have it. Here is the Attracting Abundance Blueprint, yours for the taking! People who are adept at using the Law of Attraction ...
Views: 912(4 votes) - Realizing We Are One - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2009 from Pat BenageThe third step on the path to becoming all that you are in this life, is realizing we are all one! I don’t just mean this in the way you might think. Realizing something is the act of making it real or manifesting it in your life. So, not only is this about understanding that we are all one, but ...
Views: 3377(4 votes) - Speaking Your Truth - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsHave you found yourself in a situation where you could not or did not speak your truth? You either said the wrong thing in anger or said nothing at all from fear? Have you ever asked yourself what you were really angry about or fearful of? So what if you said something that offended ...
Views: 725(4 votes) - The Counting Principle - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2010 from Nigel CoatesAs my friend re-filled his water bottle, he took a marble from one container and placed it into another. I asked what he was doing and he explained to me it was a part of the 'Counting Principle'. For every goal you can make quantifiable - you will be naturally driven to improve. I ...
Views: 2857(4 votes) - Get Clear With Yourself - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2010 from Lori FieldsDo You Suffer From Intention Deficit Disorder? Do you have moments where you aren’t quite sure where you’re going or what you’re up to? Well, if you answered ‘yes’; don’t worry. We all have these moments at times. Where we feel like we either have too much on our plate to really focus or ...
Views: 1344(5 votes) - Yes, You are One with the Entire Universe - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2009 from Jack ArmstrongThe concept that we all are one with each other, and with the Universe, is far easier for most of us to espouse than to truly understand. One of the basic tenets of most spiritual belief systems is that the entire Universe, including our world and each of us, was created by an all-powerful ...
Views: 1905(7 votes) - Sharing some Spiritual Thoughts and Principles from Neale Donald Walsh's 'Conversations with God' (Part Two) - by Submitted on Oct 25, 2010 from Craig Lock"We share what we know, so that we all may grow." * Sharing some Spiritual Thoughts and Principles from Neale Donald Walsh's 'Conversations with God' (Part Two) Submitters's Note: This article (in ...
Views: 1014(1 vote) - "YOU" The divine - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2010 from Carl BozemanThe greatest misconception of the concept of divinity is that it typically excludes us as divine. We are gods endowed with more greatness and power than any God we can create in our minds. Within each of us is the divinity, power and energy we ascribe to our mind-made gods. We have simply ...
Views: 1238(2 votes) - 'Living a life that is worthy of you.' - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2009 from Arlene RannelliDo you value your life, your health and your happiness? How much is it worth to you to feel alive, vibrant and fulfilled or on purpose? Many say there is no price that can be placed on these things since they are so incredibly valuable and life is not really worth much without ...
Views: 1004(1 vote) - 'The God Memorandum' (from 'The Greatest Miracle in the World' by Og Mandino) - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2010 from Craig LockArticle Title: 'The God Memorandum' (from 'The Greatest Miracle in the World' by Og Mandino) Submitted by:Craig Lock Category/Key words: Inspiration, 'The Greatest Miracle in the World', Og Mandino, book "reviews", inspirational books, good books Web site: Craig's new blog with thoughts ...
Views: 5457(3 votes) - ***A Different Kind of New Year's Resolution - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2009 from Margaret PaulThere are two kinds of New Year's Resolutions:What you are going to do to accomplish your goalsWho you want to beMany New Year's Resolutions are of the first kind:I'm going to lose 25 pounds this yearI'm going to exercise every dayI'm going to learn self-disciplineI'm going to double my ...
Views: 4905(5 votes) - ***Empowerment - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2011 from James RobinsonMercury has just gone into retrograde. For those who know anything about astrology, this is a time for Murphy’s Law to run riot. Electronics, relationships, and everything in between have been known to fall apart. I, and many of the people I know, shrug and blame it on the stars. I have come to ...
Views: 2102(2 votes) - ***How To Destroy What’s Destroying You - Tip 1 of 5 - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2013 from Rob WhiteTiredness comes from compulsively doing those things that are destroying your health and well-being. The person who is unable to separate himself from his compulsive tendencies is enslaved by his interior conditioning; conditioning that causes him to mechanically react to his exterior life. His ...
Views: 1999(1 vote) - ***Letting Go - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2011 from James RobinsonMany people ask, “how am I supposed to let go”, or “what does it mean to let go?” Most people have attachments to others, to money, to beliefs systems (“BS”) or to self-image. People are most attached to how other people think about them. All of this leads to suffering. In order to let go, we ...
Views: 2266(2 votes) - ***Self-Discovery Through Teaching Yourself Tarot Mastery - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2009 from Emily Erickson-SandstromThere are as many ways to read Tarot as there are people who do. Tarot does not have to be a parlor game, does not have to be the one-card-at-a-time sophomoric routine, does not have to be New Age fluff. Mastering tarot by introducing it to yourself will take time and effort but has the same ...
Views: 3490(4 votes) - ***The issue of developing proper boundaries with self and others - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneMost people in the world say “yes” way too much both to themselves and to others. We must learn to deal with self and others with firmness and love. This is the proper masculine/feminine balance. It is essential to be able to say “no” to oneself. How does one realize “God equals man minus ...
Views: 1856(1 vote) - ***The Karmic Board Ensures the Proper Working out of the Law of Karma - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneKarma is the law of cause and effect. To ensure the proper working out of this law there are special Masters on the inner plane who are specifically assigned the task to oversee the efficient and correct fleshing out of this law. These Masters are collectively called the Karmic Board or Lords of ...
Views: 1960(1 vote) - ***The Miracle of a Broken Heart - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2012 from James RobinsonIt is my experience that the ancient teachings (God) come to me in times of my greatest growth and help me to understand that everything is in my highest good. I had the sublime and transformational experience recently of not getting what (or who) I really, really, really wanted. Specifically, I ...
Views: 2188(1 vote) - ***THE PROBLEM WITH HEALERS - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2012 from James RobinsonThe call begins when we work in the illusion of the material world. There is a nagging voice in the back of our mind that whispers constantly that we are destined for something more compassionate and meaningful in our lives. The work we are doing becomes boring, inconsequential, and unimportant. ...
Views: 1605(1 vote) - ***THE PURPOSE OF LIFE - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2012 from James RobinsonI donate a lot of time giving advice to people on “ask the experts” sort of websites. There are two questions that always seem to be repeated. The first is “what is my purpose in life” and the other is “how do I increase my self esteem?” The ironic twist to these questions is that they both have ...
Views: 1861(1 vote) - ***The Trouble with The Law of Attraction - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2012 from James RobinsonThere are so many books out now proclaiming that we can use the Law of Attraction to create abundance, love, wealth, happiness, etc. etc. The trouble with these belief systems is that it is all mental illusion. It fosters the belief that if you follow their secret recipe, you will get what you ...
Views: 2150(1 vote) - ***The Wheel of Karma - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2012 from James RobinsonOne of the most often asked question of spiritual teachers by students is “what is my purpose”? Students who study spiritual concepts want to have some idea of why the universe operates in the manner it is experienced. They want to understand so that they can stop suffering. An understanding of ...
Views: 2941(1 vote) - 3 Steps To Be Rich Easily - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2011 from Rishan BEveryone must have the ability to attract wealth at will. There are three basic steps in this article which will make it easier to attain this with no trouble. If you follow these steps I outline, you would be attracting wealth with ease soon. You could expect to see true world, actual ...
Views: 795(2 votes) - 5 Tactics to Assist You to Rise Up Higher than You Were Before - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2012 from Nadine LoveSetting a bigger intention: In the darkest moment this morning, when threatening, harassment and abusive behaviour triggered an old and fearful story in my cell structure, I told myself spontaneously "Something great, bold and magnificent will come of this that will bring happiness and ...
Views: 1145(1 vote) - A Different Perspective - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Rabbi Simcha WeinbergFrom that moment the screaming began that continued for three days, and was so terrible that one could not hear it through two closed doors without horror. At the moment he answered his wife realized that he was lost, that there was no return, that the end had come, the very and, and his doubts ...
Views: 883(1 vote) - A Frame of Love - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2011 from Janet Perez EcklesOut of habit, I felt for the light switch in our bathroom. I flipped it on. But, the darkness remained. My body shook with terror. Holding on to the cold, slick counter top, I leaned toward the mirror and saw a dreary gray of nothing. In desperation, I fought the urge to scratch through the ...
Views: 1135(3 votes) - A Living Teacher or Acceptance - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from David SamuelThe Sufis say that the way to find God is either through a living teacher or, failing that, is through acceptance. Acceptance of all things that come to you without judging them. The way of accepting all things without complaining or feeling bad is to know that the reason these difficulties ...
Views: 1135(2 votes) - A New Way to Approach Transforming Your Life - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2010 from Leah ShapiroHave you ever had a big dream that you were really excited about, but you ended up abandoning it because you could not figure out HOW to make it happen? Back in the day, this happen to me all the time. I would end up totally frustrated and stressed out and then decide that I really did not want ...
Views: 2055(1 vote) - A Realization - There are no ordinary moments - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2009 from Art MasonI begin this by asking you two simple questions. Where are you? and what time is it? Almost everything I will write has a martial arts theme. That is because martial arts is part of who I chose to be. It is not who I am, but simply part of me. The reason I refer so often to it is because it has ...
Views: 3132(3 votes) - A Recipe For Presence - by Submitted on May 30, 2008 from Julie DittmarPresence can be imagined as celebrating the deepest knowing of who you are through an experience of feeling. In spiritual circles, we hear just about every teacher reminding everyone to “be present,” but what does that mean? Being present simply means to be aware of whatever you are feeling in ...
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