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- When We Look Outside For Heroes - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2012 from Marelon BjorkaesWHEN WE LOOK OUTSIDE FOR HEROES When we look outside for heroes, the real impulse that is coming from Self is a reaching inside ourselves for mastery. But mastery takes work and concentration and practice, practice, ...
Views: 2018 - New Year - Time Of New Beginnings - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2008 from Dorothy NeddermeyerEach year people make New Year's resolutions as a declaration of commitment to themselves to make changes in their lives. Have you wondered how effective resolutions are? Do you achieve your New Year's resolutions? If you achieve your New Year's resolutions you are in the minority. Surveys ...
Views: 2017(1 vote) - Astrological Happenings, Astrology Horoscope - Pluto in Capricorn! - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from Suzi DronzekAstrological Happenings, Monthly Astrology Horoscope - The winds blow a change of direction in September 2009, and we start with powerful waves washing upon the shore with a Full Moon in starry-eyed Pisces on September 4. Pisces is gentle, sensitive, and romantic, and our emotional approach to ...
Views: 2016(3 votes) - How to Attain Self Realization - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from Kip MazuyWhat self realization is will always remain a mystery because the mind cannot describe what is beyond the mind. But the teachings to learn how to attain self realization are quite simple and straight forward. Follow these steps and you will also enjoy deep states of meditation and may even ...
Views: 2013(1 vote) - Conversational Hypnosis And How It Works - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from Neelima ReddyConversational hypnosis is best described as a series of manipulations and carefully choreographed strategies designed to change a person’s beliefs or habits by conversing with them. Through the actions and conversations done, the subject becomes hypnotized without them realizing it. ...
Views: 2011 - ***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: 2008(1 vote) - The Most Powerful Mantra: Learn to Lose the Ego and Awaken to Who We Are - by Submitted on May 13, 2012 from Dr. Robert PuffWho we are is very simple. We are the Supreme Reality. Everything comes from that and is a reflection of that. We are really like the sun and our lives that we’re experiencing right now are like the dewdrops that are reflecting the sun. Another way to look at it is to see life as a dream. We are ...
Views: 2007 - What is abundance or richness? - by Submitted on May 01, 2011 from Manfred JohannsenWhat is abundance or richness? By Manfred Johannsen Most people think of things when you ask people about abundance or richness. However, at the most fundamental level it is not a thing. It is a feeling you have. It is a feeling of overflowing of happiness. Without the sense of abundance in ...
Views: 2007(2 votes) - Mental Alchemy - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2013 from Edwin SpinaBack in the Middle Ages alchemists sought to transform base metal into gold. They searched for an elusive substance, the philosopher’s stone, which would bring about this conversion, known as alchemy. But to initiates of the ancient mystery schools, alchemy was primarily an allegory for the real ...
Views: 2006(1 vote) - ABC’s of Self-Realization: Gaining Gratitude - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2011 from Lene StJohnGratitude is the best attitude. ~Author Unknown If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.~Gerald Good There's a recession going on for any of those who have found themselves living in America for the past several years. Heck, everyone knows ...
Views: 2004 - How I Got Bad Advice from a Cartoon Character - by Submitted on May 07, 2009 from Lucky BalaramanImagine yourself lying in an operation theater with surgical lights bearing down on you. You are about to have a major brain operation. You hear the neurosurgeon through the haze of anesthesia saying, “Start the drill.” The loud, high-pitched pneumatic whir of the powerful tool starts. You can ...
Views: 2004 - You're Such A Pig - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2008 from Rosemary Rein(Courtesy of Creative Training Techniques Press) Here’s a training activity I use in my creativity problem solving sessions. Use it to learn more about yourself; Use it to kick off your next team meeting: Use it over the dinner table with your family (when you’re not eating porky). (Important: ...
Views: 2003 - Rational skepticism... or not? - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2011 from Etienne CharlandMany people, especially in the academic world, look at the world in a very rational way. They view everything related to energies and spirituality with skepticism, a rational skepticism. People involved in groups often seek approval and recognition. For example, Wikipedia wants to be ...
Views: 1999 - Polarity: Waves of Life Experience - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Marie BarrettAll life experience owes its existence to the essential Law of Polarity which offers the opportunity of contrast in life. The Law of Polarity causes waves, the warp and woof, in life experience. Polarity is a basic and essential element of existence and of all experience. While it is a quite ...
Views: 1997 - Redesign Your Reality - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from Steven AitchisonI would like to introduce you to something called Redesigning Your Reality and it's all about changing how you perceive the world. This is something that I have learned with NLP and changed it slightly to come up with this concept. Reality Your reality is totally different from my ...
Views: 1995(6 votes) - A "Review" of 'The Choice' by Og Mandino - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2011 from Craig LockArticle Title: A "Review" of 'The Choice' by Og Mandino Submitted by: Craig Lock Category/Key words: 'The Choice', Og Mandino, book "reviews", inspirational books, good books. Web site: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005GGMAW4 The submitter’s blogs (with extracts from his various ...
Views: 1994 - Do You Ever Feel Like Crying? Self-Compassion and Planetary Healing - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2011 from Kimberly SchneiderLast week I had a strange phone encounter. I was talking to a customer service representative for a company I shan’t name, due to a saga I somehow manifested involving long waits, being ported from person to person to person (none of whom was empowered to do anything about my situation) and ...
Views: 1993 - Don't Worry. I Got This. - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2010 from Stacey CurnowI recently wrote about the power of your story in anticipation of meeting 12 women for The Power of Your Story event I was hosting. All of the women were truly amazing and I would love to write about each one of them. Today, with her permission, I will tell the story of one of them. ...
Views: 1993(1 vote) - The So-Called Mayan Prophecy for 2012 - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2011 from Bob MakranskyI have the great good fortune of living in Guatemala, a country in which a 5,000 year old tradition of paganism and witchcraft is still very much alive and flourishing. I have had the privilege of studying with a very gifted Ajk’ihab’ ("daycounter", or Mayan priest), and of having met many ...
Views: 1993 - Suggestions become Law - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCIt has been observed that suggestions, planted in the subconscious, become memories, and eventually tend to externalize in the body. From this, it has been deduced that the sub-conscious mind is the builder of the body and is the creative factor in man. It has also been proven that certain types ...
Views: 1988(1 vote) - Making Life Work for You - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2011 from William ConstantineThere is an old adage, “Life is what you make it,” and I couldn’t agree more. Life doesn’t need to be so complex; in fact, it can be easy and stress free! Sounds, too good to be true, right? Do you know why that is? It’s because we come from a society where we have been taught the harder we ...
Views: 1987(5 votes) - I Wish I Was Wayne Dyer - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2013 from Robin RobertsI wish I was Wayne Dyer all Zen about letting children find their own way. Then maybe I would be able to resist sending my neighbours children to bootcamp while they were not looking. I wish I was Oprah able to talk about my bowel moments without fear of being asked for my senior’s card. I ...
Views: 1986(3 votes) - Listen to Self - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2011 from Gayle White Raven CrosmazListening to and trusting your own inner voice is a problem if it is Ego doing all the talking and Spirit can’t get a word in; or when you can’t trust whose advise to take because there is conflicting information. There is also the effect of others; family, friends, community, school, work, ...
Views: 1986 - Ponder The Impossible: This Is Your Creative Journey - by Submitted on Apr 25, 2013 from Moreen DuFermontPonder The Impossible: This Is Your Creative Journey This is your creative journey that you alone discover. Go ahead and ponder the impossible. Give yourself the liberty to take ownership of your natural gifts! What if what seems to be impossible can actually be very possible? Are you ...
Views: 1984(1 vote) - You are special! - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2010 from Peter GDo you feel worthless? Do you feel like you’re a mistake? Don’t Believe It! You are special – You are uniquely and beautifully made! I remember as a child, my mother told me in the heat of an argument that she was sorry I was born. When I was in my twenties, she told me the story how ...
Views: 1984(3 votes) - ***Attachment gone. Deliverance won. - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneThe Bhagavad-Gita teaches, “Attachment gone. Deliverance won.” The purpose of life is to realize God and our God Self. We accomplish this by delivering ourselves from our attachment to the lower self and instead attaching ourselves to our Higher Self. So the easiest and in truth only ...
Views: 1983 - Living Your Truth - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2010 from Maryann CanditoLiving your truth can be a scary proposition. It brings up questions of security and love, if I speak and live my truth will I be abandoned by those I love? Is that a chance I want to take? It brings back memories of childhood, where we got what we wanted by pleasing other people. Then it became ...
Views: 1983(1 vote) - ***I Love Airports! An Excerpt from Practical Enlightenment - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2015 from Ariel and Shya KanePeople were surprised when Kat stood up at one of our seminars and without preamble, enthusiastically announced, “I love airports!” It was a Monday evening in early spring and we had encouraged people to come up to the front of the room and talk about what was happening in their lives. Kat is a ...
Views: 1982(2 votes) - Amplified Illusions - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Sankarshan Das AdhikariKrishna explains in the Bhagavad-gita how the knowledge of the Absolute Truth is understood through the system of disciplic succession. This means that if we want to understand this knowledge, we must take it as it has come down perfectly to us over the ages through an unbroken line of ...
Views: 1981(2 votes) - Journaling and Ascension - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2010 from Maurice TurmelJournaling for Ascension is about empowerment through self-awareness. It is a process by which you get your needs met for emotional and spiritual cleansing. Journaling removes the cobwebs from your thinking processes by having you record the ideas, thoughts and emotions that you currently find ...
Views: 1981 - ***Nonjudgment - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2011 from James RobinsonMany books, seminars, workshops, and meditations concentrate on the power of forgiveness. Even I have taught numerous workshops and written about forgiveness. Forgiveness allows us to let go of resentments and negative thinking that will eventually make us sick. The notion is that we have to ...
Views: 1978 - Karma and Accountability - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2012 from Alan MesherKarma and Accountability We do not operate in a vacuum. What we do to others and what we do to the world, life one day will do to us. We are all accountable for our actions. Everything we do, the good as well as the bad, will eventually come home to us. Our actions are an investment in our ...
Views: 1977 - ***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: 1976(1 vote) - The Tide Has Turned . . . Enough Already! - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2012 from Mary WilkeyPreface: The writer aims to be upbeat and to emphasize the positive and what's right with this ol' world, but sometimes negatives have to be recognized and identified for what they are, so that the gears can be set in motion to correct them. Looking for a few good men . . . and a few is what ...
Views: 1976 - Who Are You? Really? - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2009 from Danish AhmedWhat makes you, you? Think about that for a moment... There's probably a bunch of characteristics that come to your mind. Sometimes, the most basic of traits we overlook. For example, did you think about your gender, your ethnicity, or your age? We tend not to describe ourselves with these ...
Views: 1975(3 votes) - Negativity or Lack of Perspective? - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2014 from Dr Ana GarciaSometimes when we feel stressed and we don’t seem to be able to bear the pressure of the demands set upon us by our modern lives. We seem to be powerless to stop ourselves falling into what some of us could call a “negative” mind set. So, what is negativity? I would like to throw some ...
Views: 1974(1 vote) - Spiritual Terms - Self Acceptance Not Self Improvement - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2013 from Peter MainSelf-improvement has become something of a mantra and a watchword for a vast industry that has grown up around it in the last 30 perhaps 40 years. A lot of the self-improvement industry has flourished in the last 10 or 15 years with the growth of the Internet. Perhaps an inevitable ...
Views: 1971(1 vote) - Live Each Day As If It Were Your Last, Really? - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2010 from James Patrick McDonald"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: 1968(2 votes) - THE EYES OF LOVE - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2012 from Sandy Brewer, PhD“Love is already here Can’t you feel Its Presence? It’s already here…” I’ve more than doubled my age since I first sat in a New Thought Church singing this little ditty. I was still a wounded thirty-something – still struggling to find a way to live with an inner pain from which I had no ...
Views: 1966 - Love & Friendship in the New Testament: How to Expand Your Ability to Give and Be There for Others - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2011 from Doron GilThe New Testament provides us with many insights and advice-tips about love and relationships. These emphasize, time and again, the importance of loving others and being there for them. HERE ARE 10 SUCH INSIGHTS: 1. A faithful friend is the medicine of life (Ecclesiasticus 6:16). 2. ...
Views: 1965(1 vote) - The Perfect You - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2014 from Ariel and Shya KaneWhere did you learn what is beautiful? Where did you learn what is ugly? Where did you learn what a perfect body looks like?... And how old were you when you came to these conclusions? A few years ago when walking down the street in Paris we found ourselves taken by the body image represented ...
Views: 1965(7 votes) - Face Your Fears and Move Outside Your Comfort Zone - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Maria ErvingThere's a quote I really like: "I've never began any important venture for which I felt adequate prepared" by Sheldon Kopp. The only thing that ever holds us back is fear, nothing else. And fear can be described as worry, anxiety, doubt and anxiety. It's all fear, and fear is always from ...
Views: 1963(1 vote) - Manifesting 101 - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2011 from Bridgette Short & Elisa Stella ~ Guiding SoulsIt seems everywhere you look there’s articles, documentaries, and books on manifesting. They offer a plethora of avenues to seemingly achieve your heart’s desires with nothing more than 10 minutes a day of either positive thinking, creating boards, or meditating. While all of these things are ...
Views: 1963 - The Beliefs Behind Why People Lie - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2012 from Cathy EckIn my other articles, I call all beliefs lies because all beliefs come from our false self. That doesn’t make them bad or wrong; it merely puts them in their proper perspective. True authenticity results when we give up our false self and move from our head to our heart. In this article, ...
Views: 1962(1 vote) - Bringing my perfect match to my life! - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Patricia AnayaEverybody wants to find that "perfect" partner to be happy. I'm sure some people have found him/her already and they are happy. Yet, there are more who are still looking … and they are frustrated. Today, I want to share with you what I've learned about bringing my soul mate to my life. If ...
Views: 1960 - Holistic Non-duality - The Heart Of Modern Awakening - by Submitted on May 17, 2012 from Mark KellyThe essence of holistic non-duality is the recognition that non-duality is never separate from duality. Simply put, they are “not two” because non-duality devoid of duality is itself dualistic. Holistic non-duality does not transcend the world; it transcends the division within us. It is what ...
Views: 1960(1 vote) - ***THANKSGIVING FOR LOSERS - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2012 from James RobinsonThanksgiving and Christmas holidays are upon us. Millions of homes will have families sitting down to massive amounts of food, warmth, cheer and stories. Many more homes will be vacant, foreclosed, silent and empty. Even more will be filled with abuse, fear, loneliness, depression or sorrow. It ...
Views: 1959 - Bouncing Back After a Divorce or Rupture - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2011 from Ligia HoubenI f you are going through a divorce or a romantic break-up you may be experiencing many emotions....from anger, fear, disappointment, hopelessness toward the future, sadness, to grief (this emotion sometimes is not recognized, but it can be real). In many cases divorce is not a devastating loss, ...
Views: 1959(9 votes) - Stressing Out Over the Meaning of Your Doodle? - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2011 from Karen PasqualucciDoodle meaning: An insight into the ‘art’ of doodling Before we go on to discuss the significance of doodle meaning (and its ties to stress), consider this: Are you among the millions of people who suffer from stress due to the frantic pace of daily living? Are you juggling your ...
Views: 1956(1 vote) - Agendas - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2014 from Ariel and Shya KaneBelow is an article investigating a driving force in people's lives, their agendas. There are agendas that people are aware of and then there are those of which they are unaware. It is the latter that causes the mischief that shows up in our daily lives. In this column, we are going to identify ...
Views: 1954(7 votes)