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- Finding Your Voice - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2012 from Sandra DawesHave you ever found yourself in a situation where someone says or does something that you consider inappropriate and you fight the urge to say something? Or even worse, someone says something inappropriate or demeaning to you and you let it go, convincing yourself that they didn’t mean it or ...
Views: 1432 - Love Thyself - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2012 from Maureen Brennan MercierLove thyself is another way to say self love. Love is a powerful energy that is within us and all around us. God is love and love is the only reality. "Love, love, love thyself." Channeled by Maureen Self love or love thyself is essential for us to live as the spirit beings that we are, ...
Views: 2289 - Introduction to EFT - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2012 from Mette MullerEFT, or Emotional Freedom Technique, is a healing method or a healing tool that combines modern psychology with Chinese acupuncture. It is used to decrease, even eliminate, emotional stress and is also very successful for eliminating limited beliefs or fears that block us from moving into ...
Views: 2088(1 vote) - Life Is Suffering, Suffering Is Caused By Desires, Or Maybe Not - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2012 from David SamuelThe title of this article is a basic principle of Buddhist teachings. The common interpretation is that unfulfilled desires cause pain and suffering. This is very easy to understand, that desires themselves are the cause of suffering and we have to remove all desires to end ...
Views: 1788 - How to Live Aunthetically - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2012 from Martha DawsonMove Closer to Your Authentic Self. 2 Ideas to Consider Being your authentic self means showing up in the world as the person that you really are. Put another way, authenticity is when who you are on the outside – your beliefs, your thoughts, and your truth- is demonstrated by the actions you ...
Views: 1238 - The Puzzles of Life – Can they give us a push towards inner serenity? - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2012 from Gopalakrishnan ChandrasekaranTrue serenity takes place through a reflective approach and understanding rather than through psychological analyses or through being a conformist. Thus, the puzzles of life give us a chance to discover the hidden roots of serenity. Happy is he who applies himself to them! Human beings are ...
Views: 1772 - CHRISTIAN BOOKS AS TOOLS FOR PERSONAL GROWTH - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2012 from Mariana SarcedaThere are an almost infinite number of ways in which Christian books can help you promote your personal growth and overcome many issues and problems we need to face daily. We all undergo through harsh times and these books can give us tools to help us understand them and find the strength within ...
Views: 1369 - The Zero Point Field & Psychics - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2012 from rachel annThe zero point Field and how psychics use it is not easily understood, but it is a very interesting concept. The first thing that you need to know in order to understand this concept is that whenever all energies are removed there is will still be one energy that remains. This would be the Zero ...
Views: 3190 - End Your Suffering – Heal Your Pain - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2012 from Tim Custis“If you forget your shocking pain, you will have to repeat it. Remember it. Let’s say something ‘good’ happens in the exterior world. For example, you get a raise. You then forget the pain you had before you got the raise, so you are right back where you started. The next time you feel ...
Views: 1293 - 5 Meditation Tips Proven to Make Your Meditations More Blissful - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2012 from Kip MazuyThe first meditation tip is to not eat or drink anything besides water for at least an hour and a half prior to meditation. The reason for this is for one, the body will be busy digesting your food making it much harder for it to relax. Second, because meditation is awakening the subtle ...
Views: 2039(2 votes) - Enjoy the Summer - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2012 from Maureen Brennan MercierIt's time to enjoy the Summer. What are you waiting for? Life is here and now. This is not a dress rehearsal. Get out and have some fun. In my life I have had so many challenges and I have lost so many loved ones. In seeking some kind of answer or guideline to deal with all of these tragedies ...
Views: 1534 - Peace of Mind and Adaptability to Change Depends on HOW You See - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2012 from Valencia RayInnovation, adapting to change, and peace of mind depend not on what you see, but how you see it. Here are some tips to help you shorten your to-do list, increase your clarity, and decrease your overwhelm. Let’s look at work. There is so much busyness and “doing” that it has gotten out of ...
Views: 887 - Love Yourself! Here’s how and why - by Submitted on Jul 03, 2012 from Susan KullmanHow do I love me? Let me count the ways. More and more, today’s professionals are talking about the importance of loving yourself. That sounds great, but what good is it if you don’t understand what that really means, or how to do it for that matter. Lack of self-love is the primary reason ...
Views: 712 - My 2 Past Life Regressions and What I Learned - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2012 from Don WadingtonI would like to share the 2 past life regressions I did, 10 plus years ago I do not know really, if I believe these experiences happened or if I made them up in my head. What I do know, is that I gained clarity about a problem I had all my life. The experiences are were clear and foggy at the ...
Views: 1153 - Living Real - by Submitted on Jun 23, 2012 from Bobbye FarinoLiving Real... 06/21/20120 Nothing in the Universe is real until we receive it. Everything, and I mean every thing, remains a theory, an idea, information, a concept until it becomes our very own experience. Receiving is quite the amazing experience... it is the beginning of the life ...
Views: 1098(1 vote) - Yin and the Power of Black - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2012 from Lisa TunneyRecently, I was in a yoga class where the instructor sauntered in to the room commenting on some of the other students’ mats. They were black and he didn’t like that one bit. He continued by saying that he had taken color therapy and black, grey and brown are negative colors that absolutely ...
Views: 1177(1 vote) - What We Believe We Create - Love is the Creation - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2012 from Sharae TaylorI once was told by the Angels that our concept of Love would fit on the head of a straight pin and the size of the Universe and more is the love that is felt for us by God and the Angels. If this is so, and I believe that it is ... just think of what we can create if we allow our concept of Love ...
Views: 2056 - The Truth about Spiritual Teachers and Enlightened Beings - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2012 from Kip MazuyIf you are seeking enlightenment, it is important to understand that there is a huge difference between the new age spiritual teachers that are popular today and the enlightened beings who have actually attained full enlightenment. In the past, the majority of enlightened beings came from the ...
Views: 2460(1 vote) - Look Beyond The Boundaries of Your Personal Life to Find More Happiness - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2012 from Jim FargianoIn an effort to keep you on track, we remind you of the need for you to look beyond the boundaries of your personal life. It will inspire you to receive messages from the other side if you stay open to the idea of "inter-dimensional" communication. From the perspective of Spirit, there is no ...
Views: 1495 - ***BLOCKS - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2012 from James RobinsonMany times I hear people state that they are “blocked”. They often apply this term to the fact that they are not getting what they want. They are “blocked” from financial abundance. They are “blocked” from true love. They are “blocked” from healing a physical, emotional, mental or spiritual ...
Views: 1736 - The Direct Path to Enlightenment - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2012 from Terry ChenThe underlying motivation for everything that we do as human beings is the ongoing search for happiness or completeness. This being said, people have innumerable ideas of what it might be that could make them happy or make them complete. Even seemingly terrible deeds done and crimes commited are ...
Views: 2510(1 vote) - Shir HaShirim-Public Love-Besht - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2012 from Rabbi Simcha WeinbergThe Baal Shem Tov taught, “Our love of God should be like the love between brother and sister, or between a mother and her child, rather then like the love between man and wife were between lovers. The first may show their love of both in private and in public; whereas the latter do so ...
Views: 1048 - Turning Within - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCWe should turn within, then, as have all of those great souls who have blessed the world with their presence; we should turn within and FIND GOD. It should seem natural to turn to the Great Power back of everything; it should seem normal to believe in this Power; and we should have a sense of a ...
Views: 1653(1 vote) - As the Paradigm Shifts: W is for Will - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2012 from Rosie KuhnI’ve been thinking about this blog for awhile, specifically the intention I had in mind – what I wanted to convey regarding our will. The third step of the Twelve Step Program came to mind: We turn our will over to the care of a higher power as we understand it. (The original version is: ...
Views: 1363 - The Decision of Your Life - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2012 from Donna GershmanMany years ago, as I was studying to be a Practitioner/Healer, I had an accident. I was getting an oil change at a service station that had just opened near my home. When the mechanic called me over to show me my air filter, I wandered unwittingly behind the back of my car and proceeded to fall ...
Views: 1794(2 votes) - What is Yoga? - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2012 from Karen PierceWhat is Yoga? After years of "searching" and thousands of yoga classes with many well known and not so well known but nonetheless fabulous teachers, I came to realize that Yoga is a living, breathing art that grows constantly through experience and one's experimentation; it is as diverse as ...
Views: 1252 - Embracing Powerlessness - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2012 from Mike RobbinsIn a recent session I had with my new counselor Eleanor, she said to me, "Mike, it sounds like embracing powerlessness is something that would benefit you right now." When she said this, a chill went down my spine and my body tightened up. "What do you mean, 'embrace powerlessness'?'" I ...
Views: 2774 - The Beauty Way - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2012 from Devaa Haley MitchellWhen we experience something truly beautiful, it can open-up the universe and allow grace to bathe us in Her sweet embrace. Whether it be an incredibly gorgeous landscape, the smell of a rose in full bloom, an exquisite piece of music, or a delicious mouth-watering bite, when the senses are ...
Views: 1191 - Know The Essential Tools of Photoshop Through Photoshop Tutorials - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2012 from Kelvin KohAre you trying to learn Photoshop? It is very easy if you follow every step of Photoshop tutorials carefully. Two most important things are your patience as well as time. If you can provide these two, learning Photoshop is as simple as water. First of all, you need to understand the basic tools ...
Views: 1177(1 vote) - Training in NLP Changed My Life - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2012 from James RegoriskyTraining in NLP Changed My Life Before I took training in NLP my entire life was a mess. That was mainly because I couldn't make a single move in my life without “taking a poll” or asking a close friend what they thought I should do. I had absolutely no belief in myself to make a good choice ...
Views: 1768 - Life Coaching Has Led Me To Become A Rich Investor - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2012 from James RegoriskyBy the age of 45, I was divorced and depressed with two children to support by myself. I was working in a job as an office temp in Melbourne and was barely managing to survive. I felt I couldn’t have been more in debt or less successful. I understood I needed to move forward somehow yet I’d ...
Views: 1645(1 vote) - About Life Coaching - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2012 from James RegoriskyI'm Judy and a few years ago I resigned from my customer service job to become an entrepreneur. I needed to become my own boss. I was motivated to do so because I was given this astounding MLM opportunity to sell organic skin cream. Promoting this skin lotion ought to have been a no-brainer. ...
Views: 1633 - Cougar Dreams and The Power of Choosing - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2012 from Dan StoneBelieve it or not, even personal development coaches can sometimes feel themselves struggling with inertia, seemingly unable to figure out much less take the next step, feeling stuck. Recently, in the throes of a particularly impotent (figuratively speaking) period where I felt both my personal ...
Views: 8772 - 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: 1937(1 vote) - What Can Be Done With Photoshop and Photoshop Tutorials? - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2012 from Kelvin KohDo you like to take photos? Have you thought of making money by selling your photos? Yes! It is possible if you know Photoshop. With the help of this innovative as well as unique graphic software, you can create beautiful artworks; make attractive website and different graphics, if you have the ...
Views: 1383 - Your Super Powers - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2012 from Pam GuthrieAs human beings, we are blessed with some amazing super powers. These are the abilities we have that can, when used properly, transform our lives from places of misery and suffering into lives filled with joy and blessings. Wanna guess what they are? Love, gratitude, decision, and ...
Views: 1273(1 vote) - A Shamanic Birthday Walk - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2012 from Lisa TunneyToday is the start of my forty-sixth year on this Earth and I wanted to celebrate this morning by enjoying what the Earth has to offer. I have been house-sitting near Airport Trail for a month and even though I walk it nearly every day, I never grow tired of it. Waking up at the crack of dawn, ...
Views: 1376(1 vote) - Individuality - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCWhile man must be, and is, a Divine Image or a Perfect Idea, yet he suffers and is sick. The answer to this is the same answer which can be given, philosophically, to the whole problem of evil—that man is an individual and does with himself what he wills. The Scriptures say, “God hath made man ...
Views: 2103(1 vote) - 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: 1982 - Everything is perfect - just as it is - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2012 from Michael KewleyWe all have a perception of perfection. We carry with us an idea of how everything should be and because of this spend huge amounts of time and energy trying to arrange conditions to match this idea. Our family, friends, partners and colleagues, our work and social engagements. Nothing falls ...
Views: 3006(1 vote) - Your Purposeful Passion Brings You Abundance - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2012 from Shamala TanI always tell people to follow their purposeful passion and the money will follow. But interestingly, whenever I say this, some people will automatically think that I am saying one cannot be financially abundant if one does not follow one's purposeful passion. Well, this is not what I am saying ...
Views: 1981(1 vote) - Just because he is your soul mate, it does not mean that you should be a doormat - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Donna LeeI hear it all the time from women. Yes it is a girl thing. They just know that the man that they are with is their soul mate. Just about every society is based on marriage and having someone special spend our lives with. We make people feel bad when they are single. It causes so many women to ...
Views: 1522 - The Forgotten Art of Foot Washing - by Submitted on May 31, 2012 from Manfred PaierThe Forgotten Art of Foot Washing www.kiwani.net Master Libre has baptized this alchemical method “the noble and forgotten art of washing the feet” and defines it in his books as “a magic-stick for personal transformation.” The forgotten art of washing feet reaches far back into ancient & ...
Views: 2065 - Learn Mindfulness Meditation to Attain Self Realization - by Submitted on May 29, 2012 from Kip MazuyMindfulness meditation is really the essence of meditation and yoga. And if you practice this Zen technique given below not only in your sitting meditation but in your day-to-day life, it will help lead you into deep states of meditation and even self realization. Your natural experience of ...
Views: 2397(1 vote) - Acquiring Torah 25: Humility to Remember - by Submitted on May 29, 2012 from Rabbi Simcha WeinbergRabbi Mattena expounded: What is the deeper meaning of the Scriptural text: “And from the wilderness to Mattanah?” If a man allows himself to be treated as a wilderness on which everybody treads, his study will be retained by him, otherwise it will not. (Eiruvin 54a) Rabbi Mattena does ...
Views: 1151 - THE GRACE OF AGE - by Submitted on May 22, 2012 from Christine MikalsonI took an elderly friend downtown, for groceries. She's a sweet lady. This started me thinking of how life has a way of softening some people, while others remain, or become, mean and nasty. Years ago, I worked at an irrigation company, as a bookkeeper. A well-to-do farmer came in, on a ...
Views: 817 - Acquiring Torah 26: Having One Rebbi - by Submitted on May 22, 2012 from Rabbi Simcha WeinbergRaba expounded in the name of Rabbi Sehora who had it from Rabbi Huna: What is the purport of the text: “Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he that gathers little by little shall increase?” If a man studies much at a time his learning decreases, and if he does not do so but ...
Views: 1004 - The Elusive ‘I’ - by Submitted on Dec 31, 1969 from Harold HodgettsSo you want to become Self realized, you want to come to know yourself, and although you have studied much and have given much thought to what you have read, you still feel that you are somehow blocked from taking that final step back into the Self, to experience the reality of the elusive ...
Views: 1583 - What's Running You? - by Submitted on May 17, 2012 from Valerie SheppardAre you pushing to make things happen in your life right now? Are you feeling backed up against the wall? And what’s the wall for you? Time, money, a relationship? It can be difficult to find your peaceful center when you feel you have to try so hard to make things happen. The question is what ...
Views: 773 - Love Beyond Paradigms - by Submitted on May 17, 2012 from Mark KellyWe often look to traditional paradigms of Wholeness for insights into the nature of Love, but seldom look to Love for insights into the nature of traditional paradigms of Wholeness, i.e. look at Wholeness through the eyes of Love. Yet Love offers us a clear understanding of what it is to be ...
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