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- DREAM BIG! What's The Best That Can Happen? - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2003 from Barbara Sanfilippo(Excerpted from Barbara's latest book) If you've ever had a pleasant daydream or seen yourself in a scene you created, you have what it takes to dream big. The key question is, do you believe and expect to get it? Or do you dismiss it as idle ...
Views: 1305(2 votes) - Healing the Soul of America - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2003 from Marianne Williamson"Within the next ten years, America will experience a renaissance or a catastrophe. Something is going to happen to take us back to who we are. We have lost our spiritual rudder, and without it we have neither individual nor collective wisdom. Our culture has lost its sense of sacred connection ...
Views: 1927(2 votes) - WHAT PROGRAM IS ON YOUR INNER TV? - by What’s playing on your inner TV? Your inner TV is the screen in your mind upon which you create various scenarios. Perhaps the channel is “Reliving the Past.” Maybe it’s “Controlling the Future.” Is your channel on “Obsessive Thinking” where you are ruminating over and over about a situation or ...
Views: 1100(2 votes) - The Key's in the Hole. Now turn it! - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2003 from Ronnie Nijmeh"90% of the positives are lost because you were too shy to ask." Have you ever wanted something so much but were to afraid to ask? Or have you ever thought of all the negative responses and convinced yourself that a "no" answer was an inevitability so you never bothered to take the first step? ...
Views: 1376(2 votes) - Make Mistakes! It's Okay. Really! - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2003 from Ronnie NijmehWhen you fall, do you get right back up? Do you learn from your mistake and move on? Or do you kick yourself so hard in the butt that you just mope around for days in your PJs and wonder why you're so miserable? Come on! Get a grip! Okay, okay, that was uncalled for, but seriously, the more ...
Views: 6583(2 votes) - Links in the Chain of Kindness - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2003 from Don Morris"Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together." -- Goethe -- Have you ever had someone do something really nice for you, but you didn't know who it was to thank them? When I was in graduate school on a limited budget I was running very short on funds one month. One day when I ...
Views: 1885(2 votes) - Talk yourself out of any negative feelings - by Submitted on Oct 17, 2003 from Giuditta TornettaCAST A STONE INTO THE RIVER PETRA “Sadness flies away on the wings of time.” Percy Bysshe Shelely Dear God, take my fear of abandonment and mold it into a stone so that I may toss it into the river Petra. Transform my fear of loneliness into a cuddly teddy bear I can hold at night; ...
Views: 1419(2 votes) - Positive thinking on negativity - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2010 from Halina GoldsteinThe other day I bought an unusual piece of software: It runs positive affirmations on my computer, so they can influence me while I work. Sentences like “I am full of confidence” or “I love everyone I meet”. The kind that is supposed to help me so that I stop being negative. I liked the ...
Views: 1640(2 votes) - Brother Tiger, Brother Bear - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2003 from Nancy FennI thought this would be an animal story. On his 59th birthday, Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy was mauled by his seven year old 600 lb. white tiger, Montecore, in front of a sellout crowd at the Mirage where the show has been playing since 1990. Roy Horn is having his second Saturn Return, which ...
Views: 3008(1 vote) - LOOK FOR THE POSITIVES - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2009 from Gene SimmonsOur lives are overflowing with negative information from the newspapers, magazines, television and radio. Nations are at war, thousands are dying of starvation and hundreds are killed by natural disasters. There is no avoiding or ignoring the facts. We even receive negativity from our own ...
Views: 1342(1 vote) - It's Time To See Things As They Are - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2003 from Jane DrakeThese days, it is infinitely pleasanter to experience the “virtual reality” of computer games than to contemplate the mangled victims of suicide bombers, pictured in our “real life” daily news. So, numberless adults spend numberless hours manipulating simulated people on a screen--while real ...
Views: 1452(1 vote) - In Everything You Do - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2019 from David NelmesReaching for God. Searching for Peace. Wanting Happiness. Yearning for Love. These are all things we desire and even a hundred more things beyond that, but to seek these things is a clear indication that we feel as though we don't already have them. On one end we can acknowledge and say that God ...
Views: 1591(1 vote) - Important Saturn Return Bulletin for Ages 28-30 - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2003 from Nancy FennAre you between the ages of 28 and 30? Will you have your Saturn Return in 2003 or 2004? Check the list at the end of this article to see if it applies to you. I have had so much response from my article on Saturn Returns, I’m making this information available so you can check online while ...
Views: 4642(1 vote) - Creativity - by Human beings by nature are creative. We have however, recorded everything that has happened in our past and linked it to our creative process, leading us to erroneously form the point of view that the creative process itself is a function of our struggling, our painful past or our "neurosis". ...
Views: 1130(1 vote) - SPIRITUAL AWAKENING - by It has always been important for me to find time to be alone. I recently decided to spend a full day alone at a local retreat house. I would read, journal, pray, reflect, and end the retreat by meeting with my spiritual mentor.
It was perfect timing for me to reflect on all the inner ...
Views: 1118(1 vote) - Had a Car Accident Lately? - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2003 from Nancy Fenn"You'll never guess what happened to me?" I'm a professional intuitive consultant and when someone says that to me on the phone, it's never good news. I'm one of the first people someone calls when they've been visited with a car accident by the fickle finger of fate. Car accidents are ...
Views: 25041(1 vote) - Must We Endure "Gross Darkness?" - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2003 from Jane DrakeAccording to ancient writings, the God worshiped by Jews, Christians and Muslims sent Messengers to warn of the disaster that could befall us at a future time--if we will not do what is needed to prevent it! The Prophets explicitly warned of a day when our flesh and eyes could "consume away" ...
Views: 1531(1 vote) - Who are the best drivers? Who are the worst? And why? - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2003 from Nancy FennPlease don’t shoot the messenger, but Suncorp Metway, Ltd., a multi-faceted Australian Financial Service, ranked car accident claimants by sun sign last year in a study of 160,000 accident claims over the previous three year period. This is what they found. The number one worst drivers were ...
Views: 1825(1 vote) - What Planet is Your Family From? Uranus or Neptune? - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2003 from Nancy Fenn"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." This is one of the most famous opening lines ever written. The author is a man consumed by horror and fascination with families and family life, a man who had 12 children and an intense relationship with his much ...
Views: 3609(1 vote) - Bad Karma - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2003 from Sharif KhanJohn, with an outward smile and an inward, troubled conscience, raised his glass of Sandeman port to a toast made in honor of his recent promotion and upcoming New Year’s wedding anniversary in Morocco. Downing his sixth glass of port and taking a few puffs from his Monte Cristo, his left arm ...
Views: 1405(1 vote) - Kundalini Meditation - by Submitted on May 09, 2011 from Susun WeedSit or lie down in a private, safe space (bathtub is fine). Bring all your attention to your breath. As you breathe out, imagine waves flowing out of you with your breath. Breathe out waves of water, of energy, of color, of sound. Allow these waves to flow out of you. Notice where you are ...
Views: 2571(2 votes) - What is it You Desire? - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2003 from Nancy FennSomething very rare is going to occur next year – something no living human being has experienced. It’s time to prepare. Venus will be making a visible trip across the face of the Sun on June 8, 2004 and again in 2012 in a dyad of eclipses that occurs only once in a hundred years. You’ll be ...
Views: 2171(1 vote) - How to Win New Spiritual Strength - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2003 from Guy FinleyNo animal hides in shame for being itself. No tree bends to the opinion of others. No wind avoids the granite face before it. Only human beings cultivate ways in which to fawn or cower before one another, and all for the sake of winning nothing but a fleeting feeling that for their cunning they ...
Views: 1512(1 vote) - the POWER of WORDS - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2003 from Danish Ahmed"The Power of Words" was the theme of one of my speaking engagements that I had scheduled in Atlanta. Little did I know that I would personally go through a challenge, that had me live what it is that I teach. I had an engagement that I was hoping to get confirmed. I left several messages and ...
Views: 2142(3 votes) - Seven Reasons to Visit an Ocean - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2003 from Jerry LopperOne of my very favorite places is the beach. Sure, the threeS’s are an attraction: sun, sand, and seafood. But the maindraw is the ocean. The ocean symbolizes all of life,carrying many analogies that help me stay in tune with themeaning of life. Reason One: The ocean calms. It infuses with the ...
Views: 5683(1 vote) - 40 Days and 40 NIghts in the Arms of Venus - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2003 from Nancy FennVenus, the planet, goes retrograde (backwards) less frequently than Mercury, about every 18 months, and the cycle lasts 40 days. Because it is less frequent, it is more difficult to understand and wreaks more havoc than a Mercury retrograde transit. Mercury affects communication. Venus ...
Views: 7091 - Here's to Your Good Health with Astrology - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2003 from Nancy FennWho doesn't want to be healthy? I've been fascinated with health ever since I can remember. My grandmother's best friend was bedridden with rheumatoid arthritis since she was in her early thirties. My own mother had chronic mental and physical illnesses (some would call it hypochondria). ...
Views: 1690(1 vote) - The Power of Intuition - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2003 from Judith OrloffI'm a psychiatrist and intuitive in Los Angeles. What I do isn't my job. It's my life's passion. With patients and in workshops, I listen with my intellect and my intuition, a potent inner wisdom that goes beyond the literal. I experience it as a flash of insight, a gut feeling, a hunch, a ...
Views: 2308(2 votes) - The Essential Conflict in Humans - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2003 from Clive TaylorThe Essential Conflict in Humans is between our Species Nature and our Consciousness. The two parts of our beings: One part of our beings is our DNA-based species’ nature, which includes the elements of our brain activity and awareness that evolved to contribute to our survival in the world ...
Views: 1371(1 vote) - AWAKENING THE AWARENESS WITHIN - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2003 from Chiara TinoHave you ever noticed that in one moment you can be thinking of something and suddenly its right there in front of you? For example, you’ll be wondering about where to purchase a particular product and moments later, a voice on the radio will be advertising that very thing and where to find it, ...
Views: 1784(1 vote) - The tyranny of "What if...?" - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2003 from Charlie BadenhopWhat you worry about determines the course of your life. Free yourself from the tyranny of your negative "What if..." scenarios, and you will discover that you have everything to lose, and everything to gain! A number of years ago I had a client who came to me in a really bad stressed out ...
Views: 1388(1 vote) - Listening to Your Inner Voice - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2003 from Susie and Otto CollinsIf you never imagined that a goose could teach you about your personal growth, think again. Here's a bazaar, true story that our daughter told us about her co-worker Ann's experience. Ann was training for a marathon, running on a bike path in a major city where she lives. As she was running, a ...
Views: 1374 - ***The Art of Diverting Negitive Energy - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2003 from Melissa ZolloWe are living in a time when we need to look at and hopefully transform our mental and emotional habits. The "season of adversity" is the best time to start dropping a few wealth, health, protection, success and happiness seeds into our deeper mind and fertilizing them with powerful loving ...
Views: 2471(1 vote) - Achieving Optimum Health - by Submitted on Aug 13, 2003 from Tim Ong"Optimum health is not just the absence of disease but the presence of wellness in mental, emotional, physical, spiritual and social areas. Some would also include financial health." Introduction: Optimum health is essential at all levels, from the individual to the society we live in to the ...
Views: 1772(1 vote) - I Know Metaphysics is a Branch that includes Astrology, Tarot and New Age thinking, but why is it called Metaphysics anyway? - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2003 from Nancy FennThere are a couple of different meanings for “metaphysics” in Dictionary.com: • The “branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, substance and attribute, fact and value”. • The “theoretical or first principles of a particular ...
Views: 3180(1 vote) - Mercury: God of the Crossroads - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2003 from Nancy FennThe planet Mercury is a complex and enigmatic planet that has much more to do with our lives than just “communication”, like faxes, emails, answering machines, telephones and media. Mercury in ancient astrology was the Winged Messenger of the Gods. In the Iliad and the Odyssey when someone had ...
Views: 4010(1 vote) - STILLNESS SPEAKS - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2003 from Eckhart TolleChapter 2 "Beyond the Thinking Mind" (Excerpt From STILLNESS SPEAKS)by Eckhart Tolle, author of THE POWER OF NOW Most people spend their entire life imprisoned within the confines of their own thoughts. They never go beyond a narrow, mind-made, personalized sense of self that is conditioned ...
Views: 2353(1 vote) - Life Fundas 2: Living Life on Life's terms - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2003 from Anurag ChopraAre there any pre-defined terms of Life, when adhered to , can make our lives better or makes the world around us a better place to live. To come to think of it, Yes - there are certain basic fundamental truths of life and the best thing we can do is to accept some of the time tested ones ...
Views: 3417(1 vote) - Accomplishments -- Did We or Didn't We? - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2003 from Miami PhillipsDoes it sometimes seem like no matter how hard you work, little gets done? It does to me. Last week it seemed like every time I looked around we were either having to redo something or some new semi-crisis would present itself. All work towards building the barn got put on hold to fix a broken ...
Views: 1572(1 vote) - Do You Procrastinate? - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2003 from Thelma MarianoYou’re about to begin an important project --- and suddenly all the chores you’ve been ignoring demand immediate attention. This happens whenever I head towards my computer for some serious writing. Dishes, laundry, plants that need repotting – anything and everything keeps me from my ...
Views: 1796(1 vote) - 10 Principles I Learned from the Yard Guru - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2003 from Nancy FennThe great guru in my life in recent years has been by yard. No ordinary yard, I live in the foothills east of San Diego, abutting on the true wasteland between here and Mexico, where scrub brush, poison oak and rattlesnakes would scare away the most intrepid gardener. This is why I refer to ...
Views: 1612(1 vote) - You Hit the Jackpot!!! Now stop gambling your time and money away. - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2003 from Danish AhmedHave you ever heard someone say, “I don’t have the money” or “I don’t have the time.” Have YOU ever said that to other people? Here’s a bold statement: Time and money are never issues - they are only excuses. Why? Because both time and money are concepts we, as humanity, have invented. They ...
Views: 2651(3 votes) - How are you Spending your Life? - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2003 from Larry RobinsonI read recently that, “Everyday you are spending your days.” Your life is like a rare treasure that has tremendous value. I believe if you knew how much your life was worth, you would use it in the best possible way to serve humanity. Beloved, no matter who you are and what your background or ...
Views: 1138(1 vote) - As the World Turns - by If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following.
There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 would be Africans
52 ...
Views: 1007(1 vote) - Defining Moments: What Creates A Successful Life? - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2009 from John KuypersSome of us treat each moment as if it's a scarce commodity, trying to get as much crammed in as we can. Others among us casually toss away the moment, like so much excess fluff. As a former Type Adriven corporate executive, I began to search for meaning in my life ten years ago, when I was ...
Views: 6045(2 votes) - How To Instantly Kill Procrastination - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2003 from Kent SayreKilling Procrastination Instantly Have you ever had a great idea but did not act upon it? And then later you saw that product or service out in the marketplace, perhaps earning the founder/inventor millions of dollars? Fortunes are lost due to procrastination but that’s not the only reason ...
Views: 1582(1 vote) - We Are What We Think About - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2003 from Barbara GiamancoOur beliefs frame our thoughts and our thoughts create our reality…do you know what you’re thinking? Personal and professional development is a passion, as well as my business, and I often hear people lamenting about this or that problem, expressing a desire to see change in some aspect of ...
Views: 2439(1 vote) - The Spirit of Change -- Part 2 - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2003 from Christopher WalkerThe more you follow the path of exploration into the mystery of life, the more life becomes revealed to you. Life begins to express its secret, its nature. What is required of us, for deeper understanding, is a commitment to follow earnestly the laws of life into self discovery. Few things have ...
Views: 1061(1 vote) - The Spirit of Change: A Highly Conscious Approach To Business Management - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2003 from Christopher WalkerFor many years I have worked with people who are keen to work effectively as possible. The most successful people I have encountered in this time are moved by an expansive vision. They are fascinated by life and driven to experience it fully. They respond well to change although they do not ...
Views: 1135(1 vote) - Journaling - a Tool for Self-Discovery - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2003 from Thelma MarianoWant to get better connected to your inner self? To access your deeper thoughts and unblock your emotion? Try journaling! I have been journaling for two years now, and it’s like having a special friend. Someone who’s always there to listen. There is something very comforting about writing in ...
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