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What to Do When the Law of Attraction Doesn't Work

The concept of the Law of Attraction has become almost mainstream in American culture today. Instruction abounds. There's "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill, the Seth material channeled by Jane Roberts, the Abraham teachings by Esther and Jerry Hicks, and, of course, the movie "The Secret." Essentially the Law of Attraction (LoA) states that "like attracts like," meaning that our thoughts are magnets drawing into our lives the equivalent of what we think. LoA makes it clear that positive thoughts are the way to go.

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I am entitled to change my mind

About eight years before I started studying A Course in Miracles and truly recognized it as my path home a close friend and fellow spiritual seeker gave me the big blue book. Someone had passed it on to her and although she recognized on some level that it held great wisdom, she just couldn’t get through it. “Read this,” she said. “Maybe you’ll get it.” Skipping the introduction and preface in my typical rush to ascend I opened it to the first page of the text and read: “There is no order of difficulty in miracles. One is not ‘harder’ or ‘bigger’ than another.

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This world needs new leaders. It's need light. It needs you.

http://www.gorgeousforgod.com In times of change, learners inherit the Earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” – Eric Hoffer We are standing smack in the middle of a global shift. If you think life is going to continue as it always has, then you are in for a brutal surprise. This world is changing, and fast. Where are you? Are you lost in dreams?

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I Know You Really Love Me

For most of my life, I assumed there was something deep, dark and shameful about myself that would make people recoil in horror from me, if they really got to know me. This belief was unconscious, and it actually took a lot of work for me to admit this to myself. It was necessary, because I kept getting involved with people who didn’t value me. This included boyfriends, bosses, friends, family, casual acquaintances, and strangers.

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Attracting The Love Of Your Life Part 1

If your like every other person out there, the biggest thing you want in your lifenis someone to love you, and for you to give your love to in return. Some of younmay even want the person of your dreams instead of the person you have now. There is nothing wrong with that. So if the love of a ...

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Just Like Fire Shut Up In My Bones

AUTHOR: JEREMIAH Jeremiah was called by GOD to be a Prophet to Judah(the Southern Kingdom). He faithfully confronted the leaders and the people with their sin, prophesied both their 70 year captivity in Babylon and their eventual return from exile. After surviving the fall of Jerusalem, Jeremiah was forcefully taken to Egypt. Yet Jeremiah remained faithful inspite of Jerusalem's destruction. May we be able to stand through difficult times as did Jeremiah.

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By Paula Onysko
Stop Hoping, Start Knowing: Your Life Is What You Intend

Do you know the difference between hoping and knowing? Hoping has you wanting a new outcome—knowing has you living it. Hoping comes with skepticism—knowing stems from conscious intention. Whatever you call that Higher Being in your life, it is always delivering according to the strength and clarity of your loudest intention. Not your hopes or dreams. Your intentions. The loudest one. nnIf you want to know what you have intended, look around. Your life is the perfect refle

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A Comparison betwee A Course in Miracles and Quantum Physics

Quantum physics is confusing, confounding, and convoluted. It indicates that our universe is upside down, and what we think we see is not reality. In fact, physicists are having a hard time determining what reality really is. At the subatomic level, particles can be in two places at one time, can pop in and out of existence, can be created out of nothing, and can communicate faster than the speed of light, as if they are reading each others’ minds.

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By Nicci Striker
Angels And Their Role In Your Life

In this discourse, we will briefly cover the different types of angels and their purposes. There are nine different types of angels; angels, Archangels, principalities, powers, virtues, dominions, thrones, cherubim, and seraphim. In this class, we will learn about angels and Archangels. This is not to say that the other angels are not just as important but we are, generally, closer to the angels and Archangels than to the other orders of Heaven. Angels are a gift from the Div

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The Desire To Be Rich

There are many people in our society that would have us believe that the desire to be rich financially is a sin. People who believe that making a lot of money is wrong, and the wanting of making a lot of money is wrong. Most of the time these very same people are the ones who use guilt and ...

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A Better Way to Say "I Miss You"

There was a time in my life when I was separated from someone I loved because he had to do military duty in Iraq. We were able to text and send letters and occasionally we even spoke on the phone. Inevitably we said, "I miss you."

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***Is Human Nature Good?

Most of the time I find human nature to be depressing. We all seem so clearly out for ourselves. Put us together and inevitably trouble ensues; we fight, we divorce, we molest, we rob, we kill. We wage war not just on the battlefield, but on every field—in the bedroom, at the office, even ...

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The Eye Of The Storm

The phrase ‘eye of the storm’ is personified with peace, and solace. Outside of this Tranquil is turmoil and turbulence. There is no safety in the outside perimeter. The windsnnare unrestrained and raging. Devastation is in its path. In the Atlantic Ocean the stormsnnwith winds above ...

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3 Biggest Law Of Attraction Mistakes

There are a few mistakes that most people make when working with the law of attraction, and most people make them right from the start. Knowing about these mistakes can help you avoid getting little to no results with the law of attraction. Here are the biggest mistakes people make. 1. Testing ...

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Why Visualization Is So Powerful

The mind is an incredibly complex and powerful thing. Even today with all of the technology and understanding that we have, we have barely scratched the surface of the full potential of what the mind can do. Regardless of how it works or what it can do, there have been people for centuries ...

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***Gentleness Is Strength

We all love to be on the receiving end of gentleness. It feels wonderful to be treated gently. Yet, on the giving end, we wonder if being gentle can get the job done. We live in a world resistant to change, even change for its own good. If we are going to make a positive difference, surely at ...

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"Can't" Lives On "Won't" Street

I listen to so many people when I ask them about there dreams make excusesnfor why they can't, or why they would, or what needs to happen in order fornthem to be able to. People need to realize that their life can be anything they wantnit to be, and choose for it to be. It is everything we ...

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***Patience

We all know that we are supposed to be patient, yet we are usually ambivalent about it. Patience means waiting calmly, without complaint, for something that we hope will occur. Waiting patiently often feels like reining in wild horses. We would like to step in and force that desired outcome. ...

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Awakening through A Course In Miracles

This review is from: Awakening Through a Course in Miracles (Paperback) I studied A Course in Miracles for 19 years and thought I understood it. But reading Awakening Through A Course In Miracles took me to a much deeper level. What is so different about this book is that the author, David Hoffmeister, has been there and done that. Since his awakening almost two decades ago, David has clarified the message of the Course across the United States and in over 20 foreign countries. He consistently speaks with the wisdom and unconditional love of the Christ Mind.

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The Law Of Attraction Checklist

Here is a little list for you to think about when working with the law of attraction. Use this list to make sure you are on track with where you need to be in order to attract and create what you want in your life. 1. Do you have a vision board? Do you have a wall, a poster board, a notebook, ...Here is a little list for you to think about when working with the law of attraction. Use this list to make sure you are on track with where you need to be in order to attract and create what you want in your life.

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The Runaway Bunny

“Read it again, Mama,” my then two-year-old daughter would chant night after night at bedtime. And regardless of how tired I was, I would start over, vaguely conscious even then that my own little bunny would all too soon be running away as all little bunnies eventually do. “Once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away,” I read. “So he said to his mother, ‘I am running away,’” my daughter would chime in. She loved that part. “’If you run away,’ said his mother,” I continued, “‘I will run after you. For you are my little bunny.’”

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8 Ways to Develop Great Listening Skills

Have you ever been talking to someone who is looking around the room while you speak? Or who interrupts you to say something on a completely different subject? Maybe you were confiding in a friend who seemed distracted and when you accused her of not listening, she said indignantly, "I was listening!" and to prove it she parroted back the last phrase you had spoken.

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He Is Preparing Me For The Master's Use

HE’S PREPARING ME: FOR THE ‘MASTER’S USE By Lorene Hall PREPARING: To Make Ready For Use; To Arrange; To Position REFINING: Taking Away the Impurities; Transformation For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained (or prepared) that we should walk or live in them (Ephesians 2:10). We are God’s work of art, masterpiece. He’s preparing me, just because He loves me.

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By David Nelmes
Truth Will Set You Free From Fear

rnEveryone has a desire to see things more clearly and more truthfully...even if they are not aware of it. We all have a drive to grow and learn and discover who we are and who created us. Like our creator, we are also creators, thus we are creative and love to build things and express our true ... Everyone has a desire to see things more clearly and more truthfully...even if they are not aware of it. We all have a drive to grow and learn and discover who we are and who creat

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***There Is No Sin

Most of us don't use the word "sin" very much; it has a rather distasteful ring to it. But the concept, I believe, is deeply embedded in our psyches. What is sin? I am not versed in theological treatments of it, but I think I have a good grasp of the popular concept, the one lodged in our ...

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By Baruch Reriani
The Control of Conditions

In taking up this subject, let us very clearly understand that we do not differentiate betwee Conscious Mind and Spirit; there is no difference, for they are One. The Spirit of Intelligence, which is God, in order to do something for us must do that thing through us, and what It is to do must first become a part of our mentality before it can become an individual experience. OUR MENTALITIES ARE BUT THE SPIRIT WORKING THROUGH US AS INDIVIDUALS. In the new schools of thought

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Healing Through Forgiveness

“So, why is forgiveness so important?” you may ask. The reason is this: Forgiveness is the pathway to peace of mind and when your mind is at peace, the world is a beautiful place to be. We all want that! The kind of forgiveness that we are talking about is not the kind that involves ...

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The Yoga of A Course in Miracles

A Course in Miracles (ACIM) offers us a highly individualized curriculum where we use the body as a learning device under the direction of the Holy Spirit. Yoga is one of the classrooms the Holy Spirit offers me to use my body for spiritual purposes. ACIM provides a mind training, therefore all of its practices are in thought-form, or ideas. This can be challenging since the body demands our attention all day long. Yoga offers a body-based sadhana, or spiritual practice, using the body and breath to reconnect with God's Mind.

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By Rev. Julie Renee Doering
The New Spiritual Science Miraculous Healings with Rev. Julie Renee Doering

We use an entirely new modality of healing in the Miraculous Activations weekends, that of ‘Miraculous Healing’. It is a unique form of healing developed from both my innate ability to see and understand the human experience in the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual realms and the translation of information I have received from the Divine while working in partnership healing myself , my clients and friends. The technique of Miraculous Healing though it will feel fa

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Inexplicably, Predictably Happy

Recently a phrase popped into my head, "Inexplicably predictably happy." That's one way I experience God--words come to me and I can tell they are not mine (some people call this "channeling"). I was actually grieving at the time I "heard" those words, but even though I was grieving, I remembered to ask God to remind me of who I really was. In that moment, as I cried, I felt my heart expand and a peace move through me that was filled with joy. There was no logical explanation about why I needn't grieve--I just felt at peace, even as I wept.

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The Belief Behind Feeling Angry or Anxious

Any emotion that we feel is a direct result of our belief about either some words which were spoken or an event that has occurred which we think triggered us to feel a certain way. The truth is, when we subconsciously mistakenly believe something to be true about other people, we cause ourselves to feel angry. Likewise, when we mistakenly believe something to be true about ourself, we cause ourselves to feel anxious. Teachings from A Course in Miracles would have us evaluate our mistaken beliefs and to question which voice in our head we were listening to. Is it the voice of our ego-self?

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What is enlightenment and how you can achieve it effectively through creative meditation ?

I do not have explain further about what is meditation as it already grown popular around the world nowadays. People who practice meditation will notice that there are something unique about meditation. There are a lot of e-books on “how to meditation” and “meditation how to” that can easily be found in the search engines. You will learn step by step how to meditate and be able to meditate on your own.

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A New Frame of Reference for Shifting From Fear to Love

We’ve all been there: stuck in fear or anxiety and wishing there was a quicker, easier way of getting free—of experiencing what A Course in Miracles describes as a miracle: “a shift away from fear to love”. So how do we make the shift more easily so we don’t remain hostage to our ego and to the suffering it brings us? By first being willing to conceive of the possibility that our true Identity can literally come into the fear we’re feeling and transform it for us.

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***Being Truly Helpful

How to be helpful to another is something we all wrestle with. When someone I care about is in need I find myself struggling to locate the right words, and I worry that I will bungle things. In short, I become filled with self-concern. It does not take a genius to see that being caught up in ...

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Shekinah, Divine Feminine & the Holy Spirit

Last night we had a guest from Israel in our Course in Miracles class. About an hour into class, I referred to the Holy Spirit as “He” and she bolted upright with surprise! “He?” she said, making sure she heard me right. “Yes,” I answered, “The Course in written with Christian terminology. It’s a genderless “He” but the masculine is used.” “Not in the Hebrew edition,” she said. “What does the Hebrew edition say?” we asked. “She,” was the answer. And then a lightbulb went off in my mind: Shekinah–the Divine Feminine.

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Can a single person fight 10 to 50 opponent at once ?

The answer is YES! A single person can fight up to 10 or 50 opponent at once. You might wonder how can that be ? I will tell you how it is possible. Since we were born our body was equipped with auto protection system that is in part of our brain called medulla oblongata .The main function is to help us survive all the way to adulthood and alert us of danger coming exte ally or internally.r

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MY LIFE'S REFLECTION

In total retrospect of my life; developing water on the brain, about six weeks after I was born, and the doctors giving me just 5yrs to live over 39yrs ago, I am so grateful to nthe almighty God for a miraculous development. From an infirm infant to an autonomous and athletically healthy ...

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Are Superhuman Capabilities Only Exist In Movies ?

Everybody is searching for ways to improve their life. It doesn’t matter who you are. While others refuse and do not bother to even give a glance look at the truth that was standing in front of their eyes all along. In the end when life become harder the make a lousy choice to end their life. According to world suicide statistic ( refer : http://www.suicide.org/international-suicide-statistics.html ) there are ;

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An Exclusive Q&A Interview with Marianne Williamson on The Gift of Change

Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed author and lecturer. She has published countless books, four of which - including the mega bestseller A Return to Love and the newly-released Everyday Grace - have been #1 New York Times bestsellers. Her titles also include Illuminata, A Woman's Worth, and Healing the Soul of America. She also edited Imagine: What American Could Be in the 21st Century, a compilation of essays by some of America's most visionary thinkers. nnM

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By Amy Long
How To Becoming Ordained To Do A Wedding

There has been much internet chatter conce ing the term ‘Online Ordination.’ What was it? Is it legal? Why on Earth would any individual seek ordination online? ·If you want to be technical, your ordination is not happening on the internet. The internet is just a means your request to be ordained through the Universal Life Church. At the time you are done filling out the form, your request to become a minister is sent to headquarters in Modesto, CA to become looked at by a r

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Great Spiritual Ambition or Why we love to hate!

There are times that the “enlightened" among us take great satisfaction when we notice that others are sucked into the dualistic ideas of fear, lack and loss! I was talking to someone close to me the other day. She expressed her anger at hearing the traditional Christian preaching of Hell and Brimstone!

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We Are Always Teaching

Whether we realize it or not, we are all teachers in this world and we are, in every moment, always teaching. A Course in Miracles would have us remember our role as teachers and questio "what" we are teaching by asking us to consider which mindset are we in. There are two mindsets: right-mindedness and wrong-mindedness. When we are in our right minds, we think with the Holy Spirit and bring wisdom, love and forgiveness. When we think with our wrong minds, we think from our ego-self and bring upset, conflict and judgmental thoughts.

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A Mother's Love

My life is a divine testimony of a mother's love for her child. Dexter my son faced death. Again and again my love would defeat any negative outcome.Victory in adversity gives salient reasons for overcoming obstacles and impossibilities. Such is the case that is esteemed from a loving relationship between a mother and her child in this story. I knew that with all the love I had to give my son, that someday Dexter, my first born, would stand tall among his peers. Love can be defined; to feel affection for another. Love is shed in our hearts toward another. Love is more than kindness.

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Miracles, Signs, and Wonders

HEALING: JESUS HEALED as an INTEGRAL PART of HIS MINISTRY The Gospels record forty-one distinct healings(Miracles)as well as others that are mentioned generally. Christ, who endured the Cross for the Joy that was set before Him understands pain. He walks with Christians through their painful hours (Ps 9:9-10). But He was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upo Him; and with His stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5). In (Luke 7:11-17) Jesus raises a widow’s son from the dead. God is a Miracle-giver and a Miracle-worker.

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What Is A Course in Miracles?

A Course in Miracles (ACIM) is a brilliant form of spiritual psychotherapy which brings peace, purpose, love and joy into our lives. It is three books under one cover: the Text, Workbook for Students, and Manual for Teachers. The Course offers us a liberating new definition of forgiveness. As we use its forgiveness practice, our sense of identity is transformed. There is no turning back–our spiritual awakening process has begun.

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Retrieving Happy Memories

When I started seeing a psychotherapist at the age of 37, I felt as if I had no happy memories. Without going into my family history, suffice it to say that my heart had been so scared, and occasionally angry, that there was no room for softer feelings. I was like an emotional quadriplegic, cut off from love, sadness, happiness, relaxation. It took a lot of patience on my therapist's part to offer me the unconditional love and support that produces a sense of safety and trust and leads to deep healing.

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By Amy Long
The Role of Women in Buddhism

When Ananda approached the Buddha and spoke on behalf of Mahapajapati, he asked why Buddha was reluctant to allow women into the sangha. Ananda asked, “Is it because women do not experience the same potential as men to become enlightened?” Buddha replied in the negative. “Women have equal ability as men to become enlightened” However, in some Asian countries, it's believed that only men are able to find enlightenment. For these women, their only hope is to practice Bu

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Looking with Jesus: Now in 3-D

I knelt on the floor and shot Kayleigh’s well-wo cloth piggy down the long hall. “Strike one,” I said. Instead of fetching, my little dog merely blinked. Then she turned her back on me and pretended to scratch her belly. “We’re burning daylight here,” I told her, glancing at my watch. I wagered I had exactly 10 minutes to play with the dog like the good pet Mama I strive to be before heading back to my computer. “Speak for yourself, Mama,” I answered for Kayleigh as I often do, perfectly mimicking the little falsetto voice with which she converses with me in my imagination.

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Ugly Truths

During psychotherapy many clients have admitted to me that they "feel ugly". What inevitably comes to light, as the work continues, is that feelings of ugliness are really feelings of shame and unlovableness. Our sense of who we are begins with how our mother looks into our eyes. What we see in our mother's eyes reflects us back to ourselves.

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By Rebecca Davies
Diary of a coach June 2011

The Diary of a Coachr Tuesday the 8th June, 2011 After the disappointment of having 'the big" training day cancelled next week with the "big and very important" client, the coach takes herself off to the hairdressers. Something that was planned just in time for the big training day anyway, but is now a consolation prize. Super, big important client promises to reschedule for September. Fingers are crossed. In the meantime, coach met several potential new clients yesterday

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Life After Therapy--Are You Ready for Spiritual Psychotherapy?

From the time I was 14-years-old, I had an interest in psychology. My mother was an aetheist and psychology seemed to be her religion, so I embraced it as mine as well. After many years of therapy, having tried several different psychotherapists and their modalities, and benefitting from them all, I had a spiritual awakening. At the time, I didn’t know what had happened. I just knew that something was missing–a big, chronic hunk of emotional pain and anxiety had broken off of me, like an iceberg floating away and melting as it went.

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Practice Should Not Be Perfect

A Course in Miracles has an entire Workbook for Students which guides us through 365 days of spiritual practice. Let's look closely at Lesson 95 which takes particular care in describing how to practice. Once we have reached this lesson, we must be almost four months into our Workbook study. We are told that five minutes of every hour has special advantages at this stage of learning due to our human tendency to let the mind wander. Jesus knows we need mind training because we lack mental discipline. We are forgetful and distracted.

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Objects of Projection

I suppose the clouds of squelched guilt had been gathering for some time in the dark recesses of my scant gray matter. Following a weekend in which I appeared to have remained remarkably right-minded despite distressing developments in the objects of my projectio I awoke once more mouthing the words of A Course in Miracles workbook lesson 185: “I want the peace of God.” “To say these words is nothing,” I read. “But to mean these words is everything.”

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3 Things to Do When You Are Feeling Low

We all know the mood we call "feeling low." We may feel low because we lack confidence we can do something, or because we received bad news, maybe we're disappointed with life in general. Feeling low can be due to physical issues such as sleep deprivation or vitamin depletion. It can be an event in our lives which has lingering effects on us-e.g., a death, a breakup, or a job loss. Feeling low can be a form of chronic depression. Whatever the causes for feeling low, it is a muted state and calls for an infusion of energy.

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***Open-Mindedness

Being open-minded is something most of us value. We may hold our point of view, but we probably realize that being open to other points of view is good. It improves our chances of arriving at the real truth. After all, out of all the people and all the views out there, what are the odds of our ...

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***Does God Have A Plan?

Does God have a specific plan for us, something in particular He wants us to do with our lives? Normally, I would address this question by discussing passages from A Course in Miracles (there are many that answer this question quite explicitly; see, for instance, W-pI.135.18). In this ...

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A Four Step Healing Process

The Four Steps of A Healing Process. The first step is awareness and acceptance. You become aware of what is out of balance. You become aware of what is in pain or discomfort, mentally, spiritually, physically or psychically. You become aware of what needs to be changed. This brings you the ...

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Love Is What Makes The World Go Round

The very word Love often is associated with much solecism. It is misunderstood. It is misjudged. Along with other ‘misses’ it is misrepresented, mishandled, misinformed and misinterpreted. So, what is this ‘Love’ that makes the world go round, as they say. Is it merely an ordinary vacuous cliché. It appears the very word has been used so very fallaciously. It is oversimplified, overstressed and overused in our ordinary pontification.

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CHILDHOOD TERMINAL ILLNESS FROM A MOTHER'S PERSPECTIVE

Have you heard the cliché ‘what do you do when you don’t know what to do’? Difficulty is prevailing. Malady has become predominant. Life just continues to appear oh so calamitous. You can’t stay where you are.Things just can’t remain the same. A transition must take place, somewhere, somehow. Which way do you turn? Which avenue do you choose? Are you really in this alone? Defenseless, with no way out? A Miracle story by Lorene Hall. Have you also heard of the cliché, ‘been there, done that’? Well, I have experienced these hardships.

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Make Love, Not War

Making love starts in the mind. It is what we're thinking that turns us on or off. Making love can be using the body sexually to express love, tende ess, and pleasure. Making love can be purely sensual-e.g., giving your partner a massage or a bath-fragrant with essential oils. Making love can be sharing companionship-doing things together. Most of all, making love is letting our partner know that we see the best in him or her, that we genuinely like who they are, that they inspire us. Love is generous, non-judgmental, appreciative, and brings us closer.

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By Rev. Tony Ponticello
A Discussion on Race

On Sunday, August 4, 2013, Rev. Tony Ponticello addressed the assembled congregation at the Community Miracles Center in San Francisco, Califo ia. What follows is a lightly edited transcription of that talk. Black Americana Salt and Pepper Shakerr Black Americana Salt & Pepper Shaker Many years ago, before I moved out to Califo ia, I lived in upstate New York. At that time I had quite a bit more spare time. It was a different reality. I had spare time then. I don't know how

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By Scott Turresterson
The Four Gospels Course

Jesus moved away from the crowds and went up on the mountain to teach those students who came to him. He taught them: ·“The poor, in spirit, are in luck: the kingdom of the skies is theirs. (He means that though people are poor in terms on money, in spirit they are wealthy beyond their wildest dreams, for it’s richness in spirit that counts in heaven.) ·The mourners are in luck: they will be consoled. (When in the presence of God, the people will see that spirit goes on

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***When Someone is Angry With You

We all know how it feels to have someone angry with us. If that person is close to us, it can turn our world upside down. At that point we usually apply any one of a number of strategies. We might go on the offensive, or the defensive, or withdraw and avoid confrontation, or appease the person ...

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Let me recognize my problems have been solved

Let me recognize my problems have been solved “Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out alive!”rn-Bugs Bunny The persona I keep forgetting I am not is such a drama queen. My father used to call her Sarah Be hardt after the silent film melodrama star. My junior high friends called her Crusader Rabbit after the vintage cartoon character and sometimes, Susan of Arc for her impassioned pleas on behalf of truth, justice, and the American way.

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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Saying the words, "I want to break up," whether with respect to a marital relationship or any other committed romantic relationship, is one of the hardest things a human being ever has to do. Making the conscious choice to end one of the strongest bonds we have ever made frightens us to our very core. We fear that we'll never meet anyone else. We fear the possible financial burden, the loneliness, the unknown. We feel guilty for being disloyal, abandoning a loved one. We dread seeing hurt or rage on our partner's face.

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Feelings Are Energy in Motion

Feelings are not facts. This is important to understand because when we are under the influence of a strong feeling, we have the sense this feeling will never end. If the feeling is anger, we are consumed with fiery heat. If the feeling is sadness, we are heavy, lethargic. If the feeling is happiness, we are light-hearted and energized. In reality, feelings are a flow of 'e-motion,' or energy in motion. Anger can become chronic hostility, sadness can become ongoing depression, and happiness, when it abates, can leave us disappointed and afraid we'll never feel happy again.

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What Is Karma and How Can I Get Some?

Karma is a fascinating topic, one with numerous viewpoints. Regardless of the way you view it though, karma is considered a universal spiritual law. Karma is most often associated with terms of ‘good’ or ‘negative'. To make the situation more difficult to understand, karma may be 'weighted'. Many Pagans speak of the 3-Fold or 9-Fold Law (whatever you send out comes back to you 3 or nine times, respectively). While neither is totally accurate, both are examples of ‘wei

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There Is No Better, Just As There Is No Worse

Many of us spend a huge portion of our lives living in the future wishing for things. We want a better car, more money, a bigger house, a raise, a new career in order to make more money, and a thousand other things. Sadly, once we do get these things we want, we still aren't happy. We are sad ...

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Awakening the Power of a Modern God by Gregg Braden

So many people go through their days and their lives, and they wonder what their purpose on earth is. Most people believe that there is a higher power or a force at work in our lives that oversees what we do and what we become. This entity, or higher power is commonly known as "God". Our God is a powerful, and a fearful force. For most of us, he is also a mystery. Gregg Braden has created a book called Awakening the Power of a Modern God". This book helps to answer many quest

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