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- Depression and Purpose - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from David SamuelDepression, which is partly anger at ourselves, is self-destructive and drains our energy to the point that it is sometimes difficult to function even minimally. Depression is an illness of will, which becomes diseased, making a person incapable of persevering in many pursuits. People always ...
Views: 2150(3 votes) - Why Goals Come Close, Then Pass You By - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from David SamuelIt is a common phenomena that people working with the law of attraction and positive thoughts towards a goal will receive many opportunities, but often, they never materialize. This leads to confusion and eventually dropping of the faith and efforts along with giving up hope. I have spent many ...
Views: 1709(1 vote) - The Magic Pill - by Submitted on May 17, 2010 from David SamuelIn the search for success, love or spiritual growth, everyone wants some new and exciting ‘tools’ or ‘method’, the magic pill. The problem is that success is not made in magic pill form, it comes from long hard work, and people are not interested in that. What constitutes ‘hard work’ is not ...
Views: 1429(2 votes) - Think and Grow Rich: Why do so Many People Fail and so Few Succeed? - by Submitted on May 11, 2010 from David SamuelI was first introduced to Think and Grow Rich by my grandfather when I was 12 years old. He gave me his copy, an original printing from India, his home country. I read it and it worked. From literally zero assets and no help whatsoever from my parents, at age 12, I was a millionaire by 25, ...
Views: 1299(1 vote) - How To Eliminate Anger in Three Minutes - by Submitted on May 06, 2010 from David SamuelFor those of you who know me and my views on ‘weekend enlightenment workshops’ you will be appropriately shocked by the title of this article, and even more shocked to know that I believe this to be true. The three minutes are spent in reading this article, which if understood, will in fact ...
Views: 2314(1 vote) - Do You Really Understand Money? - by Submitted on May 04, 2010 from David SamuelWhat is important in getting something is understanding what it is. If you do not understand something, it is impossible to get it other than by luck, and luck is too unreliable to base your life on. You must understand money and what it can give you. Money does not only give you the ...
Views: 2535(2 votes) - What Really Bothers You - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2010 from David SamuelThis is an exercise which I suggest doing for one month or longer. I would really appreciate hearing your results since it is a matter of great interest and a worthy study. Finding the true root cause of anything is the method to eliminate even subtle negative thoughts. The exercise is quite ...
Views: 1935(1 vote) - How to Eliminate Paranoia and Other Fears - by Submitted on May 05, 2010 from David SamuelParanoia is fear of being caught. What exactly are you afraid of being caught for? Is it for being pure and perfect? That is doubtful. If a person is paranoid, that means they have something to fear, something they did wrong or are too weak to defend. Paranoia is in the mind, it is a ...
Views: 2297 - I Have a Dream - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2010 from David SamuelIt is a common dream, many people have it, but I have achieved it for many years on a small scale. I would now like to make my dream grow. I have built and had a successful school of this nature in Colorado, but I left that country and now live in New Zealand where I would like to rebuild ...
Views: 1193(1 vote) - Intellectual Emotions - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2010 from David SamuelThis article is a transcript of a talk with a male student. It starts with a discussion of an exercise he has been given and then expands into the subject of the intellectual and emotional centers, feelings and thoughts. He is very shy and lacks self confidence. He has been given the exercise of ...
Views: 6383(9 votes) - You Are 100% Responsible for Every Thing That Happened to You. - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2010 from David SamuelMisery or good things, almost every thing that happens to you, other than some exceptions, has happened due to your own decision at one point in time. You made a decision and that sent a chain of events in progress until what you are currently dealing with happened. Likewise, your innocent ...
Views: 1399(1 vote) - Why do people not follow through on their goals and plans and how to correct this problem. - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2010 from David SamuelIf you are on your own, it is very hard to get yourself motivated and continue forward. But if you have someone to work with, you have much more power. Two people together can do the work of four people each on their own. But more importantly, when you are alone, you may not get anything done at ...
Views: 3184(3 votes) - The Importance of Acknowledgement - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2010 from David SamuelThe reason it is so vital to always acknowledge the source of whatever you have achieved or received is to avoid arrogance. When a person achieves anything, be it financially or spiritually, and they think they have done it on their own, they become arrogant and that leads to their ...
Views: 9105(4 votes) - You Cannot Find Something by Avoiding It. - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2010 from David SamuelIf you run from it, how will you ever attain it. If the world is a form manifested by God and, if we run from the world, then how can we find God? You must get to know the world, and you know the world by knowing your self. You know yourself by observing yourself. In your objective ...
Views: 1162(2 votes) - What Is Your True Goal? What Is Truly In Your Heart. - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2010 from David SamuelWhat is your true goal? What is that for each of us? It is not the same for all but appears to be the same for everyone in a group who share the same goal. That is obvious, but there is more to this than just the obvious. This is a tricky article, I hope you will have patience and persistence ...
Views: 1824(9 votes) - I Think, Therefore I Am - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2010 from David SamuelYour mind is a conglomeration of thoughts and memories, in itself, it does not exist. Mind is like a dustball, the ball itself is only a collection of dust held together by static electricity. Remove each spec of dust and what is left? Nothing. Then where did the electricity go? It has merged ...
Views: 1170 - Your Moods are 100% Determined by your Thoughts - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2010 from David SamuelYour thoughts control you moods. This is simply the way it is, we must think, or something must reach our intellectual mind to be processed and understood before we can feel anything. If someone insulted you in a language you do not understand, however they put on a sweet face and gentle ...
Views: 1637(3 votes) - The Pattern Organ - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2010 from David SamuelThis article is about an organ which you have never heard of or been aware exists. It is the ‘pattern organ’ and is located in your mind. Since science has not yet located the ‘mind’ we have no idea how big it is or where it is, and so that means it could contain several other organs within ...
Views: 1205(2 votes) - Are Your Obligations Real or False? - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2010 from David SamuelWhen you go to the restaurant, you go with an empty stomach. They give you food, you give them money. There is the emptiness, which is filled, and then what is given gets something in return, money for food. When a child is born, it is empty and helpless. The parents give it food, shelter, ...
Views: 1446(2 votes) - Obligations - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2010 from David SamuelWhen you go to the restaurant, you go with an empty stomach. They give you food, you give them money. There is the emptiness, which is filled, and then what is given gets something in return, money for food. When a child is born, it is empty and helpless. The parents give it food, shelter, ...
Views: 1277(3 votes) - How to Achieve Balanced Business and Spiritual Growth - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2010 from David SamuelCan business and spiritual growth go hand in hand and both develop simultaneously? Emphatically yes. Sufism and the Tantric paths are two examples of having a family and work or business in harmony with ones spiritual growth. The past Sheik of the Jerrahi order in Istanbul owned a candy ...
Views: 1221 - Your True Nature is Free and This is How to Attain That State - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2010 from David SamuelYour true nature, a state of full consciousness, it is within your grasp, you just do not know it. You see, your true nature is not an organ or a particular thing that you can call your soul. True consciousness, enlightenment, is a state of being. You could almost call it feeling an emotion ...
Views: 1136(4 votes) - How to Resolve Conflicts of Your Mind - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2010 from David SamuelKnowledge of how something functions is vital to being able to use it, be it a nuclear power plant or a can opener. If we do not know what it is and how it works and how to use it properly, it is of little or no use, or can even be a great danger to yourself and society. Our mind is the ...
Views: 1822 - How To Get The Most Out Of What You Read - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2010 from David SamuelWhen we read something inspirational or poetic for example, our ability to understand is limited to what we have previously experienced. Everything is taken with identification in the literal sense, we try to identify the feelings of the author or the teaching. The problem is that you can ...
Views: 1109(1 vote) - How to Reduce Sadness - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2010 from David SamuelIf you have no useful purpose, your work, job, something that you do that is useful and serving humanity daily, or if you do not find what you do to be a useful service, then you may have a feeling that there is no reason for you to get up in the morning. Whether we realize it consciously or ...
Views: 2652 - Know the Meeting Point to Understand All Problems - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2010 from David SamuelAs long as there is more than one thing involved in any situation, and there always is, they have a point at which they meet. This meeting point is often overlooked or simply not recognized that it exists, and so problems are difficult to solve and conflicts grow because the true cause is not ...
Views: 1315 - How To Uproot Anger - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2010 from David SamuelAs an example, when people speak about the roads on a snowy day and say it is a mess, that is a negative attitude. Even if it is true, it may be messy but it is what it is. You will deal with whatever you must to get where you are going and it will be over with. There is nothing that can be ...
Views: 1151(1 vote) - How to Experience of Pure Contentment - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2010 from David SamuelHow to Experience of Pure Contentment I shall here describe what I have attained and how I attained it. I hope to continue my progress as I know there is still so much further to go. It is my sincere wish that you will attain what I have, and surpass this level as well. Many paragraphs ...
Views: 1399(1 vote) - The Perpetuation and Termination of Low Self-Esteem - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2010 from David SamuelThis article is directed towards people with low self-esteem and so is one sided to that view. A child is born very intelligent with an excellent learning capacity. This is based on the fact of how quickly a child learns to speak possibly several languages, walk, etc. The child is ...
Views: 1244(1 vote) - Stress and Conflict - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2010 from David SamuelStress and Conflict Every machine has natural limitations, its individual capacity. When it is stretched beyond its capacity, it will be stressed. No machine exists that is a singularly whole unit, all machines are merely a sum of parts. And so we can more accurately say that the machine ...
Views: 1504(2 votes) - Using the Law Of Rhythm, Habits and Melody for Spiritual Growth and Mental Focus - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from David SamuelThe Law of Rhythm is basically indicating an expression of habits. A habit is something you do consistently, therefore it has a rhythmic movement to it. The Law of Rhythm shows you your habits and those of society and the planet. For instance the planet is in the habit of going from season ...
Views: 1980(4 votes) - How To Find Satisfaction By Discovering What Is Missing In Your Relationship - by Submitted on Dec 15, 2009 from David SamuelThere is a nice story of two old friends, one who never married. His friend asked one day, why he never found a wife. John said that he did look, but there was always something. One woman just could not cook well, another was too selfish, another was not a good homemaker. On and on he went ...
Views: 2353(3 votes) - Cause of Violence, Anger and Low Self-Esteem - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2009 from David SamuelThere is no character trait or condition that affects one human that does not affect every human. It is just a matter of degree. The preceding statement must be part of every sincere persons wish to improve oneself. One of the greatest confusions about humans is their love for pain. ...
Views: 1833(2 votes) - How to be Committed and Attached While Detached and Free at the Same Time - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2009 from David SamuelIf the soul, your essence, is the smallest little dot of your being and is covered by layers of ego personality and there are layers for each experience of your life, how can you ever find it? Each layer is another illusion. Illusions are how we have interpreted situations and developed ...
Views: 1795(2 votes) - The Search For Truth And The Main Illusion That Prevents It - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2009 from David SamuelToday I would like to discuss a significant obstacle in our search for truth and personal development that is so effectively ignored and simultaneously encouraged that we have virtually lost any significant chance of success. As we already know, in the search for the reality of our Being and ...
Views: 1360(7 votes) - The Qualities to Achieve Balance Required for Spiritual Growth - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2009 from David SamuelThe quality of your actions and the results are relative to the level of awareness that we possess. A strong character is the foundation and roots that hold up the massive structure of a complete human being. "Character is Destiny" Heraclitus, Pre-Socratic philosopher These ...
Views: 1361(2 votes) - A Human Without Love Is Not a Human Being - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2009 from David SamuelA human without love is not a human being. To live without loving is merely existing, it is a robots life. To be truly alive, to live, to feel, one must have someone to love. Love must be given to someone who can receive it for the lover to feel love. If love is given to one who cannot ...
Views: 16080(6 votes) - A Heaven of Perpetual Virgins, Sex and God. - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2009 from David SamuelIn the pursuit of truth and the hopeful clarification of the escalating lunacy that is pervading our world at present, cultivating a religious war of truly disastrous proportions, I offer you a touch of reality. It is unlikely that many people other than Moslems will read the Koran. It is ...
Views: 2776(2 votes) - The Importance of the Quality of Your Character; How to Achieve the Balance Required for Spiritual Growth - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2009 from David SamuelSpiritual growth relies, in my opinion after decades of self work and study along with meeting many remarkable and unremarkable people, on the cultivation of your morals, personality and character. A strong character with correct standards and morals is the first prerequisite step a normal ...
Views: 1480(4 votes) - How to be an Optimistic Pessimist - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2009 from David SamuelNegative is really positive. Accept what is and you will never be disappointed or fail. Generalities are the rule, we must play by the rules. Humans are unreliable. Know this and they are without failure, and you will be without failure. Everything is destined to fail and be destroyed, ...
Views: 1286(4 votes) - The Importance of the Quality of Your Character; How to Achieve the Balance Required for Spiritual Growth - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2009 from David SamuelSpiritual growth relies, in my opinion after decades of self work and study along with meeting many remarkable and unremarkable people, on the cultivation of your morals, personality and character. A strong character with correct standards and morals is the first prerequisite step a normal ...
Views: 1220(4 votes) - How to Understand Emotional Reactions from Body Reactions to Events - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2009 from David SamuelAnger at someone in a situation where let's say you almost hit them with your car as example and hurt them gets you very angry and say what a stupid fool. Yet the only damage would be to the other person and it was really an innocent act on their part. The reason you react with anger is ...
Views: 1947(6 votes) - Two Key Business Principles For Success - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2009 from David SamuelThe first key principle in business success is knowing who you are dealing with, and who you are, a smart person or a foolish person. The difference between a smart person and a foolish person is that when a foolish person is foolish, he thinks he is smart, when a smart person is foolish, he ...
Views: 2027(6 votes) - Do You Take Things Too Literally - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2009 from David SamuelSpiritual seekers and budding entrepreneurs alike are faced with a terrible dilemma, knowing the true meaning of what is really being said. Be it a conversation or reading an inspirational or apparently humorous story, knowing the real meaning determines the value gained and the outcome. If ...
Views: 14780(4 votes) - The Truth About Forgiveness, How To Really Forgive Permanently - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2009 from David SamuelForgiveness is a very popular concept. Everyone who is interested in self healing and personal development is talking about forgiveness and how that is being compassionate etc. However, many people find it difficult or impossible to truly forgive. Some people may think they have forgiven, but ...
Views: 1323(1 vote) - A Living Teacher or Acceptance - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from David SamuelThe Sufis say that the way to find God is either through a living teacher or, failing that, is through acceptance. Acceptance of all things that come to you without judging them. The way of accepting all things without complaining or feeling bad is to know that the reason these difficulties ...
Views: 1140(2 votes) - Don’t Just Think Who You Are, Know Who You Are: How To Become Emotionally Independent - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from David SamuelThe goal of personal development is personal freedom. Freedom from your emotions, moods, reactions to success or failure and most importantly, freedom from being dependant on other people or your environment. Emotional independence is not about suppressing or stifling your emotions, rather it ...
Views: 5025(6 votes) - How To Get An Objective Point Of View - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from David SamuelTo succeed in life, both in the world of business, relationships and other things, as well as succeed in the inner world, the spiritual world, you must learn to accept reality and your actions as they are without trying to make things fit your imagination. Attain an objective view of reality. ...
Views: 6659(1 vote) - What Is A Person’s True Character - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2009 from David SamuelIf I treated Paul with great kindness and generosity, he would praise me at my funeral as being the most wonderful man who ever lived. But if I also treated John with cruelty and cheated him every chance I could, he would have only terrible things to say. The two would argue bitterly ...
Views: 1602(2 votes) - The Law Of Attraction Is An Electro-MagnetSubmitted on Sep 21, 2009 from David SamuelHave you ever tried wrapping a copper wire around an iron nail and connecting the ends of the wire to a battery? Instantly, with the electrical charge going through the wire and around the nail, it becomes a magnet. Even with the addition of electricity, the wire alone is not magnetic, nor ...
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