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- What Goes Up Will Come Down - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from David SamuelThis article is about seeing and being able to use the positive in everything. We will start with exploring the foundation of being able to live a fully positive and successful life, what prevents it, and then proceed to more detail about the method. There is no point in discussing how to be ...
Views: 1267 - Are you Evil - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from David SamuelThe thoughts of this writing are based on the Hermetica, a body of literature written in late antiquity, but believed to be much older. Perhaps written at the time of Moses. Written originally in Latin and Greek, it is the source of the Gnostic teachings and it appears that Christianity took ...
Views: 1203 - The Different Values Of East And West - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2011 from David SamuelBeing a mix of cultures, parents from India and Middle East, while being born in Montreal myself, and having lived in various countries for the past 20 years, I see the world split in two cultures or mentalities, East and West. Today, I am in Cambodia, and have observed the different people, ...
Views: 1278 - You Are Nothing More Than A Dust Bunny - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2011 from David SamuelZen is an interesting path. It tells us that nothing exists including our self, that we have no essential reality or even a soul. This can be very confusing if left without deeper study to find its meaning. We are basically an accumulation of thoughts and desires. They make up the essential ...
Views: 924 - Life Is Lived Through Sharing What Matters Most - by Submitted on Apr 10, 2011 from David SamuelMany people in Western countries have a very comfortable life with all the necessities that anyone can ask for, yet they are unfulfilled and dissatisfied. The normal course of action is to find a new job or relationship. It does not take long until another change is required since that is not ...
Views: 1908(4 votes) - Charity Foundations, Good Or Bad? - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2011 from David SamuelI am in Cambodia now, the town of Siem Reap and am amazed at how many charity foundations there are in this town, three hundred NGO's (non-governmental associations), one everywhere you look. I have visited with several projects so far and learnt about a very interesting problem. The main ...
Views: 1942(1 vote) - When The Pressure Is On The Intensity Increases, The Exercise - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2011 from David SamuelThis is a follow up to the article entitled ‘The Eleventh Hour’, in which we discussed the value and need of a deadline. Now we shall discuss where the power of having a deadline comes from. The reason desires do not make things happen is because they lack intensity. If you want the universe ...
Views: 925 - Why There Is No Balancing The Material And Spiritual - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2011 from David SamuelEveryone is seeking the way to balance their material life with their spiritual aspirations and practices. I believe there is no way to balance the two because they are not in fact separate. For two things to balance against each other, they must be separate and different, but if there is ...
Views: 1090 - The Use Of Intuition In Business And Relationships, How To Strengthen That 'Gut Feeling' - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2011 from David SamuelThe greatest successes in business and life in general usually come from a decision based on a 'feeling'. That gut instinct when you just know something is right, or wrong, is usually correct, but all too often, recalled only after we made the wrong decision. When I began investing in the ...
Views: 1838(4 votes) - Eleventh Hour Experiences And Exercise - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from David SamuelThe following are some examples which a reader presented from his life. Reader: 1.) During school days, many times I was home in the evening and thinking of some girl or boy from my class and than I went out to the market and would see them there. This used to make me wonder how did they ...
Views: 1221(2 votes) - People Love To Be Depressed And Have No Hope - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2011 from David SamuelIt is an interesting thing I have noticed, that everyone dreams and wishes to be a certain way, free of negative emotions, free in spirt, open of heart, without pain or fear, and meet someone like that. Yet if they met someone who possesses those qualities, they say it cannot be real, they are ...
Views: 1371(1 vote) - The Eleventh Hour - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2011 from David SamuelI have found that there is a repeating theme, things that are reliant on something out of my control and must be done by a certain deadline, get done just in time. It generally applies to things in which I had no control, such as something I want to sell. I have to wait until someone wants to ...
Views: 1106(2 votes) - Cells Of A Being - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2011 from David SamuelLet’s use for the purpose of this lesson, this definition of God. God is not a particular being, there is nothing religious about God. God simply is a name given to a thing so that we can refer to that thing in conversation for the purposes of increasing our knowledge. God is that thing that is ...
Views: 1283 - How To Stop Being Hurt By Other People - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from David SamuelThere is a saying, look to yourself for the cause and solution to all your problems. This is a very interesting saying because it has many meanings. The first is the obvious, to see what you have done wrong to cause the problem. This is easy to apply, see what you did and accept ...
Views: 6252(1 vote) - I Didn’t Mean That, ‘Emotional Containment’ - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2011 from David SamuelMany times people, in the heat of the moment, will say something, and then quickly upon realizing that it was inappropriate, try to stuff the words back in their mouth pleading that they did not mean that or they were just joking. The problem is that retraction is not possible. If I asked ...
Views: 1705(2 votes) - What Goes Up Will Come Down - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from David SamuelThis article is about seeing and being able to use the positive in everything. We will start with exploring the foundation of being able to live a fully positive and successful life, what prevents it, and then proceed to more detail about the method. There is no point in discussing how to be ...
Views: 1190 - Work For The Sake Of The Work - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2011 from David SamuelIn my business career as well as with with my clients and students, I have developed a firm belief that our business success is 10% skill and 90% who we are, the quality of our character. This is exemplified by Richard Branson, a man with little education but now a billionaire with over 200 ...
Views: 1312(1 vote) - Gain And Loss, All Things Come And Go - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2011 from David SamuelThere is a world of difference between running towards God and running away from the world. If you find the world empty of value, void of meaning beyond the very short and temporary life span of a human being, and this causes you to turn towards a spiritual life, leaving the material world ...
Views: 1850 - The Body And Wisdom Minds Fight, The Ego Mind Is The Servant - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2010 from David SamuelThis article will be of much greater value if you have read my little eBook, “All IS Mind” available on entrepreneurmonk.com/books or have taken the course. However, even if you have not, you may find great value in what is written. Briefly to give people unfamiliar with this work enough ...
Views: 1288 - Spiritual Growth And Logic - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2010 from David SamuelThere are many people who are drawing large numbers of followers, propagating that the world is changing and that the ‘energies’ are now different as humanity enters a realm of heightened awareness. They claim that this new period has changed the process of spiritual development such that a ...
Views: 1142 - How To Be Present - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2010 from David SamuelBeing present and feeling bliss is the moment in which you are not thinking of anything else, hence the concept that we are already enlightened, is because what prevents enlightenment is living in thoughts of past or future, i.e., memories. By being fully present in the very moment, we are no ...
Views: 1136 - Everything Is Just Memories - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2010 from David SamuelEverything we are, meaning our reactions to situations, thoughts and emotions, is all based on our memories. Many of our pains and pleasures are felt when we think about, or associate the current moment, to an event that happened in the past, thus a memory. As soon as you realize something ...
Views: 3223(4 votes) - The Many Layers Of The Mind - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2010 from David SamuelWe have spoken of the many layers of the totality of our being in previous lessons, and now we shall explain how each one has its own mind. There is the mind of each of the physical senses, the mind of discrimination of good and bad, the mind of thought and creativity, the mind of the soul, and ...
Views: 1314 - Changing Words To Change Events Does Not Work - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2010 from David SamuelThe past years have taken a trend in the concept that by changing the words, we can actually change the situation. This is clearly impossible, but yet it does work. I would like to explore how the impossible works. If there is a problem, no matter what you call it, or even if you ignore it, ...
Views: 1276(1 vote) - Poor VS Super Rich - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2010 from David SamuelFor some people, struggle gives purpose, which is why people who are not rich, stay that way because if there is a struggle to survive, they have a purpose in their life. There is nothing worse than a life with no purpose and any purpose will do. Survival is a good purpose, so they maintain ...
Views: 2687(1 vote) - I Create, Devils Or Angels - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2010 from David SamuelWe all want to create, but we cannot all just be creative, yet. We must first be capable of creating wisely and of a quality that is beneficial in order to satisfy our creative nature and drive. If not, we may create things that are harmful to others or ourselves. When people say they just ...
Views: 1149 - About Your True Purpose - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2010 from David SamuelMany people are focused on finding their true purpose. They spend a lot of time thinking about and trying to find their true purpose, but never get it no matter what methods they try. My best advice is to forget it and give up because you will never find your true purpose. This entire ...
Views: 1491(5 votes) - Gratitude and Appreciation - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2010 from David SamuelThere is a big difference between sincere gratitude and profusely saying thank you. The difference is sincerity, and that affects how the giver feels about giving to you in the future. When you sincerely feel gratitude, then one thank you is enough, even a smile will do, but if you do not ...
Views: 1270(6 votes) - What Is Vision, How Do You See - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2010 from David SamuelWhere did you learn how to see. How did you acquire vision. What is vision. Let us look at the actual process of seeing. Before we can see anything, there must be something to look at. So the first step is that something exists. Then that object reflects light. That reflected light is ...
Views: 1603(2 votes) - It's All About Love - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2010 from David SamuelIt is clear that an accepted belief these days is that all is love. That all things exist because of love. In Sufism, we say that God is love and out of God’s love all things have come into being. So nothing exists save love. It is also commonly accepted that very few people know true love ...
Views: 1681(1 vote) - Prison Break - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2010 from David SamuelThe only way to be truly free is to accept your prison, be that in the society or in your own mind. In that acceptance, you have released your resistance. By releasing your resistance, you become free. Negative emotions and resistance is a denial of the objective reality of the situation and ...
Views: 1172 - The Key Factor in Finding a Real Teacher - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from David SamuelIn the search for knowledge especially spiritual knowledge, everyone wants the good stuff, high quality, the real meat of knowledge, but so few are willing to pay for it, and they do not understand how to pay. And so they float and wander from school to school, teacher to teacher always feeling ...
Views: 1033(1 vote) - Is Anyone There? Can Anyone Hear Me? - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2010 from David SamuelThis is the real question we all ask at some point in our life, is anyone there? Am I alone here, in the crowd, in the world? This article is about those moments, the times when we wonder if we are from another planet because it seems like no one can understand our feelings, thoughts and ...
Views: 3440(5 votes) - How To Conquer Feeling Criticized - by Submitted on Aug 09, 2010 from David SamuelThe way to conquer negative feelings associated with being criticized is based on your interpretation of events. You take things that someone says about you negatively as if you are being criticized, then get depressed, angry or in a bad mood. This is very self centered, all geared towards you ...
Views: 4553(1 vote) - God Does Not Give and God Does Not Take Away - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2010 from David SamuelEverything that comes and goes in your life is due to one thing that people give different names, chance, luck, destiny, God, or nature. The nature of the world is what it is. For example, using average people, the nature of a thief is to steal, the nature of an honest person is to be ...
Views: 1463(5 votes) - Using Good Judgment - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2010 from David SamuelIn our search for knowledge which we hope will make our life better, we take any opportunity that we are convinced will benefit us. The problem is that we trust others who appear to be in an authoritative position and are presented as trustworthy because our nature, which has long been buried ...
Views: 3888(1 vote) - Understanding Words, An End To Conflicts and Anger - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2010 from David SamuelWords are our main form of communication. Words have the greatest power to make us happy or sad, aggravated or elated. How can something that has no actual material reality have such a powerful effect over us emotionally and physically? Here is a very old thought that gives an idea of how we ...
Views: 2886 - There Are Three Kinds Of Emotions - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2010 from David SamuelThere are three kinds of emotions, those related to the animal level or physical body, the ego/personality and those related to the ‘Something More’ that is referred to by people who feel there is something more to life. As the human body and personality change from day to day and year to ...
Views: 6293 - Sincerity, The Key to Successful Relationships - by Submitted on Jul 14, 2010 from David SamuelSincerity is the word. It is the power behind all success in personal refinement. Pure thought is the power to command. Thought is made impure by fears, falsity, distractions, false desires, false personality, fragmentation, identification and so on. Sincerity is pure thought. But what ...
Views: 13915 - All About Self-Lying - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2010 from David SamuelSelf-lying is our greatest hindrance to success. The truth cannot be found when you are living in a lie. Self-lying is just that, lying to yourself. We all do it, daily in fact. We may call it by other names, justify it, ignore it, or give in and believe it without even knowing what we ...
Views: 1872 - Negative Emotions Are False and How to End Them - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2010 from David SamuelLaw Of Attraction Positive Emotions Series Negative emotions are not real and are not natural. It is not possible to have any negative emotion that is part of our essence. Every negative emotion is learnt. Negative emotions need to be defined so they are not confused with other emotions ...
Views: 2834 - Balance. That is the Key to Success - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2010 from David SamuelYou may have started out not knowing anything about the spiritual side of life, you where only material, but there was something different about you that made you feel something was missing in a so called normal life. Or perhaps you knew some greater truth, but did not have the method of finding ...
Views: 2201(2 votes) - The Different Types of Weaknesses Which Effect Us - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2010 from David SamuelBy understanding the different kinds of weaknesses you have, you will find that you are a much stronger and better person through accepting what you can change and what you cannot. The other benefit of knowing about the different kinds of weaknesses is that you will be better prepared when ...
Views: 2940(2 votes) - What You Seek is Not in the Yellow Pages - by Submitted on Jun 15, 2010 from David SamuelIn the search for what excites you in life, there is no thing to do or possess, no place to go, nothing at all that can replace the essential need and ultimate foundation of good companionship to make life in general more interesting and satisfying. Certainly, we can be very happy alone, and ...
Views: 2089(3 votes) - How to Conquer Negative Energy Being Projected Towards You. - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2010 from David SamuelThe subject of this article is about reacting to negative emotions. If you are effected by other peoples actions, that indicates that you care about what they think of you, you are not free. Certainly that is normal in our society, but is it normal for the real essence of a human being as ...
Views: 4320(5 votes) - Where Have All The People Gone? - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2010 from David SamuelI wonder...when something new is opened or discovered and there is so much activity, people say how wonderful and helpful it is, are they lying? or just wrong. For the purposes of this discussion, I am not speaking of a new restaurant, rather this is about something that is of benefit to you and ...
Views: 1682 - Do You Need a Good Slap! - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2010 from David SamuelLet me tell you what frustrates me. The frustration comes from my own limitation to help people in a certain position, I simply do not know how to get this type of person past the point they are stuck at. This is not to say I do not know how to fix the problem, because I have a pretty good ...
Views: 2413(2 votes) - What Is Your True Path In Life - by Submitted on Jun 04, 2010 from David SamuelMay 27, 2010 What Is Your True Path In Life The first thing is to really understand, not just intellectually, but to sincerely finally understand and accept is that there is no one specific God given special path for anyone. We each have some abilities, either natural talents or developed ...
Views: 2769(1 vote) - The Deadly Ego, Thinking You Understand When You Do Not. - by Submitted on May 31, 2010 from David SamuelThere is a great danger in the whole idea that thoughts are things and we create what we think. This danger is to people who do not fully understand what that principle means, how it works, and how it can be confused with guidance and intuition. That danger lies in the ego which thinks it knows ...
Views: 1528(3 votes) - I Know Who I Am And I Know What I Want - by Submitted on May 28, 2010 from David SamuelThat is the problem. You do not know who you are, and you only know what you think you want. There are many sayings that tell us to find our self, be that in religion, Shakespeare or in common conversation. ‘Know thyself’ “To thine own self be true” ‘Don’t think who you are, know who you ...
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