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- The Secret To Greater Intelligence And Meaning - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2012 from David Samuel“...From very young, we are taught to ask questions, so we keep asking until we find answers…” This is a quote from Nobel prize winner, Dan Shechtman, in response to being asked why there are such a high percentage of Jewish nobel prize winners compared to any other race. This is not an ...
Views: 1439(1 vote) - Why Spirituality Cannot Help You Overcome Your Issues - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2011 from David SamuelMany people complain that their parents did things to them as a child which have negatively effected them emotionally as an adult. These emotional issues are based on the memories. The memories are real, but the reality today is that the problem is in fact just memories. The problem is not ...
Views: 1439(2 votes) - How To Remove Pain And Find Happiness, Part 2 - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2012 from David SamuelContinuing on from Part 1 of this article, the removal of pain brings pleasure and happiness. When you can see that mental pain is 100% in your mind due to your resistance of the state of things as they are, you cease to believe the illusion. At that moment, pain is gone and pleasure, or rather ...
Views: 1438 - Find The Demon Inside Your Mind - by Submitted on Oct 28, 2011 from David SamuelIn order to fix something, you must first know that it is broken. Now you can target the part that is broken, and then fix it. The problem is that although most people are aware there is something wrong, they do not know what the real problem is, and so cannot fix it. This is commonly expressed ...
Views: 1424 - 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: 1424(2 votes) - The Connection Between Reincarnation and Channelling and How to be a Spiritual Channel. - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2009 from David SamuelThis article is about the ability you have to communicate with your past lives, and how to develop that ability. Please bear in mind that these words and concepts, the way I am explaining them to you are only quasi accurate. I say this because in order to describe the spiritual realm in ...
Views: 1420 - Weakness Perpetuates Itself But, You Can Stop It - by Submitted on Mar 02, 2012 from David SamuelFeeling inferior prevents you from finding happiness and can make anyone overdo proving that they are adequate or superior rather than accept the reality that they simply are not perfect or perhaps even capable of doing the particular task. We are all less than someone else, and more than ...
Views: 1420 - 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: 1395(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: 1393(1 vote) - Loving Yourself - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2011 from David SamuelYou cannot make yourself love yourself just as you cannot make you love another person. Loving yourself is a result rather than a cause of a changed personality. When you have rid yourself of qualities that you dislike or are no longer limited by fears and inhibitions, or you just happen to have ...
Views: 1385(2 votes) - Why Not Trust Your Own Decisions - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from David SamuelI was asked a question; “I’m trying to find a way to balance having a relationship and achieve my goal. But I see I’ve failed to realise I cannot have both. Because my goal is also to be balanced my thinking is that I needed to have a relationship in order achieve this.” Why can’t you have ...
Views: 1376 - How To Know The Truth Is The Real Question - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2011 from David SamuelAsking for the truth is the ultimate question but first we have to know how to know it. The way is through direct experience by our objective observation of our self. Can you see how subjective you are in your view of everything you encounter. How everything you hear about you fit into ...
Views: 1373(1 vote) - 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 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: 1359(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: 1356(2 votes) - Why People Are Going Postal - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2013 from David SamuelHave you ever been, or talked to someone who is clearly upset and when asked; “What’s wrong?” insists that nothing is wrong? The more you probe, the more they resist. There is clearly something wrong but they will not open up. You write it off as being emotionally closed and eventually give ...
Views: 1351(2 votes) - How Making Decisions Relates To Depression And Happiness - by Submitted on May 21, 2011 from David SamuelMay 4, 2011 Decision And Depression Scientific studies show that people who feel they have no control over their life are more prone to depression, but people who feel they have control over their life in general are happy and positive. Therefore we can say in a generality that a ...
Views: 1349 - Happiness Is Found When Selfishness Turns To Sincere Giving - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2012 from David SamuelOne thing that you may have found through my articles is that you cannot ‘do’ anything. Everything just happens and you react by instinct or by one of the minds of the ego part of your being. Rarely if ever do you act out of the wisdom mind of your ‘Essence’ or ‘Being’. We call this being ...
Views: 1346 - Finding Happiness With The Creative Aspect - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2011 from David SamuelActivity without fulfilment is just passing time while your body decays. It does not fulfil the emotional needs. Only by creating according to your own personal nature can fulfil that. If there is no channel for you to be creative, then the energy that is available for that must be used ...
Views: 1345 - The Seeds Of Our Moods - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2012 from David SamuelAll things come from seeds, all plants and living beings, eggs are seeds. If every thing originates from a seed, and thoughts and emotions are things, then thoughts too, come from seeds. The proof that thoughts and emotions are real things is in their effect on our physical body. Don't ...
Views: 1339 - How To Find What You Really Are - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2012 from David SamuelIf you observe yourself, you will discover that all you are is an emotional feeling. It could be positive or negative, love, anger or hatred, it changes frequently, but ultimately we are nothing more than emotional feelings. Are not all your thoughts and actions an expression of your ...
Views: 1331(2 votes) - The Law Of Nature Is The Law Of God - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2011 from David SamuelOctober 3, 2011 The Law Of Nature Is The Law Of God We can speak of God and Spirit and all the religions and teachings attributed to God on how we should live. The problem is that all the religious teachings have to be interpreted and there are so many interpretations that the ...
Views: 1323(1 vote) - 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: 1320(1 vote) - How to End Pain and Be Happy - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2011 from David SamuelMany people who believe in karma (the law of cause and effect in respect to previous incarnations if you believe in that) have the concept that the negative situations that happen to them are a type of karmic debt. That somehow they deserve whatever bad things have befallen them, either in ...
Views: 1317(2 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 - 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: 1313 - 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) - Is Life Pointless And Futile? Here Is A Possible Point - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2013 from David SamuelMany people get the feeling that everything in life is just an empty waste of time, totally futile. So much of our time spent on empty interactions, work to make money just to pay taxes and survive, etc. is just a waste of time an effort, given the inevitable end. This is a very depressing ...
Views: 1307 - My Thoughts On Boundaries And Being Spiritual - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2012 from David SamuelHaving boundaries is tantamount to not truly being open. Basically, anyone who ever says they want to set boundaries is a selfish person because those boundaries are the rules you set up on how other people have to treat and interact with you. That is the point of a boundary. You may justify ...
Views: 1303 - What Makes You Be The Way You Are - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2011 from David SamuelMany people want to find their true essential nature, their soul, but of course, that is a very rare discovery, at least it is if you are honest about it. I have another way of searching for that answer which is a bit simpler and perhaps answers more questions about why we are the way we are, ...
Views: 1300 - Guilt, Debt and Happiness - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2013 from David SamuelNot everyone, but many people, have a level of guilt, insecurity or self-consciousness, a general unease and discomfort around other people. This article is about the cause and thus how to release guilt and attain emotional freedom. The key is at the end of the article, but you need to read the ...
Views: 1299 - 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: 1296(1 vote) - How To Find The Right Spiritual Path For You - by Submitted on Dec 16, 2012 from David SamuelMany people are looking for a spiritual teacher, an enlightened being who can help them progress in their spiritual growth or path to enlightenment. Some jump from one teacher to another being perpetually dissatisfied, or maybe they find one teacher they like and stay there for the rest of their ...
Views: 1294(1 vote) - 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 - 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 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: 1283(4 votes) - There Is No Empirical Right Or Wrong - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2013 from David SamuelRight and wrong are a matter of personal opinion, this is the definition of morals. Your morals define what is right or wrong for you. If you do things you feel are wrong, but then convince yourself it is acceptable or divert your attention from feeling what you did is wrong, that takes ...
Views: 1282(1 vote) - 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 - How To Make Life Roll Smoothly In Perfect Control - by Submitted on May 17, 2011 from David SamuelFor a bike wheel to roll smoothly, all the spokes must be strong and well connected. They connect to the hub. The hub is the central point of the wheel and connects to the axel. As I discovered by my own experience, when one spoke out of the 20 on my bike wheel broke, the whole wheel was wobbly ...
Views: 1277 - 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) - 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: 1272(3 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 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 - Fluidity Solves All Conflicts - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2013 from David SamuelOpposing Polarities May Cooperate With Each Other Or They Conflict To Varying Degrees Fluidity is the answer to all confusing statements. Fluidity is the key to wisdom.This article will discuss fluidity, its meaning and use. If to you, for example, conflict means opposing, that indicates ...
Views: 1253 - What Is So Bad About Being Wrong and, Why Can’t I Accept Myself - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2013 from David SamuelInsecurity, fear, inhibitions, lack of self-confidence and freezing up are some common plagues. Feeling great then all of a sudden feeling down, a spontaneous emotional drop in mood and energy, or any emotional swings without significant cause is another painful condition for many ...
Views: 1251 - How Hopelessness Brings Infinite Happiness - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2013 from David SamuelWhen anyone asks; ‘How are you?’I am always well. The secret to always being happy is to have nothing you want to do. This is the essence of the Buddhist teaching that all suffering is caused by desires. The more we desire, the more we suffer, either through lack of what we desire or fear of ...
Views: 1250 - Improving Memory Through Logical Reasoning - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2011 from David SamuelMany people think they have a bad memory or simply cannot think straight. There are too many events which turn out that we forget something or neglect to prepare for the obvious, and this is allotted to a bad memory. What if it has nothing to do with memory at all but rather is the way thought ...
Views: 1245 - Which Is Better To Pursue; Enlightenment Or Emotional Independence - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2013 from David SamuelThe most attractive is of course enlightenment, spiritual realization, self-knowledge or anything in that direction. Promise of this draws many people, and although it would be wonderful to have a large following, I will not claim to have achieved or promise something I cannot deliver. What I ...
Views: 1241(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: 1239(1 vote) - We Hold Ourselves Back By Confusing One Emotion With Another - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2013 from David SamuelWe often confuse our emotions with what we think they are as opposed to what they really are. This misinterpretation of our feelings to the opposite will keep us limited as this process most often interprets a wise emotion or intuition as a weak emotion or fear as we try to identify and explain ...
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