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By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

The Importance of the Quality of Your Character; How to Achieve the Balance Required for Spiritual Growth

Spiritual 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 person must take towards spiritual growth to attain bliss and balance. To develop this requires many steps as all things of value do, the first being to eliminate negative emotions. Negative emotions include aggressive as well as passive traits from anger to guilt.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

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By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

The Secret To Greater Intelligence And Meaning

“...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 article about Jews, but rather about the characteristic of people who excel in any way. If you would always ask questions and never accept blank answers such as; ’that is just how it is’, you too would be much smarter than you are, and maybe, win some prizes of your own such as;

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,568 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Are Your Obligations Real or False?

When 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, and as it grows up, education along with the necessities of life. The expectation is that when the child is an adult, it will give back to the parent.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,556 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

How To Remove Pain And Find Happiness, Part 2

Continuing 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 contentment, presides.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,554 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

The Magic Pill

In 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 necessarily physical labour, it is even harder to see your self and conquer your bad habits and weaknesses. Humans by nature are lazy, not only in a bad way, but as well, perhaps the original point of it, in a good way. Laziness is fueled by a desire for efficiency.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,538 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Why Spirituality Cannot Help You Overcome Your Issues

Many 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 that your parents or whoever, did these things. The problem is that you are in the habit of reacting to current events as if these things from the past are still happening today.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,538 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Weakness Perpetuates Itself But, You Can Stop It

Feeling 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 others, but people do not like to accept that they are inferior to anyone.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,537 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Find The Demon Inside Your Mind

In 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 with the question of; “Why do I do what I know is bad for me, but do not do what is good for me.”

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,527 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

How to Experience of Pure Contentment

How 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 contain different teachings, if you can understand what the teaching is and digest it, you would be free. This is what the masters of the past taught, it is not my creation, nor is it theirs, it simply is how it is. Each teacher has said it in a different way, as I will now put it in my own words.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,500 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

The Connection Between Reinca ation and Channelling and How to be a Spiritual Channel.

This 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 human terms is not possible, it is apples and oranges as they say. We do our best.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,497 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

You Are 100% Responsible for Every Thing That Happened to You.

Misery 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 or assumed irrelevant decisions today will deliver certain results in your future. Even if you decide to turn left or right on a path, which route to take to your destination if you have a choice will determine the arrival time, early or late, alters who you may meet on the way.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,496 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Loving Yourself

You 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 a a really good life and all goes well, you will naturally feel happy about yourself and you can call that loving yourself. The next question is what self is it that you love?

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,487 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

How To Know The Truth Is The Real Question

Asking 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.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,483 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Why People Are Going Postal

Have 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 up. The problem is, you are asking them to open up in a way that they have for generations been bred not to do.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,476 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Why Not Trust Your Own Decisions

I 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.”

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,475 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

People Love To Be Depressed And Have No Hope

It 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 faking it and just hiding or trying to trick them for their own benefit.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,471 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

The Qualities to Achieve Balance Required for Spiritual Growth

The 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 character traits are the foundation of a successful business, personal and spiritual life. This is far from a complete list, however it is plenty to work with and will lead you to discover what else you must do. Responsibility.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,465 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

The Seeds Of Our Moods

All 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 emotions and thoughts cause some physical effect? Is not stress felt in tense muscles, or anger felt in physical discomfort, or love as butterflies in the stomach or other tingles?

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,461 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Finding Happiness With The Creative Aspect

Activity 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 somewhere else. Gas in a car is good, gas on an open fire is not good. A burning match on a controlled, focused gas vent on the stove or heater is good, a burning match in a room with closed doors and windows filled with gas from a bottle that was was leaking slowly is not good.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,456 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Happiness Is Found When Selfishness Turns To Sincere Giving

One 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 governed by the Law of Accident.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,456 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

How To Find What You Really Are

If 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 emotions and feelings? This is validated in the reverse by one who says they feel dead because they feel nothing emotionally. Therefore, our life is our emotions.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,450 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

How Making Decisions Relates To Depression And Happiness

May 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 feeling of lack of control leads to depression.r

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,439 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

The Law Of Nature Is The Law Of God

October 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 interpreters themselves argue with each other over the true meaning. This article is meant to give you some food for thought on self reflection as to the quality of you as a human being.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,429 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Is Life Pointless And Futile? Here Is A Possible Point

Many 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 way to live, and ironically, it often overtakes people who consider themselves spiritual or feel there is a higher purpose to life.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,428 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

The Many Layers Of The Mind

We 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 many many other minds. There is the self, the soul, the intellect, ego, personality, prejudices, etc.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,423 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

How to End Pain and Be Happy

Many people who believe in karma (the law of cause and effect in respect to previous inca ations 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 business, or in relationships. I completely disagree with the concept that what is happening to you in this life is due to a past life debt that you have to pay off.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,421 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Guilt, Debt and Happiness

Not 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 whole thing! Guilt is caused by having a debt. If we pay our debts, we will have no guilt and in this relinquishment, be emotionally free and happy. Debt in this case can be money, but is far more than that, we are deeply controlled by emotional debts.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,416 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

My Thoughts On Boundaries And Being Spiritual

Having 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.r

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,415 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

The Truth About Forgiveness, How To Really Forgive Permanently

Forgiveness 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 a little inquiry and you will find that they still harbor ill feelings.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,415 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

How To Find The Right Spiritual Path For You

Many 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 lives.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,414 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Work For The Sake Of The Work

In 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.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,414 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

What Makes You Be The Way You Are

Many 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, as individuals.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,404 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

There Is No Empirical Right Or Wrong

Right 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 energy and builds guilt.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,403 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Know the Meeting Point to Understand All Problems

As 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 known. By finding the meeting point, you will find the precise moment of the beginning of every situation or creation of any thing, and so you will also find the instant that any problem was created.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,401 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

The Body And Wisdom Minds Fight, The Ego Mind Is The Servant

This 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.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,399 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Think and Grow Rich: Why do so Many People Fail and so Few Succeed?

I 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, owning 8 companies and retired at 29. Through my life, I have tried to teach people how to succeed based on my experience and the principles in the book, but with very little success.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,393 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

How to be an Optimistic Pessimist

Negative 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, this is nature, the law of growth and decay.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,391 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Cells Of A Being

Let’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 the source of all things in existence. You can call it the great cosmic creator, but that would be somewhat cumbersome, and the name god has been used so much that it is simply the easiest name to use.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,390 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

What Is So Bad About Being Wrong and, Why Can’t I Accept Myself

Insecurity, 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 people. This article which follows in the series starting with Which Is Better To Pursue; Enlightenment Or Emotional Independence examines these conditions and will hopefully shed enough light on the cause and thus a means of removing or reducing their effects on ones life.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,386 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Obligations

When 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, and as it grows up, education along with the necessities of life. The expectation is that when the child is an adult, it will give back to the parent.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,384 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

The Different Values Of East And West

Being 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, locals in the streets, and tourists in the hotel. I am a very friendly person, and since I am alone I like to approach people because, for me, people are very valuable and interesting to talk to so I learn and grow more each day.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,384 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Changing Words To Change Events Does Not Work

The 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, the objective reality of the situation is the same. If you get in the car and it does not start, calling it a problem or a disaster or a situation or an event will not make the car start.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,382 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

How To Make Life Roll Smoothly In Perfect Control

For 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 and I could not ride safely.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,381 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

How Hopelessness Brings Infinite Happiness

When 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 losing what we have which we desire to keep. It may sound contradictory, but we can have desires and be very active without the pain of having desires. The key is the difference between desires for material things and desire for a state of mind, something non-material.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,377 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Fluidity Solves All Conflicts

Opposing 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 that you do not have fluidity as a personal quality and so your mind is fixed on your definition of conflict. Nothing is fixed in this world nearly as rigidly as a human mind. However, the mind of a wise person is as supple as a blade of young grass.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,373 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

What Goes Up Will Come Down

This 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 successful until we have found and corrected the reasons we are not. If the engine is at full power but the plane is tightly tied to the ground, it will not move. First, we must remove the ropes.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,369 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Which Is Better To Pursue; Enlightenment Or Emotional Independence

The 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 can promise, and something I do have, is emotional freedom. The Sufi and the Kaballists say; "Freedom is not being conce ed with what anyone thinks or says about you."

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,358 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

Improving Memory Through Logical Reasoning

Many 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 is processed? How often have you heard or said; “What were you thinking!” and the reply is the usual; “I don’t know.” How can you not know? That is unacceptable, and of course that reply is usually followed by more frustration for all conce ed.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,356 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

We Hold Ourselves Back By Confusing One Emotion With Another

We 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 our feelings. Seeing yourself as weak instead of strong will obviously prevent you from getting stronger and dealing with situations appropriately.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

1,351 views

By David SamuelRecently published1 topic

The Perpetuation and Termination of Low Self-Esteem

This 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 directly or indirectly told they are worthless or put down in some way. You are limited, only a child, can’t do this or that. You will eat when I tell you, sleep when I tell you. You have no ability to act or decide for yourself. You are trained to be limited.

Primary topic: Law of Attraction

Law of Attraction

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