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By Judith PenningtonMar 5, 20031 topic

The Red Cardinal: A Little Bird Comes to Teach Peace

Last November, when the red cardinal laid siege to my home, I was amused to learn that he was caught up in the same illusion as so many people: seeing his own reflection in the window, he felt threatened by the "other" bird and attacked a mirror image of himself, bashing his beak and body against the glass every two or three seconds from dawn into the night. Thwack! Plop! Thunk! From the start, I felt that the cardinal was an object lesson: if I could not be peaceful about t

Primary topic: Spiritual Growth

Spiritual Growth

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By Judith PenningtonJul 13, 20101 topic

The Path to Enlightenment

It's easy to throw around terms like enlightenment, cosmic consciousness, illumination and awakening. But what do they really mean? And when do we get there? Throughout time, mystics, masters and saints have fascinated us with their spiritual adventures. In 1901, Richard Bucke's classic book, Cosmic Consciousness, defined higher states of awareness as a natural expansion from "percepts" (sense impressions) to "recepts" (a group of sense impressions), to concepts which build

Primary topic: Positive Thinking

Positive Thinking

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By Judith PenningtonJan 27, 20041 topic

Four Powerful Pathways Into The Light

The easiest, most exciting adventure in consciousness follows the lamplit guidance of the still, small voice in each of us. In the quiet of meditation, we listen to our souls and hear what is most needed in our lives and how best to obtain it. This wise, kindly voice never fails us and never falters. There is no substitute for inner listening. But in our travels, these four pathways emerge to enhance our joy and draw us into the Oneness. See which of these harmonic pathways

Primary topic: Spiritual Growth

Spiritual Growth

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By Judith PenningtonMar 5, 20031 topic

Lobsang’s Sand Mandala: Pictures of War and Peace

Watching Lobsang Samten trickle grains of sand out of a silver funnel into his beautiful mandala is a meditation in itself. He has used solid paints to tint ordinary sand just the right color, and each rich hue sits in little bowls clustered beside this ancient and magnificent Wheel of Life. Dipping his silver instrument into a bowl of ochre sand, the Tibetan monk deftly tilts the funnel toward the base of the circle and strokes a second instrument across the first one to co

Primary topic: Spiritual Growth

Spiritual Growth

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By Judith PenningtonMar 31, 20041 topic

The Springtime of Peace

The deeper beauty of spring is its process. In winter's last days, as the sun warms the earth, each root and branch awakens to the patterned memory of who it is and what it can be. Life stirs and nature's growth in turn awakens all of us to the glories of being fully alive. Consciousness awakens in much the same way, doesn't it? One moment, everything is dark and still. Growth begins and we are excited by movement and its vibrant promise of what is to come. I have a sense o

Primary topic: New Age

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By Judith PenningtonDec 16, 20031 topic

The 12 Birds of Christmas

The hustle and bustle of the holiday season is joyful for some people and stressful for others. If you begin to feel pressured by a need to give just the right gift or the perfect holiday meal, perhaps these commonsensical birds of Christmas will re-mind you to peaceful balance. So often we forget that the real gift of the season is each and every one of us--which means you! 1. Fly like an eagle to the heights of inspiration and soar into the Spirit of the holidays. Winging

Primary topic: Spiritual Growth

Spiritual Growth

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By Judith PenningtonMar 31, 20041 topic

The Enchanted Cottage

Decades ago, I saw a metaphysical movie that wonderfully illustrates the alchemical power of love. In "The Enchanted Cottage," a homely, self-effacing maid and a blind, crippled war hero fall in love. She blossoms into an attractive, self-confident woman and he into a charming, handsome country gentleman, both happier than ever before. Oliver and Laura ascribe their transformation to the legendary enchanted cottage, but one day, its spell is broken by the pitying comments of

Primary topic: Spiritual Growth

Spiritual Growth

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By Judith PenningtonMay 31, 20031 topic

Polishing the Mirror

Several years ago, during an interview with Be ie Siegel on precognitive intuition and the role it plays in his life, this distinguished doctor and bestselling author recounted a story about a patient who criticized him for his anger. Siegel responded, "I was angry because of what I had to do to you." n "But you took it out on me!" the man insisted. n Siegel, a loving and sensitive person, saw the truth in this and changed his behavior. Years later, he read a line of poetry b

Primary topic: Happiness

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By Judith PenningtonJul 13, 20101 topic

Cosmic Consciousness - The New Brain

Recently I walked into my chiropractor's office and asked how he was doing. "Lots of challenges," he laughed, "so lots of growth and progress." I loved his positive perspective: It's all progress, no matter what! Perspective often disappears into the mental fragmentation described by Edgar Cayce as "broken points of consciousness." The brain, speeding up to the riot of modern life, deals with this stress by multi-tasking, but soon blurs with fatigue and confusion. The peacef

Primary topic: Behavior Modification

Behavior Modification

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By Judith PenningtonAug 4, 20101 topic

Transforming Consciousness

Back in the 1930s, the late great psychic diagnosticia Edgar Cayce said, “Thoughts are things---crimes or miracles in their own right.” The eyes of Cayce’s psychic soul, seeing everything as energy, readily perceived that our thoughts, emotions, attitudes and beliefs determine from life to life who we are, how we interpret events, and the reality in which we find ourselves. Cayce fully understood that it is useless to judge or fear anything. What looks like a meltdown of the

Primary topic: Spiritual Growth

Spiritual Growth

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By Judith PenningtonNov 8, 20081 topic

The Open Heart

No doubt you have noticed the wonderful people, projects and programs rising into consciousness to help us deal with these challenging times. Over just the past year in America, Eckhart Tolle’s visions of A New Earth seeded spiritual awakening in millions of people watching “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” Former Vice-President Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his tireless work on the causes of and solutions to global warming, and now a brilliant young U.S. president, Barack Ob

Primary topic: Peace

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By Judith PenningtonJul 13, 20101 topic

In Spirit's Toolbox - Diet for a Cosmic Planet

While the journey to cosmic consciousness involves spontaneous awakenings for a few lucky people, it's a matter of "chop wood, carry water" for most of us, according to neurofeedback practitioner A. Martin Wuttke, founder of the Georgia-based NeuroTherapy Centers International (see neurotherapy.us). In his own journey, Wuttke has run the gamut. He won a twelve-year battle with alcohol and heroin addiction not with his eight inpatient stays, but after a spontaneous awakening

Primary topic: Addiction and Recovery

Addiction and Recovery

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By Judith PenningtonNov 8, 20082 topics

12 Powerful Paths To Harmony

What’s your stress index these days? If it’s high, try these sure-fired ways to evoke and preserve harmony and light. 1. Phone a friend. One of the best ways to reconnect with the deeper, core self is to talk with a friend. Besides the relief in resonating with a sympathetic, loving person, speaking your truth opens the throat chakra so that light can flow up from the heart and down from the crown of the head to infuse the energy system with inspiration and balance. Friends

Primary topic: Spiritual Growth

Spiritual Growth Inspiration

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By Judith PenningtonAug 4, 20101 topic

Harmony in the Sea of Spirit

No doubt you have noticed the wonderful people, projects and programs rising into consciousness to help us deal with these challenging times. Over just the past year in America, Eckhart Tolle’s visions of A New Earth seeded spiritual awakening in millions of people watching “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” Former Vice-President Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for his tireless work on the causes of and solutions to global warming, and now a brilliant young president, Barack Obama,

Primary topic: Life Lessons

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By Judith PenningtonMay 18, 20051 topic

One Humanity

There's a wonderful story about Milarepa, the Tibetan Buddhist saint who as a young man went out into the world to experience life and returned home to find his house filled with demons. He was angry and afraid at first and wanted to fight them or flee. Instead, he did the unexpected. First he took a deep breath and bowed. Half of the demons disappeared. Then he opened his heart and mind, expanded his field of awareness and out of his mouth came a song that sent away all but

Primary topic: Spiritual Growth

Spiritual Growth

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By Judith PenningtonJul 13, 20101 topic

Insights from Spirit - Letting Go

Although I realized in a vivid, technicolor dream some years ago that everyone is part of my spiritual journey, the impulse to write, study and research is nevertheless so strong in me that I tend to be impatient with whatever gets in my way. So I am constantly seeking to balance my work, family, relationships and personal time. If you struggle with this challenge, too – and who doesn't? – you may find inspiration in this meditative writing, which I stumbled on while writing

Primary topic: Conflict Resolution

Conflict Resolution

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By Judith PenningtonFeb 7, 20131 topic

Connecting with Your Psychic Soul

There is nothing the psychic soul enjoys more than broadcasting messages from its subconscious mind and Universal Consciousness. We think about a long lost relative or friend and minutes later, that person telephones or knocks at the door. Or we contact someone we haven’t spoken with in a while, and the person exclaims: “I was just thinking about you!” The soul receives and transmits information like a radio, said Edgar Cayce (1877-1945), the best known psychic and father of

Primary topic: Consciousness and Awareness

Consciousness and Awareness

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