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- What Are the Differences Between Soul Needs and Ego Needs? - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorWe are souls in physical form, and we have an ego that is meant to serve us in specific ways. Frustration happens when we get their needs confused (or ignore them) rather than have them work together. Let’s look at some ways to differentiate between ego needs and soul needs. Ego serves us ...
Views: 5837(1 vote) - What Are Your Priorities? - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2019 from Todd PuntolilloFor many, the need to be right and look good far exceeds the need to learn about, express and find peace and happiness. Change is sought by most through drugs, injections, surgery, flashing cash, driving a hot car or some other kind of instant attractor that might yield the gratification they ...
Views: 816(1 vote) - What Contract Have You Made With Yourself? - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2013 from Moreen DuFermontWhat Contract Have You Made With Yourself? We all go through our lives signing many contracts of agreement; yet I wonder if you’ve considered putting your signature on the most important one of all? That is, of course the One With Yourself! This is the soul agreement that you make in order to ...
Views: 1149(1 vote) - What do you do when the Music starts to Fade - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2013 from Rita SchulteMichael Jordon turned fifty in February. Where did the time go? As I read the recent piece in ESPN magazine on Jordon by Wright Thompson, I felt sad for Michael. Each of us reaches a place in our lives where we realize that most of the living we’ve done is behind us; and I believe it brings us ...
Views: 1136(1 vote) - What Do You Embody? - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2011 from Rev. Elaine Torrance-GingrichYour only purpose in life is to be joyful! Wow, what a relief that is! How wonderful to know that all I have to worry about is being happy! Doesn't that just lift the weight of the world off your shoulders? So, many of us struggle with what our purpose in life is supposed to be. We wonder ...
Views: 1724(1 vote) - What Happens When Your Ego Takes Charge? - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2011 from Jennifer Elizabeth MastersAfter two fairly successful radio shows on Voice America, Into The Mystic, under my belt, I approached my third show as somewhat of an expert. Whenever we think we know it all, or can't learn anything new, The Universe rushes in to show us just how far from the mark we are. I prepared well for ...
Views: 1309(1 vote) - What Is a Short Temper Fuse Really About? - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2011 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorWe all experience having a short fuse at times, though some seem to have this more often. What’s really going on; and can two simple methods make a difference? Thoughts that motivated my recent article, “Do You Experience Mixed Feelings About Being Patient and Tolerant?” didn’t stop when I ...
Views: 4947(1 vote) - What is Compassion? - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2013 from David FlowersThe Place of Compassion If you think of disapproval and approval of people as two opposite ends of a continuum, where would you put compassion? It's a trick question. Compassion doesn't even belong on that continuum. Compassion is something wholly different. You will automatically tend to ...
Views: 1987(3 votes) - What is Our Purpose in Life - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2011 from Randi FineDo you remember being a child and asking your teacher or parent why you had to learn something that you'd never use in life? A child's world is small; their limited perspective is based on the quality of love they receive, what their senses tell them, and what they have experienced in their ...
Views: 2095(2 votes) - What Is Really Real? How Awareness and Beingness Open the Doors to the True Self - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffEverything that is, everything that ever will be, everything that has ever been, can only occur because we are bearing witness to it. Everything exists simply because we are aware of it. Without us, nothing can be. The entire universe unfolds from our true self: our consciousness, which is also ...
Views: 1163(2 votes) - What Is Sound Healing? - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2011 from Zacciah BlackburnCultures the world over use sound to attune to, invoke, and transform consciousness. Sound is a powerful tool, because it is vibrational in nature, and we are vibrational beings. Indeed the most modern science shows us that all life is vibrational in nature. This is in line with age old ...
Views: 1943(1 vote) - WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY? - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Cari MurphyWHAT IS SPIRITUALITY? What is Spirituality? http://www.CariMurphy.com Defining spirituality seems to be a significant endeavor in this modern, ever-changing world of ours. Spiritual living is increasing being recognized as an essential component for our fulfillment. Over the years, it ...
Views: 1167(1 vote) - What Is The Christ Consciousness? - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2011 from Caroline NettleIn Sacred Geometry, the shape of Christ Consciousness (or sometimes it is called Christ Grid) is made from a combination of several geometric shapes, the dodecahedron and the icosahedrons. These two shapes are from the group of five shapes known as the Platonic Solids, or the perfect bodies. The ...
Views: 5718(1 vote) - What is the Higher Self? - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2010 from Bobby BeaulieuAre we just a body with a personality? From my understanding, we are much more than that. Each one of us has a higher aspect. This higher aspect has been typically called the Higher Self. If I am not wrong, others have also referred to it as the oversoul or overself. Who and what is the ...
Views: 2873(3 votes) - What Mediumship Tells Us - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2011 from rachel annSome mediums do not just channel messages from the departed of this world. They have other gifts such as psychometry, reading the runes and even tarot which they would use if the sitter simply wanted a predictive reading as some people remain scared of mediumship, due the vastly incorrect media ...
Views: 1438(1 vote) - What Peace Means - by Submitted on Aug 24, 2011 from Adam BenedettoBeing at peace is the state of being where one is, fully immersed in life, living connected and completely accepting of all things. It is living without struggle, resisting change, or withholding oneself from life. Become connected by knowing yourself, tuning into who you are, how you are, and ...
Views: 857(1 vote) - 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: 1931(1 vote) - What Self-Sabotaging Behavior is About - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2011 from Joyce Shafer, Book DoctorSelf-sabotage is not about lack of willpower; so, you can stop beating yourself up about that one. What it is about may surprise you… and empower you. Self-sabotage happens when you confront the need to move out of your comfort zone to improve your life experience or make a dream or goal ...
Views: 1554(1 vote) - What Walt Whitman Taught Me About Enlightenment - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2011 from Wil WordsmithMy introduction to spirituality came in the summer of 1968 after I read Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi and started meditating. By the time I returned to college in September, my world had turned upside down. My previous values and ambitions had vanished and I was looking for a ...
Views: 2900(1 vote) - What You Don't Know About Manifesting Money - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2013 from Monica Juliana Lara,There is a key piece that most people misunderstand when it comes to money. Money=energy If you lack money (energy) it’s because some area of your life is lacking, or draining, your energy. So a key question to ask yourself is: What is draining your energy right now? It could be an ...
Views: 1306(2 votes) - What's so wrong about The Golden Rule? - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2015 from T. Renee RichardsonAloha! Q & A time again! Q: What's so wrong about "The Golden Rule?" A: Short form: It's tyranny! Surprised? Read further, please: A: Longer elaboration: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Ok, so what if others prefer something different done unto them than what it is ...
Views: 1293(1 vote) - What's the Difference Between Hypnosis and Meditation? - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Philip FarberI'm often asked if there's a difference between self-hypnosis and meditation. It's a simple question on the surface, but there are so many different forms and techniques in both categories that it's tough to make more than a general comparison. Nonetheless, while the boundary between self- ...
Views: 1726(1 vote) - What's the Meaning of This!? - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2011 from Rachel Grant“We are all meaning making machines” I first heard this description of how we humans work six years ago at a workshop I was attending. Today, when I Googled it, I got over 5 million results! Clearly this is an idea that has been floating around and changing the way people interact with each ...
Views: 1109(1 vote) - What’s ALOHA Got to Do with It? - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2016 from T. Renee RichardsonAloha! Yes, I said it, per usual! Why? The beautiful Hawai’ian word, “aloha,” is commonly thought by people outside the culture as meaning, “hello,” or, “goodbye.” Actually, the word translates as, “breath of life.” “Alo” = life; “ha” = breath. The “ha” breath in Hawai’ian culture encompasses ...
Views: 1187(1 vote) - When Pluto, Saturn, Venus and Jupiter ALL Go Retrograde: It’s Time to Cultivate A Taste for Bittersweet Going Forward - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2020 from joan pancoeTo view in your browser and see all the images and activate all the links, please click here: http://joanpancoe.com/page-newsletter-details.php?nl=146 When Pluto, Saturn, Venus and Jupiter ALL Go Retrograde: It’s Time to Cultivate A Taste for Bittersweet Going Forward “There is no ...
Views: 816(1 vote) - When Reiki Becomes The Teacher and The Guide - by Submitted on Nov 18, 2010 from Christy MartinI always teach students in my Reiki workshops that Reiki will lead and guide them along their paths if they open themselves up to receiving Reiki guidance. I am a Reiki Teacher, yet the fuller truth is Reiki itself is the Teacher. I am a vessel that the energy and information goes through. Just ...
Views: 1499(3 votes) - When Things Fall Apart Clarity Rises - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2013 from Yol SwanWe know that we cannot control life, but how we respond to life’s events makes a huge difference between feeling like a victim of circumstances and embracing how powerful we truly are as co-creators of our reality. I would like to share my own process here to illustrate what I’ve been writing ...
Views: 1338(1 vote) - Where Does Poverty Consciousness Come From? - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2011 from Caroline NettlePoverty consciousness is the belief that there will not be enough for you. This could be food, money, attention, or any number of things, but it manifests as a fear of lack. There can be many reasons that you suffer from these beliefs. Many of the people alive today were raised by a ...
Views: 2212(1 vote) - Where’s the Humanity: Celebration of bin Laden's death? - by Submitted on May 13, 2011 from Rev. Lou Kavar, Ph.D.While shopping in the local grocery store, I heard a father explain to his young daughter, “We don’t buy those eggs. We buy this kind.” “What’s the difference?” the little girl asked. Her father patiently explained, “These eggs are from chickens that weren’t raised in cages. They could move ...
Views: 1508(1 vote) - Which Dimension is Your Comfort Zone? - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2012 from Brenda HoffmanWelcome to Brenda's Blog Channeled by Brenda Hoffman for www.LifeTapestryCreations.com Summary of Brenda’s December 5, 15-minute, free, channeled “Creation Energies” show on www.BlogTalkRadio.com: Even though you may comfortably move through several dimensions daily, you have a “home” ...
Views: 1320(1 vote) - Who Are the Ancestors and the Divine Ones? Part One (Your Spiritual Lesson) - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2019 from Tanisha Snipes-DixonWhenever I discuss my practice I always mention the Divine Ones which consist of the Creator, Ancestors, Angels, Deities, and the Orishas. They all hold a special power and responsibility in my life and in your life as well, but in order to receive their knowledge, you must communicate with ...
Views: 723(2 votes) - Who Else Wants To Save The World - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2011 from Victor Da PonteHave you ever imagined yourself doing those heroic things in your life that literally reshape the world as we know it – you overcome your personal demons, overcome poverty and oppression and lead your generation into a new world of freedom, enlightenment and justice for all? Ok, well maybe ...
Views: 617(1 vote) - Who Needs to Manifest Something? - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2010 from Gina LakeWhen we are identified with the ego, we feel lacking, life feels lacking, and others feel lacking. The state of ego-identification is a state of never having enough, of discontentment, judgment, fear, doubt, and other negative emotions. When we are identified with the ego, the world revolves ...
Views: 1029(1 vote) - Wholistic Benefits of Practicing Qigong with Directed Intention - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Federico Garcia-AnguianoThe practice of Qigong has been amply and widely demonstrated to accrue many health benefits over time for the practitioner. Here we give a few examples of these benefits from some of the available published knowledge while focusing on the catalyst of action: Yishi or focused conscious ...
Views: 1832(1 vote) - Who’s Helping Who? - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2010 from Florence HaridanReach out to receive help, allows other to use their gifts! Facing the tough economic times of today requires a certain tenacity and sense of hope. While we are experiencing layoffs, seeing closed storefronts and living the reality of cutting back on expenses, we are also in times of great ...
Views: 1165(1 vote) - Why Are We Here? - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Paula JonesExactly? Why are we here? I ask myself that question frequently. And yet, when I take the time to be quiet and go within myself, the answer is obvious. We are here to love, to be loved, to feel joy, to laugh, to forgive, to be compassionate, to be. To love one another as ourselves. To ...
Views: 819(1 vote) - Why Are You a Sinner? - by Submitted on Oct 29, 2011 from Dr. Shirley Cheng, Blind Author with VisionQuestion: Why is every person a sinner? Answer: To answer this question, we need to understand how sin entered our world by reviewing the spiritual condition before and after the first man, Adam, sinned. When the first man Adam was made, he was perfect and sinless since he was made in the ...
Views: 2517(2 votes) - Why Distance Healing Works Beyond Time and Space - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2019 from Alice LangholtI offer and teach distance healing in my Reiki practice. And, I think about this stuff a lot, because students as well as clients ask me how this work is even possible. See, most of us don’t grow up around people who are familiar with distance healing, and therefore, we’re not taught about ...
Views: 1052(1 vote) - WHY DO WE DREAM - by Submitted on Nov 28, 2012 from Tessie JaymeDREAM INTERPRETATION So you’ve had a dream that you’re naked while you’re sitting at the table filled with family and friends at a holiday gathering. They’re all looking at you expectantly. It’s so intense it wakes you up. Now you’re awake and wondering what in tarnation that dream was ...
Views: 1799(1 vote) - WHY KIDS TAKE DRUGS! - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2012 from Stephanie MannGeorge Will’s national editorial, “Should U.S. legalize drugs?” needs discussion. Will states, “20 percent of all prisoners – 500,000 - are incarcerated for dealing illegal drugs, but alcohol causes as much as half of America’s criminal violence and vehicular fatalities.” Interdiction and ...
Views: 1409(1 vote) - Why Paying Attention to Dreams is So Important - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2010 from Bambi CorsoIt’s interesting to realize that we spend approximately 6-8 hours of our daily life sleeping. When you add that up over a lifetime, that’s almost 1/3 of our lives! Along with all the benefits that sleep offers including rejuvenating the body, mind and spirit, there is another benefit that we ...
Views: 6070(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) - Why We Read Auras - by Submitted on May 01, 2010 from Francine Marie-SheppardWe read to heal, as we discover that each person we read is like a mirror of ourselves. We use the reading practice to find ways in which we can release old patterns and pain and reconnect with our higher selves. The clairvoyant reading experience offers the opportunity to find lost ...
Views: 1714(3 votes) - Word of God - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Tracing ABC Tracing ABCThe argument has been something after this manner: The Ultimate Cause back of all things must be One, since Life cannot be divided against Itself; the Infinite must be One, for there could not be two Infinites. Whatever change takes place must take place within the One; but the One must be ...
Views: 1417(1 vote) - Work on your inner world for greater success in love and life. Part 1 - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2012 from Terai KoronuiWork on your inner world for greater success in love and life. If you want to achieve success in life whether it be in your relationships, health or finances - you must establish a solid foundation on which to build on - working on your internal world from ‘the inside out’ addresses ...
Views: 1261(1 vote) - Workaholic Breakdown Syndrome _ The loss of INTIMACY - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2019 from Roberto CIaldiniTo be truly loving and compassionate, one must feel and be able to express not only genuine emotional support, but also grateful appreciation. The language, behavior and values of the Feeling function do this best. The challenge becomes how to develop mutual respect, trust and loyalty, while ...
Views: 1128(1 vote) - You Are Evolving at an Amazing Pace - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Brenda HoffmanWelcome to Brenda's Blog Channeled for www.LifeTapestryCreations.com by Brenda Hoffman “Creation Energies” 5/22/11 blogtalkradio.com free radio show overview: Listen to your heart and you will have access to the financial resources correct for you. You may feel most comfortable giving ...
Views: 1224(1 vote) - You Are Greater Than You Think - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2010 from Ivan CavricBeing an Ordained Minister it is my choice to refrain from public preaching and preparing regular sermons. Most of my opinions are expressed in writing. I consider this as a privilege because I am not held to any timetable and can truly focus on those matters that I consider should be shared. ...
Views: 2546(1 vote) - YOU CAN CONSCIOUSLY SHIFT YOUR PERSONAL ENERGY FIELD RIGHT NOW! - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Cari MurphyYou Can Consciously Shift Your Personal Energy Field Right Now! Every single day offers a fresh, clean, blank slate on which we can create whatever we choose. Did you wake up feeling excited about your day, or did you wake up moaning and groaning (internally and externally) about the ...
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