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BRAIN POWER Our Genie to Success - by Michele Blood- Does Free Will Exist? Free Will and Divine Will Exposed - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2017 from Christine HoeflichThe topic of free will and does free will exist came up as I listened to Joe Rumbolo's September 30th Blog Talk Radio show. Joe was interviewing guests Geoffrey and Linda Hoppe, and I usually try to make time to listen to this couple as Geoffrey channels a being named Adamus St. Germaine whom I ...
Views: 1739(1 vote) - Dreams - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2016 from Stephanie AdamsThere is an entirely new world that awaits us every time we close our eyes and sleep. It is our inner world...a place where we find our deepest and innermost thoughts and impressions. What some people do not realize is that our dreams hold the key to our reality. In order to interpret your ...
Views: 2097(1 vote) - Dreams Become Real Right Now - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2012 from Oliver WadeI love to see the sparkle in a person's eyes when they realize that anything is possible--when they finally get in touch with the potential inside themselves, and they begin to imagine what they'd love to enjoy in their life. Knowing what you want is the first step to happiness, so you've got ...
Views: 1432(2 votes) - EARTH SCHOOL’S PLUTO in AQUARIUS CURRICULUM: An 180° Paradigm Shift Is Approaching at Warp Speed - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2023 from joan pancoeRECOMMENDED: To see all visuals and activate all links: https://joanpancoe.com/2023/08/31/earth-schools-pluto-in-aquarius-curriculum-an-180-paradigm-shift-is-approaching-at-warp-speed/?fbclid=IwAR3g5ZyDBqfq50EFlWoHhciqaufv20QkXqN4dNfF-mYbxfqE27i5437gnQc “Without this ‘wearying world’ we ...
Views: 465(1 vote) - Echoes of Emptiness - Gradual and Sudden - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2012 from Jacob Newell© Jacob Newell (Gu Shen Yu Daoshi) When it comes to cultivating qi, there is no question that Laozi suggests we take a gradual approach. “A tree too large to embrace starts as a tiny shoot; a 9-story terrace starts as a mound of earth; the journey of 1,000 li happens under the feet” (Ch. ...
Views: 1321(1 vote) - Empower Yourself With the Here and Now: End Your Mental Suffering with Spiritual Enlightenment - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2012 from Dr. Robert PuffLife is in constant flux: people and jobs come and go, we learn new things while forgetting the old, and different events take place. Our lives and views change. A seventeen-year-old boy might believe popularity is of crucial importance, whereas a sixty-seven-year-old man might believe that ...
Views: 1229(2 votes) - Energy Vampires - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2010 from Azzrian VisionsEnergy Vampires Raise your hand if you know one! Now Raise your hand again because you ARE one! We are all energy and we need to thrive and feed off of the energy of others and we also give back with our own energy. We have the Law of Polarity and for every action there is an ...
Views: 2741(1 vote) - Enlightenment - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2007 from Steven SadleirEach of us have an instinct to learn, to grow and evolve. Everything you experience is teaching you something about yourself. Life lessons that we miss we tend to get tested in again and again until we learn the lesson. The more we learn the better life we live. The more we evolve the greater ...
Views: 1191(1 vote) - Enlightenment & The Importance of Kundalini Shakti - by Submitted on May 12, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"Underneath everything is silence; deep, profound, infinite silence. It is in everything yet remains as nothing. The spiritual path is very slippery because of this. Because the mind is always looking for that next bit of knowledge that might take it to silence, that next ...
Views: 1319(2 votes) - Enlightenment & The Power of Now - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"It's very easy to carry the past around with you. To think about what happened yesterday or a year ago or 20 years ago. To think you could have done something different that would have made things better. Or link all of the memories together into a story and calling it ...
Views: 1025(1 vote) - Enlightenment - The Most Practical Thing You Can Do - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2008 from Barry WeinbergOne of the most misunderstood and misused words in our culture is Enlightenment. Often, it conjures up images of bearded men in saffron robes sitting in lotus position in some secluded temple or cave. For the average person, enlightenment seems to be something out of reach and an impractical ...
Views: 904(1 vote) - Enlightenment -- "Let there be light" Genesis 1:3 - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2007 from Merry BattlesIn the light means living with love. Light is defined as that which makes things visible, that which affords illumination. All colors depend on light. Without light we would not have the sublime variations of color on our beautiful mother earth. In our world of duality, we are given both the ...
Views: 1061(1 vote) - Enlightenment for the Rest of Us - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2010 from Jim MalloyThe paradox Enlightenment is a big thing... and not a big thing. To attain a state in which you are perpetually happy, at peace, unconditionally loving and carefree is certainly a big thing. But on the other hand, all these internal conditions are intrinsic to your real nature as a spiritual ...
Views: 881(2 votes) - Enlightenment In Action - by Submitted on May 12, 2008 from Rose RosetreeWhat do you, personally, believe about Enlightenment? Aura readings and empathic merges will show it quite clearly because, here at Earth School, Consequences R Us. It makes no difference whether or not you are bold enough to write a Guest Post, as has been done here on previous days by ...
Views: 851(1 vote) - Enlightenment is - revealing our non-duality - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2008 from Nigel WattsWe spend our lives looking for fulfilment out there, without realizing we are what we are looking for. It is only covered over, we know it in our moments of pleasure and joy? It is like an impossible puzzle but I can show how that is undone. We are all held in the illusion of a self, in ...
Views: 1546(1 vote) - Enlightenment is a Process - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2012 from Charlene ProctorAlthough “enlightenment” means awakening to our God-self within, it is a word with a lot of nuances. It suggests that spirituality is a destination we reach after we achieve a state of spiritual wonder, or a reward for having trekked a specific number of times to Tibet, India, or Rome. It’s a ...
Views: 2587(1 vote) - Enlightenment Qigong Forms For Returning To Oneness - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2008 from Ricardo SerranoThe Enlightenment Qigong (Wuji Qigong) forms synthesized and taught by Master Ricardo B. Serrano, R.Ac., a Qi-healer and certified Qigong instructor, are Pan Gu Shengong, Primordial Wuji Qigong, and Sheng Zhen Wuji Yuan Gong supplemented with spontaneous Tibetan Shamanic Qigong, a formless ...
Views: 1949(1 vote) - Enlightenment Quiz -- Answers - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2010 from Rose RosetreeHere come answers to our Enlightenment Quiz (See that Quiz as a separate article at http://www.rose-rosetree.com/blog). 1. Enlightenment shows to everyone who is intuitive. FALSE. You need Energetic Literacy to tell. And you don't need just Stage 1 Energetic Literacy (being aware of energy ...
Views: 3881(1 vote) - Enlightenment: How to Transcend the Ego - by Submitted on May 06, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"That which you assume yourself to be is not actually a thing, but an action. It is the action holding on. In every moment, you are unconsciously holding on to an idea of who you are. And although this idea of who you are is constantly changing moment to moment, the action of ...
Views: 1327(2 votes) - Everything is perfect - just as it is - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2012 from Michael KewleyWe all have a perception of perfection. We carry with us an idea of how everything should be and because of this spend huge amounts of time and energy trying to arrange conditions to match this idea. Our family, friends, partners and colleagues, our work and social engagements. Nothing falls ...
Views: 2966(1 vote) - Evolution of the word 'Christ': Part I - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2011 from Lateef Terrell WarnickAs the holidays near, it is important to remind ourselves of what we are really celebrating. Christmas day is symbolically the birthday of Jesus Christ, who according to the Christian Faith, died for our sins to be forgiven. Jesus is an important figure today regardless of what faith you may ...
Views: 1583(1 vote) - EXCAVATING YOUR BLISS - by Submitted on Mar 24, 2010 from Michelle MayurIt is all too common that sometime in a person's forties they undergo what is popularly termed a “mid-life” crisis. Either this is because they suddenly realise life is passing them by and they have not met the goals they aspired to in their twenties, or alternatively the person may have been ...
Views: 1553(1 vote) - Experiencing Compassion - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2010 from Mary Lee LaBayI came across a discussion of Compassion in the book Zen Soup by Laurence G. Boldt. I decided to share it with you so we can contemplate these concepts together. "Compassion is not sentimentality. It is not about being nice, polite, or pleasing. Indeed, compassion may often take on a wrathful ...
Views: 1065(1 vote) - Fasting in Jainism - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2016 from Randi FredricksAlthough Jainism is one of the smallest organized religions, it has the most pervasive practice of fasting. In Jainism, the women, in particular, partake in frequent fasts, often for long periods. In a similar fashion as Hinduism, fasting is performed in Jainism in conjunction with lunar cycles. ...
Views: 3620(2 votes) - Fate or Destiny? - by Submitted on Dec 23, 2010 from Barry LipscombEvery condition is the result of a thought and everything we think contributes to our success – or lacking. When we consciously choose to let old thoughts go, we open ourselves to new possibilities. In this means we are able to spontaneously change our reality when we change our thoughts, ...
Views: 1410(1 vote) - Feel and Be Empowered - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2011 from Adam BenedettoEmpowerment comes from a place of being present in one's self, of acting from a place that is solely a journey of personal truth. To become one's self more so is really to be who you are. Not to act differently to suit the moment, but to come fully into who you are. To be present through all ...
Views: 750(1 vote) - Feel the World Around You - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2011 from Bridgette Short & Elisa Stella ~ Guiding SoulsWe live in a world filled with noise. Sometimes it can be hard to focus, to truly focus on everything around us. We find ourselves tuning things out. Tuning out our spouses, tuning out the children, tuning out the construction across the street, tuning out the planes landing at a near by ...
Views: 2134(1 vote) - Find and Understand Your Destiny - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2011 from Adam BenedettoOur chosen path already exists within us. The path we are meant for, our destiny, is true to our heart and our being. It is here, throughout life, we are being led toward. Sometimes, of course, the path is averted or ignored completely. We then become unsatisfied and full of want. It can be ...
Views: 1240(2 votes) - FINDING GOD: WHAT IS FAITH? - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2012 from Jerry PollockSummary: A universal question of people of different ethnic backgrounds, languages and beliefs is, “How Does One Find God?” In my case God found me with Divine Miracles and Divine Providence, but in most instances it requires faith. If one’s heritage and upbringing is such that faith in God is ...
Views: 3082(1 vote) - Finding The Answer To “Who Am I?”: Lose the labels and learn the art of beingness - by Submitted on Aug 26, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffBefore anything can be known, before anything can come into existence, there must be someone who is the background to all that exists. When we wake up in the morning, everything blooms in our awareness. But would it all be there if we weren’t around? Can there be anything without us first being ...
Views: 966(3 votes) - Free Will – The Bubble of Creation: Why We are a Spark off the Bigger Flame - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2010 from Tiffany SnowImagine a child blowing a large soap bubble and as it leaves the wand it slowly hangs in the air, iridescent and beautiful. Now the child takes his wand and passes it through the bubble one more time, making smaller bubbles from the big one. He blows again, and a myriad of little bubbles stream ...
Views: 1321(1 vote) - From Perspiration to Inspiration - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2012 from Lucy Pemberton-PlattA Journey to Awaken your Inspiration To inspire is to guide by divine influence, and this influence exists within us all… I believe that everybody alive in this benevolent universe has the ability to bring forth the finest qualities within themselves and others. Every one of us is ...
Views: 1425(1 vote) - Gautama Buddha and His Enlightenment - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2007 from Olga RezoFor seven long years was Gautama Buddha lifting up His consciousness, every minute of every day. Firstly, He went through the veil of His own thoughts and emotions – a painful process by itself – and then, by focusing His concentrated love upwards, he started penetrating layer by ...
Views: 1519(1 vote) - GDPR: An Executive Guide To What You Need To Know - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2020 from Daniel BrainGDPR stands for “General Data Protection Regulation”. It is a regulation that requires firms related to data services in EU (European Union)member states to protect the personal data and privacy of their citizens during any transactions.The European Parliament ...
Views: 956(1 vote) - Getting the Cosmic Joke and Laughing Our Way to Wholeness - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2011 from Janbreathe@aol.com Janbreathe@aol.com"Blessed our we who can laugh at ourselves for we shall never cease to be amused." I recently went to see Swami Beyondananda, the Cosmic Comic, and he told us, "Imagine that the creator is watching the comedy channel, and WE are what's on." Laughter is a wonderful thing. It is healing and heart ...
Views: 4595(1 vote) - Getting to the Heart of What Matters in Your Life - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2010 from Sandy Brewer, PhDGetting to the Heart of What Matters in Your Life. This is what the Sandy Brewer Show is all about! Experience the powerful voice of Human Behavior and Relationship expert, Sandy Brewer, PhD, as she provides empowering perspectives about life’s everyday challenges. Sandy gets right ...
Views: 2386(1 vote) - Giving and Receiving - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2010 from Erica BoersmaCan you recall a time when you received something you really wanted? What were you thinking prior to receiving it and how did you feel after manifesting it? There is a deeper knowing associated to manifestations that are realized. The moment we recognize our freedom to create what we love and ...
Views: 3163(1 vote) - Good Riddance to Good Works? Should Christians Obey God's Moral Commandments? - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2015 from Dr. Shirley Cheng, Blind Author with Vision"Good riddance to good works!" is the mentality of some Christians who believe that obedience to Yahweh God's holy commandments is no longer required once you put faith in Jesus Christ for your salvation. Is this belief Biblical? When we accept Jesus as our Savior, does it mean we can indulge in ...
Views: 1845(1 vote) - Gratitude and Appreciation - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2010 from Erica BoersmaWhat do you think is available to you? What do you think you are worth? What do you think you deserve? We know as creator beings the answers to these questions lie within ourselves. Whatever we desire to create with an honest passion is what will become available to us. What are you receiving in ...
Views: 1816(2 votes) - Happiness: What it Isn't - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2014 from Ariel and Shya KaneHappiness is a very popular theme these days and we guess it always has been. From the time we were children, we have been taught that it is better to be happy. Everyone knows it is better to be happy or joyous than sad or angry or upset or unsure of what to do with one's life. So people try, ...
Views: 1967(7 votes) - Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Submitted on May 26, 2013 from Kerry LittleToday I emailed 20 of my online friends and asked them what they thought was the opposite of Love. Every one of them said that they believe "hate" to be the opposite of Love. I don't believe this to be true. But, before you read on, what do you think? Love is what you are. It is what you ...
Views: 1465(2 votes) - Have you ever consulted a psychic in Colchester? How did it go and why did you consult them? - by Submitted on Jan 19, 2022 from Pearls of WisdomHave you ever consulted a psychic in Colchester Essex? How did it go and why did you consult them? In the old days, when I first started working as a full time professional clairvoyant, it was normal to go and see a reader. Most readers advertised in local newspapers or billboards that only ...
Views: 624(1 vote) - Higher mind power with Brain Wave MP3 - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from David KigerIt is now very possible to highten your brain power with advanced and new brain Wave mp3 technology.New research show that altered states of consciousness and instant states of higher mind power can be achieved by using brain wave mp3 recordings. This method can be used because it is legal and ...
Views: 1845(1 vote) - Holes. Not the Sigourney Weaver movie, the ones in the Sidewalk of Life. - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2012 from Rene' LeisterPortia Nelson wrote "Autobiography in 5 Short Chapters" below. Chapter I I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost ... I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes me forever to find a way out. Chapter II I walk down the same street. There is a deep ...
Views: 1511(1 vote) - Holistic Non-duality - The Heart Of Modern Awakening - by Submitted on May 17, 2012 from Mark KellyThe essence of holistic non-duality is the recognition that non-duality is never separate from duality. Simply put, they are “not two” because non-duality devoid of duality is itself dualistic. Holistic non-duality does not transcend the world; it transcends the division within us. It is what ...
Views: 1869(1 vote) - Horses and Human Emotional Intelligence - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2011 from veronica garrettHorses and Human Emotional Intelligence in Equine Assisted Life Coaching Equine Assisted Life Coaching is similar to Equine Assisted Therapy in that the horse becomes a bio-feedback mechanism for personal growth however it differs from EAT in that our Life Coaching programs primarily focus ...
Views: 3458(1 vote) - How A Spiritual Practice Can Lead to Spiritual Awakening - by Submitted on May 21, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"It makes no difference what technique or method you practice, it is that you give yourself completely to that practice that matters. It can be as simple as watching your breath. If you really give your full attention to watching your breath then you will move beyond ...
Views: 973(1 vote) - How Can I Achieve Happiness? How the Natural State is the Key to Pure Happiness - by Submitted on Sep 18, 2011 from Dr. Robert PuffAs we go through life, sometimes we have beautiful experiences. They are so wonderful that we are filled with a desire to hold onto them for as long as possible. But why we can’t hang onto them and why they go away is because we can only remember them in the mind. The mind itself is not ...
Views: 1120(1 vote) - How Can You Embrace the Magic Within? - by Submitted on Jun 16, 2010 from Sally MarksIn a recent interview I was asked, “What can people do to embrace the magic within?” Embrace the Magic Within is the subtitle of my book. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting this question (I’m new at being on the receiving end of an interview after all!) The short response is the two main ...
Views: 2144(1 vote) - How Do We Live with Ego - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Terry SwejkoskiThe ego can be very clever and can manipulate in more ways than you could ever imagine possible. And that in itself is the secret to living with the ego. What is presented by the ego is always imagined and never true reality. The stories contrived by the ego will always be focused on past or ...
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