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BRAIN POWER Our Genie to Success - by Michele Blood- I’m Not Interested in an Ugly Enlightenment: Learning Self-Command - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2009 from Vickie JimenezOften, people say that enlightenment comes through some incredibly painful period in life. Some horrible depression that made them want to commit suicide and just before they decide to kill themselves, they have some self-inquiry that brings them to an enlightened stage. Suddenly they are ...
Views: 913(1 vote) - 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: 1932(7 votes) - The Majesty of the Moment - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2014 from Ariel and Shya KaneAn excerpt from "Being Here, Modern Day Tales of Enlightenment." In early September 2004, our first day offshore in Venezuela, Shya caught and released his very first white marlin using a fly rod. Photo ops abounded at this exciting acrobatic, dancing, leaping event. Earlier that day, the ...
Views: 1755(7 votes) - Life Balance and the Need for Solitude--Lessons from Nature - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2009 from Dr. Mary Beth FordWe seek many things in this world to bring us happiness and inner peace. We set goals and work hard to achieve them. But in doing so, we often neglect our inner needs--the desires of our spirit. We struggle with the push-pulls between inner and outer worlds. Quiet time alone renews us and ...
Views: 3988(6 votes) - How to Be an Enlightened Leader - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from Angela SpaxmanI’d like to be able to explain fully and clearly how to be an ‘enlightened leader’ (!!), but since I am only just discovering this possibility myself, I am only going to share what I’m learning these days as I explore leadership and spirituality. Please feel free to add to my understanding by ...
Views: 1249 - Voice In The Desert - by Submitted on Feb 26, 2009 from Warren GrossmanI walked along a desert wash that ran for miles through brilliant sands. I turned and saw a buffalo. It was not imaginary. In front of me, was a buffalo. Shocked and awed, I stared at Its enormous head and face covered with curly black hair. Its coat was long and brown. Its horns curled ...
Views: 1087 - Transcendental Meditation: The Benefits - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Michael PierceTranscendental Meditation brings benefits in all areas of life. Just as when you have slept and rested really well the world appears a brighter and more enjoyable place to be, so the uniquely deep rest that TM provides – shown by research studies to be even deeper than deep sleep - reduces ...
Views: 1718 - 2009 Is All About Balance - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Anne AngelheartHere we are in 2009 and it is a glorious year! This year is an 11 which is a Master number and it is also a 2 which is balance. Let’s look at the 11 first and what this means for this year. An 11 can be wonderful for new opportunities and new adventures. If you have been doing your inner work, ...
Views: 2028 - Pendulum Dowsing - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Joseph JamesWhat is a Pendulum? A Pendulum is a physical device for communicating with our subconscious, based on a simple 'YES' or 'NO' signal. The first time I was introduced to a pendulum was during 1981, at 45 years of age. Initially I was terrified, to say the least, as the pendulum circled ...
Views: 4918(2 votes) - Let's Not Lose Sight of Reality - by Submitted on Feb 25, 2009 from Frans LangenkampThis expression caught my attention the other day, reading an interview in the newspaper. That is a good suggestion, I thought. But then, the question comes…’what is reality?’ One thing about reality that we all know is that it is pretty darn complex! And it’s also clear to all of us that every ...
Views: 2094 - Your Life Has Just Begun - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from Dorie BowlinIt's a new year! Look around you and what do you see? Your "perception" is EVERYTHING, for you have a choice of seeing, and then believing in, a world that is promoting fear, OR seeing, and then believing in, a Universe that offers abundance. It really is your choice. We are most certain ...
Views: 2416 - Ascending to Oneness and Discovering your purpose and Destiny - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2009 from VIE Loriot de Rouvray at Bio-Institute of Light and Sound Healing""Ascending To Oneness" The Door to the Divine... Explore the magic of consciousness and healing emotions. Discover your purpose, your destiny, and much more The Ascencion will take you on a fascinating voyage of inner discovery. When you gain this profound depth of understanding. Imagine the ...
Views: 1978 - Our Divine Self - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2009 from Beau HermesThere's the story of the girl in the marching band. At one July 4th parade as her marching band arrived in front of the large crowd gathered on Main St, the girl spotted her mother in the crowd. The proud girl then yelled to her mother, "Look Mom, I'm the only one in step!" Many of us have ...
Views: 1208 - The Fire Within: 8 Insights - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2009 from Kimberley CohenDo you feel purpose and passion in all areas of your life? * Your spiritual life? * Your financial and job/career? * Your relationships? * Your personal time and growth? * Your health and well being? * Your legacy/contribution (people, community, world)? In ...
Views: 1060 - Daoist Zuowang Meditation - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Michael RinaldiniThe following article is a shortened version of my original article on Daoist meditation. Contact me for a free full version of this article. Daoist Zuowang Meditation Just watch out that Above the concentrated mind Everything is free and open and coverless, Beneath the concentrated ...
Views: 6215(2 votes) - I Can’t Hear You Above All the Noise - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2009 from jack yuenIt is so noisy, I can’t hear myself think. You could be in a night club or in the middle of the desert – noise can still drown out the essence of a joyful life. If you are not bombarded with ‘physical noise’ that plays on your eardrums, you are still plagued by the ‘emotional noise’ that you ...
Views: 2182 - Just Breathe - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2009 from Francine Larson“Our lives can change with every breath we take.” From the movie, Where the Heart Is. This phrase comes to my mind often. The verb change carries with it so much power, so much mystery and most of all, so much truth. How many of us have said “one minute he was fine, and the next ...
Views: 1252 - The Truth of Life on Earth - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2009 from Clive TempestI am going to tell you the truth of life on earth. But you are not going to like it. You are not going to like it because you already know this truth and have chosen to forget it. You are determined not to be reminded. So you are going to make excuses for not hearing it, for avoiding it and for ...
Views: 2094(1 vote) - What is the Energy That Causes Spiritual Enlightenment? - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2009 from Mitchell GibsonMany people have noticed that a great tide of change is sweeping across the planet. As in nature, this tide does not follow a linear path. We are experiencing on Earth a massive environmental and human crisis, a reflection of the collective shadow of an unenlightened humanity. What does this ...
Views: 6122(1 vote) - True Enlightenment - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2009 from Mitchell GibsonENLIGHTENMENT is the goal of human life, for the individual and for the race. Enlightenment is awakening to the presence of God as the One-in-all and All-in-one and then expressing that non-dual realization in every aspect of your existence. Simply put, enlightenment is God-realization, i.e., ...
Views: 3241(1 vote) - The Return of the Priestess - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2009 from Sharon Fallon ShreveThe Return of the Priestess by Sharon Fallon Shreve I’m often asked, “What is a priestess and what does she do?“ A simple explanation is to offer Webster’s definition: a priestess is a woman who officiates in sacred rites. While this is quite accurate, in truth, a ...
Views: 1373 - Change as Your Lover - by Submitted on Jan 24, 2009 from Sheri RosenthalOne of the hardest things for us humans to grock is change. From the minute we are born we are subjected to it, surrounded by it and experience the results of it. Yet, we are resistant to change, afraid of the impact of it, and in general simply abhor it. You would think that by the time we ...
Views: 1072 - Spiritual Dogma and the New Age: Ascension, a Mystical Illusion - by Submitted on Jan 23, 2009 from Scott & Stephen Petullo“Ascension” is a popular spiritual topic. In Christianity the term is used to describe the bodily rising of Jesus into heaven. In the New Age, it’s descriptive of consciously transcending this dimension (i.e., “self-ascension”) to advance spiritually to a higher plane, one that is void of ...
Views: 4218 - Identifying with Your Soul - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2009 from Pat BenageOn our journey toward greater awareness, the second step is about finding our identity. At some point in our life, for most of us, there comes a time when we ask the question, "Who am I?" It may not come to us just like that, but it comes in some form or another. The first step in the ...
Views: 3277(1 vote) - Shades of Ego: Secrets Revealed - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2011 from Ken LaDerouteTo function in the world we need ego. Ego is your sense of individuality or awareness of the self. In the psychological sense, the ego’s quality is self-organizing, mechanistic and neutral. This simple awareness of self is required, and serves a valuable purpose. The subtle ego is with us ...
Views: 2371 - Are You Comfortable Being Uncomfortable? - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2009 from Colleen CanneyIf you feel too comfortable in life it probably means you are not growing as an individual. By nature growth is uncomfortable. As a child I experienced Charley Horses, otherwise known as growing pains, in my legs. I would wake-up in the middle night because I was uncomfortable. This is part of ...
Views: 3301 - Being Human Means Being Humane - by Submitted on Jan 10, 2009 from Charly MannMore than nine billion animals are raised and slaughtered for food every year in the United States. Most of these animals are kept in factory farms where livestock is confined to a very small area during its entire lifetime. These animals are fed large amounts of food to fatten them up as ...
Views: 1015 - Beginner's Mind and The New Year - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2009 from sherry gaba“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but it the expert’s there are few.” Zen Master Suzuki Roshi As I reflect on the New Year, I find myself thinking about the concept from Buddhism “Beginners Mind.” The concept is to put aside old ideas and ...
Views: 1251 - Lightworkers, Have You Developed Emotional Maturity? - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2008 from Robina Hearle"I am an adult. I must be emotionally mature." Wrong. We are like children until we clear our emotional baggage, connect with our Inner children and heal all the hurts of that child. Many adults because of trauma in childhood have stunted emotional bodies. They may be mentally very bright, ...
Views: 1241 - Remembering Who You Are - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2008 from Linda BlockI love mornings when the sun shines in through my window and greets me with brilliance and a promise of a new day. It reminds me that I am alive and I feel grateful for this day. As I bask in the warmth of the early morning sun I quiet myself, and can easily connect to the energy of Creator ...
Views: 1479 - What Does it Mean to Live with the Seven Rays of Light? - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2008 from Olga RezoEvery human being needs the love of God. For every one of us, it is necessary to become aware of God's presence, to accept and adore it, because in reality God is already in us and we are in Him. God is everything. God is love which is ceaseless and omnipresent. His love is Divine love - ...
Views: 1569 - 2009 - Wisdom and Justice will Prevail! - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2008 from Merry Battles2009 – what will the new year bring? It has been said that the new year and new numbers bring a different vibration. We need all the help we can get! These are trying times and the possibility of fear overtaking our lives. We must remember there is Divine Order in every action of this ...
Views: 1166 - What is Meditation? - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from S. Evette GardnerHow can I become more spiritually aware? Is there anything that I can do to facilitate my spiritual growth? The time-honored advice in answer to these questions is meditate. But what exactly does this mean, I used to wonder. What is meditation? I was bothered by this question for a long time ...
Views: 910 - The Freedom of Understanding - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2011 from S. Evette GardnerEach must be free to choose his own understanding. This is the origin of freewill. It is the freedom to perceive reality, the freedom to interpret Truth in any manner you please. This is what makes Truth both constant and limitless; both Absolute and relative. If a thousand people were to look ...
Views: 966 - We're All in Different Places, And That's Okay - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2011 from S. Evette GardnerSometimes it can be difficult to resist the impulse not to put people in a box. For most of us, sizing people up and then applying the labels we feel best characterizes them is such an ingrain habit that parting from this tendency requires an extraordinary amount of diligence and attention from ...
Views: 1279 - Receiving Help from the Angels - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2008 from Cherokee BillieTo make miracles we need only dare to ask. There are legions of angels - physical and Divine - all around us, just waiting to help us create what we want in life. There is only one condition to their help.... we must ask for it. Dare to Ask What do you want? What are your desires right now, ...
Views: 1063(2 votes) - The Sky of Now - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2008 from Katie Davis'Awake Joy' is the radiance that strings the happy and unhappy moments of the life situation together like the pearls of a necklace. In the direct realization of this radiance, the pearls dissolve into the precious freedom of conscious joy. Sensibly, inherent joy can not be given to you, nor can ...
Views: 1200 - Christmas - The Birth of the Christ Consciousness Within - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2008 from Merry BattlesThe Christ is not just one person. The Christ is an "office" or "position" we ALL attain to. The word Christ means, "the anointed one." Jesus came to show us the way to be a vessel for the Love of God to manifest. When the Christ Spirit entered Jesus he had perfected His soul in many lifetimes ...
Views: 2684 - 1st Degree Burn - University Students Are Suffering - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2008 from Ryan PorterA first-degree burn can be defined as a minor burn causing pain and sometimes resulting in the victim going into shock. The burn is easily treated and heals relatively quickly with little or no medication.. A large amount of University students are experiencing a different kind of first-degree ...
Views: 790 - Bethlehem - The City Of Light - by Submitted on Nov 06, 2008 from Merry BattlesWe arrived in the Holy Land after a ten hour bus ride and two weeks in Egypt. We left most of our Astara tour of 100 people. Twenty two of us stayed on to visit Jerusalem. I really didn't understand the politics of the region until I got there. We had a Palestinian tour guide and so we were to ...
Views: 1386 - Who's Afraid Of The Light? - by Submitted on Oct 30, 2008 from James PowellHow often do we hear someone express a fear of the light or of someone or something that is light? Personally, I have never heard of anyone being shunned for being light, never heard of a place being avoided for being light. True, photophobia does exist, but that seems to be based upon a ...
Views: 1251 - Understand Why - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2008 from FSB AuthorsMany years ago my great grandfather told me of the persecution he experienced in Russia which led him to come to this country. He said the Cossacks would pursue him at night, when he was out teaching, and slash him with their sabers. One night he was on the hill above his village with his rabbi, ...
Views: 966 - Insight Into The Earth Matrix - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2008 from Lawrence HarrisThere has been a Matrix on the Earth for thousands and thousands of years. Many of you may realize this to some degree, yet for most people it remains unknown. From our "normal" state of mind, the realization that we have been living in a Matrix seems quite unfathomable. How can our existence ...
Views: 4503 - Crisis Or Creativity - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2008 from Janet Perez EcklesA baby camel asked his mother, "Why do we have such large hooves on our feet?" She turned to him. "God made us that way for a very special reason," and she began her explanation. "The big hooves are to keep us from sinking into the sand." "Oh! So why do we have long eyelashes?" "It's to ...
Views: 1052 - We, The Earth - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2008 from Ornesha De PaoliThe planet we live on is our only planet. And it is, perhaps, that way for a reason. There is no mistake that in our learning and understanding of this planet that we also begin to learn and understand ourselves. But because it is our "only planet" we also fear that we may lose it. We are ...
Views: 1082 - Are You Ready To Tap Into Your Worth Once And For All? - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2008 from Heather DominickWhen you constantly give your energy away to outside circumstances, you're left drained, empty and looking for ways to fill up. You search endlessly for the right "answer" to building your business, making more money. You take course after course, buy product after product and then, if you're ...
Views: 1459 - The Secret Of Life - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2008 from Rebecca Ruark-HalsteadThoughts & Insights Issue #7 October 1, 2008 - www.ThinkItOut.net Don't shake your head yet! Because, no, this isn't another pitch about the law of attraction, though I do believe in and utilize that as much as I'm humanly able. No, this is a thought process in awareness; one that identifies ...
Views: 898 - More Than Positive Thinking - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2008 from ron figueroaAs a student of spiritual practices for over thirty years as well as being a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, I have found that for myself as well as the people I have counseled, the most effective healing has occurred when clients are able to not only focus on positive thought, but more so on ...
Views: 950 - If It Feels Good, Do it? - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2008 from ron figueroaI don’t think so…. A lot of people these days are promoting the idea thast you need to focus on feelings, and go in a direction of following good feelings and avoiding the negative ones. You know, this can be very problematic and especially for those like me who have a tendency to gravitate ...
Views: 722 - How Can Human Design Help - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2008 from Linda BissinHuman Design is an instrument for personal growth, self-discovery and self-knowledge, providing a path to self-realization, self-mastery and health for body, mind and spirit. We are able to lead happier, healthier and more productive lives by living in accordance with our individual Human ...
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