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BRAIN POWER Our Genie to Success - by Michele Blood- Releasing Attachments - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2012 from Adam BenedettoThroughout life we grow accustomed to things, to needs, and to the belief in how things must be. We believe we can't do without them, that in order to be happy things must be a certain way. But do they have to be? And what happens when we lose the things that are necessary to us? When life ...
Views: 1301(2 votes) - The Dharma is free and it matters not what school you study in - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2019 from Merlyn SeeleyThe Dharma is free to all, its part of the Buddhist belief that no one should be allowed to pay for the Buddha’s teachings. It was never meant to be used to make a profit, it was meant to change the world. The Buddhist literature and all Dharma materials are free to anyone, if not then it’s not ...
Views: 1250(2 votes) - The Illuminati - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2016 from Stephanie AdamsThe Illuminati The Order of the Illuminati was a secret society whose name means "Enlightened Ones". The organization was founded on May 1, 1776 in Bavaria. The founder, was a former Jesuit and Professor of Canon Law at the University of Inglolstadt, Germany named Adam Weishaupt. ...
Views: 2603(2 votes) - The Last Word - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2010 from Azzrian VisionsDo you like to have the last word when in a debate, argument or confrontation? Are you able to just let it go and let the other person get the final word off their chest, have their say and be done with it? Some people feel a need to have that “last word” while others can simply walk away ...
Views: 18743(2 votes) - The Surprising Benefits of Dying - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2010 from Harry WarmanNear-death survivors tell stories of out-of-body experiences and spiritual awakenings. How is it possible for near-death experiences to result in religious experiences so profound that they totally and utterly transform an individual? Is it really possible to attain such mystical illumination ...
Views: 1198(2 votes) - The Yoga Of Now - by Submitted on Jun 07, 2010 from Nancy SeiferThere was a lot to absorb on September 11, 2008, with Hurricane Ike barreling across the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas while 9/11 memorials were underway. At times such as these, it is possible to see with the eye of the soul—to try to “read the book of life” with some detachment and discover ...
Views: 862(2 votes) - Thoughts of Power - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2010 from Nancy MiillerToday, in my workbook practice of A Course in Miracles, lesson 281 resonated to the core of my being with an astounding feeling of truth. Lesson 281 states “I can be hurt by nothing but my thoughts.” As the sentence finished the whirling sense of truth began to fill my mind. The course teaches ...
Views: 1678(4 votes) - Twin Soul Reunion - A Sign of Spiritual Awakening - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2017 from Christine HoeflichPerceptive readers of my recent articles have probably noticed that I have hinted at an out-of-the-ordinary meeting of a man (a parent at my children's elementary school) as a sign of spiritual awakening. This is because this man happened to be my twin soul (sometimes also called "twin flame") ...
Views: 9149(2 votes) - Understanding God: Moving from Concepts to Spiritual Enlightenment and Nonduality - by Submitted on Feb 24, 2012 from Dr. Robert PuffWho are we before anything else ever was? When we take away everything impermanent, who are we at our core? Although God may be the ultimate, our concepts of God are not. Though religion plays a beautiful role in this conceptual world of ours, it prevents us from God because it labels God. ...
Views: 1884(2 votes) - Using Sphatik in Your Everyday Life - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2016 from Harshad JethraSphatik is considered a greatly sacred stone and is also known as the mountain crystal. It is surprising to note that while sphatik is known to create fine spiritual products, it is a greatly attractive stone and is used to create fashion accessories. At times, we find that sphatik is used in ...
Views: 1179(2 votes) - What Happens When We Die – Before and Three Weeks After (Part 1 of 2) - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2010 from Tiffany SnowWhy are there so many stories of dying people seeing their loved ones around them when no one else can? If death is imminent such as in a fatal accident, does the spirit leave the body before the trauma occurs? Do good and evil people end up with the same experiences of death? Is death the same ...
Views: 2316(2 votes) - What is Happening to Reiki? - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2012 from Don Beckettcopyright © 2011 Don Beckett A LOT of people have been asking this question privately for at least a few years. The answer is not one that most of us are eager to acknowledge. We tend to brush it aside and go on with our own work. But suddenly I feel we need to acknowledge it, for the sake of ...
Views: 5199(2 votes) - What is Meditation? - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2011 from Kip MazuyWhat is Meditation? This is a tricky question because meditation is beyond the understanding of the mind. Meditation could even be said to be the recognition of what you are beyond the mind and body. Beyond thinking, there is a sense that you exist. Not existing as a name or person, ...
Views: 1056(2 votes) - You need to Give Yourself a Pep Talk - by Submitted on Feb 12, 2012 from Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha•You can improve yourself, boost your confidence, better your attitude, re-energize and inspire yourself to positive actions and results by giving yourself a pep talk anytime, anywhere and any day. •If you must succeed in life you have to be intentional about it, therefore, it is time to be ...
Views: 4970(2 votes) - 5 Simple Secrets to Becoming Enlightened - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2009 from Jafree OzwaldEnlightenment is a process of peeling back the many layers of your ego to experience your true radiant Self. To drop into enlightenment right now, takes absolute total surrender to What Is. Start with letting go of all efforting to get somewhere better than here now, and start playing like a ...
Views: 1450(5 votes) - Moving From Spiritual Awareness to Spiritual Enlightenment to Spiritual Awakening - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2011 from S. Evette GardnerWe come across these terms all the time in spiritual study: spiritual awareness, spiritual enlightenment and spiritual awakening. Is there any difference to their meanings or are they simply variations of a theme? They are often used interchangeably so any difference in meaning would have to be ...
Views: 1222(5 votes) - Undoing the Block to Divine Providence - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Nouk SanchezThis world is really focused on getting and having. Think about it. As you read this article you most likely feel that you still have some unmet needs. They may be in finances, love, family, career or spiritual development. We all want to get and have, and what we’re accustomed to doing is using ...
Views: 2242(5 votes) - Change and Personal Growth—See Yourself and Your World in a New Way through Science and Nature - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2011 from Dr. Mary Beth FordA basic principle of life is change and growth. Science tells us: Nothing stays the same. The flower bud changes and blooms into its own colorful expression. Like the bud, our own creative expression needs time for inner growth. We change and grow from the inside out. Inner growth leads us ...
Views: 2067(3 votes) - Compassion and enlightenment part 1 - by Submitted on Jan 06, 2019 from Merlyn SeeleyWritten right after the author’s experience of another stage of enlightenment experienced on October 2, 2009, while listening to a mantra set to music by Kailash called “Saman Mantra”. What is compassion? How can we be compassionate? How can we learn to love everyone? Avalokitesvara, ...
Views: 1315(3 votes) - Deeksha and the Illumined Brain - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2009 from Pamela ArwineDeeksha is a Hindi word meaning transference of energy. It is a form of shaktipat which is a form of life force energy transferred from a teacher to a student…and remember, we are all teachers and we are all students. This transference of energy may support the student in reaching a higher ...
Views: 2945(3 votes) - Divine Openings – Your Ticket to Freedom and Success - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2009 from Becky KimesDo you ever feel like you are repeating the same old “story” over and over but not getting to that happy ending? Are you rehearsing that old worn out script, telling anyone who will listen what a difficult time you’re having, always hoping for a solution? Or is your story more like, “I’ve been ...
Views: 1324(3 votes) - Don't Get Mad, Get Glad - by Submitted on May 19, 2010 from Laina OrlandoLast evening, as I was reading, with my 13 year old son, Spencer, from the book Spiritual Economics by Eric Butterworth, we entered into a delicious dialogue on the meaning of resistance. We were reading a passage that says, to realize prosperity, you must accept the responsibility of your own ...
Views: 3754(3 votes) - Easiest Meditation Technique for Enlightenment - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2010 from Kip Mazuy"The mind is simply the action of identifying with thoughts. Thoughts arise and you take on the thoughts as your identity. You place all importance on them. The thought arises, 'this is not the way it is supposed to be' and you claim ownership of that thought. You take that thought ...
Views: 1381(3 votes) - Find The River Within - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2010 from Robin EschlerLast night I attended a satsang. I would imagine that most of you reading this know that a satsang is a gathering of people around a teacher, usually of Eastern thought, to listen, meditate, chant or whatever the teacher guides the group to do. Although I left euphoric and feeling a bit ...
Views: 1171(3 votes) - How To Create Balance In Life! - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2010 from Behnam BakhshandehHow To Create Balance in Life! there Is Room For Fun Too... How can we find time in these busy, fast paced and overwhelming life and work experiences to find balance in our life? Before that, we have to find out what we mean by balance. Because sometimes balance is a different experience ...
Views: 1972(3 votes) - Learn This Advanced Meditation Technique - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2011 from Kip Mazuy"In meditation, one of the greatest things you can do is become aware of how thought identification happens. Become aware of the process of thoughts arising and the action of being attached to identifying with those thoughts. There is a feeling of contraction behind it, a ...
Views: 1028(3 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: 3994(6 votes) - Life force and the Anatomy of Power - by Submitted on Oct 08, 2009 from Rev. Keith HallStoring Life Force What makes the third chakra and its emotions and agendas so powerful is, well, power. Power in the sense of the pure life force stored in this area. The third chakra is like a battery; life force is stored as potential. This energy is rarely stored as true potential, in the ...
Views: 1525(3 votes) - Releasing Fear - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2011 from Adam BenedettoWhether you realize it or not, a lot of our actions and reactions are based upon fear. For we believe what has happened will happen again. We let our imaginations run wild with the possibilities, whether harmful or not. We see the world through eyes connected to our past, for we can not ...
Views: 811(3 votes) - Surviving the Economic Crisis with Simplicity - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2009 from Cherokee BillieA year ago the majority of my phone calls, as a psychic, were about love relationships. Now the majority of my calls are about finances. Am I going to be laid off? Is my business going to fail? Do I need to file bankruptcy? Will I have enough money to send my kids to college? These are the ...
Views: 2177(3 votes) - The Five Human Habits - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2009 from dustin shannon-bradyAs humans we engage in social behavior that can have profound negative effects for our spiritual progress. The Ascended Masters tell us that our spiritual progress depends on developing positive habits. Constructive habits prevent us from creating karma and obstacles to our englightenment. ...
Views: 1893(3 votes) - The Word IS Opportunity - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2010 from Mandy ZadoorianThe very word I have come to embrace the sound is the same so many various individuals miss out or take for granted, some of which deny this word when it comes along each day! It is the notion of endless possibilities to come and even conquer one‘s fears or doubts they may have once had. The ...
Views: 1378(3 votes) - Let Your Light Shine - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2010 from Caroline and Craig MakepeaceI wanted to share with you today one of the most inspiring pieces of writing I've ever heard. I first heard it through the movie Coach Carter but have since learned that it was penned by Marianne Willamson. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are ...
Views: 6985(7 votes) - A Dawning New - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2009 from Miles MoodyA Dawning New I was sitting on the edge of Black Balsam Mountain not far from the Blue Ridge Parkway and looking down on Looking Glass Rock in the distance. My heart was full to near bursting with what I had just witnessed of the glory of a new day dawning. Clouds parted and the warmth of ...
Views: 1338(11 votes) - Awakening Through the Sounds of Water - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2010 from Shara GardnerThe Sound of Water reveals a path to enlightenment I just came back from a stormy beach, where the waves are thunderous as they pound against the sand; and darts of rain pepper my face as I dare to turn into the wind. The wetness is something I can tolerate, because I love this awesome sound! ...
Views: 1299(4 votes) - Doors of Perception - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2009 from Cherokee Billie“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is: Infinite.” William Blake from “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.” "There are things known, and there are things unknown and in between are the doors" William Blake. 1757-1827 “The spiritual journey does ...
Views: 2874(4 votes) - Embracing the Divine Masculine - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2009 from Harold BeckerLife is a beautiful interplay of imagination and manifestation. Known in other ways as feeling and thought, feminine and masculine, yin yang, each requires and adds to the other. In an amazing dance that allows us to create and recreate our world, these energies continuously merge into each ...
Views: 3742(4 votes) - Realizing We Are One - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2009 from Pat BenageThe third step on the path to becoming all that you are in this life, is realizing we are all one! I don’t just mean this in the way you might think. Realizing something is the act of making it real or manifesting it in your life. So, not only is this about understanding that we are all one, but ...
Views: 3386(4 votes) - Spiritual Enlightenment - Stepping Back from Your Thoughts - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2010 from Aaron WhistonMost of us identify with our thoughts and assume that we are the mind. However this is not the case; you are not your thinking and you are more than your mind. Thoughts flow through your mind like water down a stream every moment of every day. It has been said that an individual entertains ...
Views: 1786(4 votes) - Your True Nature is Free and This is How to Attain That State - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2010 from David SamuelYour true nature, a state of full consciousness, it is within your grasp, you just do not know it. You see, your true nature is not an organ or a particular thing that you can call your soul. True consciousness, enlightenment, is a state of being. You could almost call it feeling an emotion ...
Views: 1141(4 votes) - Is Anyone There? Can Anyone Hear Me? - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2010 from David SamuelThis is the real question we all ask at some point in our life, is anyone there? Am I alone here, in the crowd, in the world? This article is about those moments, the times when we wonder if we are from another planet because it seems like no one can understand our feelings, thoughts and ...
Views: 3450(5 votes) - ***Personal Awakening by Lumari - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2009 from SelfGrowth.com ArticlesTHE PROCESS OF PERSONAL AWAKENING Personal Awakening is a process of unfolding and uncovering. To awaken is to come to know and be more of who you are. It is a deep personal process, and can show you what beauty lies within you and what clouds this beauty from your own eyes. It is called an ...
Views: 3015(8 votes) - ***The Mystic Path Out of the Box and Into Spiritual Power; Experiences, Sensations and Symptoms; Language as a Factor - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2011 from Emily Erickson-SandstromThe categories that human languages lock things into in our minds stifle creative thinking and block extrasensory perception. The categories are the 'box' to 'think out of.' Language fetters awareness: *Most people won't think of or even sense something they have no words for. *We dream of ...
Views: 2991(8 votes) - Be rich in the true sense, exchanging hearts (Two) - by Submitted on Mar 16, 2012 from Ma-Mahajnan prosadKnow and shoulder responsibility. Why have I come, what for and what have I to offer—for myself or you? If for you, then think of the other brothers and sisters of yours and spend something out of your pocket for their good. Once you spend thus, you do whatever you like. Hasn't this been done ...
Views: 1809(1 vote) - Do as I do; it’s almost impossible - by Submitted on Feb 19, 2012 from Ma-Mahajnan prosadLet me come straight to the point. A stranger once came to see the Mother. Stranger: When you are out to subdue lust all by yourself, a hundred employees of lust rally together. –‘What do you think? Is there going to be a lock-out? It can’t be.’ So you started struggling. The same is the case ...
Views: 1446(1 vote) - *** Creative Visualization and Soul Travel Journey with the Angels - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneClose your eyes, taking in a deep breath, breathing out all negative energies and relaxing your whole body. See yourself now standing in front of a beautiful Crystal Palace. This Palace is made entirely from quartz crystal. It stands majestically in front of you, sparkling and emanating the ...
Views: 2458(1 vote) - *** Gratitude Attitude Leads To State Of Grace - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2009 from Christine BreeseGratitude is a cornerstone in the process of manifesting. The vibratory energy of gratefulness causes physical reality to produce more things which resonate with the gratefulness you are feeling, thus causing an even more powerful feeling of gratefulness. It keeps building and building, ...
Views: 2705(4 votes) - *** Healing Patterns - by Submitted on Aug 14, 2009 from Lumari ~ Psychic and Psychic Readings ExpertHEALING PATTERNS AND CREATING HARMONY As you participate with the energies flowing through your world, remember that this is a time for change. Many dramas are being played for your benefit. Whether these dramas are in your personal life or within the global arena, you are working within these ...
Views: 3020(3 votes) - *** Seven Tips to Stay Focused on your Spiritual Path, Goals and Aspirations - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2011 from Gloria Excelsias and Dr Joshua David StoneIf we are not careful, it is very easy for the temptations of this world to steer us off our path. This is why it is crucial to stay focused on our Spiritual goals. For your enjoyment, here are seven tips to stay focused on your Spiritual path, goals and aspirations: 1. Practice ...
Views: 4749(2 votes) - *** What Is Intuition? - by Submitted on May 26, 2009 from Dawn McIntyre“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” –Albert Einstein Intuition is an incredible resource and gift that we have been given to help us live our best lives. I like to call ...
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