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Article Title: 'The God Memorandum' (from 'The Greatest Miracle in the World' by Og Mandino)
Submitted by: Craig Lock
Category/Key words: Inspiration, 'The Greatest Miracle in the World', Og Mandino, book "reviews", inspirational books, good books, empowerment
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Article Title: 'The God Memorandum' (from 'The Greatest Miracle in the World' by Og Mandino)
Submitted by: Craig Lock
Category/Key words: Inspiration, 'The Greatest Miracle in the World', Og Mandino, book "reviews", inspirational books, good books, spiritual, spiritual growth
Web sites: ... Views: 9386
Close your eyes taking in a deep breath, breathing out all tension and all negative energies on all levels.
Imagine yourself now floating above the Earth looking down at its huge form, slowly spinning in the outer realms of time and space. As you look more closely at the planet you see its ... Views: 1800
First off, there is absolutely no reason for anyone to be afraid of negative extraterrestrials. They are still our brothers and sisters in Spirit, they have just temporary lost their way as is the case with many humans.
As long as you stay attuned to Spirit, practice unconditional love and ... Views: 1892
We each have a physical/etheric, astral/emotional, mental and Spiritual body, sometimes jointly called the “four-body-system.” Within each of these four bodies are so-called permanent atoms. They are called permanent atoms because they are permanent in the sense of recording our every thought, ... Views: 2284
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 awakening because, just as from your ... Views: 3129
Make yourself comfortable, preferably sitting on a chair with your feet firmly on the floor, making sure your arms and legs are uncrossed and your spine straight.
Relax now, breathing deeply once or twice, allowing your entire body to feel calm and tranquil.
Imagine now that you are ... Views: 1791
Make yourself comfortable, preferably sitting on a chair with your feet firmly on the floor, making sure your arms and legs are uncrossed, and your spine straight.
Imagine a golden light all around you spreading out as far around you and as high above you as you can visualize it. This is a ... Views: 1534
Dear Reader,
Not long after graduating from college, I took a job selling oceanfront condominiums in Florida.
I had never worked in sales before, but this seemed like a good place to start. The units were beautiful. And there was no prospecting involved. Instead, the developer brought the ... Views: 1746
All creation begins with Beingness. (1) Who you are being (2) determines what you will be doing (3) determines the experiences you will have in your life. Being-Doing-Having …that is the process of manifestation. So many folks get it backwards. “If I only had a million dollars, then I would do ... Views: 2765
To whatever percentage you do not own your personal power is the extent to which the subconscious mind, astral body, emotional body, inner child, negative ego, lower self, glamour, maya and illusion will run and victimize you!
Being a master in life involves owning your personal power 100% of ... Views: 1630
Many Lightworkers have been confused about this point. A Master is not victimized in the slightest by turning the other cheek. As a matter of fact, the opposite takes place! He is fully empowered because he is staying attuned to God and maintaining his realization of God.
When one is fully ... Views: 1953
There's nothing like a touch of spring in the air to stir my curiosity about what lessons the spring season may offer. The 75-degree weather in the Boston area during early April sure sparked me. I decided to do some spring-cleaning around the yard and began with the flower beds, figuring that a ... Views: 1722
It is April, the time of mating, regeneration and rebirth. Winter has long fled and summer approaches. Sap is rising in the trees and blossoms, new leaves, and growth surrounds us. For single people, thoughts turn to romance. For people in relationship, thoughts turn to rejuvenation. The reality ... Views: 2187
“Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”
Thomas Jefferson
“You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do”
C.G. Jung
“Action expresses priorities”
Mahatma Gandhi
All of us become ... Views: 1292
The source of all misery and suffering is the illusion that we are separate from God. This illusion creates the fear that we will never get what we want or we will lose something we have and don’t want to lose. When this fear arises, it creates another illusion that if we don’t get what we ... Views: 2339
Any crisis is an opportunity for healing. The word “crisis” comes from the Greek and means “turning point in a disease.” So a crisis is truly an opportunity for a turning point in our lives.
However, most people don’t realize their crises as an opportunity and so the opportunity is lost. ... Views: 2480
The Bhagavad-Gita teaches, “Attachment gone. Deliverance won.”
The purpose of life is to realize God and our God Self. We accomplish this by delivering ourselves from our attachment to the lower self and instead attaching ourselves to our Higher Self.
So the easiest and in truth only ... Views: 1876
Many times I hear people state that they are “blocked”. They often apply this term to the fact that they are not getting what they want. They are “blocked” from financial abundance. They are “blocked” from true love. They are “blocked” from healing a physical, emotional, mental or spiritual ... Views: 1665
There is a story early in the Old Testament of the Bible called the story of Cain and Abel. This is a multi-layered story that explains much about human suffering. The story goes that two of the original humans in the Judo-Christian tradition (Adam and Eve) had two children after getting evicted ... Views: 2194
If you have been involved in personal development and spiritual growth you have probably heard someone talk about surrender. Surrender can be different things to different people. When you see a movie and character surrender to the enemy it means giving up. That is the perspective from one level ... Views: 17447
“With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Don’t let the past steal your present” Terri Guillemets
How many times a day do you reminisce or review the past?
And how many times a ... Views: 1265
If we continue to live on this planet, we have to get older. There are various physiological changes that we experience as we go through the process of aging. Ignoring the legends of immortal beings that walk the planet, we all grow older physically. Genetics, supplements, a positive attitude, ... Views: 11641
I read an article about how one college’s students hates another college and its rival student body. This arises out of a sports rivalry spanning over one hundred years. My initial reaction was wondering how in the world we are going to have peace on this planet when even simple friendly sport ... Views: 2513
You can work with any of the Angels and Archangels by simply calling on them.
For example, Archangel Michael focuses on protection and strength. So part of his job is to protect us with his strength and to teach us to stand in our own power. If you need protection or strength, you can call on ... Views: 1655
“Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back... Regret is only good for wallowing in." Katherine Mansfield
“I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you who you are in ... Views: 1364
If you feel afraid, anxious, or alone during difficult times, I invite you to make friends with the Divine. A close relationship with God helps you feel calmer, safer, and more optimistic. Every individual can enjoy a personal relationship with the Divine if they wish to, no matter where they ... Views: 2465
Part of becoming an Integrated Ascended Master is to learn and master our subconscious mind in service of the conscious mind and Superconscious mind.
Most people are run by their subconscious mind and react in life based on the programs that happen to be running in their subconscious mind ... Views: 3782
I’ve been around for a while, nearly seven decades. I’ve met a lot of successful folks in different domains of life. I’ve found some things are consistent with these folks, when it comes to succeeding in life. Most important is that they make a decision to feel good about themselves and life ... Views: 2351
Religions and philosophies teach us that there are three kinds of karma. There is (1) the karma that we are born with; (2) the karma that we are creating at any one moment; and (3) karma we will encounter in the future. All of these karmas are created by action, whether by thought, word or ... Views: 4292
By Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
January 16, 2017
Has giving talks or presentations been scary for you? Discover why and what to do about it.
Michael, one of my clients, asked me for help in one of our phone sessions:
"I have to give a presentation to my boss and others on our staff on Friday. ... Views: 1196
Many books, seminars, workshops, and meditations concentrate on the power of forgiveness. Even I have taught numerous workshops and written about forgiveness. Forgiveness allows us to let go of resentments and negative thinking that will eventually make us sick. The notion is that we have to ... Views: 1869
I had an experience with another driver in Atlanta, Ga. The driver had tailgated me for miles, and then passed me on the right of a four lane local road and cut me off at an intersection. I blared my horn at him to let him know how much I did not appreciate his aggressive driving. He got out of ... Views: 1608
For many people, the relationship they have with the Divine is unconscious, and this arrangement works well for them. Fortunately, one does not have to have a conscious relationship with the Divine in order to receive Divine Grace. You don’t even have to believe in the Divine to receive Divine ... Views: 5897
Spiritual Confusion - Day 1 / Way 1
There are millions of people who are confused about the concept of spirituality. When the word “spiritual” or “spirituality” is used, many folks think of it as uncommon, unexplainable or some “out of this world” occurrence. They don’t see spirituality ... Views: 1794
Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
February 29, 2016
Are there people in your life and wounded parts of yourself who want to limit you from being in your personal power?
How many of you had the experience growing up of being told in various ways to not claim your personal power and instead limit ... Views: 1545
I was in an automobile wreck the other day. It was quite serious, a freak accident involving defective brakes on my car. Specifically, the brake rotor on my right front wheel spontaneously sheared in half. This resulted in my right front wheel locking up and forcing my car into the curb. When ... Views: 1583
Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays are upon us. Millions of homes will have families sitting down to massive amounts of food, warmth, cheer and stories. Many more homes will be vacant, foreclosed, silent and empty. Even more will be filled with abuse, fear, loneliness, depression or sorrow. It ... Views: 1866
Many Lightworkers are very sincere about their Spiritual growth which is a wonderful thing! However, in all their sincerity and aspiration to go somewhere in life, to reach a certain level of initiation, to take their ascension and break free from the wheel of rebirth, they get so focused on the ... Views: 1793
Most people in the world today don’t realize how powerful their words are. Words are spoken thoughts. Thoughts are things! God created the world by the power of His Word, and so do we!
Most people practice negative self-talk, day in and day out. And then they wonder why their lives are not ... Views: 2359
The second initiation deals with learning to control and master the emotional or astral body. This involves mastering uncontrolled lower-self desires and replacing them with the higher desires of the Soul.
Selfish desires are transcended, to a basic degree, by a desire to serve. Selfish love ... Views: 2689
“You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway.”
Steve Maraboli
"Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and becoming comfortable with not knowing."
Anonymous
I'd finally arrived in Istanbul late at ... Views: 1344
You are marvelously made. There is so much more to you than what your physical eyes can see. Part of the game, called “The Evolution of Humanity” is to use our imagination and know that we are infinitely more than what we portrayed ourselves to be the day before. We are Image Makers – that is ... Views: 1700
Oh, how I punish myself with New Year’s Resolutions. This year, for the 57th year in a row, I have decided to get fit, lose the fat shaped like an inflated inner tube around my abdomen, and not be afraid to take my shirt off in public this summer. Yeah, right. I can say that I am a warehouse of ... Views: 2092
When a Master accepts an incarnated Soul as his disciple, the Soul is esoterically called an “accepted disciple.”
The Master has accepted the Soul as his disciple and student, and so the Master is now starting to work a little bit with his new student. The incarnated Soul, in turn, must now ... Views: 1756
Lightworkers are often very naïve and easily deceived by so-called Spiritual teachers because:
1. They have not been trained in Spiritual psychology.
2. They do not understand the fragmentation that can take place between the Superconscious, conscious and subconscious minds.
3. They have ... Views: 2431
“One’s own self is well hidden from one’s own self; of all mines of treasure, one’s own is the last to be dug up.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks ... Views: 2946
Fasting is most common now a days as we all know that it has got plenty of health benefits. Fasting was traditionally practiced in various religious cultures and practices. Fasting really changes our mind and body and enhances and activates our entire life.Below we are presenting some important ... Views: 1132
Ø Our beliefs contribute to the overall frequency of our being.
A belief is a thought we think more than once. The more we think a thought, the more energy is being accumulated, which transforms the thought into a belief. And this energy is reinforced by the attraction of thoughts of a ... Views: 1578
10 Ways to Deal with Difficult People
By Mike Martin
We may always have difficult people in our lives but we don't need to let their negative energy dominate our lives at home or at work. We can try and change them but that would truly be difficult. The easier and softer way is to change ... Views: 1463