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Is romance important to YOU?How romantic are you? It tends to be considered to be old fashioned now to be interested in charm, dating, getting to know someone and to use courtesy and court a lover. Holding hands, sending flowers, sending love letters and many other things can be a sign of ... Views: 1312
Are you a member of the Low Self-Esteem and Self-Worth Club? What you’re about to read may inspire you to cancel your membership.
One of the times you feel low self-esteem and self-worth is when you’re around someone you believe, according to your perception, has more going for them than you ... Views: 1369
It's obvious that other people, when they disagree with us, are just plain wrong. And when we confront these kinds of people, our only alternative is to let them know in no uncertain terms that they are not only wrong, but apparently stupid for disagreeing with us about something so obviously ... Views: 1416
There are four spiritual principles I believe we are to understand, live and master during our life time(s) on Earth. They are unconditional love, gratitude, forgiveness and non-judgment. To me the most important, the most impactful, and perhaps the most difficult, is non-judgment. Now it could ... Views: 1373
As an unpublished writer, I have to take work whenever I can get it to help supplement my income. So, it was an easy decision when I was asked to participate in a five-day trade show. There was only one issue. I would be working and living along side some mean-spirited people—and that didn’t ... Views: 1168
Do you ever wake up from a dream that felt so vivid, so real, and so powerful?
Do you ever feel like it was trying to tell you something - a message from your soul?
Have you ever experienced a dream that turned out to be a premonition?
There are all kinds of dreams - some are merely a ... Views: 1389
Are you trying to learn Photoshop? It is very easy if you follow every step of Photoshop tutorials carefully. Two most important things are your patience as well as time. If you can provide these two, learning Photoshop is as simple as water. First of all, you need to understand the basic tools ... Views: 1133
Mindfulness meditation is really the essence of meditation and yoga. And if you practice this Zen technique given below not only in your sitting meditation but in your day-to-day life, it will help lead you into deep states of meditation and even self realization. Your natural experience of ... Views: 2324
Self inquiry is one of the most powerful and effective meditation techniques used by thousands of people all over the world. Taught by the enlightened Guru, Ramana Maharshi, this meditation technique alone has helped many people experience profound states of meditation, samadhi and even self ... Views: 1091
"If you close your eyes
and stop thinking
even for a second
you will discover all
that is here
is impersonal attention.
So a good meditation technique
is to keep your focus
on this impersonal attention.
Which is really saying
turn your attention
back upon itself
until you are ... Views: 1195
I almost entitled this article Learning from our mistakes, but I don’t want to refer to the opportunity to learn as a mistake. The title of one of Wayne Dyer’s books echoing in my head, Change your thoughts, change your life. Since changing my life for the better is a constant theme, then it ... Views: 1308
The earth plane is one of many schools for soul evolution. Each lifetime is a different class. In between incarnations, any unresolved karmic baggage weighs our souls down and keeps us from flying high in other dimensions. In other words, we're bound by the wheel of karma which pulls us back ... Views: 5975
For those of us on a Spiritual Path, learning lessons to aid our Spiritual Growth are a daily occurrence. But in the school of life, who is the teacher?
Lessons to help us interact with our environments occur continually. How we greet our neighbors, treat our work colleagues, relate to our ... Views: 2127
How often have you compared yourself to someone that you admired and thought that you would never be able to accomplish what they have?
How often have you stopped taking action before you even started because you convinced yourself that you couldn't possibly get your message out as ... Views: 1082
Letter to a Prisoner contains all of the 365 daily lessons in A Course in Miracles. Also included are Carrie Triffet’s The Crash Course from her book Long Time No See and Gary R. Renard’s text transcription of The End of Reincarnation.
The book begins with the personal account of an ... Views: 1766
By the age of 45, I was divorced and depressed with two children to support by myself. I was working in a job as an office temp in Melbourne and was barely managing to survive. I felt I couldn’t have been more in debt or less successful.
I understood I needed to move forward somehow yet I’d ... Views: 1586
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"Live each day as if it were you last." It sounds wonderful doesn't it?
What would today look like if i truly lived it as if it were my last?
Would i get out of bed? i might just stay a while - not out of depression but because it's so peaceful, so safe, so genuine with being.
Would i ... Views: 1864
A news bulletin came across the airwaves recently like a flash of lightning. Its psychological impact is not yet knowable, but it appears to mark a watershed in our collective evolutionary journey. On April 26, 2009 ABC News Now reported on a study of children between the ages of 6 and 11 who ... Views: 892
Living your truth can be a scary proposition. It brings up questions of security and love, if I speak and live my truth will I be abandoned by those I love? Is that a chance I want to take? It brings back memories of childhood, where we got what we wanted by pleasing other people. Then it became ... Views: 1875
You know there is more for you or you would not be here reading this right now. To access the more inside of you it is important to center yourself and invigorate your soul. (*Note I am not actually interchanging the terms soul and spirit here, but that topic is a whole other article.) So, just ... Views: 1109
Have you been dealing with low energy? You may have noticed the strong power being output in the universe and therefore, perhaps it is taking a toll on you. None of us is exempt from the energy in the universe. Each human is made of not only a physical body, but also a spiritual soul that emits ... Views: 1802
Greetings my friend,
In the Great Master Certification Training today, I came across a very timely conversation I was privileged to have with Lord Krishna and Babaji back on Oct. 12, 2006. Feel the powerful transmission in this message and use it to IGNITE your OWN commitment towards raising ... Views: 3752
The Four Noble Truths are concepts derived from Buddhist philosophy - simploe yet profound principles to live by. Once we truly understand these principles, we can truly live in the moment, each moment. We can more readily accept whatever life is offering us, find the joy wherever we can, ... Views: 2589
Love Finds The Way
Love is the greatest equalizer that we all come to know. It does not care who you are, what you do, where you live, or what you think. It takes you where you need to be and shows you what you need to do. It is exacting and timely. It is ethereal and practical. It is ... Views: 1135
What is love? It is unconditional. Anything else is not really love but how to define unconditional love?
Unconditional Love - Love in its purest form must be unconditional. One must love for no reason, as written by Marci Smirnoff, and that includes yourself. It is more than an act; it is ... Views: 1937
LOVER WITH NO NAME: A PERFECT RENDEVOUS
I have a lover who resides within me
and I have just met her,
though she never introduced herself.
I then asked of what was her name?
She said, “She could be whoever I wanted or choose her to be,
then she added, “what are in names anyway, but ... Views: 1235
Self-motivation flows from the importance we attach to today.
I am reading this amazing book called, “100 Ways to Motivate Yourself” by Steven Chandler and each chapter is a HUGE nugget of thought provoking, spirit lifting, energizing inspiration. This morning I randomly open the book to this ... Views: 2748
Throughout our everyday lives, we need to make choices all the time. Sometimes, we may find making any choice an overwhelming experience. Because we have so much going through our minds at once, it is often hard to sort through this ricochet of ideas, thoughts and information and make the choice ... Views: 1322
"Awareness itself
is always free.
If you are completely aware
in this moment,
watching what is arising
instead of being caught up
in what is arising,
then the experience is freedom.
Yet if you remain aware
without getting caught up,
at some point it will no longer
feel like ... Views: 978
"Your involvement with thinking
takes you out of this moment.
A thought arises,
you grab hold of it
and you are involved
with that thought,
you have no experience
of this present moment.
So if you surrender
every thought that arises
back into this moment
then you will begin ... Views: 1163
Before we begin to discuss this powerful technique to attain self realization, we need to understand what is keeping us from self realization. We have to realize what we are constantly doing that separates us more and more from our own experience of oneness.
As thoughts arise, we identify ... Views: 4562
People from the Eastern hemisphere are probably more acquainted with the term or the word “Enlightenment.” If you’re from the Western hemisphere, you probably are acquainted with the term “Awakening”. So what is “Awakening” or “Enlightenment”? In the Western tradition Abraham Maslow was really ... Views: 1037
If you want more peace and bliss in your life, whether you want to attain enlightenment and states of oneness or you are simply interested in deep relaxation, yoga and healing, then you probably already know that meditation is the best thing you can do. In this short article about meditation, ... Views: 2260
Back in the Middle Ages alchemists sought to transform base metal into gold. They searched for an elusive substance, the philosopher’s stone, which would bring about this conversion, known as alchemy. But to initiates of the ancient mystery schools, alchemy was primarily an allegory for the real ... Views: 1889
Mind power is the ability to overcome things using your thoughts. It is always better to use your mind for constructive thoughts. When we use mind power it is something that no one can control. With this energy we can shape the way our lives are constructed. Mind power is just the beginning of ... Views: 1622
Understanding “who” and “what” you are is one of the prerequisites for finding balance, peace, happiness, and control in your life. For example, until you know what a car is, and have some idea about how it operates, you are more of a danger than you are in control. Your ... Views: 951
Introduction
In the question of “realization” let us remain one in opinion regarding flexibility of mind and power of reasoning. Since we are to find out truth and attain perfection, we shouldn’t be at all biased by any religion, nor should we be orthodox and prejudiced. Now, the first query ... Views: 2084
How to harness and manage the ego into its rightful place, using it as the tool it was meant to be.
“I did it! I finally had the courage and saw it through. I never thought I could. It worked! I can’t believe it worked!”
These are the words of a woman I had been talking to about the ... Views: 1686
The channelings continued every day. On November 29, 2001, Archangel Michael gave me such comforting information:
Be gentle with yourself for you have gone through so much. But now you can relax. Oh Mary, you can honestly relax now. Just take a seat and enjoy the joyous ride. You will ... Views: 1815
My Miraculous Healing
Written by Marijke Verkerk april 2010
My personal healing will ever be the most convincing evidence of our subconscious powers. Nearly eight years ago I solved a near death experience by using the healing power of my subconscious mind which created me, and still ... Views: 1537
Get ready, I am going to out myself here.
I recently found myself in the place of feeling dissatisfied with just about everything. Feeling like I am not doing enough, fast enough, to realize my vision for what I want to create. I was beginning to feel frustrated and a bit inadequate.
This ... Views: 4915
How deeply connected are your relationships—all kinds of relationships, but especially romantic ones?
How exciting is your connection with those you are close to, particularly your romantic partner if you have one?
We think of the French as great lovers, the British as not so great. But ... Views: 1525
Each year people make New Year's resolutions as a declaration of commitment to themselves to make changes in their lives. Have you wondered how effective resolutions are? Do you achieve your New Year's resolutions?
If you achieve your New Year's resolutions you are in the minority. Surveys ... Views: 1905
What do we need to do to have these good feelings more of the time? I'm glad you asked! It's one of my favorite themes, and I hope it will become one of yours too.
Let's talk about pleasure first. I know this may sound self-evident but: There is no other plane of existence except ... Views: 2158
I just watched Oprah interview Geneen Roth about her new book, Women, Food, and God (written for men as well as women). Oprah experienced many breakthroughs reading the book and is recommending it to anyone who has ever struggled with weight. It seems that however Oprah goes, so goes the ... Views: 3959
I. The Ten Commandments: The Simple Way to Organize Your Household
A. The First Commandment
You must not have other plans or possible distractions.
Q. What does this mean?
A. We must clean out, sort, make piles, organize junk and trust yourself ~otherwise hire a Professional. ... Views: 5222
I believe we are here on this Earth to connect—no one is intended to “go it alone”. Energy flows in, around and throw all things, including all people. To fully engage the positive forces of that energy, you have to become a part of the flow. The only way to do that is to connect to other ... Views: 1301
Past Lives - we have all had them - some more than others, yet the fact remains we all have some experience of lives before this one.
All of us have at least some Karmic Debt that is still playing out in our lives today, sometimes it is also useful to understand what that debt is and why you ... Views: 1448
There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to do your best.
But what happens when wanting to do your best keeps you from living your best life?
Have you ever had a project that you wanted to start - you had really great ideas - and great hopes of what the finished project would look like ... Views: 1328