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- I Don't Have To Write This - by Submitted on Feb 20, 2017 from David Harm“I just have to get this article done tonight.” The world might come to an end if I don’t. No one ever told me I had to get it done. The sad part is I may not get it done on time because I had to go to town to get new shoelaces. Do you get my sarcasm and the utter distaste for words like ...
Views: 1387 - I Forgave Myself for Being Black! - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2017 from Andrew BozemanThe angry eyes and the balled up fists of the boys surrounding me was confusing to me. As far as I knew, I hadn’t challenged them to a fight or insulted their parents. So, why all the hostility? It was 1955. I was 12 years old, skinny with incredibly big feet and Black. They were white, maybe a ...
Views: 1234 - I keep comparing myself to people who are better than me. How can I stop this? - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2024 from Dada BhagwanIn today's interconnected world of social media, avoiding comparison and feelings of inadequacy can be incredibly challenging. Many of us seek the key to lead a happy and healthy life, free from the torment of constant comparisons, which seem to plague us ongoingly. Effects of ...
Views: 232 - I used to be worried about the future, but I realized that I can only do what I need to do here now. Is that correct? - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2024 from Dada BhagwanYes, you are right! There is never a tomorrow. No one in the world has seen tomorrow. Whenever you look, it is always today. When there is no such thing as tomorrow, then what is the point? The present time is the now. The time gone by is yesterday which is the past, and tomorrow is in the ...
Views: 185 - I Want Change. WHY? - by Submitted on Feb 04, 2011 from Keith BrayYOU WANT CHANGE. WHY? Another great question prompted from my coaching mentor, Dr. Randin Brons “Idea Engineer”. I work with intelligent people who are prepared to invest time, and in the case of my clients, money, to get a better life than current. To get what they want, they must be prepared ...
Views: 1309 - I Want to Wake Up - But Just Not Yet: The Truth About Vocational Awakening - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2010 from Richard RobertsIf you are radically honest with yourself for just a moment, ask yourself - have all your hopes and dreams for your life really worked out? Are you making money doing what you are passionate about? Do you know why you are here? Have you really made any substantial progress in discovering why you ...
Views: 777 - I-Ching - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2015 from Jackie Wiliams BrockertMethods of psychic divination are as old as humanity itself, and their purposes are as varied as the methods themselves. Often the purpose of serious divination is spiritual advancement, enlightenment and finding insight and guidance that apply to personal situations and ...
Views: 932 - Ideal mindset for Overcoming Addiction - by Submitted on May 31, 2024 from Dada BhagwanThe kind of mindset that we possess is largely responsible for shaping our life, our temperament, and our habits too. An open mindset leads to a positive approach to life and it helps us to come out of any given problem with ease, whereas a narrow mindset makes us stagnant and inactive, hovering ...
Views: 170 - Identifying The Seven Monsters That EAT Your Self Worth! - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2012 from Amethyst WyldfyreWhen we are born, we come to the world with a soul that is carrying lifetimes of experiences. We choose to incarnate in order to fulfill some purpose - everyone and everything in creation has a purpose! Sometimes we find ourselves feeling like we've been "born into the wrong family" (or culture, ...
Views: 842 - If a person wishes evil to another, will karma return that desired evil to others? Or are these myths? - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2023 from Dada BhagwanWhatever one does will come back to them! The slightest misery one gives to any living being does return back to him - such is the law of Nature! What you sow is what you reap. So, the evil a person wishes for another will definitely return back to him. This is not a myth; the law of karma is ...
Views: 222 - If enlightenment is our natural state of being, then why is it so elusive-difficult for us to get back to being what we already are (layers of conditioning)? - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2023 from Dada BhagwanYes, enlightenment and the resultant liberation are indeed our natural state of being! Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan, the Enlightened being, states that Efforts are needed for the daily mundane life but not for attaining liberation, because liberation is the very nature (natural state) of the ...
Views: 219 - If good karma results in Spiritual Advancement, then what is wealth and riches result of (if it is not result of Good Karma)? - by Submitted on Dec 09, 2023 from Dada BhagwanWhile wealth and riches are a result of good Karma, it is also true that good karma leads us to spiritual advancement. Good deeds like:- Donating large amounts of money, doing religious practices, helping the poor, help one bind good karma. And while doing these deeds, in case one’s inner ...
Views: 204 - If I chant Navkars, will it shed my bad karma? - by Submitted on Feb 23, 2025 from Dada BhagwanIf we understand the Navkar mantra correctly and chant it without any bias or partiality, then our bad karmas will certainly shed and conflicts in our household will diminish. We will be able to overcome the obstacles and difficulties that come in our lives with greater forbearance. I ...
Views: 52 - If the soul is a creation of matter and energy, how can it be eternal? - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2023 from Dada BhagwanAccording to Akram Vignan, the Soul is the essence of life energy, separate from the physical body or matter. It represents the purest form of the self, transcending the limitations of the physical realm. The ultimate goal of the Soul is to attain liberation, breaking free from the cycles of ...
Views: 210 - If the Soul is Pure by nature then how did we enter in this material world? - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2019 from Dada BhagwanThere are six eternal elements in this Universe. The Soul is one of them! The Soul indeed is pure in nature and has infinite knowledge of each and every thing and of each and every period of time in this Universe. Like Soul, Matter too is an eternal element. When these two elements come ...
Views: 472 - If we are not our body, then why do we suffer the pain when something happens to our body? - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2023 from Dada BhagwanWe are indeed not our body. Do you say, “This is my body” or you say, “I am body” - what would you say? This is my body, right? So who is saying, “This is my body”? The owner and the belonging must be separate. If you say, “This is my house”, it means you are the owner of the house. ...
Views: 222 - If you depart from this world without living your life like a king.. - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2011 from Swami AaronMarch 4, 2011 If you depart from this world without living your life like a king.. If you depart from this world, without living your life like a king, then what is the meaning of your life; what is the utility of your wealth, property, money and power? If you are not there, then do your ...
Views: 762 - If your life ended today are you complete? - by Submitted on May 14, 2013 from Kathleen GageIf your life ended today are you complete? What a morbid question to pose one might think. Yet, if you really think about it, what a perfect question to ask ourselves to make sure we are completely in resolve with all we need to be. Equally, this question is such that it keeps our ...
Views: 1306 - Immortality in this Body is Not the Transformation Sought by the Integral Yoga - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2021 from santosh krinskyThe “fountain of youth”, the elixir of immortality, attaining eternal life… these are various ways the aspiration of humanity has found expression for the conquest of death. Some who take up the integral Yoga latch on to the eventual idea of the supramental transformation leading to immortality ...
Views: 500 - Impact of the Supramental Manifestation on Earthly Existence, Part 1 - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2021 from santosh krinskyThrough the use of logical reasoning the human mind can extrapolate along a straight line of development once a pattern is seen and understood. We can also combine things through the use of the faculty of imagination to spin a web of speculation about the future, building on what we already ...
Views: 599 - Impact of the Supramental Manifestation on Earthly Existence, Part 2 - by Submitted on Mar 31, 2021 from santosh krinskyThere is a verse in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad which illustrates the essential principle of an evolutionary cycle of the development and growth of consciousness, when it indicates a progression ‘from the darkness to the light, from light to greater light.” The Upanishad foresees that ...
Views: 581 - Impatient Karma - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2008 from Andrea KnollThis photo illustrates rather graphically a point I once made to my stepson, that you should always be nice to people because you never know when you'll meet them again. According to the rules of karma, it may wait until a next life to get back at you if you don't play nice, but these days it ...
Views: 804 - Impel Your Inner Vision - by Submitted on May 12, 2013 from Moreen DuFermontImpel your Inner Vision Do you have a vision you’d like to make real? Inasmuch as your vision feels real for you, and has the potency to move you, will you be able to imagine it all the more clearly. This is where it all begins! As you earnestly believe in it, you can enthusiastically immerse ...
Views: 1926 - Implementing EFT and the 2 Know-How Procedures To Attract Abundance - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2011 from Rishan BEFT and abundance go in conjunction. Finding out the art of taking away limiting values, feelings or habits using EFT will empower you to bring in riches at will. If you don’t discover how to do this, you’ll find yourself striving to attract what you desire. You’ll probably get irritated and ...
Views: 733 - Importance of Chandi Path or Chandi Hom - by Submitted on May 23, 2017 from Harshad JethraGoddess Durga is the divine mother - she protects mankind from evil and misery by destroying sinister forces such as selfishness, jealousy, prejudice, hatred, anger and ego. She is often stated to be the most beautiful manifestation of Devi and has gained her might through different ...
Views: 4303 - In A Relationship - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2011 from Frances LucasMany of us have some type of social network we connect to online for various reasons. Some of us may be out there just to check on others we know and see what they are doing. Some of us may be out there to find that special someone in our lives we can spend some time with. Some of us may be out ...
Views: 983 - In All Things - by Submitted on May 20, 2011 from Frances LucasWe are all guilty of not doing the right thing at certain times in our lives. As children, we may cheat on a test at school, take a little money from our mom’s purse without asking or lie about where we were so we wouldn’t get in trouble. However, as we grow older we learn doing the right thing ...
Views: 981 - In matters of love, should you follow your head or your heart? - by Submitted on May 27, 2024 from Dada BhagwanIt is generally advisable to follow your heart when making important decisions related to matters of love or even any other sensitive matter in your life. Why the heart and not the head? - Where feelings reside, that’s where the heart lies. The heart is close to the Soul whereas the ...
Views: 206 - In Need of Deepening - by Submitted on Jul 20, 2021 from Paul DunionIn Need of Deepening Paul Dunion Sometimes, we settle for knowing what we experience by having an understanding of what it isn’t. So, it may be with the idea of depth. Typically, we know it isn’t about being superficial, shallow or mundane. We use the language of depth ...
Views: 530 - In order to advance in Spiritual life, is a Spiritual Master necessary, or can I follow scriptures and lead a Devotional life? - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2024 from Dada BhagwanBy reading scriptures, one can develop and rise to a higher level, but only to a certain extent. A guide is required throughout our life, be it in the form of parents, teachers or a Spiritual master. Just like if you want to study, you need a teacher, in the same way, a spiritual master is ...
Views: 165 - In Our Silence Our Dreams are Manifested - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2010 from Meghan Gehan“I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments” as stated by Oriah in her book “The Invitation”. Have the courage to sit alone and look deep within yourself. Sit with your own company and be still? Await the words of the ...
Views: 1253 - In Search of Beauty - by Submitted on Aug 07, 2011 from odette worrell“Beauty begins with Intention” It is part of the human experience to live in order to discover beauty. It lures us to admire gardens, to marvel at architectural wonders, and to create a relationship with things that bring this essence into our lives. When it comes to discovering our own ...
Views: 1176 - In The Face On Denial. - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2008 from ATTNIET AZNAREZMany years ago my sisters insisted that I was in denial. "What are they talking about?" I thought to myself many times. I was very offended and hurt by their comment. What was I in denial of? I had my own business, 3 kids, a home, and a happy marriage of now 17 years. I could not understand ...
Views: 1552 - In The Hands Of God - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from Frances Lucas1 Peter 2:21 “For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps.” Everyone goes through troubling times where we are having issues with our health, relationships, money, or work. Many times, we wonder ...
Views: 916 - In Their Shoes - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2011 from Frances LucasIt is so easy to get aggravated with another person who does not do something the way we believe they should. It is so easy to get upset with what someone says or does and want to react in a hurtful way. It is so easy to get annoyed when something happens to us we feel is unfair. However, when ...
Views: 1194 - In what ways can developing self-awareness through spirituality help manage stress? - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2025 from Dada BhagwanStress generally is an outcome of the worry and fear we experience when we have to do something So let’s understand, spiritually speaking, how is worry generated?... The Enlightened One explains: When ignorance (of really who am I and who is the doer in this world) is there, due to ...
Views: 11 - Inadequate and Worthless - by Submitted on May 22, 2011 from Frances LucasIf we were honest with ourselves, we could say there are times when we feel inadequate and worthless. There are times when we feel we aren’t good enough to do something or be who we feel we need to be. We feel worthless at times because we fail or have struggles and we think no one else has to ...
Views: 1504 - Indian Mythology Heroes - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2016 from Harshad JethraIndian mythology invariably is one of the key elements of Indian culture. And while the mythology is deeply linked with both, ancient Vedic religion and the religion in the present day context, it may even be seen as a compilation of many interlinked stories! Some of the epics like the ...
Views: 2150 - Indicators of Psychic Ability Part 2 - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2016 from Jackie Wiliams BrockertAttempt this upcoming training if you might have visualization issues you would like to overcome. Sit comfortably and focus in your breathing for the couple of moments. When you're all set, make an effort to visualize an apple inside your thoughts’s eye. Don’t overthink it, just envision ...
Views: 814 - Individual Spirituality - by Submitted on Apr 15, 2011 from rachel annWhen it comes to spirituality, each religion and culture have a uniqueness to offer. Some believe in reaching up to their spirit by dancing along with trance music, like in Islamic Sufism or by acts of self nullification like in strict catholic beliefs. No one is born to believe in a ...
Views: 1567 - Individuation: A Soul's Journey - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2016 from Moreen DuFermontIndividuation: A Soul’s Journey One thing’s for sure for all of our lives, regardless of who or where we are, that is that we wake up each day with a life experience that has created who we are! Our Soul knows where we’ve been and where we’re going! Soul knowledge is indestructible! In the ...
Views: 1388 - Inferiority Complex – Identification to Resolution - by Submitted on May 05, 2024 from Dada BhagwanAt some point in our lives, we all have experienced some form of inferiority complex at school, work or home with friends or family. This emotion of feeling generally inadequate or on occasions supposed inferiority in some aspect can bring you down and depress you. All too often, this ...
Views: 211 - Inner Dialogue on Expectations - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2012 from Beloved HeartsongI’ve been thinking about expectations a lot lately ~ noticing within how I occasionally set myself up for disappointment. I expect a stranger to be polite, hold the door, smile and even say hello. I expect my son to eat what he is served and appreciate it. I expect my cats not to scratch the ...
Views: 1085 - Inner Healing: Reclaim Your Independence - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2008 from Joan Marie WhelanImagine how gratifying it is to be liberated from pain, sorrow, and grief...and now is the perfect time for you to reclaim your independence through inner healing. How? Your body, mind, and spirit were designed to work in perfect harmony. When your whole being is in sync with the Universal flow ...
Views: 771 - Inside Out Empowerment - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2009 from Kim OlverWhen we are thinking of making changes in our lives, all too often we look externally. We have a perfect picture in our heads about what life should look like, then we go about acting on life to give us whatever it is we think would be perfect. The only problem with this approach is that we are ...
Views: 975 - Inside Out Empowerment - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2009 from Kim OlverWhen we are thinking of making changes in our lives, all too often we look externally. We have a perfect picture in our heads about what life should look like, then we go about acting on life to give us whatever it is we think would be perfect. The only problem with this approach is that we are ...
Views: 1917 - Insight From the Other Side Through NDEs Part 4 of 9 - by Submitted on May 08, 2018 from Scott & Stephen PetulloWhat happens to the soul during a near death experience (NDE)? Many have returned to life after being clinically dead and shared amazing insight from the other side. The Near Death Experience Research Foundation (NDERF) is the largest NDE website in the world with over 4000 experiences in ...
Views: 1242 - Inspiration For Creating Your Ideal Life - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2008 from Marelisa FabregaThe first step in creating your ideal life is knowing what you want. Unfortunately, there seems to be an “I’m not sure what I really want” epidemic going around. To quote the great 19th century American writer Mark Twain, “I can teach anybody to get what they want out ...
Views: 1030 - Inspiration Points - by Submitted on May 02, 2008 from Katie MattsonThe phrase Energize Your Moment embodies the mission of Momentum Coaching. To Energize the Moment you are in is to be fully aware of who and where you are. This sometimes happens by accident, but most often is a choice. It’s no secret that outdoor adventures bring me boundless energy. In ...
Views: 1218 - Inspired by Pain - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2011 from Jenn ProtheroWhy is it that we wait for pain to invade our lives before we decide to make the changes we so desperately know we need to make? This has proven to be true in all areas of our lives for years. For example take the environment, we don’t give it any thought until it is hurting our pocket book, ...
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