Consciousness and Awareness Articles

Lord Krishna is one God who is loved by all for his giving nature and playful ways. This butter thief was the 8th avatar of Lord Vishnu and was much loved by all, be it men, women, or children. But even though we love Lord Krishna a lot, most of us don't know everything about him in detail. So, in this piece, let's understand some of the interesting yet unknown facts of Lord Krishna. According to ISKCON Dwarka, Lord Krishna is someone who always made us go on the right path a

What is the relationship between Self-Knowledge and Self-Reflection? Snow White comes to mind when I take the time to self-reflect, “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who has the most self-knowledge of them all?” The mirror then replied, “Look within yourself to find the answer.” Okay, I know the previous dialogue was never actually said in the Snow White film but that is my reinterpretation of them when thinking of how one can discover self-knowledge. I'd like to emphasise

We have all been equipped with an internal compass to navigate the complexities of our physical reality. It is by far the most sophisticated and valuable tool you could have possibly asked for. From making difficult decisions regarding a moral dilemma to knowing how to treat others, your inner compass points toward the most energy efficient and effective response and course of action. Trusting your inner compass will inevitably guide you toward being the best that you can be. So what and where is this inner compass?

How Does Rebirthing Breathwork Work? Seeking a new consensus by Peter Mark Adams www.petermarkadams.com petermarkadams@gmail.com . Introduction Most people who undertake rebirthing style breathwork experience a profound and positive ‘shift’ in their quality of life. This improvement typically manifests as: • Feeling more ‘rooted’ in oneself, more centered and realized • More attuned and attentive to one’s own needs and aspirations • Better able to access the resources – courage, strength and determination – necessary to realize one’s dreams

I have been wearing rudraksha seeds around my neck since the early 1970s. Most people have no idea of the power that these sacred seeds contain. To even gaze upon rudraksha, brings a spiritual blessing! The Dahli Lama and a very large faction of India’s holy men wear them. Why? What am I talking about? Rudraksha is a large evergreen broad-leaved tree, bearing the scientific name of Elaeocarpus Ganitrus Roxb. It grows primarily in Nepal, northern India and Indonesia. And it has many benefits for mankind.r

You came here to be a deliberate/conscious creator and to embrace your magnificence. However, if you are experiencing a life of lack and struggle, you have not embraced that magnificence within. You have not yet recognized that who you really are is the physical expression of the Divine and an exceptional creator.

Have you ever watched children play and envied the focus they bring to everything they do? Children live entirely in the moment, unburdened by the past or worry about the future. In early childhood, we are naturally assertive in standing up for ourselves and speaking the truth and there is a joyousness, and aliveness we observe in children that we seem to lose as we age. The wounds that form from the variations of dysfunction present in so many families today create a shift

In New York City, we tend to think (affectionately) of pigeons as kind of dirty, irritating birds—-but no one can deny that they can fly like the wind. Pigeons are sort of like NYC itself—stinky, infuriating, but still soaring. But you should never underestimate a pigeon. Because a homing pigeon can be transported 500 miles from its home roost, and as soon as it’s released, it will fly straight back there. Pretty much no matter where or how far away from home they are. With very little hesitation.

Charisma is a four-dimensional phenomenon of the manifestation of an individual’s potential energy or life force. And the power of charisma depends on the inner potential of the energy that every person has. The more energy the individual has, the more charismatic he may become. I call this energy as potential energy because it is the individual’s potential or chance to live life fully and totally in all aspects. In the previous articles I have talked about physical chari

Elena Beloff is a Certified Clinical Hypnotist and Master NLP Practitioner and a filmmaker. Her first film, Zaritsas: Russian Women in America, documented true-life stories of young Russian women who come to the United States in order to dispel the overriding myths that these women were “Natashas,” ruthless, gold-digging seductresses who could be had for the price of a mail-order wedding. Elena spent years filming the women, getting inside their lives to tell their stories.

Daily Insight from the Story of The Little Prince When someone comes into our awareness in a dream, they usually aren’t quite the same as the person we actually know in everyday life (presuming they are someone we know at all). In our dream we are creating the characters as a reflection of an aspect of ourselves. All the characters represent aspects of our own being.

A major factor to anyone’s success in life is who they spend time with consistently. Mainly, the people you are closest to. These people make up your Inner Circle or your Circle of Influence. We all understand that when trying to make changes, or change our way of thinking and being, surrounding ourselves with like-minded people can be a major key to our success.

Spirituality is often confused with religion and yet it is everything but that. Simply speaking Religion is an organized faith aiming to reach spirituality to every person irrespective of his/her education level, wealth, caste, creed, nationality.

Love is perhaps the single most common emotion humans want to experience. We seek to give love to others, to experience the strength of that emotion and everything it brings us. That being so, can we even begin to imagine what might transpire for us if we direct our ability to feel love for others at our own selves? Self-love is perhaps the most important gift we can give ourselves. Loving ourselves is perhaps the most important work of our lifetime.

Determinism v/s Free will : Astrology and Beyond Age old question Are we pre-destined? Or, do we have the privilege of to exercise our free will? Are we doer? Or, we are just a small cog in this vast pre-determined automated cosmic machine? The ground of assumption If you believe that man and everything in this universe is pre-determined and subject to mechanical determinism, then, this whole universe must be the result of a vast chain of causes and subsequent effects relatio

How often do we find ourselves in situations where we really could do with a helping hand in some way, but feel uncomfortable about asking for, or accepting, help? We sometimes behave in a detached manner, projecting an attitude of seeming superiority that keeps us aloof from people, ensuring they don't get too close ...

Every one automatically attracts to himself just what he is, and you may set it down that wherever you are, however intolerable the situation may be, it is just where you belong. There is no power in the Universe but yourself that can get you out of it. Some one may help you on the road to realization, but substantiality and permanence can come only through the consciousness of your own life and thought. Man must bring himself to a point where there is no misfortune, no calam

Have you heard about Bitcoin? What about Litecoin, or Dogecoin? Do you know what these coins have in common? They are all decentralized encrypted currencies that allow for free instantaneous transfers of funds worldwide. Why is this relevant to you? You may have noticed there is a stupendously large gap between the rich and the poor in this world. Centralized banking is a very powerful tool used by the wealthy to continue dominating a higher percentage of the global market. (More information on that can be found at the link below.)

Suffocation or Existence When a child is asked to fulfil the needs of a parent, especially its mother, then it faces one of the biggest dilemmas that can continue well into adulthood and later years. If at a young age we exist to fulfil the needs of our mother then the main way in which experience a sense of self is through separation. This separation is not just separation from the mother, but it becomes a way of life. We separate from all others in order to have a sense of our own existence.

Reiki what it is & how it works by Peter Mark Adams www.petermarkadams.com petermarkadams@gmail.com Introduction

At this particular point in time, there is not an accepted, unanimous, biological answer to the questio "what are dreams?”. The reason we don’t have an accepted answer to that question is due to the fact that at this point, modern, Newtonian based science does not recognize the element of “spirit” as it relates to physical life. Because of this, though we can see what portions of the brain are active or dormant during sleep, the search for the answer to why we dream is a quest left to the realm of psychological and philosophical theory.r

The Washington State Supreme Court is going to hear the appeal of two parents convicted of homicide after opting for prayer over medical care when their daughter was dying of undiagnosed diabetes. In the same state another family prayed for their son who had a ruptured appendix, rather than taking him to a doctor. Their son died. Washington State law allows treatment by a “duly accredited Christian Science practitioner in lieu of medical care,” but atto eys for the family, which belong to the Church of the First Born, argued that they were not being treated equally under the law.

The Shamans of the Amazon, exhibit a close union with the Natural World. This powerful emotional and spiritual bond, enables them to commune with the powers of the Rainforest. Singing the chants or Icaros, is a way that this bond is expressed, and the Rainforest responds. I recall one night ...The Shamans of the Amazon, exhibit a close union with the Natural World. This powerful emotional and spiritual bond, enables them to commune with the powers of the Rainforest. Singing the chants or Icaros, is a way that this bond is expressed, and the Rainforest responds.

Let’s let the elephant stay in the room today since it’s ‘Elephant Appreciation Day,’ especially after reading what Feng Shui has to say about this prosperity attracting pachyderm. According to this philosophy, the elephant is considered a precious animal that symbolizes fertility, strength and wealth. Oriental traditions regard the elephant as one of the four animals of power, alongside the tiger, leopard and lion. It’s also one of the seven precious treasures of Buddhism, and is considered a most valuable creature.

By Linney Elder Your worth is not determined by how clever you are, how much money you have, how physically beautiful you are, or how famous you might be. Neither is self-worth the same as self-esteem, which is more an indication of how you "feel" about yourself, for example do you feel yourself confident, outgoing ...

My introduction to spirituality came in the summer of 1968 after I read Paramahansa Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi and started meditating. By the time I returned to college in September, my world had turned upside down. My previous values and ambitions had vanished and I was looking for a new, more spiritually meaningful lifestyle. The problem was, Yogananda's teachings didn't really resonate with me on a deep level, so I felt a bit like a ship without a rudder.

The Chakras are the focal points of energy input, which “feed “our body and its many functions, distributed along a center channel, the Prana Tube or Prana Canal, according to its function and dimensionality, its corresponding frequency.

I have question for you and we want you to be completely honest with yourself. Does the idea of being complete scare you or conjure up images of something too hard, too much or too final? Hang on before your inner dialogue kicks in and puts all sorts of thoughts and ideas in your head. When referring to being complete we mean the fullness of the word. Completion of something undone.

Literally speaking, the definition of "bellyful" is: more than one needs; more than enough. The definition of "bliss" is: utter contentment, serene joy, euphoria. As a compulsive eater, I stuffed food in my belly to fill what felt like an emptiness but never felt fulfilled. Instead of feeling full of comfort, which is what I really craved, I felt heavy, stuffed, and angry for overeating again. I also craved a sense of purpose, power, and direction and when I couldn't feel the

Often in life, there are days when we don’t even want to get out of bed, let alone get on with our day. We can look at the day ahead as something to dread or we can change our vision of what it will be with a breath. This is merely a matter of changing your perspective. When you wake up in the morning, think of the brand new day and smile. And feel how that smile changes what you feel inside. Now, take that smile out into the world with you and each time you see or meet another person, smile. How does it feel? It’s kind of hard to be miserable when you’re smiling isn’t it?

I believe suffering is a choice we make for ourselves. Like most of our choices, it is an unconscious one. Suffering is present when I refuse to accept what is. I find myself suffering when my mind is entertaining an unconscious stream of downward spiraling thoughts. Thoughts of what the future holds or what I should have or not have done in the past will almost certainly lead me to suffering. Too often we humans have the habit of refusing to accept what is. This might be as

We made rapid progress after realizing that the Earth was not flat, but no matter what evolutionary stage we are at in terms of understanding existence, we could always still be wrong in our interpretations. I wrote my telekinesis article based on my vision of elementary existence with one purpose only - to help set your mind to enable telekinetic abilities - and not as an attempt to teach science.rn To master an ability to influence the kinetic properties of an object, it is

Everyone, no matter how much you say you don’t, has a routine, a schedule, a ritual, that they do every day. It could be as simple as checking emails each morning, or as complex as flying a plane four times a day, but each one of these rituals exists to attain and maintain some feeling by fulfilling some need. The feeling may not be directly created through the ritual, but the ritual itself will be a part of the attainment of it later on.

Would you like to live with more ease and joy and magic? Would you choose to be more aware of what limits you from receiving more contribution (from others, from the earth, from the Universe…) in your life?

Why? This is a question which anyone whose life is touched by suicide will find themselves asking. Why would anyone willingly cause his or her own death? The answer to this question is simple but the grief experienced by anyone who is dealing with suicide is anything but simple.

The system of living for the Cherokee meant being surrounded by demonstrations of value and examples of respect. That respect goes out to everything as being valuable. The knowledge that all Creation is a living ecosystem and that even the “body” we call the Universe is the transforming of ourselves. We live “in” and “through” the Great Spirit. Everything is “alive” and therefore is life and needs respect and care. We are inner-connected and outer-dependent on

“Music is the universal language, and love is the key To peace hope and understanding, and living in harmony..." ~ Mac Davis When Mac Davis penned the above lyrics for his 1970's classic pop song, I Believe In Music, he was expressing in song what just about every musician of the time was feeling when they sang or played an instrument.

Trust your intuition ~ lead with your heart and soul ~ take actions on your decisions to change your entire life that deprogramming and reprogramming yourself will stop allowing your subconscious mind from stopping you from your true path of who you are, what you truly want, what you're truly passionate and compassionate about, what you truly love, what you truly are worthy of, and to stop the old programming and negative EGO from destroying your life and listening to others old programming and negative EGO'S as well of what they are still being hurt and constrained of.

Honesty is one of man kind’s most cherished virtues. But what is honesty? Honesty is the process of recognizing, accepting and expressing our authentic, true self.

Have you heard of Ho'oponopono? Ok... it's quite a mouthful, but this is by far the most powerful teaching I have heard, and it's literally transformed the way I look at everything. Here is the story written by Joe Vitale who was featured in The Secret, that introduced me to Ho'oponopono. "Two years ago, I heard about a therapist in Hawaii who cured a complete ward of criminally insane patients--without ever seeing any of them. The psychologist would study an inmate's chart

When someone says, “I love you,” it really means, “Do you love me?” What I’ve just shared with you is a quite profound statement from a movie set in Dublin, Ireland, in which the complexity of romantic love is portrayed. Long ago the German playwright Goethe, author of the play Faust, raised the issue of what love really is. One of Goethe’s characters asks, "Do you love me?" A straightforward question, right? Well, maybe not quite so straightforward. The other responds, “What could that possibly have to do with you?”

It’s essential to be able to distinguish the difference between our subconscious experiences and our superconscious experiences. Subconscious experiences are related to the physical body whereas superconscious experiences consist of sense-free thinking. For example the concept of “circle” has no basis in our body but is an example of the first step into the superconscious, spirit world. These concepts do not belong to us. They belong to all Human Beings. Or think about words like “if” which have no material basis.

An aura of a person is usually the basis for aura psychic readings. In the paranormal sphere and several modes of mystical rituals, an aura is a theme of faint, glowing and incandescent energy enclosing a person or object, like a bright corona, aureole or crown light. The implication of such a bright light that signifies a person of specific power, holiness or saintliness can gives out significant messages of what would transpire in the future, what has transpired in the pas

“Real” means the perceptions that most people agree on. From the moment we are born, we are taught that most of our perceptions are (and should be) the same as our neighbor’s. What we perceive as a street sign or an orangutan will most surely be agreed upon by the lady across the street! That agreement is called Consensus Reality (or CR for short). And we have also learned to worry that there might be something terribly WRONG if there is some disagreement with others about what we perceive. We keep quiet about our differences in perception.

Each of us, no matter what religious path we follow or deities we worship, has a spark of Divinity within us. This spark of Divinity is your soul or spirit or whatever you might wish to call it and if you learn to get past your learned ego then you'll find that your inner Divinity can actually provide a lot of guidance.

In 1994, I was at a major turning point in my life. I had just survived a near tragic accident where I broke my body in twelve places, my father and best friend had recently died, and to top that off, I was now being forced to sell my house and land in the woods due to divorce. My soon to be ex-wife was taking my young son with her to New Mexico, so we really needed to sell our home, as neither of us could afford to buy the other out. As the house was off the grid and on a 12Volt system, this cut out the majority of possible buyers for us, as far as the banks were conce ed.

If you are already attuned and assigned your own High-Self committees during the Spiritual Response Therapy class, here’s some tips to working with them. 1. Years back, most of the time I depend on pendulum to get answer, but I think it is about how to “BE” with them instead of “DO”. I imagine myself as a Ascended Master, same as them, no high or low, no small or big. We are the same.r

Ignite the Genius Within is the first book of its type I have ever read. Ignite the Genius Within comes with an accompanying soundtrack designed to work with the book, help shutdown internal "chatter" and free your mind to focus on the images provided in the book. The soundtrack helps stimulate creativity, free thought and, at least in my case, free association. I assume it works the same way for others, as that is what the book and accompanying soundtrack is designed for.

How tolerant do you consider yourself? And how much of your true feelings and needs do you sacrifice in the name of tolerance? If you look it up on the dictionary, tolerance is filled with positive definitions and intolerance only with negative descriptions.

Beyond Good and Evil, Reconciling Pairs of Opposites by Dr. Maryann Miller Good and evil has become one of the most misunderstood concepts in the history of humanity. The perception of good and evil produces intolerance, guilt, religious and moral judgment, and an evil force (or devil) to blame for all of humanity’s challenges. Jefferson Parker (1992:M1), while writing an article for the Los Angeles Times Newspaper, proposed that: