Consciousness and Awareness Articles

I guess you could say I started jou aling when I was seventeen years old and took a sailboat trip up the coast of British Columbia with my friend’s dysfunctional family. I chronicled our trip, calling it “To Hell and Back in a Sailboat”. This was my first attempt at writing; my mother loved it and encouraged me to do more. I did two years later, at nineteen, when I traveled through all of Western Europe in a VW bus and kept a daily journal of that experience. I can’t remember exactly when I started daily jou aling, but it was in my early twenties when I got married.

How quickly do you heal? Is it really possible to heal rapidly, even from things that are supposed to be untreatable and have been with us awhile? What does it take to turn around our health? So many of us have heard the phrase “healing takes time”. For most, that has been applied to the emotional and mental healing; however, for the physical we have also heard this. However, more so, we hear things like “that cannot be treated” or “there is no treatment” or “you will have to take this pill for the rest of your life” or “this will be a long road to recovery”.

The special group of the WHO Executive Board for the review of the Constitution proposed that the preamble be modified to read (World Health Organization (1997) Review of the Constitution... , EB 10 1/7, p.2) "Health is a dynamic state of complete physical, mental, spiritual and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity"

Your body silently communicates with you on a continuous basis in the form of physical sensations or feelings. This is sometimes referred to as the mind/body connection. When you experience physical discomfort like pain, back ache, tightness in your muscles, or tension headaches, your body is alerting you to the fact ...

"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him." ~ Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. Wow; ponder that for a millennia! Imagine the truth in this statement...what we think begets what we attract into our lives. However, few people think truly evil thoughts. Why then, do so many people have (bad) pain in t

Remember when we buy that favorite dress we have been eyeing for weeks? Finally we go out and buy it. But the moment the payment is made, apprehension starts kicking in… Will everyone like it? What if they don’t appreciate it? Hey it was my choice right from the beginning, then why do I have doubts about it? Then there have been times when one of our choice of outfit was met with cold response. Where is it now? Stowed somewhere at the back of the wardrobe…

Title of today’s blog is a chorus of one of my all time favorite Taj Mahal songs. I sure does love me some Taj Mahal! Okay, have to make this quick since I have an appt out of office in an hour and I’m nowhere near glam enough to take my bad self out into the big, wide world. Believe it or not I’m actually starting to get emails from parents whose kids are heading back to the classroom. So today I wanted to share a really remarkable Feng Shui cure (ask fifty gagillion clients who have tried this….okay, okay, ask the ten or so that I have testimonials from…) this fish works swimmingly.r

Are you still waiting for your circumstances to change before you’ll allow yourself to be happy? Most of us have preconceived ideas of what would make us happy, and those goals are in our future thus we refuse to be satisfied until those things happen.

We take pride in sending our children to the best school and we are prouder parents if we are driving our children for sports, arts, music and other activities. We leave no stone un-tu ed in exalting the achievements of our children every chance we get. On the other hand we do not hesitate much to reprimand and demean them when the children do not show much to exalt about.

When I arrived home from work the other day, I sighed to myself, “I am home” as I closed the front door and began taking off my work boots. Then the significance of those words hit me like a powerful mantra; I Am Home! Stop for a moment to consider the deeper levels of interpretation this statement carries. What does home mean to you? To me, home is Om, as well as a heartfelt place to rest your head.r

Some of us are admitted control freaks, others of us claim that control is just not our thing. But the truth is that we all have ways in which we use control for various reasons. Usually the need to control a person or situation comes from a need or a sense of lack within ourselves.

The end of a year usually brings about new hopes, aspirations and resolutions for the New Year that’s about to start. Some of us review what we’ve done during the past 12 months and re-evaluate where we’re headed, to decide whether we should continue walking the path we are on or shift gears and direction. Others make lists of goals they want to accomplish.

Whenever I spend time with Dr. Hew Len, I’m reminded of the fundamentals behind Zero Limits and the Hawaiian healing system called Ho’oponopono: - There’s nothing to do but clean (i.e., release programs in the mind). - The more you clean, the more you can receive inspiration from the Divine. - You act from Memory or Inspiration, and usually it’s Memory (data). - The only thing to clean is what you feel inside; you’re clearing perception. - The only goal is freedom;

Have you ever felt a loving presence that placed you in a deep state of peace? Have you ever experienced the sensation of being picked up and carried when times go tough? Have you ever felt a love that you knew was far beyond anything in this physical world?

"Gratitude is not only in what you dorn but how you approach what you do." There are some whose lives are filled with great blessings but still feel that they have nothing. And there are those who are truly poor, yet given even the slightest crumb will feel they are most fortunate. One may be as wealthy as a prince or princess and still feel impoverished or as poor as the poorest beggar and feel wealthy.

Awakening to Our Celestial Nature 8 Day Course (Part 2) Awakening to our Celestial Nature (Day 4) Words Spoken or Written Rectification Keys We have covered ways to transform our thoughts and feelings to be positive so our lives will be constructive, happy and prosperous. when we guard our thoughts and feelings we empower ourselves with powerful tools to direct our lives in ways that will be the most beneficial to our well being and all beings around us. When we keep our thoughts and feelings in a creative and positive state our words spoken and written will all be positive.

Blame is one of the biggest issues that we come up against in our daily life. We seem to have gotten the idea that the world is there to make us happy. And when that doesn’t happen we lay the blame out in the world as well, through other people, places or events that we think are the cause of our unhappiness. Everything we feel comes from within us. We create it and we live through it.

Bruce (not his real name) is a man that was once at the top of the corporate world for 13 years. Two years ago, he was given a layoff package as part of the company's down sizing scheme. Bruce is the proud father of a precocious 8 year old girl and an inquisitive 6 year old boy. He is the loving husband of his beautiful wife Susan (not her real name). They have a large house in the burbs and on the surface everything looks "normal".

If there’s a God, why doesn’t this God just appear on television and spell out how we came into being and why we’re here? It would seem a simple enough miracle for the kind of being most imagine God to be. Are we the product of seven days of creation, as millions believe? Or, as Richard Dawkins, holder of the chair of public understanding of Science at Oxford University, insists, are we the result of a long mechanical process of self-assembly that is purposeless?

Spring represents energy of opening, awakening, and newness. There is excitement for what is about to bloom. What "has been" and "what is" can be replaced with what "can be." As Nature gives birth so can we give birth byrnreleasing all that no longer serves us and inviting in new beliefs, thoughts, ideas and attitudes that DO serve us. "Spring Cleaning" doesn't just refer to cleaning our homes and gardens but also ourselves! Just as our outer world needs to be weeded and the soil turned and new seeds planted, so does our inner world need that same tending.

Lost Valley is an 25 year old learning center and Ecovillage located on 88 acres in Dexter, Oregon. Our mission is to provides affordable housing, access to land, and facilities for an intentional community of educators, entrepreneurs, and cultural evolutionaries, committed to creating a life together in a sustainable way. Our focus is on offering Permaculture Immersion Internships, Permaculture Design Certificate Courses, and transformational gatherings, retreats, and conferences while taking very good care of our community residents.r

rnEvolving Through Healthy Detachment Many Buddhist practitioners claim that the chief cause of suffering stems from any form of attachment; therefore, the converse would also be true, that to experience a sense of peace and well- being would emerge from a process of healthy detachment and self-awareness. If we allow ourselves to become too absorbed or reliant on something or someone, then we compromise our well being by ignoring or shattering our healthy boundaries. The reas

I want what I want and I want it NOW! How many times have you thought that? Or better yet, I've been imagining, holding positive thoughts, saying my affirmations, taking action but what I want hasn't manifested yet! Where's my stuff?!?

We Create From An Internal Vision Where does this internal vision really come from? Many may respond by saying that it comes from God or the Divine Source. This implies that as God chooses which gifts he endows to us, that we can allow such vision to gracefully unfold. You and I and all of us are each integral parts of God’s divine plan. We are all in dynamic interaction with one another, constantly refining the very ways that God allows for creation. Every situation and in

So what do you think of yourself? We all have certain images of who we are and how we present ourselves to the world. And we all have an image of how the world sees us. When we are small we adopt a set of beliefs that are the driving force behind everything we do in our lives. These beliefs cause us to create certain images of ourselves that we are constantly putting out into the world. “I am a good girl”, “I’m a bad boy”, “I am a victim”, and on and on it goes. Once the image is created, we then act in such a way that validates this image.

One of the truths perceived when we awaken spiritually is that we have lived before. It may not dawn on us instantly. In fact, the realization may occur only after we experience a string of incidents, each of which appears relatively insignificant. We visit a place ostensibly for the first time, but know we’ve been there before. We find ourselves inexplicably fascinated by a particular culture, historical period, or figure. We meet someone for the first time and know, beyon

I recently watched Girl Rising, which is a movie about nine girls from nine different developing countries sharing personal stories of poverty, discrimination, and suffering, while trying to find a way through education to rise above the constraints imposed by their culture and environment. Although somewhat intense, the film is really beautifully made.

We are moving toward unio mystica, or the cosmic union with the Divine-- as increasing waves of light strike the planet in the ascension process. We are learning how the world responds to our collective consciousness. As always, I am positive about the future. It is my privilege as a human being to choose this alte ative. Despite my happy choice, I am also a realist.

Awakening to our Celestial Nature (Day 7) Materialistic Sentimentality Rectification Key

I have heard it said over and over in the personal growth world that in order to reach your potential, you must “embrace your dark side,” or “shadow.” What the heck does this mean? I thought for years. What dark side? Little by little I would step a toe into what I thought was my “dark side,” but I was navigating through uncharted territory and I would inevitably turn back. Instead, I found my way to positive affirmations through the wise women teachers Louise Hay

The path of self-awareness is not a highway. It is a long, slow process of uncovering and emerging; of discovering and nurturing; of expressing and releasing. In our rush to get where we think we want to get, we forget that our purpose here is to experience the world in human form and then also become aware of our experience.

The final practice of Yama the yogic avoidance's, is Aparigraha, that is, to avoid accumulating beyond your needs. It literally means to not (a) grab, hoard, hold on to things or take more than you need (parigraha). It encourages a life of simplicity and generosity on all levels, having what is truly necessary and no more.

By Linney Elder Isn't inner peace what we all strive for? So why is it often so very hard to achieve? Well, perhaps because we forget that the peace we seek is inside us, not outside. We have been conditioned to believe that we have to have a certain type of house, in a certain suburb, with a certain car in the drive ...

THE REMEMBRANCE (JESUS, THE CHRIST) As I sit here and wonder about current events or the what or where abouts of peers and friends of youth and progression, I realize that so many are in existence but sadly to say that their lives are just that..."benign"!!! It is often said or quoted, "many people retreat or repress their inner person out of the fear of social identification because of past experiences or a type of self-induced social trauma denying their very soul"!!! It is

When I was a young girl I had this sense - it wasn't a feeling or a thought, but a sense that the world would change during my lifetime. I'm not saying I knew what it meant... simply that I understood on some level that a change was coming, a change that was more than the passing of time.

What is the ego? Psychologically speaking, the ego consists of all of the personalized notions an individual has built up about who he or she is as a human being: personalities, beliefs, behaviors, thought processes, and inner dialogues. Essentially, the ego is the subjective construct of consciousness through which we differentiate ourselves as individuals.

In my last article, I told you that it is time to forgive those who have harmed us. I spoke not only of this generation, but the generations that lead to this generation. That’s a lot of work. It is challenging work. It is also rewarding work. But be aware that it is still work nonetheless.

How many times have we all heard, read, or been told to develop an "Attitude of Gratitude" and our lives will be the richer for it? How many of us have actually done that? - and I mean really developed that ability to appreciate anything and everything - to see the positive in all experiences.

Asteya is the yogic practice of avoiding taking what does not belong to you and is not freely offered to you. It includes greedy desires expressed in our thoughts, words, and our deeds. There are many reasons we may covet what we do not have and be jealous, feeling someone else has more than we do. Maybe they have success, money, popularity, health, power, a good job, a partner we wish we had, or even spiritual experiences we want to have.

There comes a time in everyone’s life when you start to feel a little nudge in your soul that questions your set of reality. We either entertain it, and start questioning and looking for answers beyond the physical, or we ignore it until we become adept at silencing it. There are naturally several opportunities for spiritual awakening that everyone experiences in their lives. At the very least there seems to be 2 for the majority of people, the first around the ages of 18-23 and the second around 38-50.

Meditation is practiced as an enjoyable hobby and a strict religious practice by millions around the globe, but many still hold doubts when it comes to the benefits of meditation, and are skeptical that it can make a difference in your personal life. The truth, however, is that meditation has proven to be extraordinarily beneficial to untold millions, and could be the key towards improving your life that you’ve been looking for. Of course, for meditation to work for you, you

Clients often come to me in a state of agitation, impatience and panic (real or existential, sometimes both), wanting a “magic solution” for their current dilemma – which is, in fact, a microcosmic representation or symptom of their overall life dilemma. And while I really do have a “magic solution” to share with them, it’s never what they expect, and like any good magic trick, it takes practice to master. The magic solution? Gratitude. It’s like the skeleton key that opens whatever door is in front of you…

How many of us have heard the sound in silence? What sound, you may ask, could there be in silence? To me, it is the sound of life, AUM or OM, the voice for the Holy Spirit.r

Crystals are the very soul of the earth and as such have been used in sacred ceremony since man first walked the earth. Nearly every indigenous culture has harnessed the power of crystals for healing and for various forms of divination. Crystals have been powerful healers, balancers, counselors, and record keepers, and continue to be today. Quartz crystals are piezoelectric, which means they generate an electrical charge and exterior energy field which is why they are used today in computers, watches, and ultrasound machines to name just a few uses.

LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE As this year draws to an end and a new year begins, most of us make promises, with all good intentions, to live a better life. This is the year we’re going to lose twenty pounds. This is the year we’re going to start our own business. This is the year we’re going to keep an exercise program. This is the year we’re going to eat healthier. But then before we know it, we fall back into our old ways, habits and thoughts that keep us year after year i

rnGreed is a deep emptiness inside that you need to fill with something. And you have only two ways to fill this emptiness. The first way… You may try to fill this emptiness with anything, no matter of what. You start collecting something... This collecting may take any direction. Somebody is collecting money. Somebody is collecting cars. Somebody is collecting houses. Somebody is collecting yachts. Stuffing food, when you are NOT really hungry... Purchasing things that wil

If you are a truly spiritual person, should you ever feel really sad? Well, the Little Prince, who represents our inner being, felt very sad. In fact we will find as we proceed through the Little Prince’s story that he experienced the full range of emotion—including emotions that it’s often assumed “spiritual” people shouldn’t feel. What does it mean to be spiritual? For many it’s a state that’s different from what we experience in normal everyday life. Million are actually seeking such a state so they can escape normal life, which they don’t find too pleasant.

The aim of evolution is to produce a man who, at the point of his objective thought, may completely manifest the whole idea of life—i.e., bring the concept of Unity to the point of particularization, finding nothing in the Law to oppose it. The reaso Jesus was able to become the Christ was, that at the objective point of His thought there was a complete realization of the Unity of the Spirit and the Absoluteness of his word. His spiritual and psychical faculties, his objecti

Spiritual Insight from the Story of The Little Prince For many of the earlier years of my life, whenever I had a decision to make about what I ought to do with my life, I sought the input of others. Often I’d discuss and discuss the pros and cons of the various paths that lay before me, going back and forth on them, trying to feel I was doing the “right thing.” This “right thing” almost always meant pleasing others with that I decided so I would feel liked and accepted. Then, at one of the most crucial junctures in my life, I stopped listening to what others thought I should do.r

As we are moving into a higher dimension, a lot of questions arise as to how this process is manifesting and how we can all respond and help with what many call the ascension. It is important to understand that we are shifting into 5th dimension, and to do so from we’re are at, we must first go through the 4th dimension, which can bring much confusion into our reality, as we witness the transformation of what many perceive as “modern evils,” as well as the way things have been for thousands of years—the predominantly unbalanced masculine status quo.