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Meditation & The Path to Self Realization

"Awareness itself is always free. If you are completely aware in this moment, watching what is arising instead of being caught uprnin 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 freedom. The urge to again attach yourself and identify yourself to what is here is so strong that eventually it will overpower awareness and again you will identify with what is here in order to release this build uprnof pressure. Many will simply dip in and out of awareness.

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Motivational And Inspirational, The Wealth Creator Source

The Wealth Creator Source is a series of powerful interviews with some of the most influential and well known people from around the world. If making real changes in your life is important to you as it is to me, then The Wealth Creator Source is the perfect place to get started. nnOnce a month, when you go to you're mailbox, instead of all the bills and junk mail that fills it, you will receive an interview by Raymond Aaron on a CD, which is truly, educational, motivating and

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Choosing Your Reality

What in your life is illusion? What in your life is reality? These questions are not as easy to answer as we might expect, for many things that we have been assuming are real are anything but. Our fears are a good example. Many of the fears we carry with us--fears that drive our daily ...

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By Linda Paull
To Use the Law of Attraction, You Need to have Intent

I have to admit something. I am always looking for new ways to use the law of attraction more effectively and it isn’t always easy, but every now and then, I put it out to the universe and something comes back to me. This week I had one of those A-ha moments when I listened to a program about intentions. More specifically, I was wondering about the difference between intentions and goals and how having intent helps you to use the law of attraction to achieve your specific goa

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How to Become Great at Anything in Life

Do you know what it takes to become great at something? I bet you have that desire…to be great rather than good. (Admit it.) Stop waiting or making excuses. It’s time to realize your potential. Step into greatness! I’m not talking about wanting fame or fortune, which are nice. I’m talking about following your internal push for excellence. Stop Ignoring the Desire to be Great I bet you feel it…the desire to be great. However, it’s possible that when you feel that push, you ignore it. After all, it’s easier to remain comfortable and not work any harder.

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The "Real" Secret to Success

When you think of the word “success” is the first thing that comes to mind a self-portrait? If you don’t see yourself as successful, that vision needs to change. You truly deserve the success you want… It’s just a matter of achieving that state. And that’s the tricky part, isn’t it? Achieving success feels like an impossible task, a task better suited to rocket scientists and Wall Street wizards who know how to parlay their natural gifts into dollar-chu ing enterprises. But guess what? That’s actually not how it works.

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Meditation: How to Experience Life as Energy

"There is a constant flow of energy in life. A large part of awareness is about observing this flow of energy. You meditate enough with the CDs or with an enlightened teacher and you will begin to notice a constant flow of energy. Perhaps at first as something inside you. But then you experience this constant flow of energy as you and everything. And simply by watching this flow, you learn meditation, you learn awareness. It guides you. You notice if you try and control a situation, this flow of energy is repressed and aggression begins to build.

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The Benefits of Practicing Qigong

One of the benefits of meditation is the ability to slow down your thinking to the point of being able to ‘see’ your thoughts, which will give you the ability to change your life via the Law of Attraction. However, there are other traditions that can bring about change and enhance the ...

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3 Steps to Spiritual Awakening

"This experience of separation and stress, of being a person separate from everything else is something you are doing. You are contracting moment to moment into identifying with thinking, identifying with the body, identifying with the idea ofrnwho you think yourself to be and how life is supposed to be. And this contraction blocks you from experiencing your true nature of peace. So then how do you stop this contraction? How do you stop creating this suffering? Lets put it in 3 parts: The first is practice: spending time every day actively practicingr

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Your Business - Sink or Swim?

In the current fear-state of the economy, it is a challenge not to feel overwhelmed and over burdened; however, there is more than light at the end of the tunnel. When you are coming from an unburdened, creative, free-flowing consciousness, there is no tunnel; only laser-focused direction - without the turmoil of impending disaster. Letting go of the “Titanic Mentality” and having an open perspective allows you to find and attract avenues for doing business from many directions.

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Practically a Genius or Practical Genius

Last weekend I was sitting in a bar with two internet marketing geniuses. I was immediately reminded how much I enjoy and am turned on by genius. There guys aren't the kind of heady, top heavy geniuses who can do one thing better than anyone else but are just plain weird when out of their narrow element. These guys live real lives, they have kids, they take care of their family's. Certainly they work a lot, but it isn't really work to them. They love what they do and would do it whether they were getting paid or not. They don't do anything for money.

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What Protects You Makes You Weaker

In the olden days, knights wore armor. From what I hear, armor was very hot and very, very heavy. Armor itself got in the way of life; it restricted movement and was terribly difficult to wear. Your armor is your thinking. Not your original thinking, but your structured, repetitious, automatic thinking.

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By Rishan B
Achieve Being Rich in Three Victorious Steps

To achieve your goal of being rich might be hard if you do not have the right and useful ways to do so. I will present to you three simple but powerful steps that you can apply with ease to accomplish this. These steps will probably help you become rich if you will bear it in mind. The definite result will happen earlier that you’ve predicted. The effect of not abiding to these steps will only lead to your frustration even if you’ve taken all steps that you know. There ar

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7 Steps For Relationship Success While Dating!

He said, “I miss you” and told me I’m special, beautiful and he enjoys being with me. I was happy in his company. He was very handsome; he was a Dentist with good goals and aspirations. I looked forward to his texts, emails and phone calls. He gave me just enough attention and niceties to think he was a good guy and interested in me as I was in him. A couple of months went by, and I noticed he rarely mentioned my daughter. He only asked about her one time, but I filed that away in a folder in the back of my mind. He took pictures of me, and I told him not to share them with anyone.

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Why Did You Become An Entrepreneur?

Have you ever had that moment when out of no where a question pops into your head and you have no idea why but find you must answer that question no matter what? It's called an epiphany. I am standing in the midst of the most extreme joy and unconditional acceptance of the me that I am this day, and slowly but surely comes creeping in the monster of "indecision", the beast of "I don't know what I'm doing" and the humility of "I need some HELP!" I ASKED MYSELF THE DREADED QUESTION; "WHY DO I KEEP DOING THIS?

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A Time Of Spiritual Rebirth

-Unity consciousness is at it's highest peak during the Christmas season because it is an extraordinary time of self-love, acceptance and forgiveness of ourselves and others. - For most of us Christmas is one of the most challenging times of the year, because it's a time, whether we are consciously aware of it not, when we undergo a huge inner spiritual cleansing and life transformation.

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By Rabbi Simcha
Acquiring Torah 36: Derech Eitz haChaim II: Three Gates

There are two factors in understanding: human intellect and the Torah which aids human intellect. Concerning the Torah, it is said, “Is not My word like fire, says God (Jeremiah 23:29).” He thus informed us that the Torah is an actual light bestowed on Israel for illumination. Unlike other branches of wisdom and sciences, which can be mastered through mere intellectual effort, the Torah is a sacred entity with an exalted presence in the loftiest of heights; and when a man

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Deliberate Acts of Grounding

In these challenging times with overwhelming media coverage centered on fear and loss, it is easy to create “out of body” experiences, pushing the limits of your upper chakras - your crown, third eye, throat and heart - to check out of the turmoil.

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Harnessing Happiness..

One factor that traverses across boundaries of age,sex religion, race, class, ethnicity, etc and found in each member of our species is wish or goal to lead a happy life or simply said, to be happy. All of us want to be happy( don't we?). But happiness seems to be more elusive than ever in this modern age of speed and technology. We seem to catch a fiber of happiness before it slip out of our grasp. We work day and night to achieve a goal that we think will make us happy but when we finally reach there we wonder whether we this is what we were looking for.

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How A Spiritual Practice Can Lead to Spiritual Awakening

"It makes no difference what technique or method you practice, it is that you give yourself completely to that practice that matters. It can be as simple as watching your breath. If you really give your full attention to watching your breath then you will move beyond yourself, you will find freedom. If you are willing tornlet go of the idea that you know better and really plunge yourself wholeheartedly into rna spiritual practice without looking for something in return, then somewhere along the line something will happen, the floor will fall out

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By Rabbi Simcha
Acquiring Torah 26: Having One Rebbi

Raba expounded in the name of Rabbi Sehora who had it from Rabbi Huna: What is the purport of the text: “Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he that gathers little by little shall increase?” If a man studies much at a time his learning decreases, and if he does not do so but ‘gathers little by little’ he ‘shall increase’. Raba remarked: The Rabbis are well aware of this advice and yet disregard it. Rabbi Nachman b. Isaac said: I acted on this advice a

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Resolutions - giving blessings to those who are less fortunate than us

As we exit the holiday season and enter a New Year, one that I believe will be one of much joy and prosperity, we look back at 2010 to ponder all that we’ve experienced through the year and make our resolutions of what we wish to do to make 2011 a year of bliss and serenity. We are in an age of ever-increasing consciousness and awareness. We as women are finding our way to our center, to that place of authenticity, where we are connected to the Source of all life. As we begin to radiate this Divine light within, we become suffused with love for ourselves and for all those that we touch.

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Finding One's Self Through Art and Travel

I always thought I had a normal upbringing, until I realized there was no such thing as "normal". After a typical suburban American childhood of roller-skating, pizza parties and the Disney Channel, I slid into adolescence doing all the usual teenage things: experimenting with make-up, shopping at the mall, and poring over the slew of magazines aimed at young women that claim to hold the secrets of becoming popular and attracting boys. As my youthful consciousness began to gl

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You can Shine Brightly

I wanted to write a post that would let you know how much you are loved and how much you can shine brightly in this world we live in. I don’t think you give yourself enough credit so I am going to help give you a boost. You! Yes You were made to shine and not just a glimmer of shine I am talking the whole enchilada. The biggest shiniest light that there ever was. You are it! The one that can not only make a difference within your own self but as you do this you do it for all others as well. As you shine all others shine too. The brighter you shine and so do they shine brighter.

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To Think Or Not To Think?

It is estimated that on any given day, approximately 10,000 thoughts go through your head. How many of those thoughts were really useful? Nothing can hurt you as much as your own thinking. Continual repetition of self-doubts and self-attack. Pay attention to your thinking, and see how much of it is based on fears, judgments and worries. Basically, fear, worry and judgments are "all in the mind". How do you rid yourself of these repetitive self-sabotaging thoughts? By searc

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Starting a Business is Like Having a Baby

Birthing a business is like birthing a baby. You go through the gestation period as you begin to manifest your idea. You seek out the resources you will need to help create your image and announce it to the world: your marketing and PR strategists to help you formulate your branding, marketing, and publicity messages and plans, your web and graphic designers to create your visual image, your copywriter to wrap words around your image.

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By Christina Watson
Being Me

This week my friend honored me by asking me to read the blessing at her upcoming wedding. I was so touched, tears immediately welled up in my eyes. Embarrassed, I held them back while exclaiming, “Oh no, I am crying!” So I was wondering why that was my first reaction? I love my friend so dearly, why would I be embarrassed to cry in front of her? First about her: in my book of positive aspects, I have two pages on her -- her attributes are so many. There are many entries a

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The Economics Of Personal Development

During the past two years I have been observing and studying various marketing tips and sales strategy on the WEB. A multitude of fabulous information is available over the Internet and it appears that most consumers are interested in products that can help them increase their income. Along this ...

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Self Discovery 101: DO YOU YOI?

Is YOUR Christmas shopping complete? Have you on hand plenty of "Yardsticks of Impossibility" (also known as "YOIs") ready for use this holiday season? If you're human, you probably do. They're really rather useful, and a snap to gift. You can use them to measure yourself (and your performance, your behavior, that thing you said a few minutes ago, what you look like, how much you weigh, etc.) quickly, easily and conveniently in pretty much any situation.

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An Awakening Moment I Will Never Forget, Will You?

I was walking down on one of the busiest streets near my neighborhood. I needed to get fresh inspiration to finish a writing project I was working on. Like most people, I believe that a walk to the park will send inspirations knocking on my door. Above all, I needed a break from my work and catch up with my surroundings which I have lost touch for the past couple of weeks. nnWithout holding a pen and having a paper to jot down my thoughts, each encounter was vividly recorded

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By A O` Brien
What is Clairvoyant Training?

Clairvoyance sounds like a fancy word, but it`s simply the ability you have to imagine. If I say, Picture a red apple, and you can do it, you are clairvoyant. You will hear different psychic abilities referred to as Clair- this and Clair- that. Clair means clear and voyance refers to seeing. So clairvoyance is clear seeing. If I were to teach you to develop your abilities, I would start with asking you to imagine. Another way to look at clairvoyance is that it`s our ability t

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By Russ Shurbet
Dry Wells

Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. –Albert Einstein rnAs I read this quote, I allowed my mind to reach into the past. I lived in Israel from 1992-1996. While there, I visited a settlement known as Ir Ovot. Ir Ovot translates: City of Water Skins. According to Numbers 33:43, the Israelites stopped at Ir Ovot during their 40 years of wandering through the desert. Ovot possessed a water-well that exists today. As my reverie took

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Spiritual Growth and Development: A Means of Personal Development in Becoming a True Human Being

The spiritual growth and development of an individual is a means of personal development in becoming a true human being; in many ways, this is why we come to be here on this planet. One of our greatest challenges is to expand or enlarge the beliefs that we do carry within our psychological make-ups, which represent the boundaries or limits of possible life experiences. After all, how can one grow beyond their beliefs that surround them like fences if they do not even know they are there?

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What Is The Spiritual Life? Part One.

WHAT IS THE SPIRITUAL LIFE? PART ONE. Today you hear the statement, "I'm not religious, I am spiritual." And I seriously doubt that few people have any idea what they mean by 'spiritual' other than they are not into the conventional religious orders of today. Most people believe in some Higher Deity or Force, and some of the popular names are Jesus, Moses, Allah, Buddha, and even Satan. Some people follow their own philosophy or the philosophies of others. And others are even into more Natural Religions such as Shamanism and Witchcraft.

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5 Tips To Buying A Binocular

The binocular is available in different ranges like binoculars, optics, night vision a spotting scopes, goggles etc.nnIt is advisable to purchase the binocular according to the uses like watching bird, marine application, astronomy, military applications etc, Depends on usages the binoculars are available in different capacity. The capacity of the binocular is defined in magnification of the lenses. It describes the power of the binocular, Based on that the capacity of the bi

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Reaching The Depths of Consciousness in Meditation

"In meditation you are not moving in a linear line going from one place to another. Rather you are moving deeper into this moment. So the most important part of meditation, if you are practicing the path of awareness is to allow yourself to rest in this moment. To allow everything to be exactly as it isrnand relax into itrnand sink right through it. This sounds quite easy, but when you are constantly looking forward, trying to attain something trying to get somewhere, then when you actually try and rest in this moment, you are confronted with somethingr

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The Healing Of America

Last night was a historic event! Barack Obama's acceptance speech for the Presidential nomination set a tone and demonstrated a quality of Being and Presence that can bring this country back from the policies of fear, separation, dishonesty, denial and arrogance. As you know, I do not write ...

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A Moment in Time, an Excerpt from "Being Here…Too, Short Stories of Modern Day Enlightenment," by Ariel and Shya Kane

My brother Brian was born a year and a half after I was. My mom told me that when she brought him home from the hospital, I thought he was a gift for me. When we were growing up, Brian seemed to know how to do everything without any help or training. I’d ask him, “How do you know that?” I was amazed and jealous that things seemed to come so easily for him, or so I thought.

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Meditation And Brain Wave States

Most people know that there are different brain wave states that the brain can be in at different times. The beta state is what we are normally in when we are completely awake and focused, while the alpha state is reached through daydreaming and meditation, theta is the dream state and delta is ...

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An Opportunity to Free Yourself from Your “Normal” Life

Every year, when the Jewish holiday of Passover rolls around, I think about the places in my life where I feel stuck. I consider how to move through these places to freedom. This year is no different. What is different, though, is the number of people who feel unable to move forward due to the coronavirus pandemic. Their “normal” life has been put on hold.

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Encounters of the Soul Kind

Channeled Message: The veil stretches thinner with each passing day pulling its frail fibers apart with ease. A world unknown now enters into the realm of humanity as the light slowly filters between its threads. A sense of change permeates this once heavy space, and a feeling of connectivity sweeps across its vast expanse. Old friends meet once again with deep recognition, a soul jou ey divinely guided before time itself. The darkness begins to fade as the mysteries rise to the surface to become known.

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Unwanted Health Symptoms in Spirituality and how to become a blessing unto this world!

Namaste beloved spiritual brother and sister! Greetings of Power, Love and Wisdom from my heart to you! I AM a humble spiritual/psychological/physical-earthly Evolution Teacher, Minister and Integrated Healer of the I AM University. So one could say that I AM an Integrated Fitness Coach on all levels. We all are gifted with many body’s as a soul ( and they are our instruments to learn here on earth) and our body’s are Gods temple and this is as well the temple of your soul!

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The Art of Attracting

THE ART OF ATTRACTING Attraction isn’t just a law; attraction is a practical, useful principle. When you apply this formulating principle, you significantly become a magnetic power source, inviting new opportunities, new business and new relationships to you and your business. The principle is to be what you desire to attract; yet, as significantly important is for you to attract what you deserve to have. You become the attraction artfully drawing to you the prosperity, abundance, affluence and influence in the formula of new clients, new business, and new referrals.

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By Moreen DuFermont
To Live A New Life: Self Transformation

To Live a New Life: Self Transformation At the start of each new day you are a being of pure inner stillness. You can feel an appreciation by knowing that you have the right to your own freedom of choice! Particularly, you may choose to live in the Present Moment. Why carry around the past or anticipate the future that will yet, in time, be another new day? In its truest, ultimate meaning it’s as if you are given the chance to really start a new life, whether you realize th

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How to Instantly Realize the Enlightened State of Unconditional Peace

"To realize unconditional peace consider this: The very nature of the world is duality. Life and death, happiness and unhappiness, attraction and repulsion. There cannot be one without the other. The very nature of the ego is to seek only one side of the equation. The ego wants life and not death, wants happiness and not unhappiness, attraction and not repulsion. So as the very nature of the world is duality; you cannot have one opposite without the other.

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By Jacqueline Wales
Are You Fearless?

Can anyone be truly FEARLESS? nnI've asked myself that question thousands of times, and I'm not convinced. Based on everything I teach, the answer would seem to be yes, but there is a catch.nnBeing Fearless is all about the choices and decisions we make when fear shows up in our lives. When we are faced with doubts, anxiety and fear,we may look for a way out. Try to deny it's presence. Pretend that everything is okay. But the extraordinary part is when you face your fears, wh

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