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By DailyOM
Power in Numbers: Sending Our Collective Light to the World

Like tiny ripples that merge to form great waves, combined human intent is worth more than the sum of its parts. A single individual can initiate worldwide improvement by emitting conscious frequencies of love, beauty, goodness, and wisdom. A group of people focusing their energy on sending out light to the world can set the stage for positive global transformation. All of us possess the ability to channel love energy, to heal, to be a conduit for white light, and to positive

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By Carole Lynne
Staying Calm in Rough Financial Waters

We are in a period of history where many people feel agitated and insecure about what is going to happen to our climate and to our worldwide financial structure. I speak to people everyday who are scared. On the other hand, some people feel that we are getting a huge wake up call and need to take advantage of our current problems in order to create a better world. This is a time when a HUGE number of people are focused on world problems and not just on their own personal live

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“A Miracle — Cured of Skin Cancer”

Not long ago there was a man by the name of David that had malignant melanoma on his upper back and it started to spread. He went to doctors and they took out a large and deep area of his skin and muscles to remove the cancerous area but it grew back. So they did chemo and radiation therapy but his cancer came back larger and more aggressive than ever. And soon it spread to his lymph nodes and from there to the rest of his body. At that point, the doctors didn’t have anything they could do so they told him he only had 3 or 4 months to live.

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“A Story About the Power of Love”

Love is the essence of all things, love can change everything if we allow love to take over our life and be the path that we follow no matter what happens. Love is like honey that makes milk a little sweeter. And love also makes life sweeter, and love brings about a feeling of contentment even when things are not that great. Here is a true story of a man and woman in love.

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“Ecstatic Love and Joy Breath Work Healing Process”

There are many ways to heal naturally using love as the healing agent. And I have talked about many healing modalities including QiGong, Magnified Healing, Reiki and many more. Here is one more way to heal every single part of your body and bring ecstatic joy to your mind and body. Ecstatic Love and Joy Breath Work 1 - First of all, it’s best to be standing for this breath work process. Stand normally and visualize white light above your head. 2 - Now, see that light being “Ecstatic Love and Joy”.

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20 Superfood Benefits of Teff Grain

Teff grain or Eragrostis tef is a great superfood that helps with weight loss, and improves circulation, helps with PMS, and great for bone health with lots of calcium. Teff is also great for building strong muscles, it’s an immune boosting grain, wonderful for gluten intolerance and diabetics, improves digestion, and helps to prevent heart disease and strokes. Watch My Video to Find Out More… Dr. Paul Haider Dr. Paul Haider – Master Herbalist - Many Blessings to Everyone! I Have the #1 Herbal Channel on YouTube Please Subscribe

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A Simple Method to Achieve Peace and Silence in the Mind

There are a number of proven methods for achieving peace and silence in the mind. Some are more arduous than others. The more one works at it, the more inward pressure one asserts to try to achieve this status, the greater the intrusions that force themselves on the mind. This is the result of a rajasic effort filled with desire for a particular result. The Mother suggests a method that releases this pressure, and allows peace and quiet in the mind to come over time with repeated effort, but without being filled with desire and any aggressive method.

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Contacting and Connecting With the Universal Vital Force, Part II

When we fixate on the fulfillment of the body-life-mind complex in our exte al being, the exclusive concentration involved helps us to temporarily lose sight of the larger Oneness of which all are a part. We then put ourselves in opposition to other aspects of the one Reality and treat each part as separate and distinct. This sets up a sense of competition, an artificial fight over control of limited resources, and a sense of self-aggrandisement that engages in a “win-lose” battle to survive and thrive, rather than a “win-win” participation in the universal manifestation by all.

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Get Fit Lose Those Pounds

You Can Get Fit… The Holidays Are Over… and lots of people have a few extra pounds they need to lose. And you can lose those pounds fast and get in great shape. Here are a few tips. Watch My Video and Find Out More Watch My Video and Find Out More. Please Subscribe to My Youtube Channel Watch My Video and Find Out More - See Link I Have the #1 Herbal Channel on Youtuber Many Blessings to Everyone! Dr. Paul Haider - Master Herbalist https://youtu.be/xr-HhDRBKJM rn#Fit rn#Weight rn#Lose rn#Healthy rn#Shape

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The Experience and Difficulty of Drawing Inwards in the Consciousness

Until an individual has an actual experience of what the Mother calls ‘interiorisation’, there is no real way to understand what it is about. Many people believe that if they sit quietly in meditation, or follow an internal train of thought, that they have an inner experience, but this is not what the Mother actually refers to. These things are still functions of the surface being, the exte al personality, and can be likened to the earth’s thin layer of topsoil.

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The Sources of Disturbance and the Process of Detachment

We tend to internalize and “own” our weaknesses or internal struggles. This is the ego-consciousness at work. We also fail to recognise that there are multiple different sources of pressures on us, some of which are ingrained habits we have accepted into our surface being, others are seeds we have dormant in our subconscient levels, and yet still others are pressures from the exte al environment that attempt to gain entry and acceptance within our being.

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The Subconscient Basis of Our Individual Being, Part 3

There are realms that operate under different rules, or laws, than what we have come to expect here. Our earthly life is a complex amalgam of physical, vital, mental and psychic consciousness, and this mixture implies that none of these are able to express themselves in the purest sense of their own terms of existence and action. There are however realms where these powers are native and thus, have their complete expression without compromise. The physical body acts as a barrier, a restraint, and a protection from the direct operation of any of these other levels.

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Understanding the Causes and Prevention of Illness

There are many ideas about the causes of illness, as well as ways to prevent or cure illness. In the West, the prevalent idea is related to what may be called the “germ invasion” theory, namely, that illness is caused by specific physical ‘germs’ (bacteria or viruses) which invade and overpower our physical body and cause disease, which our immune system then needs to be able to withstand and overcome.

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“Can We Help People… Who Don’t Want Our Help?”

Yesterday I had a person who is hooked on drugs contact me and he was not interested in making a change. But what can we do? This young man is hooked on drugs and he said he was not interested in making a change. And thus the wheel of karma keeps moving along, and he wonders why his life is in shambles. The only thing we can do for these people is to be an example and talk to them once in a while and pray for them, show them where to get help… and see if they are ready to move forward. Sometimes There is Nothing We Can Do

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“Crossing Your Arms and Legs Stops the Flow of Qi Energy”

If you want Chi or Qi Energy flowing within your being… if you want Spiritual Energy flowing at all times… then it’s important to not impede its movement through the body. Flow Effect All Qi or Chi energy flows from the feet up our spine to the top of our head and around our body on all sides. Then down into the bottoms of our feet and back up the spine again… this cycle is continuous. That powerful energy is impeded when we cross our legs and arms. For Better Health

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“Ear Cleaning and Inexpensive Hearing Aids”

Here is a quick and simple way to get rid of ear wax and also where to find great quality hearing aids at great prices. Pay $500 for 2 hearing aids instead of $2000 to $5000. Dr. Paul Haider - Master Herbalist Click on URL below to watch video Copy and paste the following URL into your browser to watch video https://youtu.be/Wd9hfXGeRro Watch Video and Find Out More Please Subscribe to My Youtube Channel

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“Five Important Foods for the Holiday Season”

We are about to enter into the holidays and with that comes more to do and very little time to get it all done. And the cold and flu season will be upon us at the same time. Thus it’s vitally important that these five foods are enjoyed more during the holidays to keep us strong and vital all winter long. These winter foods will boost the immune system, and help us to enjoy the holidays with a good mood and lots of vitality. Elderberries and Sauerkraut

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“From Love to Fear and Back”

Once their lived a man who did well in general and then he moved and started having anxiety. And those anxiety attacks were caused by a change in thinking. He went from being very loving man to being totally fearful in very short time… but all of that did change.

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“Happy Valentines Day Everyone”

Today is Valentines Day and we think about sending cards or giving chocolates to the ones we love. But what about the other 364 days of the year? Once a year we think about the one we love. We go out and spend money and give gifts and take our beloved to dinner. And that is all well and good, but what about spreading that love over the other 364 days of the year. Something to Ponder

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Avatars and Vibhutis Focus Their Attention and Action on the Work to Be Done

The mind creates a number of illusions and misconceptions about Avatars and Vibhutis. Many of these ideas assume, wrongly, that a conscious manifestation of the Divine in the world must be likewise all-knowing and all-powerful, and they thus attribute miraculous powers and actions to those who have been identified as such. It would of course not be logical to assume that every divine manifestation must carry all-knowledge active within himself, when the focus is restricted to a specific time, place and circumstance.

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By Dada Bhagwan
If by doing good karma we get good results, then how can one come out of this karmic bondage to progress spiritually?

Growing up, we have all been taught the importance of doing good! The reasons for believing in it, at times, may be different though. rnSome believe that doing good will earn us some merit points that can be carried forward into the next life while few others may believe that ‘my good deeds will neutralize the bad ones’. Yet others may feel that being human, it is our duty to do good and be a good humanitarian. But all in all people do believe that doing good is important

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By John Harricharan
Spirituality Information - Look What He Did , Just Look !

Yesterday was a fine day, a really great day, at least, the start of it. As is my usual routine, I started the morning writing, then making phone calls. Next, I checked email. There were many-- several from readers of my books. Some took the time to express thanks and wanted to know what other books I had written. They spoke of life-changing insights; they thanked me for providing them the opportunity to read my works. They wanted more. I felt good, really good. nnnIt got bet

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“A Simple Solution to Stress”

When we are dosing off and our mind wanders and then all of a sudden our arm moves in connection to an image we saw in our minds eye. This shows that our bodies are still responding to stimuli from the brain just as if the imagery were really happening.

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“Fang Feng - Great for Inflammation and Pain”

Radix Saposhnikoviae Divaricatae or also known as Fang Feng is a powerful herb that has been used for hundreds of years in Traditional Chinese Medicine. And Fang Feng is one of the most highly prized herbs of Chinese Medicine with many healing qualities. Long History of Use - Fang Feng also known as Ping Feng and Siler Root has been used all the way back to 520 AD in Chinese Medicine. The plant is a small green plant with flowers and grows in many regions of China. The roots of the plant are used for making the herb which are dried and made into a powder and pills.

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30+ Health Benefits of Sarsaparilla - No Side-Effects

Sarsaparilla is great for all kinds of diseases process from colds to the flu, cancer, aging, pain, bacterial infections, fungal infections, balances hormones, builds libido, sinusitis, and so much more. Watch My Video and Find Out More Please Subscribe to My Youtube Channel Watch My Video and Find Out More - See Link I Have the #1 Herbal Channel on Youtuber Many Blessings to Everyone! Dr. Paul Haider - Master Herbalist https://youtu.be/wMRH7agFdwE #Sarsaparilla rn#Health rn#Benefits rn#Very-Healing rn#Powerful

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An Integral Repose — the Ideal State of Sleep

Usually when most people go to sleep, they simply ‘let it happen’. This carries with it all of the mental, emotional, vital-nervous, and physical energy pent up in the being at the time, into the sleep state. Add to this mix the state of fatigue that prevails, and it can lead to restless, or dull sleep, chaotic dreams and confused awareness at the times of light sleep or waking.

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By Dada Bhagwan
As per Jainism does the soul have to escape Krambaddh pre-destined events and attain salvation moksha?

No! First and foremost, one can never escape the Krambaddh pre-destined events because every event happening in our current life that can be experienced through the five senses is the result of our past karmas.rnThe law of karma is such that: Whatever seeds of karma we’ve sown in our past life, we HAVE to bear the fruits of it in future life. rnWhen the time is up for maturation of a particular karma, the fruit automatically comes into effect and gets discharged naturally.

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By DadaBhagwan
Does God really exist?

Yes, God does exist. rnBut he does not reside in skies! Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan explains, “God is in every creature whether visible or invisible. God is in creature, not in creation. There are infinite invisible creatures which cannot be seen even under a microscope; God resides in all of them!” Why does everything in my life work now?rnIn our life, we all experience two kinds of results. When meritorious karma are unfolding, it yields positive results. Consequently, eve

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By DadaBhagwan
Is the ultimate purpose of our life to realize God?

“How can I really be free from all miseries? – Live this life to know just this!” - Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan The law of karma is pretty straightforward - When you give happiness, you get happiness. And if you give suffering to others, you get suffering in return. So, from the moment we begin to care for the other person’s pain and miseries, we immediately start gaining freedom from our own miseries. By seeing the other person in comfort, we automatically experience ha

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Psychoanalysis and Yoga Don’t Mix

Without the power to control and purify, an individual faces great risk in dredging up all kinds of subconscious energies, fears, experiences, dreams and desires. Psychoanalysis focuses on tapping into this subconscious level, but it does not start with any process to arm the individual with the necessary insight, and tools, to manage what comes up. Thus, it tends to create great confusion, in some cases leading to years of ongoing ‘therapy’ without any positive result.

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The Nature of the Resistance of the Mind-Life-Body to the Pressure of the Divine Force

Each aspect of the human instrumentality provides its own characteristic forms of resistance when a new, higher evolutionary force tries to engage them and redirect them along the lines it proposes. The underlying issues relate to the action of Tamas in the physical level, Rajas in the vital level, and Tamas again in the mental level. It is also likely that the mind is influenced by the vital to create mental arguments that support the vital desires.

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The Play of the Gunas in the Spiritual Path

The Bhagavad Gita places considerable emphasis on the need to understand the play of the Gunas, Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas, in all things. Yogic practice is not exempted from this play. Each of the Gunas has a specific set of characteristics, and they are not stable. The Gunas are always in motion. Doubt, fear, darkness, lack of effort, despondency or depression, all are signs of the predominance of Tamas. Ambition, energetic action, desire, grasping are all signs of the action of Rajas. Light, balance, harmony and understanding, steady, calm effort are the signs of Sattwa.

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Understanding and Attaining the Right Attitude Toward Food for the Yogic Practitioner

Shifting the awareness away from the ego-consciousness to the divine standpoint takes place as a ‘tuning’ process which Sri Aurobindo designates as ‘aspiration’. This represents a focus of the attention of the being on the higher consciousness and away from the normal fixation on the outer life of the normal human consciousness. Food is one area that occupies an enormous role and significance in the human sphere, whether it is obtaining food, preparing food, enjoying food or talking or thinking about food.

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40 Plus Amazing Health Benefits of Baking Soda

Baking soda has been used successfully for thousands of years for many different types of health challenges and for other household purposes. Baking soda is one of the best remedies to have around the house all the time. Watch my video and find out more about this wonderful inexpensive healing remedy. Please Subscribe Watch My Video and Find Out More - See Link I Have the #1 Herbal Channel on Youtube Many Blessings to Everyone! Dr. Paul Haider - Master Herbalist https://youtu.be/UImKjdhzFCI

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Evolution of Consciousness and the Need for Rebirth as a Mechanism of that Evolution

We observe an outer fact of existence, but we do not see the motive force behind it, nor the intention behind the motive force. Thus, Darwin identified an evolution of species, and researchers have identified families of species, development of specific characteristics within those families and the sequential development of new powers of awareness, consciousness and action as the forms evolved.

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Health Benefits of Job’s Tears a Miracle Grain

Health Benefits of Job’s Tears a Miracle Grain. Super High in Protein, and also known as Coix Seeds this is a super health grain that will do your body good. Job’s Tears protects the GI tract, helps with gastric ulcers, helps to lower cholesterol, helps with inflammation, helps with cancer, helps with allergies, and much more. Used Successfully for Thousand Years in Chinese Medicine. Dr. Paul Haider – Master Herbalist - Many Blessings to Everyone! I Have the #1 Herbal Channel on YouTube Please Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrSQ6OzAenOt-Pj-r0n45Pg See Link to Video

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By Dada Bhagwan
If we are the pure consciousness -the Atman, then who is the doer of Karma?

Do you know, by believing one’s self to be the doer of karma, one binds new karma? rnEven though we are pure Atman, we are ignorant of this fact. This is because from the moment we are born, we believe our Self to be something we are truly not. We believe we are the name and the body, and consequently we believe we are the doer of actions that happen by the body. Because of this misperception, we continue to to be the doer of karma and thus keep binding new karmas. rnWho is

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The Example of Great Souls Facing the Difficulties and Issues of Human Spiritual Development

People tend to assume that great beings such as Buddha or Christ are exempt from the issues that the “rest of us” have to face in the world, and in the practice of spiritual sadhana. They simply assume that these great souls somehow fly above the ground-level obstacles that plague us. In fact, the opposite is quite likely to be true. These great souls, who seek out paths for liberation and human advancement, and evolutionary progress, take on tasks that we many times cannot even imagine, and suffer all the ‘slings and arrows of outrageous fortune’ as Hamlet phrased it!

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The Nature and Power of Sincerity in the Practice of the Integral Yoga

For spiritual practices that seek a solution outside the life in the world, it is possible to try to “cut the knot” and simply abandon, or at least minimize, the active engagement of mind, life and body in the world. For a spiritual practice such as the integral yoga, however, which aims at a taking up and transforming of human existence and activity in the world, such a step is not feasible, and the “knot” must be “untied” rather than “cut”.

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The Role of the Inner Standpoint in Overcoming Depression and Ambition in the Practice of Yoga

Many people, not just those who practice yoga, experience times when they feel like their lives are meaningless, they are helpless to change, and the round of daily life, with its little wants and needs, and fulfillment of desires, is empty and distasteful. They experience in some cases a sense of what is known in yogic terminology as vairagya, renunciation, even if it is for them a fleeting emotion.

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“Two Pills that Will Change Your Life Forever”

New studies show some very interesting things that can be done to prevent heart failure. And I want to talk about two pills that will change your life forever—REALLY. There’s are a couple of things that we all need that many people are lacking… and this is super important for our life in general. Dr. Paul Haider - Master Herbalist Many Blessings to Everyone! Watch My Video and Find Out More - See Link Please Subscribe to My Youtube Channel https://youtu.be/XSMtTke7bzM

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“Wakeup Calls are Taking Place on the Planet”

Lately there have been many huge wakeup calls for millions of people all over the globe. Some are listening and waking up, still others are slumbering, yet all are coming to great understand that spirit is trying to get their attention. Right now we are living in a period of time where spirit is trying to wake us up. Take for instance this true story:

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By DadaBhagwan
Can we transfer our Karmic Debt to others?

No. It is not transferrable. You have to suffer the fruits of karmas yourself, be it the good ones or the bad ones. You cannot give it to others nor can anybody take this away from you! If you want to take away your mother’s bad karma and add it to your karma, that will not happen. If your mother is suffering from cancer, there is no way you can take away her miseries or transfer her cancer onto yourself. She has to suffer her miseries herself. If fruit of her karma is bad,

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Laugh Out Loud for No Reason at All

People are Way to Serious Have you noticed that people don’t laugh? Well, laughing out loud for no reason at all is a great way to break the tension and to feel great about life in general. You have to make yourself happy… no one else will… so break the ice and laugh out loud now. You Don’t Need a Reason to Laugh Yesterday I had a flat tire, I just had to laugh out loud. Today a recording did not work with a friend, I just had to laugh out loud. The other day my weed eater machine would not work, I just had to laugh out loud.

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