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We Get What We Put Out

This is the one true statement that we can all say about anything. This is the one true statement that we can all agree on (I hope so anyway). "People get what they put out". If you put out negative thoughts, you're going to attract negative things. If you put out positive thoughts, you will receive positive things. If

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Your Good is Always Available to You

The first article in this series, which presented the channeled spiritual writings from the first section of Chapter One of Lessons from the Source: A Spiritual Guidebook for Navigating Life’s Journey, explained that we are one with the entire Universe and with the Source that created it, and that our challenge while living on earth is to accept that truth and live our lives based on it ? even if we can’t begin to understand it.

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THE FOOD PYRAMID, PROCESSED FOODS & ALLERGIES

Many of us may remember the food pyramid that was taught in school. The government thought it was a good idea to teach Americans how to eat properly. The pyramid, or more aptly the triangle is designed to show how many servings of each type of food should be eaten on a daily basis. The bottom of the triangle holds the largest space and thus it contains the largest portion of servings; eight glasses of water. As the triangle gets smaller, the servings of each type of food gets smaller, as well, with the top reserved for fats, oils and sweets.

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How Intuitive Are You?

Did you know that everyone has the ability to be highly intuitive? People use their intuition all the time and don’t even recognize it. It may be the way your body felt when you met your new boss, or the curiosity about a long lost friend who surprises you with a call within a few days. Intuition comes in many forms. And there are definitely ways to enhance it. Let’s first take a look at recognizing your present intuition. And then we will explore how to expand it. Physic

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How to Replace Bad Habits With Good Ones

You probably know something about the influence of habits in your life. However, you may not realize how strongly they affect you until you try to change them. Don’t worry. You’re not alone if you struggle to quit a bad habit or establish a good one. In this article, we’ll explore the three factors that create habits and three powerful strategies to replace your bad ones with good ones.

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Learning From Heartbreak

Recently, I was in a relationship with a woman who I thought was everything I wanted in a woman. I was the luckiest person to be able to attract the amazing woman. All my work on myself was actually paying off. She was almost exactly like the descriptio I wrote down for my perfect relationship. When I was with her I could feel my heart expand and the thought of sharing all of the things I loved with her brought me so much joy. For a few months I felt very loved and the world was a much better place. Then in what felt like a flash, it ended.

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The Passion Test ready for it?

Janet Attwood The Passion Test Have you ever considered what your passion in life is? Have you ever heard of Janet Attwood and the Passion test? Have you ever considered asking yourself if you’re living a passionate life or are you like most living day to day in the treadmill of what’s comfortable, what’s been programmed to become the daily routine whether you are enjoying it or not. Have you stepped aside to ask yourself if you’re living your life full out and by deliberate intention for how you want to live?

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3 Easy Steps for Manifestation

One of the most exciting ways to use your energy for positivity is to use it for the process of manifestation. Now there are many books, lectures and so much information out there on this subject and it sometimes can be very confusing and even contradictory. Let’s break this process down to its simplest components. Start by thinking about the manifestation process much like placing an order for dinner in a restaurant. Step 1) Decide where to eat.r

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7 CyberSecurity Laptop Tips

I once had a cordless phone that had multiple channels that allowed you to switch channels. One day I accidentally unplugged it when cleaning, when I went to pick up the handset to make a call, I was amazed that the receiver was picking up the phone conversation of someone in the apartment complex, who apparently was cheating on her husband. So if you have a cordless phone, beware. However, this month is not about phone security but cyber security. Computer Signals, digital signals and other radio signals are around us all the time.

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Best Friends Forever

So many people struggle with life challenges because they do not know how to be their own best friend. We are all good at being there for others with encouraging words of support and love but rarely are we capable of extending these things to ourselves. In fact we are often our own worst enemy, with a self critic and a massive data base in our heads of all the things we have been told we can’t do or won’t be able to do or should never attempt.

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Links in the Chain of Kindness

"Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together." -- Goethe --nnHave you ever had someone do something really nice for you, but you didn't know who it was to thank them? When I was in graduate school on a limited budget I was running very short on funds one month. One day when I checked my mail, there was a plain white envelope with no return address. Inside was a twenty dollar bill, with a note that read, "Enjoy!" The note was unsigned. I never found out the

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Why People Reject the Lord Jesus Christ

Why do people reject the Lord Jesus Christ? People might feel they know the reason why people reject the Lord Jesus Christ, but their reason would probably be wrong. The real reason they have rejected the Son of God is stated in the Bible in 2 Corinthians 4:3,4. It says they have been blinded to the truth by an enemy, Satan, who wants them to go to hell and not to heaven.

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Sacred Feminine Soul Sisters

Sacred Feminine Soul Sisters are those female friends who see us, love and accept us for who we are. They are our people who we can relax and be ourselves with. Our sisters do not judge us. Nurturing and healing our hearts are what our Sacred Feminine Soul Sisters do with ease when we are together. Even when we are apart it helps to know that our sisters have our back always. Sacred Feminine Soul Sisters are the sisters of our soul. They are sometimes more in touch with what our soul needs then we are, helping us to navigate our way back home to ourselves. Four of Us

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“Kinesiology and our Bodies Wisdom about Eating”

It seems that people have lost the ability to listen to their body. Especially when it comes to food, and this has a lot to do with making science more important than intuition. We have become so dependent upon science that we have forgotten the innate wisdom of our body. We have billions of never cells in our brain and we have billions of nerve cells in our gut. So when we have that gut feeling that something is not good for us… we should listen to what our body is saying. It’s time to listen to our innate body wisdom and become healthy.

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HOW EDUCATION IS DEGRADING OUR CHILDREN

Millions of Americans have been persuaded rhetoric that the purpose of education is to prepare our children to score well on standardized tests so that we can have more well-trained workers. As the standardsmovement gets stronger, we convince ourselves that being a useful employee is the only key to a happy and successful life.

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Speaking Your Truth with Love

Sounds like it should be easy? But, most of the time there is a level of apprehension when it comes to being exactly who we want to be. Once you have gone through the process of understanding what your truth is, the next big step in the process is to share that truth with others. A big part of that sharing is to be a shining example of the truth in your heart. This simply means that you live your life in alignment with your beliefs. The difficulty comes in what to do when you meet someone who has different truths than you do?

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The Value of Disce ment Part 1

"For those who stubbornly seek freedom around the world, there can be no more urgent task than to come to understand the mechanisms and practices of indoctrination. These are easy to perceive in the totalitarian societies, much less so in the propaganda system to which we are subjected and ...

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10 things you can do to experience Peace

There are ten simple things that each of us can “do” on a daily basis to experience peace in our lives, our relationships and the world. n n#10 PLAYnnAs adults, many of us have lost the capacity to play. Think of ways to play: dancing, playing games, building a sandcastle, having a ticklefest, etc. and then incorporate “Play” into your schedule. nn#9 BE ACCOUNTABLEnnBeing accountable is about walking the walk and not just talking the talk. The most important way to be

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Tarot Cards Have Layers of Meaning

Another question from an inquisitive student. Question: Sometimes nothing really seems to be happening outwardly (in the physical world) yet I get 10 of Swords or some other dramatic card. Do the cards represent a state of being (emotional state, mental state) in addition to representing what actually happens in the physical world? In other words, do the cards symbolize how one feels rather than what actually happens in the physical world? Answer: The Tarot cards ave layers a

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Why Should You Develop the Sixth Sense?

The Sixth Sense is something that is usually misunderstood. Many see it simply as intuition. And it is as you are first developing your Sixth Sense. You will find that you have an inner knowing, a sense of direction that you never had before. You might find that time after time you are in the right place at the right time.

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“How Suffering Opens our Heart to Compassion”

Whenever we suffer we open our heart, because we want someone to help us. Thus we have the opportunity to find compassion. As with Buddha, Jesus, and many more… they all went through their own suffering and found great compassion to help others. How can a glutenous man have compassion for those who are hungry? When we have more than we need and are caught up on ego, how can we resonate with those who are hungry?

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WHAT IS YOUR PASSION

Based on: WORK WITH PASSION By Nancy Andersonnn(850 words) Finding your passion is like solving a mystery; you need to know how to interpret the clues that indicate you are on the right track. Following are five passion clues, as well as five signals that let you know that you are headed in the ...

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Helping Aging Parents, Helping Yourself

Many of us in the baby boom generation face experiences of dealing with aging parents. Here is a recent related question we received from Diana during our "Answers to Your Most Important Questions on EFT and Energy-Healing" teleclass (by the way, this class will become an audio product released ...

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Trusting the Universe

Today is the day that I am moving to Sedona. Whether this is a temporary move or a permanent one, only time will tell. With only a total of $7.00 in my posession, I don't have much control over my fate.

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Inside Job

Where’s Inside? When you think in terms of going inside yourself, where’s inside? Is it in you head, your heart, your soul, the universe? The true “inside” is in the realm of the nonphysical. A realm not limited to time and space. It’s the field of energy or frequency from which all form ...

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Starting Over: A Moment to Moment Mindfulness Practice

There is a wonderful scene in the movie Starting Over, in which Burt Reynolds is in the furniture section of a big department store with his girlfriend (Jill Clayburgh) when she proceeds to have an anxiety attack right there in the store. She is moving in with him and this transition is bringing up oceans of anxiety for her. As he struggles in a bewildered fashion to help her pull herself together and get her emotions under control, he looks up to find that they are surrounded by hoards of curious shoppers.

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3 Most Important Steps To Reach Your Biggest Goals

You have goals, dreams and desires that are very important to you. You have real things you wish to achieve this year and in your lifetime. But does it always work out as well as you hoped? Everyone has lessons along the way (never a mistake, always a lesson). You can have the best goals in place and even have a top notch plan to reach them. But unless you have these three things set, there is a good chance you will have more than a few hiccups.

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Loneliness at the Holidays

Most of us a familiar with the statistics showing that holiday time has one of the highest suicide and depression rates of the whole year. Even if you are not feeling overtly depressed or even suicidal it is quite possible that you may be one the millions of people who have feelings of loneliness and sadness this time of year. So what is it about the holidays that causes us to feel so sad?

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The Chills of Truth

It started with me thinking about the Trinity: Father, son or daughter, and Holy Spirit Mother. The Father is like the sun. He gives us life and helps us to grow. In the book, "The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ"by Levi, the ideas of the Trinity are revealed. The Father is the will of God. The son or daughter is the Christ or love of God. The Holy Spirit, or Holy Breath is the truth, faith, wisdom, and thought of God.

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The Overcoming of Life's Difficulties excerpt fom Within You is The Power

THE OVERCOMING OF LIFE'S DIFFICULTIES THE true object of life is that man may attain wisdom through experience. This cannot be accomplished by giving in to the difficulties of life, but only by overcoming them. The promises of God are not made to those who fail in life's battle, but to those who overcome. Neither are there any promises that man shall have an easy time and be happy ever afterwards. Yet, it is after this that the majority of people are for ever seeking--an ea

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101 Life Hints

1. Not everyone is going to like you…..get over it 2. Stuff is going to happen….deal with it 3. Faith is not what you hold onto but what you are prepared to let go off 4. Ignorance is thinking you know, arrogance is believing you know and enlightenment is admitting you don’t know 5. Man who buries head in sand will eventually get butt kicked 6. What you see on the surface rarely is what lies unde eath 7. Parents eventually hand the decision making over to you after that all blame for poor life choices lies with the managementr

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Breakthrough to Change: Mastering the Change Cycle

Nothing in life stands still. Science has shown us that the entire human body—every cell—completely regenerates itself within a span of about seven years. Brain scientists and psychologists have agreed that in each moment our brains are taking in new information and our minds are constantly assimilating this information into our neural network of thoughts, beliefs, and associations.

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The River

On a recent Big Sur backpacking trip, my boyfriend and I trekked about 6 miles out to a free flowing river. We were both in desperate need for recalibration, fresh air and clean mountain water. As we rock hopped down the river bend to find the perfect camping spot, we were graced with a nice river beach and small sparkling water hole. For the next few hours we sunbathed, swam, cooked camp food and listened to the orchestra of birds singing throughout the evergreen redwoods.

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The Battle of Armageddon has begun.

The Battle of Armageddon has begun. But not in the way touted by religious dogma! As we all know, “Armageddon” is mentioned but once in the Bible, Revelations 16:16. It is here, a place that does not even physically exist, that dogma claims that the forces of good and evil will battle it out. It is said that the Bible means har Megiddon, which is really a plain; the meaning of Megiddon being mountain or high place.

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Practical Spirituality Versus Woo Woo: Becoming a Self Made Human Being

The new possibilities in our lives today, especially in the West, are amazing. It is possible for us to recreate ourselves and our environments by using the many of the accessible books and videos, and the information on the internet. We can explore information that has been kept secret for years. Meditation techniques, Tai-Chi, Yoga, Chi-Gong and Chi-Gong meditation is available to anyone who would like to explore it and do the exercises. Many people, however, don't take advantage of the new technology.

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Six Easy Steps to giving Healing

The Universal Healing Energies is the energy that flows, from what I call G-d, you may have a different name. It is accepted by most as that of the Life Force Energy of the universe, part of which resides in every living thing. It is, therefore, important that when giving healing you are connected to the source energy, the Universal Healing Energy, otherwise you will be depleting your own reserves of healing energy, but also to replace and top up your own reserves of source healing energy.r

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Belief Assessment: It is what you don't know....

Today, I am thinking...no, receiving deeply in my heart-of-hearts that “you/me/we simply must acquire a truer and clearer understanding; a wise-knowing base, to anchor ourselves solidly into "the quantum real" in this New Year Age of 2013!” I am being told via the Inner-Divine that "we should continue to diligently work on being clear, as humanly possible, about the personal and global ramifications of the extreme extraterrestrial and inter-terrestrial energies that this year is rapidly shepherding in!”

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Forgiveness: A Gift to Yourself

We hear so much about forgiveness--in our churches, on Oprah, in new age magazines, but do we truly understand what the big deal about forgiveness is? We read that if we forgive others and ourselves we are doing our spiritual work and becoming better people, but what does that mean to us? You ...

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Intuition - the Voice Within

Intuition - the Voice Within is the wisdom from our Divine self. We are all intuitive beings. Intuition is a natural ability from Source that we are able to tap into. It is available to assist us in living our life more consciously with intention and fulfillment. Intuition is also called the sixth sense, psychic ability or gut feeling that we experience. It is also called the still small voice within us. We all have the opportunity to access this powerful innate resource of truth. Learning to trust our psychic ability and cultivate it is the key to developing intuition - the voice within.r

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Practicing Forgiveness

Reading Dr. Wayne Dyer's book, Inspiration: Your Ultimate Calling, has been a joyfully challenging experience for me. Joyful in that it opens new doors and encourages me to hope and grow. Challenging for the very same reasons. Personal growth and development is exhilarating, but also ...

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“Mastering the 7 Divine Aspects of Being”

Master the Body - When we master our body we take control of our life. Thus we know we have the ability to live in accordance with our divine nature, to make our life worth living by having good health. It seems simple, yet so many people allow their bodies to take control of them, instead of the other way around. Being the master of our health opens doors to other aspects of mastering that allow people to thrive, succeed, and find true happiness. As with all those great masters it’s important that we learn to take control of our body with the power of our mind and spirit.

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"When going through hell keep going." Winston Churchill

"When going through hell keep going." Winston Churchill When I first heard this quote by Churchill I laughed. After thinking about his words I realized that he was making an important point that resonated with me. When going through hell keep going reminds me to not get stuck in the pain and searing fire of a challenging experience. Instead move through the hell to the other side where healing, transformation and peace reside.

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Mental Alchemy

Back in the Middle Ages alchemists sought to transform base metal into gold. They searched for an elusive substance, the philosopher’s stone, which would bring about this conversion, known as alchemy. But to initiates of the ancient mystery schools, alchemy was primarily an allegory for the real work of spiritual and mental alchemy.

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“Spiritual Growth or that Numb Feeling”

There was a man watching a movie about a young boy having a hard time learning calculus in high school. No matter what the young boy did it was almost impossible for him to comprehend calculus. He would go home and study, dig through his books, and become frustrated that he did not understand calculus at all. Even his teacher was unable to help him, and so you became very sad. And the man watching the movie had the very same thing happen to him. So while watching this on TV he was becoming very uncomfortable because the movie brought up unresolved issues and feelings from the past.

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