Spiritual Growth Articles

February 2011 brought good times to the land: George Clooney came to Cincinnati to film his latest movie. I indulged in what became the local hobby of visiting a set location, just to see what it was like, and, of course, to see George in action.

God will sometimes give you a personal word, just for you! It will be precise, sharp and clear. It will be so "on point" that you know that it is expressly designed to meet your needs, situation or circumstance. You may be in the middle of a famine, a drought or a problem in your life, but there is a personal word from God that can solve every problem and cancel out the designs or plans of the enemy. I am a witness! Sometimes, even in the midst of the destructive intentions of the enemy, God will speak peace, give you a solution or reassurance,etc.

A few months ago I started to suffer from severe hip pain, which I later discovered turned out to be the end stages of osteoarthritis. It often kept me awake at night so the horrible nightmare that suddenly loomed one dark night was probably the last thing I wanted at that time! I woke myself ...

Greetings my dear lights on Earth. It is the time of higher realization and expanding consciousness. Many of you feel the yearning to develop more and thus your soul guides you deeper and deeper into realization. For some of you this is also connected with pain, and thus it is a joy for Melek Metatron to give you an opportunity to go on a journey of realization with these messages from the divine Reality.

We've all heard the tell-tale idiom, “If it ain't broke, don't fix it.” This wise insight instructs us to stop imposing revisions on that which already functions sufficiently – no enhancements necessary. Like a woman whose natural beauty shines forth, altering the symmetry of ...

Presidential election results still being counted November 6 didn’t deter the media from speculating about the “great divide” in our country. In retrospect, I wish Hostess had announced its decision to close down the Twinkie production line sooner. But my diehard faith in the process that brings us together every four years to choose national leadership kept me centered on the truth: what appears as division is masquerading as wholeness.

It’s one-thirty in the morning and a single mother frets anxiously for her seventeen-year-old daughter to come home, anger building. Mother falls asleep on the sofa. The next day, daughter leaves for work before mother awakens. Upon returning home from work at 2:00 p.m., mother speaks her mind. “You can’t do that—stay out that late and then sneak in quietly. Why do you do that? You do it all the time and it has to stop and stop now!”

Speaking to Spirit ….. how to feel and hear spirit Speaking to spirit is different from talking to your friends or next door neighbour. If you are lucky enough to see a spirit in a physical form, you will notice their method of communication is not through their mouth but through a thought pattern such as telepathy. For most people it takes a while to realise that messages you receive from spirit helpers are not part of a vivid imagination. You will find that as your psychic senses deepen, even the thoughts of the living become something you pick up on.

Honor your body the temple especially now that we are celebrating the New Year 2012. After the usual excesses of the Holy Season it is time to get back to our routine. Our daily practices help us to bring more balance in our body and in our lives. Moderation in all things is key here. There are many ways to honor your body the temple. Yoga, pilates, walking, exercising, swimming, hiking, massage, Reiki healing, breathing, eating and drinking healthfully are some of the ways to bring balance to your body.

God with Us comes in suspicious surprises. Today it is nineteen degrees before the wind chill in Cincinnati, Ohio. That, my friends, is the high temperature. The natives are more comfortable with a high around forty degrees and rightly so as that is the norm here in what I have fondly come to call the Virtual South. Although I remember many Wisconsin winters being much colder, I feel a generosity of spirit toward my neighbors. I cannot chide people who seem to have ceased complaining about arctic air to huddle in their misery in silence.

Okay. As someone in Cleveland, Ohio there are special times. Special because, as most people know, the Cleveland Cavaliers are in the N.B.A. Finals. And, unlike the last time, they are contenders with a chance to compete. This accomplishment is not taken lightly in these parts, And you don't have to look far to know what the key cog was. (Yes, there is other talent that should be recognized, too). LeBron James

Spring is around the corner and many people may consider doing a little spring cleaning at home. This can bring about a wonderful sense of excitement and a fresh burst of energy as we emerge from winter. For many people, spring means much warmer temperatures and a chance to finally open the windows again! This lets ...

In order for you to attract into your life what you feel you want most and to find real happiness, there are some limiting beliefs that you need to clear out of the way first. These are often beliefs about yourself that you picked up in childhood which served you at the time but which don't ...

Side effectsr As anything in this non perfect world, there can be negative side effects of the Vipassana meditation technique too. During the meditation, a Vipassana student receives fine (pleasant) or rough (disgust) sensations of the body. His/her main task is to stay indifferent to them. Just as a person sitting on the riverbank observes the river’s flow, this is the same way the practitioner of Vipassana should observe the flow of sensations of his body without any reaction to them, whatever they bring with — pleasure or disgust.r

Scientist’s recreated the big bang in an attempt to find the God particle haven’t heard how that went but give I wasn’t sucked into any black holes I would assume all is okay. I am sure Creator is upstairs thinking he/she has tuned into the Universe’s version of extreme makeover. Lets tear her ...Scientist’s recreated the big bang in an attempt to find the God particle haven’t heard how that went but give I wasn’t sucked into any black holes I would assume all is okay. I am sure Creator is upstairs thinking he/she has tuned into the Universe’s version of extreme makeover.

Bruce Lee’s concept of Personal Growth I’d just like to open this post by asking you a question – how many of you out there know who Bruce Lee was? I think the answer will obviously be “everyone” because of his legendary status as the greatest kung-fu movie star (he would kick both Jackie Chan’s and Jet Li’s ass if he were alive today) ever to grace the big screen – he became a superstar after the release of the major Hollywood produced movie “Enter The Drag

‘Namaste’ or ‘Namaskar’ is the Indian way of greeting one another. Namaste is the customary courtesy greeting to begin with and often to end with. It is not a superficial gesture or a mere word. It is used amongst friends or strangers and regardless of age or gender. The Meaning of Namaste: In Sanskrit the word is namah + te = Namaste which means “I bow to you”. The word ‘namaha’ can also be literally interpreted as "na ma" (not mine). It has a spiritual significance of dis

At the beginning of the year, many people get inspired … to lose weight, start a business, write a book, or fulfill some other desire. By the end of January, the desire may have faded, and by March it’s only a wish. How can desires become goals? The secret lies in creating a clear thought-image. A goal is an image of the completed end result. I heard recently that Wayne Dyer, a prolific published author, makes a “mock book” before writing. He decides what he wants to title the book, makes a mock cover, and puts it around a blank book. This helps him to visualize the completed book.r

Do you know what you want this year? You don't need to know how you will achieve it yet. "What" comes before "how". Most people can articulate what they don't want, but they have difficulty in being clear about what they do want. "Not this!" and "Something different" are not intentions. "Getting through the year" is aiming pretty low.

We commonly refer to sense, senses, or sensation, in the context of sight, hearing, touch, etc. We also use the word sense in reference to intelligence or logic. The fact is that the ears, eyes, nose, skin, and mouth/tongue, are not senses - they are "antennae," or receptors, that pick up ...

Learning how to create intimacy in your relationship with your partner can make a difference of whether you continue to create a future together. These tools are done daily and are not always notice the importance it plays to your couple duration. 1) Paying attention When you take the time to pay attention to each other as you did when you first started your relationship this helps to bring closeness in your couple and the other person notices this too.

I have been on the spiritual path for over twenty years now. And when I began out on the path many years ago, I explored every New Age and metaphysical bookstore I could find. I bought crystals and energy tools; explored the mysteries of Tarot and the Kabala; experimented with many types of meditation; followed several channels searching for wisdom. I became an expert at seeking and doing but not so gifted at being and finding and discovering.

Waiora is a business that was founded in 2004 in order to distribute their remarkable products to a global market. Seven years later, they have sold almost 4 million bottles of their main product, Natural Cellular Defense, which takes naturally heavy metals and toxins out of your body, allowing your health to dramatically improve, and they are rapidly expanding into new markets across the globe.

Almost everyone I know, myself included, is experiencing some major change in their lives, or in the lives of their loved ones. Many people are experiencing changes in more than one area. We tend to feel alone when these things happen, often not recognizing that others are also struggling. Or we may take the opposite approach and commiserate with others, sharing the doom and gloom, and getting into a place of fear and anxiety about our lives and our world.

The only portion of the Bible that will work for you is the portion that you believe. Although God sees our needs and feels our pai He does not respond to that. What He does respond to is faith. Faith is a direct byproduct of believing. What is believing? Believing is having the upmost confidence that God can do what you desire for Him to do. God is not haphazard. He will not send Jesus to die on the cross for our sins and leave us that way. Being saved yet engulfed in our mess is not God’s best.

Time is in charge of your world. There are many now who feel they are "running out of time" because they see the changes in the world that are unfolding all around them, changes that seem chaotic, predictions that seem chaotic, and they are becoming fearful. It is that belief, that mis-perception about time that will cost you, because it is keeping you from creating the changes that are NEEDED. You cannot stop believing in all things possible, especially when it appears that everything is falling apart--your belief that there IS time for positive change is needed now more than ever.

I heard a recording of Marilyn Mandala Schlitz, the president of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, in her first address to IONS Shift in Action members. She spoke of the current projects of the Institute and their importance in today's world. Toward the end of the talk, she made a comment, almost in passing, about our need to "surrender to 'what is' so that it can change". Surrender to "what is" so that it can change. As soon as I heard that statement, I turned off the recording to sit with that idea.

The greatest global awakening in history is taking place. The consciousness on our world is repositioning more rapidly than ever. There is even more enlightened information offered to the masses than ever before. Your ordinary human is now discovering the formulas to manifesting an unbelievable life, and is able to absolutely transform their life into something they love! In every nation that you take a trip to, you'll find more individuals exploring alternative means of work

It would seem that breathing would be a no-brainer since, thanks to the limbic or primitive brain, we do it automatically every second of every day usually without paying much thought to it. Unfortunately, when we don't breathe consciously, we end up missing out on a whole lot of good stuff. For one thing, we have a tendency to not use the full capacity of our lungs, when taking in air. Air is the energetic life force that supports our mind, body and Spirit, yet we don't take full advantage of the offering. It's sort of like hitting a home run, but then stopping at first or second base.

Happy Father's Day to all of you fathers today. Whether you are called Dad, Daddy, Pop, Poppa, Poppy, Father, Pappy, just know that you are loved and needed. We honor you today on Father's Day. Today I am grateful to my dad on the other side for his loving, patient way of being a father to me when he walked the planet. I always knew that he was there for me even though he was a quiet man. Happy Father's Day!

I believe we create our own luck, whether it's good or bad. Consciously, or unconsciously, we may have ourselves at some time or another, produced our current conditions, either in our bodily health or other circumstances. Because not much happens by chance, most things, good or bad, comes into our lives as a result of the thoughts we engage in, or by what God ordains to get our attention.

As the world spins to a new year, what intention have you set for yourself? Are you going to be more prosperous? Or improve your physical health? Or make more time for loved ones? All of these goals are fulfilling and beneficial, but may I suggest another layer to add on top of your personal intentions? Declare that 2013 will be your year of miracles.

The church must equip believers for the work of God. Believers must become more spiritually influential in their homes, neighborhoods and outside communities. However, many people are losing hope, struggling and dying every day. The teaching of deep life-changing truth, such as the knowledge of the inner kingdom, is neglected in thousands of churches across America. Instead, the emphasis is on the acquisition of material prosperity. This teaching is known as the prosperity gospel.

“Love the one you are with. That will always include you.” Our Spiritual Naturer People often ask me how they can love themselves unconditionally, regardless of what they have done or how they think or feel. When we realize our spiritual nature, we have a better way of looking at what we do as human beings. By remembering who we are spiritually, we can more easily be loving and accepting towards ourselves and all that comes forward in our lives. So, I suggest that as we start out and complete with each day, we take the opportunity to engage ourselves inwardly in the Spirit first.

Love Sky-bound, an emerald of flourishing senses A horizon prized with glorious veracity Higher ground lifting me, lifting you A luxurious playground of karmic delight Rotating an exotic vortex, a sacred ceremony Tangled up in greatness, beyond imaginatio A knot asphyxiated by destiny Pendulum ...

Lately I've seen several outrageous television commercials that blithely extol the benefits of throwaway dust rags and floor mops and disposable baby bibs, of all things. Apparently the landfills are not yet filled to over-flowing capacity with pampers as I had assumed. As it is, every American ...

Do you struggle with trying to be the perfect woman? I do. Like most that struggle with perfectionism, I know it’s wrapped into my ego and insecurities. I consciously know that I need to lighten up on my expectations of myself, but in execution it can be difficult. This morning as I was getting ready to have coffee with girlfriends before heading into the office, I put on a grey skirt, top and my grey stockings. Seated with my friends in light better than my bedroom, to my horror, I realized that I was wearing my forest green stockings instead of grey.

While shopping in the local grocery store, I heard a father explain to his young daughter, “We don’t buy those eggs. We buy this kind.” “What’s the difference?” the little girl asked. Her father patiently explained, “These eggs are from chickens that weren’t raised in cages. They could move around and be happy and eat food that was good for them. The other eggs are from chickens that don’t have a happy life.” So goes the explanation for buying eggs from cage-free chickens by a father to his four or five year old daughter.

Mr. Obama and Mr. Boehner need a vision. I'm sure they both have ideas about where they want to lead, but there is no joint vision. Any organization, whether it is a small shop with three staff members, or a country of 300 million, must be vision-driven if it is to succeed. If we don't ask ourselves the question: "What do we want to come of this?" and answer that question, we are nowhere. Is it possible that a large, diverse group of people could agree on a vision? I believe it is.

Four Amish girls were buried on a hill in Nickel Mine, Pennsylvania, this morning. Charles Carl Roberts IV, the shooter who invaded their schoolhouse, took their lives and shattered their community's private world, took his own life as well. Roberts' wife and three children live nearby. Two ...

Shyness is quite common and not a real problem unless it becomes chronic and develops into a form of social anxiety that is quite persistent, socially crippling and bothersome. A social phobia is simply a more specific form of social anxiety. There are many different aspects and causes of this disorder resulting in many variations requiring different treatment approaches. Every case is unique.

Broken Promises Most of the promises we break are the promises we make to ourselves. In some cases, broken promises can become almost “second nature” in the sense that we fail to realize the seriousness of the problem. Take a minute to think about the promises you made to yourself this week ...

More people are beginning to realize that the next step in their process of spiritual growth and evolution (the "Ascension" of their consciousness) is to connect with their higher self and seek within for their own inner guidance and answers, rather than looking to others or to channeled messages for guidance...regardless of which "ascended master" the message is coming from.

One is the movement to do something; to know what to do from an idea of “how”. To change something, fix something, improve something. “Me” affecting something or someone else. Or “me” adding to myself some experience, idea or thing with an intention to change ...

Kingdom purposes are accomplished through kingdom people. Kingdom people are those that God has chosen to be his workmanship (Ephesians 2:10) to bring forth good works which God prepared in advance for his people to do. This work is to accomplish His plan in the earth as He wills for each person. The people who are to do the work are called “Saints” (Romans 1:12).

It is very normal that people send cards to inviting their loved ones to share certain occasions or to saying thank you either. As a few decades ago, people always sent the cards by land and today people send by the e-cards as known as email cards. The latter way now is very popular due to its cost effectiveness and convenience. However, if you need a better way to send these cards, why not consider spiritual e-cards? It is really the best option for you if you need a more sp

So much has been said of friendship and love that it seems on one level redundant to even write about it. In my own life I have found insight, understanding, awareness and suffering, as I engage the pursuit of its experience and the never ending conversations that occur around the dance of its expression. Perhaps where there is loss and grieving around friendship and love, it is only then that we seek a deeper level of its understanding, meaning, expression, need and purpose in life?

Sometimes our life and times, with its constant bombardment of negativity and steady accumulation of stress, seems like too much to endure. Oftentimes, we aren’t even consciously aware that we are annoyed, upset, dispirited. We simply carry on. We persevere. We do what we need to do. We ...

How does today contribute to your goal? What do you need to shape-shift or change in order to transform your current perspective into what is needed to achieve this goal? Where are you holding back? Do you ever wonder why we keep attracting the same experience again and again until we are sick ...How does today contribute to your goal? What do you need to shape-shift or change in order to transform your current perspective into what is needed to achieve this goal? Where are you holding back?

It was July 2005. After a few years of living in the UK, we decided that it was time for a change. We realised that all the attempts we made to start a new life (literally!) were not successful: we would try to buy a house and I would be made redundant; I would try to find a new job and would ...It was July 2005. After a few years of living in the UK, we decided that it was time for a change.