Spiritual Growth Articles

In this series of posts about the Sacred Feminine we will be acknowledging the various qualities of the Divine Feminine Goddess. The goddess is associated with Universal Motherhood, Holy Mother, Mother Earth and the Divine Self within. In order to be whole we need to balance the male and female within us and in the universe by honoring the Sacred Feminine. What is the Sacred Feminine?

The Muladhar © Chandi Devi 2007 All Rights Reserved The premise in Tantra is that there are seven energy chakras, along the spine in the subtle body. These are often described as petals of a lotus, with each chakra owning from four petals at the first chakra to one thousand petals in the seventh. At the base of the spine is the first chakra called the muladhar. This is the root of our survival, our most base instincts.

Hearing God's voice is the desire of many - but few seem to feel that it's their personal experience. Why is God's voice so difficult to hear? Or is it? There are some verses in 1 Kings 19 - I encourage you to read the entire chapter to get a feel for the context - but I'll paste in a portion that helps us understand a little about God's voice. IKings 19:11-12 11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD.

I have a rule in my life. If something happens twice, pay attention to it. This type of awareness has allowed me to to stay present in my life without being overwhelmed. I may not always like the situation but I do pay attention so that it does not become a mess that I can't handle. Repetitive situations are to be take

Lucid dreams of course are dreams that seem very, very more realistic than ordinary dreams, and in which one is consciously aware that they are dreaming. The more experienced one becomes at lucid dreaming, the better they can control it. Experienced lucid dreamers can make their dreams extremely realistic. Once you are

Since the popular book and movie The Secret hit the shelves in 2006, the concept of The Law of Attraction (LOA) has spread like wildfire, attracting believers and critics alike. Believers—who call themselves “deliberate creators”—practice the processes of positive thought, affirmative thinking, and visualization, believing that whatever we think about (wealth or poverty, joy or suffering, love or loneliness) the Universe will deliver.

Animal Communication, or telepathy with animals, is as common an occurrence in some people's lives as it is an oddity in the lives of others. Telepathy is an energetic exchange between two sentient beings for the purpose of communication. Combined with body language and sometimes ...

It was a life choice commitment that I thought would be easy. I was going to stop complaining and stop criticizing people. I felt quite serene in my decision, knowing that this was the necessary next step in my spiritual progress. After several days I realized this was not going to be easy at ...

Volatile emotions, dissatisfaction with life, problems with our relationships; these are just some of the problems which can cause pain in our lives. So what’s the root cause? We are quite literally looking for love in all the wrong places. We look to the ego for the answers and whatever we hear from the ego we believe to be true. In fact, we believe that we are the ego, or vice versa. The Egor

What do employers consider when deciding on your compensation, your promotion or whether or not to keep you when the company is going through tough times? The first things considered are your performance and your attitude towards work. Employers need to see how you are an asset to the company. They need to see how you make your work relevant and how your contributions push the company forward. It’s then very important that you win the trust and confidence of your employer in you at your job by showing pride in your work. How you apply yourself at work

There are three stages of relating, according to David Deida an international teacher and author. He calls these stages Dependent, 50/50, and Intimate Communion. In his book Intimate Communion he defines these stages according to the polarity differences between men and women. Dependent Relationship

Personal enlightenment is, in my opinion, the path that resonates most clearly with one's heart and soul. All too often, people everywhere are trying to push and pull at each other in order to sway one another to their personal viewpoints. While much of it is well meaning, it must be up to the individual to find what path seems most "right" for his/her individual awareness. All avenues lead to the same source, in my opinion, whatever the source actually is. We all have differ

Developing Inner-Core Strength I was introduced to the Pilates Method of exercise a few years ago and have since been fascinated with the idea of “core strengthening.” The Pilates exercise program consists of a series of movements designed to strengthen the core of your body by ...

This article is for those of you who are interested in increasing your daily awareness of the symbolism in your 3D life and how it relates to what you are creating beneath the level of your conscious awareness. This SYMBOLISM is the direct result of the process of ASSOCIATION that you make within yourself by the belief patterns and experiences of your life. It is how you, as an individual, interpret what you have been taught or what you have experienced – the emotional and mental impact, the ‘conclusions’ you come to.

As a spiritual coach, my job is to show clients how cause and effect plays into their life. Many people do not understand that their actions or lack of action can create an ongoing cycle of the same situation repeating over and over until it is dealt with. People often believe that they can just avoid a situation that

Why is it important to communicate with our partners? Perhaps, it seems obvious that it is important. Yet, have you considered just how much communication really does for our relationships? When our communication becomes strained or diminishes, the strength of our relationship begins to weaken. If we get to the point ...

Many people have noticed that a great tide of change is sweeping across the planet. As in nature, this tide does not follow a linear path. We are experiencing on Earth a massive environmental and human crisis, a reflection of the collective shadow of an unenlightened humanity. What does this ...

The flow is a beautiful, yet powerful state of being where life moves effortlessly through you. What does it mean to be in the flow? When in the flow you are high on the emotional tone scale, relaxed and full of well being. This is the optimum state of being to live in to activate the Law of Attraction.

Orgasmic energy is one of the most powerful tools for healing, energizing and balancing every aspect of being – the mental, emotional, spiritual, physical, and, of course, sexual. In the teachings of the Sweet Medicine Chuluaqui Quodoushka from the Metis Deer Tribe, there are four levels of orgasm that can be experienced by both men and women. In Quodoushka, as in all Tantric traditions, energy of orgasm is seen as more than just a release of pent-up tension in the body.

Do you ever find yourself repeating patterns that make you unhappy or that you know are unhealthy? Do you sometimes overreact to a situation or feel like a small child without understanding why? Do you wonder why some people seem to flow through life with grace and ease while you struggle and can never seem to get, or keep, what you want?

Varalakshmi VrathamrnVaralakshmi Vratham is the most auspicious and important ritual that is celebrated in the honour of Goddess Varalakshmi. She is one of the forms of Goddess Lakshmi and also she is the divine consort of Lord Vishnu. She was incarnated from the milky ocean. This festival is grandly celebrated in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra and TamilNadu. It is mostly observed by married womens. Married womens observe fasting and offering special prayer

As a child I remember how my mom was quick to apply home remedies to all my cuts and bruises every time I fell and scratched my knees or elbows to help prevent them from getting infected. The number one option was either alcohol or "Vicks" (to me Vicks still is the # 1 wonder medicine of the world). As a parent I found myself concerned about the same things as I watched my girls grow and have minor accidents at school or at home. As a nurse with experience working in hospital

"Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces"(Jeremiah 23:29 KJV)? How to overcome lack and debt with God's Word?God's Word spoken in faith, like a sledgehammer, can demolish any rock of defeat including lack or debt in your life and can create an image of success within your heart. How do you get faith in God's Word to demolish rocks of defeat, lack and debt that would abort your wants, desires and God's plan for your life? You hear God's Word.

Emotions can be placed on a graduated scale from lowest to highest. Any counselor will find it beneficial to know where her client is on the scale, and to know the clients likely reaction if he were to rise or fall from that position. Knowledge of the scale is similarly helpful in everyday life, especially in relationships!. When you're experiencing negative emotion, you are less intelligent. When you feel good, you are more intelligent.

Creating awareness is taking a good, honest look at where you are in your life. It’s recognizing habitual patterns, both good and not so good, seeing where you are moving forward and where you are remaining stuck. It’s acknowledging those “less than, not enough” underlying thoughts which keep us limited. It’s us shining our light into the darkness, uncovering what is there, facing it head on, and developing new truths of possibility. But as with most dark places, this process can be scary.

Network Marketing has a reputation for being a scam. It is reported that people at the top of the chain, or who got into the business early are able to make vast sums of money while the rest- over 90% of the people involved in the industry- fail to make a profit. Admittedly over the one hundred plus years that network marketing has been an industry, there have been some companies with really dreadful products who have acted appallingly and left some people with real problems when the folded.

Communication ~ it's such an important aspect of life and yet so few people really know how to communicate well. So many of us don't even realize we are poor communicators. Mixed messages are just one of many ways that people communicate poorly. Mixed messages occur when spoken words don't match a person's actions. Talk about crazy making... Being on the receiving end of mixed messages makes one shake their head and say "I don't understand". Many times we aren't even aware of in-congruent messages. We just know something doesn't feel right about the relationship.

Prayer is something people do to ask for, or give thanks for, a desire or a desired or favorable change. There are many different ways to pray; but they all involve thinking about what you want. People using the Law of Attraction are doing the same thing; they're thinking about a desire, or a ...

Have you ever felt a strong unexplainable attraction or repulsion to a location you have never visited? Have you ever dreamt of being another person in a different time and place, yet it felt very real and had no fantasy elements to it? Or perhaps you have an unfounded phobia that can’t be traced to any events in this life? When traditional therapy and western medicine are unable to bring about the answers to these questions, some people are turning to Past Life Regression.

If you have been trained in Reiki, one nice way to deepen your practice is by developing a relationship with your Reiki guides. Reiki guides can be thought of as intermediaries between yourself and Source. You may ask, "who are these Reiki guides"? Reiki guides are those in spirit form who ...

Probable futures, parallel realities, time-travel, and the real reason for the abductions (temporary detainments) by "alien grays" are explained clearly by Bashar's unprecedented insight and understanding on these subjects. The existence of Atlantis and how it ended is also confirmed by at least three entirely unrelated sources: Leslie Flint direct voice mediumship, a scientific article by Steven M.

Long term teenage relationship problems are becoming very common nowadays. These problems are usually full of drama and can cause a lot of collateral problems in the school and the teenagers’ family. Some long term teenage relationship problems can even lead to drug abuse or suicides. If not addressed properly and early enough, long term teenage relationships can adversely impact the emotional and psychological health and growth of the teenager. Attracted to the opposite sex

It is one's state of evolution and consciousness that determines what sort of afterlife one finds one's self in after the crossing from this world into the realms beyond it. One's spiritual progress or development is largely dependent on the degree of one's personal illumination, love, understanding and forgiveness. We will explore what happens to souls who are overly steeped in materialism or dogmatic beliefs and to those that commit suicide.

In a funk. In a hole. In a rough patch. Off my game. Fallen off. Hit a wall. Hit bottom. Slipping. Spiraling. Tanking. Trapped. Stuck. Do these words ever come out of your mouth? Face it. We all have bad days or bad seasons where we don't have a sense of well-being. Even though no one likes to be in "that bad place", it's not so easy to get out. Are you in one of those times right now? Are you having trouble getting out of the dumps and into a better place? If so, you may

What kind of person do you want to be? Do you notice that once you set out on a course to change something in your life, you immediately bump up against obstacles? While some obstacles are exte al, many actually exist within us. It's as if we're in a battle with ourselves. What is going on here? I have found one particularly helpful theory on the anatomy of the inner life that is inspired by the teachings of Rabbi Mordecai Finley. Here we go... You know the part of your

In Sacred Geometry, the shape of Christ Consciousness (or sometimes it is called Christ Grid) is made from a combination of several geometric shapes, the dodecahedron and the icosahedrons. These two shapes are from the group of five shapes known as the Platonic Solids, or the perfect bodies. The platonic solids are five unique structures that are congruent regular polygons, with the same number of faces meeting at each vertex; thus, all its edges are congruent, as are its vertices and angles. Many religions consider the platonic solids shapes to be holy.

The other day I was having a conversation with a friend regarding the lack of spirituality in the church. I was telling my friend that I had spent over 20 years being a faithful member in one church or another. I participated in many groups and committees, was on the witnessing team, ...

I’ve never been on a cruise ship, but if I ever did go, I would want Jesus to be my Captain. No matter the water or weather, I would know that I would be safe. Romans 8:28 says this: We know that in everything God works for the good of those who love Him.” Life can bring along stormy weather, but if Jesus is the Captain over our lives, we can trust that He will work for the good in our lives in absolutely every circumstance. Here is a fun Bible object lesson to help your kids learn this truth. Here’s what you do:r

The universe is essentially a soup of consciousness. All beings, objects, energy fields and particles are/were created by consciousness and are responsive to consciousness. Imagine that the room you are sitting in is the entire universe. Imagine that your awareness fills the entire room. ...

How many times in our lives do we look back? While we are waiting for God to show us the next move - we look back. Why do we think that we have missed something and need to look back at where we were? Looking back is not in God’s agenda for us. In Philippines 3:14 Paul told us to press on. ...

Last November, when the red cardinal laid siege to my home, I was amused to learn that he was caught up in the same illusion as so many people: seeing his own reflection in the window, he felt threatened by the "other" bird and attacked a mirror image of himself, bashing his beak and body against the glass every two or three seconds from dawn into the night. Thwack! Plop! Thunk! From the start, I felt that the cardinal was an object lesson: if I could not be peaceful about t

Being a practical girl, I haven't always believed in the power of intention. Yet, extraordinary stories always capture my attention, and there is no question in my mind that it is more practical to apply intention than to write it off as mumbo-jumbo. The word intention is used in many ways. ...

Get to the Root Cause

In this tutorial, I'm going to show you a tool that will lead you to remarkable levels of understanding that few have ever reached. The advantages to this are that you will have rich and productive conversations with people because you'll truly understand them. I'll also show you how to use this tool to observe the world around you in a completely new way! This mental skill is called Assimilation, and various schools around the world have been teaching it for a very long time.

How to stop lusting after woman or any other thing? People have struggled with how to overcome lusting of the flesh since they first fell from grace and walked the dusty roads of this earth, hence the Bible states, "The spirit is indeed willing, but the flesh is weak." (Matthew 26:41b KJV). What is lust? A dictionary definition would be: "1) intense or unrestrained sexual craving 2) an overwhelming desire or craving." Lust is about pleasing oneself and can lead to "unwholesome actions to fulfill one's desires" with little or no regard for the consequences.

"To touch the stars I must feel the Earth beneath my feet"r

On August 10th I listened to an online program offered by Geoffrey Hoppe and his wife Linda titled, "Are You Having a Spiritual Awakening?" that was both informative as well as enjoyable to experience. During the program, a listener called in to ask, "Is there any way to speed up the awakening process?" Linda and Geoffrey responded that there wasn't much one could do except to breathe, accept and allow the experience.

Lots of people have heard about Breadfruit, that is what the movie “Mutiny on the Bounty” was all about. Giving water to Breadfruit trees instead of giving water to the sailors. But Breadfruit Leaves also have great healing powers such as lowering blood pressure, it’s great for inflammation, preventing cancer, cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, and much more.

www.OptimizeLifeNow.com www.WorkplacePeopleSkills.com www.TamingTenseTeams.com Let's face it. For a minute or two every little while, every one of us is someone else's idea of a 'difficult person'. OK, that's a given. There are, however, folks who make a lifestyle of being difficult. At ...