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The meaning of word “Spirituality” is not understood by everyone. It's meaning can only be understood by the people who have calm and clear-sighted intellect and who are leading a well-disciplined life. The essence of spirituality lies in the self growth and self realization. It is in the love that religion exist, not in the ceremony. Unless a man is pure from his heart, his worshipping to God is useless. Exte al worship is only the symbol of internal worship, but internal wo

If you have had a chance to read my book, Spiritual Novice: Begin the Journey, you know that when I first started to look within and find my spirit it was quite by accident. During my first months, trying to figure out what to do and how to do it, I attended some classes offered through a local “metaphysical store.” If you are just starting out, I think you might relate to my experience below. Crystals are very beautiful and powerful beings. They contain a wealth of knowledg

Step one: Acceptance of present circumstances and reality You cannot change what you do not acknowledge the pink elephant in the living room that everyone seems to want to ignore is going to squish you sooner or later. Standing in your truth is not about judgment or shame or guilt it is about ...Step one: Acceptance of present circumstances and reality

Do you know who you are?nnHave you ever taken the time to think about who you are, seriously? Have you ever taken the time to think about why you are here on this planet? Do you realize that there is not, there never has been, and there never, ever will be another you? You are unique, and there is a reason why you are on this planet: You have a mission to accomplish.nnIf you are not going to be the real you, the rest of us, the whole of humanity, are going to miss out; and if

“We are all spiritual beings traveling a human journey with the common goal of soul advancement.” ~ Eva Rose Are you living a soulful life? Until recently, I don’t believe I could have truthfully answered yes to this question. Don’t misunderstand; I had a wonderful life filled with countless blessings. But there have also been times while travelling this human journey when I felt far more committed to the human tasks of advancing my career and my bank account than nurturing the tasks of my soul. Let me share a brief personal example to make this point.

The room you are in is filled with Angels! The next room you go to will be filled with Angels, and Angels will be at your side with every step you take today. The Angels are with us and are eager to help us. How do I know that? That's my specialty - I am an author, workshop leader and Ordained ...

When the solution is simple, God is answering. Albert Einstei Last night I had a dream. In it, both Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton became president of the United States. In my dream, it is the late summer of 2008. The Democratic Convention in Denver has ended in a deadlock and delegates to the ...

Read 2013 again then read 2014. It blends in together. 2014 In 2012 I wrote an article about connecting to your higher self. Last year was about following your path and spirituality to be in a peaceful, joyful place. This year 2013 is about choices we make. Many people are struggling with all these energies coming in and do not understand what is going on. The energies coming in are making us choose which path we will be on positive or negative.

Last weekend marked the end of yet another season of basketball for my daughter. An unusually demanding season, I still found myself looking forward to not just watching her play but to cheer and gab with other parents. It started out as any other season except that I seemed much more emotionally involved regarding the outcome of each game. Not a competitive person by nature, I had my share of competitive tennis growing up. I remember enjoying the mantra of hitting and receiving the ball on my racket but very little interest in winning, or so I thought.r

The alte ative to rejecting something about the way things are, which is what the ego does, is finding something to love about it. There is always something to love in every moment. Can you find a sensation, something of beauty, or a sound that is loveable? Is peace here, even just a sliver? Is love? Is contentment? Is the universe holding together?

HEAVENLETTER #2402 Walk on Water God said: You lead two lives. You lead your simple human life with all its bumps, and you lead a soul life with its simplicity and unyielding service to Me. No matter who you are, no matter what your human life may seem like, your soul is Mine, and it is beautiful and true. Spiritual service to Me is not limited to human activity. What the world calls saint and what the world calls sinner are the world's perception, not Mine. Let Me put it

Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. Viktor Frankl – Man’s Search for Meaning As our nation moves into its 233rd year of independence from Great Britain, we ...

I have always been; I am now and ever shall be. There was never a time when I was not. This I is not the me-of-today, but the continuous thread of the Self. The me-of-today is a precious pearl adorning the Self. There are many such pearls and I am all of them. The Self is a spark of the Divine; the me-of-today, a spark of the Self. I knew nothing of the bridge between me, Self and Divine. Experience separated me further and further, until I was sure I was me. Now this me stif

Indigenous cultures have been practicing community percussion for thousands of years. Now people all over the world are taking up drumming in astounding numbers. At a grass roots level, small community drum circles are springing up. While some drum circles are content to jam and make a lot of rhythmic noise, others prefer to explore shamanic drumming. Shamanic drumming is a time-honored method of healing and helping others. Shamanic drum circles provide the opportunity for pe

At times, we humans live on this planet as if we are in a Robert Heinlein science fiction novel, soaring through the infinite garbage yard of outer space with a longing for simpler days when a field of grass was sufficient. If Global Warming has done anything, it has delivered the bill for ...

It takes a great deal of strength to learn from our mistakes. Usually because we don't want to realise that they were mistakes in the first place! Many of us cannot stand the thought of being incorrect in our judgement. It hurts - our pride and our sense of value. Of course many readers of ...

A coach is a guiding, supportive and authentic vehicle through which the coachee learns to live their vision, be their purpose, carry out their mission in life and to live their true values. A coach is guiding, supportive and authentic as in ‘guiding angel’ or ‘supportive assistant’ or ‘authentic friend‘. These terms are adjectives and define the ‘adjective’ manner in which the coach is being.r

Lumina Dei Newsletter June 2011 Dear friends, Happy Summer Solstice!! This is a Channeled Message for June that I received and I would like to share it with you. "The past is over. Set yourself free from the self-imposed ties that bind you and keep your spirit imprisoned. You have the sacred moment before you. When your focus is on the past you are unable to be present to the sacred moment.

Depression is one of those things that nobody really understands. Every person being unique in how they experience depression also varies from individual to individual. Basically most people who have chronic depression feel paranoid and sad. They often feel that there is something wrong with ...

Our Life Purpose may not be Something we are Supposed to Do. It is tempting to think of our Life Purpose as something that we are supposed to do. We tend to think when we know our purpose we will then be doing the right thing. We tend to assume that our purpose as an action or set of actions. Yet our purpose for being born may not be something that we need to 'do' at all, or specific actions may be only a small part of our genuine Life Purpose. This is because our purpose i

You have a purpose. You have specific gifts, talents, and abilities that are uniquely yours. At the intersection of “what you love to do” and “what you are good at” you will find your purpose. Do you know your purpose? Do you know why you are here on this planet? If not, then it’s time to ask ...

A majority of people, at least 60% work at jobs that they don’t enjoy. Some even have strong feelings about the company they work for, and don’t agree with what the company is saying and doing. Yet the employees say nothing, and bow their heads in subservience. Do we compromise our integrity for money?

There are moments in our lives that have such a huge impact on us that it’s as if magic has happened. Such a moment happened for me and set my life on a new course. There was a time where I had dealt with so much verbal and emotional abuse that I didn’t even recognize myself. I sure wasn’t the person I had started with in the beginning of the relationship. And honestly, I didn’t feel like I had the strength to do anything about it!

Times are hard nowadays and money does not come as easy as it used to. It takes real effort and superb money management skills to make both ends meet. Companies are getting rid off employees left and right and finding a job takes a while unlike how it was in the past. The challenge is that people need money in order to survive. When you are at the end of your rope and you need money badly to put food on the table, to pay for your house rent or even to go to school, the question is where will you turn for resources that will help in finding financial aid?

Intimate Love. nnWhat feelings do these words stir up in you? Longing? Excitement? Pleasure? Fear? nnWhatever the feeling, if thinking about intimate love makes your heart beat faster, I’m not surprised. This feeling is more powerful than almost any we can experience. That’s because it’s nothing less than the touching of two souls. nnThree years ago I suffered the terrible loss of a younger brother. In an attempt to actually experience something beyond the painfully lim

I am waiting for a new show to appear titled Are you smarter than a Buddha? Or Are you smarter than an enlightened Master? There seems to be an enormous amount of debate going on at the moment in regards to what makes someone Spiritual or Enlightened. I can imagine turning the page of a glossy magazine and finding a quiz one dayr How to tell if you are Enlightened 1. You are faced with a body of water such as an ocean do you a) Jump in and drown b) Hire a boat or c) Walk on waterr

I would like to share my core theories on how to get started with developing psychic abilities. I have worked with many individuals who have transformed from being frightened and having no control over their gifts, to being grounded and strong psychics, able to perform readings with accuracy and confidence. It takes a lot time and work, but it is a balance that is attainable by all. So many individuals have reached out to me for guidance and all of their stories have been ver

I had just turned forty years old. I had been married and divorced while still in my twenties. Fortunately, there were no children from the marriage. But when I reached the age of forty, I began to wonder why, all of a sudden, I had mate al desires!

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Having a growth mindset means that you see the lesson in the painful situation and focus on solutions instead of problems. Many times in our lives, the way out of a sticky situation is through a change in our perception or mindset. It doesn’t mean that your problems will magically disappear just because you change your mindset. What it does mean is that instead of focusing on the problem, you focus on the solution or the growth in the situation. When you have a growth minds

“You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?” ~ W. Clement Stone

Heavenletters™, bringing Earth closer to Heaven. HEAVEN is here to reach every soul on earth to reawaken: * Our connection to God *n* Our belief in ourselves *n* Our awareness of our shared worthiness to God *n* Peace on Earth * God is always bringing us closer to Him. n HEAVENLETTER #2380 Your Own Joy God said: Why deny yourself joy? Why would anyone deny himself joy? Why would people put themselves through less then joy? People do seem to put themselves through less than

Rejection is a painful experience to go through and it can undermine your life in many obvious and subtle ways. Here are a few ideas about dealing with rejection, and coming through it as a stronger healed person. The problem with rejection is the feeling – it feels terrible and that is what people struggle with. That sounds so obvious but we need to be clear about what we actually fear and resist. Most of the time we fear the feeling that goes with the event rather than the event itself. Think of it in the following way

Most intelligent people are willing to say: “I am responsible. I am accountable.” To say and mean this is the first step. The second step is to add the word “completely”. “I am completely responsible”. This is difficult for most. When something goes wrong we tend to say: ”I am responsible ...

My friend Tina once told me: An open heart will bring two people together, though they are separated by time and space; a closed heart will keep people from knowing each other, even while gazing into each other’s eyes.

You find the key to success in what you think all day. Watch your thoughts and use positive affirmations to resonate with success scripts It is not by accident who resides on the sunny side and who on the shadow side of the street. You find the key to success in what you think all day. If your ...

Your attention is your most valuable currency and yet you may have been trained to pay attention to what is exte al at the expense of your connection to your Authentic Inner Self. There is a battle going on for your attention, so many demands being made on it, who will win, you or those outside of yourself? While you are disconnected from your inner core and your source of true power and energy, you are easily manipulated.

Independence Day weekend here in the United States invites the citizenry to enjoy the traditions that surround celebrating our emergence as a nation in 1776. We love our parades, picnics, fireworks and speech readings, practices that uphold values of community and hope we still cherish. Our history is checkered with less stellar actions as well, so this day is also a call to recommit ourselves to what is better, not only for the United States, but for the world. Another tradition is the three-day-weekend road trip.

"This is a Great Way to Slowly Move Towards My Full Diet” If you want to drop that extra 10 pounds… if you want to get back in shape… if you want to become healthy… here is a great way to do all of that and more. And this is a time-proven way to become healthy. Full of great protein, vitamins, life-giving nutrients that supercharge your life and move you towards my full plant-based diet. See this link to photograph of plate - https://paulhaider.wordpress.com/2019/01/29/dr-haiders-simple-rice-beans-and-greens-10-day-diet/ This 10 Day Diet is Simple—

There is fragrance of roses, jasmines and violets in the air. The wind is charged with a sweet temptation which is more than fascination. There is also a diaphanous clarity in the atmosphere, which resembles the twilight of the afte oon and the luminous magic of the play of light and shadow ...

Every day you are choosing whether or not to let your feelings about something someone said or did eat you up— perhaps literally! I had a massage client who was a mess of spasmed muscles. I intuitively asked her if she was having problems with a woman. She told me about her terrible battle with her daughter. I gave her a few kind words and continued working. She later mentioned her recent case of irritable bowel syndrome. Without thinking or hesitatio I blurted out, “So she is irritating the crap out of you, is she?”

You know in the back of your head that something is missing, but you can’t quite put your finger on it. You have struggled and worked hard to produce the best, most advanced product in your industry, and you are getting a good reception to it from industry experts, but where is the ...

The Law of Attraction is an amazing Universal Truth, ancient in its roots but made popular again with a rush of material in popular media. The basic idea is that you have the power to set your intentions about what you want in life and then attract it to you via focused thought. While many people have had initial success with this concept, there seemed to be something missing from the equation. There was quiet restlessness beginning to stir in the spiritual new thought world.

You must be comfortable in the ambiguity of life. You create your destiny, but the opportunities are left to chance. That is where the spirit resides. What influences your experiences are your beliefs in yourself. Your expectations and assumptions. Your perceptions of your feelings and moods. [All of these things rely on divine intervention to align the energy waves to be ‘picked up’ by your unique antennae.] Ask ourselves from what level are we creating our realities? … Is

This past month has had one of the most expansive, yet challenging days for me. When you start questioning and observing your past illusions, it seems that fear knocks the door wanting to get in. I have observed that whenever we fully commit to embrace the unknown, doubt and fear show up almost inevitably. Being authentic can sometimes make you feel lonely, especially when there are moments in which you can perceive yourself standing outside the “reality” created by societal standards. Paradoxically, we are never alone, as we are always home and held.

In the drive to success, it can be easy to forget your purpose. We seem to get so wrapped-up in keeping-up that we forget the real reason for waking-up. Life has only one purpose; and that purpose is LIFE. In life, we can choose between progress and stagnation, peace and war; and we can choose ...

If I Am Wise ... As I speak words to help another, if I am wise, I will listen very closely to what I have to say.. for I am saying what I, myself, need to hear. As I tell another what to do, if I am wise, I will listen very closely to the actio I tell them to take ... for it is the action ...

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