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ARTArticleForgiveness Sets YOU FreeWhen I was a teenager, I used to fight with my sister a lot and it was almost always about using the computer. At that time, we only had one and I was somewhat addicted to an online game. Every day without fail, we would quarrel about who gets to use the computer first and for how long. Every time she went beyond her allotted time (because she needed to finish some school work) I would start a fight with her. Nothing good ever came out of it. My mother would intervene, scold the both of us and we both got banned from using the computer. I obviously blamed her for my misfortune.ARTArticleFreeing Oneself From Responsibility for Oneself By Reliance on the DivineThere was a young man who happened to be living at the same place during the 1970’s, who got into his head the idea that the Divine was watching out for him so he could not come to any harm. He walked out into traffic on a busy road and with cars honking and braking, he survived without a scratch. Was this a sign that, indeed, he needed not to worry about himself — that the Divine was looking out for him?ARTArticleFrom Intuition to EnlightenmentFrom Intuition to Enlightenmentr
Intuition begins the path Home. At least it did for me. Following the crumbs – beyond the gingerbread house of solved problems, all the way to true inner clarity.
Every individual is on a journey from being asleep to being awake. Each journey is a unique alchemy where the circumstances of life continually reveal the next steps.ARTArticleFrom Love
to Leaver in One Easy LessonYou begin by thinking the sun, moon and stars shine in the eyes of the man you love. You want to be with him every minute of every day. Your family and friends don't like him very much and they try to get you to re-think having a relationship. You decide that he will be all you will ever need and so you run away and get married.ARTArticleGaining an Unbiased Perspective in Judging One’s Own Actions and the Actions of OthersIt is much easier to spot faults in others than in oneself. The New Testament of the Bible relates a parable directly on point: “And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye” (Matthew 7:3-5).ARTArticleGaining Control Over and Mastery of One’s Mind and ThoughtsAs each stage of the evolution of consciousness develops, it brings a greater power of knowledge and action than the prior stage. Inevitably, there is an impact on those prior stages. Life effectuated changes in Matter. Mind effectuates changes in Life and Matter. Although the power is not absolute, and there is an interchange, a conservative resistance to transformational change, eventually the new power has its impacts.ARTArticleGaining Perspective On Our Desires and Focus Within the Grand Canvas of Time and SpaceWe spend most of our lives fixated on the exte
al life we are living, including our internal reactions to that life, such as our feelings, desires, sense impressions, thoughts, ideas, motivations and physical comforts and discomforts (among other things). We focus on earning our livelihood, building relationships, raising families, dealing with various crises that arise in our lives, and dealing with the demands of the outer life generally. From morning to evening we are occupied with these things, and then we carry them with us into our times of rest, recreation and sleep.ARTArticleGhostwriters in the SkyIs there a great story in your mind that is just crying out to be told? Are you an expert on a certain subject and want to share your knowledge with others? Do you try and try but can’t get the words out of your head and down on paper. What can you do to get your book written?rARTArticleGod Versus SatanGod Versus Satan
God = Love = Expansion = Openness = Growth = Rising up
Satan = Fear = Contraction = Closing = Stagnation = Shutting Down
Heaven = Good = Reward = Bliss = Satisfaction = Fulfillment
Hell = Bad = Punishment = Torture = Conflict = Loss
Connecting to Divinity = God = Love = Expansion, etc….
Wrong use of Ego = Satan = Fear = Contraction, etc….ARTArticleHE Said; SHE heard.HE said "You are gaining weight every day. Your body looks like you swallowed the Pillsbury Doughboy." SHE heard "Oh, God, I have to stop taking this medication. It doesn't matter that it is all that is keeping me alive. I am fat and my husband doesn't love me any more."ARTArticleHeredity, Predispositions from Past Lives and the Spiritual PathIn his play Hamlet, William Shakespeare has the protagonist proclaim “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”ARTArticleHostile Forces, the Law of Attraction and Progress in Spiritual DevelopmentThere are powers at work in the world that have a vested interest in maintaining the current status. They have control, they have power, they can exult in their predominance. They do not want to see their power or influence wane or disappear. On the contrary, they may seek further control and domination. Thus, they treat any progressive development as a threat to their situation and even, in some cases, their very existence. These powers act to hold back change and progress.ARTArticleHow a Rich Man Can Enter Into God's Kingdom: the Aspiration of President Donald Trump and the Teachings of JesusFood for Thought: President Trump recently was speculating about how he can eventually earn his way into heaven. He speculated that achieving peace in Ukraine and winning the Nobel Peace Prize might help him get his wish.rARTArticleHow Do We Determine Our Destined Role in the World? — Part 1Dannion Brinkley told the story in his book Saved By the Light. He was a mercenary, a hired killer. He was struck by lightning. He was pronounced clinically dead. He returned to life. He knew, at that moment, that he was ‘sent back’ to accomplish a task, a mission. He left behind his prior life and founded an organization called Compassion in Action (C.I.A.) to train people on how to work with those who were terminally ill and in hospice.ARTArticleHow Do We Determine Our Destined Role in the World? — Part 2One reason we do not have a sense of our purpose or role in the world, generally, is that we do not examine deeply our inner predilections or the trajectory of our lives. We interpret our lives based on exte
al criteria and motives without appreciating that there is another driving force behind that helps to create the circumstances, opportunities and directions we wind up taking in our lives. In some cases, we interpret ‘negative’ events as interfering with our lives, when in fact, they may be the prod that moves us into a more certain direction to grow into our life’s work.ARTArticleHow Do We Determine Our Destined Role in the World? — Part 3Today’s world provides people with both an obstacle and an opportunity when they try to follow their chosen or cherished path in life. The obstacle is based on societal requirement that individuals take up a productive form of work in the world to earn enough money to support their needs for basic necessities of life. In many cases, the skill set and education or training simply is not available to them for the jobs that are accessible to them, or else, to obtain the necessary skills and certifications, the time and cost of acquisition are beyond their means.ARTArticleHow Do We Determine Our Destined Role in the World? — Part 4It is only in still waters that we can see our reflection. Swami Vivekananda in his lectures on Raja Yoga, describes the mind-stuff (chitta), and how impressions, desires, observations and thoughts all disturb the stillness of the mind-stuff. He also describes methods of bringing it to a status of stillness, in which the individual can step away from the call of the vital desire nature or the mental processes, and thus, be receptive to higher forces and levels of interfacing with the universal reality.ARTArticleHow Do You Reach Teens On Their Level?The champion in the child is the same champion in the adult; they just have to recognize it. As a father of three girls, a speaker at schools, prisons, juvenile halls, and a counselor to many youths, I know the importance of proper child training. One year I went to minister to a friend of mine who was in prison. It was the hardest thing I ever dealt with, even though I know how to put my mind out of an equation and put my spirit up. I saw the inmate’s children; who are my children’s age, leaving the prison.ARTArticleHow Natural is Your Spirituality?There is lots of talk about individuality in today’s world but, ironically enough, that “individuality” is all centered on the ego and self-gratification…how one looks, presents him/herself, finds a career, etc. These are important. We need to live comfortably and must be able to support our families. But all of these endeavors direct attention to the body…the outside part…the part that houses our soul.ARTArticleHow to Astral Travel or Project, Simply and Effortlessly, with PeaceIf you want to learn how to astral travel or project, it's not all that hard - but might need practice to get reliable results.
The first point is to examine a Huna concept that life is a dream, and all dreams are just as real as this waking one you spend most of your time in.
And beneath that concept is an additional one, which says we dream all the time. When you day-dream, this is that ability which most people have been trained to simply turn off or ignore. It's really related to inspiration and intuition - so time spent in practicing this ability would be well rewarded.ARTArticleHow to Change Human NatureHuman beings have struggled in their attempts to make changes to human nature throughout human history. Many approaches have been tried, including adopting tough disciplines, isolating oneself from society to avoid the impulses and temptations, as well as harsh tortures to which the body has been subjected to try to 'whip it into shape', so to speak.ARTArticleHow To Deal With Hostile ForcesForces at work in the world try to effectuate themselves and perpetuate their action. They seek for receptive vessels to manifest and carry out their line of action. As these waves of energy, these vibrations move out into the world, they naturally come across elements and beings that are not subject to vibration within that range, and thus, do not react.ARTArticleHow to Deal With the Feeling of Unfitness for Spiritual Progress When It Arises in the SadhanaIt is perhaps a virtually universal experience. An individual takes up a spiritual practice, and for a time, particularly when Sattwa is in the forefront, he has unique insights, experiences and a sense of progress. At some point, however, these experiences tend to recede and the individual is left to address the need for change in his physical, vital and mental being. At that point, things become more difficult, visible progress is sometimes lacking, and discouragement can set in.ARTArticleHow to Recognise the Divine WillWe get prompted inwardly to do somethng. In some cases, we have conflicting impulses or reactions. We wonder how to distinguish the Divine Will from all of the other drives, motives, forces, and options that confront us. Add to this the complications of the vital nature, in i ts attempts to justify and fulfill its desires, having the ability to convince the mind about what it wants. We thus effectively paralyze the mental understanding through this vital interaction.ARTArticleHow to Write Compelling Workshop DescriptionsFor lots of spiritual practitioners, writing marketing copy can be a downright painful process. You know that you can deliver a great workshop, but how do you put that in words to create marketing copy that will actually get people in the door?
Relax, there's a simple formula you can use to write compelling workshop descriptions effortlessly. And the best news is that once you've created your description using this guide, you can repurpose it for everything from fliers to press releases to promote your event.
Step #1: Brainstorm Workshop BenefitsARTArticleHow Your Life Can Be A Dream - Success StrategiesMany people, at some point or another, have dreamed of being someone special - of personal greatness. Their are fantasies of being a start at sports, the homecoming queen, or simply rich and successful - even just happy with our relationships.
For all our big dreams and great aspirations, our dreams remain just that - dreams. And our hopes for future success and notoriety seem to collect dust up in our mental attic.ARTArticleHumility and Self-ConfidenceThe play of the three Gunas is active at all times in the life we live here. We may believe that the aspiration, or an act of consecration overcomes this play, but if we examine closely we can see that, in actuality, even the quality of our sadhana, our spiritual effort, is very much controlled and governed by whichever guna is predominant at a particular time, and they continue to fluctuate, moving us from one ‘mood’ to another along with these fluctuations.ARTArticleIdeal Expectations, Real Life Results and Divine GraceWe think and plan and harbor expectations as if we are the sole arbiter of what happens in our lives. We then judge the results from the standpoint of our ideal expectations and express either dismay or disappointment that what we hoped for has not come to pass. What we frequently fail to take into account is the interactive and complex nature of the world within which we live and act. There is a play of forces that adjusts, modifies and reacts to the energy we express, and in many cases, we find that those forces defect our intention into another direction entirely.ARTArticleIdentifying and Addressing Obstacles Through Inner Development for Spiritual ProgressIt is a somewhat natural tendency in human nature to blame others, or circumstances, or fate, when obstacles arise. We tend to bemoan how ‘unfair’ life can be. We see conspiracies and power structures that are preventing us from accomplishing what it is that we believe we are meant to accomplish. Few people look at what happens in their lives, and in their inner struggles, as a window to their own condition. The idea that the obstacle is within us, not something exte
al, does not easily find favor in anyone’s mind.ARTArticleIllness Is a Deformation of the Physical NatureWhen an individual takes up a spiritual path, he has to work through the seemingly fine lines of distinction that the various prescriptions and directions for progress along the path appear to carry. For example, ‘equality’ and ‘equanimity’ are counseled as essential characteristics for progress. This leads some individuals, for a time, to take these terms to extremes that were never intended, due to the dogmatic nature of the mental understanding, the desire to have a clear cut, uniform and neatly defined process for the needed progress.