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Local boy hits spiritual jackpot! Born in Montana end of 1948, grew up along old Highway 10 north of Yellowstone Park. Dad was English and German, Mom was Lakota and Irish. I could run, talk, read, write and paint (some at the same time!) when I was 4, and I had QUESTIONS. Went to high school in Southern Nevada, Hai…

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Andrea uses her one talent for communication in several different ways to offer deeper understanding of the Authentic Self to every audience with which she works. Author of Restoring My Soul: A Workbook for Finding and Living the Authentic Self (2007) and of The Law of Attraction: The Soul's Answer to Why It Isn't Wor…

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Angela is a transformational visionary and guide who inspires and empowers people to live powerfully, authentically and purposefully. Her disciplines target deep transformational growth in the professional culture or individual she is working with. Through guidance and facilitation clients learn to consciously see th…

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As described on Anita’s website (AnitaRevel.com), Anita is a creatrix, author, mother and wife, web diva, dream weaver, love of life. She’s also a marriage celebrant, teacher, artist, traveller and joy junkie but couldn’t make these rhyme. Nevertheless, all these roles pretty well sum up her passion for inspired livin…

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Being raised by Midweste Amish parents Anna Dee Olson grew up understanding that life is meant to be difficult with very few days of pleasure. The rigid restrictions of her culture became harder to follow as Anna reached her teen years and the desires in her heart were leading her away from her family, community, and…

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While meeting 20 I achieved self-realization. Since that time, I help others to find their true self by spiritual therapies, books and workshops.

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Since 1987, Ariel and Shya Kane have touched the lives of millions through their transformational seminars and top-rated Internet radio show Being Here. Their approach allows people to be productive, effective and satisfied in all areas of their lives without working on their “problems." From their ground-breaking bo…

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Arleen Hannich is a Spiritual Facilitator who invites you to create a more conscious and enjoyable relationship with yourself and the Divine. She offers Divine Presence, the Oneness Blessing, and Inspirational Messages from Spirit to clients who wish to live authentically and joyfully. Arleen has a Master’s Degree in…

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Art has studied the Teachings of over 30 Spiritual Masters and Mentors for over 30 years. His knowledge of Universal Law ranks in the top 1 10th of 1%. Universal Laws is what Governs Life in the Universe these Laws are immutable and Control the Process of Creation. Art’s fascination with Universal Law and the Process…

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Arvind Bhagwath articles and links are uploaded at : https://arvindbhagwath.blogspot.com

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As an ordained minister, psychic medium, certified hypnotherapist and Reiki Master, Astrid Stromberg is an expert on the human condition. People often ask her for advice on finances, family, work, and health, as well as spiritual, paranormal and metaphysical topics. Astrid is the host of the Brilliant Essence Radio Sh…

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Hi! My name is Brewster and I am a Writer and Energy Healer. I am the Creator and Author of all MetaPsychics Books and Transcendental Techniques. METAPSYCHICS is an Advanced Science of Mind that man how to use this Infinite Self to overcome the 'limited or slave self'. This is done by showing man how to use his Unl…

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Who are you - really? Because if you can answer that question, everything in your life begins to make sense. In the unique Time-Light program, Bryan Hubbard explains who you are - 'you' are made up of three selves created in and through time. Bryan Hubbard, a philosophy graduate, made the discovery after going throug…

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When you know who you are, you become unstoppable! My life used to be one of constant frustration and sorrow with a never ending stream of problems. I spent years being the victim, suffering with depression, trying to overcome addictions, thoughts of suicide, and uncontrollable anger. I have since acquired the much ne…

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A Little Bit About Me I am one of 8 children who grew up in the projects of Cincinnati Ohio, and eventually went on to earn my Bachelors of Science in Psychology (University of Cincinnati) and later my certification in Professional Coaching (Coaches Institute International). I am also a Yellow Belt, Lean Six Sigma (P…

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Carol A Bowe is a certified Holistic Life & Soul Coach, & Reiki Master/Teacher. She has researched and studied a variety of energy treatment modalities including Color, Music & Aromatherapy & is a member of the International Association of Reiki Professionals and the International Society for the Study of Subtle Ener…

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Is it true that we use only 20% of our brain capacity? Perhaps ... if you mean consciously. The first challenge for us all is to be willing to know ourselves warts and all. With this willingness comes the realisation and acceptance that so many of us operate in a narrow perspective ... using only 20% of our brain.…

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I trained as a graphologist in the late 80's. My interest in handwriting analysis began whilst researching visual symbolism, inspired by Jung's ideas, at Goldsmiths College, London, where I had gained Honours degrees in History of Art and Religious Studies in the mid 1980's. Over subsequent years I have worked with c…

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Carrie-Anne D'Angelo is the co-founder of Token Rock.com, a Webby nominated Self-Empowerment and Inspirational website dedicated to helping humanity raise its consciousness through knowledge and inspiration. Her forward thinking and continued quest for knowledge related to life's unanswered questions are, in large pa…

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For 37+ years (as of 2012,) I have been involved in the study of understanding the human condition, and its ability to achieve greatness through self-actualization and self-realization. I am a "very old soul" who happens to possess professional public speaking skills and an eloquence with the written word. I use thes…

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Charmaine's passion and celebration of the diversity among world people began at the age of 16 during her travels while attending the international high school and musical show “Up With People”. Living in private homes, palatial mansions, college dorms, and on Indian reservations she immersed herself in a cross-cultur…

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Chrisr Johnson is likely to be the leading authority in the UK on the teachings ofrnso-called 'channelled' information sources in regard to health, well-being, and the ‘spiritual’ or non-physical nature of our being. He has spent over 20 years comprehensively studying metaphysical literature such as The Seth Material;…

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CJ Kenna, MBA is a founding director at Rock The Path, a nonprofit residential center for self-discovery through the exploration of consciousness. CJ holds a BA in psychology, and a masters in business, and along with being a consummate writer and public speaker, she is a successful business consultant, and award winn…

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Conrad Raw is a bestselling co-author with Wayne Dyer and Brian Tracy. He is an expert on practical techniques for personal and spiritual growth and activating the higher human potential. He is the author of The Zensation Manual: Forbidden Secrets of Personal and Spiritual Growth, and provides several seminars/worksh…

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With forty years experience in banking and finance, our company is now focused on Green Financial Solutions aiming to help people understand financial matters. Tego Arcana Dei - Keeping God's Secret The search for the truth, spanning three continents has followed the hero for over forty years. The religion of the pa…

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Dawna H. Jones is a thought leader who combines twenty-five years of experience facilitating organizational-team dynamics with extensive research into the source and emergence of human potential. She hosts the Evolutionary Provocateur podcast on www.management-issues.com; a bi-monthly show for leaders at all levels wh…

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Denise L. Cook is taking the world communities by storm. With over twenty-four years certified teaching experience, and fifty-one years of life experiences ranging from child abuse to rape to physical abuse to motherhood and beyond, Ms. Cook guarantees results. Whatever the subject, she brings a personal knowledge and…

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I have been in practice as a psychotherapist & hypnotherapist from 1976 to 2009 and my main work was involved with helping others realize their goals and improve the quality of their life. I did this in face to face sessions, and in self-development encounter groups. This year (2009) I have decided that it is time to…

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Back in late 2011 I found myself handcuffed in the back of a police car with my best friend after we'd just evaded arrest for smoking marijuana & trespassing on abandoned property. I was a freshman in high school and I fell into a pattern of self-destructive, out-of-control behavior. I didn't know how to at the time,…

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Dorothy L. Davis, is an online entrepreneur of All Business-All Money website (http://tinyurl.com/lwycvm) as well as self-published author of her first book, LADIES ON HOLD (amazon.com). She continues her journey of metaphisical study by taking classes and applying the Science of Mind Principles

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65, married, semi-retired, Small older home outside of Temperance. Mi. Near Lake Erie. small garden, pet cats. Do odd jobs fixing lawn and garden equipment and other mechanical/electrical prodjects. One daughter living at home, architectural studies and working at Meijer. http://abc.byethost8.com/ personal site. al…

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At 7 years of age, I questioned my priest about the Love of God. At 22 I questioned as a newlywed, if sexual love was the same as what I felt spritiually? At 30 I questioned my mortality, which lead me to seek something greater than myself. At 55 I believed I had found God, only to have my belief, taken away from me.…

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I like to call myself a muse, providing women with the inspiration to find their sacred center…their Yin Radiance… Muse—someone who inspires another, and through this creative support, graciously and humbly assists in another’s personal growth, through listening, compassion and guidance. A muse provides a safe place…

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When I was young, I wanted to become enlightened... At 20 I began to meditate, and seven years later became a techer of Transcendental Meditation. Then I studied vedic astrology, Yoga and Vedanta. At 35 I was so relaxed that for the first time I experienced my Real Self... I became aware that I was not the body, n…

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Gina Charles writes about spiritual awakening and authentic living with wit and practicality. She is the author and illustrator of, Shift Happens, A Layperson's Guide To Awakening, and FUEL Your Life, A 4-Point Practice To Spiritual Awakening. Gina is also the author of the Authentic Living Blog and founder of the New…

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Graham developed an interest in spiritual evolution at a young age and has been studying and researching ever since. Through his dedication to self-study he completed the equivalent of a psychology degree before finishing high school. Graham's exploration into mysticism began by training with a Taoist mystic, also whi…

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Please visit the About Halina Goldstein page and learn about my personal jou ey as well as my work

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Heather has a profound gift. She can perceive into the subtle energetic levels of the human body beyond the typical layers of perception. She specializes in identifying and treating the root causes of emotional, psychological, and physical distress in her clients, with a careful blend of her Medical Intuitive abilitie…

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Jacob Nordby is a published author, speaker, conscious entrepreneur and personal transformation mentor. He is published with Jack Canfield in "Pearls of Wisdom: 30 Inspirational Ideas to Live Your Best Life Now", with Dr. Bernie M. Siegel in "The Thought That Changed My Life", has written the forthcoming spiritual no…

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I help highly creative and spiritually-oriented individuals become divine channels for their artistic, healing, and leadership work in the world. When you have the knowledge, skills, and support, you can become a pure and powerful vessel for your true genius. Through my unique approach, you can heal, cleanse, and alig…

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Jan Nieuwenhuizen is a licenced trainer of the self-development program, Ther Avatar® Course, which has been completed by more than 130,000rnpeople from over 60 countries. Since 2004 he has been delivering this course as part of the international Avatar® network.

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As long as I can remember I have been searching for, and Creating, Sanctuary. My strongest memories of childhood are the physical Sanctuaries that i found in treetops, bushes, parks, and alleys. I suspect the sense of Sanctuary was a safe place that was separate from others - the place to be me. I was bright and anxio…

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Jean Adrienne is a healer, teacher, lecturer and creator of quantum change. She is a graduate of The Florida State University with a BA in Psychology. She also completed The University of the South's four-year Education For Ministry program. She developed and teaches the InnerSpeak Process, is a Usui Reiki Master/Teac…

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Jeff’s Bio: Jeff is CEO of InnerProjection.com : working with students and parents using the proprietary Success, Design and Preparation system creating a plan to ensure being of the 30% of college grads who don't waste 10 to 15 years or leave 100s of thousands of dollars on the table. Previous to owning Innerr Proj…

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Jeffrey Douglass, MSW, CSW - author of the recently published book, “Living from Your Soul”, has been a licensed psychotherapist for 33 years integrating psychology and spirituality. Jeffrey has been in private practice for 31 years. He is a retreat facilitator leading groups throughout the country. Jeffrey is an exec…

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Jenny Parker is a woman of the world. She has had many adventures in her quest to find the beauty of self, including riding across the Nullarbor on a bike (the stark, treeless plain betwee Perth and Adelaide in south western Australia) and sailing half-way around the world on a yacht. She has had many careers, includi…

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Jerry Stocking is a modern day Thoreau living in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in North Georgia with a view of our culture from the outside. Each day in his mountain retreat is an endless exploration of existence, consciousness, and feeling what it is to be a human being. Being present and mapping the terrain b…

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Jim Phillips is a gifted speaker, author, seminar leader and certified life, spiritual and business coach. For the better part of 30 years he has been an entrepreneur and business leader inspiring others to higher levels of achievement through his presentations and seminars throughout the United States and parts of Eu…

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A mystic, author, speaker, teacher, radio show host on Earth Energy Forecast and host on Envisioning a New Earth, Joan Cerio has always been a seeker of inner truth. She has worked in the health and healing professions for over 30 years. Her graduate degree in science education and undergraduate degree in biology prov…

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Jodi Chapman is a bestselling author, an award-winning blogger, and an inspirational community builder. She wears her heart on her sleeve and tends to attract others into her life who do the same. She inspires thousands with her loving words, and it’s her heart’s desire to continue helping others reconnect with their…

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Since 1979, John R Dempsey has been a professional consultant in public and private sector organizations in the US and Canada, developing and delivering effective educational and experiential workshops, as well as consulting and coaching with groups and individuals. John is a certified Coach U graduate, a member of t…

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Johnny Ong is a Singaporean who has led sales teams in multi national companies across various industries for more than 14 years. He is the author of Don't Live Your Life In One Day! - 100 Effective Rules To Achieving A Meaningful Life. Johnny has also developed the highly effective sales training program - The Power…

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Author of the multi-award winning book Peace, Power, and Presence, Jonathan Evatt is a contemporary mystic who sees his purpose as one ofrnassisting the world through our current phase of transition. Jonathan has dedicated his life to the fulfilment of one intention... an intention he has felt since childhood. Namely…

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Favorite Quotations:"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass ...it's about learning to dance in the rain" -- Unknown Hello, my name is Joy Malumphy, the Joy Doctor. I am passionate about creating joy filled lifestyles. With my successful executive background, I parlay a higher wisdom and corporate expertise i…

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A native of North Carolina, currently living in Denver, Colorado, I have been a spiritual teacher for over two and a half decades. After surrendering completely to Spirit over the course of a few months in 1982 while in Zurich, Switzerland, thus causing my vibrational frequency to shoot up, I spontaneously experienced…

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Noted wisdom teacher, intuitive, inspirational speaker, author and host of the highly acclaimed talk show - Explore Your Spirit with Kala (www.ExploreYourSpirit.com), Kala Ambrose's wisdom teachings are described as disce ing, empowering and inspiring. Whether she’s speaking with world-renowned experts on the Explore…

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Karuna DiLibero works for Zoxon International Spiritual Federation, Inc. to promote the historic weeklong event called, The Gathering, A Spiritual Woodstock, which is designed to bring people to the point of Self Awareness! We are dedicated to the spiritual evolution of all humans so that we can make our world a healt…

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Ever since I was a child, I saw a deeper reality. I saw other dimensions to this world and to the people in it. I cared for others and wanted to encourage and foster the best in others. I dreamed of a world that valued everyone, a world of cooperation, a world that brought out the best in each person as well as valuin…

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Kathleen Notman was born in 1929 in Leicester, England. She attended Boston High School for Girls, Boston, Lincolnshire and left at the age of 16. She worked as a receptionist in hotels around England until the age of 20 when she married a Royal Air Force navigator and accompanied him to Singapore. From there they wen…

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Keith Leon and Maura Leon are co-owners of Successful Communicationsrnconsulting and training, and co-authors of The Seven Steps tor Successful Relationships. In less than two years, Keith and Maura wentrnfrom relationship failures to the relationship of their dreams, and nowrnthey share their secrets with others thro…

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Keith (MME, BS, RC, RM, CHSMS) is an author, educator, public speaker, and works with various modalities of healing arts. His focus is on enhancing awareness of the self to aid each person in discovering their true life path as well as the healing potential that is within each of us. With my wife Enny we run and oper…

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At the age of six weeks old, Kelly Canull, had a near death experience that left her highly intuitive and conscious of the innate wisdom we all hold within us. She knew at this early age what her life’s work was: to remind others how to tap in to their own innate wisdom and live life from a place of love instead of fe…

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Kelly is the owner of Illuminating Self Growth and loves helping others grow and succeed. She is an Author, Reiki Master, and is dedicated fully to sharing all that she has learned through education and the experience of her own growth.

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I bring people tools and techniques that they can use to have a better life. My gift is studying alot of masters and condensing their work into user friendly books. We are what we eat and think so that is my main focus. Most importantly staying in a great place mentally so we may create and enjoy the life we desire. H…

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Kip Mazuy is the founder of Bliss Music & Creator of Ocean Euphoric, an audio program repeatedly proven to put the listener into a deep states of peace & bliss for meditation & relaxation. He is also known around the world for his simple teachings on meditation that has helped thousands of people deepen their experie…

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After completing a Master's Degree in English at the University of Chicago, Laura spent two years in the corporate world. Just before her return to graduate school, her dream to become an English professor came to a sudden halt. She suffered a brain injury and could no longer read without debilitating migraine headach…

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Laurie Martin is the author of an inspirational book, Smile Across Your Heart, The Process of Building Self- Love. Laurie is passionate about helping people live an authentic, empowered life through the heart. Laurie is a speaker, certified life coach and writer for several magazines, including a bi-monthly “Ask Lauri…

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Lene' has 30+ years of life experience in the Self-Realization field. From becoming a Peer Counselor as a High School Senior to staffing an experiential self-knowledge seminar in Phoenix, called Omega Vector. She has worked as a speaker/facilitator for support groups (Al-Anon, CoDa, Parents Anonymous and Women Who Lov…

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Utilizing Metaphysical Science, numerous holistic techniques, and her own natural multi-sensory gifts, Lisa provides a profoundly transformational experience. She is dedicated to living consciously and facilitating herself and others to awaken to full potential in attunement with the vibrational momentum that is drivi…

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www.LisaMcCourt.com Lisa McCourt is an author and personal development expert who has published 34 books which have been translated into 11 different languages and have sold over five million copies worldwide. Lisa has won seven publishing awards, and has been featured in both Publisher’s Weekly and PBS’s Between th…

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As women we are caretakers by nature. We often put ourselves at the back of the line while tending to everyone else’s needs. Where do we lose ourselves? It happens at different times for each woman. Sometimes it comes at the onset of marriage. Suddenly, we’re no longer single and while we love our mate we find it dif…

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- Normal 0 - Normal 0 I hold a BFA degree from the Minneapolis College ofr Art and Design and an MFA degree from Pratt Institute, NY where I attended on arnfull-tuition grant for graduate study. I was an art instructor at Orange Countyr Community College in Middletown, NY and at the Brooklyn Friends School. I crea…

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Lynn Marie Sager has been appearing before audiences for more than thirty years. Born in Oregon, yet raised in Hawaii, she has toured over two-dozen countries and worked on three continents. Author of A River Worth Riding: Fourteen Rules for Navigating Life, Lynn Marie Sager currently lives in North Hollywood, Califo…

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I spent 25 years desperately trying to discover who I truly was. I used alcohol and meaningless relationships to validate my self-worth. After experiencing enormous heart ache, depression and self-loathing, I found myself in a dark whole wondering if I could go on. Miraculously a voice I had never heard intervened and…

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Hi, I'm Marelisa Fábrega, thank you for visiting my expert page. I hold a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., as well as a Juris Doctor from the Georgetown University Law Center. I currently live in the Republic of Panama. I blog over at Abundance Blog at Mar…

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Maria Erving is a Personal Development Teacher and Published Author who help others get Crystal Clear about their Passions and Purpose, setting Goals and taking Inspired Action. Life is meant to be lived on our own terms - Outside The Box! For more information about sessions: http://www.mariaerving.com/sessions and w…

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My personal healing will ever be the most convincing evidence of our subconscious powers. Nearly eight years ago I solved a near death experience by using the healing power of my subconscious mind which created me, and still maintains and governs all my vital functions. And there is more!

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Hi, I'm Maryellen Smith of Reinventio Queen.com. I named my business Reinvention Queen because I am a master of personal transformation. I've learned the tools, techniques and mindset required to break out of old thinking habits which have helped catapult me to my highest level of personal success. And I can teach you…

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Matthew Warburton is a freelance writer who has published many works as a ghostwriter. He was playing the online news game for a while, but couldn’t do it anymore, on the basis that Google news trends are boring. Now, he enjoys writing for Self Help Manual, and producing blogs and E-books for other people. SHM contain…

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Mette Muller helps professional consultants, coaches and other service-based practitioners to expand and optimise their business empire so they can work less and earn more. Combining a deep understanding of the human being’s psyche through decades of practice and study in the personal development field with a profess…

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My name is Michael Gluckman. I hope that you will see my qualifications for writing about and for teaching self knowledge below. That’s because what I say and what I am are inexorably linked. You might think, “Here is a guy coming out of nowhere, onto the airwaves telling me that I can know God directly; hmmm!” Well…

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Michael Paul Stephens is a British spiritual author, wellness practitioner and corporate coach currently residing in Phuket, Thailand. He has dedicated his life to creating inspirational spiritual and motivational books as well as designing wellness workshops and retreats that offer people practical experience of how…

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Living and traveling all over the world has helped to make me the person I am today. I thank my Father, a retired Air Force Officer, for always seeing that his family could go wherever he was stationed. I am forever in his debt. His thoughtfulness has made me a citizen of the world. Over my 25 years as a fully commis…

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Nina Amir is known as the Inspiration to Creation Coach. As one of 800 elite Certified High Performance Coaches working around the world, she helps her clients Achieve More Inspired Results. While Nina is the only Certified High Performance Coach® working specifically with writers, dancers and equestrians, she helps…

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Patricia Lantz is a counseling astrologer who uses astrology to help clients connect to their inner wisdom and gain fresh perspectives on their lives and the choices they've made. She believes astrology, at its best, will give a sense of personal meaning and purpose to your life, guide you to live the life you were bo…

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I have circled the Sun 70 times, have a mechanical engineering degree from Stanford U (1958), and 17 years' experience working for GT&E and IBM in various capacities. I also have a Masters degree in Social Work (MSW), over 17,000 hours of direct service to over 1,000 self-referered clients, and hundreds of hours of po…

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Phil Méthot, a Montreal, Canada, author and motivational speaker, has been an avid student of human behaviour most of his life. His book "Through the Door!": A Journey to the self, explores the origins of negative self images in a unique way that allows readers to more easily separate the real self from the 'imposed s…

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Rachel Andrews is a life coach, psychic medium, artist and writer. Her main focus is assisting people in transcending their perceived limitations to live authentic lives as a pathway to achieving happiness and freedom. She teaches classes on psychic development, angels, mediumship, intuitive drawing, and group energie…

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Ralf Arthur Fritzinger is a Integrated Full Spectrum Prism Evolution Teacher, Healer, Nutritionist, spiritual/Psychological Counseler, Life Coach and a spiritual entrepreneur. Since 2003 he is working with his students/clients around the world and he has about 11000 hours of Spiritual/psychological Counseling "under…

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Rashun Jones, RN, Author and Professional Speaker is the owner of Nushape Publication and the editor of the Nushape News, an online report that is filled with practical strategies and resources to help you live a happier and healthier life. Rashun has a unique talent and enthusiasm for inspiring people to be their be…

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Rebecca Jarrard, since 1972, has lived a childhood dream of being a Nurse. She has been involved in a variety of areas in the medical profession, such as: Home Health Nursing, Oncology, Medical Surgical, Geriatric and Orthopedic Nursing. For the last seven years most of her work has been in the Dementia and Alzheimer’…

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I am a Soul Plan Practitioner and Spiritual Blogger. Find out how a Soul Plan Reading can clarify your confusion about your life, and clarify your karma, gifts, goals and life purpose. Always accurate since your name does not lie! Readings by Skype, Phone or in-Person in South East London, UK. I also offer spiritual…

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Authors BIO In her first book, The Emerging Woman, the author, Rev. Dr. Karema McGhee HHP, explores holistic health ideas. She has expanded her world view and built a legacy of lessons in her follow-up book Captivating Woman. Karema McGhee is an ordained minister and holistic health practitioner certified in areas of…

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During my childhood I grew up thinking I didn't really belong. Sure, my parents were good folks who I really love. But something within me just wasn't quite right. I had that feeling for most of my early years. When I was a tee I got picked on a lot.Part of life I thought. I didn't have many friends. Up to 15 years ol…

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I am an artist/philosopher who wishes to communicate his method for eliminating debilitating, conceptual bifurcations and constructing a dynamic and expanding model for individual actualization. I contend that each person constructs his own model of the universe and then limits his perceptions to conform to the model.…

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Ronald L. Mann, Ph.D. is a bestselling author, Peak Performance Coach, and Organizational Consultant. Dr. Mann obtained a Master's Degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Califo ia, Santa Barbara in 1971, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the Califo ia School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles in 19…

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Russel Brownlee uses the modalities of hypnotherapy, EFT and close inquiry to help clients end their physical, emotional and mental suffering. He also has a passion for learning new techniques and passing on the knowledge by writing and speaking. Russel has observed that the search for enlightenment and the search fo…

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Root Healing offers traditional Missoko Bwiti Iboga Retreats in Thailand and Portugal. Iboga is a powerful plant medicine healer that can reconnect you to your soul, and help you to be happy and live the life that you want to live. The Bwiti are from west Africa and have been the shepherds and protectors of Iboga for…

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Sankarshan Das Adhikari, was born on Nov. 7, 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri. He is a notable religious leader and initiating guru within the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. He received initiation in the tradition of Gaudiya Vaishnavism from A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on the 12th of August in 19…

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Seth David Che off is the award-winning author of the acclaimed Manual For Living book series. He was given the amazing gift of life after surviving cancer on two separate occasions. He is an inspiring leader and an in-demand speaker, trainer and coach. Seth has helped thousands of people find true happiness and fulfi…

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Sharice Harris is a charismatic spiritually focused philanthropist, school owner, author, entrepreneur, sexual abuse advocate, homeless advocate, animal advocate and avid traveler. Sharice is currently working on first personal growth book entitled: ‘A Permanent Summer’. A thought-provoking and illuminating read which…

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Medical Intuitive Sherry Anshara is founder of the Scottsdale, Arizona-based QuantumPathic™ Center of Consciousness, developer of the QuantumPathic Energy Method™, and developer of Intuitive Powers/Practical Applications courses. She teaches individuals, couples and families how to connect to their cellular memory by…

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Along with Dr Harold Ludwig, I am the co-creator of the LOA System, a system which uses a specific balance of scientific methods to help people tap into the right side of the Law of Attraction. Our website can be found here http://www.loasystem.net I have been constantly studying and gaining an understanding of the g…

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Steven Griggs is life coach, author and speaker specializing in self-realization and personal empowerment. Steven is passionate about helping people shift from sleep walking through the daily grind into a life with no constraints. He shows how to recognize old thought patterns and habits that may be holding you back,…

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I am a freelance writer and native New Yorker now living in the Southwest. I majored in sociology and while working as a legal assistant I once considered a career in the criminal justice field. My work experience in the legal field would come in handy when I was called upon to write a legal column titled “The Legal E…

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The Wisdom Gym is a new online school that enables you to train your mind and workout your life. Our passion is to bring to you the information and teachers that have helped us change our own lives. We all deserve to live the life we crave and we all deserve to feel fabulous both inside and out. We believe in living…

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Rev. Dr. Vito La Nave was introduced to New Thought teachings in the mid-50's. Rev Mae Merritt York of the Temple of Truth Spiritualist Church in upstate NY and was Vito's first teacher and mentor. They were frequent guest at the Central New York Spiritualist Camp at Freeville, NY. Vito has taken many Religious Scienc…

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I was seeking the truth but now I have found the truth and the reason for our existence, the reason behind everything makes perfect sense. After being on many and long meditation retreats and after many profound spiritual experiences and awakening, I feel it is my duty to share my experiences and knowledge for the be…

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Yvonne Racine is passionately committed to guiding those who have had enough of the struggle and unhappiness in their lives to dismantle the limiting beliefs, assumptions and concepts (stories) that keep them stuck and frustrated. If you are looking to experience more ease, harmony and flow in relationships, work and…

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Zeerak Khan is a spiritual counselor, awakened sexuality mentor, and a conscious relationship guide. She is the author of the forthcoming book Making Love with Creation which maps out a unique yet pragmatic approach to the power of living aligned with consciousness and life force energy. She is also founder of Life En…

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At a very young age, Zura discovered that creativity can help through difficult circumstances. She has continued to use that discovery throughout her life. Now, at 58, she shares her love of creative fun to help others discover who they are and fulfill their dreams. As an occupational therapist she used creativity an…

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During the past two years I have been observing and studying various marketing tips and sales strategy on the WEB. A multitude of fabulous information is available over the Internet and it appears that most consumers are interested in products that can help them increase their income. Along this ...

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Now that you have invested in a new company, is the CEO doing what is necessary to maximize your investment? Success does not happen by accident. It takes a lot of hard work and a commitment to a set of core principles, which become a foundation and pathway during times of development, crises, and change. Technical ...

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People often ask, "What is energy healing"? It goes by many names, healing touch, Reiki, therapeutic touch and others. All these forms are working on a subtle level that addresses the energy body, sometimes referred to as the astral body or the aura. Some of these approaches have structure ...

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"Drive for show, putt for dough." We have all heard this saying and it is true. Mostnmajor tou aments, even local amateur club events, come down to a single stroke that is made on the green. It seems like the simplest part of the game, just roll the ball a few feet, but it can be the most ...

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Spiritual counseling? "What is that?" a recent newsletter reader remarked. "I did not know you even did that." Well, indeed I do. The complete answer is fully explained in my LA Times Bestselling book, "Sacred Healing." However, here is a shorter version. Spiritual Counseling is based upon ...

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Back Pain Relief: The Power of Meditation Pain management is big business in health care. Health care estimates suggest that Americans spend over $100 Billion on back pain treatment. Lower back pain is a major cause of sick leave in the business world. We look to medication, surgery, physical adjustments, yoga, herbs ...

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Last night was a historic event! Barack Obama's acceptance speech for the Presidential nomination set a tone and demonstrated a quality of Being and Presence that can bring this country back from the policies of fear, separation, dishonesty, denial and arrogance. As you know, I do not write ...

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What is more important: technical skill or a solid mental game? Both! If you don't have the technical ability to play a particular sport, it does not matter how strong your mental game is. Golf is an especially difficult game because there are so many aspects to it: driving, long irons, short irons, chipping, putting ...

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I had the good fortune to spend time with Swami Satchidananda several years ago during my work in Citizen Diplomacy during the Cold War. I directed a non-project organization, Projects for Planetary Peace, and Swamiji was on our Board of Directions. He went on one of our trips to the Soviet ...

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There was a great wise man who lived in a tiny village in Tibet. He was constantly sought out for his wisdom by the villagers. He was very kind and patient. His neighbors had a very beautiful unmarried daughter. She was in love with the butcher's son but saw him in secret as she knew her parents wouldn't approve. One day her parents noticed that she was expecting a child. They flew into a rage as they saw this as a disgrace on their family. They demanded to know who the father was but she refused to tell them as she wanted to protect the boy she loved from her parent's wrath.

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Several years ago my husband and I went to Hawaii to visit our daughter who lived there with her husband and their little daughter. My son-in-law is in the Navy and they were stationed there. They loved Hawaii and even though they were to be transferred to Jacksonville, FL for three years, I knew they would want to return to Hawaii as soon as they could choose their next duty station. On the way home from Hawaii my husband and I discussed how we could support them in buying a home in Hawaii.

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“Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back... Regret is only good for wallowing in." Katherine Mansfield “I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you who you are in the end.” Drew Barrymore

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"People want to be in their own fashion tribes, so they want to wear the same clothes to be connected to everyone else in that tribe. But they want to be different from other tribes." Christian Lacroix

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"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you." Thomas Jefferson "You are what you do, not what you say you'll do" C.G. Jung "Action expresses priorities" Mahatma Gandhi All of us become stuck at some point.

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December 1, 1974, I was 22 years old and about to give birth to my first child, a little girl already named Maegan. After many hours of hard labor and asking for pain relief I was given a spinal block for anesthesia at the very end of the birth process. The OB/GYN administered it himself instead of following protocol and paging the on call anesthesiologist. He gave it to me too high in the spine and it anesthetized my heart and lungs which shut them down. My then husband was asked to leave and he passed out right outside the labor room door.

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"With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now" Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"For every complex problem there is answer that is clear, simple and wrong." H.L. Mencken "Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer." William S. Burroughs Questions and answers. We spend so much time caught up trying to find answers to questions. Every time a question comes up that requires an answer we put ourselves through a huge series of mental gymnastics.

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"You must learn to let go. Release the stress. You were never in control anyway." Steve Maraboli "Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and becoming comfortable with not knowing." Anonymous I'd finally arrived in Istanbul late at night. My sister had arranged for a driver to pick me up at the airport.

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"One's own self is well hidden from one's own self; of all mines of treasure, one's own is the last to be dug up." Friedrich Nietzsche "Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." Carl Jung

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A common belief among many people is that money is not spiritual. I have heard people say spiritual workers should work for free. Of course that statement comes from false belief and ego. You will hear that the Bible says that money is the root of all evil. That is not what the Bible says. It says that “the love of money is the root of all evil.” There is a big difference between the two statements. Love of money means an attachment to money is evil. The truth is that an attachment of any kind is the root of all evil.

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One of the biggest blocks to happiness and to clear inner guidance is guilt, which is a kissing cousin of shame. I'm not talking about the naturally occurring sense of being out of alignment with Life which is a wonderful mechanism that when noticed and heeded brings us back on track and is soon forgotten. I'm talking about the toxic kind that tends to be embedded in the psyche and debilitating in that it keeps us from expressing our uniqueness and from truly being happy in life.

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Definition... A subliminal message by definition is, a signal or message designed to pass below the normal limits of ones perception. For example it might be inaudible to the conscious mind (but audible to the subconscious mind) or might be an image transmitted very briefly and unperceived on a conscious level yet perceived on a subconscious level. Subliminal messages are messages in the form of written and spoken words and images or pictures. Subliminal comes from the Latin word "sub" meaning under and "limen" which means threshold. How Subliminal Messages Work...r

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Albert Einstein's famous equatio E=mc2 proved that everything in the universe is energy. The physical existence of our reality and the abstract reality of our mind are made from an energy pattern. The concept of a universal energy is not a new one. Chinese people call this energy chi and the ancient Hindus called it prana. Two of the arts that developed in those two cultures - t'ai chi and yoga, are based on the art of tapping into the flow of energy and using it to balance one’s self.

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BrainWaves and Your Conscious Awareness

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Conscious/Subconsciousr The Conscious Mind... Our conscious mind is the one that we are perhaps more aware of. It is the one that we use to make choices, decisions and conclusions, or to put forward logical arguments and sound deductions. In order to truly succeed in life, we would be well aided by the ability to use our mind more fully. This involves engaging the subconscious mind. The Subconscious Mind... Your subconscious mind has incredible power in controlling what you experience in your life,r

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Energy healing and its Holistic approach have been around since mankind has been on this earth. Different modalities have been used whether it was a physical approach or mental. The mental approach had emerged during the tribal period of mankind’s evolution. History has shown that all groups of people have had a shaman/woman or medicine man/ woman in all their civilizations. Although the name or title may have been different from people to people their function has been the same, healing.r

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This seems to be the year of the protest. All over the world, including Wall Street, people are gathering to express their distress about what's happening in politics and in big business (hard to separate the two anymore).

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Hypnosis has been around for at least as long as we humans have kept records. Hypnosis is a natural human ability. Every time we focus our attention we enter a kind of hypnotic trance. Our normal awareness involves us being aware of many things at the same time and our mind jumping around. So the defining characteristic of the hypnotic state is a single, or limited focus of attention.

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It’s interesting to see how much confusion there is in life as we stare at what is right in front of us through the veil of the beliefs, concepts and stories we live by. We do not see the world as it is, we see it as we believe ourselves to be. The core beliefs which our life experiences reflect have been with us so long we don’t even realize they aren’t the truth, so even when we are looking right at it, the truth remains hidden from our awareness.

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This one word of one syllable, this little four-letter word causes so much trouble and prompts so many people to ask questions of its nature and its hold on us. Most questions about fear have to do with getting rid of it, overcoming it, fighting it, and last but not least, being free of it.

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~ sometimes erratic and sometimes brilliant. " Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices, but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence and fulfills the duty to express the results of his thought in clear form." ~ Albert Einstein The name Albert Einstein has become synonymous with genius. The scientific definitions of our modern age ~ from the Bomb to space travel, electronics and quantum physics ~ all reflect his amazing radical thinking.

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The French Algerian philosopher, Albert Camus, expounded the philosophy known as absurdism. According to absurdism, although life is meaningless human beings are faced with the dilemma of hankering for meaning in a meaningless world. Camus says that there are three ways of resolving this dilemma: 1) Commit suicide. (Camus rejects this as cowardly.) 2) Believe in a transcendental reality beyond the absurd. (Camus rejects this as philosophical suicide because it amounts to the destruction of reason, which is just as fatal as the suicide of the body.) 3)Accept the Absurd.

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Your self-images may not be something you think about them very much. In fact, most of you probably don't even realize that you have many self-images, each one taking a turn depending on the circumstances you are in. The way you see yourself, or the way you think about yourself affects the actions and choices you make everyday. We are talking about your belief system. It is the answer to the question; who are you? Unfortunately, the misunderstanding of this concept produces consequences that are life-changing; often not for the better. A Rose By Any Other Name

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In the Conclusion to 'Walden', Thoreau writes, "If a man loses pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured, or far away." Aquarians are eclectic and imaginative thinkers ~ sometimes erratic, sometimes brilliant and always stubborn. Yes, Aquarians are thinkers who know much about the world, but knowing "everything" often becomes an obstacle to their own happiness. As Einstein said, "Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."

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"Astrology can be defined as a technique for he study of life-cycles.Its main purpose (is to establish) the existence of regular patterns in the sequence of events constituting man’s inner and outer experience; then,to use the knowledge of these patterns in order to control or give meaning to these experiences ~ Indeed, the study of cycles ~ that is, of periodical activities in nature, human and otherwise ~ is the root of all significant knowledge, be it scientific or philosophical. And the study of cycles is a study of time. ~ Dane Rudhyar

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Our language brims with words and phrases about the compelling power of the Moon in our emotional lives. How about being ~ “moonstruck?” When a person wanders around in a dreamy sad listless state, we might say they are “mooning” about someone or something. (Of course, “mooning” someone is something else entirely).

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In the 1988 movie Altered States a research scientist (played by William Hurt), dives deep into his subconscious and genetic roots. In doing this, he not only relives ancient experiences of his ancestors but actually changes on the biological level. This film was reportedly based on the real-life research of prominent psychologists and medical researchers of the 1960s and 1970s who used isolation tanks and pharmacological triggers to access deep DNA memories and experiences, which they claimed were real.

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This month be free flowing, open to new possibilities and accepting of a certain amount of unpredictability. Use compassion, creativity and charm to inspire opportunities which can bring you independence and freedom from old ideas and conventional norms of behavior. October 4th ~ Libra/Aries Full Moon " Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality." ~ Erich Fromm

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A reader asks: What do spirituality and religion have to do with astrology? That's a simple question with a complicated answer. In order to answer properly, I need to provide you with my working definitions, Obviously, there are many definitions, but these make sense to me and I hope they will to you also.

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Robert Lewis Stevenson wrote “The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" in 1886. The central theme of the story is of two very different men who inhabit the same body. His characterization of the respectable Dr Jekyll, who turns into the ugly and deformed Mr Hyde has so griped the collective imagination that this story of duality is well known by virtually everyone. The story is about the ego and it’s shadow, that dark feared part of our self that follows us wherever we go and “can look even the more sinister the more we try to stand in the light.”

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Krishna explains in the Bhagavad-gita how the knowledge of the Absolute Truth is understood through the system of disciplic succession. This means that if we want to understand this knowledge, we must take it as it has come down perfectly to us over the ages through an unbroken line of spiritual masters beginning with Krishna Himself. To most people this principle will seem archaic and old fashioned because we live in the modern age of scientific advancement. But it should noted in this connection that science is still not perfect.

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It's said by some Atlanta astrologers that Margaret Mitchell was an astrologer before she was a writer...and the book that brought "Hollywood to Atlanta" and fame to it's author had a very surprising beginning.

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Ask me to define astrology and I would say it's the world's oldest "science." An astrologer does use an agreed upon classification system and has very precise measurements when drafting a "horoscope", but I also see the interpretation of the horoscope as a creative and imaginative art form. The horoscope is to an astrologer much like the microscope is to a biologist, an instrument that allows you to see things that are not readily visible.

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“In the dark silent womb of the earth, frost warms to water, micro-organisms stir, the rhythms of life awaken in the heart of the seed, after a a long sleeping death in the cold hard ground ,the flower-to-be comes alive in the bright green shoot with-in the shell. Above the ground no one can see the momentous rebirth taking place or hear the whisper of new life.” The Lunar Cycle Report, Phillip Levine M.A. The Faintest of Lights begins in Darkness

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"Freed from the shell, the sprouting plant decides it's future by sinking it's moisture-seeking rootlets down into the earth. Spreading them out, it stakes out it's territory and wholeheartedly climbs toward the air and the sky, affirming, “Here I will Be.” The Lunar Cycles ~ Philip Levine At the New Moon a conception occurred ~ at the Crescent the new life quickened in the womb and IF we are successful in overcoming our self-doubt we commit to gathering information and resources as we plan for the action of the First Quarter phase ~ where we announce the upcoming birth to others.

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"The green shoot is healthy and alive. The pressure of life expanding within the seed builds against the hard shell, the product of an earlier time when protection was necessary against the cold, hard winter. If the plant is to live, this shell must go. The shoot must leave the safety of the shell and begin making it's way in the world.” The Lunar Report by Phillip LLevine M.A.

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A very important topic, presented in Q&A form: Have the category of souls known as nitya-baddha always been in the material hemisphere, hence the term "ete ally conditioned"? According to the philosophy of some Gaudiya Vaisnava groups this is the case. They say that the nitya-baddhas have never ever been in the spiritual world, thus the term "ete ally conditioned" and that the nitya-siddhas have never left Krishna's association.

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When the Past is Good for You! Why it so much easier to remember those past awful experiences you have had? Maybe these situations were from childhood, or traumas experienced in those challenging teenage years. Perhaps they were from circumstances from those early stages of young adulthood or maybe some of these experiences happened recently in your life. These problematic preexisting traumas can be debilitating. They will impact the productivity and health of your current situation in negative ways if you let them.

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There is so much discussion and speculation about the Law of Attraction that the concept can sometimes get confusing if you are not sure what you are asking the Universe to do for you. Remember a contract is a two way agreement. First you must be absolutely clear what you are expecting the Universe to provide for you. And most importantly do you understand your part of the bargain? Don’t forget you are part of the deal. What happens when you “think” that the Universe is not fulfilling its end of the bargain? Do you really think the Universe would not give what you are asking?

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No one can ever take away your divine inner essence but you can give it away by allowing energetic vampires freedom to lurk around in your life- Sharice Harris They can be physically, emotionally or verbally abusive or they can taunt, smirk, sneer and laugh at you for opening up and speaking your mind lovingly. They are called: ‘Spiritual Bully’s’ because they see Love and optimism as signs of weakness and they often attach themselves to people who do Love in order to get more energy.

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The Joy of Cancer – Olga Munari Assaly & Kim Mecca rniUniverse 2012 One summer Wednesday night, a little over a year ago, a woman walked into our Pointe-Claire Toastmasters Club as a guest and instantly changed the aura of the room. Her effervescence, her poise, and her clear blue beautiful eyes radiated strength and confidence and determination that I would come to think of as the ‘Olga Factor’. That was my first meeting with Olga Munari Assaly.

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The Positive Negative Side of Polarity The story goes that positive is good and negative is bad. How can that be when you are both positive and negative polarity? Your positive and negative poles work in unison with your body to stay balanced. When you go to the ocean or around water, it feels so good to your body. Why? Because… you are feeling the negative ions that the water emits! You and your body are soothed, refreshed and calm from the peacefulness of the water. When you are taking an Epsom salt bath, the water and the salt help to distress you as you relax.

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What is multiple identity disorder? The non-clinical version is when you show up with a different personality or set of values depending on who you’re with. You can know for sure if this applies to you by asking yourself this, “would people describe me differently depending on who I asked?”

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Life is like a Movie Have you ever had an experience in your life, when you thought for sure you were in a movie? Doesn’t it seem like it at times? Wouldn’t it be great if you knew for sure what was coming next? Doesn’t it seem at times that some of the people in your life appear all too familiar? Have you reached that stage yet, when so many people start to look alike to you. They seem to be so familiar, you wonder… “don’t I already know them, even though you know you don’t?

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Who defines you? What do you say when asked, “what do you do?” Do you ever feel like just a mom, just a daughter, a girlfriend, a husband? The wacky aunt, maybe? I ask you this because we have almost reached winter. Winter is typically the time of introspection for the year, but of course, this winter is even more special. We are a few weeks away from the most special solstice of our lifetimes. And by the way, I’m sure that all of you know we are not in danger of materializing or anything like that. We’ll wake up just fine on December 22nd.

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Do you every stop and say to yourself… “if only I had known then, what I know now, things would be different.” But would they really? Probably not! Why? You did exactly what you did or didn’t do at that time, because you weren’t ready to anything differently. What you did at that time is what you did. Oh well! It is how it” was” then! Don’t look back as though you did something wrong and judge yourself harshly. Look back upon those difficult times as only points of reference.

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A Reference Point – The Real Point of the Past? What happens if the power of now is based on the “then”? Then what happens? The evidence is overwhelming that history repeats itself over and over again. So how can we live in the now if so much of the now is based upon what happened previously. It’s not that this idea is bad or even good. However what would be the purpose of rehashing the past in different scenarios? If you believe in Karma, Lessons and Reinca ation, then it would make sense.

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I sense you in each star and in every sunrise. I feel you in the grass and the cool breeze that flows through the trees. I feel your strength and power in your mountains and your ease which flows through each river and down every stream. I see you looking back at me in every living animal and every living being. I see you playing with us and hiding behind the infinity of the ten thousand things!- Sharice Harris

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In the current fear-state of the economy, it is a challenge not to feel overwhelmed and over burdened; however, there is more than light at the end of the tunnel. When you are coming from an unburdened, creative, free-flowing consciousness, there is no tunnel; only laser-focused direction - without the turmoil of impending disaster. Letting go of the “Titanic Mentality” and having an open perspective allows you to find and attract avenues for doing business from many directions.

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THE ART OF ATTRACTING Attraction isn’t just a law; attraction is a practical, useful principle. When you apply this formulating principle, you significantly become a magnetic power source, inviting new opportunities, new business and new relationships to you and your business. The principle is to be what you desire to attract; yet, as significantly important is for you to attract what you deserve to have. You become the attraction artfully drawing to you the prosperity, abundance, affluence and influence in the formula of new clients, new business, and new referrals.

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Be Authentic, Be Inspirational! That is quite a challenge, and two completely different attributes that in their own right are worthy of attainment. Tara Wilken would like to suggest that both attributes are conjoined twins. History has maybe suggested that she is right and that we have been mostly inspired by those individuals who stood out as authentic selves. Great individuals like Ghandi, himself a superlatively authentic individual, unequivocally inspired countless millions.

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In these challenging times with overwhelming media coverage centered on fear and loss, it is easy to create “out of body” experiences, pushing the limits of your upper chakras - your crown, third eye, throat and heart - to check out of the turmoil.

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What Is In Your Aura? Believe it or not, your Aura, also called your Electro-Magnetic Field and your Bio-Energy Field, has various bands of consciousness that provide information about you. Your Aura field gives out vibrations and frequencies that other individuals “pick-up”. If there is compatibility, a match is made, whether romantic or friendship, you are resonating with another person. If there is no resonance, the other individual could be perceived as an “enemy” or least someone that you don’t like!

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The Exchange of Power or Force The word exchange means to swap over, switch, replace, trade, barter, substitute. In conversation it means to argue, talk, chat, discuss or have an altercation. From both of these points of view, in the meaning of exchange, an underlying issue comes to the surface which involves the element of engagement in the consciousness of exchange. The question then…is what is involved in this exchange of engagement? There is a two fold answer. Is it power or force that is being exchange between individuals, groups, businesses, cultures and/or countries?

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THE IN BETWEEN TIMES When we transition from life time to life time, there is that place of revelation or that place of the “oops”….as Brittney Spears sings….Oops I did it again…and then again and than again! This place and space of learning, going over your script, rewriting your lessons and karma, getting your issues in order and figuring out your next role, family and location of your stage is the In-Between Times.

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A Place of Inspiration “I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring” – Dodie Smith. How profound this quote is, especially in these times that appear so scary and confusing. What is going on with the American Dream? Has it turned into a nightmare? Is it time to reevaluate the dynamics of the dream? This could be the best time for all of us to look at our lives from a different point of view.

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PERSPECTIVES VERSES PERCEPTIONS Perception is the reception and deception of your conception! Good grief, what does that mean? It means that when you have a perception about your Self, some else, or some situation, you can deceive your Self because you don’t always have the facts. The reason that you don’t have all the facts is because of your molecules of emotions that cloud your perspectives about what is really happening or what is it that is really going on with you, the “other” person and/or the situation at hand.

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THERE IS A SPIRITUAL LESSON BEHIND MARITAL STRESS DURING THE HOLIDAY’S -Every marriage must first be grounded, steeped and honored within a sacred timeless intimate spiritual union and understanding of each soul’s purpose before the two can try to do or be anything else for anyone else outside of that union. –

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THE BUSINESS OF CREATIVE LIVING! Life is certainly interesting, the ups and downs that come your way. As you reflect to your past for lessons of your experiences, you probably engaged in some of those situations and wondered why did I even go there? You could easily say for the lessons. However, it may be more than that. Instead of just looking only for the lesson(s), perhaps consider how you got hooked into the relationship or the event in the first place. Have you ever considered that perhaps you were a player in someone else’s event?

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THE HANDWRITING IS ON THE WALL! Have you ever gone into a home or office and you could feel the atmosphere? Sometimes, when there is conflict in the place, you will say… “wow”, you could cut the atmosphere with a knife, it is so heavy and dense!” Well truer words were never spoken so much! Why? Because everything is energy… thoughts, ideas, words, emotions. When the energy is off and conflicted your body can, indeed, “feel it”. This negative energy gets embedded in everything, the walls, the ceilings, the furnishings and becomes the consciousness of the place.

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Have you been taught to believe the myth that some human emotions are "positive" and others "negative"? If someone asked you to name "negative" emotions, which ones come to mind? Terror? Disgust? Rage? Jealousy? Envy? Shame? Guilt? EVERY EMOTION IS USEFUL! Try the idea that every one of your emotions (involuntary neural-hormonal-muscular reactions) exists for a natural reason or purpose. If you agree, then it becomes useful to (a) name each specific emotion in important situations, and identify (b) why it exist now, and (c) what any emotion means to you and other people.

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Kids and adults omit or distort the truth to avoid expected pain. The pain may come from within or from other people. From this view, we liars are *scared,* not bad or immoral! We're still responsible for our behavior. Think of the last time you needed to lie to someone. What discomfort were you avoiding? Now think of the last time you feel someone was dishonest with you. What do you think s/he was avoiding? Premise - all adults and kids avoid being completely honest at times because we feel *unsafe* disclosing the truth.

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From my clinical training, research, and experience as a family-systems therapist since 1979, I have come to believe that normal human personalities – like yours – are composed of a group of unique, talented “subselves” or “parts (discrete brain regions). This “inner family” of subselves acts like an athletic team or orchestra – with or without an effective Coach or Director – your true Self. This is not a new idea.

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Why is there the perception that it takes a long time – and a long, painful process – to heal emotional and physical issues? The truth is, it is not necessary. Everyone has the ability to participate consciously and proactively in his/her own healing process. How does it work? By getting in ...

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DO YOU HAVE an "assertion hero/ine" - i.e. someone you regard as exceptionally adept at asserting her or his needs, feelings, opinions, and boundaries? Would others name *you* as a world-class asserter? The American Management Association once defined "assertion" as communicating in a way that others can hear (understand and accept, vs. agree with) you. How does that compare with your definition? Popular alte atives to assertion are aggression ("I put my needs and worth above yours") and submission ("I rank my needs and dignity below yours").

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STARTING IN INFANCY, all wholistically-healthy people form emotional and perhaps spiritual attachments (bonds) to tangible and invisible things. Life on Earth decrees that these bonds will be broken by chance or choice, causing losses. We may start grieving before an foreseen occurs, or be plunged unexpectedly into major mou ing without warning. Losses may occur gradually - like the loss of youth - or suddenly, like a stroke or car crash. We lose all kinds of prized things, not just people or pets (relationships).

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Looking back to the past as a reference point only, not a situation to be relived can be an enlightening and freeing experience. From the standpoint of reality, consciousness is reality. Belief Systems are concepts, ideas, beliefs of the current time, but they are not reality. Belief Systems ...

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“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing”…Helen Keller. “Truth or Dare”… Madonna. Two completely flip sides of the coin of perspectives by two women from completely different ends of the spectrum of time and space. But, maybe not! Both women dared to be themselves in the changing ...

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If an average nine year old child asked you "What is 'awareness'?" - what would you say? On a scale of one (I'm totally unaware) to ten (I'm extremely aware in all situations), how would you rate your degree of *awareness* in (a) calm and (b) stressful situations? Are you becoming more aware as you age?

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One reason why rituals have been connected and used by religions throughout history is because of their effectiveness at focusing power. Taking a predetermined set of steps and using the same instruments each time the ritual is performed streamlines the energy and allows the participants to fit into a groove. This groove acts like a channel for the energy to flow in, making the most of the time and effort put into the ritual. Each time the ritual is performed, it’s effects become stronger. It’s basically the same premise as practice.

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Living things (like you) communicate instinctively and intentionally to reduce current discomforts ("needs"). The most poweful of six universal communication needs is to gain and keep *respect*. How would you define "respect" to an average 10-year old? As you know, there are two sources of our sense of respect (worthiness and value): (a) ourselves ("self respect"), and (b) other people. Our vital senses of "self-esteem" and "self love" are powerfully shaped by self and social respect. We unconsciously notice different "respect zones" about ourselves and each other - e.g.

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My email box has been filling up with notices about the annual start of National Novel Writing Month (www.nanowrimo.org). However, in general, I write nonfiction. If you, like me, consider yourself a nonfiction writer, don’t sit around for the next 30 days twiddling your thumbs and wishing you ...

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This article presents a new modality in the field of energy medicine that uses cellular memory release as a practical, effective treatment for depression. However, in order to understand cellular memory, it is important to first review prior developments within complementary and alte ative ...

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“Your vision will become clear only when you look inside your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” -- Carl Jung. What a fabulous quote that says it all. The reality is…is that it is an inside job. There is no doubt about it, right here, right now there are ...

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EACH YEAR, hundreds of "revolutionary" self-help books, articles, groups, and programs appear on a wide range of human stressors. Publishers and producers keep chu ing them out because (1) the old ones don't work for long, and (2) the needy, hopeful public keeps the cash registers ringing. A classic example is the ceaseless hawking of new "miracle" diets and weight-loss books, programs, videos, and articles. Some of these may actually promote losing unwanted pounds for awhile - but the flab often comes back or increases.

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Can you define a "paradox" to an average 12-year-old? Try saying your definition out loud, and compare it to this: "A *paradox* is something that inherently negates itself." Paradoxes exist because many things in the world have different levels of meaning, depending on the context. A simple example is - if you're (1) walking to the rear of a moving train or plane, you're also (2) moving forward (relative to the ground), and (3) spiralling around the sun as (4) the galaxy spins and (5) moves through space.

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Can you name a learned skill you depend on more tha "communicating" to manage your daily life? If you say "thinking," I propose that's "internal communication." If this is the interpersonal skill you rely on most to fill your daily needs, where did you learn to do it? Your parents and teachers, your friends, hero/ines, television and movie characters? Who taught *them*? I've studied and taught communication basics and skills for over 40 years. My observation is, our parents, teachers, and society were never trained to communicate *effectively," so we weren't either.

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Though mou ing the many losses (broken bonds) across our years is a natural (instinctive) reflex, it can be slowed or blocked. Incomplete or "complicated" grief can promote serious mental, emotional, physical, and relationship problems. Our feelgood, warp-speed society ("Don't Worry - Be Happy!") doesn't teach us how and why to grieve well or encourage us to do so. One result is that incomplete grief is often mis-diagnosed and medicated as "depression." Another is that average lay and many human-service professionals don't know how to assess for unfinished mou ing.

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College graduation is fast approaching and soon you will be heading out into the real world to seek your fortune from the sea of possibilities that lies before you. And although you might have already taken the time to investigate the job market and received indications of interest from a ...

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Articles writing and submitting to articles directories have been proven to be a very effective way to improve Search Engines’ rankings. Webmasters can benefit threefold: - Links placed in the article listed in the articles directory, and leading to their websites, count highly for SEO ranking ...

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Company downsizing, mergers and productivity campaigns, Outcome: a workplace that is producing more for less. Recent studies have indicated that increasing worker production is accompanied by stress. 1. Start the day in a positive manner. Try to be positive about going to work. Studies have ...

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Maintaining an optimum level of energy, passion, and creativity, requires a specific method for responding to the vast array of challenging events life throws your way. You may not be able to control the event, but you can always choose how to respond to it. Let's face it, as a participant in ...

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Regardless of the time of year, there is one thing you can count on--kids spending plenty of time in the sun. Be it swimming, riding a bike, playing a sport, heading to the beach or spending time at an amusement park, exposure to UV rays is a natural part of life. During all of this fun in the ...

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Yesterday I treated myself to a couple of TED talks. For those who do not know what a TED talk is let me briefly explain. TED stands for Technology Entertainment and Design. Essentially TED talks are a series of lectures each of which lasts only 18 minutes, on subjects reflecting the name TED. It has expanded to other topics since its inception in 1984, and has had speakers from all over the world who are innovators in their field. A quick search on YouTube on TED Talks, and you are there.

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Tools & Techniques for Fighting Fair A major challenge in any relationship is handling conflicts. We all have conflicts and disagreements but how we handle our conflicts can mean the difference between an emotion-driven shouting match and creative problem solving. Having a conflict ...

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Anyone can simply begin blogging. Blogging a book, however, that’s a different story. If you want to blog a book, approach the endeavor like you would any other book project you might undertake. Here’s a list of 6 things you need to do before you start blogging your book.

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-There is only one way to live life and that is to live life completely and absolutely in Love- One autumn day while everyone was busy being busy, I decided to hide in a corner and read a short story I will never forget: ‘The Girl Who Loved Too Much’.

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Fred Haley a Distinguished Toastmaster wrote an article here on selfgrowth entitled; Toastmasters Doesn't Want You To Be A Great Speaker. The title is surely provocative and clever, and when you read the article you see that Fred is making the point that more than anything else, with Toastmasters, the message is key. I have to agree with Fred ...mostly. It is true that the message is Toastmasters' goal, but it isn't necessarily true that it need be THE goal.

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-Unity consciousness is at it's highest peak during the Christmas season because it is an extraordinary time of self-love, acceptance and forgiveness of ourselves and others. - For most of us Christmas is one of the most challenging times of the year, because it's a time, whether we are consciously aware of it not, when we undergo a huge inner spiritual cleansing and life transformation.

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Sometimes what seems like libido dysfunction is simply the lack of desire to get close to the person that you have become distant to. If your relationship is mutually empowering, and you feed each others' sense of self, than physical desireis usually not too far away. But... if the feeling of getting close to your mate has an emotional 'cost' attached to it, than, libido isn't the problem, it's a symptom.

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Namaste beloved ones! Heartfelt greetings again and it is my sincere hope and prayer that this note finds you happy and in inner peace! That what you sow you will reap says the Bible. Every Cause has an effect and every effect has its cause. This is an indisputable fact and ete al law of this Universe we live in. I AM here to very lovingly humbly and strongly give you the advice to be obedient to Gods laws and your life will be much more fulfilled, easier and happier! ;)

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Beloved one,greetings! Be at peace for everything which comes to you is a blessing, a lesson and an angel in truth for if it happens it happens for a good reason:God wants you to learn a lesson! Accept it and do your best, and God will do the rest! Every Spiritual test & lesson can make you stronger or weaker depending on your attitude and perspective.Be a spiritual alchemist and turn lead into gold, lemons into lemonade!Be the Master of your life!

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If if told you that bloozles were on sale now at 80% off, would that get you excited? Probably not, since you don't know what a bloozle is. (of course it's just a word that I made up)

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“The plant that was a seed and then a shoot gives birth to a bud which will gradually become a flower. The plant can now be seen as the mother of the flower, and the flower the completion of the growth of the plant. It now takes over as the mother of future seeds, sharing itself as color and fragrance” The Lunar Cycle by Philip Levine

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"To the observer, the plant is caught in Autumn's deathlike grip. Leaves and fruit wither and fall, the stalk bends or breaks. But beneth these decaying remains lies the promise, the seed, the bridge from cycle to cycle. It can wait, slumbering peacefully at the winter's breast." The Lunar Cycles ~ Philip Levine

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Just because music says it’s suitable for hypnotherapy or hypnosis sessions doesn’t mean it actually is. It’s not enough to have some gentle new-age music going in the background and hope that your client is going to relax and go into a nice, healing trance. That melody that was so good to listen to while you were doing chores around the house or just sitting and relaxing can be quite distracting when you’re trying to achieve deep alpha or theta states. As a hypnotherapist, you need music that follows some very specific principles:

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Namaste beloved Reader! My warmest greetings to you on this wonderful day of our Lord! Today I have for you some vital information about one of the spiritual exercises of the soul -Meditation. Often, for lack of knowledge and insufficient experience we are not clear enough about this subject. So I thought to give you here some more definitive and distinct information about meditatio AND contemplation.

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Namaste beloved spiritual brother and sister! Greetings of Power, Love and Wisdom from my heart to you! I AM a humble spiritual/psychological/physical-earthly Evolution Teacher, Minister and Integrated Healer of the I AM University. So one could say that I AM an Integrated Fitness Coach on all levels. We all are gifted with many body’s as a soul ( and they are our instruments to learn here on earth) and our body’s are Gods temple and this is as well the temple of your soul!

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Namaste dearest spiritual brothers and sisters! I greet you again with much love in my heart for you!:)) Isn´t live so beautiful?!;) I welcome you home my friend for you are already at home, you just do not think and see it in this proper way! Today I have a wonderful pearl of truth and comfort for you for in truth all is in perfect divine order beloved one! Always! And on this note I want to begin.

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The color and fragrance radiating from the flowers attract the insects who carry on the sacred work of pollinatio Psychic qualities also emanate from the flower, evoking love, passion or healing in the hearts of the admirers. The fruit begins to form.” The Lunar Cycle by Philip Levine

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What is going on with smart women out there lately? I routinely answer blogs, questions, and see clients on many topics relating to low self esteem, and negative self images. Since my book; "Through the Door!": A Journey to the Self, came out, there has been quite an increase in this line of questioning.

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"Heavy with fruit, the plant bends to the ground. It has given all it has to give, poured its life into the fruit, and now waits to be relieved of its burden. What is left of the plant now? The fruit offers food and a womb for the infant seed." The Lunar Cycle by Philip Levine M.A.

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Namaste beloved friends of Love and Light! I send you streams of love from my heart and I hope you are doing fine! Today I want to get into romantic relationships and personal sharing a bit for I AM actually in a wonderful divine relationship with a fine Lady and such a beautiful daughter of God, not only is her physical body breathtaking, no sir, even her Mental and Emotional and spiritual Body’s are of a sparkling holy beauty. And I love her very deeply like I have never before…;)

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WELCOME! SHALOM! NAMASKAR! BARAKA! BASHAD! MAY THE BLESSINGS BE! NAMASTE! ADONAI! OM SAI RAM! OM MANI PADME OM beloved Reader! I hope that this note finds you very well and happy and healthy and in inner peace!:) The Integrated Ascended Master has enormous personal power and do not give his/her to other people or situations! And most importantly he/she uses his personal power only with unconditional love and spiritual and psychological wisdom as well! Self discipline is the continuous use of your personal power, will and self-mastery

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Are You Tired of Being Taken for Granted? “Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth.”-Mark Twain It happens every single day and whether we like it or not, we cannot control it. Other people’s unconscious inaction. How many times have you gave your all to someone you dearly care about, simply to discover that they don’t have the slightest intention of acknowledging your thoughtful actions?

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Are you so worried about stage fright that you refrain from speaking in public? Is your desire to do public speaking shackled by the idea that you have to overcome your fears first? Consider this. Sir Laurence Olivier, one of the great thespians of his time had terrible stage fright before his performances, yet he had a long and highly distinguished and successful career.

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Now the young plant grows steadily toward the Sun and it's maturity. Leaves multiply and bring a living interaction with the environment, while the stem thickens and branches out. Any earlier set backs are now either overcome or adapted to in preparation for the flowering which follows. The Lunar Cycles Report ~ Philip Levine

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Who’s Running Who? “Whenever I climb I am followed by a Dog called ‘Ego’ -Friedrich Nietzche Learning how-to love and accept ourselves at any given time is a never ending course in self-mastery. With the ever looming super-ego spouting out more than 3000 adverts filled with subconscious messages of what our life ‘should’ look like each day, finding our authentic thoughts and expressing our unique voice can often be an overwhelming, chaotic and for many an arduous task.

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Do you really need hypnosis music in the background while conducting therapy sessions or self-hypnosis? Many people would say that the music is only a nice-to-have addition that doesn’t really play any role besides creating a bit of ambiance. However, there are some really good arguments for giving hypnosis music a little more prominence in your therapy or meditation sessions. Here are at least four good reasons for using appropriate background hypnosis music: - it acts as a trance inducer - it shifts people from a physiological stress response to a rest responser

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Just recently at a Toastmasters Open House, I gave a speech where I talked about the real benefit of learning how to speak in public. Sure, most people say they joi Toastmasters in order to learn how to speak in public, to hone existing skills, or to get over shyness doing so.

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10 Steps to Becoming A Great Public Speaker ISBN 978-0-0-986-5572-2-4 Methotology Press, 2011 A Free Multimedia onscreen eBook by Phil L. Méthot So your boss has asked you to prepare a PowerPoint presentation and present it to the sales team, so what do you do? Like most people - PANIC!!!

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Today, 6.3 millio American adults aged 18-54 have some type of specific fear. Although the most common fears tend to be public speaking, death, spiders, darkness, heights, social situations, flying, open spaces, thunder and lightening, and confined spaces—in that order, the current economy has brought a host of additional fears to the forefront of American's minds. These include the loss of a job, a home and of retirement income or invested money.

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I've looked at two book proposals recently for aspiring authors with agents eagerly awaiting their submissions. The writers came to me for what they considered a "cursory review" because they felt their proposals just needed a "finishing touch," another set of eyes to glance over it before they attached it to an email and hit "send." They were ready and eager to send the proposals on to the agents, who had requested the proposals after a pitch session at a conference. They didn't want to keep the agents waiting.

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WHAT DO I PACK FOR A GUILT TRIP?

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Public Speaking! Oh you monstrous demon the sends men and women to their own personal hell; how shall we smote thee! Smokers know that they have a 50/50 chance of dying a horrible death from doing it yet fearlessly light up. Some people drink and drive, knowing yet again that the chances of getting into an accident is greatly increased, yet there is no fear there either. But ask them to give a speech and for some, the fear of public speaking reduces them to a quivering cornered mouse.

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Okay guys, put down the beer can, shut off the TV and pay attention; THIS COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE! Your wife/girfriend has made some sort of comment that led you to believe that Valentine's day was no big deal. You took her at her word, because after all, you have an honest relationship, right? (CUE THE BUZZER) WRONG!!!!!

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Anger is an emotion that can be observed even in babies. For them, so much is new, and their developing command of of their own bodies challenges them and produces frustration that is manifested as anger. The interesting part is that, in the very young, manifestations of anger are natural. Almost right away, the infant observes the reaction that all of their actions have on those around them. They quickly learn which behaviour gets what kind of response from their parents.

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Who The Hell Do You Think You Are? No Really... ...who do you think you are? I ask because before we can talk about our self image, it would behoove us to know just what a self image is. My research over the years taught me that the problem even with the phrase self image, is that we use this phrase to mean three completely different things that get lumped into 'self images'. The problem is that only one of these three things are true self images. Those three processes are: Our relationship to the environment.r

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My favorite quote is this one: "A ship in the harbor is safe, but that's not where ships were meant to be." I don't know where the quote comes from, but I think of it at those times when I hesitate to do something that I want to do, out of fear. Being comfortable and safe is nice, but it isn't everything. We only grow when we step out of our safe havens (harbors) and risk riding the waves of life. It is only then we can potentially see new worlds, or at least new ways of looking at the world, and our role in it.

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I recently asked a Chabad rabbi if he believed in conscious creation - combining thought and feeling to manifest our dreams and desires - and if he found this principle within the teachings of Kabbalah. "Of course," he replied. "Despite all the conversations today about The Law of Attraction (like attracts like) and secret manifestation processes, Kabbalists have known these things for ages." Then he added, "But most of these other people teaching these principles leave out one really important aspect - the real secret." "The need for action?" I asked.

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It may feel to many of us that we can do little at this point in time to help create peace in the world. However, by just being conscious of our thoughts we might, indeed, be able to move ourselves and the rest of the world just a little bit closer to this goal. We can find peace if we only become conscious of where we place our attention.

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The Lack of Grace “Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others." -Thomas Jefferson

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Death always waits nearby. Yet, we tend to feel its presence only if our lives or the lives of people we know and love are threatened by it. Then we face our own mortality. For the last few months, people all over the world have been reminded daily that death could decide to make an appearance at their doors. Instead of waiting in the shadows, the grim reaper has moved into the light for all to see. And that provides a constant reminder that life is short and death can come unexpectedly.

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Despite the constant news reports about increasing numbers of coronavirus deaths, we have the opportunity now to prepare for a post-pandemic rebirth. Indeed, the members of humanity are cocooned and preparing for transformation. We have all been asked to wrap ourselves in the safety of our homes. During this time of social distancing, we each have the opportunity to grow and change in ways that allow us to break free of the cocoon once the pandemic is over, spread our wings, and fly. But that will only happen if you use this time wisely and take the necessary precautions.r

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When you think of the word “success” is the first thing that comes to mind a self-portrait? If you don’t see yourself as successful, that vision needs to change. You truly deserve the success you want… It’s just a matter of achieving that state. And that’s the tricky part, isn’t it? Achieving success feels like an impossible task, a task better suited to rocket scientists and Wall Street wizards who know how to parlay their natural gifts into dollar-chu ing enterprises. But guess what? That’s actually not how it works.

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Every year, when the Jewish holiday of Passover rolls around, I think about the places in my life where I feel stuck. I consider how to move through these places to freedom. This year is no different. What is different, though, is the number of people who feel unable to move forward due to the coronavirus pandemic. Their “normal” life has been put on hold.

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We are living in an unprecedented time when people all over the world feel forced to deal with an invisible threat—the Covid-19 virus. This raises many questions, such as, Why is this happening? Is God punishing humanity? What will the future hold? and How can I survive this? Indeed, the pandemic makes us ask the big, essential questions. And we are hungry for the answers, especially as we see the number of coronavirus cases and deaths rising daily.

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Do you know what it takes to become great at something? I bet you have that desire…to be great rather than good. (Admit it.) Stop waiting or making excuses. It’s time to realize your potential. Step into greatness! I’m not talking about wanting fame or fortune, which are nice. I’m talking about following your internal push for excellence. Stop Ignoring the Desire to be Great I bet you feel it…the desire to be great. However, it’s possible that when you feel that push, you ignore it. After all, it’s easier to remain comfortable and not work any harder.

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This statement…”Life is never what you think it is” is the perfect statement you can say when life doesn’t turn out to be what you thought it was going to be? Do you ever know what life is going to be? Yes and No!

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Many of us have read books by Eckhart Tolle, Byron Katie and others and have been inspired to try and live in the Now. We hope that by doing so we will experience the bliss and serenity that these writers appear to experience on a permanent basis. It all goes great for a while, we go about our days mindfully and in the Now – but then suddenly there’s a crisis, and in a flash those old feelings of anger and sadness and disappointment are with us again. What happened to the bliss of being in the Now?

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Teenage years are full of shocks and mood swings, and it is likely that much of this is a natural process, caused by the troubled learning curve of adolescence. Half way between childhood and adulthood, a teenager can feel like there is no where in the world where they can fit in.

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"One of the main reasons why it is so difficult to let go of your identification with thinking in meditation is fear. You begin to witness thoughts, you can even let desires go, you move past the dream state, then suddenly the identification with yourself as an individual separate person is broken and you are formless. Yes, it is freeing. But only a few seconds go by and you have to grab hold of identification again. It's a knee-jerk reaction. Like you have to come back and make sure everything is still here.

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"Let yourself relax into this moment. Give up trying to make this moment any different than it is. Simply close your eyes and feel with sensation what is here. Allow yourself to feel existence happening without thinking about it. We're not here to change anything or transcend anything. Just to feel life itself. To experience what is here beyond the thinking. Any attempt to define itrnor describe itrnor judge itrnseparates you from what is here. Give all of it up. Give yourself completely to what is here. Allow thoughts to arise

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Accepting the things that happen to you in your life with grace and wisdom is a worthy goal. While we get into challenging situations often which test both grace and wisdom, the goal is to act and react gracefully as much as possible. It strengthens our character to see through to the essence of situations and react to the essence rather than to all the circumstances that lead up to and after it. Remember what’s important. Here’s an example: I was exasperated with my older brother who has high functioning autism and called my mother to vent about it.

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My Miraculous Healing Written by Marijke Verkerk april 2010 My personal healing will ever be the most convincing evidence of our subconscious powers. Nearly eight years ago I solved a near death experience by using the healing power of my subconscious mind which created me, and still maintains and governs all my vital functions. And there is more! At the age of 43 I became a mother, this alone is not very unusual as many woman these day’s consciously choose to have children at a later stage in life.

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"The very essence of thought is no-thought. The very essence of mind is no-mind. If you try and get rid of thought, then you make thoughts stronger. If you identify with thought, then you make thoughts strongerrn. So the way to samadhi is through thought itself. By allowing a thought to be completely as it is and being fully aware of it you come to the essence of thought. You experience the very nature of thought which is silence itself.

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"You learn to remain un-attached to thoughts by first watching how attention attaches to a thought in the first place. You can become aware of that action of attachment. It is very subtle and very fast but if you are fully present in this moment you can watch it happen. The thought arises and then there is a knee jerk action of grabbing that thought, of contracting attention into that thought. Attention is free, the thought arises and then it binds itself to that thought, it takes on the identity of that thought. Attention is no longer attention,r

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In his bestselling book, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People", Stephen R. Covey lists the seven habits that people need to adopt in order to succeed. These seven habits are the following: • Habit 1: Be Proactive • Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind • Habit 3: Put First Things First • Habit 4: Think Win/win • Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood • Habit 6: Synergize • Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw The first habit, which states that you should be proactive, lays the foundation for the other six habits.

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"The mind is simply the action of identifying with thoughts. Thoughts arise and you take on the thoughts as your identity. You place all importance on them. The thought arises,rn'this is not the way it is supposed to be' and you claim ownership of that thought. You take that thought to be about you and that defines your world. That becomes your reality and you suffer the stress of it. Life itself is very pleasurable. There is unfathomable joy in life. The simple tasks of walking, sleeping, eating, working, playing all flood you with endorphinsr

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"The source of all problems is the mind. Thoughts arise, you identify with your thoughts and that defines your experience. So many thoughts arise without you even knowing it. So many worries and troubles constantly arising and repeating and although you are not conscious of them, you are identified with them. You are identified with the stress of it, the conflict of itrnand so that is your experience. Say you have to get your toilet fixed. You know you have to get your toilet fixed. But the thought repeats itself as a conflict until you resolve it. It sits

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"The beautiful thing about a dog is he's never going to lie to you. If he's sad, he's going to tell you. If he's glad to see you, he's going to tell you. But there is something hidden unconsciously in the human condition that says what you are experiencing is wrong. And therefore try to change it, try to put something else on top of it, try and control it and hide it before anyone sees it. It may boil down to social acceptance. Trying to fit in. Trying to project yourself to be a certain way in order to feel loved. And wanting to feel loved is human natu

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We all have stories that we tell about ourselves based on the way we perceive our lives. Some of those stories may be in which we make ourselves victims and some are one in which we allow ourselves to be inspiring to ourselves and others. Here’s an example: 1) I’m 50 years old and I’m young for my age. I got laid off my job and got the opportunity to relax, exercise, take a good hard look at my life and what I wanted and reinvent myself. The government sends me money (unemployment checks) while I’m doing this.

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"If you practice being present in meditation, you will find even beyond the thinking that there is this reflexive urge to separate yourself from this moment. It is almost like two magnets that repel each other with all of their strength. This is the ego. You could even define the ego as the action of separation from this moment. Because if you are fully present in this moment, there is no ego. There is no sense of "me." There is still awareness but all inclusive awareness. There is nothing separate from it. You can experience this at any time.

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If you own a stock, you can follow it on the stock exchange and watch it go up and down in value all day. You have no control over the value or the fluctuation. All you really have is the hope and faith that the stock will go up. Your choice lies in keeping it or selling the stock.

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"You often hear about meditation being something to do with a set of beliefs or traditions. As though you have to believe in a higher power or something of that nature in order to meditate. And nothing could be farther from the truth. Meditation is the honest investigation into what is here in this moment. And if you look inwardly into this moment, you see the heart beating, the breath moving in and out, thoughts happening. And if you keep looking you get to something that you cannot define.

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I have managed several employees over the years and I'm always surprised with the amount struggling with change and the fear to transform particular areas of their job description or to even grasp new information. The first week of one job in particular, I recall watching the staff to learn, specially, how they worked as a team and on their own. The same week, a few had come to me for advice. They asked with the assumptio I would merely give the answer and they could simply be on their way. As a manager, that was not how I functioned.

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"To realize unconditional peace consider this: The very nature of the world is duality. Life and death, happiness and unhappiness, attraction and repulsion. There cannot be one without the other. The very nature of the ego is to seek only one side of the equation. The ego wants life and not death, wants happiness and not unhappiness, attraction and not repulsion. So as the very nature of the world is duality; you cannot have one opposite without the other.

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"I have nothing against self improvement. But meditation is not about self improvement. Self improvement means there is something here that needs to be changed. Something about yourself that is wrong but can be fixed. And if you work hard enough if you try hard enough, one day that wrong part of you will be gone. And then you will be happy. But with meditation, with awareness, you accept yourself as you are immediately. You accept everything as it is in this moment.

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Zen meditation is the path of awareness. You are about to learn how to attain witness consciousness, how to be free from desire and how to tell the difference between witnessing a thought versus getting identified with it. In Zen meditation, you learn to witness thoughts by learning to stop identifying with them. If a thought arises 'I would really like an ice-cream' and you consider yourself the 'I' in that sentence that wants an ice-cream, that is identification. With identification, you are in a dream state.

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You can use this simple self realization technique to very quickly experience yourself as formless consciousness: "The nature of awareness is freedom from identification. If you are aware of anger, then you are not identified with anger. If you are aware of a thought, you are not identified with the thought. The thought arises, the anger arises but it has nothing to do with you. Identification is always happening at an unconscious level. You are walking to work and unconsciously identification is there.rn'My name is Jon, I am a dentist, I am on Main st.

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There is nothing more enjoyable, more enriching then the practice of spiritual awareness in meditation. In this short article, I will teach you all you need to know about spiritual awareness. Consider this: In the mind, you are always going somewhere. You are always looking around the next corner for contentment. Whether you are looking for your next lover, the next holiday, the next mountain to climb, the next task on your list to do, or simply the next meal, the mind is always looking forward to something. And because of this, you are never aware of the present moment.

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With the extensive amount of business advice (whether free or paid), available business coaches and consultants, articles, webinars, social media posts and so forth it should be downright impossible not to make a single mistake in your business. It’s rare that the information we get is wrong, so what’s the problem? Why aren’t all businesses über successful? Here are three things that I see are the most common ways entrepreneurs and business owners screw up: 1. Listening to the wrong peopler

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"The delight in eating chocolate is when you are so totally immersed in the taste of the chocolate that there is only that taste. The delight in playing tennis is when you are so immersed in the action of playing tennis there is only the action of playing tennis. This is meditation. Meditation is when you are so totally immersed in this moment that there is only this moment. There is no you meditating. There is only meditation. As long as you are trying to get something out of it, or figure it out or do it right, you will miss it.

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Bob Pike, author of "The Fun Minute Manager" , explains that bosses need to lighten up and that they should strive to create an office culture that is fun and enjoyable. He adds that bringing fun into the workplace reduces employee turnover, increases creativity and innovation, makes employees more productive, and it’s good for the bottom line. A fun work environment is one in which regular activities are scheduled that are designed to uplift people’s spirits and remind them of their value to their boss and to the organization as a whole.

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No matter which spiritual techniques you practice, it all really comes down to attention. Whether you are watching your breath or repeating the name of a Guru or God, or are asking "who am I" or witnessing or surrendering, they all require your complete attention. And it is through the practice of attention that you grow in awareness. Understanding intellectually only gets you on to the path. Through practice you experience what the words point to. And through experience, that which you are seeking becomes your reality.

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How do you cope with a world filled with foreclosures, job losses, natural disasters, and social changes? A famous line from the movie “The Karate Kid” says it all: “Balance is key.” Here are ten ways to maintain your sense of balance in a chaotic world. 1) Breathe! When we are stressed we tend to hold our breath. Pay attention to your breathing. Take a moment now to first fill your belly with air and allow it to expand and then fill your chest. Exhale the air from your belly first and then from your chest. Take several more deeps breaths.

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Want to learn how to meditate like a Zen Monk? Learn this easy Zen Meditation Technique to attain deep states of peace. Zen meditation is the path of awareness. It uses concentration techniques to pull your attention out of your thinking to be present in the moment. The normal state of a human being is to be completely identified with your thinking. So if you are sitting by a pond and you are thinking about having to go to work tomorrow, you are not really aware of yourself sitting by the pond, you are more involved with work tomorrow.

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Something challenging has come up between you and someone close to you and you're not sure what the most life-giving and healing approach is to such a situation. Life can be so darn complicated, at least sometimes, right? Who hasn't had this arise in their experience? Few, if any, of us, I am sure. It is easy to get caught up in our story about the issue and our story about the people involved in the issue.

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It is easy to realize the enlightened state. It is just a matter of focus. Try this now: Close your eyes and notice your experience of what is here beyond thought. You are not to define it, describe it or use thoughts at all. If it helps, stop all thinking for a second and notice your experience. Simply feel what is here. Experience the sensation of what is here. The sensation of existing in this moment. You may refer to it as the sensation of your entire body. And if it helps, you can use this as a reference. But in this case, do not name it, just feel it.

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"There are so many things we do in order to feel happy. Whether you are going to party all night or promise to make improvements you do it in hope to be happy. But what does this say? It says you are not happy now. Or rather, you are not satisfied with your experience in this moment. You do not want to experience what is here and therefore there must be something you can do, you can get in order to avoid this moment. And then it is the looking forward to something that gives you the fantasy of happiness.

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"You grow in awareness by becoming conscious of what is unconscious in mindfulness meditation. You have been meditating for years thinking your mind is still in meditation, and then suddenly you see you have been lost in your thinking the whole time without even knowing it. Because of our conditioning, the tendency is to feel down about yourself, to feel like this realization that you have been unconscious for so long means you have failed.

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"There are 3 stages of mind in meditation. The first stage is personal. The thoughts are about you, your world, what you've seen, heard, tasted, felt etc. It's experience is one of duality. There is you and everything else. Conflict and control, desire and resistance. Once you lea to witness your thoughts instead of identify with them, you enter into the second stage. In the second stage, the thoughts are no longer about your personal life. It is here you have dreams, visions, and even beyond visions you experience very subtle thoughts, that are bey

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"There is no end to trying to figure it out. The mind is an endless puzzle that has no solution. If it had a solution, that would be the end of the reign of mind, and the mind does not want that. The mind wants to exist and it gets it's power from you identifying with thinking. And so it continues to grab your attention any which way it can. Just like a TV channel. The TV channel's purpose is to keep you watching. That is what it wants. So you are sitting there and the TV channel puts you on a tropical island with beautiful people, then you are flying an air

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Since childhood I have had the memory (or "a vision of the future", if that's easier to understand) of people living in relatively small intentional communities. I say small relative to the large cities which have become increasingly the normal way of life in the past few hundred years. We might be looking at anything from a few hundred people through to perhaps 50,000 people.

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Anger-although a normal emotion that can be a powerful signal that something is wrong--can be a very uncomfortable feeling. By developing skills that will enable you to express your needs and desires in a manner that displays respect for yourself and for others, you'll be managing your anger effectively. In addition, by lessening the intensity of your anger through holistic methods, you'll be able to calm yourself down so that you can be tranquil and relaxed when you communicate your feelings to others. Here are four holistic methods you can use to help you release anger: 1.

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You slam your fist in the table and if you knew that it wouldn’t have severe repercussions you would definitely be beating up your computer by now! That severe anger that technology and other forms of glitches and set-backs can cause within us can be incredibly debilitating if not down-right dangerous (road-rage anyone?). When Mercury is in retrograde technology, communication and travel seem to go a little more haywire than normal (and to the non-astrologists here, it simply means that the planet Mercury, ruler of communication, is moving backwards).

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"I often hear people saying they can't meditate. But what they are really saying is they won't meditate. Whatever reasons they give, the truth is in meditation they have come across an experience they do not wish to experience. Whether they are conscious of it or not, they have felt a sensation that they do not wish to feel. The reasons on top of this are just excuses. The moment you allow yourself to experience those sensations you are avoiding, then you see the futility of your reasons, the futility of your thoughts. The futility of trying to figure it all out.r

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"According to your mind, bliss and freedom are just around the corner. It will be in the next book you read, the next Guru you see, the next diet, the next spiritual movement. And somehow the idea of meditation gets woven into all of this. But meditation is the opposite. Meditation is about being present with what is here. It is about letting gornof this constant tendency to leave this moment in search of something else. It is about surrendering to what is here, being aware of what is here. Because here is not the suffering. The avoidance of here is the

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During a Ted.com talk in 2006, Anthony Robbins—a personal development writer and motivational speaker who has written books such as “Unlimited Power: The New Science Of Personal Achievement” and “Awaken the Giant Within” —asked the following question: When people fail to achieve something, what are the reasons that they give? Here are the reasons: • They didn’t have enough money; • They didn’t know enough; • They didn’t have the time; • They lacked the necessary technology, and so on. In other words, they argue that they didn’t have the necessary resour

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"Close your eyes: what is left when there is no thought? rn(Truly, nothing else ever need be said beyond this.) But to try and answer what cannot be answered: All that is left is now. Now is not a place between past and future. For the past and future can only exist in thinking. Now is. It is a completely different reality to time. It cannot be separated from awareness and it cannot be separated from existence at it's essence. It has no beginning and no end. It is consciousness itself. Only when you get caught up in thinking does this e

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Darkness was strangling me. I was inside a cocoon of fear. I tried to think good thoughts and write down positive affirmations, but the web was just too thick to escape. It had been a full year since I resigned after fifteen years working in corporate America. I had left to pursue my dream of coaching, speaking, teaching yoga, and writing. I was passionate about helping people to love themselves. During that year I had a journey of getting in touch with my own heart. I had put myself under enormous pressure to succeed, to figure out my destiny. I also had big hopes of finding my soul mate.

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There is one question that I get asked fairly often, and that is… so what does it FEEL like to have taken the jump AWAY from the 9-5 corporate world and into being your own boss and living the entrepreneurial lifestyle? I just LOVE this question, and today I’m going to tell you EXACTLY how that feels! It feels like I’m alive!

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A mind map is a whole-brain method for generating and organizing ideas. Basically, you place an image at the center of a piece of paper which represents the subject matter of the mind map. Then you write down a key word that describes your topic. Next, you proceed to draw branches leading out from the central issue which represent the main associations that come from thinking of said issue.

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In “Letting Go of Anger”, co-authors Ron Potter-Effron and Patricia Potter-Effron explain that anger serves two purposes: it tells you that something is wrong, and it gives you the energy to do something about it. However, anger can’t tell you how to handle a situation. That’s where anger styles come in. Your anger style is the habitual, predictable way in which you handle situations in which you are or could become angry.

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Why YOU are amazing: Which one’s are true for you? Please leave me a message in the comment box below and include any other reason too. Thank you! 1. You held someone’s hand during their chemo treatments. 2. You lost your sister or brother too young, and you hold onto the nice memories and were able to find peace and move forward. 3. You listened to your friend’s struggles and pains supporting her/him through their divorce. 4. You are amazing because you’ve lived through the loss of a marriage and continue to love more. 5.

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He said, “I miss you” and told me I’m special, beautiful and he enjoys being with me. I was happy in his company. He was very handsome; he was a Dentist with good goals and aspirations. I looked forward to his texts, emails and phone calls. He gave me just enough attention and niceties to think he was a good guy and interested in me as I was in him. A couple of months went by, and I noticed he rarely mentioned my daughter. He only asked about her one time, but I filed that away in a folder in the back of my mind. He took pictures of me, and I told him not to share them with anyone.

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"The mind functions by defining. And through definitions boundaries are created, separation is created. There is this body that is me and everything else that is not me. So you experience something the mind defines as pain in your chest and that pain is separate from you. It is something that is happening to you. It is alien to you and a threat to you and therefore something must be done about it. This is the natural process of the mind. It is how the physical body survives. Most people try and approach meditation from this mind perspective.

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Her facebook page was hacked into from a thief in London. She was locked out of her own face book page. The thieves were able to type in a message on her facebook wall saying, “I NEED HELP FROM A GOOD FRIEND,” and then the thief bega Instant Messaging anyone online with a well practiced story. Through Instant Messaging (IMing), the real person’s picture pops up with a typed message. As you know, it’s not about the actual situation that occurs; it’s what’s behind the story and how we show up in life.

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Only Love In “This” Society - Can you imagine living in a society in which you felt no negative pressure, only unconditional love and support for who you are on the inside? You are free to be happy with who you are whether you were single, short, old and wrinkled, a woman, divorced, Jewish, Christian, college educated or street smart, a vegan, an organic farmer or a so called “tree hugger”. In this make believe, pretend world, you are loved so deeply, respected so much, that you wouldn’t even consider being anyone other than yourself.

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"If you greet someone and ask them how they are, they will refer to the last few hours, weeks or months for an answer. Thoughts of the past are constantly repeating themselves and that becomes who you think yourself to be. You might wake up in the morning feeling blissful, and then the thought arises that 3 days ago you got a speeding ticket. And now you don't feel blissful, now you feel awful. It is like you are getting that speeding ticket over and over! How many times will you get that same ticket in your mind?

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Anger is a healthy, normal emotion when you know how to express it appropriately. Anger management is about learning how to do this. Like Aristotle said, it’s about being angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way. Below you’ll find eight tips to help you take the edge off when you get angry, so that you can deal with your anger appropriately and respond to the situation effectively. 1. Take a time out. If you can, remove yourself from the situation that is making you angry until you can calm down.

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One way to manage anger is to realize that conflict is a natural part of life, and that it does not necessarily lead to fighting and negative emotions. There are ways in which to deal with conflict constructively in order to resolve disputes amicably, instead of allowing the situation to get out of hand.

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The book “Angry All the Time: An Emergency Guide to Anger Control” is a best-selling classic that has helped tens of thousands of people overcome their problems with anger. The author of the book, Ron Potter-Efron, Ph.D., is a clinical psychotherapist in private practice with a special focus on anger management. In addition to "Angry All The Time", he’s also the author of "Working Anger: Preventing and Resolving Conflict on the Job "and "Stop the Anger Now".

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Many people want to know how to awaken the Kundalini. And as there are techniques for Kundalini Awakening, most of the techniques are kept secret by masters until the student is ready to receive them. Here is a very powerful technique for Kundalini Awakening based on a Kriya Yoga technique. This technique will not only awaken the Kundalini energy, moving you towards spiritual enlightenment, it also can improve your health and remove all stress and unhappiness in your life.

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As you may already know, meditation has been proven to be one of the most effective ways to experience inner peace and happiness and dramatically improve every aspect of your life. So it can truly be a life changing event to learn how to meditate. But let's face it, there is such an overload ...

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Why do many people have this perception that feeling good every single day takes perseverance, constant effort and hard work? How do you feel about this statement? Well first, let’s explore what “feeling good” means. “Feeling good” is synonymous with being on a natural high. Mastering this ...

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In states that do not explicitly exempt Reiki from jurisdiction by the Massage Board, Reiki sometimes raises the ire of people who would prefer to have it regulated. Reasons can range from conservative religious groups looking for ways to minimize the proliferation of alte ative spirituality ...

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Self realization is the realization of the Self, or Atman. The Self can be related to the experience of impersonal being, or the sense that you are pure consciousness, or that you are silence itself or awareness itself. Self realization is also the freedom from the sense of being a personal “me.” You transcend your ego identity and realize that you always were and always will be consciousness itself.

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Ah, rejection! No one likes it, but everyone has felt it at one time or another. Rejection comes in many forms: romantic relationships, contests, writer’s group critiques, friendships, job interviews or credit applications. Some people feel depressed about it, while others grow angry or ...

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SPEAK SUCCESSFULLY WITH SWITCHWORDS “Remind yourself that loving words and loving thoughts seem to be supercharged with power to produce good.” ---Catherine Ponderr How would you like to have words that turn your subconscious mind on like a light switch to create more of what you want? This may be better relationships, enhanced peace, creativity or abundance. Switchwords, created by James Mangan in the 1960’s, for many people, do just that.

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Before we begin to discuss this powerful technique to attain self realization, we need to understand what is keeping us from self realization. We have to realize what we are constantly doing that separates us more and more from our own experience of oneness.

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Meditation is not just good for the body and for the soul; it can also help you create wealth and success in your life. The practice of meditation has been used for thousands of years to connect with something larger than ourselves. In addition, western medicine has embraced for many years ...

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There’s a certain nobility to failure. If you’ve failed, it means you’ve had the courage to try. To quote Robert F. Kennedy, “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly”. Here are 3 tips for dealing with feelings of failure so that you can suit ...

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"Most people think they have to feel good first in order to laugh. But you can start from nothing, you can even start feeling unhappy and just laugh as a form of exercise, and happy feelings follow." Jeffrey Briar, Certified Laughter Yoga Teacher In 1995 an Indian family physician, Doctor Madan ...

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"I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles." --Zig Ziglar Choose the key areas of your life and then ask yourself questions to help you ...

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The first step in creating your ideal life is knowing what you want. Unfortunately, there seems to be an “I’m not sure what I really want” epidemic going around. To quote the great 19th century American writer Mark Twain, “I can teach anybody to get what they want out ...

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Your identity is your perception of who you are in this world; it’s the image you hold of yourself in your head. Early on in life you decided what character you were going to play in the theatre of life and you’ve proceeded to act in accordance with the personality, traits, and ...

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If you are really passionate about spiritual awakening then spiritual discipline is most important. For spiritual awakening to happen there must be that build up of energy and there must be that in-your-face awareness of yourself. You see, the moment your go for that beer, that glass of wine, that bag of junk food, that sexual release you escape your experience and you lose that build up of energy that was there inside you. The escape feels good. It feels like a relief, but then afterwards, that Shakti is gone and you are left feeling empty and depressed.

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A lot of highly sensitive people and empaths deal with anxiety on a daily basis. Some are even so used to this anxiety that they don’t even notice it anymore. They will joke about their nervous system being absolutely shattered, their heart beating fast, their thoughts going into catastrophy-thinking, planning for the worst, and so forth, while thinking that this is all part of being a human being and is ‘normal’!

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What keeps you moving - what motivates you? I believe that motivation is powered by two very different engines, and that each of us develops a unique collaboration between the two. The reliable standbys for personal motivation - passion, purpose, goals - have always worked well for many ...

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This is the second in a series of articles based on the groundbreaking best-seller “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” written by Robert Kiyosaki. As stated in the first article, the book compares the mindset of Kiyosaki’s father—who held several degrees and an important position in ...

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The system “Simpleology – The Simple Science of Getting What You Want” was created by Mark Joyner following the basic tenet that simple, small things can have a profound difference in your productivity and in your ability to create happiness and success in your life. The first ...

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"Every morning you are handed 24 golden hours. They are one of the few things in this world that you get free of charge. If you had all the money in the world, you couldn't buy an extra hour. What will you do with this priceless treasure? Remember, you must use it, as it is given only once. ...

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Carrying around energy that is foreign and/or excessive is a common cause of imbalance in the Self. While there are methods to clear, center and calm yourself, grounding is the method for ridding yourself of this extraneous energy. There are various grounding techniques, but let’s start with one that rids you of basic energies, such as that you’d casually pick up at the supermarket or at a restaurant. A Basic Energy Grounding

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Holding on to excess energy, whether you dwell on your own and/or what you continually pick up from others, is a guaranteed recipe for feeling stressed out, run-down and even angry or resentful. To put it simply: It’s just not healthy. The human body was made to conduct energy, not trap it in, and this is something that empaths especially need to understand. Being able to feel for others isn’t the same thing as becoming their energetic historian…you can, and should, let it go.

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“Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.” – Thich Nhat Hanh Meditation is simply learning to relax, to quiet mind chatter, and to focus your thoughts. It’s about relaxing your body and ...

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“Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.” - Benjamin Frankli A habit is basically something that you do without thinking. Every weekday as soon as you get home from work you pop a frozen pizza into ...

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The famous Greek philosopher Aristotle taught the following about habits: "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." The actions we carry out repeatedly form our habits, and then our habits create our lives. If you put in the effort to create good habits, ...

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Then why do you suppose my bank balance is not showing it? As a young girl I dreamt of all those wonderful things like living in the lap of luxury and being filthy rich. Although, as I a child I lived a meager existence, I had an insatiable desire to have all that I could ever have imagined. ...

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Choosing is like breathing. You do it – indeed, you must do it – all day, every day. Whether waking or sleeping, whether deliberately or habitually, whether in matters big or small, you live by continuously choosing. You are always choosing – what to do next, what to do now, what to do if, ...

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Have you ever met someone who seems overly absorbed in their spiritual lives? Even to the point of ignoring other aspects of their lives, such as personal relationships or their career? Perhaps they recite spiritual philosophies they’ve read (repeatedly!), or discuss at length their prowess in ego management but it looks more like they’re wearing a huge warning label on their forehead, reading “This is how NOT to be spiritual!”.

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Affirmations are simply statements that we make to ourselves; it's our self-talk. You use affirmations all the time, whether you're doing so intentionally or unintentionally. If you make a mistake and you think to yourself, "I'm always making mistakes, I never do anything right", you've just ...

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Most of us walk around each day with a bit of a protective layer over our hearts, which manifests as a kind of tension around the chest and most likely forward rolled shoulders. As we protect our hearts through tension and by closing the front of the chest, we begin to block the natural flow of emotion through our body. This causes us to hold on to certain emotions that really just need to flow through our body, providing us with an experience of being human, and then allowing these emotions to leave again.

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Have you ever had the experience of being in the midst of one of life’s challenges, and suddenly realizing that whatever spiritual wisdom you might have gained over your years of conscious spiritual growth has apparently deserted you? Isn't it ironic that when you need your highest wisdom the ...

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Whether you fear failure or whether you acknowledge that it’s simply part of the process of succeeding will be one of the major determinants of how far you’ll get in life. Those who have a “wealth mindset” know that failure is not the opposite of success, but, instead, ...

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Getting around to thinking about what your ideal life would look like and committing that vision to paper is difficult, if not impossible, to do when you’re pretty much in a rut. Every day starts to look a lot like the one before and you’re so bogged down in the minutiae of the ...

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In today’s hectic world, a typical morning involves waking up and tending to personal needs (i.e. hygiene, breakfast, etc.) and preparing to go to work. Often, in the process of the ‘everyday’ and ‘getting things done’, we neglect the things we need to energize and motivate us, whether it’s spontaneity, creativity or interaction that’s more meaningful than discussing this week’s reports with co-workers.

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In order to get what you want from life, you first have to know what you want. Amazingly enough, most people simply feel dissatisfied with their current lives, without being able to articulate exactly what they wish their lives looked like. General feelings of dissatisfaction will never be a ...

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For those of you who aren’t yet familiar with what it means to hold onto other people’s energy, here’s a quick explanation: Empaths have a very thin aura, resulting in a tendency to absorb other people’s mental, emotional, physical and spiritual energies whenever they are exposed to it. For example, you may find yourself running a conversation in your head well after its taken place. This is mental energy you’ve taken in. Feeling upset in response to a friend’s upset is an example of taking in emotional energy.

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Jill Bolte Taylor's popular TED video, best-selling book, and interview on Oprah have really started people talking. Suddenly, the silent experiences of millions of stroke and brain injury survivors have entered mainstream consciousness! As a TBI (traumatic brain injury) survivor and Intuitive ...

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There’s an old Japanese proverb that counsels: “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” But how do you get back up when you’ve fallen flat on your face? Below you’ll find 5 tips to help you gather the pieces and pull yourself back together after you’ve failed. 1. ...

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Reiki is a form of energetic hands-on healing that originated in Japan. Most people know and understand Reiki as an “in-person” form of energy work, treating everything from stress to helping to speed healing after surgery. It is increasingly being utilized in hospitals throughout the world and ...

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We all make mistakes. However, some people learn from their mistakes and move on, while others continue to replay their mistakes in their minds over and over again like a broken record. One of the best things you can do for your peace of mind is to learn how to stop dwelling on the errors of ...

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I tend to be a random thinker. The other day I read a friend's blog post and he wrote about overhearing a woman visiting next door say to her five-year-old daughter, "I need you to cooperate". He felt that the tone was fine but felt that her statement took away from the child's sovereignty. I understood his point of view but had different thoughts about it. So that led me to think about cooperation. I looked up the definition of the word cooperate and found one of the synonym's to be "participate".

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“The main reason people struggle financially is because they have spent years in school but learned nothing about money. The result is that people learn to work for money. . . but never learn to have money work for them.” Robert Kiyosaki The #1 New York Times Bestseller "Rich Dad, ...

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Grounding is a subject that is widely talked about in the self-help world. However, it’s also a technique that’s often confused with other methods, which are similar in nature and provide many of the same benefits. To clear any confusion, grounding means to rid yourself of foreign excess energy that no longer serves you. It is not any of the following: • Taking in Earth energy • Being ‘focused and centered’ within your body • Eating root vegetables

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Millions of us grew up loving Mary Poppins. That staight-laced nanny who was "practically perfect in every way" certainly had a way of injecting fun into people's lives! From going to the bank to connecting new friends to the cartoon derby, Mary Poppins embodies the concepts of freedom through ...

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Mary Magdalene is the woman behind the man, we called Jesus. So many questions abound…was this woman the true “Beloved Disciple”, the thirteenth apostle or the Apostle to the Apostles, and the true Author of the 4th Gospel, normally attributed to John? Doesn’t it seem rather peculiar that ...

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One day I woke up. On this day, I realized that I had been asleep for a very long time – years, actually. Somewhere in my late teens, I decided that life was too scary and difficult to handle, and so I flipped my life switch to auto pilot and crawled back into bed. Every once in awhile, I would groggily awaken, but often it was just for brief moments. Every once in awhile, my spirit would get into the driver’s seat and shake me until I woke up.

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Why do over 50% of all people on a diet fail? There are many explanations that can be given to this. You might think to yourself, “I don’t have the time to work out properly,” or “I can’t possibly do it by myself but who has the money to waste on a weight loss program that probably won’t work?” ...

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If you are looking to attain nonduality and oneness, you first have to come face to face with your experience of duality, your experience of conflict. If you are lucky enough in meditation, you will come to the point where you cannot take it anymore. You will come right up against your resistance to this moment and will feel that you have to get up, you have to distract yourself from this moment. Meditation will become too uncomfortable.

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Have you ever felt like jumping off a cliff? I understand this sounds drastic but what I mean is: Do you ever have that feeling that you just want to break free, like you want to overcome your fears and just jump off that cliff into unknown water? Have you ever felt like you’re stuck in a life not of your own making and you want to spread your beautiful wings and show the world who you truly are? If any of these thoughts or feelings sound familiar to you, it means that you are ready!! You are READY to step out of your shell and overcome your fears.

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I write a lot about the soul – getting to know your soul, reconnecting with your soul, loving your soul, etc. Because of this, you might think that I’ve had a wonderful relationship with my soul for my entire life. Would you be surprised if I told you that it’s only in the last couple of years that I’ve been in touch with my soul?

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We all face it on occasion: those times when energy management becomes an issue! It can show itself in many guises, such as general insomnia (either with falling asleep or staying asleep), exhaustion, erratic mood swings or a feeling of heaviness/lowness, like you’re being held down. No matter what’s causing it – it often doesn’t seem to have a measurable “cause” – it can leave you feeling drained, depressed or even angry. This is not conducive to being all you can be!

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Mindfulness meditation is really the essence of meditation and yoga. And if you practice this Zen technique given below not only in your sitting meditation but in your day-to-day life, it will help lead you into deep states of meditation and even self realization. Your natural experience of life will be one of unconditional peace and bliss. Mindfulness meditation means to allow everything to come and go while remaining resting in the present moment. So first, allow yourself to breathe. Allow the breath to move in and out as it wants without trying to control it in any way.

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Black and naked (except for a necklace of 50 human heads)—hair wild and tongue out, Kali certainly knows how to make an entrance! Brandishing a sword and a human head in her two left hands, she destroys everything in her path and then dances maniacally upon the dead. In terror, awe and morbid ...

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I’m never going to be like you. I could try and try with every ounce of my being, but I still would be a lesser version of you than you already are. I could put all of my focus into acting like you, talking like you, writing like you, being like you – and you would still be better at being you tha I ever could.

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I was watching Oprah’s Lifeclass the other night and author and speaker Iyanla Vanzant was talking about changing the stories that we tell ourselves.

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The first meditation tip is to not eat or drink anything besides water for at least an hour and a half prior to meditation. The reason for this is for one, the body will be busy digesting your food making it much harder for it to relax. Second, because meditation is awakening the subtle energy. (also known as Kundalini Shakti or Chi) And for this to happen, you want to keep your physical body as light and clear as possible.

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EFT, or Emotional Freedom Technique, is a healing method or a healing tool that combines modern psychology with Chinese acupuncture. It is used to decrease, even eliminate, emotional stress and is also very successful for eliminating limited beliefs or fears that block us from moving into abundance and into the life we truly want to live. It is also used in some cases involving physical pains or discomforts.

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Why is it so hard to step into our own power? Why do so many of us have such a hard time claiming our talents and shouting them from the rooftops? We have no problem tooting our loved ones’ horns, yet when it comes to tooting our own, we suddenly become mute.

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Going vegetarian in college did not exactly bring me the surge in health and vitality that I’d expected. Far from it: my sinuses clogged, thoughts grew fuzzy, skin broke out, and periodically I developed the worst stomach pain ever! We’re talking writhing on the floor, Sigou ey-Weaver-in-Alien ...

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If you are seeking enlightenment, it is important to understand that there is a huge difference between the new age spiritual teachers that are popular today and the enlightened beings who have actually attained full enlightenment. In the past, the majority of enlightened beings came from the East, places like India, China, Korea and Japan. Historically, teachings on spiritual enlightenment probably started out in India. From there it branched into Hinduism, Buddhism and then traveled further east turning from Buddhism, to Zen.

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You can learn how to attain the state of no mind in meditation by learning and practicing this simple meditation technique. No mind, mind of no mind, meditation technique, meditation, zen, enlightenment,

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At some point in your life, you will realize that it’s time to start pushing. You will realize that your dreams are just on the other side of your fear and trepidation and insecurity and all of that gunk that you really don’t want to deal with and just wish would go away. At some point in your life, you will have had enough. You will stare all of these barriers straight in the face and with more determination than you have ever felt, you will break through them one by one. Insecurity – gone. Fear – gone. Anxiety – gone. Hesitation – gone. Uncertainty – gone.r

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In my line of work, I have no lack of clients and students seeking to manifest more abundance in their lives. Better finances, better health, better relationships. Everyone wants something, and the universe encourages people to ask and receive. From The Prayer of Jabez to the Abraham-Hicks ...

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"In outward seeking and desiring you are always chasing what is seemingly ahead of this moment. You are always looking to be satisfied in the future. So the very experience of outward seeking will always be discontentment. It cannot be any other way because satisfaction is always just ahead of you, just in front of you. Like the man on the donkey cart holding the carrot just in front of donkey so it keeps walking, no matter how much the donkey walks the carrot is always just out of reach. So in desire, there is that constant resistance to being here;r

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There are several words that are synonymous with harmony: peace, balance, rapport, cooperation, and unity. So many happenings in the world today are the opposite of the descriptive words above. So much of the world longs for peace, unity, and balance. It seems to be elusive, yet, it so many ways, it’s so simple. It really is. The saying goes something like, “Peace begins at home.” In order for us to ever expect peace in society or peace between nations we must learn to find it within ourselves and exemplify it to those we love right in our own homes.

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Oh my, this fear within me runs deeper tha I realized. This part of me that wants to keep playing small and hiding behind everything and anything takes up more space inside of me tha I thought. One foot moves forward, ready and oh, so willing to take that leap once and for all. To soar into the unknown. To fly higher than it has ever known. The other foot holds back – chained to the past and chained to the known. It knows that I am safe here. Unhappy, but safe.

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The are studies that say we only use a small percentage of our brains. What are we hiding from ourselves? What are the capabilities if we were to access the unused parts of our brains? We are only limited by our own thoughts. We are boundless beings, the creators of our own realities. There are numerous techniques that teach us to awaken the mystic within us.

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It’s not always easy to open up. To be raw. To be vulnerable. To let others see the real you – to let yourself see the real you. To tell it like it truly is. To let go of any pretenses. To step out without a mask. To show your soul.

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Although difficult to definitively measure the number of people doing yoga these days, it is estimated by the North American Studio Alliance that one out of every seven people in North America practiced yoga in 2010. The question remains, however, of how many people have a devotional, steady, regular practice, abhyasa, that is, a daily practice of yoga, which may or may not include pranayama and meditation.

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There seems to be a lack of tangible tende ess in the world today. Yet, there also seems to be a deep yearning in the hearts of humanity in this moment of time for nothing more than the need for others to be tender. “Tender”, in the context of this article, means to be kind, caring, conce ed, positive, and loving towards the needs, desires, and feelings of another. To be tender to those we love is something that we are meant to be doing on a daily basis. To be tender to humanity in general seems to be quite a difficult concept for a lot of us to grasp.

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"In the beginning stages of meditation, you are in control, you are doing meditation and this is the way it is supposed to be. You are awakening the Shakti (subtle energy) or consciousness until that experience becomes dominant in your awareness. You are actively awakening that which is beyond body and mind until that which is beyond body and mind becomes a powerful presence in your day to day experience. It is then when surrender happens. Whatever arises in consciousness gets surrendered back into consciousness. Whatever thoughts or emotions ariser

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This post is a continuation of my previous article, Making Room for Your Dream, where I wrote about making room for your dream. (If you haven’t read it yet, I would definitely recommend reading it before reading on.) Now that we have each taken some time and visualized our dream, sat with it, felt it, and cleared some space for it – it’s time to take action. It’s time for each of us to begin living our dream – bringing it to life – and melding our actual life and our dream life into one.

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I grew up as an activist, always fighting to protect those I felt were being treated unfairly, fighting unjust political wars, racism, unjust rules and authority. I'm glad that I was awake and aware enough to take this path, although, I am ready to adjust this fighting nature.

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We have all had a moment in life (or several of them) where things didn’t go according to plan. We set up a scenario in our mind. We visualized the outcome happening exactly how we would like it to. And we waited for everything to unfold beautifully. And then reality set in. The universe had something else in mind. And things took a very different turn. Our response to this new outcome is the only part of the outcome that we can control.

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One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility. – Eleanor Roosevelt Whatever happens, take responsibility. - Tony Robbins

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What is spirituality? This is a koan in itself because spirituality is beyond the intellect. So anything that can be said in words about what is spirituality is going to miss it. Still, we can point to what is spirituality. And spirituality is this very moment. You do not need to leave this moment to find spirituality, because if you do this, you will miss it. To realize what is spirituality, notice what is here beyond your thinking. Do not allow thinking to define for you what is here in this moment, rather notice what is here beyond thinking.

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"Someone sent merna beautiful email recently. They said they were searching for something that they did not feel really had a name. Everyone is really looking for that same thing. That mystery which is fulfillment. But somewhere along the line most get caught up inrndefining it. In calling it enlightenment or kundalini or stillness or no mind. And in naming it, you lose what you were looking for, you create a 'something' on top of what you were seeking in the first place. A something that isrnimpossible to attain because it only exists in your idea of it.

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Most of us remember the childhood game “Hide and Seek”. The whole idea is to close our eyes, count to 100 and then find the people who tried really hard to hide in a place they would “never” be found. The premise of the title of this article is to walk in deliberate awareness and intention for our lives, with our eyes wide open. Too many years are spent walking around with our eyes wide shut, not conscious of our purpose.

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Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.” – Robert Fulgham “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The definition of quintessence is: The pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing. In ancient and medieval philosophy, the fifth and highest essence after the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water, thought to be the substance of the heavenly bodies and latent in all things.

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Do you ever feel pressure to be someone you aren’t? Have you ever felt that if you showed the world the true you, you wouldn’t be truly accepted? We are all under a tremendous amount of pressure each and every day – pressure to look the right way, do our job the right way, perform to a certain standard, have everything under control.

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Do you believe in signs and synchronicity – messages from the universe? Certain events have occurred over the past year that have made me a believer.

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There's a difference between striving for excellence and seeking perfection. Excellence is about living from the highest part of your Self - the part that is the most like God. It's about living from your highest thought, your highest action, your highest word. It is the truest, most real part of yourself. It is who you were Meant to Be when you chose to show up on this earth.

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At 4:20am, I woke up, showered and got dressed so I could be at my friend Sujatha’s house by 5am. As I walked a short distance down the hill to her home, people were just waking up themselves as they prepared for their own morning’s puja (ritual). I passed a some cows and a few dogs which were rummaging for food in the trash. When I arrived at Sujatha’s, she silently greeted me without a word but a big smile spread across her face. She was teaching me how to perform my morning prayers, Hindu-style.

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It's a mouthful but it's true: each of us has a bit of innate magnanimous magnificence! See, the word "magnanimous" is an adjective. It means "free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness." It also means "high-minded" and "noble". What an awesome self-realization! To think that we have within us the ability to be "noble", to stand up tall, to be confident in Who We Are and to walk right past all that resentment and vindictiveness we think we rightly deserve to feel.

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In spite of all the economic woes the world is dealing with right now, there is still the basic truth that we could all find justifiable joy within our own lives, if we so chose. There is much joy in life which can be considered justifiable. Yet, joy, in its very essence, has absolutely no need to be justified. Joy is an innate contentment, in spite of circumstance, happenings, or events that swirl around our lives on a daily basis.

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The idea of optimistic observation is basically on the same line of thought as maintaining a positive attitude. When life is experienced through the standpoint of optimistic observation, the perception of events has a powerful impact on the outcome of those same events.

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Opening our hearts to live and love to our fullest potential may not be as easy as it sounds. Many people have been hurt so deeply, that this pain closes us down in such a way that we cut ourselves off from fully feeling. Knowingly or unknowingly we build walls around ourselves that harden our hearts. However, we can crack the shell around the hardened heart in many different ways: yoga, meditation, spiritual practices, dance, music etc....to awaken ourselves to the connectivity we can all share.

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If you want to attain deep peace and spiritual wellness, follow these 4 easy steps. The first step in spiritual wellness is to address what you put into your body. Whatever food you eat becomes a part of your experience. And so if you are eating a lot of junk food then your body will be busy trying to get rid of all of the poisons that are in that food, including sugar, chemicals and unhealthy fats. And this leads to a feeling of imbalance and sickness.

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Here I will relate my first big spiritual awakening and experience of oneness. I was in college in Vermont, having a bad day. After classes and meetings with teachers, I went back to my dorm room and sat down to meditate. When I sat down, I just surrendered. Not that I knew what surrender was but looking back on it, that was what I did. I didn’t practice a meditation technique; I just accepted all of the insanity that had accumulated that day and gave up, not holding on to anything, not figuring anything out.

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Self Awakening is the natural state of being human! We all have this birth-right and we all desire to live happy, safe, fulfilling lives. I have learned through my own practice of yoga, meditation, self-reflection and spiritual studies that we can actually re-program the way we think, so to speak. In learning to do so, we begin to redirect any negative patterns our minds repeats and create a profound change in the way we feel and move in our lives.

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It’s important to know the break-down regarding why the words “Zealous” and “Zen” were chosen as the topic for this article. It might be best to explain the definitions of both to see how they “fit” in this author’s perspective. “Zealous” means to be actively interested or enthusiastic about some pursuit or topic. “Zen” is the practice of experiencing wisdom in the attainment of enlightenment. It is not based so much on theoretical knowledge as it is on direct self-realization that comes through meditation and the “dharma” practice.

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There is so much to be said when speaking of nurturing. So many women have been raised in stereotypical fashion to be nurturers of everyone else but themselves. The necessary nurturing spoken of here is to inform women (and even some men) that we have to learn to nurture and take care of ourselves in order to be truly beneficial for others.

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In discussing self-importance, it’s important to realize that this topic is not about ego or arrogance. It’s about informing those with a low self-image that they are important.

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Self inquiry is one of the most powerful and effective meditation techniques used by thousands of people all over the world. Taught by the enlightened Guru, Ramana Maharshi, this meditation technique alone has helped many people experience profound states of meditation, samadhi and even self realization.

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I watched The Secret several years ago, and (like so many of you) immediately wanted to learn more about the Law of Attraction. I was fired up and inspired knowing that we have the power to create our ideal lives simply by changing our thoughts. Wow. Amazing. An aha moment for sure. I immediately began focusing on my thoughts and being more aware of whether they were the types of thoughts that I wanted to be having. Would I be thinking these thoughts in my ideal life? And if not, I would concentrate on creating them – happy, positive, loving, inspired thoughts.

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Bylakuppe is a Tibetan refugee settlement about 29km to the west of Mysore in southern India. When I was living in India I went into the hills as a retreat from the intense heat for holiday. I took a bus from the station by Gandhi Square in Mysore, where I was living at the time. The bus pulled out of the station at 1:45pm arriving in Bylakuppe about 4:30pm. My bus ticket cost me 35 rupees, less than a single dollar. I was dropped off at a stop where the scene had suddenly changed from Indian to Tibetan.

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We all know the saying, “What goes around comes around”, right? We all know about Karma and about the Law of Cause and Effect, right? We get back what we give out. We all know that it’s sometimes very hard to stay quiet and not give back what has been dished out when it comes to others being heartless or just plain unkind to us.

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Oftentimes, when we take a leap and step into the life that we feel we are meant to live, we feel afraid and unsure and unsettled. We wonder if we have made the right choice. We look around us, and it seems that everyone else is confident and entirely sure of themselves and their choices. And this causes us to feel alone and isolated in our frightened state of mind. We worry that something must be wrong with us – why can’t we just take the leap, be okay with it, and get on with our lives?

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"If you really look, you will see you are avoiding this moment, you are avoiding experiencingrnthis moment. It is not that you are somewhere else and you have to get back to here, it is that you are activelyrnavoiding this moment. If you can really be honest and see this reflex of avoiding this moment, then you can really begin to let it go and drop into this moment. You can begin to let go of thinking and experience what is here. Our problems make us important. Our knowledge makes us important. They keep usrnseparated from this moment.

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Gratitude is the best attitude. ~Author Unknown If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.~Gerald Good There's a recession going on for any of those who have found themselves living in America for the past several years. Heck, everyone knows there's a recession going on in several countries in the world.

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I am taking creative license here to discuss the ever-present, negative habit of providing excuses for everything we subconsciously choose to not be responsible for in our lives. One very important truth in understanding the reality of excuses is that they are nothing but “reasons with lies inside.” Think about that carefully for a moment.

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"Your involvement with thinking takes you out of this moment. A thought arises, you grab hold of itrnand you are involved with that thought, you have no experience of this present moment. So if you surrender every thought that arises back into this moment then you will begin tornfeel this moment directly. You will feel the subtle sensations, of existing in this moment. You will begin to fall back into what is here unconditionally, what is here prior to all thought. Blessings, Kip"

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Is it just me, or do you also sometimes feel like while time may be linear, your life definitely isn’t – you instead are spinning around and around, going in endless circles. I will be the first to admit that keeping up with it all and still managing to find time for myself is one of my greatest challenges – and I know that I’m not alone in this.

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Have you ever noticed how spiritual leaders really live their lives? Oftentimes, we place these people above ourselves and put them on a pedestal. I feel that when we so this, we are setting them up (and ourselves) for a great fall. My own sister used to tell me how much better than her she thought I was because of my spiritual practice.

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Whether you are looking to deepen your meditation, attain self realization or you just simply want to experience more peace and bliss in your life, learning and practicing one of these two meditation techniques will deepen your meditation and bliss considerably and set you well on the path to self realization.

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There is a huge difference between intelligence and wisdom. Intelligence is an innate gift that reflects how smart you are. Intelligence is usually a gene passed down by one or both of your parents or someone in your direct bloodline. It is beneficial for learning things in school. It is what is known as “book smart.” Intelligence is also a reflection, sometimes, of common sense. They say geniuses are people who don’t have much common sense. In a stereotypical view of intelligence, the lack of common sense is a bit of a “quirk” in the brain for the M.E.N.S.A.

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There are so many definitions of love. It’s mostly subjective and yet, there are some absolutes to it, at least in this author’s perspective. The absolute love I speak of is that which allows each and every person on this earth to be exactly who they are, with their faults, quirks, and opinions. It allows them to make their own choices and to learn from their mistakes, not out of apathy from our side, but out of a sense of respect for that person in making those choices.

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Have you ever looked at someone else’s life and wondered how they managed to do everything so smoothly and seamlessly? Their Lifer

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"If you can get tornthe point in witnessing in meditation, where you realize that everything is moving by itself, then you drop out of any idea of yourself and into formless consciousness. The experience of separation is cancelled out and you rest in your natural state. It is here that everything comes right. It is in this that every cell of your being gets healed and transformed back into its natural state of vibrating bliss. It is intoxicating, all encompassing and completely gratifying. From the perspective of the mind, happiness is somethingr

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"When we were born we were sensitive to everything. We were vulnerable to everything. In that sense we lived an enlightened life. But as we began to feel things like hurt, sadness, rejection, we began to block that sensitivity. We began to contract and separate ourselves from our experience in order to survive.

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"This experience of separation and stress, of being a person separate from everything else is something you are doing. You are contracting moment to moment into identifying with thinking, identifying with the body, identifying with the idea ofrnwho you think yourself to be and how life is supposed to be. And this contraction blocks you from experiencing your true nature of peace. So then how do you stop this contraction? How do you stop creating this suffering? Lets put it in 3 parts: The first is practice: spending time every day actively practicingr

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This is the first in a series of twenty-six articles based on Self-Realization. Each letter of the alphabet is used for the first word in each title. These articles are based on experience, lessons, or just basic information learned over more than fifty years of life on this planet.

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I am in the process of writing a book. It’s a different kind of book than the Soulful Jou als that my husband, Dan, and I have written. It’s a full-length book about pushing through fear to live the life of our dreams. It really gets to the heart of who I am – my soul has begun to emerge throughout the journey of writing it. This has been both a great experience and a real learning lesson at the same time.

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Many people think that yoga consists only of asana, postures and forms that we put our body in and pranayama, breathing exercises. However, those are only two aspects of the practice. Ashtanga Yoga is also a bit misunderstood as being correlated to a power yoga style of practice. Just a a tree has roots, trunk, branches, bark, leaves, sap, flowers, fruits yoga also has eight limbs that make up the full matrix of the practice. Ashta means eight and anga means limbs. The eight limbs of yoga consists of yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana and samadhi.

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The Thanksgiving holiday has just passed and for the first time in my life, I celebrated it alone. Life seems to have been so busy and moving so quickly lately, that I felt I needed some down time to reflect on what is transpiring in my life. Taking time for myself to be thankful for all the gifts I have in my life seemed important. For me, 2011 has been a challenging year that has truly tested my personal and spiritual strength. Life hasn’t turned out the way I thought it would for me but I am learning to appreciate it for what it is, rather than mou for what it isn’t.

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Are you one of those people that never seem to have a minute to yourself? Do you feel as if your whole life and everyone in it would just stop or die if you weren’t there? Take heart, dear one, take heart. The wisest and most beneficial thing you can do is to yield to yourself first.

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I am excited to introduce you to an amazing woman today. Marilyn Tam has such a strong spirit, and even the toughest challenges couldn’t stop her from fulfilling her life purpose: to make a positive difference in the world. To say that Marilyn’s childhood was far from ideal is an understatement. She was born in Hong Kong to parents that needed to be reminded to pick her up from the hospital after she was born. She was the second daughter born in her family, and because of that, she wasn’t seen as important.

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Have you ever wanted to be there – wherever that was? The only requirement for there is that it is far from here. There is a place where things just seem to work out. A place you have long dreamed of going to. A place where the puzzle pieces of your life somehow fit together. There is a place where faith rules over fear. A place where positivity and gratitude are far more powerful than negativity and anxiety. There is a place where everything is in abundance – love, money, time, self worth, laughter, joy. You always have more than enough.

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I started writing a post about organization. And in it I talked about how in my ideal life everything flowed beautifully and life was magical. And then I started talking about my actual life and how things truly weren’t running as seamlessly as I would like them to. I talked about the endless list of to-dos and the piles upon piles of folders and projects and orders and call backs and write tos that needed to be finished.

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“To forgive is to give forth. It releases you from the past.” - “Positively Positive” on Twitter Forgiveness comes in many forms but the most important aspect to remember is that it's for the one who was offended or victimized. The offender or perpetrator may never even hear or know that he or she has been forgiven, therefore, it has to be for the one who was harmed. There was a news story a couple weeks ago about a lady whose son had been murdered. She was devastated, as would be expected, not only because it was her son, but because it was her only child.

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The new age/self help industry is often about building yourself up. Making yourself more special more successful, more liked, more confident. And there is nothing wrong with this. This brings you to a certain level of happiness. But enlightenment is the opposite. Spiritual enlightenment is about allowing the facade to fall apart, to allow yourself to be exactly as you are and to surrender into that. When you allow the idea of who you think you are to crumble, when you stop trying to make yourself different than you are, then all that is left in this moment is consciousness.

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The definition of compassion: “Deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it.” "It is the development of compassion toward each other that can change the heart, transform the mind, heal the body and enlighten the soul." Dr. W. David Hoisington, 2007

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With all the changes taking place on the planet and in each country, the media and many religious institutions are screaming out fear, gloom and doom. Darwin taught us that evolution happens through survival of the fittest, competition…. which leads to a belief in lack and limitation. It also leads to greed, with people, companies and countries attempting to have power over others. But is this the truth?

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I grew up with severe asthma and allergies and so underwent traditional allopathic skin testing several times. Since I had remembered past lives since early childhood, especially the deaths and tortures, I figured I was being tortured once again, lying there as they took a sharp object, scratched my skin and put possible allergens on the wounds. These allergy tests may be effective but they were very painful and the reactions uncomfortable. Imagine my delight when I learned another way, a painless method that is free, portable and one you can do in the comfort of your own home!

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Self-confidence is sometimes hard to come by unless we are fortunate to be raised by a family that instilled that attribute into our minds and hearts. Yes, it dwells within us innately, but the nurturing and positive guidance from parents and older siblings definitely encourages it.

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"The reason why you suffer is because you unconsciously avoid this moment. You are unconsciously but constantly resisting this moment; separating yourself from this moment. So the path of awareness in meditation is to get you back to this moment. And the first part of meditation is to sit still. Because the most physical way you avoid this moment is by being restless in the body. It does not mean that you cannot be present while moving. But for this meditation, the first part is to sit still and allow that resistance to sitting still be burned awayr

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"If you want to be free of anxiety then notice and feel this: life is happening in this moment. You are not doing this moment, you are not making this moment happen. It is here on its own. If you really notice your experience in this moment, existence is happening. And if you disagree, if you think you are creating yourself to exist in this moment, then stop existing. Go on. In trying to stop existing you only become more and more aware of this sensation of existing. And this sense of existing cannot be changed orrnmanipulated by your thinking. Existence isr

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We’ve all had moments where nothing seems to be going our way. Your day just isn’t working out the way you had hoped it would. In fact, when you really start to think about it, you realize that it’s not just that your day or week or year that isn’t working out: your life isn’t working out. And in realizing this, you begin to spiral downward into the deepest despair. You are quickly entering a place where nothing ever works, no one is ever on your side, you are never good enough, no one understands you, things never fall into place, and disaster strikes at any given moment.

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To realize oneness in meditation, first we start with the breath, just to help bring us into this moment. So notice your breathing. Allow yourself to breathe. That may sound strange, as you are already breathing, but really let your attention rest on allowing the breath to freely move in and out of your body. Relax your body all the way into stillness so that breathing is happening effortlessly without your trying to change it in any way. And in that relaxation, allow your attention to rest on allowing yourself to breathe. This is meditation.

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The timing is perfect, in the middle of all the chaos consuming the world at the moment. Yet, further thought reveals that this topic is timeless, because throughout most of the recent history of the world, there hasn’t been a whole lot of unity about anything! Oh sure, there are groups of people that are united, under the guise of purporting their truth. They are people in the religious world. They are people in the civil rights movement. They are people in the civil liberties unions.

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On the way to becoming “self-realized”, becoming balanced is a boon. My boyfriend calls it “living in moderation.” The whole concept is to find ways to keep all aspects of your life in balance – your thoughts, your beliefs, your words, your actions, your emotions, and your feelings. It’s not easy, especially if you have been raised in a very dysfunctional background.

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The path to spiritual awakening really does not have to be complicated. You simply, with an open mind find the practices that you experience a greater awakening into bliss and you practice them. You should try everything; from yoga breathing exercises, to mantra, to chanting to various methods of meditation and everything in between. And when you find practices that help awaken the divine bliss that is beyond all beliefs and ideas then you follow those practices. You give yourself whole heartedly to them.

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Sometimes you just don’t feel like going within and centering yourself and slowing down. Sometimes you feel as though you truly don’t have time for it. Your life doesn’t allow for these seemingly frivolous breaks of jou aling, meditating, and soulfulness. What does this have to do with the real world anyway, you might ask yourself? How is this going to pay my bills or put food on the table? Rather than taking this time to slow down and nurture my spirit, you could instead use this time to catch up, run errands, and get ahead – right?

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If you want more peace and bliss in your life, whether you want to attain enlightenment and states of oneness or you are simply interested in deep relaxation, yoga and healing, then you probably already know that meditation is the best thing you can do. In this short article about meditation, you will learn how to experience very deep states of peace and oneness in meditation.

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We all have dreams. They start with a simple idea and soon grow into a possibility. And as time goes on, they begin to feel more and more real. We even start to believe that they could actually happen. We really begin to see ourselves living our dreams. We can almost taste them they seem so real. Our dreams are our passions met with action. We take all of our talents that are swirling around inside of us, and we map out a plan of how we can put these talents to good use.

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Definition of virtue: a. Moral excellence and righteousness; goodness. b. An example or kind of moral excellence: the virtue of patience

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If you want to become enlightened, there are certain things that are pretty much necessary to follow in order for you to really move deep into the enlightened state. Regardless of your spiritual path or beliefs, if you follow these 5 steps to become enlightened, you will be well on your way. The first step to become enlightened is shaktipat. Also knows as Kundalini Shakti, Deeksha or Grace, shaktipat is the spiritual energy that awakens you to enlightenment.

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Why is it so hard to slow down – to take ourselves off of the treadmill of our busy lives and just be still? Why are we not welcoming stillness and peace and serenity? Why are we instead choosing chaos and imbalance and busyness? I had planned on taking a day off this weekend. I had big plans to relax and unwind – to treat myself to a day on the couch where my only task was to chill out, watch a miniseries, snack all day, play games, read, and take lots of naps. It didn’t quite go as planned.

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I’ve noticed lately more than ever that giving is considered virtuous. The more you give, the better you are. So guess what we all do? We give and give and give even more. I am certainly guilty of this. I love to give. I love working with others who also have generous spirits. It feels good to give, right? We feel good about ourselves when we make someone feel better. And all of this is good. Except for one thing. What happens when we are so busy giving and giving and giving to others and making their lives better and happier and fuller that we forget to give to ourselves?

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Have you ever gone down a path in life that didn’t feel quite right on a soul level, but it felt comfortable and secure on an ego level? For instance, what if you always knew that you wanted to be a writer, but you had been told so often that writing would never pay your bills: you would have to work at a 9-5 job and then write at night and on the weekends. And so you went to school and got a degree in something practical: technical editing.

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"The mind is always looking to get caught up in something. Awareness is always free. It is simply a matter of where you place your attention. In meditation, if you let go of the need to latch on to something or take a position and feel this moment existing on its own without trying to control it or change it in any way, then you do not exist as a limitation, you do not exist as a solid separate thing, but rather as the essence of this moment, as the energy that makes this moment alive as vast, fluid, unlimited consciousness. Blessings, Kip"

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I believe that there is something called fate, and then there is destiny. Fate is something that we decided before we were born. We decided to learn things in this particular lifetime that may not be to our physical being’s liking—perhaps having abusive parents or some sort of addiction. For you, now, from a human only perspective, you might feel victimized or unfortunate, whatever it might be, while your inner being, the Spirit that is the real you, chose the learning experiences to grow because of them and become more, to expand.

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I really think that self care is the key component to a happy life, and so I thought it would be fun to see what everyone's definition of self care was. We are all so unique and we all live varied lives. And this means that our definitions will all be different. If you are a new mom, self care might mean taking a nap while your baby sleeps. If you are a busy mom with older children, self care might mean practicing deep breathing while waiting in the car pool lane. If you are a business owner, self care might mean delegating tasks so that you can ease your own workload.

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Since early childhood, I remembered past lives and grew up walking into other dimensions and talking to spirits. This helped me realize there was more to this world than the ‘reality’ that my parents tried to convince me was the ‘real world.’ Because of these early experiences, I began a life-long exploration of spirituality and metaphysics.

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Have you ever received a compliment and gotten flustered because you weren't sure how to respond? Your mind starts whirling with questions: Did you deserve such a nice compliment? Would you seem too full of yourself if you agreed? Should you simply look away and say a quick thank you and then change the subject?r

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"Unde eath everything is silence; deep, profound, infinite silence. It is in everything yet remains as nothing. The spiritual path is very slippery because of this. Because the mind is always looking for that next bit of knowledge that might take it to silence, that next quote that temporarily makes you feel good until the next one comes along. And although there isrna 'feel good' experience in this, it does not really take you closer to your essence. Rather, it keeps on empowering the mind, strengthening the intellect. That is the beautiful thingr

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The universal law of attraction is not working for you as you'd perhaps like it to work and it could be for this reason: the laws of the universe, the law of attraction in particular as I'm writing about in this article is not to be approached with an attitude that we are going to "try it out for a couple of weeks to see if it works". How do you think of the law of attraction? What is your attitude towards it?

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Sometimes we are on a roll in our lives where everything feels like it's going really well and flowing effortlessly. And then we add something new - something that is out of the norm from our every day life. We stretch a little bit out of our comfort zone and expect things to continue flowing. And sometimes they do. But sometimes we come across obstacles where we didn't expect them to be. Sometimes we even come across road blocks that seem to be right in the way of reaching our dreams.

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Mindfulness meditation is about opening yourself up to what is here in this moment. You become aware of what is here without trying to change it in any way. It is best to try mindfulness meditation first with your eyes closed so that you do not get distracted by anything outwardly happening.

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Let's schedule an entire day where we pamper ourselves and do exactly what we want. Let's spend the day replenishing our energy and nourishing our soul. Let's declare it to our loved ones. Let's let them know ahead of time that this is our day. On this day, let's wake up when we want, eat what we want, and do exactly what we want. Let's get creative in what this means for us - let's talk about the specifics. Let's spend some time planning it out. Write down when you want this day to take place.r

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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark. ~Zen Proverb

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I've been thinking a lot lately about love...loving myself, loving others, loving the world, loving what IS right now...on and on. I've been out of a relationship a long time, healing myself so that I could finally have a healthy, supportive relationship, SO that I could finally BE that healthy person in a loving relationship. I've been focused on this healing not just for a romantic partner relationship, but also for a loving family relationship, my work, and my true purpose this lifetime and for the world.r

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Have you ever pushed yourself way beyond your comfort zone and taken yourself to a place you never thought you could go? Have you ever felt so strongly about a path you were meant to be on that you took a huge leap of faith knowing that it would all work out? Have you ever listened to your intuition and went with your gut instead of your mind? Have you ever gone against what you knew in order to experience what you felt you truly needed in your life? Have you ever pushed fear out of the driver's seat and replaced it with faith and hope?

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Do you have a vision board? A place where you put up pictures and words that best represent your dreams and goals that you would like to attract into your life? The idea behind the vision board is to get you THERE. To put yourself into your ideal life and actually FEEL what it's like to be there. Your mind truly doesn't know the difference between actuality and feeling. And the way the law of attraction works is to manifest everything you want in your life by feeling as though you already have it. This is where the vision board can be so helpful.

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It’s becoming more and more apparent, the older I get. Everywhere I look, there seems to be pain. There is physical, emotional and spiritual pain. All pain is definitely inevitable. Those who choose to live in pain due to their choices will someday realize that the word P-A-I-N stands for: Poverty (physically, mentally, spiritually, emotionally and sometimes even financially), Anxiety, Insecurity and Neuroses...think about it, seriously.

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Denial was right up there in my “major life awareness” topics. Denial is not a river in Egypt!

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There are several words that are synonymous with harmony: peace, balance, rapport, cooperation, and unity. So many happenings in the world today are the opposite of the descriptive words above. So much of the world longs for peace, unity, and balance. It seems to be elusive, yet, it so many ways, it’s so simple. It really is. The saying goes something like, “Peace begins at home.” In order for us to ever expect peace in society or peace between nations we must learn to find it within ourselves and exemplify it to those we love right in our own homes.

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Are you living an authentic life? When you look at yourself in the mirror, do you know and like who you see? Is there anything that you aren't being truly honest about with yourself or others? Is the "you" that you represent to the world the "you" that you really are? I thought it was interesting the other day when a friend posted on Facebook that they sure hoped they could live up to their profile there. In one of his stand-up routines, Chris Rock talks about dating and how we tend to send our representative to make a great impression.

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Have you ever gotten out of the driver’s seat and allowed your higher self to take over? Have you ever gotten out of your own way and surrendered to your own higher power? Have you ever let go of your lower self – your human self – your ego – your conscious mind and allowed your higher self – your soul – your divine spirit to take the reins? If so – how did it feel? What was different? When I sit down to write each day, I never know what is going to come out.r

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Have you ever felt the need to create something truly wonderful? You get a great idea and are so excited, motivated, and can't wait to start. And sometimes you do just that and the magic happens. And other times you sit for a bit too long on the idea before taking action. Your mind kicks in and starts to wonder if it's really a good idea to create at this moment in your life. You think about how busy your life is and wonder if you should be adding yet another thing to your long to-do list.r

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"If you observe your experience in this moment, then you are not controlling this moment in any way, you are not involved with itrnin any way. From witnessing, there is the flow of energy that is happening, that is arising by itself, that is creating the movement of all phenomena in this moment. The thoughts arise in this flow of energy, the sensations arise and change in this flow of energy, it is all the flow of one energy, arising out of consciousness and dissolving back into consciousness. The energy takes the shape of certain thoughtsr

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Have you ever felt called to a higher level of existence, but you resisted because you were afraid to take that leap of faith? Have you ever had a dream that conveyed a message – a powerful message that you knew needed to be listened to and acted upon? Did you answer the call and act on it? Or did you push it aside and continue living your comfortable life? When I am being called to change (even if it is a change that I know will help me live my best life), I have a tendency to run in the opposite direction. Change can be scary and the known is comfortable – even if it isn’t ideal.r

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If you have a tendency to procrastinate, you probably catch yourself saying things such as the following on a regular basis: - “Where did all the time go?” - “How is it 5:00 p.m. already?” - “I can’t believe I didn’t get any work done on that important project. What was I doing all day?”

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How often have you compared yourself to someone that you admired and thought that you would never be able to accomplish what they have? How often have you stopped taking action before you even started because you convinced yourself that you couldn't possibly get your message out as effectively as they have? How often have you shied away from sharing your message because you assumed that they have already said pretty much what you were planning on saying anyway - so what was the point? You are you. There is only one you. And your voice needs to be heard. It deserves to be heard.

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I created my own acronym for this article, believe it or not, just as I was writing it. A-N-G-E-R stands for: Again Not Gaining an Evolved Resolution. That makes perfect sense to me! ~ A man is about as big as the things that make him angry. ~ Teddy Roosevelt

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"If you close your eyes and stop thinking even for a second you will discover all that is here is impersonal attention. So a good meditation technique is to keep your focus on this impersonal attention. Which is really saying turn your attention back upon itself until you are clear enough about attention to simply rest as impersonal attention. If thoughts come, you simply keep your focus on this impersonal attention that is the back drop to all thinking. You never allow your attention to latch on to the thoughts and leave this moment,r

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"First, realize that someone or something is not making you feel this way. You are feeling this way out of a reaction to what is happening. Blaming only keeps you unconscious. Second, be honest and accept what you feel, this is most important. Don't try and create "positive emotions." This is just the ego trying to impose something it thinks should be here on top of what is really here. You have to really allow yourself to feel what is honestly here and accept it. Perhaps at first what you feel will go and you will findr

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Why understanding each others values can help resolve conflicts. Assuming that you have taken your time to identify your values, it's very important to become clear about the hierarchy they are in as well. Why is that? Because we can share values with the people we surround ourselves with, but have completely different ways of living them depending on what is most important to us. To show an example; Lets say that you and your new-found romantic partner shares these top values; Love, Health, Adventure, Fun and Wealth. Your hierarchy might look like this: 1. Wealth

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"In meditation everything gets stripped down to its essence. All of these seemingly different things, the body, the mind thoughts, emotions, consciousness, outer objects, are revealed to be one thing. And it is not a thing, but rather, it is energy, fluid, moving, conscious energy. And with awareness you begin to recognize this flow of energy. You begin to taste the peace and the bliss that is a result of this flow. So another way to look at meditation or whatever spiritual process you practice is that you are fully awakeningr

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"Awareness itself is always free. If you are completely aware in this moment, watching what is arising instead of being caught uprnin what is arising, then the experience is freedom. Yet if you remain aware without getting caught up, at some point it will no longer feel like freedom. The urge to again attach yourself and identify yourself to what is here is so strong that eventually it will overpower awareness and again you will identify with what is here in order to release this build uprnof pressure. Many will simply dip in and out of awareness.

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For many years, I wanted to be a psychologist because the human mind fascinates me. Please keep in mind that I am NOT a professional and the article here is only from what I have read and become interested in. There is no way I would ever diagnose or advise anyone on any malady, condition or symptoms they may have for any kind of issue. With that said, I have come across a word that isn’t used much in day-to-day conversation and was therefore, something I needed to look up and chose to learn about.

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Perspective on a Positive Attitude

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In order to find out what your true calling is - what life path you are meant to be on, you can tune in to your inner voice. You can sit still, breathe, and listen to what your wisdom deep inside wants you to know. Another way to find this out is by gaining clarity through contrast. Have you ever done something that seemed so far away from what you knew deep inside you were meant to do? Many people feel this way about their jobs. They realize exactly what they want in a new job by recognizing what they don't want in their current job.r

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Thoughts I remember I used to attract into my life all sorts of things when I was younger, but I had no idea that it was by the law of attraction, I did think about the power of thought, and I had an inner knowing already as a child that we are as vast as the universe itself. I just didn’t know that the laws of the universe could be used deliberately. For example I remember that I could think of needing new shoes and the next day someone gave me new shoes. I thought, “That’s strange, I just thought of shoes the other day and now I’m given them.”

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Sometimes we want something so badly, and we work so hard to get it. We struggle and sweat and pour our entire beings into it until it happens, it's reality, and it's part of our world. And sometimes it's completely worth it, and it's exactly what we hoped it would be. If it's a job we fought hard to get - we saw ourselves in this position, and now that we are here we see that it's even better than we hoped it would be. If it's a relationship that we yearned for - we met that special someone and are living in happily ever after every day.r

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Vipassana translates as “Clear seeing.” Although there are many meditation techniques associated with Vipassana, the Vipassana technique you are about to learn is one that will allow you to enter the highest states of meditation and spiritual enlightenment. One of the main teachings of Buddhism is impermanence. Everything that arises also disappears. So this meditation technique is about observing this impermanence. Find yourself sitting comfortably preferably without back support, close your eyes and simply notice what is happening in this moment.

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First of all, put yourself in a meditative state of mind. Meditation is, like Michael Beckwith puts it so wonderfully; "to pay undistractable attention to Reality" It's so true; and so we begin with that. Close your eyes. Get yourself into a vibration of unconditional love, get still, with the intention to listen deeply to whatever comes when asking the following questions. Put yourself in a relaxed state of mind; an attentive stillness. Pay attention to your breathing, and when (slowly) ask yourself these questions and listen deeply.

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The Kundalini is an energetic pathway in the body that runs from the base of your spine up along your spine, up the back of your head and out the top of your head. There are many energetic pathways in the body but there are two main energy pathways. One moves up the center of the front of the body and the Kundalini, which runs up the center of the back of the body.

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While it's great to spend most of our time in the present moment and truly be mindful of what's happening right now, it's also fun to have something to look forward to - something on the horizon that we are excited about - something we can think about and dream about and make plans to realize. Spend some time today thinking about what is on your horizon. Do you have a new project that you are excited to start? Do you have a much-needed vacation coming up? Do you have personal goals that you are about to reach?

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Have you ever wondered how others see you? Have you ever stepped back from your life and looked at it as though you were an objective bystander? Have you ever felt stuck and asked a loved one to offer guidance and perspective? A few months ago, Dan and I were on a call with a wonderful life coach, and she asked us how we defined success. At the time, we were in the mindset of “when this happens – we’ll feel truly successful.” We quickly listed off many things that needed to happen in our lives for us to feel like we were successful. Our list went something like this:

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There is something very empowering about realizing that we control our own life. When we recognize that our thoughts become our reality, we also recognize that we have the power to create the exact life that we want. This can be a wonderful feeling - and it can also be a scary feeling.

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Why should we write down our goals and dreams on paper? Here's 22 reasons why: 1. Thoughts get easily forgotten and lost in everyday life - We think lots of thoughts everyday; about 60 000 of them everyday! 2. By writing our goals down on paper, we are clarifying what is most important to us. 3. Writing down our goals and dreams eliminates distraction. 4. It helps us have a reference point of in what direction we want to go. 5. It becomes a personal road map to have our goals written down. 6. It helps us review our goals and progress every day.

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Have you ever embarked on a wonderful new adventure that you were super excited about, and just when you really started to get into it with both feet in - fear stepped up and started listing all of the reasons why it's probably not a good idea for you to do this after all and tries to get you to see how much safer it would be for you to just step back into your comfort zone? When this happens, what if we took some time to listen to what fear has to say? It's there to protect you - it doesn't want you to get hurt or fail or be disappointed.

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“One’s real life is so often the life that one does not lead.” -Oscar Wilde My perception of “one’s real life” is that of the life that was intended before conception. We are all on this earth with an innate purpose. That purpose is what was meant to guide our path. The innate empowerment we were born with is the foundation of the “real life” we were intended to live.

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What you deserve and what you think you deserve sometimes have completely different answers. It all comes down to our thoughts, our beliefs about ourselves, and our self worth. To give an example - imagine you are looking for a life partner. All you have ever wanted in life is to find someone who loves you for you - who appreciates you - who cares about you - and who would give anything to be with you. You know you deserve this. And yet...the partners you actually end up with are afraid of commitment, treat you horribly, don't appreciate you, and don't care about you.

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"It's very easy to carry the past around with you. To think about what happened yesterdayrnor a year ago or 20 years ago. To think you could have done something different that would have made things better. Or link all of the memories together into a story and calling it 'me.' But it's all nonsense. What happened even 20 seconds ago has nothing to dornwith what you are now. From the perspective of the mind you are this person that stretches back in time. You are the sum of all of your memories. But this is only mental chatter. It has nothing to do withr

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Paying attention to our intuition from the beginning can save us from a lot of heartache. I love this quote by Oprah Winfrey: "In little whispers... your intuition is telling you something. Did you not pay attention? The universe will speak to you a little louder - with a little tap on the shoulder. Then you get hit in the head by a "brick". Still not paying attention? A brick falls on you. Still not hearing it? Then you experience a full-blown earthquake".

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"In meditation, one of the greatest things you can dornis become aware of how thought identification happens. Become aware of the process of thoughts arising and the action ofrnbeing attached to identifying with those thoughts. There is a feeling of contraction behind it, a feeling of stress. A feeling of constantly holding on to something that is flying all over the place. And if you can recognize that attachmentrnthen you can begin to let go of it. You can begin tornrest in non attachment where thoughts are never even given the power to fully becomer

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The law of attraction has become THE buzzword in the last several years through the books and trainings of Esther and Jerry Hicks, Mike Dooley’s work, the movie “The Secret” and others. But it has been around a very long time. Charles Haanel wrote his book “The Master Key System” in 1912, and Wallace D. Wattles, wrote his book “The Science of Getting Rich” in 1910. And way before that, most spiritual texts, including the bible, speak of prayer and focusing on what it is you desire, believing that it will manifest.

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“Remember first that everything U think, say & do is a reflection of what you've decided about yourself” - Neale Donald Walsch The above quote was a tweet on Twitter that I saw the other day. Neale Donald Walsch (author of the Conversations with God book series) is one of my most favorite authors. This quote caused me to reflect on much of what I have written about in other articles here on HubPages. The quote speaks to me of walking what we talk, meaning what we say, living an honorable, genuine reflection of who we believe We Truly Are.

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Living from the presence of God within means to have come to the realization of Spirit and trust it, and rely on in more than you have previously relied on the world to take care of you, provide you with jobs, shelter and clothing. When you no longer think that you have to join the flock who think they are born and later die in and in between you should go to school, get a job, get married, have children, car, dog and a house, travel sometimes, get retired later, save money and hope for the best.

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I was reading last night about how energy is contagious - just like the common cold. And while we take many precautions to protect ourselves from getting sick when we come in contact with others (such as washing our hands), we don't always take precautions to protect ourselves from taking on other people's energy. And this passing along of energy works in both ways - positive and negative. The Passing of Energy Example 1:r

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"It makes no difference what technique or method you practice, it is that you give yourself completely to that practice that matters. It can be as simple as watching your breath. If you really give your full attention to watching your breath then you will move beyond yourself, you will find freedom. If you are willing tornlet go of the idea that you know better and really plunge yourself wholeheartedly into rna spiritual practice without looking for something in return, then somewhere along the line something will happen, the floor will fall out

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Let me introduce myself. I am a 36 year old Indigo Adult. At the age of six weeks old, I had a near death experience that left me highly intuitive and conscious of the innate wisdom we all hold within us. I knew at this early age what my life’s work was: to remind others how to tap in to their own innate wisdom and live life from a place of love instead of fear.

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Finding Forgiveness for Your Sake “To forgive is to give forth. It releases you from the past.” - “Positively Positive” on Twitterr Forgiveness comes in many forms but the most important aspect to remember is that it's for the one who was offended or victimized. The offender or perpetrator may never even hear or know that he or she has been forgiven, therefore, it has to be for the one who was harmed.r

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When you believe in yourself, anything is possible. It's nice if someone else believes in us, and for some that can sure help them to become more confident, but ultimately you have to believe in you for change to happen-because it's what you believe will happen in your life that will happen, not what everybody else thinks.

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Imagine for a moment that Earth is a schoolroom and that we are all pupils in it. And imagine that before you were born, your soul mapped out what your journey on Earth would look like. You mapped out what you would like to learn during your time here. You chose what your purpose here would be. I believe that we each have a unique purpose. We all have the ability to inspire others with our unique gifts and individual experiences. Some are amazing teachers who were born to inspire and lead through their actions.

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It feels so good to know that we are appreciated. It is a wonderful feeling to learn that our actions have inspired someone. And while we all are constantly inspired by others and admire the amazing work that our mentors are doing, how often do we stop and let them know how much they mean to us? How often do we thank them for making our world so much brighter with their actions, words, art, and love? How often do we tell them how much their inspiration has impacted our own lives in such a positive way?

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Do you ever think about what were you like as a child? What did you like to do for fun? Did you like playing indoors or outdoors? Did you have a lot of friends or just a few close friends? What did you spend your time thinking about? What did you want to be when you were all grown up? Sometimes the responsibilities of being an adult can lead us away from our path - we take the safe, secure road, which isn't always our true calling.

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I have decided to write a four-part article based on acronyms that have helped me in my journey. In the height of the “self-help” phase of my life, I learned a few acronyms that have become major transitional learning tools that have benefited me to a fuller awareness of who I was really meant to be in the “grandest version of the greatest visio I have ever held about myself” like Neale Donald Walsch says (he is the author of the "Conversations with God” books). The four main topics I want to discuss are: Fear, Anger, Denial and Ego.

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The only person we can truly change is ourselves. What a hard lesson this is to learn, right?

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This is a really important (and sometimes really hard) question to answer. In an ideal world, we are living for ourselves and only doing things that make us feel great and are on our authentic path. But...it doesn't always work this way. It's normal to want to please others. It's normal to want to be liked. But ask yourself at what expense are you willing to sacrifice your own wants and desires to fit in. Think of how you live and the decisions you have made and continue to make. Are you making them based on what you think people will want or expect you to do?

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It's about self realization, and to come to the realization that before we can 'have' anything, we must feel it inside. Because everything is from and through you and me, we can't give what we don't realize we have. I say realize, because the world is create from within, with the power of our minds, and when the heart and mind is congruent, or in alignment; magic happens. If there is only mind and no heart, we can forget about true happiness. It's about awareness. Awareness about our thoughts and feelings, and awareness of the awareness behind them. Who is the thinker?

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We all have so much to offer. We are all born with sacred gifts and special qualities that are meant to be shared with the world. When we are young, these gifts flow easily and pour out of us. We sing, we dance, we play - we share our talents with anyone and everyone who will listen. And even if they won't - we don't let that stop us. We are simply living our purpose and sharing our gifts.

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Sometimes in life we have to make tough choices if we want to grow and live the life we know we are meant to live. We may have to give up a part of ourselves that we have grown comfortable with, even if we know that it isn't the self we want to bring on our journey.

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Do you ever wake up from a dream that felt so vivid, so real, and so powerful? Do you ever feel like it was trying to tell you something - a message from your soul? Have you ever experienced a dream that turned out to be a premonition? There are all kinds of dreams - some are merely a processing of the previous day's events - strewn together in a fun way that only our subconscious can do. And some are more meaningful - these are the ones that you can't seem to shake from your mind when you wake up. They are so vivid and keep coming back to you throughout the day.

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It is wonderful to surround yourself with loving friends and family who cheer you on and support you in everything you do. I feel blessed that I have a great support system. I have a wonderful husband who loves me and boosts me up no matter what I do. I have a loving mom who has always been there for me and allowed me to always be myself. And I also have supportive friends who love me and honor me. Their love means the world to me. And it's easy to sometimes rely on their support rather than look within and be my own cheerleader.

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Gratitude is the best attitude. ~Author Unknownr If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily. ~Gerald Good There's a recession going on for any of those who have found themselves living in America for the past several years. Heck, everyone knows there's a recession going on in several countries in the world.

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We all know the saying, “What goes around comes around”, right? We all know about Karma and about the Law of Cause and Effect, right? We get back what we give out. We all know that it’s sometimes very hard to stay quiet and not give back what has been dished out when it comes to others being heartless or just plain unkind to us.r

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There is absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to do your best. But what happens when wanting to do your best keeps you from living your best life?r

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I was watching Oprah last night, and she had Nadya Suleman as a guest. She had octuplets a couple of years ago and, as you might imagine, was feeling extremely overwhelmed and worried about how she was going to continue to care for her family. In this show, Oprah talked about how our society is addicted to judging others. Nadya has been put through the wringer in the press and judged very harshly by the public. And while her situation is extreme - we can all relate to her in some way. We have all had days when we just felt like we couldn't do it anymore.

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One of my favorite times of the day is when I sit down to write my blog post. I have some breakfast and sit in front of my computer until a topic comes to me. And then I write. And sometimes it goes smoothly and effortlessly.

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Life is busy - that's just the way it is. We all have so many things to do - so much to keep track of on a daily basis. Many of us tend to be overscheduled, overworked, and overexhausted. We're just trying to make it all work - make sure we keep up with everything - make sure things don't unravel. In a perfect world, there would be a 25th hour every day just so we could rest, take care of ourselves, rejuvenate, relax, and unwind. But that's not obviously not going to happen.

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Can you think of a belief that you have that really is outdated or no longer serves you or maybe never really was your belief in the first place? Let's say when you were very young you were afraid to jump off of the high dive at the swimming pool. And from that moment on, you were known as the scaredy cat by your friends and family. Before that, you didn't feel particularly afraid in other areas of your life, but every time you heard this label, it reinforced this notion that you were afraid of life and timid and weak somehow. And this became part of your identity.

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"If you give your full attention to anything without wanting anything in retu there is love and bliss. The particular action does not matter, it is that giving yourself over fully to that action which brings love and bliss. When you give someone you truly love a hug, you give yourself over to that hug. For that moment, you give uprntrying to be someone or get something. You lose yourself in that hug. That is how you should approach meditation. You lovingly give yourself over to it. Then there is no thought of attaining somethingr

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I was listening to Hay House Radio yesterday, and the host was talking about how our happiness levels could be measured by averaging the happiness levels of our top few friends. I found this so interesting and also very eye opening. It's so important to surround ourselves with positive, emotionally healthy, and happy people. Because emotions and feelings are contagious (here is my previous post about this), it's especially important and crucial for our own well being that we are cognizant of who we choose to be close to.

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What is Meditation? This is a tricky question because meditation is beyond the understanding of the mind. Meditation could even be said to be the recognition of what you are beyond the mind and body. Beyond thinking, there is a sense that you exist. Not existing as a name or person, but as the simple experience of being without definition or description. When someone asks “what is meditation?” you could almost say meditation is the recognition that “I am,” yet even the “I” in that sentence will disappear in meditation. So then we are left with “am:” the essence of being.

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We all set goals for ourselves and work really hard to complete them. We do all of the necessary steps - we plan, we take action, and we complete them. And it feels great! And what do we usually do next? We move onto the next goal or the next project. And do all of the necessary steps - we plan, we take action, and we complete it. And this continues throughout each day - throughout our lives. And then something eventually happens where we start to feel resentful of what seems like a neverending pile of goals, and tasks, and "to dos."r

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Surround yourself with supportive energy and remove yourself from draining people! You do not need to get unfocused and confused by getting involved in other people's dramas and beliefs about life. People around you will most certainty be scared of you when you begin to radiate the powerful being that you are, and they will try to pull you down, but there is no need for you to let them. In fact, you cannot help them if you dip into the negativity with them.

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I was playing Pictionary the other night with my husband and picked the word, incubate. I drew test tubes, a beaker, and a thermometer to show the heat. While weren't able to guess it before the time ran out, it did get us thinking about the other meanings of the word. The meaning that stuck with me and is still here days later is, to develop, grow, take form. I love thinking about this definition in terms of a plan, goal, or idea. There is something very satisfying to me about sitting on it for awhile rather than immediately acting on it.

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I first learned about saying affirmations many years ago after reading Louise Hay's books. She is an expert on them, and they were a huge part of her recovery from cancer. They can be both powerful and life changing. If you haven't said affirmations before, it might feel a bit strange at first. Especially when what you are saying doesn't feel real yet. For example, say your affirmation is, "I live a calm, balanced life." You created this affirmation because this is what you want for yourself - this is how your ideal life looks.

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By changing your behavior the world changes too. Your inner growth can't be seen by others and while it may seem to others that you are just the same you have been for years, they can't see what has happened in your inner domain if they don't know you very well of course. Little by little when we become more aligned with our true self we begin to change the way we act in the world, we loose interest in things that once was important and we find more depth in our being. Our words starts to change, the inner ones first and then also what we say out loud.

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"In meditation you are not moving in a linear line going from one place to another. Rather you are moving deeper into this moment. So the most important part of meditation, if you are practicing the path of awareness is to allow yourself to rest in this moment. To allow everything to be exactly as it isrnand relax into itrnand sink right through it. This sounds quite easy, but when you are constantly looking forward, trying to attain something trying to get somewhere, then when you actually try and rest in this moment, you are confronted with somethingr

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This seemingly innocuous question from our Jou aling Further Within book can really bring up all sorts of outdated beliefs and issues of self worth if you dig deep enough. I think most of us believe that we are worth the necessities of life – food, shelter, love, etc. But if we go beyond this, our self doubt tends to kick in, and we start wondering what we are truly worth after all. A great example of feeling worth it is with regard to self care.r

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I believe that we all want to be of service in some way. We all want to help others. And maybe we are clear about how we share our gifts. Or maybe we need a bit of guidance to figure out what we can give, see what our talents are, and learn how others could benefit from them. I was filling out some paperwork yesterday for an authors' program that I am a part of. I came upon the question, "What can you do to help others?" That is - what gifts do you have to offer that are unique and beneficial?

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We are each given so many options every single day in our lives. And we have the opportunity to travel along the same path or mix things up a bit and go down a different route. While these choices are wonderful, we may sometimes feel overwhelmed by them. We may start to feel scattered and find ourselves retreating into the known instead of embracing the new. This is where I am today. I have so many wonderful new options in my buffet of life. And I really want to step out of my comfort zone and try some new options.

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Have you ever had a moment where you wanted to change in some way, but you didn't because it seemed too crazy, too out of the box, too "not you"? The labels we give ourselves are really powerful.

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What self realization is will always remain a mystery because the mind cannot describe what is beyond the mind. But the teachings to learn how to attain self realization are quite simple and straight forward. Follow these steps and you will also enjoy deep states of meditation and may even attain self realization. First and foremost, if you want to attain self realization it is most important to sit with a fully enlightened meditation master or guru. If you sit with such a Guru, you should feel their presence, their Shakti. (spiritual energy)

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Right now the world within you is ready for you to step out and become the butterfly you were meant to be. You are in the cocoon as the caterpillar struggling to stay in the old world/old paradigm but it simply does not serve you to remain there any longer. It is time for you to realize that you are feeling stuck because you are needing to move into the new yet your mental mind is running your old tapes to convince you that it is unknown, therefore unsafe to enter the new paradigm of your life.

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We all want to be loved. We all want to be liked. We all want to fit in. We all want to be understood. We just do. We are social beings. We thrive in groups. We live in tribes. We have leaders and followers and pecking orders and those at the top and those at the bottom. And because of this innate dynamic, we tend to look to each other for support. We frequently look to each other for approval. This is completely normal and completely okay. We’re not supposed to go it alone on our journey. It’s good to have your tribe surrounding you and supporting you.

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E-G-O is Edging God Out Last but not least is the idea of ego. I learned what ego stands for in a book by Dr. Wayne Dyer. When we live completely out of our ego, we are living blindly, in denial about the reflection of God that we were created to be from the very beginning. Our ego is centered on what we have been taught from the examples of others as we were growing up. It has nothing at all to do with our spirit or our heart.

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Have you been experiencing that lately that people are always late to always late for meetings? That's the law of attraction in action; somehow you haven't been true to your own values. It's never about the other people really; it's about us being firm and clear about what we want and staying true to ourselves. And we are the ones who teach others how to treat us, it's we that need to set up some boundaries and let others know about them. We don't need to tell them about our preferences or anything, but we do need to act accordingly to what is true to us.

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"That which you assume yourself to be is not actually a thing, but an action. It is the action holding on. In every moment, you are unconsciously holding on to an idea of who you are. And although this idea of who you are is constantly changing moment to moment, the action of holding on remains the same, giving you the feeling that there is a 'you' moving in time, changing and transforming, learning and growing. But if you become aware of this action of holding on and even for this moment let go of this action of holding, then you fall into this momentr

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Take a look at your life right now. Look at where you live, who you spend time with, how you support yourself financially, your level of stress, your state of mind, your health – all of it. Is this the life that you want to be living? Is this a life that you consciously created or is this a life that you created on autopilot?

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In spite of all the economic woes the world is dealing with right now, there is still the basic truth that we could all find justifiable joy within our own lives, if we so chose. There is much joy in life which can be considered justifiable. Yet, joy, in its very essence, has absolutely no need to be justified. Joy is an innate contentment, in spite of circumstance, happenings, or events that swirl around our lives on a daily basis.

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"In meditation, if you observe the process of identifying with thoughts, you will find that there is a pleasure in identifying with that thought. And what I mean by identifying is you grab hold of that thought, you make that thought you, it becomes your identity. So say a memory arises about your mother and immediately you make that thought about you. Instead of noticing a thought just arouse and letting it go, you become involved with it, you become involved with the emotions, memories and judgments around it. You become the person in that story.

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I wouldn’t consider myself a team player. I have always been the type of person who would rather just do something myself than have someone else assist me. I thought that bringing in another person with their own set of expectations about how things should be done complicated things, and I found that it was just easier to work alone. So I created an entire life based on the premise that I didn’t need anyone’s guidance. I believed that I was fine (even better off) without anyone’s help.

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Why do I keep getting the same results in my life even though I am asking for something new to show up? You see, deep within you there are many belief systems that are magnetically calling forth experiences in your life that you subconsciously asked to have. These experiences once served you, however, you are realizing that you are ready for something new, empowering and uplifting to come forth into your life.

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"For your enlightenment, we want to get you out of your mind, out of the controlled idea that you are an intelligent and together person and into what is here in this moment beyond such ideas. The mind is always trying to put things in order. But once the mind puts things in order, you are out of touch with what is here. Unconsciously, the mind has an image of how a perfect person should be and the mind tries to emulate that. Not on a conscious level, you are not intentionally doing it. But once you do it, then consciousness

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I woke up this morning thinking about the many unfinished projects I needed to do, emails I wanted to send, and the seemingly endless pile of papers that needed to be filed. Not always the best way to wake up. I immediately felt tired and overwhelmed. But then I remembered a wonderful cd that I listened to several years ago that talked about how we store energy in our bodies. It was called Energy Anatomy by Caroline Myss.

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Signs from the Universe is everywhere - pay attention. Be aware of what is coming your way today, as the universe is constantly giving us hints and clues of the next step to take and where we're headed. A lot of people are not aware of these subtle signs that is revealed to us all the time so I wanted to create some heightened awareness around this.

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Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions. - Einstein This is one of my favorite quotes because it's so true. We all have active imaginations, and we are all thinking a million thoughts each day - many of which we aren't even aware of. Have you ever had someone ask you what you were thinking and realized that it was hard to put it into words because either 1.) you were thinking many different things at the same time or 2) you are so used to being on auto pilot that you had absolutely no idea.

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Who do you allow into your inner circle? A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about our happiness levels being the average of how happy our top few friends were. This is so interesting to me, and it really brought home the fact that we are all so sensitive to the energy around us. (You can read more about this here.) Because we are like sponges and tend to take on other people's moods and emotions, I think it's a good idea to be careful about who we let into our inner circle.

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"Meditation is a bit like gardening. You plant some carrot seeds and then every day you water it, you pull the weeds, you nourish the carrot plant in every way you can. You don't expect a carrot instantly. But out of love for gardening you do the work without expecting anything in return. And then one day to your surprise, there is the carrot, beautiful, orange and delicious. Same with meditation. You commit yourself to meditation without expecting anything in return. You give yourself tornthis moment out of the love of giving. Because some daysr

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Early in 2001, while teaching the ancient wisdom teachings to my students, I explained to them that we were going to enter a period of time where in order to evolve as human beings, we were first going to go through a challenging and difficult time where it would seem as if all was lost and that the darkest nature of man would appear in many forms. I went on to explain that from the period of 2007-2014, we would see some of the worst of this lower level energy on display, as we were shifting from the last of a patriarchal age, into a new age of the divine feminine.

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"If you meditate for a long enough period of time, you come to the point where you feel edgy. You might call the feeling boredom or antsy like you have had too much coffee to sit still. A large part of meditation is to go beyond this feeling of resistance. To continue to sit and allow these edgy feelings to be without giving in to them. And in this, they burn away. You sit still long enough, the body is going to want to move. Instead of moving, you allow that feeling, you feel that feeling, you allow and feel it so completelyr

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"Separation is not your natural state. You are not separate from everything and trying to get to oneness. You are doing separation. You are actively separating yourself from this moment. And I am not saying not to have definitions, not to call a chair a chair. All of this happens. This duality happens in nonduality. It is not one or the other, it the same. But because you latch on to the definitions you do not see the essence of what is here. It is not wrong to do this, but if you want to be free of stress, of anxiety and conflict, it is important

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A lot of people do not really understand the meaning when I say personal development, but everyone seems to understand personality development and they're one and the same.

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"It is very easy to get caught up in the teachings themselves. To read something written about meditation or enlightenment and then take that on as the truth. But all teachings can ever really dornis point you in the right direction. What happens when you get there is beyond understanding. Let's take a meditation technique like watching your thoughts. You can sit down, close your eyes and with practice learn to witness thoughts. But once you actually become a witness to your thoughts and individual identification dissolves, something happensr

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To measure happiness, you must first define it. Do you really want all your life circumstances to show up perfectly to your satisfaction at every moment in time? Would that result in happiness... or abysmal boredom? We’ve been indoctrinated to believe that the smiley, giddy sensation of “happiness” is the only emotion worth living for, and that we have to reluctantly trudge through all the others while waiting for those “happy” circumstances to arise. Our “measure” of happiness increases significantly when we expand our definition of happiness.

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"The moment you have a position, there is conflict. The moment you know something you have to defend it. We believe we know so much but the truth is if we really look we know nothing. And because we are afraid to know nothing we give things names and definitions and explanations which can always be argued tornbe true or untrue. And there is nothing wrong with this. It is the nature of the mind. But those who can experience this moment in the acceptance of not knowing anything, in not having a position experience unconditional peace. Unconditional peacer

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"The mind works by acquiring knowledge and then judging everything according to that knowledge. The mind turns knowledge into a "supposed to" "This is how I am supposed to be." "This is how life is supposed to be." Unhappiness arises because concepts about life become far more important than how life actually is. And through this process of judgement, you separate yourself from everything else. The constant urge to make things different than they are, trying to mould yourself into being a certain way. All of this building stress on top of stress.

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The four F's that helps us move forward when there seem to be obstacles on the path we have chosen. But before I mention them; the most important thing anyone can do, is to see the obstacles as stepping stones, and always remember that many, if not most, of every successful person has gone through tough times, so do your best to see them as signs of your own upcoming success.

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"In order to witness thoughts, you have to allow the thinking, you have to become completely passive. It is like leaving all ofrnthe doors wide open so the wind can flow through. You do not try and define the wind, understand the wind or analyze the wind. You do not get involved with the content of the mind at all. It just flows. If you can watch thoughts in this way, you will see that there is just a flow of thoughts. That what you call mind is just a flow of thoughts, a flow of energy. Moving by itself without any contraction or stress whatsoever.

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One emotion and state of mind that most people feel is the most difficult to deal with is the sense of not having any clarity about anything. We feel powerless, clueless and frustrated by not knowing what we want, why things are as they are, what to do, which way to go and we can place ourselves in a very negative space by obsessing or feeling guilt over not knowing. Thinking that we should know, that everybody else seem to have a grand plan for their lives while we don't even know what to have for dinner.

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"Bliss is not an emotion or even a state of being. It has nothing to do with outward appearance or personality. The same bliss animates anger, sadness, happiness, and humour. It is the electricity that powers emotions, powers the physical, and the mental. It is in everything and remains also as nothing. When you experience that this same bliss is the underlying current of every experience and non experience, there is incredible freedom. When you fully allow the personality to be exactly as it isrnwhile remaining aware you realize your true naturer

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Assumptions are made too often and ordinarily will not get anyone too far while trying to get to the bottom of most issues that arise. For some, assuming answers, rather than allowing facts to be discovered, can come naturally to an individual. This person may have used this method for so long without ever fully comprehending the core source of why they assume or how others feel when the inclination is performed.

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The very word I have come to embrace the sound is the same so many various individuals miss out or take for granted, some of which deny this word when it comes along each day! It is the notion of endless possibilities to come and even conquer one‘s fears or doubts they may have once had. The term assists with the rise and perhaps the fall of many changes causing surmountable eruptions within a person of any age, gender, race, background or any common or unique denominator.

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"Close your eyes. Allow the mental noise to flow as it does without getting involved. Allow the sensations to be as they are. Allow everything to be as it isrnand let your attention rest in this moment. Let your attention sink through all movement and rest in the absolute stillness underneath. It is where attentionrnnaturallyrnwants to be. If you stop chasing the thoughts or trying to control the thoughts, then automatically, your attention begins to fall into the stillness of this moment. And you will begin to feel the stress and contractionr

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"Any inner pain or inner conflict can be dissolved simply byrnfeeling the sensations that are present. No analysis, no fixing, no figuring it out and no trying to control it. All of these things keep you from feeling the sensations, keep you avoiding what is here in the moment. It is a blow to the ego to simply surrender and feel the sensations instead of the mind trying to dominate the situation. And it is that blow to the ego, that being humbled that frees you into unconditional peace. Blessings, Kip"

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When one thinks of their motivation, they may think about what drives them to carry onward to maintain or complete an ultimate goal. Reaching inside yourself to actually find the motivation is not only the most crucial step, but can be complicated for some. If every challenge in life was easy, then they wouldn’t be called challenges. The “easy” button cannot be pushed or click a pair of red heels together either.

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There's a quote I really like: "I've never began any important venture for which I felt adequate prepared" by Sheldon Kopp. The only thing that ever holds us back is fear, nothing else. And fear can be described as worry, anxiety, doubt and anxiety. It's all fear, and fear is always from the ego. The ego wants us to stay small and not to move outside the familiar, it likes it where it can keep you a bit agitated and fearful at all times to some extent and where you can stay inside 'the box' and not make much of yourself.

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"The two most important parts of meditation are attention and allowing. Because if you just practice allowing, most likely you will escape this moment by being identified with your thoughts & emotions. You will be lost in the dream of one thought after another and you will remain unconscious to this moment. But if you just practice attention it will easily turn into trying to control this moment, trying to force yourself or this moment to be a certain way. But if you keep your attention completely on your experience in this moment while allowing this momentr

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"If you try and still the mind, it will be the mind trying to still the mind. Rather become aware of the mind. Become aware of the flow of thoughts. Not to define the thought or relate to the thought. But to impersonally be aware of the thought arising and dissapperearing without any attachment or aversion to it. In witnessing the thoughts, they will become more subtle. First the thoughts will become impersonal. You will experience visions and dreamlike states that have nothing to do with you or your personal life. At this stage of witnessing you are free

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"There is a force in this moment; an intense movement of energy. The more aware you become, the more you feel this incessant flow of energy gushingrnlike a tsunami. The tendency is to repress this energy or to get rid of it, usually through chasing and fulfilling desires, or through worry. Even spiritual practice can mistakenly become about trying to control this flow of energy, trying to repress this flow of energy, trying to escape it. So in meditation you lea to recognize this flow and surrender to it. To live in perfect balancer

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"If you look inwardly, you will see that there is the constant habit of identifying with thinking. A thought arises and you believe you are the thinker of that thought. Even more so, the thinking defines who you are and what life is. Meditation is about directly experiencing life beyond this mental perception. So first you come to realize that you do exist beyond your thinking. That there is this subtle yet vast awareness that you are and that is completely free from the mental perception. And that you can witness thinking from the standpoint of vast,r

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"You do not need to get rid of resistance. You do not need to get rid of negativity, or insecurity. You do not need to get rid of thinking or anything at all. The simple act of observing what is here, of consciously accepting and watching your experience in this moment is all that is needed. Just by observing your experience in this moment you transcend it. You transcend the duality of good and bad, right and wrong and enter into the essence of this moment that has no opposite. You enter into peace that has no opposite, silence that has no opposite,r

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Forgiveness and letting go of the past is empowering and freeing. You do it for you and not to let others "of the hook". Give yourself the gift of forgiveness. How to forgive? When I was younger I used to say that I can forgive but I can't forget, and in a way that's good advice if it is understood correctly. I could easily leave people behind who had done me wrong, and by not forgetting what they did I usually didn't make the same mistakes twice, and by forgiving I could easily let them go from my life even if they had been very close to me. I learned and moved on.

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In the fall season of reflection and connection, we gather to celebrate the abundance in our lives. As we look across the proverbial table at the harvest we’ve collected – our relationships, love, family, joy, and friends, it becomes remarkably clear that we are a sum of many parts and that each of these parts are interconnected and interact with each person in our lives.

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"For the purpose of meditation, you can break it down to two states. The first state is identification with thinking. You believe you are the thinker of your thoughts and the subject of your thinking. You experience this moment through the interpretation of the mind. The second state is that which precedes the first. It is what is here behind the thinking. You feel yourself existing not as a person but as sensation. Resting as consciousness itself, resting as pure being. You can approach meditation by recognizing these two states.

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Vast emotions are a derivative from the voice of song that enables reflection of memories or an ideal moment even yet to occur. The empowerment felt from our favorite songs are the same ways life should be felt and celebrated each day, while never being taken for anything less.

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Change is a complex idea that can cause some to quiver just from the word alone. Resistance reinforces the fear that goes hand and hand with change. "The fear of the unknown" is a phrase well known by most and how true it is. The newness of any given situation can be enough to either scare a person beyond belief or provide one with the courage to strive full speed ahead.

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Know that only you have the power and great luxury to feel empowerment to change. To change the way we feel, see, hear, smell, taste the world’s overwhelming compassion is something to figure out how to embrace yourself. There are people wanting to change defined boundaries they have placed for themselves, but what in our mind can help the change we want become an influential reality?

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"There is a constant flow of energy in life. A large part of awareness is about observing this flow of energy. You meditate enough with the CDs or with an enlightened teacher and you will begin to notice a constant flow of energy. Perhaps at first as something inside you. But then you experience this constant flow of energy as you and everything. And simply by watching this flow, you learn meditation, you learn awareness. It guides you. You notice if you try and control a situation, this flow of energy is repressed and aggression begins to build.

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There are so many chances one has to transform and change the various assortment of events that take place within the mind, from how it perceives the day to day functions to how it perceives oneself. These transformations feature an array of diverse inner layers and can be thought of as a start and finish or an opening and closure. What is filled in the middle is up to only the beholder of those thoughts and actions.

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There are moments in each of our lives when we know small steps need to be taken in the hope to attain and maintain major, life changing outcomes and new abilities. The problem being, some are not sure what step needs to be taken to get actually get there.

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"Just stay positive" is what we hear as we grow from children into adults from teachers, parents and peers; however, why are some unable to grasp this concept, while others potentially take it for a great leap of faith?

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“Never let another shatter your dreams”. This is what we are told while, normally, very young perhaps as we grow into our older years as well. The concept for this statement always remains the same being that it is still 100% true! "Dreams? Oh, now I get it", I remember saying to myself several years back once I finally began having dreams of my own and to actually serve an overall purpose. As a child, I had no idea what this meant while a child and sure I was not alone on the subject. As I matured, I realized these words to be more meaningful than ever imagined.

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The act of worry is not anything to be taken lightly and is considered a major influence that enables a series of negative outcomes to become a reality. People tend to become out of tune with relationships, jobs, family and most importantly, themselves. Although it is human nature to be conce ed at times the immense emotion boundaries of worry mostly lingers within and around key circumstances in which one has no control.

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What do you think when you see a stranger look at you, for only a moment, yet smile at you with a type of grace and almost gratitude? Does it bother you ? Do you turn around to make sure they are actually smiling at you or assume they have seen someone they know behind you? Or do you simply smile back with the same emotion they have given to you?

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Selflessness caters characteristics more profound within the human psyche than most others that can ever be described or expressed by an individual. One must completely engage their inner standers of compassion to aid another in moments of weakness or hopelessness. The merciful services rendered in absolute trust and self-sacrifice depicts the sheer intent for selflessness.

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"There is a direct method to self realization. And that is to close your eyes and notice what is here beyond all thinking. Beyond any thought there is a subtle experience of existing. You can feel it. If you give your complete focus to this feeling of existing then this feeling expands very quickly. Infinite consciousness that seems asleep inside of you awakens very quickly. But what happens is thinking pulls you out of it. So many thoughts arise to grab your attention and bring you back into thought identification. The mind wants you to remainr

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Forgiveness is the most misunderstood and difficult “act” for so many people because forgiveness “creates” change and most would rather “suffer in quiet desperation” than find the courage to face the “unknown” and experience change.

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To experience your divine nature, start making it a habit to place your attention on your Soul during the day. Your attention has probably been elsewhere so initially you may feel quite flatfooted and not sure how to feel your divine nature. One of the easiest ways to begin is to simply ask, “What is my Soul experiencing right now?” This question moves your attention away from typical thoughts, emotions and reactions that you are familiar with to the spiritual dimension of your being. It is a question to make you aware of your essence rather than a question necessarily to be answered.

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Part One: Paradise Lost and Why Suffering is Inevitable

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Fear can provide the springboard to discover the vastness of who you are. Then, fear acts as catalyst for needed changes to deepen into your true self. An in-depth understanding of fear and a simple, transformational process is outlined to harness this hidden power of fear. After experiencing a profound shift in an exercise from a “Living from Your Soul” retreat, Jim shared what happened and then exclaimed, "Thank God for fear!" Why would anyone say this? No one likes to feel fear or be afraid.

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When we look at people who have made a name for themselves and have accumulated an abundance of wealth, we should ask ourselves... "What are they doing differently that makes them so rich?" Some people might say that they were born with certain talents. This may be true, but that's really just one small piece of the puzzle. In fact, decades of research on achievement suggests that successful people reach their goals not simply because of who they are, but more often because of what they do.

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Did you know that having hope power will carry you through another day? Do you have problems? Are there challenges you are facing that you wish were not there? Like most people you would've most likely answered yes, and I suspect you did. Well I have some good news, today I'm going to help you solve your problems! Your problems today can be the source of your power tomorrow!

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Have you ever wanted to tap into your spiritual self and struggled to get there? This does not mean getting in touch with God or your higher power, this means getting in touch with the genuine you. The who you are, not the what you are. Once you try these 3 steps for tapping into your spirituality, you will see that the process is a very simple, yet effective one.

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If you have never come across Zen before, it might seem quite perplexing with it's apparent contradictions and paradoxes. But if you are ready and willing to commit yourself to the "Way" then it is one of the most powerful ways to transform the quality of life that I have ever come across. If you are not ready, it will not make the slightest bit of sense and chances are you will soon quit. Unlike other philosophies Zen is like climbing a huge mountain in which the climb is more important than the destination. This is where a great paradox comes into action...

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I recently attended a business conference for a company with which I have been affiliated for just over a year. During the conference I was called onto the stage with several other folks to be recognized for the success we had created and enjoyed during the course of the year. The founder of the company in making a few comments about the group on stage said he would like to hear some inspiring thoughts from a few of us for the benefit of all in attendance.

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"Everyone stumbles over the truth from time to time, but most people pick themselves up and hurry off as though nothing ever happened."rn- Sir Winston Churchill One of the fundamental essentials for progressing along the path of life is learning to love truth above all else. The truth is not something which is the opposite of untruth. There is no such thing as a partial truth. If it’s 99.9% true, then it’s not the truth, because the truth is simply as it is. The ultimate repository of truth is the mind of the Creative Source.

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Life doesn’t control you. What you believe about it, does. – Alan Cohen Have you ever noticed how babies are fully engaged in whatever is happening around them? They’re like this fluid energy that is connected and interrelating with everything. They are experiencing life. This is what it means to be in your heart, fully engaged with how you feel, in oneness with all that is. They haven’t learnt to separate themselves from their experience by viewing life through the lens of a self-made belief structure. Experiences happen and pass through their awareness.

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You've seen the "No Fear" clothing stickers on cars helping to coach those who want to overcome if not ignore fear. But to ignore it or to say it doesn't exist is only healthy if you are aware of it, its purpose and need, for understanding fear and how it's used in our lives is one of the most important success tools in existence. But why does fear exist? Well, in some cases it protects us from harm. It is a warning to get out! We are afraid when we hear gunfire, feel the initial rumblings of an earthquake, or someone appears out of nowhere.

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This game changes your universe. It’s portable, simple to use in your daily life plus it’s empowering. Play it and you can liberate joy from within. It gets to the heart of problems you have with others so long standing issues can be cleared. “Perception is projection,” means that whatever you perceive to be outside yourself is ---on some level--- part of you. Jung summarised this when he said, “you marry your unconscious mind and then spend the rest of your life projecting out onto it”.

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To be a light worker is to become a liberated human being, a real player and server in the life process. It is only in and through individuals who are real players—the ones who have realised what a privilege it is—that God (or the energy and intelligence that started the creative process) can actually do anything. If you put yourself in God's position, you will see that you wouldn't be able to create the future in and through a selfish, self-centered person who experiences inca ation as a burden.

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How would it feel if you packed you and your life into a suitcase and attempted to live out of this confined space? How restricted would the energy flow be in there? This is what happens when you choose to identify with being an ego instead of a soul inca ate, you choose to live in the fear farm. All human actions are motivated at their deepest level by one of two emotions – fear or love. There are only two emotions – only two words in the language of the soul. Fear is the energy which contracts, closes down, draws in, runs, hides, hoards and harms.

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The way of the master - Being in, of and for lover Let’s discuss self-love. It’s the simple things we trip on, and skim over, in our dash for enlightenment. It’as a neglected part of our being and often the last place we look when we want a love “fix”. It certainly wasn’t trendy when I was at school to show any self-love. The, “I love me, who do you love?” and “she loves herself” attitude was pervasive and has to go.

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It appears that in order to teach us, writers use vehicles that are extreme. Here the vehicle used to teach us the lesson of hope is foreclosure. The losing of property, a home is a metaphor for losing the American dream. Of course, we have all herd of the phrase “Dream home,” and “Cute little house with a white picket fence,” conjuring images of the perfect life with mom and dad, 3.2 children “and two cats in the yard; now everything is easy ‘cause of you” (“Our House” by CSN&Y). In film, writers teach us to keep our dreams and to fight against the odds.

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As I've mentioned several times before, within 5 to 10 years 70% of students no longer work in a field related to their major, a stat no one's talking about. (One of the many reasons I get so miffed at the myth that education is the end-all and cure-all to the American Dream and, ugh! "job security" a phrase that should be stricken from everyone's vocabulary today.) But even if people hear the stat mentioned above, some will say "Well, at least they have a degree. Something to fall back on." Is it really? Let's explore this issue . . .

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At some level, most people defend against intimacy or receiving too much love. However, many of us have different ways in which we express and engage this resistance. How do you defend against being loved? Do you avoid deep intimacy because it is scary? Is your life passionless? Do you find it difficult to let people love you? Have you settled for less than what you really want in life? Intimacy is about being real.

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Everyone has a story to tell. Some of the stories that make up your existence are empowering and very uplifting, some create shackles that keep you stuck where you are. Woven within your stories are your beliefs, which create your reality. A popular pastime is to carry stories around like a badge of honour, bringing them out in a show-and-tell fashion as a means of defining our reality. Expressing past experiences is a good start to the process of clearing pain from past traumatic events.

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This therapy is an intriguing modality, with multi levels of application. Many people are now aware of Bowen, and the fast and highly effective results this bodywork can produce. It is a non-invasive treatment that can be done through clothes. Comprising of small gentle moves on soft tissue, it is safe to use on anyone, from newbo s to the aged, immobile and hospitalised. The muscles and tendons are gently manoeuvred cross-fibre, and this stimulates energy flow, restoring the body’s own resources to heal itself.

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One of the key inhibitors to success is doubt, especially self-doubt.

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Do you struggle with having too much time on your hands? Or too little? Is time a prison for you, or a pleasure palace? Have you ever stopped to wonder why you allow time to run your life? Many people use their emotions to play games with time. They believe that they absolutely-must-do-something-now and so find it stressful. That they must engage in an illusionary pastime immediately because there will not be enough time later. If this is the case, then you will find that your relationship to time underlies a great deal of your sabotage programming.

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First, as I've stated before, you need to spend the time reflecting on your strengths: innate talents, abilities, gifts, and desires. After a long period of reflecting, writing and trial and error, you will find what you came here to this life to do.

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I’m sure that if I took a poll I would get a jillion answers. Some of these would probably be: spending more time with nature, going green, living off the grid, growing your own food, buying local, and reducing your carbon footprint. In general, walking more gently upon the Earth, and living in harmony with nature instead of trying to control it. This environmental consciousness and sensitive awareness of the Earth is beautiful, and I am happy to see the efforts being made in society. The social focus on the environment is a welcome sight.

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Sense is a matter of sensibilities. Just because we can't make sense of something does not imply that it is non sense. Perception, by virtue of its very nature, is subjective. It is said that there is nothing good or bad, there are only perspectives. When we learn to accommodate other's perspective, we give ourselves a chance to live in a more beautiful, humane and egalitarian world. Sometimes what is apparent to us denies us the opportunity to see what was presented to us. Often our thoughts, behaviors and actions are guided by stereotypes, prejudices and surface view of appearances.

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Sometimes I just feel stuck—like I am frozen in a block of ice. It’s an interesting metaphor, actually. I can see out, but just can’t move. My mind is active. I am thinking, planning, conniving even, but that’s as far as it gets. How can I thaw the ice so that I can step out of the ...

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I’m sure that if I took a poll I would get a jillion answers. Some of these would probably be: spending more time with nature, going green, living off the grid, growing your own food, buying local, and reducing your carbon footprint. In general, walking more gently upon the Earth, and living in harmony with nature instead of trying to control it. This environmental consciousness and sensitive awareness of the Earth is beautiful, and I am happy to see the efforts being made in society. The social focus on the environment is a welcome sight.

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One factor that traverses across boundaries of age,sex religion, race, class, ethnicity, etc and found in each member of our species is wish or goal to lead a happy life or simply said, to be happy. All of us want to be happy( don't we?). But happiness seems to be more elusive than ever in this modern age of speed and technology. We seem to catch a fiber of happiness before it slip out of our grasp. We work day and night to achieve a goal that we think will make us happy but when we finally reach there we wonder whether we this is what we were looking for.

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This expression caught my attention the other day, reading an interview in the newspaper. That is a good suggestion, I thought. But then, the question comes…’what is reality?’ One thing about reality that we all know is that it is pretty darn complex! And it’s also clear to all of us that every ...

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Respect is the willingness to show consideration or appreciation for someone. And of course, if we don't have respect for ourselves we can't transmit it to others. Consider that the angry person is often not angry at you but with himself projecting that self-anger onto you. But what's so important about respect in regards to living a better, more joyful life? Consider this, John Adams, the great political philosopher, said that democracy is about consideration and compromise, unfortunately, few ever do so--consider and compromise, that is.

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In the History Channel's Da Vinci and the Code, the code has nothing to do with Dan Brown's work but refers instead to Da Vinci's work ethic, curiosity, and, most importantly, the discipline needed to keep working and moving forward, even through tumultuous times--in 15th century Italy life was little valued, especially if you were of the working class. Today, most know of Da Vinci as a painter, but he was much more than that. Da Vinci was a mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician, and writer.

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To get you a little more focused in on this concept, let's take a look at a few synonyms: honesty, honor, reliability, uprightness. Integrity is consistently, not perfectly, adhering to a code of moral values. Integrity can help you over all; help you in your relationships and how you feel about yourself. This is a major factor in achieving success in all areas of life. But let's get into what integrity is in a little more detail.

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How do you know what your calling in life is? Some people know very early in life. Mozart wrote his first symphony at the age of eight; Paul McCartney wrote his first song when he was fourteen. So some have it figured out quite early. Not all of us do. Or sometimes we know and ignore it or don't move to action to develop our talent(s). Regardless, if you are looking to discover your core genius, your talent, how do you go about it? We'll get more into this in a moment. Let's take a look at how you feel at this time to determine where you are mentally.

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This expression caught my attention the other day, reading an interview in the newspaper. That is a good suggestion, I thought. But then, the question came…’what is reality?’ One thing about reality that we all know, is that it is pretty darn complex! And it’s also ...

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The inspiration for my blogging comes from many different sources, however the one I most frequently rely on is personal experiences. Recently I was told that my “happiness meter” was being adjusted upward. In other words, my most frequent state of being was being adjusted to reflect a much greater allowing and experiencing of joy in my life. It is from this enhanced level of joy that I would be more capable of creating and experiencing what I most desire in life. I have been sharing the concept of all humans having a default setting for quite some time, but a happiness meter, really?

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A great number of self-improvement gurus speak of wealth. If you turn on the television, surf the internet, go to the book store and look at the best sellers list, a great number focus on financial well-being. There are those who speak of other aspects of self-improvement; however, the majority promote that which will fill the seats: monetary gain. Even the great Napoleon Hill, of Think and Grow Rich fame, spoke of financial wealth even though he invoked religious and spiritual themes.

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Christmas is a celebration of togethe ess. Everywhere families come together. On the streets and in the shops one feels a sense of peace and solidarity. Whole nations feel more united during Christmas days. Everywhere in the world people pray for peace and justice. Where does this sense of ...

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I recently took a trip south, having left the accumulation of snowflakes behind with the hope that all would be melted upon my return!

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The ete al wisdom of life – as recorded in the ancient vedic literature – advises us to realize who we really are, and to identify with our real self. By silencing our chattering mind, we easily find out that our real self is pure awareness, pure, unbounded awareness, also known as pure consciousness. Having realized this, we automatically find out that we are neither our mind nor our body. We realize that our mind-body system is an instrument with which we can express ourselves in the world.

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Version 1: The infinite variety of creation is the expression of one common essence. Version 2: The essence of all and everything is ‘being’; pure existence, pure intelligence. Version 3: Being is conscious of itself. It is awareness, the state of pure consciousness. Version 4: Being, intelligence or consciousness though completely abstract, is absolutely real. Version 5: Consciousness is omnipresent. By and out of itself it creates the manifest universe. Version 6: Consciousness is that, which by religions is called God, Allah, Shiva, Brahman, etc. Version 7:r

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“MAN, KNOW THYSELF” is a recurring theme throughout many religious and spiritual teachings, for without this understanding we remain reactive and uncertain, adrift in an overwhelming sea of experiences. By understanding our motivational drives we are able to actively shape our unique identity and express it with confidence, to have clarity of vision and a definite sense of purpose that we find fulfilling. What is it that defines our Underlying Drives and Motivations?r

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For the past several years I had been hot on the lookout for my elusive life purpose. I had already spent many years of my life doing what I believed I was meant to do, until it was time for me to move on from that, to something new. I never anticipated doing anything new. I didn’t know how to do that.

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– The goal of life – In our materialistic culture, happiness is often regarded as something we have to work hard for in order to attain it. Generally speaking, people seek happiness outside of themselves, in a job, in a good salary, in material goods, in a personal relationship, in a relationship with God, which is imagined as separate from oneself. Outer success and the fulfillment of desires naturally make us happy, but the opposite is also true: when we are happy inside, outer achievements come to us much easier.

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Messages of Truth Message Nr. 1 What is truth? Does anybody today know what the truth is? The general opinion on this topic is: “everyone has his own truth”. Isn’t there then something like the ultimate and universal truth? Modern science answers this question with a plain ...

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Open letter to everybody:

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'Free will is the greatest gift of God to man,' says Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in his commentary on the Bhagavad Gita (Bh.G. 1.39). 'Man has freedom of action; thereby he can adopt any channel, good or bad, through which he wants the course of his life to flow' (Bh.G. 2.27). We know that freedom is very fulfilling, we all want more and more freedom. Freedom equates with happiness, independence and sovereignty. And indeed, man seems to be more free than any other life form.

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Can we define God or can we describe him accurately? To answer this question, I would like to start with a counter question: can we define and adequately describe a pebble? The answer to this question is ‘Yes’ for those of us who have seen a pebble and held it in their hand. The answer is ‘No’ for those who have never seen a pebble and have never held one in their hand. For these persons (if they would exist) not even a hundred definitions and adequate descriptions would suffice to make clear to them what a pebble is. For those persons, the pebble remains a mystery.

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Messages of Truth Message Nr. 3 Does this field of Universal Consciousness consist of energy? No, it is the source of all kinds of energy. Just like it is the source of all kinds of matter. Look, it’s all very simple: Consciousness as such, is the ultimate essence of every thing and of ...

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A 30 Day Course on Self-realizatio Introduction Are you one of the increasing number of people who is thinking about enlightenment, or who actually would like to be enlightened? Then this course is especially made for you! Even if you are someone who considers him/herself pretty much enlightened, this surely is the course you will love to be on!

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We have now seen that Jyotish is one of the limbs (Angas) of Rik Veda. In fact, Jyotish is considered the most important of all the six Vedangas. Just as Vedanta, the most important of the six Upangas, contains within its fold all the knowledge and principles enumerated in the other five Upangas, so Jyotish forms both the synopsis as well as the culmination of the other five Vedangas.

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The Essence of all Wisdom - in 18 versions – Version 1: The infinite variety of creation is the expression of one common essence. Version 2: The essence of all and everything is ‘being’; pure existence, pure intelligence. Version 3: Being, pure intelligence, is conscious of itself. It is awareness; a state of pure consciousness. Version 4:r

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It is interesting to see how much of the so called New Age thoughts are a more fashionable continuation of deeply ingrained religious beliefs. And as religions have been the expression of incomplete insight into the nature of our own self, of God and of the world, so are the modern New Age thoughts oftentimes an expression of ignorance, and of incomplete knowledge of reality. It still looks as if people are more interested in mysterious believes than in real knowledge! The problem with real knowledge however is that it is hardly available.r

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Inside our bodies reside precious creative jewels, miracles of transformation, of creation. These jewels are our Seven Chakras. Nowadays we are hearing and reading more about Chakras, but without a thorough understanding, it might simply sound like an esoteric word that might or might not have something to do with us.

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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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Know thyself. These words were inscribed in the vestibule of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. For centuries, petitioners seeking advice from the oracle at Delphi would view the inscription. Philosophers throughout the ages offered this same advice to their students. These words are as valuable today as they were almost three thousand years earlier. Part of knowing yourself is understanding your beliefs. The difficulty is that most beliefs are subconscious. They have been accepted without ever having been critically examined.

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Yesterday, a marketing guru asked me a question that left me speechless. I had retained Bob to review the copy on my Mystic Warrior website from a sales perspective. He asked about reader reactions. As we talked, I told him how some readers felt compelled, while in the midst of my book, to put it down and meditate. In several cases, they described tingling sensations on the crown of their head and of receiving “downloads of energy and information.” I told Bob they were “attuning with God” and how this is a step towards enlightenment.

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Last weekend I was sitting in a bar with two internet marketing geniuses. I was immediately reminded how much I enjoy and am turned on by genius. There guys aren't the kind of heady, top heavy geniuses who can do one thing better than anyone else but are just plain weird when out of their narrow element. These guys live real lives, they have kids, they take care of their family's. Certainly they work a lot, but it isn't really work to them. They love what they do and would do it whether they were getting paid or not. They don't do anything for money.

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I work with many people of various ages, backgrounds, belief systems and cultures. The one prominent common denominator in those who are able to make a shift into wellness is an understanding of personal responsibility. Individuals who can embrace and recognize their behavioral responsibilities in life to themselves and those around them are a step ahead in the awareness that can facilitate healing.

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The subconscious is the best professor and doctor that you could ever find. The wise subconscious mind produces your dreams in order to protect your mental health and help you develop your intelligence, toward you becoming a genius. A dream basically reveals the dreamer's mistakes, also what you must do to correct them.

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I used to sell real estate limited partnerships. I had no idea what I was doing. The first thing I did when I got the job was walked up to the number one sales guy in the office and said, “Watch my tracks.” Then I went home figuring I had set up the game. The next day I discovered that he, being there for two years, had all the good leads and leads were seldom coming in anymore. I needed to create a game and I was a greenhorn. Not wanting to get hurt too badly, I began calling therapists. I figured they couldn’t be too nasty to me, and they weren’t. I didn’t sell to any of them either.

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In the olden days, knights wore armor. From what I hear, armor was very hot and very, very heavy. Armor itself got in the way of life; it restricted movement and was terribly difficult to wear. Your armor is your thinking. Not your original thinking, but your structured, repetitious, automatic thinking.

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Have you ever had that moment when out of no where a question pops into your head and you have no idea why but find you must answer that question no matter what? It's called an epiphany. I am standing in the midst of the most extreme joy and unconditional acceptance of the me that I am this day, and slowly but surely comes creeping in the monster of "indecision", the beast of "I don't know what I'm doing" and the humility of "I need some HELP!" I ASKED MYSELF THE DREADED QUESTION; "WHY DO I KEEP DOING THIS?

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You're working on a project, totally concentrated and someone walks in and says, without provocation, "You need to relax". You look up from your feverish typing and wonder, "What are they talking about? I am relaxed." Or, you're making an impassioned comment about a news report or incident you are witnessing on the television and your spouse or partner or even teenager says, "Honey/Mom, you need to chill out. Breathe why don't you!" And you look perplexed, because last time you checked, you were relaxed, not tense at all, or were you really?

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What is fear? One definition is "a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined." And that's the key…"real" or "imagined". What do you do when fear strikes? It can be in any situation, for example, when we want to follow our heart's desire. We know we may be taking huge risks as we hope and dream that everything will work out. But then the fears surface. Our mind instills in us the uncertainty of whether our decision is right or not. We begin to question our motive.

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"Stop Momma, stop. I'm burning up, I'm on Fire". This was to be the title of my first book when I first decided to write it back in 1992. It refers to the episode when my mother had each of my four brothers hold a limb as I lay across her bed, and she proceeded to beat me 'till I urinated and defecated. At that point, she beat me even harder because I had now soiled her bed and linen. I was six or seven years old then.

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Birthing a business is like birthing a baby. You go through the gestation period as you begin to manifest your idea. You seek out the resources you will need to help create your image and announce it to the world: your marketing and PR strategists to help you formulate your branding, marketing, and publicity messages and plans, your web and graphic designers to create your visual image, your copywriter to wrap words around your image.

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What an incredible time of year! When I first started writing this article the trees were ablaze with vibrant reds, golds and oranges. Now they are mostly bare but still beautiful in silhouette against the tangerine and blue early morning sky.The air is crisp, clear and clean. There is an energy that flows through everything in preparation for the long winter slumber. There is a beauty that this time of year offers that is like no other as Mother Nature makes yet another seasonal transition. Allow this beauty into your heart, embrace it, feel it and most importantly enjoy it.

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Excerpt taken from Erica's forthcoming book Zesty Womanhood at 40 and Beyond: Second Act, New Role “The most fundamental principle of love is knowing who you really are, at the purest level of soul, beneath the encumbrances of human restrictions and limitations, in particular, not being allowed to indulge natural human emotions.” Before we can learn to love, we must understand what love is to us. What is this thing that connects us in the Universe?

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Another difference we find between our personal self and that of our Highest Self is, that the personal self lives in duality. It still seeks questions in relationship to its spiritual nature. It still questions itself through the use of right or wrong. The personal self, is on a journey of self-discovery. Its learning about what it believes, thinks and feels about its relationship to God and the world.r

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I was making my routine jaunt around the park near where I live and was observing the lush foliage that surrounded me. It made me ponder something…do others perceive the trees as I see them? Yes, our eyes have basically the same components that produce our vision: the retina, cornea, lens, iris and pupil. These components allow us to depict the greens of the leaves, the browns of the bark, the colors of the flowers…but on a different level…on an emotional level, do we perceive things the same way?

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There are four spiritual principles I believe we are to understand, live and master during our life time(s) on Earth. They are unconditional love, gratitude, forgiveness and non-judgment. To me the most important, the most impactful, and perhaps the most difficult, is non-judgment. Now it could be argued that unconditional love, our innate state of being, is the most important. Unfortunately this isn’t the state in which most of us live. It is through the mastery of the other three, which arise from non-judgment, that we get back to unconditional love.

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Have you ever pondered why we come here to Planet Earth? Where you come here from?

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As we exit the holiday season and enter a New Year, one that I believe will be one of much joy and prosperity, we look back at 2010 to ponder all that we’ve experienced through the year and make our resolutions of what we wish to do to make 2011 a year of bliss and serenity. We are in an age of ever-increasing consciousness and awareness. We as women are finding our way to our center, to that place of authenticity, where we are connected to the Source of all life. As we begin to radiate this Divine light within, we become suffused with love for ourselves and for all those that we touch.

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As I worked diligently on my business before launching it, I began thinking about what differentiated me from the myriad of other women out there who are fulfilling their deepest desires of bringing forth the power of the Divine feminine into the world. What would be my distinguishing characteristics to draw customers to me instead of to another? What would be my competitive edge to bring to me the abundance that I desire? Do I need a competitive edge? The answer that reverberated inside was no!

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You are the creator of your reality. This is your birthright. You have always been able to manifest with your thoughts and your words. Now you have reached the place where you are able to do this consciously. Once you realize this beautiful gift you were born with and begin to use it to its fullest advantage, you have to then take responsibility for the things you create. This is the basis of accountability.r

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Awareness is where manifesting begins—not with the awareness of what you want, but rather with the awareness of where you are in the moment, what you have right now. Once you have the awareness that you are complete in the now, then you are ready to step into the process of manifestation. If your awareness is on the things you don’t have, you will create more lack, so it is critical that you gain clarity on what’s in your mind. It is also critical that you look at the things you desire to manifest as if you already have them, or as if you know that you are already in process of creating them.

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You know that most of us try to make New Year’s resolutions at the start of a new year. We vow to make changes by doing things differently and then we set our goals of how we plan on accomplishing them. But perhaps we did it with a bit of resistance, questioning whether we would follow through with them or whether we could actually manifest our desired outcome.

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The Universe wants everything to be always in balance, and it strives to ensure that this is the case. Homeostasis is the property of a system that regulates its internal environment and tends to maintain a stable, constant condition. Our bodies operate in this way, as a microcosm of universal order.

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We are living in a time of tremendous changes. Never before in recorded history has there been so much turmoil on a global level. The size of it is in part due to the immense population, as well as to media coverage that allows every little ripple to be felt by more people than ever before.

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We desperately want change in our lives. We’re out there making one effort after the next, only to find that we are running in place. We all know the meaning of insanity, doing the same things and expecting different results. So we switch things up, and try new things. How is it that we push, and nothing seems to move? Somehow, some way, we are having the same thoughts and emotions, supported by the same unnoticed, underlying beliefs. Same programming, same outcomes. The Universe likes to keep it simple.

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What’s preventing you from hearing your own Guidance? Turning down the unnecessary, unfounded, negative static of the thinking mind, allows us to better hear and feel our own Guidance. The first step in doing this is to notice thought. Catch thought in action, ranting on in its unexamined, relentless chatter. Now take your focus off of what the mind is saying, and put your mentally quiet focus on your body, your breathing, how you feel in your skin, or other stimuli of the present moment. Listen quietly. Perceive without mental evaluation.

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But how do I know? This is the questio I have received repeatedly since my last post on how we make a difference in the world and in the lives of others. It seems that many of you don’t like or resonate with the simple answer of, “because you are here.” Which in truth is the answer. You wouldn’t be here if there wasn’t a reason for your being here and if you couldn’t make a difference. However, because the question has been raised once again I will suggest 3 specific ways to know you are making a difference in the world.

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There is only Consciousness and unconsciousness. We are either awake, or we are sleepwalking and sleeptalking. We are either lucid, or we are submerged in and believing unnecessary, unexamined, unfounded thoughts and beliefs. These thoughts and beliefs create our reality, and how we experience our lives. Right now. Try this: • Unclench your teeth. • Relax your shoulders. • Notice and loosen all contracted muscles. • Take 1 slow, deep, relaxing breath. Doesn't that feel better? When we notice thought, we wake up to the bigger picture and free ourselves.

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“The way we view life, our perspective, determines how we respond to life. And how we respond to life determines how we experience life” What if there was a way to change your experience of life? To see life not as it appears, but as the potential it promises. What if you could fully manifest the power that flows through you and within you? How might your life be different if you knew you were living in alignment with your soul’s mission?

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By Jim Phillips 9/22/10

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Yes, I took liberty with the word wise and wrote why’s, however you will see that the wise always seek the why. We all know the scenario when a child, perhaps our own, asks why after why after why until we get to the point of just saying, because I said so or because that is just the way it is. It can be annoying for sure, however it does reveal a few aspects of our Self that if given the proper attention could serve us well.

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This idea of “Why Don’t We Ask Questions” came as a result of conversations with several colleagues who write and speak on topics similar to mine. Most of us who write blogs are always looking for topics that are relevant to the audience for whom we write but also thought provoking and life changing. You have probably noticed that many blog writers ask somewhere in their blog for topics or questions they can be research, answer and present as a new post. However, what we find is that people are not willing, or at least most are not willing, to ask a question or suggest a topic.

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The law of gratitude is much like the law of gravity in that we know it exists, we know to a certain degree what it is, we know that it is at work whether we are consciously aware of it or not. We don’t have to think about gravity to know that it keeps planets in alignment and us on the face of the Earth. We don’t have to think about it to know that it causes the ebb and flow of the oceans. With gratitude however the more we are conscious and are aware of it and express it, the more we are given for which to be grateful.

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I value the power of positive thinking. Until I can step outside of, or turn thought off completely, I can choose positive thought. If I’m going to live in a story, I’ll at least try to make it a good one. That said, be leery not to wander too far into The Valley of Faux Mercy. The thinking mind likes this place, as it perpetuates thinking. Whether I am submersed in negative thought, or I am submersed in positive thought, I am still submersed in thought. It’s all still thought.

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Honoring my truths is a fancy way of saying surrender. It is to unconditionally accept the truth of the moment, no matter how much it makes me want to spit, run, or fall to my knees. It took me a long time to sit with that inner burn of acceptance. But little by little, as my own smoke cleared, my mind began to notice how that burning and chu ing recycled itself into my own personal rocket fuel. With baby steps, I practiced being with the burn of acceptance, and I got better and better at it.

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I used to think surrender meant giving up. The connotation reeked of failure. Surrendering to anything felt like backing down, or caving in. My thinking mind considered surrender a dirty word, while my drive and commitment ate surrender for breakfast. Well, that’s before I understood what it really meant. Unconditional acceptance is surrendering my thinking mind’s desire to constantly control it all, even in so much as an approval or disapproval.

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The age-old quest of knowing oneself feels necessary and essential. We think finding out who we are is of upmost importance, and feel incomplete in some way without a story of self. Well, of course we would. The self loves self. It loves the idea of itself. It loves the description and labels. It loves the perpetual possibility of being special, better than yesterday, or the next guy. We end up living our lives in service to building, polishing and enhancing our identity. The good news is, this is all okay, because you are not the self you speak of.

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The Master Of Ceremonies Have you ever noticed how the mind narrates life as you’re experiencing it? I have. Sometimes, the thinking mind starts chattering the minute I wake up in the morning. It’s as if thought were standing at the ready, salivating. The mind springs into action even before I can open my eyelids, spewing prediction like it had a crystal ball.

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Problems are like the little paddles in a pin ball machine, that influence and guide the ball one way or the other. If the paddle hits the ball just right, it can propel the ball in an advantageous direction. You’re the little ball, and your problems are the paddles that guide you one way or the other. What determines your direction is your state of being. If you are submersed in unexamined thought, you mistake the “problem” as threatening, or as an obstacle. This creates resistance and a feel-bad experience.

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As I begin this week, I remind myself that any one of my endeavors will only turn out as good as the quality of the experience I had completing it. Everything is being evaluated through the filters of the thinking mind. We experience the tasks at hand through rote thought and learned behaviors. Eventually the mind drifts into negative thinking and we wonder why we feel bad and our endeavors turn sour. When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. -Eckhart Tolle

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As most of us have experienced at one time or another it is all too easy to allow one aspect of life to take precedence over all others. As an example, we get so caught up in our work that we ignore the other equally important aspects of life without realizing the impact it has on our family, relationships, health and overall well-being. Balance is the key. When we have balance we give equal importance to every aspect of life. Yes, there are times when one aspect takes precedence over the others, however it is only when there is something pressing or needs extra attention that we do so.

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We see and experience our lives through the filters of our history, beliefs, stories and learned behaviors. The ultimate filter is the mind-made identity. We don’t see the world as it is, we see it as we are. -Anais Nin When we recognize thought as something separate from Self, we are Awake. We step outside of the limitations of thought, into our own Awareness and boundless possibility. It is here that we may bloom into our own Greatness. Stay Awake with me. EMPOWERMENT: Today I will be the eyewitness to thought.

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Thought is the limitation within which I have this human experience. At first, that may be a slippery concept to grasp. Beyond the understanding that I can think, and fall immersed into thought, is the concept that I can step out of thought. As long as I’m experiencing life from inside the box of thoughts, stories, beliefs, and mental conjecture, my happiness will be a temporary candy coating. Jumping out of the box is equivalent to gaining lucidity, or waking up to being present in the moment, outside of unneeded thought.

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A franchise is often described as a business in a box. Meaning that all a franchisee needs to be successful within a given industry is provided by the franchisor in the form of systems, tools and support. Admittedly, not every franchisee or franchisor is successful but the concept is a sound one that works well when structured and administered properly. The key to success for the franchisee lies in accepting and implementing the systems while applying their own personal brand or personality.

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When my insides started ringing like the bells of a five-alarm fire, I didn’t know what was happening. That strong, engulfing feeling of anxiety rose up like a life-threatening wave, sweeping me away from the inside. The first time I experienced this, it took my breath away, literally.

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It’s early. I can hear the birds chirping outside while sipping my coffee. I have the whole day ahead of me. There are things I’d love to do, and things I have to do. Then it dawned on me. If I have access to the control panel of this ride, then maybe I should begin my day in a more empowering way, instead of at the mercy of where the chips may fall.

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I read a true story once about a guy who suddenly became inexplicably interested in photography. He surrendered to this strong interest, and indulged himself. One day he came across a flyer advertising a free local photography meeting, and decided to attend. When he got there, he found a group of mostly seniors, sharing stories about their photographs.

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I saw this post online that said, "Attention is the root of all evil." I wondered how that could be. We are our Attention, after all. That's our real Self, Awareness. And our Awareness, Attention, or Focus, is our magic wand. We get more of whatever we point it at. So, is attention the root of all evil? Not literally, but yes, our attention absolutely has the potential to be perceived as negative, harmful, even evil. It would have to be that way, here, in this place we call life. This is a place of duality. What then is the duality of our Awareness?

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This Valentine's Day, couples and individuals are looking to find and/or strengthen their love relationships. As award-winning authors and world-renowned relationship experts, Ariel & Shya Kane have discovered three simple, yet revolutionary tips for creating magical relationships, based on the idea that you don't need to "work on" your relationship in order to fix it.

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What you already "know" is keeping you from discovering what is possible. There is a story about a college professor who is interested in learning about Zen that demonstrates this idea:

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Serenity, well-being, feeling OK being you, feeling good in your own skin, not having to second guess your choices, trusting that you will do the right thing, these are but a few of the things we have found while working with people that most folks are striving for. People say they want inner peace but are afraid that what they might have to change about themselves will threaten what they hold to be true. So even though they say they want inner peace, they are afraid to relax into the moment and discover what else is possible.

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In this world where technology has eclipsed our humanity, many of us are looking for a way to operate in our lives that fulfills our spiritual nature. People have tried different religions or disciplines with varying degrees of success or failure. They have taken motivational workshops to try to discover some meaning to apply to their lives and many have come away wondering, "Is this all there is?" This vague sense of emptiness or dissatisfaction, can permeate our lives, even when we accomplish the goals we set for ourselves.

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Lucid dreaming may be one way of accessing information from the recesses of your mind or participating in a dream but sometimes, it involves even more. Lucid dreamers and those that practice dream control sometimes find themselves viewing places and people that exist and situations that occur miles away. Those that have this form of lucid dream actually advanced to another level, the accomplishment of out of body experiences. A lucid dreamer knows they're dreaming. Some of the clues that one has a lucid dream are noting odd occurrences in the dream.

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Albert Einstein, Strictly Scientist or Simply Intelligent Intuitive? "Imagination is more important than knowledge." Is one quote that gives you some insight into the mind of Albert Einstein.

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