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It is in the very nature of being human that creates in us a desire to know about the world beyond what we can physically see or experience with our five senses. This world beyond the senses is described as the metaphysical world. This philosophy has developed within it various sub-categories ... Views:2397
"There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.” -Albert Einstein
Humans are inclined to see negativity - at first sight - in everything. Unfortunately, we live in a world where BAD things are always reported in the NEWS. We ... Views:1741
On Monday morning, the world will become still, as hundreds from all over the world, move into Section II of the Avatar® Course, the biggest one to date.
They will open their Section II packs, and begin to learn the Perception Exercises, that will get them all the way out of their heads, and ... Views:1346
As I walked in to the Avatar Course on the first day, in the La Fonda Hotel on the town square in Santa Fe, and sat down—name badge and registration form in hand, my “b.s. meter” was on high alert.
At 38, I had been through 24 years of promises by self-help gurus, promising that ... Views:2046
This world is an amazing place. Never-ending things to experience. Long ago this was not the case . Other than a change of seasons, nothing much happened. But today with the internet, we can be worldwide travelers while sitting in our media rooms. We can be authors and write articles, or ... Views:1638
Many of us were taught some version of the Golden Rule such as “Love Your Neighbor as Yourself.” The question is... how well do we love ourselves?
Conditional Love
As children, we all seek the love and approval of our parents. Unfortunately, all too often the love and approval we receive ... Views:1523
It has only been over the last year or so that I am beginning to understand just how powerful Sound is as healing force. As a stand-alone vibrational healing tool I feel it has been under-rated for too long.
Meditating and toning as a group in pristine Tasmanian rainforest in 2007 sent our ... Views:1871
When life gets tough, how do you react? Do you throw your hands up in the air in resignation? Or do you patiently endure your difficult circumstances?
Tough times are unavoidable and inevitable; but you don't have to let them make you miserable! How can you defeat harsh days? With ... Views:8736
Signs and Dreams from our Children
Dreams and signs of our children. Do they really exist? Are dreams and signs a technique our deceased children use to contact us to let us know they are fine and indeed do live on? I believe with my whole heart they do. I am very fortunate and ... Views:1882
How many of you have had dreams that made you so mad when you awoke that your whole day seemed to be wrecked? Do you understand how to analyze such a dream? Do you think those dreams can influence how you act the rest of the day? Furthermore, have you noticed that such dreams can oftentimes ... Views:2780
To clear the mind of past programming requires practice. It can't be done by wishing it to happen. The fastest and most trusted way is meditation, and the type of meditation that gets results quickly and surely is breath meditation.
As one concentrates on his or her breath for some time, the ... Views:1742
Back in the early ’90’s, when I was first beginning my spiritual healing practice, it was popular for practitioners to increase their clientele, by setting up shop in various cities, and working out of New Age bookstores. This method seemed to be working for many people, so I too decided to give ... Views:1447
It can happen in a moment--a matter of seconds, or a few minutes at most. Something shifts within you & the mind stops. No more voices in the head, no more rambling thoughts, no more questions, no more self-doubt, no judgments, no involuntary or un-invited thoughts, just quietness & ... Views:2023
Misunderstandings regarding metaphysics and spirituality abound. Our empirical research since the 1980s has allowed us to realize, what we believe to be, the authentic meanings of the following spiritual terms.
Be cautious of “updated” definitions and alternative versions of these important ... Views:2448
What is it that we run from? What is it that takes up almost all of our waking moments? It must be very important, otherwise we wouldn't devote an entire lifetime trying to escape it.
The interesting, and at the same time depressing, thing is that all the running in the world won't distance ... Views:2502
Earth's saddest day and gladdest day were just three days apart! ~ Susan Coolidge
The celebration of Easter is replete with so many messages that it is challenging to focus on just one to share with you during this ... Views:994
Government is to a society what the head is to the body.
We are told by the ancient wisdom teachings that in a desire to establish a divine kingdom on Earth, which would be a reflection of the kingdom Above, our many governmental systems were developed. The systems we see operating around ... Views:861
Self-motivation flows from the importance we attach to today.
I am reading this amazing book called, “100 Ways to Motivate Yourself” by Steven Chandler and each chapter is a HUGE nugget of thought provoking, spirit lifting, energizing inspiration. This morning I randomly open the book to this ... Views:2592
We want to enjoy a meaningful life. We want to have a peaceful death. But do we know how? The year before he died, my brother Joe taught me three powerful lessons on living and dying well.
Joe was the picture of good health. He was an avid runner. About two weeks after 9/11 he received ... Views:2892
It is all too common that sometime in a person's forties they undergo what is popularly termed a “mid-life” crisis. Either this is because they suddenly realise life is passing them by and they have not met the goals they aspired to in their twenties, or alternatively the person may have been ... Views:1364
"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 ... Views:832
If you run from it, how will you ever attain it.
If the world is a form manifested by God and, if we run from the world, then how can we find God?
You must get to know the world, and you know the world by knowing your self. You know yourself by observing yourself. In your objective ... Views:1054
Remember “Y2K”? Consider the noise surrounding 2012 and the Mayan calendar to be similar.
The alarmists and poetic New Age opportunists who promote their tall tales while tugging at your heart strings with “heart-centered” communications will move on to other things in 2013.
Yet another ... Views:1618
It is reality of the nature of human to always want the best thing in life.
We are always striving for something better. We want to have a bigger home,
a better car, or more knowledge. Whenever we acquire anything we want, soon
another desire for something greater develops.
Therefore, we ... Views:1518
"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 ... Views:866
Your mind is a conglomeration of thoughts and memories, in itself, it does not exist. Mind is like a dustball, the ball itself is only a collection of dust held together by static electricity. Remove each spec of dust and what is left? Nothing. Then where did the electricity go? It has merged ... Views:1005
Last week I returned from Southeast Asia and an opportunity of a lifetime. I spent 14 days traveling on the Irrawaddy River by riverboat, 600 miles into the remote center of Myanmar (Burma). This is a land frozen in time. There is no internet access, no cell phones or land lines. Cars are only ... Views:994
Over 2,500 years in the past, Prince Siddharta Gautama was born in what is now called Lumbini in Nepal. He was born a prince and his birth had been heralded with many distinct signs that indicated a life of greatness. The prince's father went to a wiseman who lived within the kingdom for ... Views:676
It appears all over the internet—fear, worry and concern about the coming of 2012. We are all hearing the doomsday messages across the board. We hear about Mayan prophecies, we hear about Nostradamus, we hear about climate change, we hear about solar flares…and we have not even gotten started ... Views:1162
Last night I attended a satsang. I would imagine that most of you reading this know that a satsang is a gathering of people around a teacher, usually of Eastern thought, to listen, meditate, chant or whatever the teacher guides the group to do.
Although I left euphoric and feeling a bit ... Views:1035
What is Your Definition of Love?
Love is probably the most written and talked about subject of all time. I have had a few long-term, intimate relationships and have met many thousands of people over the course of my lifetime.
I am a company director and personal-development specialist. ... Views:2445
Article Title: Sharing Some More Information on Major Religions of the World: Islam - Are the Differences Between Muslim Shiites & Sunnis Major?
Submitted by: Craig Lock
Category (key words): Islam, religion, faith, beliefs, Shiites, Sunnis, spiritual unity
Craig's new blog is at ... Views:1126
"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 ... Views:771
We are water ... we flow together
Sitting near a creek this morning, I was reminded how the continuous stream of moving water carries the experience and memory of every surface it touches and every environment is passes through before it arrives at the sea. Dr. Emoto confirmed what many water ... Views:1932
Christians today feel threatened from all sides. Forces beyond our control crowd us into a “global village,” squeezing us closer to everyone else … often uncomfortably close.
People of diverse cultures and competing religions are only a mouse-click away. They enter our homes daily via ... Views:801
The Sound of Water reveals a path to enlightenment
I just came back from a stormy beach, where the waves are thunderous as they pound against the sand; and darts of rain pepper my face as I dare to turn into the wind. The wetness is something I can tolerate, because I love this awesome sound! ... Views:1195
To continue the dialogue with my young friend from my first post (As I mentioned in the previous post our young explorer is LDS so some of his questions (and my answers) have a connotation oriented to that faith). The answers are general, however:
Young Explorer:
The first point I would ... Views:984
Shift is a fundamental force in the universe that we can harness to create and enhance the greater good. Right now we are in the midst of tremendous shifts on a global level and individually as well. How we perceive and deal with the significant changes in the financial market, environment, and ... Views:1200
Truth is not what we believe truth to be. Whatever we see, whatever we hear, whatever we think, whatever we believe is not truth. Truth manifests beyond that. We might say that our religion is truth, but our religions are no more than a set of beliefs, and beliefs can never be truth, only ... Views:2446
I am really enjoying watching the Winter Olympics. It’s fascinating to watch these young athletes do what they love to do; I can feel their passion in my own body. I am so inspired by their commitment and determination to live out their dreams NOW!
As I watch these Olympics unfold, I see the ... Views:1304
Recently, I had the amazing opportunity to take my 16-year-old son, Tyler, to see His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama give a live speech at a local university.
The very fact that we had the honor of being in the presence of someone who is such an embodiment of compassion was not only humbling, ... Views:1672
I have been having an ongoing discussion with a young explorer this last week. I thought I would share his questions along with my thoughts on them. He reminds me of a time in my life when I was looking for three-dimensional answers to questions that exceed the boundaries of the finite illusion ... Views:1073
Energy Vampires
Raise your hand if you know one!
Now Raise your hand again because you ARE one!
We are all energy and we need to thrive and feed off of the energy of others and we also give back with our own energy.
We have the Law of Polarity and for every action there is an ... Views:2529
Live From The Inside Out
It’s difficult to feel beautiful when our society bombards us with messages that beauty means "looking" like a model. The standards of beauty have shifted so far that we no longer feel beautiful unless we are a size 0, inject ourselves with botox, wear $400 shoes, ... Views:1576
Did you ever get a "good" chill(s) energy surge most usually through music which shot through the top of your head down through your body? Most people have. Recently I wrote about my initial questions to people as to what did they thought it was?
While I believe the chills phenomenon is ... Views:5877
There are many problems in life, kind of like endless itches and glitches that need scratched and resolved. If we're poor, we have to struggle to support ourselves because there is . . . never enough money. If we're rich, then we have the typical problems of rich people - trying not only to ... Views:891
Your true nature, a state of full consciousness, it is within your grasp, you just do not know it.
You see, your true nature is not an organ or a particular thing that you can call your soul. True consciousness, enlightenment, is a state of being. You could almost call it feeling an emotion ... Views:981
Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. ~ Kahlil Gibran
Love is a mystery element. Defining it has challenged mankind for centuries. I think that defining love has to be left for each individual to accomplish, but there ... Views:812
It is so simple...just to be walking and talking, living and breathing, life is good! It's great to be alive! When people tell me life stinks, I ask them "Compared to what?"
We all have many things to be thankful for, although we sometimes do not remember them! We sometimes get caught up in ... Views:6621
All creatures come into this world instinctively knowing their TRUE PURPOSE.
As humans, we allow our EGO to take us down a path that separates us from our own Divine Purpose. We lose connection with the natural gifts and talents that we came to support our AUTHENTIC LIFE OF PASSION!
We ... Views:1235