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Oooh, it’s that inevitable time of year again… not death, hopefully, but taxes. In the US, most people’s taxes are due on April 15th, so it’s a good day to stay away from the Post Office.
We all have an ambivalent relationship with taxes in particular and taxation in general. We want the ... Views:1316
What do you think you're here for? Did you just randomly turn up in existence, or is there a seeper purpose to your being alive?
What I'm going to say may sound controversial to the unitiated. My view is that your life's mission is to love yourself. Further, to learn to love what you have, ... Views:1417
When I was a child I was very good at football and baseball. Since it was the seventies, and while women’s lib has began to change things for those of us of the female persuasion, little league was still off limits to me. It would be another few years, before I ever saw a girl playing on an ... Views:992
The Truth About Energy: Mind, Body, Spirit
Energy is the source of all life. It is what we are all made of!
Interestingly, the concept of energy offers multiple meanings and presents various types. The most basic definition states that it is the vehicle for creating a reaction, motion or ... Views:812
Self-esteem is a way of thinking, feeling, and acting that implies you accept, respect, trust and believe in yourself. Self-esteem means that you have confidence that you can fulfill your deepest personal needs, aspirations and goals. It comes from within where you see yourself as a worthy, ... Views:1231
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To reduce stress- byAngela Schulz-Henke, Success and Business Coach
Only those who manage to bring structures into his/her everyday life, are thereby reducing negative stress, which is otherwise inevitable.
No structures or chaos bring long term trouble with other family members and also attract disease by itself. Such missing structures lead to lack of ... Views:1117
The Self: An Evolving Constant
A true yet perplexing paradox of self is that it is an evolving constant. It is that stable sense of constancy yet it also embodies an undeniable fluidity over time. This irony captures the Self in its most fundamental dualism. It may be an understatement to say ... Views:1026
Our Personal Development Journey
Self Realization Journey is a most amazing Journey we will ever embark on.
It never ends and it is always successful because an invisible driver (our soul) directs the Journey.
Our commitment to grow as spiritual beings is always beautifully ... Views:3643
We all lead busy lives. No doubt. The problem with living busy lives is that we forget, sometimes, about the living part.
Part of living is in the everyday interaction. It’s seeing the person whose eyes you avoid as you walk down the street, or the waitress who served you, the person who ... Views:1265
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Valuing Values- byJohn G. Johnson www.nlpsuccessbydesign.com
Anne Marie worked hard to finally secure her coveted, hi-profile dream job, one which had glamour, power, and prestige attached to it. The job gave Anne Marie the ability to influence the direction of politics and policies in the USA and around the world. It also kept her at the office until the ... Views:1170
The Tree Embraces Its True Nature
The secrets of creation may be found within the infinite wisdom of a tree.
A tree can teach us much more than we may even come to know. When we are challenged by situations that seem insurmountable to us, the tree provides a gentle comfort through its ... Views:745
We often confuse our emotions with what we think they are as opposed to what they really are. This misinterpretation of our feelings to the opposite will keep us limited as this process most often interprets a wise emotion or intuition as a weak emotion or fear as we try to identify and explain ... Views:1094
Like The Tree, Root Deeply In Yourself
To visualize a tree is an amazing image. It comes in so many distinctive forms and has a broad range of unique characteristics. The Cherry Blossoms, the Apple Blossoms and the Pine trees are all part of Mother Nature’s tapestry. You may simply see green ... Views:990
If you are throwing your hands up in the air with what to do for your troubled teen, you may want to consider the summer boot camp option. These programs have been specifically designed to support, guide and create structure and limits for a child with behavior problems. Additionally, these ... Views:1613
When the psychological energy elements are in the helter-skelter form, they lack the synergistic effect. Healthy mental transformation can take place with synergism. Our noisy mental state, lacking polarization, fritters away the energy.
Let us consider an iron piece before and after ... Views:1330
Now that all the “end-of-the-world” fear mongering and marketing is behind us, we can step into 2013 with greater clarity and purpose. Granted, this is just the beginning of a new cycle in the calendar of our New Humanity, and it may not be possible to foresee how it will all unfold, but as the ... Views:1070
Hey there everyone!!
At nine years of age, I was going to a summer camp and having lots of fun. One day we to an outdoor swimming pool, and I just laughed it up, splashing and maneuvering my around.
It wasn’t until I got home that night that I noticed I had huge sun burns all over my ... Views:1571
Your Sparkling Soul: The Heart of God
Did you really think that you can plan your life out? You may certainly go ahead and try to. It makes sense to me to make every effort to do so, though sooner or later you’ll need to surrender to a much bigger plan at play. The higher power/ God ... Views:1046
You are a beautiful, radiant being. You might not always feel like it, but you are! Each of us is a unique creation, full of beauty, strength, creativity, and goodness. One of the many miracles of life is that we each have amazing qualities that set us apart from everyone else.
But sadly, ... Views:729
Getting Past An Uncomfortable Comfort Zone
Have you ever wondered why some people are able to successfully make change, yet many others cannot? This has remained a great mystery to many. Perhaps you have taken that moment to reflect and ask yourself this same question? I’m sure we all have ... Views:817
One of the trends I dislike in our culture is the reluctance of people to take responsibility, or to respond with care to each other. In my counseling practice, I hear a lot of self-justification, mind-reading, defensiveness, blaming and complaining; which is why relationships, friendships, ... Views:1406
I was talking with Jill a few weeks ago and she was saying that the crystals she had to help her sleep weren’t working. With a little further conversation and enquiry I soon deduced why. If you, like Jill, are having trouble sleeping, waking tied and far from refreshed, it may well be worth ... Views:2496
Many of you are expressing that this start of the year of the snake has been a very important time for soul searching and experiencing breakthroughs of profound awakenings, and alongwith this comes recognizing the depth of resistant patterns that have been sabotaging your abilities to manifest ... Views:1152
As we go through life handing the bumps and bruises that we all get a taste of, there’s a learning curve. Of course, the very way that we do handle that stuff determines how tough it’s going to get. Learn the lesson, it gets easier. Keep doing the same stuff, and the lesson continues until ... Views:1078
Conscious Discernment:Distinguishing Your Values
The essential foundation for distinguishing who you are begins with recognizing, appreciating and honoring your prized individuality. Although this may sound simplistic, it is highly significant because oftentimes we are conditioned to give ... Views:1677
I am getting older. Of course this is true for everyone, but it arrived for me so suddenly and I was a little unsure of how to be the best host to this arrival. I realized I am entering my Elder years and am now embracing the changes. My own parents gone and my children young men and women with ... Views:1541
Sometimes we cling to the strangest things… including some weird and destructive ideas about ourselves that can be self-fulfilling.
The most common of these is the pride that many of us take in our past suffering. I’ve done it myself many times, and so have you. There’s probably only a ... Views:1207
Where is the Sub-Conscious Mind Located?
Most people know that the root cause for our struggles is in the sub conscious mind. We all are aware that we have a conscious and a sub conscious mind and the sub conscious mind is the powerful one of the two. Most of the time we are on cruise control ... Views:3421
Do you want to enter the gates to heaven? We have all seen the images of the pearly white gates that lead us to the heavens. We have all heard the myths about an angel weighing our souls, judging us based on passed life experiences and our future intentions. If we have been good, then we are ... Views:1568
DO YOU KNOW…..
‘What IS’ is ONLY ever in that very moment, unless you prolong it!
Do you know that every single feeling you have is first created by a thought you think?
Every state of mind you have, whether happy, sad, depressed, angry or content begins on a thought level
Thought ... Views:786
We as members of the baby boomer society have seen great icons leave this world. We grew up with these icons, we watched them grow up on television, and they were such an important part of our daily life.
It is hard for us to imagine Jamie Lee Curtis advertising for Activia, or Henry ... Views:1499
It’s time you took learning into your own hands.
Learn something new-like a new language- or go back and learn it better this time. Teach yourself how to make anything, from crafts to cars. Watch the experts and learn their ways. Listen to a story of success and take a lesson.
You teach ... Views:1603
Moving towards a particular journey or traveling to a particular destination is like experiencing a great pleasure. But before embarking on any journey, it is always good to follow certain tried and tested tips in order to experience a pleasant journey. Some helpful tips while traveling ... Views:885
Recently, I read a post on another blog about what the writer sees as one of the challenges of relying on the wisdom of Guides in Spirit.
To paraphrase, it says:
The biggest problem happens when someone starts depending solely on a psychic source, like their team of Spirit Guides. They ... Views:1052
We all need reminders of the strengths we have. And we can cultivate resilience by embracing these three directives: by knowing what you have, by knowing who you are, and by knowing what you are capable of doing.
-- What You Have: strong relationships and connections to others, structure and ... Views:1479
Each of us has a considerable capacity for strength. And while sometimes it is easier to embrace being a victim of circumstances, that role removes the obligation to change. Resilient people do not let adversity define them. Instead, they rise above adversity—poverty, abuse, neglect violence, ... Views:895
Facial Speak
I've been watching the Jodie Arias Death Penalty trial for the past three weeks. For those of you who aren't familiar with this case, here is a little information about her.
Jodi Arias, 32, is accused of first degree murder in the death of her former boyfriend, Travis ... Views:1336
One day I was quoting David Carradine on my Facebook – “If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.” Some people were puzzled and asked, “What does it mean?”
Likewise, in my ever first Video Blog, I said something like, “You are not a person with wisdom. You are the wisdom.” It seems to be puzzling ... Views:1431
Looking up a definition of vulnerability, the first one noted is “susceptible to physical or emotional injury.” Aren’t we all, as human beings, susceptible to a blow to our physical and emotional well being? This is part of BEing a human. We can be strong and powerful in one moment, and fragile ... Views:805
Most ancient texts have explored the concept of healing, and modern medicine is now just beginning to document what I have personally experienced and what my clients have on our journey towards health…that the process of “healing” or becoming more “whole” happens simultaneously with one ... Views:1626
Our ancestors had a weird way of solving most of their problems. If someone were a social deviant or misfit, they would just kill them. If someone committed incest or treason, they would kill him. If someone refused to contribute to the community, they would bury them neck deep in the soil, ... Views:1230
I’m always amazed when people think that they can hold on to energy. The best thing to do when it comes to energy is to pass the ball! Yes, pass the ball! It could be an air pass. Or bounce pass, as long as you understand the importance of passing. Basketball much like life is a team sport. ... Views:997
I’ve been around the block a couple of times and I’ve heard all the talk about empathy and compassion. The Buddhists preach about how great it is to have compassion. Priests in Yoruba talk about sensitivity, and Christians talk about forgiveness. What does all this mean? It means absolutely ... Views:836
I have a really stupid question for you, would you rather be pinched or punched? Of course, the obvious answer is that you would rather get pinched. Being punched is perhaps ten times more painful. Also, by getting punched you can get certain injuries like a black eye, busted lip, or a broken ... Views:1033
Yesterday morning I rushed out the door in order to make it to work on time. I noticed there were leaves all over the patio. I dutifully picked up the broom in order to sweep, but within about 2 ½ seconds I realized I didn’t have enough time. So, I begrudgingly put the broom back in its home. ... Views:1115
If you have suffered from any form of child abuse, it may well have ranged from a number of disturbing events including violence, sexual abuse, verbal abuse or neglect. It doesn't matter which one of the events a child experiences, it can be a traumatic period in anyone's life. Once the abuse is ... Views:1600
“What the hell; you are what you are, and self honesty occupies a definite and vital part in the ever-growing process to become a real human being and not a plastic one.” ~Bruce Lee
Who knew that Bruce Lee was such a wise yogi? I didn’t! I’ve long adored the love poems of bhakti poets that ... Views:930
Continually focusing on what isn't only gives more power to it. The universe doesn't really have an opinion about what you want or don't want. It just listens to you. So, if you are telling the universe that the status quo is okay with you, it will listen. The universe doesn't pick and choose ... Views:1870
Great thinkers of the world like Kant, Hegel, Aristotle etc accept that a certain supreme authority exists which has created this world. And yet they were unable to throw light fully in this realm of thought. All the religions of the world like Christianity, Hinduism, Islam etc accept that God ... Views:1188
“Love is patient, love is kind.” But love, the kind we share with another, requires courage. Courage to stand in the world of unknowns and harness the intimacy that comes with the practice of being authentic with one another. It requires something akin to standing in a room completely naked, ... Views:1171