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Seven Ways & Seven Days To Renew
Your Life NEW!
by Carole Lynne
To renew and reinvent our lives, WE NEED A PLAN! Here it is: a seven-day
process to work with over and over. This plan incorporates physical,
mental and spiritual work. Use the whole seven-day process, or choose any
one of the days to work with as you create the life you want.
DAY 1: RE-CHARGE A Day of Commitment
Focus on changing your mind-set: This is the day to change the thought
patterns playing in your mind. Get rid of phrases such as "I
can't." "Why does this happen to me?" "Things always
seem to go wrong." "After three bad things happen, life will
change for the better." Insert thoughts such as "I can do
it." "There are creative solutions to any problem."
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____________________A New Approach
To Igniting And Sustaining Creativity
by Anne Paris, PhD
Mary squirmed in her chair as she continued, “I just don’t know what
is wrong with me. Why can’t I just do it? I feel stressed all the time
when I’m not writing. ‘I should be writing’, I say to myself, but I
don’t. I think, if I just get the laundry done, then I’ll be free to
sit down and write the next chapter. But then I don’t. Maybe I need to
exercise first, and I go for a run. I get back home, fully intending to
sit down at the computer. But I don’t. And all the while I’m feeling
bad and stressed about not writing. What is wrong with me? Maybe I’m
just lazy. Or maybe unconsciously I don’t really want to write. Or maybe
it just means that I’m not really cut out to be a writer. ‘Writers
write’, I tell myself.
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Beyond
Self-Image
by Christopher R. Edgar
A few years ago, I was fixated on overcoming what I saw as my “negative
self-image.” Basically, the problem was that I wanted to do certain
things I thought would be enjoyable and fulfilling, but I was afraid of
doing them. I wanted to start my own business, make more of an effort to
meet people, take up more “extreme” sports, and so forth, but I would
feel anxiety when I’d contemplate doing those things, and would find
myself holding back.
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Changing
the Focal Point of Our Lives to the Present Moment
by Alice Gardner
Something totally
unprecedented is happening right now—spiritually,
culturally and technologically. Oprah Winfrey has offered her massive
media presence to the movement of spiritual awakening in our world and has
created a huge ten-week online web-cast classroom with Eckhart Tolle.
Together they are teaching Eckhart’s new book, A
New Earth, point-by-point, chapter-by-chapter.
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You Can Do What You
Love
by Sanaya Roman and Duane Packer
You are a special, unique person, and you have a meaningful contribution to make to the world. Every person is born with a purpose. There is a reason you are here; you have a role to play that no one else on the planet could fill. The special contribution you came to make is your life’s work. When you are doing that work, you are following your higher path, and your life will be filled with increasing joy, abundance, and
well-being. Finding your life’s work allows you to create abundance and money easily. The job or activities that are meant to be your life’s work involve doing what you love with your time and energy. When you love what you do, you feel alive, happy, and fulfilled. You radiate joy and draw many good things to you. You can make money doing work that you don’t like, but it will take more effort. Not liking what you do with your time and energy diminishes your flow of abundance; loving what you do brings abundance more easily and effortlessly.
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The Path of Unconditional Happiness
by Michael A. Singer
The highest spiritual path is life itself. If you know how to live daily life, it all becomes a liberating experience. But first you have to approach life properly, or it can be very confusing. To begin with, you have to realize that you really only have one choice in this life, and it's not about your career, whom you want to marry, or whether you want to seek God. People tend to burden themselves with so many choices. But, in the end, you can throw it all away and just make one basic, underlying decision: Do you want to be happy, or do you not want to be happy? It's really that simple. Once you make that choice, your path through life becomes totally clear.
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Take the Path of Self-Construction
by Marlene Buffa
stru-, struct-, -structure, -struction, -structive (Latin: build, construct, place together, arrange).
So much judgment transfers via the media and our social interaction into our subconscious minds. We hear things such as someone is "on a path of self-destruction" or acts as "his own worst enemy." Rarely do we hear accolades of emotional rebirth or those rising from adversity or overcoming obstacles. We need to turn our attention and focus to different routes of growth, different methods of self-evolution and I invite you to consider the use of words both actual and coined for the exploration of this phenomenon we call spiritual growth.
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Why
Being Authentic is So Difficult
by Peter G. Vajda, Ph.D, C.P.C.
Why do we find ourselves struggling so often to be who we really are? Why
is it so challenging to show up authentically? Why do we wear masks, and
assume personalities of actors that hide our True and Real Self? What
brings us to be fake and phony so much of the time? The kicker is
that everyone is born authentic. What happens is that, beginning with
childhood and moving through adolescence and into adulthood, we spend
countless minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years separating from
our innate, authentic, natural and spontaneous self. And, along the road,
we become confused. “Who am I, really?” becomes the operative
question.
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Love it or Lose -- Passions and the
Quest for Meaning
by Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery and Mark Thompson
Much is said today about the importance of loving what you do, but most people simply don't buy it. Sure, it would be nice to do what you love, but as a practical matter, most people don't feel they can afford such a luxury. For many, doing something that really matters to them would be a sentimental fantasy based on wishful thinking.
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Overcoming Worry:
The Calming Power of Exercise
by Bob Livingstone LCSW
There are a lot of us that spend too much time worrying. According to The National Institute on Mental Health, approximately 40 million American adults ages 18 and older, or about 18.1 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have an anxiety disorder. Anxiety prevents us from being happy, can cause physical ailments, and keeps us from taking healthy risks that may improve the quality of our lives.
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The Magic of Appreciation
by Lynn Grabhorn
There are only three states of being we run around in all day long. If we could be even a little more aware of which one we're wearing during each moment of the day, we'd have a big leg up to changing our vibrations.
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Authenticity
by Brené Brown, Ph.D., L.M.S.W.
What is authenticity? We may not know how to define it, but we certainly
know it when we see it. In fact, when we are in the presence of an
authentic person, many of us can even feel it in our bones. We gravitate
toward people whom we perceive as honest, real and sincere. We love women
who radiate warmth and that "down to earth" feeling. We gather
around the people who can "tell it like it is" and laugh at
themselves in the process.
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Life Organizing: A Completely New Way to Flow with Time
by Jennifer Louden
Do you feel a pull to be present, to match your pace to the fluid and complex world ours has become? If so, the more traditional approaches to managing your life and structuring your days can hog-tie you, forcing you to relinquish the skills most needed in today’s world – like intuition, emotional intelligence, creativity, and big-picture thinking.
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The
Eight Choices to Reducing Fear and Finding Contentment as You Age
by Dr. Stephen Ruppenthal
We live in a world that is obsessed with looking beautiful and young, and
maintaining perfect health well into our older years. But youth is short.
As we gradually age, panic can set in as the increasingly inescapable loss
of our physical beauty fills us with fear. Once we pass our early
thirties, most of us aren't as attractive as we may have once been and our
vitality begins to slip away. We realize how much less frequently people
notice us and smile at us on the streets—and when they do look, it
isn’t with admiration or appreciation but with something else. As
the inevitable truth sets in and we are faced with this loss of youth, all
of us a profound fear that we will be left behind.
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Dare To (Not)
Compare: One Secret To Aligning With Your Highest Potential
by Jeffrey Brownstein
I was talking with a friend today. We were having this nice, empowering
conversation, sharing ideas - and then we started analyzing another mutual
acquaintance (already sound familiar?). Nothing terrible, but my friend
astutely pointed out when our focus started slipping more toward the other
person's shortcomings, and suggested we shift the discussion back to our
own affairs. I, of course, being a (sometimes defensive!) Law of
Attraction coach tried to validate the merits of our digression, saying
there was no malice in our words - that we were just using the other
person's behavior as a vehicle for learning. Thankfully, my friend wasn't
completely buying in.
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Find
Your Center and Reach Your Goals for 2007
by Stephen Ruppenthal
The
New Year is a time to wipe the slate clean. With heartfelt zeal, we can
earnestly make a new start. As the great Zen master Suzuki-roshi used to
say, we contact what is called the beginner’s mind, a real hope for
keeping new resolutions about ourselves. Of course it’s great to post
such resolutions in your office or on the refrigerator, keeping them right
before you as you strive for personal change. But if you really want to
stop being late or to cease yelling at your husband,
your willpower will flow more constantly if you find your inner
center and practice the new pattern of behavior from your heart. Since
change is so hard, particularly in areas where we have shown considerable
weakness, here are five helpful ways to find our center within ourselves
and hold fast to the new behavior we want in the New Year:
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Making Resolutions That Stick
by M.J. Ryan
"This year, I’m going to stop
worrying so much."
"I will get in shape, once and for
all."
"I’ll stop spending beyond my
means."
"I’ll get along better with my
family."
"I’ll start that business I’ve
always dreamed about."
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Ask
Psychic Medium Laura Scott (Issue #18)
by Laura Scott
Hi
Laura,
I was born to a teenage mother and heroine addicted father who later
abandoned us. My mother was so shamed that she was pregnant with me that
she refused to name me. I was told that a nun/nurse working in the Labor
and delivery room named me.
My life has been a ton of struggles since day one, but I still feel so
optimistic and blessed. I have some many talents and understandings that
always shock and amaze me, but I still feel scattered with it, and feeling
like I am grasping at straws in living my purpose. But I do believe before
I leave earth, I am going to affect many people in a positive way.
Question, am I correct about the belief, and which direction should I take
from here on end?
Many Blessings, Keesha M.
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Perfectionism:
The Dangerous Trap
by Allie Ochs
Just when I have something figured out, along comes another how-to-article telling me how to be or do something better or even change my entire life. No matter where I turn, I am constantly reminded that I am not good enough in more ways than one. I am not smart enough, not rich enough, not slim enough, not efficient enough, not pretty enough, not powerful enough, not “with it” enough and probably “out of it” altogether.
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9 Guidelines for Spiritual Coaching: A Foundation for True and Lasting Transformation
by Peter Vajda, Ph.D.
Spirituality coaching is more than creating goals and holding someone accountable. Spirituality coaching takes into account the whole person, that is, mind, body and spirit. Spirituality coaching focuses on one's essential well being that can only be accessed from one's Inner Core, one's essence. Click
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Are You Living An Authentic Life? Questions To Ask About Your Vocation And Your Life!
by Craig Nathanson-The Vocational Coach™
Have you ever asked yourself if you are living the life you were meant to live? Have you ever asked yourself, as you pondered your life, is this all there is? These are great questions to ask when you reach forty and beyond.
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10 Ways to Remove Stress From Your
Life
by Natasha Munson
1. Speak and honor your truth. One of the biggest problems, especially for
women, is knowing when and how to say no. Many women are born with the
need to please and deal with societal pressures to be superwoman. We must
learn to say no when we mean no and yes when we truly mean yes. Our truth
is a gift that we must honor. We all know when we are not honoring our
truth because we feel it in our spirit. Live your life so that everything
is a reflection of your truth.
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Glorious Living! Guidelines For Mastering
The Art Of Contentment
by Steve Morris
We live in a consumer driven society. Studies show consumerism is up and it is not likely it will slow. Bigger, better, faster. We aim to buy the latest model plasma TV, the fastest designer car, the biggest house, latest phone, computer or MP3 player and almost instantly the model we have strived so hard to possess gets superceded and the process repeats itself.
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Finding Fulfillment at Midlife: The
Second Chance Career
by Diane Randall
For more than twenty-years, Carla’s primary focus was working her way up
the corporate ladder in the Human Resources department of a large publicly
traded company. Day after day she worked hard to meet the demands of her
superiors and colleagues, until one morning she woke up with a sickened,
sinking feeling in her stomach.
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Break Through Self-Doubt and Fear
by Simma Lieberman
Self-doubt and fear interfere with our ability to achieve or set goals. Self-doubt and fear are the voices in our head telling us, "You'll never succeed, so why try?" and "Who do you think you are?" Self-doubt and fear are also what make us listen to those voices and decide to give up before we get started.
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Wheel Of Life Cycles
by Kay Snow-Davis
Would you like a "second chance" at life? The life you have
lived since you were born influences everything you do today. There are
many experiences that got recorded into your cellular memory, your
unconsciousness, and they continue to silently play out in your daily life
undetected and undirected by your conscious mind until you put in a new
program. Wheel of Life Cycles helps fill in some of the missing pieces of
your childhood by giving you a conscious review, through the eyes of your
soul, allowing you to recognize the "life movie" you have been
starring in up to now.
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Why Did This Happen to Me Again?
by Janette Freeman
Do you wonder why your efforts at personal transformation don’t seem to last?
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The Invisible Realm And The Art Of
Manifestation
by Alex Nguyen
Walk into any bookstore. Chances are you’ll most likely find a large
section of shelves dedicated to self-help literature. While most books
deal with techniques and methods on how to deal with “problems” on a
physical level, few deal with inner techniques of manifestation as a way
to improve one’s life or attain goals.
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Keep Your Cool with
This Stress Reduction Tool
by Tracy Togliatti
It isn’t easy keeping your sense of peace when everyone and everything
around you is going crazy. Short of completely isolating yourself from the
whole world, within a perfectly peaceful environment, what do you do? This
article is going to explore quite a few tools that will help you formulate
your very own Stress Reduction Plan. This plan will help you keep your
cool even when those around you are losing theirs, and quite possibly
blaming it on you!
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Top Ten Benefits of Play
by Marianne St. Clair
Play is extremely important for humans from birth to death. Play is not meant to be just for children. It is a form of
release and connection that can tap the creativity and can allow you the chance to connect with your inner child and
the inner child of others. Play is a state of mind, but it is also a state of body, emotion, and spirit.
Yes, it is something you do (playing games, swinging, playing "tag", playing with dolls), but it is also something you watch
others do, and gain pleasure from simply watching. It is often described as a time when we feel most alive, yet it is
something we take for granted and may forget to do. It can be entirely positive, or can be dramatic (such as acting
out a thrilling or suspenseful activity). Play can be used in many ways to not only stimulate creativity but as a way
to transform negative emotions. We are hardwired as adults to engage in play, and it is crucial to our vitality to
spend time with play each day.
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Saying
"No" When It's Not That Simple
by Sabrina Schleicher, Ph.D.
As a psychologist and life coach, I often find myself discussing the
importance of saying "no" with busy, stressed-out professionals.
Everyone likes the idea of saying "no" more often, at least in
theory. But, when it comes to actually doing it, I hear a lot of
"Yes, buts." In other words, "Yes, I could say no to that,
but then who would do it?" or "Yes, I could say no to that, but
then my boss would be upset with me and I might not get a promotion."
Why is it so hard to say "no" to others?
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____________________Moving Beyond
the Fear of Success
by Karen Johnson
Success has been a motivator since the beginning and man has been on an
ongoing quest ever since. Most of us want to be successful. Do you? So
what’s stopping you? Why is one person successful and another not? We
all want IT but somehow for some of us it keeps eluding our grasp. Some
long for a better present but spend their time living only in the
future…existing mainly on the promise of tomorrow.
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Ten Roadblocks to Creative Success
by Jan Marie Dore
To stay competitive in the world of work today, you must use your
imagination and creativity. These innate gifts have the potential to give
us an edge in business and in life, yet we are often blocked and fail to
accomplish the projects we intend to.
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Soul Healing for Changing Times
by Katharina Wehrli
Western philosophy and modern religions embrace an image of the Source as
perfect, while human beings are seen as separate from this Source. On the
leading edge of soul healing, human nature and this cultural conditioning
require closer examination. Many people are now moving rapidly toward
spiritual perception and consciousness expansion. Light and love are
manifesting more easily, while an array of preconceived notions and false
beliefs are in need of purging.
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Living A
More Magical Life
by Dr. Trish Whynot
We are all on a spiritual journey. Some will consciously pursue it, others
may be in denial of it, and some may use it as an excuse to appear
superior by judging others as inferior or pathetic. The course we have
laid out for ourselves and then forgotten at birth is shown to us with
every experience we encounter. Our spiritual journey is our journey toward
coming to know the powerful loving being we truly are.
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4 Steps to Creating Any Result You Want in Life
by Lisa Diane
You can have absolutely anything you want in life. You simply need to understand HOW to produce desired results.
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____________________ Consulting Your Soul
by Dr. Wayne Dyer
Recently I approached a traffic light where a man stood in shabby clothes
with a three-legged dog by his side. As I waited for the light to change I
looked at this scene with compassion and felt an urge to contribute
something. The sign he was carrying indicated that he was homeless. The
people in my car commented that he was a strong young man, there were
plenty of employment opportunities, and why should anyone give to people
who are capable of working. They indicated a kind of mild contempt for
this man soliciting funds whom they felt "should" be working. My
thoughts were on him and the fact that he cared for and fed this crippled
dog. I rolled down the window and gave him several dollars for which he
expressed enormous gratitude.
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Expectations vs. Reality:
A New Perspective
by Laura Scott
One of the most common themes that I see my fellow path walkers struggling
with these days is expectations vs. reality. You know, as in having your
expectations being completely out of wack with what you are actually
living? While it’s a year-round task to keep the expectation demons
under control, it’s an even greater challenge as the holiday season
approaches.
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We've Been
Living in a Dream World
by Jean-Claude Koven
"Most people are other people," Oscar Wilde once remarked.
"Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry,
their passions a quotation." As he so wryly observed, the vast
majority of us are not who we've been pretending to be, and the lives
we've been living until now are molded according to rules and values that
are not our own. Most of humanity is stuck in someone else's discarded
chewing gum and has yet to break free.
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Building Healthy Self-Esteem
by Karen Ann Dahlman
Our family of origin teaches us our self-esteem. It is based upon an evaluation of ourselves we form about our personal competence and self-worth. The bad news: low self-esteem becomes a habitual, self-defeating way of reacting in the world. You forgo a level of personal responsibility and follow a path of passivity. Events happen to you instead of you making events happen. Successes are discounted and failures are noticed. Anything “good” that happens is viewed as luck, chance, fortitude or a fluke! When
mishaps occur, you identity your core being with the failures instead of viewing the failures as temporary events. On the other hand, the good news is since self esteem is a learned behavior, you can unlearn, relearn and change it.
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To Our
Politicians From a Spiritual Working Stiff
by Dr. Wayne Dyer
I am neither a Republican nor a Democrat. Frankly, I still have difficulty
with the labels, conservative and liberal. Those who know me have never
been able to pigeonhole me. I relate to Kierkegaard's observation:
"Once you label me, you negate me." In truth, I am a working
stiff.
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The Lessons of "Living Treasures"
by Marilyn Ferguson
Japanese society has an admirable habit of honoring its outstanding contributors as if they were national resources. Individuals who have developed their abilities to a high level or who have given generously of themselves are designated "living treasures."
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Finding
Balance - In A Stressful World!
by Karen Ann Dahlman
Is it possible to live a balanced life?
Living a balanced life may conjure up images of balanced scales, being a
“superhuman”, feeling even-keeled and in control. We perceive it to
mean symmetrical, composed, stable and poised. The collective belief
is that if you equally attend to all facets of your life, and if you
maintain your composure while doing so, you will find the nirvana of
balance within your life. This is a great myth, yet a perceived road map
to many for finding balance.
FYI - Your life is not meant to be one static pie chart you control!
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“Financial” Matters
by Dr. Trish Whynot
Money issues are encountered by many on their journey toward
self-discovery. Be it financial lack or difficulty enjoying the money you
have, money struggles are most often not the “real” issue. Money is an
energy and a financial issue is a messenger … it is an indicator … it
is a symptom. Financial lack can indicate a depleted state—an imbalance
with your giving and receiving. It manifests as more money going out than
is coming in. Financial lack can also be indicating issues with value,
self-worth or image. Financial struggles can be presenting a message that
you have placed too much weight on money. If you place your safety and
security on how much money you have in the bank, you have given it too
much weight and spending money could be frightening, even if you have an
abundance of it. These are but a few messages that your financial matters
could be attempting to bring you.
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Grow
a Balanced, Empowered Self
by Charlene M. Proctor, Ph.D.
Generating woman-power to overcome inevitable everyday problems, or
perhaps deeper issues of self-love, acceptance, or forgiveness, is about
knowing the spirit-power within at an intimate level. The word empowerment
means power put into action. When you reach the point of empowerment, you
operate from an unfathomable sense of spiritual balance, a profound
knowingness that you are composed of the All and are able to use it in the
real world. It's impossible to generate self-love or put any spiritual
principle to work until you fully embrace all aspects of who you are.
Loving self is about loving spirit. Your power to effect change and cope
is your inherent spirit-power put into action.
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A New
Conversation About Dreams: Who’s Directing Your Life?
by Marcia Wieder
While aspects of you encourage, “Go for your dreams,” simultaneously
other parts threaten, “Don’t you dare.” A cast of characters lives
inside of you and at different times you may receive conflicting or
contradictory messages. If you are want to be happy, successful, and
fulfilled, consider putting your “dreamer” in the director’s chair.
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____________________ How to Stop Being Judgmental
by Carole Tyler
"If her past were your past, her pain your pain, her level of consciousness your level of consciousness, you would think and act exactly as she does. With this realization comes forgiveness, compassion, peace." -- Eckert Tolle
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Get Drama and Trauma Out of Your Karma
by Keith Varnum
You finally make a friend, or get a hot date, with someone you're attracted to, then blow it by acting aloof or not being yourself.
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____________________ Discovering What You Really Want
by Shifra Hendrie
YOU CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH OF WHAT YOU DON’T REALLY WANT
Life keeps getting faster and faster. More and more, we spend our time trying to make things happen, fitting more into each minute than ever before. But somehow, we are neither satisfied nor fulfilled. Why? Because the things we’re running after so fervently are in most cases not the things we really want.
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by Keith Varnum
“If you work for money, you are no better than a slave. If you do
anything you don’t enjoy in life, you are no better than a slave!”
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Finding Your Divine Purpose
by Edwene Gaines
At one time or another you've probably asked yourself, "What is the purpose of my life? What is its meaning? Why am I here on Earth, and what am I supposed to be doing?" Chances are, you work hard, whether you take care of a household or have a job outside of the home. Your days are filled with seemingly endless chores and tasks like getting the oil changed in your car and going to the grocery store. Perhaps sometimes, when you get tired or stressed out, life can seem like just one long and meaningless "to do" list with a bland retirement and a gold-plated watch at the end of it.
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How To Turn Every Movie You Watch Into A Spiritual Experience
by Bob Kish
There are two things you can do to transform every movie you watch into an opportunity for spiritual growth and learning. What are they?
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Relationship Coaching: Is
It Everything It's Cracked Up To Be?
by Allie Ochs
Personal or business coaching has helped thousands change their lives and
achieve their goals. Yet, for the skeptics it still is a fuzzy concept
with little recognition for its benefits. Think of Celine Dion, who with a
voice coach claimed world fame. Her coach unleashed what is known today as
one of the most mesmerizing voices in the world.
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Can People Really Change?
by Shifra Hendrie
MOST PEOPLE NEVER REALLY CHANGE
Sad, but true.
Some people never even try.
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Parenting
as a Spiritual Path
by Gloria Deckro
The step into parenthood is an initiation in the truest sense of the word
— a huge leap into the unknown. We suddenly find ourselves with 24-hour
a day responsibility for another human being who is totally dependent on
us. As the task unfolds we discover that we are called upon to be teacher,
provider, disciplinarian, healer, spiritual guide and friend. Our children
test us, they call on us to face unhealed baggage from our own childhood,
and they inspire us to dig deep for resources that we never knew we had.
Ultimately our mission is to support and guide them to the point where
they can leave us and move on. As Kahil Gibran says to parents in his book
The Prophet, "Your children are not your children. They are the sons
and daughters of Life’s longing for itself…You are the bows from which
your children as living arrows are sent forth."
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The Healing Power of
Laughter
by Margaret McCathie
Laughter is healthy, needed even by the wealthy, and is definitely wise.
It is well known that a good laugh does you good, because every time you
laugh you exercise seventeen different muscles in your face, it increases
oxygen levels in the body and releases endorphins (feel good hormones)
around your body. It brings a sense of freshness into your home or
workplace, costs nothing and is one of the best stress relievers known. In
medical terms it is called “eustress” because it has the opposite
effects to stress.
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Do
You Really Want to Know the Truth?
by Jean-Claude Koven
Back in 1992, Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise co-starred in a movie entitled
A Few Good Men. The high point of the film, in my view, was a classic,
heated exchange between their characters, during which Kaffee (the
military attorney played by Cruise) says: “I want the truth,” and Col.
Jessup (Nicholson) responds: “You can’t handle the truth.”
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Healing
the Fear of Success and Self Sabotage
by Darlene Montgomery
As an author, coach and publicist I have had the opportunity of working
with hundreds if not thousands of individuals in the success process, both
one on one and in large workshops. One of the most interesting and least
understood conditions I’ve seen that holds individuals back from the
realization of their dream is the need to self-sabotage and the fear of
success.
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Increase Your Standards, Improve Your Life: 7 Steps To Better Health, Finances, Relationships And Mental
Well-being!
by Kimberly Fulcher
The quality of your life is directly related to your standards. A standard is a personal rule or expectation about the level of excellence you require in something, and when you raise your standards you change your life.
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The Fog of Transition
by Mary Ann Bailey
Much of my coaching is spent helping people in transition make decisions
regarding the next phase of their lives. Some of them are looking for
their next professional path. Some are trying to figure out relationship
issues, and others are wondering if they really could achieve a long-held
dream.
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Who Do You Think You Are?
by Laura Scott
"Who do you think you are?!" I was asked this provocative question recently, in an somewhat hostile way. People often lash out with words towards what they don't understand or feel threatened by. It's primal, more of a defense mechanism really. An attempted act at leveling a perceived playing field.
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The 3 Pillars of Personal Power: Passion, Clarity, and Self-Love
by Keith Varnum
What’s missing? I don’t get it! I chant and pray. I meditate, exercise and do yoga every day. I go to a godzillion workshops. Why don’t I feel better? Why don’t I have the love, money and health I want? Where is the direct connection with Spirit I crave?
Sound familiar? If so, help is on the way.
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Your Immune System: 10 Natural Ways to Relax and Rejuvenate
by Monique N. Gilbert
Stress seems to have become a constant factor in today's fast-paced
society. If left unchecked, it can wreak havoc upon our health.
Learning how to effectively manage stress can mean the difference between
being robust and full of life, or becoming susceptible to illness and
disease. Stress can weaken the immune system and accelerate the
aging process. The ability to relax and rejuvenate promotes
wellness, vitality and longevity.
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Gratitude:
The Secret Behind Creativity
by Nancy Marmolejo
When you think of being more creative, what comes to mind? Most people
think in terms of artistic skills, but creativity manifests itself in a
number of ways beyond the obvious. Picture creativity like a jet stream
that flows all around us: when we step up to the flow and dip our hands
in, we easily grab wonderful ideas, refreshed insights and innovative
actions. At times, things get in our way and we lose our contact
with the creative flow. We consider ourselves in a rut, not creative,
unproductive, dull.. There is a simple practice that magically
ignites the creative juices and brings joy to all parts of life. It takes
practice, commitment, and an open mind.
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On Developing Resiliency
by Asoka Selvarajah
Life is tough.
Of that, there is no doubt. Buddhism actually teaches that the essence of
the unenlightened life IS suffering. This is the truth of it. Nobody has
it easy. Neither pauper nor king, neither bacterium nor whale - all suffer
to a greater or lesser extent, and all are subject to that ultimate
suffering we call Death. Life feeds on life. People, it would seem, often
feed on each other.
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Can't You See I'm Working?
by C. J. Hayden
For many working parents, telecommuting or a home business may seem like
the answer to your prayers. You want to have more time with your
kids and greater flexibility, so you take the leap, install a second phone
line, and set up a computer in the dining room.
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Creating Change: 2005 Resolutions
by Charles Lightwalker
Why do so many New Year's resolutions crash and burn? Because of our aversion to change. Creatures of habit, we cling to routine. The "same old, same old" is comforting, even if it's bad for us. Business as usual is far less scary than making a leap into the unknown, a new way of being or doing things. Change is so hard that the current trend in corporate America is "change management." When an employee faces major change, his productivity sharply declines, he misses work, becoming less effective and the company suffers. Every Fortune 500 company pumps hundreds of thousands of dollars per year into experts who help their employees deal with losing a loved one, accepting a management merger or even quitting smoking.
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The Best Christmas Gift You
Can Give
Yourself or Anyone Else:
Simplicity
by Susan Dunn
“Many
people are choosing to simplify their lives, eliminating the number of
things coming into their homes.” – Judy Harrison, Ph.D.
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Kabbalistic Guidance for Our Times
by Rabbi Michael Ozair
While there continues to be enough violence and insanity in our post
election world right now to warrant the urgent need for any shift in
consciousness that we can gather, there are no hints of this shift in
consciousness in the newspapers or political front.
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5 Simple Strategies for
Keeping Your Life Stuck
by Mary Ann Bailey
One of the most common statements I hear when I talk with potential
clients is, "I feel stuck." People find themselves feeling stuck
in different ways. They may be in a relationship that no longer is
working, but they don't know how to leave. They may have a dream of
starting their own business, but aren't exactly sure where to begin. Or
they may just want to incorporate more fun in their lives, but aren't sure
how to make that happen.
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Recreating Yourself
by Skye Thomas
So it's time for a change. You've taken that hard look in the mirror and
you've decided that who you are is not who you want to be. Or perhaps
you're standing at a fork in the road and where you'd like to go requires
that you make some changes. Maybe you're just really bored with your life
as you've been in that same old rut for so long that you just want to
scream if you spend another day doing the same amazingly boring things all
over again. The reasons for change are as varied as the people making the
decision to do so. The only thing you have to remember is that the change
must come from you, not from someone else. And it can't be a gift to
someone else, it won't work. Ultimately, recreating ourselves is a very
personal choice and a very personal decision that others really can't help
us with.
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Rediscover Your Childhood:
Possibilities
by Phil Keoghan with Warren Berger
When it comes to childish
possibilities, there are almost too many to choose from. If you're looking
for some little starters -- things that are easy to do and will begin to
get you in the right frame of mind -- flying a kite is an old standby. The
same can be said of board games, particularly old favorites from childhood
like Scrabble and Monopoly. Pictionary is great because it forces you to
draw, often with hilarious results. To boost the "experience
quotient" on game playing, take the games outdoors to a park and
arrange an all-day high-stakes tournament; put kids in charge as referees.
These are just warmups to more elaborate possibilities such as:
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Break Through the Barrier
Between You and True Peace
by Guy Finley
If we wish to find peace we must understand something of its life. Here
are a few such facts: Peace is the natural radiation of a living Now; it
is one with that Light whose life is the eternal present itself, even as
the emanations of light and warmth are one with the sun from which they
radiate. If our intuition can perceive that the above ideas are based in
truth, then we should be naturally moved to ask the following
question: If this peace we long for is inherent in this perfectly present
moment we call the "Now," what is it that keeps us from knowing
the fulfillment of its promise within us? Let's look.
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Ten
Interpretations To A Happier Life
by Khushi
Stress affects all of us and can show its manifestations in various forms. We cannot avoid it altogether, but what we can do is follow some of these hints to reduce stress from our lives. Here is a list of ten quotations and how we can interpret these to experience a happier and stress free tomorrow.
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Make A Plan To Re-ignite Vocational Passion
by Craig Nathanson
Nobody will stop you in the hallway at work to ask if your career provides
meaning and personal fulfillment. Recognizing that something’s missing
in your vocational life and taking the initiative to change must come from
within.
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How to Get What You Want Every Time!
by Nelson D. Berry
You know that YOU are the creator of all that occurs in all of your life
experience, right?
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Our Worst Enemy
by Michael Lee
Who do you consider as your worst enemy? The criminals roaming the dark
streets? Your boss who's killing you mentally and emotionally with stress
and harsh words? The people in office who are engaging in graft and
corruption, instead of helping those in need?
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Illuminating The Workplace
by Rev. Omar Khayyam Yeldell
For every calling there is a purpose. Many times the purpose is befuddled
by our own limitations and prejudices. A very thin line of perception,
separates what is indeed objectively fair on one side, and having our own
way. But once we consciously accept a role as Light worker, as healer to
be more exact, the ever-loving Universal energies respond accordingly...
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Creating Effective Household Rules
by Mark Strobel, LCSW
Though not many kids would admit that they enjoy following rules, they all appreciate the structure that rules provide. Rules provide structure that helps children feel safe and secure. In addition, rules provide the expectations needed to help them understand and practice acceptable behaviors.
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11 Questions To Kickstart Your Dream
by Keith Varnum
What's your dream? Want to give your vision a jumpstart? Write down your
goals and use these questions to speed up delivery of your dream.
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For The Love Of
Mommy
by Jennifer Ottolino
For most of you being a mother is one of the most wonderful and rewarding
experiences that you will have in your life. It can also be a time when
you feel lost and out of touch with who you are outside of being a
“mommy”. Maintaining an identity outside of your children is vitally
important, not just for you, but for your family as well...
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About Your Life? Put the Pieces Together By Uncovering Your Belief Systems
by Nancy
Canning
There's a wonderful bumper sticker that
explains life the way I see it: The universe rearranges itself to
accommodate your picture of reality. I have been working with belief
systems for the past 20 years and I'm grateful to have a bumper sticker
that explains my life work!
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The Hour Of Power
by Asoka Selvarajah, Ph.D
Aristotle said that if you gave him a lever
big enough, he could move the world. The same principle of leverage
applies in your life. In this case, we are talking about the use of a
small amount of time each day to revolutionize the results you get from
the rest of your day and your life.
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Questions Using Intuition
by Lynn Robinson
My favorite definition of intuition came
from a 15-year-old girl I know who said, "Intuition is where, like,
you know something, but like, where did it come from?" I believe that
intuition is a reliable inner resource for wisdom to guide our lives.
Fortunately, everyone has it, and we are capable of developing it for
practical use in everyday life as well as for discovering and achieving
life goals. Learn to listen to your intuition and learn from it by tuning
in to these four cues.
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___________________ Overcome Worry For A Healthier You
by Kathy Gates
Norman Vincent Peale said, “You are not
what you think you are; but what you think, you are”. If we follow
this philosophy, then most of us are certifiable worry machines.
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The Art of Balancing an
Unequal Life
by Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE
Over the
past years, two books appeared repeatedly on the best seller list: Peter
Lynch's "Beating the Street" and Thomas Moore's "Care
of the Soul." This
juxtaposition captures the dilemma facing all of us in the business world.
How does one swim with the sharks, squeeze the margins of an
angst-filled financial world, and still lead a life of wholeness in
spirit, mind and body?
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Something More: Excavating Your Authentic
Self
by Sarah Ban Breathnach
Did you ever see the film National Velvet?
Based on the heartwarming book written by Enid Bangoid, the film starred a
teenage Elizabeth Taylor in her first leading role as Velvet Brown, a
young English girl determined to transform an ordinary horse she'd won in
a raffle into a racehorse...
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Get
a Life!
by Nisandeh Neta
I
work with people. After years of hiding behind computer screens and management room doors, I
realized that I fear closeness to other people. Through contact comes the risk of disappointment, hurt,
or abandonment. This made me realize that I'm actually afraid to be alive.
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Failure
Is: Learning, Misspelled
by Laura Burkey
Failure Is: Learning, Misspelled.
(In other words, "There is no such thing as failure")
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Want A Successful Life? Follow Your Intuition
by Lynn A. Robinson, Author Of Compass Of The Soul and Divine
Intuition
Think
of someone you know who leads a successful life. They exude an aura of
calm and inner peace, yet you can almost see their “spirit.”
They crackle with infectious energy. They may have millions or they
may not, but their success is obvious in their “presence.”
They enjoy life and they love to share that joy with others...
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Making A Difference, It Is Up To You!
by Nisandeh Neta
"I have a dream that my four children will one day
live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin
but by the content of their character." Those powerful words are part of a speech given by Martin Luther King in
August 1963. Those are the words of a man who was persecuted and then murdered for
preaching non-violent civil disobedience whilst fighting for black peoples
civil rights in the United States during the turbulent early sixties.
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Uncovering
Soul in the Healthcare Setting
by Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE
The San
Francisco Chronicle recently reported that “soul is in”.
In a headline calling it “the buzzword of the millennium” a
front-page story reported that some
322 citations for the word appear in the current edition of Books
in Print. That’s nearly four
times the number in 1990.
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Find
a Quiet Corner: A Simple Guide to Self-Peace
Introduction
by Nancy O'Hara
I used to wish my life away. I lived my
life thinking ahead to the next thing—the next day, when I had a date
with so-and-so and wouldn't that be nice; the next job, because I hated my
current one so much; the next year, when I was planning to take that great
vacation which held the promise of changing my life; the next prince
charming, who would rescue me from my life because the last one was really
a frog and I was meant to be saved.
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The Illustrated Discovery Journal:
Creating a Visual Autobiography of Your Authentic Self
Authentic Style
by Sarah Ban Breathnach
One of the truths I learned on my Simple
Abundance journey is that you cannot begin the search for
authenticity, you cannot embark on a spiritual path within, and not see it
reflected on the outside. We're talking about style, fitness, and beauty.
Girl talk. Sister stuff. Soul speak. Chick concerns. The eternal question:
How do I look?
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The
Thinker's Way: Create the Life You Want
by John Chaffee
You are an artist, creating your life
portrait, and your paints and brushstrokes are the choices you make each
day. How do you feel about the portrait you have created so far? Have you
defined yourself as the person you always wanted to be, or are you a
"work in progress"? Are you achieving your full potential as a
human being, "actively exercising your soul's powers"—the
ancient Greek definition of happiness (eudaemonia)?
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Life On The Emotional Streets: The
Feral Human
by Linda Marks
In April, one of my greatest mentors died.
He had been my teacher and friend for seven years. His name was Angelo and
he entered my life as a feral cat...
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Making Peace With Money
by Linda Marks, Steve Fahrer and
Barry Goldwater
Do you know anyone that is totally
comfortable with their relationship with money? Talking about money is a
social taboo. And we often avoid looking at our financial issues when we
are by ourselves. Money is our culture's most loaded concept. Many people
are more comfortable talking about their sex lives than their financial
issues. Wealthy, poor or making ends meet, rarely is anyone satisfied with
their financial position.
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From
Fats And Grease To Inner Peace
by Karen Anne Bentley
At first
glance, it may seem like a stretch to link inner peace and weight loss;
but there’s a direct connection between your ability to change or manage
your body weight and your peaceful state of mind...
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Getting Started With The
Alexander Technique The Hard Way
by Jamee Culbertson, Dan Arsenault
and David Arsenault
The irony is not lost on me. When I got the phone call from my
sister-in-law Laurie that my brother David had been in a bad car accident,
I was just getting ready for an Alexander Technique lesson with my
teacher, Jamee Culbertson. It was the eve of the Thanksgiving holiday, the
start of a four-day weekend. I’m sure I was not an apt pupil at that
lesson, but, on my way out, Jamee offered to see David as soon as he was
well enough.
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I'd Rather Laugh: How to Be Happy
Even When Life Has Other Plans for You
You're Probably Wondering Why I
Invited You Here
by Linda Richman
I'm not supposed to be writing this book.
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Let Go into the Mystery
by M. Dennis Paul, Ph.D.
What we do not know about the mystery of life could challenge us for a
lifetime and maybe then some. Many of us go through life wondering what
our purpose is and just how we fit into the grand scheme of existence. For
many of us, the answers are, seemingly, not easily found. We struggle
through our days with doubts, fears, and frustrations. Life, we think, is
more a hell than a heaven.
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The Soul At Work
by Jodie Foster
This is a journey of love. It is the path
of the sacred rose. The journey is the destination. It is the
excitement and the adventure and the experience that fill us with joy now.
It is our collective leap that is forthcoming. Forerunners exist as
light-bearers to show us the way. It is their chosen path in this
existence. This noble task has incredible value. For without these
forerunners, where would the collective be?
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The Loss of Leisure in a Culture of
Overwork
by Linda Marks
[An important message about balancing
our work and leisure time. If you work a lot of hours, this article was
written for you. ~ OfSpirit.com]
Having grown up in the 50's and 60's, I got
the message from our culture that as we approached the 21st century, we
could look forward to more leisure time and a better Iifestyle as the
miracle of technology made work easier and shorter. The dull and mundane
aspects of work would be replaced by machines, and the humans who formerly
did the tasks could then be freed up to do more important and meaningful
things with their time both in their personal lives and at work.
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My Most Important Truths
by Eeta Sachon
After reading hundreds of New Age and
self-help books, going to countless workshops and lectures, and practicing
with my new tools on a regular basis, I've decided to make a collection of
the ideas and tools that have been the most profound for me.
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The Sounds Of Service
by Jodie Foster
Do you ever feel like some days you've just had it? One more
customer asking you for something, your spouse being unavailable, your
kids yelling and demanding attention or the dog wants to be fed, when does
it end? Some days it seems more like we are in service rather than
feeling like we are being of service. Being in service feels like
servitude. How often do you feel like the rug has been pulled out from
under you and the world is spinning and you can't tell which way is up?
Is your to-do list longer than you can handle and most of it isn't even
for you? Maybe it's time to look at your relationship to service.
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Everyday Enlightenment: The
Twelve Gateways to Personal Growth
Opening to Life
by Dan Millman
Aaron and Charlotte, brother and sister,
are born into a two-parent, stable, middle-class household. Their parents
are educated, hardworking, caring, have no alcohol problems, abusive
habits, or guilty secrets. Aaron grows up successful--earns good grades,
wins a junior chess championship, plays sports, and later earns a good
income to support a family of his own. Charlotte does moderately well in
school but chooses unsavory friends, starts using heroin and other drugs,
turns to theft and prostitution to support her habit, which leads to jail
time and the hell of withdrawal.
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Making
a Life, Making a Living™:
Reclaiming Your Purpose and Passion in
Business and in Life
by Mark Albion
A Personal Odyssey
The rainy morning of June 5, 1986, was the
high point of my thirty-five-year-old life—or so it seemed at the time.
I was full of anticipation, and no downpour could dampen my spirits. That
afternoon I was scheduled to pick up a gleaming new black Jaguar, my first
drop-dead trophy purchase. It said, "Okay, world, look at me. On top!
In heaven!"
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Listen With Your Heart: Seeking
the Sacred in Romantic Love
by Eileen Flanagan
We were browsing through Borders bookstore
on a Saturday night as Jayne updated Nancy on the status of her new
relationship. Wandering past the self-help section, a title caught my eye
that I just couldn't resist: Searching for Courtship: The Smart Woman's
Guide to Finding a Good Husband. The three of us, all heterosexual
women in our early thirties, formed a giddy huddle in the aisle and began
thumbing through the pages.
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Set
Your Voice Free
by Roger Love and Donna Frazier
The very last thing I thought I'd ever need
was a singing coach. After all, I've never been able to carry a tune. But
several years ago, a string of events led me to Roger Love, and I will be
forever grateful for the changes he's made in my voice.
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Creating a Life of Joy:
A Meditative Guide
Preparing for Joy
by Salle Merrill Redfield
We are all capable of living
lives characterized by great joy. Within each of us is an amazing human
spirit that is strong enough to overcome pain and disappointment. And no
matter what our current situation happens to be, or what beliefs we may
currently harbor about ourselves, we can tap into that inner strength and
wisdom and move forward to create more joy.
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The
Good Girl's Guide to Negotiating: How to Get What You Want at the
Bargaining Table
by Leslie Whitaker and Elizabeth
Austin
I wrote a New York Times
bestseller.
I got paid $12,400 for it.
Don't let this happen to you.
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Bolstering Beliefs
by Louise Morganti Kaelin
At some time in your life you have probably used affirmations or other
positive self-talk to change an attitude, opinion or behavior. The more
you have done this, the more you know that sometimes it works and
sometimes it doesn't.
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Journal to the Self: 22
Paths to Personal Growth
THE 79¢ THERAPIST
by Kathleen Adams
For nearly 30 years I have had
the same therapist. This therapist is available to me 24 hours a day and
hasn't gone on vacation in almost three decades. I have called upon my
therapist at three in the morning, on my wedding day, on my lunch break,
on a cold and lonely Christmas, on a Bora Bora beach, and in the dentist's
reception room.
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Working In The Subtle Realm Of Thought
by Asoka Selvarajah, Ph.D
The spiritual realm is the world of Causes.
The manifest material world, that is so familiar to us through our senses,
is the world of Effects. Thought always precedes manifestation in the
material world. All that is manifest in the material world, whether in
nature or man-made, was first a thought; a grand design.
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Manifesting:
Create Your Own Reality
by Nisandeh Neta (based
on text by Richard Mark-Coates)
I've experimented with
conscious manifesting techniques for 13 years now. For 5 years I have taught others the tools that I myself have learned in a
course called 'Manifesting Results'. Some people come to the course with a preconception that I'm going to
teach them how to manifest. The bad news is that I'm not going to do that.
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Doing
the Work That You Love
by Vered (Tanmayo) Neta
As a child, I remember my father, sitting
in his room, surrounded by his books, writing. His work was his love. Later in his life, when most people have retired,
he was up early in the morning, busy with his work. It gave him a
meaning to life and kept him young.
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Acknowledgement:
A Tool For Transformation
by Nisandeh Neta
One Monday afternoon, whilst receiving a
massage, I was laying on my back, listening to my masseuse. Acutely aware, despite her young age she stated:
"Maybe you should look at what you have instead of what you don't
have yet." I opened one eye, carefully, "what point am I missing here?"
She continued: "you live in this beautiful house, in a quiet part of
a magnificent city.
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Use the Law of Attraction to Build Your Practice
by Michael Losier
Bring to mind a time in your life when you
can remember 'deciding' that you wanted something—a trip, a
relationship, a job or even a change in your life. Now, can you remember
how things started to appear in your life that were in alignment to what
it was you said you wanted—perhaps you attracted a phone call, the
perfect contact, a magazine or newspaper article?
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Between The
Lines: Nine Principles To
Live By
by Orel Hershiser and Robert Wolgemuth
Cars and trucks zoomed past me as I stood
on the shoulder of the I–75 entrance ramp, less than a mile from the
entrance to BG (Bowling Green State University). The wind whipped through
my hair and tugged at my jacket. I squinted from the dust that kicked up
in my face. Standing there with my thumb in the air, hoping for a ride, I
had never felt this hopeless. Never.
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Characteristics To Help Find The Work Of Your
Dreams
by Gloria Dunn
"Why am I not happy?" "Why
is life a struggle?" "Why doesn't work, work?" We probe our
soul with questions like these, but we will never hear the answers if we
don't take time off in our hectic days to listen. Unless we slow down and
take a deep breath, we cannot hear the subtle responses that come from
within.
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7
Lies That Prevent Powerful Results
by Kathy Gates
Everyone
has something in their life that they would like to change. Nobody's life
circumstances and environment are perfect. But what do you tend to tell
yourself about these circumstances? Often it's easy to fix blame on
others...
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Do What You Are: Discover the
Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type
by Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger It's
important to find the right job. Despite the universal fantasies of
winning the lottery, buying expensive cars and homes, and doing
fascinating work with interesting people in exotic places, the sober
reality is that most of us have to work, hard, for a long time. If you
spend forty to fifty years—not an unlikely scenario—working at jobs
you'd rather not be doing, you are in truth throwing away a large part of
your life. This is unnecessary and sad, especially since a career you can
love is within your reach.
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A Baked Potato Can Change
Your Life
by Michael Pollock
It was 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and I
was ready for lunch. A powerful craving for a hot, baked potato and a bowl
of chili arose within me. Mmmmm. I could practically taste the
mouth-watering, sour cream and chive flavoring of that soft, warm, baked
potato. I had to have it.
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Maintaining
Spiritual Consciousness
by Blanca Greenberg
Have you ever awaken feeling wonderfully
inspired, totally rejuvenated and ready to take on the world—when
suddenly—an unexpected comment, an offbeat remark or someone's negative
mood completely changes your demeanor?
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Lessons From The Animals
by Asoka Selvarajah, Ph.D.
According to religion and modern science, animals can be taken completely
at face value. In essence, the modern notion is that they are little more
than robots made of flesh, enslaved to their programming and instincts.
Hence, is it any wonder that we are given dominion over them in the book
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by David Leonhardt a.k.a. The Happy
Guy
Each day my daughter, pushing one year old
now, amazes me with the lessons she teaches me. Yes, here I go again
learning lessons from someone too young to speak. (Hmm … maybe
that's a lesson, too.)
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What's Hard To Find, But Always With You?
by Richard Blumenthal
To create a wonderful life, you first need
to make a choice: will you use your thinking to help yourself to the
happy, fulfilling life you wish for, or will you allow the often
haphazard, random ideas we gather over time to non-consciously run your
life for you? What you think leads directly to feelings and actions...
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Instant Relaxation Anytime, Anywhere
by Peter Murphy
If there was a way of relaxing quickly and easily in any situation would
you want to know what it is?
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Are You Living Your Career Dreams
by Charlene Rashkow
Inherent within the human spirit is the desire for fulfillment, a longing
to carry out our creative aspirations by reaching new heights of
accomplishment. Yet often the yearning can be suppressed by fear.
Perhaps we aren’t feeling good enough, smart enough or able enough to
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The Ten Things I Learned About
Life from Mister Rogers
by Susan Dunn
1. You can never go down, never go down, never go down the drain.
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Goal Manifestation Development
by Shaun Ajani
Goal manifestation, by the way of goal setting, itself is very
simple.
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Handling Your Fears
by Alina Ruigrok
Fear is a feeling that too often runs our lives. Whether it is fear of
commitment, rejection, failure, death, flying, or any other phobia, it
tends to keep us from living our lives to the fullest. Fear can be handled
rationally and can be controlled if you are willing to work on it and are
motivated enough in controlling it, instead of it controlling you.
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__________________ Purpose:
What's The Purpose?
by Bob Olson, OfSpirit.com Editor
Webster’s Dictionary says that purpose is “the reason for which
something exists.”
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How to Be A Good Guest
by Susan Dunn
Whether its a holiday or any other time of year, it pays to know how to be
a good guest.
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Change - What's It Really About?
by Joanne Victoria
As you sit in your office wondering what other successful business owners
are doing differently than you, have you ever asked yourself if you should
change your methods?
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Begin Your Dream Project TODAY!
by
Asoka Selvarajah, Ph.D
Have you ever dreamed of writing a book? Or
starting your own business? Or enrolling in an Art course? Or
whatever?.....
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by Michelle Casto, M.Ed.
What is a Life Purpose? Who am I? Why am I here? What is my purpose in
life? These are some of the oldest and most important questions posed by
human beings throughout history. They become the most profound when an
individual such as yourself begins to think and reflect on them...
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Conscious
Love
by Trish Whynot, D.C.Ed.
What
better time to reflect on how consciously you love than on the holiday
that celebrates it. Many
of us continue to love the way we learned to as children by default. Our
parents were our role models for love and loving...
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Eight Simple Anger Management
Tips
by David Leonhardt a.k.a. The Happy Guy
"The other night I ate at a real family restaurant. Every table had
an argument going."
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Your Everyday Life Is Your Spiritual
Life
by Marcia Sacks
Most of us are not monks or nuns, living a life of quiet contemplation. We
are 'householders.' That means we are out in the world with our families,
our work, and our communities. Therefore our spiritual path must
incorporate all this.
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____________________ Power Your Affirmations With Feeling
by Linda Stewart
How are you feeling about your life? Are
you affirming abundance, but believe you have to struggle to make ends
meet? Do you affirm ease, but expect obstacles in your path? Do you want
appreciation, but anticipate criticism? When you state an affirmation,
it's the feeling behind it that counts.
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The Half-Finished Painting
(not
just for artists)
by Robert Najemy
There is a spiritual truth which claims that everything which has occurred
and which is occurring at this moment was and is perfect. The future we do
not know. But once the future has become the present, then that too is
perfect.
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The Tug of War: Withdrawing And Pushing In
Relationships
by Susie and Otto Collins
There’s a dynamic that occurs in almost every relationship that causes
conflict and disconnection. This conflict and disconnection is created by
a “tug of war” of pushing and withdrawing. In this article, we’ll
offer some ways to help you let go of the pushing and withdrawing
“dance” so that you can create a deeper love and connection.
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Surrendering To Yourself: You Are
Your Own Soul Mate
by Iris Krasnow
Friends come and go, loved ones die, jobs shift, children leave home. The
only person you can count on to go the distance is you. So, we all must
develop immense soul power and self-love, so that when our worlds come
unraveled, our selves will remain intact and strong. Because when all else
fails, we still have ourselves, and selves that are grounded in truth and
self-acceptance are spiritually indestructible.
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__________________ The Power of Personal Discipline
by Dr. Donald Schnell
How can you use the power of personal
discipline to improve the quality of your life today? What areas
need your attention right now?
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How To Work With Your Inner
Critic
by Phil Bilzon
"Sometimes I lay awake at nights and ask, 'Where did I go wrong?'
Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.”’
~ Charlie Brown, in Peanuts.
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Loads Of Goals But No Place To Go
by Asoka Selvarajah, Ph.D
All the personal growth literature tells us we should have goals to work
on, affirmations to repeat, and that we should be constantly visualizing
our future each day. All well and good. So...
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Some Things Can Be
Fixed; Others Must Heal
by
Thom Rutledge
Are you a fixer? When someone tells you a problem they are having, do you
immediately feel the need to offer advice? Is it difficult for you to just
listen to someone who is in distress, to just be there for them without
knowing precisely what to say or do? Are you uncomfortable with anything
being in limbo? Are you addicted to certainties? Does your self-esteem
depend on your ability to make things right for other people? If you're
answering yes to some of these questions, you are probably a fixer.
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Get To Know Yourself
by Kimberly Fulcher
Eight Baby Steps To Knowing Your Self
Who are you? What do you stand for?
What do you believe in? What engages your passion? What brings
tears of gratitude and joy to your eyes? Do you know, or have you
lost yourself? In my work as a professional coach, I’ve helped
many people rediscover themselves. The first step on the road to
rediscovery involves spending time with you, which is why I liken the
process to dating yourself.
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To Find Your Life’s Work, Go On
A Treasure Hunt
by Michelle L. Casto
How many times have you thought to yourself: I want to make a career
change, but I can’t because…? There are many ways to create meaning in
your career, from changing your path entirely, changing environments, or
changing how you feel about the work that you do...
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Declare Independence
From Fear
by Thom Rutledge
The belief that we can think and act in such a way that fear will be
banished from our lives is a dangerous fairy tale, a fiction that
contaminates personal responsibility and leads to reckless reactivity or
paralysis. As long as we cling to the need to send our fears into exile,
as long as we insist that the goal is to be fear-free, as long we believe
that there is such a thing as complete reassurance, we are in trouble.
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Release And Let Go
by Rev. Melissa Leath
All of us become angry and
upset during the day. Certain situations almost lend themselves to
hostility, resentment and emotional upset. Holding anger, fear and hatred
can be a very dangerous thing to do.
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The Fairness Of
Office Politics: Integrity And Political Motivation!
by Edward Toupin
I hear many complaints daily about the "unfairness" of politics
in corporate America. Employees say that their managers "lie" or
issue "personal attacks" against them. Indeed, based on the pure
ideals that we are taught as a child, this might appear to be the case...
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Clean Slate
by Alan Seale
My morning meditations of late have been focused on an exercise I created
for the first evening of the Soul Mission * Life Vision four-day intensive
retreat: Clean Slate. Each morning Spirit seems to be reminding me to
clear away everything within my thoughts and create a mental “clean
slate.”
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Stress, Anxiety,
And Strong Black Women
by Dr. Angela Neal-Barnett
Whether it is discrimination, prejudice, or another stressor, Black women appear to handle stress somewhat differently from men or white women. Men are more likely to do battle with whoever or whatever is causing stress, or they simply remove themselves from the situation. White women seem more likely to find stress relief by devoting time to their children or seeking support and friendship from others...
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Tracking Our Truth; Reconciling
Perceptions
by Meredith Young-Sowers, D.Div.
We're always tracking our truth, asking
“vision questions” without realizing that they come from our inner
Vision Keeper, who pushes us to pay attention to where we’re going in
life. Our answers to these vision questions help us understand what we
love and where we find meaning in our lives.
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Choose Peace And
Happiness
by Susyn Reeve
What if I told you that you can experience peace and happiness? That you
can actually be peace and happiness? Without drugs, without spending
money, without getting a particular degree, or job or balance in your bank
account? Without losing weight or having your face lifted or your tummy
tucked? Well, it's true. It is as simple as choosing peace and happiness
and as challenging as having faith in the power of your choice and the
awareness and discipline to act on it.
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Your True Talent
Will Set You Free
by Dave Czach
When you get home from work, do you feel enriched, fulfilled and
empowered? Or does it seem like you just finished an uphill battle on a
treadmill? Imagine being paid to do what you love. You could return home
feeling as though time stood still. Being "in the zone"
virtually all day. Coming home invigorated knowing you consistently live a
natural high.
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Boxing it Up for Christmas
by Nancy Fenn
If there’s one thing your introverted child would like for Christmas
more than anything else in the whole world, it’s a room with a door that
closes.
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My Career Is In The Doldrums… Do I Need A Coach
Or A Therapist?
by Nina Ham
Is Monday
the worst day of your week? Can you hardly remember when you enjoyed going
to work? Do friends ask why you seem so down? Maybe this has been going on
awhile, and you’re realizing it’s time to do something...
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The Five Rules of
Happiness
by Burt Goldman
Are You Happy When You’re Happy?
You know when you’re happy, and certainly no one has to tell you when
you’re sad. But what is it that makes a person happy?
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The Art Of Receiving
by Sharon Warren
Receiving: verb (r-sving)
To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity for; to be
able to take in. To allow or to accept.
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Tips Guaranteed To Illuminate Your
'04
by Trish Whynot
This article is intended to illuminate your experiences, expand your
perspectives and bring up some questions as to what is really going on in
your life. Do not accept what we (my higher self and I) say merely because
we said it, accept what makes sense to you and tuck the other
possibilities away for future contemplation.
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Ten Steps To A New
Life In The New Year
by Lynn A. Robinson
"If only." Two of the most regret-laden words in the English
language. "If only" I'd taken that job. "If only" I
hadn't taken that trip. And right now, "if only" becomes
especially poignant because the end of another year marks the beginning of
yet another round of regrets that you still can't seem to get it right.
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Free
Will To The Rescue
by Dave Czach
Today's society and your private world are
the results of free will. We have arrived here today through intention,
ignorance or abuse. Some people understand and use free will daily. Some
people completely deny it. And other people simply mock it and complain it
"doesn't work."
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Learning
How To Fall ... You Have To Learn To Fall Before You Can Ride With
Confidence!
by Edward B. Toupin
About a month ago, I was hit by a car
while riding my motorcycle. The car side-swiped me and took off.
My bike bounced off the car, shot out from under me, and I rolled under
the car...
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