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Condition Yourself to Love Unconditionally
NEW!
by Mary Jo Shaffer
Even in the healthiest of relationships, opportunities abound to find fault, criticize or "tweak" the other person no matter whether we are talking about a mate, a child or a friend. Most of us were raised in an environment where rather than focusing on the positive, we were taught to zoom in and dwell on the negative. Breaking that habitual way of thinking is a matter of conditioning our minds to refocus and learn to love with abandon, without any requirements, without any rules and without any limitations.
Here is our list of top ten ways to condition yourself to love
unconditionally.
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Beyond
Self-Image NEW!
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.
I used to think this meant my unconscious mind had an “image,” or
perception, of me as someone who didn’t or couldn’t do those
activities. My mind, I believed, was refusing to allow me to act
inconsistently with that image. I didn’t know how I’d developed my
self-image—maybe it was genetic, a childhood event, not enough
Vitamin C in my diet, or something else—but the fact remained that
it was there. Thus, I was focused on finding a way to improve my
self-image—to convince my unconscious mind to view me as someone
capable of taking up the challenges I wanted to face. If I did that, I
thought, anxiety would no longer keep me from achieving my goals.
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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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The Evolution of a Soul Mate
Relationship
by Kimmie Rose Zapf
Purpose of Your Life
The whole purpose to be on this earth
plane is for your soul to evolve and go back to the light from which
it came. In order to do this you must experience “Love” and let go
of any fears. We are joined in from lifetime to lifetime by
“helpers” with whom we refer to as “Soul mates”. There are two
types of Soul mates: Companions and Karmic. I will explain those
later. First we need to explain your soul’s purpose.
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___________________ Our Seven Spiritual Gene Sets
by Meredith L. Young-Sowers
Just as physical DNA can be turned on and off by attitudes, beliefs, nutrition, and environment, the same is true of our spiritual DNA—it too can be turned on and off. Our spiritual DNA is activated when we are living in accordance with our true Self—such as when we are attentive to our choices; when we strive to find ways of compromising, seeking solutions to problems that used to send us over the moon; and when we hold back anger and rage until it calms—and we calm—and find a wiser way to proceed.
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Boundaries Protect Who We Are
by Tim Murphy
The
human life is precious. Many of us have gone through adversities in
life that have given us the false impression that we are less than, or
that we don’t belong. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
There’s a purpose and a plan for your life. Because you are worth it
– you need to protect yourself with boundaries.
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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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The
Power of Laughter
by Keith Varnum
When’s the last time you had a good laugh? Take a moment to relive
the good feelings that come with real laughter.
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Truth About Happiness: An Interview With Michael Bernard Beckwith
by Arielle Ford
At the heart of the desire for money, fame, and power is a deep
longing for happiness. While Amazon.com boasts more than 200,000
titles on the subject of happiness, it appears that Americans are
still searching for it. In the new film LIVING LUMINARIES (On the
Serious Business of Happiness), filmmakers Michael Lasky and Larry
Kurnarsky illuminate the path to human happiness by presenting
concepts about living in the now, as well as, providing thought
provoking ideas about consciously choosing love, gratitude, honesty,
forgiveness, patience, and kindness. The film follows a young seeker
as he interviews an A-list of swamis, shamans, rabbis, ministers,
Tibetan monks contemporary thinkers and best-selling authors such as
Marianne Williamson, don Miguel Ruiz, Eckhart Tolle & Michael
Bernard Beckwith, founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center
in Los Angeles. Beckwith, who is also one of the stars of THE SECRET,
has had a busy year with appearances on Oprah, Larry King Live and
many other national TV shows. We recently caught up with him to
discuss his thoughts on LIVING LUMINARIES and the subject of
happiness.
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Falling Out Of Religion and Into The Arms Of God Part
ll
by Dr. Trish Whynot
My most
important pursuit in this life has been to authentically love. Not a
small task and it has required the extensive exploration of my
relationship with Divine Love. In my reflections on this pursuit, I
have witnessed how amazingly God has orchestrated the fulfillment of
my desire. I have been divinely guided and led back to my religious
upbringing and my relationship with God as part of the process.
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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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Honor The Feminine In Us
And In Others
by Stephen Ruppenthal
One day this past winter, I decided to take in a talk on the Buddhist mother of compassion, Kuanyin. Interested people, and not only women, flooded out the doors of the bookstore where it was being held. I asked myself, why do other talks barely fill the room while this one has a line flowing out onto the street? A good guess might be that people are sick of living in a world in which masculine aggressiveness and control have run roughshod over more feminine qualities like love, patience, or a feeling for healing and harmony. I believe many more people wish that qualities like gentleness, tenderness, patience, receptiveness, closeness to nature, and the readiness to forgive were more valued in our world. Let’s start right now with five ways all of us, men and women alike, can honor and cultivate the qualities of our feminine side.
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Reviving the Wonder
of Parenting
by Maggie Reigh
“I don’t get it,” sighed one exasperated parent. “Sometimes I
wonder where the wonder went in this game of parenting! I mean, I was so
excited to be a new mom, so full of enthusiasm, love and dreams about life
and living. I felt so blessed… But countless sleepless nights, mountains
of diapers, endless power struggles and discipline hassles have dampened
my enthusiasm – not just for parenting, but for life. I feel like I’ve
lost my sense of me – of who I am in the midst of it all.”
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Trying
To Avoid Anna Filaktik: A Day In My Life With A Deadly Allergy
by Bob Olson, OfSpirit.com editor
Having once lived in Los
Angeles, Melissa and I love to return now and then for a visit. The last
time we were there, we stayed in a quaint little condo in Santa Monica
that was within walking distance of a cool outdoor shopping area called
the Third Street Promenade. And within this grouping of hip stores are
several restaurants, including one that I particularly like called Johnny
Rockets--a 1950’s style hamburger joint that unintentionally almost
killed me. We were vacationing with our two nieces, ages 15 and 17,
and the four of us sat down at a table outside the restaurant that
overlooked the vacationers and street musicians. After ordering a #12
hamburger with fries, I decided to get a chocolate malt to really set the
mood. And this is where my problems began.
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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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How
We Become Who We Are Not
by Richard
Moss, MD
We are not born, in essence,
American, French, Japanese, Christian, Muslim, or Jew. These labels are
attached to us according to where on the planet our births happen to take
place, or these labels are imposed upon us because they indicate our
families’ belief systems.
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One Magic Strategy for your
Relationship
by Susan Page
Whether you are in a
happy time with your partner right now or experiencing stress, there is
one powerful, easy strategy you can use by yourself to create a more
pleasant atmosphere in your home, almost instantly! At the same time, this
new tactic will begin mending the chronic issues that recur between the
two of you over and over. I call it a Loving Action, and, like all the
Loving Actions I teach, it is based on universal spiritual principles, or
Spiritual Partnership.
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Happiness
as a Priority
by Richard Carlson, PhD
It’s
always been interesting to me that the average person (go ahead and ask
them), spends ten times (or more) the amount of time watching television
than he or she does even considering happiness.
In fact, in one pole that I conducted, not a single person out of
more than 30 people admitted to spending even one second thinking about
how they might go about becoming happier! Some
of these people spent anywhere from 2-7 hours a day in front of a
television set, yet not one minute contemplating what could amount to the
most important question of one’s life—how can I be happier?
One of the first rules of any venture is that in order to get
somewhere, you need at least a general idea of how to get there and, at
very least, where you are going!
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Falling Out Of Religion and Into The Arms Of God
by Dr. Trish Whynot
I have always desired to know God—to have a personal, living, breathing relationship with my Creator. At the same time, I didn’t even know what God was. My religion taught me that God was this omnipotent being outside of myself; someone up there who was looking down at me, watching my every move. I was taught that God is some supreme being who judges me for the way I live my life, and in the end decides if I am worthy to enter into the gates of Heaven or banished to the fires of Hell.
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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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Sleepless In
America
by Joan Borysenko
If you don’t get enough sleep, it’s hard to be kind, keep your
priorities straight, and just keep on keeping on. Yet, in a 24/7 society
where you can order everything from underwear to tents from mail-order
houses in the middle of the night, sleeplessness is becoming endemic.
It’s been cited as the nation’s number-one health problem. We’re
sleeping, according to the experts, 20 percent less than our peers did a
hundred years ago.
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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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The
Most Important Dimension of Human Existence
by Eckhart Tolle
We’re
here to find that dimension within ourselves that is deeper than thought.
This teaching isn’t
based on knowledge, on new interesting facts, new information. The world
is full of that already. You can push any button on the many devices you
have and get information. You’re drowning in information.
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Are Secrets Spoiling
Your Spiritual Life?
by John Howard Prin, LADC
As an addictions counselor, I often see people who want to grow
spiritually but who are using addictions as shortcuts to their goals. Over
the years I've identified two major conditions that persons trapped in
addiction claim for staying addicted: boredom and misery. These misguided
folks persist in heavy drinking, compulsive shopping, internet
pornography, shoplifting, eating disorders, and more in order to achieve
the mood change from negative emotions that they seek — in order to
escape from their boredom or pain and achieve what feels like a spiritual
high. Unfortunately once the high disappears, what is left is shame,
guilt, remorse, and disapproval from the important people in their lives.
This tends to lead to secrecy. Avoiding the shame, guilt, and remorse is a
whopping challenge in itself and failure, or refusal to even try, is rife.
About one-third of the clients whom I see actively steal hours away from
their public lives, including home and work lives, to indulge in their
hidden addictive habits — secretly attempting to reach transcendence
from reality.
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Hopes & Dreams: A Critical Ingredient In The Lives Of Caregivers And Their Loved Ones
by Vicki Rackner
It’s human nature to hang onto two basic hopes – the hope of overcoming illness and the hope of delaying death. However, in many cases the reality is that your loved one faces a steady medical decline, a life-threatening illness or impending death.
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___________________ The Healing Continues: What Do I Do Now--After Substance Abuse Rehab?
by Abhilash Patel
Having gone through alcohol or drug rehabilitation is a major undertaking. Congratulations. Now you might be wondering several things. Where do I go from here? What do I do with my new life? What are the best strategies for staying clean and sober? The information in this article answers all of these important questions. It comes mostly from the experts: people, like you, who were once in a treatment center and have been in recovery for many years. Additional information has also been contributed from professionals that have helped recovering alcoholics/addicts after the alcohol or drug rehabilitation process.
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Creating
Positive Change: There Is No Beginning Too Small
by Anne Firth Murray
Have you ever had the feeling while reading
a newspaper, listening to a lecture, or sitting around a dinner table
talking with friends about current events, that “Something ought to be
done about that”? Or perhaps you have felt appalled by an injustice of
some sad event and thought, “What is to be done?”
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The Biggest Mistake Men Make in
Relationships
by Helene Rothschild
“I don’t understand,” said Don. “My business is going well. I’m
a good provider. I give my wife and the children everything they want. We
live in a beautiful house and we drive expensive cars. Last winter I took
the whole family on a trip to Mexico. I don't fool around with other
women. I do play golf every Sunday with the guys. But a man needs some
recreation. I don’t understand why I seem to do so well at work, but
when I come home I feel like a failure!
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Battling an Eating
Disorder: When Bulimia Becomes a True American Idol Sized Problem
by Abigail Natenshon
In a People Magazine article, American Idol contestant, Katherine McPhee
disclosed that she has secretly suffered from bulimia for the past five
years. It was her success in television’s American Idol competition that
inspired her to come forward and get help to recover from her
life-threatening eating disorder. Katherine, a vocalist who at her worst
point was self-inducing vomiting up to seven times a day, claimed that she
realized her bulimic behaviors were “equivalent to taking a sledgehammer
to her throat” and brought herself to treatment.
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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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Parent In-The-Box or
Parent Out-Of-The-Box: A Guide To A More Meaningful Parent-Child
Relationship
by Dr. Trish Whynot
The parent-child relationship is rich with opportunities for healing and
growth. These opportunities become apparent when the relationship is
viewed from outside the box. It is hard for me to find words to describe
the awe and wonder that can be experienced from parenting
"out-of-the-box." It is a whole different world out there!
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The Drama of Being
Human
by Rev. Deborah Johnson
When you choose your humanity as your primary identity, the choice is way
too small. Yet when you must fully incorporate the notion of yourself as a
spiritual being into your humanity, you get overwhelmed by it all. Your
spiritual nature appears to eclipse your frailties, idiosyncrasies,
quirks, and preferences—the things you identify with as being uniquely
yours in your humanity.
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The Masks We Wear:
A Major Cause For Misdiagnosis
by Bob Olson
Although this article relates to
depression, the valuable lesson taught applies to all illnesses, issues
and aspects of our life.
Our
Masks Confuse Our Family And Friends
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Let
There Be Light: Change The World With A Light Bulb
by Dr. Darryl Pokea
Each of the 50 trillion cells in our body
is its own entity, its own ecosystem, its own Earth. As we are consciously
attuned, we can implement healthy changes embracing “E” Consciousness
(Energy Consciousness). Whatever we do in fuller harmony towards the
planetary body, we do to our own body and every body. When our
consciousness is more fully lighted, we can better appreciate that light
bulbs extend our days. They provide time for restorative recreation in all
our many types of human activities.
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The Power Of Touch: A Basic Human
Need for Health and Healing
by Linda Marks
“The impersonality of lie in the Western world has become such that we
have produced a race of untouchables. We have become strangers to each
other, not only avoiding, but even owarding off all forms of 'unnecessary'
physical contact, faceless figures in a crowded landscape, lonely and
afraid of intimacy” ~ Ashley Montagu, from Touching: The Human
Significance of the Skin
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Depression
- How To Know The Difference Between Normal Depression & Major
Depression!
An Interview with Bob Olson
author of Win The Battle and How To Beat Depression
In
this interview, John Michaels interviews Bob on the subject of depression.
This interview was
excerpted from How To Beat Depression! A Private Interview / Seminar With
Bob Olson, the new ebook for depression sufferers and their supporters.
John Michaels: Today we welcome Bob Olson,
author of the book, Win The Battle: The 3-Step Lifesaving Formula To
Conquer Depression And Bipolar Disorder. He is also the author of a
new ebook, How To Beat Depression! A Private Interview / Seminar With
Bob Olson. Bob has a strong message for people suffering with
depression, and I’d like to jump right into our interview by asking:
What is it that has you so fired up, Bob?
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What Does Unconditional Love REALLY
Mean?
by Janice Lynne Lundy
We all want to be loved. If the truth be told, we long for love and will go to great lengths to have it in our lives. We also have some pretty grandiose ideas of how it should show up and what it should feel like. Notice the word "should" here. It tells us a great deal about how we REALLY feel about love.
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Season: How to Cope
by Ben Lynch
The sun’s warmth bursts forth flowers and pries open leaf buds.
Spring’s beauty is welcomed by all except those prone to allergies. A
release of histamine triggered by allergic substances causes a runny nose,
itchy eyes, post-nasal drip and congested head. Reducing histamine is what
needs to be done, and most likely, a run to the store for an
over-the-counter anti-histamine is what occurs. While this may work for
the short term, it does not address the cause of allergies.
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Why
Skin Care Is Not Enough
by Cynthia Rowland
Staggering amounts of money are spent daily on cosmetics and skin care products that promise to lift, firm and tighten our faces. How many of us use a product for just a few weeks before purchasing yet another product? Do we jump from item to item because we really don’t see a visible improvement and we feel disappointed in the results?
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We Are All Swans: Sexual
Self Image in the Real World
by Linda Marks
Whether by accident, illness, aging or the cards life deals you any time
from birth onwards, at some point in life many of us face obstacles to
sexuality. As our culture creates “reality” TV shows like “The
Swan,” in which fundamentally healthy and able-bodied people go to great
lengths to be made over as culturally defined sex symbols, the very real
challenges to sexuality many people face remain invisible and unspoken.
These include:
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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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What Pharmaceutical Companies
Don't Want You To Know About Herbal Medicine!
by Danny Siegenthaler
Herbs or medicinal plants have a long history in treating disease. In
traditional Chinese medicine, for example, the written history of herbal
medicine goes back over 2000 years and herbalists in the West have used
“weeds” equally long to treat that which ails us. We are all familiar
with the virtues of Garlic, Chamomile, Peppermint, Lavender, and other
common herbs.
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Sex or Love on Valentine’s Day?
by Allie Ochs
Valentine’s day is just around the corner. Diamonds, chocolates, romantic getaways and sexy lingerie make it difficult to decide how to show your love this year.
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February is for the
Self-Valentine Treatment!
by Karen Dahlman
Aaah yes, the month of February is upon us. What comes to mind? Visions of
red hearts, chocolate and flowers? Romance, love and a significant other?
February is synonymous with Valentine’s Day. The day when another
special someone treats you and you treat this special person, and remind
each other of the romantic love you are fortunate to share together.
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____________________ Rejuvenating
Sex And Health Naturally
by Dr. Randy Wysong
Our physical and psychological makeup is influenced by the sexual
imperative far more than most of us realize or wish to admit. Entire
systems of psychoanalytical therapy (e.g. Freud) are based upon the
premise that we are primarily sexual creatures.
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How Bad Is Your Breath? 14 Simple Tips For Reducing Mouth
Odor
by Dr. Rita Louise
Bad breath, morning breath, breath odor or halitosis are all terms used to describe a noticeably unpleasant odor exhaled on the
breath. Halitosis is not a problem by itself, but it can cause concerns in our interpersonal relationships.
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Banish Your Lower Back Pain
Permanently Without Drugs or Surgery
by David Petersen
(Be sure to consult with your doctor before beginning ANY new exercise
regimen.)
It is estimated that about 80 percent of the population will suffer from
low back pain at some point in their lives. The condition accounts for
millions of dollars in medical expenses and lost work time and is often a
perpetual misery for the sufferer. Recent evidence indicates that many
cases of lower back pain can be permanently treated without medical
intervention or drugs using exercise and flexibility. This article aims to
provide some very basic information on LBP (lower back pain) and offer
helpful tips to individuals on dealing with the condition themselves.
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Falling In Desire, Landing Whole
by Trebbe Johnson
We call it falling in love.
When you think of it, though, love is actually the place we land in—if we’re lucky. What we fall through, in the first wild, sweet flush of a romance is desire, and it’s a thrilling ride with ups and downs of fascination, curiosity, joy, and passion. It is possible to resist this exhilarating plunge, but few choose to do to.
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After Divorce: 7 Ways to Rediscover Your True Passion
by Joanie Winberg
Going through a divorce is a very challenging time in a person’s life. It is hard to adjust to being single again, as well as living “out of the habit” of being married, especially if you have been married for many, many years.
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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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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.
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Getting
Unstuck Via Your Higher Self
by Debra Fentress
Have you ever had those times when you feel like you're up against the
wall and don't know what to do? There just doesn't seem to be any way
around an obstacle? In NLP (Neuro ling-guistic programming), we call these
"stuck states" or "stuck no options." Not a fun place
to be. It's like being in a pit so deep you can't see over the sides.
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Evolving the
Soul-Centered Relationship
by Linda Marks, MSM
Our idea of what we want in love relationships is evolving. Once, a stable
partner with a steady job who could share the tasks of daily life and
provide companionship through both good times and bad times was enough,
and even something to be grateful for. In cultures where men and women
were paired off in arranged marriages, love, sexual-spiritual connection
and soul partnership were not part of the discussion the parents of the
bride and groom engaged in while negotiating the marriage contract.
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Medical Testing:
Health By The Numbers Doesn't Work
by Dr. Randy Wysong
Perhaps one of the most insidious dangers in modern technology is medical
testing. Although it would be nice to be able to visit our doctor and get
all hooked up with electrodes, inflatable cuffs, probes, needles and
catheters and have a read-out telling us exactly how we are working and
where there is a problem, that is a myth, not the reality.
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Taoism and Sexuality
by Rachel Carlton Abrams, M.D.
Taoism is a spiritual tradition that embraces our sexual desire and uses
it within our bodies as a force for healing and spiritual growth. Desire
is a rich and potent part of our human experience. The Taoists think of
desire, called sexual energy or jing chi, as part of our life energy, or
chi. To be passionate is to be full of chi. The English words
"desire" or "passion" connote a feeling of yearning
and fervor that includes sex, but they also reflect our strongest feelings
about life. When we are passionate about anything--our family, our work,
our spirituality, an important social cause--we are investing our chi in
this experience. Our passion is what moves us to action and ultimately is
what gives us joy. We are passionate about the things that matter most to
us.
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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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Opening Up To Love After Being Hurt
by Natasha Munson
After you have been hurt in a relationship, the worst thing you can do is
keep yourself in an endless cycle of relationships. You have to take a
breather between relationships. That time in between is necessary to let
go of any anger and release the baggage. No one, besides a therapist,
wants to deal with you and your problems.
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Facing Your Fears As An Adult Returning To School
by Matt McAllister
In case you hadn’t noticed, career colleges aren’t just for learning a vocational trade anymore. Nowadays, career colleges can help you obtain a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or even Doctorate Degree in just about any field of study, or they can even help you simply brush up on skills you might already have on your way to earning a certification or Associate’s Degree. So while some career schools might still specialize in vocational trades like auto body repair, masonry or hair styling, the majority of today’s career colleges are designed to help working professionals meet their career objectives.
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The Truth About Hair Loss: Causes
& Alternative Treatments
by Dr. Rita Louise
It is normal to shed hair every day and the truth is we loose between
100-125 hairs on any given day. Hair that is shed falls out at the end of
growth cycle. At any given time 10% of our hair is in what is called a
“resting phase” and after 2-3 months resting, hair falls out and new
hair grows in its place. Some people, however, experience more hair loss
than is normal.
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6 Steps To Decoding
And Zapping A Zit
by Naweko San-Joyz
Typically when a zit pops up on your face, you first response is “How
fast can I get rid of this thing?” This situation can accelerate to a
nightmare if your visage is canvassed with pimples that seemingly
reproduce faster than bunnies. There is a simple way to take the
frustration out of an unwelcome colony of zits and permanently supplant
them. It involves a bit detective work that will prove to be more potent
than any acne treatment that you’ve tried in the past.
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What Is A Holistic
Practitioner?
by Jennifer Shapiro
Holistic Practitioners are holistic healing professionals with a gift in
one or more areas of healing. From bodyworkers to homeopaths to
hypnotherapists, the term holistic practitioner has become one that is
often challenging to describe or understand. Hopefully this article will
provide you with some clarity on what a holistic practitioner is and how
to find one that meets your individual needs.
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Are You Neglecting
This Important Investment? Friendships Among All Ages
by Royane Real
When I was twenty-two, I was befriended by a woman named Doris who was
thirty years older than I was. Although Doris was then a fifty-two year
old woman, she did not feel it was inappropriate to befriend me. She did
not operate with the social belief that she should choose her friends only
from people her own age. We became very close friends and remained so
until her death at the age of eight-two.
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Loving Without Losing
Yourself
by Allie Ochs
You are in love and it feels wonderful. This love is different and you are
prepared to do anything to make it last. To prevent this ship from
sinking, you work hard to steer this relationship into a safe harbor. In
the process, you lose yourself and your romantic relationship becomes
all-consuming!
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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
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Happiness
by Swami Sunirmalananda
What is Happiness?
What is happiness? Happiness is a pleasant feeling in the mind. I eat a
sweet. It brings a pleasant sensation to my mind. I hear good music that I
like. This brings a pleasant sensation in mind. I call all this happiness.
When, again, I eat the same sweet, and hear the same music when a tragedy
has occurred in my life, I don’t enjoy it. If my relative has passed
away, and if someone plays the same music that I like most, I will say:
‘Stop it! I hate this!’ The same music fails to bring joy and
happiness.
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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...
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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...
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Reviving The Feminine - A Journey
Toward Balance
by Dr. Trish Whynot
This year my focus has been on
integrating some new desires into my life, along with a balanced schedule
that will support them. In the midst of this process, I realized that at
the root of balance lies our relationship between our inner-masculine and
inner-feminine. When they are working in partnership, we are in balance.
Imbalance can emerge as ill health, unsupportive relationships or
financial hardships. As I looked back on health, relationship and
financial issues I have had in the past, I saw that the issue of imbalance
was at the root of them all.
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____________________ Happiness and Work: Your Life Depends On It
by Craig Nathanson
Early one morning, Robert awoke, made his wife of 41 years some banana
bread, took out the garbage and called to cancel a doctors appointment
scheduled for the next day. He wrote a note to remind his wife to pick up
the dry cleaning. All things considered, it seemed like a normal day.
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Are
You A Sleepwalking Zombie?
by Royane Real
Do you get enough sleep? Chances are you don’t. Many people living in
modern industrial societies suffer from a chronic, and worsening sleep
deficit.
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____________________ The Mid-Life Challenge: 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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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. Not
according to our likes or dislikes, but according to the best interest of
those who are in need of healing. All sorts are attracted to the Light,
and therefore we must welcome all who come to us, or all whom are
attracted to us. If the Light shines brightly, illuminating the dark and
transforming the negative, why are we so surprised when we find ourselves
surrounded by negative people or put in critical situations of despair?
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____________________ Fill Up or Fulfill?
by Dr. Darryl Pokea
Our minds have been saturated with advertisements about fast food.
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