Articles articles
Showing page 36 of 165 - There are 4943 Articles articles
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - African american spiritual health and healing
- African-American people are natural caretakers. We do a great job of assisting and loving those around us. However, many of us fall short when it comes to taking good care of ourselves. We expend our energies giving to our kids, our jobs, our partners and others. Then, at the end of the day, we have nothing left for us. If this goes on for too long, we can begin to experience our lives as less tha...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - African american hiking for spiritual health
- Hiking is gaining popularity within the African-American community. We're beginning to spend more time in nature in an effort to connect deeply with the spirit within. The alertness that is required to observe the natural beauty around us is calming, energizing and edifying. Noticing the colors on the trees, listening to the sounds of the birds, and overlooking scenic landscapes or wonderful bodie...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why angels, why now?
- The Angelic realms have been very active throughout the human experience. They-as brilliant aspects of your Source-have been offered as protectors and teachers for every one of you. And yes, it can seem very difficult to know this when you see it, as we are talking about the Angelic Realms, the Dimensions of Light, both of which are not always visible to the human eye.And yet-have you notic...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The f-word
- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-Excerpt From The Relationship Handbook: How to Understand and Improve Every Relationship in Your Life by Kevin B. Burk=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-I'd like to invite you to consider a powerful concept. This concept is essential--we must learn how to master it if we want to exper...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Inner beauty ? finding the source
- In Corrogue I am seeking the source of inner beauty.This is a way to find an inner beauty that transforms. Then it will allow entry into that other room beyond what we call in Ireland "a thin place." It will allow me to see banquet moments that are always available in the only time we have. This is the time of now. It will allow me to feel my essence and what is essential to life....
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Art of living ? finding it?s a wonderful life
- In Corrogue I am finding it's a wonderful life.Let me share with you how this happens. Apply the seven principles listed below and each day you too will come to enjoy more and more. Learn the real "Art of Living." Then you can really begin to enjoy this extraordinary gift we call "life." I use the term "Love Is Flowing Eternally," to remind me of the essence of...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Life coaching and beyond
- In Corrogue the air is chill and the frost is on the ground.On these autumn mornings the spider's webs are glistening like each was arrayed with diamonds. The red berries of the holly stand out against the dark green of their shining leaves. It is a time simply to look and be glad at the wonder of this creativity. It is a time simply to stand and stare.Like many people I receive unso...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Well being and your authentic voice
- In Corrogue I feel wonderful.As friends know I love singing. I am presently singing, "I've got a wonderful feeling everything's going my way." Actually this song sings me. If I were not writing I would be dancing and singing.This is one of the great blessings of well being. It is the blessing of drinking from the well of being. In Ireland we love our wells. We are still dee...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Anam cara - the blessing
- In Corrogue it is frosty.The ramp into our "acre of diamonds" is now firm underfoot where before it was a sea of mud. Murphy our dog runs excitedly by my side. We are on our way to release the chickens from the coop. They are to be fed porridge oats in milk.Murphy has become an honorary chicken. He has been self-appointed. He now eats with the hens and cockerels as I give t...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are you a microwave or crock pot?
- In our fast paced society we often want everything done quickly or your boss wants it done yesterday. In your spiritual life are you a Microwave or Crock Pot? I think often we want God to answer our prayers in Microwave fashion. I prayed a specific request today and I want it answered today. If our prayers are not answered quickly, we often wonder, "What is God doing?" We also decide to ...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why we choose our parents
- There is a concept in Jewish mystical thought known as gilgul, which can be translated as reincarnation. Gilgul does not necessarily mean that a soul in its entirety has been reincarnated; it may only be a nitzotz, or spark of a soul, that is reincarnated. That is to say that an individual can possess a nitzotz from the soul of someone who has lived previously. Gilgul occurs when the preceding inc...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spiritual belief
- The atmosphere surrounding the earth is still a matter of special interest for scientific research. Some physicists have discovered and suggest that we are living within a field of energy that surrounds and envelops the earth, like an invisible halo. Through this are shot electrical charges. It appears that not only does this energy charge the batteries of our mind, body and soul it also helps us ...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 8 ways to plant spiritual ideas deep in your heart
- The fundamental aim of spiritual study is to get facts and principles into the Heart's fertile ground. Ideas must get through habitual and familiar filters; otherwise, the information is diverted from having its full power. It's not how much you read or hear that counts, but how much you take in and make your own.How can you receive knowledge deep in your core so the principles work for you...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spiritual sanity
- Prior to the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States and its people of freedom, this article was written in as an outcome of some research that I completed regarding the history of world religions and the fervor of religious dogma that continues to be the mark of "man's inhumanity to man."After reading it again four years later, the words held a greater impact that seems to th...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spirit and the law of cause and effect
- Most of our troubles are bought about by exercising our own free will.If you have a war, there will be many people, who will ask, Why does the Great Spirit not stop it? Why does the Great Spirit not try to prevent it?The actual truth is that the people of the world are to blame. They choose to ignore the laws. We cannot escape the consequences of our actions. You cannot alter the law...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Using psalm 23 as spiritual affirmation
- INTRODUCTIONSpiritual affirmations are positive, statements of intention, that facilitate manifestation. This particular Biblical Psalm used as spiritual affirmation both protects us and connects us with our Higher Faith, and therefore our Higher Destiny. It has been traditionally recited for thousands of years when one desires attaining a calm certainty during life's challenging transition...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How a grudge can affect you
- As we go through life we all have to deal with feelings of anger, resentment or bitterness when people hurt us. Can you think of someone who has hurt you so badly that you are finding it really hard to let go of the pain or grudge?Tracey's first husband beat her every time he got drunk. After four years of abuse, she left him and got divorced. On a weekend the children were staying with the...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Practical stress management -- 7 spiritual solutions
- Stress is amazingly persistent, even seductive. We get used to feeling tight and tense. Though positive thinking has its place, unless it is backed up by practical spiritual wisdom it tends to get overwhelmed and fade away.Here are seven proven ways you can get a new handle on stress.1. Control your REACTION with these 7 simple words.The first step is to remain alert when peop...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Animal totems
- What the Animals Tell Us"I am the Sun's son. I sit upon a turquoise horse At the opening of the sky" Navajo Horse SongEach animal has its own nature, its own traits and is a representation of a power such as strength for the lion or speed for the jaguar. By learning about animal strengths or powers a Shaman comes to understand why people are attracted to certain...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - In search of a teacher of spirit: eleven conscious considerations
- Many of us are on an inward or outward path-to Enlightenment, to our Higher Selves, to our eternal connection with Source. We are called to this for reasons only the individual can describe, or more often, just know, and in the course of this Path, we often connect with other like minded (Light minded?) beings. And because we all have chosen specific areas of Service, we alternate roles of healer,...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Heal emotional difficulties with your imagination
- How did an artist accidently learn healing visualizations and improve his life? How can you do the same? Read on.Last year a family counselor approached me and said, "You're an artist, why don't you do up some feeling cards for us?" Looking confused, I asked, "what are feeling cards?""When all else fails, she replied, we use them to stimulate therapeutic conversations with cli...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Animal spirit guides & totems
- Animal spirit totems can be viewed in different ways according to each of us as individual people. The basic principle of an animal totem is an animal spirit who gives us insight into ourselves, a glimpse of the divine powers at work in our world, and can transcend us to a place of healing for ourselves and other people.The author of Animal-Speak, Ted Andrews defines animal totems as such: ...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The kabbalah of transformation: turning darkness into light
- THE KABBALAH OF PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION: TURNING DARKNESS INTO LIGHT"In the sixth century of the sixth millennium, the gates of supernal [heavenly] wisdom will be opened, as will the wellsprings of earthly wisdom, preparing the world to be elevated in the seventh millennium." The Zohar (a source text of Kabbalah)"The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure ...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Willing to walk with jesus?
- Can two walk together unless they have agreed to do so? - Amos 3:3 What does it mean to "Walk with Jesus?" One paraphrased version of this verse from Amos says, "How can we walk together with your sins between us?" A. W. Tozer once wrote regarding spiritual perfection, "Is there anyone for spiritual perfection?" This theme of the possibility of being spiritually mature,...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Standing in the gap
- I'm weary of saying No to my children. Not just the everyday No's. Don't hit your brother and No, you cannot have 5 pieces of candy. I am weary of the No I am continually saying to our culture. The world is bound and determined to take away my children's innocence. They want my children to grow up way too fast. They want my little girl to dress like an adult. They want my little boy to know things...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Renee?s mommy is here
- I still remember the scene vividly. I was getting out of my car at the baby-sitter's house and a little boy comes running out the door. The little boys begins to yell - "Renee's Mommy is here!" I remember stopping in my tracks and thinking - "Oh, that is who I am now - Renee's Mommy." My whole identity is now Renee's Mommy - or is it? As a Christian Working Mom I have mu...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Ten suggestions for the overscheduled child
- Ever wonder what happened to the family dinner hour? Or for that matter the family dinner half hour? Monday is Soccer Practice, Tuesday is Piano lesson, Wednesday is Church Activities, Thursday is a Soccer Game, Friday a birthday party to attend. A number of events will fill up the weekend. Do you feel like a professional scheduler and taxi driver? Are you finding yourself increasingly irritable a...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are your children growing up too fast?
- Each time our children graduate from one stage to another (i.e. crawling - walking, preschool - school, high school - graduation) we as parents are excited and a little sad as well. We want our children to grow up, but we reminisce about the "good old" days. I think those mixed feelings are normal for all of us. My question for you is - "Are your children growing up too fast emotionally and social...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Be still - you?ve got to be kidding?
- Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10 Be still and know that I am God. Can you even imagine being still? I think this verse was specifically written for the harried times we live in. You may be saying to yourself if I am still I will fall asleep. I have to keep moving to get everything done. Do you find it difficul...
-
- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Are you hooked to the power source?
- As Christian's we are often very independent. We try to do everything and often feel we do everything. Are there times when you are frustrated, tired, irritable, and have no energy? I am not selling you a vitamin supplement, so don't worry. I have recently realized this past week how little I turn things over to the ultimate Power Source - God. Lord, I cannot do this in my own strength. If the chi...