Spirituality

351. White Sun - What is Life? (Part 4 of 10) By Teow Aun Chew
     Part 4 of 10 of "What is Life?" is the Admonition Four of Lao Mu and this is what she said:Awakening thoroughly to what is true and what is false, one defintely transcends the mortal world.Practising for the True Self is the most important in life. This mortal world is the sea of suffering where waves after waves and tides are boundless. The life of human is like that of a mayfly, born in the morning and die in the same night.Who can escape the Judges in the Ten Justice Hall of the Underworld?…



352. Spiritual Sanity By A. James Hillelson
     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 threaten the heart of every human soul and that touches the lives of all cultures, all religions and spir…



353. Jesus wants A Few Good Men! Living A Life You Always Wanted! By Greg Ryan
     Jack Nicholson (Col. Jessup) (marine cornel) YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH ….Son, we live a world that has walls and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Whose gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinburg? I have more responsibility here than you could possibly fathom. You curse the marines. You have that luxury. You have that luxury of not knowing what I know. And that my existence as grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives. I know down deep in places you don't want to talk about,…



354. Word Sculptures of a Mystical Experience By Janet Smith Warfield
     The Mystical Experience"The mysteries of life become lucid … and often, nay usually, the solution is more or less unutterable in words." -- William James, “The Varieties of Religious Experience”I don't remember who came to my door. I don't remember what he said. I do remember he was angry.I had just finished reading a book called “Summerhill” by an English schoolmaster, A.S. Neill. Its theme was 'freedom, not license'. Each student in Neill's school was free to do what he wanted as long as th…



355. Chronic Illness: The Enemy Within By Jim Lynn
     There once was a man who wanted to teach himself how to sky dive? He bought a parachute at a garage sale, leased a plane and when the time came, literally jumped into his new adventure.As the man was free-falling toward earth on his very first attempt, he pulled the ripcord only to discover it was not attached to the parachute. Looking down at his fate, he was surprised to see a woman shooting up from below with a burned-out match held between her thumb and fore-finger.As they rushed by one a…



356. The Self-esteem Wellness Connection By Dr. Joyce Knudsen
     Did you ever wonder how feeling good about yourself can affect your health in a positive way? Did you ever think about how NOT feeling good about yourself can also affect your health –in a negative way!To have self-esteem is a lifelong need and from infancy through old age. Its beginnings are reflected in the smile between mother and infant, as it is manifested in the 50-year old who has just mastered her new computer.. Self-esteem begins with our bodies. Since mind and body are one entity, t…



357. White Sun - I Ching (Yin & Yang) By Teow Aun Chew
     The eight trigrams formed the foundation of the earliest holy scripture of China, "I Ching". Five thousand years ago, Emperor Fu Shi obtained the true Tao after seeking twenty-four masters. When he was bestowed upon the Decree of Heaven, a sacred diagram on the body of a dragon horse was revealed to him after appearing from the river Ho. It was called the Diagram of the River. There were fifty-five dots of "Yin" and "Yang" to represent the five elements - water, fire, wood, metal and earth.Aft…



358. Freedom from Suffering By George Lockett
     “My biggest problem, is that I feel deeply connected to suffering”You live in a field of opposites, all around you there is, up and down, hot and cold, good and bad, joy and suffering. One defines the other, we cannot know anything without the contrast or the opposite being present. The question is what do you want to put your attention on and thus make grow?Life would be very boring if everything was the same. This is why we have created the contrast in life. What I am asking you to do, is se…



359. Creating a Support System That Will Change Your Life By Adeea Rogers
     Chaos: "complete confusion" and "the formless void before the creation of the universe."This definition describes how I felt about my life several months ago. Sure, I was busy with my career, going to school and church activities, but inside I felt directionless and frustrated. I was spinning my wheels. I ran from work to school, back to work, to meetings, Bible study, and then back home just in time to go to bed and wake up several hours later to do it all over again (even though it never fel…



360. Spirituality: Living the Whole By Frances Hall
     The words ‘new age’ and ‘spirituality’ can have people running for the hills, or perhaps it would be more appropriate to say running to their urban sanctuary of material distractions. They conjure up images of tie-dye, tofu, and a lack of deodorant. So I’d like to dispel a few myths.You don’t have to eat mung beans and wear ugly shoes to be spiritual. You can enjoy your physical comforts and wear Jimmy Choos, because, as Marianne Williamson says in Return to Love, “there is nothing pure or …



361. His Heart Was Still In Ireland
     In July 1997, I received a telephone call from a cheerful lady who was answering my newspaper ad for autographs and old documents. This is my actual means of making a living. I have been a collector and dealer of autographs for over 25 years. She stated she lived in Thurmont, Maryland and that she had a steamer trunk full of artifacts and documents, mostly from the late 1800's. We made an appointment for me to come to her home the following day. It was late afternoon when I arrived and the first…



362. Authentic Spirituality: Pure and Undefiled Religion By Lee Wilson
     Because of the bright lights behind me, the golf balls themselves appeared to be glowing that night as they flew through the air. I couldn't avoid hearing a loud voice over the clicking of clubs hitting golf balls. I'd seen him there before and we’d talked golf. Tonight his balding head reflected the lights of the driving range nearly the same way the golf balls did in flight. But it wasn't his shiny head that was annoying me, it was his foul mouth.It seemed he couldn't describe any event with…



363. Walking in the Light By Lynn Bradley
     You are free to publish this article if the resource box is left intact. Please use it liberally to spread the wonderful news. Total words in article 774.One of the glorious promises we have from our Heavenly Father is that we are cleansed of sins we commit out of weakness. We don’t have to worry about dying before we can ask forgiveness. If we are living according his principles our sins are taken away as we commit them. This is just one of the many applications of his marvelous grace.If we …



364. Here To Stay By Sherri F. Moorer
     I am disturbed by the tendency of some people to view Christianity as a trend rather than a way of life. Some take it to the next level and try to make it some sort of a secret club. If you doubt me, just look at the reaction to the 2004 election results. It didn’t take the media long to start harping on how “Evangelical Christians” turned the tide and were trying to establish their morality through politics. Pretty soon, newspapers and magazines were filled with angry diatribes of how we had …



365. How to Eliminate Bad Habits By Philip Shapiro
     The thought manifests as word; The word manifests as deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let it spring from love Born out of concern for all beings.The BuddhaA cocaine addict, a working person raising a family, a seeker practicing meditation and service, and a highly conscious sage all have the same motivation: the core drive. We all want avoidance of suffering and permanent Love, peace, and safety. What separat…



366. Judith Pennington
     Have you ever felt that something is wrong, but been unable to figure out exactly what? Most people have had this experience, especially those of us who would rather zip speedily through life than stop to deal with our roiling emotions. If we don't do so, as some of us have learned, the bubbling cauldron of emotion will eventually boil over to scald us and anyone else standing nearby. Last September, after the televised nightmare of Hurricane Katrina, I was boiling over, but knew how to staun…



367. The Power of Ritual By Reginald Johnson
     As humans, we are the species that operate with symbols. Other animals use familiar signs, landmarks and gestures given by us, or act purely on instinct. Like humans, they too have rituals of gathering food, procreation and even death rituals. Our normal day-to-day rituals include a shower, combing our hair, brushing teeth and preparing for work.Early in the morning, take ten deep breaths in appreciation for awakening on a brand new day, under a brand new sky with opportunities to start again …



368. The Big Choice By Max Lucado
     “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and eat with you, and you will eat with me.” REVELATION 3:20, NCVJesus gives this invitation. To know God is to receive His invitation. Not just to hear it, not just to study it, not just to acknowledge it, but to receive it. It is possible to learn much about God’s invitation and never respond to it personally.Yet His invitation is clear and nonnegotiable. He gives all and we give Him all. Simple…



369. A Crash Course In Tarot For Newbies #1 - All About the Cards By Samantha Stevens
     The Tarot is not just a divinatory tool, but it can also be utilized in the appropriately trained hands as a tool for providing counsel and advice with which we can navigate life. It is an antique form of divination that predates popular psychology, but has been shown to have archetypal energies that work well from a Jungian perspective. Tarot becomes a book of wisdom offering you a living parable or myth that reflects your life journey in the hands of the right Diviner. It describes a journey…



370. Bringing Heaven to Earth: Applying Spiritual Principles Consistently Over Time By Rebecca Skeele
     I am often asked to explain what I mean by becoming a spiritual scientist – in other words, what’s the science part? Because these terms are being bantered about quite liberally these days, I welcome the opportunity to clarify what for me is a simple and profound process.Becoming a spiritual scientist is a means to an end. The means is the ability to apply spiritual principles consistently overtime. The results are repeatable but not the ‘same”. I can do something over and over (like practicin…



371. Dimensional Shifts By Robert Baird
     "Spirit is beyond the void of space. This realm, beyond the void, is not an empty nothingness; it is the womb of creation. -- Nature goes to the same place to create a galaxy of stars, a cluster of nebulas, a rain forest, a human body, or a thought... That place is Spirit." (6)The idea of thought coming from Spirit is a little general and not something I agree with unless he means REAL thought rather than regurgitated thought. Deepak Chopra is a great and wonderful human being who escaped the …



372. White Sun - The Spiritual Test By Teow Aun Chew
     Why would practitioners of Truth still face tests? In the past the Holy Spirit made Jesus Christ go into the desert, where he stayed forty days, being tempted by Satan; Sakyamuni Buddha was tested also by the devil during his deep meditation before enlightenment; Confucius was trapped and starved during his mission; likewise for practitioners of Tao of Heaven, they are faced with many spiritual tests. True Tao, true test and now is the time where tests are given by Asura Demons and at the same…



373. The Secret of the Void
     All Alone in Here Several years ago I had a quiet but intense experience at the wedding of a close friend. I was early, and as I sat at my table I watched the other guests entering the room. One came in elated, dancing like a performer on stage. Another was withdrawn, inward, as if mulling over some sadness or pain. Some were eating, some talking, some laughing and some sitting quietly. But what I saw - with an almost painful intensity - was that each one of us, no matter what we were doing or…



374. Are You Being In Service? Divine Source By Barbara Rose, Ph.D.
     Greetings Divine Ones, I am going to ask you a few questions so that you can simply ask yourself where you stand within your heart and mind, to know whether you are being in service or in servitude.Are you fulfilling the joys within your heart or are you struggling to discover what your joys are?Are you trying to attain anything outside of yourself to feel better? Or are you loving the process of all that lies within the attainment?Are you sacrificing your truth on any level of your life? Or a…



375. Can You Live The Christ Life? By Caleb Osborne
     Were you lied to as newborn Christian? I was...let me explain.You are a Christian, right? So, Can you live the Christ life? Well I guess I want to get a little more involved than that. I want to ask you if you can live the Christ life by your own effort!If you're like me, you were probably brought up in a Church where the pastor told you every Sunday how you were supposed to act. He probably told you that you needed to do such and such in order to be a "good Christian".And what if that stuff w…



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2. Genetically Predisposed to Faith By Arthur Levine
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3. What The Bleep is All This Quantum Physics Stuff About? By James Ray
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4. Clear Mind, Empty Head: A Leak In "Mind Like Water" By Maya Talisman Frost
There's a lot of talk in meditation circles about emptying the mind.This is a roadblock for many people. Why? Because it's counterintuitive. After all, we spend most of our waking hours filling up our minds.We go to school, we get trained, we read, we learn, we absorb information from all around us. Then someone comes along and tells us that the best thing we can do is EMPTY our mind? Why would we want to do that?Empty isn't a good thing in most cases. Empty wallet? Empty gas tank? Empty bank …