Spirituality

1376. The Bible: Fact or Fiction? By Bert Terhart
      How many times have you heard someone comment on whether the Bible is fact or fiction? One too many I'll bet. But the real question is whether or not it matters.Some of you may already be pounding your monitor and crying "Blasphemy!" but bear with me. Let me make a few obvious comparisons and then you can draw your own conclusions.The Bible is the best-selling book of all time for one very simple and inescapable reason. The Bible has outsold all other books and been translated into more langua…



1377. Allowing Joy By Annette Colby
      “Ask and it shall be given” is a phrase we have all heard. I believe instead, “Ask and find yourself worthy of receiving.”If you’re like most of us, you’ve experienced joy, at least a little. But have you found your way to experiencing the everyday, easy flow of joy that fills the body from the inside?Christianity and Buddhism both teach the principle that joy is an inner quality. The belief is that at the core of each person lies calm radiant joy. Everyone is born inherently happy. But …



1378. Forgiveness: The Other Side By Saundra L. Washington
      If we are honest with ourselves, we would have to admit that the reason we have difficulty forgiving others is because we sincerely believe we are justified in our withholding forgiveness. We become the judge of the offenders and by harboring bitterness and resentment against them; it is our distorted way of meting out punishment. After all, our wounds are deep and our heart severely punctured.At the core of our unwillingness to forgive of course, is our own selfishness—the “me” factor. We are…



1379. Protective Symbols, Charms, and Totems By Samantha Stevens
      There is power in meanings of the old images and symbols. Below is a compendium of common symbols, charms and totems from antiquity that are thought to be useful against psychic aggression:Abracabadra: One of the oldest protective amulets, this is the word Abracabadra written in a triangular form like as below for Protection:A AB ABR ABRA ABRAC ABRACA ABRACAD ABRACADA ABRACADAB ABRACADABR ABRACADABRAOr written as follows with an enemy’s name on the reverse in order to diminish their power.ABRA…



1380. Merry Christmas
      At the risk of being 'politically incorrect,' I want to wish all of you a most Merry Christmas. You do not have to be Christian (I am not) to have a merry and happy Christmas season. I absolutely love this time of year. But, for those of you who may be rolling your eyes into the back of your skulls, I'll also wish all of you Happy Holidays. ;-) To get a bit more serious here, I received a letter from a friend just a few days ago. She has a hard time during the December holiday season. Here is an…



1381. Living by Faith By Lynn Bradley
      Five verses specify that we are to live by faith. How do you do that? It is like entering a black hole. Those who are in the blackness of night have to feel their way lest they fall into a pit or crash into things. Walking by faith is going through unknown territory. How can you feel comfortable navigating blind? It’s like closing your eyes when you are driving at high speed on a congested highway.We are not talking about physical blindness; we still have our senses. Depending on what we can p…



1382. Write Your Own Magic By Richard Webster
      Recently, I received a postcard from Ireland. Without reading the message, I knew who had sent it. Several months earlier, I had met a charming woman named Jessica. We discussed the poetry of William Butler Yeats, and Jessica expressed a strong desire to visit the Lake Isle of Innisfree, and other places in Ireland that Yeats had loved.When I said she should go, she explained that she could not afford it, and besides, had never travelled overseas. I suggested that she inscribe the word "In…



1383. The Power of The Positive
      You and me... we can choose to be happy or not. We can choose to succeed or fail, scald, frown on or blame others. We can choose to complicate life or simplify it. There is no doubt the responsibility is ours. Abraham Lincoln once said, 'A man is just about as happy as he makes up his mind to be' and Dr Wayne Dyer and Deepak Chopra appear to agree. Both Dyer and Chopra say that we have, on average 60,000 to 62,000 thoughts each day. Around 4,000 of these are positive, the remainder are negativ…



1384. The Slave Woman of Lake Marburg
      In 1978, I was asked to explore an area of bottom woodland that was the property of the P.H. Glatfelter Company of Spring Grove, Pa. This property was below the Lake Marburg dam and bordered Codorus Creek on both sides. The nearest town is Porters Sideling, Pa. This particular area was somewhat familiar to me since many of my mother's relatives had lived near there before the dam was built. As well, I had hunted deer in this general area when I was younger. The original report stated the phenome…



1385. Is The Person You Think About The Most Missing God's Point? By David Hopkins
      Matthew 22:37-39 Jesus said unto him, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." "This is the first and great commandment." "And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.Question, how can you keep the greatest two commandments of God listed in the scriptures above if you're always thinking about yourself?The answer is you can't!According to these verses you should be thinking about how to please and serve God …



1386. Life - Giving and Taking By Teow Aun Chew
      If God and Holy Beings have the power directly to take on the suffering of others and bestow happiness upon them, we may ask why beings are still suffering? Miracles are plentiful, certainly God has the right to bestow blessings on all living beings. He can give and he can take away too. However, the best way to achieve permanent liberation from suffering is to obey God and put the teachings into practice, regardless of any religion. Just as a doctor cannot cure a disease unless the sick perso…



1387. The Eagle With Wings of Gold
      The eagle with wings, like the glitter of gold Flying to and fro, into the whispering winds Looking down, on the rivers and meadows below Your flight and journey, through the flowing clouds and then, When you fly, into the light blue sky And the rays of the sun light, shinging on your wings, That glitter like gold Such beauty, I have never seen before As you glide down across the rivers and meadows Then up over the mountain side Into the gleaming sun light That has a thousand and one …



1388. Reflections On Eckhart Tolle's Concept Of The Pain-Body By Saleem Rana
      First, there is the field of complete consciousness.This then expresses itself in an organic form.From here it loses itself in organizing the physical environment around it.It begins to split into mind, and mind then splits into ego, and ego then believes itself the origin of consciousness.As ego, arising from thoughts of limitations, fractures itself against obstacles, it develops what Eckhart Tolle calls the pain-body.The pain-body then becomes an unconscious entity within. It seeks to feed…



1389. Push or Be Pushed
      Push or be pushed Written by Stevi Weissbach It is such a common problem among nice people: the horse pushes the human, and the human doesn't want to be mean, bossy, or tell the horse what to do. But is it really being mean? What if your horse was pushing on you to test your leadership skills? What if his survival instincts were telling him to check your skills, to be sure you have the ability to protect him and guide him when he is in danger. Your horse needs proof that you are the leader that …



1390. The Greatness Within By Miguel Arechavaleta
      Dear Friend,I am writing to you as I study of of my favorite texts-Camus' A Happy Death. My years of philosophical training study have taught me that I should take the time to reflect on life often. I was thinking about how terrible it is that people just aren't thinking anymore. Due to the lack of thinking that is going on people are rarely listening to one another but rather simply hearing each other. There is a difference of course.This week reflect on how it is that one can become a better…



1391. We Are All Human Angels By George Lockett
      A look at the relationship between Humans and Angels.Each one of us is a Human Angel. We are spiritual beings. The Angel within us was never born and can never die. You need to understand who you are! You are an Angel looking through this physical body at the World around you.When you think about it the Self within has stayed the same even though our body changes its cell every 7 years. Your body has changed shape from a baby, to a toddler, to a teenager, to an adult. Yet the person within has…



1392. The Two Most Important Commandments - Love By Lara Velez
      Love is mentioned well over 350 times in the Bible. I'm sure God must be trying to tell us something. We will start our study with Matthew 22:37-38; And He replied to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the most important and first commandment.I am sure that we have all heard this verse many times in our Christian lives. But, do we really get it? How do we love God? Why should we love God? Let's explore How to love Go…



1393. ‘I'm Not A Christian, But I Play One On Sunday' By James Snyder
      After more than three decades of church ministry, I have come to one unsettling conclusion. Actually, I've come to more than one conclusion, but this one is the most depressing.That conclusion is simply this: all who say they are going to Heaven are not actually on the right path, going in the right direction. Most, of course, have the best intentions, but good intentions don't make up for going in the wrong direction.Our government insists advertisers adhere to what they call "truth in advert…



1394. God's To Do List - Get Specific! By Sharae Taylor
      I know eyebrows are probably raising about now, but let me tell you this works ! How does God know what we want or need if we don't get specific and let Him know ?All you have to do and I do this on a monthly basis and update it accordingly is make a list. I make mine like a grocery list and put the title at the top of the list. My title is always "OK God ... This is what I need now ! and proceed to make the list. I make the list and leave the how this will manifest to God. That's His departm…



1395. Spirtualism - A Belief or a Myth By Prince Chugh
      What is a Spiritualist Church? Webster defines Spiritualism as: " The belief that the dead survive as spirits which can communicate with the living, especially with the help of a third party, called a medium." The National Spiritualist Association of Churches defines Spiritualism as: "The science, philosophy and religion of continuous life, based upon the demonstrated fact of communication, by means of mediumship, with those who live in the Spirit World. "The definition adopted in 1948, during…



1396. Mankind's Ten Worst Enemies: #3 Jealousy By Saundra L. Washington
      Though closely akin and sometimes used synonymously, John Rawls distinguish between jealousy and envy on the ground that jealousy involves the wish to keep what one has, and envy the wish to get what one does not have.Christine Harris, American Scientist Magazine, makes the claim that “Of the human emotions, jealousy is one of the most powerful and painful. And it is deadly: Statistical studies rank jealousy as the third most common motive for murder.” Certainly, it was for Abel, Cain's brothe…



1397. How Long, O Lord? A Meditation on Habakkuk By Jeremy Hoover
      In Habakkuk, the prophet cries out in a lament complaint twice, only to hear back from God a very unassuring response: Wait for me to answer.And Habakkuk’s complaints are legitimate. He is one of the faithful in Israel, and even though he knows Israel has its faults and is being punished by God for their infidelity, he also knows that Israel is better than the nations around them, if for no other reason than their special relationship with God. Yet, Habakkuk sees the "righteous" being destroye…



1398. The Foundational Laws of Spiritual Physics By Soni Pitts
      Over the past years, I have undergone a life-altering transition from living on autopilot to recreating my life as a spiritual calling and a force for good. One aspect of this transition has been the acknowledgement of what I call the "Foundational Laws of Spiritual Physics", detailed below. Basically, these laws state that any action that does not promote the overall betterment of mankind (or soul-kind, for that matter) is a waste of energy at best, and a horrifically destructive force at wor…



1399. Truly Save By Mellody Davis
      I can truly say to this day of August, 2005, that if you call on Jesus, he will surely save your life. I’m thinking of a time when I know it for a fact that it was the Grace of God that saved me.During this time in my life, I was enrolled in the military. My appendix has busted suddenly after I had drunk a pop, but I didn’t know what was wrong with me, however it was time for formation and when the pain hit me everyone was outside in formation. I slid down the wall and I was in so much pain I …



1400. Resonance By Nick Arrizza, M.D.
      Have you ever heard something that really "resonated" with you? I'm sure that if you are in tune with yourself emotionally, physically and/or spiritually you will know this experience well. Have you however ever reflected on what it means when something "resonates" with you?If you reflect on the latter question you will likely come to the conclusion that to say that something resonates with you generally means that what was said feels like "the truth" for you.Now in this simple realization the…



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2. The Impeccability of the Word By Sheri Rosenthal
It is amazing how many folks mention after reading “The Four Agreements” by don Miguel Ruiz, that the first agreement (be impeccable with your word) doesn’t seem to be as difficult as the second or third agreements (don’t take anything personally and never make assumptions). They say, “Sure, I can stop gossiping or be careful to speak more kindly when I am communicating, but not taking anything personally or making assumptions….well that’s really difficult!” Personally, I think the first agree…

3. Look! It's Another New Age! By Lois Grant-Holland
There's nothing new about "the new age" except the attitude of the souls participating in it. I bet every soul who chose to incarnate into this particular historical era shook their little energy heads and said, "Oh, no! Not again!"Spiritual enlightenment is the very purpose of life as thinking, feeling human beings here on the planet Earth. The path to spiritual enlightenment is different for every soul, in every lifetime, depending on what lessons they've already learned in other lifetimes a…

4. Choosing Peace, One Shift at a Time By Rebecca Skeele
It doesn’t matter what magazine or newspaper you pick up these days, there it is! the evidence of violence; the killing of innocent people, the terror of aggression and destruction. How do we, as caring, compassionate, conscious people maintain our inner peace in the face of war? Is it responsible to turn from the glaring headlines, close our eyes, go within to connect with that place of inner peace? What if those headlines have stirred up our visceral fear reactions and we are disturbed and …