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Wake Up — Searching for Meaning

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I'm fully aware of how this is all going to sound, but it also happens to be the truth. I woke up one day six years ago to discover that I had inexplicably gained the ability to see and hear angels, demons, auras and ghosts. This was not something I was chasing or even really believed in. I was in my early 30s, living in New York City and working the daily grind. I had a string of unsuccessful relationships and was just kind of treading water. As far as any kind of spiritual life -- it could not … [Read more...]

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The Second Annual Afterlife Awareness Conference

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The Afterlife Education Foundation recently announced that its Second Annual Afterlife Awareness Conference will take place March 9 -11, 2012, in cooperation with Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, VA. The conference will feature workshops and presentations by a nationally-recognized consortium of researchers, educators and counselors in the field of death, bereavement and afterlife research. The conference was organized to meet the need for a … [Read more...]

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Sing HU to Tune In to a Higher Spiritual Awareness

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Singing HU, an ancient name for God, has been practiced for thousands of years in one form or another for inner attunement. In the same way a musician can use a tuning fork to find the right pitch, the person singing HU tunes in to a higher spiritual awareness. In most spiritual traditions, sound plays a part in uplifting the individual. Religions such as Christianity, Judaism and Buddhism have made use of sound in the form of hymns, chants and prayers to help open the heart and go beyond … [Read more...]

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I’m Sorry and True Intent

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I'm sorry. Two very small words...and yet they can be the most difficult and challenging words to say or not say. Said at the right time and for the right reasons, they diffuse the trickiest of situations. Said at the wrong time or for wrong reasons, it becomes a glib shield of insincerity. I was biking recently and it was interesting to see how many bicyclists entered the path without looking. I found myself being extra attentive and reminding people from time to time. Sometimes they were … [Read more...]

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Seeing the Mirage as Mirage

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When I was 18, I met a new friend with a large library of spiritual books. He loaned them to me. I became a ravenous reader of spiritual and occult books. I studied whatever interested me for 13 years...and then I got tired of the search (for truth). I felt with every new book that it was a regurgitation of stuff I had already read. Curiously enough, I had not read anything in non-duality or Advaita...I never bumped into it. Over the years of practice and study, I had heard about "living in … [Read more...]

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The Rabbit Hole

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zedek

Little did I know the significance of watching Bugs Bunny as a child or reading Alice in Wonderland, nor the depth that I would somehow glean from these archetypes. Then a couple of years ago I used to joke that my power animal was the bunny - only to find that the place I ended up living has a giant bronze bunny outside of it. And that right before I moved here, seemingly unknowingly, I created an online group called "Down The Rabbit Hole," well before the movie came out. And as many of you … [Read more...]

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The Path to Awareness Starts Small

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Cattails flicker behind Indian grass; milkweed releases their seeds; cotton floats lazily under the tree canopies. The northern wind is slow. The pond water has stopped and reflects afternoon light. Thoughts are pushed away, refocusing upon the landscape stretching into the horizon. Shadows roam across the fields as the smattering of clouds and sun play. The oak trees on the eastern edge of the wetlands sing with the cicada's drone starting and stopping in the same tone. I sit upon a wooden … [Read more...]

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A Revelation on Rollerblades

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One day as I was rollerblading around a city lake, I met a small group coming toward me. There was an older couple behind and a young couple in front. The young father had an infant in a carrier on his back. They were talking happily. I smiled and nodded to them as I whizzed by. As I came around the lake I saw the family again. The infant, in the carrier on the father's back, was facing me. The young mother was tending to the infant with her back toward me. I was struck by the look on the … [Read more...]

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Seeking Awareness

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The first step to a more peaceful life and existence in this world is awareness. What is the definition of "awareness"? What does it mean in the context of everyday life and how we grow as people in a group, as a society, and as individuals? Awareness is the knowing of your surroundings. It is the knowing of the energy emanating from you and the energy trying to penetrate you. In some situations, it is the protective shield encircling the body and spirit, a reaction to negative energy, or a … [Read more...]

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Youre The Watcher

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I can say this:You might have arrived just todayor last night or years ago.You think you’re young and inexperiencedyet your smiles and your sobs,your words and your silence,come from ancient wisdom.The dust rising beneath your feetand the sun hanging down fromthe sky that never judges, come from you;that is silence.You are not the endless dialogue in your mindYou’re the silence in the background, the light in darknessYou’re the music in the noise.You’re not even your worries … [Read more...]

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