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The Art of Meditation: How to Listen to God

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Let's face it: the current state of your mind is most likely a mess. If you're honest, your mind is probably a rapid succession of scenes displayed in your cortex like so many commercials on television. You might enjoy experiencing time moving along as you are lulled to sleep by the drone of images that inundate you every second. But if you are tired of following the endless hop-scotching of your thoughts, it is time to meditate. For those of you who want to stop the nonsense that goes on … [Read more...]

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God Loves Pets, Too

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Nowhere is God's love closer to us than in the company of our pets. That is a bold statement. Since there is no record on file anywhere with such a quote from God, a lot of people have the mistaken idea that only they have the honor and privilege of being Souls. But pet lovers know better. It is a spiritual principle that Soul comes to earth in many different states of consciousness - and even in many different body forms. And God loves us all. Soul exists because God loves It. While no … [Read more...]

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Reclaiming Jesus from the Christians

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“All great truths begin as blasphemy” – George Bernard Shaw In 325 AD, a band of power-hungry Christians wrote into law one of the biggest lies in history: that Jesus died for our sins. Twisted into that lie was the “holy order” that all Christians must be absolved from the shame of being responsible for his gruesome and painful crucifixion or perish in the “eternal flames of hell.” An army of Christian soldiers was dispatched to destroy the sacred teachings of the mystical … [Read more...]

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The Awakening

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I guess it was my time or, rather, God’s time. I was 29 years old. I had a good husband and I was a successful model and dancer. By conventional standards, I had an enviable life and yet I felt somehow empty. Something was haunting me. Then, during a routine check-up, my doctor told me that my uterus had completely dissolved and I would never menstruate again. I would never have any children. I was devastated by the news and was telling a friend about it when she told me about an upcoming … [Read more...]

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Light at the End of the Tunnel

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Someone should have told me earlier that the journey toward enlightenment was so fascinating and full of love. I wouldn't have waited so long looking for a light at the end of the tunnel, wallowing in the hopeless well of addiction by drinking my way out of pain. Six (Light) sober years later, I find the path growing brighter each day. My pathway in sobriety is a little unconventional. I went to some AA meetings. I followed a Twelve Steps program. I wrapped myself around Step Three: "Made a … [Read more...]

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How to have a Direct Experience of God

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Many say they believe in God, but believing in God is not the same as having a direct experience of God. Direct means first-hand, not second-hand. It is not hearsay or conjecture. Direct means something happens to you. You go through something, and then you can say you have had an experience. Throughout history, belief in God has resulted in people gathering for worship in churches, mosques and temples. All over the world people still congregate based on similar beliefs about God. But how … [Read more...]

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One Psychic’s Journey

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A very young me startled my relatives by telling them what they were about to say. The looks on their faces revealed disbelief and shock before they politely laughed. Their response then and at other times let me know that adults were uncomfortable with a child telling the future. In my day, children were to be seen (as little as possible) and definitely not heard! Eventually I learned that lesson well.It was hard to ignore the psychic messages. Learning history was often a rediscovery of things … [Read more...]

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Love and the Art of Stress

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It's funny to be writing about reducing stress in the throes of the holidays, especially this year. I'm currently unemployed and holiday trees are exuding more light than the job market. The economy is causing more than its share of stress for millions watching their retirement savings dwindle. Stress has this peculiar way of spreading its energy like wildfire, until everyone feels disconnected from the loving arms of Source. Our relationships, finances, careers, governments and nations are … [Read more...]

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Are you Tuned in to the Right Frequency?

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In my mid-thirties, having spent hundreds of hours with quantum physics and in deep meditative silence, I had the direct experience that there really are two worlds - the visible world of matter and the invisible Source of life. What I also realized is that everything in the universe is made of the same "stuff," just in different forms - like H2O existing in the form of clouds, water and ice.My life took a turn when, instead of pushing heavy blocks of ice (the visible world), I simply … [Read more...]

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A Christmas Message

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At this time of year many people remember the birth and life of Jesus. Was the world he was born into really that much different from our own? Was there not the same need for peace and stability then as now? What does Jesus's life truly represent to the world today? What if Jesus wanted his followers - and us - to reach the same unity with God that he had reached? By following the young seeker from Nazareth on his path to Christhood, I've laid out a map of enlightenment. It wasn't necessary to … [Read more...]

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An Interview with George Catlin, Ph.D.

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Why are you optimistic about the future of humanity in this time of uncertainty and fear? Dr. George Catlin: God exists. Spirit will triumph in the end. And we're actually just coming into a great stretch in human history. Ninety-five percent of the "fear and uncertainty" is about the U.S. economy and our place in a changing world. Fortunately both will probably (continue to) take a tumble in the near future, and that will have the ultimate effect of helping us redirect our attention … [Read more...]

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Awakening: Part 2 – An interview with Leonard Jacobson

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Last of a two-part series Leonard Jacobson has been guiding people on the path of awakening for more than 20 years through three previous books [Words from Silence, Embracing the Present, and Bridging Heaven & Earth] and workshops in the U.S., Europe and his native Australia. In 2007, he brought to us the book Journey Into Now - Clear Guidance on the Path of Spiritual Awakening (Conscious Living Publications) in which he shares the details of his six remarkable awakenings, or peak … [Read more...]

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An Interview with God

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When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." --Erma Bombek When asked to describe what God truly is, I am often left speechless. I think it is impossible for any of us to tell another human being what God is. All we can do is guess, take a stab in the dark and come up with the best-sounding answer we can in the moment. "God is energy, the fabric of all that is," I remember … [Read more...]

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