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Metaphysics
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James Van Praagh - The Power of Love
Spirituality 38 42 46
Would You Like To Be A Better Person? Why God is Not a "Who" Violet: The Seventh Ray of Consciousness
OM Living 54 58 62
Feng Shui and Fertility for Men Program Spotlight International Yoga Festival OMTimes Radio Host Spotlight - Carrie Turcotte
Relationships 68
7 Law of Attraction Tips to Improve Your Dating Success
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Upgrade Your Personal Frequency Lilith, Shadowing the Feminine Dilemma The Adult Indigo: Balancing the Duality of Challenges and Gifts
Personal Growth 92
Stop Being A User And Open Your Heart To Others
World Vision 100 Annie Besant, the Social Reformer
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Would You Like to Be a Better Person? by John Holland
Reflections on Becoming a Better Person As part of my theme of selfreflection for the new year, if you are like me, then from time to time you may ask, “How can I improve myself?� There is nothing wrong with
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a little self-reflection, as long as it doesn’t become overly obsessive. We all desire to become better people, to give of ourselves more, to be more compassionate, more loving, less selfish, and so on. But, it is not always that easy. Things get in the way! Yes, I’m talking about life and how life can easily muddy the waters that once were so clear. At times, it can be confusing which way to turn. In our hearts, we might know that we want to be better. We may want to be all those things I’ve just said. But outside influences, such as society, friends and family, and work colleagues, all have an impact on the way we think and behave.
Developing into a Better Person My suggestions are only my own thoughts, and in no way am I recommending that one size fits all when it comes
to personal development. However, I do believe it must start with both liking and loving yourself, so that you begin with a healthy dose of self-respect. So, if I have asked a pertinent question, or if you feel that this article is exactly what you needed now, then I have done something positive. When I have time at the end of a day - particularly when I’m at home - I like to reflect and see what I can do to become a better person; not just for others, but also myself. In my lesson, there are a few ideas and thoughts to help you create your own list.
JOHN’S LESSON It’s good discipline to set aside some time as often as you can, whether that is daily, once a week, or whenever. The fact that you are setting aside dedicated time is the important thing! Here are a few ways to consider becoming a better person, and
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Feng Shui and Fertility for Men by Kartar Diamond
Male Fertility Has Support in Feng Shui In past articles and in my books, I have written about some Feng Shui circumstances which can affect fertility, with the assumption and emphasis on the woman’s role.
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However, there are some things a man can do to increase his own fertility. In the East-West School of Feng Shui (Ba Zhai), each person has preferred and lesspreferred personal directions based on their personal Kua. This is also called a Personal Trigram and it is based on your year of birth. In The Feng Shui Matrix, I give a rundown of what each of the eight basic directions means for each personal trigram. What might be a favorable direction for one person could less supportive for another.
The Difference Between Female and Male Fertility One general principle for a woman is that if she sleeps with her head pointing to her personal trigram direction, we consider it supportive for conception. The personal trigram direction always associates with relaxation. So,
it is interesting to see that this system considers it easier for a woman to conceive if she is sleeping in her most relaxing direction. For a man, it is totally different. Each person, male and female, has a personal direction considered to be the best for attracting prosperity. And for a man, sleeping with his head toward his major prosperity direction also makes him more fertile. When I learned this, I found it odd and amusing that for a man to produce offspring, it is part of the concept of being wealthy. We know for a fact that men who father many children are not necessarily wealthy, but consider the children themselves as manifestations of a different type of prosperity.
A Different Type of Prosperity I knew one very successful
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7 Law of Attraction Tips to Improve Your Dating Success by Paulette Sherman
Attract the Kind of Dating Success You Desire Often, people think that dating success is about outer things like looks and where you meet someone. It is important to act, but it is equally important to be ready within, and to become aligned with what you want to attract. Omtimes.com
Otherwise, you can go on a thousand dates and think about how awful men are and why you’d rather be at home alone in bed. So, do an inner-house cleanse to match your vibration with the kind of dating success you want to attract: Notice your Thoughts: If you’d like to meet the love of your life, then it helps to have positive thoughts about dating success, the opposite sex, love, relationships, and marriage. This covers a lot of ground so take some time to list out any negative beliefs that you may be telling yourself about these things and challenge them. For example, if you tell yourself, ‘All men are jerks,’ you can begin to think of exceptions to this, making note of the wonderful men that you already know. Notice your Feelings: Your feelings are powerful indicators of what you attract and they are constantly sending nonverbal messages. So, you can say that you want true love but if your feelings are screaming to men, ‘Stay
away from me. I don’t trust you,’ it may be hard for you to allow someone in. Notice how you feel and try to shift those feelings regarding dating success, the opposite sex and about having a relationship. Imagine all the great feelings you can experience with the right person. Walk Your Talk: If you really want something it is important that your actions match that intention. So, if you want a relationship then create a dating success action plan and do the work. Join some dating sites or go to singles events regularly and ask people to fix you up. Make sure that you are walking your talk and are actively putting your intentions into action. Remain in Place: Often when you are in the process of manifesting something it won’t come right away. Many people set the intention, work on their feelings, and visualize what they want. And, when it doesn’t come in a timely way, they give up hope. Your job is to stay aligned and to keep Omtimes.com
Upgrade Your Personal Frequency by Diane Wing
Do You Know Your Personal Frequency? Universal laws are guiding principles to help us flow with universal energy in a way that brings harmony and balance to our lives. These personal frequency laws allow us to hear the subtle voice of the divine and to follow its guidance. They also form an inseparable connection between the macrocosm (spirit) and the microcosm (humans). The only barrier to the oneness is that which the individual creates. Cultivating self-trust and trust
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in the divine is also essential for these principles to come alive in our lives.
Universal Laws & One’s Personal Frequency There are many sources of these laws. Some say that there are seven, others say 12, and still others say 21. This series is founded in the Seven Hermetic Laws. These originate with The Emerald Tablet, an ancient text attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, written between 6 and 8 BCE. The most well-known law is
The Law of Attraction. This is actually a sub-law of The Law of Vibration, which states that “everything vibrates� (The Kybalion). Being consciously aware of what influences our personal frequency or vibrational patterns, and the way they interact with the divine, also allows us to harness the power of The Law of Vibration. Vibrational frequency manifests in your thoughts, beliefs, perspectives, and behaviors. Expanding your energetic consciousness is a powerful way to become self-aware.
Energy Fields of the Body Energy is the foundational component of energetic consciousness. The amount and quality of your inner energy is contingent on diet and overall physical health, beliefs, emotions, and thoughts. The energy within you emanates in bands of energy outside of your physical body, known as your auric field. Starting closest to the body, the first band is reflective of your physical body. The second band reflects your emotional body, the third of your mental body, and the fourth of your spirit body. The larger the aura, the
more energy and power you possess. Thus, if the aura is close to the body, the energy is low and there is a heightened sense of vulnerability and fatigue. When this occurs, the various aspects of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health should be evaluated for how aspects of each contribute to the low vibrational pattern. The amount of energy you have indicates the quantity you have available to apply to your daily activities. The vibrational level indicates the quality of that energy. For example, an individual may have a lot of forceful energy around them. Yet, their low vibrational level has the potential to create a person who harms others or themselves with that energy. An individual that has lots of energy and a high vibrational level will use that energy for the highest good. They would create an atmosphere of harmony around them.
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The Cure to Unhappiness? Ope n Your Hear t t o Ot h er s by Marcia Sirota, MD.
Our Connections with Others are Important Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the importance of making connections with others. We all really need them, but it seems that people are more disconnected than they’ve ever been. Recently, I had a conversation with the psychotherapist Megan
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Bruneau, for my Ruthless Compassion podcast. She’s also noticed how people are lonelier and alienated these days. In her practice, Ms. Bruneau has observed how disconnection and isolation lead to problems such as depression, anxiety, even psychosis. Her recommendation was that we
make more of an effort to connect with each-other daily. Sadly, our consumerist society has resulted in people increasingly seeing each-other as objects to exploit and take advantage of, when all we really need is to connect with one-another.
Why Do We Seek Friends? More and more, people are being reduced to one basic function: as a source of money, social status, political or career advancement, or sex. In our society, it’s not uncommon that one person befriends another because they believe that this “friend” will benefit them socially, financially or politically. It’s not uncommon for a man to date a woman to make him look good to his associates, or a woman to use a man for financial security or social status. Relationships based more on personal gain than mutual affection have always been part of our world, but it all seems more blatant, these days. And, sadly, these types of exploitative arrangements encourage
everyone else to keep seeing other people as helpful objects to make use of, rather than as delightful individuals to share and connect with.
How Friends Help Us to Be Happy In his book, Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill, Matthieu Ricard, the French writer, Buddhist monk and “happiest man in the world” talks about why so many people are deeply unhappy today. Ricard says that in part, it’s because they “instrumentalize” one-another. This is another way of saying that people too often see each-other as objects to use, instead of opening their hearts to one-another and enjoying being together. Ricard would like us to make more of an effort to access our empathy and compassion for other people. He says that loving and caring about others are the only real ways to create happiness.
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Young Annie Besant, the Social Reformer by Marguerite dar Boggia Indian nationalist, president of several socialist organizations and eventually the president of the Theosophical Society. Her father, Dr. William Wood, was extremely well educated, a mathematician, medical doctor, philosopher, linguist, he spoke French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, a smattering of Hebrew and Gaelic. He was a lover of classical literature. He became a doctor because he wanted to help people. (Saturn in Pisces). He died when Annie was 5 years of age and her brother, Harry, was seven. Retrograde Saturn quincunx Sun signifies a separation from father. He ridiculed the Church’s tenets of sin and hell. His Irish wife, Emily, swooned and fell unconscious when she learned he died. When she looked in the mirror her raven black, shining, thick hair had turned white. 2
When the hand of destiny shapes the life of a beautiful soul, such as Annie Besant, who wanted to save the waifs of humanity, the heart thrills with delight. She was an author, a prolific writer, public speaker, lecturer, editor, political and social rights activist, women’s rights activist, union activist, a teacher of science, Omtimes.com
This is her chart. The time of birth (5:39 PM) is from her autobiography.1
Jupiter and Moon in a T square in the fourth house denote the disruption of the family life and the influence of her religious (Jupiter) Mother and her religious upbringing. Annie adored her Mother as signified by Mars, (herself) sextile the Moon (Mother). The unexpected death of Annie’s father, left the family without funds. Her Mother hired a tutor for a boy her son’s age, whose parents desired educated. At the same time her son would be educated. She found an old house that had been a vicarage. She now could have more boys stay at her home and be tutored until they were ready to enter Harrow School. (Retrograde Saturn trines Moon in the 4th house.)
This was the ideal home for Annie. It stood on top of Harrow Hill. Rosebushes covered the front and Ivy vines covered the back of the house. Fruit trees, firs, laurel and maple adorned the sloping landscape. There was not a tree that she did not climb. Annie had one tree, an old widespreading Portugal laurel. It was her bedroom, sitting room and her larder, which was supplied from the fruit trees. There she would sit for hours with her favorite book: Milton’s “Paradise Lost.” In her vivid Omtimes.com
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