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Agapi Stassinopoulos - Wake Up to the Joy of You
The Abundance Code Number, Color & Sound The Basis for the Universe Ask Whitedove
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Personal Growth
Disengaging the Addictive Control in an Addictive Society
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Juggling Life to Create a Better Balance It It Time for a Soul Healing?
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The Power to Question Defeat! 4 Ways to Open the Floodgates to Different Revenue Streams OMTimes Radio Host Spotlight - Marc Lainhart & Kim Thalken
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What is the Fallacy of Resistance? 4 Simple Tips to Help You Make the Right Decision
Agapi Stassinopoulos Interview by Victor Fuhrman
Agapi Stassinopoulos, says there is and shares the path she has found in her new book “Wake Up to the Joy of You – 52 Meditations and Practices for a Calmer, Happier Life”. Agapi Stassinopoulos is a bestselling author and speaker who inspires audiences around the world. In her previous book “Unbinding the Heart – A dose of Greek Wisdom, Generosity and Unconditional Love” she shares the wisdom of her life’s adventures and experiences.
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founded by her sister, Ariana Huffington, to help change the way we work and live. She divided her time between New York and Los Angeles and was born and raised in Athens, Greece. You may find her at www.wakeupthejoyofyou.com Agapi Stassinopoulos: What a beautiful introduction. My goodness, I had the chills. I am thrilled, and it is wonderful to be with you and all our listeners all over the world. VICTOR FUHRMAN: So, let us share a little of your path with our listeners who are meeting you for the first time. How did you wake up to the “Joy of You?” Agapi Stassinopoulos, says there is
and shares the path she has found in her new book “Wake Up to the Joy of You – 52 Meditations and Practices for a Calmer, Happier Life Agapi Stassinopoulos is a best-selling author and speaker who inspires audiences around the world. In her previous book “Unbinding the Heart – A dose of Greek Wisdom, Generosity and Unconditional Love” she shares the wisdom of her life’s adventures and experiences. Agapi Stassinopoulos was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and then moved on to receive her Master’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Santa Monica. Her previous books on the Greek Archetypes, Gods and Goddesses in Love, and conversations with the Goddesses were turned into a PBS Special. She is currently conducting workshops for Thrive Go Global, a company OMTimes.com
Agapi Stassinopoulos: It is a process. It was a process, and it was a process of really going through what I call my underworld. You know, the Goddess Persephone, are you familiar with the myth? So, Persephone was kidnapped by Hades and went into the Underworld and lived in darkness for quite a while. She was innocent and playing in the fields when Hades kidnapped her, and her Mother, Demeter, just created havoc with Zeus because Zeus was in cahoots with Hades to kidnap Persephone. Finally, he was able to bring the daughter back because she threatened to bring famine to the earth. The Goddess Demeter was the Goddess of the Earth. Why I say the myth to the listeners is to re-orient ourselves as we all go through the process of discovery by going into the underworld, and an underworld is a place where we feel
Disengaging the Addictive Control in an Addicted Society by Crystal Presence
Disengaging from Addictive Control and Lying We know we are in the biggest shift in human consciousness, and also strive to be part of the resolution. Yet, with all our good intentions, we find Omtimes.com
ourselves repeating what we know is part of the problem. We engage in our old controlling and addictive ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving. When we get honest with ourselves, we admit to the voice inside telling us we are lying as a way to tolerate our lives. We love the idea of letting go and going with the flow. At the same time, we fear that our lives will fall apart and we will end up alone and die if we disengage from the addictive control.
Addictive Control and Our Feelings of Powerlessness Control has become the culturally acceptable way of dealing with our feelings of powerlessness. We also sense the pervasiveness of how it affects our lives and our world. We look for pathways to create a new context of living and know we will be happier and healthier when we can do the following: • Remain present and honest with ourselves. • Admit when the jobs we
have are not right for us. • Spend our days doing the things we love to do. • Spend more time with the people we love. • Take better care of ourselves. Let go of thinking what we should do, and allow ourselves to follow our internal guidance system.
The Invitation of Addiction in Society Ann Wilson Schaef, author of “When Society Becomes an Addict” says, “Not only does our society invite addiction, it requires addiction to tolerate the society we have created”. Addiction is how we distract, control and disconnect ourselves from the truth of what we are really thinking, feeling and doing. When we feel powerlessness to stop the addiction, we are tempted to lie about it. Whether it is an ingestive addiction (drugs, nicotine, alcohol, etc.) or a process addiction (obsessive thinking, worrying, self-generated feelings, money etc.), addiction Omtimes.com
Juggling Life to Create a Better Balance by John Holland
We are all looking for better balance. How many times have you heard yourself say: “If only I had a few minutes to myself?” It can certainly be a crazy world, juggling family needs, work needs, friends, loved ones, and of course yourself. Sometimes, it’s never ending
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with one thing after another. It could be taking one of the kids to a sports lesson, doing the shopping, the laundry…let alone the daily routine of work. It’s easy to feel drained and to lose that special connection with your inner-life force.
Not Perfect, and Not in Balance I am not going to say that I’m perfect at balancing my life, as what I call “stuff” gets in the way. Recently I have had a few weeks, when it’s been one thing after another. Starting with the boiler requiring a major overhaul, then snow clearing, and other maintenance issues, as well as the usual car service. Next came some follow up medical treatments for myself, as well as for my dog Koda, and so on …all of which impacts on my daily routine. If this sounds anything like your own schedule, that it’s time to take a leaf out of Buddha’s book and insist that
you carve out an hour a day for your own self-care. He did just that - he used one hour a day for himself, each and every day. Of course, it may not be possible every day, as there are times like having a baby or when you’re feeling poorly, that it’s not possible. But, in general, it is worth setting some boundaries around your daily schedule to integrate some self-care into the mix.
Self-Care for Health and Better Balance You’ve heard me talk often about the need for selfcare. It was only after my last few weeks, after having completed some physical therapy treatments on a shoulder injury, that I was finally able to get back to the routine of going to the gym at least three times a week. This not only helps strengthen the body, feeds the muscles and promotes a feeling of vitality, but it nurtures the soul. It sends out a message that you’re taking care of yourself,
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The Power to Question Defeat by Guy Finley
Reactions Can Bring Painful Problems Our stressful, pain-filled experiences are not caused by people or events but by our reactions to them. And yet, if we will honestly examine the way we presently question our defeats, here’s what we
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see. We are still desperately seeking answers that serve only to correct the surface or exterior conditions. We are still blaming circumstances for crushing us. The direction of our questions proves that we are still thinking incorrectly about our problems.
Challenge Fate and Question Defeat This is supremely important to grasp if we wish to change our inner and outer world. By their very nature, our old questions tend to make and then keep us victims. They imply that someone or something outside of ourselves is punishing us. No human being is a victim of any punishment outside of their own undeveloped life-level. At this level, they see their inner reactions as outer attacks. This is why we must learn to turn our questions into tools. The right questions serve to develop self-wholeness, instead of letting them lead us off in the wrong direction. These new questions are the power that defeats defeat. They alone assure total victory. Each time you ask the right
question about an inner ache, you receive the new and right result. This knowledge releases you from the dark deceptions that want you to fight with life. Here are ten new questions that lead to selfwholeness. Use them to see the difference between how you used to think and how you will question defeat from now on. You will win!
Questions for Developing Self-Wholeness Instead of always asking yourself why things always happen to you, learn to ask: What is it inside of me that attracts these painful situations? Instead of always asking yourself why things had to go this way or that way, learn to ask: Why do external conditions determine the way I feel? Rather than asking yourself how to protect yourself in challenging situations, learn to ask: What is it in me that always needs to be defended? Instead of always asking yourself how to clear up your
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The Abundance Code by Sunanda Sharma
Bring on Prosperity with Abundance Manifestation We can all use a little prosperity from time to time. Many of us are very intrigued by the idea of ‘abundance manifestation’. We could also feel that prosperity may not Omtimes.com
be everyone’s game, or we are not skilled to magnetize as few lucky ones do. Let’s consider the meaning of the word ‘abundance.’ Abundance is a sense of having enough and feeling happy about it. Abundance does not connote being ‘ultra-rich’ or becoming a millionaire or billionaire, per se. It is a state of contentment. And this ensures a ‘flow of uninterrupted energy’ into creative earthly pursuits and not-so-earthly pursuits in the spiritual realm. According to the dictionary, abundance can be described as: a. A great or plentiful amount: an abundance of rain. b. T he condition of being in rich supply: bananas growing in abundance. c. Degree of plenteousness d. Affluence; wealth.
How Does One Manifest Abundance through the
Abundance Code? There are several ways to manifest abundance. Many of these methods have been developed, over time, into a variety of systems or codes to create a greater sense of satisfaction. These ways are listed below: Meditation - the more relaxed and calm we are, the more we will be able to visualize what we want to magnetize in life. Visualization - notice how we visualize things. Do we sense them or see them? Are they in color? How clear are they? We keep practicing until we experience a mental picture or sense of what we want. Focus - We can also try focusing on what we want for several minutes and get comfortable with it. Essence - When we are clear
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What is the Fallacy of Resistance?
by Baba Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari
Resistance: What We Resist Persists Most of the nagging issues in our lives stem from our inbuilt resistance to certain people or circumstances. There is a simple dictum that the universe follows, “whatever we resist, persists.� It is like there is a conspiracy going on! Omtimes.com
Whatever we wish to avoid seems to bump into us again and again. As such it is not a conspiracy, but the simple consequence of a universal law in operation, the law of resistance. We all live within the boundaries of our mind, like a spider within its selfcreated web. However, if we impartially examine our mind we find that most unhappiness and displeasure is due to unconscious resistance to anything that contradicts our mind’s conditions of likes and dislikes. Love turns into hate in a moment, and happiness into misery. Lift the veil of conditions and ease and beauty starts to flow. It could be our boss in the workplace or our spouse at home; stress is born out of resistance to “what is.” When we don’t “like” certain traits in a person, we resist and friction is created. If we withdraw the resistance, understanding happens, and love blossoms.
Mindfulness Rewires Our Brain
All resistance to life situations is our subconscious programming in automatic operation. Till the unconscious patterns are changed, not much changes. Mindfulness in our daily life changes our inner patterns and builds spiritual immunity to combat all upheavals and challenges of life. Mindfulness rewires our brain to move from a conditioned life to a life of freedom. It transforms a life of conditioned habits and compulsions to a life of balance and beauty. We need to first practice being aware of physical sensations, thoughts and emotions that pass through our mind. As we observe our mind without judgment we see that conditions of mind such as compulsive thoughts, agitations, and anger will all surface. Don’t be judgmental, that is creating resistance, fighting with nature. Instead withdraw like the clouds in the sky;
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