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Cover Story 24
Pema Chödrön - Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
Health & Wellness 36
10 Tips to Keep Weight Loss Nutrition
Spirituality 44 48 54
Diffusing Power of Prayer Wheels Chöd Practice and the Hero’s Journey Can The Spirit World Help Us
OM Living 60 64 68 70 74
Find The Joy In Teaching Your Passion When Water Is Used as a Feng Shui Remedy Product Spotlight - Indigo Vibes Creation Kits 8 Relaxation Games to Create Emotionally Healthy Children Yoga Can Improve Your Body and Mind Connection
Relationships 80 84 90
Is the Need of Conscious Love the Consequence of Soul Maturity Being Endlessly Lonely Could Be Unresolved Childhood Trauma The Seven Essene Mirrors
Metaphysics 96
Using The Vibration of Thoughts
Personal Growth
104 Starting a Journey To Personal Freedom 108 6 Ways Personal Rituals Can Neutralize Negative Motivation
World Vision
116 H. Rider Haggard: An Africa of His Imagination
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P E M A
CHÖDRÖN
CULTIVATING FEARLESSNESS AND COMPASSION
FEARLESS Ani Pema Chodron was born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in 1936, in New York City. Pema Chodron grew up on a New The Beloved Buddhist teacher,
Jersey farm. She has said that
author, nun, and mother, Pema
she had a pleasant childhood
Chodron has inspired millions of
with her Catholic family, but
people from around the world
that her spiritual life didn’t
who have been touched by her
begin until she attended
example and message of
boarding school, where her
practicing peace in these
intellectual curiosity was
turbulent times.
cultivated, She attended Miss Porter's School in Connecticut.
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1. Grapefruit: In a 2004 study at the Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California, researchers investigated the effect of grapefruit on weight loss and found that eating half
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a grapefruit before a meal can help us lose weight. The researchers studied the effect of grapefruit capsules, grapefruit juice, and real grapefruit. All three seemed to help, but eating the real grapefruit got the best results. Grapefruits also contain cancer-fighting compounds like limonoids and lycopene, and red grapefruit has been shown to help lower triglycerides. Half a grapefruit has only 39 calories. This makes it a great breakfast food, a super snack between meals or makes it a dessert! 2 Sardines: Sardines are high in protein, which helps stabilize blood sugar, making you feel full and helps stimulate metabolism. They’re a great source of omega-3s, which not only strengthen the cardiovascular system but also are helpful in boosting mood. Sardines are also free of contaminants, such as mercury and heavy metals. 3. Pumpkin: is considered one of the greatest weight-
loss foods ever. Canned pumpkin is absolutely loaded with fiber and has only 40 calories. Dozens of studies show that high fiber intake is associated with many health benefits, including weight management. Pumpkin is also among the easiest food in the world to prepare. You can sweeten it with your favorite low or 0-calorie sweetener, sprinkle it with blood-sugarlowering cinnamon and nutmeg for good measure, throw in some healthy almonds and make it one of the best tasting weightloss Treats around. It’s filling and delicious. Makes a great dessert, snack or side dish. 4. High-protein diets are associated with weight loss for a variety of reasons: Protein stimulates metabolism, helps you feel full longer and helps decrease the desire to overeat. Protein is important because it allows the brain to synthesize the neurotransmitters dopamine and norepinephrine, which help keep your mind attentive
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Diffusing Power of Prayer Wheels By Shakti World
Prayers are a Mystical contemplative exercise, and it is part of the practice of major religions. The Islam calls to prayer 5 times a day; the Jewish have the tradition to pray three times a day, and the Buddhists use prayer wheels to send their intentions for Increase of compassion and of relief of suffering to the Spiritual Plane. In a diverse way, prayers are
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the most common of human spiritual activities. The prayer wheels function the same way as the Prayer Flags, diffusing the prayer energy throughout the environment. The custom to use the Prayer Flags comes from Tibet and dates back to the 11th century. It was the great Indian master Atisha (982-1054) who taught his disciples how to print prayers and mantras on pieces of cloth from engraved wooden blocks. None of our actions are sterile. Whether they are body, word or mind, all produce effects according to the nature of the motivation that arouses them. Following this elemental logic, printing sacred texts with a pure intention is a source of positive energy, which naturally produces beneficial effects. Also, the wind that comes in contact with the flags on which are printed sacred symbols and symbols also comes in contact with everything. It is the air we breathe, the oxygen that dissolves in our blood, the carbon dioxide that plants use. Just like a small device can make negative ions and make
the atmosphere healthier, the wind, from a simple technique and without danger to the environment, in contact with sacred symbols, spreads everywhere our vows for good and for the temporal and last happiness of all beings, thus creating a vast positive field. A Prayer Wheel (mani korlo, in Tibetan) is a cultural object used by practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism. The Ancient traditional Prayer Wheels is composed of a chamber containing mantras (sacred words) that rotates freely on a vertical axis. According to the beliefs associated with this holy object, turning the Wheel has the same spiritual value as reciting the mantras prayer. The Prayers thus diffuses in the air as if it were even pronounced. The Mantras or Power Words, sometimes seed sounds are written on paper, rolled up or also carved, which when turned start emitting subtle energy, capable of generating health, peace, balance, and vitality for all. Tibetans believe that when you turn the prayer wheel, instead
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Find The Joy In Teaching Your Passion By Liesha Petrovich
It’s so easy to get caught up in the day to day grind that we forget our quest of consciously creating a purposeful lifestyle. Omtimes.com
The lawnmower breaks down, the dog needs a few teeth removed, and you need to plan a baby shower. Add in work,
yoga and perhaps getting the dishes done this week, and somehow you forget that your life’s purpose isn’t accomplishing your to-do list. We all get caught up in our crazy, chaotic lives. Yet, if we don’t consciously take steps to live our passion, we’ll just be surviving and not actually be living. One of my favorite ways to incorporate our passions into our everyday lives is to teach. Sharing what we love with others can be an incredible part of a purposeful life. And the best part is that anyone can be a teacher, mentor or coach today. It’s all a matter of accepting the challenging. Anyone Can Teach Their Passion I never set out to be a teacher. But stumbled into the martial arts when I married my husband, and 23 years later, I’m still happiest teaching karate to elementary school kids. Their tiny accomplishments simply make my day, and it’s incredibly rewarding when they come back and tell me how much they enjoyed taking my class years later. It’s the best job in
the world. And with today’s technology, there are no limits or boundaries on teaching one’s passion. You don’t need a special degree, just the desire to share what you love with others. In blog your Passion, Jonathan Milligan explains his goal is to teach 1000 people how to quit their day jobs and work as fulltime bloggers. In an interview with Kajabi, the platform he uses to host his membership site, Milligan explains: “Many people do not realize that when they tap into their passion and begin to share it with others, new energy starts to show up in their lives. Don’t get caught in the lie that life is supposed to be stressful and exhausting all the time. There is another way to live.” Some may want to create an online course while others may want to share helpful tips on YouTube. And the best part is there are no barriers and no limits on what’s possible to learn online. There are now teaching platforms available for anyone who has the desire to help people learn something new. Omtimes.com
When Water Is Used as a Feng Shui Remedy by Kartar Diamond
In Feng Shui practice, common remedies to balance rooms include the use of the five natural elements. The five natural elements are water, wood, fire, earth, and metal. Water is the “Shui� of Feng Shui, which literally translates as wind/
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water. The recommendation and application to use water should be specific and unique to the property being evaluated. There ARE bad locations for water, so it should be understood that water is not a general panacea for all Feng Shui flaws. First, let’s define water a little more thoroughly. Water is literally H2O. While pictures of water and lakes might serve some other relaxing or subliminal purpose, in traditional Feng Shui, when water is called for, the real thing is needed. Water should be clean, and I’ve noticed it is about twice as effective when it is gently circulating. The sound of water can be relaxing, and care should be taken to make sure the water does not move too quickly or make an unpleasant sound. The volume of water is also important. Many people use too little and only
get a little result. Gallons of water may be needed to make a big impact on a room, and thousands of gallons might be needed to impact a whole building. The use of blue or black color on a large scale, like a whole wall, can emit some of the water energy, but real water is preferred, as in a fountain or fish tank. The way to determine the best location for water in and around your properties, long-term as well as for annual purposes, is based on calculating when your house was built and what direction it is facing. While this is not rocket science, training is needed to understand how this is done. There are a few really good books (including mine) which reach this level of Feng Shui understanding and one should be wary of sources which try to oversimplify this practice. For example, some diluted versions of Feng Shui will
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8 Games to Create Emotionally Healthy Children By OMTimes
In the time when we use tablets to calm our children, it becomes even more vital to train our children in mindfulness and relaxation techniques. We can do this
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through games that, while developing resources for children’s lives, also allow them to have fun.
the instructions, we ask her to sit on a chair two meters from the candle, which will be lit on a table.
So, given that we live in a society that encourages haste, quick stimuli, and instant gratification, it is of the utmost importance that we have at hand resources that favor and teach greater selfcontrol.
The child cannot stand or lean, so we hope he cannot put out the candle. So, we approached the table chair about a half meter. We will move the chair forward gradually until the child is able to extinguish the candle. Thus, we will have a game of about 5 minutes in which the child will acquire the ability to breathe deeply.
Thus, based on this premise, we have compiled in this article some games that serve as relaxation techniques for your children, being those in your family or not. Let’s see what they consist of: 1. Blow the candle! This game consists of learning how to breathe deeply, that is, taking a breath through the nose, inflating the belly, and slowly expelling the air as we blow the candle with the intention of erasing it. As soon as the child understands
2. The Balloon Game The balloon technique is a beautiful game that helps us to foster relaxation through proper breathing. What will we need? Just a big space and many colorful balloons. What should we do? Fill a balloon until it explodes, then fill another and expel the air slowly manipulating the mouth of the balloon.
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Is the Need of Conscious Love the Consequence of Soul Maturity? By Ascending hearts
Throughout our lives, they have sold us the so-called “romantic love� almost always. We read about it in several books, we surrender
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to it in a thousand and one movies, in the hundreds of television series, and cheesy Hallmark films, and even through fashion and publicity. Could we say, then, that “romantic love” is a kind of fraud? Perhaps not so much, or maybe yes. Despite this, we could define it more like an “unconscious love,” since, in a way, it is no more than an idealization than concrete, and practical relationships. In these types of relationships, we tend to establish a very intense attachment and a mutual dependence that almost never ends well. It is not right to idealize love, neither to fantasize about what and how our ideal counterpart should be. Perhaps we will never be able to find it if we live by the perfect pattern we dream for ourselves. At times, it is often said that “true love
does not come suddenly to someone, it comes from within ourselves.”
That is, the perfect relationship must be constructed in a “conscious” way, with effort, dedication and emotional maturity. The “conscious” love that fears loneliness Let’s talk about “conscious” love. If you have never heard this expression, it is worthwhile to delve into it through some brushstrokes that will immediately enact what these effective relationships are that we want to describe for you: Couples who love each other in a “conscious” way do not look like halves, like half the orange they need to unite to be one person. Absolutely not. They are complete people in themselves, who do not fear loneliness, which are whole oranges. They are
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Being Endlessly Lonely Could Be Unresolved Childhood Trauma By Marcia Sirota, MD
And when they do connect with others, the relationships they form aren’t always constructive ones.
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It seems that for many people these days, it’s gotten a lot harder to connect with others. Unfortunately, people who’ve experienced childhood trauma are at an even greater disadvantage when it comes to forming attachments. Childhood trauma can have lifelong repercussions. These can be minor to severe, depending on the severity and duration of the trauma, the presence of parental support during the traumatic events, as well as the innate resilience of the child who experienced them. In my years as a psychotherapist, I’ve noted that people with significant childhood trauma tend to struggle more than most with their relationships. These individuals have trouble getting close to other people, and when they do connect with others, the
relationships they form aren’t always constructive ones. Trauma in childhood can come in many forms. It can take the shape of severe parental neglect or abandonment; boundary violations or exploitation; constant criticism or undermining; parental addiction(s) or incarceration; physical assault or sexual molestation; experiences of profound loss or fear; or living in unstable or dangerous environments. Regardless of what form the trauma takes, a lack of parental support combined with a higher degree of personal susceptibility to the traumatic events can lead to the formation of emotional wounds, and often, disorders of attachment. In emotionally intact adults, connecting to others comes relatively easy. We meet
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Using The Vibration of Thoughts By Judi Lynch
What you think, you create. There is a light emitting from everything on Earth. Every living thing has a touch of stardust is said. Our brains contain
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the beautiful knowledge of the Universe, this planet and the Heavens beyond our understanding. Our brains have the potential of unlimited creation. Everything we think builds the energy of positive or negative force. The power of this energy can change the molecular structure of water and living cells. Healing frequencies during meditation and guided energy sessions with directed thought have proven to have profound effects on the human body and spiritual consciousness. Scientific studies have proven with the monitoring of the EEG the heart emits a certain frequency from 1015 millivolt and meditation can increase this to 3 whole volts. Everything is energy! What you think, you create. This might be a debated subject, but it
has to be understood through experience to really appreciate the creations of our energetic thoughts. There is a light emitting from everything on Earth. Every living thing has a touch of stardust is said. Our brains contain the beautiful knowledge of the Universe, this planet and the Heavens beyond our understanding. We can train our brains to remember that what we think can be brought into reality. Negative thoughts can affect the body in ways that may be unintentional. The same principle applies to the thought that you have to inherit a terrible disease from someone in your family or give in to depression because it was taboo to discuss mental challenges. Changing our thought process to become more responsible and aware of our role in keeping ourselves alive can keep us
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Starting a Journey To Personal Freedom
Although personal freedom is defined differently for everyone, one common piece could open us to a world, unlike anything we have experienced before. Allowing
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freedom to heal and serve us for our greatest good. Is personal freedom our fourth dimension? Personal freedom is something that we all want more of, regardless of how it is individually defined. Even though we all have had the feeling of being connected and on top of the world from time to time, we miss it when we are detached. The day to day tasks and challenges quickly pull us into the world that we call our own, and it is there that overwhelm sets in. In that space of freedom, we feel a great deal of control elegantly mixed with a humble experience of surrender. There is no greater feeling of personal power than that which gives us peace and the knowledge that everything in that moment is just as it should be. No matter the challenges and the long list of things to keep up with. Personal freedom can be defined differently by each of us, but the common thread that knits together a communal understanding that requires no exchange
of words is choice. However different our existence is from others, we all have an equal opportunity to embrace the moments that will refresh our minds of what great peace can be had just by allowing awareness. But, when life throws more than we can handle, good or bad, we too easily get lost and crave the freedom we justify being taken from us. When we feel that something so wonderful is missing, it’s assumed taken because the only alternative is owning the discard. Indeed, the suffering, however minute, has to be because of a source outside of ourselves. It’s easier that way. If freedom is what we seek; if it is what we chase through everything we do, then why do we use our everyday life as an excuse for that freedom to have to be chased at all? Why can’t we simply allow both the grind of living and the serenity that is so dear to our spirit exist in the same place? If all is one and not separate from anything else, then this too should be. It is perfectly human to be Omtimes.com
6 ways Personal Rituals can Neutralize Negative Motivation By cathedral of the soul
How would you evaluate your life? Are you willing to spend a little of your time, every day, for you to have the experience that most people do not have? Think about this question for a moment. Let it go deeper. You end up becoming what you Omtimes.com
repeatedly do. Acquiring knowledge does not mean necessarily that you are growing. Growth only happens when what you know changes your daily life (most people miss the second part). And it’s not funny how, day after day, nothing changes, but when you look back everything is different? This is the power of daily rituals. Now, it’s time to think about personal rituals - the little things you do every day. Because these little things will define who you are. Regardless of your unique life circumstances, or how you define success, you do not become successful abruptly. You become successful over time based on how you trust yourself and how you practice rituals that neutralize negative motivations. Failure occurs in the same way. All your little daily shortcomings (with what you do not learn and grow) come together and cause you to fail. You keep voiding purposedly to do the things that need to be done. One day you may
wake up, and your professional life may have gone south. It was not just an unexplained and random incident. Your life is your “business!” And your rituals make you successful or break you, gradually. Even the seemingly insignificant routines in which you get involved can produce waves of consequences, for better or for worse. So how have you administered your rituals and therefore your life? Are these little things you’re doing everyday working for you or against you? If you think the answer may be the last, then you will find incredible value in the little daily rituals listed below. This means practicing each of these rituals gradually - one at a time, one day at a time, and then letting them build one over the other. Go from zero to six over six months, or maybe less, but certainly not in one go. First Personal Ritual: Allowing things to be as they are. Some things in life are worth changing. Most things do not. Omtimes.com
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