May B 2017
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Metaphysics
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Louie Schwartzberg - Hidden Miracles
Health & Healing 34
How to Practice Emotional Clearing
Spirituality 40 44
Clearing your Mind of Noise Say No to the Spiritual Bypass
OM Living 52 56 62
3 Easy Ways to Deepen Your Meditation Feng Shui & The Behavioral Science OMTimes Radio Show Spotlight - Inspired Living
Relationships 68 72
4 Common Things to Love and Happiness What Happens to the Children of Extreme Narcissists?
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Numerology Speaks: How Did Facebook and Twitter Become a New Way of Connecting? Living Life in Light, Love, and Awareness Ask Whitedove
Personal Growth 96
4 Types of Criticism and How to Survive Them 100 The Journey towards Connectedness from the Heart 104 Turning Your Biggest Problems into Successes 108 Spiritual Hikes to Soothe the Soul
Are Your Bottled Emotions Causing You Pain? Bottled up emotions are the breeding grounds for all kinds of mental issues. This is true for adults, seniors, and children,
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too. How do we learn to feel fully and then transcend our emotions to insure a better quality of life? The first question we need to ask ourselves is does the emotion come before the thoughts or do the thoughts pop up first? Actually, they happen quite close to each other. Usually fear comes spontaneously as a response to a perceived threat or sudden outside stimuli. Anxiety comes from our ruminating, repetitive thoughts. In either case, we need to zero in on our subconscious mind. Our goal is to make sure to cleanse the subconscious that drives our thoughts and emotions. Childhood traumas or haunting memories create emotions that are not very easy to manage. These can take place either in the external or the internal environment.
Karma, the Compassionate Teacher There are situations where a person finds herself or himself in an atmosphere that is so deeply negative and oppressive. No matter how much one tries to be positive, one cannot make much difference in her or his emotional state. The abusive and negative energies stream from the external environment continuously and we succumb to this oppressive climate. Each of the situations that arise or happen to an individual has some relevance to the ultimate cleansing of the karma, as it is so very important for a soul to purge the past and move through to the next phase of evolution in the ladder of consciousness. We must go through physical and mental agonies to pay off the past debts of karma, that is only way to cleanse the mistakes of the past. This is a
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Clearing Your Mind of Noise by John Holland
Hearing the Workings of Your Mind How often have you been lying in bed in the early hours going over and over all the things you need to do that day? It’s as though you can hear the
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workings of your mind as it processes the endless thoughts. The stress and strain of this endless mind chatter can take its toll, not just on your sleep but your overall well-being. I know that when I have a lot on my mind, my thoughts fire off in thousands of different directions, each thought louder than the one before, until it’s a crescendo of noise. It’s like a symphony orchestra where all the instruments, including the drums are playing at the same time! If this sounds like your typical start to a day … then it’s time to figure out a way to clear your mind of some of this noise. Hard Finding Find Clarity of Thought I’m not saying “STOP THINKING!” or anything like that, but I do believe that when you’ve that much noise going on in your head, it’s hard to find clarity of thought. Sometimes, you can spend far too much time in a thought process, which at times can be influenced
by negative thoughts as well. I believe it’s important to recognize those times and find a technique to eradicate them as quickly as possible. Whatever you do, don’t put yourself in an environment where there’s even more noise, like watching TV or listening to music, but try to find a quiet place without all that stimuli. One useful technique that I use, is to sit down somewhere quietly and write myself a letter … it’s like a “dear John” letter, except in this case it’s a letter to put down those negative thoughts. Processing Noise through the Written Word I pretend to mail it to myself once I’ve written everything down, but in reality, I throw it away. It’s quite cathartic as it’s a way of getting the noise out of my head, except in this case I’ve written it down. It does work! So, next time you can’t stop the chatter, whether it’s
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3 Easy Ways to Deepen Your Meditation by Tony Samara
Is Deeper Meditation Possible? Many people ask how it is possible to deepen their meditation. For sure, there is no need to light candles, burn incense, play special music, or wear specific robes or clothing in the hope that by doing so you will be able to remedy the lack of depth in meditation. It may be that any or all the following questions affect your meditation. Spend a few Omtimes.com
moments practicing the below three suggestions for nine days. I am sure you will be pleasantly surprised! Before We Begin, Ask Yourself: - Do you find that sometimes meditation can be quite challenging? - Does your mind feel very busy and cluttered? - Perhaps you just can’t seem to go deeply into a meditative state? - Do you frustrate easily, or simply feel meditation is not for you?
It could be that you are releasing some or a lot of stress from your life experience, which is slowly becoming cleared in your meditation. This will obviously keep bringing you back up to the surface of thinking consciousness. This very often stirs the mind back to think about this or that. So, you see, it’s not a negative, as it may seem. Instead, it can be a rather good way to allow your body and mind to release stress. Already understanding this changes everything.
3 Easy Ways to Turn Meditation Challenges Around I would now like to share with you these 3 easy ways to deepen your meditation experience. 1) Focus on Breath You may wish to help this release of stress by simply tuning into the sound of your every breath, especially focusing on the full out-breath. Doing this at least nine times. It could be that your mind, body and nervous system are just over stimulated by the
busy-ness of your life. 2) Calm the Body As with anything important one does, there is a need for a calm physiological preparation, or ritual, before your meditation session. It is natural, although we may not be aware of such, to create rituals even simple ones prior to sleep, a meal, meeting a friend etc. Here is the preparation ritual: When sitting comfortably in meditation make sure your body is in a relaxed, upright position with the back comfortably straight; close your eyes and take three deep breaths, making sure they are deep abdominal breaths. Next, for a second, tense various parts of your body one at a time - thighs, hips, arms, hands and shoulders - and each time, after a second, relax as much as you can, breathing out and letting go of all the tension. Wow! Notice how this ritual and preparation takes you naturally to the next level of consciousness - calm awareness - encouraging instant calm in your life and meditation.
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4 Common Things to Love and Happiness by Diane Wing, M.A.
Love and Happiness Essential Aspects of Life
neurotransmitters and the enhancement of our sense of self.
Happiness and love are the two primary aspects of life that most people yearn for. The combination of the two sets us up for true joy and the ability to increase our tolerance when things get rough. They go hand-in-hand and have commonalities, such as the release of similar
Love does not have to pertain to a romantic relationship; it can be focused on loving family, friends, pets, yourself, or a way of being. It can be triggered by a love of doing an activity such as creating, fishing, or walking in nature. The sensation and feeling are
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ultimately the same as in a romantic relationship.
significant relationships does not need to be so rigid.
Beliefs Can Hinder Relationships
Love and Happiness are Reciprocal
Those who feel that these are not the same as having a significant other are missing out on types of love that are just as powerful yet may go unexplored because of this belief. Intimacy is the keynote of significant relationships and means to have a sense of belonging together and feeling close. This can be achieved through healthy contact with like-minded others who have a deep sense of caring for each other.
Having love increases happiness and having happiness enhances love. Happiness makes you more loving - the happier you are the more loving you can be. Finding happiness in everyday things is a good way to exude the vibration of happiness so that it attracts healthy, loving relationships. Once attracted, that love expands through being happy with that other person and by making each other happy.
The need to feel loved is what draws us into relationships; to have that one person who is trusted above all others and who has our highest good at heart. That one person who makes us feel safe and who we can be ourselves with. And many say that when we find that person, then we will be happy. Yet the commonalities between love and happiness are so profound that one need not exist without the other and the definition of
A Sense of Elation The power of love and happiness send your energy soaring. This sense of elation is that feeling perfectly captured in the song by Pharrell Williams, Happy, with the lyric “if you feel like a room without a roof.� A sense of elation can come through loving life, loving God/Spirit/ Universe, feeling free to be ourselves, or even successfully accomplishing a cherished goal. These conditions come from a
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Numerology Speaks: How Did Facebook and Twitter Become a New Way of Connecting? by Greer Jonas
Energetic Numbers of Today’s Social Media The success and popularity of your business can have an effect just based on your alpha/numerical numbers of your name! Take Facebook and Twitter - both names have a “connection” theme based on the Pythagoras system of
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numerology. Together, they have invented a new “virtual” environment for people to converse to each other, the world of Social Media. As a numerologist and innovator, I am often asked this question: “I just started a new enterprise and want a business name that is powerful. Where do I begin?” Answer: The first thing I tell my clients is to examine what message they want their new company to convey. Only then do we look at the ideas for different business names and calculate their numerological value. Yes, the name needs to pop, but it also needs to have integrity. Let’s take the two social media innovators, Facebook and Twitter. The Pythagoras numerology method is based on the alphanumerical chart below, using the numbers 1-9. Each number has a meaning. The most important number for a business is the “expression number. Here are their charts.
Numerology Chart for Facebook and Twitter
FACEBOOK - Designed to Bring Things Together Back in 2004, Mark Zuckerberg and Harvard colleagues conceived of the online phenomenon that created a way to talk to family and friends without picking up the phone. It was to be a virtual place for college students to talk and share information about each other quickly online. Facebook was born with a name that spelled out a new type of “home” for people - social media through the internet. Facebook’s expression number is a “4” according to Pythagoras. (See above chart). Fours are all
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4 Types of Criticism and How to Survive Them by Michelle Alberigi McKenzie
Out of the blue--blamo!-someone criticizes us. It’s unexpected and hurtful, and it’s personal; or at least if feels that way. What do we do? We want to defend ourselves, or punish the offender. Maybe a well-aimed insult. But if this is a friend, colleague, boss,
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or family member, we might not want to burn that bridge. Where does that leave us? How do we navigate the tricky waters of criticism? The next few moments are crucial to our continued relationship with that person.
4 Criticisms and What We Can Do to Survive Them: 1. The “What was that about?” Criticism We had no idea it was coming and sure didn’t expect it from this person. So, it’s good to stay calm and listen to what’s being said. Perhaps that person isn’t great at sharing her thoughts and just stumbled. Reaction: It might be good to walk away, take a few calming breathes, and then ask questions for clarity. We don›t need to be destroyed by it and there could be some gems there that we don›t want to miss out on. See it as an amazing growth opportunity. 2. The “I see you and expect this” Criticism This criticism isn’t a surprise. We know this person and she
does this to us every chance she gets. Reaction: Assuming we didn›t earn her loathing, we need to be able to shrug this stuff off. Keep calm and walk away. This person doesn›t need our energy. 3. The “Uh-oh, I needed to know that” Criticism This might come from anyone, a friend, a colleague, a boss, even a stranger. But this is something that we probably didn’t know we needed to know. Maybe we always frown at people when we’re talking to them. Who doesn’t find that off-putting?! Or maybe we’ve been extra cranky lately and lashing out at people. Reaction: Whatever it is that we needed to know, we need to be gracious to the deliverer. This was probably as hard for her to tell us as it was for us to hear. 4. Public Criticism... ...is ugly and unnecessary, unless everyone involved is part of a political arena. Often, the purpose of this is to prove superiority in front of everyone else. Reaction: Time to have a talk with the perpetrator to discuss their
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