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Alternative Answers for Diarrhea By Andrew Pacholyk MS L. Ac
The Energetic & Disruptive Influence of Tattoos OMTimes
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5 Tips For Making Better Choices John Holland
How to Meld Your Mind with Your Body Rachelle Wilber
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Create A Relationship With Money Based On Freedom
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Mindful Eating: A Powerful Tool for the Successful Entrepreneur
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A Life Beyond Loss
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How to Invoke Love’s Divine Magic What are Karmic Illnesses and How to Deal with them The“B” like Body: Beauty, Beliefs and Blossoming How the Heart-Centered Can Deal With Narcissism Mood Shifting For The Courageous Separateness, the Lesson of Humanity Swami's State of the Universe 2019 The Incredible Life of a Himalayan Yogi
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Yuval Ron: Sound is the Future Medicine Interview by Kara Johnstad
I have with me in the studio the world-renowned musician, composer, educator, producer, and peace activist Yuval Ron and we are going to talk about divine attunement and sound consciousness. Yuval Ron began
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composing professionally for theater and contemporary dance in Israel in the early 1980s. In the late 80s-early 90s, he worked as a composer for promotional videos, theater, television, and dance in Boston and New York. He scored his first feature film, “Urban Jungle,” produced in New York, in 1990. In the mid-late 90s, Yuval Ron was a composer for the Fox Kids network in Los Angeles, CA. In 2006, he composed music for the short film “West Bank Story,” a musical spoof of “West Side Story” that features two rival
gangs of fast food employees – the Israeli “Kosher King” vs. the Palestinian “Hummus Hut.” “West Bank Story” won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2007. Other notable scores include scores for PBS Nova (“Breaking the Maya Code”), Proteus, Oliver Twist, The Spiral Staircase, Golda’s Balcony and Road to Victory. Among Yuval’s many honors, Yuval was invited to perform for the Dalai Lama, has collaborated with the Sufi leader Pir Zia Inayat Khan and the master musician Omar Faruk Tekbilek.
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The Energetic & Disruptive Influence of Tattoos by OMTimes There are many forms of physical expression, among them, we find the tattoos. The term tattoo comes from the French tatouage and, in turn, from the English tattoo, having
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the most remote origin in Polynesian languages in the word tatau is used to describe is one of the most known and culturally modified forms of the world. The tattoo is a permanent drawing made in the deepest subcutaneous region of the human skin through the introduction of pigments by needles. The act of drawing and writing in one’s own body comes from ancient times. There is much evidence that tattoos were used from ancient Egypt (4000 to 2000 BC) and by ancient Polynesian, Filipino, Indonesian, and New Zealand natives. For many today, it is about symbolic exposing a taste, an attitude or even affection for a person or something. Much more than a drawing on the skin, the tattoos, and their images also represent energetic influences and deeper meanings that the tattooed person may not know. See the tips on the meanings of some symbols and guidelines on what you should consider
before tattooing the skin. Ă–tzi, the famous mummy of a man who lived in 3300 BC discovered in the Italian Alps in 1991, is covered with 61 tattoos in the form of groups of lines and crosses. Unlike modern methods, his tattoos were not produced with needles, but through fine incisions in the skin where coal dust was introduced. Ă–tzi tattoos are located at points where your body has undergone considerable strain during your life and most likely caused him much pain due to the wear and tear. Tattoos were therefore probably conceived as therapeutic measures and not necessarily as an attitudinal socially constructed or a symbol. Tattoos: The symbolic Images Tattoos can be symbols with universal meanings, which also contain the personal impressions of those who want to tattoo them. Tattooing a drawing can also be a form of expression, of wanting to experience what that drawing represents.
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5 Tips For Making Better Choices by John Holland
Throughout your life, every choice and decision you made has brought you to this very point at this precise moment in time. I do believe that some events in one’s life can be attributed to fate, whereas
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others are just meant to happen. However, you have free will, and it’s your choice at that moment to determine what you do, the direction you take, and how to respond to the outcome of that decision. Your Soul Journey As a soul, you’re an accumulation of all your experiences that are happening now, as well as those that happened in the past. It’s the choices that you make as a result of those experiences, that determines the choices you make for the rest of your life. There are many different roads that you may decide to take on your soul’s journey. When your soul incarnates here in the physical world, its predestined journey will take you from point A to point B. It’s your choice and your free will as to which route you take and how fast you want to get there. You may take the fast route, direct from A to B, or you may meander through different side roads, experiencing all that life has to offer, as you
take your time in getting to your soul’s ultimate destination. It’s your choice! Sometimes, it’s good to let go of the river’s edge and let the flow of life take you to where you’re supposed to be. It can be quite liberating when you do let go. Suddenly, exciting opportunities and choices appear, but surprisingly, you still feel safe even though you’ve let go of the outcome. Of course, there are other times when it makes more sense to grab a pair of oars and steer yourself in a certain direction. Your choice is your own free will —so, either hang on or let go! Here are five tips to help you make better choices in your life: ~ ONE ~ Tap into the power of your soul. Next time you make a decision, stop for a moment and ask yourself: “How do I feel about this decision?” “Does it feel positive or negative, and why?” “What does my soul want me to do?” By doing this, you’ll be guided to make better choices.
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Create A Relationship With Money Based On Freedom? Your energy leads the way. Consciousness arrives well before your tangible self and is the nutrient in the soil which creates the harvest of your goodness. What most
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of us forget is that often we are “fertilizing” our garden with pain and heartbreak, rather than freedom and abundance. So, when it comes to money, how do you ensure that your consciousness is creating abundance rather than heartbreak? How do you move away from your mindset and the collective consciousness of lack? Moving into Acceptance
In spiritual circles, there is much talk about beliefs and not enough about acceptance. If you are busy trying to change your belief system and still “hating” where you are in life, you are creating more struggle in your transformation. When you accept where you are, what has happened, and your current situation you have entered into the consciousness of neutrality and can more easily welcome in something new. Acceptance doesn’t mean that you have to like the situation. Moving into
acceptance means you are aware that external circumstances are not the cause of your happiness. When we are in acceptance, there is a deep knowledge that nothing in our external world can “make” or “take away” our happiness. When you are in acceptance, you are dedicated to undertaking the resolution of challenges; not because it will make you feel better but because there is always a solution to every issue that arises. How do you move into acceptance? You get to stop identifying with the situation which is causing non-acceptance. You are not your bank account; you are not your relationship, you are not your physical appearance. You are the individualization of the One, and that is what you identify with. If you would like to understand more about acceptance, click here to watch a free video on the topic of heartbreak and money. Connect to Your Energetic Wealth Stream
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Mindful Eating: A Powerful Tool for the Successful Entrepreneur Marcia Sirota, MD.
Successful entrepreneurs are amazing individuals. They’re hard-working and dedicated to their endeavors. They’re striving to meet and even surpass their goals. They’re always doing their best to maximize their
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performance. What they might not realize, but, is that one particularly bad habit could be sabotaging their success. We all have deadlines to meet and goals to achieve, and we can be so busy that we let our eating slide. Unfortunately, when we sacrifice our nutrition, we pay a higher price than we realize. This is especially true when we eat mindlessly for months on end. Ultimately, we suffer from a worsening mood, lower or frazzled energy, a negative attitude and, compromised relationships Entrepreneurs think that they’re clever cutting corners by skipping meals or subsisting on junk food, but in this way, they’re undermining their success. If you think that by not stopping for proper meals, you’re going to do more, you’re incorrect because, it’ll catch up with you. If you’re an entrepreneur who’s eating mindlessly while trying to build your business, your relationships might end up suffering. Poor nutrition has emotional consequences
as much as physical ones; making you more irritable and impatient. You might snap at a colleague and undermine a potential new business association. You might lose your cool and look bad when you need to impress an investor. As an entrepreneur, your creativity, your stamina, and your concentration are all essential for your success. But all these things diminish if you don’t have enough highquality fuel to feed your body and your brain. If you were a race car driver, you’d want to win every race, so you’d never dream of putting poor-quality fuel into your vehicle. It makes sense that if you’re going to win in your career, you should think in a serious way about what you eat. I understand why people eat mindlessly. There’s so much going on and so much to do that it’s easy to neglect one thing or another. But eating is the one area you can’t afford to overlook. How you choose to fuel yourself
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A Life Beyond Loss by Jayita Bhattacharjee
Saying goodbye to someone we love is never easy. To wave the final farewell to the nearest and dearest is one of life’s most difficult thing to do. It is a life that
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pushes us sometimes, to do the most undoable thing. How to get through a hardest hit and still come out alive, the pathway varies from person to person. Someday we will need to return to the places we ran away from, to the life we need to live with what is left. The question is how. Millions of people throughout the world harm themselves while trying to escape this type of suffering. The truth is, as we open ourselves to the pain, we open ourselves to joy again. There will come a time, when the words of comfort from family and friends, will heal only so much, and the rest of the journey is ours and ours alone. However, the saddest truth is grief never works linearly. It never follows a straight line. So, how do we get through something that gave us the hardest blow? Many go through silent
suffering that the world knows nothing about. Some are ashamed to admit what a profound emptiness they are going through. Waking up can be waking to a staring void. Going to bed is returning to a place that is painted with previous moments of yesterday’s life. However, we have to return to normalcy, someday, someway, somehow. We cannot say no. We don’t have any options left. So, why don’t we wipe the rain of pain, and choose the path of creativity as an escape route from the agony that cuts us inside? Hard as it may be, sad as it may sound, a loss is just a part of living. We do ourselves no justice or service while we deny the devastating damage that erupts unexpectedly though our lives. We are faced with living through loss, and the curiosity of how to get there in a healthy, wholesome manner. Not by seeking refuge in drugs,
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Superfoods to Keep Your Pets Optimally Healthy By: Dr. Judy Morgan, holistic veterinarian and author of “Yin & Yang Nutrition for Dogs”
Pets are important members of the family, often considered as “fur-children”, and treated as such. For aging Baby Boomers like me, they help fill the empty nest once our children move out on their own. For millennials, pets are companions while careers and life experiences take precedence before settling into family life with children. Omtimes.com
Because pets have moved into the bed, are taken on family vacations, and occupy a central role in family dynamics, pet owners have become more acutely aware of the quality of food being added to the bowl at meal times. Current human food trends include incorporation of
organic, grass-fed, chemical-free ingredients whenever possible; these trends are spilling over into the pet world. Pet food manufacturers are very aware of these trends, resulting in the appearance of new companies that appeal to this audience. However, not everyone can afford to feed complete, prepared diets that fall into this category. There are simple food hacks that any pet owner can add to the processed meals that can improve health and longevity, with increased energy and vitality. Some of my favorite “super-foods” are: Sardines – Fresh, frozen, or canned sardines can be added to any meal. I have six dogs that weigh between fifteen and twenty pounds. I generally split two cans of sardines in water among the pack two or three times a week. Sardines provide omega 3 fatty acids and CoenzymeQ10 that contribute to heart, brain, joint, kidney, and skin health. They help support a healthy immune system. Because these fish are small, they have lower mercury content than large fish, decreasing chances of
heavy metal toxicity. The bones are soft and easily digestible, providing a source of added calcium for strong bones and teeth. Blueberries and Cranberries – These small berries are a powerhouse of Vitamin C and other antioxidants, which help decrease inflammation throughout the body. Cranberries have the added benefit of an ingredient called A-type proanthocyanidins (PACs), which interfere with bacteria’s ability to adhere to the bladder wall. This ingredient is especially helpful for pets prone to recurrent urinary tract infections. For best absorption, berries should be crushed or cooked, but fresh berries make awesome treats. One to four tablespoons per day, depending on the size of the cat or dog, will provide the necessary nutrients. Reishi, Maitake, or Shiitake mushrooms – While many websites say that mushrooms are toxic for animals, they are really referring to poisonous mushrooms. Medicinal mushrooms, on the other hand, provide incredible health benefits. (White button Omtimes.com
How to Invoke Love’s Divine Magic by Guy Finley
Imagine that we’re out to dinner, driving in a car somewhere, or maybe just lying in bed moments before it’s time to turn out the lights. All is well.
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Everything seems quiet. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, our partner tosses a “grenade” into our lap.
a hundred times and that there’s nothing new or good about getting there; just more of the same.
Suddenly, but too late, it’s obvious: we didn’t see any of the familiar signs that usually indicate a conflict is about to erupt. Perhaps they say something overtly cruel or make some passive aggressive comment to remind us where we went wrong earlier that evening, or maybe even five years ago.
In that same revelation, in fact as a part of its remembrance, we now see what we couldn’t before: we’re about to wade into a “war” with our partner that can’t be won no matter which of us seems to come out on top! So, given what this new level of higher awareness shows us as being true, there’s the only logical, and ultimately loving action left for us to do: we refuse the call to combat.
Almost instantly, from out of our mouth comes pouring a host of tried and true things we tend to say in similar situations; words with edges to cut, some smooth enough to defuse the situation, others more forceful, and all designed to turn the tide of battle and push our partner back onto their heels. Then, a shift; something within us remembers that we’ve been where this fight is about to take us at least
Instead of going ballistic, we go inwardly quiet. But let us tread this new path carefully: we are not surrendering ourselves to the misguided will or whims of our partner. We’ve seen how that path leads only to resentment when, as it must happen, we can no longer bear the brunt of
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What are Karmic Illnesses and How to Deal with them? by Humanity Healing
The word karma comes from Sanskrit, the ancient sacred language of Hindu peoples. In its literal translation, we Omtimes.com
have the word “action.” However, in the religions that have adopted this concept it over the years, it ended up mainly signifying the action that produces consequence or, the result, the consequence of past actions. Many added to the Karma concept, affirming that is meaning is not to punish an individual but rather offer life lessons through direct experience. KARMA IN SPIRITUALISM
In spiritualism, karma is seen as the fruit gathered and brought by our spirits to this lifetime. It is a compendium of experiences and tests coming from other existences or past lives. All our past lives bring us at least, one kind of karma. It is precisely through this brought karma that the need for reincarnation arises so that in the next lives we can consolidate, learn and solve and grow wiser with them. KARMA: AND WHAT ARE THE KARMIC DISEASES?
The diseases of karma, popularly known as karmic diseases, or illnesses are the
consequences of past karmas reflected in today’s life, through mental, emotional or physical modifications. When we get sick, the cause is usually an exterior one, such as exposure to a cold wind, virus contamination that has come into our body and extemporaneous rain. However, when we speak of karmic diseases, there will always be internal factors, mental or emotional remnants of past lives that arise in the present life and, if not addressed and solved – they may continue to arise again in future lives. If we were very poor in the past and suffered a lot from it, it is common for future lives to develop a kind of greed, not so negative, but very close to being thrifty. We will always be saving things, trying to spend little, because somewhere in our subconscious there is the precaution that something bad happens when you do not have money. The same process is repeated Omtimes.com
The“B� like Body: Beauty, Beliefs and Blossoming by Johanna Kern
When we were born, the first that we noticed was our body. It breathes, moves and works for us around the clock. Our body is our most loyal friend. It loves us, it works for us and supports us in our growth. If our body fails us in any way, it is never at fault.
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Beauty: Each body, regardless of its shape, weight, or age is in its unique way beautiful. Of course, we all have a preference. However, the preferences are mostly associated with current trends or the way our environment has programmed us. While current fashions push the overly skinny image on society – not everyone is naturally slim. Our bodies often become more round because of their nature. There is nothing to correct. All is the way it is supposed to be. On the other hand, if we become overweight or overly skinny because of neglecting our health, it needs to be addressed. Beliefs: Preferences, just as trends, often change. Each of us is unique. If we take a look at other animals in nature, we realize that they perceive all bodies as equally precious. Imagine the reaction of a Bulldog if we told him that he was too fat. Alternatively,
picture a Greyhound’s response if we told him he’s too skinny. Or we told a Chihuahua that he’s too short, and a Great Dane that he’s too tall. They would probably roar from laughter. Our bodies love life and want us to love life. They are happy when we are happy. They help us to fulfill our dreams, achieve success and fill our lives with happiness. If we become ill, it’s not a reason to stop loving our bodies or deny ourselves the joy of life. Just as we love our dearest friends, no matter how they look, or how they feel, healthy or ill, we can love our bodies in sickness as well. Everybody is beautiful and precious. Whether slim, round, tall, short, young, old, healthy or unhealthy, it is important that we remember that. Blossoming: When we treat our body in a caring, loving way, it will gain only as much weight as it is natural for its life cycles, it will stay in good shape, and it will age in a graceful, natural way. What we think - we become.
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How the Heart-Centered Can Deal With Narcissism by Leigh Burton The Heart-centered people have exceptional difficulty dealing with a narcissistic personality. That’s because it’s hard to understand the mindset of a person that isn’t coming from a space that is their
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heart, and our instinct is very clear about the matter. We know if a person is all about themselves. There are plenty of people, public figure or not, that we can identify with as having a notably egotistical personality. We might need to consider though the possibility that this person is well guarded and choosing not to show emotion for the purpose of providing a strong presence. We don’t know what that person is like in a personal setting. But if they are lacking the ability to have an emotional reaction, it is more likely that they have sociopathic tendencies. What of those that we might have a closer connection to, someone that we might work with, a friend, or even a family member? How are we supposed to deal with that in a way that is conducive to our ability to live in an open-hearted space, while protecting ourselves from the clutches of this type of person? Understanding narcissism is a good start. Someone with
this particular personality disorder can be at one of many different levels that range from some narcissistic traits to the extreme that makes it evident that they are suffering. Narcissistic traits are acquired as a result of a mood disorder that was left unmanaged. The mood disorder is developed as a result of being traumatized and will present as chronic sadness or depression. Most often it is a result of how a person grew up, although that isn’t to say that it can’t have happened later in life. A person feels forced to become rebellious or adopt a continuous stream of anger, which explains how we can see the extreme difference from one person to another. However, this doesn’t happen right away. As a result of love existing with conditions, being devalued, or adopting a sense of worthlessness, a person will go through negotiating their feelings, and once they realize that it is too painful, they move into a space that doesn’t allow for any further negotiation. It becomes all about protecting
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What is meant by ‘Separativness? The Tibetan Master, Djwhal Kuhl wrote Esoteric Healing1 and many other books through His amanuensis, Alice A. Bailey,
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using mental telepathy. This is His picture. On page 82 of Esoteric Healing he said: “If you were to ask me what, in reality, lies behind all disease, all frustrations, error and lack of divine expression....I would say it was separativeness, which produces the major difficulties arising in the etheric body, plus the inability of the outer tangible form to respond adequately to the inner and subtler impulses.” The etheric body is a web of energy streams, of lines of force and of light. Its main objective is to vitalize and energize the physical body and thus INTEGRATE it into the energy body of the Earth and of the solar system. It is an integral part of the etheric body of the planetary Deity (Logos) and is therefore, related to all forms found within that body in any and all the kingdoms in nature. It is part of the substance of the universe, coordinated with planetary
substance, and hence provides the scientific basis for unity.2 In the book “Light on the Path”3, the Master Hilarion says: “Kill out all sense of separateness. Do not fancy you can stand aside from the bad man. He is yourself, though in a less degree than your friend or your Master. But if you allow the idea of separateness from any evil thing or person to grow up within you, by doing so you create karma which will bind you to that thing or person till your soul recognizes that it cannot be isolated. Remember that the sin and shame of the world are your sin and shame, for you are part of it.” In past lives we have done things that were against the laws of the Cosmos. All are destined to develop spiritually and to return to their Source Science is catching up to the Ageless Wisdom teachings,
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Swami's State of the Universe 2019 Heartland Security -- A 2020 Vision By Steve Bhaerman
"If you don't like the current programming, turn off your TV and tell-a-vision instead." -- Swami Beyondananda
Greetings, Mirthlings. Welcome to the annual State of the Universe address, and the state of the Universe this year, like every year, is everchanging, same as always.
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Meanwhile, on our teeny tiny planet -- known across the galaxies as Comedy Central -- the shift has hit the fan. They say crisis precipitates evolution, and judging by the multiple crises we face -- ecological, economical, political and personal -- the chances of precipitation are 100%. Yet no matter how dire things may appear, I remain, as far as mystics go, a "cautious optimystic." Though the pessimystics may look at the "shituation" and see a glass 95% empty, not me. I see a glass 5% full. As for the future, I've been to them all. Don't forget, I was a futurist in a past life. As far as I can foresee, we have a bright future ahead of us. Now all we have to do is figure out how to get to THAT future instead of the blight future we seem to be hurtling toward. Yes, our entire species is in the midst of an existential crisis. We must decide if want to continue to exist any longer. Humanity -- and its wicked stepchild, inhumanity -- has zoomed to the top of the Endangering Species List by being so obsessed with income that we've failed to consider the outcome: If we lose the Earth, there goes the GDP. To avoid dealing with this inconvenient truth, we have made ourselves susceptible to convenient lies. The body politic has become strung out on two dangerous drugs, Hopium and Deniatol, while the media assaults us daily with weapons of mass-distraction. The two sides attack each other left and right with detestimonials and insinuendoes, so we spend all our time mass-debating instead of creating a healthy brainchild together. Talk about mass-debating making us go blind! While global warming is cooking our goose, all attention has been fixated on Donald Trump, and when it comes to garnering attention, he is in a crass of his own. The way he's been pumping ironies, comedians can't keep up. Our Balloon Karma Payment Sure, it's easy to say that not only has Trump proven anyone can grow up to be President, he's proven you don't even HAVE TO grow up to become President. It's easy to protest, "How can anyone say he is not acting like an adult? He has committed COUNTLESS adulterous acts." It's easy to comment that Donald Trump has been heralded as an outlier and it's true ... in just two years, he has already out-lied all the other Presidents combined. omtimes.com
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