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Are You Typically Conscious Or Unconscious?

"Most people don't live aware lives. They live mechanical lives, mechanical thoughts -- generally somebody else's -- mechanical emotions, mechanical actions." -- Anthony de Mello "Of course I'm conscious!" you reply. But are you really? The truth is that most of us are basically asleep all the time. We're lost in thoughts of the past and the future. We're unconscious of the habits and beliefs that keep us stuck in the same old patterns. We're oblivious to what's possible for us. We only truly live life when we are present to the moment.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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The Circle of Life Covers Two Paths

Imagine the journey of life as a simple circle. If we drew a circle on paper, we would write ‘Source/Universal/God/Soul/Love…’ at the top of the circle. We believe that life as we know it arises from spirit, from the universal source of all that is. And so the life cycle begins by moving down one side of the circle.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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Turn Problems into Power and Potential!

"The things which hurt, instruct." -- Benjamin Franklin How do you respond to the problems that continually surface in your life? If you're like most people, you feel victimized. Moaning "Poor me," we get angry, impatient, depressed and stuck. We think problems spoil what life OUGHT to be. And we do whatever we can to avoid the pain. For those of us on a spiritual path, problems and blocks are precious gifts that open the door to deeper self-knowledge.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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Challenged by your relationships? Good!

Why are our relationships such a challenge? By their very nature, relationships always push us toward duality, toward the opposites. They take us into both the light of our souls and the darkness of our subconscious. They force us to look at the light and experience the shadows. If we deny ...

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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BE SMART with Setting Goals

To really nail down your goals, here’s a great way to format them. Create “BE SMART” goals: Benefits and Essence, Specific, Measurable, Action, Reward, Timing. 1.Specific (WHAT) - Describe what you want as clearly as you can. 2.Measurable - How will you know when you have achieved your goal or if you are getting closer? 3.Action (HOW) - What actions are most needed to accomplish your goal? 4.Reward (CELEBRATION) - Identify a meaningful reward for when you achieve your goal, e.g., buy yourself something or have a party.r

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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Unsent Release Letter - Jou aling Tool

Forgiveness heals the pain of separation. “What you fail to forgive, you live.” – Unknown source Most people feel either guilty or resentful every day. I feel guilty when I did not meet that perfect picture of myself. I feel resentful when others did not meet my perfect expectations of them. Use this tool often to let go of guilt and resentment.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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Healing Quotes and Tips

“Letting go of our suffering is the hardest work we will ever do. It is also the most fruitful. To heal means to meet ourselves in a new way -- in the newness of each moment where all is possible and nothing is limited to the old.” -- Stephen Levine “Fear of the pain blinds us to the goal of healing. Only by seeing our problems clearly and experiencing them can we do something about them.” -- Bob Hoffman “Wounding … opens the heart for compassion.” -- Andrew Schneider When we are suffering due to illness, injury or abuse, it’s easy to feel victimized. “Why me?” we cry.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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Jou aling for Self Discovery

What is jou aling? I define jou aling as “Think It and Ink It.” It’s a process of stimulating the mind, body and heart and then capturing the resulting thoughts and feelings on paper or disk. Different jou aling tools and exercises encourage us to think in different ways. Once we capture these thoughts on paper, we can explore different sides of our nature. We can identify beliefs that hold us back. We can glimpse our potential and then monitor ourselves realizing it.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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A Jou aling Process

“I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on it.” – William Faulkner There don't have to be any rules for jou aling. It's exciting to be open and creative – to find your own style and express yourself. But following some general tips may dramatically increase your results. Here's a simple 4-step process: Sync, Think, Ink and Link.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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Setting up a journal

Ready to explore jou aling but not sure how to get started? Here are some guidelines to get you on your way. The type of journal you use should reflect your own needs, preferences and style. There are lots of choices. To begin, do you want to write on paper or type into a computer? Computer jou aling differs from paper jou aling in significant ways but both are acceptable. Writing is a more natural form of expression that we've used for generations. The form of our freehand script can both bring out and show emotion.

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Personal Development

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Choose What You Want In Life!

"You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose." -- Harry Browne Choice. It's all about freedom--the freedom to pick one thing over another. Are you choosing what you want from life? "Oh no," comes the reply. "I can't because... I haven't got enough education....I need to look after my family....I don't have enough money....I don't have the time." What's your excuse?

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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How Are You Sabotaging Yourself?

"Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow."rn- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe What do you want to achieve this year? If you don't know, how are you possibly going to get it? And if you know but don't have an action plan, how are you possibly going to get it? Please excuse the preaching. But so many of us give lip service to goals without making even the smallest effort to support change in our lives. WE CONTINUE TO SABOTAGE OURSELVES. We buy into our old stuff.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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Purpose in Life: Grounding the Fantasy

"LIFE PURPOSE." Do those two little words throw you into anxiety? They upset me at one time. I felt frustrated and inadequate because I hadn’t figured it out for myself. I feared I was failing at life because I wasn’t doing 'the right thing.’ The personal growth industry has created such a mystique around life purpose. Subconsciously, I think I expected to have a flash of insight that would reveal to me exactly what I’m here for. With the angels singing in celebration, I would clearly see my path in life.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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Why Jou aling Improves Clarity, Creativity and Inner Connection

Many well-known speakers and authors consider jou aling to be 'the best hidden secret to success.' Why? Here are some insights as to how jou aling so powerfully meets our needs. Slow your mind down so you can see how you think. Jou aling quickly captures our flighty thoughts (about 60,000 per day!) on paper. Once we can see what we're thinking, we can learn how we think. And then we can use different jou aling exercises to learn to think in different ways. Our minds work at about 1000 words per minute. When we write, the mind slows down to about 100 words a minute.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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By John RobsonRecently published1 topic

Experiencing challenges? Learn why you're attracting them!

by Andrew Schneider Are you often puzzled by what happens in your life? Do you wonder why you have experiences you do not really want? The Law of Attraction, a universal law, determines the kind and character of our experiences. And we participate in this law by our very nature. We attract what we are. What we are is our personality nature. We also attract who we are, and who we are is our soul nature. We need to understand how both of these natures function. If we are 'reactors' we will attract people and situations that trigger our reactions.

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Personal Development

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Big Changes Come with Little Steps

Are you longing for a major breakthrough in your life? To suddenly have all the qualities you have always dreamed of? Well, sorry, but life doesn't work this way. And actually, that's a good thing. Although we might want dramatic change, we wouldn't be able to cope if it happened. Imagine the turmoil that would occur for yourself and the people around you if you could go to a seminar and return home a completely different person! Perhaps it's time to adjust your expectations for growth. Don't count on a miracle that will totally change you ove ight.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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Inner Journey

Stuck IN your life? Work ON it instead! 'I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they plan their lives.' -- Jim Roh Are you stuck in your life? Here’s how you can tell: When we only work IN our lives: - We know what we have to do right now. - We do ...

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Personal Development

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Why do Questions Work?

"The quality of one’s life is directly related to the quality of questions one asks oneself." - Tony Robbins Why is this? How can we use questions to get more out of life? When we make a statement, we primarily use our logical, rational, left brain. Statements affirm what is. Questions, on the other hand, invoke more of our intuitive, creative right brain. They challenge us to discover what might be. While statements are static, questions lead us into unexplored territory. They open doors to new possibilities! Take just one moment to do this simple exercise.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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Healing the Past with the 4 E’s

All of us carry wounds from the past. We may or may not be conscious of them. Either way, they inhibit our ability to embrace life. If we want more of life’s blessings, we need to heal our wounds – our repressed emotions and old patterns and limiting beliefs. How do we identify these wounds? We can dig deep into our memory banks in an effort to uncover the experiences that first brought us pain and trauma. Or we can address our pain when it surfaces in daily living.

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Personal Development

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By John RobsonRecently published1 topic

Stuck IN your life? Work ON it instead!

“I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they plan their lives.” -- Jim Roh Are you stuck in your life? Here’s how you can tell: When we only work IN our lives: - We know what we have to do right now. - We do things as we have always done ...

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Personal Development

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Challenged by your relationships? Good!

Challenged by your relationships? Good!nby Andrew Schneider Why are our relationships such a challenge? By their very nature, relationships always push us toward duality, toward the opposites. They take us into both the light of our souls and the darkness of our subconscious. They force us to ...

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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By John RobsonRecently published1 topic

Re-Treat Yourself

“Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast -- you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.” -- Eddie Cantor For many of us, our days typically overflow with busywork. We’re running on habit and reacting to the influences around us. If we want to get more out of life, we need to pause once in a while and consciously choose how we spend our time. This starts with awareness.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

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Empty the Mind by Filling a Page

“journal writing is a voyage to the interior.” -- Christina Baldwin Jou aling strongly supports our rational mind. It helps us gain clarity, create ideas, maintain focus and attention, and solidify and deepen intention. Jou aling is just as powerful for accessing our intuition, the inner knowing that doesn’t come to us through our left brain. Blank page jou aling enables us to confidently request guidance at any time. Learn how to allow messages to come through you rather than you forcing the jou aling. Here’s how blank page jou aling works.

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Personal Development

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