Decide by Clyde Dennis Where do you want to be in a year? In five years? In ten years? Is what you’re doing now -- the way you’re living, your friends, your habits, your focus -- Are all of these things moving you in the direction of your goals? How does it look? Are your habits the kinds of habits that the person you’re going to be in two years would have? Are your friends or associates, or whatever you call the people you hang out with the types of people the you you’re going to be in five years will want to know an ... Selfishness versus Self-Responsibility by Margaret Paul, Ph.D. One of the last things any of us want to be called is “selfish.” We often end up doing things we don’t want to do to avoid being seen as selfish. In my counseling work with people, I often hear the questions, “Aren’t I being selfish if I take care of myself instead of take care of everyone else? Am I being selfish if I do what I want instead of what someone else wants me to do?” The problem occurs because of an inaccurate definition of “selfish.” We are being selfish when: We expect others to gi ... What’s Important Now? Get the WINning Edge by Kathy Paauw I thank God I live in a country where dreams can come true, where failure is sometimes the first step to success, and where success is only another form of failure if we forget where our priorities should be. - Harry Lloyd Over the past decade I have noticed an increase in the number of clients who report that they have ADD -- Attention Deficit Disorder. Although some have been officially diagnosed with this disorder by a medical professional, I suspect that others have read about ADD and identi ... Addiction to Complaining by Margaret Paul, Ph.D. Complaining is a way of life for some people. It was certainly a way of life for my mother. I don’t remember a day going by without her complaining, endlessly. I don’t think I ever heard a word of gratitude out of my mother’s mouth. No matter how good things were, she would manage to find something wrong. No matter how perfect I was – and God knows I tried to be perfect! – she always found something wrong with me, as well as with my father. Over the years of counseling others, I’ve noticed that ... SPIRITUALITY: Enlightening Cinema by Jed McKenna Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know, you can't explain. But you feel it. You felt it your entire life. That there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there. Like a splinter in your mind — driving you mad. -Morpheus, The Matrix This isn't a movie review list and it's not comprehensive. It's just some notes about a few movies I think are useful for the purposes of awakening and why, or that aren't and why not. Wit ... SPIRITUALITY: The Bottom Line by Jed McKenna Whadda ya know? Seriously. With absolute certainty, what do you know? Put aside all opinions, beliefs and theories for a moment and address this one straight question: What do you know for sure? Or, as Thoreau put it: Let us settle ourselves, and work and wedge our feet downward through the mud and slush of opinion, and prejudice, and tradition, and delusion, and appearance, that alluvion which covers the globe... through church and state, through poetry and philosophy and religion, till we come ... SPIRITUALITY: Impersonating Jed McKenna by Jed McKenna by: Jed McKenna No man is a prophet in his own country. That line keeps running through my mind as I sit over lunch with my sister who I haven't seen in several years. These days I'm the enlightened guy, but to her I'm just the bratty kid who couldn't make eye contact when she wore a bikini. It's summer '01 and we're having lunch in lower Manhattan. She read a preview copy of Damnedest and has had a few months to digest it. It was very nice of her to read it because it's really not her kind of t ... Successfully Yours by Donna Doyon How do you define success? Have you given it much thought? Does the definition vary according to what you are doing? Is the definition based on your own criteria or that of the people around you? I was faced with this question this week as I began promoting a series of virtual (over-the-phone, from-your-home) workshops based on my book GLOW: Renew Your Spirit & Release Your Inner Beauty. How will I know if these classes are successful? How will I know if I successfully led them? How will I know ... SPIRITUALITY: Blues for Buddha by Jed McKenna Being critical of Buddhism isn't easy. Buddhism is the most likable of the major religions, and Buddhists are the perennial good guys of modern spirituality. Beautiful traditions, lovely architecture, inspiring statuary, ancient history, the Dalai Lama — what's not to like? Everything about Buddhsim is just so... nice. No fatwahs or jihads, no inquisitions or crusades, no terrorists or pederasts, just nice people being nice. In fact, Buddhism means niceness. Nice-ism. At least, it should. Buddha ... Higher Vibration Is Not Necessarily Better.... by Tobias Lars Higher Vibration is not Necessarily Better or More Loving & How our Judgments have Colored our Experience. There is an underlying assumption, a prejudice, especially in spiritual circles, that higher vibration is automatically better, somehow closer to God, to Love. This is a fundamental misunderstanding that has caused problems and ripple effects throughout the universe and for the manifested spirits (us). Why has this happened? What is the original cause? How has it manifested in Creation? W ... Life is The Way It Is! by Catherine Pulsifer To quote Virginia Satir: Life is not the way it is supposed to be. It is the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference. How you cope with life is determined by your mental attitude. How you view any situation depends on your beliefs and your values. How you cope with challenges can strengthen or weaken you. Some people have faced numerous challenges in their lives, yet maintained a positive outlook. Reinforce your coping mechanisms by: - viewing change as an opport ... Share This With Your Friends by Donna Doyon Have you ever received an e-mail that promises you your dreams will come true within 7 days if you forward the story, poem, or prayer to ten people within the next five minutes? At one time I probably received three or four such notes a day. Now that number has dwindled to one or two per week... or perhaps I've just stopped reading and counting them. Today I received one from a new friend. The subject line stated Move it along to 7. I guess I wasn't paying close attention, because I actually sta ... A Call To Do Better by Clyde Dennis I’m calling you out. Issuing a Challenge. Relax, It's not to a dual or anything quite that complicated or dramatic. Here's what I'm thinking... The thought has occurred to me how much better the whole world would be if I, in my own way were able to be a better person myself and get 10 others to focus on themselves and do the same. What do I mean? Glad you asked. Listen up-- There are reason’s and examples all around us so that those of us with any understanding at all should be able to realize w ... You Are Not Your Stuff by Clyde Dennis We humans are a funny, funny breed. We spend our entire lives working and working and working to acquire ‘stuff’. We buy and surround ourselves with the biggest, fanciest this or that when all the while what we really need and want is something you can’t buy anywhere. The thing we all spend our time doing is looking to experience a feeling of significance. It seems most of our actions are rooted in and motivated by our desire to either gain significance or maintain the significance we believe we ... Life – The Teacher by Clyde Dennis You’ve probably heard the phrase repetition is the mother of learning well apparently it’s also the mother of teaching. Often it seems, Life – The Teacher uses the tool of repetition to imprint into our brains the lessons it’s needing to impart to us. At least this has been my experience. It has become clear to me that life gives the same tests over, and over and over again until we demonstrate that we’ve learned the lesson by passing the test. This teacher seems more than happy to show us again ... Surrounded by Signs and Landmarks by Donna Doyon Take a right. Bear left. Turn left. Straight. Left. Right. Left into the parking lot. I drive to the grocery store without even thinking about it. There are many places I drive to each day or week without giving it a second thought. Sometimes I don't even give it a first thought! But when someone asks me for directions, I have to stop and think. How do I get to the grocery store, my hair salon, or a Toastmasters meeting? What signs and landmarks should someone be looking for if they want to trav ... A Lasting Leadership Lesson: How One Leadership Talk By George Washington Saved The Revolution (And Our Fledgling Nation) From Catastrophe. by Brent Filson Leadership lessons come in many guises. One unforgettable lesson comes from George Washington and his contribution to the most important victory of the Revolutionary War. That victory occurred neither at Saratoga or Yorktown but in a log hut in 1783 with a few heartfelt words that literally changed the world. And it's not just a history lesson, it's a leadership lesson -- for all leaders. To realize what took place in that hut and its historical importance, we must understand what a Leadershi ... Worldly Balance by Jesse S. Somer Take a look around; do you think things are balanced in our world? Balance, now here is a topic that has been hounding me since the day I was born. An understanding of balance seems to be a very important idea when it comes to living a happy, 'balanced' life here on Earth. It has come to my attention that the Universe and everything within it is governed by the principle of evenness between positive and negative energies. Both in the realms of spirituality and science there have been many people ... Why Do You Want Money? by Leon van der Walt We all want more money, but have you ever stopped and asked yourself why you want it? Is it to buy the things that give you pleasure or maybe you want to provide better for your family? Whatever it is that you want to buy, whatever it is that you to do with the money, it can often be traced back to some more basic human need or want. So stop for a moment and answer the question: Why do you want money? (What do you want to do with it?) Even if you already have all the money you desire and are doi ... Invisible Slavery System by Emmett Dabru Invisible puzzles are mechanisms hidden inside products and services you use, and the social/political systems you interact with. They are invisible due to the use of manufactured perception and deniability-tactics. These puzzles are designed to harness everyone's efforts to silently maintain and operate an Invisible Slavery System... What would happen to the world economy if global problems like terrorism, global warming, pollution, drugs, cancer and AIDS were suddenly solved? These problems ha ... Career Coaching Needs To Stop....When... by Marilyn J. Tellez, M.A. (Here are some ideas from the other side of the desk, from the coach's point of view, not the coachee!) 1. The person the coach is working with doesn't do the necessary work on him/herself to find a a reasonable job goal. 2. The coachee lies. 3. The coach lies. 4. Once the coaching process has started, the person being coached changes goals several times. 5. Payment for services is haphazard. 6. Mutual trust in each other, fails. 7. Appointments for services are missed without explanation ... Take a Chance, Win a Prize by Damien Senn I think that we're all probably familiar with the fairground rant 'take a chance, win a prize'. Whenever I hear this call to action, I immediately break out into a cold sweat. Whether the test is to knock down 6 cans in pyramid formation or to throw a dart at a balloon, I'm there, almost hypnotically, pulling coins out of my pocket. And it doesn't really matter what prizes are on offer either. It could be stuffed panda bears, bubble makers or even Velcro wallets. What's important to me is rising ... How AdSense Ruined My Life by David Westbrook Because I used to work on a crisis line, I've heard a-lot stories of how drugs crept up on people and took over their lives. I once talked to a self-admitted drug dealer who had trafficked in pot for years. It was how this person made most of her living; she even had a state issued medical marijuana card so that she could always be in possession without getting busted. One day a friend introduced her to the profits that could be made from selling methamphetamine, so she started dealing crank; do ... Distance Learning Programs by Rakhi Garg A convenient yet advanced way to get a batter educated fortune online Hi! Are you seeking a source of making lots of money without going outside of your home by being more qualified and more perfect in your desired career-field? Then join a distance learning program, as distance learning programs are the fastest growing acquisition of education and competence through internet. >From accounting to graphic design, and law to psychology, whether you are looking to start a career, to qualify for p ... Where to Begin? by Damien Senn January is the king of months for those looking to make new beginnings. After the reflections and indulgences of December, the excitement of a new year unfolding brings contemplation of better days ahead. Unfortunately for many, contemplation is where the party ends. As the clock ticks into February and hopes of transformation begin to fade, the habits of old return, together with the routines of years past. Not because of a lack of enthusiasm or good intentions mind you, but rather a lack of kn ... | ||||||
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