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• How Long Should Marriage Vows Last?
  Marriage vows should last as long as both parties benefit from the relationship. When the marriage comes to an end, people often remain married because of religious guilt or social pressure, and they die a slow death while holding on to the marriage.
  Published 31May2010, viewed 284 times

• Letting Go of a Relationship
  We do much damage to ourselves by holding on to a relationship that has come to a natural end. Once we understand what the purpose of the relationship is, it becomes much easier to learn from the experience and feel gratitude towards our partners and teachers.
  Published 23May2010, viewed 322 times

• Who is in Command?
  Does focus, drive, planning or anything else speed up our destinies? No, it makes no difference. We struggle against ourselves until we give ourselves permission to take the next step. No other person can speed up or slow down the experience. What is far more important than the end result is the experience itself. Yet we focus so much on the end result that we miss the nuances of the experience.
  Published 10Feb2010, viewed 171 times

• I Love Bullies
  Bullies are people who have been deeply hurt and who lash out to the world to give that hurt back. If we can respond to bullies with Love, we help them to Love themselves. We also learn how to Love ourselves.
  Published 27Jan2010, viewed 240 times

• Why the Secret Causes Stress
  There are a few simple steps to making the Secret work. Step one is always perfect. Once we have experienced step one, we start to sabotage ourselves. Whatever we do from there onwards, proves the point that we want to prove - including our conviction that the Secret does not work for us. We cause our own stress because we do not understand how we sabotage ourselves.
  Published 13Jan2010, viewed 191 times

• Are you doing Job's job?
  Being made redundant is a life-changing experience and a privilege. Too many people see redundancy as a failure when it is in fact a release and a new opportunity. More people will be made redundant in future. The best way to deal with it is to prepare for the opportunity.
  Published 18Dec2009, viewed 221 times

• How to Live an Authentic Life
  Following the call of your heart and your inner voice initially takes courage, but once you do it, there is no stopping you. Good stress is not having enough hours in the day to do what you love doing. Bad stress is not having enough hours in the day to comply with the demands of another person's life calling. When you follow your heart, you live an authentic life.
  Published 09Dec2009, viewed 214 times

• You Deserve a Stress-Free Life!
  Life might be difficult or life might be interesting. We get born to experience a specific series of life lessons. We die when we have completed our lessons, or when our resistance against the lessons get so much that our physical bodies can no longer cope under the strain. We can reduce our stress and live healthy, content lives.
  Published 03Dec2009, viewed 167 times

• How to Turn Sleepless Nights into Sweet Dreams
  Energy-takers are not easy to be around because they drain our energy. Energy-creators either contribute to the world and inspire us, or give their energy away without being aware of it. If you have difficulty sleeping you could be in the wrong job because your energy is drained by an energy-taker or by those activities that go against who you are.
  Published 28Nov2009, viewed 219 times

• How to have a New Year free of stress
  We make New Year's resolutions because we want to reduce the stress we experience. The result is more stress, because we place unreasonable demands on ourselves. The solution is to deal with the cause of any stress, learn valuable lessons and take charge of your life.
  Published 19Nov2009, viewed 211 times

• The Truth About Stress Relief
  Stress is always the result of an inner tension which is expressed as tension in your body. Ignore the stress and it gets worse. Deal with the stress and you regain control of your life.
  Published 12Nov2009, viewed 216 times

• How to Love Your Relatives
  Family and relatives have a special bond. They ensure that there is always balance in the larger family unit.
  Published 23Oct2009, viewed 185 times

• Shop Assistants: Our New Conscience
  If under-age shop assistants are forced to decide whether parents can buy alcohol when their children are with them, legislation becomes a sick joke.
  Published 20Oct2009, viewed 287 times

• You Cannot See The Picture When You Are in The Frame
  We do not have unpleasant experiences for no reason. Each one of our experiences contain a teaching and helps us to grow spiritually.
  Published 09Oct2009, viewed 338 times

• It is true because I was told it is true
  Why is it that some intelligent people would go out of their way to simply swallow what they are told? Surely we received brains so that we can investigate and make up our own minds?
  Published 30Sep2009, viewed 301 times

• Whatever you do, don't leave the church
  Organised religion is about a particular view of the world. This view needs to be adapted quote often so that people would continue to believe that their salvation lies in a one-sided interpretation of the truth.
  Published 17Sep2009, viewed 403 times

• Should Ronnie Biggs repent?
  Is it reasonable to keep a very old, very sick man in prison because he is not repentative of earning his place in history? Or did he serve his sentence by means of his life-style, even though it was not in prison>
  Published 14Sep2009, viewed 327 times

• Can we heal the world with Love?
  It is possible to heal the world with Love. We cannot ignore the evidence for much longer.
  Published 07Sep2009, viewed 332 times

• Let's Play Soldiers
  Did Michael Jackson's death mean more to the world than the deaths of soldiers at war? Look at the responses to these deaths and decide for yourself.
  Published 26Aug2009, viewed 353 times

• Bigamy does not undermine the institution of marriage
  It is not bigamy that undermines the institution of marriage. There are many other practises that are aimed at destroying marriage, and bigamists only highlight the farce in marriage
  Published 07Aug2009, viewed 297 times

• Should criminals be shown mercy?
  We do not have the right to judge anyone. We can insist that people take responsibility for their actions, and we can show mercy. Forgiveness is about understanding the lessons in Love that we teach each other.
  Published 30Jul2009, viewed 345 times

• Heard the one about the elephant and the ant?
  Elephants are so afraid of bees that they will not even get neat a tree where there are bees. Ants will listen to us when we speak to them.
  Published 29Jul2009, viewed 393 times

• Let there be light - and there was Obama
  There are two sides to all arguments. This is a reflection of the separation that we came to experience on earth. Where there is unity, there is Love.
  Published 13Jul2009, viewed 336 times

• Did Michael Jackson die because of foul play?
  People's reactions to death are quite predictable. All our reactions follow the same spiritual pattern beased on the same seven major chakras. We do not need to acknowledge our spirituality to prove that we respond to bereavement and grief in the same predictable pattern.
  Published 06Jul2009, viewed 307 times

• Our shadow selves make bad decisions
  When we experience trauma we fall back to behaviour that worked on previous occasions. This behaviour is not appropriate for traumatic situations. When we are in this state of shadow self, we make decisions that are appropriate for the "old" self but quite wrong for here and now. Being aware of your shadow self helps you to postpone important decisions.
  Published 28Jun2009, viewed 296 times

• A warning about blackmailing mediums
  There are psychics, clairvoyants and mediums that abuse the trust of their clients by following up mass-produced readings with thinly veiled threats. This is unethical and gives clairvoyants a bad name when most are doing excellent work on spreading the truth.
  Published 21Jun2009, viewed 343 times

• Faceboook and ministerial expenses - our common enemy
  When we do stupid things and blame other people, how can it not be our fault? We love to give our power away to unscrupulous or even innocent people, and then we complain about various dis-eases of the solar plexus chakre. All these dis-eases are a direct consequence of us giving our power away.
  Published 13Jun2009, viewed 353 times

• Tarot and the flat earth society
  People are willing to believe things that others tell them,but they are not willing to explore for themselves and find information and make up their own minds. That is why there are still so many people that are afraid of tarot cards. We were given minds to explore with, but we often hand that powerful tool over to other people rather than use it ourselves
  Published 05Jun2009, viewed 420 times

• My Friend is Shattered by Widowhood
  When a friend becomes widowed our first instinct is often to utter some platitudes and then to walk away. Being the friend of a widowed person can be a part of our own spiritual journey if we so wish.
  Published 29May2009, viewed 358 times

• Am I my brother's keeper?
  Wars have been fought because people could not tolerate differences. Many charities are based on one person knowing what is best for another, and this is often the cause of failure. When do we step in and change the world view of another person, and when do we mind our own business?
  Published 26May2009, viewed 275 times

• I need a divorce - and quickly
  We often want to get out of relationships with people - both personal and work - because they make our lives intolerable. We then bear grudges against these people. What we need to do is understand how they help us grow spiritually. Then we need to thank them for being such great teachers. Only then can we move on and have peace.
  Published 14May2009, viewed 302 times

• Yes, you are going out of your mind
  A spiritual awakening is often confused with a mid-life crisis, but this does not explain a variety of phenomena that both men and women experience. Every person's spiritual awakening is unique, but there are common threads. Being aware of these common threads helps people to find their way in their new spirituality.
  Published 14May2009, viewed 288 times

• Want to Prove the Law of Attraction? Focus on What You Do Not Want
  The quickest way to get what we do not want, is to focus on this undesired outcome with lots of negative energy. We will get the undesired outcome because of the energy we focus on it, despite the judgement we added to the issue.
  Published 30Apr2009, viewed 360 times

• Erasing the recession
  We create our own realities by means of our thoughts. We also allow the thoughts of other to create concepts like a credit crunch and recession, when we should in fact be aware of the way energy impacts on the earth. We can use the exact same energy to let abundance manifest.
  Published 27Apr2009, viewed 230 times

• Do It My Way Or Not At All - Is That Religious Tolerance?
  Religious tolerance is much more than simply not creating conflict. Every belief system is a different aspect of the same diamond. Religious tolerance is about accepting that another person has different beliefs, and about also striving to understand the other person's belief system. Where people want to find a middle ground, they will find it and the result will be greater understanding and Love.
  Published 23Apr2009, viewed 319 times

• I Have Lost my Job. What Do I Do?
  People often have a knee-jerk reaction of fear and insecurity when they are made redundant. As a result their eyes are closed to the massive opportunities that are opening up to them. Redundancy is always a spiritual experience where we get clear indications of our future direction. When we block our own visions with negative emotions, we miss our new prospects and the gentle nudges that the Universe give us in the right direction.
  Published 16Apr2009, viewed 317 times

• Are people allowed to pray for others in the UK?
  It seems that in the UK people have moved from religious intolerance (where certain religions are more prominent than others) to intolerance of religion (where no religion is tolerated). This emphasises the fact that our thoughts are more powerful than any action that is taken in the name of any religion. We have no understanding of our own power and believe that superficial pettiness is power.
  Published 11Apr2009, viewed 311 times

• Is Meditation for Dummies or for Wise People?
  The easiest way to learn meditation is to initially use guided meditations. Once you have learnt the discipline of meditation, you can then get into the meditative state at any time without guidance.
  Published 25Mar2009, viewed 261 times

• Can crystals really convey information and heal people?
  Can crystals heal us? Can crystals do even more, like storing information that is essential for the survival of the human race? Read this and decide for yourself.
  Published 16Mar2009, viewed 239 times

• Will the world end on 21st December 2012?
  21st December 2012 is not about the end of the world or about earthquakes that will destroy the world. It is about our spiritual choices and ultimately it is about Love.
  Published 12Mar2009, viewed 2038 times

• We really DO live a dream
  What we experience as reality appears to be a series of holographic images. We choose to live these images and to change our direction as required by simply moving between different holographic images.
  Published 06Mar2009, viewed 315 times

• I lift my eyes up to . . . what?
  Solace it not a place or a retreat from daily life. It is a fleeting moment in time that makes our lives here worthwhile. It is a significant part of our spiritual journey.
  Published 01Mar2009, viewed 270 times

• The curse (or blessing) of the green car
  When things go wrong in our lives, we love to look around for culprits. We forget that we create every single experience we ever have, and that we are in control of our lifes.
  Published 12Feb2009, viewed 291 times

• Where is the happiest place on earth?
  Happiness is not a place on earth or the way other people treat us. It is a state of balance inside of ourselves.
  Published 04Feb2009, viewed 355 times

• Pointing to the moon
  Looks can be very deceiving. It is important to always get to know a person before you make assumptions about the person.
  Published 02Feb2009, viewed 337 times

• On Mistresses and Morals
  Having a mistress is not necessarily about having loose morals. There is a balance in the Universe that also applies to multiple relationships, even if we do not agree with such practices.
  Published 29Jan2009, viewed 283 times

• I always get the perfect parking space
  We access our unconscious all the time, but when we are asked to do it consciously, we deny all knowledge of it.
  Published 22Jan2009, viewed 321 times

• Returning to the fold
  It is possible for us to master our thoughts. The negative thoughts will leave kicking and screaming, but they will leave, if that is what we want for ourselves.
  Published 19Jan2009, viewed 320 times

• We wish you . . . Happy Holidays!
  Christmas time is about relaxing and having a peaceful time, even when you do not believe in Jesus.
  Published 01Jan2009, viewed 601 times

• Abundance in the time of the credit crunch
  Most people buy into the reality of a credit crunch and loads of misery with lack of opportunities. There is a minority that choose to see massive opportunities and build their own realities of abundance. The reality that you choose is your personal choice.
  Published 19Dec2008, viewed 342 times

• The fear of God, health and safety
  The easiest way to create a fear-based, bureaucratic society is to put people with inferior judgement into positions of power and then submit to their power. This often starts with small incidents and grow until a dictatorship is formed. People move from tutting and shaking their heads to outrage, but they still do not take action, because they are programmed to submit to the will of others rather than take responsibility for themselves.
  Published 17Dec2008, viewed 368 times

• I am not giving you anything
  We save the best for later and for other people, because we do not believe that we are worthy of the best. In fact, we are entitled to the best every day.
  Published 25Nov2008, viewed 345 times

• My child will not be deprived like I was
  We like to think we do our children a favour by making their lives easier than our lives have been. In the process we simply make different mistakes.
  Published 21Nov2008, viewed 340 times

• Chinese whispers and American foreign policy
  We sometimes say things as a joke, but when the joke is at the expense of another person, it can get out of hand because not everyone shares the same understanding or sense of humour. We need to remember that our words reflect our thoughts and precede our actions.
  Published 30Oct2008, viewed 374 times

• The light is worth the candle
  At times we feel that our journey through this life takes too much effort from us, but when we arrive where we should be, we realise that every step was worth it.
  Published 24Oct2008, viewed 407 times

• Water from Outer Space
  We like to take water for granted. What if water is in fact a form of live entity from outer space that communicates with us? What if water have many more healing qualities than we realise? Water is in fact a magical, miracle fluid that we should respect much more.
  Published 21Oct2008, viewed 591 times

• Your oxygen mask IS working
  We expect our faith, like an oxygen mask on a plane, to be a blast of air, when in fact both flow gently and continuously and keep us alive. We need to appreciate the myriad small miracles rather than wait for one big miracle.
  Published 09Oct2008, viewed 554 times

• Are you contributing to crime by reading the newspapers?
  Every time we read details of crime in a newspaper, we condition our brains to accept more information about the crimes. That makes crime acceptable and we accept negative thoughts as a cheap substitute for Love.
  Published 30Sep2008, viewed 309 times

• Can we stop the suicides in Bridgend?
  It is possible for us as individuals to contribute to stopping a wave of suicides or crime. What we need to do is focus on sending Love to the area by means of a human network of awareness.
  Published 19Sep2008, viewed 408 times

• How would you like your potatoes?
  Faith comes in different shapes and flavours, but the one thing that all faiths have in common is a belief in a Higher Being and Love. We can live that Love by being tolerant of the faith of others.
  Published 11Sep2008, viewed 332 times

• Buy one, get one free or bogof
  We believe that the illusions that other people create, but we do not believe that we can create our own reality. We then live the reality of someone else and complain about not getting what we want.
  Published 06Sep2008, viewed 383 times

• Unhappy Families are a Blessing
  When we are part of an unhappy family we like to complain about what they do to us. We should in fact thank them and love them for the lessons they teach us about ourselves.
  Published 27Aug2008, viewed 311 times

• Is Suicide a Sin or an Act of Bravery?
  It is not for us to judge people that contemplate or commit suicide. it is for us to understand how desperately alone they are, and to love them unconditionally, no matter what they do.
  Published 19Aug2008, viewed 330 times

• The sky is the limit
  The Universe provides waves that contain everything we could possibly want. We can turn those waves into particles and allow all our wishes to materialise.
  Published 12Aug2008, viewed 391 times

• I am 50 years young
  Turning 50 is not the end of life, but rather a channeling of spiritual energy into unexpected directions so that we can enjoy our purpose in life.
  Published 08Aug2008, viewed 357 times

• If only . . . if only . . .
  We like to define ourselves in terms of our misery rather than our opportunities. This article describes why it is necessary to first get rid of our baggage and explain how to do this.
  Published 02Aug2008, viewed 322 times

• This is just not happening to me
  When we experience a sudden shock, our minds and bodies deal with as much as they can and file the rest of the experience away until we are ready for it. This results in irrational behaviour at the time of the shock and a degree of depression later on. All experiencs contribute to our spiritual growth.
  Published 31Jul2008, viewed 323 times

• Muslims may own dogs
  When you are confronted with a belief from any religion, you can choose to apply your God-given mind and search for the truth, or you can swallow what is fed to you and increase your fear. This includes any misconceptions about a ban on Muslims owning dogs.
  Published 16Jul2008, viewed 637 times

• Xenophobia, or hate your neighbour like yourself
  People share experiences with us for a reason, a season or a lifetime. They are our neighbours even if they represent our dark sides. Where we hate or reject any of them, we reject a part of ourselves that will not go away.
  Published 12Jul2008, viewed 462 times

• When staying in a hotel, wear pyjamas
  Fear is something we build up in our own minds, and we can also break down that fear. And when you stay in a hotel, wear pyjamas!
  Published 06Jul2008, viewed 346 times

• I am just having a bad hair day - nothing serious
  Sometimes we choose to have a bad day because we simply want some attention from the people around us. At other times we struggle with deeper questions and then we need to know where we can find help to change our lives, such as NLP.
  Published 29Jun2008, viewed 427 times

• Premonitions and confirmations
  We have premonitions because we are all linked together by means of invisible waves of energy. That is how we become aware of incidents "before" they happen - in fact the incident happens first, and then it enters our consciousness.
  Published 21Jun2008, viewed 349 times

• Love and Marriage
  Many people mistake marriage for love, or insist on a wedding ceremony as the only means of expressing their love. Love is not about ceremonies. Love is about what is in our hearts.
  Published 11Jun2008, viewed 400 times

• Eating the forbidden fruit
  There is a reason why we should not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Once we have done so, we have to take full responsibility for ourselves and all our thoughts and actions, and there is no going back.
  Published 22May2008, viewed 1499 times

• Are children ever illegitimate?
  We like to brand children as being illegitimate. Why do we not rather brand the people who have such views as cruel and insensitive? The children are all legitimate creatures of God, regardless of what their parents or the people around them think.
  Published 20May2008, viewed 723 times

• The gift of wisdom from the elderly
  Should we respect people for what they have achieved in their lives, or for who they are, or for their age? How about all of the above?
  Published 14May2008, viewed 83 times

• It is time to experience the end of the world
  Time is a man-made concept that we manipulate without even being aware of it. We will become more aware of is as the crucial date of 21 December 2012 on the Mayan calendar approaches.
  Published 12May2008, viewed 427 times

• Let me tell you a story
  Stories from many different sources have enriched our lives since before the beginning of time. Stories teach us moral lessons in a playful way and they are part of our spiritual heritage.
  Published 07May2008, viewed 422 times

• Do I look fat in this?
  Our bodies are a reflection of our spirits. We look at our bodies and think that is what we are. because we do not understand that our bodies are merely a vehicle for us to use in this existence. We are not our bodies, but we need to look after our bodies as long as we are in this existence.
  Published 03May2008, viewed 482 times

• I believe in angels ' and fairies and mermaids
  We find it easy to believe in material things for which we have not seen any evidence. However, we easily reject spiritual issues for which there is much evidence, on the basis that we have not experienced it ourselves. We need to understand that the dimension we live in is not the only one. We have access to other dimensions and we like to discard this as fantasy rather than acknowledge it as another reality.
  Published 29Apr2008, viewed 733 times

• Expectations and disappointment
  We create our expectations and disappointments because we are aware of the balance in the Universe. Our subconscious turns into thoughts and then into actions. We attach emotional values to our actions. We can change these emotions if we are aware of the creative process.
  Published 26Apr2008, viewed 514 times

• He looks just like his father
  When a child is born, we acknowledge that the child is a combination of the parents - the best and the worst of both parents. We choose to forget this when our children grow older and display behaviour that reminds us of our dark side. We then often blame the child rather than deal with our own traits or fears.
  Published 21Apr2008, viewed 519 times

• Once when I was big
  As children we are encouraged to access our imagination, but as adults we are encouraged to deal with reality. Does that mean that as adults we turn our backs on reality and in fact deal with an illusion? Should we dream so that we can create our own reality?
  Published 16Apr2008, viewed 388 times

• Shedding a new skin and dealing with changes
  Our bodies show physical responses that indicates the state of our spirit. We can fight these physical responses or we can accept them as guidelines for spiritual growth and enrich our lives.
  Published 10Apr2008, viewed 318 times

• What is reincarnation?
  Explanation of reincarnation and our one-ness with God. Why do we have to return for more than one life?
  Published 06Apr2008, viewed 406 times

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