by Craig Dunkelberger — A presupposition commonly adopted by many people in the coaching and neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) fields is “The map is not the territory.” This saying originates from Alfred Korzybski, the founder of general semantics. People often assume that their emotions and perceptions are an accurate representation of reality. Both a map and […]
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Inner alchemy: You are what you love
October 22, 2012
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by Vaishali — You are what you love, and you love whatever you give your attention to. Eastern spiritual psychologies profess that whatever you give your attention to is what you are making your god. If, for example, you spend all your time thinking about that next cigarette, then you have just made that next […]
What we think about, comes about
October 6, 2012
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by Lori Keeley — Did you know that your thoughts create your reality? Whatever you are experiencing in your life is a direct result of the thoughts you repeatedly play through your mind. Our thoughts are real energies which manifest our lives and reality. Whatever we focus on is what we create. Take the time […]
Choosing the right lens
July 22, 2012
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by Kim Seiferth — Are you viewing life through frosted windows or rose-colored glasses? This is another way of asking ourselves whether the glass is half empty or half full, or if the grass is greener on the other side. How we choose to experience our world is all about perception, and we always determine […]
How to become immune to karma
July 10, 2012
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by Ada Porat — Karma can be defined as conscious or subconscious decisions, contracts, unresolved emotions and attitudes that influence your current reality. In other words, our current reality was shaped by the choices we made along the way to arriving where we are today. Every thought you think combines with similar thoughts across time […]
The mystery of perception
March 5, 2012
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by John English — Did you know that mystics, sages and people of wisdom have been studying perception for eons? Despite all this time and effort, though, perception is still a mystery of almost unimaginable proportion. It involves consciousness, awareness, energy, power and duality. Without duality there could be no perception. Quantum physics has even […]
True guidance through prayer and meditation
February 25, 2012
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by Ada Porat — Have you ever received guidance from someone about what is going to happen in your life and then it did not pan out? Perhaps you were guided to write a book or start a Web site and then everything stalled. Did it leave you wondering what really happened there? If you […]
February 14, 2013
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