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I've been doing this lately on lunch when working from home. You definitely feel more connected to everything around you when you take off your shoes! Thanks for that, Lightened. I've been thinking of taking an hour in the early afternoons to sit outside with my feet in the dirt and read. Your 'uns...

Here's another article on the benefits of Grounding or Earthing as this article calls it. There's a video at the end of the article but all the info is contained in the article itself. Earthing: The Benefits of Connecting with Earth’s Energy — by Dave Gabriele http://theunboundedspirit.com/earthing...

This is my favorite blog post in some time. The concepts of the 'manifester' crowd who essentailly preach that you can have it all have always felt off to me. :roll: The intimation that we are the creators of the Universe is sold over and over. We are participants in creation, yes, but the last lin...

This is another point of view on the subject of introverts. It is similar in many ways to the perspectives found in the other posts of this thread. I fine multiple points of view on an given subject fascinating for they create a deeper understanding. Introverts & Spirituality — by Gregg Prescot...

This is a marvelous piece of writing. It starts with alone and before you are through feeling lonely it reaches all one. If you only read one article today this is worthy of your time. Inside Looking In – The Beauty of Solitude — by Adam Lanka http://www.wakingtimes.com/2014/06/19/inside-looking/ h...

Dylan Charles is the editor of Waking Times . Not only does he define happiness but points our the vital role that gratitude plays in achieving that state. He also embeds a wonderful YouTube video entitled  The Science of Happiness - An Experiment in Gratitude.   Gratitude – Happiness Made Easy — b...

Some time ago Dr. Lissa Rankin experienced a major spiritual awakening. She wrote this article about the event. There are many types of spiritual and religious experiences. The salient point is that they are not ideas but experiences. Afterward you try and give them definition. It isn't a chicken a...

This is article is a penetrating look at protecting your energy. It is vitally important in daily life not just when practicing energetic healing arts like Reiki. Brad Dixon is a Usui/Karuna Reiki Master teacher, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, and Intuitive Life Coach. This is an excerpt from a...

I Can’t Cant the Cant I Can’t (v. contraction of cannot) Cant (v. to speak in jargon) the Cant (n. pious language). To my amazement (and amusement) now that I’m getting pretty old I’ve discovered that I’m living a religious life. It wasn’t by intention so much as worldly default. I was totally lost...

This is a short written piece of marvelous depth. I was captivated by the openning line. "When you believe that anything outside yourself will change the quality of your life, you are like the kitten seeing its reflection and thinking there are two cats in the room." Whoa! :duh The Kitten...

This is a lovely bit of writing by the daughter of Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. It is an excerpt from her book Don’t Die with Your Music Still In You . She is discussing stillness from a perspective of the emotions that keep us blocked. Be Still and Tune in to Your Soul — by Serena Dyer http://www.positively...

I've spent 45 years practicing the art of giving. Learning to live in the heart automatically opens your being to becoming a channel of Love that can be accessed by anyone. It is the ultimate in giving. This is an incredibly short little essay that is an enlightening point of view on the subject of...

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This is an excellent article on the nature and process of enlightenment. I just wish the author used a different pen-name. :P Why Enlightenment Takes Time — by Belsebuub http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/08/06/why-enlightenment-takes-time/ http://www.theoreticsinstitute.org/pics/Love.png Welles

This article is another persons view of the left-brain - right-brain phenomena. I addressed this issue in my way in the essay above ( Plateau ). I find it fascinating that each of us who discovers 'truth' has a unique vantage point even when we are looking in the same direction. It proves to be the...

This video cracked me up. I like technology sometimes but recognize that most of it is a style of the times with little durable value for humanity. The solar roads concept is terrible once reality is factored into the idea. Here is a beautiful video send up of the whole concept. It is both real and...

This is a book reivew by by Maria Popova, the creator of BrainPickings . It is a superb book review of "Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity" written by Edward Slingerland. Her opening paragraph begins... “ 'The best way to get approval is not to need it,' Hugh MacLeod me...

This poem evokes the feel of losing and regaining the heart space. →

A Blessing for One Who is Exhausted --by John O'Donohue

http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=736


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From my point of view this article is a brilliant illumination of the essential process of spiritual growth. Please read it! Finding Peace Within: Return to Center — by Brandon West http://www.projectglobalawakening.com/2014/06/01/finding-peace-within-return-to-center/ http://www.theoreticsinstitut...

Love 2.0 How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do and Become by Barbara L. Fredrickson, PH.D I’d suggest that anyone who is learning about the nature of love read this book. It shares numerous important insights about the nature of love as it is manifested in our material being...

This is a very valuable essay. It deals with masculine and feminine, sexuality and sensuality, man and woman, body mind and spirit - in short the search for Love. Lovers Transcending the Duality Void —by Ida Lawrence and Soren Dreier http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/08/10/lovers-transcending-the-dua...