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The 7 Spiritual Laws of Love 2008-03-06 13:06:00 Adapted from Kama Sutra by Deepak Chopra (Virgin Books, 2006).Within every love story hides the wooing of the gods and goddesses. This is one area of life where the practical meets the mythical. For many people the experience of romantic love is their first experience of spirituality, although they may not know it. SIMPLE SOLUTION: The First Stage of Love: AttractionThe Law of Attraction states, "To be attractive, you have to be authentic." What makes a person attractive? The wisdom traditions tell us that attraction first and foremost comes from naturalness. Nothing is more beautiful than naturalness.The Second Stage of Love: InfatuationThis law states that infatuation exists to open the door to a deeper, transcendent reality. Infatuation happens when the attraction between two people is
Spirituality and Animals 2008-03-01 12:01:00 Friends, I now have sad news to tell you: The Canadian Seal Hunt is begining soon. It begins each year around the end of March. As of the date of this blog post, we have 26 days until the Harp Seal Hunt begins. I encourage you to sign this year's petition to help end the Canadian Seal Hunt. is a list of 15 things you can do to help stop the cruel deaths of beautiful creatures: you for your support!HSUS MySpace Page | Get web badgesToday's blog:Animals
and Spirituality
go hand and hand. Since ancient times, animals have been looked upon as sacred. The wise one's has taught us to respect all of mother nature - animals included. Below are a few great philosophies on respect for animals:George Bernard Shaw:“When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when the tiger wants to murder
Compassion is the Gateway to True Love 2008-02-28 05:23:00 The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honourable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson*Love for your mother, father and siblings is natural and organic. We can have love for our partner if we have one and love for past partners. To have unconditional or true love is to love other beings whether or not they love you or even like you.~dharma teaching.True love is the answer to all problems, pain and suffering. If you have true love and compassion for your fellow man then you shall inflict no harm. Love is an earnest and anxious desire for and an active and beneficent interest in the well-being of the one loved. Yet, at times, you will feel a rage of anger, frustration and wish your fellow man Read more:Compassion
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Animal Abuse Cases 2008-02-16 13:37:00 Animal cruelty seems to be on the rise. Abuse cases are soaring. Being an activist for animal rights, I decided to provide you some links today to the latest stories and updates. The links are only a small handful of what I receive daily and gives you an idea of what I'm fighting so hard to stop - ANIMAL ABUSE! I realize this isn't much of a blog today... but this needed to be shown here because of the way I feel towards animal abuse. Thank you readers for understanding. If you would like to help for FREE then please click on these pictures. All it will cost you a minute or two a day to click - no money involved.Warning: Some of the pictures and videos provided in these links are graphic.Paris Hilton’s Pets Are Being Monitored By L.A AuthoritiesDogs Kicked and Beaten, Caught on Videotape Read more:Animal
3000 credits? 2008-02-08 12:56:00 This is a special post to tell you about the Entrecard Contest. Fun and easy to enter! If you are a member of Entrecard then enter today for your chance to win:1st prize winner : Takes away 1000 credits2nd prize winner : Takes 700 credits.3rd prize winner : Takes 300 credits.*The deadline to enter for the contest is Feb 29th 2008 midnight. The contest will run until 1 march’2008 and the winners will be announced within the first week of march.*Full details of the Entrecard Contest can be found here: Entrecard Contest : 3000 credits giveawayFor those not holding an Entrecard - I can tell you from experience that it's a great way to find interesting blogs and sites. A fast easy way to recieve viewers [with possible chance for subscribers] and a great way to meet new people. I do recomme
Love is Key 2008-02-07 20:17:00 Love holds the Keys to all Healing.To live a fuller, healither, and richer life - Learn to Love. Nothing will benefit you more biochemically, physically, mentally, spiritually or emotionally than Love.Love is something we all search for; our bodies crave it, our spirits need it. When we experience it, there is a "euphoric high" that our sences feel - a sort of bliss, happiness and power that cannot be explained. We bask in the warmth of the blanket that surrounds us with caring, hope, gratitude, comfort, trust and a general sense of well-being. In fact, feeling and knowing love sets off a complex series of events within our bodies that brings about general good health.There have been numerous studies that prove does improve our health. The studies go well beyond a male-female relations [ie
Meditation 2008-02-02 18:07:00 My personal version of meditation is similar to the posts I made earlier: How to Meditate. The earlier post was to show other methods of the meditating technique. Below is my variation of meditation. I add and delete things when necessary to my routine, but it will give you a basic outline:1. Make sure all is quite - no disturbances. Turn off all telephones, TVs and such. Make sure no one is home or they are alerted to your request for peace and alone time. [Maybe they are reading, sleeping, on the computer - just doing something quite]. Make all pets happy - a barking dog or cat fight will surely break your concentration. 2. Lower all lights. Daytime - cover the windows for an ambience and to tone down the bright sun. Nighttime is my favorite time for meditation.... no traffic, worries ab Read more:Meditation
How to Meditate 2008-02-02 10:06:00 Relaxation Through Meditation [Author Unknown]My preference would be to call meditation relaxation – conscious relaxation, chosen relaxation. These are words that are more universally understood, more comfortable. Constantly working toward the goal of discovering my own ability to reach a state of serenity, I have learned to meditate.Meditating is actually easier than you might imagine. Most of us have dabbled in meditation by participating in conscious relaxation. Maybe during an exercise class or to manage pain at the dentist or anxiety before a test. We start by paying attention to our breathing. The practical effort to focus completely on our breathing takes our minds away from the "mind clutter" that constantly tries to invade our mind and eliminate feelings that will lead to a time
Suicide and Women 2008-01-31 16:21:00 ....Some shocking facts:A woman commits suicide every 90 minutes in the U.S., but it is estimated that one woman attempts suicide every 78 seconds.Women
attempt suicide twice as much as men.The higher rate of attempted suicide in women is attributed to the elevated rate of mood disorders among females, such as major depression, dysthymia and seasonal affective disorder.In the U.S. in 1995, the suicide rate among women was 4.4 per 100,000, while for men it was 19.8 per 100,000.Although women attempt suicide more often, men complete suicide at a rate four times that of women.The suicide rates for women peak between the ages of 40-54 years old, and do so again after age 75.The suicide rate for women ages 15-24 has doubled since 1950, while the rate for younger girls ages 10-14 has nearly trip Read more:Suicide
A Victim of Domestic Violence 2008-01-31 00:36:00 I'm a survior of DomesticViolence
.My last LTR [Long Term Relationship] was good and bad. He and I owned our own business. We traveled around the SE USA. We took trips to Mexico and Costa Rica for business and pleasure. We'd stay for a month or two at each place we lived. We sold Bromeliads and ended up moving down to Florida. We even was able to do Epcot's Flower and Garden Show, Silver Dollar City's Craftsman Fest, Dollywood's Craft Fest, and sold our product to Bush Gardens in Tampa Bay. Was a very exciting life. I loved every minute of it. Our professional relationship was beautiful. We were the greatest team.At home, things were different. Verbal, spiritual, physical, mental and emotional abuse was frequent by him. One of our disagreements turned more physical than ever - He hit me so Read more:Domestic Violence
Mind-Body-Spirit 2008-01-29 22:47:00 Today's Inspiration: 10 Shamanic MeditationsAdapted from Shamanic Spirit, by Kenneth Meadows (Inner Traditions, 2004)."Quite simply, Spirit is a state of being" goes one Shamanic meditation. Another: "Let the patterns of energy expressed by the way you live your life be ones of beauty, for then others would be touched by beauty." Read these 10 shamanic meditations for their simple, clear guidance. They can help you to live in a natural way so that you resonate in harmony with your being, your Spirit. “Quite simply, Spirit is a state of being” goes one Shamanic meditation. Another: “Let the patterns of energy expressed by the way you live your life be ones of beauty, for then others would be touched by beauty.” Read these 10 shamanic meditations for their simple, clear guidance. The
Dark & New Moon: Combined Ritual 2008-01-27 05:32:00 This ritual is meant to be done on the crux between the Dark and New Moons (see any farmers or witches almanac to find out when. I suggest the "Witches Calendar"). Many people would never think to put the two together. They have been combined here because we can both rid ourselves of negatives (the dark moon) and bring in the new (the new moon) all at one time. Some people like to keep them separate, but you may find time where this is very useful.Please remember that this is only a sample ritual, and that each one really needs to be personalized in order to develop your spirituality and further yourself down your own chosen path! It is also a solitary ritual and would have to be altered for coven use.Create the magick circle. Quietly and sombrely trace the circle widdershins (counter cloc Read more:Combined
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Conjuring Spirits 2008-01-27 03:25:00 One Method:The "Triangle of Solomon" also known as the "Triangle of the Art" First let me tell you that this information is not teaching you how to Conjure up a Spirit.... it is simply shedding some light on one of the tools used in the Art. So do not write me and try to correct me as to what crap you have read or believe. My knowledge comes from Experience and from a different plane of existence unlike that of yours. Ah yes... the Triangle of Solomon.... the second most important tool for the Conjuring Magician next to the Magical Circle. The Triangle of Solomon is used in conjunction with the Magic Circle. It is to sit outside the Magic Circle just a few feet away.What is it and what does it do, you ask?It is used in the Conjuring of the Demonic or Celestial/Angelic spirits. It is in thi Read more:Spirits
Mystery of the Sanctum Regnum 2008-01-26 04:14:00 ....or the Government of Evil Spirits; being the Rite of Conjuration according to the Grimorium VerumTHE preparations of the operator prescribed by the Grimorium Verum are fully represented in the earlier chapters, but they may be summed here as follows: 1. An austere fast of three days; 2. Retreat or isolation from human society; 3. Abstinence from sexual intercourse; 4. The recitation of certain prayers and the performance of certain ablutions; 5. The composition of the required instruments. He must further devote himself to the invocations, lest memory fail him at the moment set apart for the work, and to insure mastery of the practice. He should also recite the following prayer daily --at Prime once, at Tierce twice, at Sext three times, at Nones four times, at Vespers five times, and Read more:Mystery
The Triskelion Rite Of Tea 2008-01-24 17:56:00 Purpose: The purpose of this working is to pay homage to the Godsand to reflect on Their blessings upon this your life.Tools:Herb(s) for teaContainer for herb(s)Cup(s) and Tea PotDecanter of Pure Spring WaterBrewing dish with candleScrying CandlePrepare By: Placing a small table or platform in the center of yourworking space and arranging the Brewing dish, herbs, cup(s), Tea Potand spoon on the table. Also place the cauldron with scrying candlewithin for use during the meditation. (Use the diagram, whichfollows, as a guide for arranging of the tools.) Prior to castingthe Circle, light candle and fill the Brewing dish with Spring Waterfrom a decanter. Keep the Brewing Dish covered during the Casting,as I have found this helps the water to heat faster and hotter.The Blessing of the HerbsWith
Tea Time 2008-01-24 16:08:00 TEA TRAVELS (TM)A SPRINGTIME TEA MenuBy Ellen Easton Reva Paul C. 2004 All Rights Reserved A springtime tea is the perfect time of year to embrace the luxuries of fashion. Whether your party is an indoor formal affair or outdoor garden celebration, it is a great excuse to put on your favorite dress, pearls and gloves with the added indulgence of a fabulous new hat. Invite your friends and loved for a festive gathering.SANDWICHES and SAVORIESHoney Ham & Sliced Asparagus with Watercress Butter in rolled White breadCheddar Cheese and Chopped Chive spread on Brioche slicesCrab, Avocado & Bacon with Dill Butter in Whole grain Bread conesChicken, Granny Smith Apple and Golden Raisin salad in Cucumber CupsChopped Egg, Tomato and Fresh Mint in Celery BoatsLavender Scones with Rose Petal Jam and De
How to Tell the Sex of a Fly 2008-01-23 07:57:00 117KA woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband stalking around with afly swatter."What are you doing?" She asked."Hunting Flies" He responded."Oh. Killing any?" She asked."Yep, 3 males, 2 Females," he replied.117KIntrigued, she asked. "How can you tell?"He responded, "3 were on a beer can, 2 were on the phone."117KAnd you probably thought this would be dirty... shame on YOU!!!
Why Are M&M's Wiccan? 2008-01-23 07:43:00 MM = Merry MeetRound shape for wheel of the year, cycle of seasonsSkins are different colors, but the inside is the same chocolate,because we are all related.Associations with the colors:Red = SouthGreen = WestDark Brown = NorthYellow = EastOrange = For the Solar GodLight Brown = For the Earth Mother (Copper Woman)Blue = Sky FatherRotate the M & M:M = 13th letter of alphabet, and there are 13 witches in a coven3 = Triple Goddess, three phases of moonW = Witchcraft, Wiccan
E = Enlightenment, Enchantment of chocolate"Melt in your mouth, not in your hand"--God/dess's love must beexperienced directly to appreciate. Also, God/dess will take care ofyou.Sweetness to remind us of how sweet the love of the God and Goddessis!~author unknown
Rolling Thunder 2008-03-12 17:52:00 "Scientist will eventually discover what Pagans have always known." ~RollingThunder
While working for the Menninger Foundation in 1971, Doug Boyd met Rolling Thunder, a spiritual leader of the Cherokee and Shoshone tribes. About the shaman, Boyd wrote, "Each day it was becoming clearer to me that Rolling Thunder was a teacher who could offer me insights that I could never achieve in the laboratory or discover in the library."One day during lunch, Rolling Thunder explained the Indian's view of chaos through ecological imbalance."When you have pollution in one place, it spreads all over. It spreads just as arthritis or cancer spreads in the body. The earth is sick now because the earth is being mistreated, and some of the problems that may occur, some of the natural disasters that might happ
Create Your Own Reality 2008-03-10 15:56:00 Adapted from Power, Freedom, and Grace by Deepak Chopra (Amber-Allen Publishing, 2006).Our senses tell us that events happen within space and time. There is a past, present and future, and the world operates through linear cause-effect relationships. I have to walk from here to there, from one location to another. This causes a timeline to appear.That is how our senses experience the world, but in fact the world is not like that. The world is synchronistic, it's coincidental, it's happening simultaneously. Infinite possibilities coexist at the same time. Everything is happening all at once, and everything is correlated and instantly synchronized with everything else. This simultaneity can only happen through what is called infinite correlation. Infinite correlation is the ability to do an
How Well Are You Doing at Being a Responsible Integral Global Citizen? 2008-03-17 13:09:00 People fight passionately for their human rights, but these rights also have their corresponding and equally important responsibilities. This quiz and article is the responsibility-side companion to the the rights defined in the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As you review it, you may find yourself repeatedly surprised by the integral perspectives held within every true global citizen's social and spiritual responsibilities.Much of its content of the Universal Declaration of Human Responsibilities below was written by members and clergy from the world’s spiritual denominations. It is recognized by our organization, Integrative Spirituality, as part of our statement of "good citizen" responsibilities that we encourage our members to embrace in order to better live Read more:Citizen
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Emotional intelligence: popular or scientific psychology? 2008-03-21 21:08:00 John D. Mayer, PhDUniversity of New Hampshire Emotionalintelligence
is a product of two worlds. One is the popular
culture world of best-selling books, daily newspapers and magazines. The other is the world of scientific journals, book chapters and peer review. Most people, I suspect, became familiar with emotional intelligence through the popular 1995 book, "Emotional Intelligence," by Dr. Daniel Goleman or through the many mass-market books, articles and television programs that followed in its wake. Attendees of last year's APA Annual Convention heard the popular version of emotional intelligence at the opening session. Others read about it in the APA Monitor. Emotional intelligence, according to Time magazine, "may be the best predictor of success in life." According to the book "E
Why Today's Peace Activists Should Not Be Discouraged: An Example from 1958 2008-03-27 08:20:00 Below is an article I found at Nuclear Age Peace
Foundation I hope you enjoy it friends.Why Today
's Peace Activists
Should Not Be Discouraged: An Example
from 1958 By Lawrence S. Wittner Originally published on History News Network After nearly five years of bloody, costly war in Iraq, with no end in sight, many peace activists feel discouraged. Protest against the war and the rise of antiwar public opinion seem to have had little effect upon government policy. But, in fact, it is too early to say. Who really knows what impact peace activism and widespread peace sentiment have had in the past five years or will have in the near future? Certainly not historians, who will spend decades pulling together such information from once secret government records and after-the-fact interviews. W
Jane Goodall Institution 2008-03-30 18:57:00 Below is from the Jane Goodall Institution: Ways You Can Help: Welcome to JGI’s action center! We’re going to expand this section in coming weeks, but in the meantime we offer a few ideas to help you take positive action for people, animals and the environment. Note: We know making a positive impact – especially when it comes to the environment – can seem like an impossible job. For that reason we’ve included some meaningful actions that are, well, embarrassingly easy. They're marked with this badge Live Greener Shut off the water when brushing your teeth.This is one of Jane Goodall’s most frequent suggestions to her audiences when she’s on the road. Did you know older faucets release 3 to 7 gallons of water per min
Something New 2008-04-01 12:35:00 Hello Friends... this is a 'piece mill' blog today - please bear with me: Today I decided to tell you about my 2 new blogs: Natural Thangs and Wild World.Natural Thangs is a blog for eco-friendly products and services, petitions, environmental issues, green living and my occasional silly rants. This blog was started on Feb. 23, 2008. I am still linking up to various sites but I think it's ready for the world now.Wild World is a to help wildlife and pets. Videos, petitions, alerts, etc... are featured. I started this blog on Feb 18, 2008. Again, I am still linking up to important sites and I feel it's now ready for viewing.With both of my new blogs please look around and check out the websites and weblogs I have linked to.*I will continue this blog, Terrah's Dawn, as well. I'm not planning Read more:Something New
A Witches Cauldron of Chili 2008-04-03 10:06:00 I thought I'd share a fun recipe with you today I found somewhere on the net a few years ago: A Witches Cauldron
of Chili
! It's still nippy outside in my area and cold in other parts of world... if you like chili then try this one out! :D A Witches Cauldron of Chili1 1/4 Pounds ground goblin gizzards (ground beef 15%fat) *Vegans and Vegetarians leave out the ground goblin gizzards1 Medium eye of Cyclops (onion)1 15 Oz. Can soft shelled beetles (kidney beans)1 28 Oz. Can blood of bat (V-8 juice)1/8 Teaspoon pureed wasp (prepared mustard)1/4 Teaspoon common dried weed (oregano)1 Dash Redtailed hawk toenails (crushed redpepper)2 Teaspoons ground sumac blossom (chili powder)1 Teaspoon hemlock (honey or sugar)1/2 Cup fresh grubs (sliced celery)1 Tablespoon eye of Newt (pearled barley)1 Tablesp
The Ultimate Magic Garden 2008-04-06 15:24:00 The UltimateMagicGarden
By: Sam StevensSpring is the season to start planting seeds for the future. For me,the ultimate Magic Garden would be planted using the Feng Shui baguaas a guideline for the boundaries of the plot and incorporateflowers herbs and plants that correspond to each signifigantdirection..The first thing I would suggest, is to mark off your garden(orbalcony full of pots) as a square (or as close to a square as youcan get it) and determine the directions -- north, south, east andwest. Then use the rough guideline below, taking into account yourclimate and seasons to know what to plant where to bring you health,wealth, peace, guidance, happiness and protection. You don¹t have toincorporate all the suggestions below of course -- just a couple oftouches here in there might d
Margaret Murray's Unlikely History 2008-04-08 14:01:00 Much of the nonsense you might hear uttered about the history of Wicca and witchcraft started with an anthropologist named MargaretMurray
. She first published a book on the subject of European witchcraft in the 1920s, despite the fact that her entire academic background was in Egyptology. You will see her name in the bibliographies of many, many books on Wicca, particularly older books. I generally take mention of her as a reason NOT to purchase a book. What the Wiccan books that cite her generally fail to mention is that her witchcraft theories were thoroughly discredited several decades ago due to a painful and unprofessional lack of evidence. Was she a sham? Murray never claimed to be Read more:History
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