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		<title>Understanding Clairvoyant Psychic Readings (faith quotations)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Christopher Murray
&#160;For centuries, clairvoyant psychic readings enjoyed a notoriety usually reserved for circus performers and snake-oil salesmen. Psychic clairvoyance was considered a sort of &#8220;underground&#8221; activity and indeed, many practitioners could easily be found teaming up with the other fringe elements of society. Psychic performers were a mainstay of circus troupes and often may [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Christopher Murray</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whoforted/2994068757/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/2994068757_7ff028fd26_o.jpg" width="196" height="239" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;For centuries, clairvoyant psychic readings enjoyed a notoriety usually reserved for circus performers and snake-oil salesmen. Psychic clairvoyance was considered a sort of &#8220;underground&#8221; activity and indeed, many practitioners could easily be found teaming up with the other fringe elements of society. Psychic performers were a mainstay of circus troupes and often may still be found on the side of what could politely be referred to as the fraudulent arts. </p>
<p>But in the late 20th century, psychics began to enjoy something of a media renaissance, largely due to their extremely close connection to the New Age movement and its application of everyday mythologies and quick-fix spirituality to people&#8217;s lives. As New Age literature grew along with its adherents, a merchandising boom came along, carrying with it many other promoters of &#8220;naturalistic&#8221; approaches to life &#8212; in particular the leaders of the non-traditional naturalpathic and holistic medicinal school &#8212; who rushed to claim their place in line for the growing business monolith.  </p>
<p>But somewhere along the way to staggering success, as the 70s self-help movement gave way to the 80s self-help-novel movement and the full-on 90s New Age ecumenical-tent movement, people seemed to have forgotten both the original stories of human clairvoyance and today&#8217;s all-important questions of certification and validity. This is partly understandable, since anything known as &#8220;New Age&#8221; usually includes a healthy mix of faith along with reason, and it&#8217;s also true that people who visit clairvoyants must undergo a suspension of disbelief. But if you&#8217;re going to make a visit yourself, just what should you expect going in? And who exactly are clairvoyant people?</p>
<p>Clairvoyance can be defined as a human ability to see beneath the surface &#8212; of a person, a situation, an intention or anything not seen by the human eye or easily deduced by human logic. Originally from the French, it can be translated as &#8220;clear sight&#8221; and is often also referred to as a &#8220;second sight.&#8221; Clairvoyants can also be said to be &#8220;precognitive&#8221; or to possess a &#8220;sixth sense.&#8221; Definitions of clairvoyant powers vary greatly, and demonstrations are always inconclusive. So while you may or may not believe in psychic ability, it remains very important to know what psychic ability is not. You must keep an eye out for frauds, and remember that you won&#8217;t have to travel far into the &#8220;psychic community&#8221; to find them. Psychic con-men are everywhere and even have a rich history, dating back to the ancient practices of the &#8220;travelling medicine man&#8221; in India, which exists to this day.</p>
<p>So with so many psychic hucksters out there in storefronts, on television, and at travelling exhibitions, there&#8217;s a lot to choose from but there will likely be very little to interest you until you get a practitioner with whom you feel comfortable. So take your time, never be afraid to ask a lot of questions, and if you&#8217;re very careful, you may very well find your own &#8220;clairvoyant prophet.&#8221;</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re looking for <a href="http://www.MinneapolisPsychic.com">psychics in Minneapolis</a>, visit MinneapolisPsychic.com. It contains everything you need to know about <a href="http://www.MinneapolisPsychic.com">Minneapolis psychics</a>, including psychics near you, local spiritual resources, and upcoming new age events. Visit MinneapolisPsychic.com today for a free psychic phone reading.<br /> 
<p><B><A href="http://www.articlekingpro.com/Article/The-Divine-Guru-Represents-The-Unmanifest-Form-Of-God/216387" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Divine Guru Represents The Unmanifest Form Of God</A></B><br />By Abha Shahra </p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snhussain/2971314246/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/2971314246_f1df81ebf8_m.jpg" width="240" height="182" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;I have experienced; how with the right purification from a divya (divine) guru; the karmas of this life and past lives can be felt, accepted and understood in the right positive manner; in the least of time.</p>
<p>This also is possible after lifetimes of being born as a human; that there could be that collection of noble or pure deeds within my karmic cycles (prarabdh); that destiny took me to that soul energy who entered my life in the form of a divine guru; and who took my hand and handed me over to God-to ShreeNathji - Shree Krishn.</p>
<p>I have found, God is very close to us and His kripa, along with the grace from the divine guru finishes all karmic debts within us and thus the soul shines out in crystal clear purity.</p>
<p>The purity in our life and our inner thoughts and actions has deteriorated to an alarming extent. It becomes so easy to not remember the truth about our birth.<br />
<br />The required motivation and courage to stay stable on this journey towards ones reality comes from God and the divine guru  the sadguru.</p>
<p>The lifestyles today majority of us live in; it is extremely easy to fall back into the mayic jungle. We also today have access to a lot of knowledge from innumerable sources; possibly all not authentic; because of the easy communication available in our times. The entire world is there for us with as many news and views. Our thoughts are affected by the media to a very large extent. Because of the alarmingly different thoughts bombarding us today, how can we decide what is true and important for us at the particular stage and situation in our life. The sifting of knowledge is extremely difficult, with many trying to catch attention in not all the right ways.</p>
<p>There are too many preachers and spiritual leaders propagating various methods. We could get totally confused in trying out the extensive ways offered to us; in our greed for fast movement we might just lose precious time before realizing we have not reached anywhere. A little peace, slightly better health may have been achieved  no where near to the inner self.</p>
<p>Could become a khichdi (mix) of the wrong kind. We in our innocence having spent so much time doing various sadhanas (methods) wait for the right opening. We may just end up feeling very disillusioned. All our innumerable methods of praying, meditations, scripture reading, chanting, satsangs, seva, yogic kriya; are ways not directly related with God. Without the right understanding, though we may spend hours praying; required purifications do not take place. We all know; without the right purity of  bhao, heart, mind, body, soul  it is impossible to be anywhere near the Divine powers.</p>
<p>Till the time one is not established strongly in the DOT, the closeness and regular support of the Guru is important and cannot be debated.<br />
<br />At times it can become very difficult and dangerous for a devotee to be confronted by non- believers, who may want to argue and demand logical explanations for spiritual truths. Only the support from a divine guru can help maintain the right balance, or else its easy to slip in the comfort of the known way of life which all approve of. To be able to stay firm, one requires help and guidance in the form of the right guru or master, who is overflowing.</p>
<p>Except in the people close to God who have merged with the consciousness, can such a quality be felt; or else -<br />
<br />In a world of beggars, who will give?<br />
<br />All are empty in themselves, hungry for various things<br />
<br />Greater name, more money, higher power<br />
<br />Simply the strong desire to tower above the rest of the humanity in what ever capacity  could even be in the mask of religion!</p>
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<p><B><A href="http://www.articlekingpro.com/Article/Do-You-Need-Spiritual-Fuel-/220981" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Do You Need Spiritual Fuel?</A></B><br />By Dana Rongione</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toby_d1/2996541140/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3223/2996541140_0bb9221d71_o.jpg" width="240" height="171" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;Gas prices.  It seems like that&#8217;s all some people can talk about.  You turn on the news, and you hear about gas prices.  You pick up the paper, and you read about gas prices.  </p>
<p>Frankly, I&#8217;m tired of hearing about it.  Does the constant rise in gas prices affect me?  Of course.  Am I aggravated that it takes more money to feed my car than it does to feed my family?  Absolutely. </p>
<p>But, how does complaining about it help any of us?  How does it help to keep such a negative topic in the forefront of our minds day after day?  It doesn&#8217;t help us at all.  In fact, it hinders us from focusing on more important things, like spiritual fuel.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know a lot about cars, but I do know that they must have gas before they will run.  No fuel, no go!<br />
<br />Our bodies work in the same way.  God created us in such a way that our bodies need nourishment from food in order to work properly.  </p>
<p>So, acknowledging what we know about our physical bodies needing fuel, why should we think our spiritual bodies are any different?  Why do we often deprive our faith of the fuel it needs to grow and thrive?</p>
<p>In Philippians 3, Paul said, &#8220;Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended.&#8221;  In other words, he&#8217;s saying, &#8220;I&#8217;ve not arrived.  I still have a lot of work to do on my faith.&#8221; </p>
<p>I think we can all say &#8220;Amen&#8221; to Paul&#8217;s statement.  I believe we can agree that we have not reached the level of spiritual maturity that we long for.  We possess the faith, but are we fueling that faith?</p>
<p>The Bible compares the Christian walk with a race.  So, let me ask you this question:  how often are you making pit stops?  I don&#8217;t watch much auto racing, but more than once, I&#8217;ve seen a driver lose the race because his car ran out of gas.  You can almost hear the conversation he has with himself as he passes that last pit stop.  &#8220;I can make it a little father.  I have enough fuel to finish.  If I just keep going, I&#8217;ll win this thing.&#8221;</p>
<p>Good thought.  Bad plan.  By not giving his car what it needed, he cost himself the race.  Not only did he not win, but he didn&#8217;t even get to finish the race.</p>
<p>Aren&#8217;t we like that sometimes, too?  So busy with our daily demands and weekly routines, we bypass our spiritual fuel.  We know we need to read the Bible, but it&#8217;s often just too difficult to fit in into our schedule.  Our daily time with the Lord is interrupted by phone calls, sick children, or job emergencies.</p>
<p>Day after day, we struggle through, forsaking our spiritual fuel, then wondering why life is so difficult and why we can&#8217;t seem to gain any ground in our spiritual walk.</p>
<p>God has shown me time and time again that if I will devote the time to fueling my spiritual man, He will give me the time and energy to accomplish everything else on my &#8220;to do&#8221; list.  </p>
<p>Try it out.  See what happens when your spiritual tank is full.  It will cost you some time, but you&#8217;ll soon discover that it&#8217;s well worth the price.</p>
<p>Dana Rongione is a full-time freelance writer in Greenville, SC.  She enjoys sharing her faith, her love of writing, and the many opportunities now available to freelancers.  For faith-filled messages, check out her blog at <a href="http://www.danarongione.blogspot.com">www.danarongione.blogspot.com</a> For information on how you can make money writing at home, check out <a href="http://www.productsupplycenter.com/web62203">www.productsupplycenter.com/web62203</a></p>
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		<title>(Spiritual leader quotes) Improving Your Awareness On Spiritual Growth Meditation Techniques</title>
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&#160;It seems that we are in a time of spiritual enlightenment, as more people are gaining an awareness of the value of meditation techniques, yoga practices, and other methods of self-awareness that are instrumental in fostering spiritual growth. However, there are many different aspects of spirituality to consider and often it can be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By MIKE SELVON</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bvddesignstudio/2825542677/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/2825542677_ef0513d587_o.jpg" width="240" height="180" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;It seems that we are in a time of spiritual enlightenment, as more people are gaining an awareness of the value of meditation techniques, yoga practices, and other methods of self-awareness that are instrumental in fostering spiritual growth. However, there are many different aspects of spirituality to consider and often it can be easy to miss some of the most fundamental and simple things. One of these fundamentals that can either help or hinder spiritual development is complete honesty. </p>
<p>Everyone knows that honesty is a good and valuable characteristic to cultivate, but it is not as often recognized as a necessity when seeking out spiritual growth. However, as most people move along through their spiritual journey, most people start to really discover the significance and importance of honesty as it relates to their quest. There are four primary areas where honesty comes into play most significantly.</p>
<p>The first area is in facing your weaknesses. In order to enjoy significant spiritual growth, a person must be able to honestly see, acknowledge and evaluate his weaknesses. No one is exempt from have having shortcomings, but they can interfere with spiritual development if the person tries to justify them away or refuses to see them. Only when a person is honest with him or herself will they begin to change.</p>
<p>Secondly, honesty is needed in facing up to the realities of your life. You need to be completely honest about the state of affairs of every aspect of your life. Stop clinging to the image that you want to present to the rest of the world, and begin to embrace the true state of your life and your relationships. </p>
<p>The problem with clinging to the image, which is most likely &#8220;perfect,&#8221; is that it gets in the way of being able to make real, lasting and significant changes that can lead to real happiness, rather than just an illusion of it. With honesty, one can look at the real truth and then have a realistic place to begin to improve.</p>
<p>Thirdly, honesty is needed to help people eliminate fake personalities, which must be eschewed in order to enjoy true spiritual enlightenment and growth. Most people put an enormous amount of energy, thought, and anxiety into creating and then maintaining completely false portrayals of themselves. </p>
<p>They become more like characters acting in a play than real people engaged in real life. In order to have any hope of enjoying true spiritual healing and development, a person must peel away these false personas and be sincere and forthright beings. </p>
<p>The fourth way that honesty plays a role in the spiritual journey is through the use of meditation techniques. When a person begins a session of meditation, they should be aware their flow of thoughts. </p>
<p>For most people who are just learning to master their minds through meditation, they will discover thoughts that are filled with false reasoning and justifications. The best way to begin to control this flow of thoughts is to deal with them in an honest and forthright manner, then setting them aside and allowing the more centered and real thoughts to come to the surface. </p>
<p>As you continue on your path of spiritual growth and development it will be helpful to always keep these for aspects of honesty in mind and review your progress with them. As you do, you will enjoy moving to higher levels and stages of spiritual development, which will lead you toward your true spiritual life.</p>
<p>Mike Selvon portal offers free articles on meditation. Find out more about the <a href="http://meditation.allnewsinfotips.info/Spiritual-Growth.php">spiritual growth</a>, and leave a comment at the <a href="http://www.mynicheportal.com/health-beauty/spiritual-growth-and-honesty">relaxation technique</a> blog.<br /> 
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<p><B><A href="http://www.articlekingpro.com/Article/Developing-Your-Spiritual-Life-Through-Meditation/191374" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Developing Your Spiritual Life Through Meditation</A></B><br />By MIKE SELVON</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/armelle_bonetto/2831768922/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/2831768922_e67311e561_o.jpg" width="240" height="180" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;There seems to be greater interest these days in the general populous about feeding and nourishing the spiritual side of a person&#8217;s life. While not always attached to a religious organization, the idea of developing a more spiritual life is starting to take a higher priority for many people these days. Many people believe that this has to do with the widespread interest in the &#8220;Law of Attraction,&#8221; which has gain a great deal of attention in the last few years thanks to the movie, &#8220;The Secret.&#8221; </p>
<p>The fundamental principle of the Law of Attraction is that you will draw into your life the very things that will you give most of your attention to. When it comes to increasing a person&#8217;s spiritual life and fostering spiritual development, this would mean that the more attention you put on spiritually oriented thoughts, ideas and activities, the more you will be able to enjoy an increased level of spiritual growth.</p>
<p>At the same time, if you want your spiritual life to flourish, then it is best to let go of any kind of fear-based thinking. Focusing on what you fear or on other negative things will impede spiritual development and will sidetrack you from what you really want out of life.  </p>
<p>One of the practices that many people find to be very helpful and supportive in their quest for spiritual enlightenment is meditation. Meditation techniques can be very helpful in the two main areas of the Law of Attraction, which are intention and attention. </p>
<p>First, you must figure out what it is that you want from life, or from a specific event. This would be identifying your intention. After you have clarified what your intention is, then you can put your energy toward focusing on that, or giving it your attention.</p>
<p>The more clearly you can define your intention and the more focused and consistent your attention toward it, the better you will be able to start manifesting your desires. Mindfulness meditation can help to clear the mind, calm it down and focus thoughts, allowing the development of clearer intentions. When the mind is calmer and not distracted by a myriad of cluttered thoughts, attention can better be focused as well. </p>
<p>Enjoying a rich spiritual life comes down to how we choose to spend out time, energy, talents and focus while in this mortal existence. The choice always exists of whether you want to live in a fear-based world or in a love-based world. What people on a spiritual path come to realize, after investing their time, prayers, meditations and focus, is that the world you ultimately experience has more to do with what you consciously choose to think about and focus your attention on.</p>
<p>Those who have been actively and eagerly engaged in developing their spiritual life will also be the first to say that the spiritual journey of each person will be quite different. Because all people begin at different stages in life and circumstances, even when the goal is exactly the same, the experiences that a person will have along the way will be unique to each individual.</p>
<p>Mike Selvon portal offers free articles on meditation. Find out more about the <a href="http://meditation.allnewsinfotips.info/Spiritual-Life.php">spiritual life</a>, and leave a comment at the <a href="http://www.mynicheportal.com/health-beauty/improve-spiritual-life-with-meditation">relaxation technique</a> blog.</p>
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&#160;I would like to begin by posing a question:  Are we human beings having a spiritual experience or spiritual beings having a human experience?
I believe that we are spiritual beings having a human experience.  But what does this really mean?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Becky Kimes</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/purplevintagespaceprincess/2951086398/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/2951086398_a0cd862da1_o.jpg" width="180" height="240" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;I would like to begin by posing a question:  Are we human beings having a spiritual experience or spiritual beings having a human experience?</p>
<p>I believe that we are spiritual beings having a human experience.  But what does this really mean?</p>
<p>To me, it means that all of us are direct extensions of source or universal energy.  This is the creative and powerful energy that makes everything from the tiniest grain of sand to the star systems that we are not yet aware of.</p>
<p>This alive and intelligent energy magically connects us to everyone and everything in the universe.  This intelligent energy becomes apparent when you are thinking of someone and that person calls you within minutes, or even seconds.  </p>
<p>Or you see the perfect pair of red shoes in a catalogue and know that they will look fabulous on you.  Later that day you decide to try a new restaurant for lunch for no apparent reason.  In the shop next to the restaurant you see your perfect red shoes in the window.  We call such occurrences coincidences or synchronicities.  </p>
<p>Think about your last coincidence.   Now you know that it was source energy in action. </p>
<p>Because we are extensions of this energy we too possess powerful creative abilities, even though we may have forgotten that we have them.</p>
<p>You can activate control over your manifestation capabilities.  Manifesting is your natural ability to have your thoughts physically materialize into the world. </p>
<p>You are already a powerful manifesting being.  Whatever you are thinking about, and feeling is already being manifested into your life right now.  You are always manifesting something whether it is a romantic date, a new pair of shoes, financial debt, a car accident or an exciting new business.  </p>
<p>Whatever you focus on expands and you bring more of it into your life.  The key is to focus on what you want and release all the doubts and resistance you may have regarding receiving your desires.</p>
<p>Remember I said that we are spiritual beings having a human experience.  Being human means exploring, experiencing and enjoying all the wonderful material opportunities that are available to us. </p>
<p>What possibilities do you want to explore during this lifetime?  Take out at least three clean sheets of paper. Make a list of all that you want to be, do, or have.  List at least 30 items under each category.  Are you ready to manifest them and bring them into your reality?</p>
<p>Manifestation is bringing spiritual possibilities into material form.  It is just as easy to manifest a million dollars as it is an empty bank account.  It is your creation simply by the focus of your thoughts.</p>
<p>Become crystal clear about what you want to create in your life.  Your absolute clarity will assist in allowing and strengthening your connection to source energy.  When you do this, your wants and desires manifest easily and naturally in perfect timing.</p>
<p>Becky Kimes is a master energy worker and life coach who helps people manifest their ideal lives and businesses.  Visit her at http://thrivingonpurposenow.com for free resources that you can immediately use to manifest your desires.<br /> 
<p><B><A href="http://www.articlekingpro.com/Article/The-Divine-Guru-Represents-The-Unmanifest-Form-Of-God/216387" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Divine Guru Represents The Unmanifest Form Of God</A></B><br />By Abha Shahra </p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snhussain/2971314246/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/2971314246_f1df81ebf8_m.jpg" width="240" height="182" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;I have experienced; how with the right purification from a divya (divine) guru; the karmas of this life and past lives can be felt, accepted and understood in the right positive manner; in the least of time.</p>
<p>This also is possible after lifetimes of being born as a human; that there could be that collection of noble or pure deeds within my karmic cycles (prarabdh); that destiny took me to that soul energy who entered my life in the form of a divine guru; and who took my hand and handed me over to God-to ShreeNathji - Shree Krishn.</p>
<p>I have found, God is very close to us and His kripa, along with the grace from the divine guru finishes all karmic debts within us and thus the soul shines out in crystal clear purity.</p>
<p>The purity in our life and our inner thoughts and actions has deteriorated to an alarming extent. It becomes so easy to not remember the truth about our birth.<br />
<br />The required motivation and courage to stay stable on this journey towards ones reality comes from God and the divine guru  the sadguru.</p>
<p>The lifestyles today majority of us live in; it is extremely easy to fall back into the mayic jungle. We also today have access to a lot of knowledge from innumerable sources; possibly all not authentic; because of the easy communication available in our times. The entire world is there for us with as many news and views. Our thoughts are affected by the media to a very large extent. Because of the alarmingly different thoughts bombarding us today, how can we decide what is true and important for us at the particular stage and situation in our life. The sifting of knowledge is extremely difficult, with many trying to catch attention in not all the right ways.</p>
<p>There are too many preachers and spiritual leaders propagating various methods. We could get totally confused in trying out the extensive ways offered to us; in our greed for fast movement we might just lose precious time before realizing we have not reached anywhere. A little peace, slightly better health may have been achieved  no where near to the inner self.</p>
<p>Could become a khichdi (mix) of the wrong kind. We in our innocence having spent so much time doing various sadhanas (methods) wait for the right opening. We may just end up feeling very disillusioned. All our innumerable methods of praying, meditations, scripture reading, chanting, satsangs, seva, yogic kriya; are ways not directly related with God. Without the right understanding, though we may spend hours praying; required purifications do not take place. We all know; without the right purity of  bhao, heart, mind, body, soul  it is impossible to be anywhere near the Divine powers.</p>
<p>Till the time one is not established strongly in the DOT, the closeness and regular support of the Guru is important and cannot be debated.<br />
<br />At times it can become very difficult and dangerous for a devotee to be confronted by non- believers, who may want to argue and demand logical explanations for spiritual truths. Only the support from a divine guru can help maintain the right balance, or else its easy to slip in the comfort of the known way of life which all approve of. To be able to stay firm, one requires help and guidance in the form of the right guru or master, who is overflowing.</p>
<p>Except in the people close to God who have merged with the consciousness, can such a quality be felt; or else -<br />
<br />In a world of beggars, who will give?<br />
<br />All are empty in themselves, hungry for various things<br />
<br />Greater name, more money, higher power<br />
<br />Simply the strong desire to tower above the rest of the humanity in what ever capacity  could even be in the mask of religion!</p>
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&#160;Did you watch the show &#8220;Short Circuit?&#8221; It was about a robot created for the military to seek and destroy. Something happened to the robot; some circuits shorted out and it became aware of its existence; it became sentient. The robot which was the 5th robot is a series, gave itself a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Roy E. Klienwachter</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixietart/3033347658/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/3033347658_81704bf24b_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;Did you watch the show &#8220;Short Circuit?&#8221; It was about a robot created for the military to seek and destroy. Something happened to the robot; some circuits shorted out and it became aware of its existence; it became sentient. The robot which was the 5th robot is a series, gave itself a name and declared throughout the movie that &#8220;Number Five is Alive.&#8221;</p>
<p>   To discover that one is alive and to know it, is a unique feeling. It happens to us almost every day. Someone walks bye you and says Hi (Roy) and you feel something.  You feel life; it is an indescribable feeling. Another walks bye and says &#8220;Roy I read your book;&#8221; it is recognition of being alive. They don&#8217;t have to say whether they liked the book or not, just that they recognized you. They are saying Roy, &#8220;I recognize that you are alive&#8221; and any comment that may follow is of less importance.</p>
<p>   You&#8217;re in a crowd and someone yells out your name; your heart beats faster and you are filled with anticipation or trepidation. Someone may have recognized you and your spirit once again is reminded that it is connected to another part of itself. Life longs to be recognized. It is like the left arm searching for the right so that it may join again as one. </p>
<p>   There is a wonderful story in the &#8220;Chicken Soup for the Soul&#8221; books; it&#8217;s called &#8220;A simple Gesture&#8221; and you can find it in the first book of the series. It is a story of how a small gesture of recognition that saved the life of a young school boy who was on his way home to kill himself.</p>
<p>   A simple look or glance at someone can send a message of recognition to another and the message will be received; &#8220;you are alive and not alone,&#8221; it is the handshake, the pat one the shoulder, the wink of recognition that stirs the spirit and reminds it of its journey.</p>
<p>   Have you even stood with friends and they are busy talking to each other and they have left you out of their conversation? They gaze right through you as though you were not even there. Have you ever stood in a line and someone butts in front of you, and they may sorry, I didn&#8217;t see you after you said something to them. How does it feel when you are there and no one sees you or hears you?</p>
<p>   To ignore someone is the most hurtful thing you can do to anyone; your friend or enemy. It es them off and it hurts; it cuts right through to the spirit. Life cannot be ignored and will always find a way to be recognized; many times in almost equally hurtful ways. </p>
<p>   This sadly enough happens in many long term relationships. Partners are so used to having each other around that they forget the other one is alive. It is a killer, and a very cruel and hurtful way of being buried alive. Many people will stay in abusive relationships just for the sake of being recognized as alive, no matter how bad the relationship is; at least the abusive partner knows the other one is alive. </p>
<p>   This may sound sick to an unenlightened mind; however, it is what life wants. That is why you are here in this physical life. You are here to experience all aspects of a live being and experiencing everything physical. Because in truth there is only one life, not the individualized lives your ego knows; life tries to find itself in all its experiences. Everything is life, whether you call it animate, inanimate, and sentient or not; you will find life in all things. Life cannot deny itself. So when life meets itself it begins to know itself as one thing or the other.</p>
<p>   &#8220;I AM&#8221; is life itself, anything that comes after that is the experience of life. Women often complain about their spouses not recognizing them. Many women have said that there is one thing they long to hear the most; it is the sound of their name. All the endearments or titles they have directed towards them every day cannot compare to the sound of someone calling their name. &#8220;I AM&#8221; is like that also. Its only desire is to look at you and recognize itself as looking back at itself. I am here and I am there. There is only me and you and we are the same life. Like being in a foreign land, and after an extended period of time, you would love for someone from home to come into your life and say your name. It&#8217;s extraordinary that even someone you don&#8217;t particularly like, will all of a sudden become a friend in a foreign place, and it is only because he has reaffirmed your existence and at a very basic and meaningful level of your being - your spirit.</p>
<p>   As far fetched as this may sound, it has been the experience of most people. Next time someone says hello to you, waves to you, smiles or taps you on the shoulder, get in touch with your feelings for a second. Try and recognize what you are feeling in the moment; you will with practice be able to identify with the hidden message - &#8220;I am alive.&#8221; </p>
<p>   Some may say, well, I know I am alive, I can see myself, I can feel my body or I am in extreme pain, and people are trying to kill me or they are making demands of me; I am very much here and alive - I don&#8217;t need anyone to tell me I&#8217;m alive.</p>
<p>   That is a different kind of recognition and it is superficial and ego oriented; it is the results of, or experience of being alive. What you are feeling in the slit second that you are recognized, is your connection to all things and the God or creator that you wish to know. You are once again reaffirmed of your omnipotence and immortality as a spiritual being - being human.</p>
<p>   When life recognizes life, it creates joyfulness in the awareness of the ego that is expressed physically. From the greater perspective when you can see that both hands are working together to create what you want, there is less urgency and doubt about your life&#8217;s purpose. Life is no longer a struggle. It does not excuse you from participating in your life cycle; it just makes it easier, and the fear that you have known throughout your life disappears.</p>
<p>   &#8220;I am alive and well&#8221; no matter what your present circumstances empowers you to change your circumstances. If you are alive and well in Rome, you can change your experience of Rome. If you are alive and well in a relationship, you are empowered to change the experience of that relationship. Acknowledgement of being life in the physical experience empowers you to use all aspects of what life has to offer. You are not what you think you are; you are life itself experiencing what you think you are.</p>
<p>Roy is a resident of British Columbia, Canada. An international published spiritual author, a student of NLP, spiritual philosopher, New Age Teacher and Phenomenologist. Think outside the box - discover who you really are.<br />
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<p><B><A href="http://www.articlekingpro.com/Article/Understanding-Clairvoyant-Psychic-Readings/221017" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Understanding Clairvoyant Psychic Readings</A></B><br />By Christopher Murray</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whoforted/2994068757/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3288/2994068757_7ff028fd26_o.jpg" width="196" height="239" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;For centuries, clairvoyant psychic readings enjoyed a notoriety usually reserved for circus performers and snake-oil salesmen. Psychic clairvoyance was considered a sort of &#8220;underground&#8221; activity and indeed, many practitioners could easily be found teaming up with the other fringe elements of society. Psychic performers were a mainstay of circus troupes and often may still be found on the side of what could politely be referred to as the fraudulent arts. </p>
<p>But in the late 20th century, psychics began to enjoy something of a media renaissance, largely due to their extremely close connection to the New Age movement and its application of everyday mythologies and quick-fix spirituality to people&#8217;s lives. As New Age literature grew along with its adherents, a merchandising boom came along, carrying with it many other promoters of &#8220;naturalistic&#8221; approaches to life &#8212; in particular the leaders of the non-traditional naturalpathic and holistic medicinal school &#8212; who rushed to claim their place in line for the growing business monolith.  </p>
<p>But somewhere along the way to staggering success, as the 70s self-help movement gave way to the 80s self-help-novel movement and the full-on 90s New Age ecumenical-tent movement, people seemed to have forgotten both the original stories of human clairvoyance and today&#8217;s all-important questions of certification and validity. This is partly understandable, since anything known as &#8220;New Age&#8221; usually includes a healthy mix of faith along with reason, and it&#8217;s also true that people who visit clairvoyants must undergo a suspension of disbelief. But if you&#8217;re going to make a visit yourself, just what should you expect going in? And who exactly are clairvoyant people?</p>
<p>Clairvoyance can be defined as a human ability to see beneath the surface &#8212; of a person, a situation, an intention or anything not seen by the human eye or easily deduced by human logic. Originally from the French, it can be translated as &#8220;clear sight&#8221; and is often also referred to as a &#8220;second sight.&#8221; Clairvoyants can also be said to be &#8220;precognitive&#8221; or to possess a &#8220;sixth sense.&#8221; Definitions of clairvoyant powers vary greatly, and demonstrations are always inconclusive. So while you may or may not believe in psychic ability, it remains very important to know what psychic ability is not. You must keep an eye out for frauds, and remember that you won&#8217;t have to travel far into the &#8220;psychic community&#8221; to find them. Psychic con-men are everywhere and even have a rich history, dating back to the ancient practices of the &#8220;travelling medicine man&#8221; in India, which exists to this day.</p>
<p>So with so many psychic hucksters out there in storefronts, on television, and at travelling exhibitions, there&#8217;s a lot to choose from but there will likely be very little to interest you until you get a practitioner with whom you feel comfortable. So take your time, never be afraid to ask a lot of questions, and if you&#8217;re very careful, you may very well find your own &#8220;clairvoyant prophet.&#8221;</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re looking for <a href="http://www.MinneapolisPsychic.com">psychics in Minneapolis</a>, visit MinneapolisPsychic.com. It contains everything you need to know about <a href="http://www.MinneapolisPsychic.com">Minneapolis psychics</a>, including psychics near you, local spiritual resources, and upcoming new age events. Visit MinneapolisPsychic.com today for a free psychic phone reading.</p>
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		<title>Can You Be Helped With Remote Or Distant Healing Energy? (quotes on faith)</title>
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&#160;Is there any evidence that distant healing works?  And just what is distant healing? 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Bob Kish</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30248170@N03/2909181571/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/2909181571_66ef069be8_o.jpg" width="240" height="180" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;Is there any evidence that distant healing works?  And just what is distant healing? </p>
<p>Distant healing is also called remote healing, absent healing or distance healing. It takes place when one or more healers send energy or thought vibrations in an intentional focused manner, pray for, or meditate for someone in need who may be nearby or thousands of miles away.</p>
<p>Like noted psychic healer Edgar Cayce at the beginning of the century there are now many practioners of this particular esoteric art that claim to be proficient in sending spiritual energy to heal others often over great distances.  Rosemary Altea, Rosalyn Bruyere and Carolyne Myss are some other famous healers.</p>
<p>Today these healers come from many backgrounds with varying levels of skill and training.  There are reiki teachers, mystics, psychic healers, charismatic christians, shamans or medicine men, curanderos, curanderas, intuitives, indigo children, yogi masters, channellers, chi and chakra manipulators, wiccans, silva mind control  experts, graduates of healing schools, including Barbara Brennan&#8217;s famous one, as well as many others from all walks of life who just happen to have a knack for getting in touch with their own or other divine forces and magically helping others by sending or beaming that powerful spiritual energy. </p>
<p>Some healers call on divine intervention, a specific angel or god, or channel spirit guides or entities through to do the healing. Others just concentrate on sending loving energy or positive thoughts to the healee. Though all the processes differ the end result wished for is the same; heal someone at a distance. </p>
<p>The internet has helped to facilitate the process of distant healing by making it easier for the healers to get in touch with those that need to be healed.  In fact there are sites that you can visit that will allow you to make a request for distant healing and have others send loving energy to help manifest the desired outcome. Some of the distance healing sites require payment some are free.  </p>
<p>If the proof is in the pudding then there is more than ample testimonial evidence that this distance healing works.  Check out any of the hundreds of distance healing websites around the globe and you&#8217;ll be greeted with hundreds and hundreds of glowing testimonials from those who claim to have been helped by distant healers, energy senders, psychics and those who have come together to offer intercessory prayer. </p>
<p>Even if you eliminate a number of the testimonials as being a result of coincidence, fraud, or hype you are still left with a plethora of folks who firmly believe that they have been helped and healed as a result of this spiritual energy sending.</p>
<p>But is there any real scientific evidence that this phenomenon is real?  Actually, there are now numerous studies pointing to the efficacy of this energy medicine.  In fact, in randomized controlled studies this healing technique has demonstrated significant effects in humans, animals, plants, cells and dna.  </p>
<p>Daniel J. Benor, M.D., revealed that two prime studies done on hundreds of cardiac patients in intensive care units showed those that were sent healing prayers had considerable improvement compared to the group that was not.</p>
<p>In a study conducted on AIDs patients by Elisabeth Targ, Fred Sicher and 7 others, Benor noted that those who had had experienced energy senders send them spiritual energy showed marked improvement compared to the control group. </p>
<p>Over a twenty year stretch Dr. William Braud ran thirty experiments involving over 650 sessions and concluded that it is possibloe for one persons mental processes to telepathically affect that of another person, at a distance and directly.   </p>
<p>And, in Russia, Dr. Edwin May and Larissa Vilenskaya&#8217;s research shows that a distant mental influencer can have great effect on other living systems in addition to people.</p>
<p>And, as has been noted, the distance energy effect can be utilized with animals as well. In a study involving mice it was found that distance healers were able to wake up designated anaesthetized mice more quickly than the control mice. </p>
<p>But that compelling evidence for distant healing is just the tip of the iceberg. Cutting edge research involving quantum physics in conjunction with more detailed studies conducted by both physicists and doctors is beginning to paint a broad picture.  This picture reveals that the thoughts of one person not only has a direct effect on their own life but can also have an influence on the lives of those they think about.  </p>
<p>With this in mind you might want to start thinking more positively about yourself, your fellow man, your animals and even your plants as well. It could start to move you in a more positive direction and cause others to think about you in a more positive light as well. At the very least it couldn&#8217;t hurt.</p>
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		<title>The Divine Guru Represents The Unmanifest Form (spiritual quotes) Of God</title>
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&#160;I have experienced; how with the right purification from a divya (divine) guru; the karmas of this life and past lives can be felt, accepted and understood in the right positive manner; in the least of time.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Abha Shahra </p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snhussain/2971314246/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/2971314246_f1df81ebf8_m.jpg" width="240" height="182" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;I have experienced; how with the right purification from a divya (divine) guru; the karmas of this life and past lives can be felt, accepted and understood in the right positive manner; in the least of time.</p>
<p>This also is possible after lifetimes of being born as a human; that there could be that collection of noble or pure deeds within my karmic cycles (prarabdh); that destiny took me to that soul energy who entered my life in the form of a divine guru; and who took my hand and handed me over to God-to ShreeNathji - Shree Krishn.</p>
<p>I have found, God is very close to us and His kripa, along with the grace from the divine guru finishes all karmic debts within us and thus the soul shines out in crystal clear purity.</p>
<p>The purity in our life and our inner thoughts and actions has deteriorated to an alarming extent. It becomes so easy to not remember the truth about our birth.<br />
<br />The required motivation and courage to stay stable on this journey towards ones reality comes from God and the divine guru  the sadguru.</p>
<p>The lifestyles today majority of us live in; it is extremely easy to fall back into the mayic jungle. We also today have access to a lot of knowledge from innumerable sources; possibly all not authentic; because of the easy communication available in our times. The entire world is there for us with as many news and views. Our thoughts are affected by the media to a very large extent. Because of the alarmingly different thoughts bombarding us today, how can we decide what is true and important for us at the particular stage and situation in our life. The sifting of knowledge is extremely difficult, with many trying to catch attention in not all the right ways.</p>
<p>There are too many preachers and spiritual leaders propagating various methods. We could get totally confused in trying out the extensive ways offered to us; in our greed for fast movement we might just lose precious time before realizing we have not reached anywhere. A little peace, slightly better health may have been achieved  no where near to the inner self.</p>
<p>Could become a khichdi (mix) of the wrong kind. We in our innocence having spent so much time doing various sadhanas (methods) wait for the right opening. We may just end up feeling very disillusioned. All our innumerable methods of praying, meditations, scripture reading, chanting, satsangs, seva, yogic kriya; are ways not directly related with God. Without the right understanding, though we may spend hours praying; required purifications do not take place. We all know; without the right purity of  bhao, heart, mind, body, soul  it is impossible to be anywhere near the Divine powers.</p>
<p>Till the time one is not established strongly in the DOT, the closeness and regular support of the Guru is important and cannot be debated.<br />
<br />At times it can become very difficult and dangerous for a devotee to be confronted by non- believers, who may want to argue and demand logical explanations for spiritual truths. Only the support from a divine guru can help maintain the right balance, or else its easy to slip in the comfort of the known way of life which all approve of. To be able to stay firm, one requires help and guidance in the form of the right guru or master, who is overflowing.</p>
<p>Except in the people close to God who have merged with the consciousness, can such a quality be felt; or else -<br />
<br />In a world of beggars, who will give?<br />
<br />All are empty in themselves, hungry for various things<br />
<br />Greater name, more money, higher power<br />
<br />Simply the strong desire to tower above the rest of the humanity in what ever capacity  could even be in the mask of religion!</p>
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		<title>The Legend of Psychic (religious quotes) Sylvia Browne</title>
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&#160;Born October 19, 1936, Sylvia Browne is without question, &#8220;America&#8217;s #1 Psychic,&#8221; an internationally known psychic and medium. Sylvia Browne&#8217;s clients include celebrities and people from every walk of life. Some ask if Sylvia is real, but Sylvia has also been called upon to assist the police (and the families of victims) with [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blazeyphotography/2983298662/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3236/2983298662_f6ae595b68_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;Born October 19, 1936, Sylvia Browne is without question, &#8220;America&#8217;s #1 Psychic,&#8221; an internationally known psychic and medium. Sylvia Browne&#8217;s clients include celebrities and people from every walk of life. Some ask if Sylvia is real, but Sylvia has also been called upon to assist the police (and the families of victims) with crimes, and doctors with troubling cases. She is also a repeated best-selling author with more than thirty books published about spiritual and metaphysical topics.</p>
<p>Many tuned in weekly to see Sylvia Browne appear on The Montel Williams Show, which concluded this past September. Her funny, warm and infectious style of delivering the psychic messages appealed to an audience of millions on Montel. Sylvia is like the older sister you know and love, who just happens to truly know everything and makes you laugh as she tells you the God honest truth. Both the television audience and viewers at home were frequently brought to tears and laughter by her thoughtful and healing psychic messages. Some of her most popular Montel Williams appearances were her &#8220;yearly prediction&#8221; shows.</p>
<p>Sylvia Browne&#8217;s predictions have stunned and amazed millions as she has accurately predicted world events, milestones for celebrities, and so much more. Browne also hosts a regular radio show on Hay House Radio, offering her sage advice about paranormal and psychic issues with an international audience.</p>
<p>Sylvia Browne was born in &#8220;the heart of the Bible Belt&#8221; (Kansas City, Missouri) and is the older of two daughters. Her psychic gifts developed quickly; at the tender age of three, she saw the deaths of both of her great-grandmothers. She was simply terrified by this, but fortunately Sylvia had her Grandma Ada to turn to. Grandma Ada also had psychic abilities and understood her granddaughter even better than she could know. Grandma Ada explained to her that she was a psychic medium and that God gave her these gifts to help people. At the time, she had responded that these gifts scared her, and that she didn&#8217;t want them. Her Grandma Ada only smiled a knowing smile. Sylvia Browne developed a love for world religions at an early age, with a household that encompassed Jewish, Episcopalian, Catholic and Lutheran beliefs.</p>
<p>Sylvia Browne&#8217;s psychic abilities continued to grow as she did. At seven years of age, Sylvia met her Spirit Guide Francine. Francine said, &#8220;I come from God. I am here to guide and protect you, and you don&#8217;t have to be afraid.&#8221; While Sylvia was scared at first, after another talk with Grandma Ada, she learned that Francine was a trusted companion, advisor and life-long friend. To this day, Sylvia refers to Francine at many of her lectures, seminars and in her books.</p>
<p>As an adult, Sylvia Browne started a school to teach about spiritual subjects. She is a trained hypnotist and a highly-skilled trance medium. In 1974, she started The Nirvana Foundation for Psychic Research, today it is known as The Sylvia Browne Corporation. Classes grew larger and larger and what started in her tiny living room soon moved to a storefront location.</p>
<p>In 1986, Sylvia founded the Society of Novus Spiritus, a church located in Campbell, California. The Christian Gnostic beliefs include rejecting guilt, sin and retribution. It is a Gnostic Christian church. Sylvia creates special materials used specifically for the church.</p>
<p>Sylvia is continuing her legacy by working with her son, psychic Chris Dufresne. Chris now also offers private readings. Her amazing psychic gifts appear also in Chris Dufresne&#8217;s young daughter, Angeline. Sylvia Browne is still accessible to those that love her as she continues to do private psychic readings when so many at her level do not offer them. </p>
<p>Sylvia Browne is a best-selling author with more than thirty books published including If You Could See What I See, Lessons for Life, and Life on The Other Side. Her passion for research and enthusiasm for teaching spiritual subjects appeals to the millions that read and love her books. Many of her materials are available on audio CD.</p>
<p>Sylvia has touched so many lives and truly transformed them with her predictions and spiritual teachings. Sylvia gives lectures to sold-out audiences over and over.</p>
<p>Sylvia Browne is a popular media guest across the country, appearing often on television and radio programs. She is a frequent guest on Larry King Live and Coast to Coast AM.</p>
<p>SpiritNow.com is the new website of <a href="http://www.SpiritNow.com">Sylvia Browne</a>. SpiritNow.com is the premiere online spirituality destination. Visit <a href="http://www.spiritnow.com">SpiritNow.com</a> today for a <a href="http://www.SpiritNow.com">free psychic reading</a>.<br /> 
<p><B><A href="http://www.articlekingpro.com/Article/The-respect-of-Praying-Hands-Tattoos/227527" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The respect of Praying Hands Tattoos</A></B><br />By Roberto Garabell</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/30857021@N08/3039776016/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3050/3039776016_492d705efc_m.jpg" width="240" height="203" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;There are a lot of meaningless tattoos out there and it&#8217;s frustrating to see somebody with the same tattoo as you have. If you want to go for something exclusive that only a few people have, you can go for praying hands tattoo. A lot of people wear spiritual tattoos to show their devotion to their belief. This can also signify their very sense of spirituality. If you are a big fan of spiritual tattoos, then you can wear praying hands tattoos too. They are simple and can truly hold a special meaning to a wearer&#8217;s heart. </p>
<p>Praying hand tattoos can show one&#8217;s holiness and affection to their belief. One of the core pillars of a person&#8217;s spiritual dedication is prayers. In almost any kind of belief, you can find a number of prayers that you can recite when you ask for a appeal or ask for mercy and forgiveness. There are also prayers committed to saints, angels and other key persons of your belief. </p>
<p>In a spiritual sagacity, spiritual tattoos can also denote a person&#8217;s ethics, philosophies, spiritual beliefs, delicate choices and ethics. As a undying grade, praying hand tattoos can truly show your life&#8217;s affection to suchlike it is that you believe in. </p>
<p>Aside from the spiritual portion of praying hands tattoos, they can also restrain a special import to its wearer. A lot of people carry this type of tattoo to denote somebody treasured to their heart that already died. In the Catholic belief, it is thought that prayers can help deceased people find their way to Heaven and save their souls from the eternal fire of hell. Praying hand tattoos can denote a lonesome, a lover or close family members of yours who agreed away. Such a tattoo can be one way to reminisce somebody evermore. </p>
<p>Praying hand tattoos are not only worn to denote people who agreed away. If you have somebody you loved that has been apart from you and want to keep him close to heart, you can wear praying hand tattoos as well. Some people would ink the name of their loved ones somewhere near their tattoo to denote their feeling for that self. </p>
<p>Praying hand tattoos can be worn by anybody, men and women alike. They are mostly worn on spacious parts of your body. These include the higher arm, the leg area and the back of the shoulders. Old school ones are done in black and grey. You can find a number of designs styles online. If you want to sport the present types of tattoo, you can wear them with colors and come up with something truly beautiful to epitomize your spirituality.</p>
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<p><B><A href="http://www.articlekingpro.com/Article/I-Am-Alive-And-Well/225818" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I Am Alive And Well</A></B><br />By Roy E. Klienwachter</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixietart/3033347658/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3193/3033347658_81704bf24b_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;Did you watch the show &#8220;Short Circuit?&#8221; It was about a robot created for the military to seek and destroy. Something happened to the robot; some circuits shorted out and it became aware of its existence; it became sentient. The robot which was the 5th robot is a series, gave itself a name and declared throughout the movie that &#8220;Number Five is Alive.&#8221;</p>
<p>   To discover that one is alive and to know it, is a unique feeling. It happens to us almost every day. Someone walks bye you and says Hi (Roy) and you feel something.  You feel life; it is an indescribable feeling. Another walks bye and says &#8220;Roy I read your book;&#8221; it is recognition of being alive. They don&#8217;t have to say whether they liked the book or not, just that they recognized you. They are saying Roy, &#8220;I recognize that you are alive&#8221; and any comment that may follow is of less importance.</p>
<p>   You&#8217;re in a crowd and someone yells out your name; your heart beats faster and you are filled with anticipation or trepidation. Someone may have recognized you and your spirit once again is reminded that it is connected to another part of itself. Life longs to be recognized. It is like the left arm searching for the right so that it may join again as one. </p>
<p>   There is a wonderful story in the &#8220;Chicken Soup for the Soul&#8221; books; it&#8217;s called &#8220;A simple Gesture&#8221; and you can find it in the first book of the series. It is a story of how a small gesture of recognition that saved the life of a young school boy who was on his way home to kill himself.</p>
<p>   A simple look or glance at someone can send a message of recognition to another and the message will be received; &#8220;you are alive and not alone,&#8221; it is the handshake, the pat one the shoulder, the wink of recognition that stirs the spirit and reminds it of its journey.</p>
<p>   Have you even stood with friends and they are busy talking to each other and they have left you out of their conversation? They gaze right through you as though you were not even there. Have you ever stood in a line and someone butts in front of you, and they may sorry, I didn&#8217;t see you after you said something to them. How does it feel when you are there and no one sees you or hears you?</p>
<p>   To ignore someone is the most hurtful thing you can do to anyone; your friend or enemy. It es them off and it hurts; it cuts right through to the spirit. Life cannot be ignored and will always find a way to be recognized; many times in almost equally hurtful ways. </p>
<p>   This sadly enough happens in many long term relationships. Partners are so used to having each other around that they forget the other one is alive. It is a killer, and a very cruel and hurtful way of being buried alive. Many people will stay in abusive relationships just for the sake of being recognized as alive, no matter how bad the relationship is; at least the abusive partner knows the other one is alive. </p>
<p>   This may sound sick to an unenlightened mind; however, it is what life wants. That is why you are here in this physical life. You are here to experience all aspects of a live being and experiencing everything physical. Because in truth there is only one life, not the individualized lives your ego knows; life tries to find itself in all its experiences. Everything is life, whether you call it animate, inanimate, and sentient or not; you will find life in all things. Life cannot deny itself. So when life meets itself it begins to know itself as one thing or the other.</p>
<p>   &#8220;I AM&#8221; is life itself, anything that comes after that is the experience of life. Women often complain about their spouses not recognizing them. Many women have said that there is one thing they long to hear the most; it is the sound of their name. All the endearments or titles they have directed towards them every day cannot compare to the sound of someone calling their name. &#8220;I AM&#8221; is like that also. Its only desire is to look at you and recognize itself as looking back at itself. I am here and I am there. There is only me and you and we are the same life. Like being in a foreign land, and after an extended period of time, you would love for someone from home to come into your life and say your name. It&#8217;s extraordinary that even someone you don&#8217;t particularly like, will all of a sudden become a friend in a foreign place, and it is only because he has reaffirmed your existence and at a very basic and meaningful level of your being - your spirit.</p>
<p>   As far fetched as this may sound, it has been the experience of most people. Next time someone says hello to you, waves to you, smiles or taps you on the shoulder, get in touch with your feelings for a second. Try and recognize what you are feeling in the moment; you will with practice be able to identify with the hidden message - &#8220;I am alive.&#8221; </p>
<p>   Some may say, well, I know I am alive, I can see myself, I can feel my body or I am in extreme pain, and people are trying to kill me or they are making demands of me; I am very much here and alive - I don&#8217;t need anyone to tell me I&#8217;m alive.</p>
<p>   That is a different kind of recognition and it is superficial and ego oriented; it is the results of, or experience of being alive. What you are feeling in the slit second that you are recognized, is your connection to all things and the God or creator that you wish to know. You are once again reaffirmed of your omnipotence and immortality as a spiritual being - being human.</p>
<p>   When life recognizes life, it creates joyfulness in the awareness of the ego that is expressed physically. From the greater perspective when you can see that both hands are working together to create what you want, there is less urgency and doubt about your life&#8217;s purpose. Life is no longer a struggle. It does not excuse you from participating in your life cycle; it just makes it easier, and the fear that you have known throughout your life disappears.</p>
<p>   &#8220;I am alive and well&#8221; no matter what your present circumstances empowers you to change your circumstances. If you are alive and well in Rome, you can change your experience of Rome. If you are alive and well in a relationship, you are empowered to change the experience of that relationship. Acknowledgement of being life in the physical experience empowers you to use all aspects of what life has to offer. You are not what you think you are; you are life itself experiencing what you think you are.</p>
<p>Roy is a resident of British Columbia, Canada. An international published spiritual author, a student of NLP, spiritual philosopher, New Age Teacher and Phenomenologist. Think outside the box - discover who you really are.<br />
<br />Find out why the &#8220;Law of Attraction&#8221; won&#8217;t work for you, and how you can turn it around. Download this Fre>e ebook by Roy E. Klienwachter http://www.klienwachter.com/downloads/Secret/DarkSideofLOA.pdf</p>
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&#160;There seems to be greater interest these days in the general populous about feeding and nourishing the spiritual side of a person&#8217;s life. While not always attached to a religious organization, the idea of developing a more spiritual life is starting to take a higher priority for many people these days. Many people [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By MIKE SELVON</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/armelle_bonetto/2831768922/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/2831768922_e67311e561_o.jpg" width="240" height="180" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;There seems to be greater interest these days in the general populous about feeding and nourishing the spiritual side of a person&#8217;s life. While not always attached to a religious organization, the idea of developing a more spiritual life is starting to take a higher priority for many people these days. Many people believe that this has to do with the widespread interest in the &#8220;Law of Attraction,&#8221; which has gain a great deal of attention in the last few years thanks to the movie, &#8220;The Secret.&#8221; </p>
<p>The fundamental principle of the Law of Attraction is that you will draw into your life the very things that will you give most of your attention to. When it comes to increasing a person&#8217;s spiritual life and fostering spiritual development, this would mean that the more attention you put on spiritually oriented thoughts, ideas and activities, the more you will be able to enjoy an increased level of spiritual growth.</p>
<p>At the same time, if you want your spiritual life to flourish, then it is best to let go of any kind of fear-based thinking. Focusing on what you fear or on other negative things will impede spiritual development and will sidetrack you from what you really want out of life.  </p>
<p>One of the practices that many people find to be very helpful and supportive in their quest for spiritual enlightenment is meditation. Meditation techniques can be very helpful in the two main areas of the Law of Attraction, which are intention and attention. </p>
<p>First, you must figure out what it is that you want from life, or from a specific event. This would be identifying your intention. After you have clarified what your intention is, then you can put your energy toward focusing on that, or giving it your attention.</p>
<p>The more clearly you can define your intention and the more focused and consistent your attention toward it, the better you will be able to start manifesting your desires. Mindfulness meditation can help to clear the mind, calm it down and focus thoughts, allowing the development of clearer intentions. When the mind is calmer and not distracted by a myriad of cluttered thoughts, attention can better be focused as well. </p>
<p>Enjoying a rich spiritual life comes down to how we choose to spend out time, energy, talents and focus while in this mortal existence. The choice always exists of whether you want to live in a fear-based world or in a love-based world. What people on a spiritual path come to realize, after investing their time, prayers, meditations and focus, is that the world you ultimately experience has more to do with what you consciously choose to think about and focus your attention on.</p>
<p>Those who have been actively and eagerly engaged in developing their spiritual life will also be the first to say that the spiritual journey of each person will be quite different. Because all people begin at different stages in life and circumstances, even when the goal is exactly the same, the experiences that a person will have along the way will be unique to each individual.</p>
<p>Mike Selvon portal offers free articles on meditation. Find out more about the <a href="http://meditation.allnewsinfotips.info/Spiritual-Life.php">spiritual life</a>, and leave a comment at the <a href="http://www.mynicheportal.com/health-beauty/improve-spiritual-life-with-meditation">relaxation technique</a> blog.<br /> 
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<p><B><A href="http://www.articlekingpro.com/Article/Improving-Your-Awareness-On-Spiritual-Growth-Meditation-Techniques/190155" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Improving Your Awareness On Spiritual Growth Meditation Techniques</A></B><br />By MIKE SELVON</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bvddesignstudio/2825542677/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/2825542677_ef0513d587_o.jpg" width="240" height="180" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;It seems that we are in a time of spiritual enlightenment, as more people are gaining an awareness of the value of meditation techniques, yoga practices, and other methods of self-awareness that are instrumental in fostering spiritual growth. However, there are many different aspects of spirituality to consider and often it can be easy to miss some of the most fundamental and simple things. One of these fundamentals that can either help or hinder spiritual development is complete honesty. </p>
<p>Everyone knows that honesty is a good and valuable characteristic to cultivate, but it is not as often recognized as a necessity when seeking out spiritual growth. However, as most people move along through their spiritual journey, most people start to really discover the significance and importance of honesty as it relates to their quest. There are four primary areas where honesty comes into play most significantly.</p>
<p>The first area is in facing your weaknesses. In order to enjoy significant spiritual growth, a person must be able to honestly see, acknowledge and evaluate his weaknesses. No one is exempt from have having shortcomings, but they can interfere with spiritual development if the person tries to justify them away or refuses to see them. Only when a person is honest with him or herself will they begin to change.</p>
<p>Secondly, honesty is needed in facing up to the realities of your life. You need to be completely honest about the state of affairs of every aspect of your life. Stop clinging to the image that you want to present to the rest of the world, and begin to embrace the true state of your life and your relationships. </p>
<p>The problem with clinging to the image, which is most likely &#8220;perfect,&#8221; is that it gets in the way of being able to make real, lasting and significant changes that can lead to real happiness, rather than just an illusion of it. With honesty, one can look at the real truth and then have a realistic place to begin to improve.</p>
<p>Thirdly, honesty is needed to help people eliminate fake personalities, which must be eschewed in order to enjoy true spiritual enlightenment and growth. Most people put an enormous amount of energy, thought, and anxiety into creating and then maintaining completely false portrayals of themselves. </p>
<p>They become more like characters acting in a play than real people engaged in real life. In order to have any hope of enjoying true spiritual healing and development, a person must peel away these false personas and be sincere and forthright beings. </p>
<p>The fourth way that honesty plays a role in the spiritual journey is through the use of meditation techniques. When a person begins a session of meditation, they should be aware their flow of thoughts. </p>
<p>For most people who are just learning to master their minds through meditation, they will discover thoughts that are filled with false reasoning and justifications. The best way to begin to control this flow of thoughts is to deal with them in an honest and forthright manner, then setting them aside and allowing the more centered and real thoughts to come to the surface. </p>
<p>As you continue on your path of spiritual growth and development it will be helpful to always keep these for aspects of honesty in mind and review your progress with them. As you do, you will enjoy moving to higher levels and stages of spiritual development, which will lead you toward your true spiritual life.</p>
<p>Mike Selvon portal offers free articles on meditation. Find out more about the <a href="http://meditation.allnewsinfotips.info/Spiritual-Growth.php">spiritual growth</a>, and leave a comment at the <a href="http://www.mynicheportal.com/health-beauty/spiritual-growth-and-honesty">relaxation technique</a> blog.</p>
<p><B><A href="http://www.articlekingpro.com/Article/Dating-Someone-Who-Practices-A-Different-Religion/197441" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dating Someone Who Practices A Different Religion</A></B><br />By rodrigo rehn</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/haywardart/2868109316/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3055/2868109316_14aeecd084_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;If you are like a lot of people, you have probably dated a lot of people who share the same or similar spiritual beliefs as you.  In many instances this is not even discussed if a relationship does not go very far, but if you have been dating someone and you really like them and you just found out that there faith is much different than yours you may have a lot of questions.  What if you get married, what sort of ceremony would you have?  How would you raise children?  How would you spend the holidays?</p>
<p>These are fair questions but before you totally weird out, you need to slow down a bit.  You need to spend some time thinking about whether or not you are comfortable proceeding with someone who does not practice the same religion as you.  </p>
<p>Some people feel very strongly about this, and there is nothing wrong with it.  But, before you have a knee jerk reaction you should really stop and think about the possibilities in front of you.  You may find that you are more accepting of someone with a different religion than you may have ever thought you would be.</p>
<p>Dating someone of a different religion doesn&#8217;t have to be a negative thing, even if you are a very spiritual person.  Instead, this can be something that helps you grow as a person and become even stronger in your faith.  You can learn more about their religion and what they believe and you can teach them about yours.  You may find that you had a lot of misconceptions about their religion and you will be expanding your mind as well as opening your heart to something new.  You don&#8217;t have to take on their religion, but you can both share with one another.</p>
<p>Through this sharing process you may find that your religions have a lot of things in common.  You may find that you are both able to keep practicing your faith without impeding the others beliefs.  This can be a growing experience for the both of you, and many people have been able to build successful relationships despite differences in their religious beliefs.  </p>
<p>If you get married you can make compromises, if you have kids you can teach them both religions, and on holidays you can each incorporate both of your beliefs.  You just need to be honest about the way you feel and let your partner know how you are feeling.  Being open will allow you to both ask questions, voice concerns, and plan for the future.  Religion does not have to impede your relationship, in fact it may allow you to grow in new and interesting ways!</p>
<p>Rodrigo Rehn is a Relationships Expert, Linux Systems Administrator, Web Programmer, PHP Developer and CEO of FaceRomance <a href="http://www.faceromance.com">online dating</a> for singles.</p>
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&#160;I have experienced; how with the right purification from a divya (divine) guru; the karmas of this life and past lives can be felt, accepted and understood in the right positive manner; in the least of time.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Abha Shahra </p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/snhussain/2971314246/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/2971314246_f1df81ebf8_m.jpg" width="240" height="182" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;I have experienced; how with the right purification from a divya (divine) guru; the karmas of this life and past lives can be felt, accepted and understood in the right positive manner; in the least of time.</p>
<p>This also is possible after lifetimes of being born as a human; that there could be that collection of noble or pure deeds within my karmic cycles (prarabdh); that destiny took me to that soul energy who entered my life in the form of a divine guru; and who took my hand and handed me over to God-to ShreeNathji - Shree Krishn.</p>
<p>I have found, God is very close to us and His kripa, along with the grace from the divine guru finishes all karmic debts within us and thus the soul shines out in crystal clear purity.</p>
<p>The purity in our life and our inner thoughts and actions has deteriorated to an alarming extent. It becomes so easy to not remember the truth about our birth.<br />
<br />The required motivation and courage to stay stable on this journey towards ones reality comes from God and the divine guru  the sadguru.</p>
<p>The lifestyles today majority of us live in; it is extremely easy to fall back into the mayic jungle. We also today have access to a lot of knowledge from innumerable sources; possibly all not authentic; because of the easy communication available in our times. The entire world is there for us with as many news and views. Our thoughts are affected by the media to a very large extent. Because of the alarmingly different thoughts bombarding us today, how can we decide what is true and important for us at the particular stage and situation in our life. The sifting of knowledge is extremely difficult, with many trying to catch attention in not all the right ways.</p>
<p>There are too many preachers and spiritual leaders propagating various methods. We could get totally confused in trying out the extensive ways offered to us; in our greed for fast movement we might just lose precious time before realizing we have not reached anywhere. A little peace, slightly better health may have been achieved  no where near to the inner self.</p>
<p>Could become a khichdi (mix) of the wrong kind. We in our innocence having spent so much time doing various sadhanas (methods) wait for the right opening. We may just end up feeling very disillusioned. All our innumerable methods of praying, meditations, scripture reading, chanting, satsangs, seva, yogic kriya; are ways not directly related with God. Without the right understanding, though we may spend hours praying; required purifications do not take place. We all know; without the right purity of  bhao, heart, mind, body, soul  it is impossible to be anywhere near the Divine powers.</p>
<p>Till the time one is not established strongly in the DOT, the closeness and regular support of the Guru is important and cannot be debated.<br />
<br />At times it can become very difficult and dangerous for a devotee to be confronted by non- believers, who may want to argue and demand logical explanations for spiritual truths. Only the support from a divine guru can help maintain the right balance, or else its easy to slip in the comfort of the known way of life which all approve of. To be able to stay firm, one requires help and guidance in the form of the right guru or master, who is overflowing.</p>
<p>Except in the people close to God who have merged with the consciousness, can such a quality be felt; or else -<br />
<br />In a world of beggars, who will give?<br />
<br />All are empty in themselves, hungry for various things<br />
<br />Greater name, more money, higher power<br />
<br />Simply the strong desire to tower above the rest of the humanity in what ever capacity  could even be in the mask of religion!</p>
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<p><B><A href="http://www.articlekingpro.com/Article/Do-Famous-Spiritual-Energy-Healers-Manifest-Miracles-/206095" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Do Famous Spiritual Energy Healers Manifest Miracles?</A></B><br />By Bob Kish</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27781573@N03/2919437017/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/2919437017_5e8265c058_o.jpg" width="240" height="180" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;What is an energy healer?   Energy healing is a broad term used to describe a healing that is accomplished via what is sometimes described as an invisible subtle spiritual energy force. This spiritual energy force is used to heal others, either nearby or at a distance.  An energy healer or spiritual healer is someone who can tap this force and send spiritual energy to others. </p>
<p>There are and have been many noted spiritual energy healers, some claiming to manipulate this spiritual energy, others attributing the healing to divine intervention or the aid of angels, spirit guides or non physical entities. Some of the more famous healers have even been asked to participate in scientific studies attempting to prove the effectiveness of their techniques and often the study validates their healing abilities.  </p>
<p>Many healers claim that we all have the innate ability to tap this spiritual healing energy and use it to help others. To that end there are now more and more healing schools many of which choose to focus on a particular healing method among a variety of them.  Healing methods vary but some of the more popular ones include reiki, quigong healing, therapeutic touch, crystal healing and more.  For example, famous healer Barbara Brennan runs the popular Barbara Brennan healing school.  </p>
<p>Now, although it is said that anyone can learn and improve their ability to heal others there are definitely some special healers that seem to have an innate talent in this area. </p>
<p>One of the most famous, if not the most famous healer of the modern era was Edgar Cayce (1877-1945), a psychic healer and psychic trance channeller and some say the founder of the New Age movement, though he himself claimed to be a devout Christian, albeit with beliefs outside of the norm. Cayce was most famous for channeling answers to question concerning the health of distant patients. There are numerous testimonials to the effectiveness of his distant healing diagnoses. </p>
<p>There are currently thousands of followers of Edgar Cayce and centers in 25 different countries.  Cayce, known as the Sleeping Prophet, would lie down and enter a trance state and then give his readings. It is reported that he gave about 20,000 readings in his lifetime.</p>
<p>The previously mentioned Barbara Brennan has trained thousands of students in her method of energy healing.  She is a scientist, healer, author and trainer. One of her most popular healing books is Hands of Light A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field.  Brennan teaches her students about the human energy field or aura and how to heal it. The book cites medically verified case studies of a variety of people with diverse illnesses being healed.   </p>
<p>Eric Pearl, chiropractor and healer is the author of The Reconnection. Pearl is a well known healer that originated the concept of reconnective healing. He describes reconnective healing as a way for the individual to reconnect to the fullness of the universe and to the fullness of their own individual beings.  He states that healings occur through a new bandwidth of evolutionary frequencies brought in via a spectrum of light and information.  While all this may sound a bit airy and vague the numerous reported healings (including cancers, aids, chronic fatigue, cerebral palsy and others) that have occurred as a result seem to indicate that it is an effective method of healing.  Pearl&#8217;s reconnective healing school teaches that everyone can become healers via this new method.</p>
<p>Famous healer Dean Kraft was the basis for the NBC movie A Touch of Hope. One of the most studied and validated healers around he seemingly went into hiding for years as his popularity rose. Kraft reports that Energy Healing activates the mind/body connection and can unblock and balance the patients natural energy fields in order to jumpstart the individual&#8217;s own healing system.  Kraft used visualization techniques concentrating on the auric body and energy points of the afflicted person.  He also sometimes used the laying on of hands to affect the healing. Dean Kraft was reported to have healed those suffering with many types of cancer including brain tumors, liver, breast and ovarian.  </p>
<p>Adam the Dream Healer is a young Canadian student studying molecular biology and biochemistry.  He has been featured on a number of tv shows detailing his exploits as a healer. His latest books is Intention Heals and details how to use the intention of your thoughts to heal your body and others. In it he lays out his own scientific explanation as to the mechanics of healing.  Dreamhealer Adam has also set up a website online as a gathering place for others to focus their intentions on healing those afflicted with certain diseases. He&#8217;ll pick a particular disease, say diabetes, and have everyone focus their energy on healing those with that particular illness at a specific time of the day. </p>
<p>Rosalyn Bruyere is the founder, director and Teacher of the Healing Light Center Church.  She is an acclaimed healer, medicine woman and clairvoyant.  Some of her books include Wheels of Light and Chakra Healing.  She frequently works with physicists and scientists to bring about a greater cohesion between physcians, healers and patients. She has done research studies on the human aura field as well as used it in attempting to identify and cure disease in those she treats with her spiritual energy healings.  Bruyere is the originator of Chelation therapy as well as Brain Balancing. Bruyere is well-versed in the areas of sacred geometry, mystery schools, shamanic rites and many other ancient traditions and practices.  She blends an indepth knowledge in the healing arts with a powerful ability to heal.</p>
<p>Carol Everett is a medical intuitive, energy healer and clairvoyant.  She uses her psychic powers not only for diagnosing health problems and healing but in other investigative areas as well including police investigations and has even helped Scotland Yard. One of her specialties is drawing accurate portraits of unknown criminals for the police. In 1994 in a filmed scientific experiment conducted under lab conditions by Professor Yoshio Machi of Japan, Everett correctly diagnosed and from a distance of six feet used her psychic healing energy to help heal the medical condition of a woman she had never met before. </p>
<p>Rosemary Altea is a spiritual medium and healer who runs a non-profit charitable healing organization called rahef where they practice absent or distant healing. If you need any free long distance healing, aka absent healing, you simply request a free healing at their website and they will start sending spiritual healing energy your way. You can even pick an individual healer from their team of healers to send you spiritual energy. Altea believes that healing always occurs, even though it may not heal the physical self and that the prayers of healing to God bring the light of healing and love to the soul and spirit and that hopefully that will transmit to the physical body as well.</p>
<p>Sathya Sai Baba is a guru and religious leader of South India known as a miracle worker.  How popular is Sai Baba?  It is estimated that he has over 6 million followers worldwide.  There are currently around 1200 Sai Baba center in 114 countries.  Their are many legends surrounding Sai Baba, but it often seems impossible to distinguish the myth from reality. The claims for healings and manifestations surrounding him and his devotees are incredibly numerous.  It is said that he daily manifests holy ash as well as other items. </p>
<p>Erlendur Haraldsson, a retired Icelandic psychology professor, interviewed many of Sai Baba&#8217;s devotees and ex-devotees as well as investigating his supposed miracles and manifestations. His research revealed numerous extraordinary testimonies of reported miracles. The supposed miracles included bilocation, physical disappearance, manifestations, transmutations of liquid, healings, visions, dreams, weather control and more. </p>
<p>There are many other famous healers like John of God, not mentioned above, as well as some not so famous who may possess or have access to the same if not greater powers of healing. Ultimately, one can and should take every measure to activate their own natural healing powers, regardless of whether that trigger gets tripped by conventional means, alternative measures, or one&#8217;s own innate healing mechanisms.</p>
<p>Many skeptics question the ability of anyone who claims or have others claim them to be spiritual energy healers. A healthy skeptism is necessary to protect one from fraud and even medical abuse. Charlatans do exist. However, it seems that one can hardly dismiss the thousands and thousands of testimonials from those who have claimed to have been helped by energy healers, many after standard medical treatment failed.  That, in conjunction with the numerous studies pointing to the efficacy of energy healing methods and in many cases the effectiveness of the healers themselves, seems to indicate that the prudent approach would be to avail oneself of both avenues of therapy, standard and alternative.  </p>
<p>In the end, one should be open to healing, whatever the source.</p>
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&#160;With all the stuff that circle has terrified at us in this world, it may be a hard chore to grow spiritually. advanced conveniences such as electronic equipments, gadgets, and tools as well as entertainment through television, magazines, and the web have predisposed us to confine our musing usually to substance requests. As [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Roberto Garabell</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/24192718@N04/2954548141/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/2954548141_dc3a553024_o.jpg" width="240" height="192" border="0" alt=" " hspace="2" vspace="2" align="left"></a>&nbsp;With all the stuff that circle has terrified at us in this world, it may be a hard chore to grow spiritually. advanced conveniences such as electronic equipments, gadgets, and tools as well as entertainment through television, magazines, and the web have predisposed us to confine our musing usually to substance requests. As a findings, our concepts of self-worth and self-meaning are muddled. How can we have a stability between the substance and spiritual aspects of our lives? </p>
<p>To grow spiritually is to look inner.</p>
<p>Introspection goes outside recalling the gear that happened in a day, week, or month. You chief to look compactly and copy on your deem, feelings, beliefs, and motivations. Periodically tentative your experiences, the decisions you make, the relationships you have, and the gear you engage in present realistic insights on your life goals, on the good qualities you must sustain and the bad qualities you have to discard. Moreover, it gives you clues on how to act, answer, and conduct manually in the axis of any grant. Like any agility, introspection can be learned; all it takes is the courage and willingness to take the truths that lie inside you. Here are some pointers when you introspect: be objective, be forgiving of manually, and focus on your areas for improvement.</p>
<p>To grow spiritually is to push your potentials.</p>
<p>Religion and knowledge have differing views on matters of the being ghoul. belief views people as spiritual beings temporarily living on Earth, while knowledge views the ghoul as just one dimension of an individual. Mastery of the identity is a repeated theme in both Christian (Western) and Islamic (Eastern) tradition. The requests of the body are recognized but located under the requests of the ghoul. Beliefs, standards, morality, plan, experiences, and good mechanism present the sketch to apology the growth of the spiritual being. In Psychology, realizing ones stuffed impending is to self-actualize. Maslow identified some being needs: physiological, apology, belongingness, prize, cognitive, aesthetic, self-actualization, and self-transcendence. James formerly categorized these requests into three: substance, emotional, and spiritual. When you have satisfied the crucial physiological and emotional requests, spiritual or existential requests come following. Achieving each chief leads to the assess development of the individual. Perhaps the difference between these two religions and psychology is the end of self-development: Christianity and Islam see that self-development is a means near quota God, while psychology deem that self-development is an end by itself.</p>
<p>To grow spiritually is to explore for sense.</p>
<p>Religions that respect in the survival of God such as Christianism, Judaism, and Islam pretend that the idea of the being life is to entire the inventor of all gear. some theories in psychology propose that we ultimately give sense to our lives. Whether we respect that lifes sense is pre-determined or self-directed, to grow in ghoul is to catch that we do not solely live. We do not know the sense of our lives at birth; but we attain nation and wisdom from our interactions with people and from our actions and reactions to the situations we are in. As we locate this sense, there are certain beliefs and standards that we reproof and name.  Our lives have idea. This idea puts all our substance, emotional, and intellectual potentials into use; sustains us during annoying times; and gives us something to look forwards to&#8212;a goal to achieve, a destination to improve. A face excluding idea or sense is like a migrant bliss at sea.</p>
<p>To grow spiritually is to concede interconnections.</p>
<p>Religions stress the belief of our relatedness to all life, live and graceful. then we call other people brothers and sisters even if there are no close blood relations. Moreover, deity-centered religions such as Christianity and Islam treatise of the relationship between humans and a advanced being. On the other hand, knowledge expounds on our connect to other living gear through the evolution deduce. This relatedness is clearly seen in the belief of biology, the interaction between living and non-living gear. In psychology, connectedness is a characteristic of self-transcendence, the chief being chief according to Maslow. Recognizing your connection to all gear makes you more humble and respectful of people, animals, plants, and gear in character. It makes you appreciate everything around you. It moves you to go outside your comfort zone and improve out to other people, and become stewards of all other gear around you.</p>
<p>Growth is a formula thus to grow in heart is a day-to-day decline. We win some, we exhaust some, but the important thing is that we learn, and from this nation, added spiritual increase is made liable.</p>
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