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Gratitude

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  Several months ago a friend shared with me the gift that an active practice of gratitude had been for her. Up to that time, I had paid lip service to gratitude and I certainly felt gratitude myself, but like many people, I did not see gratitude as a primary spiritual teaching tool. My friend's experience intrigued me, so I decided to pursue the subject further. I read, meditated, corresponded with colleagues and worked to grow my own gratitude. And in short, I was amazed at the result! Practicing gratitude significantly expanded and deepened my spiritual experience. After all these years of study, prayer and meditation, engaging in an active practice of Gratitude took my spiritual work to places I had only hoped for! Put simply, today I understand that the two most powerful words in the English Language are: Practice Gratitude. Allow me to explain: If I were to ask you what the single most important thing you could do to improve your emotional well being, enhance your health and ...

Gratitude: Principles and Strength

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Gratitude is a signature strength that can be tested and measured. It is an appreciation of someone else's character. It is one of the most endorsed strengths around the world. Gratitude shows a strength of character that contributes to life fulfillment and satisfaction. It implies awareness and thankfulness. Gratitude can be built by focusing on positive aspects. Here is an example: "Universe, I am grateful that I have time to play with my pets." Try this exercise: Think of something you are grateful for in your life and express your gratitude. Reliable and validated exercises can build your gratitude, such as journaling and writing structured gratitude letters. Studies show a directly proportional correlation between happiness and gratitude as well as an indirect correlation between gratitude and depression. This correlation is in line with the definition and diagnosis of depression. Here is an example: "Doctor, I am grateful for all the valuable feedback you have ...

4 Steps to Freeing Your Limiting Beliefs With Gratitude

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Are you happy with the quality of your every day moments? Are your relationships rich, your work rewarding and the essence of your experiences engaging and exhilarating? Your world mirrors the through-line of your thinking. If you're not quite content with what's showing up on the outside, then it's time to explore the inner workings of your playground. A lot has been written on shifting your limiting beliefs. There is tremendous value in identifying those thoughts that constrict your flow and engaging them at a conscious level. However, if you're not getting results with this strategy you might want to shift gears and try another approach. Limiting beliefs can be slippery eels and a direct approach can sometimes be counterproductive. Instead, focus on what opens your flow. Getting into a feel good state is a much more graceful, and fun, way to create a new reality! Here's an exploration to help you distill the essence of gratitude out of EVERY encounter: 1. Reflect...

4 Steps to Break Through Resistance When You're Stuck

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Ever had one of those days when you just feel stuck. Sometimes it can stretch out into weeks, and even months. No matter what you do, you just can't bring yourself to do what you know you need to do. Knowing the steps you must take, and being unable to take them, might even move you into a spiral of self doubt. It's times like these that 'knowing' what you should do doesn't really help. The very thing causing you frustration could be something personal, like knowing that you need to exercise and eat healthy, or it could be about your business, knowing that you need to increase sales so you must write that squeeze page for your upcoming preview teleseminar, send that solo email and post on social media. It doesn't really matter what 'it' is, you just can't bring yourself to do it. You don't have the energy to exercise, or the words don't flow for your copy. You're stuck in quicksand and you can't bring yourself to take any course corre...

The Law Of Attraction Doesn't Understand Don't, Not or No

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  Have you ever wondered why sometimes we get something that we really didn't want in our lives? People often tell me, "I didn't ask for THAT!" In fact, some people think that the Law of Attraction 'isn't working for me' when they attract something they didn't want into their life--but it is. You see, the Law of Attraction doesn't hear the words 'don't, not or no' (as in, 'I don't want that.' 'That's not what I want.' 'No more of this!') it only responds to your feelings (your vibes) about that subject. If thinking about a certain situation causes you to feel upset, the Law of Attraction sends you MORE upsetting situations. Here's a story sent to me by a reader, that demonstrates what I mean: I went to a charity event last night (for which I paid $50) and then I donated another $20 for raffle tickets for various prizes. The idea was to put your ticket into the bowl that represented the prize you wante...

Love Tarot - The Crossroads of Our Relationships

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  One of the most common inquiries during a Tarot reading typically concerns matters of romance and partnerships. Naturally, people consult the Tarot for answers about love. One would expect that most people would want knowledge about their future love life: who and when that special somebody would be entering their life. Yet, many come to the Tarot for guidance about a current relationship. Typically, these are the relationships that have reached a stalemate. In these cases, the relationships have lost their sense of direction or purpose. The Tarot has an exceptional ability to uncover the areas in a relationship that are struggling. More importantly, the Tarot can identify the key issues that are going on within each partner. This often refers to each individual's emotional development, expectations, and past experiences that are being projected into the relationship. One would hope that the Tarot would tell us exactly what we need to do in order to bring harmony back into a rela...

The History of Tarot Reading

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 Tarot card reading invariably conjures up visions of 'that' old gypsy women sitting in front of her crystal ball in a misty room full of weird things. The word 'Tarot' itself has that aura of mystery around it since no one knows exactly where or when Tarot reading originated. Most of the recorded history of the tarot cards comes from Italy, although historians are sure of its existence much before that. Tarot may have been derived from ancient Egyptian tablets (since the concept of Egyptian hieroglyphics and some Tarot symbols are same-silent figures that speak only by their appearance and representation) or from the Chaldeans' secret texts. Some believe that the Tarot was brought to Europe by the Knights Templar after the Crusades while others believe it is the gypsies who would indulge in Tarot reading, while they travelled through the continent in the Middle Ages. Historians have found evidence that the 78 card Tarot decks were used while Tarot reading to tell f...

Vulnerability and Dating

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 At the last dating workshop I taught, several people expressed the thought that they couldn't bear to date again. 'I just can't take any more hurt,' lamented one woman. A man complained, 'Putting myself out there only to get shot down another time is too much heartache.' Letting yourself be vulnerable is risky. Yet, it is the only path to love. If you don't open your heart and allow yourself to be vulnerable, you close yourself off to love. There are ways to make vulnerability easier in dating. Here are some tips on how. 1. UNDERSTAND THAT GUARDING YOUR HEART DOESN'T WORK. As people date, they can experience heartache and vow not to be vulnerable again. Some put up walls to try and protect their hearts. This sets them up for failure. When Mary picked Jack to marry, because he loved her more than she loved him, not only did she settle but she falsely assumed that this was a guarantee against heartbreak. Unfortunately, this assumption didn't hold up....

You Do Have A Soulmate

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  Right now, there is a soulmate earmarked JUST FOR YOU. I do not care if you are 50 pounds overweight. It does not matter if you worry you are over the hill, and fear that love has passed you by (untrue) You do not need to have a lot of money or a happening career to welcome in your soulmate. You can be handicapped or chronically ill. STILL, you get love! Start getting used to the idea. If you have abandoned hope for love, then feel the flames of that hope being fanned back to life right now. Read on to find out more of why you get love, how to welcome it in and even how to have it just show up at your door without your needing to get "out there." There's Someone for You - start finding hope again OPEN UP to the possibility that you have a soulmate out there somewhere, living and breathing right now. In this cynical society, it is easy to be a skeptic, to think that love is only for the lucky. This makes many singles feel desperate, and this energetic is not conducive to...

The Search For a Soulmate - The Reality and the Illusion

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Marriage is one of the oldest institutions created by man. An old proverb says, "Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth." It is widely believed that God creates human beings in pairs from the same soul and everyone has his or her soulmate in this world. The true love is about discovering your soulmate in this world. Thus for every person, there is a unique soulmate and it is the destiny of the person to search his or her soulmate. The concept of soulmate is quite romantic and interesting as every person who falls in love indeed feel that he has discovered the soulmate. The lovers believe that they are made for each other or they are two bodies and one soul. Thus often people refer love as an act of the union of souls. Yet all love may not lead to the union of soul as only the souls of the Soulmates can be united. This concept is explained in the most beautiful manner in book "Brida" by world famous author Paulo Coelho in the following words And when p...

Investigative Report - Dating Scammers - How They Work and How You Can Avoid Them

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Dating scammers know exactly how to capitalize on human weakness, where to find their "marks" and how to make your fantasies into their paydays. Here's how Regardless of the dating or matching, or even which Social Media website you choose, you will undoubtedly run into dating scammers. They are present even on the most legitimate websites that make every-possible effort to screen and eliminate them. Their only goal is to find new "marks"-people who are anxious to establish a relationship. Once they target you, they will be patient, careful and appear to be looking for precisely what you are. Don't be fooled. The only thing they are seeking is your money and they have a seemingly-unending repertoire of ways to get it. How scammers work... Dating scammers primarily target older people between 40 and 65 years of age. Your profile on the website tells them everything they need to know to target you, especially if you are anxious for a relationship, that you pre...