Steven Handel presents The Notion Of No Self | The Emotion Machine posted at The Emotion Machine.

“The concept of a self is central to Buddhist thought; we are told meditative practices are intended to expand one’s self-awareness and to ultimately lead to a letting go of the self as to distinguish one’s suffering (or all that dissatisfactions that come from being conscious, experiencing beings). The Buddha never made a claim whether there is or is not a self. He merely brought up the notion of no self. He attributed any ontological theorizing to the existence of the self as just another way to bind one’s self to suffering.”

Crystals

Olga presents The metaphysical properties of green amethyst posted at Green Amethyst Info & Properties.

“I always advocate not to buy jewelery only due to the visual attraction and material value. Almost all semi precious or precious stones possess some kind of soothing spiritual vibration, and thus, for instance, if you want to buy some green amethyst jewelry, you should first familiarize yourself with the beneficial metaphysical influences of prasiolite.”

Enlightenment

Astrid Lee presents Celebrating Dalai Lama’s Birthday with World Peace video series posted at World Healing, saying,

“This article honors the Dalai Lama and his wisdom on how we can create World Peace. Free video series which set out a truly enlightened vision for us all! Check it out!!!”

Etc.

Relax presents How to become clever posted at The Wise Curve, saying, “Becoming cleverer puts you in an advantageous position in life”

“You can become smarter if you put time and effort to improve your intelligence. The scope of intelligence is broad, covering areas such as interpersonal, spatial, and logical intelligence. We can’t cover everything in one page, but at least this article provides the guideline for you to become significantly cleverer.”

Healing

axel presents Emotional Healing posted at axel g.

“Let me share my experiences and best advice with you.

How can one enjoy life while feeling depressed?

And how many people do you have around you, that really understand what it’s like to be in your shoes?”

This is a great post. I really connected with Colleens words and found them to be very moving. Here is the article: colleen Johnson presents Teacup or Tumbler posted at Passionate Mystic, saying,

“My blog is about living a soul-full life and this post is about my journey into gentleness.”

Aparna presents Kapalabhati Pranayam posted at Beauty & Personality Grooming, saying,

“Persons doing Kapalabhati will be inhaling a good amount of oxygen which purifies the blood and in turn strengthens the nervous and brain centres. It also gives good massage to the internal abdominal organs. Incorporating Anulom Vilom Pranayam and Kapalabhati breathing exercises in your daily exercise regimen not only cures chronic diseases but also strengthens your immune system, thus, warding off many diseases. Those suffering from diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, obstinate skin diseases, high blood pressure, obesity, chronic depression, constipation, flatulence, menstrual problems, kidney diseases, respiratory problems, allergies, sinus etc. have benefited tremendously from a regular practice of Kapalabhati pranayam.”

Joy

Susan McCabe presents Unconditional Joy posted at Joy of Living, saying,

“Unconditional Joy is the path to all things wanted.”

Mindfulness

Storm presents The Beauty of Simplicity posted at Ways To Simplify.

“I look around and find that most of everything I need in life is already there before me, yet at times I do not see. Caught in the cycle of “always wanting more”, it is not always easy to see that which is already here.”

Spirituality

Stephen Martile presents How To Set The Right Goals posted at FreedomEducation.ca by Stephen Martile, saying,

“If you’re going to set goals, you want to make sure they are the “right” goals. When I say the “right” goals I don’t mean that I’m right and you’re wrong. There is no right and wrong, there is only what works and what doesn’t work. You want to set goals that work.”

Richard Shelmerdine presents Your True Nature posted at Richard Shelmerdine.

“You are invincible. I don’t mean that in a ‘build your self-confidence way either, you are actually infinite and eternal. If somebody had told me this 2 years ago I would have laughed myself all the way to a Biology class. I realised this because of a few observations that I made and then internalized. These were not particuarly in any order but they all occured at roughly the same time in my life.”

Stephen Martile presents 9 Questions to Unlock Your Unique Abilities posted at FreedomEducation.ca by Stephen Martile, saying,

“There are too many people in the world today doing crap they don’t enjoy. I used to be one of those people. By quietly contemplating a variety of questions in my life I began to see different sides of myself – and with this lens of reality I began to explore new opportunities.”

Lucky Balaraman presents Finding Unshakable Happiness: The 5 Pristine Pillars posted at Calm and Cool.

“Everyone wants to be happy: it’s human nature. However, finding happiness is not always a piece of cake. An entire lifetime may not be enough if you are attempting it from scratch. To maximize your chances of success, just as you would for any other aim, follow the accumulated wisdom of the generations that have gone before you. Here are the five pillars of that wisdom.”

Enlightenment

Kaushik Chokshi presents Awakening Is Simple – Free Book Excerpts | beyond-karma.com posted at Beyond Karma, saying,

“FREE ebook: “Awakening is Simple” on mindfulness and healing techniques.”

Meditation

Lucy Lopez presents Experience your natural happiness behind the clouds of conditioning! posted at Lucy’s Planet Happiness, saying,

“Lucy Lopez mentors anyone through the journey of Personal and Spiritual Awakening. Her program is an experiential program, teaching you the skills of self-awareness and guiding you through the observable nature of mind. Lucy also teaches and guides meditation and runs personal and spiritual development retreats and workshops. Visit her at Lucy’s Planet Happiness”

Spirituality

Christopher foster presents A Prayer of Gratitude for my Body posted at thehappyseeker.com.

“I want express my gratitude for my body. What a hero it is. A true hero. I hardly know where to begin.

The first thing that comes to me is the simple fact, the simple miracle, that this physical body in which I live is still in service. It’s still here. It has survived all the trauma and tribulations that have populated my life. It has survived the trauma of loss. It has survived the trauma of illness. It has survived a host of challenges and tribulations which need no detailing here.

I’m well into my seventh decade…”

Universal Laws

Coyote Wisdom presents June Prosperity Ritual with Phyllis Runions posted at Coyote Wisdom, saying,

“This is a simple Ritual For prosperity. They have been doing a prosperity ritual every month for their community.”

Witchcraft

Elige Stewart presents Article: Dancing with the Dark (June 2009) posted at Psychic Insight,

“Many of us were scared of the dark as kids. Most of the time the fears came from assumptions that the shadow on the wall was a crazy serial killer out to get us, or that the screech was a banshee come to steal us away into the night. This obviously didn’t happen, but the fear was real! Most of us still have that ‘fear of the dark’, because the dark is simply that which we can’t clearly see. This manifests in metaphysics as a fear of some of the more unsavory aspects of the energetic realms which, much like the shadows on the wall, seem much bigger and scarier than they actually are. Many metaphysicians, psychics, healers and ‘lightworkers’ are guilty of letting their shadows turn into monsters. I’d like to remedy in this article.”

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Oneness

There are a lot of people and things out there. Some of them we find enjoyable and others we wish to avoid.
So how is it that we are one with all of these things how is it that we are one with people such as murders,
and sex offenders. You might say that it is impossible that you share any similarities with any of these people.
You would be mistaken if  you truly believed that.

How can I make such claims? Well first of all it is a matter of science and the Law of Conservation.
The Law of Conservation states that you cannot create or destroy matter. Matter can only be changed
from one form to another. As it is changed, matter releases energy as it releases bits of the more
complex form becoming simpler in form ; or it requires energy to add bits as it goes from simple to
complex. This Law of the natural world shows that there is a finite amount of the stuff called matter.
Matter is what makes up our physical forms. It is also what the foods we eat, the water we drink, the air
we breathe, the planet we live on, and the stars in the sky are all built from.

So we are all built from the same stuff called matter; Matter that has been recycled through every physical
form that can be found on this planet. You are air, water, fire, earth, dog, cat, bird, and people.
On the physical level we are the same. You might say, but that is not the same as being one with something else.
Just because our bodies might have the same bits making them work does not mean that I Am the same as they are.
That is on a physical level, I don`t think like they do, I have too much compassion to harm another, I have a
different soul than they do. You are correct this is not the same as being one with something or someone else.
I think differently than other people. I feel differently than other people. My perspective is unique because
of my experiences. These are arguments that many will make meaning that because of our thoughts and experiences
we are separate beings with no connection. For all of our similarities in our atomic and molecular make up, each
of us is unique in our specific physical design.

There is another level we are seldom aware of. It is the level of Universal Consciousness.
This Level of being has been talked about in every major belief system that exists on the Earth at this
Time. This is the realm of Mystery. The realm Where we as humans lose the ability to understand with our
human minds. This is the Tao that Taoist say can Not be known. This is the Chi that Flows in Chinese
medicine. In Hermetic teachings this is the Mind of the Unknowable all. The essence of these thoughts when they
are boiled down is that we are all part of and inseparable from the Universal Consciousness. It can be
said that Creator and Creation are one and the same.

The ALL could be viewed as an ocean and we are the waves. We are water, Inseparable from the ocean until
suddenly we find that we have form,we have consciousness,we have physical characteristics. We soon learn to
Identify with our form and differentiate between our form and others. We begin to say” I am taller than
that wave.” or “I am faster than The other Wave.” We become so engrossed in the world of form that we
forget that we all started as water. We are all still water. and as we rush towards the shore and we see
the other waves disappearing we begin to worry about what will happen to us when we get to the shore.
Being so Identified with forms that we now have forgot our origins as water and part of the ALL. Finally
we hit the beach and our form dissolves and we return back to the water and settle into the peace of being
simply the ocean, the ALL once more.

It is this Identification with the world of forms that causes us to forget our origins as part of the
Universal Consciousness. This Identification brings us so much suffering as we attach ourselves to the
world of forms all the while forgetting that we Will eventually return to the peace of the source.

We are truly One we are the waves on the ocean who have forgotten that we do not exist separate form the
ocean. When we are still and our minds are quiet we begin to sense our true being as part of the Divine
Whole.

The mind emphasizes these differences. In fact the Mind creates all of these differences.

Well I have been Thinking  a lot lately about Mystery. I have always considered myself a bit of a mystic or student of the mystery school. In the process of researching Ascension for my up coming class I came across a lot of material that reinforced that feeling.

Mystery is the unknown formless aspect of the Universe. In many of the major Spiritual belief systems in the world Mystery is accepted as part of the way that the Divine works within our lives.  I like to take this a step further (as does Eckhart Tolle ) and say that not only is this part of the way the divine works in our lives but is truly the purpose of our lives moving to reconnect with the formless or the mysterious.

Many people believe that a mystery is something that needs to be solved, analyzed, and explained away. It is through this process of Intelectualization that we move not closer to understanding but further from experiencing the true mystery.

The Tao De ching says the Tao that can be Spoken about is not the Tao. This means that it is not the formlessness that lies behind all of creation. The formless conscience that is the creative force that is the true essence of form.

How is it that understanding a mystery moves further from the true understanding? It is that the formless can not be understood by our mind and put into words. When we begin to try and say that the formless or mystery is this or that; or that it behaves this way or that way in our lives we are no longer speaking about the formless we are speaking about mental forms that are created by our mind. For example when we say that god is a jealous god we are speaking about the mental construct that we have created about god. In it`s very essence God is beyond the comprehesion of our human minds and our ability to descibe it.

When we build mental Contructs and forms and try to intelectualize the mysterious we actual begin to limit the ways that we allow the formless to act in our lives. we begin to believe that the formless is seperate from us and be haves only in predetermined ways. This Idea of seperateness is another form created by the mind. It says that we are seperate from creation and creator. The formless is the Creator and is a part of all. It is truly our purpose in this life to return to the consciousness of the formless. To disolve the The identification with forms(Physical, mental, social, emotional) and live our live in the present moment.

Now this probably is leaving many of you saying to yourselves…”Um what?” Thats alright this little article is not meant to tell you exactly how to go about doing that it is just meant to bring you to a state of mindfulness about our beliefs and the Systems that we incorporate in our spirituality. Are our beliefs moving us closer to our purpose or further away?

As I have been developing the Dream Path I recieved a message about what it should be. The mesage was that it needs to be “Simple, Organic, and Grounded in the present Moment” .  This means that if the system is to complicated it is a mental construct and does not truly bring you closer to the Divine. It should be Organic Meaning that it can change and grow as our present situation changes. And finaly it needs to be grounded in the present moment meaning that it can not be overly concerned about the past or what will happen when. We can truly only act in the present moment. this is where we are and where we connect with the formless. Not in some future where we have evolved past our need for Bodies or have Moved to another Dimension of existance.