A regular practice of silence is like medicine, and the long term healing properties of meditation are becoming increasingly clear through modern science. Recently, meditation researchers have investigated how meditation impacts what is called the brain's default mode network (DMN), which includes the self-talk that constantly chatters in the background as you go about your … Continue reading A study on negative self-talk.
We are given this choice every day - Will I complain about what's not going my way? Or will I become conscious of, and find gratitude for, the many things that really are going my way? Whatever holds my attention, I will be shown more of. "Gratitude places you in the energy field of plentitude. … Continue reading What will YOUR song be?
What is love? For me, the simplest description of love is to become acquainted with the essence of what you are, and then recognizing that same essence in everyone and everything around you. And the moment you do, it's instantly clear how whatever you do to another, you do to you - not just the … Continue reading Love: You’re not meant to wait for it.
Our sub-conscious creates patterns from past experience in order to ensure future survival. This way that our minds work is essential for our survival and it makes us functional human beings. It's the ability of your brain to create patterns that enable you to drive a car, or to walk and hold a conversation simultaneously. … Continue reading Will you always let your old programme make your decisions for you?
The world around us is in a constant state of change, and if our "being happy" is dependent upon the weather always being the way we like it, then it is likely that we will never actually be happy. If happiness is something that is waiting for you around some distant corner somewhere in the … Continue reading Let your inner-being be your grounding and your guidance.
Take a look at a flower and notice just how ready you are to exclaim "perfection!" Do you look through this same lens when you look at YOU? As amazing as this flower is, it only has this ONE expression... for the flower this is it, it creates in this one (limited) way. YOU on … Continue reading Take repossession of your Self, and you will rise to a level of greatness that has been yours all along.
We're stepping into a new week. Take a moment to look into the week ahead and form a picture of what you want to create. Our teacher for this week is Michael Beckwith, a minister, author, and founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center, a transdenominational community that runs local outreach programs that help feed … Continue reading I believe you are great, that there’s something magnificent about you!
