http://www.awakeningpath.com Conscious Sharing of Articles, Stories and News en-us Copyright 2012 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:40:52 EDT Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:40:52 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.awakeningpath.com/images/rss_news.gif http://www.awakeningpath.com 144 16 http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/energy-healing-spiritual-by-Wendy-De-Rosa-120323-593.html Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:40:52 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/energy-healing-spiritual-by-Wendy-De-Rosa-120323-593.html Wendy teaches workshops, retreats & classes and creates a wonderful space of divine light for you to heal in. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/So-Certain-Are-You-by-Keith-Varnum-120213-542.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:29:06 EST http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/So-Certain-Are-You-by-Keith-Varnum-120213-542.html Keith says that life isn't a battle. You can learn how to overcome life's obstacles. Don't rely on old patterns. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/The-7-Secrets-of-Magic-by-Keith-Varnum-111111-345.html Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:00:17 EST http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/The-7-Secrets-of-Magic-by-Keith-Varnum-111111-345.html Seven essential ingredients to adding magic to your life http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/The-Secret-Life-of-the-Sou-by-Keith-Varnum-091124-975.html Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:21:56 EST http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/The-Secret-Life-of-the-Sou-by-Keith-Varnum-091124-975.html Keith discusses way we can connect our souls to our personalities creating love and support. This conscious effort is done by developoing your intuition, cracking your dream codes, practicing ancient healing secrets and more: http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/7-Keys-to-Fulfill-Your-Wil-by-Keith-Varnum-091019-106.html Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:01:36 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/7-Keys-to-Fulfill-Your-Wil-by-Keith-Varnum-091019-106.html Keith tells us how we can make your dreams come true by using some of these seven steps: receiving; finding you; playing; doing what can't be done. Continue reading the article to find out the ways to follow your dreams. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/What-the-Heck-Is-the-Matri-by-Keith-Varnum-090922-584.html Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:47:30 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/What-the-Heck-Is-the-Matri-by-Keith-Varnum-090922-584.html Keith describes/discusses the Matrix and how it can help you achieve your goals. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_ha_090225_tantra_3a_from_ecstasy.htm Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:38:52 EST http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_ha_090225_tantra_3a_from_ecstasy.htm What is it with Americans & sex? We appear to crave it, are fascinated by it & simultaneously fear it with every fiber of our being. Our fascination & fear stem from the fact that eroticism is the most powerful force within ourselves. As Tantra evolved adepts of yoga and meditation tapped into increasingly powerful and efficient techniques for safely accessing the cosmic forces inherent in sexual energy. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_090105_the_birth_of_a_dream.htm Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:00:43 EST http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_090105_the_birth_of_a_dream.htm This article describes what inspired Keith to begin his life adventure, 'the dream'. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_guy_finl_081118_find_new_strength_in.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:18:50 EST http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_guy_finl_081118_find_new_strength_in.htm Whether for its joy or sorrow, whatever we wish for another person comes true for us in the same moment we make that wish! http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_081104_your_heroic_journey_3a.htm Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:07:18 EST http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_081104_your_heroic_journey_3a.htm Seeing your life as the Heroic Journey it is helps you attract more love, money, vitality and meaning into your earth adventure. Keywords: intentions, goals, dreams, destiny, conscious, boundaries, obstacles, quest, vitality, meaning http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_emily_el_080913__22me_first_21_22_relation.htm Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:08:49 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_emily_el_080913__22me_first_21_22_relation.htm What is love? What is a relationship? What is a loving relationship? Can it be that the purpose of a relationship is not for me to see them or them to see me - it is for me to see me? http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie_emily_el_080912_running_through_the_.htm Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:08:21 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie_emily_el_080912_running_through_the_.htm Who would have thought that actually running through the source of one's fear would be the way to survive... and even thrive? http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_080723_as_a_man_thinketh.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:38:15 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_080723_as_a_man_thinketh.htm As a Man Thinketh is birthed by the Bible verse from Proverbs chapter 23 verse 7, "As a man thinketh in his heart, so he is." As Allen expresses it, "Act is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruit; thus does a man garner in the sweet and bitter fruitage of his own husbandry." http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_bob_makr_080519_past_life_regression.htm Mon, 19 May 2008 20:32:01 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_bob_makr_080519_past_life_regression.htm Running past life regressions is a good way to introduce yourself to the practice of magic. It's so simple to learn that you can easily master the basic method in less than an hour's time; yet it is so far-reaching in its ramifications that a few months of playing around with it for an hour or so every night can completely transform your life. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_080518_tell_a_better_story_.htm Mon, 19 May 2008 13:06:49 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_080518_tell_a_better_story_.htm The key question you may ask yourself is: "Am I re-creating the same, old, tired storyline-or am I telling a new, more exciting and fulfilling tale?" http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_080428_the_game_of_life_and.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:33:06 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_080428_the_game_of_life_and.htm Most people consider life a battle-but it is not a battle, it is a game. The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_080316_the_tao_of_positive_.htm Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:05:59 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_080316_the_tao_of_positive_.htm The "Tao" means the Way of Nature, the Way of the Universe-the way things work. The Tao of Positive Expectations is the way positive expectation works in our lives. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_080227_be_a_money_shaman.htm Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:13:04 EST http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_080227_be_a_money_shaman.htm You've got to feel good about yourself and allow yourself to be loved before you can share love with others-in whatever form that takes. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_tobias_l_080209_it_s_your_father___a.htm Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:10:05 EST http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_tobias_l_080209_it_s_your_father___a.htm During one afternoon my father and I went for a walk by ourselves on the docks. We walked quietly and at one point I could feel his heart wanting to say something to me. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_mark_mic_080104_tantra_yoga___pleasu.htm Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:31:52 EST http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_mark_mic_080104_tantra_yoga___pleasu.htm Tantra is primarily concerned with inner, mystical experiences, contrary to popular notions that it is the Yoga of Sex or a form of couples' therapy. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_071226_the_art_of_relating.htm Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:31:45 EST http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_071226_the_art_of_relating.htm Dale Carnegie teaches that life achievement is due to "the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership, and to arouse enthusiasm among people. I only now realize how profoundly my life has been molded by those evenings spent with Carnegie's spirit. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_paul_cou_071129_do_you_react_or_resp.htm Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:13:06 EST http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_paul_cou_071129_do_you_react_or_resp.htm Responding rather than reacting helps us live freely and in greater harmony with our true identity in every situation. It helps us grab hold of the freedom we seek in order to enter into the river of divine life. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_michael__071009_contemplating_death.htm Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:41:04 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_michael__071009_contemplating_death.htm It is truly a great cosmic paradox that one of the best teachers in all of life turns out to be death. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_mark_sha_070929_paradigmatic_distort.htm Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:43:57 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_mark_sha_070929_paradigmatic_distort.htm This article will examine some commonly recognized distortions in devotional religion and go on to examine some uncommonly recognized ones in eastern dharma. It is time to challenge and deconstruct the western romanticization of eastern paradigms in the same way the distortions of western spirituality have been so glaringly clear for some time now to serious seekers. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_070920_the_power_of_laughte.htm Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:15:29 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_070920_the_power_of_laughte.htm Laughter, play, spontaneity and improvisation are integral aspects of being human, healthy, happy-and successful. Tribal peoples laugh, sing, chant, drum, dance and act out stories as basic ways to relate socially, to make individual and collective decisions, and to achieve their goals in daily life. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_kisha_ma_070916_corporate_sponsorshi.htm Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:13:09 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_kisha_ma_070916_corporate_sponsorshi.htm Most people do not realize the power of corporate sponsorship and why they need it. You can get corporate sponsorship for almost any event or project from concerts, festivals, fundraisers, book launches, networking events, garden clubs, book clubs, seminars, art events, to sports events, etc. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_070908_freedom_now_21.htm Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:45:52 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_070908_freedom_now_21.htm Freedom is the ability to have what you choose to have as you choose to have it. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_070830_the_advantages_of_li.htm Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:58:09 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_070830_the_advantages_of_li.htm Do any of us even know the absolute truth about any situation in our lives? And can we ourselves handle the whole truth all at once about any subject? Let alone share that depth with others? http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_bob_makr_070822_merrily_2c_merrily_2c_me.htm Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:42:03 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_bob_makr_070822_merrily_2c_merrily_2c_me.htm The basic tenet of magic is, that it's all just a dream; that waking consciousness is but a more highly evolved and specialized facet of dream consciousness. Dream consciousness came first evolutionarily, and waking consciousness is an outgrowth of dreaming. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_michelle_070829_how_to_forgive.htm Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:41:04 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_michelle_070829_how_to_forgive.htm Teaches you how to forgive, step by step. Forgiveness allows you to upgrade how you feel about your past, and get on happily with your life. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_stephen__070815_turning_away_from_th.htm Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:32:06 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_stephen__070815_turning_away_from_th.htm Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Star Wars, I ask myself, how does the good Anakin Skywalker turn to the dark side and become its embodiment Darth Vader? Moreover, how do we deal with our own dark side, which can sneak up before we know what hit us? Here are four ways to deal with our destructive side and turn instead to be nourished by the positive energy of the Force. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_david_ri_070808_the_untold_truth_abo.htm Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:07:13 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_david_ri_070808_the_untold_truth_abo.htm I think there is a misconception about what a mentor truly is. A mentor is someone who guides you, someone wise, someone you trust. A mentor can be your confidant, advisor, coach, or even your role model. Many people swear by their mentors and frequently credit them with much of their success. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_stephen__070731_karma_formed_states_.htm Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:49:46 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_stephen__070731_karma_formed_states_.htm The law of karma states that everything we do, say, or even think has consequences. But is karma completely fatalistic and set in stone, or is there something we can actually do about it? See how karma, which operates everywhere and at every moment,leaves the future entirely up to us. If you want to influence karma, it calls for changing yourself at the most fundamentally deep level that is accessible. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_tobias_l_070730_the_shaman_energy_ex.htm Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:42:42 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_tobias_l_070730_the_shaman_energy_ex.htm Your intuition will tell you much about others, you will be able to see behind their "presentation faces" (what they are putting forward for others to see). This ability expands as you don't judge others. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_stephen__070725_a_place_safe_from_he.htm Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:02:06 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_stephen__070725_a_place_safe_from_he.htm Whether it is global warming or from some other cause, the whole world is enduring great extremes in heat, cold, wet, and dry. This is hard not just on our bodies and our living environments, but on our emotions. Here are five things all of us can do to stay calmly centered in ourselves, whether it is bitterly cold or blisteringly hot. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_stephen__070717_psychological_work_a.htm Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:16:39 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_stephen__070717_psychological_work_a.htm Meditation is still the best tool for slowing down the fast mind and reducing stress. But for many in the modern world, particularly those who have suffered childhood traumas, meditation is best supplemented by therapy, which opens up and resolves hidden memories and traumas. Here is a plea for standing up and accepting all of who we really are. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_stephen__070706_bardo_3a_using_pain_fo.htm Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:09:08 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_stephen__070706_bardo_3a_using_pain_fo.htm Bardo, which means "between two," isn't just where we go, according to the Tibetans, after this life is over. We experience bardos any time we are in between things or relationships in life. Herein lies either great danger for a fall or great opportunity for change and growth; the choice is up to us. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_stephen__070705_spiritual_awakening_.htm Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:07:32 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_stephen__070705_spiritual_awakening_.htm Is enlightenment only possible for saints and mystics, or is it within reach of us all? Learn how ordinary people have glimpsed the most profound vision in the near-death experience, and how this gives hope to all. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_mark_sha_070523_demystifying_eastern.htm Thu, 24 May 2007 12:39:16 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_mark_sha_070523_demystifying_eastern.htm Article published on Thursday, May 24 http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_070404_the_power_of_fun.htm Mon, 14 May 2007 20:06:08 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_keith_va_070404_the_power_of_fun.htm My bosses called me shallow and silly. They warned new executives and employees to not spend much time with me or they would be "infected with idiocy." http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_bob_makr_070514_death_is_watching.htm Mon, 14 May 2007 20:04:11 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_bob_makr_070514_death_is_watching.htm Our root self-consciousness, the sense that we feel within ourselves that something is watching us, is our death). http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_ron_dine_040301_finding_my_passion2.htm Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_ron_dine_040301_finding_my_passion2.htm Back in college, I remember reading "Death of a Salesman" (by Arthur Miller) and the professor saying, "There is nothing more tragic in life than doing something for a living that you did not like." I smirked and said to myself, "that would never happen to me. How could somebody do something they couldn't stand doing? That's just crazy and cowardly..." http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_marion_b_040201_an_open_gate6.htm Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_marion_b_040201_an_open_gate6.htm When my husband died of a brain tumor, I became very angry. Life was not fair. I hated being alone. After three years as a widow, I walked around with a face like a stiff mask... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_lesley_v_040301_humanity_is_in_scho7.htm Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_lesley_v_040301_humanity_is_in_scho7.htm Humanity is in school. Some students may question the lesson plan, others may be obedient. The beauty of this school is that you have the free will to decide how you will accept your lessons and how you will respond or react to those lessons... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_john_arm_040201_the_yoga_of_laughte6.htm Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_john_arm_040201_the_yoga_of_laughte6.htm When you can laugh at yourself, remember that you are also being compassionate towards yourself. Many ones would say, "I am a compassionate being. I am compassionate to all." And then would add as an afterhought, "But how can I be compassionate to myself?" http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_sayahda_040201_recognizing_another1.htm Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_sayahda_040201_recognizing_another1.htm Planet Earth and her inhabitants are being faced with many challenges. Each challenge holds an opportunity. It is important to find the opportunity that is being offered to mankind even though war may be on the horizon. Battles going on within self express themselves outwardly and affect all life. If humanity chooses to honor their personal demons they feed fear. Fear is the biggest terrorist of all... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040201_goodies___who_count5.htm Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040201_goodies___who_count5.htm Who Counts? ; Buddhist Observation ; The Awakening ; Reminders http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040201_humor___snowed_in9.htm Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040201_humor___snowed_in9.htm Snowed In ; Answering Machine ; Birthday Flowers ; Wedding Gift http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_judith_p_040301_the_radiant_stillne9.htm Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_judith_p_040301_the_radiant_stillne9.htm It was a few thousand years ago that the prophet Elijah heard "the still, small voice" which comforts and guides us today. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_anthony__040301_on_waking_up2.htm Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_anthony__040301_on_waking_up2.htm Spirituality means waking up. Most people, even though they don't know it, are asleep. They're born asleep, they live asleep, they marry in their sleep, they breed children in their sleep, they die in their sleep without ever waking up. They never understand the loveliness and the beauty of this thing that we call human existence... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040301_goodies___red_marbl0.htm Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040301_goodies___red_marbl0.htm ; Red Marbles ; The Four Noble Truths ; If Dogs Were Teachers ; Wrong Number ? ; http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040301_humor___key_bridge7.htm Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040301_humor___key_bridge7.htm ; Key Bridge ; The Wrong Last Rites ; Southern Belle ; Sarah Finkel ; http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_zensunni_061213_beyond_indigo.htm Tue, 10 Apr 2007 18:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_zensunni_061213_beyond_indigo.htm This takes us past current limitations of spiritual growth to a place of new reality's. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_zakairan_040331_what_is_ascension_3f1.htm Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_zakairan_040331_what_is_ascension_3f1.htm For most people Ascension means that they are going to leave this material plane and finally get to be out of hell and be in Heaven, or the 5th Dimension. That instead of leaving this plane in the traditional way of dying, this time they will be leaving by increasing their vibratory rate to a point where they can "go" to the 5th dimension... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_charlott_040331_why_not_for_man_3f7.htm Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_charlott_040331_why_not_for_man_3f7.htm This is a true story. It happened. I do not try to interpret it. I just think of it in the bad moments, and from it comes only one hopeful question: "If so for birds, why not for man?" http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_author_u_040331_an_eight_cow_wife4.htm Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_author_u_040331_an_eight_cow_wife4.htm My trip to the Kiniwata Island in the Pacific was a memorable one. Although the island was beautiful and I had an enjoyable time, the thing I remember most about my trip was the fact "Johnny Lingo gave eight cows for his wife." I'm reminded of it every time I see a woman belittle her husband or a wife wither under her husband's scorn. I want to say to them, "You should know why Johnny Lingo gave eight cows for his wife..." http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040331_goodies___slow_down0.htm Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040331_goodies___slow_down0.htm ; SLOW DOWN BEFORE YOU GET HIT BY A BRICK ; You Owe Me Nothing ; Illusions ; The Heart of Eternal Love ; http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040331_humor___missouri_fa0.htm Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040331_humor___missouri_fa0.htm ; Missouri Farmer ; Small Town Doctor ; Falling Rocks ; World Famous Son ; http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_dr__jean_040502_the_way_of_the_jour2.htm Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_dr__jean_040502_the_way_of_the_jour2.htm There are an enormous number of catalogs, an enormous range of choices of different seminars and workshops and teachers. How does a person figure out what is likely to work for them from this vast set of choices, and when they do figure out what works for them, how do they really get themselves to practice it consistently? http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_robert_r_040502_how_shall_we_live_3f9.htm Sun, 08 Apr 2007 18:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_robert_r_040502_how_shall_we_live_3f9.htm We are each expressions of a fundamental reality, an essence that some call God, some spirit, some consciousness, some love. It doesn't matter what you call it. It doesn't care. It is beyond names. But it is real, and thus we all belong to the same family. My blood is the same as yours, my heart is the same as yours, my body is the same as yours. We seem to stand apart from each other, but our essence is one. We only seem to be different, but we are all parts of a whole. Naturally, whatever any one part does touches and affects the whole. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_author_u_040502_the_most_beautiful_2.htm Sun, 08 Apr 2007 17:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_author_u_040502_the_most_beautiful_2.htm One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd gathered and they all admired his heart for it was perfect. There was not a mark or a flaw in it. Yes, they all agreed it truly was the most beautiful heart they had ever seen. The young man was very proud and boasted more loudly about his beautiful heart. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_joe_vita_040502_what_are_you_dismis2.htm Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_joe_vita_040502_what_are_you_dismis2.htm When we dismiss people and ideas because the entire world doesn't agree with them, we get to be right. But we also get to stay empty inside. By dismissing what could work, we dismiss our own growth. We dismiss what's possible. It doesn't matter if the book you read and love is loved by anyone else. It doesn't matter if the teacher you admire is admired by anyone else. It doesn't matter if the healing method that worked for you doesn't work for everyone else. What matters is you. Your happiness. Your health. Your healing. Your well-being... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040502_goodies___the_daffo8.htm Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040502_goodies___the_daffo8.htm ; The Daffodil Principle ; The Purple Hat ; Shell Free ; Beauty There ; http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040502_humor___seven_ten_c6.htm Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040502_humor___seven_ten_c6.htm ; Seven Ten Cap ; Potato Garden ; Women and Men - on Haircuts ; Surgical Residency ; http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_dan_jose_040530_the_world_needs_to_1.htm Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_dan_jose_040530_the_world_needs_to_1.htm This morning, I was sitting in a coffee shop, trying to do some reading. Three women were sitting at a table next to me. The women were talking about various men in their lives, and occasionally threw in a comment about how men are controlling, how men are not very psychologically aware, how men try to replicate their relationships with their mothers, and so on... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_by_nisan_040530_what_dreams_may_com0.htm Sat, 07 Apr 2007 15:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_by_nisan_040530_what_dreams_may_com0.htm Most people, at some point in their lives, question whether they are on the right path. Often, sadly, it isn't until they are faced with trauma or death that they stop to ask the important questions... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_by_rajat_040530_the_present_of_spir9.htm Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_by_rajat_040530_the_present_of_spir9.htm Do you know why people get into adventurous sports for fun? It allows them to get into the PRESENT. One wrong move or a slight distraction can take their lives away from them. So a fully focused mind is required to deal with that situation. People risk their lives to be in the complete happiness that is to be in the PRESENT. We don't have to risk our lives. We can attain such a state by being focused and forgetting the past and future.... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_takara_040530_greeting_each_day_i0.htm Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_takara_040530_greeting_each_day_i0.htm The typical North American morning: A very obnoxious sound jolts you out of your dream state. Depending on how deep in dreaming you were, it feels like you've been slammed back into your body. You head for the kitchen to start the coffe and turn on the news along your way. Soon its a hustle and bustle getting ready for work - whether its just you or an entire house full.... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040530_goodies___author_se2.htm Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040530_goodies___author_se2.htm Author Seeks People to Interview for Book ; Practicing Forgiveness ; The Trouble Tree ; Give It All Up http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040530_humor___water_leak9.htm Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040530_humor___water_leak9.htm Water Leak ; Good Old Dave ; Paradox of Law ; Secretary of the Navy http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_barbara__040627_find_peace_and_comf8.htm Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_barbara__040627_find_peace_and_comf8.htm How can we find positive, sustainable comfort in this age of anxiety? A comfort that connects us to ourselves, and the Divine, regardless of our religion or spiritual tradition? In my life, meditation is a key that turns the lock and opens the mind and heart, as it shifts us from unconsciousness back into consciousness. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_robert_r_040627_telling_the_truth5.htm Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_robert_r_040627_telling_the_truth5.htm If we want to transform ourselves, to free ourselves from falsehood, to liberate ourselves from anxiety and fear and conditioning, to experience truth, then we will have to tell the truth. We will have to put our actual lives on the line. All transformation begins from where we are, by admitting what is true. This might be painful at first, but telling the truth will ultimately bring exquisite health, joy, and radiance to our lives. The truth will set us free... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_peter_an_040627_we_are_creators_and9.htm Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_peter_an_040627_we_are_creators_and9.htm The greatest secret in the world is that you and I are incredibly powerful and aware creators. We are immersed in and responsible for the creative process, which dictates the outcome of our individual and collective lives in every moment. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. Our world is exactly what we collectively design it to be -- all of the time and that our universe operates as if we knew that we were powerful creators... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_msi_040627_perfection_patientl4.htm Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_msi_040627_perfection_patientl4.htm The secret to success in any area of human concern is really no secret at all. It is so obvious: whenever you whole-heartedly focus your attention, you will progress. The master key in that sentence is "whole-heartedly..." http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040627_goodies___king_arth2.htm Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040627_goodies___king_arth2.htm ; King Arthur and The Big Question: Something to Ponder ; Review Of The Way Of The Dreamcatcher:Spirit Lessons With Robert Lax, Poet-Peacemaker-Sage ; What is Enough? The Stone Cutter ; The Box ; http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040627_humor___every_wonde4.htm Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040627_humor___every_wonde4.htm ; Every Wonder Why? ; Tree Turtle ; Catastrophic Disaster ; Wedding Traditions ; http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_robert_r_040804_meditation_on_peace7.htm Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_robert_r_040804_meditation_on_peace7.htm Today, there is perhaps no more urgent question than this: How can I make peace real? How are we to meet violence with nonviolence, to meet war with peace, to meet fear with love, to meet hatred with compassion? In this moment in which the world is trembling and reeling with angry passions and violent convictions, we must call for peace, stand for peace, and act for peace. We must accept only peace. But first... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_mary_ars_040804_an_interview_with_a1.htm Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_mary_ars_040804_an_interview_with_a1.htm MA: If our true nature, our very deepest, highest self, is already enlightened, why would this enlightened self ever choose to view life through the experiences of the historical self or the unenlightened separate ego? AC: The ego can be very strong because it is the deeper self-sense that actually energizes the ego in the first place... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_mark_mcc_040804_pure_silence0.htm Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_mark_mcc_040804_pure_silence0.htm A gentle, loving, inner peace and silence is here and now in this moment. It has always been this way. It is always here. It is right here within you and all around you, a stillness, an apparent void, a seeming nothingness out of which everything arises, exists, and eventually returns.... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_rev__lau_040804_when_someone_you_lo6.htm Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_rev__lau_040804_when_someone_you_lo6.htm Nothing is more aggravating in relationships than having your buttons pushed by the one you love. It seems ironic that the one you love could make you so insane. But once the honeymoon period cools and real life sets in, we all take our partners off the pedestal and begin to notice their less than finer points... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040804_goodies___shipwreck3.htm Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040804_goodies___shipwreck3.htm ; Shipwreck Survivor ; Never Too Late To Be All You Can Possibly Be! ; Disarming My Inner Terrorists ; Facts About The Heart ; http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040804_humor___two_sisters7.htm Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040804_humor___two_sisters7.htm ; Two Sisters ; Maple Doors ; Insurance Rates ; Jury Foreman ; http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_averi_to_040903_transmute_fear_into9.htm Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_averi_to_040903_transmute_fear_into9.htm Fear has become such a common part of all of our lives that we have adapted to it. Most of the time we don't even realize that we have allowed it to dictate our actions. We do things and believe in ways that harm us with their negative results. We treat others badly because we distrust them. We isolate ourselves more and more so as not to be hurt. We won't go places or do things because we're full of so many undefined fears that we've become immobilized... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_robert_r_040903_nothing_to_fear6.htm Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_robert_r_040903_nothing_to_fear6.htm My friend Tim Piering recently invited me to join him for a helicopter tour of Los Angeles. Immediately, my mind filled with excuses, searching for just the right one that would allow me to graciously decline. My conscience must have been switched on that day, because I was unable to fabricate an excuse. "If you are not going to go," my conscience said, "then at least tell Tim the truth: you are terrified..." http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_shirley__040903_re_awaken_your_bein9.htm Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_shirley__040903_re_awaken_your_bein9.htm When we tune into a pure frequency of light and love there is nothing that can transform as quickly as thought. The human body is indeed very important to work on as we harbor the thought patterns that limit us through fear. When we eliminate these thoughts, we can and do create miracles! We are living in a time when this is vitally important as we are creating miracles not only in our daily lives but also on a global level... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_suzanne__040903_a_new_paradigm_for_4.htm Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_suzanne__040903_a_new_paradigm_for_4.htm It is never too late to learn how to create an enlightened relationship. Even if you began a traditional relationship filling in each other's missing pieces, you can learn to do it differently, as you each heal and learn how to actualize your life from a greater perspective. You can move on to something better.... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040903_goodies___a_convers8.htm Sun, 01 Apr 2007 15:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040903_goodies___a_convers8.htm ; A Conversation Of Waves ; The Golden Rule from 13 Different Religious Perspectives ; Dog Lovers' Story ; Ordinary Wisdom - Or Is It? ; http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040903_humor___zen_sarcasm3.htm Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__040903_humor___zen_sarcasm3.htm ; Zen Sarcasm ; Paul Newman and Robert Redford ; Quick Plane ; Lost Bet ; http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_thomas_e_041006_on_being_stuck_3a_cop6.htm Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_thomas_e_041006_on_being_stuck_3a_cop6.htm If we desire true self-actualization, eventually we must come to face the realization that what is at stake -- our hopes, our dreams, and our goals, is more important than our need for safety. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_cindy_gr_041006_the_butterfly_trans3.htm Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_cindy_gr_041006_the_butterfly_trans3.htm Once we have emerged into the outer world, we find our new found strength and beauty that we had hidden away also emerged. We are now ready to take the next step and put what we have learned into action. We take that Leap of Faith, and begin to fly the highs and the lows of the next stage in our soul's evolution. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_connie_b_041006_judgment_day5.htm Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_connie_b_041006_judgment_day5.htm When I first became committed to spiritual growth, I knew that judgment had to go, but my realization that judgment was wrong only served to make me feel guilty whenever I noticed the automatic program start to play. That I noticed was an improvement; that I was now consciously devoting more energy to judging myself -- was not. So I decided to take a closer look at judgment. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_thomas_e_041006_the_spiritual_unfol1.htm Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_thomas_e_041006_the_spiritual_unfol1.htm Spiritual unfolding is a process of discovering who we are at our very core -- our essence. It is a process of learning what it is that our soul resonates with. When we honor the sacredness of ourselves, we may genuinely allow ourselves to freely be who we are. We cannot bear the insecurity any longer of living with a false persona. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_richard__041006_the_land_of_everlas4.htm Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_richard__041006_the_land_of_everlas4.htm Whatever is happening, the pristine clearness of home remains ever present -- always unaffected, always accessible. To stay awake to this clarity - to keep shining the light onto the place where you are -- this is pure freedom, pure peace and joy. You have sailed back safely into your home port. So long as you stay there, not even the worst storms can touch you. Your nothingness is your protection. http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__041006_goodies___a_new_cha2.htm Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__041006_goodies___a_new_cha2.htm ; A New Chakra ; An Old Man, A Boy And A Donkey ; So What Is There To Realize? ; The Quality of the Mind ; http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__041006_humor___rare_books0.htm Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__041006_humor___rare_books0.htm ; Rare Books ; Adopted Kids ; DANGER! ; Baseball Feat ; http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_dan_jose_041030_the_costume_ball1.htm Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_dan_jose_041030_the_costume_ball1.htm Imagine that you are invited to a masquerade ball. You spend weeks choosing a costume for the event. Should you dress up as royalty? As a villain? As someone famous? As an angel? You eventually settle on a costume, and go to the ball. There you find hundreds of other people, dressed in the widest variety of outfits. The party is all in good fun, and you play through the night in your chosen role... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_melanie__041030_living_with_purpose5.htm Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_melanie__041030_living_with_purpose5.htm Recently I was reading about how people are suffering in the Congo; how girls struggle to be educated in China; how a huge number of people in the world live without safe sanitation, and on and on and on. It seems endless! There is war, hunger, corruption, greed, and incomprehensible pain on our planet. How can I allow myself to feel anything positive when so many people are suffering? http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_jelaila__041030_president_bush_and_0.htm Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/latest_jelaila__041030_president_bush_and_0.htm From the higher perspective, the role of a nation's leader is that of a mirror, so to speak. He reflects back to the people the way they treat themselves, their Inner Child, and in this case, each other. In other words, he plays the role of us, the parent or adult, in our relationship with our Inner Child. So whatever we feel he has done to us is what we have done to ourselves, to our Inner Children, and to each other.... http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__041030_goodies___a_picture4.htm Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__041030_goodies___a_picture4.htm ; A Picture Of Peace ; A Father and His Rich Family ; The Farmers and The Carpenter ; You Are Gifted ; http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__041030_humor___billing_ser7.htm Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:15:55 EDT http://www.awakeningpath.com/articles/goodie__041030_humor___billing_ser7.htm ; Billing Service ; Lost Bible ; Late for Class ; The Doctor and the Lawyer ;