By Karen Corinne Herceg Many of us will recall the old saying, “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Well, it’s blatantly wrong. As a survivor of sexual, physical, emotional, and psychological abuse, I can attest that the deepest cuts are the ones that sear the mind and emotions, words that do not align with actions, and the betrayal of promises. This is not to discount any repercussions from physical and sexual abuse. But it’s the emotional impact of words from others—especially those closest to us—that tear at the soul and spirit. They form feelings de ..read more

By Jakeb Brock When it comes to understanding how devoting ourselves to a spiritual practice and perspective can impact our life situation there is no greater single influence than spiritual chemistry.  Spiritual chemistry is why our lives are such as they are.  So it behooves us to take a closer look at this phenomenon. First of all, what is spiritual chemistry?  We probably know at least a little about how spirituality works, but what about chemistry?  Where does that come in? Chemistry is a science based on universal-created law.  It involves the reactions that occ ..read more

By Dean Fraser  Building a house to stand the test of time begins with firm foundations; it is precisely the same with building a future full of personally inspiring new ideals. Only once the foundations are in place, and in our case this would be having established what we genuinely want from life and how exactly our perfect lifestyle looks, then the real construction can commence. Then arrives the exciting part when we step right ahead to see where this journey will take us! In our information technology driven world we are easily able to instantly access the answer to virtually any qu ..read more

By Jakeb Brock Most people are familiar with Jesus’ statement: “Unless you be born again you cannot see the kingdom of God.”  (John 3:3).  But what exactly did he mean by this?  Was he just talking about personally receiving him as a sacrifice of atonement and becoming a Christian?  No, what he was talking about was something more than that—something over and above what is normally thought of as the “Christian experience.”  It was the need for all of us human beings to undergo the consciousness evolution from the Adam man to the Christ man—to have a major transformati ..read more

By Glynis Amy Allen & Graham Adrian “Wait a little,” said Frank Iriam to his mate. “Let’s sit on that old log for a few minutes and have a smoke.” After the war, he wrote about what happened next. ‘When we were a hundred and fifty yards from the cover of some trees, I’d had a feeling of impending evil. I felt a premonition something was about to happen.’ Sure enough, a moment later a five point nine inch shell came over, hitting directly on their path. Had they carried on walking they would have been killed. Back in London, England, towards the end of WWII the city was under attack from V ..read more

By Jakeb Brock Human beings have always been fascinated by and obsessed with power.  In fact, if one accepts the Bible as being historically valid, it might be deduced that this age of man began with a power grab when our primal ancestor fell prey to the temptation of eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and his eldest son then proceeded to murder his brother in a field.  And when viewed this way it makes sense that the rest of the age has been largely defined by the human obsession with power. But even if one does not subscribe to the historical validity of the Bi ..read more

  By Kim Chestney To live intuitively means honoring our inner voice over the voice of the world. Once we realize that we can trust our Self above all others, we live our lives differently. We make our choices differently. We aspire differently. We understand one another differently. We experience the world in a whole new way. When we follow our intuition, we participate in something that touches the depth of our being—something more profound than we know. We become extraordinary by making intuition an ordinary part of life, by relying on it so much that it becomes second nature. With ev ..read more

By Jakeb Brock This has been the Age of Adam—an evolutionary plateau in which the consciousness of the human collective has been moving in a state that was prophetically described, albeit it briefly, in the beginning pages of the Bible.  This Adamic state is one of dualistic thinking, fear, separation, and self-determination.  It is primarily a mental state, wherein each individual human being born onto this plane of existence sees it as his or her destiny to become as humanly smart, colorful, multi-faceted, and well-defined as they can—to flesh themselves out with opinions and ment ..read more

By Betsy Bruns I stopped making New Year’s resolutions a while ago. Like weight-loss diets, which have a start date, an end date, and the feeling of holding your breath until the torture is over. New Year’s resolutions are rarely successful. Neither are most diets. According to some estimates, diets fail 95% of the time. Not only is long-term weight loss rarely achieved, but diets can also result in weight gain over the long run. Restrictive eating can lead to loss of lean muscle mass, the slowing of metabolism, as well as eventual disordered eating patterns that may trigger gorging and bing ..read more

By Kim Chestney Have you ever noticed the nudge of a still, small voice inside you? It is a voice that whispers only to you and knows you better than you know yourself. It guides you. It protects you. It inspires you. And, it leads you to the open doors that change your life. It says: Trust yourself. It says: Something more awaits. This inner guidance system has been silently running in the background of your life since the day you were born. Every once in a while, it slips into your conscious awareness, reminding you that something bigger is at play in life. These moments of intuitive insigh ..read more