- Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
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We cannot hold two contrary thoughts at the same time and we cannot hold two contrary emotions at the same time.
We cannot hold two contrary thoughts at the same time and we cannot hold two contrary emotions at the same time.
Procrastination does not serve us at all. If we avoid dealing with the issues that come up in our lives as they come up, the Universe will simply keep bringing up the same or similar situations, each time a little bit more intensely, until we face whatever it is we need to face.
This weekly astrological journal is based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies. This column is not intended as prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your personal chart.
If you continue to build courage throughout your life and take each next step with grit, determination and a knowledge that failures along the way are part of the process, you will eventually come out on the other side successful.
One of the ingredients of harmony and happiness is balance. We are out of balance when we feel lacking in any way... whether we feel lacking in personal attributes, or in financial support.
It's not always easy to live the life we wish to live. We have expectations to content with... not just from the people we love and even of the people around us, but also the sometimes misguided expectations of our own self.
The Three Ultimate Attitudes are bottom lines of how our minds work. There are three Destructive Ultimate Attitudes associated with sadness, anger, and fear. And there are three opposing Constructive Ultimate Attitudes
I want you to know that all energy is positive. All energy is good. It changes depending on what you do with it. I want you to quit speaking in terms of negative energy, because...
The key to “enlightenment” is in the word “light”. By opening our hearts to deeper and vaster love, we are taking in more light and are then able to shed more light on who we are by accessing our innate wisdom.
People who talk to themselves are often considered crazy. Many of us have been told, or have heard said, that one shouldn't talk to oneself.
For many years, I was too caught up in my own world to be fully present for other people—I was on the clock, feeling the pressure of time and agendas. It’s clear to me now that sometimes, I was the one creating the sense of urgency...
We can free ourselves from whatever is unlike Love and truly become free to express the Love and Joy that reside in our true Self.
As the pandemic recedes, we are all looking forward to reclaiming something like the life we once knew. But could one of the purposes of the pandemic be to direct us to a life better than the one we knew?
As humans we tend to be concerned with externals: with youth, with beauty, with looking good. The big house, the fancy car, the snazzy clothes,...
No matter how thick your dossier of what has gone wrong, you can start a new dossier now. All it takes is one person who is willing to see your higher possibilities. And if no one out there is doing that, let that one person be you.
This weekly astrological journal is based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies. This column is not intended as prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your personal chart.
Take a deep breath and close your eyes. Exhale fully and allow yourself to become fully present—right here and right now. We are going on a journey, a sacred journey to the heart of Machu Picchu.
Our emotions affect us in many ways. They of course affect how we feel emotionally, but they also affect us physically. Our energy level, our posture, and even our health can be affected by our emotions.
Since we are part of nature, like the plants and the animal kingdom, we have the capacity for learning the subtle whispers of nature and communicating with the natural world that surrounds us. We each have the innate ability to perceive the language of nature...
We need to focus on what we like about our life. We need to think about what we would like increased in our life. Don't focus on the negativity of the past or on what you don't have. Think of what you enjoy and what you desire.
“Awakening to contact” or “Activation,” as it has been called, was an extremely profound process for Dr. Maree Batchelor. This occurred spontaneously on a spiritual journey visiting a temple in India. Dr. Batchelor told me that at the time she felt she received some sort of download...
Many scientists as well as spiritual masters have told us that everything (including us) is made up of energy. We could say we are like electrical appliances and we plug into the current of Universal Energy...
In our spiritual quest, we can become very selfish, thinking only of our own growth... We fail time after time to realize, as Saint Francis says, "It is in giving that we receive."
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