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how do you follow an empty heart?

2008-05-04T18:57:18Z

A near death experience almost a year ago laid me out and made me reasses everything. I thought I had learned so much that I was wise and that I could find true love. I was really connected to buddhism for a while, it helped me so much. I decided to get a job and save up to get some security. What can I say? I lost my mojo, I lost my will to go on at points... I am not living the life I wish to live. At times I feel dissapointed that I am so dark, I should be rejoicing that I am still here, but I feel like a walking ghost. I am getting to serious, hybernating and hiding from the party. I am a painter but have no inspiration at the moment. I used to be the Life of the party so what happend? How can I get my spirit back? Now I have $ and want to move to start my new life, but I don't know where to go or what to do. Im getting pulled to various towns throught out the western states. Any recommendations, and has this every happend to any of you?

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How Do I Stop Worrying?

2008-04-28T14:57:03Z

The last couple of years there has always seemed to be something going on in my life that would cause me to wake up at 3 in the morning worrying and fretting over what to do, what was going to happen, how I was going to fix something etc.etc.

Now for the first time in a very long time all the cosmic fields are level, karma is good, the goddess is pleased with me and I have no worries!!!

But my body ie: internal alarm clock, hasn't gotten the message. So I still wake up and lie there searching all the cracks and crevices of my mind looking for something, anything to worry about.

Please please give me advice and tips on making this stop!

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Free first session - New York City 10 week Seminar - Healing from Within starts 4/23 44 east 32nd street, 11th floor

2008-04-18T15:23:52Z

FREE FIRST SESSION - healing from within 10 week workshop starts 4/23 at 8pm 44 east 32nd Street -- please RSVP to meredith@sobelwellness.com

Do you want to feel amazing each and every day?

Do you want to be able to quickly prepare healthy delicious food that is easy to make and fool proof?

Do you want more balance in your personal and professional lives and a formula for dealing better with stress?

Then this seminar is for you! Join a holistic health counselor and emotional intelligence coach to become empowered by your Emotional Intelligence (EQ) for dealing with food and learn the concepts to heal yourself. Each class will include a recipe, tips and tricks for eating and living well. For more information, please visit the following site:
www.sobelwellness.com/healing...nar.html or contact Meredith Sobel at 212-222-8187 or meredith@sobelwellness.com.

Seminar is 10 weeks in duration with an optional 11th week session. Register with a friend and receive a 10% discount. cost is $395 for all 10 sessions, 11th week is free and a celebratory party. First session is free with no obligation. Seminar will take place at the TRS Professional Suite 44 East 32nd Street (between park and madison), 11th Floor. Space is limited! Please register by Monday 4/21. Seminar will take place Wednesdays from 8-9. Please note, first session is 2 hours, from 8-10.

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I hate my job

2008-04-09T12:59:40Z

What can I do???

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Cuddle Party is happening this week!

2008-04-06T03:02:29Z

Cuddle Party is coming to Vegas for the first time ever and we want a few more men and women!
The press will be covering the event and we want your body!

TIME TO RSVP NOW...ONLY A FEW SPOTS LEFT!!

Cuddle Party comes to Vegas!!!
THURSDAY, APRIL 10 6:30-10:00pm
Large private home in Summerlin
Wine and Cheese and Cuddling!
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Cuddle Party® heads to Las Vegas!

Cuddle Party, the non-sexual, social event for folks to explore touch and intimacy heads to Nevada for the first ever, open to the public, Las Vegas Cuddle Party! It will be covered by the press and promises to be a memorable evening. COME JOIN US!!

Worldwide media coverage including the likes of CNN, Univision, NPR, BBC radio, The London Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, French Cosmopolitan, and in at least thirteen other languages in twenty-four countries garnered Cuddle Party global recognition. Cuddle Party has appeared most recently on the popular VH-1 reality show Scott Baio is 45 and Single. Jokes about the touchy-feelie phenomenon by Jay Leno on the Tonight Show, Amy Poehler on Saturday Night Live, Bill Maher on HBO’s Real Time and Pen of Showtime’s Pen & Teller’s Bullshit!, as well as articles in People magazine and the National Enquire have rooted Cuddle Party in pop culture phenomenon.

“If what happens in Vegas really stays in Vegas, then cuddling in Nevada is here to stay!” Reid Mihalko, co-creator of Cuddle Party
explained excitedly at the possibility of Cuddle Parties happening on a regular basis in Sin City. Given Vegas’ image as the town where
anything goes, it’s the perfect place for more nurturing touch and connection to be happening. Viva la hug!” We are very lucky to have co-creator Reid Mihalko come all the way from NYC to lead this special evening.

$30.00/person and $50.00/couple
($5.00 discount per person if registration is received by April 9)
Contact Sam Fabulous at sameyahg@gmail.com and (702) 579-5063 for questions and to register today!
Check out cuddleparty.com for more information

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2008 Vernal Equinox begins 3/20 at 05:57 UT (12:57 am EST)

2008-03-20T20:29:25Z

Wishing you all an abundant season,
enjoy this Ostara egg i saved for you...
Gratitde and Blessings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k54cn1gbIyI

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I am now in sweden

2008-03-09T14:46:33Z

I moved to Sweden for love....but due to cercumstances beyond my control...I am going to the US for a visit and to look for work. But may return here..I am lost
Even though I have 12 years college finding work in the USA is/will be hard considering the economy. I have taken great pleasure in teaching at Universities but it is hard to get in as for art teachers (even though I have taught other subjects) it cost around 50-60 dollars per application to apply. I have since worked as a mental health Professional to give back and to help those in need..but no longer feel that calling. I will be returning to the US at the end of April..to Northern Indiana where I was borrn. I have moved across the country and to various states for work.
I have moved around so much I thought HOME would be a place where I have found my "LIFE PURPOSE" but so for thos purposes have been temporary. I know seem lost and no longer a young man as I am 48....I worry about life purpose and don't know what mine is. Originally, the plan was to teach on a reservation and give back to my people...I applied to dozens for over 5 years and with letters of rejection found or at least it seemed that was not my purpose..what is my purpose? I wish I knew..any advice?
Moving around for years and years friends came and went..family died..and has frown apart..some moved. where is home and what is my life purpose?
my little web site under construction:
www.kalonasahaniwaya.blogspot.com
gives you an idea about my life.
Thanks

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yes wake up everybody.

2008-03-08T15:02:14Z

http://asx.ljcentral.net/mp3/eir/tls/2008/tls080301_en_hi.mp3

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self-care strategies

2008-01-19T00:33:57Z

i just finished an article titled:

Self-care Strategies for Managing Depression, Anxiety, and Other Emotions

healingsolutions.ca/article_...ing.shtml

somehow the academic in me does not seem to be able to stop writing.
good thing i guess...

in any case,
i thought people might benefit from some of the info.

blessings,
piksee

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Experience An India Yoga Odyssey

2008-01-11T01:56:26Z

Experience a Transforming India YOGA Odyssey
(February 21 to March 6, 2008)

Just imagine your airplane touching down at the India airport of your choice – Mumbai or Ahmadabad – on Thursday, February 21, 2008. Awaiting you at the airport is your guide, who will escort you by rail or taxi to your hotel accommodations in Surat City, Gujarat State. You will have arrived just in time to take in the World Yoga Championships, either as a participant or as a spectator. If anyone wishes to participate in the Championships the necessary registration forms can be downloaded at www.lifemission.org. The Championships run from February 22 though February 24. (The Championships were primarily founded as a means for encouraging youth worldwide to engage themselves in the ageless science of yoga for the betterment of body, mind and spiritual development in similar fashion that society worldwide encourages youth to participate in common sporting events.)

Following the Championships, you will be escorted to Malav Ashram for a five night stay, which includes three days of “hands on” yogic training under the expert guidance of Acharya Yogendradev, who has taught in North America, Taiwan, and India

And now – the Tours – you will tour the historic spiritual pilgrimage site of Kayavarohan and visit the Brahmeshwar Temple of Lord Lakulish (the 28th incarnation of Lord Shiva). You will spend 5 nights at a beautiful oceanside resort near the city of Div, overlooking the Indian Ocean with its miles of sandy beaches, and visit surrounding points of interest including the renowned Somnath Temple; a lion wildlife reserve, an ayurvedic clinic of a renowned ayurvedic physician where you will be able to observe the natural preparation of ayurvedic medicines and receive a free medical check-up. You will also have the opportunity to visit the temple complex at Rajrajeshwardham, where Lord Lakulish materialized in his divine body on January 29, 2007. Then – another great grace awaits you – you will have the rare opportunity of having darshan with the highly advanced yogi, Swami Rajarshi Muni.*

Now your yoga trip is reaching its end – on March 6, you will be escorted by your guide to your departure airport for your trip home – to reflect on and absorb your many yoga experiences of the past 2 weeks; the multitudes of wondrous Indian sites you've seen; the unmatched hospitality of its people and the many lasting new friendships you've made.

The cost per participant is $ 695.00 USD. This price does not include your transportation costs to and from India, which is entirely your responsibility, as are any required passports, visas etc. This price does include designated tour accommodations and meals in India, and all ground transportation to the Championships and touring sites in India, as well as ground transportation to and from airports at Mumbai or Ahmedabad. Any profits after all costs have been met will be directed to projects for the poor, including schools and hospitals. For further information, go to www.lifemission.org, or email: Acharya Yogendradev, ggvaghela@yahoo.com; or Dennis Konchak, lifema@telus.net; or Hans Splinter, Hsplinter@cogeco.ca.

* Swami Rajarshi Muni is the author of a vast library of nearly 100 titles in four different languages, including ten books in English. Some of the English titles are: Classical Hatha Yoga, Divine Body Through Yoga; Tenets for the Spiritual Life; Infinite Grace (The Story of My Spiritual Lineage), Awakening the Life Force, and Light from Guru to Disciple. For more information, check the Life Mission website www.lifemission.org and www.amazon.com under Rajarshi Muni

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Handling the Holiday Blues

2007-12-10T03:40:17Z

I just finished writing the newsletter for my work and thought others might find this information useful as well.
xo

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Dealing with the Holiday Blues

Below I have provided some information and 26 tips to help.

The holiday season can be a difficult time for many. Dealing with feelings such as stress and loneliness during the holiday season can take its toll. It is meant to bring joy and celebration but sometimes this time of year can bring sadness and despair. Changes in life, such as being separated from family and friends, or living through the grief of a loss can be especially hard.

Holiday blues are also thought to be primarily caused by expectation and comparison along with a lack of planning and action. People generally have high expectations for the holidays. We often hope that they will make up for a year gone wrong. We expect family members to become friendly, season’s greetings to be sent, gifts to be given, and happiness to reign. The mass media, through news stories, TV specials, and advertising, raise this hope for "what may be." The reality of "what is" often falls short of the expectation and there is disappointment.

Negative memories may also be associated to the holiday season and those suffering with depression and other mood disorders can be affected at this time of year due to change of day light.

Many people are lonely at this time of year if they are working or going to school without a way to get back to your family for the holiday season. You may have not been in Vancouver long enough to make many friends. It can be hard to find comfort.

Characteristics of “The Blues” are emotions—sadness, loneliness, depression, anxiety—and, although intense and unsettling, are generally short-lived and usually subside within a few weeks once a daily routine is resumed.

Other symptoms of the holiday blues may include:
• headaches
• inability to sleep or sleeping too much
• changes in appetite causing weight loss or gain
• agitation and anxiety
• excessive or inappropriate feelings of guilt
• diminished ability to think clearly or concentrate
• decreased interest in activities that usually bring pleasure, such as:
o food
o sex
o work
o friends
o hobbies
o entertainment

The most important things to remember are: it's a normal response to a stress-filled time of the year and you don't have to suffer unnecessarily. If you anticipate feeling very lonely on Christmas Day or Christmas Eve, there are ways that you can help yourself feel better and survive the holiday season.

1. Volunteering offers a way to interact with others, give to the community, and help keep your spirits up through giving. The Union Gospel Mission, Salvation Army, Carnegie Community Centre, or various churches will provide Christmas dinners and benefit by receiving help from volunteers. This is a good way to help yourself by not being alone and by helping others in need.

2. If you are in a new community, try to get an invitation somewhere for Christmas. Let others know that you would enjoy having dinner with them.

3. Invite someone to join you in celebration.

4. Find out what the community offers and participate in it. Go to the concerts and parades. Get involved.

5. Takes gifts to a children’s home.

6. Be active by going for walks. Getting some exercise keeps mood levels up. Don’t stay cooped up inside too long. 20 minutes of exercise every day will raise endorphin levels and allow you to absorb what sunshine there is.

7. Be aware of your diet - try not to overindulge in alcohol or sweets. Alcohol and sugar can really affect mood and brings on ‘moodiness’.

8. Get enough rest: general self-care of the body is important.

9. Organize your time: make lists and prioritize.

10. If you are going home to be with family, bad memories might come up that can be really stressful. Take items from your current home that you have positive associations with. This might be a teddy bear, pictures of friends, a good book, or candles. Anything to help you feel more comfortable.

11. Planning time away from family. If you are going for a few days, it can be stressful. Getting away can help to lessen the stress.

12. If you find that you fall back into old patterns when you are around family members, it can he helpful to remember that you are an adult now and you have the ability to behave and respond in a different way. Spend some time planning ahead. What kinds of circumstances will occur that might bring up old feelings?

13. Be Prepared. There may be certain things that happen every year that drive you up the wall. This year, talk to the people involved ahead of time and try to defuse those situations before they occur.

14. If finances are a concern, be aware of this and set reasonable limits.

15. If there is a significant loss that you are reminded of this time of year, such as a death in the family or a divorce, it can be helpful not to push it away and pretend it didn’t happen. Recognize that there was a loss and take time to acknowledge it. Create a healthy way of remembering. Examples could include putting out favorite photographs and light a candle before them.

16. If you are in a new city or find yourself lonely, try to create new memories for yourself. You may enjoy events around the city such as the Festival of Lights at VanDusen Botanical Garden.
(Dates and times: 4:30 to 9 p.m. every night, December 7th, 2007 through January 1st, 2008 except December 25th when the Garden is closed.)

17. Another tool to help you get through the Holiday Blues is to remember that the Christmas season will pass.

18. Also, remember that winter will pass. Winter does not last forever.

19. Remember to take your medication. Also, taking a multi-vitamin and fish oil capsules daily can contribute to overall health and keep stress down. Other vitamin supplements such as Vitamin D or a B Complex can be helpful for mood.

20. Keep yourself busy to take your mind of things if that helps. Make plans to go out for lunch, go for walks, go to the movies or even curl up at home and watch a movie.

21. If you are suffering from clinical depression, getting some help can be beneficial this time of the year. Go to see a therapist, look for a support group, or contact the mental healthy team in your area. Get as much help and support as you can.

22. Give yourself a break -- plan to prepare (or buy) one special meal, purchase one special gift, and take in one special event.

23. If you don’t like shopping, shop online or make gifts.

24. Do your best not to create unrealistic expectations and don’t get caught up in comparisons.

25. Find someone to talk with who can help you through this difficult time -- a family member, friend, a spiritual leader, or professional counsellor.

26. Call a crisis line in your time of need: Vancouver area 604-872-3311.

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HUH! ~ I found my lifes purpose! I don't recccomend how, BUT worked FOR ME!!!!

2007-12-08T11:21:35Z

I WAS a kindergarten teacher~WHICH I LOVED~ I was given a TBI-TraumaticBrainInjury by a drunk driver IN 3/99! NOW, it is ny passion to spend hrs/day researhing & posting to about 8 different places! I find it interesting that the life GIVING properties of stemcells were just discovered in 1998!!!!!!!!!
~GOTTA LOVE HOW THINGS WORK!!!!! ;)*

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Awake from your dreams: Life is a vacation to the divine

2007-11-27T04:19:58Z

"Your ultimate goal is to be happy. Where is that happiness? Within you. If you want to have permanent happiness, it will never come from outside. If somebody makes you happy today, the same person will make you unhappy tomorrow. You are happiness and peace personified. Find that happiness and peace within you."

—His Holiness Sri Swami Satchidananda
This means that all the happiness we have experienced through outward means (other people, places and lowest of all 'things') is just a stimulation of our own inner happiness. This also means any happiness you experienced through these outward means is always inside you. All your great memories are there to reflect upon what a wonderful gift of life and 'free will' we have been given to reach our highest goal: self realization that we are: ever conscoius, ever aware, and ever blissful: satchidananda.
We are free, but me must realize this by many means, because most of us are in delusions. Travel is a very important one for most. Because when you travel without those who normally surrond you, family, most intimate relationships, and you are free of desire other than to know they Self through desireless means you lose a big part of your attachment. Travel thousands of miles to a new place where no one knows you. Life is a journey, not a carrear, or an enslavement to lower desires for lust and material things. Life is simple it is the system taught to us which we become entagled in a web of complicated delusions and possessions through weakened will. Life is a vacation to higher awareness. Not service to a system that cares only to enslave you. Still your mind and open your third eye, through yoga, meditation, studying of teachings, and learning to tune into the divine teachings constantly surronding you.
Through the good and bad the universe is always trying to get through to us a message. Through our still minds we are better abled to recieve these messages. Many of us interpret things as good or bad (i still do sometimes) this is the dualistic movie the universe; OM; has created. Up and down, black and white, hot and cold, smooth and rough, reason and feeling, day and night. Evil is that which obstructs the truth of our existence. Evil can be interpreted as misunderstanding of our nature: selfless, endless love. Nothing is bad; we learn from all. "Good things", easy, pleasing things make us appreciative and thankful (at first) that we may live in such a beautiful world. Then comes our suffering, which we have been taught to think of as "bad". These things are not bad because they are teaching us something; always a lesson, and they bring us closer to our Spirit. It is often when we are hurt or lowest we re-orient our values to what really is important to our soul. Sufferings also allow us to appreciate the good even more. Because 'the good' things would become dull and eventually 'bad' if we did not have reminders of our path to create trials. there is a yoga affirmation "each wave of trials only brings me higher" Tis true. That is why you are lucky for all that you recieve; thus it is all good because it is leading to a beautiful, eternal bliss. and it will come sooner if you are open to the messages being sent from all around you.
"When you dont do what you want, then you may do what you like" - Indian master
We must give up the constant demans of the ego: sense pleasures, instant fufillment; and begin what is truley good for us, a devotion to our knowing our Soul; the Self; The Infinite Spirit. "DESTROY WRONG DESIRE NOW LEST IF FOLLOW YOU INTO THE NEXT LIFE" -Swamiji Sri Yukteswar. Dissolve the bubble of the ego into the ocean of spirit.
"All things in the future will improve if you are making spiritual effort now."- Swamiji Sri Yukteswar

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Good online resource

2007-11-15T01:45:56Z

There is a really helpful page at www.psychresources.net on problems with identity or life direction.

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TRUTH IS FREE; so is my RETREAT --Vermont

2007-11-05T17:43:17Z

I'm looking to network with folks, to extend an invitation to visit Bald Mountain Retreat (www.baldmountainretreat.com) as my guest. Like-minded people who appreciate rustic accommodations are welcome to come up at no charge. (Those who require a private room can inquire about those accommodations as well.)
Basically, I'm offering people the opportunity to come stay with a retired naturopathic doctor in a truly amazing natural setting, secluded, idyllic, peaceful...
Also, if you might like to lead a retreat, please contact me.
Thank you and you are welcome,
Dr David

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what IS our purpose here???

2007-11-03T03:13:07Z

I literally read this topic today in the book The Power of Intention by Wayne Dyer. Well let me back track a minute... anybody ever heard of the book 'The Purpose Driven Life'? Well I have seen it on just about everybodys bookshelf lately and when I asked a friend who had finished the book what it said, he told me that basically it says that we all have a purpose but there is no way to know what it is. You just have to live your life with purpose blah blah blah. Well as you can see this made me feel like not even reading that book since it seemed like a dead end as far as answers go. Well TODAY I got my answer on this one so thought I would share it with this tribe....

Okay so from the book The Power of Intention, this is what it says:

"As I mentioned, the key question for most of us is 'What is my purpose?' And I hear that question in as many forms as there are people wondering about it: 'What am I supposed to be doing? Should I be an architect, florist, or a veterinarian? Should I help people or fix automobiles? Am I supposed to have a family or be in the jungle saving chimpanzees?' We're befuddled by the endless number of options available to us, and wonder whether we're doing the right thing.

In this chapter, I urge you to forget these questions. Move instead to a place of faith and trust in the universal mind of intention, remembering that you emanated from this mind and that you're piece of it at all times.

Intention and purpose are as beautifully and naturally intertwined as the double helix of your DNA. There are no accidents. You're here for the purpose that you signed up for before you entered the world of particles and form. Many of the things that you refer to as problems result from the fact that you're disconnected from intention to live your life on purpose. As you cleanse this link you'll make two very important discoveries. First, you'll discover that your purpose is not as much about what you do as how you feel. Your second discovery will be that feeling on purpose activates your power of intention to create anything that's consisten with the seven faces of intention.

In response to the question 'what should I do with my life?', I suggest that there's only one thing that you can do with it, since you came into this life with nothing and you'll leave with nothing: YOU CAN GIVE IT AWAY. You'll feel most on purpose when you're giving your life away by serving others. When you're giving to others, to your planet, and to your Source, you're BEING purpose-ful. Whatever it is that you choose to do, if you're motivated to be of service to others while being authentically detached from the outcome, you'll feel on purpose, regardless of how much abundance flows back to you.'

This is an awesome new perspective to take and I am excited to put this into practice. I hope this has helped!

Peace and Wellness,

~Julie Adame

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What should I do?

2007-10-24T11:23:58Z

Give me a purpose. If its not too evil or dangerous, I'll do it. Go ahead. Post anything.

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career aptitude test

2007-08-31T03:04:55Z

Not that this is necessarily relevant to this particular tribe, I just wanted to share this with someone because I found it really humorous -- thought you guys might appreciate this too ... I just got finished taking a career aptitude test from LiveCareer.com ... Although the website is obviously recent, I can only imagine that the test itself is horribly, horribly old... 100 questions, not a single question about using computers -- there was however a question about using an "adding machine"... you know, the things people used *before* calculators :) Plus a number of questions about other things people haven't done in decades. ... so a tthe end of the test, it gives me this thank you blurb:

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Congratulations Isaac,

You've taken an important step toward finding a career that’s right for you. This free report is based on your answers to LiveCareer's Career Directions Inventory (CDI). The CDI measures career interests and is one of the most advanced, scientifically-based tests of its kind.
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Nice to know what the state of the art was in 1950. :P Maybe I should get a job creating a new aptitude test, since theirs is so outdated.

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advice for a struggling career changer

2007-08-30T19:26:02Z

So, without boring you too much with the details, I have been trying to figure out a way to pursue a new career the past 8 months or so. In retrospect, I have not gone about it the best way. However, here I am. I have reached a crossroads on the path to a new career. My question to you all is: what would you do? My options are to cash out half of my retirement savings to attend school for the next 2 years (I was refused student lines of credit and loans because they said I had too much retirement money...no options for scholarships from the school until the 2nd year of study) OR to work in a career I don't like and go to school part-time (which of course means it will take longer and possibly be more difficult to manage).

I guess part of me says, it's just money, so cash it out and get doing what I want to do sooner rather than later. But the cautious part of me worries that cashing out that money would be a mistake, especially if I can still achieve my ultimate goal in the end. And I worry that without the loan I expected I could receive, things will be very tight. I should add that I don't have TONS of retirement money, do not come from a wealthy family, etc., so I don't have a security blanket should things go awry. Any words of wisdom, encouragement, shared experience, etc. are most welcome :)

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free and easy way to help homeless children

2007-08-30T18:56:41Z

Please use www.railwaychildren-friends.com/email.asp as a search engine for your internet searches and you'll raise a massive 10p per search! please set it as your homepage for ease of use and start raising money today ;)

You can have a snoop on the charities efforts at www.railwaychildren.org.uk

They are mainly a preventative charity which in terms of being a street child can mean the difference between a world of pain and heartache and a life worth living. Railway children endeavour to meet runaway children before pimps, pushers or abusers do. They are even getting to help the kids in Siberia who are living in the sewers.

80% of their money goes straight to the projects, 17% fundraising, 3% admin etc, so they are a 'fair-enough-trade' charity.

10p a search is phenomenal and it means that the average amount spent per child -£44- will take 440 searches...its fairly usual for me to search 20 items per evening, so that means in 22 evenings that ground level support for a child is reached. www.railwaychildren-friends.com/email.asp

There is a snag with the search page which is that on entering a search it automatically redirects to a normal search page for the results. So inorder that you keep raising money for the charity you have to go back to the root page with the picture of the child and the green bits for each new search subject to raise another all important 10p.

Thanks very much for your efforts and please do enjoy your days. Also if there are any forums that you can forward this message or indeed your own personal email contacts please do send this on, more the better. ;) *

Has an email ever changed your life? Lets do that help for the ones who don't have internet access or in alot of cases protection or food

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Sharing a life experience in holding my space

2007-08-27T16:29:31Z

We’ve all been in situations where we find ourselves behaving in ways we know is either contrary to the good of the moment, or not in line with what would be most healing. In these moments our egos are in the driver’s seat. We are driven by our ego’s need for validation and instant gratification. To act outside of our egos is one way in which we can hold our own space. This is often an unfamiliar and difficult task. I have been blessed to have had a recent intense lesson in holding my space.

I’ve had quite an amazing connection with a beautiful and magical man for many years, albeit sporadic. I haven’t seen him in years and he was coming through town with his partner. My task was to be sensitive to his relationship, and not call upon any of our past connection. I knew I’d see this man, but was not sure what form it would take. I was in fear most of the month, preparing for the encounter, or non-encounter that would ensue.

The weekend came. I and some friends attended two concerts this man and his partner put on. There was no drama, and for most of the two nights I was simply happy to be listening to his beautiful music.
There was also a very contrived and rigid lack of recognition. He would not look at me, nor talk to me. This is as I expected.

It wasn’t until the last moment of the final concert night that I got my biggest test. I had held my space well up until that point, not allowing my ego to search for and validate our past connection. The last song brought in some of his amazing magic, and my heart opened in such a beautiful and painful way. Here was magic, magic I had been the recipient of at one point – a magic I was no longer able to touch. I watched my ego go through a small death as I realized this once amazing connection was not for me, not for now. I so desperately wanted simply some eye contact to validate my ego’s belief that I had been special. But there was none of that.

So I watched as this sadness engulfed me, then moved out. Holding my space in that moment, not allowing my ego to receive its validation, offered me a release. In that release I gained more room for myself, and my open heart began to fill with compassion instead of sadness.
I was able to hold some non-judgmental room for the process this man needed to go through for the sake of his current relationship.

My friends were some of my greatest teachers that weekend; grounding me when necessary, role-modeling loving compassion, and offering me unconditional support. I’m grateful to them, and thankful for my lessons.

I used my energetic tools constantly during that experience to help the fear remain fluid and not stick. My tools enabled me to watch and experience my little ego death. And it’s quite ironic that with each of those moments comes more of our own divinity.

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Why Meditate?

2007-08-17T15:15:07Z

A question that often comes up when I teach meditation is “Why should we meditate?” Most of us are aware of the basic benefits related to stress management, relaxation, and improving the overall quality of life. There are a vast amount of meditation practices, philosophies and techniques. But the commonality is that each one leads to the expansion of our spirit by way of neutrality.

Neutrality is a way to live life in present time without the static of fear or judgment. The path to neutrality involves finding tools that bring us out of past experiences and into the present moment. Being in the present gives us the clarity to make choices instead of being stuck in our patterns and belief systems. It also enables us to move through fear with ease, and step out of judgment and into self-love. When we do this we expand our comfort zone and destroy our limits. Once we do this we are free to act from our true potential.

Meditation permits us to look inward at our true selves. For some of us meditation is the only mode that allows self reflection. Through meditation we begin to look at ourselves in neutrality and then see what is limiting us in life. I find that my limits are self-imposed. When I experience fear or function in judgment I am limiting my spirit, life, and self. The more I look at my judgments of others the more I realize I am actually criticizing myself and stunting my growth.

My goal is to be aware of when I am not in the present moment, when I am stuck in fear, and when I am in judgment. If I am aware of these things I can change my behavior pattern and destroy the self-made stifling obstacles. The result is personal growth, which has endless possibilities.

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How do you define "worth?"

2007-06-25T00:28:54Z

Aloha, Souldancer here . . .

I just self-published a book, "Pay Me What I'm Worth" that's received great reviews so far. The goal of this book is simple: rediscover your natural, ever-evolving balance between receiving and giving. How? Re-discover ALL of who you are - inside and out! (That's what happens if you dance with any one of the 33 highly unique exercises sprinkled in each chapter.)

Given my spiritual (shamanic) studies and teachings over the past two decades, I've come to know the more I allow myself to receive what is in the highest and greatest good for all of us, I more effortlessly GIVE - worry free!

Kindly consider joining a tribe I created to support the launch and use of this book:
http://tribes.tribe.net/payme

as well as sharing your thoughts on how you come to know the concept, "worth."

Should you feel so inspired, click on the "add to friends" button on my profile page! The more bright smiles - the merrier!

Namaste
Soul

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Living Luminaries on the Serious Business of Happiness

2007-06-08T02:15:43Z

I recently listened to Spiritual Cinema Circles special interview with Michael Beckwith.
He speaks of his new movie 'Living Luminaries', and also on 'lifes purpose'.
Individually and collectively we can make a difference, and find our purpose.

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FIlm about LIFES PURPOSE and how to achieve yours

2007-05-22T14:29:12Z

A great FILM about uncondional love, forgiveness, inner peace, and all the while- realistic and pertinent. Many films and gurus miss the boat on pratical application or access to the great Truths. This film is very accessible to all religious beliefs, spiritual views and cultural voices. LivingLuminaries.com Its ALL about intentions, to find your greater purpose.

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Being healthy.

2007-05-20T00:08:40Z

Being vegetarian is to be health. You may chat and make vegetarian friends and exchange idea with them at
http://hunger4love.bravehost.com/index.html

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The Life You Were Born to Live: A Guide to Finding Your Life Purpose

2007-05-20T00:08:17Z

Uncovering one's life purpose is not a simple task. However, here the following book provides very direct, handy tools. The best part is that you don't have to read the whole book. It's a reference book.

RECOMMENDED: The Life You Were Born to Live: A Guide to Finding Your Life Purpose - By Dan Millman

http://books.google.com/books?id=zyJ2leNZ2cUC&dq=Dan+Millman&pg=PP1&ots=fnGYjDfXfp&sig=b0zNw72FXwO6lGm59Mi3Ibia8Gk&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fclient%3Dopera%26rls%3Den%26q%3DDan%2BMillman%26sourceid%3Dopera%26ie%3Dutf-8%26oe%3Dutf-8&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=3

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Honestly

2007-04-04T03:15:20Z

Who here can honestly say they've uncovered their life's purpose???

Give a little brief description..or did you always know ever since you were a child.

I would also like to hear from the "dabblers" - Those who've touched on their purpose but haven't found a way to fully commit

Are you fully fledged in your purpose??? or...... like myself..just becoming clear and begginning to work on it...

After traveling and living in different countries for 8 yrs.. I've begun writing a book "The long way home"

In some ways I felt I couldn't come home till I'd discovered my life's purpose..

It is not singular... I've learned significant things about how to run my emotions and body that I see people live and die not learning..

I've also had to re-align my own posture

I feel a great need to help individuals especially aboriginals in my country..

So with this in mind I'd like to create an "advancement centre" where people who want to move forward on their personal path come to share and work on their goals... It requires networking, business skills, general knowledge in the area of many healing forms...and so on..

My work is certainly cut out for me and I'll be busy till the day I die..

I also love out door adventure and entertaining and I would like to see if I can mange to incorporate this too..

I would genuinely love to hear from others who are either passionate about their purpose..or about finding it...

Thanks for this opportunity

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Seeking Therapists & Alt Healers & Beauty for Session Space (haight ashbury)

2007-03-22T18:27:37Z

Seeking Therapists & Alt Healers & Beauty for Session Space (haight ashbury)

Hi

Not sure where to post this so I'm starting here.

I am a female Reiki and Herbal Massage Practitioner and Lifestyle Consultant.

I am restarting my practice after a few years break. (marriage, travel, study, etc.)

Seeking fellow therapeutic, alternative medicine, beauty practitioners, lifestyle consultants who would like to join energies and lease a nice multi room apartment in the Haight / Cole neighborhoods for session rooms.

I also have web and graphic design and marketing experience and by pooling resources and skills we could co-create a profitable spa like healing and relaxation oasis.

Licensed and Unlicensed are welcome for certain practices where legally appropriate, but must follow hygiene, presentation, allergy, and safety guidelines.

Looking for people who have funds to pool for deposits, rent in advance, advertising etc.
Rough estimates of costs and commitment per practitioner:
Suggested is $2000 each for deposits, leases, start up etc.
Monthly $650 to $850 each for rent, utilities, advertising.
2 hours each per week hand marketing (flyers, web boards, etc.).

Only serious inquiries who have funds and are reliable please.

Thank you
ozzyrubdown @ gmail . com

Dharma Anurag
http://www.aboriginalreiki.com

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Do you want to help the earth? Then listen to this.

2007-03-10T03:35:27Z

http://goveg.com/audio/veg_nutshell.html

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In Stasis

2007-02-23T02:37:07Z

Do you ever feel like you've been walking in place along life's path? The stimuli change- friends, lovers, books, movies, politics etc. but you are nowhere nearer to or farther from the recursive sameness that you wake up to find yourself in day after day...

I have a good career & can make good income while working only 8-9 months per year.
This leaves time & money to travel or change a few parameters of my living environment or an Art project but what else?

I've been married, had a lot of short to medium term relationships & flings, each satisfying in it's own way but all have ended eventually.

Entering my 50th year on this mortal coil I find myself wondering now, more than ever, what's the point?

Ever been there?

Care to share what you did next?

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action heroes in Mexico

2007-02-03T04:05:51Z

Chris Hill of greengrooves just held a great meeting of hearts and minds in sayulita, and I have pics from that posted

http://actionhero.smugmug.com/gallery/2413009#126532900

click on ¨slide show

Our ACTION HERO NETWORK crew is now setting up camp for two months in Roblito: http://tribes.tribe.net/roblito

This is a culture exchange center being set up for use the of many non-profits. Feel free to join us.

Time is art

Pure Magic everyday!

-Cor
www.actionheronetwork.net

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Find out how you really feel on the inside

2007-01-17T21:51:58Z

"Significant changes would occur along three major dimensions; values and beliefs, personality, and actual behavior in major life areas. More specifically, it was hypothesized that a profound *********** experience tends to be followed by a major reorientation of one's value system and life outlook. It was further hypothesized that this change in basic beliefs would in terms be followed by slower alterations in personality as well as changes in modal behavior patterns.
The findings so far provide considerable support for the general hypothesis concerning parallel changes in values, personality, and behavior Three days following the *** session, a consistent and reliable increase was found in the extent to which an individual agrees with test items reflecting a deep sense of meaning and purpose in life, open-mindedness, greater aesthetic sensitivity, and sense of unity or oneness with nature and humanity. Decreases were found on values pertaining to material possessions, social status, and dogmatism. Also significant was the finding that changes in personal beliefs either remained constant or became still more prominent at later follow-ups. Thus, it seems safe to conclude that a rapid and extensive change in values does tend to occur in most subjects, and importantly, is maintained over time. "

There are tools available for your spiritual insight brothers and sisters. Can anyone guess what im saying? Always consider both options

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Life Purpose??

2007-01-06T18:00:42Z

Life purpose.

.....Is it even the right question?

The world changes too fast, I change too fast. Some things remain constant. But, for me, I gave up on a life purpose, or a life plan, and just look for what I'm going to do for the next 5 years.

"What am I going to do when I grow up??" To heck with that.

I'm having a much better time just looking towards what I'm going to do next. :-)

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Follow Your Bliss to a Dilemma?

2006-12-07T15:39:50Z

I 'm wondering who else has experienced something like this, and found balance? Has it ever seemed that following your bliss becomes counterproductive to that which matters most to you? How do you manage to balance your natural interests and talents against the effort required to overcome internal shortcomings and external obstacles?

I’ll be more specific. I live on a beautiful bit of ground in the Smokies of North Carolina. It 's my not-so-original belief that much of the unrest in the world, the war against the planet, the war with each other and the war against ourselves, results from losing our connections with the natural world. To me, it is a very healing thing to work with the soil, to grow food, to observe the native plants as they grow and change during the year and to protect some habitat for the birds and wildlife that share this mountain.

At the same time, even though I 'm a very independent person, I also recognize a sense of isolation and a desire to do something that extends beyond myself, and might be of more lasting value. Especially when what I see a society that suffers from its unhealthy fixations. Still, I continue on the path it seems I'm meant to follow, doing the work I am meant to do…despite the fact that it doesn’t much help other people in need, and despite the fact that it won’t have much lasting effect after I’m gone. Or, to what extent should I neglect THAT work to try to break through to what feels like an alien culture in so many ways? (I don't know anyone around here who wants to raise their own food, it seems they'd be a lot more excited to get a new Wal-Mart!)

I'm curious how this might strike a chord with anyone else. Maybe if you’re an artist, it's that conflict between doing art versus developing the business side of being a professional artist. Anyhow, I'd be curious to hear about the experiences that anyone else has had along these lines, and the ways in which you have arrived at a balance for your life purpose to unfold. (In my own case, I'm not quite sure.) Thanks!

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Life to- do list that may help

2006-11-28T05:46:46Z

One thing I want to throw out there- In massage school, I had an assignment to make a list of 100 things I'd like to see happen in my life, from the most mundane- work out more- to the seemingly impossible. This really helped me reassess my life.

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HERE'S A NEW LIFE - CRUISE THE MED MAKING DOCUMENTARIES

2006-11-21T00:26:06Z

Beginning in March next year, we are inviting 9 people to cruise from Bodrum, Turkey along the Turkish coast, Cyprus, Athens, Alexandria on a share expenses basis (very, very inexpensive). We began a documentary in Paris and Turkey last year, and now as it gets warmer in Turkey we are going to complete it. We have a US distributor, and everyone involved will share in profits. It could be quite profitable for you and a real life changer. We are in pre-production of three others...one on black jazz in Paris after WWII until now. We have a Turkish captain/crew/cook on our 75' Gulet, 6 double staterooms, all with their own head (toilet and shower). Qualifications? Simply to be able to get along with people. Age? Our producer is 60, our editor is 25. Age inmaterial if you are young in spirit. If you have video experience (HD MiniDV PAL and Final Cut Pro, writing) all the better, but we are doing this to perhaps expand the focus of our documentary which is based on the mystical aspects of Alexander the Great - Title: Force of Evidence. Creative people get free reign as long as they don't sink the ship or the project. We are interested to add some human interest...profound, provocative, funny...to the program, so film making experience in not a requirement. Come for a week or two months. Email me for details.

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A new lifestyle - nude

2006-11-09T00:46:45Z

I have been a nudist since my early teens, but for many years I restricted my nudism to the privacy of my own home or secluded beaches and country side and maybe spending only a few hours a week unclothed (other than in bed). Anyway over the years the desire to live completely naked and not hide my nakedness became stronger and eventually I dipped my toe into the nude lifestyle and since then never looked back.

I disposed of all my clothing, only keeping certain items of footwear, a thong and a silk sarong. I now live a completely nude life, I am happy, I have no stress and whats more i have more good freinds than ever before, and oddly enough none of them are nudists but they support my choice of lifestyle and I support their freedom to choose.

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Men and Woman - Relationship Questions

2006-10-31T17:04:23Z

1. What's the one big issue that people seperate or break up over besides something like cheating? Be specific.

2. What's the one issue couples have to work on the most to make a relationship work?

3. How do you deal with bordom in a relationship?

4. What do you do if the passion and romance dies out yet the love is still there?

5. Who is responsible for intamacy, the man or woman or 50/50?

6. Does living together kill romance? Would it be better to live seperately?

7. Is arrguing healthy? You know, getting it all out?

8. How would you feel and what would you do if someone said "I haven't been happy since I moved in with you?"

9. What's the secret to a happy relationship?

10. Are you a man or a woman?

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i need advice, and quick

2006-10-30T20:34:49Z

i'm new here and need some advice from you lovely people. i don't know what to do...

i have a lovely son and partner, that i cannot complain about. however, we have no money, we are living in a sh*t hole which i cannot afford to leave, i have lots of skills but cannot afford to get qualifications to get a decent job, my current job sucks, i have no life...i cannot afford to have one, my partner makes the money to pay the bills by doing two jobs and has nothing left at the end of the month. we were seriously in debt but now just covering the bills as we got a consolidation loan. how do you get out of this? i can't see a way out. i've been feeling depressed with the odd suicidal thought, i'm not in danger of hurting anyone although i turn my anger on myself alot. is it going to be like this forever? my partner can't hold two jobs for much longer, he's stressed enough as it is, and i'm putting severe pressure on myself to make enough money so he can quit one job but how? anyone have any ideas? i usually have good intuition with these things but it seems now things have got too much and now all i can see is blackness.

please help!

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the invitation

2006-10-22T02:06:00Z

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.
It doesn't interest me how old you are.
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.
It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain.
I want to know if you can sit with pain mine or your own without moving to hide it
or fade it, or fix it.
I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to
be careful, be realistic, remember the limitations of being human.
It doesn¹t interest me if the story you are telling me is true.
I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself.
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.
I want to know if you can see Beauty even when it is not pretty, every day.
And if you can source your own life from its presence.
I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand at the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes!".
It doesn¹t interest me to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children.
It doesn't interest me who you know, or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.
It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.
I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments.

Oriah Mountain Dreamer

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strange attractors

2006-09-22T16:33:21Z

strange attractors

psychology
mythology
systems theory
"spirituality"
Energy dynamics

these are the topics i was
Exploring back when i thought i'd go back to grad school and
learn about the
subjects that spontaneously Called out to
me. somehow, they're
all
part of
the same Somethingorother. but
the Machine, the
Wasteland, the
Nightmare is persistent and for a moment there, i got tired of swimming upstream, took a
slight
breather, and watched as
the Tide swooshed me dow
nstrea
m
so fa
r i hav
e no ide
a wh
ere i'm at anym
ore.

job
bills
debt
routine
repetition
grind
?

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changing my life - right now...

2006-09-19T14:29:41Z

i've just discovered tribe and i love it!

three months ago i walked out of my job having been a high school teacher for the past 15 years. i'd eventually made it to assistant principal; i had just bought a beautiful 3 bedroom house and i had a cool car - (everything you are supposed to want) but something was missing...

so this december i flew to thailand and did a one month yoga teacher training course with Shakti Mhi from Vancouver (she is a beautiful, spiritual and inspiring teacher) and i have now returned to london and i am selling my car and renting out my house to spend the next 12 months living my dream...

i love the fact that i am walking away from everything that we are told we should aspire to in life.

i want to live on a beach; i want to meditate and practise yoga every day; i want to meet exciting people; i want to begin to teach yoga; i want to get up with the sun; i want to dance as if no one's watching; and maybe if i really live in the moment - i'll meet my soulmate on my beach!

rich xx

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Day Off

2006-08-19T16:38:33Z

Hello everyone,

I find myself with the whole day off! What should I do? I don't want to waste this day. Any suggestions for a last munite activity in los angeles?

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so i thought i was on the right track, and then...

2006-08-18T21:04:44Z

so im looking at the possibility of running out of money. i know thats not the way a good new thought person 'should' think, bla bla bla... but the bottom line is im supposed to register for the next tern of school by the end of the month and ive got just about enough left in the savings to cover it. after that is anybodys guess.
i've been led on this path for many moons, got licensed as a spiritual practitioner/counselor and that really is what i seem to do best. so the next step seemed natural, back to school to get my masters in consciousness studies, get ordained... and now im just not sure what to do... my spiritual practice isnt connecting me, im out of whack and out of sorts and dang near out of cash... though i know you cant tell me what to do really, i do trust that the universe communicates through people (among a zillion other ways) so thought i'd toss this out and see... if nothing else, thanks for letting me vent a little...
namaste...
jeff

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Ovum donation

2006-08-18T00:37:47Z

My life's purpose does not include having children of my own, but I would like to become an ovum donor. I know there are responsible families who cannot concieve but would be willing to consider using an ovum donor. Have you been a donor? Do you know someone who has? Please help me build a support community for this topic by spreading the word!

http://tribes.tribe.net/ovumdonors

Thanks~
MJ

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SelfAwareness*~--ThinkingRevolution--;;Listening;;

2006-08-07T17:36:30Z

http://sitepalace.com/StevenMannettetje/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/selfawarenessthinkingrevolutionlistening-
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/realize2actualize/

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Purpose exersize

2006-08-05T00:01:20Z

On another tribe I was directed to a web link...can't remember it---will find if you absaloutly need it--THE cool thing was the exersize on how to figure out what your purpose is---basically, with pad and paper, start writing down what you think your psurpose is etc., and you will know you have found your purpose when you break down in tears. I did it and within 10 min was crying-- my purpose?--' to give people hope'..hokey maybe and there is no clear set of directions but if that is my purpose than how that manifests in an 'occupation etc', is not really as important as being in a position to give people hope in whatever capacity--So, I challenge you to do the exersize and share what you found. I can't find the link right now but when i do i will add it!!

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Free Teleclasses

2006-07-30T22:03:49Z

Beginning Wed., July 12th, for 7 weeks, I'll be starting a series of teleclasses assisting people in finding out "who would you be if society had not interfered?". These begin at 10:30 pst. You can join in anytime. They are only a sample of what I do in my paid series. The number to call is: (712) 580-6300 and access code: 922789#.

Revvell

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Explaining my unexplainable work, Women in Power

2006-06-30T00:11:43Z

This marks six years now since I began this international women's initiation and from my woman spirit to yours I want to share about this work but it takes me time usually to get into the heart of it. This predator/ prey/ victim/ perpetrator/ power/ disempowered/empowerment work is a language of its own at first so bear with me. In the end we recognize our present work around this. Whether you are drawn here as a path or simply want to know what is happening in the women's world of empowerment work, here is my message to the women who are here.

What is Women in Power? This is a fierce women's container that is both safe and challenging. Most of us have internal voices that can be critical, judgmental and even annihilating that we battle with on the inside. And in the hardest situations occur when this energy can sometimes by accident leak to the outside of us hurting our loved ones and ourselves. Or we are on the look out for where these dark energies may want to hurt us from our past experiences and waste our valuable energy in a kind of vigilance to keep ourselves externally safe not realizing that it comes from an internal predator scaring us inside as we look for it mirrored on the outside. Many of us are just plain scared in a world that is filled with war and violence of our anger and anyone else's. And yet, it is all around us and within us. What are we going to do in the place where we can have more of our power as women in the world and find some gold in our dark places? This is has been one of my life contributions to face our dilemma straight on. It is true descension work but when we come out of it, we are more whole than ever. Whoever thought to look for our goodness in the darkest of all places?

Women in Power is a safe a ritual container where we as women are able to explore and heal some of our darkest shadows. It is where women work on that strange shaming place we sometimes have going even in our best selves where we feel shamed because we judge ourselves as bad, so we act really good and believe still that we are bad. ? How do we rewire here? Sometimes it comes by grace and sometimes we need a place to work with it among the amazing company of other women. But not in the way we've been doing it. It's okay to be the bitch here you always thought you were, on purpose now during the initiation. But imagine too that it is also a place where you are safe. Curious huh? And it is a place where the darkest shadows, the most violent rage, the deepest grief and the most brilliant and authentic joy surfaces. ??? I am not kidding. I've got to be one of the luckiest women in the world to see the miracles that happen here for women. It is brave and courageous work ~ it is gut work, it is real. It is a place that we don't need to apologize for our power and is held with the integrity that in your core you are good once you don't need to fight so hard the knowing of just how bad you could be if you finally revealed the worst of it. If this is confusing to you, it is no wonder because shadow is the place where we have disowned something that we do not want or choose to recognize in ourselves. Then it becomes projected onto others because we fear it in ourselves. Women in Power is about coming home to it all and owning the worst of ourselves to finally get to the best of ourselves.

The work is facilitated by six skilled Shadow Work facilitators and as many as twenty women on staff for 27 participants. It happens only three times a year but women from all over the world have participated. I am an original co-founder of Women in Power so you can look at my website and my profile as I am over twenty years in now with women's empowerment, ritual and community based work.

The work is true liberation work in the most glorious ways. It comes from the premise that at some time in our life we make a vow never to be like the one that hurt you. Smart thinking. But in doing so, we are sometimes left with some interesting backlash that resembles with our power throwing the baby out with the bath water. We can be left with the only archetypal energy that we see as good, kind, giving, and that is what we name here is as prey energy because it often lacks an energy that can confront, stand up to, and be powerful in the face of large energies. Instead it can be sacrificial of one's gift for the benefit of all. Or sometimes we make a vow not to be like the one we judge is weaker (prey) and then we end up in a place where we are missing our more vulnerable aspects of self too although we are able to be strong and guarded warrioresses.
In Women in Power, we tease apart what we judge as healthy and unhealthy aspects of archetypal predator/prey circuitry that interrupts our fuller choices of what is possible at any given moment when we face life situations in order to give you your innate power to be both powerful and vulnerable again. This includes what we are doing with our sexual energies as well. Any place actually that you are not freely able to express or be the powerful woman that you were born to be are given the opportunity of 360 degree choice again about what you want to do and who you are.
But first we need to revisit sometimes our past to find out about that original vow that we made when we lost something of our power. We’ve done the inner child work and maybe laid some boundaries down as warrior to our perpetrator(s) but hardly ever have we journeyed to the place where we OWN the inner perpetrator, inner predator that stalks us on the inside even with our vow not to be like that. Here is where we see women re-establish safety from internally and come to a place where she can revel in her power in all ways as she chooses allowing her innate goodness and not her fear that she is really “bad” to the bone be what leads her life. This lurking fear often is the driving force for us to be good. Let's redefine good and be "good" at being our authentic selves where we are also powerful, giving, courageous, strong, brilliant and bold. Huh? Are we ready for that?
The work is a rare container to do the kind of deep work that we’ve been waiting for but maybe we either haven’t seen it or we haven’t been ready. If you want to more womeninpowerprogram.com or my listing under events. It is almost full and it has a waitlist most of the time.

If this is not where you are at because you already freed your self up inside this way, check out Daughters of the Earth Gathering; a Women's Tribal Event too in Massachusetts that happens the following weekend. Here is where we celebrate our power and enact with support our deepest visions and dreams among the good company of wildwomen. Blessings my sisters (and brothers too who are reading this ~ if you are interested, Mankind Project (MKP) holds a men's initiation that is similar but on the warrior archetype)! ALisa

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videotape yourself telling your inspiring story. Earn $50 and share your positivity!

2006-06-26T00:30:41Z

Have you had something in your life that has profoundly affected you? An act of kindness, grandparent's wisdom, music, art, escaping dependancy on a drug, the truth told my a child, finding the love of your life... We want to hear your stories!

We're looking for people to videotape themselves telling their stories. 5 minutes and under.

We will compensate you $50 for each submission that is accepted to be part of our DVD compilation!

Please visit our website where you can get all the details on how to submit.

go to: doseofinspiration.com

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Connecting on a thought level

2006-06-19T12:14:29Z

Hi,

Im a journalist/therapist based in Mumbai, India. Just wanted to share something - a movement you can call it - I started 5 years ago.

What started off as a newspaper column titled Connect-Ticket that I wrote and still continue to write, has over the years grown to become a global online healing network by the same name.

Connect-Ticket is a forum which attempts to link one person's positivity with another's and thereby form a huge global band of positivity. It functions as a non-religious global healing group that explores the power of prayer.

The group's based in Mumbai, but all the members - hailing from different nationalities and linked to each other purely by thought - are connected via a yahoogroups site. I invite you'll to join in and strengthen this movement, if of course, you'll feel convinced of the mission.

This article, which was published recently, will give you an idea of what this group is all about.

Here's the link:
http://www.chemburghatkoparplus.com/fullStory.asp?articleID=CGP4ART632006

If anybody is interested, you are welcome to get in touch with me

Thanks
Sri

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I volunteer to moderate

2006-06-05T22:37:33Z

I haven't had enough of Tribe and am not going anywhere.

I would be willing to moderate this tribe. Management asks for a unanimous affirmation but will usually settle for no objections.

Do you have any objections to my taking over as moderator of this tribe?

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What Should I Do With My Life?

2006-06-04T00:14:09Z

Do you recognise and acknowledge you own unique skills, gifts and talents?

Do you work at a job or career that totally gets you juiced? WHat is it you do, how did you find it... what's your story?

Would love to hear from others who have found passion in their lives and also hear from those who are still challenged in finding what it is they are meant to be doing in their lives.

Bruce

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Now what?

2006-06-01T07:56:28Z

Short version:

I'm totally done. Again.

6 years ago I quit my job and vowed not to ever work in claims again.

This time I mean it.

If all goes well, I can be debt-free and be able to quit this horriffic career in about 4 or 5 years. I'll be 47 or 48.

Then what?

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new here

2006-05-23T02:48:38Z

Hello everyone, just wanted to say hi. I just joined this tribe.

Here is a site that has really helped me a lot on this subject!
http://www.stevepavlina.com/

And here is an article about finding your life purpose..it works great, I hope you take the time to read it and try it.
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/01/how-to-discover-your-life-purpose-in-about-20-minutes/

Rik-

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Come visit Vermont www.baldmountainretreat.com

2006-05-09T20:32:04Z

Come visit Vermont www.baldmountainretreat.com

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Does it Matter??

2006-04-27T00:45:25Z

Question - Does it matter and how does it matter if the following argument is correct

David Brin in "Transparent Society" makes the following argument. That in fact we are "raised to rebel". The way this happens points back to suggesting that the media is pro-individual. He goes on against (frequent out cries,) he offers the following bet - "you can't cite a single popular book or film from the last decade whose professed message is conformity.

While, he goes on, we could stay here all night listing famous novels, movies, and TV shows revolving around a single idea: that it is admirable to be independent-minded, eccentric, even defiant. The major lessons extol:

* other is better than self
* rebellion can be more honorable than obedience
* independent thinking is admirable, even when mistaken
* authority should always be held in deep suspicion

To some degree we want and need to be tied to others, so fitting in is not a bad thing. We are basically social therefore wheither we claim it or not the full force of the above lesson runs up against the reality of our social nature - "got to be around someone!" So why not them over there. There always going be a mix of some sort or other brewing with some or other purpose in mind.

Tell me what you think - does the conspiracy hurt us?

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The Return of Saturn is kicking my ass! help

2006-04-10T18:38:22Z

I am 29 years old and I feel like I am 3 again, everything is so new, new perspectives, new expiriences, new job, new kitten, new people in my life. I feel like I am on a verge of something, something that I can hardly contain. I am now getting along with my mother after a long ( 5 years) angry period. I am dating a lot. I am ready to really dig into making the short films I have always wanted to make. I am begining work with a life coach tonight actually. I am exhausted by the possibilities. No wonder I spend the weekends having to nap and chill all day.
I am in a really hot , volitile period and it scares me a bit.
I need to do more yoga, get more messages.
No real question here, I just feel like I am manifesting as fast as I can and on one level I am just here for the ride. Did this happen to you in the 27-29 year phase. What can I do to make it go smoothly but also really productively?

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Scary

2006-03-25T16:03:02Z

The scariest thing is not knowing your place in the world.

~Mr. Glass

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Perspective

2006-02-15T19:17:10Z

This evening, in front of my computer, I sit here full of thoughts and memories of challenges, triumphs, and failures (which so often lead to more triumphs).

Perspective. All these thoughts have come down to that one word. Perspective.

I typically have a certain perspective on life and a way of embracing each day, each moment, which does not give in to anything negative and does not embrace that which is bad for me. I reach out for beauty, kindness, compassion, and love without letting trivial little steps along the way trip me up.

I have been getting lost in the little things, possibly even at times feeling overwhelmed by things that should be allowed little or no impact on my life.

Stirred in me are thoughts and emotions which, right this very minute, are helping me to remember what perspective I have chosen to have on the world, to have on my life.

It isn't a proud feeling to realize my head has been briefly up my, well, you know. So I'll be getting that out now.

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starting again?

2006-02-02T22:57:16Z

Trying to start again. My life has been shaken up and dumped from a basket with whatever was broken the third time now. I reared my children by myself and went to college to do a degree as an adult student--my youngest child started college and I started a new career--I thought...actually I was only being used as a pawn. Now--overcomming physicalproblems, health problems, age discrimination, and recovering from an emotional fall--and still all alone--I know nowhere to start other than with my art. but I don't know how to even begin to market and have no $$$$. Lost my home -furniture-everything--to old to start an education in engineering or architecture--to tired to do the law thing--returning to my roots--Help!!

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Bruce's New Hang Out......

2006-01-26T23:36:42Z

http://www.zaadz.com/

Their principles are inline with my own. Tribe seems to want to self destruct and no amount of feedback or criticsm will change that.

have a look or join me on Zaadz

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I've had enoughof the lousy new look.

2006-01-21T15:32:36Z

I am setting up a forum on Google's Orkut Community.

After weeks of trying to get Tribe to back off with their new layout i have decided to stop wasting my time and move on. Tribe WAS great.

Come see me on Orkut in the Radical Clarity Forum.....!

Thank you all it has been a slice

Bruce, Your humble moderator

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Money, money money.........

2006-01-18T08:53:49Z

Boy it seems Xmas has a way of getting people into their money stuff.

Many people (several clients) have been talkng about their challenges with money right now.

I have a question to the members, who here earns a healthy income doing what they totally love to do? Or, if you are having money challenges, do you work at a job or career that you dislike? What is the corellation between the two if any. I have some ideas around it, and would like to hear from others and their experiences.

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New Tribe: Radical Clarity

2006-01-16T19:15:02Z

tribes.tribe.net/radicalclaritytraining

My new tribe that discusses a wider range of topics with a spiritual perspective......

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Do Dreams Come True?

2006-01-15T17:17:07Z

I think so!

I was asked yesterday if I would be interested in sailing from Yokohama Japan to Victoria BC on the 8th leg of an around the world yacht race writing daily updates and photographs to a Newspaper.

4500 nautical miles on a 70 foot screamer.... 20 days at sea.

http://www.clipper-ventures.co.uk/2006/

Will be confirmed in a week or 10 days.... fingers crossed. legs crossed, eyelids crossed, intestines crossed.......

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List Your Talents, Skills, Gifts and Skills Here!

2006-01-09T10:34:48Z

As per my challenge from the "Money, money, money post.........

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