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Love Your Ego

We all talk about the ego. Some of us may at times like pointing fingers at what we see as ‘other people’s ego.   Some believe that we are in fact our ego. Many spiritual traditions of the east and the west believe that the ego is an ‘enemy’ which must be done away with, or …

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Arrogant People Have No Pride – Do You?

Most ‘spiritual’ people do not understand this basic concept, and as a result are either arrogant or self defacing, as ‘worshipped gurus’ or fringe ‘alternative (little) people’.

They do not realize that the duality is not between pride and humility.

Pride is in fact the prerequisite of humility.

The opposing duality is between pride and arrogance.

And between humility …

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Not What, But Which Work Do You Do? by Apollo Pampallis

Did you know? There are only two kinds of work. Always were, are, and will ever be. Which kind do you do?

Firstly the nature of the work you do has nothing to do with its content.

Whether you are a garbage collector or a president. Of course, there is no comparison in terms of importance and …

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Choosing Happy by Jim Self

The concept of choosing your feelings may sound odd. Feelings are feelings, right? They just happen to us.  We can in fact choose how we experience our emotions. We are not victims to the energy that moves through us, the energy in motion, our e-motions. Sure, they happen instantly and unconsciously at first, like a …

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The Tao of Depression by Roxanne Burnett of Mastering Alchemy

American culture is afraid of depression. Emotions, reflection, introversion, being, solitude and contemplation are the quiet, feminine yin qualities that all women and men can access, but are rarely encouraged to develop. The masculine, yang aspects of doing, extroversion, drive, achievement and competition are validated, encouraged and rewarded. Yet both sets of qualities are required …

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Freedom or Death by Apollo Pampallis

This is the motto of the Greek Nation. It is taken to mean that one would rather die than live under the yoke of foreign occupation, so that risking or even losing one’s life fighting to that end would not only be heroic but an obvious choice.

However, this is a reactive interpretation. An assumption that …

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Don’t Fall in Love by Apollo Pampallis

Is it true that you ‘love your spouse’, and cannot imagine being apart? Is it true that there is a fine line between love and hate? To me, that sounds more like fear, which, as Jerry Jampolsky says, is the opposite of love. The proof of that is, how would you react if you found …

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What’s Worse Than Being a Miser? by Apollo Pampallis

A ‘mean’, stingy or miserly person is certainly sending out many disempowering messages. But at least he is not stealing ‘spiritual rewards’ from another, which is what a lot of ‘good’ people do in the belief that they are doing the ‘right thing’….

A miser, by clinging onto his wealth is a person ruled by fear. …

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Seven Simple Exercises to Invite the Extraordinary Life by Guy Finley

I can think of no greater encouragement than the self-evident Truth that there dwells in each of us the opportunity to explore and know the Extraordinary Life. The meaning of Extraordinary I wish to convey points to the immutable and inexhaustible source that is the secret center of each of us: a timeless resource open …

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Spiritual, My Er…Donkey by Apollo Pampallis

A great sage once defined enlightened spiritual beingness as sleeping when you are tired, eating when you are hungry, and relieving yourself when needed.  Far away from the citadels of academia, out in the rural Mediterranean countryside, there stood the Great Teacher, a donkey braying loudly, announcing his ‘call to nature’ for all to hear. …