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Conscious Awakening

The Return of the Teachers: An Interview with Benjamin Creme

Last of a three-part series "There will be no war as a result of the corruption and deceit of the politicians because I am among you. So far I have been acting behind the scenes, with My hands concealed, in order to give room to those in authority to change their ways and to serve the will of [...]
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Aina: Through the Eyes of a Spiritual Warrior

'Aina is the Hawaiian word for the magical world where the sacred souls of the people meet the majesty of nature, and to the Hawaiians, the natural world is sacred.Throughout the world of shamanism, from Hawaii to Siberia, from Manitoba to South America, Africa and Australia, wherever in the physical world it is practiced and in whatever form, the [...]
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Living a Life of Magic

Magic, what a wonderful part of life! It is what fills our souls with joy, the hope that is found in each new sunrise. Magic is what warms our bones on a cold winter day as the sun glints off the frozen snow creating miniature prisms of beautiful dancing light that capture our imagination and catapult us into a very [...]
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A Radical Shift in Consciousness

An excerpt from Transcendent Dreaming: Stepping into Our Human Potential by Christina Donnell, Ph.D., which is available through Magus Books, 1309 1/2 4th St. SE, Minneapolis, or online at www.transcendentdreaming.com. The following dream occurred in 1996. By then, although my familiar focus on ambition and activity in the external world had been replaced by exploration of [...]
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Real Happiness

Real Happiness empowers you to live the life of joy and purpose that you were meant to live.Many of our definitions of happiness are shaped by Madison Avenue. They define only the outer shell, or the mask that we show to the world. They describe how we look to others, not how we feel about ourselves. If we accept [...]
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On Happiness

An excerpt from the new book In My Own Words: An Introduction to My Teachings and Philosophy, by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and edited by Rajiv Mehrotra One great question underlies our experience, whether we think about it consciously or not: What is the purpose of life? I have considered this question and would like to share my thoughts [...]
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The Lotus in the Mud

"Gently," Shakkai said to me. "The wind is calling you. It is calling us to pray, to listen to her. She asks for peace, for peace of spirit. And she asks that you return to your original joy. I will teach you the way of light, the way of great illumination. All you must do is listen [...]
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Creation Song

"In the Tree of Dreams, there is a song," Face in the Water said to me. She is a beautiful elder woman whose eyes reflect an ancient past, the tribal customs of her people. "Like any other living thing, the Tree of Dreams has a song to be sung. This song is to be listened for very, very carefully, for [...]
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The Gems Within the Third and Fourth Dimensions

Many of us know or intuitively feel that we are transitioning from the third dimensional reality, passing through the fourth and on our way to the fifth dimension. Dimensions are not places, but levels of consciousness, each with its own unique ways of thinking and feeling. The third dimension operates within a specific set of rules and structures that hold [...]
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Life is a Verb

Sometimes we get stuck in a rut, unable to move forward. It's as if there is a hidden room within our mind that we nestle up into, never fully realizing how much we could really use a little tug that shakes us loose and enables us to move forward in life with a new-found confidence and stability. This [...]
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