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Personal Development Inspiration & Uplifting Music

Personal Development Inspiration & Uplifting Music
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Ego or Soul? Who’s Driving?
2007-11-23 13:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. I’ve found it helpful to think of two separate entities who inhabit my body. First, this is an important distinction. You often hear of someone claiming to “have” a soul. The viewpoint inferred by this choice of words begs the question, “If you have a soul, who is having it? The body? The mind?” To me, it seems more accurate (and more useful) to think about it the other way around. That is, soul is who I am (who we all are) and we now have a body. Even though I identify my sense of self with soul, there seems to be another “something” inside forever jockeying for position and making its presence known. This is the ego. What’s the difference? How can you know which one is in charge? What are their characteristics? Soul ’s Attributes Soul is all about peace and contentment. Soul perceives the outer world through the five senses via the mind. Soul perceives th...
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Balancing Desire with Contentment
2007-11-16 13:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. It’s a fine line we walk between wanting more and feeling satisfied with what we have. Desire is unavoidable – it comes with the territory. Our experience helps us realize what we prefer and what we’d rather avoid. The natural result of this process is desire – desire for more of whatever we prefer. Perhaps our desire for more is the very same urge to expand and grow that’s in all life. The tiny acorn is wired to burst forth into a mighty oak tree. It doesn’t worry or care if this process is good, bad or indifferent – it’s just the way things are. Could this thing we feel called desire be the same force that keeps the entire universe growing, expanding and becoming more? We humans are unique (as far as we know) because we experience this irresistible urge for growth consciously. Other species grow, develop and change instinctually, but we do it deliberately, consciously, on...
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Inspire Yourself on Purpose – Inspiration from Inside Out
2007-11-09 13:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Here are twelve common sense reminders on how to inspire yourself. The word “inspire” derives from root words that mean “in spirit” or “spirit within.” Although there’s always another step to take, these points are a natural result of recognizing and identifying with this realization of who we really are: (1) Remain calm and centered, even when everyone around you seems to have lost their mind. Act from your heart center with decisive clarity, rather than reacting to the mayhem around you from “off the top of your head.” (2) Trust yourself, even when others don’t trust you. Understand that their mistrust is a reflection of them, not you. (3) Respond from the depth of your being, rather than from the surface of the present interaction. If someone lies to you, it’s no excuse for you to lie to them. If they break their word, keep yours anyway. If ...
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Inspire Yourself on Purpose ? Inspiration from Inside Out
2007-11-09 13:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Here are twelve common sense reminders on how to inspire yourself. The word “inspire” derives from root words that mean “in spirit” or “spirit within.” Although there’s always another step to take, these points are a natural result of recognizing and identifying with this realization of ...
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Persistence and Perseverance for Winners ? Losers Just Quit
2007-11-02 13:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Giving up is easy. Most people make a habit of giving up. In fact, they make a life of it. Achievers approach problems and setbacks with an entirely different attitude. When adversity strikes, they look for work-arounds and adapt their procedures. As a result, they may find ...
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Persistence and Perseverance for Winners – Losers Just Quit
2007-11-02 13:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Giving up is easy. Most people make a habit of giving up. In fact, they make a life of it. Achievers approach problems and setbacks with an entirely different attitude. When adversity strikes, they look for work-arounds and adapt their procedures. As a result, they may find better ways of proceeding toward their dreams that they may have never discovered otherwise. Instead of reasons to quit, winners see apparent road-blocks as opportunities to fine-tune their methods in order to continue re-inventing their approach to make it the best it can be in any given moment. Quit ting is for losers. Persistence through a solution-oriented attitude is for visionaries, dreamers and other winners who refuse to take “no” for a final answer. “‘No’ is a word on your path to ‘Yes.’ Don’t give up too soon. Not even if well-meaning parents, friends, and colleagues tell you to get ...
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What God Wants
2007-10-26 14:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Occasionally a book comes along that has the potential to change the world. I just finished reading such a book – a small book with a large message: “What God Wants: A Compelling Answer to Humanity’s Biggest Question” by Neale Donald Walsch. If you are new to this author, he is the one who wrote the “Conversations with God” series. This new book is not written in that style of conversational dialogue, but it’s just as direct, clear, well thought out and spiritually moving. The main premise of the book is summed up by the three words of the title, and the answer to this implied question has far-reaching consequences into all areas of life: religion, government, society, culture, evolution of consciousness, and the potential of mankind’s future on planet earth. The book asks some mighty big “what if” questions. My paraphrase of the biggest question is, &ld...

Good Listener Secrets - Listen with Your Heart
2007-10-19 14:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. When someone is talking to you, do you hear with your ears, monitor with your mind, or listen with your heart? Listen ing skills are major contributors to the quality of our personal relationships. But, good listeners are hard to find. Invest a few minutes thinking about the importance of listening well – a deliberate conscious act – and watch your relationships grow to a new level of closeness and understanding. “Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen to people there is an alternating current, and this recharges us so that we never get tired of each other. We are constantly being re-created.” - Brenda Ueland We Don’t Have Ear-lids Have you ever wondered why we don’t have ear-lids? When we’re tired of looking, we close our eyes. We can breathe through our mouth to stop the smell. The sense of taste can be turned off by keeping our mo...
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Choose Excellence and Lose Mediocrity
2007-10-12 14:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Is your life too full to take on anything new? Are you too busy to give any attention to a new business idea? Is it possible you’ve allowed your life to fill up with mediocre pursuits and time-devouring activities? Mind-numbing busy-work can steal your energy and make you feel too tired to seriously consider other directions and opportunities. What if you knew that a life of excellence was lurking right around the corner, if you would only prioritize your moments in such a way so that you could recognize it. Take an objective look at the various activities of your life. Get inspired to lose the mediocre to make room for something better. Most of us are content to remain in our comfortable ruts. The rut is familiar, it feels safe and can be counted on to produce the results we have become accustomed to. But, ruts have nothing to do with adventure, inspiration and excellence. A rut is like a grave with bo...
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Kryon Discovery Retreat Review
2007-10-05 14:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Last week-end, Janey and I attended a three-day event at the Sunrise Ranch in Loveland, Colorado. It’s called the Kryon Discovery Series - An Interactive Retreat featuring the profound core teachings of Kryon. It was produced by our long-time friends, Dr. Sid Wolf and Dr. Amber Wolf. The main attraction was Lee Carroll, prolific author and channel for Kryon. We were invited to play music each day as part of the program, so we had the double privilege of being participants as well as contributors to the event. About a hundred people attended and everyone I talked to had a positive experience. By the end of the event on Sunday afternoon, everyone was glowing. It was a profoundly moving experience for most, and I know of at least a few who had a life-changing catharsis. An Inspiring Diversity of Fascinating People The teamwork was impressive as so many experts were available to share their expertise with e...
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Choose the Companionship of Positive People Who Inspire You
2007-09-28 14:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Take an objective look at the people in your life. Identify the ten people with whom you spend the most time. Do these people inspire you? Do they have qualities that you are drawn to and that you would like to emulate? How does their energy feel to you? After spending time with them, do you feel recharged and positive, about the same, or drained and negative? These are important questions, and if you’ve never paused to deliberately think about how the people in your life are affecting the quality of your life, right now is a good time to do it. Here’s an easy 5-step exercise to help put it in perspective: 1) Make a list of the ten people with whom you spend the most time. 2) Look at the first name on your list, establish their presence clearly in your imagination and pay close attention to how you feel. After spending time with this person, do you usually feel energized, drained or about the same...
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Methods As Temporary Tools Instead of Lifetime Crutches
2007-09-21 14:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. We are obsessed with our methods. We become attached to our particular way of doing things. Since it’s good for us, it must be good for everyone. We forget that methods are tools to help us accomplish something we choose. If we want to understand something better, we find a method that makes it easier. If our desire is on-going personal development, we choose a method (or methods) that provide a structure for our growth. Webster’s dictionary defines method as, “a systematic arrangement of things or ideas; a way of doing.” So the method we choose is a system that provides regularity for our process. Method s Are Not Forever As we grow, mature and discover more expansive perspectives, our methods grow too. It is only natural for our tools and techniques to evolve along with us. The trouble comes when we cling to an old method that we have outgrown. We feel bogged down and then stuck when ...
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Make Assumptions Obsolete by Communicating
2007-09-14 15:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. We assume because we don’t know. We don’t know because we don’t ask. We don’t ask because we act as if we already know. Or, we are insecure and don’t want to appear stupid. So we make an assumption. Then we forget it is merely something we made up because we don’t know the truth, and we behave as if it’s a fact. If the other people in your life have a similar relationship with assumptions, drama abounds. Everyone acts as if their actions and reactions are based on reality when in fact, so many personal interactions are based on arbitrary fabrications, wishful thinking and fantasy. We have a name for this problem-prone, sloppy thinking: assumptions. Why do we do it? Mental laziness. With enough information, assumptions are unnecessary. When we know the real facts, we don’t have to make them up. How do we learn the facts? Ask questions. “He who fails to ques...
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Goal Setting or Let Go and Let God
2007-09-07 15:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. These are two approaches people use to manifest their desires. Some set goals. Others surrender. Some divide their objectives into micro-steps and assign specific dates to the expected completion of each step. Others presume the universe is conspiring to deliver to them their every desire without strain, in its own way and in its own time. They let go and let God. Both approaches appear to produce results. So which is best? What Do You Want . . . and Why? No matter what the desire, if we strip it down to its bare bones, we’ll likely discover why we want it. We pursue our desires simply because we think the manifestation of them will bring us happiness. That’s what we really want. We want happiness. We want peace, contentment and joy. “To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.” – Samuel Johnson It’s easy to forget that fundamental motivation as we busy ourselv...
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Facing Fear Eye to Eye
2007-08-31 15:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. A few weeks ago, I posted an article here entitled, “Facing Fear with Deliberate Awareness .” Yesterday, I had an experience that provided me with a little more insight into fear. So this follow-up article in not about the vague, unspecific fears we all must learn ...
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Personal Development Supercharger - 101 Tips and Techniques
2007-08-24 15:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. 101. Begin something new. Take Action. The most important part of any project is the beginning. Once you get past the starting point, you will be amazed at the momentum. The creative power of the universe responds by lining up the details to bring your dreams ...
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Integrity Through Self-Reliance
2007-08-17 15:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Integrity is defined as “uprightness, soundness of character . . . moral wholeness. Honesty, entirety, completeness and purity.” How do you demonstrate integrity in your day-to-day life? First, you must believe in yourself. You must trust that deep inside you hold the answers. You know . . . ...
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Spiritually Thriving by Choice
2007-08-10 15:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Do you feel like you’re thriving - or just getting by? Are your days full of excitement and anticipation, or are your days just something to get through? Basic skills of living close to nature are not very well known these days. Especially in the West, most ...
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Action and Satisfaction
2007-08-03 15:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. We live in an action-oriented era. Our lives are structured around whatever we’re doing. Take a look at some of these everyday phrases and realize the prominence of “do” . . . How do you do? How are you doing? What are you going to do? Don’t ...
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Don?t Take it Personally
2007-07-27 15:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Don’t take it personally. Whatever “it” is, it’s not about you. Even if it’s directed right at you, it’s still not about you. It’s about whoever is doing the directing. We are all the directors and producers of our own little drama called, “the story of my life.” ...
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Take Time for You
2007-07-20 15:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Do you feel that taking time for yourself is a rare luxury? Do you continuously come to the rescue of everybody else, while time for yourself gets bumped to the bottom of the priority list? It’s vitally important to allow some time for yourself. Take time for ...
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Facing Fear with Deliberate Awareness
2007-07-13 15:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. Fear is over-rated. We do it to ourselves. Fear has no reality other than our attention to it. Redirect your attention and the fear dissipates. Where did it come from, and where did it go? Most importantly, why do we do that to ourselves? In centuries past (and ...
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Work? Just a Job or Visible Love?
2007-07-06 15:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. “What do you do for a living?” That’s an odd phrase when you think about it. “How do you make a living?” That’s another one. For those of us interested in personal development, a better question may be, “What do you do to make a life?” Or, more specifically, ...
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Gratitude for Home and Family
2007-06-29 15:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. It’s easy to take it for granted. Our home is the center of our universe, but how often do you think of it as being that important? The same thing goes for our family. For most of us, family is our primary support team . . . ...
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How to Keep Your Word
2007-06-22 15:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. How to keep your word: In a word . . . impeccably. Be impeccable about keeping your word. The word impeccable comes from the Latin root word, pecatus which means sin. The prefix im means without, so impeccable means without sin. Impeccability can be thought of as an ...
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Meaningful Spiritual Relationships ? Namaste Matters
2007-06-15 15:00:00
For instrumental music while reading, choose: hi-fi (broadband) or low-fi. What is a “spiritual” relationship? When I think of a spiritual relationship, I?m not thinking of someone who simply goes to the same church. I?m not thinking of someone who simply shares some of the same ideas. To me, a spiritual relationship exists between any ...
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