Category: Spirituality/General

A few weeks ago, when we read "How to Hear the Voice of God" for a review, we were impressed. So much so, that we arranged an interview with Susan Shumsky, the book's author.

Several weeks back, when I reviewed Susan Shumsky's latest book, How to Hear the Voice of God, I was impressed. Although Ms. Shumsky has written and published at least four other books, and is quite well-known on the upscale side of the New Age circuit, as a lecturer and teacher, I had never before been exposed to her work.

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Susan Shumsky at work teaching.

Are you part of the meditation movement that is quietly changing the world? Meditation is simple, but you must practice meditation if you want to have a meditation practice.

For over 30 years, I have been meditating. For almost as many years, in workshops, consultations, friendly conversations, and writing, I have been encouraging, teaching, or leading people to meditate and create quiet times. During this time, the world has changed considerably, and so have I. My most important learning is: everyone is different. Certainly there are commonalities in meditating, but each individual is unique. I consider that meditation is one of the most empowering practices that anyone can engage in.

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Statue of Shiva meditating in Bangalore, India. Credit: Deepak Gupta

"Taking life personally is the ego dancing with Maya - a dance of shadows, unaware of their true nature. It's extremely difficult, maybe impossible, for the ego to fathom this, because the ego imagines itself as real. That is its nature. However, in reality it is at one with Maya and is an illusory identity."

"It's Not Personal, Really"
or Beyond the Walls of the Individual and Collective Personality

by Michael the LightLounge Guy

"Everything that has a beginning comes to an end." Marcus Fabius Quintilian (35 CE -100 CE)

Marcus Quintilian was born about 600 years after the Buddha, but he came to the same conclusion as the Enlightened One. Buddha said it a little differently — that all forms pass — but the meaning is the same. Until recently, most people agreed with this, except they thought that the stars and the soul were eternal. Now we know that stars are born, live, and die just like the rest of us. Whether the soul is eternal is still debatable.

According to Sean Bradley, many New Age healers could learn a valuable lesson from Jesus' words in the Bible - if only they'd listen.

How many times in our life have we been faced with the words, "Physician Heal Thyself?" Yes, these are challenging words for all who embrace truth, but none more so than the healer or holistic therapist who engages in spiritual healing or holistic therapies with their client groups.

In this article, Michael the Light Lounge Guy offers some tips to help you find the heaven that lies within you.

Most spiritual or religious persons have heard that the Kingdom of Heaven is within. Different groups may say it in different ways, but the point is clear: Heaven, peace, and happiness all source from within.

In 2006, ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff's life couldn't have been better. Then, while covering a story in Iraq, he was wounded by an IED and his life was instantly and forever changed. However, according to his wife Lee, what followed was nothing short of a miracle.

There is a huge part of me that is really, truly, uneasy with writing about the subject of miracles. It’s not that I’m uncomfortable discussing religion, prayers, or the subject of God. But for a child raised in a quietly Presbyterian household, miracles were the stuff of the Easter sermon or old time religious revival tents with a laying on of hands.

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Police use them to solve crimes, and every day ordinary people visit them to get answers on love, money and spirituality questions. In many people's minds, however, the question remains: Do psychics really exist?

If you have ever wondered "are psychics real?" you are not alone. Many people ask themselves this very same question every day. The answer is often not an easy one, but for thousands of years people have turned to psychics, and clairvoyants for love, romance, and life advice. Some say psychics even have the ability to communicate with the spirits of the departed.

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Zener Cards - Illustration courtesy Wikipedia

An author interviews 235 people from the age of 59-106 to discover five secrets that everyone should discover during this life.

What are the secrets to happiness and meaning? Why do some people find a deep sense of purpose while they are here and die with few regrets while others end their lives bitter and disappointed?

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A writer consults the Taoist deity Kwan Yin for advice, to be told that 2008 will be the year of our discontent.

I just can't help but ask about the future. Everyone seems to be interested in it. I guess it's hardwired into human nature to want to know what is coming down the line. Although I now understand that we have a very great ability to influence the future, I still look around online for any new predictions to check out.

We live in a "find it and forget it" world. We're also bombarded by so much information, that it's a wonder that we can develop an understanding of anything, especially something as fleeting as spiritual concepts. The common sense advice in this article will help.

The fundamental aim of spiritual study is to get facts and principles into the heart's fertile ground. Ideas must get through habitual and familiar filters; otherwise, the information is diverted from having its full power. It's not how much you read or hear that counts, but how much you take in and make your own.