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Why Meditation is the Spiritual Gateway to Growth

Posted 16 Sep 2012international — by Angela Artemis
Category Meditation, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual self growth

This is a guest post for PbI from Jennifer Hudson.

Why Meditation is the Spiritual Gateway to Growth

Meditation is one of the greatest gateways to spiritual growth. It is the catalyst towards freedom and helps to cleanse the soul of the blocks that keep us bound. Though many people feel that they understand meditation, they often do not. For those wanting a spiritual awakening and an understanding that goes beyond their current paradigm, meditation must be studied and practiced.

How to Practice Meditation Wisely

Meditation seems to come more naturally for some more than others. Not everyone can sit down for their first session and experience true meditation. For many, it takes time and practice to find the right atmosphere, state of mind, and visualization to see true results. It helps to start out by meditating at two different intervals during the day. Morning and night are often good choices. Take about twenty minutes for each session. During this time it is important to focus on a chosen mantra, so that random thoughts do not interfere with the clearing of the mind.

Meditation has Many Benefits

Meditation helps to take us closer to our chosen higher power. When our selves are pushed back for this time, we allow ourselves to come into true and proper focus with that power. Our spirits are then open for communication to receive those messages that we often either intentionally or unintentionally overlook. Meditation also helps in the relationships in our lives. Once we are connected to the spiritual world around us, we are able to embrace the people in our lives in a much more profound way.

Along with the relationship benefits, there are also many health benefits of meditating. The health benefits include a calmer state of mind and improved function in both brain pattern and focus ability. Many people have also found that it helps them cope with pain and illness. Meditation can be used for a variety of issues in our lives from emotional to physical.

Why People Choose Meditation

Often, people turn to meditation when traditional modern medicine and ways of thinking do not help them with their situations. Meditation provides an enlightenment that transfers into every aspect of our lives. We become more aware of everything around us and every emotion. We are happier and more at peace. By changing our inside understanding, we are able to change our outside understanding. We become less concerned about self, but in reality, end up finding a higher self-fulfillment.

No matter where the journey begins, it must be taken a step at a time. Experiencing spiritual growth does not happen immediately, for most. It is a journey that is experienced through the awakening of the mind. It starts with the understanding that we are all a part of something much larger and by finding our place in this much larger space, we are able to find contentment and true happiness.

If one is looking to begin this journey, it will truly begin to change them from the core. It may take time to develop the best practice that brings true results, but once that niche has been found, change is boundless. Meditation is a vital part of any spiritual journey and must take place to find our true intended paths.

Do you a meditate? What works for you? Do you prefer self-directed meditation or guided meditations like the Re-Awakening or Intuition Principle Guided Meditations?

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P.S. Meditation plays a huge role in developing your intuition. Check out my intuition development books – click here.

Jennifer Hudson is a writer who enjoys writing on many different topics of interest that engage the reader in deeper thoughts. She is a contributor for Degreejungle.com and enjoys helping others find peace through her studies and writings on many helpful subjects.

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5 Books to Expand Your Consciousness

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Posted 09 Sep 2012

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— by Angela Artemis
Category Books, Create your reality, Synchronicity

Ann Rice quote from “The Witching Hour.”

Here are 5 of my favorite Books to Expand Your Consciousness.

I was planning to take a two week vacation this summer during which I planned to read and read and read.

Can you tell I love to read? Here’s a true story about my love of reading:

When I was growing up my sister and my best friend and I would play “house.” My character was always the “smart kid that read all the time.” I would only join in the game if my sister and best friend allowed me to keep reading and played house around me. I just sat there with a book reading. It was perfect!

When they said it was time to eat supper (usually a mix of leaves, grass and acorns from the yard. YUM.) I would move the crate I was sitting on to the box we’d set up to be our dinner table and just keep reading. Sometimes they got mad at me but, mostly they were used to it because it was the only way I would play.

Although, to this day, I still wonder why they gave my pet hamster one of my mom’s thyroid pills – which killed it? Were they retaliating against me for never really participating in playing our game of “house?” I’m sure they never meant for my little pet to die…

So, as you can see I’ve always been a perpetual student. Nothing is more enjoyable to me than buying a book and marking up its pages with notes, highlighting and underlines. I have a Kindle and I use the “highlighting” function but, it’s not the same as writing in the margins of a real book. (It is great for taking on trips though, as it’s super light!)

Anyway, I never took that vacation. I’m a bit of a work-a-holic, as many of you who have come to know me through PbI can see. I get more excited about work than vacations!

So the original title I had in mind for this article: Books I Read on My Summer Vacation, was not going to work but, these books did expand my consciousness so, I’m happy to share them with you.

I hope you’ll expand your consciousness and pick up a few of them too. If you do I’d love to hear your thoughts about the books after you’ve read them as well. (I do so love hearing from readers of PbI).

Synchronicity. The Art of Coincidence, Choice, and Unlocking Your Mind by Dr. Kirby Surprise. This book was an eye-opener regarding the source and meaning behind synchronicity in our lives. I highly recommend it if you’re interested in learning more about meaningful coincidences.

Bare Naked at the Reality Dance by Suzanne Selby Grenager. This book is a great collection journal entries made by the author during her spiritual awakening. If you enjoyed, Eat, Pray, Love, you’ll enjoy this book too! Highly recommended.

The Intention Experiment. Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World by Lynne McTaggert. If you love reading about the scientific data behind manifesting, the law of attraction and creating your reality you will love this book. Highly recommended.

The Afterlife Experiments. Breakthrough Scientific Evidence of Life After Death by Gary E. Schwartz, Ph.D. (Okay, this one I read about two years ago – not on the summer vacation I never took this year). If like me, you are looking for the scientific evidence that our consciousness survives our physical death than look no further. This book is for you. Highly recommended.

The Field. The Quest For The Secret Force Of The Universe by Lynne McTaggert. Loved it! I wish she’d write another updated version. The Field contains explanations of scientific experiments completed in the last thirty years that show that there truly is a “life force” animating all life in our Universe. Highly recommended.

The Intuition Principle. How to Attract the Life You Dream Of by Angela Artemis. Yes, I can count – and I know I said 5 books….but, you didn’t think I’d suggest books to you without suggesting my own, did you? If you want an in depth explanation on how your intuition works, how to develop it and how to use it to get guidance and lead you to living a life you love – I’m going to be very bold here and just come out and say it, “Read my book.” Check out the reviews that have been written by other readers here.

The best part about reading, “The Intuition Principle,” or any of my books is that you can write and ask me questions about the books or intuition in general, and I will answer you! So, ask away…..I look forward to getting to know you.

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Finding Your Life Purpose: Are You Ready to Come Back to Life?

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Posted 05 Sep 2012 — by Angela Artemis
Category Change Your Life, Spiritual Growth

Coming Back to Life Ecourse – Interview with my dear friend, Jodi Chapman

Jodi please tell us about yourself.

I am an inspirational writer. I am definitely evidence that our lives can change drastically once we make our minds up and begin to leap toward our dreams. For now, I’ll say that I write the blog Soul Speak, and I am so grateful for the loving community there. I also co-wrote (with my amazing husband, Dan Teck) the bestselling Soulful Journals series – 11 writing-prompt books that make getting to know yourself fun. I am the author of the upcoming book, Coming Back to Life: How An Unlikely Friend Helped Me Reclaim My True Spirit, which is what my new ecourse is based on.

What inspired you to create the Coming Back to Life Ecourse?

Two years ago, I was in a very different place. I was feeling lost and numb and completely disconnected from my soul and from all of life. Like so many of us, I was living my life on auto-pilot. I was alive in the sense that my body was functioning – my heart was beating, and I was getting up each day and going to work, but I wasn’t REALLY living. I was just going through the motions – sleepwalking through life – and I wasn’t even aware of it.

And it’s not like this numbing out happened overnight – it happened gradually over a period of many years. Throughout my life, when something or someone hurt me, it felt like a little part of me left. I’ve always been a sensitive soul, and sometimes it was just easier to retreat rather than feel the pain.

I also have lived most of my life feeling afraid and stepping back rather than leaping when I was called to take a chance. Also, I had spent several years in survival mode – struggling to get by financially, and I if I did realize that I was numb and needed to wake up and start living, I would’ve seen this as frivolous and not a great way to make sure all the bills were paid. So all of these pains and fears and struggles piled up on top of each other – creating a dark cloud over my heart. It was just easier to go to sleep and not think about it or feel any of it.

Two years ago, all of the struggles in my life came to a head – my husband and I had to move under very stressful and surprising circumstances, we were having a hard time staying passionate about our struggling gift business, we were drowning in bills with no light that we could see at the end of the tunnel, and we had just lost two people who meant a lot to us. So we were grieving and trying to put our life back together at the same time.

All I wanted to do was crawl into my bed, pull the covers up, and wake up when everything was better again. I didn’t know how I was going to keep going.

That’s when the helping hand came.

My loved one who had just died began communicating with me from the other side. He was my childhood sweetheart, and we hadn’t spoken in almost 20 years. I was definitely not open to this sort of thing at all, so it took an entire year of him sending me signs and me asking for more signs and on and on before we finally could get to work. And once we did, my entire world opened up. He helped me see that being here on Earth is such a beautiful gift – a gift that we have chosen to be a part of. He helped me see that I wasn’t really living. And he helped me wake up and step back into my life again.

Our journey together has been life-changing for me. Everything changed – all because I now saw things through a different lens. I now know that my time here is precious, and I can choose to come back to life. We all can.

That’s why I created this course. I was given this beautiful gift, and I didn’t want to keep it all to myself. I want to be the helping hand for anyone who wanted to start living again and wasn’t sure how to do it.

Can you tell us about the Coming Back to Life Ecourse? Who is it for?

The Coming Back to Life Ecourse begins on 10/1 and lasts for 6 weeks. It’s a helping hand, a set of concrete tools, and a loving support system all wrapped up into one heartfelt course!

This course is for those of us who have ever felt disconnected from life – from our soul. It’s for those of us who have felt our light dimming. It’s for those of us who know that there is more to life than simply getting through the day.

This course is for those of us who are ready to plug back into this magical universe, reconnect with our soul, and open our hearts again. It’s for those of us who are no longer willing to just “get by” and sleepwalk through our days. It’s for those of us who are ready – truly ready – to start living fully.

If you’re ready to:

live fully and love fully.
take responsibility for your life.
push past your fears & reach your dreams.
forgive, let go, and move forward.
see the world with childlike wonder.
reconnect with your soul.
believe in miracles again.
open up to this amazing universe.
join a community of loving souls.
be completely authentic and vulnerable (in a good way).
join a course that comes from the heart and soul.

…then this course is for you!

What can someone expect to learn from this course, and how will it change their life?

I do want to mention that this course can’t change your life unless you are willing to change the way you are living your life. You have to be open to it and you have to be willing to put in the work. That may sound harsh, but it’s the truth. I have read tons of self-help books throughout my life and was always disappointed when nothing changed. Well, it was because I simply read the book but didn’t apply any of the teachings to my own life. I read them like I would read a novel – simply for enjoyment rather than to learn and REALLY change and grow.

If you sign up for this course and simply watch the videos and read through the workbook but don’t apply any of the exercises to your own life, I’m sure you will enjoy everything but I would bet that nothing in your life will change. You have to make the choice to take action. You have to be so fed up with your current way of living that you are honestly ready to make a change. And if you are, then this course really can help you. It’s based on what I went through in my own life, so I know that it works.

Once you decide to wake up and start living fully, you will begin to examine why you stopped living and then you get to figure out how to heal from that, forgive yourself and anyone else that needs to be forgiven, open up to the universe, and begin embracing your life again.

And no, it’s not always as easy as this makes it sound. But once you begin and once you feel that glimmer of hope again – that feeling that you probably haven’t felt in a really long time – you won’t want to turn around. You’ll want to keep moving toward the light. I guarantee it. This course will start you on a beautiful journey that you will continue for the rest of your life.

Who are some of the contributors?

A complete list of the 35+ contributors can be seen here, but here is a short list of some of the souls who share their heart inside the course:

My beautiful husband, Dan Teck http://www.halfwayupthemountain.com,

Kristine Carlson (Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff Series) http://www.kristinecarlson.com

Jen Louden (The Woman’s Comfort Book) http://www.jenniferlouden.com

Linda Joy (Aspire Magazine) http://www.aspiremag.net

Amanda Oaks (Kind Over Matter) http://www.kindovermatter.com

Angela Artemis (Powered by Intuition) http://www.poweredbyintuition.com

+ so many more!

What do you hope that people will take away after completing the course?

I want them to see that there is another way to live. I want them to really know that we have a choice – we truly don’t have to go through life simply going through the motions and just getting through the day. There is an entire universe out there that we are only just beginning to tap into. Our soul is connected to such a beautiful world – and waking up is the key to experiencing this way of life.

What bonuses are you offering to enrollees?

I’m thrilled to offer over $150 in wonderful bonus gifts, which you’ll receive immediately after joining!

1. Entire Soulful Journals Ebook Series – $65 Value!

I co-wrote this popular series with my husband, Dan Teck. It contains 11 books to help you get in touch with yourself and live your best life. The topics include gratitude, soulful journaling, healing through transitions, two books for couples, two books for teens, manifesting your ideal life, and keeping your commitments.

2. Emotional Awareness Workbook – $20 Value!

My friend, Dominee Wyrick has created this beautiful workbook to help you get in touch with your emotions. It’s completely free when you register!

3. The Intuition Principle Guided Meditations – $10 Value!

My wonderful friend, Angela Artemis is giving you 3 guided meditations from her brand new album of 14 guided meditations when you register! They are designed to help you connect with your soul, find your passion and discover your purpose in life.

4. Best Affirmations Workbook – $27.95 Value!

My friend, Scott Armstrong, is offering his Best Affirmations Workbook when you register! I have this program and can personally say that it’s a wonderful tool to help you use affirmations to change your thoughts, which will lead to changing your life!

5. The Bold Living Guides – $19.99 Value!

My friend, Barrie Davenport from Live Bold and Bloom is offering her popular Bold Living Guides for free when you register!

The Bold Living Guides include six essential areas for self-improvement: Self-Awareness and Personal Growth; Passion and Purpose; Positive Change and Simple Productivity; A Healthy Lifestyle for Mind, Body, and Spirit; Amazing Relationships; and Professional and Financial Well-Being. It’s a beautiful, helpful guide!

6. 3 Issues of Sprout Online Magazine – $18 Value!

Created by my friend, Amanda Fall, Sprout online magazine uplifts and inspires through color, beauty, and meaning! Each issue explores soul-stirring themes, planting seeds of hope and healing. Receive 3 back issues of your choice for free when you register!

7. Flying by the Seat of My Soul Ebook – $13 Value!

My friend, Tess Marshall, has written this uplifting book that will inspire you to live more passionately and pursue your heart’s desire with more conviction! It’s yours for free when you register!

All of these are FREE and available immediately after you register for the ecourse!

Where can people find out more?

Please go to the Coming Back to Life page: http://www.jodichapman.com/coming-back-to-life-ecourse/

You will learn all about the course, including each week’s content, a detailed description of all that you’ll receive in the course, and a complete list of contributors!

Jodi Chapman is the founder of Soul Speak and an inspirational writer. Please visit her website to learn more about the upcoming course: Coming Back to Life.

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P.S. Let your intuition be your guide in life – learn how to follow it. Check out my books here.

Tags: Follow Your Dreams, Spiritual self improvement, True Purposecontent

Intuition: Is There a Right Time to Access Your Inner Guidance?

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Posted 29 Aug 2012 — by Angela Artemis
Category Answering Readers Questions, Developing Intuition, Self-Publishing

“The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in consciousness, call it intuition or what you will, and the solution comes to you and you don’t know how or why.” –Albert Einstein

Did you know that there is a “right time” and “best time” to access your intuition?

Surprise – there is!

1. The best time to access your intuition

The best time to get intuitive guidance is when you’re relaxed and calm. If you have problem that you’d like an answer to the best thing to do is to sit in meditation or do something that relaxes you, such as gardening or walking. When your mind is calm you have more opportunity to hear your inner voice.

When you’re worried and can’t stop thinking about the problem your intuition will have a hard time getting through all the chatter.

Here’s a story about this:

I faced a big dilemma when I was writing, “The Intuition Principle.” I needed to decide whether I would self publish my book or try the traditional publishing route. I kept going round and round on what to do.

I was feeling really stressed by all that was going on in my life at this time too. I was working full time, juggling a lot of family responsibilities, keeping up with writing for Powered by Intuition and corresponding with agents while writing the book. I thought I would crack!

I made lists of the pros and cons of each way to go but, I was still torn. I was afraid if I self-published it would hurt my chances of getting a publisher later on so, I kept pushing myself to find an agent.

I kept asking my intuition, “Please show me which is the right way to go; self-publishing or traditional publishing?”

But, the answer never came. After nearly two months of this quandary, I stopped asking what to do and just focused on finishing the book. I literally gave up in exasperation. I decided to just write the “damn thing” and figure out what to do later.

And, then the answer came!

The answer came to me while I was in the shower – of all places. Showering is a calming experience for most people. There’s nothing like steaming hot water to relax you.

The problem was I had gotten so obsessed with finding an answer that I had blocked my intuition from coming through.

I wasn’t able to remain calm during meditation. I was worried about what to do. I hadn’t “let go” of the problem. And, even when I thought I had reached that “calm place” my mind always drifted back to “getting the answer” to this problem.

After I’d worked myself up into a lather and let go out of frustration the answer came to me. I decided to stop worrying and self-publish. I’d look for an agent/publisher with my next book and if I got one – fine – if I didn’t fine; I would self-publish that one too.

Right Time Action Step:

The best time to get intuitive guidance is when you’re calm and have let go of the problem. You need to be detached and free of fear and worry about the outcome. Asking over and over while you’re stressed is not going to bring you any answers.

Tell yourself that you want intuitive guidance about “XX” problem while in meditation. Picture yourself getting it and being elated by having solved this problem. Feel the joy of overcoming this obstacle. Then let go and get on with your day.

Your answer may come during meditation that day or the next. It may come when you are relaxed and doing something completely different, like it for me when I got my answer in the shower.

If any doubts or fears surface during the day close your eyes and replay the scene of getting the answer and feeling overjoyed. (You don’t have to know “the answer” to see this scene and feel overjoyed).

Affirmation for letting go

A great affirmation to use when you’re stressing over a problem is: “I now let go and let God.”

When you say this to yourself you’re letting go of the problem and the worry about the outcome. This doesn’t mean that you’re giving up. It means you take action and do whatever you can to solve the problem but, you don’t allow it to hijack your life with worry.

2. The right time to access your intuition is when environmental conditions are right

Conditions are right when the weather on Earth and in space is calm.

Scientific studies show that “spontaneous telepathic impressions were more frequent on days of quiet geomagnetic activity. There are suggestions that psi ability is related to changes in magnetic field strength (e.g.Persinger, 1989).”

What is geomagnetic energy?

Geomagnetic energy is produced by the Sun and principally elevated during solar storms, flares and sun spot activity. This radiated energy enters the Earth’s atmosphere and literally “knocks heads” with the planet’s magnetic field. It can disrupt communications and electric grids.

How to get the “space weather report”

If there is a problem you’d like intuitive guidance on pick a day when the space weather report is showing low levels of EMF activity.

You can find out what the anticipated “space weather” will be by going to the NOAA/Space Weather Prediction Center – here. The NOAA gives a three day forecast.

3. Avoid electrical storms too

Thunder and lightening storms on Earth can increase paranormal activity such as poltergeist activity and interactions with spirits, as negatively charged ions are released into the environment.

If you are trying to reach the other side an electrical storm will enhance your chances but, it may suppress your intuition. Wait until after the electrical storm has passed to work with your intuition.

Maybe this is why so many ghost stories begin with…..it was a dark and stormy night?

Have you noticed any correlation with the weather when trying to tune into your inner voice?

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Follow Your Intuition and Change the World!

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Posted 24 Aug 2012 — by Angela Artemis
Category Spiritual Growth

“Intuition is the highest form of intelligence, transcending all individual abilities and skills” –Sylvia Clare

This is a guest post for Powered by Intuition from Arvind Devalia.

Are you ready to follow your intuition and change the world?

Have you ever had a powerful urge to do something and you had wondered why?

What would your life be like if everything you did had a greater purpose to help yourself and those around you?

If you are like me, you too may often get an inner urge to do something and then wonder why. But you’ll ultimately only know what it’s all about, if you followed up and gave it a chance.

And most likely you will find that it was all about helping someone!

Let me share a couple of recent examples.

A few weeks ago I was travelling on the London Underground train system. In a very quintessential English way, we call our underground train system – the “tube”. For obvious reasons!

So when someone in London asks you if you are “taking the tube”, they are asking if you are travelling on the underground train system.

I had to change tubes to get to my destination and this time I chose a different route. I felt I just had to go one particular way, even though it was a longer route.

Something inside me seemed to be guiding me.

As I got off that train tube and went towards the upward bound escalator, I noticed a woman with a large suitcase in front of me. She was really struggling with it and I made room for her.

She managed to get on the escalator in front of me and somehow fitted the suitcase behind her on the steps but rather precariously.

Halfway up, the suitcase started slipping and so did she as she vainly tried to hold on to it. As she and the suitcase stared tumbling down, I just about managed to stop her from falling and also blocked the heavy suitcase from falling all the way down behind me.

Luckily, it was a quiet period and there weren’t many other commuters on the escalator. There would have been mayhem and possibly serious injury if I hadn’t been there to block the suitcase.

For a brief second as she slipped, I saw her panic-stricken face as it dawned on her what could have happened. She could well have gone tumbling all the way down if I hadn’t been there!

Somehow we managed to get to the top of the escalator and she was most grateful for my help.

She went on her way and I headed off towards my interconnecting tube train. However, just as I got there, a train attendant informed me and others that those trains weren’t running for a while due to a faulty train breaking down in the tunnel.

I therefore had to retrace my steps and get to my destination via the originally planned route.

It seemed that the only reason I had made the choice to try the longer route was that somehow I had to be there to help the woman with a heavy suitcase.

Coincidence? A matter of chance? Or was there a great power of intuition guiding me?

Maybe you can recall incidences in your own life whereby you have had this urge to do something or go somewhere, and only after having done so that you found out how you were able to make a difference to someone.

Let me share another example with you.

Another time I was waiting in a queue (line) in a post office and in front of me was a father and his young baby daughter just behind him. Something told me to look out for her and sure enough just a few seconds later she slipped and would have fallen backwards if I hadn’t been there to stop her from falling.

The father was most grateful and his daughter gave me a beaming smile. We stuck up a conversation and everyone else around us also joined in and made a fuss over the little girl.

He then profusely thanked me again on his way out and somehow in a just a few seconds, we created an amazing feel-good factor amongst all the other people in the queue.

Again, coincidence or a greater power at work?

No matter what, it sure helped those people. And maybe at the end of the day, that’s all that matters.

It is also not just about helping others. Your intuition can also transform your own life – you can make a huge difference to your life and not just others.

I remember how just over 10 years ago I attended a talk by Ekhart Tolle in London. It was held within an exhibition hall and though the room was small, it was packed.

This was the time that Eckhart Tolle had just written his first book “Power of Now” and he was becoming very popular.

I felt really inspired after the talk and decided to look around the exhibition and see what companies were there.

This was a time before I became more self-aware but something kept urging me to walk in a certain direction in the busy, packed exhibition hall. This was also a time when I was looking for a more fulfilling career path and sure enough I found just what I was looking for!

In that busy hallway, there were a number of coaching companies advertising their coach training.

I had never even heard of coaching before – and to cut a long story short, I chatted to all the companies there, and following my gut feeling again, I started my coach training 3 weeks later. It felt like coming home – and the rest is history!

I am now a coach of over 10 years’ experience – and all because I followed this urging and a desire to contribute and make a difference.

So how can you use your intuition to help yourself and others?

1. Get Clear about your Intention to Serve and Make a Difference.

I truly believe that we are all here to contribute and make a difference to others. And of course we are here to have a lot of fun and experience joy whilst doing so!

So I invite you to firstly acknowledge your own deeper desire to make a contribution and to lead a life that counts.

You may currently be focussing on making ends and on creating a better life – and that’s fine. But know that you don’t have to make a grand gesture – you can help others in a small way. Even a smile will help!

Remember to Feel the Fear and Change the World Anyway!

2. Share with Others your Intention to Serve

There is now a growing awareness of people around the world wanting to make a difference and to live a life of making a difference.

If this is where you are (and if not, why not!?), then welcome to a path of greater fulfilment and joy.

Just put it out there and share with others your desire to help. By putting it out there, you will become more and more aware of where you can best help.

Talk to others, read blogs like mine and many others.

3. Always Listen to your Intuition

From now onwards, truly list to your intuition! Don’t question it and have fun as you follow your inner urgings.

Rather than questioning your intuition, become curious. Simply ask – I wonder how I am meant to transform the world next?

Remember that your intuition automatically gets better with time!questioning your intuition, become curious. Simply ask – I wonder how I am meant to transform the world next?

Time to Make it Happen for Yourself and the World

So go forth, follow your intuition and change the world.

At the end of the day, remember that it’s all about expanding your life journey – and if you can serve someone along the way, you’ll not only be serving others but best of all, you’ll be ultimately serving your own life purpose.

Good luck!

What intuitive ideas have inspired you to change your world? How did it impact others? Share with us!

Arvind Devalia is a coach, author, speaker and blogger at Make it Happen. Visit Arvind’s blog and be sure to download his Make It Happen Manifesto

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How Your Intuition Gets Better With Time – Automatically!

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Posted 19 Aug 2012 — by Angela Artemis
Category Business intuition, Developing Intuition

All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know. –Alexis Carrel

Your Intuition Often Gets Better with Time

Did you know that when I first started in my career I made a mistake that almost lost my company a big wad of cash?

It’s true.

How did this happen? I was young, inexperienced, and ignored my intuition.

Here’s what happened:

I had just been promoted to assistant manager of the bank I worked for. The manager was away and it was the busiest day of the week. The lobby was jammed with lines in front of every teller’s station. And, all of this was going on while a HUGE wrecking ball swung wildly just outside my office window as it tore down the building next door.

Talk about being overwhelmed!

A customer I knew came to me to initial a check for a large amount that she wanted to split between two accounts. I initialed it without checking the signature on the check.

Right after I did that I got one of those “pings” you get in your gut that says, “I shouldn’t have done that,” but just then the wrecking ball swung toward my window again and I forgot all about it until the next morning when I got a call from the security department.

It turned out that the woman had forged her husband’s signature. Luckily we recovered the money and, you can bet I never did that again.

Chances are if you’ve been in your career for any length of time you’ve become an expert at it. Unlike I was at this time, you are what is called a “seasoned employee.” I was still green and wet behind the ears when this happened.

How long have you been in your current profession; five, ten, twenty or even thirty plus years?

It’s common that when a new employee is hired, he or she is paired with a more experienced worker to “learn the ropes,” right? And, even if not paired with a long time employee, don’t new employees often seek the advice of a more experienced worker as to how to do things?

When a complicated matter requiring a quick decision is needed at the office, are you that “go to guy or gal at work?”

If you answered yes to the above question, Congratulations! You have a lot to celebrate. You are an expert in your field. Along with being an expert you’ve developed what is referred to as “expert intuition.”

With age comes wisdom and with wisdom – “expert intuition.”

“Expert intuition” is a phrase popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in his 2007 book, “Blink.” Expert intuition is said to kick-in after you’ve devoted approximately ten thousand hours to learning and doing something. Someone with this kind of expertise is able to quickly assess a situation to come up with a decision in just seconds, compared to a newbie in the field. This complex sorting of stored information takes place far beneath the surface of our conscious awareness.

Experience is the best teacher

For example, a contractor may come to a snap decision over whether to accept a job or not while a less seasoned contractor might need to go over the numbers and costs line by line to give the same customers an estimate. A seasoned nurse or doctor will be able to make a diagnosis based on the symptoms presented far quicker than an intern, or medical student. Take any profession or life skill such as developing intuition or parenting and apply the experience factor and you’ll find that the experienced person has developed “expert intuition” and, just “knows better.”

Practice develops expert intuition

As we become more practiced at something and encounter different variations of it throughout our lives the experience is filed away in our memory banks. When we come across a new scenario that needs to be handled our subconscious searches our memory to quickly pull out related facts that could apply in this situation.

It takes the brain only a split second to search beneath the surface and retrieve relevant stored information. When the answer is found it’s pulled up from the depths of our stored information so fast that it seems to “pop” into the mind. This is the “aha” moment we’re all familiar with and the reason experts react swiftly and effectively in emergency situations.

Intuition gets better with time

The reason why expert intuition gets better with time is because we have more life-long learning and experience – mistakes and all – to draw upon.

Think back to when you used to question the decisions your mother made for you. Didn’t she often say she said so, “Because I’m older and I know better?” Now you know that she wasn’t just saying that. It was the truth! She did know better.

The three elements that develop your intuition automatically:

1. Time. Do work you love. Time is one of the elements that helps you develop “expert intuition, ” Find something you love to do so that you’ll stick with it and give it the time it takes to develop your expert intuition.

2. Experience. Practice using what you know. The difference between book learning and hands on experience is huge. Only after you put your knowledge into practice can you call yourself an expert. Experience includes mistakes and, it’s how we learn our most valuable lessons.

3. Education. Never stop learning. Keep your knowledge up to date by constantly educating yourself in your field. The more information you file away, the more your mind will have to draw from when you try to solve a new problem at work.

In what area of life or career field are you an expert? Can you share any examples of “expert intuition?”

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Use Your Intuition to Create A Vision Board

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Posted 16 Aug 2012international — by Angela Artemis
Category Follow your dreams

This is a guest post from Evelyn Lim from Abundance Tapestry.

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It is important to connect with your intuition when making your vision board. A vision board is a conscious life- planning tool that helps you leverage on the Law of Attraction, so that you can propel your dreams forward. You allow for intuitive guidance to help you in the visioning process.

You have probably seen vision boards around. They are also called collages, treasure maps or vision maps. They comprise of pictures of the dreams that people want in their lives. The pictures are usually taken from magazines or images downloaded from the internet.

When I first made a vision board, I had thought it to be simply a cut-and-paste weekend activity. I ended up with a board that I did not feel connected to. Later on, I found out that making a vision board is not a job to be rushed through. Rather, it requires connecting with intuition, utilizing creative visualization and involving deep self-discovery.

Hence, it can take days or weeks just to make a vision board. I have also discovered that if I am serious about building a life that I truly desire, I should view visioning as a lifelong process. Thus, I regularly update my vision board, as I unveil greater clarity, consciousness and authenticity along the way. I now hope to draw on my experiences to inspire others in making more effective vision boards and to use more powerful visioning techniques.

Inside Out Approach

Many of us have the tendency to adopt other people’s dreams blindly as our own. We assume right away that it is money, a big house or a nice car that we want. Thus, we make our vision boards with pictures based on these materialistic goals.

However, if you do not truly desire these, you will eventually find that attaining these won’t really make you feel happy. You can spend half or more than half your life chasing these dreams but you are likely to find yourself in self-sabotage.

Thus, in order to build a life based on what you truly want, it has to be an inside-out approach. You choose to focus on your own dreams, and not merely to fulfill the wishes of your parents, grandparents, guardian or friends. In so doing, you become better able to create and manifest a life that you will love whole-heartedly.

Use Your Intuitive Guidance

The Universe offers a buffet of choices everyday. Everything looks good on the plate. And we want to experience them all at once. However, we can easily get confused when faced with that many options.

Well, you will need to listen in quietly in order to connect with your intuition. It is possible to have neglected using your intuition because you have not known how important this is. If you have not been using your intuition for a long time, then it is time to get connected.

When connecting with intuition, you sit in peaceful contemplation. Your intuitive self is wise. It has all the answers for you. You get to know more about your soul gifts, strengths, passion and who you really are. You interweave these and set out to craft an authentic life for yourself.

Use Your Intuition For A Heart-Centered Vision

Using your intuition is an important part to building a heart-centered vision. You are creating a vision based on love, wisdom and authenticity. Everything that you do, including your work, is a creative expression of your innate self. Just imagine your vision coming true.

You may not immediately have all the answers on how to manifest your true dream. However, with the vision in mind, you use your intuition to help guide you along. You also allow for the unfolding of time for intuitive answers to emerge on what to do next. Guided by your intuition, you are on the way to building an authentic heart-centered life for yourself. In my opinion, nothing is more meaningful and valuable than creating and manifesting a life that you would love!
About the Author

Evelyn Lim is dedicated to the vision of inspiring heart-centered living. She helps others gain inner power through loving themselves and loving their lives. A life coach, energy therapist and intuitive consultant, she assists her clients with shifting into higher vibrational states internally for a more positive outer experience of abundance.

Evelyn Lim is the creator of The Life Vision Mastery Program, an online course that teaches on creating heart-centered visions. The course covers topics such as self-discovery, creative visualizations, Law of Attraction and making a vision board. Click over for more information on building a heart vision and live the life of your dreams now >>>

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Tags: Abundance, Manifesting abundance, Prosperity, Vision board

Create Your Prosperityand Abundance Now!

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Posted 12 Aug 2012

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— by Angela Artemis
Category Create prosperity and abundance

Imagine what life would be like if you never had to worry about anything again?

Woman enjoying abundance and prosperity

Imagine never worrying about money or paying your bills?

Imagine never worrying about your health or the health of a loved one?

Imagine never worrying about being alone or having loving relationships in your life?

Imagine never worrying that you don’t feel connected to your spiritual source?

What would it be like to be free of worries – forever?

Every book and course tells you that you shouldn’t worry. They say worrying is a sure-fire way to push away the exact things you’d like to have in your life.

But, sometimes it’s hard to not worry, isn’t it? How do you stop worrying when you can’t pay your mortgage or rent?

10 Abundance and Prosperity Techniques:

1. Focus on feeling the way you’d feel if you had abundance, prosperity, great health, loving relationships or a deeply satisfying spiritual practice.

2. “See” it – whatever “it” is for you, as already done and existing in the present in your mind’s eye using visioning, or creative visualization. My friend Evelyn Lim has an entire course about the power of visioning.

3. Use affirmations to change your thought patterns from ones of lack to ones of abundance and prosperity.

4. You’ve probably heard of this one too: Fake it ’till you make it or act “as if” until what you are focusing upon manifesting appears in your life.

5. Another strategy is to “have an attitude of gratitude.” Be grateful for everything you have and focus on noticing and giving thanks for everything.

6. Positivity. Have a positive outlook on life. See the glass as half full. Wear rose colored glasses. Look for the silver lining in all situations.

7. Create the life you desire by making your goals a priority. My friend Elle Sommer says you can do this by steadily maintaining a focus upon them. Keep a manifesting journal or make treasure maps of what you’d like to see manifest in your life.

8. EFT – use emotional freedom techniques to rid your self of negative belief patterns holding you back from achieving abundance and prosperity.

9. Reframe your focus. Instead of focusing on all the things in your life that you don’t want – focus on what you want instead. My friend Melody Fletcher, an expert in LOA, says to ask yourself, “What do I want instead?”

10. Get a coach to work with you on overcoming the procrastination, fear and self sabotage that hold you back from creating and maintaining your prosperity.

These are just 10 techniques for manifesting abundance but, there are probably many more I am not aware of.

I’ve used all of these techniques to manifest abundance and prosperity at different times in my life and they do work…..but, I always felt that something was missing.

After researching and reading hundreds of books I believe I have found the “missing ingredient.”

The missing ingredient is the power of group intention.

When we work alone on overcoming issues of fear and lack we can easily give up if we don’t get the results we seek. When we work with a group we can cheer each other on and, lend our energy and intention to one another to assist each member in achieving their goals.

To test out my theory, I’m offering a free teleseminar to “Create Your Abundance Now.”

We will discuss the different techniques of manifesting abundance. Plus, we will harness the group’s energy to create a laser beam of intent for each person on the teleseminar. There will be a follow up call the next week to see what results each of the attendees experienced.

Join me for this powerful teleseminar on Wednesday, August 15 at 9 pm Eastern.

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Have you used any of these techniques to manifest abundance? How did they work? Were the results lasting? Do you think having the power of group intention behind you might make a difference?

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Tags: Abundance, Prosperity

Your Intuition Questions Answered

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Posted 09 Aug 2012 — by Angela Artemis
Category Intuition questions

Today I am sharing a few of the many interesting questions I get from readers.

Question 1: One reader asks, “What is the difference between clairvoyance and intuition?”

Clairvoyance is the ability to receive information about people, places and things via “seeing pictures in the mind’s eye,” which cannot be seen with the physical eyes. Clairvoyance is a way of receiving information from outside of yourself. It is information that you do not currently have stored in the many files of your physical brain.

Intuition is your own inner wisdom. It is a function of instinct and it is communicated to you via a reaction in the body – a feeling you get.

Clairvoyance is a psychic ability. Information obtained psychically is obtained from outside of yourself.

Your intuition will inform you of information vital to your own well being, success, happiness and survival. Intuitive information comes to you in the form of “gut feelings” in the body. When you “feel” something isn’t right or if you have a sinking feeling in your stomach over something you might be contemplating doing this is an intuitive reaction. The information is “encoded” within your body’s reaction.

Everyone is psychic to an extent. Numerous studies replicated by various scientists show that we are capable of having an emotional reaction to situations before they have occurred. Study participants were shown random photos of either tranquil scenes or disturbing ones designed to evoke an emotional reaction. The participants were hooked up to monitors that measured changes in “skin conductance, heart rate and blood pressure.”*

What the studies showed was that prior to seeing these randomly selected photos the participants body reacted in anticipation of seeing the agitating photos according to the changes measured in their skin, heart rate and blood pressure. So, at some level the participants “knew” which photo they were going to be shown before it was flashed up on the screen.

Question 2: Another reader asks, “A friend of mine decided against going to church with me and within days suffered a horrific accident that left him disabled. He was sorry afterward but, it was too late. Is this intuition or “word of knowledge,” as in Christian circles?”

I had to look up what “word of knowledge was.” Here’s the definition from Wikipedia:

Among Pentecostal and charismatic Christians, the word of knowledge is often defined as the ability of one person to know what God is currently doing or intends to do in the life of another person.

“Word of knowledge” sounds similar to psychic ability according to this definition but, I’m not an expert in biblical or christian teachings.

Here is my opinion this though. I don’t believe this was an incident related to intuition. It sounds more like “synchronicity.”

Synchronicity occurs when what is going on within our consciousness is mirrored back to us by our environment. The stronger our belief or thought patterns are about something the more likely it is that we will come across it in our reality.

I don’t believe in a “punishing God.” I believe that we create our reality through our belief systems. Our beliefs define how we “label” the events of our lives. When we “look” for something – we find it only because everything, both good and bad, already exists in our reality. We only need to focus upon it for it to “appear.”

Your friend might have been distracted at work that day. He also might have harbored an unconscious fear that God was angry and might punish him for not going to church.

The accident and not going to church are not related but, we can choose to tie the two together based our our own belief system.

I hope you enjoyed reading these questions.

What questions do you have about intuition? How do you feel about my saying that I don’t think “not going to church and the accident” are related? Share your opinion.

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*(McTaggert, Lynn.”The Field.” Harper Collins. p169)

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Immortality: UC Riverside Gets $5M to Study What Happens After We Die?

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Posted 05 Aug 2012 — by Angela Artemis
Category Consciousness, Does the afterlife exist?

Does immortality exist? What happens after we die? Is it the “end?” Or, does our consciousness survive our physical death?

These are the questions that human beings have been asking for eons.

Tales of people pronounced clinically dead who say they not only witnessed an after life but, knew what was going on around them in the emergency room during the time they were “dead,” are plentiful.

Encounters with love ones who “appear” to the ones they left behind and relay messages such as, “Don’t worry. I’m okay,” abound.

Stories of mediums relaying private information to the grieving family, only family members would know – are routine occurrences.

How is all of this possible?

Is it real or mass delusion? I’d love to know….

There are a handful of scientists examining the possibility that consciousness survives death but, not many.

The subject is “taboo” in orthodox scientific circles. In some institutions the notion of studying it is akin to career suicide. I have my suspicions that many scientists would love to know the answers to these questions but, hide their interest from colleagues for fear of losing professional credibility, career advancement and even research funding.

The sad thing about the attitude from the scientific community is that it is completely counter-intuitive to what we believe scientific study and exploration is about. Shouldn’t science have an open mind about exploring new frontiers? Why not allow your colleagues to study this topic without “burning them at the stake?”

The Emperor Has No Clothes

Out of fear of reprisal, the emperor’s subjects agreed that he was wearing clothes – when of course, he wasn’t. The fear instilled in modern day scientists about crossing this line and looking into the study of what happens after death has a majority of scientists agreeing with the “emperor” too.

When Galileo said the astronomers of his day were wrong and that the Earth revolved around the Sun, rather than the other way round, he was pronounced a heretic of the church and spent the rest of his life under house arrest. With the attitude that much of modern day academia has about the study of what happens after death, it doesn’t look as if the scientific community is any more progressive than the Church was 400 years ago.

That is why I was pleased to learn that philosophy professor John Martin Fischer, of the University of California Riverside, received a $5 million dollar grant from the Templeton Foundation to study topics related to immortality such as, near-death experiences and what result the belief in an life-after-death has on our behavior.

The grant is funding a project titled, “The Immortality Project.” The three year project will focus on scientific studies regarding the questions surrounding the afterlife and immortality.

The Immortality Project will endeavor to answer these questions:

– Whether and in what form a person could survive bodily death.
– Whether the information in our brains could be uploaded into a computer to allow one to exist there in perpetuity.
– How a person’s beliefs about immortality influence their behavior, attitudes, and character.

“One of the main goals I have is just to try and understand more about what we value and what we care about in our own finite lives,” Fischer said. “By studying pictures and conceptualizations of immortality — in religion and in literature and science fiction — we can come to figure out something about the meaning of our own finite lives.”

(Excerpt from the Southern California Public Radio News – read the full article here.)

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