Posted in Connectedness, Contemplation, Empowerment, Equanimity, General, Grace, Guru Nanak, Higher Guidance, Intuition, Japuji Sahib, Life, Life & Death, Meditation, Mul Mantra, Nexus, Personal Transformation, Prayer, Religion, Sikhism, Sikhs, Soul, Themes, Thoughts, True Nature, Unity, Vision on January 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Both transcendence (nirgun) and immanence (sagun) aspects play an important part in the awareness of spiritual life. Transcendence requires an expansion of our awareness through Grace, while immanence requires for the Divine to be brought to our level of understanding.
The Opening Stanza of the Sikh Morning Prayer, Japuji Sahib, offers an exploration of transcendental [...]
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Posted in Empowerment, Entertainment, Equanimity, General, Life, Life & Death, Oprah Winfrey, Personal Transformation, Survivor, Themes, Thoughts, Wilderness Survival on January 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On Wednesday 31 January 2007: The Oprah Winfrey Show promises to be exciting featuring guests who have survived disasters - those who lived through avalanche, electricity and even a fiery plane crash.
Oprah.com even has a Survival Quiz to assess if you’d make it in the wild. If you scored low on Oprah’s quiz, don’t [...]
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Posted in Authors, Connectedness, Empowerment, Entertainment, Gary Zukav, General, Life, Nexus, Oprah Winfrey, Personal Transformation, Soul, Themes, Thoughts, True Nature, Writing on January 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This Wednesday Gary Zukav, the author of Seat of the Soul and many other insightful books, is scheduled to be on the Oprah Winfrey Show. So check your local listings to see him.
He will speak on marriage as a “spiritual partnership” instead of a traditional marriage or relationship modelled around survival needs, where a [...]
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Posted in Christianity, Civil Rights, Compassion, Connectedness, General, Healing, History, Life, Love, Martin Luther King, News, Non violence, Peace, Personal Transformation, Politics, Religion, Themes, Unity, Vision, War on January 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Why I Am Opposed to War:
A Time To Break Silence
Excerpts of speech by Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.delivered at New
Yorks Riverside Church on April 4, 1967.
Over the past two years, as I have moved to break the betrayal of my own silences and to speak from the burnings of my own heart, as I [...]
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Posted in Authors, Book, Book Info, Chakras, Connectedness, Empowerment, Equanimity, General, Health, Hinduism, Life, Meditation, Nexus, Personal Transformation, Religion, Soul, Spiritual Symbolism, Themes, Thoughts, True Nature, Writing, Yoga on January 12, 2007 | 2 Comments »
YOGA IN NEXUS
Most people have set images of yoga in terms of flexible postures, yet that is only one aspect of a varied practice. In Nexus, Deborah and Arvind were influenced by different aspects of yoga along with other practices that foster spiritual growth. Our novel explores them through the journey of a [...]
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Hypnotherapy
Hypnosis can produce an altered state of consciousness, similar to day-dreaming or being engrossed in an activity. When engrossed in a TV show or while driving on a highway we experience this altered state. In light to medium hypnosis a person is aware of their surroundings, and is receptive to positive suggestions. Hypnosis is [...]
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Posted in Buddhism, Buddhist, Christianity, Christians, Compassion, Forgiveness, General, Iraq, Islam, Jews, Judaism, Life, Life & Death, Love, Muslims, News, Non violence, Religion, Sikhism, Sikhs, Spiritual Symbolism, Thoughts, War on January 3, 2007 | No Comments »
Most world religions include teachings on forgiveness, which provide guidance for the practice of forgiveness. Here are some examples of forgiveness understood from different traditions:
BUDDHISM
Forgiveness is a practice for removing unhealthy emotions that would otherwise cause harm to our mental well-being. Hatred leaves a lasting effect on our karma (”actions” 
and forgiveness creates [...]
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Photographer Izzet Keribar, Shwedagon complex in Myanmar
Happy New Year to all our friends and well-wishers!
We wish everyone the best for 2007. WordPress has been a great place to host our Nexus Blog and we welcome past visitors and new ones in the upcoming year. We hope to engage in stimulating dialogue that [...]
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