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  • The Cost Of Being An Activist

    by Gabriel of Urantia 6/11/14

    I’m sure that many of the activists in neighboring Arivaca (of Pima County, Arizona) can identify to some extent with this article and my experiences. I am very proud to live in Santa Cruz County—a county that has a good number of activists for a variety of worthy causes. And I want to honor Mayor Garino of Nogales, Arizona for his valiant stance for prayer before the council meetings—a nationwide issue that went all the way to The Supreme Court.

    It takes both courage and humility for the Mayor to stand up for the right of city officials to pray for some assistance higher than just themselves in meeting the many challenges of local governments. Even more ideal is when the various belief systems of the local area can be represented in these prayers. No one has to personally participate in the prayer who chooses not to, but I think providing the opportunity for those who want to appeal to a Higher Source is wise, for many reasons. (more…)

  • How to Harness the Potential of Your Intuition and Improve Your Life

    by Dr. Bruno R. Cignacco (PhD)

    1. Relevance of intuition

    Intuition is also called sudden discernment, gut feeling, instinct, sixth sense, epiphany, aha moment, revelation or hunches. In this book it was explained that your subconscious mind is unlimited as compared with your conscious level. In that sense, your hunches are shortcuts to your unconscious mind. The subconscious level tends to communicate throughout images, sounds or sensations.

    The subconscious mind makes connections in no linear ways because it has an overarching view on things. In most cases, our reasoning mind cannot understand them, for example, when you have some urges that push you in a specific direction. All intuitive insights have a relevant message to convey.  For this reason, you should always follow your intuition, whenever possible.

    When you use your intuition, you are going beyond your traditional senses, such as sight, touch, smell, hearing and taste. For this reason this inner knowing is also called “sixth sense”. When you receive intuitive insights, you are likely not to be focused on your environment; instead you might be dwelling inwardly. However you don’t have to make any effort to get intuitive insights, they tend to show up spontaneously. (more…)

  • A Better World

    by Dr Stewart Bitkoff

    People wonder how to create a better world?
    In theory, it’s fairly simple, but O so difficult to accomplish.
    In each moment, try to rise higher.
    In every situation, out of love,
    Do your best to create the highest possible outcome.
    The highest possible outcome:
    Is that which helps others, self,
    And the emerging higher destiny of the Universe.

    And if you make a ‘mistake,’ try again.
    Unintentionally, if you hurt another:  ask for their forgiveness.
    And if you don’t know
    What the highest possible outcome might be?
    Ask for guidance from the Unseen Forces;
    Then take a chance- doing the best that you can.
    Then leave the outcome up to the Universe.

    In some respect, you are but a player in a Game.
    A very serious, joyous and multi-leveled Game:
    Yet filled with endless opportunity,
    Watered by Grace,
    And where all ‘mistakes’ are absolved through Love.

    -SB

  • Searching For Truth

    by Dr Stewart Bitkoff

    Once there was a man who traveled the highway in search of Truth. He stopped at every town and inquired. Sometimes the answers he received appeared to be useful and at other times, they did not. Always the advice he received was targeted at his worldly life: get a job, marry and have children. Or don’t work, live in a monastery and become a recluse.

    Somehow these pieces of advice did not satisfy him so he kept searching. One day as luck would have it, he encountered a wise man who said, “The answer lies within.” So for many years, this traveler with the help of the wise one examined the inner world and came to see these experiences as part of the answer he was searching for. (more…)

  • A Higher Call

    by Dr Stewart Bitkoff

    Make no mistake about it life is hard;
    Filled with pain, illness, struggle
    And eventual death.

    Yet, the remedy to this circumstance
    Is love and passion;
    Passion for what you wish to be or do,
    Love for another person,
    Or love of a Higher Call.

    When the night is dark
    And you are lost in haze,
    Suddenly the sun rises
    And shows you the way back Home, again.

    For most, this is the journey of the flesh;
    Both glorious and frightening.
    Remember, this duality exists
    So that you might rise Higher.
    You are a Child of both worlds
    And are set free through love;
    Embrace your destiny.
    You cannot escape it.

    -SB

  • Jesus’ Secret Healing

    by Doug Simpson

    When we read the accounts in the Gospels of the trial of Jesus and His sentencing by Pilate to death on the cross, it becomes rather obvious that Pilate tried his best to rescue Jesus from His destined fate, and that it was ultimately the Jewish Sanhedrin and their vociferous group of supporters that were the primary cause of the crucifixion of Jesus. Pilate had a personal reason to protect Jesus – not too long before that fateful day, Jesus had healed Pilate’s son who was afflicted with epilepsy. Here is that story as recorded in the readings of the legendary American mystic, Edgar Cayce.  (more…)

  • Conscious Peace

    From the Book RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War By William T. Hathaway

    I was sitting in full lotus, body wrapped in a blanket, mind rapt in deep stillness, breathing lightly, wisps of air curling into the infinite space behind my closed eyes. My mantra had gone beyond sound to become a pulse of light in an emptiness that contained everything.

    An electric shock flashed down my spine and through my body. My head snapped back, limbs jerked, a cry burst from my throat. Every muscle in my body contracted ― neck rigid, jaws clenched, forehead tight. Bolts of pain shot through me in all directions, then drew together in my chest. Heart attack! I thought. I managed to lie down, then noticed I wasn’t breathing ― maybe I was already dead. I groaned and gulped a huge breath, which stirred a whirl of thoughts and images.

    Vietnam again: Rotor wind from a hovering helicopter flails the water of a rice paddy while farmers run frantically for cover. Points of fire spark out from a bamboo grove to become dopplered whines past my ears. A plane dives on the grove to release a bomb which tumbles end over end and bursts into an orange globe of napalm. A man in my arms shakes in spasms as his chest gushes blood. (more…)

  • Sharing a Heartfelt Conversation on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation

    Creating a Culture of Congruency with Personality-Integrated Individuals

    Niánn Emerson Chase

    I realize that gender identity and sexual orientation for any individual are very complex issues, with not only biological factors but environmental, social, and cultural elements to also consider. In our modern society, with its fast-pace and digital device onslaught, we all need to slow down and take time to have honest and thoughtful conversations about this sensitive and important subject of today’s culture. (more…)

  • Sufi Mysticism & World Sickness

    By Dr. Stewart Bitkoff

    Q: While on the Sufi mystical path, what exactly is it you learn?  How is this learning different than other learning?

    From the mystical perspective, the physical world or world of forms is supported by the world of spirit. The physical world is an extension of this unseen, spiritual world and the physical exists so humanity can fulfill their individual higher destiny.  Each traveler enters the world of physical forms for many reasons. Yet each reason is connected to the higher destiny, and the traveler ‘fumbles around in the dark’ unless he or she learns to connect with the Higher Reality.  The ladder which has been extended is religious teaching and spiritual learning.  The mystical path and spiritual learning is the inner heart of religious teaching. On an inner, spiritual level, all the great religions are one. (more…)

  • Questions & Answers

    Why did you come into this world?
    Why do you have to leave?
    How are the hours between to be spent?

    Are these questions
    And their answers not related?

    Do the work of the next realm
    In this one,
    And you will have no need
    Of questions or their answers.

    -SB

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