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Metaphysics
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Mooji - Vaster than Sky, Greater than Space
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Health & Healing 38
4 Critical Factors for a Balanced, Healthy Diet
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A Time to Retreat Somewhere Over the Rainbow Organizing and Time Saving Factors OMTimes Radio Host Spotlight - Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati
Relationships 66
How To Go From Online Relationships To Real-Life Ones
Shanti Devi - The Child Who Recalled Her Last Life The Effective Use of the Law of Polarity
Personal Growth 84 88
Changing at Point Easy or Point Crisis? How Change Shows You Your Secret Fears
World Vision 94
What It Means to Be In a Year of the ONE
learn; pointing simply requires that you observe and follow what is being revealed. It takes no time. The truth is not something we are going to learn or create. At the heart of it, all that I am speaking about is fundamentally simple because it is pointing to a fact of life. Because it is our very nature, it has only to be discovered rather than created, and this is the good news. Discovering is not and should not be strenuous or difficult. It only requires the urge, the desire to know. I have found this non-dual way particularly beautiful because of the simplicity and directness of it. I am a simple man. I have not studied to any great extent. And the consistent and essential discovery of the great saints and seers, I have come to see and experience myself. I feel joy in my heart to share with those beings who are yearning for this understanding that it is ever-present, and it is not so difficult to find. What have I got to share with them? That your own true Self is what you must long to find and be.
Neeta Maharaj: Can you explain your teachings in a nutshell, For our readers out there? Mooji: I prefer to say pointing rather than teachings because pointings are more immediate and direct than teachings. Teaching requires that you
We all naturally know that we exist. No one taught us this simple, yet intuitive knowing “I am, I exist”. The awareness of oneself is the first knowledge—the primal knowing. It is a fundamental fact of life regardless of race or religion or any conditioning we may have experienced. When it first arose inside the human form, it was then, as it is now, pure innocence, shining as the sense of presence. And this simple state, the knowing “I am” is consciousness announcing itself inside each form. The great fall is when this consciousness, which is impersonal, timeless and immutable, identifies with the body— which it needs for experiencing—and then believes the body to be itself. This is the birth of ego and the beginning of
suffering. The ‘person’ is consciousness in disguise as time, name and form, a disguise that opens the door to fear because all forms are impermanent and perishable. But consciousness is not. It is this fear of non-existence that compels us to search for the everlasting. This is spirituality or true religion. The purest question in the search for Truth is the question, “Who am I?” What is it that says ‘I’ inside this body? It is here that an awakened being can help you to quicken your discovery into ultimate self-realisation. Rarely do we even come to ask this question, because, over the years, many concepts and unquestioned assumptions are combined to overlay the natural state of being. We first assume that we are the body and the conditioning that arises for, and is experienced inside each body. For example, if you are born in England, you will be told you are English, and whatever is natural and fashionable within that culture will be absorbed, and it will join other ideas that we like and maintain about ourselves. All these concepts combine to create the sense in us that we are a unique individual called a ‘person’. This is the common human experience, which is assumed to be a universal fact. Our interactions are shaped by these assumptions: ‘me’ being this unique body-mind unit and ‘you’ being another separate body-mind unit—or in other words, me being this person here, meeting you who are this other person next to me. This conditioning that we are primarily our bodies and personalities gets imbedded in the consciousness very early and tends to remain there unquestioned for the rest of our mortal lives.
So why not just leave it alone? Why would anyone challenge you about this and ask, “When you say you are this person, what does it mean?” This is a most unusual question and perhaps also an uncomfortable one within the mindset of the human kingdom, because of the strong assumption that we are the body-mind entity. But because this assumption is a limitation on what we truly are and on our potential as spiritual beings to transcend all phenomenal states, powerful urges arise within some beings to go beyond the scope of our current knowledge or ideas we hold of ourselves. It may start as the urge to explore and experience more of the world in which we live and to search for our place and purpose in it. But in some cases, for some rare beings, that urge grows deeper and vaster as they find themselves questioning the very root of existence. In this awakening inquiry, some beings discover something much greater than the limited notion of personhood. They find themselves in an effortless state of grace, wisdom, love and joy, which they later come to realise, is the universal field of being. They have discovered that beyond the façade of personhood lies the immensity of being. Neeta Maharaj: It appears that your teachings point to a disidentification with the mind and body; however new age philosophers expound the balancing of the heart and the mind to have a joyful life in this three-dimensional reality. Can you share your thoughts on this? Mooji: I would not encourage anyone to cynically disregard the body or the mind. The body-mind state of being is useful for practical functioning. But when it is being taken as a reference
4 Critical Factors for a Balanced, Healthy Diet by Emma Sturgis
Nutrition Decisions: 4 Critical Factors for a Healthy Diet Eating a healthy and balanced diet is important for everyone. Food is the primary pathway to good health. An exceptionally healthy diet can promote overall wellness, Omtimes.com
ward off diseases and in some cases even cure diseases a person already has. There is a great deal of information on nutrition available. There is also a great deal of misinformation, oversimplification and assumption that often goes on when discussing exactly what constitutes a healthy diet. The following critical factors can help you stay focused and on track when creating a diet and nutrition plan to promote health and wellness.
Healthy Carbs and Balance Macronutrients are the most commonly discussed-and maligned-aspects of a diet. They are carbohydrates, fats and proteins. There tends to be a lot of generalization and assumptions made about these nutrients and most fad diets focus on controlling one or more of them. Most fad diets involve either focusing on one of these nutrients or eliminating it. The truth is that each of the macronutrients is important to the body, with
optimal health achieved by taking each one in the proper proportions. Simple carbohydrates and fats are primarily energy contributors. They are broken down into glucose and used by the cells. Carbohydrates have the benefit of being metabolized quickly, so they provide a quick boost of energy. The disadvantage is that this energy spike does not last long. Carbs do not have to be cut entirely, and many foods that are very healthy, such as fruits, are also high in carbs. Avoid sugar and processed foods and opt for whole foods and whole grains. They are still healthy even though they are high in carbs.
Getting the Right Amounts Fat and Protein Fat is the enemy in the eyes of most people. Body fat and diet fat, however, are not at all the same thing. The reality is that your body will take any excess calories and turn that into body fat. When it
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A Time to Retreat by Debbie Peluso
“Help….I need somebody. Help….not just anybody. Help….you know I need someone. HELP!!” --The Beatles Yes, we all loved that song and the movie as we watched Ringo run away from those who wanted to steal his precious ring! It seemed like
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such an innocent and funloving song the way The Beatles presented it. But, in reality, it was John Lennon’s genuine cry for help. He had become overwhelmed and didn’t know where to hide.
Determine When It is Time to Retreat We have all heard our friends, families, co-workers cry out for help, feeling as if everything they try to think, say, or touch seems to go in the totally opposite direction of their character. Everything is out of whack! How many times have we ourselves felt this way? We go about our daily business smiling, talking the talk, but feeling as if we’re not “walking the walk.” Then doom and gloom sets in and we begin to lose confidence, self-esteem, selfworth. Our own cry for help begins to surface, only we are not quite sure where to turn. Do we turn to friends, loved ones, church? Do we turn to self-help or spiritual books?
And if we are spiritual practitioners or journeying the path of spirituality, it becomes compounded by this idea that we are not supposed to feel this way. We think to ourselves, how can this be? We chant every morning, meditate, are in service to others for their own healing, adhere to dharma. This should not be.
Our Humanness Surfaces, If We Pay Attention Well, guess what? At some point, our humanness with all its traumas surfaces. As a matter of fact, precisely because one is a practitioner or spiritual teacher/leader, challenges arise more often. And really, that is a good thing! It allows release of that which attaches to the energetic body and move on. What we fail to understand is these moments are nature’s way of telling us something is not right in our life. It brings to light unanswered questions and conflicts within our subconscious mind. And,
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How to Go from Online Relationships to Real-Life Ones by Marcia Sirota, MD.
Online Dating is Only Part of the Picture These days, we are conducting so many of our relationships online that when we are finally face-to-face with another person, we are often more awkward, uncomfortable and unsure of ourselves. Lately, I have heard stories from a few women who were trying online Omtimes.com
dating. They shared that the men they were communicating with were happy to chat online but weren’t getting around to making an actual in-person date. We figured that maybe the men were married and not ready to take their flirtations beyond the virtual. Maybe they were so used to online interactions that they didn’t feel comfortable
meeting in the real world. Either way, these men weren’t setting up actual dates.
wants to leave the site or break protocol, it is often because they are not on the level.
This underscores the two main problems of spending so much time online. First problem is that people often misrepresent themselves in their online profiles. The second is the more we email, text, Facetime, Tweet or swipe right, the less comfortable we are with dating in real life.
Another red flag to look for is when a date is being planned and the other person is very particular about when they can and cannot meet. Someone who has obvious time restrictions could very well be in a relationship and have only a small window of time in which to cheat on their partner.
Fortunately, there is a simple solution to both these problems. Learning a few basic communication skills will help us take our online chats into the real world and create more successful dates.
Learning to Identify Dishonest People Online First, we need to identify the dishonest people online, and this comes down to recognizing a few red flags. If the other person immediately wants to go off the dating site and start emailing on their private email, that is a red flag. Or, if they want to skip the protocol of the site and go directly to communicating via personal email, this is also suspicious. Online dating sites do their best to keep you safe, so when someone
Pay Attention to Red Flags When Dating The next red flag is a profile photo in which the person is flaunting wealth; for example, leaning up against a fancy car or flashing a high-end watch. Think of these as fishing lures-shiny objects meant to snare the unsuspecting minnows in the dating pool. Of course, some people are so good at lying and cheating that they won’t show you any red flags before you meet. So, then you need to look for the red flags when you’re on your actual first date. It’s best to make the first meeting a short, daytime coffee date. Drinking alcohol on a first date makes it much harder to Omtimes.com
The Effective Use of the Law of Polarity by Diane Wing
Time to Crack the Polarity Code As we explore Universal Law, it becomes apparent that these laws are present in every aspect of life surfacing on a Omtimes.com
regular basis. To recognize and apply them, therefore, is an essential part of understanding our interactions with the Universe and to become adept at flowing with its wisdom. The Law of Polarity states that: “Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet.� We are a combination of various energies, each present by degree. Some energies may dominate our nature and others will surface only on special occasions. We are also the essence of the concept of polarity. Polarity differs from duality in that each pole has the essence of the other contained within it. There are ranges and degrees of each aspect housed within the other, inseparable.
Polarity Manifests a Spectrum of Combinations A continuum of polarities exists within us, and what we manifest is a combination of these polarities in varying degrees. Nothing exists in a pure state; everything blends to form unique and vibrant combinations. The physical and metaphysical aspects inherent in the energy that surrounds us is where the polarity begins; the power generated by opposites yet has the essence of each opposite held within it. The duality inherent in nature serves to produce energetic interactions as seen in the interaction of positrons and electrons within the atomic structure, in magnetic fields that display positive and negative polarities, in the light of day and the dark of night, the sun and the moon, and in the human forms of male and female.
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Changing at Point Easy or Point Crisis? by Crystal Presence
Guided Change Can Really Make a Difference Change is part of life. Our environment, bodies, feelings, thoughts and behaviors and are always in a process of change. The question is how much power do we have to guide that change? Can we
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make the change at the point where change is easy or do we need to go to the point of crisis to make the change? People have a reputation for ignoring, denying and procrastinating when it comes to making change. Rather than addressing issues head on and coming to a quick and easy resolution, we often ignore our issues, dismiss our thoughts, suppress our feelings and justify our behaviors. Eventually the denial builds up and explodes in the form of a crisis where we are forced to feel, express and address what we have been avoiding. A simple example is, instead of listening and responding to our anger (the natural signal alerting us to the fact that we want a change), we stub our toe. Now we have a darn good reason to feel angry, yell and demand a change!
Problems with Choosing at Point Crisis The habit of choosing at point crisis is reflected to us in some
of the following ways… Nuclear bombs. A container of compressed energy ready to explode in a reactive moment of repressed anger about the changes we want. Environmental pollution. A result of not addressing and cleaning up the issues we have within ourselves. War. The struggle, pain and conflict going on inside ourselves we take into our relationships, families, communities and the world. People in crisis often say… “Why didn’t I listen, I knew this was going to happen!?” “If only I had fixed it right away!”
Common Beliefs Perpetuating Change at Point Crisis The question is whether we want to change at point easy or at point crisis? If deep inside we know we are lying to ourselves, why do we secretly hold back until
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What It Means to Be in a Year of the ONE by Greer Jonas
What Does It Mean, A Global Year of the One? Well, just in case you did not realize it, ha-ha, life is different than it ever was before. The global year 2+0+1+7=10. 1+0=1. The number 1, in numerology, is also the number of the “I am�, the number of first, new beginnings and leadership.
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With the outcome of the election, we have all, no matter who you voted for, arrived in uncharted territory. This is not a political post, but let us just say we are all being forced to deal with change. The global year of “1” promises to lead us to a “newness” that has never happened before in every aspect of our existence. The “one” energy gives us the opportunity to take action. Some of us in this one year are apprehensive, many fearful, others excited. Whatever it is, we can sit back and let the world take over, or we can take action in our lives.
Stepping back to 2016, the year of 9 - Transformation. As crazy as 2016 was for all of us, we have to admit that the transformational 9 year (2+0+1+6 = 9) brought up much change in our lives and our world. The nine is completion, so be it! Endings in so many ways! The roller coaster ride began as we were forced to deal with our shadow, our truths and to see what our real beliefs are. How did you experience the nine it in your life (not just politically,
but in areas of relationships, career, communication and home. There could have been moments of triumph and important insights and other moments of loss or the realization that something has to change. Read more about 2016 and the nine, here: http:// numerology4yoursoul.com/ donald-trump-45th-president/
What now, in this One Year? How will this “One” year affect you personally? What are the “new” steps you can take? The “1” will give you the energy to push through old patterns of lethargy. Perhaps you can get involved in environmental reform, or finally finish writing that book that you started years ago. Or, you could clean out your attic and transform it into a place to create art. Take a step beyond your comfort zone. This is the moment!
What is your Personal Year in 2017 numerology? As the one year is about new beginnings, everyone has a personal year theme which is specific to them. To find out your personal year, add your birth Omtimes.com
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