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June 20-26, 2011 is the first of a series of transformational retreats offered by Intruessence.com. Participants will be guided through various modalities including yoga, sacred breathwork, reiki, sound/energy healing, chi-gung, chiga , mediation and sacred ceremonies. Intruessence offers Transformational Yoga and Meditation Retreats in Mexico The 7 day retreat, called 7 Days + 7 Chakras focuses on integration of mind, body and soul through specialized process created by founder and director Nicholas Pratley. Nicholas Pratley has been practicing the healing arts for over 10 years. His Award-Winning classes and private sessions facilitate healing through various energetic,physical, shamanic, kinesiology, meditation and breath-work modalities. His purpose with this retreat and through his healing, is to enable people to see, hear and feel deeply; and thereby empowering and aligning themselves with the recognition that shows there is nothing else to do with our time here except to love an...

Meditation for Developing Psychic Powers and Abilites The great Kundalini Yoga meditation technique is known for bestowing psychic powers and abilities. Although, it the goal of yoga and meditation is not the attainment of psychic powers, if you are interested in those, then this meditation is worth trying. It uses the power of mantra to open the Third Eye chakra, which is the seat of psychic abilities. Clairvoyance and such abilities to see the future, are often associated with the practice of this meditation. You can visit AnmolMehta (dot) com, for more free yoga and meditation techniques for developing psychic powers and for spiritual evolution. From: AnmolMehtaCom Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 05:51 More in Howto & Style

The need for work-life balance in the professional workforce is an issue that Reverend Maria Pierre has made her life's focus. As a corporate chaplain and interfaith minister for Esperanza Interfaith Center and Seminary, Rev. Pierre has designed a specific program titled "Workplace Harmony, to create awareness around the importance of balancing work and personal life. Retreats and workshops are components of Rev. Pierre's Workplace Harmony program. She hosts monthly mini-retreats at Esperanza Interfaith Center. Open to the public, each retreat features a guest presenter offering unique advice. "Soul of the Leader mini-retreats, focusing on peaceful leadership, are slated for April 22 and May 20, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at Esperanza Interfaith Center. "One must remain mindful that people deserve joy along with work and security in their lives, said Rev. Pierre, whose business background has helped her focus her ministry not only on helping individuals, but also o...

It should come as no surprise to discover that you are a believer, skeptic, or agnostic. Yet when you look at where other people fall, which could be very far outside your belief system, it may be disturbing to consider that you might all be right.Believers may go to the heaven (or hell) that matches their religious background. In the afterlife they will meet their most cherished version of Godor gods. They will find themselves surrounded by angels or bodhisattvas. The emotional tone of that afterlife could be one of total bliss, if that is the tone they anticipate, or it could feel more ambiguous, even sad.The experience could even feel like nothing. Skeptics may find that the afterlife is a blank, devoid of conscious sensation. For them, dying could lead to a long sleep without any perception of the self. The question is how long this state will last or what it might become.For agnostic the afterlife is problematic. They may perceive that they remain themselves, occupying a k...

When the new issue of TIME magazine arrived a few days ago, my wife noted the cover story blurb -- " What if there's no Hell? " -- and said, I can't understand how anybody can believe in hell . My reply to her: I can't understand how anybody can believe in Christianity, yet lots of people do . Well, actually I do understand, because I've also believed weird spiritual stuff that now seems untrue to me. So I was speaking from my current churchless perspective. For many years I entertained a belief that the only way back to God was to become a disciple of a "perfect living guru," so if hell is being separated from God, then I guess I was a believer in a sort of Christian'ish damnation: some are saved, and some aren't; if you haven't chosen to get on the Salvation Train, tough luck, because you're going to be left at the Bad Karma station. Still, Christianity's hell is stranger than the maya of Eastern religions. Unquenchable fire. T...

Religions turn me off. Science turns me on. And in the science books I read, the notion that we could be living as artificial intelligences within a computer simulation keeps popping up. I'm fascinated by this possibility (see previous blog posts here and here ). I've finished physicist Brian Greene's new book, " The Hidden Reality ." He talks about simulated universes in a Universes, Computers, and Mathematical Reality chapter. My interest here is in those who would be drawn by the purity of electrical impulses to program simulated environments populated by simulated beings that would exist within a computer's hardware; instead of C-3PO or Data, think Sims or Second Life, but with inhabitants who have self-aware and responsive minds. The history of technological innovation suggests that iteration by iteration, the simulations would gain verisimilitude, allowing the physical and experimental characteristics of the artificial worlds to reach convincing levels...

Understanding Zen Practice Understanding Zen Teachings Over the next several weeks I would like to explore deeper and further into Zen and Zen Meditation (Zazen), as I feel the teachings from this school can profoundly impact ones life and greatly help one in their spiritual evolution. Fortunately Zen teachings have been spread far and wide by many recent Zen Masters and so are now more easily accessible to us all. The 2 zen masters who I would certainly recommend for those looking to understand what Zen is and how to practice it, are Charlotte Joko Beck and Shunryu Suzuki. The respective books by each that are excellent sources of Zen teachings are Everyday Zen, Love and Work and the classic, Zen Mind Beginners Mind . On the website itself, there are many articles on Zen teachings and techniques, and you can find them in the following category: Zen Buddhism . The key to understanding Zen, like all profound spiritual approaches, comes from pract...