Category: skills for our tool kits
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Our Search for the Truth
Elder’s Meditation of the Day – February 1 “You can’t just sit down and talk about the truth. It doesn’t work that way. You have to live it and be part of it and you might get to know it.” — Rolling Thunder, CHEROKEE We all read books that have much information in them. Often…
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The Drama Triangle
The Drama Triangle was a concept invented in the 1960s by Dr. Stephan Karpman, to describe in the simplest possible terms the screwed-up psychological roles that people play in habitual, dysfunctional relationships. The three roles are: Victim, Persecutor, and Rescuer. The titles are pretty self-explanatory, but just to review…the Victim is the person who is…
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Both sides of anything are sacred.
Elder’s Meditation of the Day – January 30 “Bright days and dark days were both expressions of the Great Mystery, and the Indian reveled in being close to the Great Holiness.” — Chief Luther Standing Bear, SIOUX The Great Spirit created a world of harmony, a world of justice, a world that is interconnected, a…
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6 Negative Behaviors Of Others You Should Not Allow In Your Life
Have you ever felt like you deserve something better? Then why settle for something less than you desire? You can decide from now that you won’t tolerate bad behavior in your life. People who try to bring you down suck the life from you and leave you feeling miserable. Why would you accept that when…
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Want More Joy? 7 Ways To Cultivate A Playful, Child-Like Mindset
By Desiree Rumbaugh Do you remember how awesome it was to be a kid? Every day was a new opportunity to play, every person was a potential playmate, and every household item had the ability to be turned into something cool and fun, like a few blankets and chairs becoming a secret fort. As adults,…
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Can Other People’s Vibrations Really Affect You?
By LoveOrAbove Do you believe you are affected by, or immune to, other people’s vibrations? The answer lies somewhere in the middle, as you’ll see in a moment. When someone in a bad mood walks into a room, they can instantly bring everyone down. It works the other way, too – a happy person can…
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….when you die, that doesn’t mean that this is the end.
Elder’s Meditation of the Day – January 27 “The journey to the Spirit World is a long one, my friend. But when you die, that doesn’t mean that this is the end.” — —Buddy Red Bow, LAKOTA The Elders tell us of the other dimension, the Spirit World. Our spirit in our bodies does not…
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“Learning to let go of old habits, ideas, people who are not serving your best interests….
“Learning to let go of old habits, ideas, people who are not serving your best interests, and much more is not an easy task for anyone. The main reason is one must leave one’s comfort zone or familiar situations, habits and thinking patterns. This is stressful, often in the extreme. Therefore, most people simply do…
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Elder’s Meditation of the Day – January 23
Elder’s Meditation of the Day – January 23 “Our true enemies, as well as our true sources of strength, lie within.” — Willaru Huayta, QUECHUA NATION, PERU A long time ago, the Creator put inside the human being the secrets to the laws of life. We usually know this is true even though we may…
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Elder’s Meditation of the Day – January 22
Elder’s Meditation of the Day – January 22 “The first factor in the revolution of consciousness is the mystic death of the ego – the death of negative thinking, negative personalities. We must purify the soul of the inner enemies. Every time a defect manifests – envy, gluttony, anger, lust, whatever – that impulse to…