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Why should you say your prayers at bedtime? Need a reason to hit your knees before hitting the hay? Look no further than John 15:1-8: communicating with God right as you drift off can help wrap up an eventful day and keep you on top of all that needs doing. Plus, it’s easy to fit…
Jung’s collective unconscious evolves and includes computers Files not saving. Computers slow, delaying while updating. Viruses. Bloodshot irises. Internet worms. File not found errors. And that’s not to mention the endless e-mail. Our waking lives can be the stuff of nightmares when our computers fail or when we fail our computers. They’re the…
If you’re not willing to forget the notion that thinking about something doesn’t necessarily cause something to come into being or attract it to you, stoic mindset exercises aren’t for you. Stoic exercises ask you to meditate on the worst things that can happen to you and those you love. Is that depressing? Yes. During…
Sometimes there are spiritual meanings to dreams, though not all the time. The proposition that dreams can have spiritual meanings is generally accepted, and it’s been true in many cultures and recorded in the Bible, other spiritual books, and by anthropologists and archeologists. Fiction parallels the truth. If it doesn’t, the stories don’t seem believable.…
Continued from: What Nobody Will Tell You About Your Guardian Angel (part 1) Most Americans believe in angels. According to a Harris Interactive poll from 2009, the number was over 7 in ten. That’s an older poll, but there’s no reason to think that today’s number is any less than the majority. If you’re in…
I’m no psychic. I’m not a medium either, nothing at all like that. Some people apparently have that talent—I don’t. Yet, I’ve had some of the experiences from time to time. Anecdotally, it seems to be fairly common. Many people do. I’ll tell you a true story that happened to me. It might help you…
The American dream is 246 years old today. Sure, people in what is the United States had dreams for their future before we declared independence, but those should have been called colonial dreams. After Independence Day, July 4, 1776, we started having American dreams. What is the American dream? There are many definitions of the American…
You see a series of three numbers repeating: 333, 222, or 666. Does it mean something? Or is it simply a coincidence? Some think it means something. They call such numerical series “angel numbers.” They assign such a series of three or four a sacred or spiritual significance. One idea is your guardian angel is…
When you analyze this dream you just had, if you’re being honest, it conflicts with your beliefs. Does that mean you don’t believe what you say you believe? Does it mean you’re a hypocrite? Maybe. Maybe not. Does having dreams that run contrary to your conscious beliefs make you a hypocrite? The word “hypocrite” comes…
Mysticism refers to ecstasy or an alternate state of consciousness that’s given spiritual meaning. It can also refer to attaining insight into hidden or ultimate truths. If you have a dream with powerful spiritual insight, that qualifies as mysticism. It’s the opposite of science which is supposed to be based on measurements, facts, studies, and…
In the week before Christmas 2021, Brad Harbert of Ankeny, Iowa, a Des Moines suburb, was woken out of his sleep in the middle of the night. It wasn’t the alarm going off. He was sleeping through that. Rather, it was his dog Roxy, a Husky-Coonhound mix. Typically mellow, that night she was anything but.…
Swap daily activities between the morning and the rest of your day as needed for resiliency and success. Once upon a time, there was a young boy with many bad habits. This bothered his father, so he corrected him. “Don’t do this,” the father would say. “Don’t do that.” The young man ignored him. Over…
Doctors, supervisors, 24-hour locksmiths, tow-truck drivers, and others can be affected by this. Is it time to get a different job? Not all “call” is created the same. There’s no one answer to the abovementioned question in the headline that makes sense for everyone, everywhere. Somebody needs to be on call for some businesses, industries,…