Archive | March, 2012

Question: Should We Put Ourselves First? by John Cali

By on March 30, 2012 in blog, channeling, health and well-being, inspiration, life purpose, mind body soul, self-help, spirituality
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How’s Your Self-Esteem? by John Cali

By on March 27, 2012 in Articles, channelling, healing, health and well-being, inspiration, mind body soul, self-help, spirituality

I’ve been away from home the past 10 days. So this week we’re revisiting an earlier article on that perennial problem so many of us have — self-esteem. Read the article here. P.S. We’ll be talking more about self-esteem in our blog the next few weeks.

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8 Signs Your Ego Is Controlling You by John Cali

By on March 23, 2012 in blog, channeling, health and well-being, inspiration, life purpose, mind body soul, self-help, spirituality

What is your honest opinion of yourself? If you’re like many folks it’s probably not very high. Sometimes, perhaps often, you struggle with low self-esteem, a poor self-image. You find it hard to draw on your own inner resources to feel good about your life. So you become dependent upon resources outside yourself to make [...]

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Does Life Scare You to Death? by John Cali

By on March 19, 2012 in Articles, channelling, health and well-being, inspiration, life and death, life purpose, mind body soul, self-help, spirituality

Fear is one of the biggest challenges we humans deal with every day of our lives. But is there really anything to be afraid of — anything at all? Does life scare you to death? If it does, a change in perspective is in order. Neale Donald Walsch talks about the emotion of fear in [...]

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Fear by John Cali

By on March 19, 2012 in Articles, channelling, health and well-being, life and death, life purpose, mind body soul, self-help, spirituality

(This article was originally published October 21, 2008.) This past week we’ve had a broad and intense discussion of fear at one of our new discussion forums. A timely subject, given the state of our world today. I’m sure most of us know one of the greatest fears people have is fear of death. We [...]

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Buddhist Catholicism by John Cali

By on March 17, 2012 in blog, channeling, health and well-being, inspiration, mind body soul, self-help, spirituality

Does that title sound like a contradiction in terms? How can you be Buddhist and Catholic? The Washington Post has been following the story of a Roman Catholic priest denying communion to a lesbian at her mother’s funeral. And then he walked out on the funeral mass. You can imagine the furor that set off. [...]

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The Depression Epidemic: Followup by John Cali

By on March 14, 2012 in blog, channeling, healing, health and well-being, inspiration, mind body soul, self-help, spirituality

We received some great feedback on our last blog post, The Depression Epidemic. The comments from one of our readers reminded me I had perhaps been a bit insensitive, albeit unintentionally, toward people who’ve found antidepressants helpful. Here, slightly edited, are some excerpts from the comments, plus my responses: Reader’s comments: “I notice Dr. (Andrew) [...]

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Messages from the Animals by John Cali

By on March 12, 2012 in Articles, channelling, healing, inspiration, mind body soul, self-help, spirituality

One recent evening after supper I happened to look out into my backyard. Standing there were five small deer, grazing on the sparse foliage of that late winter day. Deer are such beautiful, gentle creatures. I love watching them. We’re blessed to have so many of them where I live. As the deer grazed contentedly [...]

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The Depression Epidemic by John Cali

By on March 10, 2012 in blog, channeling, healing, health and well-being, inspiration, life purpose, manifesting, mind body soul, self-help, spirituality

According to Andrew Weil, MD, “…some substantial percentage of the depression epidemic is manufactured by the medical-pharmaceutical industry.” He goes on to say the industry has convinced many people that ordinary sadness is an abnormal condition, a “disease” that should be treated with drugs. But even if that “substantial percentage” is removed, Dr, Weil continues, [...]

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Addictions Revisited by John Cali

By on March 8, 2012 in blog, channeling, healing, health and well-being, inspiration, life purpose, mind body soul, self-help, spirituality

We received some interesting comments about last week’s newsletter article, Addictions. Here are a couple of excerpts from two different people: “What does Spirit have to say about AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) and similar organizations? I mean, if by joining AA (someone) gains a clearer understanding of the precious Being that he/she is, isn’t that a [...]

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