Archive | June, 2012

Spirit’s Friday Frolics for June 29, 2012 by John Cali

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Are You Burying Your Head in the Sand? by Barbara Clark

Image is under Creative Commons License My spirit guides and I often tell folks to focus on what they want, not on what they do not want. So is it wrong to ignore what you don’t want, even if it’s right there in your face? Is that burying your head in the sand? Barbara Clark [...]

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The Power of Perspective by John Cali

Our perspective is everything, and it carries great power. Two people can be viewing the same event and come away with totally different, even opposite, experiences. As I mentioned last week, we’re doing some major changes to our website, and it continues to take much of my time and energy. So once again this week [...]

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Non-Judgement Day by John Cali

One of my favorite quotations from A Course in Miracles is “Today I will judge nothing that occurs.” That’s a tough one for most of us. I occasionally take a day to observe the ways I can be judgemental, and then consciously drop all judgement. I call it non-judgement day. Here are some words of [...]

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Spirit’s Friday Frolics for June 22, 2012 by John Cali

This week we’re starting something new: Spirit’s Friday Frolics. This will be a weekly blog post, published every Friday. As we all know, laughing and having fun are good for us. Spirit has talked about this many times. Here are a few snippets: Laughing is one of the most powerful ways to feel good, and [...]

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Now Is Forever by John Cali

Many of us have trouble staying in the present moment. And yet, paradoxically, that’s all we have. The present moment — the now — is all there is. Our video of the week features the song, Now, by Dave Carroll. The song is based on Eckhart Tolle’s popular book, The Power of Now. We’re doing [...]

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Are You Doomed By Your Genes? by John Cali

  I often hear folks saying “It runs in the family.” Usually “it” means a particular disease or illness. These folks typically believe they are doomed by their genes. I had a graphic example of this in my own family many years ago. One of my uncles died at the age of 55 from a [...]

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How Strong Is Your Faith? by John Cali

Just a few weeks ago, on Sunday, May 27, Mack Wolford, a Pentecostal minister in West Virginia, was conducting a Sunday service for the members of his congregation. That was his last day on this earth. Pastor Wolford, a colorful and legendary character, believed Christians should handle poisonous snakes to test their faith in God. [...]

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Going with the Flow of Life by John Cali

I was brought up in the Judeo-Christian tradition, as I know many of you were. We were taught the only road to success was hard work through pain and struggle. I bought into that perspective for much of my life. But no more. Here’s Spirit. Spirit We talk with many humans struggling in so many [...]

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Reader Question: Is It Wrong To Feel Good When Others Are Suffering? by John Cali

Here’s an email we received a few weeks ago: Hi John, I just came home from seeing a friend I haven’t seen in many years. I told her about my children and grandchildren and she told me about her nieces and nephews, brothers and sisters (this woman never married). One niece and nephew are drug [...]

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