A lack of confidence is caused by the idea that we need something more to be who we are. Yet we already are everything we are meant to be. The lack of confidence comes from not believing this. It is seeing yourself through clouded eyes and not believing in your potential as it already is. Each of us is fully capable in life to handle everything, to cope and go forward, and to be the best we can be. Yet we tend to think otherwise, to talk ourselves out of it and out of our own potential in life.… Continue

Compassion is a feeling deep within ourselves —a "quivering of the heart" — and it is also a way of acting — being affected by the suffering of others and moving on their behalf. Buddha and Jesus are the most well known exemplars of compassion, and it is the central ethical virtue in the two religions that developed from their teachings.

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The spiritual practice of compassion is often likened to opening the heart. First, allow yourself to be feel the suffering in the world, including… Continue

We all know what it's like to want to improve ourselves. We want to be more spiritually evolved, more enlightened. We want to be more loving and patient. To be healed of our childhood wounds. To be better parents, or better people. And there are situations in our outer lives we wish would improve, too. We want a job doing something we love, something that makes our heart sing and our soul soar. We want more money so we can feel safe and supported and free. We want a relationship with a true… Continue

Forgiving someone after they have hurt you is the best and only option you have to release what happened. Forgiving something that happened in your past is also another way to let it go and move on. Forgiveness is a powerful tool that is often left abandoned, for we often choose to instead condemn the past and the people that hurt us by staying mad and angry. When we choose to hold onto anger and resentment instead of forgiving, we create a host of problems for ourselves. We change how we… Continue

We all know what it is like to be alone in a room surrounded by others, to see faces and yet not know how to connect or belong. There are so many people in this world satisfied with only knowing a few people because it is easy and stretching further is hard. To have a base of friends is important, but sometimes knowing others and not being afraid to leads to great things.



It opens up doors and begins new paths. To stretch a little more, to branch out further, can give you the… Continue

We spend a lot of our lives looking for role models, mentors, teachers, to guide us on our path. There is nothing wrong with this and, in fact, finding the right person at the right time can really help. However, it is important to realize that in the absence of such a figure, we can very safely rely upon ourselves. We carry within us everything we need to know to make progress on our paths to self-realization. The outer world serves as a mirror. Or to use another metaphor, our inner world…

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Dearest awakening starlights, being and feeling love is one of the prime purposes of your existence on the earth.

Yes, we’ve said plenty about your purpose and the reasons you’re on your planet, but chief among these reasons is to hold and anchor the love you have the full ability to radiate out to the rest of creation, drastically raising your collective vibration as a result.

You can be in a constantly loving and joyful space, and when you do, you’ll emit the loving vibration…

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Fear is something we all have at one level or another. Why is it there, what good does it do us? It used to be important as a tool to warn us of danger, to keep us on our toes, and to be more aware. Now, we live in a time where this is almost uncalled for. We go through life aware enough to get from one place to another with very little danger in our lives, but what do we do with the fear that is still present and real within us? Fear can be detrimental to our happiness; it overrides our…

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Personal growth is about reaching a place that is a new you, the real you. It is about releasing parts of you that you no longer need and finding out about who you really are. To achieve any kind of growth is to find what is holding you back and then what you need to do to set it free. Becoming who you are and letting go of what is old is one step. Realizing that you can change is another. We so often hold ourselves back in life because we have accepted who we are. Whether or not we approve,…

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During life, we all seek to know someone well enough to feel love and be loved; we seek to connect and be a part of another person's life. When we look for love, sometimes we are looking for a lot more than love itself. We are not just looking for someone to be with, but we are also looking to fulfill everything we need in life. We want understanding, someone by our side; we want companionship, sentiment, and all the desired characteristics we find attractive and need in another person. Love…

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Compassion is a feeling deep within ourselves —a "quivering of the heart" — and it is also a way of acting — being affected by the suffering of others and moving on their behalf. Buddha and Jesus are the most well known exemplars of compassion, and it is the central ethical virtue in the two religions that developed from their teachings.

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The spiritual practice of compassion is often likened to opening the heart. First, allow yourself to be feel the suffering in the world,…

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Always follow your heart. Always follow your dreams. There is always hope.

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Those who abandon their dreams will usually be the first to discourage yours. Do not listen to them. They are just jealous and wish they had the courage to follow their dreams, when they did not. They have no right to discourage you. And failures; sometimes failures are necessary. Perhaps there are lessons you need to learn, so that you can grow and become more prepared. Or perhaps you are just being tested…

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