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Jim DreaverU.S.
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I can answer any existential question - i.e. "Who am I?" "What am I here to do?" and "What is the meaning of life?" | |
Bob WaxmanU.S.
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Please ask any question relating to spiritual awakening, personal growth, or the pursuit of enlightenment. If you are having difficulty with a religious or spiritual concept - please feel free to explain your dilemma and ask a question relating to your situation. I have written three books on various spiritual topics and have been teaching classes for over 12 years. My expertise is in writing, teaching, and explaining the underlying meanings that are found in ancient and modern spiritual traditions. | |
Raja SubramaniyanIndia
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I can answer all questions relating to Enlightenment aka Awakening, Nirvana or the ultimate goal of a human being. | |
Rita Desnoyers-GarciaU.S.
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I can answer questions about abundance, the law of attraction, peace, and love. My passions are about how to access the Higher Self/Source, spiritual development, relationships. I can't answer questions about how your future will turn out. | |
Aloha DennisU.S.
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I answer questions on the Awakening process, Spiritual Growth, Transformation in Consciousness, Metaphysics, and Enlightenment. As a former Catholic, I focus on transitioning from a heavy emphasis on dogma to the self-directed path of spirituality. Enlightenment can be a sudden, spontaneous experience that is an out-of-this-world experience, but has the possibility of disorienting oneself for a while until the individual has integrated the energies of transformation. It can happen to anyone, any place, at any time. It is available to all, in one’s lifetime. Spiritual growth is deepened by orienting oneself to living a love-based lifestyle (in thought, word, deed), and letting go (healing) fear. The process of Awakening can happen suddenly, spontaneously or gradually. No standard formula exists. Rather, it is custom-made for each individual. It is a process of uncovering the truth which already exists within you. | |
Bill HolcombeU.S.
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Can answer questions about the varying stages of the spiritual experience. spirituality is scientific, verifiable, logical, and does not ignore the laws of cause and effect. A healthy body and good diet are prerequisites to growth. A great percentage of the "spiritual searching" we are doing is wasted on new-age power of attraction gibberish whereas the real answers are typically very plain. Divine wisdom seems ordinary, and spirituality is not a fix-all to our life's problems. serious work provides serious results, and spiritual cultivation requires work. | |
RelicU.S.
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Suffering and unhappiness in your life can often be traced to the fact that you cling to an illusion: that of being an independent entity that somehow found itself on a "material world." In reality, the body is not your own and materialism is a false model. Your life and existence is a gift in Supreme Love from what we call God. Many strive to realize peace through following various paths and techniques or just filling the emptiness with unhelpful diversions. And of course, the suffering persists. So we keep seeking... | |
Elsabe SmitU.K.
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Crisis related to organised religion vs spirituality, life purpose, metaphysics, spiritual development, personal growth | |
Margaret Placentra JohnstonU.S.
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I am particularly interested in answering questions about the stages of spiritual growth, faith development, religious stages. The term spiritual growth or spiritual development can have many different interpretations. In some cases, it refers to the ability to have para-normal or mystical experiences. Others use it to describe the ability to communicate with beings that are not present here on earth with us at this time, such as dead people or our own prior lifetimes. This is not where my knowledge and expertise lie. The type of spiritual growth questions I can address concern here and now issues about religious belief versus non-belief, the stages of religious development and spiritual development where spirituality is defined as living deeper than the surface things of life, knowing there is more to life than the latest new car, questioning the deeper meanings of our existence. |
Recent Answers
2012-05-07 Awakening and strange dreams...:
Hi Heather I smiled when I read this - in recognition because I know exactly what you are talking about. Yes, it all fits together. I will give you some explanation but it is not always easy to
2012-05-01 Buddha:
Dear Advait, Awakening is always spontaneous. It is not possible to get enlightenment gradually or step by step. It always happens in a flash. There is no one who is 80% enlightened. Either we are enlightened
2012-04-28 Finding Ancient Symbolism for Tattoo:
Aloha Amanda, Ancient adage of the guidance realm says: "We can guide, but we cannot do the journey for you." I applaud you for doing your homework on the subject of ancient symbolism and that the
2012-04-25 Crash Course: The Great Shift 2012:
Aloha Heather, Ah, the meaning of number 11. I believe this answer will send you in a direction you did not expect! And that’s good, for it frees your mind of any preconceived ideas. Yes, I remember
2012-04-19 totem ""inner power"":
Aloha Noor, To find your inner power, you need to go to the Source. Why mess around with animal totems when you are a powerful Being of Light in human form? Discover the powerful Being of Light that
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