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How to Spice Up Your Spiritual IQ

On October 11, 2023

In Conscious Living, Guest Posts, Inner Guidance, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Synchronicity, Waking Dreams

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Guest Post by Nigel Bell

Working in the Disability Services field, I would usually associate IQ with a person’s mental and functional ability to live their life as independently as possible. It wasn’t until I started using spiritual techniques such as chanting mantras, contemplating, and practicing mindfulness, that I could see a direct correlation between spiritual IQ and my ability to live in harmony and balance with the Infinite.

Daily practices like this certainly help me to live more graciously, but also to be awake to life’s synchronicities and guidance through waking dreams.

Listening to Our Inner Guidance

By Michael Avery

On September 18, 2023

In Conscious Living, Inner Guidance, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Guest Post by Anna Finch

Did you know there is a powerful tool you can use to help your life run more smoothly? It is listening to your inner guidance. It has taken me many years to trust this inner guidance which comes as an inner voice/knowingness for me. It sometimes gives whacky instructions that I often doubt. “Are you sure?” I question.

But, by following through on these whacky instructions, I am always amazed at the results; none more so than during the summer of 2020.

Of Fairy Tales, Award Shows, and Waking Dreams

By Michael Avery

On September 11, 2023

In Animals, Conscious Living, Guest Posts, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart, Waking Dreams

Reading Time: 5 minutes

Guest Post by Riley Carson

Waking Dreams frequently arise from our immediate surroundings, triggered by unusual events unfolding around us. In these moments, we become aware that these occurrences may hold a message akin to those found in dreams, open to interpretation.

Yet, at times, Waking Dreams intrude directly into our thoughts, seemingly emerging out of thin air, accompanied by a compelling sense that the Universe has just dispatched a message our way. This piece revolves around one such unexpected morning message, delivered in a manner that combines significance with a touch of humor.

Remembering “The Old Road:” A “Waking Dream in Retrospect”

By Michael Avery

On September 1, 2023

In Animals, Conscious Living, Messages from Memories, Parables, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart, Waking Dreams

Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Michael Avery

Are the memories we tenderly take out of our treasure box from the past simply remnants of better days, or do they carry messages yet to be delivered? Could they really be “Waking Dreams in Retrospect?”1

As I reminisce about a trip I made many years ago into a remote area of the Bohemia Basin near Cottage Grove, Oregon, it occurs to me now that what I found there was equally as valuable as the parable it inspired.

Living Life Proactively

By Michael Avery

On August 28, 2023

In Conscious Living, Guest Posts, Ho'oponopono, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Waking Dreams

Reading Time: 3 minutes

Guest Post by David Rivinus

In my metaphysical classes, I am fond of saying, “Whatever you perceive is you.” And I am hardly alone in this understanding. Deepak Chopra puts it this way: “Look out into the world, and what you will see is a mirror of yourself.”1

My favorite adage on this subject comes from the late Dr. Ihaleakala Hew Len, the Hawaiian psychologist who made the Polynesian spiritual teaching of Ho’oponopono popular. Regarding objective life, he simply says, “There is no ‘out there’ out there!”2

Even if this concept sounds remotely possible, you may be asking the same question I did when I first heard it: “How does this understanding make my life better?”

3 “Exotic” Types of Waking Dreams

By Michael Avery

On August 25, 2023

In Conscious Living, Health & Healing, Messages from Memories, Past Lives & Karma, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Waking Dreams

Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Michael Avery

In an earlier post, we covered the 3 Common Types of Waking Dreams: Uncommon Events, Golden-tongued Wisdom, and Highlighted Waking Dreams. These become easily recognizable once we’re aware of them. Awareness is the key.

Now that we’re seasoned travelers and have found waking dreams helpful companions, we may want to venture further down the tracks of Divine Communication. For those blessed with an adventuresome spirit, the glorious lands of exotic waking dreams are waiting to be discovered just beyond the near horizon.

Creating the Relationship of Your Dreams

By Michael Avery

On August 23, 2023

In Conscious Living, Guest Posts, Health & Healing, HU: An Ancient Mantra, Love & Relationships, Personal Growth, Self-love, Spirituality

Reading Time: 7 minutes

Guest Post by Tom Ziemann

After my divorce, I did some soul-searching. I started doing research for what became my third book, Creating the Relationship of Your Dreams: How to Manifest it from Fantasy to Reality.Failing miserably on the dating scene—Online, in-person, and distant ones—made me keenly aware that I was not seeing the whole picture. (More to come on both Online and Long- Distance relationships.)

I had inner work to complete. I was thwarting my happiness. My most important relationship, that with myself, had been severely neglected. I had not yet learned to control my inner Anger Dragon. I found the enemy, and he dwelt under my hat.

What Would Love Do?

By Pichaya Avery

On August 18, 2023

In Animals, Conscious Living, Divine Love, HU: An Ancient Mantra, Love & Relationships, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart, Waking Dreams

Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Pichaya Avery

If you had seven days to live, what would you do? Who would you call? What would you say? How would you spend your time? With whom?”

After contemplation one morning, I pondered these questions and discussed them with Michael. We affectionately call our early morning sessions where we share insights about life and spirituality, “Conversations with Honey.” Waking dreams and relationships are always our favorite subjects. On this day, however, “Living Life to the Fullest” happened to be our topic of the day.

“It’s All Good”

By Michael Avery

On July 28, 2023

In Conscious Living, Health & Healing, Ho'oponopono, Personal Growth, Self-love, Spiritual Exercises

Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Michael Avery

“By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy;
if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.”
Socrates

Our friend, Rich, understands that every situation can be viewed in a positive light. “It’s all good,” he says.

At first, I thought he was saying “have a nice day” in a new, catchier way. Rich is cool, you know. But now, I see the phrase as something much more important: a powerful spiritual exercise for healing our past.

How to Become a Magnet of Love

By Pichaya Avery

On July 21, 2023

In Conscious Living, Love & Relationships, Self-love, Spirituality, Stories from the Heart

Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Pichaya Avery

Dear Wonderful Readers,

Are you yearning to love and be loved? Would you like to attract more love into your life? If your answer is “Yes,” I have some tips to share with you.

Here are three essential keys to becoming a magnet of love.

Category: Conscious Living