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Interesting Facts, Population Statistics, Death Statistics, Fun Facts, Random Facts

November 17, 2009 Spirituality
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How significant is this moment? Let me provide you with some incredible statistics:

The World is 4.55 billion years old.
In the year 10,000 B.C., there were only 5 million people on earth. By 8,000 B.C., this figure had risen to only 8 million.
Around the year 1900 there were 1.6 Billion people on the earth. NOW there [...]

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Cancer Prevention – Reducing Your Risk of Cancer

October 10, 2009 Spirituality
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Following our popular post on our TOXIC WORLD and GLOBAL WARMING, until we get our pollution problem under control (which will probably only come from a reduction in capitalism and consumerism), perhaps we can start with what we CAN control, with that which is within our reach – OUR DIET. Aside from the OBVIOUS toxins [...]

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Codependency, Enabling Behavior, Tough Love

August 15, 2009 Spirituality
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Codependency, Choice, Taking Responsibility and Helping Ourselves
How do we help those who are unwilling to help themselves? When we help those in need, are we in essence enabling them…standing in the way of them taking responsibility for their own life, preventing them from finding their inner voice and inner strength? At what point does our [...]

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Spiritual Enlightenment, Spiritual Teachers, Jesus Christ, Profiteering and Capitalism

July 26, 2009 Spirituality
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Why is it a conflict of interest when someone among us, a religious leader or self-proclaimed “spiritual teacher”, becomes “enlightened” and then charges exorbitant sums of money for their services, often at the expense of the very people they seek to help? What is the conflict between spirituality and capitalism?
If we are rewarded through service, [...]

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Karma, Snake Oil and a Clear Path

July 16, 2009 Spirituality
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A dear friend of mine was presented with the most fascinating proposition the other day. For the “paltry” sum of $2,000, a “spiritual master” he had met was going to “clear” his karma. What an amazing opportunity don’t you think? How many of us would pay to “clear” the obstacles that stand in our way, [...]

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