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Be Careful What You Wish For
April 20, 2012What would you wish for if a genie suddenly appeared in your life? I know, you don’t need genies because you create your own reality but still, what would be your first wish? It is always fun to ask a question like that because we know that genies don’t exist, and consequently we feel permission to run wild with our imagination. But, are you sure they don’t exist? Genies are often referred to in Arabic folklore and Islamic mythology, and even in the Qu’ran, as Jinn, which are “beings who occupy a parallel world.” In various channels with Tobias of the Crimson Circle, they ...
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What You Didn’t Know About Compassion
April 15, 2012The other day, I had a discussion with a very dear friend of mine about compassion. Like most people she defined compassion as "having sympathy for, and an active desire to alleviate, the suffering of others." In her case it was helping a person very close to her who had severe personal problems. Unfortunately, notwithstanding all the help from herself and the therapists she had engaged over time, very little progress had been made and she had become rather frustrated about it, so she asked me what to do next. To her surprise, I not only told her to stop looking for another therapist, ...
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For Our Own Sake, Let’s Drop Our Prejudices
April 6, 2012You would think that after Paul Potts and Susan Boyle, Simon Cowell (Britain’s Got Talent) and the rest of the audience would be a little bit more careful before judging at first glance the people who come on stage. But, with the recent audition of 17 year old Jonathan and 16 year old Charlotte, it happened again and Simon, and probably everyone else that was watching, had their opinion ready before one note was sung. There is, however, an aspect of Simon in all of us. It’s pretty normal that we judge people or situations without giving it any further thought. It is almost automatic,...
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3 Steps To Regain Your Financial Balance
April 1, 2012Recently I received a question from a reader regarding A Spiritual Way To Deal With Debt. She wrote me: “Thanks for all the advice, I seriously need to do changes to my financial budget, Can you send me steps to follow, will appreciate it as a single mother with one income.” A logical and common response to a question like this would be to start talking about cutting expenses and/or increasing income. Although the Internet is crowded with articles like that, it is interesting to see that notwithstanding all the free advice that is available, a lot of people still struggle with money ...
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How To Successfully Escape Your Virtual Prison
March 24, 2012Since three weeks I have taken on a new assignment, i.e. to help build a corporate risk management department for a large pension services group. It is great working with the team involved and I enjoy being in the business world again after 6 months of leisure. At the same time however, I am reminded how corporate life has become an overly regulated environment. Anybody who has been dealing with Governance Codes, compliance reports, Sox controls or ISAE3402 audits knows what I am talking about. “Being in control” seems to be the new mantra, or should I say the new holy grail? ...
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The Best Drug I Personally Recommend
February 23, 2012I am Dutch, so I know a lot about drugs and use them every day. At least that is what the rest of the world thinks when it comes to Dutch people. I have to disappoint you because my experience with drugs is extremely limited as I only use one. But admittedly, I use this one drug every day and abundantly. Ah, I can already hear the spiritual veterans say: you mean conscious breathing of course! Yes, I use that too, but breathing doesn’t fit the definition that a drug is something “which is used recreationally to affect the central nervous system for perceived desirable effects on ...
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