Inner Power

Written by Barbara Heider-Rauter What is the infinity sign really about? There was a time when knowledge of the power of symbols was the preserve of initiates only and it was passed on in secret. The infinity sign, or lemniscate, is one such fascinating symbol and produces its power regardless of whether we believe in it or not. In this article you will discover how it has been used in many differ...

The focus for today is:  I develop my sense ability In a book entitled "Sense Ability", Doris Wild Helmering  tells the story of a man who enters a coffee shop, and who ignoring the people in line for coffee, cuts to the front of the line demanding a coffee. The server gently tells him that she will be with him shortly. He waits a very short time before exclaiming loudly that he has bett...

Marie T. Russell's Daily Inspiration The focus for today is:  I choose to take an active part in my healing process. I'd like to read you something from the book: White Buffalo and the Rainbow Warrior Sometimes our conscious intention is overshadowed by our unconscious desires. Because I believe that we do create a large part of our personal realties, I decided to take an active part in my he...

Written by Pam Younghans Astrological Overview: March 1 - 7, 2021 Astrologer Pam Younghans writes this weekly astrological journal based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies. This column is not intended as prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your personal chart. Highlighte...

Written by Marie T. Russell Welcome ... Our InnerSelf welcomes your inner self . While  change is inevitable, it is also sorely needed.. and dreaded at the  same time. However, change can go in two directions... growth or decay,  and they both serve their purpose. Some things must decay in order for  something else to be birthed, and then grow. To read the newsletter and s...

Written by Glen Park The ideology of industrial capitalism is dominated by the values of Achievement Consciousness, left-brain thinking, and the Solar channel of the third chakra. Aspiration and achievement, power and success, and fame and fortune are presented as highly esteemed goals in our education systems, our workplaces, the media, and the social fabric of modern societies. The unique indivi...

Written by Vera Lopez and Linda Star Wolf Ph. D. As I reflect upon my life, I cannot help but be in complete amazement at how Spirit has moved and worked within it. Looking back, I can see how each step of my life (both positive and negative) has been used to support me in being where I am today—connected to the vision of the bigger picture and tethered to the path of my sacred purpose this lifeti...

Written by Serge Kahili King The following sentence is the most important thing I have to say about dreams and dreaming: AFTER A DREAM IS OVER, IT BECOMES A MEMORY! This is the key to mastering your dreams. From A Nightmare To An Adventure The essential element that makes a dream a nightmare is the sense of helplessness in the face of events that you have no control over. If you become able to do...

The focus for today is:   I am willing to manifest my soul's desire. Sometimes there is an inner battle inside us between the desires of our soul and the desires of our ego. Well, actually the ego is the only one battling, as it often feels that if it doesn't get its way, it may die However, it's important for us to be willing to bypass the fearful and grasping desires of the ego, and move on...

Written by Alan Cohen Narrated by Marie T. Russell In the early 1900’s a European man named Frederic had a dream to travel to the United States. At that time, air travel had not been developed, so he booked passage on an ocean liner. Such a trip required all of his savings, but it was worth it. Considering that he could not afford the luxury meals the ship offered, Frederic brought with him a supp...

Written by Jude Bijou Most all of us know the Rolling Stones' line, "You can't always get what you want." That's definitely true about our relationship status. Regardless of whether we're on our own or partnered up, with or without children, we need to accept our situation and embrace it. Complaining won't change it. Neither will feeling hopeless or helpless. These crummy attitudes are guaranteed...

Written by Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf The focus for today is:  I choose to stop taking myself so seriously. A lot of us think of meditation as something austere or serious... definitely not something we'd do for fun. That  may be because we have tended to think of anything that is connected to  spirituality or religion as very serious. After all, laughing in church  - at least...

Written by Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf The focus for today is:   I choose to believe in myself and I embrace my potential. It  is said that anyone can count the number of seeds in an apple, but only  God can count the number of apples in a seed. Actually, there are an  infinite number of apples in a seed; how many actually come forth is a  result only of cultivation....

Written by Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf The focus for today is:   I give myself permission to change easily and happily. Once  you begin to accept change, you can do numerous things to help keep you  on the path of change. You might want to start singing any of a series  of songs (or make up your own) which affirm that every little thing is  gonna be alright! Or you co...

Written by Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf The focus for today is:   We are all teachers and students. How  else do we learn except by being exposed to a different perspective, to  information we were not familiar with? We are all teachers and  students. I learn from you and you learn from me. In the same vein, you  learn from the people in your life, and they have the op...

Written by Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com The focus for today:  I choose to be aware of the judgments I make. When  we accept things the way they are (accept what is), we feel more at  peace with the world around us. The weather is neither good nor bad --  it simply is what it is. Your opinion or beliefs are not good or bad,  they simply are what they are -- pos...

Written by Marie T. Russell Image by Herbert Aust . Narrated by Marie T. Russell. I  woke up this morning to grey skies. The wind had been howling all  night, and everything was wet. The wind was still blowing though the  rain had stopped. My first thought was "Uh, a grey day!" followed by "I  think I'll skip my walk this morning". Thankfully, I remembered my  promise to m...

Written by Pam Younghans Astrological Overview: February 22 - 28, 2021 Astrologer Pam Younghans writes this weekly astrological journal based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies. This column is not intended as prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your personal chart. Highl...

Written by Vir McCoy and Kara Zahl Let’s begin by exploring the question: What is a parasite? Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines a parasite as: A person who exploits the hospitality of the rich and earns wel­come by flattery. An organism living in, with, or on another organism as in parasitism. Something that resembles a biological parasite in dependence on something else for existenc...

Written by Lawrence Doochin “ I am not interested in power for power’s sake, but I’m interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.” -- MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. True power is used for the benefit of everyone because it comes from a unitive perspective and an understanding that we are all in this together. Ego power is fear-based and is used solely to benefit the person or group i...

Written by Nancy E. Yearout For most of my life I did not have a name for my abilities. I figured that I had really good intuition and was psychic, I just knew things. Today this gift is referred to as Claircognizance. This is one of my gifts, a clear knowing of the future. Growing up, the afterlife, angels, astrologers and psychics fascinated me. I often times saw my Grandmother with a book about...

Written by Gwilda Wiyaka Though our current society served us in the past, it is unable to stand in the increasing velocity of the evolving age. Like a bi-plane trying to break the sound barrier, it is losing integrity, starting to shake apart, and its ugly underbelly is being exposed. If we are to embrace the new world at hand, we must be willing to disentangle ourselves from the old, which requi...

Welcome ... Our InnerSelf welcomes your inner self . As  I write this, it is Valentine's Day, a day that is associated with  love... usually romantic love. However, since romantic love is rather  limited in that it, usually, applies just to the love between two  people, I feel that we need to expand the outreach of Valentine's Day --  and every day -- to include not only r...

Written by Pam Younghans Astrological Overview: February 15 - 21, 2021 Astrologer Pam Younghans writes this weekly astrological journal based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies. This column is not intended as prediction. Your own experience will be more specifically defined by transits to your personal chart. Highl...

Written and narrated by Robert Simmons The goal of spiritual alchemy is to become whole, and to then unite the human self with the Divine Self in a spiritual partnership which can ultimately serve -- in the words of Paul Levy, to “redeem the entire cosmos.” As we grow up, our egos become more complicated. We grow to resent (both consciously and unconsciously) the judgments we have suffered, and we...