direct communion with the human soul, and when the heart speaks, even with the resistance of the head, something inside you changes; your heart opens another heart, and true love is possible

What is love?  "When mystics use the word love, they use it very carefully -- in the deeply spiritual sense, where to love is to know; to love is to act. If you really love, from the depths of your Consciousness, that love gives you a native wisdom. You perceive the needs of others intuitively and clearly, with detachment from any personal desires; and you know how to act creatively to meet those needs, dexterously surmounting any obstacle that comes in the way. Such is the immense, driving power of love." -- Eknath Easwaran  "Therefore, when I say that ‘I love,’ it is not I who love, but in reality Love who acts through me. Love is not so much something I do as something that I am. Love is not a doing but a state of being - a relatedness, a connectedness to another mortal, an identification with her or him that simply flows within me and through me, independent of my intentions or my efforts." -- Robert A. Johnson  "When you are aware that you are the force that is Life, anything is possible. Miracles happen all the time, because those miracles are performed by the heart. The heart is in direct communion with the human soul, and when the heart speaks, even with the resistance of the head, something inside you changes; your heart opens another heart, and true love is possible." -- Don Miguel Ruiz

direct communion with the human soul, and when the heart speaks, even with the resistance of the head, something inside you changes; your heart opens another heart, and true love is possible

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list of drunks whose loutish behaviour led to them being banned from pubs and clubs at the turn of the last century has been launched online.

list of drunks whose loutish behaviour led to them being banned from pubs and clubs at the turn of the last century has been launched online.list of drunks whose loutish behaviour led to them being banned from pubs and clubs at the turn of the last century has been launched online. Skip related content<br /><div class="mod" id="ynw-image-video-inset"> <div class="mod"> <div class="hd offscreen"> <h2>Related photos / videos</h2></div><div class="bd ynw-image-video-inset-preview clr"> <div id="ynw-image-video-inset-preview"><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20100327/img/ptc-1900s-drunks-blacklist-611be611cd23.html" ywaonclickoverride="true"><img alt="1900s drunks blacklist goes online" height="231" src="http://d.yimg.com/i/ng/ne/pressass/20100327/09/1009268635-1900s-drunks-blacklist-online.jpg?x=310&y=231&q=75&wc=321&hc=240&xc=40&yc=1&sig=boIrZIP3Hb1Ajfi1wTJu4g--#310,231" width="310" /> <span><span class="enlarge">Enlarge photo</span> </span></a></div></div></div></div><div id="ynw-article-part2">Family history website Ancestry.co.uk said the Birmingham Pub Blacklist includes fascinating details, and photographs, of "habitual drunkards" in the city.</div>Offences included drink-driving a steam engine, riding a horse while under the influence and being intoxicated to the point of "complete incompetence".<br />Each drunkard's entry includes photographs (front and profile views), their name, alias, residence, employment, physical description, distinguishing marks, nature of conviction and the sentence received for booze-related crimes.<br />The detailed description also lists distinguishing marks such as tattoos and scars, and their professions, including prostitutes, bedstead polishers, hawkers and grease merchants.<br />Ancestry.co.uk international content director Dan Jones said: "The list paints a fascinating picture of some of Birmingham's most debauched characters from the turn of the last century and we hope to complement it with similar lists from other cities in the future.<br />"The detail in these records is incredible, featuring photographs as well as physical descriptions, meaning anyone with an ancestor in the collection will find out a great deal about them, whilst others can uncover compelling information about forgotten members of society who were down on their luck or perhaps spending their good fortune in unwise ways."

list of drunks whose loutish behaviour led to them being banned from pubs and clubs at the turn of the last century has been launched online.

list of drunks whose loutish behaviour led to them being banned from pubs and clubs at the turn of the last century has been launched online...

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The problem is affecting drinkers of confusion, both for himself and almost everyone else in their lives.

The problem is affecting drinkers of confusion, both for himself and almost everyone else in their lives. Regularly and chronically ill themselves and others by their lack of self, and if the user type of alcohol, the firm is able to mask their effects, are not exactly correct as arbitrary and beverages. Here is the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), founded in 1935, is an absolute God send to interested parties under siege, alcoholics andtheir relatives. The "Big Book" is the "gospel" of AA. In the hope that presents itself. The ideas following message from the chapter "A vision for you." [1] <br />The true alcoholic has been more than once awakened by the hideous Four Horsemen: the terror, confusion, frustration and despair. They are not "essential to the life or with alcohol or not." [2], seeks to give more and drinking and after failing miserably each time the lives of grim andabsolutely hopeless upwards. This is a sinkhole Down syndrome an increasingly reached a nadir. <br />The "Rock Bottom" is variously named. If the person is sick and tired of feeling sick and tired, and are swept by the spirit, waiting for their deliverance from drugs. <br />Within the AA, many hope, and very unlikely to find by hand – from spirituality. If a patient, you could quickly find the "satisfactory years of your life are ahead of us … and[the person more than thirty years of drinkers] can be repaired in four. "[3] <br />For AA, "no one is too discredited or has sunk too low to be admitted – if he [or she] is serious." [4] The unit has a real meaning to overcome the typical obstacles. And it works when you 'pass attempt is to, "the message of spiritual salvation from alcohol. The very label of AA" very practical approach to [its] problems, the absence of intolerance of any kind,informality and true democracy, [and] the understanding that these people were disturbing … [and] is irresistible. "[5] <br />Many prayers are still suffering alcoholic, though some would never admit it. We can always pray to God through prayer and "The answers will come when [our] own house in order." [6] and 'more than possible to live happily in complete sobriety. See how many do. <br />Quoting the last paragraph of this chapter of warrants: <br />"LeaveGod as God, you know. Give your sins to him and to your classmates. Removing the rubble of the past. free from what is given and join us. We will work with you in the communion of the Spirit, and will surely meet some of us, while you drag the road of Happy Destiny. God bless you and keep you – until then. " <br />Copyright © 2008, SJ Wickham. All rights reserved throughout the world. <br />Notes: <br />[1] "A Vision For You" in AlcoholicsAnonymous, Fourth Edition (New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc., 1939, 1955, 1976, 2001), Chapter 11 pp. 151-64. <br />[2] Ibid, p. 152 <br />[3] Ibid, p. 152, 156 <br />[4] Ibid, p. 161 <br />[5] Ibid, p. 160 <br />[6] Ibid, p. 164

The problem is affecting drinkers of confusion, both for himself and almost everyone else in their lives.

The problem is affecting drinkers of confusion, both for himself and almost everyone else in their lives. Regularly and chronically ill the...

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Alcoholic anonymous is a companionship society includes women and men

Alcoholic anonymous is a companionship society includes women and men that want to allot their experience, hope and strength to other people. Sharing with persons that can get to the bottom of their common frequent problems and then be an assistance to people that want to get well from alcoholism is thought one of the most essential idea of the members of alcoholic anonymous.<br />In general, the requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. Being self-supporting through their individual assistances, which means they are never going to charge neither cost nor contribution on membership of alcoholic anonymous.<br /><strong>Alcoholic anonymous</strong> does not ever ally itself with any institution nor organization, nor any political, denomination, or sect. Neither do they ever wish to engage in controversies, for they neither endorse nor oppose any causes. They have one primary objective and that is to remain sober and be of assistance to other alcoholics in order for them to achieve sobriety. <br />One of the basic systems of belief of <strong>alcholics anonymous</strong> is that since they’re all alcoholics, thus they know what the disease feels like and therefore have a really special comprehension of the troubles related with alcoholism.<br />The members recognize that they’re alcoholics, despite the many years of being sober, because they never found a person can get well from being an alcoholic.<br />Important is the fact that members of alcoholic anonymous do not say that they will forever swear off drinking, but instead they feel that alcoholism can be handled one day of the week at a time. It’s always just for today, never even going as far as tomorrow, it’s just for today. <br />Thus, once the physical part of keeping alcohol out of the physical being, the emotional being has to be assisted just as well. In order to facilitate this, the members believe that there are “twelve steps” to reach the state of recovery from alcoholism. <br />Whenever members of alcoholics anonymous get together, they give suggestions and actions in the form of ideas on the way to go through or adhere the twelve steps.<br /><strong>Alcoholics anonymous meetings</strong> happen in over 180 different countries. In their open meetings, which are open to alcoholics and non-alcoholics alike, they relate to each other the manner in which they drank, how they made their discovery of alcoholic anonymous, and thus how helpful that program was for them. Their closed meetings are attended by alcoholics only, so that intense personal problems may be discussed freely among them

Alcoholic anonymous is a companionship society includes women and men

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There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVVIh3qZdwj1dcrkfNMEfEm8qAkoTyHm1WpAD6yQ9pYJXFBoI8RlAw7OA8QpOTtWCXgzew3goTPo6P0nMVoNr5qYfRwySJIJ7DkWjPQPsiNKZxGO7FAG73OoNZ7Byb2JpF2JKwPJlyFI/s1600/ladyCollage.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglVVIh3qZdwj1dcrkfNMEfEm8qAkoTyHm1WpAD6yQ9pYJXFBoI8RlAw7OA8QpOTtWCXgzew3goTPo6P0nMVoNr5qYfRwySJIJ7DkWjPQPsiNKZxGO7FAG73OoNZ7Byb2JpF2JKwPJlyFI/s400/ladyCollage.jpg.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <div class="zemanta-img" style="text-align: left;"> </div> <span style="font-size: x-large;">There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul</span>

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognitio...

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“If only I was rich.”

<div class="zemanta-img" style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Max_havelaar_dentu_1876.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Français : Traduction en français du roman de ..." border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" height="525" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Max_havelaar_dentu_1876.jpg/350px-Max_havelaar_dentu_1876.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="350" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />Multatuli a Dutch renowned writer tells the story of a Japanese sculptor in his book Max Havelaar:<br /><br /><br />Day after day the poor sculptor chips stones out of the rock and sighs: “If only I was rich.” A mountain spirit heard him and granted his wish. The sculptor enjoys his newly state of being rich for a little while, but when the emperor passes by he becomes jealous and wishes to be the emperor. Again this happens and he is satisfied. But when he realizes the sun is far more powerful then the emperor, because it burns merciless on everyone, he wants to be the sun!<br /><br /><br />Immediately he transforms into the sun only to realize that the cloud is more powerful, because it can darken out the sun. He becomes a cloud and pours rain with enthusiasm, until he notices this rock. This rock stands firmly no matter how hard and wildly he sweeps the rain against its side. When he wants to be the rock he becomes the rock. Again his satisfaction holds only for a little while. Suddenly he feels how someone is hammering against its side, trying to chip stones out of the rock. That man is more powerful than him...he wants to be that sculptor!<br /><br /><br />This way he returns to the simplicity of the beginning, with only one, but very important difference: Now he IS happy with his fate. He has lived the great web of creation from within and realizes there is nothing wrong with his part in it. He has experiences how every place in universe has its own power as well as its impotence. That he can be happy and content everywhere, anytime, it doesn’t really matter where he is. With spiritual wealth he returns to a life of simplicity.</span>

“If only I was rich.”

Multatuli a Dutch renowned writer tells the story of a Japanese sculptor in his book Max Havelaar: Day after day the poor sculptor chips s...

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You should always have your hook baited. In the pool you least think, there will be a fish

<div class="zemanta-img" style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Baitedtrap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A baited trap" border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" height="310" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Baitedtrap.jpg/350px-Baitedtrap.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="350" /></a></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />“You should always have your hook baited.<br /><br /><br />In the pool you least think, there will be a fish.<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />You never know when and where your next miracle will appear. <br /><br /><br />So be ready. Be open. Be cheerful, receptive,<br /><br /><br />even expectant.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Do not limit the shape and size in which your miracle can come.<br /><br /><br />Sometimes the smallest keys turn the biggest locks.<br /><br /><br /> So be on the lookout today. Be ready. <br /><br /><br />You asked for some help, and you're going to get it.”<br /></span>

You should always have your hook baited. In the pool you least think, there will be a fish

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Being convinced that self, manifested in various ways, was what had defeated us, we considered its common manifestations.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXEhStLfUf_1z_7rZZdp1hP-Kz45D3XNGlLeV-mMs0xjc6JPA4UJqTS743OskdkO4FWLo0r8kgX3dF8mkgHznBCxhBozeixo1oCPecnVbcK1L0TegPL44LHIdT5i52eGXSKlaZfKnPCN4/s1600-h/Advisory+Nudity-+next+few+post+might+contain+partial+nudity.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHXEhStLfUf_1z_7rZZdp1hP-Kz45D3XNGlLeV-mMs0xjc6JPA4UJqTS743OskdkO4FWLo0r8kgX3dF8mkgHznBCxhBozeixo1oCPecnVbcK1L0TegPL44LHIdT5i52eGXSKlaZfKnPCN4/s200/Advisory+Nudity-+next+few+post+might+contain+partial+nudity.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><span style="color: #003366;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Rounded MT Bold';">Being convinced that self, manifested in various ways, was what<br />had defeated us, we considered its common manifestations.</span></span></b></span>

Being convinced that self, manifested in various ways, was what had defeated us, we considered its common manifestations.

Being convinced that self, manifested in various ways, was what had defeated us, we considered its common manifestations.

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balance between enjoyment and structural tension is lost

<div class="zemanta-img" style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plastic_Protractor_Polarized_05375.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Own Photograph" border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" height="263" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Plastic_Protractor_Polarized_05375.jpg/350px-Plastic_Protractor_Polarized_05375.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="350" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: x-large;">When you want to arrive at your goal more than you want to be doing what you are doing, you become stressed. The balance between enjoyment and structural tension is lost, and the latter<br />has won. When there is stress, it is usually a sign that the ego has returned, and you are cutting yourself off from the creative power of the universe.</span>

balance between enjoyment and structural tension is lost

When you want to arrive at your goal more than you want to be doing what you are doing, you become stressed. The balance between enjoyment...

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See if you can catch yourself complaining

<div class="zemanta-img" style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deep_in_thought.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Pondering the meaning of life, for sure." border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" height="525" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Deep_in_thought.jpg/350px-Deep_in_thought.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="350" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br />“See if you can catch yourself complaining, in either speech or thought, about a situation you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of what is.”<br /><br />“The stream of thinking has enormous momentum that can easily drag you along with it. Every thought pretends it matters so much. It wants to draw your attention completely. Here is a new spiritual practice: don’t take your thoughts too seriously.”<br /><br />“Time is what the ego lives on. The stronger the ego, the more time takes over your life. Almost every thought you think is then concerned with past and future, and your sense of self depends on the past for your identity and on the future for its fulfillment.” </span>

See if you can catch yourself complaining

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"I trust so much in the power of the heart and the soul; I know that the answer to what we need to do next is in our own hearts. All we have to do is listen, then take that one step further and trust what we hear. We will be taught what we need to learn."

<div class="zemanta-img" style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Where_Do_We_Go_From_Here.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Does Anyone Ever Listen?" border="0" class="zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured" height="300" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/90/Where_Do_We_Go_From_Here.jpg" style="border: none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="186" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /><br />"I trust so much in the power of the heart and the soul; I know that the answer to what we need to do next is in our own hearts. All we have to do is listen, then take that one step further and trust what we hear. We will be taught what we need to learn." </span>

"I trust so much in the power of the heart and the soul; I know that the answer to what we need to do next is in our own hearts. All we have to do is listen, then take that one step further and trust what we hear. We will be taught what we need to learn."

"I trust so much in the power of the heart and the soul; I know that the answer to what we need to do next is in our own hearts. All ...

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