Even as I started dating a Chinese girl, I knew I was embarking on a remarkable adventure. I just had no idea where and how far the adventure would take me. The more events unfolded, the more I realized that my view of the world and how I lived in it were being profoundly and permanently altered... If the problem with marrying a gentile was that my religion prohibited intermarriage, why should that bother me? Perhaps not everything in Judaism made sense, and as an intelligent and thinking individual I could take from my heritage what I felt was meaningful and disregard the rest...

Spiritual healing of the sick in Christ has many Christians in a kind of spiritual vise. On the one hand they read about spiritual healing in their Bibles. On the other, they hear in pulpits that healing miracles have ceased and are not of today. The net effect is cause for confusion and even loss of faith. What is the truth about spiritual healing in today’s Church?

Fear is the number one reason why many people never reach their dreams. To overcome fear, you must face it head on.

How do you nurture your spirit. Are you even aware of your connectedness or lack thereof with your Spirit?

The 76 cards of a Tarot deck each have a specific, external meaning. These are specified by the positive and negative characteristics governing the chief aspects of our lives (Major Arcana), as well as the day-to-day import reflected in the suits and by each card within the suits (Minor Arcana).

Imagine that from the time of your birth your parents had your eyes covered. You grew up believing that this cover was a part of you and you couldn't remove it. You grew up in a world of darkness with images that you created, but not from experience. Imagine someone removing that blindfold. Imagine...

Universal Law is an invisible influence in every individual’s life, whether we realize it or not. It is invisible because we cannot see it anymore than we can see the God who created it. We can see only the evidence of its existence by recognizing its effect on our lives. Universal Law is an expanding and contracting vibration, always in motion. Every soul on every life level is responsible for its own interpretation of the law and chooses if and how the law will be applied within a current lifetime...

The best way to relieve stress is to prevent it before it develops. There are a few daily routines that you may implement to prevent stressful situations. You do not have any control over the circumstances causing the stress, but you do have control over . . .

Every time I hear of a company having massive layoffs, I feel for the people who are losing their jobs, but I immediately start thinking about the people who will be left behind. They now have to figure out how to get their work done plus work their former co-workers used to do. Ironically, while downsizing and layoffs are on the rise, workers are demanding more work-life balance than ever before.

If a hundred people were interviewed and asked to define stress, we are very likely to end up with a hundred different definitions. Reason for that is simple. Every one of us looks at stress differently, and every one of us can handle different amount of stress and respond to it in a different way.

While the majority of people do at some time or another worry about something in their life whether major or trivial, there are some people who worry constantly on a day-to-day basis, week in and week out. If you are one of these people then you have what is classed as a generalized anxiety disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder is classed in those who feel anxious or fearful on the majority of days. The feelings they have with the fear are varied and the depth at which they feel the feelings can be different from one day to the next. The feelings associated with generalized anxiety disorder are the same as those anyone who suffers any anxiety disorder feels. The most common are a fast heart rate or beat, palpitations of the heart, a sick feeling in the pit of the stomach or stomachache, sweating, a dry mouth, chest pain and a feeling of not being able to get enough breathe.

Those who suffer from anxiety and panic attacks on a regular basis will have no doubt in recognizing the symptoms associated with an anxiety or panic attack. They will have suffered them day in and day out sometimes continually while others come in waves, for these unfortunate people there can be no mistake. However, for those who often wonder if they could be suffering symptoms of a panic or anxiety attack or if they do indeed have an illness here is a guide to what people who suffer feel.

Stress should be banned in your personal arena. Here's four super easy ways to make sure you get a stress-free and fun-filled life!

The quickest way to relieve stress is to hug someone you love. This might sound too simple to work but try it, the process only takes a few minutes but can keep your heart rate and your blood pressure down when your body is under stress.

The perception that in order to be accepted in society, we need to 'be somebody,' often involves the desire to create results from a combination of personal desires and external pressures from friends, family and society. Whenever we make choices for success that are influenced by external pressures and not from internal wisdom, personal conflict stress related symptoms can occur. This article sets forth a thirty-second stress reliever.

Because of the link between your body and mind, if one suffers, they both suffer. That is why you feel tried and run down when you get stressed out, and it feels like your mind cannot escape the things that are causing your stress.

We are more stressed, and leading less contented lives than ever before in modern history, and here’s the top 7 Greatest Stress-creating behaviors. Find the ones that apply to you and get to eliminating them, because these you can control!

Today, I looked out the window while the world slept and watched the moon. It is the water of our lives. It causes tides, and menstrual cycles, and emotions and stock market crashes and fills our hospitals with mental breakdowns when it's full. We, in our mind driven lives forget the moon. We listen to the guru talk about self mastery and think we are the master, and therefore accuse others of deliberate unconsciousness, but we are wrong in this. The moon pushes and pulls us, and we must not fight her. We must learn to play with her. This is the human heart.

Everyone knows that chronic stress is not healthy, but what can a person do about it? This article explains what happens when the body is overstressed, and lists 12 practical solutions for reducing chronic stress.

7 Secrets to a Stress Free Life - If you think that having more time, energy, health or happiness is something that can only happen in the future, think again... you can have it right now if you know how!

Breath awareness helps the body detox, repair, regenerate and blow stress away. Read on to discover the simple secrets of how your breath can calm your mind and heal your body...

Discover what happens to our bodies when we're tense and learn 8 exercises to help us relax and release the tension.

Stress and children ought to be poles apart. But this is not the case always. The trauma related to brain injury amongst children is the real cause of stress not only to the suffering child but to the elders as well.