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Does multiple personality disorder actually exist? How does it feel like? How can one person (one living soul) have multiple personalities? This was a question that we answered on Quora . Comments welcome. I believe the question refers to the Dissociative Disorder Spectrum which include Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder. Here is a reference at how it works https://did-research.org/origin/structural_dissociation/ We would like, however, to talk about that One Living Soul that you speak of. That has been a hot topic in our system. There are lots of us, many consciousnesses in one body. Some of us believe that everybody has their own Soul, others believe that some of us have Souls but others don’t. Some of us believe that no matter what everyone will cross over, others believe that only those with a Soul will. Others still believe that only the first has a Soul and they will be the only one to be graced with eternal life. Some of us are terrif...

  Yes, I added a warning.  I do not wish to offend.  I do not intend to, and I endeavour not to.  But I have noticed that some people can be particularly offended by ideas they disagree with.  So, be warned.  You might disagree with a lot of what is written here. Now that that is over, let’s get on with my intro. It’s been a while.   I can see my last Spiritually inspired post was 5 years ago.   Wow! doesn’t time fly when one is being introspective! It has been a very interesting time.   So, the blog is now being updated.   It will be, as always, offering reflections and hopefully be as objective as I intend it to be. I will also start discussing some new philosophical concepts about the Universe and Spirituality.   New tags: ð   Post-Spiritual(ism) .   My beliefs are still spiritual.   My perspective is post-Spiritual.   So, the tag post-Spiritual(ism) refers specifically to Philosophical discussion...

  I love being Spiritual.   The responsibilities are simple.   Be nice to everything and everyone.   Nothing complicated.   The joys are quite great too.   The feelings of peace, love, and joy experienced while communing with nature, or connecting to the Universe in some way is simply exhilarating. Yet, I am not one for blind faith.   I am not necessarily a sceptic.   I believe that everything is possible.   However, I also like to know how things work.   It’s the way my brain is wired.   Since I was a little child.   When I received a new present, be it a car or a nicely bound book, my one and only question was always: “How does it work?”   I took everything apart trying to understand how it worked.   Always getting into a lot of trouble for it.   Nonetheless I did.   I can’t help it.   It’s in my nature. So, when someone says: “You have to raise your vibration”, I take it at face value. ...

  Those who have known me for some time or followed one of my blogs will be aware of my stance on Faith and Religion: Faith is a journey! I have come to believe that we are on a spiritual journey.   Most of us start with a birth-given religion.   We can then navigate a range of different beliefs and philosophies.   A common path is that we may move from a “formal” religion to a more “spiritual” type of religion.   We then can move on to a “spiritual” essence that transcends religions. This is often accompanied by a feeling that we are indeed part of something greater, however nowhere this is defined in clear and exact terms. Religion is not enough.   Spirituality is not enough.   Science … well science has some interesting ideas, but it certainly is not enough to explain the essence of existence. This is how we become post-Spiritual. Accepting the Spiritual ideology but trying to understand the science behind it.   But it is principa...

Hey there is typhoon, I better bring an umbrella! As I am cowering in the relative safety of my cement house during typhoon Nina in Laguna, Philippines, watching the torrential rain and gale winds of a signal 3 typhoon on the other side of my window, there are many thoughts racing through my head. Back home, we would probably be declaring a state of emergency. People would be crying foul over the lack of government intervention, the absence of emergency services in the stricken zones, the refusal of insurance companies to provide cover for those affected. There would be countless stories on the news about this or that person losing all their belonging, being made homeless, damaged cars … and a list of tragic stories to make our sensitive perception overwhelm with indignation and sorrow. Yet here life continue as normal. Nothing stops a Filipino from doing everything they can to put food on the table of their over-sized extended family. The shaky sari-sari store (the loca...

Master Usui has indeed been gone for a while now. Yet, his teachings have preserved and informed generations of loving practitioners to continue his journey of spreading Healing throughout the world. Regrettably, when wisdom is passed down from teacher to student, and as in the case of Reiki from thousands of teachers to thousands of students, these tend to be re-interpreted and slightly changed according to the teacher’s own understanding and construal. Undesirably, this has caused Reiki to have become watered down, and not as effective as one would wish. This is why, when we read about the benefits of Reiki in most of the publically available and in the most popular articles, we are mainly told about the calming and soothing effect, and about some very limited therapeutic outcomes. This is very unfortunate. Reiki practitioners are very loving people with an extremely strong desire to help in general, and to Heal in particular. Because of this, many practitioners reso...

These are exciting times to be alive in this World. A new wave of awareness is sweeping through the human race, and many, many people are attempting to manifest a new way to be true to themselves, and a new reality that is more relevant to their new-found balance with their Soul. Much has been written about how to do this, and “manifesting” is a truly hot topic with many inspirational writers rushing to give their opinion, slant, and perspective on the subject. I have been thinking about writing my own angle on this, instead I found the most eloquent and explicative explanation in the book “ The Science of Being Great ”, written more than 100 years ago by Wallace D. Wattles , and I am providing below an extract of “Chapter 21: A Mental Exercise”, which speaks for itself. I strongly recommend reading the whole book, which is freely available in many formats, including as an audiobook , on the internet. I would also suggest to read the whole “The Science of” trilogy, and his other w...

Imagine a world where every time we have a problem, or are going through a rough time, instead of being isolated, we would have people surrounding us knowing exactly what is going to make us feel better. Imagine when we go through a good time, or good fortune, and those around us would not be jealous, but would be genuinely happy for us. Imagine a place that wherever you go, people only give Love, Peace, and Joy. What a wonderful life would that be! It is the role of the Empath to give Empathy and Love to those who need it. It is the duty of the Empath to learn and educate others, just in the same way as the loving mentor educated the child in the example given in the previous post . This will make the world just described a reality. And here are the 6 habits that make a Happy Empath, who can live normally, socialize, and get out of the house: 1.       Time-out is OK! I don’t personally believe that shutting off is a permanent solution. As s...

No one is born an empath. We learn Empathy through personal experiences. We can see this in children. A child whose ice cream melted and fell on the ground will empathise with another child who has the same experience. A child who received an unwanted gift at Christmas, will empathise with someone else in a similar situation. A child who has been bullied, will be able to empathise with a child who is going through the same experience. In fact, we do recognise that children are not naturally empathic, and good mentors will always assist the child in learning one or more lessons from each experience, so that they can empathise with others when appropriate. For example, if the child plays a competitive game, and their team loses the match and their friend on the opposing team taunts them, an attentive advisor (whether parent, family, family friend, teacher, or whatever else) will not only make the child feel better by way of encouragement, but will also help the child reflect on ...

Raised by a devout Catholic family, it wasn’t long before I questioned Christian Teachings, and Catholic attitudes. I was always surprised at the violence, intolerance, and vengefulness of the god of the old testament. When compared to the teachings of Love, Peace, Tolerance, and Charity of Jesus Christ, I could only arrive to the conclusion that the Old Testament is based on the word of a different god. While the attitude of the Old Testament resonated with my testosterone induced, primordially guided, teenage mentality, the message of Jesus resonated on a much deeper level. My heart and soul approved and felt at peace with this latter message. When considering this, and taking into account the warning against false prophets, and wolves in sheep clothing, it was a simple process of reasoning that lead me to believe that the different god of the Old Testament was a false god. Maybe the Anunnaki really did exist. Maybe especially powerful being not of this world who claimed to be ...

As the light of a new day breaks A new day, new hope, new life Start their course in the morning strife While the moon slowly us forsakes And my Soul exalts in the thrill of the vibration of my own goodwill

Father, Mother God, How insignificant my words are! How meaningless my prayers! I cannot even call You by Your real name As no human can pronounce Or even describe You Fill me with Your Light, as I am empty These human emotions stunt me, They stop me from being ME Anger, resentment, jealousy and many more Are just a block to my true Self. Fill me with Your Love, so I can Know the true meaning of Life. Make me humble so I can fully Appreciate my True Nature. Come close to me and fill me with Your Spirit. When I feel Your Light shining through me How I long to always be in Your Grace How clear I see my Destiny And my Soul rejoices and shines with You But then I fall again in this human nature Give me the strength to be true to how You made Me Make me see my siblings’ Spiritual Struggle As I struggle to walk with You So do they too. Help me shine Your light like a mirror in the sunlight Let me help them through their battles Make me a leader of Souls, so that I can bring them all to Y...

"Firstly, we would like to wish you a Happy and Joyous Easter. We are particularly close to you on this very meaningful and important day.  Many may argue that there is evidence that Jesus was not crucified, and that he was not the Son of God that many claim Him to be. Many other may protest that there is even little evidence that he existed at all. And many more may present many and varied proposition that Christianity is based on erroneous and invalid principles. As always, life in the incarnate world can be so complicated when reason prevails over intuition, when the written word gains more importance than the thoughts that are divulged by the Divine Creator, and when the limited scientific knowledge of even the present generation is allowed to determine what is true. All those complaints are irrelevant. The meaning of Easter is not related to the crucifixion, or to the foundation of the Christian faith, no matter of which denomination. The message of Easter is ...

Reiki Healing and Mental Health: What the Research Shows. Get in touch to book your appointment 07440 738 367 or email us Reiki Healing and Mental Health: What the Research Shows. Get in touch to book your appointment 07440 738 367 http://psychcentral.com/lib/reiki-healing-and-mental-health-what-the-research-shows/ Posted by Life of Reiki on  Thursday, 24 March 2016

In our lives, we all have boundaries.  These are little rules that allow others to be part of our lives, without intruding.  And these allow us to live our own lives, while participating in the lives of others, and while other play a part in ours.  So, we will teach our children to knock at the door before entering our bedrooms or bathrooms, we let our friends know our working hours, we tell our colleagues not to call us beyond a certain time, and so on. Similarly, those who have strong intuition, gut instinct, or Spidey senses, which are all psychic information or more developed psychic ability, need to have rules. These are conventions that we set to make sure that spirit does not encroach on our non-psychic life. It is important to have a balanced life because those who don't have a good balance are unable to give proper trust or attention to either aspect of their lives. For example, in my family my husband and kids all have a guide each apart from me ha...

Anyone who heard the term Retail Therapy knows what I will be referring to in this article.  Those who don’t know the term, may still have experienced the pleasure that is given by treating ourselves buying things for our own use and purpose, particularly if we do not need them. Most people have indulged in some needless purchasing on occasions.  We may do it if we had a hard day at work, if we are upset about something, if we have had some unusual stressful situation to contend with, and so on.  People with a balanced and fulfilled emotional life will seldom do this, and thoroughly enjoy it.  There are those, however, who constantly crawl from shop to shop, from website to website, from credit card to credit, to support the need they have to shop. These are people who feel that nobody is going to reward them, so they reward themselves by buying clothes to make them feel better. They have a hope that if they buy this clothing it will feel and look g...

In this post, I would like to share a little insight into another type of behaviour that raises eyebrows, but which needs empathy, understanding and support. There are people who, when they were growing up, had adults who always talked about how they looked in certain clothes and what weight they were. Also adults who would talk about overweight people as disgusting, as being “in such a state”, greedy, would look at them waddling down the road and made them a laughing stock. This gave their children the impression that if they were overweight it would be the worst thing in the world. In these cases, usually the adults were very controlling and judgemental and never allowed their children to make their own decisions.  Often, the adult would say that nobody will like you if you were fat. As these children grew up, they started to believe that there was only one way to have some control over their lives and that was by way of controlling their food intake. They...

We have all met them. We have worked with them.  We have shared an office, sat on the opposite desk, Some of us may have had a relationship with them.  At times, we may even have been them.  But what drives workaholics? They are the first to arrive in the morning and the last to leave at night. They spend all the time stuck to their desk, with their head down, always busy.  They are sociable, polite, and interact with everyone in the office, but not very often.  They will be more likely to listen to a conversation, than to participate.  They will accept any work given to them without a word of complaint, or a flinch of disappointment.  We may often see them as the Manager's pet, or as ambitious careerists, and we may even dislike them for this. But, let's think again.  There is something in this nature that deserve attention and compassion, instead of resentment. There are some exceptions.  Some workaholic are truly focused people who ...