Understanding the Sexes

Understanding the Sexes

Although each gender tends to express itself quite differently, most philosophical teachings agree that the soul is neither male nor female. As souls, we incarnate into a gender in order to learn through that experience. Through our experimentation with the various qualities of each sex we are seeking to experience our true whole self.
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Our Childrens’ Needs no.8

Our Childrens’ Needs no.8

SOME LAST THOUGHTS

We can remember how we felt when we were children. We can spend time remembering our various experiences feelings and needs which we had when we were children. But even that is not enough. The conditions and environment of our childhood years were very different than those, which our children experience today. Thus we must imagine that we are our children and try to understand how they feel. Then our words and actions will be in harmony with their needs.
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Life Situations and Lessons Series: Jealousy

Life Situations and Lessons Series: Jealousy

Bill is very jealous of Efi and does not want her to ever leave the house without him.

He is afraid that some man might approach her, and he cannot stand the idea of another man even looking at her. Although she has given him no concrete reason to fear, for some reason, he does not trust her. He feels intense fear, self-rejection and anger.
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More Effective Communication with our Children no.1

More Effective Communication with our Children no.1

Today we are experiencing an ever-growing communication gap between parents, teachers and the children whom they are responsible for. Only through honest and sincere communication can we help our children to become honest, healthy and happy individuals. Some of the basic concepts of communication expressed in earlier chapters are repeated here with emphasis on communication with children.
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Opening to Love

Opening to Love

In order to love, accept and feel unity with loved ones and other important persons in our lives, we will need to overcome all inner obstacles. We might be talking here about love partners, children, parents, siblings or even friends or coworkers.

Before explaining this process, I would like to point out that we very likely will need to also engage in this same process towards loving and accepting ourselves if we are in order to succeed in loving others in this way. This is true because our greatest obstacle towards loving ourselves is our own self-doubt which allows others? behaviors and expressions stimulate our fears about our self-worth. We then lose our love towards them.
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More Effective Communication with our Children no.2

More Effective Communication with our Children no.2

HOW WE COMMUNICATE NOW

Let us briefly mention how most people communicate now. There are two basic categories; those who suppress themselves and do not communicate; and those who suppress the others by raising their voices, blaming and criticizing the others, ordering them around in various ways.
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