Best of Good Habits is a section that presents the best articles from this blog on building good habits for spiritual development in a modern materialistic world.

Posts filed under this section will deal with technological and other modern issues that have an effect on spiritual awareness and how to overcome modern stresses to achieve inner peace.

Smarter Communication

1. Too Much Talk
2. 1000 Thoughts an Hour vs a Quite Mind

Inner Strength

1. Self Surrender
2. The Reason People Like to Externalize
3. How can Spiritual Living be defined?

Five Minute Strategies

1. Do not discriminate where to meditate
2. Time Tactics: Be There on Time

I received an e-mail a few months ago from a friend who was writing about how she is fed up with all the violence and lack of compassion and consciousness in the world: "there's no point to spiritual development when things are this bad" she wrote.

It got me wondering, does spiritual development cause us to perceive the world as being a better place than it is? It is a dangerous path when a person begins to idealise their world instead of facing it.

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If we link the process of being more conscious to a particular group, ideal, or agenda, then what…

This is a collection of the best articles at Spiritual Blog on philosophical ideas and insights into the spiritual and para-normal realms of consciousness.

Mind Over Matter

1. Is Telepathic Communication Possible?
2. Mental tripping without drugs
3. Manifesting Using The Secret or Being Present
4. Looking at the Connection Between Science and Buddhism

The first official Spiritual Blog competition is here with $150 in prizes to be won.

This competition deals with the topic: How to Be a Lightworker. To enter, write a short article about what You Think it means to be a lightworker in the modern world. 

How to Participate

Entries are a minimum of 300 words (no maximum). To enter:

1. Create a blog post titled "How to Be a Lightworker" or related to this title
2. Open the article with a short blurb linking to this competition page
3. Send a trackback or a pingback to 'How to Be a Lightworker' so I can find the article
4. That's it!

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Here is a collection of the best articles at Spiritual Blog on conscious living. More articles are posted often so this post will be updated from time to time. You are welcome to bookmark it for future reference using the social networking buttons at the bottom.

Consciousness

1. 10 Lessons From The Buddha
2. 1000 Thoughts an Hour vs a Quite Mind
3. Conscious Creation: The Art of Turning Dreams into Realities
4. Reader Feedback: Can You Feel the Presence of God?

Overcoming False Beliefs

1. Burst Your Belief Bubble!
2. Do You Fear Death?
3. Overcoming Fear
4. The Ocean of "I"
5. Ego and Illusion
6. Meditate to Discover Your True Self

Intuition

1. Using "Coincidences" for Personal Success

2012 and Consciousness Shifts

1. The Time of…

Here is a collection of the top articles at Spiritual Blog on the role of love and relationships in spiritual development.

Relationships

1. Bringing Yourself Closer to Your Partner
2. Find Your 6%
3. The Subconscious Mind in Relationships
4. 3 Things I have learned about friendship

Sex

1. Introduction to Tantric Sex
2. The Spiritual Guide to Better Sex

Other

1. The Reason I Love You
2. Gender Roles vs Equal Rights

This post will be updated from time to time when more articles on these topics are posted in the future.

Last month the official online course "Open Your Spiritual Sight" was released. I'd like to share some more information about this course in this post, and also discuss a special Xmas offer. You can now receive 20% off the course until December 31, 2008 using the discount code: xmas 

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Samples from the "Spiritual Sight" Course

Extract 1

"The world we perceive around us is just 1% of all that is out there. Our mental perception is able to see just a small fraction of the entire picture."

Extract 2

"In biblical and historical representations saints and certain spirits are represented with a circular halo above their heads.…

This month marks the official release of "Open Your Spiritual Sight" - an online course from Spiritual Blog on developing spiritual insight and seeing. The entire course takes just a few hours to get through, but presents a number of techniques that can be used in the short and long-term future to experience new meditation and consciousness states.

The main obstruction to spiritual awareness that I have come across is the lack of explanation for methods that discuss visualizing or meditating to achieve a certain effect. "Spiritual Sight" approaches this from a different angle altogether. Those taking the course will be able…

"Spiritual Sight" is a new online course on Opening Your Spiritual Sight. 

See auras - Develop mind-sight - Experience OBEs and more

I am excited to announce that Spiritual Sight - the official e-course from Spiritual Blog has been completed and is now accepting registrations.

Have You Ever wondered what it would be like to be able to see auras, to feel subtle energies, to develop spiritual abilities and insights, and to be able to experience a deeper level of consciousness within weeks? Spiritual Sight is one of the few unique methodical approaches available online for the development of real Spiritual Seeing. 

The truth is out there for all to see,…

Here is a collection of the top articles at Spiritual Blog on discovering an inner sense of purpose through introspection, self-reflection, and meditation. 

This post will be updated from time to time when more articles on these topics are posted in the future.

Happiness

- You Are Your Greatest Obstacle to Your Own Happiness
- The Life That You Live Through Others
- How to Find Your Spiritual Gifts
- The Process of Being an Honest Person
- Having a Game Plan in Life
- The Formula to Get From 10% to 100%

Existence and God

- Proof of Something Greater and an Inner Purpose
- In Search of Ultimate Truth
- Get to Know Your Ethics and Morals
- 10 Paths to…