Hope is the knowledge that change is possible, even when it seems hard to imagine. ~Robyn O'Brien

Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. ~Harriet Tubman

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Robyn O'Brien

Robyn is the founder of AllergyKids and author of The Unhealthy Truth.

If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...

Hope is the knowledge that change is possible, even when it seems hard to imagine. In a world that very much feels like it has been thrown into a cuisinart, there are so many opportunities to be part of the solution. You bring a unique combination of heart and talent to the world that no one else possesses! While the world tends to favor the status quo and conformity, there is so much fun to be had in the experience of living, growing and finding the courage to live a purpose driven, rewarding life.

It won't be without challenges and growing pains, but it is those very challenges and your ability to overcome them that will give you such a tremendous confidence in your own capabilities to adapt to change and succeed! If you embrace the journey, fulfillment will come in knowing that you are doing what you are here to do. You will learn that every stage of your life prepares you for this work - every accomplishment and every setback, a lesson to be learned, making you ...

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I'll do it myself. ~ Glenda Watson Hyatt

I'll do it myself. ~ Glenda Watson Hyatt

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Glenda Watson Hyatt

Glenda is a blogger, speaker and author of the autobiography I'll Do It Myself.

If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...

My message to the world comes down to one word: try.

In my lifetime, I have seen too many people afraid to try; too scared to try new things, to try new places, to try meeting new people. Watching them place needless limitations on themselves meant, sadly, watching human potential go wasted. Great ideas, solutions and relationships were never realized or even attempted because they were too reluctant to try. They feared what others may think, they doubted their own abilities or they feared what may or may not happen.

Yet, trying can be liberating, empowering, and even exhilarating.

Trying leads to discoveries - discovering abilities and strengths that you didn't know you had, discovering your own beliefs and values, and discovering what the big, amazing world is all about.

Trying builds confidence and belief in yourself, even when others may doubt you.

Trying means starting, somewhere, anywhere, and then proceeding one step at a time, no ...

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It's not our life that determines how we live, it's how we LIVE that determines our life. ~Sallie Felton

It's not our life that determines how we live, it's how we LIVE that determines our life. ~Sallie Felton

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Sallie Felton

Sallie is a life coach and transition specialist, international talk radio host, author and motivational speaker.

If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...

B.E. Y.O.U.R.S.E.L.F. Let me share this acronym:

B = Be yourself
E = Escape into nature

Y = Yuck it up! Laugh
O = Offer a helping hand
U = Use humor daily
R = Relax by nurturing yourself
S = Simplify your life
E = Engage with others
L = Listen more, talk less
F = Face your fears

Being yourself comes from a place of authenticity and empowerment. It is not losing your voice, but saying your truth. It is accepting all of you your strengths and your weaknesses.

When you are Escaping into nature there is a rekindling of the heart/soul from a cellular level. It is leaving the myriad of daily to do tasks, all the distractions and becoming quiet, observant and curious with the beauty around you. What can you see that you did not yesterday?

Nothing brings you to life as laughter, so Yuck it up! The saying "Laughter is the best medicine" is more potent than you could ever imagine. When was the last time you had a...

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When in doubt, ask: 'What would love do here?' Then do it! ~ Gini Gentry

When in doubt, ask: 'What would love do here?' Then do it! ~ Gini Gentry

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Gini Gentry

Gini is an accomplished inspirational speaker, a workshop leader, and the author of Dreaming Down Heaven.

If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...

As I looked back over my journey from fear to love, I discovered Twelve Keystones that I had to embody or perhaps I should say master so that I could reclaim my happiness and awaken to the truth of my magnificence. Through teaching about my experiences, I found they apply universally. To share my understanding, I have written a book about these Keystones titled Dreaming Down Heaven. I have shared them here!

You are the playwright of your own life! The backdrop for life is like a Magical Theatre, and as the star of the production, we are each free to create our own roles, changing them at will but first we need to investigate the myth, truth, and magic of our lives and discover what is working or not. Magical means anything is possible. We are limited only by our choices.

Your perceptions create your...

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Please remember you are loved, you are lovable, you are loving. No exceptions, no exclusions. ALL of you! ~MamaRed Knight

Please remember you are loved, you are lovable, you are loving. No exceptions, no exclusions. ALL of you! ~MamaRed Knight

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MamaRed Knight

MamaRed is a transformational coach, speaker and author.

If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...

Hello young one, could you sit with me a while? I know I'm old, and you have many places to go...and I only ask you stay a minute or three. Why you ask? Because I'm moving on now and I have a message I wish for you to carry.

For I see in you the amazing Light you truly are and yet I feel in you the immense sadness, fear and pain that locks you behind a a high brick wall ...a wall you believe protects you, when all it really does is cause more of the same.

Will you sit with me and let me share what helps ease the pain and lets you step into your true magnificence?

No matter what you may think, no matter what you may have been told, you are a Light unto the world, sent here to share that Light with the world, your world, wherever that may be. You are here to share the special and unique gift that is wrapped up in your human form.

Yes, I hear you say, you've been told you are worthless, you are nothing. And I'm here to say, "not true." Take my hands,...

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If you are not where you want to be in life, surround yourself with those who are. ~Brian Schwartz

If you are not where you want to be in life, surround yourself with those who are. ~Brian Schwartz

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Brian Schwartz

Brian is the award-winning author of 50 Interviews: Entrepreneurs Thriving in Uncertain times.

If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...

The keys to finding fulfillment in life may be different for each of us, but here is what I have discovered to work for me... and the essence of what I've discovered after my nearly 40 years on this wonderful planet. I hope these insights launch you into the next decade with powerful new renewed force and energy.

I discovered these four distinctions in the 50+ entrepreneurs I interviewed, but I do believe at their core, they also lead to a more fulfilling life:

1. Embrace a consuming passion by sharing it with others. Surround yourself with others who share your passion and you'll find they fuel that passion to take it further. Like a plant, if you don't give it sunshine to grow, it will die. Never let your passions die! The 'sticky' passions are those more important to others than they are to you. The more you share it, the stronger it becomes. Sharing it can be like adding a drop of Miracle Grow!

2. Pursue an impersonal goal. When...

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When you TRUST in this and every moment, you will find yourself BEING in a constant state of GRACE, that will lead to an abiding sense of PEACE in yo

When you TRUST in this and every moment, you will find yourself BEING in a constant state of GRACE, that will lead to an abiding sense of PEACE in your Life. ~Dr. Tom Ventullo

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Tom Ventullo

Dr. Tom is an intuitive listener, successful dentist, spiritual leader and a certified Life Coach.

If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...

CREATING A TRUE CONNECTION WITH OTHER HUMAN BEINGS

The Exercise below is one that I gave to one of my Transformations workshop groups. The results were amazing and life changing for some.

At first it may seem like this is just another trivial exercise. However, when you practice it as part of your Life on a consistent daily basis, you will find it is absolutely the most Powerful Action that you could ever perform. Now I know some of you will try it for a few days and probably not take anything from it. And some of you will try for a few days and realize it is not about the taking from it or results that it provides you. You will find it is the state of BEING that it has you and the others access that makes it have such a profound effect on your relationships... So here it is...

For the FIRST 3 Seconds of meeting someone BE in a total state of THOUGHTLESS AWARENESS...

This goes for meeting the cashier at the store or the UPS delivery person or the teller at th...

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Cowboy Wisdom of the Day; 09/22/10

Your chivalrous-vigour sends forth your omnipotent Maharishi lore igniting the core virtuosi within people opening the way for you to experience your idyllic prosperity.

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When we have high self-value, our desires require no justification as purpose. ~Mark Petruzzi

When we have high self-value, our desires require no justification as purpose. ~Mark Petruzzi

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Mark Petruzzi

Mark is founder and principal of Waypoint Business Services, a Performance Consultant, a life coach and speaker-facilitator.

If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...

Let's begin with self-value...

Value yourself. Value your Self. Your value never changes. You can't increase it and you can't diminish it. Sure, the value of your actions can vary, but the value of who you are never, ever will.

Never confuse your actions, possessions and connections with who you are. If you don't yet know the difference between who you are, and all the things you do and own, it's time to get started on getting to know yourself in a new way.

Imagine yourself as a song. What is your personal "tone", your personal "sound"? Make it part of everything you do. Put more YOU in your life.

To deny your worth is to deny the worth of the Divine spark in us all. Value who you are.

Value yourself enough to dare not to compare...

When used in a way to make your ego feel either superior or inferior to someone else, comparison is a happiness-killer.

You will never get your best answers through comparison...

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Synchronicity - Are You Where You Are Supposed to Be? ~Eva Gregory

When I'm trusting and being myself, everything in my life reflects this by falling into place easily, often miraculously. ~ Shakti Gawain

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Eva Gregory

Eva is the author of The Feel Good Guide to Prosperity and the co-author of Life Lessons of Mastering the Law of Attraction with Jack Canfield.

If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...

Synchronicity - Are You Where You Are Supposed to Be?

The door opens. The path is lit. A missing piece falls into your lap. The phone rings and the caller is someone you thought of just moments ago. The ever-famous "magic" parking spot opens up. I love it when I seem to just bump into someone I really want or need to see. What are the odds? There are 1,440 minutes in a day. What if I had walked a different route, took an extra minute to read my mail, veered left instead of right? There are 1,439 odds against me bumping into that person...if one goes simply by mathematical calculations. But why on earth would someone choose to do that?

Long before James Redfield wrote of the Celestine Prophecy and Celestine Vision, I held the belief that synchronicity in my life meant that I was on the right track on all levels: spiritually, emotionally, intentionally, physically, mentally. I still choose to believe this: the more synchronicity presents itself in my life, the m...

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Cowboy Wisdom of the Day; 09/21/10

Your instigator brio liberates your pioneering grittiness unleashing your inventive prodigies to be Commander-In-Chief in your innovative escapades setting you free to experience your deserving life of riley with gusto.

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Cowboy Wisdom of the Day; 09/20/10

Your laudable-liveliness pops the subliminal landscape with adventure snapping peoples warrior savvy into ceremonial dance opening their utopian savant to see a better way as you sit on the beach watching receiving and accepting wave after wave of rapturous wealth enter your domain.

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Our greatest fears can become our greatest accomplishments. ~Tara Taylor

Our greatest fears can become our greatest accomplishments. ~Tara Taylor

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Tara Taylor

Tara is an intuitive counselor, motivational speaker, published author and an expert on the ego, intuition and emotions.

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Love Your Ego, Love Your Life and Lead By Example.

The greatest gift that I have learned in this lifetime is to live my life by these three phrases: Love your ego, love your life and lead by example.

Like many souls, I once believed that enlightenment was reached by ridding oneself of ego. In my early teens, I was so frustrated by the power my ego had over me that I broke down in uncontrollable tears. I asked the divine why I was struggling with detaching from my ego. Then, like a divine lightning bolt hitting me I realized, "trying to rid yourself of ego is your ego's work". It had me chasing a ghost, spinning in circles distracting me of who I really was and what my true life purpose would be. If the divine had created me with my ego intact then there had to be a reason I had an ego.

That reason is my ego allows me to fully experience my humanity here on this earth. I started to be thankful for my ego instead of fighting it and I embraced what it ...

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Deep in our core lives the magnificent wild human-animal, passionately yearning for relationship with the living Earth. ~Robin Easton

Deep in our core lives the magnificent wild human-animal, passionately yearning for relationship with the living Earth. ~Robin Easton

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Robin Easton

Robin is a speaker, a nature photographer, musician, an adventurer and the author of Naked in Eden.

If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...

I rarely feel a desire to teach other people how to live or love. Why is this? I experience each person I meet as already "being Love"; as already being intelligent, whole, and with the ability to discover for themselves who they are and what life means to them. I find it more meaningful to simply love others, to listen without judgment and to infuse them with so much joy, laughter, tears and passion that we both are left hungering for Life. When we hunger enough, we find our own way.

I believe we are all born fully knowing. It is often only a matter of trusting that we know, trusting that we are already whole. All too often we doubt our born-with intelligence. We give up our power to teachers, gurus and books. We stop listening to our passionate hearts.

Often when we can't find a reflection in the world of what feel, we let doubt take over, and we abandon ourselves, insights and creativity. I often think of something my father once told me. "Robin, liste...

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Cowboy Wisdom of the Day; 09/18/10

Your regal-debonair vibrancy galvanizes the ether unlocking peoples omnipotent grit to blaze snappy parvenu trails enriching their life experiences as you relax in luxurious seventh heaven.

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Alec Tranel

Alec Tranel

At six, Alec lost the use of his legs but was determined to make the most out of it. Now a teen, Alec shares his inspirational story with others.

If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...

I'd like to share some of the things that I've learned in my life so far that may be valuable in thinking about overcoming obstacles.

FIRST - Surround Yourself With Positive People
There could be a lot of reasons for me to be negative. But, for as long as I remember, I have been surrounded by positive people. I focus on hanging around with people that are happy. It's easy for anyone to be negative. But if you surround yourself with positive people you find it's a lot more fun to be positive and make things happen!

SECOND- Stay Ahead of The World
I try to always stay ahead of the world around me the best I can. When I meet someone for the first time, I know they have questions about my chair. So they don't feel uncomfortable, sometimes I just answer their question before they ask it. Why am I in the chair? What happened? Then they can get their mind off my chair and on to other matters. Life is more positive and fun if you choose it to b...

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Do one thing everyday that makes someone else happy. ~ Lexxi Saal

Do one thing everyday that makes someone else happy. ~ Lexxi Saal

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Lexxi Saal

Lexxi is a singer, a songwriter, and the founder of the Lexxi Loves Foundation, which supports and does fundraising for foster care families.

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Hi it's me Brilliant Lexxi.

I am 11 years old. I may be small but I am convinced I can have many successes and make a difference in hundreds of lives. I have a mother who was adopted and when I thought about the possibility of a child not having a loving family a good night kiss or warm home, I could not do anything.

Love is so easy to give and it is free! There is always more to give. You don't need money, only a heart. My goal is to make one more child feel special. Make one more child feel as though there is LOVE out there in the world. I hope and believe I will grow "Lexxi Loves" bigger every year.

I have been blessed with a wonderful loving family, and now recently a gift from God- a beautiful voice to sing with. I am writing and hope I will be able to help others when I record my CD and share everything I have through song. I will be adopting two children when I grow up. I will give them a family to love and security that my family has given to my mama. I ...

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Spiritual Healing is not just becoming free from pain, it is realizing that you were never really trapped. ~ James Keeley

Spiritual Healing is not just becoming free from pain, it is realizing that you were never really trapped. ~ James Keeley

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James Keeley

James is a spiritual healer and the author of Walking With God.

If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...

The greatest power in the universe is faith. The same force that gives rise to the longings in our heart is guiding our lives towards their fulfillment. Like wind in our sails, when we let go and allow the Divine breezes of support and insight to direct our lives we discover a happiness and contentment beyond what we could have dreamed of for ourselves.

Fear tells us that we can only be happy in certain situations and as long as such and such does or does not happen. Unfortunately, it is these ideas of what will make us happy that keep us from experiencing true happiness.

The One who created us had an end in mind when were fashioned but we have no idea what that creation looks like and therefore have no idea what experiences we must go through in order to catalyze our becoming.

We have, however, been given clues. These clues come in the form of our heart's deepest longings.

There is a difference between longing for something and having the internal stat...

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Cowboy Wisdom of the Day; 09/16/10

Your cloud-bursting-windfall of divine love energy white light & inheritance paints an opalescent portrait of your opulent omnipotent epiphanies you rejoice in now.

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When you give another the freedom to follow their path, you'll discover what your true path has always been. ~DavidPaul Doyle

When you give another the freedom to follow their path, you'll discover what your true path has always been. ~DavidPaul Doyle

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DavidPaul Doyle

DavidPaul is producer of When God Spoke to Me and How to Hear the Voice of God and co-author of The Voice of Love...

If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...

Being and Creation are ever present. They do not exist apart from one another. As God, you are always being and you are always creating in every moment.

Being is the Essence of God. It is changeless, infinite, and absolute. It is the Light that encompasses all of Creation. It is the very fabric of all thought and form. Being is Who and What you truly are and the Consciousness with which you experience all of life.

Creation, on the other hand, is the infinite expression of Being. It is the unlimited extension of God's Love through both the Holy Spirit and the ego. Creation is the mechanism through which God experiences Himself. It's the means by which God is becoming Self-Aware.

What does this mean for you? How does this understanding impact your life?

No matter what you do or don't do, change or don't change, impact or don't impact in the world, you cannot alter Who and What you are or Who and What another is. You simply are. God simply is. No matter which th...

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Cowboy Wisdom of the Day; 09/15/10

Your audacious-fieriness epitomizes your stalwart nerve to say what you feel do what you say with gallant zeal as you relish in cloud nine luxury.

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The light of meaning is within us. Happiness, peace, and love are energies that vibrate though the universe. And you and I are channels through whic

The light of meaning is within us. Happiness, peace, and love are energies that vibrate though the universe. And you and I are channels through which the light of meaning flows. ~From "Your To Be List", Lauren Rosenfeld

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Lauren Rosenfeld

Lauren is the co-founder of Wisdomology.com and co-author of Your To Be List: Turn Those Dreaded To-Do's into Meaningful Moments Every Day.

If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...

All moments matter.

Perhaps you believe that there are two types of moments: Ordinary moments and extraordinary moments; moments that are to be treasured and moments that might as well be pitched in the trash.

But all of our "ordinary moments" are moments that we must learn to treasure. Why? Because these "ordinary moments" moments are like seeds from which the exotic flowers of extraordinary moments blossom. If we are expert gardeners, we will look at the humble seed and know that a blossom of remarkable beauty is waiting to be born from it. We know that if we take care of it, feed it nurture it, and are patient with it, then ultimately its breathtaking beauty will ultimately be revealed to us.

If we take care of the ordinary moment that is, just as we would care for the humble seed, then will see that miracles lie within it, waiting to be born. If we care for the moment with wisdom, with understanding, and with love -- we will see it blossom...

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To reach one is to reach them all. ~Ricky Roberts III

To reach one is to reach them all. ~Ricky Roberts III

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Ricky Roberts III

Ricky is an motivational speaker and author of three books, his most recent being Where Did the Gift Go?

If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...

This moment, right now, is all that you can truly know. Regardless of what you may have done in your past, or the fears that you may have of the future, give thanks that you are here now.

You are beautiful and deserve to know the gift that you are to the world. Honor the mistakes you have made, for everyone makes them, but seek the lessons that they may have to teach you.

There is only one you. No matter how many people you compare yourself to, or how much you try to please others, no one can ever be who you are, as you can never be who they are. Honor the path that you have traveled, be proud of who you are in this moment, and give thanks for the opportunity to have another day.

Life will not be easy, you will be hurt, you will lose loved ones, your finances, relationships, jobs, living arrangements, and physical appearance will all change. No matter what may occur in your life, good or bad, know that it is a part of the greater good in why you are here.

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Only God is real. ~Dr. Jonathan Ellerby

Only God is real. ~Dr. Jonathan Ellerby

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Jonathan Ellerby

Dr. Jonathan is a Hay House best-seller and the author of Return to the Sacred: Ancient Pathways to Spiritual Awakening

If today were my last day on Earth and I could share 500 words of brilliance with the world, here are the important things I'd want to pass along to others...

It sounds complicated at first, but it is simple and will change your life forever. It did for me.

Oneness is more than a concept. It's an experience and a way of living. In every culture throughout time there have been saints, mystics, sages, shamans and prophets who have come to the same conclusion: all things in this world are deeply interconnected and ultimately are only diverse expressions of the one original source energy. This was the essential experience and conviction of most of the worlds' religious founding leaders. They called the Oneness of life different things: God, Allah, Hashem, The Great Mystery and so on, but the idea of oneness is universal. Oneness means we are each united with all of life.

Oneness is not just a spiritual or religious idea. It is now a clear scientific principle. Einstein died trying to prove the unified field theory, a belief that all life and matter are united by an underlying energy or consciousness. The great quantum physicists D...

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