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Excerpt from "You Already Have a Job" with Marianne Williamson

In this transcribed excerpt from a talk recorded live on Labor Day 2011, Marianne Williamson uses the holiday as a springboard to talk about what it means to labor, and how important it is to express ourselves through whatever work we do, whether paid or not.

Today is Labor Day, obviously. The history of Labor Day is interesting in that nobody seems to know exactly how it all started, that the various states were acknowledging with a holiday the role of labor. One interesting anecdote that apparently had to do with its beginning had to do with president Grover Cleveland. There had been a protest among union workers and a few of the workers had been killed. So Grover Cleveland -- especially because he was in a bid for reelection at that time -- advocated the creation of a national holiday in honor of workers as a way to get the public’s opinion back on his side given that U.S. marshals had killed these workers. It didn’t work. He didn’t get reelected, but of course after a misuse of power like that, obviously nothing as… creating a national holiday obviously should not get one forgiven on that kind of a level.

It's MP"Free" Monday! Get David Gershon's "The Way of the Spiritual Warrior" -- Free!

It's MP"Free" Monday!  This week we're excited to offer David Gershon's "The Way of the Spiritual Warrior" to you for free! In this powerful program, Gershon -- cofounder of the Empowerment Institute -- talks about creating balance in a life of both action and spiritual contemplation; how we can become a spiritual warrior in the world, and the steps we can take to get there.  Check it out!

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Excerpt 2 from "Carlebach Teachings of Joy and Oneness & Other Stories" with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach

The late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach offers profound wisdom in how to love wholly in this beautiful transcribed excerpt from "Carlebach Teachings of Joy and Oneness & Other Stories."  His words are touching and deep, with instruction for us all.

We are living in a world which needs healing.  The whole world needs healing.  The whole world needs fixing.  The saddest most heartbreaking thing in the world when parents look at children and they think, “You know – hey! What’s going on? Why didn’t you have A+ every subject? Why aren’t you the best in piano playing? Why aren’t you the best in everything?”  So this is why a child is born in your house?  Because never has a child thought before it was born, he had two people who love me enough to fix me.

I want you to know the deepest, deepest, deepest depths, and I don’t mean you meet someone with something wrong with them, that we have to stay in order to fix them.  You have to love people a lot.  Even to have the urge to fix them, right?  But then once you know something

It's MP"Free" Monday! Get Michael Bernard Beckwith's "Quantum Quickening: Are You Ready?" -- Free!

 

Michael Bernard Beckwith - the founder and spiritual director of the Agape International Spiritual Center -- gives an inspiring and fascinating talk encouraging the tapping into and unfolding of our own light.We're delighted to be able to offer this incredible program to you -- FREE!  This special offer will be available for one week only. 

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Excerpt from "Jesus, the Master Artist" with Michael Bernard Beckwith

This electrifying excerpt from a service at Agape International Spritual Center recorded Easter 2008 brings us right into the room as Michael Bernard Beckwith invites attendees to participate in a celebration of spirit.

Take a look around for a second and look at the shape of spiritual beauty that is revealing and manifesting and reflecting the image and likeness of God in myriad ways this morning. As you look around, just take in this awesome site. As you hear the inaudible…  hear that inaudible vibration move through our choir, feel the motion of the universe move through the movement of Agape, and feel the divine pulsating through your own heartbeat. I welcome you to the Agape International Spiritual Center, a non-local idea of the mind of God. “Have consciousness, we travel.” I welcome you here on this wonderful day of celebrating the regenerating rejuvenating resurrecting spirit that is within us all as we seek to discover and release that cosmic good that is our life. In which no circumstance or situation can permanently keep it down, deny it or hinder it.

It's MP"Free" Monday! Get Pema Chodron's "Practicing Peace in Times of War" -- Free!

Beloved Buddhist teacher Pema Chodron offers her sage wisdom in helping us create a culture of compassion rather than perpetuating a culture of violence by working with peace from within -- at the level of our own thoughts, behaviors, habits and actions. Listen to this profound and encouraging program -- free!

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Excerpt from Marianne Williamson's "Relationships Workshop"

In this inspired transcribed excerpt from Marianne Williamson's "Relationships Workshop," Williamson tells workshop attendees -- and us -- how we simply have to get out of our own way.  

Enjoy:

You know, I often use the story of Michelangelo being asked how he created a sculpture. And he said that in his mind, he had been given a huge piece of rough marble, but in his mind, God had already created the sculpture. God had already created the Pieta, Moses, David. Michelangelo saw his job as getting rid of all the excess marble.
 
Now see, the way the world sees relationships is “What can I add on to make myself more attractive?” But everything in the thinking of the world particularly in the area of relationships is upside down.