Calm Contemplation – the Key to What Lies Beneath

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by William Bloom on 20 February, 2012

I loved Ann’s article in the last issue of this magazine, in which she described how she and Geoff started Cygnus. Elements of it are still echoing through my mind. Most of all I was touched by these words: Over the years we had become convinced that the great tome I had been shown in [...]

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The Benefits of Fasting

by Philip Weeks 20 February 2012 Featured
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What is fasting? A fast is the avoidance of all or the majority of foods. There are different types of fast; some involve drinking just water or juices, while others are mono fast, involving eating just one type of food such as grapes for a predetermined number of days. Fasting is probably the most ancient [...]

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A Matter of Life or Debt

by Michael OConnell 20 February 2012 Business
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Usury, otherwise known as the debt-based economic paradigm, has progressed over the last 300 years or so from its origins as a cunning sleight of hand, to a point where private banking institutions have arrogated to themselves unfettered supra-governmental powers to be sole creators of interest-bearing credit into the economy. Usurped might be a better [...]

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Money is a Gift of Love

by Barbara Wilder 20 February 2012 2012
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Each of us came into this life with life themes, such as illness, death of loved ones, feelings of low self esteem, never having enough love, or money, or success. These life themes aren’t random occurrences, but what we chose to work with for our own soul’s growth and expansion and for the growth and [...]

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Life, an Eternal Love Story

by Mikael Nordfors 20 February 2012 Featured
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I was lucky enough to grow up in a family where the teachings of Martinus (1890-1981), a Danish seer and mystic, were available. Although he is little-known outside Scandinavia his philosophy is so logical, coherent, optimistic and beautiful that you may be interested to learn a little more about him. In 1949 the British philosopher [...]

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Matter and Spirit – Where Do You Draw the Line?

by Ann Napier 20 February 2012 Cygnus Editorials
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Many human beings have experienced enlightenment or revelations of the Divine. However, the wisest ones will tell you that it’s a life’s work (or more likely many lives!) to explore and learn how to manifest the wisdom thus received, and allow it to express itself throughout one’s whole being and life. One of the big [...]

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Hope Makes the Impossible Possible

by Lorna Byrne 16 February 2012 2012
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‘The Angel of Hope is a beacon of light in all our lives. He helps to keep the light of hope burning inside of us all of throughout our lives,’ the angel told me. ‘Hope plays an enormous part in everyone’s life. Hope makes the impossible possible.’ I was about twelve years old when an [...]

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What is happiness?

by Matthieu Ricard 7 February 2012 Business
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After 2,000 years of practice, Buddhist monks know that one secret to happiness is simply to put your mind to it. What is happiness, and how can we achieve it? Happiness can’t be reduced to a few agreeable sensations. Rather, it is a way of being and of experiencing the world – a profound fulfillment [...]

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The Book, the Swan and the Star

by Ann Napier 23 January 2012 Cygnus Editorials
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Dear Friends, Amanda Painting1, a Cygnus reader, suggested that it would be a lovely idea to describe to you all how Cygnus started, and how it evolved. We’ve never told the first part of the story to anyone except a few very close friends, but my sons tell me it would be good to tell [...]

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What on Earth are Kick-Ass Angels?

by Claire Nahmad 23 January 2012 2012
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When I was contemplating Kick-Ass Angels, I was at first baffled by the task the angels had given me. I could feel the need for such a book, but at the same time I was unsure how to go about writing it or even what its contents might be. I began to centre myself in [...]

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