May 2013
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Awaken News: May Newsletter →
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Our first two facebook competitions were very successful. Twice in recent times, we have offered excellent prizes for ‘naming the mineral in the picture’. Wendy Rees from Canada was our first lucky winner, who got to choose her own Peter Stone Zodiac piece valued at $80.
We then offered a…
March 2013
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Awaken News: April Newsletter →
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One of the best descriptions of meditation that I have heard, is that it is the practice of arriving. Much of our lives are spent ‘running’ and ‘chasing’ some kind of peace and happiness in the future, causing our present moment to always be one of stress and frustration. I have heard it…
February 2013
3 posts
March Newsletter →
awakennews:
We appreciate very much all of the nice emails and comments that we get from customers and fans all around the world. In the shop each day, some of the most uplifting moments are not necessarily a huge sales day, but when people say something like ‘It’s always such a nice energy in here’ or
February Newsletter →
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Spiritual Evolution means different things to different people. To me, it has to do with the ‘letting go’ of the things that once helped us to evolve physically and mentally, but are now in fact holding us back from going any further. We have now reached the level of consciousness where we…
Awaken News: February Newsletter →
awakennews:
Spiritual Evolution means different things to different people. To me, it has to do with the ‘letting go’ of the things that once helped us to evolve physically and mentally, but are now in fact holding us back from going any further. We have now reached the level of consciousness where we…
December 2012
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January Newsletter →
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It is important to look deeply at how many of our concepts and mindsets exist because of our very limited point of view. Mindfulness meditation is one way that makes it possible to see our thoughts, and our existence, as an overview.
If you have time, click the image above and watch…
November 2012
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December Newsletter →
awakennews:
Well Christmas is upon us again and we have lot’s of gift ideas throughout our shop and website. Just the other day we published our 4000th product online, and we’ve been continually revising the website categories to try to make browsing our website more ’user friendly’.
In our October…
October 2012
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November Newsletter →
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There exists a fine balance between science and spirituality. I was inspired this month to post the above message on facebook, ‘borrowing’ this amazing photo from google, that seems to sum up what I wanted to say and suits the message very much. In fact this message sums up the way Awaken…
September 2012
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October Newsletter →
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People who are on some kind of ‘spiritual journey’ will mention various spiritual teachers who have influenced them, or somehow greatly affected their growth. For me personally, I can say that Eckhart Tolle, Osho, and Thich Nhat Hanh are very much a part of who I am. In fact, without…
August 2012
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September Newsletter →
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On the 17th of September it will be 2 years since Awaken Crystals and Gifts opened for business. We arrive at this landmark with the business up 34% on last financial year, which is absolutely sensational, considering the doom and gloom in retail land around us.
After establishing the…
July 2012
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August Newsletter →
awakennews:
Many people know that I am pretty outspoken about what I call ‘New Age Hype’. I have found that it’s safest to be sceptical, whilst at the same time to have a very open mind to the great mysteries of life.
For example. I find so many areas of this so called ‘industry’ actually…
April 2012
2 posts
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“By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But...”
– Lao-Tzu
March 2012
2 posts
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“The body is only a temporary house, a caravanserai, an overnight stay. In the...”
– Osho
“It is now time for your ‘spirituality’ to transcend superstition. Is...”
“To All Staff,
Thank you all for your utterly impeccable service.
I wish all...”
– Customer Email 06.03.2012
February 2012
5 posts
“Thank you so much, firstly, for the fabulous and prompt service, and secondly...”
– Customer Email 01.03.12
“Just wanted to say what a lovely shop you have, I happened to come in today and...”
– Jena - Customer 23.02.12 via email THANK YOU THAT’S LOVELY
“Dropping the mask and bringing out your original face is the whole alchemy of...”
– Osho
“Ones integrity speaks for itself so that one needn’t actually tell anyone...”
“Irony: The root of the word ‘Religion’ is re-ligare; to bring back...”
January 2012
4 posts
“Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace”
– The Buddha
Spiritual Evolution →
awakenramble:
Let our spirituality be an inner pursuit of non-denial. Let is be real to ourselves and then be true to ourselves.
The time is upon us where we must evolve out of superstition, and fear-based thought patterns about the mysteries of life around us. We are all the same. We share the same…
A wave on the Ocean →
awakenramble:
A profound spiritual teaching describes ‘being’ or ‘consciousness’ as like a wave on the ocean.
When did I begin? When will I experience my ‘end’? Am I more significant than other waves? Am I less significant?
The things we do, the things we create, or projects, careers, the things we…
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“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
December 2011
3 posts
“I have never understood the importance of having children memorise battle dates....”
– Louise L. Hay
“Mankind once thought they understood the mysteries of life, without even knowing...”
“More and more, time to sift through our mind-created bullshit to find the core...”
– Robert Young
November 2011
10 posts
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“What the superior person seeks is in himself; what the smaller person seeks is...”
– Confucius
“All know the way; few actually walk it”
– Bodhidharma
“As humans, the deeper we ponder things, the more likely we are to realise things...”
1 tag
“My religion is simple. My religion is kindness”
– The Dalai Lama
The Psychic Minefield →
awakenramble:
It surprises many people to learn that I spend a portion of almost every single day talking people out of seeking ‘Psychic’ Readings.
As I trudge the spiritual path there is one thing that I know for sure. Fear is not the way. In an industry that has become so blatant in its…
“We find simplicity in our hearts and lives through paying attention to the roots...”
– Christina Feldman
“Let it be, open and bright, just like the sky, without taking sides, with no...”
– A new song inspired by the words of Longchenpa
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“…it still remains the Everest of human consciousness, and there seems no...”
– Osho
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“You will decide on a matter, and it will be established for you, and light will...”
– Job 22:28
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“Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by...”
– Eileen Caddy
October 2011
10 posts
2 tags
“God exists wherever he is allowed to enter”
– Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist)
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“They are learned and compassionate, their profound intelligence and their...”
– Longchenpa
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“We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize”
– Thich Nhat Hanh
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“..just as a goldsmith tests his gold by melting, cutting and rubbing,
sages...”
– The Buddha
“All people gaze at the beauty of the same Moon. But only if they would…”
– Insight
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“The noblest thing a human being can experience is acceptance of the mystery”
– Paulo Coelho
“Men are disturbed not by things that happen but by their opinion of things that...”
– Epictetus
“If your spiritual path is not dealing with your bitterness, jealousy and...”
– Insight
“In the pursuit of knowledge, every day something is gained. In the pursuit of...”
– Tao
“Honest spirituality can’t separate itself from science. Honest science...”
– Insight
September 2011
16 posts
“Gaia is also in our cities. But you do have to listen harder”
– Insight
“Be careful of all the concepts you create, because they may only be concepts...”
– Daily Insight
“No matter what religion or spiritual practice you claim is truth, humankind is...”
– Daily Insight 