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What Effect Did the Solar Eclipse Have On Us?

beyond responding to the moment

6 min readApr 27, 2024

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What Effect Did the Solar Eclipse Have On Us?

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The Journey Beyond Ego: A Path to Authentic Being

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet.”

4 min readFeb 20, 2024

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The Journey Beyond Ego: A Path to Authentic Being

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Karen Shanley

The Cultural Tractor Beam

Q: You often talk about how we are brainwashed by culture. Why is that a bad thing? What can we do to prevent this?

7 min readSep 30, 2023

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The Cultural Tractor Beam

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Inner Knowing is the Bridge

The primary doorway to the spiritual life for most people comes through the heart. “I know, but I don’t know why I know. I love because I…

8 min readAug 11, 2023

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Inner Knowing is the Bridge

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How and When We Lost Our Telepathic Abilities

Q: Can you explain what influence language has on our perceptions?

9 min readJun 26, 2023

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How and When We Lost Our Telepathic Abilities

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Meditation vs. Mindfulness: What’s the Difference — An Introduction

Who isn’t struggling to keep up with the demands of daily life? With all the busyness, it can be difficult to focus on the present moment…

5 min readJun 1, 2023

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Meditation vs. Mindfulness: What’s the Difference — An Introduction

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How We Lost Our Natural Connection to Intuition

From the Hands of Many to the Hands of a Few

4 min readMar 9, 2023

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How We Lost Our Natural Connection to Intuition

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Reframing What the Teen Age Rebellion Period Is About From a Spiritual Perspective

In the beginning, starting around middle school and often continuing through our early twenties, a mysterious sadness begins rising in our…

6 min readMar 1, 2023

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Reframing What the Teen Age Rebellion Period Is About From a Spiritual Perspective

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Karen Shanley
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ILLUMINATION

Is There Progress In Karma?

Most people think of karma as a spiritual principle of cause and effect/punishment and reward. This view holds that the sum of a person’s…

2 min readJan 28, 2023

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Do You Need A Spiritual Teacher To Reach Enlightenment?

Q: There is an ongoing debate as to whether spiritual seekers need teachers to reach enlightenment, or whether they can find the way on…

5 min readJan 22, 2023

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Do You Need A Spiritual Teacher To Reach Enlightenment?

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Karen Shanley

Karen Shanley

I teach seminars on spiritual growth to help pull you out of the tractor beam of collective conditioning so you can discover who you truly are. karenshanley.com

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