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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[is amazed that, &#8220;Just to think that less than a quarter of an inch behind your forehead is the central control of your whole life thus far.&#8221; That&#8217;s a WoW!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>is amazed that, &#8220;Just to think that less than a quarter of an inch behind your forehead is the central control of your whole life thus far.&#8221; That&#8217;s a WoW!</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel like the most blessed man alive with amazing friends. Wow! How&#8217;d I get so lucky?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>I feel like the most blessed man alive with amazing friends. Wow! How&#8217;d I get so lucky?</p>
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		<title>Heart Note&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of feedback has come my way
regarding the &#8220;God is Love&#8221; post.
All of it very positive.
The mind of love IS the mind of God.
The Bible says, &#8220;You have the mind
of Christ.&#8221; I&#8217;ve never been one to
water down spiritual truth. Thus,
I embrace that truth totally.
As I&#8217;m searching for answers in
my own life, I meditate and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=michaelmurphy.wordpress.com&blog=1826826&post=156&subd=michaelmurphy&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>A lot of feedback has come my way<br />
regarding the &#8220;God is Love&#8221; post.<br />
All of it very positive.</p>
<p>The mind of love IS the mind of God.<br />
The Bible says, &#8220;You have the mind<br />
of Christ.&#8221; I&#8217;ve never been one to<br />
water down spiritual truth. Thus,<br />
I embrace that truth totally.</p>
<p>As I&#8217;m searching for answers in<br />
my own life, I meditate and pray<br />
a lot. Especially in the bed during<br />
the night.</p>
<p>I believe God speaks to me during<br />
the quiet. Sometimes, God is just<br />
quiet during the quiet.</p>
<p>Last night, the thought occurred to<br />
me, &#8220;What if everything in my life<br />
changed?&#8221; What if I abandoned<br />
all of my present thinking and just<br />
allow God to bring whatever else<br />
is needed in my life to replace it?</p>
<p>There&#8217;s a place that I want to go<br />
to in my life in love, in God. There&#8217;s<br />
a place of peace and bliss that I<br />
want to live. Deeper than I&#8217;ve<br />
ever been before.</p>
<p>What if it takes walking away from<br />
some present relationships? What<br />
if it takes walking away from some<br />
ways of thinking, some pride, some<br />
means of approaching my life that<br />
very likely haven&#8217;t been working?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m feeling a shift inside. The thought<br />
even occurred to me, what if I don&#8217;t<br />
write anymore?</p>
<p>Yesterday, an amazing friend<br />
responded to me and planted a<br />
seed thought in my heart and<br />
mind. I shared with him some<br />
rough times I&#8217;d seen as of late.<br />
He planted a seed thought that<br />
challenged me.</p>
<p>He said, &#8220;Surrender to it all.&#8221;<br />
Only four words. Six syllables.<br />
Powerful depth.</p>
<p>Sometimes, I pray and tell God,<br />
&#8220;Take complete control of my<br />
life.&#8221; In fact, I do that oftentimes.<br />
I&#8217;m quite sincere in saying, asking<br />
this.</p>
<p>I want to live in that place of<br />
love and surrender.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not sure why I&#8217;m sharing my<br />
heart on such an open and deep<br />
level today. Perhaps you&#8217;re feeling<br />
what I&#8217;m feeling. If so, you and I<br />
will get closer today.</p>
<p>Maybe its to let you know that<br />
though I&#8217;m seeking and reaching<br />
deeper in my life, I&#8217;ve not arrived.<br />
I think its essential to be vulnerable.<br />
Its the only way that you can<br />
authentically grow in your life.</p>
<p>I appreciate you being a part of<br />
my life. I am humbled that you<br />
allow me to be a part of your life.</p>
<p>I appreciate you more than you<br />
could ever imagine.</p>
<p>Cascades of love and blessing,<br />
Michael</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Had a wonderful, inspirational, hilarious chat with my friend, Mary Campbell in Atlanta &#8211; Now off to bed. Toodles!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>Had a wonderful, inspirational, hilarious chat with my friend, Mary Campbell in Atlanta &#8211; Now off to bed. Toodles!</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just noticed the my most famous Instant Wealth Immersion, affirmation CD (layered with binaural beats and music) is $20 off its regular price of $29.97. Go see
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>I just noticed the my most famous Instant Wealth Immersion, affirmation CD (layered with binaural beats and music) is $20 off its regular price of $29.97. Go see<br />
http://ping.fm/UvljJ</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;God self-described himself with one word: LOVE&#8221; &#8211; from my friend, Dr. Steven Lambert
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>&#8220;God self-described himself with one word: LOVE&#8221; &#8211; from my friend, Dr. Steven Lambert</p>
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		<title>God is love&#8230;&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It never ceases to amaze me
how many people are going
through enormous life challenges
right now. Especially in their
relationships.
As of late, I&#8217;ve been encountering
so many that have complexities
of religion thrown into the mix.
I don&#8217;t mean true spirituality
and connection with God. I&#8217;m
talking about the rigid, dark side of
religion.
No matter where you come from
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>It never ceases to amaze me<br />
how many people are going<br />
through enormous life challenges<br />
right now. Especially in their<br />
relationships.</p>
<p>As of late, I&#8217;ve been encountering<br />
so many that have complexities<br />
of religion thrown into the mix.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t mean true spirituality<br />
and connection with God. I&#8217;m<br />
talking about the rigid, dark side of<br />
religion.</p>
<p>No matter where you come from<br />
in your faith, I know that there<br />
is one thing that we can all agree<br />
on.</p>
<p>&#8220;God is love&#8221;</p>
<p>No &#8216;yeah buts&#8217; needed. When<br />
we &#8216;yeah but&#8217; things, what ever<br />
is on the other side of that<br />
argument becomes the focus.</p>
<p>The focus, the primary over-riding,<br />
over-ruling and sovereign truth is,</p>
<p>&#8220;God is love&#8221;</p>
<p>It is truth. It will not change. A<br />
billion arguments and diversions<br />
can be created. It still will not<br />
change.</p>
<p>I know that there are some<br />
who are here with us in this<br />
group that don&#8217;t believe that<br />
there is a God. However, I&#8217;m<br />
confident that you do believe<br />
that &#8216;there is love.&#8217; Well, I<br />
believe that the source of<br />
love is God. I have no<br />
interest in arguing it (or<br />
anything else for that<br />
matter <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> .</p>
<p>I live in the Bible belt. In<br />
fact, being near Dallas,<br />
Texas, I&#8217;m pretty sure I live<br />
right &#8216;under the buckle of<br />
the Bible belt.&#8217; I&#8217;ve seen<br />
mean-spirited religion. I&#8217;ve<br />
seen judgmental, racist,<br />
accusing, fear-full,<br />
and intolerant religion.</p>
<p>I was a minister with a<br />
local church for 15 years.<br />
I think I&#8217;ve seen it all.</p>
<p>I have degrees in Theology.<br />
I was on broadcast television<br />
for over 10 years. I was honored<br />
to assist very prominent<br />
ministers when they went through<br />
very difficult times. Some were<br />
considered &#8216;fallen&#8217; by many<br />
of like religion. I&#8217;ve traveled<br />
the world from the U.S., to<br />
Australia to Russia and other<br />
places in between speaking in<br />
churches and other venues.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s one conclusion that<br />
I come to today after living<br />
a half century on the planet.</p>
<p>&#8220;God is love&#8221;</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re going through something<br />
today and religion is thrown into<br />
the mix, I&#8217;ve got some advice.<br />
Know that religion, though it<br />
talks about God, really has<br />
little to do with who or what<br />
God really is.</p>
<p>If religion spends the majority<br />
of its time on anything other<br />
than love, then I&#8217;m confident<br />
that it has little to do with God.<br />
You&#8217;ll find that it has to do with<br />
with judging, accusing, hating,<br />
dividing.</p>
<p>&#8220;God is love&#8221;</p>
<p>I guess more than anything,<br />
this is a reminder. For me and<br />
perhaps for you.</p>
<p>Avalanches of love to you today,<br />
Michael</p>
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		<title>Some help to live in love and peace&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you choose to &#8216;live love&#8217;,
life and love become easier.
Love makes you more aware
of people, blessings, beauty
and the simple goodness in
the world.
Love also has an inner voice
of wisdom. Love can and will,
direct you. Love amplifies
intuition and wisdom. Wisdom
and intuition will lead you
to make right choices for
your life.
Love is a spiritual power.
As Dr. Hawkins reveals in
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>When you choose to &#8216;live love&#8217;,<br />
life and love become easier.<br />
Love makes you more aware<br />
of people, blessings, beauty<br />
and the simple goodness in<br />
the world.</p>
<p>Love also has an inner voice<br />
of wisdom. Love can and will,<br />
direct you. Love amplifies<br />
intuition and wisdom. Wisdom<br />
and intuition will lead you<br />
to make right choices for<br />
your life.</p>
<p>Love is a spiritual power.<br />
As Dr. Hawkins reveals in<br />
&#8216;Power vs. Force&#8217;, the<br />
power of love far exceeds<br />
willful human force.</p>
<p>One thing that choosing to<br />
live love has done for me<br />
is, its made me more aware<br />
of situations and people that<br />
I do want in my life as well<br />
as those I don&#8217;t.</p>
<p>Love causes you to want to<br />
live in peace. You cease<br />
from all of your extraordinary<br />
human effort and begin<br />
to allow love to create the<br />
life that you truly have<br />
always wanted.</p>
<p>I was with a person that I<br />
know as a casual acquaintance<br />
this past week. In our<br />
conversation, he said something<br />
that I sensed as an attempt<br />
to force some control over<br />
me. It didn&#8217;t feel right to<br />
me. It went beyond my<br />
boundaries of what I want<br />
to allow at this point in<br />
time in my journey.</p>
<p>I thought about it. I talked<br />
to myself about it. I decided<br />
that I&#8217;m not at a place in my<br />
life that I want to expose<br />
myself to someone who<br />
I perceive, is attempting to<br />
control me. My choice now is<br />
to limit my exposure to<br />
this person.</p>
<p>The objective truth about this<br />
person is, they are a very<br />
giving and caring person.<br />
However, their attempt to<br />
control me was not something<br />
that I was willing to allow.</p>
<p>It is no judgment of them<br />
nor of what they were<br />
attempting to do. It was<br />
me knowing where I am<br />
in my own personal growth<br />
and maturity and knowing<br />
what is good for me and<br />
what is not.</p>
<p>Had the situation been<br />
something that had a<br />
noble end or something<br />
that, though it made me<br />
uncomfortable, was<br />
challenging me to grow<br />
personally, I would have<br />
viewed it differently.</p>
<p>My personal growth came<br />
from my decision to limit<br />
exposure to this person.</p>
<p>Now, you may feel that<br />
you are at a place spiritually<br />
and emotionally where you<br />
can be around people like<br />
this and still maintain the<br />
level of peace that you<br />
desire within. If you feel<br />
that way, I think that is<br />
great. I&#8217;m not presently<br />
and need to set some<br />
boundaries for myself.</p>
<p>Learn to listen to the inner<br />
voice of wisdom. It is an<br />
amazing gift when you<br />
choose to live love. Learn<br />
to listen more to your<br />
intuition and inner voice.<br />
Then, take action on<br />
what you hear. You<br />
can trust that voice to<br />
deliver the life that you<br />
truly do want to live.</p>
<p>Avalanches of love to you,<br />
Michael</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was asked recently, &#8220;Michael, why
is love so complex? Is it love that
is complex or is it relationships that
are complex?&#8221;
Good questions.
We get love mixed up with something
that we feel towards a &#8217;signo&#8217;
(my abbreviation for &#8217;significant other&#8217;).
There&#8217;s an emotional openness,
a sense of being completed and
an amazing excitement when we
feel that we are &#8216;in love&#8217;.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>I was asked recently, &#8220;Michael, why<br />
is love so complex? Is it love that<br />
is complex or is it relationships that<br />
are complex?&#8221;</p>
<p>Good questions.</p>
<p>We get love mixed up with something<br />
that we feel towards a &#8217;signo&#8217;<br />
(my abbreviation for &#8217;significant other&#8217;).<br />
There&#8217;s an emotional openness,<br />
a sense of being completed and<br />
an amazing excitement when we<br />
feel that we are &#8216;in love&#8217;.</p>
<p>Love is complex for several reasons.</p>
<p>One, love is complex because it IS<br />
so powerful. We have such a deep<br />
hunger and thirst to love and be<br />
loved.</p>
<p>Two, love is complex because, well,<br />
we don&#8217;t understand it. It is something<br />
that we experience. It is not something<br />
that we can explain like mathematics.</p>
<p>Three, love is complex because<br />
it has such an amazing sway over<br />
our lives. We feel desperate<br />
without it. We feel awesome with<br />
it.</p>
<p>The power of love can be seen when<br />
someone has &#8216;fallen in love&#8217; and then<br />
that love is somehow withdrawn from<br />
them. From amazing ecstasy to deep<br />
depression.</p>
<p>Love becomes a lot less complex<br />
when we gain the consciousness that<br />
it is more than something that we<br />
possess or have. Love is something<br />
that you become. It is something<br />
that you feel for all of humankind.<br />
It is something that you feel for<br />
yourself.</p>
<p>I find myself sensing an incredible<br />
love for people I&#8217;ve not met yet.<br />
I see people in various places and<br />
feel a conscious &#8216;in the moment&#8217;<br />
love for them. Its not a romantic<br />
feeling of love. But it is love<br />
nonetheless.</p>
<p>You are deserving of living your<br />
life in love. It is a conscious choice<br />
that you&#8217;ll choose.</p>
<p>You will find that when you do<br />
this, the complexities of love<br />
begin to dissolve. Your relationships,<br />
platonic, romantic or with people<br />
you don&#8217;t even know, are<br />
greatly enhanced. You go to<br />
another level of living.</p>
<p>I highly recommend living the<br />
life of love. Your life will be<br />
far better and much more<br />
fulfilled.</p>
<p>With great love to you,<br />
Michael</p>
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