#ritual

...the secret to joy is to keep seeking God where we doubt He is. ↗

— Ann Voskamp

#spirituality #christian-living

I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be. ↗

— John Ortberg Jr.

#vida

You have an inner prosperity guide: your intuition. When you begin to pay attention to it, it will lead you to this truth - Abundance is your birthright. ↗

— Lynn A. Robinson

#divine-intuition #intuition #manifestation #spirituality #inner-peace

You have a contribution to make and unique gifts to offer. It's time to stop listening to the voices that tells you that you're not good enough, won't make it, or don't have anything to offer. ↗

— Lynn A. Robinson

#divine-intuition #intuition #manifestation #spirituality #inner-peace

Ritual abuse diagnosis research – excerpt from a chapter in: Lacter, E. & Lehman, K. (2008).Guidelines to Differential Diagnosis between Schizophrenia and Ritual Abuse/Mind Control Traumatic Stress. In J.R. Noblitt & P. Perskin(Eds.), Ritual Abuse in the Twenty-first Century: Psychological, Forensic, Social and Political Considerations, pp. 85-154. Bandon, Oregon: Robert D. Reed Publishers. quotes: A second study revealed that these results were unrelated to patients’ degree of media and hospital milieu exposure to the subject of Satanic ritual abuse. “In fact, less media exposure was associated with production of more Satanic content in patients reporting ritual abuse, evidence that reports of ritual abuse are not primarily the product of exposure contagion.” Responses are consistent with the devastating and pervasive abuse these victims have experienced, so often including immediate family members. ↗

— Randy Noblitt

#cult #dissociation #dissociative-identity-disorder #false-memories #hospitals

Those who support such survivors of abuse often find it difficult to hear the reality of those survivors' lives and experience and are often unsupported themselves. Rather than being supported, workers are often ridiculed, castigated or accused of being gullible or of giving the survivor false memories. Many workers work in isolation and a climate of hostility and are unable to talk about the work they do. Yes, despite all the odds, survivors of ritual abuse are beginning to speak out about their experiences, and some people, mainly in voluntary organisations, are beginning to listen to them and support them. [Published 2001] ↗

— Laurie Matthew

#child-abuse #childabuse #childhood-abuse #false-memories #healing

My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#islam #political #political statement #spiritual #statement

I'm not really religious but very spiritual. I give money to this company that manufactures hearing aids on a regular basis. More people should really hear me sing. I have a gift from God. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#basis #company #gift #give #god

When push comes to shove, it ain't the science that's going to lift you up-it's the belief, the spiritual side of life, that's going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#comes #going #life #lift #matter

Through history, people look for something spiritual. The greatest scientists in the world were men of religion and faith, too. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#greatest #history #look #men #people