tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969Mon, 10 Sep 2018 22:24:39 +0000GodPavarottiSpirithealingpainunconditional love1 Thessalonians 5:6Albert EllisBuddhaChristmasDonorDr. John SarnoEd RabelEmilie CadyI'll Be Home For ChristmasLessons in TruthMartha SmockName ChangePsalms 139:13Say I love youUnityWilby Wonderfulapproval addictioncampaigncoincidencedisc diseaseegoethicsfibromyalgiagive praisegive your timegoodistshealedhealing stepshealthindigestionintuitionmindfulnessmusicneuro pathwaysorgansprayprayerquantum physicsreligiousself-empowermentspecial meaningspinal deteriorationspinal stenosisstop complainingwellnessUnderstanding human behavior that often drives you crazy!http://powerology.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)Blogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-6848302684178232579Sat, 22 Feb 2014 23:05:00 +00002014-02-25T09:50:02.059-05:00"Behind the smile, a hidden knife!"      Ancient Chinese saying, describing passive-aggressive behavior My cleaning lady resigned last week. I'm astonished that I still feel incredible relief that she's gone. For good.  Here's how it goes with passive aggressive people. At first they appear conciliatory, helpful and genuinely caring. But eventually they drive you crazy with their invisible buthttp://powerology.blogspot.com/2014/02/dont-accept-passive-aggressive-behavior.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-764510290530110710Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:18:00 +00002013-09-11T11:01:30.512-04:00The following prayer was written after the tragic 9/11 devastation and reprinted today from my book A Maze of Grace Prayers (2001).  Today marks the 12th anniversary of that horrible tragedy when so many lost their lives and their loved ones. There is bound to be "anniversary" grief today coupled with cognitive dissonance -the good, the bad. There is bound to be grief in the memories. I would http://powerology.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-following-prayer-was-written-after.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-8623988191276257189Sun, 11 Aug 2013 18:55:00 +00002013-08-11T15:02:17.431-04:00coincidenceEd RabelEmilie CadyGodhealedindigestionintuitionLessons in TruthprayprayerSpiritUnity I woke up every two hours last night, thinking of a friend I've known since high school. We have not seen each other for years, but spiritual time has no time. Every time I woke up, she was intensely on my mind. I have these connections enough now to trust them.  A spiritual teacher in Phoenix told me that whenever someone comes to mind like that, especially repeatedly, it is a call for prayerhttp://powerology.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-call-for-prayer-might-mean-miracle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-9216718355285311415Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:52:00 +00002013-08-09T17:20:07.533-04:00fibromyalgiaGodhealinghealing stepsMartha Smockpain I didn't sleep well again last night. I have another touchy situation where a sportscaster--whose last five minutes of TV fame ends at 11:30 p.m Monday through Friday--lives in the condo above me. Unfortunately for me, he arrives home at midnight waking me each night.    He's a young guy, full of energy, with a heavy gait who walks heavily on his heels and has probably walked that way all http://powerology.blogspot.com/2013/08/martha-smocks-six-steps-to-healing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-734680622368220942Fri, 12 Jul 2013 17:12:00 +00002013-07-12T20:38:22.416-04:00 “Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.” ― Mahatma Gandhi How do you pray? Do you kneel at the edge of a bed? Do you sit in your Lazy Boy, lean your head back, close your eyes and engage in conversation with God like quietly talking to a friend? Do you repeat a mantra? Do you pray after crawling into http://powerology.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-only-prayer-you-need.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-4643045463170825455Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:58:00 +00002013-07-12T19:19:35.509-04:00 A Facebook friend posted this image and it broke my heart. In fact, it impassioned me to write this post. I am sick and tired of blaming the poor for their poverty in this country or another one.  The government released their latest jobs report. The unemployment rate rose to 8.2% and the U.S.A. only provided 69,000 jobs in the month of May 2012. The Bush Tax cuts have been in effect for http://powerology.blogspot.com/2012/07/stop-blaming-poor-for-their-poverty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-6641340497759552020Tue, 03 Jul 2012 21:16:00 +00002012-07-04T09:49:33.024-04:00 "When life puts to the Christian nations the question as to which they will choose, patriotism or peace, they answer, 'Both patriotism and peace.' But it is impossible to unite patriotism with peace." ~Leo Tolstoy I love the above quote by Leo Tolstoy. My hope today is that we do not equate July 4th with war of any kind whether it is between nations or individuals. Since 9/11 we have http://powerology.blogspot.com/2012/07/youre-messin-around-with-my-freedom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-4018581547088689761Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:30:00 +00002012-06-17T21:02:25.084-04:00 There is an anonymous quote that states: "Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever." All across the country today individuals will honor their fathers. Some will honor their Dads because they love them with all their heart. Others will go through the motions due to feelings of obligation. Still others will purposely ignore their fathers because they are angry and http://powerology.blogspot.com/2012/06/what-kind-of-guiding-hand-did-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-3452443777481041556Mon, 28 May 2012 22:47:00 +00002012-05-29T13:48:36.390-04:00 Last month I wrote: "I spent the last week in ICU at a major hospital 100 miles from home critically ill. Praise be to my body that I made it through yet another medical crisis."  Well, guess what? I was taken by ambulance to the same hospital a week later, this time due to a narrowing of the urethra tube in my left kidney and a raging infection that had spread to my blood. Why they http://powerology.blogspot.com/2012/05/meaning-of-being-survivor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-2112161800531310996Sat, 12 May 2012 22:15:00 +00002012-05-14T09:25:53.341-04:00 I spent the last week in ICU at a major hospital 100 miles from home critically ill. Praise be to my body that I made it through yet another medical crisis. Rumor has it that compassionate care is a key component in healthcare training and practice. Why then, when given the choice, do so many in the the medical profession choose power over compassion? Seriously, when you're ill, http://powerology.blogspot.com/2012/05/i-spent-last-week-in-icu-at-major-miles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-8823138683640458079Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:41:00 +00002012-04-28T21:21:46.283-04:00 "The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help  others." ~ Albert Schweitzer Have you noticed how the Christian Right is altering not only the political views of the United States but its religious mandates? This group is a strong supporter of socially conservative politics and policies which includes evangelicals and Catholics. Of late it has http://powerology.blogspot.com/2012/04/when-did-compassion-become-hateful.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-4455727021737806746Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:21:00 +00002012-04-28T20:50:09.381-04:00 "The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth."  ~ W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor's Edge, 1943 I grew up in an alcoholic household that typically promoted denial and secrecy. We had to keep the drunken secret--there was nothing wrong in our family. As a child I was actually taught not to think. In fact, I was taught to hide things even when I knew the http://powerology.blogspot.com/2012/04/stop-following-masses-and-think-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-3453578543457201139Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:58:00 +00002012-03-25T15:06:56.053-04:00“…within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty, to which every part and particle is equally related; the eternal one.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson I woke up with a start at midnight last night with thoughts of my 98-year-old neighbor and friend, Merle, overriding my sleep. She had been in the hospital for two weeks with a hole in her bowel. That’s no surgery for http://powerology.blogspot.com/2012/03/within-man-is-soul-of-whole-wise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-2330990496826848878Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:07:00 +00002012-03-01T20:12:51.600-05:00 Take a look at this link about women in positions of power around the world:   Women Political Leaders What did you see? It's a long list of women in various countries who have been or who are currently valued highly enough to hold prestigious leadership positions.  Did you notice that the United States is not even listed? Recently there has been a rash (or backlash) of legislation http://powerology.blogspot.com/2012/03/why-man-must-be-more-like-woman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-8048931957430782415Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:33:00 +00002012-05-13T20:50:18.542-04:00 Oh, Dear God,Your love is a field of enchanted light,hovering over us like a sweetheart,soaring through us like birds on wing,allowing us to feel like the whole Universefound it's way into our heart.Yet, too often we feel lonely and incompletewithout a special relationshipas if accessory love were greater than our own.Oh, Lord, forgive us for disowning our greatness,thinking we are a broken http://powerology.blogspot.com/2012/02/power-prayer-of-love.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-4590388790188073604Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:00:00 +00002011-12-13T19:55:10.684-05:00Today at a Christmas luncheon with 18 spiritual women, one of them told me her grandson--who was expecting to come home from Iraq this month--received word that he is being repositioned to Afghanistan instead.Her heart was broken. And rightfully so. This is a young man who was in the middle of obtaining his Master's Degree and has plans to get married in January. His loved ones worry about his http://powerology.blogspot.com/2011/12/gift-of-peace.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-5932654215103181814Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:45:00 +00002011-11-24T10:38:11.380-05:00If I had one wish fulfilled this Thanksgiving, it would be that human beings have more respect for one another. Here’s why. At a motivational seminar in Phoenix, Arizona I heard psychologist, Dr. Wayne Dyer, state that his measuring stick for the rejection or acceptance of behavior was whether it made him feel good. If it made him feel bad, he had no time for it. He further joked that he http://powerology.blogspot.com/2011/11/why.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-1736117819923567476Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:13:00 +00002012-05-13T18:51:59.115-04:00 On September 7, 2011 I underwent yet another heart catherization with two more stents inserted into the front of my heart.My first heart stent was inserted March 2008 when a blood clot in the same area tried to silence my life like a faded octave. Unfortunately, the stent collapsed within a few months, and another stent was put into the first stent to reopen it. From March to October of 2008 http://powerology.blogspot.com/2011/09/does-prayer-work.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-1383412108669898479Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:55:00 +00002011-09-15T09:15:29.252-04:00I wrote the following poem after 9/11. Now 10 years hence...Oh, compassionate Father,Today we come with a different question and a dismal cry...The terrorists' attack on September 11, 2001vanished buildings into rubble, disintegrated and maimed livesand left hearts bleeding with sorrow.Feelings of sadness and desperationhover over us like the branches of a weeping willow.We search the heavens andhttp://powerology.blogspot.com/2011/09/prayer-written-after-911.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-850854562921232761Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:02:00 +00002010-12-10T12:00:44.762-05:00Christmasgive praisegive your timeI'll Be Home For ChristmasSay I love youspecial meaningstop complainingunconditional loveWilby WonderfulIn the 2004 movie "Wilby Wonderful"--a bittersweet comedy with an unpretending story of hope-- there is a single mom, Sandra Anderson, who is well-known for having "slept around" in high school, something that has not changed in her adult years. In talking with a friend about it, she says, "All I ever really wanted was to have someone say 'I love you.'"Like Sandra, deep down we all yearn to be http://powerology.blogspot.com/2010/12/5-gifts-to-give-at-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-5248521677213512610Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:25:00 +00002010-07-16T16:46:55.360-04:00Because I've had some recent cardiac symptoms, my doctor ordered a chemical stress test to check out the functions of my heart. I've had some horrific experiences with that type of test so I was very apprehensive and nervous about going through the test again. What I found interesting is who supported me before, during, and after this stressful time.A few years ago I was heavily involved with a http://powerology.blogspot.com/2010/07/emotional-support-great-stress-buster.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-2445222819199181006Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:24:00 +00002010-02-23T10:22:13.999-05:00Did you know that nowhere in the Bible will you find the word Lent? This word originally meant no more than the spring season. Yet, many religions encourage, some demand, that Lent include the act of fasting from food or drink during the 40 days preceding Easter with the idea it will increase your spirituality and wholeness. Abstaining from chocolate, alcohol or other tangible goods could improvehttp://powerology.blogspot.com/2010/02/taking-up-challenge-feasting-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-6173607617747967150Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:07:00 +00002010-02-23T10:34:55.558-05:00Click the link above to view the new A Maze of Grace.Org weblogPrint PageWhat did you think of this post? Send email below and let us know.http://powerology.blogspot.com/2010/02/taking-up-challenge-fasting-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-2089209443400936247Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:16:00 +00002010-01-05T17:53:04.415-05:00Read about mind body syndrome on my blog: The Body Says What The Mind Cannnot. Click the heading Expectations to take you there or go to http://thebodysays.wordpress.comPrint PageWhat did you think of this post? Send email below and let us know.http://powerology.blogspot.com/2010/01/expectations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14187969.post-6038037047712724370Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:49:00 +00002009-12-29T20:02:58.527-05:00I wrote the following article for Desert Paradise Magazine in 2006 when I was their family life columnist. I am reprinting it here for your New Year info.Research shows that January and April are the two times that most of us reflect on the past and formulate major changes for the future. We resolve to exercise more, stop smoking, drink less, lose weight, pay off debts, find a better job, make http://powerology.blogspot.com/2009/12/change-comes-in-stages.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dianne J. Moore)0