contemplations

PHANTOM DNA: From phantom limbs to energetic duplicates

Contributing WriterApril 24, 2012

Phantom limbs are common knowledge, especially to someone who has lost a limb yet continues to want to scratch an itch on a limb that isn’t there. In his tenacious and exhaustive investigations...

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IN SEARCH OF TRUTH: Personal vs. collective vs. absolute truth

Contributing WriterApril 21, 2012

Each of us has a personal sense of truth, a description of what the world is and how and why it functions as it does. This also includes our ideas about who we are and the meaning of life. As we...

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ACCEPT THE FLOW: The art of letting go of negative thoughts

Laura ConstantinescuApril 18, 2012

This spring I find myself caught in a mental loop, rethinking the same negative thoughts over and over, unable to take a step back and gain any sort of perspective for longer than a few brief...

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HOLOGRAPHIC REALITY: Human purpose as part of a greater whole

Contributing WriterMarch 30, 2012

When anyone does anything, they always do it with purpose. While it may not be immediately obvious to anyone else or even to the individual, every action is motivated by purpose. This is true of...

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LIVING MAGIC LIVES: Allow the universe to move perfect into place

Jane OlivierFebruary 22, 2012

Be willing to allow. That's all the universe needs us to do for it to deliver something magical. It constantly looks at our attitude, our way of being, our contentedness...

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Man walking - into the unknown and facing fears

LIFE IS CHANGE: Learn to let go of fear and accept change

Contributing WriterFebruary 16, 2012

Imagine that you have your hands full of chocolate cookies and your mother comes along with a cherry pie, hot from the oven with crumbles on top (feel free to...

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ABIDING HAPPINESS: Embracing the reality of life with acceptance

Contributing WriterFebruary 11, 2012

Why don’t my children listen to me? Why can't politicians tell the truth? Why did it have to rain on my wedding day? Reality baffles us. We question it every day...

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CHRIST FOR BEGINNERS: Becoming aware of the God in all things

Max ReifFebruary 8, 2012

Born into a reformed Jewish family and growing up in a suburb of St. Louis in the 1950s, my first memory connected with Christ was my dawning awareness, in...

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MIND CLEANSING SCHOOL: Finding fulfillment in life as a janitor

Jerry KvasnickaJanuary 12, 2012

Life gives us an interesting plate. As an undergraduate I majored in business administration and minored in philosophy. A religious experience in my ...

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