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Plants growing out of stacks of coins and a jar of coins - Pure Abundance: Create It by Identifying Your True Values

SUCCESS AND WEALTH: Redefining the relationship between these two pursuits

Melissa Simic·August 2, 2023
Success can be defined as a measurement of your capability to foster what you value in your life on a...
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RACIAL PREFERENCES IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS: Will eliminating them lead to a preference for wealthy students instead?

Dennis L. Weisman·December 7, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard two cases challenging the use of racial preferences in college admissions—Students for Fair Admissions...
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A CONVERSATION WITH MY INNER THERAPIST: A self-healing writing exercise

Mel Bender·November 30, 2022
Adulthood is about learning to become a parent to yourself. If you’re single long enough, it’s also about learning to...
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FROM LACK TO ABUNDANCE: Changing your financial outlook during your spiritual journey

Wanchain L.·August 18, 2022
I’ve been on the path of spirituality for many years, but it wasn’t until recently that I actually began learning...
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FEAR FACTOR: Overcome COVID-19 anxiety in 4 simple steps

Ashley Simmons·September 24, 2020
No one ever imagined that the entire world would go through this. A virus—small, at first—evolved and spread so rapidly...
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SPIRITUAL ENERGY AND THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR: The 12 Universal Laws of financial prosperity

Contributor·April 9, 2018
Everything in our physical Universe is made of energy, and it exists in various forms. Each of us radiates our...
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DREAM INTERPRETATION: Goals will give you a clear direction throughout the upcoming months [symbols: job, money/finances, garden]

Aneta Baranek·January 5, 2017
In our weekly Mindful Dreams column, Aneta Baranek of the School of Metaphysics is offering free dream interpretations to The...
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DREAM INTERPRETATION: Perceiving self-value and communicating clearly [symbols: son, defrauding, money, police]

Aneta Baranek·June 23, 2016
Two days ago I had this dream where one of my sons aged 31 was accused of being involved in defrauding. In the dream the company that he was accused of defrauding was a mobile phone company. The police were investigating him...
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THE NOT ENOUGH ANTIDOTE: How to stop worrying about money

Contributing Writer·March 28, 2014
Excerpt from Jonathan Robinson’s book Find Happiness Now: 50 Shortcuts for Bringing More Love, Balance and Joy Into Your Life One of the...
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SACRED ECONOMICS: The balance of giving and receiving

Abbie Mood·January 25, 2014
This year I didn’t set resolutions or goals. Instead, I chose a focus word (balance) to guide my decisions throughout...
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MONEY/LIFE BALANCE: Managing Your Finances [Step 9]

SIMPLE LIVING GUIDE: Living your life at enough [Step 9]

Contributing Writer·March 18, 2013
[Read Step 7 of the Simple Living Guide or go to Step 1] This is the ninth and final article in the...
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SIMPLE LIVING GUIDE: The crossover point [Step 8]

Contributing Writer·March 15, 2013
[Read Step 7 of the Simple Living Guide or go to Step 1] In the last step we looked at valuing your...
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SIMPLE LIVING GUIDE: Financial Independence—valuing your life energy at work [Step 7]

Contributing Writer·March 11, 2013
Last step led us through a contemplation of what we really need to feel fulfilled in our lives; along the...
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SIMPLE LIVING GUIDE: Valuing your life income—minimizing spending [Step 6]

Contributing Writer·March 8, 2013
[Read Step 5 of the Simple Living Guide. Go to Step 1] The previous step asked us to create a...
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SIMPLE LIVING GUIDE: Making life energy visible [Step 5]

Contributing Writer·March 4, 2013
[Read Step 4 of the Simple Living Guide. Go to Step 1] The last step took us to the core...
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SIMPLE LIVING GUIDE: How much is enough and the nature of fulfillment [Step 4]

Contributing Writer·March 1, 2013
 [Read Step 3 of the Simple Living Guide. Go to Step 1] In the previous step, Where Is It All...
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SIMPLE LIVING GUIDE: Where is it all going? [Step 3]

Contributing Writer·February 25, 2013
[Read Step 2 of the Simple Living Guide] The most important point to remember from the previous step is that...
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SIMPLE LIVING GUIDE: Being in the present—tracking your life energy [step 2]

Contributing Writer·February 18, 2013
[Read Step 1 of the Simple Living Guide] In the first step, Making Peace With The Past, we reviewed how...
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SIMPLE LIVING GUIDE: Making peace with the past [Step 1]

Contributing Writer·February 15, 2013
In seven years I managed to transform my financial life to the point where I stopped working for money. Using...
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THE SUBSTANCE BEHIND MONEY: The difference between the medium and the substance that the medium represents

Jerry Kvasnicka·February 12, 2013
“Money won’t buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.” So...
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STEALING AFRICA: Why is Africa so rich in resources yet so poor?

Contributing Writer·January 21, 2013
How is it that Africa is so rich in resources and yet so poor? The question is often asked as...
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FOUND MONEY: The dilemma of earned versus gifted

Contributing Writer·April 5, 2012
It was really, really cold. She kept her eyes on her mom’s red bomber jacket and her mom kept looking back for her pink snowsuit, smiling. They were going...
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A GIFT ECONOMY: Living without money in the United States

Contributing Writer·March 12, 2012
Daniel James Shellabarger, now known as Suelo, has been living without money since 2000. He was...
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SHARING ECONOMIES by Lawrence Lessig

Contributing Writer·January 17, 2010
Sitting next to me on a cross- country flight was a representative of America’s youth. He was about seventeen, dressed in a complicated mix of black and silver (the metal, not the colour). He had...
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