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    MINDFUL LEADERSHIP IN STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS: Empowering leaders to create positive change

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    HANAMI DREAMING: The start of spring in Japan

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    IMPEDIMENTS FACED: A safe return home from La Paz, Mexico

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Glass jar full of blue paint next to paintbrushes on table - Take Stock of Your Precious Life: An Inspiring Fiction Story

TSYPL: The best—and most mindful—stock to invest in right now

Kunal Mehra·January 5, 2026
It was a cold December night, and the rain had been kissing the Earth for hours. A wintry wind was...
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Lone tree in cloudy field - 3 Poems That Promote Peace, Including "Eternal Sleep"

POEMS BY LUIS CUAUHTEMOC BERRIOZIBAL: A Moment in Time, This Is, Eternal Sleep

Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal·June 1, 2023
A Moment in Time High where the mountain obstructs the sunand far where the horizon meshes with thesea, I pin...
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THE POWER OF THOUGHT: Reflections on identity and time

Mike Larcombe·December 6, 2019
The six biggest truths ever told Time doesn’t exist. It doesn’t move or go anywhere, as it is always now....
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POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: From the Beginning, Heaven Is Another Name, When I Found Poetry and more

George Cassidy Payne·February 2, 2019
From the Beginning There is a hushfrom the beginning of time, where you can hear yourself blink. There is a...
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POEMS BY ERWIN L. RIMBAN: Into the Sea of Molten Light, You Painted the World in Serial Time, To a Mystic Daughter

Contributor·July 29, 2017
Into the Sea of Molten Light Black obsidian glass venturing Far, far into the navels of the green sea Of...
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POEMS BY MICHAEL SEEGER: On the Death of Hart Crane, What’s Requisite, Ant Bite, Finding Faith, Transience

Contributor·May 1, 2017
On the Death of Hart Crane You hadn’t written a single line of poetry throughout your stay in Mexico; a...
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YOU ARE THE MOMENT: The only place to be is “here” and the only time is “now”

Mike Larcombe·April 12, 2017
We’re both nothing and everything in the “here and now” Whatever you’re experiencing right now is neither right nor wrong,...
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GOD/SELF AWARENESS: Transform time to gain knowledge from the dimension of spirit

Contributing Writer·November 19, 2016
Change is measured not by the passing of time but through the evolution of thought. Time is a relative measurement...
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TIMELESS AWARENESS: Two universal truths about time and awareness

Contributor·July 6, 2016
Two universal truths: There is no time outside of this moment, and there is nothing that exists outside of awareness....
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YOGA AND GRAVITY UNBOUND: Keeping the child present through surrender

Pamela Gerber·June 29, 2016
We grow from imaginative play with the world In a mind-drifting moment during Yoga practice this morning, I flashed on...
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RUNNING TOWARDS CLARITY: Time’s a thief, but it’s also a teacher

Contributor·March 24, 2016
The following has been excerpted from In the Distance, in which long-distance runner Dave Griffin writes about how running isn’t...
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POEMS BY MAX REIF: A Greeting for the Day, Wonders Await You Inside This Tent, Sooner or Later, Blank Page, Another Nature Poem

Max Reif·September 15, 2015
A Greeting for the Day Good morning, new day! Through the birds you relay news that makes me smile. I...
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TIME AND THE WRITER: A meditation on the transcendence experienced through writing

Max Reif·November 8, 2014
Is it possible to tinker with the present, the way an author can tinker with the past when writing a...
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FEAR OF THE FUTURE: Understand the purpose of fear and where it stems from

Contributing Writer·June 17, 2014
Adapted from Time in a Bottle: Mastering the Experience of Time by Howard Falco. Fear is one of the most debilitating, negative...
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Through The Wormhole: Does Time Exist?

Erica Roberts·April 6, 2014
One major uncertainty we’ve tried to settle over the last several hundreds of years is whether time exists. The 2011...
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SLOW TRAVEL: Luxury travel without the expense

Kiva Bottero·April 9, 2013
Slow travel is a luxury. The luxury in this case being time—a precious commodity in our time-scarce society. To those...
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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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WABI-SABI: Finding beauty in imperfection, impermanence and simplicity

Contributing Writer·February 19, 2013
“The Japanese view of life embraced a simple aesthetic that grew stronger as inessentials were eliminated and trimmed away.” — Tadao...
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MEMORY BOX: Write a different kind of love letter to spread kindness and sincerity

Alana Fiander·December 8, 2012
As a female, I find that I have not-so-subtly fallen into many patterns that are deemed “girlish” and sometimes completely...
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MINDFUL FROM “A TO B”: 4 great ways to use public transportation mindfully

Melissa Venditti·September 3, 2012
Public transportation is a convenient way to get around town that's much better for the environment than driving. But often, we forget about the benefits of travelling with others...
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REAL MEANING: A personal essay on questioning the fabricated reality of one’s life

Contributor·July 8, 2012
Growing up in a well-to-do American family is materially comfortable. Family troubles aside—and they can be considerable—life is full of pleasure: desires are...
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NATURE’S SONG: Connecting in a musical world

Contributing Writer·June 24, 2012
Music and the individual collide every day: while shopping, exercising, dining and driving. Hip-Hop, pop, jazz, and the blues—the amount of music that surrounds us...
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CHINESE PROVERBS & POPULAR SAYINGS: Reflections on patience and perseverance

Contributing Writer·June 22, 2012
Traditional societies with long histories perhaps know the value of patience better than societies with much shorter histories. They understand that it often takes a...
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