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    MIND THE GAP: Mindfulness as the practice of living in one piece

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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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Diverse group of hands on top of each other in solidarity - How Inner Peace Leads to Outer Peace and Stable Communities

SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER: And avoid 3 common pathways to social ignorance

James Farwell·February 26, 2025
The Buddha has taught us that the cause of all suffering is ignorance, which is either not knowing what we...
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Fireflies in a forest at night - 4 Poems About God and Nature, Including "Night Lights"

POEMS BY RICK HARTWELL: Confession, Night Lights and more

Rick Hartwell·July 12, 2024
Confession Matters not a whit from whence I came,whether east of Eden or west from the sun,or north with the...
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MINDFULNESS AND TRUTH: Some simple truths about being who we are

James Farwell·May 29, 2024
Holding onto the truth of ‘what is’ is an essential element when it comes to making informed decisions in life....
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WHO ARE WE?: We are awareness, empathy and compassion

James Farwell·November 20, 2022
Over the past seven years, the American people have existed in a politically toxic environment. I have been attempting to...
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A STRANGER AMID THE MADNESS: Saint Ananda’s pilgrimage for eternal truth

Forrest Rivers·June 17, 2022
One year, a mysterious virus spread across a tiny mountain village called Hopeland. Over the course of nine months, roughly...
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WRITING MY WAY OUT OF ANGER: The pen is mightier than the self-sabotaging sword

Mel Bender·May 29, 2022
Whenever we try to push an emotion under the surface, it doesn’t disappear. It’s only a matter of time before...
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THE 3-STEP MORAL LADDER: Reclaim your ethics, one choice at a time

Christopher Gilbert·April 18, 2022
So much of the quality of our lives is based on truth and selflessness. Imagine what the love of a...
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TOUGH LOVE INQUIRY: 9 questions to ask your Soul about relationships

Contributor·February 25, 2022
Joy had been married for 25 years to a narcissist. A part of her knew from the beginning that something...
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LIFE IS THE GREATEST GIFT: 5 reflections on freedom, truth, feelings and more

Rebecca Blume·January 4, 2022
Paths My empty soul once believed, without a doubt, that I was unworthy of the gift of life and love....
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POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: The Watchful, A Matter of Custody and more

George Cassidy Payne·July 31, 2021
The Watchful from my eyemy hiding placeI watched the Earth on every sidea refulgent glowgold and cattle and elephants abiding...
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THE DANCE OF LIGHT AND DARK: Finding meaning in these challenging times

Wendy Gillissen·April 22, 2021
Once we start realizing how many institutions, companies and government bodies do not work from the mindset of what is...
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GROW THROUGH INTUITION: 5 ways tuning in to your intuition fuels your personal growth

Tracy Yates·March 4, 2021
I spend a lot of time talking with my clients about the expansive personal growth they’ll experience as a result...
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POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: An Unexpected Guest, What Paradise Looks Like and more

George Cassidy Payne·February 17, 2020
An Unexpected Guest Truth arrived at dinnerUnannounced and uninvited Empty-handed, and drunk off Cheap wine. Freezing cold, without A coat....
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THE LEGEND OF THE BLACK WOLF: A tale of illusion vs. truth

Forrest Rivers·December 13, 2019
Deep in the Canadian Rockies, a small mountain village of 500 people dealt with a problem that hit close to...
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF BYUNG-CHUL HAN: Relax. Do nothing. Become no one.

Finn Janning·October 30, 2018
The French philosopher Gilles Deleuze once said: “There is no need to fear or hope, but only to look for...
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BREAKING THE SILENCE: Overcoming fear and doubt in the creative life

Contributing Writer·October 24, 2018
The life of a creative can be plagued by uncertainty and fear. These feelings permeate all stages of the creative...
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WHY I WRITE ABOUT WAR: Because lives touched by war matter to me

Mike Kim Veteran·August 26, 2018
My unbridled words about war aren’t bloused in name-brand books. My war writing is tied to my former calling as...
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THE IRONY OF FREEDOM: From intellectual wars to the battlefields of Iraq

Mike Kim Veteran·July 3, 2018
The contemplative ‘only one with God’ friar monk, with tattoos and a sharpened cold steel U.S. Marine Corps Ka-Bar fighting knife...
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A JOURNEY BACK HOME: The spiritual meaning of repentance

Pieter Van Cauwenbergh·July 19, 2017
Many of us desire to be spiritual nowadays, so we read the books that other self-proclaimed teachers and prophets set...
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CONSCIOUS WRITING: The writer as artist concentrates our attention and expands our perceptions

Cliff Burns·March 18, 2017
The artistic value of “making stuff up” I’ve long been wary of memoirs, autobiographies and anything else plastered with the...
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PSYCHOLOGICAL & SPIRITUAL THERAPY: Beware of labels that erroneously pathologize people

Jack Surguy·January 17, 2017
[su_panel background=”#d5c38b” color=”#000000″ border=”0px none #ffffff” shadow=”0px 0px 0px #ffffff”]In our new weekly Psychological & Spiritual Therapy column, therapist Jack...
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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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BECOMING A SUPERHERO: When talent, motivation, willpower and an Ideal meet, a superhero is born

Contributing Writer·May 17, 2016
With the release of Captain America: Civil War, millions of people across the world will be drawn to their local movie theaters. Whenever a movie that is based on a comic book comes out in theaters, there is big hype. People talk about it for years in advance, guessing the villain and the hero’s supporting cast.
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NO MORE EXCUSES: Replacing our “can’ts” with positive affirmations

Contributor·March 11, 2016
The following has been excerpted from 15 Things You Should Give Up to Be Happy by Luminita D. Saviuc, creator...
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