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    THE ENDS NEVER JUSTIFY THE MEANS: Gandhi’s radical lesson for today

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    ALASKA WINGS: Soaring across the mountains while releasing fear and doubt

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    INEFFABLE: A visitation from a beautiful soul I’d never forget

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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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    REFLECTIONS ON TODAY’S POLITICAL REALITIES: We can prevail over ignorance, lies and Trump

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

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    TYING UP LOOSE ENDS: One last—and glorious—day in La Paz, Mexico [Part 7]

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    NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico [Part 6]

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Sculpture of Rosa Parks in bus seat from Memphis Human Rights museum - Beyond the Bus: A Closer Look at Activist Rosa Parks

ROSA PARKS: A closer look at myth vs. reality

Contributor·November 17, 2022
I had a lot of fun teasing Mrs. Parks about being on the popular TV show, To Tell the Truth....
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THE PLANET IS YOUR TEACHER: Raising our consciousness in a binary world

Contributor·November 9, 2022
Many voices are speaking out on behalf of the planet right now, calling attention to the importance of saving her,...
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GRATITUDE: 3 ways to cultivate it through mindfulness while aging

Contributor·September 6, 2022
Gratitude is a gift of life! A gift that’s continually available and unwrapped simply through being touched emotionally and remaining...
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DON’T ALWAYS HURRY TO A GREEN LIGHT: Mindful wisdom from a beloved father

Contributor·August 8, 2022
For most of my growing up years, my dad drove a school bus. It was his steady bread and butter...
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WHEN YOUR SOUL IS WEARY: Pastor Dominic Done on finding true rest in God

Contributor·July 3, 2022
Magic, ruined. I can’t help but think of those words when I reflect on the human experience and how our...
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STEPHEN KING’S ON WRITING: How it stopped a budding novelist from giving up

Contributor·June 8, 2022
“Find someone who has a life that you want and figure out how they got it.” – Lana Del Rey...
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HOW TO BE HUMAN: Only the river knew the real 12-year-old me

Contributor·June 7, 2022
Wild all through the year, the American River rose and fell seasonally, just steps away from my family home. One...
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THE BENEFITS OF GROUNDING: 6 ways we can engage in this nature-based practice

Contributor·May 23, 2022
Our connection with the Earth is undeniable. We rely on Mother Earth for the air we breathe, the water we...
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DEAR DANA: Facebook, an old friend, a cancer diagnosis and the power of prayer

Contributor·May 18, 2022
It didn’t take long for me to figure out that Jim and Dana’s only son, Parker, had cancer. It was...
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EMBRACE YOUR GREATNESS: Let joy guide you as you make use of your gifts

Contributor·April 25, 2022
We rarely take a moment to acknowledge the things we love about ourselves. As a rule, most of us tend...
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DECEIVED BY OUR OWN EYES: The difference between exoteric and esoteric sight

Contributor·April 14, 2022
When we think about life, or the concept of life, there are two distinct realities that we all must deal...
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NO BAD DAYS: 7 core values to make you stronger

Contributor·March 22, 2022
The day after I was born, a surgeon used a tiny pair of surgical scissors to save my life for...
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YOUR LOST EGO: Finding it can give you strength to live your truth

Contributor·March 14, 2022
Sometimes, you need to lose your ego to find your truth. But other times, you need to find your ego...
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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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SEE YOU ON THE SAND: How showing up on a stormy day led to a meditation movement

Contributor·November 23, 2021
By late October 2015, life was going well, at least on paper. I was in a happy marriage to a...
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ETERNAL LIGHT, ETERNAL LIFE: Deriving meaning from a childhood near-death-experience

Contributor·November 11, 2021
By the time I was three and a half years old, my abilities as a medium surfaced, since I’d started...
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HE SHEPHERDS HIS OWN: Finding a missing person with assistance from God

Contributor·November 1, 2021
Dear Julie, Thank you for being there—For noticing her.For caring.For acting on her behalf.For all your kindness and generosity.Thank you...
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TOUGH BUT REWARDING: Drawing parallels between meditation and a journey through Africa

Contributor·October 28, 2021
As my seasonal work in Alaska was coming to an end one summer, I felt a strong urge to go...
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FROM ALCOHOLISM TO COMPLETE SOBRIETY: How a spiritual awakening flipped the switch

Contributor·October 10, 2021
There are no rigid rules about spiritual awakening—only patterns that occur in most cases. While most people go through a...
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LEARN TO LET GO: By “letting in” and “letting be”

Contributor·August 17, 2021
The first step in letting go is to let in. Initially, this may sound counterintuitive. We assume that letting go...
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ELEMENT AWARENESS EXERCISE: Get in touch with the air, water, fire, earth and space in your body

Contributor·June 28, 2021
When I first practiced element awareness, I knew the elements existed outside me, but I was skeptical that I would...
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DEPARTURE IN THE NIGHT: A selection from the memoir of a traumatic past

Contributor·June 24, 2021
It’s a scene that plays over and over in my head: my brother Michael destroying the houses Beth and I...
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BILLY’S STORY: Meeting and healing a troubled family through The Family Center

Contributor·June 3, 2021
Billy was up on the roof of his school, threatening to jump. Police and firemen arrived, ladders were raised and...
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AN ILLUMINATING THOUGHT EXPERIMENT: 19 questions to ask yourself about relationships

Contributor·April 28, 2021
As a student of A Course in Miracles and a woman devoted to my spiritual growth, I’m always game for...
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