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Forrest Rivers
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Forrest Rivers is a seeker and lover of the Earth who enjoys hiking with his dog, Abbie. He's the author of The Hippie Revival and Collected Writings and Humanity’s Spiritual Rebirth: Lessons Lived and Learned from a Pandemic. You can contact Forrest through his website (forrestrivers.com) and follow him on Facebook or through his YouTube channel, Mystic Soul Revival with Forrest Rivers.
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DREAMS WORTH CHASING: Finding a better way to live through the grace of suffering

Forrest Rivers·June 5, 2020
John, a friend of mine from Colorado, shared his dreams with me on a physically distanced yet inspiring hike through...
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3 CONSCIOUS REFLECTIONS: A Faithful Silence, Pay It Forward and more

Forrest Rivers·June 3, 2020
A faithful silence It’s a beautiful day outside and you decide to hike to the top of a glorious mountain....
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METTA MEDITATION: The power of loving-kindness

Forrest Rivers·June 1, 2020
Two of the primary purposes of meditation are to learn to let go and to recognize one’s interconnection to all...
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BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL: A meditation on freedom during COVID-19

Forrest Rivers·May 22, 2020
As the United States begins relaxing stay-at-home orders, it has made me reflect on the meaning of freedom in the...
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LET GO, LET GOD: Words of wisdom in a time of crisis

Forrest Rivers·May 17, 2020
Like many people, when the outbreak of COVID-19 reached North America, I found myself glued to my computer, following the...
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FAITH OR BELIEF: Choose faith in these troubled times

Forrest Rivers·May 13, 2020
Faith is a beautiful thing. It can be compared to a budding flower, intuitively growing into its purpose to inspire...
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A BALLAD OF HOPE AMID A TIME OF CRISIS: Our season of spiritual revival

Forrest Rivers·May 12, 2020
The year was 2020The world was plagued by a pandemicthat inflicted mass casualties across the landCountless millions watched in horrorAs...
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A CONVERSATION WITH THE GREAT TAO: Awakening the spirit

Forrest Rivers·May 5, 2020
One day, I sat by a roaring creek with a heavy heart, and this is what it said to me:...
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THE FINAL TEST: A thread of shared cosmic awareness

Forrest Rivers·April 25, 2020
A celebrated master of a spiritual community, deep in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, was nearing his death. He had a...
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3 REVELATIONS: An urgent letter from Earth to humanity amid crisis

Forrest Rivers·April 16, 2020
Dear Humanity, Earth here. Remember me? This is your eternal mother who feeds you, quenches your thirst and gives you...
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SPIRIT MATTERS: 9 spiritual books to read while social-distancing

Forrest Rivers·April 10, 2020
Be Here Now by Ram Dass In this time of great uncertainty, the message of the late and great Baba...
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BEYOND THE VOID: A story of greed and redemption

Forrest Rivers·April 10, 2020
Like any other night, Colin Gordan went through his usual pre-bedtime routine. The 74-year-old former-reality-TV-star-turned-dictator-of-a-nation admired his Botox-injected face in...
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A GREAT RENAISSANCE OF ART: The events of 2020 have set the scene

Forrest Rivers·April 3, 2020
In times of social upheaval, all human beings (whether they’re conscious of this or not) are challenged to question the...
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UNITY AND COMPASSION: The moment of our collective awakening has arrived

Forrest Rivers·March 28, 2020
Amid all the fearful media coverage and chaos surrounding the current COVID-19 pandemic lies a hidden truth that is just...
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CLIMATE OF FEAR: 5 ways that we can inwardly evolve in these troubled times

Forrest Rivers·March 20, 2020
The world is in a panic about the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to this still-emerging global outbreak, schools and universities...
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TRANSCEND YOUR FEAR: Embrace the inevitability of your own death

Forrest Rivers·March 16, 2020
One day, sooner or later, we are all going to die. Like every human being, as the inevitability of our...
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NATURE AS DIVINE LOVE: Our greatest joys come from communing with the Earth

Forrest Rivers·February 25, 2020
Nature is a humbling expression of pure inspiration, transcendent beauty, enduring peace, genuine freedom, mysterious wonder and eternal truth. As such,...
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REJECTION: It serves as a guide to one’s destiny

Forrest Rivers·February 8, 2020
One day, I received a depressing (and snarky) email from a small publishing house. This letter was in response to...
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THE SAGE OF THE ROCKIES: Dedicated to the late Ram Dass

Forrest Rivers·January 25, 2020
High in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, a forest sage known by his devotees as Jethro began to publicly preach...
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REMEMBERING RAM DASS: We’re all just walking each other home

Forrest Rivers·January 18, 2020
“You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don’t have to do anything to earn...
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CREATION SONG: A return to humanity’s divine roots

Forrest Rivers·January 13, 2020
The many emerged from the One As a divine demonstrationOf love, beauty, spirit and truthYet, this infinite presenceThat was at...
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DIVINE SIGNS AND UNSEEN TIES: Synchronicities, mystical experiences and psychic phenomena

Forrest Rivers·December 20, 2019
The Universe communicates with each of us in a unique and deeply personal manner. Often, its signs are so subtle...
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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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MINDFUL MUSINGS: 16 snippets of spiritual wisdom

Forrest Rivers·November 28, 2019
A synchronicity is a moment when we perceive the mystery of life. A pupil approached his master and asked:“Sir, can...
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