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    COMPLICATIONS, CONTRADICTIONS, CONFUSIONS: 3 words that became markers on a mindful path

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    POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: Sturgeon Moon, That Morning In Athens and more

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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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Three wooden markers on signpost on outdoor path - The 3 Powerful Words That Became Markers on My Mindful Path

COMPLICATIONS, CONTRADICTIONS, CONFUSIONS: 3 words that became markers on a mindful path

Dhara Vijayakumar·January 22, 2026
Black box with the word Orlando written in LGBT colours

ON ORLANDO: The Unmaking of Joy

Emma Sedlak·June 16, 2016
I love myself written in chalk on a blackboard

SELF-LOVE: Why do we always need to do more when we can accept ourselves for who we truly are

Contributing Writer·June 1, 2015
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NO VOICE OR NO EMOTIONS?: The hardest “Would You Rather?” question

Kyla Giffin·September 6, 2015
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I AM THAT I AM: The only choice that we have to make

Contributing Writer·June 6, 2012
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LETTING OFF STEAM: The price of anger and the importance of forgiveness

Contributing Writer·November 18, 2012
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SECONDHAND KNOWING: Vulnerability is the key to opening ourselves to experiential knowing

Contributing Writer·June 9, 2014
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CHANGE THE FIELD: Enter into a fundamental state of relaxation

Contributing Writer·December 27, 2012
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WITHOUT LAUGHTER: The truth serum that masks our pain

Contributing Writer·September 6, 2012
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APPRECIATE YOURSELF: Learn to balance your social life to give time to yourself

Alana Fiander·August 16, 2013
Lightning over water, trees and mountains

CREATION SONG: A return to humanity’s divine roots

Forrest Rivers·January 13, 2020
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THE AWAKENING: From positive changes to a changed life

Contributing Writer·June 25, 2012
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AN HOMAGE TO MY DREAM GROUP: A veiled mystical dream

Max Reif·June 28, 2024
Rainbow across dark mountains with clouds above - Reflections About Stepping Forward With Balanced Emotions

FREEDOM AND SURRENDER: Reflections about stepping forward with a balanced emotional outlook

Rebecca Blume·September 26, 2022
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ROSH HASHANAH: A time of reflection and new beginnings

Wendy Reichental·October 29, 2019
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RECLAIMING GOD: The experience of Oneness at kirtan

Kiva Bottero·January 10, 2008
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FAMILY SECRETS BRUISED LIVES: The cost of a few moments of lust, hubris and carelessness

Contributing Writer·April 26, 2016
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JOB HUNTING: Why doesn’t Amazon sell crystal balls that let you see your future?

Joy Andreassen·November 19, 2019
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WHAT IS A FACT? Inquiry into the truth demands knowing the subtleties of language

Contributing Writer·May 31, 2015
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6 WEEKS OF SHELTER-IN-PLACE: Personally and socially, where is this leading?

Max Reif·April 29, 2020
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PHANTOM DNA: From phantom limbs to energetic duplicates

Contributing Writer·April 24, 2012
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THE ELDER WITHIN: Being old in America can be a celebration

Terry Jones·September 13, 2020
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DHAMMA AND THE BOAT SIMILE: the means to ending suffering is choosing to detach from the popular flow

Pamela Gerber·July 3, 2016
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THE NATURE DEFICIT: Setting free the wild animal within to reconnect to our true nature

Kiva Bottero·March 31, 2013
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