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

    Man wearing t-shirt with "no homophobia, no violence" and other positive phrases - 10 Mindful Living Tips Inspired by the Dalai Lama

    “MY RELIGION IS KINDNESS”: 10 mindful living tips inspired by the Dalai Lama

    Confused man leaning on wooden table - Gaslighting: What It Is and 3 Effective Ways to Push Back

    BEWARE OF BAD ACTORS: 3 steps to take if you suspect someone’s “gaslighting” you

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    Train travelling through Alaska mountain range - Don’t Doubt Yourself—Spread Your Wings and Soar

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

    Red cardinal in a tree with berries on it - INEFFABLE: A visitation from a great spirit I'd never forget

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

    Otter swimming on its back - "Metaphorically Speaking" and 3 More Poems That Honour Words

    POEMS BY CAROLYN CHILTON CASAS: Essential Language, Metaphorically Speaking and more

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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

    Joe Biden with other world leaders - Political Power: 3 Ways Democratic Voters Can Battle Fascism

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

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    Malecon in La Paz, Mexico - Back on American Soil: A Safe Return Home From La Paz

    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]

    Facebook on laptop in La Paz hotel room - NIGHT SEA JOURNEY: Buying back sanity in La Paz, Mexico

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

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Meditate -Who am I?

WHO AM I?: Finding identity through awareness

Contributing Writer·April 18, 2013
space - cosmic waste disposal

COSMIC WASTE DISPOSAL: Clearing the clutter in our individual minds and collective consciousness

Contributing Writer·April 14, 2013
puzzle - lightness of being

LIGHTNESS OF BEING: Separation is the fall and Union is the restoration

Contributing Writer·April 1, 2013
Beautiful nature in Utah

THE NATURE DEFICIT: Setting free the wild animal within to reconnect to our true nature

Kiva Bottero·March 31, 2013
women-primal bond

THE PRIMAL BOND: Finding solutions through universal love

Contributing Writer·March 27, 2013
roses - what is love

WHAT IS LOVE?: Expanding our capacity to give and receive love

Contributing Writer·March 21, 2013
Reincarnation - white light

IS REINCARNATION HOCUS-POCUS? Explore the many signs of past lives

Contributing Writer·March 15, 2013
Statue - Symbolism and religious experience

SYMBOLISM & RELIGIOUS MYSTERY: An excerpt from Joseph Campbell’s Thou Art That

Contributing Writer·March 14, 2013
afterglow - deep acceptance

DEEP ACCEPTANCE: To be free from our limitations we must discover what it is to be free in our limitations

Contributing Writer·February 26, 2013
bristlecone pine - be like bristlecone

BE LIKE A BRISTLECONE PINE: Strong, flexible and deeply rooted

Contributing Writer·January 27, 2013
earth - the awakening

THE AWAKENING: Richard Heinberg explores the creation and maintenance of Earth

Contributing Writer·January 11, 2013
mona lisa - change the field

CHANGE THE FIELD: Enter into a fundamental state of relaxation

Contributing Writer·December 27, 2012
buildings - 21/12/12 message

THE 21/12/2012 MESSAGE: Reconnect, create, build and nurture

Contributing Writer·December 24, 2012
The Deepest Acceptance: Radical Awakening in Ordinary Life by Jeff Foster

THE DEEPEST ACCEPTANCE: Radical awakening in ordinary life

Contributing Writer·December 19, 2012
beach coast love 101

LOVE 101: Conscious behaviour (B) = universal love (A) – life experience (C)

Contributing Writer·December 10, 2012
sunset field love revolution

LOVE REVOLUTION: Occupy the body; Occupy the World

Robert Kopecky·December 4, 2012
image

THE SUMMONS: Lessons for everyday life

Catina Noble·December 3, 2012
giving hand - compassionate consciousness

COMPASSIONATE CONSCIOUSNESS: Charles Eisenstein’s approach to realizing our spiritual nature through our physical experience

Robert Kopecky·November 27, 2012
opening mind

THE MULTIVERSE: Overcome smallness and expand with Love

Contributing Writer·November 26, 2012
movie theatre - trivial pursuit

TRIVIAL PURSUIT: The art of wanting the non-essential

Contributing Writer·November 25, 2012
tea kettle

LETTING OFF STEAM: The price of anger and the importance of forgiveness

Contributing Writer·November 18, 2012
man thinking

THE ULTIMATE QUESTION: What am I doing on Earth?

Contributing Writer·November 13, 2012
truth compass

LOVE VS TRUTH: How the truth shall make you free

Jerry Kvasnicka·November 10, 2012
America the addicted

AMERICA THE ADDICTED: Must we wait until we hit bottom?

Contributing Writer·November 8, 2012
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