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    REDUCE YOUR BRAIN’S BLIND SPOTS: How cognitive training enhances self-awareness

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    EXERCISE AS PLAY: Movement, mindfulness and mental health

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

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    Glass jar full of blue paint next to paintbrushes on table - Take Stock of Your Precious Life: An Inspiring Fiction Story

    TSYPL: The best—and most mindful—stock to invest in right now

    Full moon behind a rural house - “Sturgeon Moon” and 3 Other Poems With Passion

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

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

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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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LOSING TEACHERS FINDING FRIENDS A turn in the spiritual path

LOSING TEACHERS, FINDING FRIENDS: A turn on the spiritual path

Contributing Writer·October 1, 2018
woman looking at waterfall

MOVED TO TEARS: What it means to listen to the voice of our essence

James Farwell·September 24, 2018
Man and woman in park with alcohol

FULL CIRCLE: Alcohol abuse separated my Dad and me

Contributing Writer·September 12, 2018
Silhouette of woman sitting and meditating at sunset - What is the meaning of life?

What Is the Meaning of Life? – Inquiry with Stan Lipkin

Stan Lipkin·September 6, 2018
Two colored female silhouettes facing each other, meditating - What is reality?

What Is Reality? – Inquiry with Stan Lipkin

Stan Lipkin·August 30, 2018
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THE MYSTERY OF SYNCHRONICITY: Coincidence asks us to comprehend the universe

Contributing Writer·August 3, 2018
Entrance to cave with divers

THAILAND CAVE RESCUE: Why do 12 boys stuck in a cave have me glued to my screen?

Jane Olivier·July 10, 2018
Male hiker on top of mountains with map - What is freedom

What Is Freedom? – Inquiry with Stan Lipkin

Stan Lipkin·July 5, 2018
Young woman standing in sunny field - Who am I?

Who Am I? – Inquiry with Stan Lipkin

Stan Lipkin·June 28, 2018
Is there free will? Mind in meditation

Is There Free Will? – Inquiry with Stan Lipkin

Stan Lipkin·June 4, 2018
Man floating on back in water (Philippines) - Present-moment acceptance of waking-up-ness

PRESENT-MOMENT ACCEPTANCE AND WAKING-UP-NESS: Notice yourself as a spiritual being in the here and now

Mike Larcombe·August 4, 2017
point of circle water

THE POINT OF A CIRCLE: Ease the point (mind) and the circle (matter) will follow

Pieter Van Cauwenbergh·July 4, 2017
Woman smelling hyacinths - Restoring the light

RESTORE YOUR LIGHT: Use meditation as a tool to clear your mind and access your inner Spirit

Pieter Van Cauwenbergh·June 27, 2017
Ocean wave

LIFE-LUST: On living intensely and using life experiences as stepping stones

Robyn Phillips·June 13, 2017
Loire Valley view from far away, up high - Fiction as therapy

FICTION AS THERAPY: Thoughts engendered by Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale

Max Reif·May 27, 2017
Big oak tree in sun - Go ask the oak tree

GO ASK THE OAK TREE: Mindfully reconciling the paradox of believing in not believing

Mike Larcombe·April 23, 2017
Hindu Goddess Kali - Today's mad world

TODAY’S MAD WORLD: Kali, Ramakrishna and the quest for acceptance of life on Earth

Max Reif·April 15, 2017
you are moment clocks

YOU ARE THE MOMENT: The only place to be is “here” and the only time is “now”

Mike Larcombe·April 12, 2017
Protesters with "Love Hope Rise" signs - An inner letter to Donald Trump

AN INNER LETTER TO DONALD TRUMP: We’re all part of “the only dance in town”

Max Reif·March 24, 2017
Hot air balloon floating just above lake - Liberation in wanting

LIBERATION IN WANTING: The strange phenomenon of wanting not to want

Mike Larcombe·March 22, 2017
Hand holding raspberries from bush - My walk with God

MY WALK WITH GOD: Finding peace and spiritual fulfillment in nature

Contributor·March 19, 2017
Man at crossroads with umbrella - Choicelessly choosing choicelessness

CHOICELESSLY CHOOSING CHOICELESSNESS: Is free will really just an illusion?

Mike Larcombe·March 6, 2017
Woman sitting alone on the end of a pier on a lake

INNER JOURNEY: Finding the fearlessness to sit with ourselves and travel inward

Autumn Merrill·February 27, 2017
Abstract Buddhist figure against red-tinted sky - The death of identity

THE DEATH OF IDENTITY: Does a spiritual awakening make this inevitable?

Mike Larcombe·February 1, 2017
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