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    Person wearing watch, grabbing puzzle pieces - How to Reduce Your Brain’s Blind Spots With Simple Training

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

    Senior couple walking down trail in fall - Exercise as Play: A Small Shift Makes a Big Difference

    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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COUNCILS OF SAGES: Peace, reconciliation and listening deeply

Contributing Writer·November 17, 2008
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SELF-IMMOLATION #8: Tibet’s nonviolent freedom movement grows desperate

Contributing Writer·October 16, 2011
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SPIRITUAL GOVERNMENT: Human consciousness and the true politician

Jerry Kvasnicka·April 7, 2012
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ENGAGED BUDDHISM IN INDIA: A conversation with Ven. Sanghasena

Kiva Bottero·July 9, 2012
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WHAT’S YOUR YES?: Transform compassion fatigue by committing to the positive

Contributor·January 22, 2013
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A MINDFUL NATION: Rep. Tim Ryan relates his experience with mindfulness practice and how to realign the mind with the heart

Contributing Writer·February 27, 2013
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BELIEVE NOTHING: 10 teachings from the Kalama Sutta to defend against intellectual dependence

Contributing Writer·July 5, 2013
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FULFILLING MISSION: A personal story of a life of service

Jerry Kvasnicka·April 25, 2015
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Understand Ahimsa to Know What it Really Means to “Do No Harm”

Orsolya Hernold·August 20, 2015
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ENGAGED BUDDHA: Dispelling the myth of the non-relational Buddha

Contributing Writer·September 9, 2015
Meister Eckhart

MEISTER ECKHART: Interview with Matthew Fox on the man for all spiritual seasons

Kiva Bottero·September 20, 2015
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TRANSCENDING CULTURE: From separation to oneness                                                                  

Contributing Writer·April 12, 2016
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GENERIC SPIRITUALITY: The primal knowing of the truth of love that resides at the core of every human being

Contributing Writer·August 23, 2016
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FORTY-FIVE YEARS IS JUST A START: Q&A with author Max Reif on his spiritual journey with Meher Baba

Max Reif·December 5, 2016
Pink illuminated sky with tops of trees - It's all one world

IT’S ALL ONE WORLD: The myth of the spiritual and material divide

Contributor·April 10, 2017
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MIND OVER MATTER: Use the power of a peaceful mind to remember who you really are

Pieter Van Cauwenbergh·June 10, 2017
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THOUGHTLESSNESS: Destroy your darkest thoughts and become one with all things through deep meditation

Pieter Van Cauwenbergh·June 23, 2017
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BE STILL AND KNOW GOD: Mystic Joseph Benner on getting in touch with divinity and the Real Self

Contributor·July 21, 2017
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WHEN YOU SMILE: The esoteric nature of the smile

Wayne Bloemhof·February 18, 2018
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SUPERHEROES ON A SUPERNAL PATH: A reminder of our 3 greatest superpowers

Contributing Writer·February 25, 2018
Startup business meeting - Spiritual energy and the almighty dollar

SPIRITUAL ENERGY AND THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR: The 12 Universal Laws of financial prosperity

Contributor·April 9, 2018
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INTO THE LAND OF WOO-WOO: My hunt for the Afterlife

Contributing Writer·August 10, 2018
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SERVANTS OF GOD: The ‘hard edge’ of spiritualism

Philip Mann·June 20, 2019
FINDING MY FAITH A foundation for healing and growth

FINDING MY FAITH: A foundation for healing and growth

Kimberley Meijer·August 26, 2019
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