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

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    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

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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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A FATHER’S PERSPECTIVE: I can’t back Trump with a clear conscience

George Cassidy Payne·November 18, 2024
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FULFILLING MISSION: A personal story of a life of service

Jerry Kvasnicka·April 25, 2015
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TRANSCEND THE POLITICS OF FEAR: Let’s remember that our “natural identity” unites us

Forrest Rivers·November 13, 2024
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MAYAN FIRE CEREMONY: Growth and learning during 4 circles around a woodless fire

Carolyn Chilton Casas·October 30, 2024
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DEAR DANA: Facebook, an old friend, a cancer diagnosis and the power of prayer

Contributor·May 18, 2022
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TRANSCENDING CULTURE: From separation to oneness                                                                  

Contributing Writer·April 12, 2016
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RIDE THE WAVE OF CHAOS: Why inner work can lead to outer stagnation and what to do about it

Kristen Blythe·September 7, 2022
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TAKE A CHANCE ON LIFE: And find your true purpose

Forrest Rivers·July 27, 2021
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THERAPEUTIC ACCEPTANCE: A journey of healing, faith and self-discovery

Laura Vazquez Santos·February 5, 2024
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AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: Reflections on Trump, Harris and the DNC

James Farwell·September 9, 2024
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SKEPTIC SECURALISTS PRAY, TOO: Meaningful prayer does not have to involve God

Dr. Tzemah Yoreh·April 1, 2021
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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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THE IDEA OF AUTUMN: Western culture paradoxes and Eastern society traditions

Emily L Quint Freeman·October 22, 2021
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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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TRANSCEND YOUR FEAR: Embrace the inevitability of your own death

Forrest Rivers·March 16, 2020
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GIVE ME SILENCE OR GIVE ME DEATH: The hermit Peter of Morrone

Lucas Coia·August 17, 2020
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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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FAITH IN CRISIS: Jordan Peterson as non-binary

Adrian Giorgio·March 11, 2020
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THE MONKS’ WALK FOR PEACE: A reminder that peace begins within us

Forrest Rivers·January 19, 2026
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SELF-IMMOLATION #8: Tibet’s nonviolent freedom movement grows desperate

Contributing Writer·October 16, 2011
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SPIRITUAL MATERIALISM: How to avoid the trap of expectancy

Sam Boomer·May 3, 2020
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NATURE AS DIVINE LOVE: Our greatest joys come from communing with the Earth

Forrest Rivers·February 25, 2020
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THE GREAT PARADOX: Economics, morality and the existence of God

Dennis L. Weisman·June 9, 2020
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MODERATION, OBEDIENCE, CHARITY: The timeless example of Saint Benedict of Nursia

Lucas Coia·November 26, 2020
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