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    MENTAL HEALTH AND MINDFULNESS AT WORK: Building healthier, more resilient teams

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    ENERGY MANAGEMENT: How to control the flow of your energy—even as a sensitive person

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    MIND THE GAP: Mindfulness as the practice of living in one piece

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    POEMS BY GEORGE PAYNE: I Think Now of Shelters, After Love and more

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    POEMS BY JIM JOHNSTON: For Larry, Tracks and more

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

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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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    Hands against background of a heart - Travelling With Intention: Why Is It So Important?

    NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH: Moving through the world with intention

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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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WHAT GOD HAS MADE CLEAN, YOU MUST NOT CALL PROFANE: The story of St. Peter and Cornelius

Lucas Coia·May 8, 2024
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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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SPIRITUALITY IN AN AI-DRIVEN WORLD: Finding purpose amid technological change

Contributor·January 27, 2025
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TRANSCEND YOUR FEAR: Embrace the inevitability of your own death

Forrest Rivers·March 16, 2020
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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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THE BHAGAVAD GITA: A metaphor for fighting a spiritual war against ego

Forrest Rivers·September 19, 2019
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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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Understand Ahimsa to Know What it Really Means to “Do No Harm”

Orsolya Hernold·August 20, 2015
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RAM DASS AND THE POWER OF DEVOTION: A lesson for all spiritual seekers

Forrest Rivers·February 10, 2021
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AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: Reflections on Trump, Harris and the DNC

James Farwell·September 9, 2024
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SELF-IMMOLATION #8: Tibet’s nonviolent freedom movement grows desperate

Contributing Writer·October 16, 2011
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TRANSCENDING CULTURE: From separation to oneness                                                                  

Contributing Writer·April 12, 2016
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WHO ARE WE?: We are awareness, empathy and compassion

James Farwell·November 20, 2022
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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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FULLY ALIVE, ON FIRE BUT NOT CONSUMED: An unlikely chat about God between a bishop and an atheist

Lucas Coia·June 15, 2023
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SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS: Not a one-size-fits-all way of being

Rafael Campiz·January 14, 2020
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A COMMENTARY ON MARTYRDOM: What do St. Perpetua and Game of Thrones’ Daenerys Targaryen have in common?

Lucas Coia·March 1, 2021
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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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ONE GOOD MOVE: Through suspected anthrax poisoning I gained spiritual sight while healing physical sight

Nina Cerfolio·January 11, 2021
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WHEN YOUR SOUL IS WEARY: Pastor Dominic Done on finding true rest in God

Contributor·July 3, 2022
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DECEIVED BY OUR OWN EYES: The difference between exoteric and esoteric sight

Contributor·April 14, 2022
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MEISTER ECKHART: Interview with Matthew Fox on the man for all spiritual seasons

kiva-bottero·September 20, 2015
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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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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