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

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    HANAMI DREAMING: The start of spring in Japan

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

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ALONENESS: The unquantifiable importance of solitude

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DEAR EGO: Goodbye, I’m breaking up with you

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THE LAW OF ATTRACTION: The most fundamental of all universal laws

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TO LIVE WITH BLINDNESS: Only in becoming the eyes of the blind, do we really see

Jane Olivier·October 15, 2012
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THE HUMAN CONDITION: Human being or human going, what of time?

Contributing Writer·October 12, 2012
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KIRTAN: Strengthen the heart connection through this path to the heart

Contributing Writer·October 9, 2012
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HONOUR AND COMMODITY: Socrates taught how to live and die with honour

Contributing Writer·October 1, 2012
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NATURE-WISE: Look to nature for cues on dealing with conflict

Jane Olivier·September 30, 2012
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A QUESTION OF INCENTIVE: Work to the best of our ability regardless of reward

Jerry Kvasnicka·September 27, 2012
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AWARENESS AND INVOLVEMENT: Step back from the forest to see the trees

Contributing Writer·September 25, 2012
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GROWING PAINS: 12 tough truths to accept as you grow up

Contributing Writer·September 22, 2012
GOOD GRIEF: Finding happiness when mourning the loss of a loved one

GOOD GRIEF: Finding happiness while mourning a loved one

Contributing Writer·September 22, 2012
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IMAGINAL PEOPLE: Embracing destruction of the old while birthing something new

Contributing Writer·September 16, 2012
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EMOTIONAL STRESS: Recognize the emotions and deal with the stress

Contributing Writer·September 9, 2012
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WITHOUT LAUGHTER: The truth serum that masks our pain

Contributing Writer·September 6, 2012
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MOMENT TO MOMENT: What it takes to be fully present

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7 SPIRITUAL LAWS OF YOGA: Interview with Chopra Yoga Center director Danielle Mika Nagel

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POWER OF THE HEART: The heart’s role in human consciousness [video]

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STAR MEDITATION: We do not fear the dark, we fear the power of the light

Contributing Writer·August 27, 2012
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THE SACRED PAUSE: Embracing uncertainty by accepting things as they are

Contributing Writer·August 9, 2012
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REMEMBERING THE DEAD: How grieving helps and why traditions don’t change

Contributing Writer·August 8, 2012
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SPONTANEOUS EVOLUTION: An interview with Bruce Lipton

Contributing Writer·August 7, 2012
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