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

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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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    IMPEDIMENTS FACED: A safe return home from La Paz, Mexico

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SELF-LOVE QUOTES: Never be ashamed to embrace who you are

Contributing Writer·September 22, 2015
If you’re ever feeling down on yourself, here are 30 quotes on self-love to peruse. If you gain anything out...
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AUTOPHONY: The sound of living inside a mother’s dementia

Pamela Gerber·September 1, 2015
Tripping on sounds, I hear birds outside my window, muffled, over the swish-throb of a heartbeat in my ears, a...
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HEALING HUGS: 3 observations from watching Amma hug people

Anjali Mani·July 24, 2015
A couple of years ago, I attended an event in NYC by amma.org, a non-profit whose spiritual leader is known as...
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THE DESIRED PERSON: Your relationship status does not define your self-worth

Contributing Writer·July 5, 2015
THE DESIRED PERSON: Your relationship with others doesn’t depend on your relationship status We live in an era of elaborate proposals and glamorous weddings, where public declarations of passionate love are all around us. We can’t escape them even if we tried. Our calendars are filled with invitations to bachelorette parties, weddings and baby showers.
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ALLOW LOVE: Let love in, no matter your beliefs

Contributing Writer·July 1, 2015
ALLOW LOVE: Let love in, no matter your beliefs Looking through social media comments there are so many people preaching the word of god, saying that those who don’t believe in him are sinners and will go to hell. On the other end, there are atheists who bash believers for having a religion and following the Bible. Why can’t we all just get along?
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THE IMPACT OF KARMA ON RELATIONSHIPS: Smoothing out the bumps with love

Contributor·May 26, 2015
Excerpted from The Karma Queens’ Guide to Relationships: The Truth About Karma in Relationships by Carmen Harra, Ph.D. and Alexandra...
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SELFISHLY SELFLESS: Enlightened self-interest and the myth of pure altruism

Jane Olivier·May 3, 2015
SELFISHLY SELFLESS: Enlightened self-interest and the myth of pure altruism Is it possible to do things with absolutely no expectation of a return? Is there such a thing as a completely selfless act?
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DISCOVERING YOUR PURPOSE: Live a life of joy, love and fulfillment

Contributing Writer·April 27, 2015
DISCOVERING YOUR PURPOSE: Live a life of joy, love and fulfillment There is, without a doubt, a purpose for your life. There is a reason why you are here. There are things you were meant to do and be in this lifetime. You are connected with everyone and everything that has stood for that purpose that has ever been or ever will be.
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QUOTES ON LOVE: A collection of some of the finest love quotes

Kristine Caneja·April 25, 2015
We accept the love we think we deserve. – Stephen Chbosky If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return,...
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POEMS BY KENNETH WEENE: Saturday, Artistry, Love in the Time of Transportation

Contributor·April 17, 2015
Saturday Today I took inventory of the clouds. Unicorns, angels, grand ships filled with dreams and woes. At my feet...
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LOVE IS AN ISLAND: “Entire of itself,” open to all

Jane Olivier·March 28, 2015
LOVE IS AN ISLAND: 'Entire of itself', open to all It is a human condition to feel we have to do something in order to deserve good things. That is what inhabiting the apex of the current evolutionary totem pole does for us,
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ME AND HUCK FINN: Long-ago riverboat days

Max Reif·February 20, 2015
In the summer of 1974 I worked for a month on a towboat, pushing barges up and down the Mississippi...
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3 POEMS: The Traveller’s Handbasket, My Religion, I Am Not a Poet

Contributor·February 7, 2015
The Traveller’s Handbasket With every place that I go, And every place that I have been, I am fated to...
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SUMMER OF ’68: Young, on the heart’s trail

Max Reif·December 26, 2014
This story appears in the book Toward an Interior Sun: Awakening by a Master, and the Difficult Journey toward Discipleship....
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COMPASSION IMAGINATION: You remake the world when you imagine it compassionate

Robert Kopecky·September 23, 2014
A number of years ago, I was walking down the street in Manhattan when I happened to pass a pricey...
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AN URGE TO MERGE: The first stage in the cycle of falling (and staying) in love

Contributor·September 16, 2014
Excerpted from Love Cycles by couples therapist Linda Carroll, in which she explains the five essential stages of love that a...
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THE POWER OF LOVE: A universal current of compassion

Robert Kopecky·July 30, 2014
Excerpted from How to Survive Life (and Death): A Guide for Happiness in This World and Beyond .  Love is the current...
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ALTERNATING CURRENT: Sometimes you need to get lost in the flow, before you can be found

Max Reif·July 25, 2014
Odds are, reader, you’ve never had ECT, short for electroconvulsive treatment and colloquially known as shock treatment. If that’s so,...
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LADDER OF RENEWAL: A saga in paint and words

Max Reif·June 15, 2014
Part I: The Defeat These paintings were done during a time of great inner turmoil. I had longed all my...
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POEMS BY KUFRE UDEME: From the Insight Garden, Sweet Dreams

Contributor·June 8, 2014
From the Insight Garden When my eyes rest on youflower from the Insight Garden,My heart glows like a live charcoal,When...
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MASQUERADE: Remove the masks to be free and embrace our light

Contributing Writer·April 20, 2014
The following is an excerpt from The Art of HealingArt: The Keys to Power and Awareness, by Jacqueline Ripstein *...
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HEARTFULLY PRESENT: Pope Francis reminds us of St. Francis and the heart of spirituality

Contributing Writer·April 18, 2014
“We know God by having an open mind,” Pope Francis recently said. “Each of us must look into our hearts.”...
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THE MYTH OF LOVE SCARCITY: We do not lack love; we lack the knowledge of how to harness its enormous supply

Contributing Writer·March 15, 2014
This article was excerpted from Vironika Tugaleva’s book The Love Mindset: An Unconventional Guide to Healing and Happiness. A flower...
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IRWIN AND THE AVATAR: A love story for the ages [book review]

Max Reif·March 12, 2014
IRWIN AND THE AVATAR:A love story for the ages Irwin Luck [Meher Baba Archives, 400 pages] The year was 1959....
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