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    HANAMI DREAMING: The start of spring in Japan

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THE PUZZLING MIND: How doing jigsaw puzzles can help us focus on each moment

Angelica Pajkovic·April 19, 2017
As a child, one of my greatest secrets was my post-bedtime routine. I’d strain my ears listening for the click...
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YOU ARE THE MOMENT: The only place to be is “here” and the only time is “now”

Mike Larcombe·April 12, 2017
We’re both nothing and everything in the “here and now” Whatever you’re experiencing right now is neither right nor wrong,...
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CONSCIOUS AWARENESS: Gateway to the unexplainable vastness of who and what we are

Mike Larcombe·November 4, 2016
Today, the vast majority of people on this planet have no concept of conscious awareness or mindfulness. Many of those...
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MINDFUL BREATHING: Exploring why it’s the core element of meditation

Contributor·October 26, 2016
The following has been excerpted from Looking at Mindfulness: Twenty-Five Paintings to Change the Way You Live, in which psychiatrist...
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SETTING OUR THOUGHTS FREE: The end of the self-correcting mind

Mike Larcombe·October 24, 2016
The mind thinks it’s always right The mind can’t help but think it’s always right. Every single one of our...
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POEMS BY MIKE LARCOMBE: The Mindful Acceptance of Beliefs, Nothing is Missing

Mike Larcombe·October 15, 2016
The Mindful Acceptance of Beliefs I think, therefore I am. But who am I? What am I? I am whatever...
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MINDFULLY ACCEPTING NON-ACCEPTANCE: Can we accept our failed attempts to be mindful?

Mike Larcombe·August 30, 2016
Acceptance of “the way it is” Human suffering is human. Awareness is just aware of it all, without thought. Awareness...
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Choose Now

A STORY OF SURRENDER: A teaching from Amma on forgetting about past lives to live in the present moment

Contributing Writer·August 24, 2016
This article was excerpted from AMMA: Inspiring Experiences with the Divine Mother, by Dayalu (Ted Zeff). “Bowing down to all of...
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POEMS BY MIKE LARCOMBE: The Marching Band, War and Peace

Mike Larcombe·July 30, 2016
The Marching Band Where is my marching band? I thought there would be a marching band for me. One day,...
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TIMELESS AWARENESS: Two universal truths about time and awareness

Contributor·July 6, 2016
Two universal truths: There is no time outside of this moment, and there is nothing that exists outside of awareness....
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POEMS BY JULIA HONES: Search, Today, Life and Death

Contributor·July 2, 2016
Search Perfectionist madness, a silent stream licking the taproot, a search that perpetuates itself and collides with dreams or expectations....
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WHOSE MIND IS IT ANYWAY?: Get out of your head and into your life [book review]

Erica Roberts·June 26, 2016
WHOSE MIND IS IT ANYWAY?: Get out of your head and into your life Lisa Esile, Franco Esile [TarcherPerigee, 178...
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MINDFUL LIVING: Want to get out of your reactive thoughts and live mindfully? Read this.

James Farwell·June 14, 2016
What is awareness? Adyashanti tells us that awareness is that part of us that perceives, observes and witnesses our thoughts, feelings,...
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MINDFUL THINKING: A poetic contemplation on the elusive nature of awareness

Mike Larcombe·June 8, 2016
Mindful Awareness What do I want to say? I have nothing to say. What is here now to say? Life...
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New crescent moon over sea - Poems by Julie Lauton

POEMS BY JULIE LAUTON: Allies in the Moments, 4 Haiku, Sliver, Environmental Awareness

Contributor·May 21, 2016
Allies in the Moments Body, be present Taste each precious moment Fall alive and awake Body, be resilient as you...
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HIGH-DEFINITION LIVING: Tap into your body’s high-voltage energy

Contributor·April 18, 2016
The following has been excerpted from On the Verge: Wake Up, Show, and Shine, through which fitness professional Cara Bradley aims...
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RUNNING TOWARDS CLARITY: Time’s a thief, but it’s also a teacher

Contributor·March 24, 2016
The following has been excerpted from In the Distance, in which long-distance runner Dave Griffin writes about how running isn’t...
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HOW TO LOVE MINDFULLY: Just ask a dog!

Contributor·February 29, 2016
The term “mindfulness” can seem confusing. Isn’t the point of meditation to get out of one’s mind? To move past...
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Grandfather and grandson blowing on dandelions - Impermanence fiction story

IMPERMANENCE: The ever-persisting cycle of youth and age

Contributor·February 28, 2016
In central Beijing on a cool, smoggy Monday morning, an old man who’d come down from a village in the...
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Man in shadowy wet wood - Poems by Ryan Warren

POEMS BY RYAN WARREN: How to Feed Your Silence, Puddles, Eviction

Contributor·January 14, 2016
How to Feed Your Silence First, know this: it will hide. It is skittish, fragile, wide eyes peering from your...
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Eckhart Tolle quote about unhappy thoughts

ECKHART TOLLE QUOTES: 25 insightful quotes to inspire your thoughts

Jelin Philip·December 14, 2015
Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. – Eckhart Tolle (all quotes...
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Yellow hills in watercolour - Poems by Stephanie Noble

POEMS BY STEPHANIE NOBLE: Bondage, Inner Weather, No Thread Left Unwoven

Contributor·November 8, 2015
Bondage “What holds you in bondage?” The dharma question insinuates itself into my thoughts for weeks. I hadn’t thought I...
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Labyrinth with bench - Poems by Erica Steinweg

POEMS BY ERICA STEINWEG: You Never Really Leave the Labyrinth, New, Amen

Contributor·November 6, 2015
You Never Really Leave the Labyrinth Step outside its sacred stones, and the ancient way slides back underfoot, tracing its...
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Gratitude and living in the present moment

GRATEFUL NOW: How living in the present moment triggers gratitude

Molly Murphy·October 28, 2015
Today as I was getting ready to leave the house I was struck with how at home I felt in...
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