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Fireflies in a jar - Poems by Mary Allison Cates

POEMS BY MARY ALLISON CATES: What the Lightning Bugs Know, That Day We Painted Everything Gold, To the Woman Behind Nancy Drew

Contributor·March 4, 2016
What the Lightning Bugs Know Between appointments, in rare moments of plain seeing screaming silence sneaks into their chests trapping their breath in...
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Lone woman on tram - Poems by Wendy E. Slater

POEMS BY WENDY E. SLATER: I May Need to Change Seats, What Would It Be Like, I Do Know the Despair

Contributor·November 28, 2015
Excerpted from Into the Hearth by alternative healer Wendy E. Slater, who was inspired to produce a plethora of poems...
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WHAT IS A FACT? Inquiry into the truth demands knowing the subtleties of language

Contributing Writer·May 31, 2015
This article was excerpted from the new edition of The Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga: The Path to Self-Realization and Philosophic...
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THE ROAD TO ENLIGHTENMENT: A sobering voyage

Contributor·February 11, 2015
Enlightenment is a tricky word: it means different things to different people. For some, it’s the path that leads to...
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LIAR, LIAR: The effects of deception on your health and well-being

Melissa Venditti·February 22, 2013
As children, we’re reminded that lying to others is wrong. Yet as we grow up, we find deception to be...
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RIGHT IN PLACE: Are you alone or strategically placed?

Contributing Writer·December 2, 2012
I hear from so many people who feel isolated and alone during this awakening and massive paradigm shift taking place...
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LOVE VS TRUTH: How the truth shall make you free

Jerry Kvasnicka·November 10, 2012
“What the world needs now, is love sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.” These...
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POEMS BY MARK BONICA

POEMS BY MARK BONICA: cutting, morning stories, and empty space

Megan Philipp·October 19, 2012
along the bank of the river the water eddies and minnows sparkle, but this is not where the river is about its secret business. I want to go down to the cutting bottom...
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HONOUR AND COMMODITY: Socrates taught how to live and die with honour

Contributing Writer·October 1, 2012
With maturity one's honour and love of truth can deepen. I've found, for instance, that my appreciation of a man born some 469 years B.C., has increased with...
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WITHOUT LAUGHTER: The truth serum that masks our pain

Contributing Writer·September 6, 2012
What if the emotion of laughter was erased? Imagine you are about to propose to your girlfriend and finally mustered up the courage to commit. You have invited her to an...
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TRAPPED BY TRUTH: Experiences come and go, but the intent towards liberation is inescapable

Kiva Bottero·July 13, 2012
What is the truth? This question has captivated and perplexed humankind since the beginning of recorded history. Why? Because it’s a question unlike any other...
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THE DECEPTION OF PERCEPTION: Cut through the illusion to know what is true

Contributing Writer·July 5, 2012
The ability to think is a wonderful and useful tool. Yet we have a hard time separating what we perceive from how we think. We make the capital mistake that...
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I AM DOCUMENTARY: The shift is about to hit the fan

I AM: The shift is about to hit the fan

Contributing Writer·May 28, 2012
I AM is a non-fiction film that poses two practical and provocative questions: what’s wrong with our world, and what can we do to make it better? The filmmaker behind the inquiry is Tom Shadyac, the creative force behind...
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IN SEARCH OF TRUTH: Personal vs. collective vs. absolute truth

Contributing Writer·April 21, 2012
Each of us has a personal sense of truth, a description of what the world is and how and why it functions as it does. This also includes our ideas about who we are and the meaning of life. As we...
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SPEAKING TRUTH: Dis devil in dis world

Contributing Writer·April 11, 2012
Television comedian Flip Wilson always drew a laugh when his feminine character Geraldine exclaimed in contralto voice, “The devil made me buy this dress!” The line is funny because everyone...
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POEMS FROM ISSUE 3: Yoga, Becoming

Contributing Writer·January 17, 2010
A smile so bright Envelops me in light Reverberating my soul with its endless echo...
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