Planets & Transits
New Moon in Leo August 12, 2026
The New Moon arrives in Leo August 12 at 8:36 PM UTC, and with it comes a singular...
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- Written by: Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College
World Kindness Day, observed on Nov. 13 annually, is a good opportunity to reflect on the healing potential of both large and small acts of kindness.
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- Written by: Laura Bailey
Two different kinds of meditative breathing—traditional mindful breathing and virtual reality, 3D-guided mindful breathing—reduce pain but do so differently, research finds.
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- Written by: Phyllida Anam-Áire
When I look at the trees in my garden, I see how they fully express life in their changing seasons. The wind blows and they surrender.
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- Written by: Phyllida Anam-Áire
When I look at the trees in my garden, I see how they fully express life in their changing seasons. The wind blows and they surrender.
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- Written by: Barry Vissell
Albert Einstein famously said, "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." I slightly disagree...
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- Written by: Barry Vissell
Albert Einstein famously said, "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." I slightly disagree...
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- Written by: Sam Carr and Chao Fang, University of Bath
The pandemic brought the longstanding issue of loneliness and isolation in the lives of older people back into the public consciousness.
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- Written by: Sam Carr and Chao Fang, University of Bath
The pandemic brought the longstanding issue of loneliness and isolation in the lives of older people back into the public consciousness.
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- Written by: Jan Phillips
Every night after dinner, people gathered round a small fireplace and Father Oshida gave an evening talk. Mostly it was in Japanese, but he translated the important parts into English for me. I had been reading books on Buddhism every night before bed and was facing a growing dilemma.
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- Written by: Jan Phillips
Every night after dinner, people gathered round a small fireplace and Father Oshida gave an evening talk. Mostly it was in Japanese, but he translated the important parts into English for me. I had been reading books on Buddhism every night before bed and was facing a growing dilemma.
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- Written by: Will T. Wilkinson
Picture a glass of clear water. You are holding a dropper of ink over it and you release a single droplet. Imagine it falling, hitting the water, and beginning to disperse, first as a feathery cloud of color and then gradually diluting the entire glass.
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- Written by: Will T. Wilkinson
Picture a glass of clear water. You are holding a dropper of ink over it and you release a single droplet. Imagine it falling, hitting the water, and beginning to disperse, first as a feathery cloud of color and then gradually diluting the entire glass.
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- Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
While we may have been taught that miracles are few and far between, and not only that but only "special" people can perform miracles, this is far from the truth. The first thing to realize is that life itself is a miracle. After all...
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- Written by: Nancy L. Butler-Ross and Michael Suib
Many of us know that a few moments of connecting with our inner resources can have dramatic and healthy effects in restoring a sense of balance to a hectic day. But who has the luxury of spending 45 minutes to one hour...
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- Written by: Margaret Coberly, Ph.D., R.N.
Most people are so strongly habituated to death denial that when death appears they are caught entirely by surprise. Overwhelmed and confused, they tend to miss out on the extraordinary opportunity for peace and resolution that is inherent in the dying trajectory.
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- Written by: William Yang
A bodhisattva brings healing into this world not out of fear of sickness and death, but out of bringing people back to their true nature, their original pureness: the inner light of their own soul, heart, and mind.
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- Written by: William Yang
A bodhisattva brings healing into this world not out of fear of sickness and death, but out of bringing people back to their true nature, their original pureness: the inner light of their own soul, heart, and mind.
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- Written by: Michael J. Poulin, Associate Professor of Psychology
A cultural tradition that has changed across time and place is the practice of mindfulness. Mindfulness is a nonjudgmental expansive awareness of one’s experiences, often cultivated through meditation. A range of studies have found mindfulness to be beneficial for the people who practice it in a number of ways.
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- Written by: Timothy Gabrielli, Gudorf Chair in Catholic Intellectual Traditions
The biannual U.S. Catholic bishops’ meeting received more than its usual attention in June 2021 due to one particular item on its agenda: a proposed document on the Sacrament of the Eucharist, a ritual also known as Holy Communion.
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- Written by: Matthew McKay, PhD.
When my boy died, I had no belief that the dead could talk to us. At best, they seemed gone in another world, separated by loss and the deafening thunder of our grief. But then Jordan started speaking to me...
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- Written by: Matthew McKay, PhD.
When my boy died, I had no belief that the dead could talk to us. At best, they seemed gone in another world, separated by loss and the deafening thunder of our grief. But then Jordan started speaking to me...
