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The Holidays Remind Us That Grief Cannot Be Wished Away

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Written by: Heather Servaty-Seib

The Holidays Remind Us That Grief Cannot Be Wished Away
The year-end holidays are a time of social gatherings, traditions and celebrations. They can also be a time of revisiting and reflection.

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The Greatest Christmas Gift: The Socks Seemed Empty but...

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Written by: Bobbie Christmas

The Greatest Christmas Gift

One of my most cherished Christmas memories involves a Christmas when the only gifts I received came without gift-wrap. The socks hung exactly as we had left them, lifeless and flat. "There's nothing there," I sobbed...

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PTSD/Meditation Breakthrough: Forgiving Myself and Forgiving God

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Written by: Tom Voss

PTSD/Meditation Breakthrough: Forgiving Myself and Forgiving God
I began the final day of the meditation workshop with a strange, unexpected intention: to forgive myself, and to forgive God. James and Ken told us that no matter what happened, we were supposed to keep our eyes closed, keep breathing, and keep going.

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How Old Would You Want To Be In Heaven?

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Written by: Margaret Morganroth Gullette

How Old Would You Want To Be In Heaven?
Many religious faiths propose different versions of heaven as a location: There are walled gardens with streams, flowers, pleasing scents, pretty angels, rapturous music or delicious accessible food.

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Mindfulness Could Lower Your Blood Pressure

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Written by: Eric Loucks

Mindfulness Could Lower Your Blood Pressure.
Mindfulness could reduce blood pressure, a new study finds. As the leading cause of death in both the United States and the world, heart disease claims nearly 18 million lives every year, according to the World Health Organization.

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We Invented The Bogey Man--We Don't Have To Keep Him Alive

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Written by: John Randolph Price

The Bogey Man Within: He Isn't Real, Never Was
Think of a problem or challenge that you may be experiencing at this time. Where did it originate? Out of a belief in two powers. We grew up with this belief. As children, we had battles to fight, pains to alleviate, losses to compensate for, and...

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Sympathetic Joy: Delighting In The Joy Of Others

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Written by: Mark Coleman

Sympathetic Joy: Delighting In The Joy Of Others
By appreciating the happiness of others, we do tend to improve our chances of joy by about seven billion to one! I don’t gamble, but I do know those are good odds. Sympathetic joy means the heart is like kindling, ready for sparks of happiness wherever gladness and success are found.

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Empowering Yourself by Choosing Your Underlying Attitude Toward Life

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Written by: Tobin Blake

Empowering Your Life by Choosing Your Underlying Attitude Toward Life
To empower your life, you have to seize responsibility for it. You cannot wait and hope that God or yet another 'miracle pill' will somehow solve the problems of pain, dissatisfaction, and depression. You will not change your state by doing nothing about it or by blaming other people for your pain.

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What Choice Will You Make? The Process of Unlearning & Relearning

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Written by: Penney Peirce

What Choice Will You Make? The Process of Unlearning & Relearning
Unlearning habits and establishing new ones is no more difficult than learning them in the ?rst place. Here are some guidelines for freeing yourself from the automatic nature of your old-perception habits...

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Is Virtue Signalling A Perversion Of Morality?

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Written by: Neil Levy

Is Virtue Signalling A Perversion Of Morality?
People engage in moral talk all the time. When they make moral claims in public, one common response is to dismiss them as virtue signallers.

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How to Change with Joy and with Ease

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Written by: Louise Hay

How to Change with Joy and with Ease
All the theory in the world is useless unless we know how to apply it and make a change. Sometimes when we try to release a pattern, the whole situation seems to get worse for a while. This is not a bad thing. It is a sign that the situation is beginning to move. Our affirmations are working, and we need to keep going.

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If Everything Is Perfect, Why Don't I Feel Perfect?

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Written by: Bruce D. Schneider, Ph.D.

If Everything Is Perfect, Why Don't I Feel Perfect?
Some of the most difficult questions I've ever been asked are: If we are one with God, then why wouldn't God have created us with that thought to begin with? What is the purpose of not knowing? Why don't we feel perfect?

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A Daily Gratitude Practice That Is Very Simple

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Written by: Nancy Windheart

A Daily Gratitude Practice That Is Very Simple
Thanksgiving is a tricky holiday for me, and for many Americans. While I love the concept of a holiday dedicated to gratitude, celebration of the harvest, and spending time with loved ones, I am also aware of the issues of...

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Wisdom Has No Age Restriction -- No Start Date, No Finish Line

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Written by: Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com

Wisdom Has No Age Restriction
Perhaps you've believed, as many do, that wisdom comes with age. That the older you get, the wiser you get. And while that can generally be true, recently so many wise young voices have come to the forefront, that the uniqueness of this belief is being challenged.

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Effortless Meditation To Go From Fear Into Courage and Intuition

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Written by: Osho

Effortless Meditation to Move From Fear Into Love
Fold your hands together in your lap, with the right hand underneath the left hand -- the position is important because the right hand is joined with the left brain, and fear always comes from the left brain. The left hand is joined with the right brain, and courage comes from the right side.

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What Lessons Has Humanity Yet To Learn To Generate Awesome New Creative Potentials?

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Written by: Eileen Workman

What Lessons Has Humanity Yet To Learn To Generate Awesome New Creative Potentials?
Whatever living experiments you may choose to pursue in the future will be a function of the present state of your environment, your technologies and creative capacities, and the lens through which you are viewing reality.

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20 Ways to Live in the Present, Right Here, Right Now

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Written by: John Kuypers

20 Ways to Live More in the PresentTwenty ways to become more present including getting enough sleep, listening to your body, and more.

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Feeling Stressed? Here's An Exercise To Bring You Into Deep Relaxation

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Written by: Shakti Gawain

Practice Bringing Yourself To A Relaxed State
This exercise is designed for very deep relaxation. The instructions given here will help you achieve a balanced and effective relaxation response in a minimum of time.

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You Must Either Love or Fear. Which Is It?

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Written by: Sylvia Browne

You Must Either Love or Fear. Which Is It?
"In the name of God" we have created more atrocities than any one person or group could ever think up. In truth, all of it has been in the name of idolatry, not God. Please ask yourself, why are we worshiping a god of fear? Of vengeance? Where is the God of love, the One who lovingly put us here?

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To Confront Effects of Trauma, Start with Self Care

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Written by: Jay Walljasper

To Confront Effects of Trauma, Start with Self Care
Resilience practices and culturally rooted health traditions show promise for overcoming trauma in real-life settings.

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Beginning To See Within: The Ways of the World

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Written by: LouAnne Ludwig

Beginning To See Within: The Ways of the World
He had not recognized that this had been the case all along with everyone he had met or known. Each person had a connection to each other through their God force, and Manuka was symbolizing that for him right before his eyes. Why haven’t I seen that before? Now it’s so clear that it’s as if I had always known it.

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