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Speaking with Strangers, The Simple Pleasures of Connecting

Jul 25, 2015 12:08PM

Technology tends to isolate us from others, but science points to the real value in reaching out. On average, we come into contact with more than 100 people a day, but often may not make any real conn

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Songs of Freedom, We All Long for Liberty

Jul 08, 2015 09:52AM

The yearning for freedom is like a seed that dwells deep in our hearts—freedom from scarcity, from conflicting relationships, from addictions, from health issues. This yearning for freedom binds the c

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Hidden Treasures, Neighbors Discover Their Wealth of Resources

Jun 08, 2015 07:30PM

The essential promise of consumerism is that everything fulfilling or needed in life can be purchased—from happiness to healing, from love to laughter and from raising a child to caring for someone at

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MOVING BEYOND SURVIVAL, Our True Identity Surpasses Any Disease

May 02, 2015 09:00AM

“Get down off your cross.” Harsh words, especially coming from a longtime hospital chaplain when the woman she was addressing had just learned she was cancer-free.Regardless, “Within two minutes, she

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Strong Winds, Strong Roots

Mar 28, 2015 11:58PM

What Trees Teach Us About Life A great experiment in the desert called the biodome created a living environment for human, plant and animal life. A huge glass dome was constructed to house an artifici

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Mind Gardening, It Pays to Watch What Is Planted

Feb 28, 2015 11:58AM

An unattended mind is like a neglected garden. Potting soil is incredibly receptive to any seeds introduced to it. It has absolutely no discretion when it comes to playing host to seeds; it says, “Yes

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Hymn to Living in Silence

Nov 30, 2014 06:30PM

Celebrate the dawn of the winter solstice on December 21 in nature and in silence. There’s one truth, and it is silence. All truths come from, exist as and return to silence. Silence is behind every h

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Practice Gratitude & Change Your Life

Nov 01, 2014 04:07PM

 [one_half last="no"]“I have started a gratitude journal that I write in every day. When you run out of the ‘obvious’ blessings, it makes you dig deep and see all the small things. I commit to do

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Live Your True Self ~ Four Tools Guide Us on Our Life Journey

Sep 30, 2014 11:33PM

Starting today, we can experience life as a naturally unfolding expression of our vision and realize the contribution we are here to make. Living a truly good and purposeful life becomes as natural as

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Om Sweet Om ~ Sounding the Keynote of the Universe

Aug 31, 2014 01:31PM

“Om” is a Hindu sacred sound considered the greatest of all mantras, traditionally used in prayers, chants and meditation—possessing high spiritual and creative power, it can be recited by anyone. Om

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Be Happy Now Simple Ways to Quickly Lift Your Spirits

Jul 30, 2014 05:07PM

Singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams, whose infectious hit song, Happy, has spread joy worldwide, seems to know the secret to happiness. More than 1,500 people from 140-plus countries have posted their

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Give Freedom a Hand, Let Peace and Prosperity Ring Around the World by Kirk Boyd

Jun 29, 2014 04:38PM

2048 is a plan to prevent wars, eliminate poverty and create the conditions for global sustainability by the time we celebrate the centennial of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Right

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