Enlightenment

How To Access You Own Bottomless Well Of Beauty

Dr. Ali Binazir | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Ali Binazir, Tommy Rosen, Opening the Heart, Breaking Open the Heart, Tadasana Festival, Self-Respect, Hatha Yoga, Enlightenment, Awakening, Kundalini Yoga, Spiritual Growth, Gps-Soul, Emotional Wellness, Yoga, Spiritual Development, Emotional Health, Healthy Living News

However you do it, get back in touch with your body, your heart, and reconnect to your source of wonder. Because that wonder is you.

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Globalization Isn't Just For Economists

Andrew Z. Cohen | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Spirit, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Andrew Cohen, Globalization, India, Enlightenment, Spirituality, Buddhism, Religion News

If 50 years ago you were to tell somebody that Americans would teach Enlightenment in India and that Asian seekers would come to California to learn about what the Buddha taught from an American Jew, they would never have believed you.

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The Soft Overcomes the Hard: Walking the Spiritual Path with Excruciating Humility

Mariana Caplan, Ph.D. | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Yoga, Lifestyle, Spiritual Journey, Spirit, Enlightenment, Chronic Fatigue, Spiritual Awakening, Travel, Psychology, God, Awakening, Spirituality, New York, New York News

We convince ourselves that we are practicing heroically by setting up routines and disciplines that are ultimately unsustainable -- emoting and meditating so intensely that we are actually distracted from a subtler and softer level of feeling.

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Exclusive Conversation Between Oprah Winfrey and Deepak Chopra

Marianne Schnall | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Deepak Chopra, Own, Oprah Winfrey, Meditation, India, Enlightenment, Mindful Living, Spirituality, TV News

In this interview, taped in India, Dr. Chopra talks about his ground-breaking work in the field of mind-body medicine, the lessons he's learned from his parents and family, the influence that India's rich cultural traditions have had on his journey.

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The Lesson of a Leaf

Tsoknyi Rinpoche | Posted 04.21.2012

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What happens if we allow ourselves to become attuned to the simple transactions of our daily lives? What can we learn from those moments that nearly slip past our awareness?

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Strange Artifact Dug Up in 18th Century Toilet

Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: History, Archaeologist, Amsterdam, Video, Artifacts, Microscope, Astronomy, Toilet, Netherlands, Bone Telescope, Galileo, 18th Century, Telescope, Enlightenment, Archaeology, Stargazing, Science News

By: Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor Published: 03/26/2012 06:18 PM EDT on LiveScience Five telescopes made of bone and dating to the 18th ce...

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Growing Together In Love

Isha Judd | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Meditation, Living News, Enlightenment, Consciousness, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Relationships Advice, Dating Advice, Love Relationship Advice, Relationships, Relationship Advice, Love, Gps-Soul, Healthy Living News

Often we take for granted the time we spend with our families, our partners, our friends. Lost in the monotony of routine, we miss out on opportunities to love, to share, to celebrate life together.

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Evolutionary Mysticism For Living In An Infinite Universe

Andrew Z. Cohen | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Evolutionary Enlightenment, Mysticism, Comsology, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, Evolution, Bob Berman, Enlightenment, Infinite Universe, Spirituality, Alex Grey, Religion and Science, Buddhism, Religion News

I'm not asking if we've had moments when we've experienced that which is infinite. That's one thing. I'm asking if our relationship to existence itself is infinite.

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Jim Carrey, Eckhart Tolle & Friends Entertain and Enlighten at the Saban Theatre

Natalie Pace | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Jim Carrey, Academy Awards, Entertainment, #GATECommunity, Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson, Enlightenment, Film, Spirituality, Slidepollajax, Impact News

Some people gave up and left before the superstars took the stage, but those of us who braved the marathon are now meditation masters -- or at least intermediaries. OK, some of us are just zoned out.

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The Simple Life

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 04.07.2012

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Simplicity is purity. It is facing the true nature of things and embracing it instead of ducking and weaving and dodging, instead of filling a hole inside you with chaotic activity or an overabundance of stuff.

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For the Interim Time...

Miriam Mason Martineau | Posted 04.03.2012

I learn to trust that, much like the growth that takes place beneath the earth before a new shoot appears, movement and evolution may rumble below the surface before making an obvious appearance.

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3 Qualifications of a Yoga Teacher

Alanna Kaivalya | Posted 04.01.2012

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When we have known great teachers and heeded their instructions, we are able to impart that wisdom to others.

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Over the Hills and Far Away...

Denise M. Wilbanks | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: The Inner Life, Akashic Field, Information Overload, Dreams, Enlightenment, Inner Child, Lucid Dreaming, Consciousness, Video, Mindful Living News

Our culture has a way of fostering the belief that the "grass is always greener on the other side." I find it fascinating that the more we dream about what we want, the more we forget how to really dream.

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Are You Open to Receiving?

Karen Talavera | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Abundance, Lessons, Enlightenment, Personal Growth, Love, Awakening, Wds, Joy, Conscious Relationships, Mindful Living News

She couldn't help but wonder what it could be -- wonder or dread, she wasn't sure which was the more accurate feeling. He hadn't been much of a gift giver in the past, at least not the recent past.

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Still Seeking 'The Ineffable' in 2012

Elizabeth Boleman-Herring | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Religion, Rumi, Sufism, Organized Religion, Spirtuality, Churches, Enlightenment, Presbyterianism, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there." -- Rumi "If you want special illumination, look upon the h...

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The One-Legged "Yogini"

Elizabeth Boleman-Herring | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Iyengar-Yoga, Yoga, Polio, Eastern Teachings, New Jersey, Suffering, Fifties, Dharma, India, Kofi Busia, Gym, Enlightenment, Teaching, Compassion, Healthy Living News

You would think that, as an Iyengar-style yoga teacher of three (mere) years' standing, I might at least notice if a one-legged yogini (female yoga student) "walked" into my classroom. Reader, I did not notice.

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Winning Back the Future: Here's How! -- Part 2

Deepak Chopra | Posted 02.28.2012

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In the first post, the question was raised whether a better future can be imagined out of the dire situation we find ourselves in. At the present moment we rely on science to answer our deepest questions. But science isn't the only way to ask who we are and what we want from life.

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Students Meet Sid -- Siddhartha, That Is!

Claudia Ricci | Posted 02.07.2012

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If you're on a spiritual quest to find your SELF, or even if you're not, you might enjoy reading Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha.

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Spiritual vs. Material Fulfillment: Who Says You Can't Have Both?

Rod Stryker | Posted 02.06.2012

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The standard definition of fulfillment is attainment-oriented, something you feel whenever you satisfy a want or desire, or reach a goal. The more you've desired something, the more of this kind of fulfillment you are likely to experience when it's finally yours. At least for a while.

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Meditation Is A Metaphor For Enlightenment

Andrew Z. Cohen | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Meditation, Meditation and Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Meditation Practice, Meditation Instructions, Meditation Tips, Religion News

When you meditate, you are consciously choosing to assume the enlightened relationship to your own experience. In order to do this, you can follow three very simple instructions.

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The Voodoos and Don'ts of American Culture

Vaishali | Posted 01.11.2012

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May these creative and imaginative means of engaging with life and the mysteries it contains make you a more loving, compassionate, sensitive and insightful being.

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A Longing To Evolve

Andrew Z. Cohen | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Evolution, Inspiration, Purpose, Awakening, Meaning, Spirituality, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Spiritual Evolution, Spiritual Impulse, Enlightenment, Spirit, Conscious Evolution, Healthy Living News

I believe the spiritual impulse today is calling us toward that big next step we need to take in our world. That next step will not emerge by itself -- it must be consciously created by human beings.

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Western Buddhism: The 50 Year Lessons

Lewis Richmond | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Buddhism, Benefits of Meditation, Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhism in the West, Buddhism in America, Lessons From Western Buddhism, American Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, Western Buddhism, Enlightenment, History of Buddhism, Religion News

It's been about 50 years since the bulk of the Asian meditation masters arrived here. Many of us have spent our whole adult lives trying to practice and absorb what they taught us. S

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LISTEN: Songs About The Buddha-To-Be

Ravenna Michalsen | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Rev. Heng Sure, Prince Siddhartha, Buddhism, Rap, Benny Loco, Buddha, Sacred Sounds, Contemporary Buddhist Music, Buddhist Music, The Lotus of Shambhala, Enlightenment, American Buddhist Folk Songs, Shambhala and American Music Club, Buddhist Folk Music, Life of the Buddha, Buddhist History, Religion News

Here are two song with imagined lyrical details about Prince Siddhartha's decision to leave his wife, child and kingdom, as well as the training he underwent leading to his eventual experience of awakening.

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Byron Katie: Who Would You Be Without Your Story?

BJ Gallagher | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Mental Health, Self-Acceptance, Peace of Mind, Self-Love, Enlightenment, Inner Peace, Healthy Living Spirit, Self-Help, Healthy Living News

Stories. We all have them: "My father was a critical perfectionist and I was never good enough to please him." "My mother was jealous and competed wit...

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