Awakening

Sacrifice: Choosing The Sacred Over the Profane

Scott Schwenk | Posted 05.25.2011

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What if there are no such absolutes as 'right' and 'wrong'?

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Humility; Why Don't I have Much?

Megan McFeely | Posted 11.17.2011

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Humility is not something I come by naturally. It is a damn struggle for me to be humble. I feel a bit embarrassed by my lack of humility because I k...

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Gradual Versus Sudden Enlightenment

David Nichtern | Posted 11.17.2011

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In training ourselves through meditation, it is very practical to start with mindfulness practice to pull the mind in from a habitual state of distraction into a focused and clear state.

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A Buddhist Sleep Lesson: Awakening From The Day Dream

David Nichtern | Posted 11.17.2011

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I wanted to jump in and participate in the ongoing discussion of sleep, but what I came up with, after contemplating the whole topic for some time, was to look further into what it means to actually be awake.

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Art Of Attention: Awakening

Elena Brower | Posted 11.17.2011

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The process of placing our attention on the doubt and fear - and learning what we need to see in order to bring balance to this life - is the process of awakening that brings us toward that evolution again and again.

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Healing the Spirit/Matter Split

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 11.17.2011

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The greatest area of split and misunderstanding, which I discover among my friends and other writers and teachers, is the split between the longing of the spirit and material desire.

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Could Sleep Aid Your Contact With The Divine?

Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011

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My experience, which is entirely personal to be sure, suggests to me, that sometimes when I sleep, I can contact deeper parts of me, aspects of my consciousness that might be called "of a higher nature."

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Jesus Didn't Have a Cellphone...

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 11.17.2011

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One of the greatest potholes today to people living in a relaxing condition in their day-to-day life, is the sense of wanting to compare ourselves to historical figures and "spiritual heros" from the past.

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My Meeting with Dr Emmett Miller

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 11.17.2011

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It often happens in life that you knew something could have gone better. A job interview, a date, a public talk. And then sometimes it happens that things just flow.

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Liquid Belief

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 11.17.2011

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Real integrity is an art form, not a rigid science. Once we set our first toe in the water of dissolving the mind, it is time to let go even more.

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Awakening in the World

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 11.17.2011

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Some extremely wealthy and successful people tell me their success is not born out of focusing on money, but relaxing deeply into awakening; surrendering to the creative impulses.

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First Milestone Approaches In Iraq Withdrawal Timetable

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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America pulling combat forces out of Iraqi cities is going to have multiple effects within the country. At this point, nobody can accurately predict what those effects are going to be with 100 percent reliability.

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As U.S. Prepares To Exit Iraq, Insurgents Prepare More Attacks

Nytimes.com | By ALISSA J. RUBIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD -- As the American military prepares to withdraw from Iraqi cities, Iraqi and American security officials say that jihadi and Baath militants ...

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