Awareness

Stress Much This Season?

Lissa Coffey | Posted 12.18.2009 | Living


Lissa Coffey

'Tis the season... for stress? NBC Dateline reports that 41% of people interviewed said that the holidays are as stressful as a job interview. In other words, "very stressful."

A Crossed Wire: A Call For Help

Sharon Salzberg | Posted 12.14.2009 | Living


Sharon Salzberg

We really all should be committed to taking care of one another - we're not even six degrees of separation away. We're barely one crossed wire away.

Dreams Untitled Plans Nationwide Suicide Awareness Campaign

Posted 12.11.2009 | Impact


The Dreams Untitled Project grew out of the frightening statistic that someone in the United States attempts suicide every minute. The project aims to...

Jung's Secret Red Book

Lama Surya Das | Posted 12.11.2009 | Living


Lama Surya Das

"My soul, where are you? Do you hear me? I speak, I call you----are you there?" Don't these simple questions somehow resonate deeply? Aren't they timeless, evergreen, universal?

Spirit Of Peace In All: Part I

John Morton | Posted 12.11.2009 | World


John Morton

Leigh Taylor-Young and I participated recently in the Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne, Australia. Nelson Mandela attended that Parliament and spoke of his debt to religion throughout his life.

There Is A Beauty With You #13: End Of 2009 Review And Best Wishes

Bob Lingvall | Posted 12.07.2009 | Living


Bob Lingvall

It is as "I am" that we have the best chance of experiencing the realization of our self as eternal bliss. Here we are at the doorway of knowing ourself to be pure awareness in a universe of infinite compassion.

7 Unitasking Tips: You Can Have It All

intent.com | Posted 12.07.2009 | Living


We are hungrier and devouring more all the time. We have grown overweight and our children are following in our bigger shadows. We even multi-task our...

The Dangers Of Multitasking And How To Stop

intent.com | Posted 12.04.2009 | Living


It seems that we are all becoming terribly distracted. This partial attention is taking our time, productivity, balance, and I would argue, sanity....

Finding Buddha In A Back Spasm

Jim Watkins | Posted 12.01.2009 | Living


Jim Watkins

I've gotten a greater appreciation of how pain--the non-life threatening, localized, physical kind of pain that something like a back spasm causes--can be gateway into the world of moment-to-moment awareness.

There is a Beauty Within You #12: Paradise Wasn't Lost, It Was Abandoned

Bob Lingvall | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living


Bob Lingvall

We are ready to believe and follow, giving up freedom for power, justice for security, love for righteousness, allowing culture to become cult.

There is a Beauty Within You #11: Are You More Than Culture Can Speak

Bob Lingvall | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living


Bob Lingvall

Self-awareness is a very mysterious phenomenon. How is it that matter can be self-aware? Is matter somehow creating you and me?

Take The Time To Chill Out

Tara Stiles | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living


Tara Stiles

I've always been a fan of the in-between. You know, the stuff in between the stuff. That's stuff too, right? The way we practice yoga is the way we live our life.

There Is a Beauty Within You #10: When Love and Awareness Meet

Bob Lingvall | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living


Bob Lingvall

Immersed in the most personal of personal loves, we are a point of awareness in an ocean of compassionate love; a butterfly on the back of a whale preparing to dive.

Go Deep

Mike Robbins | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living


Mike Robbins

It's much easier for me to stay busy, keep things on the surface, and pretend to live my life with a real sense of depth, than it is for me to actually go deep myself.

What Do You Hold On to for Security?

Hillary Rubin | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living


Hillary Rubin

A few weeks back I was in a weekend workshop with some incredible people. Over lunch one of the men that was sitting at the table began to talk about ...

Can We Have A World Without Slavery?

Elise Garvey | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact


Elise Garvey

Slavery and exploitation are not new issues. The more aware we are of its existence and how it continues to thrive in the world, the better off we are at fighting it.

Trust Your Gut And Get Killer Abs (VIDEO)

Tara Stiles | Posted 10.10.2009 | Living


Tara Stiles

We don't have to completely abandon intellectualized spiritual concepts, scripture, and lineage, but we can keep our eyes and hearts wide open if we are choosing to listen and participate.

Living in and Falling Out of The Vein of Gold

Rob Kall | Posted 12.03.2009 | Living


Rob Kall

It is not enough to know of, or, even better, to know how to access veins of gold. We must know how to maximize their roles in our lives.

The Magic of Death

Mike Robbins | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living


Mike Robbins

Death can be one of the greatest teachers for us in life - but not if we spend most of our time avoiding it because it can be painful, scary and uncomfortable.

There Is Beauty Within You #6: Using the Moment As a Mirror

Bob Lingvall | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living


Bob Lingvall

You are a silent point of awareness using a human body to sense and navigate the world around you.

Walking On The Moon And Moments That Change Your Life Forever

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living


Ed and Deb Shapiro

Imagine walking on the moon and then returning to earth in Apollo 14? That's what Edgar Mitchell, the 6th astronaut to walk on the moon, talked to us ...

New Website Honors Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

thedailygreen.com | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living


Natural products powerhouse Seventh Generation is teaming up with the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund on a website that launches today, letstalkperiod.co...

Tantric Practice: Beyond Sexual Techniques

Lokita and Steve Carter | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living


Lokita and Steve Carter

The point of tantric practice lies beyond the techniques and methods, when we are 100% present, our mind stops, our ego disappears, we become one with all, and enter into vast emptiness and stillness.

3 Keys To Finding Your Source Of Inspiration

Russell Bishop | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living


Russell Bishop

Two weeks ago, we started exploring the notion of living an inspired life. The overarching question focused on what you want out of life. Not just w...

What Does Your Life Teach?

Gangaji | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living


Gangaji

You discover your story by noticing what you are telling yourself, over and over. Notice what you tell yourself about your past, your present, and your future.