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Equanimity

What I Wish I Could Teach My Family

Lauren Cahn | Posted 05.23.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Equanimity, Calm, Illness, Brain Tumor, Adversity, Breast Cancer, Advanced Cancer, Buddism, Cancer, Family Relationships, Death and Dying, Emotional Wellness, Handling Adversity, Personal Growth, Emotional Health, Overcoming Adversity, Healthy Living News
Lauren Cahn

I didn't choose to cultivate equanimity. It chose me. My experience has taught me that nothing is permanent. Change is inevitable; sometimes it brings pleasure, sometimes pain. While you can't avoid pain, you can choose to suffer less.

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And Now for Something Completely Indifferent

Michael Sigman | Posted 04.18.2012 | Politics
Read More: Michele Bachmann, Equanimity, President Obama, Donald Trump, Rick Santorum, Mitch Daniels, Mitt Romney, The Eightfold Path, The Four Noble Truths, Newt Gingrich, Buddhism, Near Enemy, Albert Einstein, Ron Paul, Politics News
Michael Sigman

Conventional wisdom holds that many if not most of today's 20-somethings don't care about electoral politics -- and won't be voting for president in 2012 -- because they are indifferent to the world around them.

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The Bhagavad Gita

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar | Posted 11.26.2012 | World
Read More: Bhagavad-Gita, Russian, Bible, Human Evolution, Terrorism, Equanimity, Upliftment, Quran, Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagavad Gita, Non-Violence, Spirituality, World News
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

The fact is that it is not the scriptures that inflict terrorism; it is the misinterpretation of an ignorant and stressed mind which justifies their actions quoting scriptures.

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The Life Out Loud: 'America The Angry'

MeiMei Fox | Posted 08.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Vipassana, Feelings, Mama Hope, Gas Prices, Equanimity, Economy, Nyla Rodgers, Non-Profits, "America the Angry, Poll, Native American Proverb, Emotional Intelligence, The Life Out Loud, Frustration, " Douglas Schoen, Self-Compassion, Anger, Unemployment, Volunteering, Service, Ngos, Meditation, The Daily Beast, Action, US, Buddhism, Anxiety, Newsweek, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News
MeiMei Fox

As unemployment, gas and grocery prices are on the rise, so are people's levels of anger, anxiety and frustration.

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