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Watch What You Eat (With Your Mind): Buddhist Meditation

Anushka Fernandopulle | Posted 02.13.2013 | Religion
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Anushka Fernandopulle

Sitting silently, simply breathing, then becoming aware of what is arising in the mind and in the body. What thoughts and mind states are occurring? Are they wholesome or unwholesome? Edible or inedible?

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Buddhist Meditation: Catching The Right Thought Train

Anushka Fernandopulle | Posted 12.20.2012 | Religion
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Anushka Fernandopulle

Consider your mind being like the platform of a train station where different trains of thought pull through the station in each moment, heading to various destinations. The untrained mind gets on every single train that pulls through the station.

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How to Get Inside My Mind

Mina Samuels | Posted 07.09.2012 | Healthy Living
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Mina Samuels

I agree with the general theory that it is a good thing for us to face our fears in some fashion, and that in so doing we strengthen our spirit (and possibly our bodies).

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Election Hangovers: 3 Things To Do The Morning After

Kay Goldstein | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Kay Goldstein

While some might naturally resist the idea of reconciliation, it's a perfect antidote to the sometimes toxic environment of American electoral politics. It's the change we need.

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Baseball And The Illusion Of Self

Anushka Fernandopulle | Posted 01.08.2013 | Religion
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Anushka Fernandopulle

All people and objects are actually ongoing interdependent processes that are referred to by name as if solid, but are actually always in motion. Take for example the San Francisco Giants.

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