Meaning

Three Marks of a Rich Company

Ted Harro | Posted 05.23.2012

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Earn money. It's necessary and can have huge power for good. But don't allow your organization to only earn money.

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Can Being A Parent Make You Happier?

Todd Kashdan | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Zombies, Working Mothers, Meaning, Motherhood, Positive Psychology, Happiness Project, Stay at Home Mothers, Happiness, Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky, Parents News

Raven (5 years old): Dad, we love you, even if you yell at us. Even if you rip out our eyeballs, we still love you. Chloe (5 years old): Are you going to die soon?

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The Meaning of Life in Two Words

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 05.16.2012

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The path to lasting happiness is never easy. It takes mental discipline to turn away from the quick fixes being marketed to the masses. And it takes patience to make emotional investments in the people around you.

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Happiness is Overrated...Try Fulfillment

Karen Kimsey-House | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Fulfillment, Becoming Fearless, Integrity, Confidence, Meaning, Balanced Life, Seeking Happiness, Happiness, Fifty News

Seeking happiness isn't wrong, it's just limiting. It's only one color on the rainbow of human experience.

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Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Dialogue -- Part Eight

James Napoli | Posted 05.08.2012

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So, you often find yourself wondering about why we are all here and what it all means. Well, you are not alone.

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Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Dialogue -- Part Seven

James Napoli | Posted 04.30.2012

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In this episode, the discussion branches off into art and creativity. Surely the desire to express ourselves cannot be excluded from any argument about the purpose of existence?

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Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Dialogue -- Part Six

James Napoli | Posted 04.16.2012

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All this time, you have secretly known exactly what you need. And that is to watch inanimate objects discuss the meaning of existence.

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Why Conscious Relationships Matter

Dennis Merritt Jones | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Relationships, Purpose, Reverence, Love, Soul Connection, Conscious Relationships, Meaning, Mindful Relationships, Being Conscious in Relationships, Meaningful Relationships, Consciousness in Relationships, Healthy Living News

Life is a trip we were not meant to travel alone, and I mean that literally. If we stop and consider our life's journey we shall see that we entered into a lifetime of relationships beginning the moment we arrived here.

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Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Dialogue -- Part Four

James Napoli | Posted 05.26.2012

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You need to see inanimate objects discussing the meaning of life. This series of videos features inanimate objects discussing the meaning of life. Talk about a win-win.

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Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Dialogue -- Part Three

James Napoli | Posted 05.16.2012

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Have you ever gotten to a point in your life where you feel like the old paradigms just aren't cutting it? Have you entertained the thought that maybe "all is vanity and striving after wind"?

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Rediscovering the Soul of Greece

Alex Pattakos | Posted 05.09.2012

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Like Odysseus, the legendary Greek king of Ithaca and hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey, Greece must forge ahead on its modern-day journey of (self)discovery and transformation.

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Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Dialogue -- Part Two

James Napoli | Posted 05.07.2012

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Does all suffering come from desire? What is desire, anyway? What would we be without it? The debate continues in this, the second installment of an ongoing philosophical discussion among three strangely-vocal inanimate objects.

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Reverence Thyself First: Where The Sacred Journey Begins

Dennis Merritt Jones | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Science of Mind, Purpose, Meaning, Life, Respect, Beyond Lables, Non-Judgement, Reverence, Spirituality, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News

While we may prefer roses over weeds, it doesn't mean one is more sacred than the other; the Divine imbues itself equally in all living things, which includes each of us. What value shall we place on all that our eyes gaze upon today?

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Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Dialogue on Who We Are

James Napoli | Posted 04.30.2012

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This is a genuine inquiry into the nature of life, desire, suffering and happiness. I hope you will enjoy taking this philosophical journey with the three most neurotic, supposedly non-sentient beings in the universe.

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Is That All There Is? What Does Anything Mean?

Yujhan Claros | Posted 04.17.2012

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So what is meaning? What does anything mean?

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Life P******

Misha Lyuve | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Personal Development, Meaningful Work, Personal Transformation, Meaning, Life Purpose, Transformation, How to Find Life Purpose, Culture News

Do you know what your life purpose is? This question used to make me uncomfortable. Its answer does not seem to be easily tracked down in smart books or far-away journeys or deep prayers.

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Is That All There Is? A Preliminary Example

Dimitri Hamlin | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: The Puzzle of Temporal Experience, Phenomenology, Meaning, Sean. D. Kelly, Intelligibility, Mind, Religion News

A lack of recognition results in a sentiment of disillusion that jadedly questions "Is that all there is?" Another way to ask the same question is: if I am disappointed, then what was I expecting?

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The Impact of Parenting on Achievement

Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. | Posted 01.31.2012

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It's no secret that for a long time now there's been an increasing pressure from parents to push kids in the direction of achievement. In the past if ...

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Does Religion Make Your Brain Happy? An Interview With Science Writer David DiSalvo

Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman | Posted 01.21.2012

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Quite often, what makes us happy and what is actually good for us are directly at odds with each other. What worked for us evolutionarily over the mil...

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The God Test: Why Really Everyone Believes

Rabbi Adam Jacobs | Posted 01.07.2012

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Could it be that subconsciously you suspect that it's just wrong to do it -- wrong in a way that transcends your temporality? If not, you would sell your mother's corpse so that it can be made into pet grub?

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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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How to Make Yourself a Better Person, and the World a Better Place

Dennis Merritt Jones | Posted 01.07.2012

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The lesson for me was it is never too soon or too late to learn how to serve. Whether you are 14 or 90 years of age, know that you matter.

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'Weed' And 21 Other Definitions That Don't Translate From My Dad To My Daughter

Robert Rosenthal | Posted 12.29.2011

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To my father, Spam was canned ham. To my daughter, it's naughty, annoying email. Here are 21 more expressions which mean something totally different to him than to her.

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Memories And Emotions: All In The Mind Or The Brain?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Emotion Hormones, Mental Interpretation, Brain Research, Meaning, Healthy Living Health News, Mind vs. Brain, Brain Science, Meaning and the Brain, Healthy Living Mind, Meaning and the Mind, Healthy Living News

The mind is invisible, yet everything it thinks or feels requires a physical response in the brain. If you know what the brain is doing, you know what the mind is doing ... The words "I love you" give us a perfect example.

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Design for Meaning

Soren Petersen | Posted 11.12.2011

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Why do we have strong emotional reactions to some experiences, while others leave us cold? The answer can be found in how our brain interprets the se...

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