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Can An Ordinary Person Enjoy A State Of Grace?

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Sleeplessness, Forgiving, Trust, Sacrifice, The Inner Life, Surrender, Compassion, Sarah Ban Breathnach, Rumi, God, William Hazlitt, Grace, Dr John-Roger, Hayley Westenra, Security, Faith, Confidence, Gratitude, Living News

Can we create the conditions in which we lead grace-full lives? Is it even possible to expect to live gracefully, with the world in so much chaos? My view is that there has never been a better time.

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A Book About Nothing, Just Like Seinfeld (VIDEO)

Joan Konner | Posted 11.06.2009 | Books

Read More: Video, Rumi, Wall Street, Nirvana, Columbia, Seinfeld, Buddhism, Shakespeare, Dickinson, Nothing, Books News

Nothing exists. Nothing is an essential presence in our lives. Paradoxical? Yes. Illogical and irrational? Yes. Yet to ignore Nothing is to deny our road to renewal.

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Are You Making The Most Of Your Career? (VIDEO)

Anne Naylor | Posted 10.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Vision, The Balanced Life, Mission, Purpose, Passion, Inner Motivation, Career Planning, Success, Career Development, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rumi, Fulfilment, Mastery, Enlightened Self-Interest, Dan Pink, Autonomy, Lifelong Learning, Living News

As an employee, you can be fulfilling your own objectives within such an organization -- not just financially but also your personal ethos and values -- the natural drive to make the most of your life.

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Does Forgive Mean Forget? How to Get Over What Is Tearing You Apart

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Featured Contributor, Controversary, Jungian Analyst, Rumi, Lockerbie Bomber Freed, Helen Keller, Scottish Release of Terrorist, Anger, Guilt, Forgiveness, Dr. Cara Barker, Cara Barker, Grudge, Unforgivable, Living News

"If it weren't for the fact that he died, I'd like to kill him! Can you imagine leaving us in this mess?" Amanda, a widow with three little ones und...

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8 Steps To Bounce Back To Your Best

Anne Naylor | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Creativity, Rumi, Maya Angelou, Dr Cara Barker, Buddha, Joy, Jill and Kevin's Wedding Dance, Sai Baba, Thich Nhat Hanh, Unpanishads, Happiness, Living News

"...keep knocking, and the Joy inside will eventually open a window and look out to see who's there." - Rumi On Monday, I struck the bottom of my c...

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"What Bernie Madoff, Victimization, and Elie Wiesel Have to Teach Us"

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 08.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Michael Jackson, Elie Wiesel, Featured Contributor, Camus, Rumi, Iraq Withdrawal of Troops, Farrah Fawcett, Bernie Madoff, Victimization, Honduras Coup, The Balanced Life, Living News

"....in those times, it was human to be inhuman. And now the world has learned, I hope.... There must come a moment -- a moment of bringing people to...

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Poetry Of The Revolution

John Lundberg | Posted 07.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Iran Revolution, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Ahmad Shamlu Iran National Poet, Rumi, Tehran Protests, Iran, Tehran, Neda, Poetry, John Lundberg, Ahmad Shamlu, Poetic Life, The Poetic Life, Living News

One of the most powerful videos to come out of the turmoil in Iran is of a woman reciting a poem from the rooftops of Tehran at night. Recorded on the eve of the first wave of violent crackdowns against protesters, the poem gives voice to the inner turmoil of a people coping with a sudden and potentially violent revolution and struggling with a new conception of their homeland.

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Rumi, Twitter and Iran: In Praise of the Whirling Dervishes

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 07.21.2009 | Media

Read More: New Orleans, Iran, Rumi, Poetry, St. John's Eve, Father's Day, Twitter, Spirituality, Media News

The internet is spinning us to a degree that a dervish could love.

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Are You Choosing What You Really Love?

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Zimbabwe (Rodesia), Expressions of Reformation Tour, Curmudgeon's Club, Love in Action, Spewing Joy Project, Rumi, The Inner Life, Happiness, Living News

"Best to lay low today, you know," mumbled the sweating, balding, portly, 60-something guy on the treadmill to my right. Pointing to the monitor over...

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In These Times, Why Not Dance?

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 04.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Freddie Raval, Petter Buffett, Harmony, Michelle Obama, Spirit Dance, Recession, Rumi, Archetypal Modern Man, Mali, Fear, Spirit of Invention, Intimacy, Dance, Depression, Living News

I am listening. While Rush Limbaugh is busy spewing negativity, others, are partnering hope that's practical. A heart felt thanks goes out to each of...

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That You Rumi? A Father's Day Visitation

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 06.22.2008 | Living

Read More: New Orleans, Rumi, Father's Day, Grilled Cheese Jesus, Jesus, Living News

During my last trip to New Orleans I noticed that a pile of sheets which looked perfectly normal during the day resembled 13th Century Persian poet Rumi once the light changed -- as clear as grilled cheese Jesus.

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