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Self Realization

It's The Place I Expected To Be At 30 -- And I Love It

Jillian Sanders | Posted 05.06.2013 | Women
Jillian Sanders

The night of my 30th birthday, I fell asleep in my mother's childhood bedroom. The next morning, my grandparents served me Entenmann's crumb cake. It was the first birthday I celebrated without a date in 10 years. I felt whole and at peace.

Pole Vaulting and Spiritual Knowing

Anthony Strano | Posted 04.08.2013 | Healthy Living
Anthony Strano

One aim of meditation is to develop inner strength through attention to practice. Practice is to observe and to take the opportunity to transform knowledge into an experience that helps us in our daily life.

Losing Your Mind And Finding Your Self

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 05.05.2013 | Healthy Living
Ed and Deb Shapiro

We usually take offense when someone says to us, "Are you out of your mind?" But what if it is actually the coolest thing to say? What if being out of our mind means we aren't disturbed or annoyed by the madness of our mind and are more in touch with our heart and our freedom?

Shut Up for One Tiny Second

Mark Morford | Posted 04.29.2013 | Healthy Living
Mark Morford

She didn't really know a thing about vipassana (or any form of meditation, for that matter), except the little I'd told her. She had no spiritual practice or exposure of any kind, no idea what she was in for. But it felt right, she said, something she had to do.

Walking Away From Fear

Dr. Richard Palmquist | Posted 04.16.2013 | Healthy Living
Dr. Richard Palmquist

There obviously are legitimate reasons to experience fear in this world, but being overly fearful lead me to do destructive and harmful things in my life out of a false sense of self-protection.

A New Paradigm: Self Realization Boosts Bottom Lines

Lisa Arie | Posted 04.13.2013 | Business
Lisa Arie

Work has taken up residence in our home lives, while there is still a very firm objection to bringing our personal life into work. With work taking such a toll on personal lives, personal problems can't help but show up in the workplace. People are checked out, stressed out and freaked out.

Compare and Despair

Liana Gergely | Posted 03.05.2013 | Healthy Living
Liana Gergely

How do you take off the "lack glasses" that are keeping you from the abundance of your own life? Keep the focus on you and practice gratitude. It's not about going into a comparison and being grateful because what you have is better than what the other person has.

Realize The Endless Source Of Real Life Within You

Guy Finley | Posted 11.28.2012 | Religion
Guy Finley

The path to the inwardly enriched life is not hidden from the man or woman who longs to walk upon it. The path itself is not so much a series of steps, but rather a growing set of discoveries within those individuals who, as Christ said, "have eyes to see."

My Biggest Fear: The Fear Of Failure

Tarun Sakhrani | Posted 11.24.2012 | Healthy Living
Tarun Sakhrani

For me, the fear of nonperformance, the fear of failure, the fear of not living up to expectations (my own, more than anyone else's) is what I consider to be my biggest in life. I can attribute a lot of my personality traits and obsessive behaviors to this fear.

14 Spiritual Truths To Open Your Mind

Sister Jenna | Posted 10.04.2012 | Healthy Living
Sister Jenna

Try to take a "self-cation" before the end of the season. It's a great way to reduce stress and boost energy and it all starts with a little self realization.

An Ironic Route to Relaxation

Shruti Eva Saini | Posted 09.16.2012 | Healthy Living
Shruti Eva Saini

We always seem to be rushing. Rushing to the office, the store, the train, the post office, the restaurant, the gym, even yoga class... those pockets of time when we're not in an active state of rush seem to be fewer and far between.

This Is Not Where I Thought I Would Be

Laura Campbell | Posted 04.07.2012 | Divorce
Laura Campbell

When I got divorced, I remember saying to my mother, "This is not where I thought I would be at this stage of my life." I was sad when I said it, and stuck in the disappointment of my failed marriage. Divorce had definitely not been part of my life plan.

The Dark Night of the Soul

Guy Finley | Posted 03.06.2012 | Healthy Living
Guy Finley

It's really quite clear: Nothing created lives outside the laws of this grand cycle of reciprocity.

Why Your Intellect Is An Obstacle In Yoga

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 01.15.2012 | Healthy Living
Ed and Deb Shapiro

Although it has its roots in Hinduism, yoga transcends the limitations of religion; it stands alone. Yoga means union; it is waking up to the beauty both within ourselves and realizing the sacredness of all life.

An Age of Radical Seeking (Part One)

Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Kingsley Dennis, Ph.D.

The end of the 19th century and onward was a significant period in the rise of spiritualism and mediums, general interest in esoteric matters, and the public emergence of occult movements.

What If Christmas Means More Than Easter

Walter Beebe | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Walter Beebe

What if Jesus' birth, not the resurrection, heralded humanity's rebirth at a whole new level?

10 Common Happiness Mistakes

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Gretchen Rubin

Here are the 10 most common happiness mistakes: Delaying doing something important until you have some "free time," because you may never have any ...

Stop Shoulding All Over Yourself in LA

Holly Sidell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Holly Sidell

Since high school, one of my favorite quotes has been Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Traveling is a fool's paradise." And I always believed this quote to be resoundingly true.

Checking Your Wellness Intelligence

Jan Phillips | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Jan Phillips

I bought a blood pressure monitor the other day after visiting my doctor and finding my blood pressure was elevated. I felt healthy as a horse and had...

5 Tips for Budgeting Time

James M. Lynch | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
James M. Lynch

Can you remember the last time you completely lost track of time because you were so engrossed in what you were doing or when time seemed to literally just slow down?

A Decently Shallow Reason to Learn to Appreciate Your Body

Morane Barkai | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Morane Barkai

To get over my shock, I escaped from a mean-spirited floral strapless dress and tried to figure out how I could have ever shown such a poor understanding of what I really looked like and what actually suited me. Finally, I have to admit that the experience, although quite unpleasant, was an eye-opener.

What Is Really Keeping You From Your Success?

Holly Sidell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Holly Sidell

I had a conversation with someone over sushi last night about what success means to us, what we want to achieve, and why we haven't achieved those things yet.

Who Do You Think You Are

Mike Robbins | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Mike Robbins

When I'm about to take a big risk or "step out" in a bold way in my life, I notice the judgmental question "Who do you think you are?" will pop up in my head. Does this ever happen to you?

Balanced Life -- 9 Paradoxes To Contemplate As You Consider Your Happiness Project

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Gretchen Rubin

One of my Secrets of Adulthood is "The opposite of a great truth is also true" - and I've certainly found that to be true in the area of happiness. I try to embrace these contradictions:

Balanced Life -- Consider This Passage From "Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire"

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Gretchen Rubin

There's a particular moment that is one of the emotional highlights of the entire series. I looked up the passage to re-read it, and I realized that - surprise! - it has tremendous relevance to a happiness project.