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Spiritual Path

Does Life Have Meaning or Are We Merely Bobbleheads in Bubbleland?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Man’s Search for Meaning, Materialism, Spiritual Journey, Family-Life, Religious Fundamentalists, Spiritual Path, Life Purpose, Moral Values, HIV/AIDS, Religion, Bobbleheads, Values, Illegal Drugs, Unprotected Sex, Jimmy Carter, Intellectualism, Arrest, Living News
John W. Whitehead

The question of life's meaning is a spiritual one -- one that has been largely lost due to the devaluing of spiritual and religious institutions in the country.

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How To Walk A Mile In Your Own Shoes

Tara Stiles | Posted 09.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Awareness, Self-Confidence, The Inner Life, Walk a Path, Spiritual Path, Spirituality, Living News
Tara Stiles

We've all heard advice and inspiring phrases thrown around like "stay true to yourself," "be the change you want to see," and of course the more stree...

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The Best Spiritual Practice: Does Practice Make Perfect?

Jonathan Ellerby | Posted 05.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Spiritual Awakening, My Spiritual Journey, Spiritual Path, Meditation Practice, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Spiritual, Living News
Jonathan Ellerby

The same way some people love to read and others love to run; some love chocolate and some love vanilla; not every spiritual practice is for everyone. Pick something and stick with it!

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Self-Help 101: Compassion

Kay Goldstein | Posted 04.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Self Compassion, Meditation, Practice, Kristin Neff, Spiritual Path, Self-Judgment, Compassion, Self-Help, Robertthurman, Empathy, Barack Obama, Living News
Kay Goldstein

Do we heap on another layer of judgment for our predicament? Or do we respond with gentleness and compassion?

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Yoga: Even for the Disabled

Bea Ammidown | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Benefits of Yoga, Elderly, Yoga Therapy, Disabled, Old People Yoga, Yoga, Everyday Yoga, Disabled Yoga, Spiritual Healing, Santa Monica Mirror, Yoga Practice, Old People, Viniyoga, Spiritual Path, Living News
Bea Ammidown

Yoga is all. It is everything, it is a process to unite and is about freedom. Physical, energetic, psycho-emotional, and spiritual healing means the freedom to be simply who we truly are.

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Partnering with God in Tough Times

John Morton | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Challenges, God, Trust, Spiritual Journey, Economic Crisis, Choices, Spiritual, Financial Crisis, Spiritual Path, Making Choices, Spirituality, Spiritual Practice, Joy, Happiness, Living News
John Morton

Some years ago, I chose to take a vow of poverty and focus my life on being of service. I gave up my material concerns as I had known them. I no longer owned anything.

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Happy Camping: Skipping Down the Path to Enlightenment

Kay Goldstein | Posted 01.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Happiness Quotient, Happiness, The Dalai Lama, Happiness Makeover, Eudaemonia, Awakening Joy, Left Brain, Art of Happiness, Meditation, Suze Orman, Happiness Business, Aymee Coget, Spiritual Path, Right Brain, James Baraz, Living News
Kay Goldstein

Have you ever noticed how advertising agencies claim to know what will make us happy? They know we're worried about our happiness quotient and can easily seduce us.

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Thanksgiving, a Practice of Gratitude

Kay Goldstein | Posted 12.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Gratitude, Iroquois Prayer, Melody Beatty, Native American Prayer, Thanksgiving, Spiritual Path, Spiritual Practice, Abundance, First Thanksgiving, Spirituality, Living, Living News
Kay Goldstein

On this Thanksgiving, we face the uncertainties and sufferings wrought by a faltering economy. Not all of us feel abundant right now. Yet, a grateful heart is an open heart.

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Election Hangovers: 3 Things To Do The Morning After

Kay Goldstein | Posted 11.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Politics, John McCain, Spirituality and Politics, Meditation, Spiritual Path, Metta Meditation, Sharon Salzberg, Barack Obama, Insight Meditation, Voting, Lovingkindness Meditation, Election Anxiety, Things to Do After the Election, Day After the Election, Kay Goldstein, Living News
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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What Are You Thinking?

Kay Goldstein | Posted 09.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Finding Happiness in an Uncertain World, Segment Intending, Tibetan Buddhism, Mindfulness, Karma, Meditation, David Michie, Spiritual Path, Spirituality, Buddhism for Busy People, Living News
Kay Goldstein

For those of us attempting to live in the world in a more conscious way, there can never be enough reminders, for we humans are such forgetful creatures.

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Obama, Patriotism, and Enlightenment

Steve Posner | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nationalism, Islam, Afghanistan, Enlightened, Taliban, Spiritual Path, Christian, Enlightenment, America, Self-Realization, Hindu, Patriotism, Barack Obama, Consciousness, Buddhist, Germany, Values, Jewish, Veda, Religion and Politics, Meditation, Israel, Europe, Muslim, Spirituality, Berlin, Politics News
Steve Posner

Why was Obama waxing patriotic during his foreign trip instead of touting a universal spirituality that removes the need to make cultural and political distinctions?

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Finding a Path that Fits...and Flows

Kay Goldstein | Posted 07.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Stress Management, Finding a Teacher, Buddhism, Thich Nhat Hahn, Meditation, Spiritual Path, Spirituality, The Inner Life, Jack Kornfield, Living News
Kay Goldstein

At this time in our world, we have infinite choices and opportunities to learn. Indeed, many things can become our "religion" - our work, our food habits, even our Pilates class.

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Ram Dass, I've Got Your Number: Musings Of A New Age Neurotic

Kay Goldstein | Posted 06.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Humor, Inner Life, Keywords:Ram Dass, Spiritual Satire, New Age, Omega Institute, Gurus, Spiritual Path, Living, Spirituality, The Inner Life, Living News
Kay Goldstein

I've got Ram Dass' phone number. I was researching an article and a longtime student of his casually gave me his number and told me the best time to ...

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Hell on Earth? How About Hell in Heaven?

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Dr. Michael Newton, Spiritual Journey, Near-Death Experiences, Spirit, Spiritual, Life Between Life Therapy, Spiritual Path, God, Afterlife, Death, Concetta Bertoldi, Heaven, Ian Stephenson, Reincarnation, Living News
Russ Wellen

That we'll be "greeted by loved ones" at death has become conventional wisdom, so for those who define family as people we wouldn't choose to hang with, heaven will require a significant attitude adjustment.

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