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Life is a Continuous Prayer

Life is a Continuous PrayerPayer doesn't just happen when we kneel or put our handstogether and focus. Prayer actually occurs more often thanwe think.Place yourself in your car. See yourself driving along.You see a green light and think, "Please...

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Buying the Perfect Gift Whose Gift is It Anyway

Whose Gift is it Anyway?Gift-giving should be an Olympic sport, I think. It requires a similar level of training, practice and dedication to get just the right present. Honestly, it’s hard work. We use ourselves as models, thinking: “I’d love t...

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Being Present what Samurai teach us about Multitasking!

Yesterday, my husband and I saw the movie ‘The Last Samurai’. Usually I don’t watch movies with a lot of violence, because it makes me uncomfortable. But my interest was piqued when I saw an interview with Tom Cruise, who was curiously unable t...

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The Princess Who Read Too Much

Elizabeth Houston is a biology research professional. She is an infp type of introvert, called the Healer. Introversion is a legitimate personality type and there are actually 8 different types of introverts. Healers make up a very small percentage o...

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A New Language Means New Thoughts

A New Language Means New Thoughts by: Steve Gillman Hablas Español? Do you speak any other languages? Maybe you've considered how good it would feel to be able to speak to people in another language, but did you know it also expands the ra...

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Inviting Inspiration Into Meditation

Inviting Inspiration Into Meditation by: Steve Gillman Try Not To Force Things Too Much Often, when meditating, we try too hard to force a certain state of mind that we think we should have. We try hard to suppress thoughts, for example. This is...

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Characteristics Creative Types vs Clods!

Here are some odds & ends I have observed in creative-expert-genius types:Direction of motivation: creatives move toward what they want in all areas of their life while the clods move away from what they don't want. Time orientation: creatives l...

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Rubber Bracelets: The Ubiquitous Talismans Of Hope

Rubber Bracelets: The Ubiquitous Talismans Of Hope by: Shannan Barrett Symbols of solidarity and empathy in the face of adversity. That is what the ubiquitous yellow rubber bracelets of Lance Armstrong's Live Strong Foundation are. But when...

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The Power of Awareness

The Power of Awareness by: Nicky Vanvalkenburgh Have you ever gotten all worked up about something, and said something (or did something) that you later regret? Perhaps things would have been different if you had recognized your “stress react...

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Koan Meditation

A Koan is a question or a puzzle given to a meditator to contemplate during a meditation session. The object is to think long and hard about the question and try to solve the puzzle. It does not matter whether you are right or wrong in your conclusio...

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