March 2012

5 Ways That Meditation Is Changing My Life

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I had no expectations from my meditation.I started my practice over 15 years ago after having moved from New Jersey to Virginia. We were living in an old farmhouse on a large farm when I happened to see a presentation by Deepak Chopra on PBS about meditation.I was very curious.When it aired again, I showed [...]

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How Tolerance Makes Us Smarter

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Here’s a question for you: what is the effect of instant gratification on our intelligence?I was reading recently that many people want what they want but have little interest in how what they want is created.Granted that is a huge generalization, but it made we wonder about the cost to ourselves of our fast, highly [...]

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Triphala: Super Herb for Super Health

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If I was stranded on a deserted island, I would consider triphala one of the few essentials to have with me.What is triphala?Triphala is one of the most important herbal preparations in existence. I have been using it for over a decade.I have not had all of the conditions that it helps with.  However, I [...]

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How Living In The Question Creates Freedom

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  There has to be a better answer. At least that is what I keep telling myself. For the longest time I have asked myself why there is so much misery in the world and what can be done to change it. Much of our misery seems to revolve around getting and having or not [...]

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Is Poverty A Fault?

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Do you ever feel that it is wrong to be poor? Do you sometimes feel that to be poor is a mark of failure? Several days ago I read an article by Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed In America, that challenges the common views in the United States about wealth and poverty. She demonstrates [...]

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Are We Kidding Ourselves About Abundance?

by Maria

There has to be a better answer. At least that is what I keep telling myself. For the longest time I have asked myself why there is so much misery in the world and what can be done to change it. We have had many answers in our human history, but often they fall into [...]

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Uprooting The Seeds Of Addiction: 5 Ideas And 5 Solutions

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  Addiction is often misunderstood as a weakness of the will when in fact it is more complex than that. Addiction is closely related to stress.  According to Yogi Amrit Desai, founder of Kripalu Yoga, stress and addiction are actually cause and effect as explained in a June, 2010 article in Natural Awakenings, Healing the Root Cause of Addiction [...]

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Happiness Is A Skill

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Happiness is a skill and it seems that animals know better than humans what it is. Strange, isn’t it? I think we may have the location of happiness in the wrong place. I think we have located it in our heads and that is why most people are not happy. Happiness depends on the way [...]

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Is Criticism Getting You Down? 7 Ways To Minimize Its Harm

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Does it ever seem relentless?The complaining? The criticism? The attacking? Do you ever feel like throwing your hands up in despair? Do you ever feel like giving up? To be honest, there have been times when I have felt that way. Well, I am here to tell you: DON’T DESPAIR! I am here to tell [...]

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5 Reasons Being A Control Freak Is Good For You

by Maria

  Do you get teased for being organized? Do you receive disapproval for needing a neat environment? Do you feel that you are “wrong” to be this way? Would you be surprised to learn that you are right to want to be organized and neat? Being organized has acquired the perception that it is about [...]

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