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Jan.13.2012
It's Friday the 13th. A day of superstition and fear. Wiki tells us that, according to the Stress Management Center and the Phobia Institute in Asheville, NC, an estimated 17 to 21 million people in the US are affected by the fear of this day. Some people are so paralyzed by this day that they...
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Dec.28.2011
"New Year's Resolutions Seldom Stick." Reads like a headline, doesn't it? Written about the month of February each year, at about the time that resolutions, like the kind I've been thinking about lately for myself, fade away...disappear...get lost or just left on a pathway of failed expectations....
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Dec.18.2011
What's a Mantra? It's a word more common in the east, referring to any word word or phrase repeated as an incantation or prayer. Actually, it is made up of two words, "man" meaning "mind" and "tra" meaning "instrument." So a mantra is an "instrument of the mind." It is unfortunate that many...
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Dec.14.2011
For faith to be real, spirituality to be authentic, you must begin by questioning everything. Until you question your faith, you have NO faith. You might have a collection of beliefs you've picked up along the way. Which would explain why you vigorously react in defense of your beliefs whenever...
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Dec.11.2011
You are not your thoughts but the awareness that is aware of thoughts. This “awareness” is what Gary Zukav calls “the seat of the soul,” other traditions refer to as “the witnessing presence,” and Genesis describes as “the breath of God”(Gen. 2:6-7). It is Being itself, the “you” beneath and beyond...