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How Mindfulness Works When Not Working

Gil Fronsdal — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:58:06 +0000

In practicing mindfulness, it can be helpful to remember that the practice works even when it doesn’t work. Perhaps this is explained best through an analogy. Consider a mountain stream where the water is quite clear, and seems placid and still. But if you place a stick into the water, a small wake around the stick [...]

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Wellness What? Wellness Who?

Shawn King — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:05:09 +0000

What is all this talk about Wellness? It seems everywhere I turn, people are using this term “Wellness”. In fact, it also seems that more and more professionals have been converting their status to that of a “Wellness Professional”. I’m sure you’ve heard the term “Wellness” before, but let me ask you… Do you have a true definition [...]

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Patience – We Have The Chance

Gil Fronsdal — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:59:39 +0000

In our busy lives, we may easily overlook the value of patience in our quest for accomplishment, efficiency and fulfillment. When we recognize that clear seeing, peace, compassion and love are quite different from, even incompatible with, compulsive behavior and reactions, the value of patience becomes apparent. Patience entails choosing not to respond reactively, allowing [...]

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Alchemy – Turning Fear Into Love: Part 2

Jim Self — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:08:21 +0000

“Alchemy is accomplished by changing the frequency of thought, altering the harmonics of matter, and applying the elements of love to create a desired result.” — Archangel Metatron. In Part 1, we explored the first aspect of Alchemy, “Changing the frequency of thought”, noting that alchemy is a way of life, not just the application of [...]

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Alchemy- Turning Fear Into Love: Part 1

Jim Self — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:22:18 +0000

Archangel Metatron describes alchemy as “Changing the frequency of thought, altering the harmonics of matter, and applying the elements of love to create a desired result.” Alchemy is more than just a process of transmuting base metals into gold… alchemy is the way to transmute fear into love. This is a way of living life with [...]

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Introduction To A Course In Miracles – Book Review

Jim White — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:25:42 +0000

A Spiritual Treasure That Many People Don’t Know About Have you ever heard of “A Course in Miracles”? Do you know what it is? Would you like to know more about it? I’m Jim White and I’m totally excited to have this opportunity to tell you about the “Course” and how it can absolutely change your [...]

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Awakening to Dependent Origination – Stop Suffering

Gil Fronsdal — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:31:50 +0000

Deep, indeed is this dependent origination. It is through not understanding and penetrating it that people become entangled like a tangled ball of threads. —The Buddha (Long Discourse No. 15) When the Buddha awakened, he awakened to something. With the stilling of his mind and the dropping of his attachments, he awoke to Dependent Origination and attained [...]

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The Buddha and Love

Gil Fronsdal — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:08:30 +0000

Did the Buddha love? If he was beyond passion, was he also beyond love? Is there passionless love? And if there is, does it have any value for us? A few centuries after the Buddha’s lifetime, a controversy arose concerning the Buddha’s emotional life. A group of monks declared that, since the Buddha was araga, or [...]

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