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How to Explain Basic Meditation to Beginners.564 views, Comments 0 |
Morning Decaf with a Big Surly Biker.87 views, Comments 0 |
Animal Crushing: What it Is & Why We Have to Look. ~ Stephanie Vessely1,283 views, Comments 8 |
Out of Pain, into Power. ~ Maiga Milbourne225 views, Comments 2 |
6 Ways to Get the Love We Deserve.2,017 views, Comments 2 |
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A Tiny Yoga Flick with Love. ~ Carrie Stilesvia elephantjournal.com on May 20, 2013 Through the awareness of being we can consciously choose to make successful habits. We can cease the opportunity to break the vicious cycle of laziness. 70 views, Comments 0 |
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Humble Warrior Makes Me Hungry. ~ Tamara Dorrisvia elephantjournal.com on May 20, 2013 Between social media, teaching, writing books and selling houses, I get a lot of questions. 68 views, Comments 1 |
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How Do You Know It’s Time to Let Go?via Eric Klein on May 20, 2013 Why do patterns hold on? The patterns of identification that limit us weren’t always limiting. They were adaptive. If you grew up in a threatening environment, learning how to fly under the radar was adaptive. Playing small and keeping quiet protected you. The pattern protected you. But your life has changed. You’ve matured. The world [...] 379 views, Comments 0 |
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Sex + Spiritual Music = Ecstasy! ~ Mystic Petevia Mystic Pete on May 20, 2013 Mystic Pete’s new music video: “In A Dream” 251 views, Comments 1 |
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What Warrant? FBI Demands ‘Wire Tap Ready’ Social Media Websites.via Tara Lemieux on May 19, 2013 Think your online information is safe with a password? Think again. Under newly disclosed documentation obtained under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, government officials may not always require a search warrant to sift through your most private emails, voice mails or even your most personal Facebook messages. In fact, it appears that some [...] 101 views, Comments 1 |
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Morning Decaf with a Big Surly Biker.via Tara Lemieux on May 19, 2013 “I like my coffee black, my beer from Germany, wine from Burgundy, the darker, the better. I like my heroes complicated and brooding, James Dean in oiled leather, leaning on a motorcycle. You know the color. (“Ode to Chocolate”)” ~ Barbara Crooker I had decaf with a biker this morning—an ominous and quite surly sort [...] 87 views, Comments 0 |
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Animal Crushing: What it Is & Why We Have to Look. ~ Stephanie Vesselyvia elephantjournal.com on May 19, 2013 We don’t show up on our mats and cushions so we can stay asleep, we do it so we can look at what arises. This week Houston Press ran a cover story entitled, “Open Season: Do Laws Against Animal Crushing Videos Violate Free Speech?” It details the recent story about Ashley Nicole Richards and Brent [...] 1,283 views, Comments 8 |
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Out of Pain, into Power. ~ Maiga Milbournevia elephantjournal.com on May 19, 2013 We are all safer when we create space for one another. 225 views, Comments 2 |
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The First & Last Lesson of the Bhagavad-Gita. ~ Vrindavan Raovia elephantjournal.com on May 19, 2013 At this point, you may ask, “So what if I identify myself with the material body? What does it matter?” 668 views, Comments 1 |
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Date a Boy who Serves.via Waylon Lewis on May 18, 2013 In Defense of Boring Boys. Date a Boy who Travels? That’s nice if your life is about pleasure. But there’s a more exquisite joy. A dear friend of mine just shared an article “Date a Boy who Travels” on her Facebook Wall: “Love this.” I didn’t love it. But I do get it. We all [...] 4,936 views, Comments 39 |
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Why Mindfulness Seems Damn Near Impossible.via Ira Israel on May 18, 2013 Like highly sophisticated spacecraft traveling at light speed through a very hectic universe, our minds are on autopilot most of the time. 717 views, Comments 4 |
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Attitude is More Important than Action. ~ Lama Thubten Yeshevia elephantjournal.com on May 18, 2013 These days, even though many people realize the limitations of material comfort and are interested in following a spiritual path, few really appreciate the true value of practicing Dharma. For most, the practice of Dharma, religion, meditation, yoga, or whatever they call it, is still superficial: they simply change what they wear, what they eat, [...] 1,246 views, Comments 16 |
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Why I Am a Secular Buddhist. ~ Ted Meissnervia elephantjournal.com on May 18, 2013 … 600 views, Comments 5 |
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Notes Toward a Politics of Forgiveness.via D. Patrick Miller on May 18, 2013 Ultimately, forgiveness means letting go of this world, a darkened, fractured glass through which we see love only dimly. As our frightened grip on all that is temporary relaxes, we will increasingly find our authentic strength in that which is timeless, boundless, inexhaustible, and omnipresent. Heaven is learned, not simply entered with religion’s passport. 350 views, Comments 7 |
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The 4 Functions of the Subtle Body. ~ Colin Hallvia elephantjournal.com on May 18, 2013 The mind is prior to the body. This relatively simple idea is absolutely crucial for any understanding of subtle body hatha yoga. 231 views, Comments 1 |
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Joy & Pain: Learn to Feel Again. ~ Dusty Ranftvia elephantjournal.com on May 18, 2013 If we try and circumvent or avoid the storm, if we always sail around the rising waves, we remain unskilled sailors in an ocean of troubled waters. Our journey will leave us wet, battered, and salty. Unmarked—but asleep. 246 views, Comments 4 |
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6 Ways to Get the Love We Deserve.via Tracy Crossley on May 17, 2013 Ain’t nuthin’ gonna change unless we realize we’re feeding our perception of reality and change our actions that support what we don’t want our lives to look like. Huh? If I want someone to always look like an asshole, then I’m going to treat them like an asshole. I’ll make sure I do and say things which [...] 2,017 views, Comments 2 |
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7 More Ways for Yogis to Enjoy Summer. ~ Josie Huangvia elephantjournal.com on May 17, 2013 Enjoy summer’s abundance with a yogic mind. When we think of yoga, we usually associate it with practicing on the mat and asanas. While this is an integral aspect of yoga practice, there are many other ways to incorporate different elements of yoga practice, which are often neglected or due to lack of supportive opportunity. [...] 1,029 views, Comments 0 |
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Getting Lost Helped Me Find Myself.via Jennifer S. White on May 17, 2013 Your weakness is your strength. I woke up this morning with eyes practically swollen shut from all the crying I had done the night before, when I had gone through the oddest experience. I’ve moved around a little bit in my life, but this is the first place that my husband and I really have ever [...] 2,204 views, Comments 12 |
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The Power of Words.via Tara Lemieux on May 17, 2013 “Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been.” ― John Greenleaf Whittier I read through some of my older blog postings just the other day—and was amazed at what I had found. You see, some many months back I had created a ‘bucket list’ of sorts—a few [...] 549 views, Comments 0 |
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