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Acceptance: The First Law of Spirit

Just as there are laws of the physical universe such as Newton's laws of gravitation and motion, there are five sequential rules that govern spiritual consciousness. They are acceptance, cooperation, understanding, loving, and enthusiasm. Each…

3 Steps to Turning Pain Into Progress

Suffering is a valuable thing. Enjoy your life without rejecting problems or suffering... The trick is knowing how to accept discomfort without being caught by it. - Suzuki Rochi One of the quickest ways to improve the quality of your mental…
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8 Guidelines for Communicating With Doctors

When going to a doctor's appointment, just showing up is not enough. There are things you can do to support yourself in getting maximum value from the visit. Many people see doctors as experts who are going to fix them and therefore give over…

Paying Mind to Selective Attention

Did you ever notice how some things really grab your attention but not the attention of others? Or how you edit out the background noise in a bustling restaurant when you want to hear what someone at your table is saying? That's selective attention.…

How to Suppress Your Inner Tyrant

One of the biggest challenges to our sense of well-being is uncertainty about whether or not we are good enough. Many of us falsely assume that the fulfillment of our dreams for a promotion, love, weight loss or writing a best-seller is attributable…
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The Two Caveats in the Golden Rule

Many languages and cultures carry the same wisdom: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." One would think that is always good advice. However, there are two fundamental assumptions in The Golden Rule that require a note of caution…
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The Power of Bearing Witness

There are times in life when the highest honor, the greatest love is paid to another by simply bearing witness to his or her experience. Bearing witness is largely nonverbal. It is the choice to give the gift of a pure expression of love and…

What One Change Would You Make in the World?

I'm sure I am not the only one who plays the game "if I were king or queen." We all have ideas about how things shoulda, coulda, woulda been better if only the powers that be would do what we think they should. I'd like to share my personal…
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Love with a Capital ‘L’: Recognizing the Divine Through Another

Many believe that the highest expression and experience we can attain in life is to love one another. Yet love is highly misunderstood. There is great confusion about the causation of love and the ways in which we are one and those that separate…

The Distinction Between Observation and Judgment

We observe something when we become aware of it. We acknowledge "this is so." We judge when we form an opinion, as in "I think this about that." Observation is a neutral act of taking in information upon which we base our responses. Judgment…

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