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3 Simple Steps Toward Grassroots Peace

By Mary Jaksch Do you think we could have world peace one day? It seems an impossible dream, doesn’t it? Just look at today’s news: Shootings, bombings, wars, civil unrest – it just goes on and on, day after day, year after year. But what if you could make the world a more peaceful place? [...]

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Zen Mind – Beginner’s Mind: How to Tap into it

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few. – Zen Master Shunryo Suzuki What would you rather be, a beginner or an expert? The answer seems clear, doesn’t it? Most people would choose to be an expert, and not a beginner. In fact, many people hate being a noobie, [...]

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How To Find Compassion In Your Most Difficult Moments

Six years ago, I was a starry-eyed medical student, just starting on the long path to becoming a doctor and psychiatrist. The first few years of medical school took place in the lecture hall, focusing on the basics of biology and anatomy. Learning the compassionate side of medicine was limited to seminars on topics like [...]

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How a Simple Loving-Kindness Meditation Can Transform Your Life

By Mary Jaksch Do you want to change? Do you maybe want to become happy, wise, peaceful, or simply – a better person? When you look deeply into your desire for change, you may find something uncomfortable at the bottom – a lack of self-love and self-acceptance. In ancient teachings reaching right back to the [...]

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How Mindfulness Transforms Ordinary into Extraordinary

By Mary Jaksch When the mind is neither in the past or the future and we are completely present, our experience changes in a significant way. Suddenly life seems more spacious and more peaceful. When we are mindful, we are available for life, and aren’t trapped in our own little world. Whether it’s peacefulness, or [...]

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How to Listen to the Nudges of Your Heart

A guest post by Christopher Foster of The Happy Seeker Life can be unpredictable at times (English understatement). What do we do when trouble or disaster looms suddenly? Here’s a lesson I learned many years ago: I was 22 or 23, burning brush on a ranch in British Columbia. I must have been daydreaming because [...]

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10 Ways to Practice Compassion

A guest post by Annika Martins of The Catalyst Sessions Think of the last time you encountered someone who was suffering. Maybe they were coping with physical pain, financial struggles or the emotional weight of a divorce or the death of a loved one. Would you define your response to them as compassionate? Now think [...]

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