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August 17, 2023 0
Understanding This Nuance Will Save You a Ton of Heart Ache Traveling the Spiritual Path
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August 14, 2023 0
The Priceless Gift Mickey Singer Gave Me on My Second Visit to His Temple
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August 11, 2023 0
Deal With a Triggered Emotion Just as You Would a Painful Knot During Massage
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August 8, 2023 0
Is Your Life a Constant Tug of War Pitting You Against the World? I have a great solution for you.
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August 5, 2023 0
The Spiritual Practice That Helps Me the Most - It’s about acceptance.
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August 2, 2023 0
Having trouble finding your way in the World? Try Mark Twain’s Simple Strategy for Life
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July 30, 2023 0
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Inspiring Quote About Trusting Our Inner Genius
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July 27, 2023 0
Use this Michelangelo Metaphor to Anchor the Rest of Your Life
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July 23, 2023 0
Follow Teddy Roosevelt’s Zen Work Approach to Succeed in Any Career
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July 19, 2023 0
The Most Important Work of My Life is Something I Continually Lose Sight Of
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July 15, 2023 0
An Exalted Indian Saint’s Advice for Managing Our Egos
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July 9, 2023 0
3 Ideas for Boosting Your Creativity
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July 4, 2023 0
Why I Changed My New Year’s Resolution Mid-Year
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July 1, 2023 0
Rumi’s Wise Words About Seeking Love
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June 26, 2023 0
How to Handle the Good Times - It’s about not clinging.
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June 21, 2023 0
An Eye-Opening Pearl From The Tao Te Ching - It’s about how to ‘get it all.’
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June 18, 2023 2
This Yogananda Exchange with a Devotee Made My Head Explode…in a Good Way
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June 15, 2023 0
Ram Dass’s Beautiful Description of What Awakening Looks Like
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June 12, 2023 0
Learn This Simple, Boring Sentence and You’ll be Set for Life
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June 8, 2023 0
Ram Dass’s Eloquent Teaching About Stillness
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June 3, 2023 0
Ramakrishna Was Asked if There Was a Meaningful Prayer — This Was His Response
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May 30, 2023 0
A Major Obstacle to Happiness - And the Simple Solution.
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May 25, 2023 0
Thich Nhat Hanh’s Simple, Powerful Method for Staying Centered
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May 20, 2023 2
Eckhart Tolle’s Beautiful Quote About Who We Are and Who We Aren’t
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May 17, 2023 2
You Want to Be Present? Escape to the Moment in Front Of You
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May 14, 2023 2
This Meditation Cue Will Knock Your Socks Off
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May 11, 2023 0
Ramana Maharshi’s Mind-Blowing Quote About Pondering the World’s Ills
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May 7, 2023 0
Oprah Winfrey’s Favorite Passage in Mickey Singer’s New Book “Living Untethered”
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May 4, 2023 0
My 3 Year Depression Odyssey, Part 2: 3 Lessons I Learned - Wisdom gained through the awful grace of God.
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May 1, 2023 0
My 3 Year Depression Odyssey, Part 1: The Story - From the abyss to beholding the stars.
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April 28, 2023 0
The Beatles Song That Captures It All
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April 25, 2023 0
4 Things I Want for My Kids - Now, and for the rest of their lives.
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April 22, 2023 0
Ram Dass on Being Spiritual in our Business Work
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April 19, 2023 0
Using Physical Pain for Growth
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April 16, 2023 0
Mini Grudges: How They Hold Us Back and What to Do About Them
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April 13, 2023 0
Mickey Singer’s Essential Teaching: Being Able to Handle What Life Throws at Us
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April 10, 2023 0
Many Say There Should be No Striving in Spirituality — I Disagree
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April 7, 2023 0
Our Needs Are Not Natural - They’re a symptom of what’s going on inside.
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April 3, 2023 0
My Visit to Mickey Singer’s Temple, Part 2: The Ram Dass Teaching He Gave Me - An eloquent teaching on letting go.
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March 28, 2023 2
My Visit to Mickey Singer’s Temple, Part 1: The Life-altering Advice He Gave Me
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Meditation
March 22, 2023 0
Multitasking Is Not What It’s Cracked Up To Be
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March 17, 2023 0
This Joseph Goldstein Teaching on Meditation is Essential - It has to do with the goal of meditation.
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March 12, 2023 2
Please Practice Nonresistance — It Will Improve Your Life Immeasurably
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March 8, 2023 0
A Technique to Help You Stay Centered in the Face of Disturbance It’s about the seat of self.
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March 4, 2023 0
How Mindfulness Rescued Me on Our Family Ski Trip to Colorado - Abused on the slopes and abused by my kids.
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February 28, 2023 0
Ram Dass’s Teaching On How To Shed The Ego - It’s about molting, not tearing.
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February 22, 2023 0
Fear-Based Living Is Embedded in Our Society
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February 17, 2023 0
The Fabulous Ram Dass Inspired Christmas Gift My Wife Got Me - It Cost $12 and was my favorite present by far.
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February 12, 2023 0
This Ram Dass Teaching on Attachment Is Massively Important
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February 8, 2023 0
Recent Study Shows Mindfulness Exercises As Effective As Medication In Treating Anxiety
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February 4, 2023 0
Witness Consciousness May Sound Weird, but It’s Central to Spirituality
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February 1, 2023 2
Use the Image of Hands to Spur Your Spiritual Growth
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January 28, 2023 0
Eckhart Tolle’s Story About the Zen Master and the Archer
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January 24, 2023 2
Lessons Learned From My Mindfulness Battle Royale at the Bagel Shop
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January 20, 2023 0
People Think ‘Awakening’ Is the Best Description of the Spiritual Path — It Isn’t
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January 16, 2023 0
A Healthy, Simplified Way To Structure Your Life
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January 12, 2023 0
Eckhart Tolle’s Quote About Artists Is Right On
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January 9, 2023 0
How Going Easier On Yourself Can Improve Your Work Product
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January 6, 2023 0
Krishnamurti’s Beautiful Passage About Comprehending the Mysteries of the Universe
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January 3, 2023 0
Mickey Singer’s Funny Analogy That Crystallizes a Crucial Life Mistake People Make
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December 31, 2022 0
3 Things I’d Wish For Humanity In 2023 If I Could Wave A Magic Wand
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December 28, 2022 0
A Year-End Review of My 2022 Resolutions
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December 24, 2022 0
The Kitchen Sink Theory of Spiritual Work
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December 20, 2022 0
There Are Two Ways to Live Our Lives — One Works, One Doesn’t
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December 16, 2022 2
5 Words To Keep Top Of Mind, Especially When You Get Irked
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December 12, 2022 0
The Most Important Word in Spirituality
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December 8, 2022 0
Avoid This Trap in Letting go of Your Ego
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December 4, 2022 0
What Eckhart Tolle Says Is the Secret To Life
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December 1, 2022 2
An Exercise to Stop You From Exploding in Stressful Situations
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November 27, 2022 0
A Vexing Question I Get Asked About Appearing Weak in Confrontational Situations
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November 23, 2022 0
My Favorite Meditation Cue Also Helps Bigly in My Everyday Life
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November 19, 2022 0
Is Being Sensitive Good for Us? Yes…and No
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November 15, 2022 0
Focusing on Process Over Outcome Is the Way To Go
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November 11, 2022 0
Why Every Kid Playing Sports Should be Meditating and Practicing Mindfulness
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November 7, 2022 0
An Analogy to Make Your Meditation Sessions Easier -It’s like a rocket’s journey into space.
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November 4, 2022 2
Getting Comfortable With Your Inner Maniac - It’s critical to our mental and spiritual health.
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November 1, 2022 0
Ramana Maharshi’s Technique for Becoming our True Nature
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October 27, 2022 0
Marcus Aurelius’ Quote About Happiness Is Only Partly Right
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October 22, 2022 0
Eckhart Tolle’s Teaching on Our Two Identities
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October 18, 2022 0
Peter Russell: A Spiritual Teacher to Check Out
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October 14, 2022 0
Ask Yourself This Question to Get Your Spiritual Work Properly Focused
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October 10, 2022 2
A Two Word Mantra to Save You in Confrontational Situations
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October 5, 2022 0
Ram Dass’s Spot-On Take of How to View Our Thinking Minds: The master vs. the servant.
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October 1, 2022 2
Say Your Name to Aid in Letting Go of Your Ego
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September 28, 2022 0
If You Want to be Happy, Follow This Old Axiom
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September 25, 2022 0
Mickey Singer’s Favorite Line of Wisdom is About Preference - It comes from Sengcan, the Third Zen Patriarch.
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September 22, 2022 0
A Non ‘Woo-Woo’ Description of the Spiritual Path: Training Our Minds
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September 18, 2022 0
Do This to Anchor Yourself in the Present Moment
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September 15, 2022 0
Mickey Singer’s Brilliant Metaphor on How to Deal With Inner Disturbances
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September 12, 2022 0
Ram Dass’s Revelatory Exchange With His Guru, Maharaji - It’s about the power of serving others.
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September 8, 2022 0
Using Mindfulness to Deal With Oppressive Heat -Prevent the heat from melting your mood.
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September 5, 2022 0
Deepen Your Spiritual Practice by Transcending Language
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September 1, 2022 0
Ram Dass’s Pearl of Wisdom About the Present Moment
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August 28, 2022 0
3 Ways Mindfulness Helped Me Deal With COVID
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August 23, 2022 0
Mickey Singer’s Brilliant Analogy: Treat Your Insides as if It Were A House
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August 18, 2022 0
We All Carry Old Emotional Baggage — For Proof, Go to Your High School Reunion
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August 14, 2022 2
A Ram Dass Quote About How to Seek Truth
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August 10, 2022 2
Yogananda’s Quote About Education is Right on the Mark - We should teach true intelligence, not facts and ideas.
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August 5, 2022 0
How, and How Not, to Deal With Your Ego: Watch, don’t fight.
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August 1, 2022 0
An Eckhart Tolle Quote You Could Build a Spiritual Practice Around
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July 27, 2022 0
4 Steps to Turning Around a Bad Day
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July 24, 2022 0
9 Words That Calm Me When I Get Stressed
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July 20, 2022 0
Do You Feel Overwhelmed All the Time? This Ancient Method Will Calm You
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July 16, 2022 0
A Stress-relieving Benefit of Spirituality: Easier Decision-making
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July 12, 2022 4
The Best Technique I Know to Quiet Unwanted Thoughts
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July 8, 2022 8
I Lost my Oldest Friend this Week - Shawn Gallagher (1962–2022)
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July 5, 2022 0
Ram Dass’s Wise Teaching on Deciding What to Do With Your Life
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June 30, 2022 4
Letting Go of Our Emotional Baggage is Crucial, but Also Really Hard - Here’s How to Make it Easier
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June 27, 2022 0
A Tip to Help You Let Go of Emotional Baggage
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June 23, 2022 6
3 Words to Stop You from Falling Into a Bad Mood
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June 20, 2022 0
How Mindfulness Made My Lousy Day Less Lousy
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June 16, 2022 0
A Tao Te Ching Gem About Where to Mine for Life’s Gold
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June 13, 2022 0
What I Learned Taking the Ananda Meditation Course -Pro and Con.
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June 9, 2022 0
Why Worrying is the Most Destructive of All Human emotions - And How to Slay it.
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June 5, 2022 0
This Supreme Spiritual Teaching Takes Vigilance to Follow
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June 1, 2022 0
My 1987 Ralph Waldo Emerson Yearbook Quote Took Years for me to Follow
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May 27, 2022 0
Who Are You? You’re a Flashlight - What you’re NOT is your mind.
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May 24, 2022 0
Ram Dass’s Beautiful Teaching About Keeping the Heart Open
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May 21, 2022 0
An Effective Strategy to Use When You Get Upset
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May 18, 2022 0
A Simple Spiritual Exercise That Will Do You and the World a World Of Good
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May 15, 2022 0
5 Life Lessons I Learned From My Dad, Walter B. Gerken - The good, the bad and the funny.
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May 11, 2022 0
Try this Spiritual Exercise: If it’s Gone From the Outside, it’s Gone From the Inside
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May 8, 2022 0
3 Words That Immediately Center Me: Flow With Life
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May 4, 2022 0
My Spiritual Struggle: Resisting Others’ Resistance And my plan for working on it.
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April 30, 2022 0
Ram Dass’s Quote About the Spiritual Path: Be the Captain of Your Ship
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April 26, 2022 0
Thich Nhat Hanh’s Quote About Happiness: It’s About Peace, Not Excitement
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April 22, 2022 0
Mickey Singer has Surrendered for the Past 50 Years — Join me in Trying it for a Day
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April 18, 2022 0
Mickey Singer’s Funny and Accurate Analogy Describing the Spiritual Path
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April 14, 2022 0
Eckhart Tolle’s Teaching That Annoys The Heck Out of Me — Unfortunately, He’s Right
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April 10, 2022 0
Use This Snow Globe Analogy to Help Deal With Adversity
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April 6, 2022 0
Treat Your Moments as You Would a Business Decision -Accept, then act.
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April 2, 2022 0
Why Getting Fired From The West Wing was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
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March 29, 2022 0
Eckhart Tolle’s Remarks on Nihilism Illuminated This Invaluable Benefit of Spiritual Pursuits
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March 25, 2022 0
Family Relationships Can be Rough — They’re Also a Goldmine for Spiritual Growth
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March 21, 2022 2
Constantly Obsessing About Our Overall Life Situation is Futile — Try This Instead
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March 18, 2022 0
Liberation: A Helpful Concept for Understanding the Spiritual Path
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March 15, 2022 2
Rumi Has Hundreds of Beautiful Quotes — This is My Favorite - It’s about the voice inside.
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March 11, 2022 0
5 Pinch Myself Moments Working on “The West Wing” Television Show
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March 7, 2022 3
What Eckhart Tolle Says is the Only True Purpose of Our Lives
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March 4, 2022 8
This is My Least Spiritual Article to Date — But Also the Most Important - It’s about practice.
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March 1, 2022 0
My Computer Crashed, But I Didn’t: How Mindfulness Saved My Day
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February 25, 2022 2
How Teddy Roosevelt’s Darkest Period Propelled Him to the Presidency
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February 22, 2022 0
The Comparing Game: A Losing Proposition That’s All Pain, No Gain
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February 18, 2022 0
We Spend Our Lives Constantly Asking “What do I want?” It Doesn’t Work - I’ll show you a path that does.
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February 15, 2022 0
My Most Cherished Moment Working on “The West Wing” TV Show
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February 12, 2022 0
Gandhi’s Famous Quote About the Value of Meditation
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February 8, 2022 0
The Story of How Eckhart Tolle Manifested “The Power Of Now”
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February 3, 2022 0
The Lightbulb Moment That Sparked Mickey Singer’s 50 Year Spiritual Odyssey
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January 29, 2022 0
Ram Dass’s Guru Didn’t Teach Much: Just This Simple Philosophy
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January 23, 2022 0
Ram Dass’s Beautiful Quote About Imagining Yourself as a Flower
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January 20, 2022 0
My 4 Step Strategy for Changing Careers - I’ve done it twice.
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January 17, 2022 0
Eckhart Tolle Is My Favorite Spiritual Being. Mickey Singer Is My Favorite Teacher
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January 14, 2022 0
3 Joseph Campbell Quotes About Living Life
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January 10, 2022 0
Ramana Maharshi’s Simple Prescription for Spiritual Growth - Be still. Be.
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January 7, 2022 0
The Profound Spiritual Lesson Tennis Has Taught Me
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January 4, 2022 0
The Tao te Ching Passage That Shapes My Career Path- It’s about letting the mud clear.
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January 1, 2022 0
My 2022 New Year’s Resolutions
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December 28, 2021 2
My Journey to Meditation: The Before and After
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December 24, 2021 0
2 Words to Simplify Your Spiritual Journey And cut down on all the confusion and overwhelm.
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December 20, 2021 2
Nonattachment: The Big Kahuna of Spirituality — So Hard, but so Worth the Work
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December 16, 2021 0
Thomas Merton: If You Want to Help the World, Work on Yourself
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December 12, 2021 0
Simplify Your Life by Looking at Everything Through This One Lens
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December 7, 2021 0
A Tao Te Ching Passage That Illuminates the Spiritual Path
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December 2, 2021 0
The Question to Ask Yourself When a Stressful Situation Arises
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November 28, 2021 0
4 Ways to Beat the Holiday Blues
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November 24, 2021 0
An Eckhart Tolle Gem to Help You Navigate the Holidays
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November 20, 2021 2
How I Turned my Dog’s Eye Problem Into a Mindful Practice
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November 17, 2021 0
A Mindful Strategy for Dealing With Bad Moods
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November 14, 2021 0
How a Terrible Writing Session Led to a Spiritual Breakthrough
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November 10, 2021 0
To Try or Not to Try: That is the Question With Spiritual Work
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November 6, 2021 2
The Simple Phrase Ram Dass’s Guru Spoke Again and Again
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November 2, 2021 0
4 Dalai Lama Quotes to Inspire Your Insides
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October 30, 2021 0
Eckhart Tolle’s Advice About Dealing With Annoying Everyday Situations
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October 26, 2021 2
2 of Shakespeare’s Greatest Plays are Cautionary Tales About Capitulating to Our Egos
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October 23, 2021 2
Want to Spur Your Meditation Practice? Go Back to Kindergarten
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October 20, 2021 0
Spiritual Work is Like Anything Else: Progress Comes Through Practice
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October 16, 2021 0
How My Recent Experience With The Blahs Can Help You With Yours
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October 13, 2021 0
4 Rumi Sayings That Will Sing to Your Soul
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October 8, 2021 0
Read This Piece if You Want to Get Your Life on Track
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October 4, 2021 0
I Let Go of Some Egoic Baggage Last Week — the Result is All Good
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September 30, 2021 2
Try Thich Nhat Hanh’s Plan for Spending a Mindful Day
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September 27, 2021 0
3 Hunks of Egoic Baggage I Need to Let Go of
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September 24, 2021 0
3 Ideas for Bringing Paris to You - No surprise, there’s food involved.
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September 20, 2021 2
A Huge Spiritual Discovery I Made Last Week That Can Help You, Too
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September 16, 2021 2
What My Friend’s Year in the Arctic Teaches Us About our Brains
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September 12, 2021 0
Mickey Singer’s Helpful Metaphor for Letting Go of Our Egos - It’s about letting go of the rocks.
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September 7, 2021 0
Parents Over-Worrying About Their Kids: The Other Pandemic Raging Across the Land
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September 2, 2021 0
Why Hope Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to be
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August 28, 2021 0
A Two Word Tool to Fortify Your Meditation And Mindfulness Practices
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August 23, 2021 0
The One Spiritual Work I Recommend Over All Others
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August 20, 2021 0
An Analogy to Calm You When Your Ego Gets Triggered
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August 16, 2021 0
5 Lessons Everyone Can Learn From my Naturally Zen Mom
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August 14, 2021 0
Use this Ram Dass Idea to Help Heal Your Psyche - It’s about becoming nobody.
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August 11, 2021 0
What Getting Fired From “The West Wing” Taught Me About Meditation and the Brain
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August 8, 2021 0
Use This Eckhart Tolle Quote to Deepen Understanding of Your True Self
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August 4, 2021 0
A Technique That Helps Me Stay Centered When I’m Losing It
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July 28, 2021 2
Want to Heal Your Mind? Treat It as You Would a Simple Skin Wound
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July 24, 2021 2
The Meditation Elite Does a Bad Job of Communicating to Regular People
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July 20, 2021 0
My Cancer Scare: Where Spiritual Work Helped…and Where it Didn’t
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July 17, 2021 0
How Spiritual Work Has Calmed Me as I Face the Summer Travel Shit Show
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