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by B. Alan Wallace.

There are different ways to begin the main core of loving-kindness practice, but one tried and true way is to focus initially on a person whom you admire and love, someone who really elicits admiration and respect for the excellence of his or her life. Focus on this person and bring her vividly to mind. Open your heart to...

by Marc Allen.

What is your purpose in life? Many people have trouble with that word, purpose; it seems so serious, so heavy. You can substitute the word mission if you wish. Or vocation, which comes from the Latin word for calling. What is your calling? This is a...

by Joyce & Barry Vissell.

Do you ever feel that other people have less body image issues than you? That other people are more comfortable with their bodies? I hate to burst your bubble, but Joyce and I have never met anyone who is at peace with their face and body, who completely accepts how they look or feel in their bodies.

by Steve Bhaerman.

There's an old riddle, "What makes God laugh?" And the answer of course is, "Hearing our plans." Well, if you're like me you've had the Creator in stitches lately, although you might not necessarily be chuckling along with the Cosmic Laugh Track.  Fortunately, I've...

I just saw the movie "Pay It Forward" which I had missed when it first came out in the movie theatres. Paying it forward... What a powerful concept! Everyone should see this film or at least be exposed to the concept. In case you don't get a chance to see the movie, let me share the premise with you...

by Ronald P. Villano.

How bright is your Light Bulb? Do you feel that you even have a Bulb? The good news is that we all have the potential to turn our Light Bulbs on. Full wattage, fluctuating power, or barely lit – all we need to do to begin to brighten our Bulbs is to become...

by Laurie Beth Jones. I stood before 250 business leaders and asked them:. "What percentage of people would you estimate are in the wrong jobs?" Their almost unanimous response was "seventy percent." Perhaps you are one of those people.  I believe that Heaven will consist of every person doing what s/he most loves. To me, Hell would be an eternity of people having to do work they hate.

by Jayne Chilkes.

The “Akashic Records” (Akasha is a Sanskrit word meaning “sky”, “space” or “aether”) is a term from theosophy denoting a collection of mystical knowledge encoded in a non-physical plane of existence. The Records are supposed to contain all knowledge, including all human experience, held within the ...

by Dhyani Ywahoo.

The first priority in life is to be true to the creative principle within yourself. Second is the responsibility to your parents, your family, and your friends -- to see the best within them -- to call forth the best within others.

by Andrea Mathews.

Do you know who you are? I mean, who you REALLY are? Or do you just know the summation of your patterned behaviors, words, thoughts and feelings? Typically we think we know ourselves, and we call our patterns a personality. But often this personality is really just an identity—a mask, costume and role that we’ve lived into for so long that we...

by James Hillman.

Our experience of aging is so embedded in numbers of years left to live, as given by longevity tables, that we can hardly believe that for centuries the old were regarded as stable depositories of customs and legends, guardians of local values, experts in skills and crafts, and valued voices in communal council.

by Marie T. Russell.

I strongly believe everyone's basic need is to be loved. From the baby to the elderly, everyone wants love. As I look around me, especially if I look at what's happening in the world events, I realize that this basic need has somewhat become distorted. The need for love has been translated by some as the need for attention.