Articles related to "Present Moment"



Living in the Now
By being mindful of our own actions, we can become fully present in the moment—every moment—and awaken to the wonder of our own existence.
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Letting Go of Fears and Worries
How breathing meditations can prevent negative emotions from controlling our lives by helping us learn to live in the present moment
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The Mandala of Being
The Mandala of Being takes the concept of living in the present moment to a new level. Richard Moss's four quadrant mandala tool provides a context for self awareness.
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Working to Awaken
Just as asceticism is the road to awareness for many saints and mystics, so our physical labor can lead us to fuller consciousness if we approach it with the objective of awakening.
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Cheer up and Find Purpose with Meditation
A brief period of daily meditation improves health and spiritual well being. Whether to cheer up or look within for life purpose, learn to meditate for a balanced life.
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Buddhist Walking Meditation
Sitting meditation is a challenge for many people, who feel restless and uncomfortable. Walking meditation is an alternative approach to this form of spiritual practice.
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Awakening Your Intuition
The first step to make intuition an active part of your life!
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Good luck, bad luck. Who knows?
Are you a worrier? Lack faith in the positive outcomes waiting for you in the future? Check out this story often used by Rev. Anthony Demello to make a point about turning our will and our lives over to the care of God.
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A Short Review of Michael Cunningham's 3rd Novel
Beautifully told and intricately woven, Michael Cunningham's The Hours was inspired by Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs. Dalloway.
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A Yogi Speaks About Wii Fit Yoga
Skepticism abounds about a video game that claims to bring Yoga to the masses. Does it work? How safe is it? What is the difference between Wii Yoga and Real Yoga?
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Rebecca a Game of Perception
The novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier is about perception versus truth.
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Stress and Meditation
Meditation and conscious breathing can actually relieve and reduce the body's stress response.
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15 Weeks of Personal Development
Focus on improving one personal development skill each week for fifteen weeks. As each new skill is introduced it is defined along with an assignment for the week.
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A Game Of Chess With Allen Ginsberg: Part II.
This piece continues the story of the earlier article, a game of chess with Allen Ginsberg, and explores themes concerning the beats, and the search for reasons and meaning behind the self destructive quality of so many wonderful American writers.
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An Address to Readers of W. Faulkner's "The Sound and The Fury"
I hold William Faulkner's <I>The Sound and The Fury</I> to be a seminal piece of 20th-Century literature that should be required reading for all Americans. This letter is addressed to those who have read or are currently reading the novel, as well as to those who have not yet read it (but should!)
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Overcome Fear to Reach Your Full Potential
Fear, though critical to human survival, is often unnecessary fear and prevents us from achieving full potential. Understanding the source of fear and learning techniques for overcoming fears detrimental to your personal growth are critical for effective self empowerment.
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Singing the Blahs
About the highs and lows of being human and coping with the blues and the holiday season.
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Anne Carson's Monster
In her novel-in-verse, Autobiography of Red, why has Anne Carson harnessed creatures from Ancient Greece to tell a story of adolescent love in modern Canada?
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Book Review: A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
Discover how to recognize your ego based consciousness, gain happiness in life and begin to live a more satisfying life.
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Children and Psychic Abilities
Many people notice how age can play an important role in the ability to perceive paranormal phenomena. Is this fact or fiction?
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Meditating with Children
Children benefit from meditation, too. With a little guidance from a parent or caregiver, children of all ages can meditate easily, anytime and anywhere.
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The Choice of Material
How Hollywood chooses material for the Screen
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64 Ways to Say I Love You
Strengthening your relationship can help you overcome fear of intimacy, develop close connections, & spice up your love life. Here's 64 ways to say I love you.
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A New Earth: Eckhart Tolle
Eckhart Tolle's book deals with a new shift in human consciousness, discovering our true selves, and how to live in the present.
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All It Takes Is 60 Seconds
Sixty seconds to a stress-less life
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Be Mindful, Feel Better
Being mindful has been shown to reduce stress, depression, anxiety and chonic pain. One step toward being mindful is adopting non-judgmental and/or positive thoughts.
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Cognitive Counselling
Cognitive Counselling. An overview of what it entails and techniques used by the counsellor.
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Entourage: The Movie
With the recent success of Sex and the City, rumors have begun to circulate about a possible film focusing on Vincent Chase and his entourage.
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Fox Medicine
A brief article on fox medicine and the lessons it can teach us.
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Here and Now!
The only time to make useful changes in yourself is the present moment. The Alexander Technique is a powerful way to learn how to be present with yourself.
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How Positive Psychology Works
Resiliency, balance, and freedom are 3 characteristics of mental health. Discover how positive psychology and wellness programs affect your mental and emotional health.
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How to Cheer up Savoring Memories
Learn to savor the positives of life, past, present, and future as a means of cheering up.
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How to have Mindful and Meaningful Holidays
Take the time for quiet reflection and careful self-assessment this holiday season to pursue only things that mean the most to you.
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Lucid Living, a Book on the Mystery of Life
A review of a book that will challenge everything you think you know about your life and existence.
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Making of an Indie Artist, Pt 4
Lindsey Kane winds up the "Making of an Indie Artist" series by tying up the spiritual and the practical elements for us, reminding us of Who it's really all about.
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Mind-Body Fitness Alternatives
So you've been going to the same gym for years, taking the same cardio classes, using the same machines; but things are changing. Is mind-body exercise for you?
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Motivational Thoughts on Happiness & Success
Abraham Maslow, in his paper, A Theory of Human Motivation, studied exemplary people to launch the ideas of growth and human potential psychology.
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New Research Shows How To Be Happy
New research from the University of Colorado reveals what makes us happy. The only way to be happy is simple, inexpensive, and easier than you think.
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Orthodox Stupidity and Slobodan Milosevic
Review of the film Byzantine Blue, work based on the stories by Milorad Pavic
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Personal Growth &Development Books
Seven of some of the best self help and personal growth books reviewed at this site. This article provides a brief summary and link to a full review.
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Practicing Non-Violence
It 's been said that children learn what they live. When they live with parents working toward the goal of raising compassionate kids, the pressure can be intense.
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Reading Ordinary Playing Cards
An introduction to reading ordinary playing cards with accuracy and skill in order to solve problems, predict the future and make better choices in life.
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Savor: A Crucial Happiness Skill
Learn how to cheer up by mastering the skill of savoring life's positive events.
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Sex, Bombs and the Search for Meaning…
My country is dropping bombs on Baghdad and I’m thinking about sex and the lessons we can learn from it.
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Six Benefits of a Beach Vacation
Use your beach vacation to reconnect with soul by absorbing these six life lessons
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Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar
Esther Greenwood desperately searches for purity in a world that is anything but pure. The disillusionment she suffers antagonizes her eventual mental collapse.
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The First Chakra: Muladhara
The root chakra contains the energy of materialism and physicality; this energy creates the solidity of our physical being and our sense of individuality.
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The Opening and Legally Blonde
The opening to any story is very important. If you don't capture your audience you have all but lost. If it is a book it will be started and never finished. If it is a movie, once the word gets out no one will watch it, or at worse, distribute it to the local theaters.
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The review of the financial markets. The analysis and tendencies
The analysis of the financial markets for last week. The tendencies and forecasts
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Use Yoga to Control Holiday Eating
Food and the holiday season go hand in hand. How to use your lessons from among the "Ten Commandments" of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras to control your eating habits this year
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