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Control or Joy: Which Do You Choose to Experience?

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Written by: Alan Watts

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In our restlessness, we are always tempted to climb every hill and cross every skyline to find out what lies beyond -- yet as you get older and wiser it is not just flagging energy but wisdom that teaches you to look at mountains from below, or perhaps just climb them a little way.

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Attaining The Hidden Treasure of Infinite Joy and Happiness

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Written by: J. Donald Walters

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We all seek permanent happiness. No one has, as his long-term goal, a happiness that is evanescent. More than anything else, what we want of life is escape from pain, and the attainment of joy. The deeper our joy, the more deeply meaningful our lives become also. 

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Tips For Emerging from the Pandemic and Creating A Better Life

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Written by: Bethany Teachman, University of Virginia

Tips For Emerging from the Pandemic and Creating A Better Life

You’ve been waiting… and waiting… and waiting for this amazing, magical day when you could return to normal life.

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Turning 75: A Magic State of Wonder

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Written by: Barry Vissell

Turning 75

This month (May 2021), both Joyce and I turned 75. When I was younger, 75 years old seemed ancient. They say you are only as old as you think. In some ways, Joyce and I are still...

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Turning 75: A Magic State of Wonder (Video)

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Written by: Barry Vissell

Turning 75

This month (May 2021), both Joyce and I turned 75. When I was younger, 75 years old seemed ancient. They say you are only as old as you think. In some ways, Joyce and I are still...

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Acceptance and Change: Fighting the Current? Nature Changes Often (Video)

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Written by: Lawrence Doochin

Acceptance and Change: Nature Changes Often

When we resist change, we will be fearful. When we judge ourselves, we will also be fearful. Thus we must accept ourselves as we are right now in this moment, while desiring to improve ourselves and make changes.

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Is It Now Safe to Hug?

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Written by: Joyce Vissell

Is It Now Safe to Hug?

Clinical trials have shown that hugs are positive to your physical and mental health, and they even suggest that a person should receive and give at least seven hugs in a day for optimum benefit. 

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Is It Now Safe to Hug? (Video)

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Written by: Joyce Vissell

Is It Now Safe to Hug? (Video)

Clinical trials have shown that hugs are positive to your physical and mental health, and they even suggest that a person should receive and give at least seven hugs in a day for optimum benefit. 

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What Will You Do With Your Life Now?

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Written by: Alan Cohen

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As the pandemic recedes, we are all looking forward to reclaiming something like the life we once knew. But could one of the purposes of the pandemic be to direct us to a life better than the one we knew?

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What Will You Do With Your Life Now? (Video)

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Written by: Alan Cohen

person sitting on a bench at the end of a tunnel with signposts pointing left or right

As the pandemic recedes, we are all looking forward to reclaiming something like the life we once knew. But could one of the purposes of the pandemic be to direct us to a life better than the one we knew?

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Affirmative Aging: What Can I Do Today To Make Me Happy?

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Written by: Louise Hay

Affirmative Aging: What Can I Do Today To Make Me Happy?

At the time of this writing, I am entering my 73rd year, and I am extremely healthy. Just because the years are passing does not mean that the quality of our lives must automatically go downhill. Think about what you would really love to do with the next portion of your life...

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Taking Radical Responsibility: Personal Healing is Global Healing

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Written by: Roy Holman

Taking Radical Responsibility: Personal Healing is Global Healing

Responsible means able to respond, answerable for, trustworthy. Most of us would probably say we are responsible. But it is often the wrong response! Frequently, we are tempted to take responsibility for others, as in changing or healing them. As a peace activist, I know this one quite well. To me...

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Taking Radical Responsibility: Personal Healing is Global Healing (Video)

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Written by: Roy Holman

Taking Radical Responsibility: Personal Healing is Global Healing (Video)

Responsible means able to respond, answerable for, trustworthy. Most of us would probably say we are responsible. But it is often the wrong response! Frequently, we are tempted to take responsibility for others, as in changing or healing them. As a peace activist, I know this one quite well. To me...

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Reducing the Influence of the Ego... For Our Highest Good (Video)

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Written by: Lawrence Doochin

Reducing the Influence of the Ego... For Our Highest Good

We each have a choice, and let's be clear what that choice is. Martin Luther King Jr. told us that "Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness."

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Reducing Ego's Influence for Collective Good

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Written by: Lawrence Doochin

Reducing the Influence of the Ego... For Our Highest Good

The article explores the importance of choosing between creative altruism and destructive selfishness, emphasizing the need to reduce ego's influence in lives. It discusses how ego-driven judgments, grievances, and the quest for happiness can lead to separation and suffering, and offers methods for embracing a more unified and joyful existence through forgiveness and self-awareness.

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From Dirt to Soil: Life's Manure Makes For Excellent Growth Potential (Video)

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Written by: Alan Cohen

From Dirt to Soil: Life's Manure Makes For Excellent Growth Potential

If you or I had met Joe during his risqué comedy stint, we might have judged him as a crude or sordid character. Yet we would have had no idea that this phase was not an end in itself, but a preparatory step for...

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Transforming Life's Challenges into Growth Opportunities

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Written by: Alan Cohen

From Dirt to Soil: Life's Manure Makes For Excellent Growth Potential

The journey of Joe from a risqué comedian to a devoted messenger of spiritual healing illustrates how life's challenges can serve as valuable stepping stones. By reframing judgments and recognizing the potential in struggles, individuals can find meaning and purpose, ultimately transforming difficulties into opportunities for personal growth and healing.

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Seven Ways to Achieve Balance This Spring

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Written by: Nancy E. Yearout

Seven Ways to Achieve Balance This Spring

Spring is a time of growth, of new beginnings! The daffodils and the tulips peak their heads up towards the sun for their natural nourishment of growth and balance. We humans are the same. We need certain things to help us grow and feel renewed. And most importantly a sense of balance in our lives.

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Seven Ways to Achieve Balance This Spring (Video)

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Written by: Nancy E. Yearout

Seven Ways to Achieve Balance This Spring (Video)

Spring is a time of growth, of new beginnings! The daffodils and the tulips peak their heads up towards the sun for their natural nourishment of growth and balance. We humans are the same. We need certain things to help us grow and feel renewed. And most importantly a sense of balance in our lives.

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Spring Forward, Take That Risk, and Reach for Your Infinite Possibilities

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Written by: Donna Kimmelman, M.S.

Spring Forward, Take That Risk, and Reach for Your Infinite Possibilities

This is the time of year, the Spring, which represents rebirth and regeneration. It's the time of year when we shed the parts of ourselves that are no longer working for us and move forward into the world of infinite possibilities. We can reach and achieve anything that we want. The only one that stops us is ourselves. The only one imposing limitations on us are ourselves.

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Understanding the Challenges of Our Life’s Journey

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Written by: Lawrence Doochin

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Most of us had an idea where we thought this journey of life was taking us, and this has likely been at least partially uprooted by the coronavirus crisis, probably significantly. The word “thought” is italicized because...

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