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New Year, New Attitude

The New Year’s conflict:  motivation v. disappointment Every New Year I experience great conflict within myself: I feel utterly motivated to become the person I want to be and completely dejected about not having become the person I wanted to be last year. I tend to think in black and white, all or nothing, and it sets me up for [...]

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Connecting mind & body

. . .the common thread to all of today's practices was connecting mind and body. This can be done in many ways: through focusing the mind on the breath, mindfulness practice, and recognizing how emotions feel in the body, just to name a few. The more I study, the more I see that there are myriad ways to accomplish this.

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The Sakyong, Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche on Creating Peace

It is absolutely possible to create a good human society here on earth. To do so, we need strong mindfulness and intention. As human beings, we are influenced by our environment. If we create an environment of aggression and disharmony, stress will become the norm. Conversely, if we create an environment of kindness, love, discipline, and generosity, we will all begin to feel a sense of peace.

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Valentine’s Day hangover? Try the maitri cure.

WARNING:  If you are happily coupled then this post is not for you. Yesterday’s post was for you. This post is for the rest of us. I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling a little bit of a Valentine’s Day hangover. This is not the kind where you drank too much the night before because you either a) felt [...]

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