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On Being: A Timeless Excerpt
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Walt Whitman: "This
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10 Timeless Truths We Learned
From Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist

10 Timeless Truths We Learned From Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist

10 Timeless Truths We Learned
From Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist

Considered by many to be one of the greatest creative minds of the 20th century,

Dare To Be Naive!
15 Buckminster Fuller Quotes

7 Rules of Happiness Kids Know,
But Adults Forget.

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Living The Good Life:
The American Executive
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We are so conditioned to think that our lives revolve around great moments, but great moments often catch us unawares. A cab ride Kent Nerburn gave...

The Cab Ride I'll Never Forget

The Difference Between Toxic Love and True Love

True Love & Toxic Love:
14 Core Differences

In a world where it is old-fashioned to be private & suspicious to be secretive, we must work to hold the rights to our own story. Oversharing robs us of...

Oversharing & Online Privacy:
Why You Don't Owe Anyone Your Story

Looking for advice on life? Forget counselling (not really) & go straight to The Bard! Here are 7 pieces of timeless, invaluable advice from Shakespeare...

The Will To Be Wise

7 Tips From Shakespeare

The Will To Be Wise:
7 Tips From Shakespeare

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The Medicine Man
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The 7 Teachings

The 7
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On Gossip:
Socrates' "Test of Three"

On Gossip: Socrates "Test of Three"

On Gossip:
Socrates "Test
of Three"

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Traditional Tales

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Zen Living
Fun Stuff
Anecdotes
Traditional Tales

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On Being: A Timeless Excerpt
From The Tao Te Ching

Roald Dahl & Shel Silverstein
on Thinking Beautiful Thoughts

The Samurai's Lesson

A Backdoor To Zen: The Buddhist "Cheat Sheet"

Walt Whitman: "This
is What You Shall Do"

Paulo Coelho's masterwork, The Alchemist, is one of the bestselling books in history. Here are 10 Timeless Truths its pages imparted to us...

10 Timeless Truths We Learned
From Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist

10 Timeless Truths We Learned From Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist

The skin horse had lived longer in the nursery than any of the others. He was so old that his brown coat was bald in patches and showed the seams underne...

The Skin Horse:
A Story About Becoming Real

Without dreams - both the sleeping and waking kind - life as we know it could not exist. Here are 10 quotes on the magnificence of dreams.

10 Quotes on The Power of Dreams

Dare To Be Naive!
15 Buckminster Fuller Quotes

7 Rules of Happiness Kids Know,
But Adults Forget.

Living The Good Life:
The American Executive
& The Mexican Fisherman

The Cab Ride I'll Never Forget

True Love & Toxic Love:
14 Core Differences

Redefining the Divine: Balancing Masculine and Feminine Energynd female energies exist. The Yin and the Yang, or in Jungian theory, the Anima and Animus, are present in...

Redefining The Divine:
Balancing The Male & Female Energies

Oversharing & Online Privacy:
Why You Don't Owe Anyone Your Story

The Will To Be Wise:
7 Tips From Shakespeare

In celebration of what would've been the year of his 75th birthday, here are 24 timeless John Lennon quotes on Art, Beauty and Truth...

24 Timeless John
Lennon Quotes on
Art, Beauty & Truth

In shamanic societies, if you came to a medicine man complaining of being disheartened, dispirited, or depressed, they would ask one of four questions.

4 Questions
The Medicine Man
Would Ask You

Of The Anishinaabe

The 7 Teachings

Of The Anishinaabe

On Gossip:
Socrates' "Test of Three"

On Gossip:
Socrates "Test
of Three"

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"Most people tell you they want to get out of kindergarten, but don’t believe them." Anthony de Mello on the pain of "waking up".

Anthony de Mello Speaks About The Pain of “Waking Up”

If You Start Exhibiting This Behaviour, It’s A Sure Sign You’re “Waking Up”

What is the Middile Way? To understand & apply Buddha's 'The Middle Way' in our own lives, we must first understand the life of Siddhartha Gautama...

How You Can Use Buddha’s ‘The Middle Way’ To Achieve Success and Happiness In Your Life

Have you ever heard of "paying it forward"? It’s the simple idea that if you do something nice for somebody, they are more likely to then go on to do...

The Kindness Virus: How Paying It Forward Works For Everyone

"I Love": The Difference Between Love and Unconditional Love

A light-hearted traditional tale depicting how centuries of dogma can be born from the simplest of things. And there's a cat in it.

Dogma Cat: The Story of How One Cat Can Create Centuries of Dogma

The Young Master: A Story of Wealth & Privilege

Hacking “The Zone”: How The World’s Top Athletes & Artists Access The Flow State

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Oddly enough, the archetype of the eccentric genius is fairly accurate. Many, if not most of the geniuses throughout history have been very strange men and women.

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A Core Secret of Happiness: How to Not Be Offended

Could it be that there are few cultural myths more destructive to us as individuals than... romance? Gasp! And what about the very epitome of romance -- the ever-prevalent idea of 'soul mates'? Here we examine an idea rarely looked (because it's so un-romantic): The difference between soul mates and life partners...

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The Difference Between Soul Mates and Life Partners

Why are men are so obsessed with sex? Each of us are born sensual creatures with an unlimited capacity to feel, and an effortless propensity to deeply...

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Why Are Men So Obsessed With Sex? A Psychologist Weighs In.

"There is a story I would like to tell you about a woman who practices the invocation of the Buddha Amitabha's name..." An anecdote from Thich Nhat Hanh

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The Drum, the Bell and the Buddha: A Short Story From Thich Nhat Hanh

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