Around 10 years ago, I spent a weekend reliving my teenage times by renting a couple of ’90s World Wrestling Federation (WWF) pay...
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Nov
According to Thānissaro Bhikku, between the oppositional extremes of determinism and total free will, the Buddha characteristically pro...
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Oct
Perhaps especially when life seems, as the poet Robert Frost put it, “too much like a pathless wood,” it’s common enough to allow our o...
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Oct
The stories we tell about ourselves can become cages. Mine were lined with perfectionism and survival logic—a looping narrative that sa...
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Oct
Think back to recent conversations you’ve had. When people vent to you about their problems, what percentage of the time do you respond...
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Oct
No matter who you are, or how social media has or hasn’t affected you, I guarantee I can give you a few compelling reasons you should s...
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Oct
Step One: Sink like the lotus The first step in the Lotus Effect is to sink. This involves sinking into the mud of your life—facing you...
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Sep
For most of my life I’ve felt like a floating head, moving through life by endlessly analyzing every step I could take. I could&#...
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Sep
Something has shifted in our culture. The change is so eerily present, it’s palpable. You can feel it while scrolling through you...
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Sep
John Muir Laws has a way of teaching us how to see—not simply to look, catalogue or capture, but to truly encounter the living world in...