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It’s better to focus on where you are going than how you are feeling
By Christian Jarrett Source: aeon The notion that emotional pain and suffering reflect a deviation from a default happy baseline has been referred to as the ‘assumption of healthy normality’. But it’s a mistaken assumption. Estimates of the lifetime prevalence of psychiatric … Continue reading
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Tagged Behavioral Science, Behaviour, Consciousness, culture, Emotions, happiness, Health, Meaning, Pain, psychology, Purpose, science, social anxiety disorder, society, Suffering, valued path, wellbeing
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Art and Dreaming: Realizing our Power to Co-Create Reality
By Ruth Gordon Source: Reality Sandwich “True creativity doesn’t just make things; it feeds what feeds life. In modern culture where people are no longer initiated, the spirit goes unfed. To be seen, the uninitiated create insane things, some destructive … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Art, consciousness, culture, Environment, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, society, Sociology, Spirituality
Tagged Art, Community, Consciousness, Creativity, culture, environment, evil, Paul Levy, Philosophy, psychology, Purpose, Reality, Shamanism, society, spirituality, Wetiko
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Why you might consider the Buddha’s proposal
By Jack Balkwill Source: Intrepid Report The Buddha was said to have predicted the day he would die. When that day approached, his followers, weeping, asked him to stay with them. “I’ve told you that life is about suffering,” he … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, Bodhidharma, Buddha, Buddhism, Cable News, capitalism, civilization, Consciousness, corporate media, Delusion, Economics, elites, Enlightenment, greed, Hatred, Ignorance, Mahayana, Mainstream Media, Meditation, Philosophy, Plutocracy, Plutocrats, psychology, Purpose, spirituality, Suffering, war, Zen
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Being Our Experience
By Iam Saums with contributions from Zen Gardner Source: ZenGardner.com “Until we choose our own experience of life, we will never truly live.” Common Thread: There are over six billion unique interpretations of life in the three-dimensional construct we experience … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Spirituality
Tagged Consciousness, culture, Ego, Existence, Experience, God, Illusion, intelligence, Life, Matrix, Philosophy, Purpose, Reality, society, spirituality
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We Don’t Need A Government, We Need A Purpose
By Lance Schuttler Source: The Mind Unleashed What truly motivates a person? Years ago I would have answered, “well, money of course. Money helps to to be able to pay for our food, shelter, some entertainment and allows us to … Continue reading
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Tagged Economics, Government, Money, Motivation, Philosophy, Purpose, spirituality, technology, Work
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