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UNEMPLOYMENT, KARMA, AND WHAT IS

These are facts – job loss and long periods of unemployment are experienced by millions in this country, and not just once. It can happen, unbelievably, over and over. I personally have experienced layoffs multiple times, and so far there … Continue reading

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WHEN YOU’RE GOING THROUGH HELL, KEEP GOING

I wrote this piece because I wanted to look at a few perspectives regarding traumatic events that result in life-altering circumstances. I also wanted to touch on how we might work with irrevocable alterations to our lives such that we … Continue reading

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GETTING BACK YOUR GRACE: CONNECTING TO YOUR ORIGINAL WHOLENESS DESPITE ACTS OF TERRORISM

Carry on my wayward son There’ll be peace when you are done Lay your weary head to rest Don’t you cry no more Carry on, you will always remember Carry on, nothing equals the splendor The center lights around your … Continue reading

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LOVE ASKS GREAT THINGS OF US

Love asks great things of us. This is not so much about your willingness to sacrifice the ego’s demands for certainty and reassurance, or for validation of personal worthiness. This is not really about giving up your shirt or sandwich, … Continue reading

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BEING WITH WHAT IS

How we recover from disappointment, shock, and loss has everything to do with the meaning we make from those experiences. If we believe that we are powerless, that we are victims and that life is against us, we will recover … Continue reading

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INDELIBLE MARKERS

At the risk of sounding like a complete heretic of the prevailing cultural paradigm (the one that says you aren’t somebody unless you look like this and have status, money, and power, and have achieved so much and received so … Continue reading

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