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Turning Anger into Compassion May 07, 2006

Anger has its place. It is there to move us. It tells us things aren't right. But we don't want to get lost in anger. We need to be conscious of it.

Compassion means: Deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it.

There are two phases to turning anger into...

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How to Stop Worrying Apr 16, 2006

Worry has become an epidemic.  We seem to almost always have a background sense of worry.  Worry means to feel uneasy or concerned about something; to be troubled; to cause to feel anxious, or distressed.

All worry is the same thing and we need to learn what it really is: An irrational...

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From Form to Feeling Apr 10, 2006

What is the definition of form?  I'm not sure I've seen as many different definitions for a word before.  On dictionary.com there are twelve different definitions before moving into forming and other variations of the word.  So what I'll do is try to tell you how I mean it here...

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The Paradox of Change Apr 02, 2006

A post about impermanence.

Pain comes when we try to hold on to things that can't be held onto: relationships, jobs, hopes.  In holding onto those ideas, we are not free to appreciate the true quality of being.  We aren't able to appreciate that everything is change.  We try...

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Guided Meditation - Sort Of Mar 27, 2006

Meditation is the realization of this moment. The "practice of meditation" is the sitting down to work on this before it becomes fully natural to live that way. To abstract it further, we can use anchors such as counting, visualization, and pointed awareness to help bring our attention to our...

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The Human Condition - An Overview Mar 12, 2006

What is the human condition? Humanity seems quite insane. What is the root of that insanity?

Our core problem is the fact that we feel separate. We are ego, but we are not only ego. We need to evolve into the realization that we are much more than that.

There are two parts to that evolution.

The...

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The World Is Your Body Mar 06, 2006

This is an advanced talk. Many people may find this content weird, but I'm serious when I say that the world is your body. We're trying to learn to look at the world differently. This is very literally a different way to look at the world. It's a shift in consciousness.

Normal subject/object...

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The Beauty of an Itch Feb 19, 2006

In this post we widened the definition of an itch to include not only physical itches, but also emotional and mental bothers as well.

How can an itch be beautiful? Diving into the feeling without judgment allows us to experience itches in a different way. Energy then actually becomes...

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Using Anchors Feb 12, 2006

What are anchors? The dictionary defines an anchor as something that is the source of security or stability.

An anchor is a way to bring stillness into the everyday experience. It is a tool for stability, balance and more of what you want in your life.

An anchor can be anything that brings you...

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