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- Feedback requested: Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas book design
- Flower Mandalas Book: "Acceptance"
- UPDATE: 'Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas' Book Design
- Flower Mandala: White Zinnia Elegans II
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- Flower Mandala: Blue Globe Thistle I
- Flower Mandala: White Beach Rose III
- Flower Mandalas: New online gallery
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- Bonsai III, U.S. National Arboretum
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- Getting to Forgiveness
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- What is Wrong with the World?
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- Kumaré: The True Story of a False Prophet, A Film by Vikram Gandhi
- Dalai Lama Regales Middlebury Crowd with Simple Message: "One Humanity"
- What's On Your Mind?
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- Introvert Overload: Redefining Rest
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- My Reincarnation: A Compelling film by Jennifer Fox
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- Dealing with Anguish from the Bronze Age to the Information Age
- TED Tuesday: Allan Jones: A map of the brain
- Liberation For You and Me
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- The Good Thing About Mindfulness is that it's Always Now!
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- Happy Buddha Day!
- "If You are in the Present, the Next Moment Takes Care of Itself"
- TED Tuesday: Ron Gutman
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- Metaphor Monday :: Welcome to the Starfish Revolution
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- "Her belly may be full, but her spirit will be empty"
- Amor Fati: Deep Acceptance
- "Buddha in Glory" by Rainer Marie Rilke
- Generosity as an Antidote to Greed: 40 Billionaires Donate Half Their Wealth
- Eight Good Things to Keep in Mind: Exploring the Noble Eight-Fold Path: Effort
- Art as Practice
- International Human Rights Day
- From the Archive :: Best of 2010 :: Dining at the Trough: Mindful Eating in an Age of Gluttony
- Freeform Friday :: Sleepless Nights
- "I can see clearly now the stories are gone ... "
- The Mindfulness Revolution Takes a Big Step Forward
- Stress Reduction Sunday :: How To Evolve From Our Worst To Our Best
- The Architecture of Bliss: Devoting a Day to Mindfulness
- Stress Reduction Sunday :: Sleep-Deprived Society :: The Critical Importance of Sleep for Managing Stress
- Bodhi Day :: December 8 A Day for Awakening
- Teachers and Talks: Buddha's Brain by Rick Hanson
- Stress Reduction Sunday :: Surviving the Holidays with Poise: Mindfulness Put to the Test
- Stress Reduction Sunday :: Dealing with Difficult Bosses and Other Problem People
- A Thief in the Night
- Bees, Place, Death and Agribusiness
- Al Gore and the Chilean Sea Bass
- Iran and Nukes: Fool Me Once, Shame on You, Fool Me Twice Shame on Me.
- A Riff Inspired By Richard Dawkins
- I will be a Guest of Honor at the Toronto Pagan Conference, March 2-4.
- Juan Enriquez and the Break Up of Nations
- Steward Brand I: Environmentalism and Civil Society
- The heart is stronger than the mind: tales of personal and political transformation
- Instructive examples on why interfaith work is a good idea
- Earth Day II.
- Religious Nihilism and the Religious Right
- Inspiring example of nonviolent resistance
- Christian fascism comes to power in Hungary
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- Nature is Good for You
- Memorial Day, 2010
- May Pole Omens? I hope so.
- Mothers' Day
- Why We Need to Recognize the Divine Feminine: A Crime Against Decency
- A vacation from the net
- Gardens, Spirits and Barbancourt Rum
- Interfaith Fall Festivals . . . Spread the Word
- Gaza Thugs
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- We Win One
- Honoring Treason and Traitors
- Earth Day at 40
- The Bad Portrayals of Pagans in Movies Project
- Personal Reflections on the Existence of Chi
- White Privilege, Christian Privilege
- Chris Hedges and BP's Little Eichmanns
- Psychedelic News
- Las Vegas and Energy Fields, I.
- The Pope's excuses for pedophilia and what it means
- Daniel Ellsberg on Assange
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- Agora: a movie to see and ponder
- 9-11 Anniversary: a day of remembrance, a day of shame
- Theurgy and Drawing Down the Moon: Theurgicon 2010
- Pagans and Conservatism
- Lammas 2011
- Defending Muslims
- Cold Fusion may be real
- The Wall Street Protests are not alone
- The Game is Not Necessarily Over: Solar towers and clean power
- Wisconsin's recall: Better for the good guys than it looks
- Pagan Circles and Abrahamic Lines in "The Wolf at Twilight"
- On the Kochs and Freedom
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- The significance of the murders in Tucson
- Earth Day 2011
- "The UnChristian Right": A Refreshing Christian Perspective
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- Of Religion and Politics: A Pagan View
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- Thoughts Inspired by the AIG scandal
- Digging Deeper on Starhawk's Call for Apologies
- Boehner, Torture, and Republican Leninism
- The Perils of Pagan Clergy: Second Argument
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- Science and Religion: A Reply to the Skeptics, I.
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- Impermanence and Divine Nature
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- A God of Death
- News From the Front: the War on Empathy
- Incredibly Good Post by Frank Rich
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- Sotomayer Appointment Good for Pagans
- Jon Stewart is on Target
- When you act, the universe notices...
- Achieve Any Goal
- The 10 rules for achieving success...
- The Power of a Note
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- Self-Discipline and Time Management
- 212 Leadership
- Rule #1...Put the team first
- The Power of Discipline
- Reality
- Safari to the Soul
- Our Words Create Our Worlds
- Doing What's Right Earns You the Right
- Lessons in Purpose and Leadership From the Civil War
- Joining Forces
- All is Well
- Coming Back into Balance
- Claiming Space
- Faith in the Face of Flux
- Who is Holding your Hand?
- Gratitude for the People in our Lives
- La Luna
- Setting Boundaries
- The Courage and Spirit of Our Animal Friends
- A Time for Others and a Time for Self
- What Is Most Important?
- What Do You Value?
- Claiming Joy in the Midst of Sorrow
- Grace
- Ask, Receive, Give Thanks
- Deer, Kudzu, and Blizzards
- Equinox and Balance
- Winter Solstice 2009: Let There Be Light!
- Mindfulness Doesn't Mean Anti-Medication
- What's Wrong with Positive Thinking? Simple Strategies to Manage Positive and Negative Thinking
- Mary: A Role Model for Mothers
- Abraham Lincoln's Great Depression: Joshua Wolf Shenk's Writings Are Full of Inspiration
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- Find Your Way: Check Your Assumptions
- Mindful Monday: What Kind of Life Do You Want Now?
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- Angela Peterson: 10 Common Myths About Clinical Depression
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- Vitamin D and Mental Health
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- Group Beyond Blue: Chronic Pain and Friendships
- 4 Things Healthy Older People Have in Common
- 8 Ways Faith Can Heal
- Not So Happy Mother's Day: What If You're Estranged From Your Mom? Or Kids?
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- 6 Steps to Manage Your Time Better: An Interview with Russell Bishop
- This Is Your Brain on Religion
- On Memorial Day: Thank You, Veterans
- Use Caution With Positive Thinking
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- Depression Increases the Risk of Major Diseases and Illnesses
- Bounce: 6 Steps to Become More Resilient
- Joan Wester Anderson: Moms Go Where Angels Fear to Tread
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- The 4 Kinds of Friends You Need In Your Life
- Mindful Monday: Giving Childhood Baggage to God
- 8 Tools for Happiness: Gretchen Rubin's Happiness Project Toolbox
- Jon Kabat-Zinn on Mindfulness Practice
- Gretchen Rubin: Enjoy the Fun of Failure
- Henri Nouwen: Stay with Your Pain
- John McManamy's 6 Top Mental-Health Blogs
- Sleep Is Sanity
- S-I-L-E-N-C-E: I'm Unplugging for 19 Days
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- Dan's Death Still Teaching Me Lessons: Live Simply
- An Interview with Dr. Val Jones of Better Health
- The Dog (and the Lady) Sing the Blues
- An Interview with Tim Farrington, author of "A Hell of Mercy"
- It's Relationships Week on Beyond Blue!
- The 10 Red Flags of an Emotional Affair
- A Catholic Approach to Internet Addiction
- Video: New Year's Resolution, 2009
- A Chemo Cocktail Recipe
- 10 Stress Busters (the gallery)
- Continuing a Friendship After Losing a Baby
- Josh Groban: You Raise Me Up
- More on Borderline Personality Disorder
- Depression Almost Put Me In the Wrong Bed
- Emotional Affairs Support Group
- I, Too, Have a Dream
- Group Beyond Blue: A Discuss Thread Devoted to Infertility and Chronic Illness
- Friday's Question: What Is Some Recommended Reading for Depression and Bipolar Disorder?
- The Healing Power of Tea
- Dear God: A Little Venting
- Biglar: Why Did She Have to Die?
- Group Beyond Blue Hosts Cyber Christmas Party Tomorrow!
- Gretchen's Twelve Commandments
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- Beliefnet Announces Nominees for Most Inspiring Person of the Year, 2008!
- Blame the Illness, Not the Patient
- New Blog! Text Messages with Patton Dodd
- Mental Illness Awareness Week: Where We Are, Where We Can Go
- Tribute to St. Therese the Little Flower
- The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz: They Don't Have to Be Perfect
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- Mindful Monday: Do Something You Love
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- Video: A March Madness Chant
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- Stalking Irish Madness: The Video
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- Therapy Thursday: Befriend Yourself
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- Marsha Linehan: The Moment I Was Transformed
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- On Memorial Day: Prayers for Our Soldiers
- The 8 Best Spiritual Sound Bites of Graduation Advice
- 5 Ways to Tackle Perfectionism: An Interview with Michelle Russell
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- 5 Forms of Distorted Thinking
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- Therapy Thursday: Change the Locks
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- Diana Keough: Death Row Inmate Teaches Me About God's Grace
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- 8 Ways to Let Go (of a person, place, or thing)
- Mindful Monday: On Silence and Solitude
- From the Naked Consultant to Associate Editor at Psych Central
- Regarding the Midlife Crisis ...
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- Resilience: The Opposite of Depression
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- Sandy: Taking a Risk in Plain View
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- All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
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