Into the Light of the Dark, Black Night

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“Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise.   Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see All your life You were only waiting for this moment to be [...]

Larry Yang | Now More Than Ever We Need Mindfulness

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There is freedom in awareness and action. This post outlines, in a beautiful and inspirational way, a few of the ways we can find our way back home. As we already are feeling divisiveness of current politics and upcoming presidential elections… As we feel into pain and complexity of people holding seeming irreconcilable values which [...]

Into the Light of the Dark Black Night

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“Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these broken wings and learn to fly All your life You were only waiting for this moment to arise.   Blackbird singing in the dead of night Take these sunken eyes and learn to see All your life You were only waiting for this moment to be [...]

Nurturing My Spirituality Through Fasting During Ramadan

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  “The thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet only seekers find it.” –Bayazid Bistami Written & Contributed by Soha Al-Jurf It’s the final week of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and for the first time in my life, I am fasting. It’s not actually the first time I’ve fasted [...]

Wisdom from Jodie’s House

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i believe that if you just do your little bit without thinking of the bigness of what you stand against, if you turn to the enlargement of your own capacities, just that in itself creates new potential.