Spirituality

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    Giving Without Resentment, by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

    By Oriah Mountain Dreamer Thinking about giving, offering what we have and can give without endangering ourselves (ie.- truly sustainable giving.) Even a small offering of time, presence, material goods, compassion, skills etc. can truly touch and lift another. Of course it gets complicated if giving is somehow mandatory (ruled by an inner “should.”) Was [...]

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    Surprising Elements of the Hero’s Journey: Letting Ter

    The journey for many of us is to become healers, to become increasingly mentally, physically and spiritually mature ourselves, to throw off the conditioning of our education, to transcend cultural prescriptions, and to risk making increasingly authentic connection (here’s a compelling role model for that, if you’re interested- Amanda Palmer); to, in essence, “heal thyself.” This [...]

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    Should You Pray?

    Is religion the path to happiness? Some say it might be. Find out how you can incorporate a sense of meaning to your life, whether you believe in a higher power or not. After my sexual assault a few years ago, I found myself thinking a lot about God. In the process, I’ve come to [...]

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    This Thanksgiving, Occupy the World with Gratitude

    Excerpted from A Life of Being, Having, and Doing Enough   What is, for us, for anyone, enough? Increasingly corrosive disparities between what, and whom, is given value in the world, causes many of us to wonder how best to live as kin, as family, together on the earth. There are billions of children, families, [...]

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    How I Became a Soul Nurturer

    My Personal Spiritual Journey   The inspiration for my future career as a soul nurturer was cultivated at a very young age. I grew up in Norfolk, Virginia in the 1970s where I lived in a middle-class neighborhood and attended the local elementary school—a school economically and racially diverse in its population. The six years [...]

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Should You Pray?

November 26 Spirituality, Wellbeing no comments
Is religion the path to happiness? Some say it might be. Find out how you can incorporate a sense of meaning to your life, whether you believe in a higher power or not. After my sexual assault a few years ago, I found my...