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November 9th

In the summer of 2008, I found myself yelling ‘legalize democracy!’ at a crowd of rodeo-goers in Laramie, Wyoming. I was finishing off an excruciating season of canvassing for the Ralph Nader... read more

10/1/2016 2:30:07 PM by Jason M. Brown

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The Hajj and 9/11

This week marks the beginning of the Hajj, the final month of the Muslim calendar, when Muslims from around the world will be converging on Mecca to commemorate the holiest moments in their faith’s... read more

9/12/2016 2:53:06 PM by Jason M. Brown

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A Spiritual First Responder's Remembrance of 9/11: Not What I...

I had just returned home to New York City on September 7th, 2001 from a week long meditation retreat with Tibetan Buddhist teacher Tsoknyi Rinpoche in Colorado. During the retreat we received... read more

9/7/2016 8:04:53 PM by Loch Kelly

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The Christ of the Celts

This week I read J. Philip Newell’s lovely book Christ of the Celts. While it’s a bit shallow on historical or theological detail, it does a wonderful job pointing the way to how the Neo-Celtic... read more

9/4/2016 8:56:00 PM by Jason M. Brown

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VIDEO: Freedom from the Inner-Critic

In this video, I am explaining that we can discover freedom from the constant inner-criticism of the chattering mind when we directly recognize our naturally wakeful and liberated essence. One of... read more

8/23/2016 3:36:12 PM by Loch Kelly

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VIDEO: Breaking Free of the Mini-Me

This video is about the primary obstacle to awakening, the “mini-me.” Both ancient wisdom traditions and modern neuroscience agree that there is no location of a separate self to be found within our... read more

7/19/2016 8:47:57 PM by Loch Kelly

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Change the Channel of your Mind to Peace

Your mind is like a TV or radio with lots of stations playing all at once. Many of us are tuned in to the Thinking Channel all day long, and most of these programs are talk shows. We don’t realize... read more

5/5/2016 8:54:11 PM by Loch Kelly

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Rest at Home in Your Heart, Using WiFi to your Thoughts

Most of us have spent much of our lives working on the project of improving and developing our separate sense of self in order to succeed, win approval, and find happiness. We must have the... read more

4/6/2016 8:57:22 PM by Loch Kelly

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Why Don't we Recognize Awake Awareness?

“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of... read more

3/10/2016 10:44:07 PM by Loch Kelly

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What is Awake Awareness?

One simple way to talk about awakening is as a shift from our current sense of self and way of knowing based in conceptual thinking to awake awareness as the new way of knowing and being. Here is a... read more

1/22/2016 10:46:23 PM by Loch Kelly

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Awakening: How to Stop Sleep-Walking through Life

Did you ever feel like you were wandering around in a dream, like walking on a treadmill, or sleepwalking through life? There is a type of perpetual dissatisfaction that awakening addresses. By... read more

12/16/2015 7:13:09 PM by Loch Kelly

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Awakening: Discover Your Natural Potential

Awakening is highly valued in many different cultures, religions, and meditation traditions. Awakening does not require religious belief, and does not even necessarily need to be considered... read more

12/16/2015 6:38:12 PM by Loch Kelly

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Welcome to the New Normal: Awakening for All

Forty years ago many people thought of yoga as a fringe activity for hippies. Today there is a yoga studio on nearly every corner, and millions of people are practicing and enjoying the benefits of... read more

10/29/2015 1:28:42 AM by Guest Contributor

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