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How to Be Present and Peaceful When You Can’t Stop Thinking

By Blon Lee “Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them.” ~Eckhart Tolle When I first started practicing Zen (or presence), I used to believe I could become completely thoughtless. Making my bed, no-thought. Washing my hands, no-thought. Walking around, no-thought. Imagine the spiritual experience! But it wasn’t like what I

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Social Media Dharma

By Chris Towery I know it sounds crazy, but Facebook has actually deepened my Buddhist practice. And I’m not talking about the numerous Buddhist-based groups, discussions, videos, and podcasts housed on the social media site. While that stuff has enhanced my intellectual grasp of the dharma, I’m referring to something more visceral: Facebook provides the ideal

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Mindful Tech: Learn the benefits of breathing through your inbox.

BY Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar You’re used to watching your breath on the cushion, but what about when you’re cleaning out your inbox? In his new book, Mindful Tech: How to Bring Balance to Our Digital Lives, David M. Levy offers lessons in single- and multi-tasking when engaging with technology and encourages readers to visually record themselves while

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6 Ways the Limbic System Impacts Physical, Emotional, and Mental Health

By Zawn Villines The limbic system is a set of brain structures that plays a role in emotions, particularly those that evolved early and which play an important role in survival. Research has linked the limbic system to feelings of motivation and reward, learning, memory, the fight or flight response, hunger, thirst, and production of

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What’s Compassion Got to Do with Mindfulness?

By Melissa Eisler This is a guest post, written by Sara Schairer, founder of Compassion It, a nonprofit and global social movement that inspires compassionate actions and attitudes. Take it away, Sara … Research indicates that compassion makes us happier, healthier, and even more attractive to others. So how can we begin to incorporate more compassion into

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