Blog Elements

You can display blog posts in various ways with the “Blog Post” element/shortcode. You can see one example here and even more at the blog main menu item of this demo.

Spiritual Fitness

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IF YOU CAN start the day without caffeine or pills. IF YOU ARE cheerful, ignoring aches and pains. IF YOU CAN resist complaining and boring people with your troubles. IF YOU CAN understand when loved ones are too busy to give you time. IF YOU CAN overlook when people take things out on you when, […]

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Why You Can Meditate

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When I meditate I focus on my out-breath.  When I first begin my meditation practice, I pay attention to the qualities of the out-breath, the color, the texture, etc…. After getting settled, usually about 5 minutes, I start to pay attention…

Communicating Mindfully Through Email

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Everywhere I look my daily life offers opportunities to become more mindful, present, aware, and responsive.  Everyday “mundane” tasks unfold in front of me, and I see the opportunity to serve them vs. how reactive and ultimately unmindful…

The Liberating Art Of Me Too

Have you ever tried to go to your talky mind for answers and ended up feeling frustrated and confused, unable to find answers? Have you ever realized how mean you are to yourself? Have you ever felt so full of love you thought your heart…

The Grace Of Receiving

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Something to do.  My mind pulls for something to do.  Is it pulling to get away?  I don't know, but it has an early morning sense of restlessness.  My mind jumps around trying to latch onto something. When the mind is searching, I can…

The Third Patriarch of Zen Verses on the Faith Mind

The Third Patriarch of Zen by Seng-T'san The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven…
Forced positivity, is nothing more than the mind refusing to accept the heart’s emotions. 

The Heart Of The Matter

According to the HeartMath Institute, “from our current understanding of the elaborate feedback networks between the brain, heart and mental and emotional systems, it becomes clear that the age-old struggle between intellect and emotion will…