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Broadening of Consciousness

Recently I was watch­ing the Daily Show with Jon Stew­art, whose guest was Jane Goodall, the famed ani­mal rights activist known for her decades long work with chim­panzees. Jon Stew­art praised her for her com­pas­sion and warmth and the “rea­son­able approach” she took to pro­mot­ing ani­mal rights and the envi­ron­ment. Para­phras­ing Dr. Goodall: It’s awful […]

Are You Awake?

by Nicolette Beard on November 7, 2009

in Broadening of Consciousness

How often have you said, “I wasn’t think­ing,” in response to some action you took that turned out badly? It wasn’t that you weren’t “think­ing,” per se; your mind was focused some­where else. When our phys­i­cal, emo­tional and men­tal bod­ies are unaligned, we are not present. Our essen­tial self is absent. If you want to be […]

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