Category: Health and Lifestyle
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The Downside of Beauty, Fame, and Wealth: The Illusion of Happiness and Fulfillment in Worldly Attainments
Most people engage in worldly pursuits, laboring under the false impression that they will find personal wholeness or satisfaction there. No satisfaction Dissatisfaction with life is a problem as old as antiquity. For savages of pre-history, life was a constant struggle to procure enough food to survive and obtain shelter from predators and other humans…
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Mindfulness Meditation Mastery: A Journey to Observing, Directing, and Sustaining Mental Focus
The ability to observe the mind, control its focus, and sustain concentration are the key practices of mindful meditation. A personal journey From the time I was very young, I observed the activity of my mind. I was an only child, growing up in a rural area, so I had plenty of alone time, often…
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Just Say No to Pharmaceutical Drugs
The Pharmaceutical industry exists primarily to enrich shareholders on the government dime at your expense.
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Wedge Salads: How to Penetrate the Shield of Arrogance
How my wife outsmarted me and beat me at my own game.
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Golf is Life
If you want to know a person’s character, observe them for a round of golf, and all will be revealed.
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Are You Ready to Forgive Your Mother?
Sustaining anger and hatred toward your mother taints all your other relationships. It’s time to forgive.
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Pride and Arrogance, the Price for Being Gifted
I was told I was brilliant my entire life, and it shaped me into a supremely prideful and arrogant ass.
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Unsafe and Unclean: Pacific Grove Hospital in Riverside, California
I had what could be described as a religious experience in the safety of my home. Our culture accepts many Christian forms of this experience, revivals, speaking in tongues, and so forth, but if the experience is not Christian, it’s viewed with skepticism. My experience was facilitated by my 35-year study of Tibetan Buddhism, with…