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No One Is Not Talented
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No One Is Not Talented
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How denying our innate talents guarantees a life of suffering, and two possible methods to (re)connect with them.

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Fun With Stress 2.6
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Fun With Stress 2.6
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Our immune system is broadly made up of a border patrol and police, and detectives and snipers. The former can become overworked by chronic stress, the latter can wither away because of it. Part 2 Chapter 6:The Effects Of Chronic Stress On Our Immune System explores how this works.

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Everyone Is A Magician
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Everyone Is A Magician
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One extraordinary feature about our mind is that we can determine how we feel. This article describes a Tibetan Buddhist method to transform pain and suffering into joy, bliss, and freedom.

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A New Challenge (15)
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A New Challenge (15)
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Growth and development inevitably go hand in hand with growing pains and spasms. This article describes how I was again generously and empirically reminded of that natural fact.

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be open - philosophizing stories about nature, culture and humankind
Tai Chi As A Practical Healing Experience
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Tai Chi As A Practical Healing Experience
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Our one-sided attachment to all things positive and aversion to all things negative is an anxiety-ridden cul-de-sac. This article describes how taiji practice offers insight into the inseparability of opposites, thereby reducing anxiety and enabling you to gain masses of energy.

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On Being Human
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On Being Human
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By means of the Indian chakra system we’re going find out what it means to be human and how we can find and live our full potential.

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Know Thy Self
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Know Thy Self
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Overdeveloped intellect and underdeveloped emotional skills create a society of fear and very little merriment. Time for change!

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be curious - the human organism seen from a broad perspective: anatomy, physiology, psychology & philosophy
Fun With Stress 2.6
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Fun With Stress 2.6
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Our immune system is broadly made up of a border patrol and police, and detectives and snipers. The former can become overworked by chronic stress, the latter can wither away because of it. Part 2 Chapter 6:The Effects Of Chronic Stress On Our Immune System explores how this works.

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Fun With Stress 2.5
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Fun With Stress 2.5
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Any physical or psychological imbalance which results in stiff or painful skeletal muscles, can be brought back into balance by physical activity. Find out how that works in Part 2 Chapter 5: Muscles Under Stress.

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Fun With Stress 2.4
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Fun With Stress 2.4
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Knowing when to attribute minor health issues to stress leads to greater awareness and control over your stressors and your health. Part 2 Chapter 4 – Listening To Your Body via the Human Fuel Gauge

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be magical - fictional stories, literature and fairy tales for broadening the mind
The Seven Kingdoms (5)
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The Seven Kingdoms (5)
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Feeling that he had been sentenced into another lonely job, Andy let himself be taken to the Museum of Fine Arts, which turned out to be quite different from what he had expected. Find out how in part five of The Seven Kingdoms.

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The Seven Kingdoms (4)
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The Seven Kingdoms (4)
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Darkness and hopelessness are often interchangeably used. Yet doesn't the darkest hour of night harbour the return of the light? Find out if Andy's hopelessness is justified in the fourth part of The Seven Kingdoms.

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The Seven Kingdoms (3)
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The Seven Kingdoms (3)
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Being sure that he had found what he was looking for - and how delightful it was - he surrendered ecstatically to the sandman. Yet is that wise? Find out in the third part of The Seven Kingdoms.

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be self-wise - stories about personal, transformative experiences and their effects on body and mind
Everyone Is A Magician
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Everyone Is A Magician
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One extraordinary feature about our mind is that we can determine how we feel. This article describes a Tibetan Buddhist method to transform pain and suffering into joy, bliss, and freedom.

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Don’t Push My Buttons!
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Don’t Push My Buttons!
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Putting the spotlight on our stressors and how we behave towards them has a soothing and purifying effect. Here’s a method for doing so.

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Healing Yourself With Little Renunciation Experiments
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Healing Yourself With Little Renunciation Experiments
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Procrastination? Distraction? Addiction? Habit? We prefer to get rid of these behaviours as soon as possible. But how? We are going to discover an answer in this article.

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be joyous - stories about finding your own way
No One Is Not Talented
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No One Is Not Talented
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How denying our innate talents guarantees a life of suffering, and two possible methods to (re)connect with them.

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How To Find And Live Your True Vocation
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How To Find And Live Your True Vocation
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The founder of Pixar Animation Studios shows that by combining our unique, individual talents with our genuine object(s) of love, we can find our path in life and live the most meaningful and happy life imaginable.

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The Confusion of Love
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The Confusion of Love
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Let’s go on a journey to find out what love is, what it’s not, and why it’s important for our health and happiness to know the difference.

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learning - personal diary about my journey towards self-awareness (currently: starting up a new project in Chiang Mai, Thailand)
A New Challenge (15)
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A New Challenge (15)
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Growth and development inevitably go hand in hand with growing pains and spasms. This article describes how I was again generously and empirically reminded of that natural fact.

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A New Challenge (14)
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A New Challenge (14)
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Personal account of my journey within, where I ended up in Chiang Mai, Thailand after 11 months of Tai Chi training in China. Part 14: Living In The Here-And-Now

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A New Challenge (13)
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A New Challenge (13)
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Personal account of my journey within, starting in China to learn Tai Chi for a longer period of time. Part 13: University of Life – Frustrations and an Early Farewell from China

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