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A Core Secret of Happiness: Living life Without The Need For Specific Results

Many of us have played that toxic “If only” game with ourselves – consciously or subconsciously.  You may know the game – it is based on a host of obsessive thoughts constructed by our strong wish that things could be different:

“If only I had more money, I’d be happy. . .  If only I got that promotion, I’d be happy. . .   If only I could meet that special someone, I’d be happy. . .”

It is such a seductive game, because the attainment of our desired goals and objectives often does make us feel good. . .  for a while.  Like a sugar rush, these milestones and things energize and revitalize us for a time, but since they lack the power to make us inherently happy and are subject to all kinds of reversals of fortune, we inevitably come crashing down.  When we hinge our happiness on specific results and outcomes, we set ourselves up for a life of enervating up-and-down emotional cycles, never really being happy and at peace because we make our happiness dependent on specific things that may not happen, or in the blink of an eye, could be taken away from us.

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Risky Play is Good For Your Children, New Study Reveals

Parents, put away the bubble wrap and the cotton wool, and let your kids run free, says a new study…

For those of us who have willingly and joyfully procreated, being a perfect parent is a quest for the holy grail. And shouldn’t protecting our young’uns from all the vicissitudes and risks of daily life be a part and parcel of that quest? Well, not so much, says a new study recently published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Conducted by University of British Columbia in Vancouver (UBC) and the Child & Family Research Institute at British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital, the study has concluded that letting our kids get risky-frisky outside of the domestic cocoon actually makes them healthier, sturdier and smarter. Study co-author Mariana Brussoni, a developmental psychologist and injury prevention researcher at UBC, says:

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20 of the Wisest Quotes You’ll Ever Read

Or maybe not. It depends on how deep you currently are in your search for wisdom. We have no idea about that, so we can’t truly guarantee that these will be 20 of the wisest quotes you’ll ever read, but regardless, they are definitely worththe read, even if they only serve as so much of a reminder. Now that you’re here, give them a brief run-down and brush up on your inner wisdom. Or, have your mind blown by them. Either way, you’ll feel better afterwards. {WP}

Wise people, though all laws were abolished, would lead the same life. ~ Aristophanes

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom: The first helps you make a living; the second helps you make a life. ~ Sandra Carny

Chance favors the prepared mind. ~ Louis Pasteur

Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart. 

Judge each day, not by the harvest, but by the seeds you plant. 

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Redefining the Divine: Balancing the Male and Female Energies

Within every person the energies of both male and female exist. The Yin and the Yang, or in Jungian theory, the Anima and Animus, are present in various proportions. Most normally, of course, the feminine energy is dominant in women, and the masculine energy is dominant in men. However, sometimes the reverse occurs, or, in rare cases, the energies may be very balanced.

Generally, the female energies are associated with traits such as receptivity, feelings, intuition, the ability to relate to people, passivity, softness, coolness, etc. The male energies are associated with outward activity, rationality, aggressiveness and physical strength. We live in a patriarchal world, where the male attributes are generally more valued than the female’s. Consequently, the male is held in higher esteem than the female, earns more than her and has more power delegated to him. In worse case scenarios, the female is often subjugated, treated as an object or a child, or is outrightly abused.

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China to Build World’s First Amethyst Crystal Hotel

While physical aestheticism is a rather vital element when it comes to designing a building to permanently insert into a skyline, it is merely one of the ways in which architecture can be beautiful.

A project from NL Architects’ that is proposed for the man-made island Ocean Flower, Hainan, China is a rather profound embodiment of such notions of beauty. If built, it would be the world’s first Amethyst Crystal Hotel.

As with most things, buildings are reflections of their makers. It is human nature to be drawn to that which is beautiful, and yes, beauty definitely resides in the eye of the beholder, but what is truly beautiful about a person, or in this case, a building, is what lies beneath the surface.

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15 Quotes From The Dark and Ingenious Mind of Bill Hicks

"Folks, it’s time to evolve. That’s why we’re troubled. You know why our institutions are failing us, the church, the state, everything’s failing? It’s because, um – they’re no longer relevant. We’re supposed to keep evolving. Evolution did not end with us growing opposable thumbs. You do know that, right?"

There are few stand-ups in the history of comedy who possessed more passion and vitriol than Bill Hicks. As with all the greats (Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Richard Pryor) he pushed the art-form to its limits, extracting alchemical gold from some of the darkest aspects of the human psyche. Nothing was untouchable. Everything from the war on drugs to the abortion debate to television being ‘Lucifer’s Dream Box’ were covered during his seemingly off-the-hook but meticulously well-crafted stage performances. At one point he actually displayed footage he shot himself of the tragedy in Waco Texas to demonstrate how the media distorts the truth and crafts propaganda to fit its agenda. One need only watch a handful of his performances to get a clear idea of his on-stage persona as an angry, outside-of-the box thinker with a razor-sharp mind and wits set on ‘kill’.

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7 Legal Herbs That Can Alter Your Consciousness and Super-Charge Your Dreams

Our sleep offers a chance to temporarily free our selves from the physical reality that our body seems to constrain us to during the waking hours. That period of slumber is where dreams can come true, where we can escape physical grounding and have the ability to literally fly, travel anywhere we choose, and communicate with spirit guides. Check out these 7 herbs for dream recollection and dream enhancement and fill your dream journal up quickly!

1. Xhosa Dream Root – Vivid and Prophetic Dreams

You may find this herb labeled as it’s technical name Silene Capensis or as undlela zimhlophe, as it’s called by the Xhosa peoples of Africa. Noted as a ‘teaching plant’ and considered highly sacred, shamans traditionally use Xhosa dream root to promote lucid dream states in healers and other shamans during initiation ceremonies. If you aspire for more vivid and profound dreams or simply want to gain more universal insights from them, give this herb a shot – literally. You mix this in small amounts with water typically and consume it prior to sleeping. It also makes an interesting tasting tea but it can be bitter, so the ‘shot’ form is recommended.

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Why You Need More Sunshine & How to Get it

The messages you’ve received about the sun have been mixed from the time you were a child. At one point, getting outside and getting sun was encouraged. The next second, it was terrible and likely to cause cancer and any number of other debilitating or disfiguring side effects. 

So what’s the deal? Is the sun something to be avoided at all costs? Should exposure be minimized? Or should you maximize exposure to sunshine for an overwhelming number of health benefits? And if so, how can you make it happen?

Why Exposure to the Sun is Important

Here’s the thing: The sun pumps out important nutrients, like vitamin D, that can be hard to find in foods and other sources. When we put on too much protective sunscreen, we block it out. Many health conditions have a direct link to low levels of vitamin D; just a few of them are...

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What is the Revolution in Consciousness? 3 Defining Aspects.

“We will see how very important it is to bring about, in the human mind, the radical revolution. The crisis, is a crisis of consciousness. A crisis that cannot anymore, accept the old norms, the old patterns, the ancient traditions. And, considering what the world is now, with all the misery, conflict, destructive brutality, aggression, and so on… Man is still as he was. Is still brutal, violent, aggressive, acquisitive, competitive. And, he’s built a society along these lines.” ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti.

Of all the mysteries known to us, there is one in particular that remains both incredibly elusive and frustratingly close to home: consciousness. Religions have formed over it, wars have been fought because of different claims regarding it (and still are), and scientist and sage alike have debated it down the ages. There is now even a question of whether or not our machines will one day be able to claim it.

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How to Get What You Really, Really Want: One of the Deepest Secrets of Zen

Well, as opposed to so many other articles with such a blatant click-baity title, we’re not going to string you along here. In fact, we’ll give you the answer right now, right in the second sentence: STOP WANTING IT.

That’s it. Want nothing. Choose what shows up instead.

This is the very essence of zen. It is what is meant by the “surrendered state”. Do this, and persist in it long enough, and you will find some incredible things unfolding in your reality, very likely including those that you formerly really, really wanted. The irony? It won’t matter, because you don’t want them anymore! You’ll surely enjoy them while they last, but the terrible need you had for them to give you fulfilment is gone, and you could honestly care less if they showed up or not.

Can you think of a more pure definition of freedom?

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