The Hospitality Business

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Imagine hospitality extended to one’s self: to be able to welcome all aspects of the self, all emotions, sensations and phenomena as honorable guests.

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Losing My Religion, Gaining Spirituality

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Brandon Ferdig’s story of getting sober, finding “god”, and relating with his religious family.

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The Fear of Death

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It’s not just the fear of being judged, but the fear of our inevitable death that paralyzes us.

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After the Storm

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We become liars and cowards because we deeply fear the consequences of being honest and vulnerable.

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The Power of Love

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Fear and attachment surrounding sexuality can hamper your ability to love.

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Knocked Out

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A skeptic becomes a believer when a meditation exercise knocks him out.

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How A Pentecostal Organ Player Saved My Life

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Steven Rugel went to a house of worship and came out believing in something else entirely.

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The ManKind Project: Men for Sacred Masculinity

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Grant Williams talks about the organization The ManKind Project, which is part of the mythopoetic men’s movement devoted to maintaining the sacred element of masculinity and building character.

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You Should Really Open Up

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“What I am finding over and over again is that honesty heals.”

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Bearing Witness in Beirut

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I am starting to realize that the countries I choose to visit make it impossible not to think about conflict. Reading that sentence makes my laugh. How ignorant can a human being be? I went from Athens to Tel Aviv and from Amman to Beirut and after Beirut I will go to Baghdad via Cairo. I [...]

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Visiting Enemies: On Walking the Streets of Beirut

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“I noticed something beautiful. People don’t smile here.”

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The Spiritual Agnostic’s Dilemma: Figuring Out How to Be a Good Man Without Religion

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Jake DiMare is discovering how to blend spiritual practices into an otherwise agnostic life. Their only goal? To help keep him on track toward goodness.

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The Tao of #Occupy

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As the #Occupy movement decentralizes, writes Alison Leigh Lilly, it continues to bring the elements that make it revolutionary: space, persistence, flexibility and resilience.

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Everything You Need to Know About Your Spiritual Awakening

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By relating the effects of his own spiritual awakening, Atalwin Pilon offers assurance for those similarly lifting their cloaks and discovering their true identities

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