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What Would Buddha Say To Deepak Chopra?
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. The Buddha Many years ago we were teaching a meditation weekend in Plymouth, England. On the Saturday after the program was over for the day, Carole…
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Meditate Your Way Through Anger
Anger can be an effective expression of passion for justice and fairness, for basic rightness, for what is appropriate and humane. But anger can also be like a single match that can burn an entire for…
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Saving Lives One Bead At A Time
We just heard two inspiring, heart wrenching, gut churning, funny, amazing life stories, from two Ugandan women -- Joan and Teddy -- who lifted themselves out of dire poverty and suffering by making a…
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Don’t Let the Past Determine Your Future
No matter how hard we want to, there’s one thing we can never do and that’s change the past. We can weep, beat our fists against the wall, eat bags of cookies to assuage our guilt, but it won’t make t…
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Why You Should Never Doubt Yourself
We spend our whole lives living with ourselves, it is the longest and most intimate of all relationships we will ever have, and the one we take most for granted. Yet, it’s extraordinary how often we f…
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7 Ways Meditation Can Transform Your Life
We were teaching a workshop in Southwest England when Ed asked the group: “If you like to suffer then raise your hand.” No one raised a hand. So why do we create suffering for both ourselves and other…
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Can You Be Enlightened And Neurotic At The Same Time
The purpose of most spiritual teachings is to reach enlightenment, a state of pure awareness and inner joy. This may appear unattainable when compared to the likes of the Buddha, the Dalai Lama, or th…
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Losing Your Mind and Finding Your Self
As the great Zen teacher Alan Watts said: We all need to go out of our minds at least once a day. When we go out of our minds we quickly come to our senses. Have you ever wondered how extraordinar…
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Making Friends With Fear
What is your greatest fear? Ed’s mother died when he was only 5 days old. How does a child grow up without the fear of losing loved ones? Deb had an abusive father. How does she trust men to not be ab…
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Are You A Guru Junkie?
What is a guru? We hear the word used to describe anyone who is the best in their field, whatever that may be, such as business, the media or the internet, but in the Eastern tradition a guru is a spi…
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You can learn more in our book, Be The Change: How Meditation Can Transform You and the World, forewords by the Dalai Lama and Robert Thurman, with contributors Marianne Williamson, Jane Fonda, Ram Dass, Byron Katie and others. Our 3 meditation CD’s: Metta—Loving kindness and Forgiveness; Samadhi–Breath Awareness and Insight; and Yoga Nidra–Inner Conscious Relaxation, are available at: EdandDebShapiro.com
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