Debasing the Sacred
Dylan Charles – The immaterial things which make our lives truly worth something are systematically debased by the culture of exploitation and superficiality built up all around us.
TAG: relationships
10 Mistakes Couples Make In Long Term Relationships And How To Avoid Them
Maria Ruszel – Through researching, I found some strategic points to help prevent further relationship disasters.
NBC News Wants You to Know that Heterosexuality ‘is the Bedrock of Global Oppression’
Phillip Schneider – Would the world be better off if we eradicated heterosexuality? NBC makes the case.
5 Ways Online Therapy Can Help You Become Happier
Sofia Adamson – Online therapy can help you with your journey to happiness by providing tools, knowledge, and new perspectives
Manifestations of Narcissism in Relationships
Sophia Adamson
How True Love Should Be
Video – Let Maya Angelou inspire you as she shares her message about how love should liberate, not bind.
After Hearing This, You May Want to Get Rid of Most of Your Friends
Video – Rapper and activist Prince Ea lays it out how avoiding human GMOs – friend that are greedy, miserable, obnoxious, etc. – can help you become a better version of yourself.
What Would You Do if a Man Came Up to You with This Proposal?
Video – Spoken word artist and poet, Jamie Dunmore walks up to total strangers and presents them with an unusual proposal. See how different people responds, especially the last man in the video.
14 Truths About Being An Introvert (That Mainly Introverts Will Understand)
Sofia – What does it mean to be an introvert? It’s not the stereotypical notion of the shut-in, that is for sure.
Arrested Development: How Sexual Progress Has Been Hijacked in the Modern Milieu
Christina Sarich, Staff Writer Waking Times “For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you will long to return.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci What has happened in the western world and the countries influenced by a soulless agenda is akin …
10 Ways To Connect To The Earth and Others
Josh Richardson, Prevent Disease Waking Times How do you feeling complete and connected to the Earth and others? It takes effort, but it is worth it. We must bring our focus outside of ourselves to allow us to reach out to people and to the world around us in positive ways. Loving, laughing, giving ourselves …
The Tao of Love and Relationships
David James Lees, Guest Waking Times I’d like to focus on the three main areas of ‘emotional misunderstanding’ that I encounter when dealing with love and relationship issues with my clients and offer my practical Wu Wei Wisdom to help you with these situations. Many of you will have experienced the wonderful sensation of being in love and …
The Four Types of Friends According to the Buddha
Waking Times Young man, be aware of these four good-hearted friends: the helper, the friend who endures in good times and bad, the mentor, and the compassionate friend. The helper can be identified by four things: by protecting you when you are vulnerable, and likewise your wealth, being a refuge when you are afraid, and …
Loving Greatly: A Guide To Self-Actualized Love
Gary ‘Z’ McGee, Contributor Waking Times “People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason the world is in chaos is because things are being loved, and people are being used” –Anonymous Relationships are challenging. Attempting to develop a healthy relationship in a culture that is bound and determined to …
7 Important Lessons Deaf People Can Teach You About Communication
Alla Berdnikova, Purpose Fairy Waking Times I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind and deaf for a few days during his early adult life. Darkness would make him appreciate sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound. ~Helen Keller (Blind and Deaf American Author and Educator) I …
Compassion in Action: The Rule to an Expanded Consciousness and More Happiness
Christina Sarich, Staff Writer Waking Times “Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” – Plato According to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, we are all meant to be happy. In his words, “Neither social conditioning nor education nor ideology affect this.” The trick to true happiness may be surprising though – it …
The Currency Of Kindness
Soren Dreier, Contributing Writer Waking Times A most powerful force is kindness. It seems to have a life of its own. It´s like a manifested organism multiplying on the inside and the outside. Highly contagious. There are levels to the value of it of course. Some manifested kindness is not kindness. It´s selfish. It comes …
The Tao of Love and Relationships
David James Lees, Guest Writer Waking Times As Valentine’s Day approaches I thought it would be an ideal opportunity to discuss the topic of love and relationships from both my professional experience and a Taoist spiritual perspective. I’d like to focus on the three main areas of ‘emotional misunderstanding’ that I encounter when dealing with love …