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StoryCorps

On my drive back and forth to work, I like to listen to National Public Radio which is an independent radio station supported by private donations.
NPR offers to me a refreshing alternative to the major news media and one of my favorite segments is on Friday mornings where they have this [...]

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The Third Jesus

The Third Jesus is the newest book written by renowned inspirational author, speaker and physician Deepak Chopra. In this book, Deepak Chopra presents a refreshing new look into the life and words of Jesus without any of the dogma you would normally find in most organized religions. He also shows us [...]

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modern day miracles

The following is a video clip about a 16 month old baby that drowned in the family’s swimming pool. It is estimated that the baby was without a heart beat for close to two hours.
Amazingly the baby survived and is now a perfectly healthy toddler with no signs of brain damage or retardation.
Just goes [...]

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a love story

This is a very touching story about a soldier on his second tour in Iraq, who befriended and nursed an abused dog back to health. He named the dog Nubs because the poor thing had his ears cut off, apparently on purpose to make him more alert. After only a few months from taking [...]

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President Obama

I have followed many presidential campaigns throughout the years, and never has a candidate so inspired me like Barack Obama.
I sat and listened to Barack speak for the first time on Tuesday as he addressed 18,000 cheering supporters in Madison Wisconsin. The audience was electric and Obama had them on fire. One could [...]

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the power of love

I have always believed that love is the most powerful force in the universe, that love is omnipotent and eternal, with no beginning or no end. God is Love and love is God. If you don’t believe in God, love to you may be the universe, the living source of energy that gives [...]

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Listening to your Higher Self

Every now and then, I come across something that stirs my energy. It feels as if I had reached across an invisible barrier between me and my higher self. My soul seems to have recognized something significant and cries out “Stop! Look at that a little closer. There is something I really want [...]

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When I was first introduced to meditation, I started by focusing on a Mandala, a sacred form of geometry which is intended to draw your focus to its center.
The word mandala is a Sanskrit word which means circle. It comes from the word “manda” meaning “essence” and “la” meaning “container”. Together it becomes [...]

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advocating peace

I first learned about Marla Ruzicka through Iraqi blogger Salam Pax after American troops invaded Iraq in March of 2003. Here was this young American girl literally going door to door inquiring about casualties resulting from U.S. and coalition military operations. Marla was a genuine peace maker and Iraqis soon learned to trust [...]

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the adhan

In Islam, there is a song which sung five times a day to call those of Mulsim faith to prayer. This song is called the Adhan (or Azaan) and is sung by a servant of Allah called the Muezzin. In the early days of Islam, the Muezzin would climb the stairs of the [...]

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