Jack Kornfield

Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. He began his training after graduating from Dartmouth College in Asian Studies in 1967. Then he joined the […]

Wisdom Seeks for Wisdom

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by Suzuki Roshi: In this teaching from 1965—taken from the oldest extant recording of his talks—Shunryu Suzuki Roshi explains what it means to understand your true nature…

Miraculous Magnesium

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by Aimee Gallo: Mix more magnesium into your diet, and you may be surprised how much your body will thank you…

George Gurdjieff

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George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff was born 1877 in Alexandropol, Armenia, Russian Empire and died Oct. 29, 1949, in Neuilly, near Paris. He was a Greco-Armenian mystic and philosopher who founded an influential quasi-religious movement. As a youth, growing up in a cultural crossroad between Turkey, Russia, Armenia and Greece, he was subject to a great variety […]

Quotes by Jane Goodall

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“Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference” “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” “Each one of us matters, has a role to play, and makes a difference. Each one of us must take responsibility […]

Harvest Like A Pro

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by Meredith Kirton And Mandy Sinclair: There’s nothing like growing and preserving our own produce to remind us that supermarket convenience isn’t all it’s cracked up to be…

Jane Goodall

Born on April 3, 1934, in London, England, Jane Goodall set out to Tanzania to study wild chimpanzees by sitting amongst them, bypassing more rigid procedures and uncovering discoveries about primate behavior that have continued to shape scientific discourse. She is a highly respected member of the world scientific community and is a staunch advocate […]

William James

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William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher and psychologist who had trained as a physician. He was the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States and he was instrumental in establishing Harvard’s psychology department, which at its inception was tied to the department of philosophy. […]