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Fear
How the fear mechanism works in a crisis, why fear grows when we follow the news, and what to actually do about it.
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Emotions
Three ways to understand emotions and — accordingly, what to do with them.
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Self-Control and Relationships
Self-control — the ability to not chase after urges, to not give in to temptations, is a valuable and developable quality. From the classic marshmallow experiment, through money management skills...
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Tools We Don't Use
Do you have tools at home that you no longer use?
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Why Do People Shout?
When do people shout at each other? Why do people raise their voice?
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On Belief
Belief is an interesting word.
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On the Culture of Discussion
A few principles for better discussion
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Maturity
Maturity is the ability to cope with oneself.
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Hell in Relationships
"Hell is other people."
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Articles Consciousness
Letting Go
Let go! — the phrase is said so often, and heard just as often. But how? How does one actually do it? Our mind is used to clinging to thoughts, memories, emotions. To people, situations, ideas....
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The Importance of Sleep
People have long known how important it is to sleep.
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The Story of 10 Billion
Sergei Kapitsa's last article — on the question he devoted the final twenty years of his life to: how many people live on Earth, why exactly that many, and what is happening to that number now. A retelling with translated quotes.
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Why Are We in Relationships?
We are in relationships because we don't know ourselves. Only through relationships can we truly get to know who we are.
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Mindfulness and the Brain at the World Economic Forum in Davos
If the significance of an idea can be judged by the kind of people discussing it and the venue where they do so, then this morning in Davos, at the World Economic Forum, two of the world's leading researchers are talking about mindfulness and its impact on the brain...
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Un-Mindfulness
Some people have asked me, why should one train mindfulness? What does it give? What is it needed for?
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Articles Psychotherapy
Five Steps to Change.
The process each of us goes through when making changes in our lives.
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For Men - How to Tell the Mother from the Woman.
For men: the women we meet in life can be the Woman, but can also be the Mother. The differences are significant.
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Articles Seminars
New Year's Resolutions Restart
Three weeks have passed since the new year began. Many people start each new year with new goals, with a resolution to start something this year, to accomplish something, to achieve...
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Tea Ceremony
Several people have asked me how it is possible to practice mindfulness in daily life? How to do it? - here is a description of a 10-minute mindful tea drinking ceremony.
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Relationships Are an Exchange.
We are in relationships because we are not self-sufficient, unable to satisfy all our needs on our own. We give and we receive.
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Articles Seminars
Happiness as a Skill
Modern brain research confirms millennia-old insights from spiritual practices that happiness is not a coincidence of external circumstances that can be achieved and obtained, but rather...
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A Man Loves a Woman
A man loves not the Woman herself, but rather his own state of being when he is beside her. That is why the 'Right Woman' is not necessarily the most beautiful, the most successful, the...
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What Happy Couples Do
I came across an older post about 10 habits characteristic of happy couples — things they do. I thought it was worth freely translating and sharing here...
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Letting Go of Attachment
One of the fundamental insights of Buddhism is that life is suffering and the cause of suffering is attachment. It is in human nature to become attached. We seek stability because uncertainty and unpredictability create anxiety in us....
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If You Want to Change the World -- Love a Woman...
If you want to change the world...
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How to Remember a Dream?
Many people say they do not dream, or do not remember their dreams. However, research confirms that the vast majority of people dream, only not everyone remembers their dreams. That is why here I will share a few things that...
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Some Insights About Life
At a Neale Donald Walsh seminar, I heard these 15 points — insights about life. Attitudes that usually, for most of us (at least for me), are the opposite of what is written here.
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Son, Do Not Sleep with the Heavenly Woman!
A certain father had a son — already a grown man, but one who had not yet started his own family.
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Politics Articles
Family - De Jure and De Facto
Twenty years ago, the words de jure and de facto were frequently used. Back then they referred to Latvia's statehood status, which was undergoing very rapid changes. Today I want to talk about family...
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The Forest Is My Meditation
People say the forest, dance, or gardening is their meditation. What actually distinguishes meditation from any other activity?
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