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This primal region of the brain, associated with fear and emotion, is involved in the initiation of the body\u2019s response to stress.\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\nAs the amygdala shrinks, the pre-frontal cortex \u2013 associated with higher order brain functions such as awareness, concentration and decision-making \u2013 becomes thicker.\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\nResearch:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0064574\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0064574<\/a>\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\nArticle:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/guest-blog\/what-does-mindfulness-meditation-do-to-your-brain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/guest-blog\/what-does-mindfulness-meditation-do-to-your-brain\/<\/a>\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29f0a5c\" data-id=\"29f0a5c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9cef22 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9cef22\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6fd42e\" data-id=\"c6fd42e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d90cd35\" data-id=\"d90cd35\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6132fb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"6132fb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=m8rRzTtP7Tc&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9653877\" data-id=\"9653877\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ad3ab82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ad3ab82\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e17bd90\" data-id=\"e17bd90\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c2079b1\" data-id=\"c2079b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9ca7ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9ca7ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"box-shadow: 5px 5px 5px #999999;border-radius: 20px; border: thin solid black; padding: 10px; margin: 1px;line-height: 180%; font-weight: 600; background-color: #fff; color: #000; font-size: 100%; text-align: left;padding: 3%;\">\n\n<strong>Neuroscientist Sara Lazar<\/strong>&#8216;s amazing brain scans show meditation can actually change the size of key regions of our brain, improving our memory and making us more empathetic, compassionate, and resilient under stress.\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m8rRzTtP7Tc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m8rRzTtP7Tc<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height: 34px;\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c34632f\" data-id=\"c34632f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b21aa71 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b21aa71\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c4a568\" data-id=\"1c4a568\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b2a8dc\" data-id=\"1b2a8dc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9825c0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"9825c0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Importance of Meditation ~ Thinley Norbu Rinpoche<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qLN4Iwfkmd\">https:\/\/t.co\/qLN4Iwfkmd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O7rWVakXdA\">pic.twitter.com\/O7rWVakXdA<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Just Dharma Quotes (@JDharmaQuotes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDharmaQuotes\/status\/1693921386929045944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n<div style=\"height:134px;\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0a7c34\" data-id=\"e0a7c34\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-994df17 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"994df17\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd7e65c\" data-id=\"fd7e65c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ecd8291\" data-id=\"ecd8291\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e184dc5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e184dc5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"box-shadow: 5px 5px 5px #999999;border-radius: 20px; border: thin solid black; padding: 10px; margin: 1px;line-height: 180%; font-weight: 600; background-color: #fff; color: #000; font-size: 100%; text-align: left;padding: 3%;\">\n\n\n<h3>Meditation facilitates creating more space in life to focus on the things that are really important.<\/h3>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blisspot.com\/blogs\/the-benefits-of-meditation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meditation facilitates a calm mind<\/a> which heightens compassionate and empathetic responses to people.\n\nA study in Human Neuroscience explained how meditation could affect emotional processing which can create positive responses to negative stimuli.\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/<\/a>\n\nA few hours of training over the course of several days increased positive affective experiences and elicited activity in brain regions previously associated with positive affect and social affiliation (Klimecki et al.,\u00a0<a id=\"__tag_278094029\" class=\" bibr popnode tag_hotlink tag_tooltip\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/#B65\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2012<\/a>).\n\nIn a larger field experiment, Fredrickson et al. (<a id=\"__tag_278094012\" class=\" bibr popnode tag_hotlink tag_tooltip\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/#B35\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2008<\/a>) found that loving-kindness meditation produced increases over a 2-month period in daily experiences of positive emotions, which promoted increases in a wide range of personal resources (e.g., increased mindfulness, purpose in life, social support, decreased illness symptoms), which, in turn, predicted increased life satisfaction and reduced depressive symptoms.\n\nIn a recent randomized controlled trial, an intensive meditation\/emotion regulation intervention that included multiple elements of compassion training yielded reduced trait negative affect, rumination, depression, and anxiety, increased trait positive affect and mindfulness, and improved recognition of subtle facial expressions of emotion (Kemeny et al., <a id=\"__tag_278094041\" class=\" bibr popnode tag_hotlink tag_tooltip\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/#B63\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2012<\/a>). Taken together, these recent studies support the hypothesis that compassion meditation contributes to improved emotion regulation.\n\nIn contrast to mindful-attention practices aimed at improving attentional skills, compassion meditation is a distinct form of contemplative practice aimed at cultivating higher levels of compassion. Compassion can be defined as the feeling that arises in witnessing another&#8217;s suffering and that motivates a subsequent desire to help (Goetz et al.,\u00a0<a id=\"__tag_278094037\" class=\" bibr popnode tag_hotlink tag_tooltip\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/#B39\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2010<\/a>).\n\nIn the Mahayana Buddhist tradition, compassion is considered the ultimate source of well-being and happiness (Davidson and Harrington, <a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/#B23\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2001<\/a>). Buddhist-inspired practices for cultivating compassion for self and others have been proposed by a number of authors as accessible methods to help alleviate psychological problems and improve well-being (Salzberg,\u00a0<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/#B106\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">1995<\/a>; Gilbert,\u00a0<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/#B37\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2005<\/a>; Makransky,\u00a0<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/#B81\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2007<\/a>; Germer,\u00a0<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/#B36\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2009<\/a>; Hofmann et al.,\u00a0<a id=\"__tag_278094113\" class=\" bibr popnode tag_hotlink tag_tooltip\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/#B50\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2011<\/a>; Ozawa-de Silva and Dodson-Lavelle,\u00a0<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/#B91\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2011<\/a>; Jazaieri et al.,\u00a0<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/#B59\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2012<\/a>; Wallmark et al.,\u00a0<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/#B133\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2012<\/a>).\n\nEmerging scientific evidence suggests that these interventions may be beneficial on multiple levels. A pilot study indicated that compassionate mind training could lead to significant reductions in depression, anxiety, self-criticism, and shame (Gilbert and Procter,\u00a0<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/#B38\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2006<\/a>).\n\nAnother study suggested that compassion meditation may offer health-related benefits such as reduced immune and behavioral response to psychosocial stress (Pace et al.,\u00a0<a id=\"__tag_278094026\" class=\" bibr popnode tag_hotlink tag_tooltip\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/#B92\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2009<\/a>,\u00a0<a id=\"__tag_278094021\" class=\" bibr popnode tag_hotlink tag_tooltip\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/#B93\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2010<\/a>). In a pilot study of loving-kindness meditation, a practice related to compassion meditation, chronic low back pain patients showed significant improvements in pain and psychological distress (Carson et al.,\u00a0<a id=\"__tag_278094117\" class=\" bibr popnode tag_hotlink tag_tooltip\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/#B14\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2005<\/a>).\n\nRemarkably, Hutcherson et al. (<a id=\"__tag_278094128\" class=\" bibr popnode tag_hotlink tag_tooltip\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3485650\/#B53\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2008b<\/a>) found that even only a few minutes of loving-kindness meditation could increase feelings of social connection and positivity toward novel individuals.\n\n<a id=\"schedule\" name=\"schedule\"><\/a>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-794c24d\" data-id=\"794c24d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1268a41 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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elementor-element-b1a23d0\" data-id=\"b1a23d0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-ep-wrapper-link=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/empathymatters.org\\\/checkin\\\/contact\\\/&quot;,&quot;is_external&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;nofollow&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;custom_attributes&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" class=\"bdt-element-link elementor-element elementor-element-cdf0d9b content-align-cta-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-cta-box\" data-id=\"cdf0d9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-cta-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-call-to-action cta-basic bg-lite cta-preset-1\">\n        <h4 class=\"sub-title\"><em>Guided Meditations via Zoom<\/em><\/h4><h3 class=\"title eael-cta-heading\">Guided Group Meditations <\/h3><blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>\u26aa Guided meditation can be applied to assist with creative visualization, relieving stress, escaping the endless ramblings of the \u201cegoic thoughts\u201d, to experiencing your own true nature, providing relief from insomnia, anxiety, PTSD, chronic fatigue, chronic pain such as fibromyalgia, and so much more.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 24px\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>\u26aa Yoga Nidra meditation returns you to your own inner Self, giving you a chance to experience that perfect peace and Self-born bliss that is beyond the mind and body. The benefits of experiencing that state while awake are truly beyond description; it re-energizes you on the deepest level possible. Encountering your own higher Self truly is the greatest form of Self-empowerment\u201d. Sri. Devidas, \u2014 \u201cYoga Nidra\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 class=\"heading-title\">Effect of meditation on photon emission from hands and forehead<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>International Institute of Biophysics, Neuss, Germany<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>...::\"Conclusions: The data support the hypothesis that human photon emission can be influenced by meditation. Data from time series recordings suggest that this non-invasive tool for monitoring radical reactions during meditation is useful to characterise the effect of meditation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/16086532\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/16086532\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/checkin\/contact\/\" class=\"cta-button cta-preset-1  \">Contact Form <\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60cc0c1 animated-slow elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"60cc0c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7221df91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7221df91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7383a387\" data-id=\"7383a387\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22701b52 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22701b52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><script><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; 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January 5, 1893 \u2013 March 7, 1952) was an Indian monk, yogi and guru who introduced millions to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his organization Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) \/ Yogoda Satsanga Society (YSS) of India, and who lived his last 32 years in America. A chief disciple of the Bengali yoga guru Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, he was sent by his lineage to spread the teachings of yoga to the West, to prove the unity between Eastern and Western religions and to preach a balance between Western material growth and Indian spirituality.[2] His long-standing influence in the American yoga movement, and especially the yoga culture of Los Angeles, led him to be considered by yoga experts as the \u201cFather of Yoga in the West.\u201d[3][4]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Yogananda was the first major Indian teacher to settle in America, and the first prominent Indian to be hosted in the White House (by President Calvin Coolidge in 1927);[5] <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paramahansa_Yogananda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paramahansa_Yogananda<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1008 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Ramana_Maharshi.png?resize=210%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ramana_Maharshi\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ramana Maharshi<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">was an Indian Hindu sage and jivanmukta. He was born Venkataraman Iyer, but is mostly known by the name Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. He was born in Tiruchuli, Tamil Nadu, India. <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ramana_Maharshi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ramana_Maharshi<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 140px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 170%; font-size: 120%; text-align: left; margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 2%;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1010 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Jiddu_Krishnamurti.png?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Jiddu_Krishnamurti\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jiddu Krishnamurti<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(11 May 1895 \u2013 17 February 1986) was an Indian speaker and writer. In his early life, he was groomed to be the new World Teacher, but later rejected this mantle and withdrew from the Theosophy organization behind it. <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jiddu_Krishnamurti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jiddu_Krishnamurti<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2026.::\u201d When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent\u2026 Do you see why it is violent? \u2026 Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind\u2026 When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence\u2026 So a man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system; he is concerned with the total understanding of mankind.\u201d ~ Jiddu Krishnamurti<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2026::\u201dThe highest form of human intelligence\u2026 is to observe yourself\u2026 without judgment. ~Krishnamurti<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2026::\u201dThe day you teach the child the name of the bird, the child will never see that bird again. ~Krishnamurti<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">..::\u201d Civilisation is hurting. You see this everywhere all over the world, this constant comparison, constant imitation, constant saying, you are \u201cthat\u201d, I must be like \u201cyou\u201d. I must be like Krishna, like Buddha, like Jesus \u2013 do you follow? That\u2019s a hurt. Religions have hurt people. ~Krishnamurti<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">..::\u201d Violence is not merely killing another\u2026 It is violence when we use a sharp word\u2026 when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear\u2026 So violence isn\u2019t merely organized butchery in the name of God\u2026 in the name of society or country\u2026 Violence is much more subtle\u2026 much deeper\u2026 and we are inquiring into the very depths of violence.\u201d ~ Krishnamurti<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">..::\u201dIt is no measure of Health\u2026 to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.\u201d ~Krishnamurti<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">_________________<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014\u2014 Quote related to NVC by Marshall Rosenberg \u2014\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 49px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">..::\u201d The Indian philosopher J. Krishnamurti once remarked that\u2026 \u201cObserving without \u201cEVALUATING\u201d is the highest form of human intelligence.\u201d \u2026 When I (Marshall) first read this statement, the thought, \u2013&gt;\u201cWhat non sense!\u201d&lt;\u2013 shot through my mind\u2026 even before I realized that I had just made an \u201cEVALUATION\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">..::\u201d For most of us, it is difficult to make observations of people and their behavior that are free of JUDGMENT, criticism, or other forms of analysis\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">..::\u201d For THOUSANDS of years, we have been TAUGHT TO THINK in a particular way designed to make us OBEDIENT TO AUTHORITY \u2026. but which is not conducive to safety and PEACE on our PLANET. ~ Marshall Rosenberg :: NVC ::<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 12px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8212;<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">..::\u201d Most of us are ADDICTED TO \u201cego-stroking\u201d and mistake it for LOVE\u2026 Withdrawing \u201cEGO-STROKING\u201d can bring about much insecurity that is usually expressed through bouts of ANGER AND PROJECTION\u2026 ~ Nouk Sanchez, \u201cTake Me To Truth\u201d: Undoing the Ego (p. 144) ::<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">..::\u201d You have never reacted to someone \u201cELSE\u201d\u2026 You PROJECT \u201cmeaning\u201d onto nothing\u2026 And you REACT to the meaning you\u2019ve PROJECTED. ~ Byron Katie<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">..::\u201d The most dangerous psychological mistake is the PROJECTION of the shadow onto others. This is the root of almost all conflicts.\u201d ~Carl Jung<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">..::\u201d If we do anything to harm someone else\u2026 a powerful new factor comes into PLAY: the need to JUSTIFY what you did\u2026. once the persecutor starts down the path of BLAMING THE VICTIM, he becomes likely to physically and psychologically attack the victim with even GREATER ferocity the next chance he gets. ~ Mistakes Were Made (but not by me) By Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson ::<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">..::\u201d How differently will you PERCEIVE the world when this is recognized!\u2026 When you forgive the \u201cworld\u201d your *guilt*, you will be free of it\u2026. Its INNOCENCE does not demand your guilt, nor does your guiltlessness rest on its sins\u2026. This is the obvious; a secret kept from NO ONE but yourself\u2026. And it is this that has maintained you SEPARATE from the WORLD. ~ACIM T-27.VIII.13.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">..::\u201d The CENTRAL lesson is always this; that what you use the body FOR\u2026 it will become to you\u2026 Use it for sin or for attack, which is the same as sin, and you will see it as sinful\u2026. Use it to bring the -Word of God- to those who have it not, and the body becomes HOLY ~ACIM M-12.5.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">..::\u201d There is no need for help to enter Heaven, for you never left. ~ ACIM URText<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">..::\u201d A teacher of -fear- can not bring ~PEACE ON EARTH~ \u2026 We have been trying to do it that way for THOUSANDS of years\u2026. The person who turns INNER violence around, the person who finds PEACE inside and LIVES IT, is the one who teaches what TRUE PEACE IS\u2026. We are waiting for just One teacher\u2026. You\u2019re the One ~Byron Katie<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">..::\u201d The only way you can help someone\u2026 is if you know they are already perfect. ~Cindy Teevens<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 170%; font-size: 120%; text-align: left; margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 1%;\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1012 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Ranjit_Maharaj.png\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Ranjit_Maharaj.png 434w, https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Ranjit_Maharaj-253x300.png 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ranjit Maharaj<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">was born on 4 January 1913.[3] In 1924 he met Siddharameshwar Maharaj. The following year he was initiated by Siddharameshwar Maharaj. In 1934, at the age of 21 he took initiation to monkhood. Only in 1983, at the age of 70, initiated his first disciple, Shri Siddharameshwar Maharaj\u2019s granddaughter in law.[3] Hereafter he started to attract an international following. In 1996 he was invited to visit Germany, France and USA. In the following years he visited these countries several times, and also the UK, Switzerland and Spain also, until 2000, when he died.[3]<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 9px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 9px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">..::\u201d Use a thorn to remove a thorn, then throw them both away. ~Ranjit Maharshi<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 9px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ranjit_Maharaj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ranjit_Maharaj<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 99px;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- iframe allow=\"camera; microphone; fullscreen; display-capture\" src=\"https:\/\/meet.jit.si\/Ttkvj-MorningMeditation\/Guide\" style=\"height: 100%; width: 100%; border: 0px;\"><\/iframe 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f27c82a animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-custom_html\" data-id=\"f27c82a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300}\" data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-custom_html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Transcendental Meditation Technique &#8211; A Complete Introduction<\/h5><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><div style=\"line-height: 170%;font-size: 110%;text-align: center;margin-left: 2%;margin-right: 2%\">\r\n<p style=\"color: white;background-color: black;line-height: 200%;font-size: 140%;text-align: center\" \/>Transcendental Meditation Technique <br> A Complete Introduction\r\n <\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6866b6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"6866b6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=fO3AnD2QbIg&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:343,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc19257 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc19257\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7b115c\" data-id=\"c7b115c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f8ca4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6f8ca4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04b5fc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"04b5fc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"759\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/stress_reduction.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1846\" alt=\"stress_reduction\" srcset=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/stress_reduction.png 759w, https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/stress_reduction-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7365cb2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7365cb2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f736da5\" data-id=\"f736da5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b5c7b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b5c7b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adab2d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"adab2d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Define Transcendence <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-529c4f2 animated-slow elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"529c4f2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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data-widget_type=\"wp-widget-custom_html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><p style=\"color: white;background-color: black;line-height: 140%;font-size: 120%;text-align: center\" \/>Try this 3 minute example below... and notice your own ANS response...<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e21bb34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"e21bb34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/embed\\\/aPlG_w40qOE&quot;,&quot;start&quot;:1637,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-61b5441 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61b5441\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5bd027\" data-id=\"f5bd027\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e419647 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e419647\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7a48db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7a48db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l3vddQwxA48\">...:: Non-dual Meditation - Part 1 | Swami Sarvapriyananda\n<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f9d0f24 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f9d0f24\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36c94da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36c94da\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43aac98\" data-id=\"43aac98\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53162e4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line_icon animated-slow elementor-view-default 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I believe this is because understanding seems risky. <br \/>~Carl Rogers<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/active-listening-carl-rogers\/\">https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/active-listening-carl-rogers\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b99131 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"8b99131\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/active-listening-carl-rogers\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><span style=\"font-size:90%;background-color: #fff;color: #000\">&#9711;<\/span>  \u00a0EmpathyMatters.org: Active-Listening<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/EmpathyMatters.org\/now\/ifs-spirit\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><span style=\"font-size:90%;background-color: #fff;color: #000\">&#9711;<\/span>  \u00a0EmpathyMatters.org: IFS-Spirit<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/EmpathyMatters.org\/now\/how-evil-triumphs\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><span style=\"font-size:90%;background-color: #fff;color: #000\">&#9711;<\/span>  \u00a0 EmpathyMatters.org: How-evil-triumphs<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/EmpathyMatters.org\/now\/systemic-transformation\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\"><span style=\"font-size:90%;background-color: #fff;color: #000\">&#9711;<\/span>  \u00a0  EmpathyMatters.org: Systemic-Transformation<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-606fde8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"606fde8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66dca57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"66dca57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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decoding=\"async\" class=\"candle aligncenter wp-image-16018\" title=\"Let It Be\" src=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Flickering-Candle-Light.gif\" alt=\"Flickering-Candle-Light\" width=\"79\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\n<style>\n.candle {<br \/>\nborder-radius:39px;<br \/>\n}<br \/>\n<\/style>\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9c21f6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f9c21f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69c6a48 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"69c6a48\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f77f82c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f77f82c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 155%; font-size: 120%; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t99\/1\/16\/1f33a.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf3a\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t6c\/1\/16\/2764.png\" alt=\"\u2764\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t99\/1\/16\/1f33a.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf3a\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/>&#8220;The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion. Herein lies the seed of all art and all true science. Anyone to whom this feeling is alien, who is no longer capable of wonderment and lives in a state of fear is already dead. <br \/>~Albert Einstein\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t99\/1\/16\/1f33a.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf3a\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t6c\/1\/16\/2764.png\" alt=\"\u2764\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t99\/1\/16\/1f33a.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf3a\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>..::&#8221;For me, the Jewish religion, like all others, is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions&#8230; And the Jewish people have no different quality for me than all other people&#8221;. \u00a0~ Albert Einstein<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Einstein viewed the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/empathymatters.org\/now\/ego-fabricated-identity\/\">cult of individuals<\/a>&#8221; as unjustified and often in bad taste, noting that it was unfair to select a few for &#8220;boundless admiration&#8221; while ignoring everyone else.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>(He explicitly stated he could not see anything &#8220;chosen&#8221; about Jewish people)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t99\/1\/16\/1f33a.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf3a\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t99\/1\/16\/1f33a.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf3a\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t6c\/1\/16\/2764.png\" alt=\"\u2764\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t99\/1\/16\/1f33a.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf3a\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/>\u201dRefusing humility traps you in delusion.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">~People will convince themselves they are fighting you&#8230;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">~while being blind to the fact that it was never actually about you&#8230;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">~it has actually been a one-sided beef with their Creator all along.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">~This is why we say, \u201cDon\u2019t kill the messenger \u2661<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t99\/1\/16\/1f33a.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf3a\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t6c\/1\/16\/2764.png\" alt=\"\u2764\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t99\/1\/16\/1f33a.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf3a\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/>\u2661<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Poetess+gina+n%C3%A4uman+%E2%80%A2+%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7+%D9%86%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86+%40entertheunseen&amp;oq=Poetess+gina+n%C3%A4uman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poetess Gina N\u00e4uman \u2022 \u062c\u06cc\u0646\u0627 \u0646\u0639\u0645\u0627\u0646 @EnterTheUnseen<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t99\/1\/16\/1f33a.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf3a\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t99\/1\/16\/1f33a.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf3a\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t6c\/1\/16\/2764.png\" alt=\"\u2764\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t99\/1\/16\/1f33a.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf3a\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/> Love Albert Einstein <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t99\/1\/16\/1f33a.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf3a\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/> &#8230; Only a comic book bible would suggest a cultish behavior to genoc~~ everyone else, but some special chosen ones?<br \/>~ OMG<span style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t99\/1\/16\/1f33a.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf3a\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t6c\/1\/16\/2764.png\" alt=\"\u2764\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t99\/1\/16\/1f33a.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf3a\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><br \/><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t99\/1\/16\/1f33a.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf3a\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cNothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.\u201d<\/div>\n<div 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Spanish drummers! 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