Psychologies

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Going on a retreat is the perfect time to let go of what no longer serves you, so you can make room for the new. It’s a time to clear your body of toxins, so you can build it back up in a cleverer way and make it strong again. It’s a time to sift thr

60 Days of Prayer

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As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things. ECCLESIASTES 11:5 (NIV) THE BIBLE STATES that God is incomprehensible, yet He is knowable. How

All About History

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I can make no claim to having had a burning passion for the history of Elizabeth I in my younger years. I found it challenging to relate to what seemed like melodramatic power politics between preening princes. I have to imagine others have found stu

Yoga Journal

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WHEN I TOOK yoga teacher training, I realized that this is an ancient philosophy and lineage. I felt like I was not ready to teach it, because it wasn‘t my own. So I spent the next three years integrating and embodying what I learned. I went on to tr

WellBeing

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Words MARIE ROWLAND In an age of disruption and chasing spontaneity there’s still something to be said for predictability and process. However, when the notion of routine is raised, a shudder of boredom is the response. Many creative types or innovat

PC Gamer

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In the painted world of Ariamis, a girl sits before a blank canvass. Known as the Painter, she dreams of using the Dark Soul to paint a gentle world. The last sister of the Sable church of Londor, Friede fights to keep things the way they are refusi

PEARL

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Only that man who stands aright in the Creation of his God, who recognises himself as a part of Creation and lives accordingly, only he is the true servant of God, no matter in what way he earns his necessary living on earth. As a part of Cre

The Christian Science Monitor

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And in Chiang Rai, Thailand, the cave where 12 boys were famously rescued this summer has become a busy tourist destination.

TIME

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The host of radio’s On Being talks about wisdom, debate, downright disagreement—and coming together when things fall apart

ASIAN Geographic

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Spirituality is a complex concept to unpack but spiritual fulfilment is important to all of us whether we realise it or not. As Pierre Teilhard de Chardin puts it, “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having

TIME

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THE LAST COUPLE of days have been like déjà vu: an unhinged white guy, middle-aged, filled with hate and rage. Only this time he walked into a synagogue, not a church, and pulled out a gun and started shooting. He killed people simply because they we

OUT

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My spirituality is so individual that I don’t expect anyone to really understand it. I grew up half-Hindu and half-Catholic. When my father was 17, he read The Autobiography of a Yogi and decided he wanted to raise his kids in a faith different from

Finweek - English

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This issue’s isiZulu word is isiko. Isiko is a custom or tradition or practice. Amisiko (plural) are often specific to particular cultures, and in a country like ours can be contested and be divisive. Take the case of those that honour isiko of slaug

Los Angeles Times

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I love myself. I am beautiful. It was an unseasonably chilly night for June in Los Angeles. About three dozen people, mostly women in their 20s and 30s, were spending their Friday evening lying on yoga mats on the back patio of a shop a few blocks fr

Mornings with Jesus

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YEARS AGO I WENT WITH my husband to his office Christmas party. He introduced me to various coworkers, and they all began each conversation the same way: “What do you do?” Facing the question over and over left me stammering for a response. “Um, I’m

Post South Africa

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A LETTER by Pavania Naidoo “Columnist should keep his opinions to himself” (the POST, February 24-28) is distorted and framed similar to the apartheid regime causing a hullabaloo. Her writing is tantamount to fanning hatred and developing tensions wi

City Press

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Not long ago, I wrote an article about what happens when sporting rules reject culture and traditions. This was after PSL referee Jelly Chavani applied the laws of the game and ordered Golden Arrows players Siyabonga Dube and Sibusiso Sibeko to remov

Journal of Alta California

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How does a fixation on borders undermine the idea of identity and culture? Nations and borders are relatively new concoctions in the history of humanity. They emerged as capitalism stretched out from Europe. I’m interested in the larger idea that all

JOY Magazine

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It’s Midgey here! With the easing of lockdown, some days I go to the JOY offices with my mummy again, otherwise I stay at home and help my dad with his work. I follow him everywhere, even though when I was a young pup, he gave me a big hiding for poo

The Art of Healing

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Google searches for prayer as a share of total searches surged in March 2020, when COVID-19 went global, according to Jeanet Sinding Bentzen, an Asssociate Professor of Economics at the University of Copenhagen. “The results can be understood as reli

Futurity

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Muslim and Protestant scientists are more likely than other US scientists to experience religious discrimination, according to a new study. The study also shows that for some scientists, religious identity may fuel perceptions of discrimination. The

PEARL

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In writing a letter to the magazine, please include the writer’s name, address, and daytime telephone number, and bear in mind that letters to the editor always reflect the writer’s personal opinion, which is not necessarily that of the editors. We m

The Atlantic

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The mob was unusually vociferous, even for Twitter. After the California-born ice skater Mirai Nagasu became the first American woman to land a triple axel at the Olympics, the New York Times writer Bari Weiss commented “Immigrants: They get the job

HELLO magazine

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Promising to bring a splash of colour and inspiration to your day, award-winning photographer Katie Waggett has brought out a collection of poignant portraits. Sunday Best celebrates London diversity through snapshots of individuals in their most col

Post South Africa

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IT IS INDEED breathtaking to note and experience this wonderful work of His Majesty, King Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, and the Sivananda World Peace Foundation to promote peace, working together and instilling the spirit of charity in the hearts of the pe

JOY Magazine

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Dear Readers, I know have used this title and Scripture on a previous column, but I have to use it again on this one. The fight between good and evil has not stopped, but rather intensified. The latest controversy being the proposed introduction of t

60 Days of Prayer

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Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. JEREMIAH 31:26 (KJV) GOD INVITES YOU to come to Him and He will restore and replenish your energy. He will refocus your mind and heart. He will satiate your weary soul and you will awak

Sunday Independent

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EDWIN Naidu needs to be appropriately admonished for his stance. He is a traitor and a zealot for the ruling party, and may have also converted to becoming a believer of another faith, but stands against the Hindi/Indian cause in SA. We have always b

The Atlantic

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Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia possesses the same limited view of religious freedom supported by the conservatives currently on the Supreme Court.

Psychologies

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• Acclaimed intuitive healer Fiona Arrigo is offering a free weekly sanctuary at 10am every Sunday to offer support and guidance to those who wish to connect and find peace. • Fiona shares esoteric wisdom and practical guidance to support rest, refle