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Mindful

By Mary Oliver

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We can become one with the world by keeping our senses open to the extraordinary all around us.

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Four Questions

This brief clip from cultural anthropologist Angeles Arien offers an indigenous view on self or system diagnosis. Really ask yourself the questions, followed by the essence question of a Chief: "what is needed for wholeness and balance?"

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