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All too easily, however, we can become distracted, scared, frustrated, gullible, cynical, or just plain inattentive. We suppress our natural questing spirit. We plow ahead without taking a good, hard look at what we’re doing and why. And whether we realize it or not, we buy into ready made systems of thought, habit, and belief sold to us by our culture, families, friends, and associates. We fall into step with the herd and almost unthinkingly adhere to whatever cult(ure) we’re brought up in, unconsciously living our received beliefs and assumptions, for the most part without question or examination.

By Lama Surya Das
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Lama Surya Das is an American poet, author, and Western Buddhist meditation teacher and scholar. He is one of the main interpreters of Tibetan Buddhism in the West and is a leading spokesperson for American Buddhism. He is also the founder of the Dzogchen Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Martha Beck at 2011 Ma Conference for Women

Martha Beck has been called "one of the best-known life coaches in America" by Psychology Today, USA Today and NPR. Beck taught social science and business at undergraduate and graduate levels for Harvard. She has now become a full-time writer.

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Martha Beck on Harnessing Fear at the 2011 Pa Conference for Women

2011 Pennsylvania Conference for Women keynote Martha Beck has been called "one of the best-known life coaches in America" by Psychology Today, USA Today and NPR. Beck taught social science and business at undergraduate and graduate levels for Harvard. She has now become a full-time writer.

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