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    Searching for Place in an Increasingly Hyper-Digital and Disembodied World

    Internet dependency and the growth of AI reveal a choice-point about place and belonging: to be natural or remain in programmed states of collective trauma.

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    Don’t Miss the Forest for the Trees: Forest Therapy as a Spiritual Philosophy

    Paradoxically, the philosophy that supports forest therapy can remind us that we can trust in life and trust in our nature even when we are not in a forest.

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    Authority, Justice, and the Paradox of Human Freedom and Free Will

    In a capitalist world, free will is a paradox. Only on a spiritual journey do we realize that freedom is the willingness to surrender to our divine purpose.

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    Healing Patriarchy is Healing the Wounded Father Within by Remembering the Sacred Feminine

    Patriarchy is the imbalanced state of human nature at the collective level. Healing patriarchy starts with remembering and reuniting with our feminine within.

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