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Awaken: Thank you, Sri Ramana Maharshi, for honoring us with your time today. If I may, I will start by diving right into the heart of things… What does it mean to awaken? Sri Ramana Maharshi: One must realize his Self… Realization is not acquisition of anything new nor is it a new faculty. It is only removal of all camouflage. Your duty is to be… and not to be this or that. I am that I am sums up the whole truth. Awaken: Could you elaborate? And what is the best method by which to realize the Self? Sri…

“God is the completely unknown addressee of my gratitude as a creature” It is a striking fact that many protagonists of humanistic psychology in later life engaged with spiritual and religious questions: Abraham Maslow founded transpersonal psychology with the aim of bringing spiritual experiences into mainstream science. The Gestalt therapist Fritz Perls turned to Zen Buddhism. Roberto Assagioli, the founder of psychosynthesis, ran meditation groups and was a professed Theosophist. The talk therapist Carl Rogers said that any description of the world had to be open to the mysterious dimensions of other, barely comprehensible realities that existed alongside the objectively…

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The travel journal The Narrow Road to Oku (Oku no hosomichi) consists of a series of impressionistic sketches, interspersed with brief poems, that describes Basho’s five-month journey around the remote northern part of Japan’s main island (Honshu), which he made with his disciple Sora in 1689. Its apparent simplicity conceals great artfulness, as evidenced by the fact that after his return Basho spent the next four years or more continuing to refine the text, which was only published after his death in 1694 at the age of 50. The style that Basho was distilling as he worked on The Narrow…

The Good Trade editors endorse products we’ve personally researched, tested, and genuinely love. We earn a commission when you purchase products or services through some of the links provided. Learn more about our methodology and business model here. I’ve dozed off on many well-made, sustainable pillows over the years — these are the softest ones I’ve found. There’s nothing like sinking into a clean, comfy bed at the end of a long day. While sheets, comforters, and mattresses can all bring their own qualities to the (slumber) party, nothing is more personal than where you lay your head. Whether you…

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The Good Trade editors endorse products we’ve personally researched, tested, and genuinely love. We earn a commission when you purchase products or services through some of the links provided. Learn more about our methodology and business model here. We’ve kicked it in sustainable shoes for a decade — here are 15 affordable, eco-friendly brands with ethical commitments that offer everything from sandals to sneakers. Unfortunately, shoe production is not exempt from the sweatshop labor and hazardous production processes involved in fashion manufacturing. Fortunately, as consumers, we have the power to use our voices and speak up. Through our purchases, we…

I used to think humility as a virtue meant putting myself last. I downplayed every accomplishment, every talent, and everything that made me uniquely me. Humility meant becoming exceptionally unremarkable. It meant I needed to dislike myself. But, surprise, that felt awful. As I got older and aged into myself, I realized that it’s okay to have a healthy sense of self-worth. In fact, the greater love I have for myself, the easier it is for me to maintain healthy habits that allow me to better serve and support my friends, coworkers, and community. It’s not always a steady resource,…

The Good Trade editors endorse products we’ve personally researched, tested, and genuinely love. We earn a commission when you purchase products or services through some of the links provided. Learn more about our methodology and business model here. If you’re looking for a fiberglass-free mattress with natural materials, we’ve ranked your top selections based on safety, comfort, and affordability. If better sleep is on our “in” list this year, toxic mattresses are certainly “out.” That includes mattresses laden with harmful chemicals like fiberglass — a combination of glass and plastic used in mattresses as a cost-saving insulation material and flame…