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The 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People Watkins’ Mind Body Spirit Magazine, Issue 29, March 2012

The new issue of the Watkins’ Mind Body Spirit magazine features the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People.

100 Spiritual List Statistics:
        Male: 72%, Female: 28%
        Oldest: Nelson Mandela at 93 years old
        Youngest: Mastin Kipp at 30 years old

        1. Dalai Lama
        2. Eckhart Tolle
        3. Thich Nhat Hanh
        4. Deepak Chopra
        5. Paulo Coelho
        6. Elizabeth Gilbert
        7. Iyanla Vanzant
        8. Ken Wilber
        9. James Redfield
        10. Rhonda Byrne
        11. Alice Walker
        12. Nelson Mandela
        13. Dr Wayne W Dyer
        14. Doreen Virtue
        15. Michio Kaku
        16. Oprah Winfrey
        17. Alejandro Jodorowsky
        18. Mantak Chia
        19. Desmond Tutu
        20. Alex Grey
        21. Peter Russell
        22. Byron Katie
        23. Ram Dass
        24. Esther Hicks
        25. Bernie Siegel
        26. Richard Bach
        27. Brian Weiss
        28. Andrew Cohen
        29. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
        30. Robin Sharma
        31. Steve Taylor
        32. Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi
        33. Andrew Harvey
        34. Marianne Williamson
        35. Lisa Williams
        36. Francis Chan
        37. Don Miguel Ruiz
        38. Masaru Emoto
        39. Gregg Braden
        40. Andrew Weil
        41. Erich von Daniken
        42. Adyashanti
        43. Krishna Das
        44. Sonia Choquette
        45. Joseph Ratzinger
        46. Louise Hay
        47. Amma
        48. Vladimir Megre
        49. Ervin Laszlo
        50. Elaine Pagels
        51. Jeff Foster
        52. Seyyed Hossein Nasr
        53. Neale Donald Walsch
        54. Drunvalo Melchizedek
        55. Pema Chodron
        56. Diana Cooper
        57. Bruce Lipton
        58. Dan Millman
        59. Karen Armstrong
        60. Graham Hancock
        61. David R. Hawkins
        62. Jack Canfield
        63. Clarissa Pinkola Estes
        64. Sogyal Rinpoche
        65. Swami Ramdev
        66. Philip Berg
        67. Caroline Myss
        68. Michael Newton
        69. Daisaku Ikeda
        70. Vadim Zeland
        71. John Bradshaw
        72. Richard Bandler
        73. Jean Houston
        74. Starhawk
        75. Daniel J. Siegel
        76. James Lovelock
        77. Judy Hall
        78. Gary Snyder
        79. Patrick Holford
        80. Oberto Airaudi
        81. Dr Azmayesh
        82. Mother Meera
        83. Rabbi Michael Lerner
        84. Lynne McTaggart
        85. Michael Beckwith
        86. Satya Narayan Goenka
        87. Satish Kumar
        88. Paramahamsa Nithyananda
        89. Rowan Williams
        90. Prem Rawat
        91. Mooji
        92. Stanislav Grof
        93. Grant Morrison
        94. Jon Kabat-Zinn
        95. Dolores Cannon
        96. Gangaji
        97. Shakti Gawain
        98. Claudio Naranjo
        99. Mastin Kipp
        100. Marion Woodman

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by CryptOwl on March 17, 2012 • Permalink

Posted in Spiritual

Tagged 100 list, afterlife, Angels, Buddhism, religion, spiritual, Watkins 100

Posted by CryptOwl on March 17, 2012

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Stressed During Cancer Treatment? Try Meditating by DON VAUGHAN

You might think that a psychotherapist would be better equipped than the average person to deal with the emotional turmoil brought on by a cancer diagnosis.

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by CryptOwl on March 14, 2012 • Permalink

Posted in Meditation, Mindfulness

Tagged biological stress responses, Buddhism, cancer, Jon Kabat-Zinn, MBSR, meditation, mindfulness, Mindfulness Meditation, Stress Reduction Clinic, University of Massachusetts

Posted by CryptOwl on March 14, 2012

https://padreralph.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/stressed-during-cancer-treatment-try-meditating/

The Curious Person’s Guide to Mindfulness by Emma Brooke

I am loving my daily yogasana and yoga nidra routine at the moment and would totally recommend it in a second, but I also know that it doesn’t appeal to everyone.

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by CryptOwl on March 6, 2012 • Permalink

Posted in Mindfulness

Tagged Buddhism, concentration, meditation, mindfulness, Ocd, peace, Relaxation, self-help, Well-Being, yoga

Posted by CryptOwl on March 6, 2012

https://padreralph.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/the-curious-persons-guide-to-mindfulness-by-emma-brooke/

Apologist takes on West’s mass-marketed spirituality by Melissa Ruleman

C.S. Lewis once wrote, “Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make certain mistakes.”

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by CryptOwl on March 3, 2012 • Permalink

Posted in Christian

Tagged Buddhism, Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle, Gnosticism, Hinduism, Jesus, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, new age spirituality, new spirituality, Oprah, Paramahansa Yogananda, Ravi Zacharias, Swami Vivekananda

Posted by CryptOwl on March 3, 2012

https://padreralph.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/apologist-takes-on-wests-mass-marketed-spirituality/

Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong’s Talk on Modern Buddhism in London

At this special event Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong, the General Spiritual Director of the New Kadampa Tradition, gave a talk on the book Modern Buddhism. This book, by renowned author and meditation master, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, is a special presentation of Buddha’s teachings on compassion and wisdom that communicates their essence in a way that is easy to understand and put into practice. Gen-la Dekyong is an inspiring and engaging Teacher whose teachings are of interest to everyone; Buddhist and non-Buddhist, young and old.

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by CryptOwl on February 16, 2012 • Permalink

Posted in Buddhism, Dharma

Tagged Buddhism, Gen-la Kelsang Dekyong, Kadampa, London

Posted by CryptOwl on February 16, 2012

https://padreralph.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/gen-la-kelsang-dekyongs-talk-on-modern-buddhism-in-london/