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Karma. Cause and Effect

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                                          Photo by Matthew Harris Fate is not Arbitrary   We have to wonder is every thought, word we say, or deed we commit has a cause which creates an effect. A more simple way to look at is we go to work, we get paid. We go to school, we learn something. When we exercise or eat nutritious food, we get healthy. In Buddhism, it is taught that fate is not arbitrary. This simply put means that whatever happens in life does not occur randomly but more for a reason. Supernatural forces do not have a stranglehold on our lives; we are in full control of our own destiny. The idea of cause and effect is not always available to our awareness. We often judge that life is unfair. I know I have thought this way and many of you reading this can attest to the same notion. We have often pondered questions through ou...

Discover Mind Body Connection

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                                Image by Mohamed Nohassi   Emotional and Physical state We have all been in a place where we feel tired, anxious, sick or just plain not feeling well. We wish we could have just a little more energy to accomplish everything we needed to do today and beyond. Well the connection between the mind and body holds keys to those answers. We can no longer ignore the influence that the mind has on the body's functioning and we need to take a closer look at it. Our physical well being has an unbelievably close connection to our emotional state. The mind body connection has close ties to a person's thoughts, attitude, behaviours and physical health. There was not a lot of research done in the past of how the mind connects with the body. However, now in the areas of neuroscience there are new breakthroughs in research debunking those old theories th...