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    "Self" Is a Misnomer

    MAY 23, 2013 8:46PM

    By Robert Fuller


    Topics: belonging, brain, consciousness, dignity, ethics, genome, identity, ideology, individuality, insider, intelligence, machines, menome, mind, mind/body, neuropsychology, outsider, philosophy, politics, relationships, robert fuller, robert w. fuller, self, soul, suffering, open+call, science

    • 4 Ratings
    • 333 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Am I a Home for Identities?

    MAY 16, 2013 7:14PM

    By Robert Fuller


    Topics: open+call, science, suffering, soul, self, robert w. fuller, robert fuller, relationships, politics, philosophy, outsider, neuropsychology, mind/body, mind, menome, machines, intelligence, insider, individuality, ideology, identity, genome, ethics, dignity, consciousness, brain, belonging

    • 7 Ratings
    • 300 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Who Am I?

    MAY 9, 2013 9:07PM

    By Robert Fuller


    Topics: belonging, brain, consciousness, dignity, ethics, genome, ideology, individuality, insider, intelligence, machines, menome, mind, mind/body, neuropsychology, outsider, philosophy, politics, relationships, robert fuller, robert w. fuller, self, soul, suffering, who am i, belief/religion, science, open+call

    • 0 Ratings
    • 116 Views
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    MITT ROMNEY IS A MENTAL HEALTH “STRESSOR” FOR ME

    NOVEMBER 1, 2012 9:24AM

    By Gordon Hilgers


    Topics: the daily complaint, gordon hilgers, raising taxes on the wealthy, americans for tax reform, grover norquist, ron paul, libertarianism, freedomworks, dick armey, tea party patriots, tea party express, tea party nation, tea party, occupy wall street, the one percent, borrow and spend, deficit, debt, economics, friedmanism, keynesianism, barack obama, crossroads gps, american crossroads, karl rove, jeb bush, profit off suffering, for profit mental healthcare, privatization, free market, government dependence, dependence on government, poverty, suffering, stressors, sleeplessness, stress, american family association, focus on the family, hypocrisy, outsourcing, people's republic of china, superstition, christianity, ayn rand, the ryan budget plan, romney/ryan 2012, state of texas, rick perry, dallas metrocare, public mental health programs, ssdi, social security disability income, social security, medicaid, medicare, social welfare programming, manic episodes, bipolar disorder, mental illness, the american standard, the national review, cato institute, heritage foundation, fiscal conservatism, conservatism, republican party, paul ryan, mitt romney

    • 0 Ratings
    • 63 Views
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    When the Going Gets Tough, Go Easy on Yourself

    OCTOBER 18, 2012 8:32AM

    By Kim Childs


    Topics: belief/religion, news, resilience, suffering, heartbreak, comfort, self-soothing, unhappiness, self-care, deepak chopra, meaning

    • 0 Ratings
    • 30 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Miracles and Car Chases

    OCTOBER 2, 2012 12:32AM

    By Lahni


    Topics: fiction, redemption, suffering, car chases, car, belief/religion, magic realism

    • 1 Ratings
    • 217 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Open Statement and Appeal to Tavis Smiley, Cornel West

    AUGUST 24, 2012 5:00PM

    By Barbara Ann Jackson


    Topics: tavis smiley, poverty tour, homelessness, crime, suffering, political corruption, religion, nonprofit frauds, deception

    • 0 Ratings
    • 140 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Layers of Desparation-Dr. Jackie's Mental Health Moment

    AUGUST 23, 2012 8:51PM

    By jackie2


    Topics: trauma, suffering, mental illness, depression, family, mental health

    • 0 Ratings
    • 74 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    A MEMORIAL DAY MEDITATION

    JUNE 1, 2012 1:19PM

    By Bruce Levine


    Topics: science, politics, poetry, photography, open+call, belief/religion, forgiving, breathe, families, sacrifice, killing, bombs, sadness, anger, time, soldiers, suffering, water, battles, yahweh, christ, mohammed, sons, mothers, brothers, legs, mind, torment, spaceship earth, jordan, egypt, libya, lebanon, syria, palestine, israel, pakistan, afghanistan, iraq, gods, perceptions of man, troops, physics, time, israel, palestine, daughters, sons, grandmother, grandfather, mother, father, heart, meditation, pain, virus, polio, desert, war, dead, remembering, holiday, memorial

    • 11 Ratings
    • 565 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Seeking Wild Boys without Mothers

    MAY 9, 2012 4:06AM

    By Elizabeth Priddy


    Topics: people, community, art, suffering, struggle, compassion, grieving, group dynamics, conflict, wild boys, the jersey shore, understanding, students, teachers, mothers, pride, loyalty, growth

    • Editor's Pick
    • 75 Ratings
    • 3369 Views
    • 60 Comments
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    Hunger

    APRIL 11, 2012 11:01AM

    By Lea Lane


    Topics: starvation, diverticulitus, hunger, complications, suffering

    • 0 Ratings
    • 163 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Dealing with Dementia

    FEBRUARY 22, 2012 12:30AM

    By Margot Finley


    Topics: open call, parents, grandparents, aging, suffering

    • 1 Ratings
    • 389 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Does suffering really lead to ennoblement of the soul?

    DECEMBER 28, 2011 7:02AM

    By Ilya Shambat


    Topics: correlation, new age, politics, history, russian orthodox, christianity, suffering

    • 1 Ratings
    • 454 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Ban Horse Slaughter (Again) & SHAME ON PETA!

    DECEMBER 12, 2011 11:52PM

    By TaosGirl


    Topics: barbarism, suffering, meat industry, horse slaughterhouses in america, horse slaughter, peta, animals

    • 2 Ratings
    • 562 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Under the Weather

    DECEMBER 2, 2011 7:32PM

    By Spike The Chicken


    Topics: davd serven schreiber, flu, suffering, illness

    • 29 Ratings
    • 924 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    An Expression of Sympathy: Open call

    NOVEMBER 22, 2011 1:46PM

    By Oryoki Bowl


    Topics: open call, sympathy, support, death, life, love, loss, friendship, relationship, learning, teaching, parenting, belief/religion, family, health, open+call, buddhism, quakerism, query, sympathy, empathy, suffering, compassion

    • 4 Ratings
    • 1587 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Occupy: An American Tune

    OCTOBER 28, 2011 2:22PM

    By Living with Caer


    Topics: foreclosure, vets, homeless, wall street, belief/religion, family, news, open call, politics, suffering, americans, occupy, photo essay, economy

    • 1 Ratings
    • 234 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Tarnished: A Call for Healing

    OCTOBER 27, 2011 1:34AM

    By Karen S. Williams


    Topics: prose, pain, spirituality, journaling, environment, the sacred romance, john eldredge, healing, family, belief/religion, suffering, hurts, self-discovery, reflection, wounding, emotions, wounds, trauma, recovery, reflection, meditation, spirituality, christianity, god, prayer, inner healing, science, poetry

    • 0 Ratings
    • 104 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Letting Go, Again

    SEPTEMBER 24, 2011 11:40AM

    By Ivy Anne


    Topics: suffering, cancer, family, love, dying, grief, death

    • 7 Ratings
    • 345 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    What Is Wrong?

    SEPTEMBER 4, 2011 12:59AM

    By dunniteowl


    Topics: poem, poetry, suffering, misery, hope, peace, reality, purpose, starvation, sickness, famine, war, civilization, technology, power, solution, hope

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