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Oregon Health & Science University Knight Cancer Institute researchers found that the GRB7 gene drives an aggressive form of breast cancer and acts independently of the HER-2 gene, known to be a stimulator of breast cancer growth. Isolating the role of this gene could ultimately help fine-tune a patient’s treatment and enable physicians to provide [...]
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July 29, 2010
In the Presence of Difficulty Daily OM
Compassion
True compassion recognizes that all the boundaries we perceive between ourselves and others are an illusion.
Compassion is the ability to see the deep connectedness between ourselves and others. Moreover, true compassion recognizes that all the boundaries we perceive between ourselves and others are an illusion. When we first begin to practice compassion, this very deep level of understanding may elude us, but we can have faith that if we start where we are, we will eventually feel our way toward it. We move closer to it every time we see past our own self-concern to accommodate concern for others. And, as with any skill, our compassion grows most in the presence of difficulty.
We practice small acts of compassion every day, when our loved ones are short-tempered or another driver cuts us off in traffic. We extend our forgiveness by trying to understand their point of view; we know how it is to feel stressed out or irritable. The practice of compassion becomes more difficult when we find ourselves unable to understand the actions of the person who offends us. These are the situations that ask us to look more deeply into ourselves, into parts of our psyches that we may want to deny, parts that we have repressed because society has labeled them bad or wrong. For example, acts of violence are often well beyond anything we ourselves have perpetuated, so when we are on the receiving end of such acts, we are often at a loss. This is where the real potential for growth begins, because we are called to shine a light inside ourselves and take responsibility for what we have disowned. It is at this juncture that we have the opportunity to transform from with! in.
This can seem like a very tall order, but when life presents us with circumstances that require our compassion, no matter how difficult, we can trust that we are ready. We can call upon all the light we have cultivated so far, allowing it to lead the way into the darkest parts of our own hearts, connecting us to the hearts of others in the understanding that is true compassion.
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Sometimes we can feel disconnected from the Universe, but it is always there for us, take a breath and reconnect.
There may be times when we feel like our connection to the universe is closed. Maybe things don’t seem to be going well in our day, or our lives, or we may feel out of our [...]
July 22, 2010
The Life of Your Dreams
Waking Up
Sometimes the life we planned for a limited conception of ourselves no longer fits as we evolve and change.
Many of us are familiar with the experience of waking up to the fact that our lives are no longer working the way we have set them up. Sometimes this [...]
July 19, 2010
Lessons of Reflection
Interfering
Each of us is on our own path and we all learn differently. Because of this it is important to not interfere with another’s path of growth.
When we care about people, we want to save them from pain by offering them the benefit of our experience. Sometimes we feel like we [...]
Mixed Green Salad with Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette
By Rebecca Katz
Here is ‘Healthy Cook’ Rebecca Katz’s recipe for a bright, healthy salad chock-filled with nutrients.
Salad
6 cups mixed salad greens
1 cup fresh or frozen shelled edamame, mixed with a spritz of fresh lime juice and a pinch of sea salt
4 radishes, trimmed and sliced
½ avocado, spritzed with fresh [...]
July 14, 2010
Moving through Darkness
The Places We Go
Often it takes something major to wake us up, to shake us loose from our ego’s grip as it struggles to maintain an illusion of control.
In life, most of us want things to go to the places we have envisioned ourselves going. We have plans and visions, some [...]
July 6, 2010
Shifting with the Tide
Energetic Motion
Since our lives are constantly in motion energetically, change is a constant element of our existence.
Since our lives are constantly in motion energetically, change is a constant element of our existence. As dynamic as that energy is, it is not random or haphazard in nature—the shifts in energy [...]
July 1, 2010
The Weight of the Past
Regret
Holding onto regret is like dragging the weight of the past with us everywhere. It drains our energy, leaving less available for life now.
Holding onto regret is like dragging the weight of the past with us everywhere we go. It drains our energy, leaving less available for life in [...]
June 25, 2010
Stronger Than You Know
Getting Ourselves Worked Up
We are almost always stronger and more capable than we believe ourselves to be.
Our capacity to cope successfully with life’s challenges far outstrips our capacity to feel nervousness. Yet in the weeks, days, and hours leading up to an event that we believe will test our [...]
June 18, 2010
Useful Transformation
Make Change Work For You
At the root of all growth, we find change. Allow it to work for you not against.
Transformation is a universal constant that affects our lives from the moment we are born until we leave earthly existence behind. At the root of all growth, we find change. Occasionally, change [...]
June 15, 2010
The Consequences You Sow
Action And Effect
Every action you take has a cause and effect. The influence we wield is infinite.
All motive and action affects the cosmos in some way. The principle of cause and effect is the truth that allows us to change ourselves and the world around us for the better. However, [...]
