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Do you remember what it was like to fall in love? It’s one of the best times in a person’s life. You can’t wait until the next time you are with your loved one You can spend hours on the phone talking about almost anything You experience a new vitality and you have heaps of [...]

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Every so often, (and especially after we have encountered some life-changing experiences, whether they be illness, job-change, relationship disruptions and the like) it becomes valuable to take some time out to assess what it is that’s important and where you are headed with your life. Having done that the next thing is to take a [...]

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As the next Take a Stand for Life program approaches, I am reminded of last year’s program on which I was privileged to participate and support as the counsellor. As counsellor, I shared many sacred and beautiful moments with people who came to my room to privately share precious parts of their lives.  People were [...]

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People have been asking us what actually happens on the ‘Meditate for Life’ program?    So, in response, here are the answers to the most common questions: Who’s it for? It’s for anyone who is interested in learning to meditate or who has learned in the past and would like to kick-start their practice again. How [...]

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This writing, from the Positive Thoughts  blog, describes well what it means to move from a Reactive perspective to a Creative one… something that not many adults achieve. This shift, from Reactive to Creative is central to the Take a Stand for Life Program at Quest for Life which is starting on September 19, 2011. We are [...]

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When I ask people “how many senses do you have?”  the normal response is 5: Touch, Taste, Smell, Sight and Hearing. True. But these 5 are only part of the story. These 5 are our external senses.  External in that they help us sense what is going on out there in the world. However, what [...]

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When I was younger, LOL! meant “Lots of Love.” Now it means “Laugh out Loud.” The change happened sometime during that period where I was frantically trying to catch up with the X’ers and Y’s, who were leading the charge into this high tech social media age we now live in. Why it happened, I [...]

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Flowers are exquisitely beautiful and a potent source of inspiration Meditating on a flower can elevate your spirits and soothe your soul.   Now that we are in springtime, there are many beautiful flowers in bloom. A single rose, an iris, a lily a bottlebrush – all bring to mind a fantastic, almost shocking beauty.    They [...]

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This great video compiled by StJohn Miall shares the results of a recent 8 week meditation course conducted by the Quest for Life Foundation, in Sydney. You may be surprised at the results! The next Meditate for Life Course starts on the 1st November. For more details and to register click here. We look forward [...]

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Here’s an interesting News Release that came out recently…. Some of us need regular amounts of coffee or other chemical enhancers to make us cognitively sharper. A newly published study suggests perhaps a brief bit of meditation would prepare us just as well. While past research using neuroimaging technology has shown that meditation techniques can [...]

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