By marianna on Nov 16, 2008

All people have essential needs that need to be fulfilled in their lives to be able to feel happy. Physiological needs, Safety needs, Need to belong and being loved and excepted, Affiliation needs (need for social relationships), Self-esteem needs (need to feel positive about ourselves), Epistemic needs (need to understand), and Self-actualization needs.

I have all my needs met until certain degree. However, I cannot stop but keep longing for a partner. Whatever mindfulness practice I try to put to work, this longing stays. Itױs in my every cell.

Her in Tel Aviv I am being reminded of this l...

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By Madelon on Oct 31, 2008

Very much in the mood for Halloween this year, because there are a number of ghosts out to haunt me that I have to go out and make peace with tonight. One of them is my green conscience, a kind of ghost inside the machine that is me.

As I mentioned in my previous post, I have been thinking alot this week about how, despite my best intentions, I am not helping the Earth at all by being such a globetrotter. It's like 2 contrasting parts of myself are having a little conflict -- one side of me that loves to travel far and wide, and the other that loves nature above all. My mind is fighting with he...

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