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They wanted to rule the world and to run their own lives with no interference from God. Adam and Eve desired the "good life," but they wanted it on their own terms.

There are certain phrases people who aren't completely clueless use often, according to psychology. They are mindful and cognizant of their emotions, as well as the situations around them.

Award-winning poet and Buddhist teacher, Jane Hirshfield, talks about beauty, paradox, and the importance of spiritual presence.

Culture; Books & the Arts; February 3, 2011; Things as They Are Things as They Are. Lee Chang-dong’s Poetry, Jorge Michel Grau’s We Are What We Are, Ron Howard’s The Dilemma ...

See things as they are. It seems to me there is so much chaos, so much contradiction and so much strife and war, hatred and sorrow. ...