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New Research Documents the Severity of LGBTQA+ Conversion Practices—and Why Faith Matters in Recovery

By Timothy W. Jones, Jennifer Power, Tiffany Jones — 2021

New research reveals the harms of religion-based LGBTQA+ conversion practices are more severe than previously thought. All survivors needed help balancing the relationship between their LGBTQA+ identity and their faith, family and culture.

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Trauma & the Healing Power of Fundamental Consciousness

Before I began my spiritual practice, I lived in a world of vibration and imagination. As a dancer and choreographer from my childhood through my early twenties, I regarded life almost entirely as a dance.

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Judith Blackstone
2020
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Who Hears This Sound?: Adyashanti on Waking Up from the Dream of “Me”

During our weekly meetings in the Sun office, editor Sy Safransky and I occasionally stray into philosophical territory. One day, knowing that I’d once studied meditation at a Buddhist monastery in Thailand, Sy handed me a couple of videos of talks by the spiritual teacher Adyashanti.

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Luc Saunders, Sy Safransky
2007
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The Way of Silence: An Interview with Adyashanti

When people allow themselves to connect with what their spiritual life is about for them—what their deep questions are, what their deep yearning is—then they have all the vitality they need

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Sam Mowe
2017
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Inspiration and Joy Amidst Suffering and Loss

As Buddhist teaching says, suffering has the potential to deepen our compassion and understanding of the human condition. And in so doing, it can lead us to even greater faith, joy and well-being.

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James Baraz
2014
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