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Is energy the true currency?: Energy spiritualists
The oldest curriculum The Vedic tradition calls it prana — the breath that animates all living things. The Chinese call it qi — the vital force flowing through body and world. The Lakota call it wakan — the sacred power pervading nature.... Why is family structure weakening?: The Story
Imagine two couples In Searcy, Arkansas — population 24,000, anchored by a Church of Christ university — the marriage rate is roughly double the national average. Median household income is below the state median.... Is tradition a resource, a trap, or something else?: Dialecticians
The tea ceremony changed with every generation Okakura published The Book of Tea in 1906 describing a ceremony already transformed multiple times since Sen no Rikyu’s fifteenth-century version.... Is tradition a resource, a trap, or something else?: Progressives
The grandmother’s hands On a September morning in 1994, a nine-year-old girl in rural Yunnan had her feet bound by her grandmother. The grandmother soaked strips of cloth in warm water, folded the girl’s four smaller toes under each foot, and wrapped them so tightly the bones...