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by Murray Hidary

Hope and Despair: Can They Live Side by Side? Mar 18, 2026

We tend to think of hope and despair as opposites.

Light and dark.
Summer and winter.
Opening and closing.

If you have one, you must not have the ot...

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Active Hope vs. Passive Hope: The Courage to Act Mar 11, 2026

We've explored the idea that hope may actually disempower us. Now I'd like to take this exploration one step further: there is a kind of hope that wai...

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Is Hope Empowering — or Is It Holding You Back? Mar 04, 2026

What is it to hope?

Is it a thread of light
peeking through the crack in a cellar door?

Or is it something more dangerous —
a subtle postponement of...

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Intention as a Way of Being Feb 25, 2026

Intention is not something you set once and forget.

It is a way of being in relationship with life.


The Core Insights

Across this series, several...

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Manifestation Demystified — Conditions, Not Magic Feb 18, 2026

Manifestation is often portrayed as mystical or supernatural.

In reality, it follows the same principles as nature.


How Nature Works

When the rig...

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Worthiness, Self-Respect, and the Friendly Universe Feb 11, 2026

Unworthiness is one of the most pervasive — and least examined — beliefs we carry.

It shows up quietly:

  • “I’m not ready for that opportunity.”

  • ...
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ON LOVE by Murray Hidary Feb 09, 2026

What is it to love?
What is it to be loved?

It begins not between two people
but between everything.
the way sound gives itself to the air,
the way noth...

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Ego, Self-Importance, and Resistance Feb 04, 2026

The ego thrives on separation.

It misidentifies who we are with:

  • the body

  • achievements

  • possessions

  • reputation

From this misi...

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Radical Responsibility — How Inner Dialogue Becomes Outer Reality Jan 28, 2026

At the heart of the MindTravel philosophy is a simple but challenging idea:

We each have a role in our own circumstances.

This is not about blame. I...

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The Hidden Feeling Beneath Desire — Beliefs at Work Jan 21, 2026

Every desire begins as a thought.

But between the thought and the action, something else appears — often unnoticed.

A feeling.

That feeling is the ...

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Want vs Desire — The Language That Shapes Our Lives Jan 14, 2026

When we reflect on the changes we want to make in our lives — especially at the beginning of a new year — we often ask a familiar question:

How do I ...

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WONDER by Murray Hidary Jan 12, 2026

It enters in small ways,
unnoticed,
when the light thins, 
and finds its way
through a narrow opening.

You step into it
unsuspecting,
startled by what you ...

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