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We believe that the deepest and most fundamental longings within all of us are only three--to LOVE, to LEARN, and to PLAY (LLP)--and that if we approach everything in life with an LLP mindset, we will truly flourish.

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Three Things To Do For Everlasting Happiness

Happiness. Fulfillment. Plenitude. We humans are always longing for the state of consciousness we label with our favorite..

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What is Love? A deep dive

Love “Love is the most powerful force in the universe. It is the eternal fire that burns within..

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Learning about Learning – a deep dive

“It is not knowledge but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which..

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The Importance of Being Playful -a deep dive

“This is the real secret of life, to be completely engaged with what you are doing here and..

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An Introduction to Interconnectedness

  “When I look up in the universe, I know I’m small, but I’m also big. I’m big..

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Living Consciously aka Living with LLP Mindset

“Are you a god?” they asked. “No.” “An angel?” “No.” “A saint?” “No.” “Then what are you?” Buddha..

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Means and ends from LLP Lens

Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem, in my opinion, to characterize our age.—Albert Einstein Means and..

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Harnessing Diversity

“Our similarities bring us to a common ground. Our differences allow us to be fascinated by each other“-Tom..

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Inspired by the core UEF concept that to flourish is to Love, Learn, and Play,Los Angeles based artist Lucy & La Mer composed and recorded this original song, Accompanying video created by UEF.
At the end of the day - did you love, did you learn, did you play?

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Love, Learn, Play: The Triple Helix of Human Flourishing

What is the meaning of life? What is our purpose? What happens after death? Why is there something..

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Musical Creativity as Love, Learning, and Play

BY ADAM RUDOLPH‍ Speaking over lunch recently, my friend Akhil Gupta spoke to me about his work as director and founder..

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Overcoming Racism Through Love, Learning and Play

We  have described the LLP mindset, a mantra for living a fulfilled life through the pursuit of our..

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Purpose of life, from the LLP lens

What is the meaning of our existence? What is our purpose in life? We all find ourselves confronted..

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Knowledge acquired by human beings has been increasing at an exponential rate for over a century. However, we have yet to make commensurate progress in human flourishing. This is because knowledge has been getting increasingly fragmented and sits mostly in silos. The UEF believes that if we can integrate knowledge across the silos of time, civilizations, geographies and academic disciplines.