By April McCarthy There are many places around the world where people live longer and know how to be happier than the rest of us. They live time-tested lifestyles that promise to protect us from a wide range of diseases. The key is knowing why they work and how to adopt them yourself. Researchers have long tried to understand why some regions are much healthier than others. Epidemiological studies have…
Have you ever felt completely drained, depleted and exhausted around a particular person, for no apparent reason? An energy vampire is a person who feeds off your emotional, or psychic, energy. People who display energy vampire traits generally lack empathy, sensitivity, and emotional maturity. As a result of the pain or insecurity they feel inside, energy vampires are addicted to preying on the vitality of others as an attempt to…
Numbers are ancient, meaningful, and powerful. It was the Pythagoreans in the 6th century BC who were one of the first groups to popularize the idea that numbers are not merely mathematical symbols, but they actually carry spiritual significance. As Pythagoras was once quoted to have said, “Number is the ruler of forms and ideas and the cause of gods and daemons.” Thanks to Pythagoras, we have the system of…
Gregg Braden introduces us to a lost form of prayer that helps us move beyond the problems we are facing and become a part of the solution. This is something that is practiced by many indigenous cultures and is present within the lost Gospel of Thomas. From this, we gain a new model of creation where consciousness plays an active role in informing us through our own creations. Be Sure…
By April McCarthy UC Berkeley scientists have surveyed more than 2,500 people in the United States and China about their emotional responses to thousands of songs from genres including rock, folk, jazz, classical, marching band, experimental and heavy metal. The upshot? The subjective experience of music across cultures can be mapped within at least 13 overarching feelings: Amusement, joy, eroticism, beauty, relaxation, sadness, dreaminess, triumph, anxiety, scariness, annoyance, defiance, and feeling…
Science increasingly agrees with the poetry of direct human experience: we are more than the atoms and molecules that make up our bodies, but beings of light as well. Biophotons are emitted by the human body, can be released through mental intention, and may modulate fundamental processes within cell-to-cell communication and DNA. Nothing is more amazing than the highly improbable fact that we exist. We often ignore this fact, oblivious to…
Using the power of Breath, Intention, and Resonance to Empower Your Voice Though I have always been a musically expressive person, when I first heard about the chakras, I actually did not believe they were real. The idea of having seven major points that governed certain organs in my body, radiating different colors and notes, and spinning clockwise when in balance seemed strange to me. It was not taught to…
By sunshyne49 Doctor Lloyd Rudy, a pioneer in the U.S in cardiac research, sits down for an interview where he is asked about a his experience involving Near Death Experiences. He describes an incident with a patient during surgery. He explains that the patient had “no way of knowing” the doctor had sticky notes posted on the monitor (they were posted well AFTER the operation had started), as well as…
Along with the opioid epidemic, we are in the midst of a benzodiazepine epidemic. This class of prescription drugs, which includes the extremely popular drug xanax, is primarily prescribed for anxiety, but is exceptionally prone to abuse, addiction, and were involved in almost 12,000 deaths a year. “These are highly addictive and potentially lethal drugs, and many people don’t know that,” lead author Dr. Anna Lembke of the Stanford University School…