Steve Pavlina, Guest Writer Waking Times How do you discover your real purpose in life? I’m not talking about your job, your daily responsibilities, or even your long-term goals. I mean the real reason why you’re here at all — the very reason you exist. Perhaps you’re a rather nihilistic person who doesn’t believe you …
Kevin W Chen, Ph.D. MPH, Yang-Sheng Waking Times Have you ever wished that, instead of learning about history or the speed of light in school, we were also taught something more practical, like how to be happy? Well, your wish has come true. Recently, a new subject has appeared in education, not in high school …
La Maison du 21e siecle Waking Times Quebec-based magazine La Maison du 21e siecle asked physician David O. Carpenter, former founding dean of the University at Albany (NY)’s School of Public Health, to comment on a letter published in the Montreal daily Le Devoir last May 24. This letter claimed wireless smart meters pose no risk to public health. Some forty …
Christina Sarich, Contributing Writer Waking Times “Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe When one of the most intellectually resilient minds of our time tells you that change is inevitable, sometimes you listen. In a recent reading (Gino Serge’s Faust in Copenhagen) about the …
Caroline Savery, Sust Enable Waking Times The more godlike he becomes, the less godly Homo economicus behaves.” – Andrew Nikiforuk When I started out as a sustainability activist, I firmly believed that “sustainability” meant finding better, more efficient ways for humans to live within the means of our resources. I considered the problem of sustainability as a problem …
Debbie West, Guest Writer Waking Times Michael Hathaway, author of 10 books on psychic development, past lives, regression, hypnosis and spirituality, and a board certified Past Life Regression Therapist is one of the most respected hypnotists in the country. He published a book entitled, “It’s Time to Simplify Your Soul’s Code”, an easy how-to guide …
Lisa Garber, Natural Society Waking Times We know fracking isn’t exactly the safest of practices. We’ve heard of its propensity to pollute our air and drinking water and thereby raise human health concerns. The media, however, isn’t talking about the massive sinkholes pockmarking the nation, the radiation leaks, and other lesser known but no less earth-shattering effects …
Sigmund Fraud, Staff Writer Waking Times Our lives are ridiculously convenient in this day and age, and much of the consumer economy seems to be directed at making life ‘easier’ still. It seems that the more convenient life becomes, the more need there is for more convenience. Anything is possible in this technological age and …
Johanne Markus, Prevent Disease Waking Times As you rise every morning, one aspect of your self reassembles: the first-person observer of reality, inhabiting a human body. As you move on throughout your day, so does your sense of having a past, a personality and motivations. Your self is complete, as both witness of the world …
Margie King, GreenMedInfo Waking Times Since the early 1980’s the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans have urged trusting Americans to eat a low-fat high-carbohydrate diet for their health and weight control. Since then, there has been an alarming increase in chronic diseases such as cancer and diabetes. In addition, obesity rates have shot up to 30%, and …
Chris Bourne, Openhand Contributor Waking Times There are so many questions about the human diet. Does humanity really come from a hunter gatherer heritage as traditional anthropology would have us believe? Are we meant to eat animal protein? And what about the B12 question: if on the other hand we evolved to be vegan, which …
Buck Rogers, Staff Writer Waking Times “The Science of Delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality in principle, leaving only the details to be filled in.” –Rupert Sheldrake The default scientific worldview of physical materialism is a paradigm that is being challenged in these paradoxical times. Technology continues to support …
Jason Jeffrey, New Dawn Waking Times I believe the idea of Shambhala has not yet come to full flower, but that when it does it will have enormous power to reshape civilisation. It is the sign of the future. The search for a new unifying principle that our civilisation must now undertake will, I am convinced, …
Kris Gunnars, Guest Writer Waking Times There is a lot of misinformation circling around in mainstream nutrition. I have listed the worst examples in this article, but unfortunately this is just the tip of the iceberg. Here are the top 11 biggest lies, myths and misconceptions of mainstream nutrition. 1. Eggs Are Unhealthy There’s one …
Tara Gould, Wake Up World Waking Times Not everyone likes gold, some find it trashy and over stated, while others simply can’t get enough of the stuff. Gold is a massive billion dollar industry, and millions of people globally are dependent on small-scale gold mining to survive. But the majority work in harsh conditions with no …
Konstantin Eriksen, Guest Writer Waking Times Today I’d like to talk about a subject that I’ve been thinking about for many years and to share my current thinking on the topic: What is freedom? The reality is that no matter how much I thought about the meaning of freedom and how much I read about it, …
Dr. Stewart Bitkoff, Guest Writer Waking Times The breath that does not repeat the name of God is a wasted breath. —Kabir * * According to Sufi tradition, humanity originated ‘far beyond the stars’ and is on a return journey back to the Source. While in the earth phase, there are numerous opportunities to embrace …
Hua-Ching Ni, Integral Way Waking Times Editor’s Note: This message comes from the revered Taoist master, Hua-Ching Ni, teacher of The Integral Way. His works are numerous and noble and his timely message of hope about the condition of mankind is worth reflecting upon. Beloved friends of the Integral Way, New Year 2013 is the …
Dylan Charles, Editor Waking Times Spiritual cultivation is our responsibility and gift as human beings. At it’s core it means that we live properly, in harmony with nature and with principles that support life. The definition of spirituality is growing as we now have access to such a vast range of information and ideas in …
S. Ali Myers, Guest Writer Waking Times Charge up your third eye (pineal gland) with high-vibrating, nutritionally enriched foods and drinks! Most people, especially in America, are consuming a diet that is detrimental to our spiritual growth. With the influx of low vibratory foods (ie. fast food, sodas, microwave dinners, sugars etc.), we are contracting …
