Anthony Monteith, Contributing Writer Waking Times To the Chinese, disease begins with a disruption to the flow of ‘chi’ (energy). It is believed these imbalances and blockages in energy are the cause of illness. Qi Gong (qi = energy, gong = skill) is designed to make that flow return to normal, similar to acupuncture, but …
Steve Horn, DeSmog Blog Waking Times The rush to drill for unconventional gas, enabled by a process popularly known as “fracking,” or hydraulic fracturing, has brought with it much collateral damage. Close observers know about contaminated water, earthquakes, and climate change impacts of the shale gas boom, but few look at the entire life cycle of fracking from cradle to grave. Until recently, one …
Cathy L, ZenGardner Waking Times The “Feel Good” Ordinance? You Bet It Is! Food Freedom, Free Choice, Private Contract, Food Sovereignty, Local Foods – call it what you will but something big is growing in Maine! In 2011 five Maine towns passed the Local Food and Community Self-Governance Ordinance and two more passed Local Food …
Anna Hunt, Staff Writer Waking Times If you ask your friends if an avocado is a fruit or vegetable they may not know, but they’ll probably be able to tell you that avocados are high in fat. This fact about the mild-flavored green fruit (yes, avocados are fruits, or more specifically large berries) has given …
Max, In5d Waking Times Have you ever walked into a room and known immediately which of the strangers in it you would like or dislike once you got to know them? Have you ever ignored the latest ‘health craze’ or health advice regarding medicine, diet, or supplementation because it didn’t feel right to you—and you later found …
Dylan Charles, Editor Waking Times A sage is someone who can put into words the aspects of our mysterious nature that most of us can only feel. At times in my life I have been overwhelmed by the world and confused about the purpose of it all. I spent much time in anguish, behaving in …
Aluna Michaels – Animals resonate with us in a deep way that few humans can. This is due to the fact that animals do not have an ego. They don’t have “stuff” in the way of their love and their connection with the Divine.
Buck Rogers, Staff Writer Waking Times There are a million and one ways to revolt against an over-indulgent and self-destructive social and political system, but, sadly, history leaves us with the impression that a revolution requires firearms and bloodshed. Perhaps at times it has, however, in this thrilling digital age, the age of hyper-connectivity and …
Trinity Bourne, Contributing Writer Waking Times Unfolding the Higher Paradigm Imagine being able to feel and sense everything, whether positive or negative around you, 24/7. An Empath can’t turn off empathy (unlike someone who is perhaps ‘empathising’). It is possibly one of the most challenging of psychic gifts to master. I am an Empath who …
Lainie, Raising Miro Waking Times The history, culture & traditions of Ayahuasca The mystical Peruvian civilization of the Upper Amazon rainforest was an host to a variety of rich cultures and traditions. These people living along the Ucayali river of the amazon rainforest are specifically called Shipipo-conibo people. For centuries, a sacred medicinal drink (brew), known as …
Terence Newton – In two independent experiments that defy the notions of Einstein, researchers have been able to stop, then restart a beam of light…
Milos Bang, Acupuncturist Waking Times Most of Eastern Philosophy and Medicine comes from observing Nature and the Universe. Ancient Chinese realized early that most things in Nature are cyclical and by observing the human body’s patterns, established that our own energy (Qi) also moves on daily and on annual cycles. If you often wake up …
Francesco Sammarco, Life Arts Media Waking Times Castaneda, Don Juan, Tibetan Master Norbu, Parmenides, Liars, Infinity and Ayahuasca Tibetan Master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu, world authority on Dzogchen Buddhism, about 3 decades ago, in the early 80′s, reportedly said – during a retreat in the very first community that he founded in Italy (Arcidoss, Tuscany) in …
SARTRE, Contributing Writer Waking Times “The true destiny of man is to realize the truth of the divinity of one’s source and creator which is ever present within that which has been created and is the creator of the Self.” – Dr. David R. Hawkins Mysticism is as old as reported history. Various cultures and …
The Health Coach, Contributing Writer Waking Times Pharmaceutical drug interactions have not been studied closely by the Medical-Pharmaceutical Complex for two reasons. First, there are simply so many pharmaceutical medications on the market that the cost to do so would be prohibitive. Prohibitive to their profit-taking, certainly not prohibitive relative to the enormous revenues that …
Becca Wolford, Contributing Writer Waking Times There are indications (and there have been for a while) that we are entering a stage where food will be in short supply in some regions of our world, and in other areas it will be in abundance, but just too expensive to buy. Right now our grocery stores …
Contributing Writer Waking Times Like so many others, I have awoken and found myself in the midst of a collapsing system. There are more problems in every direction than we have resources for, homelessness among them. More nonprofits are popping up every day to help heed the call and help those less fortunate than themselves. …
Dylan Charles, Editor Waking Times Dr. Wilhelm Reich (March 24, 1897 – November 3, 1957) In the 1940’s the scientific works of Dr. Wilhelm Reich were presented to a world, marveled upon and then radically suppressed by industry and democratic government. A psychologist, scientist, mystic and refugee from Nazi persecution, Dr. Reich discovered ‘Orgone Energy’, …
Dr. Vandana Shiva Navdaya International Fukushima has raised, once again, the perennial questions about human fallibility and human frailty, about human hubris and man’s arrogance in thinking he can control nature. The earthquakes, the tsunami, the meltdown at Japan’s nuclear power plant are nature’s reminders of her power. The scientific and industrial revolution was based …
Adam Lanka, Contributing Writer Waking Times “The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life.” – Albert Einstein A balance always exists. Our world lives and labors under …
