Ramel Rones, David Silver of YMAA Waking Times Most Eastern arts seek ways for the practitioner to spend more time in a deeply relaxed state, that is, with a meditative mind. This deep level of meditation is an essential step for achievement in all Eastern disciplines: seeking enlightenment (meditation), better performance (Kung Fu), higher quality …
Waking Times The Tao te Ching is an ancient scripture written around the 6th century BC by Lao Tzu, the renowned “Old Master”. The wisdom of the this ancient treatise on the cosmos helps us to understand how the fundamental forces of the universe itself are mirrored in our own inner structure and it gives us …
He spent the rest of his life promoting that concept and the theory of social structure known as anarchism. To Americans anarchism is synonymous with a lack of order. But to Kropotkin anarchist societies don’t lack order but the order emerges from rules designed by those who feel their impact, rules that encourage humanly scaled production systems and maximize individual freedom and social cohesion.
Today, there are few clinical situations in China where either traditional Chinese medicine or Western methods are delivered alone. For example, in many rural clinics, acupuncture, herbal medicine, and massage are easy and inexpensive to deliver, but Western medicine is difficult and expensive to provide. A few specialty institutions in large cities exclusively use technological Western diagnostic methods, and follow up with primarily Western intervention procedures. However, most institutions that focus on Western methods typically have acupuncture, massage, and herbal medicine also available to reduce pain, mediate the side effects of medications, and support patients with regulation of sleep, bowel disturbances, pain, anxiety, and nausea.
Try not to become a man of success, try to become a man of value. Einstein said that. I think that’s true and important. If you fill your days with doing something that pays the bills but is essentially meaningless you are wasting your precious life. A real man has the balls to travel outside his comfort zone to make a sincere attempt to contribute to mankind. He works for the greater good instead of for the sake of protection of his self image and clinging to the illusion of safety.
Dylan talks with filmmaker Sharron Rose about life in lockdown and the healing power of Qi Gong.
Dylan Charles – Training and developing the major energy centers of the body will change your life.
Veg Love Waking Times You can indeed reap a lot of benefits by being a vegetarian and people have become more aware of the health benefits of being a vegetarian. Animal rights issues is only one of the reasons why people decide to go on a vegetarian diet. People are beginning to care more about …
Dylan Charles – I wrote this post to give inspiration and encouragement for any spiritual seekers out there who are challenged to let go of social and emotional dependency on alcohol.
Kingsley Dennis – Human history is like a dream within a dream – an inversion within an illusion.
Travis Bradberry – Emotional intelligence is the “something” in each of us that is a bit intangible.
Jack Fox-Williams – We often believe we are right despite the multiple (if not infinite) interpretations about the nature of reality.
Dylan Charles – In this talk with the amazing Judith Kwoba of Night Flight, we discuss what it means to strive for and achieve emotional sobriety.
Gary ‘Z’ McGee – There are now over eight billion people on the planet. We each have a different psychophysiological reaction to any given stimuli, no matter how minute the difference.
Dylan Charles – The most effective prisons are constructed inside the mind.
Dylan Charles – The thoughts in your head will create the body you have.
Dylan Charles – You’ve been warned. What will you do?
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– The human condition is one of slavery, where bondage is psychological and spiritual rather than physical.
Jonathon Miller-Weisberger – Western audiences are just beginning to understand the challenges of working with ayahuasca.
Gary ‘Z’ McGee – A robust character hinges on eight core virtues: courage, curiosity, temperance, humility, liberty, honor, wisdom, and humor.
