Editor, Prevent Disease Waking Times To address the media hype around Dec 21, 2012, it will be important for us to hold a positive energy and convey an optimistic message. We really don’t need to repeat the fear that Y2K created. To that end, we would like to emphasize that there is a shift occurring, …
Linda George, Contributing Writer Waking Times What is a symbol? Something that represents something else – in essence. The word symbolic is defined as : “The practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events or relationships. ” Yes okay, but we know there is more to …
Anna Hunt, Staff Writer Waking Times New research suggests it may be possible to learn high-performance tasks with little or no conscious effort. Conjuring up images of the hit film The Matrix, recent research indicates that it may be possible to program your brain to perform certain feats like playing instruments, sports and intellectual challenges. “Experiments conducted at Boston University (BU) …
In our world, there are likely as many money addicts as there are drug addicts, although, it is not yet illegal to crave more money.
Frank Huguenard, Staff Writer Waking Times According to new research in the field of consciousness, the traits and tendencies associated with the ten major personality disorders defined by modern psychologists have been found to be closely linked to any other types of natural instinctive animal and plant behavior seen in the world. Human beings are …
PMH Atwater Waking Times My research has shown me that the near-death experience is not some kind of anomaly, but is, rather, part of the larger genre of transformations of consciousness. The clue most researchers miss is stress; specifically, the intensity which comes from that stress (known in shamanism as “high stress”). The entire pattern …
Rod Morin, Contributing Writer Waking Times In the first part to this essay, my point has been to plant the seed of the idea that the worldly reality we play in is not as solid (physically or conceptually) as we believe it to be and that, in fact, it is only due to our senses that we …
Chris Bourne, Openhand Contributor Waking Times We’re living in an illusion. But it’s a very real illusion, a very noisy one. Our lives are full of busyness and external distraction like no other time in the history of mankind. It’s as if everything created has been purposefully designed to pull us into the external drama, …
Peter Russell, Spirit of Now Waking Times One of my earliest ventures into philosophy, back in high school, concerned the question of “free will versus determinism.” If the world unfolds according to fixed laws, then everything that happens is determined by events that have gone before. Since our brains are part of this world, their …
David James Lees, Guest Writer Waking Times The Tao Te Ching is a wonderful inspiring book that can be used for meditation purposes, light or deeper reading, intense philosophical debate or Taoist teaching. I personally try and read the Tao Te Ching every day and often recite a chapter at the end of my Qi …
Jonathan Merritt, Sacred Fire Contributor Waking Times Why you can never find a Sufi, the power of the Dances of Universal Peace and the true meaning of jihad An interview with Shaykha Tasnim by Jonathan Merritt If you drive through the streets of a city or look in the phone book, you never see or find …
Christina Sarich, Contributing Writer Waking Times The Sri Yantra as a Manifestation of Divine Sound: The Ultimate Fractal for Healing The Sri Yantra is a series of interlocking triangles with a perfect ratio of 3.14 or the divine number, Pi. It is thought that this ancient symbol was not intellectually constructed, but that it came …
Robert Piper, Tiny Buddha Waking Times When I was 18 years old, I suffered from anxiety and stomach problems. A compassionate physician and practicing Buddhist referred me to a Taoist monk who specialized in meditation and martial arts. I ended up healing myself of anxiety and stomach issues by doing meditation, and went on a great journey of …
Chris Bourne, Openhand Contributor Waking Times The consciousness shift is causing untold pressure. Our consciousness shift is hotting up. People are unwinding, unfolding and breaking free from eons of constraint. It’s a truly wonderful movement to behold. I feel blessed to be here during these times of profound change. But it’s a double edged sword …
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 …
Waking Times Cleaning up the Pineal Gland is useful for those wishing to develop their multidimensional perception. The Pineal gland will naturally make its own DMT when fully operational and we will be able to remain in a visionary state most of the time. An awakened pineal gland brings the ability to consciously astral travel, …
This core Self or inner center which is left behind when all the various identities fall away, is the true essence of Self which emanates through all the layers of personality and mind. Very simply, it is the awareness “I Exist!” It can almost be described as the high vibratory frequency of love energy, individualized as each unique being, yet truly only One. This deep connection is being realized by many on planet Earth right now.
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We live in a consumerist society, and our culture reflects that. Unfortunately the reflection is ugly. It shows us an image of greed and excessive wastefulness camouflaged by an outlandish hyper-reality. If we were to peel back this hyper-reality we would reveal the throbbing hunger of our animal nature: the need to be recognized.
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The concept of counting coup is a Native American act of courage referring to the winning of prestige in battle. A person wins prestige by uncommon acts of bravery in the face of an enemy. Danger and risk is required to count coup and it can be recorded by touching an enemy in battle and then escaping unharmed.
We have all the choice to make. To continue to operate and experience the limitation of fear and separation, or we can let it go and move forward into a more natural state of expansive, playful consciousness where anything is possible. Absolutely anything!
