Bernardo Kastrup, Ph.D., New Dawn Waking Times The study of non-ordinary states of consciousness is quickly becoming an established area of scientific and philosophical inquiry. Yet, all the enthusiasm about finding out what these non-ordinary states are somehow obfuscates much bigger, important, and urgent questions: What as-of-yet unknown aspects of reality do they give us access to? …
Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer Waking Times At the very core of a revolution lies the radical transformation of the individual, which is ear-marked by the dissolution of fear of the consequences for speaking and acting in accordance with good conscience. More people are starting to awaken to the realities of our world – the good: …
Dylan Charles, Editor Waking Times As humanity continues into the new millennium, technology and communication continue to play an increasingly important role in human life. Today, most people in developed countries are completely connected through cell phones, tablets and computers. Today’s households have an increasing array of electrical devices, from wireless modems to intelligent appliances to …
Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer Waking Times What do Leonarda da Vinci and Thomas Edison have in common? They were both proponents of polyphasic sleep, which refers to the practice of sleeping multiple times during a 24 hour period, versus the monophasic sleep cycle where we sleep for 6-8 hours and then are awake the remaining …
Dreams have been subjected to empirical research and scientific study to help researchers get insight into emotional disorders such as depression and anxiety.
Barbara-Lynn Freed, Contributing Writer Waking Times From the dawn of history to the advent of the Roman Catholic Church, the veil between the worlds was much thinner than it is today. This meant that the people enjoyed a symbiotic relationship with the natural spirits of the heavens, and land, making their lives interdependent with the Law …
Ginger Garner, Guest Writer Waking Times This is the second part to Can Yoga Be Used as Medicine? that discusses how you can talk with your doctor or therapist about yoga as medicine. Year after year, I hear the same story when new patients come to me: “I got hurt doing yoga at a studio or at …
A recent study offers a glimpse of the effects of the drug psilocybin, which can be found in “magic” mushrooms, on the human brain.
Grazyna Fosar and Franz Bludorf Waking Times DNA Can Be Influenced And Reprogrammed By Words And Frequencies Russian DNA Discoveries The human DNA is a biological Internet and superior in many aspects to the artificial one. The latest Russian scientific research directly or indirectly explains phenomena such as clairvoyance, intuition, spontaneous and remote acts of …
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 …
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 …
Anthony Gucciardi Waking Times A little-known plant with a truly bizarre name is now making headlines as a cancer killer, with the compound of the plant vanishing tumors in mice with pancreatic cancer. Known as the ‘thunder god vine’ or lei gong teng, the Chinese plant is actually integrated into Chinese medicine and has been …
The Health Coach, Contributing Writer Waking Times There is perhaps no other heavy metal that is as feared as mercury when it is found in the human body. Why? And does it deserve its fearsome reputation? Factoid: “Mercury melts at -38.8º C and gallium melts at 29.8º C. Room temperature is considered to be 21º …
Dr Kaity Cama, Prevent Disease Waking Times Everything in this world that you see manifested as form and phenomena, including things like electricity, sound waves coming to your ears as music and speech, everything is vibrations. This includes your health or illness. We often hear it said, “I get good vibes from so and so …
Jade Wah’oo Grigori, Guest Writer Waking Times Shamanism is humanity’s oldest and most enduring spiritual practice. From the very origins of the human race there is evidence of our relationship with the Divine expressed through ceremony as a means of maintaining harmonious union with Creation. Whether in the placement of flowers upon the graves of our …
Chris Renzo, Contributing Writer Waking Times In the same way that we must question our personal intentions and behaviors to grow, so to do we need to question the social intentions and behaviors of our current society. The two are never separate. Growth and moving forward begins the moment we summon the courage to create …
In5D Waking Times Many believe that conscious awareness originates in the brain alone. Recent scientific research suggests that consciousness actually emerges from the brain and body acting together. A growing body of evidence suggests that the heart plays a particularly significant role in this process. Far more than a simple pump, as was once believed, …
Nova Spivack Waking Times Consciousness is the most amazing of all things, but not everyone recognizes this fact. Fortunately, this can be changed. For some people the experience of being conscious is so vivid that it is literally striking, almost shocking to them at times. It is clearly apparent to them that consciousness is a …
Chris Renzo, Contributing Writer Waking Times There is a life waiting for all of us. A new life. A life not dictated by our fears and anxieties, but instead a life created by our love for life and all of its creations. The only thing that is stopping us from creating harmony is fear. Fear is a global cultural norm. …
Cosmic Convergence, Contributing Writer Waking Times Is there any doubt that there is a war being waged all over Planet Earth 24/7? A truly epochal war has been raging on every square inch of land, in every body of water and in every continental airspace for centuries. James Michener is credited for bringing awareness to …
