Secret People: Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil: Positive futurist.
A Time to Find Meaning
by Rachel Naomi Remen: “Even when disease cannot be cured, there is often a way to use this difficult experience to know more intimately the value and purpose of your life.”
The 12 Best Hiking Trails at the Grand Canyon
If you’re in good shape and you’re going to visit America’s Grand Canyon in the state of Arizona, you should seriously consider hiking there.
Quotes by Alan Watts
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” “You don’t look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.” “To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the […]
Carl Jung
Carl Gustav Jung is regarded as one of the best known contemporary contributors to dream analysis and symbolization. Founder of analytical psychology, he developed the concepts of the extraverted and the introverted personality, archetypes, and the collective unconsciousness. Central to his concept was the theory of individuation, which propels each of us toward a greater […]
Alan Watts
British born writer and philosopher Alan Watts was profoundly influenced by the East Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Buddhism, and by Taoist thought. By early 1970s, he was the foremost interpreter of Eastern philosophy for Western audience. Watts was an early subject in pioneering psychedelic trials, and after recording two seasons of the public television […]
Playing With the Clouds: The Foundations of Taoist Dream Practices
by Juan Li: The beginnings of dream practices in China are lost in the depths of antiquity…
10 U.S. Wilderness Areas You Should Know
by Katherine Gallagher: Public lands designed to manage and preserve natural resources…
Quotes by Dhammananda Bhikkhuni
“I’m just a small crack in the wall; the wall of patriarchy; on the wall of the hierarchy; on the wall of injustice. Soon there will be more cracks and someday the wall will fall.” “Just the knowing mind itself, you are simply aware.” “I do not choose to be ordained because I want people […]
Dhammananda Bhikkhuni
Bhikkhuni Dhammananda came from a pretigious family, her father was a politician belonging to the Democrat party in Thailand. Later on her mother became the first bhikkhuni (fully ordained female nun) taking her ordination from Taiwan. Bhikkhuni Dhammananda did her study in India and Canada and became the first woman in Thailand to have a Ph.D. […]
How You Can Encourage Your Children To Help Our World
by Jennifer Landis: You want to leave the world a better place for your family…
6 Ways To Harness The Power Of The Sacred Feminine
by Shannon Kaiser: Humanity has neglected and disregarded the feminine for millennia. Embracing the Sacred Feminine is an indispensable contribution to the healing and transformation of the world…
Which Wetlands to Protect? Supreme Court Will Soon Decide
by JimRobbins: The U.S. loses about 60,000 acres of wetlands a year. An upcoming Supreme Court decision could settle decades of legal ambiguity
Tai Chi Health Defense -Sam Langley
by Sam Langley: This morning I’ve awoken with a desire to write. My Tai Chi practice can wait for an hour…
The Yoga Sutras: Ancient Yogic Wisdom Can Help You Get Through 2023
by Nadia Agarwal: Written around 2000 years ago, the Yoga Sutras contained ancient wisdom for living better and cultivating spiritual freedom…
Karen Maezen Miller
Karen Maezen Miller is a wife and mother as well as a Zen Buddhist priest at the Hazy Moon Zen Center Los Angeles, California. She writes about spirituality in everyday life. Her latest book is Paradise in Plain Sight: Lessons from a Zen Garden (New World Library, May 2014). She also wrote Hand Wash Cold: […]
Richard Moss MD
In 1977 Richard Moss was a practicing physician when he experienced a spontaneous state of illumination that irreversibly changed his life and profoundly transformed his understanding of human consciousness and behavior. With this opening came a new level of sensibility including a heightened intuition, subtle insight into mystical and spiritual teachings, and the ability to […]
Is There a Science of Musical Transformation in Human Life? Pt 2
by Ted Gioia: People often talk to me about music, so I’m not surprised when friends ask me about specific songs.
Quotes by Sharon Salzberg
“Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope – a slight change, and all patterns alter.” “Any ordinary favor we do for someone or any compassionate reaching out may seem to be going nowhere at first, but may be planting a seed we can’t see right now. Sometimes we need to just do the best we can […]
Sharon Salzberg
Sharon Salzberg is a central figure in the field of meditation, a world-renowned teacher and New York Times bestselling author. She has played a crucial role inbringing meditation and mindfulness practices to the West and into mainstream culture since 1974, when she first began teaching. Her latest book is Real Love: The Art of Mindful […]
Coming To Grips With Fascia: Interesting Research
by Magnus Eklund: We don’t precisely know how fascia works, nor do we understand exactly what function in the body it serves…
Does Cannabis Actually Relieve Pain — Or Is Something Else Going On?
by Julie Corliss,: Research suggests cannabis and placebo provide similar pain relief, but that may not be the whole story.
The Life And High Times Of Psychedelic Bard, Terence McKenna
by Xavier Francuski: Fueled by a diverse curiosity for the non-ordinary, Terence McKenna’s journey into the mystery was one of a kind…
Is There a Science of Musical Transformation in Human Life? Pt 1
by Ted Gioia: Below I make the first steps in presenting a scientific basis for my alternative musicology
