What a Shaman Sees in A Mental Hospital

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Shamanic View of Mental Illness In the shamanic view, mental illness signals “the birth of a healer,” explains Malidoma Patrice Somé.  Thus, mental disorders are spiritual emergencies, spiritual crises, and need to be regarded as such to aid the healer in being born. What those in the West view as mental illness, the Dagara … Continue reading

5 Common Spices that Destroy Diseases

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Over the recent years we have been moving further away from the pharmaceutical industry by taking small steps, if you recollect we did an article on how to cure a child from common ailments using an extract from five leaves. But today I’ve cooked up a bunch of spices and common food ingredients … Continue reading

Zero Point : Volume II – The Structure of Infinity

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  Following on from the information covered in Zero Point : Volume I – Messages from the Past, Volume II – The Structure of Infinity takes a more focused look at the fractal nature of the Universe. Through examination of The Mandlebrot set and Fractal Geometry, Zero Point : Volume … Continue reading

A Neuroscientist’s Radical Theory of How Networks Become Conscious

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It’s a question that’s perplexed philosophers for centuries and scientists for decades: Where does consciousness come from? We know it exists, at least in ourselves. But how it arises from chemistry and electricity in our brains is an unsolved mystery. Neuroscientist Christof Koch, chief scientific officer at the Allen Institute for … Continue reading

Yin Yang, a Symbol of Balance and Harmony

Yin-Yang is a deeply rooted concept in Taoist philosophy, representing the constant state of change or duality in the universe forming a whole. It describes how opposite forces are interconnected and mutually dependent in the natural world; and, harmony is only achieved when the two forces combined, are in balance. … Continue reading

The Effect of Meditation on Crime

An experiment in 1993 that has been forgotten was brought to light by the movie What the Bleep do We Know? The excerpt below is taken from that movie, and it got us thinking. Even the material world around us the chairs, the tables, the rooms,the carpet all of these … Continue reading

Expanding the Notion of our Senses

In this article we shall try to unravel the true nature of our senses and the relationship between them and our own self. To do this we shall take a closer look at the way they work – both biologically and psychologically. Lets start with some considerations on what they … Continue reading

The Chakras Explained In Depth

The human body is a vessel through which spiritual energy, known as qi, chi, or kundalini may flow. During the process of spiritual awakening this energy migrates through several energy centers throughout the body known as chakras. The glandular system is the physical manifestation of the chakras. Represented by a color within the … Continue reading