Amanda Froelich, Guest
Waking Times
How many times have you heard ‘meditation is good for you!’, yet you resist the actual act of sitting in silence because the mind is too great a foe to face? You’re not alone if the word ‘meditation’ strikes more fear than chords of peace, … More
Meditation makes you a master and the mind becomes a slave. And remember: the mind as a master is dangerous because, after all, it is a machine; but the mind as a slave is tremendously significant, useful.
“When I say, “Drop the ego, drop the mind,” I … More
Debbie West, Contributor
Waking Times
In order to combat the harmful illusion of self that is created by our ideals of who we are based on past experiences and judgments of ourselves and others, we must overcome the ego. The ego-self is created by a complex and powerful overlay of … More
Marc Oromaner, Contributor
Waking Times
Destiny is the path that leads you to the most terrifying thing in your life that most excites you. It’s a journey that requires you to grow to do what you are most passionate about—to do the thing you were born to do. If you … More
Debbie West, Contributor
Waking Times
Meditation, an ageless practice that involves clearing away the information overload that builds up in our psyche, is gaining popularity to deal with today’s fast-paced environment where our minds are constantly inundated with a steady stream of information. Stress often caused by “mind clutter” … More
Ben Naga, Contributor
Waking Times
I invite you to perform a small experiment with me.
Take a moment to become as aware as you can of yourself, your body, the words in front of you, your immediate surroundings. Now imagine that, instead of perceiving in the normal way a number … More
Rebecca Gladding, M.D., Guest
Waking Times
I realized today that in all my posts regarding the brain and how to sculpt it with mindfulness, I’ve never actually explained how and why meditation works. Specifically, the science behind how your brain changes the longer you meditate. I think this is … More
Deane Alban, Contributor
Waking Times
Of course you know that your thoughts are generated by your brain. But you may not have considered that in many very real ways, your thoughts create your brain, too. Let’s see how this can be so.
How Thoughts Change Your Brain
Every thought … More
Paul Lenda, Guest
Waking Times
In moments of stress, anxiety and other intense harmful mind states that we experience within our lives, it can be difficult to keep our focus on positive personal development. The thought of becoming an enlightened sage radiating seemingly-perpetual positive energy can seem far off… an … More
Julie Umpleby, Contributor
Waking Times
During a recent equinox celebration, I was urged to create a very specific meditation process that was focused on multidimensional healing, and particularly in re-connecting with and healing the ancestral patterns within us. In the process of structuring the meditative journey, I was drawn to … More
Christina Sarich, Staff Writer
Waking Times
“You are not a being, you are a trembling — a continuous hectic activity. Patanjali’s asanas, postures, are concerned not really with any kind of physiological training, but an inner training of being, just to be — without doing anything, without any movement, without … More
Christina Sarich, Staff Writer
Waking Times
The well known and once Harvard doctor Herbert Benson who coined the term ‘relaxation response’ has been providing insightful research to explain what seekers and adepts have known for centuries, namely that practices which induce ‘deep rest’ like prayer, meditation, yoga, biofeedback, … More
Jay Michaelson, Reality Sandwich
Waking Times
It’s a not-so-dirty little secret that most of today’s leading meditation teachers were interested in drugs. By “drugs,” of course, I don’t mean alcohol or Oxycontin, but rather that subset of chemicals which our society has deemed unfit for human consumption, including cannabis, psilocybin, … More
Gregg Prescott, M.S., In5D Guest
Waking Times
Society has undergone a mass brainwashing, and it is time for us to deprogram ourselves in order to be completely immersed in the evolution of consciousness.
1. Religion
If a UFO were to land in your backyard tonight, I promise that ET will … More
David Wilder, Reality Sandwich
Waking Times
The effects gained from meditation continue to affect brain function for a long time after meditation is over, according to new research.
“This is the first time meditation training has been shown to affect emotional processing in the brain outside of a meditative … More
Jeffrey Green, Guest Writer
Waking Times
A simple 10-minute-per-day meditation method to achieve your dreams
Are you interested in meditation but aren’t sure what to do or how to begin?
Since there are countless ways to meditate it can be frustrating to choose which path is best, especially for beginners. … More
Sayer Ji, Green Med Info
Waking Times
Increasingly science agrees with the poetry of direct human experience: we are more than the atoms and molecules that make up our bodies, but beings of light as well. Biophotons are emitted by the human body, can be released through mental intention, … More
Erin Schumacher, Guest
Waking Times
What if you started re-programming your mind with positive thoughts every time you looked into the mirror?
How many of us look in the mirror daily and think something self-depreciating along the lines of:
“Ugh, is that another wrinkle?”
“Look how big my nose is!”… More
Sharon Chayra, The Shaman’s Well
Waking Times
A wise man once said that though we may travel our earth path alone, we carry with us ghosts. Ghosts of loved ones, ghosts of those that have passed, as well as ghosts of thought such as worry, obsession, regret, sorrow and challenge. … More
Sean Lang, Bushido Runner
Waking Times
The Marathon Monks of Mt. Hiei are part of a Tendai monastic order on Mt. Hiei in Japan. These monks are spiritual athletes of the highest order, who run 40km a day for 100 days. Made known to the public by John Stevens’ book, … More
Well Bodies, Open Minds – Today Would Be Good
Linda George, Contributor
Waking Times
Having studied naturopathy and holistic healing for over 30 years now, and practising (for the most part) the principles of healthy living – I have to say, I’m depressed. The world is crazy. I am probably more informed than most on the dangers of fluoridation, … More
Beware the Candyman – Don’t Get Willy Wonked
Zen Gardner, Guest
Waking Times
This has mostly to do with the conscious community but can be applied at any level. Wherever there is spiritual juice you’ll find the givers, the takers, and the very clever manipulators. It’s just a fact of life. Some people just can’t help themselves, … More
The Era of Antibiotics is Over – It’s Time To Return to Natural Remedies
Alex Pietrowiski, Staff Writer
Waking Times
Some will blame the doctors who are swift to prescribe pharmaceuticals; others will blame patients and their desire for a quick fix; perhaps some will think the over-use of antibiotics in factory farms and dairy products is mostly to blame. Likely, it is the … More
Tesla’s Optical Invisibility and Nazi/CIA Antigravity Drones
Alex Putney, Guest
Waking Times
In the last decades of his life, Nikola Tesla had achieved a comprehensive knowledge of the high Vedic physics of infrasound resonance that propels humanity into high-speed spacetravel. The dedicated work of trance medium Edgar Cayce established access to the Akashic records for the … More
Psychoactive Mushrooms – Mycologist Paul Stamets on Nature’s Little Teachers
Will mushrooms have a pivotal impact on whether or not we survive into the next millennium? Is it possible that those of us who have been exposed to the cosmic properties of psychoactive mushrooms were chosen by nature to be vehicles for receiving communications between plants and humans?… More
How to be Spiritual Amidst this Chaos?
Dr. Stewart Bitkoff, Contributor
Waking Times
Circumstances have overtaken man. His old languages are not sufficient to describe what is happening, and what is about to happen. To think in terms of a millennium or such tame concepts as ‘the eleventh hour’ is ridiculous. Better that he should realize that … More
Beware the Candyman – Don’t Get Willy Wonked
Zen Gardner, Guest
Waking Times
This has mostly to do with the conscious community but can be applied at any level. Wherever there is spiritual juice you’ll find the givers, the takers, and the very clever manipulators. It’s just a fact of life. Some people just can’t help themselves, … More
For the past 60 years, conventional medical authorities have warned that saturated animal fats cause heart disease and should be severely restricted in a heart-healthy diet.
As of 2010, recommendations from the US Department of Agriculture1 (USDA) call for reducing your saturated fat intake to … More
Psychoactive Mushrooms – Mycologist Paul Stamets on Nature’s Little Teachers
Will mushrooms have a pivotal impact on whether or not we survive into the next millennium? Is it possible that those of us who have been exposed to the cosmic properties of psychoactive mushrooms were chosen by nature to be vehicles for receiving communications between plants and humans?… More
Early in October 2013, the entire nation heard about how Sarah Hershberger, a 10-year old Ohio Amish girl with leukemia (now recovered), was being forced into a two-year unproven experimental chemotherapy study by Akron Children’s Hospital (ACH). Parents reported this week the child is fully recovered … More
Proposed Belo Monte Gold Mine Means More Devastation for Amazon & Indigenous People
For years now the world has watched as native peoples of the Amazon along the Xingu river have battled against the government and corporate development of the Belo Monte Dam, a massive hydro-electric power station that will displace tens of thousands of indigenous people and destroy the … More
Gold Mining in the Amazon Rainforest Surges 400%
Rhett A. Butler, Mongabay
Waking Times
The extent of gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon has surged 400 percent since 1999 due to rocketing gold prices, wreaking havoc on forests and devastating local rivers, finds a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
The … More
14 Incredible Photos of Brazilian Activists Liberating Beagles from Cruel Lab
Will Potter, Green is the New Red
Waking Times
Animal rights activists in Brazil rescued nearly 200 beagles last week from a laboratory that was experimenting on the dogs for the pharmaceutical industry.
According to one activist I spoke with in Brazil, the protest began with about 40 people outside … More
Los Angeles Set to Be Largest GMO-Free Zone in USA
Anthony Gucciardi, Natural Society
Waking Times
International outrage against Monsanto and GMOs by activists and concerned citizens at large is paying off once again. Just days after Mexico announced a complete ban on the growth of GMO corn, Los Angeles lawmakers have now gone on record in setting up Los … More
Industrial Hemp Cultivation Begins in Colorado – Free at Last!
Alex Pietrowski, Staff Writer
Waking Times
In a major victory for US farmers, activists, and those who advocate the many uses of industrial hemp, the first commercial crop of hemp to be cultivated in the United States in almost 6 decades was recently harvested in Colorado. Although different from the … More
Oil Blights Louisiana’s Coast as Second Phase of BP Oil Spill Trial Begins
Julie Dermansky, DeSmogBlog
Waking Times
The toxic mess left in the wake of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster continues to negatively impact Gulf Coast ecosystems as the second phase of the BP trial begins in New Orleans.
Billions of dollars are on the line in the trial following the … More
