Steven Handel, Guest
Waking Times
The purpose of thinking is to understand our world as best as possible. Our minds have evolved to think so that we can better adapt to our environment and make smarter decisions on how to survive and live.
At a biological level, our thoughts are … More
Josh Richardson, Prevent Disease
Waking Times
Our world of duality is slowly changing. More of us are seeing each other for who we are and why we’re here. Every aspect of our lives revolves around how we think and feel about ourselves and those around us. If we understand what … More
Christina Sarich, Contributor
Waking Times
In 1928, sociologists W. I. Thomas and D. S. Thomas put forth what has become known as the Thomas theorem; “If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequences.”
“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.” - … More
Al Smith, Contributing Writer
Waking Times
Do you wonder why life is a chaotic roller coaster of both positive and negative events? Have you, like most, earnestly tried positive thinking, meditation or prayer without any tangible beneficial results? Do you stress over your quietly desperate realization that you have … More
Rene’ Descartes, Contributing Writer
Waking Times
An enlightened conversation…
Everything in the Universe is vibrating. Even light is vibrating (different frequencies of vibration give us the different colors, just like different frequencies of vibration give us the different notes in an octave of sound).
The so-called 5 physical senses, … More
Chris Bourne, Openhand Contributor
Waking Times
There’s much talk in spiritual circles about ‘setting our intention’; ‘envisioning the things we want’ or ‘manifesting our reality’. How easily such things slip into the psyche and collective vocabulary. What if though, we’re still being led astray by the ego, albeit a more … More
Peter Russell, Spirit of Now
Waking Times
The question is sometimes raised as to how it is that mathematics, which is a creation of the human mind, without any empirical reference to external reality, should match reality so well. When we make the distinction between the reality we experience and … More
P.M.H. Atwater, L.H.D., New Dawn
Waking Times
Perception determines “truth.” We invent our own reality through our own perceptions and others’, and by accepting what appears to be real as real. History is filled with stories of people who, in “slipping between the cracks” of their own consciousness (thus altering … More
Linda George, Contributing Writer
Waking Times
We exist in a system where our beliefs are continually manipulated to induce a programmed ‘reality’ – one we are conditioned to accept is reality. It is the ‘reality’ of the physical, five-sensory, finite world. In reality, reality is not this! In reality, we … More
Konstantin Eriksen, Guest Writer
Waking Times
You are asleep and you don’t even know it. You need a spiritual transformation. Deep down, you know it. Something doesn’t feel right. It’s like you’ve been living the same day, over and over again. Life doesn’t seem to have any meaning.
Like in … More
Chris Renzo, Contributing Writer
Waking Times
Our nation, the United States, is the richest and most powerful nation in the world. The rich live a decadent lifestyle, and there exists a large middle class, but tens of millions live in poverty. 50% million people [1/6 of our population] cannot afford … More
Pao L. Chang, Guest Writer
Waking Times
Reality is something that we experience everyday, yet most of us have little clue of what it really is. Understanding reality is important for your well-being because it affects your growth and personal development, and the reality that you choose to live in … More
One fish said to the other:
“Do you believe in this ocean that they talk about?”
This ancient Chinese saying well illustrates how narrow our vision of the world and the universe can be. We see the world from our limited perceptual framework. Despite evolution of our race, … More
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 … More
Arjun, Collective-Evolution
Waking Times
Where does our current understanding of reality come from? As we’ve moved through different stages of human history, new findings about the true nature of reality have become increasingly apparent. We knew the Earth was flat, we know the Earth is round, are we on the … More
Christina Sarich, Contributing Writer
Waking Times
What is Certain?
“I don’t know whether these people are going to find themselves, but as they live their lives they have no choice but to face up to the image others have of them. They’re forced to look at themselves in a mirror, … More
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 … More
Rod Morin, Contributing Writer
Waking Times
Editors Note: Rod Morin’s insightful essay on the process of self mastery is being published in two parts. Visit WakingTimes.com tomorrow for part two.
Superficial Mind
The superficial mind is a program working within the hardware of the brain. This program is an … More
Peter Meyer
Reality Sandwich
Physicalism is the philosophical claim that only what is physical is real, where physical means: To be found or inferred by measurement and reason as existing in the world observable by the outer senses (mainly sight, hearing and touch). Physicalism is distinct from physics. Physics is … More
The late Robert Anton Wilson wonders talks about the riddle of consciousness and how the human nervous system locks the entire body together, including the mind. He describes the brain and how it reacts to our cultural programming, our reality tunnel, how our nervous system reprograms itself, and how … More
Julian Rose, Contributor
Waking Times
People behaving like birds should mark a step forward in the evolutionary capacity of the human race. After all, birds sing melodiously at dawn and dusk, swoop majestically in the open sky, and build their nests using only their beaks. I doubt that most humans … More
Proof That Big Pharma Doesn’t Care About Vaccine Harm
Heidi Stevenson, Guest
Waking Times
Big Pharma’s corruption goes back decades. Wyeth’s attempt in 1979 to find a way to make it difficult or impossible to track batches of vaccine when something goes wrong—like when children die—clarifies that there’s nothing new about their willingness to cover up the massive harms … More
Steven Handel, Guest
Waking Times
The purpose of thinking is to understand our world as best as possible. Our minds have evolved to think so that we can better adapt to our environment and make smarter decisions on how to survive and live.
At a biological level, our thoughts are … More
Charting a New Course on Illegal Drugs
Jess Hunter-Bowman, Guest
Waking Times
After 40 years of failing to stem the drug trade, there’s a global conversation about new approaches.
As Manuel, a Colombian farmer, showed me his peppercorn crops ravaged by the defoliant sprayed in a futile effort to kill his neighbor’s drug crops, he explained why … More
A Single Neuron Can Alter the Brain
Christina Sarich, Staff Writer
Waking Times
“I think every single person perceives things differently. We are all singular.” ~ Julia Leigh
If you’ve ever dropped a tiny pebble into a glass-smooth lake, you know that this single change can reverberate out from the middle of the body of water to … More
The AIDS-like Disease Seldom Mentioned
Karen Lambert, Guest
Waking Times
I have Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFS/CFIDS/ME) and HIV-NEGATIVE AIDS, idiopathic CD lymphocytopenia. With these two clinical diagnoses, I believe that makes me living proof that the AIDS-like CFS/ME is transmissible, something that the medical establishment seems unable to admit or to acknowledge. … More
Humanity Is Transforming And Changing: The Great Awakening
The planet is going through a mass transformation. There are many aspects to this transformation, and in the end one must come to realize the basic building block for global change starts with us, humanity on a collective level, together. We are being called to evolve past … More
Opposition Escalates Over Faulty Southern Leg of Keystone XL Pipeline
Stefanie Spear, Guest
Waking Times
“Enough is enough,” said Michael Bishop during our phone conversation Saturday morning after he found out TransCanada and its vendor, Michels, are planning to dig up buried pipe, part of the 485-mile southern segment of the Keystone XL pipeline, on his property in the east … More
Religion, Atheism and Dogmatic Thinking
Andy Dilks, Guest
Waking Times
Someone recently asked: “Should the oppressive content of monotheistic religions be respected and left alone or challenged and questioned?” It’s a loaded question which, needless to say, provoked a lively debate on the nature of religion as a force for oppression and negativity in the … More
Support David Icke’s Initiative to Create “The People’s Voice” Broadcasting Network
Dylan Charles, Editor
Waking Times
Truth movement icon, David Icke is a tremendous force in the movement for honest government, personal liberty, and higher consciousness. His personal story of spiritual awakening and transformation has been a source of inspiration to many, and has helped to catalyze the growing opposition to … More
6 Ways to Stop Worrying and Find Work You Love
Roman Krznaric, Greater Good
Waking Times
Job satisfaction is at record lows. What does it take to overcome the fear of change, especially in tough economic times?
This essay is adapted from How to Find Fulfilling Work (Picador).
The idea of fulfilling work—a job that reflects our passions, talents, … More
Proof That Big Pharma Doesn’t Care About Vaccine Harm
Heidi Stevenson, Guest
Waking Times
Big Pharma’s corruption goes back decades. Wyeth’s attempt in 1979 to find a way to make it difficult or impossible to track batches of vaccine when something goes wrong—like when children die—clarifies that there’s nothing new about their willingness to cover up the massive harms … More
Charting a New Course on Illegal Drugs
Jess Hunter-Bowman, Guest
Waking Times
After 40 years of failing to stem the drug trade, there’s a global conversation about new approaches.
As Manuel, a Colombian farmer, showed me his peppercorn crops ravaged by the defoliant sprayed in a futile effort to kill his neighbor’s drug crops, he explained why … More
Humanity Is Transforming And Changing: The Great Awakening
The planet is going through a mass transformation. There are many aspects to this transformation, and in the end one must come to realize the basic building block for global change starts with us, humanity on a collective level, together. We are being called to evolve past … More
The AIDS-like Disease Seldom Mentioned
Karen Lambert, Guest
Waking Times
I have Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFS/CFIDS/ME) and HIV-NEGATIVE AIDS, idiopathic CD lymphocytopenia. With these two clinical diagnoses, I believe that makes me living proof that the AIDS-like CFS/ME is transmissible, something that the medical establishment seems unable to admit or to acknowledge. … More
Opposition Escalates Over Faulty Southern Leg of Keystone XL Pipeline
Stefanie Spear, Guest
Waking Times
“Enough is enough,” said Michael Bishop during our phone conversation Saturday morning after he found out TransCanada and its vendor, Michels, are planning to dig up buried pipe, part of the 485-mile southern segment of the Keystone XL pipeline, on his property in the east … More
