Rupert Sheldrake, Science Set Free Waking Times Before 2012 slips away it’s worth remembering that this is the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Thomas Kuhn’s hugely influential book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, which was itself revolutionary, and has sold more than a million copies worldwide. Almost every time you hear the word ‘paradigm’, Kuhn’s book …
Julie Hoyle, Guest Writer Waking Times In early 1993, for at least six months I kept having different forms of the same lucid dream that would go something like this: I would be standing on the shoreline looking out at the ocean, watching in trepidation as a huge, dark tornado was forming. Growing in power …
Jason T. Brown, Guest Writer Waking Times There has been a proliferation of mass tort, class action lawsuits against drug manufacturers for dangerous, unsafe drugs they have placed into the stream of commerce and into people’s bodies. It’s no secret that drug companies rush to get their product to the market before the competition and …
Heidi Stevenson, Green Med Info Waking Times Trans fat isn’t crooked—and that’s the problem. Though it’s chemically identical to natural fats, it doesn’t bend. Here’s a clear and simple explanation of why, what it means, and why trans fats are so dangerous. We have been indoctrinated about fats for decades. Starting in the 1950′s, we …
Soren Dreier, Contributing Writer Waking Times There are a lot of different angles out there, more or less new age, more or less sober, that bend the law of attraction into a washed-out cliché of a non-working law. In order to attract or manifest what we want in this life, I think a very good …
Anthony Gucciardi, Natural Society Waking Times In the typical slippery nature of Monsanto’s legislation-based actions, the biotech giant is now virtually guaranteed the ability to recklessly plant experimental GM crops without having to worry about the United States government and its subsequent courts. The Monsanto Protection Act buried deep within the budget resolution has passed the Senate, and …
Anne Gordon, RN, Green Med Info Waking Times We are in desperate times and many people are completely oblivious to the fact. Rats that eat GMO food have been shown to grow deadly tumors. Our water is often tainted with plastic leaching BPA, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and other toxins – not to mention the intentional injection of mind-numbing fluoride into …
Andrew Beale, AlterNet Waking Times No one ever asks me why I don’t shoot heroin. Everyone in my circle intuitively understands that heroin is extremely destructive. It’s highly addictive, disastrous for your health, there’s a huge risk of overdose — and the question of using it never comes up. But in the nearly three years …
David James Lees, Guest Writer Waking Times A recent report commissioned by UK charities Relate and Men’s Health Forum highlighted how men are often ‘in the dark’ when it comes to emotional and relationship difficulties in their life, the factors which cause them, and how to effectively deal with them. The report shows how this ignorance can lead to much worse outcomes …
Frank Huguenard, Staff Writer Waking Times All of modern Christianity is hinged upon a short, eight paragraph document that was crafted three hundred years after the execution of Jesus of Nazareth. This one brief doctrine of belief, or creed, then determined which strain of Christianity, from the dozens of different sects that had sprung up, …
Dustin P., Metaphysical Source Waking Times Kratom, derived from a Thai word for a species of tree known as Mitragyna speciosa, is a large tree in the Rubiaceae family that grows native in Southeast Asia. In the wild, the trees can grow higher than 60 feet and wider than 15 feet. The leaves can have …
Anna Hunt, Staff Writer Waking Times The breath – a simple action often forgotten throughout the day – is a simple way to improve your overall health, all of the body’s functions, and your emotional outlook. By giving consideration to the purpose, mechanics and awareness of breath, we can greatly improve mind, body and spirit. The …
Mike Barrett, Natural Society Waking Times By now, you should be convinced of turmeric’s amazing ability to fight off numerous carcinogenic properties, as study after study has distinctly showcased the spice’s cancer-fighting properties. But just in case you aren’t yet convinced, here is even more research on the subject. In a study conducted last year and …
Ida Lawrence, Contributor Waking Times “Humans suffer greatly because they are in a spiritual-mental void, it comes from the unexplored inner self; the wounds of childhood. To heal yourself forever, you have to be brave enough to peer into that void.” ~ Stuart Wilde I’m sitting across the room from a sane, comfortable, relatively happy …
Waking Times On Wednesday morning, HR 933 passed with the new rider dubbed by activists as the Monsanto Protection Act therein. The rider has nothing to do with proposed government spending to keep it running for the next six months. Alliance for Natural Health (ANH-USA) reported earlier: Once the CR passes the Senate, it will …
Stuart Wilde, Contributing Writer Waking Times Twenty-five thousand people were attracted to my spiritual teacher over the few years that he taught, and at each level of progress, the teachings and disciplines got harder and harder. After a period of about three years, almost everyone had dropped out; near the end, there were only 72 people …
Thomas Handley, Mongabay Waking Times The global farmland area certified organic has expanded more than threefold to 37 million hectares since 1999, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute. The Institute argues that organic farming has the potential to contribute to sustainable food security by improving nutrition intake and sustaining rural livelihoods, while …
Mike Barrett, Natural Society Waking Times Used for nearly 2,000 years as a natural herbal remedy for various ailments, including those related to the liver and kidneys, milk thistle is a highly underrated natural remedy that everyone should know about. The plant is well-known for it’s abilities to promote liver health by strengthening liver cell …
Annarita, Guest Waking Times 1. Changing sleep patterns: restlessness, hot feet, waking up two or three times a night Feeling tired after you wake up and sleepy off and on during the day. There is something called the Triad Sleep Pattern that occurs for many: you sleep for about 2-3 hours, wake up, go back …
Trinity Bourne, Openhand Contributor Waking Times In the many years of awakened life, I have witnessed abundance spoken about in a myriad of different ways. I’ve noticed that in all its different guises, there are two main ways in which it is interpreted: 1. Having lots of what we desire or 2. Seeing the divine in …
