Ross Heaven, Guest Writer Waking Times Shamanic healing often employs plants to good effect, though it is rarely about herbalism, per se. Indeed, most shamans are explicit that the pharmacological properties of the plants they employ are of far less importance than the spirit which is held by the plant. It is the spirit which …
Sophie Rose, Contributing Writer Waking Times Have you noticed that many children’s tales end with a victory of the heart? The hero, after following a tortuous path of struggles, dreams and hopes, always manages to fulfill their heart’s desire, while sometimes discovering it at the same time. These stories stay in the collective consciousness for generations …
Michael Forrester, Prevent Disease Waking Times The focus on disease is so overwhelming in our society that we seem to have forgotten that thriving health is the status quo for our species. Unfortunately, we have been so poisoned and conditioned to believe that we have no option but to experience disease in our lives, that …
Chris Bourne, Openhand Contributor Waking Times The shift of consciousness is hitting the fan The plain of the intellect, upon which many dogmas and religious zealotry are founded, is beginning to fragment, causing tempers to steadily boil. It’s all a part of the catalytic effect of the universe. A degree of agitation happens to break …
Christina Sarich, Contributing Writer Waking Times The Famous psychologist, Carl Jung, once said that Manipura chakra is where we burn through our passions and desires in order to become a completely realized individual. This chakra is the third in the system of seven conceptualized by Ayurvedic and yogic doctrines, and is also associated to Tiferet …
Osho With me, happiness comes first, joy comes first. Many people come to me and they say they are unhappy, and they want me to give them some meditation. I say: First, the basic thing is to understand why you are unhappy. And if you don’t remove those basic causes of your unhappiness, I can …
Micheal Forrester, Prevent Disease Waking Times After thousands of years of being disconnected from higher dimensional frequencies, our DNA is finally breaking free from old patterns which have been stuck in a universal time matrix. However, humans will soon know and understand why 97% of our DNA has a higher purpose and why its transformation is …
In5D Waking Times Many believe that conscious awareness originates in the brain alone. Recent scientific research suggests that consciousness actually emerges from the brain and body acting together. A growing body of evidence suggests that the heart plays a particularly significant role in this process. Far more than a simple pump, as was once believed, …
Two Rivers, Contributing Writer Waking Times People talk about this time as a period of great awakening, a spiritual shift for humanity that will change everything, if we can only achieve it. What does that mean? What is supposed to shift in us? Perhaps Gandhi comes closest to pointing us toward our awakening. We know …
Nova Spivack Waking Times Consciousness is the most amazing of all things, but not everyone recognizes this fact. Fortunately, this can be changed. For some people the experience of being conscious is so vivid that it is literally striking, almost shocking to them at times. It is clearly apparent to them that consciousness is a …
Christina Sarich, Contributing Writer Waking Times From ancient Vedic times in India, to the sanctuaries of Greece, including the Temple of Delphi, to the terraced Mayan hills in Central and South America, and spirit journeys of American Indians, to the DMT and mushroom induced trances of the aboriginal Australians, to the opium dens of China, …
Mike Molyneaux, Contributing Writer Waking Times Many of us yearn and pray for a world without violence, sickness, pain, poverty, slavery, dysfunctional families, defective or broken bodies and death, without floods and droughts, without earthquakes and tsunamis. Some visionaries and seers of old declared that all the troubles and woes of this life would eventually come …
Ann Logsdon, EdS, Guest Writer Waking Times Developing intuition doesn’t require years of practice or complex meditative routines. These easy strategies tell how to improve intuition. Developing intuition, according to most books on the topic, requires daily meditation, probably involves yoga, includes a vegan diet, and works best in a remote setting like Tibet. People …
Christina Sarich, Contributing Writer Waking Times Imagine the unseen electromagnetic spectrum of light, which we currently don’t see. William Herschel once broke up the full spectrum of white light with a quartz crystal prism in order to divide the spectrum into viewable and measurable colors. He even used a thermometer to measure each colors’ temperature …
Raising Social Consciousness Waking Times Meditation is generally an internal, personal practice and done without any external involvement, except perhaps prayer beads to count prayers, though many practitioners of meditation may rely on external objects such as candle flames as points on which to focus their attention as an aid to the process. Meditation often involves invoking …
Waking Times The ever thought provoking and inspirational Alan Watts talk about waking up to the real you. Are you ready to discover who you are and what you are truly capable of? Personal awakening is the truest form of activism in these trying time. Enjoy and share this timely wisdom.
J.P. Hicks Waking Times “Wherever your heart is, that is where you’ll find your treasure.” — Paulo Coelho – The Alchemist We are all in search of a treasure. Maybe life may not seem as exciting as following clues on a map where “X” marks the spot of hidden riches, but it really isn’t much different. Nor …
Zen Gardner Life is a struggle. How much more then is the spiritual life, the fight to remain conscious in an illusory world where deviant forces vie for control more than caring, battering your very body and soul day in and day out on top of your struggle to survive? Oh, we’re going peacefully downstream …
David James Lees, Guest Writer Waking Times The Tao Te Ching is a wonderful inspiring book that can be used for meditation purposes, light or deeper reading, intense philosophical debate or Taoist teaching. I personally try and read the Tao Te Ching every day and often recite a chapter at the end of my Qi …
Paul Fassa Natural News There has been some controversy over the activity of adding synthetic fluoride to municipal water supplies and elsewhere, but not enough. The seriousness of this issue is more than what most realize. Fluoridation ranks with GMO‘s and tainted, forced vaccinations among the great crimes against humanity. Understanding the Different Fluorides There …
