Christina Sarich, Contributing Writer Waking Times In Mahayana Buddhism there is a beautiful teaching called the Lotus Sutra, or Saddharma Pundarīka Sūtra. It is translated as the ‘rule of good dharma,’ like a golden rule to follow for a more prosperous and enjoyable life. It is practiced all over Asia, from China to Japan, Vietnam, Bhutan, and Tibet. …
Mark Gillespie, Strike the Root Waking Times I have studied many religions in my search for truth. In my searches, I embraced a few. I was a nominal Christian for many years and converted to Islam about six years ago. Of course, I have left all of those religions behind, in my never-ending quest for …
Tim Chrisco, Guest Writer Waking Times In the following series of videos Professor Amit Goswami describes the process of, for lack of a better word, enlightenment. In his description he gives us a clear understanding of how our consciousness interacts with the world, and how enlightenment occurs. It turns out, according to Professor Goswami, that achieving …
Rupert Sheldrake Waking Times The following is reprinted from the book Science Set Free by Rupert Sheldrake. Copyright © 2012. Published by Crown Archetype/ Deepak Chopra Books, a division of Random House, Inc. Materialism is the doctrine that only matter is real. Hence minds are in brains, and mental activity is nothing but brain activity. This assumption …
Walter Mason, New Dawn Waking Times What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind. – Buddha Those of us who grew up in the 1980s were, quite unknowingly, absorbing a healthy dose of Eastern mysticism when we …
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, and they often manage to glimpse …
The human body is hard-wired in such a way that we have the innate capability to experience deep spiritual events.
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 only due to our senses that we …
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 operating system that has an architecture that …
Peter Russell, Spirit of Now Waking Times One of my earliest ventures into philosophy, back in high school, concerned the question of “free will versus determinism.” If the world unfolds according to fixed laws, then everything that happens is determined by events that have gone before. Since our brains are part of this world, their …
The Institute of HeartMath Waking Times Most people know what it feels like to be in a state of harmony and flow, one in which our hearts and minds are working together and there is a genuine connection with others. It’s easy to love this experience of synergy, but often times, this happens by chance, …
Christina Sarich, Contributing Writer Waking Times If the entire world’s information, (about 4.8 zettabytes in computer nerd speak) could be stored on 4 grams of DNA, and Harvard researchers have already sequenced about 70 billion copies of an HTML book onto small bits of DNA, what possibilities does this suggest about our species’ past and …
Osho Seeing is just clarity – open eyes, open mind, open heart. Not looking for something in particular, just ready and receptive. Osho, What is the difference between looking and seeing? There is a great difference. Looking means you are looking for something; you have already some idea to look for. You come here and …
Waking Times A powerfully true message about our dependency on the violent and abusive cult of Statism. Larken Rose gives us good reason to re-evaluate whether or not the State can ever give us the freedom to evolve beyond our warring and brutal history. If we do not wake up to the reality that we …
Christina Sarich, Contributing Writer Waking Times The World’s Religions Were Meant To Be Inclusive not Exclusive Any comparative religion course in any decent university can break down the differing doctrines and customs, ethics and metaphysics, as well as concepts of salvation, sin (ego) and redemption in religions throughout the world. That is not the aim …
Jonathan Merritt, Sacred Fire Contributor Waking Times Why you can never find a Sufi, the power of the Dances of Universal Peace and the true meaning of jihad An interview with Shaykha Tasnim by Jonathan Merritt If you drive through the streets of a city or look in the phone book, you never see or find …
Prevent Disease Waking Times Identifying the areas of the brain that help us to perceive our world in a self-reflective manner is difficult to measure. During wakefulness, we are always conscious of ourselves. In sleep, however, we are not. But there are people, known as lucid dreamers, who can become aware of dreaming during sleep. …
Waking Times The 20 universal laws cover Karma, reincarnation, vibration, attraction, Soul Evolution and much more. All these laws are covered in Dick Sutphen’s book Lighting the Light Within which was published in 1987. This is an extract from the book. 1. The Universal Law of Harmony This law supersedes even the fundamental law of Karma, for …
Waking Times What does the world look like when you are fully awake? In what ways does God appear to you each day once you have realized that you are also God? Do you define yourself as a victim of the world, or as the world? Enjoy this short video featuring timely meta-physical wisdom and …
Z, Contributing Writer Waking Times “If the world is saved it will be saved because the people living in it have a new vision.” –Daniel Quinn “You never change things by fighting the existing model. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” –Buckminster Fuller Holistic-Moderation (or Middle-way Tactic): Everybody …
