Charlotte Whitelock, Guest Writer Waking Times We are living in a time of global starvation. According to World Hunger, 13% of the world population are hungry and malnourished. Even more startling, is the global starvation of the soul. People are forced to rummage in the metaphorical rubbish bins of the Matrix, for the next fix, to …
Kelly Niven, Guest Waking Times Finding happiness is an endless search – a different career, relationship, holidays, material possessions, lifestyle, etc. It left me feeling quite the opposite. The result was more unhappiness, more dissatisfaction and less fulfillment. So many people are currently embroiled in this search of finding happiness. Sadly, most people are searching …
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!” “Is that a zit?!” “Who …
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. With such a chorus of …
Marco Torres, Prevent Disease Waking Times In another blow and contradiction to mainstream scientific claims which consistently report that Cannabis causes brain damage, a recent study shows the opposite. Research published in the journals Behavioural Brain Research and Experimental Brain Research demonstrated that even extremely low doses of THC (Marijuana’s psychoactive component) — around 1,000 …
Ida Lawrence, Contributor Waking Times Have you claimed the authority to take a seat within your inner self and be that which you are? Inner security is what we’re going for here, and to get to the inner, we’ll need to start with outer security, move on through insecurity, and arrive at inner security. I …
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, “The Marathon Monks of Mt. …
The Shaman’s Well Waking Times Walking a Labyrinth can be a beautiful healing journey bringing great insight for you around a particular issue or about your life. Catalyst magazine will start us off on our look at what a labyrinth experience is like: A maze is a puzzle to be solved, defined by ambiguity, blind …
Trinity Bourne, Openhand Contributor Waking Times Creating a sacred space is like giving yourself a loving embrace from the cosmos. It’s a way of both loving ourselves and honouring the divinity that flows through all things. Our personal sacred space can be like a sanctuary to help us realign with higher consciousness, whenever we lose …
Tracy Kolenchuk, Guest Waking Times A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Proverbs 17:22. How big is the difference between a broken heart, a broken spirit and a crushed ego? From the health perspective – what is ‘Spirit’? What is spirituality? How can we recognize or measure the healthiness …
Christina Sarich, Staff Writer Waking Times “Be kind for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” – Plato According to His Holiness the Dalai Lama, we are all meant to be happy. In his words, “Neither social conditioning nor education nor ideology affect this.” The trick to true happiness may be surprising though – it …
Corinne McLaughlin with Gordon Davidson, Guests Waking Times Excerpt from The Practical Visionary Today many disparate things are blending, fusing and synthesizing. Nothing seems as separate as it did in past times—races, religions, cultures, nations, genders, styles. The walls between opposites are beginning to dissolve, and dualities are transforming into a higher synthesis. The cutting …
Roberto Verzola, Daily Good Waking Times “Abundance is a process of letting go; that which is empty can receive.” —Bryant McGill [Below is an excerpt of a keynote at the International Conference on the Commons, titled Abundance and the Generative Logic of the Commons.] “I will present my talk in the form of ten assertions about abundance and …
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 could build such nests even using …
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 millions of neurons firing off …
Trinity Bourne, Openhand Contributor Waking Times There is a divine haven of peace and harmony within us all somewhere – even though it may, at times, be difficult to find. It’s possible to tune into it wherever we are, whatever the circumstances, although we can make it much easier for ourselves if we create a …
Amy B. Scher, Purpose Fairy Waking Times Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. ~Gautama Buddha You know exactly how it feels, but do you know how to fix it? Being overwhelmed is part habit, part addiction and the rest simply not knowing how to do things differently. The good news is there …
Colin Bondi, Contributor Waking Times Most of us think we are individual human beings living in a world that is outside of us, along with billions of other individuals. While from the perspective of consensus reality it certainly does appear that way, it just may be that you are alone in a world of your …
Chris Bourne, Openhand Contributor Waking Times Due to disruptive nature of society, it’s probably the case that with most, the lower self is separated from higher spiritual awareness at a pretty early age. Whether it be the programmed and conditioning behaviours of our parents, excito-toxins in our food or the electro-smog of modern day gadgetry, …
Peter Borys, Jr., Guest Waking Times The future of humanity is an awakening of heart consciousness. Within the heart, we open to a higher dimension of our mind that intends, knows, and acts beyond thinking. Since humanity has been conditioned in a narrow range of fear-based conflict, control, and separation through a dualistic thinking mind, it …
