(Joe Martino) Marianne Williamson tweeted about how prayer and the power of the mind could potentially shift hurricane Dorian away from land and the media and influencers went a little haywire.
Consciousness
Get to Know the Psychology of Persuasion
(Justin Deschamps) Persuasion often gets a bad wrap. We’re exposed to a constant onslaught of media attempting influence our buying choices, political views, and relationship values. Understanding these things helps us guard against coercive influences. What’s more, we can also learn how to interact with others, using persuasion techniques that are respectful.
Alone Time: A Fundamental Human Need
(Exploring Your Mind) Spending time alone is fundamental to find some balance, especially in those times when you feel overloaded. Evidence suggests that it can cause important changes in your brain, thoughts, and emotions.
How Belief in the Afterworld (Spirituality or Afterlife) Can Make this World a Better Place
(Prof. Stafford Betty) In this article we will examine three things: (1) the varieties of nonreligious, or secular information about the afterworld, (2) how we evolve in that world, and (3) the consequences for us, living in physical bodies, of a confident belief in the reality of that world.
Spiritual Attachments as a Cure for Human Suffering: Why Attachment Is a Key Factor in Your Mental Health
(Justin Deschamps) Attachments can sound like things we refuse to let go of. But in the context of the following article, attachments are a psychological term for things we are designed to bond to. When we lose these essential attachments, we feel triggered because our core needs aren’t being met. Over a long enough time, if we don’t fix the situation, we can develop negative core beliefs that can cause us to make our lives even more miserable. Understanding that we have these needs, and learning how to satisfy them, is an essential aspect of human life we all should take time to understand.
Service to Others Firefighters — Appreciate Some Goodness to Inspire Your Soul
(Justin Deschamps) We need to be reminded that good things are happening in the world, that good things are possible.
How Do Color and Personality Relate to Each Other?
(Exploring Your Mind) Color and personality are quite strongly related. Our preferences for certain colors usually correlate with specific personality patterns.
Ten Energy-Sapping Bad Attitudes You Should Change
(Exploring Your Mind) It’s easy to cling to certain attitudes that are ultimately harmful to your well-being.
Hidden Anger: The Emotion that Changes Our Personality
(Exploring Your Mind) Hidden anger often arises from disappointments, unprocessed traumas, and injustices.
Are Human Beings “Extraterrestrial?” Did We Come From Somewhere Else?
(Arjun Walia) Are we alone in the universe? The obvious answer coming from mainstream science these days is a big no. It’s quite clear that we’re not alone, that’s the general scientific consensus. The next questions to ask are: Has advanced ‘super intelligent’ extraterrestrial life visited our planet in the past, and is extraterrestrial life visiting our planet now?
Study Shows That Horses Understand Our Emotions & Remember Us Deeply
(Dulce Ruby) The more in tune with myself I strive to become, the more drawn I am to explore how connected we all are – not solely with one another, but with everything. This, like many other deeper concepts surrounding life, begs to answer the ever-present question of ‘are there other emotionally intelligent beings out there?’
Waken Your Rhythm – Scientific Benefits of Drumming for Awakening
(Christine Stevens) From biology to the brain, rhythm seems to play a significant role in igniting the circuits that lead to transformation and awakening. Yet we wonder why humans have been drumming together for centuries, keeping together in time, moving from the individual –focus to social bonding. Could it be that enlightenment is just a few beats away?
The Six Blind Sages and the Elephant: Learning to Value Other People’s Opinions
(Exploring Your Mind) Do you value other people’s opinions? Do you take into account different perspectives?
The Power of Love (Acceptance) and the Cost of Fear (Resistance) — Accepting Your Feelings and Bodily Sensations Now
(Justin Deschamps) Is it possible to resist reality? Can we really properly navigate life, for fulfillment, joy, and happiness, if we reject aspects of it? The following article discusses why accepting reality, especially things your body tells you, helps you live a better life.
3 Secret Tactics for Dealing with Difficult People
(Tracy Shawn, MA) Difficult people can inhabit (and intrude into) many areas of our lives: work, home, neighborhood, social and professional affiliations, even at the sanctuary of the gym! Whether someone acts defensive, rude, passive-aggressive, critical, or lies and then turns things around, difficult people have something in common: they are frustrating to deal with.