(Justin Deschamps) Ever since Stanley Kubrick’s last film, Eyes Wide Shut, occult researchers claimed it was filled with references to the elite and their disturbing practices and beliefs. These same researchers also claimed that the powers that be intend on revealing themselves to the public, doing so through popular media as is their usual modus operandi. Recently, the Jeffrey Epstein case is revealing the Deep State’s insidious practices many have discussed for years.
Consciousness
Understanding Paranoid Delusions: The Psychology of Reality Distortion
(Stillness in the Storm Editor) Psychology is one of the key pillars of life because everything we do passes through our mind and consciousness. Properly understanding reality is instrumental to a fulfilling healthy life—a life without delusion. But in our modern age, psychological manipulation is ever present, compounded by a lack of self-knowledge and healthy […]
The ABCs of Psychological Trauma
(Explore Your Mind) Although psychological trauma doesn’t affect everyone in the same way, many people are forever impacted by it.
‘Mystical’ Psychedelic Compound Found in Normal Brains
(Neuroscience News) DMT, an active compound of the psychedelic Ayahuasca, is naturally occurring in the mammalian brain, researchers have discovered. The study revealed DMT levels increased significantly in the rat visual cortex following cardiac arrest.
Forgiveness: An Important Aspect of Flourishing
(Tyler J. VanderWeele Ph.D.) One of the projects of the Human Flourishing Program at Harvard University has been researching the topic of forgiveness and its importance for a flourishing life. Some of our empirical work has explored how forgiveness can powerfully shape health and well-being. For example, our research indicates that forgiveness reduces subsequent depression and anxiety by about 15-20%, when controlling for other variables, and suggests that forgiveness is a freeing and healing alternative to maladaptive responses like rumination and suppression.
Collectivism and Individualism
(Michael Hogan Ph.D.) For anyone watching the second series of Big Little Lies starring Meryl Streep and Reese Witherspoon, amongst others, you will recall a scene in the third episode where an attentive group of children at Otter Bay Elementary School is sitting at the feet of their teacher on a typically beautiful sunny day, discussing the novel Charlotte’s web.
How Evil Wins: The Hypocritical Double Standards of Political Outrage
(John W. Whitehead) Please spare me the media hysterics and the outrage and the hypocritical double standards of those whose moral conscience appears to be largely dictated by their political loyalties.
Mood Neurons Mature During Adolescence
(Science Daily) Researchers have discovered a mysterious group of neurons in the amygdala — a key center for emotional processing in the brain — that stay in an immature, prenatal developmental state throughout childhood. Most of these cells mature rapidly during adolescence, suggesting a key role in the brain’s emotional development, but some stay immature throughout life, suggesting new ideas about how the brain keeps its emotional responses flexible throughout life.
Conscious Birthing Science: Memory Through the Vortex & Magic of Placenta w/ Dan Winter + Kasia Marek
Conscious Birthing Science -Memory thru the Vortex & Magic of Placenta w/Dan Winter + Kasia Marek
Psychological Theories of Emotions
(Exploring your Mind) Why do we experience emotions? What kind of processes happen in our brains and our bodies for emotions to occur? In this article, we’ll discuss some of the most important theories of emotions.
The Beauty in Numbers, and the Numbers in Beauty
(Oscar Fernandez Ph.D) How mathematics helps us explain beauty.
5 Things You Need to Start Forming Better Habits
(Susie Pettit) If you’re interested in life advice for self-improvement, you’ll need to learn how to form good habits and how long it takes to break bad ones.
Confront the Dragon of Your Past
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The Importance of Belonging Across Life
(Kelly-Ann Allen Ph.D.) A developmental perspective of our need to belong.
Learning From The Ancients: The 7 Hermetic Principles
(Luke Miller) The 7 Hermetic Principles are a group of simple condensed natural laws that work as a road map for self-liberation. Written by Hermes Trismegistus, a character whose existence blurs the lines between real and mythical.