BBC TV recently broadcast a fascinating 2-part episode of popular science documentary Horizon entitled How Mad Are You?. It featured an experiment in which 10 volunteer strangers – 5 previously diagnosed as mentally ill and 5 “normal” spent some time together in an English castle. The conditions of the mentally ill were social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, bipolar disorder and an eating disorder. Continue reading How Mad Are You? »
|
|||||
 Eckhart Tolle’s Power of Now is one of the few contemporary Spiritual classics. Its message is deceptively simple but deeply profound, and for the few who manage to apply it will prove truly life-changing and potentially enlightening. The Power of Now is all about recognizing the illusions that surround us and replacing them with the underlying truth that is ever-present but nearly always obscured. As hinted by the title the first of these illusions is that of time. Time is a creation of the egoic mind to perpetuate its own existence. The mind frequently either looks to some point in the future when everything will be alright/perfect, or harps back to the good old days of the past or is filled with bitterness/guilt/anger/regret over things that should/shouldn’t have been said or done. This is all utterly futile since the only moment that exists, that can ever exist, is now. Continue reading The Power of Now »  The Science of Getting Rich is a best-selling classic by Wallace D. Wattles that outlines a scientific approach to wealth acquisition that (according to the author) if diligently applied cannot fail to yield the desired results. The premise of the book is that it is natural and right to seek expansion, and that this expansion is facilitated by having as much material wealth as we need and want. Wattles asserts the existence of a reality above and beyond the physical universe and human life referred to as the thinking stuff or formless intelligence. This is commonly known as God, Spirit or Source. Thoughts made in this all-encompassing “reality” tend to create the reality imaged by the thought. This is the Law of Attraction recently popularized by The Secret. Continue reading The Science of Getting Rich » Just when you thought reality TV couldn’t sink any lower, so comes along a truly excellent series. Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal features psychic medium Chip Coffey and Columbia University clinical psychologist Associate Professor Lisa Miller. The series features young people with psychic powers who are struggling to come to terms with their “gift”. In many cases these youngsters are unsure of the reality of their experiences, or feel threatened by the Spirits that draw close. Their confusion and fears are worsened by their reluctance to share their experiences with their peers for fear of ridicule. In some cases, their “abilities” even cause tension with their parents. Continue reading Psychic Kids: Children of the Paranormal » The BBC in collaboration with the Open University is currently airing a mini documentary series on Alternative Therapies. Kathy Sykes, professor of Public Engagement in Science and Engineering investigates the evidence for and against various established alternative therapies. In the programs screened so far Sykes has covered hypnotherapy and reflexology. In that remaining she will look at meditation. As a scientist Sykes, unsurprisingly, begins from a skeptical point of view. But on both topics both covered she has concluded with the admission that there may be something in it after all. Continue reading Alternative Therapies »
Born in 1871, Scovel Shinn worked as an artist before becoming a teacher of metaphysics (or as she calls it “Truth”). The Game of Life is the first of a series of works outlining Scovel Shinn’s particular take on the philosophy of abundance. Essentially, she asserts that life can offer all we desire; we simply have to ask for it, and prepare for it, in the absolute belief that what we want is already ours. Continue reading The Game of Life and How to Play It »
Despite living in the age of technological marvels stress and related mental problems have reached epidemic proportions in the Western world. The effects of stress upon the body are real as demonstrated by well-documented “white coat hypertension” in which patient’s blood pressure is significantly higher when measured by their doctor compared with readings measured at home. It’s now widely held that much physical illness either has mental problems at its origin, or is worsened by the patient’s state of mind. Paradoxically, instead of saving time, technology is actually placing people under pressure to achieve more within the the finite limits of each day. And there’s the rub. Many stress management techniques have been developed over the years, but often they require significant commitment from the already pressed subject. And often they don’t get applied at all. Continue reading Stress Free for Good » A recent episode of the BBC arts and culture series Imagine examined the huge and rapidly-growing self help industry. The Secret of Life started with presenter Alan Yentob watching recent blockbuster The Secret and declaring his skepticism by suggesting the only way to get rich from self help books is by writing one. What follows is a journey through the self help business in the form of interviews with some of its leading gurus. Together they provide an intriguing overview of what is meant by self help. Writer and self help addict Amy Jenkins has a large collection of self help books and admits she begins her day reading self help in the way most people have a cup of coffee. Though the underlying messages occur repeatedly in different works, Jenkins believes it can be helpful to study different presentations. Continue reading Does Self-Help Really Help? »
Behrend presupposes that the desire for possession is based upon the aspiration for greater liberty. For example, you feel that the possession of more money, lands or friends will make you happier, and your desire for possession of these things arises from a conviction that their possession will bring you liberty and happiness. Continue reading Your Invisible Power » |
|||||
|
Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa |
|||||
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Discovering the Endless Possibilities for Altering Your Everyday Reality
What the Bleep Do We Know? is a movie and book exploring the nature of reality and showing that the apparent schism between science and religion might be disappearing.
Often humans are comfortable in the realm of the known. We avoid asking questions that might disturb that comfort, or confront us with answers we’d rather not hear. What the Bleep suggests that asking questions is good because it challenges and expands our worldview. It discusses a range of life’s most fundamental questions in an accessible and entertaining way. Continue reading What the Bleep Do We Know!? »