There is an endocrine gland within our bodies that, when unimpeded, receives more blood flow per cubic volume than almost any organ in the body, including the heart.[1][2] It has been written about in masked language, or painted in art throughout the ages, and represented in a staggering number of ways for thousands of years…
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Spirituality can be a very vague term and has many unique definitions depending on who you ask. It is often assumed to be connected to religions, but some might disagree. Spiritual atheists aren’t religious at all but instead, believe in “spirit” by another definition. To put it simply, a spiritual person is someone who is not concerned…
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Although deeply puzzling for modern science, the placebo effect is nothing new. Indeed, before it drew the attention of doctors and researchers a few decades ago, it had been used for thousands of years in traditional medicine in order to increase the effectiveness of alternative treatments. Ancient eastern cultures, on the other hand, have practised…
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When was the last time you experienced the magic of synchronicity? Maybe it was when a chance encounter led to a great opportunity or maybe it was when a song on the radio spoke directly to you? Nonetheless, whether synchronicity sparks a little magic in your day or leads to a life changing opportunity, the…
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While physics is the study of physical reality, metaphysics includes that which is beyond the physical, but not necessarily the spiritual. Spiritual metaphysics takes an entirely different orientation. Spiritual metaphysics sees an ultimate, metaphysical source of all creation as the basis of reality. This one spiritual source is known by various terms, including The Absolute,…
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Have you ever wondered what is your life purpose? Well, I have. Laying on my death bed, I knew I needed to find a reason for living. I’d spent most of my life trying to make other people happy, going with the flow, and not causing a scene. Not being true to myself resulted in…
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The symbolism of dreams depends on how they integrate our conscious and unconscious lives. The symbolism of dreams in the Jungian analysis is much richer and interesting than others. Carl Jung stepped far away from the Freudian idea that dreams represented unfulfilled desires. In fact, he developed other concepts for the interpretation of his patients’…
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In Brief The Facts:Monica Gagliano, a thirty-seven-year-old animal ecologist at the University of Western Australia has conducted multiple experiments with plants that suggest they are a living, thinking, feeling and emotional beings. Reflect On:Does consciousness reside in all things? Is a brain necessary to posses consciousness? Is consciousness dependant on a brain? When it comes…
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Self improvement is part of the process of life. The understanding of life is possible with the self development. Unless you understand the process of life in depth, you only live in illusion. Life has to be understood, and the understanding of it is possible through self-understanding. Unless you reflect on the self, and work…
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“Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts.” These are the words of Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh. I contemplated on these words and realized their profound nature. Breath really does connect us with our point of origin, as well as the Source of all that…
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Description: We all know that we have consciousness and that it is somehow connected to the brain but isn’t the same as the mind. Some even think that it is the only thing that differentiates us from animals. But have you ever given some thought about what is it and how it correlates to reality?…
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As a doctor who wrote a science-based book about the physiology of the body’s natural healing process, Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself, I would like to offer some help debunking popular myths about self-healing that may confuse what’s real and what’s not. 1. It’s “just the placebo effect.” Just the placebo effect? Why…
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Are you struggling to discover your purpose? That may be because you feel isolated from other people. Here are six ways you can overcome that. Do you have a sense of purpose? For decades, psychologists have studied how long-term, meaningful goals develop over the span of our lives. The goals that foster a sense of…
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We all know that change is inevitable. Even though we do not like the phases of change and the uncomfortable vibes, it gives us, but we do not have a choice rather than adapting to change. Most of the people think that change will hamper their well-being, but this is usually not the case, change…
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When it comes to human awareness we are all unique in our own ways but there are some clear categories that can be broken apart. For instance, those who are open-minded do not see this world in the same way that those who are close-minded do. A somewhat recent study published in the Journal of…
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It is Where it’s Always Been … The search for optimal health has been an obsession for millennia. Ironically, health and happiness are right here, where they’ve always been. While this may sound like a koan or a paradox, we have to begin with a foray into the meaning of consciousness to make sense of…
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Give me a child for the first seven years, and I’ll give you the man. – Francis Xavier (1506-1552), co-founder Jesuits For over 400 years, the Jesuits have offered this popular adage to their community. While many people are aware of this saying, I believe that few are aware of its meaning. Basically, the Jesuits…
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