Dark Room Meditation/Therapy for DMT production is a practice that has been used for thousands of years by sages endeavoring to unlock the great mystery to life.Looking for a drug-free, quick-fix, to having the most profound spiritual experiences available to man? Ever heard of d...
There have been numerous studies detailing what happens to the brain in long-term meditators, but what exactly happens to people who meditate for the first time?Sara Lazar, a Harvard researcher, has gained quite some notoriety detailing how the brain actually grows grey matter wh...
by Shelley M. White, Collective EvolutionWe are energetic beings, and one of our most important sources of energy lies within the spectrum of colors derived from light. In fact, it is so important that life on earth is highly dependent on the electromagnetic spectrum and waveleng...
In this new moment, I center and gather myself. I recall to me all energies sent forth in imbalance. I recall energies that are being used to generate realities that are not in alignment with this Now moment, with my new intention.And with this energy, bright, pure, infinite and ...
In the heart of one of San Francisco’s poorest and most violent neighbourhoods, guns and other weaponry are no strangers to the youth.This type of environment undoubtedly set the stage for brawls and other chaos on the Visitation Valley grade school grounds, which for the longe...
Numerous studies have indicated the many physiological benefits of meditation, and the latest one comes from Harvard University.An eight week study conducted by Harvard researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) determined that meditation literally rebuilds the brains gr...
There are many advantages to meditation. Meditation is a powerful practice – whether in a spiritual or neutral context. The list here is a summery of most benefits.There are many forms of meditation, ranging from contemplative prayer to Buddhist Zen meditation. All have their v...
“Silence is a source of great strength.” ~ Lao TzuFor over two years I spent one out of every four weeks in silence. At the time I was living at a Zen Monastery and every month we would have a week-long silent retreat.During this retreat we sat meditation in silence, ate in s...
A team of researchers led by Dr. Lazar, a neurologist and instructor at Harvard medical school, has discovered that meditating for just 8 weeks can fuel grey-matter in the hippocampus and promote brain ‘growth’.More specifically, the practice of meditation can spark measurabl...
I get it. Meditation isn’t always easy. You don’t always have time for it. And maybe you just suck at it. I get it, really I do. Even though now meditation is something I can do easy peasy {mostly} I used to struggle like you wouldn’t believe with just getting my...
Meditation: My secret weapon“How do you do so much?” a colleague once asked me in my graduate school days, after I explained to her all the projects I’d been working on. In those days, I did a lot. I apprenticed for a newspaper, was a full-time student and part-time teachin...
We live in a world today where the idea of group power is being rekindled and where it’s momentum is gathering. Humanity as a whole is remembering that it is thoughts and actions of kindness, honesty and equality for all that create positive change.One initiative that is expand...