Waves of Pleasure and Sorrow
In Buddhist thought life moves in rising and falling waves of Sukkha (pleasure) and Dukkha (our suffering or sorrow). This rising and falling is our natural cycle which we can […]
Let Your Feelings Guide You
Directions lay in hyperspace, feelings guide the human race ~ Stuart Wilde I hope Stuart is right – it’s best we are guided by our feelings, not our emotions. I […]
Reshape Your Mindset With Thin Slices of Joy
The Google techno weeny Chade-Meng Tan, led a set of mindfulness classes which became a mindfulness institute. Tan says he was “constantly miserable” until he discovered that such a temperament […]
How Drugs and Food Work as Neurotransmitters
So what happens in your brain when you eat chocolate, take a pill to alleviate pain, ingest a party drug or go on an ayahuasca journey? Much happens, and there, […]
What is This Thing Called DMT?
In Ayahuasca ceremonies DMT is the active chemical in the tea that causes the psychedelic experience. But just what is this enigmatic chemical? It’s actually a tryptamine with powerful psychoactive properties (N,N-Dimethyltryptamine). […]
Is Meditation For You?
It looks staged but it’s not – I took this shot in Sikkim in northern India The healing power of meditation is now firmly established in scientific literature. Countless research […]
Lie Back, Put on the Tunes and Heal Thyself
Music therapy is trending: Healing sessions with Tibetan bowls or quartz crystal singing bowls; old time music for the elderly to keep minds robust; ambient relaxing music for chilling out […]
