UC Berkeley Prof. Dacher Keltner teaches at the university’s Greater Good Science Center, studying things like joy, wonder, mindfulness and gratitude. But, he says, he is not a naturally happy person. “I was pretty tense,” Keltner says. “I have a lot of clinically diagnosable anxiety that runs through parts of my family, including myself…. My […]
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Harvard Unveils MRI Study Proving Meditation Literally Rebuilds The Brain’s Gray Matter In 8 Weeks
Test subjects taking part in an 8-week program of mindfulness meditation showed results that astonished even the most experienced neuroscientists at Harvard University. The study was led by a Harvard-affiliated team of researchers based at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the team’s MRI scans documented for the very first time in medical history how meditation produced […]
Is your perception your reality?
Everyone Failed To Ride This Bicycle. The Science Behind Why Is Amazing We’ve all heard the saying, “It’s like riding a bicycle,” most often used to describe a skill that, once learned, is never forgotten. But what happens when experienced bike riders no longer find themselves capable of riding the mode of transportation they’ve always […]
How Meditation Can Help Anxiety
Fear is a negative emotion unless you are facing an actual threat and need to fight or flee. The usefulness of fear is minimal in daily life, particularly in the form of anxiety. Stressful events can produce short-term anxiety in almost everyone, which disappears after the event. But for an estimated 6.8 million Americans with […]
Is transformation a priority?
The things in our lives that fulfill us on the deepest levels of our being can only come from a spiritual root. Money, possessions, and honor cannot fill us with this Light. True fulfillment can only come when our soul is satisfied that we are doing the real work–the spiritual work of transforming ourselves. And […]
7 Ways To Fight Depression
A friend on facebook recently asked me this question: How do you fight against depression? Depression is tough, my friend. I am sorry that you or someone you love is wading through dark times. Whether it be a short term depression due to life circumstances or a life-long chronic disease, depression is never fun. I […]
How to Protect Your Spiritual Energy
Energy from the perspective of your soul is very different than energy from the perspective of your five senses. Spiritual growth requires understanding the differences between these two perspectives. From the perspective of the five senses, energy is the ability to do work, to get things done. The more energy you have, the more things […]