Spirituality isn’t rigid dogma. It’s a living, breathing practice that helps make sense of an incomprehensible world.
Read moreConscious Breathing
A new study published in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience provides evidence that consciously controlled breathing can enhance communication between the brain and the autonomic nervous system, which regulates involuntary bodily functions such as heart rate.
Read moreThinking About Consciousness
Our brains trick us into thinking consciousness can reside outside the body, says new research out of Northeastern.
Read moreConsciousness and Time Perception
This article and video looks at how altered states of consciousness change our perception of time.
Read moreBored?
The human love of novelty could be said to be little more than a desire to suppress boredom. So fearful are our minds of becoming bored that we will latch on to anything to keep ennui at bay.
Read moreNature
This author goes back to Nature to seek happiness.
Read moreLife
This article asks what is life? Keep reading for some intriguing answers.
Read moreOn Suffering
Book Review: Medicine Wheel for the Planet
Author of Medicine Wheel for the Planet (2024), the agroecologist Dr Jennifer Grenz, explores this question.
Read moreLoneliness and Connection
Our teacher Thich Nhat Hanh talks about loneliness being a problem of our time and that technology only gives us the illusion of being connected with others. Loneliness can be ended by coming home to ourselves, finding self acceptance as we are, before establishing connection with others.
This video is part of an article "Handling our Strong Emotions", you may read the full article at https://plumvillage.org/articles/hand...
The Numinous and Hope
Hope is an indispensable component for living a life of meaning, value, and well-being. Hope enables us to manage stressors, threats, failures, and personal doubts while helping us to stay focused on our goals and strivings.
Hope is particularly relevant to the Numinous dimension of meaning.
The value of the Numinous for healthcare providers and its role in managing patients is overviewed.
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