Universal Spirituality

  Stanislav Grof is a psychiatrist with over 60 years of experience in research of non-ordinary states of consciousness. Non-ordinary meaning something that is different from our typical waking consciousness and according to Grof, these states can be reached with the use of trance-inducing states, meditation or Holotropic…
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  Did you know that you can instantly transform the state of your consciousness just by smiling? Science has now shown that when we flex our facial muscles to produce a smile, our brain releases a cocktail of feel-good hormones that elevate our mood and reduce stress. But you don’t need anyone to tell you that smiling…
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  How do skilled pickpockets figure out an object with just the slightest touch? A study from the University of Cambridge and Columbia University revealed that the brain can identify an object’s properties using purely statistical information. In sum, everyone has an “inner pickpocket” lurking…
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  It's always interesting to explore the possibilities of our reality. Many people actually enjoy the pass-time of questioning our understanding of the universe to see if there are other possibilities we haven't yet considered. In fact, with as many scientific discoveries that have been made and disclosed, it's become difficult…
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  In 1995, scientists placed human DNA inside a sealed, air tight tube with photons. Without the DNA, the photons arranged themselves in a random scattered patter, but when the DNA was inserted, the photons formed an alignment. Are there metaphysical, multidimensional aspects to our DNA? Have we just begun to…
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  Scheme of the experimental setup for measuring holograms of single photons at the Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw. (The experiment started with a pair of photons with flat wavefronts and perpendicular polarizations. The different polarization made it possible to separate the photons in a crystal and…
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  Environmental wellness has become increasingly important at this stage of humanity as clutter and consumerism increasingly permeates our culture. It’s important to live a life that’s sustainable both for ourselves and our Earth, so we can pass along a less stressful, wasteful, and polluted world to our…
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  At the intersection of science and spirituality is the pineal gland, a small ductless gland in the center of the human brain. Hundreds of years ago it was dubbed ‘The Seat of the Soul’ by French philosopher, mathematician and scientist, René Descartes, who observed that spiritual, visionary or transcendental…
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  Subjects viewed drinking-related images, then read newspaper or prayed. Study found those who recited AA prayers reported fewer alcohol cravings. MRI revealed response in brain regions that control attention and emotion. For long-term members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), praying helps to reduce alcohol…
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  Nikolai Alexandrovich Kozyrev was born in St. Petersburg, and by 1928 he had graduated from the Leningrad State University. In 1931 he began working at the Pulkovo Observatory, located to the south of Leningrad. He was considered to be one of the most promising astrophysicists in Russia. Kozyrev was a victim of…
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