Category Archives: Meditation

Forest Whitaker as modern day ronin Ghost Dog.

Can radical spirituality end racism?

“”What the superior man seeks,” said Confucius, “is in himself; what the ordinary man seeks, is in others.” In the West, those who consider themselves spiritual, thinking people, inevitably consider…

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Transcendental Meditation significantly reduces post-traumatic stress for Congolese refugees: study

African war refugees practicing a simple, stress-reducing meditation technique experienced immediate reductions in posttraumatic stress symptoms in just 30 days, according to a new study in the Journal of Traumatic…

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Cancer center studies meditation as aid to recovery process

Minnesota oncologist and Masonic Cancer Center member Anne Blaes, M.D. has embarked on a study of  mindfulness meditation as an aid to recovery after Cancer treatment. “The anxiety and depression…

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Apps for enlightenment: gimmick or new wave in consciousness?

With the digital, virtual world now upon us (virutally, anyway) it’s perhaps no surprise that we’re seeing the emergence of apps to help us reach enlightenment. From Ottawa, Canada, company Personal…

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San Francisco architects create Zen living “cube”

A San Francisco architectural firm has created a two-story, eight foot cube, living space. Feng Shui expert Liu Ming commissioned the living cube from SpaceFlavor. The company was founded by…

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T’ai Chi: New World Consciousness

Bill Douglas is the author of Complete Idiot’s Guide to T’ai Chi and QiGong and the founder of World T’ai Chi Day. We talked to him about mind-body arts, and…

Studies show meditation can improve health: mind and body

Several recent studies have shown that meditation has a positive effect on wellbeing. Michael Posner is a co-author of the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,…

Congressman says meditate for peace

“Meditation is important in all of our lives,” says Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, “and it’s important in mine, by being able to focus, to achieve an ‘at oneness’ with the…