Category Archives: Spirituality

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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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Herodias of Flaubert

The action of Flaubert’s Herodias, one of the Trois Contes or Three Tales of 1877, occurs on the birthday of Herod Antipas or Antipater, the Hellenized “Tetrarch” of Judea who…

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Supernatural wine sells worldwide

Skulls, bats, Platonic solids, and a portrait of esotericist Rudolf Steiner are just a few of the icons on the label of “The Supernatural,” a single estate Sauvignon Blanc from New…

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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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Spirituality induces liberalism, religious more likely conservative

“Spiritual experiences seem to make people feel more of a connection with others,” says Jacob Hirsh of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. ”The boundaries we normally maintain between…

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Will Computers Ever be Conscious?

At first glance, imagining that one can answer this question seems highly hubristic. Who knows? I’m certainly interested in the notion of humanoid robots. Perhaps one can even ask, who…

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Proving Reincarnation

Michiel Hegener is a Dutch journalist who has kept his personal memories of reincarnation to himself for many years. He immediately sensed , and is now in a position to…