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Meditation
Slows the Progression of HIV
Mindfulness meditation is the practice of bringing an open and receptive awareness
of the present moment to experiences, avoiding thinking of the past or worrying
about the future. It is thought to reduce stress and improve health outcomes
in a variety of patient populations.
ScienceAGoGo.com
7
Keys for Manifesting Your Deepest Desires
It’s very important that you frame your intentions correctly as
I’m about to explain. Do the following whenever you set intentions
and goals and you’ll find yourself attracting good things at a speed
that will amaze you.
By
Matt Clarkson
The
New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life
Our attitudes toward time shape every part of our lives, and yet few
recognize how this subtle fact can sabotage careers or vault them skyward,
wreck marriages and make people happy (or not), suggests a book in stores
today.
USA
Today
See
Yourself Ten Years in the Future
Over the next ten years, something magic happened. All my dreams and
visions became a reality, almost as if orchestrated by an unseen hand.
I realized that something very powerful was happening, more powerful
than I realized initially.
By
Christopher Westra
Psychiatrist's
Paranormal Ability to Be Tested by James Randi
The $1 million prize serves as a challenge to anyone who can show, under proper
observing conditions, evidence of any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power
or event.
MarketWatch.com
Free
Report: How to Break Free of Society's Control
Download a free 30-page preview of the Inner Circle course which teaches
that you must break free from the control of others before you can be
happy, wealthy and powerful.
Stuart
Goldsmith's Inner Circle
People
Who Believe Their Lives Are On TV
Joel and Ian Gold, brothers and psychiatrists from Montreal, believe
they have discovered a signature mental illness of the YouTube era: patients
who claim they are subjects of their own reality TV shows.
National
Post
Is
There Proof That We Are All Psychic?
A parapsychologist based at the University of Northampton... is examining
whether it could indeed be possible to project your "mind's eye"
to a distant location and observe what is going on... His early findings
suggest that up to 85 per cent of people may possess some form of clairvoyance
- the ability to "remote view".
Daily
Mail
How
to Focus Your Mind to Get Anything You Want
I was literally broke just 13 months ago... But I earned over $250,000
in 2007... How did I do it? It
wasn’t rocket science... You just have to do CERTAIN THINGS everyday...
You can’t expect success by doing the same things that lead you
to failure.
Mind
Power Special Report
The
Quantum Physics of Remote Viewing
In the strange world of quantum physics, particles dematerialized themselves
into waves and rematerialized themselves later into particles. This depended
on the type of experiment they were subjected to, and most importantly: the choice
made by a conscious observer as to how he or she would view these particles.
The
Academy of Remote Viewing
10
Myths That Stand in the Way of Your Dreams
There was no agenda to teach people to be financially and time free.
Maybe, as civilization advances, this will be commonly taught. But at
this stage in our civilization, this information is held by less than
2% of the population, perhaps. But all you are missing is this information.
Those whom you may admire for having financial and time freedom simply
have the information that you don’t.
The
Amazing Lifestyle Creation Formula
100
Steps to Online Profits
If you've ever wanted to create online profits yourself, then check out
this new video based instructional site created by my friend Christopher
Westra and his partner Josh Reid.
100
Steps to Online Profits
How
to Sell Anything to Anyone
The concept of mind control has always been irresistible to copywriters,
salespeople, marketers and entrepreneurs. Why? Obviously, it gives the
person who knows these psychological devices the privileged benefits
to
“push button” automatic fortunes.
Apply
Hypnosis Centre
Microscopic
Robots Could Explore Brain
Donald is working with Duke neurobiologist Richard Mooney and physicist Gleb
Finkelstein to put the little robots to work as drill rigs, driving electrodes
mounted on the front of the robots into the cells. Eventually Donald hopes this
technology can help neurobiologists understand how the human brain works.
Post
Bulletin
The
Science of Magic
Magic tricks, like those by Derren Brown and David Blaine, should be
studied more closely to gain a deeper knowledge of the way human beings
think and act, according to research by British and Canadian psychologists.
Medical
Research News
How
to Think Like a Millionaire
Rich people have a way of thinking that is different from poor and middle
class people. They think differently about money, wealth, themselves,
other people, and life. Let’s examine six crucial differences between
how rich people think and how poor or middle class people think.
Secrets
of the Millionaire Mind
Humans
and Machines Will Merge in the Future
Transhumanists, according to Bostrom, anticipate an era in which biotechnology,
molecular nanotechnologies, artificial intelligence and other new types
of cognitive tools will be used to amplify our intellectual capacity,
improve our physical capabilities and even enhance our emotional well-being.
CNN
Infra-Red
Helmet Might Cure Dementia
In desperation, his family agreed to try a revolutionary new treatment - a bizarre-looking,
experimental helmet devised by a British GP that bathes the brain in infra-red
light twice a day. To
their astonishment, Mr Fennel began to make an astonishing recovery in just three
weeks.
Daily
Mail
Your
Mind's Role in Weight Loss
Researchers found that the subject’s muscles worked more when they
focused on what the muscles were doing. Results indicated that potentially
greater strength would result from engaging in this practice of putting
your "mind in your muscle."
7
Minute Muscle
How
Your Brain Lies to You
This phenomenon, known as source amnesia, can also lead people to forget
whether a statement is true. Even when a lie is presented with a disclaimer,
people often later remember it as true.
New
York Times
Positive
Brainwashing
The good news is: we can "reprogram" our mind and replace our
negative, limiting beliefs for positive contributing ones. Positive brainwashing
is what I like to call it!
Vision
Boards
The
Hypnotic Handshake
We are predictable creatures. Lift your right hand toward someone, say
Hi, smile, and he will automatically lift his right hand to shake yours...
If you interrupt an automatic behavior like this, you create an empty
space, a query in the other person’s mind, a brief window to the
subconscious mind.
NLP
Weekly
The
Science of Creating Your Own Reality
Science tells us that underlying what we know as the world is a field
of pure consciousness, billions upon billions of times more powerful
than any measurable energy, and that this field of absolute consciousness
knows everything that happens, anywhere and everywhere in the universe,
instantaneously and with absolute accuracy.
By
John Assaraf and Murray Smith
Mind
Over Pain: The Future of Surgery
Talking to medical experts from around the world, I discovered that it
is a rapidly expanding branch of medicine — one that many are loathe
to discuss, yet which may herald extraordinary developments in surgical
science. For
in defiance of conventional wisdom, it turns out that dentists and surgeons
across the world are increasingly turning to hypnosis as a possible alternative
to general anaesthetic.
Daily
Mail
Madonna
Snares A-Rod with Kabbalah Mind Control
Pop icon Madonna is using kabbalah to brainwash Yankee star Alex Rodriguez
into believing they are "soulmates," the ballplayer's estranged
wife is telling friends.
New
York Daily News
The
Disease of Self-Improvement
The Disease of Self Improvement is the false notion that somehow we are
"deficient" and in order to be happy and successful we have
to "improve" ourselves. The very act of trying to improve ourselves
causes us to believe that there is something wrong with us in the first
place.
By
Dr. Robert Anthony
The
World Is Getting Happier
Despite the anxieties of these times, happiness has been on the rise around
the world in recent years, a new survey finds. The
upbeat outlook is attributed to economic growth in previously poor countries,
democratization of others, and rising social tolerance for women and minority
groups.
LiveScience.com
Three
Strange Cases of Mass Hysteria
Before you do too much laughing think about what some researchers are
hypothesizing: that much of what we believe about the world, about its
horrors and mysteries... are nothing but signs of the tremendous power
of the human mind, coupled with the drive to become one with the crowd
in order to deceive itself.
By
M. Christian
Can
Placebos Heal the Economy?
When FDR was elected president, he stated flatly, “The only thing
we have to fear is fear itself.” Perhaps he understood the power
of beliefs to motivate the public and turn around a bad economy.
By
Alan Tutt
10
Mind Tricks to Quit Smoking
Have you decided to stop smoking? It doesn't have to be hard! One of the
keys for breaking the habit once and for all is to tap into the power
of your mind. Here are some tips to help you succeed.
By
Valerie Dawson
The
Spiritual Effects of Psychedelic Drugs
"Most of the volunteers looked back on their experience up to 14
months later and rated it as the most, or one of the five most, personally
meaningful and spiritually significant of their lives," says lead
investigator Roland Griffiths, Ph.D., a professor in the Johns Hopkins
departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Neuroscience.
Physorg.com
Scientific
Evidence of a Living Conscious Universe
Physicist Max Born, adds: "We have sought for firm ground and found
none. The deeper we penetrate, the more restless becomes the universe;
all is rushing about and vibrating in a wild dance." Physicist Brian
Swimme tells us, "The universe emerges out of an all-nourishing abyss
not only twelve billion years ago but in every moment."
DreamManifesto.com
14
Scientifically-Proven Ways to Boost Brain Power
In the past few years, it has become clear that you can, in fact, make
new neurons starting in your 20s and continuing well into old age. You
can literally rewire the brain with new parts as the older parts wear
out. How?
eMedExpert.com
5
Psychological Experiments That Expose Humanity's Dark Side
Psychologists know you have to be careful when you go poking around the
human mind because you're never sure what you'll find there. A number
of psychological experiments over the years have yielded terrifying conclusions
about the subjects. Oh, we're not talking about the occasional psychopath
who turns up. No, we're talking about you. The experiments speak for themselves...
Cracked.com
Video:
The Incredible Power of Conformity
"That we have found the tendency to conformity in our society so
strong that reasonably intelligent and well-meaning young people are willing
to call White Black is a matter of concern. It raises questions about
our ways of education and about the values that guide our conduct."
Forgetomori.com
Brain
Downloads Will Make Learning Obsolete Within 30 Years
Children will learn by downloading information directly into their brains
within 30 years, the head of Britain's top private schools organisation
has predicted.
The
Telegraph
How
Movies Manipulate Your Mind
Using advanced functional imaging methods, New York University neuroscientists
have found that certain motion pictures can exert considerable control
over brain activity. Moreover, the impact of films varies according to
movie content, editing, and directing style…
NeuroscienceMarketing.com
How
to Hear the Voice of God
At the risk of giving away the "pearl of great price" —
the most precious secret of the ages—in this article, I will tell
you right now how you can hear the voice of God. This gift comes with
no strings attached. You will not be required to convert to a religion,
join a cult, venerate a guru, empty your bank account, or sacrifice your
firstborn child. I will tell you right now how to "go direct."
By
Susan Shumsky
The
Power of the Tao Te Ching: An Interview with Dr. Wayne Dyer
When you live the Tao, you become peace, rather than talking about it.
The Tao has no rules. The Tao does nothing but it leaves nothing undone
-- It does not interfere. It allows and is constantly creating.
The
Sixth Sense Radio Show
Control
Your Dreams With Lucid Dreaming
For many of us, dreams are a strange other world -- puzzling, terrifying
and beyond our control. But some psychologists now say, under the right
conditions, we can control our dreams to have fun or to learn from them.
ABC
News
Why
'Unrealistic' Goals Are Easier to Achieve
99% of the world is convinced they are incapable of achieving great things,
so they aim for the mediocre middle-ground. The level of competition is
thus fiercest for "realistic" goals, paradoxically making them
the most time- and energy-consuming.
The
4-Hour Work Week
Can
Hypnosis Make You a Poker Champion?
Thousands of sports stars have successfully used hypnosis to become champions
in their field and there is no reason why poker players should not benefit
from these techniques to improve their game too. As so much of poker is
about strength of mind, it could be said it is the perfect arena for hypnosis.
Think
Like a Poker Pro
Pentagon
Scientists Fear Brain-Boosted Enemies
The JASONs are recommending that the American military push ahead with
its own performance-enhancement research -- and monitor foreign studies
-- to make sure that the U.S.' enemies don't suddenly become smarter,
faster, or better able to endure the harsh realities of war than American
troops.
Wired
Blog
The
Cheat's Guide to Happiness
I’m always looking for shortcuts. So over the two days of the conference
I took notes on any easy ways of increasing happiness. I didn’t want
airy-fairy bullshit. I didn’t want a definition of happiness that
was impossible to achieve. I wanted scientifically proven, practical suggestions
to feel happier, whatever that actually meant.
SameSame.com.au
How
Your Brian Can Protect You From Cancer
Scientists have been aware for many years that if cancer patients are
not able to deal with the stress associated with being sick, the cancer
will progress faster than in calmer patients. To
counteract this phenomenon, physicians encourage treatments that help
cancer patients handle their stress.
PysOrg.com
End
Insomnia With Simple Autosuggestions
Good news: Via self-hypnosis, it’s usually possible to overcome sleeplessness
-- even if you’ve struggled with the sandman for decades.
By
Alex Lukeman, PhD
Is
the Future Too Good to Be True?
Are you depressed by the prospect of dying? Well, if you can hang on another
15 years, your life expectancy will keep rising every year faster than
you’re aging. And then, before the century is even half over, you
can be around for the Singularity, that revolutionary transition when
humans and/or machines start evolving into immortal beings with ever-improving
software.
New
York Times
Optimists
Enjoy Better Health and Live Longer
A study published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings has revealed the difference
between optimists and pessimists is around 12 years of life!
Natural
News
How
to Walk on Broken Glass
Here is the physics theory behind four dramatic demonstrations - walking
on broken glass, dipping one's fingers in molten lead, breaking a concrete
block over someone lying between beds of nails, and picking up an orange-hot
piece of silica tile.
Skeptical
Inquirer
Secrets
of the Millionaire Mind
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get rich easily, while
others are destined for a life of financial struggle? Is the difference
found in their education, intelligence, skills, timing, work habits, contacts,
luck, or their choice of jobs, businesses, or investments? The shocking
answer is: None of the above!
By
T. Harv Eker
Hypnotised
Patient Has Teeth Removed Without Anaesthetic
The 54-year-old said: "It was incredible. There is no worse pain
than that inflicted by dentists but I didn't feel any... The dentist had
to dig away at the rotten roots that were right up into my jaw. There
isn't anything I wouldn't have done under hypnosis now. It's incredible."
Daily
Mail
The
Power of Focus
"Anything is possible to that person who can focus their mind on
one thing exclusively until that focus is no longer required."
By
Alan Tutt
Randi
Breaks Off Negotiations On 'Telepathic' Dogs
"This is exactly the kind of independent research, by a major university,
James Randi has been calling for. We even agreed to forgo the million
dollar prize he offers in order to secure his involvement and resolve
this question scientifically, but he refused."
Skeptiko.com
The
Psychedelic Berry That Rewires Your Taste Buds
Like a magical treat straight out of Willy Wonka’s candy factory,
the berry known as “miracle fruit” has the odd ability to rewire
the way the tongue perceives bitter and sour flavors for up to two hours
after consumption.
Daily
Galaxy
Experts
Question Placebo Pill for Children
With the help of her husband, Dennis, she founded a placebo company, and,
without a hint of irony, named it Efficacy Brands. Its chewable, cherry-flavored
dextrose tablets, Obecalp, for placebo spelled backward... "This
is designed to have the texture and taste of actual medicine so it will
trick kids into thinking that they’re taking something."
New
York Times
Use
Your Mind to Age Faster or Slower
The result? Each time the person read more "age" words, they
literally ALTERED the way they walked down the hall. Speed slowed down
considerably... even posture changes were noted. They literally began
to "act old". If you think this does not work in reverse, think
again.
By
Jon Benson
It's
Okay to Keep Those Feelings Inside, New Study Suggests
Contrary to popular notions about what is normal or healthy, new research
has found that it is okay not to express one's thoughts and feelings after
experiencing a collective trauma, such as a school shooting or terrorist
attack.
Science
Daily
The
Key to All Optical Illusions
Humans can see into the future, says a cognitive scientist. It's nothing
like the alleged predictive powers of Nostradamus, but we do get a glimpse
of events one-tenth of a second before they occur.
LiveScience.com
George
Clooney to Star in "Men Who Stare At Goats"
George Clooney is set to star in "Men Who Stare at Goats" based
on the book by Jon Ronson. Ronson's book involves a secret US military
unit that engages in paranormal activities and believes it's possible
to kill just by staring at things.
Variety
Top
7 Myths About Hypnosis for Weight Loss
You should be congratulated on taking all the right steps to learn and
discover as much as you can about hypnotherapy before making the decision
to use this highly effective technique to help you lose weight and keep
it off for good.
By
Valerie Dawson
Don't
Listen to "Them"
Possibilities are endless and everywhere…oftentimes right under our
own noses... What can you do today, better and more profitably than yesterday?
All it takes is one simple idea to transform a life of mediocrity into
one of greatness. Think! And whatever you do….Don’t listen to
"them"!
By
Alex Goumakos
The
Power of Persuasion: 8 Ways to Get Exactly What You Want
Unfortunately persuasion is both notoriously difficult to pull off and
almost impossible to resist when done well. Psychologists have long been
fascinated by persuasion - why some people are more persuasive than others
and why some strategies work where others fail.
New
Scientist
Don't
Forget to Backup Your Brain
What if you could capture every waking moment of your entire life, store
it on your computer and then recall digital snapshots of everything you've
seen and heard with just a quick search?
Fox
News
The
7 Master Secrets of the Rich Mind Life Strategy
The Rich Mind Life Strategy is a scientifically provable strategy that
does not require you to take a blind leap of faith for it to work. When
you apply the combined principles contained in the Seven Master Secrets
- along with some ongoing training and mentoring, you cannot fail to attract
whatever you desire...
By
Dr. Robert Anthony
Why
Do Astronauts Experience God?
Their experiences, along with dozens of other similar experiences described
by other astronauts, intrigue scientists who study the brain. This “Overview
Effect”, or acute awareness of all matter as synergistically connected,
sounds somewhat similar to certain religious experiences described by
Buddhist monks, for example.
Daily
Galaxy
The
Way of the Explorer
In February, 1971, as Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell hurtled earthward
through space, he was engulfed by a profound sense of universal connectedness.
He intuitively sensed that his presence and that of the planet in the
window were all part of a deliberate, universal process and that the glittering
cosmos itself was in some way conscious.
American
Chronicle
The
Orgasmic Mind: This is Your Brain on Sex
Achieving orgasm, brain-imaging studies show, involves more than heightened
arousal. It requires a release of inhibitions and control in which the
brain’s center of vigilance shuts down in males; in females, various
areas of the brain involved in controlling thoughts and emotions become
silent.
Scientific
American
Ancient
Secrets of Levitation
Great
stone structures and megaliths around the world stand as mysteries to
how they were constructed. Is it possible their builders possessed the
powers of defying gravity?
About.com
Music
Changes How Your Brain Tastes Wine
The white wine was rated 40% more zingy and refreshing when that music
was played, but only 26% more mellow and soft when music in that category
was heard. The
red was altered 25% by mellow and fresh music, yet 60% by powerful and
heavy music.
BBC
Lose
Weight in 60 Seconds
20
weight-loss secrets to make you look like you've shed pounds in under
a minute.
Yahoo
Lifestyle
Scientists
Discover Plants Can Control Weather
Earlier this year, researchers found that plants can communicate through
little understood chemical mechanisms. Now scientists are even saying
that plants can do something perhaps even more incredible: Control the
weather.
Daily
Galaxy
'Called
Into the Presence of God'
Once, Nelson would have rolled his eyes at the mention of a "near-death
experience" — with the requisite stories of bright lights and
choirs of angels usually told by the same people who believe in alien
abduction and Bigfoot... That
was until it happened to him.
Anniston
Star
10
More Bizarre Mental Disorders
Finally we have our second installment of bizarre brain-related disorders.
In our first list we covered such illnesses as Stockholm Syndrome and
Stendhal Syndrome. This time we are looking at some slightly more physical
disorders - many of which are the result of physical damage to the brain
or parts of the body.
The
List Universe
How
Technology is Changing Your Brain
Unless we wake up to the damage that the gadget-filled, pharmaceutically-
enhanced 21st century is doing to our brains, we could be sleepwalking
towards a future in which neuro-chip technology blurs the line between
living and non-living machines, and between our bodies and the outside
world.
Daily
Mail
The
$450 Mind Control Device
When I received five e-mails to check out the MC Square — a handheld
device that's said to relieve stress, improve memory, and enhance concentration
through light and sound — I knew I couldn't pass the opportunity
up.
Gearlog.com
Can
Placebos Cure Our Sick Society?
"There is substantial scientific evidence that the world around us
reflects the sum total of our beliefs. If we believe in violence, then
we will see more of it. On the other hand, if we believe that the world
is becoming more harmonious and peaceful, world peace grows that much
closer."
By
Alan Tutt
Mind
Control by Cell Phone
Could the electrical signals coming from a phone affect certain brainwaves
operating in resonance with cell phone transmission frequencies? After
all, the caller's cerebral cortex is just centimeters away from radiation
broadcast from the phone's antenna. Two studies provide some revealing
news.
Scientific
American
The
Woman Who Can't Forget Anything
If you randomly pick a date from the past 25 years and ask her about it,
she'll usually provide elaborate, verifiable details about what happened
to her that day and if there were any significant news events on topics
that interested her. She usually also recalls what day of the week it
was and what the weather was like.
Orange
County Register
Simple
Ways to Improve Your Memory
It's no small wonder that this part of our brain would fall prey to such
inefficiency and failure, given the busy pace of Western life and the
constant barrage of information that the hippocampus must somehow keep
up with.
Lifehacks.org
The
Amazing Story of the 256-Year-Old Man
According to the 1933 obituaries in both Time Magazine and the New York
Times, Li Ching-Yun was reported to have buried 23 wives and fostered
180 descendants by the time he died at the age of 256.
Environmental
Graffiti
How
to Create Complete & Perfect Freedom
But here is the point: I created this at a time when I could not afford
it. I didn’t wait until I had to money to do it. It was my core desire.
I believe anyone can live this way if they choose... You can do anything
you want if you set your intention and follow through.
By
Dr. Robert Anthony
Boost
Your Brain Power with Neurobics
"Neurobics" encourages people to take everyday activities and
make them different. Like "brushin' roulette" – instead
of brushing your teeth with your right hand, brush it with your left –
it's harder than you think.
CBS
News
Memory
Training Can Boost Your Brainpower
A new study has found that it may be possible to train people to be more
intelligent, increasing the brainpower they had at birth.
New
York Times
10
Things Your Body Can Do After You Die
From getting hitched to saving the environment, here's proof you can still
be a busybody long after you kick the bucket.
CNN
Video:
Is Your Dog Psychic?
Does your dog have the unexplained ability to know when you’re coming
home… even when you come home at odd hours… even when she couldn’t
possibly hear your car? If so, then we urge you to join our study.
DogsThatKnow.com
Six
Steps to Living an Abundant Life
You can reprogram your present reality, and begin creating your life by
design, manifesting everything you truly desire, just by taking six easy
steps. You can begin right now.
Dr.
Robert Anthony
Think
Yourself Thin: How Your Memory Can Cut Cravings
British scientists have shown that actively remembering your last meal
suppresses appetite and reduces the desire to snack on junk food. They
have also shown that concentrating on food while eating - rather than
grabbing a meal in front of the TV - makes you less likely to get hungry
later on.
Daily
Mail
The
Limits of Human Memory
Research originally suggested that our working memory cut off point was
around the seven items mark. However scientists are revising that idea,
when adding the limitation of no memory tricks, such as repeating items
over and over or grouping them together.
Daily
Galaxy
Lab
Studies Intelligence in Plants
"If you define intelligence as the capacity to solve problems, plants
have a lot to teach us... Not only are they 'smart' in how they grow,
adapt and thrive, they do it without neuroses. Intelligence isn't only
about having a brain."
Wired
Can
Your Dog Read Your Mind?
She said after carrying out a range of experiments which tested the cognitive
skills of dogs, she believed they were not only sensitive to human cues,
but also had the ability to think about what their human companions may
be thinking.
Brain
Mysteries
How
to Keep Your Highest Moments Permanent
Your thoughts control your life. But you control your thoughts. You are
free to think success thoughts — positive thoughts or failure —
negative thoughts.
By
Frank Tibolt
Are
You Being Influenced Without Your Knowledge?
It might seem shocking, but every single day people are trying to influence
and persuade you without your knowledge. Some of this is relatively harmless.
But a lot of it most certainly is not. It's not talked about a lot but
it's the dark side of hypnosis.
The
Power of Conversational Hypnosis
How
a Good Night's Sleep Can Make You Happier and Healthier
No
one questions the value of a good night's sleep. Whether you are biologically
programmed to sleep 4 hours, 10 hours, or, like most people, 7 or 8 hours
a night, failure to get the amount of sleep you need can impair learning
and memory, problem-solving ability, safety, emotional stability, immune
defenses, cardiovascular health and even body weight.
Digital
Sandman
Can
We Really Transplant a Human Soul?
The case might have remained just an isolated tragedy were it not for
the fact that Sonny had received a transplanted heart from a man who had
also shot himself - in identical circumstances. To
make things even more intriguing, shortly after receiving the heart transplant,
Sonny tracked down the wife of the donor - and fell instantly in love
with her.
The
Daily Mail
With
Age Come Happiness, Research Shows
A certain amount of distress in old age is inevitable, including aches,
pains and deaths of loved ones and friends. But older people generally
have learned to be more content with what they have than younger adults.
CBS
News
Sleep
Your Way to Better Sex
Sex is a built-in, god-given desire which floods the body with feel-good
hormones that improve our quality of life and ability to cope with what’s
coming next. Deep sound sleep is similarly hard-wired into us... Anything
that makes it easier to get good quality sleep has equal potential to
improve your sex life.
Digital
Sandman
11
Steps to a Better Brain
There are lots of tricks, techniques and habits, as well as changes to
your lifestyle, diet and behaviour that can help you flex your grey matter
and get the best out of your brain cells. And here are 11 of them.
New
Scientist
How
Celebrities Quit Smoking
What do Drew Barrymore, Ellen DeGeneres, Matt Damon and Charlize Theron
have in common? They
all quit smoking with hypnosis.
By
Valerie Dawson
Hypnotist
Has Pain-Free Surgery Without Anaesthetic
Hypnoanaesthesia, where the patient enters a deep trance state and
is told they will not feel pain, has been used to ease fears over surgery
and childbirth, and to help burn victims manage their pain. Dr. Leon Gevertz
of the British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis, said that heart
operations had been carried out under hypnosis.
The
Daily Mail
Miracles
or Madness?
Although many of these sensational events can be reasonably dismissed
as delusions, hoaxes or mere coincidences, does this mean that all of
them can be written off? Absolutely not. And for one simple reason: there
remains a hard core of mysteries that simply cannot be explained by any
conventional means.
The
Daily Mail
The
Spontaneous Healing of Belief
For 300 years, scientists have been arguing, and the controversy has
been whether or not this field exists. They have just arrived at the place
where there is a general agreement that the field is here. Now they are
asking: what do we do with it?
By
Laurie Nadel, Ph.D
Hypnosis
Speeds Healing After Surgery
Results showed, without a question, that the group who received hypnosis
healed faster than the participants in the other two groups. This study
opened the doors to the idea that hypnosis can have a positive effect
on the mind's ability to heal the body.
By
Steve G. Jones
The
Angels of Death
According to recent research at King's College London, around 10 per
cent of the terminally ill or those caring for them report some kind of
mysterious, inexplicable event that gives them a glimpse of an afterlife.
The
Daily Mail
Using
the Power of the Sun to Improve Vision and Boost Immunity
Results showed, without a question, that the group who received hypnosis
healed faster than the participants in the other two groups. This study
opened the doors to the idea that hypnosis can have a positive effect
on the mind's ability to heal the body.
By
Rich Stacel
Scientists
Probe the Secrets of Meditation
There is, of course, a distinct possibility that this research will
come to nothing and that interest in meditation will turn out to be a
passing fad, but for now this ancient discipline is being taken seriously
by scientists as a tool with potential to make each one of us happier
and more content.
BBC
Virtual
Immortality by 2050
Aeroplanes will be too afraid to crash, yoghurts will wish you good
morning before being eaten and human consciousness will be stored on supercomputers,
promising immortality for all - though it will help to be rich.
The
Observer
Europe
Plans Psychic Crackdown
Promises
to raise the dead, secure good fortune or heal through the laying on of
hands are all at risk of legal action from disgruntled customers. Spiritualists...
claim the new regulations will leave them open to malicious civil action
by sceptics.
The
Guardian
Text
Messages from Beyond the Grave
"I got a missed call on my mobile, but it didn't ring. The call
was from my own home number, but there was nobody in the house. Then when
I went inside there was a smell like cigarettes which Sadie used to smoke
and the smell of her perfume."
Blackpool
Gazette
The
Incredible Power of Contentment
So contentment isn’t a matter with being content with your situation
in life and never trying to improve it. It’s a matter of being content
with what you have — but realizing that as humans, we will always
try to improve, no matter how happy we are. If we don’t, we have
given up on life.
Zen
Habits
Viagra
For Y0ur Brain
Some scientists are warning that a generation of artificially enhanced
thinkers could soon become science-fact, as an increasing number of people,
from stockbrokers and soldiers to students and shelf-stackers, look for
something more effective than caffeine to boost performance.
The
Independent UK
20%
of Scientists Use Brain-Boosting Drugs
The most popular drug was Ritalin, used by 62% of responders. Provigil
was the drug of choice for 44% of those polled -- suggesting that many
of the users take more than one drug. Beta-blockers, such as Inderal,
accounted for 15% of the drug use.
WebMD
Medical News
Top
10 Ways to Seem Smarter Than You Are
We all want to seem smart around workmates and acquaintances, but
we often don’t have the time to put in to further study to achieve
this. Luckily, there are a few ways you can make yourself seem smarter
with a minimum of effort. This is a list of the ten best tips for appearing
smarter.
The
List Universe
TV
Challenge Proves Hypnosis Can Help You Lose Weight
Some scientists are warning that a generation of artificially enhanced
thinkers could soon become science-fact, as an increasing number of people,
from stockbrokers and soldiers to students and shelf-stackers, look for
something more effective than caffeine to boost performance.
By
Valerie Dawson
Army
Tests Yoga & Meditation for Post-Traumatic Stress
The Army just unveiled a $4 million program to investigate everything
from "spiritual ministry, transcendental meditation, [and] yoga"
to "bioenergies such as Qi gong, Reiki, [and] distant healing"
to mend the psyches of wounded troops.
Wired
Blog
Expensive
Placebos Work Better Than Cheap Ones
The results fit with existing data about how people perceive quality
and how they anticipate therapeutic effects... "The placebo effect
is one of the most fascinating, least harnessed forces in the universe,"
Ariely said.
Duke
University
The
3 Most Powerful Principles I Have Learned from Millionaires
I believe if all these three traits were applied to your life, they
would make such a dramatic change, that in a short time all the things
you desire would show up in your life...
including as much money as you desire.
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