The Heart
Science is coming to terms with the sages, it seems. The heart, initially just seen as a mere blood pump, is now recognized as the most critical nodal point that connects a communications network of body, mind, emotion, and spirit! As a primary generator of rhythmic patterns in the human body, not only does the human heart possess a greater connection with the brain than any other major organ, i... posted on Nov 17 2004, 1,863 reads

Monks' Brains During Meditation
The task was to practice "compassion" meditation, generating a feeling of loving kindness toward all beings. The subjects ranged from novice meditators to Buddhist monks (including the Dalai Lama) who had spent more than 10,000 hours in meditation. As Prof. Davidson compared their brain activity, he was able to clearly show that meditation alters structure and functioning of the brain!... posted on Nov 12 2004, 3,255 reads

The God Gene
Since the dawn of our species, spirituality has been deeply woven into the human experience. Why is it such a universal force that people from all walks of life, regardless of their religious backgrounds, value it as much as, or more than, pleasure, power and wealth? The answer is, at least in part, hard-wired into our genes. Spirituality is one of our basic human inheritances. It is, in short, ... posted on Oct 20 2004, 2,093 reads

Clandestine Brain Activity
There's an old myth that we only use 10 percent of our brains, but researchers at the University of Rochester have found in reality that roughly 80 percent of our cognitive power may be cranking away on tasks completely unknown to us. Curiously, this clandestine activity does not exist in the youngest brains, leading scientists to believe that the mysterious goings-on that absorb the majority of o... posted on Oct 15 2004, 1,184 reads

Meditation and Arthritis
Dalia Isicoff knows pain. A lifelong sufferer of rheumatoid arthritis, she has had seven hip replacement surgeries. Since leaving the hospital in February following her latest operation, however, she hasn't taken any painkillers. Not because the pain isn't there — it is. But Isicoff, 52, said she has learned to accept the pain, the disease, and herself, thanks to meditation. Researchers at Uni... posted on Sep 16 2004, 1,224 reads

A Strange Anomaly
Via dei Laghi runs 60 kms south of Rome, at the edge of the Albanian lake and an extinct volcanic crater. Shortly along this uphill road, a strange anomaly occurs. Bottles and other things roll uphill here in a weak upward gradient, without additional driving power. Even heavy cars move up with engine fully switched off. Originally scientists thought it to be some sort of an optical illusion, b... posted on Sep 04 2004, 1,304 reads

Art of Martial Arts
Jet Li wants to touch your soul before he kicks your butt. The Hong Kong action star says too many martial-art movies ignore heart and emotion in favor of vengeance and gore. Li's latest movie, 'Hero', explores what kind of person can become a hero; he hopes it'll put "artist" back into "martial artist."... posted on Aug 31 2004, 1,832 reads

Spontaneous Remission
In 1993, Caryle Hirshberg and the late Brendan O'Regan assembled the largest database of medically reported cases of "spontaneous remission" in the world. They defined spontaneous remission as "the disappearance, complete or incomplete, of a disease or cancer without medical treatment or treatment that is considered inadequate to produce the resulting disappearance of disease symptoms or tumor." ... posted on Aug 21 2004, 1,196 reads

Mind Not Body
Thought that obstacle course was tiring? Not quite. Fatigue is in the mind, not the muscles, say the scientists at University of Capetown. Traditionally, people have thought that the reason we feel fatigue is due to overworked muscles that no longer function at an optimum level. But mounting evidence suggests that after high activity, the brain releases a signaling molecule to prevent overworkin... posted on Aug 07 2004, 1,467 reads

Mozart Effect
Imagine a pile of sand transformed into life-life flowing patterns, mirroring symmetrical geometric forms found in nature, simply by audible vibration. In 1950s, Dr. Hans Jenny found exactly that in work that later came to be known as Cymatics. He noticed that sound vibrations actually shape matter, in predictable and repeatable patterns, and can indeed be used to change the cells of our bodies.... posted on May 20 2004, 1,133 reads