Archive for the ‘Spirit’ Category
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Universities Finally Discovering Spirituality
I remember when I finished my four-year undergraduate university program in North America and starting looking for a masters program to attend to and was only to find that what I was interested in, shamanism and spirituality, hardly existed as a full program offering or even as a half-semester course. As you might imagine, I never went for my masters. Now, it’s promising to know that opportunities for future knowledge seekers to explore what I wish I had in an ...
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The Truth About Hair and Why Indians Would Keep Their Hair Long
Original Post >>> Sott.net This information about hair has been hidden from the public since the Viet Nam War . Our culture leads people to believe that hair style is a matter of personal preference, that hair style is a matter of fashion and/or convenience, and that how people wear their hair is simply a cosmetic issue. Back in the Vietnam war however, an entirely different picture emerged, one that has been carefully covered up and hidden from public view. ...
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Before I Die >>> Community Chalkboard Art Project Where People Can Share What Is Most Important To Them
New Orleans resident and artist Candy Chang did what many people wish to do before they die, to make a positive impact on people’s lives…not to mention leave behind a piece that defined our times like a monument or statue. Her ‘Before I Die’ community chalkboard art project is just that having now spread from it’s origins in New Orleans to cities around the world. On it’s walls are chalk declarations, wishes, and dreams of passersby packed with humility and ...
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Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch’s Buddhist Spirituality Permeated His Life And Music
Huffington Post highlights the spiritual side of the late Beastie Boy Adam Yauch’s life and how he used the power of meditation in his attempt to defeat the cancer cells that eventually took his life: Adam Yauch, the Beastie Boys member who went by the stage name MCA, had long practiced Tibetan Buddhism before his death, which was announced Friday in several news reports. The cause of his death is unclear, but Yauch, who died at age 47, had been battling a ...
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Out of Line Theatre’s The Sandwich >>> Neo-psychedelic Theatre Work Inspired by the Discovery of LSD
What’s happening in Winnipeg? First it is listed as one of the up and coming hot beds for art and now a LSD theatre production inspired by Albert Hoffman’s discovery of LSD has popped up there titled The Sandwich: Transforming Consciousness Bite by Bite. Sounds like an influx of psychedelics might be responsible for fuelling the arts in a once unknown Canadian prairie town. Learn more below and check it out from May 9 to 12 at the Out Of Line Theatre if ...
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10 Most Sacred Spots On Earth
MSNC takes us on a dazzling trip around the world to some of it’s most sacred spots. I can feel my mind slipping away and spirit glowing brighter just reading about each magical place: When we modern folks visit a beautiful natural site, the experience may evoke a sense of peace, a feeling of awe … or just the need to snap a million photos. For our ancient forbears, though, these places were so much more. Throughout history, civilizations all over the ...
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The Rise of the New Spiritual Counterculture >>> Article
Jonathan Talat Phillips, author of The Electric Jesus: The Healing Journey of a Contemporary Gnostic, turns a spotlight on the flourishing spiritual counterculture in an article from the Huffington Post: It’s Feb. 17 and I’m standing in front of a full room at Gatsby Books in Long Beach, Calif. Once again, we’ve filled up the seats and people are standing in the back as I deliver my opening line, “If you told me several years ago I’d be here talking about Jesus ...
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How Does One Live Simply? >>> Film & Podcast Exploring Connectedness and Simplicity In Urban Settings
Brianna Pearce Why did Ken Lum stand on a highway for 5 days and not cross the road? This is not a knock-knock joke. Living simply. This is such an attractive notion. But the ideals of the simple life seem not so simple to achieve. In this age of technology and urbanization, how does one live simply? Do we move out of the hustle and bustle of the city? Perhaps. The suburbs are a popular answer to this question. “Radiant City” is a ...
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Live In An Authentic Native American Teepee by Little Joe
Little Joe’s earth lodges are the are real deal. From the Pocomoke Indian People, the knowledge of creating high quality native american teepees is not being passed on to anyone with atleast $470 which can buy you a complete teepee package that comes with a five year warranty, surviving in the cold climates of Northern Canada. These beautiful specimens can be used to live in (one customer hooked up theirs with solar panels), for Powwows, or just a kids play house. Another ...
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The God Spots Revealed >>> Scientists Find Areas Of The Brain Responsible For Greater Spirituality
The Daily Mail UK reports new research has indicated that there is no one God-spot in the human brain and that in fact spirituality is stimulated across all lobes in the brain. What’s particularly interesting is that one study of Bhuddist meditators shows that people can learn to minimize the functioning of the right side of their brains (spiritual transcendence is associated with decreased right parietal lobe functioning) to increase their spiritual connections during meditation and prayer. Learn more here: Scientists ...
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Paris’ Museum of Tribal Arts that Pits Voodoo and Shamanic Artefacts Alongside Contemporary Artwork
Until July 29, 300 voodoo and shamanic ethnological objects alongside two dozen contemporary artists will be displayed at Paris’ Quai Branly museum. Its title, “Les Maitres du Desordre” (Masters of Chaos), is borrowed from a 1999 book on shamanism by French ethnologist Bertrand Hell. I wish I could get some photos of some pieces in the exhibit, but none have been made available. I guess you will just have to read about it or if you are making a visit to Paris, ...
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Man Free >>> Documentary On The Spirit of Jamaica’s People
“How many countries in the world really, really believe in freedom?” is the opening line to Man Free setting the tone for the whole film on the spirit of the Jamaican people. Having been brought to Jamaica every year for the first ten years of my life, I’ll never forget the joyous mentality of the people and the way time stopped when I was there as a child. As said in the film, Jamaica is where all the most difficult ...