By Peter Tocci Today’s world looks quite chaotic, threatened and stressed. But could the players and motives commonly cited by investigative journalists be symptomatic first, causal second? Issues come ‘fast and furious,’ such as ever-increasing threats to health, freedom, self-determination, and most critically to the…
Op-Ed by Patricia Burke This article is for entertainment purposes only. No medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment is provided. When I began an in-depth study of chi gong, one of the first things my teacher did was give me guidance on the season of the…
By Neenah Payne “The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture.” — Thomas Jefferson. Beans and rice are a daily staple in all Caribbean as well as Central and South American countries – for breakfast,…
By Patricia Burke Are you a Rooster, or a Horse, or a Rat? Or? When you visit a Chinese restaurant, you can often find a paper menu depicting the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. Diners can determine the animal corresponding with the year of…
Researchers find group meditation can positively impact society. The group practice of the Transcendental Meditation® and TM-Sidhi® programs in Cambodia between 1993 and 2008 was associated with a 96.2% decline in sociopolitical violence in that war-torn country compared to violence in the preceding three years,…
Op-Ed by Neenah Payne “There is nothing so powerful as an idea whose time has come.“ — Victor Hugo. “We are all Indians now,” — Russell Means (Oglala Lakota actor, writer, musician, activist). We were robbed of information essential to our survival when we were…
