Cloud gazing works because it slows the brain down long enough for that quieter voice to surface. I found that the sky often feels most helpful when I stop asking it for answers and simply let myself notice what appears.
We are not just the sum of this lifetime, or a lifetime of sequential lifetimes. Our lives are multidimensional simultaneous lifetimes which allow us to view and interact with our essential nature in order to heal, learn and grow from these experiences.
A man dressed as Spider-Man helped a person in a wheelchair cross a busy street in Arkansas. A traffic camera caught it on video and the Jonesboro Police Department posted the footage on social media hours later.
Cooperation in nature isn’t the absence of self-interest. It’s what happens when self-interest discovers, over and over, across billions of years, that the partners who work together tend to outlast the ones who only fight.
This Festival will feature fourteen engaging speakers and teachers, bardic circle, ritual, unique vendors, and the warmth of community as women and Sisters gather.
August 1: For many souls today is a relaxing summer idyll. The waning Pisces Moon promotes mellow moods. Tap into the spirit of the season and enjoy the passing hours. A lunar aspect to Mercury encourages stream of consciousness thinking…
Home sharing can’t solve the housing crisis, its fans acknowledge. But it could make a dent, potentially unlocking thousands of spare bedrooms across the country without requiring new construction that would change the character of neighborhoods.
The sacred art of grief reminds us that love is larger than absence and that the deepest part of every life is not measured by what we accumulated or achieved, but by the love we awakened in others.
Four states — Utah, Virginia, Idaho, and Oregon — just made it easier to build wildlife crossings, and the bipartisan effort is being called a 'blueprint.' Conservationists are celebrating.
A muscle that's become too long and weak needs to be strengthened. A muscle that's become too short and tight needs to be released and lengthened. Restoring the body's natural balance doesn't require complicated procedures, expensive equipment, or a lifetime of pain management.
Since the Roswell incident of 1947, we have increasingly heard credible testimony that we are not alone in the universe. This evidence has come from reliable military whistleblowers, twelve of whom have now testified under oath to the US Congress about the existence of these beings.
Women are healing our inner wounds, and learning to express our feminine being without fear or shame. Women have a need to get to know ourselves, after long centuries of being subjugated and twisted by patriarchal expectations.
On this historic semiquincentennial birthday, we look back at the brilliant tapestry of innovation, culture, and community flourishing for two and a half centuries and offer 250 reasons to love America on her 250th birthday.
Remember a time in your life when imagination came to you as a free and easy way to create the world around you — perhaps, when you were a child without a care in the world or other moments of clarity and excitement you may have experienced. Think back on those days of daydreams.
The American colonists were friends with affliction and shared their suffering socially, in writing and conversation.
Whether pets are joining summer adventures or staying home with a sitter, preparation and heat awareness can go a long way towards helping pets stay safe and comfortable throughout the season.
Sounding sacred tones and mantras affects the physical body, including our nervous system, our cells, our molecules, and even our DNA. Sound can resonate and affect our chakras and related aspects of our subtle anatomy. The power of sound to influence us should not be underestimated.
Climate.us launched the full version of its new independent, nonprofit climate information website last week, creating a public-backed home for trusted climate science at a time when access to federal climate resources has become increasingly vulnerable to disruption.
Choose the right tool for the task. Not every job needs the most powerful AI model. Sometimes a smaller tool, search engine, calculator, or even your own brain is enough. Ask yourself: is AI adding any value here, or am I using it out of habit?
We need to receive natural light through our eyes in the early hours of the day, and again as the sun is going down. Our hormonal systems, nervous systems — in fact, our whole wonderfully orchestrated inner terrain — relies on the signals provided by the different qualities of light at those times.
Over time, The Buddha Project evolved from a photography project into a personal exploration of presence, silence, impermanence, and the search for peace in a world that rarely slows down.
On the bright afternoon of June 15th, twenty-one people gathered with a shared purpose in Sherborn, MA. Some were strangers, others had known each other for decades, but all stood together for peace.
Given just 8 months to live, a teen graduates cancer-free 4 years later thanks to a doctor’s promise. Watch the CBS video and see the moment at the end of the ceremony.
More people are recognizing the significance of emotional well-being and actively seeking practical ways to regain balance. They are asking deeper questions: How do we remain centered while living in a world that often feels unstable?
July 1: Early risers are all business under the hardworking Capricorn Moon. Get organized and plan your day. The pace slows noticeably by midmorning due to Luna’s void of course status. The Moon’s late afternoon arrival in community-oriented Aquarius lifts…
Ikea stopped selling "quartz" countertops in 2025. Home Depot, Lowe’s and Costco are still selling crystalline silica products as of June 2026. Consumers are generally not aware of the alternatives.
“Your generation has far more power than you may realize. And if you harness that power, if you find your leadership, your issues, your voice, the world will not be able to ignore you.”
Japan's Samurai Blue fans cleaned up before they left the stadium in Dallas, using their blue bags to uphold a cleansing World Cup tradition after their team scored a late-tying goal for a draw against the Netherlands.
Over time, fungi have adapted an incredible resilience that allows them to survive in extremes. Humans have done something similar. Humans belong on this planet. We are a part of the interconnected web of life.
Behind every belief, we hold a perspective on life and our self-image. From there, we create self-judgments and interpretations about ourselves, which remain in our minds continually. Then, they move to our subconscious and manifest automatically.
The eventful summer season includes an important sign change for Jupiter, planetary retrogrades and two eclipses. Seize the opportunities. Relish each pleasure and learn from the obstacles. Whatever comes your way, embrace it fully.
Dutch kids declared the world's happiest (again) in the latest World Happiness Report. Which begs an obvious question: what are the Dutch doing right?
The forest doesn’t feel like a place. It feels like someone. Or, more accurately, like many — a standing community of beings that knows you’re there before you know how you feel about being there.
Trauma imprints occur in individuals’ minds and bodies at the moment they first feel shocked, surprised, and/or frightened during a traumatic experience. Regardless of what caused the trauma, the imprint remains frozen in the body until the person uses techniques for clearing trauma from the body.
The growing movement toward mercury-free dentistry is gaining ground. There is an action alert at the end of this article. A national push to ban mercury fillings is underway, and public comments to federal regulators could help decide whether this outdated practice finally disappears from U.S. dentistry.
With New York and Illinois joining the growing number of states allowing medical aid in dying, nearly one-third of Americans will soon live where terminally ill patients have access to this end-of-life option.
An area of the Everglades known as the Picayune Strand, that was drained in an attempt to convert it to suburbia in the 50s, has seen huge rewilding success through an ongoing restoration project over the past 20 years. The restored Picayune is expected to help several endangered species, including the red-cockaded woodpecker and the Florida panther.
When you feel a smile starting to form or a laugh bubbling up, resist the urge to immediately move on to the next thing on your to-do list. Stay with it for a moment, let yourself fully see the humor, the silliness, the sweetness, or the beauty of what just happened.
While raw garlic has a sharp, pungent taste, black garlic typically has a milder, slightly sweet taste. The underlying chemistry is complex, but the basic idea is straightforward: Heat and humidity transform both the taste and structure of garlic.
You can sit in a quiet room, feel completely safe, and still notice your chest tighten or your breath turn shallow. You know nothing is wrong. Your body disagrees. That disconnect, between what your mind understands and what your nervous system keeps doing, is what somatic therapy targets.
Only 10 human cases of Guinea worm were reported worldwide in 2025, the lowest number ever recorded, bringing the ancient disease closer than ever to eradication. Guinea worm is slated to be the first parasitic disease eradicated in history, and the first without a medicine or vaccine, strictly through behavior change and health education.
By creating spaces designed to meet your needs, you'll be much more likely to enjoy your time outside. Let your imagination be your guide, and get ready to enjoy your backyard paradise!
A community healthcare worker, the American Public Health Association says, is a “trusted member” of a local community or someone who has “an unusually close understanding” of it, enabling the worker to serve as intermediary between patients and the healthcare system.
June 1: Mental Mercury enters Cancer the first thing this morning. Minds take on an intuitive, emotionally sensitive outlook. Empathy is encouraged by Mercury’s pending square to Neptune. Some folks are teary, others protective. Raw feelings and instincts provide guidance,…
By embracing the possibility of the library angel, we open ourselves to a world of serendipity and inspiration, where the answers we seek may already be waiting for us to discover them.
The Sun Salutation consists of 12 postures moving in and out of each other with synchronized breath, flowing together as one movement, much like a dance or a meditation in motion.
The great paradox of the AI age may be this: capitalism, by pushing automation as far as possible, could end up creating the need for the very forms of socialism and collective support it spent generations fighting against.
Marine scientists have discovered a record number of new species living in the depths of the world's oceans over the past year. A total of 1,121 new marine species were discovered in a single year.
Motion sickness is typically triggered by slow, up-and-down and left-to-right movements. The more pronounced the motion, the more likely we are to get sick. But why doesn’t it affect everyone?
The rise of solar power may result in short-term increases in electricity prices due to grid upgrades and energy storage costs. But in the long run, solar offers significant savings by reducing reliance on fossil fuels and lowering carbon emissions.
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