Gaia Community: Tima's Bookmarks

Gandhi Theosophy and Union Square Park in NYC

Tima — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:13:08 GMT

Gandhi Theosophy and Union Square Park in NYC

It’s strange to see a statue of Gandhi set in small but lush landscape in Union Square Park in NYC, its even stranger to think that Gandhi got his start as a teacher and spiritual leader through his connection with the Theosophists.

Tags: gandhi, theosophy

Scientific study shows Einstein, Darwin and Freud weren’t so rational after all

Tima — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:33:21 GMT

Scientific study shows Einstein, Darwin and Freud weren’t so rational after all

University researchers, examined the letter correspondence of 16 famous writers, performers, politicians and scientists, including Einstein, Darwin, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and Ernest Hemingway, and found that the 16 individuals sent letters randomly following a circadian cycle.

Tags: science, news, einstein, darwin, hemingway, marx, circadian, freud

Mindfulness meditation hits the medical community in New York

Tima — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:12:23 GMT

Mindfulness meditation hits the medical community in New York

According to a report in today's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center found that training in mindfulness meditation and communication alleviated psychological distress and burnout experienced by physicians.

Tags: meditation, medicine, doctors, mindfulness, psychology

Jump-start psychic abilities with Kyanite crystals third eye and throat frequencies

Tima — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:17:43 GMT

Jump-start psychic abilities with Kyanite crystals third eye and throat frequencies

This year, CBS' 60 minutes reported that scientists are coming close to “reading minds” with fMRI scans. It’s only a matter of time, science will catch up and realize, the ability to "read minds" is an innate human skill that ancient metaphysicians have documented for thousands of years and practiced without expensive equipment.

Tags: crystals, kyanite, telepathy, psychic abilties

Study proves dolphins share human’s ability to reflect

Tima — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:21:02 GMT

Study proves dolphins share human’s ability to reflect

J. David Smith, Ph.D., a comparative psychologist at the University at Buffalo who has conducted extensive studies in animal cognition, says there is growing evidence that animals share functional parallels with human conscious metacognition -- that is, they may share human's ability to reflect upon, monitor or regulate their states of mind.

Tags: animal behavior, dolphin, dolphins, psychology, consciousness

The New Age Movement is dead, welcome to the Dark Ages

Tima — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:11:31 GMT

The New Age Movement is dead, welcome to the Dark Ages

We start to notice the New Age Movement started to rely less and less on the turn of the century’s “faith in the Divine” as it moved more towards the Human Potential Movement’s “self-realization and narcissism” to a “quantum leap” right into science’s lap.

Tags: new age, new age movement, spirituality, science, quantum physics, the secret, law of attraction

Panic attack symptoms, hope and help for your nerves

Tima — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:44:11 GMT

Panic attack symptoms, hope and help for your nerves

Millions of people have panic attacks at some time in their lives. The numbers are closer to 40 million people a year in the USA alone. What is a panic attack and what are the symptoms? You may have been in the supermarket, your friend’s wedding, in an airplane or at an interview. Out of the blue, you’re suddenly having palpitations, sweating and have difficulty breathing, You feel you might faint, your mouth is dry and you can’t swallow, you feel something terrible is happening and you might die. You run out the door for your life.

Tags: panic attack, panic disorder, claire weekes

Cell phone research proves gossip is good for you

Tima — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:11:26 GMT

Cell phone research proves gossip is good for you

Gossip as grooming? In 2001, a major cell phone company BT Cellnet commissioned researchers at a UK social research centre (SIRC), to verify if gossip was good for one’s health. If gossip was good for you, then SMS messages, Twittering and talking with friends on our cell phone, Smartphone or BlackBerry about the “latest news” could facilitate this “healthy” pursuit. Was this just another way to sell cell phones? Or is gossip actually good for your health?

Tags: social research, technology, cell phones

Astrology Books 101: What are the top 10 karmic and spiritual astrology books?

Tima — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:06:20 GMT

Astrology Books 101: What are the top 10 karmic and spiritual astrology books?

For the most advanced astrologer or for those of you who approach the study of astrology from a soul-centered, evolutionary or spiritual viewpoint, these are the top 10 karmic and spiritual Astrology books:

Tags: astrology, books, karmic, spiritual

Astrology Books 101: What are the top 10 beginner astrology books?

Tima — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:39:46 GMT

Astrology Books 101: What are the top 10 beginner astrology books?

Rather than leave the interpretation of your astrology chart in the hands of someone else (professional or amateur), wouldn't it be better if you could understand and interpret your own cosmic design?

Tags: astrology, books, beginners

Astrology September 2009 horoscopes: Predictions for all 12 zodiac signs

Tima — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:13:17 GMT

Astrology September 2009 horoscopes: Predictions for all 12 zodiac signs

An in-depth and revealing horoscope predictions for all 12 Zodiac signs.

Tags: astrology, september, predictions, zodiac

Spooky lecture from 1996 prophesizes the future of the WWW and its spiritual dimension

Tima — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:56:08 GMT

Spooky lecture from 1996 prophesizes the future of the WWW and its spiritual dimension

"The Point Is," (1996) is a virtual and hypnotic roller-coaster ride that starts from a point of light, passes through concepts about marketing video games and cunningly transports one’s consciousness to the spiritual dimension of the World Wide Web.

Tags: internet, www, consciousness, spirituality, gamers, infocom, light

Zen alarm clocks How to wake up without alarm clock shock

Tima — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:12:59 GMT

Zen alarm clocks How to wake up without alarm clock shock

If you are tired of being shocked awake by your alarm clock every morning? These alarm clocks will gently wake you up to Tibetan bell chimes and Gong bowls.

Tags: zen, dreams, alarm clock

Shocking website shows you how the Internet sees you MIT Personas Project!

Tima — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:05:28 GMT

Shocking website shows you how the Internet sees you MIT Personas Project!

Just enter your name at the Personas Project website and this innovative art project that is part of the Metropath(ologies) exhibit, currently on display at the MIT Museum by the Sociable Media Group from the MIT Media Lab will search the web for information and with its sophisticated natural language processing will create a portrait of your online identity.

Tags: technology, internet, art

Scientists grow fully functional tooth from stem cells

Tima — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:11:02 GMT

Scientists grow fully functional tooth from stem cells

Though teeth have been grown in mice before, scientist revealed in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences their success at growing a "fully functional" tooth from stem cells in mice.

Tags: stem cells, teeth, alternative

Smartphone apps that help you recall your dreams

Tima — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:55:46 GMT

Smartphone apps that help you recall your dreams

Since 87% of Smartphone users bring their phones to bed with them and 84% check their phones as soon as they wake up according to a Sheraton Hotels survey, choosing Smartphone applications on your iPhone or Blackberry that wake you up gradually, might facilitate better dream recall.

Tags: dreams, neuroscience, smartphones, iphone, blackberry, applications

How to deal with demanding children

Tima — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:01:47 GMT

How to deal with demanding children

As parents we all wish we could find some way to guide our children and support their development until they become all they can be. We try to find rules, maybe “father knows best” formulas,

Tags: psychology, child development, children, attention, awareness

The worst kind of identity theft

Tima — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:16:33 GMT

The worst kind of identity theft

Is it time to let go of that job, relationship, grudge or bad mood? Have you tried distracting yourself or convincing yourself you have moved on, but find you are still right there holding on, making excuses and maybe even recruiting other people to agree with you?

Tags: consciousness, mind, detachment, awareness, letting go

Homeopathic Swine Flu Cure

Tima — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:59:05 GMT

Homeopathic Swine Flu Cure

“In the 1918 flu pandemic homeopaths reported around 1% mortality in their cases, while conventional doctors were losing 30% of their patients. “

Tags: swine flu, homeopathy, flu, remedies, alternative medicine, cures

Did the artist Paul Klee tweet the first Twitter in 1922 ?

Tima — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:57:16 GMT

Did the artist Paul Klee tweet the first Twitter in 1922 ?

“Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.” Paul Klee Did Paul Klee knowingly or unknowingly "tweet" the first Twitter? Did Twitter find its birth place in Paul Klee’s "Twittering Machine" painted in 1922? In an alchemical combination of musical tones, nature symbolism, and a magical sigil of lines; Paul Klee may have concocted a spell for the Twitter meme.

Tags: twitter, tweet, paul klee, sigils, magick, meme, memetics