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"We don't live in a world that supports inner work.  We live in a world that supports outer..grabbing"

This post has its origins in a furious row I had with a good friend after an ayahuasca ceremony almost a year ago. Partly what incensed me in the row and further fueled its flames was my friend's d...

'Awareness Is Wot You Need' is a song by Monomono, the legendary Nigerian band led by maestro Joni Haastrup. It appears on the rare but not forgotten LP 'The...

It's been called FaceCrack. And if you have been getting a sinking feeling when you use Facebook that you did not have as a first-time or new user...

Taoism in action...

New Zealand once prided itself on being a social laboratory for advances in public welfare. Within a few months it will become a laboratory in every sense: for the approval of new

Figueiredo report reveals alleged crimes against indigenous tribes from 1940s to 1980s and sheds light on current land policy

A new theory of human origins says cooperation—not competition—is instinctive.

Por primera vez en Colombia un pueblo indígena compra y recupera un sitio sagrado que le perteneció antes de la llegada de los españoles.

All 4 parts of the film can be found at www.innerworldsmovie.com. Please help us to translate and caption the film at: http://www.amara.org/en/videos/mAFIqDE...

Enlightenment porn functions much the same way as guitar porn. Enlightenment porn comes mainly in the form of books whose centerpieces are stories of the authors’ enlightenment experiences. In hushed and reverent tones the author tells you about how he was in a hut in the deep canyons of Tibet or perhaps on a mountain peak in the Mojave Desert, when all of a sudden he became one with the universe. The story is intended to make you lust after an experience just like the one you’re reading about. The author very often hopes you will pay a handsome sum for this privilege, usually at a seminar advertised in the back pages.

In the Soto tradition it is seen as a mistake to talk about these so-called enlightenment experiences publicly. All Dogen, the founder of our tradition, says about his own enlightenment experience is that while he was at Tendo Nyojo’s temple in China he experienced “the dropping off of both body and mind.” He gives no further details. But, of course, all of his writing is in some respects the story of what he experienced that day.

Mike Power: Stand-ins for drugs such as MDMA and cannabis are on the rise, while lack of quality control of all street drugs puts users at risk

Aaroe and Petersen believe that resource sharing was so crucial to human survival that it became deeply engrained in our collective psyche, where it remains today.  Indeed, modern social welfare policies and institutions may be simply a modern manifestation of an ancient mental strategy to coerce widespread sharing.

Throughout human evolution, multiple versions of humans co-existed. Could we be mid-upgrade now?

Purchase: http://www.der.org/films/meeting-ancestors.html This video documents an encounter between two groups of indigenous Brazilian people. Wai-Wai, a Waiãpi leader, takes a trip to meet the Zo'é, a group only recently contacted by outsiders. Both tribes speak Tupi-Guarani dialects and share many cultural traditions; a rapport quickly develops between Wai-Wai and the Zo'é as they take on the roles of anthropologists, questioning one another about hunting techniques, crafts, and forms of dress. Having had more experience with white society, Wai-Wai is able to warn the Zo'é about the potential danger of gold prospectors. He also introduces video technology, to everyone's fascination, and makes videos of his trip to show to everyone at home.

Natalia Avseenko, 36, was persuaded to strip naked as marine experts believe belugas do not like to be touched by artificial materials such as diving suits.