Musicians Distinguish Sounds Better than Other People – Especially in loud situations – Softpedia

This study is really great.  What is all this money and effort directed at education good for if it doesn’t actually help a person see and understand the universe (both natural and social) he or she lives in?  Music and art, properly offered do more to civilize and socialize youngsters than creating fascisitic states in

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Placebo Effect Proven in the Spine – Pain disappeared in study volunteers – Softpedia

If you think about it, the fact that there is any placebo effect at all is a miracle.  Or, I should say, seems like a miracle, although it is just a function of the natural world, left un-messed-with by tinkering nihilists.  Notice the phrase “could be used to create various new treatments” for some diseases. 

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» The 12 Labors of Hercules

Bill Bodri, who runs www.meditationexpert.com just posted this little blog on the correspondences in the 12 labors of Hercules and chi cultivation (applies to samadhi cultivation in Zen)  In perfect samadhi, the chi channels begin to  open and the kundalini, shakti, rises, cleansing out the nadis, giving rise to various phenomena.  These are described in

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Symposium sheds light on benefits of Tai Chi

via Symposium sheds light on benefits of Tai Chi (08/28/09).

The symposium, sponsored by the International Yang family Tai Chi Chuan Association, offered a chance to study with five of China’s top masters and the opportunity to learn more about the latest research on the health benefits of Tai Chi Chuan.

More than 400 Tai

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Mind set: Yoga beyond religion – Mind over Matter – Spirituality

Since the yogic metaphysic of Advaita Vedanta is in perfect accordance with the Islamic doctrine of tauhid (God’s oneness), there is perfect compatibility between Islam and yoga on the highest level. The ‘Book of Sufi Healing’ by Hakim G M Chishti clearly states that life, from its beginning till the end, is one

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Morning Star Zendo

The Morning Star Zendo vision

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Kennedy’s vision is for the Morning Star Zendo to foster continuously an environment for interfaith dialogue—to be a place where people of all religious varieties meet and respect one another’s traditions and points of view.

The spirit at the zendo reflects and builds upon Kennedy’s deep respect for and knowledge of

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