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The First Healers

Submitted by Joseph Morningstar on Saturday, December 24, 2016 12:17 AM

The First Healers

pixabay.com One day as a man was walking alone he met a coyote. Coyote spoke to the man and said, "How would you like to smoke my pipe?" The man thanked the coyote and said "Sure!" When the man was finished, the coyote said to him, "You have smoked my pipe so now you are Read More…

The Epiphany

Submitted by Spiritual Guru on Thursday, December 22, 2016 6:55 PM

The Epiphany

pixabay.com Thought I’d write about it while it is still fresh in my awareness.  Maybe you have had this experience before me but it is so beautiful I want to share it with any of you who have not. Let me set up the human situation beforehand.  Imagine accidentally becoming acquainted with another, and almost Read More…

The Kingdom Of Speech

Submitted by MasterMind on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 6:54 AM

The Kingdom Of Speech

pixabay.com Language evolved alongside our species. What are its limits? Language is a tool that evolved as humans, with their unique cognitive abilities and unparalleled dependency on cooperation, worked over millennia to build small bands of scavengers from the rich African ecosystem into societies held together by culture. Culture itself exists in symbiotic relationship with Read More…

The Mind VS. Brain Debate

Submitted by Icycles on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 8:11 PM

The Mind VS. Brain Debate

pixabay.com The mind vs. brain debate has been going on since before Aristotle. He and Plato argued that the soul housed intelligence or wisdom and that it could not be placed within the physical body. In a well-described version of dualism, Descartes identifies mind with the consciousness and self-awareness of itself, with an ability to Read More…

Surviving Superintelligence

Submitted by Clockwork on Monday, December 19, 2016 3:31 PM

Surviving Superintelligence

pixabay.com Suppose a group of superintelligent aliens came to earth. Or suppose that humans developed some advanced A.I. that’s far beyond our mental and physical abilities. If we could somehow communicate with these beings, what might we say to them? We might be too scared to say anything. We might just run and hide. But Read More…

The Ancient Ram Inn – England’s Most Haunted House

Submitted by Constantine on Sunday, December 18, 2016 3:09 PM

The Ancient Ram Inn – England’s Most Haunted House

The Ancient Ram Inn, in the village of Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire was built in 1145 on an ancient Pagan burial ground. This land sits on the intersection of 2 Ley Lines, areas that certain people believe contain significantly high spiritual energy. Using a map, these lines can be traced directly to England's most famous sacred site, Read More…

Mercury And Urban Legends

Submitted by LOGOS – Overseer on Sunday, December 18, 2016 9:00 AM

Mercury And Urban Legends

catmando©123RF.com Urban Legends are Mercury at its best. My favorite definition of the term Urban Legend comes from David Emery who defined it as. “An apocryphal, secondhand story told as true and just plausible enough to be believed, about some horrific, embarrassing, ironic, or exasperating series of events that supposedly happened to a real person.” Read More…

The Theory Of Jerks

Submitted by Friday on Saturday, December 17, 2016 9:57 AM

The Theory Of Jerks

pixabay.com Jerks: A Field Guide Eric Schwitzgebel Picture the world through the eyes of the jerk. The line of people in post office is a mass of unimportant fools; it’s a felt injustice that you must wait while they bumble with their requests. The flight attendant is not a potentially interesting person with her own Read More…

What Makes Us Human?

Submitted by Just Human on Friday, December 16, 2016 12:09 AM

What Makes Us Human?

pixabay.com What makes us human? What sets us apart from other species? Is it self-awareness or free moral agency, conscience, or the capacity to imagine? All of these characteristics are clearly connected with human consciousness. But what’s not clear is how the human mind operates. What makes us uniquely human? It’s more than you might think. Read More…

Living Truly

Submitted by Dr. Arati Mishra on Thursday, December 15, 2016 10:21 AM

Living Truly

pixabay.com Living truly is the need of the hour. It is the aim of all life. The reign of Truth is decreed. When we collaborate with it, ultimately only health can flourish. The two most important moments of our life, I have heard, are when one is born and when one finds out why. As Read More…

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