Jame Hamblin writes: If you think that human nature is good and powerful, then you go around frustrated because the perfect society has not yet been achieved. But if you go through life believing that our reason is not that great, our individual skills are not that impressive, and our goodness is severely mottled, then …
“We can learn a lot from a snail and a caterpillar. We might even make the world a cooler place while we’re at it.” A wonderful little cartoon that illustrates the differences among creatures and how we need to recognize and respect them. (This goes for humans as well.) More.
From her blog: “Learning to trust the imagination is based upon using it and finding out how it can help you…Literal-mindedness will not help you here. Engage with the metaphor, the image, the feeling, the inkling that is just within your grasp. Use your subtle senses, not your everyday senses. Follow the story or scenario …
Susan Stanton Rotman on “Discernment, Imagination & Coming of Age” Read More »
Scientists researching the potential connections between deep, restorative sleep and the protein fragment beta-amyloid recently found that poor sleep not only hinders the brain’s ability to save new memories, but also creates a channel through which this Alzheimer’s-triggering protein is able to travel and attack long-term memory storage. “Over the past few years, the links …
Sleep Could Help Stave Off Alzheimer’s And Memory Loss Read More »
Creative people are often accused of doing nothing. What people who make such remarks do not understand is that often when we are taking time out, being quiet, meditative, and so on, we really are working. We’re mulling ideas, working on our current projects–and hatching new ones. The following article is about that–and about the …
Why Daydreams Are the Best Creative Tool for Your Reinvention Process Read More »
One nerve connects your vital organs, sensing and shaping your health. If we learn to control it, the future of medicine will be electric. ………………………….. However the technology develops, our understanding of how the body manages disease has changed for ever. “It’s become increasingly clear that we can’t see organ systems in isolation, like we …