Cannabis is listed as a Schedule I drug in the United States, meaning it is believed by our government to harbor no medicinal uses, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, and a high rate of addition, also despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

The US is asking for more research to be done on cannabis, but they’re not mentioning the fact that they’re dooming this research before it begins with ridiculous restrictions and obstacles.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been witness to this dysfunction, and also witness to the value of cannabis when he visited countries that fully support research into medical cannabis.

Dr. Gupta himself is reformed in terms of his thinking on cannabis. I’m thinking if he can do it, there are a lot of people in government that should be doing it too. The wonders that legal cannabis nationwide could do for people are incredible, from treating PTSD to long term, chronic pain from injury.

When you look at the facts, renewable, clean energy sources like wind, tidal, solar and geothermal have the cards truly stacked against them. We rely on national authorities to take on the issue of bringing to us renewable energy, but they’re all bought and paid for by fossil fuel energy.

Still, that’s no excuse. Jason Silva in this video introduces us to The Solutions Project. It’s a push for science, business and culture to accelerate out transition to clean energy.

But it’s not just up to people in power or with money to take this on. It’s up to us too. One of the things we can do today is decrease the amount of energy we use in our daily lives. Remember to shut off lights, keep the thermostat below 68 degrees in the winter time, and ride your bike more often.

Together, we can do this.

Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk, teacher, an anti-war crusader has suffered a severe brain hemorrhage at the age of 88. We hope for a speedy recovery and would like to take some time to remember his wise words.

“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.”

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”

“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”

“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves...

HJ: Holding onto past regrets, pain, anger… whatever… is one of the primary causes of suffering.  So why would anyone do it, right? And yet it is difficult for many people  This article not only explains why that is, but offers very, very powerful solutions to breakthrough any resistance and make it tangible and much easier to do.  Forgiveness work and letting go of what no longer serves us is an essential step on the path to higher consciousness and deep, profound healing.  Have fun with this one.

- Trust

How to Forgive Yourself and Move on From the Past

Four simple ways to forgive yourself and get on with your life.

By Matthew B. James, Ph.D. | Psychology Today | NLP

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Dear Ones, you are on the planet to make a difference. Your superpower is love. ~Archangel Gabriel

You are because you are. It is because it is. Questioning this is part of human nature, the exercising of the free will you were gifted. Use it and love your human side because of it. ~ Creator

A new study out of Canada shows hard evidence of the fact that meditation can change the human body at the cellular level. Canadian scientists found that the protein caps at the end of our chromosomes that denote cellular aging had not diminished at all in cancer survivors that opted to meditate daily. This draws a clearer mind-body connection than previously thought.

Meditation is good for a lot of things. We already know that meditation can assist you in strengthening the connections in your brain, but with this new study, the evidence of a mind-body connection is even stronger. Meditation might actually be useful in prolonging life and treating terminal illnesses.

Special thanks to Scientific American for bringing us this informative video and story.

By Andreas Toupadakis, Ph.D.

Guest Writer for Wake Up World

Immoral Science: the World Behind the Security Fence

This article describes the events of my professional life, in particular my work at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Dow Corning, and the University of Crete. It explains why it was necessary for me to resign from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and how scientists unintentionally get drawn into working with nuclear weapons. It directs a beam of light on the world behind the security fence – a world that the scientists who join these labs are not told about when they are hired.

Brandon West, Contributor
Waking Times

In this article we will explore how the true teachings of Jesus can be summed up by three little words: you are God. Some missionaries came to my house the other day and I was given the opportunity to come face to face with the religious mind, to discover their relationship to God, and to remember my own (non-voluntary) experience with religion.

In such a short time though it was, it was absolutely clear that the foundational flaw of religion based off of the bible as it is primarily taught today (and in general, for the past 2000 years), is that it teaches first and foremost that we are separate from this force called God. But that is a contradiction because the bible, specifically the teachings of Jesus as I will clearly illustrate, teach that you are god, and that we are all God.

So, I have taken it upon myself to convince those missionaries, and you, that you are not only equal to God, but that you are God.