Higher Perspective

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...

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.

The importance of being able to rely on yourself for more things is becoming increasingly important. More and more people are living in poverty, working low wage jobs and relying on handouts from the government and various charities. Being willing to help those in need is something we should all feel good about, but we should also help each other learn to be more self-reliant, especially in an economic system that is completely out of control.

In this video, we’ll learn how to build our own greenhouses so we can continue growing food well into the winter months. With an internal heat source of some kind, you can definitely make sure your fruits and vegetables don’t freeze. It’s my goal to be able to grow my own food someday, and greenhouse projects like this will be what gets me there.

Just one more piece in the puzzle to self-sufficiency and learning to live off the grid.

Uranus is usually a pretty bland, unspectacular place. But lately, Uranus has been incredibly active! New photos of Uranus taken by a 10 meter Keck telescope on August 6, 2014 show bright bands of storms just raging across Uranus.

“The weather on Uranus is incredibly active,” professor and chair of astronomy at the University of California, Berkley Imke de Pater said. “This type of activity would have been expected in 2007, when Uranus’s once every 42 year equinox occurred and the sun shined directly on the equator.”

French astronomer Marc Delcroix was the first to process the amateur images taken by Regis de-Benedictis, followed by other amateur astronomers later in September and October. He photographed the storms over Uranus himself on October 3rd and 4th.

“I was thrilled to see such activity on Uranus....

By definition, Schedule I Drugs are drugs, substances or chemicals with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. Schedule I drugs are the most dangerous drugs of all the drug schedules with potentially severe psychological and physical dependence. The drugs included in this schedule are:

• Heroin
• Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
• 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy)
• Methaqualone
• Peyote
• Marijuana

One of the biggest hindrances to rescheduling cannabis from that list is the refusal of the federal government to acknowledge any of the medicinal benefits of the plant. But something strange happened in the third day of hearings about the constitutionality...

According to a 1,500 year old manuscript, Jesus was a devoted family man with two children, and he took Mary Magdalene as his wife. This manuscript claims a previously unknown plot of Jesus’s life, taking place 13 years before his death. This revelation was brought forth by Simcha Jacobovic, a Professor of Religious Studies at Toronto’s York University.

This manuscript claims that Mary Magdalene was also the Virgin Mary. The authors of this lost gospel even assert the names of the children of Christ, and depicts an assassination attempt on Mary and the children. It also details his high political connections, like his friendship with Emperor Tiberius.

The Ecclesiastical History of Zacharias Rhetor of Mytilene, the manuscript in question, has been in the British Museum and British Library for almost 170 years...

“Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States (1901-1908)