When one thinks about altered states of consciousness, psychedelic plants and other substances might be the first things which come to mind. Although these substances can be used in this manner, as well as for medicinal purposes (and more), such states can also be achieved through other means.

Meditation is one great example, and there is no shortage of studies explicating this phenomenon, or the subsequent changes in brain activity and in the nervous system which regular meditation produces.In fact, the effects of things like drugs, yoga, self-hypnosis, mutual hypnosis, meditation, and brainwave feedback have all been extensively explored by various scientists, researchers, psychologists (and more) from all over the world. Altered states of consciousness is definitely an interesting area of study.

Dr. Bruce Greyson, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Science at the University of Virginia and one of the ‘fathers’ of near-death studies, even urged the United Nations to take these matters more seriously. This is because increasing our knowledge of ‘alternative’ experiences and health practices is incredibly important; studying these phenomena sheds lights on new, unexplored areas of science, and tells us more about the nature of our reality. It is the job of science to examine these so-called ‘fringe’ topics. (source)

Meme – The knowledge of the four agreements comes from The Toltec, who lived thousands of years ago in southern Mexico. They were a ‘tribe’ of scientists and artists that explored spiritual knowledge and practices. Called naguals, the Toltec masters conserved this knowledge – the Toltec code of conduct – which holds the wisdom of transforming a person’s life to true happiness and freedom. This code is now available to the world in a little book called The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz which could transform your life. A path to a peaceful, fulfilling life is possible for anyone willing to challenge their beliefs by following the four agreements discussed below.

“What you are seeing and hearing right now is nothing but a dream.” – The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz

By Jack Adam Weber
Contributing Writer for Wake Up World

“Arrogance is founded in weakness and feeds on insecurity.”

Arrogance is marked by defensiveness, denial, entitlement, insecurity, and even violence. Arrogance is to “have or reveal an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities.” Needless to say, such posturing poses problems in relationships, and to feeling equally important and valuable.

In order for arrogance to have a chance at being tamed, it needs to be recognized, even expressed, preferably without the violence. Only by expressing my arrogance can I learn how I am exaggerated, or flat out wrong, and thereby stand the chance to become more humble, which allows me to see reality more clearly.

How often is it that we get to understand our bodies on a deeper level? A lot of the time we ignore the messages our bodies are sending us, or dampen them with drugs (both prescription and illicit) rather than addressing the underlying problem. But when sickness comes knocking, we usually find ourselves forced to listen.

That’s what happened to Olivia Omitrano, better known as Organic Olivia. She says her poor and negative thoughts about herself helped bring on a long list of body issues, from IBS and liver deficiency to depression, eating disorders, and eventually parasites.

She turned to doctors for help but became more ill after being given the Gardasil vaccine. Sick and tired, literally, she finally decided to take back her health, diving into a ton of research and consulting with a Chinese Medicine doctor. As her health drastically improved, so too did her attitude and outlook on life. We sat down with her and chatted about some of the great things she’s learned on her wellness journey. Here’s a quick recap… but you gotta watch the video to get the full scope!

Have you ever thought to communicate with your body? Have you ever stopped to ask your body what it needs? It is such a simple thing to do! Your body is naturally always going to try to find its way to wellness. It is the expert of itself. We urge you to stop, be quiet, and simply ask your body what it needs right now to thrive. Start to listen to it in all ways. Rest if you are tired. Move if you are energized. If it has a craving for a certain food, let it have it, knowing there is a nutrient in that food that is required. Hydrate it. Love and nurture it!

Have you ever stopped and thanked your body for all that it does for you? Have you ever focused on all of its incredible systems that work automatically your entire life without you having to think about it at all? Have you thanked your cells? Have you thanked your body for being such a wonderful house for your soul? Have you honoured it for allowing you to enter and fully enjoy the realm of experience? So many of you are focused on every ache and pain and never think to celebrate the wonder of the body that serves you tirelessly. Shift your health by appreciating all the systems that are working perfectly for you!

Your body is an integral part of your experience as a human being. It is time to love it unconditionally and honour it for the incredible ways it so lovingly serves you. ~Archangel Gabriel

http://trinityesoterics.com/2015/08/22/daily-message-saturday-august-22-2015/

Oh, if you only knew how easy it is to love for love’s sake. My cherished one, it is the truest expression of appreciation, support, encouragement and respect that one human can give another. ~ Creator

https://thecreatorwritings.wordpress.com/2015/08/22/for-loves-sake-2/

30 dead large whales have been found since May 2015, along the Western Gulf of Alaska and southern shoreline of the Alaska Peninsula. Simultaneous increase in the number of large whale strandings in British Columbia, Canada, got the scientists on both ends to start an active investigation. The "Unusual Mortality Event" (UME) for large whales has been declared for the first time on Alaska. 

An unusually high number of large whale deaths has been reported across the Western Gulf of Alaska, in the regions around Kodiak Island, Afognak Island, Chirikof Island and the Semidi Islands, and along the southern shoreline of the Alaska Peninsula. 11 fin whales, 14 humpback whales, one gray whale and four unidentified whale species have been found dead in the Western Gulf of Alaska.

God said:

If you want peace in your life, you can have it. If you want storms, you can have them. You can have whatever you want.

You wanted Me. You got Me. Long before you knew the words for what you wanted, you wanted Me, just as I wanted you Who art My Very Self.

You know a simple word like peace. You know a longer word like equanimity that means the evenness of peace. You can bring to you whatever you want, long or short.

Maybe it takes more than asking in order for you to receive what you want. Maybe what you have to do is to decide what it is you want.

If you want equanimity, if you really do, if you really do choose peace over emotion and drama, the likelier it is that you will have it.

If you can have ups and downs, you certainly can have life on an even keel. If you like upset more than you like calmness, you can have upset. If you like calmness more than you like upset, you will have calmness. What do you want? What do you most desire? Whatever you call to yourself, you can have. It’s yours.

If you are sailing a sailboat across the Ocean Blue, you pull the sails in the direction you want to go. If you want the squalls, you lean one way. If you want the calms, you lean another way.

Here’s what you need to know: The calms are not doldrums. Have you perhaps thought they were? Have you perhaps thought that a life without sturm und drang would be stilted, boring, and ineffectual? No, not at all. Such a life will be enlivening and thrilling. Great wonders will come along with such a life.

by Gia Dalton

The Comparison Game Begins…

The ego craves attention and loves to compare. The more attention it gets, the bigger it becomes. Comparing yourself to others, positively or negatively, is all about ego. Comparing creates separation. It is based on assumptions and perceptions. Your perceptions may not be accurate or true and may be totally ridiculous. The comparison game is played out in your mind.

Collectively, we are one. The minute you compare yourself to another person good or bad, along with what you perceive their struggles to be, creates separation. You have declared sides – you against them. The ego either provides a false sense of superiority, which you really don’t believe anyway, or an inferiority complex. At the end of the day, you crawl into bed, pull the covers up over your head and wake up in the morning – it’s still you!

The comparison game is mentally exhausting and stressful. As the saying goes, “People in glass houses should not throw stones.” Everyone has endured shortcomings and struggles. You are hanging on to a slippery slope when your ego has become so bold to declare what you perceive as a truth against another person.