Jason Gilbert, Contributor
Waking Times

Aloe vera is the go-to remedy for more than just sunburns. This comprehensive guide explains the ancient plant’s origins and what it can be used for today.

Aloe vera’s rise to superfood status has been a long time coming.

Often extolled for its soothing qualities, aloe vera is most commonly used as a topical ointment for burns, sun damage and skin abrasions, but this ancient plant may offer deeper healing abilities when taken orally. Most of us are familiar with the presence of aloe vera in cosmetics and skin creams; it moisturizes and has anti-aging effects. However, many people who live according to a natural health philosophy have long viewed the plant as a potent superfood.

That’s right. As kale and blueberries quickly ascended to the top of superfood lists, aloe vera has remained a quiet competitor.

By Carolanne Wright
Contributing Writer for Wake Up World

“We arrive on to this planet empty handed. We will all soon leave empty handed. So then, how do we want to spend the time in between?”

These are the words of Nimesh “Nimo” Patel, recording artist, founder of Empty Hands Music and all-around love warrior. In a world filled with hatred, anger, injustice and violence, Nimo has taken the path less traveled, spreading a message of compassion, gratitude and kindness in action through his music.

This is his story.

A Wake-Up Call

“Whenever we offer ourselves with a pure intention, the world conspires to support you. It’s the law of nature.” ~ Nimo

It’s a well-known fact that dolphins are one of the most intelligent species on our planet. Previous research has shown that these marine mammals have a human-like intelligence and are even capable of comprehending symbols and abstract concepts.

It also has been long known that dolphins, as well as some other animals, use echolocation (or so-called biological sonar) for the orientation in space – they emit sounds of high frequencies, such as click and whistles, to navigate and locate the objects. Dolphins are also believed to have a ‘language’ of their own and to use sound to communicate their physical and emotional state.

A new study at Emory University reveals something interesting about dolphin brains and their unique auditory processing ability.

Julian Rose, Contributor
Waking Times

There’s no doubt about it: actions speak louder than words. However words also speak loudly when intimately bonded with actions. Otherwise they remain empty.

If we remain aloof from full engagement our words simply become a commentary on life. And a commentator is one who normally views action as something ‘on the outside’ , thereby feeling disengaged from it. The time for detachedly commentating – or commenting – on the various degrees of global oppression and struggling emancipation – must surely be over.

No one who takes the pulse of mother Earth can fail to recognise that she has a fever – a severe fever. Now if a doctor takes one’s pulse and finds one is running a fever, he or she will prescribe something to lessen it. Not necessarily the right thing of course, but nevertheless action will be be taken to try to alleviate the problem.

So why do so many feel that it is enough just to recognise the symptoms, but take no part in prescribing a cure?

Dear Ones, if you find yourself in a situation that is uncomfortable or not an energetic match to who you are, we urge you to simply and lovingly redirect yourselves. So many of you have a habit of berating yourselves for a perceived lack of perfection, which only amplifies and perpetuates being out of your highest alignment.

Your perfection is not contingent on never making a mistake. Your perfection is your birthright, exactly as you are, as an individuated aspect of Source energy. Your experiences, regardless of whether you consider them to be right or wrong, good or bad, are all designed to help you further know that innate perfection that is you.

So, just as you would gently guide a child who is learning by experience, we ask that you apply the same to yourselves, in honour of who you truly are and all that you are doing. If you are loved unconditionally by an entire universe, is it not time to give yourself that same love without condition? Interestingly, once you do, you will find yourself staying in the energies you prefer much more consistently than ever before. ~Archangel Gabriel

http://trinityesoterics.com/2015/07/16/daily-message-thursday-july-16-2015/

Sending Unconditional Love to a challenging situation or person does not negate your boundaries.  It is perfectly within your right, as a human, to state whether you are comfortable or uncomfortable in any given moment.  You know you better than any other on the face of your planet.  Treat yourself with dignity, respect, love and caring…..once that is in place, the rest will follow accordingly. ~ Creator

https://thecreatorwritings.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/boundaries-and-self-care/