Fact: There is nothing less relaxing than when someone tells you to “Relax!” They may have the best of intentions, but their less-than-helpful advice sounds more like a stress-inducing command. When we’re anxious, overwhelmed, or stressed, the last thing we need is more pressure to change our state. Here are 5 counter-intuitive strategies to help you cope:

1. Stop trying to relax.

Just notice the tension without trying to change it. How does it feel in your body? Where do you feel it? Take a deep breath and allow yourself to just be. Validate yourself by saying “It’s perfectly fine to feel the way I feel.”

by Danielle Fagan, Collective Evolution

Researchers in Mexico have discovered an immense pyramid, even larger that Teotihuacan’s Pyramid of the Sun. It’s 75 meters in height and was explored by specialists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History. It is located in the acropolis of Tonina, Chiapas and is likely around 1,700 years old.

The director of the archaeological zone, Emiliano Gallaga, says that the work, done over the course of two years, verified that the northeastern portion of the site was, indeed, the largest pyramid in Mexico. It is comparable to pyramids found in Tikal and El Mirador of the Mayan civilization.

One unique feature is the seven platforms that serve as palaces, temples, housing, and what were essentially administrating offices. This unique structure functioned within social, religious, and political cultural structure.

Quantum mechanics has potentially put an end to one of the most widely adopted atheistic view of Earth – materialism. Therefore in an indirect way it has brought forth the supreme deity ideology, which was wholly rejected by most scientists, back into the frame of science.

In materialism, the material world was seen as a closed system operating on an intricate relationship between cause and effect. It was supported by the physical laws that had cemented their place in the scientific method since Newtonian times. With all the internal dependence and mathematical correlations, it was assumed that the material entities behaved irrespective of outside influence. That a material thing exists without any prerequisites.

However, the advent of quantum mechanics threw a wrench into this seemingly irrefutable notion of the world. It did so by taking matter from being made up of tiny blocks of atoms to be consisting of a wave of possibilities. You see, what quantum mechanics did was take the ingredients of matter from being the physicality of an atom to the unpredictability of its sub particles. Therefore an atom was the manifestation of the state its transient sub particles, electrons and quarks, were in. Thus essentially rendering the idea of a physical, unchanging matter archaic.

By Carolanne Wright
Contributing Writer for Wake Up World

Veterans in the U.S. are discovering the fight for freedom and liberty is far from over once their tour of duty is completed. In repayment for risking their lives — as well as mental well-being — veterans are facing increasing rates of inadequate medical and psychological care, homelessness and poverty. Some are taking matters into their own hands — and finding how truly limited and distorted personal liberties are in America.

Off-Grid, Eco-Friendly, Debt-Free

Tyler Truitt knows firsthand about hypocrisy in “The Land of the Free.” Last January, the 27-year-old Marine Corps veteran, and his girlfriend Soraya, decided to create a sustainable and self-sufficient lifestyle in Huntsville, Alabama. He brought in a 550-gallon rainwater storage tank and solar panels. Next came the composting toilet, which was installed within their single-wide manufactured home. The structure has a propane water heater as well as a propane grill for cooking.

Avatar: The Last Airbender was easily one of the most spiritually direct and conscious TV shows to date. It’s geared toward younger kids but is a fun watch for all ages. It brings mysticism, storytelling, and excellent characters together to create an incredibly symbolic program about a myriad of issues that our world faces today.

This show has hundreds of memorable quotes, but these are our 11 favorite. Enjoy!

Sometimes, you need to feel less than perfect to remember how good perfectly perfect really is. ~ Creator

https://thecreatorwritings.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/perfect-2/

By Jack Adam Weber
Contributing Writer for Wake Up World

Many ignore the news in the hopes of preserving their peace and happiness. Indeed, this is a choice we can exercise at any time, and unfortunately, even our entire lives. I understand the need to break from news, and I understand a lot of news is relatively trivial, if not a lie. I also understand it hurts to learn about what’s going on in the world. It’s stressful enough just putting food on the table, paying the bills, and living each day with some hope.

But the human spirit was meant to stretch, a lot. And we need to keep stretching, growing beyond our comfort zone. Because our comfort zone is shrinking in on us from the outside in, if you’ve been following the news. In response, we have to stretch our hearts and actions wider just to offset the chaotic encroachments of fundamentalists, deniers, haters, and sociopaths.