Source: www.naturalnews.com | Original Post Date: July 19, 2015 –

The flow of science in this modern age is largely controlled by just six corporate publishing groups, which by calculated design have been gobbling up the journal market since at least the 1970s. And a new study out of Canada reveals that this mass consolidation of publishing power is, to a large extent, skewing what passes as scientific progress.

Researchers from the University of Montreal pored through the whole of scientific literature published between 1973 and 2013 and found that the publishing realm has changed dramatically during this time. Many smaller publishers have been absorbed into larger ones, for instance, and academic research groups have become increasingly beholden to the interests of these major publishers, which tend to favor large industries like pharmaceuticals and vaccines.

By Carolanne Wright
Contributing Writer for Wake Up World

“Agrochemical giant Monsanto knowingly contaminated Oakland’s storm water and the San Francisco Bay with a highly toxic chemical for decades, a new lawsuit filed by the California city claims. Oakland wants the company to pay for the environmental cleanup.” [source]

Municipalities in the U.S. are fed-up with Monsanto’s corrupt tactics — and they’re hitting the corporation where it hurts: their pocketbook. Oakland California, the latest city to sue the biotech colossus, has filed a lawsuit seeking retribution for damages caused by harmful polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination.

In a press release by the city last Tuesday, The State Water Resources Control Board found that PCBs present in Oakland’s storm water is a threat to the entire San Fransisco Bay’s ecosystem.

One of the most difficult things for human beings to remember is to ask for our help.

Some of you don’t want to bother us. Others have trouble actually asking for assistance of any kind. Some feel like they may take away from others by asking for our help. And some think we are probably too busy to care about your trivial concerns.

Dear Ones, hear us when we say that it is our greatest honour and pleasure to assist you! We are always here, always ready to help. There is no request too big or small. We are multi-dimensional beings, meaning we are a vast energy that can assist many at the same time, so you are never taking away from another by asking for our help.

You must understand that you are superstars to us! You are the brave and courageous ones – the ground crew – that is driving the Shift on your planet. We are honoured to be able to assist you! But as always, please remember the act of asking is required as your free will is paramount. A simple, heartfelt request with your inner voice is all that is required to activate the team that wants nothing more than to lovingly support you in all ways. ~Archangel Gabriel

http://trinityesoterics.com/2015/11/25/daily-message-wednesday-november-23-2015/

A study conducted by a Harvard affiliated team out of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) came across surprising conclusions regarding the tangible effects of meditation on human brain structure. An 8 week program of mindfulness meditation produced MRI scans for the first time showing clear evidence that meditation produces “massive changes” in brain gray matter.

Study senior author Sara Lazar of the MGH Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research Program (as well as a Harvard Medical School instructor in psychology) stated that meditation practitioners aren’t just feeling better. They are literally undergoing changes in brain structure that create the associated sustained boosts in positive and relaxed feelings.

Fellow MGH researcher Sue McGreevey notes that previous studies by Lazar’s group found structural differences in the brains of meditation practitioners compared to those with no prior experience most notably in the thickening of the cerebral cortex; the area responsible for attention and emotional integration. These prior studies, however could not narrow down the structural differences to meditation specifically until now.