You enter a room with two cages. One contains a friend, who is clearly distressed. The other contains a bar of chocolate, which clearly isn’t. What do you do? While a few people would probably go for the chocolate first (and you know who you are), most would choose to free the friend. And so, it seems, would a rat.

Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal from the University of Chicago found that rats will quickly learn to free a trapped cage-mate, even when they get nothing in return, or when there’s a tasty chocolate distraction around. Bartal thinks that the rats conduct their prison breaks because they empathise with one another. This ability to understand and share the feelings of another individual is found in humans, apes, elephants, dolphins and other intelligent animals. It seems that rats belong in this club too.

Thank you very much dear fear-based ego.  I understand that you feel the expansion that is underway in the overall energy and in the life of the one called Ted.  I know how frightening this must be for you.  When Ted was ruled by fear, you could weave your seductive webs without feeling threatened. Now the accelerated wave of energy is breaking upon you like a tsunami, and you are like a spider who sees the long shadow of the broom that is about to fall upon him. So you send out your scarcely conscious wails before you, and as much as Ted says he does not believe you, the faithful body records your message.  It's airway narrows and it becomes afraid.

How do we thrive once we’re awake, in a society that is designed to keep us asleep? Our world is designed purposefully to keep us distracted and disconnected from each other.

Who ever heard of a world where when you get on a bus, you could have awesome group conversations with all the passengers. Or just walking down the street, you see and feel your inherent connection with everyone and can freely communicate with ease. In this world, there is a deep understanding that we are one, so no one is a stranger; we are all aspects of each other.

Until we collectively exist in that reality, you can:

1. Learn

Study, research, inquire and explore. What are the topics that you’re drawn to? Within the realm of spirituality, there are so many subjects to get information on. Aliens, chakras, energy, universal laws, human connection, even science and technology are ‘spiritual’ topics.

Source: www.althealthworks.com | Original Post Date: April 25, 2015 –

Diet Pepsi sales have been slumping for quite some time, and with the ongoing health awareness movement causing major pain for other purveyors of unhealthy foods and drinks, it seems as if Pepsi has finally seen the writing on the wall.

The multi-billion dollar soda company announced recently that they’re ditching aspartame, the oft-used but increasingly unpopular sweetener that’s been linked to serious health problems.

According to Pepsi executives, the new drink will hit store shelves this August, will taste the same as the old one, and will also proudly proclaim “Now Aspartame Free” on the can.