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Study: Marijuana Effectively Treats Depression

A new study has confirmed what many have known for decades  – that marijuana can effectively treat different mental health conditions like Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and chronic pain.

Neuroscientists at the University of Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions found that endocannabinoids, which are chemical compounds in the brain that active THC receptors, may help treat depression that has resulted from chronic stress.

While studying rats, researchers found that chronic stress reduced the production of endocannabinoids, which affect our cognition, emotion and behavior, and have been linked to reduced feelings of pain and anxiety, increases in appetite and overall feelings of well-being. This reduction of endocannabinoids showed to be a risk factor for developing depression.

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Surrender means you have disappeared. Now you cannot take it back, there is no way. You cannot go back, there is nowhere to go back to. Surrender is a happening, and it only happens not out of calculation but out of the failure of all calculation, when you have utterly failed. You have tried this way and that, and you have tried all the possible ways and you see that you cannot reach anywhere, you go on moving in the same groove.

That's what happened to Buddha. After six years of tremendous effort he came to recognize the fact that whatsoever he is going to do is not going to help. Because it comes out of the ego, how can it take you out of the ego? It comes as part of the ego, is an extension of the ego - how can it take you beyond the ego? It is the ego who becomes the doer; the ego cannot decide to surrender. If it decides, it has deceived you again. Then it is there, controlling even your surrender - and the ego cannot control your surrender. If it is true, surrender means egolessness.

Buddha worked hard for six years in all possible ways, and there was no way to come home. The more he tried, the farther away he was.

One evening, sitting under a tree near the river Niranjana, he just became aware of the whole absurdity of effort as such. He laughed and went to sleep. There was nothing else to do; that laughter was the end of all effort. It was ridiculous. He laughed at himself, went to sleep. "For the first time" - later on, he told his disciples - "For the first time, I slept, because there was no dream, no thought."

-Rajneesh

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Hello, Sunshine

Hark, the herald angels.

You are one of them. You most assuredly are. You are Earth Angels, every One.

You are not here on Earth for nothing. You are here for something, and something great. Do not let anyone tell you otherwise.

You are a Magnificent Being in a Magnificent World. You may never have thought so, yet you have always been. You have never been less. The world has mistaken itself and induced you to mistake yourself. Now it is time for this mistaken identity to be tossed aside and the True You brought to light.

That is an apt expression – brought to light. You Who are Light are having the Light dawn on you.

However poorly you have perceived yourself, your perception is now going to change. You are going to look at yourself in a new way. You have seen yourself and everyone else amiss.

Too many of My children have looked down on themselves. They have looked down on themselves or closed their eyes altogether and just listened to rumors and took them as gospel.

Listen to Me, and you listen to your Self.

There has been calumny in the world, and you have bought into it. Therefore, you have been off-track.

I am cleaning the lenses of your vision right now. I am clearing your hearing right now. Hear Me. You are valuable. You are essential to the well-being of the world. You are a Being. You are part of My plan for love to take over the running of the world. The world is not as you know it. The world is not its details. The world is not its misdemeanors. Nor are you your misdemeanors.

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5 Spiritual Myths That Are Blocking You From Living Fully

We are on earth with one passion to discover and share

I love this myth. You know, there are some people on the planet who have one passion that transcends their entire lifespan. But imagine you’re like my friend Marie. She was passionate about sewing. She sewed new cushion covers for her entire office and home. She made hats for everybody’s Christmas gifts. She was so good and passionate about it that she said to all her friends “Finally—I’ve discovered my life’s purpose!” Only to be confronted 2 months later that she had an epiphany on her morning hike that she was now meant to teach yoga and it was time to enlist in a yoga teacher training.

She followed that guidance and became a yoga teacher. She shared the yogic teachings for several years, until one day again while in a deep meditation she was met with a flash of knowing that it was time to share her gift of mediumship.

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12 Ancient Medicinal Herbs to Increase Energy, Strength and Vitality

HJ: The beauty of herbs is that they support the body’s healing process and ultimately work to restore balance.  When used properly, they don’t mask symptoms, but instigate healing at the root level of the problem.  Beyond that, they also have very real spiritual, emotional and psychological effects as well, although these are more subtle and require a greater level of awareness to really tune into.  Below you will find a list of 12 ancient, medicinal herbs that will increase your energy, strength and vitality.

- Truth

Constantly Tired? Here are 12 Herbs to Increase Energy and Vitality

By John Summerly | Prevent Disease

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How difficult is it for us to achieve a work-life balance? How much more difficult is it to achieve a life-energy balance?

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New Study Shows That Cats Can See Things That We Can’t

New scientific data shows that cats, long a symbol of mysticism, are able to see things that are invisible to us. Cats apparently see psychedelic stripes on flowers and patterns on the wings of birds that are completely invisible to the human eye. According to this study, cats, dogs, and some other animals are able to see types of light, like UV light, that we don’t see at all.

“There are plenty of things that reflect UV radiation, which some sensitive animals are able to see, while we are not,” said Ronald Douglas, professor of biology of the City University of London and co-author of the study. “For example, these may be certain patterns on flowers that show where the nectar is, or traces of urine of an animal. Also, reindeer can and see polar bears as the snow reflects UV radiation, while white fur does not.”
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Is Spiritual Science the Answer to Solving the Mysteries of Reality?

Pao L. Chang, Guest
Waking Times

Since the day we were born, we have been conditioned to think that our reality is made up of solid matter or solid materials. This is only somewhat true when we look at reality from the surface.

Matter actually behaves more like an illusion. The solidity of matter only makes up a very small percentage of reality. However, when we really think about it, reality is made up of only energy. This has been demonstrated by quantum physicists to a certain point. As we gain more knowledge about how the Universe works, the knowledge of energy being the core building block of everything in the Universe will become common knowledge.

What is reality and energy?

Reality is thought construction composed of units of consciousness. In other words, it is a thought field that is self-aware...

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Whale Shows Amazing Appreciation After Being Rescued From Tangled Net

All animals are altruistic, compassionate, caring, emotional and especially intelligent. Today, the way we define intelligence is completely off, and I believe that many of our marine brothers and sisters are much more intelligent than human beings, at an exponential level. I think we have lots to learn about them, and from them.

“If animals could speak, mankind would weep.” – Anthony Douglas

What we are doing to Earth’s oceans is horrendous. Dead whales are constantly showing up as a result of our pollution. They have been showing up on beaches around the world with stomachs full of plastic. You can read more about that here.  If you haven’t heard about the North Pacific Gyre, a place North East of Hawaii known as “The Great Garbage Patch,” you can read more about that here.  It’s an area the size of Queensland, Australia where there is approximately one million tonnes of plastic spread throughout the ocean.

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The US Government Has Paid Out $3 Billion To Vaccine-Injured Americans Since 1989

Unless you live in a cave and have NO access to television or the internet, you’ve likely been exposed to the Measles Mania that has swept America.

Facebook, Twitter, online news site comment sections…everywhere you look, people are launching into hysterical tirades and internet battles about vaccines, “evil anti-vaxxers”, and fear-mongering.

Some people are so whipped up into a frenzy over those who don’t vaccinate that they are calling for those people to be sued or jailed. Even more disturbing? Some are saying they hope anti-vaxxers’ children die of a communicable disease.

It’s like a modern-day witch hunt.

The anger is strong, and it is infectious (pardon the pun).

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What Does It Really Mean To Be An Indigo?

What does it truly mean to be an ‘Indigo?’ This term is used so often and holds it’s own unique meaning to each of us.

The beauty of this word is that we get to create its definition; there is no single way to describe what an ‘Indigo’ person is. It’s someone who sees and participates in the world ‘differently’, but don’t we all?  We usually associate ‘Indigo’s’ with the word ‘child.’ Perhaps, like children, ‘Indigo’s’ are beings born with an innate wisdom  and an endless inclination to question the status quo.

Truthfully, who’s to say we don’t all share these aspects? As we grow and move beyond our perceived limitations, we embody all that ‘Indigo Children’ represent. It is our highest potential of connection with each other and the Earth.

One of the primary traits of being an ‘Indigo’ is having a ‘warrior spirit’.

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I gatecrashed a banquet for arms dealers because death and misery should never be considered 'business as usual'

They must know that ordinary people don't accept their skewed priorities

As I waited for the right moment to take the stage at last night's annual ADS dinner, I was surrounded by a world where luxurious dinners reward the business of selling the tools of death and repression. In a room full of leading politicians, civil servants and arms dealers, I began to wonder: which ones were responsible for what crimes?

Had the people in this room been among those who sold the weapons to Israel that were used in the assault on Gaza, which killed 2,105 Palestinians, and 495 children? Were they among those who had sold the tear gas used against democracy protesters in Hong Kong? Was it here that MPs were persuaded that renewing the UK's nuclear weapons is a necessity, or that buying useless aircraft carriers for billions of pounds was a good idea?

What about the UK weapons that have been used by oppressive governments in Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt and Bahrain, and the sign this sends out? When the UK sells arms to tyrannies it acts as a signal of support for the human right abuses that are taking place in those countries.

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All The World’s A Cult


Zen Gardner, Guest
Waking Times

It’s funny how people get all self righteous about not being religious or belonging to some group. Naturally most people attempt to be careful about what they align themselves with, but do we really see what all of society is made up of and what we’ve each unwittingly participated in to varying degrees?

Religions don’t have a corner on the market. Perhaps all of us have been cult-ivated in some way.

Cult-ure is called just that for a reason. It’s pretty blatant nomenclature. Merriam-Webster defines culture as the following:

: the beliefs, customs, arts, etc., of a particular society, group, place, or time

: a particular society that has its own beliefs, ways of life, art, etc.

: a way of thinking, behaving, or working that exists in a place or organization (such as a business)

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Find the Knower, Find Peace

We find peace in the moment, nowhere else.

Peace is the cessation of mind and thought as it embraces the silence within our feeling awareness. It is waiting for the knower to speak in conscious waves of awareness, the divine in us blossoming into awareness.

Truth is the knower becoming conscious to us as we identify with it.

Namaste.
Robert and CJ
 

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When Worlds Collide: Understanding the Challenges of Life on Planet Earth

By Evita Ochel

Guest Writer for Wake Up World

Right now as you read this, you know yourself to be living on a planet called Earth in a physical incarnation that you share with about 7 billion other people and over 8 billion other living species. In this solar system that we are in, we think of ourselves as being one race of human beings, sharing one planet and one reality. But do we really?

When we examine this fact on a deeper level of awareness, we begin to realize that there are many more worlds within this one world that we envision ourselves to be living in. What is more so, is that there are numerous realities as well. And I am not even talking here about the heavy duty ideas of quantum physics, parallel Universes or multiple dimensions. I am simply talking about the fact that each one of us, being a physical individuation of source energy, is its own world and reality. This means that we have about 7 billion worlds sharing one planet.

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