What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it’s fame and money, you’re not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you’re mistaken. As the director of 75-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. In this talk, he […]
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What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness – Robert Waldinger
Lessons From The Great Mother – What ‘Death’ in Ayahuasca Teaches Us About Life
May 1st, 2017 By Juliet Tang Contributing writer for Wake Up World “Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.” – Schopenhauer The death experience during ayahuasca is quite common, though we can experience ego death at any point in life without external assistance. ‘Ego death’ refers […]
5 More Lessons from the Animal Kingdom
April 22nd, 2017 By Jessie Klassen Guest writer for Wake Up World Nature has many wisdoms and lessons for those who are open to her teachings. 7 years ago I went through a major life change where I began to “wake up.” Fortunately, nature was there, patiently waiting for me. Animals are wonderful communicators and messengers who […]
Israel’s opposition parties plan to filibuster bill to expel Hanin Zoabi
Members of Israel’s opposition coalition will filibuster overnight to stall a vote on a controversial bill to expand the Knesset’s power to oust one of their own. The expulsion bill, formerly called the suspension bill, grants parliamentarians the authority to permanently kick their peers out of office, with loose criteria for disqualification. At present, the […]
Downing Street Protest Against Israel, Held Saturday, July 8
Londoners refusing to remain quiet in the face of Israeli war crimes and occupation. The protest is taking place on the second anniversary of the Israeli assault upon Gaza known as “Operation Protective Edge.” The 51-day attack, which began on July 8, 2014, resulted in the deaths of more than 2,100 Palestinians, including 448 children. […]
Myth of the Good Jew
Myth of the Good Jew: Why Gilad Atzmon is IrrelevantBy Khanverse People new to the Truth Movement in 2016 have a lot less disinfo to sift through than the early adopters had in 2004 and 2005. Over the last 11-12 years as we’ve developed in our understanding and conception of the diabolical conspiracy against humanity, […]
Six Students Arrested At University Of Minnesota Regents Meeting
Print Friendly Above Photo: From unicornriot.ninja At a hot summer meeting on a mostly deserted campus, the “Differences Organized Coalition” of fifteen groups protested University of Minnesota Board of Regents’ proposed tuition hikes, as well as decreasing access for marginalized communities, numerous sports and research scandals, Dinkytown gentrification, and investments with abusive corporations. The “Do! Coalition” has several primary demands: […]
Left-Wing Party In Spain Borrows Ikea Style To Promote Anti-Austerity Manifesto
Print Friendly Above Photo: Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias is pictured watering plants, among other daily tasks, in the party’s creative approach to its platform. (Photo: Podemos) The Spanish anti-austerity political party Podemos has an interesting idea to make its new platform the “most-read manifesto ever produced”: put it in the form of an Ikea catalog. Across […]
Obama Admits The Government Monitors Your Browsing History
During a PBS town hall meeting, president Obama was asked why he and Hillary want to control and restrict guns and ammunition to responsible gun owners. Obama’s response was the typical stock answer of rejecting the “notion” that anyone is hell-bent on taking away “folks’ guns”, yada yada. However, as AllOutdoor notes, […]
Lock Up The Men, Evict The Women And Children
Print Friendly Above Photo: People wait in line for a free lunch outside Gladys Park in Los Angeles, a neighborhood with the nation’s densest concentration of homeless people. (Philip Scott Andrews / AP) Matthew Desmond’s book, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” like Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Nickel and Dimed,” is a heartbreaking snapshot of the rapacious […]
Iran envoy rejects Israel allegations against resistance movement
Moscow, May 25, IRNA – Deputy Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Reza Seyfollahi said on Wednesday that Iran rejects calims of the Zionist regime about resistance movement. Seyfollahi made the remark in an address to the 7th International Meeting of High Representatives for Security Issues in Grozny, Chechnya (May 24–25). He was referring […]
Moscow warns of dire consequences if Taliban chooses warlord Haqqani as new leader
There will be severe consequences if Sirajuddin Haqqani, considered one of the most dangerous warlords in the Middle East, becomes leader of the Taliban following the reported killing of Mullah Akhtar Mansour, a Russian Foreign Ministry official has said. Haqqani, believed to be in his mid-40s, has been largely cited as a possible successor […]
China’s desertification is causing trouble across Asia
Marijn Nieuwenhuis (TC) : Creeping desertification in China is swallowing thousands of square kilometres of productive soil every year. It’s a challenge of gigantic and unprecedented proportions. A lone tree clings on in the sands of Dunhuang, northwest China. EPA The rate of desertification increased throughout the second half of last century and, although this […]
How the US Blew Millions of Dollars Airlifting Cashmere Goats to Afghanistan
Source: Mother Jones The Pentagon airlifted Italian goats to Afghanistan as part of a failed $6 million project aimed at boosting the country’s cashmere industry. That’s one of the latest findings from John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, who testified at a Senate hearing yesterday on the Defense […]
40% Of U.S. Electricity Could Come From Rooftop Solar
Print Friendly Above Photo: From care2.com With rooftop solar arrays becoming more common, the Department of Energy decided to do some exploring to quantify exactly how much energy Americans could generate if they installed photovoltaic systems efficiently and extensively. What they found was startling: The country could meet 39 percent of its energy needs through rooftop […]
France Deploy Armed Guards To Patrol Trains
France have announced the deployment of armed security forces dressed as civilians to passenger trains in an attempt to bolster security in the country in the aftermath of the Brussels attacks. Guillaume Pepy, head of the national railway operator SNCF, said that 3,000 armed plain-clothes officers will patrol trains and are authorised to shoot if […]
Cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?
Einstein is often quoted as saying, “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” While this was obviously meant to be a cute little quip – probably to justify Einstein’s own lack of organisation in the desk department – rather than some […]
EU Commission Pesticide Procedure Ruled Illegal
F. William Engdahl (NEO) : It’s little wonder that people like many of those in the UK want to get out of the European Union. It is rapidly evolving into a concentration of corruption that rivals that of Kiev or of the Roman Empire in the Fourth Century. The most recent instance to come to […]