Topic: Culture & Society

With increased interest and awareness surrounding hypnosis among the general public, eight professional hypnotists have shared their insights in the newly published book "Real World Hypnosis: Insider Tips from Leading Hypnotists."

With increased interest and awareness surrounding hypnosis among the general public, eight professional hypnotists have shared their insights in the newly published book Real World Hypnosis: Insider Tips from Leading Hypnotists.

Author and teacher, Robert Sachs, interviews some of the most influential spiritual teachers and thinkers of our time in his newest book, "The Wisdom of The Buddhist Masters: Common and Uncommon Sense."

When most people think of Buddhism, they think of pacifism - of a serene Buddha detached from the world.

But while the Buddha is serene, his detachment is not aloof or uninterested in the rest of us. In fact, the Buddha is one hundred percent engaged; body, speech, and mind all instruments of love and compassion twenty-four seven. Buddhism is informed, intelligent, compassionate, and skillfully engaged activism. It's goal is peace, but it does not shy away from confrontation and conflict. Consider the monks of Viet Nam and Myanmar. Consider the Tibetans. And this is what author and Buddhist practitioner Robert Sachs says people need to know about the Buddha and his teachings.

Here we go again folks. Seems like some things just won't go away. It's been 41 years since "Sgt. Pepper," and some people still believe Paul is dead. We guess that leaves Ringo as the last Beatle standing (or was it Ringo that Lorne Greene killed-off in the song that bears The Beatles drummer's name?).

A college English professor and Americana Luke Powers songwriter sorts through the evidence of the world's greatest urban legend - that Paul McCartney died in 1966 and was replaced by an impostor or fake labeled "Faul." Powers comes to an amazing conclusion in song.

Two young women fight poolside about the existence of God, rather than whether Miller Lite tastes great or is less filling. The ad promotes the newly released "Beyond Reasonable Doubt: A Lawyer's Case for Disbelief in God" by Geoff Henley, which provides an attorney's perspective in a debate often dominated by scientists and clergy. Throughout the work, Henley charges that all religious myths are bad alibis and hearsay and that faith and God's law cruelly violate traditional principles of due process.

In a new twist on an age old debate, two young nubile women in string bikinis fight poolside about the existence of God in a new video.

An on-line social network launched today to make it easier for people to connect on a variety of metaphysical/new age topics. CosmicTies.com is a site designed to encourage spiritual growth and communication in an on-line environment.

The intention of the new CosmicTies social network is to enhance communication by providing a positive and open environment for members. The site has an assorted menu in order to meet the needs of the individual with varied interests. "Most free thinkers have more than one interest," says co-founder Juli Boyce, "it just made sense that there would be a site that could serve many interests under one roof." CosmicTies is a comprehensive site designed to encourage spiritual growth and communication.

A series of interviews with officials from the United Nations World Food Programme emphasizes how crucial school meal programs are in the struggle against world hunger.

A series of interviews with officials from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) emphasizes how crucial school meal programs are in the struggle against world hunger. You can read each interview by visiting the Ending World Hunger page at Blogcritics magazine.

The Achieving Immortality Podcast Channel is a place to learn the secrets of immortality from scientists of our age, philosophers of our past, and, on occasion, from real life "immortals" who have lived past 150 years and more.

Can we really extend our lives to 150 years and beyond? Has anyone in our past or present accomplished such a feat? And if so, what can they teach us about achieving our own fountain of youth? The answers to these and many other questions can be found on Yaktivate.com's hottest, new podcast channel: the Achieving Immortality Channel located on the internet at www.Achieving-Immortality.com.

A UK supermarket chain has revealed the use of disposable plastic bags has dropped by 2 billion since August 2006.

A major UK supermarket chain has announced that the use of disposable plastic bags is in steep decline as thousands of shoppers switch to permanent shopping bags.

This article is a must read for anyone who's ever tried to figure out the significance of the "summer of love." Although we are pretty certain that Mr. Diamant hasn't discovered "the key" to understanding the events of 1967, we are equally as convinced that he's offering us a valuable piece of the puzzle.

To understand the actual significance of what occurred in San Francisco during the Baptism of Fire we underwent, who walked the street of a City which had never existed save in the kingdom of David and the kingdom of Camelot, now found that he who had once entered the Golden Gate in Jerusalem in the Name of the Lord in the Time of their Visitation came again with his Generation to enter another Golden Gate in the Name of Love; as the Name of God; as in the Name of Christ Jesus; as a Child into the Gate of the West; for the Name of the Lord from the West is Love.

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The interaction of news, cultures, economics, politics, environment etc. has created a complex, multi-level Global Village. However, our leaders and institutions, including Media, are still geared towards the short term, linear, specialized and particular, especially given the demands of the News Cycle. Discussion is still overwhelmingly single-issue and polarized, with two (balanced) sides to each issue, which is simplistic and dumbs down discussion. There is no mainstream Vision beyond the how to maintain Consumer Society. This failure of leadership includes both politicians and the Media, increasingly obedient to the dictates of corporate concentration.

The launching of Andy James' new website and blog are designed to help build a critical mass of consciousness which recognizes the fact of Interconnection and Oneness and explores its practical application in all aspects of our lives.

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Andy James teaching one of his workshops.