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The Power of Presence, How “Living In The Now” Can Change Your Life
By Allie Stark Source: Collective Evolution Presence is the powerful practice of being in the moment. It is created through an acute awareness of one’s thoughts, feelings, and emotions, and in our modern day society, being present doesn’t always come … Continue reading
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Tagged Anxiety, Consciousness, culture, Health, Meditation, Mental Health, Mental Illness, minfulness, Philosophy, psychology, society, Stress, technology
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MASS PSYCHOSIS IS A REAL GLOBAL PANDEMIC
By Dr. Mercola Source: Waking Times Mass psychosis is defined as “an epidemic of madness” that occurs when a “large portion of society loses touch with reality and descends into delusions.” The witch trials of the 16th and 17th centuries … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, Health, news, police state, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Anxiety, Conformity, Covid-19, culture, Damian Santomauro, depression, Domestic Violence, Dr. Mark McDonald, Dystopia, fear, lockdown, mass psychosis, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Psychosis, society, Sociology, Technocracy, Trauma
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Who is Really Mentally Ill?
By Kelly Brogan Source: Waking Times Hallucination (huh-loo-suh–ney-shuh n) : a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, consciousness, culture, education, Environment, Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, society, Sociology, Spirituality, Technology
Tagged Alan Watts, Behavior, Belief, Consciousness, culture, Education, Ego, environment, Hallucination, Identity, intelligence, Krishnamurti, Mental Illness, Mind, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Religion, science, Sickness, society, spirituality, technology, Truth
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Suicide? American Society is Murdering Us
By Ted Rall Source: CounterPunch They say that 10 million Americans seriously consider committing suicide every year. In 1984, when I was 20, I was one of them. Most people who kill themselves feel hopeless. They are miserable and distraught … Continue reading
Posted in consciousness, culture, Economics, Financial Crisis, Health, Inequality, Labor, Philosophy, Psychology, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, Technology, Work
Tagged culture, depression, Economics, healthcare, Illness, Isolation, Loneliness, Mental Illness, Poverty, society, Stress, suicide, technology, unemployment, Work
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America’s Painful Self-delusion
By Allen Marshall Source: Information Clearing House America is the only nation brought forth by a set of beliefs, and those beliefs, captured so eloquently in our founding documents, are some of the most powerful and inspiring ever conceived. We … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, Alcoholism, America, Cognitive Dissonance, corporatocracy, culture, Debt, Denial, Distraction, Health, Insomnia, media, Mental Health, Mental Illness, obesity, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, society, Stress
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The social pathology of the Las Vegas Massacre
By Patrick Martin Source: WSWS.org In yet another eruption of savage impersonal violence, at least 59 people were killed and 527 people wounded as an outdoor music festival on the Las Vegas Strip, attended by more than 20,000, was suddenly … Continue reading
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Tagged Active Shooter, American c, corporate media, Las Vegas, LAs Vegas Shooting, Mass Murder, mass shooting, Mental Illness, Societal Sickness, society, Stephen Paddock, terrorism, ulture, Violence, war
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The Journey of a Psychedelic Marine
The following is excerpted from Psychedelic Marine: A Transformational Journey from Afghanistan to the Amazon by Alex Seymour, published by Inner Traditions. This book follows Royal Marine Commando Alex Seymour as he copes with the extremes he’s experienced in the war … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Alex Seymour, Antidepressants, Ayahuasca, Consciousness, depression, DMT, empathy, Entheogens, iraq, Mental Illness, Pharmaceuticals, Psychedelic Marine, Psychedelics, psychology, PTSD, Shamanism, spirituality, war
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