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(1931-2003) Editor’s note: The book, Amusing Ourselves to Death was published in 1985. This is the Foreword. We were keeping our eye on 1984. When the year came and the prophecy didn’t, thoughtful Americans sang softly in praise of themselves. The roots of liberal democracy had held. Wherever else the terror had happened, we, at […]
If everyone stopped talking, our energy would drop. Our voice creates vibrational energy that subtly changes us! Ancient people knew the power in sounds and words – not from the word’s meaning, but its sounds. The power is soft and subtle but ever influencing us. Throughout antiquity, spiritual groups emphasized words and our voices. The […]
Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life’s search for love and wisdom. – Rumi Losing a loved one is a type of heartbreak that can only be known by those who’ve experienced loss themselves. It feels like […]
Your words, in their best and most powerful usage, are symbols for the vibrations they represent. For example, when you say, “I love this,” and you allow yourself to feel love, your words contain the vibration of love. When you say, “Peace be with you,” and you feel the vibration of peace in your heart, […]
In Ageless Body, Timeless Mind, Deepak Chopra writes, “The most significant breakthrough is not contained in isolated findings but in a completely new worldview.” Our current worldview about food encourages us to look at food with binoculars. One moment we point them at protein, the next at carbohydrates, and then at fat. But toss away […]
Let’s say you frequently clashed with a parent who didn’t allow you to set your own rules and schedules as a teenager. You might have been infuriated by the lack of control and the feelings of inferiority. You might not connect that experience with the anxiety and panic you now feel when another person—a colleague, […]
The world seems to be in the worst condition it has ever been. A global pandemic, uncertain economy, restriction of movement, racial injustice, crazy politics, war, and so many adverse conditions make us feel powerless, unsettled, and fearful of the future. How did we get into this mess? More important, how can we get out? […]
What if you thought about death multiple times a day, every day? In Western society you would probably be labeled as depressed, morbid, pessimistic, or neurotic, much like a character from a Woody Allen movie. But in the tiny Himalayan country of Bhutan, which has been named “the happiest country on Earth,” people contemplate death […]
If Neil Armstrong had brought a cell phone to the moon in 1969, it would have appeared from earth, at night, to be the brightest object in the universe in the microwave spectrum. In the daytime, the sun would have been brighter, but at night, the cell phone would have outshone every star. There is […]
Glutathione is the disease-fighting, age-slowing, energy-enhancing, detoxing, and beautifying antioxidant that you’ve never heard of…or perhaps you have. Each day, the number of individuals who are getting wise to glutathione’s benefits grows. People, search metrics show, have been Googling it like crazy! Even so, aside from scholarly articles (and there are thousands of them—glutathione is […]
