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As an artist I am very grateful for my artistic talent, but I did not realize how precious this gift was until after learning the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program. This is when its value and purpose became clear. During Transcendental Meditation the mind and body settle down to quieter levels…

In 2007, a mayor in Japan organized for a group of grandmothers to perform on television to promote tourism with their song-and-dance routine. By 2010, they were national stars, representing a new, energetic attitude toward aging. The group was called GABBA, like the 1970s Swedish disco group ABBA, except with a…

One of the most heartening signs of positive change in the world must be when penal institutions begin to turn away from punishment and instead promote prevention. Such a sign may be detected in recent statements issued by the Violence Reduction Unit of Strathclyde Police, Scotland, UK. The Unit has…

According to recent research presented at the 2014 American Heart Association Sessions on quality of care and outcomes, young to middle-aged women may have worse long term outcomes after experiencing a heart attack than men do. The research showed that women will more likely have less mental and physical capacity…

In most developing countries, the education of girls lags far behind that of boys. Yet because educated girls are better able to care for their families, universal education for girls is considered a major way to lead developing countries out of poverty. Helping all girls and boys receive an education…

When I was growing up, I distinctly saw two different approaches to life. One: you work hard to get the job, the car, the house—and then once you have all those things, you’ll not only be satisfied and happy but you’ll have time to pursue the interests, family life and…

“I try to tell stories that show how much we can learn from Nature, from ancient cultures, indigenous people and each other. If you want to reach people, you have to touch their hearts. When your story sings, you will reach them. And then magic happens!” — Leigh Badgley Leigh…

Flannery O’Connor was a twentieth century writer of essays and fiction. Her stories and novels were published in the mid twentieth century to some acclaim. She passed away before her fortieth birthday, but a journal she kept between 1946 and 1947 while she was a student in Iowa was preserved,…

The Transcendental Meditation technique is the practical aspect of the Science of Creative Intelligence. What is creative intelligence, and what is the science of creative intelligence? When we look around us in nature, we see that everything is made up of energy and that the energy expresses itself in intelligent,…

“Down between the grapevine trellises, which gave her always a still, ordered feeling…there the experience would happen. Mary would be watching the dew slip down the clover stems… and around her would steal a sense of innumerable bright events, of tingling and unattempted possibilities; there would be a sense…of billows…