Deaths from neurological disease have increased dramatically in Western countries, especially in the U.S., and the onset of disease is earlier during the working-age years, reported Colin Pritchard, a neurology professor at Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom, along with [...]
Researchers found a sharp rise in the deaths from dementia and other neurological disease in under-74s, and believe that the figures cannot be explained away by the fact we live longer. Instead the “epidemic” is down to the environmental and [...]
This silence is worth more than a thousand lives, this freedom worth more than all the empires on earth. To glimpse that truth within yourself, For even just a moment, is worth more than all heavens, all worlds, All this, [...]
"We of the Occident are about to arrive at a crossroads that was reached by the thinkers of India some seven hundred years before Christ. This is the real reason, why we become both vexed and stimulated, uneasy and yet [...]
When one comes to think of it one cannot help feeling that nearly half the misery of the world would disappear if we fretting mortals knew the value of silence. Before modern civilisation came upon us at least six to eight hours of [...]
Despite how we've evolved, life doesn't always encourage acting to gain reward or freezing to avoid punishment. Sometimes we must restrain ourselves to gain a reward (baseball batters can get on base by not swinging at bad pitches), or take [...]
"The radio station WOB, Wisdom of the Buddha, is broadcasting all the time: all we need is a receiving set." Heinrich Zimmer
"Great silence that transcends nature does not pass from one being to another by way of human speech. Truth chooses Silence to convey her meaning to loving souls." "There is something greater and purer than what the mouth utters. Silence [...]
There are a number of legends about the early life of Mohammed, founder of the religion of Islam. It is said that just before Mohammed’s birth his father, Abdulah, dreamt of his unborn son. He saw growing from his child’s [...]
A joint study by Murdoch University in Western Australian and RMIT University in Melbourne has found karate masters are able to anticipate how an opponent will strike even before that opponent has moved a muscle. By comparing novices, state level [...]