It can seem as if you are in a twilight zone of sorts…a reality that is SO real but in fact is very separate from life in the physical world of people, human interaction and connection, shops with real-life shop windows, gourmet food, exercise, nature, human behaviour, deep soul-level emotions birthday parties, beaches and daily routines that anchor you in your specific corner of the world. It is called the internet. From my own personal experience and observations of friends, family members and colleagues over the years, here are 5 ways the internet can be seen as a drug. By Guest Writer Caroline Diana Bobart Note: This article is by no means meant to denounce the internet. As with most things, there are both light and dark sides to it. It aims to bring the reader’s attention to the pitfalls that exist around unmanaged internet usage and connectedness as a means of helping establish clearer, healthier boundaries with it. 

By Guest Writer Caroline Diana Bobart

We feel we do our part for the planet by recycling. But do we? Recycling is a bit of a misnomer because only two types of plastic are widely recyclable — and even then, it’s downgraded into other products which cannot be recycled further. Recycling is a one time deal. The next step for these items is the landfill — or worse, the ocean, where plastic seriously harms wildlife, the ecosystem and eventually, our health. So how can we turn the tide? 

By Contributing Writer Carolanne Wright

I am going to tell you the truth about my own spiritual awakening, but first you must know that I have been on the path for enlightenment since I was twelve years old. Over the course of many decades, I read all the books, tried all the practices, and even traveled around the world in the quest for spiritual awakening. I had heard about this strange plant medicine that grows in the Amazon that has the ability to exponentially raise consciousness – facilitating healing and awakening – and in 2009, I traveled to the Amazonian Jungle in Peru and I drank this mysterious tea. I won’t lie to you, Ayahuasca was a great deal more than I bargained for. I was completely unprepared for how the experience would change me and the way I live my life... 

By Contributing Writer Nanice Ellis

With 31 presentations containing relevant evidence and practical advice, The Essential Oils Revolution will help you use essential oils effectively and confidently. If you register today, you’ll have access to FREE GIFTS as soon as you register!

Is it any coincidence that the industry acronym for the inevitable outcome of any military nuclear action is M.A.D.? Mutually Assured Destruction. By their own reckoning, mutual destruction is assured on all sides of the nuclear war machine in the event of a nuclear strike - yet nations continue to arm themselves, writing conventions to mitigate their liability while provoking other nations that arm themselves. In their 'fight for peace', they are scrambling down the rabbit hole to mutually assured M.A.D.ness. Meanwhile, the history of nuclear energy generation has proven itself to be equally as destructive (if not more) as nuclear arms programs... 

By Contributing Writer Ethan Indigo Smith

A recent study shows that ten minutes of brisk exercise triggers metabolic changes that last at least an hour. What’s more, the more fit you are, the more benefits you will get. However, there’s more to exercise than what this study presents. Knowing what type of exercise creates the greatest beneficial biochemical changes can make a huge difference in your health. 

By Guest Writer Dr Joseph Mercola.

Over the past 20 years, the field of consciousness studies has become increasingly popular, partly because some scientists believe that consciousness is one of the last remaining mysteries. Consciousness is difficult to define, partly because it’s us. But most definitions of consciousness include two elements: our subjective experience (that is our thoughts, feelings, perceptions and sensations - or qualia as they are sometimes collectively called), and our awareness of the world around us and the phenomena and processes which take place in it. When scientists began to investigate consciousness, most were confident that it wouldn't be too long before the mystery would be solved. 

By Guest Writer Steve Taylor Ph.D

Manifesting the New Earth from the ground up, people are getting up off their knees, en masse, all over the world and actively busting the dominator/victim, conqueror/conquered, rich/poor dynamic that has been dominant for thousands of years. The old guard is on the run. Millions have risen (and continue to rise) globally to challenge ages-old domination of people, the environment, the narrative and the commons. These significant years will be but a chapter in the history books to be written some day, but for us they represent an exhilarating moment in the evolutionary trajectory from controlled human being to liberated, limitless human being. 

By Guest Writer Fatima Bacot

Most people think of the Matrix as being the Outer Matrix — the institutions that control and regulate human activity in the physical plane. The Outer Matrix is very real, but that Outer Matrix is only the outcropping of an Inner Matrix — the negative attitudes, patterns, inner feelings, and rigid intellectual opinions within the collective human conscious and subconscious — which affects the quality of the collective holographic human etheric energy field. 

By Guest Writer Khris Krepcik

Capitalism is dependent on growth. Without growth, it literally ceases to function. But more capitalism is not the solution to capitalism’s limitations. Big business or government is not going to save us. We must evolve. But how? The three core elements of capitalism are competition, capital, and currency. In the 'trickle-up economy' paradigm, the element of competition is out and collaboration is in, so that no one is left behind. It means taking responsibility — first for yourself, and then participating in a grassroots global community effort to be the change. This is how properly functioning life and society works... 

By Guest Writer Christine Horner

The main phytochemicals that give turmeric its most impressive and wide-ranging health benefits are curcuminoids. Amazingly, over 9,000 medical and clinical research studies have been conducted on this amazing spice and its extracted curcumin in recent years, with most finding significant physiological benefits. Research has proven these curcuminoids exert powerful health-promoting effects via 160 mechanisms and pathways in the body such as antioxidant, neuroprotective, immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, epigenetic, and adaptogenic properties. 

By Guest Writer Dr. Edward Group

Many people go through their lives in a constant hunt for someone else’s energy. It is unconscious in many people. All they know is that when they control others they feel better. What they don’t realise is that this sense of feeling better costs the other person. It is their energy that is stolen. 

By Guest Writer Julian Websdale

Natural and organic foods and cosmetics are becoming more and more popular, as more of us are addressing our state of wellbeing. Whilst I feel this is a wonderful shift in culture, there is no universal standard for “certified organic”, and those certification stamps are not as straightforward as you’ve been led to believe. 

By Guest Writer Samantha Sargent

We as human beings have a very strong self-centered aspect called the Ego, and many problems arise when this aspect of the human experience goes uncontrolled. Manipulation has always been a favored tool of the ego to get what it wants. Properly identifying the ways in which people emotionally manipulate others can save us much suffering, when identified early enough. 

By Guest Writer Paul Lenda