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Our InnerSelf welcomes your inner self.
When people talk about the inner self, they usually focus on emotions, spirituality, and other "non-physical" aspects of our being. However, our inner self, literally, also includes our blood vessels, organs, nerves, glands, etc. So this week, we focus on the physical body and its healing.
We start with Jacques Martel, author of The Encyclopedia of Ailments and Diseases, who introduces us to "The First Principle of Healing: Love Is The True Healer". We then continue our healing journey with Kristin Grayce McGary, author of Know Your Blood, Know Your Health, who reminds us that "Your Body Is a Garden, Not a Machine".
Another aspect of our being which includes the physical, as well as other aspects, are the chakras. We bring you two different authors with two different avenues of using the chakras for healing. First, Glen Park, author of Chakra Healing Therapy, guides us in "Understanding and Developing Our Chakras". Then Candice Covington, author of Vibrational Nutrition, invites us into a colorful world of "Eating the Rainbow: Food Colors and Chakra Correspondences".
We complete our featured articles this week with Anton Stucki, author of Restore Hearing Naturally. While most of us may think of hearing problems and hearing loss as, not only just a physical problem, but also an irreversible one, Anton Stucki opens the door to a whole new perspective in "The World in Our Ears: Rebuilding Our Connection to the World".
And speaking of a whole new world, this week, we are introducing our new assistant for audio articles at InnerSelf. The article The World in Our Ears is read, not by me or by the author, but by AI (artificial intelligence). I was a bit hesitant in introducing AI to InnerSelf, but since we humans have time limitations, and since we, at InnerSelf.com, have more articles than I can narrate myself, we found a program that has a high quality of voice presentation so that we are excited about this new addition to InnerSelf.
There have been immense improvements in the quality of voice and presentation by AI, and we are happy to be able to provide more audio content for those who either have physical challenges with sight, or for those who prefer audios for various reasons. We welcome your feedback and comments.
The featured articles will continue to mostly be read by me or by the authors, while the "additional articles" will be read by AI. This week, since this is a whole new adventure for us, only two articles have AI audio, and those are The World in Our Ears and How Intolerance of Uncertainty Links Liberals and Conservatives.
Please scroll down for the featured articles in this new issue of InnerSelf, and also the additional new articles that were added to the website during the week.
Wishing you enjoyable insightful reading, and of course a wonder-full, joy-full, health-full, and loving week.
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NEW ARTICLES THIS WEEK
***** articles and videos added daily *****
Most featured articles are also in audio and video format.
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FEATURED ARTICLES:
The First Principle of Healing: Love Is The True Healer
Jacques Martel, author of The Encyclopedia of Ailments and Diseases
There exist several approaches to obtaining optimal health, all of them important, each of them acting in some way on all the aspects of our beings. I know that if a technique were valid for everyone, it would be the sole existing technique. But such is not the case...
Your Body Is a Garden, Not a Machine
Kristin Grayce McGary, author of Know Your Blood, Know Your Health
The human body is an amazing thing, full of systems, organs, nerves, and vessels that work together in harmony. You’ve seen the body described as a machine, as a city, or even as a factory. But I view the body as a garden. I feel this analogy best encompasses not only how the body works but how we should care for it.
Understanding and Developing Our Chakras
Glen Park, author of Chakra Healing Therapy
We begin our journey through the chakras with the lower chakras, through which the individual ego is constructed, and we end with the upper chakras, which have the ability to express our highest potential. At the psychological level, the upper chakras reflect and express the...
Eating the Rainbow: Food Colors and Chakra Correspondences
Candice Covington, author of Vibrational Nutrition
The chakras set the frequencies that give rise to every aspect of the human experience. The foods we eat have consciousness and provide an energetic blueprint that stabilizes and entrains matter and energy for us when consumed.
The World in Our Ears: Rebuilding Our Connection to the World
Anton Stucki, author of Restore Hearing Naturally
Not being able to hear is not normal—not even when you get older. Yet it happens all too often, and it’s usually as a result of stress or certain traumatic events in life. At some point we realize that...
ADDITIONAL NEW ARTICLES:
How Intolerance of Uncertainty Links Liberals and Conservatives
Corrie Pikul, Brown University
An aversion to uncertainty only exacerbates how similarly two conservative brains or two liberal brains respond when consuming political content
Robots Are Coming and The Fallout Will Largely Harm Marginalized Communities
Constantine Gidaris, McMaster University
There are cases of robots being used to disinfect health-care facilities, deliver drugs to patients and perform temperature checks.
Why People With Privilege Often Overstate Their Past Obstacles
Stanford University
Americans who've benefited from their complexion or networks are under psychological pressure to prove their personal merit...
Your Body Is a Garden, Not a Machine (Video)
Kristin Grayce McGary, author of Know Your Blood, Know Your Health
The human body is an amazing thing, full of systems, organs, nerves, and vessels that work together in harmony. You’ve seen the body described as a machine, as a city, or even as a factory. But I view the body as a garden. I feel this analogy best encompasses not only how the body works but how we should care for it.
The World in Our Ears: Rebuilding Our Connection to the World (Video)
Anton Stucki, author of Restore Hearing Naturally
Not being able to hear is not normal—not even when you get older. Yet it happens all too often, and it’s usually as a result of stress or certain traumatic events in life. At some point we realize that...
Daily Inspiration: May 16, 2021
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
As with anything in life, we are best served to live our life so that we will have no regrets. And that has to do with daily living as well as the illnesses of loved ones.
The First Principle of Healing: Love Is The True Healer (Video)
Jacques Martel, author of The Encyclopedia of Ailments and Diseases
There exist several approaches to obtaining optimal health, all of them important, each of them acting in some way on all the aspects of our beings. I know that if a technique were valid for everyone, it would be the sole existing technique. But such is not the case...
Millennials Commit Less Crime Than Past Generations
Victoria Yu, University of Texas at Austin
The best way to reduce crime in the future is probably what caused it to drop in the first place: helping our families, neighborhoods, and schools raise kids who are respectful of others and don't need to steal to get by
3 Ways Philosophy Can Help Us Understand Love
Hugh Breakey, Griffith University
Love can seem a primal force, an intoxicating mix of desire, care, ecstasy and jealousy hard-wired into our hearts. The polar opposite of philosophy’s measured rationality and theoretical speculations.
Covid-19 May Alter Gray Matter In The Brain
Jennifer Rainey Marquez, Georgia State University
COVID-19 patients who receive oxygen therapy or experience fever show reduced gray matter volume in the frontal-temporal network of the brain, according to a new study.
Daily Inspiration: May 15, 2021
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
Fear controls us and directs our steps. We refrain from doing things we consider risky even if our heart yearns for them. We alter our behavior, again based on fear of losing something or someone.
Eating the Rainbow: Food Colors and Chakra Correspondences (Video)
Candice Covington, author of Vibrational Nutrition
The chakras set the frequencies that give rise to every aspect of the human experience. The foods we eat have consciousness and provide an energetic blueprint that stabilizes and entrains matter and energy for us when consumed.
Is There A Link Between Fertility and Longevity?
Linda Juel Ahrenfeldt and Maarten Wensink, University of Southern Denmark
Fertility has declined in most industrialised countries. While the causes are largely unknown, a number of factors may contribute to declining fertility rates, including the age...
Without The Right Financial Strategies, Climate Change Efforts Will Remain Unfinished Business
David Hall, Auckland University of Technology
When it comes to climate change, money talks. Climate finance is critical for enabling a low-emissions transition. This involves investment and expenditure — public, private, domestic and transnational — that demonstrably contributes to climate mitigation, adaptation or both.
How Do Middle Eastern Monarchies Hold On To Power?
David B Roberts, King's College London
In no other area of the world do royal families dominate politics as much as in the Middle East. Six of the states on the Arabian peninsula are monarchies, as are Jordan and Morocco. Royals not only rule in these states, but in most cases members of the royal family dominate positions of influence in government and business sectors.
Daily Inspiration: May 14, 2021
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
We each have remnants and holdouts of our younger self within our own adult self. The child who was hurt, not loved enough, not accepted, not encouraged, perhaps made fun of, misunderstood, ignored... the list can go on and on.
Understanding and Developing Our Chakras (Video)
Glen Park, author of Chakra Healing Therapy
We begin our journey through the chakras with the lower chakras, through which the individual ego is constructed, and we end with the upper chakras, which have the ability to express our highest potential. At the psychological level, the upper chakras reflect and express the...
How The Pandemic May Produce Dramatic Changes In Life Expectancy, Birth Rates And Immigration
Kate Choi and Patrick Denice, Western University
Pandemics have historically given rise to major social and demographic transformation. Labour shortages following the Black Plague, for example, resulted in the rise of the middle class...
Why We Should Take A Women-Centered Approach To Diagnosing And Treating Iron Deficiency
Claire Badenhorst, Massey University
Iron deficiency is a common nutritional disorder worldwide, and pre-menopausal women are most at risk of being diagnosed with it.
A New Study Links Hydraulic Fracking To An Increased Risk Of Heart Attack, Hospitalization, And Death
Mark Michaud, University of Rochester
Fracking is associated with increased acute myocardial infarction hospitalization rates among middle-aged men, older men, and older women, as well as with increased heart attack-related mortality among middle-aged men
Are Pandemic Puppies A Canine Crisis Or A Happy Household?
Beth Daly, University of Windsor
Yep. A dog shortage. Yet, they are everywhere. Parks are full of them. Shelters are empty. Adoption rates have risen 30 to 40 per cent and foster organizations cannot keep up with the demand.
Daily Inspiration: May 13, 2021
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
We may, at times, get caught up in trying to win an argument, or getting the upper hand on a decision that has to be made. At such times, we completely ignore what is for the highest good of all, and instead "stick to our guns" and want to be right at all costs.
How Scientists Make Plant-based Foods Taste and Look More Like Meat
Mariana Lamas, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
In 2019, Burger King Sweden released a plant-based burger, the Rebel Whopper, and the reaction was underwhelming. So, the company challenged its customers to taste the difference.
Four Ways To Make Sure Your Passwords Are Safe and Easy To Remember
Steven Furnell, University of Nottingham
Passwords show little sign of disappearing yet. But many people still use them badly and seem unaware of recommended good practice
Are Chemicals Shrinking Your Penis And Depleting Your Sperm? Here's What The Evidence Really Says
Tim Moss, Monash University
A doomsday scenario of an end to human sperm production has been back in the news recently, now with the added threat of shrinking penises.
Police Academies Dedicate Only 3.21% of Training to Ethics and Public Service
Galia Cohen, Tarleton State University
Police academies provide little training in the kinds of skills necessary to meet officers’ growing public service role, according to my research.
Daily Inspiration: May 12, 2021
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
As children of God or children of the Universe, we have a role to play. What is that role? Your answers will come as you keep asking yourself, "What can I do now?"
What Can Hackers Do With Your Mobile Number?
Edward Apeh, Bournemouth University
Hackers and cybercriminals place a high premium on our mobile phone numbers – with which they can do a lot of damage with very little effort.
Why Women Shouldn't Blame Themselves For Miscarriages
Rochanda Mitchell, University of Virginia
Mother’s Day is a happy day for millions, but for those who have experienced a miscarriage, the day can be devastating. As many as one in four recognized pregnancies result in miscarriage.
How One Type Of RNA Could Be The Future Of Cancer Treatment
Francesco Crea and Azuma Kalu, The Open University
Cells are the basic building blocks of all living things. So, in order to treat or cure almost any disease or condition – including cancer – you first need to have a fundamental understanding of cell biology.
5 Factors That Contribute To Students Finishing High School
Ronna Mosher, University of Calgary et al
With movement between bricks-and-mortar schools and online learning becoming the “new normal,” young people, families, educators and the public are seeking assurance that students are receiving the best education possible.
Daily Inspiration: May 11, 2021
Marie T. Russell, InnerSelf.com
It only takes a moment or two, several times a day, to allow the body to let go and relax. Relaxation is essential to the healing process.
Are Children Who Are Hit More Likely To Be Involved In Partner Violence In Adulthood?
Angelika Poulsen, Queensland University of Technology
While there is a strong link between being abused as a child and growing up to become involved in partner violence, smacking has historically been considered relatively innocuous. However, emerging research has found...
People Have A Hard Time Weighing Risks When They Don't Get Information They Need
Kathleen H. Pine, Arizona State University et al
The decision to pause and then restart the Johnson & Johnson vaccine underscores how hard it is even for experts to gauge health risks. It’s been still harder for everyday people, most of whom have no medical background and little experience analyzing risks and benefits.
Astrological Journal for the Week
Written by Pam Younghans
This weekly column (updated every Sunday afternoon) is based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies... Read this week's journal here
It is also highly beneficial to reread the past week's astrological journal as it gives a hindsight view of the events that took place and may provide many "ah-ha" insights.
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