RealitySandwich - Life

Paraben Problems

Maggie Sherman — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:53:50 -0800

While the recent Susan G. Komen grant-making controversy revealed the part politics plays in the fight against breast cancer, another discovery regarding the potential danger of everyday cosmetics has received far less attention.

Healers Unite

Remi Gurak — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:22:57 -0800

Evolver is proud to be a media sponsor of a "Healing Info Share and Exchange" taking place this Saturday, January 21st at City Life Wellness in Brooklyn.

Anthony Whitehurst, the event coordinator, puts out a call to all NYC area healers:

Great Transformations?

Daniel Pinchbeck — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:23:13 -0800

Penelope Green, an editor at the Home section of the New York Times, is very interested in what changes people are making in their lives and especially in their homes to get ready for the "great transformation" and the completion of the Mayan long count at the end of this year. She writes:

Being Here Now

Evolver Intensives — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:02:41 -0800

Can you imagine sitting around a campfire with Ram Dass and his friends and enjoying a warm and engaging conversation about things that matter?

The Great Pyramid of Garut?

Chris Kaplan — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:50:59 -0800

A pyramid far older and larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza, may have been discovered in Indonesia.

Mount Sadahurip in Garut, West Java, dubbed the "Garut Pyramid," has been undergoing verification tests by the Ancient Catastrophic Disaster Team to see if the mount is indeed based upon a man-made structure.

Web of Intrigue

silentinfinite — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:28:54 -0800

An unknown web-like growth has been found on racks of spent nuclear fuel assemblies at the Savannah River Site nuclear reservation in Georgia, USA.

Lost World: Antarctica

Chris Kaplan — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:30:40 -0800

Researchers from the University of Oxford, University of Southampton, the National Oceanography Centre, and the British Antarctic Survey have discovered a new ecosystem thriving with unknown species under Antarctica.

Yoga Blueprint for Joy

Reality Sandwich — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:42:23 -0800

Jivamukti Yoga School Presents
2012–THE BLUEPRINT FOR JOY
MASTER CLASSES WITH JIVAMUKTI YOGA CO-CREATORS
SHARON GANNON AND DAVID LIFE/JIVAMUKTI TRIBE GATHERING
December 31, 2011 – January 6, 2012

7 days of yoga with Sharon & David and a host of Advanced Certified Jivamukti teachers from around the globe.

Join the Jivamukti Yoga Tribe in 2012 and explore the yogic plan for living joyfully based on Ahimsa/Non Harming, Unity Consciousness and Global Sustainability.

Speaking in Pictures

silentinfinite — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:18:27 -0800

New research shows evidence of a complex system of communication among dolphins. Also, humans are getting closer to being able to communicate with these creatures.

Loss & Enlightenment at OWS

stefaniesara — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:59:05 -0800

Isaac Wilder, the eloquent 21-year old college drop-out who is also head of the Free Network Foundation, was found rummaging around the Department of Sanitation's unmarked headquarters Thursday morning last week, two days after the NYPD’s crude invasion of Zuccoti Park. Wilder has been a vital part of OWS’ Signal Corps, a working group committed to providing free Wi-Fi within Zuccotti park.

Scientific Support for Energy Medicine

Dorothea Hover-Kramer — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:59:56 -0800

The following is excerpted from Healing Touch: Essential Energy Medicine for Yourself and Others, available from Sounds True.

What Would Jesus Occupy?

Stephen Hershey — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:33:42 -0800

Sex in the News

Jamye Waxman — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:08:07 -0800

In this week's Sex in the News Cory Silverberg explains Vulvanomics, lessons from the Penn State scandal and Satan's victory (hot damn and hallelujah) in the state of Mississippi.

Drda's Dharma Goes Global

Darrin Drda — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:55:51 -0800

We find ourselves at a crucial turning point in history. Revolution is in the air, and evolution is in the stars. We all sense that a massive shift is underway, but what are the outlines of the emerging paradigm, and how can we help bring it to fruition? Here's one way:

GMOs & You

Erin Shaw — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:52:31 -0800

Join Project Butterfly, Evolver Los Angeles & Organic Authority as we welcome leading experts on genetically modified foods for a candid panel discussion on the issue and how we can help California become the first state to make the labeling of all food containing GMOs a mandatory practice.

Sex in the News

Jamye Waxman — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:47:57 -0700

In this week's Sex News You May Have Missed: The Atlantic calls out to all the single ladies, a look at what happens when men are raped, love between pepper spritzes at Occupy Wall Street, the Starbucks masturbater & the fictional first f**k.

Living Sacred Economics

Reality Sandwich — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:55:33 -0700

The wildfire spread of protests inspired by Occupy Wall Street suggests that we're at a crucial turning point: more and more people now yearn for a way to make money and human economy as sacred as everything else in the universe. Sacred Economics has a social dimension, a political dimension, an activist dimension, a personal dimension, and a spiritual dimension. All are interrelated, and all are deeply necessary as the pace of planetary change accelerates.

Homeopathy: Modern Medicine's First Target

Harvey Bigelsen MD — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:09:44 -0700

The following is excerpted from Doctors Are More Harmful Than Germs: How Surgery Can Be Hazardous to Your Health -- And What to Do About It, published by North Atlantic Books.

Witch Hunt in the Jungle

Caitlin McGrory — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:59:28 -0700

The murders of fourteen curanderos, or native healers, have shocked the Shawi over the last 20 months. The Peruvian government is sending a group of officials to the remote Amazon jungle region to investigate. The mayor of the small river port town of Balsapuerto, Alfredo Torres and his brother, Augusto Torres were named in the prosecutor’s report as the prime suspects.

Pancho MIA

Chris Kaplan — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:37:14 -0700

The "Next Generation" Crystal Skull, dubbed Pancho, was discovered decades ago at an archeological site of the Zapotec civilization in southern Mexico. The Zapotec civilization dates back to at least 2,500 years, predated only by the Olmec civilization. Pancho was carved from one piece of quartz crystal, which was meticulously hollowed out. Unlike other ancient crystal skulls that have more human characteristics, Pancho's likeness, while definitely humanoid, is not exactly human.

The Revolution Will Be Nourished

Shoshanna Levy — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:07:06 -0700

What started out as a few people sleeping at Liberty Square, has now blossomed into a full blown revolution. The occupiers were living on pizza and Chinese takeout until the kitchen got into full swing.

I spoke with the kitchen coordinator, Amy Hamburger (really!), and this role sort of landed in her lap, as her original vision was more art-oriented. Amy, stepped in when a fellow volunteer from Food Not Bombs became overwhelmed by a lack of sleep and a sea of donated peanut butter jars.

Engineered Epidemic

Jay Van Liere — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:38:51 -0700

Positive forensic evidence has surfaced indicating that the e. coli superstrain that recently ravaged Europe, was created by humans.

The Future NOW

Matt Toussaint — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:52:24 -0700

Arlington Institute is charting what's now and next in the current issue of their FUTUREditions e-newsletter. Highlights include: false memory implants, UFO sightings on the rise, heating up the debate on global warming, and a look at Chernobyl now.

Interview with a Medicine Hunter

Neşe Lisa Şenol — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:31:43 -0700

In this RS interview, "Medicine Hunter" Chris Kilham discusses the re-release of his bestselling book The Five Tibetans, the relationship between yoga and shamanism, and the public's shifting perspectives on psychoactive plants. Chris will be joining Evolver for a rare NYC appearance this Friday.

9/11 Anniversary Healing

Gabrielle Martinez — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 08:34:25 -0700

Join us on September 11th, 2011 as we commemorate the 9/11 tragedy with a free public meditation event, held in the spirit of love and healing. People of all faiths are invited to join members of The Interdependence Project, the Shambhala Center, the Jewish Meditation Center of Brooklyn, The Village Zendo

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Sex in the News

Jamye Waxman — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:48:48 -0700
The Christian crusade against pornography; homosexual zebra finches, China's attempt to convince women to marry for love, not money; insect sex; and reasons to stop reading into sex on a first date are all in this week's sex roundup.

China tries to stop women from marrying for money. Love, they say! Love!
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Sex in the News

Jamye Waxman — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:36:15 -0700

New York City brings sex education back, the gay marriage debate surrounds Bert and Ernie, Facebook breakups are harsh (and easy), and advice on how not to save a marriage are in this week's sex roundup.
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Sex in the News

Jamye Waxman — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:11:44 -0700

Free birth control, gender equality and better sex, the contradictions of chivalry, and the Dollywood gay marriage scandal are in this week's sex roundup.
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Overdose at the Airport

Jay Van Liere — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:37:33 -0700

As the rate of cancer spikes among Transportation Security Agency (TSA) officers who work near the full-body scanners at the Boston Logan Airport, union reps are alarmed at having been misinformed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and TSA regarding the safety of these machines.
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Sex in the News

Jamye Waxman — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:55:27 -0700
In this week's Sex in the News, one classroom in Sweden goes genderless. Homosexuality, bullying and suicide in Minnesota. Sex selection is making girls disappear and Generation X tries to save marriage.

Boys and girls abolished in Swedish kindergarten. Instead teachers use the term "hen". (Pravda.ru)

Maternal deaths focus harsh light on Uganda.
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