Miscellaneous
The field of meditation
When 1% of a city's population engages in meditation the results can be surprising.Tijn Touber | November 2003 issue More than 40 studies over a period of 20 years (at 160 universities and private institutions in 27 countries) have shown that transcendental meditation (TM) not only have a positive Read More...
The healing field
Living organisms constantly interact with the collective blueprint of their species' health.Tijn Touber | November 2003 issue The German doctor Frits-Albert Popp was the first to build an instrument capable of measuring photons (light carriers) and could even count them one at a time. He believes Read More...
The secrets of pigeons
Rupert Sheldrake looks for answers to the inexplicable behaviours of animals -- including humans.Tijn Touber | November 2003 issue How to pigeons always manage to fly straight home, no matter where they are dropped? How do they find their way back even if they’ve been sedated and taken hundreds Read More...
Water loves Mozart
Japan's Masaru Emoto demonstrates that sounds, words and even thoughts appear to have an effect on water.Tijn Touber | November 2003 issue Water has a memory and is influenced by its environment, contends Japan’s Masaru Emoto in his book ‘The Message From Water’. In the book he describes Read More...
Child seeks parents
Attention is the best antidote for materialism. Lisette Thooft| November 2003 issue Once when my son John was around 13, he was sitting in the living room watching television. It was a daily soap opera that he ab-so-lute-ly had to see so he could join in with peer group discussions. Another stupid Read More...
Little people, big business
Jonathan Rowe and Gary Ruskin claim that our culture of consumption is undermining parenting. Jonathan Rowe and Gary Ruskin | November 2003 issue Paul Kurnit is the president of KidShop, an advertising firm that specialises in marketing to children, and he has plans for our kids. ‘Kid business Read More...
Dying to live
To find peace you sometimes need to confront your worst fears. Tijn Touber | November 2003 issue Not too long ago, a good friend of mine reached a stage in her life where she did not know what to do any more. Having just survived a marriage crisis, she had recently severely dislocated her back. Read More...
It takes one to talk
More and more people are looking to revive the lost art of conversation. How do we start talking again?Margaret Wheatley | November 2003 issue We stay silent and apart for many reasons. Some of us have never been invited to share our ideas and opinions. From early school days, and now as adults, Read More...
Learning not to fight
Conflict mediation at schools improves atmosphere and student performance.Marco Visscher | November 2003 issue Ao Wen Ya, a secondary school teacher in Beijing, China, teaches her students to live together peacefully. The result? ‘Children feel happier and more relaxed now,’ says Wen Ya. Read More...
Liquid love
Modern individuals continually yearn for the security of a relationship. At the same time they fear the accompanying obligations and impingements on their freedom. A philosophical look at an all too familiar paradox.Zygmunt Bauman | December 2003 issue My central characters are men and women, our Read More...