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In the Bible, God communicated with people in dreams. The angel Gabriel announced to the Virgin Mary that she would bear the Savior. Another angel came to St. Joseph and told him of Herod’s plans to kill off the oldest son of every Jewish family. There are many other instances in both the Old and…
Reason and emotion, represented by the head and heart, fight at night. The two of them keep us awake and ruin our sleep. Be careful about taking sides in the fight. Both the heart and the head are important. You won’t go far by favoring either one. How can we get them to sign a…
Asking 5 big questions can raise the value of personal experience Sometimes they call learning by experience “The School of Hard Knocks.” Going at something blind without the benefit of someone else’s experience can be painful. They also call it experiential learning. “Hard Knocks” sounds like a painful way to learn something. It can be.…
Heroes can be thought of as a type of goal to strive for. Heroes are someone you want to be like. Most of us don’t have heroes anymore. And that might be an indirect cause of many sleep problems. Why do the things you need to do to make sure you sleep well if whether…
There Are 6 Important Questions You Need To Have Answered For Therapies For Sleep or Other Health Problems. Running for Senate must be tough. Almost winning is undoubtedly tougher. After his January 2019 loss to Sen. Ted Cruz, former Rep. Beto O’Rourke went to New Mexico later that year and ate “holy dirt.” He brought…
Part 3 of 4 Someone who looked to Edgar Cayce as a model would be looking to find their own truth within themselves. The 1930s and 1940s, when Cayce lived and was at the height of his influence while he was alive, presaged the period of spiritual seeking the 1960s became. Cayce on sleep: “Sleep…
Part 2 of 4 Nobody exists in a vacuum. Society influences everybody. Consider Edgar Cayce a Western version of an Eastern yogi. He’s what a yogi would be if they were shaped by Western society. As a Westerner, it was inevitable he come into contact with people who wanted to objectively and subjectively study his…
In your dream, your boyfriend behaved awfully. He yelled at you about nothing. You noted how veins were popping out on his forehead, spittle flying out of his mouth. Then, in the dream, he threw a shoe at you. You ducked… …Then you woke up. Now you’re sitting up in bed, breathing heavily, heart racing. …
Cherish your visions and dreams, as they are the children of your soul; the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. — Napoleon Hill. This blog would never be one to throw stones at any of the works in the vein of the Power of Positive Thinking, the Law of Attraction, the Secret, or the Prayer of Jabez. This blog would never…
Am I crazy? Am I insane? It’s a question people can have after they have an experience—or experiences—that defy easy explanation. Skepticism is valued in our society. Being skeptical shows you’re no fool. Knee-jerk skepticism, even cynicism, is easy. Sometimes it takes work and courage to ask questions. You may not like the answer either.…
Something of a cross between George Clinton and Snoop Dogg, the lead singer wore dusty overalls and thick work gloves. The backup dancers were also dressed for farm work. No crops were being raised, however. There were no animals getting fed either. Behind them, a barn. A crowd grooved approvingly on a tractor and up in…
Beeeeep! You wake up, muttering a curse. You’re sitting in the driver’s seat. You fell asleep at the traffic light and the driver behind you laid on his horn. A couple of miles ago you finished working 12 hours, right through the night. You’re headed for the early class over at the university. You know…
Ancient Greeks also had a mixed relationship with sleep. The stigma didn’t start with us. It might not have begun with them. Hesiod and other ancient Greek writers had a choice. They could have made the god of sleep part of a family of positive deities. They didn’t. Instead, the family consists of a bunch…