Power of Meditation Can Alter Human Cells (Video)

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Recent studies in Canada are showing hard evidence that the power of meditation can change the body on a cellular level.

Scientist found that the protein caps at the end of our chromosomes that denote cellular aging had not diminished in cancer survivors that meditate. The mind-body connection is becoming more apparent with each study.

Scientist already know that meditation can help you strengthen connections in the brain; but this evidence takes us a step further, suggesting that meditation may be useful when treating terminal illnesses.

The Power of Meditation

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The Healing Potential of Psychedelic Medicine – Dr. Sanjay Gupta (Video)

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I have tons of respect for Dr. Sanjay Gupta, especially for admitting he was wrong on the cannabis issue. Now Dr. Gupta dives into the world of psychedelic medicine.

Gupta speaks with Rick Doblin and Tom Shroder, the author to Acid Test: LSD, Ecstasy and The Power to Heal. They discuss psychedelics’ place in assisted psycho therapy, the challenges associated with using psychedelics as medicine and how the social stigmas have slowed the progress in this field of study.

The beauty of psychedelics is not that it heals you, instead it puts you in the optimum state of being so that you may heal yourself.

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The Illusion of Good and Bad, Animated Short – Alan Watts (Video)

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The Story of the Chinese Farmer is a parable about life and nature narrated by Alan Watts, animated by Steve Agnos, and with music by Chris Zabriskie.

The whole process of nature is a process of immense complexity and it is really impossible to tell whether something that happens in it is good or bad.

Because you never know the consequences of the misfortune. Or, you never know the consequences of good fortune. – Alan Watts

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How to be Ultra Spiritual – Funny Parody with JP Sears (Video)

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Ever wanted to be ultra spiritual? Well, look no further than JP Sears parody video that hilariously captures the essence of what it means to be spiritual today.

Perhaps it is our ability to laugh at ourselves and not take ourselves too seriously is what increases our spiritual growth.

JP Sears is an inner coach who strives to empower people to live more meaningful lives as whole individuals by guiding them to move beyond their symptoms of pain and sabotage.

Regardless of his mission statement, JP absolutely kills it in this video. It’s a well produced timely piece that is hilariously accurate.

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Dry Ice Tricks & Experiments – Bombs and Bubbles! (Video)

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Dry Ice experiments are very cool! You can make bombs, you can make bubbles float on dry ice, you can even make a dry ice whoopee cushion!

With a little no how and the right tools you can make some awesome reactions happen.

Check out these videos and impress your friends, or just trip yourself out, with what’s possible when science meets dry ice.

Dry Ice Experiments

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Bonus – Real Life Waterbending

X-Ray Yoga – The Bones Behind The Poses (Video)

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Yoga’s forms recreated in X-ray imaging shows the beautiful flow that the body gets into when going into one pose after the other. Although there are no muscles or tendons, the movements give off a sort of flexibility allowing the bone structures to move smoothly and seamlessly through each progression.

One awesome benefit of seeing X-ray Yoga is the ability to see how your skeleton aligns itself properly in every pose. Yoga clearly aids in proper skeletal alignment and increased flexibility which helps prevent injuries from other types of physical activities.

Regardless of the type of Yoga you prefer, you’re bound to find a pose or two you recognize.

X-Ray Yoga Pics

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Female Skeleton in Yoga Position

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True Facts About The Octopus and CuttleFish – A Big Head With Three Hearts (Video)

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After featuring the psychedelic vision of the Mantis Shrimp, the hilarious True Facts About Animals series is back with some love for Cephalopods.

True Facts About The Octopus

It is widely known that the interesting-ness of an animal is proportionate to how difficult it is to figure out where its butthole is. The octopus therefore is very interesting.

 

True Facts About The CuttleFish

Cuttlefish are the kings of camouflage and their mating begins when the male delicately grabs the female by her face and inserts another specialized tentacle into an opening near her mouth, which hopefully is not her nose.

Cephalopods, the class of mollusks which scientists classify octopuses, squid, cuttlefish and nautiluses, can change color faster than a chameleon. They can also change texture and body shape, and, and if those camouflage techniques don’t work, they can still “disappear” in a cloud of ink, which they use as a smoke-screen or decoy.

Cephalopods are also fascinating because they have three hearts that pump blue blood and are thought to be the most intelligent of invertebrates.  Dr. Wood, Cephalopod Researcher

Nyjah Huston is a Beast on a Skateboard (Video)

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Nyjah Huston has got skills for days. His smooth style makes his tricks look even doper as he flip tricks into and out of sick grinds and gnarly jumps.

Huston has been dominating the street circuit with 1st place eluding him only 6 times since 2010. Nyjah has owned 1st place since Street League Skateboarding 3rd Series in New Jersey in 2012.

Below you’ll find some sweet video compilations of Nyjah Huston killing it on his skateboard, he may fall at times but he always gets up and delivers a showstopping trick, enjoy!

Nyjah Huston Skating Highlights

Rise & Shine

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OG Edit

Yo, if you’re wondering why Andy Gibb’s “Shadow Dancing” track is chilling on this page, let me fill you in.

All the videos are amazing but I find that this track playing in the background while watching the “OG Edit” video is straight money. So mute that sucker and hop on this track while Nyjah Huston shadow dances all over the scene.

Images of Sex and Birth Inside a MRI Machine (Video)

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When I think of MRIs I usually think of torn ACLs, but the picture above tells a much more interesting story. In case you can’t make out the picture above, that’s an MRI of child birth!

MRIs don’t affect the human body the way X-Rays do so there’s a wider range of topics that can be covered and investigated through MRIs.

The human anatomy is explored in this clip and we get to see what intercourse looks like through an MRI. I don’t think MRI porn will hit big outside of the scientific community but the images rendered are truly amazing.

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Birth and Sex MRI Gifs

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Interesting MRI research

MRI and Metal Experiment

Watch out for metal! This video puts in perspective the dangers of bringing in a metallic object into the MRI machine.

Generators of Imagination, The Historical Purpose of Human Beings – Terence McKenna (Video)

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From a 1991 lecture entitled Where Does Reality Begin and End?, Terence McKenna talks about the role of human beings in nature and reality.

We can become a highly evolved and aware species that acts as the voice of nature but artificial conflicts are holding us back.

We are energy storage and release mechanisms, sanctioned by nature for some purpose which will be visible somewhere downstream in the flow of time but which is opaque to us now.

– Terence McKenna

Soundtrack: DJ Shadow – Transmission 2

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