Regardless of creed, ethnicity, age or culture, throughout history people have steadfastly believed in the power of prayer. Now a team of scientists and over a million people around the world will put this belief to the test. From May 15th through May 29th the “Breakthrough Celebration: Compassion to Action†will be the largest interfaith […]
Archive | March, 2007
Meditation helps add to sereneness in life
There’s this room where I’ve been going every day for the past three weeks, on the third floor of the Johnson Center at George Mason University. I take off my shoes and sit down. To the outside observer, I’m not doing much. However, those 30 minutes are some of the most exciting, adventurous moments of […]
Transcendental meditation eases heart ailments
A widely practised meditation technique of stress reduction has been found to be effective in decreasing the severity of congestive heart failure. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania evaluated the efficacy of the technique over 23 African American men and women who were recently hospitalised with New York Heart Association for congestive heart failure. The […]