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What’s your brain doing, right now? Award-winning journalist Judith Horstman writes about health and medicine for doctors as well as the general public. Her work has appeared in hundreds of publications worldwide and on the Internet.
Horstman discusses what your brain is doing as you go through a typical day: sleeping, waking, fighting, loving and making important decisions.
No Comments Sometimes, a hug is all that we need. Free Hugs is the real life controversial story of Juan Mann, a man whose sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger put a smile on their face.
In this age of social-disconnection most all of us lack that simple human touch from another, the effects of the Free Hugs Campaign are now felt around the globe.
As this simple gesture of kindness and hope spread across the city, police and officials ordered the Free Hugs Campaign BANNED. What we then witnessed was the true spirit of humanity as people came together in what can only be described as something awe inspiring.
In the spirit of the Free Hugs Campaign please pass this video to a friend and HUG a stranger! After all, you CAN make a difference.
The response to this video has been nothing short of overwhelming and touching. Hugs to every single one of you who messaged. There has been thousands of emails from all over the world from people seeking to participate in the Free Hugs Campaign and asking for permission. You don’t need permission. This is the people’s movement, this is *your* movement. With nothing but your bare hands you CAN make a difference.
Free Hugs Campaign on TEN News Australia
A thank you from Juan Mann and the launch of a new charitable intitiative.
Go to:
www.freehelpcampaign.org
www.freehugscampaign.org
Free Hugs in Sondrio, Italy
Free Hugs Fridays - Boston College
“Free Hugs” New York Festivals Award Winning Commercial
2010 America’s Got Talent
Anchorsplash Talent Show (Virginia Tech 2009)
Freedom’s Lights Talent Show (UT Austin 2006)
A philosophically oriented remix of the late Eastern Philosopher Alan Watts’ 1971 special “A Conversation With Myself” combined with visuals from the great art film “Baraka”.
I have a very active monkey mind.
I tend to chase a lot of rabbits.
My default mode is to chase rabbits.
At best, what I am chasing is a means to a means to a means to an end I’ve forgotten about.
To help me keep on track, this week I’ve come up with three questions to help me wake up and remind myself “What am I doing?”
The questions are:
Asking myself these questions is like checking my personal barometer. They help me remember to align my action to my passion.
What question do you ask yourself to make sure your actions are aligned to your passion?
We’re all familiar with the concept of time seemingly moving faster when we’re having fun, and dragging when we’re bored. Professor Philip Zimbardo explains in this artfully presented video that it’s a lot more precise than that. Past-oriented vs. present or future-oriented personalities differ across many landscapes, and factors like religion, geography and culture greatly influence how individuals experience time.
For more on this topic read The Paradox of Time by Philip Zimbardo.
The Tarahumara Indians (Raramuri) of Northern Mexico are famous for their long-distance mountain running abilities. They run in seemingly simple sandals made out of old tire treads. I learned how to make and wear them. They are an excellent running shoe with ancient roots.
You can usually trust indigenous design when it comes to active footwear. These sandals and others similar have been around for 1000s of years, and I know why. They have no frills, just exactly what you need and not a bit more. Elegant design.
In the award-winning documentary Children Full of Life, a fourth-grade class in a primary school in Kanazawa, northwest of Tokyo, learn lessons about compassion from their homeroom teacher, Toshiro Kanamori. He instructs each to write their true inner feelings in a letter, and read it aloud in front of the class. By sharing their lives, the children begin to realize the importance of caring for their classmates.
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Jul 25, 2010 
