Meditation is wrapped around misconceptions. Some think it’s just woo-woo and while others dismiss meditation as an activity only for hippies and vegan yogis on a retreat in India. We’ve rounded up some favorite questions and statements from the most uncompromising of skeptics, and answered them in the most practical manner. No woo-woo, we promise.   I don’t fancy sitting…

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First, let’s get one thing clear. Humans have two eyes. You do not have an actual physical third eye. The term “third eye” is a metaphor, inspired by the mysterious pineal gland in the brain and the ajina chakra (psychic energy center), the controlling point of the mind. The pineal gland is pretty weird. The…

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I attended this performance expecting an amazing Chinese cultural extravaganza, with a sprinkling of political messaging  about the persecution of the Falun Dafa (aka Falun Gong) religion in China. After all, this program is sponsored by Falun Dafa. I came away feeling that I’d just witnessed an overhyped, entertaining, colorful, charming, naive, heavy handed religious…

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