| Home | WellnessAid idea | Add topic | Newsletter | Got feedback or ideas? |
Spirituality
Spirituality means having a sense of unity with the universe. People who have a sense of meaning in life are better able to cope with the life problems and ultimately are healthier. Select the category of your interest or search with your own keywords.
Top 50 Atheism Quotes - leftofzen.com
This is an interesting collection of atheism quotes. Just to provide an alternative views and opinions about religion and faith.
Mental Health: Culture Gap - boston.com
Among newcomers to the West - many of us are now foreign-born - mental illness can be an alien, stigmatizing term, and many immigrants from Latin America, Africa, and Asia are far more likely to talk initially about physical ailments than seek psychiatric services...
Religion Tackles Mental Illness - news.bbc.co.uk
Religious leaders are to increase their role in caring for the mentally ill. They say many clergy are unprepared to deal with the mental health problems they face on a day-to-day basis. But they say it is the duty of religious groups to care for the mentally ill.
Oxford to Study Faith in God - newsvine.com
University of Oxford researchers will spend nearly $4 million to study why mankind embraces God. The grant to the Ian Ramsey Center for Science and Religion will bring anthropologists, theologians, philosophers and other academics together for three years to study whether belief in a divine being is a basic part of mankind's makeup.
Einstein & Faith - time.com
He was slow in learning how to talk. "My parents were so worried," he later recalled, "that they consulted a doctor." Even after he had begun using words, he developed a quirk that prompted the family maid to dub him "der Depperte," the dopey one. A combination of awe and rebellion helped shape not only Einstein's science, but also his spiritual journey, ultimately determining the nature of his faith...
Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith - time.com
A new, innocuously titled book, Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light, consisting primarily of correspondence between Teresa and her confessors and superiors over a period of 66 years, provides the spiritual counterpoint to a life known mostly through its works. The letters, many of them preserved against her wishes, reveal that for the last nearly half-century of her life she felt no presence of God whatsoever "neither in her heart or in the eucharist."
How the 90% Rule Can Lead You to Happiness - dumblittleman.com
We live in a society driven by the dollar. Forget keeping up with the Joneses…they have skyrocketed to success and are now living uptown with a country club membership, and their children are in private schools. If you are one of those people who has fallen into the trap, maybe it is time to live smarter. One basic rule that will almost certainly guarantee your financial success, thereby leading you to greater personal happiness, is the 90% rule.
A Guide to Happiness Via Self Forgiveness - thinksimplenow.com
Do you ever kick yourself in the butt psychologically? Have you done things in the past that you’re not so proud of? Perhaps hurting someone or being dishonest? What about times when you were mean to yourself?
Where do you think all these thoughts go? Most likely, they stag like clutter in your inner space. The natural tendency is to repeat this in our head, until we eventually get sick of thinking about it and burry it deep in our subconscious. It is still in there nonetheless, keeping us away from being fully happy. So, what to do?
Why Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness? Or Does It? - newsweek.com
Depressed debutantes, suicidal CEOs, miserable magnates and other unhappy rich folks aren't the only examples. Psychologists have spent decades studying the relation between wealth and happiness, and they have generally concluded that wealth increases human happiness when it lifts people out of abject poverty and into the middle class but that it does little to increase happiness thereafter. Is this true? Find out here...
Song: Dust In The Wind - Kansas - video.google.ca
It’s a fantastic and mystical song. Here’s a link to the lyrics: http://www.lyricsdomain.com/11/kansas/dust_in_the_wind.html “I close my eyes… all my dreams pass before my eyes… all we are is dust in the wind… Same old song just a drop of water in the endless sea… Nothing last forever but the earth and sky… And all your money won't another minute buy… everything is dust in the wind”
Biker Charity Offers NHS Delivery - news.bbc.co.uk
A charity which delivers emergency medical supplies to hospitals is setting up a branch in Merseyside. The Service by Emergency Rider Volunteers delivers urgent medical equipment and blood out-of-hours and free of charge. The motorcyclists give up their free time, pay for their own fuel and make deliveries around the clock.
Sir Elton: Ban Organised Religion - news.bbc.co.uk
Sir Elton John has said he would like to see all organised religion banned and accused it of trying to "turn hatred towards gay people". Do you agree?
Top 10 Religion Stories - time.com
What are the top religious stories? Check out this list of 2007 assembled by the Time Magazine online. It is interesting how the religion and politics bend in our lives. Sometimes it is hard to see when one ends and another starts.
In Quotes: Leaders' New Year Messages - news.bbc.co.uk
It's very interesting to look into this from perspective of a few years: "Heads of state and leaders from across the world used their traditional New Year messages to reflect on the events of 2004 and to highlight some of the key issues facing their countries and people in the coming year." The world is changinf and not changing at the same time...
Culture Speeds Up Human Evolution - sciam.com
People has spread across the globe and increased vastly in numbers over the past 50,000 years or so—from an estimated five million in 9000 B.C. to roughly 6.5 billion today. More people means more opportunity for mutations to creep into the basic human genome and new research confirms that in the past 10,000 years a host of changes to everything from digestion to bones has been taking place.
Spiritualitysponsors:
Children Of Chornobyl
Canadian Fund helping orphanages in Ukraine
www.chornobyl.ca
The Temerty Family Foundation
Toronto-based organization supporting projects of Canadian charities
www.ccghr.ca/default.cfm?lang=e&content=frm56&subnav=roadmap
Medical Mercy Canada
Canadian charity helping impoverished persons in Ukraine and Burma
www.medicalmercycanada.org
testimonials:
Bill Gates... asked me to personally respond to you... I am a physician who serves as Microsoft's worldwide health director... I surveyed your portal site and commend your work... All of us at Microsoft wish you the very best.
Bill Crounse, MD Director, Worldwide Health, Microsoft Corporation www.microsoft.com