I am in the process of practising my second speech for Toastmasters, which I am presenting next week. At the moment, therefore, my focus is on the subject of that speech – Improving Our Health. In order to write the speech, I had to consider all of the factors which I believe have contributed to my good health. As I mention in the speech, I cannot boast perfect health, by
Like me, you may have only thought of Islam as a religion filled with rituals and rules. Perhaps, like me, you found it hard to understand how a Muslim could have a personal spiritual experience in the midst of so many rigorous practices. Perhaps, instead, you imagined every Muslim to be just like the many extremist “Islamists” we hear about in the media involved in brutality and terrorist activities. It
There has been much discussion about the energies surrounding the full moon this week. It has brought up a lot of emotions for many people. The full moon is traditionally a time for releasing those issues which no longer serve us. It is a time to look at where we are in relation to where we want to be in all aspects of our lives, and to release those issues
I have just been reading an article in Cosmos, a magazine about the ‘science of everything’ (thanks Jennifer). The article was about tickling rats and making them laugh (rats laugh ultrasonically, apparently). It also talked about the laboratory rats exhibiting all of the same basic emotions as humans: fear, joy, anger, and love. Electrical stimulation of particular parts of the brain produced the same results in those laboratory rats, as