Via ScienceDaily, how changing your mind changes your body: A new study by researchers in Wisconsin, Spain, and France reports the first evidence of specific molecular changes in the body following a period of mindfulness meditation.Jim Manske’s insig…

Unhappiness feels threatening so we combat it with an arsenal of weapons. I think we would find it less threatening if we understood its evolutionary purpose . Unhappy chemicals promote survival in the state of nature. If you are a hungry gazelle, you …

“We’re in the midst of something here, and now is a time to act, and to let the power of our grief not just unite us, not just invite us to reflect, but to move forward together, and to cross those lines that we so often use to divide.”See it on …

Norway’s Muslims offer symbolic protection for the city’s Jewish community while condemning synagogue attack in neighboring Denmark last weekend.See it on Scoop.it, via Radical Compassion