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SPIRITUAL SURF: One neuroscientist’s approach to life after death; virtual prayers for peace; Summer Solstice in the Holy Land; getting the most out of herbal medicine
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life_after_deathA scientific approach to life after death?

Religion News reports on a Dallas Morning News interview with neuroscientist David Eagleman, author of Sum: Forty Tales of from the Afterlife. Not your typical scientific doubter, Eagleman plays up the possibility of life on the other side saying, “I think it’s so important that we celebrate our ignorance on this — any real scientist will tell you by what an enormous margin the mystery outstrips what we actually know.” To which we say, “Amen.” Listen to Eagleman on NPR.

Virtual peace movement

There is an underground movement of people virtually praying, meditating and holding the intention for world peace. Organizations or spiritual centers send out chain-forwarded emails asking people around the world to pray or meditate at a specific time, or offer virtual meditation rooms. Over at PranaZone, Prana E.S. Miller is asking folks to meditate on Planetary Awakening twice a day between June 16 and June 25, 10:00 a.m to 10:10 a.m., and 10:00 p.m. and 10:10 p.m. Soul’s Code recognizes and encourages this blend of spirituality and technology.
jerusalemHolding hands for peace around Jerusalem

June 21 marks 2009’s Summer Solstice, and the interfaith spiritual community in Jerusalem will be celebrating with its 4th annual Ecological/Spiritual Leshomrah Conference outside the city at Ein Yael beginning June 19. On Sunday, the 21st, there will be a Big Hug around the walls of the Old City. The following weekend in Nazareth, the Arab Sufi group, Qadiri Order invites seekers to a weekend in Hebrew exploring “The Way of the Prophets” according to the Qur’an and the great Sufi author Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi. Hearts and minds go out to Israel/Palestine this Solstice and beyond. This intelligence comes to Soul’s Code via Olam Qatan Books and Music. Thanks for showing us a hopeful side of the Holy Land we don’t often get to see in the doom-ridden mainstream media.
How to get the most out of traditional herbal medicine

Our friends over at Traditional Botanical Medicine have offered a formula for getting the best results from traditional medicine. Among the advice: Get a correct diagnosis of the imbalance, don’t rely on general “mass marketed” cures, engage specialists who will offer the right mix of herbs and other cures, and give that formula time to work. It’s a nice compliment to Vaishali’s Soul’s Code piece