Parapraxis

The Third Eye is directly related to the 6th chakra — the psychic chakra, located on the middle of the forehead above the brows. It is closely associated with the “pineal” gland. The pineal gland is dormant in most people, as is the true Third Eye.

You can’t argue with the fact that the Earth is waking up from this man created illusion that we have been living in, and a lot more human beings are finally getting in touch with their true nature, otherwise known as self-realization. However, the spiritual movement has a long way to go before it stabilizes, there are still so many beings that need to mature and integrate the basic understanding of spiritual concepts.

Shamanism was an integral part of humanity for thousands of years. They were the first healers, teachers, and scholars. Eventually, the wisdom of the shamans was lost through the trials and travails of humanity. Now, in our modern age with technology that grants us access to knowledge from around the world, we have brought the old wisdom back, and in the most stunning of ways. Science has actually come to parallel the ancient practices of shamanism. Here is a list of 5 ways the sub-atomic level of reality parallels with the core methods of shamanic healing.

The region of the brain that serves as the physical source of feelings of depression has been identified, with new MRI data being the latest evidence to show that depression isn’t just a ‘frame of mind’.

Scientists have scanned the brains of more than 900 people, and the results suggest that feelings of loss and low self-esteem are tied to the functioning of the orbitofrontal cortex – a region of the brain associated with sensory integration, expectation, and decision-making.

“Our finding, with the combination of big data we collected around the world and our novel methods, enables us to locate the roots of depression, which should open up new avenues for better therapeutic treatments in the near future for this horrible disease,” says computational psychiatrist Jianfeng Feng from the University of Warwick in the UK and Fudan University in China.

An iconic supermodel, Naomi Campbell walks us through her new book and the past 30 years of fashion history: here.

American artist Jon Michael Frank composes hilariously morbid illustration, which depict a list of existential crisis humanity faces daily. Frank uses a messy doodle technique to express the depression and raw sadness. The illustrations are of composed of daily feelings of dread and the fear of death. The messy handwriting and the scrawled doodles symbolize the harsh reality Frank expresses.

They document the struggle of desire and not “getting what you want.” Their irony creates a satirical conversation, which is easily accessible. The drawings resonate with deep dark feelings, we all face and push deep inside. The dissatisfaction of reaching our goals or the fear or merely breathing and existing, rather than living are explicitly portrayed. You can find his entire collection in his Etsy shop.

A small sampling of the work by NONOTAK studio’s tumblr a collaboration between the illustrator Noemi Schipfer and the architect musician Takami Nakamoto. Commissioned by the Architect Bigoni-Mortemard to create a mural in the lobby of a public housing building in Paris, NONOTAK was created in late 2011. In early 2013, they start to work on light and sound installations, creating an ethereal, immersive and dreamlike environment meant to envelope the viewer, capitalizing on Takami Nakamoto’s approach of space & sound, and Noemi Schipfer’s experience in kinetic visual.