Sugar pills are about as effective as antidepressants according to a research
Irving Kirsch, a researcher at the Harvard Medical School, says antidepressants are not much better than placebos in reducing depression in his book: The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth. Kirsch, discloses the lack of evidence for the widely believed theory that depression and anxiety result from a chemical imbalance in the brain.
Kirsch also says that drug companies frequently manipulate scientific data by including only positive results while withholding negative findings from publication. Irving Kirsch and his colleagues examined all the data from experiments with antidepressants and conclude that antidepressants are effective but their function arises mainly from the placebo effect. In other words, sugar pills are about as effective as antidepressants. He said that drug companies withheld this information for many years.
Kirsch also says that drug companies frequently manipulate scientific data by including only positive results while withholding negative findings from publication. Irving Kirsch and his colleagues examined all the data from experiments with antidepressants and conclude that antidepressants are effective but their function arises mainly from the placebo effect. In other words, sugar pills are about as effective as antidepressants. He said that drug companies withheld this information for many years.
The Mindfulness Bell magazine free download
You can download a mindfulness magazine 'The Mindfulness Bell' in PDF at free charge.
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Interconnectedness
Many people live in an illusion that we are separated from each other. Here is a way to understand interconnectedness of two people in the world.
Any given two persons in this world, they are connected via 4 or 5 friends of either person. For example, a stranger you encountered in shopping mall or overseas trip is a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of yours. The same applies to a robber and a victim relationship. A robber is stealing from his friend of a friend of a friend of a friend. Italian scientists called this 4.74 degree of separation between two persons after studying the social network web site Facebook's 69 billion pairs of linked individuals.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-data-team/anatomy-of-facebook/10150388519243859?_fb_noscript=1
Any given two persons in this world, they are connected via 4 or 5 friends of either person. For example, a stranger you encountered in shopping mall or overseas trip is a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of yours. The same applies to a robber and a victim relationship. A robber is stealing from his friend of a friend of a friend of a friend. Italian scientists called this 4.74 degree of separation between two persons after studying the social network web site Facebook's 69 billion pairs of linked individuals.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-data-team/anatomy-of-facebook/10150388519243859?_fb_noscript=1
Religious believers deeply biased against non-believers
Religious believers distrust atheists as much as rapists according to a new study by Gervais in University of British Columbia, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
In addition, religious believers believe non-believers (atheists) untrustworthy. Religious believers do not want to to hire an atheist for a high-trust job.
The study also finds that atheists are however indifferent to religious belief when it comes to deciding who is trustworthy. "They (atheists) seem to think that religion is not an important signal for who you can trust."
Christians were the majority that represented the religous believers in the study. Other regious believers included in the study were jewish (1%) and other religion (9%)
Source:
Do You Believe in Atheists? Distrust Is Central to Anti-Atheist Prejudice, Will M. Gervais, Azim F. Shariff, and Ara Norenzayan, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Online First Publication, November 7, 2011
In addition, religious believers believe non-believers (atheists) untrustworthy. Religious believers do not want to to hire an atheist for a high-trust job.
The study also finds that atheists are however indifferent to religious belief when it comes to deciding who is trustworthy. "They (atheists) seem to think that religion is not an important signal for who you can trust."
Christians were the majority that represented the religous believers in the study. Other regious believers included in the study were jewish (1%) and other religion (9%)
Source:
Do You Believe in Atheists? Distrust Is Central to Anti-Atheist Prejudice, Will M. Gervais, Azim F. Shariff, and Ara Norenzayan, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Online First Publication, November 7, 2011
A Mindfulness Retreat for educators in Plum Village, France
-Date: December 29th, 2011 - January 5th, 2012 (7days)
-Location: Plum Village, France
-Attendees: educators, administrators, parents, anyone involved with education
-Fee: 500 euro.
-Location: Plum Village, France
-Attendees: educators, administrators, parents, anyone involved with education
-Fee: 500 euro.
Thich Nhat Hanh's talk at Google - Mindfulness as a Foundation for Health
Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh (known as Thay in his circles) gave a talk at Googleplex to lead a half-day Health@Google workshop in the fundamentals of mindfulness. The exercises and rituals of mindfulness lay the path to optimal health and happiness.
Awakening the Heart by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh gave dharma talk in Vancouver Canada in Aug 2011 on Awakening the heart.
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