

This article first appeared in the Nov/Dec 2006 issue of Science & Spirit.
Let There Be Sleep
by Barbara Stahura
In a nation flooded with artificial lights, artificial stimulants, and, perhaps, an artificially inflated drive toward productivity and excitement, a simple good night’s rest can be surprisingly hard to find. (continued)
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This article appeared in The Year in Veterans Affairs & Military Medicine, 2005-
The Silent Injury Comes Home from War
by Barbara Stahura
The term “IED” has found its way into common parlance as the war in Iraq and Afghanistan
continues. It stands for “improvised explosive device.” While the word “improvised”
seems to suggest a thrown-
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This interview first appeared in the October 2005 issue of Science of Mind.
Biology is Belief: A Conversation with Bruce Lipton
by Barbara Stahura
When Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., was a research scientist and medical school professor,
he made an amazing discovery about the biological mechanisms by which cells receive
and process information: Rather than our genes controlling us, our genes are in fact
controlled by environmental influences outside our cells, including our thoughts
and beliefs. Accordingly, we are not “genetic automatons” victimized by biological
inheritances from our ancestors. Instead, we truly are co-
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This essay appeared in the Jan.-
Riptide
by Barbara Stahura
In my favorite photo of us, we’re astride Ken’s BMW motorcycle in our Tucson driveway.
Ken is laughing at the camera as I, sitting behind him with arms clasped around his
waist, kiss his ear. We wore none of our usual protective equipment—full-
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This interview was published in the Sept. 2004 issue of Science of Mind.
Allowing Success: An Interview with Dr. Wayne Dyer
by Barbara Stahura
Dr. Wayne Dyer has made it his life’s mission to raise the spiritual consciousness
of the world, and from the looks of things, he’s succeeding. His latest book, The
Power of Intention, published earlier this year, quickly sped to the top of the bestseller
lists, including those of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today.
Many of Dyer’s 20-
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This article appeared in the May-
Healing From the Darkness of Torture
by Barbara Stahura
A Cherokee creation story holds that after the Cherokee country was created and the sun lifted to the right height, the animals were told to keep watch for seven days. But by the seventh night, only Owl, Panther, and a few others stayed awake. Because they did not succumb to sleep, they were given the power to see in the dark. (continued)
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This article appeared in the March-
A River Runs Through It
by Barbara Stahura
At the tail end of the summer monsoon, a storm deluged the far-
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This article appeared in the Sept./Oct 2003 issue of Spirituality & Health.
Lessons from Mindful Corporations
by Barbara Stahura
One day Ray Anderson realized with a jolt that he was part of the problem.
It was August 1994, and the CEO and founder of Interface, Inc., the world’s largest commercial carpet manufacturer, understood how much environmental degradation his company caused simply by following perfectly legal, commonly accepted methods of operation. (continued)
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This article appeared in the May/June 2002 issue of Soroptimist of the Americas.
Living in Fear
by Barbara Stahura
Three true stories of indifference, and worse:
In 1996, a pregnant Kajal Khidr of Iraqi Kurdistan was accused of extramarital sex by her husband's relatives. They cut off her nose and threatened to kill her when her baby was born. She received medical treatment and escaped to a women's shelter. Unable to obtain assistance from her own family or elsewhere in her own country, Khidr fled abroad with the help of human rights workers. (continued)
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This article appeared in the Spring 2002 issue of Spirituality & Health.
Global Consciousness?
9/11 Sent Earth’s “Electrogaiagram” Soaring
by Barbara Stahura
More than half a century ago, theologian Teilhard de Chardin conceived of an emerging
web of global consciousness, which he dubbed the noosphere. Many people believe he
foretold the Internet, but Princeton physicist Roger Nelson says Chardin was referring
to something much more magnificent: a consciousness connecting all life on the planet,
a Gaia mind. In 1998, Nelson and a group of colleagues from various anomalies-
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This article appeared in the July 2001 issue of Science of Mind. It won a 2001 PASS (Prevention for a Safer Society) Award from The National Council on Crime and Delinquency.
Another Way of Doing Justice
By Barbara Stahura
Pinned to the floor of your bedroom by a man’s foot and watching as his accomplices
murder your husband and rape your teenage daughter is something most of us, thankfully,
will never experience. Even more rare would be for that wife and mother to fight
for the rehabilitation of the two offenders who will one day be released from prison
and to fight for a life sentence, rather than execution, for the shooter. Yet all
this happened to Cheryl Ward-