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This article first appeared in the Nov/Dec 2006 issue of Science & Spirit.
Let There Be Sleep
by Barbara Stahura
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, 2005-2006 Edition, published by Faircount Media Group.
The Silent Injury Comes Home from War
by Barbara Stahura
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-together, homemade bomb that might or might not work, the reality is much more terrifying. At least one IED produced enough deadly force to lift and flip a 25-ton armored vehicle off a roadway, killing the 14 Marines inside. Others turn cars into bombs that explode on street corners, killing or injuring civilians and military personnel who happen to be nearby. Others strapped to people become living bombs. IEDs have become the signature weapon of the insurgents. And one of the injuries they cause is becoming the Iraq war’s signature injury: traumatic brain injury, or TBI. (See pdf here)
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Biology is Belief: A Conversation with Bruce Lipton
by Barbara Stahura
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-creators of our lives and our biology. Lipton describes this new science, called epigenetics, in his book, The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles (2005: Mountain of Love/Elite Books). Full of citations and references from other scientists conducting leading-edge research in this field, this book could literally change your life at its most fundamental level. (continued)
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This essay appeared in the Jan.-Feb. 2005 issue of Science & Spirit.
Riptide
by Barbara Stahura
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-face helmets, boots, jackets, gloves—because we had jumped on the bike strictly for the photo. Months later, Ken was wearing all his gear when he took his other motorcycle, a Ducati sport bike, to run some errands. But when a white sedan turned suddenly in front of him, there was nothing he or his equipment could do to prevent what happened next. Ken hit the passenger side near the back wheel; helmet striking steel, face smashing into helmet, brain slamming into skull. He crashed to the asphalt. The sedan disappeared. (continued)
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Allowing Success: An Interview with Dr. Wayne Dyer
by Barbara Stahura
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
