Humans are smart, granted, but we are wildly imperfect. We tend to fall into mind traps which weaken our intellect and secretly affect our decisions. The human brain is able to perform more than a thousand operations per second. This means that its power is still greater than that of…
Perhaps all of us pondered on how to interpret our dreams. This question was also a subject of a study by Sigmund Freud. The basic idea of this theory is that a dream is closely connected to the ideas and desires which occupied our mind before a dream has occurred. According…
Does free will exist? For centuries, thinkers have been trying to find the answer to this question. Now, experts from Harvard claim to have ‘captured’ the exact moment when the brain decides to perform an action or desire. This moment is not the same as the one when we think…
Many of those who practice astral travel have a common problem: they fall asleep while doing that. This shows that there isn’t a good control of the energies of the subtle body. However, you can learn to control your astral body with certain exercises and techniques. To succeed in maintaining…
It's incredible how an individual’s subconscious can be influenced. But what's more powerful is how the nocebo effect and the placebo effect come into play. Since the subconscious mind is what controls our body and our whole life, through suggestion, we may have many interesting events happening - some pleasant,…
Hypnosis is a great healing instrument used by psychologists. Also, hypnosis can be used in general medicine too, for instance, for calming physical pain. What is hypnosis? It is a form of therapy in which the therapist sends affirmations or suggestions to the patient who is in a deep relaxation…
If you're used to forgetting your dreams, there are techniques that can improve this. Our mysterious world teaches us how to remember dreams. In case you never knew, the area that's responsible for creating long-term memories, the prefrontal cortex, lies dormant when we are sleeping. This is why dreams are so hard to…
Dreams: everyone has them. There are common dreams, however, themes that seem to repeat across gender, race, and nationality. What do they mean? Dreams and their interpretation are something that has preoccupied people since the beginning of history. This strange drama that goes on when we sleep, fascinates us just…
