From the monthly archives:
. Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is produced by the human body and is necessary for the basic functioning of cells. CoQ10 levels are reported to decrease with age and to be low in patients with some chronic diseases such as heart conditions, muscular dystrophies, Parkinson’s disease, cancer, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS. Some prescription drugs may also lower [...]
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. Q What causes the lub-dub sound that the heart makes? A: It’s the sound of the blood hitting the walls of the valves as they close. That is pretty much the most basic way to explain it. ( from Answer.com) . …………………………………………………… . Some of the more exciting research in heart physiology is the [...]
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. I am that living and fiery essence of the divine substance that glows in the beauty of the fields. I shine in the water, I burn in the sun and the moon and the stars. Hildegard of Bingen . The right music is very soothing and entrains the heart to hum in harmony. I [...]
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. . There once was a curious frog Who sat by a pond on a log And, to see what resulted, In the pond catapulted With a water-noise heard round the bog.. (Translated from Basho’s haiku by Alfred H. Marks: see previous post) . . . Is nothing sacred? Basho must be rolling around in [...]
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. . Listen! a frog Jumping into the stillness Of an ancient pond! . . There is a certain serenity and simplicity to haiku that is very soulful and very healing. . Joel Wiehaus, in The Healing Spirt of Haiku, writes Haiku fits well with Carl Jung’s psychotherapeutic teaching of active imagination in which meditation [...]
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. . After I experienced a severe heart attack, I was extremely grateful to be alive; it was as if my ego had almost disappeared. I was grateful for every breath. This feeling wore off after several months, but the near death experience did substantially change my perspective and attitude towards life. It has [...]
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