Category: Inspired

3 Highly Censored Words That Can Get You Arrested in Communist China—Here’s Why

Truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance (or in Chinese, zhen 真 shan 善 ren 忍), sound like the ideal principles for the world to follow, but in communist China, uttering those three words together stands to have you arrested. The ancient meditation and self-improvement system of Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) is a meditation practice based…


Scared First-Time Parents Navigate Newborn’s Cancer Diagnosis With Prayer and Positivity

First-time parents from Alabama were devastated when they learned a swelling on their newborn baby boy’s arm was cancer. They fought for more time from their doctors, trying chemotherapy before amputation in hopes of shrinking the tumor and saving as much of the baby’s arm as possible. Grace Adkins, 26, of Lakeview, shared with The…


Underwater Photographer Snaps Strange Transparent Octopuses in Dark Waters Where the Sun Never Shines

Surrounded by obsidian waters in all directions, dive photographer Wu Yung-sen is momentarily cast in limbo, with neither earth nor sky to place him anywhere. Yet, that dark, scary void engulfing him is thick with life. Yung-sen calls these black waters the “ultimate diver’s frontier,” his chosen artistic domain. Yung-sen’s exotic photographs of wildly strange deep-sea…


Triple-Crown Hiker Harnesses the Power of Positive Thoughts

For three years, 25-year-old Eddie Janicki had felt content working as a civil engineer on a skyscraper-construction project in downtown Seattle. Then he met with the company’s financial advisor. The advisor told him if he continued down the same path, he could retire around age 60. Eddie thought, “That’s great,” but later remembered that his…


Supernormal Abilities Developed Through Meditation: Dr. Dean Radin Discusses

Meditation is becoming more common in the West. When Transcendental Meditation gained popularity in the ’60s and ’70s, it was still a little “out there” for mainstream America. But nowadays even many hospitals offer meditation as a treatment option for some patients, because the research shows it is beneficial. But the long tradition of meditation…


In Near-Death Experiences, Blind People See for First Time

People who were blind from birth have had brushes with death in which they felt themselves leave their bodies and experience vision for the first time. For some, it seemed natural; for others, it was a confusing and shocking experience. Many people experience this sensation of leaving the body during a near-death experience (NDE). A…


Music Tuned to 432 Hertz Vibrates on a Divine Level?

A decades-long debate among musicians about tuning is bound up with Nazi conspiracy theories, New Age healing methods, practical consideration of what’s easiest on a singer’s vocal chords, a revived connection to ancient math and aesthetics, and more abstract connections to a higher order. Should instruments be tuned to 440 hertz or 432 hertz? In…


91-Year-Old Husband Fills His Instagram With Adorable Posts About His Wife of 71 Years — and They Go Viral

Geoffrey Walker of Leicestershire, England, adores his lovely wife of 71 years — so much so that the 91-year-old former servicemember and construction worker started an Instagram page in her honor, which he charmingly fills with adorable posts about her. That lucky lady, Pauline, who is 87, can be seen in pictures amidst beautiful rustic…


Woman Who Bought a Chevrolet in 1957 Still Drives the ‘Immaculate’ Car 64 Years Later

For over 64 years, the owner of the 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air has taken such good care of her car, that the immaculate vintage vehicle has become associated with her identity. Today, the proud elderly driver is noticed wherever she goes. “I know how to take care of things and this car proves it,” said…


Ukraine’s Mine Sniffing Dog Patron Awarded Medal by Zelenskyy

KYIV—President Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented Ukraine’s famous mine sniffing dog Patron and his owner with a medal on Sunday to recognise their dedicated service since Russia’s invasion. The pint-size Jack Russell terrier has been credited with detecting more than 200 explosives and preventing their detonation since the start of the war on Feb. 24, quickly becoming…