• Aboriginal Hawaiians may be granted self-government, share of ancestral lands

• Optimization of brain functioning: Correlates of EEG coherence

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Aboriginal Hawaiians may be granted self-government, share of ancestral lands
30 May 2006 - The US Congress is about to vote on a bill that would grant indigenous Hawaiians a degree of self-government and possibly a share of the land ruled by their ancestors. The US Attorney General said the status is needed 'to help preserve the language, identity, and culture of Native Hawaiians'. (more)

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Optimization of brain functioning: Correlates of EEG coherence
17 November 2017 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's insight that EEG synchrony and coherence are of fundamental importance to brain physiology and the evolution of consciousness is verified by the array of benefits associated with EEG coherence, discovered by scientists working at Maharishi European Research University in the 1970s. Researchers had shown that Transcendental Meditation increases EEG coherence. Dr David Orme-Johnson, one of the principal researchers on the Transcendental Meditation technique worldwide, discusses what increased EEG coherence through TM means in practical terms of leading a more creative, intelligent, moral life. (more)