24hrs of Change

Age old BIG questions grow your brain

24hrsofchange — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:39:21 +0000

Sadhu meditating

Its a bit provocative to name a book “How God Changes Your Brain” and then link religious practices with atheists pursuits – but that is what a new book is doing – and because it is all about change, we were obviously pretty interested.

Faith rites boost brains, even for atheists: book

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Buddhist monks and Catholic nuns boost their brain power through meditation and prayer, but even atheists can enjoy the mental benefits that believers derive from faith, according to a popular neuroscience author.

The key, Andrew Newberg argues in his new book “How God Changes Your Brain,” lies in the concentrating and calming effects that meditation or intense prayer have inside our heads.

Brain scanners show that intense meditation alters our gray matter, strengthening regions that focus the mind and foster compassion while calming those linked to fear and anger.

Whether the meditator believes in the supernatural or is an atheist repeating a mantra, he says, the outcome can be the same – a growth in the compassion that virtually every religion teaches and a decline in negative feelings and emotions.

“In essence, when you think about the really big questions in life — be they religious, scientific or psychological — your brain is going to grow,” says Newberg, head of the Center for Spirituality and the Mind at the University of Pennsylvania.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re a Christian or a Jew, a Muslim or a Hindu, or an agnostic or an atheist,” he writes in the book written with Mark Robert Waldman, a therapist at the Center.

Interview: Kurek Ashley

24hrsofchange — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:44:42 +0000

Kurek Ashley has also been recharging his batteries on the Sunshine Coast. He has had a tremendous response to his recently published book How would Love Respond.He showed up to listen to Allan Pease, so we thought we would grab a moment with Kurek as well. Kurek has been very supportive of 24hrs of Change, but this is the first moment we have had to get some words on video – and here they are:

Find out more about Kurek Ashley at: www.kurekashley.com

Interview: Allan Pease

24hrsofchange — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:29:45 +0000

Paul and I were on the beautiful Sunshine Coast early this week to listen to Allan Pease – author of many great books starting with Body Language. He is also a much sought after inspirational speaker – and his popularity is no surprise when you sit in a room listening to the quips and gems falling thick and fast! We found time to have a chat to Allan about 24hrs of Change and here is his response.

Find out more about Allan Pease at: www.allanpease.com

24hrs of Change Flowchart

24hrsofchange — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:04:54 +0000

Keeping it simple

Starting with YOU on 09/09/09:

You enter the site and decide how much you will GIVE
Your money is pooled with all other visitor’s on the day and 100% of this pool is distrubuted to the nominated causes.
You GET a password to the vault, and are able to return as many times as you wish over 30 days to download as much value as you can.
In 12 months we all gather again and repeat the process!!!!

Interview: Lynne Twist

24hrsofchange — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:39:10 +0000

Lynne Twist, author “The Soul of Money” and Co Founder of The Pachamama Alliance is inspirational. She not only encourages a generosity of spirit in others, but radiates it from herself. We had the pleasure of hearing her present some of the work she has developed for the Pachamama Alliance. Like Marcia Martin, she found a few moments of time to sit in front of our video to talk about 24hrs of Change.

http://www.soulofmoney.org

http://www.pachamama.org

Interview: Marcia Martin

24hrsofchange — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:35:05 +0000

Marcia Martin is almost synonomous with transformational leadership. At the moment she is going through another major transformation in her career path developing Wombat Network – Media for Transformations, but she took some time out to talk to us about 24hrs of Change – and here is the result.

http://www.wombatmedia.com

Interview: Paul Bailey

24hrsofchange — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:57:00 +0000

Paul has written a book Think of an Elephant that is huge in its concept, scope and reach. It takes you on a journey through the most recent sciences that explain the ancient wisdoms and contemporary understandings of spirituality. We sat down over a coffee to talk about where things are headed with his book and the interest locally and internationally that it has provoked – and it is VERY exciting. Of course we also chatted about 24hrs of Change – and got a few moments in front of the video about that.

If you want to know more about Paul and his book please go to:

http://www.thinkofanelephant.com

How to be a part of 24hrs of Change

24hrsofchange — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:45:18 +0000

We have been getting questions about how people can be a part of this project. So we thought we’d have a little chat in front of the camera to spell out the first five ways you can get on board and become part of the force that brings about 24hrs of Change.

Interview: Roger Hamilton II

24hrsofchange — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:53:52 +0000

We were lucky enough to catchup with Roger Hamilton again as he breezed through Brisbane last week. He graciously agreed to re-shoot a segment for us. If you have been following the blog you will know that Roger’s previous attempt was infected with a silencing gremlin. This time however the gods of technology smiled on us and we got a good recording.

In this clip Roger speaks of his time at the Clinton Global Initiative – Bill Clinton started it in 2005 to help turn good intentions into real action and results. Check it out here.

Specifically Roger refers to what happens when you change the context of a single word: CHANGE from a noun to a verb. Check it out it is fascinating – what a small change can lead to.

Interview: Gina Lazenby

24hrsofchange — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:16:46 +0000

Gina Lazenby is an award winning business woman who following many years of success running her own marketing consultancy embarked upon a decade-long search for the lifestyle and habits that would support positive health. As well as writing The Healthy Home she is the author of The Feng Shui House Book and Simple Feng Shui. Gina is touring Australia at present talking to women in business about constructing appropriate support networks. We spoke to Gina about 24hrs of Change and here is a quick clip of her response.