It’s strange to see a statue of Gandhi set in small but lush landscape in Union Square Park in NYC, its even stranger to think that Gandhi got his start as a teacher and spiritual leader through his connection with the Theosophists.

University researchers, examined the letter correspondence of 16 famous writers, performers, politicians and scientists, including Einstein, Darwin, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and Ernest Hemingway, and found that the 16 individuals sent letters randomly following a circadian cycle.

According to a report in today's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center found that training in mindfulness meditation and communication alleviated psychological distress and burnout experienced by physicians.

This year, CBS' 60 minutes reported that scientists are coming close to “reading minds” with fMRI scans. It’s only a matter of time, science will catch up and realize, the ability to "read minds" is an innate human skill that ancient metaphysicians have documented for thousands of years and practiced without expensive equipment.

J. David Smith, Ph.D., a comparative psychologist at the University at Buffalo who has conducted extensive studies in animal cognition, says there is growing evidence that animals share functional parallels with human conscious metacognition -- that is, they may share human's ability to reflect upon, monitor or regulate their states of mind.

We start to notice the New Age Movement started to rely less and less on the turn of the century’s “faith in the Divine” as it moved more towards the Human Potential Movement’s “self-realization and narcissism” to a “quantum leap” right into science’s lap.

Millions of people have panic attacks at some time in their lives. The numbers are closer to 40 million people a year in the USA alone. What is a panic attack and what are the symptoms? You may have been in the supermarket, your friend’s wedding, in an airplane or at an interview. Out of the blue, you’re suddenly having palpitations, sweating and have difficulty breathing, You feel you might faint, your mouth is dry and you can’t swallow, you feel something terrible is happening and you might die. You run out the door for your life.

Gossip as grooming? In 2001, a major cell phone company BT Cellnet commissioned researchers at a UK social research centre (SIRC), to verify if gossip was good for one’s health. If gossip was good for you, then SMS messages, Twittering and talking with friends on our cell phone, Smartphone or BlackBerry about the “latest news” could facilitate this “healthy” pursuit. Was this just another way to sell cell phones? Or is gossip actually good for your health?

For the most advanced astrologer or for those of you who approach the study of astrology from a soul-centered, evolutionary or spiritual viewpoint, these are the top 10 karmic and spiritual Astrology books:

Rather than leave the interpretation of your astrology chart in the hands of someone else (professional or amateur), wouldn't it be better if you could understand and interpret your own cosmic design?