Here is a classic Awareness Test, like the one used by Jon Kabat Zinn to demonstrate how human perceptions are biased by our expectations and because we tend to focus on one thing to the exclusion of others.  As a result, we completely miss other important things that are happening.

ABC News report on Milgram's Experiment and follow-up studies confirming that humans are weak-minded when confronted with authority figures.  This is an important feature of human behavior that we tend to ignore, and we do so at our peril. 

This is one reason human systems are NOT self-correcting.  The "Libertarian" model of the strongly rational human, as in Ayn Rand's ideology, is a fantasy that serves to empower elites and aggressive people to exploit others. It is not true.  Peer pressure, social dominants and media elites control far more of our behavior than we are comfortable admitting.

Happiness by Daniel Gilbert

Here's a link to an old New York Times interview with Daniel Gilbert, Harvard Psychologist and down-to-earth investigator into the human condition.  He is the author of "Stumbling on Happiness."
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/science/22conv.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Mindfulness Works!

Here is a good article describing a research study showing that Marines preparing to deploy to Afghanistan were made more effective and less stressed by engaging in mindfulness practices.  Their working memory and emotional control were significantly improved, helping them function thoughtfully and furthering their mission.

http://www.mindful.org/mindful-magazine/when-memory-is-under-attack

Mind-Body Medicine Has Arrived. Our Backwards Culture Just Doesn't Know It Yet

Here is a great overview of the emerging understanding of mind-body connections from a psychological perspective.  Enjoy!

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/magazine/what-if-age-is-nothing-but-a-mind-set.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0

Put down your device - and be in the present moment!

This 5 minuted video expresses the value of living in the present moment, undistracted by electronic devices, living in the real world in real relationships, rather than virtual relationships that are even more ephemeral and fleeting than life . . .

Environmental Working Group's Guide to Pesticides - 2013

http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary.php