tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265280832024-03-14T08:15:12.590-07:00Ecofren Cosmic BlogWe are ONE... this is a new age and mystical blog.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger312125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26528083.post-36010328013452491912015-09-25T18:54:00.002-07:002015-09-25T18:54:13.447-07:00BARACK OBAMA & his number 11<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">BARACK OBAMA AND
THE NUMBER 111</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">http://www.reobama.com/ObaMath.htm<br />
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The number 111 is a New Age number representing spiritual and earthly
change.<br />
Other New Age eleven numbers include 1:11, 111, 11:11, and 2011.<br />
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- Obama's Confirmation and Inauguration by the 111th Congress is 1/2009 or 111
(1+2/9=111).<br />
The 111th Congress ends in 2011.</span><br />
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- The LA Times & NBC reported that Barack Obama led in 111 straight
national polls.
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- Obama's first international conference is the G20, 111 days after his inauguration.<br />
- Obama was declared president by CNN when Obama had 333 electoral votes
(3x111=333).<br />
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- Hawaii was formally annexed by the United States on August 12, 1898.<br />
111 years later, in 2009, Barack Obama becomes the first Hawaiian-born
President.</span><br />
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<td align="center"><a href="http://www.reobama.com/images/hawaii_map.gif"><img alt="Hawaii was formally annexed by the United States on August 12, 1898. 111 years later, in 2009, Barack Obama becomes the first Hawaiian-born President. Photo: Map of the Hawaiin Islands." border="2" src="http://www.reobama.com/images/hawaii_map_small.gif" height="70" width="101" /></a></td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://www.reobama.com/images/AnnexHawaii_1898_USSBaltimore_Honolulu.jpg"><img alt="Hawaii was formally annexed by the United States on August 12, 1898. 111 years later, in 2009, Barack Obama becomes the first Hawaiian-born President. Photo: the USS Baltimore warship in the port of Honolulu Hawaii in 1898." border="2" src="http://www.reobama.com/images/AnnexHawaii_1898_USSBaltimore_Honolulu_small.jpg" height="70" width="125" /></a></td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://www.reobama.com/images/AnnexHawaii_1898Ceremony.jpg"><img alt="Hawaii was formally annexed by the United States on August 12, 1898. 111 years later, in 2009, Barack Obama becomes the first Hawaiian-born President. Photo: Annexation ceremony in Honolulu Hawaii in 1898." border="2" src="http://www.reobama.com/images/AnnexHawaii_1898Ceremony_small.jpg" height="70" width="84" /></a></td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://www.reobama.com/images/AnnexHawaii_1898CeremonyLoweringHawaiinFlag_IolaniPalace_.jpg"><img alt="Hawaii was formally annexed by the United States on August 12, 1898. 111 years later, in 2009, Barack Obama becomes the first Hawaiian-born President. Photo: The lowering of the Hawaiin flag at the Iolani Palace as part of the annexation ceremony in Honolulu Hawaii in 1898." border="2" src="http://www.reobama.com/images/AnnexHawaii_1898CeremonyLoweringHawaiinFlag_IolaniPalace__small.jpg" height="70" width="101" /></a></td>
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- On June 11, 1898 600 US Marines attack the Spanish in Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba.<br />
111 years later, in 2009, Obama's first executive order signed as
President is an order to<br />
close Guantanamo Bay's 9/11 terrorist prison. Guantanamo is the oldest
US overseas port.</span><br />
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<td align="center" width="125"><a href="http://www.reobama.com/images/1_12_09_OBClose_CellBlock_GuantanamoBay_AFP.jpg"><img alt="Soldier checks cell block in Guantanamo Bay. On June 11, 1898 600 US Marines attack the Spanish in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 111 years later, in 2009, Obama plans to close Guantanamo Bay's 9/11 terrorist prison." border="2" src="http://www.reobama.com/images/1_12_09_OBClose_CellBlock_GuantanamoBay_AFP_small.jpg" height="70" width="104" /></a></td>
<td align="center" width="125"><a href="http://www.reobama.com/images/1_12_09_OBClose_GuantanamoBay_AFP.jpg"><img alt="Prisoners dressed in orange at Guantanamo Bay. On June 11, 1898 600 US Marines attack the Spanish in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 111 years later, in 2009, Obama plans to close Guantanamo Bay's 9/11 terrorist prison." border="2" src="http://www.reobama.com/images/1_12_09_OBClose_GuantanamoBay_AFP_small.jpg" height="70" width="104" /></a></td>
<td align="center" width="125"><a href="http://www.reobama.com/images/1_12_09_OBClose_CampSix_GuantanamoBay_AFP.jpg"><img alt="Soldier looks at gates to Camp Six at Guantanamo Bay. On June 11, 1898 600 US Marines attack the Spanish in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 111 years later, in 2009, Obama plans to close Guantanamo Bay's 9/11 terrorist prison." border="2" src="http://www.reobama.com/images/1_12_09_OBClose_CampSix_GuantanamoBay_AFP_small.jpg" height="70" width="98" /></a></td>
<td align="center" width="125"><a href="http://www.reobama.com/images/1_12_09_AdvisersSay_OBClose_GuantanamoBay_AFP.jpg"><img alt="Soldier at lookout post on Guantanamo Bay. On June 11, 1898 600 US Marines attack the Spanish in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 111 years later, in 2009, Obama plans to close Guantanamo Bay's 9/11 terrorist prison." border="2" src="http://www.reobama.com/images/1_12_09_AdvisersSay_OBClose_GuantanamoBay_AFP_small.jpg" height="70" width="109" /></a></td>
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- Obama's campaign policies on foreign policy included increased US
forces in Afghanistan.<br />
- President Obama assigns Defense Secretary Gates to formulate a plan
for Afghanistan.<br />
In 2007 111 American soldiers were killed in the Afghanistan war.</span><br />
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<td align="center"><a href="http://www.reobama.com/images/1_00_Barack_Afghanistan_USSoldier_Jan19_Gates2Recom_AFP.jpg"><img alt="Obama's campaign policies on foreign policy included increased US forces in Afghanistan. President Obama assigns Defense Secretary Gates to recommend a plan for Afghanistan.In 2007 111 Americans were killed in the Afghanistan war. Photo: US Soldier on patrol in Afghanistan on January 19, 2009." border="2" src="http://www.reobama.com/images/1_00_Barack_Afghanistan_USSoldier_Jan19_Gates2Recom_AFP_small.jpg" height="70" width="98" /></a></td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://www.reobama.com/images/1_Afghanistan_USSoldiers_VillageNear_BagramAirbase_AFP.jpg"><img alt="Obama's campaign policies on foreign policy included increased US forces in Afghanistan. President Obama assigns Defense Secretary Gates to recommend a plan for Afghanistan.In 2007 111 Americans were killed in the Afghanistan war. Photo: US soldiers at village near Bagram airbase in Afghanistan on January 30, 2009." border="2" src="http://www.reobama.com/images/1_Afghanistan_USSoldiers_VillageNear_BagramAirbase_AFP_small.jpg" height="70" width="98" /></a></td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://www.reobama.com/images/1_00_Barack_Afghanistan_Bazaar_Kabul_Jan29_09_Reuters.jpg"><img alt="Obama's campaign policies on foreign policy included increased US forces in Afghanistan. President Obama assigns Defense Secretary Gates to recommend a plan for Afghanistan.In 2007 111 Americans were killed in the Afghanistan war. Merchants at a bazaar in Kabul, Afghanistan on January 29, 2001." border="2" src="http://www.reobama.com/images/1_00_Barack_Afghanistan_Bazaar_Kabul_Jan29_09_Reuters_small.jpg" height="70" width="94" /></a></td>
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- Obama actively helped the US Olympic Committee in their Chicago 2016 Olympics bid.
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111 International Olympic Committee members vote on Chicago's
2016 Summer Games bid.
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<td align="center"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://www.reobama.com/images/111_YearOld_BerkeleyOBHQ_MakingCalls.jpg"><img alt="The oldest Basrack Obama campaign worker was an 111-yesr old woman who made campaign calls on November 4, 2008 (Election Day) from Obama's Berkeley, California HQ. Photo: 111 year old Obama supporter.Photo taken by Obama supporter on cell phone camera on November 4, 2008 in Berkeley California." border="2" src="http://www.reobama.com/images/111_YearOld_BerkeleyOBHQ_MakingCalls_small.jpg" height="133" width="100" /></a>
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<td align="center"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">The
oldest Obama campaign<br />
worker was an 111-year old<br />
woman who made campaign<br />
calls on Election Day 2008<br />
from the Berkeley, California<br />
Obama campaign headquarters.<br />
The 111-year old supporter<br />
who was born in 1897 was at<br />
the Obama HQ with her family.</span></td>
<td align="center"><a href="http://www.reobama.com/images/BarackObama_CampaignPoster2_Lrg.jpg"><img alt="The oldest Basrack Obama campaign worker was an 111-yesr old woman who made campaign calls on November 4, 2008 (Election Day) from Obama's Berkeley, California HQ. Photo: Barack Obama CHANGE campaign poster." border="2" src="http://www.reobama.com/images/BarackObama_CampaignPoster2_Lrg_small.jpg" height="133" width="86" /></a></td>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">- President Obama's
111th day in office is Mother's Day. Seems natural considering the
influence<br />
Obama's mother, grandmother and the other women in Obama's life
(Michelle, Sasha, Malia).<br />
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- Barack Obama has the
letter A twice in his first name and twice in his last name (A=1)<br />
This double A in both numbers in letter numerology is 11:11. This number
has important<br />
spiritual meaning and signifies "spiritual change." Barack
Obama campaigned on "Change".<br />
Letter numerology for Change is 38 (3+8=11). The last letter in Barack
is "K" (11th letter)<br />
and the last letter in Obama is "A" (1st letter). Numerically
this is represented as 11:1.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black;"><b>BARACK OBAMA AND THE NUMBER 11</b></span><span style="color: black;"><b><i><br />The number 11 is considered the Master Number in numerology.<br />The Number 11 has significant power and meaning in ancient civilizations.</i></b></span></span></span><span style="background-color: #cccccc; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">- President Barack (6) Obama (5) is 11 Letters<br />- Vice President Joseph (6) Biden (5) is 11 Letters<br />- Barack Obama's age when elected as President in 2008 was 47 (4+7=11)<br />- Joseph Biden's age when elected as Vice President in 2008 was 65 (6+5=11)</span></span></span><span style="background-color: #cccccc; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">- Obama was born as Barack Obama II (II=11)<br />- Barack Obama was born on 08/04/1961 (8+4+1+9+6+1=29) (2+9=11)<br />- Michelle Obama was born on 01/17/1964 (1+1+7+1+9+6+4=29) (2+9=11)<br />- Barack Obama was born in Honolulu (Letters Total 128) (1+2+8=11)<br />- Barack Obama's mother was born in Kansas (K=11th Letter)<br />- Barack Obama's father was born in Kenya (K=11th Letter)<br />- Barack Obama wears a size 11 shoe</span></div>
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<tr><td align="center"><a href="http://www.reobama.com/Obama_Hawaii_American_Grandparents.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Barack Obama welcomes American grandparents in Hawaii. Barack Obama family photo circa 1970s." border="2" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEik-LeKNI3DPe7i2Oh9D9lgSFCnZvl3epv3ziGN_1s9_Q_FEwkDBRPEJ04yDHgUyXBEk5rE_QMHuehEtcHZ-__eA_2MpKJgdCBilteqGzKynvr9mY3czkOocqvMqPfK-Y03fexnFzo67NPbUxMNumPiWsU5R4w81j3B-WKybzE=s0-d-e1-ft" width="100" /></a></td><td align="center"><a href="http://www.reobama.com/images/Barack_Obama_Sr_Jr.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Barack Obama Senior was born in Kenya." border="2" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjhweWTt9w-HzcnyHLUExTWhTluPXyjKi7lcs-DZrN8xsS5RkoIl2DQ5RZYfofvVRBktwZg0bKVcX_3lyozqXsiYnl7R52b8V1Sq0l5ldSztWk46MH1x4caSAJ4GBRYrQX0-LBuBHRnlNvNQPFrG71pE9VIBQU=s0-d-e1-ft" width="97" /></a></td><td align="center"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://www.reobama.com/images/1_00_Mother.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt=" Obama's mother Anne Dunham was born in Kansas." border="2" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEipcd6vdarJZe5QwqwDDaau_2z3kdM9UpgE16xqd8nTTe-tK_SfF69_pnzGNTiGfXW3sEMawnaKymNKYJh22xpscS4JY_jalLYorrkf07p1EPyh_9v36rFVl5S1AnlI6uXW2XHmwMP-q3HtyxOETA=s0-d-e1-ft" width="98" /></a></span></td><td align="center"><a href="http://www.reobama.com/images/1_00_FatherMother.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Barack Obama Senior was born in Kenya. Barack Obama's mother Anne Dunham was born in Kansas." border="2" height="70" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhE7HV5nzhj17p-mrptqiMYIo5ATOVUk7-BK2bKzZBO4AW_rMtqTi5xbr-_75Zc6vK-5TFysqRbEpchtwQ6iXqSEeA_ACDp649CtwjqmgeOTkhlPiSqZsB1EkOSm8df5PteanYehdUIVcHed5uNxzMy7F9YpQ=s0-d-e1-ft" width="102" /></a></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">- Barack Obama became President in 2009 (2+0+0+9=29) 2+9=11<br />- Barack Obama was declared President-elect was 11:00 PM (EST)<br />- George W. Bush called to congratulate Obama at 11:11 PM (EST)<br />- Final Gallup Poll (Nov 2/08) Obama 55% to McCain 44% =11 points<br />- First 2008 state vote called was Indiana (McCain/11)<br />- Last 2008 state vote called was Missouri (McCain/11)<br />- Final 2008 electoral count for McCain is 173 (1+7+3=11)<br />- Final 2008 electoral count for Barack Obama is 365 (365 Days/Year) (6+5=11)<br /><br />- Weeks to President (11/4/08–1/20/09) = 11 Weeks (7x11=77 Days)<br />- On the 4th day of the 11th month Obama is elected 44th US President (4x11=44)<br />- Obama campaigned on "Hope". The letter numerology of H-o-p-e is 44 (8+15+16+5=44)<br />- Obama's 2009 (2+0+0+9 =11) Inauguration is the 56th Inauguration (5+6=11)<br />- Obama Express train taking Lincoln's Inauguration route is 137 miles (1+3+7=11)<br />- Official scheduled time for Obama's Presidential Oath of Office is 11:56 (EST)</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">- First appointment on 11/7: Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (11 Letters)<br />- Barack Obama was a US Senator in the 110th Congress (1+1+0=11) (11x10=110)<br /><br />- Pittsburgh Wins 1st 11-10 final score ever recorded in an NFL Game, in Week 11,<br />in the 11th month </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">(11/16/09). </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">The 11-10 game was played on Obama's 11th full<br />day as President-elect. Obama’s first TV interview followed the 11-10 game on<br />CBS's 60 Minutes. The final score was contested and the official game score was<br />posted during Obama's 60 minutes interview. Obama is "a long-time" Steelers fan.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">- On December 26, (12/26=11) 2008, while Obama is vacationing in Hawaii, a heavy<br />storm puts the island of Oahu in a blackout. Obama's compound loses power for 11 hours.</span></div>
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is often seen between twin pillars or columns that resemble the number
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<td align="center"><img alt="Obama has often posed or spoken in front of two pillars or columns. These pillars appear as the number 11. Obama speaks between twin pillars at the pre-inauguration ceremonies on January 18, 2009 at the Lincoln Memorial." border="0" src="http://www.reobama.com/images/1_18_09_WeAreOne_OpeningInauguralCeleb_LincolnMem_AP.jpg" height="323" width="259" /></td>
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Obama - Ancient Greek Columns - Ancient Number Eleven<br />
</b>Obama has often posed or spoken in front of two pillars before and
after the elections. These pillars
appear as the number 11.<br />
Obama speaks between twin pillars at the pre-inauguration ceremonies on
January 18, 2009 at the Lincoln Memorial (center).<br />
Obama had several twin pillars at the Democratic National Convention in
Denver, Colorado in August 2008 (left & right).<br />
The number 11 is a number of strength as represented by the strength and
the purpose of two pillars or columns.</span></td>
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Number 11 Represents the Duality in All Aspects of Life<br />
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(i.e. good vs. evil, day vs. night, up vs. down, yes vs. no, life vs.
death, etc.)<br />
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Amazingly Barack Obama is a perfect representation of the duality in
life.<br />
This duality in his life has made Barack Obama a good and wise man.<br />
Obama's wisdom and international spirit bodes well for the world at a<br />
time of many uncertainties. Barack Obama represents a unifying spirit<br />
of hope amongst peoples of all faiths, cultures, and backgrounds.</span></td>
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Mother</span></td>
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Mother</span></td>
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Mother</span></td>
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Father</span></td>
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in USA</span></td>
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<td align="center" valign="middle"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">In Both Hebrew and
Arabic </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Barack
Means<br />
"Blessed One" or "Blessed"<br />
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The duality of Barack is literally
in his name.<br />
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The name Barack has Arabic, African and Swahili origins with general definitions<br />
of "blessed". Barack in Arabic means
"blessed one" and is pronounced as Berik.<br />
A more literal Swahili definition is blessing, prosperity and abundance.
The<br />
Hebrew form of this name is Baruch, which also means
"blessed". Barak, is<br />
another Hebrew name meaning
"lightning", and is not etymologically related.</span></span></td>
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Initials of Barack Obama - B.O.<br />
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The name <i>Barack Obama</i> means <i>Blessed One</i> which carry the
same first letters<br />
(B & O) as <i>Barack Obama</i>.<br />
The Obama family selected a Portuguese water dog as there First Dog.<br />
According to First Lady Michelle Obama they named the dog <i>Bo</i>
because her<br />
father was nicknamed Diddley after singer Bo Diddley, and the Obama<br />
daughters Sasha and Malia have cousins with a cat named Bo. Naturally
the<br />
new dog named <i>Bo</i> also shares the letters that form <i>Barack
Obama</i>'s initials (BO).<br />
The new First Dog Bo's coat colors are black and white.</span></td>
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<td align="center" bgcolor="#808080" rowspan="2"><span style="color: white;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana;">100
years after Lincoln becomes President<br />
Barack Obama is born.<br />
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200 years after Lincoln is born<br />
Barack Obama becomes President.<br />
<br />
</span></b><span style="color: white; font-family: Verdana;">Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as President in <b>1861</b>.<br />
Lincoln was inaugurated on the <b>4th</b> day of the month.<br />
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Barack Obama was born in <b>1961</b>.<br />
Obama was born on the <b>4th</b> day of the month.<br />
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Barack Obama is the <b>44th</b> President.<br />
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In 2008, <b>147</b> years after Lincolns 1861 Inauguration,<br />
the <b>47</b> year old Barack Obama is elected President.<br />
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Barack Obama is
born <b>100</b> years after Lincoln becomes President<br />
and Obama becomes President <b>200 </b>years after Lincoln's birth.<br />
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Lincoln becomes President on March 4, <b>1861</b>.<br />
Obama was born on August 4, <b>1961</b>.<br />
Lincoln was born on February 12, <b>1809</b>.<br />
Obama becomes President on January 20, <b>2009</b>.<br />
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You get the sense this is all divine destiny.<br />
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Barack Obama carries a Lincoln book<br />
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While Barack
Obama is the world’s powerful man, his numerology predictions tells a
dangerous tale of numbers 4 and 8 coming together. Read below to know
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Everyone has
their eyes on the world’s most powerful man – Barack Obama. Currently
serving his second presidential term, there is a huge amount of
curiosity and intrigue surrounding Mr Obama. What is more intriguing is
the President’s numerological forecast – it is at once strange and
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Born
on 4th August, 1961, his psychic number is 4 and destiny number is 2.
People born under number 4 are known to be unpredictable as one can
never be sure of their next move. What goes on in their mind or what
their thoughts are – only they themselves are privy to it! However, the
number 4 can bring about many sudden changes in one’s life and those
born under this number have to face many ups and downs. </div>
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Barack
Obama has a Moon in his destiny, representing the moody and secretive
nature of his personality. Born under number 4, he loves everything
beautiful and gives a lot of importance to his family and home. </div>
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Since
his psychic number is 4, it was a natural choice for him to fall in
love in with a woman who born under number 8 as with other number 4s who
get attracted to 8, 4 and 1. Michelle Obama was born on 17th January,
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Mrs Obama’s name number is 44, i.e. double 4s of Uranus leading to
Saturn’s 8. The quaint relationship between both the numbers, i.e. 4 and
8 is exhibited in this name. The double ‘4s’ suggest fatality, dignity
and strength. Greed usually brings about the downfall of this number.</span></div>
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The name number for Barack Obama is 26
which is again ruled by Saturn and is not considered a good number in
numerology. This is so unless a strong Saturn is placed in the
horoscope. Like Tom Cruise, Obama too has a sun placed in his horoscope.
Yet, the number 26 is on the unlucky side as it creates, in this case
indicates a disturbed youth and pain in childhood. It also indicates a
separation of parents, bad habits like sexual promiscuity, alcoholism,
smoking, and yet, number doesn’t stop a person from becoming rich or
powerful. </div>
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The
American President like many teens faced troubled teenage years. He
became a cocaine addict to forget his psychological worries. The number
26 can cause much sadness when associate with a number 4 in the date of
birth. </div>
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Further,
number 26 which is ruled by Saturn indicates those born under it can
get onto the wrong path or do illegal work. . It foreshadows disasters
brought about by association with others; ruined by bad speculation,
unions and advice. He will make dangerous enemies in his life. With 26
as his name, it is even quite possible for him to face many attacks on
his life.</div>
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Both,
the name numbers of Barack – 26 and Michelle – 44 can bring about
sudden fatal events. For e.g. Michael Jackson and Pramod Mahajan were
famous 44′s. In short, there is good chance of a fatal adventure in
Obama’s life.</div>
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key word in Barack's nature is peacemaker. Barack Obama has the soul of
an artist. He is extremely sensitive, perceptive, and a bit shy. These
qualities are both his strengths and weaknesses, for while Obama
possesses enormous sensitivity to his feelings and those of others, that
same sensitivity can cause him to hold back and repress his
considerable talents. Sensitivity and perceptiveness are among his many
fine qualities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Because
Barack Obama intuitively knows what people want, or feel, he can be
extremely diplomatic and tactful. He is also patient and cooperative.
Barack works well with groups and somehow finds a way of creating
harmony among diverse opinions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Obama
enjoys music and poetry and requires a harmonious environment. He has
an eye for beauty and a fine sense of balance and rhythm. Barack has
also healing capabilities, especially in such fields as massage,
acupuncture, physical therapy, and counseling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">However,
Obama's sensitivity can also be his downfall. His extremely delicate
ego bruises easily and can make too much of someone else's thoughtless
remarks or criticisms. Because Barack Obama gets hurt easily, he may
tend to withhold his own thoughts and contributions to the matter at
hand. This can cause Barack considerable resentment and anger, but too
often - Barack Obama runs from confrontation to avoid a battle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">When
he employs his considerable inner strength, Obama will discover his
enormous power and abilities to direct difficult situations toward his
own goals. It is the awareness of his inner strength that will give
Barack Obama the courage to use his own personal power when it is
needed. Barack is a sensitive and passionate lover; his perceptiveness
makes him aware of his partner's needs and desires, which Barack is able
to fulfill with almost magical delicacy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">However,
when Barack Obama feels he has been mistreated or jilted, he can react
with devastating power, sometimes using personal criticisms
vindictively. His awareness, diplomatic skills, and organizational
talents give him the ability to bring off difficult tasks. Obama
willingly steps out of the limelight to facilitate the success of his
endeavor. In truth, Barack Obama is often the power behind the throne.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">However,
Barack does not always receive the credit he deserves for the fine work
he has done, or his role is underestimated and his accomplishments
overlooked. Rather than brood over his losses, Obama needs to confront
those who would make less of his contributions and stand up for his
accomplishments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Barack
Obama needs security and comfort, quiet settings, and the company of
loved ones. He is a perfectionist when it comes to his home and work
environment. He has excellent taste which is obvious in his private
surroundings. Barack is a fine companion and possesses a good sense of
humor. Friends seek Obama out for his calming and peaceful company.
Barack is a safe haven to other sensitive people, who recognize his
compassion and understanding. When Barack Obama has found his niche in
life, he has all the talents and intelligence for great success. Barack
must seek out work that allows his sensitive nature to flourish so he
can be the glue that binds others together.</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26528083.post-87428780382740615432015-01-14T16:51:00.004-08:002015-01-14T16:51:49.599-08:00Feminism Backlash: Media Programming, Endocrine Disruptors, Will Men Find Their Hearts Again?<h2 class="title">
<span style="color: white;">eminism Backlash: Media Programming, Endocrine Disruptors, Will Men Find Their Hearts Again?</span></h2>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><a class="post-title" href="http://www.oldthinkernews.com/2014/12/11/feminism-backlash-media-programming-endocrine-disruptors-will-men-find-their-hearts-again/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to Feminism Backlash: Media Programming, Endocrine Disruptors, Will Men Find Their Hearts Again?"><span style="color: white;">Feminism Backlash: Media Programming, Endocrine Disruptors, Will Men Find Their Hearts Again?</span></a></span></span>r Hearts Again?</span></h2>
<a href="http://www.oldthinkernews.com/">Old-Thinker News | December 12, 2014</a><br />
By Ariel Gail Maclean<br />
<em>In response to <a href="http://www.infowars.com/sexodus-why-are-young-men-giving-up-on-women/">Paul Joseph Watson’s commentary on the “Sexodous”</a></em><br />
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<strong>When men and women save themselves in front of one another,
eventually we will recognize one another, reach out for the other’s
hand, and this path back into one another’s arms might save the human
race in time</strong><br />
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I am in the Third Stage / First Wave Feminism Backlash whereby not
only are there rapidly shrinking age-appropriate males even alive, they
are so NOT psycho-spiritually/emotionally available that the pool of
prospective Love Partners is down to a virtual zero.<br />
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So many people have not learned / do not simply Love themselves. If
they did, they would engage with their own self-development as a person.
I understand this article is authored by my grandkids’ generation and
is being appreciated by much younger people, but I would like to elevate
the broadcast by explaining this: Somewhere along the way, the oldest
Boomers forgot to talk to one another too – we who have suffered the
longest (longetudinally) by what I believe is the end result of nearly a
century of Sick Media Programming.<br />
The Heterosexual Grand Canyon you speak of is an END RESULT (and now a
cause of further schism) of the loss of the primary cultural,
psycho-spiritual, and moral connectors between human beings – the one
between a Man and a Woman. So, yes, your descriptions of the symptoms
are extremely accurate but they are symptoms of the dis-ease. The
Disease is our individual inability to deal with reality, to live
truthfully in terms of our relationship with our self, and this
foundation “skill” – to See Ourselves As We Are, as opposed to how we
are told we need to appear, or how we wish we were, or how our
spin-mythology would have us believe – this is the essential missing
ingredient which precludes being able to change, grow, adapt,
self-correct across and within all generations.<br />
<br />
It all starts with personal honesty which is so much more than the
absence of outright lies; no one is qualified to develop this essential
adult skill except each of us as individuals. Lack of personal honesty
about who we are and what we actually do, pre-determines our capacity to
correctly view the world around us, to understand and be an effective,
informed Citizen, and to effect any change anywhere. We must first SEE
THINGS, including ourselves, AS THEY ARE. It is very painful to see what
is essentially the accumulated wisdom of an entire civilization being
squandered almost overnight but that is what is happening in the world
and our beloved country, the good ole US of A leads the pack with the
most asleep population on the planet.<br />
The second point I regret to have to make is that males especially,
and of all generations, are suffering from widespread consumption
saturation of a plethora of hormone disrupters.<br />
This has accumulated to such a degree in all our water and food, and
has so permeated prescribed medications that both men and women consume
daily by virtue of the fact that we drink and eat, that the elephant in
the room has to be the unknown impact of the most pharmaceutically
contaminated country on the face of the Earth. Something like 87% of the
mood-altering (and hormone disrupting) drugs (street and prescribed) of
the entire planet are consumed by less than 5% of the population (USA)
of the planet. Think about this. No matter how drug-free we think we
are, we are doomed from the start as the average child born today has
frightingly high levels of so many chemicals already in their
bloodstreams (many which are pharmaceuticals that affect sex hormones),
that the belief of just living a clean life is useless. I have a
lifetime of being around young families and (for example), I do not know
a single family “trying to get pregnant” who does not have fertility
issues.<br />
<br />
This is another facet of the hormone disruption impact of the
chemicals we are bathing in, and again, points to the fact that we are
all victims of the same onslaught. The divisive stories our Divide And
Conquer government agencies use to promote further reasons to buy their
“cures” must be seen for what they are: population control. We need to
remember the time when men and women were on the same team and operated
off the playbook: Preserve the Relationship.<br />
The last point is this: the hardest road ahead is for young males. We
have in the course of a few decades, virtually destroyed the path to
adulthood which used to belong to the Worker. Men even more than women,
define themselves through Work.<br />
<br />
As our values as a nation changed to exclude real industry – making
things, being a Producer on an individual and small group scale, our
ability to make a place in the world of adults evaporated. Large
corporate interests leave no room for individual self-expression and
self-reliance cannot be manufactured out of thin air – when was the last
time you tried to be an entrepreneur? I have a lifetime of experience
in this and it is simply NOT the same world of potentials that it was 50
years ago. So, part of what I will say here will be misunderstood: we
need to stop blaming the victim and learn to separate this from the
knee-jerk sense of entitlement which is the other end of the problem
continuum. Ordinary people are not the cause of this but they are the
only ones who can save themselves. The government prevents us from
making work for ourselves.<br />
<br />
There are so many barriers in front of enterprising energy that it
makes the marginally qualified and financially depleted young male bury
themselves in drugs, alcohol, and mind-numbing electronics (which
activate the exact same part of the brain that drugs activate – no
difference, it’s still addiction). Addiction is the end result of our
inability to deal with reality and addiction also continues our
inability to deal with reality. What we have in America right now is a
critical mass of the population who are technically speaking, Addicted. I
am a former Substance Abuse Counselor and will say from personal
experience: Systems of Addiction Resist Change and it is going to take
one hell of a big impact for enough people to wake up and save
themselves. When men and women save themselves in front of one another,
eventually we will recognize one another, reach out for the other’s
hand, and this path back into one another’s arms might save the human
race in time.<br />
<br />
http://www.oldthinkernews.com/2014/12/11/feminism-backlash-media-programming-endocrine-disruptors-will-men-find-their-hearts-again/</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26528083.post-30710939355010223382014-07-08T18:44:00.001-07:002014-07-08T18:44:34.970-07:00Top 10 Bizarre But True Drugs And Their Effects<h1 style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #343434; font-family: TitilliumRegular,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
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Anafranil is an anti-depressant that causes people to have orgasms every time they yawn. Yeah. No joke. A 1983 article in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry found a case of a woman in her twenties who came every time she yawned! She even used it to her advantage: “She found she was able to experience orgasm by deliberate yawning.” This is one drug that had better not be outlawed. Now I just need to find a doctor willing to prescribe it!</div>
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DDT</div>
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Yes, this pesticide – which has now been made illegal in many countries, can produce feelings somewhat like Ecstasy (Hear that environmentalists?? You inadvertently banned a great hallucinogenic-drug!) A popular cocktail was made during the ’50s (called the Mickey Slim) was made by adding a small amount of DDT to gin! In the image above we see two women getting utterly stoned on DDT.</div>
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DIPT</div>
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DIPT is a tryptamine that affects auditory (sound-based) functions. Users experience things such as voices on the radio being lower in pitch than usual, music sounds distorted, and some people experience light hallucinations. The drug can cause the odd feeling of being bloated, but if you take an antacid immediately after consumption, it usually solved the problem. During the drugged experience, some users also claim to hear a constant ringing in their ears – this can (unfortunately) last for up to two weeks.</div>
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Saffron</div>
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Saffron is a flower used as a food additive. The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances states that the orange-yellow flower “…is known to have…narcotic effects similar to those of opium.” Saffron actually has an ancient history of use as a drug – the Ancient Minoans used to drink a tea infusion of it to get high and the Persians and Greeks considered it an aphrodisiac. The Romans and Egyptians used it in various medicines.</div>
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Catnip</div>
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It’s not just for cats anymore! Many who have smoked it say that it gives a mellow, pot-like buzz. Though most warn that you should not get your hopes up too high. It leaves a minty aftertaste and is apparently much easier to smoke than pot (and doesn’t cause coughing).</div>
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Xenon (Xe)</div>
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Xenon is a heavy, odorless, inert gas that can be found in the Earth’s atmosphere, lasers, gas-discharge lamps, medical imaging, in the process of creating nuclear power, for protein crystallography, in the production of MEMS (microelectromechanical systems), and for anesthesia. Naturally, most anesthetics – like nitrous oxide and Novocaine (which is made from cocaine), have hallucinogenic side-effects. It’s effects are said to be like that of nitrous oxide, except without the auditory-effects and the “headachiness”. One anonymous user on the web-site “Lyceaum” said that it gives the user an ability to, “…zero in on ‘singularity’ thoughts and memories and hold them for ‘sentimental orgasms’…”</div>
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Various Venoms and Poisons</div>
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Many poisons (such as arsenic and strychnine) and venoms have been known to have hallucinogenic (and sometimes beneficial) effects! Mountain-climbers in late-19th-Century Austria regularly consumed arsenic to, “…obtain healthy and sturdy looks…to appear strong and robust…”, and to “…facilitate breathing while climbing…” (Baron Ernst von Bibra.) In the 1902 book, “Morphinism and Narcomanias From Other Drugs”, it even says that a person can develop an addiction to arsenic. As for venom, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Substances states that “…Holy men in India smoke cobra venom for its psychoactive effects. [T]heir dried venom glands or crystallized venom is often mixed with cannabis.” The Encyclopedia also reveals that ten Native American tribes in California were known to swallow live ants as a way of inducing hallucinations! The ants bite the stomach-lining, injecting their venom, and can be vomited while the ants are still alive.</div>
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C-4 Explosives</div>
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As everybody knows, C-4 is a very effective explosive (1.34 times more explosive than TNT!). But is it a drug? According to the book titled Uppers, Downers, All-Arrounders, it is! The authors state: “Modern veterans have been known to ingest C4…for their psychedelic effects. Tremors and seizure activity can result, but usually not an explosion, as it takes a blasting-cap to set off the chemical.” No joke. In fact, the Marine Corps training document on explosives includes the following caution: “Do not ingest any explosive material!”</div>
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Urine</div>
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At one time, Eskimos and tribes in Siberia were known to consume the urine of another person who had consumed fly agaric mushrooms (amanita muscaria). They did so for several reasons: Firstly, since there wasn’t an infinite supply of mushrooms, this approach help to conserve and economize them. Not only would drinking the urine of someone who had consumed the mushroom get you high, but also drinking the pee of the person who had drunk the first “batch” of urine would get you high! And so forth and so on, going up to 5 different “generations” of people! An added benefit was that pre-digested mushrooms didn’t cause as much nausea and cramps as just eating them directly. They loved this high so much, that they would butcher and eat reindeer who had also eaten fly agaric for a contact-high!</div>
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Salamander Brandy</div>
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No, it is not an alcohol made from salamanders, but rather from what they produce. Salamander brandy obviously can’t be found in your local liquor store. It is non-commercially produced in Slovenia. There are at least two ways of making it – both of which involve animal cruelty: (1) The salamanders are hung from their back legs, and brandy is poured onto their bodies, and drips into a cup. (2) The salamander is placed on a sieve, and brandy is poured onto them until they drown. The point of this is to infuse the alcohol with the poison salamanders produce when they are defending themselves. Nonetheless, it is said to produce symptoms like LCD and Ecstasy combined, in addition to the effects of the alcohol (although, the alcohol content is particularly low)!</div>
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Old Books</div>
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Alright, it’s not<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: oblique; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">exactly</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>old books – it is the fungi and molds that occasionally grow on them! Some of these molds and fungi are said to have hallucinogenic effects. Don’t go eating pages of old books right-off-the-bat, though. They usually also come with side-effects, such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and confusion!</div>
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Classical Greek and Roman literature is being read for the first time in
2,000 years thanks to new technology. The previously illegible texts
are among a hoard of papyrus manuscripts. Scholars say the rediscovered
writings will provide a fascinating new window into the ancient world.
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Salvaged from an ancient garbage dump in Egypt, the collection is kept
at Oxford University in England. Known as the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, the
collection includes writings by great classical Greek authors such as
Homer, Sophocles, and Euripides.<br />
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Using a technique called multi-spectral imaging, researchers have uncovered texts that include
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• parts of a lost tragedy by Sophocles, the 5th-century B.C. Athenian playwright;<br /> •sections of a long-vanished novel by Lucian, the second-century Greek writer; and<br /> • an epic poem by Archilochos, which describes events that led to the Trojan War.
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Christopher Pelling, regius professor of Greek at Oxford University,
said the works are "central texts which scholars have been speculating
about for centuries."
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Researchers hope to rediscover examples of lost Christian gospels which
didn't make it into the New Testament, along with other important
classical writings.
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The papyrus manuscripts were found at the site of the disappeared town
of Oxyrhynchus in central Egypt more than a hundred years ago. The text
in much of the collection has become obscured or faded over time.
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Researchers at Oxford University are now employing a digital imaging
process that's able to reveal ink invisible to the naked eye. They say
the technique should boost the amount of writing available to scholars
studying the collection by around 20 percent.
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<b>Deciphering Technique</b>
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Dirk Obbink, a lecturer in papyrology and Greek literature at Oxford,
directs the research. He says the digital imaging process was first
developed for researchers who studied Roman texts buried during the
eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Italy in the first century.
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"We're applying it for the first time to non-carbonized ancient
manuscripts on papyrus, which was the paper of the ancient world,"
Obbink said. "Most of our collection comes from rubbish dumps, so it's
been in contact with soil for thousands of years and can be quite dark."
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The imaging process works by using different filters to isolate the
waveband to which the hidden writing responds. "Some [text] respond[s]
in the ultraviolet range, some in the infrared range," Obbink said. "The
technique involves finding the exact right point at which the ink
reflects at maximum contrast against the slightly less dark surface so
you can read it."<br />
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Obbink says the research should add to the body of
known work of standard classical authors such as Homer and Sophocles, as
well as that of lesser known writers "who didn't survive either through
accident of time or because they weren't as popular."
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Sophocles wrote 120 plays, but only seven survived, among them <i>Oedipus Rex</i> and <i>Antigone.</i>
"We have samples of all the rest in these papyrus fragments," Obbink
said. "We're filling in the gaps incrementally. You're never going to
get each and every word of 120 plays, but you will get a slice of what
was available during the centuries when these rubbish mounds built up."<br />
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The fragments may also shed new light on texts that have survived only
by being repeatedly copied over thousands of years. "These older
[papyrus] texts can be more accurate, or preserve completely new
readings," Obbink said.<br />
Similarly, Biblical scholars can expect valuable new material to emerge
as some gospels that weren't included in the New Testament didn't
survive. "The texts that are in the Bible were selected out of a much
larger body of work that once circulated," Obbink said. "We have samples
of that material here."
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<b>Roman Period</b>
<br />
He says the Oxyrhynchus collection holds a lot of information about the
rise of Christianity during the Roman period. (Egypt became part of the
Roman Empire after Cleopatra's fleet was defeated at the battle of
Actium in 31 B.C.).
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"[Christianity] starts out as a small social phenomenon, then just takes
over everything," Obbink said. "You can see other cultural sea changes
taking place—changes in taxes, changes in rule. It's all reflected in
the papyrus."
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Oxyrhynchus, 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of modern-day Cairo,
rose to prominence under Egypt's Greek and Roman rulers. The town's
papyrus-rich garbage heaps were excavated in the late 1890s by two
Oxford University fellows, B.P. Grenfell and A.S. Hunt. Researchers have
been painstakingly piecing together the Oxyrhynchus papyri fragments
ever since.
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So far 65 volumes of transcripts and translations have been published by
the London-based Egypt Exploration Society, which owns the collection.
<br />
The latest volume includes details of fragments showing third- and
fourth-century versions of the Book of Revelations. Intriguingly, the
number assigned to "the Beast" of Revelations isn't the usual 666, but
616.
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About 10 percent of the Oxyrhynchus hoard is literary. The rest consists
of documents, including wills, bills, horoscopes, tax assessments, and
private letters.
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"It contains a complete slice of life," Obbink added. "There's
everything from Sophocles and Homer to sex manuals and steamy novels.
But it's in pieces, and it all has to be put back together."<br />
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<span id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_37997" style="font-size: medium;"><span id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_37996" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Four brothers left home for college, and they became successful doctors and lawyers.<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />One
evening, they chatted after having dinner together. They discussed the
95th birthday gifts they were able to give their elderly mother who
moved to Florida .<br clear="none" />
<br clear="none" />The first said, "You know I had a big house built for Mama."<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />The second said, "And I had a large theater built in the house."<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />The third said, "And I had my Mercedes dealer deliver an SL600 to her."<br clear="none" />
<br clear="none" />The fourth said, "You know how Mama loved reading the
Bible and you know she can't read anymore because she can't see very
well. I met this preacher who told me about a parrot who could recite
the entire Bible. It took ten preachers almost 8 years to teach him. I
had to pledge to contribute $50,000 a year for five years to the church,
but it was worth it. Mama only has to name the chapter and verse, and
the parrot will recite it."<br clear="none" />
<br clear="none" />The other brothers were impressed. After the celebration Mama sent out her "Thank You" notes.<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />She
wrote: Milton , the house you built is so huge that I live in only one
room, but I have to clean the whole house. Thanks anyway."<br clear="none" />
<br clear="none" />"Marvin, I am too old to travel. I stay home; I have my
groceries delivered, so I never use the Mercedes. The thought was good.
Thanks."<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />"Michael, you gave me an
expensive theater with Dolby sound and it can hold 50 people, but all of
my friends are dead, I've lost my hearing, and I'm nearly blind. I'll
never use it. Thank you for the gesture just the same."<br clear="none" />
<br clear="none" />"Dearest Melvin, you were the only son to have the good
sense to give a little thought to your gift. The chicken was delicious
Thank you so much."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">It was said that Mr Zhou En-lai was once having a meal with his European friends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">A person by the name of Klaus passed an impolite comment when he was drunk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“You Chinese carry the signs of pigs, dogs, and mouse at birth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“I can’t understand what’s going on in the mind of your ancestors?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">At that point, the distinguished group of friends started to laugh. They started to toast each other rowdily.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The cultured and serene atmosphere was broken.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Some people believe that when someone
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Fortunately, nobody acted rashly or in violence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">For a while, not a single word was uttered. It was probably because they have not come across this situation before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Then, Mr Zhou En-lai stood up and spoke to everybody in a calm and peaceful way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“The Chinese ancestors were very wise. They arranged the twelve zodiac signs in pairs. Six pairs in a cycle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">In this way, they expressed their hopes and wishes for the generation that came after them.”</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">By then, the room was in complete silence. There were some sceptical looks among the audience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Mr Zhou En-lai continued, ” The first pair of animals is the rat and cow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“The rat represents wisdom and the cow represents diligence. Wisdom and diligence must operate in harmony.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“If there is wisdom but no diligence in applying it, it’s foolishness.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“On the other hand, if there is diligence but no wisdom, it’s an act of folly.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“That’s why wisdom and diligence must
go hand in hand. This is our ancestor’s first wish for us. The first
pair of animal also represents the most important hope.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“The second pair is the tiger and rabbit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“The tiger represents courage and the rabbit represents carefulness. These two qualities must work closely together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“In that way, it can have a better chance to achieve success.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“Without carefulness, courage becomes recklessness. Similarly, without courage, carefulness becomes cowardice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“This pair of qualities is very important. That’s why it is the second pair.”</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Mr Zhou En-lai looked at the audience
and then he added, “Therefore, when we demonstrate our carefulness,
please do not think that we do not have the courage to fight for social
justice.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“In truth, what our ancestor is
pursuing is wisdom through integrity, harmony and balance. It’s never
about a single hope or task.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">When he saw that the audience was deep in thought, Mr Zhou En-lai continued, “The third pair is the dragon and snake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“They represent strength and flexibility.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“Strength without flexibility becomes brittle. Without strength, flexibility becomes meaningless.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“That’s why strength with flexibility is an important lesson from our ancestor that has lasted through time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“The next pair is the horse and goat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“The horse represents the ability to gallop to success. The goat represents the ability to be considerate and have compassion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“If a person only looks after himself
as he pursues his goal and with no consideration for others, he will
face obstacles from the people around him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“Finally, he may not even be successful.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“However, if a person only looks
after others and seek only to be amiable, he will not have a sense of
direction. His goal will eventually be lost.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“That’s why the spirit of the horse
and virtues of the goat must be applied in harmony with each other. This
is our ancestor’s fourth wish for us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“The next pair is the monkey and the chicken.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“The monkey represents agility.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“As for chicken, as there were no clocks in the days of old, it is needed to wake humans to start a new day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“The chicken represents stability.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“The qualities of agility and stability must be tightly coupled together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“If you have agility but no
stability, your best plan will not come to pass. However, if you focused
on having stability and refuse to change, you will not have a better
future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“When
the two qualities are in harmony, on one side, there will be stability
in terms of having, for example, effective system and collaboration.</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“On the other side, there will be a release of unrelenting creativity and innovation to achieve progress.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“When these two qualities operate in synergy, it is one of the basic imperatives to achieve success.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">“Lastly, we have the dog and pig.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36037" style="font-size: 14pt;">“The dog represents loyalty while the pig represents good nature.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36035">
<span id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36036" style="font-size: 14pt;">“If a person is loyal but does not have a good nature, he will be blindly following others.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36033">
<span id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36034" style="font-size: 14pt;">“On the other hand, if he has a good nature but does not have loyalty, he will have no people and principles to guide him.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36032">
<span id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36031" style="font-size: 14pt;">“That’s
why whether its loyalty to a country, loyalty to a team, or loyalty to
an ideal, you need to ensure that good nature is tightly coupled with
and working alongside with it.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36030">
<span id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36029" style="font-size: 14pt;">“In that way, you can have a deep-seated sense of loyalty that comes from the heart.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36027">
<span id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36028" style="font-size: 14pt;">“This is why the Chinese believes that the outer core must be in alignment with the inner core (</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 14pt;">外圆内方</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">,</span><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-size: 14pt;">君子和而不同</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">).</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36025">
<span id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36026" style="font-size: 14pt;">“At
the inner core, we must have a pure heart that subscribes to high moral
values. We must seek to live with ethos and positive principles.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36024">
<span id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36023" style="font-size: 14pt;">“We must live up to our words and not do anything that will harm others.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36022">
<span id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36021" style="font-size: 14pt;">“At the external core, we must be knowledgeable about the ways of the world. We must be wise in managing affairs around us.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36014">
<span id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36020" style="font-size: 14pt;">“We need to focus on what matters in life and not be influenced by evil.</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36012">
<span id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36013" style="font-size: 14pt;">“We
need to live with integrity and in harmony with others and the
environment. We must not have any form of prejudice or seek to
discriminate against anyone.”</span></div>
<div id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36011">
<span id="yui_3_13_0_1_1397699352909_36019" style="font-size: 14pt;">At the end of his speech, there was complete silence. They say that you can even hear a pin dropped.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26528083.post-85992866336834027912014-03-06T18:19:00.001-08:002014-03-06T18:19:56.129-08:00How to Clear Your Mind and Soul of Negativity<h1 class="firstHeading" itemprop="name">
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Mind-and-Soul-of-Negativity" itemprop="url">How to Clear Your Mind and Soul of Negativity</a></span></h1>
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Edited by <span>Nicoletta Z.,</span></div>
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Many people have been through a lot in their life time. Negative seeds have
been sown into their hearts and as they grow up these negative seeds begin to
grow and get stronger and more difficult to get rid of. Its almost like planting
an Oak tree seed, and leaving it to grow: it will grow and become big and
strong, and the roots go so deep into the ground it is almost impossible to
uproot. If you follow these simple steps you can easily clear your mind and soul
from negativity but you have to do it with an open heart, open mind and a spirit
filled with hope.<br />
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1</div>
<b class="whb">Find faith in yourself.</b> It is a good
idea to get to know yourself above all. Forget about outside forces, pay
attention to your life and your situation.
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2</div>
<b class="whb">JUST LET IT GO!</b> People have the
right to happiness (of course, that also includes you!), and just letting
negative experiences be bygones helps quite a lot.
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3</div>
<b class="whb">Let your mind, body and soul influence
you along the path you should walk along.</b>
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<a class="image" href="https://www.blogger.com/Image:Clear-Your-Mind-and-Soul-of-Negativity-Step-04.jpg"><img alt="Clear Your Mind and Soul of Negativity Step 04.jpg" height="503" src="http://pad1.whstatic.com/images/thumb/a/af/Clear-Your-Mind-and-Soul-of-Negativity-Step-04.jpg/670px-Clear-Your-Mind-and-Soul-of-Negativity-Step-04.jpg" width="670" /></a></div>
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4</div>
<b class="whb">Start to think more positively, and feed
your mind and soul with positive words, positive people and positive things.</b>
But don't bury the thoughts in your heart where they mature into hatred and
contempt. Share how you feel, with someone you trust.
</li>
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5</div>
<b class="whb">If you feel weak or angry, go for walks
at sunrise/sunset and breathe in the fresh air.</b>
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<b class="whb">Take 5 minutes out of everyday to just
lie down and reflect.</b>
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<b class="whb">Try more physical/spiritual methods to
calm down, such as meditation or or yoga, pilates etc.</b>
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8</div>
<b class="whb">Before you start working on your goals,
read positive affirmations or listen to your favorite music.</b> Do something to
get your brain into a good, happy, positive mind set. </li>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Google Makes You Smarter, Facebook Makes You Happier, Selfies Make You A Better Person
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Writer Sherry
Turkle is using selfies to promote a popular argument: that technology
harms the way we relate to each other. But she’s wrong and outdated--and
listening to her makes us miss what’s really important.</div>
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When you take a selfie, your soul is ripped away like meat off
bone. You are a shell of a person, the selfie having captured the last
life in your eyes. This, finally, is the deadening conclusion <a href="http://nyti.ms/1hhC5np" target="_blank">printed in the <em>New York Times</em></a> yesterday after our months of collective selfie obsession. “It does things to us,” author <a class="profile" href="http://www.fastcompany.com/person/sherry-turkle">Sherry Turkle</a> warns with a trembling finger, “changing not just what we do but who we are.”<br />
This is a familiar form of scaremongering. Facebook makes you lonely!
Google makes you stupid! Apple Maps make you go the wrong direction on
the highway! That last one, of course, is true. The rest? They’re based
mostly upon misinterpreted science--studies, say, that show neural
pathways altering in response to computer use, just as the brain does
when you learn to drive a car or play guitar. “Change” is not always
bad; it can be natural. But just look at how Turkle casts it: It is an
existential threat.<br />
I know a few things about selfies. I launched a Tumblr called <a href="http://selfiesatfunerals.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Selfies at Funerals</a>, which was one of Tumblr’s <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3022856/fast-feed/the-10-most-viral-tumblr-blogs-of-2013" target="_self">most viral of the year</a>. It culminated rather spectacularly with President Obama’s selfie at <a class="profile" href="http://www.fastcompany.com/person/nelson-mandela">Nelson Mandela</a>’s
memorial. I’ve also taken plenty of selfies--not at funerals, but just
about everywhere else, as has every friend and colleague. Despite what
Turkle says, we are not victims because of it. Anyone who finds value in
technology should resent the condescension.<br />
Turkle isn’t the only one to make these arguments, but she makes them the loudest and most frequently. She has a book called <em>Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other</em>,
and she’d like you to buy it. You’re more likely to do that if you’re
afraid of your cell phone, so she’s stirring unnecessary fear founded on
either total misunderstandings or intentional ignorance. Which is it?
To find out, let’s pick her latest piece apart, selfie by selfie.<br />
<h4>
<a href="" name="Turkle_Claim_1_Selfies_stop_us_from_connecting_the_right_way">Turkle Claim #1: Selfies stop us from connecting the right way</a></h4>
<blockquote>
Last spring, I had the occasion to spend a day with the actor and comedian <a class="fc-plugin people-page" data-id="fastcompany|node|3022434" data-name="peoplePages" href="http://www.fastcompany.com/person/aziz-ansari">Aziz Ansari</a>
discussing our mutual interest in the psychology of texting. As we
walked through Los Angeles, people approached him every few minutes not
to ask for an autograph, but to demand a photograph. Mr. Ansari is
gracious to his fans. He explained that instead of a photograph, he
would offer a conversation. He inquired about their taste in music, what
they liked about his performances, his stand-up, his sitcom “Parks and
Recreation.” His fans were mollified but they were rarely happy. They
had to walk away with nothing on their phones.</blockquote>
Let’s assume that Aziz Ansari does this all the time, even when he’s
not trying to make a point with an anti-technology academic. That is
unusually generous of him. And here, Turkle sets up her strawman: There
is an ideal, pure, and uninterrupted way that people should connect.
Let’s give it a name: The Perfect Talk. As you’ll see as we go through
her essay, Turkle is always finding that technology blocks our capacity
to achieve The Perfect Talk. That is the core of our loss, the thing
technology has robbed us of.<br />
In this instance, what is The Perfect Talk? It is a fan coming up and
having a meaningful conversation with Aziz Ansari. Turkle doesn’t
consider that perhaps fans don’t want to connect with him in that
way--not because of selfies, but because actors and fans have a
transactional relationship. The actor produces, and the fan receives.
I’ve met many of my favorite actors and athletes, and though it’s fun, I
often have nothing meaningful to say to them. I just want the
experience of saying hello, and a memento.<br />
A selfie beats an autograph, and sometimes it even beats a
conversation. It just does. And that’s okay. We want different things
from different people. We always have.<br />
<h4>
<a href="" name="Turkle_Claim_2_Selfies_cause_us_to_miss_out_on_life">Turkle Claim #2: Selfies cause us to miss out on life</a></h4>
<blockquote>
A selfie, like any photograph, interrupts experience to
mark the moment. … The selfie makes us accustomed to putting ourselves
and those around us “on pause” in order to document our lives. It is an
extension of how we have learned to put our conversations “on pause”
when we send or receive a text, an image, an email, a call. When you get
accustomed to a life of stops and starts, you get less accustomed to
reflecting on where you are and what you are thinking.</blockquote>
Turkle claims an activity is either an experience or an interruption.
It isn’t that simple. Have you ever pulled your friends together for a
photograph, and struck a pose? Have you ever crowded heads with your
boyfriend or girlfriend, making faces into a camera to make each other
laugh? These aren’t interruptions of a moment; they are a moment. Some
selfies are frivolous, of course, but so are some conversations.
Technology can create togetherness. Turkle won’t concede this.<br />
Then she raises the stakes: Selfies not only take us out of our
experiences with others, she claims, but also rob us of the ability to
reflect “on where you are and what you are thinking.” The funeral-selfie
takers on my Tumblr may have seemed disrespectful, but consider, for a
moment, that most were expressing themselves in the most genuine way
they thought to. Childhood is solipsistic; we see the world through our
own experience of it. The selfie gave these kids a moment to quite
literally look at themselves in their environment, and reflect on where
they are and what they are thinking. It provided what Turkle claims it
stole away.<br />
Yes, their selfies look different from whatever Turkle did in her
introspective teenager years. But that doesn’t mean introspection isn’t
happening. What does she want--for kids to sit still and meditate? What
kid did that even before the <a data-event-action="click" data-event-category="Amazon" data-event-label="" href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=iPhone&tag=fastcomp08-20" target="_blank">iPhone</a>?<br />
<h4>
<a href="" name="Turkle_Claim_3_Selfies_change_the_way_we_communicate">Turkle Claim #3: Selfies change the way we communicate</a></h4>
<blockquote>
We don’t experience interruptions as disruptions anymore.
But they make it hard to settle into serious conversations with
ourselves and with other people because emotionally, we keep ourselves
available to be taken away from everything. I talk to young people about
etiquette when they go out to dinner, and they explain to me that when
in a group of, say, seven, they make sure that at least three people are
“heads up” in the “talking” conversation at any one time. … All of this
has become the new normal.</blockquote>
It’s true, some kids can be rude. But they’re also rabid
communicators. Turkle’s right: We’re witnessing a new normal. Here are
some other grumpy seniors that stared down a new normal:<br />
Socrates, who came from a culture with a strong oral tradition, was
concerned by the rise of people writing things down: “[Writing] will
create forgetfulness in the learners' souls, because they will not use
their memories; they will trust to the external written characters and
not remember of themselves.”<br />
In 1906, composer John Philip Sousa feared how recorded music would
destroy the ability to socialize at parties: “The country dance
orchestra of violin, guitar and melodeon had to rest at times, and the
resultant interruption afforded the opportunity for general sociability
and rest among the entire company. Now a tireless mechanism can keep
everlastingly at it, and much of what made the dance a wholesome
recreation is eliminated.”<br />
In 1925, Princeton University Dean Howard McClenahan tied the car to a
moral crisis: “The automobile gave increased opportunities on Sunday
and thus lessened the chances of church attendance. The general effect
of the automobile was to make the present generation look lightly at the
moral code, and to decrease the value of the home.”<br />
History is full of Turkles, and naturally so. Hers is such a
terrifying idea, and yet such an appealing one: If we are at the
vanguard of social change, then we--that is, we the elders, roughly ages
30 and up, who can remember a time before the latest disruption--are
the precious and special last bearers of humanity.<br />
It’s flattering, but it’s untrue. We aren’t special. We just grew up
doing things the way we learned to do them. Now we see the next
generation acting differently, and we cannot imagine it working. We
forget that this is how it’s always been. We forget that we experimented
as well. We turned out okay.<br />
<h4>
<a href="" name="Turkle_Claim_4_Selfies_stop_us_from_seriousness">Turkle Claim #4: Selfies stop us from seriousness</a></h4>
<blockquote>
We have every reason to believe that President Obama
revered Nelson Mandela and thought deeply about his relationship with
what Mandela stood for. But when he took a selfie at Mandela’s memorial
service last Tuesday, he showed us how he, too, lives in our culture of
documentation. It is easy to understand how he, like most of us, did not
allow himself an uninterrupted time of reverie.</blockquote>
Obama took that selfie--a groupie, really--two hours into a four-hour
ceremony that was full of dancing and music. He’d written and given a
speech. He’d reflected, and he’d shared his thoughts. He’d surely
allowed himself “uninterrupted time of reverie,” either at the service
or before. But now he was sharing an experience with those near him, and
that experience was made possible by a camera.<br />
Turkle imagines that any interaction with technology somehow negates
all the time spent doing other things. She also imagines that we must
devote ourselves in only one way to every task: At a dinner table, we
are only serious and focused on conversation; at a memorial service, we
are only mournful. That is not the way we live. It’s never been the way
we live. And that’s the beauty of technology, which Turkle cannot see:
We can use it for all purposes, to express joy and sadness, to have long
conversations or send short texts. We made it. It is us.<br />
<h4>
<a href="" name="Turkle_Claim_5_The_young_will_show_us_the_way">Turkle Claim #5: The young will show us the way</a></h4>
<blockquote>
I see the most hope in young people who have grown up
with this technology and begin to see its cost. … A 14-year-old girl
tells me how she gets her device-smitten father to engage with her
during dinner: “Dad, stop Googling. I don’t care about the right answer.
I want to talk to you.” A 14-year-old boy reflects: “Don’t people know
that sometimes you can just look out the window of a car and see the
world go by and it is wonderful. You can think. People don’t know that.”
The selfie, like all technology, causes us to reflect on our human
values. This is a good thing because it challenges us to figure out what
they really are.</blockquote>
These quotes aren’t from teenagers who “begin to see [the] cost” of
technology. They have grown up knowing nothing else. The change already
came. What these kids are expressing is the joint frustration and wonder
of youth, and nobody’s giving up their iPhones.<br />
There is a danger in inaccurately interpreting the effect of technology on kids. The journal <em>Pediatrics</em>
displayed this in 2011, when it triggered a media storm by suggesting
that Facebook causes depression. In fact, says Massachusetts
psychologist John Grohol, who sits on the board of the journal <em>Cyberpsychology</em>,
the studies showed no such thing: They just showed that depressed kids
use Facebook, as do happy kids. But the Sherry Turkles of the world only
trumpet the negative. “So if a patient comes in complaining of
depression, the doctor could say, ‘You need to cut back on Facebook,’”
Grohol says.<br />
That doctor would have identified the wrong culprit, because he was
convinced it was the obvious one. That’s the danger of listening to
Turkle.<br />
Is it good that a dad pays more attention to Google than his
daughter? No, of course not. That guy should put down his phone. But we
should be careful about distinguishing between actual problems and
perceived ones. The phone is not, by itself, the problem. In fact, if
that dad closed his Google app, opened his camera app, and took a selfie
with his 14-year-old daughter, I bet she’d be thrilled.<br />
They’d have had a moment. Turkle wouldn’t recognize it.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26528083.post-17259360785082058112013-11-18T18:31:00.003-08:002013-11-18T18:31:55.855-08:00What kind of person sees ghosts?<h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0.25em; position: relative;">
What kind of person sees ghosts?</h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: darkgrey; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;">By </span><span class="fn" style="background-color: white; color: darkgrey; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;">Tomas Rees</span></div>
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<span class="fn" style="background-color: white; color: darkgrey; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The human mind is naturally attuned to try to spot hidden agents. In fact, we're too good at it, because we tend to interpret all sorts of random environmental noise as actually being caused by someone.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">It's widely thought that this tendency contributes to religious belief, and yet it's also the case that many religious people don't claim to have seen any spiritual agents directly at work - and many no-religious people see ghosts from time to time.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Kirsten Barnes and Nicholas Gibson, at the University of Cambridge, surveyed 583 people (mostly women, 50% atheist/agnostic) who were in their survey data. Most were from Britain, some from Australia and Canada, and others from all over.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">They asked them whether they had ever had a spiritual, religious, supernatural or paranormal experience. For those that had, they asked to describe the experience - what happened, where they were, how they felt at the time, etc. And they asked them to complete a battery of personality tests.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">They found that those who had had some kind of supernatural experience were also more likely to have had other unusual experiences (meaning ones where the person sensed or felt odd, but not necessarily supernatural), and were less neurotic (although this link was weak and may have been spurious).</span><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Intriguingly, given the study I covered </span><a href="http://epiphenom.fieldofscience.com/2013/02/atheists-lack-empathy-and-understanding.html" style="color: #888888; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">in my previous post</a><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">, people who had had a spiritual, religious, supernatural or paranormal experience in the past also scored higher on empathy and trust. </span><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">However, when they looked solely at experiences that involved a supernatural agent, this link disappeared. This suggests that the link between empathy and religion is not down to the ability to "read minds".</span><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Whet do they mean by supernatural agent? Well, here's a couple of verbatim examples given by participants:</span><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="border-left-color: rgb(215, 215, 215); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 3px; color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; padding-left: 6px;">
“I went to the prayer room where I really had a physical sense of God’s presence—I remember reaching out my hand to feel it”</blockquote>
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“In a house I used to live in, I was usually visited by a being that took the form of a pre-teen girl. She was lithe, pale skinned and had straight, dark colored hair”</blockquote>
<br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">They found that, relative to other kinds of supernatural experiences, non-religious, supernatural agents (AKA ghosts) were more often seen when the environment was secluded, dark, quiet, and threatening. Those who had seen ghosts also reported being anxious or upset at the time. That wasn't the case for religious supernatural agents.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The authors found that people who see ghosts are inclined to magical thinking, which may explain the link. Or it could be that people with no religious framework are more likely to report these experiences as threatening. Or it might simply be that people remembered the experience as threatening, and only later came to remember their surroundings at the time as being threatening.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">What this suggests is that anxiety and distress combine to make it more likely that people will see ghosts, but that this relationship doesn't hold for religious experiences. </span><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">It';s interesting to contrast this with </span><a href="http://epiphenom.fieldofscience.com/2010/05/whats-evidence-that-anxiety-and.html" style="color: #888888; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">other research</a><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> showing that anxiety and uncertainty can make people see things that aren't there, and also that religion is more popular in environments that are threatening or dangerous.</span><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Maybe turning to religion is one way to reduce the distress caused by supernatural experiences that are caused by threatening environments!</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26528083.post-28758036785358291152013-10-14T19:52:00.004-07:002013-10-14T19:52:47.195-07:00some of my favourite QUOTESI’m going to turn on the light, and we’ll be two people in a room
looking at each other and wondering why on earth we were afraid of the
dark. ~Gale Wilhelm<br />
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Come to the edge, He said. They said: we are afraid. Come to the
edge, He said. They came. He pushed them, and they flew. ~Guillaume
Apollinaire<br />
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The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of
grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world
in itself. ~Henry Miller<br />
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Life can only take place in the present moment. If we lose the present moment, we lose life. ~Buddha<br />
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Why wait? Life is not a dress rehearsal. Quit practicing what you’re
going to do, and just do it. In one bold stroke you can transform today.
~Marilyn Grey<br />
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The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep. And miles to go before I sleep. ~Robert Frost<br />
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The more a man knows, the more he forgives. ~Confucious<br />
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Make it a rule never, if possible, to lie down at night without being
able to say, “I have made one human being at least a little wiser, a
little happier or a little better this day.” ~Charles Kingsley<br />
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Night is purer than day; it is better for for thinking and loving and
dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of
words that have been spoken during the day takes on a new and deeper
meaning. The tragedy of man is that he doesn’t know how to disinguish
bewteen day and night. He says things at night that should only be said
by day. ~ Elie Wiesel<br />
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I don’t break the rules. I merely test their elasticity. ~Bill Veck<br />
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I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. ~George Bernard Shaw<br />
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Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. ~John F. Kennedy<br />
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Beauty is not caused. It is. ~Emily Dickinson<br />
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Forever is composed of nows. ~Emily Dickinson<br />
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If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. ~Emily Dickinson<br />
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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering,
fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams not mortal ever dared to dream
before. ~Edgar Allen Poe<br />
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<em><span style="font-style: normal;">The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. ~Nelson Mandela</span></em><br />
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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is
that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness
that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant,
gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are
a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is
nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel
insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We
were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is
not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light
shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As
we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically
liberates others. ~Marianne Williamson<br />
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Have you ever confused a dream with life? Or stolen something when
you have the cash? Have you ever been blue? Or thought your train moving
while sitting still? Maybe I was just crazy. Maybe it was the 60′s. Or
maybe I was just a girl… interrupted. ~Girl, Interrupted (Film)<br />
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I know what it’s like to want to die. How it hurts to smile. How you
try to fit in but you can’t. How you hurt yourself on the outside to try
to kill the thing on the inside. ~Girl, Interrupted (Film)<br />
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Was I ever crazy? Maybe. Or maybe life is… Crazy isn’t being broken
or swallowing a dark secret. It’s you or me amplified. If you ever told a
lie and enjoyed it. If you ever wished you could be a child forever.
They were not perfect, but they were my friends and by the ’70s most of
them were out living lives. Some I’ve seen, some never again, but there
isn’t a day my heart doesn’t find them. ~Girl, Interrupted (Film)<br />
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One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth.
Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and
again. ~Abraham Maslow<br />
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I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am, I am, I am. ~Sylvia Plath<br />
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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. ~Edgar Allen Poe<br />
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary. ~Edgar Allen Poe<br />
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Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether
madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence – whether much that is
glorious – whether all that is profound – does not spring from disease
of thought – from moods of mind exalted at the expense of general
intellect. ~Edgar Allen Poe<br />
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To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty, to
interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication. ~Marlon
Brando<br />
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Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. ~ Mark Twain<br />
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While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior. ~Henry C. Link<br />
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I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything; but I will not
let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ~Edward Hale<br />
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People often say that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder,’ and I
say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you
are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others
have not dared to look, including inside ourselves. ~Salma Hayek<br />
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Every one of those keen moments has left its trace, and lives in us
still, but such traces have blent themselves irrecoverably with the
firmer texture of our youth and manhood; and so it comes that we can
look on at the troubles of our children with a smiling disbelief in the
reality of their pain…Surely if we could recall that early bitterness,
and the dim guesses, the strangely perspectiveless conception of life
that gave the bitterness its intensity, we should not pooh-pooh the
griefs of our children. (George Elliot – Mill on the Floss – Chapter
VII)<br />
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I am the entire human race compacted together. I have found that
there is no ingredient of the race which I do not possess in either a
small way or a large way. ~Mark Twain<br />
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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. ~Ambrose Redmoon<br />
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Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes<br />
My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a
natural deficiency in moral fibre, and that I am therefore excused from
saving Universes. ~Douglas Adams<br />
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Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you
believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.
~John Jakes<br />
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There has to come a time when you have to stand up and shout: This is
me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I
feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complete package. Take me…or
leave me. Accept me – or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less
of a person, just because I don’t fit your idea of who I should be and
don’t try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone
will make that decision. When you are strong enough to love yourself
100%, good and bad – you will be amazed at the opportunities life
presents you. ~Stacey Charter<br />
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Individuality is only possible if it unfolds from wholeness. ~David Bohm<br />
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Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You. ~ Dr. Seuss<br />
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You’re only given a little spark of madness. Don’t lose it. ~Robin Williams<br />
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The only worse thing than being talked about is not being talked about. ~Oscar Wilde<br />
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It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. –Krishnamurti<br />
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Laughter is the closest distance between two people. ~Victor Borge<br />
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These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. ~Gilbert Highet<br />
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart. ~Washington Irving<br />
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If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. -Maya Angelou<br />
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Strange things are afoot at the Circle K. ~Ted Theodore Logan<br />
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Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation. ~Unknown<br />
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LONDON. July 11. KAZINFORM As scientists show that
choir practice is healthier than yoga, Sarah Rainey - who does both - praises
the power of song.
After years of singing in the shower and warbling my way through karaoke
duets, 18 months ago I finally joined a choir. Every Thursday evening, I head to
a church hall in Marylebone, central London, where, along with 30 others -
mostly women, the occasional bloke - I spend 90 minutes belting out Motown,
gospel and pop classics, from Abba to Bon Jovi. I'm more of a keen amateur than
a wannabe soloist, but even the odd off-key note or wrong lyric can't detract
from how good singing makes me feel. I leave every session uplifted, buoyed by a
flurry of endorphins flooding through my body.<br /><br />So it comes as no surprise
that scientists have shown that not only does singing in a choir make you feel
good, it's got health benefits, too. Researchers at the University of
Gothenburg, Sweden, found that choristers' heartbeats synchronise when they sing
together, bringing about a calming effect that is as beneficial to our health as
yoga.<br /><br />The scientists asked a group of teenagers to perform three choral
exercises - humming, singing a hymn and chanting - and monitored their heart
rhythms during each. They showed that singing has a dramatic effect on heart
rate variability, which is linked to a reduced risk of heart
disease.<br /><br />"Song is a form of regular, controlled breathing, since
breathing out occurs on the song phrases and inhaling takes place between
these," says Dr Björn Vickhoff, who led the study. "It gives you pretty much the
same effect as yoga breathing. It helps you relax, and there are indications
that it does provide a heart benefit."<br /><br />Having done both yoga and singing,
I'm inclined to agree. Panting one's way through a downward dog just isn't as
soothing as a floaty aria; nor does contorting oneself into the shape of a cobra
make you feel quite as good as a burst of Aretha Franklin. Yoga may supposedly
be relaxing, but it's also sweaty, tiring and often painful. Singing, on the
other hand, never fails to leave me feeling fabulous. But is it really better
for your heart?<br /><br />Sponsored Remedies for a sneezy summer<br />Over the years,
scientists have found that crooning has a number of health benefits. The
Gothenburg researchers proved that with singing we can train our lungs to
breathe better; similarly, a study at Cardiff University in 2012 found that lung
cancer patients who sang in a choir had a greater expiratory capacity than those
who didn't. Singing has also been shown to boost our immune system, reduce
stress levels and, according to a report published in the Journal of Music
Therapy in 2004, help patients cope with chronic pain. A joint study by Harvard
and Yale Universities in 2008 went one step further, claiming that choral
singing in a Connecticut town had increased residents' life
expectancy.<br /><br />"Singing delivers a host of physical and emotional benefits,
including increased aerobic exercise, improved breathing, posture, mindset,
confidence and self-esteem," says Jeremy Hywel Williams, who leads the Llanelli
Choral Society in Wales. "While singing alone is good, singing with others can
be even better."<br /><br />It explains why we Brits are flocking to choirs in our
thousands. There are more than 3,000 groups listed on the British Choirs on the
Net website, and the body that runs my choir, Rock Choir, has over 16,000
members in 250 communities nationwide. There are said to be more choirs across
the country now than there are fish and chip shops. Gareth Malone, the preppy
choirmaster credited with reigniting our interest in choral singing through his
BBC Two series The Choir, helped a new generation of singers realise the
benefits of making music; his Military Wives Choir had a Number One hit in
December 2011.<br /><br />Tom George, a Rock Choir leader in Surrey, says singing
takes his members' minds off physical and mental illnesses. "We receive many
emails from members telling us how Rock Choir has helped them," he adds. "People
recovering from depression, arthritis, surgery, dealing with the effects of
cancer and many other ailments find it a real tonic and have even suggested it
should be prescribed on the NHS."<br /><br />Do choristers agree? David Webb, 30,
part of the Amore quartet that serenaded the Queen during the Diamond Jubilee
Pageant, equates singing with a session at the gym. "Using your whole body as
you sing is massively important," he adds. Rachael Brimley, 25, from
Bedfordshire, whose vocal group Les Sirènes was named the 2012 Choir of the
Year, agrees: "The discipline of breathing often feels like a good workout, as
you are using the core muscles and focusing your energy to achieve a great
sound."<br /><br />Alex Bucktin, 25, a graphic designer from Harpenden, joined a
choir in March and says singing has helped her sleep more soundly. She adds: "I
have done yoga and pilates, and singing uses so many muscles and so much
concentration on your breathing that it exerts your body in the same way." Suzie
Jennings, 30, a London-based resource manager, says she has slept better since
she started singing last year, and has noticed a positive mental effect. "A few
months ago I was made redundant on the day of choir practice," she explains. "I
went along feeling pretty depressed, and while singing didn't solve my
employment issues, it made me feel a million times better."<br />Choral singing
has been used as music therapy in hospitals, care homes and hospices for
decades. "Singing enables people with dementia to access memories and joy in
times when communication is faltering," says Sarah Teagle, co-founder of the
Forget-Me-Not chorus, a charity for dementia sufferers.<br /><br />Can as much be
said for the downward dog? Those living in Los Angeles don't have to choose
between the two: vocal yoga is the latest trend in the US, combining the health
benefits of both in a single class. Back in the UK, no such newfangled activity
exists - but joining a good old-fashioned choir can provide benefits aplenty.
The science doesn't lie: singing really is better for your health than yoga.
And, in the words of Ella Fitzgerald, "the only thing better than singing - is
more singing".<br /><br />Source; THE TELEGRAPH<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26528083.post-58974897818840171112013-09-25T19:22:00.001-07:002013-09-25T19:22:52.985-07:00WHAT IS THE AWAKENING PROCESS?WHAT IS THE AWAKENING PROCESS?<br /><br />The process of awakening is a phrase or
term that is used in the field of spirituality or metaphysics that refers to
“waking up in awareness and understanding” of your spiritual essence or your
eternal true self, that which you are in pure consciousness and how it relates
to your physical incarnation in a human body. It is an individual process of
healing and letting go of fear and illusions that culminates in an expansion of
love and growth in consciousness. <br /><br />The awakening process is about
uncovering what already exists within your consciousness. It’s the study of
consciousness, how it’s related to your body, mind, emotions, and soul, and then
applying this knowledge to your everyday life to create for yourself and others
a Heaven on Earth. At the highest level, it’s possible to merge your personal
consciousness with the universal consciousness of All That Is that exists in all
things. At this level, you become a Christ-like being and live and act from a
focus known as Christ Consciousness (Master Jesus displayed this level of
consciousness on Earth). The awakening process doesn’t stop there. Higher levels
of consciousness exist, to be sure, but this goes beyond the scope of our
discussion. <br /><br />HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE GETTING CLOSE TO
AWAKENING?<br /><br />Awakening is a process that never ends because the Source of
Life is eternal, and the real you, your spiritual essence, is the image and
likeness of the Source of Life. So, try to get used to the fact that there is no
end to the process of awakening. You are eternal consciousness and sometimes you
incarnate into a physical body because it’s your freewill choice to experience
the play of consciousness on Earth. For you are Spirit in physical form. When
you are in-between physical incarnations, you go back to your spirit form in
consciousness, and there you continue your awakening process. <br /><br />At some
degree, you are already awake. Everybody is, whether they believe it or not. All
of us have an awareness and our own understanding of our spiritual essence or
eternal true self because we all have consciousness. And, all of us are aware of
our consciousness. Some of us might not pay much attention to the health of our
consciousness, and some of us don’t have a clue about the connection between our
consciousness and Source of Life, some don’t care about the answers to these
types of questions, and some of us don’t want to change or don’t understand why
it’s in their best interests to change for the better. And, that’s OK. Love
allows everybody to be where they want to be, and doesn’t feel threatened by
it.<br /><br />How do you know if you are getting close? I believe it’s best to
re-phrase the question to: How do I know if I’m waking up in my spiritual
consciousness? You can measure your awakening by asking yourself these
questions, and being brutally honest with yourself, for if you fudge on the
answers, you are only hurting yourself. <br /><br />--- Am I more loving and
truthful today than yesterday with myself and others?<br />--- Am I changing for
the better? <br />--- Am I more positive in my thinking today than yesterday?
<br />--- Am I sharing my love with others? <br />--- Am I more peaceful and joyful
with myself and others today than yesterday? <br />--- Am I less judgmental or
critical with myself and others today than yesterday? <br />--- Am I mastering my
emotions by healing my fear-based beliefs and healing the intellect of illusions
not in alignment with the truth within me?<br />--- Do I forgive and forget
easily?<br />--- Do I see and feel the divine presence of the Source of Life in
others as I see and feel it in myself?<br /><br />Nobody can answer these questions
for you because it’s your responsibility because it’s your life. If you can
answer “YES” to all these questions, then you will progress rapidly in your
awakening process. But, wherever you answer no, there is something to look at
closely, to heal and allow love to replace the void that fear leaves. The
awakening process will lead you to the heart of the Source of Life, and within
its heart you will find unconditional love. <br /><br />WHAT IS THE EASIEST AND BEST
WAY TO ACHIEVE AWAKENING?<br /><br />Learn to live the path of love to its
fullest.<br /><br />Only you can decide what this means for you. If you are looking
for an easy formula or an authority figure to tell you how to live your life,
then you will become a dependent person. But, if you want to wake up to a
greater and greater degree to the radiant, powerful, sovereign being that you
are, then you will have to do the journey on the path of love. Here are some
general guidelines I recommend for you to incorporate into your
life.<br /><br />START WHERE YOU ARE. <br /><br />Take a blank piece of paper, or
compose this on your word processing program. At the top of the paper write
“Awakening Analysis.” Then, fold the paper into three columns. Draw a line down
the folds of the paper. In the left column, write the words: My Concept of My
Real Identity. Then describe your concept. Be clear, concise, and state your
truth. Don’t show it to anybody. It will become the beginnings of your daily
journal. If you haven’t explored the advantages of journaling for personal
growth and spiritual freedom, then I suggest you look into buying a book on the
subject that resonates with you.<br /><br />In the right column, write the words: My
Awakening Goal. Then describe what your awakening goal looks like to you, how
far you want to go with your awakening process in this lifetime. <br /><br />In the
middle column, write the words: My Path of Awakening. Then describe what you
believe you must do to awaken yourself, the path you believe you must walk that
will give you greater personal growth and bring you to an understanding of
living in the Light. Write down all the things you believe you need to do to
achieve this goal. There are no wrong answers. And, the list you write now may
change over time. Everything you think, do and say will contribute to your path
of awakening.<br /><br />Remember! The awakening process is about uncovering what
already exists within you. Since your essence is love, the better you can live
the path of love, the more awake you will become. This is not to say that you
won’t experience challenges along the way. They will be there, and they are part
of your awakening process of waking up to the love essence that you are.
<br /><br />DAILY SPIRITUAL PRACTICES<br /><br />To discover the heart of the Source
of Life or Universal Consciousness within you, all you have to do is to uncover
what’s already inside you. What is inside your consciousness, inside your ego,
inside your heart, inside your lifeforce energy system, inside your mind, inside
your thoughts? Once you find out what’s inside you, then move on and discover,
how to work with it to bring you joy, bliss, prosperity, abundance for yourself
and others in the world. <br /><br />AWAKENING TO THE HEART<br /><br />Awakening to
Divine Love or Universal Consciousness within you can be summed up in these
brief guidelines:<br /><br />Develop a passion for your own awakening. Keep the fire
going. Awakening from the dream of forgetfulness to Oneness is a very real
possibility within the span of a single lifetime. The Source of Life has
disguised itself in its own creation, and cannot avoid responding to the sincere
call of a devoted truth seeker.<br /><br />To deepen your spiritual life, to go
beyond the limits of mind and ego, commit to living a love-based lifestyle in
thought, word and deed. Withdraw your attention on the way you view other
people: dirty, mean, greedy, selfish. Their behavior is of no concern to you.
Instead, re-focus the searchlight of your perception into your own thoughts,
words, and deeds. Clean up your act! It is love that attracts the divine
response of the Source of Life because your essence is Love. And, be open to
accepting the miracles that will come into your life as a result of choosing a
love-based lifestyle.<br /><br />Transformation of consciousness is a process of
healing the mind of illusions, and healing the emotions of fear, whereby the
truths of Divine Love that already exist within you become revealed in pristine
clarity. It can be likened to cleaning the dirt away from a diamond to reveal
its purity and brilliance.<br /><br />The secret to finding and knowing the
Indwelling Spirit of Love (which is your true<br />Self) is learning to live a
love-based lifestyle in thought, word and deed. Love has a magical<br />way of
transcending and healing all things that are out of alignment with it, and
returning it<br />to Love. It positively affects consciousness in people, places
and things.<br /><br />Everything in life is designed for your awakening and
spiritual growth. It is vitally important for us to raise our awareness (energy
vibration) to the heart lifeforce energy center and beyond. We can achieve this
by living a love-based lifestyle, and practicing the qualities of the
heart.<br /><br />Love is the attracting quality because love is your essence, and
it is the foundation upon which the universe is built. The more you give
yourself permission to live a lifestyle of Love, the more you will deepen your
spiritual life, and the more your life will turn into the miracle that it
is.<br /><br />DAILY MEDITATION, PRAYER AND GRATITUDE<br /><br />MEDITATION is the
highest priority of the day. I can’t emphasize this enough. It is the primary
tool for Self-discovery and expansion of consciousness. Try to meditate
30-minutes twice a day, morning and evening. There are many ways to meditate. If
you desire to uncover the truth of what’s already within you, to feel love and
bliss in your life, and attract the experience of Oneness, you’ll want to use a
method to interiorize the mind. Use the meditation technique in my eBook
(Google: The Sinless Reality), or find a meditation technique that works for
you.<br /><br />PRAYER – in the language of your heart, pray to the divine Source
of Life within you. Pray for your enlightenment, and the enlightenment of
humanity. Ask it to awaken you, to reveal your true nature to you, to experience
yourself as radiant light and boundless love, and to lead you to all the answers
to all the questions you have about awakening and the nature of your true self.
<br /><br />GRATITUDE – be grateful for all the blessings and gifts you have
received, as the source of your abundance and prosperity is Love itself. And, be
grateful for all the blessings and gifts that have not manifested yet in your
life because they are already created in consciousness. Gratitude is your
acknowledgement that Love itself is the source of your eternal being and all
supply.<br /><br />THE POWER OF VISIONING – The mind’s eye is the vision center
within the human being. Here you can visualize your dreams, and infuse
passionate intention into them, and allow them to manifest in your life as
reality. The power of visioning will help you manifest everything you
want.<br /><br />DISCOVER & ACHIEVE YOUR LIFE PLAN – You came to Earth to
fulfill an important purpose – your life plan. You planned a full life of
learning lessons or experiences to gain knowledge of the experiences you chose
in human form. This is a custom-made plan that was designed by you, before your
birth, for you, and only you can achieve it. Achieving your plan gives your life
purpose and meaning and motivation, and lets you feel alive. It is possible to
know the details of your plan through quiet reflection and observing yourself.
<br /><br />LIGHT-HEARTEDNESS is your natural state of being. It is the joy of
Divine Love within each of us. Humor is a very important part of growing into
Divine Consciousness. Don't take life so seriously. Life is not meant to be all
work and no fun or play. Laugh a lot! Especially when there’s no reason.
Meditation and practicing your spiritual principles will develop joy in you, and
ultimately will establish you in joy and bliss from which you will not slip out
of. <br /><br />THE DIVINE PRESENCE - The secret to getting the Divine’s attention
is developing a powerful love-call to attract the Divine response in your life.
Sweet talk the Divine like you would a lover. Tell the Divine how much you want
to know it in the experience of Oneness. Ask the Divine to reveal itself to you.
Pray deeply and sincerely.<br /><br />SHARING, GIVING AND RECEIVING - It is a great
joy for Divine Love to share itself because its intrinsic nature is limitless
abundance and prosperity. Hence, the reason we feel joyful in sharing our love
with others. Scarcity or “lack” does not exist in the mind of Divine Love or in
its kingdom. It knows itself only as limitless supply of abundance and
prosperity.<br /><br />FORGIVENESS is the sweetness that lets human relationships
run smoothly, and allows Divine Love to heal the hurt. When you forgive someone,
you are already forgiven. Learn to forgive, yourself and others, no matter how
much pain it costs you.<br /><br />HEALING the mind and emotions of fear-based
thoughts and beliefs will empower you. As you learn to master your mind and
emotions, you will awaken more and more, and draw closer to your true identity
(true self), and eventually experience the Light within.<br /><br />TRANSFORMATION
of consciousness is the inevitable result of healing from fear to love, healing
from illusion to truth, healing from the belief that you are separate from Love
to the Oneness of Love.<br /><br />Keep your body healthy. Eat nutritious foods.
Maintain a wholesome attitude towards your body, but don't be vain about it.
Exercise your body vigorously, on a regular basis. It keeps the body limber for
meditation. The energies in the Lifeforce system can flow easier, helping to
keep your body healthy.<br /><br />Conserve your sexual energy. It can be used as a
valuable partner in the awakening process. Learn to transmute its powerful
energy into constructive pursuits such as creativity, deeper meditation, or
strenuous physical activity.<br /><br />Let go chaos and drama in your own life.
Don't buy into the world’s fears and illusions. <br /><br />Avoid the tendency to
gossip or criticize others. Focus on your own awakening.<br /><br />Watch your
thoughts. Master your emotions.<br /><br />Empower yourself! Cultivate heart
qualities: in addition to the ones already cited, patience, insight, tolerance,
non-judgment, non-attachment, honesty, integrity, joy, peace, calmness,
helpfulness, sharing, stillness of your racing thoughts, a reverence for all
life, etc.<br /><br />ENLIGHTENMENT<br /><br />On the path of awakening, there is a
breakthrough event known as an experience of enlightenment or Oneness. In
Christianity, it’s called Mystical Union with God. This is when a person
experiences his or her spiritual essence. Because each person is unique in the
awakening process, this breakthrough experience can take many forms. The
experience of enlightenment is when it happens, but it’s all part of the process
of awakening. There are many schools of spiritual thought that seek to offer
methods and exercises to awaken a person to this sublime experience because
enlightenment reveals the essence of your life and takes a person beyond this
physical world that many of us believe is the only reality in life. When
enlightenment happens for you, you awaken to a greater loving reality within
yourself than you knew existed before. The desire to understand your
enlightenment then becomes the path of your continued awakening
process.<br /><br />If one does not experience enlightenment in one’s lifetime, it
does not mean that he or she is not on the path of awakening, or that one’s life
is unworthy or meaningless. Every person on Earth is on the path of awakening,
whether they believe or not – because life is more than we have been taught. The
primary goal for each lifetime is to achieve the greatest amount of awakening
possible so that the individual can grow in spiritual awareness and draw closer
to the Source of Life (or as some would call it “God”). Each lifetime for all of
us is profoundly important. <br /><br />THE GREAT SHIFT 2012<br /><br />I would like to
introduce you something that more and more people are becoming conscious of. If
you are not familiar with what’s known generally as The Great Shift in
Consciousness 2012 (it’s called by other names too), then I suggest you become
familiar with it, because this is the direction our world is headed.<br /><br />The
Great Shift 2012 is the most amazing, most evolutionary event in human history.
It coincides with the end of the Mayan calendar, December 21, 2012. Mother Earth
has made the decision to return to full consciousness in the fifth dimension,
and those of humanity that want to go with her are being asked to raise their
vibration. Hence, the importance of meditation and practicing spiritual
principles cannot be underestimated at this time. Everybody is going through a
metamorphous, new chakras are emerging into our lifeforce energy systems, the
human body is gaining DNA strands to withstand fourth and fifth dimensional
life, and the whole human system is transitioning into a lightbody. If you are
not familiar with this event, I suggest you become very familiar with it if you
want to transition with Mother Earth. <br /><br />Here are some sources you’ll want
to check out: <br /><br />www.kirael.com<br />Master Kirael is a seventh dimensional
being that is channeled through Fred Sterling. You can ask him questions and
receive answers on his weekly internet radio program. The book, “Kirael: The
Great Shift” and other books he offers might be interest to you. Sign up for
free updates.<br /><br />www.paoweb.com<br />Shelden Niddle is a channel for The
Planetary Federation, a galactic association of thousands of star nations. His
mission is to spread the word about the role our galactic brothers and sisters
play in The Great Shift. His book, “Your First Contact” is a great read. Sign up
free for a weekly email updates.<br /><br />www.DianneRobbins.com<br />Dianne Robbins
is a channel for the civilizations that live inside the Earth. Her book
“Messages from Hollow Earth” is mind-blowing. She also channels messages from
Earth’s Cetaceans and Crystal People. Sign up for free email
updates.<br /><br />Nameste.<br /><!--/gc--><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26528083.post-72579478916015046182013-09-23T20:51:00.002-07:002013-09-23T20:51:55.116-07:00Omamori - Japan Talisman<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.8281px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">An<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: black; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.8281px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">omamori</i><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.8281px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>from a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto_shrine" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.8281px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Shinto shrine">shrine</a><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.8281px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumamoto" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.8281px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Kumamoto">Kumamoto</a><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.8281px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">. This item claims to "grant protection" to the user. The logo above denotes a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Ddo_Shinsh%C5%AB" style="background-color: #f9f9f9; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.8281px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" title="Jōdo Shinshū">Jōdo Shinshū</a><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: black; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.8281px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>temple</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The word<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>mamori</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(<a class="extiw" href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AE%88%E3%82%8B" style="background-image: none; color: #663366; text-decoration: none;" title="wikt:守る">守り</a>) means protection, with<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>omamori</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>being the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonkeigo" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Sonkeigo">sonkeigo</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(honorific) form of the word, "to protect". Originally made from paper or wood, modern amulets are small items usually kept inside a brocade bag and may contain a prayer, religious inscription of invocation.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-reader_1-0" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omamori#cite_note-reader-1" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;"><span>[</span><span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Omamori</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>are available at both Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples with few exceptions and are available for sale, regardless of one's religious affiliation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Omamori</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>are then made sacred through the use of ritual, and are said to contain<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>busshin</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(spiritual offshoots) in a Shinto context or<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>kesshin</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(manifestations) in a Buddhist context.</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26528083.post-72887475222803084552013-09-05T19:05:00.001-07:002013-09-05T19:05:07.228-07:00THE MIRACLE OF IRON<div class="baslik2" style="background-color: white; color: #000066; font-family: Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">
THE MIRACLE OF IRON</div>
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Iron is one of the elements highlighted in the Qur'an. In Surat al-Hadid, meaning Iron, we are informed:</div>
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And We also sent down iron in which there lies great force and which has many uses for mankind… (Qur'an, 57:25)</div>
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<a href="" name="38"></a>The word "<em>anzalna</em>," translated as "sent down" and used for iron in the verse, could be thought of having a metaphorical meaning to explain that iron has been given to benefit people. But, when we take into consideration the literal meaning of the word, which is, "being physically sent down from the sky," as in the case of rain and Sun rays, we realize that this verse implies a very significant scientific miracle. Because, modern astronomical findings have disclosed that the iron found in our world has come from giant stars in outer space.<a href="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/scientific_30.html#dp" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="dipnot" style="color: black; font-size: 9px;">38</span></a></div>
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<a href="" name="39"></a>Not only the iron on earth, but also the iron in the entire Solar System, comes from outer space, since the temperature in the Sun is inadequate for the formation of iron. The sun has a surface temperature of 6,000 degrees Celsius, and a core temperature of approximately 20 million degrees. Iron can only be produced in much larger stars than the Sun, where the temperature reaches a few hundred million degrees. When the amount of iron exceeds a certain level in a star, the star can no longer accommodate it, and it eventually explodes in what is called a "nova" or a "supernova." These explosions make it possible for iron to be given off into space.<span class="dipnot" style="font-size: 9px;">39</span></div>
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One scientific source provides the following information on this subject:</div>
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<a href="" name="40"></a>There is also evidence for older supernova events: Enhanced levels of iron-60 in deep-sea sediments have been interpreted as indications that a supernova explosion occurred within 90 light-years of the sun about 5 million years ago. Iron-60 is a radioactive isotope of iron, formed in supernova explosions, which decays with a half life of 1.5 million years. <strong>An enhanced presence of this isotope in a geologic layer indicates the recent nucleosynthesis of elements nearby in space and their subsequent transport to the earth (perhaps as part of dust grains).</strong><a href="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/scientific_30.html#dp" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="dipnot" style="color: black; font-size: 9px;">40</span></a></blockquote>
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All this shows that iron did not form on the Earth, but was carried from Supernovas, and was "sent down," as stated in the verse. It is clear that this fact could not have been known in the 7<sup>th</sup>century, when the Qur'an was revealed. Nevertheless, this fact is related in the Qur'an, the Word of Allah, Who encompasses all things in His infinite knowledge.</div>
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Astronomy has also revealed that other elements also formed outside the Earth. In the expression "<strong>We also sent down iron</strong>" in the verse, the word "also" may well be referring to that idea. However, the fact that the verse specifically mentions iron is quite astounding, considering that these discoveries were made at the end of the 20<sup>th</sup> century. In his book Nature's Destiny, the well-known microbiologist Michael Denton emphasizes the importance of iron:</div>
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<strong><a href="" name="41"></a>Of all the metals there is none more essential to life than iron. It is the accumulation of iron in the center of a star which triggers a supernova explosion and the subsequent scattering of the vital atoms of life throughout the cosmos.</strong> It was the drawing by gravity of iron atoms to the center of the primeval earth that generated the heat which caused the initial chemical differentiation of the earth, the outgassing of the early atmosphere, and ultimately the formation of the hydrosphere. It is molten iron in the center of the earth which, acting like a gigantic dynamo, generates the earth's magnetic field, which in turn creates the Van Allen radiation belts that shield the earth's surface from destructive high-energy-penetrating cosmic radiation and preserve the crucial ozone layer from cosmic ray destruction…<br />
<strong>Without the iron atom, there would be no carbon-based life in the cosmos</strong>; no supernovae, no heating of the primitive earth, no atmosphere or hydrosphere. There would be no protective magnetic field, no Van Allen radiation belts, no ozone layer, no metal to make hemoglobin [in human blood], no metal to tame the reactivity of oxygen, and no oxidative metabolism.<br />
The intriguing and intimate relationship between life and iron, between the red color of blood and the dying of some distant star, not only indicates the relevance of metals to biology but also the biocentricity of the cosmos…<a href="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/scientific_30.html#dp" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="dipnot" style="color: black; font-size: 9px;">41</span></a></blockquote>
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This account clearly indicates the importance of the iron atom. The fact that particular attention is drawn to iron in the Qur'an also emphasises the importance of the element. In addition, there is another hidden truth in the Qur'an which draws attention to the importance of iron: Surat al-Hadid 25, which refers to iron, contains two rather interesting mathematical codes.</div>
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"Al- Hadid" is the 57<sup>th </sup>sura in the Qur'an. The <em>abjad</em> of the word "Al-Hadid" in Arabic, when the numerological values of its letters are added up, is also 57. (For <em>abjad</em>calculations see the section on Numerological Calculations (<em>Abjad</em>) in the Qur'an.)</div>
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The numerological value of the word "<em>hadid</em>" alone is 26. And 26 is the atomic number of iron.</div>
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Moreover, iron oxide particles were used in a cancer treatment in recent months and positive developments were observed. A team led by Dr. Andreas Jordan, at the world famous Charité Hospital in Germany, succeeded in destroying cancer cells with this new technique developed for the treatment of cancer-magnetic fluid hyperthermia (high temperature magnetic liquid). As a result of this technique, first performed on the 26-year-old Nikolaus H., no new cancer cells were observed in the patient in the following three months.</div>
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This method of treatment can be summarised as follows:</div>
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<strong><a href="" name="42"></a>1. </strong>A liquid containing iron oxide particles is injected into the tumour by means of a special syringe. These particles spread throughout the tumour cells. This liquid consists of thousands of millions of particles, 1,000 times smaller than the red blood corpuscles, of iron oxide in 1 cm3 that can easily flow through all blood vessels.<a href="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/scientific_30.html#dp" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="dipnot" style="color: black; font-size: 9px;">42</span></a></div>
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<strong>2.</strong> The patient is then placed in a machine with a powerful magnetic field.</div>
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<strong>3. </strong>This magnetic field, applied externally, begins to set the iron particles in the tumour in motion. During this time the temperature in the tumour containing the iron oxide particles rises by up to 45 degrees.</div>
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<a href="" name="43"></a>In a few minutes the cancer cells, unable to protect themselves from the heat, are either weakened or destroyed. The tumour may then be completely eradicated with subsequent chemotherapy.<a href="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/scientific_30.html#dp" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="dipnot" style="color: black; font-size: 9px;">43</span></a></div>
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In this treatment it is only the cancer cells that are affected by the magnetic field, since only they contain the iron oxide particles. The spread of this technique is a major development in the treatment of this potentially lethal disease. In the treatment of such a widespread disease as cancer, the use of the expression "<strong>iron in which there lies great force and which<em> has many uses for mankind</em></strong>" (Qur'an, 57:25) in the Qur'an is particularly noteworthy. Indeed, in that verse, the Qur'an may be indicating the benefits of iron for human health. (Allah knows best.)</div>
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<a href="" name="dp"></a><span class="dipnot">38. Kazi, 130 Evident Miracles in the Qur’an, 110-111; and www.wamy.co.uk/announcements3.html, from Prof. Zighloul Raghib El-Naggar’s speech<a href="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/scientific_30.html#38" style="text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="10" src="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/images_miracles_of_the_quran/uparrow.gif" width="10" /></a><br />39. Ibid.<a href="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/scientific_30.html#39" style="text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="10" src="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/images_miracles_of_the_quran/uparrow.gif" width="10" /></a><br />40. Priscilla Frisch, “The Galactic Environment of the Sun,” American Scientist, January-February 2000, www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/21173?fulltext=true.<a href="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/scientific_30.html#40" style="text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="10" src="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/images_miracles_of_the_quran/uparrow.gif" width="10" /></a><br />41. Michael J. Denton, Nature’s Destiny (The Free Press: 1998), 198.<a href="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/scientific_30.html#41" style="text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="10" src="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/images_miracles_of_the_quran/uparrow.gif" width="10" /></a><br />42. www.inm-gmbh.de/cgi-bin/frame/frameloader.pl?sprache=en&url=http://www.inm-gmbh.de/htdocs/technologien/highlights/highlights_en.htm.<a href="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/scientific_30.html#42" style="text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="10" src="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/images_miracles_of_the_quran/uparrow.gif" width="10" /></a><br />43. "Nanotechnology successfully helps cancer therapies," IIC Fast Track, Nanotech News from Eastern Germany, Industrial Investment Council, October 2003; www.iic.de/uploads/media/NANO_FT_Nov2003_01.pdf </span><a href="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/scientific_30.html#43" style="text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" height="10" src="http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/images_miracles_of_the_quran/uparrow.gif" width="10" /></a></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26528083.post-46567304834027906152013-08-17T19:13:00.001-07:002013-08-17T19:13:12.624-07:006 Tips to Boost Your Positive Vibes with Negative Ions<h2>
6 Tips to Boost Your Positive Vibes with Negative Ions</h2>
<strong>March 16, 2011 <br /> By Guest Blogger</strong><br />
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by Stuart Watkins<br />
Have you been getting your daily dose of negative ions? We need
exposure to negative ions to be more positive in our life. I know, it
sounds a little backward at first, doesn’t it? Negative ions are
invisible molecules that clean the air around us by attaching themselves
to positive ions (from dust, smoke, electronics, car exhausts, our
breathing, etc.), so they’re not just floating around for us to breathe
into our system. Generally the more populated a city is, the fewer
negative ions and the more positive ions.<br />
As I write this, I’m in India’s capital city, Delhi — one of the most
polluted cities in the world. Having spent the previous four weeks
nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas in a town called Tapovan,
Rishikesh, my love for negative ions reached new heights. I can’t help
but compare the difference in how my body and mind feel in Delhi as
compared to Rishikesh. I don’t think I will ever take fresh air for
granted again!<br />
Every morning a powerful breeze would howl down from the Himalayan
mountains bringing healing energy from this sacred land. As we practiced
yoga every morning at sunrise, the magical breeze would flow through
the ashram and through our bodies creating a magical environment. The
cleansing, strengthening and mystical effects were apparent from day
one. Through the deep meditation practices I could literally feel the
negative ions flowing into my system, cleansing, healing and creating
space for an abundance of vitality and joy.<br />
Negative ions help relieve stress, increase vitality, strengthen the
immune system and so much more. That’s why we all feel so incredibly
good after being at a waterfall, in the mountains or at the beach. The
human body is meant to be absorbing negative ions on a regular basis, so
it’s no wonder why there are so many health problems related to
fatigue, depression and immune disorders. It’s no wonder why so many
people find it incredibly hard to let their true nature shine. Most
people aren’t exposed to nearly enough negative ions. All the technology
around us has virtually eliminated the positive ions in the air —
unless you live at a beach with no cars or electronics or out in the
wilderness or mountains, etc.). Oh, wonderful Rishikesh!<br />
Often people think they can escape pollution by staying indoors. It’s
quite common for indoor environments to be just as, if not more than,
polluted as outside. When you look around most bedrooms or offices,
there are at least a couple of electronic devices. Think about it …
laptops, mobile phones, televisions, lights, heaters, electric blankets
and so many of the countless electronic gadgets available these days.
They all release positive ions galore! Even man-made fibers in carpets,
clothes and furniture all reduce the level of negative ions and increase
the positive ones in the environment. The house you live in or the
place you work at could very well be more polluted than outside! Combine
this with other pollutants (if you live in a populated area) and you
can almost guarantee that you’re getting exposed to way too many
positive ions. This over-exposure to positive ions contributes to the
body being in toxic overload, unless small steps are made to make your
environment richer in negative ions.<br />
Here are some tips to help bring more negative ions into your life:<br />
-<strong>Use Himalayan rock salt lamps </strong>or an ion generator
or purifier in your house and in your office, if possible. These lamps
and purifiers mop up positive ions and help bring back natural harmony
to your environment.<br />
-<strong>Place potted plants</strong> (real ones) throughout your house
and office. It’s very common for modern houses to be more polluted than
outside, so enjoy bringing the beauty of nature into your home.<br />
-<strong>Connect with nature.</strong> Get barefoot and walk on raw
earth. The earth is charged with negative ions! Our feet are conductors
to absorb negative ions, so go outside and experience a lovely barefoot
walk. Simply walking on the earth is so healing.<br />
-<strong>Spend time at the beach or a waterfall. </strong>There’s a
reason why we feel so good after being at the beach or at a waterfall.
Because of the crashing pure water, these precious parts of the planet
are especially charged with negative ions.<br />
-<strong>Use natural, preferably organic deodorants, </strong>body washes and creams. You can even use Himalayan rock salt soaps, which are quite mainstream now.<br />
-<strong>Use organic sheets, towels, clothes</strong> and dishwasher and
laundry detergents, if you really want to go the extra distance in your
efforts to increase negative ions and decrease positive ones in your
life.<br />
So, if you’re not feeling as good as you know you could feel, it may
be as simple as looking at the environment you’re in and making some
small changes here and there. To me, it’s all about getting back to our
true nature, which is full of joy and vitality. We’re meant to connect
with nature, not pollutants, so in gratitude for the body we have been
blessed with and in gratitude for the amazing planet we live on, do
yourself a favor and bring some negative ions into your life.<br />
<br />
http://kriscarr.com/blog/6-tips-to-boost-your-positive-vibes-with-negative-ions/<br />
<br />
<em><a href="http://www.stuartbwatkins.com/" target="_blank">Stuart Watkins </a>is
a holistic fitness and lifestyle coach based out of Australia. Stuart’s
love for travel and new knowledge has taken him all around the world,
while achieving certifications as a Holistic Fitness Practitioner,
Holistic Life Coach, Yoga Teacher, Personal Trainer, Massage Therapist
and Stress Management Specialist. He draws on his knowledge in these
areas to ensure each of his clients journey to true health and happiness
is in good hands.</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26528083.post-29514694220690182812013-08-09T19:38:00.002-07:002013-08-09T19:38:40.500-07:00Protections<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<dt><strong><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;">S</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">PIRITUAL</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;"> T</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">IME</span><span style="color: maroon;">,</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;"> S</span></span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">PACE, </span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;">M</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">ASS, </span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;">L</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">IGHT AND </span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;">E</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">NERGY</span></strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Last updated
8/20/00)</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><em>The "Spiritual Dimensions" section is a very deep
area of study, but one that is key to understanding some of the most difficult
areas of Scripture, such as those verses in Revelation where the text seems to
shift between events on earth and in the heavenlies, as well as not follow a
linear time line.</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><i>
</i><span style="font-size: small;">Consider the following quote:</span><br />
</span><blockquote>
<span style="font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Time is an accident consequent upon motion and is
necessarily attached to it. Neither of them exists without the other. Motion
does not exist except in time, and time cannot be conceived by the intellect
except together with motion. And all that with regard to which no motion can be
found, does not fall under time.</i></span></blockquote>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">A brilliant insight from Albert Einstein,
perhaps?</span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">If you answered "probably," you're only off by about
700 years.</span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">In as much as the above quotation sounds like a 20th
century theory of Einstein, it is actually from Maimonides, the great Jewish
Torah scholar of the <em>twelfth century.</em></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> (1)
</span><span style="font-size: small;">Actually, Einstein and his colleagues probably were inspired
by Maimonides' writings, which were well ahead of their time.</span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">The last sentence of Maimonides' quote actually
pertains to God Himself. As "motion" (as well as space) imply measurement and
can only apply to physical objects, and as God is not corporeal, then He is not
confined by time or space. Time was created by God, for us. He operates beyond
time as we know it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;">T</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">IME
AND </span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;">S</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">PACE IN
</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;">O</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">UR
</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;">3-D</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">IMENSIONAL </span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;">W</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">ORLD</span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">There are many ways that "time" and "space" can be
shown to have a relationship. A simple example is found in the game of chess.
Chess strategy involves interplay between space (how many of the 64 squares of
the board you control), and time (how many moves that you are ahead or behind
your opponent). Experienced players often "trade" space for time, having to use
their intuition as to whether they are getting the "better end of the deal."
Only after a beginner understands this "dimension," of the game, can he move
forward to becoming an advanced player.</span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">In mathematics, there are complex equations that
cannot be solved without introducing a "4th dimension" (something beyond the X,
Y and Z coordinates in 3-dimensional space). Again, without "expanding" beyond
the elementary and obvious, one cannot advance to the next level of
understanding.</span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">Physics has shown that there are relationships
between things like energy and mass, as well as time and space, Einstein's
famous equation, E=mc</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">2 </span><span style="font-size: small;">(Energy equals
mass times the constant of the speed of light, squared) was one of the first to
link two such elements. Experiments have been done sending atomic clocks through
the atmosphere in different directions, arriving at the same destination at the
same moment -- however when the clocks were checked, the times were different,
thus showing that speed through space affected time.</span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;">F</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">IVE</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;"> S</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">PIRITUAL </span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;">E</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">LEMENTS</span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">The concepts we call, "time" and "space," as well as,
"light," "mass," and "energy," are all part of God's creation and may be
considered a "reflection" of His attributes. As God is consistent in what He
does, when studying the Scriptures, we should not be surprised to find that
there are corresponding elements in the spiritual realm. The study of these
spiritual elements plays a key role in understanding who God is, who we are,
what is to come, and how we are to get there.</span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">The following are offered for
consideration:</span></div>
<ul>
<li>
<div align="left">
<em><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>spiritual time,</strong> represented by
repeated "events" not constricted to the physical linear aspect of time, i.e.,
the Moedim (including Shabbat, Shemitta and Yovel years, and the seven "Feasts
of God"). Many of these are associated with events in the Millennium or Olam
Haba (the world to come).</span></em></div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">
<em><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>spiritual space,</strong> the
dimension(s) beyond our physical one, including aspects of those set on earth
for us (i.e., the Tabernacle/Temple, a place where God could "reside" among us
on this sinful earth.) Spiritual space is necessary for God's spiritual light to
be transmitted, just as physical space is needed for physical
light.</span></em></div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">
<em><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>spiritual light, </strong>God's word
and/or perfect will, either of which is a constant. "You are the light of the
world," is an admonition for God's people to teach others His Torah, which is
His light. (Thy word is a<strong> lamp</strong> unto my feet, and a<strong>
light</strong> unto my path. - Psalm 119:105.) The glory of God is also
represented by "light" in Scripture.</span></em></div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">
<em><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>spiritual mass,</strong> any entity whose
function is to implement the will of God (i.e., angels, the Ruach Ha Kodesh
(Holy Spirit), Messiah or the Shekinah). This would also include "evil angels"
(demons), including haSatan, who also ultimately serve God's
purpose.</span></em></div>
</li>
<li>
<div align="left">
<em><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>spiritual energy,</strong> the result of
the work of; angels, the Ruach Ha Kodesh (Holy Spirit), Messiah the Shekinah or
demons -- i.e., miracles or revelation</span></em></div>
</li>
</ul>
<div align="left">
<a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="TIME AND SPACE: SHABBAT AND THE TEMPLE"><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;">T</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">IME AND</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;"> S</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">PACE:</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;"> S</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">HABBAT AND
THE</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;"> T</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">EMPLE</span></a></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">The Sabbath is shown to have a time-transcending
character, as seen in the mystical teachings of the Zohar, and is directly tied
to the Millenium/Olam Haba:</span></div>
<blockquote>
<span style="font-size: small;">
<strong>Soncino Zohar, Shemoth, Section 2, Page 88a -</strong> <em>Therefore
the Sabbath is more precious than all other times and seasons and festivals,
<strong>because it contains and unites all in itself,</strong> whereas no other
festival or holy day does so.’ Said R. Hiya: ‘Because all things are found in
the Sabbath it is mentioned three times in the story of Creation: "And on the
seventh day God ended his work"; "and he rested on the seventh day"; "and God
blessed the seventh day" (Gen. II, 2, 3).’</em><br />
<strong>Soncino Zohar, Shemoth, Section 2, Page 88b -</strong><em> The unique
character of the Sabbath is expressed in the words: "Between Me and the children
of Israel." And because the Faith is centred in the Sabbath, man is given on
this day an additional, a supernal soul, a soul in which is all perfection,
<strong>according to the pattern of the world to come. </strong>What does the
word "Sabbath" mean? The Name of the Holy One, the Name <strong>which is in
perfect harmony at all sides.’</strong> [Tr. Note: This idea is based upon the
mystic significance of the three letters of the word Sabbath, shin, beth,
tau.]</em><br />
<strong>Soncino Zohar, Shemoth, Section 2, Page 205b -</strong> <em>‘The
prayer offered by the holy people on the Sabbath is of three parts,
corresponding to the three Sabbaths, but being in essence only one. [Tr. note:
i.e. the Sabbath of the Creation, the Sabbath on which the Torah was given, and
the Sabbath of the Millennium.]</em></span></blockquote>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">Our definition of spiritual space has to do with a
place (and means) by which God can "reside" among His creation -- especially in
their sinful state.</span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">The first place we see the idea of God creating
"spiritual space," is in creation. According to mystical Jewish tradition, the
purpose of creation was to provide God with a "dwelling place in the lower
realms." Eden was a place where man walked with God, in the spirit (ruach) of
the garden. This "space" was corupted by the sin of Adam and Even, and they were
banished from it.</span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">God's process of redemption brings us to Mount Sinai,
where once again, sin (the golden calf) gets in the way of the plan. In order
for God to reside among his people, He needs to create a spiritual space that is
not tainted by sin -- first, the Tabernacle, and later, the Temple.</span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">Recall that Moses built the first Tabernacle and its
elements <a href="http://www.blogger.com/rev2.htm">according to a heavenly model.</a> The Zohar
</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(3) </span><small>states that God made everything in this
"lower" world along the same pattern as that in the "upper" world. A similar
thought is expressed in Midrash Rabbah:</small></div>
<blockquote>
<strong>Midrash Rabbah - Genesis II:2 -</strong> <em>NOW THE EARTH WAS TOHU
E.V. ‘UNFORMED’, etc. R. Abbahu and R. Judah b. R. Simon [gave the follow-ing
illustrations]. R. Abbahu said: This may be compared to the case of a king who
bought two slaves on the same bill of sale and at the same price. One he ordered
to be supported at the public expense, while the other he ordered to toil for
his bread. The latter sat bewildered and astonished: ‘Both of us were bought at
the same price,’ exclaimed he, ‘yet he is supported from the treasury whilst I
have to gain my bread by my toil!’ Thus the earth sat bewildered and astonished,
saying, ' The celestial beings [sc. the angels] and the terrestial ones [sc.
man] were created at the same time: yet the celestial beings are fed by the
radiance of the Shechinah, whereas the terrestial beings, if they do not toil,
do not eat.</em></blockquote>
We are taught in Scripture that our bodies are the Temple of God's Spirit.
Just as the Tabernacle and Temple were constructed according to an image given
by God, we ourselves are created in the image of the same God. God's
"characteristics" are consistent and can be seen in all He does. By studying
God's Temple (as commanded in Ezekiel) and properly keeping His Sabbath, we
actually learn more of how to restore our personal relationship with Him. Such
"wisdom" is considered greater than prophecy in Jewish tradition.<br />
As Paul said, these things are indeed a (wonderful) shadow of what is to
come, and don't let anyone "trouble you," if you choose to study and do them in
faith (Colossians 2:17).<br />
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<span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;">A</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">
</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;">U</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">NION OF
</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;">T</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">IME</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">AND</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: large;"> S</span><span style="color: maroon; font-size: medium;">PACE</span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">It is reasonable to assume that we can look for His
"pattern" throughout any part of His creation. As we find the Temple and Shabbat
closely linked in the Torah (when they are formally given to us, i.e. Leviticus
19:30), and coming to their fullness together in the Millennium, it is sensible
to look for a connection involving spiritual time and space between the
two.</span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">Besides the weekly Shabbat, the three pilgrimage
feasts of Pesakh, Shavuot and Succot were also called "sabbaths" and related to
the Temple:</span></div>
<blockquote>
<div align="left">
<strong>Deuteronomy 16:16 -</strong> <em>Three times in a year
shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall
choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the
feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
</em></div>
</blockquote>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">The Jewish scholar <strong>Nachmanides</strong> (12th
century), taught that all 613 commandments of the Torah are related in some
fashion to the Temple and Shabbat </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(2)</span><span style="font-size: small;">,
making the Temple and Shabbat as critical to understanding God's revelation (His
Torah) and the spiritual world, as the study of physical time and space are to
understanding the "reality" of our physical world.</span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">Science proclaims that our present reality is
dependent on the relationship between space and time. Reality is made up of the
three aspects of the dimension of space (height, width and depth -- or "X," "Y'"
and "Z" coordinates) along with the single dimension of time. (i.e., If you want
to know the "location" of something on this earth, you need to know the three
aspects of <em>where</em> it was/is and the single aspect of<em> when</em> it
was/is.)</span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">The consistency of God's rules would apply to the
reality of the spiritual realm. As the Millennium is the return of spiritual
reality to its "proper state," we should view the union of of the Temple with
Shabbat at that time in such terms, keeping in mind the <em>three aspects of
space and one of time.</em> (We will also see later in this study, that there is
a "fifth dimension," <em>a spiritual/moral one</em>, that indicates a status of:
good/evil, clean/unclean, holy/unholy. This, like the others, is also not
"static," (i.e., things that are clean can become unclean and
vice-versa).</span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;">As we go through this study, we will find that
"space-related" things such as; the structure of the Temple, the terms of the
Besorah ("Gospel") and the New Covenant, are interwoven with the "time-related
items" of; Shabbat, Yovel Year (Jubilee) and Yom Kippur.</span></div>
<div align="left">
Physical time and space are indeed a shadow of their spiritual
counterparts:</div>
<blockquote>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: small;"><em>"Space by itself and time by itself, are doomed
to fade into mere shadows."</em></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">- Herman Minkowski, a
contemporary of Einstein, in a scientific address given September 21,
1908</span></div>
</blockquote>
<blockquote>
<em>"Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an
holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of
things to come ..."</em><br /><small>- Sha'ul's letter to the Colossians, chapter
2, verses 16 & 17</small><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><em>"HaMakom V'HaZman Echad Hu" - "Time and Space are
One"</em></span><em><br /></em><span style="font-size: x-small;">- 16th century Jewish saying</span> <br />
<span style="font-size: small;">
<i>"Mehitabut ha'orot, nithavu hakelim -"From the condensation of the lights,
were the vessels brought into being."</i> <br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">- Ancient Jewish
mystical saying</span> </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: small;">
<blockquote>
<hr />
</blockquote>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1.<em> The Fifteenth Premise,</em> from Maimonides'
<i>The Guide of the Perplexed, Introduction to the Second Part. </i>A study of
any of Maimonides' works is very beneficial to understanding deep Biblical
concepts. Much of his material can be found on Internet bookstores such as <a href="http://www.amazon.com/">Amazon.com</a>. His work, <em>The Guide of the
Perplexed</em>, is an outstanding piece of literature and recommended for
understanding the Jewish Scriptures.</span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2.<em> Nachmanides commentary on
Leviticus</em></span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: x-small;">3.<em> Zohar, commentary on Exodus
3:1</em></span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><br /></em></span></div>
<div align="left">
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>http://www.yashanet.com/studies/revstudy/rev4.htm</em></span></div>
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Your<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.alternativz.co/knowledge-article/digestive-disorders-a-basic-overview" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #7e4895; text-decoration: none;">digestive</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>system uses movement to assist in moving food through passageways. Movement increases blood circulation, which increases<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.alternativz.co/knowledge-article/oxygen-therapy-benefits-and-basic-overview" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #7e4895; text-decoration: none;">oxygen</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to cells, which may help<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.alternativz.co/knowledge-article/detoxification-benefits-and-basic-overview" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #7e4895; text-decoration: none;">detoxify</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>the body. But movement isn’t just healing to the body. The power of movement can also help heal the mind.</div>
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The art of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.alternativz.co/knowledge-article/mindfulness-benefits-and-basic-overview" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #7e4895; text-decoration: none;">mindfulness</a>, or living “in the moment,” is thought to reduce stress and assist in developing clarity of thought. Living mindfully can help you cut back on calories, keep you calm when others rage, and when practiced along with slow deliberate movement, help improve your overall sense of wellbeing. Exercise has long been known to release mood-boosting chemicals in the brain, so while you’re improving your strength & endurance, you’re also creating more feel-good neurotransmitters. Movement can also be an important part of a weight management program, and losing a few excess pounds may make you very happy indeed!</div>
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Here are three ways, through simple exercise, to use the healing power of movement for improved mental & spiritual health:</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The slowest walk you’ll ever take:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>One principle of the practice of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.alternativz.co/knowledge-article/mindfulness-benefits-and-basic-overview" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #7e4895; text-decoration: none;">mindfulness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is to be aware at all times of your body and mind, your position in space, and your location. But how can you get used to staying in the moment – not thinking about a conversation you had earlier, what’s on TV later, or tomorrow’s meeting? The answer may be to take it one step at a time, literally. Use deep, meditative breathing to set your pace. As you inhale, take a small step with your right foot. Hold the air in your lungs and just focus on where you are, how you feel, and what your body is doing. As you exhale, take a step with your left foot. Let your empty lungs relax completely for a moment as you focus on the here and now. When you need to inhale again, do so gently, as you move your right foot forward. It may look odd to outsiders, but mindful walking is an extraordinary experience for the walker. Consider practicing<a href="http://www.alternativz.co/knowledge-article/yoga-benefits-and-basic-overview" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #7e4895; text-decoration: none;">Tai Chi</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>which in many ways epitomizes the artful blend of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.alternativz.co/knowledge-article/mindfulness-benefits-and-basic-overview" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #7e4895; text-decoration: none;">mindfulness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and movement.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The oddest shapes you’ll ever make:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><a href="http://www.alternativz.co/knowledge-article/yoga-benefits-and-basic-overview" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #7e4895; text-decoration: none;">Yoga</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is a popular mind-body exercise that has been around for centuries.<a href="http://www.alternativz.co/knowledge-article/yoga-benefits-and-basic-overview" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #7e4895; text-decoration: none;">Yoga</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>incorporates meditative breathing with fun stretches and positions that tone your muscles while releasing your stress. For<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.alternativz.co/knowledge-article/yoga-benefits-and-basic-overview" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #7e4895; text-decoration: none;">yoga</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to be beneficial the mind must be clear and you must be focused in the present moment. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.alternativz.co/knowledge-article/yoga-benefits-and-basic-overview" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #7e4895; text-decoration: none;">Yoga</a>movements are thought to have healing powers for many ailments. Certain positions are designed to improve different organ functions, including lung capacity and circulation. The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.alternativz.co/knowledge-article/mindfulness-benefits-and-basic-overview" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #7e4895; text-decoration: none;">mindfulness</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>aspect of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.alternativz.co/knowledge-article/yoga-benefits-and-basic-overview" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #7e4895; text-decoration: none;">yoga</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>allows you enough time between positions to truly feel your body: which muscles are contracting, which are stretching, and how it feels. You’ll be more in tune with your sense of balance and your body in space.</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The best groove you’ll ever shake:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Dancing is a popular and delightful mind-body healing exercise. Dancing is fun because dancers can get lost in the music. You might not even realize you’ve been getting a full cardio workout! Dancing has been part of rituals in many cultures and continues to be popular in clubs and studios around the world—but you can “dance like there’s nobody watching” in the privacy of your own home. You may want to select instrumental music so you won’t have words to distract you. Classical, electronic, or tribal music are excellent dance music. Don’t focus on any specific dance “steps” at first—just move your body in whatever way feels most natural. Even if you find your mind wandering and you struggle to stay in the moment while you dance, you will still reap the healing rewards of physical movement. Move serenely,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.alternativz.co/knowledge-article/eye-problems-a-basic-overview" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #7e4895; text-decoration: none;">eyes</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>closed, to classical or jazz songs—or put on some happy tunes and shake it like you stole it! If you feel completely clumsy and clueless, find some online videos that show you beginner steps for aerobic dance or Zumba and follow along to get started. Be sure your healthcare provider gives you the go-ahead to do anything aerobic.</li>
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Remember, you can’t resolve the things that are worrying your mind if you just sit and stew about them. There is a healing power to movement, so get moving! Take a walk, whether fast or slow the benefits are many. Take a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.alternativz.co/knowledge-article/yoga-benefits-and-basic-overview" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #7e4895; text-decoration: none;">yoga</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>class, or crank out the jams. If you stay in motion, movement may heal your mind.</div>
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