text:
DONALD J. TRUMP has said and done a lot of outlandish, polarizing things in 2015 — running for president first among them.
The Republican candidate has led in most national polls for five months. Everyone else is a pathetic loser and we need him, as his hat promises, to make America great again. That's how Mr. Trump puts it anyway, in dark rhetoric that seems to be an ideal match for this moment.
Almost three-quarters of adults in the United States use social networking sites, and more than half of Facebook and Twitter users get their news through those sites. News consumption has gotten both faster and more siloed by ideology.
2015 was the Year of Trump because he is the perfect candidate for our viral age. His success tells us a lot about the nature of what goes viral and how it reflects our beliefs and our fears.
"What goes viral is what we think is remarkable," Jeff Hemsley, a professor of information studies at Syracuse University and a co-author of the book "Going Viral," said. "In a way, it represents what we as a society think is worth talking about."
In 2015, we found Mr. Trump and the ideas he represents worth talking about. He has more Facebook likes and Twitter followers than any other candidate in the field. According to Google Trends, he is the most searched candidate of 2015 by far and he has gotten significantly more attention on television than his Republican rivals.
Virality can be about sheer news value, but emotion also plays a big role in determining what gets shared. If we think about a given news story as a disease waiting to be passed along, human emotion is its most common vector. And some emotions are more contagious.
Richard L. Rapson, a professor of psychological history at the University of Hawaii, has studied virality through the lens of emotional contagion. He found that the most shareable moments come when a story lights up the deepest recesses of our minds.
"Hate, fear of the other, anger — they come directly from the nonconscious, and that's why they're so easy to evoke," Professor Rapson said.
Jonah Berger and Katherine L. Milkman, professors at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, similarly found that news stories were more likely to be shared if they elicited emotions like awe, anger and anxiety.
So when Mr. Trump says that Mexicans are rapists and killers, or that the government should register Muslims in the United States in a mandatory database system, people hit the share button. And as long as stories about Mr. Trump are receiving as many eyeballs as possible, it doesn't really matter if people are reacting negatively to him. In fact, it probably helps his popularity.
That Mr. Trump is both volatile in nature and allergic to nuance is part of his viral success. Humans use mental shortcuts to process information quickly while conserving brain power. This means that we often don't think critically about the information we're receiving before sharing it with others.
Unsurprisingly, that can mean that things that are not true go viral. But lies, like fear, can maintain a powerful grasp on the human mind.
"Once we see something and accept it as true, it's really, really hard to falsify the belief," said Rosanna Guadagno, a social psychologist at the University of Texas at Dallas. "I've occasionally spread something that turned out to be false, and the sad thing is, I'm still trying to scrub that out of my memory as something I've accepted as real."
And people with certain political leanings may be more predisposed to sharing. According to Bradley M. Okdie, a social psychologist at Ohio State University at Newark, conservatives are more likely to share a given piece of content than liberals are, especially if it provokes a negative emotion.
"Conservatives tend to be a lot more reactive to negative information and they also tend to be a lot more insular in nature, and they also tend to have less tolerance for ambiguity," Professor Okdie said. "Conservatives would prefer a negative concrete statement to a slightly positive, uncertain statement."
With his us vs. them invective and his refusal to denounce hate-filled speech from some of his supporters, Mr. Trump is an echo chamber for certain corners of the far right, as evinced by his popularity with white nationalists and the so-called alt-right movement of mostly online activists.
"Donald Trump is telling them something they already believe, and they're sharing it because they want other people to believe it too," Professor Hemsley, who studies virality, said.
Mr. Trump has no qualms about looking or sounding "unpresidential" — hence the tacky hats, Twitter rants and debate performances worthy of W.W.E. "SmackDown."
He is the living embodiment of the saying "All publicity is good publicity." In his 1987 book "The Art of the Deal," he showed just how canny his strategy of being the most outlandish person in the room was.
"The point is that if you are a little different, or a little outrageous, or if you do things that are bold or controversial, the press is going to write about you," he wrote. "Even a critical story, which may be hurtful personally, can be very valuable to your business."
It's almost as if he understood the concept of Internet virality before a single cat ever LOLed.


text:
Roger is a wildly talented designer, he brings a unique artistic eye to his projects. He is always creative and very smart in what he does. He is obsessively detail-oriented and wholly original in everything he does. He has his eye on the big picture and the smallest detail at the same time, and has the ability to bring a fresh approach to any project. He designed my website and logo from an abstract vision I had and created something one Corporate Communications person commented "I've not seen anything like it, this is fantastic!".
Not only is he talented and experienced as an artist, he is great to work with, patient, flexible and determined that you walk away thrilled with your project. I would recommend Roger's services to anyone looking for quality, commitment and a brilliant execution.
-Vicki Petrella (Alchemy Healing Arts)
The website Roger Creus developed and designed for my business changed my life. I have nothing but good to say about his work. Since going live with the new site last year, I have tripled my business and productivity. He achieved all of my needs with impeccable commitment and an innovative flare. The project was no easy task, with a ton of content and a diverse range of needs, he easily integrated everything. The site is easily navigated, professional and beautiful to browse through. I am absolutely in love with my website! Thank you Digital Rowye!
-Denise Cumor (Dirty Mother Productions)
Roger was not only easy to work with and willing to tailor to our exact needs but also creative and able to create a colorful diverse website that carries a professional design and functionality. Even as years go by and updates/changes happen Rowye continues to be easy to work with and incredibly professional. This artist clearly understood the need for colorful and uplifting design for our website and created something that not only is as inspiring as our theme but also welcoming to our audience members.
-Hollis Taylor (Diversitree)
Born in Badalona in 1977, Roger Creus learned in his early years that the way of creation was going to be a constant in his life. At 10 he was fast into the world of comic books and soon he drew his own, first copying the masters and then making his own from scratch. A few years later he studied at the Pau Gargallo Arts School in Badalona where he was taught the basics of illustration, technical drawing, sculpting and history of art. During that time, he'd learn to play drums and focus on music for the longest, later on starting his own solo electronic projects. Meanwhile, he had been learning how to use Photoshop to create digital media. At that time, this talent was reserved only to making art for his own music or personal projects.
In 2003 Roger expanded his horizons delving into the world of 3D graphics and creating levels for computer games, as well as rendering simple 3D scenes. He also began to toy with video editing and creating digital content such as textures, small banners and websites. In the year 2010, he began a new adventure that would take him to move to the United States. This life changing experience brought him back to arts and to fully focus on graphic expression.
Now back in Barcelona, Roger has created websites for clients abroad (Alchemy Healing Arts.org, Diversitree.org) and in Spain, looking for a personal touch that makes every site unique and adding small pieces of his art to the designs.
He has made CD covers for several bands (Glassfish Electronics, In Pink We Trust), designed logos (Arrenkapins, Man Of The Floor), made covers for the Green Egg Magazine and restored and retouched old damaged pictures, expanding his Photoshop skills. He has received the Daily Deviation award thrice, having his artowrks officially featured by DeviantArt, and his art has been featured over a hundred times by the website's users (see all the features here).
Rowye's digital art and illustration is sometimes fantastic, sometimes mystical, sometimes raw and crude. His influences are diverse, from classics like Rembrandt to Klimt, Dave McKean, other photomanipulators, matte painters or even video games. This translates into his art sometimes in huge landscapes, others in darker and more intimate pieces. He's also delved often into the humoristic side of it all, portraying roadkill victims running over humans, frogs marrying each other, and other hilarious situations.
Nowadays he favors the art photomanipulation. Sort of like a digital collage, the image in his mind translates to his artworks through his own and other people's photos, all together in a canvas. He is aldo adding 3D elements as of late, which he digitally sculpts. Both, techniques that have been used extensively in movies/books cover art and also in matte painting for filmmaking.
Roger's art is a continuous exploration into anything Photoshop and, most important, into his psyche. His commitment to personal growth walks along his art and as such, each piece is a new experiment, a new outlet to write his heart down. But he is doing it without any words…

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Home > for Pets and other animals > Fleas, Ticks and Lice
Brand: Serendipity Herbals
100% pure, cold pressed, organic Neem Oil. For minor wounds, or slightly irritated areas, apply directly to the skin for soothing relief. A few drops may also be added to your own pet shampoo. Please exclude your current brand as a possible contributing factor in any skin irritation. The intrinsic properties of neem oil are a useful aid in animal husbandry.
* Virgin Neem has a nutty-garlic odour* Neem Oil will begin to solidify at or below 21deg C (cool room temperature)* Not intended for internal use* Not recommended for use during pregnancy
For horses, goats, sheep etc the larger sizes are an economical option. The intrinsic properties of neem oil are helpful in general animal husbandry. Use neat on minor wounds or slightly irritated areas, add to shampoo, or dilute & spray or sponge on.
This large 5L size is now shipped with the following complementary items to ensure you have everything you may need to hand: 1L container 250ml trigger flask 30ml Ecofriendly Gentle Emulsifier.
Customers who bought this item also bought:
2nd purchase of neem oil, keeps our pony free of sweet itch
Was this helpful to you? Yes / No
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
Very good
This review has not been appraised.
One of my terriers picked up a large dose of chicken mites and despite vet visits and expensive treatments nothing worked to rid him of them. He scratched himself raw and was desperately unhappy with life until I did a bit of research and found Neem. I bought shampoo and essential oil and they worked amazingly well. Two weeks later he's a happy chappy again and his coat is looking glossy - although he still has a few scabs left which the oil is clearing up nicely - I will keep the oil in the medicine cupboard from now on for all cuts and scrapes - both human and animal.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Great to hear your dog is back to his old self again. Just to clarify, neen oil is a vegetable oil not an essential oil. This means it is OK to use directly on the skin, and also safe for cats.
I have bought neem oil from you before and used it to get rid of greenfly and blackfly as well as fungus in the garden. I also noticed that my finger nails do not flake anymore since I started rubbing it into my nails. I will buy it again.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.
As always, fast delivery, well packed. The ponies are appreciating the neem applications.
The quality and price of this Neem oil is unsurpassable in Spain where I live. My email enquiry about shipping abroad was answered immediately, the goods were dispatched the day I placed the order and arrived in Spain five days later, as predicted by The Neem Team. I'm very impressed, both with the product and with the customer service. I will be buying all my neem products here from now on
Read all 35 customer reviews...


text:
LOS ANGELES, June 4 (UPI) -- U.S. fashion designer and reality TV personality Kimora Lee Simmons says she and her actor beau Djimon Hounsou named their newborn son Kenzo Lee Hounsou.
Usmagazine.com said Simmons announced the baby's name on her Twitter page Wednesday.
Born last Saturday, the child is the couple's first.
He weighed in at 8 pounds and measured 20 inches.
Simmons also has two older daughters with her ex-husband, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons.


text:
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Communications Michael Moynihan TD has accused the government of continuing to undermine the post office network throughout the country. Deputy Moynihan made the comments after the Department of Social Protection issued a letter to social welfare recipients requesting them to switch from receiving payments at post offices.
Deputy Moynihan said, "It has come to my attention that the Department of Social Protection recently issued a letter to social welfare recipients requesting them to switch from receiving payments at their local post office to instead having them paid directly into their bank accounts. This is yet another attempt by the Government to undermine the Post Office network which is the very fabric of rural Ireland.
Prior to the local elections in May 2014 former Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte issued a statement saying that the cabinet had agreed a whole-of-government in ensuring the protection of the Post Office network. However it is now apparent that this was simply a hollow promise that the Government knew it would renege on following the elections.
"Last October the Government indicated that it wanted to remove the option for social welfare recipients to receive the Household Benefits Package payment at a Post Office of their choice. The Government was forced into performing a U-turn after it faced significant resistance to the move from communities across Ireland who recognise the importance of the local Post Office.
"Now it seems the Government is using more covert tactics, by issuing letters under the radar directly to social welfare recipients, in an attempt to undermine the Post Office network. The commitment that was made by Fine Gael and Labour to protect our Post Office network has been broken yet again.
"In February 2014 Fianna Fáil published detailed proposals that set out a plan for consolidating the existing work of the Post Office network while increasing commercial activity in every office. Our policy document recognises that Post Offices are the heartbeat of so many local communities across the country and need to be supported. Unfortunately it seems the Government does not share our view. The time has come for Fine Gael and Labour to stop its attack on what is a vital community service" said Deputy Moynihan.


text:
A holiday in greece has hospitals owed to both private and also the public sector. Athens also offers an account balance mixture of both public and private hospitals which are well outfitted to focus on any type of health problems. The general public hospitals in A holiday in greece are managed and controlled through the Nhs.
The Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center of Athens, Hygeia continues to be functional since 1970.It's a private hospital founded by eminent Greek physicians to supply first class and modern choose to its patients. The Hygeia Diagnostic and Therapeutic Center provides medical and health services throughout A holiday in greece as well as in another countries too. You will find 22 surgery clinics, 11 pathology clinics, 6 diagnostics centers, 8 rehabilitation centers and10 hospitals abroad.A healthcare facility being an Organ Transplant Unit as well as an ICU that's outfitted to cope with all type of medical conditions. A healthcare facility also offers ambulance services as well as their ICU is outfitted using the requisite support and diagnostic facilities to make sure medicine to the patients. A healthcare facility has got the facility for Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) to assist fight bloodstream illnesses. It had been the very first hospital in A holiday in greece introducing the idea of eventually surgery.
Kyanous Stavros is really a independently owned hospital and diagnostic center. The located hospital was placed in the entire year 1963 and is among the finest hospitals in Athens. A healthcare facility has got the most advanced technology and it is while constantly modernizing its operations and departments. It's a multidisciplinary hospital which has 24 hrs er that suits the needs of people from other countries and vacationers. You will find ambulances services available which are outfitted to supply safe and quick transportation throughout A holiday in greece if needed. A healthcare facility has a variety of accommodation facilities to match the needs and pockets of a number of patients. A healthcare facility accepts nearly all insurance providers whether public use or private. A healthcare facility provides treatment to any or all the citizens who might approach it whatever the fact when they have been insurance or otherwise.
Among the prominent hospitals in Athens may be the General Hospital of Attica KAT. A healthcare facility using its modern medical and technological equipment along with a properly trained employees are a dependable healthcare center. A healthcare facility address is 2 Nikis street in Kifissia which is readily available with the Electric Railway or even the Subterranean Metro. A healthcare facility includes a pathology division, an orthopedics department that suits all sorts of memory foam problems, an over-all surgery division as well as specialized surgeries department.
IASO General is really a hospital with condition of art facilities and services. A healthcare facility comes with an ICU that's first class and is proven to be among the very best in the united states. It features a Coronary Care Unit called the first in the united states to possess a dedicated unit for treatment and diagnosis of heart ailments. IASO General can also be outfitted by having an up-to-date accident and emergency department. You will find 10 highly sophisticated surgical units as well as an angina pectoris unit within the hospital. Additionally, it has internal medicine, surgery and diagnostic divisions. The surgeries department has facilities for thoracic, plastic, cardiac, memory foam and general surgeries. The address for that hospital is 264 Mesogeion Ave. 155 62 Holargos and also the contact no is 210 650 2000.
Helena Venizelou founded Marika Eliadi Maternity Hospital in 1926. In those days there is a severe shortage permanently hospitals and trained staff for maternal care within the city. A healthcare facility was setup by having an try to provide advanced natal care not just to entire Athens but towards the entire country. The hospital provides specialized maternity care and various services which cover secondary and tertian health needs. A healthcare facility also offers an interior medicine department, endocrinology department, cardiology department along with a hepato-gastroenterology unit.
If you want medical help, next time you're in Athens. Check out these facilities.


text:
Link & Learn: Loneliness & Social Isolation
Throughout the year, Business in the Community runs a series of one-hour, bite-sized, topical learning sessions for your employees.
01 Mar 2018
Held at Employers Premises
Delivered in your workplace by experts in areas of particular interest to your workforce. We allocate a month and you choose a day and time that suits. Once confirmed, the expert provider will liaise with you directly. All you need to do is advertise the session and provide a suitable place for it to take place.
Imagine what it would be like to be lonely and uncared for every day; to forget the sound of your own voice because there is no one to talk to and TV is your only company for weeks on end. Tragically, that is the harsh reality for millions of older people.
- 1 in 3 older people are sometimes or always lonely
- 100,000 people say TV s their main form of company
- 30,000 people say they feel trapped in their own homes
This series of seminars, delivered by Age NI, will highlight the reality of loneliness and social isolation and the impacts it can have on later life. The stats make for stark reading. Loneliness can:
- Be as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes per day
- Double your risk of Alzheimer's
- Increase your risk of diabetes, stroke and heart disease by 30%
- The sessions will also provide an opportunity to learn about the intervention programmes that Age NI delivers, how they can support in later life, and how you can play a part in helping to support those at risk of loneliness.
Book Now:
Contact Angela McCartney on (028) 9046 0606, or email firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
In an article posted on iGaming Business entitled ' Clarion pledges Action Plan to tackle industry sexism' http://www.igamingbusiness.com/news/clarion-pledges-action-plan-tackle-industry-sexism posted on the 12th February 2018 it states that Clarion will be canvassing stakeholders views about your plan to eliminate promotional girls from all your gambling events through your Ampersand Think Tank and Research initiative that you say enables you to communicate directly with the industry.
As an industry veteran of 25 years who speaks at many conferences and has done for over 20 years, I am unfortunately not one of your chosen Ampersand members so have been forced to write this open letter.
I am categorically against your plan to dictate to the gambling industry what is acceptable behaviour at industry events. We have laws made by Parliament that control our behaviour not diktat laid down by unappointed and unaccountable industry suppliers
In no way am I condoning sexism, exploitation, discrimination and all the other nasties that the world is beset with, but I do not think this is what is happening at ICE or any other show.
What I do think is happening is that a small bunch of privileged women from outside our industry are trying to impose their own political agenda on an industry they dont know and possibly dont like and as a result, hundreds of promotional girls will have food taken from their tables for no justifiable reason.
The promotional girls are not exploited, they know fully well what is expected of them and they do their jobs professionally and happily. There has been no reports of harassment or assault and if there was, the law would apply and the perpetrator prosecuted. The promotional girls like the job, keep coming back and most of all value the employment that you begrudge them. They are in most cases employed by female run agencies being commissioned by female run marketing departments.
I fully understand the argument that using promotional girls is old-fashioned, that may be the case, but it is not up to you regulate it. Much as flares are old fashioned but we dont ban them however much we might want to. Market forces may make exhibitors try another approach to presenting their business but this is their choice not one to be forced upon them
Not only have what you and Sarah Harrison done is unfairly bring more acrimony upon an already under attack industry but you have ignored the hundreds of women who work in the industry throughout the year, not just at the conferences that pay your wages. Some of us are old enough to remember when there were practically no women working in this industry, the mirror image of what the exhibition industry now just you have very few men and seem not to be so exercised about this lack of diversity.
We can at least be very proud of the numbers of women we have and safe in the knowledge that more are being attracted to the industry. I have not heard any voices against the promotional girls from women in the industry, all the ones I have talked to do not consider it an issue. yet again this attack on our industry is coming from a small number of privileged outsiders
What is at stake here is your attempt to tell us - your customers - what to do and how we should do our business and that is wrong.
You can dress it up by saying its about respecting women but you seem to have no respect for those you wish to force out of legal employment.
Once you ban the girls what will you ban next?
Will you lead a campaign against the costumes women competitors wear on Strictly?
I would not be saying this if this was another industry. Skimpily clad girls are out of context at an accountancy exhibition. Not at a gambling exhibition where members of the public are not invited. Gambling has always been an adult form of entertainment with sexual motifs prevalent throughout both time and the breadth of the industry.
The girls must stay
No one is asking for nudity just the ability to dress as the client wants - which is no more than many girls dress on a Friday night


text:
Velimir Abramovic
The knowledge of Time is very scant. As you may know, in the long history of time philosophy, there are two opposite concepts: heraklian and parmenidian. Almost all physicists use heraklian conception and for them time is dimension of everlasting change ( panta rei ). Philosophers mostly admit parmenidian conception: there is no beginning or the end of time, there is no past or future, there is no actual time at all, except those peculiar "nows". In fact it is commonly used a dual conception where the two-dimensional nature of time stays logically blurred. The first dimension of time appears physical and measurable, and the second one is eternal, immeasurable, absolute now. Allegedly, my body (my space-matter) belongs to the first dimension of time, but, my mind (I, conscious subject) belongs to its second dimension.
Why do we remember only the past but not the future? That is, because our inbuilt "psychological arrow" points to the future. This psychological arrow essentially coincides with the termodynamical arrow and when the universe is contracting' the biosphere has no means to live, because entropy (or thermodynamical arrow) is lost or too weak. Without 'the arrow' the various fluctuations in the Universe tend to attain the equal frequencies. This leads the World to the most likely condition state of equilibrium where the directivity of time does not exist. Anyway, in statistical mechanics, based on the conventional mechanics of a point, the directivity of time does not appear as a quality of time itself, but only as a property of mechanical system. But, if the directivity of time and other possible qualities are objective, they should enter the system of elementary mechanics of isolated processes. However, this is not happening and the statistical generalization of classical mechanics leads us to the conclusion that absolute equilibrium conditions are not uttainable. In experiments, the directivity of time signifies a pattern continuously existing in time, which, acting upon the material system, can cause it to transfer to an equilibrium state. Henryk Mehlberg well summarized all this in 1961: "On presently available scientific evidence, time should be considered as having no arrow or unique direction, and as involving no intrinsic (observer-independent) distinction between past and future." If this analysis is correct, then the so-called cosmic arrow of time is really the arrow of the world in time and not of time itself.
In short, in contemporary science and philosophy time has no recognized real existence like space and matter.
A Being
If this conjecture is accepted, there is a question is it at all desirable to comprehend the God's Cosmogony itself? Why should we at all intent to rationalize God? What is impossible should not be desirable. But, in spite of the fact that the becoming of a Being or the creation of everything will for ever stay mystical, it does not hold for its functioning. As far as I can see, all the needs of Humanity, whatever one can even imagine to wish, could be fulfilled by rational cognition and mastering of Time, or closer, by controlling the everlasting Change - consciously. That would enable man to alternate at will not only sensory reality of biophysical systems, but also their time defined structures, and so to build alternative realities , in full sense of the words. I firmly believe that entering of parallel worlds which naturally exist and constructing of new ones, both is achievable by human scientific means. The Cosmos is segmented by local time coordination and its obvious emptiness is illusionary.
Although I agree with Melissos from Samos , (5 th century B.C.), that we should not think or speak about Gods, there is no knowledge on them, my feeling is that God has nothing against the new contemporary human insight into the true power of the Endless. What stays after all is the primal desire: being one and the same with God'. But, is it at all possible not to be one and the same with Creator and his creation? Who even by extreme imagination can escape from a Being, from its dimensionless Infinity?
On Time, Mathematics and Logic
Melissos also was teaching that the World is Oneness which is unlimited, unchangeable, immovable, isotropic and full; there is no real motion, but only the perception of it. From my point of view he was describing nothing else but properties of Time .
Ontology of Time is a new stage of Human Knowledge where Time is finally understood. Time is exactly what was in long history of Metaphysics mistakenly named Non-Being, or in eastern Religions and Philosophies Nothingness, Emptiness. However, from non-spatiality and non-corporeality (the key properties of Non-Being) isn't necessarily following the non-existence'. The Emptiness and Nothingness are relative notions dependent on fullness and somethingness and are not adequate for what they should signify.
The existence' is noumenal and fundamental and non-existence' can not be ontologically defended. If Being is what it is' , then Non-Being is not what it is not' . It creates the natural paradox. The existence of what it is not' is unthinkable. There is no possible ontology of Non-Being.
What should be the essence of non-existing'? Yes' is ultimate position of every theoretical search, no' is the relative matter of the experience. The emptiness' doesn't appear anywhere, but it still exists out of sensory perception as real physical Time' . Why? How?
If taken in absolute sense, the concept of Physical reality' includes metaphysics, but excludes logic. The 'non-existence' can not be given in full by any known mental instrument: idea (Plato), form, concept, logical entity (Aristotle), thought, image, language, cognition all of them are in certain existential modes . The Cosmos is an experiment of God which precedes the verification and its existence' is independent of scientific truth'.
From the metaphysical point of mind, which is lower than religious, a Being' appears as the same with existence' and also truth'. In the statement I lie', I' (subject) must exist or the statement is meaningless. Since there is no object of lying, the predicate in the sentence is related only to subject. Therefore, the actual meaning of the statement is I lie that I am'. It seems that absolute lying is impossible. (Praedicatum inest subjecto Leibniz).
The truth' is deeply rooted in existence' and ultimately coincides with it. The notion of non-existence' belongs to phenomenal world; it is relative and changeable. In further considerations it becomes clear that Logic doesn't have solid ontological foundation at all. Logic is ultimately based on mathematics, which is inherent to the phenomena and has its own inbuilt ontology. If we take and use 0 as Time', 1 as Space', or 2,3,4
as complex physical entities with implicated equality of units', we shall find that in correct connection to physics the numbers are becoming directly physical. Since the other mathematical operations are already defined by entities themselves as their properties, we may simply follow the correspondence so creating the physical mathematics . The nature is the spontaneous mathematician. However, the logical symbols a, b, c... are not directly ontologically interpretable and need additional defining. Moreover, the logical operations are entirely separated from logical symbols and there is no natural connection between logical symbolism and logical procedure. It creates insurmountable difficulty in the ontological founding of Logic. On one hand, logical relations should be properties of symbols or at least should emanate from them. On the other hand, symbols of logic are originally conceived in the way they can not be physically interpreted; they are general but not elementary. Since Logic can not be reduced neither only to logical relations, nor only to symbols, the ultimate ontological founding of Logic is not possible. However, it can be done over mathematics. Only the mathematics by its nature gives us the tools of identifying mind and physical world and represents undivided reality. If mathematics is natural and primary knowledge, then the logic is artificial, and of secondary value.
Non-Being exists makes a paradox, identical to the statement: I lie. As it was already said: From the truth, falsity can not follow or I would say from the existence, non-existence can not follow'. It is clear that Non-Being' can not be affirmative without raising the unsolvable paradox: non-existence' must be confirmed by existence'. Nevertheless, the Spirituality (or Consciousness), Mentality (or products of thinking) as well as Experience (sensory world) are all contented in Reality. So, what is the true and essential meaning of the notion Non-Being', can it be physically interpreted and its understanding used in Science? For those purpose the completely new philosophical logic is needed, or better, the mathematics should be recognized as the logic of Cosmos.
It is to be presupposed that non-spatial, dimensionless entity really exists and that is Time. Obviously, among Time, Space and Matter, only Time is spationless (non-spatial) and incorporeal, appears nowhere directly, but somehow exists. Let us again suppose the Time is the One, the Time is a Being. But, what is it and how it affects the World: Cosmically pre-established Laws, Space and Matter?
Time is identical with Reality itself ; it is unchangeable, dimensionless, not-extended, limitless, and formless; it is also real and pure essence.
Time is a Substance ; Substance is what is called unchangeable ultimate Reality; what isn't change, is not extended; what is not extended, has no parts; what has no parts is non-spatial and infinite; what is infinite must be Infinity itself.
Time is real and unique Infinity ; ultimate Reality and substantial Infinity are one and the same; A Being is real Infinity as the Time is; real infinities can not coexist and consequently Space and Matter are finite, but not necessarily limited in size and quantity; Time is universal and one and the same with Infinity, Substance and Reality.
Time is spationless (non-spatial) entity ; it is also non-localized and non-localizable, it is not positioned in Space and it can not be identified with any place or equated with it; in space-terms Time is everywhere, all-pervasive, universal, underlying all the spatial and material phenomena.
Time is independent and precedes the Space and Matter, which are entirely dependent on it.
In conclusion:
Time taken as a Being is simple, elementary entity and simply self-identical.
Time taken as Reality truly exists.
Time taken, as Substance is unchangeable Infinity.
Time taken as Continuity is a basic generating principle.
Time taken as a whole is complex (structured).
Hypothesis: Present time is polycentric actual Infinity (Present time we also call Eternity or a Being).
Time is much more abstract then we previously thought; Eternity is temporal Infinity (non-spatial and non-material) and the only one which is real. But, it is not the case that Eternity is infinite; the true case is that Eternity is Infinity itself . Eternity is eternal present'. Precisely, Eternity ' is Present ' time'. In terms of Physics, Present time is universal inertial system completely motionless. Past and Future are illusionary motions'. Present time - or Eternity is unique actual infinity.
Ockham's razor: Entities are not to be multiplied beyond
Necessity. If Time is the one and the same with Reality, it seems like there are too many concepts for the same main subject. Time is enough; it is the only category. The rest of general notions that are Being, Infinity, Wholeness, Primary Substance, Point, Zero, Consciousness, Continuum, Spirit - are not categories of the Physical reality. They represent the operative models of Time in various disciplines of human knowledge.
On Temporal Algorithm which forms Space
How parts are becoming in wholeness or how space (what is finite) originates from Time (what is infinite)?
Infiniteness is a principle cause of self-differentiation of Time; there are n+1 coexistent centers of Infinity. Space and Matter are also intrinsic finite events in Time (or events inside real Infinity). Infinity precedes the finite. If Reality is Infinity , then there is no outside World. Everything finite is within Infinity and is becoming in it and of it. Since the space-matter parts are finite, they are only relatively individual and relatively separated from the wholeness. The relative separation of parts is executed and constantly governed by Natural Laws or mathematical operations that are of a Time nature, also. Time is both the generating Law and the unique essence for all the space-matter forms; it is a Spirit.
Is it in human mind power to conceive possible Cosmogony of Life which would deal with its origin directly? Of course, before Life we are to comprehend Time. But, before we catch the reality of Time we have to understand the substance of infinite Being. It is all ultimately interconnected.
Nondeterministic precedes deterministic. Why? Simply because the omni potentiality of Infinite gives us opportunity of unlimited choice (freedom) which is the basis of natural technology. If we catch the true meaning of this it will open us the way to understanding the reason why the creativeness of life does not contradict the laws of the physics. The acceptance of Time as the most general physical law that regulates change and governs all the phenomena leads us to solution of K. Popper's dilemma: deterministic or nondeterministic universe?' And there is no the stream of time', as Newton thought, since the physical laws are not in motion of any kind.
The structure of Time:
Eternity - (or eternal present time') generating Space and Matter with its property - Continuity (the main natural law or the most General Law of the Physical Reality');
Synchronicity - (regulates existential frequency' of Space and Matter parts);
Internal Time (that one which structures relatively independent object);
Local Time - (environmental time' constituted by Internal Times ratio);
Conventional Time - (laboratory second' the only available instrument of human cognition);
One Buddha has said: An instant realization sees endless time. Endless time is as one moment. When one comprehends the endless moment, he realizes self who is seeing it.
Here we came on the profound and for the people the crucial question about the ontological nature of good and evil. Present time is the inertial system, immovable as absolute goodness is also . The Evil is the Change ; goodness is absence of change, no change no evil . Why the present is immovable system or system in absolute peace? Allover the universe the present instantly connects moments of synchronous forms of entities' which among themselves stay relatively unaltered, frozen in shape and time, stay always as they are, for ever the same. Present is good and real, it is beyond measuring, immeasurable; the past and the future are illusionary, changeable, measurable and evil. Time consists of unlimited quantity of presents and taken separately each of those is good as the eternity is.
In history of civilizations a Being was generally connecting to space and matter and Non-Being to Time. It is exactly the opposite: as the main natural law, the Eternity is only real and space and matter are ephemeral - they are in constant becoming.
The algorithm basis of space-matter structuring from time is the spherical law: present has many centers related by radiuses that are generating space-matter formations.
On the Reform of Causality
In Ontology of Time the bare wisdom is to know what stays beyond cognition. If we admit that the creation of Eternity itself is not approachable by questions What? Why? and How? then we will be able to conform Causality to Time and its basic relations to Space and Matter. Thus it will become also possible to discover the Mathematical Logic behind the Space-Matter derivations from Present Time.
What constitutes the wrong metaphysical basis of causal logic is that (human) thinking can perform its operations independently of a Being and cognize what was before its existence, the reason why it exists.
The existence is the precondition of thinking. And closer, the existence of belief necessarily precedes in what we believe in. I believe in God by my existence, before I form the notion of God. The same holds for the Universe.
Cogito ergo sum I think, therefore I am (Decartes), is not deepen enough and it should be reconsidered. It seems that in Ontology is exactly the opposite: I am, (I exist), therefore I think (I operate). Subjects are the objects of outside world, and vice versa, the objects are the outside subjects. The I is relative, but it is everywhere. Speaking in common sense, the mere thinking can not be the valid proof of existence; otherwise the Logic itself would lead to understanding of Creation, which is obviously not the case. The entity is before its property, it conditions its properties, or better, functioning can not precede that what is functioning. We have the experience and also the knowledge of existence and in ontological thinking we should start from what is primary, from the existence and not from thoughts. If the existential ordering is induced in language, it will be also found that subject' is necessarily before the predicate'.
Creation of a Being (Time) must precede its existence and therefore the comprehension of Time-Creation is not an achievable logical knowledge. Why? Because any thinking or any Logic inevitably starts from what exists and ultimately that is a Being (or Time). To remind here that non-spatiality of Time (its dimensionless nature) for many scientists in history was the reason to conclude erroneously that Time is not something existent'. Seems that in science it is desperately needed an extension of the notion of existence to what is dimensionless, to what has no parts'. The existence should not be merely linked to dimensional world, to length, width, volume and mass. If there is no observed at least length, we conclude there is nothing. It is naive and shallow position and completely excludes spiritual level from science and philosophy, the level which is of utmost importance. As we know today the Logic comes from domain of imaginary systems (just like games) where anything is possible what in Reality it is not. Logic is about the meaning, not about the existence.
In the Ontology of Time (where Time is a Being) it is inescapable to begin analysis from the effect, because we do not know how Time came into existence, how it is created. As we do have neither the knowledge, nor the experience of primary Creation, in scientific thinking it's not possible to start from that deepest level. I do not state that the Time itself (a Being) necessarily has an antecedent cause for its existence, but I do state that on the way from Time to observable world everything is completely causal (the problem is how).
In spite the fact we know the cause precedes the effect, in actual thinking we start from what is already done, from the Oneness. That enables us to apply causation in time-space relations, or in wholeness-parts relation, or in relation of infinite Being to finite entities made of it. So the choice of the first thinkable object to begin the chain of causality is exclusively reduced to one dimensionless and limitless something that somehow exist (a Being or a Time) . Needless to repeat: the Creator himself stays beyond any logic.
Causality is conceived as a non-temporal logical chain of succession. But, if the consequence is experienced before its condition then it also indicates the unknown cause of the effect and so we face the World as the consequence of Creation which is the pre-given and the unknown cause of its appearance. The acausality (or non-causality) is not the mere individual disorder of perceiving events or wrong way of signifying things; it is in fact the absolute destiny of a science. Whatever Einstein says, causal view is not locally dependant on the observer's position only. Every true research of the Universe necessarily starts from the consequence; it is hopelessly acausal from the very beginning. Even the most profound Ontological insight is consequential and can not be causal. It is conditio humana .
At present there are in use two forms of causal logic linked to each other in such a way that is apparent they are of the same root. Those are to be clearly unified:
Conditional : same condition results with the same consequence, (if p, then q), indicating that q is somehow caused by p;
Causation : the first (cause) brings about the second (effect), but if the same cause results with the same effect is opened conditional.
The close look into these two schemes, condition-consequence' (conditional) and cause-effect' (causal), shows that Causative' and Conditional' are mixed up, overlapping.
The order of the notions implies conventional succession in time, comply with the sensory experience and that makes this logic plausible in everyday life. It seems to us that condition precedes the consequence just like the effect must come after the cause. But, in the Ontology of Time and especially in the Physics of Time above forms of causal thinking are not useful.
As we already discussed, in reality the Ontology begins from what already exists / a Time (a Being) that is'/, and precedes the existence of Space and Matter. It follows that causality applied in Ontology is to start from the consequence or effect'. Since a Being is ultimate reality, in fact the consequence-effect' side of causality can be completely abandoned.
The consequence and effect are of the same nature, but the condition and cause are not. Condition is entity and the cause is its property (the law). A Being is the condition and its property is the cause, or a Being is entity whose properties are natural laws. In religious approach it is legitimate to see the World as a consequence, but in Science the World (a Being) is a given condition of research. So in the new form of Causality designed to comply with ontological claims and to operate in Science of Time there is no place for concept of effects and consequences'. Instead, there is entity ( condition ) and its property ( cause or natural law ). For example: Earth itself isn't cause of the free fall, its gravitation that is. Earth (entity) is the condition and the gravitation is its property (cause); or in genetics it is obvious that the properties of the molecules are responsible for the birth of new being, not the molecules themselves. But, up to now, entities and properties were not distinctly seen in causal relation.
The new chain of generic causation should be established in continuo starting from Infinity, as: primary conditionprimary causenew conditionnew cause...etc. And it is symmetrical to: primary thing primary lawnew thingnew law...etc., and also to: primary entity primary propertynew entity new property
.etc. If q (entity- condition ) then p (property-productive cause of a new condition, i.e. new entity). The entity has property that brings about new entity with new property, and so on. In logical sense this new scheme of causation is a full proposition that says exactly how things are in the world and its true-value is entirely dependant on that, i.e. on the way the things are.
The scheme is also profoundly symmetrical, showing the symmetry of nature and logic. It is also evolving; it is progressive and exactly individualized. It is strongly physically determined contra previous types of causality which were essentially non-deterministic. This exactness and individualization are necessary in the Mathematics of Time and its inferences, because of internal time codes' and local time operators' which are physically productive.
The example of symmetry of new causal relation and the generic nature of time is showing how logic is a posteriori description of thinking process:
Entity (Time) has property (Polycentricism) that brings about new entities (Parts) with their mutual property (Synchronization)...etc.
Discussion on causality reformation was just to make clear that Science of time is rooted in pre-logical mathematics. Every thinking must be logical, but, by known logic we can not achieve the discovery; it is not before or beyond logic, but the new logic that leads to it can be formulated only after discovery is made. Why is that? All the logic usable in ontology is already contained in mathematics and moreover, it is in the form that is directly corresponding to nature. That is why the logical thinking is intellectual overdoing which is not guiding us to new scientific views. The discovery comes by complex mind-matter tuning which transforms synchronicity - level of laws, into resonance - level of sensory world. From this point, instead of obsolete concepts of condition and cause , only the equivalent notions of entity and property should be in use, as operable and distinct.
The world is not an artificial product and humanity is not, too. That is why man is mainly doomed to theoreticize, imitate and recombine.
The determinism of nature can never be circumvented by theoretical speculations, but can be exactly interpreted by them and that is the final aim of all the theories and thinking in general. The ultimate goal of science is to replicate the natural order and existing ontological stratification of entities and laws. The only question is to what extent and on which level we can reach that truth potential of mathematics.
What we call primary reality is the effect of non-intelligible cause. In ontology there is no relativity: the God's consequence, World, we necessarily see as the cause of what is happening to ourselves. Ontology starts with consequence. From the new scheme of causality follows totally new comprehension of consequential ordering literally applicable in time-space-matter relations. Although the creation of Time itself is not intelligible, starting from Time the new causality may achieve symmetry with reality reflecting it directly and completely as the alternate ordering of entities and their properties. Anyway, the whole science is seeking for symmetry of theory and reality. The science of time is such attempt.
As we do have neither the knowledge, nor the experience of primary Creation, in scientific thinking it's not possible to start from that transcendental level.
If the creation is supposedly the cause of the existence of a Being, then the thinking on Causality inescapably starts from the effect, from Eternity that contains and produces everything else.
On Life and Tesla's Spiral
General Time Law (or Continuity) generates and regulates Life forms.
Self-organized systems (living structures) are based on complex circular motion' or periodicity.
Life is spiral form and its vertical periodicity' constitutes synchronicity Law of circulation; in temporal view Life is the time organized periodical motion. In fact, Life is vertical periodicity' arranged as complex order of time sequences and that is what we call life arrangement', the genome.
Vortex complex spiral form that represents self-organized bio-system.
Tesla's Time Vortex key to Life (or soul-body synchronicity achieved by fertilization act) and Death - (or loosing of synchronicity under the influence of outside electromagnetic fields).
The basic scheme of the Vortex consists of homocentric spheres. The Vortex also shows the basic Infinity as the white whole in the center (look at the drawing). Since the infinity is obviously polycentric, any pair of its centers gives new radius. Since the surfaces of the initial sphere and bigger ones can not be synchronized by equality of radiuses, it produces constant rotating motion of spherical fractals the Vortex, or in temporal terms asynchronicity. Why fractals? That is because the criterion of present existence is equality in measure. To present belongs only what coexist. Observable variety comes from the partial equality of unequal things and that is what we experience as synchronous present world.
Some number properties of Tesla's spiral: (15 full lines; 15 broken lines; 2 x 15 short full lines, two next to every long full line); as Pythagoras thought: Time is a sphere containing the whole world. Radius as the main temporal operator is making time connection of modulo 6 to modulo 10'. There are six radiuses that measure exactly the circumference of a circle and there are only ten punctual positions on the spherical surfaces that are, two by two, distanced by radius. In total, there are twelve curved radiuses on the spherical surface dispatching the ten points on it. This is brief number discussion of a Tesla's spiral and it should be done separately, in greater detail. The spiral is the Tesla's scientific message for ages, the symbol of his greatest discovery of how Life is appearing and disappearing, but in fact always stays related to infinity; it is depicting the law of existential circulation both of physical and bio-objects, the main law of the emanating world from what is cosmically given as the omnipotent beginning: The Point .
Temporary synchronicity which is occasionally achieved by multitude of different frequencies is structuring self-organized systems (n f' , n f'' , n f'''
=f). So, the internal time or specific frequency complex of a living system can be temporary synchronized with outside frequencies and it is what defines the life span, the duration of life. What we, humans, call death is nothing else but sudden non-synchronicity . From the point of dying individual, death is resynchronization with one's pre-birth status.
The levels of human existence:
Consciousness (level of Time continuity and other natural laws; it is universal and out of sensory perception);
Soul (it consists of light; it is certain combination of electromagnetic spectrum entities, governed by internal time which is specific number code);
Body (molecular and atomic structures synchronized and resonant with soul).
Although on the level of Infinity the whole Universe is alive, or endowed with Consciousness (continuity of Eternity), some discrete forms are mutually synchronized in a way that they are connected to space and matter and those are considered as living beings . So the infinity has Consciousness or continuity, but its parts have awareness or synchronicity. The internal times of parts that constitute complex living system are time proportional, or synchronized. Their synchronizer is local or outer time.
Consciousness is soul link to infinity and body is material link to soul, as: Law-Energy-Structures or Time-Space-Matter.
Ethics is natural time- mathematics that runs events
Because of its complex structure living creatures are accumulating time; there is vertical time-connection among levels of existence. Physically it is the integration over different frequencies: consciousness, electromagnetic soul, atoms, molecules and organs in a way behave like parallel worlds .
Hypothesis of temporal correspondence to inbuilt living ethics:
Eternity is universal Consciousness' (in Physical terms it is the continuity of present time);
Synchronicity is the Awareness' or in Physical terms it is the necessary precondition of any interaction (energy exchange);
Internal time (specific present' of a structure that holds its parts together);
Local time (regulates the change of structures in a way of natural time-measurement life span');
Conventional time (artificial measurement, could be any chosen interval the knowledge of time');
Examples of the Ethical data functioning
Karma' as the effect of continuity law' (in mathematical sense it is equation') - ;
Dharma' as the effect of Synchronicity law' (in mathematical sense it is proportion');
Death' as the effect of losing synchronicity' disconnects soul that is complex electromagnetic wave structure' from body which is built of heavy matter as are atoms and molecules';
Karma is the equalization process, (=), that regulates composition and decomposition of structures which consist of unequal elements (internal time keeps them temporary together).
Dharma is horizontal synchronization of individual and objective surroundings, proportion of internal and local times and can be neutralized by compensatory reactions. In principle, the outside action should be followed by individual reaction of the same kind and intensity to obtain zero impact. In order to avoid natural changes we have to produce appropriate artificial counter change.
The death is return - the rebirth of a soul which is becoming again free from its temporary resonance with solid matter.
I see the new global East-West religion emerging from prophecies of H. P. Blavatsky - (Theosophy is the synthesis of Science and religion), Causal Mechanics of N. A. Kozyrev (Possibility of Experimental Studies of the Properties of Time) and N. Tesla's secret experiments with all pervasive Ether (Ether is a primary matter
things dissolve in it and structure from it again
and all that happens according to the simple mathematical law.).
By Time nature research which is inevitably spiritualizing Physics our East-West civilization is entering the stage of a higher practical wisdom.


text:
Best of 2014 #8 Print/Interactive/Design: Ogilvy Brazil is Training Tattoo Artists to Spot Signs of Skin Cancer
With Support from Sol de Janeiro, Ogilvy Hopes to Raise Awareness
Editor's Pick
Through next week, we continue our countdown of the best work of the year in TV/Film, Print/Outdoor/Design and Interactive (IX)/Integrated/Social. See all the Best of 2014 so far here.
At #8 in Print/Outdoor/Design, sunscreen brand Sol de Janeiro and Ogilvy Brazil devised an innovative means of encouraging younger people to be more aware of the risk of skin cancer. They invited 450 tattoo artists to a training session with an oncologist, who taught them how to spot the signs of skin cancer. Those artists were then encouraged to recommend that their clients see dermatologists when they saw those signs.
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer. In Brazil, 180,000 new skin cancer cases are diagnosed annually. But the problem is that younger people don't see dermatalogists as often as they should. To try get their skins examined anyway, Ogilvy Brazil enlisted another group of people that get really close to the epidermis: tattoo artists.
With support from sunscreen brand Sol de Janeiro, the agency got 450 tattoo artists to come to training and lectures by an oncologist. He taught them the "ABCD" rule that is used to spot signs of skin cancer -- Asymmetry, Border Irregularity, Color and Diameter.
This visual exam is the first step to noticing any irregularities. Tattoo artists were then asked to encourage people to see a dermatalogist.
- Date
- May 08, 2014
- Brand:
- Ogilvy Brazil
- Client:
- Ogilvy Brazil
- Agency:
- Ogilvy & Mather-Brazil
- Chief Creative Officer:
- Anselmo Ramos
- Executive Creative Director:
- Paco Conde
- Executive Creative Director:
- Roberto Fernandez
- Copywriter:
- Paco Conde
- Art Director:
- Ale Koston
- Digital Art Director:
- Lincoln Lopes
- Digital Copywriter:
- Felipe Machado
- Producer:
- Patricia Cortes
- Producer:
- Lucas Pires
- Producer:
- Fabiano Beraldo
- Producer:
- Marina Dodi
- Art Buyer:
- Francini Santiago
- Chief Executive Offier:
- Fernando Musa
- Group Director:
- Luis Carlos Franco
- Creative Planner:
- Bruno Cunha
- Creative Planner:
- Gabi Teixeira
- Creative Planner:
- Fernando Machado
- Project Manager:
- Renata Rollin
- UXD Director:
- Pablo Moura
- Patricia Belo
- Aline Araujo
- Creative Technologist:
- Juscelino Vieira
- Production Company:
- Conspiracao
- Director:
- Daniel Lieff
- Photographer:
- Claudio Lacerda
- Music:
- Adelphoi
Need a credit fix? Contact the Creativity Editors


text:
With NavaLive, you can now meet with a holistic telemedicine doctor from anywhere in the US via 2 way video conference!
Located conveniently at 8880 McGaw Road, Suite B Columbia, MD 21045, Nava specializes in providing a holistic, alternative, and integrative approach to wellness to clients in the Columbia, Ellicott City, Elkridge, and greater Howard County Area.
If you want to start feeling better than you ever thought possible, then give us a call today.
Make an appointment
Our integrative medical specialists and hormone doctors in Columbia, MD can help you achieve your health goals and find lasting relief from:
From Baltimore - Take 95-S towards Washington DC. Take exit 41A-B for MD-175E/MD-175W towards Jessup/Columbia. Keep right at the fork to continue on exit 41B. Follow signs for MD-175W to Columbia. Take the Snowden River Pkwy exit, use the left two lanes to turn onto Snowden River Pkwy. Turn right on McGaw Rd. Nava will be on the right.
From Ellicott City - Take US-29S towards Washington DC. Take exit 20A for MD-175E towards Jessup. Continue on MD-175E/Rouse Pkwy. Turn right on Dobbin Rd. Turn left onto McGaw Rd. Nava will be on the left.
Nava Columbia, MD
Nava Bethesda, MD
Nava Fairfax, VA
Nava National Locations
Please follow the instructions below to log into either the Nava website or Client Portal.
Log into the Nava website.
Log into the Client Portal.


text:
Factorial is a free HR management software that will streamline the tasks of your Human Resources team. With Factorial you can manage your employees' documentation and absences plus offer them the best benefits and custom compensations to improve their productivity. Factorial is an online platform 100% secure that will help you save up to 20 hours a month so you can focus on what really matters, your team! 😊
You can get your free Factorial account here: factorialhr.com


text:
Wednesday, 4 July 2012
The Modern Day Mother
Everyone has been a teenager and I am pretty sure we, at some stage, gave innocent members of society a hard time. Depending on what kind of teenager you were i.e rebel without a cause or rebel with a cause - the degree of hard time you dished out to others would vary. They way you behave as a teenager is accepted because "you're a teenager". You can get away with it. Further down the line you will just be considered a wanker.
I accept life is different for the modern day teenager. Internet being at the top of the list. Everyone has to be academic. Encouraging all our teenagers to stay on at school and get a degree in anything hides the youth unemployment figures for that bit longer.
So what of the modern day mother? What's her part in all of this? The modern day mother is also consumed with the internet. She blogs, tweets, updates her 'status' and is surgically attached to her mobile phone whilst casting an eye up to check on the kids. Its cool to treat motherhood as a big chore. Tales of what lie you've told your kids, what you haven't done with them and what you have done for yourself are celebrated. We are are more self-absorbed then ever before. Its fashionable to have issues. Hell its celebrated. What you're happy? You're not depressed? You don't hate motherhood? Well you're a bit strange then. I am so tired of twitter at the moment its full of this shit. These blogs are rife and some just resemble The Truman Show.
I can't help thinking that maybe the pampered children coming up through the ranks and today's teenagers are a by product of the modern day mother. In the 1970's we didn't have everything and maybe we want to give our children stuff we didn't have. So they have got used to getting what they want. Minimum effort for maximum return.They are driven to every 30 minute club going. I refuse to do lots of clubs. This isn't spending time with your kids - sitting and watching someone teach them something before getting back in the car. A lot of the time its about the mother's aspirations rather than the child's. Everything is laid out before them. They don't need to think too much. So is it any wonder they struggle to do anything for themselves? I think Internet is to blame but I think my generation of mothers also have a lot to answer for.
Today Mumsnet were celebrating their blogging one year anniversary of which you can find my blog. It was all about how bloggers are changing the world. Enter the feminists and one in particular who was celebrating the fact that she had made Hamley's re-think how they positioned their toys. Yes, she changed the world by getting them to integrate the boys and girls toys as we don't need them to be gender specific. I'm going to swear. For fucks sake. Has she seen the world lately? This is progress? Really? Now all the parents have to wander around like headless chickens to find the toy for their not gender neutral boy or girl. That's not the point - yeah you've made a statement alright. That all is wrong with the world. There are people who have nothing to eat on a daily basis but thank goodness the toys in Hamley's are all mixed up. If you're going to blog for the 'good' do it for some fucking good will you. We are not gender neutral we are different. Accept it. Get over it. Bog off feminists you are a pain in the arse and that's why everything is screwed up.
I could go on but I am too tired. I haven't had a great day. Only got 2 hours sleep last night as I was worried about my husband's back. He's a bit better today but he will be off for the week. We may even have to re-think his entire job and we may have to cancel our holiday in August. We have to pay the balance by Saturday. To top it all I managed to slam my head in the car door today! How can that be possible? I don't know but it bloody hurt. I'm not co-ordinated when I'm sleepy. I did not exercise and I did not take the kids swimming.
Tomorrow will be a better and my spell check now works.
26 comments:
I must admit I felt a twinge of guilt about the mothers absorbed in their phones/blogs/twitter as that is something that I am prone too lately. The world is definitely a different one to the one we lived in. Now there are bucket lists of things that kids should do, that we just did as there was. Nothing else. As a teacher you see just how Molly coddled some children are and it is scary as they can do no wrong as far as their kids are concerned and I really don't think that is healthy. I hope you have a better day tomorrow!ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Nikki - I think we are all guilty of this myself included. I am always checking my phone if it bleeps. I forgot it today and it felt really nice. I check twitter and facebook far too often. Its not healthy I like it when my kids are bored - they then go off and do drawing and entertain themselves. Its good for them! xDelete
And then there is the whole setting a bad example thing!Delete
Erm actually when things like chemistry sets are classed under boys toys whilst hello kitty cleaning trolleys are classified under girls toys I would say there is a problem. Just because there are starving people in the world doesn't mean there are no other problems which need to be dealt with.ReplyDelete
Hope you feel better tomorrow.Replies
Yes 1 in every 100 girls are going to want to do chemistry but toy stores cater for the masses and the majority of girls will want the pink hello kitty trolley and the boys will prefer the chemistry set. Its a fact of life. Studies have shown they will naturally choose the perceived feminine or masculine toy. I have 2 boys and 1 girl and they dictate what htey want to play with. I would also suggest that starving people is a problem that should be on the top of the problem list.Delete
I am hoping too! x
Well, I bet you are glad you got that lot off your chest. Hope you get some sleep soon!ReplyDelete
Tomorrow will be a better day I am sure. Mich xReplyDelete
Hi Natasha,ReplyDelete
To lose and maintain healthy body weight we must break our meals in 5/6 small meals including snacks and add fresh fruits and vegetables more in our daily meals. Increase water intake, drink green tea and avoid beverages, soda and flavored juices. Exercise is must so do exercise regulalry.
You mean your childrens choices aren't influenced by what's all around them? Of course they are, and I personally don't want that to be cleaning for the girls and chemistry sets for the boys. Maybe you should aim higher for your daughter as well? If she has a chemistry set maybe she will one day be able to help solve the hunger problem?ReplyDeleteReplies
Nope. My daughter had a love of dinosaurs from an early age and then anything animals related. If she wanted a cleaning trolley or chemistry set that would be fine. My eldest son loved trucks as does my youngest son who has got excited by them from an early age whilst out and about and is obsessed with football. There's nothing wrong with boys and girls enjoying what is perceived to be their gender specific toys.Delete
Its more about what the parent wants the child to aim for rather than the child. My aspirations for my child are fine - they are for her to aspire to be what she wants to be not what other people want to her be. She recently said she wants to be a mum - that's fine by me.
I learnt long ago that I am right and everyone else is wrong. If I set about 'changing things' then we will all be right and I will have no outlet for my superior knowledge and insight. If I can't find what I want for my very gender neutral My Little Pony loving son in girls toys I know where to find them quickly. If the toys are all mixed up, it could take me all day to find him an Action Man jeep to take to a friends birthday party and I will have wasted precious Tweeting hours.ReplyDelete
We have handed our kids the spiritual equivalent of sticking a candle in dog crap and telling them it's birthday cake. Our mums had the mortgage-independent wimmin thing down pat, but the 'I love you more than this promotion-extension-double glazing' skill set was severely lacking. It shocks us when an athlete turns his back on his first childs babyhood to 'go for gold' but women do this shit every day through necessity. This is having it all. As in, it doesn't exist. You make your choice, and hope you have the strength to cope with the fallout. I'm mad about my kids, but never felt that maternal self sacrifice thing because it wasn't what I was taught as a child by my single career woman mum. I've had to fake it a lot. But at least I cared enough to fake it. Maybe we were faking it all along, and just didn't have the technology to provide us with the distraction? Maybe some women don't feel the need to fake it, and maybe some women get no love from their partner so they project it all onto their off spring?
Maybe we're all genetically designed to fight and screw our way to the grave and now noone believes in God we're just speeding up the process. Thats the real issue. (Have I said enough to get the trolls to come after me now? You're welcome)
Great provocative post, in the good way, as usual. I only popped by to leave you the award for versatile blogger, and a heads up. Here is the link http://maybelator.blogspot.co.uk/
and thanks for being ace. Couldn't find you on Twitter. Think it's down on my phone xoxoReplies
My my May! Where to start! I have to agree 100% when I am right everyone is wrong! I accept that they feel the same as well. I am a grown up afterall. There is no such thing as having it all. My mum had kids at a young age as seemed like a good idea but it wasn't for her and given her time again I'm sure she wouldn't have bothered. That's just a fact. For some its great for others its a real bore. She was a SAHM and hated it and couldn't wait to get back to work. I do feel that generation can be partly to blame for a quarter of all women born in the 1970's who have ended up childless. Many were told to get a career, find the perfect man (Erm hello!), do this, do that, you, you, you. Now you have women 'having it all' by dropping kids off at nursery for 8 hours to have about £200 take home, equality in that now you can't live off one income, rushing around like headless chickens, still doing the lion share of the housework, feeling guilty and the rot has already set in the relationship stemed from bitterness. If that's having it all then you can poke it. Some people aren't maternal others are. But the non maternal are always happy to have a pop at the ones that are happy with their lot and isn't it sad that to be happy with looking after children people assume it must be because you havent got affection elsewhere?!Delete
Thank you for the big up on your award - I don't tend to do linkys or ff not because I'm up myself but I find it hard enough to fit in a blog post and exercise! I do hope you've found me on twitter now! xx
i always find its the maternal ones who have a pop at us 'selfish' non-maternal ones ! its all down to perspective..Delete
But you're not a mother so being non-maternal isn't an issue. Its the non-maternal mothers who project their guilt about it onto mum's who actually like it. I couldn't care less if a mother doesn't enjoy motherhood that's her choice so why does it irke them so much when mothers enjoy it xDelete
true...its an interesting question...maybe its guilt around whats expected as the 'norm'...Also, whilst you say my being non-maternal isnt an issue.. ive been at the receiving end of comments from people which would suggest otherwise.. Not that it bothers me, as I always live by 'what ever makes you happy is fine by me;-)) 'Delete
I don't remember this being such a big deal when I was growing up. Perhaps it was because we didn't have stores like Hamleys in South Africa. We played outdoors, made our own toys, and nobody ever said I couldn't be a scientist; oh, and I also grew up in the 70s.ReplyDelete
Excellent rant x.Replies
Hi Lesley - yes maybe we should be more concerned with mass consumerisum than where the toys are placed. I honestly don't think a young child thinks oh I'm walking down the girls section now they just gravitate towards a toy that interests them x I can do light and fluffy, I really can......can I?!! xxDelete
Oh dear, I hope your head is ok! I totally agree with the Hamleys thing, its bad enough bracing yourself to go in, let alone not being able to do the gender specific dash anymore ;)ReplyDelete
lol - yes a whole lot of hassle and yes my head is better thank you! xxReplyDelete
I hope today is a better day than yesterday :( I have to say I agree with you - as a mother you have to just make your own rules though and not go by what society is projecting onto us! xReplyDelete
- Anonymous8 July 2012 at 10:22
Hi, I'm new to your blog. Excellent rant; definitely with you on feminism - the biggest load of bullshit ever sold to women. I think Hamleys will rethink that decision come Christmas ... ;0)ReplyDelete


text:
The 2017 North/South 100 at Florence Speedway in Union, Kentucky proved to be one for the history books. A battle among Tim McCreadie, Scott Bloomquist, and Bobby Pierce came down to the final three laps of the main event. On lap 97 McCreadie passed race-leader Scott Bloomquist using the outside line. He brought Bobby Pierce to Second, then had to fend off the defending race winner.
"I think we all have learned a lot from Bobby [Pierce] – if there is something out there you need to run it," McCreadie said. "Bobby and I probably raced a bit too clean; we had an issue at the Show-Me. I appreciate that he ran me clean. He [Pierce] is turning into a true professional. He could have raced me dirty, but he didn't."
McCreadie earned $50,000 in his first-ever win in the North/South 100. Pierce came home Second with Bloomquist finishing Third. Jimmy Owens – who led the first 17 laps – finished Fourth. Darrell Lanigan rounded out the Top Five.
For more information visit www.lucasdirt.com or www.florencespeedway.com


text: As a marketing and public relations expert, I'm always asked by business people: "What's the best way to market myself and my business?" I like traditional marketing tactics, but I especially love off the wall marketing strategies and unusual marketing strategies, which I chronicled in my bestselling book, Off The Wall Marketing Ideas. Here's one tip you can use: Create your own Top 10 List just like David Letterman, and highlight your achievements. Let's face it: everyone loves Dave's Top 10 list, and you can use that idea to your advantage. For example, after I make a sales call, I handout a one-sheet that lists, and I quote, "The Top 10 reasons should hire Debbi Karpowicz Kickham." My mini biography of myself even gives my dates of employment, and it's clever, witty and funny. For example, for one of the points, I mention that I offer the sizzle with the steak, as I used to write, snappy advertising copy for Lechmere and Filene's stores. If you check out my website at www.MarketingAuthor.com, you can see this handout for yourself. But take your cue from funnymen Letterman or Leno and you may just get a new client. This is a low-cost, no-cost Meshuganah Marketing strategy that gets attention.


text:
Professor of Cultural Studies
American University of Beirut
Tel:00961-1-350000 , Ext: 4032
Home : 01-705776 - Cell phone: 03-242372
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Areas of Research:
History and historiography in 18th and 19th Century Bilad al Sham.
Christian Arabic Studies.
Christian Muslim Relations in Bilad al Sham under Ottoman Rule.
History of Lebanon.
Andalusian Literature.
Ph. D. Universite St. Joseph, Beirut 1998.
Field of Study: Historiography in Bilad al Sham in the Eighteenth Century.
Supervisor: Professor Father Louis Pouzet.
M A. American University of Beirut 1983 (History).
Supervisor: Professor Tarif Khalidi.
Graduate Studies: Boston College, USA( History and Political Science).
B.A. College of Holy Names.
Oakland –California, U.S.A. 1967 (History)
Undergraduate Studies: University of Fribourg, Switzerland(Philosophy and History).
Curriculum Vitae


text:
Rick Bregman, 2019 Chair
Market President
Bank of America Merrill Lynch – San Diego
Commercial Banking Market Executive
National Co-Head GCB Healthcare Banking, Healthcare & Institutions – West Region
Rick Bregman is a Global Commercial Banking Market Executive with Bank of America's Global Banking and Markets group. He oversees the GCB Healthcare practice nationally and a Specialized Industry Team for the Western US. In these roles, he leads teams of financial professionals, responsible for delivering comprehensive debt, treasury management and capital raising solutions to Healthcare, Higher Education and major Not-For-Profit clients. He is dual-employed by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith as a Series 7/24/63 licensed investment professional and principal.
During Mr. Bregman's 30-year career in banking, he has held leadership positions in numerous areas. He joined Bank of America via the Security Pacific Bank merger in 1992. The first 13 years of his career were spent in San Diego Middle Market Banking, working in various roles focused on relationship management, business development and commercial credit. During this time, he also served three terms on the California Commercial Banking Executive Council. In 2008, Rick Bregman was named the Market President for Bank of America Merrill Lynch in San Diego. In this role, he coordinates the efforts of executives running all business lines in San Diego to maximize business, civic and philanthropic impact for the Bank in the region. His team is responsible for continuously improving the customer experience, the Bank's financial performance in the market and enhancing Bank of America's presence and brand in the community.
Mr. Bregman stays very active in the San Diego community, where he has lived for over 40 years. He currently serves on the board of directors of BIOCOM, the National Conflict Resolution Center, the Zoological Society of San Diego (Foundation). He was a member of the San Diego Chairman's Competitiveness Council, an organization focused on maximizing the competitiveness of San Diego as an economic region. He previously served on the boards of CONNECT, the YMCA of San Diego County and the United Way of San Diego. Rick earned his bachelor's degree from Claremont McKenna College.
2019 Management Council
The Chamber's Management Council is composed of 10 members of its Board of Directors. Management Council's primary responsibilities are the oversight of the business and operations of the Chamber, such as the hiring of staff and entering into contracts. Management Council also sets the agenda of the full Board of Directors. The Chair and Vice Chair of Management Council are also the Chair and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors.


text:
- Home
- Class Schedule
- Class Descriptions
- Zen Meditation
- Workshops
- Teachers
Dear Yoga Students, I am reminded of the 8 limb path that is described in the Yoga Sutras II.29 for guidance in getting through difficult periods in Life. There are many paths, tricks, etc, to help us along, but the yogic path is clear to understand and Time-tested for 5,000 years.. When we know we are "off" we can look to the 8 limbs and find one or more of the limbs to help us nudge back into balance.
The 8 limbs are not rules to follow to the letter, and if we try, all that is gained is rigidity of ego personality. That is probably what got us into trouble in the first place. How the 8 limbs work are only through application and effort on our part. Here is the list:
Without going into any imaginary scenario, take a look at your life as it is , right now, today. How is it going? Can you look at the above list and see a dark spot? A bright spot? Can you honestly and sincerely work on all 8 limbs, not just asana? It is a big task to take FULL responsibility for all that is happening. But when we do, with the help of the ancient ones, the ancestors in yoga lineage as well as other great spiritual leaders, we will be helped. We will transform our consciousness, and it will be genuine. And it will last our whole life long.
Have a good summer, see you in class.
The Timeless book, The Bhadavad Gita, reminds us of the power of unity. Not just the power of being nice, or a surface toleration, but a deep and unwavering experience of unity that re-establishes our feet back on higher ground. The beginning chapter, The War Within, sketches Arjuna as the confused and distraught man whose Life has come "to this". On the eve of war, killing his cousins, or being killed by them, either way he reasons, the social fabric of Life and the personal fabric of family will be thrown into chaos, and this has caused him to drop his bow to the ground, fall to his knees and say, Help me.
Arjuna: "Standing between two armies, Arjuna saw fathers and grandfathers, teachers, uncles, and brothers, sons and grandsons, in-laws, and friends. Seeing his kinsmen arrayed against him, Arjuna was over come by sorrow. Despairing, he spoke, O Krishna, I see my own relations here anxious to fight, and I am unable to stand, my mind seems to be whirling. My will is paralyzed and I am utterly confused. Tell me which is the better path for me. Let me be your disciple, I have fallen at your feet, give me instruction."
However, he wants to be told what to do! He wants the mighty Krishna to tell him either to go into battle or walk away. Krishna is wise and the wise do not fall for solving someone else's dilemma. Instead of telling him what to do, he tells him what it is to be The Illumined One. Thus the second chapter, The Nature of Reality, is revealed by Krishna.
The Illumined One has singleness of purpose: awareness of the non-dual. The Illumined One has experienced the true Nature of Reality to be non-changing. The Illumined One does not deny that day changes into night, nor health changes into Ill-health, nor, one's mind can travel from stable to erratic in a flash. The Illumined One sees every experience in a continual process of coming into being and passing away. AS Eswarren writes: "the sages brought together the world of changing phenomena outside and the world within the mind. There is no barrier between these two worlds, they realized, because the object as it is perceived cannot be separated from the the act of observation. Sense and sense-objects are bound together, the seer, the thing seen, and the act of seeing are aspects of a single event in consciousness." Arjuna says, "what???" He does not understand a thing Krishna is saying. Krishna continues to explain that the world we experience is a construct of how our mind and nervous system perceive, and there is a method to study the mind by the mind to go beyond the mind, and it is called meditation. Now Arjuna knows about concentration, he is a highly skilled and trained archer. He does not know about meditation. Most of us don't. In the Bhagavad Gita, meditation begins with withdrawing the senses from the outside world (think of your self in malasana, kurmasana, savasana) And adding in a focus point within in the mind. Think of your breath in the above poses. As we stay in a still and focused state, all kinds of mental states arise for our viewing; anger, pain, hatred, love, agitation, quiet and on and on. This is the study of the mind by the mind. This process continues unceasing to the point where the question, "Who am I," pops up out of nowhere, and we are left even letting this go.
Pure Awareness remains, unfolds, all consciousness retrieved f rom the sense. At this moment we have no body, no eyes to see or ears to hear, no time to track. Only space. Only direct awareness of a world that is one, undivided, infinite, radiant. Now, when you experience this for your self, you understand Chapter Two.
Here is the direct quote from Chapter Two that sums this up: The impermanent has no reality: reality lies in the eternal . . . You were never born, you will never die, you have never changed, you can never change. Unborn, eternal, immutable, immemorial, you do not die, when the body dies. It is easy to see how Arjuna has been swept to the brink of despair, he has never touched this place of unity, and now he is crazy with indecision (2:16, 20).
The Gita introduces the following Sanskrit words: Samadhi . . . the direct experience of reality when the mind is still, in which we see life as whole, all, indivisible unity. This will be Arjuna's future path as he moves from concentration into meditation. Atman . . . the divine ground of existence can only be experienced and not described. It shows up in our actions. Our own personal discovery of the unified state brings an inner presence greater than our personal personality. But through our actions, we automatically express the depth of our understanding: the body draws its strength from his place and puts others before one's self. The senses draw their activity from this place, and are brighter, keener and wiser in their observations, the intellect draws its strength from this place and learns discrimination, and lastly, the heat draws its capacity to love from the experience of being in this place. The sages have called this presence, Atman, pure consciousness that is the bedrock of our spirit.
I hope this is a positive and clear start into a vast subject, the Nature of Reality. I am still digesting this chapter and feel I will be the rest of my life. Sometimes I "get it" and sometimes I go, like Arjuna, Huh?
Arjuna asks Krishna, tell me about the one who is established in unity? How do they talk, sit, and move about? (2:54) Krishna explains that until we have found our own center of gravity in the unified field, then we will be manipulating those around us to bring about our own fulfillment. This gets Arjuna 's attention and he listens more intently: The Illumined One has the right to work but no right to claim the results. The Illumined One has evenness of mind, so when results are favorable or full of failure, the mind remains steadfast. The Illumined One draws his senses inward at will. The Illumined One is not deluded by changes: the same person inhabits the body through childhood, youth and old age, so too at the time of death he attains another body. The body is mortal but that which dwells in the body is immortal and immeasurable. Arjuna has asked for wisdom in each action, each moment. To end the sorrow, he is experiencing, the Experience of separation dissolves and anger subsides and becomes love, Fear subsides and becomes courage, greed becomes compassion, and jealousy becomes respect. The separate self cries no more for its condition, and joy arises.
One quote from Chapter Three: Selfish action imprisons the world. Act selflessly without any thought of personal profit . . . every selfless act, Arjuna, is born from Brahman, the eternal, infinite Godhead: he is present in every act of service. Therefore, strive to constantly to serve the welfare of the world, do your work with the welfare of others always in mind (3.9, 15, 19-20).
This is the famous phrase: action in inaction: from the still unified state you have touched, witnessed, AND know for your self through and through, you release immense energy in service of all.
When we identify with the body beautiful and strong, and our minds sharp or dull, our emotions strong or wavering, we make decisions that are all tangled up in the changing circumstances of whim, fancy and fantasy. We cement the layer of "I" and keep separateness in full view. What a dis-organizing mistake.
The Bhagavad Gita explains we have come to identify with the changing world because of our biology, our karma, our predilection for being driven by greed, hatred and ignorance and lust. These qualities are existent in all of our minds, and maya, the magic spell of illusion, makes us feel that the stronger the reaction the more "true' it must be.
Hence the emphasis on withdrawing the senses. Having a practice of discipline that includes a method to touch the quiet, not the drama.
The Sanskrit word used here is APOHATA, breaking the mold we have of our self. This will come with resistance. We want to see ourselves as loving and compassionate, but as long as the illusion of separateness and the strength of our self-will are running our choices and behaviors, we will do harm to ourselves and to others. The gift of Chapter Five is we learn that we are the root cause of our suffering! Not the war without, but our war within between our mind and our mind identifying with the mind. When we know who we are, we don't get attached to the body or the senses or the mental states, we do still experience them, but there is a deep and long lens that sees them in the unified state.
HOW? Like Arjuna, we want to know, too. Our behaviors run through us to our very core. We look to our actions for personal feedback of how we are doing. When actions are reactions out of resentment the war within points to our own un –explored dance with inadequacy and insecurity. When we want to "yoke" our entire self to wholeness, are we clear this does not mean our personality and our likes and dislikes? Do we get it we are yoking our self to the Atman, the unified state and using our body and mind as instruments to live this truth? Krishna describes three paths of yoga where we can apply our skills in everyday life.
Arjuna begs and pleads with Krishna to tell him which path he should follow, and yet Krishna knows that the long view, the bigger picture, the reality of not mistaking the impermanent for the permanent, must be introduced NOW, and drilled into Arjuna's awareness so that he can make his own choice.
And this chapter ends with the big drill: MEDITATION. Meditation is the drill that Krishna leaves us with in the quote: "Meditation is superior to asceticism and the path of knowledge. It is also superior to selfless service. May you attain the goal of meditation, Arjuna!" (6:46).
Hello, this is to let you know that the two Sunday Yoga Classes are
still in place, even though yes, it is Super Bowl Sunday.
The 2:30 class qualifies on the $39 special for anyone brand new
to the studio, as well as for other students hungry for the
basics of Yoga. What it means to turn the front leg out in a
standing pose, or how to use the belt in shoulder stand, when to
use a prop for seated twists, etc. The class meets for one hour:
2:30-3:30. The other two classes that are included in the
special are Tuesday nights 5:30-6:30 pm with Betty Ford and
Thursday nights 5:30-6:30 pm with Paige Noon. Attend unlimited
classes for one month.
The 4pm class is a progression of carefully chosen asanas that
lead to opening the chest, filling the lungs, inhaling and
exhaling deeply in different asana, thus focusing the mind
internally and paying attention to the life giving force called:
breath. This class is open to all levels.
The breath is valuable. The breath is available for study, for life, for
calming down, for breathing fast when needed. When the breath becomes an
object of concentration, we can follow it through various stages of
intensity and receptivity, thus stilling the fluctuations of the mind
and have moments when the tail is not wagging the dog.
Sutra 111:4 States:
"when these three are performed together, it is called samyama."
The three, are concentration, meditation, and no-self present. The term samyama is given to indicate that there is a sequence to contemplation, that most of us don't just plop into no-self, but with practice and use of the breath we can ease the mind gradually from external awareness and progressively still it through the stages of concentration and meditation. When the mind drops of its own accord, then what is left is special and unique to each one of us. No one can take this experience away from us. It is the true merge with the infinite as the infinite. To be experienced, not to be talked about.
This is the hidden jewel in yoga.
Unlimited Yoga Package for Basic Iyengar continues to be available, with Basic classes offered on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, as well as Sunday afternoon.
We are pleased to report that the new Continuing Iyengar class, also on Sunday afternoon, has been a huge success. Have you joined us yet?
This is a short note to say Hi and Welcome back to Iyengar Yoga at the Iyengar Yoga Center of Fort Collins.
I am happy to announce the new studio name, The Iyengar Yoga Center of Fort Collins. I have taken this name change out of respect for the the Iyengar Family and the dedicated teaching of the vast subject of Yoga. They tirelessly and ceaselessly continue to pass on to the hungry yoga student, knowledge and encouragement to never give up on the 8 limbs of Yoga as a way to guide one through life's obstacles.
The studio has two newly certified Iyengar Yoga Teachers, Betty Ford, and Paige Noon. Both are starting their Basic yoga classes beginning the second week in January, check the website for their Biographies and class times.
The New Year begins with fresh aspirations that stir us towards change. We often start with the most obvious things we don't like about ourselves, we gossip, we over eat or over drink, we start projects but don't follow through like we know we are capable of, and maybe the most debilitating one, is the one that says we just aren't good enough to do what we want to do anyway.
How we slay our dragons and us with them! A steady yoga practice interrupts these patterns. In fact, a steady yoga practice pokes a big hole right in the middle of their hold on us, and can leave us with a deeper strength far greater than we need to manage our life circumstances.
How can a yoga practice be this effective? I don't know for sure. I have seen in myself and in students who stay regularly with the practice, some deep transformative work takes place. While it is unique for each of us what may happen, the process is similar:
We become more collected in our minds, less scattered in our choices, and the body may or not feel healed or cured, but the mind has undergone a transformation of perspective and hope. And this makes all the difference in the world.
Come back to class when you can, look forward to seeing you in 2016!
Geeta has been an exquisitely clear teacher.
Yesterday's class was a three hour look into backbends. I never realized how important and useful paschima namaskar and gomukhasana arms are to waking up and preparing the upper back and arms for backbends. We will work with these two arm positions next week in class until we all know where we get stuck and how to work with that place so knowledge and improvement grow together in the right direction. Having arms, shoulders, and upper back working together will help us feel good in our daily pursuits and give our home practice a special focus during the holidays.
If fast pace and commotion typify a holiday experience, then India is celebrating something daily. India is truly a day in stark contrasts. Quiet moments stand right next to loud moments. To see the little fingers of a girl silently tapping on the window of a car for a rupee and the loudness of the swirling cars and motorcycles ( and buffalo, cow,and dogs and buses….)
buzzing around each other, makes the kind of sense that draws your breath in and out without volition.
We are indeed all apart of each other. And to take care of just this moment, is our hanuman – inspired motivation.
See you all soon.