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Has anyone tried Delta Airlines premium economy seats on a long flight? Are they worth the extra $100?
over 7 years ago about Rome, Italy
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I've tried the premium economy seats in other airlines for long flights (more than 10 hours) and yes, i could feel the difference. about 7 years agoAnswered by Ju W.A. via Ask a Nomad iPad app
We used economy comfort seats Brussels to JFK. The price was worth the extra legroom and earlyboarding. In fact, we've just booked them again for round trip JFK-Rome in April. almost 7 years agoAnswered by Joanna via Ask a Nomad iPad app
They are definitely worth the money. I traveled to Greece and missed my flight due to weather so did not get my seats (there were none available on the flight I took) and it was miserable. Coming back I had the premium seats and it was wonderful! almost 7 years agoAnswered by Travelhaven via Ask a Nomad iPad app


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Avalon Yoga Co-op provides a variety of Yoga Styles for all ages and ability. The yoga studio is fully equipped and also has a unique yoga rope wall. We run various Hatha classes, Iyengar, Gentle, Meditation and Kids Yoga sessions as well as regular workshops.
As a Co-operative we are collectively interested in providing quality Yoga instruction and promoting the benefits of yoga community wide. Open 7 days a week, the studio is on the corner of Avalon Parade and Bellevue Avenue.
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The Engagement Ring Cheat Sheet: Modern vs. Traditionalist
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Scientists have figured out how to create a new ion engine that uses 100 million times less fuel than a chemical rocket.
Though the device is a lot less powerful, it could some day be a cost-effective and efficient alternative to ship supplies or even people to Mars.
NASA has used ion engines for decades, but the current models come with a huge drawback: They burn out after about a year of use.
Ion engines propel a spacecraft one atom at a time. The devices rip electrons off xenon gas to create a stream of charged particles.
Next the ions pass through a magnetic field, which speeds up the particles to about 45,000 mph.
Then a field of electrons neutralizes the particles so they continue shooting out of the engine and create thrust (instead of being attracted back toward the magnetic field).
But in traditional ion engines, sometimes called Hall thrusters, the constant bombardment of energized particles against the back wall of the engine gradually wears it down until the device shorts out — so they can only operate for about 10,000 hours (1.1 year) of spaceflight.
We'd need them to last closer to 50,000 hours (5.7 years) to be useful them for missions to Mars and beyond.
So to prolong the life of an ion engine, the researchers decided to completely take out the wall that gets worn down over time. Now the charging and acceleration of the particles happens entirely outside of the engine cavity.
The image below shows what one of the wall-less engines looks like. The positively charged anode (red) helps charge up the xenon particles (Xe), and the magnetic field lines (purple) accelerate the particles.
The engine design on the left didn't work because the anode was set up in the middle of the magnetic field. The new design keeps the anode clear of the field:
A long-lasting ion engine would be invaluable because the devices could propel spacecraft faster than chemical engines — it just takes them a long time to rev up.
"It's like taking four days to accelerate from 0 to 90 km/hour with a car," Julien Vaudolon, lead researcher of the new study, told Tech Insider in an email.
"But the thruster can be fired for accumulated periods of time much above those of chemical spacecrafts," he wrote. "So in the long term you will exceed the typical velocities attained by regular rockets."
Ion engines come with other bonuses too.
They need far less fuel than chemical engines — about 100 million times less — so they're cheaper to operate. The spacecraft also doesn't have to be loaded up with so much fuel, freeing up extra room for cargo or astronauts. The chance of an explosion is also lower, too, since xenon is inert.
The research team hopes their new design will prolong the life of a plasma engine near or past 50,000 hours, but they haven't done any tests yet.
"Preliminary theoretical investigations indicate that the lifespan may lie around 50,000 hours," Vaudolon said. "But once again, this has not been validated by any test."
If they can accomplish this, then we might be close to figuring out a cost-effective and efficient way to send supplies to Mars and possibly even human colonists (if they don't mind a longer journey, that is).
The research team is already working on new models to test the durability of their ion engine concept.


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One of my pupils wrote this sentence during the English class. Ali goes to school everyday. I asked him "What do you mean by that sentence?". He answered me, "Ali pergi ke sekolah setiap hari". It is commonly seen among our children's writing that they will write setiap hari as everyday. However, we must note that setiap hari is not everyday but every day. Here is the difference.
--->Every day (every is a determiner and day is a noun) is a time expression meaning "each day" or "regularly."
---> Everyday is an adjective meaning commonplace, ordinary, or normal.
1. Jane goes to class every day (each day)
2. These shoes are great for everyday wear. (ordinary)
Common Errors
The most common error is writing "every day" as one word (everyday) as in the following sentences:
1. I used to jog three miles everyday (Incorrect)
2. I used to jog three miles every day. (Correct)
Merentas Desa 2017 - Hari ni ada pertandingan merentas desa di sekolah saya. Kali ni saya dah masuk kategori L10. Maknanya kena lumba dengan budak Tahun 4. Kalau tahun lepas ...


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Carriage fees central issue to Fox Sports 1 holdouts
August 14, 2013
With its launch date Saturday, Fox Sports 1 replaces the Speed Channel and Fox Sports 2 replaces Fuel TV. But, DirecTV, Dish Network (Dish) and Time Warner Cable (TWC) do not have agreements to run FS1 and subscribers wonder if a deal will be done by Saturday.
DirecTV, Dish and TWC represent a total of about 46 million subscribers. Fox has promised investors that FS1 would reach 90 million households. But, if carriage deals are not brokered by Saturday, the FS1 launch will not reach its proposed audience. The problem has to do with carriage fees, the amount that distributors will need to pay to air the network.
Despite the fact that Wall Street thinks highly of the new channel, the issue is the rise in carriage fees. SNL Kagan indicates that cable and satellite operators pay 31 cents a month per subscriber (per Bloomberg story although SBJ story indicates 23 cents) for the Speed channel. Kagan estimates that FS1 will garner 80 cents per month in 2014 and could go as high as $1.50 per subscriber based on fee increases during the life of the deal. Its far from the $5.54 cents demanded for ESPN, but there is backlash from many non-sports subscribers about the rising cable/satellite costs that are passed along to all subscribers.
There have been dueling theories on whether the rights fee bubble will burst. Some argue that the rising fees passed along to subscribers will mean more cord-cutters and/or consumers looking to downsize its cable/satellite packages. The other school of thought is that in a time with DVRs and "Hoppers" live sporting events is the last space for advertisers on television. Citing sports as "DVR proof," many television executives have looked to beefing up its inventory of network programs to include sports.
DirecTV, a satellite company forged on sports with the NFL Sunday Direct Ticket and Red Zone Channel is now one of the holdouts for Fox Sports 1. This could be due in part to its assessment of the ever-increasing rights fees it must pay (and pass along to subscribers).
Via Sports Business Journal (subscription required) from this past January:
With more networks now seeking more money, DirecTV is becoming more comfortable with not carrying specific channels that they consider too expensive. The result has been the type of public battles that, historically, had never included DirecTV.
Despite its sports lineage, DirecTV let Versus go dark for from August 2009 to March 2010 during the NHL Hockey season (Versus carried NHL games) before making amends with the network. Would it do the same with Fox Sports 1?
More recently, DirecTV and Fox squabbled over fees for the satellite company to carry 26 Fox channels. Luckily, the parties resolved its issues a day before a widespread blackout of Fox programming which would have included Fuel TV, FX and other Fox-owned cable channels.
It currently is in a nasty battle with the Pac 12 Network. Neither side is flinching in this impasse entering its second year. In fact, entering the 2013 College Football season, it has been announced that a deal between the two should not be expected. The Pac 12 Network has turned to an ad campaign urging DirecTV customers to switch providers if they would like its network.
Time Warner Cable is in a current battle with CBS over carriage fees which has not only turned the lights out on CBS but Showtime, a CBS property, to over 3 million subscribers of TWC. This could, if the impasse continues, indirectly affect Showtime boxing and shoulder programming leading up to the September 14th showdown between Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Canelo Alvarez. TWC claims CBS is asking a 600 percent increase in fees which CBS scoffs at the accusation.
Dish Network has had its own issues with retransmission rights. It lost 78,000 subscribers in its second quarter of the year due to programming costs. It carries Fuel TV on a sports tier so those not subscribing to the sports tier will not even get Fox Sports 2. Then there is the rumor of a potential merger with DirecTV.
Payout Perspective:
DirecTV, Dish and TWC represent 46 million subscribers that would be without FS1 if something does not change. The three companies currently pay 31 cents per month for Speed. What FS1 is proposing is a jump in fees to 80 cents per month for FS1. This represents a 258% increase from the start. At stake is approximately $22.5 million between the three companies. This is based on the number of combined subscribers and the difference between the current fee versus the proposed fee (46M x .31 = 14.26M versus 46M x .80 = $36.80; $36.80M – $14.26M = $22.5M) (H/t: Adam Swift)
All three distributors indicate that they are still in negotiations with Fox on a deal that could have the channel launch on time. Even if a deal is not struck by August 17th, there is the possibility that deals occur shortly after FS1's start date. From Fox's perspective, it wants to make sure that it maximizes its rights fees while ensuring that all major distributors have availability to FS1. However, the distributors are feeling the pinch of the rising costs to carry these networks and it must decide how much more it can pass along to its subscribers without further backlash.
3 Responses to "Carriage fees central issue to Fox Sports 1 holdouts"
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August 14th, 2013 2:10 AM
Television is so 20th century.
Diego on
August 14th, 2013 9:54 AM
I dumped those bastards at Time Warner for the bastards at Verizon a long time ago, so for once I'm sitting pretty.
Steve on
August 14th, 2013 2:59 PM
FOX has come to an agreement with all three carriers. They are still dotting I's and crossing T's, but it appears that all the deals will be done in time for the launch.
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Archive for May, 2012
Sweet potatoes, peppers, and tomatos
Bed #1
We put down some white onions from bulb tonight as well as some sweet potatoes. I know you can get sweet potatoes fairly cheap at the store, but I really want to taste an organic grown sweet potato from my garden.
Bed #2
Along with the onions and potatoes, I picked up a Mortgage Lifter tomato from C&C gardens in Hernando, a Park's Whopper tomato, and a German Johnson Tomato, and about 16 pepper plants from Home Depot. Some of the peppers don't look so hot, but everything else is looking good so I transplanted them into the bed. We also planted some 'pizza peppers' from seed in this bed – we'll see how they do but I don't have any expectations.
First crops for 2012 planted
M, A, and E helped me this evening get our first crops in. We planted our first 4×4 section of bed #1 with sparkler radishes, green onions, and carrots. A good watering and this bed is off to the races!! I can't wait to see what it is going to do this year.
Starting my garden for 2012
It's sad but I'm getting the garden started late this year. I intended to get it started earlier but some weather delays coupled with some availability of digging equipment pushed it back to mid/late may.
Our first year
…of gardening was 2010. My mom came down from Branson and helped us build a 4'x16′ raised bed cinder block garden. She heard about a gardening technique that a man named Len Pense from the Springfield Missouri area. I purchased his downloadable manual which covered a lot of what you need to know to make these raised beds work so.. we built one bed. I learned several things my first year:
#1 – Indeterminate tomatoes grow big – HUGE – in these beds. I put two plants at one end of what I'll call Bed #1 and they took off. I made the mistake of planting two tomatoes together and buying the 'big size' tomato cages made of concrete reinforcement wire. These cages are about 1.5′ in diameter and 5′ tall – great for most gardens – not for this one. By the end of the growing season, both tomato plants were overflowing out the top and fell over.
#2 – I hate squash bugs. I first saw the squash bugs and thought – eh.. no big deal – gardens are supposed to have bugs right? No dummy – gardens are supposed to have worms. The only reason most bugs show up is for dinner. Thinking that gardens were supposed to have bugs, I paid these cute little white creatures no mind. My yellow squash were the first plants to start to die followed by my beloved Zucchini. I though.. what on earth would cause these plants to just die – was I not watering them enough? Watering too much? No.. these white critters were now brown and there were even more little white critters … they were having dinner on my plants!! Into the garbage heap and out to the street they went.
I learned several other lessons but those were the big ones.. oh.. and building raised bed cinder block gardens was challenging at best – especially when you have to dig out a hill to make it level.
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With Valentine's Day over, will the number of divorce filings increase? January is known as the month with the most divorces but a new study shows that February, particularly after Valentine' Day, may also see an increase in divorce filings.
A new study found that the divorce rate increased by more than 40 percent following Valentine's Day. Researchers suggested that many people who are thinking about getting divorced at the beginning of the year wait until after Valentine's Day to see if they really want to get divorced or not.
The study suggested that many couples considering divorce in January wait to see how Valentine's Day goes and if their marriage isn't any better, they file for divorce in February. Couples who enjoyed their Valentine's Day celebration were more likely to try and make their marriage work compared to couples who felt that their relationship wasn't working any more. The study concluded that many couples use Valentine's Day as a test of their relationship to see if their marriage will work or if they should end their marriage and file for divorce.
Divorce attorneys said they were not surprised of the study's findings because many spouses or couples who get divorced in the beginning of the year often state that they contemplated divorce for quite some time.
Experts recommend that individuals thinking about filing for divorce in the first couples month of the year consult a divorce attorney to discuss specific issues and if any concerns need to be addressed before filing for divorce.
Source: Dr. Jays, "Did You Know That U.S. Divorce Rates Rise Immediately After Valentine's Day " Feb. 18, 2013


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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: "Farewell, Cruel World!" Recap and Review
Last week on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Jemma learned that AIDA and Fitz' end game is a device that will give the android a human body and free will in the real world. Daisy gained her powers in The Framework and worked with May and the team to expose Hydra over a news broadcast.
"Farewell, Cruel World!" kicked off in the outside world with Yo-Yo, Piper, and a few other agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The group struggled to maintain power to run the Framework and keep the quinjet going. They decided to turn off the cloaking to save power. Inside the Framework, Fitz tried to persuade Radcliffe with the idea of building a new body in order to find out where Daisy and the others are going. The doctor appeared to accept the offer.
After learning that Alistair Fitz is in Leo's life the Framework, Jemma went after him armed and ready to go. She tried to get him to call Fitz to his home alone. Instead, Alistair warned Fitz that Simmons was there and told his son to bring a team. The pair got into a scuffle that ended with Alistair being shot dead. The death of his father put Fitz on a personal and rage-filled mission to kill Jemma. Iain's performance during this scene was awesome.
AIDA discovered Fitz' plans and demanded that he return to base, but he already had Radcliffe on his side and a team gathered to head after Jemma. Not wanting to waste time, she began the process of creating her new body. At the Resistance base, Jemma returned and told the others what happened. Daisy and Trip had a goodbye scene that reminded us how hard it was to say goodbye to him the first time around. When Coulson and the others arrived at the location, it turned out to be an oil mine instead of a fountain. Daisy used her powers to open the portal, but Fitz and his Hydra team opened fire on them. Coulson ended up getting shot in the crossfire. With the help of May, he went through the portal and woke up in the real world. May soon followed despite her hesitance.
Jemma was prepared to jump through next, but Fitz' appeared and held her at gunpoint. Finally showing he's a decent guy, Radcliffe knocked Fitz out and pushed him through the portal. He apologized to Jemma for all he had done and told Fitz that he was to blame for everything. In an emotional scene, Mack decided to stay in The Framework after he finds out that Hope isn't alive in the real world.
On the other side, Fitz had a breakdown as he remembered everything he had done in The Framework. While Jemma and Daisy woke up on the jet, AIDA, now going by Ophelia, walked into the room where Coulson and May were trying to console Fitz. Before May could shoot her, Ophelia grabbed Fitz and somehow teleported away in a spark of blue energy.
Final thoughts on this week's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
It really sucked to say goodbye to Trip again. Saying goodbye to Mack hurt too. Those two moments were the first time Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has made me tear up since Bobbi and Hunter's farewell bar scene. Was anyone else thinking Daisy should have lied to Mack to get him back to the other side? It certainly would have hurt their friendship for a time, but the idea of him staying in The Framework is not one I like. I certainly feel for Yo-Yo too. As for Fitz, it's already clear that he has a long road ahead of him. Just a few minutes back in the real world he's consumed by guilt and idea that he's a bad person. This episode had me on the edge of my seat for the entire hour.
With the return of Robbie Reyes' Ghost Rider confirmed for the finale, I'm really excited for the last two episodes of the season. It'll be nice to have Gabriel Luna and the Ghost Rider excitement back on the show. I'm giving this week's episode a 10/10.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. airs on Tuesday on ABC at 10 PM EST.
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Impala Cafe at the Philadelphia Zoo
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Located in front of the Rare Animal Conservation Center occupying a prominent place along the Philadelphia Zoo's main entry path, Impala Cafe is a grab-and-go food venue offering coffee, cold drinks, and snacks. The cafe forms a backdrop for Impala Plaza, an expansive open area used for informal zoo activities ranging from jugglers and face painting to special events.
The EIFS façade system on the 1987 Impala Cafe was deteriorating and prone to water infiltration. Missing pieces of EIFS and dated canopies gave the building a tired look. Given the cafe's prominent location and aging condition, the zoo engaged BKP to perform an exterior refresh.
BKP took advantage of the opportunity both to reclad the building for long-term durability and to introduce scale and monumentality to such a prominent location. The design coexists with the plaza, fountain, and new Zoo360 elevated animal trail structures that circumnavigate the zoo, while supporting the zoo's mission of animal welfare and sustainability.
The BKP solution stripped the façade to its structural steel, installed a weather barrier, and enclosed the building with a terra cotta rain screen and glazed aluminum curtain walls. The new skin follows the original curve of the cafe but is placed approximately 18-20 inches in front of the original façade, exposing the structural steel columns and beams previously buried within the wall. Façade components are organized so that the curtain wall spans two stories vertically in both directions, flanking the central entrance. The pattern of curtain wall and terra cotta panels recalls grand buildings surrounding European plazas.
New sloped wood-slat awnings accentuate the terra cotta façade while offering shade to window service customers. The shades were developed and slats positioned to have maximum shading effect on the harsh midday to late afternoon sun. BKP chose galvanized steel and natural red cedar for visual compatibility with the Zoo360 trail structures.
The renovation included all new doors plus new counters and windows for the walk-up service vendors. Much of the new glass is etched with an abstract grass pattern to complement the Serengeti habitat of creatures depicted on the adjacent Impala Fountain and Impala Lawn. The etching deters birds from flying into the glass, supporting the zoo's commitment to make its buildings bird-friendly.
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Many donors choose to make arrangements through their estate plans enabling Crater Community Hospice to receive financial support after their death. Donations may include bequests, trusts, retirement plans, insurance policies or other forms of deferred gifts. These gifts are not only valuable to continue the work of our mission, but can also be a tax benefit to the donor. One of the easiest ways to make a lifetime gift is by bequest. Directing your attorney to include Crater Community Hospice in your will when it is drafted or revised is simple. You can designate a specific dollar amount, a percentage of your estate, or a portion of the residual of your estate, whichever is best for your circumstances. You can also bequeath specific assets to CCH including stocks, real estate or other tangible property.
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Biography of G. J. Thomas Sadler, Jr.
Tom Sadler is the Deputy Director of the Marine Fish Conservation Network, a coalition of commercial and recreational fishing associations, regional and national conservation groups, aquaria, and marine science organizations.
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My colleagues and I will go Rumah Makan Minang for lunch almost once every week! It is an Indonesian Restaurant that serves nasi padang and assortment of kuehs. There are a variety of dishes for selection, hence you can mix and match whatever you like! I especially like their beef rendang. It is spicy, juicy and tender. Their teh tarik is very smooth and does not leave a 'siap' taste on the tongue. continue reading
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We went to visit Kampong Glam with RC that day, and were brought to this place for lunch. We dine on the second floor of this restaurant. It is a simple place, not much of deco, but can be quite crowded. Lunch was simple, rice, curry chicken and vege plus drink.Taste is OK, but the curry is not spicy at all and seems diluted. A bit disappointed, but it is OK for children. continue reading
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16. drsya vaaritam chittah maatmanah
chittva darsanam tattva darsanam.
If one's attention is turned away from external objects of sense and focused on the light of the Self,
that is the true vision of Reality.
To realize the Self, it is necessary to give one's attention solely to the 'I', the first person. This is possible
only if one turns his attention away from otherness, from other things and other persons that make up
the objective world -- and away from images and ideas that relate to the world. This process is what
the Maharshi has termed as Atma Vichara or self inquiry. 'If one leaves aside Vichara, the most efficacious
Sadhana, there are no other adequate means whatsoever to make the mind subside. If made to subside
by other means, it will remain as if subsided but will rise again.' (David Godman, Be As You Are.)
On 'external' and 'internal' the Maharshi has said, 'Because your outlook is externally directed, you speak
of a 'without'. In that state, you are advised to look within. In fact, the Self is neither within nor without.'
(Venkataramanan Atma Bodha, Verse 34)
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17. maanasam tu kim maargane krte
naiva maanasam maarga aarjavaat.
Again, if one persists in asking, 'What is this mind of mine?' it will be found that there is really no such
thing as 'mind'. This is the Direct Path.
When the individual all along has thought was his 'mind' turns to be nothing other than his Self. The
mind has no existence of its own and ceases to function once its nature is revealed. To keep one's attention
on the Self is the direct way to know the mind. This is the jnana marga or vichara.
Sankara also insisted on the necessity for this path, 'Compared with all other means, Jnana, knowledge,
is the only direct means to liberation as cooking is impossible without fire so is liberation impossible without
knowledge. ( Atma Bodha -Verse 2)
While knowledge is thus eventually essential to Realization, it is not always advisable for everyone regardless
of the stage of understanding on spiritual development. When asked, 'Can the path of inquiry be followed
by all aspirants?' the Maharshi replied, 'This is suitable only for the ripe souls. The rest should follow different
methods to the state of their minds. ('Words of Grace' ; 'Spiritual Instructions')
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18. vrttayas tvaham vritti maasritah
vrttayo mano viddhayaham manah.
What one has thought of as his mind is merely a bundle of thoughts. All these thoughts depend upon
the one thought of 'I', the ego. Therefore, the so called mind is the 'I' thought.
The power of the ''I' thought' is limitless. In Yoga Vasishta, Siva informs Vasishta that 'The idea of 'I'
brings in its train the ideas of time, space and other potencies.' (Yoga Vaisishta, Aiyer) The mind is
the 'I-am-the-body' illusion. The Maharshi says specifically, 'The mind is the only identity of the Self
with the body.' (Talks )
Clearly, the core of the Maharshi's teaching involves an understanding the nature of the mind and its
relation to human bondage and freedom. In the preceding verses the control or annihilation of the mind
has been discussed. Now we are advised that the mind is simply a bundle of thoughts wrapped about a
feeling of 'I' wrongly associated with the body.
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19. aham-ayam kuto bhavati chinvatah
ayi patat-yaham nija vicharanam.
If one asks himself, 'Where does this I come from?' it will vanish. This is Self Inquiry, or atma vichara.
Since the feeling, 'I am the body' is illusory, it cannot continue the masquerade under sustained scrutiny.
The Maharshi has taught, 'The thought 'I am this body of flesh and blood' is the one thread on which are
strung the various other thoughts. Therefore, if we turn inwards, inquiring 'Where is this I?' all thoughts
including the I - thought will come to an end and Self Knowledge will then spontaneously shine forth within
the cave (the Heart) as 'I-I'....(Sadhu Om. Path).
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20. ahami naasa bhaaj yaham ahamtaya
sphurati hrt svayam parama purna sat.
Where this 'I' vanished and merged in its Source, there appears spontaneously and continuously
an 'I'-'I'. This is the Heart, the infinite Supreme Being.
Devotees sometimes had difficulty understanding Sri Maharshi's use of the term 'I', though in this
and other statements, He makes His meaning clear. In the ultimate sense, 'I' is God's name
or the name of our own real selves. In reference to the limited, ignorant individual, 'I' refers to the
ego or the 'I am the body' illusion. This illusory 'I' is discontinuous, broken in waking and dream,
absent in deep sleep. The Maharshi refers to the true 'I' as 'I-I' to indicate its continuous nature.
Actually, there is no way the this infinite 'I-I' can be grasped intellectually by anyone. The true 'I'
appears, or is experienced, only when the mind is dead, either temporarily in deep sleep or permanently
in the case of the Jnani.
Again, in the ultimate sense, 'there is neither I (the ego) nor any other thing. Only Brahman exists always,
full of bliss everywhere.(Yoga Vasishta Sara, VIII.10 Sureshananda)
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21. idam aham padaa bhikhyanam anvaham
ahami linake pyalaya sattyaa.
And this uninterrupted 'I-I' is the true meaning of the term 'I' because when the waking 'ego-I' daily
disappears in deep sleep, the real 'i' remains.
Each day, the Jiva undergoes the equivalent of death when overtaken by sleep. Yet, as in the physical
death of the body, his true identity remains. Therefore, Jnani has no more fear of death than of sleep,
knowing that his Pure Being and Consciousness are unaffected thereby. The same survival is true
of all Jivas, yet the ignorant know it is not and live in a state of fear and desire -- desire for a state of peace,
security and happiness, which is already his true nature.
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22. vigrahendriya praanadhi tamah
naaham eka sat tajjadam hyasat.
This true 'I', the One Reality, is not the body, or the senses, or mind, or breath, or ignorance.
These are all inert and insentient.
To discover this truth is the real purpose of human life. Pleasure, happiness, and satisfaction are
certainly to be found in the world of sensual experience, but they are, sadly, only temporary conditions,
bound by time and place, -- inevitably followed by frustration and pain.
In the Manusamhita, the student is advised, 'Desire is never extinguished by the enjoyment of
desired objects. It only grows stranger like a fire fed with clarified butter. If one man should
obtain all those sensual enjoyments and another should renounce them all, that renunciation of all
pleasures is far better than the attainment of them. (Laws of Manu, II. Buhler)
This verse of Upadesa Saram explains who this is so. The senses and body are not one's true 'I' or
the Self. Any attempt to use them for enjoyment is bound to end in futility. However, until Liberation,
we feel compelled to repeat each attempt again and again.
One must stress in this verse the sense: 'in themselves'. 'When asked why Upadesa Saram speaks of the
body etc. as Jada or insentient, the Maharshi replied, '(They are insentient) in as much as you say they are
apart from the Self. But when the Self is found, this body etc., are also found to be in the Self. Afterwards
no one will ask the question and no one will say they are insentient.' (Venkataramiah Talks p. 269).
This verse concerns specifically the five sheaths, which envelop the individual and prevent him from
realizing his true nature. Tamas, darkness or ignorance refers to the Anandamaya kosa, or blissful
sheath, which covers one during deep sleep.
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23. sattva bhaasika chit kvavetaraa
sattvaa hi chit cittayaa hyaham.
There is only one Being that can know Reality. That only one Being is itself Reality and is itself
This simple revelation sums up the whole of the Jnani's experience and the whole metaphysics of advaita.
The reference of the eye 'seeing' itself. The Self (Reality) cannot see itself for there are not two Selves,
permitting one to see the other. The Self can only be itself. if 'sees' itself only as a reflection in the cosmos,
just as the eye requires a mirror to see its own form.
Sri Maharshi comments on this and the previous verse to where sentience, or conscious, lies. 'In the former
(Verse 22), the body, senses, breath, mind and nescience are described as asat (unreal) and jadam (insentient), while the 'I' is eka sat (the only Reality). Then the question remains: Is the 'I' chit (sentient)
or jadam (insentient)? To this, the reply is given in Verse 23. Sat (Reality) is chit (sentient). (Subbaramayya
-- Reminiscences.)
Speaking to a young girl, five year old indira, who had picked out some Sanskrit letters of Upadesa Saram,
(Verse 22 and 23), the Maharshi explained what they meant, 'I am not the body Who am I? I am He.'
(deham naham koham soham). The Maharshi asked her to make them as her mantra, saying it was the
essence of wisdom. Indira continued to recite these words for the rest of her brief life. (Subbaramaya --
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24. Isa javayor vesa dhi bhida
Sat svabaavato vastu kevalam.
Both Creator and creature are essentially one and the same Reality. Their apparent differences are due
only to differences in form and levels of knowledge.
The key to this and the following verse is Vesha or attributes. Vastu kevalam, or Absolute Brahman is
Nirguna Brahman, without any limiting attributes whatsoever. Saguna Brahman is the Ultimate Reality
which appears to take on attributes in manifestation. God, the Creator, or Isa, has the attributes,
'all knowing' and 'all powerful'. The individual or Jiva is ignorant and weak. Yet basically, Isa and Jiva
are the same substance.
So long as one thinks he is the body he shall be bound by attributes. When by the inquiry, 'Who am I?',
he discovers he is not the body, he also discovers that he is, in reality, attributeless, like Brahman.
Referring to the triad common to all religious systems, the Individual, the World, and God, Sri Bhagavan
says that these are all the illusions of the outgoing mind. When, however, they are viewed from the standpoint of Ultimate Reality they are seen as one. The Sanskrit text, isajivayo ( between Isvara and the
individual) identifies two persons, the Creator and created, and the verse concludes that they are both
the same in essence (the Absolute Brahman), differing only in their attributes of power and knowledge.
(See Subbaramayya, -Reminiscences)
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25. Vesha haanatah svaatma darshanam
isa darsanam svaatma roopatah.
When the creature abandons its illusory individual form and recognizes itself as without attributes,
it sees the Creator as its own true Self.
The solution to the ignorance and weakness of the individual is here revealed. It lies in the elimination
of attributes (Vesha), by recognizing that one is truly not the body or the mind which are the vehicles
of limitation. Such recognition is possible only after the ego is dead and one has surrendered himself to the
Creator. Then both are known to be the same attributeless Reality or Self.
Ironically, our efforts to improve our own image and achieve fame and wealth and power serve actually
to increase our limitations.
Arunachala Siva.
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26. atma samsthitih svaatma darsanam
atma nirdvayaad atma nisthataa.
Being the Self is knowing the Self, because there is only one Self, not the two. This Being and knowing
the Self is abiding in the Reality.
The same imperative is given in the Maharshi's Forty Verses on Reality. 'Other than turning the mind within,
and lodging it in the Self, how is it possible to think of the Self with the mind?' (Ramana Maharshi, Mahadevan, Verse 22).
And elsewhere, 'Can knowledge be other than Being? Being is the core, the Heart. How then is the Supreme
Being to be contemplated and glorified? Only by remaining the Pure Self...' (Talks, Munagala Venkataramiah.)
Therefore, it is futile to attempt to understand the Self by reasoning or intellectual arguments. Thought is an
obstacle to Self Realization, which in end can be attained only when the ego has been destroyed and all
conceptualizing abandoned.
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27. Jnana-varijita jnana-hina chit
Jnanam asti kim jnaatum antaram.
True knowledge is beyond what we think of as 'knowledge' or 'ignorance' because in the State of Non-
differentiation what other thing is to be known?
The Jnani is aware of everything as the Self. He does not 'see' objects as existing in themselves as
objects, but only as reflections of the one Universal Brahman. Hence, while the Jnani is not ignorant,
he does not have 'knowledge' of objects, since, unlike the Jiva, he knows nothing other than the Self.
Sankara insisted on this as the essence of Advaita. 'All modifications of clay, such as jar, etc.,which are
always accepted by the mind as real, are in reality nothing but clay. Similarly, the entire universe, which
is produced from the real Brahman, is Brahman Itself and nothing but That. (Viveka Choodamani, Verse 251,
And again, 'All that is perceived, all that is heard, is Brahman, and nothing else. Attaining the knowledge of
Reality, one sees the universe as the non dual Brahman: Being, Knowledge, Bliss Absolute. (Atma Bodha,
Verse 64, Venkataramanan.).
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28. kim svarupam ityaatma darsane
avyayaa bhaava purna chit sukam.
If one's true Self is known, then there is neither birth nor death, but eternal Being, Consciousness, Bliss.
The Maharshi often asked those who came to Him with questions to find out if they had ever been born.
Once they had been able to answer this fundamental question, He said, they would have no others. This
verse puts the matter in a different order: When, by the sadhanas prescribed in the preceding verses,
one knows his Self, then he will discover that he was never born.
All earthly existence is experienced by an apparent entity which believes itself to have been born and to have
enjoyed and suffered -- an entity which will finally die. It is only as real as the subjects in dream.
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29. bandha muktyaati tam-param-sukham
vindatihaji vastu daivikah.
The Jiva who attains the state of Supreme Bliss, beyond any thoughts of bondage or freedom is truly
devoted to the Lord.
This verse is the Maharshi's conclusion as to the relationship between the Bhakti and Jnana margas,
first mentioned in verse 5. Abiding in the state of Supreme Bliss is true 'service' or 'worship' of the Lord
because the divine Jiva is not separate from Brahman and realizes his identity. Whatever he may 'do'
is itself divine.
Devotion is not truly bhakti so long as the worshipper believes himself to be a separate reality, usurping
thereby something of the universally of the Lord's Being and Consciousness. Only the utter surrender
of one's individuality can be true bhakti, which is also true Jnana.
Arunachala Siva.
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30. aham apetakam nija vibhaanakam
mahad idam tapo ramana vaagiyam.
When the individual 'I' has disappeared and the real 'I-I' has been found, that is excellent tapas. Ramana
says this.
The final verse places the whole of Upadesa Saram in the setting of the story of Daruka forest ascetics
as used by Muruganar. The ascetics had practiced austerities (tapas) for false purposes. The Maharshi
affirms here that Atma Vichara is itself the 'excellent tapas that they should make use of for true happiness.
Muruganar wrote the original Tamizh version of this verse, stating Ramana Maharshi to the THE SELF. Sri
Ramana, did not Himself say that He was 'enlightened', except by implication, and did not carry Muruganar's
statement over into the Sanskrit version of this verse. Nevertheless, it is as Lord Ramana, the Self, that He
spoke in these thirty verses. And for those who understand and follow and are freed by this advice, it is
He alone who understands and guides and frees.
Upadesa Saram - D.M. Sastri's English translation is completed.
Arunachala Siva.
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Great post. I am glad you are enjoying the Thunderbird.ReplyDelete
We've hit full on allergy season here in the Willamette valley I haven't been doing much riding. Sneezing in a full face helmet is just no fun.Replies
Damned allergies, anyway! I know that inside-of-the-helmet (let's call it) fog...Delete
Dave, surely you convey such a precious commodity a single whole bean at a time, each by a different route... That is, after all, the only proper way to treat, er, respect well-roasted coffee. ;-)ReplyDeleteReplies
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Maybe I have turned a corner after all since a counseling session brought some clarity to my current situation and I also understand my sister, Nicole's current obsession with the music of the Britsh rock/pop band, Queen. By the way, I will call her by her nickname, Nicki, hereafter. Additionally, please bear with me since I know this introduction will be….long, but there is a lot of ground to cover. Thanks for reading this, especially if you have the kindness and patience to read it in its entirety.
For those who haven't heard of Queen, check them out! For those who have, well, you are already acquainted with much, if not all, of their music, the personalities of the band members (especially that of the late Freddie Mercury, whose character did much to inspire this work, surprisingly!), and the Bohemian Rhapsody biopic coming out later this year.
In the session, to be clear, I talked about some family concerns, work struggles, etc., the feelings of fear and doubt I'd experienced in those and many areas of my life besides lately. In that time, and and told my counselor, "I think I understand Nicki's obsession with Queen now." For context, Nicki became obsessed with Queen around the time she first heard of the biopic, reconnecting us with our roots in classical music, country, pop, and classic rock in a new way. My initial reaction was to grumble concerning the realization that either I would become obsessed myself or I would hate Queen in response to Nicki's obsession. (In fact, as I wrote this section of the blog, she modified "We are the Champions" and sang the modified version to her pup. Part of me wants to tell her to shush, the other is smiling and thankful for her love for Reilly since Reilly just came back from the vet and got a combination vaccine!)
That in mind, I became interested in the characters and psychology of Queen myself. After almost a year's worth of mulling over what could be the reason behind my obsession with the character of Freddie Mercury, I hit on what most resonated with me this past week. . Nicki and I were watching the following video: Freddie Mercury – The Official Birthday Video, and I finally realized why I admired him so much and why he had a magnetic draw for many people during and after his career and death. Even with the strong language, smoking, foolishness (like calling himself a "musical prostitute- to me, there is nothing funny about human trafficking, though the jest was in sarcasm), and so on…..he was, well, authentic and transparent to a degree I don't see in very many people nowadays. His raw candor and authenticity just…..resonated with me in a way that I finally realized that's what I, personally, love most about him as a musician and I am sure I would have been very good friends with him if I had been born in the 1940's or 1950's myself.
He missed the point of living if he was not a Christian, yes, but his authenticity and transparency, with little to no fear of the days to come, were and remain inspiring. That, to me, is a hallmark of mature Christianity and what Jesus wanted for His people, after all! Proverbs 31:25, for example, says of the "wife of noble character," "She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come." (NIV 2011) Additionally, the Message translation states that Jesus wants for us as follows:
"Jesus resumed talking to the people, but now tenderly. "The Father has given me all these things to do and say. This is a unique Father-Son operation, coming out of Father and Son intimacies and knowledge. No one knows the Son the way the Father does, nor the Father the way the Son does. But I'm not keeping it to myself; I'm ready to go over it line by line with anyone willing to listen.
28-30 "Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly." (Matthew 11:28-30)
"Living freely and lightly" sounds wonderful, doesn't it? Part of Mr. Mercury's draw was, I think, that he did so as well as a non-believer could do and gives many, I imagine, pause to consider what doing so as a Christian does or would mean, whether they are living like that.
How I wish Mr. Mercury had known that, if he didn't. I pray he did and, frankly, his example has inspired me to write about that realization on Thursday and the counseling session today. Thanks be to God that He reminds us that "nothing is too hard [or difficult] for [Him]," according to Jeremiah 32:17, no matter what legitimate translation of Scripture you read! That certainly applies to living authentically and transparently, thus using the time we have on this Earth to seek out the Lord, grow close to Him, and impact the world for His glory and our good during our lives and after we are either in Heaven or Hell.
In conclusion, with that in mind, I will publish Part Two of this series of posts- the poem itself- tomorrow, as I am still writing it mentally and working out the best way to communicate what I mean clearly. Please pray about that for me and I will pray for y'all as well! Thanks, as always, and may God Bless you now and always!


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