text:
Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 27 Feb 2010 15:26 and updated at 13 May 2010 14:04
Mahabharata: 18 Parvas
See All Nouns, See All Categories
|The mystery which is threefold, the Vedas, Yoga, and Vijnana Dharma, Artha, and Kama, also various books upon the subject of Dharma, Artha, and Kama; also rules for the conduct of mankind; also histories and discourses with various srutis; all of which having been seen by the Rishi Vyasa are here in due order mentioned as a specimen of the book.
|Then the exhibition by Krishna, before the assembled Rajas, of his Yoga powers upon learning the evil counsels of Duryodhana and Karna; then Krishna's taking Karna in his chariot and his tendering to him of advice, and Karna's rejection of the same from pride.
|While they that devote themselves to Yoga meditation take time to acquire the same knowledge, for it is by practice alone that these latter divest themselves of the consciousness of quality.
|Then again if the person devoted to Yoga find not sufficient time in one life to attain success, being led astray by the attractions of the world, in his next life he is benefited by the progress already achieved, for he devoteth himself regretfully to the pursuit of success.
|Piety which is dependent on action that proceedeth not from the desire of fruit, is, in case of such men Yoga itself'
|Yayati answered, O monarch, no king of equal energy should ever desire to receive as gift the religious merits of another king acquired by Yoga austerities.
|Go thou then into the forest, and devote thyself to contemplation through Yoga.
|He was master of both the Sankhya and Yoga systems of philosophy, ever desirous of humbling the celestials and Asuras by fomenting quarrels among them, conversant with the sciences of war and treaty, proficient in drawing conclusions by judging of things not within direct ken, as also in the six sciences of treaty, war, military campaigns, maintenance of posts against the enemy and stratagems by ambuscades and reserves.
|And Agastya of great energy, and Markandeya, of great ascetic power, and Jamadagni and Bharadwaja, and Samvarta, and Chyavana, and exalted Durvasa, and the virtuous Rishyasringa, the illustrious Sanatkumara of great ascetic merit and the preceptor in all matters affecting Yoga; Asita and Devala, and Jaigishavya acquainted with truth; Rishava, Ajitasatru, and Mani of great energy; and the Science of healing with its eight branches, all in their personified forms, O Bharata; the moon with all the stars and the stellar conjunctions; Aditya with all his rays; the winds; the Sacrifices, the Declarations of purpose in sacrifices, the Vital principles, these illustrious and vow-observing beings in their personified forms, and many others too numerous to mention, attend all upon Brahma in that mansion.
|And, O king, in order to prevent disputes amongst those Rishis of subdued souls, the Lord of Yoga, by the help of his Yoga power, multiplied himself into ten million forms, and stood before every one of them.
|There in that tirtha is the lord of Yoga, Sthanu himself, having for his vehicle the bull.
|And being engaged in the practice of rigid austerities, and also employed in the contemplation known by the name of Yoga, he obtained the sight of the magnanimous god with three eyes, the slayer of the demon called Tripura; the worker of blessings for all beings; the eternally existent one; the ruling Being, the holder of the Pinaka bow; carrying in his hand his well-known weapon, the trident; the god of three eyes; the repository of eternal peace; the ruler of all those that are fierce; capable of assuming very many forms; and the lord of the goddess Uma.
|This is the path which was followed by Richika's son, of unmeasured energy, who roamed over the earth, practising the Yoga rites in the river Raupya.
|And, O Bharata, repairing thither, and attaining that universal Soul, the self-create and eternal God of gods, high-souled ones, of Yoga success, and free from ignorance and pride have not to return to this world.
|And saying, Let us even here experience delight by joining without delay Arjuna accomplished in arms' those highly blessed Parthas became engaged in the practice of Yoga.
|And they pay due homage to their preceptors and superiors and practise Yoga, are forgiving, continent and energetic and pious and are generally endowed with every virtue.
|He who is the Source and Creator of the Universe, viz, the Eternal and unfading Vishnu, He who is called by Munis crowned with ascetic success as the Supreme Lord of the Universe, that Being of great holiness, then lay in Yoga sleep on the wide hood of the Snake Sesha of immeasurable energy, and the Creator of the Universe, that highly-blessed and holy Hari, knowing no deterioration, lay on the hood of that Snake encircling the whole Earth and as the Deity lay asleep on that bed, a lotus, endued with great beauty and effulgence equal unto that of the Sun, sprang from his navel.
|And, O great king, the royal Kuvalaswa, filled with Yoga force, having extinguished those flames by the water that issued from his body, consumed that Daitya of wicked prowess with the celebrated weapon called Brahma for relieving the triple world of its fears, and the royal sage Kuvalaswa, having consumed that great Asura, that foe of the celestials and slayer of all enemies, by means of that weapon became like unto a second chief of the triple world and the high-souled king Kuvalaswa having slain the the Asura Dhundhu, became from that time known by the name of Dhundhumara and from that time he came to be regarded as invincible in battle, and the gods and the great Rishis who had come to witness that encounter were so far gratified with him that they addressed him saying, Ask thou a boon of us'
|And as communion with Brahma cannot be taught to us, even by our spiritual preceptor, he only giving us a clue to the mystery, renunciation of the material world is called Yoga.
|That divine spirit whose course is marked with black and white stains, who is the supporter of fire, and who, though free from sin, is the accomplisher of desired karma, whom the wise regard as a great Rishi, is the fire Kapila, the propounder of the Yoga system called Sankhya.
|It is only those that are free from affection, and those free from pride, and those free from conflicting emotions, and those that have restrained their senses, and those given to contemplation and Yoga, that can repair thither'
|And it was by Yoga power that he divided himself in twain, one of which continued to give heat, and the other appeared before Kunti.
|And that ranger of the skies, that enemy of Swarbhanu, with soul absorbed in Yoga, entered into Kunti, and touched her on the navel.
|And it was thus that deity of fierce rays, stupefying her, entered into her by virtue of Yoga power, and placed his own self within her womb.
|Dhritarashtra said, In this world, some practise virtue, and some renounce action or Karma adopting what is called Sannyasa Yoga.
|Sanat-sujata said, Those regenerate persons that take pride in their Yoga practices, like strong men in their own strength, departing hence, shine in the region of Brahman.
|Vaisampayana continued, O best of kings, thus addressed by his son Dhritarashtra, that prince of poets, the Muni Vyasa concentrated his mind in supreme Yoga.
|Here ends the first lesson entitled Survey of Forces in the dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna of the Bhagavadgita, the essence of religion, the knowledge of Brahma, and the system of Yoga, comprised within the Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata of Vyasa containing one hundred thousand verses
|Listen now to that inculcated in Yoga system.
|In this the Yoga system there is no waste of even the first attempt.
|This equanimity is called Yoga devotion.
|Fools say, but not those that are wise, that Sankhya and Yoga are distinct.
|Whatever seat is attained by those who profess the Sankhya system, that too is reached by those who profess the Yoga.
|He seeth truly who seeth Sankhya and Yoga as one
|I am Chitraratha among the Gandharvas and the ascetic Kapila among ascetics crowned with Yoga success.
|SECTION XL Bhagavad Gita Chapter XVI The Holy One said, Fearlessness, purity of heart, perseverance in the pursuit of knowledge and Yoga meditation, gifts, self-restraint, sacrifice, study of the Vedas, ascetic penances, uprightness abstention from injury, truth, freedom from anger, renunciation, tranquillity, freedom from reporting other's faults, compassion for all creatures, absence of covetousness, gentleness, modesty, absence of restlessness, vigour, forgiveness, firmness, cleanliness, absence of quarrelsomeness, freedom from vanity, these become his, O Bharata, who is born to godlike possessions.
|Through Vyasa's favour heard I this supreme mystery, this doctrine of Yoga, from Krishna himself, the Lord of Yoga, who declared it in person.
|Thither where Krishna, the Lord of Yoga is, thither where the great bowman Partha is, thither, in my opinion, are prosperity, and victory, and greatness, and eternal justice End of the Bhagavad Gita SECTION XLIII Sanjaya said, Beholding Dhananjaya then to take up once again his arrows and Gandiva, the mighty car-warriors of the Pandava party uttered a tremendous shout.
|Except when addrest for death O king, having abandoned my arms and withdrawn in Yoga meditation from surrounding sights, none will be able to slay me.
|O Lord of Yoga, look for that great bowman, that mighty car-warrior, who will give Bhishma his quietus like rain-charged clouds quenching a forest conflagration.
|Therefore, I seek refuge in Thee that art the soul of Yoga and the highest Divinity.
|Victory to Thee that art the Lord of Yoga.
|Victory to Thee that art prior, and subsequent to Yoga.
|O thou of yellow robes, O Lord of the cardinal and the subsidiary points of the compass, O thou that hast the Universe for thy abode, O thou that art Infinite, O thou that hast no decay, O thou that art the Manifest, O thou that art the Unmanifest, O thou that art the immeasurable Space, O thou that hast all thy senses under control, O thou that always achievest what is good, O thou that art immeasurable, O thou that alone knowest thy own nature, victory to Thee that art deep, O thou that art the giver of all wishes, O thou that art without end, O thou that art known as Brahma, O thou that art Eternal, O thou that art the Creator of all creatures, O thou that art ever successful, O thou whose acts always display wisdom, O thou that art conversant with morality, O thou that givest victory, O thou of mysterious Self, O thou that art the Soul of all Yoga, O thou that art the Cause of everything that hath sprung into existence, O thou that art the knowledge of the selves of all beings, O Lord of the worlds, victory to thee that art the Creator of all beings.
|O Lord of Yoga and Yogins, we do not know thy extent, thy measure, thy energy, thy prowess, thy might, thy origin.
|And slaughtering the Asuras there for happiness of all the worlds, and establishing righteousness, and winning renown, Thou wilt again truly attain to Yoga.
|The regenerate ones sing Thee as the world's bridge, having no beginning, middle and end, and as possessed of unlimited Yoga
|SECTION LXVI Bhishma said, Then that illustrious Deity, the Lord of the worlds, replied unto Brahma in a soft deep voice, saying, Through Yoga, O sire, all that is wished by thee is known to me.
|It is by the Yoga of his Supreme Excellence, and the Yoga of his Self, that the sons of Pandu, O king, are supported.
|And that Divine Being made up of all kinds of energy slept thereon in Yoga.
|Of Supreme Energy, He it is whom the regenerate ones know by Yoga meditation.
|One waiting dutifully on Him, observant of vows with ascetic austerities on days of the full-moon and the new-moon, is sure to obtain the Divine Kesava, that refuge of all embodied creatures that essence of Brahma and of Yoga.
|Knowing this truly, O Bharata, Yudhishthira, with his whole soul, O king, hath sought the shelter of the highly blessed Kesava, the Lord of Yoga, and the Lord of the Earth
|Even thus is that illustrious and Supreme Being, viz, Hari, adored and worshipped by Sanatkumar and other ascetics endued with Yoga.
|Abandoning then, O sire, Partha's steeds that looked like silver, and filled with wrath, that great lord of Yoga powers jumped down from that great car.
|Meanwhile the valiant and intelligent Bhishma, the son of Santanu, having recourse to that Yoga which is taught in the great Upanishads and engaged in mental prayers, remained quiet, expectant of his hour
|Fixing his gaze on the sun, and setting his cleansed heart on the moon, and thinking of the mantras in the great Upanishad, Bhurisravas, betaking himself to Yoga, ceased to speak.
|I shall, therefore, resort to Yoga for shrouding the sun.
|Then Krishna otherwise called Hari, possessed of ascetic powers, that lord of all ascetics, having taken recourse to Yoga, created that darkness.
|Laying aside his weapons then in that battle, and sitting down on the terrace of his car, he devoted himself to Yoga and assured all creatures, dispelling their fears.
|Having said those words he had devoted himself to Yoga.
|Only we five amongst men beheld the high-souled Drona rapt in Yoga proceed to the highest region of blessedness.
|Nobody else, O king, could see that glory of the wise Drona, devoted to Yoga, while passing out of the world.
|Indeed, none of them could see the preceptor, that chastiser of foes, proceed to the region of Brahman, devoted to Yoga in the company of the foremost of Rishis, his body mangled with arrows and bathed in blood, after he had laid aside his weapons.
|Having, for the sake of kingdom, caused the slaughter of one who was a Brahmana, who was venerable in years, who was my preceptor, who had laid aside his weapons, and who was then devoted, like a great ascetic, to Yoga, death has become preferable to me to life'
|He is Yoga and the lord of Yoga; he is called Sarva, and is the Lord of all the worlds.
|O son of Kunti, seek the protection of that boon-giving Lord of the universe, the lord of Uma, that God of three eyes, that destroyer of Daksha's sacrifice; that guardian of all created things, that being who is always cheerful, that protector of all beings, that God of unfading glory; that one with matted locks; that mover of all superior beings, that one whose navel is like that of a bull and who hath the bull for his symbol; that one who is proud like the bull, who is the lord of bulls; who is represented by the horns of the bull; and who is the bull of bulls; that one who hath the image of the bull on his banner; who is liberal to all righteous persons; who can be approached by Yoga only; and whose eyes are like those of a bull; who owneth very superior weapons: who hath Vishnu himself for his arrow; who is the embodiment of righteousness; and who is called Maheswara; who is of vast stomach and vast body; who hath a leopard's skin for his seat; who is the lord of the worlds; who is devoted to Brahma and who loveth Brahmanas; who is armed with trident; who is boon-giving; who wieldeth the sword and the shield, and who is highly auspicious, who wieldeth the bow called Pinaka, who is divested of the battle axe and who is the protector and lord of the universe.
|Similarly, Sanjaya, Drupada's son Dhrishtadyumna, uplifting his scimitar, slew the mighty bowman Drona who, already pierced with many arrows, had laid aside his weapons in battle and devoted himself to Yoga.
|The Suta's son did not know that the snake Aswasena had entered his arrow by the aid of his Yoga powers.
|Understanding that this was the expectation cherished by each of those four, he had recourse to his Yoga powers and assumed at the same time four different forms.
|The island-born Vyasa also, of virtuous soul, O Bharata, having bathed in that tirtha, obtained great Yoga powers and attained to high success.
|Endued with great ascetic merit, the Rishi Asita-Devala also, having bathed in that very tirtha with soul rapt in high Yoga meditation, obtained great Yoga powers
|Once upon a time, an intelligent ascetic, O monarch, of the name of Jaigishavya, devoted to Yoga and rapt in meditation and leading the life of a mendicant, came to Devala's asylum.
|Possessed of great splendour, that great ascetic, ever devoted to Yoga, O monarch, while residing in Devala's asylum, became crowned with ascetic success.
|Witnessing this power, derived through Yoga, of Jaigishavya's penances, Asita Devala, O king, endued with great intelligence, began to reflect upon the matter.
|Then Devala, beholding the power derived through Yoga of Jaigishavya's penances, reflected upon it with his righteous understanding and approaching that great ascetic, O king, with humility, addressed the high-souled Jaigishavya, saying, I desire, O adorable one, to adopt the religion of Moksha Emancipation!
|And he also taught him the ordinances of Yoga and the supreme and eternal duties and their reverse.
|Having indulged in those reflections, Devala, in consequence of that resolve obtained the highest success, O Bharata, and the highest Yoga.
|There is no one superior or even equal to this high-souled one in force of energy and penance and Yoga'
|Ultimately, in the possession of Yoga powers, that lady of ascetic penances proceeded to heaven.
|Yoga is the best means for attaining to it.
|Vaisampayana continued, Thus addressed, the virtuous Vyasa that foremost of all persons conversant with Yoga, possessed of great wisdom and intimately acquainted with the Vedas, said unto Yudhisthira the following words.
|To be engaged in battle has been said to be the Sacrifice for a king; a due observance of the science of chastisement is his Yoga; and the gift of wealth in sacrifices in the form of Dakshina is his Renunciation.
|Thou shalt see, however, that the northern path Uttarayana is travelled by those that are devoted to Yoga penances.
|Those eternal and bright regions to which that path leads belong to men of Yoga.
|O foremost of righteous persons, tell me the cause of this Yoga abstraction.
|SECTION XLVIII Janamejaya said, How did the grandsire of the Bharatas, who lay on a bed of arrows, cast off his body and what kind of Yoga did he adopt'
|Thou sleepest in Yoga on thy snake-decked sofa constituted by the thousand hoods of the Naga.
|Salutations to thee in thy Yoga form!
|Learning by his Yoga prowess of the devotion of Bhishma, Madhava, otherwise called Hari, entering his body bestowed upon him heavenly knowledge compassing the Past, the Present, and the Future, and went away.
|Learning by his Yoga powers of the devotion of Bhishma towards him, that foremost of Beings, viz, Madhava, suddenly rose from his seat and ascended on his car, Kesava and Satyaki proceeded on one car.
|Everything again that is indicated in the four branches of knowledge, in the four Hotras, O Bharata, as also those eternal duties that are laid down in Yoga and Sankhya philosophy, the duties too of the four orders and these duties that are not inconsistent with their declared practices, all these, along with their interpretations, O son of Ganga, are known to thee.
|Do thou then speak words of truth, fraught with morality and Yoga, unto Yudhishthira who as firm in truth but whose learning has been clouded by grief on account of the slaughter of his kinsmen, and do thou, by this, quickly dispel that grief of his'
|Next, that preceptor of Yoga, of great celebrity, viz, Kavi of immeasurable wisdom, reduced it further into a work of a thousand lessons.
|For them that perform the sacrifice of penance, the Yoga they endeavour to effect with Brahma is their ladle; the heart is their clarified butter; and high knowledge constitutes their Pavitra
|Men possessed of righteous behaviour and wisdom and conversant with the duties of Yoga renounce prosperity and sons and grandsons of their own accord.
|Thou mayst then inform thy enemy of the fact that the best men in his kingdom are being oppressed with exactions for refilling the exhausted treasury, and indicate some eminent ascetic conversant with the duties of Yoga who will wean thy foe from all earthly possessions.
|Truth is duty; Truth is penance; Truth is Yoga; and Truth is the eternal Brahma.
|It may also be acquired through Yoga.
|Believers and unbelievers and those that are rigid practisers of the highest Yoga, all certify to the excellence of Wealth
|Beholding all creatures in my own body and my own mind, and devoting my reason to Yoga, my life to the instructions of the wise, and soul to Brahma, I shall happily rove through the world, without attachment and without calamities of any kinds, so that thou mayst not be able to plunge me again into such sorrows
|When the Understanding, freed from the attributes of action, becomes directed towards the mind after being withdrawn from outward objects, then does it succeed in knowing Brahma by meditation or Yoga ending in complete absorption samadhi?
|Yoga is talked of very highly in the world
|In Krita age, men, worshipping only one Brahma, looked upon the Richs, the Samans, the Yajuses and the rites and sacrifices that are performed from motives of advantage, as all different from the object of their worship, and practised only Yoga, by means of penances.
|In both the Yoga and the Sankhya, systems, five and twenty topics of knowledge have been treated in nearly the same way.
|Listen now to the way and the means by which a person may win Emancipation through Yoga or the system of Patanjali.
|That person who moves and acts after having transcended the puissance that the practice of Yoga brings about in the initial stages, succeeds in winning Emancipation
|I have thus discoursed to thee on those topics viz, Emancipation according to the Sankhya system and that according to the Yoga system which are dissimilar if the speaker be disposed to treat them as such but which in reality, are one and the same
|Is it by penance, by Brahmacharya, by renunciation of everything, by intelligence, by the aid of the Sankhya philosophy, or by Yoga?
|Listen now to me as I expound to thee all that should be done for the same end according to the Yoga doctrine.
|One should seek to acquire this Knowledge by abandoning those five impediments of Yoga which are known to the wise, viz, desire, wrath, cupidity, fear, and sleep.
|Subduing procrastination, one should, by these means, subdue these impediments of Yoga.
|Annihilation, extension, power to present varied aspects in the same person or body, celestial scents, and sounds, and sights, the most agreeable sensations of taste and touch, pleasurable sensations of coolness and warmth, equality with the wind, capability of understanding by inward light the meaning of scriptures and every work of genius, companionship of celestial damsels, acquiring all these by Yoga the Yogin should disregard them and merge them all in the knowledge
|Restraining speech and the senses one should practise Yoga during the hours after dusk, the hours before dawn, and at dawn of day, seated on a mountain summit, or at the foot of a goodly tree, or with a tree before him
|One should never, while practising Yoga, withdraw one's mind from it.
|Unto one whose mind is thus turned to itself, who leads a life of purity, and who casts an equal eye upon all things, indeed, unto one who is ever engaged in Yoga thus for even six months, Brahma as represented by sound appears very vividly
|The deity who takes refuge in that material form, like a drop of water on a lotus leaf, should be known as Kshetrajna Soul, which is Eternal, and which succeeds by Yoga in transcending both the mind and the knowledge
|SECTION CCXLV Suka said, While living in the due observance of the duties of the foremost of life, how should one, who seeks to attain to That which is the highest object of knowledge, set one's soul on Yoga according to the best of one's power'
|Vyasa said, Having acquired purity of conduct and body by the practice of the first two modes of life, viz, Brahmacharya and domesticity, one should, after that, set one's soul on Yoga in the third mode of life.
|One should, alone and without anybody to assist him or bear him company, practise Yoga for attaining to success in respect of one's highest object of acquisition.
|One who practises Yoga without companionship, who beholds everything as a repetition of his own self, and who never discards anything in consequence of all things being pervaded by the Universal Soul, never falls away from Emancipation.
|As the footprints of all other creatures that move upon legs are engulfed within those of elephants, after the same manner all ranks and conditions are absorbed within Yoga.
|This knowledge that is acquired by Yogins with the aid of all especial agency of Yoga, is acquired without any especial efforts by men that abstain from worldly objects
|Some maintain that the qualities, when driven away by Yoga or knowledge, do not cease to exist.
|This duty of Yoga hath been inculcated for attaining to exemption from rebirth
|when endowed with only the attribute of Sattwa, and with the aid also of the other three viz, instruction, meditation and Yoga, succeed in attaining to Emancipation
|Suspending his senses that have been duly restrained from unworthy indulgence, he who lives engaged in Yoga meditation, is said to be a Brahmana.
|Whether asleep or awake, during the day as in the night, and during the night as in day time, they who apply themselves to Yoga after casting off all the creations of the understanding and the Rajas born of acts, as also the very puissance that Yoga begets, succeed in keeping their linga form under complete control
|They who betake themselves to the science of Yoga for the purpose of obtaining a knowledge of that Soul transcending the inanimate and gross body, the imperceptible linga body, and the karana body that is not destroyed on the occasion of even the universal destruction
|A dexterous person, however, by the aid of Yoga, forcibly teareth up and cutteth with the sword of samadhi, the far-reaching root of this tree
|Observing many vows and restraints, his food regulated by many rules of fast, his body clad in rags and skins, bearing matted locks on his head his entire person smeared with filth and clay, that Brahmana possessed of intelligence passed many years there, suspending speech and engaged in Yoga meditation.
|Firm in the observance of his vows, the righteous-souled Rishi continued to hold and protect those eggs by standing on that very spot perfectly motionless and rapt in Yoga meditation.
|They that are conversant with the distinction between body and soul, that are devoted to Yoga, and that meditate on the Pranava, always succeed in gratifying others
|The sages of olden days were not followers of those doctrines of Yoga.
|Having said these words without much reflection, the learned Gautama, that foremost of persons engaged in the practice of Yoga, that highly blessed ascetic, departed for the woods.
|The blame really attaches to the carelessness of my Yoga puissance
|SECTION CCLXVIII Yudhishthira said, Thou hast already explained to me, O grandsire, how the religion of Yoga, which leads to the six well-known attributes, may be adopted and practised without injuring any creature.
|Amongst these two, viz, the duties of domesticity and those of Yoga, both of which lead to the same end, which is superior'
|At that time a Rishi, of the name of Syumarasmi, entering by Yoga power the form of that cow, addressed the Yati Kapila, saying, Hist O Kapila!
|Kapila said, Betaking yourselves to the path of the good viz, Yoga, do you even in this life realise its fruits by the direct evidence of your senses.
|Thou hast said that they who take the path of the good viz, Yoga, by which Brahma is attained, realise its fruits by the direct evidence of their senses.
|Whatever again the school of opinion according to which one may conduct oneself, one is sure to attain to the highest end by only observing the duties of self-restraint of Yoga.
|Thinking in this strain and beholding these faults through the aid of instructions secured from preceptors, Yatis, who covet the highest end, betake themselves to Yoga, leaving both good and ill
|Only he who is devoted to Yoga, who has discharged all his duties, who is capable of roving everywhere depending only on his own body, who has brought his soul under perfect control, who has transcended the requirements of the science of morality and who disregards the whole world and everything belonging to it, can transgress the declarations of the Vedas with respect to acts, and say that there is Emancipation
|Never addicted at any time to sinful acts, observant of those rites that have been laid down in the Vedas, capable of crowning all their wishes with fruition, endued with certain conclusions through pure knowledge, never giving way to wrath, never indulging in envy, free from pride and malice, firm in Yoga of unstained birth, unstained conduct, and unstained learning, devoted to the good of all creatures, there were in days of yore many men, leading lives of domesticity and thoroughly devoted to their own duties, there were many kings also of the same qualifications, devoted to Yoga like Janaka, etc,
|Indeed, one who has led the life of a Brahmacharin and waited dutifully upon his preceptor, who has arrived at settled conclusions in respect of the soul, and who has devoted himself to Yoga thus, is truly a Brahmana.
|He should subdue hunger by practising Yoga.
|This last is attainable by those that are of pure-acts and endued with tranquillity of soul the means being the subjugation of those five impediments of Yoga of which the learned speak.
|By casting off desire and wrath and covetousness and fear and sleep, one should, restraining speech, practise what is favourable to Yoga, viz, contemplation, study, gift, truth, modesty, candour, forgiveness, purity of heart, purity in respect of food, and the subjugation of the senses.
|The avoidance of ignorance by listening to and studying the scriptures, the absence of attachment in consequence of Renunciation freedom from desire and wrath by adoption of contentment and forgiveness, the puissance that is won by Yoga, the absence of pride and haughtiness, freedom from anxiety by subjugation of every kind of fear, absence of attachment of anything like home and family, these constitute the path of Emancipation.
|He whose words and thoughts are always well-restrained, he who has Penances and Renunciation, and Yoga, is sure to attain to everything through these.
|By association with Yoga and dissociation from company, he should be perfectly equable, steadily fixed, and uniform.
|Sages of rigid vows freed from the seven and ten ie, the five breaths, mind, understanding, and the ten organs of knowledge and action, from the five faults of Yoga viz, desire, wrath, covetousness, fear, and sleep that constitute the chief causes for binding man to repeated rounds of earthly life, and from the other eight, viz, the five objects of the senses and the three attributes of Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas, have never to incur rebirth.
|That Yogin, again, who falls off from Yoga practices after having attained the measure of eminence described already resides in heaven for a century of Kalpas with the, unexhausted remnant of his past acts to be exhausted by enjoyment or endurance as the case may be, and with the seven viz, the five senses of knowledge and mind and understanding purged of all stains in consequence of their predisposition or proneness towards the attribute of Sattwa.
|When his Chitta becomes cleansed by Yoga, and when he practises Samyama, this perceptible universe appears to him as only his own fivefold senses
|Bhishma continued, Having said these words, O son of Kunti, Vritra cast off his life-breaths, uniting his soul in Yoga, with the supreme Soul, and attained to the highest station'
|The illustrious chastiser of Paka then, relying upon his intelligence, had recourse to high Yoga and with its aid dispelled these illusions of Vritra.
|Aided by Yoga, do thou slay him, O chief of the deities.
|Summoning all his Yoga force, that Lord of all lords of Yoga, that god of gods, that wielder of Pinaka, possessed of mighty energy, quickly proceeded to the place where Daksha was sacrificing accompanied by all his terrible followers and destroyed that Sacrifice.
|Divided in twain by the thunderbolt, the mighty Asura possessed of great Yoga powers, proceeded to the region of Vishnu of immeasurable energy.
|Having said these words, that great Yogin saw into the future with eyes of Yoga contemplation.
|Conversant with Yoga, Dadhichi became highly gratified, having ascertained what was about to happen.
|Salutations to thee that art attached, that art freed from all attachments, that art of the form of Yoga contemplation, and that art adorned with a garland of Akshas.
|I bow to that Soul of Yoga who is beheld in the form of an effulgent Light by persons that have their senses under control, that are possessed of the attribute of Sattwa, that have regulated their breaths, and that have conquered sleep
|With the aid of arguments addressed to reason the deities and the Danavas have extracted from the Vedas consisting of six branches and from the system of Sankhya and Yoga a creed in consequence of which they have practised the austerest penances for many long years.
|The Understanding of the man unconversant with Yoga can never be directed towards Emancipation.
|One unconversant with Yoga can never have happiness.
|Once on a time Galava, desirous of obtaining what was for his benefit, addressed Narada freed from error and fatigue, learned in the scriptures, gratified with knowledge, a thorough master of his senses, and with soul devoted to Yoga, and said, Those virtues, O Muni, by the possession of which a person becomes respected in the world, I see, dwell permanently in thee.
|The great ascetic Usanas, crowned with Yoga-success, entered the person of Kuvera, and depriving the lord of treasures of his liberty by means of Yoga, robbed him of all his wealth
|And he said, Usanas, having spiritualised himself by Yoga entered my form and depriving myself of liberty, has taken away all my wealth.
|Having by Yoga entered my body he has again left it'
|His Yoga penances of the austerest type having been over, he rose from the mighty lake.
|After this, Mahadeva armed with Pinaka, that soul of Yoga, once more betook himself to Yoga-meditation.
|A Kshatriya bereft of courage, a Brahmana that takes every kind of food, a Vaisya unendued with exertion in respect of agriculture and other moneymaking pursuits, a Sudra that is idle and, therefore, averse to labour, a learned person without good behaviour, one of high birth but destitute of righteous conduct, a Brahmana fallen away from truth, a woman that is unchaste and wicked, a Yogin endued with attachments, one that cooks food for one's own self, an ignorant person employed in making a discourse, a kingdom without a king and a king that cherishes no affection for his subjects and who is destitute of Yoga, these all, O king, are deserving of pity
|Gradually ascending step by step, in the path of Yoga, they at last behold the stage of highest felicity viz, Emancipation
|As the pure gem called Suryakanta absorbs and attracts to itself, the rays of the Sun, even so, O tiger among kings, does Yoga proceed by help of concentrated attention
|Like a blind man who, with attention, is capable of moving about his own house, the man of wisdom, with mind set on Yoga, succeeds in proceeding along the track he should follow
|It is the mind that at first inclines the Soul to Yoga.
|When the Soul achieves success in Yoga, it then beholds itself uninvested with attributes
|As all rivers running towards the ocean, unite themselves with it, even so the mind, when engaged in Yoga, becomes united with primal Prakriti
|SECTION CCCI Yudhishthira said, It behoveth thee to explain to me, O sire, what the difference is between the Sankhya and the Yoga system of philosophy.
|Bhishma said, The followers of Sankhya praise the Sankhya system and those regenerate persons that are Yogins praise the Yoga system.
|Men of wisdom devoted to Yoga assign proper and very good reasons, O crusher of foes, for showing that one that does not believe in the existence of God cannot attain to Emancipation.
|The evidences of Yoga are addressed to the direct ken of the senses; those of Sankhya are based on the scriptures.
|Bhishma said, By casting off, through the aid of Yoga, these five faults, viz, attachment, heedlessness, affection, lust, and wrath, one attains to Emancipation.
|Even such is the case with persons destitute of the puissance of Yoga.
|As weak fishes, O son of Kunti, fallen into the net, become entangled in it, even so, O monarch, men destitute of the puissance of Yoga, encounter destruction amid the bonds of the world.
|I have now discoursed to thee, O monarch, on all these powers of Yoga.
|I shall once more tell thee what the subtile powers of Yoga are with their indications.
|Rear, O chief of Bharata's race, the subtile indications of the Dharana and the Samadhi of the Soul such as Yoga brings about
|That Yogin who, heedfully observant of high vows, properly unites O king, his Jiva-soul with the subtile Soul in the navel, the throat, the head, the heart, the chest, the sides, the eye, the ear, and the nose, burns all his acts good and bad of even mountain-like proportions, and having recourse to excellent Yoga, attains to Emancipation'
|This high Yoga path of learned Brahmanas is exceedingly difficult to tread.
|Indeed, the path of Yoga is like a road along which no edibles occur, which runs through a desert having all its trees burnt down in a conflagration, and which has been rendered unsafe by being infested with bands of robbers.
|All this that I have told thee has been stated in the diverse treatises bearing upon Yoga.
|The highest fruits of Yoga are seen in persons of the regenerate order.
|SECTION CCCII YUDHISHTHIRA SAID, O king thou hast duly propounded unto me, in the way in which it should be, the path of Yoga which is approved by the wise, after the manner of a loving preceptor unto his pupil.
|O foremost of eloquent men, about what is called felicity here, having a clear knowledge of what the sorrows are that overtake when the hour comes all those that are concerned with transitory objects and knowing full well the sorrows of those that have fallen into the intermediate orders of being and of those that have sunk into hell, perceiving all the merits and all the faults of heaven, O Bharta, and all the demerits that attach to the declarations of the Vedas and all the excellencies that are connected with them recognising the faults and merits of the Yoga and the Sankhya systems of philosophy, realizing also that the quality of Sattwa has ten properties, that of Rajas has nine, and that of Tamas has eight, that the Understanding has seven properties, the Mind has six, and Space has five, and once more conceiving that the Understanding has four properties and Tamas has three, and the Rajas has two and Sattwa has, one, and truly apprehending the path that is followed by all objects when destruction overtakes them and what the course is of self knowledge, the Sankhyas, possessed of knowledge and experience and exalted by their perceptions of causes, and acquiring thorough auspiciousness, attain to the felicity of Emancipation like the rays of the Sun, or the Wind taking refuge in Space
|Truly understanding gunas by the aid of hundreds of gunas, hundreds of faults, and diverse causes by hundreds of causes, ascertaining that the world is like the froth of water, enveloped by hundreds of illusions flowing from Vishnu, like a painted edifice, and as unsubstantial as a reed, beholding it to be as terrible as a dark pit, or as unreal as bubbles of water, for the years that compose its age are as shortlived compared to the duration of eternity as bubbles, seeing it exposed to immediate destruction, bereft of happiness, having certain ruin for its end and from which it can never escape, sunk in Rajas and Tamas, and utterly helpless like an elephant sunk in mire, noting all this, the Sankhyas, O king, endued with great wisdom, casting off all affections arising from one's relation towards one's children, by the aid, O king, of that extensive and all-embracing knowledge which their system advocates and cutting off quickly, with the weapon of knowledge and the bludgeon of penances, O Bharata, all inauspicious scents born of Rajas and all scents of a like nature arising from Tamas and all auspicious scents arising from Sattwa and all pleasures of the touch and of the other senses born of the same three qualities and inhering to the body, indeed, O Bharata, aided by the Yoga of knowledge, these Yatis crowned with success, cross the Ocean of life.
|Of these that are mobile are superior, That high knowledge, O king, which exists in persons conversant with Brahma, and that which occurs in the Vedas, and that which is found in other scriptures, and that in Yoga, and that which may be seen in the diverse Puranas, are all, O monarch, to be found in Sankhya philosophy
|Listen now to me, O monarch, as to how the subject of Emancipation has been explained by preceptors to disciple from days of old among highsouled persons conversant with the Sankhya and the Yoga systems of philosophy.
|He who sees the Sankhya and the Yoga systems to be one and the same is said to be endued with intelligence.
|Only the highest Rishis conversant with the Sankhya and the Yoga systems know that Supreme Soul which Sankhya and Yogins and believers in all other systems say is beyond the Understanding, which is regarded as Knower and endued with the highest wisdom in consequence of its casting off all consciousness of identification with Prakriti, which transcends the attribute of Ignorance or Error, which is Unmanifest, which is beyond all attributes, which is called the Supreme, which is dissociated from all attributes, which ordains all things, which is Eternal and Immutable, which overrules Prakriti and all the attributes born of Prakriti, and which, transcending the four and twenty topics of enquiry, forms the twenty-fifth.
|Akshara, Kshara, and on the Sankhya and the Yoga systems, in detail and separately and agreeable to the truth.
|Listen however, to me, O monarch, as I expound to thee the practices of Yoga separately.
|Those conversant with Yoga say that Contemplation is of two kinds.
|It is certain that this practice of Yoga is his whose mind is never affected by evil passions.
|When men of knowledge, conversant with the rules of Yoga, become as fixed as a stake of wood, and as immovable as a mountain, then are they said to be in Yoga.
|When one does not hear, and smell, and taste, and see; when one is not conscious of any touch; when one's mind becomes perfectly free from every purpose; when one is not conscious of any thing, when one cherishes no thought; when one becomes like a piece of wood, then is one called by the wise to be in perfect Yoga.
|While in Yoga, the Supreme Soul displays itself in the Yogin's heart like a blazing fire, or like the bright Sun, or like the lightning's flame in the sky.
|This is what is called the Yoga of Yogins.
|What else is the indication of Yoga?
|This much that I have told thee in detail concerns about the science of Yoga.
|I shall now be fixed in Sankhya or Yoga.
|I have already discoursed to thee what the Sankhya and the Yoga systems are according to their respective indications as expounded in their respective scriptures.
|Verily, the science that has been expounded in Sankhya treatises is identical with what has been laid down in the Yoga scriptures.
|In the Yoga philosophy, it is said that Brahma, which is the essence of knowledge without duality, becomes Jiva only when invested with Ignorance.
|In the Yoga scriptures, therefore, both Brahma and Jiva are spoken of, SECTION CCCIX Vasishtha said, Listen now to me as I discourse to thee on Buddhas Supreme Soul and Abuddha Jiva which is the dispensation of attributes of Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas.
|The incomparable Mahat-soul or Universe is then swallowed up by Sambhu, that Lord of all things, to whom the Yoga attributes of Anima, Laghima, Prapti, etc,
|The Unmanifest Purusha endued with the six Yoga attributes transforms himself by himself into hundreds and thousands and millions and millions of forms by embracing these three attributes.
|Tell me also of the Knowledge described in the Sankhya system, and of the Yoga system separately.
|In consequence of his agency in the matter of Yoga, he is said to possess the attribute of Yoga.
|There is no puissance that compares with that of Yoga.
|Those men that are not blest with intelligence regard the Sankhya and the Yoga systems to be different from each other.
|He who sees both the Sankhya and the Yoga systems to be one and the same is to be regarded as truly conversant with the topics or principles that ordain the universe.
|Know, O king, that the vital breaths and the senses are the chief means for practising Yoga.
|When the gross body is destroyed, Yogins endued with subtile bodies possessed of the eight Yoga attributes of Anima, Laghima, Prapti, etc,
|The wise have, in the scriptures, spoken of Yoga as conferring eight kinds of puissance.
|They have spoken of Yoga as possessed of eight limbs
|Indeed, O king, they have not spoken of any other kind of Yoga.
|The first kind of Yoga is said to be that possessed of attributes; the second kind is said to be that freed from attributes
|Then, again, Regulation of the breath is Yoga with attributes.
|In Yoga without attributes, the mind, freed from its functions, should be fixed.
|Listen now, O monarch, to the indications of one that is in Yoga.
|This is called the Yoga of the Yogins.
|Reflection upon the fact of one's repeated births and deaths and avoiding the religion of acts that is productive at best of destructible results, one should betake oneself to the indestructible religion of Yoga.
|In the same Satya Yuga, a woman of the name of Sulabha, belonging to the mendicant order, practised the duties of Yoga and wandered over the whole Earth.
|Abandoning, by her Yoga powers, her former form and features, Sulabha assumed the most faultless features and unrivalled beauty.
|Restraining, by means of the rays of light that emanated from her own eyes, the rays issuing from the eyes of the king, the lady, desirous of ascertaining the truth, bound up king Janaka with Yoga bonds'
|My doubts have been dispelled and am fully conversant with the Sankhya and the Yoga systems, and the ordinances as in respect of sacrifices and other rites, which constitutes the three well-known paths of Emancipation
|From Knowledge arises the endeavour after Yoga, and through that endeavour one attains to knowledge of Self or Soul.
|Some foremost of men that are conversant with the topic of Emancipation say that Emancipation has a triple path, these are knowledge, Yoga, and sacrifices and rites.
|Thou hast stopped up my body by entering into me with the aid of the Yoga power for ascertaining as to whether I am really emancipated or not.
|When I am able to realise this, I have not the slightest doubt that my understanding is really not staying in thine though I have entered into thee by Yoga
|Do thou with the raft of Yoga, cross the ocean of the world whose waters are constituted by thy five senses.
|Do thou, therefore, set thy heart on Yoga abstraction which is possessed of great excellence
|The merit that attaches to a thousand Horse-sacrifices or a hundred Vajapeyas cannot come up to even a sixteenth portion of the merit that arises from Yoga, I shall, on the present occasion, recite to thee the circumstances of Suka's birth, the fruits he won f his penances, and the foremost end he achieved by his acts, topics that are incapable of being understood by persons of uncleansed soul.
|O best of the Kurus, devoted to the practices of Yoga, the great ascetic withdrawing himself by Yoga into his own Soul, and engaged in Dharana, practised many austerities for the sake of obtaining a son.
|While the Rishi, possessed of immeasurable energy, sat in Yoga, his matted locks, in con-sequence of his energy, were seen to blaze like flames of fire.
|At the command of his sire, Suka, that foremost of all righteous men, mastered all the treatises on Yoga, O Bharata.
|Endued with tranquillity of mind, devoted to contemplation and Yoga, he entered the city, having obtained permission.
|In the first part of the night, he devoted himself to Yoga.
|Very soon waking up from his slumber, he went through the necessary rites of cleansing his body, and though surrounded by those beautiful women, he once again devoted himself to Yoga.
|One can see it oneself if one's heart be devoted to Yoga.
|Completely dissociated from all objects of the senses, engaged in Yoga, the high-souled ascetic came, resembling, in speed, a shaft let from a bow.
|That wind which takes away the life of all living creatures when the proper hour comes, whose track is followed by Death and Surya's son Yama, which becomes the source of that immortality which is attained by Yogins of subtile sight who are always engaged in Yoga meditation, by whose aid the thousands of grandsons of Daksha, that lord of creatures, by his ten sons, succeeded in days of old in attaining to the ends of the universe, whose touch enables one to attain to Emancipation by freeing oneself from the obligation of returning so the world, that wind is called by the name of Paravaha.
|That man who is pleased with his own Soul who is devoted to Yoga, who depends upon nothing out of self, who is without cupidity, and who conducts himself without the assistance of anything but his self, succeeds in attaining to felicity
|It is, however, certain that that high end cannot be attained without the aid of Yoga.
|I shall, therefore, have recourse to Yoga, and casting off this body which is my present residence, I shall transform myself into wind and enter that mass of effulgence which is represented by the sin
|Let all the gods with the Rishis behold the prowess of my Yoga today,
|Agreeably to the direction of the scriptures and to the ordinances laid down, that ascetic, conversant with the gradual order of the successive processes of Yoga, held his soul first in one place and then in another, commencing from his feet and proceeding through all the limbs.
|In that spot where the intelligent son of Vyasa sat prepared to address himself to Yoga, there were no flocks of birds, no sound, and no sight that was repulsive or terror-inspiring.
|He once more set himself pre-pared to Yoga for attaining to the path of Emancipation.
|Becoming the great master of Yoga, he transcended the element of space.
|He then circumambulated the celestial Rishi Narada, and represented unto that foremost of Rishis the fact of his having addressed himself to the highest Yoga.
|Bhishma said, Having received the permission of Narada, Suka the son of the Island-born Vyasa saluted the celestial Rishi and once more set himself to Yoga and entered the element of space.
|And they said, Wonderful is this concentration of attention to Yoga of a regenerate youth who was accustomed to the recitation and study of the Vedas!
|Adopting the subtile path of high Yoga, Vyasa of austere penances, reached within the twinkling of the eye that spot whence Suka first undertook his journey.
|With their senses and minds under complete control, and ever devoted to Yoga, these eight ascetics, with concentrated souls, are fully conversant with the Past, the Present and the Future, and are devoted to the religion of Truth,
|Desirous of beholding Narayana, he began to reside there, attentively engaged in the silent recitation of mantras, sacred to him, and observant of vows of the most difficult kind, with concentrated mind, the regenerate Rishi, with arms upraised, stood in Yoga, and then sang the following hymn unto the Lord of the universe, Him, viz, who is at once the soul of attributes and divested of all attributes.
|Thou art the embodiment of him who has not fallen away from Yoga.
|Learned preceptors, with settled convictions deducted from the truths of the Sankhya philosophy, have spoken of me as Kapila endued with the puissance of Knowledge, dwelling within the effulgence of Surya, and concentrated in Yoga
|In the Yoga scriptures, O Brahmana, I have been spoken of as one who takes a delight in Yoga.
|He whom both the Sankhyas and those conversant with Yoga call by the name of Paramatma the Supreme Soul comes to be regarded as Mahapurusha the Great Purusha in consequence of his own acts.
|They are the foremost of all persons conversant with Yoga.
|The holy one said, In the Rigveda, in the Yajurveda, in the Atharvans and the Samans, in the Puranas and the Upanishads, as also in the treatises on Astrology, O Arjuna, in the Sankhya scriptures, in the Yoga scriptures, and in the treatises also on the Science of Life, many are the names that have been mentioned by the great Rishis.
|Thus solicited, the sage Dadhichi, who was a great Yogin and who regarded happiness and misery in the same light, without being at all cheerless, concentrated his Soul by his Yoga power and cast off his body.
|In consequence of the Yoga attribute of Anima, he became very minute and entered the fibres of that lotus stalk
|Kundrika and king Brahmadatta of great energy repeatedly thinking of the sorrow that attends birth and death, attained to that prosperity which is acquired by persons devoted to Yoga, in course of seven births, in consequence of my favour.
|Thou, O puissant one, art the ocean of Yoga with all its branches.
|Having reached those regions, he set himself to high Yoga.
|The puissant Hari is Yoga.
|Both the Sankhya philosophy and Yoga have Narayana for their soul.
|Indeed, the puissant Narayana, endued with the highest Yoga puissance, is the one topic of enquiry.
|In the Krita age of that ancient Kalpa, Rudra, devoted to Yoga, O monarch, communicated it to all those Rishis that are known by the name of Valikhilyas.
|The learned say that he is the origin of the Grandsire Brahma; that he is the sixth form of Narayana; that he is the foremost of Rishis; that he is endued with the puissance of Yoga; that as the only son of his parents he is an incarnate portion of Narayana; and that, born under extraordinary circumstances on an Island, he is the inexhaustible receptacle of the Vedas.
|Himself transcending all Yoga, Narayana then, by dint of Yoga, applied the Goddess of Intelligence properly.
|The illustrious and puissant and immutable Hari, addressing the Goddess of Intelligence who was endued with activity and goodness and all the puissance of Yoga, said unto her these words, For the accomplishment of the task of creating all the worlds do thou enter into Brahma.
|There are diverse kinds of cults, O royal sage, that go by diverse names such as Sankhya, Yoga, the Pancha-ratra, Vedas, and Pasupati.
|The primeval Hiranyagarbha, and none else, is the promulgator of the Yoga system.
|The Sankhya and the Yoga systems are eternal.
|Vaisampayana said, In the speculations of the Sankhya and the Yoga systems many Purushas have been spoken of, O jewel of Kuru's race.
|In days of yore, the Three-eyed Siva endued with puissance and high Yoga, while proceeding along the sky, beheld Brahma seated on that mountain and, therefore, dropped down quickly on its top.
|And because he knows all Kshetras as also all good and bad deeds, therefore he, who is the soul of Yoga, is called by the name of Kshetrajna
|Agreeably to the Sankhya mode, as also with the aid of Yoga and the due observance of the ordinances prescribed by it, I am engaged in thinking of the cause of that Purusha, but alas, I am unable to comprehend that cause, excellent as it is.
|I have thus answered thee, O son, according to thy questions, and according to the way in which the matter is expounded in the Sankha system and the Yoga philosophy
|For dispelling all evil from him and bringing about what is beneficial to him, I am engaged in reciting the Vedas till he comes and am in Yoga and passing my time happily'
Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
Research data published for the interest of people researching on Mahabharata.
Suggestions are welcome: email:moc.liamg|rnhtijij#moc.liamg|rnhtijij
|Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.


text:
A Beginner's Guide to Navigating Race for White People (Part 1: Slightly Updated for 2020)
Ralph Northam, Virginia's Blackface wearing Governor, has me thinking. I want to help white folks navigate the not so complex terrain of race in a white supremacist society. The following should be self-evident. It is just a beginners list of the most obvious. And, next time someone points out a racial (or other kind of) misstep, think about the picture below. It will put you in the right frame of mind to hear the feedback.
Don't use the "N" word in any form, in any context, for any reason (See Damon Young's Very Smart Brothers discussion and Ta-Nehisi Coats discussion here).
If someone says they've experienced racism, don't minimize their experience. They've had a lifetime to know what they are experiencing and 90% of the time don't say anything.
If someone says you did something racist don't get defensive. Instead:
1. Apologize.
2. Ask why what you did was racist.
3. Do not tell them they are wrong.
4. Try to do better next time.
(That's what I try to do when called out in my sexism, homophobia, classism, etc. because I'm trying to grow as a person rather then get caught up in my feelings).
Do not wear blackface, brownface, yellowface, redface etc. for any reason. Not even for Halloween or a theme party. This should be really easy as doing any of these things takes a lot of effort and forethought.
Don't argue in favor of racist mascots. The pain these mascots inflict on people who have experienced mass murder, attempted genocide, and settler colonialism is greater (and more important) than your sentimental attachment to them. (This also applies to folks of color who wear racist logos representing their favorite sports teams).
Don't claim reverse racism. Racism (white supremacy) is a system constructed over centuries that institutionalizes white advantage in virtually all economic, political, social, and interpersonal interactions. People of color (who are not advantaged by this system) can't simply decide to undue it on a whim and then victimize white people. It doesn't work that way. (It could work this way though according to Aamer Rahman). But really just stop.
Ok. This should get folks started on their successful navigation.
John B. Diamond
John B. Diamond
April 2021

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Holevn Health share articles about :Thuốc Pharmorubicin Pfs (Intravenous) , side effects – dosage , Thuốc Pharmorubicin Pfs (Intravenous) what disease treatment.Other noted issues. Please refer to the details below.
Generic Name: epirubicin (Intravenous route)
ep-i-ROO-bi-sin hye-droe-KLOR-ide
Intravenous route(Solution)
Myocardial damage, including acute left ventricular failure, can occur with epirubicin. The risk of cardiomyopathy is proportional to the cumulative exposure with incidence rates from 0.9% at a cumulative dose of 550 mg/m(2), 1.6% at 700 mg/m(2), and 3.3% at 900 mg/m(2) and is further increased with concomitant cardiotoxic therapy. Assess left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) before and regularly during and after treatment with epirubicin. Secondary acute myelogenous leukemia and myelodysplastic syndrome occur at a higher incidence in patients treated with anthracyclines, including epirubicin. Extravasation of epirubicin can result in severe local tissue injury and necrosis requiring wide excision of the affected area and skin grafting. Immediately terminate the drug and apply ice to the affected area. Severe myelosuppression resulting in serious infection, septic shock, requirement for transfusions, hospitalization, and death may occur .
Medically reviewed by Holevn.org. Last updated on Aug 10, 2019.
Commonly used brand name(s)
In the U.S.
- Ellence
In Canada
- Pharmorubicin Pfs
Available Dosage Forms:
- Solution
Therapeutic Class: Antineoplastic Agent
Chemical Class: Epirubicin
Uses for Pharmorubicin Pfs
Epirubicin injection is used together with other cancer medicines to treat breast cancer in patients who have had surgery to remove the tumor.
Epirubicin belongs to the group of medicines called antineoplastics. It interferes with the growth of cancer cells, which are eventually destroyed. Since the growth of normal body cells may also be affected, other unwanted effects will also occur. Some of these may be serious and must be reported to your doctor. Other effects, like hair loss, may not be serious but may cause concern. Some effects may not occur until months or years after the medicine is used.
This medicine is to be given only by or under the immediate supervision of your doctor.
Before using Pharmorubicin Pfs
In deciding to use a medicine, the risks of taking the medicine must be weighed against the good it will do. This is a decision you and your doctor will make. For this medicine, the following should be considered:
Tell your doctor if you have ever had any unusual or allergic reaction to this medicine or any other medicines. Also tell your health care professional if you have any other types of allergies, such as to foods, dyes, preservatives, or animals. For non-prescription products, read the label or package ingredients carefully.
Appropriate studies have not been performed on the relationship of age to the effects of epirubicin injection in the pediatric population. Safety and efficacy have not been established.
Appropriate studies performed to date have not demonstrated geriatric-specific problems that would limit the usefulness of epirubicin injection in the elderly. However, elderly patients are more likely to have unwanted side effects, which may require caution and an adjustment in the dose for patients receiving epirubicin injection.
There are no adequate studies in women for determining infant risk when using this medication during breastfeeding. Weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks before taking this medication while breastfeeding.
Interactions with medicines
Although certain medicines should not be used together at all, in other cases two different medicines may be used together even if an interaction might occur. In these cases, your doctor may want to change the dose, or other precautions may be necessary. When you are receiving this medicine, it is especially important that your healthcare professional know if you are taking any of the medicines listed below. The following interactions have been selected on the basis of their potential significance and are not necessarily all-inclusive.
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is not recommended. Your doctor may decide not to treat you with this medication or change some of the other medicines you take.
- Measles Virus Vaccine, Live
- Mumps Virus Vaccine, Live
- Rotavirus Vaccine, Live
- Rubella Virus Vaccine, Live
- Tasonermin
- Varicella Virus Vaccine, Live
- Zoster Vaccine, Live
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines is usually not recommended, but may be required in some cases. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
- Adenovirus Vaccine
- Amlodipine
- Aranidipine
- Bacillus of Calmette and Guerin Vaccine, Live
- Bepridil
- Cholera Vaccine, Live
- Cilnidipine
- Clevidipine
- Dengue Tetravalent Vaccine, Live
- Diltiazem
- Felodipine
- Influenza Virus Vaccine, Live
- Isradipine
- Manidipine
- Nicardipine
- Nifedipine
- Nimodipine
- Nisoldipine
- Nitrendipine
- Poliovirus Vaccine, Live
- Smallpox Vaccine
- Trastuzumab
- Typhoid Vaccine
- Verapamil
- Yellow Fever Vaccine
Using this medicine with any of the following medicines may cause an increased risk of certain side effects, but using both drugs may be the best treatment for you. If both medicines are prescribed together, your doctor may change the dose or how often you use one or both of the medicines.
- Cimetidine
Interactions with food/tobacco/alcohol
Certain medicines should not be used at or around the time of eating food or eating certain types of food since interactions may occur. Using alcohol or tobacco with certain medicines may also cause interactions to occur. Discuss with your healthcare professional the use of your medicine with food, alcohol, or tobacco.
Other medical problems
The presence of other medical problems may affect the use of this medicine. Make sure you tell your doctor if you have any other medical problems, especially:
- Blood clots (eg, pulmonary embolism, thrombophlebitis) or
- Congestive heart failure or
- Gout, or history of or
- Heart disease—Use with caution. May make these conditions worse.
- Heart attack, recent or
- Heart disease, severe or
- Heart rhythm problems (eg, arrhythmia), severe or
- Liver disease, severe—Should not be used in patients with these conditions.
- Infection—May decrease your body's ability to fight an infection.
- Kidney disease, severe or
- Liver disease—Use with caution. The effects may be increased because of slower removal of the medicine from the body.
Proper use of Pharmorubicin Pfs
This section provides information on the proper use of a number of products that contain epirubicin. It may not be specific to Pharmorubicin Pfs. Please read with care.
Medicines used to treat cancer are very strong and can have many unwanted effects. Before receiving this medicine, you and your doctor should talk about the benefits this medicine will do as well as the risks of using it.
A doctor or other trained health professional will give you this medicine in a hospital or cancer treatment center. This medicine is given through a needle placed in one of your veins.
This medicine must be given slowly, so the IV tube must remain in place for at least 15 to 20 minutes. It is usually given every 3 to 4 weeks.
Epirubicin is sometimes given together with other medicines. If you are receiving a combination of medicines, it is important that you receive each one at the proper time. If you are taking some of these medicines by the mouth, ask your doctor to help you plan a way to take them at the right times.
You may also receive other medicines to help prevent allergic reactions and nausea or vomiting from epirubicin.
While you are using this medicine, your doctor may want you to drink extra fluids so that you will pass more urine. This will help prevent kidney problems and keep your kidneys working well.
Precautions while using Pharmorubicin Pfs
It is very important that your doctor check your progress at regular visits to make sure that this medicine is working properly. Blood tests may be needed to check for unwanted effects.
Using this medicine while you are pregnant can harm your unborn baby. If you are a woman who can bear children, your doctor may give you a pregnancy test before starting this medicine to make sure you are not pregnant. Female patients should use effective birth control during treatment with this medicine and for at least 6 months after the last dose. Male patients who have female partners should use effective birth control during treatment with this medicine and for at least 3 months after the last dose. Male patients with pregnant partners should use condoms during treatment and for at least 7 days after the last dose. If you think you have become pregnant while using this medicine, tell your doctor right away.
Your doctor may monitor your heart before you start receiving epirubicin and while you are getting treatments with this medicine. Call your doctor right away if you have any chest pain, increased coughing, trouble breathing, a sudden difficulty with breathing at night, rapid weight gain, or abnormal swelling in your ankles or legs. These could be symptoms of serious heart problems.
This medicine should not be used within 24 weeks of stopping trastuzumab (Herceptin) unless your doctor has determined that it is the best treatment.
This medicine can rarely cause leukemia (cancer of the blood). Talk with your doctor if you have concerns about this.
While you are being treated with epirubicin, and after you stop treatment with it, do not have any immunizations (vaccinations) without your doctor's approval. Epirubicin may lower your body's resistance, and there is a chance you might get the infection the immunization is meant to prevent. In addition, you should not be around other persons living in your household who receive live virus vaccines because there is a chance they could pass the virus on to you. Some examples of live vaccines include measles, mumps, influenza (nasal flu vaccine), poliovirus (oral form), rotavirus, and rubella. Do not get close to them, and do not stay in the same room with them for very long. If you have questions about this, talk to your doctor.
Epirubicin can temporarily lower the number of white blood cells in your blood, increasing the chance of getting an infection. It can also lower the number of platelets, which are necessary for proper blood clotting. If this occurs, there are certain precautions you can take, especially when your blood count is low, to reduce the risk of infection or bleeding:
- If you can, avoid people with infections. Check with your doctor immediately if you think you are getting an infection or if you get a fever or chills, cough or hoarseness, lower back or side pain, or painful or difficult urination.
- Check with your doctor immediately if you notice any unusual bleeding or bruising, black, tarry stools, blood in the urine or stools, or pinpoint red spots on your skin.
- Be careful when using a regular toothbrush, dental floss, or toothpick. Your medical doctor, dentist, or nurse may recommend other ways to clean your teeth and gums. Check with your medical doctor before having any dental work done.
- Do not touch your eyes or the inside of your nose unless you have just washed your hands and have not touched anything else in the meantime.
- Be careful not to cut yourself when you are using sharp objects such as a safety razor or fingernail or toenail cutters.
- Avoid contact sports or other situations where bruising or injury could occur.
If epirubicin accidentally leaks out of the vein into which it is injected, it may damage some tissues and may cause scarring. Tell the doctor right away if you notice redness, pain, or swelling at the injection site.
This medicine may cause a serious type of reaction called tumor lysis syndrome. Your doctor may give you a medicine to help prevent this. Call your doctor right away if you have a decrease or change in urine amount, joint pain, stiffness, or swelling, lower back, side, or stomach pain, a rapid weight gain, swelling of the feet or lower legs, or unusual tiredness or weakness.
This medicine may increase your risk of developing blood clots. If you have chest pain, trouble breathing, or pain, redness, or swelling in your arms or legs while using this medicine, call your doctor right away.
This medicine may turn your urine red for 1 or 2 days after your treatment. This is normal and is nothing to worry about. You may want to protect your clothing from being stained.
This medicine often causes a temporary and total loss of hair. After treatment with epirubicin has ended, normal hair growth should return.
Cancer medicines can cause nausea and vomiting, in most people, sometimes even after receiving medicines to prevent it. Ask your doctor or nurse about other ways to control these unwanted effects if you still have nausea or vomiting after receiving the medicine.
If you plan to have children, talk with your doctor before using this medicine. Some men and women using this medicine have become infertile (unable to have children).
Do not take other medicines unless they have been discussed with your doctor. This includes prescription or nonprescription (over-the-counter [OTC]) medicines and herbal or vitamin supplements.
Pharmorubicin Pfs side effects
Along with its needed effects, a medicine may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Check with your doctor or nurse immediately if any of the following side effects occur:
More common
- Black, tarry stools
- bleeding, redness, or ulcers in the mouth or throat
- chest pain
- cough or hoarseness
- fever or chills
- lower back or side pain
- pain or burning in the mouth or throat
- painful or difficult urination
- sore throat
- sores, ulcers, or white spots in the mouth or on the lips
- swollen glands
- trouble breathing
- unusual bleeding or bruising
- unusual tiredness or weakness
Less common
- Blood in the urine or stools
- pinpoint red spots on the skin
- red streaks along the injected vein
- Darkening or redness of the skin at the place of irradiation
- fast or irregular heartbeat
- joint pain
- pain, redness, or warmth at the injection site
- skin rash or itching
- swelling of the abdomen or stomach, lower legs, and feet
- swelling or tenderness of the lymph nodes, abdomen, side or lower back
Get emergency help immediately if any of the following symptoms of overdose occur:
Symptoms of overdose
- Abdominal or stomach swelling or tenderness
- high fever
- stomach pain
- swelling of the lining of the mouth, nose, or throat
- vomiting
Some side effects may occur that usually do not need medical attention. These side effects may go away during treatment as your body adjusts to the medicine. Also, your health care professional may be able to tell you about ways to prevent or reduce some of these side effects. Check with your health care professional if any of the following side effects continue or are bothersome or if you have any questions about them:
More common
- Absent, missed, or irregular menstrual periods
- burning, dry, or itching eyes
- diarrhea
- discharge or excessive tearing
- feeling of warmth
- hair loss or thinning of the hair
- nausea
- redness of the face, neck, arms, and occasionally, upper chest
- redness, pain, or swelling of the eye, eyelid, or inner lining of the eyelid
- stopping of menstrual bleeding
- sudden sweating
- unusual drowsiness, dullness, tiredness, weakness, or feeling of sluggishness
Less common
- Changes in the skin
- loss of appetite
- weight loss
- Darkening of the soles, palms, or nails
Other side effects not listed may also occur in some patients. If you notice any other effects, check with your healthcare professional.
Seek emergency medical attention or call 115
Further information
Copyright 2020 Truven Health Analytics, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Medical Disclaimer
The content of Holevn is solely for the purpose of providing information about Thuốc Pharmorubicin Pfs (Intravenous) and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please contact your nearest doctor or clinic, hospital for advice. We do not accept liability if the patient arbitrarily uses the drug without following a doctor's prescription.
Reference from: https://www.drugs.com/cons/pharmorubicin-pfs.html


text:
[PAST EVENT] Career Paths in the Humanities
March 23, 2018
1pm - 3pm
LocationWren Building, Room 301
111 Jamestown Rd
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
Access & Features
- Open to the public
Discussion with professionals, alumni and students. Organized by the Department of Religious Studies.
Contact information:
[[aangelov, Alexander Angelov]]
Hillary Dickinson (email@example.com)
[[e|brhighland, Ben Highland]]
Objectives of the Event:
1) To discuss viable career paths with a degree in the Humanities
2) To discuss possible internships, grants, and fellowships
3) To create and maintain a social and professional network between alumni and current students
4) To help with transitioning from college to professional life
[[aangelov, Alexander Angelov]], Hillary Dickinson (firstname.lastname@example.com), [[e|brhighland, Ben Highland]]


text:
The Spyfall Party Card Game is an easy-to-learn game of bluffing, probing questions, clever answers, and suspicion. You start each round with players getting a secret card informing them of the group's location. It could be a casino, space station, pirate ship, circus, or more.
One player receives the SPY card instead of the location. The Spy doesn't know where they are, but wins the round if they can figure it out before they blow their cover! Players start asking each other questions during the 8-minute rounds. Non-Spy players want to ask questions and give answers that prove to the other players that they know where they are. But if your questions and answers are too specific, the Spy will easily guess the location and win, so you need to use subtlety. This is a fun game for everyone.
$24.99 at Entertainment Earth.


text:
Fbailey story number 228
When I turned fourteen my sister Ashley was already fifteen years old. She thought that her shit didn't stink. Ever since her tits got bigger dad had given her everything that she ever wanted and he paid very little attention to me. Mom was in the same boat because dad paid very little attention to her too.
Then one day when we were alone in the house mom said, "Please rape me."
I had heard what she said but I just couldn't believe it so I said, "What?"
Mom repeated, "Please rape me."
Finally I asked, "Why?"
Mom cried and said, "I just can't take it anymore. Your father won't touch me in bed. I can't take a lover and commit adultery because of my strict Roman Catholic upbringing but I can be raped against my will. That is a sin that can be forgiven. Joe our old farmhand used to rape me after he got drunk on Saturdays but when your father found out about it he fired him. Joe was a piss poor fuck but he was all that I had. Rover our dog used to attack me whenever I was down on my hands and knees scrubbing the kitchen floor but when he attacked Ashley your father killed him. God I miss that dog. Could he ever fuck! All I had to do was take off my panties and start to scrub the kitchen floor and he would appear out of nowhere. But now I have no one so please rape me."
"But mom I don't know how too" I lied. Of course I knew how, hell I lived on a farm for Christ's sake. The cows were always trying to hump one another even if they didn't have cocks. Our ram was always trying to fuck the sheep.
I knew exactly how mom felt. I was so horny that I had considered fucking one of our sheep too especially since our old farmhand Joe had told that they feel just like a human vagina when you are in them. He told me that was why he always wore those black high rubber boots…so that he could put their back legs in his boots and they couldn't get away.
Mom repeated, "Come on please rape me." Then she started to cry.
The next thing I knew mom was on her hands and knees on the kitchen floor scrubbing with her old stiff brush. She had hiked her skirt up above her waist and she wasn't wearing any panties either.
Honest to God, I did look a gift horse in the mouth. I looked at my mother. She was beautiful, she was only thirty-four, and she was waiting for me to rape her. She was a sure thing, as the boys at school would have said. That was what they always said about Brenda. Half of the guys in school claim that they had fucked her and she never denied it either.
Mom had a nice smooth firm ass, her tits hung down nicely in her top, and her pussy was moist and just waiting for me to fuck it. I couldn't take it any longer. I dropped my pants and my underwear to my ankles and then I dropped behind my mother. She stopped what she was doing and stood perfectly still for me. I aimed my cock at her juicy pussy and shoved it into her. However I missed and had to try it again. Then mom reached up and positioned it for me. That time when I pushed it in it went in and then mom let out a sigh of relief.
That was how I lost my virginity…fucking my own mother…from behind…while she was scrubbing the kitchen floor. I cum pretty quickly but mom didn't seem to mind any. I knew that I would get better at it and apparently so did she.
When I finished cumming in my mother's pussy and pulled up my pants she turned toward me and said, "Thank you. Please rape me as often as you need too. Just don't let your father or your sister catch us, please."
Then mom picked up the brush and the bucket, straightened up her short skirt, and said, "Maybe I'll try to finish this in a little while."
I knew that she was trying to tell me to come back when I could get hard again. She would be ready for me.
Over the next two weeks I was fucking mom two or three times a day and she was smiling a lot more. She had become her old cheerful self again. Dad noticed the change in mom too so I had to be a lot more careful.
Then one dad I caught dad fucking Ashley in the barn and it sure wasn't their first time either. No wonder dad hadn't fucked mom in over a year. It was about that time that dad started paying more attention to my sister. Apparently dad didn't have the same hang-ups about sex that mom had. Well he was brought up Methodist if that mattered any. No matter what, it was still incest just like what mom and I were doing but dad was really enjoying it while mom always prayed for forgiveness afterwards.
Right after dad took off in his truck I went into the barn to confront Ashley. She still had her shorts and her panties off and was just lying there in the straw resting. Her T-shirt was up around her neck with her tits exposed and her pussy was still leaking his cum. Ashley jumped when she heard me and pulled her short T-shirt down over her tits. I just stood on her shorts and her panties as she tried to cover her pussy with her hands.
"So you let dad fuck you when he won't even fuck mom. How could you?" I asked.
"Because he caught me with Danny's cock in my pussy. Dad said that he would put me in a Foster Home if I didn't cooperate with him." Ashley replied.
"So Ashley, how often does he fuck you?" I asked.
"At least once a day when he can get away with it." Ashley replied.
I grabbed her clothes and marched her right into the house. I told mom what I knew and then Ashley told her a whole lot more. Together the three of us decided to catch dad in the act. We made up a signal to let us know when dad was after her. Ashley said that he liked to do it in the barn in the late morning. We always keep a shovel standing up against the barn so Ashley said that she would just knock it over as she went by it and that would be our signal to wait a few minutes and then barge in on her and dad.
The very next day I was keeping a close watch out of my bedroom window when I saw Ashley knock down the shovel and go in. Dad was just getting off his tractor and was heading in that direction. I ran right downstairs to tell mom but she had been watching too and already knew. We let dad get inside and then mom and I slipped out the backdoor and snuck around the house toward the barn. We quietly got closer and waited. Then we slipped into the barn and got right up near them. Ashley was on her back and she was totally naked that time. Dad had his overalls down around his ankles and he had his cock sticking in Ashley's pussy. Dad was really going at when mom stuck him in his ass with a pitchfork. She wasn't none too polite about it either. Mom shoved that pitchfork almost as far into his ass as his cock was shoved into Ashley's pussy. He tried to pull out of Ashley but mom wouldn't let him until she had her say.
If dad wanted to fuck Ashley ever again he would have to fuck mom first. He would have to hire old Joe back and he was not to kill anymore dogs either. Plus if he could fuck Ashley then I could fuck her, and any time that I wanted to too. When he finally agreed to her terms, mom let him up and then told him to drive himself to the hospital. Just as he was pulling his overalls up, mom told him that she had found the pitchfork stuck in a pile of cow shit.
After he left for the emergence room mom asked me if I wanted to fuck Ashley since she was ready and waiting. Ashley didn't say a word so I dropped my pants and stuck my cock in her pussy. I knew right away that I liked facing her. All I ever got from mom was her back. I could see Ashley's tits while I was fucking her and I really enjoyed that view. Over the last two weeks I had gotten pretty good at sex. Then Ashley started to fuck back at me. That was something that mom had never done while I was 'raping' her. Soon we were both cumming. Mom told us that we had done it perfectly if we had both cum together like that. We both got dressed and then went into the house. Mom taught Ashley how to douche and then fixed dinner for us. When she bent over to get out a pot I stuck my cock in her from behind. Mom held on to the drawer and I hung onto her swinging tits. Mom had finally relaxed enough to enjoy sex with me. As Ashley watched us, mom and I cum together for the first time. Mom just smiled and told Ashley to start peeling potatoes while she went up to douche.
When mom came back downstairs she was completely naked and she was smiling. Then mom suggested that Ashley should be naked inside the house too. That way they could both be ready for dad and I to fuck them whenever we wanted too. So Ashley went up her bedroom and came back down naked.
As they fixed dinner mom told Ashley that old Joe had fucked her on Saturdays after he was drunk. Ashley giggled and said that he used to fuck her too when he was drunk. Then mom told her about Rover fucking her on the kitchen floor almost every day. Ashley said that she always liked it whenever Rover fucked her too. She said that daddy had gotten jealous that Rover could fuck her too so he shot him. Daddy also hated it whenever Ashley let her boyfriend Danny fuck her too.
Just as dinner was ready dad's truck pulled into the driveway. Mom and Ashley stood up proud and naked as he entered. Mom giggled because dad was walking very funny. He said that it took several stitches and that he had also gotten a tetanus shot along with some painkillers. Mom giggled again and asked him if he wanted to fuck her and Ashley before dinner. He said no and then he started to blow up a donut shaped pillow to sit on. We laughed at him and all he did was scowl at us.
From that day on mom ruled dad. She was in charge and we all knew it. Somehow during all of that mom also decided that if she wanted to let someone fuck her that she could. Mom and Ashley were almost always naked in the house and most of the time outside too. Joe ate all of his meals with us and enjoyed the women as much as I did. After every meal mom would ask Joe if he needed a quickie before going back to work right there in front of dad. He almost always said no but he still liked to get drunk on Saturdays and fuck mom. She always liked it.
Ashley would ask dad if he wanted to fuck her knowing that he would have to fuck mom first. He only took her up on her offer about once a week. Ashley's boyfriend Danny got to fuck her a whole lot more often without dad chasing him off all of the time.
Mom got three new dogs and tried to train them all to fuck her. Ashley and I helped her out too. They eventually caught on quite well.
A few months after the shit hit the fan we had a party. Mom told dad and Joe to call it quits at noon and only put in a half a day of work. Mom and Ashley were naked as usual.
During the party mom got fucked by all three of us men with Joe and I fucking her twice each. We three men also fucked Ashley with me fucking her twice. Then the three dogs got in on the action too. All three of those dogs fucked mom twice and they fucked Ashley twice too. It was a red-letter day for mom.
After that party things got even better around our farm if that was possible. Dad, Joe, and I took turns fucking mom after our meals and the dogs got to fuck her all night long. Ashley got all the fucking that she needed from dad and her boyfriend but Joe and I still got a little whenever we wanted it.
Once mom was sexually awakened she was never happier in her life.
The End


text:
I love Sunday mornings.
I get up before most of my family, start the coffee, and take a long hot shower. Then I go down and grab a beautiful, intoxicatingly large mug of thick, black, strong brew and head back upstairs to finish getting ready for church.
Last Sunday was no different. Well, mostly no different.
Thad's Achilles ruptured while playing hoops with Zach's team a few days earlier. And despite the fact he wasn't sleeping well or able to do much, he was choosing a positive attitude and inspiring me to do the same. And that morning, he was planning to take advantage of the quiet house to rest and gather strength for surgery later in the week. So I was thinking of ways to extend our absence to give him more time alone.
As I sipped, I hummed to the music playing inside my head, went through my to-do list, and started to put on my make-up. Downstairs, I could hear the boys waking and felt content.
Then Andrew came running upstairs screaming, "MOM! THERE'S WATER IN THE BASEMENT AGAIN!"
The music came to screeching halt, the to-do list faded, and the mascara was forgotten.
See, we had a ½" of water in the basement the day before. And because of where the puddle was and how clean the water was, we assumed it was a malfunction in the furnace's humidifier. So we disabled it, cleaned up the mess, and didn't have any more issues.
Until now…
I could smell it before I saw it. This was no humidifier malfunction; this was septic backup.
I confess, upon detecting the foul smell and seeing the ungodly mess, I let a few unholy words slip between my lips. (Be thankful there were no pictures of that one.)
I felt the fatigue of the last several days crash down on me in full force. I felt defeated. Hopeless. I wanted to cry but couldn't.
Add to that the extreme disappointment I felt about not being able to worship with my church family that morning; not to be able to see my friends and absorb their love and hugs—it was almost too much. It had been a while since we had been there and I was desperate to get back.
Instead, I was mopping up raw sewage and dumping it in the woods onto the drain field.
I was thankful for Camron though. He jumped to action and worked the shop-vac while I worked the mop. And once the mess was cleaned up, I disinfected everything—floors, handles, shop-vac, mop, bucket, shoes, everything.
And everything seemed to be good. We ran some water, flushed a toilet, and—nothing. Yes! We were good. If there was a clog, it must have pushed itself through.
Then a little later, someone flushed.
And the drain started to spew again. After that, every added bit of water, made it blow anew.
We called a plumber. But quickly learned everyone charged double for emergency service on weekends, so we decided to wait until morning.
First thing in the morning we called a referral who was supposed to be here at 11:00, but he never showed. So Thad rented a tool and cleared the clog himself the night before his surgery. It was so wonderful to use our drains again—to shower, flush, run the dishwasher, do laundry, etc.
With Thad now in a cast post-surgery, we got ahold of a different plumber who came later that same day. He used his powerful machine from the septic side of the pipe and completely cleared the massive clog, allowing over 300 gallons of trapped yuckiness to rush out of the pipe into the holding tank.
To say I'm elated to have this enormous problem fixed is an understatement.
The time and attention it consumed to keep up with the symptoms was incredible. I don't believe we would have been able to fix the problem on our own without the plumber's heavy-duty equipment. We would have kept punching holes in the clog without entirely clearing it. Then those holes would get re-clogged later causing the drain to spew again.
This is kinda like life, isn't it?
When we have unconfessed sin in our life or a habitual pet sin we don't want to give up, it's like the clog in my main septic line. Over time it builds up gunk in our lives, making it harder and harder to expel the flow of excrement. And eventually, the consequences start to spew, creating a toxic mess of our life.
Or when we harbor a negative or critical spirit it makes it impossible for joy to reside in our hearts because all the available space is full of filth. Which in turn makes us bitter, resentful, petty, and angry. Which enhances our negativity and creates a vicious vortex that only God can break us free from.
Or when we habitually complain about everything—things not going our way, events not happening to our particular liking or circumstances that make us feel uncomfortable—we stop the flow of God's grace dead in its tracks. We prevent ourselves from using our gifts and talents, from using the tools available to us to accomplish the tasks God has laid before us.
I don't know about you, but there are many times I've been so focused on managing or reacting to the symptoms of my sin that I exhaust myself with the never-ending battle. I try to fix the problem myself, only to realize—it's not working. Oh, I might get relief for a little while. Life may be able to get back to normal for a few days, but then—I'm managing the symptoms again.
What we need to do is get to the root-cause of the problem.
We need to face our sin and call it what it is. And we need to confess it to God. Then we MUST repent of our sin; turn away from it and follow Jesus. These actions are like the plumber's equipment, the break through the clog, open the pipe and allow the excrement to flow out so God's love, grace, mercy, and forgiveness, and restoration can flow in. Then saturate yourself in His word.
Today's Action: If you are feeling "clogged" in your relationship with Jesus, I want to encourage you to pray, asking God to reveal what needs to be confessed and repented of. If you feel comfortable, ask someone you trust to pray with you and for you. And to help keep you accountable.
Trust me, having pipes that run free is not something to take lightly.


text:
About Me
I like travel. And I like taking pictures. Both are complementary. And I was lucky to be able to make my life excited by pursuing my dreams, as photogapher, traveler and diver.
Our Services
We try to provide the best service in accordance with the wishes of our clients. All our tasks are done wholeheartedly.
The types of services we provide vary from shooting at home and abroad, making books, writing articles, diving certification and underwater documentation to website creation and online marketing.
Some works we do for our clients. Passion that make us go around enjoying the beauty that the world has to offer.
I really love what I am doing.
Quote of the Day
"Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination."
-Roy M. Goodman
Contact us
Please contact us either through the form below or by phone or email. Who knows, we can have fun together
Phone :
Email :
Address :
Jl Ksatriyan No 21 Makamhaji
Kartasura Sukoharjo
Central Java


text:
In late 2016 the country of Liberia lost internet connectivity because of a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Now the man responsible, Daniel Kaye (pictured) is in prison, after receiving a 2 years 8 months sentence from a UK court.
Kaye pleaded guilty to renting his Mirai-powered botnet to the Liberian network Cellcom, who engaged his services to undermine rival telco Lonestar. Kaye launched DDoS attacks at Lonestar that were so powerful that the whole country was affected.
The consequent churn of Lonestar customers is estimated to have cost them in excess of USD10mn. The telco was forced to spend USD600,000 just on preventing the attacks from taking them down again.
Kaye, like other hackers, obtained the code for the Mirai malware when the original author published it online. Mirai is designed to infect routers and IoT devices. Kaye developed a variant of Mirai that ironically exploited a weakness with internet-connected Dahua security cameras. He took control of thousands of the devices with the intention of profiting from his DDoS-for-hire service, which was advertised via XMPP/Jabber.
Kaye was arrested in the UK in February 2017 following an investigation by the National Cyber Crime Unit of the UK's National Crime Agency. He was extradited to Germany where he received a suspended sentence for attacks on Deutsche Telekom that affected a million customers. He was then returned to face trial in the UK in August 2017.
A press release from by the National Crime Agency described Kaye as a "highly skilled and capable hacker-for-hire". They described his botnet as "one of the world's largest networks of compromised computers".
The prison sentence for Kaye should have been a lot longer. The economic cost of denying internet access to millions of people extends well beyond the losses of any single telco. Huge amounts of resources are expended on providing network connectivity only to be wasted by the machinations of individuals like Kaye. Whilst the UK authorities are to be commended for pursuing Kaye and securing his conviction, legislators and courts must impose more severe penalties to protect a world increasingly dependent on the internet.
The following video shows Mike Hulett, Head of Operations at the National Cyber Crime Unit, talking about Kaye and his crime.