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The Path of Individuality
Dangers of dependence
We would all like to learn quick ways of achieving Nirvana; we would all like to realize the Overself overnight. Spiritual teachers are often asked for some magical formula whose use would turn man into Overman. The less advanced an aspirant is, the more help he wants to receive from outside himself. That is why a beginner exaggerates the role of a master. The more advanced disciple seeks and finds more sustaining help inside himself. The worst of this guru-chela relationship is that, by exploiting one another, both are prevented from having a free growth. Those who have never grown up, who cannot cope with the problems of adult life, substitute the master for their mother and run, like children, to him for the solution of their problems or for the making of their decisions. If he yields to their importunity, he hinders their true development. The idea of total submission to a guru is widely prevalent among Oriental seekers but does not appeal so much to Occidental ones. They fear demands may be made on them, because of their loss of autonomy, that would involve them in unpleasant sacrifices, deprivations, or renunciations. There is a similarity in nature and results on a number of points between the dictator-worship which has appalled us in recent times and the guru-worship which still runs riot in ashrams. The attitude of these followers to their guru is psychologically fascistic. Such pitiful self-surrender will not promote a man's spiritual progress. On the contrary, it will only cheat him out of establishing conscious contact with his own higher self. When they reach a stage where they are overwhelmed with joy at his praise and ready to commit suicide at his criticism, they are in an unhealthy condition. In the earlier stages of growth such an attitude of servile submission or unthinking imitation may be both adequate and helpful. But in the middle and later stages it is a hindrance. If the aspirant develops the habit of relying only upon this outside support and does nothing to develop his own self-sufficiency, he will become weaker and weaker instead of stronger and stronger. At best they can become mere reproductions of the master--at worst, inferior imitations. For they have nothing else to do than make themselves passive and absorb all they can from him. The disciples who turn themselves into copies of their guru do well for themselves up to a certain point. But after that their aping actually retards their growth. They expect a guru to be not only a teacher, friend, moral supporter, and whatnot, but also a magician who can make things happen, by his mere wish, for their spiritual or material benefit. Of what advantage to him is it to become a puppet on a string pulled by the master? So many who look for, or have, a guru do so because they come with personal problems and expect him to enable them to handle these problems or even to handle them himself. This entirely misses the higher purpose of the quest. What they expect and look for in a master is a kind of personal friendship exaggerated to such an extreme degree that he interests himself in every little detail of their personal lives. In some cases this dependence is merely pathetic but in other cases it is actually desperate. The relationship with the guru is made an excuse for want of effort in the disciple. The disciple who tries to live in the image of his guru becomes a copy of him. This may be good or bad or a mixture of both but it is still only a copy.Independence
The path is an individual not a corporate enterprise. You do not tread it by joining a mystical society any more than by joining an orthodox church. Whoever seeks this intimate awareness of the Overself-presence does not need to seek anywhere outside his own heart and mind, does not really need to go to any distant land nor try to find some other person to become his "Master." Yet such is the power of suggestion that because he hears or reads that the one or the other is an essential prerequisite, he fills himself with unnecessary anxieties, frustrated yearning, or futile speculations as a result. It is absolutely necessary for the person who has attained the highly sensitive and highly advanced state of mysticism to keep away from all Western cults and teachers because only with the completion of his training through the fuller initiation in the Ultimate Path will he become strong enough to have any contact with these movements without injuring himself. He needs someone who can pilot him through these rocky unfamiliar seas. But if he can only find someone who misdirects him, he had better travel alone. Any attempt to heal the breach between the various mystical societies is doomed to failure. They have degenerated into narrow and dogmatic religious sects. Seek rather to deal with ideas and not organizations, principles rather than persons. Here independence is praiseworthy. We do not need to walk into new captivities. As soon as the feeling of being tightly enclosed by a sect arises, it is time to put on one's shoes and take leave of it. But there are also elements of danger here. There is a path downwards into the abyss which is being trod by some leaders who have succumbed to greeds and lusts. They begin by exciting unsuspicious curiosity and end by obtaining foolish credence. They end by betraying their followers with unfulfilled predictions and unredeemed promises, and themselves with travelling at an ever-wider tangent from the path of assured peace. Better by far to walk alone than walk into such pitfalls and snares in the company of others. Let him avoid the spread-out nets of organized cults and hold on to the freedom to take his mind through the best thought of mankind and the deepest findings of seers and sages. Independent search has its difficulties but also its rewards. The quest is a lonely enterprise. Those who join cults, groups, societies, ashrams, or sects in order to escape this loneliness do so only in appearance, not in reality. To be herded together may be the only way out for those who lack capacity to find a measure of spirituality. But it is not the way for an independent mind. The want of inner affinity may make it advisable, after a time, to be content with what one has learned from a teaching, a school, a sect, even a religion, and move on elsewhere. Those who look for salvation on group lines, that is to say on mass-product lines, look for self-deception. It is not by sedulously aping other questers that one follows the quest, not by conforming to a rigid pattern. Its requirements must change with each individual and even with his circumstances. When a teaching is turned into a cult and congealed into a sect, it is time to get up and go away. He can recognize the usefulness of an institution or an organization or a group without wishing to identify himself with it. For he knows at the same time that there is also a limitation in it which would stop the freedom of his search for truth. The disciple who entrusts himself to a guru has, in Bacon's phrase, given a hostage to fortune. If people only knew what they could do for themselves, they would not run hither and thither looking for vicarious salvation through another person. It is unwise to make oneself join any group or society, or force discipleship with any teacher where no affinity is felt, however much others--relatives, friends, or acquaintances--try persuasion. The hope that by joining sects or following leaders they can develop their own inner resources is a vain one. To go inwards they must stop going outwards. Why should a man have to associate himself formally with any particular cult or organization if he wants truth? Why should he not follow his private and independent judgement, feeling, or interests? It is completely unnecessary for aspirants to seek out each others' company or join together into groups or societies. This can do as much harm as good. Those who feel tempted to do so may study the public cults and listen to the public teachers, but it would be imprudent to join any of the first or follow any of the second. It would be wiser to remain free and independent or they may be led astray from the philosophical path.Be responsible
There is no substitute for personal effort, no gratuitous presentation of the divine consciousness by a master, no escape from the hard necessity of unfaltering practice of the exercises, no way of being absolved from the need of patience. Since all things have come out of the primal Source, all that I really need can directly come out of it to me if I put myself in perfect harmony with the Source and stay therein. This is the truth behind the fallacy of these cults. For to put myself into such harmony, it is not enough to pronounce the words, or to hold the thought, or to visualize the things themselves. More than this must be done--no less a thing than all that labour of overcoming the ego which is comprised in the Quest. How many of the followers of the cults have even understood that, and all its implications in connection with their desires? How many of them have tried to overcome the ego? If they have not succeeded in understanding and complying with the divine law governing this matter, why should the divine power be at their beck and call to bring what they want? If they have not sought and largely attained that mastery of the animal propensities and that deep concentration in the centre of consciousness which the Quest seeks, is it not impertinent to expect to reach that power with their voice?(P) In the end he has to be his own teacher. It is a comforting kind of escapism to imagine that someone else is going to save him, but this will happen only in his wishful imagination and excited emotion. Such a tremendous saving of effort would be welcome indeed but it would be contrary to Nature's law of growth. Those who are "saved" in return for their fervent faith are mostly victims of suggestion, whether it be their own or others'. Yet such dependence is an inevitable stage of their inner life at the religious level. Given enough time or rather lifetimes, the master may lead him to peace and wisdom--but they can never be unearned gifts. They can come to him only through his own deserving. If people accept a spurious or a shoddy mysticism as the real thing, it can only be because they are not yet ready for it. Because it can be turned into an escape, turning over responsibility for a decision to a group's leader is easier than accepting it oneself. He was not put here to live on other men's spiritual experience but on his own. Do not make any other man responsible for your happiness. He cannot really carry you even if he wanted. Assertions, claims, promises, made to the contrary by gurus or their disciples, are the fruit of imagination in the one or wishful thinking in the other. The passive following of some leader in thought is not enough. The positive working on one's own character and consciousness, using the weight of one's own will, is also required. The teacher who takes from a pupil the responsibility for his own spiritual growth, prevents that growth. The responsibility must be placed where it belongs--on the aspirant himself, not on his guide whatever the latter claims. He will not find true security by depending on another man for it--even if that man be his spiritual master. He must build it within himself, by himself, for himself. The genuine master can contribute toward this work but cannot perform it for him. Even in the case of those who take the guidance of a guru, it should not be forgotten that if development advances sufficiently the pupil must start somewhere to be his own teacher, must start looking for, and finding, the inner guru--his own soul. A sincere competent guru would demand this. When a certain famous yogi died, a number of his disciples fell into negative conditions for months or years. Some had nervous breakdowns, others became physically very sick, others suffered from melancholia. All these cases were observed only among resident disciples, living in ashrams, not distant ones. The service of a guide is helpful to beginners to direct their way, to point out where it lies, and--if the guide is inspired, if the students are sufficiently receptive, if their personal karma is favourable, and if the World-Mind uses the guide for the purpose--to give them the important experience of a Glimpse. Beyond this the guide cannot go, despite all the gross exaggerations which surround this subject in most Oriental circles and which, if believed and followed, actually keep aspirants back from making real rather than fictitious advance. They themselves must do the travelling. Too much dependence on another person--even if he be a guru--develops an inferiority complex, a feeling of unworthiness or of weakness. It is a superstition to believe that salvation can be given by any other man, be he priest, guru, or whatever. The notion that it can be derived from some man's grace is a mirage. Without labour, sacrifice, exertion, or training, but merely for the asking, the rare fruit of enlightenment is to fall into their mouths. How illogical and unreasonable is such a demand! How can any sound and lasting growth come in such a way? The mere belief that anyone can hand over permanent salvation or freedom from the series of earthly re-embodiments is offensive to the sense of justice and fairness. Such a consciousness is not a material thing to be ladled out in charity like soup. It has to be worked for. The labour of discovering and realizing the soul is something no other person can vicariously take over from you. You alone must do it because it is precisely through such labour that you can grow into soul-consciousness.Use your judgement
Independence in spiritual seeking, a mind kept wide open for new and true ideas, discrimination between appearances and reality behind them--these are what will lead a man in the end to discover and know things for himself. Let him keep his common sense and keep outside all fantastic religious cults, with their hocus-pocus. Let him avoid the sheer lunacy which masquerades in certain circles as mysticism. There is nothing to be gained from the grotesque characters who form the membership of certain cults nor from the self-appointed Masters or Messiahs who lead them. The student of comparative mysticism may examine the various doctrines without necessarily accepting them. His approach should be dispassionate, unbiased, and open-minded no less than discerning, cautious, and questioning. He should remember that they are not only sources of enlightenment but also of obfuscation. In this way he may pass intellectually through the region of fanatical superstitions and psychic delusions to the truth. It is possible that the membership of such a cult or the following of such a teacher will still benefit him if he takes care not to make the mistake of asking more than the one or the other can give. That is, he should not ask for the truth which only perfectly equilibrated, fully developed philosophy can give. He should accept the fact that the sect has its limitations, the leader his errors. But if this safeguard is not taken, if he fails to resist the doubtful enthusiasm untempered by reality which will surround him, or the wild eccentricity into which weak persons are swept away, then the group or the guide may bog down his progress or even harm him. It is unfortunate that the printed page democratically levels all alike; that it puts on terms of a flat plane of equality the vital convincing speech of a Jesus with the speech of a nonentity; that it invests a man or an idea with a dignity which in actuality they may not at all possess; that all words when set in type look more or less equally imposing and important, no matter by whose lips they are spoken or by whose hand they are written. Were we all gifted with profounder mental percipiency, the fool in philosopher's clothing would then be plainly revealed for what he is; the scratcher of Truth's surface would no longer be able to bawl successfully that he had solved the secrets of the universe; and even the brainless idiot who stumbles on a momentary ecstasy would not be able to assert to an admiring audience of devotees that he had become a Master. Then, too, we would be able to penetrate the disguises of some humble ones and raise them high up on the pedestals of respect which they deserve; we would bend the knee in reverence before the figures of those who really do possess truth but do not possess the gift for personal publicity, who know the Infinite reality but who know not how to turn it to finite profit. It does not really matter that there are cults, creeds, and teachings stretching all the way in quality from the lowest and most primitive up through the mediocre and most orthodox to the theosophic and mystical. The limited range of human mentality and character puts limits on its spiritual satisfactions, demands, and expectations. What does matter is that anyone should confuse them, should regard the worst as the best, the commonplace as the inspired, the false as the true--that good judgement is so lacking that there is hardly any recognition of the best as the best. Overcoming the ego does not consist of replacing one's own by some other man's. When we leave science (so far as it consists of recognizing or discovering facts, not putting forward theories) and enter the world of occult/mystic studies, we have to be wary of unproved assertions, of statements for which no reliable evidence is offered, of revelations which are compounded from inventions and imaginations as well as from inspirations. The seeker should beware of cults masking their commercialistic motive under the guise of an earnest purpose. We should apply the test of reason to these revelations, however lofty their human sources, for we must recognize that no human mind is infallible. The failure to make this recognition, the refusal to see the contradictions between revelations, can only work to our own detriment in the search after truth. All this does not render his message valueless. It is merely an indication that the recipient should not paralyse his critical faculties merely because the message does unquestionably spring from an inspired source. Doubt is the spearhead of hope for believers deceived in their quest of spiritual life, as is discontent for those deceived in their quest of pupilship. It would be a blunder to accept all mystically derived messages as divinely given and specially revealed. They may be wholly so but it is much more likely that they are only partially so, and even that they have no divine origin at all. It is wise and needful to examine them carefully, sympathetically if we wish, but critically thereafter. We should note where personal limitations have insidiously or blatantly crept in and where pure universality has let the divine stream flow clear. The important thing is the kind of mentality which produces such ideas. Is it alive with goodwill, alight with wisdom? Or is it the opposite? When its assertions become mystical to the point of being quite mysterious and the reader can no longer follow it along these obscure paths of thought, it is time to be cautious. The statements of prophets and reformers, teachers and exponents, who have shown themselves irresponsible in behaviour and unpoised in consciousness, cannot be trusted. Yet there may be some measure of truth behind the exaggeration or the fallacy. Embrace what is sound and progressive in these systems while rejecting their absurdities, falsities, and tyrannies. Psychical delusions and imaginary experiences borrowed from these cults should not be imposed on the true quest. Selfish hypnotists pose as spiritual teachers. They usually attempt to suborn their pupil's intellect, in order to make him their obedient slave. When the latter is frightened to use his reasoning and critical faculties upon the claims made, he readily becomes a mere puppet in the hands of his mental "Master." Intellect is not to be abandoned, but to be rightly understood. Its doubts of the divine are to be cast aside; its scepticism of the Ineffable may be discarded; but its powers of reason and logic are not therefore to be destroyed at the unscrupulous bidding of some pseudo-sage. To adapt certain selected ideas and practices to our own thought and use is wise, to adopt them wholesale is foolish. Everybody makes a judgement, acts as a judge, even where he seems not to do so at all; merely by accepting an organization's view, or a religion's creed, he actually judges the organization or religion and the view. He may seem to depend on authority, to submit to the hierarchy of the organization or religion with its supposedly superior knowledge or power, but in actuality he unwittingly pronounces judgement in its favour. In the end, the responsibility for this decision is primarily his own.An ancient Sanskrit work, The Yoga Vasistha Ramayana by Valmiki, pertinently says: "Judgement is the sole resource of seekers; they have no other way for their intellect to shun evil and attain good. The state of spiritual release which is boundless freedom is brought about by the help of judgement."
He makes choices whether or not to adhere to a certain moral code, belong to a particular organized group or institution, follow some spiritual guide or teaching. This is the fact, whatever he may assume, believe, or assert to escape personal responsibility. Before he joins the crowd pressing down the road, he wants to inquire where they are going, and whether it is right or reasonable, and then to choose whether he wants to go their way at all. The prudent seeker will not be swept off his feet by the impressive but theatrical appearance of a proclaimed master, nor stupefied by the grandiose claims, titles, organization, and theories which accompany the proclamation. While they are trying to get rid of old faults, the very procedure they are using leads to the birth of new ones. The more they use this procedure, the more they unwittingly nurture these fresh evils. What good is it in the final balancing of accounts to be continually curing one disease at the cost of creating another? The harmful effects of the procedure are inherent in it and can be avoided only by using it with critical judgement, and not with blind partisanship. Philosophic training protects him from falling into the nets spread by those who arrogate to themselves extravagant titles in order to play God. He will be in a position correctly to evaluate them and their procedures. Not only novices but even others ask, in the agony of their disillusionment or the shock of their discovery, why, when they are so sincere, the higher power permits them to make these mistakes, why it lets them fall into the traps and pitfalls set along the way, why it does not save them from getting into the hands of deluded, unscrupulous, evil, or demented prophets. Too many believe that because they have become interested in mysticism, they must join one of the minor or major cults which use it as a background. Too often their bubble of romantic delusions needs pricking. Life will have to be cruel to them so as to be kind in the ultimate purpose. It is understandable that the earnest aspirant who is willing to consecrate his life to following the quest wherever it leads him, will give himself enthusiastically and obediently to the discipline of conduct and the personal re-arrangement demanded from him. But if these are strange, morally dubious, or ignorant fanaticisms, he has a right to question them and a need for caution concerning their sponsors. To get behind the scenes of these small cults and to find out what their origin and history really is, may shatter as many idols as doing the same to the great old-established religions does. For the human ego's self-worship manifests in both, although in different degrees. The informed seeker need not be dismayed by his discoveries, for they will serve him well if they turn him away to final and firmer reliance on the Overself alone. They need philosophy not only to lead them to truth but also to protect them from the fools and frauds, the hallucinated teachers and mercenary guides who infest the approaches to it. The aspirant who is the frequent victim of his own or other people's false beliefs and suffers the consequences, would be foolish to abandon his search for truth. That would be an emotional reaction. He would do better to probe into the mental weaknesses which render him so liable to such deception, and to put himself on guard against them in the future. A teaching cannot always be judged accurately by its effects on those who follow it. For some, by their own inferior character, give it a worse reputation than it deserves while others, by their superior character, exalt its apparent value beyond its own merits. He could easily become half-cynical about what these groups and movements, institutions and organizations are doing but, as a good philosophic apprentice, he turns aside from them and from the negatives they arouse to collect and keep the positives he has uncovered, the verities, grand or exciting, that he has discovered. Pretension to such wisdom and power is one thing but possession of them is another. Where enthusiasm is not counterweighted by discernment, this difference remains unseen. We may bring to the pages of these mystical writers all our intellectual sympathy and general faith but we ought also bring to them some of our critical judgement. The earnest but innocent aspirant should beware of teachings which are outwardly attractive but inwardly destructive, which are subtle forms of egoism or materialism disguised as spiritual paths. To detect those who know Truth is hard; but it is even harder, among so many conflicting teachings, to detect the true one. What is sane in these cults must be separated from what is not. The followers do not, and can not, do so. A fair evaluation can come only from outside. The attitude towards cultism should be precisely the same as that towards all other religions with organized institutions. One may learn what they have to offer without joining them. It is needful to use one's critical judgement and try to see clearly their limitations, deficiencies, and weaknesses along with their truths and services. A doctrine may be false even though it is given in good faith, even though the teachers believe it to be true. Experience is the acid test which proves the real worth of a theory. If a teaching appeals to both the heart and mind, if it seems rational and feels right, then I am willing to adopt it tentatively. But when later I discover that the result of practical application of the teaching is negative and that the facts cannot be made to square with the claims, then I must unhesitatingly reject that teaching no matter how great be the repute of the man who has promulgated it, nor however holy he be regarded. How many have felt their faith shaken, their mind worried, their intelligence puzzled by these contradictions between claim and result, between theory and practice? They may suppress their doubts for years, hide their fears in their most secret heart, but time will only increase rather than lessen their torment. The moment must come, in the end, when the consequences of false belief show themselves in unavoidable form and must be faced. It is a valuable practice to judge a theory by its everyday results, to measure its truth by its personal effects, and to test its correctness in one's own experience. Such a course, however, is valid only if accompanied by other and non-practical assessments. It is questionable whether these masters have led more pupils astray than aright. But the final test is: Do these years of membership leave the aspirant where he was before he joined? Have they availed him nothing? He projects all his hopes of a higher knowledge and experience upon such an inferior teaching and imagines that he has found the truth. It may be many years before the painful awakening happens. The way to test such an argument is to push it out farther and farther until it reaches its ridiculous ultimate. It is said, and believed, that time will sort out the charlatans from the true seers.Be discriminating
It is easy to understand that it is not necessary to accept the gibberings of absurd quacks merely because one is willing to accept the revelations of true mystics. But it is not generally known that even these revelations need also to be screened by critical judgement. The mystic has begun to feel the presence of the Mind within his mind but he has not begun to understand it. This is because the first is much easier than the second. A "pure" intuition is a rarity in our experience because wishes and desires, fancies and fears interfere with it, maul it, and even kill it. Philosophy fully admits and believes in the possibility of revelations, be they religious, mystical, or even psychical, but it points out that to the extent that the seer mixes in the picturizations of his own imaginative faculty or the ratiocinations of his own thinking process, to that extent what he receives or gives out is no longer a revelation. It is only an ordinary idea. Philosophy goes even farther than that and asserts that his human ego may interfere unconsciously with the very process whereby he becomes aware of the revelation. When that happens his awareness is tinged by inherited traits or by suggested beliefs or by personal wishes. If the personality has been unevenly developed, if its forces have not been properly harmonized with each other and defects remain in thinking, feeling, and willing, then at the threshold of illumination these defects will become magnified and overstimulated by the upwelling soul power and lead to adverse psychical results.(P) If, however, anyone were to believe that a genuine mystic experience is only a product of the mystic's own subconscious mind and conscious tendencies, and nothing more, he would be gravely mistaken. The man who looks within his own consciousness may eventually find impeccable truth. But he may also find inane fantasy. Thus the mystical path has its attendant dangers. The authentic inspirations of the Overself and the human illusions of the ego will often be mingled together in his mystical intuitions and experiences. Both factors being present, the result may confuse his mind if he is discriminating enough as well as exhilarated; sometimes it will misguide his mind if he is conceited enough. Only when the ego makes and keeps its fullest union with the Overself can he be sure of an unerringly true intuition or a perfectly transcendental experience. Their interpretive world-views often reveal the limitations of their intellectual knowledge and general backgrounds--indeed are sometimes quite out of accord with indisputable historical or scientific fact. It is only when they describe such matters which have actually come within their own inward experience, such as the opening into the higher consciousness and the way thereto, that their accounts possess elements of permanent and universal value. The revelations that come out of the purity of man's Overself contrast definitely with those that come out of the fancies of his ego. Clear and authentic are the tones of the first; but diffused are the vaporings of the second. In the one case the end is more light, in the other more fog. The proportions vary widely with individual mystics. Some messages have enough inspiration and little adulteration, others have less of the one and more of the other. When inquiring into the genuineness of the teachings of one who claims to have received direct guidance and revelation, a seeker must remember that subconscious complexes are very important in this connection. If he inquires into the background and associations of the seer or mystic he will doubtless find the seeds out of which many of the revelations have grown--with or without the seer's conscious assistance. We are all too familiar with mystical revelations which lack substance, abound with old clichés, lose themselves in a woolly vagueness, and are even slightly sickly to the mental taste because of over-sentimental cloying sweetness. This tendency to bring up from below the mystical experience elements which mingle intimately with those that come into it from above is innate in all disciples until they have passed through the purifying fire of philosophic discipline. Messages very often contain genuine guidance plus some contribution from the personal ego. Naturally, when the ego attempts to enter the pure atmosphere of the Impersonal, the possibility of misinterpretation becomes far greater. That visionaries often suffer from hallucinations is lamentably true, and I spend much of my time dodging such persons! It was an important part of my training in philosophical mysticism to study them, to understand how it is that these experiences arise and why, and then to develop all the necessary safeguards. Few people are on so high a level that they are able to have both genuine mystical experiences and the right reflections arising out of them. The mystic who has reached some point of truth in his consciousness, but not the farthest point, may easily fall into the fallacy of believing (and teaching) that the way whereby he came to it is the best way, probably the only way. It is a picture of personal feelings and human opinions posing as impersonal truths and divine revelations. The consequences are worse than what they would otherwise be because the prophet is unable to believe that he could be so fallible. What is not possible for the ego-expressing man becomes easy for the divine-expressing man. This shift, from the lesser consciousness to the greater, opens the gates of power. But it must be divine, or in the result the ego will merely become fatter. A man's inner experience may reach far and yet be commingled with a character only partially purified. His mystical attainment may or may not confer a total transformation of his nature, a total subjugation of its lower part to the higher--that depends on Grace. This explains the moral weaknesses of some mystics who have given us great teachings. Only the very few who have taken the pains to undergo a thorough re-education of their whole being, and to bring it into proper equilibrium, involving its development and its discipline, are likely to receive the Grace which will make them morally faultless as well as scrupulous practitioners of their own preachment. Most mystics communicate in their teaching or revelation a mixture of reality and fiction; the reality comes from the Overself, the fiction from their own limited mind. Few are able to reproduce the reality alone and to exclude the other.


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Puerto Morelos [1] is justly famous for its snorkeling, with a protected stretch of coral reef running very near shore. A local cooperative (central plaza, Av. Rafaél Melgar s/n, no phone, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Mon.–Sat.) offers excellent and affordable guided tours, visiting two spots on the reef for 45 minutes apiece, and using boats with sunshades.
Prices are fixed: US$25 per person, including equipment, park fees, and a bottle of water. Boats leave every 30 minutes from the municipal pier; if there are fewer than three people, you'll have to wait up to 30 minutes (but no more) for additional passengers to come. Sign up at the cooperative's kiosk at the northeast corner of the plaza; late morning is the best time to go, as the sun is high but the afternoon winds haven't started.
The dive shops in town also offer snorkeling tours. Dive In Puerto Morelos (Av. Javier Rojo Gómez 14, tel. 998/206-9084, www.diveinpuertomorelos.com [2], 8 a.m.–7 p.m. Mon.–Sat.) offers a tour similar to the cooperative's for US$30, while Wet Set Water Adventures (Hotel Ojo de Agua, Av. Javier Rojo Gómez s/n, tel. 998/871-0198, www.wetset.com [3], 8 a.m.–2 p.m. daily) offers outings of various lengths, from just one site (45 minutes, US$16 pp) to three (2.5 hours, US$32 pp). Prices include snorkel gear and park fee.
Caution: Do not swim to the reef from anywhere along the beach. Although it's close enough for strong swimmers to reach, boats use the channel between the reef and the shore, and tourists have been struck and killed in the past.
Puerto Morelos has over two dozen dive sites within a 15-minute boat ride, virtually all in protected marine reserve waters. Add to that the nearby cenotes [4], plus night and wreck diving, and divers have plenty to keep them happy and interested. The dive shops in town—there were three at last count—tend to have small groups and offer a full range of fun dives and certification courses.
Prices are fairly uniform—roughly US$50/75 for one/two tanks, and US$370 for open-water certification—though some shops don't include equipment rentals in the rate. Reservations are strongly recommended in the high season.
Click here for more information on how to go about choosing a dive shop [5].
Dive In Puerto Morelos (Av. Javier Rojo Gómez 14, tel. 998/206-9084, www.diveinpuertomorelos.com [2], 8 a.m.–7 p.m. Mon.–Sat.) is run by a friendly American dive instructor who emphasizes safety and small groups. It's a great choice for divers of all levels.
Wet Set Water Adventures (Hotel Ojo de Agua, Av. Javier Rojo Gómez s/n, tel. 998/871-0198, www.wetset.com [3], 8 a.m.–2 p.m. daily) is one of the longest-running dive shops around, offering top-to-bottom service—even rinsing your gear—and extensive area expertise. Equipment rentals are extra.
Almost Heaven Adventures (tel. 998/871-0230, www.almostheavenadventures.com [6]) is the in-house shop at Ceiba del Mar hotel (1.5 kilometers/0.9 mile north of town, 8 a.m.–3 p.m. Mon.–Sat.) but also has a downtown location (Av. Javier Rojo Gómez s/n, 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Mon.–Sat.) a half block north of the central plaza.
The dive shops in Puerto Morelos [1] also offer fishing trips, whether trolling for barracuda or dorado (even marlin) or dropping a line for "dinner fish" like grouper or snapper. Wet Set Water Adventures (Hotel Ojo de Agua, Av. Javier Rojo Gómez s/n, tel. 998/871-0198, www.wetset.com [3], 8 a.m.–2 p.m. daily) has the most experience and even guarantees you'll catch fish on a five-hour trip or the trip is free (except for the fishing license and taxes). Trips for 2–4 people typically cost US$55 per hour (minimum 2 hours) or US$195 for 4–5 hours. A local cooperative (central plaza, Av. Rafaél Melgar s/n, no phone, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Mon.–Sat.) also offers trolling and bottom fishing trips for up to four people (US$175 for 3 hours, US$250 for 4–5 hours).
Ecab Explorer (cell. tel. 998/123-5062, http://ekaabts.spaces.live.com [7]) is a one-man tour operation launched by a longtime Puerto Morelos resident (and former purveyor of fine shrimp tacos). Among various recommended tours are Dos Aguas (Two Waters, US$50 pp, 4 hours), which includes snorkeling on the ocean reef and a nearby freshwater cenote, and Cobá Maya (US$100 pp, 9 hours), in which you visit Cobá ruins [8] plus a nearby Maya village and monkey reserve; check the website for details on these and other options. Groups are small and the service highly personalized; transportation, entrance fees, and lunch and/or soft drinks are all included.
The Jungle Spa Sandra (Casa Cacahuate, Calle 2, Zona Urbana, tel. 998/208-9148, www.mayaecho.com [9], 10 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Tues.–Sat., Sun. by appointment only) is one of several community projects undertaken by Lu'um K'aa Nab, a nonprofit run by the owners of Casa Cacahuate. Local women provide professional massage and traditional Maya treatments for far less than at ordinary spas. Treat yourself to one of various available treatments, from a four-handed full-body massage (US$80, 1 hour) to a chocolate body wrap and massage (US$60, 1 hour). Group massage or temascal (traditional Maya sweat lodge) also can be arranged with advance notice. A cab ride from Puerto Morelos's central plaza runs about US$4.50.
Drop-in yoga classes are offered at Villa Shanti (Av. Niños Héroes s/n, tel. 998/871-0040, www.villasshanti.com [10], US$5) every Tuesday and Thursday 7–8:30 a.m. Yoga retreats also are often held here—check the website for more information.
The Little Mexican Cooking School (Calle Andrés Quintana Roo 779A, tel. 998/251-8060, www.thelittlemexicancookingschool.com [11], 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Mon.–Fri. Oct.–Aug., US$110 pp, including complimentary recipe book and apron) offers a fun and unique introduction to Mexican cuisine. Smallish classes (6 minimum, 12 maximum) begin with light breakfast and a discussion of Mexican food and ingredients, followed by recipe demonstrations a half dozen dishes, from mango salsa to chicken mole. Students get some hands-on experience, though the chef and assistants do most of the actual cooking. You do get to taste everything, of course, at an end-of-class luncheon.
[1] http://www.moon.com/destinations/cancun-the-yucatan/cancun-cozumel-and-the-riviera-maya/the-riviera-maya/puerto-morelos
[2] http://www.diveinpuertomorelos.com
[3] http://www.wetset.com
[4] http://www.moon.com/destinations/cancun-the-yucatan/cancun-cozumel-and-the-riviera-maya/the-riviera-maya/puerto-morelos/sights/ruta-de-los-cenotes
[5] http://www.moon.com/destinations/cancun-the-yucatan/cancun-cozumel-and-the-riviera-maya/isla-cozumel/how-choose-dive-shop
[6] http://www.almostheavenadventures.com
[7] http://ekaabts.spaces.live.com
[8] http://www.moon.com/destinations/cancun-the-yucatan/cancun-cozumel-and-the-riviera-maya/tulum-and-southern-quintana-roo/coba
[9] http://www.mayaecho.com
[10] http://www.villasshanti.com
[11] http://www.thelittlemexicancookingschool.com


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'Album' in piwigo means a specific and definite url that can be moved around but can't be changed. Did I get this right?
So far, I have only created virtual album (by using admin/add (under Photo)/ existing album or create a new album ..)
To organize, for example, travel pix that included place, people, things, etc. I file them under Wanderlust, then by date/trip, and then by each day.
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i.e. most favored shots (incl people/place/object, etc ), funny shots, bikers, etc. I don't think the 'tag' would do because it would get all 'funny shots'or 'bikers' out when I only wanted few funny pix or bikers from this particular trip. Any suggestions?
I don't want to create hundreds of albums - that will drive myself nuts! I only up loaded a few pix and I have 34 virtual albums!
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There is a plugin to convert tags to "keywords." When searching, you would have the option of selecting tags as keywords to search for.
Perhaps you can set up smart albums with the SmartAlbums plugin and define tags for trips also, so you can then filter photos by "bikers" and (trip name here). Of course, that would give you more albums but if you want a certain selection to be displayed for awhile, that's one way to do it.
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Following Irene's way of organizing pictures, isn't there an easy way to gather albums in collections, such as Flickr???


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The NBA All-Star game is in town this weekend, with all the requisite parties and sideshows.
The game is relatively meaningless, but it's a nice event for a city to have. Houston has successfully hosted these games in the past and this weekend will likely be another winner.
It's a credit to the Houston Sports Authority and the Greater Houston Convention Bureau that we continue to get these events. In the last 10 years, we've had a Super Bowl, MLB All-Star Game, Final Four and now two NBA All-Star Games.
There's a chance the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Houston gets bigger over the next few years, too. And there was that World Series appearance in 2005 that was a solid bonus.
The reason for all these events is as simple as 1-2-3: Facilities, hotels and a strong group pursuing big events.
With Minute Maid Park, Toyota Center and Reliant Stadium, the city boasts three relatively new, state-of-the-art facilities that can host such events. Throw in BBVA Compass Stadium and there is now something for everything. In addition, the building of the George R. Brown created a perfect place to tandem with downtown events.
And don't underestimate the building of the Hilton near the George R. It provided enough hotel space (along with what already existed) to handle the crush of people.
The Texans are bidding for another Super Bowl, and while that still remains a long shot, if it fails it won't be for a lack of effort.
Just 15 years ago, the city had no NFL, a run down basketball arena that is now a church, and an Astrodome that had outlived its usefulness. These events may not be quite enough to justify the expense, but the residual attention that comes with them is priceless.
It truly has become a golden age for major events in the city. It's a shame the teams aren't doing their share to make it even better. Yes, the Texans are a solid playoff participant now and the Rockets appear to be back on that track. It will be fun to see James Harden in the All-Star Game, too.
The Astros? No comment.
That aside, these events do make the city a major player and bring a lot of good attention to the city. Most of the national media seem to be enjoying themselves, which is a big deal in how a city is perceived. And the weather has cooperated in a big way.
So enjoy the ride. Catch Jam Session. Go downtown and hang around and you will see stars all over the place. It's the kind of thing that many cities simply don't get to experience.
And don't take it for granted because there have been so many of late. We are fortunate to have these events. At some point in the future, the stadiums won't be so new, and there is no French Quarter, Pacific Ocean or 100,000-seat stadium to keep them coming.
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NOW, if we could get this much attention into the death of Judge Butler in Rockwood. Suicide, gun in right hand of a left handed person, a very left handed person at that. Oh, and he shot himself twice! The person who found him was involved in blackmaling him and leading him to eventually embezzeling funds. Very few people here in Roane County believe the findings. But the stink must go up really high for the investigation to quashed. Doubt it will ever be re-investigated and that is sad that others involved are walking free to this day.
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Few entertainers have achieved the legendary status of William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr. His success spans five decades and virtually all media-remarkable accomplishments for a kid who emerged from humble beginnings in a Philly housing project. Now the world's most beloved funnyman is back with his first humor book since the bestselling Cosbyology. In this hilarious new collection of observations, Cosby brings us more of his wonderful, wacky insights into the human condition, holding forth on everything from a game show contestant's confusing origins to a grandchild with a Godzilla infatuation, to his first love Bernadette, and many more delightful digressions. Bill Cosby may not have asked to be born, but we're sure glad he was!
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The game, I worked for about six months is finally ready to leave. For many months razivalas game and changed, and now has reached great heights. Gameplay got used tremendous changes, but the storyline is the same.
1. Download the file (if necessary unzip). 2. File with the game to record on a memory card in a folder X :/ PSP / GAME (where X – your memory card). 3. Launch of the 'game'.
0) Added adjustment to the game under the sprites of any size (valid only for some sprites)
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2) Change the skin of the main protagonist
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4) Added animation walking zombie
5) Changed the color of the menu background drawing
6) Replaced some sprites
7) Added a system change weapons (so far there are 4 types – gun shutgan, grenades and first aid kit)
8) Shooting shutgana different from shooting a gun
9) Fixed a bug with the death of the Persian on the roof after the zombie attack
10) Fixed a bug with the death of the Persian on the ground after falling down
11) Posted deviation Persian ago in an attack on a zombie (possibly broken)
12) Lowered height of the jump to a more realistic
13) Added a target for throwing grenades,
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15) An elaborated target, it now follows the player, and after pressing the joystick in place, aiming
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19) The grenade flies on a ballistic trajectory, which is calculated based on the length of Route
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The location is lovely, and the atmosphere is great. However despite being promised keys I never received them. Because no one gets keys anyone can enter and steal stuff from the dorms. While I was there someone had money stolen from their bag. There are lockers provided, but they are tiny so you can't fit a laptop or a tablet. Also, the lockers aren't attached, so someone could just carry them off. The kitchen is really poorly equipped, and the breakfast is really bad, just white toast.
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- MiraM
- Norway
- Female, 18-24
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An excellent hostel with amazing views, chilled out atmosphere and lots of hammocks! A good fit for any traveller that doesn't mind a location that is a bit remote. The staff were helpful to order us a taxi for whenever we needed to go downtown. Defientely recommended!
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- JacobClausen
- Sweden
- Male, 25-30
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A really really nice hostel with such beautiful views! It's around $4 to get to Otavalo so it's not bad at all if you are in a group, however, if you are by yourself this could get a bit pricey... The rooms are nice, the staff are helpful and the restaurant/bar is really useful (even though it shuts at 9). The ONLY probably we had was that the dorm rooms can be quite noisy as they are made entirely of wood. We also had a colossal snorer. But I don't blame the hostel for that.. Recommend it :)
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- Anonymous
- England
- Male, 18-24
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This is the cutest place ever. Amazing views.... absolutely charming. It is worth taking cabs to get to this location. There is a free ride down to the large animal market on Saturday morning. A must-do/see.
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- JocelynSmith
- Canada
- All Female Group, 18-24
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Lovely hostel in a lovely location, far enough from Otavalo to feel like the coutryside, but close enough for the town to be convenient.
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- England
- Male, 31-40
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This was my second time staying in Rosé Cottage in the last 3 years and it was still an amazing place in an ideal location outside of town on a ridge overlooking miles of farmland. Since my last stay they have extended the kitchen and added a few more buildings to the complex. The dorms are amazing, warm blankets and by far the most comfortable beds I have stayed in any dorm on my trip so far! Rose (the owner) is extremely nice and I would recommend this place 100 times over!
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An awesome spot near Otovalo. A great getaway! Friendly and helpful staff. My only problem was with the computer situation: the computer is only accessible when the kitchen is open, and you can only get WiFi in one of the rooms (always open). There was also a $1 charge to use the kitchen...this is pretty expensive, and it is free at most other hostels. The dinners were nice, though, and the owner can cater to special dietary needs. All in all, a great experience. I would go back!
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It's finally here! SOLSTICE, my debut young adult novel, releases today! Woot! Woot!
So yes, I am totally going to the bookstore to look for it on the shelves. And I am going to celebrate big!
I am so thankful to all the people who have made this day possible. SOLSTICE is a book I love, and I could not have done it without you all!
In honor of the release of SOLSTICE...
Why 42?
Because it's the answer to Life, The Universe, and Everything, so it only seems right.
I divided the books into 6 groups of 7 books a piece. That means there are six chances to win!
Each group has:
- 7 books, including 2 books by one author
- 1 Tasty Treat
- 1 Swag collection featuring postcards and 6 SOLSTICE character trading cards
- 2 Texas Sweethearts & Scoundrels buttons: 1 sweetheart and 1 scoundrel
1 Box of 10 Twinkies*
1 Awesome Swag Set
Original paperback of SOLSTICE back before it was edited by Tor
Signed hardcover of INVISIBILITY by David Levithan and Andrea Cremer (yes, signed by both authors)
ARC of RAGS & BONES by Melissa Marr and Tim Pratt
ARC of TEMPEST by Julie Cross
Hardcover of VORTEX by Julie Cross
Signed Paperback of THE MARBURY LENS by Andrew Smith
ARC of EVERNEATH by Brodi Ashton
1 box of 10 Twinkies*
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Signed ARC of SCORCHED by Mari Mancusi
ARC of SHARDS & ASHES by Melissa Marr, Kelly Armstrong, Veronica Roth, and Kami Garcia
ARC of HOURGLASS by Myra McEntire
ARC of TIMEPIECE by Myra McEntire
ARC of UNRAVEL ME by Tahrerah Mafi
Signed Hardcover of DOOMED by Tracy Deebs
ARC of BREATHE by Sarah Crossan
1 Box of Girl Scout Thanks a Lot cookies
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ARC of SHADOWS by Robin McKinley
ARC of SERAPHINA by Rachel Hartman
Paperback of REALITY ALI by Christine Marcniniak
Paperback of RIPTIDE by Lindsey Scheibe
Paperback of DEAR TEEN ME edited by E. Kristin Anderson and Miranda Kenneally
Paperback of BUT I LOVE HIM by Amanda Grace
Paperback of IN TOO DEEP by Amanda Grace
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ARC of THE ELITE by Kiera Cass
Paperback of CALLI by Jessica Lee Anderson
Signed Paperback of SWEET VENOM Tera Lynn Childs
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ARC of HEMLOCK by Kathleen Peacock
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ARC of BURN BRIGHT (DARK STAR) by Bethany Frenette
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ARC of HEREAFTER by Kate Brian
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ARC of GILT by Katherine Longshore
ARC of THE LEGACY OF TRIL: SOULBOUND by Heather Brewer
Paperback of ONYX by Jennifer Armentrout
ARC of GODDESS by Josephine Angelini
*Okay, so the Twinkies are past their expiration date! If you win this set and prefer Girl Scout Cookies, please let me know!
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Joan Aiken writing at her very best was a perfect companion. Well travelled, cultured, with a wealth of personal experience, and the ability not just to tell a gripping story, but to draw the reader in to the very process of writing. What she loved was to hold her audience in a […]
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...Alexander London letter, let's about-face and guffaw over the Smart Bitches' review of the Jude Deveraux, The Raider - Barbie® and Ken® Doll Giftset.
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Gabe is celebrating National Go Fishing Day but that means he's left Ethan all alone. Keep Ethan company in I Need My Monster. Enjoy the full pdf here.
Tonight, when I looked under my bed for my monster, I found this note instead. "Gone fishing. Back in a week. -Gabe" What was I going to do?
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Author: Patricia Abrams
Publisher: The Peppertree Press
Genre: Children / Dogs
Pages: 20
Price: $12.95
Noah was adopted by the Abrams family on Valentine's Day. He knew he wanted to be a search dog, so his new family encouraged him to go to school and learn all about his new job. In his training, Noah learned important skills in safety, obedience, and service.
Noah and the Search Dogs doesn't actually show Noah at work. Instead, it takes the life skills Noah learns in school and encourages kids through his actions. Great pictures of Noah in his training are included.
Reviewer: Alice Berger
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Book: Happy Birdday, Tacky!
Author: Helen Lester
Illustrator: Lynn Munsinger
Pages: 32
Age Range: 3-8
I love Tacky the Penguin. The board book was one of my favorites to read to Baby Bookworm when she was a little bit younger. I've not read all of Helen Lester and Lynn Munsinger's books about Tacky, but I did quite enjoy the latest one, Happy Birdday, Tacky!
Tacky the Penguin is a quirky bird who lives in Nice Icy Land with his companions, Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly, and Perfect. The companions are all calm and orderly, but Tacky always keeps things interesting. In Happy Birdday, Tacky!, Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly and Perfect spend weeks planning the perfect birthday party for Tacky. But when the big day arrives, things don't go exactly as planned (they never do, when Tacky is around). But, of course, it all turns out ok in the end.
I think it helps, in appreciating Happy Birdday, Tacky!, to have read at least the first Tacky book. For example, the other penguins make birthday cards for Tacky, "but since Tacky was an odd bird with an odd way of counting, it only made sense that he had told them odd things about how old he was." This odd way of counting is straight out of the first book, and a nice nod back to the launch of the series.
I love the vocabulary in this book. Tacky is "quite busy flippiting about". He then pauses in "mid-flapwaddle." And of course "birdday" instead of "birthday". There's enough of this sort of thing to make Happy Birthday, Tacky! fun to read aloud, but not so much as to be confusing. Here are a couple of bits that made me laugh:
""Everything's perfect!" declared Perfect.
(This confused his companions, for as far they knew, Perfect was Perfect. But never mind.) "
Guest dancer Twinklewebs announces:
""I vant to perform for you a denz peez from Swan Frozen-Body-of-Water."
OK, kids might not get that one, but I thought it was funny. And finally:
"They hovered over Twinklewebs, writing their flippers and becoming covered with perspiration icicles.
What a dreadful end for their Perfect Party.
They were ready to tear their hair, if only they had any."
As you can see, this is not a book that offers a sophisticated humor. But I think it's perfect for three to five year olds. There is perhaps an implied message about going with the flow, but it's otherwise just pure, silly fun. There should be more picture books like that.
Munsinger's illustrations add to the fun. The last quote above is accompanied by a picture of Tacky with a smushed cake on his head (and feet), surrounded by the other penguins. Twinklewebs, a penguin in a pink tutu and feathers, is priceless. There is, as befitting a book set in a nice, icy land, plenty of white space. And step by step vignettes showing Tacky's latest dance will have four year olds everywhere performing on makeshift stages.
I'm a long-time Tacky fan, and I found Happy Birdday, Tacky! to be an enjoyable addition to the series. A must-purchase for libraries, and a fine choice for anyone who could benefit from taking a less rigid approach to life. Recommended!
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children (@hmhkids)
Publication Date: May 14, 2013
Source of Book: Review copy from the publisher
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Identifying the next Jeffrey Katzenberg or George Lucas isn't something easily done, but a columnist at the Washington Post has figured out who it is: Nick Weidenfeld.
Weidenfeld, the former Adult Swim development executive whose recent move to Fox has the industry buzzing with anticipation, was the recipient of a glowing profile in last Sunday's Post, in which his grand plans for the animation industry were revealed.
Post columnist Thomas Heath details Weidenfeld's career path, starting with his humble beginnings in Washington D.C. where he was raised by an estate lawyer and Betty Ford's former press secretary—the latter being the daughter of a presidential confidant and ambassador to Italy. Educated at Georgetown Day School and then Columbia University, the Post recounts Weidenfeld's hardscrabble upbringing where he bounced from an internship at the Pentagon to writing about hip hop and rap, and then clawed his way to a writing gig at Esquire. It was at the last job, while researching a piece about Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, that he 'bonded' with CN exec Mike Lazzo over a mutual love of William Faulkner, which was the obvious qualification for a career in animation.
"You wake up one day and you are head of development at the number one ad-supported network on cable TV," Weidenfeld told the Washington Post. "The nice thing about my story is about the connections I made, but not family connections. I broke into this business myself through friends."
Weidenfeld attributes his inspirational trajectory from scion to media mogul to his ability to "be open." When pressed for an explanation, he clarifies, "It's just being open… to be open to know what you are good at, and know what value you bring to something, you find a way to fit it into whatever job it is. I'm good at making connections or putting an organization or putting pieces together. I'm a good global thinker."
This unequivocal business acumen was refined by reading the biography of Steve Jobs, the history of Pixar, and Clayton M. Christensen's The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. "These guys had these ideas and figured out that the old systems don't work anymore," Weidenfeld said. "The first thing I said to Fox is I don't want to just make shows. I want to build a business for you that takes advantage of the best parts of animation."
Using only the choicest parts of animation, Weidenfeld is ready to reinvent how cartoons are made. He is putting all phases of production for Fox's upcoming animation block, ADHD (Animation Domination High-Def), from development to animation, under a single roof at his new 120-person Los Angeles studio, generously provided by Fox. From there he intends to usurp the young male demographic from YouTube and Saturday Night Live by producing loads of animated content and writing off the costs. He told the Post that when he presented this foolproof business plan to Fox, they said, "Okay, here you go."
"It sounds like a parallel universe to me," writes Heath, "but he's the one who is becoming the next Jeffrey Katzenberg or George Lucas, not me."
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Part 1.
When was the first time you guys started to feel like celebrities? Was that a feeling back then or not quite that early?
No, not generally. The only time I felt like a celebrity was back in my home town. A local celebrity.
Can you think of any anecdotes about Bill that you haven't told anybody else? Something that gives a little bit of texture to him, like a joke that he made or something that he once did that made a big influence on the strip?
If something pops to my head, I'll tell you.
Did you know his parents?
Did he ever talk about them?
Not very much.
And he didn't have siblings, right?
No, not that I know of.
[NOTE: turns out he did]
Did you know Freddie?
I knew him when he was a baby. He was a, you know, uh…he was a…Batman was long gone—Bill was long gone before he grew up to know anything about it.
[NOTE: Jerry's timeline was off. Bill died in 1974, the year Fred turned 26.]
You mean before Freddie knew what was going on?
So you never saw Freddie as an adult?
No. I may have once. I was trying to think of that the other day. I know I spoke to Portia about him several times. I can't remember meeting him. If I did, it wasn't very much.
Do you remember Bill talking about him?
Only as a child, when he was young.
Was Freddie born while you guys were already working on Batman?
No, I think he was born later, as I recall? At least it might have been after I had left Batman, not Bill.
And what year did you leave?
I left about '47.
Was Judaism important to Bill?
Not that I recall.
Do you know what his inspiration was for his oversized props? You drew oversized villains on the covers. I was wondering if that might have influenced him or he influenced you?
I also drew oversized props. I haven't thought of where that began. I know I used them in my covers 'cause I tried to do very symbolic covers and splash pages if you ever looked at them. I never tried to do a literal theme.
So you don't remember where you guys—
[unintelligible] track it down. I know he had employed them in his scripts. I would hesitate to take credit for them, but who knows, I might have done [here?] without even thinking of it, [thinking?] of doing a symbolic cover, you know, obviously has part of the symbolism.
Did you guys ever have a moment where you felt, to use a modern word, "cool"—like if you were on the street and you saw some kids eagerly buying a Batman comic?
Yeah, I would say that might have occurred. I [could] remember that, yes. It's kind of marveling that it was so part our culture already.
Do you have a specific incident in mind?
Not with Bill… [tells the Cuba story that's also in one of his Alter Ego interviews]
What did Bill look like?
[NOTE: At the time of this interview, I'd seen only the two regularly republished photos of Bill, neither of which was an especially clear likeness; I went on to uncover close to a dozen others.]
He was not tall. I'm not tall either but I think he might've been a little shorter than me. I was like five eight 5'8" or something. I think he was [slightly?] shorter. He was a little stocky—not heavy. Strong. As you probably know, he loved golf.
Was he balding?
Not at that time.
But later?
Later he was.
Did he have a certain style?
No, I don't think he was that concerned with fashion. I think it was just everyday stuff.
What did his workspace look like?
He worked in his apartment. The times that I visited he and Portia there, it was just a part of the living room, but he may have had a study, I'm trying to remember now, with files. I think he did, because he had extensive files.
In filing cabinets?
And back then they were probably wood, right?
I would guess. Although we had steel files then [too]. We're not talking about prehistoric times. (we both laugh)
Part 3.
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Today's Cartoon Brew Artist of the Day post is sponsored by the CG Master Academy. Sign up TODAY for Philip Dimitriadis's class Environment Sketching.
Philip Dimitriadis works as a conceptual 2D and 3D artist for animation productions.
For the "Arabia project" that Philip was working on at Mike Young Productions in 2007, he was assigned to create a fictional hieroglyphic alphabet for use in the background environments which can be viewed here.
Above is a foliage study and robot design that Philip modeled in Maya.
More work in both 2D and 3D is available for viewing on his blog.
Head on over to Alexander London's letter at Dear Teen Me:
You didn't kiss anyone for two years. When you got back to the states, you even dyed your hair back to brown. You stayed in a closet of your own making. You got angry and seethed in silence. You hid behind your eyes and watched reality happen to other people.
When you eventually did kiss a guy and let life open up to you, it really was all you hoped it would be and more. It wasn't just the kiss or coming out, though that was part of it. It was realizing you could be your whole self.
Blubbering all over my desk.
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...have been announced, and the YA winner is Flesh & Bone, by Jonathan Maberry.
See the rest of the winners here, and the other YA finalists here!
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Life is already so complicated that we, humans, make it even more worse with our thought process. One of the thoughts that make our lives miserable is the word 'COMPARE'. Endless comparison with our neighbor, our friend, our colleague, our family and our spouse also!!! There are two sides to a coin and also comparison. You can either feel good or bad about comparison. Scene 1: Imagine you're
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The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom is out in paperback and The Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle is out now! The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom by Christopher Healy is a book that has caused me to do some serious thinking about what makes a book worth reading, the (sometimes unfortunate and unhelpful) perspective an adult reader can bring to children's literature and the value
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I'm so excited for today! It's the release day for DEFY THE DARK, a collection of stories by awesome writers including Carrie Ryan, Malinda Lo, Rachel Hawkins, and one of my critique partners, the fabulous Valerie Kemp. I've read Valerie's story, STILLWATER, and it's incredible...I can't wait to read the whole book.Valerie is doing a giveaway of Defy the Dark and discusses what inspired her story. Hurry, because you only have until Friday the 21st to enter!
From Goodreads: It features 16 stories by critically-acclaimed and bestselling YA authors as they explore things that can only happen in the dark.
You can order the book here. Also, if you don't win Valerie's giveaway, you have another chance to win next week. I'm giving this book away too, because I have something big to share with everyone...so check back for details next Tuesday the 25th!
I'm so excited to be a part of the Kids Read Comics! festival this weekend in Ann Arbor, Michigan! I'll be taking part in a couple of drawing events, conducting a workshop at 826 Ann Arbor, and meeting fans and signing copies of Giants Beware! at the Artist Alley.
Here's a link listing all the events. There's great stuff going on Friday through Sunday:
Hope to see you there!
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Rebellion's profile in the U.S. has increased since Simon & Schuster began distributing its books in 2010, with growing sales for the graphic novel line following 2012's Dredd.
U.K. publisher Rebellion is going after a somewhat younger crowd with its new children's imprint, Ravenstone, which launched at BEA with the June release of its first book, Lupus Rex by singer-songwriter John Carter Cash.
The company's entry into the crowded children''s book field has been met with enthusiasm, said publishing manager Ben Smith, because the debut title is "not just another dark apocalyptic YA fantasy or vampire novel. People appreciate that it's for middle grades." Beyond the first two books, Ravenstone is looking to a possible sequel to Lupus Rex.
Ravenstone joins Rebellion's other prose imprints: Solaris – which publishes fantasy, science fiction, and horror, including books by bestselling author James Lovegrove – and Abaddon Books, which presents shared-world fiction, mostly in the urban fantasy genre.
Jon Oliver, editor-in-chief at Rebellion, said that a children's imprint fits well with the publisher's genre offerings. The line begins with just one book a season to start: Lupus Rex, a fantasy about an epic battle among crows, wolves, and other creatures for the crown of their world. It's the first middle-grade title for Carter Cash, who has previously published three picture books. Ravenstone's fall release will be Jan Siegel's comedic Devil's Apprentice, in which a successor to Satan – who is retiring – must be found.
Talk tomorrow,
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Recently, we took a hard look at the effects of Summer Slide on children without access to books. We also saw the incredible effects that providing books over the summer, not only to children in general, but to children from low income families specifically, had on reading, comprehension and test scores.
In that spirit, the Junior League of Washington as a part of their Resolution Read project took Summer Slide head on, distributing 15,000 books from First Book to D.C. Public Schools at Garfield Elementary in D.C. Children were asked to perform various physical activites; dancing or doing jumping jacks in order to 'earn' their books to take home. Jumping and dancing was led by NFL player Visanthe Shiancoe. After successfully completing their exercises, children went to a table to select books and then read their new books with volunteers. These books were distributed as part of a program with Let's Read. Let's Move, encouraging children to continue moving and learning throughout the summer.
"It feels tremendous to give away the 100,000th book hand-in-hand with partners like CNCS, DCPS, First Book and DC SCORES." said Wendy Cumberland, President of the Junior League of Washington.
More Great Photos (Courtesy of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)
The post Take THAT Summer Slide! 15,000 Books to Kids in DC appeared first on First Book Blog.
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SAN MARCOS, TEXAS – Maggie Steele cheered herself hoarse Saturday, June 15th, at one of the biggest pole-vault festivals in the nation, the Texas River Vault Championship! "It was one of the greatest things that ever happened to her," said … Continue reading
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And here it is…the teaser trailer for Disney's Frozen:
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