Tuesday 25 June 2024

50k thoughts a day. Mostly 3 topics money work, relationships, health

YNH. Consciousness is the capacity to suffer

Translate not transcreate

Planted anew

Nattering

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The Only Way to Be Free Is to Seek Truth and Take Action

Not bluffing or bluffing very well

ARE U WTH ME OR ARE U WTH ME - TKYO WICE

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The gross human mind thinks of death as the final separation of body from mind. A more precise description is that death marks the end of a period of time. We therefore experience a continuous stream of deaths throughout our so-called lives. The death of death is birth; the death of birth is abiding; the death of abiding is the birth of death. Everything we experience is simultaneously a death and a birth; if we are subject to the phenomenon called “time,” we are also subject to death.

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Monday 24 June 2024

O. Witness is very end of inner jrny. You hv come home

O. 100% witness is no mind

O. Doubt until you find something indubitable

O. Only change is unchanging

Osho. O. Lyf is a permanent change

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use." - Thomas J. Watson

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MIND DISSOLVE X BECOME THOUGHTLESS MEMORYLESS

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QNTM JUMPING 

Currently, in this universe, let’s suppose you earn a minimal salary, and you are unwell. But, in another universe and in another dimension, you are a rich person who has a healthy body. You can be a painter, writer, dancer, athlete, billionaire or any other version of yourself that you can imagine. There exist ‘n’ number of universes, and there exists ‘n’ number of variations of you. These multiverses exist simultaneously in real-time with you. It is only through our consciousness that we can tap into these dimensions and choose to be any version of ourselves. That is the essence of quantum jumping.

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INNER JRNY X TO REACH ATMAN U HAVE TO BYPASS BXM

DHARMIK MAY BE ASHANT X ADHYATMIK SHLD BE SHANT

Where words leave off, music begins.” ― Heinrich Heine

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BUVUKSHA X HEDONISM OF FOOD, WEALTH TO FINE ENJOYMENT OF ARTS MUSIC ETC

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My only true regret in life is that I did not start training in Zen sooner

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JIJIBISHA X DESIRE TO LIVE IN THIS BODY

GOD IS THAT TURIYAM

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JPN 

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PRAKRITI X PURUSH - TEFLON CONSCIOUSNESS UNSTUCK FROM BXM COMPLEX

Sakshi bhav. Zen. Lucid state of pure Presence

Alt is to roll in fetal position face wall and AWDTH

Past is water under the bridge

King Pariksht story. Dth in 7 days. Get Krsna

BK. Metabolism protects us from 2 LOTD for a while

Biolyf is metabolism to actively stop entropy 2LOTD destroying it

Looking for consciousness inside brain is like looking for musicians inside radio

Old yellow big radio 1970

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Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship." –Benjamin Franklin

Edison

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

MS. Untethered soul

ET. Make friends with pnas

ET. Accept. Thy will be done GON

ET. Remember the Cross. Ultimate torture instrument

Ego is mostly abt resistance ET

Jane vidhi rakhe Ram rage vidhi rahiye

ET. Offer up pain and suffering as offering to GON

ET. Gap out from pain and suffering

ET. Even surrender to non acceptance

ET. Accept I am agitated.

ET. BTO. Accept what is. Improvise

Bdha as in mind trainer.

Enter Sakshi bhava. Enjoy the process. Non reaction

Saturday 22 June 2024

HEDONIC V EUDAIMONIC

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TWO KINDS OF HAPPINESS Philosophers, spiritual teachers, and scientists have identified two forms of well-being: hedonic and eudaimonic. Hedonic well-being, what we often call “happiness,” is transitory and characterized by attaining pleasure and avoiding pain, whereas eudaimonic well-being focuses more on meaning, realizing one’s potential, and contributing to one’s community, and, ultimately, is longer lasting. The debate over which of these two kinds of well-being makes for a truly happy life has raged for centuries. In ancient Greece, the philosopher Aristippus taught that the goal of life is to experience the maximum amount of pleasure, and that happiness is the totality of one’s moments of pleasure, while Aristotle argued that wellbeing is to be found in doing what is truly worth doing. Although these two kinds of happiness are related and often overlap, they can differ sharply and their differences have profound implications for our behavior, relationships, physical health, and our longevity


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In terms of its etymology, eudaimonia is an abstract noun derived from the words  ('good, well') and daímōn ('dispenser, tutelary deity'), the latter referring maybe to a minor deity or a guardian spirit


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SUBCONSCIOUS/  ICEBERG 
Although we may not be conscious of it, that huge 90 percent of the iceberg under the water exerts a powerful influence on our behavior. Thus, the subconscious is working around the clock, taking care of us and making many decisions automatically. On some level, we are consciously aware that there are vast and complex processes churning away below the surface, but our experience of it is that we are often surprised by its workings. The subconscious can seem strange, magical, and even frightening because we are not seeing how it is working or what it is doing. We may even feel it is like a shadow government, pulling the strings of our lives behind the scenes. The sources of most of our reactions to people, places, and things are at a subconscious level, or just beneath the surface, and we do not realize we have any agency over them. Consequently, we often ignore them, with the result being that they drive our behavior without our knowing it

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INCENTIVE SALIENCE

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A human brain, operating at a greater degree of complexity, tries to figure out the pattern that governs the variable rewards. The brain of a compulsive gambler releases dopamine, a reward chemical, to motivate the gambler to pay attention to the seemingly causal connection between pulling the lever and winning the jackpot. Near misses, such as two cherries but not three, deepen the compulsion to keep playing. The apparent causal connection forms between the motivation to seek reward and the deployment of our attention. This is called incentive salience, and it creates a pattern of activation in the brain that resembles drug addiction, binge eating, and other compulsive habits.


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Don’t get me wrong, experiencing the unpleasant physical sensations of your habitual negative rumination is highly uncomfortable. It can be excruciating and make us want to run for the hills, or regress to our old coping mechanisms. It is a monumental task that requires tremendous discipline and support. For those who are negatively affected by systemic oppression on a societal level, the task of liberating the mind from habitual fear can feel all the more like swimming against the current, because powerful and often violent forces of prejudice are mustered against their sense of individual sovereignty.


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400,000 species of beetles

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SIVA X STRING THEORY 

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  1. Evolution of Consciousness: Spirituality is seen as an evolving process, where individuals move through different stages of awareness and understanding, from pre-rational and rational to trans-rational levels of consciousness.
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TAMING THE MIND

Taming the Mind 1. Once your body is relaxed (Ruth’s Trick #1), it is time to tame the mind. 2. Begin again by focusing on your breath. It is common for thoughts to arise and for you to want to attend to them. Each time this occurs, return your focus to your breathing. Some find that actually thinking of their nostrils and the air entering and exiting helps bring their focus back. 3. Other techniques that assist in decreasing mind wandering are the use of a mantra, a word or phrase that is repeated over and over, and focusing on the flame of a candle or on another object. This helps avoid giving those wandering thoughts attention. In some practices, the teacher gives the mantra to the student who tells no one else the mantra, but you can pick whatever word you like as your mantra. Or you can focus on a flame or on another object. Find what works best for you. Everyone is different. 4. It will take time and effort. Don’t be discouraged. It may take a few weeks or even longer before you start seeing the profound effects of a quiet mind. You won’t have the same desire to engage emotionally in thoughts that often are negative or distracting. The calmness you felt from simply relaxing will increase because when you are not distracted by internal dialogue the associated emotional response does not occur. It is this response that has an effect on the rest of your body. 5. Practice this exercise for twenty to thirty minutes per day.

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It was a way to remember each aspect of what I had learned. The alphabet of the heart. While I continued the components of the meditation practice that I was taught in the back of the magic shop so many years before, I began a new practice each morning of reciting this new alphabet. After relaxing my body and calming my mind, I would recite this alphabet and set one quality from the list of ten as my intention for the day. I said them in my head over and over again. I found that it centered me, not only as a physician but also as a human being. It allowed me to start my day with a powerful intention. 

THE ALPHABET OF THE HEART

 C: Compassion is the recognition of the suffering of another with a desire to alleviate that suffering. Yet to be compassionate to another, you must be compassionate to yourself. Many people beat themselves up by being hypercritical, not allowing themselves to enjoy the same kindness that they would offer to others. And until one is truly kind to oneself, giving love and kindness to others is often impossible. 

D: Dignity is something innate in every person. It deserves to be acknowledged and recognized. So often we make judgments about someone because of how they look, or talk, or behave. And many times such judgments are negative and wrong. We have to look at another person and think, “They are just like me. They want what I want—to be happy.” When we look at others and see ourselves, we want to connect and help.

 E: Equanimity is to have an evenness of temperament even during difficult times. Equanimity is for the good times and the bad times because even during good times there is a tendency to try to maintain or hold that feeling of elation. But trying to hold on to the good distracts us from being present in the moment just as trying to flee from the bad does. Grasping at that feeling of elation is not realistic, not possible, and only leads to disappointment. All such ups and downs are transient. Keeping an evenness of temperament allows for clarity of mind and intention. 

F: Forgiveness is one of the greatest gifts one can give to another. It is also one of the greatest gifts we can give to ourselves. Many have used the analogy that holding anger or hostility against another you feel has wronged you is like drinking poison and hoping it kills the other person. It doesn’t work. It poisons you. It poisons your interactions with others. It poisons your outlook on the world. Ultimately, it makes you the prisoner in a jail where you hold the key yet won’t unlock the door. The reality is that each of us in our lives has wronged others. We are frail, fragile beings who at various times in our lives have not lived up to our ideal and have injured or hurt another. 

G: Gratitude is the recognition of the blessing that your life is—even with all its pain and suffering. It takes little effort to see how so many in the world are suffering and in pain. People whose circumstances allow little hope of a better life. Too often, especially in Western society, we look at each other and feel jealous or envious. Simply taking a few moments to have gratitude has a huge effect on your mental attitude. . . . You suddenly recognize how blessed you are. 

H: Humility is an attribute that for many is hard to practice. We have pride about who we are or what we have accomplished. We want to tell and show others how important we are. How much better we are than someone else. The reality is that such feelings are actually a statement of our own insecurity. We are searching for acknowledgment of worth outside of ourselves. Yet doing so separates us from others. It’s like being put in solitary confinement, and it’s a lonely place to be. It is only when we recognize that, like us, every person has positive and negative attributes, and only when we look at one another as equals, that we can truly connect. It is that connection of common humanity that frees us to open our heart and care unconditionally. To look at another as an equal.

 I: Integrity requires intention. It requires defining those values that are most important to you. It means consistently practicing those values in regard to your interaction with others. Our values can easily disintegrate, and the disintegration can at first be imperceptible. If we compromise our integrity once, it becomes that much easier to do it again. Few start out wwith such intent. Be vigilant and diligent.

 J: Justice is a recognition that within each of us there lives a desire to see that right be done. It is easier when we have resources and privilege to have justice. Yet, we need to guard justice for the weak and the vulnerable. It is our responsibility to seek justice for the vulnerable, to care for the weak, to give to the poor. That is what defines our society and our humanity and gives meaning to one’s life

. K: Kindness is a concern for others and is often thought of as the active component of compassion. A desire to see others cared for with no desire for personal benefit or recognition. The extraordinary thing is that research is now finding that your act of kindness not only benefits those who receive your kindness but benefits you as well. The act of kindness ripples out and makes it more likely that your friends and those around you will be kinder. It is a social contagion that puts our society right. And ultimately kindness returns back to us, in the good feelings it generates and in how others treat us . . . with kindness.

L: Love when given freely changes everyone and everything. It is love that contains all virtues. It is love that heals all wounds. Ultimately, it is not our technology or our medicine but our love that heals. And it is love that holds our humanity. •   •   • THIS MNEMONIC connects me to my heart and allows it to open. It allows me to begin each day with intention and purpose. And throughout the day, when I am stressed or feel vulnerable, it centers me in the place I wish to be. It is the language of my intention. It is the language of the heart.

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VINICI DA Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

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LALA JAISHREE KAK




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LOCKE "All wealth is the product of labor."

Friday 21 June 2024

3 TRILLION TREES ON EARTH

JUNGINAN DAIMON X MILLER "Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him."

RWN TREE ONS ECOSIA MOVE

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LAKE ORTA N ITLY 
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In growing psychologically, one moves toward increasing autonomy and independence. In growing spiritually, one increasingly realizes how utterly dependent one is, on God and on the grace of God that comes through other people. 
—Gerald May 

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BK. Dth is reassociation with Big Mind Reality

BK. Reality itself is a Big Mind

BK physics is behavior of Nature

BK. Happiness impossible as we do not have control over KGXE

BK. We are integral part of web of lyf.

We germinated from Nature 

CJung. Lyf is sacrifice from pov of Nature

Regret. Dtr crss

BK. Metacognition creates alternative worlds

Just like God creates world 
Man is made in shadow of God

BK. Metacognition. Root of Regret. Anxty. Depression

BK. Metacognition Could have been. Might will be. Bringing up alt scenarios

BK. Before metacognition is pain. After metacognition is Suffering

BK. Fall into metacognition

GREEN KRMA . MINIMAL TRAVELS AND HOLIDAYS

As more die alone, Japan's cities struggle with remainsーNHK WORLD-JAPAN ...

Green krma. Small house now extend as Dtr crss

My Green karma. One child. Almost vegetarian. Chronic Walker

ONS. Essex error of overgrown conifer crss

ESSEX OVERGRTH CRSS X HIGHWAY TO CLIMATE HELL XECOSIA 713

Dth. Sharir pura Ho gya

Nand ke Anand bhayo

Tan dukhi Man dukhi. Sukhi Ram Krsn ki Das

Thursday 20 June 2024

Dth. Storms of lifetime is over

A. Idam Sarvam Chidakaram

This All Universe is Consciousness 

Sushupti. Experience of absence. Awareness still there

A. I am aware choicelessly and effortlessly

A. Subject. Ocean. Cloud. Rain.

A. I am Brahman. Agyana. Samsaya. Biparita vritti

Ignorance. Doubt. Contrary tendency 

B. 3 marks of existence. Anitya. Dukkha. Shunyata

Patience. Non reaction to disagreeable experience

B. Patience is the biggest virtue

RS. Everything is a play in Consciousness

NDM. Back to I am Nothing. Unborn Absolute core subjectivity

Aham shunyam. Awaken from lyf dream

Back to core silence. Witness the moment. Do not judge. No karma

TAGORE "Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven."

BENCHLEY "I have tried to know absolutely nothing about a great many things, and I have succeeded fairly well."

WILLIAMS "We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory."

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SOLEIN 


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People who are hateful and rude are often experiencing severe pain in themselves."

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"Whenever you judge instead of just observing, mindfulness is less effective."

RWN TREESHED X SMMR SOLSTC 24

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"human being is simply “the third chimpanzee,” and that the human mind is merely a souped-up version of the chimpanzee mind. Two species of chimpanzee are currently recognized, the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and the smaller bonobo (Pan paniscus); if humans were classified with chimpanzees, we would be the third. According to one reckoning, we share about 98 percent of our DNA with chimpanzees, so surely, the reasoning goes, the 100 percent chimpanzees hold the secret."

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"In reality, all we’re “doing” in meditation is forming and holding specific conscious intention—nothing more. In fact, while it may not be obvious, all our achievements originate from intentions. Consider learning to play catch. As a child, you may have wanted to play catch, but at first your arm and hand just didn’t move in quite the right way. However, by sustaining the intention to catch the ball, after much practice, your arm and hand eventually performed the task whenever you wanted. “You” don’t play catch. Instead, you just intend to catch the ball, and the rest follows. “You” intend, and the body acts."

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MISS TREES MORE THAN HUMANS

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If June 20 seems a bit earlier to you than usual for the summer solstice, you are right — occurring at 20:51 UTC, this will be the earliest solstice since 1796, when George Washington was president.

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PRARABDHA V KRIYAMAN KRMA

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Clear Your Bad Karma in ONE Life Itself - The Way to Rewrite your Destin...

SMA - 5 PREDETERMIND AT BIRTH X AYU KARMA DHAN VIDYA MRITYU

 PUT IN BEST EFFORTS 

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BHAGYA X CHESHTA = PHAL 

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KRIYAMAN IS FREE WILL KARMA 

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MAKE THE BEST OF KRIYAMAN KARMA 

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TALE OF SUMIT / SATYAVATI

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STORY OF MATULI AND AVAKOKILA 

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YAMDOOT V VISHNUDOOT

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BHAKTI DECIMATED ALL BAD KRMA 

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BAD PRARABHA COMES X U INCR PURUSHARTH OF KRIYAMAN

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Memory is fleeting and if it weren’t renewed it would probably disappear. Even the sense of self could be considered remembered and has to be relearned every night. Allan Hobson | dream researcher

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Memory is fleeting and if it weren’t renewed it would probably disappear. Even the sense of self could be considered remembered and has to be relearned every night. 

Allan Hobson | dream researcher

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You can handle whatever you face."

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"One of life's counterintuitive lessons is that you will often gain energy by spending a little bit of energy.

When you feel lethargic and like you want to lay around all day, it is usually the case that getting up and moving will make you feel better than simply sitting around. Getting outside for 10 minutes or doing the first set of a workout or simply stretching on the floor for a moment — anything to get your body moving — will often leave you feeling more energized.

If you want to get your day going, then get your body going. It's harder for the mind to be sluggish when the body is moving."

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ONS X 16 YRS OF RWN 20 TREES

LEAST WORST OPTION X LBR

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REYKYAVIK ICELND 

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SAKSHI BHAV 

  • The Witness: This is the state where one identifies with the pure awareness that observes all experiences. It is characterized by a sense of Freedom and the predominant feeling tone of Bliss. In this state, there is a detachment from the objects of consciousness, allowing one to experience a profound sense of liberation and joy.
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Boris Heifets 14:03

Yeah, that's that that is that is the mystery. There's a lot. This is actually one of the reasons why I stopped studying consciousness very early on, it's because it seemed like one of those insolvable not in solvable, but almost like philosophical questions that could come to any number of conclusions that are essentially not testable or very difficult to test. And there's been a lot of, I guess, progress in the field of consciousness studies over the last 20 years, that now we're, I think we're starting to get somewhere but very early on, I realized that the way that I like to think about these problems and kind of attack them is more of like an engineering point of view that maybe I'm not going to understand how the system works, but they at least move it predictably by doing stuff at it. So drugs, electricity, you know, non ordinary states of consciousness, how can you put these things together in a predictable way to get an outcome, whether that outcome be a particular state of consciousness, dreaming or mental health outcome or a transformational experience? And that is some of the most exciting things that I've seen going on in kind of the mental health revolution that we're, I hope, I think in the midst of right now.


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ONS TO OLD RWN TREES X HK TO NEW SMALLER GRDN X ONS 20 TREES X ECOSIA X DTR CRSS EXTN NEED X OGITEV ISSUE

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DTH X NRTB MAYBE MONAD MN OR NTR ACCELERATED DTH

Moral distress. Rwn treeshed. Kalu Moca dth

Dtr crss. Treat as Rwn cut tree. TARCT

to live stronger, not just longer

I M EXPENDED IN TIME X TIME IS NOT EXPENDED

 HUMN AGE 


7- SAYS  NA 

14- KAM COMES 

21-COMPETITION 

28- SAVES 

35- SETTLES IN JOB 

42-KAM GOES

49-SHIVOHAM 


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SALSHI BHAV X PURE CREMATION

DTR CRSS X CTBAD LINE CR TKR BAAGI AND DEPNDNT LINE

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The names "John Doe" for males, "Jane Doe" or "Jane Roe" for females, or "Jonnie Doe" and "Janie Doe" for children, or just "Doe" non-genderspecifically are used as placeholder names for a party whose true identity is unknown or must be withheld in a legal action, case, or discussion.

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MORAL EVIL NATURAL EVIL WORSENS IN JINDE WORLD 

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 GENESIS 1:3 “LET THERE BE LIGHT” WE LIVE INSIDE OF A LIGHTWAVE UNIVERSE WHERE ALL THINGS ARE CREATED OUT OF LIGHT. LOWVIBRATING LIGHT TURNS INTO MATTER, HIGH-VIBRATING MATTER TURNS BACK INTO LIGHT. UNIVERSAL ONE BY WALTER RUSSEL: “GOD IS THINKING MIND. THE SUBSTANCE OR BODY OF GOD IS LIGHT”. “THE ONE UNIVERSAL SUBSTANCE, A THINKING SUBSTANCE, COMPREHENSIVE AND DESCRIBIBABLE AND POSSESSED OF PRINCIPLES WHICH ARE FAMILIAR TO MAN THROUGH MANS OBSERVATION OF THE ONE UNIVERSAL SUBSTANCE IN CREATED THINGS. THE SUBSTANCE OF ALL CREATED THINGS IS LIGHT. THE ONE SUBSTANCE OF THINKING MIND IS ALL THAT EXISTS.” “MIND IS EXPRESSED IN LIGHT”.

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Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time." ~ Steven Wright

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ROME

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"ब्रह्मा से लेकर तिनके तक सभी उपाधियाँ मात्र मृषा (मिथ्या) हैं। इसके बाद, अपने पूर्ण आत्मा को एकात्मना स्थित देखना चाहिए।"
ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तं मृषामात्रा उपाधयः ।
ततः पूर्णं स्वमात्मानं पश्येदेकात्मना स्थितम्॥

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Aerobic workouts can remove five years of brain aging, research finds.

RWN GREENSHED DAY 3 X GREEN MNY PAID X KSHAMA PRARTHANA X OGITEV CRSS

A. The clarity of silence

Main character syndrome

Main character syndrome is a new colloquial term that’s used to describe someone who sees themselves as the “main character” or the protagonist, in the performance of life. People with main character syndrome tend to view their lives as a Hollywood movie in which they’re the star.

It’s important to note that, despite the word “syndrome” in its name, main character syndrome is not an actual “syndrome,” disorder, or psychiatric diagnosis. The term originated on social media platforms and is casually used to describe people with these types of narcissistic or self-absorbed tendencies.

The mind is embodied, not just embrained

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Resting in the natural state, without seeking anything, without any specific method concerning how or when to rest—that is meditation.”

—LONGCHENPA, AS READ BY JAYASĀRA

Bhimpalashi. Late afternoon aw cool evening

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METEORA MNSTRY GREECE

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Shkspr. It is a wise father that knows his own child.

Anendophasia

Nam Rup to Nirguna Brahman. Albeit accelerated

Treeshed in Rowan. Apradh kshama prarthana

Sunday 16 June 2024

RS. U can’t know something and be something at the same time

RS. Ajatavada Vivartavada

FF. universe wants to know itself

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SANTORINI ITLY


FF. impossible to make qualia from electric signals

FF. Qualia are quantum states. Emotions are qualia

HEISENBERG "What we observe is not nature itself, but nature exposed to our method of questioning."

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MOROCCO


Diet plays a role in kidney function decline. “Specifically, diets higher in animal protein, animal fat, and cholesterol” may be associated with protein leakage into the urine, which is a sign of kidney damage, and, generally, “diets higher in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, but lower in meat and sweets, may be protective” against kidney function decline.


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Not only is protein derived from plant foods accompanied by antioxidants that can fight the free radicals, but plant protein is also less acid-forming in the first place because it tends to have fewer sulfur-containing amino acids. One of the reasons plant foods tend to be less acid-forming than animal foods is because acid is produced by the sulfur in the protein, and there’s less in plant proteins.

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Plant-based diets have been prescribed for decades for those with chronic kidney failure. They contain no animal fat, no cholesterol, and less acid formation, and help to lower blood pressure. Indeed, if you compare the kidney function of vegans with vegetarians and omnivores, the most plant-based diet was most associated with improved parameters for the prevention of degenerative kidney decline.

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In my opinion science should try to find answers to all fundamental questions, do not eliminate from reality what you cannot explain. I therefore decided to dedicate myself full time to the scientific study of conscience, and in 2011 I created Federico and Elvia together with my wife Faggin Foundation, to support basic research on consciousness starting from the premise that it is fundamental and irreducible. The stakes are too high not to seriously consider the hypothesis that consciousness comes before matter, or at the same time to it. The new science of consciousness If we start from consciousness, free will and creativity how irreducible properties of nature, the entire scientific conception of reality is turned upside down, and in this new vision the emotional part of life – ignored by materialism – returns to have a central role. He said Aristotle: “Educating the mind without educating the heart means not educating at all". We cannot let physicalism and reductionism define human nature and the deeper nature of the universe, leaving consciousness out. Physicalist and reductionist premises are perfect for describing the mechanical and symbolic-informative aspects of reality, but they are inadequate to explain its semantic aspects. If we insist on maintaining that these assumptions describe all of reality, we eliminate a priori what we distinguishes itself from machines and we erase ours from the face of the universe conscience, our freedom and, above all, our humanity. If instead we take our inner world seriously and start to investigate it with love, we will discover a new Weltanschauung, which promises a creative and cooperative future full of profound satisfaction. Life cannot be defined only by mere biological aspects, but also and above all by the triumph of the spiritual nature of the universe, which guides us silently. Quantum physics already tells us that the universe is holistic and creative, and i new developments in quantum information theory justify, as we will see later, a new theory of consciousness and free will


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From my point of view, the only possible way to explain how the universe can create life and consciousness is that the universe is itself aware and alive from the beginning. If you take it seriously considering this hypothesis, and accepting it, the entire conception of reality is transformed, with enormous positive consequences that point to the future Fantastic. Creativity, ethics, free will and joyful love can come only from conscience. The immense mechanical intelligence outside the reach of the human brain can come, instead, from the machines that we we create. And their union will truly be strength

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At night, alone in the moonlit fields, with the grasses and crickets to keep you company, it is possible to reclaim the vision you had when you originally set out on that path . . . Nature is the great teacher and always has been.

—Clark Strand, “Turn Out the Lights

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Not to be confused with phlegm, which is produced in other parts of the respiratory system, snot is a liquid secre­tion produced in the nose. This nasal mucus is made mostly of water, along with proteins, carbohydrates, salt, and cells. Snot's sticky texture enables it to trap particles of dust, dirt. and bacteria to prevent infection in your airways. Once caught, these particles are expelled by sneezing, blowing your nose, or, more likely ... being eaten! Yup, millions of tiny hairs in your nasal passage push the snot to the back of your throat, where you swallow it, leaving it to your stomach acid to destroy the unwanted visitors.

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"Fancy a taste? You may have noticed a lot of kids picking their noses and chowing down, but surely it's bad for them, right? Not quite! Researchers have theorized that nasal mucus may contain a sugary taste to entice young people to eat it. In a society devoid of dirt and germs, and increasing allergies and disease, eating boogers may actually be a way for children to expose themselves to pathogens, which may ultimately help build up their immune system. A healthy nose pumps out around half a liter of snot a day. If you have a cold, a virus infects your body and moves into the mucous membranes of your cells and multiplies. Your body responds by inflaming the mucous cells, pumping more blood to your nose and leaking more water through the cells-hence your runny nose. Simultaneously, your body sends white blood cells to attack the virus with potent chemicals or engulf it entirely

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The nature of physical reality In the sciences everything is always different from what it would seem according to common sense. BERTOLT BRECHT, Life of Galileo How was the world made? Even today we are grappling with this question, which man has been asking himself since Always. For centuries it was believed that the world was made up of earth, water and air and fire in various proportions. Only in the last hundred years, with the advent of quantum physics, we have made great strides in understanding the nature of reality. We have in fact discovered that matter, which seems solid and compact, is instead made of vibrational energy! In the last twenty years we have understood that everything is done of quantum information. However, a capable theory is still missing give us a vision of the world consistent with both general relativity and quantum mechanics. In this book I advance the hypothesis that the universe is conscious and free always arbitrary. Therefore, nothing is as it seems. Not only is the world not like it we had imagined, but the reality is even more incredible. At the dawn of science Homo sapiens lived a nomadic existence for millennia. Then, approximately ten thousand years ago, with a flash of intuition, he learned to "domesticate" the

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