As with every move, I'm prioritizing the bookshelves. Now, thanks to inadequate cabinetry and a tall toddler, we have to accommodate some kitchenware, too.

A prioritized life prepares you to live like a flower – nimbly and gracefully in all kinds of weather and refreshed by the rain. Follow this advice from change agent and author of Restoring Order, Vicki Norris, to be grateful for rain.

— Photo Courtesy Society of American Florists, aboutflowers.com/rain

Kirovskii raion, Leningrad, 1977

 

At this time, most Russians did not seem to prioritize beer drinking much. For one thing, the beer on offer was (let's say) "an acquired taste" - that is, most would say it didn't taste good. The number of such kiosks selling beer, where they would fill a container for you or give you a mug to drink on the spot (then return the mug) was very small. Still we can see this one had some customers.

 

And at least in this setting, all the consumers seem to be men.

  

***UPDATE**Doug and Tim always prioritize their agenda, and news flash....they found a great pair. Thank you both for your continued support!

  

Nice little character piece.

 

Here is the skinny on this line. Excellent, and well made. Period.

Janette Sadik-Khan is the Transportation Commissioner for New York City. Under her leadership, the DOT has implemented a vision for New York streets that prioritizes people before automobiles. This has meant new pedestrian plazas (remember Times Square a few years ago?), traffic calming projects, and hundreds of miles of new bike lanes. The net result has been a more human, livable New York City.

 

None of these changes have been without controversy or push-back. Any kind of change is always hard, and any change to our streets is immediately visible and elicits immediate reactions - both positive and negative. But for every sneering tabloid op-ed, there are hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who feel their daily lives made safer and more enjoyable by improvements to our shared public space.

 

As bike commuting in NYC has exploded over the last few years, there has been one glaring void - the lack of a bike share program. We have watched London, Paris, Montreal, etc. implement their successful bike share systems while getting nothing here at home. This is about to change with the arrival (finally!) of Citi Bike, due to launch on May 27. These clunky blue bikes, designed for short trips from one docking station to another, will benefit New Yorkers of all stripes - even many of my skeptical cycling friends who don't see the point and dread the introduction of less experienced riders to the streets.

 

Not only will bike share be a convenient, cheap, enjoyable way to make short trips around the city, I believe it will go a long way toward legitimizing cycling in the minds of many New Yorkers who still see it as a fringe activity. This is because the bike share stations are literally becoming a part of New York's infrastructure. Within a few months they will go from curious novelty to old news - just another part of the city's transportation network. Subway, bus, taxi, bike. You won't have to own a bike to ride a bike, and you won't have to be "one of those bike people" to reap the benefits of our truly bikeable city. This is my hope, anyway, and I'm personally grateful to JSK and her department for their work in getting us this far.

030819 - WASHINGTON DC., Managing Director and Chairwoman of the IMF Christine Lagarde and Interim WBG President Kristalina Georgieva engage in a conversation on their pioneering leadership and challenges they and other women have faced, the economic issues they’re dealing with and how they prioritize gender both through operations and in walking the talk within the IMF and WBG.

Photo: World Bank / Simone D. McCourtie

030819 - WASHINGTON DC., Managing Director and Chairwoman of the IMF Christine Lagarde and Interim WBG President Kristalina Georgieva engage in a conversation on their pioneering leadership and challenges they and other women have faced, the economic issues they’re dealing with and how they prioritize gender both through operations and in walking the talk within the IMF and WBG.

Photo: World Bank / Simone D. McCourtie

THE TRANSMODERN ALCHEMIST hacks the undifferentiated potential, exploring the theoretical usefulness of Dynamics for modeling processes in the alchemical art. Dynamics is an organic model, an alternative to mechanistic or cyber- models of process. It prioritizes life as the root science. Alchemy is a multidisciplinary pursuit focusing on mystic technologies, spagyrics, healing, life sciences, metallurgy, chemistry, dynamics and physics.Transmodern alchemy is a new Renaissance science-art -- a treasury of psychophysical meaning. Alchemists sought the experience of Unus Mundus, the one world united through material, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects. Science illuminates the spiritual quest, and spiritual tech illuminates the deep nature of matter and our nature.Universal Meta-Syn

 

Alchemy is a metanarrative, a way of framing all our experience. Alchemy begins and ends in the quest for eternal life. It is a spiritual technology of rebirth using natural methods that in their effect transcend nature by amplifying that which is immortal within us. It does not exist in nature but must be prepared by Art. Art is a form of manifesting, making and objectifying the world - spiritual physics.

 

Artists and mystics are aware of their own internal space and thus able to enter it, playing the mindbody like a musical instrument. Looking inside, they see the true nature of reality and can express that literally and symbolically. We all possess the creative potential. All creative acts are a marriage of spirit and matter, reaching down into the body as the source of our essential being and becoming."There is a generic process in nature and consciousness which dissolves and regenerates all forms. The essence of this transformative, morphological process is chaotic -- purposeful yet inherently unpredictable holistic repatterning. The Great Work of the art of alchemy is the creation of the Philosopher's Stone, a symbol of wholeness and integration. The liquid form of the Stone, called the Universal Solvent, dissolves all old forms like a rushing stream, and is the self-organizing matrix for the rebirth of new forms. It is thus a metaphor or model for the dynamic process of transformation, ego death and re-creation." -- Iona Miller, ‘Chaos As the Universal Solvent’

 

ABSTRACT: Physicist Wolfgang Pauli and psychologist Carl Jung suggested, “We should now proceed to find a neutral, or unitarian, language in which every concept we use is applicable as well to the unconscious as to matter, in order to overcome this wrong view that the unconscious psyche and matter are two things.”

 

Jung thought both alchemy and physics mirrored the psyche and were central in the process of transformation, the Great Work. Alchemist Fulcanelli (1937) claimed that Great Work involved “…a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call a 'field of force.' The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-a-vis the Universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy.” Today we understand that primal unitive field is holographic in nature and we are embedded within it. Electromagnetic energy and particles arise from the virtual vacuum flux of subspace – the Void, which is the metaphysical root of all form. We are embedded within that field and our existential root is Likewise constantly in local virtual photon fluctuation. The fine vehicle of that interaction has been called the ‘energy body,’ ‘body of light,’ ‘diamond body,’ ‘astral body,’ ‘Merkabah,’ and a variety of cultural variations.

 

The classical magical operation known as The Middle Pillar provides a way of nourishing the energy body by feeding off that virtual light, connecting with Cosmos, our primordial Source or Groundstate for renewal. Alchemy provides a Unitarian language that reconciles the tension of opposites between magic and physics, between psyche and matter. A transmodern view of virtual vacuum physics allows us to employ the language of alchemy to move medieval natural philosophy into the 21st Century.

 

Transmodern Alchemy & Chaos

Alchemical philosophy supports the phenomenological notion that the universe exists primarily as we perceive it through what we know. Therefore, by changing perception, we can essentially change the universe and ourselves. Transmodern scientific imagination confirms this transformative postulate as the basis of matter/consciousness in dynamics, holographic and chaos theories. Trans- is the prefix that guides the vision of reality as virtual and fluctuating process. At the subquantal level, virtual photon flux, “cosmic zero,” or zero-point energy is the literal and metaphysical substrate of manifestation. An ocean of energetic flux boils into and out of existence as virtual vacuum fluctuation. The fiction of substantive ‘reality’ is revealed and nature’s transparent veil is ripped away.Alchemy is a science-art and tradition of participatory wisdom. Medieval alchemy was couched in the archaic language of its time, but we are not limited to that, or to theological, Hermetic, Masonic, Theosophical or New Age jargon. Philosophies and sciences evolve in articulation, theory and practice. New discoveries and statements of meaning inform our practice at all levels. In many cases, alchemy anticipated them. Like the cryptic tomes and dense texts of alchemy, unfamiliar scientific or philosophical theories require thoughtful reflection until they take root in our awareness. Models from many disciplines weave together, amplifying the meaning of alchemical process and patterns. Old experiments can be revisioned in a new light while new dynamical phenomena remain to be discovered. We can even revision the alchemical formula for surviving death.

At the zero-point time is no longer a flow, projection or hope. It accelerates at overwhelming speed, turns back on itself and becomes compressed and plays itself out. Instantaneously, everything takes place before us simultaneously, including retrievals of the past and projections of multiple futures. We have a greater understanding of deep time, earthly cycles and cosmic process than ever before. We communicate at light speed. We talk of supraliminality -- faster than light potentials. Light is our essential nature.Learning each technical or symbolic language is like learning a foreign language, but becomes second-nature once we sense the overall gestalt. It takes contemplation and consideration of implications. We unpack them one metaphor at a time as we descend into finer domains of existence, from particles to the subquantal world of the microcosm. Motivation theory suggests if we adopt a mastery orientation to our subjects, we exhibit all the productive learning behaviors we know will work. Even when challenged, we have the natural ability to learn and to keep at it while understanding grows. Simple concepts, not mathematical details, from dynamics and physics are all that is required for illuminating alchemical practice. Field and Flow Our worldview has evolved to include quantum physics and dynamics in our models of reality. As in the alchemical dictum, "As Above, So Below," a satisfactory theory must explain both cosmogenesis and microphysics. In the 20th Century, Carl Jung described alchemy in terms of depth psychology and the physics of his day, shedding new light on an old science. The Modern Alchemist, (1994) describes Jung’s process of individuation -- the transformation of personality and Self. Searching for the hidden structure of matter, the alchemists discovered that of the psyche. Depth psychology continues to redefine itself beyond postmodern notions as new research emerges in nonunitary consciousness, the fractal nature of archetypes and complexes and new models in microphysics mirroring cosmos and co-creator. The alchemical process is its own solution. Jung's notions of a heroic, striving Self have been transcended with imaginal, nonlinear models of consciousness, archetypes as strange attractors and metanarratives as healing fictions. If new theories in astrophysics, quantum physics and depth psychology supersede the old, can we expect any less from 21st century alchemy itself? The esoteric pursuit for the arcane nature of matter continues.Transmodern alchemy describes the secrets of matter in scientific terms with correlates of the alchemical worldview. The dynamic blueprints of nature as we comprehend them today are unfolded by stripping away Nature's etheric veil, revealing naked awareness. As we deconstruct our old notions, new realities emerge. The Philosopher's Stone is awakened consciousness.Hacking the undifferentiated potential, we can explore the theoretical usefulness of Dynamics for modeling processes in the alchemical art. Dynamics is an organic model, an alternative to mechanistic or cyber- models of process. It prioritizes life as the root science. Alchemy is a multidisciplinary pursuit focusing on mystic technologies, spagyrics, healing, life sciences, metallurgy, chemistry, dynamics and physics.

Transmodern alchemy is a new Renaissance science-art -- a treasury of psychophysical meaning. Alchemists sought the experience of Unus Mundus, the one world united through material, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects. Science illuminates the spiritual quest, and spiritual tech illuminates the deep nature of matter and our nature.Universal Meta-SynAlchemy is a metanarrative, a way of framing all our experience. Alchemy begins and ends in the quest for eternal life. It is a spiritual technology of rebirth using natural methods that in their effect transcend nature by amplifying that which is immortal within us. It does not exist in nature but must be prepared by Art. Art is a form of manifesting, making and objectifying the world - spiritual physics.

 

Artists and mystics are aware of their own internal space and thus able to enter it, playing the mindbody like a musical instrument. Looking inside, they see the true nature of reality and can express that literally and symbolically. We all possess the creative potential. All creative acts are a marriage of spirit and matter, reaching down into the body as the source of our essential being and becoming.Today, we might describe this resonance as accessing biophotonic or free energy that regenerates the mindbody. Healing is an aspect of creativity; nature is within and without us. Resonating with the whole, the Magus does not dominate reality but develops embodied psychophysical equilibrium, clarity, wisdom and compassion. We perform our greatest experiment on ourselves. Creative work originates in the body and is projected out into the world. The projections are then internalized into awareness. The bodymind of the artist is an alchemical vessel containing the creative flux and lux of transformation. We feed on Light.

 

Awareness and consciousness form a continuous alchemical movement. The creative gold is generated and embodied in the alembic of the mindbody. The mindbody is the same substance as the Cosmos and contains and reveals its mysteries. Alchemy reduces all to the first state, the ground state of being - original experience that is timeless, infinite. The classical Void, the quantum vacuum is a carrier of information. The energy body or the field body -- along with the scalars (virtual photons) of our holographic blueprint -- connect us directly with the negentropic potential of the zero-point field. Radiant light literally emerges from this mystic void. Primordial structuring processes are common to both psyche and matter, working in the gap or empty interval between intention and action. Alchemy refines the way the mindbody generates and processes inherent light as medicine. It refines the aspirant's ability for tapping and amplifying Medicine Light. This primordial state is the luminous ground of our being, hidden deep in the heart of things.All other goals are subordinate to this prime directive which includes meditative techniques for continuing consciousness after death. This Philosopher's Stone is the Universal Medicine, the regenerative Elixir of Life. The greatest mystery is Life After Death: we don't die but continue in transcendent form. This is the secret of man and nature.

Paradoxically, when we look into the depths of matter, we look into the depths of ourselves. Scientists and mystics report similar phenomena in their models and phenomenology. Spiritual technologies, the software of sacred penetration and amplification, virtually predicted the fine nature of matter as nothing but a complex illusion. We now understand energy/matter as a hologram. Mystics have also always emphasized the primal nature of Light, and claimed that we are in fact made of light itself. Science has confirmed this in numerous ways. Ambient Vacuum is a Plenum of Transformation Light is an excitation of empty space. "Aether" means ‘shine’ in Greek. Scalar physics tells us the ambient void is omnipresent, yet inherently nonobservable -- it is an omnipresent field of radiant energy potential emanating from every zero-point in the cosmos. But we can observe and infer results of this virtual vacuum fluctuation. Quantum Mechanics demonstrates no discrete particle or solid chunk of anything exists in metric space -- the whole Physical Universe. Everything is made of Light. Only light matters. Nothing arises but standing waves from the seething zero-point field created by cosmic beings like ourselves. How we do so is a mystery to ourselves. But we are getting closer to non-religious descriptions of reality that curiously have profound mystical overtones. The properties of mass, inertia, charge and gravity -- and those who observe them -- are the result of space resonances produced by zero-point scalar waves. At zero-point, waves pass through waves without interference. We come from, are sustained by, and are returning to the radiant light of our mass. All electromagnetic force is mediated by virtual photons.

The void is not devoid. In the absence of "solid" matter, we can take a revolutionary view of today's alchemy as dynamic process using Chaos Theory, and related sciences to inform our search. We are indivisibly wedded to our earthly and cosmic environment through zero point field phenomena and resonance. Could consciousness order the world?

Alchemy's prima materia and 'sensitive initial conditions' of chaos are the same. Initiation recalibrates our "initial conditions" and sets transformational "butterfly effects" in motion. The potential of enfolded time energy is transduced into dynamic spatial energy as cosmic jitter (ZPE, Isotropic Vector Matrix). Zero represents the Cosmic egg, the primordial Androgyne merging positive and negative charge - the Plenum. Zero point creative process manifests cosmos, nature and consciousness from roiling quantum flux.

Biophysics tells us we are brilliantly disguised photonic humans -- Homo Lumen -- if we but realize that awareness. The quantum vacuum is a radiant sea of light, encrypted information waves, a dynamic matrix of energy exchange. Our bioplasmic energy pulsates along with this matrix. Because it is ubiquitous, inside and outside, we are blind to it. It is the groundstate of our being. Transmodernity is the synthesis of modernity and postmodern philosophy, reflected in alchemical notions of transcendence, transformation and transmutation. It transcends the construction and deconstruction of recent historical eras by re-enchanting the post-Millennial world. So what might a chaos-informed Transmodern Alchemy look like? First and foremost our existential state space is in flux. We arise from an infinite ocean of quantum foam. Phenomena no longer correspond with old-paradigm frameworks. Anomalies, the strangest phenomena have the most to teach us.

 

Nonlinear Recursive Process Paradoxically, chaos is the essence of order. That order is inherent in and emerges from chaos. Dynamics has successfully explained many natural phenomena and been heralded as a new scientific paradigm. The quintessence is now found in nonlinear dynamics, the holographic field and the virtual vacuum of absolute space. Only when we comprehend the groundstate of being can we fathom reality. It fundamentally changes and deepens our alchemical and scientific notions about transformations in ourselves, matter, systems, patterns and structure.Psychology and neurology now recognize the psyche and brain as a dynamic dissipative system. Therapeutic techniques lead to reorganization of the individual at a higher level of order. Medicine realizes chaos is essential to health. Biophysics recognizes the primacy of light in life processes. The artworld recognizes the aesthetic appeal, rhythm and beauty of fractals. But the poetic science of alchemy made a workable theoretical and experimental system in which chaos was central centuries ago. Each era views nature from the paradigm of its time. Chaos Theory has been associated with every aspect of human behavior. Alchemy is an irreducible fusion of mysticism, science and art that also happens to be therapeutic or growth-promoting and tantalizingly hints at illumination. The process begins in nigredo, with doubts and lack of conviction but time spent on self-knowledge, experiments and spiritual exercises is amply rewarded. Chaos keeps the process fluid. Alchemy calls chaos the "universal solvent." Virtual Physics describes jitterbugging quantum subspace plasma as a superconducting superfluid.

 

Alchemy is a nonlinear organizational framework, a model to make sense of our experience, and a means of facilitating transformation. The universe without and within is our alchemical laboratory. The fire is kindled and stoked in the ‘magic theatre’ of the mind and the retort vessel of the body. Alchemy plants virtual fractal seeds in the gaps or intervals of consciousness. We are the portal for the fractal seed to unfold its liberating potential. But we must remain open.

 

Cosmic Zero The universe is the cosmic "parent fractal" of the microcosmic scale. Matter and consciousness share deep unity. The outer world we observe through our senses is nothing more than a consistent series of mental images that exists in our mind. Matter itself is an image in the mind, and mental images are the natural phenomena of consciousness. Mining the soul, we disassemble ourselves to reorganize in more refined form, reintegrating at a holistic level.

 

Alchemy calls Chaos the prima and ultima materia. The prima materia is ubiquitous, everywhere all the time. As we practice spiritual and practical alchemy, we come to understand the deep nature of chaos as the source of all transformative energy. In this chaosophical philosophy, all systems emerge from and eventually dissolve back into chaos. Solve et Coagula: Chaos is the essence of self-organization. Chaos Theory allows us to follow the Hermetic Spirit deep into the heart of matter and beyond into the subquantal realm in our quest for Nature's secrets. The undecomposable domain of Chaos is not an emptiness, but a rich, generative source -- a bornless nothingness from which all form

emerges.Consciousness, like creativity, is an emergent phenomenon patterned by strange attractors which govern the complexity of information in dynamic flow. Our consciousness appears co-temporaneously with our embodiment, creating the imaginal flux of representational and nonrepresentational perception - the stream of consciousness. The cosmic trinity of chaos, matter, and attraction appears at the heart of modern chaos theory and alchemy.

 

The Vedas identify all creative intent and substance as a manifestation of primal consciousness -- the basis of all manifestation. In this worldview, there is nothing but primordial consciousness. Complex dynamics is implicated in the energetic translation of "waves of unborn nothingness". Healing is the biological equivalent of creativity. The more complex a system, the more stable and self-correcting it is.

The objective (Sol, Frater) and subjective (Luna, Soror Mystica) are not divorced from one another, anymore than the left and right hemispheres of the brain. They marry in the mystic, in entanglement with Cosmos. Science adapted the artist’s sense that the detail of nature is significant. Like yin and yang, they rely on one another in a dynamic meld that transcends the tension of opposites. Synthesizing and transcending opposites is the theme of alchemy.

 

Truth of the Matter Alchemy, quantum mysticism and the holographic paradigm reveal the secrets of nature's subquantal realm. Metaphors are instructive. They are a Way of leaping the chasm between old and new knowledge, old and new ways of essential being. We can tap the source of creativity, healing and holistic restructuring through imagination and metaphor, including alchemical operations. They can be deeply transformative -- more than mere language. They are a technology for changing our behaviors, feelings, thoughts, and beliefs -- our spirit and soul.

 

Alchemy is a science-art, a tool to describe and mold reality using experimental and meditative techniques. As an art medium, alchemy helps us illustrate nature and our own nature in contemporary terms by creating new paradigms and environments. Matter has lost its central role in physics to dynamics. Alchemy can be informed by this new physics. There is aesthetic pleasure in finding likenesses between things once thought unalike. It gives a sense of richness and understanding. The creative mind looks for unexpected likenesses, through engagement of the whole person. Organic metaphors of quantum physics, field theory, and chaos theory illuminate the alchemical art.

 

The many theories of reality are the post-Millennial version of the alchemical peacock’s tail that heralds the beginnings of integration, the Unus Mundus -- the Grand Unified Theory or Theory of Everything in physics. The search for the Stone is a long rite of initiation, culminating in the cauda pavonis which signals the perfect transmutation. It is a dazzling synthesis of all qualities and elements much like rainbow colors unite as white light. The iridescent tail represents all the colors of light while the "eyes" symbolize all potential universes. The Peacock's Tail is the central part of the alchemical process. The myriad eyes in the tail suggest the highly-chromatic view includes multiple perspectives of imaginal vision. The kaleidoscopic vision is a metaphor for the spiritual rebirth that awakens the Third Eye and consciousness of the deeper subtle and field bodies. The universe informs our awareness and being. Sometimes the universal laws of nature lead us beyond ordinary science. Subjects in isolation don't provide enough to accurately describe our complex world. More disciplines, more tools, better technologies lead to best practice. In theoretics we build up and tear down relentlessly, questioning our own underpinnings, adhering to no stale theory: "Solve et Coagula."Since matter remains a paradox, our Work, comprehending the spirit of matter, means learning more than the Standard Theory of physics. Both orthodox and heterodox theories stimulate our imaginative and spiritual perception. Energy and information fields, not just genetics, drive human psychophysiology. Libido (psychic energy) drives the imagination. When we speak of Mercury, Sulphur and Salt, we mean our spiritual, energetic and physical bodies as well as the elements. Each theory adds another piece to the puzzle of existence and meaning, potentially leading to breakthrough on the bench or in consciousness. Such a brief, conceptual survey of alternate theories in physics cannot do them justice, but it can provide leads for further contemplation and research for the esoteric physics of lab work. We study the nature of being and our own being, the essence of inner reality. Consciousness is a timeless transformative force unfolding in nature. Alchemy, art and physics are complimentary modes of inquiry. Symbolic contemplation and interaction transform the material and immaterial self.

 

BODY OF LIGHT

 

The body of light is a spiritual term for the non-physical body associated with enlightenment. It is known by many names in different spiritual traditions, such as "the resurrection body" and "the glorified body" in Christianity, "the most sacred body" (wujud al-aqdas) and "supracelestial body" (jism asli haqiqi) in Sufism, "the diamond body" in Taoism and Vajrayana, "the light body" or "rainbow body" in Tibetan Buddhism, "the body of bliss" in Kriya Yoga, and "the immortal body" (soma athanaton) in Hermeticism.Enlightenment is not purely psychological; it is psychophysical, including the energy or subtle body. In the course of realizing full human potential, physical changes also occur, most dramatically in the later phases of the enlightenment process. In the final phase, according to various sacred traditions, the body is alchemically changed into light. Enlightenment becomes literally so, through the transubstantiation of flesh, blood, and bone into an immortal body of light. Through a combination of personal effort and divine grace, a person attains a deathless condition through the alchemical transmutation of his or her ordinary fleshly body. This transubstantiated body is called various names in the traditions, such as light body, solar body, diamond body, or resurrection body. (John White) www.wie.org/j21/white.asp

 

The radiant ground is the fundamental source beyond the boundary layer of quantum foam. Our healing task is to somehow realize this radiant image of the body in earth, to ground this body in its essential nature, which is the source of creativity and healing. It is precisely in the world, in life itself, that we experience compassion, wisdom, enlightenment. It is only our persistent rigid delusions to the contrary that prevents us from realizing it every moment.

 

Meditation masters speak of an inner Light that pervades the physical and energy bodies, and now science investigates it as biophotons, and through quantum physics we can watch that matter/energy/information devolve back into the unstructured void from which potential emanates.

 

Mystics have often equated this pervasive Light/Sound with primordial Consciousness and the source of life as well as matter. Quantum bioholography shows the DNA literally produces coherent light, which transduces to sound that directs the formative processes of life. Radiant energy is radiant energy. Whether we look outside into our environment or inside into ourselves we find primordial Light.

 

Biophotons are weak emissions of light radiated from the cells of all living things. The light is too faint to be seen by the naked eye, but biophotons have been detected and verified using photomultiplier tubes. Light is constantly being absorbed and remitted by DNA molecules within each cell's nucleus, creating a dynamic, coherent web of light. This system could be responsible for chemical reactions within the cells, cellular communication throughout the organism, and the overall regulation of the biological system, including embryonic development into a predetermined form.

 

Photonic Body is a biohologram projected by coherent light and sound. We arise from and are sustained by field phenomena, waves of biophotonic light and sound, which form our essential nature through acoustic holography This coherent light transduces itself into radio waves (holographic biophoton field), which carry sound as information that decodes the 4-D form as a material object. We also suspect chromosomes transform their genetic-sign laser radiations into broadband genetic-sign radio waves. The polarizations of chromosome laser photons are connected nonlocally and coherently to polarizations of radio waves. Thus, we have an explicit physical analogue for the traditional mystical apprehension of inner Light and the Audible Life Stream.

 

Sacred Light is generated internally by DMT, the spirit molecule. Meditation evokes pineal DMT release through EM vibrations. Visionary experience with symbolic or religious content gives way to dazzling light of illumination, reported in eastern and western religions.

 

In the Judeo-Christian tradition, it is called "the resurrection body " and "the glorified body." The prophet Isaiah said, "The dead shall live, their bodies shall rise" (Isa. 26:19). St. Paul called it "the celestial body" or "spiritual body " (soma pneumatikon) (I Corinthians 15:40). In Sufism it is called "the most sacred body " (wujud al-aqdas) and "supracelestial body " (jism asli haqiqi). In Taoism, it is called "the diamond body," and those who have attained it are called "the immortals" and "the cloudwalkers." In Tibetan Buddhism it is called "the light body." In Tantrism and some schools of yoga, it is called "the vajra body," "the adamantine body," and "the divine body." In Kriya yoga it is called "the body of bliss." In Vedanta it is called "the superconductive body." In Gnosticism and Neoplatonism, it is called "the radiant body."

 

In the alchemical tradition, the Emerald Tablet calls it "the Glory of the Whole Universe" and "the golden body." The alchemist Paracelsus called it "the astral body." In the Hermetic Corpus, it is called "the immortal body " (soma athanaton). In some mystery schools, it is called "the solar body." In Rosicrucianism, it is called "the diamond body of the temple of God." In ancient Egypt it was called "the luminous body or being" (ankh).

 

In Old Persia it was called "the indwelling divine potential" (fravashi or fravarti). In the Mithraic liturgy it was called "the perfect body " (soma teilion). In the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo, it is called "the divine body," composed of supramental substance. In the philosophy of Teilhard de Chardin, it is called "the ultrahuman."

 

The idea of the “Body of Light” often called the “Rainbow” or “Diamond Body” is the perfection of a vehicle for the exteriorization (projection), and continuation of consciousness beyond material reality. In Qabala, the astral body has access to three levels of consciousness, and then must be shed, or encounter the ‘Second Death” in order to penetrate the Veil, or Paroketh, to the next three levels of the “Thrice Born.”

 

DIAMOND AWARENESS

 

In this dynamic model there are no “things”, just energetic events. Light and sound (acoustic cymatics) modulate all matter. This “holoflux” includes the ultimately flowing nature of what is, and all possible forms. All the objects of our world are three-dimensional images formed of standing and moving waves by electromagnetic and nuclear processes. This is the guiding matrix for self-assembly, and manipulating and organizing physical reality. It is how our DNA creates and projects our psychophysical structure.

 

Our brains mathematically construct ‘concrete’ reality by interpreting frequencies from another dimension. This information realm of meaningful, patterned primary reality transcends time and space. Thus, the brain is an embedded hologram, interpreting a holographic universe. Supernal light emerges from this ground of being, both in the cosmos and our human brains and bodies.

 

All existence consists of embedded holograms within holograms, fractally embedded waves within waves of clear light. Their interrelatedness somehow gives rise to our existence and sensory images. When we embody this intimate wisdom, our bodies become temples of the living spirit.

 

Absolute space is the womb of creation and the physics of virtual photon fluctuation reflects not only Nature, but also our nature. Only now are we learning just how literal that experience of Light is, and the interactive mechanisms it engages in our holistic psychophysical Being

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This image is excerpted from a U.S. GAO report:

www.gao.gov/products/GAO-16-250

 

SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY: SSA Could Increase Savings by Refining Its Selection of Cases for Disability Review

 

a) SSA prioritizes a sample of about 60,000 cases annually to validate the statistical models.

 

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This is RAW straight out of camera processed with default settings in Sigma Pro Photo 4.1 software.

 

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Every year, I go to Burma/Myanmar and I only take a carry on and a hand bag. Taking a large camera like the 5DMk2 (even a T2i size camera) with a lens or two is not an option for me since I like to go travel light (especially to Myanmar). I wanted a small camera that could produce great quality images, good bokeh when needed, and good colors; l knew not to prioritize it based on high ISO quality. I'll have to give that up for a small camera.

 

I bought/sold/tried shooting with several cameras--from small, point and shoot size sensor to micro-four thirds. Among the ones I tried, my favorite was the E-PL1 with Panasonic 20/1.7. I wanted to see if I could find something even SMALLER than the Oly/Panny combo without giving up too much on image quality.

 

I debated between the Samsung TL500 / EX1 and the Leica Dlux4. I was impressed with the quality of Samsung's images I saw on the web (and also the cheaper price). But, I ended up getting the Dlux4 because it had been around longer (RAW files supported by most software), and knew I could get good quality images out of it.

 

By the time I got the Dlux4, I was already inflicted with Gear Acquisition Syndrome (GAS)--I wanted another camera of that size that could produce images with even BETTER image quality. Since I couldn't afford a Leica X1, I wanted to try out the Sigma DP2s.

 

---SIGMA DP2s---

 

It's "different."

 

The user interface isn't bad, but not as intuitive as others I have tried. I got used it in a couple of days and I find no issues.

 

LCD screen is so-so. I can still view images on the LCD under a bright sun--better than E-P2. Image quality could be better, but with low-res screen, it's hard to see whether I've nailed the focus point. I also have the external optical viewfinder. It's small, with nice bright frame lines, but it's not really that accurate. If the camera could auto focus well, it'd be more useful.

 

The build seems fine. It's similar in size to the DLux4 but a little thicker but lighter. The battery life is average for small cameras (not great but not bad).

 

Performance-wise, it's a hit or miss. In good light, focus is quick but not instant-quick. In lower light, it takes its time locking focus--I'd say average of about a second or sometimes even two. As a range finder camera user, I don't mind taking a little time to shoot since I'm just looking for a good composition and good image quality. This is perfectly fine for stills but not the best for fast paced kids in action. These days, I shoot mostly my kids but I still find DP2s more than usable. I accept and forgive all the quirkiness of the camera since I know I'll get a few really good shots with it. Maybe it's a personal thing--I prefer it over the Oly E-PL1 because it's a little more "challenging" to use and the reward is much more satisfying.

 

The software that came with it works amazingly well. In fact, if I try to process the DP2s RAW files in Lightroom, my results won't be as good--or at least, it would take me a lot of time to get it right like SIGMA Pro Photo 4.1 software. Simga Pro Photo processing speed is fast--about 3-4 seconds on my 17" Macbook Pro 2.8Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM laptop. I can see why many people go goo goo over the FOVEON sensor. The colors are, indeed, rich and the POP of the focused subject is quite similar to what I would get with a Leica Summicron 50/2 lens.

 

All in all, I'm glad I found the DP2s.

Russian wooden buildings have a long history, tracing back to ancient times when they served as the primary form of housing. These structures typically feature log construction with sloping roofs, often covered with wooden shingles. Reflecting the harsh climate and available resources, Russian wooden architecture evolved to prioritize durability, insulation, and simplicity, with designs varying regionally based on local traditions and materials.

This series of images delves into the enigmatic beauty and layered history of Venice, Italy, through an abstract lens, employing the scumbling and dry brush oil painting techniques. Each piece is a study in contrasts and textures, evoking the city's unique spirit and its constant dance with the elements. The use of cold, detached atmospheres alongside distressed and weathered surfaces speaks to the resilience and survival of Venice amidst its challenges. The incorporation of "havencore" and "warmcore" elements, along with a palette that prioritizes white and saturated blues, adds depth and emotion, inviting viewers to experience the city's dual nature of refuge and exposure.

 

The artworks move beyond traditional representations, infusing each scene with dramatic intensity and hyperbolic expressions to capture the essence of Venice's struggle and splendor. Labor is depicted not just as a physical act but as a poignant part of the city's soul, rendered through rough gesturalism that strips away the gloss to reveal raw, compelling truths. The dazzling chiaroscuro and striking contrasts of light and dark masterfully highlight the city's architectural marvels and the ephemeral beauty of its everyday moments, creating a harmonious chaos that is both unsettling and captivating.

 

This series aims to transport viewers to a Venice reimagined, where the interplay of light and shadow, the richness of saturated pigment pools, and the tactile quality of the painting techniques combine to offer a new perspective on the familiar. Through these images, Venice is seen as a living, breathing entity, marked by centuries of wear but standing resilient, its beauty undimmed by the passage of time. The absence of heavy paint strokes emphasizes the subtlety and complexity of the city's narrative, inviting a closer look and deeper reflection on its enduring allure and the stories etched into its very stones.

 

Poem: The Quiet Hours

In the quiet hours of the fading night,

Where shadows dance in the moon's soft light,

And the world whispers in tones so slight,

There lies a beauty unseen, out of sight.

 

Beneath the velvet cloak of the starry sky,

Where dreams take wing, and thoughts fly high,

The silent streets hold secrets, by and by,

As the gentle breeze sings a lullaby.

 

In the heart of the forest, where ancient trees stand,

Their leaves tell tales of a distant land,

A place where time holds still its sand,

In the quiet hours, so grand and so bland.

 

By the murmuring streams, under the watchful moon,

Where flowers bloom in the light of June,

The night unfolds its hidden boon,

In whispers of the dark, a silent tune.

 

In the quiet hours, there's a deep connection,

A moment of peace, in introspection,

A journey within, in quiet reflection,

Finding solace in nature's perfection.

 

As dawn breaks, and the night fades away,

The quiet hours gently sway,

Leaving behind the tales of the grey,

In the warmth of the coming day.

 

Haiku: Twilight's Whisper

Twilight's soft whisper,

Day and night's fleeting kiss,

Silent beauty speaks.

   

071614: Washington, DC - Mr. John Wagner, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, Customs and Border Protection accompanied by Mr. Eugene H. Schied, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Administration, Customs and Border Protection provided testimony and comments at the Subcommittee Hearing: Port of Entry Infrastructure: How Does the Federal Government Prioritize Investments? Seen here is AC John Wagner providing testimony.

Photographer: Donna Burton

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The investment project will finance the first of three prioritized corridors of the planned regional rapid transit system (RRTS) network in India's National Capital Region (NCR). The Delhi-Meerut RRTS will pass through the densely populated sections of the NCR, connecting Delhi to Meerut in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The 82-kilometer corridor will provide safe, reliable, and high-capacity commuter transit services between various locations along the corridor. The investment project will finance rail track, signaling, station buildings, and maintenance facilities. It will also support capacity and institutional development of the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC), a joint venture company of the Government of India and states of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, that is mandated to implement the RRTS project across the NCR.

 

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071614: Washington, DC - Mr. John Wagner, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, Customs and Border Protection accompanied by Mr. Eugene H. Schied, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Administration, Customs and Border Protection provided testimony and comments at the Subcommittee Hearing: Port of Entry Infrastructure: How Does the Federal Government Prioritize Investments? Seen here is AC John Wagner providing testimony.

Photographer: Donna Burton

071614: Washington, DC - Mr. John Wagner, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, Customs and Border Protection accompanied by Mr. Eugene H. Schied, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Administration, Customs and Border Protection provided testimony and comments at the Subcommittee Hearing: Port of Entry Infrastructure: How Does the Federal Government Prioritize Investments? AC John Wagner seen here speaking with City of El Paso, Texas Mayor Oscar Leeser who also provided witness testimony at the hearing.

Photographer: Donna Burton

April 07, 2022— Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman meets with World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to discuss global health emergencies in Ukraine and Afghanistan, WHO’s work in humanitarian emergencies, and the U.S. government’s prioritization of and USAID’s commitment to a zero-tolerance stance on sexual exploitation and abuse.

Amit Paley, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, The Trevor Project, USA; Young Global Leader, speaking in the Prioritizing Mental Health session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 23 May. Congress Centre - Ignite. Copyright: World Economic Forum/ Valeriano de Domenico

071614: Washington, DC - Mr. John Wagner, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, Customs and Border Protection accompanied by Mr. Eugene H. Schied, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Administration, Customs and Border Protection provided testimony and comments at the Subcommittee Hearing: Port of Entry Infrastructure: How Does the Federal Government Prioritize Investments? Seen here is AC John Wagner providing testimony.

Photographer: Donna Burton

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Yoga is an ancient practice that’s sought to unite a person’s body, soul, and mind for whole body health and wellness. Today, yoga has been refined and used as a routine that boasts many health benefits and restorative exercise planning for men and women around the world. Some studies have shown that yoga poses health benefits in potentially helping with anxiety, depression, stress, and helping reduce inflammation in the body. Thus, yoga can go far beyond aiding in balance and flexibility by taking part in exercise routines designed to restore function to your core, pelvic floor, legs, hips, and lumbar spine.

 

As someone who has experienced a severe back injury and benefitted from restorative yoga, I prioritize how I move in my programs. Instead of reducing exercise, I have developed techniques for continuing yoga and exercise that prioritizes movement safety dynamically. In this article, I will address yoga poses I use in my program that focus on:

 

Building strength, even during stretching

 

Maintaining good alignment and form

 

Wise and dynamic sequences that challenge you but do not break you

 

What are The 5 Basic Types of Yoga Stances?

 

In the practice of yoga, there are 5 basic stances or types of yoga. In order to find the right program for you and which yoga best suits your needs, it may be helpful to give an overview of the most commonly practiced types of yoga. Below is a list of the 5 basic types of yoga.

 

Standing Poses: Standing poses are often a warm-up practice to help prepare your body for movement. In slow flow yoga, standing poses are often practiced in longer sequences with stages of rest in between.

 

Balancing Poses: Balance poses are great for beginner’s. This form of yoga can help build the necessary core strength for more advanced movements, postures, and stretches.

 

Seated Poses: Seated stretches are great for loosening hips and hamstrings after a workout or at the end of your yoga class. Using a pillow or folded blanket for your bottom can help make these stretches a bit more comfortable.

 

Supine Poses: Resting poses and positions are important to learn for break periods. These positions can continue to relieve and loosen your hips, hamstrings, and provide gentle twists and inversions.

 

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What are 9 Yoga Poses?

 

My program is designed to teach men and women how to help their bodies become more responsive in their daily activities. This means training the body to engage and respond appropriately when engaging in lifting, walking, standing, and other daily light activities. Posture, breathing mechanics, and how you move your body are crucial to full body health and wellness.

 

Below I will address a few asanas positions and stretches that I encourage in my yoga practice.

 

Tadasana (Mountain Pose)

 

The mountain pose is a standing position. This position aids in helping engage the major muscles groups while improving focus and concentration. This pose is the starting position for all poses within the asanas yoga practice. To begin this stretch:

 

Stand with your heals apart with your arms resting at your sides. Gently lift your toes and the balls of your feet while spreading your toes – laying them gently back onto the floor. Distribute your body weight evenly between your feet. Begin lifting with your ankles and firmly flexing your thigh muscles while rotating them inward. Inhale through your ribcage, as you exhale, relax your shoulder blades. Elongate your neck and gently broaden your collarbones. During this position – your body you are aligned: ears, shoulders, hips, and feet should be aligned. When you first begin practicing, you may want to ensure proper alignment by standing with your back against a wall. Remember to breathe appropriately and not forcefully during these poses.

 

Vrikshasana (Tree Pose)

 

The tree pose is another asanas movement that helps improve balance and strength in your legs and lower back. To practice this pose:

 

Place the right foot of your left thigh – your sole should rest flat on your thigh and be placed firmly. Try to keep your left leg straight and balanced. Inhale while lifting your arms above your head toward the ceiling, bringing your palms together. Keep your spine straight and take a few deep breaths. As you slowly begin to exhale, gently bring your hands down to a relaxed position and lease your right leg. Repeat these steps with the opposite leg.

 

Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward Facing Dog Pose)

 

Downward facing dog stretches the hamstrings and chest while lengthening the spine. This position can also increase blood circulation helping you feel more energized. To perform this pose:

 

To begin, start on all fours – knees and hands firmly placed on the ground aligned with your shoulders and hips. It may be easier as you begin learning this position, to start with a downward facing”puppy” pose. Remain on your knees, and slowly shift each elbow down to where your hands previously rested. Gradually shift your knees a few paces back, and gently lower your heart to the floor while lifting your butt – head and spine aligned. Gently move your shoulders away from your ears and stretch, breathing deeply, yet gently.

 

To perform the downward facing dog, begin in the same position as before. Begin by lifting each elbow of the ground slowly and then raise your knees: elbow, elbow; knee, knee. With arms outstretched, lift your buttocks up, with your head and spine aligned, lowered toward the floor. It may help to pedal your feet as you remain in this position instead of staying static. Breathe deeply. Repeat.

 

Trikonasana (Triangle Pose)

 

The triangle pose is a great pose to help with hip mobility, stretching your legs and torso, as well as encouraging deep breathing. To begin this pose:

 

Stand with your feet wide apart. Shift your right foot to a 90 degree position while keeping the leg closer to your torso. Firmly place your feet into the ground, keeping your weight evenly distributed between both feet. Inhale deeply. As you exhale, slowly lower your arm to the floor while lifting your left arm up. Keep your waist straight and ensure you are bending sideways and not backward or forward. Continue breathing deeply and stretch as much as you can. Repeat with your left side.

 

Kursiasana (Chair Pose)

 

This pose is one that can be a bit challenging to do. However, it is a powerful pose that helps strengthen your legs and arms. In order to perform this pose:

 

Stand with your feet slightly apart, about a thumbs print between your feet. Stretch your arms straight out without bending your elbows. Now, this is the part that can be more challenging. Inhale deeply and as you exhale, begin bending your knees, pushing your pelvis downward like you are sitting on a chair. During this shift in your position, it is important to keep your back and neck straight. Posture and balance are important for this. It may be helpful to begin bending your knees in a way that your body tends to do – this can bulge your belly and keep your back a bit angled. During this stage, place one palm gently on your low back above your tailbone, and the other on your belly. Gently push your tailbone downward while lifting your torso into a straight, up and down, position. Take deep breaths and bend gradually.

 

Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)

 

This stretch is great for your lower back muscles and opening your chest for deep breaths. The cobra pose can aid in cushioning the spine, triceps, and aids in spine flexibility. To begin this pose:

 

Lay with your belly flat on the floor, legs and arms outstretched close together. Slowly place your hands below your shoulders and keep your feet and toes flat on the floor. Push your weight in through your foundation, shifting your shoulder blades closer together, and gently lift your chest and head up while deeply inhaling. Remember to make sure you are not pinching in your shoulders or neck. Gently engage in this motion, keeping your head tilted back and your shoulders away from your ears. As you return to the ground, exhale.

 

Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Bend)

 

The seated forward bend improves flexibility of the hips, hamstrings, and the back while lengthening the spine. To perform this pose:

 

Sit up straight with your legs outstretched, close together, with your toes pointing outward. Inhale deeply, raising your hands up over your head toward the ceiling. Stretch your spine by lifting upward, keeping your foundation firmly in place. While you exhale, gently outstretch your body, bending forward from the hips toward your feet – chin moving toward your toes. Place your hands wherever they reach, and place your face down between your shins or in between your knees. Inhale deeply 3 or 4 times as you elongate your spine – keeping your navel close to your knees. Stretch your arms back out, and lift from your hips, keeping your arms outstretched. Once you are back in a seated position, slowly lower your arms back down.

 

Child’s Pose

 

The child’s pose is a restful posture that restores physical and mental vitality. This can be a great pose to insert in between more challenging positions. To begin this pose:

 

Bend your knees and place your feet together like a triangle. Make sure you gently lower your body to a restful sitting position on your heels. While keeping your hips and butt firmly on your heels, lower your head down toward your mat. Place your hands forward close to your side. Press your heart against your thighs and breathe gently.

 

Sukhasana (Easy Pose)

 

Despite Sukhasna translating to easy, this pose is not always easy for beginners. Think of it more as a pose of ease rather than an easy practice. Sukhasana is a centering pose that is most commonly used for meditation, you may be familiar with the stance without ever actually performing the pose yourself. It is a comfortable pose that is great for beginning your yoga practice. To perform this pose:

 

Sit in a comfortable position, with your legs crossed (criss-cross, applesauce style). If sitting on your mat is a bit uncomfortable for you, you can use a yoga block or a folded blanket to sit on. Keep your spine straight and place your hands on your knees. Relax your body and breathe deeply.

 

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Which Yoga is Best for Beginners?

 

Restorative Yoga

 

At Restore Your Core, we practice what is known as restorative yoga. This practice incorporates blocks, straps, yoga mats, and blankets to help encourage proper body alignment as well as releasing any tension in your body. Most of these stretches and poses are designed to help release the tension in your body passively – so not always during a stretch.

 

These positions mentioned above are a great place to begin. If you are looking for a program designed to release stress in your body, restore your body’s natural function, and encourage better posture and body alignment, then consider looking into our 13-week program. We’d love to have you! Connect with over 10,000 other women who are asking real-life body questions, managing their core and pelvic floor injuries, and celebrating intentional progress and healing!

 

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Amit Paley, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, The Trevor Project, USA; Young Global Leader, speaking in the Prioritizing Mental Health session at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2022 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 23 May. Congress Centre - Ignite. Copyright: World Economic Forum/ Valeriano de Domenico

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I remember looking thru my lens and thinking.... well damn, this is an appealing dresser. The inset cat eye pulls, geometric front and that killer arch support.

I wouldn't "trade" this time for anything in the world!!!! Hope you are enjoying ~your~ time!

 

Happy Bench Monday!

071614: Washington, DC - Mr. John Wagner, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, Customs and Border Protection accompanied by Mr. Eugene H. Schied, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Administration, Customs and Border Protection provided testimony and comments at the Subcommittee Hearing: Port of Entry Infrastructure: How Does the Federal Government Prioritize Investments? Seen here is AC Eugene Schied providing comments, no testimony.

Photographer: Donna Burton

EXPRESATE A TI MISMA DE FORMA CREATIVA CADA DIA porque es realmente muy bonito

Ten tu propia experiencia de vida, vive tus sueños propios y anhelos, realmente todo es posible, y los sueños si se hacen realidad.

 

Es mi intención, que las imágenes, les den mucha alegría y felicidad, compartirlas siempre ha sido importante p/ mi, espero que les sean utiles en la planeacion de sus viajes o en su vida cotidiana.

 

“Lo q nos hace humanos es la humanidad que nosotros mostramos por otros. Es acerca de dar, preocuparnos por los demas, respetar y tener compasion.”

 

“What makes us human is the humanity we show each other. It’s about giving back, caring, respecting and having compassion for others.”

 

“Solo hay una vida para cada uno de nosotros, la nuestra. / There is just one life for each of us our own” Euripides

 

“ Cuida de tu alma, prioritiza la belleza, la contemplación, las Experiencias que se sientan de forma profunda, las relaciones interpersonales, conocimiento, sentido de un hogar, arte, paz Espiritual, comunidad, relajación y confort” / Take care of your soul prioritize: Beauty, Contemplation, Deeply felt experiences, Meaningful relationships, Knowledge, Sense of home, Art, Spiritual peace, Community, Relaxation and confort” Thomas Moore

 

“Your imagination is able to do all that you ask in proportion to the degree of your attention” Neville

 

“ I love, I accept you, I appreciate you, I forgive you” / “I am grateful” John Gabriel

 

“Live independent of the good opinion of others” Wayne Dyer

 

“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that’s your ownself” Bob Proctor

 

No te quedes con un sólo momento, porque la vida esta llena de muchisisisimos momentos

 

“To win you have to believe it will happen” Megan Rapinoe

 

"We are all in the same quest to feel the peace inside us and live a fulfill life /Todos estamos en la misma búsqueda para sentir paz interior y vivir una vida plena”Prew Rawat

 

Antes, iba por la vida en busca de vivir experiencias únicas e increíbles. Ahora me doy cuenta que cada instante de la vida es realmente único e irrepetible

 

“We must reflect that when we reach the end of our days our life experience will equal what we paid attention to, whether by choice or default”William James

 

“Develop the habit of feeding your mind with positive mental food, remember, you are very sensitive to the influences in your environment, whether they are radio, television, newspapers, magazines, billboards or conversations with other people. Your mind is your most important and precious asset, you must protected and keep it clean, clear and focus on what you want rather that allowed it to be polluted by the negative influences around you…Keep your mind clean, clear, positive and free, not only you become what you think about it, but you also become what you feed in your mind on a regular basis.” Brian Tracy, Million Dollar Habits

 

“Get around the right people, make the habit to associate ONLY with the kind of people you admire, respect and want to be like, don’t just drink coffee with whoever happens to be sitting in the break room, do not go out for lunch with the person next door, do not socialize after work with anyone who invites you, be thoughtful and clear about the kind of people you allowed to influence your thinking and feelings with their conversations and opinions.” Bryan Tracy

 

“You can't fly with the eagles if you continue to scratch with the turkeys" - Zig Ziglar

 

“Make things happen” Bryan Tracy

 

“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write if it be peace with itself, what a man can be it must be“ Maslow

 

“Universal principles:

The law of control: you feel happy to the degree you feel you are in control of your own life, you feel happy to the degree you feel you are not in control of your own life

The law of believe: Whatever you believe with conviction, becomes your reality, your believes then become your realities, your are not what you think you are as they said but what you think you are.

The Law of expectations: Whatever you expect with confidence becomes your own self fulfilling prophecy, in other words, you do not necessary get what you want but rather what you expect

The law of attraction: you are a living magnet, you invariably attract into your life the people, ideas and circumstances that harmonize with your dominate thoughts, specially your dominate thoughts emotionalized

The law of correspondence: your outer world is a reflection of your inner world,

You become what you think about most of the time, what you think about you bring about, you always move in the direction of your dominate thoughts ” Brian Tracy

 

"My life, my message" Ghandi

 

"You can never bath in the same river twice, the river is always flowing“

 

El universo es único

 

"I made my existence meaningful, at the least we will have no regrets " Dalai Lama

 

La confianza se gana, y es muy frágil

 

“Your most import goal in life is ensure your own happiness, if you don’t place your own happiness as the central organizing principal of your life no-one else will do it for you, each person is intensivly focus on doing the things that him her or her happy.” Bryan Tracy

 

“You can only give away something that you already have, often unhappy people said they are sacrificing their own happiness so they can make others happy. You cannot give away what you don’t have, you cannot make other people happy, if you are unhappy yourself.”Bryan Tracy

 

“If you want to improve anyone else quality of life begin by improving the quality of your own inner life,“Bryan Tracy

 

“Real change lies within all of us its in the choices we make everyday,” Megan Rapinoe

 

No seas sin darte cuenta, una repetidora, ten SIEMPRE, TU OPINION propia

 

Decide your environment wisely

 

Cultivate a vibrant o social life

 

Que puedas,

No necesariamente quiere decir que debas

 

"Kids need sleep and phisycal activity and family time and time to use their imaginations, those things cannot happen when they are lost in screen worlds" Adam Alter

 

"Tv and other entertainment media should be avoided for children and infants under age 2. A child's brain dévelops rapidly during these years. And young children learn best by interacting with people not screens" AAP

 

I am enough

 

Evita siempre que puedas a los "intermediarios"

 

Mas conciertos, más reuniones, más conexión humana verdadera cara a cara

 

Peaceful coexistence / Coexistencia pacifica

  

"Always embrace the common humanity that lies at the heart of all us, always affirm the oneness of our human family, let your hear be soften by the balm of compassion reflecting deeply upon the needs and aspirations of yourself and others..." Dalai Lama

 

Compassion

 

"May peace and happiness prevails everywhere/ Que la Paz y la Felicidad prevalezcan en todos lados " Dalai Lama

 

"Despite doctrinal differences we are all simply humans/ A pesar de todas las diferencias doctrinales todos somos simplemente humanos” Dalai Lama

 

Harmony

 

Basic human quality: empathy and good heart/ Cualidades humanas básicas: empatía

y buen corazón” Dalai Lama

 

¿Qué llevar contigo a cualquier viaje?

-Una actitud de respeto hacia los usos y costumbres locales, los habitantes de la region. la naturaleza, los minerales, y los seres vivos.

 

“La verdadera marca de la grandeza no está sólo en lo que una persona logra en su propia vida, sino en su capacidad de ayudar a otros a ayudarse a sí mismos y darse cuenta de que ellos también pueden llegar a ser grandes”

J. Earl Shoaff

 

La confianza es cómo el papel China / que al romperse, imposible que quede igual

 

Answer the call for compassion, included self-compassion

 

Stop outsourcing decision making about your life to devices and computers

 

“Trata de forma deliberada mantener tu atencion plena en el momento presente “

 

Las bibliotecas publicas son una de las mejores ideas del universo, ya que cualquiera puede acceder a un numero casi infinito de libros, audiolibros, revistas, material e información reelevante que pueden tener un super mega impacto positivo en nuestras vidas.

 

“Anything is possible” / Cualquier cosa es posible

Tu siempre tienes el poder de elegir como reaccionar y que hacer en el ahora “

Cada momento es unico

 

La naturaleza es hermosa, respetemosla, y cuidemosla todos los dias, usemos jabones y detergentes biodegradables, y tratemos lo mas posible usar envases reusables

 

"Your voice is the most important voice that you need to hear , & it needs to be positive and strong " Ian Smith

 

Respira y disfruta de hoy y cada instante de la vida, ya que es muy bonita!

 

Recuerda, hoy y siempre TODOS somos seres humanos Y SERES vivientes, las plantas, la naturaleza, todo. Es nuestra humanidad lo q nos hace humanos y nos hace sentir la alegria o el dolor de otros. Aprendamos a ver a los demas, no desde un punto de juzgarlos x sus decisiones, ni condenarlos constantemente x sus acciones, xq en realidad nos proyectamos nosotros mismos c/ vez q juzgamos a otros, sino mas bien, como alguien q al igual que nosotros esta en un proceso de vida. Toda la energia extra mejor usemosla para aprender como amarnos a nosotros mismos, hacer nuestros anhelos y sueños realidad y alcanzar La Paz interior.

 

Haz un esfuerzo deliberado por terminar con las actitudes y actos que fomentan la separacion entre seres humanos y el medio ambiente / “Work to end separation in your own life” Deepak Chopra

 

“Humans learn Empathy and understanding by watching how their actions affect other people.

Empathy cannot flourish without immediate feedback and is a very slow developing skill “ Adam Alter

 

“We all are in this together” Deepak Chopra

 

Todo depende la la situación actual en el momento presente

 

La ´UNICA forma de APRENDER es VIVIR

 

Nada es complicado

 

“Treasure your greatest gift, your imagination” Wayne Dyer

“Never let your attention, be directed by anything or anyone other than your own highest self” Wayne Dyer

 

Verdad, amor, luz

 

“Haz una practica diaria de meditar por La Paz - por tu paz interior y por La Paz en el mundo” / Make it a daily practice to meditate for peace - yours and the world’s. “Wayne Dyer

 

“Expresarnos a nosotras mismas, es algo que la verdad es que nunca termina y nunca debería terminar. Cada uno de nosotros, tiene algo único que traer al mundo. / Self expression is something that does not and should not ever stop. Each of us is creative. Each of us has something unique to bring to the world”. Julia Cameron

 

“1.- Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy, pure creative energy

2.- There is a underling in dueling creative force infusing all of life including ourselfs

3.-When we open ourself to creativity we open ourselves to the creators creativity, within us and ours lifes.

4.- We are ourselfs creations, and we in turn are meant to continue creativity by being creators ourselves

5.- Creativity is God given gift to us, using our creativity is our gift back to God.

6.- The refusal to be creative is self will and is counter our true nature.

7.- When we open ourselves to exploring our creativity we open ourselves to God orderly direction.

8.- As we open our creative channel to the Creator many gentle but powerful changes are to be expected

9.- It is safe to open ourselves up to greater and greater creativity.

10.- Our creatives dreams and yearnings come from a divine Source, as we move to our Dreams, we move towards Divinity ”. Julia Cameron

 

"If you are depressed, your are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present /

“Si tu estas deprimido, estas viviendo en el pasado. Si sientes ansiedad, estas viviendo en el futuro. Si estas en paz, estas viviendo en el presente” Lao Tzu

 

Claridad:

Pregunta, con sinceridad A que se refiere ? )

 

Viajo con alegria

 

Hasta q no se sabe, no se sabe

 

"Crea una vida que a ti te encante"

 

I choose me

 

Me elijo a mi.

 

Compassion

 

“Se necesita valor para convertirse en quien realmente eres"

 

“If I want to be free, I have got to be me, not the me I think you think I should be, not the me I think my wife thinks I should be, not the me I think my kids think I should be, If I want to be free, I have got to be me and I better know who me is” / “Si yo quiero ser libre, entonces tengo que ser yo, no el yo que yo pienso que tu piensas que yo debería ser, no el yo que yo pienso que mi esposa piensa que yo debería ser, no el yo que yo pienso que mis hijos piensan que yo debería ser. Si yo quiero ser libre, tengo que ser yo, por lo que es mejor saber quien yo soy yo” Bill Gove

 

No te quedes con un sólo momento,

porque la vida esta llena de

muchos momentos más.

 

"...el lenguaje universal, el que todos entendemos alrededor del mundo, es el de los sentimientos que todos los seres humanos experimentamos.."

 

Privacy is a fundamental human right

 

“Ayer yo era inteligente, asi que quería cambiar el mundo. Hoy soy sabio, asi que me estoy cambiando a mi mismo./

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

Rumi

 

Paz en. la tierra / Peace on Earth

071614: Washington, DC - Mr. John Wagner, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, Customs and Border Protection accompanied by Mr. Eugene H. Schied, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Administration, Customs and Border Protection provided testimony and comments at the Subcommittee Hearing: Port of Entry Infrastructure: How Does the Federal Government Prioritize Investments?

Photographer: Donna Burton

Please excuse my absence from Flickr. Time has been limited and I have needed to prioritize a few things in my life. Flickr gives me much pleasure...but life has gotten in the way! Hope to back visiting all my dear Flickr friends real soon!

Take Care...God Bless...and Happy Photo Taking!!!

I am looking forward to seeing some great pictures!

Cindy

The older you get, the more you begin to appreciate the availability of time. Your time is limited, but how do you prioritize for things which are important?

 

I used to put priority in terms of categories: work, self, love, family. But when you group things into categories then sometimes you have exceptions and rules with exceptions are tricky to follow.

 

So now I only ask myself one question: “Is this worth doing if I die tomorrow?” If it is worth doing, then I do it. If it is not worth doing then I postpone it as long as postponing so will not affect anyone else.

 

This I learned mostly from Steve Jobs, which before his death gave a commencement speech at Stanford which has affected me deeply [1].

 

Is this post worth writing if I die tomorrow? I believe so. And therefore it is written and posted.

 

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071614: Washington, DC - Mr. John Wagner, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, Customs and Border Protection accompanied by Mr. Eugene H. Schied, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Administration, Customs and Border Protection provided testimony and comments at the Subcommittee Hearing: Port of Entry Infrastructure: How Does the Federal Government Prioritize Investments?

Photographer: Donna Burton

071614: Washington, DC - Mr. John Wagner, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, Customs and Border Protection accompanied by Mr. Eugene H. Schied, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Administration, Customs and Border Protection provided testimony and comments at the Subcommittee Hearing: Port of Entry Infrastructure: How Does the Federal Government Prioritize Investments? AC Eugene Schied seen here speaking with Michael Gelber, Deputy Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, GSA who provided witness testimony at the hearing.

Photographer: Donna Burton

The North Korean Songun (선군정치), or "Military First" policy, prioritizes the Korean People's Army (KPA) in affairs of the state and allocation of resources. This has a profound effect on how North Korea operates, which ultimately trickles down throughout the country.

 

With one of the largest standing armies in the world, you can find soldiers everywhere you go in North Korea. The KPA even runs its own factories and farms. While driving through Nampho, I saw this rather unexpected scene. While North Korea does use machinery in agriculture and transport, this was a pretty rare sight throughout my tours. I would think this is more common in the countryside, but eventually there are limits to how much of the country you can see.

 

Read the rest of this entry at the Aisle Seat Please blog.

While the Dominican Republic generates a relatively low volume of radioactive waste, it has prioritized their safe and secure treatment. Any disused radioactive source identified in the country is transported, characterized, classified, conditioned and stored in a centralized facility built in 2010 in Sierra Prieta, outside the capital Santo Domingo.

 

Around 170 sources from applications in hospitals and industry as well as so-called orphan sources — radioactive sources that are lost and then found again — detected in scrap metal industries have found a home in the facility. Some are high-activity sources, meaning they emit high levels of radiation, such as those used in radiotherapy to treat cancer. Others are low-activity sources, such as those used for industrial and research applications. Other disused sources come from mining, agriculture and construction.

 

The facility is equipped with radiation detectors provided by the IAEA. A team of professional staff trained under IAEA technical cooperation projects is in charge of the operation, maintenance and regular inspection of the storage facility.

Sierra Prieta, Dominican Republic. October 2016

 

Photo Credit: Laura Gil-Martinez / IAEA

 

071614: Washington, DC - Mr. John Wagner, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, Customs and Border Protection accompanied by Mr. Eugene H. Schied, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Administration, Customs and Border Protection provided testimony and comments at the Subcommittee Hearing: Port of Entry Infrastructure: How Does the Federal Government Prioritize Investments?

Photographer: Donna Burton

Althea Grant is in the center of this photo. Her daughter Cameron is to her left in the photo, daughter Camille is to her right and daughter Chloe is below her. That’s her stepson Djimon above her.

 

Althea Grant: “When I was pregnant with each of my daughters Camille, Cameron and Chloe, it was a great excuse to prioritize taking better care of myself in order to have a healthy pregnancy. I got better at it with each pregnancy. By the time I was on pregnancy number three I knew to:

 

• Get at least 8-9 hours of sleep each day and some naps on the weekend. This is a habit that has stuck with me and I still take naps with my toddler on the weekends.

• To put my feet up , especially toward the end of the pregnancy to prevent swelling.

• To begin to prepare for breastfeeding and pumping even before I delivered because maternity leave goes by quickly. Having a good pumping habit before I returned to work made it easier to stick to once I returned and boosted my supply of milk for the babies.

• To get out and get active with the baby as soon as I could because it wards off the postpartum blues and speeds up the recovery (I had three C-sections).

• To every once in a while have weekends when we wear pajamas all day and do nothing but eat, sleep and watch movies.”

 

For more information on healthy pregnancies: www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/pregnancy_gateway/index.html

 

We’d love to hear from you as well. Send us a note on Twitter by reaching out to twitter.com/DrBoyleCDC and twitter.com/DrPeacockCDC.

 

Or through Facebook at www.facebook.com/CDC.

 

Life is precious, but why do so many of us de-prioritize or not recognize the things that matter the most? In this video I'll share a true story about Fredrick; a man who was so caught up in his work and embodying the financial success of the American Dream that he failed to recognize what was most important. Fredrick often told his wife that he'd retire in a few years and THEN he'd have plenty of time to spend with his family. Unfortunately Fredrick never got the chance to retire. At 51 he was killed in a car accident.

 

So many of us are consumed by all the things that don’t really matter in life and it’s typically only through tragedy or facing adversity that you recognize what’s most important in this life.

 

Life is precious. What are you doing today to make time for the things that truly matter? A couple years ago, I was Fredrick. Living in the future and for the future. I was consumed with being financially successful and didn't recognize what mattered most and what was right in front of me.

Finding the most suitable person for a job is difficult. Not everyone with the same diploma from the same university automatically qualifies. Getting to know a candidate is more important than getting to know his resume. Unfortunately, most recruiters prioritize backwards.

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BEIRUT, Lebanon -- United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Administrator John Barsa visits Beirut, Lebanon and donates blood at a Red Cross Blood Donation field site to help those that were injured in the recent explosion that damaged the city’s industrial harbor. With over 200 deaths and more than 5,000 injured from the blast, USAID is striving to prioritize needs for the people of Lebanon including food, health, and shelter. (USAID photo by Graham Higgins/Released)

 

Sometimes because we’re so busy getting quickly from point A to B, we don’t spend time observing the journey and before we know it, the journey is over. To avoid this kind of result, the Buddha prioritized wisdom that arises only from observation over that which arises through thinking and analysis. When we observe, we keep our eye on the real objective which is happiness moment to moment, instead of satisfying the next craving which is usually a mirage. Thinking and analysis is more often concerned with the mirages rather than enduing satisfaction.

April 07, 2022— Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman meets with World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to discuss global health emergencies in Ukraine and Afghanistan, WHO’s work in humanitarian emergencies, and the U.S. government’s prioritization of and USAID’s commitment to a zero-tolerance stance on sexual exploitation and abuse.

Greg Shell

Head of Inclusive Growth Strategy, Goldman Sachs

BEIRUT, Lebanon (Aug. 10, 2020) United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Administrator John Barsa, the U.N. World Food Programme Executive Director David Beasley, and U.S. Ambassador Dorthy Shea visit various areas of Beirut that recently suffered from an explosion at the city’s industrial harbor. With over 200 deaths and more than 5,000 injured from the blast, USAID is striving to prioritize needs for the people of Lebanon including food, health, and shelter.

 

To help keep people safe and re-establish the movement of critical goods and services following severe flooding and landslides, the Province is taking temporary measures to ensure fuel (gas and diesel) is prioritized for essential vehicles, while keeping it available to British Columbians.

 

Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/25774

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