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Birth of the mysterious Alchemical Sentinels / Naissance de mystérieuses Sentinelles Alchimiques DDC_8334 by thierry ehrmann

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Birth of the mysterious Alchemical Sentinels

3 months working day and night with an exceptional “dream team"… a big thank you to ACS, Luc, my trusty Giant who could lift a juggernaut onto a balcony (QED Thierry Loir) Thomas Cart'1, Goin, and of course Marc for the paints.

I have managed to set up my installation of 99 raw steel sculptures with an incredibly demanding specification: none of the 3600 work on the DDC site were to be hidden… we had to think about power sources, water crossings, access for construction machinery including the telescopic booms (3m wide)… public safety, ERP museum standards, etc, ... constantly alternating between the visible and the invisible...

Are they inhabited? I don’t know. One thing is certain: each sentinel stands as a unique sculpture in terms of its alchemical elements and paintwork (either with anti-rust paint or voluntarily with paints that do not resist rust). This autumn, each sentinel will reveal – with the acid rain – different interpretations, depending on the paints and solvents used, making each one different, with stratifications that future archaeologists will decipher.

But my most perilous challenge was to create a giant (9000 m²) installation that envelops the Abode of Chaos with dozens of tons of steel, so that my visitors, from any angle, enter a dreamlike fantasy and where the world of the Abode of Chaos on the one hand and that of the 99 monumental sculptures (named "Alchemical Sentinels" during an extremely busy night ) intersect like the Inframince defined by Marcel Duchamp (or, how to build intensities by subtraction).

These 99 Alchemical Sentinels are now the guardians of the Sanctuary that the Abode of Chaos has become. I designed them as veritable quantum energy wells that we placed with patience and wisdom at different spots all over the Abode of Chaos.

There are 99 in total, made of 10mm rough steel (50 tons), welded to form perfect equilateral triangles. Each of the three sides constituting an Alchemical Sentinel is itself cut to reveal a meurtrière, again in the shape of an equilateral triangle, presenting a superb Euclidean geometry to the visitor.

These 99 Alchemical Sentinels are each placed at specific energy points on the 9000 m² of the Abode of Chaos. Some are hidden by vegetation or natural landforms or are placed in relation to existing works. Others are located in our private and professionals spaces.

In my alchemical work that began on 9 December 1999, the three gates arranged in an equilateral triangle with one vertex pointing upwards, form the luminous delta. They represent the three elements that alchemists work with. These three elements are sulphur, mercury and salt.

Note that the three elements found in the Prima Materia (or Alchemical Chaos) are very closely related. The point triangle is also the symbol of the fire philosophers.

The equilateral triangle resting on its base – like the three points – is the symbol of the fire element, one of the four elements that the alchemist works with in the laboratory.

The geometric properties of the equilateral triangle evoke absolute perfection by their spiritual strength and their age-old symbolism going back to ancient Egypt… strength, beauty and harmony.

They will remain for a thousand years as witnesses to a civilization lost through the folly of men.

thierry Ehrmann

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3 mois de travail jour et nuit, une "dream team" hors du commun, un grand merci à ACS, Luc, mon fidèle Géant qui poserait un 38 T. sur un balcon (cqfd Thierry Loir) Thomas, Cart'1, Goin et bien sûr Marc pour les peintures.

Je suis arrivé à poser mon installation de 99 sculptures d'acier brut avec un cahier des charges de ouf, aucune des 3600 œuvres de la DDC ne devaient être occultées, penser aux sources électriques, les passages d'eau, les voies de transport pour engin de chantier, les nacelles télescopiques (3m de large), protéger le grand public, respecter les normes ERP muséales, etc… Alterner en permanence monstration et effacement…

Sont-elles habitées ? Je l'ignore. Une chose certaine est que chacune, par les éléments alchimiques et les codes peints soit à l'antirouille soit volontairement avec des peintures dégradables par la rouille avec le temps, rend chaque sentinelle comme une sculpture unique. Cet automne chaque sentinelle va laisser apparaître, avec les pluies acides, différents niveaux de lecture, selon les peintures et solvants utilisés, les rendant singulières avec des stratifications que les archéologues des temps futurs décrypteront...

Mais mon défi le plus périlleux, était de créer une installation géante de 9000 m2 qui enveloppe, par des dizaines de tonnes d'acier, la Demeure du Chaos pour que mes visiteurs sur 360 degrés, plongent dans un univers onirique et fantasmagorique où les deux univers que sont la Demeure du Chaos d'une part et d'autre part l'installation des 99 sculptures monumentales (baptisées par une nuit très agitée "Sentinelles Alchimiques") s'entrecroisent selon l'Inframince définit par Marcel Duchamp (ou comment construire des intensités par soustraction).

Ces 99 Sentinelles Alchimiques sont désormais les gardiennes du Sanctuaire que représente la Demeure du Chaos. Je les ai conçus comme de véritable puits d’énergie quantique que je pose avec patience et sagesse sur l’ensemble de la Demeure du Chaos.

Elles sont au nombre de 99, faites d’acier brut de 10 mm (50 tonnes) soudées pour former un triangle équilatéral parfait. Chacun des 3 pans constituant une Sentinelle Alchimique, est lui même découpé pour laisser entrevoir une mystérieuse meurtrière, elle même en forme de triangle équilatéral, donnant ainsi une géométrie Euclidienne au regard du visiteur.

Ces 99 Sentinelles Alchimiques sont chacune à des points d’énergie particuliers de la Demeure du Chaos sur 9000 m2. Certaines se dissimulent par la végétation ou les reliefs naturels ou bien en écho aux autres œuvres, d’autres sont dans les espaces privatifs ou professionnels.

Dans mon travail alchimique démarré le 9 décembre 1999, les trois portes disposées en triangle équilatéral, dont un sommet est dirigé vers le haut, forment le delta lumineux. Elle sont les trois corps sur lesquels l’alchimiste va œuvrer. Ces trois corps sont le soufre, le mercure et le sel.

Soulignons que les trois corps présents dans la Materia Prima ou Chaos alchimique sont étroitement mélangés. Le triangle de point est aussi la marque des philosophes par le feu.

Le triangle équilatéral reposant sur sa base, à la manière des trois points, est le symbole de l’élément feu, l’un des quatre éléments avec lequel l’alchimiste travaille au laboratoire.

Les propriétés géométriques du triangle équilatéral relèvent de la perfection absolue par sa force spirituelle, son symbolisme de la nuit des temps notamment dans l’ancienne Egypte, il est force, beauté et harmonie.

Elles resteront durant mille ans comme les témoins d’une civilisation disparue par la folie des hommes

thierry Ehrmann

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Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. by HISTOGRAPHY by DM & DBM.

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Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, 25 miles (40 km) from the Anglo-Scottish border. Dumfries is the county town of the historic county of Dumfriesshire.

Before becoming King of Scots, Robert the Bruce killed his rival the Red Comyn at Greyfriars Kirk in the town in 1306. The Young Pretender had his headquarters here towards the end of 1745. In the Second World War, the Norwegian Army in exile in Britain largely consisted of a brigade in Dumfries.

Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South. This is also the name of the town's football club. People from Dumfries are known colloquially in Scots language as Doonhamers.

History

Early history

No positive information has been obtained of the era and circumstances in which the town of Dumfries was founded.

Some writers hold that Dumfries flourished as a place of distinction during the Roman occupation of North Great Britain. The Selgovae inhabited Nithsdale at the time and may have raised some military works of a defensive nature on or near the site of Dumfries; and it is more than probable that a castle of some kind formed the nucleus of the town. This is inferred from the etymology of the name, which, according to one theory, is resolvable into two Gaelic terms signifying a castle or fort in the copse or brushwood. Dumfries was once within the borders of the Kingdom of Northumbria. The district around Dumfries was for several centuries ruled over and deemed of much importance by the invading Romans. Many traces of Roman presence in Dumfriesshire are still to be found; coins, weapons, sepulchral remains, military earthworks, and roads being among the relics left by their lengthened sojourn in this part of Scotland. The Caledonian tribes in the south of Scotland were invested with the same rights by an edict of Antoninus Pius. The Romanized natives received freedom (the burrows, cairns, and remains of stone temples still to be seen in the district tell of a time when Druidism was the prevailing religion) as well as civilisation from their conquerors. Late in the fourth century, the Romans bade farewell to the country.

According to another theory, the name is a corruption of two words which mean the Friars' Hill; those who favour this idea allege that St. Ninian, by planting a religious house near the head of what is now the Friars' Vennel, at the close of the fourth century, became the virtual founder of the Burgh; however Ninian, so far as is known, did not originate any monastic establishments anywhere and was simply a missionary. In the list of British towns given by the ancient historian Nennius, the name Caer Peris occurs, which some modern antiquarians suppose to have been transmuted, by a change of dialect, into Dumfries.

Twelve of King Arthur's battles were recorded by Nennius in Historia Brittonum. The Battle of Tribruit (the tenth battle), has been suggested as having possibly been near Dumfries or near the mouth of the river Avon near Bo'ness.

After the Roman departure the area around Dumfries had various forms of visit by Picts, Anglo-Saxons, Scots and Norse culminating in a decisive victory for Gregory, King of Scots at what is now Lochmaben over the native Britons in 890.

Medieval period

When, in 1069, Malcolm Canmore and William the Conqueror held a conference regarding the claims of Edgar Ætheling to the English Crown, they met at Abernithi – a term which in the old British tongue means a port at the mouth of the Nith. It has been argued, the town thus characterised must have been Dumfries; and therefore it must have existed as a port in the Kingdom of Strathclyde, if not in the Roman days. However, against this argument is that the town is situated eight to nine miles (14 km) distant from the sea, although the River Nith is tidal and navigable all the way into the town itself.

Although at the time 1 mile (1.6 km) upstream and on the opposite bank of the Nith from Dumfries, Lincluden Abbey was founded circa 1160. The abbey ruins are on the site of the bailey of the very early Lincluden Castle, as are those of the later Lincluden Tower. This religious house was used for various purposes, until its abandonment around 1700. Lincluden Abbey and its grounds are now within the Dumfries urban conurbation boundary. William the Lion granted the charter to raise Dumfries to the rank of a royal burgh in 1186. Dumfries was very much on the frontier during its first 50 years as a burgh and it grew rapidly as a market town and port.

Alexander III visited Dumfries in 1264 to plan an expedition against the Isle of Man, previously Scots but for 180 years subjected by the crown of Norway. Identified with the conquest of Man, Dumfries shared in the well-being of Scotland for the next 22 years until Alexander's accidental death brought an Augustan era in the town's history to an abrupt finish.

A royal castle, which no longer exists, was built in the 13th century on the site of the present Castledykes Park. In the latter part of the century William Wallace chased a fleeing English force southward through the Nith valley. The English fugitives met the gates of Dumfries Castle that remained firmly closed in their presence. With a body of the town's people joining Wallace and his fellow pursuers when they arrived, the fleeing English met their end at Cockpool on the Solway Coast. After resting at Caerlaverock Castle a few miles away from the bloodletting, Wallace again passed through Dumfries the day after as he returned north to Sanquhar Castle.

During the invasion of 1300, Edward I of England lodged for a few days in June with the Minorite Friars of the Vennel, before he laid siege to Caerlaverock Castle at the head of the then greatest invasion force to attack Scotland. After Caerlaverock eventually succumbed, Edward passed through Dumfries again as he crossed the Nith to take his invasion into Galloway. With the Scottish nobility having requested Vatican support for their cause, Edward on his return to Caerlaverock was presented with a missive directed to him by Pope Boniface VIII. Edward held court in Dumfries at which he grudgingly agreed to an armistice. On 30 October, the truce solicited by Pope Boniface was signed by Edward at Dumfries. Letters from Edward, dated at Dumfries, were sent to his subordinates throughout Scotland, ordering them to give effect to the treaty. The peace was to last until Whitsunday in the following year.

Before becoming King of Scots, Robert the Bruce stabbed his rival the Red Comyn at Greyfriars Kirk in the town on 10 February 1306. Bruce's uncertainty about the fatality of the stabbing caused one of his followers, Roger de Kirkpatrick, to utter the famous, "I mak siccar" ("I make sure") and finish the Comyn off. Bruce was subsequently excommunicated as a result, less for the murder than for its location in a church. Regardless, for Bruce the die was cast at the moment in Greyfriars and so began his campaign by force for the independence of Scotland. Swords were drawn by supporters of both sides, the burial ground of the monastery becoming the theatre of battle. Bruce and his party then attacked Dumfries Castle. The English garrison surrendered and for the third time in the day Bruce and his supporters were victorious. He was crowned King of Scots barely seven weeks after. Bruce later triumphed at the Battle of Bannockburn and led Scotland to independence.

Once Edward received word of the revolution that had started in Dumfries, he again raised an army and invaded Scotland. Dumfries was again subjected to the control of Bruce's enemies. Sir Christopher Seton (Bruce's brother in law) had been captured at Loch Doon and was hurried to Dumfries to be tried for treason in general and more specifically for being present at Comyn's killing. Still in 1306 and along with two companions, Seton was condemned and executed by hanging and then beheading at the site of what is now St Mary's Church.

In 1659 ten women were accused of diverse acts of witchcraft by Dumfries Kirk Session although the Kirk Session minutes itself records nine witches. The Justiciary Court found them guilty of the several articles of witchcraft and on 13 April between 2 pm and 4 pm they were taken to the Whitesands, strangled at stakes and their bodies burnt to ashes.

Eighteenth century

The Midsteeple in the centre of the High Street was completed in 1707. Opposite the fountain in the High Street, adjacent to the present Marks & Spencer, was the Commercial and later the County Hotel. Although the latter was demolished in 1984–85, the original facade of the building was retained and incorporated into new retail premises. The building now houses a Waterstones Bookshop. Room No. 6 of the hotel was known as Bonnie Prince Charlie's Room and appropriately carpeted in the Royal Stewart tartan. The timber panelling of "Prince Charlie's room" was largely reinstated and painted complete with the oil painted landscapes by Robert Norie (1720–1766) in the overmantels at either end of the room and can still be seen as the upstairs showroom of the book shop. The Young Pretender had his headquarters here during a 3-day sojourn in Dumfries towards the end of 1745. £2,000 was demanded by the Prince, together with 1,000 pairs of brogues for his kilted Jacobite rebel army, which was camping in a field not one hundred yards distant. A rumour that the Duke of Cumberland was approaching, made Bonnie Prince Charlie decide to leave with his army, with only £1,000 and 255 pairs of shoes having been handed over.

Robert Burns moved to Dumfriesshire in 1788 and Dumfries itself in 1791, living there until his death on 21 July 1796. Today's Greyfriars Church overlooks the location of a statue of Burns, which was designed by Amelia Robertson Hill, sculpted in Carrara, Italy in 1882, and was unveiled by future Prime Minister, Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery on 6 April 1882. Today, it features on the 2007 series of £5 notes issued by the Bank of Scotland, alongside the Brig o' Doon.

After working with Patrick Miller of Dalswinton, inventor William Symington intended to carry out a trial in order to show than an engine would work on a boat without the boat catching fire. The trial finally took place on Dalswinton Loch near Dumfries on 14 October 1788. The experiment demonstrated that a steam engine would work on a boat. Symington went on to become the builder of the first practical steamboat.

20th century and beyond

The first official intimation that RAF Dumfries was to be built was made in late 1938. The site chosen had accommodated light aircraft since about 1914. Work progressed quickly, and on 17 June 1940, the 18 Maintenance Unit was opened at Dumfries. The role of the base during the war also encompassed training. RAF Dumfries had a moment of danger on 25 March 1943, when a German Dornier Do 217 aircraft shot up the airfield beacon, but crashed shortly afterwards. The pilot, Oberleutnant Martin Piscke was later interred in Troqueer Cemetery in Dumfries town, with full military honours. On the night of 3/4 August 1943 a Vickers Wellington bomber with engine problems diverted to but crashed 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) short of the Dumfries runway.

During the Second World War, the bulk of the Norwegian Army during their years in exile in Britain consisted of a brigade in Dumfries. When the army High Command took over, there were 70 officers and about 760 privates in the camp. The camp was established in June 1940 and named Norwegian Reception Camp, consisting of some 500 men and women, mainly foreign-Norwegian who had volunteered for war duty in Norway during the Nazi occupation in early 1940. Through the summer the number was built up to around 1,500 under the command of General Carl Gustav Fleischer. Within a few miles of Dumfries are the villages of Tinwald, Torthorwald and Mouswald all of which were settled by Vikings.

Dumfries has experienced two Boxing Day earthquakes. These were in 1979 (measuring 4.7 ML  centred near Longtown) and 2006 (centred in the Dumfries locality measuring 3.6 ML ). There were no serious consequences of either. There was also an earthquake on 16 February 1984 and a further earthquake on 7 June 2010.

Like the rest of Dumfries and Galloway, of Scotland's three major geographical areas Dumfries lies in the Southern Uplands.

The river Nith runs through Dumfries toward the Solway Firth in a southwards direction splitting the town into East and West. At low tide, the sea recedes to such an extent on the shallow sloping sands of the Solway that the length of the Nith is extended by 13 km to 113.8 km (70.7 mi). This makes the Nith Scotland's seventh longest river. There are several bridges across the river within the town. In between the Devorgilla (also known as 'The Old Bridge') and the suspension bridge is a weir colloquially known as 'The Caul'. In wetter months of the year the Nith can flood the surrounding streets. The Whitesands has flooded on average once a year since 1827.

Dumfries has numerous suburbs including Summerhill, Summerville, Troqueer, Georgetown, Cresswell, Larchfield, Calside, Lochside, Lincluden, Newbridge Drive, Sandside, Heathhall, Locharbriggs, Noblehill and Marchmount. Maxwelltown to the west of the river Nith, was formerly a burgh in its own right within Kirkcudbrightshire until its incorporation into Dumfries in 1929; Summerhill, Troqueer, Lochside, Lincluden, Sandside are among other suburbs located on the Maxwelltown side of the river. Palmerston Park, home to the town's senior football team Queen of the South, is on Terregles Street, also on the Maxwelltown side of the river.

Queensberry Square and High Street are the central focal points of the town and this area hosts many of the historical, social and commercial enterprises and events of Dumfries. During the 1990s, these areas enjoyed various aesthetic recognitions from organisations including Britain in Bloom.

Dumfries got its nickname 'Queen of the South' from David Dunbar, a local poet, who in 1857 stood in the general election. In one of his addresses he called Dumfries "Queen of the South" and this became synonymous with the town.

The term doonhamer comes from the way that natives of Dumfries over the years have referred to the area when working away from home. The town is often referred to as doon hame in the Scots language (down home). The term doonhamer followed, to describe those that originate from Dumfries.

The Doonhamers is also the nickname of Queen of the South who represent Dumfries and the surrounding area in the Scottish Football League.

The crest of Dumfries contains the words, "A Lore Burne". In the history of Dumfries close to the town was the marsh through which ran the Loreburn whose name became the rallying cry of the town in times of attack – A Lore Burne (meaning 'to the muddy stream').

In 2017 Dumfries was ranked the happiest place in Scotland by Rightmove.

Located on top of a small hill, Dumfries Museum is centred on the 18th-century windmill which stands above the town. Included are fossil footprints left by prehistoric reptiles, the wildlife of the Solway marshes, tools and weapons of the earliest peoples of the region and stone carvings of Scotland's first Christians. On the top floor of the museum is a camera obscura.

Based in the control tower near Tinwald Downs, the aviation museum has an extensive indoor display of memorabilia, much of which has come via various recovery activities. During the second world war, aerial navigation was taught at Dumfries also at Wigtown and nearby Annan was a fighter training unit. RAF Dumfries doubled as an important maintenance unit and aircraft storage unit. The museum is run by the Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Group and is the only private aviation museum in Scotland. The restored control tower of the former World War II airfield is now a listed building. The museum is run by volunteers and houses a large and ever expanding aircraft collection, aero engines and a display of artefacts and personal histories relating to aviation, past and present. It is also home to the Loch Doon Spitfire. Both civil aviation and military aviation are represented.

The Theatre Royal, Dumfries was built in 1792 and is the oldest working theatre in Scotland.

The theatre is owned by the Guild of Players who bought it in 1959, thereby saving it from demolition, and is run on a voluntary basis by the members of the Guild of Players. It is funded entirely by Guild membership subscriptions, and by box office receipts. It does not currently receive any grant aid towards running costs.

In recent years the theatre has been re-roofed and the outside refurbished. It is the venue for the Guild of Players' own productions and for performances from visiting companies. These include: Scottish Opera, TAG, the Borderline and 7:84.

The Robert Burns Centre is an art house cinema in Dumfries. The Odeon Cinema, which showed more mainstream movies, closed its doors in mid-2018 due to the local council refusing to allow Odeon to relocate, forcing them to close.

The Loreburn Hall (sometimes known colloquially as The Drill Hall) has hosted concerts by performers such as Black Sabbath, Big Country, The Proclaimers and Scottish Opera. The hall has hosted sporting events such as wrestling. The new DG One sport, fitness and entertainment centre became the principal indoor event venue in Dumfries in 2007, but in October 2014, it closed due to major defects being discovered in the building. However, the refurbished building reopened to the public in the summer of 2019. The Theatre Royal has also reopened following renovation work.

With a collection of over 400 Scottish paintings, Gracefield Arts Centre hosts a changing programme of exhibitions featuring regional, national and international artists and craft-makers.

Dumfries Art Trail brings together artists, makers, galleries and craft shops with venues accessible all year round.

There are a number of festivals which take place throughout the year, mostly based on traditional values.

Guid Nychburris (Middle Scots, meaning Good Neighbours) is the main festival of the year, a ceremony which is largely based on the theme of a positive community spirit.

The ceremony on Guid Nychburris Day, follows a route and sequence of events laid down in the mists of time. Formal proceedings start at 7.30 am with the gathering of up to 250 horses waiting for the courier to arrive and announce that the Pursuivant is on his way, and at 8.00 am leave the Midsteeple and ride out to meet the Pursuivant. They then proceed to Ride the Marches and Stob and Nog (mark the boundary with posts and flags) before returning to the Midsteeple at 12.15 pm to meet the Provost and then the Charter is proclaimed to the towns people of Dumfries. This is then followed by the crowning of the Queen of the South.

Since 2013, Dumfries has seen the annual Nithraid, a small boat race up the Nith from Carsethorn, celebrating the town's historical relationship with the river.

The region is also home to a number of thriving music festivals such as the Eden Festival (at St Ann's near Moffat), Youthbeatz (Scotland's largest free youth music festival), the Moniaive Folk Festival, Thornhill Music Festival, Big Burns Supper Festival and previously Electric Fields at Drumlanrig Castle.

Queen of the South represent Dumfries and the surrounding area in the third level of the country's professional football system, the Scottish League One. Palmerston Park on Terregles Street is the home ground of the team. This is on the Maxwelltown side of the River Nith. They reached the 2008 Scottish Cup Final, losing 3–2 to Rangers.

Dumfries City VFC are a virtual football club from the town.

Dumfries Saints Rugby Club is one of Scotland's oldest rugby clubs having been admitted to the Scottish Rugby Union in 1876–77 as "Dumfries Rangers".

Dumfries is also home to a number of golf courses:

The Crichton Golf Club

The Dumfries and County Golf Club

The Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club

Of those listed, only the Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club is on the Maxwelltown side of the River Nith. This course is also bisected into 2 halves of 9 holes each by the town's Castle Douglas Road. The club house and holes 1 to 7 and 17 and 18 are on the side nearest to Summerhill, Dumfries. Holes 8 to 16 are on the side nearest to Janefield.

The opening stage of the 2011 Tour of Britain started in Peebles and finished 105.8 miles (170.3 km) later in Dumfries. The stage was won by sprint specialist and reigning Tour de France green jersey champion, Mark Cavendish, with his teammate lead out man, Mark Renshaw finishing second. Cavendish had been scheduled to be racing in the 2011 Vuelta a España. However Cavendish was one a number of riders to withdraw having suffered in the searing Spanish heat. This allowed Cavendish to be a late addition to the Tour of Britain line up in his preparation for what was to be a successful bid two weeks later in the 2011 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race. Cavendish in a smiling post race TV interview in Dumfries described the wet and windy race conditions through the Southern Scottish stage as 'horrible'.

DG One complex includes a national event-sized competition swimming pool.

The David Keswick Athletic Centre is the principal facility in Dumfries for athletics.

Dumfries is home to Nithsdale Amateur Rowing Club. The rowers share their clubhouse with Dumfries Sub-Aqua Club.

The town is also home to Solway Sharks ice hockey team. The team are current Northern Premier League winners. The team's home rink is Dumfries Ice Bowl. Dumfries Ice bowl is also recognised as Scotland's only centre of ice hockey excellence, and trials for the Scottish Jr national team are carried out at this venu.

Dumfries Ice Bowl is also home to two synchronised skating teams, Solway Stars and Solway Eclipse. In addition, Dumfries Ice Bowl is also home to several curling teams, competitions and leagues. Junior curling teams from Dumfries, consisting of curlers under the age of 21, regularly compete in the Dutch Junior Open based in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands. In 2007, 2008 and 2009 a Dumfries-based team have been the winners of the competition's Hogline Trophy.

Dumfries hosts three outdoor bowls clubs:

Dumfries Bowling Club

Marchmount Bowling Club

Maxwelltown Bowling Club

Dumfries hosts cycling organisations and cycling holidays

The most significant of the parks in Dumfries are all within walking distance of the town centre:-

Dock Park – located on the East bank of the Nith just to the South of St Michael's Bridge

Castledykes Park – as the name suggests on the site of a former castle

Mill Green (also known as deer park, although the deer formerly accommodated there have since been relocated) – on the West bank of the Nith opposite Whitesands

There are many buildings in Dumfries made from sandstone of the local Locharbriggs quarry.

The quarry is situated off the A701 on the north of Dumfries at Locharbriggs close to the nearby aggregates quarry. This dimension stone quarry is a large quarry. Quarry working at Locharbriggs dates from the 18th century, and the quarry has been worked continuously since 1890.

There are good reserves of stone that can be extracted at several locations. On average the stone is available at depths of 1m on bed although some larger blocks are obtainable. The average length of a block is 1.5m but 2.6m blocks can be obtained.

Locharbriggs is from the New Red Sandstone of the Permian age. It is a medium-grained stone ranging in colour from dull red to pink. It is the sandstone used in the Queen Alexandra Bridge in Sunderland, the Manchester Central Convention Complex and the base of the Statue of Liberty.

This image is taken from United States Naval Medical Bulletin Vol. 8, Nos. 1-4, 1914 by Medical Heritage Library, Inc.

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Title: United States Naval Medical Bulletin Vol. 8, Nos. 1-4, 1914

Creator: U.S. Navy. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

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Date: 1914

Language: eng

Table of Contents

Number 1

Preface v

Special articles:

The application of psychiatry to certain military problems, by W. A.

White, M. D 1

Schistosomiasis on the Yangtze River, with report of cases, by R. H.

Laning, assistant surgeon, United States Navy 16

A brief discussion of matters pertaining to health and sanitation,

observed on the summer practice cruise of 1913 for midshipmen of the third

class, by J. L. Neilson, surgeon, United States Navy 36

Technique of neosalvarsan administration, and a brief outline of the

treatment for syphilis used at the United States Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va., by

W. Chambers, passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 45

Some notes on the disposal of wastes, by A. Farenholt, surgeon, United States

Navy 47

The medical department on expeditionary duty, by R. E. Hoyt, surgeon, United

States Navy 51

A new brigade medical outfit, by T. W. Richards, surgeon, United States

Navy 62

Early diagnosis of cerebrospinal meningitis; report of 10 cases, by G.

F. Cottle, passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 65

Comments on mistakes made with the Nomenclature, 1913, Abstract of patients

(Form F), and the Statistical report (Form K), by C. E. Alexander, pharmacist,

United States Navy 70

Classification of the United States Navy Nomenclature, 1913, by C. E. Alexander,

pharmacist, United States Navy 75

On the methods employed for the detection and determination of

disturbances in the sense of equilibrium of flyers. Translated by H. G. Beyer,

medical director, United States Navy, retired 87

United States Naval Medical School laboratories:

Additions to the pathological collection 107

Additions to the helminthological collection 107

Suggested devices:

A portable air sampling apparatus for use aboard ship, by E. W. Brown, passed

assistant surgeon, United States Navy 109

A new design for a sanitary pail 111

Clinical notes:

A case of paresis, with apparent remission, following neosalvarsan, by R.

F. Sheehan, passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 113

Case reports from Guam, by E. O. J. Eytinge, passed assistant surgeon, United

States Navy 116

Stab wound of ascending colon; suture; recovery, by H. C. Curl,

surgeon, United States Navy 123

Perforation of a duodenal ulcer, by H. F. Strine, surgeon, United

States Navy 124

Two cases of bone surgery, by R. Spear, surgeon, United States Navy 125

Editorial comment:

Brig. Gen. George II. Torney, Surgeon General United States Army 127

Medical ethics in the Navy 127

Medical officers in civil practice 128

Progress in medical sciences:

General medicine. —Some anatomic and physiologic principles concerning

pyloric ulcer. By H. C. Curl. Low-priced clinical thermometers; a warning. By.

L. W. Johnson. The value of X-ray examinations in the

diagnosis of ulcer of the stomach and duodenum. The primary cause of

rheumatoid arthritis. Strychnine in heart failure. On the treatment of

leukaemia with benzol. By A. W. Dunbar and G. B. Crow 131

Surgery. — Surgical aspects of furuncles and carbuncles. Iodine

idiosyncrasy. By L. W. Johnson. Rectus transplantation for deficiency of

internal oblique muscle in certain cases of inguinal hernia. The technic of

nephro- pyelo- and ureterolithotomy. Recurrence of inguinal hernia. By H. C.

Curl and R. A. Warner 138

Hygiene and sanitation. —Ozone: Its bactericidal, physiologic and

deodorizing action. The alleged purification of air by the ozone machine. By E.

W. Brown. The prevention of dental caries. Gun-running operations in the

Persian Gulf in 1909 and 1910. The croton bug (Ectobia germanica) as a factor

in bacterial dissemination. Fumigation of vessels for the destruction of rats.

Improved moist chamber for mosquito breeding. The necessity for international

reforms in the sanitation of crew spaces on

merchant vessels. By C. N. Fiske and R. C. Ransdell 143

Tropical medicine. —The transmissibility of the lepra bacillus by the

bite of the bedbug. By L. W. Johnson. A note on a case of loa loa. Cases of

syphilitic pyrexia simulating tropical fevers. Verruga peruviana, oroya fever

and uta. Ankylostomiasis in Nyasaland. Experimental entamoebic dysentery. By E.

R. Stitt ... 148

Pathology, bacteriology, and animal parasitology. —The relation of the spleen

to the blood destruction and regeneration and to hemolytic jaundice: 6, The

blood picture at various periods after splenectomy. The presence of tubercle

bacilli in the feces. By A. B. Clifford and G. F. Clark 157

Chemistry and pharmacy. —Detection of bile pigments in urine. Value of the

guaiacum test for bloodstains. New reagent for the detection of traces of

blood. Estimation of urea. Estimation of uric acid in urine. By E. W. Brown and

O. G. Ruge 158

Eye, ear, nose, and throat. —Probable deleterious effect of salvarsan

on the eye. Effect of salvarsan on the eye. Fate of patients with

parenchymatous keratitis due to hereditary lues. Trachoma, prevalence of, in

the United States. The exploratory needle puncture of the maxillary antrum in

100 tuberculous individuals. Auterobic organisms associated with acute

rhinitis. Toxicity of human tonsils. By E. J. Grow and G. B. Trible 160

Miscellaneous. —Yearbook of the medical association of

Frankfurt-am-Main. By R. C. Ransdell 163

Reports and letters:

Notes on the Clinical Congress of Surgeons. By G. F. Cottle, passed

assistant surgeon, United States Navy 167

Number 2

Preface v

Special articles:

Report of the fourteenth annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society,

by J. R. Phelps, passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy. 171

Typhoid perforation; five operations with three recoveries, by G. G.

Holladay, assistant surgeon, Medic al Reserve Corps, United States Navy 238

A satisfactory method for easily obtaining material from syphilitic

lesions, by E. R. Stitt, medical inspector, United States Navy 242

An epidemic of measles and mumps in Guam, by C. P. Kindleberger, surgeon,

United States Navy 243

The feeble-minded from a military standpoint, by A. R. Schier, acting assistant

surgeon, United States Navy 247

The Towne-Lambert elimination treatment of drug addictions, by W. M. Kerr,

passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 258

Medical experiences in the Amazonian Tropics, by C. C. Ammerman, assistant

surgeon, Medical Reserve Corps, United States Navy 270

United States Naval Medical School laboratories:

Additions to the pathological collection 281

Additions to the helminthologieal collection 281

Suggested devices:

An easy method for obtaining blood cultures and for preparing blood

agar, by E. R. Stitt, medical inspector, and G. F. Clark, passed assistant surgeon,

United States Navy 283

Humidity regulating device on a modern battleship, by R. C. Ransdell, passed

assistant surgeon, United States Navy 284

Clinical notes:

Lateral sinus thrombosis, report of case, by G. F. Cottle, passed

assistant surgeon. United States Navy 287

Twenty-two cases of poisoning by the seeds of Jatropha curcai, by J. A.

Randall, passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 290

Shellac bolus in the stomach in fatal case of poisoning by weed

alcohol, by H. F. Hull and O. J. Mink, passed assistant surgeons, United States

Navy 291

A case of pneumonia complicated by gangrenous endocarditis, by G. B. Crow,

passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 292

Progress in medical sciences:

General medicine. —On progressive paralysis in the imperial navy during

the years 1901-1911. By H. G. Beyer. An etiological study of Hodgkin's disease.

The etiology and vaccine treatment of Hodgkin's dis

ease. Coryncbacterium hodgkini in lymphatic leukemia and Hodgkin's disease.

Autointoxication and subinfection. Studies of syphilis. The treatment of the

pneumonias. Whooping cough: Etiolcgy, diagnosis, and vaccine treatment. A new

and logical treatment for alcoholism. Intraspinous injection of salvarsanized

serum in the treatment of syphilis of the nervous system, including tabes and

paresis. On the infective nature of certain cases of splenomegaly and Banti's

disease. The etiology and vaccine treatment of Hodgkin's disease. Cultural

results in Hodgkin's disease. By A. W. Dunbar and G. B. Crow 295

Surgery- Interesting cases of gunshot injury treated at Hankow during

the revolution of 1911 and 1912 in China. The fool's paradise stage in

appendicitis. By L. W. Johnson. The present status of bismuth paste treatment

of suppurative sinuses and empyema. The inguinal route operation for femoral

hernia; with supplementary note on Cooper's ligament. By R. Spear and R. A.

Warner 307

Hygiene and sanitation. — A contribution to the chemistry of

ventilation. The use of ozone in ventilation. By E. \V. Brown. Pulmonary

tuberculosis in the royal navy, with special reference to its detection and

prevention. An investigation into the keeping properties of condensed milks at

the temperature of tropical climates. By C. N. Fiske and R. C. Ransdell 313

Tropical medicine. —Seven days fever of the Indian ports. By L. W.

Johnson. Intestinal schistosomiasis in the Sudan. Disease carriers in our army

in India. Origin and present status of the emetin treatment of amebic

dysentery. The culture of leishmania from the finger blood of a case of Indian

kala-azar. By E. R. Stitt 315

Pathology, bacteriology, and animal parasitology. —The isolation of

typhoid bacilli from feces by means of brilliant green in fluid medium. By C.

N. Fiske. An efficient and convenient stain for use in the eeneral examination

of blood films. By 0. B. Crow. A contribution to the epidemiology of

poliomyelitis. A contribution to the pathology of epidemic poliomyelitis. A

note on the etiology of epidemic

oliomyelitis. Transmutations within the streptococcus-pneumococcus

group. The etiology of acute rheumatism, articular and muscular. By A. B.

Clifford and G. F. Clark 320

Chemistry and pharmacy.— Centrifugal method for estimating albumin in

urine. Detection of albumin in urine. New indican reaction A report on the

chemistry, technology, and pharmacology of and the legislation pertaining to

methyl alcohol. By E. W. Brown and O. O. Ruge. . 325

Eye, ear, nose, and throat. —The use of local anesthesia in

exenteration of the orbit. Salvarsan in

ophthalmic practice. The effect of salvarsan on the eye. Total blindness

from the toxic action of wood alcohol, with recovery of vision under negative

galvanism. Furunculosis of the external auditory canal; the use of alcohol as a

valuable aid in treatment. Local treatment of Vincent's angina with salvarsan.

Perforated ear drum may be responsible for sudden death in water. The indications

for operating in acute mastoiditis. Turbinotomy. Why is nasal catarrh so

prevalent in the United States? By E. J. Grow and G. B. Trible 330

Miscellaneous. — The organization and work of the hospital ship Re d’

Italia. ByG. B. Trible 333

Reports and letters:

Correspondence concerning the article "Some aspects of the

prophylaxis of typhoid fever by injection of killed cultures," by Surg. C.

S. Butler, United States Navy, which appeared in the Bulletin, October, 1913

339

Malaria on the U. S. S. Tacoma from February, 1913, to February, 1914.

by I. S. K. Reeves, passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 344

Extracts from annual sanitary reports for 1913 345

Number 3

Preface vii

Special articles:

Economy and waste in naval hospitals, by E. M. Shipp, surgeon, and P.

J. Waldner, chief pharmacist, United States Navy 357

The new method of physical training in the United States Navy, by J. A.

Murphy, surgeon, United States Navy 368

A study of the etiology of gangosa in Guam, by C. P. Kindleberger,

surgeon, United States Navy 381

Unreliability of Wassermann tests using unheated serum, by E. R. Stitt,

medical inspector, and G. F. Clark, passed assistant surgeon, United States

Navy 410

Laboratory note on antigens, by G. F. Clark, pasted assistant surgeon,

United States Navy 411

Prevention of mouth infection, by Joseph Head, M. D., D. D. S 411

The Medical Department at general quarters and preparations for battle,

by A. Farenholt, surgeon, United States Navy 421

A bacteriological index for dirt in milk, by J. J. Kinyoun, assistant

surgeon, Medical Reserve Corps, United States Navy 435

Brief description of proposed plan of a fleet hospital ship, based upon

the type auxiliary hull, by E. M. Blackwell, surgeon, United States Navy.. 442

The diagnostic value of the cutaneous tuberculin test in recruiting, by

E. M. Brown, passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy, retired 448

United States Naval Medical School laboratories:

Additions to the pathological collection 453

Suggested devices:

A sanitary mess table for hospitals, by F. M. Bogan, surgeon, United

States Navy 455

A suggested improvement of the Navy scuttle butt, by E. M. Blackwell,

surgeon, United States Navy 455

Clinical notes:

Malaria cured by neosalvarsan, by F. M. Bogan, surgeon, United States

Navy 457

A case of rupture of the bladder with fracture of the pelvis, by H. F.

Strine, surgeon, and M. E. Higgins, passed assistant surgeon, United States

Navy. 458

Clinical observations on the use of succinimid of mercury, by T. W.

Reed, passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 459

Points in the post-mortem ligation of the lingual artery, by O. J.

Mink, passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 462

Notes on the wounded at Vera Cruz, by H. F. Strine, surgeon, and M. E.

Higgins, passed assistant surgeon. United States Navy 464

Case reports from the Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, N. H., by F. M.

Bogan, surgeon, United States Navy 469

Progress in medical sciences:

General medicine. —The mouth in the etiology and symptomatology of

general systemic disturbances. Statistique m£dicale de la marine, 1909. By L.

W. Johnson. Antityphoid inoculation. Vaccines from the standpoint of the

physician. The treatment of sciatica. Chronic gastric ulcer and its relation to

gastric carcinoma. The nonprotein nitrogenous constituents of the blood in

chronic vascular nephritis

(arteriosclero-iis) as influenced by the level of protein metabolism.

The influence of diet on hepatic necrosis and toxicity of chloroform. The

rational treatment of tetanus. The comparative value of cardiac remedies. By A.

W. Dunbar and G. B. Crow

Psychiatry. —Abderhalden's method. Precis de psychiatric Constitutional

immorality. Nine years' experience with manic-depressive insanity. The pupil

and its reflexes in insanity. By R. F. Sheehan.

Surgery. —On the occurrence of traumatic dislocations (luxationen) in

the Imperial German Navy during the last 20 years. By H. G. Beyer. The wounding

effects of the Turkish sharp-pointed bullet. By T. W. Richards. Intestinal

obstruction: formation and absorption of toxin. By G. B. Crow

Hygiene and sanitation. —Relation of oysters to the transmission of

infectious diseases. The proper diet in the Tropics, with some pertinent remarks

on the use of alcohol. By E. W. Brown. Report of committee

upon period of isolation and exclusion from school in cases of

communicable disease. Resultats d'une enquete relative a la morbidity venerienne

dans la division navale d'Extreme-Orient et aux moyens susceptibles de la

restreindre. Ship's hygiene in the middle of the seventeenth century- Progress in

ship's hygiene during the nineteenth century. The origin of some of the

streptococci found in milk. On the further perfecting of mosquito spraying. By

C. N. Fiske and R. C. Ransdell

Tropical medicine. — Le transport, colloidal de medicaments dans le cholera.

By T. W. Richards. Cholera in the Turkish Army. A supposed case of yellow fever

in Jamaica. By L. W. Johnson. Note on a new geographic locality for balantidiosis.

Brief note on Toxoplasma pyroqenes. Note on certain protozoalike bodies in a

case of protracted fever with splenomegaly. The emetine and other treatment of

amebic dysentery and hepatitis, including liver abscess. A study of epidemic dysentery

in the Fiji Islands. By E. R. Stitt

Pathology, bacteriology, and animal parasitology. — The best method of staining

Treponema pallidum. By C. N. Fiske. Bacteriological methods of meat analysis.

By R. C. Ransdell. Primary tissue lesions in the heart produced by Spirochete

pallida. Ten tests by which a physician may determine when p patient is cured

of gonorrhea. Diagnostic value of percutaneous tuberculin test (Moro). Some

causes of failure of vaccine therapy. A method of increasing the accuracy and

delicacy of the Wassermann reaction: By A. B. Clifford and G. F. Clark

Chemistry and pharmacy. —Quantitative test of pancreatic function. A comparison

of various preservatives of urine. A clinical method for the rapid estimation

of the quantity of dextrose in urine. By E. W. Brown and O. G. Ruge

Eye, ear, nose, and throat. —Intraocular pressure. Strauma as an

important factor in diseases of the eye. Carbonic cauterization "in the

treatment of granular ophthalmia. Ocular and other complications of syphilis treated

by salvarsan. Some notes on hay fever. A radiographic study of the mastoid. Ear

complications during typhoid fever. Su di un caso di piccola sanguisuga

cavallina nel bronco destro e su 7 casi di grosse sanguisughe cavalline in

laringe in trachea e rino-faringe. By E. J. Grow and G. B. Trible

Reports and letters:

American medico-psychological association, by R. F. Sheehan, passed assistant

surgeon, United States Navy 517

Report of 11 cases of asphyxiation from coal gas, by L. C. Whiteside,

passed assistant surgeon, United States Navy 522

Extracts from annual sanitary reports for 1913 — United States Naval

Academy, Annapolis, Md., by A. M. D. McCormick, medical director, United States

Navy 523

U. S. S. Arkansas, by W. B. Grove, surgeon, United States Navy 524

Marine barracks, Camp Elliott, Canal Zone, Panama, by B. H. Dorsey, passed

assistant surgeon, United States Navy 525

U. S. S. Cincinnati, by J. B. Mears, passed assistant surgeon. United States

Navy 526

U. S. S. Florida, by M. S. Elliott, surgeon, United States Navy 527

Naval training station, Great Lakes, Ill., by J. S. Taylor, surgeon, United

States Navy 527

Naval station, Guam, by C. P. Kindleberger, surgeon, United States Navy

528

Naval Hospital, Las Animas, Colo., by G. H. Barber, medical inspector, United

States Navy 532

U. S. S. Nebraska, by E. H. H. Old, passed assistant surgeon, United States

Navy 533

U. S. S. North Dakota, by J. C. Pryor, surgeon, United States Navy. .

534

Navy yard, Olongapo, P. L, by J. S. Woodward, passed assistant surgeon,

United States Navy 536

U. S. S. San Francisco, by T. W. Reed, passed assistant surgeon, United

States Navy 537

U. S. S. Saratoga, by H. R. Hermesch, assistant surgeon, United States Navy

538

U. S. S. Scorpion, by E. P. Huff, passed assistant surgeon, United States

Navy 538

U. S. S. West Virginia, by O. J. Mink, passed assistant surgeon, United

States Navy 539

Number 4

Preface V

Special articles:

Some prevailing ideas regarding the treatment of tuberculosis, by

Passed Asst. Surg. G. B. Crow 541

The Training School for the Hospital Corps of the Navy, by Surg. F. E. McCullough

and Passed Asst. Surg. J. B. Kaufman 555

Khaki dye for white uniforms, by Passed Asst. Surg. W. E. Eaton 561

Some facts and some fancies regarding the unity of yaws and syphilis,

by Surg. C. S. Butler 561

Quinine prophylaxis of malaria, by Passed Asst. Surg. L. W. McGuire 571

The nervous system and naval warfare, translated by Surg. T. W.

Richards. 576

Measles, by Surg. G. F. Freeman 586

Smallpox and vaccination, by Passed Asst. Surg. T. W. Raison 589

Rabies; methods of diagnosis and immunization, by Passed Asst. Surg. F.

X. Koltes 597

Syphilis aboard ship, by Passed Asst. Surg. G. F. Cottle 605

Systematic recording and treatment of syphilis, by Surg. A. M.

Fauntleroy and Passed Asst. Surg. E. H. H. Old 620

Organization and station bills of the U. S. naval hospital ship Solace,

by Surg. W. M. Garton 624

United States Naval Medical School laboratories:

Additions to the pathological collection 647

Additions to the helminthological collection 647

Clinical notes:

Succinimid of mercury in pyorrhea alveolaris, by Acting Asst. Dental Surg.

P. G. White 649

A case of pityriasis rosea, by Surg. R. E. Ledbetter 651

Emetin in the treatment of amebic abscess of the liver, by Surg. H. F. Strine

and Passed Asst. Surg. L. Sheldon, jr 653

Salvarsan in a case of amebic dysentery, by Passed Asst. Surg. O. J.

Mink. . 653

Laceration of the subclavian artery and complete severing of brachial plexus,

by Surg. H. C. Curl and Passed Asst. Surg. C. B. Camerer 654

Malarial infection complicating splenectomy, by Surg. H. F. Strine 655

A case of gastric hemorrhage; operative interference impossible, by

Passed Arst. Surg. G. E. Robertson 656

Operation for strangulated hernia, by Passed Asst. Surg. W. S. Pugh 657

A case of bronchiectasis with hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy,

by Passed Asst. Surg. L. C. Whiteside 658

Editorial comment:

Systematic recording and treatment of syphilis 665

Progress in medical sciences:

General medicine. —A note of three cases of enteric fever inoculated

during the incubation period. By T. W. Richards. The modern treatment of

chancroids. The treatment of burns. By W. E. Eaton. Experiments on the curative

value of the intraspinal administration of tetanus antitoxin. Hexamethylenamin.

Hexamethylenamin as an internal

antiseptic in other fluids of the body than urine. Lumbar puncture as a special

procedure for controlling headache in the course of infectious diseases.

Cardiospasm. Acromion auscultation; a new and delicate test in the early

diagnosis of incipient pulmonary tuberculosis.

Diabetes mellitus and its differentiation from alimentary glycosuria.

The complement fixation test in typhoid fever; its comparison with the

agglutination test and blood culture method. By C. B. Crow.. 671

Mental and nervous diseases. —A voice sign in chorea. By G. B. Crow.

Wassermann reaction and its application to neurology. Epilepsy: a theory of

causation founded upon the clinical manifestations and the therapeutic and

pathological data. Salvarsanized serum (Swift-Ellis treatment) in syphilitic diseases

of the central nervous system. Mental manifestations in tumors of the brain.

Some of the broader issues of the psycho-analytic n movement. Mental disease

and defect in United States troops. By R. Sheehan 6S1

Surgery. — Infiltration anesthesia. War surgery. Tenoplasty; tendon transplantation;

tendon substitution; neuroplasty. Carcinoma of the male breast. Visceral

pleureotomy for chronic empyema. By A. M. Fauntleroy and E. H. H. Old 6S8

Hygiene and sanitation. — Further experiences with the Berkefold filter

in the purifying of lead-contaminated water. By T. W. Richards. Experiments in

the destruction of fly larvae in horse manure. By A. B. Clifford. Investigation

relative to the life cycle, brooding, and tome practical moans of reducing the

multiplication of flies in camp. By W. E. Eaton, Humidity and heat stroke;

further observations on an analysis of

50 cases. By C. N. Fiske 693

Tropical medicine. — The treatment of aneylostoma anemia. Latent dysentery

or dysentery carriers. Naphthalone for the destruction of mosquitoes. Emetin in

amebic dysentery. By E. R. Stitt 704

Pathology, bacteriology, and animal parasitology. —Meningitis by

injection of pyogenic microbes in the peripheral nerves. The growth of pathogenic

intestinal bacteria in bread. Present status of the complement fixation test in

the diagnosis of gonorrheal infections. Practical application of the luetin

test. By A. B. Clifford and G. F. Clark 707

Eye, ear, nose, and throat. — Misting of eyeglasses. By E. L. Sleeth.

The treatment of ocular syphilis by salvarsan and neo salvarsan. The moving

picture and the eye. Treatment of various forms of ocular syphilis with

salvarsan. Rapid, painless, and bloodless method for removing the inferior

turbinate. Hemorrhage from the superior petrosal sinus. The frequency of

laryngeal tuberculosis in Massachusetts.

Intrinsic cancer of larynx. Treatment of hematoma of the auricle. By E.

J. Grow and G. B. Trible 709

Reports and letters:

Care of wounded at Mazatlan and at Villa Union, by Medical Inspector S.

G. Evans 713

Medico-military reports of the occupation of Vera Cruz 715

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Anti-Resistance Training by David Brey

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I have been working on anti-resistance training in my free writing over the past couple of weeks, exercising my writing to get the lead out of the system, drop any form of resistance and let the writing come through me instead of from me. nobushel.blogspot.com is built to follow the story arc of me becoming myself, so I thought even though some of this is very unpolished it was important to share.

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There we all stood. Make the mark. See the code. It is all in there. What does the end really matter?

What can we see, what can be understood about living and life through living and life?

Bring about the changes that you wish to see by being the change that you wish to see.

The change that I wish to see is that I am part of something, and am connected to the larger whole. There is nothing within me that is not without me as well. I am part of all being, all wonder, all creation. We are all connected. What does flow from one to another is energy. Energy is how we connect with each other. Thoughts are energy. Action is energy manifested on the plane of form. We can interact with each other physically and that is the basis of formal interaction. The meaning of what we have within us at any time is that we are all of the same thing, all part of the same experience, that which is started cannot be finished but by all of us at one time, at one place, under one same thing and entity.

Undoing of resistance. The fingers are cold and move slow, the finger nails slide across the keys to make errors. The board is slippery, my body is fat. There is much at stake here, and that is okay, we are practicing. Removal of resistance. Perhaps this will become a post, but it does not have to . To think that it might become a post is not necessarily resistance, but to dwell on the fact whether it will or not is resistance. Thoughts in themselves show no resistance it is in inteeraction of and with thoughts that the resistance is shown. Take time to get it right.

Resistance in having errors in the keys and typing of the words. Take time to get it right the first time. Quality and conveyance of the right thing at the right time. The universe being connected to the universe, working through a medium to get what is necessary out and on the sheet of life. Taking action through the universal intelligence and making it all part of what we are here for.

Energy is what passes from one being to another. I am here to stretch that energy and to show that the energy can be passed through thought and action from one being to another being. Why are we here? to awaken to our full potential. What has stopped us from developing our full potential? The reality of our brains as living organisms that only want to interact with the objects of their creations. We are all children, tied up in thought, when the reality is our being needs to interact with all of it. Action and being are connected in greater ways than can be known. What makes one thing more clear than another is that there are no thoughts only bubble mind and allowing the universe to work through my body like a vessel. This is what I am here for. To create. No not to create. To allow the universe to create. To allow the universe to create all the energy it can and wants to through me.

What are each of us here for? I don’t know, except to awaken. What I am here for is for the universe to create through me everything it wants to create, to get out and let the universe move, to get out of the way and let the universe stretch and be free and allow it to see the world as a place where it can be safe and stretch among the stars and allow it all to frolic and play in the creation of the human mind.

What has been buried for years and years can come out and flourish. To show that there is goodness in all of the frivolity. To show that there is a silver lining to this entire episode. We are all creating something from nothing, but it is not us who are creating, it is the universe. The universe creating something through us, as we just sit back and allow the universe to do its work.

So, show up with energy and enthusiasm, then get out of the way. That is all that is requested. Show up with energy and enthusiasm then get out of the way. Show up with energy and enthusiasm, then get out of the way.

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Where we are from. Where we come from is a higher place. Not physically higher necessarily, though probably it is. From a place that is more conscious, more connected to the source of life and living. What is the purpose of life and living? What is the connection between all the living things that are created and grow and evolve?

The connection and interconnectedness of the universe. The thought that we all are on the same playing field. That we all are working toward the very existence of the planet, of the source and force of creation and creating. That we all are working together for the greater good of all the things in life, all the creatures, all the energies and all the interesting flows of power and family and love and life. What means the beginning and the middle and the end?

The beginning is when it originated, where it began, where it came from. What really makes a difference is the living and the journey toward what is really going to happen in the end, and that is the end game. With timing a long view and an end game everything is going to be alright.

What matters is that things are magical, experience and time are truly working together to create something new and memorable for all of us to enjoy. That is one of the five features of life. To love, to learn, to grow, to enjoy and to share. That is life. To understand. To grasp the concept. To realize what is going on is greater than each one of our personal lives.

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Direction, what we lack in direction we make up for with energy and enthusiasm, but it all will come at a price, and the price is not more than I can bare. It is my life and I am willing to give it, though I have resistance, much resistance in me. I am afraid of losing my mind, and I understand that if I lose my mind I still will always have my being, but I am not sure that that is the best place for me to be, or the best thing for me to do. To write and let the resistance fall is an exercise in love and spirit that is important to me. It is also an exercise in typing accurately. The flow of words from the universe through my mind to my fingers to the page needs to be complete and resistance free. And so I need to get in the habit of reducing muscle memory to zero and allowing flow to take place on the way to finger growth and seeing the fingers flow as they move, to move with grace and speed and alacrity and clarity as the words of the universe are sent through me to the page.

Remove all resistance. The resistance that I feel toward opening myself to the universe. The resistance I feel toward allowing the universe to work once I allow it in, the resistance the universe encounters in my brain, the resistance between my brain and my physical body, the resistance between my physical body and the tool, the resistance between the tool and the page, the resistance between the page and the eyes of the reader, the resistance between the eyes of the reader and their brain, the resistance between the brain of the reader and their being. But once that pathway and connection is made, it can be expanded upon. It can be built upon.

Just as resistance has patterns of action and behavior, patterns of successful behavior can be built, patterns that allow the connection between the universe and the universe, communication between people, allowing the being to really relate and be a part of everything. Resistance is everywhere. I am able to eliminate it for short periods of time, but not able to eliminate it entirely yet, but that is the goal, that is what we work toward constantly, removal of resistance and allowing the universe to work and live through us. Connection to the source of all we are and have and will be and ever were.

Connection. It is about connection, and we are all connected. We are all connected to each other and we are all connected to the source of being, which may just be the collective being that we make up, or may be some higher power or force or source. That is not for me to define, that is for the individual to define and decide at this point. It is not something that can be proved or disproved, it is something to take on faith and be understood through experience, and it is clear that some may not see the connection, may not see the connection ever.

What matters then is resistance to resistance, but in a different way, resistance is not something that can be blocked or stopped with force, it is something that must be eluded, bypassed, given into the point of its collapse, like a move in aikido, when pushed by resistance, pull until it falls, when pulled by resistance, push until it falls again.

Only through removal of resistance to the source are we able to create a life for ourselves that matches and is in congruence and harmony with the world around us and the world from which we came and the world to which we will return. Harmony is only found through understanding that the universe is all we are and all we are is the universe. The world is ours, and we inherited it and we need to make sure we take care of it. What can we do, what can we all do, what can we each do in order to make it all good and better and leave it in a better state than when we found it?

That is small steps, that is energy, that is thinking, that is thought and processing toward making things better for the earth, better for each other, better for our loved ones, and better for strangers. We are all the same, we just think we know some of ourselves better, but we are all from the same family, we are all part of the best part of the world where it all connects and all comes together for each of us, for the world, for the universe.

Breaking down resistance to living and life and working is the paramount goal and point of my life at this time, removal of resistance to change and tackling obstacles and making a goal of taking the energy that I am given and turn it into communications that can be used by the universe to impart the idea that we are all connected to each other, and that every little thing matters, and the every little thing is going to be alright and that is what is important to what all there is to be and say and show and mean and when the being gets heavy and the going gets tough, there is imagination and energy renewal through being again, and we need the rest we take and get in order to better serve the world and what it means to be a part of the world.

Focus is helpful. Focus on what is trying to be accomplished, with a seed for thought to develop around, but it is really not thought that is occurring but experience through the universe, through the universal collective. We are experiencing an awakening, a flowering, and it is all useful and special and a part of life and living, and what makes the experience great is that it comes only once, it is something that happens once, and cannot be repeated the same way any other time. The experience is once in a lifetime, every time we do anything. Every experience is different. What can be done is to tear down resistance

Tear down resistance to all that is happening to all that comes between the universe and the universe. There is an attempt at communication all the time, and the seeds and thoughts that are given and imparted are taken and moved toward the other end of the universal spectrum, toward self, and ego, instead of toward being. From being they come, are transmuted toward ego, through ego, into ego, by ego, touched by ego and are passed back as content, communication. We are all communicating all the time, all communicating with our environment, sending out vibes, sending out experiences and purposes for doing and being what can be done and be’d with.

Communication with what we are trying to do is part of life and living and part of the magic of all of it….

We are connected, we are trying to break resistance, and to do it we need to focus on allowing the universe to work, and not letting ego touch the work as it is transmitted.

Transmission happens automatically, when we are open and receptive to the transmission. What we do with the transmission then can change drastically. We can do something ridiculous with it, we can disregard it, we can be part of all of it all, we can partake, take part in the interaction, in the transmission, and the goal is to do it all with zero ego interference, little thought, much body and spirit. The mind is a tool. The being and the body are the substance of all of the content of the human being.

We have glorified the tool, but forgotten what it is primarily for. I have forgotten what it is primarily for. For solving problems.

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Where we go, what we do, what we see, what makes us us: All those things and events are known, are part of the interconnected reality of the universe, are connected and marked out in time and space as having to occur, having occurred, and having to be willing to occur. But at the same time, there is freedom in all of the world.

And nervousness creeps in to stagnate the reality of connection and anti-resistance. Nervousness is resistance. Anxiety is resistance. Depression is resistance. Any thought pattern that is not of the present moment and in the present is resistance. Just allowing the universe to speak at the present moment is non-resistance. Universal source and force is allowed in and allowed to move. Anti-resistance training is here to stay and to allow the work to breathe and be a part of the world.

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Breaking down resistance, what is resistance? Resistance is the substance and thought of form identification, it is the idea that we are limited, that things are limited in scope and capability, that we are stuck in only what we can see, feel, hear, etc.

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Where does the resistance hide? In the psyche, in the soul, and in the body. There is resistance everywhere, and all we need to do is shine the light of identification and understanding on that resistance, and it will begin to lose its hold on us. There is a lot of resistance in all of our lives. In my life, for that is the only life I can take ownership of and make clear to all that I am the only one that I am concerned with changing, though I hope others will want to join me in changing their own lives….

Resistance is hiding at every turn, at every new encounter, at every corner of the universe, and it must be overcome. Similar to the ego, the resistance must be dismantled, carefully and with time, and it will not be something that happens overnight. It is something that will take a good while to master, and something that will take a while for the resistance to disappear. There is something that is positively humbling about the fact that we have been held captive by resistance for this long in our lives. We may not identify with the resistance, but we may see that it is something to be experienced and understood sort of.

What the resistance is then is a sense that we are not a part of the whole, that we are somehow separate, not identified with everything and everyone else, that we are not connected in reality. When in reality, it is clear that we are very much connected. And it is certainly going to be an adventure to show the world that we are all connected, that every single one of us is connected to another.

There in all the world lived a special reason for all the world to be involved with everything and that reason is to awaken, to realize that we are not the alone people we thought we had been all this time, all alone, all alone and alone, but connected together, forming a web of interrelated oneness and open desire and experience. What may be the same thing here and there may not be the same thing anywhere else. What makes the world true and good is that there is something that makes us all part of being the one part of all that we are being, and when we take that into consideration, we are all we are together.

Magic happened tonight. And magic continues to happen all the time, all over the place. There is an interconnected reality in all that there is, in all that there was and will be. When we talk about what made the universe special, and what made the world special, it is because we are taking the chance to see the world for the first time, taking the opportunity to understand the present in the present, and that is magical. The resistance that we all feel once we recognize that we are in the present is a natural opening and awakening process, the resistance makes itself known and by that fact we become self aware, and in turn, it makes us wonder what the real reason for existence is, and really makes us wonder if what we are doing is right, or silly in the perception of others. It seems to me that our perception of the perception of others is the most common and obvious sort of resistance that one can encounter.

My perception of how you perceive me dictates my actions. And to some extent that can be good, if what I am considering doing is bad, but if what I am considering doing is good, there need be no feeling that what I am doing will be perceived by others as strange behavior.

I am who I am, and if that means I enjoy writing a lot of material in a public place, so be it. Others may think what they may think. What I am doing is not a bad thing. There is actually no necessity to be judged good or bad at all, just what is, is. And if what is, is, then what is, is. And that is all that really matters. We are experiencing the world in a new way.

“Not what I pictured” - A statement that shows how we have preconceived notions of how something or someone is going to turn out. We really do not predict the future, we merely live the life, and in living the life we become in tune with reality, and when we only look to form to take the shape of all we are doing, we become dependent on our sense perceptions to tell us about our world. When we are only dependent on our senses, it becomes clear that we are not using our whole selves in order to better see the world and understand it and become one with it.

Sense perception has its limitations. What can we ask for instead? A certain kind of knowledge that is intuitive, part of us, a perception that operates based on our bodies but does not come through the five sensory organs, but through our entire presence. And then there is all the stimuli that are out there that bypass us entirely, that we are not subjected to, because we could not handle it all. The universe is moving at an alarming rate, and we in the foreground seem to move quickly at times, but we find it possible to “Stop”, though really it is not possible for us to stop completely, the universe moves inexorably forward, it moves along and through and in and among the world as we can and cannot see it. What matters then is being present, being fully present in order to experience that timeless essence of the now that defines who and what we are at all times.

Now is all we can be a part of. Now is all that there ever is. We used to think that there was much more than now, and that we were working on something other than now, but really, now is all we have, and though later may try to invade our psyche, it is only through now that we are able to conceive of or process later or before.

A gun cannot stop the force of the universe moving forward, it can only alter its course for a period of time, but time is the universe’s tool, and so any misuse of a firearm will only be a slight speed bump in the course of humanity. What I mean by that is all of man’s desire for war and thinking that they are in the right and so should force others to their same point of view is only a slight delaying of the inevitability of the convergence of all things together for the benefit of the universe. We are on a course to make the universe an amazing place. We are working hard at making things better. What has become the worst will be the best, and what is the best will be the worst, and it will all go tipsy turvey, but in a very sensical way, for those who can understand.

I want everyone to understand.

I don’t want to beat around the bush. I want it to be clear that what is coming is amazing and a wonderful experience, just as every now is amazing and a wonderful experience.

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Can I be free of resistance? Can I escape completely at any time, can I make it away from resistance at all times so that it is not in my way, not a part of who I am or who I think might be here, or there? What is happening is a self using phenomenon. I am afraid of other people looking at me strangely. That is the reality of what I am doing, but really, what I need to understand is that I need to get into what I am doing fully, 100% and that is what I am trying to do all the time. What matters is that I understand there is a meaning behind everything, and that is what is going on, a realization that I am trying to break down all resistance at all times. What I am afraid of is other people’s perception of me, I am afraid that they will be afraid, that they will think I am on drugs or acting strangely, so I decide to curtail my being in the flow, being in the universal stream so that they don’t seem to feel as uncomfortable as I may make them. Or I can just decide to get into the flow by myself when I am alone, get into the universal flow of ideas and thoughts and allow it, just allow it to become one with what I am doing, and make it easy to understand that what I am doing is part of my real personal life, and I am getting into it and working through it and making it happen, and that is what makes it important to do and to visit, and that is why I do it at all.

What is the reason behind what I am doing? A desire to help people, a natural inclination toward helping others and creating and sharing. A calling from a higher power to do the same thing.

Being pulled away into the land of self delusion and making myself, my ego feel better, making my ego want to enlarge itself, and really that couldn’t be further from my true desires. In fact I want to be able to act fully and completely free of the ego, I want to remove it completely so I don’t have to second guess the motive for my actions.

In the upcoming going lean ideas at work, I think I want my self to be glorified and sent northward, and made to seem so important and helpful, but really what I want is to not be there at all, not even to have to do what I am going to do. But if I have to do what I am going to do, and it is going to be successful, I want it to be such that I am not thought of at all, that I am bypassed, can disappear completely, but I fear that would make my ego negatively larger, and I fear also that that would be impossible, and it is not something that would actually happen.

And there it is: fear.

Being pulled into the world of work, and feeling that there is something there that I must do, and that is to lead the initiative of lean philosophy toward the end goal of pleasing the customer completely, which end goal is that of pleasing the consumer completely.

Pleasing the end consumer through providing a safe, quality product that does what it is supposed to do, and nothing else, or is modifiable to do what the user wants it to do.

So for drugs, they are issued to help consumers deal with pain and disease, then they are abused and modified in order to alleviate pain in different ways or expand experience in some way.

We are not seeing all experience as experience is. I could live a life at home for the rest of my life and every single day would be a joyous occasion and completely different. The reason for that is that I am trying to be completely present, and there are no two ways of looking at a different day, it is the mindless thought patterns that we build that make an every day experience seem like the same exact thing is happening, but that is because the universe is going to continue to give us the experiences we don’t learn from. So what kind of experience have we had over and over that we don’t learn from?

Dentist - I haven’t been to the dentist in years. My mouth feels fine, but it is possible there is something terribly wrong just below the surface that I am not aware of. That is fear as well.

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What does the resistance mean? The resistance means the distance between my being and the interconnected universe. I was given a true dose of reality, an awakening that showed me that the resistance was there, and now my goal is to remove the resistance completely.

The resistance shows itself as my ego, and the ego of those around me. If I can allow the universe to bring the ego down, to take it down piece by piece I will be left with the morsel of my being, and from there I can rebuild the stage. I may not be able to take my ego down completely by myself. I may have to go through “terrible” trials in order to make it happen. I don’t think so though. I think things are going to be bright and sunny all along the way, I just need to see the light.

Focusing on the positive instead of the negative in any situation. This is self talk, this is not removal of resistance, or is it? Allow the universe to speak through me. Allow the universe to speak through me, allow the universe to speak through me, without any part of it coming from me, or my ego.

That is a tall task. I am intimidated by it, and I am afraid that I may get in the way. I need to let go of my fear, for out of the fear I will taint the message anyway. I need to just do my best, show up and get out of the way. Show up with energy and enthusiasm and get out of the way. Allow the universe to work. Keep myself out of the picture.

Am I going in the right direction with the music? Am I placing too much ego in the work, too much of me, not enough of the universe? In creating the songs, they were very much a part of me, a part of the ego, but I think I need to share them in order to bring down the ego partially.

Sharing the broken parts of my life is important.

Infusing objects with spirit helps them to be more useful.

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Show up with energy and enthusiasm and get out of the way. Out of the way, letting the universe guide me through the exercises. The fingers need to be nimble, need to be quick, the mind needs to allow the spirit to work, but process the words and figures, and coordinate the nimbleness of the fingers.

What matters is what matters. There is much resistance this morning. I have identified it, I have noticed it. It is there, and it is in my way. It is in the way. The way of the warrior is being blocked by inner resistance. That is the way of it always.

We have all the ability to ride the narrow path, but we get in our own way at all times. We have barriers and blockages to get past, we must scoot past them, but first we have to dismantle them, break them down.

My physical body is creating resistance. I slept like a wakeful zombie last night, making all sorts of groaning and grunting noises in my sleep because of my snoring. It was awful and scared my wife. Now I am continueing to do the things that created that sort of sleep like smoking and drinking coffee. But I am not drinking coffee much, that is a baby step in the correct direction. Small steps is what it is going to take. How can I take small steps with smoking a cigarette? If I continue to take small breaks between cigarettes and try to lengthen the break, it will take time to get used to the situation. There is a lot of time in there, a lot of time away from there, a lot of time time time, and that is okay, I can take the time because I have all the time in the world. All the time in the world to act and be present in the now. In the now right now I am doing what I am meant to do.

I always love to say that, and to remember it is even better, this is what I am meant to do, it is easy to see that as the part and parcel of all there is to see and be. I can bring attention to the fact that I am doing what it is that I am meant to be doing, by creating something, by showing that resistance is futile, that the universe wants more and more and is going to get it. Does the universe actually want? Or does it just expand and all the creations and experiences are a natural outgrowth of that situation?

To remove all resistance then is to break down the calcification of the energies, of the bones, of the heart mind and body, to allow the flow to enter into whatever it is that I am doing. What I am doing here (writing) is an exercise in resistance reduction, in helping myself to better understand my world, and the world at large. It is an exercise, and exercising is beneficial. Exercise alone will not be enough, I will need to put it into practice.

For me, putting my anti-resistance training on the writing front into practice would mean writing blog posts directly as anti -resistance practice. This is training, and when I am able to directly write the blog posts, it will be practice. And when I am able to directly write the book it will be foresight and possibility.

What do I need to do to get into the writing of the blog posts as regular practice?

I need to get all the other stuff out of the way, and that is what this is for, that is what this whole experience is for to understand and to know that there is resistance in me which will come out on the page if I don’t break it down first.

And I can break it down. Actually, I cannot break it down. The universe can break it down, as I allow the universe to work, as I show up with energy and enthusiasm and get out of the way, the universe will break down the resistance, and as the resistance is broken down, the true light of the universe is able to shine through the creation.

And that is the time frame I took in which to write through the resistance this morning.

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What the world needs now…

Not of my concern what the world needs, of concern only to the universe, what the world actually needs, and when I let the universe work through my fingers I allow the magic of the universe to unfold and become reality.

Allow the universe to unfold and become reality.

Allow the universe…. am I really allowing the universe to do anything? Or am I simply allowing myself to be a part of the flow of energy, a part of the flow of the universe itself.

No thoughts, bubble mind.

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Anti-resistance training is not an exercise to do once, it is a lifelong process that allows the universe to come to the forefront of my mind and body, and allows the spirit to work through me. It allows my spirit to truly shine, and my spirit is the same as all the other spirits of people that are out there, we are all one.

Sometimes I fear that I am losing my mind. In fact, I am fairly certain of it. But as I am losing my mind, I am gaining my spirit, and that had been lost for a long period of time. That was something that I had neglected for far too long, and it really is what I am here for. To create, and to share, to be a part of something larger than myself, by completely sharing myself with others.

Sharing is easier with those close to us, but sometimes it is even harder for those of us who are close with each other, because we are afraid. We are afraid to mess up the status quo, especially if the status quo is good and positive. We are afraid to be ourselves if what ourselves are will be different than what we are now. Not better or worse, just different, and if different then things will need to change. And if things need to change there will be a difficult period of time for all involved with everything. There and then we are without. And so within.

I am plagued by delusional thoughts and fears, and I am able to keep them at bay through mindfulness. And allowing the universe to work as it will. How the universe wants to use me is to write, and to create and to share. I am struggling to find a way to do that at work, but I am able to find ways to do it in my spare time. I want my whole life to be part of the constant usefulness of the universe, and not sectioned off to some tiny period of time or life. I want to be completely a part of it, completely a part of the universal working of the world, and furthering the ends that are desired. There is something completely amazing about being alive and being able to create and share.

Sharing is secondary. To create is what I love to do and I want to feel this way as often as possible. To create something from nothing, and to build something up from nowhere, and to share with others how it is possible, and how it is something that we all can and ought to do. Ought is for naught, shoulds can dissolve, but I think it is why we are here, but alas I think, and so it is not known, and if it were known it wouldn’t mean anything anyway.

The brain plays games, and my brain likes to trick me, trick itself. It tricks my body too, with panic attacks. I stay focused by being present, by being here, by being now at all times. Presence is the art of plainness. The art of simplicity comes from being now, and now only.

I am a part of the simple process of expansion that the universe is undergoing. The expansion of the universe is what I am here to take part in, to be a part of. To understand my role is not very important. To take part in my role with energy and enthusiasm is the most important task. I am undermined and devalued in some of my attempts to become one with the universe, and I get in my own way most often times, and I allow others to allow myself to create a mental block around something they are doing. It is always on me though, my mind structures build something out of nothing often times, something negative and not worth my time or effort of life and living.

So I will move on from those things. I can let those structures decompose and return into the bowels of my mind as I build new structures.

The new structures show that the universe is in constant harmony. That everything works toward the benefit of all living things. That there is enough for everyone everywhere, and that there is no need for competition or war. I can take what I need, and that is enough. I can share everything I have, everything I “own” everything I ever will create, and it will be a part of the main, and the whole of the universe. That is the end all purpose. That is the creative life. That is the life I choose to lead, to live, to breathe to be a part of all the time.

Will you join me? Will you knock down your own resistance? Will you leave the prison of your mind and start building the new earth with your being? Will I? I will fail unendingly, and I am okay with that. Continuous improvement is the goal, is the only reality. Practicing what I am set to do on a daily, minute by minute basis is all I am interested in doing. There are other tasks that come to mind, that come to light of which I must be a part, but they are just really working toward some other person’s end or idea of what life should be like. They are not my life goal. I must work within those goals for a period of time while I build the strength to carry my own life and the life of my family.

This process, this writing, this time, right now as I type is building the strength. Allowing the universe to work, unimpeded by my resistance. I can drop more and more resistance, and actually it is the universe that drops the resistance for me, for I can do nothing on my own. I am connected, and it is certain that that is why my life has been a continuous blessing.

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I am in my glory never. I am in the universe’s glory when I am a vessel to be poured into, open and receiving like water whatever is going to come from the universe to me. I am here, I am ready, I am weak, I am not strong. I don’t know what to do with myself at times. I am not strong at all. I can barely stand, but I am open and ready, ready for what the universe has in store for me.

Whatever that may be, I am ready to receive it, I have been called upon, and I am showing up, I am ready to be a part of whatever it is that I am to be a part of. I don’t know what to call it, I don’t know what it may or may not be, I don’t know what to think about any of it. I don’t know what to think, and that is okay, I am not my mind. I am the being behind my mind. And when I think of it that way, when I understand that that is so, everything else seems to disappear, and it is all fine and good again. I am the being behind all that I say, think, breathe and do.

I am being.

I am one with life.

I am one with the universe.

All the tribulations of my inner and outer body and mind are nothing, but a candle in the wind, and the light of my being is the light of the candle, which the universe allows to be buffeted and blown but not put out yet. I have not been blown out yet for a reason. This is the reason. To create, to share, to let the world know that the light shines within each of us, the universe allows it to be so, the universe makes it so.

I have immediate needs to get to the higher plane. I need to make enough money that I don’t have to worry about making money ever again. I need people in the right place in my life so that I understand that I don’t have to worry about money any more. That will give me freedom to leave where I am in order to pursue my true calling which is just this, to write and create and share with everyone the joy of complete surrender to the universe. It took me months to understand it, but I understand it. It took me to lose my mind, but now I would not get my mind back for anything, for I am at complete peace in the presence of my being. My mind and body are here to serve my being, though both have been turned against being for a long period of time, perhaps too long. I will find out. It doesn’t change my trajectory. It keeps me focused unto the end, for when the end comes, all will be ready, for I am already ready, I just forget sometimes. I just forget that I am already ready. It does make me somewhat sad to those I love and may leave behind whenever I am called home, but I know it is the way of things, and that is the ultimate solace.

The way of life is the life. The way of tao is tao. It is all making sense in my life now, in ways I never thought I could understand it. There is nothing to understand, there is only to be. To be awash in the living of life, every precious moment, without wanting to press pause, rewind or fastforward. Just letting it be, as I let myself be.

The more I let myself be, the greater the change will be for me, the more I let myself allow the universe to work, the more my change will grow, the more my life will abound in blessings and in the world will work toward a greater future, though that is not the goal.

Now is the goal, and the only goal there ever will be. I can make and act on plans, but the only ever time is now, and now alone. There is no other time, it is all a figment of imagination, and my imagination is powerful and so I get caught up quite often in before and after and think that that is reality, when in reality it is only now, it is only and can ever only be now now now..

Presence is my calling, my path, my way forward, my experience is such that I am ever present, ever a part of the same thing that I have always been a part of. There is joy and reassurance in living and in life. There is magic in being present and knowing the presence of present and now.

When my thoughts do wander, I become disconnected from the universe. The thoughts come and try to steal me away, and often times I let them, but here and now I am part of the flow of the universe, not allowing resistance to stop anything in it’s path for love and joy to flow to every person in the world.

What could I possibly be thinking? about love and joy to every person in the world? I am not thinking, I am being, and that is the joy of all of it.

I am about ready to be rid of the resistance practice model and get on with writing to share and think and be with all who are interested, all who may be affected in a positive way with what I write about. There is joy in learning, and there is peace in understanding, but neither one touches the light of being.

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“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” Thoreau

My goal is to awaken my dreams, and have my life be lived as if it were my dream. Is that the goal of the universe as well? I believe it is. The universe wants all of my dreams to come true, and is working diligently to make that all happen.

I have work to do in order for the dreams to come true. I have to show up. Every day. No matter what. And do my best. My best may be different every day, but I have to give everything my all all day and night in order to achieve the dreams I want to achieve.

That is the goal. Specifically I want to be worry free when it comes to money. Money and I have never really been on good terms and I want to change that. Money is just a tool, just something that is used as a value holder something that can be manipulated and changed around to do any kind of work. I want to learn to wield that tool and do it well.

I thanked the universe for everything this morning, and again, thank you for everything in my life, whether I see it currently as a blessing or a curse, I thank you for all of it. Seeing blessings and curses is looking at the world through a lense. The reality is it all is what it is, there is no good or bad. What happens is what happens.

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The resistance can be felt physically, it is there at all times, it is hovering around the outside of all action, waiting to pounce and strangle out the strength of our action and being.

But I am breaking through the resistance. I am breaking through with some willpower, but mostly with the strength of the universe, allowing me to become myself, allowing things to work together and come together in the best way possible. These are growing pains. I am going through growing pains. They are here and they are there and that is the way they go.

To get past growing pains, I just need to grow. And to grow and grow and let it grow, let it grow! There is something special in the exercises I am performing. I am trying to break new ground to get in touch with the universe by allowing the universe to use me completely. To get in touch with my true self, by uncovering all the resistance and excess crap that has come to cover me up.

I have panic attacks when I eat in public. It is not fun. I don’t want to have to go through it any more. I give it up to the universe, allow the universe to take it away from me. Through some miracle of science or space I eat in peace at all times. Because I choose to eat consciously. Not just because it is time to eat, but because I am hungry. And right now, I may not be hungry for a while. My brain is getting itself back, and I am experiencing what is.

When I experience a panic attack, I can stay in the now. I am present and I am with the whole process, I am who I am what I am.

Presence in the face of crisis is a wonderful thing. Trying to carry on a conversation in the middle of a panic attack is not a nice thing.

Get past the panic attacks, breathe deeply. Allow things to move freely, become one with the universe, allow it to move and flow within me. It is inside me and outside me and me. It is everything.

When I realize that the universe is everything I can detach from my self a little bit. If something happens to me, I will still be a part of the universe but in a different way.

I don’t know why the panic attacks come, and I don’t know if I need to know or understand. I want them to stop coming. I want my ears to stop being red. I want my chest to feel normal. I want my muscles to work correctly. I don’t know what I want. → That is not true anymore! I want everything for everyone. I want my family to be calm, close and connected. I am passionate about helping others learn, love and grow. I want to share my talents in art, writing and music. I can learn any skill at any time. I give all my creations away in order to give back.

A “Life Is Fun” party - get together and just hang out. No reason, just hang out together and enjoy each other’s company.

Regard de Kurt Ehrmann sur les Sentinelles Alchimiques IMG_8370 by thierry ehrmann

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