Day: June 9, 2015

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Living By the Canon: The Music of the Mind

Fernando Kaskais

Between the physical and the transcendent Andrew Olendzki by Andrew Olendzki In the Pali canon, the story is told of a king who hears a sound he has never heard before, and finds that sound to be “tantalizing, lovely, intoxicating, entrancing, and enthralling.” He asks about it and is told it is the sound of a lute. He then asks that this lute be brought to him so he can see what sort of thing it is. The lute is delivered to the king, who examines it with great interest. He takes the lute apart, piece by piece, until it … Continue reading Living By the Canon: The Music of the Mind

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See through words

Fernando Kaskais

The metaphor designer isn’t trying to make something beautiful. She wants to change your view on things. Here’s how by Michael Erard (Michael Erard is an author, journalist and linguist. He is the founder-editor of the digital publication Schwa Fire, and his latest book is Babel No More (2012). He lives in Maine.) If you could ask Dante where he got the idea of life as a road, or Rilke where he found the notion that time is a destroyer, they might have said the metaphors were hewn from their minds, or drawn from a stock of poetic imagery. Their … Continue reading See through words

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Accepting the Unacceptable

Fernando Kaskais

Death awaits all of us. But if we learn to acknowledge and embrace impermanence, we’ll be much better off when the time comes. by Traleg Kyabgon Over the last century or so, death has been becoming increasingly institutionalized and removed from immediate experience. It is no longer a common experience in concrete terms. Where people used to die at home in the past, this is no longer the case, and the usual gathering of relatives and family no longer takes place spontaneously. It is no longer a communal affair, but on the contrary, it is hidden from public view, resulting … Continue reading Accepting the Unacceptable

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“Truman Show-esque alternate reality all around you” – 4 ways to spot Big Pharma’s astroturfing and media manipulation

Fernando Kaskais

KARL BIRRANE/FLICKR By Heather Callaghan | Activist Post (Heather Callaghan is a natural health blogger and food freedom activist. You can see her work at NaturalBlaze.com and ActivistPost.com.) Studies show – that people are gullible enough to believe anything if it appears on TV and sounds authoritative. Really? Giant corporations and any other entities that pretty much own the entire galaxy – or act as though they do – have a tendency toward the chameleon behavior of astroturfing becauseit works so well. Astroturfing involves appearing just like a grassroots movement, but one that also hides the true wizardly sponsor and its … Continue reading “Truman Show-esque alternate reality all around you” – 4 ways to spot Big Pharma’s astroturfing and media manipulation

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20 Sources of Body Pain and Their Links to Specific Emotional States

Fernando Kaskais

  by Josh Richardson, Prevent Disease, Waking Times Pain is first energy, second perception, and third physical manifestation. There is no other source of pain but energetic. Physical presentation is always secondary. Every single origin of pain in our bodies can be traced back to a specific emotional state which functions to warn us that there is still work to be done in areas of our lives for which we have yet to integrate lessons. Once we integrate those lessons, the pain disappears. The body is extremely literal when it comes to pain. The experiences in your life directly mainfest in … Continue reading 20 Sources of Body Pain and Their Links to Specific Emotional States