Traditional Chinese medicine Traditional medicine in China Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. It has been described as "fraught with pseudoscience", with the majority of its treatments having no logical mechanism of action.[1][2] Medicine in traditional China encompassed a range of sometimes competing health and healing practices, folk beliefs, literati theory and Confucian philosophy, herbal remedies, food, diet, exercise, medical specializations, and schools of thought.[3] In the early twentieth century, Chinese cultural and political modernizers worked to eliminate traditional practices as backward and unscientific. Traditional practitioners then selected elements of philosophy and practice and organized them into what they called "Chinese medicine" (Zhongyi). The demand for traditional medicines in China has been a major generator of illegal wildlife smuggling, linked to the killing and smuggling of endangered animals.[10] History[edit]
AYURVEDIC NUTRITION - Ayurveda E-learning courses - ayurvedic diets training : learn ayurvedic diet and study ayurvedic medecine! distance learning courses online, ayurvedic training The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana: Part I: Introductory: Chapter I. Preface Sacred Texts Sacred Sexuality Index Previous Next Buy this Book at Amazon.com Buy this Book on Kindle The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, tr. by Richard Burton, [1883], at sacred-texts.com Salutation to Dharma, Artha and Kama IN the beginning, the Lord of Beings created men and women, and in the form of commandments in one hundred thousand chapters laid down rules for regulating their existence with regard to Dharma, 1 Artha, 2 and Kama. 3 Some of these commandments, namely those which treated of Dharma, were separately written by Swayambhu Manu; those that related to Artha were compiled by Brihaspati; and those that referred to Kama were expounded by Nandi, the follower of Mahadeva, in one thousand chapters. Sadharana (general topics) Samprayogika (embraces, etc.)
Chakra From an 1899 Yoga manuscript in the Braj Bhasa language. Their name derives from the Sanskrit word for "wheel" or "turning", but in the yogic context a better translation of the word is 'vortex or whirlpool'.[1][note 1] The concept of chakra features in tantric and yogic traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism. Etymology[edit] Sanskrit chakra derives from the Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlos; its cognates include Greek kuklos, Lithuanian kaklas, Tocharian B kokale, and English "wheel," as well as "circle" and "cycle".[2] M. "Circle," used in a variety of senses, symbolising endless rotation of shakti.A circle of people. The linguist Jorma Koivulehto wrote (2001) of the annual Finnish Kekri celebration, having borrowed the word from early Indo-Aryan Languages.[5] History[edit] Characteristics[edit] The texts and teachings present different numbers of chakras. "In fact, there is no "standard" system of the chakras. The following features are common: Use in religious traditions[edit] Hindu Tantra[edit]
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The 13 Chakra System | OneHealsOne What Is A Chakra - Chakras are energy centres in our bodies. They are the openings for 'life energy' to flow in and out of our aura. Their function is to nourish and vitalise our physical body and aid awareness to the development of our consciousness. Each one contains data referring to our past, present and future thoughts, feelings and emotions. Every chakra in our body vibrates at a different speed producing multiple colours in our aura. How do we activate the chakras? We can activate our chakras through the breath, through yoga postures, meditation and prayers, through sound and colour, through singing, through visualisation, and through certain kinds of music. Aura We often hear expressions like “she has a nice aura”, or “he has good energy”. Gateways to consciousnessPsychologist Carl Jung called the chakras the "gateways of consciousness". How To Use This Site - The site has been designed to be user-friendly providing free information for each of the 13 chakras.
The Brain Machine Brain Machine Kit You must be logged in to reply. Hi Mitch - Thanks for the quick reply. As recommended in the other post, I roughly cut your meditation sequence in half. //sleep sequence { 'b', 600000 }, { 'a', 100000 }, { 'b', 200000 }, { 'a', 150000 }, { 'b', 150000 }, { 'a', 200000 }, { 'b', 100000 }, { 'a', 300000 }, { 'b', 50000 }, { 'a', 600000 }, { 't', 100000 }, { 't', 200000 }, { 't', 300000 }, { 't', 600000 }, { 'd', 30000 }, { 'd', 100000 }, { 'd', 200000 }, { 'd', 300000 }, { 'a', 10000 }, { 't', 500000 }, { 'd', 800000 }, { '0', 0 } //last element to stop main_loop }; //end of table We usually drift off to sleep before the sequence ends. So hopefully, the Maker Store/Shed will begin stocking the Brain Machine Kits. For those not familiar with the Brain Machine Kit, it comes with all the parts: safety glasses, 30awg wire, resistors, MiniPOV kit, caps, headphones, instructions and even the crazy artwork. - garagemonkeysan
super memory, for babies Overview[edit] The ability to recall images in great detail for several minutes is found in early childhood (between 2% and 10% of that age group) and is unconnected with the person's intelligence level.[citation needed] Like other memories, they are often subject to unintended alterations. Persons identified as having a related condition known as Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM)[1] are able to remember very intricate details of their own personal life, but this ability seems not to extend to other, non-autobiographical information. Skeptical views[edit] The American cognitive scientist Marvin Minsky, in his book The Society of Mind (1988), considered reports of eidetic memory to be an "unfounded myth".[5] Notable claims[edit] Prodigious savants[edit] Stephen Wiltshire, MBE, a prodigious savant.[10] He is capable of drawing the entire skyline of a city after a helicopter ride.[11]Daniel Tammet, holder of the European record for reciting Pi to 22,514 digits.[12] See also[edit]
Silk Road (anonymous marketplace) For the historical trade routes, see Silk Road. In 2013, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shut down the website[12] and arrested Ross William Ulbricht under charges of being the site's pseudonymous founder "Dread Pirate Roberts".[4] On 6 November 2013, Silk Road 2.0 came online, run by former administrators of Silk Road.[13] It too was shut down and the alleged operator was arrested on 6 November 2014 as part of the so-called "Operation Onymous”. Ulbricht was convicted of all seven charges in U.S. Silk Road was founded in February 2011.[17] The name "Silk Road" comes from a historical network of trade routes, started during the Han Dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD), between Europe, India, China, and many other countries on the Afro-Eurasian landmass. Image placed on original Silk Road after seizure of property by the FBI Impact of the seizure on the USD/Bitcoin exchange rate During the trial, Judge Katherine B. A flowchart depicting Silk Road's payment system.
learn to use the whole mind media/McKenna streaming audio and video Rupert Sheldrake hosts many excellent realaudio streams including Trialogues at the Edge of the MilleniumPart I and Part II led by Terence (1.5 hours each) The Trip Receptacles : MP3 clips from all-psychedelic, all-entheogen radio, transmitted via KPFA in Berkeley with Stanislav Grof, Alexander (Sasha) Shulgin, Timothy Leary, Terence McKenna, Albert Hoffman, Rick Strassman, Fritjof Capra, Andrew Weil, D.M. Turner and many others. Let Talk With Terence! Hyperspace, the Gaian supermind, global rave telepathy, and more inRe-Evolution. Ordinary Language, Visible Language, and Virtual Reality.Excerpts from A Weekend with Terence McKenna parts ONE and TWO. The monstrously vast Camden Centre Talk. Abrupt TranscriptionsLive at Wetlands PreserveNew York City, July 28, 1998 - Realaudio stream or downloadLive at The LighthouseNew York City, April 23, 1997Live at St. Interviews Encounters with Terence Reviews: Good, Bad and Ugly T I M E W A V E Z E R O
Jonathan Livingston Seagull Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach, is a fable in novella form about a seagull learning about life and flight, and a homily about self-perfection. It was first published in 1970 as "Jonathan Livingston Seagull — a story." By the end of 1972, over a million copies were in print, Reader's Digest had published a condensed version, and the book reached the top of the New York Times Best Seller list where it remained for 38 weeks. Plot[edit] The book tells the story of Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a seagull who is bored with the daily squabbles over food. One day, Jonathan is met by two gulls who take him to a "higher plane of existence" in that there is no heaven but a better world found through perfection of knowledge, where he meets other gulls who love to fly. Part One[edit] Part One of the book finds young Jonathan Livingston frustrated with the meaningless materialism and conformity and limitation of the seagull life. Part Two[edit] Part Three[edit] Part Four[edit]
The Phantom Tollbooth The Phantom Tollbooth is a children's adventure novel and modern fairy tale by Norton Juster. It was published in 1961 with illustrations by Jules Feiffer. It tells the story of a bored young boy named Milo who unexpectedly receives a magic tollbooth one afternoon and, having nothing better to do, decides to drive through it in his toy car. The tollbooth transports him to a land called the Kingdom of Wisdom. There he acquires two faithful companions, has many adventures, and goes on a quest to rescue the princesses of the kingdom—Princess Rhyme and Princess Reason—from the castle in the air. The text is full of puns, and many events, such as Milo's jump to the Island of Conclusions, exemplify literal meanings of English language idioms. Juster claims his father's fondness for puns and The Marx Brothers' movies were a major influence.[1] Critics have compared its appeal to that of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.[2] The book has been translated into several languages.[3]
Flatland Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is an 1884 satirical novella by the English schoolmaster Edwin Abbott Abbott. Writing pseudonymously as "A Square",[1] the book used the fictional two-dimensional world of Flatland to offer pointed observations on the social hierarchy of Victorian culture. However, the novella's more enduring contribution is its examination of dimensions.[2] Plot[edit] Illustration of a simple house in Flatland. He is then visited by a three-dimensional sphere, which he cannot comprehend until he sees Spaceland for himself. After the Square's mind is opened to new dimensions, he tries to convince the Sphere of the theoretical possibility of the existence of a fourth (and fifth, and sixth ...) spatial dimension. The Square then has a dream in which the Sphere visits him again, this time to introduce him to Pointland. 'You see,' said my Teacher, 'how little your words have done. Social elements[edit] An equilateral Triangle is a member of the craftsman class.
Ender's Game Ender's Game (1985) is a military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set in Earth's future, the novel presents an imperiled mankind after two conflicts with the "Buggers", an insectoid alien species. In preparation for an anticipated third invasion, children, including the novel's protagonist, Ender Wiggin, are trained at a very young age through increasingly difficult games including some in zero gravity, where Ender's tactical genius is revealed. Creation and inspiration[edit] Synopsis[edit] Humanity, having begun to explore the Universe and master interplanetary spaceflight, has encountered an alien race known as the "buggers" (known in later books as the 'Formics'), scouting the system and establishing a forward base in the asteroid Eros, who provoked two drawn-out wars. Protagonist Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is one of the school's trainees; but, despite this, he is teased as a "Third" under Earth's two-child policy. Command School[edit] Critical response[edit]