The My Hero Project - Aimee Mullins Through her sheer presence and unrelenting spirit, Aimee Mullins is challenging the definitions of physical beauty and ability. In doing so, she is not only celebrating her own achievements, but more so, celebrating her ability to defy conventional public mindset, simply through her honest, open personality, and her incredible talent. Born in 1976 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and growing up between Pennsylvania and County Clare, Ireland, Aimee Mullins has overcome challenges from day one. She was born with fibular hemimelia, a limb anomaly wherein there is partial or total absence of the fibula (shin) bones. Despite her physical limitations, she pushed herself physically and mentally to succeed. While in high school, she heard about a track meet for people with disabilities, and was actually bothered by the idea, as she felt the athletes were limiting themselves by defining themselves by their disabilities. Mullins has since set her sights towards Hollywood.
Life Story | The John Templeton Foundation As a pioneer in both financial investment and philanthropy, the late Sir John Templeton spent a lifetime encouraging open-mindedness. If he had not sought new paths, he once said, "I would have been unable to attain so many goals." The motto that Sir John created for his Foundation, "How little we know, how eager to learn," exemplified his philosophy both in the financial markets and in his groundbreaking methods of philanthropy. John Marks Templeton was born on November 29, 1912, in the small town of Winchester, Tennessee. Templeton started his Wall Street career in 1938 and went on to create some of the world's largest and most successful international investment funds. Templeton entered the mutual fund industry in 1954, when he established the Templeton Growth Fund. But John Templeton's interests were never confined to the merely financial. As an investor, he always had confidence his picks would improve over the long term. The Economist observed that
Jolie-Pitt Resource | All about the Jolie-Pitt kids, All the time! The Next Incarnation The Dalai Lama’s birthday party, an event he has never much cared for, was set to begin at 9 A.M. on July 6th, in the Indian Himalayan town of Dharamsala, where he lives. He skips the party most years, but he had promised to attend his seventy-fifth, so five thousand people turned up at the temple that morning, in a humid downpour, to await his arrival. The exiled spiritual and political leader of Tibet—His Holiness to Buddhists, and HHDL to his Twitter followers—settled in Dharamsala half a century ago, after rejecting China’s claims to his homeland and trekking over the mountains to India. He was followed by thousands of refugees, many of whom expected a short stay; when they were urged to plant trees in their settlements, they waved off the idea. “People said, ‘We’re going to be going back in a few years,’ ” Thubten Samphel, a writer and spokesman for the government in exile, recalled. China disagrees. That has poisoned his relationship with the one country he needs most: China.
Reincarnation (Translated from the original Tibetan) Introduction My fellow Tibetans, both in and outside Tibet, all those who follow the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and everyone who has a connection to Tibet and Tibetans: due to the foresight of our ancient kings, ministers and scholar-adepts, the complete teaching of the Buddha, comprising the scriptural and experiential teachings of the Three Vehicles and the Four Sets of Tantra and their related subjects and disciplines flourished widely in the Land of Snow. In the course of upholding the Buddhist tradition in Tibet, we evolved a unique Tibetan tradition of recognizing the reincarnations of scholar-adepts that has been of immense help to both the Dharma and sentient beings, particularly to the monastic community. The Dalai Lamas have functioned as both the political and spiritual leaders of Tibet for 369 years since 1642. Past and future lives For those who remember their past lives, rebirth is a clear experience. How rebirth takes place
Sadhguru - In Conversation with the Mystic “This life for me is an endeavor to help people experience and express their divinity. May you know the bliss of the Divine.” – SADHGURU Sadhguru, a yogi and profound mystic of our times, is a visionary humanitarian and a prominent spiritual leader. A contemporary Guru, rooted as strongly in mundane and pragmatic matters as he is in inner experience and wisdom, Sadhguru works tirelessly towards the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being of all. At home in loincloth as much as he is in blue jeans, barefoot through the mighty Himalayas, or straddling a BMW motorcycle on the expressway, Sadhguru is the most unusual mystic that one can encounter. Sadhguru speaks at some of the world’s most prominent international leadership forums. Sadhguru’s vision and understanding of modern social and economic issues have led to interviews with BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, CNNfn, and Newsweek International.
Abraham Lincoln Association :: Springfield, IL Quotes "And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." - Friedrich Nietzsche"Don't count the days, make the days count." - Muhammad Ali"Those who underestimate me, overestimate themselves." -- Pedrum Jamali."Condemnation without investigation is the height of the ignorance." -- Albert Einstein."You don't comb the mirror, you comb your own hair and the mirror changes." -- David Icke "...A REVOLUTION IS COMING....a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough, compassionate if we care enough, successful if we are fortunate enough, but a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. "We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." -- Louis Brandeis, Supreme Court justice from 1916--1939 "There is little value in ensuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. "Is everything a conspiracy?