Ethics

It is impossible to understand the sublime wisdom of the gods

The archaic wisdom-religion of the ancients

Without the keenest realisation of the fact that ethics run like golden threads throughout the entire system or fabric of doctrine and thought of the esoteric philosophy

Genuine occultism, divorced from ethics is simply unthinkable because impossible

Ethics are not merely the products of human thought existing as a formulation of conventional rules proper for human conduct

They are founded on the very structure and character of the universe itself

The heart of the universe is wisdom-love

And these are intrinsically ethical

For there can be no wisdom without ethics

Nor can love be without ethics

Nor can there be ethics deprived of either love or wisdom

Ethics are the offspring of the moral instinct in human beings

Who derived them in their turn from the heart of the universe

From the cosmic harmony

It is high time that the occidental world should cast forever into the limbo of exploded superstitions the idea that ethics is merely conventional morality

A convenience invented by man to smooth the asperities and dangers of human intercourse

Of course every scholar knows that the words morals and ethics come from the Latin and Greek respectively

As signifying the customs or habits which it is proper to follow in civilised communities

But this fact in itself, which is unquestionable, is in a sense disgraceful

For it would almost seem that we had not brought forth a word adequately describing the instinct for right and truth and troth and justice and honour and wisdom and love which we today so feebly express by the words ethics and morals

No one can be a truly conscious human who does not feel ethically and think ethically and live ethically

G de Purucker

Another year

Another year has gone by
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And for you what did it bring?
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For us more pain, more pleasure
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More experiences and more growing
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Looking back we can see how hard and difficult much of the growing was
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Unpleasant experiences requiring patience and then more patience 
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One of the most important aspects was, and still is, learning to live in powerlessness
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Powerlessness where you have no choice
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Where whatever it is would not be what you would choose
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Where you just have to deal with it


One day at a time dealing with whatever it is
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Sometimes these situations go on for years
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No respite
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No getting way from them
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This is hard to be with
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Over time it can really get you down
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Pressure over time is always difficult to deal with
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Be conscious where you have to live with pressure
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Take time out
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Be it only minutes, hours or days
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Take time out to look at and see other things
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If you don't then over time something must give
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And that will usually be you
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A relationship
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Something going wrong
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So take time out in whatever way you can
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Recharging ourselves is essential if we want to enjoy ongoing good health
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This is a good time and season to do it
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May we all take the best we experienced from this difficult year 2009
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Decide to make 2010 a special year
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The years are going by so fast now decide not to waste any chance to grow
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Whatever the difficulties you must face
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Growth is the way out, growth with a smile
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Consciousness evolution is all
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We send you our best wishes and hope that you all enjoy the holiday season
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Blue skies

Control

And then more control

Every time you try to do something you are told how to do it

How not to do it

Don't do it now

Do it later

Do it like this

Do it like that

Then the interminable questions

Why are you doing this?

Why are you doing that?

Why are you doing it like that?

Why are you doing it now?

When are you going to do this?

When are you going to do that?

Why are you going there?

For many people this is what they live with

Day in day out

Almost never free of pressure

Never free of control

Never free of critical comments

Never left alone to do things in their own way

In their own time

And yet so many accept this as a way of life

So many accept that this is the way it is

So many have given in to bullying constant criticism and controlling

We can all see this behaviour in others

We have all observed it in others

Yet in our own lives have we accepted control as well?

If we have then consider this

We have given over control of many aspects of our lives to another

And however close that other person we need to reserve unto ourselves the right to take our own actions

More than the right the responsibility to take our own actions

Understand that support is fine

Advice when asked for is also fine

Controlling manipulation is not fine

Nor is bullying

Controlling manipulation is also bullying

And this is not fine as over time we lose an essential feature of human experience

The responsibility for our own decisions and actions

Make sure you are aware of your own behaviour

Are you being controlled?

Are you controlling?

If you are being controlled then ease out of it

Take back your power

For this is what it is

A surrender of our own power

The power to make our own decisions

Take it back giving it to others is not what we are here for

And if it is you doing the controlling

Then time to back off and help the other grow

Enhance their lives encourage them to take decisions

Use your energy for your own life

Past lives

If I cannot remember then what is the point of past lives?

It is natures kindness that we cannot remember past lives
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Life would be a real pain if we carried such a tremendous load of memories
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A wise man deliberately forgets many things in this life let alone many many lives
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Look at it this way you get a monthly bank statement listing many individual transactions
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It is the total that is important, the bottom line

We are the sum totals of all our past lives

A honey bee offers another way of looking at it

The bee visits many different flowers and plants, imagine that each visit represents a past life

Now what is important?

That the flower was a rose or tulip, a snapdragon perhaps or that it grew in this field or that field?

Only one thing is really important, how much nectar was gathered to be stored as honey for future use
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So let us turn to the 'lost knowledge' argument people raise
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Knowledge on its own is of no use to us
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Acquiring knowledge and experience if used properly may though strengthen the mind
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And we can see this in our own lives it is not the knowledge per se but how we learn to use it that is most important
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Now imagine a man dies and enters his next life without that knowledge but strengthened by the way he learned to use it
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In this new life that skill and wisdom are what he brings with him
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So the loss of the knowledge is in fact his gain for the mere accumulation of knowledge if his memory never ceased would soon overwhelm him and be worse than useless
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So the best evidence shows that in each life we can only learn a few important lessons
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And it is these lessons that are added to our higher self
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So that in your next life you are wiser and better able to move on in your consciousness evolution
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But if you advance to a certain level then yes you will be able to know specific things about past lives,although those who have reached this level say that they do not often find this to be of help to them
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Certain young children before the age of five or thereabouts have often good memories of past lives and this then disapears as the stimulae of this life and its demands fades the memories
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Many people around the globe find that they are comfortable and able to do things that they have never done or seen before, usually because they had done this in past lives and retained an affinity or ability for it
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Living in this life now is quite enough of a challenge for most without adding the burden of previous life knowledge

Just understand that you are the sum total of all those lives

Good and bad, male and female

Your work here is to add to that total through your personal efforts

Only you can do this

Nothing can be bought all must be earnt

We are the sum total of all our past lives

The amazing cucumber

1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one
cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc.
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2. Feeling tired in the afternoon?
Put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber.
Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that is able to provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.
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3. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower?
Try rubbing a cucumber slice along the mirror, it will eliminate the fog and provide a soothing, spa-like fragrance.
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4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds?
Place a few slices in a small tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long.
The chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminum to give off a scent undetectable to humans but drives garden pests crazy and makes them flee the area.
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5. Looking for a fast and easy way to remove cellulite before going out or to the pool?
Try rubbing a slice or two of cucumbers along your problem area for a few minutes, the phytochemicals in the cucumber cause the collagen in your skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing the visibility of cellulite.
Works great on wrinkles too!
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6. Want to avoid a hangover or terrible headache?
Eat a few cucumber slices before going to bed and wake up refreshed and headache free. Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish essential nutrients the body lost, keeping everything in equilibrium, avoiding both a hangover
and headache
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7. Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking binge?
Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often used by European trappers, traders and explores for quick meals to thwart off starvation.
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8. Have an important meeting or job interview and you realize that you don't have enough time to polish your shoes?
Rub a freshly cut cucumber over the shoe, its chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that not only looks great but also repels water.
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9. Out of WD 40 and need to fix a squeaky hinge?
Take a cucumber slice and rub it along the problematic hinge, and voila,
the squeak is gone!
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10. Stressed out and don't have time for massage, facial or visit to the spa?
Cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber with react with the boiling water and be released in the steam, creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that has been shown the reduce stress in new mothers and college students during final exams.
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11. Just finish a business lunch and realize you don't have gum or mints?
Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with your tongue for 30 seconds to eliminate bad breath,the phytochemcials will kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.
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12. Looking for a 'green' way to clean your faucets, sinks or stainless steel?
Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you want to clean, not only will it remove years of tarnish and bring back the shine, but is won't leave streaks and won't harm your fingers or fingernails while you clean.
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13. Using a pen and made a mistake?
Take the outside of the cucumber and slowly use it to erase the pen writing, also works great on crayons and markers that the kids have used to decorate the walls

Thought provokers - 2

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great
Kenny Rogers
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If you find a good solution and become attached to it the solution may become your next problem
Dr. Robert Anthony
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Everyone thinks of changing the world but no one thinks of changing himself
Leo Tolstoy
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Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everybody gets busy on the proof.
John Kenneth Galbraith
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Did you ever notice how difficult it is to argue with someone who is not obsessed with being right?
Wayne W. Dyer
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Our destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things
Henry Miller
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Once people learn something, they're reluctant to let it go
Robert Easton
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If you never change your mind, why have one?
Edward deBono

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Only in growth, reform and change . . . paradoxically enough . . . is true security to be found
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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It is what we think we know already that often prevents us from learning
Claude Bernard
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Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty
John Finley
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It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change
Charles Darwin
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When you're through changing, you're through
Bruce Barton
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A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows
John Powell
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What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of mind, for the moment realizes itself
Anna Jameson
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Have confidence in your decisions. Make them expeditiously, and stay with them as long as you believe you are correct no matter what others say. However, when you conclude you were in error, do not hesitate to announce the error publicly and change course
Edward J. Koch
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Soften the rigidities within yourself and the universe will give you strength and vigor.
Arabic proverb
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You are the one who can stretch your own horizon
Edgar F. Magnin
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My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view
H. Fred Ale
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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function
F. Scott Fitzgerald

When a stroke occurs

We hope this will never happen to you
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Even if it never does learn this method and remember it as it might save someones life
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When a stroke occurs
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Caution!
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Often we do not realise that someone is having a stroke
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Unfortunately, this lack of awareness can spell disaster.
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The stroke victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to
recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
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Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking
three simple questions:
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1.  Ask the individual to Smile.
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2.  Ask him or her to Raise both arms.
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3.  Ask the person to Speak a simple sentence
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Coherently  ie . It is sunny outside today
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If he or she has trouble with any of these tasks
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Stay calm.
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Follow the steps below!!
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From a Chinese Professor .
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Keep a  syringe or needle in your home or find or borrow one if you are outside 
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This is a powerful and unconventional way of recovering from a stroke
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Unconventional that is those who are not Chinese or versed in their medicine
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Read it through it can help somebody one day.
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You'll never know, someones life may depend on you.
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When a stroke strikes, the capillaries in the brain will gradually burst.
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No matter where the victim is, do not move him
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Because, if moved, the capillaries will burst.
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Help the victim to sit up where he is to prevent him from falling
over again and then the blood letting can begin..
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If you have in your home an injection syringe that would be the best.
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Otherwise, a sewing needle or a straight pin will do.
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1. Place the needle/pin over fire to sterilize it and then use it to
prick the tip of all ......10 fingers.
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2. There are no specific acupuncture points, just prick about an mm from
the fingernail.
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3. Prick till blood comes out.
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4. If blood does not start to drip, then squeeze with your fingers..
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5. When all 10 digits are bleeding
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Wait a few minutes then the victim will regain consciousness.
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6. If the victim's mouth is crooked , then pull on his ears until they
are red.
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7. Then prick each earlobe twice until two drops of blood comes from
each earlobe.
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After a few minutes the victim should regain consciousness.
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Wait till the victim regains his normal state without any abnormal symptoms
then take him to the hospital.
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Otherwise, if he was taken in the ambulance to the hospital, in the conventional western        treatment the bumpy trip will often cause all the capillaries in his brain to burst.
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Blood letting is an old traditional Chinese approach
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If you can remember this blood letting method and start the life saving
process immediately, in a short time, the victim will be revived and regain
100% normality.
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PLEASE FORWARD THIS AFTER READING.
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YOU NEVER KNOW IT MAY HELP
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SAVE A LIFE FROM STROKE

Politics explained

An old one but fun and not so far off whatever the new labels

Feudalism - You have two cows.

Your lord takes some of the milk.

Pure socialism - You have two cows.

The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows.

You have to take care of all of the cows.

The government gives you as much milk as you need.

Bureaucratic socialism - You have two cows.

The government takes them and put them in a barn with everyone else's cows.

They are cared for by ex-chicken farmers.

You have to take care of the chickens the government took from the chicken farmers.

The government gives you as much milk and eggs as the regulations say you need.

Fascism - You have two cows.

The government takes both, hires you to take care of them and sells you the milk.

Pure communism - You have two cows.

Your neighbors help you take care of them, and you all share the milk.

Former Russian Communism - You have two cows.

You have to take care of them, but the government takes all the milk.

Former Cambodian Communism - You have two cows.

The government takes both of them and shoots you.

Dictatorship - You have two cows.

The government takes both and drafts you.

Pure Democracy - You have two cows.

Your neighbors decide who gets the milk.

Representative Democracy - You have two cows.

Your neighbors pick someone to tell you who gets the milk.

Bureaucracy - You have two cows.

At first the government regulates what you can feed them and when you can milk them.

Then it pays you not to milk them.

Then it takes both, shoots one, milks the other and pours the milk down the drain.

Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing cows.

Dr Rajendra Pachauri is head of the IPCC

The IPCC it was who kicked off the whole global warming, now climate change circus

Dr Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the IPCC is yet another who does not quite tell us all

He is particularly reticent about his other interests

Have a look

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100019821/climategate-with-business-interests-like-these-are-we-really-sure-dr-rajendra-pachauri-is-fit-to-head-the-ipcc/

Perception again

Kicking a football over and between bars is not easy although when you watch American football or Johnnie Wilkinson kicking a rugby ball over the goalposts they seldom seem to miss, yet others often miss

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Which lead some researchers to examine if perception has a lot to do with performance and yes they found performance is indeed influenced both positively and negatively by perception
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They also looked at other sports including golf, cricket, baseball and found similar comments being made by all the athletes

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Cricketers, golfers, baseball players and other athletes often report their targets look bigger on days they play well and smaller on bad days.

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The findings also apply to golfers, who showed in a previous study that they played better when they saw the hole as being bigger.

Most people think of perception as just being about information received by the eye.

If that were the case, then perceived size should not have changed because the optical information specifying the size of the goals posts is constant.

This research shows that perception is about more than just the optical system

The researchers want next to investigate whether watching others perform can affect perception.

For example would watching others fail to score cause the watcher to see the goalposts as narrower and limit their own abilities?

Also what are the differences between the role perception plays for professional athletes who practice the sport more than the average person?

Would visualising the target to be bigger, benefit athletes in their sport?

Again just as we think we know something we realise that there is a lot we do not know

So far all we can really say with confidence is that performance influences perception.