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 mememolly "Investigate the Web site further, Become interested. Become obsessed. Jump on the bandwagon. Suck up to the people who got there first in hopes that you'll fit in. Finally find your place.
"Relax for a little while. Neglect your real life. Realize that you're neglecting your real life. Become irritated that you're neglecting your real life. Decide to stop going online so much.
"Find it really hard not to go on line so much. Take drastic action. Unplug your computer. Turn your back on the internet..." |
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 Eckhart Tolle Eckhart Tolle claims to have attained enlightenment at the age of 29 after suffering long periods of depression. Tolle's non-fiction bestseller, The Power of Now, emphasizes the importance of being aware of the present moment as a way of not being lost in thought.
In Tolle's view, the present is the gateway to a heightened sense of peace. "Being in the now" also brings about an awareness that is beyond the mind. This awareness helps in transcending "the pain-body" that is created by the identification of the mind and ego with the body. His later book, A New Earth, further claims to explore the structure of the human ego and how this acts to distract people from their present experience of the world. His other works include Stillness Speaks, a book that modernizes the ancient sutra form. |
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 Svalbard
In 2006, Svalbard had the highest positive
temperature deviation on earth, making it the poster child for global
warming. The shrinking sea ice has brought with it both hazards and
opportunities.
The climate is not the only thing
heating up.
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territorial claims in the High Arctic have recently intensified and the
environmental practices in Barentsburg, the existing Russian
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 Cenk Uygar "That man is sitting in jail right now. Carl Rove targeted Don Siegelman because he thought 'he's an up and coming star of the Democratic Party, we have to destroy him.'
"Now, there's a Republican operative, a Republican operative, that has come out on 60 Minutes saying Carl Rove wanted to 'get' Siegelman under any and all conditions...
"Carl Rove asked her to see if she can get naked pictures of him or pictures of him having an affair. And she looked and looked and looked and she said 'Ya know what the problem is? He's not having an affair...'" |
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 Deepak Chopra, M. D. In this segment, Deepak describes the effect of a deep spiritual experience. According to the ancient wisdom traditions of India, when you get in touch with your spirit, you experience love, knowingness/intuition and happiness. In physical terms, this means that your body produces serotonin and dopamine - the happy hormones; oxytocin - the pleasure hormone, and opiates - which provide a feeling of intoxication and help regulate the immune system.
Deepak Chopra: "In scientific terms, there's a potential inside you which gives rise to both the observer and the observed, and the whole process of observation. So, you know, spirit is what I'm observing, spirit is what I'm processing my observation through, which is my mind, and spirit is the observer that is doing the observing..." |
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