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Freecycle

Great idea but the execution needs a little help. Freecycle is a website that is devoted to connecting people in communities around the globe so they can share and exchange stuff that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Give this idea time and I'm sure someone will improve upon it.

Wiki-Monday: Humility

From Wikipedia: Humility

Humility is the defining characteristic of an unpretentious and modest person, someone who does not think that he or she is better or more important than others. Synonym: humble

The term "humility" is derived from the Latin word "humilis", which is translated not only as humble but also alternatively as "low", or "from the earth".

Who are we? We are the life force power of the universe

If you wonder if peace is possible sit back and listen to this amazing account of a brain scientist's rare opportunity to study her own experience of having a stroke and the lesson it taught her.

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Wiki-Monday: Forgiveness

From Wikipedia: Forgiveness

Forgiveness is the process of ceasing to feel resentment, indignation or anger against another person for a perceived offense, difference or mistake, or ceasing to demand punishment or restitution.

The Power of Sorry

I was fortunate enough this week to see the Canadian Government's apology that was formally issued to the aboriginal people of Canada.

It was very emotional and something I had never witnessed before. A Government coming clean about its wrong minded policies of the past.

In any case it made me realize how important taking responsibility for ones own actions and how the act of doing so can be very healing....if what follows the apology is action of course.

And then I wondered.....What if the American Government apologized for its wrong minded policies of the past involving Native Americans or African Americans. Can you just imagine?

Cute Tee for your todler

As I was browsing other like minded sites this morning (The Alternative Consumer) I came across a post featuring a really cute "Penguin" tee for kids.

My favorite though....is the Terrier tee.

But worry not animal lovers because they also have cats, owls, bunnys, gorillas, horses, a wolf and many other animals represented.

Check out Design Public to see them all. 

Wiki-Monday: Pantheism

From Wikipedia: Pantheism

Pantheism is the view that everything is of an all-encompassing immanent abstract God; or that the Universe, or nature, and God are equivalent.

More detailed definitions tend to emphasize the idea that natural law, existence, and the Universe (the sum total of all that is, was, and shall be) is represented in the theological principle of an abstract 'god' rather than a personal, creative deity or deities of any kind. This is the key feature which distinguishes them from panentheists and pandeists.

As such, although many religions may claim to hold pantheistic elements, they are more commonly panentheistic or pandeistic in nature.

Some argue that pantheism is little more than a redefinition of the word "God" to mean "existence", "life" or "reality". Many pantheists would say that if this is so, such a shift in the way we think about these ideas can serve to create both a new and a potentially far more insightful conception of both existence and God.

Perhaps the most significant debate within the pantheistic community is about the nature of God. Classical pantheism believes in a personal, conscious, and omniscient God, and sees this God as uniting all true religions.

Naturalistic pantheism believes in an unconscious, non-sentient Universe, which, while being holy and beautiful, is seen as being a God in a non-traditional and impersonal sense.

The viewpoints encompassed within the pantheistic community are necessarily diverse, but the central idea of the Universe being an all-encompassing unity and the sanctity of both nature and its natural laws are found throughout.

Some pantheists also posit a common purpose for nature and man, while others reject the idea of purpose and view existence as existing "for its own sake."

Natural color dyes

Thinking of breathing new life into old fabric? Have a look here first.

Natural dyes from plant material gives you a variety of different ways to dye fabric the natural way.

Apparently though there are some plants that could be toxic so be sure to read up before you start your brew.

And happy dying!!

Wiki-Monday: Yin-Yang

From Wikipedia: Yin-Yang

Yin-yang are Opposing:

Yin and yang describe the polar effects of phenomena. In viewing any one phenomenon (or the comparison of two phenomena), yin and yang describe the opposing qualities inherent in it.

For instance, winter and summer would be the yin and yang, respectively, of the year.

Yin-yang are Mutually Rooted:

Yin and yang are two complementary qualities.

That is to say, the yin and the yang aspect of any one phenomenon will, when put together, form the entire phenomenon. Yin-yang is a philosophy of duality. This is the reason the Chinese word has no "and" between yin and yang - the term always expresses the two making up the one.

In the example above, winter plus summer makes up the whole year.

Yin-yang Mutually Transform:

The maximum effect of one quality will be followed by the transition toward the opposing quality.

In other words, once the maximum Yang aspect has manifest, such as the long days of summer, this will be followed by the transition toward the Yin aspect, with the shortening of the days as winter approaches.

Yin-yang Mutually Wax and Wane:

The Yin and yang aspects are in dynamic equilibrium. As one aspect declines, the other increases to an equal degree. For instance, in the cycle of the year, the long days of summer gradually shorten and the nights gradually lengthen as winter approaches.

Throughout the process, however, the length of each day is constant (the equilibrium) while it is only the relative length of light and darkness that changes (is dynamic). Yin and yang are neither substances nor forces[1].

They are the terms used in a system of dualistic qualification which can be applied universally. Further dividing Yang and Yin into their respective Yin and Yang aspects, yields four combinations: the Yin of the Yang, the Yang of the Yang, the Yin of the Yin, and the Yang of the Yin.

This allows an endless scale of universally defined qualities, which is foundational to classical Chinese thought, as seen in the Tao Te Ching, and science, as seen in the Yellow Emperor's Huangdi Neijing.