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Aristotle's Views And Key Interpretations In The Christopher Shields' Book
Topics: Aristotle
Aristotle by Christopher Shields is a well written book about Aristotle's philosophy and his thoughts on ethics and how it plays a part in human nature, politics and arts. The different parts discuss Aristotle's life and works, his thoughts on human nature, his views on the soul, his philosophical methodology and his four-cause conception of explanation.
The book begins with a short biography of Aristotle where Shields asks the reader to approach Aristotle's work with an open mind and not base the findings on assumptions formed by either the praises or critics of Aristotle. Shields talks about Aristotle's childhood and early life that consisted of moving to Athens and joining Plato's Academy. The next part dives into Aristotle's four-causal explanatory schema, which is his solution framework for good explanatory answer to any question. Shields draws attention to the shortcomings of Aristotle's framework when applied to some living activities.
The following few parts discuss the different topics in Aristotelian logic, including Aristotle's doctrine of the categories. Shields provides various explanations to the question of why Aristotle created ten number of categories. In 'Puzzles of Nature', Shields says that "Aristotle deploys this framework in an effort to resolve puzzles ranging from Zeno's paradoxes of motion to problems of time, and the infinite, all of which are, he contends, ultimately puzzles" (Shields 232) and goes on to explain Aristotle's view of change with detailed examples. The chapter 'Substance and science of being qua being' discusses Metaphysics in detail.
Aristotle's Nicomachean ethics are introduced in 'Living well', where it's said that the appearance of accessibility and non-technicality in the Nicomachean Ethics is deceptive and misleading (Shields 407). Aristotle assumes that to determine the best interest of a human being, one needs to focus only on the essential features and hence the decision is not subjective based on who is making it. Shields states that "Aristotle takes it as obvious, almost beyond question, that each of us desires the best life we can secure for ourselves." (Shields 408) which supports the definition of Nicomachean Ethics.
The book ends with Aristotle's political theory, analyzing the relationship between different constitutions or governments. Shields sheds light on the controversies caused by Aristotle in the field of rhetoric and the arts, his take on poems, catharsis and his theory of tragedy.
While reading the book, this quote stood out to me, "'Human beings began to do philosophy', says Aristotle, 'even as they do now, because of wonder, at first because they wondered about the strange things right in front of them, and later, advancing little by little, because they came to find greater things puzzling'" (Shields 43). According to me, it explains the reason behind philosophical thoughts formed in human beings very well. Even though none of us might be philosophers, we all have questions about the world and our own theories about what the answers might be. As Engineers, we are somewhat like philosophers, we are tasked with the responsibility of changing the world for the better and encouraged to ask questions like, 'How do we fix this?', 'How do we improve this process?', 'How do we make the world more sustainable?'. Questions are encouraged in this field, where we are constantly trying to make an impact on this evolving world.
The beginning of the book mentions the bonds of friendship between Plato and Aristotle who are both prominent figures in Greek history. Aristotle was born in Macedonia, and always felt like a foreigner in Athens and faced consequences of being an alien resident. He had ventured out to Athens at a young age of seventeen to join Plato's Academy which was regarded as a center for learning in historical Greece. After Plato's death, Aristotle left Athens only to return years later to open an academy of his own, called Lyceum, that focused research on botany, biological taxonomy, music, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, cosmology, physics, the history of philosophy, the arts, psychology, ethics, rhetoric, government, and political theory (Shields 22). This book enlightened me about the vast knowledge that Greek history contains and how advanced they were in research.
Shields mentions five noteworthy activities of Aristotle that are still prominent in today's world, metaphysics, drama and the arts, philosophy of mind, political theory and ethical theory (virtue ethics) (Shields 473). In this course, we are focusing on virtue ethics which has been highly influenced by Aristotle. Aristotle is said to be teleologically minded, where he focuses on the end to understand the importance of current events and decisions. It was beneficial to learn more about his life and his philosophy by reading this book.
Shields does a great job in translating Aristotle's work into English accurately so that beginners like me can read and understand Aristotle and his reasoning. Shields encapsulates Aristotle's views, key interpretations, his own supporting arguments and clarifies misunderstandings about a set number of topics in this book.
Shields, Christopher John. Aristotle. Routledge, 2014.
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A student at Valley Stream North High School has tested positive for the coronavirus, Central High School District Schools Superintendent Dr. Bill Heidenreich announced on Friday in a letter to the school community.
The student had attended school for one day — Sept. 3, the first day of the school year — and only individuals who came in direct contact with the student without safety precautions such as social distancing and a mask will be required to self-quarantine, Heidenreich said. It is the first student in Valley Stream reported to have tested positive for the virus since the beginning of school this year.
As per district coronavirus procedures, the student will not be allowed to return to school for at least 14 days, or after the student's family provides a negative coronvirus test result to the district, Heidenreich said.
Additionally, the Nassau County Department of Health will conduct a contact-tracing investigation, reaching out to anyone who may have had close contact with the student. The department has not recommended the high school be closed. The building, however, will undergo an additional round of deep cleaning during the weekend.
Valley Stream's Central High School District has adopted a hybrid model of instruction in which the student body is broken up into two groups, which alternate between days spent in the classroom and learning remotely from home. Students in the district also have a full remote learning option.
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Remembering Pueblo's worst disaster: Flood of '21
Anthony A. Mestas @mestas3517
Feb 2, 2020 at 2:21 PM Feb 3, 2020 at 1:45 PM
"After five days of almost continuous rain, the weather cleared over Pueblo today and tonight the stars are shining from unclouded sky. But on what scene are they looking. Mud everywhere — mud and filth."
And so began a Pueblo Chieftain reporter's vivid description of one of Pueblo's most dramatic chapters in its history — a historic and devastating natural disaster.
The story headlined "Night Vision" was published on June 9, 1921 — just days after Pueblo's Great Flood of 1921.
On June 3, 1921, when floodwaters from the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek merged in the heart of Pueblo, the results were catastrophic. This was before the concrete levees were built along the Arkansas, so there was little protection.
"Down Union Avenue and Main Street a few street lights are burning. They disclose masses of wreckage of every description, and drunken buildings with gaping sides like the black mouths of caverns. On every corner armed guards ceaselessly patrol, and no one passes without a searching scrutiny," the article continued.
In the following years, the town recovered, but not before a massive rehabilitation effort from city, county, state and national help.
Drenching rains caused the Arkansas and Fountain to swell over banks, sending rushing floodwaters — some said to be more than a mile wide and 15 feet deep in places — over this small town. Almost all of the Downtown area was destroyed.
The river flowed through the business district where the Riverwalk is now and an earlier levee, built following flooding in the 1890s, stood west of City Hall.
Many business buildings were destroyed and their wares buried in mud or tangled with debris that included the bodies of dead animals. Heavy damage was done to the farming communities east of Pueblo. Production on an estimated 20,000 acres of irrigated land was temporarily shut down by the destruction of reservoirs and ditches, and land ruined by erosion was valued at more than $400,000 — about $5.3 million in today's dollars.
According to a Chieftain article commemorating the flood's 90th anniversary, the toll in human life and misery was much higher. Estimates vary, but a report compiled by the U.S. Reclamation Service and published within six weeks of the flood, lists 120 known deaths, 49 known missing people, and 93 unaccounted for. The remains of corpses turned up downstream for several years.
Houses, livestock and railroad cars were strewn in the streets in the flood's aftermath.
The Star-Journal in its June 5 extra edition said, "Screams of the drowning and their pitiful begging for help sent strong men into hysterics as the victims were swept to their death."
A list of the missing also was published in the paper.
In what was called a "Flood Extra," published on June 4, 1921, the Chieftain reported that the flood was the worst since "Decoration day of 1894."
The article said police rescued 18 families from "flood swept sections on West Seventeenth street at 8:15 o'clock."
"More than a score of lives were reported lost when both the Missouri Pacific and the Denver and Rio Grande passenger trains were swept into the river near Nuckolls Packing company last night. Many others were reported dead."
According to documentation provided at the City of Pueblo's website, one of the most amazing things about the 1921 flood was not the horrendous amount of damage and life loss, but the bravery and kindness of the people caught in the disaster.
"The flood warning first came at 6:30 p.m. June 3, 1921. An unknown person called and reported that the Arkansas River was flooding upstream," the document stated. A two-story cottage was swept down Main Street, the paper said.
"The flood was caused by a sudden cloudburst on the Arkansas just 10 miles west of Pueblo. The flood only became worse later on when Fountain Creek also began to flood from downpours 30 miles north."
According to city archives, all of the bridges over Fountain Creek were destroyed; however, the bridges over the Arkansas remained. The telephone company had 9½ feet of water and approximately $225,000 in damage.
According to Pueblo archives, bravery was widespread.
"The telephone operators stayed even when the floodwaters reached 9½ feet. They stayed and continued sending out warnings to those people who lived further downstream. They also received and relayed countless distress calls from families whose houses were trapped in the floodwaters," documents indicated.
Many others stepped up under heroic efforts to help save lives.
The Chieftain reported that "Dr. Cary" died after rescuing his young son in a boat on Main Street.
Archives indicated that the community banded together. Before the Red Cross arrived, the Elks Club served as a relief center where 3,000 refugees were served a day, until additional help arrived. Chieftain articles said citizens built a camp to shelter refugees.
After a few days, additional helped arrived from the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Knights of Columbus, and military units. Pueblo was under federal control temporarily to restore law and order.
The Pueblo Star-Journal, in the heart of flooded Downtown, published one hand-set and hand-printed page on the evening of June 3, then rushed extra editions onto the street starting the next day; The Pueblo Chieftain also published extras. A special "extra" edition of The Pueblo Chieftain was published the day after the flood. According to a story in that extra, the newspaper was forced to publish single page extras because the building — although not damaged in the flood — was without gas, water and electricity for days.
Newspapers as distant as the New York Times ("Floods sweep over eastern Colorado, 500 dead in Pueblo") and The Washington Post ("Hundreds drowned, thousands homeless by Pueblo flood") bannered the news on their front pages. Photos, postcards, clippings, letters and documents about the flood are maintained by local and state libraries and historical agencies.
City documents said Pueblo had made quite a rally by 1924. Pueblo also established a committee of three men that oversaw the planning and implementation of a flood control plan. Their effort was to help prevent a re-occurrence of this disaster.
The flood caused $19 million in property damage in Pueblo and the surrounding area. That was at a time when Pueblo's assessed property valuation was only $33 million, according to Pueblo Chieftain archives. Soon afterward, the Pueblo Conservancy District was formed, and survived a "friendly" legal challenge before the state Supreme Court. It began planning for the massive concrete levee on the Arkansas River through Pueblo, which took about two years to plan and two years to build.
Reconstruction of the levee began in 2014 to meet national safety certification standards. Those efforts included lowering the levee by 12 feet and creating a 40-wide platform on top of the levee. With the new platform, citizens urged the City and Pueblo Conservancy District to plan a trail at the site.
Great Outdoors Colorado officials said the vision for the trail arose from a master planning process, which included several public outreach meetings to ensure it would meet the needs of the community. After surveying current trail use, the city found that 64% of residents use the Arkansas River Trail weekly or monthly, and 80 percent of residents identified a trail and pedestrian bridges as top priorities for the levee corridor.
The levee trail will run along the north side of the Arkansas River, parallel to the Arkansas River Trail along the river's south bank. It will be 12-feet wide, with segments made up of soft surfacing in the northwest and southeastern portions. The central portion of the trail located adjacent to the Pueblo Whitewater Park will be concrete due to higher use.
The coming of Pueblo Dam in the 1970s, which was the key element in the Fryingpan-Arkansas Water Project, afforded further protection from flooding.
amestas@chieftain.com
Twitter: @mestas3517


I saw my ex last Sunday because our daughter had a dance competition. We sat on opposite sides of the theatre but stood with our daughter together when she was finished performing.
I looked at him while he was talking to her. There is nothing remotely attractive to me about my ex. He was dressed very nicely, all new clothes to me, but the expression about putting lipstick on a pig popped into my head. He is still a pig.
What was attractive to me previously about my ex was the fact that he was my husband. We were partners. He was committed to God, to me and to our children and I trusted that with those priorities my kids and I were well loved. I was committed to him and those same things and I never wavered in my attempt to be the giving, supportive and loving wife. I sacrificed for his career and to care for our children but I have no regrets because that was the best thing for our family. We had built a life together that I was very grateful we had and I had no reason to believe any of those priorities had changed for him. I thought we continued to have the same hopes and dreams and purpose.
What makes him particularly ugly to me now is way beyond him having an affair. It is how he has treated me and my children and even God since then. It is one thing to be someone who never had a relationship with God, but it is completely another thing for someone to have known God, committed his life to God and thanked God for everything God gave him and then to suddenly throw it all back in God's face saying it wasn't good enough. He is completely unrepentant. He is also ugly to me now in the way he continues to not take responsibility for his share of support and agreements he made in mediation. The distrust and failure to keep his word makes me scrunch my nose and turn my mouth up in distaste. He is especially awful to look at because he just missed seeing our daughter on the Sunday and Wednesday he was "scheduled" to see her because he was away and yet even though he returned, he never tried to see her outside of his next scheduled visit. Even when he picked her up at 6:30 p.m. this Wednesday she was home before 7:15 p.m. He took her to Subway and then dropped her off. He doesn't have a deep, personal connection or relationship with our daughter and doesn't seem to care to have that. I was attracted to a man who knew his children, did things with his kids and for his kids, a man who joined in and participated in quality and quantity time with them and made it special. I was attracted to a man who prayed and had a spiritual view and offered sound counsel to others including me and our children. My older daughter is going through a huge amount of difficulty right now and my ex's response is basically, "She is 19, she needs to deal with it." Our child needs financial, legal and a lot of emotional support, encouragement, as well as strong and sound advice right now but he has nothing to give.
It is interesting to me that the origin of the word "ugly" comes from words that mean 'dreadful', 'fearful', 'apprehension', 'ill-tempered'. and 'strife'. It is the root sense of 'hate' and 'sorrow' and the extended sense of 'morally offensive'. It is his attitude that oozes out from within and emotes a negative energy that makes him "frightful or horrible in appearance" to me. I have never in my life criticized his physical appearance in any way. He has acne scars, large ears and a big head. I never saw those things. It is his hardened and cold heart that turns him into a grotesque figure.
There is not a single ounce of desire for this person who I simply no longer recognize as the man with who I once shared a life.
I am happy you see him this way. So many see theirs as… The one who left to go be perfect elsewhere. You're very real. He's swine.
Oh you see him with revealed eyes. Your vision is piercing right through to his heart. Wow…so well written. And so deeply sad – for him. I wish for healing and vision and beauty for you and your babies. Big HUGS.
Wow… Slow mo train wreck.
I stumbled upon your blog whilst looking for amicable ways to settle a divorce. No infidelity in ours though.
From the other side of the world (Australia) I am in awe.
I couldn't stop reading… omg… when will this end… how will it end… will it end???
Your intent, execution and its implications are so so so negative.
Such hypocrisy, immaturity, hate, jealousy, self loathing and did I say hypocrisy! You say your religious?? I'd say you pick and choose what tenants of Christianity you follow the same as reading between the lines tells me you have also censored here.
You have not had the best circumstances but my god I don't think you have done any favours for your self.
Your therapy/revenge (the blog) could have so many implications in your children's lives. I would be ashamed to have peers read this if it were from my mother. Even more so… even if I were to fall for someone i thought was so special (you), I would run a mile after reading this.
Your hubby was the instigator but you set the scene for the rest of your life and so sadly… for your girls lives. By publishing this You haven't stolen from him a salvagable relationship with his daughters… you have stolen a father from them and they don't even know it. Oh yes you will say that he did this… believe me you have made it worse times over.
Zero moral high ground available to you.
For your daughters sake go private… stop letting these feeders live off your mistakes(me included).
You'r set for failure. Do yourself a favour… read some peer reviewed discussions on the affect of divorce on children… not just as adolescents but as the become older people also… jeez just google the damage your selfish 'therapy' is doing not only to them but to you.
Thank you for your comments and insight.
Firstly, I understand the devastating effects of divorce and more so the devastating effect that one parent having an affair has on children. I am with my children as they live through it and what they have worse than me is that their dad expects them to see 'the other woman' and forge a relationship with her. It is a form of child abuse. I am the parent who stayed with them and went through losing our family security with them. We have shared the same fears and sadness and loss. Just because I share my experience here doesn't mean I share that experience with them verbally except for what we are going through together. I share when appropriate to be relatable and real with them. I vent here, not to my children. My kids have never read my blog and I don't see why they ever would. They already know what their dad has put me and them through. Why would they want to read my personal emotions about it even if they knew it existed. They don't want to re-live it. I would never pick up anyone's personal diary and read it, especially my parents.
If you can learn from my mistakes then there is benefit to me sharing my story.
My ex is responsible for his own relationship with his girls. He can see them whenever he wants and do whatever he wants with them. They have their personal cell phones so he doesn't need to go through me to have a relationship with them. My girls want that more than anything. I fought for the first two years for him to see them regularly. I had to let that go. He has to try to salvage his own relationship with them. That is all on him. At least he has been fairly consistent the last year seeing our younger daughter once/week and usually a bit of time each day every other weekend. He also surprised me by not only picking up our younger daughter twice to help me out with a schedule conflict this year but still saw her the next day for his regular time.
He blew it with my younger daughter shortly after he left and she has never stayed at his place since. When he broke her trust with the affair and leaving she was willing to still see him but when he broke it again by leaving her at his place while he went out to party she put up her own boundary and told me that she will never go to his place for overnight again. I would never put her in a position where she is scared. That is on him, not on me. That was her choice after that, not mine. Do you not think it would have been nice for me to have at least one weekend to myself in the last 4 plus years? My kids know which parent puts them first every time and that has nothing to do with me sabotaging any relationship with their dad. That has to do with me taking care of their needs above my own and always being there for them especially when their dad was not.
I've never censored anything on my blog. I started to when my ex and his friends were bombarding it with extremely vulgar things and then I just let them post. It gave people an idea of what I have to deal with. My blog has never been about revenge. It is simply sharing my story and my truth. It is less revealing now that I know my ex, the other woman and his friends all have access and that they have no problem posting my name so that my children can be identified. My closest friends do not know this blog exists. It is for me only. Why would my children's friends know anything about this blog or care to read it? I don't understand how you think I "stole a father from them". Maybe you can save that comment and direct it to the 'other woman'.
If anyone who falls for me reads my divorce story and runs then they aren't the person for me. This is just one aspect of my life and a short snippet out of 50 years of living. If I knew someone I was dating had a blog about his divorce I would have no desire to read it. Why would I bring that past relationship into my new relationship with him? If he chose to share certain things that would be his choice but I wouldn't seek it out or want to know anything more. Hopefully someone I am serious about would see this for what it is and learn that I am not a betrayer, I am a parent that stays and puts my kids first, I sacrifice for my kids, I have suffered great loss, this was the most painful time of my life, I am resilient and I rebuild. If he were to talk to people in my life who have actually been with me through this journey the one thing they would tell my new relationship is that despite everything I have been through I am consistently joyful, faithful, loving and hopeful. That is the one comment that I hear repeatedly, "How can you be so (upbeat, happy, optimistic–etc–each person uses a different word with similar sentiment) all the time with everything going on in your life." It is not fake, it is genuine. That is what my new relationship would see and if they read everything I have been through at the hands of my ex they might just think I was a great catch.
As far as religion goes I like what the bible says in James1:27: "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their stress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." I love God, believe in Jesus' sacrifice for me and try to live my life guided by the spirit. I am human and feel all human emotions and fall short all the time. It is only because of my relationship with God that I am able to do as well as I have done with so much loss and the hateful treatment from my ex. I believe in his plan and that he is working everything out in my life for my good and my benefit. I see God working in my life and coming to my rescue so many times and I have learned a lot of spiritual lessons that I would not have learned without going through the last 4 years. God is the only real thing in this world that I trust and can put my hope in.
Since you were looking for ways to have an amicable divorce my advice is this: Don't betray your spouse. If you owe support pay it and be generous about it. Do whatever you can to allow your children to stay in their home. Offer to help out at the home or wherever for the benefit of your children. If a heavy burden lies on one parent, it effects your kids so do what you can to lighten that burden. If you make an agreement, especially a legal one, pay what you agreed to pay. Don't waste your family money on legal expenses if you can avoid it. Always put your children first above your own life. Be kind to your ex and continue to co-parent–go to parent/teacher meetings, go to your kids' activities, meet their friends, see them more than once/week. Be involved in their life daily. If your kids want both parents at something–their birthday dinner, taking them to university, their graduation, etc. do that for them so they don't feel resentful for being placed in the middle.
Hey "Truly Sincerely", hows the view from up there? You know, from your perch on that judgemental High Horse of smug superiority? You need to get over yourself honey. If Scornedwife ever crawls into the deepest pit, she will still ne on higher moral ground than that turd she was married to. Go play with some kangaroos.
Parents who leave their chidren are often considered part of the cluster b group. It is one thing to throwaway away a spouse, as horrible as that is, but to abandoned children smacks of narcissism and possibly sociopathy. I have no idea if your husband has any psych eval but people who abandoned children. Deserve a special place in hell.
Well written. And, you're right. It's more than him having an affair. It's about how a person treats his spouse or children and about shirking responsibility. And, thank god, your daughters have you.
Because she has stopped writing I guess there is a court order in place. I do not know Canadian law but the internet and the amount of info on it is becoming an issue. No one knows what rights they have, or what responsibilities they have.
No court order. Just enjoying some peace in my life right now.
Good for you. I am so glad you are finding some peace!


A low-cost, one-time intervention that educates teens about the changeable nature of personality traits may prevent an increase in depressive symptoms often seen during the transition to high school, according to new research published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
These findings are important, says psychological scientist and lead researcher David Scott Yeager of the University of Texas at Austin, because so few interventions have successfully prevented the onset of depressive symptoms among high schoolers. But Yeager cautions that the intervention is not a "magic bullet" for depression and requires further testing.
"We were amazed that a brief exposure to the message that people can change, during a key transition -- the first few weeks of high school -- could prevent increases in symptoms of depression," says Yeager. "It doesn't come close to solving the whole problem. Yet finding anything promising has the potential to be important because prevention is far better than treatment -- not only for financial reasons but also because it avoids human suffering."
Adolescence is a challenging transitional period marked by puberty and also changes in friendship networks and status hierarchy. Research suggests that many lifelong cases of major depression emerge during this developmental period.
Yeager and graduate student co-author Adriana Sum Miu of Emory University wondered whether debunking the belief that social adversities are fixed and unchangeable might ward off feelings of hopelessness and despair that can bloom into depression in teens.
"When teens are excluded or bullied it can be reasonable to wonder if they are 'losers' or 'not likable,'" says Yeager. "We asked: Could teaching teens that people can change reduce those thoughts? And if so could it even prevent overall symptoms of depression?"
To find out, Yeager and Miu conducted a longitudinal intervention study with about 600 ninth graders across three different high schools. In September, at the beginning of the school year, students were randomly assigned to participate in the treatment intervention or a similar control activity, though they were not aware of the group assignment. Both activities took place during a normal class period and required only paper or a computer. No one at the school knew the messages or reinforced them.
Students assigned to the treatment intervention read a passage describing how individuals' personalities are subject to change. The passage emphasized that being bullied is not the result of a fixed, personal deficiency, nor are bullies essentially "bad" people. An article about brain plasticity and endorsements from older students accompanied the passage. After reading the materials, the students were asked to write their own narrative about how personalities can change, to be shared with future ninth graders.
Students in the control group read a passage that focused on the malleability of trait not related to personality: athletic ability.
A follow-up 9 months later in May showed that rates of clinically significant depressive symptoms rose by roughly 39% among students in the control group, in line with previous research on depression in adolescence.
Students who learned about the malleability of personality, on the other hand, showed no such increase in depressive symptoms, even if they were bullied. The data revealed that the intervention specifically affected depressive symptoms of negative mood, feelings of ineffectiveness, and low self-esteem.
"The findings replicate in three independent samples, but we know almost nothing about the boundary conditions of these effects or whether they will continue to show up in future studies," says Yeager. "For example, will this intervention work equally well for all students? What symptoms are most affected or least affected? Are there any negative side-effects? We think timing really matters -- will the intervention work even just a few months later in freshman year? Could you do it one-on-one in clinical practice? We don't have good answers to these questions yet."
This work received funding from the Thrive Foundation for Youth, the Spencer Foundation, and the Raikes Foundation.
For more information about this study, please contact: David Scott Yeager at dyeager@utexas.edu.
Clinical Psychological Science is APS's newest journal. For a copy of the article "Preventing Symptoms of Depression by Teaching Adolescents That People Can Change: Effects of a Brief Incremental Theory of Personality Intervention at 9-Month Follow-Up" and access to other Clinical Psychological Science research findings, please contact Anna Mikulak at 202-293-9300 or amikulak@psychologicalscience.org.


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BROOMFIELD, CO , May 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Colibri Heart Valve LLC, a privately held emerging medical device company, today announced that results from the company's international, single-arm, open-label early feasibility study (EFS) of the Colibri transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system will be presented at the upcoming EuroPCR annual meeting taking place May 21-24, 2019. One-year follow-up data from the five evaluable patients, two of whom received a 27mm valve and three a 24mm valve, will be presented by R. David Fish, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Colibri's founder and chief medical officer, on May 23rd in Room 353. Details will also be available at the Colibri exhibit booth #M15.
"The post-implantation measures of aortic valve pressure gradients and paravalvular leakage continue to be favorable at one year following implantation. We look forward to providing detailed findings at EuroPCR," stated Dr. Fish. "We aim to confirm these results in a larger CE Mark study, which will be an important step towards commercialization. The company expects to commence the CE Mark study in the summer of 2019."
The early feasibility study of patients with severe aortic stenosis completed enrollment in April 2018. Colibri's proprietary TAVI system features a replacement heart valve pre-mounted and pre-crimped on a balloon delivery catheter. The valve and balloon are pre-loaded into a low-profile access sheath and the system is supplied sterilized in a ready-for-use form. The Colibri TAVI System is being developed with 21mm, 24mm, 27mm and 30mm valves to accommodate a variety of clinical and patient needs. Overall, the data show consistency at the various time points through one-year follow-up.
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Colibri Heart Valve LLC is a privately held medical device company that researches and develops novel, patent protected, structural heart technologies. Colibri was formed in 2010 and is located near Boulder Colorado. Through Colibri's proprietary tissue technology and valve design, Colibri has developed a pre-mounted, pre-crimped, and pre-loaded, ready-for-use balloon expandable transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system called the "Colibri TAVI System." Colibri's advanced technology is a culmination of over 15 years of research and development into transcatheter heart valve technology. Colibri's unique tissue processing method produces extremely strong, durable, and biocompatible tissue. The proprietary tissue enables loading, crimping, and packaging of the Colibri valve at manufacture, making in-procedure valve rinsing and loading at time of use unnecessary. The Colibri technology is protected by both trade secrets and issued and pending patent applications with priority claims and content dating back to January 4, 2002 and July 10, 2004. The Colibri TAVI System is an investigational device and is not currently available for sale in the USA or EU. For more information, visit: www.colibrihv.com.
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Wembley Stadium Capacity: Tour Guide, Events
This is one stadium that has attained popularity amongst fans of English football all over the world and continues to, as major football matches and other sports take place in this stadium. Wembley Stadium is situated in South Way, London HA9 0WS.
The first Wembley Stadium was built to house the British Empire Exhibition that will take place between 1924–25, the project was completed by 1923 before the year of the exhibition.
It was used as the major venue of the London 1948 Olympic Games and was used till 2000 After the year 2000, most of its structures and facilities were defunct, and they started the construction of the new stadium in 2002.
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The English firm Foster + Partners and the American stadium specialists HOK Sports Venue Event (now called Populous) handled the architectural design of the stadium.
When they excavated the pitch (playing field), they uncovered the foundations of Watkin's Tower, a structure that was erected in the 1890s that would have been the tallest building in the world if it was completed.
It took Britain 5 solid years to complete the new stadium which was opened in 2007 with state-of-the-art facilities. Today, the stadium hosts major football matches like the English Men's National Team and the FA Cup Final.
It is most times called the home of football in Britain. It serves as the headquarters for the English football governing body (FA). Since it was opened to date, Wembley stadium is one of the preferred stadiums to host the United Kingdom and Europe international football matches and other high games.
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The stadium has hosted the finals of the UEFA Champions League, the European Football Championship, and the Finalissima. Wembley Stadium is almost spherical with a circumference of 3,280 feet (1 km). the most spectacular architectural feature of the stadium is its giant arch that buttresses the roof.
The retractable roof, though, does not cover the entire stadium but can cover all the seats in the stadium. The stadium has a whopping 90,000 seats and is the biggest sports venue in the United Kingdom.
The stadium has been used to host the prestigious FA Cup final every year since it was opened. It also doubled down as the football home of England's National football team.
In the London 2012 Olympic Games, Wembley was used to host the matches, inclusive of the final (gold medal) match. American (gridiron) football is as well played at the stadium in the National Football League International Series.
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The Wembley stands are shared in East and West, and the seating plan is divided into levels 1, 2, and 3.
Level 1 (101-144)
Wembley Stadium Parking, Tour Guide, and Address
During the construction stage, enough parking space was created for car owners and it's a must that you park your car as stated by the norms. Due to how huge the stadium is, car owners are restricted from parking on the streets to pave way for passers-by and free flow of movement and other vehicles.
Also, before going to Wembley stadium with your vehicle, it's necessary to book a parking space ahead through the Wembley Official website.
Features of the Wembley stadium
The new Wembley stadium was built with state-of-the-art facilities and stands out as the best stadium in the United Kingdom. It has enormous conference halls, VIP seats, a spacious car park, and over 2600 toilets in it.
It's currently the first-class sporting venue in the United Kingdom. Though purely built for football games but its structures allow it to be adjusted for other sporting events.
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It was used to host the finals of the London Summer Olympics in 2021. Also, Wembley stadium is the headquarters of the English Football Association (FA) and is the structure used by the administrative headquarters of the football governing body of the country.
England has for centuries remained the home of football, and it has hosted and promoted football activities from time immemorial.
Wembley stadium host the football finals of the FA Cup, League Cup (EFL Cup), EFL Trophy, Women's FA Cup, FA Community Shield, and the English Men's National Team (Three Lions) home games. Since it has 90,000 seats available, hosting these events is no big deal.
Most prominent boxing bouts are held in the stadium and the tickets are sold out. Some of the prominent boxers to have been permitted to play in the stadium are Anthony Joshua, Wladimir Klitschko, Tyson Fury, and Dillian Whyte.
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Music concerts and Tours
As said above, the stadium can be configured to suit different events even concerts. Since it was opened, concerts are steadily been held at the stadium.
The tenants at the Wembley stadium are the English Football Men's National Team (Three Lions). The stadium is their football home for matches like qualifiers, European Football Championship, FIFA World Cup, and UEFA Nations League. The Three Lions do host international friendlies at the stadium.
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The English Football Association (FA) headquarters is at Wembley stadium. It can be recalled that the FA are the main body in charge of football in England.
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I absolutely love the convenience of Memory Maker. I am able to edit, crop and add special borders and stickers to my photos before downloading them to share with family and friends right from my laptop. In order to have access to your photos, you need to make sure you are the lead person or owner of Memory Maker on your My Disney Experience account. If another family member made the purchase, they will need to download and share the photos with you. They can also reassign download privileges to you in the My Disney Experience app under the "My Reservations and Tickets" tab. You can download your photos by visiting Disney's PhotoPass.
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One million pupils are freely educated in a Church of England school every day.
The Church of England's purpose in its schools is providing a distinctive and effective education that reflects God's love for humanity.
The Church of England is the largest provider of schools in England. There are over 4,600 Church of England primary schools and academies and more than 220 secondary schools and academies. Nearly one in five primary school children are educated in Church of England primary schools.In Gloucester Diocese there are 117 Church of England Schools and academies, including one secondary co-sponsored Anglican/Roman Catholic Academy. As well as aided, controlled and foundation schools there are also affiliated community primary and secondary schools and a growing network of chaplaincies in higher and further education institutions. This represents over 30,000 children, young people and the adults who care for them, who come into weekly contact with the Department and the Diocese.
Diocese of Gloucester – Schools listed by Archdeaconry
Please click this link to access the Diocese of Gloucester schools, listed by their Archdeaconry.
#goodshepherdproject
Following an exciting year when the deanery sheep visited our family of schools across the nine deaneries in the Diocese of Gloucester, they joined children and staff at Gloucester Cathedral for the annual leavers' services. The sheep enjoyed their summer holiday which included welcoming visitors on a spiritual journey around the cathedral. This term they have been making their way to their home schools within each deanery, where they have been welcomed by their school and local communities. Tweet us @glosdiocschools using #goodshepherdproject with an update about your deanery sheep.
#101ways
#101ways is a booklet crammed full of 101 practical ideas that can make a BIG difference to your parish/school relationship. They are all examples of things that already go on in schools and churches, either in this Diocese or beyond. See #101ways. Tweet us @glosdiocschools using #101ways, with your ideas or tell us which of the #101ways you try or use already.
Church of England Vision for Education
The Church of England's bold and ambitious Vision for Education was published by The Church of England Education Office in July 2016 and is endorsed by members of the House of Bishops. The Church of England is the largest single provider of schools and academies in England and educates 1 million pupils in approximately 4700 schools. This, more than ever, is an exciting time for education in the Church of England as it leads the way on new ways of working to serve a diverse society. This vision confirms the importance of the spiritual, physical, intellectual, emotional, moral and social development of children and the principles set out in this document will be at the heart of our work with schools and we are excited about the opportunities that it brings.
The distinctive nature of Church of England schools in the Diocese of Gloucester
At the start of the nineteenth century in Britain, it was almost exclusively children from privileged and wealthy families who enjoyed the opportunity of a good education. In the belief that all children deserved the right to acquire basic literacy and numeracy skills, the Church of England began to establish schools in as many of its parishes as possible. Today, some 200 years later, church schools are still providing education that is inclusive and open to all. Within the Diocese of Gloucester, we are proud of our 116 Church of England schools, many of which express the distinctive nature of the education that they provide in the following ethos statement:
"This church school aims to serve its community by providing education of the highest quality within the context of a Christian belief and practice. We encourage an understanding of the meaning and significance of faith and promote Christian values through the experience we offer all our pupils."
The way ahead for Church of England schools
The Church of England sees its church schools "as being at the centre of its mission to the nation". Every church school, therefore, will have the support of the clergy and foundation governors in their local parish who will work in partnership with the Headteacher and staff to develop and promote the school's Christian foundation.
Without seeking to proselytize, Church of England schools will make no apology for offering a spiritual and moral basis for the education they provide and each school will have a distinctively Christian vision and a set of Christian values which inform and shape the curriculum, all school policy and practice, as well as the work of the leadership team.
In Church of England VC schools within this Diocese, the Local Agreed Syllabus for RE will be followed, supported by the Understanding Christianity resource. For VA schools, governors will decide the syllabus for RE. It is recommended that all schools adopt the locally agreed syllabus for RE.
Worship in a Church of England school follows the pattern of the Anglican church year. A variety of resources are available to support this and we hope that schools and parishes will work together to provide Collective Worship that is invitational, inspirational and inclusive.
Church of England schools will be subject to an inspection under Section 48 of the Education Act 2005. This process is known as SIAMS (Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools) and will judge the school's effectiveness as a distinctively Anglican church school. SIAMS now takes place independently of the inspection carried out by Ofsted under Section 5/8 of the Education Act 2005 and is designed to support staff and governors in identifying areas for development, as well as to celebrate all that the school is seeking to offer its children in the context of a community underpinned by Christian values.
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Barker, William
Black, Lynanne
Briscoe, Roger
Fatula, Diana
Hennessey, Jenna
McGowan, Mark
McLaughlin, Courtney
Runge, Timothy
Dr. Lynanne Black, PhD
Professor, Dean's Associate for the College of Education and Communications
104 Stouffer Hall
Indiana, PA 15705-1087
lblack@iup.edu
Lynanne Black's Vita
Lynanne Black is a certified school psychologist and a professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). She is also the dean's associate for the College of Education and Communications. Black has taught numerous courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the areas of educational psychology, learning, behavior, assessment and intervention, and family-school relations.
Before joining the faculty at IUP, Black resided in Wilmington, Delaware, and was a school psychologist in Colonial School District in New Castle, Delaware. Primarily, Black worked with the preschool and elementary populations, including those children with severe disabilities and those with significant behavioral issues. Additionally, Black worked extensively with the parents of these children by providing consultative services, facilitating parent support groups, and conducting informational sessions. Also at that time, Black was an adjunct faculty member at the University of Delaware, where she taught undergraduate teacher education majors, and Wilmington College, where she taught graduate students aspiring to be school counselors.
Upon coming to IUP, Black has taken on several leadership roles, including director of the Child Study Center, internship coordinator, chair of the Department Review Board, and cochair of the Children's Advisory Commission of Indiana County, all leading to her current position as chair of the department. Furthermore, she served as the mental health consultant to Indiana County Head Start from December 2005 to May 2010.
Black's areas of interest include preschool assessment, parental involvement in children's education, school-family partnerships, and emergent literacy development.
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Sri Ramakrishna meets iswar chandra vidyasagar continued....
Intoxicated with divine love, the Master sang:
Who is there that can understand what Mother Kali is?
Even the six darsanas are powerless to reveal Her.
It is She, the scriptures say, that is the Inner Self
Of the yogi, who in Self discovers all his joy;
She that, of Her own sweet will, inhabits every living thing.
The macrocosm and microcosm rest in the Mother's womb;
Now do you see how vast it is? In the Muladhara
The yogi meditates on Her, and in the Sahasrara:
Who but Siva has beheld Her as She really is?
Within the lotus wilderness She sports beside Her Mate, the Swan.
When man aspires to understand Her, Ramprasad must smile;
To think of knowing Her, he says, is quite as laughable
As to imagine one can swim across the boundless sea.
But while my mind has understood, alas! my heart has not;
Though but a dwarf, it still would strive to make a captive of the moon.
Continuing, the Master said: "Did you notice? The macrocosm and microcosm rest in the Mother's womb; Now do you see how vast it is? Again, the poet says:
"Even the six darsanas are powerless to reveal Her." She cannot be realized by means of mere scholarship.
"One must have faith and love. Let me tell you how powerful faith is. A man was about to cross the sea from Ceylon to India. Bibhishana said to him: 'Tie this thing in a corner of your wearing-cloth, and you will cross the sea safely. You will be able to walk on the water. But be sure not to examine it, or you will sink.' The man was walking easily on the water of the sea - such is the strength of faith - when, having gone part of the way, he thought, 'What is this wonderful thing Bibhishana has given me, that I can walk even on the water?' He untied the knot and found only a leaf with the name of Rama written on it. 'Oh, just this!' he thought, and instantly he sank."
"There is a popular saying that Hanuman jumped over the sea through his faith in Rama's name, but Rama himself had to build a bridge."
"If a man has faith in God, then He need not be afraid though he may have committed sin - nay, the vilest sin."
Then Sri Ramakrishna sang a song glorifying the Power of faith:
If only I can pass away repeating Durga's name,
How canst Thou then, O Blessed One,
Withhold from me deliverance,
Wretched though I may be? ?
The Master continued: "Faith and devotion. One realizes God easily through devotion. He is grasped through ecstasy of love."
With these words the Master sang again:
How are you trying, O my mind, to know the nature of God?
You are groping like a madman locked in a dark room.
He is grasped through ecstatic love; how can you fathom Him without it?
Only through affirmation, never negation, can you know Him;
Neither through Veda nor through Tantra nor the six darsanas.
It is in love's elixir only that He delights, O mind;
He dwells in the body's inmost depths, in Everlasting Joy.
And, for that love, the mighty yogis practise yoga from age to age;
When love awakes, the Lord, like a magnet, draws to Him the soul.
He it is, says Ramprasad, that I approach as Mother;
But must I give away the secret, here in the marketplace?
From the hints I have given, O mind, guess what that Being is!
While singing, the Master went into samadhi. He was seated on the bench, facing west, the palms of his hands joined together, his body erect and motionless. Everyone watched him expectantly. Vidyasagar, too, was speechless and could not take his eyes from the Master.
Brahman and Sakti are identical
After a time Sri Ramakrishna showed signs of regaining the normal state. He drew a deep breath and said with a smile: "The means of realizing God are ecstasy of love and devotion - that is, one must love God. He who is Brahman is addressed as the Mother.
But must I give away the secret, here in the market-place?
"Ramprasad asks the mind only to guess the nature of God. He wishes it to understand that what is called Brahman in the Vedas is addressed by Him as the Mother. He who is attributeless also has attributes. He who is Brahman is also Sakti. When thought of as inactive, He is called Brahman, and when thought of as the Creator, Preserver, and Destroyer, He is called the Primordial Energy, Kali."
"Brahman and Sakti are identical, like fire and its power to burn. When we talk of fire we automatically mean also its power to burn. Again, the fire's power to burn implies the fire itself. If you accept the one you must accept the other.Brahman alone is addressed as the Mother. This is because a mother is an object of great love. One is able to realize God just through love. Ecstasy of feeling, devotion, love, and faith - these are the means."
Listen to a song:
As is a man's meditation, so is his feeling of love;
As is a man's feeling of love, so is his gain;
And faith is the root of all.
If in the Nectar Lake of Mother Kali's feet
My mind remains immersed,
Of little use are worship, oblations, or sacrifice.
Sri Ramakrishna meets iswar chandra vidyasagar continued...
Growth of divine love lessens worldly duties
"What is needed is absorption in God - loving Him intensely. The 'Nectar Lake' is the Lake of Immortality. A man sinking in It does not die, but becomes immortal. Some people believe that by thinking of God too much the mind becomes deranged; but that is not true. God is the Lake of Nectar, the Ocean of Immortality. He is called the 'Immortal' in the Vedas. Sinking in It, one does not die, but verily transcends death. Of little use are worship, oblations, or sacrifice. If a man comes to love God, he need not trouble himself much about these activities. One needs a fan only as long as there is no breeze. The fan may be laid aside if the southern breeze blows. Then what need is there of a fan?
(To Vidyasagar) "The activities that you are engaged in are good. It is very good if you can perform them in a selfless spirit, renouncing egotism, giving up the idea that you are the doer. Through such action one develops love and devotion to God, and ultimately realizes Him.
"The more you come to love God, the less you will be inclined to perform action. When the daughter-in-law is with child, her mother-in-law gives her less work to do. As time goes by she is given less and less work. When the time of delivery nears, she is not allowed to do any work at all, lest it should hurt the child or cause difficulty at the time of birth."
"By these philanthropic activities you are really doing good to yourself. If you can do them disinterestedly, your mind will become pure and you will develop love of God. As soon as you have that love you will realize Him."
"Man cannot really help the world. God alone does that - He who has created the sun and the moon, who has put love for their children in parents' hearts, endowed noble souls with compassion, and holy men and devotees with divine love. The man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself."
"There is gold buried in your heart, but you are not yet aware of it. It is covered with a thin layer of clay. Once you are aware of it, all these activities of yours will lessen. After the birth of her child, the daughter-in-law in the family busies herself with it alone. Everything she does is only for the child. Her mother-in-law doesn't let her do any household duties."
Parable of the wood-cutter
"Go forward. A wood-cutter once entered a forest to gather wood. A brahmachari said to him, 'Go forward.' He obeyed the injunction and discovered some sandal-wood trees. After a few days he reflected, 'The holy man asked me to go forward. He didn't tell me to stop here.' So he went forward and found a silver-mine. After a few days he went still farther and discovered a gold-mine, and next, mines of diamonds and precious stones. With these he became immensely rich."
"Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then, through His grace one realizes Him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you."
In silent wonder they all sat listening to the Master's words. It seemed to them that the Goddess of Wisdom Herself, seated on Sri Ramakrishna's tongue was addressing these words not merely to Vidyasagar, but to all humanity for its good.
It was nearly nine o'clock in the evening. The Master was about to leave.
Master (to Vidyasagar, with a smile): "The words I have spoken are really superfluous. You know all this; you simply aren't conscious of it. There are countless gems in the coffers of Varuna. But he himself isn't aware of them."
VIDYASAGAR (with a smile): "You may say as you like."
MASTER (smiling): "Oh yes. There are many wealthy people who don't know the names of all their servants, and are even unaware of many of the precious things in their houses."(All laugh.)
Everybody was delighted with the Master's conversation. Again addressing Vidyasagar, he said with a smile: "Please visit the temple garden some time - I mean the garden of Rasmani. It's a charming place."
VIDYASAGAR: "Oh, of course I shall go. You have so kindly come here to see me, and shall I not return your visit?"
MASTER: "Visit me? Oh, never think of such a thing!"
VIDYASAGAR: "Why, sir? Why do you say that? May I ask you to explain?"
MASTER (smiling): "You see, we are like small fishing-boats. (All smile.) We can ply in small canals and shallow waters and also in big rivers. But you are a ship. You may run
aground on the way!" (All laugh.)
Vidyasagar remained silent. Sri Ramakrishna said with a laugh, "But even a ship can go there at this season."
VIDYASAGR (smiling): "Yes, this is the monsoon season."(All laugh.)
M. said to himself: "This is indeed the monsoon season of newly awakened love. At such times one doesn't care for prestige or formalities."
Sri Ramakrishna then took leave of Vidyasagar, who with his friends escorted the Master to the main gate, leading the way with a lighted candle in his hand. Before leaving the room, the Master prayed for the family's welfare, going into an ecstatic mood as he did so.
As soon as the Master and the devotees reached the gate, they saw an unexpected sight and stood still. In front of them was a bearded gentleman of fair complexion, aged about thirtysix. He wore his clothes like a Bengali, but on his head was a white turban tied after the fashion of the Sikhs. No sooner did he see the Master than he fell prostrate before him, turban and all. When he stood up the Master said: "Who is this? Balaram? Why so late in the evening?"
BALARAM: "I have been waiting here a long time, sir."
MASTER: "Why didn't you come in?"
BALARAM: "All were listening to you. I didn't like to disturb you." The Master got into the carriage with his companions.
VIDYASAGAR (to M., softly): "Shall I pay the carriage hire?"
M: "Oh, don't bother, please. It is taken care of."
Vidyasagar and his friends bowed to Sri Ramakrishna, and the carriage started for Dakshineswar. But the little group, with the venerable Vidyasagar at their head holding the lighted candle, stood at the gate and gazed after the Master until he was out of sight.
Concluded.
Vidyasagar could never meet Sri Ramakrishna again,although he expressed his wish to do so many a time!
« Reply #1460 on: May 26, 2015, 07:11:35 AM »
Sri Ramakrishna visits manomohan and surendra
It was the auspicious occasion of the Jagaddhatri Puja, the festival of the Divine Mother. Sri Ramakrishna was invited to Surendra's house in Calcutta; but first he went to the house of Manomohan in the neighbourhood.
The Master was seated in Manomohan's parlour. He said: "God very much relishes the bhakti of the poor and the lowly, just as the cow relishes fodder mixed with oil-cake. King Duryodhana showed Krishna the splendour of his wealth and riches, but Krishna accepted the hospitality of the poor Vidura. God is fond of His devotees. He runs after the devotee as the cow after the calf."
The Master sang:
"And, for that love, the mighty yogis practise yoga from age to age;
When love awakes, the Lord, like a magnet, draws to Him the soul."
Then he said: "Chaitanya used to shed tears of joy at the very mention of Krishna's name. God alone is the real Substance; all else is illusory. Man can realize God if he wants to, but he madly craves the enjoyment of 'woman and gold'. The snake has a precious stone in its head, but it is perfectly satisfied to eat a mere frog.
"Bhakti is the one essential thing. Who can ever know God through reasoning? I want love of God. What do I care about knowing His infinite glories? One bottle of wine makes me drunk. What do I care about knowing how many gallons there are in the grog-shop? One jar of water is enough to quench my thirst. I don't need to know the amount of water there is on earth."
Sri Ramakrishna arrived at Surendra's house. Many devotees had assembled there, including Surendra's elder brother, who was a judge.
Futility of reasoning
MASTER (To Surendra's brother): "You are a judge. That is very good. But remember, everything happens through God's power. It is He who has given you your high position; that is how you became a judge. People think it is they who are great. The water from the roof flows through a spout that is shaped like a lion's head. It looks as if the lion were bringing the water out through its mouth. But look at the source of the water! A cloud gathers in the sky and rain falls on the roof; then the water flows through the pipe and at last comes out through the spout."
SURENDRA'S BROTHER: "The Brahmo Samaj preaches the freedom of women and the abolition of the caste-system. What do you think about these matters?"
MASTER: "Men feel that way when they are just beginning to develop spiritual yearning. A storm raises clouds of dust, and one cannot distinguish between the different trees-the mango, the hog plum, and the tamarind. But after the storm blows over, one sees clearly. After the first storm of divine passion is quelled, one gradually understands that God alone is the Highest Good, the Eternal Substance, and that all else is transitory. One cannot grasp this without tapasya and the company of holy men. What is the use of merely reciting the written parts for the drum? It is very difficult to put them into practice on the instrument. What can be accomplished by a mere lecture? It is austerity that is necessary. By that alone can one comprehend.
"You asked about caste distinctions. There is only one way to remove them, and that is by love of God. Lovers of God have no caste. Through this divine love the untouchable becomes pure, the pariah no longer remains a pariah. Chaitanya embraced all, including the
pariahs."
"The members of the Brahmo Samaj sing the name of Hari. That is very good. Through earnest prayer one receives the grace of God and realizes Him. God can be realized by means of all paths. The same God is invoked by different names."
Master on Theosophy
SURENDRA'S BROTHER: "Sir, what do you think of Theosophy?"
MASTER: "I have heard that man can acquire superhuman powers through it and perform miracles. I saw a man who had brought a ghost under control. The ghost used to procure various things for his master. What shall I do with superhuman powers? Can one realize God through them? If God is not realized then everything becomes false."
Sri Ramakrishna and Krishnakishore visit a Holy Man
Once a holy man came to the bank of the Ganges and lived near the bathing-ghat at Ariadaha, not far from Dakshineswar. We thought of paying him a visit. I said to Haladhari: 'Krishnakishore and I are going to see a holy man. Will you come with us?' Haladhari replied, 'What is the use of seeing a mere human body, which is no better than a cage of clay?' Haladhari was a student of the Gita and Vedanta philosophy, and therefore referred to the holy man as a mere 'cage of clay'. I repeated this to Krishnakishore. With great anger he said: 'How impudent of Haladhari to make such a remark! How can he ridicule as a "cage of clay" the body of a man who constantly thinks of God, who meditates on Rama, and has renounced all for the sake of the Lord? Doesn't he know that such a man is the embodiment of Spirit?' He was so upset by Haladhari's remarks that he would turn his face away from him whenever he met him in the temple garden, and stopped speaking to him."
Sri Ramakrishna chides Colonel viswanath upadhyaya(captain) when he objected to Sri Ramakrishna's visiting Keshab Chandra Sen(Brahmo samaj guru):
Brahman and Sakti are not different
"The jnani seeks to realize Brahman. But the ideal of the bhakta is the Personal God-a God endowed with omnipotence and with the six treasures. Yet Brahman and Sakti are, in fact, not different. That which is the Blissful Mother is, again, Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute. They are like the gem and its lustre. When one speaks of the lustre of the gem, one thinks of the gem; and again, when one speaks of the gem, one refers to its lustre. One cannot conceive of the lustre of the gem without thinking of the gem, and one cannot conceive of the gem without thinking of its lustre.
"Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute is one, and one only. But It is associated with different limiting adjuncts on account of the different degrees of Its manifestation. That is why one finds various forms of God. The devotee sings, 'O my Divine Mother, Thou art all these!' Wherever you see actions, like creation, preservation, and dissolution, there is the manifestation of Sakti. Water is water whether it is calm or full of waves and bubbles. The Absolute alone is the Primordial Energy, which creates, preserves, and destroys. Thus it is the same 'Captain', whether he remains inactive or performs his worship or pays a visit to the Governor General. Only we designate him by different names at different times."
CAPTAIN: "Yes, sir, that is so."
MASTER: "I said those words to Keshab Sen."
CAPTAIN: "Keshab is not an orthodox Hindu. He adopts manners and customs according to his own whim. He is a well-to-do gentleman and not a holy man."
MASTER (to the other devotees): "Captain forbids me to go to see Keshab."
CAPTAIN: "But, sir, you act as you will. What can I do?"
MASTER (sharply): "Why shouldn't I go to see Keshab? You feel at ease when you go to the Governor General's house, and for money at that. Keshab thinks of God and chants His name. Isn't it you who are always saying that God Himself has become the universe and all its living beings? Doesn't God dwell in Keshab also?"
With these words the Master left the room abruptly and went to the northeast verandah. Captain and the other devotees remained, waiting for his return.
Friends,the above words of Sri Ramakrishna if grasped would free one of false sentiments and enable one to appreciate goodness and auspiciousness wherever,irrespective of labels and denominations.
When there is a true demand ,supply is there.This operates in all domains and more so in the spiritual one.The most effective approach is the most simple one.It is so simple that we tend to ignore it and look elsewhere.
This is what Sri Ramakrishna says:
Through earnest prayer one receives the grace of God and realizes Him.
This is what Brother Lawrence says:
"Men invent means and methods of coming at God's love, they learn rules and set up devices to remind them of that love, and it seems like a world of trouble to bring oneself into the consciousness of God's presence. Yet it might be so simple. Is it not quicker and easier just to do our common business wholly for the love of him?"
Truly this is all there to it;nothing more.
Subramanian.R
Vaikasi - (Baikasi) Visakam - 01.06.2015.
Buddha Pournima -:
Today is Vaikasi (Baisaki) Visakam star day. Today is an important day
for Lord Muruga. In all major Muruga temples (six major abodes), there will
be special pujas preceded by abhishekam with pots of milk, today. Devotees
also being milk in pots to the temple for abhishekam. Devotees also fast
today. Apart from Visakam star day of Vaikasi, the Krittika star and Uthiram
star day in the month of Panguni (Phalgun) are important.
The full moon, Pournami, starts tonight. It is Buddha Pournima day, tomorrow.
Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment today, about 2500 years back,
in Gaya in north India.
Arunachala Siva.
atmavichar100
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them? - Buddha
Buddha Pournima is observed today. Some might have observed it yesterday.
Today, Vaikasi Anuradha star day, is also the birthday (Jayanti) of Mahaperiyava.
In Kanchipuram, there will be special pujas and prayers to the Samadhi of
Maha Periyava.
Someone said: While Sri Ramana is the champion of Jnana, Mahaperiyava is
the champion of Dharma. They are the crowning glories of Hinduism.
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Saint Tiru Jnana Samnandhar Guru Puja - Vaikasi, Moola star day - 04.06.2015:
Today is the liberation day of Saint Tiru Jnana Sambandhar. At the age of 16,
immediately after his wedding in Tiru Nallur, he merged in a flame that emerged
from Siva Lingam in Tiru Nallur temple, where he had gone with his newly married
wife to pray. The temple is called Tiru Nallur Perumanam, the Great Wedding of
Tiru Nallur. It was on Vaikasi (Baisaki) Moola star day. On that day, Guru Puja
is performed. It is today.
To the wedding, Nayanmars - Tiru Neela Nakkar, Tiru Neelakanta Yazhpanar,
and Muruga Nayanar who had come to attend, also merged in that flame. So
today is also the Guru Pujas for these saints.
Sekkiazhar says in Periya Puranam, 'for the wedding, all who had participated
have attained liberation, by merging in the flame in the temple. The priests,
who had come to o the fire rituals for the wedding and who had gone with the
Saint and his newly married wife, the pipers, the drummers, kitchen workers,
and all the servants attained liberation. There is however no mention about
the parents of the Saint, Sivapada Hrudayar and Bhagavati amma.
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N.R. Krishanmurti Iyer writes:-
One evening (in Madurai), I went with Venkataramana Iyer to the home of
Suppiah Tevar. Both of them were boyhood associates of Bhagavan Ramana.
Tevar's home was like an Ashram. He had a meditation room in which the
object of worship was only a photo of Ramana that was surrounded by dumb-bells
and other implements that were used by Tevar as a physical education teacher
in the school.
We all assembled in the room for meditation. Iyer was reading the
18th chapter of Sri Ramana Gita. The chapter sings the glories of
siddha purushas of whom Maharshi was the foremost, being Arunachala Himself.
As I started listening with my eyes closed, a most amazing and unusual
experience overtook me when the stanza beginning with the word Nilaravinda.... (Ch.13.13) was recited.
I suddenly experienced a coiled luminous serpent moving upwards
from the base of my spinal column. It flashed upwards to my cranium, spreading
out as a canopy of lightning streaks that were gathered into a bright, roseate
spot of light at the base of my nose, between the eyebrows. It returned
immediately as a luminous coil winding a reverse cycle around the spinal column
down to its starting point at the base of the vertebrae. The streaks were of
different colors. One was roseate and the other was of a pale blue color. At the
same time, the broad based cone of Arunachala appeared over my head. From
its peak, an avalanche of nectar descended into my head and drenched my
whole body with an indescribable bliss. I lost consciousness of my body for a
brief eternity, the luminosity alone remaining clear and bright. A little later,
my body consciousness returned. All the luminosity disappeared except the one between the eye brows, which continued to persist until I had more experiences
under the gaze of the Maharshi during the Sri Ramana Jayanti of 1935-35 in Sri Ramanasramam.
I did not breathe a word to my friends about my experience. Of course, they knew that something unusual was happening to me, but they merely thought that I was
in a trance. After meditation, we wended our way to Adimulam Pillai Agraharam.
As we walked home, I was barely conscious. Iyer and Tevar had to support me
by taking my arms on either side. Although I was semi conscious, I distinctly
recollect that the full moon was shining in all its glory.
As we approached Sri Ramana Mandiram and faced the terrace of Meenakshi
Temple, I saw an astonishing sight. A queenly beautiful young woman of
about eighteen years, decked in gold-spangled sari and glittering ornaments was standing. She had rounded cheeks and glowed with the transparency of polished emerald and lustrous eyes that shed the cool radiance of the moon. It
was Goddess Meenakshi herself in human form! I was overpowered with the vision and I became almost unconscious. My friends lifted me up and delivered me to my anxious wife at about 11 PM.
Next morning I became normal.
(Source: David Godman, Part I, of the Power of the Presence.)
Kavyakanta Ganapati Muni had a vision of six stars raising from Bhagavan
Ramana's head and he found Him to be an avatara of Skanda. He also took
pride that he is Ganapati, the elder son of Siva and elder brother of Skanda.
In later years, Kavyakanta wrote Sri Ramana Chatvarimsat. Actually, he had
planned to compose 100 verses on Bhagavan Ramana, but fate willed it that
he could not complete. As and when he wrote a sloka, he had sent it to
Bhagavan along with a Sanskrit letter. The total verses had come to 40 and
Sri Bhagavan Ramana arranged them in proper order and thus was born Sri
Ramana Chatvarimsat. This composition is chanted even today in the mornings
in Sri Ramanasramam. In one sloka, Ganapati Muni says:
"He is Skanda without Spear, Rooster Banner and Peacock vehicle.
He is the dear son of Uma. The One who vanquished Tarakasura
and other demons, is residing here wearing a simple codpiece.
He is the celibate, without liking and disliking, without respect
and disrespect, without self-respect and self-defeatism. In His
eyes resides Sakti, in His face Lakshmi and in His tongue, Saraswati,
goddess of learning. It is my good fortune that I got Him as my Guru.
I shall prostrate at His lotus feet!"
(Source: Spiritual Stories about Bhagavan Ramana, Banu
Ramachandran, Tamizh.)