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The Jewish Pilgrimage - An Exploration of Reality, Mainly in Verse The Jewish Pilgrimage by Geoffrey Hoffman is clearly written to inspire philosophical discussion. This book depicts the author's personal journey to find some form of understanding about man, our various versions of God and how this effects society and the use of its knowledge. He debates moral issues and provokes deep thinking in several areas that will never leave my mind as I travel along my own road. Geoffrey questions the justness of creation itself and the gift of consciousness. Also he cleverly uses metaphors when he depicts various pieces of himself by using the universe, planets and astrological colors. Without a doubt this...

Meditation is much more than relaxation. Most people say that it can help you feel a lot calmer during the day and have the ability to be more productive. The thing is, meditation has quite a few health benefits besides just making you focused. First of all, lets start out with an obvious fact - meditation relaxes you. You start breathing slower and your heart beat slows down compared to what it was. If you are not sure about this, ask to use the stethoscope next time at the doctors. When you breathe in very deeply, your heart rate will slow. With meditation, you practice breathing deeply and get a slow heart rate the whole time! In some cultures, especially places in Tibet, meditation is immersed...

In this writing we will continue with the subject matter discussed in the last article regarding Muslim/Christian unity. I raised the question: Can Muslims and Christians unite? We saw in the previous article that on the basis principles the oneness of God and the oneness of the prophetic community that such a unity can be achieved. With the question answered with regards to unity, we will now discuss should the Muslim believers and the Christian believers work towards such a unity in modern times for the benefit of our families, community and nation. As I mentioned in the last article, our unity does not mean agreement on every issue, theological position, belief or ideology. Operational unity A...

Falling in love with love has been the subject of parody from the time of ancient Greece, to Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, to the present. The 1938 Rodgers and Hart show tune describes falling in love with love as "falling for make-believe" and "playing the fool." Do real life people actually fall in love with the idea of being in love? Unfortunately, it is actually quite common. Someone wants desperately to have the husband or wife of their dreams. They visualize the vine-covered cottage with the white picket fence. They choose the colors for the nursery. They design all the aspects of their married life. So what happens when mister or miss "Right" offers a brief smile? Just as in the comedies, a...

Though every region and country is different and cemeteries area to area, there are four main types of cemeteries. Each is set aside as the final resting place for specific people from all different walks of life, interests, beliefs and situations. If you are searching for a specific type of cemetery, you will find many resources available online to direct you to the one that best suits your needs. I will name them first and then explain more about them following: 1. A District Cemetery is owned by a city, county or other regional government district. 2. A Religious Cemetery is owned by a religious organization and is usually set aside for members of a particular faith. 3. Private Cemeteries are...

Have you ever heard of Harvey Ball? Probably not...but you will certainly be aware of his world famous design. Ball was the creator of the 'smiley' - the yellow circle with the simple two eyes and smiling mouth that we all know so well. The smiley made Ball a very rich man but he became concerned with the over-commercialisation of the image and so he created World Smile Day...one day of the year when everyone, regardless of race, political beliefs, religion or geography should simply smile. He decided that it should fall on the first Friday in October each year, so this year; World Smile Day is on Friday 2nd October. Smiling has many benefits...read on to find out more. Reasons to be cheerful...1, 2...

If you need to immediately lose weight fasting is one of the quickest ways to do it. Because your not taking in many calories the only thing you can do is lose weight because every time you move you'll burn more calories off then you replenish. Fasting is good for quick weight loss, but if you need to lose a significant amount of weight fasting isn't a healthy alternative for a good diet and steady exercise. In fact if your looking to lose weight you should consider going on a healthy diet before taking an extreme measure such as fasting. Unless fasting is a requirement for your beliefs/religion that your partaking in. In that case if your also fasting to lose weight, for your fasting diet to be...

A marriage ceremony is a public expression of one of the most precious and beautiful of all gifts, the love that a couple have in their hearts for one another. A first-class marriage celebrant will offer you the freedom to express those feelings in your own special way. There are a number of suggestions which a marriage celebrant can give to you that enables you to compile your own wedding ceremony reflecting your own views of marriage and your own particular style. When as a couple, you are afforded the freedom to design their own marriage ceremony the meaning behind the words becomes their meaning and the love expressed in the words is their love. The decision to marry should be made after a lot...

Cultural awareness is having the appreciation and recognition that people are different all over the world. It means having tolerance and sensitivity in many situations and controlling our attitude towards others. Because we are all humans, we instantly believe that we must be all the same, ok yes, we have different nationalities, different languages and we may have a different colour of skin, but apart from that we are all the same. When we travel to another country, on business or on holiday, we only have a short glimpse of the country and people we are visiting and we readily accept the lifestyle, however it is, because we know we will not be there long. We may have to cope with understanding a...

Have you ever noticed that some small business owners seem to have everything in place -- they have a great product or service, sufficient funding, good marketing and other systems set up and even have some clients -- but yet they either fail to thrive, or they fail all together? It's surprising to see this, until you look deeper at the business owner. The root cause of the problem is often a mindset that is not set for success. To develop a mindset of success, entrepreneurs need to look at three factors: beliefs, self-talk and self-care. These three factors are interrelated and in this article, we are going to look at 'beliefs' because it is the base for the other two factors. Most experts believe...

According to the International Marian Research Institute, eighty percent of all Catholic shrines are dedicated to the Virgin Mary and are among the most desired pilgrimage destinations in the world. In fact, Marian shrines receive more annual pilgrims than any other religious figure. Although a dominant figure in Catholicism, Mary's appeal transcends theological differences, as Mary's devoted pilgrims hail from all Christian denominations and the many branches of Islam. Yes, I said Islam! Mary, who plays an important but not extensive role in the New Testament, has a much more prominent position in the sacred text of Islam. Mary is mentioned no fewer than thirty-four times in the Quran, and she is...

Giving welcome Rabbi at new synagogue speaks of converts to Judaism BY SERGIO CARMONA. JOURNAL STAFF WRITER There's a new rabbi in town. Rabbi Celso Cukierkorn, who moved to Miami-Dade County in May and has started Adat Achim Synagogue in Sunny Isles, knows a great deal about those who convert to Judaism. Since his rabbinic career started more than a decade ago, Cukierkorn, 37, has converted many of those people himself - in Europe, South America and China. Welcoming new people as Jews is important to him. "Today, we have as many Jews in the world as there were the day the Americans liberated the concentration camps," he said. "Next generation, we will have negative growth, and we're going to have...

Are you thinking of Jewish engagement rings? if so you are probably thinking of pure love, romance and marriage proposals. All man who are thinking of proposing to their Girl friends are mostly under huge amounts of pressure. One thing that sure needs to be perfect is the engagement ring. In the past it was considered trivial that a solitaire diamond ring is the best choice for a wedding proposals. Today we already know that there are other beautiful alternatives as well. Between these alternatives you might find special interest in the Ani L'Dodi ring. These Jewish wedding rings, are gorgeous. Made out of pure gold or silver and sometimes engraved with love verses from the bible. The most popular...

Faith is very often confused with belief and hope. It is neither though both belief and hope depend on faith to operate. Faith is not seeing. It is also a present and future issue. Knowing and doing the will of God without faith is impossible. Hope is very similar but is uncertain. Hope is a may be and a dream. You can work with a hope of achieving something. Hope bases the outcome on human work and effort. Belief is a set of dogmas or doctrines that you base your worldview, religion, and lifestyle on. It is mostly theoretical like what do you believe etc. I believe in this and that. It is a result of study and reflection. However, faith is simply beyond these. It is certain about an uncertain...

The word meditation, is derived from two Latin words: meditari(to think, to dwell upon, to exercise the mind) and mederi (to heal). Its Sanskrit derivation 'medha' means wisdom. Meditation is not a technique but a way of life. Meditation means 'a cessation of the thought process’. It describes a state of consciousness, when the mind is free of scattered thoughts and various patterns. The observer (one who is doing meditation) realizes that all the activity of the mind is reduced to one. Meditation can be defined as thinking continuously about something. Most of the time people are meditating on one thing or another, but they are unaware of it. For instance, when we are thinking about a problem, we...

tart --> Ancient Greece was a society very much based on religion. With periods of great conquest, the religion underwent many evolutions. Ancient Greece - Religion Greek gods were plentiful. You know many of them, even if you don't realize it. A quick look at the planets in the solar system reveals names derived from Greek gods. For instance, Uranus is considered one of the two founding gods of the world by the ancient Greeks. That being said, ancient Greece religion was a bit more complicated than just names. Religion in ancient Greece was based on belief in what we will call event deities. There were gods for love, war, the sea and so on. The gods were also anthropomorphic, which means the Greeks...

Islam has been reported as being a very ancient or behind the times religion. Muslims who follow the faith of Islam feel very differently. Islam has just as much meaning for Muslims living in today’s modern world as it did when Prophet Muhammad (swt) first spoke his preaching to the people of Makkah. In the past there was clues just as there is now. Islam is a foundation where we can put our worries and trouble into and know that there is a purpose for us which is higher than the almighty dollar. Today’s society worships mainly one thing, money . We go to our modern churches, which we call banks and see our way to buying the fast cars, large houses and luxuries clothes which are ridiculously...

Nehru is a much respected figure in Indian History. He was leader of the Indian National Congress and took part in the freedom struggle against the British Raj. In addition he also had the ear of Gandhi and thus when he became Prime Minister (1947-64) he wielded immense power. Thus to write something adverse about him amounts to blasphemy. But at the same time there is a need to critically evaluate his contribution to India and the legacy left behind him. There is no doubt that intellectually Nehru was a giant, but his contribution to the Indian Nation shows that he had little grasp of power politics and roles of nations. Firstly let's look at his China policy. To say the least it bordered on...

Organic, Tibetan Goji Berries , Blue Mangosteen and Spirulina The Curative value of such an organic element, one has to search to the organic goji berry and its nutritional data. Some of the reality are as follows: - Organic Goji berry contains 600 times more Vitamin C per pounds than oranges and grapfruit. Limoleic acid found in a goji berry remarkably encourage loss in body fat and provides increases in lean body mass. Goji berries also have more beta carotene than carrots and so are very good for your eyes. The benefits of organic Goji berries are huge and can be applied simply by taking a little sip everyday. Goji juice is a total body protection liquid and so should be in every family's home...

A native of Asia, the goji berry has been prized for centuries for aiding in general health and well-being. The highest quality goji berry is Himalayan, but many other varieties, including those grown in Western China, Mongolia and Tibet also have powerful effects. There are many types of goji berry, and in Tibet alone, there are 40 different varieties. The best goji products use goji berries that have the active ingredients, Polysaccharides, which facilitate the communication between cells. These products have been tested through cellular analysis to ensure that the highest quality goji berries are used. Imagine a small red berry, about the size of a grape, growing on a vine in the hills of Tibet...

Discover Brahmaputra The Brahmaputra is in the north eastern part of India which is known to be the biggest river of the country. It enters India from the far eastern state of the Arunachal Pradesh after traveling hundreds of miles across the Tibet as the Tsangpo from its birthplace near the holy lake of Mansarovar. Brahmaputra is the world's largest river on the scale of Indus, Mississippi and the Nile. It flows through the Tibet where it is known as Dihang. The basin covers the part of Tibet, China, India, and Bangladesh. The long course of the Brahmaputra are through the dry and the flat region of the Southern Tibet before it starts to break in the Himalayas. The Brahmaputra has its own history...

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, has been living outside of his native Tibet for over 40 years - and the exiling of the Dalai Lama has been an important issue in the cause to free Tibet. The current Dalai Lama was born in Tibet on July 6, 1935. He was proclaimed to be the tulku, or rebirth, of the 13th Dalai Lama at the age of two, when he was residing with his farming family (the fifth of sixteen children) in the Tibetan province of Amdo. At the age of 15, the Dalai Lama was designated as the Tibetan Head of State, on November 17, 1950 - just as the country was facing occupation by the People's Republic of China. After a failed attempt to overthrow the Communist rule of China in 1959, the...

-- End Ad Box ---> Whether we are willing to admit it or not, it is natural for human beings to perpetually admire and envy successful people. Throughout our lives, we are constantly exposed to self-confident and successful people, either in person or through the media. We often view them as superhuman creatures or just extremely lucky individuals who seem to always have good fortune at their fingertips. What most people don't realize is the fact that success and confidence can easily be obtained via the simple art of modeling or behavior duplication. This is where we introduce you to the "Pocket Guru". Traditionally, a "guru" is a teacher of either Buddism, Hinduism, or Sikhism. In general...

There are hundreds of thousands of plants on earth. Many of them we have as landscaping or in the house for décor. What many people don't know is that the most beautiful plant can be poisonous for your dog. Like the stunning lilies many of us get at Easter or the aloe Vera plant we use for burns. These plants are poison for your dog. Ferns, avocado and ivy are also poisonous. Your dog may never touch any of these plants or he/she may simply take a sniff and move on. Puppies are typically the worst offenders when it comes to eating house plants. They eat nearly anything and everything. Still, there's always the dog that throughout his/her life will chow down on whatever they can sink their...

Do you feel like you are constantly 'on' (of 'off') a diet? Do you feel like it is a never-ending struggle to eat perfectly in order to achieve or maintain your ideal weight? But does your ongoing dissatisfaction with your body linger on, despite all these efforts? Well, perhaps your 'perfect' diet is to blame! I recently had a client who was so committed to eating perfectly, she wouldn't dream of polluting her body with a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and on the surface you would think her diet was perfect. But she was struggling to see the results she wanted. On the other hand, I had another client who was equally dedicated and committed, but who also gave herself some slack. She'd allow the...

Controversies and Bachchans have close relationship. We dealt with some of them in our earlier articles like "Trying Times for Amitabh Bachchan- Horoscope Analysis" etc. An article was done on Abhishek Bachchan at the time of shooting of "Raavan" and some articles were on Aishwarya Rai Bachchan also. In the article on Amitabh Bachchan we predicted that "Rahu placed in the 7th house may adversely affect his reputation. He may become a prey to political vendetta. The transit of Saturn from the eighth house and from over the "Atmakaraka" Sun signifies that health may be a matter of key concern for him in times to come especially in the year 2010." Turn of events after that have proved that our...

Why is Deepawali Celebrated? Deepawali is the much-awaited festival of Hindus in India. It is the blissful celebration of sparkling lights and the overthrowing of shadows of darkness. According to the Indian mythology, the festival is the biggest testimony ever of the victory of truth over the unjust. It is believed that Lord Rama returned to Ayodhya on this day after 14 years of exile. According to another legend, Deepawali is the auspicious commencement of the Hindu calendar and usually marks the beginning of the harvest season.   Traditional Way of Celebration Deepawali is celebrated with full vigor and enthusiasm in each and every Hindu family of India. People lit continuous series of earthen...