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String Figures, Games, and Tricks: A WWW Collection of Favorite Figures
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Making string figures is a pastime that people throughout the world have enjoyed for untold thousands of years. String figures, games, and tricks are an important part of many cultures. They represent people, animals, places, and things of importance. String figures may have ritual, aesthetic, mythological, or religious significance—or, like Cat's Cradle, just be fun to make! Long before TV or books, people were using string figures to illustrate the stories they told around the campfire. The Tibetan Boo...
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Westfulness and Eastfulness
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The 14 Mindfulness Trainings of Thich Nhat Hanh. 14 Thoughtfulness Trainings, with apologies to Thich Nhat Hanh. For wisdom: follow The Path of the Dog. Beginnings: First Lines from Scriptures. The Diamond Sutra: Condensed version. The Platform Sutra of Huineng: Condensed. The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation. The Zen Teachings of Huang Po on the One Mind. Zen and the Art of Mindful Bus Riding. Private Retreat: Alysion Acres. Mindfulness Meditation Bell, Gong, Timer. Visit our Zazzle store:. 14 Mindf...
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Beginnings, first lines from scriptures
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First Lines from Scriptures. Dedicated to the life and ripple effect of Vern Hunter, 11/14/1950 — 7/20/2011:. I had the idea of compiling a collection of first lines from various scriptures—or texts variously regarded as sacred. In just a few hours I completed the deed—The Google be praised. The comparisons should prove interesting. I think the contrast between Muhammad's. The Dual Characteristics of God (sacred liturgy of Zoroastrianism). Genesis, Old Testament, Judaism. Hadith: Sahih Bukhari, Islam.
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Why did the Chicken Cross the Road?
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Fun with Dimensional Analysis. Medication Math for the Nursing Student. WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures. Poems to Memorize and Memorable Poems. Alternative Handwriting and Shorthand Systems. Ryan's Favorite Kid Poems. For wisdom follow: The Path of the Dog. Are You a Doggiesattva? The Five Precepts of Buddhism. The Diamond Sutra: Condensed version. The Platform Sutra of Huineng: Condensed. The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation. Ch'an Teachings of Huang Po on One Mind. Maybe now is the time.
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World Religion Simplified
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Shared belief, faith, dogma. Exemplified by individual teaching/example. Natural/Supernatural, this world/the next. One life, universe, everything. The outer, i.e. everyday consciousness. The inner, the contemplative or meditative. Cognitive: Beliefs most anyone can understand. Intuitive: The Secret waits for the insight. Temporal: Beginnings and endings. The timeless: To see eternity in a grain of sand. Doubt: Something to be delivered from. Greater the doubt the greater the enlightenment. Mysticism = i...
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Poems to Memorize & Memorable Poems
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Alysion's Bucket List of. Poems to Read Before You Die. Edna St. Vincent. To See a World. Nothing Gold Can Stay. I Stood upon a High Place. Much Madness is Divinest Sense. Macavity The Mystery Cat. A Man Said to the Universe. My Life Has Been the Poem. A Dream within a Dream. Death be not proud. Casey at the Bat. The Man He Killed. Earth is Like a Vessel. The Passionate Pilgrim, XI. The Cremation of Sam McGee. Because I could not stop for Death. To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time. Sigh No More, Ladies.
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Mom's Poems and Lyrics
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Mom's Poems and Lyrics. Here are a few memorable lyrics and poems to recite. Over in the Meadow. A Visit from St. Nicholas. The Night Before Christmas). Vincent (Starry, Starry Night). Into in the West. Death be not proud. Visit our Zazzle store:. Other sites by Alysion. Fun with Dimensional Analysis. Medication Math for the Nursing Student. WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures. Poems to Memorize and Memorable Poems. Alternative Handwriting and Shorthand Systems. Ryan's Favorite Kid Poems. Environme...
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Fun with Dimensional Analysis
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Dimensional analysis (also known as the factor-label method or unit-factor method) is by far the most useful math trick you'll ever learn. Maybe you've learned some algebra, but will you use it? For many people the answer is, not after the final exam. How many seconds are in a day? First, don't panic. If you have no idea what the answer is or how to come up with an answer, that's fine—you're not supposed to know. You're not going to solve THE PROBLEM. What you are going to do is break t...All of these st...
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A Guide to Alternative Handwriting and Shorthand Systems
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The not complete-idiot's guide to:. As a bonus for learning an alternative system, you can be almost certain that no one you know will be able to read anything you write, so you will have learned not only a fast but secret way to write. Learning an alternative to longhand can not only be fun and way cool, but practical as well. With vowels things are even worse (about 20 spellings per vowel sound! To spell each sound in frequently used Engish words. If all English words are counted, there are 28. Various...
