Discernment is the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure — skill in perceiving distinctions that are not obvious — and, in a second recorded sense, a single act of perceiving...
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That which is living is that which has life; exhibiting the motion of nature. Reflections "When you appeared in this world, you cried, and all the people around you rejoiced. You have to live your...
Confluence is a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point; the flowing together of two or more streams. Influence is the business of standing apart. Confluence is the art of...
Animism is the religious belief that nothing is truly inanimate, but that all objects, places, and creatures are infused with spirit and purpose; possessing a distinct spiritual essence. Reflections...
Maternity wards are shuttering in Italy. Ghost cities are appearing in China. Hundreds of thousands of properties in Germany have been leveled and the land turned into parks. The world’s demographics...
Wildfires have always been a normal part of life in the American West. During a typical year in the late 20th century, fires burned about 500,000 acres a year in California — an area equal to roughly...
A mythos is a pattern of beliefs expressing often symbolically the characteristic or prevalent attitudes in a group or culture. The name Mythos One, meaning "a compendium of stories about self; one",...
Reflections "The more control we exercise over the world, the more sensitive to the world we become. Despite the fact that [dogs] regularly eat off the floor and drink out of toilet bowls, [they]...
"Contemporary parties, for example, are almost always based on consumption—of food, drink, drugs, sports, or other forms of entertainment. We recognize them as frivolous. This sort of fun really...
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Automation is the process of setting up tasks to run automatically, typically within or between software applications, to streamline repetitive, manual work. At its core, automation follows a simple...
Focus is a directed attention; a state or condition permitting clear perception or understanding. Reflections F.O.C.U.S. means "follow one course until successful" Watch Tags notecard
https://www.bohmdialogue.org/bohmdialogue Contexts [1] Bohm's Vision of Dialogue, bohmdialogue.org Shared by tony-rengel notecard
The global water crisis is a global health crisis. Every 2 minutes a child dies from a water-related disease Nearly one million people die each year from water, sanitation and hygiene-related...
Reflections "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." ~ Leonardo Da Vinci "The story of simplicity is key." ~ John Zdanowski Watch Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, sadhguru Tags notecard
Awe is an experience of such perceptual vastness that forces reconfiguration of one's mental models of the world in order to assimilate it. "One of the ways that we see wonder is by scrambling the...
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The 'One' is a way of referencing the Self; the totality of all being. "All living creatures have the same divine beginning, all are in unity. We are all members of one great body. Nature created us...
Reflections "Expectation creates labor pains." ~ Yancy Schwartz "I have high hopes, but no expectations." ~ Mark Goulston Watch Contexts mark-goulston notecard (See: The Notecard System)...
On the web, interstitials are web pages displayed before or after an expected content page, often to display advertisements or confirm the user's age (prior to showing age-restricted material). Most...
