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Can You Really Find Wisdom Through Excess?
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Posted on 05-23-07 12:25
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"Wisdom consists in not being attached to the identity or myth of who you (think) you are so much you lose yourself in either excess or deprivation. So as the circumstances of your life swing from one extreme to the other, you merely sit at the centre and observe, knowing that yang inevitably turns to yin - fullness inevitably turns into emptiness once it reaches its zenith -so you sit there and watch amused as your fortunes rise and fall and rise again.
As you reach the zenith of the extreme of either excess or deficit, you'll witness transformation and it's in this transformation that you witness first hand your Tao (the Great Way) working in your affairs - therein lies the nub of wisdom.
The wiser and more Tao-attuned you become, the more inclined you are to contain your energy and remain in the centre, whether in the throes of excess or of poverty, realizing that both extremes are simply effects of the external world and in themselves mean nothing. So you carry your wisdom with you no matter the external circumstances.
You have to go with it while it's happening to gain full value from being alive and if where it's taking you is into excess, you go there, observing from the centre all the while, knowing that after excess comes decrease, so not attaching to the fruits, always to the tree."
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Posted on 05-23-07 12:28
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Ecstasy Users Really Do Love Each Other
Australian scientists who tested ecstasy on rats announced this week that the rodents became unusually friendly and tended to 'lie next to each other and chill out', according to a report in the New Scientist.
Study chief Iain McGregor from University of Sydney speculated that the rats' loved-up behaviour was caused by a surge in oxytocin, the hormone often associated with human couples falling in love.
"It's interesting that guys on ecstasy feel more sensual than sexual," Mr McGregor told the New Scientist. "It could be that raising oxytocin levels puts them in that sort of post-orgasmic state where they're actually not very good at performing sexually but they feel really good about the person they're with," he suggested.
His comments struck a chord with the views of style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em">Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke who this week chatted about using E in an interview with Uncut magazine.
"The drug I do enjoy taking is ecstasy, which gives a real sense of euphoria," the indie pop star said, "It makes your senses so much more acute. It makes music sound so powerful. And it makes touch incredibly sensual. You know, every touch is orgasmic," (the singer also stressed he'd stopped using drugs over 12 months ago).
A previous study of oxytocin by University of Zurich researchers in 2005 (on humans) revealed that people given the hormone both promoted interaction between people, making them significantly more trusting and no longer frightened of betrayal. The effect was so strong, Nature Magazine reported, that unprincipled politicians could be easily tempted into spraying crowds with oxytocin at rallies, to manipulate voters' trust.
"The scenario may be rather too close to reality for comfort, but those with such fears should note that current marketing techniques - for political and other products - may well exert their effects through the natural release of molecules such as oxytocin in response to well-crafted stimuli," Dr Antonio Damasio of the Department of Neurology told Nature.
"Civic alarm at such abuses should have started long before this study," he added (BBC)
Philippine Cops' So Macho Stance
Top style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em">Philippines cop chief superintendent Samuel Pagdilao issued a bizarre dictat to local cops this week, threatening to sack them if they in any way act gay.
"If they sway their hips while marching, or if they engage in lustful conduct, I think that will be a ground for separation," the Philippine National Police spokesman chief told reporters, "If they behave within the norm, I don't think we'll have a problem."
His announcement surprised new Skrufff man-in-Manila Ed Cruz, who said gay cops are 'pretty much straight acting'.
"There are few gay cops around but they're all very discreet - and if they happen to make the wrong move in making themselves obvious, it's either they quit their job or face endless ridicule," Ed said. "What's more recognizable here are cops with many mistresses."
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Posted on 05-23-07 12:32
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Drug Users Face Higher Prison Rape Risk
US Civil rights organization Stop Prisoner Rape (SPR) published a report explicitly linking the War on Drugs with the epidemic of sexual violence in America's prison system this week, and said people convicted of non-violent drug offences are most at risk of attack.
"Anyone can become a victim of prisoner rape, but non-violent drug offenders who are unschooled in the ways of prison life tend to be targeted," said Lovisa Stannow, SPR's Co-Executive Director, "Especially when they are housed in cramped cells or in poorly monitored dormitories that were never meant to hold inmates in the first place."
'Stories from Inside' documents 24 harrowing first hand accounts from non-violent drug offenders who were sexually assaulted, such as Bryson Martel, who was repeatedly raped by 25 inmates in an Arkansas jail, and contracted HIV. The report says one in five (20%) men and one in four (25%) of women inside America's vast gulag have been attacked with women most at risk of attack by guards and men from fellow prisoners.
However, Dr. Terry Kupers, a psychiatrist specializing in mental health in prisons, told Drug War Chronicle he disagreed with the statistics.
"I think the 20% figure is low for a couple of reasons. First, people don't report because they're afraid of the stigma. Men feel it is unmanly and won't admit it. There is also the fear of retaliation in prison, whether from staff or other prisoners," he pointed out.
"Secondly, a lot of sexual activity is not defined as rape by the participants. A young and fair male enters prison and is told by an older prisoner 'I'm going to have sex with you, and if you agree I won't beat you up and I'll protect you from other prisoners.' The young man agrees and becomes a 'willing' partner, but it's rape, it's coerced out of fear. These guys might say they're not being raped, but they are," he pointed out.
Meanwhile in the style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; HEIGHT: 1em">UK, former head of the prison service Martin Narey warned that Britain is rapidly heading towards American levels of imprisonment with 'meltdown' in the prison system imminent.
"I wouldn't be surprised at all if by 2010 there were 100,000 people in prison," he told the Guardian.
"I think there is every chance that, at the end of the decade, we will look back nostalgically at a figure of 80,000. The US experience shows there is no end to this."
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Posted on 05-23-07 12:38
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Posted on 05-23-07 3:20
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Oops looks like you must have posted when the HTML tag generator was having issues :)
I don't have anything to say about the latter posts. I cant believe you put out stuff like that and I get a chuckle out of some of that stuff every now and then. But the first one did catch my eye. Based on my own learnings, I guess it is a combination of excess as well as variety. The former giving you depth and the latter length and breadth. Both types of learnings are essential and compliment each other.
Aight, my head hurts from the deep thinking :P
Take care.
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Posted on 05-23-07 3:31
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Yeah UNcle San wus like a fugging DRUID today. Mixing and matching all sorta concoctions. Could I have some of that Magic potion too UNCLE SAN ?
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