Spritual As Criminal?

It need be told that apart from the 'magnum opus' of the founder of SS and HJS, Jayant Athavale which is called "Science of Spirituality' - which is book of 21 volumes - and other texts about 'Divine Kingdom', 'Arts for God Realisation' and 'Spiritual Experiences of Seekers' etc. a very important text in the training of the seekers is Texts on Defence where seekers of divine kingdom are also imparted training with air rifles ( Vol 3 H - Self Defence Training, Chapter 6, Page 108-109)
It would be opportune to discuss a portion from this text which trains the seeker in 'Firing' . In 7 a. it trains the seeker in standing stance (kada pavitra) [shooting in the standing posture] in section 7

b. it discusses Sitting Stance (baitha pavitra) [shooting in the sitting stance]. It also shows the photograph of Vinay Panvalkar wearing a hat showing the different positions.


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EDITORIAL: Upcountry basketball teams need motivation

BASKETBALL fans in Dar es Salaam and the rest of the country had every reason to feel proud of the regional team, popularly known as ’Dream Team’, as it won the East African Inter-cities tournament held at the National Indoor Stadium in the city at the end of last month.

The week-long tournament also involved teams from other East African cities including Arusha, Mbeya, Mwanza, Kampala and Mombasa, some of which featured both men and women squads.

The absence of top sides like Nairobi, who were the tournament’s defending champions, was not really felt as participants put up impressive performances that made the event worth attending.

Dar es Salaam truly need a pat on the back for their achievement in the tournament after suffering a series of heart breaks in past competitions.



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Facing the reality of your HIV test results

Even after hospital authorities had told him to go and look for Nevirapine, a drug that is administered to children who are born to HIV positive mothers, because it was out of stock at the hospital then, it did not cross his mind that his wife was HIV positive, probably because he didn't know what the drug was used for. He went to a number of pharmacies to buy this restricted drug all the while unaware that he was buying it to save his child from contracting the HIV virus.

Hospital staff did abide by the confidentiality clause that they are governed by in the medical code of conduct. The lady had told them never to inform her husband that she was HIV positive and why he was looking for the drug. Disclosing a person's HIV status can be a breach of one's rights to confidentiality but medical personnel can encourage someone to disclose their status to their partner or have someone encourage their partner to go for testing.



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We Have Sexy Bodies and Brains .Why Not Sexy Culture and Sexy

It is a terrible intrusion into the rights of the individual and his freedom of religion and freedom of inner spirituality to tell him how to think intuitively, develop wisdom, and find an ultimate purpose in his life.-

What we worship and how we worship is our own personal business. And men and women are both capable of this to a large degree, even if women are a bit better at it. Furthermore the soul is said to be androgynous or double-sexed and great soul-power can easily transcend a mere biological apparatus like a body. There have always been both men and women who can see past their biological programming.-

I was brought up to be a Catholic. Catholicism is probably the most patriarchal of all religions. It dates back to the time when the Roman Empire fused with Christianity to form the Holy Roman Empire.


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NBR Transcripts- July 24, 2008

But thinking about next year and 2010, we have a number of programs under way to improve our revenue production so that we too can overcome higher energy costs. And I would like to see the results of some of those initiatives before we expand aggressively. But the nice thing is, with all the shrinking going on in the market, we have a number of opportunities to expand. We'll just keep our powder dry here for the time being.

YASTINE: Gary, when you talk about increasing revenue, are ticket prices, an increase in ticket prices on that menu, because it sounds like some of the comments you've made elsewhere sort of hint that that is something that the company is contemplating?

KELLY: You know, I just think that's the inevitability that we'll have to find some way to raise revenues.



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Motivate staff to deliver the goods

But in June the 37-year-old distribution manager for the construction materials provider Lafarge found he could be fired up to new heights of motivation.

Dargie, who works at Mountsorrel in Leicestershire, had been in his job for almost four years, with 22 staff and responsibility for managing the company’s relationship with haul-iers and subcontractors across the Midlands and eastern England.

Then he was identified as someone with the potential to deliver more and was invited to join the company’s "Jump" two-week development programme in Paris.

The programme, delivered in partnership with Mannaz, a management development consultancy, sought to reenergise key staff, help them to change their workplace style and enable them to consider career options they had not felt capable of before.



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Brain Function Has Many Facets

One important consideration in evaluation of human behavior is the concept of spirituality. Every human group has some concept of this nature. We do not know how the brain structures this phenomenon, and so, at present, cannot help with a scientific evaluation of it.Our present research facilities are increasingly using CT scans, magnetic resonance scans and pet scans to help improve our knowledge. Each of these scans emphasizes a different part of the brain, and they all show that different parts of the human brain are active in different situations. The effects can be modified by drugs, fatigue or anger.Thinking seems to involve several different areas of the brain including the memory sections, but we still are not able to describe the details. There is some suspicion that a single brain cell (a neuron) may be able to handle a single memory.


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