Wellness Naturism Discussions - Saviors Of Earth2024-03-29T07:28:51Zhttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/group/wellnessnaturism/forum?feed=yes&xn_auth=noNudity in Early Egypttag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2010-06-07:2492330:Topic:2596082010-06-07T21:31:15.253ZDale Harrisonhttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/DaleHarrison
Nudity in Early Egypt<br />
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A fascinating tale of early sun worship and nudity was unearthed in 1887 at Tell-el-Amarna, a small Egyptian village on the banks of the Nile some 200 miles south of Cairo. There, an Arab woman accidentally stumbled upon the baked-clay tablet archives of Pharaoh Akhen-Aton (1385-1353 B.C.). It was learned through the subsequent translation of these tablets that the brilliant young pharaoh and his exquisitely beautiful queen, Nefertiti, considered the sun, Aton, to be the…
Nudity in Early Egypt<br />
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A fascinating tale of early sun worship and nudity was unearthed in 1887 at Tell-el-Amarna, a small Egyptian village on the banks of the Nile some 200 miles south of Cairo. There, an Arab woman accidentally stumbled upon the baked-clay tablet archives of Pharaoh Akhen-Aton (1385-1353 B.C.). It was learned through the subsequent translation of these tablets that the brilliant young pharaoh and his exquisitely beautiful queen, Nefertiti, considered the sun, Aton, to be the true wellspring of life and thus justified the practice of nudism for spiritual and physical advancement.<br />
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Because of the discovery of these tablets and other artifacts at Tell-el Amarna, the seat of Pharaoh Akhen-Aton's government, it is now well known that he was not only a great religious reformer and mystic, who disputed the pantheism of the traditional priesthood, but also a poet of great sensitivity. On the scattered stones that had formed the original wall of Aton's Temple, archaeologists have found and deciphered the pharaoh's famous "Hymn to Aton, the Sun God," a portion of which appears in the Hebrew scriptures as Psalm 104 of the Old Testament. "Through this poem," writes J. Herman in King& Queen of the Sun, "the pharaoh reveals himself to be a lover of beauty in nature, in art, and in man."<br />
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However, some of the archaeologists who unraveled the story of the Sun Pharaoh had difficulty accepting what they found and became highly critical of Akhen-Aton and Nefertiti. "Brought up in an environment of Victorian and puritanical notions, they condemned these entrancing figures of Egyptian history because they discovered that not only the Pharaoh and his wife but also their children and officials went around with too few clothes (transparent at that!) or no clothes at all, that they practiced nudity in the royal palace, in the royal gardens and swimming pool, that they loved physical beauty, valued good food and wine, and led a frankly joyful existence."<br />
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The spontaneity, freedom, and humanistic values espoused in the lifestyle of this remarkable couple brought scathing criticism and retaliation from the conservative priests of the "old religion." Upon his death, Akhen-Aton was succeeded by son-in-law Tutankh-Aton ("King Tut," famous for the fabulous gold and jewels found in his tomb in the twentieth century), who was coerced by the priests into eradicating Akhen-Aton's reforms.<br />
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"They practiced a religion and nudist way of life that was far ahead of their time," writes Dr. deHoratev of the Sun King and his queen. "They came to an age that understood them not." He adds, rather dejectedly, that although future generafions may be more understanding of their message, "...our own day gives them a miserly recognition."6<br />
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While it is known that Akhen-Aton and Nefertiti were not the first Egyptians to luxuriate nude in the sun's rays (a fourteenth century, B.C. carving of a nude Sumerian priest is preserved in the British Museum, and a fifteenth century, B.C. painting of a nude Egyptian girl lutist is found on the wall of a Thebes tomb), he and his alluring consort did have their "day in the sun," breathing life into a freshly idealistic concept of community. Qi Gongtag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2010-06-07:2492330:Topic:2596002010-06-07T21:11:59.343ZDale Harrisonhttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/DaleHarrison
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Results of Meditation<br />
Effects of meditation come in many different forms from the psychological effects of meditation to the physiological effects of meditation. Although there have been many different studies into the effects of meditation it has only been recently that the professionals in the field of science medicine have started to take notice of the positive effects of meditation and to, in some cases, prescribe the use of meditation to patients.<br />
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The various effects of meditation are…
Results of Meditation<br />
Effects of meditation come in many different forms from the psychological effects of meditation to the physiological effects of meditation. Although there have been many different studies into the effects of meditation it has only been recently that the professionals in the field of science medicine have started to take notice of the positive effects of meditation and to, in some cases, prescribe the use of meditation to patients.<br />
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The various effects of meditation are quite extensive in range. Meditation has long been thought to have beneficial spiritual consequences, but recently, science has also backed up claims of physical benefits that are worth the consideration of anyone hoping to begin meditative study. Showing that more and more positive effects of meditation are being found and substantiated as meditation becomes more mainstream. Deliberation and meditative practice have been proven to allow people to change the way their minds work and to obtain different levels of consciousness.<br />
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While the states that are achieved in contemplation have traditionally been understood from a religious or metaphysical perspective, this research tracks the actual changes in the brain. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin have been working in conjunction with Tibetan monks to show that these transcendent experiences, caused by reflection and rumination, cause intense activity in the prefrontal cortex of the brain.<br />
This means that longtime practitioners of meditation show increased energy in that area, which is not present in beginners. This means that it is possible to train the brain through routine practice of meditation, to truly reach different emotional and mental states. Scientists used to believe that the brain did not change in structure at all after birth, but these studies show that this is not the case.<br />
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The area of the brain that feels the greatest effects of meditation is one that's associated with happiness and positive feelings. This ties in well with other research and centuries of anecdotal evidence that say meditation helps relax us, release pent up stress, and makes us feel more at peace.<br />
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Other physical evidence suggests that meditation can help people with heart problems or blood pressure, increasing their exercise tolerance and improving general heart health. Exercising the mind deliberately this way is also thought to help elderly people who are beginning to lose their mental facility. Other definite effects of meditation are a reduction in heart rate, respiration and other signs of stress through routine meditative practice.<br />
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Some experts have noted that the chemical reduced by routine meditation, Cortisol, is related both to certain kinds of stress, and to over eating. A high level of this hormone will cause people to store extra fat on the abdomen, and causes them to crave fattening foods. Therefore, meditation may also be able to reduce your weight, if you suffer from stress-related over eating.<br />
All of this is good news, given the pace of the modern world. We are constantly being assaulted by stresses and worries as we are asked to move faster and produce more. Meditative study on a regular basis can help us to learn to face the world more calmly. The stress reducing effects of meditation aren't just seen while the practitioner is meditating – they last even once the session is done. Visual Meditationtag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2010-05-17:2492330:Topic:2552832010-05-17T18:05:43.145ZDale Harrisonhttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/DaleHarrison
Visual Meditation<br />
Imagery and visual meditation has been proven to alleviate pain, speed up healing and combat stress, anxiety and other forms of tension. It is acknowledged as an extremely effective healing technique worldwide, having been long overlooked by practitioners of western medicine. Visual meditation works well for people who find it more difficult to focus on a mantra or a particular topic. By practicing imagery or visual meditation it has been proven that 90% of the ailments people…
Visual Meditation<br />
Imagery and visual meditation has been proven to alleviate pain, speed up healing and combat stress, anxiety and other forms of tension. It is acknowledged as an extremely effective healing technique worldwide, having been long overlooked by practitioners of western medicine. Visual meditation works well for people who find it more difficult to focus on a mantra or a particular topic. By practicing imagery or visual meditation it has been proven that 90% of the ailments people go to see their doctor over can be relieved drastically. Imagery is the most fundamental language we have as everything we do is processed through the mind as an image. Sadly, many of the images that are always popping into our heads can often do damage. In fact, the most common type of imagery is worry and negative visualization. Worry though, merely exists in our imaginations and unharnessed, can alter your physiology making a person much more at risk of suffering from various ailments, ranging from acne to arthritis, headaches to heart disease, and ulcers to urinary tract infections.<br />
You can use the visual meditation technique to harness the energy of your imagination. When first practicing this technique, you may find that 15 - 20 minutes a day initially to ensure that you're learning to do it properly is adequate. Many people find it easier to practice visual mediation first thing in the morning and again at night before falling asleep, subsequently as you become more experienced and comfortable with the technique, you'll be able to do it for just a few minutes at a time as required throughout the day. Soft and soothing music is a wonderful accompaniment to most meditation methods and is a very personal choice.<br />
Breathing is with all forms of meditation, very important, hence the old phrase; "Take a deep breath and count to ten" is more than just a phrase. Imagery and visual meditation is at the heart of all relaxation techniques and is designed to release brain chemicals that act as natural brain tranquilizers, lowering blood pressure, heart rate, and anxiety/stress levels.<br />
Imagery and visual meditation can be practiced in a group with one person describing a scene to imagine, followed by another person giving consideration to building on the previous scene and so forth. It may also be practiced independently, building on your own visual thoughts and imagination, to create a scene. This period of deliberation remains until either the guide/teacher brings each person back from meditation or until your individual time of rumination ends. Subsequent to this session, as with all mediation techniques, it is important that you allow some time for reflection on the experience, what you discovered and how it made you feel. Often, many people who practice visual meditation find it very useful and rewarding to keep a journal of the experiences encountered when meditating.<br />
Another visual meditation technique worth trying is what is known as ‘the pink bubble’ technique, whereby any thought that comes into your mind, through visualization is placed inside the bubble and then released. As it is released, just watch, as it floats away. The reason for this is that during deliberation, thoughts tend to remain, attracting others (some unwanted) with it. For that reason, it is necessary to acknowledge each thought (place it in the bubble), then let go of it (release the bubble). If you do this, you'll have more chance of interrupting thoughts staying away. Another form of visual meditation is to use a particular physical object as the focus of your meditation. It can be a lit candle, a beautiful piece of artwork or any thing that is pleasant or peaceful to look at. The objective is to hold your gaze on that object for the duration of the session for while this focus is maintained, the mind has less external stimuli to contend with and can then for that period, function more efficiently.<br />
You will also find visual meditation to be an extremely and valuable source of reflection and contemplation, ridding the mind of the constant chatter ever present. As with all various techniques used in meditation, it must be practiced on a regular basis to benefit from the immense results that can be achieved. Be friendly to Mother Earth with Bio -Plasticstag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2010-05-12:2492330:Topic:2546942010-05-12T20:01:06.221ZDale Harrisonhttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/DaleHarrison
Bioplastics are an option that is available today and they do provide you with an option that is a bit friendlier to the earth. These plastics are actually plant based, and they are a wonderful idea. However, the one big challenge to deal with is all the energy that it takes to actually produce this type of plastic.<br />
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The good news is that some scientists in South Korea have come up with polymers that are needed in these plastics and they have done so by using bioengineering. By doing this, they…
Bioplastics are an option that is available today and they do provide you with an option that is a bit friendlier to the earth. These plastics are actually plant based, and they are a wonderful idea. However, the one big challenge to deal with is all the energy that it takes to actually produce this type of plastic.<br />
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The good news is that some scientists in South Korea have come up with polymers that are needed in these plastics and they have done so by using bioengineering. By doing this, they have reduced the amount of energy that has to be used when creating these types of plastics.<br />
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When it comes to bioplastic, one of the top components used in them is Polylactic Acid, otherwise known as PLA. Before it was produced in a chemical and fermentation process that took two steps to complete. However, these scientists from South Korea have been able to take an E. coli strain that they engineered metabolically and now there is a process available that is only one stage that they think may allow biodegradable and low toxicity plastic to be produced in an easier way.<br />
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At first, it definitely sounds a bit dangerous to be messing around with the E. coli. More than likely you probably think that this is only associated with food poisoning, and it is definitely associated with that. If you take a closer look though, you’ll find that many warm blooded creatures have E. coli in their lower intestines and most of the strains out there are quite harmless.<br />
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While using genetically modified organisms doesn’t sound great in foods, it definitely could provide a good role in making plastics that are better for the environment. Of course, we do hope that these organisms don’t mutate in a negative way.<br />
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This is definitely a piece of interesting news for the environment. Bioplastics do have something to offer us today and if there is a way that they can be created with less energy, then I’m all for that. Hopefully with this new technology that has been found by the scientists from South Korea, we can use bioengineering instead of actually using chemicals that are based on fossil fuels.<br />
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With global warming such a concern, we definitely need to start finding sustainable processes that can be used to create products that are based on resources that are renewable. With this new strategy that has been found, hopefully other organisms can be found that will help to make it possible to create even more products that are better for our environment today. Meditation Posturetag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2010-05-03:2492330:Topic:2533412010-05-03T20:27:23.327ZDale Harrisonhttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/DaleHarrison
When we practise meditation we need to have a comfortable seat and a good posture. The most important feature of the posture is to keep our back straight. To help us do this, if we are sitting on a cushion we make sure that the back of the cushion is slightly higher than the front, inclining our pelvis slightly forward. It is not necessary at first to sit cross-legged, but it is a good idea to become accustomed to sitting in the posture of Buddha Vairochana. If we cannot hold this posture we…
When we practise meditation we need to have a comfortable seat and a good posture. The most important feature of the posture is to keep our back straight. To help us do this, if we are sitting on a cushion we make sure that the back of the cushion is slightly higher than the front, inclining our pelvis slightly forward. It is not necessary at first to sit cross-legged, but it is a good idea to become accustomed to sitting in the posture of Buddha Vairochana. If we cannot hold this posture we should sit in one which is as close to this as possible while remaining comfortable.<br />
The seven features of Vairochana’s posture are:<br />
(1) The legs are crossed in the vajra posture. This helps to reduce thoughts and feelings of desirous attachment.<br />
(2) The right hand is placed in the left hand, palms upwards, with the tips of the thumbs slightly raised and gently touching. The hands are held about four fingers’ width below the navel. This helps us to develop good concentration. The right hand symbolizes method and the left hand symbolizes wisdom – the two together symbolize the union of method and wisdom. The two thumbs at the level of the navel symbolize the blazing of inner fire.<br />
(3) The back is straight but not tense. This helps us to develop and maintain a clear mind, and it allows the subtle energy winds to flow freely.<br />
(4) The lips and teeth are held as usual, but the tongue touches against the back of the upper teeth. This prevents excessive salivation while also preventing our mouth from becoming too dry.<br />
(5) The head is tipped a little forward with the chin slightly tucked in so that the eyes are cast down. This helps prevent mental excitement.<br />
(6) The eyes are neither wide open nor completely closed, but remain half open and gaze down along the line of the nose. If the eyes are wide open we are likely to develop mental excitement and if they are closed we are likely to develop mental sinking.<br />
(7) The shoulders are level and the elbows are held slightly away from the sides to let air circulate.<br />
If we want to colour our mind with a virtuous motivation we need to clear away all our negative thoughts and distractions.<br />
A further feature of Vairochana’s posture is the preliminary breathing meditation, which prepares our mind for developing a good motivation. When we sit down to meditate our mind is usually full of disturbing thoughts, and we cannot immediately convert such a state of mind into the virtuous one we need as our motivation. A negative, disturbed state of mind is like pitch-black cloth. We cannot dye pitch-black cloth any other colour unless we first remove all the black dye and make the cloth white again. In the same way, if we want to colour our mind with a virtuous motivation we need to clear away all our negative thoughts and distractions. We can accomplish this temporarily by practising breathing meditation.<br />
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Breathing Meditation<br />
When we have settled down comfortably on our meditation seat we begin by becoming aware of the thoughts and distractions that are arising in our mind. Then we gently turn our attention to our breath, letting its rhythm remain normal. As we breathe out we imagine that we are breathing away all disturbing thoughts and distractions in the form of black smoke that vanishes in space. As we breathe in we imagine that we are breathing in all the blessings and inspiration of the holy beings in the form of white light that enters our body and absorbs into our heart. We maintain this visualization single-pointedly with each inhalation and exhalation for twenty-one rounds, or until our mind has become peaceful and alert. If we concentrate on our breathing in this way, negative thoughts and distractions will temporarily disappear because we cannot concentrate on more than one object at a time. At the conclusion of our breathing meditation we should think `Now I have received the blessings and inspiration of all the holy beings.’ At this stage our mind is like a clean white cloth which we can now colour with a virtuous motivation such as compassion or love. What is Naturism/Nudism? - Videotag:saviorsofearth.ning.com,2010-04-28:2492330:Topic:2526722010-04-28T19:16:20.825ZDale Harrisonhttps://saviorsofearth.ning.com/profile/DaleHarrison
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1. Throw out the trash…from your diet, that is. “Trash”–fried foods, sugary foods, and the 3 Ps: processed, prepared, and packaged food since they tend to be full of trans fats, sugar, and food additives.<br />
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2. If you can’t read it, don’t eat it. Read labels on the healthy food selections you choose. As a general rule: most of the harmful chemicals you should be avoiding have long and complex names. If you can’t read the words on the package, don’t buy it, and don’t eat it. Better yet, choose…
1. Throw out the trash…from your diet, that is. “Trash”–fried foods, sugary foods, and the 3 Ps: processed, prepared, and packaged food since they tend to be full of trans fats, sugar, and food additives.<br />
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2. If you can’t read it, don’t eat it. Read labels on the healthy food selections you choose. As a general rule: most of the harmful chemicals you should be avoiding have long and complex names. If you can’t read the words on the package, don’t buy it, and don’t eat it. Better yet, choose fresh foods that come directly in Nature’s packaging.<br />
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3. Drink at least 8 to 10 cups of pure water daily to help flush out toxins. For a really great detoxifying drink, add the fresh juice of one lemon to a large glass of water first thing in the morning. Lemons help alkalize your body chemistry, contain more than 20 anti-cancer compounds, and help cleanse your liver, kidneys, and colon.<br />
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4. Cut back or eliminate meat and dairy products at least for a while to give your body a break. Meat is highly acid-forming in your body, can be a strain on the kidneys and intestines (low water, no fiber, and requiring plenty of energy to digest) and dairy is mucus-forming.<br />
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5. Eat lots of vegetables. That’s easier to do than you think: enjoy a fresh vegetable juice, a large green salad, or a plate of steamed, roasted, or stir-fried veggies, for example.<br />
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6. Keep your meals small and simple but eat more frequently throughout the day. That will help stabilize your blood sugar and free up some of the massive amount of energy required for digestion.<br />
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7. Add 1/2 cup of cooked legumes (beans) to your diet daily to boost your fiber and nutrient intake and balance your blood sugar levels-one of the keys to balanced energy and weight.<br />
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8. Choose healthy snacks throughout the day. Here are some quick and simple ideas: a handful of raw, unsalted almonds, almond butter on celery sticks, nori rolls with avocado (vegetarian sushi), a veggie and sprout wrap, a berry smoothie with rice or almond milk.<br />
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9. Go for a brisk walk outside. Exercise improves circulation, which brings fresh, oxygenated blood to your organs and tissues, thereby revitalizing them…and you.<br />
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Simple daily changes to your diet and lifestyle can add up to major health improvements, more energy, balanced moods, and an overall feeling of wellbeing. Plus the changes will be manageable and you won’t feel deprived