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<h1 id="ext-gen148">VERY deep meditation: Mummified 200-year-old remains of Buddhist monk who is still in the LOTUS POSITION are discovered in Mongolia </h1>
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<li><font>Remains of a man found in the Songinokhairkhan province of Mongolia</font></li>
<li><font>The 200-year-old human relic was preserved in animal skin, experts say</font></li>
<li><font>Mummified remains found sitting in lotus position 'as if still meditating'</font></li>
<li><font>Experts have started a forensic examination in the capital Ulaanbataar</font></li>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font"><font>The amazing mummified remains of a man apparently meditating in the lotus position have been unearthed in Mongolia.</font></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><font>A forensic examination is underway on the human relic which is believed to be around 200 years old, after being preserved in animal skin.</font></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><font>'The mummified body sits in a lotus position, as if still meditating,' said a report in <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/n0101-mummified-remains-of-200-year-old-man-in-lotus-position-found-in-mongolia/">The Siberian Times</a> - citing Mongolian accounts of the discovery.</font></p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font"><font>'Experts that only had time to carry basic visual test say they believe the body can be about 200 years old.'</font></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><font>The body was found on 27 January in Songinokhairkhan province, said Mongolia's 'Morning Newspaper'. It was covered in 'cattle skin'.</font></p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font"><font>The human remains are now undergoing forensic examination in capital Ulaanbataar.</font></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><font>Initial speculation is that the mummy could be a teacher of Lama Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov.</font></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><font>Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, born in 1852, was a Buryat Buddhist Lama of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, best known for the lifelike state of his body.</font></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font"><font>His remains were reported not to be subject to macroscopic decay.</font></p>
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<h1 class="post-title">Are We Really Meant To Be Monogamous? The Reason Why We Cheat On The People We Love & How To Make Any Relationship WORK</h1>
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<p>I will boldly state that we’ve all experienced some form of infidelity at some point in our lives. You may be thinking, “not me!” or “I would never!”, but there are multiple levels of cheating that I’m talking about here. Cheating could literally mean anything we’ve done and thought “I can’t tell my partner about this.”</p>
<p>Maybe it was some harmless flirting at the gym to boost your ego, sharing intimate pictures online, or perhaps you even slept with someone else, but my point is that for the majority of us out there, there is most likely at least one time in our relationship that we’ve felt the need to explore some type of external, stimulating experience outside of our committed relationship. But where are these urges or sensations truly originating from? Are we really ‘bad’ or promiscuous beings at our core?</p>
<h5>There are a few theories which aim to help us understand our polygamous/monogamous nature. Let’s examine a few of these theories and then explore what it really takes for a monogamous relationship to work.</h5>
<h3><span>What Our Animal Origins Tell Us About Monogamy</span></h3>
<p><img class="alignleft wp-image-62129 size-medium" src="http://cdn2.collective-evolution.com/assets/uploads/2014/08/ape-300x290.jpg" alt="ape" width="300" height="290"/><strong>Although we cannot be fully likened to other animals, as humans are unique beings, examining the behavior of animals has long been thought of as a means to help us understand our more primal instincts. </strong>It seems that the odds are against monogamous relationships when looking at our animal origins. <a href="http://www.livescience.com/32146-are-humans-meant-to-be-monogamous.html" target="_blank">Only 3 to 5 percent of the 5,000 species of mammals bond for life</a>, including otters, beavers and wolves. The rate of monogamy among primates is about 6 percent.</p>
<p>Some evolutionary psychologists have suggested that men are more likely to have extramarital sex, partially due to the male urge to “spread genes” by broadcasting sperm. Both males and females, these scientists say, try to up their evolutionary progress by seeking out high-quality mates, albeit in different ways.</p>
<p>“The human species has evolved to make commitments between males and females in regards to raising their offspring, so this is a bond,” said Jane Lancaster, an evolutionary anthropologist at the University of New Mexico. “However that bond can fit into all kinds of marriage patterns – polygyamy, single parenthood, monogamy.”</p>
<p>The human species is somewhat unique amongst mammals in that fathers do invest in <a href="http://www.livescience.com/32191-why-are-mama-and-dada-a-babys-first-words.html" target="_blank">raising children</a></p>
<p>“We do know that in humans we do have this pretty strong pair bond, and there’s more paternal investment than in most other primates,” said Daniel Kruger, a social and evolutionary psychologist at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health. “We’re special in this regard, but at the same time like most mammals, we are a polygamous species.” Kruger said humans are considered “mildly polygamous,” in which a male mates with more than one female.</p>
<h3><span>Does The Desire To Cheat Come From Our Unfilled Voids?</span></h3>
<p><strong>Next we have the conventional psycho-analytical breakdown of why we cheat. This theory expresses the idea that many people get into long-term relationships or marriage because they have the idea that their partner is somehow going to make their lives ‘better.’</strong></p>
<p>This is the same problem we have with accumulating anything external: “This car is going to make things better,” “I am going to be happier with this new shirt,” or “going on this vacation will fulfill me.”</p>
<p>Then you are hit with the unforgiving truth– the anti-climax if you will. All of these things that we ended up having or experiencing fell flat in providing us with long-term fulfillment. I know you’ve all experienced this feeling in some form or another.</p>
<p>This theory states that i<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/margaret-paul-phd/why-people-cheat_b_3828976.html" target="_blank">nfidelity generally comes from the same inner emptiness</a> as alcohol and drug abuse, food addiction, gambling, spending, shopping and so on. This is said to be due subconscious feelings of self-abandonment, creating an addiction to attention, approval or sex — using another person to fill the inner emptiness and take away the inner aloneness.</p>
<p>I’m sure you’ve all heard about this theory on why we cheat. But what if we find our relationship is<em> </em>generally<em> </em>healthy, full of love and good sex, yet there’s still a feeling of being ‘trapped’ and a longing to have a sexual experience with someone else? Could this be due to our idea of what a long-term relationship or marriage <em>needs </em>to be?</p>
<h3><span>Is Polygamy The New Monogamy?</span></h3>
<p>It seems that in the past decade, there has been a cultural surge of promoting polygamy as a ‘solution’ of sorts to conventional, puritan-based monogamy. Perhaps this is in part due to a general opposition that modern society holds against the archaic idea of marriage.</p>
<h5>Today we commonly see a twisted idea of monogamy in the form of <em>marriage </em>which can frighten many from wanting to be involved in a long term relationship. This concept is often associated with oppression, the playing of gender-based ‘roles,’ co-dependency, ownership, stagnancy, comfort, jealousy, resentment, passiveness, and the list goes on. With these associations in mind, it is easy to see why our current culture holds apprehensive belief systems around marriage and monogamy.</h5>
<p>Ultimately,<strong> we do not have ownership over someone else</strong>. We cannot make promises of staying with one person for the rest of our lives and dictate what they can and cannot do. Looking at it from a higher perspective, we are beings here to play and experience as much as we possibly can. This is why the the idea of being tied down by a signed document or ring opposes our natural state of freedom.</p>
<p><strong>Committing to share a trusted partnership with someone else is different than the idea of promising forever</strong>. This is why divorce rates are so high.</p>
<h5>Within any relationship, there most likely will come a time when at least one partner will feel at a soul level that it is time to move on from the experience. The relationship problems come when this decision is met with resistance by either side, resisting our higher guidance due to dependency or cultural beliefs around staying married.</h5>
<p><strong>With that all being said, long-term relationships <em>can</em> be amazing experiences for helping us to learn and grow at an accelerated rate</strong>, which we will explore in the next section.</p>
<h3><span>Breaking Down What A Committed Relationship Should Provide</span></h3>
<div id="attachment_62026" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="size-full wp-image-62026" src="http://cdn1.collective-evolution.com/assets/uploads/2014/08/relationship-conflict.jpg" alt="There are specific things that every relationship should provide in order for each partner to expand." width="644" height="514"/><p class="wp-caption-text">There are specific things that every relationship should provide in order for each partner to feel fulfilled.</p>
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<p>In order for us to understand which experience, <a href="http://wakeup-world.com/2013/09/27/sacred-sexuality-a-spiritual-perspective-on-monogamy-and-polyamory/" target="_blank">polygamy or monogamy</a>, is more harmonious with our true state, we have to look at a grander picture.</p>
<h5><strong>Ultimately, we cannot be fully equated to our animal ancestors as this only demeans our potential. We are energetic/spiritual beings, and therefore our romantic and sexual experiences are unique and should not be broken down and associated only with the workings of the physiological brain.</strong></h5>
<p>In truth, both polygamy and monogamy have their benefits and downfalls. The notion of promoting either experience as ‘better’ is rooted in our cultural conditioning around each subject.</p>
<p>Like mentioned before, a large majority of modern-day culture has a distorted view of monogamy based around previous cultural programming of what marriage or a monogamous relationship <strong><em>should</em></strong> be.</p>
<p>Our sexual energy is a form of creative life force energy, existing as a means of either creating new life as a living being or as a means of cultivating and utilizing this connective energy within our self. Our intimate relationships work as mirrors for one another, allowing an opportunity for self-awareness, and allowing each person involved to experience progressively deeper levels of love through the building of trust and intimacy. This is what is offered from committing to a long-term relationship.</p>
<p>Committing to one person in a space of trust and love allows us to deepen our love experience. <strong>This isn’t to say that committing to someone signifies a complete merging of two individual identities. This is an attribute of co-dependency, a state that is not harmonious with our true self and therefore unstable in the long run.</strong>Committing to one person for an extended period of time more so offers the space of protected venerability, wherein we can channel intensified levels of sexual and loving energy, thus allowing us to experience higher states of consciousness.</p>
<p><strong>On the flip side, this trusted space can also transform into a space of dull, uninspired love for people who are not being conscious of their wants and needs.</strong></p>
<h5>This emphasizes the importance of making any romantic relationship a spiritual practice. It is so important to support each other in our journey’s while maintaining accountability for what we are offering into the relationship.<strong> This is how we avoid the aforementioned lull which many experience, thereby alleviating the desire to experience outside of the relationship, or ‘cheat.’</strong></h5>
<h3><strong><span>The Most Important Thing To Remember With Any Relationship</span></strong></h3>
<p>So we’ve explored many facets of our choice to be polygamous or monogamous. We’ve looked at theories of cheating based on our animal origins, as well as modern theories stating we cheat because we are filling voids of self-abandonment. Lastly, we explored how to find fulfillment in any relationship by approaching relationships as a spiritual and definition-less practice.</p>
<p><strong>Ultimately, there are no set rules for how we should experience any relationship. But what we <em>can </em>do is learn about what is not currently working with relationships based on out-dated belief systems.</strong></p>
<h5>With the way divorce rates are climbing, it is safe to say that above all else, any relationship should at least offer each individual freedom. This is most crucial. Letting go of the idea that we own our partners or that they owe us something will change the way we experience relationships. With freedom, honesty, and unconditional love, we offer any person the chance to grow and become the best version of themselves, and what is more important than that?</h5>
<p>Share with us below your thoughts on relationships, we know it’s a major topic and want to hear everyone’s view!</p>
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<div class="article__title__meta"><div class="article__author-name"><a rel="author" href="http://themindunleashed.org/author/nickbernabetmu" title="Posts by Nick Bernabe">NICK BERNABE</a></div>
on 6 September, 2014 at 05:51</div>
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<p>In a breakthrough that is bound to <a href="http://themindunleashed.org/2013/12/water-powered-car-unveiled-yes-real.html">catch the attention of the oil industry</a> and even electric car makers, a company has <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/quant-e-sportlimousine-approved-europe-roads/33020/" target="_blank">just gained approval</a> for its ‘salt water’ powered car in Europe.</p>
<p>A car called the <strong><em>Quant e-Sportlimousine</em></strong> that was presented at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show is <strong>the first electric car powered by salt water</strong> and is now <strong>certified for use on European public roads</strong>.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.nanoflowcell.com/#quant-technicaldata" target="_blank">e-Sportlimousine</a>, built by the German company Quant, runs on an electrolyte flow cell power system made by NanoFlowcell that <strong>generates a staggering 920 horsepower</strong>, goes 0-62 mph in 2.8 seconds, and propels the car to a top speed of 217.5 mph!</p>
<p>What is an electrolyte flow cell you ask? According to <a href="http://www.greencarcongress.com/2014/03/20140305-quant.html" target="_blank">Green Car Congress</a>, <em>“Flow cells or flow batteries combine aspects of an electrochemical battery cell with those of a fuel cell. The electrolytic fluids in flow cells—usually metallic salts in aqueous solution(salt water)—are pumped from tanks through the cell. This forms a kind of battery cell with a cross-flow of electrolyte </em><em>liquid.”</em></p>
<p>“<em>For the first time an automobile featuring flow-cell electric drive will appear on Germany’s roads</em>,” said <strong>Nunzio La Vecchia</strong>, chief technical officer at <a href="http://nanoflowcell.com/" target="_blank">NanoFlowcell</a>, a company which designed the car. “<em>We are extremely proud that as a small company we have developed such visionary technology and are now able to put it into practice. But this is only the beginning of our journey of discovery.”</em></p>
<p>A few months after making a debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show, the <em>Quant e-Sportlimousine</em> underwent an in-depth inspection and received <strong>official approval to be tested on public roads in Germany and Europe</strong> from certification provider <em>TÜV Süd</em> based in Munich, Germany.</p>
<p>The car is powered by the <strong>electrolyte flow cell power system</strong>, which is a part of the NanoFlowcell technology. The system works in a similar way to a hydrogen fuel cell, except for the fact that salt water is used for storing power. In particular, two liquids with metallic salts, which act as the electrolyte, are combined in such a way that the electrochemical reaction takes place. After that, electric motors use this reaction to generate electricity, which is then stored and distributed by super capacitors. The efficiency of this system reaches 80%, since the car has almost no moving parts in it, and the produced waste heat is insignificant in comparison with cars powered by lithium-ion batteries.</p>
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<p>The company claims that the <em>Quant e-Sportlimousine</em> can reach the speed of 350 km/h (217.5 mph), accelerate from 0-100 in 2.8 seconds and has maximum power of 920 horsepower (680 kW). Moreover, the car is claimed to be able to <strong>travel up to 600 km (373 mi) with a full tank</strong>, which is five times greater than with a conventional battery system. At the same time, the car is safe to drive and environmentally friendly.</p>
<p>However, the market price of the <em>Quant e-Sportlimousine</em> is estimated to exceed $1.7. It is not yet clear if the company plans to use the NanoFlowcell technology on more affordable cars, but it can be said for sure that <strong>this technology has a great potential and could be used in a wide range of applications</strong> which go beyond the automobile industry.</p>
<p>Using this platform, the e-Sportlimousine is able to produce a massive amount of power while emitting zero emissions. While the e-Sportlimousine is bound to be very expensive, there is hope for the electrolyte flow cell power platform to be used more practically in the future.</p>
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<p>This technology has potential uses for other industries as well, <a href="http://www.intelligentliving.co/salt-water-powered-car-gets-european-approval/" target="_blank">says NanoFlowcell spokesman</a> Prof. Jens-Peter Ellermann, <em>“The potential of the NanoFlowcell is much greater, especially in terms of domestic energy supplies as well as in maritime, rail and aviation technology. The NanoFlowcell offers a wide range of applications as a sustainable, low cost and environmentally-friendly source of energy.” </em></p>
<p><em>“Low cost”</em>, that sounds good to me.</p>
<p>Check this thing out in action:</p>
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<p><em>h/t <a href="http://www.intelligentliving.co/salt-water-powered-car-gets-european-approval/" target="_blank">intelligentliving.co</a></em></p>
<p>References:</p>
<p><em>Images from <a href="http://mediacenter.nanoflowcell.com/mediacenter/photos/detail/4-quant-e-sportlimousine/" target="_blank">nanoflowcell.com</a></em></p>
<p><a href="http://mediacenter.nanoflowcell.com/mediacenter/press-release/news-detail/2014-03-04-highlight-at-the-geneva-motor-show-2014-the-world-premiere-of-the-quant-e-sportlimousine-with-nanoflowcellR-powertrain-concept/">mediacenter.nanoflowcell.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2739768/The-sports-car-runs-SALTWATER-Vehicle-goes-0-60mph-2-8-seconds-just-approved-EU-roads.html">Daily Mail</a></p>
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