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A Layman’s Guide to Mindful Meditation “Your hand opens and closes and opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as bird wings.” ~ Rumi Here’s the thing: we all know we should meditate, right? Even conventional doctors are informing us about the huge benefits of meditation. But how do we go about doing it exactly? When it comes down to it, meditation can be as simple, or as complex, as we want it to be. All of life is a moving meditation. So if our goal is to achieve presence with the vibration of the universe, and presence is about being in the moment and familiarizing ourselves with the current state of our mind-body-soul, then how do we actually do it? We do it by finding a sacred “place” to “perform” our meditation. The main purpose for resonating with this sacred vibration is to nix the overreach of the Ego. Resources: Samadhi

ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies Learning how to learn Yes, that's the title of my new MOOC, or rather the latest MOOC I'm studying. 'Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects' started this week through Coursera and UC San Diego, and it's already a bit of a mind bender. For the most part, MOOCs teach you about a given subject, be it Dutch poetry, advanced Mandarin, beginner-level javascript etc, but this one teaches you about learning itself. Will I see my knowledge increase exponentially as the course goes on? Will I suddenly unlock that other 90% like Scarlett Johansson's character in that awful new Luc Besson film, Lucy? We're only on day two, and already there's talk of the Pomodoro technique, Diffuse thinking and the million billion synapses we have kicking around our grey matter. If the techniques I learn on this short course (it's only four weeks) make a noticeable difference to my ability to learn new information - and recall it - then it's well worth my time.

In Social Media, Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail inShare567 I’ve received many inbound requests for comments based on a report from Gartner, an IT analyst firm, that estimates as many as 70-percent of social media campaigns will fail in 2011. There are a series of discussions hitting the blogosphere and the Twitterverse exploring this very topic, some elementary and others on the right path. I contacted Gartner earlier this week and the problem is, that this data isn’t new at all. In fact, these discussions are fueled by information originally published in 2008 and in early 2010. Are many of the social media programs in play yielding tangible results? No… Are they designed to impact the bottom line or are they tied to meaningful business outcomes? The truth is that you can’t fail in anything if success is never defined. eMarketer recently published a report, “Social Media in the Marketing Mix: Budgeting for 2011,” that documents the increase in social media spend we knew was imminent. Who What When Where Why How To what extent Tags:

Inde :: Traditions Religions et croyances - L'hindouisme : c'est la religion prédominante de l'Inde et aussi l'une des plus anciennes. Elle n'a ni fondateur ni clergé officiel. - Le bouddhisme : c'est à Varanasi que Bouddha a commencé à « s'éveiller », en comprenant que la souffrance de l'homme venait du désir. - L'islam : il ne faut pas oublier que l'Inde, avec plus de 100 millions de musulmans, est le deuxième pays islamique du monde (après l'Indonésie), malgré la partition de 1947. - Le christianisme : surtout répandu dans le Sud. - Le sikhisme : les sikhs forment l'une des communautés les plus originales de l'Inde. - Le judaïsme : c'est l'une des plus anciennes communautés de la diaspora. - Le parsisme : héritiers de la religion perse de Zarathoustra (Zoroastre), les parsis, peu nombreux, adorent le Soleil. - Le jaïnisme : les jaïns sont très nombreux. Les castes Elles sont l'expression même de la conception hindouiste du monde. Le sari Savoir-vivre et coutumes Signes et symboles

Caffeine - a powerful and addictive drug | Mind-Body Self Help Caffeine is a potent drug. So each time you drink tea, coffee, cola or cocoa you are giving your body a ‘hit’ of caffeine. Along with nicotine and alcohol, caffeine is one of the three most widely used mood-affecting drugs in the world. If you have more than two or three caffeine drinks per day this is likely to be affecting your moods and your physiology – and in a more powerful manner than you might expect. Caffeine is not harmful – but overuse of caffeine could be. What is caffeine? It is a potent and quick-acting drug which produces an effect similar to the stress response in our bodies. Caffeine research New research into the effects of caffeine continues appear every few months and these reports frequently contradict one another – depending on who did the research, how many people were evaluated and, of course, who funded the research… So the definitive word on caffeine has not yet been agreed Reported effects of caffeine On the other hand… Sources of caffeine Caffeine Withdrawal Symptoms

ENH-531/ST372: Magnolia grandiflora'Bracken's Brown Beauty': 'Bracken's Brown Beauty' Southern Magnolia Edward F. Gilman and Dennis G. Watson2 Introduction This cultivar of the native North American evergreen tree with its large, beautiful, saucer-shaped, fragrant flowers was selected for its dense, uniform growth habit and beautiful brown-backed leaves. Figure 1. Middle-aged Magnolia grandiflora 'Bracken's Brown Beauty': 'Bracken's Brown Beauty' Southern Magnolia [Click thumbnail to enlarge.] General Information Scientific name: Magnolia grandiflora Pronunciation: mag-NO-lee-uh gran-dih-FLOR-uh Common name(s): 'Bracken's Brown Beauty' Southern Magnolia Family: Magnoliaceae USDA hardiness zones: 7A through 10A (Fig. 2) Origin: native to North America Invasive potential: little invasive potential Uses: specimen; street without sidewalk; screen; espalier; tree lawn 4-6 feet wide; tree lawn > 6 ft wide; highway median Availability: somewhat available, may have to go out of the region to find the tree Figure 2. Range Description Height: 30 to 50 feet Spread: 15 to 20 feet Crown uniformity: symmetrical Foliage

Three Simple Strategies for Learning Anything Better It was eighth grade. I was sitting alone in the corner outside the dean’s office. In trouble. Again. It’s not that I was a wild child. “Mr. Of course I wasn’t paying attention. “That’s right,” I answered. Ms. “Mr. “I like to read,” I answered. Ms. I stared coolly. Ms. That was why I was in Ms. Science has shown that the brain has two fundamental modes of learning—focused and diffuse. That was that. Today, some forty years later, Ms. How did I do it? I enlisted in the Army straight out of high school, because it was one of the few jobs I could get that would actually pay me to learn another language. I decided to turn my attention to studying math and science. Learn when to stop. When I first began to study math and science seriously, I made the mistake of forcing myself to sit and work on a problem until I figured it out. By sidestepping the race to the finish line, I had the time to practice and repeat. Slow down, back up, repeat. Don’t procrastinate. I did it. Dr.

III. Norme atestare Comisia de muncă, transporturi şi servicii Dispoziţii generale Art. 1. (1) psihologia muncii şi industrial-organizaţională; (2) psihologia transporturilor; (3) psihologia aplicată în servicii. Art. 2. (1) analiza psihologică a muncii; (2) evaluare, selecţie şi expertiză psihologică în vederea angajării, autorizării/menţinerii în funcţie sau la solicitarea instituţiilor abilitate; (3) evaluarea în scopul avizării psihologice pentru protecţia muncii şi siguranţa circulaţiei şi a navigaţiei; (4) formare, orientare şi repartiţie în muncă după criterii psihologice; (5) analiza psihologică şi prevenirea incidentelor, evenimentelor şi accidentelor de muncă, circulaţie şi navigaţie; (6) analiza şi prevenirea fenomenelor de inadaptare profesională; (7) studiul şi prevenirea stresului ocupaţional; (8) studierea şi evaluarea modalităţilor de îmbunătăţire a adaptării operatorului uman în activitatea de muncă; (9) diagnoză şi intervenţie organizaţională; Art. 3. Criterii generale de atestare Art. 4. Art. 5.

International : Facebook, un outil pour traquer les meurtriers Des enquêteurs anglais ont lancé une campagne d'affichage sur le réseau social pour retrouver l'assassin d'une jeune Britannique. Les encarts doivent inciter les internautes ayant des informations à contacter la police via Internet. Facebook mis à profit dans les affaires criminelles. C'est du moins l'idée de la police britannique qui a lancé une campagne sur le site communautaire pour retrouver le meurtrier de Jo Yeates, une jeune femme de 25 ans dont le corps a été retrouvé le jour de Noël, à Failand, dans le Somerset. Selon des policiers cités par la BBC, Facebook apparaît comme un moyen de recherches plus efficace que les affiches et prospectus habituellement distribués dans ce genre de dossier. La police a reçu 260 messages «J'espère que cet appel sur Facebook encouragera davantage de personnes à nous livrer des informations, explique l'inspecteur Phil Jones.

Towards a De-biased Social Psychology: The effects of ideological perspective go beyond politics. | funderstorms Behavioral and Brain Sciences, in press; subject to final editing before publication This is a commentary on: Duarte, J. L., Crawford, J. T., Stern, C., Haidt, J., Jussim, L., & Tetlock, P. “A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.” — Robert Frost Liberals may be too open-minded for their own (ideological) good; they keep finding fault with themselves and this article is a good example. Duarte et al. argue that our science would be better if more “conservatives” were included in the ideological mix. In any case, we shouldn’t wait for conservatives to arrive and save us. Politics is the least of it. Examples are legion. Personality and abilities are heritable. Human nature is a product of evolution. The Fundamental Attribution Error is, as we all know, the unfortunate human tendency to view behavior as stemming from the characteristics — the traits and beliefs — of the people who perform it. REFERENCES Kenrick, D.T., & Funder, D.C. (1988). Like this: