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600 Free eBooks for iPad, Kindle & Other Devices
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions This collection features 600 free eBooks, mostly classics, that you can read on your computer, Kindle, iPad or smart phone. It includes great works of fiction, non-fiction & poetry. See on www.openculture.com Continue reading
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Ravens have social abilities previously only seen in humans
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions Humans and their primate cousins are well known for their intelligence and social abilities. You hear them called bird-brained, but birds have demonstrated a great deal of intelligence in many tasks. However, little… Continue reading
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The Matter of Mind
It’s not enough to have a brain. Consciousness—a hallmark of humans, mammals, birds, and even octopuses—is that mysterious force that makes all those neurons and synapses “tick” and merge into “you.” It’s what makes you alert and sensitive to your… Continue reading
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Meditation: Practicing Self-Love
Originally posted on celiadermontblog: Alignment The goal of meditation is to quiet the mind in order to hear the truth spoken by your clear consciousness. We sink into deeper and deeper levels of consciousness as we fall asleep. For those… Continue reading
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Magical Voluntarism
…magical voluntarism is also an indication of desperation. The Deal or No Deal situation is a horrible example of a more general situation. We have as little control over our lives as contestants do over what is in that box.… Continue reading
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Immortal drinkers
Originally posted on 小说 XIAOSHUO 小說: The popular Daoist stories of the Eight Immortals (baxian 八仙) are believed to have developed sometime between the Tang (618-906 CE) and Sung dynasty (960- c. 1260 CE). These folk tales often depict poor… Continue reading
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Book review symposium – James C. Scott’s ‘Two Cheers for Anarchism’
Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org: Just in time for this year’s festival of self-organisation on May 1st, International Workers’ Day, we’re pleased to present a book review symposium on James C. Scott’s Two Cheers for Anarchism. Professor of Anthropology in Yale University’s… Continue reading
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A Gay Evangelical Preaches To The Unconverted
Originally posted on The Dish: http://youtu.be/KeLpDLYdtJA Matthew Vines’s new book, God And The Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships, has gotten a lot of blowback from gay-unfriendly evangelicals. In a hostile review, Andrew Walker explains why the… Continue reading
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DFW and YOU: Paradise
A project from my friend Natalie S. and her colleagues in the RTVF program at UNT. DFW and YOU: Paradise from DFWandYOU on Vimeo. Continue reading
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