The Brain is an Advanced Fractal Antenna

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111 Wise Sayings of Hazrat Ali

37. Forgiveness is she crown of greatness.

38. Carnal appetites are nets spread by the devil.

39. Every arrow does not hit the mark, nor every prayer granted.

40. Ostentatiousness spoils prayers.

41. Fear none but your sins.

42. He who praises you murders you.

43. A man who praises himself displays his deficiency of intellect.

44. Honor your parents and your sons will honor you.

45. A man is hid under his tongue.

46. The tongue of a wise man lies behind his heart.

47. The tongue pierces deeper than the spear.

48. He who purifies his heart from doubt is a believer.

49. The opinion of a wise man is an oracle.

50. To seek counsel is to go to the fountain of guidance.

51. Association with a fool is tyrannical to the soul.

52. God hastens the fall of tyrants.

53. Tyranny leads to moral cowardice.

54. A tyrant’s success is his moral defeat.

55. It is better to die than to beg.

56. When a man begs he loses his faith.

57. Hajj is the Jihad of every believer in faith.

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111 Wise sayings of Hazrat Ali

58. A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.

59. Silence is the best reply to a fool.

60. The best speech is one that is short and reasonable.

61. Speech is like a medicine, a small dose of which cures but an excess of which kills.

62. He that has no courage has no religion.

63. His grief is long whose hope is short.

64. The right of freedom of speech consists in speaking the truth.

65. Repentance washes away sins.

66. Folly is an incurable disease.

67. To assist the wrong is to oppress the right.

68. Sinning is a disease, repentance is its medicine, and abstinence from it a sure cure.

69. Sorrow makes a man old before his time.

70. Pride impedes progress and mars greatness.

71. To forgive is the crown of greatness.

72. He who understands humanity seeks solitude.

73. Right is the best argument.

74. Misrepresentation spoils narration.

75. As a man’s wisdom increases, so his desire to speak decreases.

76. He who seeks to do justice with men, let him desire for them what he desires for himself.

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111 Wise sayings of Hazrat Ali

77. The greatest sin is the sin that the sinner considers to be ordinary.

78. Contentment is the asset which is never exhausted.

79. Governments are a trial for men.

80. He who fights against the truth, the truth will defeat him.

81. Finding fault in others is one’s greatest fault.

82. Haste is a species of madness.

83. Greed is perpetual enslavement.

84. He who does not know his own worth is doomed to destruction.

85. The best investment is one with which duties are performed.

86. Anger is a fire kindled, he who restrains anger extinguishes the fire; he who gives vent to it is the first to be consumed by such fire.

87. Jihad is the highway of prosperity.

88. None is more solitary than a miser.

89. Knowledge is the ornament of the rich, and the riches of the poor.

90. Knowledge is the sum total of excellence.

91. He who teaches you a letter binds you with a fetter of gratitude.

92. As long as we do not hope, we do not fret.

93. He who indulges in jokes and loose fall, loses a part of his wisdom.

94. Truth is bitter, but its result is sweet; falsehood appears to be sweet but it is poisonous in its effect.

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72. He who understands humanity seeks solitude.

89. Knowledge is the ornament of the rich, and the riches of the poor.

Indeed

a Full Fledge Fractal Antenna ..... Sensitive to all that surrounds it .... but also an exercise of Adaptation

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111 Wise Sayings of Hazrat Ali

95. Miserliness is the root of many evils.

96. Knowledge and practice are twins, and both go together. There is no knowledge without practice, and no practice without knowledge.

97. He who dissembles plays with his honor.

98. When God wants to humiliate a person He deprives him of knowledge.

99. When your power increases, decrease your desires accordingly.

100. He who listens to a backbiter loses a friend.

101. It is no justice to decide a case on mere conjecture.

102. He who does not know his own worth is deemed to ignominy.

103. He who practices thrift would never be in want.

104. He who does not know should not be ashamed to learn.

105. Patience is to faith, what head is to the body. When patience goes, faith goes, when head goes, the body goes.

106. The grace of God is the best guide.

107. A good disposition is the best companion.

108. Wisdom is the best friend.

109. Good breeding is the best inheritance.

110. There is nothing more hateful than pride.

111. Be among men like bee among birds.


Many ways to ponder...

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96. Knowledge and practice are twins, and both go together. There is no knowledge without practice, and no practice without knowledge.

Experience is made before the law is formulated, both are related like cause and effect Nikola Tesla

Sydera ..... great info .... thank you

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Ali

Sydera ..... great info .... thank you

Hey, it's a pleasure to share, just increasing the energy waves we all need

[MonsieurM]

a simple exercise of curiosity for you to start with :

if you have a stuff in your pocket / bag / table ... pull them out and ask yourself this .... what do you know about what is in your hand .... its origins .... creation .... why / how / when .... .... and if you can't answer that .... then learn about it ....those futile things in your pocket

and remember .... nothing is at random in the Grand Scheme of Life

99. When your power increases, decrease your desires accordingly.

you know ever since i tasted the sweet nectar of knowledge and discovery .... material object took on a different hue .... they are just tools to acquire more knowledge and experience ..... until you move on to the next stage were you won't need more

Nature will do the rest .... if you are reading this .... then you know she already has

the above statement is just an observation

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Is your leaf left-handed? Previously overlooked asymmetry in Arabidopsis and tomato leaves

Research published in the Plant Cell shows that the spiral pattern of leaf formation from the point of growth affects the developing leaf's exposure to the plant hormone auxin; This exposure leads to measurable left-right asymmetry in leaf development, in species previously assumed to have symmetric leaves.

This is a model of developing leaves. Credit: Richard Smith

The front of a leaf is different from the back of a leaf and the tip is different from the base. However, a leaf from a tomato or an Arabidopsis plant superficially appears to be bilaterally symmetrical, or the same on the left and right sides. Don't let its appearance fool you; there is an underlying asymmetry between the left and right sides of such leaves—it just took a while for scientists to discover it. The story begins with the mechanism by which leaves form along a stem. In broad-leafed plants, dicots, leaves form from the meristem, an actively dividing tissue at the top of the plant, so that as you look down the stem, the oldest leaves are at the bottom. Leaves don't just become arranged by random chance either—phyllotaxis, the arrangement of leaves or flowers along a stem, affects key plant characteristics, such as how much light can filter through to lower leaves. Leaves can form opposite each other, or in alternation, or in whorls; often leaves form in spirals where the next leaf is offset by roughly 137 degrees, known as the "golden angle", which is related to the Fibonacci sequence.

Recent research has shown that leaf initiation in the meristem is specified by locally high concentrations of the plant hormone auxin.

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HAZRAT ALI and NUMBERS

One day a person came to Ali (a.s.), thinking that since Ali thinks he is too smart, I'll ask him such a tough question that he won't be able to answer it and I'll have the chance to embarrass him in front of all the Arabs. He asked 'Ali (a.s.), tell me a number, that if we divide it by any number from 1-10 the answer will always come in the form of a whole number and not as a fraction.' Hazrat Ali (a.s.) Looked back at him and said, 'Take the number of days in a year and multiply it with the number of days in a week and you will have your answer.'

The person got astonished but as he was a Mushrik he still didn't believe Ali (a.s.). He calculated the answer Ali (a.s.) gave him. To his amazement he came across the following results:

The number of Days in a Year = 360 (in Arabic Calendar)
The Number of Days in a Week = 7
The product of the two numbers = 2520
2520 divide by 1 = 2520
2520 divide by 2 = 1260
2520 divide by 3 = 840
2520 divide by 4 = 630
2520 divide by 5 = 504
2520 divide by 6 = 420
2520 divide by 7 = 360
2520 divide by 8 = 315
2520 divide by 9 = 280
2520 divide by 10= 252

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The number of Days in a Year = 360 (in Arabic Calendar)
The Number of Days in a Week = 7
The product of the two numbers = 2520

2520 divide by 1 = 2520 =54 = HM 9
2520 divide by 2 = 1260 = 36 = HM 9

2520 divide by 3 = 840 = 12= HM 3

2520 divide by 4 = 630 = 63 = HM 9
2520 divide by 5 = 504 = 54 = HM 9

2520 divide by 6 = 420 = 42 = HM 6

2520 divide by 7 = 360 = 36 = HM 9
2520 divide by 8 = 315 = 45 = HM 9

2520 divide by 9 = 280 = 28 = HM 1

2520 divide by 10= 252 = 45 = HM 9




another one popped :

Solar flares online — June 23, 2012

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Another Oh Honey ! Moment for you

Research finds Stonehenge was monument marking unification of Britain

After 10 years of archaeological investigations, researchers have concluded that Stonehenge was built as a monument to unify the peoples of Britain, after a long period of conflict and regional difference between eastern and western Britain.

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Ready for Another Waltz

California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The name California is most commonly believed to have derived from a fictional paradise peopled by Black Amazons and ruled by Queen Calafia.[15][16] The story of Calafia is recorded in a 1510 work The Adventures of Esplandián, written as a sequel to Amadis de Gaula by Spanish adventure writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo.[17][18][19] The kingdom of Queen Calafia, according to Montalvo, was said to be a remote land inhabited by griffins and other strange beasts, and rich in gold.

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Man Of Constant Sorrow lyrics

I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow

(chorus) In constant sorrow through his days

I am a man of constant sorrow
I've seen trouble all my day.
I bid farewell to old Kentucky
The place where I was born and raised.

(chorus) The place where he was born and raised

For six long years I've been in trouble
No pleasures here on earth I found
For in this world I'm bound to ramble
I have no friends to help me now.

(chorus) He has no friends to help him now

It's fare thee well my old lover
I never expect to see you again
[From: MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW Lyrics - SOGGY BOTTOM BOYS ]
For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad
Perhaps I'll die upon this train.

(chorus) Perhaps he'll die upon this train.

You can bury me in some deep valley
For many years where I may lay
Then you may learn to love another
While I am sleeping in my grave.

(chorus) While he is sleeping in his grave.

Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger
My face you'll never see no more.
But there is one promise that is given
I'll meet you on God's golden shore.

(chorus) He'll meet you on God's golden shore..

LEGENDS AND ROMANCES OF SPAIN

BY

Lewis Spence

1920 (?)



Legends and Romances of Spain: Title Page

PREFACE.

SINCE the days of Southey the romantic literature of Spain has not received from English writers and critics the amount of study and attention it undoubtedly deserves. In no European country did the seeds of Romance take root so readily or blossom so speedily and luxuriantly as in Spain, which perhaps left the imprint of its national character more deeply upon the literature of chivalry than did France or England. When we think of chivalry, do we not think first of Spain, of her age-long struggle against the pagan invaders of Europe, her sensitiveness to all that concerned personal and national honour, of the names of the Cid Campeador, Gayferos, and Gonzalvo de Cordova, gigantic shadows in harness, a pantheon of heroes, which the martial legends of few lands can equal and none surpass. The epic of our British Arthur, the French chansons de gestes, are indebted almost as much to folklore as to the imagination of the singers who first gave them literary shape. But in the romances of Spain we find that folklore plays an inconsiderable part, and that her chivalric fictions are either the offspring of historic happenings or of the brilliant and glowing imagination which illumines the whole expanse of Peninsular literature.

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Legends and Romances of Spain: Contents

I THE SOURCE OF SPANISH ROMANCE 11

II THE "CANTARES DE GESTA" AND THE "POEMA DEL CID" 48

III "AMADIS DE GAUL" 90

IV THE SEQUELS TO "AMADIS DE GAUL" 139

V THE PALMERIN ROMANCES 169

VI CATALONIAN ROMANCES 187

VII RODERIC, LAST OF THE GOTHS 201

VIII "CALAYNOS THE MOOR," "GAYFEROS," AND "COUNT ALARCOS" 213

IX THE ROMANCEROS, OR BALLADS 222

X THE ROMANCEROS, OR BALLADS (CONTINUED) 245

XI MOORISH ROMANCES OF SPAIN 263

XII TALES OF SPANISH MAGIC AND SORCERY 333

XIII HUMOROUS ROMANCES OF SPAIN 351




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Legends and Romances of Spain: III. "Amadis de Gaul"

The wonders of this magical island well merit description, and as much of the action of our romance centres there let us embark upon the fairy galley which lies ever ready in the harbours of legend, sail thither, and set foot upon its enchanted beaches. Perhaps it is only through the rainbow lenses of poesy that we can view this wondrous region aright, so I have essayed a description of the isle in verse.

THE FIRM ISLAND

Prince Apolidon the Mage ( there is some similitude with Apollon / Hermes / Thoth )
Raised a mystic hermitage
On an island in a shipless sea
By necromantic potency,
Carving the granite gateways of its cliffs
With interdicting seals and hieroglyphs,
That his unequals might not habit there,
Nor drink that island's consecrated air.



p. 110

White terraces o'erhung the black abyss,
Fair as the gardens Queen Semiramis
Piled above Babylon: the glittering height
Seemed as the day empillared on the night.
And from the ocean-green of myrtle's shadow
Rose a pavilion, which from afar
Seemed to the eyes of shipmen as a star
Shattered on a distant meadow.
Betwixt this palace and the shipless sea
The wizard set an arch of glamourie,
Byzantine, builded as from golden air.
Its fretted alcove held an image rare,
In whose uplifted hand there burned and shone
The brazen brightness of a clarion.
And should a lady or a knight,
Lesser in beauty or in might
Than wise Apolidon the wight
Or Grymenysa fair
Seek to traverse the magic vault,
Or make the palace by assault,
The brazen trump would blare,
And vomit such a horrid blast
That, fainting from the garden cast,
The wretch would perish there.
But, should a knight of equal fame
Or lady of unblemished name
Seek entrance by the port,
The trumpet, with a high fanfare
Of praise, would waken all the air
Of that celestial court.
Two crystal pillars marked the magic line;
A tablature of jasper, serpentine,
Surround' by arabesques like carven flame,
On which would flash the lineage and name
Of that illustrious paladin or dame,
Gleamed in the Grecian pavement; who did pass
Those pillars frozen in Phoenician glass
Would see, 'mid splendour like reflecting ice,
The lord and lady of that paradise
Moulded in immortality of brass.



p. 111

Still deeper in those labyrinths of pleasure
A siege right perilous the Mage did make
For Grymenysa's fair, mysterious sake,
For glory of a love withouten measure,
Setting nine seals of Babylonian doom
Upon the entrance to her ivory room,
That but the highest hearts the world had seen
Might know the rapture of its air serene.
And that no sordidness might pass therein
He sentinelled the door with savage jinn,
Invisible and with the flaming powers
Of Sheol in their guarding scimetars.
And all the webs of his weird soul were woven
In mazy mystery of charm and spell,
Around the shadows of that citadel,
Where oft his wizard prowess had been proven.
So did he leave the place of his delight
To sinful spirits in a magic night,
Calling on Siduri and Sabitu,
And Baphomet, in syllables of might.
And when the moon was in her thinnest phase
He left that island in the shipless sea,
No man knew how, nor evermore did he
Return unto its labyrinthine ways.
Still in the dawn's white fire the shepherd sees
Shapes whiter than the dawn, and whisperings
Sigh through the shadows of the myrtle-trees,
Like to the mutterings of invisible kings
Who speak of blessed, heart-remembered things.





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there had been a huge stink in Europe caused by the publication of the original book and by the enigma of Fulcanelli. The OSS had even been looking for him. His pupil Canseliet had made a secret trip to Spain to meet Fulcanelli in the early 1950’s even though Fulcanelli was supposed to have left this world almost thirty years earlier

see also the book Son of the Sun ( same period )