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 People with higher intelligence find it easier to accept confusion and vagueness, a study finds

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More intelligent people can make better decisions because they are able to accept ambiguity, researchers have found.

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Performing moderate to vigorous activity (MVPA) in the afternoon or evening may improve blood glucose control to a greater extent than exercising evenly throughout the day, new research suggests.

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Berries

Berries—strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and others—are top carb-containing fruits for two reasons. First, they're packed full of antioxidant compounds that have both anti-inflammatory and protective effects from new inflammation. Second, berries also have a lower glycemic impact (because they're full of fiber) in comparison to others like grapes and bananas

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The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.

Michelangelo a The cultural dance of hula is known as the heartbeat of the Hawaiian people. It is seen as an embodiment of nature. The dancer becomes the motion of the wind through the trees, the waves on the shore, the life-giving rains, and the fragrance of flowers. Hula portrays this rich spiritual interdependence through mindful movement of hands, feet, and body.  A

Many people today feel disconnected from their own bodies and, in turn, from nature. How do we practice bringing our awareness back to the body and finding a deeper presence in our physical form? 

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First, we'll release ourselves from the cycling stories of loss.

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unaddressed grief

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The U.S. National Academy of Medicine recommends 25-(OH)D concentrations of at least 50 nmol/L. Notably, the researchers found that participants who were severely vitamin D deficient — with concentrations less than 25 nmol/L — had a 25% increased odds for all-cause mortality (OR = 1.25; 95% CI, 1.16-1.35) compared with those who had concentrations of at least 50 nmol/L.

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In 1972, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that sound was an official pollutant. In the forty years since, our world has only gotten louder, and some suggest we now live in “Decibel Hell.” That’s bad news for humans, who can experience hearing loss, tinnitus, sleep disturbances, stress, attention deficits, and cardiovascular disease due to overstimulation. And it’s bad news for animals, too.

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I am never born as a body. I am not the ten senses. And I am neither intellect, nor mind nor everlasting ego. I am eternally pure self-nature without vital breath and mind. I am the witness without intellect. And I am the ever knowing self-nature. Ther is no doubt, whatsoever, about it.

-Sarvasar Upanishad

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A very long journey from “I” to “thou,” from “thou” to “that,” and from “that” to the beyond. And now again the rishi begins to talk about “Who am I?” Obviously, the first “I” is not referred to, that has been just disposed of. This is a second “I.”

The first “I” constitutes the ego; constitutes whatsoever we have done, whatsoever we have achieved, whatsoever has been our accumulation. This second “I” is not our doing; this second “I” is our being. So we must distinguish between these two: the doing and the being.

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The being is something which is there, has been there; it is a priori. It is not your creation, it is not your construction, you have not contributed anything to it, because you are it. So how can you do anything? And whatsoever you have done is just an accumulations around – never on the center; the center has always been there.

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The child is born. The child is born with a being, with a center, but with no periphery, with no circumference. The child is born with a being, but with no doing at all. Now the doing will grow; now the child will cultivate the ego. Whatsoever the child is going to do will become part of his ego. If he succeeds, then a superiority is accumulated; if he fails, then an inferiority is accumulated. And whether you begin to feel to be inferior or superior, a certain ego is formed. Even when you feel inferior, you have an ego which feels to be inferior. If you succeed, you have an ego which feels to be superior.

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The ego means whatsoever you have done – whether you succeed or fail, it is irrelevant, you create an ego. You begin to assert, “I am this, I am that.” And the more this feeling grows, the more the center is lost, and by and by forgotten. In the end we are nothing but our doings. The being is just lost; we have lost the track.

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Wittgenstein has written in his Tractatus, “It is better not to say than to say something about a thing which is inexpressible. So be silent, it is better, because at least you are right.” At least you are right! The moment you say something you are bound to be wrong, any assertion is bound to be wrong. So infinite a phenomenon as the deeper “I” . . . It is better to be silent.

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"It is especially at that time when we are in the greatest despair or grief that it is most important to very consciously and deliberately surrender ourselves at the feet of Sriman Narayana. It is at that point that we are to make Sriman Narayana our only refuge." - Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya

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stoic In order to live well, you must differentiate between things that are worth fretting about and things that are not worth fretting about

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Merlin remembered the future and anticipated the past. Benjamin Button aged backwards. These things are hard to imagine, but imagine something even stranger: someone whose life is like yours, but played fully in reverse, frame for frame. Merlin and Button both walk and talk normally. In contrast, if you record yourself and play it in reverse, you’ll see someone who walks backwards (without slipping) and talks backwards (without slipping up). What would it be like to be such a creature, a genuine time-reverse twin? Would such a twin feel the same as you’d feel if the rest of the world were running in reverse? Would she have experiences at all? And why does it matter?

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Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

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