1.20.2019 stick and stones and words

1/20/2019

Prague is the capital of sex tourism! Masarikovo Rail Station 4.5 Duration: 35:17 Girls don't like boring guys! Girls just want to have fun! And Denisse which I've met close to railway station proved me this once again. She was for the first time in Prague with her boyfriend and she came for parties and fun, but he preferred museums and exhibitions. And this young lady was so disappointed about her boyfriend, that she had nothing against our sex. And can you imagine even her submissive boyfriend said 'Yes' to money which I offered him. Modern guys have nothing in common with real brutal guys like me. I lead them to my flat, put his girl on a sofa and took off her top. She had no bra under it and I started to kiss her breasts with passion...
Prague is the capital of sex tourism!
Masarikovo Rail Station
4.5
Duration: 35:17
Girls don’t like boring guys! Girls just want to have fun! And Denisse which I’ve met close to railway station proved me this once again. She was for the first time in Prague with her boyfriend and she came for parties and fun, but he preferred museums and exhibitions. And this young lady was so disappointed about her boyfriend, that she had nothing against our sex. And can you imagine even her submissive boyfriend said ‘Yes’ to money which I offered him. Modern guys have nothing in common with real brutal guys like me. I lead them to my flat, put his girl on a sofa and took off her top. She had no bra under it and I started to kiss her breasts with passion…

die^~m mentioned news of medical emergencies on airplane which would remind to^nan of trip family took to hawaii (saw jewish-like shop keepers saw india indian doctor friend of to^nddi.nh saw fat guy purportedly native islander

OFFICIAL Somewhere over the Rainbow – Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwoʻole

saw continental newcomer first job as waiter at italian restaurant exclaiming he did not know angst until serving us saw a brief second of wellness on treadmill at hotel) whence to^nddi.nh attended to a medical emergency and we later faced co^ quye^n passing on stairway when we got home …: other trips to hawaii include one on behalf of ibm international business machine for uncle o^ng david lowe’s group (because to^nan’s head was in a daze most of the time he was at ibm to^nan’s conscience is not disturbed should ibm though the exchange was unfair: if ibm has misgiving if to^nan were david to ibm’s goliath or if to^nan was a communist to ibm capitalist then perhaps ibm should speak its mind at any rate to^nan could assure none such for even though to^nan used apple macintosh at home and to^nan had made a cursing gesture at work because his head was in such daze he could hardly work the gesture was not directed at ibm and truly to^nan had wished is wishing and will continue to wish ibm prosper and live well and long) whence there was an early morning encounter with india indian hotel guest from the balcony who also witnessed some coincidental astronomical alignment that would hint that it was no earthly matter … same with the whale …; recently supposedly anh ma^~n went with european friend to hawaii and wine and feast and gained weight all the while ba’c ca^`n had to go to the hospital at home in paris, france;  impotence and powerlessness  create unintentional “ca` cho+’n” ‘abandonment’ illusions …

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayings_of_Jesus_on_the_cross

4. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

Matthew 27:46

Mark 15:34

It is the only saying that appears in more than one Gospel,[13] and is a quote from Psalms 22:1. This saying is taken by some as an abandonment of the Son by the Father. Other theologians understand the cry as that of one who was truly human and who felt forsaken. Put to death by his foes, very largely deserted by his friends, he may have felt also deserted by God.[20]

Others point to this as the first words of Psalm 22 and suggest that Jesus recited these words, perhaps even the whole psalm, “that he might show himself to be the very Being to whom the words refer; so that the Jewish scribes and people might examine and see the cause why he would not descend from the cross; namely, because this very psalm showed that it was prophetized that He would suffer these things.”[21]

(https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Stood%20Up

TOP DEFINITION
As in “To get stood up” or “To be stood up”
To have gone on a date, except to find that you’ve been left by yourself because your date never showed up.

1. I had a date with a really hot girl last week, but she stood me up after realizing she was way too good for me.

2. My sister got stood up by a jerk last night after going to the restaurant and she had to eat dinner all by herself. She’s never going to see that jerk again!

3. I was really looking forward to my date last night with Jenn. I even made the effort to cook a four-course dinner and light candles in the dining room. But sadly, I got stood up and all my effort was in vain.

4. If you’re stood up by a woman, that might be a sign that she just isn’t interested in you.

by mrpaul1112 December 02, 2005

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) incidences of “abandonment or abandoned behind” involving hawaii had one chicago precedence whence to^nan spent 2 years at fermilab abandoning home and family in ann arbor and pontiac and auburn hills … and one saigon vietnam precedence whence vietnamese refugees and bost people abandoned communist vietnam …
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father on the other hand related how mother standing on the stairway said “tu+o+?ng anh cho leo ca^y chu+'” …
more seeming abandonment perhap: recently chu’ ha^n went to hospital and only to^nva(n and thie^n hu+o+ng are around … though of course supposedly there are anh nha^n vi~nh ddi`nh etc. …

as discussed in previous note ‘lotfi’  in regard to bf skinner’s reinforcement, buddha’s noble truth and blaise pascal’s wager are that the world abandons none since the world naturally tends toward “you’re ok/well; i’m ok/well” “muôn loài được bình thường sống lâu; everyone live well and long” …

U2 – With Or Without You

King James Bible  Par ▾ 

The Beginning

(Genesis 1:1-2)

1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2The same was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

The Word Made His Dwelling among Us

14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 15John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

CBN.com Who is the Holy Spirit? How should we approach Him? What are His attributes? What does the Bible say about Him?

Lets start off with the introduction of the Holy Spirit. Its found right in the first chapter of Genesis in the second verse: “The earth was without form and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, ‘Let there be light;’ and there was light.” At the very beginning of Genesis, you have Gods Word, Jesus; you have God the Father; and you have the Holy Spirit: the Trinity all represented in creation.

The interesting part of this is the Hebrew word for spirit. We almost get a little spooky talking about the Holy Ghost, but the Hebrew word behind spirit is ruach, and it means “air in motion.” It is the same word for “breath.” It also means “life.” By resemblance to breath and air in motion, it means “spirit.” Thats where we get the translation, and the Hebrew word contains all those different meanings. If we just leave it with our English word “spirit,” were not getting the full attributes of what the Bible is trying to describe. Its trying to describe that theres a breath involved.

Going back to that first chapter in Genesis, if the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the deep, and then God said, “Let there be light,” when you speak, its through your breath that the words take form. Just imagine that: God speaking, His breath comes out, and there you have the Word of God, “Let there be light.” That is where the Gospel of John says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” They are all separate, but at the same time, they are all one, just as when you breathe and you speak, your words can be one with you.

Lets take this into the New Testament because we have almost the same thing where Jesus is talking about the Holy Spirit. He says, “That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit” (John 3:608, NKJV).

Jesus is talking about the Holy Spirit, and Hes saying it is like wind. When you get into the Greek behind that, the Greek word is pneuma, which again means “a current of air,” “breath,” or a “breeze, ” and again by analogy, “a spirit.” So both the Hebrew and the Greek word are talking about breath. Its talking about wind.

Back in Creation, back in Genesis, youve got how we were made. “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being” (Genesis 2:6-7, NKJV). Some translations call that “a living soul.” Its from the breath of God that we actually get our life. And so now you get the linkage of how we were created. How we were created in the image of God is because of our breath, and it is because of the breath of God coming into us.

The same thing happens when we are born of the Spirit. When we are re-born, it is from the breath of God. In the Gospel of John, where He is giving to His disciples the Holy Spirit, just as God breathed on Adam and gave him the breath of life, Jesus breathed on His disciples in John chapter 20: “‘Peace to you! As the Father sent me, I also send you.’ And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit'” (John 20:21-22, NKJV).

The Holy Spirit, the breath of God. When you get into that kind of analogy, you now understand better what the attributes are. Its no longer something spooky, but its something very close to you. Its as close to you as your very breath. The Bible says, “In Him we live and move and have our being.” I love the current praise song that says “You are the air I breathe, Your holy Presence in me.” We can literally breathe in the Presence of God and be filled with the Holy Spirit with our breath.

Jesus didnt just breathe on the disciples 2,000 years ago. Every time we are baptized in the Holy Spirit, it is Gods breath on us. Just imagine that. It is not a one-time thing. I think Christians today have gotten into the baptism of the Holy Spirit as some kind of one event. We have got that in Acts chapter 2, but we fail to look forward to Acts chapter 4 where they get baptized in the Holy Spirit again. It says very clearly in Acts chapter 4 they were all filled with the Holy Spirit as they were in a prayer meeting: “After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the Word of God boldly.” So it is not just in Acts chapter 2; it is also in Acts chapter 4. This means we can be filled with the Spirit continually.

Let me conclude with this. Its the conclusion that is found in the 150th Psalm. Its the very last word in Psalms. Its the very last Psalm. There are a 150 of them, and heres the very end of it. It says, “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!”

Let your breath praise the Lord today!

Fig. 2 Part of a bubble-chamber picture from a neutrino experiment performed at the Fermilab (found at the University of Birmingham). A positron in flight annihilate with an electron. The photon that is produced materializes at a certain distance, along the line of flight, resulting a new electron-positron pair (marked with green)
Fig. 2 Part of a bubble-chamber picture from a neutrino experiment performed at the Fermilab (found at the University of Birmingham). A positron in flight annihilate with an electron. The photon that is produced materializes at a certain distance, along the line of flight, resulting a new electron-positron pair (marked with green)
The Creation of Adam is a fresco painting by Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, painted c. 1508–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God breathes life into Adam, the first man. The fresco is part of a complex iconographic scheme and is chronologically the fourth in the series of panels depicting episodes from Genesis.
The Creation of Adam is a fresco painting by Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling, painted c. 1508–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God breathes life into Adam, the first man. The fresco is part of a complex iconographic scheme and is chronologically the fourth in the series of panels depicting episodes from Genesis.
Michelangelo sistine chapel ceiling facts
Michelangelo sistine chapel ceiling facts

Irene Cara – Flashdance What A Feeling (Official Music Video)
First when there’s nothing
But a slow glowing dream
That your fear seems to hide
Deep inside your mind
All alone I have cried
Silent tears full of pride
In a world made of steel
Made of stone
Well, I hear the music
Close my eyes, feel the rhythm
Wrap around
Take a hold of my heart
What a feeling
Bein’s believin’
I can have it all
Now I’m dancing for my life
Take your passion
And make it happen
Pictures come alive
You can dance right through your life
Now I hear the music
Close my eyes, I am rhythm
In a flash
It takes hold of my heart
What a feeling
Bein’s believin’
I can have it all
Now I’m dancing for my life
Take your passion
And make it happen
Pictures come alive
You can dance right through your life
What a feeling
What a feeling
(I am music now)
Bein’s believin’
(I am rhythm now)
Pictures come alive
You can dance right through your life
What a feeling
(I can really have it all)
What a feeling
(Pictures come alive when I call)
I can have it all
(I can really have it all)
Have it all
(Pictures come alive when I call)
(Call, call, call, call)
I can have it all
(Bein’s believin’)
Bein’s believin’
(Take your passion)
Make it happen
(What a feeling)
What a feeling
(Bein’s believin’)
Happen
(Take your passion)
Songwriters: Irene Cara / Giorgio Moroder / Keith Forsey
Flashdance…What A Feeling lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc

vienthao tv show “lo+`i hay y’ dde.p” “no’i thi` de^~ la`m thi` kho'” and others and “lo+`i no”i kho^ng ma^’t tie^`n mua; lu+.a lo+`i ma` no’i cho vu+`a lo`ng nhau” … as mentioned in note lotfi sometimes it’s not easy, it is suggested in that note, for example because producing a note (or other artifacts such as a food dish, fashionable clothing, a building, a car, a piece of art, music, singing, poetry, a sculpture, etc.) like this one might have to exchange the rhythm of one’s breath and hence one’s homeostasis well-being for the rhymes and reasons of the note or the artifact … of course someone on tv movie recently mention 2 x 2 = 4 over and above the current delta system triumvirate such as america germany japan … those 3 or 4 are made possible by the people (presumably who is past letting their hormonal have the better of them like the buddha escaping into the forest in the dqrkmof the night wway from the courtesans to find an escape for all) mentioned in note lotfi for example the ones wearing plaid who often have ‘tu’ turned themselves into monks and nuns by ‘nailing’ “gluing” themselves into a rut or corner of some kind like positions on assembly line for the good of all … “one for all and all for one” …to such an extent that they become experts at whatever it is that their rut entail … and this means that they can often seemingly produce artifacts with ease (chuang-tzu normalization below is “daily”) all the while maintain their wellness well being the rhythm of the artifact production become one for “you’re ok/well; i’m ok/well” with the rhythm of their breath …

watched this in michigan did not meant this quote to be a commentary on communist vietnam general vo nguyen giap only to be one view of the monks and nuns for behind-the-scene appreciation that people are people everywhere … always had wished [after all in quyen/quynh quy ~ giap

] always will wish general vo nguyen giap and president nguyen van thieu and vice president ky and even president ngo dinh diem and people like mrs giap live well and long and “you’re ok/well; i’m ok/well” “muôn loài được bình thường sống lâu; everyone live well and long”

Lucy and Ethel wrap chocolates!

Laverne & Shirley Season 2 Opening and Closing Credits and Theme Song

Laverne and Shirley Season 6 Intro

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https://video.dptv.org/video/giaps-last-day-ironing-board-factory-trailer

Documentary irons out a life

Documentary irons out a life

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Submitted photo by Ed Krauter/ Giap Thi Byers, left, of Seymour stands with her son, Tony Nguyen, who now lives in Oakland, California. Nguyen directed the documentary “Giap’s Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory” that is a part of this year’s Indy Film Fest. Part of it was filmed in Seymour, where Byers worked at Home Products International Inc. SUBMITTED by Ed Krauter

A few years ago, while visiting a farmers market in Oakland, California, Giap Thi Byers and her son, Tony Nguyen, went to a food stand that used ironing boards as dining tables.

Byers went up to one of the ironing boards and looked at the underside, which piqued her son’s curiosity.

“I walked over, and she looked at me and said, ‘I make these at work,’” said Nguyen, who was shocked by the news. “When I saw her inspecting the ironing board, it just dawned on me that I didn’t really know too much about my mother. I knew she worked in a factory, but I didn’t know exactly what kind of work she did.”

That spurred Nguyen, a 39-year-old filmmaker, to document his mother’s story. It initially was going to be a video for him to share with family and friends and be a memento for his mother.

But after he showed some of the footage to one of his mentors and award-winning filmmaker, Steven Okazaki, Nguyen was encouraged to make it a documentary.

After gaining approval from his mother’s bosses, Nguyen flew from Oakland to Seymour a couple of years ago to film his mother’s last day of working on the assembly line at Home Products International Inc., which is the only ironing board factory remaining in America.

“Giap’s Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory,” a half-hour documentary directed by Nguyen with producing and editing by Okazaki, will have its Midwest premiere at Indy Film Fest in Indianapolis as part of the Long Goodbye Short Films program. It will be shown at 11 a.m. Sunday and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Deboest Lecture Hall at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Byers, who still lives in Seymour, and Nguyen, who is flying in from Oakland, will attend the showing and answer questions at the end.

The film also tells the story of how Byers, who was a Vietnamese refugee in 1975 when she fled the country after the fall of Saigon, ended up in Seymour. She was pregnant with her son at the time, and the film follows his childhood in Seymour.

This past spring, the film was shown at a documentary festival in Montana. It also was shown at other film festivals, including Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. In San Francisco, Nguyen won the Loni Ding Award in Social Issue Documentary.

Nguyen said his mother saw an early cut of the film, but Indianapolis will be the first time for her and other family members to see it together on the big screen. Nguyen’s sister, Kimberly Tran, who lives in Seymour, also is in the movie. He said he has several other family members who live in the area.

The film is a part of the Hoosier Lens series, which involves narrative or documentary films with strong production ties to Indiana. It cost more than $100,000 to make.

“I’m really excited about screening in Indiana and for the premiere to be at the Indy Film Fest,” said Nguyen, who visits the Hoosier State at least once a year. “I think that festival is a wonderful venue to showcase the best films out there, so I feel really honored to be a part of it.”

Several years after graduating from Seymour High School in 1994, Nguyen became a self-taught filmmaker. This is his second film. His first, an hourlong murder-mystery titled “Enforcing the Silence,” came out in 2011.

“Giap’s Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory” is the first of a three-part autobiographical series Nguyen has dubbed “Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here?”

That stems from the feelings Nguyen and his family felt in 1975 when they were the first Vietnamese refugee family in Seymour. Also coming to America were Byers’ brother and his wife and kids and Nguyen’s grandmother.

“A lot of Americans didn’t really want a lot of the refugees to come over because it was going to be such an influx of immigrants,” he said.

But there were some, especially religious people, who felt Americans needed to help the Vietnamese, he said.

Refugee settlement camps were set up around the country, and Nguyen and his family wound up in Pennsylvania. At the time, former State Sen. Joseph Corcoran led a committee at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Seymour, and they decided to sponsor Byers and her family.

Corcoran helped Byers get a job, and she first worked at the former Excello Shirt Factory before spending 24 years at Home Products International.

Now 69, Byers is enjoying retired life. This past winter, she went to Vietnam for the first time since 1975.

“It was the first time for her to be together with all of her siblings in one place,” Nguyen said. “She still has two siblings that live there.”

Once the film goes through the festival phase, Nguyen said, the Center for Asian American Media will distribute it to be broadcast on PBS.

If you go

What: “Giap’s Last Day at the Ironing Board Factory” documentary showing during the Indy Film Fest

When: 11 a.m. Sunday and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday

Where: The Deboest Lecture Hall at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, 4000 Michigan Road, Indianapolis

Tickets: $10 (can be purchased online at indyfilmfest.org/films/giaps-last-day-at-the-ironing-board-factory or during the festival)

Synopsis: In 1975, a seven-months pregnant Vietnamese refugee, Giap, escapes Saigon in a boat and, within weeks, finds herself working on an assembly line in Seymour. Thirty-five years later, her aspiring filmmaker son, Tony, decides to document her final day of work at the last ironing board factory in America. It turns into a painful but loving journey.

Online: facebook.com/giapslastday

https://education.seattlepi.com/respiratory-systems-role-homeostasis-3740.html

What Is the Respiratory System’s Role in Homeostasis?

The lungs supply the oxygen that allows cells to release energy from glucose molecules.
Written by Joseph West

Most technological systems are primitive compared to the human body’s ability to precisely regulate numerous critical variables and intricate biological processes. This remarkable capacity to maintain a consistent internal environment is referred to as homeostasis. The respiratory system — which comprises the nose, the mouth, the lungs and several other organs involved in breathing — is involved in various important aspects of homeostasis.

Oxygen In, Carbon Dioxide Out

The respiratory system participates in a variety of homeostatic processes, and the two most important of these are maintaining pH and regulating gas exchange. Both of these homeostatic functions are related to the biochemical roles played by the two primary respiratory gases, carbon dioxide and oxygen. Oxygen enters the body as a component of the air we breathe and is processed by the lungs. Carbon dioxide, which is produced as a byproduct of cellular metabolism, travels through the bloodstream to the lungs and is exhaled.

Carbon dioxide and oxygen

The activity of the human body is a manifestation of the combined labors of trillions of microscopic cells. The body needs food to eat and air to breathe, and the requirements of individual cells are similar. The fundamental reaction that enables cellular life transforms glucose and oxygen into carbon dioxide, water and energy. This is why the supply of oxygen in the bloodstream is a critical aspect of homeostasis — with insufficient oxygen, cells cannot make energy. Carbon dioxide must also be carefully managed so that this waste product does not accumulate to problematic levels. By inhaling and exhaling, the respiratory system is able to take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide, and thus it plays a dominant role in homeostatic gas exchange.

The Proper pH

The acidity or alkalinity of a substance is measured by the pH scale, which typically ranges from 0 to 14. Many biological structures and processes are designed to operate within a narrow pH range. Proteins, for example, experience detrimental structural changes when exposed to an environment with improper pH. The pH of any substance depends on its concentration of hydrogen ions. The concentration of hydrogen ions in blood depends on the concentration of carbon dioxide, which is directly influenced by the respiratory system. Thus, the respiratory system plays a major role in maintaining the human bloodstream at the optimal pH.

Additional Respiratory Roles

The respiratory system participates in several other processes related to the body’s ability to remain consistently healthy and functional despite internal and external stresses. Exhaled breath, which is warm and contains moisture, is a means of regulating the body’s water content and internal temperature, and the movement of the lungs contributes to optimal blood circulation. The respiratory tract influences the composition of blood passing through the lungs, and it protects the body from the numerous microbes and contaminants that are inhaled along with air.

About the Author

Joseph West has been writing about engineering, agriculture and religion since 2006. He is actively involved in the science and practice of sustainable agriculture and now writes primarily on these topics. He completed his copy-editing certificate in 2009 and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California-San Diego.

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so, in view of the risks perhaps one should adopt blaise pascal’s wager and try to produce rhymed-and-reasoned arts/artifacts that fulfill “art/artifact is ok/well; artist is ok/well” “you’re ok/well; i’m ok/well” “muôn loài được bình thường sống lâu; everyone live well and long” … which mean neither the the art/artifact nor the artist will not attract undue attention but are both “normalized” in the sense people will “have eyes/ears/mouth but as though could see/hear/say no evil artists/arts/artifacts only see/hear/say good/goodness/godness/godliness/god” …

James Legge’s translation of the complete Chuang Tzu (Zhuangzi

27 – Yü Yen, metaphorical language

1: Men assent to and praise views which agree with their own

Of my sentences nine in ten are metaphorical; of my illustrations seven in ten are from valued writers. The rest of my words are like the water that daily fills the cup, tempered and harmonised by the Heavenly element in our nature.

The nine sentences in ten which are metaphorical are borrowed from extraneous things to assist (the comprehension of) my argument. (When it is said, for instance),

‘A father does not act the part of matchmaker for his own son,’ (the meaning is that) ‘it is better for another man to praise the son than for his father to do so.’

The use of such metaphorical language is not my fault, but the fault of men (who would not otherwise readily understand me).

Men assent to views which agree with their own, and oppose those which do not so agree. Those which agree with their own they hold to be right, and those which do not so agree they hold to be wrong. The seven out of ten illustrations taken from valued writers are designed to put an end to disputations. Those writers are the men of hoary eld, my predecessors in time. But such as are unversed in the warp and woof, the beginning and end of the subject, cannot be set down as of venerable eld, and regarded as the predecessors of others. If men have not that in them which fits them to precede others, they are without the way proper to man, and they who are without the way proper to man can only be pronounced defunct monuments of antiquity.

Words like the water that daily issues from the cup, and are harmonised by the Heavenly Element (of our nature), may be carried on into the region of the unlimited, and employed to the end of our years. But without words there is an agreement (in principle). That agreement is not effected by words, and an agreement in words is not effected by it. Hence it is said,

‘Let there be no words.’

Speech does not need words. One may speak all his life, and not have spoken a (right) word; and one may not have spoken all his life, and yet all his life been giving utterance to the (right) words. There is that which makes a thing allowable, and that which makes a thing not allowable. There is that which makes a thing right, and that which makes a thing not right. How is a thing right? It is right because it is right. How is a thing wrong? It is wrong because it is wrong. How is a thing allowable? It is allowable because it is so. How is a thing not allowable? It is not allowable because it is not so. Things indeed have what makes them right, and what makes them allowable. There is nothing which has not its condition of right; nothing which has not its condition of allowability. But without the words of the (water-) cup in daily use, and harmonised by the Heavenly Element (in our nature), what one can continue long in the possession of these characteristics?

All things are divided into their several classes, and succeed to one another in the same way, though of different bodily forms. They begin and end as in an unbroken ring, though how it is they do so be not apprehended. This is what is called the Lathe of Heaven; and the Lathe of Heaven is the Heavenly Element in our nature.

may “you’re ok/well; i’m ok/well” “muôn loài được bình thường sống lâu; everyone live well and long” …

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