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Fuzzy and Neutrosophic Analysis of Women with Hiv/Aids

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

... FUZZY AND NEUTROSOPHIC ANALYSIS OF WOMEN WITH HIV/AIDS With Specific Reference To Rural Tamil Na... ... Rural Tamil Nadu in India W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy Department of Mathematics Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Chennai – 60003... ...c.in web: http://mat.iitm.ac.in/~wbv Florentin Smarandache Department of Mathematics University of New Mexico Gallup, NM 87301, USA e-mail... ...NCES 290 INDEX 312 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 316 5 Preface Fuzzy theory is one of the best tools to analyze data, when the data under s... ...pervised one, involving uncertainty coupled with imprecision. However, fuzzy theory cannot cater to analyzing the data involved with indeterminacy.... ...l women in Tamil Nadu. Chapter 2 is an analysis of the situation using fuzzy theory in general and Fuzzy Relational Maps (FRM) in particular. The F... ...X to range [0, 1]. But functions are hard to visualize. Fuzzy theorist often picture membership functions as two-dimensional graphs with the domain... ...was just 22 years old. She had been married at the age of 12 years. This is a picture perfect example of child marriage. She has two children both m... ... infected. She expects 155 only free medicine from the government. She says pictures depicting HIV/AIDS are good to be fixed as posters in public...

...Fuzzy theory is one of the best tools to analyze data, when the data under study is an unsupervised one, involving uncertainty coupled with imprecision. However, fuzzy theory cannot cater to analyzing the data involved with indete...

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The Zohar: Annotations to the Ashlag Commentary

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...in Rd, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11223, USA Printed in Israel No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permi... ...s book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in criti... ...ase of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Laitman, Michael. The Zohar: a... ...a Raba, Idra Zuta, and Safra de Tzniuta. All of them are expressed in the language of Kabbalah. Besides these articles, the rest of The Zohar is writ... ...Kabbalah. Besides these articles, the rest of The Zohar is written in the language of Midrash. In its original form, The Book of Zohar—written by Rab... ...acing of texts is the need to explain the meaning of The Zohar in several languages simultaneously: a) the language of Kabbalah (Sefirot, Partzufim,... ...aws, historical accounts of the Pentateuch, etc.. The Zohar draws a vivid picture for us—like a guidebook for those who will find themselves in the p... ... Ashlag (The Rabash), Rav Michael Laitman, Professor of Ontology and the Theory of Knowledge, PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah, and MSc in Medical Bi...

...The Book of Zohar (The Book of Radiance) is an ageless source of wisdom and the basis for all Kabbalistic literature. Since its appearance nearly 2,000 years ago, it has been the primary, and often only, source used by Kabbalists. ...

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The Kabbalah Experience

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...enue West, Suite 532, Toronto, ON, M2R 3X1, Canada. Printed in Canada. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written pe... ...f this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in cr... ...ST EDITION: DECEMBER 2005 TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Chapter 1. The Thought of Creation ................................................... 13 Chap... ...rule, “Taste and see that the Lord is good.” In other words, first one sees a picture, and then one begins to understand it. C L O S E N E S S W I T ... ...e properly respond to the incidents that befall us if we cannot see the whole picture? We don’t know what the conse- quences of our actions are, and ... ...Torah relates only to the spiritual world. It ex- plains it in the language of pictures, but not a single word of it speaks of our world. It does, ho... ...els of nature – still, vegetative, animate and speaking. Q: Is Kabbalah just a theory, or has it been tested in practice? A: It is not a theory. With ... ...ult. A: When we read the books of Kabbalah, we accumulate its wis- dom only in theory. We believe that this way we accumulate knowledge and experienc... ...E E G O I S M Q: Through a continuous spiritual quest, I have comprised a new theory about Kabbalah. It is The Theory of Shapes. It has an immense s...

...The Kabbalah Experience is one of the most fascinating books ever published in Kabbalah. It is a journey in time from the past to the future, in situations we might all experience at some point. Anyone who wants to learn how to make the most of every momen...

...Introduction: The wisdom of Kabbalah teaches us how to live in the reality that is spread before us. It is a systematic method that has evolved over thousands of years, taught by a handful of unique individuals in every generation. Their task has bee...

...T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Chapter 1. The Thought of Creation ................................................... 13 Chapter2. The Wisdom of Kabbalah ................................................... 54 Chapter 3. The Study of Kabbalah ......................................

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From Chaos to Harmony

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...Chaos to Harmony The Solution to the Global Crisis According to the Wisdom of Kabbalah Rav Michael Laitman, PhD Translation: Chaim Ratz Editor: C... ...M CHAOS TO HARMONY The Solution to the Global Crisis According to the Wisdom of Kabbalah Copyright © 2006 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved P... ...uentin Rd, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11223, USA Printed in Canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written p... ...t experience to understand where Nature’s evolutionary law is leading us. The picture we will gradually present to the reader is founded on principl... ...with the pic- ture on the screen, but a computer professional treats the same picture simply as a combination of pixels and colors. This technician ... ... This technician is interested only in the diverse parameters that create the picture. Computer people understand that the computer picture is merel... ...mals behave in this manner, and we shall briefly review the leading ones. The theory of “Group Selection” asserts that altruism serves the good of t... ...ch an animal be- longs, hence the specific animal is rewarded by it, too. The theory of “Kin Selection” explains that if altruism is turned toward t... ... it indirectly contrib- utes to the survival of its own genes. The “Symbiosis” theory argues that altruistic behavior is based upon the particular a...

...amples from science and Kabbalah that the ego stands behind all human suffering, but also shows how we can use it to our benefit. With clear analyses of the human soul and its problems, the book provides a 'roadmap' indicating how we can achieve a new level of existence and fulfillment....

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The Path of Kabbalah

By: Rav Michael Laitman

... By Rav Michael Laitman PhD The Path of Kabbalah By Rav Michael Laitman PhD LAITMAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS T... ...of Kabbalah By Rav Michael Laitman PhD LAITMAN KABBALAH PUBLISHERS The Path of Kabbalah Executive Editor: Benzion Giertz Editor: Claire Gerus Tra... ....kabbalah.info Laitman Kabbalah Publishers E-mail: info@kabbalah.info THE PATH OF KABBALAH Copyright © 2005 by MICHAEL LAITMAN. All rights reserved. P... ...ence of the Creator on each and every one of us. Hence, to discern the actual picture of the world, we must find what we read inside us, as we read ... ...s characteristics, and sees the Creator accordingly. By climbing high- er, the pictures that were seen in the previous degree will change, as well. I... ...ferent people who attain the same attributes of the Creator will see the same picture, despite their different desires, but from different angles. It... ... sup- press unattainable desires. The wisdom of Kabbalah completely denies the theory of evolu- tion. The creature evolved according to the four phase... ...nnot be compared to the “substance” of one actually built. This is because in theory, the house is composed of a substance of thought, and is a pote... ...e accept this perspective? A: A science that studies the senses, including the theory of rela- tivity, maintains that everything perceived by our sens...

...ed His Essence, the Upper Force, and this is what we perceive as our world. As uncanny as it sounds, this notion hides in its wings the very prospect of freedom, for every person, for every nation, and for the entire world. The structure and the perception of reality are the surface of this book. But the story of humanity, or more accurately, of the human soul, is the und...

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Report on Orphaned Works

By: Marybeth Peters

...he Register of Copyrights · January 2006 Report on Orphan Works w Library of Congress U. S. Copyright Office 101 Independence Avenue SE Washington,... ...ce Avenue SE Washington, DC 20559-6000 Report on Orphan Works A Report of the Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyright... ... the Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights of the United States of America United States Copyright Office • 101 Indepe... ............................................... 125 C. RECOMMENDED STATUTORY LANGUAGE ..................................................................... ...user has transformed the orphan work into a derivative work like a motion picture or book, preserving the user’s ability to continue to exploit that... ...opyrightExtension/letters/AFH.html (stating that as much as 75% of motion pictures from the 1920s are no longer clearly owned by anyone) 16 See U.... ...an Society of Media Photographers, Professional Photographers of America, Picture Archive Council of America); • independent filmmakers (e.g., Asso... ...v. Ashcroft, 537 U.S. 186, 219-21 (2003). 124 Id. at 219 (“[E]very idea, theory, and fact in a copyrighted work becomes instantly available for pub... ...rch of the mandatory registry would, standing alone, be sufficient, but in theory a formal Page 77 REPORT ON ORPHAN WORKS U NITED STATES COPYRIGHT...

...This Report addresses the issue of “orphan works,” a term used to describe the situation where the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be identified and located by someone who wishes to make use of the work in a manner that requires permission of the copyrig...

...Many commenters were in favor of determining whether a search was reasonable on an “ad hoc” or case-by-case basis, whereby each search is evaluated according to its circumstances. This approach was offered as having the advantage of flexibility to cover t...

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Report on Orphaned Works

By: Marybeth Peters

...he Register of Copyrights · January 2006 Report on Orphan Works w Library of Congress U. S. Copyright Office 101 Independence Avenue SE Washington,... ...ce Avenue SE Washington, DC 20559-6000 Report on Orphan Works A Report of the Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyright... ... the Register of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights of the United States of America United States Copyright Office • 101 Indepe... ............................................... 125 C. RECOMMENDED STATUTORY LANGUAGE ..................................................................... ...user has transformed the orphan work into a derivative work like a motion picture or book, preserving the user’s ability to continue to exploit that... ...opyrightExtension/letters/AFH.html (stating that as much as 75% of motion pictures from the 1920s are no longer clearly owned by anyone) 16 See U.... ...an Society of Media Photographers, Professional Photographers of America, Picture Archive Council of America); • independent filmmakers (e.g., Asso... ...v. Ashcroft, 537 U.S. 186, 219-21 (2003). 124 Id. at 219 (“[E]very idea, theory, and fact in a copyrighted work becomes instantly available for pub... ...rch of the mandatory registry would, standing alone, be sufficient, but in theory a formal Page 77 REPORT ON ORPHAN WORKS U NITED STATES COPYRIGHT...

...This Report addresses the issue of “orphan works,” a term used to describe the situation where the owner of a copyrighted work cannot be identified and located by someone who wishes to make use of the work in a manner that requires permission of the copyrig...

...We also recommend one other threshold requirement for a user to qualify for the orphan works limitations on remedies: throughout the use of the work, the user must provide attribution to the author and copyright owner of the work if such attribution is possible and as is reasonably appropriate under the circumstances. The idea is that the user, in the course o...

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I and Thou

By: Martin Bube

...n fourteen years ago, exercised. on the Continent an influence, quite out of proportion to its slender size. In view of this influence alone it may ... ... this influence alone it may be affirmed that 1 and Thou will rank &8 one of the epoch-making books 9f our generation. . It has hitherto been eompa... ... has hitherto been eomparatively Unknown among English-speaking students of philosophy and theology. 1 and TIum' is to be understood in the context... ...nstituted where two persons meet. Applying this, x thought to the modem theory of history as a process within an unbroken causal system, where fac... ...ess the eternal Thou. * 6. I consider a tree. • I can look on it as a picture: stiff column in a. shook ~f light, or splash of green shot with t... ...see, and.no 1mowledge that I would have to forget. Ra.ther is everything, picture a.nd movement, species and type, law and number, indivisibly unite... ... Of course, this happens in a "primitive" form and not in the form of a " theory of knowledge". But whenever the sentence :' I see the tree" is so ... ... a response of man to his Thou. Man speaks with many tongues, tongues of language, of art, of action; but the spirit is one, the response to the Th... ...r him again. It is, in truth, the high art of thought to paint a reliable picture of the world 70 that is even worthy of belief. So this man says...

...Tms work in its oripl, German form has already, since its publication fourteen years ago, exercised. on the Continent an influence, quite out of proportion to its slender size. In view of this influence alone it may be affirmed that 1 and Thou will rank &8 one of the epoch-making books 9f our generation. It has hitherto been eomparatively Unknown among English-sp...

...The primal natm:e of the effort to establish relation is already to be seen in the earliest and most confined stage. Before anything isolated can be perceived, timid glances mOve out into indistinct space, towards something indefinite; and in...

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The Point in the Heart

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...The Point in the Heart A Source of Delight for My Soul Michael laitMan l ait Man Kabbalah Publishers 3 T... ...aitMan l ait Man Kabbalah Publishers 3 The Point in the Heart A Source of Delight for My Soul 4 the Point in the heart A Source of Delight for My... ... 85th street #51, brooklyn, new York, 11214, usa Printed in canada no part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permi... ...t will never stop growing. Here and Now 2 0 c urrently, we are seeing the picture of this world as if we are all watching the same tV channel. We ha... .... it exists above our selfish considerations, above our nature. When the picture of us being parts of a single, inclusive, and interdependent syste... ... ago, we lost the feeling of the creator—we were exiled and lost the true picture of the world. We began to think that the creator was someone who ... ...reat Kabbalists, a group unparalleled in history. they created a bridge of language, information, and feel- ings, forces, and lights between the way w... ...rify your relationship with others and the world around you. 1 1 1 Using language both scientifi c and poetic, he probes the most profound questions... ...aLevi Ashlag (The Rabash), Michael Laitman, Professor of Ontology and the Theory of Knowledge, PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah, and MSc in Medical Bi...

...ed a moment to reflect, to be alone with your thoughts, this book will help you rediscover your inner compass. The Point in the Heart is a collection of excerpts from a man whose wisdom has earned him devoted students worldwide. Michael Laitman, a scientist and a Kabbalist, presents ancient wisdom in a compelling style. These stormy days, his site, www.kabbalah.info, offer...

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Kabbalah Revealed

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...uentin Rd, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11223, USA Printed in Canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written ... ...this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied i... ...e case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Laitman, Michael. Kabbalah... ...n Kabbalah, having authored thirty books on the subject, translated into ten languages. His live lessons are broad- cast daily on cable TV and inter... ...the founder and foremost exponent of Systems Philosophy and General Evolution Theory. Born in Budapest, Hungary in 1932, Laszlo made his debut as a... ...erspective. Looking from down here, with our broken spiritual spectacles, the picture is less than ideal. For the Kli (a person), completely opposit... ...ator, and in so doing, help the unworkable desires correct themselves. We can picture the relationship between the worlds and the creature as a grou... ...the environment. Let’s make it a little clearer: If I want a piece of cake, I picture the cake in my mind, its texture, color, sweet fragrance, and ... ...in words—that it doesn’t work. Before something is tested, it’s nothing but a theory. 96 KABBALAH REVEALED The spiritual worlds have boundaries, too...

...Kabbalah Revealed: The Ordinary Person’s Guide to a More Peaceful Life is a clearly-written, user-friendly guide to making sense of the surrounding world while achieving inner peace. Each of the six chapters in this book focuses on a different aspect of the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah, shedding new light on a teaching that has too often been shrouded in...

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The Myth of Ulysses and Secondary Beauty

By: Antonio Mercurio

... 1 Antonio Mercurio THE MYTH OF ULYSSES AND SECONDARY BEAUTY ... ... 2 Copyrighted material Published by The SOLARIS INSTITUTE of The SOPHIA UNIVERSITY OF ROME. (S.U.R.) Copyrignt 2009 by SOP... ... UNIVERSITY OF ROME. (S.U.R.) Copyrignt 2009 by SOPHIA UNIVERSITY OF ROME All rights reserved. Original title: Il Mito di Ulis... ...s lies in its affirmation of the existence of the Personal SELF (see A.M. “Theory of the Person and Existential Personalistic Anthropology”). This s... ...lity. Alchemy is present in all the world’s cultures, in its own specific language or expressed through the language appropriate to each culture. ... ...rt with which we learn to use color; Cosmo- Art is the frame we use for the picture we have painted, and it is the nail we use to hang it up on and s... ...fiti, we arrived at the art of the Renaissance; from dialects, we produced languages; from tribes we created nations etc. Everything creates itself,... ...*** It is not easy to embrace Sophia-Art. It does not require learning a theory, it means applying it to daily life. Some ways we can do so are as... ...LOGIA PERSONALISTICA ** Ed. Sophia University of Rome (S.U.R.), Rome 1991 THEORY OF THE PERSON AND EXISTENTIAL PERSONALISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY Publishe...

...eloped from a paper I wrote for Russian and Baltic country psychologists. They had come to Italy to the Institute in Ascoli Piceno, which is a member of the Sophia University of Rome, to participate in a seminar on Sophia- Art and Cosmo-Art. The same paper was expanded and presented at the Second Ulyssiads of the Sophia University of Rome, organized by the Institute in Te...

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Kabbalah for Beginners

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...in Rd, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11223, USA Printed in Canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written perm... ... book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in cr... ...se of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Laitman, Michael. Kabbalah for... ...“The Lord said, ‘Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. …and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for... ... achieve the goal for which we were created, and we will again be “of one language and of one speech,” at one with the Creator, and we will never t... ... we think that they are real. Part Two will focus on the origin of these pictures and their purpose in our lives. 47 3 t he o rIgIn of c rea... ...’s perspective. From down here, with our broken spiritual spectacles, the picture is less than ideal. In order for Creation, who is completely oppos... ..., and in so doing, help the unworkable desires correct themselves. We can picture the relationship between the worlds and Creation as a group of con... ...hlag (The Rabash), Rav Mi- - chael Laitman, Professor of o ntology and the Theory of Knowledge, PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah, and MSc in Medical B...

...The Kabbalist Rabbi Laitman, who was the student and personal assistant to Rabbi Baruch Ashlag from 1979-1991, follows in the footsteps of his rabbi in passing on the wisdom of Kabbalah to the world. This book is based on sources that were passed down by Rabbi Baruch's father, Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag, the author of the commentaries on The Book of Zohar, who conti...

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Attaining the Worlds Beyond

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...24 2. Spiritual Path ........................................... 31 Providence of the Creator .................................. 34 Realizing the Crea... ... Let Kabbalah Be Your Guide ................................ 65 5. The Purpose of Studying Kabbalah ...................... 67 6. Spiritual Progress ..... ...ess ....................................... 71 Faith: Believing in the Oneness of the Creator ................. 74 7. Our Perceptions ................... ...longedperiodoftime unless the Creator decides to help us and reveals the whole picture of creation to us. Whenwefeelthatweareinanelevatedspiritualstat... ...f the Creator’s complete trust. Only then do we have the right to see the true picture of the world, as well as the way it operates. And when we arriv... ...st (bewildered): But if I can create that will within me, where are you in the picture? Host: ItisIwhocreatedthesimpleegotisticalwillinyouto beginwith... ... desired result, just as He brought a person to this particular state, and the theory that one must test one’s achievements, as should all work be tes... ... by the creations of this world." InnerMotionandDevelopment -111- Kabbalistic language is closely related to spiritual objects and their acts. Thus, ... ...ta initially prepared in it, and with the accepted norms of society, then this theory negates the whole idea of free will and the right to choose our ...

...In the words of Michael Laitman, "It is beyond human comprehension to understand the essence of such spiritual qualities as total altruism and love. This is for the simple reason that human beings cannot comprehend how such feelings can e...

...It is beyond human comprehension to understand the essence of such spiritual qualities as total altruism and love. Even the existence of such feelings is beyond our comprehension; we seem to require an incentive to perform any act that does not promise us some form of personal gain. ...

... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 The Search for the Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 13. The Way of Kabbalah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 The Desire To Receive Pleasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 14. Revelation and Concealment . . . . . . . . . ....

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Corpus of a Siam Mosquito

By: Steven David Justin Sills

...e put strength in his shoulders and knees, and set in his heart the daring of a mosquito, which, though constantly brushed away from a man's skin, sti... ...ushed away from a man's skin, still insists on biting him for the pleasure of human blood." --The Iliad Homer Book I: P... ...ey, with their driver, went down Ramkhamhaeng Road singularly in the scope of their thoughts but conditioned into repudiating their aloneness. It was ... ... anything about the techniques of art although he had thumbed through some pictures from a book at a library in Ayutthaya. He had never even been expo... ...onal life--a bit of himself in a vicarious existence. The words under the pictures would often zoom across the interior of his skull in his drowsines... ...tions changed restlessly on the wad of clothes. He thought of the postcard pictures of temples and palaces; of possibly being a money collector on the... ...to remember. After an uneventful attempt at conversations in two different languages to which neither party could understand the other one, the foreig... ...t all-especially he who rarely thought of it as being essentially wrong in theory despite feeling nominally guilty. * "Do you think that he loves me?"... ...he impetuousness of human feelings, hollow; but not to the mind. There the theory of forms is sensed as eternal. Take me home. Drop this kid off wher...

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Kabbalah for the Student

By: Rav Michael Laitman

... 2009 85th street, #51, Brooklyn, NY 11214, USA Printed in Canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permi... ...s book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in criti... ...ase of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kabbalah for the student. — — 1s... ...an we, novices, experience such perceptions? How can we discover the true picture of reality? 6 K a b b a l a h f o r T h e s T u... ...e terms of the wisdom than all our ordinary tongues. It is known from the theory of nominalism that the languages have been 27 Th e e s s e n C e o... ...nd forbidden us to not only refrain from drawing any conclusions based on theory, but even prohibited us from being assisted by such theories, even ... ...returned to the previous Dvekut with his Essence. However, all this is in theory. In fact, they have not answered anything with the explanation of c... ...d do not exist as materials in and of themselves. Likewise, all the fixed pictures that we know and use to define materials are inconsistent and do ... ... K a b b a l a h f o r T h e s T u d e n T Inquiry No. 1: How can we picture a new creation, something new that is not included in Him before H...

...av Yehuda Ashlag, and his son and successor, Rav Baruch Ashlag, offer modern readers valid answers to life's most vital question: What is the meaning of my life? Their interpretations of The Book of Zohar and The Tree of Life explain how we can benefit by using the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah on a day-to-day basis. Additionally, clear illustrations accurately depict the evo...

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The Silver Lining: Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema

By: Sam Vaknin, Ph. D.

...d http://www.narcissistic-abuse.com Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. The Talented Mr. Ripley I... ...x IV. Shattered V. Titanic VI. Being John Malkovich VII. Dreamcatcher – The Myth of Destructibility VIII. I, Robot – The Fourth Law of Robotics ... ...Fourth Law of Robotics IX. Surrogates: The Interrupted Self X. Avatar: The Ecology of Environmentalism XI. The Invention of Lying: Fact and Truth ... ...possible where the laws of nature are different. This is the same tired regularity theory in a more exotic guise. They are all descendants of Hume'... ...rld. It mainly arises when we introduce intentional action and perception into the theory of causation. Let us revert to the much- maligned owner of... ... property, planning, wealth and capital. Mental inequalities lead to innovation and theory. Knowledge differentials are at the heart of educational ... ...ificial. It seems to be the outcome of our ignorance and of the shortcomings of our language, both of which gave rise to the psychophysical problem.... ...nergy is nice and all but it is rather besides the point and it misses both the big picture and the trends that will make a difference in this centu... ...paring the two (the outside and the inside, the real and the mental). This yields a picture of the world which may be closely correlated to reality ...

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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...samvak.tripod.com/ ISBN: 9989-929-40-8 Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ...XI. The Author XXII. About "After the Rain" A Abdication Crisis The love affair of Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) and Wallis Simpson in 1... ...ural responses to visual, auditory, tactile, or noxious stimuli; (3) no evidence of language comprehension or expression; (4) intermittent wakefuln... ...h consciousness. Still, numerous anecdotes recounted by eyewitnesses support the theory that consciousness survives in the first 2-6 seconds and ... ...nued his education in Kitzbuhel, Austria, in Munich and in Geneva where he studied languages. But the chain of disappointments continued apace. He ... ...n Vladimirovich Michurin (1855-1935) and his brand of Lamarckism - a pre-Darwinian theory of evolution of the species proposed in the French scient... ...t. A species with long necks was born. The Soviet leadership sought an indigenous theory to counter the "capitalistic" works of Mendel and Charles... ...proposed his cumbersome system. Only five years later, the principle of scanning a picture, line by line and frame by frame - still used in modern ...

Anthology of fascinating historical and scientific facts and links to relevant Web sources.

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The Natural State, In the Words of U.G. Krishnamurti

By: U.G. Krishnamurti, Edited by Peter Maverick

...The Natural State In the Words of U.G. Krishnamurti Peter Maverick Introduction 1972-... ...1990—Various Places Publisher's Note When I read the manuscript of Peter's book, it was as though U.G. was talking through the pages. It w... ... It was wonderful to hear him without all the questions and interjections of the people who normally surround him. It felt very personal. Coming ... ... something out of what you are hearing. When there is no translation, all languages sound the same whether or not your particular knowledge structur... ...me whether or not your particular knowledge structure speaks a particular language. The only differences are in the spacing of the syllables and in ... ...e genetically controlled. Naturally, you will say that that statement is a theory. You have a hope that you can do something. There are many people i... ..., loving. We emphasize only one side of reality thus distorting the whole picture. This trying to have one without the other is creating tremendous ... ...t in your hands at all. It hits whomsoever it chooses. You are out of the picture altogether. You have to actually touch life at a point where no... ... that sense, J. Krishnamurti was also part of my background. They had his pictures, I could not avoid him. I did not go to him in search of anything....

...A compilation of quotes by U.G. Krishnamurti that can alter your life. Someone once said to his daughter who had met U.G., "Damned be the day you met this man; your life will never be the same." Whether we feel cursed or blessed, our comin...

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Unlocking the Zohar

By: Rav Michael Laitman

... 85th Street #51, Brooklyn, New York, 11214, USA Printed in canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permis... ...is book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critic... ... embodied in critical articles or reviews. ISBN 978-1-897448-59-5 Library of congress control Number: 2011903649 copy Editor: c. gerus Associate Ed... ... and we feel the forces that operate on the world we are in. It is like a picture of embroidery. In the front is a picture, while the back displays ... ...e the back displays all the connections among the threads that create the picture on the front. When we observe our world and what is happening in it... ...orld and what is happening in it, we are merely observing the superficial picture. The wisdom of Kabbalah helps us see the depth of the picture. Thi... ...am [Ladder] commentary on The Zohar, where he explained The Zohar in the language of Kabbalah. The language of Kabbalah helps us put the pieces tog... ...ntaining a piece of information that defines the way we should be. In the language of Kabbalah, this piece is called Reshimo [recollection]. We will... ...aLevi Ashlag (The Rabash), Michael Laitman, Professor of ontology and the Theory of Knowledge, PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah, and MSc in Medical Bi...

...The Book of Zohar (Book of Radiance) is perhaps the most mysterious composition ever written. It contains the secrets of the whole of Creation, but until recently these secrets were shrouded in mystery and misconceptions. Now the Zo...

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Shamati

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...in Rd, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11223, USA Printed in Israel No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permi... ...s book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in criti... ...ase of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ashlag, Yehudah. Shamati = (I ... ...connection with the Creator. As is the measure of the importance that one pictures for oneself, so the measure of the luminescence grows in him. One... ...e and he comes to a state where the work becomes tasteless, and he cannot picture and feel any love and fear, and he cannot do anything in holiness,... ...py in past times. One can receive sustenance from that in the present, or picture for oneself that he hopes that in the future he will be happy. But... ... about which the tune is composed, because all melodies are like a spoken language where the tune interprets the words that one wants to say out lou... ... to clarify your relationship with others and the world around you. Using language both scientific and poetic, he probes the most profound questions... ...i Ashlag (The Rabash), Rav Michael Laitman, Professor of Ontology and the Theory of Knowledge, PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah, and MSc in Medical Bi...

...is prime student, Michael Laitman, to his bedside and handed him a notebook, whose cover contained one word-Shamati (I Heard), containing transcripts of Rabash's conversations with his father, Yehuda Ashlag, author of a complete commentary on The Zohar. The following morning the Rabash perished.Following Rabash's legacy to disseminate the Kabbalah, Laitman published the no...

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