Hang Son Doong Cavern -and how to cure your annoying habits

Author J. C. F. von Schiller says

It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all your annoying habits are gone!

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symphony in white and everything is for the good

Everything Is For The Good

Do not worry about possible misfortunes, since ultimately everything the Almighty does is for our good.

 Easy to say, hard to practice..I just got my daughter out of the hospital, but I worked hard to make it happen, and I did a lot of action along with my worrying..A judge just ruled against the anti-Semitic petition in San Fransisco (as I shared last night), but no one took action against the anti-Semitic cartoons on the internet..The balance is that our sages teach, is don't worry, but don't rely on G-d to fix the problem. G-d helps those that help themselves. PRAY AND ACT.

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SOME  PEOPLE  SAY  THAT  "WHITE"  IS  TOO  BLAH,  THAT  IT  CONTAINS  NO  EXCITEMENT  BY  ITSELF.  BUT  CHECK  THIS

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why Keep Kosher and explanation of Israel border issue

GOOD MORNING! In this day and age, most Jews do not keep Kosher.  Why not?  Is it because we are more knowledgeable than our fore-bearers the past 3,000 years?  Do we know what they knew, weighed the information and concluded that keeping Kosher is out?  Or, was it a slide away from observance over the years and over the generations due to getting along in a modern world?  I am betting that 99.9% of us will answer -- if we are truthful -- that it's the latter case.  We don't know what our ancestors knew and we are comfortable doing what we are doing.

What could possibly motivate us to keep Kosher?  Well, if we really knew that there is a G-d who gave us the Bible and that we have a covenant with Him to keep the Bible (which includes keeping Kosher) -- it would probably motivate some people.  Then again, I can hear the response -- "What?  You want me to buy new dishes, pots and pans ... and two sets?  Are you nuts?  Do you realize how difficult it would be to keep Kosher?  The changes to my kitchen and to my lifestyle?"  Everything in life has a cost.  The only question is if one believes that the payoff is worth the investment.  A person is going to do what a person wants to do.

What if keeping Kosher would help ensure that your children marry someone Jewish and that you would have Jewish grandchildren?  Would that be motivating?  What if it were healthier, enhanced spirituality, increased personal discipline, inculcated moral values?  Would that intrigue you to look further?  Perhaps the following benefits and understandings of keeping Kosher will be food for thought (hopefully Kosher!!)

1) Hygienic -- There are many laws that promote health.  The Bible forbids eating animals that died without proper slaughter and the draining of the blood (which is a medium for the growth of bacteria).  It also forbids eating animals that have abscesses in their lungs or other health problems.  Shellfish, mollusks, lobsters (and yes, stone crabs) which have spread typhoid and are a source for urticara (a neurotic skin affliction) are not on the diet.  Milk and meat digest at an unequal rate and are difficult for the body; they are forbidden to be eaten together.  Birds of prey are not Kosher -- tension and hormones produced might make the meat unhealthy.

2) Moral Lessons -- We are taught a sensitivity to feelings -- even to the feelings of animals.  A mother and her young are forbidden to be slaughtered on the same day and "a kid (goat) is not to be seethed in its mother's milk."  We are also instructed to forbid cruelty to animals.  The Torah forbids removing the limb of an animal while it is still alive (a common practice before refrigeration).  When we slaughter an animal, it must be done with the least possible pain; there is a special knife that is so sharp that even the slightest nick in the blade renders it impermissible to be used.  This prevents pain to the animal.  And we are reminded not to be vicious by the prohibition to eat birds of prey which are vicious.

3) National Reasons -- We are a unique people, with a mission of Tikun Olom, personal responsibility for perfecting the world.  We have a special diet to remind us of our mission and to keep us together as a people to fulfill it.  Keeping Kosher puts up a barrier.  It is hard to intermarry when you have to take your non-Jewish date to a Kosher restaurant or if you go to a prospective mother-in-law's home and you won't eat her food....  Keeping Kosher is also a reminder of our gratitude to the Almighty for taking us out of Egypt (Leviticus 11:45); it's a part of the covenant between us and God:  "For I am the Lord your God -- you shall sanctify yourselves and be holy for I am holy; and you shall not contaminate your souls with all that creeps on the earth..." (Lev. 11:44).

4) Mystical -- The Torah calls us a Holy People and prescribes a holy diet (Deuteronomy 14:2-4).  You are what you eat.  Kosher is God's diet for spirituality.  Jewish mysticism teaches that non-kosher food blocks the spiritual potential of the soul.  Kosher animals properly slaughtered and prepared have more "sparks of holiness" (according to the Kabbalah) which are incorporated in our being.

5) Discipline -- If one can discipline himself in what and when he eats, he can discipline himself in other areas of life.  Kashruth  (keeping kosher) requires that one must wait after eating meat before eating milk products and may not eat certain animals or combination of foods.

If you disagree with these understandings and benefits, you would likely be able to find in history some great rabbi who was on your side.  But that same rabbi would agree with every other rabbi that the real reason we eat Kosher is that God gave the Jewish people the Torah.  We, the Jewish people, bound ourselves to the Almighty in a covenant to keep the commandments of the Torah. This does not apply to non-Jews. Every human has a duty to be spiritual and connect to G-d, but Jews have that mission PLUS to be a light onto the nations.

If you are curious to understanding why we believe in G-d and why we believe that G-d gave us the same bible as we have now, I suggest a few books.  Permission to Believe and Permission to Receive by Lawrence Keleman are good.  If you want to know more about Kashruth, I recommend The Kosher Kitchen by Rabbi Ze'ev Greenwald; it is a user-friendly, practical and illustrated guide that eliminates the mystery and confusion.  All three books are available at your local Jewish bookstore.

The prime directive of the bible is that the Almighty does not want us to become neurotics.  If one wants to upgrade his observance of the bible, he must do it in intelligent, calculated steps.  Just as a parent loves the first steps of his toddler, the Almighty treasures our steps towards fulfilling his bible  Do what you can do with thoughts of doing even more.  This is the sane approach in coming closer to the Almighty and fulfilling his commandments.

Love Yehuda --as long as we on the subject of Jewish mysteries, lets turn to Israel and see an

Explanation of Israel border dispute by minister of Interior

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGYxLWUKwWo

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BRAIN TEST OF YOUR LATERAL THINKING and funny comments

A person easily becomes a slave to habits. And the most difficult habit to break is that of thinking in a certain manner.

The answer? Fight habit with habit! Work to form the habit of thinking rationally and productively. In this way, you will change your entire thought patterns for the better.

Practice your clearly thinking below:

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Check your lateral thinking power! The first 4 images are the questions and the answers are given at the end. Please do not look at the answers first, these are really good.  Try it.   Question 1   Question 2   Question 3   Question 4                 ANSWERS * 1. The last person took the basket with the egg in it. * 2. All the other card players were women. * 3. Pour the juice from the second glass into the fifth. * 4. The recluse lived in a lighthouse. PASS THIS ON TO FRUSTRATE THE SMART PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE!

Did I Read That Sign Right?

Did I Read That Sign Right?

TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW

In A Laundromat:

AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT

In A Memphis Department Store:

BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS

In An Office:

WOULD THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE STEP LADDER YESTERDAY PLEASE BRING IT BACK OR FURTHER STEPS WILL BE TAKEN

In An Office:

AFTER COFFEE BREAK STAFF SHOULD EMPTY THE COFFEE POT AND STAND UPSIDE DOWN ON THE DRAINING BOARD

Outside A Second-Hand Shop:

WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING - BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC. WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN?

Notice In Health Food Shop Window:

CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS

Spotted In a Safari Park:

ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR

Seen during a Conference:

FOR ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN AND DOESN'T KNOW IT, THERE IS A DAY CARE ON THE 1ST FLOOR

Notice In A Farmer's Field:

THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE, BUT THE BULL CHARGES.

Message On A Leaflet:

IF YOU CANNOT READ, THIS LEAFLET WILL TELL YOU HOW TO GET LESSONS

On A Repair Shop Door:

WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING. (PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR - THE BELL DOESN'T WORK)

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Bedbugs at the UN and Mistakes help you grow and Glen Beck speaks for Israel and quotes the book of Ruth

Glen Beck speaks at the Christians united for Israel conference

http://askmarion.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/count-me-a-jew-and-come-for-me-first-video-of-becks-moving-keynote-address-at-the-christians-united-for-israel-summit/

Mistakes Help you Grow

The only way to avoid all mistakes is by not doing anything. But then you won't accomplish anything either.

A popular saying is: "There is no one wiser than a person with experience." Learn from your mistakes. They are an integral part of your becoming an expert at helping yourself and others.

Love Yehuda

 

 

  

 

 

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If you haven't seen this Brit before, you've missed an extraordinarily erudite speaker. He is serious when he is funny and he is funny when he is serious. And, boy, is he on point! This is his latest, and I think the first of 2011. I wish every woman I know could see this. http://dotsub.com/media/b5ee5ada-5b37-4b0b-9916-e0896337ec4b/e/m

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Speed test for Trivia and Choose to Concentrate

Choose to Concentrate

Some people find that as soon as they open a book for serious study, intrusive thoughts creep in which disturb concentration. These may be memories of the past, worries about the future, recent quarrels and arguments.

Therefore, difficulty in concentration does not stem from a lack of thinking ability, but rather as a result of the power of one's imagination. By calmly pushing away those extraneous thoughts, you will be able to achieve greater concentrate on the task at hand.

Today, before you begin a certain task, try verbalizing your intentions. Telling yourself aloud how you want to apply your mind for a certain period of time often works to block out extraneous thoughts.

Love Yehuda

SMARTY PANTS TEST   When it says you only have 8 seconds to answer the question, they aren't kidding!. Re-taking the test mixes up the questions  So you can't gain anything there.. This is VERY FAST , so be prepared. You only have 8 seconds for each question. Click on the Smartorstoopid and have fun.    Smartorstoopid

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The Madeburg Water Bridge and Learn to Differentiate

Learn To Differentiate

If your mind is focused on an insignificant incident, it can destroy your happiness if you allow it to. To feel happy, your mind has to be free of pains and misfortunes.

Learn to differentiate between productive thinking about problems as a means of solving them, and counterproductive dwelling on misfortunes which gains nothing positive and destroys your quality of life.

Love Yehuda

 

Have you ever seen a river over a river? AMAZING.....     Even after you see it, it is still hard to believe! Water Bridge in Germany.   What a feat! Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long . . . now this is engineering! This is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany , As part of the unification project. It is located in the city of Magdeburg , near Berlin . The photo was taken on the day of inauguration . . .  To those who appreciate engineering projects, here's a puzzle for you armchair engineers . . .  and physicists.  Question: Did that bridge have to be designed to withstand the additional weight of ship and barge traffic, Or just the weight of the water?     Answer: It only needs to be designed to withstand the weight of  the water! Why?    A ship always displaces an amount of water that weighs the same as the ship, regardless of how heavily a ship may be loaded.     > > > >  More . . . .     Saturday, April 23, 2011 The Incredible Magdeburg Water Bridge in Germany The Magdeburg Water Bridge is a navigable aqueduct in Germany that connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittelland Canal, and allows ships to cross over the Elbe River. At 918 meters, it is the longest navigable aqueduct in the world. The Elbe-Havel and Mittelland canals had previously met near Magdeburg but on opposite sides of the Elbe. Ships moving between the two had to make a 12-kilometer detour, descending from the Mittelland Canal through the Rothensee boat lift into the Elbe, then sailing downstream on the river, before entering the Elbe-Havel Canal through Niegripp lock. Low water levels in the Elbe often prevented fully laden canal barges from making this crossing, requiring time-consuming off-loading of cargo. Construction of the water link was started as early as in the 1930s but due to the World War 2 and subsequent division of Germany the work remained suspended till 1997. The aqueduct was finally completed and opened to the public in 2003.

 

 

"A bias shall not be considered a hindrance, so long as it does not walk hand-in-hand with ignorance"
- a horribly wise man

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How Dry Is It In Texas with the record heat? and your ultimate moment

This Moment is the Ultimate Moment of Your Life Until Now

"This moment is the ultimate moment of my life until now." How can you say this? Because this is the moment that you've been practicing for your entire life. Everything you've ever studied and everything you've ever learned is now stored in your brain. The wisdom of your life experiences has reached its highest point (so far) at this very moment.

This moment is made up of all that you've ever learned and done. All the moments of your life have added up to this very moment. So since this moment is so special, make it really special. How do you do that? With your self-talk. With your thoughts. With the way you draw upon all of your skills and talents and wisdom. With the words and the actions your mind tells you are the best for this moment.

Just consider this moment special, and it is. And this is not only true for this moment. Rather, it is true for every single moment, for as long as you live. The present moment is the culmination of your life until that moment.

At this moment and each moment, you get to choose your thoughts, and your words, and your actions. Make wise choices. Make choices that you will look back on later and say, "I am glad that I made those choices."

I know all this from the new set of experiences I am going through..My daughter, who I have been the caregiver for the last 35 years is currently in a locked mental institution because she has lost her ability to focus.

Every previous moment helps me to know how to handle this time in my life

Love Yehuda

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A buddy out of Longview said he'd killed a mosquito that was carrying a canteen. A man in Dime Box said the chicken farmers were giving the chickens crushed ice to keep them from laying hard-boiled eggs. In Lake Palestine , they caught a 20 lb catfish that had ticks on it! But just this week, in Bryan, a fire hydrant was seen bribing a dog. It's so dry in Texas that the Baptists are starting to baptize by sprinkling, the Methodists are using wet-wipes, the Presbyterians are giving out rain-checks, and the Catholics are praying for the wine to turn back into water. You can always tell a Texan, you just can't tell them very much.

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The Music Man from Coronado, downtown and Pacific Beach friends

A packed full day around San Diego ending with the Romantic Music Man with its beautiful "Till there was You" among its favorite hits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L51CKlBgXwQ

Her is the original with Shirley Jones and Robert Preston


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLDsLeVxOaU


And here are two Beatles versions of the classic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haX5Yx89H2M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUjFpdxFWHU&feature=related
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Remember Positive Moments

When you feel discouraged, you are likely to remember past failures and disappointments.

 This leads to more emotional pain and increases your discouragement.

 Make a conscious effort to remember any positive moment in your life. Even if you can only remember one time when you felt positive about yourself or only one time
 when you manifested confidence or strength

You presently have a resource that is yours for life. Calmly recall the positive feelings you once had and realize that since you have experienced confidence and strength once,
 you can continue to experience it in the future.

Love Yehuda


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Guess what the Ad is for.. Best Ad ever. and Profit from Insults

Profit From Insults

Rabbi Yerucham Levovitz said, "When someone insults you, even for selfish reasons, do not automatically disregard what he says. Rather, check yourself to see if there is any aspect of truth, regardless of his intention, and try to learn from it."

For example, if someone says you are "lazy," instead of becoming upset, use this as a motivation to overcome some aspect of laziness you do have. Even though you are usually not lazy, you can still improve.

Love Yehuda

Try and guess what this commercial is for … BEFORE it ends … It's one of the best ads I've ever seen However for my more sensitive friends --there are crosses and devils here.   CLICK HERE

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