Friday, June 24, 2011
Taj Mahal Dream
"Uprising"
The paranoia is in bloom, the PR
The transmissions will resume
They'll try to push drugs
Keep us all dumbed down and hope that
We will never see the truth around
(So come on!)
Another promise, another scene, another
A package lie not to keep us trapped in greed
With all the green belts wrapped around our minds
And endless red tape to keep the truth confined
(So come on!)
They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious
Interchanging mind control
Come let the revolution take its toll if you could
Flick the switch and open your third eye, you'd see that
We should never be afraid to die
(So come on!)
Rise up and take the power back, it's time that
The fat cats had a heart attack, you know that
Their time is coming to an end
We have to unify and watch our flag ascend
They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious
Hey .. hey ... hey .. hey!
They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious
Hey .. hey ... hey .. hey!
The transmissions will resume
They'll try to push drugs
Keep us all dumbed down and hope that
We will never see the truth around
(So come on!)
Another promise, another scene, another
A package lie not to keep us trapped in greed
With all the green belts wrapped around our minds
And endless red tape to keep the truth confined
(So come on!)
They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious
Interchanging mind control
Come let the revolution take its toll if you could
Flick the switch and open your third eye, you'd see that
We should never be afraid to die
(So come on!)
Rise up and take the power back, it's time that
The fat cats had a heart attack, you know that
Their time is coming to an end
We have to unify and watch our flag ascend
They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious
Hey .. hey ... hey .. hey!
They will not force us
They will stop degrading us
They will not control us
We will be victorious
Hey .. hey ... hey .. hey!
The True Story of the Statue of Liberty.
In 1865 a young French sculptor named Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi [wiki] went to a banquet near the town of Versailles, where he struck up a conversation with Edouard de Laboulaye, a prominent historian. De Laboulaye, a great admirer of the United States, observed that the country’s centennial was approaching in 1876. He thought it would be a good idea for France to present America with a gift to commemorate the occasion. But what? Bartholdi proposed a giant statue of some kind … and thought about it for the next six years.
COMING TO AMERICA
By 1871, Bartholdi had most of the details worked out in his mind: The American monument would be a colossal statue of a woman called “Liberty Enlightening the World.” It would be paid for by the French people, and the pedestal that it stood on would be financed and built by the Americans.
| Illustration from U.S. Patent D11023, Filed Jan 2, 1870 by Bartholdi. The idea excited him so much that he booked a passage on a ship and sailed to New York to drum up support for it. As he entered New York Harbor, Bartholdi noticed a small, 12-acre piece of land near Ellis Island, called Bedloe’s Island. He decided it was the perfect spot for his statue. Bartholdi spent the next five months traveling around the U.S. and getting support for the statue. Then he went back to France, where the government of Emperor Napoléon III (Napoléon Bonaparte’s nephew) was openly hostile to the democratic and republican ideals celebrated by the Statue of Liberty. They would have jailed him if he’d spoken of the project openly – so Bartholdi kept a low profile until 1874, when the Third Republic was proclaimed after Napoléon III’s defeat in the Franco-  Bartholdi went back to work. He founded a group called the Franco-American Union, comprised of French and American supporters, to help raise money for the statue. He also recruited Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, soon to become famous for the Eiffel Tower, to design the steel and iron framework to hold the statue up.A WOMAN IN A HURRY By now the centennial was only two years away. It was obvious that the huge statue couldn’t be designed, financed, built, shipped, and installed on Bedloe’s Island in time for the big celebration. But Bartholdi kept going anyway. Raising the $400,000 he estimated was needed to build the statue in France wasn’t easy. Work stopped frequently when cash ran out, and Bartholdi and his craftspeople missed deadline after deadline. Then in 1880 the Franco-American Union came up with the idea of holding a “Liberty” lottery to raise funds. That did the trick.  Construction of Lady Liberty’s left hand holding the tablet (Image Credit: Album des Travaux de Construction de la Statue Colossale de la Liberte destinee au Port de New-York, 1883 at Statue of Liberty National Monument)  Statue of Liberty being built in Bartholdi’s studio (left, source: NYC Architecture). Head of the Statue of Liberty, exhibited at the 1878 Paris Exposition (right, source: Statue of Liberty Head). In the United States, things were harder. There was some enthusiasm, but not as much as in France. It was, after all, a French statue … and not everyone was sure the country needed a French statue, even for free. The U.S. Congress did vote unanimously to accept the gift from France … but it didn’t provide any funding for the pedestal, and neither did the city of New York. Neither did the state. By now, the Statue of Liberty’s right hand and torch were finished, so Bartholdi shipped it to the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition and had it put on display. For a fee of 50¢, visitors could climb a 30-foot steel ladder up the side of the hand and stand on the balcony surrounding the torch. Two years later the statue’s head was displayed in a similar fashion in Paris, giving people a chance to climb up into the head and peek out from the windows in the crown. But while events like these generated a lot of enthusiasm, they didn’t raise as much money as Bartholdi hoped for. LADY’S MAN  In 1883 the U.S. Congress voted down a fresh attempt to provide $100,000 toward the cost of the pedestal; the vote so outraged Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World, that he launched a campaign in the pages of his newspaper to raise the money.“The Bartholdi statue will soon be on its way to enlighten the world,” he told his readers, “more appropriate would be the gift of a statue of parsimony than a statue of liberty, if this is the appreciation we show of a friendly nation’s sentiment and generosity.” After two months of non-stop haranguing, he managed to raise exactly $135.75 of the $200,000 needed to build the pedestal. NOTHING TO STAND ON In June of 1884, work on the statue itself was finished. Bartholdi had erected it in a courtyard next to his studio in Paris. The original plan had been to dismantle it as soon as it was completed, pack it into shipping crates, and send it to the United States, where it would be installed atop the pedestal on Bedloe’s Island … But the pedestal wasn’t even close to being finished. So Bartholdi left the statue standing in the courtyard. In September 1884 work on the pedestal ground to a halt when the project ran out of money. An estimated $100,000 was still needed. When it appeared that New York was coming up empty-handed, Boston, Cleveland, Philadelphia, and San Francisco began to compete to have the Statue of Liberty built in their cities. IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED … Furious, Joseph Pulitzer decided to try again. In the two years since his first campaign, his newspaper’s circulation had grown from a few thousand readers to more than 100,000. He hoped that now his paper was big enough to make a difference. For more than five months, beginning on March 16, 1885, Pulitzer beseeched his readers day after day to send in what they could. No reader was too humble, no donation too small; every person who contributed would receive a mention in the newspaper. “The statue is not a gift from the millionaires of France to the millionaires of America,” he told readers, “but a gift of the whole people of France to the whole people of America. Take this appeal to yourself personally.” This time, the campaign began to get results: By March 27, 2,535 people had contributed $2,359.67. Then on April 1, Pulitzer announced that the ship containing the crated parts of the statue would leave France aboard the French warship Isere on May 8th. The excitement began to build, prompting a new wave of giving. By April 15, he’d raised $25,000, and a month later another $25,000 – enough money to restart work on the pedestal. At this point, the makers of Castoria laxative stepped forward to help. They offered to chip in $25,000, “provided that for the period of one year, you permit us to place across the top of the pedestal the word ‘Castoria.,’” they wrote. “Thus art and science, the symbol of liberty to man, and of health to his children, would more closely enshrined in the hearts of our people.” The offer of a laxative for Miss Liberty was politely declined; Castoria kept its money. ON A ROLL By now the race to fund the pedestal had captivated the entire country, and money really began to pour in. People sent in pennies, nickels and dimes … and they also began buying copies of the World each day to keep track of the race; by the time the dust settled, the World’s circulation had exploded to the point that it was the most widely-read newspaper in the entire Western hemisphere. On June 19, the fundraising passed the $75,000 mark; on July 22, the Isere arrived in New York Harbor and began unloading its cargo; bringing the excitement – and the giving – to its peak. Finally on August 11, Pulitzer’s goal was met. “ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS! TRIUMPHANT COMPLETION OF THE WORLD‘S FUND FOR THE LIBERTY PEDESTAL.” More than 120,000 people had contributed to the effort, for an average donation of about 83¢ per person. Work on the pedestal now moved at a steady clip; by April 1886 it was finished, and the pieces of the statue itself were put into place. The internal steel and iron framework structure went up first; then the pieces of the statue’s outer skin were attached one by one. Finally on October 28, 1886, at a ceremony headed by President Grover Cleveland, the statue was opened to the public … more than ten years after the original July 4, 1876 deadline. The statue was late – very late. But better late than never.  The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World (1886) by Edward Moran. A WOMAN OF FEW WORDS  The verse most closely associated with the statue, “Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free …” weren’t added to the pedestal until 1903 … and only after officials realized what an inspiration the statue had become to the waves of immigrants arriving at nearby Ellis Island. The verses are part of “The New Colossus,” a sonnet composed by New York poet Emma Lazarus in 1883; she donated it to an auction at the New York’s Academy of Design to raise money for the statue’s pedestal.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EBmXX4OzQQ&feature=player_embedded http://www.neatorama.com/2007/05/31/the-true-story-of-the-statue-of-liberty/ | |
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Future of Japan and Feng Shui ( 2008 )
I came out with an idea to write about this matter because of an interview I gave recently for the Tokyo American club magazine; the subject was what and how to de-clutter. Also, I read on LinkedIn, a discussion topic about how "Japanese business is very different from the West."
After living in Japan for 11 years, it is very hard to stay neutral and touch this very sensitive subject. However, I decided to open some secrets and shine some light on the matter, because I believe it can help not only foreigners who are planning to move to Japan, or foreigners who are already here and have experienced cultural shock and business/work shock first-hand, but also some of the Japanese who are also suffering from their own culture, traditions and rules in different ways.
Future Japan
Let's look at Japan as a country in terms of feng shui- it belongs to a strong Earth element which is ruled by Saturn, and also belongs to a strong Metal element which is ruled by Venus. Let us see how the country's karma and constitution affects the people's character, physical health,money, work and relationships.
Earth means stability, satisfaction, security that is mostly related to material nature: body health, food, service, work, and family. Japan is famous for it's restaurants, healthcare tools (e.g. massage, spa, supplements) life-comfort and high quality service.
Our body and our mind, needs to feel safe and sure of tomorrow. We need a base, comfort, family and support.
However if most of the time you try to hold on the present, focus only on yourself, and only material things (excess of Earth), it prevents you from growth and change; there is danger to become stagnant and sluggish.
Universal law works for everyone, including any country and any nationality. The purpose of humans is to go up and grow, and for those with strong Earth, it would very valuable to strengthen Wood-meaning to improve education, gain new approaches, learn new life's skills, psychology, entrepreneurship, and foreign languages.
About two years ago, after coming back from a Dale Carnegie seminar, I met an American friend, Brent, and that day we talked about Japan's future. He worked in HR department for years and made conclusion that Japan's future wealth and economic improvement starts with Universities, and it is the right approach in terms of feng shui since the only way to balance excess of earth is through mental development and educational reforms.
Japan and Social Health
Japan has achieved huge progress in recent years in terms of design, cars, fashion, computers, but almost with the same rate of progress Japan increased its share of skin problems development and depressive syndromes.
Azuma-san, a doctor of a women's clinic shared with me information that the numbers of atopic patients are increasing everyday and in the future can reach a very high percentage. Azuma-san believes that the cause of atopy and some cases of depression has connection with candida, and he got good results with anti-yeast medications.
For more information on atopy in Japan, please refer to this link, it year 1997, but the problem is still there and has increased:
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/19/science/an-itch-torments-many-japanese-but-relief-is-elusive.html?pagewanted=1
In internal feng shui skin and lungs are related to Metal element, and I would like to discuss about the connection between the skin, mind and emotions.
Ancient wise healers were saying that our skin is reflection of our soul, thoughts and emotions and how we communicate with the external world.
If our Metal is in balance, then on the emotional and the mental level, it gives us maturity, sensitivity, creativity, and courage. On the physical level, it provides healthy skin, healthy breathing and healthy bowel-movement.
In the case of excess of Metal, its cold nature expresses itself in mechanical attitude, rigidity (katakori), resistance to live with flow, creating excess of rules, orders and limits.
Metal element imbalance leads to accumulation of waste, internal and external, and on the physical level, skin rashes, eczema (atopy), constipations, and breathing disorders.
The person with excess Metal element tries to control his own life and is afraid of changes. He tries to escape the grief, sadness, depression, and lack of satisfaction by increasing one's "self-confidence" and "self-worth" by collecting and keeping a number of material things (handbags, fashion goods, jewelries, accessories, cosmetics).
It is very natural to inhale, hold one's breath and exhale. It is the same for life- to receive, keep and use, and give way (eat, assimilate, nurture and eliminate).
Excess of Metal has influence on the increasing suicide rates in Japan as well. People think that if they lost their job, they are not worthy. If they don't have enough money, they cannot enjoy life, don't want to deal with their pain, and don't want to take responsibility of their life due to lack of courage and emotional maturity.
Here is more information on suicides in Japan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Japan
Japanese should rediscover living in harmony with nature's cycles where change and the passage of time are necessary parts of life. It calls to remind that there is time for letting go, and accepting new things and experiences into each one's lives. It is time for them to integrate their inner fire, their spirit, clear their soul and release the troubles and worries of the past and present, and prepare one self to move towards love, happiness and life's purpose.
One famous Russian actress said there are only three kinds of happiness in this life - to be with a partner you love, to do a job you like, and to live in the appropriate environment for you. I wish to everyone that you may find your happiness.
After living in Japan for 11 years, it is very hard to stay neutral and touch this very sensitive subject. However, I decided to open some secrets and shine some light on the matter, because I believe it can help not only foreigners who are planning to move to Japan, or foreigners who are already here and have experienced cultural shock and business/work shock first-hand, but also some of the Japanese who are also suffering from their own culture, traditions and rules in different ways.
Future Japan
Let's look at Japan as a country in terms of feng shui- it belongs to a strong Earth element which is ruled by Saturn, and also belongs to a strong Metal element which is ruled by Venus. Let us see how the country's karma and constitution affects the people's character, physical health,money, work and relationships.
Earth means stability, satisfaction, security that is mostly related to material nature: body health, food, service, work, and family. Japan is famous for it's restaurants, healthcare tools (e.g. massage, spa, supplements) life-comfort and high quality service.
Our body and our mind, needs to feel safe and sure of tomorrow. We need a base, comfort, family and support.
However if most of the time you try to hold on the present, focus only on yourself, and only material things (excess of Earth), it prevents you from growth and change; there is danger to become stagnant and sluggish.
Universal law works for everyone, including any country and any nationality. The purpose of humans is to go up and grow, and for those with strong Earth, it would very valuable to strengthen Wood-meaning to improve education, gain new approaches, learn new life's skills, psychology, entrepreneurship, and foreign languages.
About two years ago, after coming back from a Dale Carnegie seminar, I met an American friend, Brent, and that day we talked about Japan's future. He worked in HR department for years and made conclusion that Japan's future wealth and economic improvement starts with Universities, and it is the right approach in terms of feng shui since the only way to balance excess of earth is through mental development and educational reforms.
Japan and Social Health
Japan has achieved huge progress in recent years in terms of design, cars, fashion, computers, but almost with the same rate of progress Japan increased its share of skin problems development and depressive syndromes.
Azuma-san, a doctor of a women's clinic shared with me information that the numbers of atopic patients are increasing everyday and in the future can reach a very high percentage. Azuma-san believes that the cause of atopy and some cases of depression has connection with candida, and he got good results with anti-yeast medications.
For more information on atopy in Japan, please refer to this link, it year 1997, but the problem is still there and has increased:
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/19/science/an-itch-torments-many-japanese-but-relief-is-elusive.html?pagewanted=1
In internal feng shui skin and lungs are related to Metal element, and I would like to discuss about the connection between the skin, mind and emotions.
Ancient wise healers were saying that our skin is reflection of our soul, thoughts and emotions and how we communicate with the external world.
If our Metal is in balance, then on the emotional and the mental level, it gives us maturity, sensitivity, creativity, and courage. On the physical level, it provides healthy skin, healthy breathing and healthy bowel-movement.
In the case of excess of Metal, its cold nature expresses itself in mechanical attitude, rigidity (katakori), resistance to live with flow, creating excess of rules, orders and limits.
Metal element imbalance leads to accumulation of waste, internal and external, and on the physical level, skin rashes, eczema (atopy), constipations, and breathing disorders.
The person with excess Metal element tries to control his own life and is afraid of changes. He tries to escape the grief, sadness, depression, and lack of satisfaction by increasing one's "self-confidence" and "self-worth" by collecting and keeping a number of material things (handbags, fashion goods, jewelries, accessories, cosmetics).
It is very natural to inhale, hold one's breath and exhale. It is the same for life- to receive, keep and use, and give way (eat, assimilate, nurture and eliminate).
Excess of Metal has influence on the increasing suicide rates in Japan as well. People think that if they lost their job, they are not worthy. If they don't have enough money, they cannot enjoy life, don't want to deal with their pain, and don't want to take responsibility of their life due to lack of courage and emotional maturity.
Here is more information on suicides in Japan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Japan
Japanese should rediscover living in harmony with nature's cycles where change and the passage of time are necessary parts of life. It calls to remind that there is time for letting go, and accepting new things and experiences into each one's lives. It is time for them to integrate their inner fire, their spirit, clear their soul and release the troubles and worries of the past and present, and prepare one self to move towards love, happiness and life's purpose.
One famous Russian actress said there are only three kinds of happiness in this life - to be with a partner you love, to do a job you like, and to live in the appropriate environment for you. I wish to everyone that you may find your happiness.
Lucie Mori was born into a family of psychics. From the age of ten, she learned oriental techniques and spiritual healing.
In 2002, she started consultations for health, happiness and personal growth. Here, she sought to bring harmony and balance to people through nature, art and design, where beauty and spirituality meet to create a happier home and a brighter life.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Lucie_Mori In 2002, she started consultations for health, happiness and personal growth. Here, she sought to bring harmony and balance to people through nature, art and design, where beauty and spirituality meet to create a happier home and a brighter life.
Dream 18 ( June 23, 2011 )
Ropeway/Amusement place in Japan
I saw mountains, green nature, it was very high place. Japanese people were sitting on kind of balcony and waiting for ropeway. Balcony was flat, but it had no protection, so you could fall down easily from a very high place into the mountains were are a many trees. I see myself on that balcony, it is slippery, and I'm moved to the bottom, but there is no any guard, no protection, I'm falling down, I try to cling with my hands, but I'm about to fail, then I see Japanese man, he is on the rope, he hold the rope and he comes after me, he is worker and also the one who rescues people in the case of accidents. God, I never had such experience, to fly with the rope, it was scary, but I had no choice, I had to do that. When I see down, it such high place, mountain, trees and I'm flying with rope together with Japanese worker. I'm angry at him and ask why it this place has no protection, it is not save, it is dangerous. He answered, yes it is true, it is old already and it is not save anymore. But he just need to follow the instructions as it is. Then I see myself going to the man who owns this attraction area, but he cannot hear me, he cannot listen to me. It was his daughter who introduced me to him. Daughter was foreigner, but the man was old Japanese. He had low energies and we could not communicate at all. He is on the dark side where are the profits, lust, greed, saving on safety are the priority.
I saw mountains, green nature, it was very high place. Japanese people were sitting on kind of balcony and waiting for ropeway. Balcony was flat, but it had no protection, so you could fall down easily from a very high place into the mountains were are a many trees. I see myself on that balcony, it is slippery, and I'm moved to the bottom, but there is no any guard, no protection, I'm falling down, I try to cling with my hands, but I'm about to fail, then I see Japanese man, he is on the rope, he hold the rope and he comes after me, he is worker and also the one who rescues people in the case of accidents. God, I never had such experience, to fly with the rope, it was scary, but I had no choice, I had to do that. When I see down, it such high place, mountain, trees and I'm flying with rope together with Japanese worker. I'm angry at him and ask why it this place has no protection, it is not save, it is dangerous. He answered, yes it is true, it is old already and it is not save anymore. But he just need to follow the instructions as it is. Then I see myself going to the man who owns this attraction area, but he cannot hear me, he cannot listen to me. It was his daughter who introduced me to him. Daughter was foreigner, but the man was old Japanese. He had low energies and we could not communicate at all. He is on the dark side where are the profits, lust, greed, saving on safety are the priority.
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