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POPSSEX: How long have you got? "Human Sexes" Desmond Morris - “The Human Sexes“ – (Part 1/6) - Different But Equal (Part 2/6) - The Language Of The Sexes (Part 3/6) - Patterns Of Love (Part 4/6) - Passages Of Life (Part 5/6) - The Maternal Dilemma (Part 6/6) - The Gender Wars
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POPSGood Collection of Talks on Neuroscience and Neurophilosophy Useful in conceptually mapping our way around some of the big ideas associated with neuroscience. Damasio, as ever, particularly helpful. More than a nod towards complexityu and emergence with the sunsequent necessity of reworking the conceptual apparatus that reflects upon itself and concepts.
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POPSWho is a guru? When the mind comes upon that silence...everything is a guru, the dead leaf on the dusty earth, the death of a dog on the street, the changing seasons, the tears of an orphan whose parents have been killed by terrorists, the helplessness of man, the heavy structure of sorrow that we all carry...everything and everyone is a guru...where else can a guru be found, if not in our day to day life. The territory of life, the mirror of relationship, the ephemeral, transient world where everything is dying, burning, perishing...do we need any other guru?
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POPS"paintings are talking you, beyond word" ...Buddhist art... "The Buddha did not initiate the creation of sacred images. Once he said to a disciple, who wanted to see him before dying: «Oh, Vakkhali, why do you want to see this body, composed of unclear substances? He who perceives Dharma, Vakkhali, perceives me. He who perceives me perceives Dharma». Thus, as far as we know, there was no worship of the Buddha’s image in the early Buddhist community after his Parinirvāṇa.
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POPSThe blog post that wouldn't die I want to talk about atheists and anger. This has been a hard piece to write, and it may be a hard one to read. I'm not going to be as polite and good-tempered as I usually am in this blog; this piece is about anger, and for once I'm going to fucking well let myself be angry. But I think it's important. One of the most common criticisms lobbed at the newly-vocal atheist community is, "Why do you have to be so angry?" So I want to talk about: 1. Why atheists are angry; 2. Why our anger is valid, valuable, and necessary; And 3. Why it's completely fucked-up to try to take our anger away from us. So let's start with why we're angry. Or rather -- because this is my blog and I don't presume to speak for all atheists -- why I'm angry.<< http://gretachristina.typepad.com/
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POPSScientists discover secret sex nerve Couples who have high levels of chemicals in common are more likely to encounter fertility issues, miscarriage and infidelity. The more dissimilar you and your partner’s chemical makeup, the better chance you will have at successfully procreating and staying together. So how can you create the scent which will keep you and your partner in the land of happily ever after? Unfortunately, you can’t. Perfumes and colognes can’t fool Nerve “O” — the scents which humans and animals are attracted to are intangible and instinctive. Even the most expensive designer perfume can’t fool Mother Nature. When it comes to sexual attraction, it seems you really have to leave things in the air!
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POPS10 Wise sayings To exert his power in doing good is man's most glorious task - Sophocles. There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially - Confucius. Be modest and simple in your deportment, and treat with indifference whatever lies between virtue and vice. Love the human race; obey God- Marcus Aurelius.