If you are interested in learning more about the toroidal model of the atom, I highly recommend Foster Gamble's 8 minute explaination here www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXPpQmgD85E&t=13s You may also like my interview with Foster at www.aNewSci.com/Foster ... See MoreSee Less

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Totally radical yoga pants design made from overlapping triangles of the primary colors. Available here sacredgeometrical.com/products/spectral-triangles-yoga-pants - The relationship between red, green, blue, and cyan, magenta, yellow, is a very interesting one. The study of light and the theory of color has been one of the most fruitful areas of science, and yet there are still many mysteries as to why and how and even 'what' we are perceiving! Perhaps the colors you perceive are totally different from those I perceive, and yet, to a large extent we can agree that some colors go better together than others. ... See MoreSee Less

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The background of this design is very wing-like fractals. Macaws and hummingbirds dart through the fractal forest. Available in men's and women's cut, short and long sleeve. ... See MoreSee Less

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Yup. Used to be too true. ... However, in the last year or so I notice the major browsers have added the feature that there will be a little speaker icon in the tab of any page that is playing audio :-) And my internal playlist seems to have nothing but kirtan on it these days :-P ... See MoreSee Less

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Many have been introduced to the work of the Persian mystic poet Hafiz, and become devoted fans, because of the 'translations' of Daniel Ladinsky. If you are one of these, you may not realise that you are as much (if not more) a fan of Ladinsky's work than of the work of Hafiz, as this writing below from Ladinsky explains, they are certainly not translations, but interpretations, versions, inspirations, transmitted across the centuries. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
That Sounds Wonderful



Good poetry

Makes a beautiful naked woman

Materialize from

Words,



Who then says

With a sword precariously waving

In her hands,



If you look at my loins

I will cut off your head,



And reach down and grab your spirit

By its private parts,



And carry you off to heaven

Squealing in joy.



Hafiz says,

That sounds wonderful, just

Wonderful.



Someone please--start writing

Some great

Lines.



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Re the cocreation of these poems by Hafiz and Daniel Ladinsky ...



by Daniel Ladinsky



I thought I might step into the middle of a blurb/reader's review war that seems active, at times, around this book.



There is an essay I wrote and published in an earlier edition of the The Subject Tonight Is Love: Sixty Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz, VERSIONS by Daniel Ladinsky, that was called -- My Portrait of Hafiz, as that is what I feel my work with Hafiz really is, my unique portrait of him. A portrait based on my study of thousands of pages of stories and poems that are attributed to Hafiz. And this book The Gift was first offered to Penguin with the word VERSIONS on the cover rather than the word translations, for I have never claimed my work with Hafiz is a traditional -- scholarly -- translation, for how could it be for I do not know or speak Farsi (Persian) at all fluently, though at times I have worked with several translators who do know Farsi as their first language. Though once the book (The Gift) got to Penguin, that is into the hands and minds of the very literate, some there saw and knew -- as any good dictionary will tell you -- that a primary definition of the word translation is: A written or spoken rendering, an interpretation of the significance of a work in another language... And thus the word VERSIONS was changed to translations. Also, I feel that the deeper one gets into the study of Hafiz the less of a scholarly foundation there really is to have any intelligent debate about what he may or may not have actually said; thus all we truly have of Hafiz in ANY language is a VERSION. We unfortunately don't even know when Hafiz was actually born or when he died. No doubt there is the establishment's view of Hafiz, but I have never been one to fully trust a bunch of religious or cerebral conservatives. My great research into Hafiz has revealed, what I feel, is enough genuine DNA to reconstruct Hafiz if you will into a more astounding, brilliant man, into a more wild and vital life giving -- encompassing sun. I love these words that are attributed to Hafiz, I have found them so encouraging in trying to do justice to this world-treasured poet, those words are, No one could ever paint a too wonderful picture of my heart or God.



I feel there are saints in this world, and I feel I have walked with one for hundreds of miles in India, and on many occasions he would listen to me recite my renderings/versions of Hafiz, as a matter of fact this teacher choreographed my coming to work with the poems of Hafiz. And if this man had not sanctioned me in the most remarkable of ways -- not one single book of mine would ever have been published. Hafiz is not only one of Islam's greatest literary wonders, Hafiz is also one of history's most vital poet-seers. I feel I have shown the greatest of respect to his work. I have prayed hundreds of times for help to try and reveal something of Hafiz's soul & beauty.



Hafiz has no peer. Said Goethe. And Ralph Waldo Emerson stated, Hafiz is a poet for poets. I hope you find some REAL POETRY in some book of Hafiz, for then you will agree with Goethe and Emerson. Then, in that book, you will find a great teacher and lasting friend. And then ... you can be saved by a poem whenever you want. But remember, any verse that cannot flirt with the sublime and comfort you -- or lift the corners of your mouth with delightful humor -- has really nothing to do wtih HAFIZ. Anything mediocre about him is really fraud.



Thanks for your time here. I hope what I have written may help the review-war ebb. I hope this book aids all wars to realize the insanity of their being. With that in mind why not end with this verse I bet Hafiz might feel just fine in having his named pinned to by me.



I think this old great Persian Master and I once shared some bread together, and some magnificent wine he poured into me, that is still there and fermenting ... and caused all my words, vision, and (hopefully) sacred needed mischief. Millions have now come to hear his name through my work. This is profoundly humbling. Still though, I -- we -- should rise and dance.



I have come into this world to see this:

The sword drop from men's hands

even at the height of their arc of anger

because we have finally realized

there is just one flesh to wound and that

is His, The Christ's -- our Beloved's.





From my Hafiz chapter, in my Penguin anthology, Love Poems from God.

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Why are people attracted to sacred geometry designs? Tens of thousands of people wear Flower of Life and Merkabah pendants. There's a whole industry in geometrically patterned clothing. - I believe it is that whether we consciously understand it or not these patterns are resonant with the energies of creation. They strengthen our connection back to our source in the infinite mystery. - - - Have you checked out the dozens of designs in Sacred Geometry Web's online store at www.SacredGeometrical.com ... See MoreSee Less

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