2012: Manual for conserving paths

31.12.2011

PORTUGUES CLICAR AQUI>> Manual de conservar caminhos ESPANOL CLICAR AQUI >> Manual de conservar caminos 1] The path begins with a crossroads. There you can stop and think what direction to follow. But don’t spend too much time thinking or you’ll never leave the spot. Once you have taken the first step, forget the crossroads [...]

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10 sec reading: My wife and the burnt light

30.12.2011

On Christmas Eve, my wife and I were reflecting on the year that was nearly ending, whilst dining at a restaurant. I started to complain about something that hadn’t happened the way I wanted it to. My wife focused her attention on a Christmas tree that embellished the place. I thought that she wasn’t interested [...]

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I don’t know God

28.12.2011

Sometimes we criticize lack of faith in others. We aren’t capable of understanding the circumstances in which this faith has been lost, nor do we try to alleviate our brother’s misery – and this causes revolt and incredulity in the divine power. Humanist Robert Owen traveled all over England talking of God. In the 19th [...]

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Aleph – January 2012

27.12.2011

ALEPH 2011 (countries already published) Aleph Comments/Comentários The Hebrew alphabet is not simply a collection of abstract linguistic elements, like the English alphabet is. All Hebrew letters have names and identities, and in post-Biblical times were even rendered numerical value. It contains secrets that were preserved by the initiated. They contain the precise plan of [...]

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20 sec reading: “I’d rather be in hell”

26.12.2011

traducccion (Espanol, Portugues, etc.) ——–> sidebar/barra lateral Illustration by Ken CraneAs soon as he died, Juan found himself in a gorgeous place, surrounded by all the comfort and beauty he had dreamed of. A fellow dressed in white approached him and said, “You have the right to have whatever you want; any food, pleasure or [...]

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…and let’s do it together…

25.12.2011

EM PORTUGUES… AND IN ENGLISH… Merry Christmas!!!Let’s sing together… Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum, benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Sancta Maria, Maria ora pro nobis nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen

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1 min reading: A Christmas tale

24.12.2011

EM PORTUGUES AQUI: Um conto de natal EN ESPANOL AQUI > Cuento de Navidad A medieval legend tells us that in the country we know today as Austria the Burkhard family – a man, a woman and a child – used to amuse people at Christmas parties by reciting poetry, singing ancient troubadour ballads, and [...]

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Accepting that we deserve our gifts

22.12.2011

During a lecture in Australia, a young woman comes up, “I want to tell you something,” she says. “I always believed I had a gift for curing people, but I never had the courage to use it on anyone. One day, my husband’s left leg was giving him great pain; there was no one about [...]

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The ballad of Bobby Fischer

21.12.2011

He was a despicable human being as far as his political opinions were concerned (the same applies to Jorge Luis Borges) Still, his genius in ONE thing can’t be forgotten; and may the Lord erase the rest from our collective memory

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Where God lives

20.12.2011

On one hand we know that it is important to seek God. On the other hand, life distances us from Him – because we feel ignored by the Divine, or else because we are busy with our daily life. This apparent double law is a fantasy: God is in life, and life is in God. [...]

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The meaning of the crowns

18.12.2011

When Moses rose to the heavens to write a certain part of the Bible, the Almighty asked him to draw small crowns on top of some of the letters of the Torah. Moses asked, “Creator of the Universe, why put these crowns here?” “Because in a hundred generations, a man called Akiva will interpret the [...]

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