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...Laitman's new book not only demonstrates with examples from science and Kabbalah that the ego stands behind all human suffering, but also shows how we can use it to our benefit. With clear analyses of the human soul and its problems, the book provides a 'roadmap' indicating how we can achieve a new level of existence and fulfillment....

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... According to the Wisdom of Kabbalah Copyright © 2006 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers 1057 Steeles... ...3X1, Canada 194 Quentin Rd, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11223, USA Printed in Canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner... ...reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or revie... ........................................................... 31 Evolution of the Human Desire for Pleasure ..................................39 CHAPTER ... ... LAW ................................................ 51 Harmony Among Cells in a Living Organism .................................53 Connectednes... .............................................................................153 HUMANITY AND THE WISDOM OF KABBALAH ...................................... ... future of the state of Israel. 17 FOREWORD It is hardly a secret that humanity is in a deep crisis. Many of us already feel it. Sensations o... ...has appeared specifically in more evolved nations. It is not surprising that Germany, the most developed country in the beginning of the 20 th cen...

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...mmercial edition. © 2002, 2005 Copyright Lidija Rangelovska. All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used ... ... All rights reserved. This book, or any part thereof, may not be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission from: Lidija Rangelovs... ...elovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-review.org/authorarchi... ...Crisis The love affair of Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VIII) and Wallis Simpson in 1936 is the stuff of romantic dramas. Alas, reality was a lot... ... law to allow for a morganatic marriage (of people from different classes, with no rights of inheritance). Simpson herself thought of giving up the... ...he appendix has additional functions. Endocrine cells appear in the appendix of the human fetus and produce biogenic amines and peptide hormones, bo... ...the "Pestilence" or the "Great Mortality". They regarded it as divine punishment of humanity's sins. http://www.ento.vt.edu/IHS/plague.html ... ...nism" first appeared in Arrago's Dictionnaire de la Conversation in 1834. http://humanityquest.com/topic/Index.asp?theme1=chauvinism Chicago (mus... ...rmond of South Carolina spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes in opposition to a civil rights measure. This is the American filibuster record. In 1964,...

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...eaceful Life is a clearly-written, user-friendly guide to making sense of the surrounding world while achieving inner peace. Each of the six chapters in this book focuses on a different aspect of the ancient wisdom of Kabbalah, shedding new light on a teaching that has too often been shrouded in mystery and misconceptions. A subtle, yet profound idea weaves the book’s chap...

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...Person’s Guide to a More Peaceful Life Copyright © 2006 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers www.kabbalah... ...3X1, Canada 194 Quentin Rd, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11223, USA Printed in Canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manne... ...produced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or revi... ...ons embodied in critical articles or reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Laitman, Michael. Kabbalah revealed: the ordina... ...e likely to end up exactly where we are headed.” When applied to contemporary human- ity, this could prove disastrous: Climate change is threatening ... ...productive partnerships. Thus, rather than breaking down in conflict and war, humanity will break through—not merely to a sustainable world of self-... ...ndamen- tal change. PLANETARY CONSCIOUSNESS In light of today’s global crises, humankind has begun to seek new avenues and modes of thinking. Such mo... ...law, but this will work just until circum- stances toughen, as we’ve seen with Germany—a democ- racy until it democratically elected Adolf Hitler. We ...

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...What was in Hitler's personal file kept by the Nazi Party's own intelligence agency, the SD? Israel Sarid Roth, only son of two survivors of the Holocaust is about to find out, as a routine assignment in Jerusalem plunges him into the...

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...l of Fact By Sam Vaknin Draft For your consideration © 2006-2007 All Rights Reserved Based on hundreds of newly-discovered document... ... © 2006-2007 All Rights Reserved Based on hundreds of newly-discovered documents in archives the world over – now … THE HITLER FILE Israel S... ...lf at the deadly center of a nightmare. • What is on the floppy disk he picked up in Jerusalem? • Who is Frankenberg, the investigative journali... ...f the SS, release Frankenberg’s father from the death camp Auschwitz? • What was in Hitler’s personal file, kept by the Nazi Party’s own intellige... ...pped in excrement, no air, just the pervasive stench of aging urine. A river of human flotsam, its moldy delta the elongated metal sinks. We pus... ...adgets, I was into morbidity in its myriad manifestations. He was technology, I was humanities. But somehow these disparities brought us closer and ... ...‘gutter anti-Semitism, crude violence, injudicious propaganda’. He emphasized the ‘humanity of his restraint’. His private and public personas were ... ... He agonized over what to do with ‘a large category of mixed-race citizens without rights who do not know where they belong’? In November, he let it... ...have to. Youthful folly under wraps and that sort of thing. What do you say?” By rights the disk was his. A voice inside me with an accent suspici...

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...The Kabbalist Rabbi Laitman, who was the student and personal assistant to Rabbi Baruch Ashlag from 1979-1991, follows in the footsteps of his rabbi in passing on the wisdom of Kabbalah to the world. This book is based on sources that were passed down by Rabbi Baruch's father, Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag, the author of the commentaries on The Book of...

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...tman, PhD KABBALAH FoR BEgINNERS Copyright © 2007 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers www.kabbalah.inf... ... Canada 194 Quentin Rd, 2nd floor, Brooklyn, New York, 11223, USA Printed in Canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner wi... ...uced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.... ...embodied in critical articles or reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Laitman, Michael. Kabbalah for beginners / Michael La... ...h it cannot penetrate. For instance, scientific tools cannot measure the human soul, or the basic motivation for our actions. If it could, we would... ...e wish. But because we cannot perceive our most essential motivations, we humans, the apex of Cre- - ation, are still unaware of why we come into thi... ...ake your first steps towards understanding Introduction 11 the roots of human behavior and the laws of Nature. The contents present the essential ... ...ut this will work only until circum- - stances toughen, as we’ve seen with germany—a democ- - racy until it democratically elected Adolf Hitler. We ca...

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...rhaps the most mysterious composition ever written. It contains the secrets of the whole of Creation, but until recently these secrets were shrouded in mystery and misconceptions. Now the Zohar is openly unfolding its wisdom, to show humanity a way forward. Unlocking the Zohar is an invitation to a wondrous journey as we fine-tune our thoughts to maximize the spiritual ...

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... Zohar UNLocKINg THE zoHAR copyright © 2011 by MIcHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers www.kabbalah.inf... ... 3X1, canada 2009 85th Street #51, Brooklyn, New York, 11214, USA Printed in canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner with... ...produced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. I... ...................................................54 The Necessity to Engage in The zohar ..........................................59 Par T II - The Wo... ...y is this wisdom taking center stage specifically for those living today? Humanity is ever developing. In ancient times, people’s needs were very ba... ...ham the Patriarch, a resident of Ur of the chaldeans, who discovered that humankind’s program of development was prodding it toward discovering a n... ...the end, the material evolution of man on earth would exhaust itself, and humanity would discover that something beyond satisfying corporeal desire... ...d the gap between their own internal Kelim and their external Kelim. Nazi germany, for instance, could not settle for realizing the great human pote...

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... d e n t KABBALAH FOR THE STUDENT Copyright © 2008 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers www.kabbalah.info ... ...a Bnei Baruch USA, 2009 85th street, #51, Brooklyn, NY 11214, USA Printed in Canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner with... ...roduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. ... ... embodied in critical articles or reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kabbalah for the student. — — 1st ed. p. cm. ISBN... ...st, uncompromising kind. They set a very clear goal before them: to show humankind how to achieve eternal life—filled with pleasure and unbounded, ... ...nd here there is a conduct of particular and general: General—the whole of humanity, obligated to eventually come to this immense evolvement, as it i... ...e s T u d e n T Particular—that even before the perfection of the whole of humanity, this rule is implemented in a chosen few individuals in every ge... ...ins, and humanity has already thrown itself to the extreme right, as with Germany, or to the extreme left, as with Russia. But not only did they not ... ...pain, as humanity has already thrown itself to the extreme right, as with Germany, or to the extreme left, as with Russia. And not only did they not...

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...actory chimneys. On the left more managing departments. DOMIN is sitting in the revolving chair at a large American writing table. On the left-hand... ...hand wall are fastened printed placards. ("Robot's Cheapest Labor," etc.) In contrast to these wall fittings, the floor is covered with a splendid ... ...d Co., Southampton, England. "We undertake no guarantee for goods damaged in transit. As soon as the consignment was taken on board we drew your cap... ...typing) Ready? SULLA Yes. DOMIN Another letter. "Friedrichswerks, Hamburg, Germany. We beg to acknowledge receipt of order for fifteen thousand Robot... ...N Neither do I. Well, he then decided to manufacture everything as in the human body. I'll show you in the museum the bungling attempt it took him t... ...LENA And what about the young man? DOMIN Well, any one who has looked into human anatomy will have seen at once that man is too complicated, and that... ...for giants. Now we only make Robots of normal size and of very high class human finish. HELENA I saw the first Robots at home. The town counsel boug... ...ation table, whatever you please. You can even preach to them about human rights. HELENA Oh, I think that if you were to show them a little love!–– F...

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...mains the holy scripture of the Sikhs, regarded as the teachings of the Ten Gurus. The role of Adi Granth, as a source or guide of prayer, is pivotal in worship in Sikhism. The Adi Granth was first compiled by the fifth Sikh guru, Guru Arjan Dev (1563–1606), from hymns of the first five Sikh gurus and other great saints, or bhagats, including those of the Hindu and Muslim ...

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...o Sikhs. It is their Eternal and Spiritual Living Guru. Sikhism originated in Punjab State (now in India) in the fifteenth century and is now the fi... ...ru Nanak (1469–1539 CE) was the Founder of the Sikh Religion, who was born in the village Talwandi, now called “Nankana Sahib”, situated near Lahore... ...od, he started questioning the meaningless rituals and practices prevalent in both the main societies of Hindus and Muslims. He preached that there ... ...orm and spirit. It puts Truth in a light, which removes darkness from all human minds. Perhaps there is no other Scripture in the world, which take... ...red volume. With a view to share and spread his spiritual message with the humanity at large, Guru Nanak travelled far and wide on foot to various r... ... Nanak preaches: “Why condemn women who give birth to Kings and all other human beings?” (Guru Nanak, Page 473) Awsw kI vwr mhlw 2 - pMnw 474 ] s... ...SA, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, East Africa, Iran, Afghanistan, France, Germany, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, where they have also established ... ...Truthful living is the highest of all virtues; 7. Sikh females enjoy equal rights at par with the Sikh males in all fields of life; 8. Sikhs believ... ...ents. In the voluntary service of the Guru Khalsa Panth, there are no Copy Rights. Waheguru jee ka Khalsa Waheguru jee kee Fateh Sikh Khalsa Mi...

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...ALL that I have to say to thee, my venerable friend Christophilus, reduces itself to the serious and formal examination of one single point; which, in the present constitution or system of the church and the world, appears to me of the highest importance; viz. Whether the ideas which we entertain concerning the coming of Messiah, that essential and fundamental article of...

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...OMENON IV...305 THE END OF ANTICHRIST...305 PHENOMENON V....325 THE JEWS...325 THE FUTURE ESTATE OF THE JEWS, AS IT IS ORDINARILY FOUND SET FORTH IN THE CHRISTIAN DOCTORS...328 ARTICLE I....333 ARTICLE II.....350 ARTICLE III....357 ARTICLE IV....377 CONSULTING INDEX OF VOLUME I....383...

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...................325 THE FUTURE ESTATE OF THE JEWS, AS IT IS ORDINARILY FOUND SET FORTH IN THE CHRISTIAN DOCTORS........................................ ... -1- DEDICATION. To the C HURCH OF C HRIST of all denominations who Worship God in the English tongue, and believe that Jesus Christ, who ca... ...believe that Jesus Christ, who came heretofore in suffering flesh, shall come hereafter in glory. DEARLY BELOVED IN THE LORD. My soul is greatl... ...s advent of the Lord. Because he is too shrewd an observer of the spirit and aspects of human society to doubt that it is infidelity which is to pla... ...rving: Preliminary Discourse. Part II. -33- down the barriers of authority and law, human and divine, as to come sweeping in by every ancient ga... ...ssary to salvation? Then what matter how we think upon it?” This is the very height of human arrogancy, of intellectual apostacy. Thou worm man! Wh... ... sting out of death, or to wrest the victory from the grave, who are chartered in their rights by the unalterable law of the Eternal, which is more s... ... to do so prior to such a view and examination, were a manifest violation of the sacred rights of nations. And in the first place, I take upon me to... ...s to maintain her dignity, her primacy over all the churches of the earth, and her true rights, which are in no way opposed by the prophecy of which ...

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...YSIS OF WOMEN WITH HIV/AIDS With Specific Reference To Rural Tamil Nadu in India W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy Department of Mathema... ...itute of Technology, Madras Chennai – 600036, India e-mail: vasantha@iitm.ac.in web: http://mat.iitm.ac.in/~wbv Florentin Smarandache Depar... ... H E X I S Phoenix, Arizona 2005 2 This book can be ordered in a paper bound reprint from: Books on Demand ProQuest I... ...is book is not only for mathematicians but also for sociologists, economists, human rights activists, psychologists and to women activists who want ... ...k is not only for mathematicians but also for sociologists, economists, human rights activists, psychologists and to women activists who want to mak... ...y could be lessened through higher education, access to credit and equitable rights in the event of divorce or death of the husband or when he is a... ...ological one, we give more importance to the approach of the mind, of how the human mind correlates, relates and organizes the changes in any syste... ... (FAMs). We feel that as the data is an unsupervised one, full of transitory human feelings and (some of which is expressed, and several, suppresse... ...V/AIDS etc and above all sex related problem) access to credit, and equitable rights in the event of divorce, certainly such action could simultaneo...

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...ine and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even some wars. In the year 2020 Commander Lemuel Gulliver XVI returns from a twenty year odyssey around the solar system, searching for sites where the world's excess people can be re-located. He found none. On his return he vows to search ...

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...0 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ... .... . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search... ... Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gul... ... . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gulliver XVI as told to Jacqueline Slow Art Wor... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-3-2 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN THE HOTEL ................................................................. .................................................................. 236 4 HUMAN RIGHTS ................................................................. ............................................................ 236 4 HUMAN RIGHTS ....................................................................... .................................................................. 237 Human rights are moral from a self-centered point of view. ......................... ........................................................ 242 LEGAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS .......................................................................

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...iverse: where it came from and how it was created. 2: Basic aspects and dynamics of the Organic Universe and Organic Life. 3: The origins of modern humans going back 25 million years. 4: Human Psycho-biology. 5: The beginnings of civilization. 6: The effect of civilization upon humans. 7: Death, the existence of evil and its effect on humans. Offered as a free E...

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...ter 2: Life Pgs 113-131 Structural dynamics of the Universe and Life Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans Pgs 188-222 B: Summary of Hominid-Human Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics Pgs 223-266 Human Psycho-biologic Totality. Chapter 5: Modern Humans: Pgs 267-29...

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... Canadian Copyright: 1072425 Nov 12 th 2009 Due to the ideas presented in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not f... ...ed in this book, I have had to use various terms and words that are not found in dictionaries: beginning with the title. The word: ‘Splitness’ is ... ...? Preface The Basic Elements of Human Understanding are: ... ...ng these elements together creates a larger context of awareness which result in a better understanding. For instance: what can you understand a... ... Chapter 3: Hominids Pgs 132-187 A: How we evolved into Humans Pgs 188-222 B: Summary of Homi... ...Development Chapter 4: Modern Human Dynamics Pgs 223-266 Human Psychobiologic Tota... ...ds’ as not of ‘adult’ importance… and end up denying babies their basic human rights simply because they do not know what those needs and ‘rights’ a... ... What if the needs of a group become so unwieldy that it must trample on the rights of the individual? Where and when (if ever) was there a proper... ...… much longer than you have. By what magic transformation do all of their rights of ownership suddenly vanish? What justification allows you t...

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...Table of Contents IN THE HOTEL 8 LOOKING FOR HAPPINESS 10 WE MUST THINK MORE DEEPLY—AND UNDERSTAND OUR THINKING 20 OUR BASIC ASSUMPTIONS 24 -- THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR VALUES -- 24 SELF-CENTEREDASSUMPTIONS 32 GODBASEDASSUMPTIONS 41 CONCEPTS OF G...

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... 0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Sea... ...ychological Motivations 1 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Sea... ...UERING .............................................................................................................................. 45 POWER IN SPO... ... 59 ADDRESSING THE POWER DRIVE IN EDUCATION ........................................................................................ 60 TO BE HUMAN ... ...lf-centered, ‗I want to get into a gang.‘ Or perhaps it‘s greed, I wanted his watch or his money. The general lack of reasoning ability in our human ... ...sychological theories that may explain why we behave as we do. My reading and thinking do not give me such certainty that I can put all of us humans... ... Is it that our inferiority complexes will seek any avenue that may lead to superiority? Is it that our values of right and wrong or of human rights... ...ainst each other—and even against themselves. Look at the clashes between the Orthodox Armenians and the Orthodox Greek priests over cleaning rights... ...enians and the Orthodox Greek priests over cleaning rights at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem at Christmas in 2007 and for worshiping rights...

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...ntaneous changes occurring within us affect our surrounding reality. The wisdom of Kabbalah enables us to monitor those changes and control them, and in so doing change our world for the better....

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...Foreword: The essence of human nature is its perpetually evolving desire for pleasure. To realize this desire, we feel compelled to discover, invent, and improve our reality. The gradual intensification of the desire for pleasure has been the force b...

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...LAH, SCIENCE AND THE MEANING OF LIFE Copyright © 2006 by MICHAEL LAITMAN All rights reserved Published by Laitman Kabbalah Publishers 1057 Steeles... ...ers 1057 Steeles Avenue West, Suite 532, Toronto, ON, M2R 3X1, Canada Printed in Canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner... ...reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or revie... ..........................................220 9 F O R E WO R D T he essence of human nature is its perpetually evolving desire for pleasure. To reali... ... gradual intensification of the desire for pleasure has been the force behind human evolu- tion throughout our history. The desire for pleasure evolv... ...hroughout our history. The desire for pleasure evolves through several stages. In the first stage, it manifests in the need for sustenance, such as ... ...wer, and fame. Development of these three stages had lead to major changes in human society—it became a diversified, multi- class society. The fourth... ...nized as the greatest writ- er of the German tradition. The Romantic period in Germany (the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries) is known ... ... theorist of literature and art. For the last thirty years of his life he was Germany's greatest cultural icon, serving as an object of pilgrimage f...

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...K.R.Narayanan was a lauded hero and a distinguished victim of his Dalit background. Even in an international platform when he was on an official visit to Paris, the media headlines blazed, ‘An Untouchable at Elysee’. He was visibly upset and it proved that a Dalit who rose up to such heights was never spared from...

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...EWS ON UNTOUCHABILITY W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy e-mail: vasantha@iitm.ac.in web: http://mat.iitm.ac.in/~wbv Florentin Smarandache e-mail:... ...andasamy HEXIS Phoenix, Arizona 2005 2 This book can be ordered in a paper bound reprint from: Books on Deman... ...m ISBN: 1931233-00-4 Standard Address Number: 297-5092 Printed in the United States of America 3 PERIYAR, THE P... ... activists, electoral violence, repressive laws that aim to curb fundamental rights, and the non-implementation of laws that safeguard Dalit rights... ... terms of caste, and of caste in terms of ritual. “Caste, that is, the ritual rights and duties it gives and imposes, and the position of the Brahmi... ...ce to the great leader Periyar who devoted his entire life to working for the rights of the subjugated people. W.B.VASANTHA KANDASAMY FLORENTIN S... ...superstition was a negative force that eclipsed the scientific development of human beings. The fear of snakes made them worship it with a superstit... ...assic Hinduism¸ the origin of the caste system is as old as the origin of the human race itself. The story of this cosmogonic myth regarding the cre... ... within a community as well as mark their identity. R 15 – Solace Any human follows a religion and worships a god mainly for solace and peac...

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...irst Information Technology and then moves on to tales about the wonders of the written word—great stories, many of them likely new to most readers. In them, you‘ll find all the backgrounds, foregrounds, premises, conclusions, and surprises that make up the best and most valuable books. This book also begins with that wondrous first Information Technology and then moves ...

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...Way back in the fifteenth century a man named Johann Gutenberg invented the ?printing press. More than 400 years passed before Ottmar Mergenthaler found a way in the late 1880s to mechanize that historic invention. Then, less than a ...

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...t Dedication to CAROL For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family i... ...We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make se... ... Islam‘s Great Gifts to the West One precept of the Koran states that the human world’s quest for knowledge leads to further knowing of Allah. Islam... ...and then take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate blocking... ... history. 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate blocking direct human contact between Europe and China just in time to let InfoTech wonder... ...rking in print shops and in the current digital eBook era.. My degree in human-computer interfaces in 1973 led to my appointment as adjunct profess... ...ty-states and covered many aspects of daily life. Records of landholding rights, obligations toward individuals, judicial decisions, and administra... ...more than five hundred years before the United States adopted its Bill of Rights—decreed complete and total religious freedom for everyone. One of... ...bers of the Mongol family with guaranteed protection and certain familial rights. Those who refused to surrender subjected themselves, their wives, ...

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...In the Bible, God‘s first gift to man isn‘t a lesson about how to make a fire or fashion a needle, a knife, or a spear. He first blesses him with language. Even before He takes Adam‘s rib to make Eve, He tells Adam to name ev...

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...From whence cometh language, the InfoTech that lets us dominate our planet? We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make sense of speech. -- 2. The Gift of Memory-For millennia, mnemonics reigned over commerce, news, entertainment, and the perpetuation and refinement of cra...

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... Dedication to CAROL For becoming my smart, beautiful bride in 1949 and then giving fully of herself to me and our wonderful family i... ...We listen. We easily hallucinate word boundaries. Spaces, such as you see in writing, are absent from speech. Yet somehow we find it easy to make se... ... Islam‘s Great Gifts to the West One precept of the Koran states that the human world’s quest for knowledge leads to further knowing of Allah. Islam... ...and then take less than a century to create the largest contiguous empire in world history. 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate blocking... ... history. 10. Mongols Open the Way They open the gate blocking direct human contact between Europe and China just in time to let InfoTech wonder... ...rking in print shops and in the current digital eBook era.. My degree in human-computer interfaces in 1973 led to my appointment as adjunct profess... ...-states and covered many aspects of daily life. Records of landholding rights, obligations toward individuals, judicial decisions, and administra... ...more than five hundred years before the United States adopted its Bill of Rights—decreed complete and total religious freedom for everyone. One ... ...bers of the Mongol family with guaranteed protection and certain familial rights. Those who refused to surrender subjected themselves, their wives, ...

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...Who influences us in our lives? How do they influence us? Whom do we call an enemy? Whom do we call a friend? And why? Why do we have relationships at all? These are the questions Helena Harper eloquently asks in her collection of poems that e...

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...emies or Friends? A collection of poems By Helena Harper Copyright 2008 All rights reserved – Helena Harper No part of this book may be reproduced or... ...served – Helena Harper No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, includin... ...ing, or by any information storage retrieval system, without the permission, in writing, from the publisher. Eloquent Books An imprint of AEG Publishi... ...Y 10022 www.eloquentbooks.com ISBN: 978-1-60693-127-1 1-60693-127-X Printed in the United States of America Book Design: SP To all the people in my ... ...'s choice - why? A small champion for a new way, a new life, a new world of humanity? A sign of hope that in the future we can finally be free from... ...f this is nonsense then war is, too, for the niece sees but family: two men, human and fallible both, yet each worthy in equal measure of friendship a... ...know what it means to be a boss; someone who remembers what it's like to be human, who can manage resources and people with realistic sympathy and o...

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...stian supremacy over the most savage lands of the earth. Reciting astonishing incidents and perilous undertakings among wild beasts and savage people in heroic efforts for a reclamation of all lands to civilization, and recording a description of the riot of murder, pillage and inhumanity which characterized the pirates, marooners and buccaneers who ravaged the spanish mai...

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...The Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- The first boats -- Building a strong nation -- The earliest navigators -- Evolution of the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- ...

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... OF AMERICA By the Viking Sea-Rovers, and Its Settlement by the Scandinavians in the Ninth Century. SUPPLEMENTED WITH THRILLING NARRATIVES OF VOYAG... ...HING INCIDENTS AND PERILOUS UNDERTAKINGS AMONG WILD BEASTS AND SAVAGE PEOPLE IN HEROIC EFFORTS FOR A RECLAMATION OF ALL LANDS TO CIVILIZATION, AND ... ...tions -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became ... ... the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago -- Changes in the earth's surface -- Commerce of Troy with India -- Expeditions se... ...oman empire 33-44 CHAPTER II. Visions of the past. -- Eastward and westward of human life -- The greatness of ancient Carthage -- Venice the mistress ... ...rm- breeders -- Mermaids, sirens and seals -- The mermaid wife who forsook her human husband -- Horses and oxen of the sea -- Monstrous serpents and o... ... his people. His laws were so equitable and dispensed with such regard for the rights of all classes that no one, however powerful, might in any manne... ...less attempts on the part of reckless adventurers to interfere with the sacred rights of property. His burning zeal in the interests of law and order ... ...thin your domiciles all the money of the city, and thus deprive us of our just rights." Thus advised, the good fathers and sisters set an example to t...