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Billiards Teaches Focus While Being Fun
Billiards as a sport is quite old, with its beginnings stretching all the way back to the 1400s. Long ago the cue sport of billiards was widely known as “balliards.” In fact it was referred to as such in Mother Hubberd’s Tale. As one can see,he name of the sport was originally derived from the relatively simple fact that it’s engaged in with the use of pool balls. Continue reading
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Tagged billiards, cue sports, cuesports, entertainment, focus, fun, history, hobbies, hobby, Meditation, pool, recreation, snooker, sports, table sports
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The Story of the Laughing Buddha
Who is that smiling, cherubic Buddha? Is he really a Buddha at all? A favorite symbol of Asian culture even to this day, the Laughing Buddha is really a 10th century monk who roamed China nearly a thousand years ago. His name was Ho Tai (Hotei) and he as thought to be a saintly, an enlightened being and possible a Bodisattva, or one who has attained enlightement as a Buddha. Continue reading
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Tagged anthropology, asian culture, Buddha, Buddhism, feng shui, history, Meditation, News and Society, religion, sociology, spirituality
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Historic Use Of Mushrooms In Spiritual Ceremonies
People have used mushrooms as spiritual tools for at least 7,000 years. Thats the age of the oldest preserved records, cave paintings left by the historic San Peoples in Tassili of southeast Algeria. Images depict what has been interpreted as masked, dancing medicine men holding mushrooms in their hand; presumably of the awareness altering variety. Continue reading
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Tagged biology, culture, drug, herbal, herbs, history, humanities, Meditation, philosophy, psychology, recreation, self improvement, society, sociology, xrtbu
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