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"Peace is not the absence of problems. It is the presence of perspective." Problems do not disappear when you find peace. Life does not become uncomplicated. Pain does not stop arriving. Difficult things do not reroute around peaceful people. Peace is not a force field. It is a foundation. It is the thing that lets you meet the difficult thing without being destroyed by it. That lets you feel the pain without being consumed. That lets you face the problem from a place so grounded so steady so rooted in yourself that it cannot knock you over the way it used to. That is peace. And it changes everything. aunspirenate

We give everything a name, that's the problem. We say this is cancer, this is poverty, this is an earthquake, this is a million dollars, this is a new home, this is a new car, this is a war, this is a dog, this is a cat. We have names for everything. What if we forgot about those names, and we stopped seeing things as something? What if we just observed things, watched things without giving them a name, without coming to a conclusion? What do you think would happen? You would transcend everything.

The internet accelerates everything. And what it is most accelerating is human stupidity. It is destroying attention spans. It is making it impossible for people to study and think. It is reducing everything to simplistic videos, memes and soundbites. It promotes trolling on a global scale. It spreads the Dunning-Kruger effect everywhere, and it makes people believe that their crazy, ignorant, half-baked opinions - based on total prejudice and refusal to think about a new subject for anything more than a second - should be broadcast across the globe.

The internet is intensifying and magnifying mediocrity and hatred of everything that is difficult and excellent.

The internet is wiping out System 2 thinking, and creating a world of hyper-emotional hysterics shooting off their mouth without engaging reason and logic at any point, and in fact holding reason and logic in contempt. They argue emotionally (feeling types), or mystically (intuitive types), or empirically (sensing types). They never argue rationally. They never understand that they are irrational, and always imagine that their "reasoning" is impeccable.

Why do people choose to comment on subjects they know nothing about, do not understand, and have never studied? It's because they're deeply fearful, terrified of anything new, anything that might shake them out of their cozy complacency. They are never radicals. They are never freethinkers. They are profoundly sad people attempting to stop the advance of progress by shouting it down like a baying mob of trolls.

One of the most common decorating myths is that your curtains should match your sofa.

They don't.

In fact, designers often pull curtain colors from other elements in the room, such as:

• Artwork • Area rugs • Accent pillows • Architectural details • Wall color • Natural materials like wood or stone

The goal isn't to match everything perfectly.

The goal is to create balance and connection throughout the space.

Sometimes curtains that match the walls create a soft, seamless look.

Sometimes a contrasting fabric adds depth and interest.

Sometimes the best choice is a neutral that allows other elements to shine.

A well-designed room rarely relies on exact matches.

Instead, it uses color, texture, and repetition to create harmony.

Designer Tip: If your first instinct is to match your curtains to your sofa, take a step back and look at the entire room. The best inspiration may come from somewhere else.

When people think about custom drapery, they usually focus on the fabric.

Designers know that some of the most impactful details are the finishing touches.

A few common custom drapery details include:

Banding - A contrasting fabric applied to the leading edge, bottom, or top of a panel to create definition and visual interest.

Flanges - A narrow decorative fabric edge that extends beyond a seam, often used to add dimension and a tailored look.

Braids & Tape Trims - Decorative trims that can add color, texture, pattern, or a more formal appearance.

Welt Cord (Piping) - A fabric-covered cord sewn into seams to create crisp lines and subtle contrast.

Bias Trim - Fabric cut diagonally across the grain, allowing it to bend smoothly around curves and soft shapes.

These details may seem small, but they're often what separates custom drapery from ready-made panels.

Designer Tip: Sometimes a simple fabric paired with the right trim creates a more custom, high-end look than an expensive fabric alone.

One of the biggest misconceptions in decorating is that paint should be chosen first. In reality, paint is one of the last selections many designers make. Why? Paint comes in thousands of colors and can be custom-matched almost endlessly. Fabrics, on the other hand, are far more limited. Once you find the perfect drapery fabric, upholstery, rug, or bedding, it's much easier to pull a paint color from those selections than the other way around. A common designer sequence: Choose the room's main fabrics. Select rugs and larger furnishings. Finalize window treatments and textiles. Choose paint to coordinate with everything else. Think of paint as the supporting actor—not the star of the show.

One of the biggest misconceptions in decorating is that paint should be chosen first.

In reality, paint is one of the last selections many designers make.

Why? Paint comes in thousands of colors and can be custom-matched almost endlessly. Fabrics, on the other hand, are far more limited. Once you find the perfect drapery fabric, upholstery, rug, or bedding, it's much easier to pull a paint color from those selections than the other way around.

A common designer sequence: Choose the room's main fabrics. Select rugs and larger furnishings. Finalize window treatments and textiles. Choose paint to coordinate with everything else.

Think of paint as the supporting actor—not the star of the show.

If you're someone who bonds on deep conversations and real energy, you may find most of the people are actually shallow. Bonding on gossip, drama and condescending sarcasm is normal. But inspiring each other, having real conversations is seen as weird.

Talking about other people is the norm, but talking about vision and purpose is crazy. If you're a real one and find yourself alone, never settle for the superficial. It's better to enjoy your own company than to surround yourself with people who don't meet your soul level needs.

The truth is most of the people are afraid to drop the shields of their ego and connect on a soul level. It takes courage to be a real one in this fake world. Own who you are.

• Dope Soul | The Higher Self

More than a hundred years ago, Rudolf Steiner wrote the following:

"Eliminate The Soul With Medicine" "In the future, we will eliminate the soul with the medicine.

Under the pretext of a 'healthy point of view', there will be a vaccine by which the human body will be treated as soon as possible directly at birth, so that the human being cannot develop the thought of the existence of soul and Spirit.

To materialistic doctors, we will be entrusted the task of removing the soul of humanity.

As today, people are vaccinated against the disease of that disease, so in the future, children will be vaccineted with a substance that can be produced precisely in such a way that people, thanks to this vaccination, will be imune to being subjected to the "madness" of spiritual life.

He would be extremely smart, but he would not develop a conscience, and that is the true goal of some materialistic circles.

With such a vaccine, you can easily make the etheric body loose in the physical body.

Once the etheric body is detached, the relationship between the universe and the etheric body would become extremly unstable, and man would become an automation, for the physical body of man must be polished on this Earth by spiritual will.

So the vaccine becomes a kind of arymanique force; man can no longer get rid of a given materialistic feeling. He becomes materialistic of constitution and can no longer rise to the spiritual."

You want the physicist to talk to your grieving family about the conservation of energy, so they will understand that your energy has not died. You want the physicist to remind your sobbing mother about the 1st law of thermodynamics; that no energy gets created in the universe and none is destroyed. You want your mother to know that all your energy, every vibration, every BTU of heat, every wave of every particle that was her beloved child remains with her in this world You want the physicist to tell your weeping father that amid energies of the cosmos, you gave as good as you got. And at one point you'd hope the physicist would step down from the pulpit and walk to your brokenhearted spouse there in the pew and tell him that all the photons that ever bounced off your face, all the particles whose paths were interrupted by your smile, by the touch of your hair, hundreds of trillions of particles, have raced off like children, their ways forever changed by you. And as your widow rocks in the arms of a loving family, may the physicist let her know that all the photons that bounced from you were gathered in the particle detectors that are her eyes, that thos photons created within her constellations of electromagnetically charged neurons whos energy will go on forever. You can hope that your family will examine the evidence and satisfy themselves that the science is sound and that they'll be comforted to know your energy is still around. According to the law of the conservation of energy, not a bit of you is gone; you re just less orderly.

You want the physicist to talk to your grieving family about the conservation of energy, so they will understand that your energy has not died. You want the physicist to remind your sobbing mother about the 1st law of thermodynamics; that no energy gets created in the universe and none is destroyed.

You want your mother to know that all your energy, every vibration, every BTU of heat, every wave of every particle that was her beloved child remains with her in this world You want the physicist to tell your weeping father that amid energies of the cosmos, you gave as good as you got.

And at one point you'd hope the physicist would step down from the pulpit and walk to your brokenhearted spouse there in the pew and tell him that all the photons that ever bounced off your face, all the particles whose paths were interrupted by your smile, by the touch of your hair, hundreds of trillions of particles, have raced off like children, their ways forever changed by you. And as your widow rocks in the arms of a loving family, may the physicist let her know that all the photons that bounced from you were gathered in the particle detectors that are her eyes, that thos photons created within her constellations of electromagnetically charged neurons whos energy will go on forever.

You can hope that your family will examine the evidence and satisfy themselves that the science is sound and that they'll be comforted to know your energy is still around. According to the law of the conservation of energy, not a bit of you is gone; you re just less orderly. Aaron Freeman

TO GO INTO NORMAL, NATURAL, RESTFUL SLEEP Lie down in a comfortable position, breathe deeply 5 times and count from 1 to 20. Before you reach the count of 20, you will go into a normal, restful sleep.

TO REMEMBER To remember any part of your life experience, close your eyes, and touch softly the fingers of your right hand to the center of your forehead. do this, you recall and remember immediately that which you consciously desire.

TO REDUCE PAIN SIGNALS Look with your closed eyes at that part of your body which is the source of pain signals. As you look, repeat in your mind the number 55515. do these 2 things, the pain signals will slowly reduce until they are no longer important.

TO REDUCE EMOTIONAL CHARGE Close your eyes, inhale deeply; hold breath for a moment, then think of the calming, cleansing color green. When you do this, exhale slowly, and the green energy will push all excess and harmful enotional charges down through your physical system and out through the soles of your feet.

TO CHARGE THE BODY FOR GREAT SPEED AND STRENGTH Close your eyes, inhale deeply, think of the physical act to be performed and the strong energy of red. As you exhale, open your eyes and perform the act you wish to accomplish.

TO RECEIVE FRESH, NEW ENERGY FOR YOUR TOTAL SYSTEM Close your eyes, extend your physical hands outward, palms up, then inhale deeply and hold your breath for a moment. Think of radiant, pure white energy focused from above and centering down upon the palms of your hands, then flowing up through your arms and spreading throughout your total self. Exhale.

TO BALANCE ANY PART OF BODY Close your eyes, inhale deeply, and hold breath for a moment. Think of the healing, cool energy of purple and look with your closed eyes at that part of your body which requires help. Send the flow of purple energy to it, saying in your mind to the part, "Heal, Balance," Then exhale and open eyes.