Saturday, January 9, 2016
Friday, January 8, 2016
Via Medical News Today: What is the difference between sex and gender?
The words sex and gender are commonly used interchangeably,
but many linguists would argue that their usage is quite distinct. Sex
refers to the biological and physiological characteristics, while gender
refers to behaviors, roles, expectations, and activities in society.
Sex refers to male or female, while gender refers to masculine or feminine.
The differences in the sexes do not vary throughout the world, but differences in gender do.
Here are some examples of characteristics related to sex:
Sex refers to a natural or biological feature. Gender refers to cultural or learned significance of sex.
According to Medilexicon's medical dictionary:
The word sex probably comes from Middle English, meaning "section" or "divide." In Latin, the word sex means the number "six."
The differences in the sexes do not vary throughout the world, but differences in gender do.
Here are some examples of characteristics related to sex:
- Females have a vagina, males do not
- Males have a penis, females do not
- Male newborns tend to weigh more than female newborns
- Females can breastfeed their babies, males cannot
- Males have deeper voices than females
- Females can get pregnant, males cannot
- Males have testicles and females have ovaries
- Women tend to do more of the housework than their spouses do
- A higher percentage of US doctors are women, compared to Egypt
- Nursing is often seen as a woman's job, although many men enter the profession
- In some countries women have to cover their heads when they go outside the house
- 120 years ago women were not allowed to vote in elections.
Sex refers to a natural or biological feature. Gender refers to cultural or learned significance of sex.
According to Medilexicon's medical dictionary:
Sex is "The biologic character or quality that distinguishes male and female from one another as expressed by analysis of the person's gonadal, morphologic (internal and external), chromosomal, and hormonal characteristics."The word gender comes from Middle English gendre, which came from Old French, which in turn came from the Latin word genus, meaning "kind," "type," or "sort."
Gender is "The category to which an individual is assigned by self or others, on the basis of sex."
The word sex probably comes from Middle English, meaning "section" or "divide." In Latin, the word sex means the number "six."
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day 08/01/2016
"Conheça-te a ti mesmo e conhecerás o Universo. O homem é um microcosmo
- absolutamente tudo que existe lá fora está dentro. Todas as respostas
para todas as perguntas podem ser encontradas nos nossos mundos
internos, assim como o antídoto para todas nossas as doenças encontra-se
dentro de nós mesmos."
“Conócete a ti mismo y conocerás el Universo. El hombre es un microcosmos- absolutamente todo lo que existe allá afuera está adentro. Todas las respuestas a todas las preguntas pueden encontrarse en nuestros mundos internos, así como el antídoto para todas nuestras enfermedades se encuentra dentro de nosotros mismos.”
“Conócete a ti mismo y conocerás el Universo. El hombre es un microcosmos- absolutamente todo lo que existe allá afuera está adentro. Todas las respuestas a todas las preguntas pueden encontrarse en nuestros mundos internos, así como el antídoto para todas nuestras enfermedades se encuentra dentro de nosotros mismos.”
"Know thyself and you will know the Universe. Humans are a microcosm.
Absolutely everything that exists on the outside exists within. The
answer to every question can be found in our inner worlds – that’s where
we find the antidote to all our ailments."
Via Daily Dharma: Seeing Through Failure
Disappointment and failure bring us down to the ground so we can see through our ideas to the way things really are.
—Natalie Goldberg, "Beyond Betrayal"
—Natalie Goldberg, "Beyond Betrayal"
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 07/01/2016
“No mais profundo, a causa pela qual temos gerado tanta destruição
neste planeta, é a ignorância a respeito da nossa verdadeira identidade.
Por trás dessa destruição está o impulso de acumular bens materiais.
Não sabendo quem somos, agimos a partir de uma crença a respeito de quem
somos, e isso gera um vazio que se traduz em uma profunda angústia. Nós
tentamos preencher esse vazio através de coisas. Você acumula para
agregar valor e poder à sua falsa identidade; para aliviar a angústia
causada pela falta de conexão consigo mesmo. E para ter mais coisas,
você faz qualquer coisa. Essa é a raiz da destruição.”
En lo más profundo, la causa por la cual hemos generado tanta
destrucción en este planeta, es la ignorancia al respecto de nuestra
verdadera identidad. Por detrás de esta destrucción está el impulso de
acumular bienes materiales. Al no saber quiénes somos, actuamos desde
una creencia acerca de quién somos, y eso genera un vacío que se traduce
en una profunda angustia. Tratamos de llenar este vacío a través de
cosas. Acumulas para agregar valor y poder a tu falsa identidad; para
aliviar la angustia causada por la falta de conexión contigo mismo. Y
para tener más cosas, haces cualquier cosa. Esta es la raíz de la
destrucción.”
"The root cause for all this destruction we wage on the planet is our ignorance regarding our true identity. Behind this destruction lies the impulse to accumulate material goods – and we’ll do anything to get more things. Not knowing who we truly are, we act out of our mistaken beliefs about who we are, and this creates a void that turns into profound anguish. We try to fill this void by hoarding material things, striving to add value and power to our false identity. We do so to alleviate the anguish caused by our lack of connection with our own selves. This is the root of destruction."
"The root cause for all this destruction we wage on the planet is our ignorance regarding our true identity. Behind this destruction lies the impulse to accumulate material goods – and we’ll do anything to get more things. Not knowing who we truly are, we act out of our mistaken beliefs about who we are, and this creates a void that turns into profound anguish. We try to fill this void by hoarding material things, striving to add value and power to our false identity. We do so to alleviate the anguish caused by our lack of connection with our own selves. This is the root of destruction."
Via Daily Dharma: Finding Your Direction
There
is nothing to hang on to. The path emerges from a personal,
surprisingly innate sense of direction and not from what’s expected of
us by those who supposedly know better. Staying awake means continually
reevaluating the ground on which we walk.
—Stephen Schettini, "A Sense of Belonging"
—Stephen Schettini, "A Sense of Belonging"
Via Queerty: Queen Elizabeth II Says Gay Marriage Is Absolutely “Wonderful”
Just when we didn’t think she could get any more amazing, Queen Elizabeth II called gay marriage in England “wonderful.”
Or at least according to comedian/newlywed Stephen Fry.
During an interview over the weekend, Fry explained how the 88-year-old monarch expressed her approval of gay marriage in July 2013 when signing the Marriage Act, which granted same-sex couples the right to legally marry in England.
“It was only last summer that Her Majesty The Queen gave the Royal Assent,” he told The Jonathan Ross Show.
The Queen must remain politically neutral and has never spoken publicly about gay marriage, but according to sources who Fry describes as “well-founded,” her royal majesty is all for marriage equality.
“When the Queen signed the Royal Assent for the equal marriages act, allowing gay people to marry for the first time, she put it down and said ‘Well, who’d have thought 62 years ago when I came to the throne, I’d be signing something like this? Isn’t it wonderful?'”
Wonderful, indeed!
h/t: Gay Star News
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Queen Elizabeth Makes Marriage Equality Law Final
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Queen Elizabeth Makes Historic First Statement Supporting LGBT Rights
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor de día - Flower of the day - 06/01/2015
“A espiritualidade pode ser traduzida como uma experiência da realidade
– um processo de despertar de um sonho. A iluminação espiritual começa
quando a imaginação cessa. Imaginação quer dizer fantasias criadas pela
mente. Num clássico exemplo utilizado pelo Vedanta: uma pessoa que olha
para um pedaço de corda vê uma cobra, e a partir dessa visão, ela cria
toda uma história em torno da cobra. Quando começa a ver a corda no lugar da cobra, o seu processo de despertar se iniciou.”
“La espiritualidad puede ser traducida como una experiencia de la
realidad - un proceso de despertar de un sueño. La iluminación
espiritual comienza cuando la imaginación cesa. Imaginación quiere decir
fantasías creadas por la mente. En un ejemplo clásico utilizado por el
Vedanta: una persona que mira hacia un trozo de cuerda ve una serpiente,
y a partir de esta visión, crea toda una historia alrededor de la
serpiente. Cuando comienzas a ver la cuerda en lugar de la serpiente, tu
proceso de despertar comenzó.”
"Spirituality can be translated as the experience of reality. It is a process of awakening from a dream. Spiritual enlightenment begins when one ceases to imagine things, meaning the mind stops fantasizing. A classic example used in Advaita Vedanta is that a rope seen in dim light is mistaken for a snake, and with this image in mind, the rope affects the person as much as an actual snake would. When the person begins to realize it was a rope rather than a snake, their process of awakening begins."
"Spirituality can be translated as the experience of reality. It is a process of awakening from a dream. Spiritual enlightenment begins when one ceases to imagine things, meaning the mind stops fantasizing. A classic example used in Advaita Vedanta is that a rope seen in dim light is mistaken for a snake, and with this image in mind, the rope affects the person as much as an actual snake would. When the person begins to realize it was a rope rather than a snake, their process of awakening begins."
Via Daily Dharma: Already Enlightened
We
don’t practice to attain enlightenment, just as we don’t eat or breathe
to be alive. Because we’re alive, we breathe. Because we’re alive, we
eat. Because we’re enlightened, we do zazen.
— Bernard Gassman and Rick Fields, "Instructions to the Cook"
— Bernard Gassman and Rick Fields, "Instructions to the Cook"
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day 05/01/2016
“O primeiro passo para ampliar a percepção e o seu poder de
auto-observação é ocupar o seu corpo, é colocar-se presente, ocupando
cada molécula. Estando aqui e agora não existe a possibilidade de você
ser governado por impulsos inconscientes. Não estando presente, você se
torna um joguete nas mãos das mais diversas forças, não somente do seu
próprio passado, mas das suas fantasias a respeito do futuro.”
El primer paso para ampliar la percepción y tu poder de auto-observación es ocupar tu cuerpo, estar presente, ocupando cada molécula. Al estar aquí y ahora no existe la posibilidad de que seas gobernado por impulsos inconscientes. Al no estar presente, te conviertes en un juguete en las manos de las más diversas fuerzas, no solo de tu propio pasado, sino también de tus fantasías respecto del futuro.”
El primer paso para ampliar la percepción y tu poder de auto-observación es ocupar tu cuerpo, estar presente, ocupando cada molécula. Al estar aquí y ahora no existe la posibilidad de que seas gobernado por impulsos inconscientes. Al no estar presente, te conviertes en un juguete en las manos de las más diversas fuerzas, no solo de tu propio pasado, sino también de tus fantasías respecto del futuro.”
"The first step towards increasing our perception and our power of
self-observation is to inhabit our bodies, becoming present and
occupying each molecule. When we are in the here and now we cannot be
ruled by unconscious impulses. On the other hand, if we are not present,
we become a puppet in the hands of many forces, including our own pasts
as well as our fantasies about the future."
Via Tricycle / Daily Dharma: Learning How to Listen
To
hear every sound as the dharma means to just pay attention. Listen to
what people are saying when somebody is talking to you. We are usually
so busy trying to say something that will impress them that we don’t
really listen to what they are saying. It is easy to give an appropriate
response if we are really listening.
—Gerry Shishin Wick Sensei, "Zen in the Workplace"
—Gerry Shishin Wick Sensei, "Zen in the Workplace"
Monday, January 4, 2016
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day 04/01/2016
“O medo é um sentimento que se tornou tão habitual que você mal percebe
o quanto ele influencia a sua vida. Você tem diversos tipos de medo,
mas muitas vezes não tem consciência disso. Medo de ser humilhado,
traído, machucado, entre tantas outras coisas. Mas, normalmente, o medo
não tem base na realidade. É um sentimento criado a partir de uma
fantasia a respeito de uma suposta dor, que pode vir ou não. E, tomado
por essas fantasias, que normalmente são
fruto de experiências traumáticas do passado, seu coração se enche de
escuridão; e você vive tenso, com a sensação de que elas irão se
repetir.”
“El miedo es un
sentimiento que se volvió tan habitual que apenas percibes cuánto
influye en tu vida. Tienes diversos tipos de miedo, pero muchas veces no
eres consciente de ello. Miedo a ser humillado, traicionado, lastimado,
entre tantas otras cosas. Pero por lo general, el miedo no tiene base
en la realidad. Es un sentimiento creado a partir de una fantasía al
respecto de un supuesto dolor, que puede venir o no. Y atrapado por
estas fantasías, que suelen ser el resultado de experiencias traumáticas
del pasado, tu corazón se llena de oscuridad; y vives tenso, con la
sensación de que se van a repetir.”
"Fear is a feeling that has become so habitual that we hardly realize how much it influences our lives. We have many different types of fear, and we’re often unaware of it. We fear being humiliated, betrayed, and hurt, among other things. Most often, fear has no basis in reality. Fear is a feeling created due to a fantasized pain that we may or may not experience. When we are taken over by these fantasies, which are usually the result of past traumatic experiences, our hearts are filled with darkness. We live in constant tension, with the feeling that these experiences will repeat themselves."
"Fear is a feeling that has become so habitual that we hardly realize how much it influences our lives. We have many different types of fear, and we’re often unaware of it. We fear being humiliated, betrayed, and hurt, among other things. Most often, fear has no basis in reality. Fear is a feeling created due to a fantasized pain that we may or may not experience. When we are taken over by these fantasies, which are usually the result of past traumatic experiences, our hearts are filled with darkness. We live in constant tension, with the feeling that these experiences will repeat themselves."
Deep Tranquility
Pleasure
without pain is possible only as we progress toward higher states of
mindfulness. Unlike sensory pleasure that leads only to an instant of
temporary happiness, the joy we feel when we achieve deep concentration
brings peace and tranquility.
—Bhante Gunaratana, "Desire and Craving"
—Bhante Gunaratana, "Desire and Craving"
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day 03/01/2016
“Durante um estágio da evolução da consciência, você pode simplesmente
trabalhar para ganhar dinheiro, sem se questionar a respeito do
propósito daquilo que está fazendo. Mas quando sua consciência começa a
expandir, naturalmente você se questiona a respeito disso. Pois é a
consciência do seu propósito no mundo que proporciona a sensação de
pertencimento e de preenchimento que você tanto busca. Estando
consciente do que veio fazer no mundo,
você utiliza a sua energia e os seus dons para realizar essa meta. Você
segue tendo uma razão para continuar levantando da cama todas as
manhãs.”
“Durante una etapa
de la evolución de la conciencia, puedes simplemente trabajar para
ganar dinero, sin cuestionarte al respecto del propósito de lo que estás
haciendo. Pero cuando tu conciencia comienza a expandirse, naturalmente
te cuestionas al respecto de esto. Pues es la conciencia de tu
propósito en el mundo que proporciona la sensación de pertenencia y de
satisfacción que tanto buscas. Al estar consciente de lo que viniste a
hacer en el mundo, utilizas tu energía y tus dones para realizar este
objetivo. Sigues teniendo una razón para continuar levantándote de la
cama todas las mañanas.”
"During a certain stage in the evolution of consciousness, you can work to simply make money without questioning the purpose of what you are doing. But when your consciousness begins to expand, you naturally begin to question your purpose. This awareness of your purpose in the world gives you the sense of belonging and fulfillment that you so yearn for. Once you are aware of what you came to do in the world, you use your energy and your gifts to accomplish this goal. You wake up every morning with a reason to get out of bed."
"During a certain stage in the evolution of consciousness, you can work to simply make money without questioning the purpose of what you are doing. But when your consciousness begins to expand, you naturally begin to question your purpose. This awareness of your purpose in the world gives you the sense of belonging and fulfillment that you so yearn for. Once you are aware of what you came to do in the world, you use your energy and your gifts to accomplish this goal. You wake up every morning with a reason to get out of bed."
Today's Daily Dharma: My Faults, My Friends
My Faults, My Friends
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Saturday, January 2, 2016
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day 02/01/2016
“O nosso trabalho é dissolver a guerra, é colocar todos juntos,
trabalhando pelo despertar da consciência amorosa. Pessoas de todos os
tipos, de todas as denominações religiosas, de diferentes partidos
políticos, palmeirenses e corintianos... Todos juntos em prol do mesmo
objetivo, que é estabelecer uma cultura de paz e prosperidade. Pois
somente assim teremos um mundo melhor para viver.”
“Nuestro trabajo es disolver la guerra, es ponernos todos juntos, a trabajar por el despertar de la conciencia amorosa. Personas de todos los tipos, de todas las denominaciones religiosas, de diferentes partidos políticos, palmeirenses y corintianos… Todos juntos en pro del mismo objetivo, que es establecer una cultura de paz y prosperidad. Porque solo así tendremos un mundo mejor para vivir.”
“Nuestro trabajo es disolver la guerra, es ponernos todos juntos, a trabajar por el despertar de la conciencia amorosa. Personas de todos los tipos, de todas las denominaciones religiosas, de diferentes partidos políticos, palmeirenses y corintianos… Todos juntos en pro del mismo objetivo, que es establecer una cultura de paz y prosperidad. Porque solo así tendremos un mundo mejor para vivir.”
"Our job is to dissolve conflicts, working together to awaken loving
consciousness. People of all kinds, of all faiths and all political
parties must join hands for the same goal, which is to establish a
culture of peace and prosperity. Only then will we have a better world
to live in."
Today's Daily Dharma: Compassionate Earth
Compassionate Earth
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Friday, January 1, 2016
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day 01/01/2016
“Este novo ciclo do tempo traz raras oportunidades de crescimento. É um
momento no qual temos a chance de ativar nossos potenciais e de colocar
nossos dons a serviço do amor, como nunca foi possível antes. Porém,
não estando alinhado com o seu propósito, a sua missão na Terra, você
será apertado. Por isso, quero propor uma reflexão: eu o convido a tomar
consciência do que você está fazendo com os seus dons. A serviço do
que você está colocando as suas habilidades e a sua inteligência? Da
união, da construção, do amor e da cooperação? Você está trabalhando
para que esse mundo seja melhor ou está sendo canal da discórdia e da
separação, usando o seu repertório para instigar a guerra? Não podemos
continuar negligenciando o poder que nos foi dado. Não podemos
prosseguir sendo canais do ódio.”
“Este nuevo ciclo del tiempo trae raras oportunidades de crecimiento.
Es un momento en el que tenemos la oportunidad de activar nuestros
potenciales y de poner nuestros dones al servicio del amor, como nunca
antes fue posible. Sin embargo, no estando alineado con tu propósito,
con tu misión en la Tierra, te sentirás limitado. Por eso, quiero
proponer una reflexión: te invito a tomar consciencia de lo que estás
haciendo con tus dones. ¿Al servicio de qué estás poniendo tus
habilidades y tu inteligencia? ¿De la unión, de la construcción, del
amor y de la cooperación? ¿Estás trabajando para que este mundo sea
mejor o estás siendo canal de la discordia y de la separación, usando tu
repertorio para instigar la guerra? No podemos seguir descuidando el
poder que nos fue dado. No podemos seguir siendo canales del odio.”
“This new cycle of time brings with it rare opportunities for growth. We can now activate our potential and put our gifts at the service of love like never before. However, if we are not aligned with our purpose and our mission on earth, we will be tested. Therefore, I propose that we each become aware of what we are doing with our gifts. Are you putting your skills and intelligence at the service of union, construction, love and cooperation? Are you working to make this world a better place, or are you being a channel of discord and separation, using your ways to instigate conflict? We can no longer neglect the power that we were given. We cannot continue being channels of hatred.”
“This new cycle of time brings with it rare opportunities for growth. We can now activate our potential and put our gifts at the service of love like never before. However, if we are not aligned with our purpose and our mission on earth, we will be tested. Therefore, I propose that we each become aware of what we are doing with our gifts. Are you putting your skills and intelligence at the service of union, construction, love and cooperation? Are you working to make this world a better place, or are you being a channel of discord and separation, using your ways to instigate conflict? We can no longer neglect the power that we were given. We cannot continue being channels of hatred.”
Today's Daily Dharma: This is Nirvana
This is Nirvana
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