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Imbue thyself with the Power of Imagination
Have Courage for the Truth
Sharpen thy Feeling for Responsibility of Soul

Heritage American

[abstract octave @dafunkystar]

student loans:
how about... we forgive the compounded interest and the borrower agrees to pay the amount they borrowed.

win /win

[abstract octave @dafunkystar]

@fox12oregon seed oils everywhere

[Jules Horn @juleshorn01]

the moment i stopped asking God to give me what i wanted and started asking Him to guide me where i needed to go, everything changed.

[ирис @saltwatermp3]

The place comes fully fernished

[Paul 📱💻 @Dark_PhoenixEE]

@TodayinHistory Original Colour below, the colour faded over time.

[abstract octave @dafunkystar]

"The surest cure for liberalism is a well-stamped passport."

[Will Spencer @willspencer]

Not all religions are the same. If you think so, travel to India or Saudi Arabia. You will see.

Then all the inconveniences of the West will fade into overwhelming gratitude for what God has blessed us with.

The surest cure for liberalism is a well-stamped passport.

[Culture Explorer @CultureExploreX]

This is what I love about this account.

Most people don’t dream of a mansion. They dream of a small place that feels like theirs.

A porch where they can drink beer or coffee.
A garden their kids can run through.
A front door they feel proud to open.

A starter home should give a young family a beginning that feels warm, human, and worth building a life around.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Lara Logan just broke down a pattern that hits different once you see it.

They keep creating problems that can never actually be solved: racism that’s “unconscious,” masculinity as inherently toxic, CO2 as the enemy even though we breathe it out, and differences turned into permanent grievances.

The goal? Issues without end. Skin color can’t change. Breathing can’t stop. Masculine instinct doesn’t vanish. So the problems stay… and so does the control.

It’s not about fixing anything. It’s about keeping the fight alive so we stay divided and easier to manage.

Once you spot the tactic, everything gets clearer.

What “unsolvable problem” have you noticed getting pushed the hardest lately?

[Giga Based Dad @GigaBasedDad]

Ladies, be informed

[Humble Flow @HumbleFlow]

Sickening doesn't even begin to describe it. Our ancestors would have long since treated this as an attack on Christendom.

Where the hell is the Pope?

[alpha man @alphaman_111]

IF EVERYONE KNEW THIS, HOSPITALS WOULD BE EMPTY

1. Baking soda removes up to 98% of pesticide residue from non-organic fruits.

2. Castor oil mixed with baking powder helped fade my 12 age spots.

3. Black seed oil reduced my bloating and improved my allergy symptoms.

4. Apple cider vinegar foot soak helps draw out impurities in just 8 minutes.

5. Coconut oil with baking powder can visibly whiten teeth within 48 hours.

6. Nattokinase one of the most talked-about supports after C*****.

7. Taking higher doses of magnesium helped improve my sleep quality and reduced fatigue noticeably.

8. If you want to improve your habits, health and wellness, follow this page.

[LindyMan @PaulSkallas]

What's nice about calithsenics is that progress is slow. Some movements take months and years to accomplish because tendons, joints and connective tissue adapt much slower than muscle. It takes time to integrate the system.

[Romi Bean @Romi_Bean]

This Frenchman describing Buc-ee’s is the only thing you need today

(IG: Erosbrousson)

[Ashley Mountainstone @BottleBell]

Seeing as we are in a fire horse year, only days away from its most peak fire expression (in the northern hemisphere) I want to emphasize to anyone prone to imbalance, especially towards burnout and heat, dryness, fatigue, heart or anger issues, hyper tension, etc - your entire goal should be to not extinguish your deep inner flame while not ever burning out your reservoir of deep water and yin balance held deep down in the root of us. The Heart is about to come into season and for many it will be a parched, unstable, chaotic and imbalanced, swollen, burnt out experience.

These are the exact things I would prioritize over the next 3-4 months (start now and get in a few days of practice) to keep the body from burning out and becoming too imbalanced in this expression of cosmology and nature :

Early sleeps & guard your sleep like it’s first line medicine
Rise with the morning but get rid of late sleeps over the next season (exhausting, depleting of yin / dehydrating)
Practice periods of purposeful silence (no phones, podcasts, tv, just silence for 10 minutes here and there)
Go walking, especially among the trees (seek lush green, mosses, ferns, shade)
Laying the kidneys on the ground when it’s not too cold a surface / warm hands over the kidneys while you give them Qi.
When outside in nature spend time in or near bodies of water
Avoid all forms of conflict (and high drama people or groups)
Give your day some proper scheduling so it can depend on things like steady meals and reliable bed times. Let your body know it can count on you for consistent food and rest times (this is huge)
Keep your living spaces cool, darker and quiet (but keep your body warm (not hot) within it - like a gentle radiant cocoon)
Prioritize steady movement over intensive exertion (tai chi, qigong, swimming, stretching, gardening, yoga - especially yin yoga)
Eat foods that nourish your fluids and moderate heat (cucumbers, pears, zucchinis, melons, broths, berries, peach, snow fungus (tremella), goji, oysters and clams, jammy duck eggs, lily bulb, mung bean)
Eat foods associated with the water element & kidneys (sea vegetables, black or adzuki beans, blueberry & blackberry, mineral rich broths
Protect your body & spirit from overstimulation (this goes for how you hold your thoughts as well)
Keep a gentle, calm mind that can let go of things. Do not grasp.
Cultivate joy without over-excitement. Think like a monk or Buddha thinks just for now - a grounded presence and gentle gaze, a non attachment and general appreciation that is still within and felt, but not loud and taxing. There is a difference between a contented heart and a stimulated one.
All summer, be very mindful of excessive heat. This year it may affect you much more acutely or noticeably.

Think lakes, rivers, rains and springs in a sunrise or sunset. Soft gaze and connections with ground around you when going about your days.

Woodland, shade, water, repeat (etc)

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Foods to avoid :
Hot spices unless you have a constitutional medicinal need for something, alcohol, caffeine, coffee and energy drinks, smoking, fried foods, excessive sugar intake of processed foods and grilled or charred meats.

Avoid the tendency as well to fight online, or grasp world events and especially to doomscroll. Even worse is doomscrolling at night.

Practice slow breathing into your belly every day. Inhale 4, exhale 8 - that kind of thing. Sip the air through the rolled tongue placed rolled between your lips, gently out (to sip the cool air) - Even ten minutes twice a day.

Best sounds you can play for yourself are gentle moving water - even a water element in your room to turn water.

Adopt the practice of slow movement and things like havening or meditations.

Acu points that you should memorize and press in the worst of it :
Liver 3
Pericardium 6
Heart 7
Kidney 1

Look these up with “acupuncture point” after them on a search engine and you’ll find the right locations.

You’ve got this.
🙏🏻💧🌲🌊⛲️

[Søren Kierkegaard Club @Kierkegaarddd]

“For love is exultant when it unites equals, but it is triumphant when it makes that which was unequal equal in love.”

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Extra virgin olive oil works like ibuprofen.

Dr. Federica Amati explained that it inhibits the same COX-2 pathway that drives inflammation and pain. The sharper and more peppery the oil (that scratchy throat feeling), the higher the beneficial polyphenols.

A landmark 2005 study in Nature found that oleocanthal in fresh extra virgin olive oil has an ibuprofen-like anti-inflammatory effect. About 50ml of high-quality EVOO delivers roughly 10% of a standard 200mg ibuprofen dose.

One of the simplest, tastiest, and most accessible daily habits for fighting chronic inflammation.

Do you use extra virgin olive oil every day? Have you noticed any difference?

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Andrew Huberman dropped some really useful science on music and focus

If you want motivation before doing something, music is great.
But while trying to learn, read, or concentrate? Silence, white/brown noise, or 40Hz binaural beats is better. Music with lyrics (especially familiar ones) actually hurts performance and focus.

The sweet spot: Listen to uplifting music (even with lyrics) in the breaks between focused work sessions. It boosts cognition when you return to the task.

Most of us use music the wrong way when we need to focus. Getting the timing right can seriously upgrade how well you learn and work.

Do you work or study better with music on, or do you prefer silence?

[🇮🇪 This is Ireland 🇮🇪 @ThisIsIreland3]

Newry Town Hall is uniquely located in both Co. Armagh & Co. Down. The municipal building straddles the Clanrye (Newry) River,which serves as the historic border between the two counties. It was built directly over the water to avoid rivalry between the townspeople of each county

[Cimarron Ranch - 1776 @Cimarron_Ranch]

Cuddle Puddle

[abstract octave @dafunkystar]

coca-cola in
REAL GOLD CANS

#trillionaire

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

My bedside table

[Stephen Limbaugh @StephenLimbaugh]

After so many artists backed out, God has stepped in as the great dramatist, architect, musician, painter, and dedicator of the 250th.