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Arnold Timothy Massaquoi
Position: TE
Height: 6-2 Weight: 253 lbs.
Born: July 8, 1982 in Manhattan, NY
College: Michigan (school history) (Massaquoi college stats)
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 7th round (244th overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (14415th overall since 1950)
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Sorry, one more comment....I haven't read through all of the posts yet, so maybe the answer is out there. But....did your boyfriend actually propose to you? Did he say...blank name will you marry me? And you did you respond with a yes? If not, then you are not engaged. The ring has nothing to do with being engaged...you don't need a ring to be engaged. And you don't need a ring to plan a wedding or set a date. But, he does have to asked the question...will your marry me. Otherwise, he hasn't proposed and you aren't engaged. To me, just talking about getting married, talking about a timeline or shopping for rings, doesn't count as being engaged. It just means it's a possibility and we are on the same page as far as wanting to get married.
I don't think you were paying attention to this thread. I am engaged, please see the post before your first. And yes I am planning my wedding for Oct. Oh and yes, when I say I am engaged he did get on a knee and ask me to marry him and give me a ring. Do you approve?
I'm going to have to disagree with ncmk. I'm definately engaged... we've gone to caterer's tastings, visited halls, picked out colors, saving money, have budget, picked a date etc.... I do not as of yet have a ring. My FH never actually said "Will you marry me?" We kind of drifted into it. "We'll get married one day" turned into "We'll get married in 2 years" turned into "I guess we should start saving money" turned into "How's March of '08" There wasn't any big proposal.... but there's no doubt, we are engaged.
I too am in a similar boat. We have the date, we have the honeymoon planned, we have discussed the reception ideas.But I do not have a ring yet. When we decided on a date I started looking. We are moving in together next year and planning to marry the following year. I am not nagging him and figure that he will pick the perfect time. In the meantime I will continue planning my wedding and wait for him to ask. I think many long term couples start to plan the wedding long before they get "officially" engaged. So don't get discouraged anyone who hasn't been "officially" asked and let nature take it's course or your FH ;)

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Project SummaryMarine Planktonic EcosystemThe Impact of Changes in Arctic Sea Ice on the Marine Planktonic Ecosystem - Synthesis and Modeling of Retrospective and Future
Significant changes in arctic climate have been detected in recent decades. One of the most striking is the decline of sea ice concurrent with changes in atmospheric circulation and increased surface air temperature. This arctic warming trend is likely to continue into the future, leading to a diminished arctic sea ice cover that will significantly impact the arctic marine ecosystem and ultimately arctic and subarctic human communities. It is therefore critical to understand how changes in sea ice influence the marine ecosystem. To this end, this work will investigate the historical and contemporary changes of arctic sea ice, water column, and aspects of the marine ecosystem as an integrated entity, and project future changes associated with a diminished arctic ice cover under several plausible warming scenarios. The focus will be on the marine planktonic ecosystem. The scientific objectives are: 1) Synthesize the historical evolution of the arctic biology/ice/ocean system from 1979 to the present to understand the large-scale changes that have occurred in the sea ice, upper ocean, and marine planktonic ecosystem over this period. 2) Identify key linkages and interactions between the sea ice, the upper ocean, and the planktonic ecosystem to understand how changes in sea ice affect biogeochemical processes and food-web dynamics. 3) Project a diminished ice cover with several warming scenarios to explore the functioning of the planktonic ecosystem in an ice-diminished or summer ice-free Arctic Ocean. This is a two-task research project: retrospective investigations and future projections. The first task aims at synthesis and interpretation of the large-scale changes that have occurred in arctic sea ice, upper ocean, and marine planktonic ecosystems over the past three decades. The second aims at qualitatively and quantitatively examining the impact of a diminished ice cover on the structure and functioning of the marine ecosystem. To achieve these, this group will construct a coupled pan-arctic Biology/Ice/Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System (BIOMAS) for synthesis and modeling of the integrated arctic system of ice cover, ocean, and marine planktonic ecosystem. BIOMAS will synthesize physical and biological observations through model parameterization/calibration and data assimilation. This unique system is a significant advance in integrated biology/ice/ocean modeling and assimilation that will provide the best possible estimates of the impact of changes in ice cover on the arctic marine planktonic ecosystem on decadal and pan-arctic scales, both retrospectively and predictively. |


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Technology Transfer
Spin Outs
Smart Desktop
A division of EMC Corp
Faculty: Jon Herlocker, Tom Dietterich
Uses machine intelligence to automatically classify, sort, and organize information for people by observing and learning from their interactions with their personal computers.
Faculty: Jon Herlocker, Tom Dietterich
A unique social recommendation engine using "collaborative filtering" that helps people discover new things by automatically learning people's tastes and how their preferences evolve over time. It can be used to generate real-time recommendations in a vast number of domains.
Faculty: Margaret Burnett, Martin Erwig
Software that applies advanced end-user programming techniques and unique intuitive logic to provide spreadsheet users sophisticated error detection and prevention techniques presented in an uncomplicated way.
Azuray Technologies
Faculty: Terri Fiez, Karti Mayaram
Reliable and efficient nano-inverters for solar photovoltaic systems. These miniaturized inverters are expected to achieve 25-year reliability at a significantly reduced cost.
Faculty: Doug Keszler (Chemistry), John Wager (EECS)
Printed inorganic thin-film transistors and circuits via solution-processing.
Faculty: Doug Keszler (Chemistry), John Wager (EECS)
Amorphyx' ground-breaking method for using amorphous metals with thin-film diodes (TFD) dramatically improves the whole display industry by reducing manufacturing costs and increasing the brightness, speed and efficiency of LCD and flexible displays.
Ocean wave energy
Columbia Power Technologies
Faculty: Annette von Jouanne, Ted Brekken
Direct drive ocean buoys, capable of converting the power of ocean waves to electrical energy, will be placed in an energy wave park on the Oregon coast.
Transparent Electronics
Faculty: Doug Keszler (Chemistry), John Wager (EECS)
Uses a new class of materials to create transparent thin film transistors. Unlike silicon, these materials are flexible, making them applicable to glass, plastics, and bendable materials, such as maps and foils.
Transparent Electronics
Xtreme Energetics, Inc.
Faculty: Doug Keszler (Chemistry), John Wager (EECS)
New type of solar energy system using transparent electronics using an optical approach to tracking and focusing the light that will be four times more cost-efficient than any existing technology.
Chip Design Facilitation
Clear Shape (A subsidiary of Cadence Design Systems)
Faculty: Terri Fiez, Karti Mayaram
CAD tool for detailed analysis of integrated circuit interconnect structures in nanoscale CMOS technologies for systems on a chip.
Additional Commercialization Project in Process
Multimedia Streaming
Transdigita, Inc.
Faculty: Thinh Nguyen
Product to allow hundreds to thousands of users to videoconference all at once, using peer-to-peer networking.
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Plaza Hotel
Coordinates: 40°45′53″N 73°58′28″W / 40.764712°N 73.974574°W
Plaza Hotel
The Plaza Hotel as seen from the corner of 5th Avenue and 58th Street in Manhattan
Location | Manhattan, New York City |
Built | 1907 |
Architect | Henry J. Hardenbergh; Thomas Hastings, et al. |
Architectural style | Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals |
Governing body | Private |
NRHP Reference # | 78001878 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 29, 1978[1] |
Designated NHL | June 24, 1986 [2] |
Designated NYCL | December 9, 1969 |
The Plaza Hotel, located in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, is a landmark 20-story luxury hotel with a height of 250 ft (76 m) and length of 400 ft (120 m) that occupies the west side of Grand Army Plaza, from which it derives its name, and extends along Central Park South in Manhattan. Fifth Avenue extends along the east side of Grand Army Plaza. The Plaza Hotel is recognized as a Historic Hotel of America by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Grand Army Plaza[edit]
The hotel's main entrance faces the southern portion of Grand Army Plaza, commemorating the Union Army in the Civil War. Grand Army Plaza is in two sections, bisected by Central Park South. The section in front of the Plaza Hotel is centered by the Pulitzer Fountain, of Abundance by Karl Bitter, funded by the will of the newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer: the statue in the fountain is specifically Pomona, Roman goddess of orchards. The statue was posed for by Doris Doscher, also famous for posing for the Standing Liberty Quarter. The north side of Grand Army Plaza, a corner cut out from Central Park, has Augustus Saint-Gaudens' part-gilded bronze equestrian statue of General Sherman.[3] Scholars Gate, behind Grand Army Plaza, provided one of the two original main entrances to the carriage drives of Central Park, the other being Merchants Gate at the Grand Circle, now Columbus Circle.
On the south side of the Plaza (between 57th and 58th Streets) once stood the French Renaissance château of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, designed by George Browne Post; rising behind its gated front court, it was the grandest of the Fifth Avenue mansions of the Gilded Age. Bergdorf Goodman occupies its site.
The Plaza is the second hotel of that name on the site. The French Renaissance château-style building was designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh and opened to the public on October 1, 1907. At the time, it cost $12.5 million to construct. When the hotel opened, a room at the Plaza Hotel was only $2.50 per night (equivalent of $63 today). Today, the same room costs from $695 upwards.[4]
The Plaza was accorded landmark status by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1969; it was designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL) in 1986.[2][5][6] The Waldorf-Astoria is the only other New York City hotel to be designated as a National Historic Landmark.
Long the site for famous performers and guests, it has also been the meeting place for important political meetings. The nationally known singers Eartha Kitt, Liza Minnelli, Kay Thompson, Sandler and Young, Andy Williams, and Peggy Lee played the Persian Room; unaccompanied ladies were not permitted in the Oak Room bar; and women favored the Palm Court for luncheons and teas. The Beatles stayed at the Plaza during their first visit to the United States in February 1964.[4] On November 28, 1966, in honor of the publisher Katharine Graham, the writer Truman Capote hosted his acclaimed "Black & White Ball" in the Grand Ballroom.
In September 1985, ministers of developed countries met at the Plaza to consult on finance issues and affirmed their agreement by signing the Plaza Accord. It served as an agreement among the finance ministers of the United States, Japan, West Germany, France and Britain to bring down the price of the U.S. dollar against their currencies.
The hotel offers tours of its interior to the public.
Ownership changes and renovations[edit]
Conrad Hilton bought The Plaza for US$7.4 million in 1943 (equivalent of $101 million today) and spent US$6.0 million (equivalent of $81.8 million today) refurbishing it. The Childs Company, a national restaurant chain which partnered in the development of the neighboring Savoy-Plaza Hotel,[7] (now the site of the General Motors Building), purchased the Plaza Hotel in 1955 for 1,100,000 shares of Childs common stock, valued at approximately $6,325,000 (equivalent of $55.7 million today).[8] Childs subsequently changed its name to Hotel Corporation of America, now known as Sonesta International Hotels Corporation.[9] Donald Trump bought the Plaza for $407.5 million in 1988 (equivalent of $812 million today). Trump commented on his purchase in a full-page open letter he published in The New York Times: "I haven't purchased a building, I have purchased a masterpiece — the Mona Lisa. For the first time in my life, I have knowingly made a deal that was not economic — for I can never justify the price I paid, no matter how successful the Plaza becomes."
After Trump's divorce from wife Ivana Trump, the Plaza's president, Trump sold the hotel for $325 million in 1995 (equivalent of $503 million today) to Troy Richard Campbell, from New Hampshire. He sold it in 2004 for $675 million (equivalent of $843 million today) to Israeli-owned Manhattan-based developer, El Ad Properties.
El Ad bought the hotel with plans of adding residential and commercial sections. Since The Plaza Hotel is a New York landmark, Tishman Construction Corporation, the construction management company hired to complete the renovations and conversions, had to comply with landmark regulations.[10] El Ad temporarily closed The Plaza on April 30, 2005, for extensive renovations.[11] Beginning May 2005, the Plaza's contents were available to the public via a liquidation sale. The Plaza reopened on March 1, 2008,[12] offering 282 hotel rooms and 152 private condo hotel units; it is managed by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts. Diamond retailer Lev Leviev put in the first bid for a Plaza apartment at $10 million.
In November 2008 the Plaza Hotel unveiled its retail collection, an underground mall featuring luxury brands such as Vertu and Demel Bakery (closed as of March 2010), an Austrian-owned business. In 2010 the Plaza Food Hall opened in the underground mall, run by Chef Todd English.[13]
On 31 July 2012, India's business group Sahara India Pariwar agreed to buy a 75% controlling stake for $570 million from El Ad Properties.[14]
In popular culture[edit]
Literature and publications[edit]
- It was the setting for Kay Thompson's series of Eloise children's books published in the 1950s, about a young girl who lived at the hotel.
- The novel Anonymous Rex has the main character, Vincent Rubio, checking into the hotel at great expense after threatening the front desk clerk.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), features the characters Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker having a conversation in the tea garden at the Plaza Hotel.
- Also it was one of the main settings in the series, by Meg Cabot The Princess Diaries, It was where Mia's Grandmother or Grandmere lived in the book.
- It was the setting for a children's book on manners, "The Golden Rules of Etiquette at the Plaza for Discerning Children of All Ages" by Tom Civitano, Lyudmila Bloch, and Rosemary Carroll (2004)
- It was a base camp used by the demigods in The Last Olympian in Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series (2009). The Pomona statue appears.
Films and television[edit]
The hotel has been featured in numerous motion picture productions set in New York. See film backdrop and television backdrop, below.
Film backdrop[edit]
- The Plaza was featured notably in the original 1956 TV film Eloise, starring Evelyn Rudie as Eloise, the child who lived "on the top floor", with cameo appearances by Conrad Hilton and Eloise author Kay Thompson.
- Although the hotel had appeared briefly in earlier films, it made its major film debut in the 1959 film North by Northwest.
- The building appeared in the 2008 videogame, Grand Theft Auto IV, but the name of the building is the Emissary and is non enterable.
It was also a setting for:
- Barefoot in the Park (1967)
- Funny Girl (1968)
- Plaza Suite (1971)
- The Way We Were (1973)
- Love at First Bite (1979)
- Arthur (1981)
- They All Laughed (1981)
- Cotton Club (1984)
- Brewster's Millions (1985)
- Crocodile Dundee (1986)
- Big Business (1988)
- Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
- King of New York (1990)
- Scent of a Woman (1991)
- In Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), when it was known as the Park Plaza Hotel, then-hotel owner Donald Trump makes a cameo appearance, directing the main character Kevin to the lobby. In one of the film's more memorable scenes, when the hotel staff accuse him of credit-card fraud, Kevin eludes them by sliding through the Plaza's lobby into a waiting elevator. To make the scene logistically possible, the film crew had to remove the wall-to-wall carpeting, exposing the original tiles. When Trump saw the beautiful mosaics, he instantly fell in love with the look and insisted it remain that way after filming, which it did until renovations in 2005 began.
- Flodder in America! (1992)
- Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
- It Could Happen to You (1994)
- The Associate (1996)
- Almost Famous (2000)
- Inside the Osmonds (2001)
- Hollywood Ending (2002), a Woody Allen film.
- Eloise at Christmastime (2003), a live-action film adapted from the eponymous 1958 children's book written by Kay Thompson and illustrated by Hilary Knight
- Eloise at the Plaza (2003), a live-action film based on the Eloise series of children's books drawn and written by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight
- The Plaza Hotel is seen in the intro of the film Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York (2006)
- In Bride Wars (2008) with Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway's character was shot in the Grand Ballroom, the Terrace Room, and in corridors and the Palm Court. The film also shows the lobby and exterior.
- "The Great Gatsby" (2013), Nick, Jay, Daisy, and Tom talk in a suite at the hotel.
- American Hustle" (2013)
Television backdrop[edit]
The Plaza is mentioned and shown in numerous television shows, including:
- In the Family Guy episode "A Picture Is Worth a 1,000 Bucks", the Griffin family stays in this hotel.
- American Dad episode "Fart-Break Hotel"
- Friends
- Seinfeld
- The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
- Gossip Girl[citation needed]
- Sex and the City[citation needed]
- The Sopranos:
- The pilot and "Eloise" episodes refer to Carmela and Meadow Soprano's tradition of lunching under Eloise's portrait at the Plaza Hotel on Meadow's birthday.
- Several episodes, most notably "The Test Dream" (Season 5, Episode 11), feature scenes occurring in a suite at the Plaza.
- What I Like About You
- "Ugly Betty" Character Wilhelmina Slater owns an apartment facing Central Park at the Plaza.
Plaza Hotel facilities, guest services and public spaces[edit]
The Plaza Hotel offers its guests and residences many services including a butler on every floor, baby-sitting and concierges, a shopping mall, the Palm Court under the restored stained glass ceiling, the Champagne Bar located in the hotel lobby with views of Grand Army Plaza, the Edwardian Room, the Terrace Room, the Oak Room Restaurant and Bar (which eventually closed and was re-opened by Chef Eric Hara), the Rose Club, the Grand Ball Room, the Plaza Food Hall by Todd English, as well as meeting rooms and conference rooms. The Grand Ballroom, Terrace Room and meeting spaces are currently managed by CPS Events, a joint venture between Delaware North Companies and the high end caterer Great Performances.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2006-03-15.
- ^ a b "Plaza Hotel". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-18.
- ^ Central Park Conservancy Grand Army Plaza
- ^ a b Morehouse, Ward. Inside the Plaza: an Intimate Portrait of the Ultimate Hotel. New York: Applause, 2001.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination". National Park Service. undated.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination". National Park Service. undated.
- ^ McKim, Mead, and White, architects; demolished in 1964.
- ^ "Childs Approves Plaza Purchase", The New York Times, November 18, 1955
- ^ "Sonesta International Hotels Corp - Company Timeline". During Sonesta's ownership, the board of directors included Joe Appelbaum the investor of Daisy and Bugles corn chips and past President of Doxsee Foods Corp in Baltimore. Retrieved April 25, 2009.
- ^ Knudson, Brooke. "Restoring a New York icon: Tishman Construction Corporation puts its constructions management skills to the test on The Plaza Hotel renovation and conversion in New York City and came out a winner", Construction Today 2008 March: 43.
- ^ Danto, Ginger. "Suite Deal for the Plaza", Brandweek 2005 April 25: 30.
- ^ Baltic, Contributing Editor Scott. "New York's Plaza Hotel Reopens After $400M Renovation", Commercial Property News 2008 March 3: NA.
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/dining/food-hall-at-plaza-hotel-is-expanding.html
- ^ http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/CorporateNews/New-York-s-Plaza-Hotel-sold-to-Sahara-for-570-million/Article1-905742.aspx
- amNew York Interactive report on The Plaza[dead link]
- The WPA Guide to New York City, 1939 (reprinted 1982) (ISBN 0-394-71215-3)
- Ward Morehouse III, Life on the Top[dead link]
External links[edit]
- Official website
- The Plaza Hotel, from the website of a former New York Post architecture critic
- The Plaza: How it was Sold, a December 2004 article from a NYC real estate website
- The Plaza Says It'll Be History After April 30, a March 2005 New York Times article (registration required)
- The Plaza Lives! - an oral history of the Plaza Hotel that appeared in New York magazine in May 2005.
- The Plaza: 768 Fifth Avenue - Detailed building information, building ratings, pros and cons
- Fairmont to manage New York City's Plaza Hotel - CBC News report.
- The Plaza Hotel - New York Architecture Images
- [1] Images, descriptions, and reviews of The Plaza
- [2] Hotel Website for Travelers
- Ward Morehouse III, author of Life at the Top and Inside The Plaza: An Intimate Portrait of the Ultimate Hotel


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Help 50 Tibetan Bon children and youths access primary through post-secondary education.
The Bon is a minority Tibetan ethnic group that fled to India when the Chinese invaded Tibet in 1959. In 1968, the Bon established a community in Dolanji, India. Today, the 80-family community has two children's hostels, a school (to the 10th class), a health center and a community farm. The students in the Bon community come from Tibet, Mongolia, India, Nepal and Bhutan. The students are either refugees from Tibet or do not have the opportunity for higher education in their home country.
Creating Hope International is working with the Bon to make primary through post-secondary education possible for the community's children and youths. This project will help 50 children and youth live at a dormitory and attend school for 1 year.
Education will improve the opportunities of these young people and the standard of living for the entire community. Some Tibetan students who have benefited from past scholarship programs have returned to Dolanji as leaders and health workers.
Total Funding Received to Date: $24,056 Remaining Goal to be Funded: $5,944 Total Funding Goal: $30,000
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Dearborn, Michigan, United States http://www.creatinghope.org
Executive Director Dearborn, Michigan United States


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Perry County, Mo., has implemented a new electronic recording service, Simplifile, providing a faster, more convenient, e-recording option for recording customers.
Perry County, MO (PRWEB) February 14, 2014
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Saturday Evening Buddhist Service In English
Jodo Shinshu Honpa Hongwanji
Shinran Shonin (1173-1262)
Amida Buddha (Buddha of Infinite Light & Life)
Three Principal Sutras of Jodo Shinshu: 1. Larger Sutra on the Buddha of Infinite Life (Daikyo) 2. Sutra of Meditation on the Buddha of Infinite Life (Kangyo) 3. Smaller Sutra on the Buddha of Infinite Life (Shokyo)
Having awakened to the compassion of Amida Buddha and rejoicing in the assurance of Buddhahood, we shall endeavor to live the life of gratitude and service.
The Honpa Hongwanji is a community of people joined together by the gladness of a common faith in Amida Buddha. As Jodo Shinshu Buddhists, we shall seek to be humble and sincere in words and in deeds, to be responsible citizens of our society and to share with others the teachings of Jodo Shinshu. Understanding fully the principle of causality, we shall not practice petitionary prayer and magic, and do not depend on astrology and superstition.
Amida Buddha (center)
Enshrined within the central altar in the Main Worship Hall is an image of Amida Buddha. Out of pure inf inite wisdom and limitless compassion, Amida Buddha's vow is to liberate all sentient beings, who otherwise would be unable to attain perfect enlightenment. Emitting the unhindered light of compassion to the directions of the ten quarters, the standing image signifies that the Buddha is actively working on all of us. When we rely wholeheartedly upon Amida Buddha, we say the Name,"Namo Amida Butsu"in gratitude. Through this vow (Hongan), those who attain birth in the Pure Land of Amida immediately receive the same merit accumulated by Amida Buddha and therefore are able to attain Buddhahood, whereafter they will also take an active role in seeking the liberation of other sentient beings.
Prince Regent Shotoku (right sub-chamber)
Prince Shotoku (593-622) is regarded by all Japanese Buddhist denominations as the Father of Buddhism in Japan. While traveling, Tsukudaya Mataemon was entrusted a mask by an itinerant monk during the Edo Era. He was asked to make a body for it and to enshrine the completed image. Engravings on the inner side indicate that it was carved by Prince Shotoku himself at the age of 16. Upon returning to Edo, he made a body to go with the mask, and enshrined it at the Edo Gobo.
The seven Pure Land Patriarchs (Left sub-chamber)
Before Buddhism could be transmitted to us in the present day, a time period of 2500 years and a distance of several thousand kilometers had to be crossed. This task was accomplished by the accumulated efforts of the many masters who propagated the Buddha Dharma through the years. Shinran Shonin named seven of these masters as being the Patriarchs who have in their writings transmitted the pure teachings of Amida Buddha and Mahayana Buddhism. The seven are named in the Gatha of True Faith (Shoshinge ), and Hymns of the Pure Land Masters (Koso Wasan). They are Nagarjuna (middle, right scroll) and Vasubandhu (middle, left scroll) of India, T'anluan (right, right scroll), Tao-ch'o (left, left scroll) and Shan-tao (left, right scroll) of China, and Genshin (right, left scroll) and Genku (center) of Japan.
Shinran Shonin (1173 -1262) (right auxiliary altar)
An image of the founder of Jodo Shinshu, Shinran Shonin, is enshrined within the right auxiliary altar. Lost in a maze of personal desires, it is impossible for sentient beings living in the present time known as the"Period of Decadent Dharma"to free themselves from suffering and ignorance by relying upon their own power. Shinran Shonin spent most of his 90 years propagating the Nembutsu, or Amida Buddha's call from the Pure Land, which can be heard as saying,"I will protect all of you."This calling is aimed at all those living the life of a person struggling in quicksand, with no other way of being liberated except by hearing Amida's calling. Only by relying upon Amida's Vow (Tariki ) and living accordingly (Shinjin ) can one endure the sufferings and hardships of a lifetime. The transmission from India, to China and Japan of this ever- powerful, allencompassing Vow of Amida Buddha can be seen in Shinran Shonin's main work, Kyo Gyo Shin Sho , from where it has been propagated worldwide.
Shonyo Shonin (1911-2002) (left auxiliary altar)
The 23rd Monshu of the Nishi Hongwanji in Kyoto, which is the Mother Temple of the Tsukiji Hongwanji, dynamically traveled to spread the Nembutsu Teachings both domestically and abroad, so that both priests and lay will not be followers "in name only." He was the previous Resident Minister of the Tsukiji Hongwanji.
The Tsukiji Hongwanji Temple is a Betsuin (branch temple) of the Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha denomination, of which the Mother Temple, or Honzan, is located in Kyoto. Due to its geographic location within Kyoto, the denomination is commonly known as Nishi (west) Hongwanji. The history of this temple dates back to the year 1617 when Junnyo Shonin, the 12th hierarchical leader, or monshu, of the Hongwanji, established a temple at Yokoyama-cho near Asakusa in Edo (olden-day Tokyo). Known in those days as the Edo-Asakusa Gobo, the temple went up in flames in the Great Fire of 1657. Unfortunately, permission to rebuild on the original site was denied by the Bakufu (feudal government), as it did not fit in with reconstruction plans for the area. In exchange, the Betsuin was allocated a parcel of land off the shoreline of Hatchobori, which had to be reclaimed from the sea. This land reclamation and reconstruction project was undertaken by countless devout followers, mainly living on nearby Tsukudajima. The word Tsukiji literally means"builtup land"indicating that this district was reclaimed land. When the Main Worship Hall, or Hondo, was built on this land, the temple came to be called Tsukiji Gobo. The district around the temple is called Tsukiji due to the historical background. That temple was lost in the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, and the present temple that replaced it, with its Indian architectural motif, was designed by Itoh Chuta , Professor of the Faculty of Architecture at Tokyo University. The construction began in the year 1931 and was completed in 1934, displaying the fervent devotion of the Shinshu followers.
Dharma Talks in English are held normally every third Saturday
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More information on our home page.
◆ Morning and evening worship services
Held daily from 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
◆ New Year's Day Worship (Shu-sho-e) ... January 1
The first service of the year. Early morning service to pay tribute and express gratitude to the Buddha, and to reaffirm our received faith in the Nembutsu.
◆ Coming-of-Age Service ... January
A service held around January 15 (Coming-of-Age Day) for those attaining the age of maturity (20). At this service, young people reaffirm their belief in Buddhism, so that they will be able to live a full and complete life in this world.
◆ Equinox Week (Higan-e) ... March and September
Higan, literally meaning"Other Shore"refers to the world of enlightenment, the Buddha-world; and to the Pure Land. Buddhists place much import on the period centered around the two annual equinoctial days, when the sun sets due west. The Pure Land is said to lie to the west. During this Buddhist observance,one contemplates the Pure Land, and strives to listen to the Teachings.
◆ Birthday of the Buddha (Hanamatsuri or Kambutsu-e) ... April 8
This is the celebration of Sakyamuni's birth. Sakyamuni Buddha was born at Lumbini, in northern India, about 2,500 years ago. Based upon the sutras, the date is said to have been April 8.
◆ Celebration of Shinran Shonin's Birth (Shuso Gotan-e) ... May 21
Shinran Shonin, the Founder of Jodo Shinshu, was born on May 21, 1173.
◆ Urabon-e ... July 13 to 16 and August 13 to 16
Maudgalyayana, following the Buddha's guidance, made offerings to a company of monks on the 15th of the 7th month. This is said to be the origin.
◆ Bon Dance (Bon Odori) ... August
A joyful summer event at which the young and old assemble. Among those participating are local people as well as numerous fellow Shin Buddhists.
◆ Memorial Service for Shinran Shonin (Ho-onko) ... November 11 to 16
Shinran Shonin's memorial service is an important occasion to reaffirm our gratitude to the Buddha, and to hear and receive the Nembutsu Teachings.
◆ New Year's Eve Service (Joya-e) ... December 31
In appreciation for the past year, this service takes place around 11:00 P.M. on New Year's Eve. After the service, the tolling of the large temple bell by worshippers takes place.
※Services are being held to mark those special occasions in life,such as a baby's first Buddhist Service, weddings, and funerals.
JODO SHINSHU HONGWANJI-HA (Nishi Hongwanji)
(Affiliated Temples and Churches 10,500)
Headquarters (Mother Temple)
Horikawa-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8358
Higashi-nakasuji, Rokujo-sagaru, Gakurin-cho
Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8341
Phone: 075-371-5547 Fax: 075-371-4070
(Affiliated Temples and Churches 61)
National Headquarters
1710 Octavia Street
San Francisco, CA 94109 U.S.A.
(Affiliated Temples and Churches 36)
1727 Pali Highway
Honolulu, HI 96813 U.S.A.
(Affiliated Temples and Churches 17)
Office of the Bishop
11786 Fentiman Place, Richmond, B.C.
(Affiliated Temples and Churches 61)
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The 750th Memorial Service of Shinran Shonin
The Hongwanji will be observing the 750th Memorial Service of the Founder, Shinran Shonin, in the year 2012. Commemorative projects are now underway to highlight the occasion. The main slogan for the event is "Yo no naka annon nare", which is from Shinran Shonin's writings, meaning "May a world of Peace prevail".
3-15-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, 104-8435 Tokyo
(By subway: HIBIYA Line, Tsukiji Stn / O-EDO Line, Tsukiji-shijo Stn)
Tel: (03)3541-1131 Fax: (03)3541-7071
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2013 - 2014 CMAS Meeting Schedule
Note that this schedule is incomplete and subject to change. This is a living document which hopefully reflects the current information. Please check here or the forum event calendar for changes within a week of the event.
Upcoming Meetings:
Sunday-December 15, 2013 5:30 P.M. 7:30 P.M. Holiday Potluck Gathering! Election results will be announced. Bring your family for this fun time!
Saturday - March 15, 2014 Spring Event with Bob Fenner! You wont want to miss this event! Details to come soon!
**Times subject to intended destinations guidelines and schedule**
Directions to our regular meetings:
SpringHill Suites Baltimore BWI Airport
899 Elkridge Landing Road
Linthicum, Maryland 21090
From the North:
Take I-95 South to Exit 52, 295 South. Take Ramp for West Nursery Road exit. Turn left on West Nursery Road. About ½ mile down, take 2nd right onto Winterson Road. Turn left onto Elkridge Landing Road. The hotel will be on your left.
From the South:
Take I-95 North to exit 43A, MD-100 East. Take exit 9B to 295 North. Take West Nursery Road exit. Turn Right onto West Nursery Road. Take 2nd Right onto Winterson Road. Turn Left onto Elkridge Landing Road. The hotel will be on your left.
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Retailers poised for good grades on back-to-school sales
Around the country, many summer camp counselors are just learning their campers' names, but retailers' shelves are already stocked with fresh No. 2 pencils and crisp backpacks.
It's back-to-school time already. Although some kids in the Northeast have only just jumped off the school bus a few weeks ago, students in the southern half of the country begin heading back to their classrooms in mid-August, and retailers are at the ready to get them prepared.
There's a lot at stake. More than $84 billion was spent during the seven-week, back-to-school shopping season in 2012.
"Customers are telling us they want to have an early jump on things," said Demos Parneros, Staples North American Stores & Online president. "People come back-to-school shopping incrementally ... making two or three trips."
And stores need to make the most of those trips. Retailers consider the middle of July through Labor Day back-to-school shopping season. It's retail's second-most important selling period, and it often sets the tone for its most-important Christmas holiday season.
There's reason to be optimistic this year. Since last back-to-school season, unemployment is lower and consumer sentiment is at its highest level since before the recession, both of which are expected to lead to stronger back-to-school sales. ShopperTrak estimates that sales and foot traffic will increase this August by 4.3 percent and 0.6 percent, respectively.
"On the whole, more people feel better about their financial situation than they did last year," said Bill Martin, founder of ShopperTrak, which measures the number of people shopping at stores. "Parents are ready to spend on their children's necessities."
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Early indications may point to increased back-to-school spending, but it won't be done without a careful plan. A National Retail Federation survey of more than 5,700 adults found that consumers will do comparative shopping research online at a record-high rate in the survey's history. It also found that they plan to do the least amount of comparison shopping using retailer's physical advertisements.
Back-to-School Promotions
While it's inevitable that children grow and pencils wear down, back-to-school isn't always a slam dunk for retailers, and competition gets tougher with every passing year. Retailers are pulling out all the promotions—often all at once—from low-price guarantees to offers for curbside pickup to reward schemes that benefit schools picked by customers—basically whatever it takes to win business.
Sears is offering eCoupons redeemable either in store or online, in addition to programs that allow customers to buy items online and pick them up in store. As an added perk, a store associate will even bring the purchases out to the parking lot so you never have to get out of your car.
Best Buy has its sights set on the older student, and its back-to-school promotions kicked off in June. The consumer electronics retailer is offering gift cards with the purchase of a Windows 8 tablet and $100 off an Apple iMac as special deals, among other deals.
Many shoppers don't really care what brand of school supplies they buy, so retailers have to compete on price, squeezing margins even more. This week, Staples begins its back-to-school promotions, including packs of erasers, index cards and pens for a penny.
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"They are traffic drivers. We want to win the customer's trip to the store, it's hard to pass up a penny deal, and most customers spend far more," Parneros said.
Even governments are adding incentives for consumers. This year, at least 17 states will offer shoppers sales tax breaks for back-to-school. Twelve will occur between Aug. 2 and Aug. 4.
Back-To-School Tax Holidays
State | Dates | Items Covered |
Alabama | August 2-4, 2013 | Clothing-$100 or less; Computer/Computer supplies-$750 or less; School supplies-$50 or less; Books-$30 or less |
Arkansas | August 3-4, 2013 | Clothing-$100 or less; Accessories- $50 or less; School supplies |
Connecticut | August 18-24, 2013 | Clothing and footwear-$300 or less |
Florida | August 2-4, 2013 | Clothing, footwear and accessories-$75 or less; School supplies-$15 or less; Computers-$750 or less |
Georgia | August 9-10, 2013 | Clothing and footwear-$100 or less; Computers/computer supplies-$1000 or less; School supplies $20 or less |
Iowa | August 2-3, 2013 | Clothing and footwear-$100 or less |
Lousiana | August 2-3, 2013 | Personal property-$2,500 or less |
Maryland | August 11-17, 2013 | Clothing and footwear-$100 or less |
Mississippi | July 26-27, 2013 | Clothing and footwear-$100 or less |
Missouri | August 2-4, 2013 | Clothing-$100 or less; School supplies-$50 or less; Computer Software-$350 or less; Computers/supplies-$3,500 or less |
New Mexico | August 2-4, 2013 | Clothing and footwear-$100 or less; School supplies-$30 or less; Handheld calculators-$200 or less; Computers-$1,000 or less; Computer supplies - $500 or less |
North Carolina | August 2-4, 2013 | Clothing, school supplies-$100 or less; Sports equipment-$50 or less; Computers-$3,500 or less; Computer supplies-$250 or less |
Oklahoma | August 2-4, 2013 | Clothing and footwear-$100 or less |
South Carolina | August 2-4, 2013 | Clothing, accessories, footwear; School supplies, computers, Personal items |
Tennessee | August 2-4, 2013 | Clothing, school supplies-$100 or less; Computers-$1,500 or less |
Texas | August 9-11, 2013 | Clothing, footwear, backpacks; School supplies-$100 or less |
Virginia | August 2-4, 2013 | Clothing and footwear-$100 or less; School supplies-$20 or less |
Who's Poised to Win
Beyond the pricing, retailers are hoping to lure in shoppers with fresh twists on the products. They're betting big on bright: Shelves are stocked with neon-colored notebooks, tablet carriers and apparel.
While apparel shopping tends to happen later in the season, several analysts project Macy's will be a top destination for back-to-school shoppers.
"Macy's is winning the game in all respects. Online, fashion, price ... and has no real direct competition in its space. It just keeps bringing in more and more product that appeals to the back-to-school shoppers from children's and teen to collegiate," said Jan Rogers Kniffen, a retail consultant and former May Department Stores executive.
J.C. Penney may be not a clear favorite for back-to-school, but it's nonetheless going to be carefully watched by Wall Street.
JPMorgan analyst Matthew Boss is keeping a careful eye on Penney and Kohl's for back-to-school. In a note to investors, Boss said J.C. Penney continues to strategically rebuild inventory for back-to-school, and strength for Penney could be troublesome for Kohl's. Boss is forecasting positive same-store sales for July though he expects profit margins will continue to be pressured.
Kniffen is also predicting positive sales for the struggling department store. "Penney will run its first back-to-school positive store-for-store sales in three years. You have like that," he said.
Because parents are buying everything from rulers to sneakers to lunch boxes, big box retailers Wal-Mart and Target are often shoppers' favorite destinations for one-stop shopping.
Kids may not be ready to trade in their camp T-shirts for school uniforms, but for parents who are ready to fill those backpacks, retailers are ready.
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Southern California winery resort in Temecula
Wine country retreat
Nestled in Temecula's wine country with views of Mount Palomar, this Southern California resort is within 45 miles of the North San Diego beach communities of Oceanside and Carlsbad.
Winery tours, tastings
South Coast Winery Resort and Spa's winery featuring tours and tastings; the GrapeSeed Spa offers massages, facials, and body treatments; and the Vineyard Rose restaurant serves Tuscany-inspired cuisine.
Spacious villas
The 76 spacious villas at South Coast Winery Resort and Spa feature separate sitting areas with fireplaces, marble bathrooms with jetted tubs, private terraces, and complimentary wireless Internet access.
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- General
The South Coast Winery Resort and Spa provides a wine-tasting room and a gift shop. The property offers business services in addition to 7,200 square feet of meeting and conference rooms.
The resort also features a complimentary outdoor pool, spa tub, and fitness center. Also available are a steam room, sauna, and spa treatments (surcharge). Parking is available during your stay for a fee.
- Full-service health spa
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Coffee shop or café
- Bar/lounge
- Multiple large conference rooms
- Event catering
- Banquet facilities
- Ballroom(s)
- Audiovisual equipment
- 24-hour front desk
- Express check-out
- Express check-in
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Air-conditioned public areas
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Wireless Internet access - surcharge
- Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Massage - spa treatment room(s)
- ATM/banking
- Multiple small meeting rooms
- Total number of rooms - 126
- Secure parking
- Parking (surcharge)
- Patio
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Meeting facilities size (meters) - 669
- Winery attached
- Pool cabanas (surcharge)
- Pool sun loungers
- Sauna
- Security guard
- Shopping on site
- Smoke-free property
- Spa services on site
- Spa tub
- Steam room
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Wedding services
- Beauty services
- Business services
- Concierge services
- Elevator/lift
- Fireplace in lobby
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Picnic area
- Room service (limited hours)
- Number of meeting/conference rooms - 4
- Conference center
- Year Built 2004
- Meeting facilities size (feet) - 7200
- Number of buildings/towers - 22
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi, Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Wireless Internet access - surcharge, Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
- Parking
Parking (surcharge), Secure parking
- Room Amenities
- Fireplace
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Air conditioning
- Ceiling fan
- Access via exterior corridors
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free local calls
- Coffee/tea maker
- Complimentary bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Designer toiletries
- Bathroom phone
- Bathrobes
- Jetted bathtub
- Hair dryer
- CD player
- Clock radio
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Climate control
- Complimentary newspaper
- Phone
- Makeup/shaving mirror
- Microwave (on request)
- Patio
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Premium TV channels
- Private bathroom
- Extra towels/bedding
- Refrigerator
- Remote lighting/drapery/curtain control
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Separate sitting area
- Sewing kit
- Television
- Turndown service (on request)
- Complimentary toiletries
- Voice mail
- Wake-up calls
- Window opens
- Separate dining area
- Double sink
- Cable TV service
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Down comforter
- Down blanket
- Egyptian-cotton sheets
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
- Pillowtop mattress
- Dining
Vineyard Rose - Casual, elegant atmosphere. Seasonal Tuscany-influenced menu and traditional fare complementing regional and international wines. Indoor and outdoor seating with a view of the vineyards from the patio. Serving all meals.
- Recreation
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Aerobics nearby
- Running track/path nearby
- Pilates classes/instruction nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Golf - miniature nearby
- Motor boating nearby
- Boating nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Helicopter/airplane tours nearby
- Swimming on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Fishing nearby
- Bowling alley nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Spa
The GrapeSeed Spa offers maternity, stone, and deep-tissue massages, as well as facial and body treatments and manicures and pedicures. Acid peels and light treatments are also available. The GrapeSeed Spa is for adults only.
- Massages
- Number of treatment rooms 11
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Spa boutique
- Mountain view from spa
- Minimum age to access spa is 18
- Accessibility
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Braille or raised signage
Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
- Pets
Pets not allowed
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Resort fee charged at hotel/condo
Caters to couples
Early departure fee charged
Caters to groups
- Fees
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The Abbey of Casamari is named for the "house of Marius." Caius Marius was consul of Rome a record number of seven times; his son was the Sulla's opponent in the civil war of 88 BC.
A Benedictine monastery was established on the site in the early 11th century and briefly flourished before falling into decline in the 12th century. Following a visit from St. Bernard of Clairvaux in 1134, the Abbey of Casamari became the 29th daughter house of Bernard's Abbey of Clairvaux.
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~ Kahlil Gibran
This is an edited, shortened, tightened version of "Love is Selfish." It appeared in Origin Magazine, Fall, 2012.
I'm in love with a woman I've never met.
But we do know each other. And one thing she said that I love is that
"being in love is of secondary importance"
…she said it in response to my concerns about our future hypothetical love, marriage and baby carriage.
She said,
"I don't need to go on a lifelong romantic picnic—I have things to do"
I loved her for saying that. I've always thought fun was fun…for an hour or so. Then, fun is boring. You know what's always fun? Serving the greater good by doing something you're good at. Whether that's dance or teaching or politicking or working the counter at a corner store or being a nurse or what.
The kind of love I've been brought up to look for isn't a lifeong picnic. It's a partnership, with loneliness built in.
In the Buddhist tradition, there's no "tying the knot." There's no two candles, two souls "becoming one." Instead of facing one another, completing one another (Jerry Maguire) and living happily ever after (which only happens in fiction and even then they never show, they just tell), the Buddhist visualization of a successful marriage is this:
Two friends (who want to make out constantly) facing the same direction together, symbolically east—the direction of the rising sun—as in our awakening, fundamentally a-ok human nature. Walking the path together. Helping one another to be of benefit.
Society's notion of matrimonial love is what's selfish. I know a lot of folks who do good for the world…until they have a wife, husband, children…and suddenly they have an unarguable excuse to forget this whole holy fucked up wonderful world that is crying, dying, begging, pleading and needing our help.
So I say this: I don't just want to love a woman who loves me. That's a good start: half the battle.
But the whole battle—love is war—is if she looks at me and says, "go free, do your thing, and in return I want to be able to go free, and do my thing, and your thing and my thing may be totally different, you might travel, I might travel, you might want to work instead of having dinner and I might want to work instead of having dinner…"
When I find a girl who loves what the whole point of life is…
"And while I'm here I'll do the work. And what's the work? To ease the pain of living — everything else, drunken dumbshow" – Allen Ginsberg
…more than our marriage, well I'm ready to get married.
Until then, spare me your expectations. You don't have rights to me. I have one short life to live and I've been given a ton—and I enjoy nothing more than working night and day to create something that can give back.
As Eleanor Roosevelt said,
"the only joy in this hard life is serving others."
When I fall in love, truly, our love will help one another to face outward, not merely inward.
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9 Responses to "The Buddhist Notion of Love."
this is beautiful.
Im thankful for the article.Thanks Again. Really Cool.
Amen, Brother. Keep up the work. Keep up the writing. Do not create a physical bond with people who want to hold you back in order to make themselves feel more secure, or you will be truly sorry. Thanks for the solid piece.
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This is so grounding, so assuring and so making sense. Wonderful read, epitomising true love. Love it
This is dangerous thinking. Bonding is the key to true happiness. We only have one life yes, so who's going to be sitting at your side when you leave this world? The wife you estranged to leave and join the peace corps? Doubt it. Be happy together, be happy individually. It's not a fairy tale, it can be real if you work on it. To be in love with someone you have never physically met is not realistic. Love is thrown around too loosely. You may be excited and infatuated after discussions, but that is not love. Love is so much deeper. You have to be able to smile even when someone is doing something you've asked them not to do 1 million times. Truth is love is built. It does not just occur. The only joy in this hard life is serving others? Jeez Eleanor Roosevelt seems very depressed. You're allowed to be pleased by others and yes it does feel good to please them, but why are we so adverse to accepting positivity from another? It's an ego defect. If you feel deep down you are not worthy, you will not accept love, or anything else from anyone else, that is positive. True love and happiness is feasible people, don't drive gaps or space in between "each other's souls." Work to get closer, not further apart.
Matthew D Raffaele, LCSW
I don't think this article is saying not to bond at all. If it does, then I agree – we do need to bond, and bonding based on love is the way. I think the article is a bit confusing on this point, but that it's saying not to bond based on attachment (love often passes as attachment.) Bonding is essential. But to bond based on values, and to allow love to flow in the spaces between, this is healthy.
Beautiful!! I feel like you just described my relationship with my soulmate Dave . Thank you for sharing.