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General Discourses On
The Superpowers Of The Human Biomind
Ingo Swann
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Part One
A Request
Through the years I've studied and collected an extensive archive of intuition experiences. But I would like to add more of them via the Internet, as it is world-wide and cross-cultural. A great deal remains to be learned about intuition. So if anyone who chances to read this document can contribute a personal anecdote, it would be exciting to receive them. The contribuion can be posted publicly or privately emailed, anonymously or under an aka. Many thanks in advance.
As already mentioned in several essays I've provided regarding remote viewing (distant-seeing), a large spectrum exists of the superpowers of the human biomind. Remote viewing is but one of these.
Experience has shown that each of the superpowers is better understood if organized information is available about them all. I thus propose to provide rudimentary essays in which a number of superpowers are discussed within the contexts of what I've discovered during the many decades I've studied them.
Quality understanding about the superpowers has been at an all-time low during the modern epoch. It is fair to say that pre-modern cultures had a better grasp on them.
The existence of the superpowers was at least generally accepted within the pre-modern cultures -- - whereas during the modern period their existence was generally denied under the rubrics of "the irrational" and "non-scientific."
The fuller spectrum of the superpowers was lost sight of under these modern rubrics. And, in fact, the concept that the superpowers do range along an INTERCONNECTED SPECTRUM vanished altogether.
The existence of this spectrum, and its curious and exciting nature, needs to be reestablished.
Those phenomena we collectively identify as "intuition" play an essential and fundamental role within the spectrum of all the other superpowers of biomind.
The first notable factor of this role is the broad-base extent of experiencing intuitive episodes among almost all specimens of our species.
Intuition is the only part of the full spectrum which, population-wide, is experienced wholesale and species-wide. Compared to this enormous extent, most other of the superpowers are experienced only rarely.
Humanity's Debt to Intuition
Our species owes an absolutely enormous debt to intuition, the basic biomind superpower.
It is almost impossible to conceive what our species would be like without it. All, or certainly most creative advances have their origin in some kind of intuition. As can be easily shown, "intuitive advances" have been present within our species from time immemorial.
But beyond that, individuals use it to regulate and guide their lives when it is active in them. The evidence for this is also exceedingly strong. So not only is intuition linked to creativity but also to individual survival.
Since intuition is of such immeasurable importance, it is surprising how little is actually known about it. We use the word a lot, of course. But beyond that very little in the way of organized knowledge exists.
For reasons difficult to understand, intuition has been of very little interest within parapsychology, of practically no interest in science and psychology, and of no interest in psychiatry.
On the other hand, an extensive literature about intuition does exist. But it is a disorganized literature, and often quite shallow.
Thus, there exists within our species a superpower we know exists and which is important --- but of which we know almost nothing save that it does exist.
This present discourse, and the two to follow, are offered in an attempt to point up factors which might permit the attentive individual to construct a more profitable mental information grid regarding intuition.
Intuition cannot really be understood unless the existence of the human biomind "sensorium" is established. But unless reasonably correct background issues and definitions are first established, the cognitive approach to the sensorium will be out of kilter.
This first essay, then, deals with problems, issues and definitions. The second will discuss the sensorium. After this, in the third essay, the anecdotes and other evidence about intuition will make better sense.
Opening The Discourse
A great deal has been published regarding intuition. I have tried to keep up with the materials --- since intuition is one of those so- called "paranormal" topics which have interested me through the years.
Although some readers might disagree, my survey of the literature shows that during the last sixty years not very much has been added to our pool of intuition-knowledge.
My four-decades-long survey includes older sources, subsequent psychical and parapsychological studies, the few psychology efforts, and documents that deal with intuition's role in creativity, as well as meditation techniques relative to intuitive development.
My sources also include the many self-help books of the most recent modern period which propose to help people enhance their intuition. I have no wish to contest those self-help efforts, and each reader of them would have to answer whether they were helpful or not.
But in general, it seems that the sum of all of the literature is very little. Much has been written, but little has been learned. Why this is so of course has its place within these three discourses.
Points of Entry
If we say that intuition is a situation, then getting into it requires a point of entry. I have selected three of many possibilities along these lines.
By way of discussion, though, when people seek to enter into a situation, such as intuition represents, most people will automatically try to utilize what they believe they know about it.
Another way of putting this is that they will attempt to utilize their EXISTING mental information grids in order to get into the situation.
This is all to the good IF one's existing frames of reference are permissive of intuitive functioning. However, if, for example, the frames are out of kilter regarding correct information, then one's intuitive faculties probably won't function very well.
This is the same as saying that you can make something work only if you understand it and its component parts. After all, there is a difference between correct and incorrect information.
It is accepted that ALL specimens of the human species PROCESS INFORMATION. Doing just so is one of the major hallmarks of our species.
It should be added, though, that humans don't just process information, but that various specimens of them process it for better or worse in terms of what is understood or not, and also in terms of the evidential outcomes of the processing.
It thus would follow that if faulty information points are installed in one's mental information processing grids, then the ultimate output of the grids would also be faulty in some way.
I'm well aware, of course, that most people don't like the idea that their grids might have faulty information points. Indeed, this issue can become quite volcanic and/or somewhat soap-opera- like.
But in any event, absorbing or acquiring information points is a cummulative process --- and it is safe to say that all people have acquired a fair share of faulty ones.
Faulty information points account for thinking grid failures, and as such tend NOT to be permissive of excellent functioning regarding the faculties inherent in the biomind.
In this sense, then, intuition faculties are naturally indwelling within our species and within each specimen of it. If individuals have problems with their intuitive faculties, then most likely the fault is with their malfunctioning mental information grids which are not permissive of intuitive functioning.
All valid entry-points into the intuition situation, then, must consist of a discrimination between correct and incorrect information.
The FIRST ENTRY POINT we will consider is why intuition should be considered a superpower of the human biomind.
We can easily distinguish between the powers and superpowers of the biomind because the superpowers can be seen to transcend matter, space, time and energy. Our species possesses many powers that don't, or apparently don't, transcend the laws which govern the physical aspects of life on Earth. The powers indeed work WITHIN the known laws of the material situation on Earth.
But the first and foremost signal feature of intuition is the time and space transcendence thing. Regarding time transcendence, intuition is very notable regarding "premonitions" of things to come (in the future.)
Regarding space transcendence (which is a bit more tricky to discuss), people intuit what's happening at another place in the past, present and future.
Many books of anecdotes regarding intuition exist. In particulars the anecdotes may differ, sometimes radically and strangely so. But they all have one thing in common. The time-space transcendence thing.
Indeed, everyone EXPECTS intuition to transcand time and space --- and in fact no one would call anything intuition if it did not. And this expectation is the same today as it was in prehistory and all that has transpired in between.
Here, then, is the first and foremost face value factor of intuition --- time and space transcendence --- and it is the factor against which hardly anyone will argue.
The problem here, though, is not that intuition transcends time and space but that the modern sciences held that time and space COULD NOT BE TRANSCENDED.
This is a very important point, and so a small discussion is in order.
In most, or even all, premodern societies the fact that intuition existed was never in question, either in theory or in practice. Noted skeptics of intuition did exist, of course. But their objections were centered on the often proven failure of intuition --- focused on the failure, not on the existence of it.
With the onset of the modern technological period, however, at about 1845, what is now called "classical" physics began enumerating the laws of the physical universe. The "laws" became laws because back then none of the steady states of matter, energy, space and time they represented could be seen as "disobeying" the laws.
Thereafter, and by a series of unfortunate situations, it began to be thought that NOTHING could disobey the laws of matter, energy, space and time. And this "nothing" came to include, by assumption, the faculties of the human biomind --- even though it was well-known that the human mind thinks in terms of past, present and future.
With this assumption began a complicated and confusing quagmire regarding intuition that exists until this day.
But there is a bottom line within this quagmire that has to do with mental information processing grids at the individual level.
If the concept that time and space --cannot be transcended-- is locked in one's mental grids as an information point, then this concept will be inimical to one's intuitive faculties. This will be the case whether the information point is subconscious or conscious.
To help make this clear, just imagine processing an intuitive time-space transcending signal through an information grid which has even one point in it that holds that time and space cannot be transcended.
I have talked with any number of people who want to enhance their intuition --- but who also wish to remain intellectually and politically correct with regard to the modern science attitude that time and space cannot be transcended.
If I've made my point here, then it would be clear that high-stage intuition can take place only via information grids that are properly and positively constructed regarding the time-space transcending faculties of the human biomind. Any information point which denies this will cause the intuitive faculties to crash, or at least malfunction.
The SECOND POINT OF ENTRY I've selected has to do with the utter inadequacy of modern definitions of the word "intuition."
Most people don't at all realize that very many definitions of intuition have been offered up, but that none of them appear to be really serviceable except in quite shallow ways.
My trusty dictionary gives the following definitions:
(1) immediate apprehension or cognition;
(2) knowledge or conviction gained by intuition;
(3) the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without rational thought and inference;
(4) quick and ready insight.
By these definitions, or a mix of them, one assumes one now knows what intuition is --- right? These four definitions actually appear to be defining an inexplicable form of magic --- the something-out-of-nothing thing.
Here it needs to be pointed out that all of the types of intuition ALWAYS deal with some kind of information and information outputs. And since this is so, intuition obviously is the result of some kind of information processing.
You can look up these or additional definitions if you want. Even more complex and lengthy ones exist, and you might wish to bemuse yourself with them, too.
But I doubt you'll discover one which gives, for example, "the faculties or power of mind and cognition to transcend time, space, and matter and energy as well."
The situation (and the problem) here is that if one reads through, say, a thousand or more anecdotes and examples of verified intuition, one will eventually see that there are MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF IT.
If different kinds of intuition exist, then it's worthwhile wondering why all of them should be called by one word --- intuition. After all, it would be important to discriminate among what is going on during an intuitive episode.
As to locating scholarly literature that attempts to distinguish between the different types of intuition, well, it is difficult to locate any. Most discourses on intuition argue philosophical beliefs about what it is. However, "The Encyclopedia of Philosophy" (Paul Edwards, Ed., 1967) makes an effort to identify seven typs of intuition. These are worth quoting and considering --- although I warn that your thinking synapses might get a little dizzy doing so:
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1. Intuition as unjustified true belief not preceded by inference, in this (the commonest) sense "an intuition" means "a hunch." The existence of hunches is uncontroversial and not of philosophical interest. [Remember I'm quoting the Encyclopedia!]
2. Intuition as immediate knowledge of the truth of a proposition, where "immediate" means "not preceded by inference." This is a philosophically important sense, since philosophers have found it puzzling that one can have knowledge, and thus justified belief, without having made oneself aware through the process of inference of any knowledge of a concept.
3. Intuition as immediate knowledge of a concept. "Immediate knowledge" here means, roughly, "knowledge which does not entail ability to define the concept."
4. Intuition as a nonpropositional knowledge of an entity - knowledge that may be a necessary condition, for, but is not identical with, intuitive knowledge of the truth of propositions about the entity.
The sense of "intuition" is exemplified by:
5. Sense perceptions, considered as products of a cognitive faculty distinct from the faculty of forming judgements concerning the entity sensed;
6. Intuitions of universals, or (as in Kant) of such insensible particulars as time and space - intuitions that are necessary conditions of our intuitive knowledge of a priori truths.
7. Mystical or inexpressible intuitions that, unlike sense perceptions and intuitions of universals, do not make possible knowledge of the truth of propositions about the entities intuited - such intuitions as Bergson's inexpressible intuition of duration, Ficht's intuition of the Transcendental Ego, and the mystic's intuition of God.
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If, having read these seven kinds of intuition, anyone can now tell me what intuition is, I'd be glad to be so advised. Meanwhile, welcome to the quagmire I mentioned earlier.
Well, if you're wondering what the hell you've just read, don't worry too much. The above has been amusingly offered merely to show that certain philosophers have been aware that different types of intuition exist --- but which philosophers probably haven't sifted through the monumental anecdotal evidence of intuitions.
The "disinterest" of philosophy in hunches, though, is interesting, since it can be shown that most philosophies themselves derive from someone's hunches.
Hunches are among the most widely-shared aspects of our species intuitive faculties and therefore would seem important. And, as well, from some hunches some of humankind's greatest monuments and successes have emerged.
You will note, though, that the time-space thing made it into the line-up, although merely as "insensible particulars." Since time and space are usually entirely sensible, it is puzzling why they are philosophically considered "insensible."
If you care to read again through the seven types, I suggest you activate your sense of humor -- - if it hasn't already kicked in. In any event, the Encyclopedia seems to be talking about states of consciousness rather than about intuition --- this a point worth noting and remembering.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch of our nomenclature problem regarding intuition and its definitions, we now must undertake scrutiny of the actual origins of our term "intuition."
Dictionaries state that the term is eytmologically taken from the Latin "intuitus" --- the meaning of which is given as "to look at, contemplate" as taken from the Latin "in" + "tueri" ("to look inward as in to introspect.")
Well, we can introspect our imagination, fancies, desires, lusts, illusions --- none of which are intuitions, factually speaking.
However, after the etymological bit, the modern meaning of "immediate apprehension or cognition" is applied backward though time to the ancient Roman period --- and thus we are led to believe that the Romans utilized the term in the same way we do today.
Well, although it took me about five years to discover it, nothing, NOTHING of the kind is the case. As shown immediately below, the differences are extreme between the ancient meaning of "intuitus" and the modern meaning of "intuition".
INTUITION (the modern meaning): immediate apprehension or cognition; the faculty of attaining direct knowledge or cognition without rational thought or inference.
INTUITUS (the ancient meaning): to look at and contemplate felt relationships.
For references, if you wish to consult them, the ancient meaning of "intuitus" is given in the Oxford English Dictionary, in the 1892 version of The Encyclopedia Britannica, and is discussed at length in my own book Your Nostradamus Factor (Simon & Schuster, 1993).
Now, I can't know, of course, how many who read this will immediately discern the absolute differences between the two definitions. So I'll assume that none can in order to present all of the differences.
For starters, the ancient meaning of INTUITUS has introduced the concept of "felt relationships." "Relationship" is a term which has very wide applications. Today, though, we tend majorly to use it in referring to family, friends, and meaningful others regarding sex, emotions, love, etc.
Yet potatoes and the earth they grow in have relationship to one other. In physics, various atoms and particles have relationships to others. In psychology, the human psyche has a relationship to its past and future. Each born specimen of our species has a relationship to what it is to experience and become.
In English, the term "relationship" is taken from "to relate" which, in turn, is taken from Latin terms meaning "to carry, to re-carry or carry back, and to bear or tolerate. Our modern meanings give (1) to give an account of, and (2) to show or establish logical or causal connection between.
Regarding the ancient meaning of INTUITUS, then, "relationships" appears to refer to connections or what goes on BETWEEN things --- but especially if the connections are causative and result in something.
Now, the teaching in our modern times held that the human possessed only five physical senses. Yet, upon inspection of these Famous Five, none of them nor all of them together can account for directly perceiving or experiencing what goes on, can go on, or doesn't go on between things.
Indeed, you can easily confirm this yourself. Your taste receptors, for example, can tell you nothing about the connections required to make the cake. Your eyes alone cannot tell you if someone is, connection-wise, emotionally or sexually available to you.
Indeed, the realm of connections (relationships) within which we live is very much larger than the physical realms within which our physical senses operate.
But it now must be pointed up that the human species SPECIALIZES in discerning connections and relationships between and among things. Indeed, this faculty (as it is often called) is among our chief assets regarding creativity, inventivenes and survival --- none of which our physical-5-senses by themselves can establish, much less guarantee.
The only possible explanation here is that we possess a spectrum of senses which are additional to our physical-5. And it is this spectrum of senses which are grouped together under the venerable terms of "intuition" or "intuitiveness."
If we add to this the concept that connections (relationships) themselves range along a spectrum from the grossly to the highly subtly perceivable, then we can get the idea that intuition itself ranges along a spectrum from gross to subtle. This would enable us to begin identifying the very many types of intuition, roughly so at any rate.
The only real difficulty here is that in our modern period FEELING has not been considered a sense, except in the case of tangible touch. And so the phrase "felt relationships" is awkward regarding sensing something by, well, feeling-sensing it.
Even so, feeling-sensing is a carrier of information, almost precisely in the same way that our physical-5 senses are based in receptors that receive and identify information. Anything that carries information really should be called a "sense" --- and we could, if we want, begin to think in terms of intuitive receptors relative to the whole of the human sensorium. (See Part Two forthcoming.)
Returning now to the differences between the modern definitions of INTUITION and the ancient definition of INTUITUS, we can begin to realize a number of inconsistent relationships between them.
First of all, it is interesting to notice that none of the words used in the ancient definition of "intuitus" are used in the modern definition of "intuition."
Yet, even today when someone experiences or suffers an intuitive episode, they are very likely to speak of it as a "feeling," often as a "gut feeling" or a felt "hunch," or merely as "I've got a feeling about" thus or so.
Second, the modern definition of "intuition" identifies apprehension, cognition, or knowledge --- but does not specify about what. The ancient definition, however, specifies that "intuitus" refers to felt RELATIONSHIPS (such as between or among things).
Indeed, if we consider this very carefully, relationships between or among things are not usually very apparent as far as surface observation goes.
Some relationships are easier to deduce, of course. But a very great many relationships between or among things are very subtle and often invisible to the cognitive intellect. And these seem to require intuitive feelings to identify and sort them out.
Third, as given in the modern definition of intuition, immediate apprehension, cognition and knowledge are presented as states of and within themselves --- as states of INTELLECTUAL awareness. In other words, they are not attached to objects or subjects of any kind, nor to the relationships between them.
It is now helpful to learn that the ancient Romans used a Latin term, "intellectus," whose meaning had to do with states of intellectual awareness --- such states as apprehension, cognition and knowledge, and all of which we today normally associate with intellectual processes.
Now, get ready for a real banger!
For we will see that in our modern contexts the ancient definitions of intellectus have been introduced into the modern definitions of intuition --- while the ancient definitions of intuitus have been lost altogether.
If your head is spinning about now, don't worry. All that has happened is that rationalists have constructed our modern definitions. And rationalists don't like feelings. This will become clear when we compare the modern definitions of intellect and intuition below.
INTELLECT (the modern definition derived from the Latin "intellectus"): the power of cognition or knowing as distinguished from the power to feel or will; the capacity for knowledge.
INTELLECTUS (the ancient definition): to perceive and discern felt relationships.
INTUITION (the modern definition allegedly derived from the Latin "intuitus"): immediate apprehension, cognition, or knowledge.
INTUITUS (the ancient definition) to look at and contemplate felt relationships.
Now, to increase our clarity here, let's talk our way through these four definitions.
First of all, we can immediately see that the concept of "felt relationships" has DISAPPEARED in both of the modern definitions of intellect and intuition. In their modern contexts, then, by definition neither intellect nor intuition deal with felt relationships.
Second, we can see that "felt relationships" linked intuitus and intellectus together, but in two different ways. Intuitus looked at and contemplated felt relationships, while intellectus perceived and discerned among them. In a certain sense, then, intellectus and intuitus were two sides of the same coin, or twin brother and sister.
Third, to now point out an oddity, in our modern English exists no conceptual term that has to do with dealing with "felt relationships."
Fourth, we can see that intuitus/intellectus represented an interconnecting biomind holism by the definitional link of "felt relationships." We can also see that the modern definitions of intellect and intuition break them apart, and that neither deal with "felt relationships."
Fifth, to now point out an oddity, in our modern English exists no conceptual term that has to do with dealing with "felt relationships" --- except one which is seldom used and is often considered obsolete: SENSORIUM.
Sixth, the modern definitions of intuition DO NOT fit with the chief phenomenology of intuition -- - which is ALWAYS expressed as feelings by those who experience some kind of intuition. The modern definitions do not even include the word "feeling."
Seventh, we can now perceive, opaquely so at least, that intuition is composed of sensed feelings which result in the hunches of intellect, for a hunch is a cognitive analysis derived from what has been felt
The whole of this possibly torturous nomenclature discussion has been to point up that the modern definitions of intuition have eliminated the feeling component of intuition, and that the definitions of intuition and intellect have eliminated the concept of "felt relationships."
The modern definitions, then, are not only inconsistent with the historical terms from which they are allegedly derived, but inconsistent as well with real human experiencing. Yet, if there is one environment-system all of us live within, it is the all-inclusive environment of relationships of all things.
It is therefore of little wonder that there are so many problems regarding the "developing" of one's intuition. If definitions are being used by one's intellect which are inconsistent with the true aspects of intuition, then those mis-definitions will warp one's cognitive biomind grids regarding of what intuition really is.
In the above nomenclature contexts, the use of the word "immediate" in the modern mis-definitions of intuition is suspect also. A laborous study of examples of intuition show that the greater bulk of them do not take place "immediately."
Some seem to do so, of course, as in a "flash" of intuitive insight. But the greater bulk of them "build up" over time --- as if the relationships they are working with are being readjusted until, in some kind of contemplative sense, they are got right. This is especially the case with creative or inventive intuitions. In these cases, once the relationships are got right, the familiar flash of creative hunch or insight occurs.
Additional mis-concepts regarding intuition will be discussed in the next two documents of this series.
The great nomenclature carrier of the virtual definition of intuition has, of course, been "gut feelings."
This phrase, and in many languages, is actually a very ancient one. In modern times, however, it was considered as a vernacular element (common, vulgar, or gutter-speak.) It was therefore not suitable for literary, cultured, scientific, philosophical, or dictionary discussion. Thus hardly any scholarly discussions regarding gut feelings can be located.
The greatest jeopardy to our understanding of intuition, though, has been the elimination during modern times of the original definition of intuitus --- to sense and look at and contemplate felt relationships (of things, objects, subjects, topics, ideas, people, and whatnot.)
The emphasis here, of course, is on "felt relationships" or "feeling." Among all of the hundreds of examples of intuition I've studied, there is not one which is independent of the element of relationships --- and, as well, there is not one independent of sensing-feeling.
In other words, intuition always occurs relative to something else --- with the relationship often being felt before it is cognitively understood within the intellect.
Indeed, at the personal level, if you have ever experienced an intuition you might now have a look at it and try to find the felt relationships that were involved.
In any event, those individuals who are reasonably good at spotting-sensing-feeling relationships between things usually have a higher quotient of intuition. This aspect will be expanded upon in part three of this series.
To complete the picture of the quagmire which has been the topic of this first essay, we now have to account for why and how "felt relationships" disappeared as a concept during the modern period.
During this period (roughly about 1845-1980), our cultural environments became increasingly rationalism-oriented.
"Rationalism" was defined as (1) a theory that reason is in itself a source of knowledge superior to and independent of THE SENSE PERCEPTIONS AND feelings [emphasis added]; and (2) a view that reason and experience rather than the nonrational are the fundamental criteria in the solutions of problems.
The modern term "reason" is taken from the Latin "ratio" which meant to compute or count. However, the modern definitions are: a statement offered in explanation or justification; a rational ground or motive; the power of comprehending, inferring, or thinking; the proper use of the mind (we can wonder, can't we, who is to decide what the "proper use" is to be.)
The first difficulty here, and the first fatal flaw, involved decisions regarding what is rational and nonrational. As most of us are aware now, plenty that was earlier considered nonrational later became rational --- for example, space travel, geodesic domes, ecological relationships, as well as, by the way, the Internet itself, and etc.
The second difficulty and flaw concerned whether reason was superior and independent of the sense perceptions and feelings. Well, at base, the human biomind organism is first a sensing-feeling organism, and in each and every case it learns later to think (properly or not and depending on the accuracy of the information points in its grids.)
Since this is unquestionably so it is difficult to see how the fundamental sensing-feeling elements can be subtracted so as to free reason completely from them. It is now somewhat understood that when the sense-feeling components of an individual bio- mind organism are reduced or closed down, its reason also is reduced or closed down.
Additionally, what is held to be reason or rational is relative to environments, positive and/or negative nurturing situations and the extent of knowledge.
All of these factors considered, it is difficult to see how "pure" reason can ever be arrived at --- except in some science-fiction sense, the very kind fiction that lent its character the rationalist modern age.
It is abundantly understood that intuition takes place without the benefits of rational reason --- a factor which most modern documents labor to impress whether pro or con regarding intuition.
Indeed, there is hardly such a critter as a "rational intuition." All intuitions are sensed feelings --- and an overly large share of them fly directly in the face of reason and the so-called rational.
In any event, the modern age of rationalism DID NOT evolve a science of sense-feeling --- because doing so was precluded by its theory that sense- feeling was inferior to "pure" reason detached from them, and as such was of no scientific or philosophical interest.
All of the human superpowers of biomind, including the many identifiable types of intuition, telepathy, clairvoyance, and remote-viewing are directly based in sense-feelings. And all of them have been stigmatized as nonrational, hence irrational, during the modern age of rationalism dominated by the pure science-fiction goal of "pure" reason.
--Brief Summary--
1. The identifiable basis for intuition is species-wide and thus the most spontaneously and frequently experienced of all the other superpowers of the human biomind.
2. In the context of direct experiencing of intuition at the individual level, it is universally expressed as some kind of feeling. Examination of anecdotes and other evidence of intuitive episodes reveals that the feelings are always associated with some kind of connectiveness or relationship between two or more things which are felt before they are cognitively sorted out.
3. Modern definitions of intuition avoid the inclusion of the feeling-sensing always associated with real intuitive episodes. Thus the modern definitions are inconsistent with virtual intuition, and are hence intellectually misdirecting.
4. If the intellectual map of intuition does not accurately duplicate the real and virtual elements of intuition, then the map will act as "noise" regarding comprehension and understanding of intuition and probably decrease identification of the information loads the intuitive signals are carrying.
5. A review of the nomenclature history involved shows that modern definitions of intuition are actually defining intellect elements rather than intuition ones. The same modern definitions have eradicated the historical link between intellect and intuition --- which was "felt relationships." The direct link of intuitus/intellectus has therefore been destroyed relative to the modern grasp of what is involved.
6. The modern period, then, has not possessed either a correct intellectual or phenomenological map regarding intuition and its various elements and types. The reason these maps have not come into existence is because of ideological partisanship broadly affixed to the theory of modern rationalism which elevated intellectual reason and diminished the importance of the feeling-senses.
7. The result has been the emergence of a superficial quagmire regarding the identifiable elements of intuition as a biomind system of senses existing in addition to the well-known physical senses. This biomind system of senses transcends time-space in ways the physical senses alone do not.
We now need to move expeditiously on to the second part of this discourse --- the Sensorium.
Ingo Swann
Ingo Swann © 2013


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'Princess' Jacel must stop singing old tunes
VOXPOP 'Sabah once belonged to your kingdom but no longer. It is gone with the wind, so your story is history. Sabah belongs to Malaysia now.'
Sulu 'princess' tweetfest stirs mixed emotions
Anonymous_5fb: Sulu princess Jacel Kiram, if you want to claim back Sabah, can't you advise your father, Sultan Jamalul Kiram III, to do that through diplomatic channels instead of by armed invasion?
Wira: If some remnants of the royal family of the 15th century Malaccan sultanate were to stage a lineage claim for the state and the heir wants to be instated as one of the 10 sultans in this country, I wonder what would our stand be?
MockingYou: She is not a princess so please stop calling her that. Ignore this woman as she is of no concern and a sick person who doesn't care about her peoples' lives. We care for our fallen heroes, their families and all Malaysians.
MfM: Malaysia is still paying the cession payment out of kindness and because RM5,300 is chicken feed. Anyway, Sabah had already voted to join Malaysia in 1963, so sod off.
Tonsommansabi: We (irrespective of religious beliefs) should pray that God will protect the rakyat of Malaysia and foreign tourists in Sabah from all possible dangers and attacks. Pray that the gunfight will soon come to an end.
MiracleStar: Hello Jacel, do not talk of old stories anymore, talk of the present. It cannot be denied that Sabah once belonged to your kingdom but now it does not.
It is gone with the wind, so your story is history. Sabah belongs to Malaysia since 1963, you get what I mean?
Tailek: Defunct sultanate. Princess, my foot. Don't waste time entertaining these people.
Boustead flayed for footing Raja Ropiaah's bond
Anonymous #19098644: The BN has looted, and are continuing, to loot the country and now they are robbing the shareholders of Boustead Holdings Bhd.
What difference is there between the BN and a gang of thieves or looters except that they have abused the instruments of the state to shield their crimes.
Tailek: And to those of us who are still thinking of voting BN in the next general election, please think carefully.
Vote wisely for the sake of your future generation so that they will not inherit a bankrupt nation.
Donplaypuks: This is an outright fraud and conflict of interest which must be investigated by MACC now.
NewMalaysia: Why am I not surprised at all? This is a typical of BN's style.
Onyourtoes: The Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT) has just announced a 16 percent dividend for its investors/contributors, much higher than the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), which only gave slightly more than 6 percent.
You know what, we should sack those in EPF and ask those in LTAT to manage it instead. I wonder what business LTAT does, beside providing bond guarantees, which could have provided such a lucrative return.
Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak said there was "no free lunch" the other day. Again I wonder if he really understood what he was saying. This is free lunch, and sooner or later someone must pay for it.
Wong Tack will not quit green group
Ferdtan: Wong Tack, you are now a 'politician of some sort', not an activist; you have to be seen as humble.
Let your steering committee decide on your position. It is not your call, unless you want to cut off all your ties with Himpunan Hijau to become a full-fledged DAP member.
Don't destroy all the good work that Himpunan Hijau has done so far. Show us that the activists in the NGO are what they say they are - people with integrity and fighting for the good of our environment.
The way all of you (the activists who act in disunity and purported self-indulgence) act, you are no better than the politicians we have today. Public disgust will come if this matter is not solved soon.
KL112: Wong Tack obviously does not know that there are differences between the work of an MP and the work of Himpunan Hijau. Does he intend to be elected so that his voice (the green movement's) can be heard in Parliament?
Then when the Parliament discusses something other than environmental issues, what is he going to do? Just sit there? And so we have a sleeping MP who is waiting for his chance to speak only on environmental issues.
Anonymous #46632038: Many developed countries have a "green party". Perhaps we may add such a fourth party to the Pakatan Rakyat coalition for GE14.
MockingYou: Wong, have it your way then since you're still entitled to your own opinion. Good luck if others in Himpunan Hijau don't see it that way. Whatever it is, I would rather see you win on the DAP ticket though.
Powerstar: It is very simple. If Wong acts as an individual, he decides. If he belongs to a group or a team, then they as a whole, should decide.
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IDF on manoeuvres as Nasrallah hints at war
The IDF's Nahal infantry brigade is carrying out its annual manoeuvres on the Golan Heights.
Traditionally, this is considered tank country, a potential battlefield between Israeli and Syrian armoured formations, but the column of soldiers moving under cover of darkness into dawn attack positions are training for war against another adversary.
"We learnt in the Second Lebanon War that any future battle with Hizbollah will necessitate long night marches," says one of the brigade's commanders. A colonel nods approvingly. "We are reaching a maximum readiness status," he says of the series of gruelling manoeuvres that Nahal, "but it's not connected to any recent developments in the news or whatever Nasrallah is saying. Lebanon and Hizbollah remain a central theatre of operations, whatever happens."
The field officers may claim to be unconcerned about developments in the news but that is not the mood in the higher echelons. Last week, the IDF Chief of Staff's office released some unorthodox comments made by Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi in a meeting with his Canadian counterpart.
Next month's publication of the UN tribunal's report on the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri could "cause serious political implications in Lebanon", said General Ashkenazi, adding that "the organisation may even take over the country". This is just the latest and most overt Israeli statement regarding the increasingly precarious situation of its northern neighbour.
There is no longer any real doubt that the UN tribunal will finger senior Hizbollah officials in the 2005 assassination plot. Hizbollah themselves seem to be certain that they are about to be accused.
A Lebanese newspaper allied with the Shia movement quoted its leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, describing Hizbollah's reactions to the report as "ranging from doing nothing to embarking on a wide path that will cause a major political change with all that means".
American State Secretary Hillary Clinton replied that "Hizbollah should know that resorting once again to violence in Lebanon runs completely counter to the interests of the Lebanese people, the interests of the region, and of the United States. They should also know that if the goal of violence is to stop the tribunal, it won't work."
Israel and the US differ though on the best way to counter Hizbollah. While the Americans are trying to prop up the government of Sayed Hariri by supplying the Lebanese Army with modern equipment, Israel is worried that American arms could eventually find their way into the hands of the pro-Iranian organisation.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A Connecticut man has been charged with making a call during Thanksgiving week in which he falsely claimed an armed man was on the way to shoot up Yale University, police said Wednesday.
Jeffrey Jones, 50, of Westbrook, is charged with falsely reporting an incident, threatening, reckless endangerment, misuse of the emergency 911 system, and breach of peace, New Haven police said.
A 911 call was received Nov. 25, 2013 from a man at a pay phone about a mile from campus who said his roommate was on the way to the university to shoot people. The call prompted a six-hour campus lockdown and a room-by-room search by SWAT teams. No one was injured. Classes weren't in session at the time, but police said many students were still in their dorm rooms.
Police blocked off several streets near the Ivy League university's Old Campus, in the heart of New Haven, and several local schools also were placed in lockdown. The response included several police departments, the FBI, and other federal agencies, police said.
Surveillance footage of the man believed to have made the call showed he walked with a distinctive gait. On Dec. 6, detectives spotted a man matching the suspect's description who walked with a similar gait who identified himself as Jones, police said.
Jones referred to the Newtown school shooting, saying "all those kids died in Newtown. You're not doing (expletive) about that," police said.
The Yale hoax occurred on the same day that prosecutors released an official report on the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, in which 20 children and six educators were killed.
Police said they obtained a voice recording of Jones with his attorney present that matched that of the person who made the 911 call.
Jones was also charged in January with attempt to commit criminal mischief after police said he placed nails under the tires of police cruisers and personal vehicles owned by police officers.
The November hoax call came several weeks after a scare on another Connecticut campus. Central Connecticut State University was locked down for several hours Nov. 4, 2013 after reports by witnesses of a masked man carrying a gun or sword, which turned out to be a student wearing a ninja-like Halloween costume.


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Wallace says he's 'ready to roll'
Mike Wallace is one of the NFL's fastest players, yet the Steelers' main priority less than two weeks before opening their season is getting their game-changing wide receiver up to speed.
That means rushing him full-tilt into Todd Haley's offense, which Ben Roethlisberger warned will still require learning at midseason. That means getting him enough contact and route running during four practices next week that he'll be ready Sept. 9 in Denver, an important game that could reveal how good the Steelers will be coming off consecutive 12-4 seasons.
His 35-day holdout finally over, it's full speed ahead for Wallace.
"My teammates need me. It's time to get ready for the season. I felt like it was time to go," Wallace said Tuesday after signing his $2.742 million tender for 2012. "I am ready to roll. I am here."
The Steelers won't negotiate contracts during a season, so Wallace has less than two weeks to secure a long-term deal; otherwise, he will play out the season and become an unrestricted free agent. Wallace said only, "I am not worried about contracts."
But, as Ryan Clark said, "You don't want to be embarrassed. As a receiver, you don't want to go out there and drop balls, you don't want to run the wrong route. I think Mike's going to have that frame of mind. If he wants to get the type of contract he's searching for, he's going to have to play well. It's going to be about Mike Wallace showing the world and showing the league."
Multiple teammates insisted they're not angry that Wallace missed all those hot-weather practices in Latrobe and months of preparation dating to last spring. Fellow wide receiver Antonio Brown said, "It's why we're all here. It's a business first."
Wallace reviewed his playbook periodically over the phone with wide receivers coach Scottie Montgomery while working out in Florida, although Emmanuel Sanders said, "He's definitely not familiar with some of the concepts."
"You're talking about a guy who's a wide receiver, a pass catcher," Haley said. "It's not like a running back who really has to be in the action of the game. … His job is to run fast and catch the football, and he's been doing a lot of that. Obviously, the game speed, and hits and tackling and things like that, we'll have to beat him up a little bit next week."
After the Steelers conclude the preseason Thursday against Carolina, they won't practice again until Monday.
"To me, it's about how much work Mike has been putting in on his own in the playbook," Roethlisberger said. "I know he's been working out physically, but mentally, has he been working out?"
Haley has experience in getting players ready in little time after they were picked up near the start of a season.
"The big thing will be some of the situational football, the no-huddle and two minute (drill)," Haley said. "We'll have to be cramming to get him to have a full understanding, because obviously if we can have him out there (in Denver), we'd like to have him out there."
Wallace had much to prove even before he held out. After starting last season with three consecutive 100-yard games, he had only one more in the next 13 games. He was limited to 26 yards receiving in the playoff loss in Denver.
Wallace's first three seasons statistically (171 catches, 3,206 yards, 24 touchdowns) are among the best for any NFL receiver over the last 30 seasons. That's why Roethlisberger believes this was a test drive that was worth the extended wait.
"It's kind of like the parents getting you a new car, but it has to sit in the driveway because you don't have any insurance. Once you get that insurance, you can take it out for a ride," Roethlisberger said. "We're excited to get him out there and rolling."
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The Footballers' Football Show will deal with the issue of addiction on this week's show - and whether the game is doing enough to help players with problems.
Former Leeds and Liverpool defender Dominic Matteo - who blew £1m gambling - and ex Bristol City, Cardiff and Swindon forward Christian Roberts - whose alcohol addiction cost him his career - will join host David Jones in the studio to discuss their experiences.
They'll discuss how and why their problems began, what life was like coping with those issues at the same time as trying to perform to the best of their ability on the field, and what inspired them to turn their lives around.
The pair will also reflect on how they found the solution to their problems; while Matteo was able to quit his habit following the birth of his daughter, Roberts turned to the support of the Sporting Chance Clinic.
Set up by former Arsenal and England defender Tony Adams over a decade ago, the Sporting Chance Clinic was the first facility designed to help athletes cope with their off-field problems.
Current CEO Colin Bland will also be in the studio to explain what the clinic provides, the problems athletes come to them with, and suggest changes the FA can make to their current set-up to better-support players who find themselves in the same position as Matteo or Roberts.
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Here's Mischa Barton smoking up in St. Tropez yesterday and, listen, I've got absolutely nothing against pot. Smoke if you got 'em. But can we maybe find somebody else to be the celebrity poster-child for marijuana use? I mean, sure, she's on a yacht and it's (theoretically) all so glamorous and exciting, but I can't help but think young people are seeing this and wondering if weed will turn them into a lumbering cellulite monster with a flat-lined career. Is that really the message we want to be sending here? Sleep on it.
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Thursday, October 26, 2006
Of sprained ankles and spirituality
The sprain has occurred during a time in my life that stress is reaching all time highs as I'm studying for exams, writing term papers, preparing for hajj, applying for jobs, and working on getting certified to sit for the bar. And I don't handle stress well.
But with each painful step, and each sideways glance, I am reminded that this pain is temporary. For many, such pain, such sideways glances of pity and curiosity never fade. Though the pain makes me walk slower its giving me a reminder of perspective. As though God tapped me and said, "Um hello. Are you seriously feeling sorry for yourself when I have blessed you with the privilege to worry about such things? "
There was a time in my life that I looked at everything as a blessing. A hurt or a loss was a challenge from God that He knew I could handle and work through. A kind smile or opportunity, a pat on the back. Somewhere along the way this perspective slipped through my fingers, and I've been sifting though the sand to find it again. This sprained ankle is making me realize that just as I'm walking painfully one step at a time, icing it, compressing it, elevating it, and doing what I need to do to slowly heal and regain my gait, I must slowly begin working to regain my spirituality, for perspective and spirituality go hand in hand and through painfully building it up again bit by bit, eventually it may become whole again.
"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful." -Buddha
27 comments:
wonderful post. Perspective is imperative in life. Thanks for your response on the prior post.
- 2:09 PM, October 26, 2006
I'm sorry you're feeling stressed. Just step back, take a deep breath, and maybe even a day off (yes, without studying at all), and hopefully, you'll come back feeling refreshed after that! So, did you end up taking that gov job? Is that why you're so busy?
- 2:28 PM, October 26, 2006
- Shabina said...
aw, sorry to hear about your ankle. iA even if ramadan didn't help with the whole perspective thing, hajj will. praay for me and, well...you know :)
- 3:32 PM, October 26, 2006
- Aisha said...
Anon, thanks!
Rasha, thank you for advice :) No I ended up not taking the job and I'm very glad I made that decision because its very busy as it is.
Shabina well Ramadan is always great but the persepctive thing is more than just that though. And yes yo'ure in my duaas :)
- 3:52 PM, October 26, 2006
- Maleeha said...
Aww gosh, I'm sorry you're going through that! I feel you on the stress sista. Man, do I feel you. And I havent even touched the bar exam stuff yet. I'm afraid I'm going to miss out on some deadline b/c I'm in denial that I have to take it. I just cant accept it.
- 7:08 PM, October 26, 2006
- Living Away said...
Dear Aisha!
Take care! Our body has a clever way of telling us that we need to slow down
- 8:45 PM, October 26, 2006
- William Smith said...
I never read one of your posts without getting at least a smile from the experience. I find your attitude and writing wonderfully refreshing. In a world filled with so much pain and suffering it's great to find one with so much to offer. Best wishes and I hope you heal quickly. Thanks Again! Oh, by the way, in case you were wondering, I'm hardly prone to false praise as I'm sure you know from reading my blog. I tell it like I see it and I find your writing uplifting to the point were I eagerly look forward to every new item. Please don't ever stop!
- 9:40 PM, October 26, 2006
- mystic-soul said...
Aisha 2 things
1) Are you doing any thing for your sprain? I mean any medical help..?... Why don't you ask your husband or any friend for a ride. Climbing 6 floors on stairs with sprained ankle would be insane.
2) (Let me be blunt) - sub kuch saath kerna zaroori hai kiya?.
- 11:15 PM, October 26, 2006
- mezba said...
Oh I hope you are ok. Once, long time ago, I nearly tumbled down a flight of stairs but thankfully my cardigan got caught in the railing and held fast, so preventing my fall. At that moment I could have sworn I saw my life flash before my eyes.
Pray for us when you go for hajj, will you? Did you apply for the visa and everything? I heard that's a saga in itself.
- 9:15 AM, October 27, 2006
- Tee said...
First, just picturing anyone spraining their ankle makes my stomach drop and my toes go numb. That's such an odd and horrible sensation when your foot just flips over like that.
I hope you've been taking care to keep it elevated all those hours sitting in class. Some OTC pain reliever and ice/heat will provide some relief as well.
I loved the line about how the optimistic perspective was lost in the sand and you have to sift through to find it again. Eloquent. That's exactly how it is because I've felt it lately, too. Sifting through sand is made difficult because even as you pull back a handful, the walls keep caving in, making it particularly frustrating.
It sounds like you're getting there though. {HUG}
- 10:19 AM, October 27, 2006
OUCH. hope ur ok
- 10:58 AM, October 27, 2006
- Aisha said...
Maleeha, I know, :( its stressful. I hate Evidence btw. Regarding bar application. Its not due till later but the certificatin of fitness is due December 1 in Georgia. If you plan to sit for the bar you might want to check out the timings for the fitness deadlines. The requirements (at least in Georgia) are brutal.
Living Away, I agree. :) I felt like my body punished me for stressing it out! lol.
William, thank you very much for your kind words :). Again, not sure if I'm worthy of such high praise, but it is apreciated and gives me motivation to continue posting.
Mystic, thanks for your concern. I am doing what my friend (doctor) advised and alhamdullilah I got a ride to take me up to my parking space. What do you mean with the second question? Maybe I didnt understand it.
Mezba, any specific prayer? If you want, send me an email and let me know.
Tee, its my first sprained ankle and its NOT FUN :(. And yes it really lis like it slipped through the sand. I'm glad you understood why I used that analogy and that you could relate. :) I knew you would!
Anon. thanks. I'm ok. Just hobbling. Its annoying. But what can you do...
- 2:18 PM, October 27, 2006
- mystic-soul said...
What I meant...Do you need to finish everything in one time..like bar exam, job application, hajj..
Do one at a time. Or need to be done together ?
- 2:57 PM, October 27, 2006
- Aisha said...
Well outside of hajj, yes everything has to be done now. B/c bar is done upon graduatin, studying must be done to graduate, and jobs are needed after graduation too. They all are needed. And hajj is important to be done now too b/c we dont have kids and b/c I'm a student I have the december vacation off and wont hav eto take time off work. Its the most convenient time I suppose. But It will be done in due time... insh'allah :) I mean... it has to be done... so it will.. insh'allah.
- 4:04 PM, October 27, 2006
- Enyur said...
*ouch!* I just read your previous posts, and man oh man, you've had quite a few things happening! The falling dishwasher, the crazy garage birdie, the 'quarter thief' and a sprained ankle *yikes!*
Hope that ankle heals quickly! Good luck on your exams!
- 10:02 PM, October 27, 2006
- Baji said...
So true, so true.
Take care of yourelf because all the signs of stress are oozing out in every direction.
- 3:20 AM, October 28, 2006
- Jane said...
Sorry you injured yourself. I think it is admirable that you are able to put it in perspective and not feel sorry for yourself. However I've had a sprained ankle and it does hurt. You are allowed a bit of wallowing for it. Indulge.
- 6:00 AM, October 28, 2006
- mystic-soul said...
We can't do much but will pray for sure.
- 2:26 PM, October 28, 2006
ur blog rocks... like ur writing...
take care...
love for all...
- 5:41 PM, October 28, 2006
OH MY...I hope you feel better Aisha. Thanks for the reminder to see God in ALL things. See you soon!
- 7:59 PM, October 28, 2006
- estarz said...
Ouch! Hope you are feeling better! Excellent outlook on life.
- 11:22 PM, October 28, 2006
- Saadia said...
Yeah I loved your last paragraph. During the first para I was wondering why you are whining so much, but it came together with eloquent self-realization at the end. Keep it up, and try soaking your feet in iodine salts and hot water maybe.
- 1:49 AM, October 29, 2006
- say what? said...
and den?
- 9:37 AM, October 29, 2006
- Aisha said...
Enyur, thanks for your well wishes. Glad to see ya around :)
Baji, thanks dear. do you think the ankle came from stess too? :(
Jane, well, the first tday, if you were to ask Kashif, he will attest to the fact that I certainly wallowed. lol. this was written on Thursday, three days later after I got a grip of perspective :)
Mystic, aw thanks :)
Daud, welcome and thanks :)
TOI!!!!! Toi commented on my blog!! :) Thanks, I can't wait for our hang out soon.
Estarz, long time no see. Thanks :)
Saadia, thanks for the advice. I keep it wrapped and elevated. Its definitely bette. the ankle is not hurting as much as the ligament that runs the side of the foot is hurting.
Say what???? Where have you been?!
Den what? kya? :-/
- 1:11 PM, October 29, 2006
- Minka said...
°Wow, that does not sound good, you reallu have to try to relax in all the stress. I know it is hard, especially when everythign is going on at the same time, but we have to take care of ourselves. Believe you me, life at the moment is so excititing for me, that I can´t find enough time to sleep...yesterday I almost fell asleep driving! Not so good...this is where I take myself to bed and sleep in...
- 6:31 PM, October 29, 2006
- wayfarer said...
I didn't know you were preparing to go on Hajj! How exciting! Sorry to hear about the ankle...
- 10:19 AM, October 30, 2006
- Sohnii said...
Mubarak about the hajj!!!
I absolutely love this post, and absolutely absolutely love your perspective on life. I used to think that way too before I lost it since a 2 maybe 3 years ago. And I have no idea how to get my perspective back. I feel lost without it. Any ideas on what to do?
- 11:34 AM, October 30, 2006


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LIKE everyone, I love the good old days, but I am also inspired by the new and the latest. The ''latest'' this week in the world of politics was the white paper on the Asian Century.
The Friday readers of this column know that we've been on about that for four years. The burgeoning middle class of Asia was identified as an emerging global power house years before Ken Henry's white paper.
Just a few months ago we talked about its parallel with Sir Robert Menzies' vision of the ''forgotten people'' - the Australian middle class, which drove Australia's wealth over the past 50 years and created the world's 12th-biggest economy with its 51st biggest population.
The same is happening with our neighbours. The government's white paper revealed what smart businesses have known for ages.
Marketers in particular, are excited by the prospect that China will become the world's biggest advertising market by 2030, relegating the great home of advertising, the United States, to No. 2, with India rising fast just behind China.
Our own company has been extending its links into the Asian market to the point where we recently merged into the giant Dentsu company from Japan.
White papers can help focus a nation's attention, but they are only worth the paper they are written on if they don't turn into red tape. Freedom and confidence to act is everything if we are to have a bright future.
Too often we get caught up in negative comparisons between the old and new. The smart people in marketing have always known that nostalgia and adventurous anticipation can live happily together. Just look at the success of Smooth FM with its timeless music mix. And the born-again Mini. And the sellout seasons of ''oldies'' such as South Pacific.
But in TV land - or free TV, as it is called - our rush for the ''new'' seems to have caused us to lose touch with the great possibilities of ''live'' TV.
I'm grateful for a recent note from Mike McColl-Jones, who notched up more than 8000 live shows and was one of the greatest comedy writers for live television in its golden years. He, along with others, wrote for the king of television, Graham Kennedy.
Mike points out that when TV started we were told that the cinema would die.
The same was said of AM radio when FM arrived. But the ''live'' AM formats are all powerful again.
Now we hear that free-to-air TV is finished. It's not. It's just going through telepause.
Mike and I reckon that free-to-air could really bounce back with a new generation of live TV.
We might be right. Only sport and the news are mostly live these days, yet increasing numbers of free-to-air TV viewers watch recorded episodes of forensic crime and cooking competitions while engaging with live experiences on their laptops.
As Mike points out, there is something magical and exciting about live TV.
The great TV variety shows had one golden rule - whatever went to air had to be live. If there was a disaster, the viewers would see it as it happened. When a Darrod's Wheel contestant wet herself with excitement, when Don Lane told James Randi to ''piss off'', when ''Won'' Casey and Normie Rowe had a punch up on Midday with Mike Walsh, when Graham Kennedy did the crow call, when Bert Newton mispronounced Kentucky Fried Chicken, when Mike Willesee slurred some words after a long lunch, we all saw - and we all loved it.
People still want the excitement, but in an environment they know and trust.
The same is true for politics and our nation's future.
Even Louise, a Labor fan, admits she had a reluctant trust in John Howard's steadiness and our committed Liberal, Charlie, thought the economy was in safe hands with ''Hawkie'' - and he was right.
So what's this week's job ?
Find what's trusted and true and bring it back for an exciting tomorrow.


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Palm Grove Villa 1419, Nevis, West Indies
Villa 1419 is set within the within lush mature landscaped gardens of Palm Grove on the first fairway, this two-bedroom villa can be your Caribbean Cottage. With breathtaking views of Mt. Nevis, this cozy residence offers privacy and seclusion yet is just minutes away from the resort and beach. A resort within the resort, 1419 features an oversized pool, perfect for swimming laps or entertaining friends and family.
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Unlike the limited Emancipation Proclamation, the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution declared freedom for all persons in the country by declaring slavery illegal. Its passage marked the end of Civil War and a new era for the re-unified nation.
Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
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This week at MIX, the RIA Services team has put out two releases:
Download available here. This MSI is also included with the Silverlight 5 Beta Tools. Note: you cannot have both SP1 and SP2 installed on your machine. Installing SP2 will upgrade your machine from SP1 to SP2.
This is a Preview-quality release and does not include a Go-Live license. Here's what you'll find within this release:
Download available here. Or use the NuGet packages shown below. The Linq To SQL DomainService and the ASP.NET Web Forms controls are only available through the MSI.
This is a new drop of the Toolkit, replacing the December 2010 version. This version of the Toolkit works for both WCF RIA Services SP1 and SP2, and both Silverlight 4 and Silverlight 5. Here is what you'll find in this new drop:
As an alternative to the Toolkit MSI, we are now also publishing NuGet packages for many of the features found in the Toolkit. This allows you to install the package directly into your project without installing the MSI on your machine. For more information about NuGet, check out the official NuGet website. All of our NuGet packages are prefixed with "RIAServices." and here is what you can find out there today:
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HiCan I use SP1 and SP2 side by side on one Developer Machine?
No, SP1 and SP2 cannot be installed side-by-side.
Are there any updates to using RIA with EF 4.1 Code First in SP2? Just curious if there's any plans to enable RIA to see "Data Annotations" for validation through the Fluent Interface. I'd love to be able to keep mapping and Validation all in one mapping class.Thanks!
I am able to NuGet all the above packages within VS 2010 Ultimate except for the ViewModel and JQuery packages. With ViewModel I get the following first error when executing the install through the Package Manager Console. {MySolution Foldere}\RIAServices.ViewModel.4.1.60411.0\lib\Sl40\Microsoft.Windows.Data.DomainServices.dll could not be found in your workspace, or you do not have permission to access it. This error is followed by many others. Any ideas what is causing this?
Have you implemented Domain Service class as a partial class from the wizard yet?
The "Microsoft.Windows.Data.DomainServices.dll could not be found" is probably transient, and you've probably had other errors in Visual Studio. Restarting Visual Studio should fix that.
Did anyone figure out why microsoft.windows.data.domainservices has gone away?I try to add it back to an old project and I can't find it.
What happened to microsoft.windows.data.domainservices? I have installed latest versions of both RIA and RIA Toolkit, but this assembly is still missing.Is there error in release? Or it was removed on purpose?Thx for answer
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jan. 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Cruise.com announced that it has been awarded Royal Caribbean's Online Agency of the Year in 2013 for generating extraordinary growth in sales, continuous partnership support and innovative marketing efforts. Royal Caribbean's Loyal to Royal Travel Agent Partners of the Year awards recognize top performing travel agent partners and their loyalty and commitment to the cruise line.
Cruise.com offers exceptional personal service and exceptional value to the cruising public. "We differentiate ourselves from standard online agencies. In addition to quality service, expert advice, and the most value for your money, we also offer additional benefits such as consumer webinars, ship tours and an outstanding mobile app which are all designed to enhance the overall cruise experience," said Anthony Hamawy, President. "We think of ourselves as a traditional agency that operates within a virtual environment."
"We are thrilled to award Cruise.com with our Loyal to Royal Online Partner of the Year for 2013. Cruise.com has consistently been a loyal advocate for our brand and has done an exceptional job selling the unique experience you can on find on Royal Caribbean," said Joanne Schimelman, Vice President, Sales & National Accounts, Royal Caribbean International.
"We are honored to be Royal Caribbean's Online Partner of the Year," said Anthony Hamawy, Cruise.com, Inc. president. "We consider Royal Caribbean to be an exceptional business partner with whom we have forged a long-term strategy for success."
Cruise.com was also recently awarded MSC Cruises Online Partner of the Year in 2013. Travelers interested in booking their cruise can contact Cruise.com at 866-401-0895 or visit their website at www.cruise.com.
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Established in 1998, Cruise.com is one of the Internet's largest cruise specialists. Cruise.com offers comprehensive itineraries and ship details for more than 70 cruise lines worldwide and is one of the top sellers of cruises on the Internet. Cruise.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of Omega World Travel, Inc.
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Talks set to give broadcaster clear runChris Roots
Published: October 10 2012 - 3:00AM
THE impasse on forming a new board for TVN should be resolved in Melbourne on Monday, clearing the way for the broadcaster to acquire the rights to all race meetings in NSW.
Representatives of Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club will meet with Racing Victoria and the Victorian stakeholders of the broadcaster. ''That meeting will finalise any outstanding matters and we should to be able to move forward after it,'' Racing NSW chief executive Peter V'landys said yesterday.
The Herald revealed on Monday the power struggle for control of the new TVN board. There are concerns about Victoria Racing Club chairman Michael Burn and Melbourne Racing Club chairman Michael Symons taking seats on the board after they previously did contract work for TVN.
The TVN board has been operating in caretaker mode for more than three months and cannot sign the deal until a permanent board is in place.
TVN is 50 per cent owned by the Melbourne metropolitan race clubs and Country Racing Victoria and the other half by the ATC.
The meeting should establish an eight-member board, including Bob Scarborough, from Moonee Valley, and Racing Victoria chief executive Bernard Saundry, representing the industry and Country Racing Victoria. There will be a strong push from all stakeholders to have Burn and Symons on the board.
The ATC board representatives will be chief executive Darren Pearce and Laurie Macri, and Racing NSW will have two seats, one of which is expected to be filled by V'landys.
Meanwhile, the ATC and Racing NSW boards held a joint meeting yesterday in a bid to resolve the funding issue preventing a start on the $1.7 million resurfacing of the Kensington track at Randwick.
Pearce said the meeting was under strict confidence, especially about the StrathAyr surface for the Kensington track. But V'landys said the ATC would have to make a formal approach to the racing regulator.
''I think we all understand each other a lot better after the meeting,'' V'landys said.
''[Racing NSW] is now waiting for a letter from the ATC and we will respond to it in due course.''
John Singleton's report on the future of central coast racing is due to be presented to Racing NSW this week. It will be passed to the Wyong and Gosford clubs for comment before going to the Racing NSW board meeting on November 15. It is expected to recommend closure of one club.
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/horseracing/talks-set-to-give-broadcaster-clear-run-20121009-27bcs.html


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Ready to go again: Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review by parddr
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Destination: Eastern Caribbean
Embarkation: Miami
I rented a Mercedes coach limo (Broward Limo) to pick us up at MIA. I recommend them highly. We were going on the cruise to celebrate my parents 50th wedding anniversary and their very first cruise. I had arranged for a tour of Miami, South Beach, and shopping areas. Our driver (Paul) took us over to a park where we could see Liberty of the Seas and other cruise ships on that Saturday docked. After the tour and picture opps we headed to the hotel. Our rooms weren't quite ready yet so we headed over to Bayside Marketplace. We had lunch overlooking the marina and did some shopping. After a quick thunderstorm we went over to the hotel. We checked in and went up to the More rooms. They were clean, a little dated but all 3 were fine for the 1 night. We didn't find it noisy at night like some other people had talked about.
Sunday morning - There she was. In all her glory. Waiting for us to get on her.
We had a shuttle (KMG) arranged thru the bellman to pick us up at 10:00am. We headed over, through checkin and on the ship by 11:30.
I must admit. This was my 6th cruise (1st on RCCL). I was so excited for my parents & everyone else to see the ship than I was. I kind of new what to expect. I had seen and heard so much on CC that it was like I had already been on it.
Everyone was in awe. It was like a floating resort. The Promenade, all of the public spaces were just amazing. We just walked around for the longest time checking out every inch. We finally headed up to the windjammer and had some lunch. It was good but I think everyone was looking forward to seeing the cabins. At about 1 we head to the 7th floor. I had my parents room decorated with the Anniversary Package and it was great. Very nice. My 9 yr old nephew went down before anyone else because since it was father's day when we got on the ship he wanted to put a sign on his Daddy's and his PopPop's door. I had printed up 2 signs for that before I left home and carried them with me.
We all had balcony cabins and our cabin steward open the outside partitions so it made 1 gigantic balcony. It was great. My brothers room had a pullman that came out of the ceiling. My nephew is 9 and he loved it. It was put up every morning and brought down everynight. My dad was like a little kid at the sailaway from Miami. He just couldn't get over the fact that he was finally here and going on his first cruise.
We were in Issac's dining room. Our table staff was great. I had arranged for a cake to be brought to my parents the first formal night and that went off without a hitch. My husband ordered the 7 btl diamond wine package prior to sailing. He loved it. They brought the list to him everynight for him to choose from. I think I have to agree with alot of people. The food in the Dining Room was not that good. I loved the cold soups. My nephew would taste mine loved them and he would order it. The steaks were really bad. Very tough.
We loved the islands. We went on a cruise in December with my husbands family to the very same islands.
San Juan - We walked around the town and over to a fort. It was great weather and the views were great from high above. We got some good pics. Getting off the ship though was a different story. We stood in the stairwells for a long time. It was a mass exit of people all at the same time and I really didn't think it was handled very well. We docked at 3:00 and my parents had an excursion at 3:30. They were having a terrible time getting off. They need to work on making sure people with excursions get off the ship first.
St. Thomas - Great as usual. My brothers family went on the Dolphin Discovery in Tortola. They loved it. Very highly recommended if you have kids.
We choose to spend the day with my parents. We went on the "Ultimate Island Experience" excursion that included a couple of hours at Magen's Bay, then Bleackbeards castle. We had enough after Magen's Bay. We ditched the tour and took a taxi into town for some lunch and shopping. And boy am I glad we did. We had lunch at Tavern on the Waterfront, with Jake the waiter, and I recommend the champagne and mango frozen drink. GOOD. After that we went shopping. My dad surprised by mom with buying her a new all the way around diamond wedding band and a blue diamond ring. We had a great time helping her pick them out. The casino was very good to me all week so I bought myself a diamond starfish necklace. St. Maarten - Some of us beached it at Oyster Bay, took tours of the island and my husband and I did the Rhino Riders. By the time we got done I felt like I had been beat up. Where they took us riding was very rough so you got banged around alot.
It was hard to believe we were on our way to back to Miami. We were all hoping that the captain would take his time getting there.
We all had such a wonderful time on this ship. From the flowrider, mini golf, adventure ocean to the dancing in the streets. It could not have been better.
It gave me such great joy seeing my parents on this trip. My dad and mom loved sitting out on balcony watching sailaway from the different ports. They just couldn't get enough pictures of the ship, the color of the water and just how much they were enjoying themselves. They never wanted to go on a cruise. So when they said yes to this back last September I was very nervous that they would cancel. On this trip, they just kept saying "I can't believe we waited this long to do this". They have since told me that it was the best vacation they have ever been on. They are ready to go again. Who knows, we may be back on Freedom, same cabins, same dining room just a different itinerary. Less
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Cabin review: E27302 Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom with Balcony
E2 cabins had plenty of closet space, shelf and the room had plenty of drawer space. Quiet location.Read All Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom with Balcony (E2) Reviews >>
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