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The San Luigi Orders comprise four interrelated entities; the Orders of the Crown of Thorns, of the Lion and the Black Cross, and of Antioch; together with the Grand Prix Humanitaire de France et des Colonies which is the Cross of Merit of the Order of the Crown of Thorns.
The Orders of the Crown of Thorns and of the Lion and the Black Cross are Orders of Chivalry according to the historic definition of that term. They were revived and founded respectively by the first Prince-Abbot of San Luigi on 15 October 1883, during his period of effective sovereignty in the Fezzan. The Order of Antioch is a religious order and is described separately.
From 1960 onwards each order was placed under a High Protector. In the case of the Order of the Crown of Thorns, this was the late King Peter II of Yugoslavia and since his death in 1970 this position has been left vacant in his memory. The Order of the Lion and the Black Cross appointed as its High Protector the Crown Prince of Japan, now H.I.M. Emperor Akihito. The Order of Antioch appointed as its High Protector H.I.R.H. Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, who died in 1994, since when this position has been vacant.
Since 2012, H.M. the Omukama of Bunyoro-Kitara has been a Royal Patron of the Order of the Crown of Thorns and the Order of the Lion and the Black Cross. H.S.H. the Most Revd. Prince Kermit de Polanie-Patrikios also served as a Royal Patron of the San Luigi Orders until his death in 2015.
In addition, the Prince-Abbot of San Luigi is responsible for the protection of several other Orders which are listed below, and in his capacity of Head of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios is Prince Grand Master of the dynastic orders of that House, known as the Royal Byelorussian Orders (consisting of The Royal Order of the Imperial Crown of Byelorussia, The Order of the Golden Cross of Miensk, The Byzantine Order of Leo V the Armenian and The Order of Merit of Leszek II), which are bestowed occasionally.
>>The Royal Byelorussian Orders
The High Protectorate
High Protector of the Order of the Crown of Thorns
The late H.M. King Peter II of Yugoslavia
>>King Peter II and the Abbey-Principality of San Luigi
High Protector of the Order of the Lion and the Black Cross
H.I.M. Emperor Akihito of Japan
High Protector of the Order of Antioch
The late H.I.R.H. Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
The Royal Patron
Royal Patron of the Orders of the Crown of Thorns and of the Lion and the Black Cross
H.M. Rukirabasaija Agutamba Solomon Gafabusa Iguru I
49th Omukama of the Kingdom of Bunyoro-Kitara
>>Profile and further information
The Prince Grand Master
Prince Grand Master of the San Luigi Orders
H.S.H. Edmond III
8th Prince-Abbot and 6th Mukungu of San Luigi
>>Profile and further information
Membership of the San Luigi Orders is conferred by the Prince Grand Master following either a personal invitation extended by the Grand Magistry or the recommendation of individuals of high standing by existing members.
>>Information for existing members
The San Luigi Orders
(1) The Sovereign, Chivalrous, Noble and Religious Order of the Crown of Thorns (L'Ordre Souverain, Chevaleresque, Nobilaire et Religieux de la Couronne d'Epines)
A full history of this Order, which is a revival of an earlier mediaeval entity, is given on a separate page:
>>Full history of the Order of the Crown of Thorns
In the modern era, the Order was re-established on 1 June 1891 on the authority of the Syrian Orthodox Patriarch, His Beatitude Ignatius Peter III/IV, who was also responsible for authorizing the consecration to the Episcopate of the fifth Prince-Abbot, Archbishop Joseph-René Vilatte (Mar Timotheos, Prince-Abbot Joseph III), in 1892. The petitioner for this authority (who had submitted his petition over a decade earlier, in 1880) was the Revd. Gaston Jean Fercken (1855-1930) who was a priest in the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America and worked closely with Prince-Abbot Joseph III during the early years of the Order. In 1892, the 1922 History relates, "Patriarch Ignatius Peter III, the successor of St Peter, sent for Mar Timotheus I, who had been consecrated metropolitan archbishop for work amongst the Orthodox Catholics in America by Julius I, Archbishop of the Syrian Church in Ceylon, in accordance with the Bulls issued by the Patriarch, and conferred upon him the Grand Mastership of the Order of the Crown of Thorns, and intrusted to him the regulations of the Order." Whether or not this act was undertaken with Fercken's knowledge and consent is not clear. In any case, on 30 May 1893, Fercken resigned the Grand Mastership so far as he was concerned in favour of Mgr. Vilatte.
Meanwhile, a separate Order of the Crown of Thorns had been founded together with the Order of the Lion and the Black Cross by Prince-Abbot Henrice on 15 October 1883. By decision of Prince-Abbot Joseph III, who was consecrated by the Syrian Orthodox Church and therefore accorded primacy to the 1891 Order under the authority of the Patriarch, this branch was absorbed into the 1891 Order when both came under the same headship in 1899.
The Order has as its aims (1) to defend the Christian Ideology, Tradition and Cultural Inheritance; (2) to preserve the best ideals of Knighthood of past centuries and the noble spiritual virtues of the Knights Templar; and (3) to help forward the complete re-establishment of the Abbey of San Luigi, and any charitable works under its Patronage. The Order also has the aim of rewarding persons who have distinguished themselves in defence of the Church, of humanity, or in philanthropic work initiated by the Order and have shown a Christian spirit, a clean life and a noble example. Membership of the Order is confined to baptised Christians who accept the Nicene Creed in its natural interpretation.
The Statutes of the Order, which give full details of its protocols for membership and related activities, can be read here.
The historic Statutes of the Order issued under Prince-Abbot Joseph III in 1900, 1922 and the additions effective in 1938 are all in the possession of the Abbey-Principality, and can be read on the historic documents page.
(2) The Sovereign, Knightly and Noble Order of the Lion and the Black Cross (L'Ordre Souverain, Chevaleresque et Noble du Lion et de la Croix Noire), also known as the Order of the Lion and the Black Star.
This Order of Chivalry was founded by the first Prince-Abbot of San Luigi, Revd. Fr. Dom Henrice Pacomez, on 15 October 1883. The symbolic Lion represented is the Lion of Judah, which overcomes the Cross in its act of salvation.
It has as its aims (1) to unite together those who accept the ancient standards of Chivalry; (2) to help forward the complete re-establishment of the Abbey-Principality of San Luigi in the Fezzan, and any charitable works under its Patronage; (3) to reward those who have distinguished themselves in the service of mankind or of the Orders of the Abbey-Principality, without distinction as to race or creed. It is thus open both to Christians and to non-Christians.
The Statutes of the Order, which give full details of its protocols for membership and related activities, can be read here.
The original Statutes of the Order, published in 1899 under Prince-Abbot Joseph III, and their revision in 1934-35 are in the possession of the Abbey-Principality and can be read on the historic documents page.
(3) The Order of Antioch
This Order was planned by Prince-Abbot Joseph III de San Luigi and organized in 1928 by Archbishop the Hon. Frederick E.J. Lloyd, Primate of the American Catholic Church and a former member of the House of Representatives for the State of Illinois. It is a religious order originally open only to bishops (now also open to priests and deacons) who can establish their Apostolic Succession from the Syrian Orthodox Church.
After the death of Archbishop Lloyd in 1933 the Order developed under the leadership of the Rt. Revds. Dr Howard Ellsworth Mather and Dr. Frank Dyer. Dr Dyer in the 1920s built what is now the Wilshire United Methodist Church, a California historical monument. In June 1963 the legal title to the Order was inherited from Dr Dyer by Prince-Abbot Edmond II de San Luigi.
The Order was at one point the principal gathering-point of clergy of the Vilatte succession, and today continues to admit to membership those who serve in the churches that descend from his foundations. Its activities are described in the Ecclesia section of this website.
(4) Le Grand Prix Humanitaire de France et des Colonies
This award was established on 18 September 1892 by M. Charles Leroy and subsequently became attached to the San Luigi Orders in 1899 as part of the transfer of Prince-Abbot Louis-François, when it was designated as the Cross of Merit of the Order of the Crown of Thorns, this being confirmed in the succession document in favour of Prince-Abbot Edmond I of 1923. A description is given in the statutes of that Order from the 1930s, and in the 1953 history of the Orders. This award was originally intended to honour those who had strived in the service of saving human life "to save their fellow rescuers and particularly at sea." Subsequently, its scope was expanded to an award limited to a maximum of ten per year and usually four or less. The Grand Prix was formerly under the Patronage of the late Sawai Man Singh II, the last Maharajah of Jaipur.
With its attachment to the San Luigi Orders in 1899, the Grand Prix Humanitaire de France et des Colonies acquired an international character and ceased to be purely a French award. Although it preserves its original title, today the present-day Grand Prix has no organizational connection with the French Republic or its former colonies, and is a purely commemorative and chivalric award.
It is not possible to apply for this award, which is conferred rarely and with an annual limit on the number of recipients. Nominations of deserving candidates may be made to the Prince-Abbot by existing members of the San Luigi Orders.
The Statutes of the Grand Prix can be read here.
The Order of the Sacred Cup
The Holy and Blessed Order of the Sacred Cup is a religious fraternity of men with a chivalric character founded in Grafton, West Virginia, on 1 August 1970 under charter from Patriarch Peter II of Byelorussia with Apostolic Blessings from the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Benediktos I, and has since received Apostolic Blessings from his successor Diodoros I and other Orthodox hierarchs. It is Christian and ecumenical in nature, and is conferred in the single rank of knight (K.S.C.) Women and members of non-Christian faiths may be admitted as honorary members.
The Protectorates
The Royal Byelorussian Protectorate of the Orthodox Order of the Knights Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem
The Sovereign Orthodox Order of the Knights Hospitaller of St John of Jerusalem is a direct descendant of the world's oldest order of chivalry. Founded around 1023 by Blessed Gerard Thom to provide care for poor, sick and injured pilgrims to the Holy Land, it was associated with an Amalfitan hospital in Jerusalem. In 1798, Czar Paul I of Russia was elected Grand Master and created the Russian Grand Priory, from which the Protectorate descends. The present character of the Protectorate is that of an ecumenical and extraterritorial Christian ecclesiastical community under the aegis of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios.
The Royal Byelorussian Protectorate of the Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem
The present-day Military and Hospitaller Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem looks back to an ancient origin. At some time after 1098, the crusaders at the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem founded this order of chivalry at a leper hospital. The founding knights were themselves lepers, and they devoted their order to the treatment of those with the disease. Following the end of the protection of the Order by the King of France, canonical re-organization occurred in 1841, when the Melkite Greek Patriarch Maximos III (Mazloum) granted his spiritual protection to the Order, and this state of affairs continued under his successors until the Patriarch transferred the government of the Order to a Council of Officers in Paris in 1910.The present character of the Protectorate is that of an ecumenical and extraterritorial Christian ecclesiastical community under the aegis of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios.


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Hello, friends. I have exciting news! Our new garden visitor is going to be a mommy. There were several days last week when the nest outside of our front window was seemingly ignored by the robin who built it. Then, on Monday morning, I looked down from our upstairs window and saw two lovely blue eggs! By the end of the day there were three.
Here is a picture of mother robin sitting on her nest:
I am reluctant to pull up the glass window to get a better picture. I am afraid it might startle her, and she has enough to worry about, such as unmannerly blackbirds who have been harassing her regularly. (Father bird is on top of the situation, though, and has been chasing away unwelcome intruders).
And here is something special. The northern orioles and Eastern kingbirds made repeated visits to our pea trellis on the weekend to gather up bits of cotton yarn that was left over from the loom. Here is picture from Saturday:
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Gold remained elevated on Wednesday morning despite drifting slightly lower in early European trading, retreating from the peaks of Tuesday's sharp rally of just below $1,600.
Spot gold was last at $1,590.65/1,591.50 per ounce, down $1.60 and just fractionally above the trading range of the past fortnight, having peaked at $1,598.75 during Tuesday's session.
"Gold finally broke above the stubborn $1,585 resistance, triggering a plethora of stops between $1,585 and $1,592 and catching out those who went short following the [forecast-beating US non-farm payrolls number] last Friday," Alex Thorndike of MKS Capital said.
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Also supportive for gold, Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann has stoked fears over the stability of the euro.
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Marc-André Gagnon's recent article in Genetic Engineering News is an observation of a trend in the big Pharma business model, a trend that he feels particularly disappointed with. That trend is one in which big Pharma does less drug research and development and more marketing. Although Gagnon is a bit peeved with this, it is nevertheless inevitable and irreversible.
In a talk two years ago, Steven Burrill went so far as to predict that the big pharma R&D labs of not too distant future would be empty while the marketing department would be booming. The economic reality of rising risks and corresponding costs of developing new drugs along with the shrinking size of markets due to segmentation of diseases has left big pharma without a clear future. One thing is clear: pouring ever increasing amounts into internal R&D is not yielding the returns they used to.
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If thats true, and this is Sentais issue, it might be an even bigger deal. The last thing Sentai wants is to get into bad graces with TBS, since they air a lot of the bigger anime these days. Thats what it sounds like since the TAN guy said the licenser told them the time was fine to air, as well.
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I am assuming this whole thing is probably due to the Japanese "25-hour clock". The show was scheduled to air on 2012-10-05 at "25:00" on Tokyo MX. Those of us who follow Japanese airing schedules know that equates to 2012-10-06 at 1:00am. But if you convert the time and the date separately, you'll be off by one. Start Time: 1:00am. Start Date: 2012-10-05? Nope... This is probably why they launched the stream a day early, all the while thinking they were right on time. It'd be a simple error to make if you didn't know to look out for it (and even if they "double-checked", it'd be easy to miss if you didn't understand what it means).
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Especially since Sentai had already been getting streaming rights for US, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa Australia and New Zealand for streaming sublicenses to Crunchyroll. Its a lot easier to get a specific clause if the licensor has previously signed a contract with the same clause.
Going on the Encyclopedia, the three series that were announced at the same time by TAN all have TBS given production credit, while To Love-Ru TD TBS has streaming rights. So that looks a lot like a package deal that was then leveraged into rights on an additional series. ...
... and would therefore be vulnerable to being affected by a snafu in the streaming of that additional series.
It seems likely that TBS would decide to find TAN responsible as opposed to Sentai, since the home video royalties via the Sentai licenses will be substantially higher than the TAN streaming minimum guarantees.
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I really doubt it will cause any long term issues with TBS, except perhaps making them cautious about similcasts again. Funi and CR's streaming slips didn't seem to do any long term damage there, and TBS seems to have pretty strong ties to Sentai.
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It actually goes from 5:00-28:59 at least looking at what Syoboi does, in which case it would be a "29-hour clock".
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This was such an easily-avoidable situation. If common fans could figure it out, then there is no excuse on the parties involved. And what really gets me is that fans like TheAncientOne warned TAN that there was a problem and was brushed off. I hope Rai got fired for A: being such a douchebag, and B: not even bothering to spend ten seconds to double-check the scheduling.
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Has CR even had a "streaming slip", or are you confusing it with ANN's Oreimo one?
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I could be. I do remember ANN's slip up. I actually don't use either site very often as I don't like CR's interface and ANN's has never worked right on my laptop. Although I do use CR's iOS app from time to time.
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Yes, and I hope you get fired for posting such idiotic comments. Rai only does what the higher ups tell him. He is not in charge of the company or the scheduling. He did what he was instructed to do. There is no reason to wish someone to lose their job after they did exactly what they were instructed to do. It's a an episode of anime series, not a life and death situation. Get over yourself.
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As far as Crunchyroll, goes, I do think they've actually had a pristine record on not allowing episodes to leak ahead of time. I remember they've had counters counting down to a time before Japanese airing before but they never actually came to pass.
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Tell me; do you read what you write before you post it? Because you should.
Rai dismissed TheAncientOne's warning and actually implied that he (TheAncientOne) had the wrong time himself. Rai did not double-check the scheduling. Rai - despite all the resources he presumably has at his disposal, like a bloody clock and calander - did not realise what was so obvious to many fans out there. Rai did not alert his superiors that there might be a problem, which he has an obligation to do. This affair may cause TAN difficulty in licensing titles for streaming for the foreseeable future.
So yeah, Rai was rude to a person trying to help him and his company, and his failure to heed a warning has resulted in his company's reputation being tarnished. People have been legitimately fired for less.
P.S. Do you think my employer reads ANN and will say "gosh, this guy dtm42 - whose real-life identity we inexplicitly just happen to know, and who co-incidentally works for us - reasonably wants a douchebag who effed up in their job to be fired. That's not nice. Let's fire him as well"? Do you really think that will happen? Dream on.
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Yes, you're quite right; I only use "25-hour clock" as a nickname, because the key point to understand is that it goes past 24 hours.
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At least for now, it doesn't look like any of the older TBS licenses have been yanked from TAN at least, thankfully. Love, Election & Chocolate would be pretty recent. I do notice that Episode 12 is set for October 11th but the original planned date seems to be October 4th (at the same time as 11). That's not related to this because it would have been set to air yesterday before the debacle happened (must have had their schedule wrong or changed at some point though )
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I knew it. I knew it. I knew it.
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Since I have been home, I have been thinking more about Australia. People keep asking me what I thought of Australia. Of course, I was only in Sydney and was very involved in WYD activities most of the time. Yet I did take some impressions of Australia itself. Mainly these came from my early morning walks on the beach. You may remember that our group was staying at a surfers' hostel on Bondi Beach. I was determined to get some beach time each day, even if the sun wasn't quite up and the air was chilly. I wasn't the only one! Even before dawn, there would be quite a number of runners and walkers, with and without dogs, groups of people working out with a trainer, even with weights, swimmers in a neat pool that was right on the edge of the surf, and surfers. It was very energizing. I was particularly interested in the surfers. They were in wet suits and would come trotting down to the beach carrying their boards. This was uniform behavior. They did not walk; they trotted. Maybe it was because their feet were cold, but I think it is part of the surfer ethos at Bondi.
When I returned home, one of my questioners about Australia is a native of Southern California and a surfer himself. I asked him about the trotting surfers. Do California surfers also trot? He said that they certainly do not. Trotting is not cool. But the Australians to a man trotted. They were eager and not cool. This became a symbol of Australia for me. It is a zesty place. I could not help but like it. I saw the same behavior my last day doing a little shopping in downtown Sydney. It is zesty. I think that Australians are fun and excited.
This insight made me reflect on the parable of the unjust steward, whom the Lord praises for being so ingenious about taking care of himself in a worldly way. Would that the children of light were so ingenious about eternal things! The trotting surfers became a rebuke and an inspiration for me. If theses fellows could be so happy and zesty about a few cold minutes in the surf before going to work, where is my zest for the Kingdom! This Australian zest turned to Jesus Christ could be awesome. Cardinal Pell is a good example of that. It all brought back to me the motto of my high school: "Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever." Enjoy Him!
I think that Americans generally would do well to look to Australia and perhaps see a younger version of themselves. As for the Church, I was inspired by the zest of Australia! Let's get trotting!
03 August 2008
Zesty Australia!
2 comments:
- OP Wannabe said...
You and your McCallie School. Love the post.
- August 3, 2008 at 11:36 AM
- betsy said...
Let's get trotting.
- August 4, 2008 at 3:27 AM
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Re: Servicetmo_mike_c Nov 21, 2016 12:21 PM (in response to mquintana320)
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Yikes mquintana320 that's just a pain. Sorry to hear you've been given excuses instead of a fix for this. I did check this area and saw that there was a site issue that was corrected but this was weeks ago. Normally issues like this get escalated to a Trouble Ticket so our engineers can take care of it further. After speaking with us initially, did anyone mention filing a ticket for you? If so, when was the last one filed? We may be at a point where a new ticket will need to be reopened for our engineering folks to revisit this issue and see what's going on with your service.
Re: Servicemquintana320 Nov 21, 2016 4:40 PM (in response to tmo_mike_c)
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They have written many tickets bc I been dealing with them for a month . They (tech support) even lied and said that they were sending people to my job site to check situation. If you have access to my notes on the account you will see I've been dealing with these liars for a month. That gave me a 25 dollar credit and told that's the most they could give me after I spoke to two individuals. Only to find out that other colleges of mine recieved up to a 50 dollar credit. I just bought the same phone I have again, and within 14 days I will be making the decision of changing companies or staying. I also have terrible signal at home even with the signal booster they sent me. Bottom line very disappointed with T- mobile ability to assist thier customers and the run around and lies they have been feeding me for a month.
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Re: Servicetmo_mike_c Nov 21, 2016 5:31 PM (in response to mquintana320)
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Wow, I really wish we would have done a better job for you. I don't have access to your account, but what's surprising is that you should have been able to have someone take a look at your tickets. Do you remember when the last one was filed? Tech can look at the tickets and see what information our engineering team left on the notes. I've heard of instances where engineers go to the cell sites in the area, so my sure that's what tech support was talking about when then mentioned engineering coming to your job site.
The signal booster is really going to be more beneficial if you get some signal near a window of your home. Keep in mind, it's designed to repeat the signal you get outdoors and help push that same signal inside the house. If you're getting no signal whatsoever, the booster won't be the best route to help. We'd need to have the sites in that area checked out through the reopening the same tickets or creating new ones.
I understand this all hasn't gone so well for you. Looks like we've had quite a few opportunities to give you as much help as we could, and I'm bummed you've still reached point of deciding to leave or stay. I do hope you decide to stay and give us another chance to help resolve this for you.


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S.A.T.Y.A. was a combination of Yoga, Ayurveda and Tantra. A unique blend. I would add to that list, out of this world Psychotherapy too. Uma understands shadow work or seeing and working intensely into our human darkness. Unlike most, if not all Western yoga teachers I have met in the 16 years I have been doing yoga, who I would classify mostly as "spiritual bypassers" (focused on reaching heightened states, and not willing go to their darkness or shadow aspects), Umaa combines both. This powerful mix can transport her students into alternate dimensions of reality. Hard to explain in words, or to anyone not present, but I have on numerous occasions time and space travelled with Umaa.
Unlike most, if not all Western yoga teachers I have met in the 16 years I have been doing yoga, who I would classify mostly as "spiritual bypassers" (focused on reaching heightened states, and not willing go to their darkness or shadow aspects), Umaa combines both. This powerful mix can transport her students into alternate realities.
Given these exceptional skills of Umaa, she has attracted a lot of different misfits from around the world (myself included) to join her and learn from her, each with their own powerful and sometimes tragic stories. She has taken them under her wing as a great mother would, and guided them, and challenged them and pushed them to their limits in order to help them grow and develop increased permanent states of consciousness – not just momentary heightened awareness.
I have witnessed her teachings and they are not always gentle and kind, but they are certainly what was needed to quickly develop self-awareness and greater consciousness. Umaa is a genius in her domain. No one understands, or teaches yoga like Umaa. (And I have experienced some other very good yoga teachers – at YB and around the world – but none come close to Umaa's teachings.
Caryn, Australia Mental Health Facilitator
"Umaa makes us go deep down to our roots. What we find along the path down to our roots, is different for everyone, but she doesn't walk away from the dark and painful things we come across and she invites us, guides us, to overcome these things. She gives us the confidence that it is good to do this and let go of the things we don't need anymore. She will stay with us, until we're through. I'm talking about the things people in general are trying to avoid: anxiety, hatred, disparity, loneliness, sexual desires etcetera.
I think most yoga teachers and healers are staying away from these topics, as they may fear their students may get emotional, or they don't know how to deal with it, or they aren't confident they can guide people through this. Umaa knows she has the capability to guide people through this, and what I see is that she doesn't do this alone."
Susanna, SwedenMental Health Facilitator and Equine Specialist
"(Umaa is) beyond conceptual supermarket fast-food spirituality. I am a trauma researcher and sexual healer with deep enough insides to track a predator or perpetrator's shadow. Through my work and gift of identifying neurological stages, I chose to be around Umaa for the last 3 years to track any manipulative or abusive behaviour and could only witness victim mentality from people who tried to project on Umaa and give their power to her without success."Matthias, GermanyTrauma Researcher and Sexual Healer
I have always been drawn to teachers who have been through hell and back. Maybe its because its the only journey I know myself, having struggled with suicide and addictions. Maybe its because they radiate the light I was thrown into when I had nothing more in me to resist life itself. Maybe I feel seen by them cause of where they have been. Maybe its because the spark in their eyes remind me of that it was worth it, every effort it took to get to experience this moment with them. In this moment we share something infinitely profound and incomprehensible yet simple, precious and complete. From where she was looking at me I was reminded of those deep moments of let go. She had died, I thought. She had let go, all the way. I wanted her to take me there, to kill me. Take me in her arms, crush me, rip me apart, and throw what was left of me back at who I am underneath it all. Umaa is obviously not the cookie cutter kind of teacher. She is Kali embodied. Her teaching is designed to kill you. To cut your head off. Metaphorically speaking. And if you are not up for dying. What the f*** are you doing hanging around her? Attend any of the other nice workshops that the Ubud scene is so full of. Feel good evolution is everywhere else. Umaa is in it for real.
Buster, Sweden Licensed Mental Health Counsellor, Psychotherapist specialising in Trauma and Addictions
I have been in close contact with different spiritual teachers all my life, one of them is Osho Rajneesh in who's Ashram I spend several years. I also have been practicing different styles of yoga, but never before I had encountered a yoga teacher who touched me the same way as my spiritual teachers did.
I found her conduct absent of all the little manipulations that are part of our "normal" social behavior and which is common in so many human interactions. No need for her to please anybody or play anyone's game in order to achieve a desired outcome, I saw her authentic responses functioning like a mirror to anybody interacting with her. If somebody does not like what he sees or is hurt by the image in the mirror, does that make the mirror responsible? A mirror is just a mirror.Cecile, HollandFormer Child Rights Activist
Umaa makes us go deep down to our roots. What we find along the path down to our roots, is different for everyone, but she doesn't walk away from the dark and painful things we come across and she invites us, guides us, to overcome these things. She gives us the confidence that it is good to do this and let go of the things we don't need anymore. She will stay with us, until we're through. I'm talking about the things people in general are trying to avoid: anxiety, hatred, disparity, loneliness, sexual desires etcetera.
I think most yoga teachers and healers are staying away from these topics, as they may fear their students may get emotional, or they don't know how to deal with it, or they aren't confident they can guide people through this. Umaa knows she has the capability to guide people through this, and what I see is that she doesn't do this alone."
Annet, Netherlands - M.D., Ph.D.Obstetrics/Gynecology & Neuroscience
I met Umaa at Yoga Barn in Ubud/Bali, practising and studying with her all of December 2015, realising very soon that our work has a lot in common in terms of helping individuals engage in processes of their own emancipation and awakening. Or however you would like to call it depending on your school of thought. Umaa's practice has given me the embodied experience of emancipation, empowerment, awakening something most traditions and approaches only manage to do at the cognitive level, if at all.
In addition, I research and work around epistemological questions of knowledge production and power relations, eg. whose knowledge and experiences count as legitimate and why and how this relates to the knowledge holder's credibility and recognition. In this context, Yoga, Tantra and Ayurveda are distinct and valid knowledge systems that serve as reference points for truth claims about this world, the human experience and cause-effect relationships just as Western Science does. None of them is more or less legitimate or illegitimate they are situated next to each other along the continuum of human knowledge systems that have co-evolved and been authorised or discredited over the centuries.
One thing is, however, remarkable and rather unique in this genesis: The way how predominantly Western forces and individuals have and continue to de-legitimise "non-scientific" knowledge systems such as Yoga, Tantra and Ayurveda simply because of their position of power within the global matrix of expertise. Umaa's approach to Yoga, Tantra and Ayurveda can therefore be easily dismissed and invalidated by these forces as it is not considered "scientific" or proper, which is, however, untenable from the scientific discipline of epistemology. It is against this background of epistemic violence that I would like to discredit recent accusations of mystical manipulation and cult building against her. Umaa's way of knowing and seeing is just as valid and sound as any doctor's, counsellor's and therapist's knowledge system that is trying to lead someone back to their own experience and body for the sake of healing and guiding them through difficult times. That is all she has always done. So who is to say what's improper about this?
Rina, GermanyAcademic Facilitator in Decolonial Thought - Federal Foreign Office of Germany And Freiburg University
Her yoga teachings are of an extraordinary level. I've never experienced something like that before before. And I knew: this is it.
The results are wonderful, but they can also be confrontational in itself. For some people this is a big problem. The outcome: negativity, envy and even hatred. History, moreover, has many recurring examples of this phenomenon.
Have these people, who pour lies about her and try to make it impossible for her to do her work, have they really once looked deeply into her eyes. I did and I could only see and experience a tremendous love: touched to the depths of my soul.Max, HollandEngineer, Architect/CityPlanner
I first met Umaa in her practice in October 2015 in Bali and since this time have continued to work with her. I am a professional and lawyer from Australia and have been in demanding legal practice for over 15 years.
Upon meeting Umaa I became aware that she represented a deeply intuitive practitioner capable of translating ayurvedic practice into the current world. In my experience Umaa has a real capacity to understand the powerful and often unspoken symbols marking the complexities in our lives. She knows why and when we each need to reach out to address imbalance. More importantly, she manages to identify the pathways to healing from a place of togetherness, with space and without rush or confrontation. I revisit our past interactions time and time again, always with a renewed or refined sense of understanding. Umaa has a profound gift that she shares fearlessly, generously and with great care.
Tracey, AustraliaLawyer
I have had the pleasure of a close personal relationship with Uma Inder for over 10 years. I have a degree in South Asian Religions from the University of California at Santa Barbara, a certificate in Yoga Philosophy from Loyola Marimount University, and a wealth of certifications from other well-known Yoga establishments. Academically my professors have been the most widely recognized Indologists & South Asianists in the field, including Dr. David Gordon White, Dr. Christopher Chapple, and Dr. Barbara Holdrege. I have been a practitioner of Yoga and Meditation for 20 years and a teacher of yoga for over 15 years. I own a Registered Yoga School under the Yoga Alliance in Los Angeles, and conduct certified Yoga Teacher Trainings, retreats and courses annually.
Uma has been very open about teaching traditional tantra (which has very little to do with sexuality). There have been countless times I have heard students ask Uma for some kind of sexual instruction. And without fail, every time I've heard her asked, she has neglected to offer up anything of the sort. Her ethics around sexuality are quite sound. I've hardly met any other teachers outside India who mention the word tantra without some kind of sex scandal involved. Truly, Uma is a rarity.
In all the years I have known her, Uma Inder has consistently humbled herself. Even in the face of her students constantly putting her on a pedestal, Uma has never exhibited any behavior typical of a cult leader or fanatic. She has refrained from giving her students new names, refrained from giving any kind of initiations, she hasn't even attempted to make much of a business for herself. She has never offered enlightenment in exchange for money, sex, or power.... All Uma is guilty of is being herself, and staying true to the unconventional way she teaches in a world that constantly wants to fit her into a box. It is this uncompromising nature of Uma's teaching that allows her to be such a great teacher for those that connect with her. And for those that don't connect, as she constantly repeats, they can find another class/teacher that suits them. No problem.
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Our house is approximately 1 mile southwest of Waterman, and Rt 30 runs through the town. Dennis told me that when he'd gotten into his truck yesterday to come and pick me up at about 1:45 p.m. all had gone quiet. Not even the birds were singing. It was dead calm. I'm figuring that the tornado was about to make its appearance where this woman lived and bravely took a snap of it over the field.
In some cases we had hail, 2-3" of rain that fell within a half hour. In a town in northern DeKalb county, they had 5", in one area. Nothing in another.
I read no reports of any injuries. Mostly fields, which were just planted, were ruined, and are still under water.
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I am so proud to be associated with this group of
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U.S. History Outline: V. Jackson and the Age of the Common Man
Jackson and the common man
First president to hold mass meetings
Gave speeches to crowds (in the style of the Second Great Awakening)
Voting restrictions finally abolished with Jackson's election
Earlier elections had required property or money to vote
Thomas Door
Formed People's Party (Doorites) in Rhode Island
1840 - Drafted a new egalitarian constitution, proclaimed themselves new federal government
Presidential primaries
1832 - Anti-Masons party held the first formal primary election
Before this, caucuses of party elite selected the candidates
President Jackson
Believed in states' rights and strong executive
John C. Calhoun - Jackson's VP and his main opponent
Calhoun's nullification doctrine - compromise to prevent secession
Martin Van Buren - Encouraged the Jackson/Calhoun split, became Jackson's right-hand man
Peggy Eaton Affair
Peggy had supposedly had affairs with Eaton and Jackson
She married Eaton (Secretary of War), but other cabinet wives didn't accept her
Jackson ordered federal staff to accept her, all complied but Calhoun
Jackson/Calhoun split - Jackson turned support to Van Buren
Nullification crisis
North was trying to slow western development
South and West joined forces against North
Nullification debates, South Carolina stopped collecting tariff
Force Bill - Jackson forced Carolina to pay tariff
Clay's Compromise
South Carolina would repeal tariff nullification
Congress would lower tariff
South Carolina nullified Force Act (Just to have the final word)
Indian Removal
Jackson vs. Indian tribes
1831-2 - Black Hawk War
Sauks fought over the treaty ceding land to the U.S.
Sauks were defeated, last major Indian war
1830 - Indian Removal Act - transport southern tribes to Oklahoma
Five Civilized Tribes
Cherokee, Creek, Chocktaw, Chicksaw, Seminole
Farming tribes in the South that adopted White customs
1834 - Indian Removal Act enacted with removal of Chocktaws
1838 - Trail of Tears
Some Cherokees fled to North Carolina reservation, but otherwise removal was complete
1835 - Seminole War
Osceola (Seminole chief) stabbed removal treaty with a knife
Most Seminoles captured and transfered by 1842
Indian removal opened up land for Southern planting
War on the National Bank
Jackson had vendetta against Nicholas Biddle, head of National Bank
Daniel Webster and Henry Clay supported bank
1832 - National Bank's charter expired
Congress renewed the charter
Jackson vetoed the renewal
Pet Banks
National Bank still operated for a few years after 1832, but Jackson removed federal funds
Jackson transfered federal funds to state banks run by Jackson and supporters
Jackson fired a few Secretaries of Treasury over the removal
Finally, Sec. of Treasury Roger Taney agreed to remove federal funds to pet banks
Jackson later made Taney Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
National Bank collapsed from loss of federal funds
Election of 1832
Clay ran against Jackson on the National Bank issue, but lost
Clay's loss was partly because third party candidates stole votes
Political parties of the Jacksonian period
Two main parties
Jacksonians - favored common man
Mainly Westerners and rural Southerners
Favored businesses
Mainly New Englanders and wealthy Southerners
Major Whig leaders - Clay, Webster, Calhoun
Represented middle, New England, and rich South, respectively
No clear presidental candidate
Webster was an alcoholic, Clay and Calhoun lacked broad appeal
Clay ran and lost three times
Both parties favored economic expansion
Third parties
Right-wing Whigs, conspiracy theorists
Anti-immigrant (German and Irish main immigrants at this time)
Election of 1836
Martin Van Buren (Dem.) vs. Henry Clay, Hugh Lawson White, William Henry Harrison (all Whigs)
Martin Van Buren won
Whig vote split between three candidates
Van Buren not a great speaker, but a great manipulator, also had Jackson's support
Panic of 1837
Partly caused by destruction of National Bank
Briefly held off by surplus from sale of western lands
Specie circular
Issued by Jackson
Said that government land could only be bought with specie
Stopped land sales
Brought economy to a standstill
1840 - U.S. Treasury Department created to hold federal money
Near-war with Canada (late 1830s)
Part of Canada rebelled against Commonwealth government
Rebels used U.S. ships to run guns
British attacked one such ship, Caroline
An American was killed
U.S. tried British soldier for murder
New York jury acquitted him
Aroostook War
Prompted by Caroline incident and lumberjack fight
Election of 1840
Martin Van Buren (Dem.) vs. William Henry Harrison (Whig)
Van Buren was hated by this time, Harrison won
Log Cabin and Hard Cider campaign
Van Buren portrayed as an aristocrat, Harrison as a simple rural man
Actually, Harrison was from a rich plantation family
Vp John Tyler
Southerner, former Jacksonian
Took over when William Henry Harrison died months after the election
Raised tariffs
Did not recharter U.S. Bank
Whole cabinet resigned over bank issue
Tyler replaced them with Jacksonians
Pro-states' rights, appointed Calhoun to cabinet
1842 - opened U.S.-China trade, which helped economy
U.S. population quadrupled between 1800 and 1840
Immigration increased in 1830s, mostlty Irish and German
Irish settled mainly in cities, Germans in West
Before 1820, turnpikes were main transport routes
After 1820, canals and steamboats were main transport routes
Erie Canal (1825)
Connected Albany, NY to Lake Ontario
Transport from New York to Ohio Valley and Chicago
Railroads became major in 1840s, linked with canals
All of North and Northwestern states linked by 1850
Created strong North-Northwest ties
British and French built and owned early American railroads
1839 - vulcanized rubber (Goodyear)
1844 - telegraph (Samuel Morse), more widely used in North than South
1846 - rotary printing press (Richard Hoe)
1846 - sewing machine (Elias Howe)
1830s - more companies - stock companies
1830s - factory system
Interchangeable parts, steam-engine-powered machines
Lowell, Massachusetts textile mills
U.S. became a manufacturing center - textiles, shoes, guns, iron, tools
First formed among textile women
1842 - Commonwealth v. Hunt declared unions legal
Unions formed for cattle ranchers, textile workers, stonecutters
More urban population, individualism
Fewer extended families - nuclear family became more important
"Cult of domesticity" stressed nuclear family, defined male/female roles
1837 - Mt. Holyoke, first women's college founded
American upper class developed, led to concern for lower class, reform movements
Frontier - "Safety valve", less social unrest
Southern Life
Economy organized around cash crop agriculture
1840s - mechanical reaper invented (Cyrus McCormic)
Mechanized farming
Cotton was primary crop - more profitable than industry
Cotton production and slave ownership increased from 1820s to 1860s
Aristocratic plantation society, very little middle class
Few cities, mostly widespread farms
Little contact between neighbors
Little need for railroads, river transport was available to main ports
Slavery less oppressive before 1800, became increasingly dehumanizing 1800-1860s
Slaves couldn't own property, be educated, or testify in court
Slave owners not legally responsible for killing or injuring slaves
In cities, slaves worked menial/factory jobs
Better hours and lifestyle than that of plantation slaves
As number of free blacks increased, white Southerners feared rebellion
Passed laws to oppress blacks in general
Slave revolts
1800 - Richmond, VA, led by Gabriel Prosser
1822 - Charlestown, SC, led by Denmark Vessey
1831 - Southern VA, let by Nat Turner
Nat Turner's insurrection was the only slave revolt that wasn't put down before it started
Reform movements
Abolitionism, women's movements, aid for poor, better treatment for insane
Socialist communities
Fourier Experiment, Owen's city of "New Harmony"
Complete failures
Mormons - Joseph Smith
Started in New York, moved west
1844 - Smith arrested for treason and killed by a mob
Brigham Young - moved Mormon community to Utah
1817 - American Colonization Society
Back-to-Africa movement, bought African land and formed Liberia
Not a very feasible plan
William Lloyd Garrison
Wrote for abolitionist paper and founded "The Liberator"
Wrote about slavery from Blacks' point of view
Believed in abolition and not gradual emancipation
Lost support when he started calling for overthrow of the government
Frederick Douglass
Escaped slavery 1838
Joined abolitionists and started "North Star"
Henry Beecher - preacher, Harriet Beacher Stowe's father
Elija Lovejoy - martyr
Prigg v. Pennsylvania
Ruled states were not required to assist each other in return of slaves
Northern states began passing laws that made escaped slaves free
Liberty/Free-Soil Party - run by James Birney
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1851) by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Protections for slavery
States' rights
With states' rights, federal government could not outlaw slavery
Westward expansion
Expansion of slavery into western states gave slave states more power
Westward expansion
John L. O'Sullivan - "Manifest Destiny"
Henry Clay opposed manifest destiny, felt it would bring out North-South conflicts
Election of 1844
Henry Clay (Whig) vs. James Polk (Democratic-Republican) vs. James Birney (Liberty)
Polk believed in manifest destiny, wanted to annex Texas and Oregon
James Birney ran on anti-slavery platform, stole votes from Clay
Mexican government invited Americans to settle Texas
Mexico wanted a buffer between their land and the U.S.
Americans clashed with Mexican government, tried to become independent
Mexico banned further immigration (unsuccessfully)
Santa Ana
Dictator of Mexico, established control over Texas
Planned to intimidate the Texans into submission
Stephen Austin
Leader of the Texas immigrants
His arrest led to guerilla fighting
1863 - Texas declared independence, Santa Ana invaded
Battle of the Alamo - Texans wiped out
Goldiad - Texans surrendered, Santa Ana had them executed
Battle of San Jacinto
Texas army led by Sam Houston wiped out Mexican army
Santa Ana recognized Texan independence, Mexican government did not
Texas applied for annexation to the U.S.
At first, U.S. worried about angering Mexico
Then U.S. worried whether to make Texas slave state or free
1845 - Tyler annexed Texas just before leaving office
1818 - Joint occupancy (Britain/U.S.) of Oregon
1820s and 30s - American settlers moved into Oregon
1840s - American settlers formed the majority in Oregon
Polk wanted to annex Oregon
Wanted to show Britain that U.S. was serious about expansion
(Mexican-American war cause)
54-40 or Fight!
Debate over where to draw line between Canada and Oregon
1846 - British offered to compromise at 49 degrees latitude, Congress agreed
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By Darrin M. McMahon
Sunday, June 24, 2007
American gadget lovers are already lining up for the tech event of the year: Friday's release of Apple's much-ballyhooed iPhone. By all accounts, it's a spectacularly cool gizmo -- a single, sleek device that, at the poke of a finger, lets you surf the Web, watch a movie, take a picture, listen to a song or even gab on the phone. It's easy enough to get seduced by the next next thing, as the phrase goes. But amid all the hype, the real question that a savvy shopper should be asking is: Can it make me happy?
In avid consumer societies such as ours, connecting a gadget, brand or product with happiness -- a true, lasting sense of well-being -- has become the stock in trade of modern advertising. No doubt Apple will be trying to forge that link again in the coming media and advertising blitz. (Just look at its hipster ad campaign for the shrewdly marketed iPod: all those Technicolor swingers jiving ecstatically away.) The underlying message -- Consume and Be Content -- is perfectly clear.
What is less clear is the effect that such products, and our helpless lust for them, have on our personal happiness and our societal well-being. (After all, it was Adam and Eve's longing for another apple product that first consigned humanity to misery.) Should we be worried that the iPhone, and the countless other material indulgences on offer in today's hypercapitalist economies, might have similarly nasty effects?
Benjamin R. Barber, a professor at the University of Maryland, argues in his recent "Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole" that modern capitalism drives grown-ups "to retrieve the childish things the Bible told us to put away, and to enter the new world of electronic toys, games, and gadgets that constitute a modern digital playground for adults." Indulging our desire for gadgets, Barber warns, makes adults selfish, sad and infantile.
Barber is just the latest in a venerable line of worrywarts. Moral and religious naysayers have been preaching for years that no good can come from plucking objects of desire -- from the tree or from the shelf. Classical thinkers in Greece and Rome fretted about the corrupting effects of luxury, and Christians (remember those hair shirts!) inveighed for centuries against gluttony and greed.
The anxiety that prosperity and commerce would rot our moral fiber only worsened with the onset of commercial society as we know it. In 18th-century Britain and France (with the United States close behind), the world's first consumer cultures consumed as never before: fine silverware to stir the sugar; chocolate, coffee and tea to give life savor, courtesy of life-wrecking slave colonies in the New World and Asia; Waterford crystal and Wedgewood porcelain to carry the delights of increasingly productive farms; ornate pipes and snuff boxes to hold Virginia tobacco; and clothes, clothes, clothes -- especially in Paris, which hasn't looked back since the first women's fashion magazine, the Journal des Dames, was founded in 1759.
Needless to say, such early consumer items were a far cry from the iPhone. But their novelty and popularity were enough to alarm the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who warned that human "needs" were being trampled by fleeting fashions and tastes. Far from making us happier, he scolded, the new abundance was fostering false needs, envy and self-love -- alienating us from one another and from ourselves.
Rousseau's insights were picked up by the philosopher Georg Hegel and then Karl Marx. The rise of modern economies, Marx argued, relied on convincing consumers that they needed gadget after gadget, luxury after luxury. Capitalism led people to regard objects newly available for purchase as magical and strange, investing them with a value they didn't inherently have. This argument, from the first chapter of "Das Kapital," is famously known as the "fetishism of commodities." You'll witness it firsthand with that first blissed-out friend raving on and on about his new iPhone.
Anyone who has ever attended a yard sale or browsed the stalls of a flea market will know just what Marx meant. Sure, you've got to have an iPhone today, but years from now, when the thing is lying on a dusty card table on your neighbor's front lawn, surrounded by Mason jars and headless Barbie dolls, your gadget will look as timeworn as your wheezing Apple IIe does now.
The pleasure we get from such objects is invariably short-lived. After an initial rush of excitement, the joy fades. And then you're on to the next gizmo, and then the next, in hot pursuit of happiness.
Researchers in the growing field of happiness studies have long appreciated this phenomenon. So did Freud, who likened it to the "cheap enjoyment" one gets from "putting a bare leg from under the bedclothes on a cold winter night and drawing it in again." Repeat the action as often as you like: The feeling of satisfaction always wears off.
Evolutionary psychologists suspect that Darwinian forces are at work here. Out on the African veldt, it was probably not in our ancestors' interest to remain too satisfied for too long. Better to be a little anxious and on the prowl than to be happy and eaten. After all, our perpetual pursuit of pleasures, such as food, safety and sex, is precisely what keeps the species going.
Where does that leave homo economicus? Are we really just like children at a birthday party rushing from one toy to the next? Do people like Barber have a point when they warn that an "ethos of infantilization" has infected our society?
Perhaps. But remember, homo economicus is also homo ludens, a creature of play. Is it really so wrong to amuse ourselves with our toys?
Political economist Adam Smith was wiser about such things than today's scolds and killjoys. A man of deep classical learning, he knew perfectly well that "frivolous objects" could never secure our happiness, which was above all a matter of the soul. So Smith took a clear-eyed view of the iPhones of his day -- the "tooth-pick, ear-picker, or machine for cutting the nails." But he also knew that our longing for what he called "baubles" and "gewgaws," like our longing for power or riches, was a productive force that tapped deep into the wellsprings of human nature. It was natural, he thought, to aspire to such things, and natural for us to imagine that having them would bring us happiness and ease.
That belief, Smith fully acknowledged, was a "deception." He understood that humans innately overestimate the amount of pleasure that gewgaws and iPhones would bring. And yet he thought that the impulse to acquire them was precisely the force that "rouses and keeps in continual motion the industry of mankind," prompting us to build cities, invent and improve the arts and sciences, and change the "whole face of the globe." The key to all human progress, Smith knew, was the pursuit of happiness.
So pursue away. Of course, the iPhone won't make you truly happy -- at least not for long. But don't let that keep you from enjoying it. People were meant to play, and there is tremendous power in such pursuits. Smith probably would have chuckled indulgently at the iPhone lineups at AT&T. He may even have picked one up for himself.
Darrin M. McMahon, a professor of history at Florida State University, is the author of "Happiness: A History."
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