Men’s Health Muscle by Lou Schuler and Ian King

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Men’s Health Muscle: The World’s Most Complete Guide to Building Your Body

Every time I study on this subject I learn something new or the illusive obvious hits me. Can’t wait to try out the workouts. Big up Nirav for the book.

Contents
Part 1
THE PHYSIOLOGY
1: All muscles, great and small
2: Using ‘em … and losing ‘em
3: Room to grow
4: Feeding your muscles
5: The supporting cast

Part 2
THE EXERCISE
6: Muscles that act on the shoulder
7: Muscles that act on the elbow and wrist
8: Muscles that act on the spine
9: Muscles that act on the hip
10: Muscles that act on the knee and ankle

Part 3
THE PREP WORK
11: Introduction to the workouts
12: The twisted truth about flexibility
13: Getting warm – and staying warm

Part 4
THE WORKOUTS
14: The beginner program
15: The intermediate program
16: The advanced program

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SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE EXERCISE – JIN JI DU LI … from Aruna

The essence of the exercise is that your “Eyes Must be Closed” when you are doing this exercise. You must practise the “Jin Ji Du Li” exercise with the eyes closed. This exercise was so simple and amazing that I thought I had to share it here.
 
Here is the exercise:
Stand on one leg with both eyes closed. That’s it!. Just try it right now, stop reading and stand up, close your eyes and try standing on one foot.
If you are not able to stand for at least 10 seconds, it means that your body is about the same as that of a 60 to 70 year old person. In other words, your body has aged a lot faster.
When I first read about this exercise I had thought to myself: “oh, this is no big deal, I’m sure I can do this easily.” Little did I realise that what I had thought was such a simple stance could turn out to be really difficult…. at first. Nevertheless I’m glad I tried it.
I now know that with eyes open one could very easily stand on one foot, but doing the same thing with both  eyes closed is really another story! I discovered to my dismay that I could not keep my balance even for more than two to three seconds!
You do not need to lift your leg high.  It seems that if your internal organs are out of synch, even lifting your leg just a little will be enough to make you wobble and lose balance.
I must admit that not being able to stand for just a couple of seconds shocked me because what this tells me is that my body has aged almost 20-30 years beyond my age!
The Chinese are really very advanced in their knowledge of the human body. It was very heartening to know that frequent and regular practice can help you recover your sense of balance. In fact the Chinese specialists suggest daily practice of Jin Ji Du Li for 1 minute, will help prevent a host of health problems.
In the beginning, you can try this exercise by slightly closing both eyes instead of completely closing them; in fact this is what the health specialist Zhong Li Ba Ren recommends.
It is said that daily practice of Jin Ji Du Li, can help in healing many illnesses or diseases such as:
  • Hypertension,
  • High Blood Sugar or diabetes,
  • Neck and Spinal diseases,
  • Dementia.
Zhong Li Ba Ren has written a book entitled “Self Help is Better than Seeking Doctors’ Help“, which has been a bestselling book on health in China since its publication last year. Indeed the book has been reprinted 12 times within the first 6 months, and more than 1 million copies have been sold. The book is a hot seller because is it teaches many simple practical health tips.
According to Chinese physicians, diseases arise in the body because of a loss of coordination between the various internal organs. A consequence of this is manifested in our not being able to maintain balance. Fortunately the consistent practice of Jin Ji Du Li can help us readjust this inter-relationship of the organs and enable them to function in harmony with each other.
Zhong Li Ba Ren said that most people will find it difficult to stand on one foot with their eyes closed for even 5 seconds when they first try doing this exercise.  However with constant and daily practice, most will acquire the ability to stand for more than 2 minutes.
As one gains the ability to stand for longer time, the feeling of “heavy head, light feet” will fade away.
By practising Jin Ji Du Li daily, you will find that the quality of sleep will improve, and that you will begin to enjoy better clarity of mind as well as your memory will improve significantly. Indeed, it is said that if you can practice Jin Ji Du Li with your eyes closed for 1 minute every day, you will not get dementia.
Zhong Li Ba Ren explained that there are 6 important meridians passing through our legs. When you stand on a single leg, the weakest meridian will begin to feel sore as you are doing this exercise.  By persisting with the exercise, in the longer term the weak meridians will begin to strengthen thereby bringing benefits to the corresponding organs. This method also helps to channel the body’s qi (energy) to the foot and strengthen our body overall.
Jin Ji Du Li also helps to increase our Immunity against diseases.  Jin Ji Du Li is suitable for almost everyone. You do not have to wait until you have any illness to start practising Jin Ji Du Li.  It is especially beneficial for young people, when they practise it daily while they are healthy, thereby minimising the chances of contracting the various illness associated with aging.
However, please note that this exercise is generally not suitable for people over 70 years old, or people whose legs are not strong and cannot stand steadily.

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Inactivity Pandemic … from Allison Morris @ Insurance Quotes

Don’t be surprised (or insulted) if the next prescription your doctor hands you is for nothing but an exercise regimen. Globally, 20% of early deaths are preventable with moderate exercise. And for the first time last year, sitting killed 5.3 million people worldwide, more than smoking. Inactivity is now considered as a full-on pandemic by health officials. Many U.S. doctors are pushing to make a “lack of exercise” a mainstream medical diagnosis.

U.S. adults end up sitting for an average of 8-10 hours everyday. This makes the American lifestyle one of the most sedentary in the world. After long commutes and hours at our desks, we can hardly blame ourselves for posting up on the couch right when we get home. Luckily, getting enough exercise is a lot easier than most of us think. The American Medical Association says that just 150 minutes of moderate exercise is all it takes to drastically reduce the risk of lifestyle diseases like obesity, diabetes and heart diseases for most adults.

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Graviola Tree “10,000 Times Stronger Killer Of Cancer Than Chemo” … thanx Anjana

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courtesy :IHRO International Human Rights Organization”10000 times stronger killer of CANCER than Chemo”.. do share it.. can save many lives, fill up hopes and build confidence in the patients…

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The Sour Sop or the fruit from the graviola tree is a miraculous natural cancer cell killer 10,000 times stronger than Chemo.

Why are we not aware of this? Its because some big corporation want to make back their money spent on years of research by trying to make a synthetic version of it for sale.

So, since you know it now you can help a friend in need by letting him know or just drink some sour sop juice yourself as prevention from time to time. The taste is not bad after all. It’s completely natural and definitely has no side effects. If you have the space, plant one in your garden.
The other parts of the tree are also useful.

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The next time you have a fruit juice, ask for a sour sop.

How many people died in vain while this billion-dollar drug maker concealed the secret of the miraculous Graviola tree?

This tree is low and is called graviola ! in Brazi l, guanabana in Spanish and has the uninspiring name “soursop” in English. The fruit is very large and the subacid sweet white pulp is eaten out of hand or, more commonly, used to make fruit drinks, sherbets and such.

The principal interest in this plant is because of its strong anti-cancer effects. Although it is effective for a number of medical conditions, it is its anti tumor effect that is of most interest. This plant is a proven cancer remedy for cancers of all types.

Besides being a cancer remedy, graviola is a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent for both bacterial and fungal infections, is effective against internal parasites and worms, lowers high blood pressure and is used for depression, stress and nervous disorders.

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If there ever was a single example that makes it dramatically clear why the existence of Health Sciences Institute is so vital to Americans like you, it’s the incredible story behind the Graviola tree..

The truth is stunningly simple: Deep within the Amazon Rainforest grows a tree that could literally revolutionize what you, your doctor, and the rest of the world thinks about cancer treatment and chances of survival. The future has never looked more promising.

Research shows that with extracts from this miraculous tree it now may be possible to:
* Attack cancer safely and effectively with an all-natural therapy that does not cause extreme nausea, weight loss and hair loss
* Protect your immune system and avoid deadly infections
* Feel stronger and healthier throughout the course of the treatment
* Boost your energy and improve your outlook on life

The source of this information is just as stunning: It comes from one of America ‘s largest drug manufacturers, th! e fruit of over 20 laboratory tests conducted since the 1970′s! What those tests revealed was nothing short of mind numbing… Extracts from the tree were shown to:

* Effectively target and kill malignant cells in 12 types of cancer, including colon, breast, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancer..
* The tree compounds proved to be up to 10,000 times stronger in slowing the growth of cancer cells than Adriamycin, a commonly used chemotherapeutic drug!
* What’s more, unlike chemotherapy, the compound extracted from the Graviola tree selectivelyhunts
down and kills only cancer cells.. It does not harm healthy cells!

The amazing anti-cancer properties of the Graviola tree have been extensively researched–so why haven’t you heard anything about it? If Graviola extract is

One of America ‘s biggest billion-dollar drug makers began a search for a cancer cure and their research centered on Graviola, a legendary healing tree from the Amazon Rainforest.

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Various parts of the Graviola tree–including the bark, leaves, roots, fruit and fruit-seeds–have been used for centuries by medicine men and native Indi! ans in S outh America to treat heart disease, asthma, liver problems and arthritis. Going on very little documented scientific evidence, the company poured money and resources into testing the tree’s anti-cancerous properties–and were shocked by the results. Graviola proved itself to be a cancer-killing dynamo.
But that’s where the Graviola story nearly ended.

The company had one huge problem with the Graviola tree–it’s completely natural, and so, under federal law, not patentable. There’s no way to make serious profits from it.

It turns out the drug company invested nearly seven years trying to synthesize two of the Graviola tree’s most powerful anti-cancer ingredients. If they could isolate and produce man-made clones of what makes the Graviola so potent, they’d be able to patent it and make their money back. Alas, they hit a brick wall. The original simply could not be replicated. There was no way the company could protect its profits–or even make back the millions it poured into research.

As the dream of huge profits evaporated, their testing on Graviola came to a screeching halt. Even worse, the company shelved the entire project and chose not to publish the findings of its research!

Luckily, however, there was one scientist from the Graviola research team whose conscience wouldn’t let him see such atrocity committed. Risking his career, he contacted a company that’s dedicated to harvesting medical plants from the Amazon Rainforest and blew the whistle.

Miracle unleashed
When researchers at the Health Sciences Institute were alerted to the news of Graviola,! they be gan tracking the research done on the cancer-killing tree. Evidence of the astounding effectiveness of Graviola–and its shocking cover-up–came in fast and furious….

….The National Cancer Institute performed the first scientific research in 1976. The results showed that Graviola’s “leaves and stems were found effective in attacking and destroying malignant cells.” Inexplicably, the results were published in an internal report and never released to the public…

….Since 1976, Graviola has proven to be an immensely potent cancer killer in 20 independent laboratory tests, yet no double-blind clinical trials–the typical benchmark mainstream doctors and journals use to judge a treatment’s value–were ever initiated….


….A study published in the Journal of Natural Products, following a recent study conducted at Catholic University of South Korea stated that one chemical in Graviola was found to selectively kill colon cancer cells at “10,000 times the potency of (the commonly used chemotherapy drug) Adriamycin…”

….The most significant part of the Catholic University of South Korea report is that Graviola was shown to selectively target the cancer cells, leaving healthy cells untouched. Unlike chemotherapy, which indiscriminately targets all actively reproducing cells (such as stomach and hair cells), causing the often devastating side effects of nausea and hair loss in cancer patients.

…A study at Purdue University recently found that leaves from the Graviola tree killed cancer cells among six human cell lines and were especially effective against prostate, pancreatic and lung cancers Seven years of silence broken–it’s finally here!

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20 BENEFITS OF DRINKING GREEN TEA REGULARLY … thanx Mahendra

20 Benefits Of Drinking Green Tea Regularly
Green Tea is one of the Marvelous Drink. Currently, tea in the form of green or black tea, next to water, is the most widely consumed beverage in the world. According to Chinese legends, tea was discovered by the Emperor Shen Nong in about 2700 BC, when a gust of wind blew tea leaves into a kettle of boiling water.

Teas contain polyphenols which act as antioxidants and exhibit numerous biochemical activities. Tea polyphenols consist mostly of catechins, the most powerful of which is epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) which is found only in green tea. Since ancient times green tea has been considered a health-promoting beverage and currently researchers find more convincing proof of its healing qualities.

Based on the growing range of studies that research health properties of green tea, we have collected 20 benefits of drinking green tea regularly. Take a look…

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1. Longevity

Green tea may protect against death from all causes, especially cardiovascular disease. Japanese scientists analyzed data from a National Cohort Study that began in 1994 and had over 40,000 participants, age 40 to 79, who initially were free of stroke, heart disease and cancer. People were followed for up to 11 years.
Compared with participants who consumed less than 1 cup of green tea per day, those drinking 5 or more cups a day had a significantly lower risk of death from all causes, especially lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease and stroke. The findings might explain in part the reason why the Japanese live longer than people in any other country. However, there was no cancer prevention benefit of green tea.

2. Memory and learning

One of the important health benefits of regular green tea drinking is improved memory and learning ability. In Japan there was revealed that high green tea drinking maintains cognitive function. Also, green tea consumption may enhance learning and memory ability.

The main components of green tea that are thought to work on improving brain function are polyphenols, epigalochatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), a very strong antioxidant. The high use of oxygen during the metabolic processes leads to the generation of a large number of free radicals (highly reactive molecules). EGCG can penetrate the brain’s blood barrier and is able to enact its antioxidative affects on the free radicals that cause damage in the brain.

3. Weight control

There is strong evidence that green tea has fat-burning properties and promotes weight loss, especially when combined with increased physical activity and a healthy diet. Green tea polyphenols are known to increase the metabolism of fats by the liver (thermogenic effect), inhibit lipase (fat absorption enzyme) in the digestive tract, and provide a feeling of satiety and fullness. Green tea can reduce body weight in obese persons by increasing energy expenditure and fat oxidation.

Continuous ingestion of a green tea extract high in catechins promotes reduction in body fat, systolic blood pressure, and LDL cholesterol, that in its turn contributes to a decrease in obesity and cardiovascular disease risks.

4. Skin protection from Ultraviolet

Green tea polyphenols protect the skin from the damage caused by ultraviolet radiation such as UV-induced sunburn, UV-induced immunosuppression and photoaging of the skin. They exert photoprotection by various cellular, molecular and biochemical mechanisms. Also, green tea polyphenols protect the skin by improving the elastic tissues.

5. Lowering cholesterol

Green tea lowers total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol levels and improves the ratio of HDL to LDL cholesterol. People who drink green tea daily have lower cholesterol levels than those who do not drink it.

It is believed that one of the underlying mechanisms by which green tea lowers blood cholesterol levels is by reducing lipids absorption in the digestive tract and promoting their excretion from the body.

6. Diabetes and blood glucose levels

Green tea has been traditionally used to control blood sugar. Recent evidence also suggests it may help regulate the blood sugar and reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes. People who drink more than 6 cups per day are less likely to develop diabetes than those who drink less than 1 cup per week. Green tea antidiabetic properties may be partly explained by its caffeine content.

Japanese researchers demonstrated that daily intake of green tea extract lowered the hemoglobin A1c level in people with borderline diabetes, that indicates the increased body’s ability to utilize blood sugar. Hemoglobin A1c is a test that measures the amount of glycosylated hemoglobin molecules in red blood cells. These molecules attach to glucose and so people have more of them if they have more glucose in the blood.

7. Heart protection: Asian paradox

Green tea may protect against heart disease. Green tea might explain the “Asian paradox” – when people living in Asian countries smoke cigarettes heavily, but have relatively low incidence of heart disease. The Japanese confirm that the more green tea people drink, the less likely they are to have coronary artery disease. Underlying mechanisms for this include vasculoprotective, antioxidative, antithrombogenic, anti-inflammatory, and cholesterol-lowering properties of tea flavonoids.

Green tea can promote cardioprotection and reduce heart muscle cells death after a heart attack (myocardial infarction). The primary catechin in tea, EGCG, prevents heart muscle damage by blocking the activation of inflammation-related compounds that promote the oxidative damage that kills heart cells in heart attack. EGCG also appears to speed up the recovery of heart cells.

8. Anti-hypertensive

Green tea lowers blood pressure and helps prevent hypertension. Tea increases body’s production of nitric oxide, which dilates arteries and thereby reduces blood pressure. Among persons consuming tea regularly for at least one year, the risk of developing high blood pressure was 46% lower among those who drank 1/2 cup to 2 1/2 cups per day, and 65% less among those consuming more than 2 1/2 cups per day.

9. Stroke

Green tea shows promise in the prevention of stroke. Furthermore, the green tea polyphenols, particularly EGCG, have been shown to protect brain cells from destructive processes following stroke.

10. Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases

Green tea may reduce the risk of degenerative disorders of the central nervous system, such as cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. Green tea catechin polyphenols produce several neuroprotective (i.e. lessening the damage to brain cells) activities like iron chelation, scavenging of radicals, activation of survival genes and cell signaling pathways, and inhibitory action on Abeta fibrils/oligomers formation.

Japan scientists have discovered that people who consumed more than 2 cups of green tea a day had a 50% lower chance of having cognitive impairment, than those who drank fewer than 2 cups a day, or who consumed other tested beverages.

11. Atherosclerosis

Regular green tea drinking may be beneficial for the prevention of atherosclerosis, when the plaque builds up on the insides of the arteries . Green tea has been shown to effectively lower the risk of atherosclerosis by lowering LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, lipid peroxides (free radicals that damage LDL cholesterol and other lipids) and fibrinogen (a protein in the blood involved in the formation of blood clots). Green tea is a powerful antioxidant and protects LDL cholesterol from oxidation. Oxidized cholesterol gets sticky and tends to cling to the walls of he arteries, leading to the development of atherosclerosis.

12. Anticlotting effect

Green tea also appears to prevent the formation of blood clots (thrombosis). Green tea catechins produce potent antithrombotic effect by inhibition of platelet aggregation (blood clot formation).

13. Increased exercise endurance

Animal studies indicate that green tea increases exercise endurance. Green tea catechins increase metabolic capacity and utilization of fatty acid as a source of energy in muscles during exercise.

14. Smoking

Regular green tea drinking may protect smokers from oxidative damages and reduce cancer risk or other diseases caused by free radicals associated with smoking. Green tea may prevent future cardiovascular disorders in chronic smokers.

15. Bones

Green tea may prevent osteoporosis and bone loss. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have shown that green tea may increase bone mineral density. Australian researchers report that bone mineral density is 2.8% greater in tea drinkers than non-drinkers. Over the 4 years period, tea drinkers lost an average of two times less of their total hip bone mineral density, than non-tea drinkers.

16. Tooth decay (dental caries)

Green tea prevents tooth decay. It kills the bacteria that cause dental plaques and halitosis (bad breath) and increases the acid resistance of tooth enamel.

17. Arthritis

Green tea may help people with arthritis by reducing inflammation and slowing cartilage breakdown.

18. Antimicrobal activity

Green tea catechins have anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-fungal activities. These include some types of salmonella, influenza and herpes simplex. Its bacteria-destroying abilities can help prevent food poisoning. A component of green tea may be useful in treating severe sepsis, an abnormal immune system response to bacteria.

19. Liver protection

Green tea appears to support healthy liver and protect it from the damage by toxic substances such as alcohol. Men who drink more than 10 cups of green tea per day are less likely to develop disorders of the liver.

20. Gastrointestinal tract

In the gastrointestinal tract, green tea was found to activate intracellular antioxidants and reduce inflammation. Drinking more than 10 cups per day may prevent chronic atrophic gastritis. Also, it may help reduce inflammation associated with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

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Love – The Law of God from The Book of Mirdad

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Love – The Law of God from The Book of Mirdad

MIRDAD: Love is the Law of god.
You live that you may learn to love. You love that you may learn to live. No other lesson is required of Man.

And what is it to love but for the lover to absorb forever the beloved so that the twain be one? And whom, or what, is one to love? Is one to choose a certain leaf upon the Tree of Life and pour upon it all one’s heart? What of the branch that bears the leaf? What of the stem that holds the branch? What of the bark that shields the stem? What of the roots that feed the bark, the stem, the branches and the leaves? What of the soil embosoming the roots? What of the sun, and sea, and air that fertilize the soil?

You say,’ But there be leaves and leaves upon a single tree. Some are healthy, some are sick; some are beautiful, some, ugly; some are giant, some are dwarfs. How can we help but pick and choose?’

I say to you, Out of the paleness of the sick proceeds the freshness of the healthy. I further say to you that ugliness is Beauty’s palette, paint and brush; and that the dwarf would not have been a dwarf had he not given of his stature to the giant.

You are the Tree of Life. Beware of fractioning yourselves. Set not a fruit against a fruit, a leaf against a leaf, a bough against a bough; nor set the stem against the roots; nor set the tree against the mother-soil. That is precisely what you do when you love one part more than the rest, or to the exclusion of the rest.

You are the Tree of Life. Your roots are everywhere. Your boughs and leaves are everywhere. Your fruits are in every mouth. What ever be the fruits upon that tree; whatever be its boughs and leaves; whatever be its roots, they are your fruits; they are your leaves and boughs; they are your roots; if you would have the tree bear sweet and fragrant fruit, if you would have it ever strong and green, see to the sap wherewith you feed the roots.

Love is the sap of Life. While hatred is the pus of Death. But Love, like blood, must circulate unhindered in the veins. Repress the blood, and it becomes a menace and a plague. And what is Hate but Love repressed, or Love withheld, therefore becoming such a deadly poison both to the feeder and the fed; both to the hater and to that he hates?

A yellow leaf upon your tree of life is but a Love weaned leaf. Blame not the yellow leaf. A withered bough is but a Love-starved bough. Blame not the withered bough. A putrid fruit is but a Hatred-suckled fruit. Blame not the putrid fruit. But rather blame your blind and stingy heart that would dole out the sap of life to few and would deny it to many, thereby denying it to itself.

No love is possible except the love of self. No self is real save the all-embracing Self. Therefore is God all Love, because he loves Himself. So long as you are pained by Love, you have not found your real self, nor have you found the golden key of Love. Because you love an ephemeral self, you love is ephemeral.

The love of man for woman is not love. It is thereof a very distant token. The love of parent for the child is but the threshold to Love’s holy temple. Till every man be every woman’s lover , and the reverse; till every child be every parent’s child, and the reverse, let men and women brag of flesh and bone clinging to flesh and bone, but never speak the sacred name of Love. For that is blasphemy.

You have no friends so long you can count a single man as foe. The heart that harbors enmity how can it be a safe abode for friendship?

You do not know the joy of Love so long as there is hatred in your hearts. Were you to feed all things the sap of Life except a certain tiny worm, that certain tiny worm alone would embitter your life. For in loving anything, or anyone, you love in truth but yourselves. Likewise, in hating anything, or anyone, you hate in truth but yourselves. For that which you hate is bound up inseparably with that which you love, like the face and the reverse of the same coin. If you would be honest with yourselves, then must you love what you hate and what hates you before you love what you love and what loves you.

Love is not a virtue. Love is a necessity; more so than bread and water; more so than light and air. Let no one pride himself on loving. But rather breathe in love and breathe it out just as unconsciously and freely as your breathe in the air and breathe it out.

For Love needs no one to exalt it. Love will exalt the heart that it finds worth of itself. Love neither lends nor borrows; Love neither buys nor sells; but when it gives, it gives it s all; and when it takes, it takes its all. Its very taking is a giving. Its very giving is a taking. Therefore is it the same to-day, to-morrow and forevermore.

Just as a mighty river emptying itself in the sea is e’er replenished by the sea, so must you empty yourselves in Love that you may be ever filled with Love. The pool that would withhold the sea-gift from the sea becomes a stagnant pool.

There is nor ‘more’ nor ‘less’ in Love . The moment you attempt to grade and measure Love it slips away leaving behind it bitter memories. Nor is there ‘now’ and ‘then’ , nor ‘here’ and ‘there’ in Love . All seasons are Love seasons. All spots are fit abodes for Love.

Love knows no boundaries or bars. A love whose course is checked by any obstacle whatever is not yet worthy of the name of Love.

I often hear you say that Love is blind, meaning that it can see no fault in the beloved. That kind of blindness is the height of seeing. Would you were always so blind as to behold no fault in anything. Nay, clear and penetrating is the eye of Love. Therefore, it sees no fault. When Love has purged your sight, then would you see nothing at all unworthy of your Love? Only a loveshorn, faulty eye is ever busy finding faults. Whatever fault it finds are only its own faults.

Love integrates. Hatred disintegrates. This huge and ponderous mass of earth and rock which you call Altar Peak would quickly fly asunder were it not held together by the hand of Love. Even your bodies, perishable as they seem, could certainly resist disintegration did you but love each cell of them with equal zeal.

Love is peace athrob with melodies of Life. Hatred is war agog with fiendish blasts of Death. Which would you: Love and be at everlasting peace? Or hate and be at everlasting war? The whole earth is alive in you. The heavens and their hosts are alive in you. So love the Earth and all her suckling if you would love yourselves. And love the Heavens and all their tenants if you would love yourselves.

Why do you hate Naronda , Abimar ?

Naronda: All were taken aback by so sudden a shift in the Master’s voice and course of thoughts; while Abimar and I were dumb-struck by so pointed a question about an estrangement between us which we carefully hid from all and had reasons to believe it was not detached by any. All looked upon the two of us in utter wonder and waited on the lips of Abimar.

Abimar: (eying me in reproach) Did you, Naronda , tell the Master?

Naronda: When Abimar has said ‘The Master’ , my heart melted in joy within me. For it was round that word that we had disagreed long before Mirdad revealed himself; I holding that he was a teacher come to enlighten men; and Abimar insisting, he was but a common man.

MIRDAD: Look not askance upon Naronda, Abimar; for he is blameless of your blame.

Abimar: Who told you, then? Can you read men’s minds too?

MIRDAD: Mirdad needs nor spies nor interpreters. Did you but love Mirdad as he loves you, you could with ease read in his mind and see into his heart as well.

Abimar: forgive a blind and a deaf man, Master. Open my eye and ear, for I am eager to see and to hear.

MIRDAD: Love is the only wonder-worker. If you would see let love be in the pupil of the eye. If you would hear, let love be in the drum of the ear.

Abimar: But I hate no man, not even Naronda .

MIRDAD: Not-hating is not loving, Abimar . for Love is an active force; and save it guide your every move and step, you cannot find you way; and save it fill your every wish and thought , your wishes shall be nettles in your dreams; your thoughts shall be as dirges for your days.

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