Swami Beyondananda on COVID-19

Stressing out about the pandemic? Words of wisdom from the Swami. For example:

Meanwhile, here are three evolutionary practices that will help you turn this time of retreat into an advance:

TANTRUM YOGA. Given how cooped up people are, ranting has become the latest rage on the path to ire consciousness. Thanks to Tantrum Yoga, you can now use your anger to heat your home in the wintertime…

MENTAL FLOSS. In times of stress — particularly if paying attention to the news — thought particles tend to get lodged between the ears, a leading cause of truth decay….

HA-HA-HA BREATHS. As you may know, each of our chakras has a vowel sound associated with it … the solar plexus is “Oh” the heart chakra is “Ah”, and the third eye is “Eee.”…

Click here: https://laughlearnlinks.home.blog/swami-beyondananda-on-covid-19/.

Also see the Swami’s website, https://wakeuplaughing.com/beyondanews.php.

Squirrel ninja obstacle course

That’s all you need to know about this funny video. 21 minutes 39 seconds.

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The Siege of Gondor, Part I: Professionals Talk Logistics

I thought this was interesting: a discussion of the final battle in the movie Lord of the Rings from the viewpoint of a military historian. It includes comparisons to the book, recognizing that books and films are different media. He also has discussions of other literary battles (for LotR fans, the Battle of Helm’s Deep).

A historian’s look at the Siege of Gondor in Peter Jackson’s Return of the King. We’re going to discuss how historically plausible the sequence of events is and, in the process, talk a fair bit about how pre-gunpowder siege warfare works.
…a sustained study of a single campaign from the angle of all of the participants, these posts discuss campaign logistics, siege techniques, battlefield physics and cavalry dynamics.

https://acoup.blog/2019/05/10/collections-the-siege-of-gondor/

Also see https://acoup.blog/resources-for-teachers for the full range of his posts.