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The art of ornamental design has been part of China's culture for thousands of years. Art and craft have gone hand in hand to create items of great beauty and functionality. Beauty and functionality are inseparable from each other, for beauty itself is a function in Chinese culture. Each shares in equal importance. Intricately painted wall scrolls, highly ornamented hand fans, and other items of Chinese art are well known. Not so the Chinese Puzzle Ball. The Chinese Puzzle Ball is one of the summits of Chinese ornamental design and beauty.
These complex objects are thought to have an influence on the unity of the family. These puzzle balls come in many sizes, and can be made of ivory, wood, resin, soapstone or jade. Most are handmade, and consist of an outer sphere that contains smaller, movable spheres. They generally come in balls of 4-18 'layers'
The concentric layers or balls are open work carvings of plants, animals, dragons. They are an amazing display of craftsmanship. The outermost sphere is usually the most decorated, many times with dragons. The layers of the ball can be thought of as symbolizing, as a four-layer ball can symbolize the four basic elements of earth, wind, fire and water, or the four directions of the compass.
These multi-layered balls are one of the wonders of Chinese craftsmanship, practiced since ancient times. They are also rightfully known as Mystery Balls. Once they are seen and it is remembered that these balls are created out of a single sphere, you may consider them a mystery too!
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Where People Fail When it Comes to the Law of Attraction
The movie "The Secret" has been creating ripples across the world. It features some of the world's greatest teachers, philosophers, entrepreneurs, scientists, doctors, authors and financial advisors and presents the concept of the Law of Attraction in a manner that anyone and everyone can understand.
The trouble with "The Secret", or rather I should say with people's comprehension of "The Secret" and the Law of Attraction, is that many people only half get it.
They think to themselves, "Oh! If I just wish for something then I'll receive it." If only life were that simple. Also, you know they just might get away with it if they decided what they wanted and held that image steadfastly in their mind.
However, they may say they want something but continually look at their current circumstances which do not support what they want. They worry about how they will actually achieve what they want. They doubt themselves and the Universe repeatedly and then, as time passes by, they become even more jaded in their thoughts and their thoughts become increasingly negative and self-defeating.
Genevieve Behrend in her book "Your Invisible Power" wrote,
"When your understanding grasps the power to visualise your heart's desires and holds it with your will, it attracts to you all things requisite to the fulfilment of that picture by the harmonious vibration of the Law of Attraction."
Thoughts become things. So the thoughts we have become manifest whether they are positive or negative. The Universe always delivers.
I like to explain this concept to my clients using a jigsaw puzzle. It's something I've stolen from Robert Allen though I've expanded it.
Imagine you are given a jigsaw puzzle to put together. It could be a relatively simple puzzle with just a few hundred pieces or it could have thousands of pieces. The problem is you haven't been given an image of what the finished puzzle will look like. Could you complete the puzzle?
Take a second scenario where you have been given an image but it is incomplete or the image is faded and difficult to make out. How easy would it be to for you to complete the puzzle?
Take a third scenario where you are given an image for the puzzle but the image keeps changing. You look at it and one minute it represents this, then that. How easy would it be for you to complete the puzzle?
Obviously, the best conditions to complete the puzzle are where you have a clear, sharp, well-defined image. Unfortunately, it is the former scenarios that we often present to the Universe – no image, broken image or continually changing image and then we wonder why things don't turn out the way we say we want them to.
The key then is to create an image with as much clarity and detail as possible and hold onto to that image but this is not enough.
Recall the second part of quote I mentioned by Genevieve Behrend, or as she expresses another way,
"The conscious use of this great power [visualisation] attracts to you multiplied resources, intensifies your wisdom, and enables you to make use of advantages which you formerly failed to recognise."
Some people think that visualisation alone will do the trick and get them the things they desire. No. It's like arranging a date with someone, agreeing to meet them at a particular rendezvous and then you stay at home.
The Universe will move towards you. You must respond by moving towards the Universe and taking advantage of the opportunities that the Universe brings to you in order to achieve that which you desire. Darn! Yes, you have to do some work.
I love this quote by Winston Churchill,
"During their lifetimes, every man and woman will stumble across a great opportunity. Sadly, most of them will simply pick themselves up, dust themselves down and carry on as if nothing ever happened"
And, that is exactly what happens. The Universe will make available numerous opportunities to help us achieve our goals yet we often fail to recognise them or take full advantage of them. There's a saying,
"Don't wait for your ship to come in, swim out to it."
Having goals is important but more important it is what we become as we achieve a particular goal.
Of course there will be obstacles. That's the whole point of this game called life. Would you play any board game or computer game if there were no obstacles or rules to make the game more challenging? Of course not, that would be so boring. Why then do we expect the biggest and best game of all to be any different?
So dream, dream big and hold on fast to your dream. Embrace every challenge that comes your way; brush the fear of failure aside and embrace the expectancy of success. You might not get what you want; you just might get something even better. As Joan Curcio puts it,
"Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars."
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Can anyone help with my crossword puzzle?
Topic is mostly confucianism and taoism.
1.Latin for "thus" as in "__"(3 letters)
2.Eight entities that were formaly human but were granted godhood for noble deeds on earth.(9 letters)
3.Western queen mother of Taoism.(9 letters)
4.Ceremony performed by pilgriming muslims on Mount of Mercy.(3 letters)
5.classical writings of confucious.(8 letters)
6.Insolvable riddles of zen.(4 letters)
7.Province of Lao Tzu's birth(5 letters)
8.Respect for ones elders; an important aspect of confucianism.(11 letters)
9.Creator of the Jade Emperor.(starts with "C" has 9 letters)
10.Modern chinese philosopher.(starts with "L" has 9 letters)
11.What one strives to gain with nature.(7 letters)
12.Author of the Analects(9 letters)
13.Hero of the nationalistic movement in China;Chinese republic (9 letters)
14.Formalized Taoism into a religion.(9 letters)
15.Man must bend with it says Taoism.(6 letters)
Whoever answers the most questions and correctly will receive Best Answer! Thanks!
1.sic
2.Immortals
3.XiWangmu
4.haj
5.Four Books
6.koan
7.Henan
8.Filial piety
9.chee-kong or ch'ing-te
10.Lin Yutang
11.nirvana
12.confucius
13.sun yat-sen
14.chongyang
15.bamboo
others are not sure. (:
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