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10/8/15 Living the Paradox
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puppy meal book familiar appearance cleaning part agreed - Perhaps Purina Puppy Chow or Dog Chow will be cleaning up their label and offer a better dog food soon.  

Mirror-  Here is part of an abstract that I find very interesting regarding mirrors.  Mirror is frequently in  our bot runs and I would like to know more about what it could represent.
 "Quite early in China's history, mirrors were seen as possessing great religious significance. Instead of passively reflecting the objects that came before them, mirrors were thought to respond to their environment in active and dynamic ways, evidencing a mysterious power. Some of the earliest recorded references to bronze mirrors (jian) are found in the Zuozhuan (Commentary of Zuo). The Zhouli and the Huainanzi both refer to the use of bronze mirrors and concave mirrors (fu suior yang sui) in ceremonial practices.7 Mirrors came to be seen as active, responsive objects because they could be used to produce fire and water. When placed outside, concave mirrors focused sunlight to produce fire, while bronze mirrors gathered condensation in the light of the moon. But it was not simply the fact that mirrors had the power to gather or produce that made them objects of religious significance in ancient China; it was what they produced. Water and fire were thought to be the pure essences of yin and yang, respectively, and the fact that mirrors appeared to draw these substances from the sun and moon reinforced ..."

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pew/summary...cline.html
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10/8/15 Living the Paradox - by Eagle1 - 10-08-2015, 07:14 AM
RE: 10/8/15 Living the Paradox - by Shadewolf - 10-08-2015, 01:30 PM
RE: 10/8/15 Living the Paradox - by twiceblessed9 - 10-08-2015, 03:54 PM
RE: 10/8/15 Living the Paradox - by Shadewolf - 10-08-2015, 04:06 PM
RE: 10/8/15 Living the Paradox - by twiceblessed9 - 10-08-2015, 04:16 PM
RE: 10/8/15 Living the Paradox - by *AD - 10-08-2015, 05:57 PM
RE: 10/8/15 Living the Paradox - by esholars - 10-08-2015, 10:55 PM
RE: 10/8/15 Living the Paradox - by Sherriann - 10-09-2015, 09:02 AM
RE: 10/8/15 Living the Paradox - by ThePaladin - 10-10-2015, 03:18 AM

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