manifest's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=manifest1999-12-13T19:10:58ZI have never let my schooling interfere with my education (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/manifest/writeups/I+have+never+let+my+schooling+interfere+with+my+educationmanifesthttp://m.everything2.com/user/manifest1999-12-13T19:10:58Z1999-12-13T19:10:58ZA famous quote by <a href="/title/Mark+Twain">Mark Twain</a>, it reflects the <a href="/title/sentiment">sentiment</a> that schooling never completes one's <a href="/title/education">education</a>, on the <a href="/title/contrary">contrary</a>, sometimes it interferes with the process of education.
<br> I wish I could say this too. Unfortunately, due to the setup of our modern(?) <a href="/title/society">society</a>, and my inability to break the accepted <a href="/title/norms">norms</a> too often, I unwillingly, have let this happen.Kathakali (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/manifest/writeups/Kathakalimanifesthttp://m.everything2.com/user/manifest1999-12-10T02:29:59Z1999-12-10T02:29:59Z<p>An art form which is a combination drama, dance and music. Originated in <a href="/title/Kerala">Kerala</a> over 500 years ago. It he actors depict characters from the epics <a href="/title/Ramayana">Ramayana</a> and <a href="/title/Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a> and from the <a href="/title/Puranas">Puranas</a>. Kathakali uses the trainining exercises of <a href="/title/Kalari+Pyattu">Kalari Pyattu</a>, the martial art of <a href="/title/Kerala">Kerala</a>. Interesting "feature" is that only <a href="/title/men">men</a> used to take part in these dances in the early years, even playing the <a href="/title/female">female</a>'s role !</p>Maya (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/manifest/writeups/Mayamanifesthttp://m.everything2.com/user/manifest1999-12-09T09:32:30Z1999-12-09T09:32:30Z<a href="/title/Maya">Maya</a> is also a word derived from <a href="/title/Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>. It means the sense-world of manifold phenomena held in Vedanta to conceal the unity of absolute being; broadly ,<a href="/title/ILLUSION">ILLUSION</a>.
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<a href="/title/Maya">Maya</a> is also the name of one of my <a href="/title/friends">friends</a>.
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The <a href="/title/Maya">Maya</a> are probably the best-known of the <a href="/title/classical">classical</a> <a href="/title/civilizations">civilizations</a> of <a href="/title/Mesoamerica">Mesoamerica</a>. Today, they number about six million people, making them the largest single block of indigenous peoples north of <a href="/title/Peru">Peru</a>.The addictive nature of Everything (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/manifest/writeups/The+addictive+nature+of+Everythingmanifesthttp://m.everything2.com/user/manifest1999-12-09T08:55:22Z1999-12-09T08:55:22ZThe Association for Prevention of Internet Addictivity <a href="/title/APIA">APIA</a> has issued an an <a href="/title/emergency">emergency</a> notification regarding the wide spread <a href="/title/phenomenon">phenomenon</a> know to <a href="/title/geeks">geeks</a> and <a href="/title/people_with_no_job">people_with_no_job</a> as <a href="/title/Everything">Everything</a>. It warns <a href="/title/surfers">surfers</a> that the <a href="/title/addictive">addictive</a> nature of <a href="/title/everything">everything</a> is monstrous. "Once you are lost in the <a href="/title/nodes">nodes</a> of <a href="/title/Everything">Everything</a>, you are <a href="/title/lost">lost</a> for ever", said Mr.P, the <a href="/title/President">President</a> of <a href="/title/APIA">APIA</a>.
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The report also talks about <a href="/title/actions">actions</a> that might be taken against the founders <a href="/title/nate">nate</a> and <a href="/title/bones">bones</a>. Also included in the <a href="/title/666">666</a> page report, is an <a href="/title/investigation">investigation</a> into the shady nature of <a href="/title/jessicapierce">jessicapierce</a>. She(?) is <a href="/title/rumoured">rumoured</a> to be the <a href="/title/manager">manager</a> incharge of the <a href="/title/initiation">initiation</a> process of <a href="/title/Everything">Everything</a>.
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The report also <a href="/title/investigates">investigates</a> the <a href="/title/shady">shady</a> working of <a href="/title/everything">everything</a>. A <a href="/title/member">member</a> <a href="/title/manifest">manifest</a> complains that <a href="/title/everything">everything</a>'s <a href="/title/moderator">moderator</a> has <a href="/title/nuked">nuked</a> his node writeups on <a href="/title/god">god</a> and <a href="/title/dog">dog</a>. "Several attempts to get a clarification from <a href="/title/bones">bones</a> did not yeild any <a href="/title/positive">positive</a> <a href="/title/result">result</a>", claims <a href="/title/manifest">manifest</a>.
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--reported by APIA <a href="/title/mouthpiece">mouthpiece</a> <a href="/title/Big+Brother">Big Brother</a>.Tantra (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/manifest/writeups/Tantramanifesthttp://m.everything2.com/user/manifest1999-12-09T07:12:41Z1999-12-09T07:12:41ZTo most, <a href="/title/Tantra">Tantra</a> means <a href="/title/sacred">sacred</a> <a href="/title/sexuality">sexuality</a>. However, the <a href="/title/real">real</a> <a href="/title/tantra">tantra</a> is a rigorous <a href="/title/spiritual">spiritual</a> <a href="/title/discipline">discipline</a> and a vast field of study, with the <a href="/title/sexual">sexual</a> aspect being an important part of it. Associated with <a href="/title/fertility">fertility</a> <a href="/title/worship">worship</a> and <a href="/title/paganism">paganism</a>, early Tantric beliefs were based on observations that <a href="/title/life">life</a> itself was a result of the
act of <a href="/title/love">love</a>.
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Material taken from www.<a href="/title/tantra">tantra</a>.orgAum (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/manifest/writeups/Aummanifesthttp://m.everything2.com/user/manifest1999-12-09T07:06:41Z1999-12-09T07:06:41Z<p>
Also know as <a href="/title/Om">Om</a>, the foundational Vibration of Life. Words like <a href="/title/aum">aum</a> and <a href="/title/shanti">shanti</a> are chanted for the purpose of tuning a person into a <a href="/title/reality">reality</a> beyond words, as it exists in those <a href="/title/invisible">invisible</a> realms of <a href="/title/sound">sound</a>.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>