The Flower of Life

The Flower of Life is a design that has been stuck in my brain ever since I first laid eyes on it. It is so representative of everything in this world; of how interconnected everything is.

It represents sacred geometry, reflecting ancient ideas that the Creator had based all his plans for life on a certain geometric plan. The Flower of Life is also very often used in religious design, and for Judeo-Christians, the six petals represent the six days of creation.

Most importantly, the shape is also the basic shape of the snowflake, and the snowflake is made of water, something that is the most essential aspect of life.

Anyway, I ramble. My point is that I decided to decorate our bedroom with it.

What do you think?

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Consumerism = The Rise of the Female?

It occurred to me that consumerism is closely linked to women and their rise in society.

The Victorian period ended sharply with the beginning of aggressive capitalism. Sure, it came about because of the rigorous industrialisation that was occurring at the time, but the consumer culture started to grow as women's cultural power did.

Think about it... Much of the advertising today is focused on women - we are bombarded with adverts about everything from how to get your bathroom and toilet spotless and germ-free to how you can dress up yourselves and your family, what to give them to be healthy, and even what kind of car you should buy. Enter any retail clothing store, and you'll battle to find a men's section that's larger or even equal in size to that of the women's section. Toiletries for women have wider ranges and more producers. Women need to indulge in sweet treats, slim down and exercise, plan the meals, decorate the home and garden, and even prevent time from marking their faces with wrinkles and sags.

Women are responsible for everything in society, the advertisers would have us believe. Women must be the largest consumers. And if we're the largest consumers, don't we drive consumerism? Was consumerism and the capitalist lifestyle invented because women - the gender of which there is the most in the world - are the most gullible?

PS This idea occurred to me while reading this on AlterNet.
Photo: Dreamstime.com, Parrus

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I Love the Internet!

Here are some of the things I found on the Internet this week!

- A strange sea creature was filmed by underwater drillers. So far, the video has not been declared a hoax:

Via Discovery News

- How men's issues should not be ignored any longer.

- There were female gladiators, or gladiatrices! Though accounts of them have been found, this is only the second physical depiction found.

- This little girl even understands the craziness of gender-based marketing! :)

- An image that sums up the debate about criminalising rape victims via The Good Men Project

- Weirdest stories of 2011

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Video of the Week

A pair of Jaguar cubs was born at the San Diego Zoo for the first time in 30 years.


The brother and sister, which were born on April 26, weighed about 2.3kg each as of May 20, but they'll soon reach about 113kgs when they're fully grown.

They pair haven't gone public yet; obviously they need some time with mommy first!

But you can see them below. Aren't they adorable? :)

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Random? No!

"There are no random events, nor are there things that exist by and for themselves, in isolation. The atoms that make up your body were once forged inside stars, and the causes of even the smallest event are virtually infinite and connected with the whole in incomprehensible ways.

If you wanted to trace back the cause of any event, you would have to go back all the way to the beginning of creation. The cosmos is not chaotic. The very word cosmos means order. But this is not an order the human mind can ever comprehend, although it can sometimes glimpse it." ~ Eckhart Tolle

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Video of the Week

Cats are not known for their love of water, but there are some who are the exception to the rule, such as this cute little kitty.

The cat also seems to enjoy doing chores, and is helping his pet clean dishes.

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