Briana Franco

As with any discipline, from horse riding to drama, certain practices are recommended. Over the centuries, the great masters of Yoga have agreed on certain points. Being human, there are many things that they have not agreed on, but seldom is this so on two aspects of diet, these being the amount eaten, and the question of meat. It seems unnecessary to argue the question of overeating. Everybody who has eaten too heartily can remember from their own experience the results. Lethargy, a bloated feeling, pain, sickness, are all evident at times. While inwardly, if the practice is habitual, the most obvious results are an enlargement of the stomach, displacement of large and small intestines and formation of excessive fat, with their attendant health threats. As with any discipline, from horse riding to drama, certain practices are recommended. Over the centuries, the great masters of Yoga have agreed on certain points. Being human, there are many things that they have not agreed on, but... - Briana Franco

Sustainable retreat is a concept developed by independent research scientist Dr. James Lovelock, who is well-known in ecological circles for developing the Gaia theory, in order to define the necessary changes to human settlement and dwelling at the global scale with the purpose of adapting to global warming and preventing its expected negative consequences on humans as portrayed in his latest book The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth Is Fighting Back - and How We Can Still Save Humanity published in 2006[1]. - Briana Franco

From the page: "David McReynolds (born October 25, 1929) is an American democratic socialist and pacifist activist who described himself as "a peace movement bureaucrat" during his 40-year career with Liberation magazine and the War Resisters League.[1] He was the first openly gay man to run for President of the United States." - Briana Franco

Mind is the highest term yet reached in the evolution, but it is not the highest of which it is capable. There is above it a Supermind or eternal Truth-Consciousness which is in its nature the self-aware and self-determining light and power of a Divine Knowledge. Mind is an ignorance seeking after Truth, but this is a self-existent Knowledge harmoniously manifesting the play of its forms and forces. It is only by the descent of this supermind that the perfection dreamed of by all that is highest in humanity can come. It is possible by opening to a greater divine consciousness to rise to this power of light and bliss, discover one's true self, remain in constant union with the Divine and bring down the supramental Force for the transformation of mind and life and body. To realise this possibility has been the dynamic aim of Sri Aurobindo's Yoga. - Briana Franco