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Matthew 4
4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

As you can see, the BLT (Bacon, Lettuce, Tomato) sandwich is a three-hit combo to your heart. Because the taste of bacon is godly and you have the healthy lettuce and tomato to counter the oily nature of bacon. Obviously to be taken in moderation cause it can cause hypertension, obesity and so on. What farmers should do is to raise healthy pigs so we can have healthy bacons.

Okay you can substitute "bacons" not made from pork. You pick your kind of bread, bacon, lettuce, tomato and rice. You be the judge of food you eat. Of course, people who can afford it can buy food according to their good taste. Otherwise you are forced to eat manure food cause you are poor. Peacemakers are after the Spirit okay? So purchase and eat Spiritual food.

Romans 2
3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; 6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds: 7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: 8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: 11 For there is no respect of persons with God.

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi knows English, Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu and Marath. Since he wrote the book in Gujarati originally, it is meant particularly for Gujarati and the Indian people. I think good teachings are universal so if its good, good people agree on it. As Gandhi is a peacemaker, only peace-loving individuals will understand and follow his teachings.

Like in basketball, Tex Winter is the originator of the Triangle offense. He connected with Phil Jackson so the latter became a disciple. PJ executed it masterfully. I'm afraid I do not understand the principles of the Triangle offense. I only know it works because of the championship titles won by the teams who won by it. Here in the PH, we prefer the run and gun or helter-skelter type of basketball because it is simple.

But I understand set plays like the Princeton offense. Below is a note from Wayne Walters:

I'm a big fan of the game okay so I download diagrams and videos.

Chapter 1 - Birth and Parentage

The impression that India is clannish is shown in this chapter and the story of Mahatma Gandhi's father who due to intrigue about loyalty has to leave his post. To be honest, I just have the basic understanding and impression of the Caste system prevailing in India but being the tactless that I am I would say it is comparable to the NBA. However the loyalty of the NBA players is their love for basketball. Generally speaking because it is not always about the money. When players are not receiving the playing time they think they deserve in their current teams, they would look elsewhere where they can develop. Other times, players go abroad. So NBA has loyalties to their team, their contracts, to the NBA, to advertisers, to fellow players, to fans and for the love of the game. Which is their priority is supposed to be in the spiritual and that is the love for the game. Of course the players are also bounded by the NBA Players Association which is after the welfare of the players. 

Where is your loyalty, to your clan or to your country? 

Gadhi's mother, meanwhile, does fasting religiously, once falling ill as said here and breaking her fast at sunrise. This is the right way of fasting as she probably was shaking from hunger that she went ill.

My opinion in fasting is that it is for your own body, not for God. What would God do with your fasting and food offering? God is a spiritual being so God is delighted by spiritual offerings.

"Love your fellow men. Do not do to others what you do not wish to be done to yourself. Desiring to sustain oneself, one sustains others; desiring to develop oneself, one develops others".

Because a teacher supposed to teach people why the people should do things. And a student supposed to ask why they are supposed to do things.

I saw this documentary about a missionary going to the place of a native tribe. He was entertained when the natives pounded the soap to their shirts in the mortar and pestle. What the hell... What kind of teacher is this? He is supposed to teach the natives the proper way how to wash their clothes. 

I apologize guys if I offended you in your beliefs. Because my opinion is that to get the bullet from inside the wound, the doctor hurts you in cutting open the flesh. So take this blog with a grain of salt.

However Jesus also respect the traditions of different beliefs and religions:

Acts 15
13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: 14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. 15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, 16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: 17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. 18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. 19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: 20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. 21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.

Jesus made a demarcation line from his doctrines to that of Moses. So Jesus and disciples compromised in verses 20,21 that they keep these traditions. Like in today's time, as the doctrines of Jesus are universal, other religions can adapt his teachings and retain their old traditions. The only cons to that is that your progress be delayed or stagnated. No big deal.

In summary, follow the golden rules below cause the doctrines of Jesus stemmed from it:

"Love your fellow men. Do not do to others what you do not wish to be done to yourself. Desiring to sustain oneself, one sustains others; desiring to develop oneself, one develops others".

Happy Christmas

Physical wars brings temporary peace. Like when the atmosphere of the earth became stable, civilizations flourished. But because their law is after the physical, the civilizations ended.

Everlasting peace happens when you are after the spiritual.

Mahatma Gandhi is a peacemaker and his teachings are after the spiritual. When a person or teachings can relate most to you, you have no choice but to follow it. Like for Indians, I would think that they can relate most to Gandhi cause he is Indian.

Geologically speaking, we live in a time period of intense climatic change. Since the last 1 million years, our species and our human forebears experienced a dozen or so major glaciations of the northern hemisphere, with the greatest ever occurring around 650,000 years ago. During this period of extreme ice buildup, the ice advanced deep into the Midwest, from its center around Hudson Bay in Canada, and deep into Germany, from its center on the Scandinavian Shield. So much ice collected in these two major regions and several lesser ones that the sea level dropped by some 400 feet and the overall global temperature was lowered by around 5°C (about 9°F).

After this great glaciation, a succession of smaller glaciations has followed, each separated by about 100,000 years from its predecessor, according to changes in the eccentricity of the Earth's orbit (a fact first discovered by the astronomer Johannes Kepler, 1571-1630). These periods of time when large areas of the Earth are covered by ice sheets are called �ice ages.� The last of the ice ages in human experience (often referred to as the Ice Age) reached its maximum roughly 20,000 years ago, and then gave way to warming. Sea level rose in two major steps, one centered near 14,000 years and the other near 11,500 years. However, between these two periods of rapid melting there was a pause in melting and sea level rise, known as the "Younger Dryas" period. During the Younger Dryas the climate system went back into almost fully glacial conditions, after having offered balmy conditions for more than 1000 years. The reasons for these large swings in climate change are not yet well understood.
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Its also the reason why there is a game of thrones in A Song of Ice and Fire. The weather is not yet stable comparable to earth's early history so there is chaos in leadership among the clans. And there are unknown creatures like the whitewalkers and wights and the magical powers the humans possess evolved due to the unpredictable and harsh weather.

Westeros's climate shifts from arid and dry desert climate in the furthest south to cold and harsh winters in the north and icy wasteland in the Lands of Always Winter in the farthest north.

Westeros and Essos both experience extremely long seasons of varying length, usually lasting at least a couple of years each. The maesters try to predict the length of the seasons, monitoring the temperature and days length, to advise on when to plant and when to harvest and how much food to store. However, given the random nature of the seasons, this is not something that can be relied on.
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So in theory, unpredictable weather and extreme conditions have caused magic but it is only temporary because the atmosphere of the earth became stable. The Way to have everlasting magic is to have spiritual wars meaning studies, debates and so on.

Bachelor Party

This is not a good idea. Its designed to tempt and lull the bachelor into sinning because of the booze, girl strippers and gambling. When you are already engaged, you have to endure until the wedding not endure until the bachelor party. What if the woman stripping seduced you into sinning, then its a sin to your would-be wife. What if there are drunk people who challenges you to a fistfight and worse is they have a knife or gun. Avoid appearances of evil meaning if you know there is a chance that evil and corruption will happen, you stay away from it. Because you already have a responsibility. You made a vow to each other.

Matthew 4
18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. 19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. 21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. 22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

I'm not saying I am engaged okay? Cause I'm not. Teaching cannot wait so I am teaching you guys and girls, the responsibility when you are already engaged. You take it seriously because if you do not, you are not ready for marriage.

Luke 16
10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. 11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? 12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own? 13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

This becomes a habit that you will attend to more bachelor parties therefore lead to more temptations. When you should be with your wife and family. Same goes for the women.

In the courting process though, the woman is allowed to be stealth thus she can be unjust and unfair. Because she is not under the law. You are. Although there are limits. Once you both agree is she will be under the law as well and you two make your own traditions.

Reflexology

I walk in reflexology paths occasionally cause it clears the mind and I believe it helps the immune system. The stones put pressure on the bare feet to which it has equivalent in the body organs.

When this foot path is not available, like now, I use the Vibram five fingers cause it is like walking barefooted. Go to stadiums and circles. Just be careful okay because these shoes are not for everyday walking. Because of its design, the material puts more pressure on the toes. I actually had sprained one of my toe when I use it continuously. There is no fracture so it must be muscle pain. Its healed after several months. That is why I recommend you use Vibram occasionally. 

Actually I am thinking that Muhammad and his followers made the pilgrimage to Mecca to participate in track and field competitions.

The Muslims performed the usual circumambulation vigorously and briskly; and on recommendation by the Prophet they did their best to appear strong and steadfast in their circumambulation as the polytheists had spread rumours that they were weak because the fever of Yathrib (Madinah) had sapped their strength. They were ordered to run in the first three rounds and then walk in the remaining ones. The Makkans meanwhile aligned on the top of Qu‘aiqa‘an Mount watching the Muslims, tongue-tied at witnessing their strength and devotion. - Saifur Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum
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Its running and walking with strength and devotion.

To our Muslim brothers and sisters, we have shown here that you are capable world leaders in mathematics and sports. As you can see, violence is not necessary in attaining these scholarly and physical pursuits. I'm not saying you abandon your religion cause the doctrines of Jesus is not after religions. The doctrines are after the spirit of the individual. 

"Love your fellow men. Do not do to others what you do not wish to be done to yourself. Desiring to sustain oneself, one sustains others; desiring to develop oneself, one develops others".

Great Possession

Galatians 5
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. 

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

The teachings of Jesus and Confucius are after the spirit because even if they yield to higher authorities in government, their teachings are for peace and goodwill. They have no teachings to kill people and have concubines. Neither did they tolerate killing and people having concubines. They avoid appearances of evil.

Any person and literature that is after the spirit is a great possession.

Abū ‘Abdallāh Muḥammad ibn Mūsā Al-Khwārizm, a Persian scholar born around 780, is sometimes called the “grandfather of computer science” and is credited with popularising the use of the decimal point. In fact, the word “algebra” comes from his algebraic mathematical treatise, called Hisab al-Jabr w'al-muqabala (The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing). His legacy can be seen in the statue erected outside the West Gate.
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Few details of al-Khwārizmī's life are known with certainty. He was born in a Persian[1][5] family and Ibn al-Nadim gives his birthplace as Khwarezm[9] in Greater Khorasan (modern Xorazm Region, Uzbekistan). Regarding al-Khwārizmī's religion, Toomer writes:

Another epithet given to him by al-Ṭabarī, "al-Majūsī," would seem to indicate that he was an adherent of the old Zoroastrian religion. This would still have been possible at that time for a man of Iranian origin, but the pious preface to al-Khwārizmī's Algebra shows that he was an orthodox Muslim, so al-Ṭabarī's epithet could mean no more than that his forebears, and perhaps he in his youth, had been Zoroastrians.[12]

Al-Khwārizmī's contributions to mathematics, geography, astronomy, and cartography established the basis for innovation inalgebra and trigonometry. His systematic approach to solving linear and quadratic equations led to algebra, a word derived from the title of his 830 book on the subject, "The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing".

On the Calculation with Hindu Numerals written about 825, was principally responsible for spreading the Hindu–Arabic numeral system throughout the Middle East and Europe. It was translated into Latin as Algoritmi de numero Indorum. Al-Khwārizmī, rendered as (Latin) Algoritmi, led to the term "algorithm".

Some of his work was based on Persian and Babylonian astronomy, Indian numbers, and Greek mathematics.

Al-Khwārizmī systematized and corrected Ptolemy's data for Africa and the Middle East. Another major book was Kitab surat al-ard ("The Image of the Earth"; translated as Geography), presenting the coordinates of places based on those in theGeography of Ptolemy but with improved values for the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, and Africa.

He also wrote on mechanical devices like the astrolabe and sundial.

He assisted a project to determine the circumference of the Earth and in making a world map for al-Ma'mun, the caliph, overseeing 70 geographers.[14]

When, in the twelfth century, his works spread to Europe through Latin translations, it had a profound impact on the advance of mathematics in Europe.
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