Smile!
Some Pictures to Brighten Your Day
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/3/20/smile-some-pictures-to-brighten-your-day.aspx

What our pets do while we're away.

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Study shows compassion meditation changes the brain
(March 25, 2008)


https://www.news.wisc.edu/14944

Can we train ourselves to be compassionate?
A new study suggests the answer is yes.
Cultivating compassion and kindness through meditation affects brain regions that can make a person more empathetic to other peoples' mental states, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Published March 25 in the Public Library of Science One,
the study was the first to use functional magnetic resonance
imaging to indicate that positive emotions such as loving-kindness and compassion can be learned in the same way as playing a musical instrument or being proficient in a sport.
The scans revealed that brain circuits used to detect emotions and feelings were dramatically changed in subjects who had extensive experience practicing compassion meditation.
The research suggests that individuals — from children who may engage in bullying to people prone to recurring depression — and society in general could benefit from such meditative practices (...)
The study was part of the researchers' ongoing investigations with a group of Tibetan monks and lay practitioners who have practiced meditation for a minimum of 10,000 hours. In this case, Lutz and Davidson worked with 16 monks who have cultivated compassion meditation practices. Sixteen age-matched controls with no previous training were taught the fundamentals of compassion meditation two weeks before the brain scanning took place.
"Many contemplative traditions speak of loving-kindness as the wish for happiness for others and of compassion as the wish to relieve others' suffering.
Loving-kindness and compassion are central to the Dalai Lama's philosophy and mission," says Davidson, who has worked extensively with the Tibetan Buddhist leader.
"We wanted to see how this voluntary generation of compassion affects the brain systems involved in empathy." CLIP
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The Devil's Swimming Pool



https://www.jibjab.com/view/234429
In Zimbabwe, Africa, you will find the magnificent Victoria Falls at a height of 128m. The location is known as "The Devil's Swimming Pool".During the months of September and December, people can swim as close as possible to the edge of the falls without falling over! These falls are becoming well known amongst the "radical tourist" industry as more and more people search for the ultimate experience. Would you dare?

Swimming In Victoria Falls Devils Pool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVN9KnWy-H8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCxKYWhMU18&NR=1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26O5miWH0Cg&NR=1

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