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I wrote like a maniac for Helium at one point and got very little out of it, except exposure. So I don't post anything here anymore and you can find me at my official website.

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Religion & Spirituality > Spiritual Insights Is mind-reading real or fake?: 15 of 69
It really is a most interesting question, one we have been asking for a very, very long time. The ability to understand what another person is thinking at a given moment in time has been equally hailed and dismissed for thousands of years by modern man. I have looked at it holistically and taken all the known (to me) factors... More..
Arts & Humanities > African History Great African civilizations in history: 2 of 8
Mapungubwe: Southern Africa's oldest discovered Kingdom In early 1932 in Apartheid South Africa, Mr van Graan and his son were out hunting for game near their farm in the Limpopo Valley, at the confluence area of South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana. In the scorching heat of the day Mr van Graan passed by an old man sitting ... More..
Home & Garden > Vegetables & Herbs Companion gardening and how it affects plants: 2 of 8
In the estimated 10 000 years modern man has been cultivating, through a practical empirical understanding, relationships between plants were recognised, utilised and extended in our cultivation techniques. This relationship knowledge has come to be known Companion Planting. One of the oldest known companion planting techniq... More..
Health & Fitness > Alternative Therapies What is alternative health?: 2 of 7
Alternative health is a convenient misnomer created by the majority of western allopathic medical institutions, in other words your regular doctors/surgeons and the industry that supplies them. It is convenient because in one name it consigns brands and relegates, the practise of all other types of medicine/healing through o... More..
Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) True gardening stories: My most inspiring garden experience: 39 of 131
The Blue Flower Mountain The waning sunlight glimmered softly through tall ethereal gum trees that waved in zephyr's, crisp from snow capped mountains, that spread majestic, high above the narrow red earth dirt strip road, that sliced languidly ahead through virgin forest to Fynbos foothills. A small blue sign fat nail hamme... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Buddhism Buddhism: Introduction to mudras: 3 of 9
In the moment that Buddha achieved enlightenment and freedom from Samsara or the continuing cycles of cause and effect. Mara the gatekeeper or controller of this reality appeared before him. To signal his success to Mara, he lightly touched the earth with the finger tips of his right hand, to connect to and call the earth to... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Buddhism The Buddhist attitude to other religions: 2 of 6
Buddhists have a non-attitude towards other religions, they recognise, unlike most of the dominant religions in the world today, that there are many overlapping paths to the same goal. If you start from the knowledge that Buddhism is not actually a religion itself, and by looking deeper into Buddhist beliefs and practises, t... More..
Sciences > Microbiology The medical war on superbugs has only just begun: 1 of 3
The village of Colney just outside Norwich City, in Norfolk England is home to the John Innes Centre (JIC), and the JIC is home to Dr. Michael McArthur and Professor Mervyn Bibb head of the JIC Department of Molecular Biology. Together they have achieved a possible solution to the rise in SuperBugs or super germs that are in... More..
Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) Organic gardening: Weed control: 1 of 3
"If it aint what I'm eating it's a weed" is a popular gardening myth and it is just that, a myth. Personally I think it is another convenient broad generalisation that encompasses any plant that is not fully understood or highly cultivated. Yes, there certainly are particular plants to watch out for, which given the slightes... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet Trends Utility computing: Wave of the future: 1 of 3
There is a perfect storm gathering in the computing world, a storm that is set to scour present day computing into a strange and foreign landscape. One that could potentially see everyday home and business computing become a virtually inescapable utility service like electricity or water. Except this utility service would be... More..