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12.02.2010 - Interpretation of dali48
Scientists puzzle over the reasons why myopia (nearsightedness) is nowadays a problem for more people than before. One thesis: For people prefering to stay at home certain growth processes of the eyeball are not regulated by light. Too much sugar also harms the eye ...
In Germany, about every 3rd person is affected, in the major cities of Asia already 90% are affected ...
While the Australians spent on average 2 hours per day outdoors, the students from Singapore came only to 30 minutes of fresh air daily ...
"There is a brake for myopia," said the biologist (I. Morgan), "if you can go outside as often as possible"...
It is clear now that inheritance plays a large role. Twin studies show that if one twin is myopic the probability for the other is at 90% ...
Eye expert F. Schäffeler from the University of Tübingen: "With 2 myopic parents the chance of being short-sighted oneself doubles or triples." In contrast, L. Cordain of Colorado State University provides that the cause of the rampant myopia lies in the sugared Nutrition (hidden and camouflaged sugar substitutes in food, etc. - d.48) of our time ...
In fact, the consumption of soft drinks, sweets and sugared breakfast Ceralien has similar risen as the rate of short-sightedness in recent years. And in chickens there arose a severe myopia, after they had injected them insulin ...
There is no preventative treatment till now. Glasses, contact lenses and corneal surgeries with the laser only change the refraction of light fix, but not the problem of the eyeball ... (Rhine Post, 12.02.2010)
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Interpretation of dali48
Myopia "nearsightedness" (AmE), "shortsightedness" (BrE) is a condition of the eye where the light that comes in does not directly focus on the retina but in front of it. This causes the image that one sees when looking at a distant object to be out of focus but in focus when looking at a close object ...
Eye care professionals most commonly correct myopia through the use of corrective lenses, such as glasses or contact lenses. It may also be corrected by refractive surgery, though there are cases of associated side effects. The corrective lenses have a negative optical power (i.e. are concave) which compensates for the excessive positive diopters of the myopic eye ...
The National Institutes of Health says there is no known way of preventing myopia, and the use of glasses or contact lenses does not affect its progression. There is no universally accepted method of preventing myopia; proposed procedures have not been studied for effectiveness ...
A number of alternative therapies exist including eye exercises and relaxation techniques, such as the Bates method. However, the efficacy of these practices is disputed by scientists and eye care practitioners. A 2005 review of scientific papers on the subject concluded that there was "no clear scientific evidence" that eye exercises were effective in treating myopia ...
The global prevalence of refractive errors has been estimated from 800 million to 2.3 billion. The incidence of myopia within sampled population often varies with age, country, sex, race, ethnicity, occupation, environment, and other factors. Variability in testing and data collection methods makes comparisons of prevalence and progression difficult ...
A number of studies have shown the incidence of myopia increases with level of education, and many studies have shown a correlation between myopia and a higher intelligence quotient (IQ)...
Heredity appears as an important factor associated with juvenile myopia, with smaller contributions from more near work, higher school achievement and less time in sports activity ...
Many instances of myopic individuals have emerged in popular culture, though not always accurately. One such instance is in William Golding's Nobel Prize-winning novel Lord of the Flies, which features a character named P. who is very nearsighted, and as a result, wears thick glasses ... (Wikipedia)
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“great information dali48 ... as I read I began to think of how we take each function of our bodies for granted, our eyes allowing us to see and put into our minds the beautiful color and beauty the world provides for us ... how blessed we are to have our bodies most wonderful invention in our world, each function a mystery ... I marvel at our bodies ... God is great” …
31.01.2014 - The concept of Tao & most belief systems by dali48
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01.02.2001 - Interpretation of dali48
Once you let go of all burdens, it is the authority of the "tao" left to unbundle things, and now live only here and now. - There is very little material for your thoughts with which you can refer to rotatingly …
Rest will move into your spirit and your soul. The past does not stick to you like a pot of glue, - and the future has lost its terrors, - its uncertainty …
For soon you will know from experience, - for a man of "tao" there is nothing to believe, - he learned that his affairs are in good hands ... (T. Fischer)
Interpretation of dali48
Tao or Dao is a Chinese word meaning 'way', 'path', 'route', or sometimes more loosely, 'doctrine' or 'principle'...
The concept of Tao differs from conventional (western) ontology, however; it is an active and holistic conception of Nature, rather than a ...
In most belief systems, Dao is used symbolically in its sense of 'way' as the 'right' or 'proper' way of existence, or in the context of ongoing practices of attainment or of the full coming into being ...
Dao is usually described in terms of elements of nature, and in particular as similar to water. Like water it is undifferentiated, endlessly self-replenishing, soft and quiet but immensely powerful, and impassively generous ...
Wuwei (Pinyin: wúwéi) or naturalness are contingent on understanding and conforming to this inner nature, which is interpreted ...
"Dao means a road, path, way, - and hence, the way in which one does something, - method, doctrine, principle"... The Dao is what gives Daoism its English name ...
There is no single orthodox Daoist view of Dao. All forms of Daoism center around Dao and De, but there is a broad variety of distinct interpretations among sects and even individuals ...
The Dao De Jing is the oldest text and representative of a speculative and philosophical approach to the Dao ...
A Taoist monk practicing Chinese calligraphy with water on stone. Water calligraphy, like sand mandalas, evokes the ephemeral nature of physical reality ...
Alternatively, philosophical Daoism regards the Dao as a non-religious concept; it is a not a deity to be worshiped, nor is it a mystical Absolute in the religious sense of the Hindu Brahman ...
The Dao, or Way, of Confucius can be said to be 'Truth'. Confucianism regards the Way, or Truth, as concordant with a particular approach to ...
Dhyana was translated as ch'an (and later as zen), giving Zen Buddhism its name ...
Cut off words and meaning is emptiness. Emptiness is the Dao. The Dao is cutting off words and speech ...
Ch'an (Zen) Buddhists regard the Dao as synonymous with both the Buddhist Path (marga) and the results of it; the Eightfold Path and Buddhist enlightenment (satori)...
Cheng Yi followed this interpretation, elaborating on this perspective of Dao through teachings about yin-yang interactions, the cultivation and preservation of life ...
He (C.S. Lewis) asserted that every religion and philosophy is an attempt to line up with the Tao - the way mankind was designed to be ...
Axel Schuessler's etymological dictionary presents two possibilities for the tonal morphology of dào 道 "road; way; method"...
Many languages have borrowed and adapted Chinese dao 道 "the way" as a loanword ...
In Sino-Xenic languages, 道 is pronounced as Japanese dō, tō, or michi ...
The dao/dao "the way" English word of Chinese origin has three meanings, according to the Oxford English Dictionary.
1. a. In Daoism, an absolute entity which is the source of the universe; the way in which this absolute entity functions.
1. b. = Daoism, daoist
2. In Confucianism and in extended uses, the way to be followed, the right conduct; doctrine or method ... (Wikipedia)
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The Dao, or Way, of Confucius can be said to be "Truth". Confucianism regards the Way, or Truth, as concordant with a particular approach to life, politics, and ...