A Wisdom Archive on Alertness

Alert is the northernmost permanent settlement in the world. It is located at 82°28′N 62°30′W, on the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island on the shore of the Lincoln Sea, in the territory of Nunavut in Canada. Alert lies just 817 km (507 mi) from the north pole. Alert had 5 permanent inhabitants in the 2001 census. Alert also has many temporary inhabitants as it hosts a military signals intelligence radio receiving facility at Canadian Forces Station Alert (CFS Alert), as well as a co-located Environment Canada weather station, a GAW atm ...

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Several state officials including New York Governor George Pataki, former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and U.S. Congressmen and Senators have questioned members of the FCC on why the Emergency Alert System was not implemented nationwide on radio and television stations during the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks where official government information is/was supposed to be distributed in place of local/network programming or newscasts. The EAS was to have issued such messages that the United States was under attack, but no ...

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alpha wave
Brain wave associated with relaxed, alert consciousness

 
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Medical ID jewelry provides valuable information about personal medical conditions in time of emergency. Medical ID jewelry is worn by many people with diabetes, allergies to foods or medications, or other conditions affecting health care. They enable medical professionals to know about these conditions when the person is unable to communicate. Bracelets are the most common type of jewelry, but necklace pendants are also used. There are three types of medical ID jewelry. The most common form of medical ID jewelry provides a logo or inscr ...

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sampajanna (samoaja~n~na): Alertness; self-awareness; presence of mind; clear comprehension.
See sati.

 
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sati (sati): Mindfulness, self-collectedness, powers of reference and retention. In some contexts, the word sati when used alone covers alertness (sampajanna) as well.

 
 (See also: Sati, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul )

Hindu Quotes: No-Mind State
 
 The no-mind state is not the vacancy of idiocy but the most supremely alert intelligence, undistracted by extraneous thought.
 
- Ramesh Balsekar

 
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