A Wisdom Archive on antagonistic

In chemistry, antagonism is a phenomenon where two or more agents in combination have an overall effect which is less than the sum of their individual effects. The word is most commonly used in this fashion in biochemistry and toxicology. Interference in the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure. For instance, a receptor antagonist is an agent that reduces the response that a ligand produces when it binds to a receptor on a cell. An example of this is the interleukin-1 receptor antagoni ...

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Vyabhicari-bhavabhasa - refers to vyabhicari-bhavas that are observed in improper or inappropriate persons or things. There are two types: antagonistic (pratikulya) and improper (anaucitya). Antagonistic vyabhicari-bhavas are emotions that arise in people who are hostile to Sri Krsna, and who have no rati. There are two types of improper abhasa: non-existence (asatyatva) and incapability (ayogyatva). When a bhakta experiences some emotion toward Krsna and projects that feeling upon non-moving living entities or animals as if they were experiencing that emotion, the abhasa is said to exhibit non-existence in the case of the nonmoving entities and incapability in the case of animals. However, these distinctions do not apply to Krsna’s eternal associates in Vraja, who serve Him in species such as trees, plants, and animals.

 
(See also: Vyabhicari-bhavabhasa, Bhakti, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul )

Ephesus (Ancient Greek). Famous for its great metaphysical College where Occultism (Gnosis) and Platonic philosophy were taught in the days of the Apostle Paul. A city regarded as the focus of secret sciences, and that Gnosis. or Wisdom, which is the antagonist of the perversion of Christo-Esotericism to this day. It was at Ephesus where was the great College of the Essenes and all the lore the Tanaim had brought from the Chaldees,

 
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Today patriotism is a much-debated value, the protagonists and antagonists resorting to their own narrow interpretations. Rabindra Nath Tagore had a more enlightened view of nationalism. His treatise on nationalism is being studied in British universities. Generally, nationalism is inextricably linked with patriotism.
 
''Nationalism is a great menace. It is the particular thing which for years has been at the bottom of India's troubles'', wrote Tagore, much before the country won independence; much before it witnessed partition and the ensuing bloodbath or the genesis of the Kashmir issue. Where the spirit of nationalism prevails the people are being taught from childhood to hate the 'enemy'."

 
(See also: Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul )

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Theos, Theoi (Greek) [from theein to run, in reference to the planetary deities who perform the formative work in cosmic evolution; or cf Sanskrit deva, Latin deus (connected with Zeus or Dios) the bright or shining one]
 
God, gods; builders or cosmocratores. The two derivations are not antagonistic because the planets, stars, and suns are the bright and shining ones. Used in the triad of chaos, theos, cosmos -- three hypostases on the matter side of cosmic evolution -- meaning respectively the storehouse of cosmic seeds, the builders, and the universe built thereby.

 
(See also: Theos, Theoi, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body mind and Soul )

Beast is another name for animal. It may also refer to: The Antichrist, from the Book of Revelation in the Christian Bible The Number of the Beast, from the Book of Revelation The Beast (Newspaper), a biweekly serving Buffalo, New York Beast (comics), a superhero in the Marvel X-Men and Avengers comics The Beast (Angel), a monster from the TV series Angel The Beast (game), an alternate reality game The Beast (Homeworld), the antagonist in the computer game Ho ...

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Until 3,000 years ago, all religions were pantheistic and polytheistic as Hinduism, Taoism and Shinto still are. They tolerated the religions of other tribes and cultures, recognising in their worship the same divine energies as their own, albeit with different names.
 
Why then did patriarchal, monotheistic religions arise in the Middle East 3,000 years ago, and spread in their Christian forms throughout Europe and then on to the European colonised overseas territories during the last 1,500 years? Why did these monotheistic religions fight so fiercely to eradicate nature worship in the lands they controlled? Why did Christianity promote a dualistic antagonism between the spirit and the flesh, with only the former conceived as being in the "image of God"?

 
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