Being awake is a metabolic state which is marked by catabolic processes and which is characterized by consciousness, the opposite of sleep, an anabolic process. Communication, ambulation, and ingestion are conducted while awake. Animals can run, walk and eat while awake; humans can also talk, listen, write, read, and productively think and work in the awake state. Awake - Other meanings. To be "awakened" can refer to being taken out of a state of believing something which one subsequently ...

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"Awake in a Dream" is the debut single by former Canadian Idol winner Kalan Porter. The single became the fastest-selling 2005 release, and reached number one on the Canadian Singles Chart. Categories: Pop songs | Canadian number one singles Other related archives2005, Canadian Idol, Canadian number one singles, Kalan Porter, Pop songs, single

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To be "awakened" can refer to being taken out of a state of believing something which one subsequently believes to be false. Example: I used to be racist, but I was awakened when I saw a documentary about Nelson Mandela. Being "awakened" is also used as a metaphor for a number of consciousness raising experiences, including religious conversion. Awake can also be used sarcastically in conversation. "Are you awake at all?", which would be used when someone i ...

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Wide Awake in America is a four-track EP by the Irish rock band U2, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). It collects various B-sides from the era, which had only been available in the UK, along with a previously unreleased live performance of the song "Bad". It was originally released only in North America and Japan but sold so well that it charted in the UK as an import. It was re-released internationally in 1990. The EP's centerpiece, "Bad", a song about heroin addiction, would become a staple of their live set ...

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Buddha: What is a Buddha?

Buddha is a word in the ancient Indian languages Pali and Sanskrit which means "one who has become awake". It is derived from the verbal root "Ãbudh", meaning "to awaken or be enlightened."

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A man lying in a swoon cannot be said to be awake because he does not perceive external objects by means of his senses. The man who returns to consciousness from a swoon says: “I was shut up in blind darkness; I was conscious of nothing.” A wakeful man keeps his body upright but the body of a swooning person falls down.

The death and dying and the life after death has always fascinated man. This is an excerpt from the book What Becomes Of The Soul After Death by Sri Swami Sivananda.

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It was a beautiful night. Poets lay awake, drawing inspiration from the star-spangled sky. Lovers drew closer, gazing at the moon. The elderly came out to feel the cool breeze. Children were playing in the moonlight.

One man watched all this with increasing despair. He was a thief. If nobody slept, how was he to do what he wanted to do? The entire community was awake. He waited endlessly. Somehow the people of this town were just not sleepy that night.

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Hindu Quotes: Yesterday I Lived Bewildered

Yesterday I lived bewildered, in illusion. But now I am awake, flawless and serene, beyond the world. From my light the body and the world arise. So all things are mine, or nothing is.

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Vasthu Ceremony - for laying foundation

The ceremony of the laying of the foundation for a building should be performed only during the home when the Deity of the plot (VASTHU PURUSHAN) is well awake. It is guide imperative to follow the presages to be carefully notices when performing the laying of the foundation ceremony.

The worship during laying the foundation ceremony should be postponed to another auspicious day in any of the following twenty presages are noticed.

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Vasthu - ways of worship

The laying of the foundation stone, inauguration of the coustmetion of a house and occupation of a newly built house are to be celebrated when the 'Vasthu goddess' (Goddess of the Earth) is well awake. Laying the foundation for the construction of a house should not be carried out when the goddess of Earth (Vaasthu goddess) is asleep. Those who violate this rule will lose his fame, his well-earned wealth and will be put to blame.

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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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Erotomania is a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that another person, usually of a higher social status, is in love with them. Erotomania is also called de Clerambault's syndrome, after the French psychiatrist Gaëtan Gatian de Clerambault (1872 - 1934) who published a comprehensive review paper on the subject (Les Psychoses Passionelles) in 1921. Erotomania - History. Early references to the condition can be found in the work of Hippocrates, Erasistratus, Pluta ...

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Awakening can refer to: The term Awake Periodic Anglo-American religious revivals, see Great Awakening Nationalist movements, e.g., the Latvian National Awakening The Awakening, a novel The Star Trek: Enterprise Season 4 Episode "Awakening" Other related archivesAwake, Awakening, Great Awakening, Latvian National Awakening, Nationalist, Star Trek: Enterprise, The Awakening

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Alpha waves are electromagnetic oscillations in the frequency range of 8-12 Hz arising from synchronous and coherent (in phase / constructive) electrical activity of large groups of neurons in the human brain. They are also called Berger's wave in memory of the founder of EEG. Alpha waves are commonly detected by electroencephalography (EEG) or magnetoencephalography (MEG) and predominantly found to originate from the occipital lobe during periods of relaxation, with eyes closed but still awak ...

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Autoscopy is defined as an experience in which a person while believing to be awake sees her/his body and the world from a location outside her/his physical body. More precisely, autoscopy experiences are characterized by the presence of the following three phenomena: disembodiment (apparent location of the self outside one's body); impression of seeing the world from an elevated and distanced visuo-spatial perspective (ex ...

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A stimulant is a drug that increases the activity of the sympathetic nervous system and produces a sense of euphoria or the feeling of being more awake. Stimulants can be used as recreational drugs or therapeutic drugs to increase alertness. They are also used and sometimes abused to boost endurance and productivity as well as to suppress appetite. Examples of stimulants are caffeine, amphetamines, ecstasy and cocaine. Amphetamines are synthetic stimulants. They were first discovered in the 1800s, but their medical uses were no ...

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Christian music is music created by or adapted for the Christian church. There is virtually no record of the earliest music of the Christian church except a few New Testament fragments of what are probably hymns. Some of these fragments are still sung as hymns today in the Orthodox Church, including "Awake, awake O sleeper" on the occasion of someone's baptism. Being Jewish, Jesus and his disciples would most likely have sung the psalms from memory. However, without a centralised music industry, the repertoire of ordinar ...

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There are five figures in Greek mythology named Argus: 1. Argus Panoptes, (Argus "all eyes") was a giant with a hundred eyes. He was also the nymph Io's brother. He was thus a very effective watchman, as only a few of the eyes would sleep at a time; there were always eyes still awake. Argus was Hera's servant. His great service to the Olympian pantheon was to slay the chthonic serpent-legged monster Echidna as she slept in her cave (Homer, Iliad ii.783; Hesiod, Theogony, 295ff; Apollodorus, ii.i.2). Hera's last ta ...

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In ancient Latvia, Bindus Diena was a festival observed on March 18, the day after Kustonu Diena. It was later named Binduli Diena, in honor of St. Benedict. It was associated primarily with insects. Everybody must be awake before the sunrise. Water must not be poured inside barns. The backs of the cows, and the barns' ceilings, must be washed. Bears were believed to wake up on this day, but then fall back asleep. Bringing firewood in on this day will bring snakes with you. Rushes, twigs and straw will also attract snakes. Potatoes and cabbages can not be planted on this day. Alternat ...

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