A Wisdom Archive on Beams

Phoebe (Greek) Pure, bright, radiant, beaming; name of Artemis as moon goddess. Also dawn, wife of Castor. {SD 1:386, 2:122; BCW 11:97}

 
(See also: Phoebe, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dictionary )

Hologram
A three-dimensional projection resulting from the interaction of laser beams. Scientists have discovered that the image of an entire hologram can be reproduced from any one of its many component parts. New Agers use this to illustrate that each object in the universe is merely one component of the whole.

 
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Chandra-kanta (Sanskrit) "The moon-stone", a gem that is claimed to be formed and developed under the moon-beams, which give it occult and magical properties. It has a very cooling influence in fever if applied to both temples.

 
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Hologram - N
A three-dimensional projection resulting from the interaction of laser beams. Scientists have discovered that the image of an entire hologram can be reproduced from any one of its many component parts. New Agers use this to illustrate the oneness of all reality.

 
(See also: Hologram, New Age, Body mind and Soul )

Why do children refer to themselves by name rather than in the first person singular? If you were disembodied in one location and reconstructed in another, would you still be yourself?
 
What about that tune you were humming when you morphed? We may still be a long way from Star Trek, but scientists in Australia have recently managed to teleport a beam of light. 'I' has literally been the bugbear of religion, philosophy and science, across all cultures. Conceptions of the self invariably lead us down slippery slopes of exploration into the nature of identity, and possibly ethnicity.
 

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

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Babaji's disciples think of him as the incarnation of Lord Shiva, and so believe that he is present everywhere. Babaji once told his disciples of the Creator: ''He is deathless. He can do whatever He wills. The whole universe is an expanded bubble ready to burst before Him.''
 
If Patanjali, who wrote the Yoga Sutra nearly 2,005 years ago, was instrumental in defining the principles of yoga in its different forms, Paramhansa Yogananda played a major role in popularising those principles worldwide.

 
(See also: Yogananda and Babaji, Spiritual Guidance, God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul )

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For a fire made of bales of straw or wood, see Bonfire. Balefire, in the world of the Wheel of Time, is a weapon created with the One Power. It has only one known weave, and when evoked, it slices through all normal material with a brilliant beam leaving a searing aftermath akin to looking at the sun for too long. When it encounters anything living, that thing is instantly destroyed, and depending on the strength of the beam, the thread of that thing is burned back in time, which may result in undoing things which ...

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An A-frame is a basic structure designed to bear a load in a lightweight, economical manner. The simplist form of an A-frame is two similarly sized materials laid up against one another, and attached at the top in a convenient fashion. These materials are often wooden or steel beams arranged in a 45-degree or greater angle. These materials are then lashed together with rope, or secured in another ...

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Balcony (from Italian balcone, scaffold; cf. High German balcho, beam, balk), a kind of platform projecting from the wall of a building, supported by columns or console brackets, and enclosed with a balustrade. Alternatively it does not protrude out of the building, but is an open part of an upper floor, with a balustrade only at the front, and walls on the sides. Russia, with balconies on the right ...

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