A Wisdom Archive on Dust

Some aerosols occur naturally, originating from volcanoes, dust storms, forest and grassland fires, living vegetation, and sea spray. Human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels also generate aerosols. Averaged over the globe, anthropogenic aerosols—those made by human activities—currently account for about 10 percent of the total amount of aerosols in our atmosphere. Particulate - Sources. There are both natural and human sources of atmospheric particulates. The biggest natural source ...

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Aerosols, natural and anthropogenic, can affect the climate by changing the way radiation is transmitted through the atmosphere. Direct observations of the effects of aerosols are quite limited so any attempt to estimate their global effect necessarily involves the use of computer models. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, says: While the radiative forcing due to greenhouse gases may be determined to a reasonably high degree of accuracy... the uncertainties relating to aerosol radiative forcings remain large, and rely to a large extent on the estimates from global modelling st ...

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The size of the particle also determines where in the body the particle may come to rest if inhaled. Particles deposited in the airways and in the tracheobronchial region are removed rather efficiently by mechanical action, through the mucuous membrane escalator. Particles deposited in the alveolar region are removed by macrophages. There is evidence that particles smaller than 100 nanometres can pass through cell membranes. For example, particles can migrate into the brain. It has been suggested that particulate matter can cause similar bra ...

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In directives 1999/30/EC and 96/62/EC, the European Commission has set limits for PM10 in the air: from 1 January 2005 from 1 January 2010 allowed number of exceedences per year. 35 7 ¹ indicative value. ...

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Shin-sieu (Chinese) A sage and seer; the sixth Buddhist Patriarch of North China who taught the esoteric doctrine of bodhidharma, one of whose sayings appears in The Voice of the Silence: "For mind is like a mirror; it gathers dust while it reflects. It needs the gentle breezes of Soul Wisdom to brush away the dust of our illusions. Seek, O Beginner, to blend thy Mind and Soul"; "The human mind is like a mirror which attracts and reflects every atom of dust, and has to be, like that mirror, watched over and dusted every day" (VS 26, 83).

 
(See also: Shin-sieu, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary )

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Sripadarenu:
Sripadarenu: 'dust from the lotusfeet' (SSS-III)

 
(See also: Sripadarenu, Hinduism, Hinduism Dictionary, Sanskrit Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul )

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Allergen:
: a foreign substance (such as pollen, house dust, and various foods) that can produce a hypersensitive reaction in the body but is not necessarily intrinsically harmful.

 
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Smoke is a suspension in air (aerosol) of small particles resulting from incomplete combustion of a fuel. It is commonly an unwanted by-product of fires (including stoves and lamps) and fireplaces, but may also be used for pest control (cf. fumigation), communication (smoke signals), defence (smoke-screen) or inhalation of tobacco or other drugs. Smoke is also sometimes a component of internal combustion engi ... Including:

• Smoke - Visible and invisible particles of combustion

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Sarpa-rajni (Sanskrit) [from sarpa serpent + rajni queen]
 
The queen of the serpents;
 
"the Aitareya-Brahmana calls the Earth Sarparajni, . . . Before our globe became egg-shaped (and the Universe also) ''a long trail of Cosmic dust (or fire mist) moved and writhed like a serpent in Space.'' The ''Spirit of God moving on Chaos'' was symbolized by every nation in the shape of a fiery serpent breathing fire and light upon the primordial waters, until it had incubated cosmic matter and made it assume the annular shape of a serpent with its tail in its mouth -- which symbolises not only Eternity and Infinitude, but also the globular shape of all the bodies formed within the Universe from that fiery mist. The Universe, as well as the Earth and Man, cast off periodically, serpent-like, their old skins, to assume new ones after a time of rest " (SD 1:74).
 
"The Earth is said to cast off her old three skins, because this refers to the three preceding Rounds she has already passed through; the present being the fourth Round out of the seven. At the beginning of every new Round, after a period of ''obscuration,'' the earth (as do also the other six ''earths'') casts off, or is supposed to cast off, her old skins as the Serpent does . . ." (SD 2:47).
 
Also, certain verses of the Rig-Veda dealing with this subject.

 
(See also: Sarpa-rajni, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary )

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Planetesimal Hypothesis A modification of the nebular hypothesis -- put forward by Lockyer and See, and developed by Chamberlin and Moulton in the early 20th century -- according to which the nebulae from which planets originated were not gaseous but made up of a multitude of planetesimals or solid bodies varying in size from a mere particle up to a planetoid.
 
According to theosophy, at a certain later stage in the formation of worlds there does take place such a concretion of large bodies out of small bodies and out of cosmic dust; but a particular and minor phase in the physical stage of development is far from a complete account of the origin of the solar system.
 
It ignores all ultraphysical conditions, and therefore has to begin by assuming nine-tenths of the whole process, such as the eternity of physical matter, and the independent existence of such abstractions as gravitation, inertia, etc.

 
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Onsen: A Japanese hot spring for bathing in the traditional Japanese method. The Japanese have wonderfully civilized bath manners. Prior to bathing, you first take a shower to wash off dust, and then sink into the bath. You exit the tub in order to wash hair and body, and return to the tub for soaking and relaxation, being careful not to bring bubbles with you. The hot water must be kept clean. Most Japanese people change the water once a day, after all family members have taking a bath.

 
(See also: Onsen , Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)
 

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Yamuna
The holiest of rivers, flowing through Vraja-bhumi and thus touched by the dust of Krishna’s feet. The Yamuna personified is also known as Kalindi. After Krishna established his capital at Dvaraka, she became one of His eight principal queens.

 
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Nature Elementals:
Term used by some to refer to various minor spirits inhabiting or associated with various natural phenomena such as trees, streams, rocks, dust storms, etc.

 
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