SCHIZOPHRENIA

It has been defined as a cognitive handicap in which reason is limited to purely concrete processes and neither symbol nor abstraction can be used or understood. What we see, however, is not necessarily impairment, but misplacement. The schizophrenic demands exactitude because he needs firm guidelines in a world that is arbitrary, hostile and irrational. The world, however, believing itself to be sane, views such allergy as a disease, rather than as the simple, psychic defense that it obviously is.

Far from being despised as socially undesirable, schizophrenia should be hailed as one of mankind's invaluable resources. Functional schizophrenia is not madness but a focussing of consciousness that is simply not sanctioned by ordinary society, except in sleep. Animals also inhabit worlds of their own -- the elephant world, the eagle world, the rattlesnake world, etc. which society misunderstands and condemns. Both "incurable" schizophrenics and "untameable" wild animals, therefore, are systematically crowded out to make room for the breeding, conforming multitudes of homo sap.

Admittedly, the "afflicted" have little or no control over their mental state and often feel themselves to be drowning in raging psychic seas, but that is generally in reaction to the insanity of the consensual world and lack of special training in how to use these precious, divine talents. At any rate, our society's longing to "medicate" it totally out of existence is stupid. We can only wish that schizophrenes were better provided for, even pampered -- and very carefully educated -- so as to help them cast off the miserable and crippling paranoia which is its natural enough accompaniment, given the hostility of our world for anything it fails to understand. Most schizophrenes are as abysmally ill-educated as the rest of our society and so can't take advantage of their talent or defend themselves. Their "madness" is, more often than not, no more than the quite "logical" result of ignorance, confusion and fear. If anything, schizophrenics are superrational beings coping with enormous burdens of logic.

Marijuana produces a similar panic which has to be overcome. It too removes the filter that normally keeps us from experiencing the underlying, fundamental chaos of the world. From a functional (i.e., not physically diseased) standpoint, the paranoia resulting from schizophrenia is a normal and successfully adaptive reaction to an extreme and untenable situation, e.g., contemporary society in its habitually evil and mindless mode. And society, in failing to provide a place for these people, is doing all of us a great disservice.

It is as if we forced athletes to run in lead-soled, lumberjack boots and to keep their hands in their pockets at all times. It is as if we expected Rembrandt to content himself with a monochromatic spray-paint gun and an untagged bus.

Since schizophrenia bypasses the psychic censor, it affords tremendous insight into many metaphysical mysteries and considerably increases the level of extrasensory perception. Moreover, it is out of the same matrix that art, discovery, invention and genius evolve. Even "chemical" schizophrenia (whether naturally or artificially induced), can, to a moderate degree be a positive condition. But it is logic and reason, unhampered by any fawning to authority or family values, that most often lead the schizophrenic person into trouble. That is hardly an "illness" to be "cured." It's a line of inner resourcefulness, originality and survival.

Oddly enough, talk like that doesn't, as you might think, go right over my shrink's head. We both realize that he only nods to the establishment flakes in order to survive professionally.

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The skull of Deinosuchus measures more than 2 m (6 ft 7 in) from front to back and has a broad rather than narrow snout. Recent studies have reduced the estimate of the animal's total length from more than 15 m (50 ft) to between 10 and 12 m (33 & 40 ft). Even at this reduced estimate, Deinosuchus is much larger than the saltwater crocodile, of Australia, and Southern and Southeast Asia, which is the biggest living reptile. ...

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Deinosuchus, Deinosuchus - Size, Deinosuchus - Discovery and classification

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A flood (in Old English flod, a word common to Teutonic languages; compare German Flut, Dutch vloed from the same root as is seen in flow, float) is an overflow of water, an expanse of water submerging land, a deluge. In the sense of "flowing water", the word is applied to the inflow of the tide, as opposed to the outflow or "ebb". The Flood, the great Universal Deluge of myth and perhaps o ...

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Silence is the womb of the tangible world. In the Christian Biblical version of Creation, God 'spoke' and the world came into being. With the pronouncing of the Word, speech became primary, but silence remained primordial.

The heart of Christian meditation is to return to this primordial state of being. It is a journey from words into the creative word of God; this Word is enveloped by silence. By its very nature, silence is unexploitable, often purposeless and for that reason very frightening.

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

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If we meet no Gods, its because we harbour none, said Emerson. For us, God is not a remote, abstract figure; He is a living, loving Presence. The nirguna or formless God of Shankara’s Advaita is difficult to relate to - but give Him a sweet form and through saguna upasana or worship He can become your very own because of the wonderful ease it creates in human divine encounter.

The predominant religious motif of practising Hinduism is this archanam andpadasevanam - the worship and adoration of a God made visible to our eyes in beautiful images, in homes and in temples. It is the ornamental centrepiece of the Vaishnav bhakti tradition set in motion by acharyas like Ramanuja, Madhava and Vallabha.

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

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In the criminal code, the ruling principle was the lex talionis. Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, limb for limb was the penalty for assault upon an amelu. A sort of symbolic retaliation was the punishment of the offending member, seen in the cutting off the hand that struck a father or stole a trust; in cutting off the breast of a wet-nurse who substituted a changeling for the child entrusted to her; in the loss of the tongue that denied father or mother (in the Elamite contracts, the same penalty was inflicted for perjury); in th ...

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Babylonian law, Babylonian law - Tribal influences, Babylonian law - Three classes, Babylonian law - Citizens tenants of gods, Babylonian law - Temple, Babylonian law - Property law, Babylonian law - Leasing, Babylonian law - Hired labour, Babylonian law - Debt, Babylonian law - Trade, Babylonian law - Family law, Babylonian law - Marriage, Babylonian law - Divorce, Babylonian law - Widowhood, Babylonian law - Childbearing, Babylonian law - Adoption, Babylonian law - Heirs, Babylonian law - Adultery, Babylonian law - Punishment, Babylonian law - Bibliography

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Gackt M.S. Camui (ガクト), but most often written in English, even in Japan (pronounced "ga-ku-to" or "gak-to" ) is a songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist. He is a very popular idol, both in Japan and internationally. Gackt claims to have been imbued with certain psychic powers after nearly drowning in the Okinawa sea. He is a former singer for Cains:feel and Malice Mizer. It was during his time with Malice Mizer that he began to achieve national recognition, attracting a l ...

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Gackt, Gackt - Profile, Gackt - Life, Gackt - Early life, Gackt - Solo career, Gackt - GacktJOB, Gackt - Discography, Gackt - Albums, Gackt - Singles, Gackt - VHS, Gackt - DVD

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Swimming was initially one of the seven agilities of knights during the Middle Ages, including swimming with armour. However, as swimming was done in a state of undress, it became less popular as society became more conservative, and it was opposed by the church at the end of the Middle Ages. For example, in the 16th century, a German court document in the Vechta prohibited the naked public swimming of ch ...

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History of swimming, History of swimming - Ancient times, History of swimming - Middle Ages to 1800, History of swimming - The Pre-Olympic Era to 1896, History of swimming - The Modern Olympic Era after 1896

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The water molecule has the chemical formula H2O, meaning each molecule of water is composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. The prefix "di" means two and "mono" in "monoxide" means one. Oxide is often used to refer to oxygen in compounds. Literally, the term dihydrogen monoxide means "two hydrogen, one oxygen", consistent with the molecular formula. (The term "monoxide," despite its systematic origin, has some negative connotations due to its association with carbon monoxi ...

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Dihydrogen monoxide hoax, Dihydrogen monoxide hoax - Example, Dihydrogen monoxide hoax - Terminology, Dihydrogen monoxide hoax - Public efforts 'against' DHMO, Dihydrogen monoxide hoax - Notes

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Ghosts are often depicted of a human size and shape (although some accounts also mention animal ghosts), but typically described as "silvery", "shadowy", "semitransparent", or "fog-like." Parapsychologists refer to the "substance" of which ghosts and other spirits are made of as "ectoplasm". Ghosts do not have a physical body like human beings, but only a subtle astral body. Sometimes they do not manifest themselves visually but in terms of other phenomena, such as the movements of an object, spontaneous throwing of a light switch, noises, etc., ...

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Ghost, Ghost - Beliefs about ghosts, Ghost - Skeptical analysis, Ghost - Famous ghosts, Ghost - Ghosts in fiction, Ghost - Ghost messengers, Ghost - Ghost stories, Ghost - Other uses of ghosts in fiction

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During the early stages of the Revolution, Louis-Philippe was a strong supporter of the reformation of French society as a whole which was taking place, however his father's actions during the vote on the execution of King Louis XVI however would change the fortunes of the young duc de Chartres and his family. As Louis Philippe Joseph (now duc d'Orléans after the death of his father in 1785), continued his support for the liberal factions of the revolution, destain from the Royal family and members of the royal court became increasingly hos ...

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Louis-Philippe of France, Louis-Philippe of France - Before the Revolution, Louis-Philippe of France - During the Revolution, Louis-Philippe of France - During his Exile, Louis-Philippe of France - King of the French, Louis-Philippe of France - Abdication, Louis-Philippe of France - The Clash of the Pretenders, Louis-Philippe of France - Sources

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Bathing is the immersion of the body in fluid, usually water, or an aqueous solution, such as the asses' milk favored by Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Some spa facilities provide bathing in various other liquids such as chocolate or mud, and there have been examples of bathing in champagne. Additionally, exposing the body to open air is sometimes considered bathing, for example, in sunbathing or moonbathing. Bathing - Reasons for bathing. Bathing serves several purposes: Hygiene, and the neat physica ...

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The game's characters are generally based on the inhabitants of Lewis Carroll's original novels, but they are not the same characters. Many of the characters are warped incarnations of their original selves. Among the notable: Alice: The main protaganist of the game. She's a demented, regretful teenager, and the future savior of Wonderland. After a fire destroys her home and kills her parents, she falls into a comatose state, and is commited to the Rutledge Asylum. It turns out that she has returned to Wonderland, only to ...

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American McGee's Alice, American McGee's Alice - Characters, American McGee's Alice - Graphics, American McGee's Alice - Audio, American McGee's Alice - Weapons, American McGee's Alice - Movie adaptation

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Tlingit thought and belief, although never formally codified, was historically a fairly well organized philosophical and religious system whose basic axioms shaped the way all Tlingit people viewed and interacted with the world around them. After the introduction of Christianity, both in its earlier Russian Orthodox form and later Protestantism, the Tlingit belief system began to erode. Much of the original belief system, particularly ideas of spirituality and shamanism, was lost due to Christian persecution and govern ...

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Tlingit, Tlingit - Territory, Tlingit - Culture, Tlingit - Kinship, Tlingit - Property, Tlingit - Potlatch, Tlingit - Art, Tlingit - War, Tlingit - Food, Tlingit - Nutrition, Tlingit - Beach Food, Tlingit - Salmon, Tlingit - Herring and Hooligan, Tlingit - Other Fish, Tlingit - Marine Mammals, Tlingit - Game, Tlingit - Philosophy and Religion, Tlingit - Dualism, Tlingit - Spirituality, Tlingit - Death and the Afterlife, Tlingit - Shamanism, Tlingit - Man and Nature, Tlingit - The Kooshdakhaa, Tlingit - History, Tlingit - Creation myth and the Raven Cycle, Tlingit - The Tlingit migration, Tlingit - Clan histories, Tlingit - First contact, Tlingit - Fur trade, Tlingit - Alaskan purchase, Tlingit - The bombing of Angoon, Tlingit - Territorial education and religion, Tlingit - ANB and recognizing rights, Tlingit - WWII, Tlingit - ANCSA, Tlingit - Today

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The theology underlying and surrounding infant baptism is complex because it differs between denominations. The general consensus is that baptism is the New Testament form of circumcision. All male converts to Judaism and male infants born to Jewish parents were circumcised as rite of initiation into the Jewish community (Genesis 17:10-11). Pedobaptists contend that baptism has replaced circumcision and is the rite of initiation into the Christian community. Beyond this, very little is agreed on the subject among Christian denominations. Infant bapti ...

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Infant baptism, Infant baptism - The Baptismal Ceremony, Infant baptism - History, Infant baptism - Theology, Infant baptism - Differences among pedobaptists, Infant baptism - Pedobaptism versus Credobaptism, Infant baptism - Arguments for infant baptism, Infant baptism - Arguments against Infant Baptism, Infant baptism - Infant baptism and confirmation, Infant baptism - Denominations and Religious Groups opposed to pedobaptism

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Sociology has attributed the occurrence of witchhunts to the human necessity to blame problems on someone. For example, Europe during the periods in which witchhunts prevail relied upon agriculture; if this failed one year, the consequences would very likely be disastrous. Crop failures often correlated with the occurrence of witchhunts, leading sociologists to state that communities often took out their anger of a lack of food on supposed 'witches'. This can be paralleled in more recent examples such as the Nazi use of anti-semitism to appo ...

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Witch-hunt, Witch-hunt - Early modern Europe, Witch-hunt - Evidence, Witch-hunt - Execution, Witch-hunt - The Burning Times, Witch-hunt - Africa, Witch-hunt - Other part of the world, Witch-hunt - Sociology, Witch-hunt - Modern usage, Witch-hunt - George Orwell, Witch-hunt - Arthur Miller, Witch-hunt - Modern witchhunts, Witch-hunt - Religious deprogramming, Witch-hunt - Day care sex abuse, Witch-hunt - Involuntary commitment, Witch-hunt - Political confirmation

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As his autobiography The Real Frank Zappa Book notes, his real name was "Frank", never "Francis". Until rediscovering his birth certificate as an adult, Zappa himself believed he had been christened Francis, and he is credited as Francis on some of his early albums. Some encyclopedias still incorrectly claim that his real name was "Francis". Zappa is Italian for hoe. ...

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Frank Zappa, Frank Zappa - Early life and influences, Frank Zappa - The Mothers of Invention, Frank Zappa - 1970s, Frank Zappa - Läther, Frank Zappa - 1980s, Frank Zappa - 1990s, Frank Zappa - Other information, Frank Zappa - Note on his name, Frank Zappa - Samples, Frank Zappa - Discography, Frank Zappa - Filmography, Frank Zappa - Theatrical releases, Frank Zappa - Honker Home Video

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NOFX released its debut EP NOFX on Mystic Records in 1985, which later resurfaced in 1992 on the Maximum Rocknroll CD. They recorded Liberal Animation in 1988 with Brett Gurewitz from Bad Religion. The album was re-released in 1991 on Gurewitz's label Epitaph Records. NOFX had signed to Epitaph by 1989, releasing their (official) debut album S&M Airlines. By 1991 there had been a lot of changes to the band however the original three members had reunited and Aaron Abeyta (aka El Hefe) joine ...

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NOFX, NOFX - Background, NOFX - Past and present members of NOFX, NOFX - Current lineup, NOFX - Former members, NOFX - NOFX Discography, NOFX - Studio Albums, NOFX - EPs, NOFX - Live Albums, NOFX - Splits, NOFX - Compilations, NOFX - Videos

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A ghost is an alleged non-corporeal manifestation of a dead person (or, rarely, an animal). It is often thought to be the spirit or soul of a person who has remained on Earth after death. According to some beliefs, a ghost may be the personality of a person after his or her death, and not tied directly to the soul or spirit. Every culture in the world carries stories about ghosts, but they vary across time and place, with disagreements both as to what ghosts are and whether they are just f ...

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• Ghost - Beliefs about ghosts
• Ghost - Skeptical analysis
• Ghost - Famous ghosts
• Ghost - Ghosts in fiction
• Ghost - Ghost messengers
• Ghost - Ghost stories
• Ghost - Other uses of ghosts in fiction

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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular forms of life (and most viruses). DNA is a long polymer of nucleotides and encodes the sequence of the amino acid residues in proteins using the genetic code, a triplet code of nucleotides. In complex cells (eukaryotes), such as those from plants, animals, fungi and protists, most of the DNA is located in the cell nucleus. By contrast, in simpler cells called prokaryotes (the eubacter ...

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• DNA - DNA in practice
• DNA - DNA in crime
• DNA - DNA in computation
• DNA - Overview of molecular structure
• DNA - The role of the sequence
• DNA - DNA replication
• DNA - Mechanical properties relevant to biology
• DNA - Strands association and dissociation
• DNA - Circular DNA
• DNA - Great length versus tiny breadth
• DNA - Entropic stretching behavior
• DNA - Different helix geometries
• DNA - Non-helical forms
• DNA - Direction of DNA strands
• DNA - Chemical nomenclature 5' and 3'
• DNA - Sense and antisense
• DNA - Distinction between sense and antisense strands
• DNA - As viewed by topologists
• DNA - Single-stranded DNA ssDNA and repair of mutations
• DNA - The history of DNA research
• DNA - First isolation of DNA
• DNA - Establishing a link between heritable traits and chromosomes
• DNA - Discovery of the structure of DNA
• DNA - Bibliography

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D•N•Angel is a manga by Yukiru Sugisaki (杉崎ゆきる) which was later adapted into an anime. Yukiru Sugisaki's wildly popular D•N•Angel manga began its manga run in Japan in Asuka Magazine in 1997 and inspired a hit 26-episode anime show in 2003. Although an action series, its artstyle, character design, and romantic context may be classified as shōjo. The manga is published in English by TOKYO ...

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• D.N.Angel - Background Story
• D.N.Angel - Characters
• D.N.Angel - Daisuke Niwa
• D.N.Angel - Dark Mousy
• D.N.Angel - Risa Harada
• D.N.Angel - Riku Harada
• D.N.Angel - With Wiz
• D.N.Angel - Satoshi Hiwatari
• D.N.Angel - Emiko Niwa
• D.N.Angel - Kosuke Niwa
• D.N.Angel - Daiki Niwa
• D.N.Angel - Takeshi Saehara
• D.N.Angel - Krad
• D.N.Angel - Rio Hikari
• D.N.Angel - Towa no Shirube
• D.N.Angel - Argentine

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Criminal negligence - United States. Examples of criminally negligent crimes are criminally negligent homicide and negligent endangerment of a child. Usually the punishment for criminal negligence, criminal recklessness, criminal endangerment, wilful blindness and other related crimes is imprisonment, unless the criminal is insane (and then in some cases the sentence is indeterminate). See also:

Criminal negligence, Criminal negligence - Discussion, Criminal negligence - What is the reasonable person standard?, Criminal negligence - Particular examples, Criminal negligence - United States, Criminal negligence - English law definition

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