cymatics - Kymatica, a documentary by Ben Stewart-Must!! Dr. Joe Dispenza
cymatics in science is called the study of wave phenomena and visually shows how the sound sets the matter. By the '60s the experiments of Dr. Hans Jenny showed that, if placed fine dust, sand and steel wool on metal foil and are subject to a vibration of sound waves, these particles were arranged to form specific patterns. In other words, it was found as it says in ancient mystical and esoteric texts, "the principle of vibration." All matter is sound and no sound, but these, in most cases, are beyond our limited sense of hearing.
However, this approach stems from a documentary IMPERDIBLE by Ben Stewart production talismanic Idols. The same makers of the doumental "Plan Esoteric whose chapter Illusion and Reality (also known as Holographic Reality") is the most revealing and you can see here.
utime we have witnessed the distribution of films as valuable Zeitgest , where many managements are revealed from the power to subjugate the population through fear, entertainment and consumption. The new and valuable Kymatica lies in daring to go far beyond the film exposes a conspiracy of smart and entertaining proposes to consider that we are one Being in evolution. This raises a profound and original look of the current world situation and our responsibility. The world, from this point of view is a mirror, becomes each of us as a message. What we call reality is out, but also within each one and in this sense, the relationship to oneself, is and will be reflected in the world. Wars, misery, pain, inequality, such as solidarity, compassion and love are so out of us as they are inside.
"... because the world is trying to tell you something (...) what is wrong with you and how you can transform it ...."
This starts Kymatica launched in late February 2009, fortunately is in English and by the way, I think you should give, (give) a chance to see and judge for yourself. There is more to this introduction and interesting ideas to consider in the film.
are nine videos and you can keep clicking the final series related videos. Thus begins:
* More about the concept and its implications cymatics here
* Here you will find a enlightening video of Dr. Hans Jenny about how the cymatics is in English but not to worry because the image itself, gives a very clear idea of \u200b\u200bthe process.
Dr. Joe Dispenza, DC, studied biochemistry at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. Holds a Bachelor of Science in Neuro-Science of the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wa. He received his Doctorate in Chiropractic at Life University in Atlanta, Georgia, graduating with Cum Laude. It also has a Graduate Neurology, neuropsychology and brain biochemistry and cell biology.
For most people reached notoriety from the film "And you know what?" (What bleep do we know?) . It, like other scientists, presented an original perspective on reality, he spoke particularly about the care and the functioning of our brain. What follows is an interview where he attended the special investigations have to be open to new points of view. These, stay away from "science news" is proposed as a key to our ideas, concepts, learning and attitudes can be reviewed towards achieving healing and personal development. "The change we want to do is to go beyond of thought and even action: we must make way to be " Dispenza says. Here the interview:
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* Among his most notable books are "Develop your brain" setting out in-depth information on how to get rid of harmful patterns of behavior and more.
* It is also known for his video chat, "Your Immortal Brain" (Your Immortal Brain) that can be available in English with such programs as e-mule or Ares, lasting about an hour. But here can also view online, see the translation of the title varies "Your Mind Immortal but of course, is the same.
* And if you prefer just the text of the video " Your Immortal Brain" you can download it on file. Pdf Here For now that's all. Until next time! Print
JRR Tolkien and Catholicism: An Approach to the great work of Catholic Tolkien, "Lord of the Rings."
by Rev. José Miguel Marqués Country
Introduction
"Elen síla lúmenn 'omentielvo "
"A star shines upon the hour of our meeting! "
This is the salutation of the Elves in JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth, an expression of gratitude and joy fortunate signal in the midst of nostalgia ... So I wanted to start my speech about the very deep influence of the Catholic faith , lived fully and consistently, by a great man of culture, who should be much to show, and also those same Catholic influences in his literary masterpiece The Lord of the Rings. I wanted the title of this exhibition Catholicism in Tolkien and Lord of the Rings: An approach with affection, as I have conceived as an approach, with all the affection of the heart, the life of a great intellectual and a great believer, whose manifestations of extraordinary skill and creative imagination, with its exquisite blend linguistic and narrative skill, a story with wonderful glimpses of the Gospel. When John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was 77 years old in 1969, while enjoying his well deserved retirement in a peaceful retreat in the coastal town of Bournemouth, England, one day received a letter he had received so many from all over the world since he wrote The Lord of the Rings "Camilla Unwin, the daughter of his editor. Unwin is that she, as part of their schoolwork, had written to ask a simple question: "What is the purpose of life?" ask such a question to a man like Tolkien, deeply Catholic, simple, sensitive, deeply contemplative child, who had been carefully educated by his parents, especially his beloved mother, Mabel Tolkien, who had become firmly convinced of Catholicism in England in 1900-remarkable feat at that time in that place, a man who was orphaned at twelve years old, along with his brother small, Hilary, two years his junior, who had been raised with the help, love and dedication invaluable for a worthy priest of Anglo-English, Fr Francis Morgan, a man deeply in love with his wife, Edith Mary Bratt, who had three sons, John †, † Michael and Christopher, and daughter, Priscilla, good Christian family man, whose firstborn - † Father John- the Lord called to the priesthood, a man who had personally suffered the horrors of the trenches unforgettable World War, and then the horrors of the Second, a man extremely thoughtful and detailed, a distinguished professor of English language and literature in Oxford University ... Finally, ask what the purpose of life was expected that response, though not as long as her epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, it was, however, major! Thank God, they retain many of Tolkien's personal letters that have been collected in a book published by Humphrey Carpenter and Christopher Tolkien, posthumous editor and executor of his father's state. It is published by the Editorial Minotauro of Barcelona. In one of these letters (Letters No. 310), Professor Tolkien responded tendidamente long and the girl Unwin. Unfortunately, it is a letter far too long to reproduce in full, but let me highlight what I think are some of the key points of his response:
May 20, 1969 Dear Mrs. Unwin : regret that my reply has taken so long. I look forward in time. What a question so broad! I do not think that the "opinions", no matter who is very helpful without some explanation of how we got them, but on this issue is not easy to be brief. What is really the question? Both purpose and life need some definition. Is it a purely human and moral questions? Or does it refer to the Universe? It could mean: How should use the time of life that has given me? O: What purpose / design serve the living creatures by virtue of being alive? But the first questions will be answered (if found) considered only after the second. I think the questions about "purpose" are only really useful when applied to the purposes and objectives of human beings or the use of projected or do things that ... If we ask why God included us in their design, we can only answer: Because I did. If you do not believe in a personal God the question: What is the purpose of life? Is unformulated and incontestable. Who or what would approach the question? But like strange corner [...] of the universe have evolved beings with minds that ask questions and try to answer them, you could contact one of these peculiar beings. As one of them, I venture to say (speaking with absurd arrogance on behalf of the Universe): "I am. Nothing can be done. You can continue trying to figure out what I am, but never achieved. And what is one to know, do not know. Perhaps the desire to know just by the mere fact of knowing, is related to the sentences that some lead to what is called God. At its highest point, they seem to praise him for being what it is and do what he has done as it has done. [But] those who believe in a personal God, the Creator does not believe that the universe itself is venerable, but his devoted study is one way to honor him. And while we are living creatures in Him and to Him we belong (in part), our [approach to God] and so we have to express in large measure derived from contemplation of the world around us. (Although there is also a revelation to all men both in general and certain individuals.) So we can say that the main purpose of life for any of us is increasing, according to our capacity, knowledge of God through all means at our disposal, and be moved by Him praise and thanksgiving. Do as we say in the Gloria in excelsis: Laudamus te, benedicimus you, Adoramus te, glorificamus you, gratias tibi propter magnam gloriam agimus tuam. We praise, we bless thee, we worship, we proclaim your glory, we thank you for your great glory. And in moments of exaltation we call upon all creatures to join us in the chorus speaking in his name, as in Psalm 148 and the Song of the Three Children of Daniel III. PRAISE THE LORD ... all mountains and hills, all the gardens and woods, all creatures that crawl and birds that fly. This is too long and too short ... to such a question. With best wishes, JRR Tolkien
certainly a very important letter because it reveals the interior of the person from whom we want to present, and also the inspired author of The Lord of the Rings, his masterpiece which is usually called "fantasy literature," without more, so this is very misleading. But while we may admit "fantastic literature", if you will, in that "fantastic" is an adjective, not substantive, that is, a great literature, great, great, great, great, etc. And therefore can be understood as a "fantastic literature", or even a "real fantasy," although at first sight seem a contradiction. In short, the words, of course, have a very different sense, is not it, in the order in which employees, or by assuming one or another part of speech. Tolkien, and very young, always had an extraordinary ability and love for the study of languages, he mastered it some 17 languages, including English, of course, particularly pleased him, we would caution that the structure of language is essential, fundamental, important to communicate well strength of an idea or thought, or more Moreover, communicating a truth, a reality, an experience. As is not the same, of course, say that The Lord of the Rings is, quite simply, a work of the genre "fantasy literature" or "juvenile literature" (as is often commonly called) to say it is a " fantasy literature of the real "adult or juvenile, both with human maturity. And human maturity, we mean not only get to read a good book, that is, not only to discern what is good literature, but especially enjoy the ability to know what is read, the contemplative and meditative ability to gaze and wonder, wonder, discover hidden treasures and deepen them. In this sense, the Church has always valued, and therefore recommended to read and rewarding good work with his "apostolate of good press." Well, I assure you from personal experience, it is wise to choose to read The Lord of the Rings , but let me make some caveats: not worth the rush or a superficial reading, except that it is virtually impossible to read superficially, is a work too rich and deep for a hasty reading without properly assimilate and, indeed, is a very nice reading, but would aptly descriptive, mature, contemplative and moving, so the reader is completely absorbed and immersed in Middle-earth, Tolkien's universe, in the best sense of these terms. To address the reading of The Lord of the Rings should be approached quietly and calmly, with patience and respect, as he steps on "holy ground" because indeed it is in large part as we will be discussing. Accompanying characters in an impressive-but plausible-adventure, the varied and so very detailed geography of Middle-earth but curiously the real imaginary world of Tolkien, where events take place-is also an unforgettable adventure for personal reader, especially if it is contemplative and serious reader. As data highly significant is that in England, at the end of the last millennium, we conducted a comprehensive survey by a major newspaper to find out what book could be considered the best of the twentieth century, who then came to an end. More than 25,000 men and women were surveyed and responses were very revealing: the book with the most votes by far, was just the Lord of the Rings. Interestingly this provoked objections from certain critical areas, and this in turn made it possible for so many polls in most national newspapers and libraries in Britain and the United States, but with similar results: Tolkien was in the first place. And later it was the turn of the prestigious Folio Society in England, which would take its own poll, but not limited to be a twentieth-century book, but any time. Good to know that more than 50,000 readers of the British Society readers are mature and serious connoisseurs of good literature, not willing to be led by the passing literary fashions of the day. For all those who participated in this survey, they can not imagine their opinions? Pride and Prejudice (Pride & Prejudice) Jane Austin and Charles Dickens' David Copperfield stand out well ... but the highest rated new book was The Lord of the Rings. And what about the response of the participants in the survey promoted in 1999 by Amazon.com, a virtual library of Internet: The Lord of the Rings was voted "Book of the Millennium! In short, every poll Tolkien won out, more and more hostility caused confusion in the minds of some modern critics elitists, unable to assimilate the world's literary success and the irresistible attraction of The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien was pleasantly surprised that his work had been so popular, but happy to reach as many hearts. Since its publication in 1954/1955, have sold over 50 million copies, translated into 26 languages. And his undeniable popularity continues to grow unstoppable. Criticism disproportionately by certain groups is partly due to them like a powerful influence in culture, forming public opinion, believing that only they know what is best for the rest of the world, and partly by completely ignoring the suggestive literary theory Tolkien, made joyful reality in the narrative style of The Lord of the Rings, which is absolutely essential to understand and appreciate his work in context. There were even those, like Howard Jacobson, were supporters say: "Tolkien ... it's for kids, right? Or for retarded adults ... It shows the stupidity of these polls, the foolishness of teaching people to read. Shut all libraries. Use money for something else. This is another black day for British culture. " Or as Susan Jeffreys, in an article published in the Sunday Times: "It is depressing to think that those who voted the best book of the twentieth century locked in a nonexistent world." course there were also, of course, other positions and reactions much more comprehensive and focused. Sue Bradbury, editor of the Folio Society, acknowledged his surprise at the outcome of the polls, but went on to state: "The fact that it is first created two surveys to be taken seriously." A sharp commentary was provided by Ross Shimmon, Chief Executive of the Association Libraries: "It is surprising that 'The Lord of the Rings' is so successful. The idea of \u200b\u200ba parallel world ... I wonder if you have something to do with trying to understand the world around us. " Faced with furious criticism that fantastic literature is escapist and therefore worthless, Patrick Curry, in his book Defending Middle-Earth: Tolkien, Myth and Modernity (Defending Middle-earth: Tolkien, Myth and Modernity), stated clearly that The Lord of the Rings was anything but escape from reality: "Tolkien did not just talk, like Ruskin and Chesterton, about the dangers of the modern world also wove his anti-modernism in a story rich and intricate that offers an alternative. In his version, as in ours, the community (the hobbits in The Shire [peaceful rural]), the natural world (Middle-earth itself), and spiritual values \u200b\u200b(symbolized by the sea) are threatened by the union pathological state power, capital and technological science is Mordor [the Land of the Dark Lord, the Black Land, the Land of Shadow). The difference is that in 'The Lord of the Rings' the threat is defeated, while in our result is to see ... Tolkien spoke of fears of the readers of the late twentieth century ... and gave them hope. Far from being escapist or reactionary 'The Lord of the Rings' is the largest of the struggles of this century and beyond. And [some modern critics], unlike the common reader, were not able to see, at least in the book, and perhaps not in the world. So who lives in a fantasy world? Tolkien's critics, not their readers, have lost touch with reality. Intellectual class had never earned so much being contradicted. " There is also Paul Goodman, published in the British newspaper Daily Telegraph: "... the key ['Lord of the Rings'] is his religious sensibilities: the feeling that the final is a bliss of which enjoy, but not in Middle Earth or in this land. " Interesting the testimony of Jeffrey Richards, Lancaster University, also published in the Daily Telegraph: "'The Lord of the Rings' is a work of power, wingspan and a unique imagination. Tolkien's language is rich and evocative, his vocabulary, extensive and varied. His descriptions are wonderful. His evocation of inestimable virtues such as loyalty, service, friendship and idealism is inspiring. Above all, it creates a world of myth ... and archetypes that resonate in the depths of memory and imagination. " Then a comparison with certain works "modern" and says that "calls attention to the tyranny of realism, the narrow-mindedness, self-absorption and the" relevance "that have enslaved too many modern writers and critics. Tolkien is an antidote to all that. The more children, more people of all ages read 'The Lord of the Rings', the better not only for the literary quality of this country, but also for their spiritual health. " Yes, for our spiritual health, as a writer for the New England Science Fiction Association, Elisabeth Carey, the book is imbued with Catholic moral theology ... [and] on moral choices. " Perhaps the most enthusiastic responses for Tolkien, is that of Desmond Albrow, in an article published in the Catholic Herald: "There is something inspiring in the fact that a man like Tolkien, a true Catholic, who was in complete harmony with civilized decency, pick a prize like this in a century so often applauds those who are stingy and brilliantly bombastic. " And closer to us is the personal testimony of a friend, Eduardo Fernández Segura, 36, born in Oviedo but with family roots in Luarca, Assistant Professor of Humanities at the Catholic University San Antonio de Murcia, and whose doctoral thesis focused on an analysis of the narrative of The Lord of the Rings and Tolkien's literary theory, just saw the light in January. Talking to me told me that was really impressive how Tolkien could write a novel as long and on an adventure of such epic dimensions, without explicitly mentioning God, but whose presence could be felt in every page of The Lord of the Rings ... Following testimonies like these and many more, it is clear that both the person of Professor Tolkien, as well as their literature, they still have, and will always-great power to not leave anyone indifferent to to captivate or cause, power to conquer the heart or raising contrary opinion. For those whom the author and his work caused, unfortunately both are abhorrent and intolerable. But for those whom the author and his work as a captivating, the server-moving and unique experience to travel to Middle-earth, guided by the pen, the mind and heart of the believer Tolkien is, frankly, beautiful, for among many things, the journey of Ring laComunidad, through the adventures of the Two Towers, and waiting for the Return of the King, is a breath of hope. The Catholic Church as the bearer of the Gospel of Hope, being very sensitive to new evangelization of culture, clear and decisive commitment by the evocative power admirable not only good books, but also in our time, of what he calls "spiritual cinema." At this time, now approaching Easter, hope the release of film actor / director Mel Gibson American, The Passion of Christ, who, according to statements by the Holy See, promises to be a valuable aid to evangelism. But the Church believes, quite rightly, "spiritual cinema" in a wider sense: any movie that contains references, if not explicitly, then at least implicitly Christian, which may cause concern and reflection. In this sense we are really in luck, because thanks to good work of New Zealand director Peter Jackson, the excellent performances of the actors / actresses, the extraordinary-and moving-band sound of the composer Howard Shore, and the entire production team, we have greatly enjoyed the three movies, released in Christmas 2001, 2002 and 2003, the remarkable film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. Well, I invite them to row with me "deep", as the Lord said to Peter and the Apostles, and also tells us the Holy Father, to discover the man behind the book, and then marvel at the Good News. It may well be a breakthrough in your life: an echo, surprisingly close, the Gospel ...
Tolkien: The man behind the Christian myth
Who was JRR Tolkien and what were the key events in his life, which channel and shaped the development of the only person capable of writing The Lord of the Rings? Surely there is to say with resounding clarity that Tolkien could, with such intense effort, writing The Lord of the Rings as I wrote over a dozen years, written with the blood of my life, he told his publisher precisely because it was a "Catholic way" as well his father said his eldest son, P. † John Tolkien. This is an undeniable fact that you should have understood if we want to enter in Middle Earth, so that we can discover and appreciate the invaluable spiritual values \u200b\u200bin their literature. In the prologue of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien wanted to warn the reader: "An author can not, of course, cease to be affected by his own experience, but the ways in which the germ of a story using the fertile soil experience are extremely complex, and any attempt to define the process is not more than the mere hint of an inadequate and ambiguous evidence. " Tolkien himself did not especially welcomed attempts biography because for him, were often inadequate to capture the true depth of a person. But since this intervention is only an approximation, albeit with affection-both the person of the author and his work, some key strokes of your life will help us to keep in mind the man behind The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien was born of English parents, Arthur and Mabel, Jan. 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. He was baptized a month later with the name of John Ronald Reuel in the Anglican cathedral. His family then lived in South Africa because his father was director of the local branch of Bank of Africa. Shortly after serving three years in 1895 his mother took Tolkien and his younger brother, Hilary, back to England, as the South African climate was not healthy for children and not for herself. His father could not embark with his family at that time for work, but hoping to return as soon as he could. In his early years in South Africa, Tolkien remembered only a few words in the local language, Afrikaans, and the memory of a barren, dusty landscape. A year after the return to the motherland, residing in the city of Birmingham, Mabel got the bad news that her husband had fallen unexpectedly ill, and died not long after the fact. Being so young widow with two young children, faced with daring new adversity. Can not stay forever in the crowded home of the parents of Mabel, but not having sufficient financial resources to settle on their own, the brave mother of Tolkien was looking for a good accommodation cheap enough to live it with their children. Thus in the summer of 1896 he found a brick house in the nearby village of Sarehole, little more than a mile from the southern limits of Birmingham. Forgetting the dry landscapes of South Africa and Birmingham city noise far enough, which meant more pleasant contrast to Tolkien's life English country! During his childhood years, while living in Sarehole, Tolkien fell in love with the countryside, streams, trees, and went to his imagination was very receptive and creative. In the gentle countryside of Sarehole, and its inhabitants, was inspired Tolkien to create his beloved Shire, inhabited by the race of Hobbits or Halflings, intimate place where it begins and ends The Lord of the Rings. But also there where he developed a loathing for those who were destroying trees without any reason. Recounts an incident which marked him forever: "There was a willow hanging over the mill pond, and he learned to climb. I think was the butcher of Stratford Street. One day he was cut. They did nothing with it. The trunk was there, dropped. I never forgot. " His mother had no means to pay for a tutor for their children, so she undertook to provide the best education possible. Fortunately, he was very capable, they could paint, draw and play the piano, in addition to having knowledge of Latin, German and French. He soon realized that his eldest son had a great aptitude for the study of languages, especially liked the Latin, the sound, shape and the precise meaning of words Tolkien loved the child. His mother also worried that their children to read many good books. Back then, the young Tolkien liked some of the fairy tales of George Macdonald, author influenced also GK Chesterton, and Andrew Lang. was at this early stage of his life when Tolkien began to cultivate their ability of philology, which would be a fact of capital importance for further creative writing. For those same years, while Tolkien began his interest in language-its structure, expression of culture and history-his mother was getting closer and closer to Catholicism, and consequently, it was moving ever further from his own family. Christianity was an important part of family life Tolkien, especially since the death of his father. Every Sunday went to an Anglican church, but one Sunday, her mother took her children to the Catholic parish of St. Anne, located in the slums of Birmingham. was in the spring of 1900, when his mother and aunt, May Incledon, receiving catechesis at St. Anne and June that were received into the Catholic Church quietly. We must bear in mind that this, for us today in Spain, does not mean much, but Mabel Tolkien meant for a feat unmatched in the hostile Anglican England, 1900, which saw everything and Roman Catholic as anti-English . Also this happened about ten years after the death of Cardinal John Henry Newman, who was then its influence on English religious culture was new and remarkable. The brave mother of the brothers Tolkien had to suffer greatly to take this step of conversion to Catholicism. Were subjected her and her sister, the anger of their own families, and also Mabel by her husband's family. Her sister May was forced to renounce Catholicism, against his will, leaving her alone to face the danger Mabel. A Mabel was removed all of the family support, including economic, while not reconsider. Over time, his family realized that Mabel was firm in his conversion, and this made it grow its hostility towards it. Naturally this was a terrible emotional stress, moral, spiritual and physical in Tolkien's mother, which contributed to seriously affect their health. None of this went unnoticed in Tolkien, who was educated in the Catholic religion since age eight. Some time later, at 21 years old, Tolkien wrote (letter No. 142) feels "grateful to have been brought [from the eight years] in a faith that I have nurtured and taught me what little I know, and that is I owe to my mother, who stuck to his conversion and died young, largely by the hardships of poverty, which were the consequences ... "And deepening, with thanks on the selfless heroism of his mother, also wrote: "My dear mother was truly a martyr, and not all God gives a simple way to his great gifts as Hilary gave us [younger brother] and me, to give a mother who was killed at work and concern to ensure that cherishing the faith. " Easily find a remarkable parallel between Mabel and Santa Monica, whose tears, prayer and sacrifice, were crucial to the Christian faith of his son, St. Augustine. Tolkien would then, and from that tender age, a deeply devout Catholic, made a powerful influence over their lives, whose reflections found in his writings, especially in The Silmarillion, but less known book of his key, published after his death by his son Christopher, be consistent in the main body of the mythical tales that give historical depth to appreciate and understand the events chronologically later The Lord of the Rings. The conversion of the mother and children to the Catholic faith was, without doubt, the most important in the Tolkien family, although it was not the only crucial event. The weather was unstoppable course, and in September 1900, the child Tolkien entered the King Edward's, the school where his father was gone. But as they say, when the doors are closed, God opens a window, fortunately, a paternal uncle continued to have good disposition towards the family, despite the sharp controversy over conversion to Catholicism, and financed the tuition, which was 12 pounds a year. Unfortunately, the school, an imposing building, was located in the heart of Birmingham, about four miles Sarehole's house and his mother was expensive to pay for travel by train and the station had to walk a mile Tolkien in the very early morning. And in return, it was often dark, and the local station, would his younger brother to meet him with a lantern. At last the family moved to a rented house in Moseley, town closest to the center of Birmingham. Living in urban area, with its well-traveled streets, streetcars, traffic, and the sad faces of the people, the smoking chimneys of factories, Tolkien meant for a strong and unpleasant contrast to the peaceful life they enjoyed in the field . This bitter experience is also strongly marked, and was the humus in which they inspire years later to describe the terrible and devastating ugliness of the region of Mordor, the land where lie the shadows, where evil never sleeps, God's earth dark, inhospitable land of him who is Lord of all Rings. But this rented house would be demolished, so they had to move to another house nearby, behind the railway station in the town of King's Heath. The noise of locomotives and coal and smoke only served to despair over a child Tolkien, who longed more and more natural purity of the rural. But were not here long, having to move to Edgbaston in early 1902, to a house left much to be desired. The only consolation was that the new home was close to the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Birmingham, a large church was founded over 50 years ago by Cardinal John Henry Newman. It was here, providentially where Mabel met the new pastor, Father Francis Xavier Morgan, who became a valued family friend and priest really comprehensive and exemplary. For these years, Mabel's health was deteriorating, as had been diagnosed with diabetes, which by that time had no treatment. In April 1904, in a partial recovery occurred to P. Francis have a place for convalescence in Rednal, a village in the county of Worcestershire, a few miles from Birmingham. During that summer, the brothers enjoyed as Tolkien never returning to rural life. Fr Francis, always so attentive to the welfare of children, smoked in a pipe of cherry wood, a fact that would influence to forge certain customs of the characters of the hobbits, idyllic peaceful inhabitants of the region: his fondness for snuff pipe. The children did not realize that her mother's health became precarious. Suffered a relapse and 14 November 1904, died in the peace of God, whose side were the P. Francis and his sister May. In his will, Mabel had appointed Father Francis guardian of his two sons as providential decision in the following years, the venerable priest showed a constant affection and generosity. The capital Mabel left him for support and education of their children, Father Francis increased the amount of your own pocket, thanks a private income of his family vineyard in Jerez de la Frontera. I tried staying with an aunt, Beatrice, near the Oratory, but she did not show much affection, so that orphaned children soon saw the house of the Oratory as his true home. Each morning, the brothers attended Fr Tolkien Francis on the altar and then took breakfast with him in the refectory before going to school. The death of his beloved mother and generous treatment by the P. Francis child profoundly influenced Tolkien. always felt very grateful, and this quality is essentially a Catholic Mass, for all the sleepless nights of P. Francis to him and his brother. No doubt for Tolkien, his mother and Father Francis was (especially) samples providential grace of God, angels incarnate "and faces palpable and tender mercy of our heavenly Father. Years after the priest came to say in a letter to tutor his son, Michael † (letter No. 267): "For the first time he learned of love and forgiveness." For this experience joyful -of charity, mercy and capacity for forgiveness, is one of the keys to understand the background of the key events in The Lord of the Rings. The weather took its course, and charity and forgiveness capacity Tolkien learned from P. Francis in the years after the death of his mother were really critical to counteract the pain and sadness over the separation, however it lasted a lifetime. But the events of the early deaths of his father and mother at such a young age, Tolkien served to make a very sensible and realistic. And since it was also very devout man, had a great sensitivity to the world around him. It was discovered personally that everything in this life is over, inevitable that over time, everything is temporary: the beauty, but also the ugliness of children and youth, but also the maturity and adulthood, health, but also the disease, the joy and joy but also sorrow and sadness, even to the same time is also a time traveler because we are running out ... This is why Tolkien came to appreciate very much the make the most of the time God has given us. Well, the reality perceived with crystal clarity, awakened in him a strong sense of "nostalgia" or "deadweight loss" for a happier time they could not ever return. But, paradoxically, would not be helpful to want to stop time, as we walk, as the road goes on and on, and sing some of the hobbits in his work "towards a fulfillment in the future but that future is essentially uncertain and no guarantees, because we ourselves, with our freedom misused (= sin) denying. That the struggles of life is not earned in full and final, even in wins, had losses. There is no true love without sacrifice, there is no salvation without forgiveness, there is no forgiveness if there is no mercy, that any victory in the world is lost. Our way through this "fallen world" (for the sin of Adam and Eve, which we all share, excluding the Blessed Virgin Mary) is full of trouble, is like a long track in the middle of barren victories. It says something like sharply a fellow priest: "Let's defeat to defeat, to the final victory." The slab terrible death inevitably end up with everything, not only with time and life, but all hope in life, with all hope, with every human project, that nothing worth fighting, the inexorable passage of time and death would be insurmountable walls, carrying a terrible existential bitterness of not being able to overcome them ... But as a Catholic he was, was well aware-and comforted by it-that, by the mercies of God, who believed with all his soul and with all your heart and with all his being, in fact, no salvation, there salvation from evil and sin, which ruins all the beauty of creation and salvation is the passage of time has finally death, which all come to an end for ever ... That, nevertheless, there is always hope : hope that encourages us to move forward, surrendering body and soul, breaking the heart and guts as they do Frodo and Samwise, hobbits protagonists of his book, to destroy the Ring of Power, but all around, fade to the most small signs and reasons for hope. There is a light that shines when all other lights off we went. How can we understand and live this? What I will say now is absolutely essential to understand the real world around us, and also to understand the ending of The Lord of the Rings: Why Tolkien assures us that there is always hope? Because the history of Middle Earth is a mythical tale of the history of salvation, for salvation is a joyous fact, worthy of being told: there is salvation of the passage of time and death, because God the Creator there is forgiveness and sacrifice, no forgiveness and sacrifice because it is mercy, no forgiveness, sacrifice and mercy for grace and providence, using the freedom of creatures, both good and bad, make it possible for extremely harsh things that give a twist radically unexpected favorable as in the hour of doubt and the toughest test on the edge of despair. Are all these factors that mysteriously governed the destiny of our life and personal and collective history, and, indeed, life and history of the characters and peoples of Middle-earth in The Lord of the Rings. Including these key statements, we wonder, therefore, that, indeed, also passed the evil, pain, suffering and even death itself is, that while there are "irrecoverable loss" is not without final victory, that time is running out but because it becomes eternity ... thank summits events history of salvation: the Incarnation of the Word of God and the Easter Resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is the great truth that sets us free, "as the liturgy of Pentecost the Holy Spirit singing, is the largest source of consolation: the Lord is truly risen! The Gospel, therefore, in its Greek etymological sense, it certainly lived Tolkien as a great good news. Well, all these profound experiences of Tolkien are wonderful Christian present, although discreetly, as a hint of victory in The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings. The wonderful genius of Tolkien is that all this flash of the Good News Christian is present in his book, but whose events take place centuries before the coming of Christ. It's a beautiful story of Christian salvation implicit in a while and obviously pre-Christian cultures and dated, deliberately, BC. The theme of The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings is a wonderful story of hope against-all-hope, and in this sense becomes, therefore, a pre-announcement of the Christian Gospel sublime. time runs its natural course and like the Baby Jesus, Tolkien grew in wisdom and stature and grace before God and men. He was jovial and cheerful by nature, he loved the outdoors, walking quietly and healthy fun well with his good friends, that it was easy to start. And he had a quality that would keep throughout his life: to chew, taste, things inside. It was by no means superficial, rather the opposite. Pursuing his studies, which clearly highlighted in the philological field. With the help of their teachers, increasingly delved into linguistics: one thing to know and speak and write Latin, Greek and German (and eventually 14 other languages), and quite another to know why the various grammars were as they were. Upon discovering the ancient Anglo-Saxon, Middle English, Finnish, Welsh and Gothic, was amazed about the sound and expressiveness of these languages. Be the basis of the languages \u200b\u200binvented for mythology (to highlight the Quenya and Sindarin varieties of the beautiful language of the Elves) to give it credibility and a strong sense of realism, something they were incredibly hard. Moreover, in the first place, it creates a language, grammar and vocabulary, and then develops a culture and history, and in this sense it is an impressive example of creative ability. Finally original language could read the great heroic poem in English literature, Beowulf, a work of more than 3,100 verses, comparable to the Cantar de Mio Cid in English or French Chanson de Roland. Beowulf attracted wide attention and aroused the interest to create himself his own stories. The seeds of the creation myth of Middle Earth were already made. summer vacation arrived, and P. Francis had to Tolkien and his brother to Lyme Regis, where he had a good time for the beach. As Fr Francis was a sensitive man, noticed that the teenage brothers were not happy in her aunt's house, so that at the beginning of 1908, I took lodgings in Birmingham in rented rooms that Ms. Faulkner, near the Oratory. The brothers' room was on the second floor, and just below lived a beautiful young orphan named Mary Edith Bratt. She played the piano very well and the three became good friends. But the friendship between Tolkien and Edith, three years his senior, became much more than simple friendship youth, as they fell in love. It was the first and only love in the life of Tolkien. But P. Francis was still the legal guardian, and Tolkien, with its 16 years, was still a minor until age 21. The priest was concerned that the young Tolkien was too distracted from their studies, and was an important moment for him, because he had to get scholarship and approve their entry into the University of Oxford, and had to study it seriously. So I took a firm decision to tell Tolkien, for their sake, not Edith was seeing, at least during those crucial years. Were undoubtedly some very hard years for Tolkien and Edith, really loved it, but the strong sense of duty and love Tolkien obedient honestly believed that he owed to P. Francis - "who had been a father most of the real parents," as he came to write "I moved to sacrifice being with whom he would, over time, his wife. Tolkien always thanked P. Francis care, even this difficult decision that involved much sacrifice, but it served to make real the love he felt for the P. Francis and Edith. In late 1910, Tolkien was granted a scholarship to study at Exeter College, linked to the University of Oxford. As Tolkien home during their university years, always impressed by the grandeur of the campus. The staff was schooled, where the tutors did each student read many books, on which the student then had to think and reason, form their own opinions, subjecting them to critical scrutiny, and then make their own tests. This meant losing their fear of speaking in public and helped develop a critical spirit on the opinions of others and themselves. It was during these years where Tolkien was decanted for authors more Germanic, Greeks and Latins. Y was also where he discovered the Celtic and the Finnish Kalevala, a collection of stories and myths of the heroes of Finland. Eventually came to be considered in Classics at Oxford was called Moderations Honour, which took a pure alpha (Hons) in her favorite subject: Comparative Studies, where he remains an authority in this discipline. He moved to Oxford Inglés School, demanding academic standards, where he continued his linguistic studies. Here is familiar with the Old Norse sagas and Icelandic mythology, which also inspired him to create his own mythology, but because his own, with clear Christian background. Tolkien's literary tastes ended with Geoffrey Chaucer (fourteenth century), he always preferred the heroic and archaic tone of language they were written the first works of European literature. Going from summer holidays to Cornwall, Tolkien was impressed by the immensity of the sea, reefs and mountains. All these beautiful landscapes, with their unforgettable memories Sarehole rural, and also hateful memories of Birmingham industry, inspire you to create your own world of myth and stories. He began to write poetry, prose and poems. These beginnings were the source of his great literary works. Eduardo Segura, in his book, JRR Tolkien, the magician words, it describes: "In 1915, [and in full World War I] had developed a language inspired by the Finnish, and had even written poems in it. Began to consider the need to create a set of stories, connected to each other, that would make that language credible. Always worked as a philologist, that is: back, trying to figure out how they were the words in the past, and what was the argument that was united and coherent throughout history. " At last it came time to marry the one love of his life, which fortunately was in the parish of Warwick on 22 March 1916. But Edith was a devout Anglican and that was an obstacle to overcome, as Tolkien believed that the Protestant Reformation, with its lack of consistency and reliability, had ridiculed Christianity. Edith was hesitant about converting to Catholicism, but ultimately favored, although it took time. And as it did Tolkien's mother also had to suffer disappointment of misunderstanding of this important step. Tolkien tried to console her saying that her mother had been persecuted because they live in the truth, like him, so she would be. The two had a strong personality so often have to discuss about important things, but also learned that forgiveness was the result of their mutual love. Shortly after marriage, Tolkien had to fulfill their patriotic duty to serve in the British army, for the French front: Flanders and defend the river Somme. The Great War, one of the most cruel in history, was a huge upheaval in the world then. A lucid paragraph Eduardo Segura aforementioned accurately sums up the indelible influence of the war on Tolkien, and by analogy, in the events in The Lord of the Rings: "It's very difficult to explain the impression that a war experience left ... the soul of anyone ... Tolkien was also a man very sensitive. The horrors that lived in the trenches were printed in his memory forever. But it became an ironic pessimist or a cynic, let alone be in a melancholy, as with many survivors of the inferno. Tolkien survived not only war but also the hatred and despair. In 1918, life once again run its course, and no place for a waiver to continue walking, even in the midst of pain and loss. " Of heavy casualties, both English and French and German enemies, and their childhood friends, Tolkien lost all but one in Flanders. The officers did not like especially Tolkien who preferred to be with the soldiers-to-foot and NCOs. To these men saw them as particularly loyal, they did what they had because they believed it was his duty, not because they liked it. Of these ordinary men, but brave, Tolkien learned a lot and was inspired by them to shape the character of the medium hobbits: a people who loved the countryside, peaceful, simple, little imagination but a lot of heart, common sense, courage and undivided loyalty at the time of the test. Tolkien wrote about one of the key characters from The Lord of the Rings: "My Sam Gamgee is indeed a reflection of the British soldier of the rank and file workers and I met in the 1914 war and which seemed so superior to myself. " nightmarish memories of the war, we see clear indications in the description of Mordor, the Dark Lord's land: the swamps of the dead, Frodo, Sam and Gollum traverse the mountains close to the ominous shadow of the country, the scorched earth, burned, mutilated and twisted trees, the ugly faces of the bodies ... are suffocating air echoes of the Flanders trenches filled with corpses of young people whose dead eyes stared into space. Tolkien fell ill with the dreaded "trench fever", and he was evacuated by hospital ship to England. When in November 1918 ended the "war that was to end all wars," the Tolkien returned to Oxford, found that only about 300 people, of the 3,000 residents of the campus, had survived the Great War. But the road of life, like all great stories, it goes. Tolkien also worked as a "reader" of English at the University of Leeds. The couple were born on her four children. As a good father, Tolkien spent much time with his wife and children, with whom he was being affectionate. Since he was a professor and researcher of great ability, the University of Leeds he was appointed professor of English in 1924. And in 1925, came the opportunity to join the vacant post of Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the prestigious University of Oxford. As the youngest of the candidates, and therefore, less experienced, and who was also Catholic, seemed to have some disadvantages, but its subject matter jurisdiction was unquestioned, and finally got the job. With this step, more stable era began to Tolkien, as a university professor and as a good parent. Thoroughly preparing their classes, helped their children with their homework, ran errands his wife asked when I went back and forth to the city by bike, met with his friends, teachers and tutors University, wrote books and letters, and felt ever more intensely on his growing literary theory about the genre of "myth," or "fairy tale" and his creative ability to communicate the truth. In 1926, he met Clive Staples Lewis (Jack), which would be a great personal friend, as both had privileged intelligence and shared the same literary interests and spiritual concerns. Tolkien, a Catholic absolutely convinced, had to run into many streams of opinion in the university, but he always remained fully sure of the objective truth of the faith they had inherited from the Apostles through the sacrifice of his beloved mother and the dedication of P. Francis. Very sharply as Pearce says, in his magnificent book, Tolkien: Man and Myth: "For Tolkien, Catholicism was not an opinion that one subscribed, but a reality to which one he submitted. In short, leaving aside the seudosicología, Catholic Tolkien remained strictly for the simple reason that Catholicism was for him the truth. " Well, thanks to their friendly meetings and discussion with university groups, in which the participants shared similar intellectual interests, literary and spiritual, it was a group of friends formed The Inklings, whose definition Middle English is "vague notion, intuition, suspicion." From 1933 to 1962, he met Tolkien, Lewis, Owen Barfield (London lawyer), Hugo Dyson (Professor in Reading and Oxford), Warnie Lewis (brother of Jack) Havard RE (Oxford doctor who treated the families of Tolkien and Lewis), Charles Williams (editor), and eventually, also Christopher Tolkien. They were informal meetings between friends with many things in common: meetings to discuss, debate, share religious perspectives, songs, poetry and prose, he did grow the union of hearts between them. Through these meetings, and through the direct apostolate of Tolkien, Lewis eventually moved from its existential agnosticism to embrace the Christian faith, although he did not confess the Catholic faith, remained in Anglicanism that had been brought up since childhood. Some had warned him not to trust the papists and philologists, ironically curious thing because, as Lewis would say about their friendship: Tolkien was both. His conversations with Tolkien about religion and the literary genre of myth as a vehicle to reflect the truth, were instrumental in his conversion to Christianity. Group the Inklings, Lewis dedicated his autobiography, which tells the story of his own conversion, and chose the title: Captivated by Joy. In large part, that of being "captivated by the joy" (happy expression where available), is due to personal friendship with Tolkien, and, thanks to The Lord of the Rings ...
When the alchemists looked on nature, life in its different manifestations of perceived intercourse between feminine and masculine. Saw rain for example, the male seed entering the soil. Inherited from ancient traditions, were symbols to represent each of these energies, no doubt among these, the most representative was the sun masculine and feminine moon. El mundo moderno, no ignora estas energías, pero pareciera conocerlas desde an enciclopédico lugar; se dice con sustento científico that el hemisferio izquierdo del cerebro is el encargado de los procesos lógicos y analíticos, del razonamiento, linearity, language, numbers and abstractions. For its part the right hemisphere processes emotions, music is primarily imaginative, some say that intuitively knows (being more holistic) and give her place in our daily lives depend on the degree of creativity to achieve. Well, understandably, both characteristics of the cerebral hemispheres appear to cover our practice in the world, but all of them strengthen further detriment of the other, with the balanced fortune occasionally. And this seems to be the weak side of our culture. It seems that we are unable to live in balance in this regard. Seeing the world does not lend itself to much discussion which is predominantly male, ie, unbalanced in favor of the left hemisphere of the brain. Man against Woman feminine energy in this case say as a woman, is the mystery to discover for all humans. Search registers as so in the male, it becomes imperative to go to Her. But just as many men feel a kind of ontological fear that force against women because it represents an otherness, the unknown. In these cases, the man in an attempt to contact the female energy, the woman (which attracts him, love him) and avoid feeling overwhelmed by it, has a form of dominance, resulting particularly in analytical control mechanisms, thus defines the feminine energy to assimilate to the terms that the man believes he can handle and understand. As men, it happens that this unfathomable mystery that presents all women, we make a cut as possible logical that charm. And this, as evidenced, is not nothing but a defense mechanism against the fear of the "other." Account "The Odyssey" that "mermaids" were mythological creatures with female bust and body of fish, were famous for their beautiful, magical singing that attracted the sailors and their boats were shipwrecked and perish. When Ulysses saw that his ship would off the coast of the island of the Sirens, he ordered his sailors plug their ears with wax and made him tie him to the mast of the boat, but covered her ears. I wanted to hear, but not to die for them. When he heard the mermaids singing account of the myth, Odysseus fought desperately to break its moorings while loudly demanded to be unleashed and so, go to the female song of sirens who called ... ogre not advised because the sailors, did not listen and the ship continued its journey. Since then he knew he had or idols the most beautiful song that I could never hear again and a form of nostalgia always accompanied by the legendary sailor ...
Women Back in the 60's and 70's, before the world he saw, John Lennon sang "... the woman is black the world ..." was a form of protest denouncing the place as the society of that time gave women and men criticism of its ambiguous and always accusatory speech. Has anything changed since then until now? That is certainly debatable, on the surface seems to have been major changes, I do not think it takes to list the places they have social cattle. But our perception of women has changed? More importantly, changed the perception that a woman has of herself? In many places it is said that the woman has been recovered and won in a male world a place of respect. And he adds that they have gained in features formerly attributed to man. Respect ... maybe here we find a hypocrisy of men, we say that we respect them because they have managed to win a place in a world whose rules are made by men. But what is respect first and foremost, but to allow another to express its true and inner self without criticizing or prosecute? What is respected but a form of acceptance total for the individuality of the other? What is it, and above all, a form of love, perhaps the first that we should learn. Beyond gender As human beings we know from long ago that each resides in a feminine and masculine. And I tend to think that this is not something static, in the style of percentage male and female both, as discussed in some psychological tests, but dynamic as life itself. These energies live and are expressed in each of us and both are vital, but our life as we know it today seems to ignore its importance in urgent pursuit of appetites. If we perceive and to live as a permanent energy dance, maybe our best efforts would be geared to recognize that at times must take precedence in other male and the female, in each, and in our relationships and the relationship with the world. It would be a way to tune the real and deeper imperative of life, the secret as the alchemists believed intercourse was that balance between energies.
would be like those dances where in some time, decide to dance, others will decide our partners and ultimately more profound and we danced to the music. I can not help associating it with the tango as someone who dances, because in this dance-up I know, "is the finest plasma that, certainly in their best expressions. While dancing the tango, is one of the best ways to begin to recognize this game dance between the feminine and masculine .... If anyone doubts this, it is worth testing.
So far I have referred to male and female energies, trying to avoid abstractions such as "women", "man", as is clear, I've failed. These abstractions take us away from real women: a friend, girlfriend, wife, etc., And the real man with whom we share our days. The language is highly inaccurate to express inherent qualities of life, however, no longer a valid means approach to a mutual understanding. So as I write, I reread what I write, I make corrections, "with me" real people who unwittingly contribute to and nurture this paper. For women who have had the fortune to know, I venture to say "Grace and Beauty" are excellent female attributes by CIA. No doubt there will be many more, much the same way that there are different women. However, emphasized the grace and beauty it stands in the grace that evokes vitality fluency, light, and beauty (which has nothing to do with social standards of beauty, media) expresses a harmony of physical and spiritual. Sometimes this is an exquisite balance that some women show a degree, that moves.
Finally what prevails is the mystery will always be so as not to make life the exercise of the ordinary.
In this sense what we are seeking various forms of self, of another world. And look for is also to be willing to see more, to broaden the horizons of perception and dis-cover. If as a man abandon the habit of domination against the world around us, can break new ground for a new relationship with the female class, ie to woman and also an opportunity for personal completeness. If women feel free to exercise the grace and beauty and so many other female attributes that men can learn from them and live with joy the wonder in front of otherness, and shorten the daily sometimes encounter-clash. way is the following, a dialogue between a man (consultant) and a woman (who is consulted) taken from the movie "brightest minds in search of happiness"
him: "I women like to understand why I can not understand? ... Why is there this mismatch between men and women? ... Why the eternal feminine draws us? She - Does eternal feminine? The function of man is to bring women and provoke it to him. For that we are here. In "A Course in Miracles" states that you must understand the another to know if he deserves your love, but immediately adds that if you do not love him, you can never understand. The reason women do not understand it because you love them enough. They all deserve your love, which does not mean sex or an affair with everyone. But your role as a man is to love, love them perhaps with a silent thought you said it was beautiful as the eternal feminine she resides within
(...) is not understand, this is love .. . and that is valid for everything in life ....
