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Two women nurture the talent of President Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is an innate genius. But few know that his talent was attributed to his wonderful mothers.
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The Real Sword in the Stone
Inside Montesiepi chapel located in a small village in the province of Siena in beautiful central Tuscany, there is one of the strangest relics ever discovered. In this little round building, is embedded the sword of Saint Galgano, seemingly thrust into the bedrock up to the hilt.
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How George Washington’s Iron-Willed Single Mom Taught Him Honor
“She has been the object of both meaningless praise and more often antagonism from writers who dreamed of a different mother for their hero George,” historian Martha Saxton wrote in “The Widow Washington,” a new biography of our first president’s deeply misunderstood mother.
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The effect of music on shaping the soul
Music is a reflection on the essence of life, and when carrying the universal values of the universe and of nature, music can become the best treatment for societies "mental diseases."
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The Healing Power of Ancient Chinese Music
Traditional Chinese medicine operates on the principle that the normal circulation of energy through energy channels in the human body is essential for a healthy life.
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Spiritual awakening in Michelangelo’s ‘The Dream’
Leonardo da Vinci once said, “Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” Michelangelo's ‘Il Sogno’ (The Dream) is the perfect example of this symbiosis; a perfect combination of painting and poetry.
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The road to success is often paved with hardship…
For Mark Hutchinson, the path of developing Bamboozle into one of Australia’s most respected suppliers and installers of timber & bamboo flooring did not involve only business development but also the harsh tempering of his will and the perfection of his character.
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The never-heard story of a sacred event on the Moon
On Tuesday morning, when Apollo 11’s astronauts—Aldrin and Collins—returned to the exact location from where they flew to the moon 50 years ago, the spiritual event that happened on that unforgettable day remained vivid in their minds, especially for Aldrin.
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Do you want your family to succeed? Just have a little faith
In the year 1900, the American scholar Albert Edward Winship conducted a study entitled “Jukes-Edwards: A Study in Education and Heredity”, involving two families. The family of Jonathan Edwards were staunch followers of Christianity; Jukes, the head of the second household, was an atheist.
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The real story of the swastika
The swastika is, to this day, taboo for many in the West, because it is associated with Nazism and invokes the memory of the Holocaust. While Hitler was in power, any investigation into its authentic meaning and history was forbidden, and those who dared to reveal them were persecuted and ...
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The Beauty of Divine Beings Dancing
Classical Chinese dancer Miranda Zhou-Galati says one of the most interesting roles she has played over the course of her 13 years with Shen Yun Performing Arts is that of a bodhisattva statue.
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The origins of bad luck, according to ancient wisdom
Many ancient sayings from Western and Eastern cultures encouraged people to treat others with kindness and do good deeds. By doing that, they would receive blessings and avoid bad luck. The ancient Chinese also attached great importance to virtue since they believed it was the determinant of one’s fate.