Mei-An’s school was hosting a ‘Victorian Era’ (1831-1901) dressing-up day for Year 2. Many went as milkmaids and chimney sweeps, etc, (with some dressing as
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Brock’s Fireworks Factory (Sutton)
Brock’s Fireworks – Interesting History My daughter – Mei-An – attends ballet class once a week at a training hall situated within St Oswald’s Church,
Kirkaldy Testing Museum – London (2.7.2017)
Kirkaldy Testing Museum We arrived on the Tube – one form of modern technology – as a means to take our children to the Kirkaldy
Daoist Transformation of Death
Shen is the realisation and permanent identification of consciousness with universal ’empty space’ to such a degree that when the physical brain ceases to function, the ‘practitioner’ becomes the state of ’empty space’ – which is the universe that includes all things. This is why advanced Daoist practitioners are able to enter this state whilst still in their bodies, so that the actual ‘act’ of dying becomes a formality whereby ‘breathing’ ceases altogether and qi energy permanently integrates with ‘jing’ and ‘shen’ – leaving the physical body behind forever.