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THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR

The order of the Knights Templar is synonymous with the crusades of the Middle Ages. This section of the Middle Ages details the emergence of the Religious knights, their achievements, accomplishments and their decline on Friday the 13th, in October 1307 when Jacques de Molay, the Grand Master of the Knights Templar, and 60 of his senior knights were arrested in Paris. This day is remembered in history – it is the reason Friday 13th is deemed to be unlucky.

The crusades saw the emergence of religious knights including the Knights Templar, the Teutonic knights and the Hospitallers. The members of the orders of Religious knights were both monks and knights; that is, to the monastic vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience they added a fourth vow, which bound them to protect pilgrims and fight the infidels.

The Middle Ages saw the emergence of a military order called the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon. Their name was to become the Templar Knights, or the Knights Templar.

The Knights Templar History started with the crusades of the Middle Ages, a war between Christians and Moslems centered around the city of Jerusalem. The Medieval order of the Knights Templar was dissolved in 1312 by the Council of Vienne.

When a man joined the Knights Templar he took an oath of poverty and his wealth and lands were donated to the Knights Templar order. Donations of money and land were also given to the Knights Templar order by nobles and Kings. The Knights Templar order therefore became extremely wealthy and became involved in Knights Templar Banking activities.

The Knights Templar timeline charts the key dates of the people and events surrounding the Knights Templar order.

 The names of all of the Medieval leaders are detailed on this section together with the dates of their leadership as the Masters of the order.

The Teutonic Knights were a military-religious order of knights that restricted membership to Germans. Teutonic Knights were members of the order of the Teutonic Knights of the Hospital of the Blessed Virgin.

The Knights Hospitaller were Knights of the Order of Saint John the Hospitaller who were also known by such names as Knights of Rhodes, Knights of Malta. The Hospitallers grew out of a brotherhood for the care of sick pilgrims in a hospital at Jerusalem following the First Crusade in 1100 AD.

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THE POWER OF YES

Prefiro ser eternamente uma sonhadora, viver de sonhos. Ainda que me chamem de louca ou inconcequente. Jamais, vou me conformar com o negativo. A vida e cheia de flores basta abrir os olhos e procura-las porque elas ja estao a sua espera. by Adriana Sassoon

Eckhart Tolle

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EGO

What is????

It’s your “identity”, or who you think you are.It is the basis of all television, commercials, marketing, salesmanship, politics, economics, and just about everything else.

Freud’s thought: the structural model was first discussed in his 1920 essay “Beyond the Pleasure Principle” and was formalised and elaborated upon three years later in his “The Ego and the Id“. Freud’s proposal was influenced by the ambiguity of the term “unconscious” and its many conflicting uses.

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THE POWER OF LOVE

Love is any of a number of emotions related to a sense of strong affection and attachment. The word love can refer to a variety of different feelings, states, and attitudes, ranging from generic pleasure (“I loved that meal”) to intense interpersonal attraction (“I love my wife”). This diversity of uses and meanings, combined with the complexity of the feelings involved, makes love unusually difficult to consistently define, even compared to other emotional states.

As an abstract concept, love usually refers to a deep, ineffable feeling of tenderly caring for another person. Even this limited conception of love, however, encompasses a wealth of different feelings, from the passionate desire and intimacy of romantic love to the nonsexual emotional closeness of familial and platonic love to the profound oneness or devotion of religious love. Love in its various forms acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological importance, is one of the most common themes in the creative arts.

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VERBAL ABUSE

“I have never been aware before how many faces there are.There are quantities of human beings, but there are many more faces, for each person has several.”

Rainer Maria Rilke

How to discover if you have being soffering from verbal abuse?

Domestic violence and abuse can happen to anyone, yet the problem is often overlooked, excused, or denied. This is especially true when the abuse is psychological, rather than physical. Emotional abuse is often minimized, yet it can leave deep and lasting scars.

“Verbal abuse includes withholding, bullying, defaming, defining, trivializing, harassing, interrogating, accusing, blaming, blocking, insulting, countering, diverting, lying, berating, taunting, putting down, discounting, threatening, name-calling, yelling and raging.”

These are some examples of behavior exhibited by the abuser :

  • Actions of Signs of verbal abuse exhibited by the abuser are:gnoring, ridiculing, disrespecting, and criticizing others consistently.
  • A manipulation of words.
  • Purposeful humiliation of others.
  • Accusing others falsely for the purpose of manipulating a person’s decision making.
  • Manipulating people to submit to undesirable behavior.
  • Making others feel unwanted and unloved.
  • Threatening to leave the family destitute.
  • Placing the blame and cause of the abuse onto others.
  • Isolating a person from some type of support system, consisting of friends or family.
  • Harassment
  • Screaming
  • Threatening of taking the children away from the mother
  • Threatening to hurt the victim physically or emotionally
  • Threatening to take way financial resources or keeping you unable to work

Consider the things people value in relationships and the things they want in a healthy and strong relationship. These could be respect, understanding, forgiveness, acceptance, love, affection, responsibility, hope, faith, trustworthiness with the ability to connect deeply with someone, and the freedom to be oneself within healthy boundaries. When we think about what constitutes a healthy relationship, it becomes easier to identify when we are in an unhealthy relationship.

LAW Against Verbal abuse
Section 294 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [I.P.C.]

http://youtu.be/GO0zA2SWtKY

Recognizing abuse is the first step to getting help

Domestic abuse often escalates from threats and verbal abuse to violence. And while physical injury may be the most obvious danger, the emotional and psychological consequences of domestic abuse are also severe. Emotionally abusive relationships can destroy your self-worth, lead to anxiety and depression, and make you feel helpless and alone. No one should have to endure this kind of pain—and your first step to breaking free is recognizing that your situation is abusive. Once you acknowledge the reality of the abusive situation, then you can get the help you need.

Actions the victim or target can take include:

  • Find a trusted friend, a support group, or a counselor to discuss the situation. A network of supportive relationships can strengthen and uplift.
  • Learn about yourself and healthy relationships. It helps to make better choices.
  • Believe and remember that we are all valuable and deserve to be in relationships that enhance our worth, bring out the best in us, and where we feel safe.

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SOUL MATES

 

Soul mate means many different things. These are souls that you have experienced with in past, parallel or future lifetimes. They can also be aspects of your soul experiencing at this time in another body. We are all multidimensional beings, your soul having experiences, in many realities, at the same time. As we all evolve from the same source of consciousness creation, we could say that we are all soul mates in a manner of speaking.

Soul mate is sometimes used to designate someone with whom one has a feeling of deep and natural affinity, friendship, love, intimacy, sexuality, and/or compatibility. Soul mates can have various types of relationships, which do not always include romantic love. They can be close friends, co-workers, a teacher, anyone who influences your life one way or another. They play the emotional, spiritual, physical, and mental, games of third dimension with you. They can affect relationships in a positive or negative way depending on the emotional issues of the people concerned.Souls often come together to work out issues or play reverse roles than that which they are experiencing elsewhere.Anyone who is in your biological family, or adopted family, or pseudo-family, is a soul mate to you.You feel closer to certain souls, because you have attracted them into your life as they are on the same frequency as you or because you want to work out issues with them.Karma refers to responsibilities shared by soul mates.Often souls mates come together to bring another soul into the physical realms. A man and woman mate and produce one or more children, the karma thus completed ends. The couple separates and share whatever karma is linked to the child.Sometimes the karma in family is between mother and child, so the child remains exclusively with the mother. Sometimes the karma is with the father and the mother leaves or deceases. Sometimes it is with both parents or with a sibling who has entered the game before or after you.RomanceAs the soul seeks unity with self, the journey home, (twin flame connection), it tends to think of a soul mate as The One (which is actually the source of creation) who is there for us and to make us feel complete.Did you know that you often attract people into your life who look as you do in parallel or past lives? For example, you are a man seeking a female partner. You will seek out someone who looks and acts if you were a woman, like a mirror image. Your ideal partner is who you are in that physical body. We are always seeking ways to experience ourselves.Men often seek the goddess when searching for a mate, one who looks like the priestess, slim body, long flowing hair purity of soul, beauty and gentleness of creation that speaks to their soul of union with the female creational force. It is SHE who brings loves, guidance, compassion and reunion of your twin soul aspects. A younger person, child-like in essence, is also a major attraction.

Soul mates can bring out the best and worst in each other, depending on their issues, and often no matter how hard someone tries to hold on and help, the lesson is to let go.

 

ALMA GEMEA

Alma Gêmea geralmente é usado para designar o conceito de que em algum lugar há uma alma gêmea com a sua, destinada a permanecer a seu lado.
O termo pode parecer muito romântico, próprio dos contos de fadas, mas na minha experiência clínica, nos relatos de meus pacientes ao passarem pela TRE. (Terapia Regressiva Evolutiva – abordagem psicológica e espiritual breve, canalizada por mim pelos Espíritos Superiores do Astral), realmente se revela o fato que essa alma especial existe.
m verdade, alma gêmea é a pessoa com a qual você se relacionou em várias encarnações. Com ela experimentou sentimentos profundos como o amor e a amizade, além de aprendizagem e evolução mútuas.
Laços fortes e profundos uniram suas almas, pois estiveram juntos nos melhores e nos piores momentos de suas existências, compartilhando alegrias, tristezas, lágrimas e sorrisos, falhas e acertos. Desta forma, a cada nova experiência numa encarnação os laços se fortaleceram.
Você e sua alma gêmea, freqüentemente vieram juntas em várias encarnações não só como cônjuges, mas também em outros papéis sociais (pai e filho, irmãos, amigos, etc.).
Por conta desse laço forte e profundo que os une, é comum no primeiro encontro ambos se reconhecerem mutuamente, sentirem uma afinidade e emoções profundas, inexplicáveis aos olhos da mente racional do ego, pois o reconhecimento se dá em nível de alma dos dois.

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HEROE

“MY HERO IS NOT NECESSARILY THE PRESIDENT OF A COUNTRY OR A PRIME MINISTER…IT IS SOMEBODY WHO IS PREPARED TO GIVE HUMAN BEINGS “HOPE” THAT THERE IS A FUTURE FOR HIM OR HER.THOSE ARE MY HEROES. “

by NELSON MANDELA

Skillet- “Hero”

“From Charity to Philanthropy> Philanthropic return on investment is about making the biggest impact possible on fellow human beings, regardless of country, race, or religion.It’s the difference between simply giving and really helping.It’s about investing in people.”

THE POWER OF THE INVISIBLE SUN

BOBBY SAGER – STING

The smallest ray of light can ignite the human spirit’s ability to overcome.In war-torn countries around the world, philanthropist and photographer Bobby Sager had discovered the transcendent power of hope through the eyes of children. Despite unthinkable violence and destruction,his portraits reveal joy,innocence,and strength. This is the power of the invisible sun.

 

 

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ALEXIS WINGATE

Success DIVA

What choice will you make?

 (The Success Diva Speaks)

Although this may sound like a simple argument to set forth, life really is about choices. Almost everything you do each day is a choice— even those things that you think you must do or that someone else is expecting you to do. Sometimes I think that our society conditions us to believe that we have to live a certain way and make certain decisions because the world, at large, thrives upon control. To hold on to individuality in a universe of conformists requires strength and courage. Even those who seem to rebel against the confines of society are often in prison cells of their own making. They do not realize that they aren’t free because the bars of their prison obscure their view, thereby preventing them from seeing their lives and the circumstances of their lives clearly.

For a long time, my favorite quotation has been one that the poet E. E. Cummings once said: “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” When I first read this quotation, I found myself asking, why should being ourselves be our hardest battle? Why is it so important to everyone that we all conform to the preconceived image of what they think we ought to be?

It’s ironic, really, that rebels and those who step away from the crowd are ever admired or held up as role models, considering how strongly we are all urged to be like everyone else. Of course, many who have been courageous enough to embrace their individuality and live authentically have been vilified and maligned by the world, at large. Throughout history, this has been the case, and from Jesus to Martin Luther, King, Jr., we have seen the revolutionary leaders cut down, oftentimes in their prime. It is easy for people to criticize, mock, and demean that which they do not understand. And we can all point fingers at those who choose to forge a new and unchartered path for themselves, particularly if we are one of those unfortunate souls who remains entrenched in a life of mediocrity.

Oddly enough, I have encountered so much criticism and mockery at this point, that none of it touches me anymore. I am like the bird who will not be deterred in its migratory flight. But a friend of mine has recently been attacked for some of the choices she has made. When I read the negative comments others made about her, I realized how true it is that those who try to tear others down only end up tearing down themselves. Those who create beautiful castles do not build their masterpieces by destroying the castles that other people have built. 

When we were children, sometimes we may have done things that hurt others without meaning to. Perhaps, we wanted to be liked by our peers. Or maybe we just had not yet learned that there can be lasting consequences to our actions. However, when we grew up, we learned that even those things that are seemingly insignificant can have lasting affects on not only our lives but also the lives of others. And unless we derive satisfaction from cruelty, most of us do our best not to injure other people. At the same time, there are exceptions. If we knew why this was the case, we would be able to solve a question that has been puzzling cognitive scientists, psychiatrists, and philosophers for centuries. As it is, we can only speculate and try to content ourselves with the very plain yet frustrating truth that there are many mysteries in life that will never be understood.

From now on, I am making no more efforts to turn enemies into friends or detractors into fans and admirers of my work. If someone doesn’t like the articles I write, I would suggest that he/she stop reading them. A person’s life  is too short to spend time on things that he/she will never make a choice to appreciate or understand. We each have our own journey to take. Therefore, I encourage everyone to go his/her own way, with both my blessing and my request that he/she gives  me the freedom they are giving themselves. When we let others walk their own path, we should be secure enough in our own choices that we feel no need to criticize them.

I tend to think that those who feel the need to tear down others do so because they have so little power in their own lives that they feel they must try to take the power away from others. This is why you will oftentimes notice that those who are at the top of their chosen professions are more caring, generous, and gracious than those who are living what Henry David Thoreau would call “quiet lives of desperation”. When we feel content in our lives and we are truly aligned with our own purpose, we want those around us to be engaged with life the same way that we are.

But when we are not happy or fulfilled and we see others who seem to be leading lives that are successful and joyful, some of us start subscribing to the idea that we have been shortchanged in some way. Why? Because it’s easier to turn ourselves into victims than to take responsibility for our lives and the choices we have made. If we can blame someone else for our mistakes and our missed opportunities, even if it doesn’t do any good, it can leave us with a temporary feeling of satisfaction. But can it satisfy us on a long-term basis?

Some people speculate about what the driving force throughout the world is. They debate whether it’s love or money or both. Well, although I am still examining this issue, I am relatively certain that it’s neither love nor money. Rather, I believe that it’s desire. If you will look around, you will notice that most of the choices we make have begun with a desire. The problem with this, of course, is that in allowing desire to control our choices we are being moved by passion rather than by critical thinking. Yes, there is something to be said for intuition and “gut feelings”. But by its very nature, desire is a force that should be used with care and caution.

Yet, since desire is what I believe rules this world we live in, it is being misused and abused in ways that most of us would never even be able to imagine. And, it is what brings about most of the pain in the world, too. For it is a desire for power and control that prevents people from giving other people the freedom to lead their own lives and make their own choices. Even crimes like murder and rape are rooted in desire . . .  the desire to take the life of another person or the desire to have sexual and physical power over another person. Neither love nor money is involved in either rape or murder, but both of these vile acts are more prevalent in the world we now live in than ever before.

Do not misunderstand what I’m saying and subscribe to the erroneous idea that I’m saying desire is a completely negative force. Desire can be very positive as well. I think the question we all need to examine is this: are we controlling our desires or are our desires controlling us? When we tear down other people, it isn’t because we are powerful but because we are weak. When we criticize, complain, and demean, we are relegating ourselves to the role of victims, rather than victors. We are saying, “My sense of self-worth is so low that I have to try to make others feel less valuable in order to feel good enough about myself.” Once we realize that this is the message we are sending out, it forces us to rethink our behavior—or, at least, it should.

Like everyone else, I have had moments in which I have offered criticism when support and encouragement was what was called for. But this is because I am human as opposed to being a divine being. Thankfully, I’ve learned that I will never have freedom in my own life if I do not let others have their freedom, too. We cannot expect to have something that we try to take away from other people. And we can expect that we will be criticized if all that we offer others is criticism, just as a spirit of hate provokes strife and malevolence breeds disdain. Life seems to have a way of giving us back what we have given to others, which brings us once again back to the issue of choice.

In the past, I have shared certain aspects of my personal story in my SuccessDiva articles. But since everybody has a story, I feel that more can be accomplished if I do not share all of mine. I would rather focus on you and the changes I can inspire you to make if you choose to let my words enter into your soul and bring your deepest and most exquisite dreams to the surface of your consciousness. 

What do you want to accomplish in your life? If you must end your life with regrets, which regrets do you want them to be? Would you rather regret not reaching a goal in spite of all your efforts or would you prefer to regret not ever having tried to reach the goal in the first place? Do you want to regret having stayed in a relationship that never made you happy because you were unwilling to give up your security? Or would you rather take a chance at finding the man or woman of your dreams, even if you never find him or her?  

Yes, life really is about choices. And the choices you make today truly will influence not just tomorrow but also the rest of your life. Choosing wisely isn’t enough—you also have to choose courageously. Taking risks is part of what will bring you the life you want to live. None of us have a user’s manual to help guide us through our lives. To imagine that we will never have self-doubt or fear or moments of panic and anxiety isn’t realistic. What the determining factor in each of our lives is is whether we overcome all of these things. Do we let society dictate our needs and desires? Do we let other people make our decisions for us? Do we waver in our choices, even when we know we are making the choices that are right for us?  

A life of purpose is a life that is lived with a sense of conviction. A person who wants to live freely and authentically must be brave enough to break free from the boxes that others try to keep him/her trapped in. He or she must understand that it is better to be rejected for his/her authentic self than to be accepted for a role that he/she is playing. The approval of the multitudes matters not when we have lost all genuine respect for ourselves. And how can we respect ourselves unless we are being authentic?

One reason I have ceased to care what others say about me is because I have tuned in to who I really am. When you reach this point, you become aware of the fact that it doesn’t really matter who says what about you, if the things they say don’t match up with reality. We may all see the world through our own pair of glasses. But if we take the time to examine ourselves, we can get to the truth of who we are. If we don’t like that person, no matter who else may like us, we will be unhappy. But if we do like that person, then no matter how many people don’t like us, we should be content.

I only like the authentic me . . . the me who does not want to be identified with a specific persona or “image”. And because of this, I have chosen to let go of the image of me to embrace the authentic me. This is a choice I will never regret—not now nor at the end of my life.

What choice are you not making right now that you know is right for you? What’s holding you back?

Live today as if there will be no tomorrow . . .

Until soon,

Alexis, your SuccessDiva

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This page and all written material at the SuccessDiva Pages is written by Alexis Wingate (C) Copyright 2010 by

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ARTURO PHOTHOGRAPHY 

Discovering one’s passion can be as easy as awaking one morning to a divine epiphany of direction for your talent, energy, and love, or it can be a long and exacting process of trial and error.  arturo’s journey to his passion for photography has been a mix of both extremes, leading him on a fascinating and fulfilling adventure towards self-knowledge and satisfaction. Studying, practicing, and teaching in the areas of science, business administration, literature, fine arts, and the martial arts, arturo achieved multiple degrees in these themes before finally arriving at his current point of absolute allegiance to and enthrallment with the art of photography.

Forever fascinated with Beauty, arturo has found a way through photography to create images of magnificence that reflect and affirm his personal vision and perception of the aesthetics. When he is not shooting, arturo practices vinyasa yoga, he is also a self-proclaimed, devoted student of the “Science of Personal Achievement.” Constantly seeking knowledge and enrichment, arturo has traveled within and experienced the cultures of thirty different countries and has studied in France, the United States, and Mexico, but he now spends the majority of his time between Florida and Massachusetts in the pursuit of his passion .

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ALEX BARROS RIDING SCHOOL

 

ALEX BARROS, UM DOS MAIORES NOMES DA MOTOVELOCIDADE MUNDIAL.

Alexandre Barros fecha parceria com BMW A esportiva S 1000 RR será a moto oficial do Alex Barros Riding School Alexandre Barros acelera a BMW S 1000 RR . Todos foram pegos de surpresa nesta quarta-feira (3), quando Alexandre Barros anúncio as motos que serão utilizadas por seus instrutores no Alex Barros Riding School. O piloto brasileiro acaba de iniciar uma nova fase em sua carreira com seu curso de pilotagem e a marca parceira desta empreitada será a BMW.

Os cursos serão EXCLUSIVOS e destinados ao público que sempre quis saber os segredos e técnicas dos pilotos do mundial de motovelocidade.

O primeiro curso oferecido por uma autoridade nas pistas e oportunidades ÚNICAS e EXCLUSIVAS para os amantes de duas rodas com um dos maiores pilotos da história da motovelocidade.

Alex Barros entrou para o GUINESS BOOK, o livro dos recordes, como o primeiro piloto brasileiro a ganhar no mundial. Barros é um dos pilotos mais experientes da história da MOTOVELOCIDADE.

O PILOTO

Alexandre Barros começou sua carreira aos sete anos de idade sendo bicampeão de ciclomotores. Foi campeão brasileiro de 50cc e em 1985 de 250cc. Em 1986 mudou-se para a Europa para competir pelo Campeonato

Mundial de Motovelocidade na categoria 80cc. Esse era apenas o início de uma carreira brilhante.

Em 1990 estreiou na categoria máxima, a 500cc, na equipe Cagiva e tendo Randy Mamola e Ron Haslam como companheiros de equipe. Com 19 anos, torna-se o mais jovem piloto nesta categoria. Passa em 1993 a equipe oficial Lucky Strike Suzuki, com Kevin Schwantz como companheiro. Neste ano tanto Schwantz sagraria-se campeão mundial como Alexandre obteria sua primeira vitória, em Jarama, na Espanha.

Após sair da Suzuki em 1994, correu os oito anos seguintes com Honda em equipes privadas, alcançando o 4o.lugar nos campeonatos de 1996, 2000, 2001 e 2002. Em 2003 correu pela equipe oficial de fábrica Yamaha Gauloises, pela primeira vez como número um da equipe. No ano seguinte, é contratado pela equipe oficial da Honda HRC, então campeã, em substituição a Valentino Rossi, contratado justamente pela Yamaha.

Em 2006 Alexandre disputou o mundial de Superbike pela equipe privada Klaffi Honda, obtendo o 6o.lugar na classificação geral, com seis pódios e uma vitória, no Autódromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari em Ímola. Em 2007 retorna a MotoGP pela equipe Pramac d’Antin, DUCATI, obtendo um pódio no Grande Prêmio da Itália em Mugello.

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Alex Barros (born Alexandre Barros on October 18, 1970 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian motorcycle road racer. After a long career in MotoGP, for 2006 he moved to the Superbike World Championship. He returned to MotoGP for 2007, but retired by the end of the season.

Alex Barros Riding School in Brazil is already a success story. Alex Barros partner is  BMW  with his exclusive  S 1000 RR Superbikes for his Riding School .

* Te, Eu fiquei muito feliz em  saber que voce aceitou o convite do seu primo!Sucesso….Bjs( Nao se esqueca de mim).