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Akiyama allegedly received $100,000 from Taiwan after his resignation from the Japanese defense ministry in 1997—money that the Sing Tao Daily of Hong Kong said he used to attend the Kennedy School of Government...
...unbeatable combination of humor and intelligence as well. This newest attempt to bring philosophy to the masses does not exactly do justice to our love for television’s finest program. The book is no doubt part of that weird trend that has produced books like The Tao of Pooh, which attempts to show us how Taoism can be relevant to our own modern and western existence, and The Consolations of Philosophy, a primer on how thinkers like Montaigne and Seneca can be relevant to our everyday experiences...
...doomed Titanic - and liberating new phenomena such as Internet chat rooms. Not that the West invented sexual freedom. Medieval Asian courts were the originals for Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion. Ancient India produced the Kama Sutra, setting an all-time sexiness standard for religious texts. China's Tao, or "The Way," cemented for centuries the uniquely Chinese concept that spiritual fulfillment demands good sex - and lots of it. The I Ching named the yin and yang, that most essential description of male and female, but Taoism insisted that yin and yang existed within each person - probably mankind's earliest argument...
Yoga allows kids a much needed time out. Near the end of Chandler's class in a Chicago suburb, eight students adopt shavasana (literally "corpse pose"). Covered in woven blankets, they lie on their backs with their eyes closed while the CD Tao of Healing plays in the background. "Envision a cloud floating down next to you," says their teacher Ilene Sang. "Envision a place that brings you happiness. It might be a zoo, a garden or a beach. Go on a journey, and I'll tell you when to come back." Within 10 minutes, three students are sound asleep...
...Yoga allows kids a much needed time out. Near the end of Chandler's class in a Chicago suburb, eight students adopt shavasana (literally "corpse pose"). Covered in woven blankets, they lie on their backs with their eyes closed while the CD "Tao of Healing" plays in the background. "Envision a cloud floating down next to you," says their teacher Ilene Sang. "Envision a place that brings you happiness. It might be a zoo, a garden or a beach. Go on a journey, and I'll tell you when to come back." Within 10 minutes, three students are sound asleep...