Solving Human Problems through Transforming Human Attitudes

Of the many problems we face today, some are natural calamities and must be accepted and faced with equanimity. Others, however, are of our own making, created by misunderstanding, and can be corrected. One such type arises from the conflict of ideologies, political or religious, when people fight each other for petty ends, losing sight of the basic humanity that binds us all together as a single human family. We must remember that the different religions, ideologies, and political systems of the world are meant for human beings to achieve happiness. We must not lose sight of this fundamental goal and at no time should we place means above ends; the supremacy of humanity over matter and ideology must always be maintained. ~Dalai Lama

By Megan Gannon, News Editor
Space, September 4, 2014

A huge tendril of super-hot plasma that had been creeping across the face of the sun erupted Tuesday (Sept. 2) in a striking solar storm that may send a wave of charged particles in Earth’s direction.

Video of the solar eruption captured by NASA’s sun-watching Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a cloud of solar plasma being hurled from the sun’s surface during the rippling blast.

Debris from the solar explosion could be traveling in the direction of Earth, according to Spaceweather.com, which tracks stargazing and space weather events. Further observations should confirm whether the eruption was actually an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection, or CME.

A bright solar flare leaps from the left side of the sun in this new photo. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory obtained the image on Aug. 24, 2014.

CMEs occur when the sun’s magnetic field lines become so warped that they snap like rubber bands then reconnect at other points. These breaks can leave gaps where the sun’s plasma spews into space. CMEs can occasionally spark geomagnetic storms when they collide with Earth. These disturbances can interfere with electronics, cause radio blackouts and produce stunning auroras.

In the days before the eruption, the filament of dark plasma looked like a long shadow on the sun that stretched some 372,823 miles (600,000 kilometers) — that’s more than three times the diameter of Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. Amateur astrophotographers from around the world had been sending Spaceweather.com amazing amazing images of the filament over the past few days.

The blast occurred a day after a sunspot on the farside of the sun produced a “sizeable and fairly fast” CME according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center. The CME was moving at approximately 4.5 million mph (2,000 km/s), and the source of the eruption was expected to rotate to the Earth-facing side of the sun in the next few days.

“It’s difficult to say what this region will hold as it rotates into view, but some potential for continued activity is surely there,” NOAA officials wrote.

Wrap a rainbow of joy in your heart,
Let the sun paint a smile on your face,
Remove all clouds of doubt & fear
And receive God’s gift of life.
~latestsms

Always ask yourself, what is the most loving thing I can do for this particular person in this particular moment? Love isn’t really one size fits all; what might be a loving act toward one person could be harmful to another person, in that it doesn’t help them get closer to becoming a truly happy human being. Unconditional love is a new decision you need to make in every situation, not a hard and fast rule you can apply to everyone all the time.

~wikiHow

Friendship is not a game to play. It is not a word to say. It doesn’t start on March
and ends on May. It is tomorrow, yesterday, today and everyday. ~lovelysms

Not too near and not too far
Out of the stress of the crowd
Music screams as elephants scream
When they lift their trunks and scream aloud
For joy of the night when masters are
Asleep and adream.  ~Lawrence, D. H. 1919

Peter makes a detour in his evening walk to the river to discover the piano.

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Polish primitive horses graze in the Pisz Forest in Strzalowo, northern Poland, September 3, 2014. Masurian foresters began experimental reproduction of oak forest, which is valuable natural forest type endangered of extinction. To prevent, forest will be grazed by a herd of Polish primitive horses that will eat the lowest undergrowth and prevent of overgrowing the lowest parts of on oak forest by other species of trees and shrubs. (EPA/TOMASZ WASZCZUK)

A newly born female white rhino runs in Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. She was born three weeks ago, after more than twenty years without a female White Rhino birth in the Safari, Sagit Horowitz, the safari spokeswoman said. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)