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Conan O'Brien, American Express: Extended Cut

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127 Hours - HD Teaser Trailer

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Chips so nice they named it...nice

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Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra feat. Nino Mochella - Kiss The Sky

 

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Incubus - Aqueous Transmission

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Dad got me a watch this year.

A chrome + gold plated Raymond Weil Parsifal (it is really expensive).

There will be a day in the foreseeable future when I will get a pointless, expensive car (like the X6) for him.

Why? Because I can.

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Happy Diwali!

This Friday marks the the beginning of the Festival of Lights.

Diwali in 2010 starts today, the 5th of November and will continue for 5 days until Tuesday, the 9th of November.

Diwali (also spelled Divali in few countries) or Deepavali is popularly known as the festival of lights. Its an important five-day festival in Hinduism occurring between mid-October and mid-November. For Hindus, Diwali is the most important festival of the year and is celebrated in families by performing traditional activities together in their homes.

The name Diwali is itself a contraction of the word “Deepavali”, which translates into “row of lamps.” Diwali involves the lighting of small clay lamps (divas) filled with oil to signify the triumph of good over evil. During Diwali, all the celebrants wear new clothes and share sweets and snacks with family members and friends. Some Indian business communities begin the financial year on the first day of Diwali, hoping for prosperity the following year.

While Diwali is popularly known as the “festival of lights”, the most significant spiritual meaning is “the awareness of the inner light”. Central to Hindu philosophy is the assertion that there is something beyond the physical body and mind which is pure, infinite, and eternal. Just as we celebrate the birth of our physical being, Diwali is the celebration of this inner light, in particular the knowing of which, outshines all darkness (removes all obstacles and dispels all ignorance), awakening the individual to one’s true nature, not as the body, but as the unchanging, infinite, immanent and transcendent reality.

With the realization of this comes universal compassion, love, and the awareness of the oneness of all things (higher knowledge). This brings Ananda (joy or peace). While the story behind Deepavali and the manner of celebration varies from region to region (festive fireworks, worship, lights, sharing of sweets), the essence is the same – to rejoice in the Inner Light (Atman) or the underlying reality of all things (Brahman).

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