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In the Fall of 1961, CBS first aired The Dick Van Dyke Show, one of funniest sitcoms in television history. Similar to I Love Lucy, but featuring more docile and less eccentric characters, the show became a mainstay in the top 10 Nielsen ratings for its first four seasons. When the show’s ratings slipped in the fifth season, the network cancelled the show. But in the four decades since, The Dick Van Dyke Show has continued to entertain its fans and their children (and their children’s children) via syndicated re-runs…

The Dick Van Dyke Show is centered around the life of Rob Petrie (Dick Van Dyke), a family man living in suburban New York. As the head writer for the fictional “Alan Brady Show,” he works with co-writers Buddy Sorrell (Morey Amsterdam) and Sally Rogers (Rose Marie). Rob’s work life is always interesting given Buddy’s constant wisecracks, Sally’s never-ending search for a husband, and the trio’s unified harassment of Alan Brady’s brother-in-law, Mel Cooley (Richard Deacon). At home, Rob’s loving yet overly-nervous wife Laura (Mary Tyler Moore) stays at home with the couple’s son Ritchie (Larry Mathews). Surrounded by all these unique characters, Rob is always embroiled in someone’s scheme, fantasy, or shenanigan…

The Dick Van Dyke Show DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere “The Sick Boy and the Sitter” in which Rob convinces Laura to go to a party at Alan Brady’s house, despite the fact that their five-year-old son Ritchie is sick. The two get a babysitter, but Laura’s maternal instincts don’t disappear… Other notable episodes from Season 1 include “Jealousy” in which Laura grows jealous of Rob’s work relationship with a beautiful TV star, and “Where Did I Come From?” in which Ritchie asks Laura and Rob about his origins, and they struggle to come up with the right answer…

Below is a list of episodes included on The Dick Van Dyke Show (Season 1) DVD:

Episode 1 (The Sick Boy and the Sitter) Air Date: 10-03-1961
Episode 2 (The Blonde-Haired Brunette) Air Date: 10-10-1961
Episode 3 (Sally and the Lab Technician) Air Date: 10-17-1961
Episode 4 (Washington vs. the Bunny) Air Date: 10-24-1961
Episode 5 (Oh We Met the Night That We Danced) Air Date: 10-31-1961
Episode 6 (Harrison B. Harding of Camp Crowder, Mo.) Air Date: 11-06-1961
Episode 7 (Jealousy!) Air Date: 11-07-1961
Episode 8 (To Tell or Not to Tell) Air Date: 11-14-1961
Episode 9 (The Unwelcome Houseguest) Air Date: 11-21-1961
Episode 10 (The Meershatz Pipe) Air Date: 11-28-1961
Episode 11 (Forty-Four Tickets) Air Date: 12-05-1961
Episode 12 (Empress Carlotta’s Necklace) Air Date: 12-12-1961
Episode 13 (Sally is a Girl) Air Date: 12-19-1961
Episode 14 (Buddy, Can You Spare a Job?) Air Date: 12-26-1961
Episode 15 (Where Did I Come From?) Air Date: 01-03-1962
Episode 16 (The Curious Thing About Women) Air Date: 01-10-1962
Episode 17 (Punch Thy Neighbor) Air Date: 01-17-1962
Episode 18 (Who Owes Who What?) Air Date: 01-24-1962
Episode 19 (The Talented Neighborhood) Air Date: 01-31-1962
Episode 20 (A Word a Day) Air Date: 02-07-1962
Episode 21 (The Boarder Incident) Air Date: 02-14-1962
Episode 22 (Father of the Week) Air Date: 02-21-1962
Episode 23 (The Twizzle) Air Date: 02-28-1962
Episode 24 (One Angry Man) Air Date: 03-07-1962
Episode 25 (Where You Been, Fassbinder?) Air Date: 03-14-1962
Episode 26 (I Am My Brother’s Keeper) Air Date: 03-21-1962
Episode 27 (The Sleeping Brother) Air Date: 03-28-1962
Episode 28 (The Bad Old Days) Air Date: 04-04-1962
Episode 29 (Sol and the Sponsor) Air Date: 04-11-1962
Episode 30 (The Return of Happy Spangler) Air Date: 04-18-1962

About the Author

Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of The Dick Van Dyke Show (DVD).

We’ve visited many European skiing fields e.g. Avoriaz, Chamonix, Les Deux Alpes and Isola 2000, however in my experience during all my ski holidays Chamonix Mont Blanc constitutes our top area to go for skiing holidays.

The place of birth of alpine history and home to the magnificent Monte Bianco - at 4807m European Unions’ greatest summit - Chamonix village vaunts a good historical snow register, a drawn out skiing season (November-May), peerless extreme mountain telemarking, and views horizons to die for. Indeed Chamonix France has an world renown since it has some of the most outstanding, intriguing, and invigorating telemarking available anywhere in the planet.

Chamonix Mont Blanc is huge and every bit as disconcerting, and that is before one even include the adjoining skiing towns; for example Les Houches, Le Grand-Bornand, Alpe d’Huez, Val Cenis and Le Tour.

The Mont Blanc skiing lift pass covers seven local, and fifteen regional skiing towns; on skiing equal to 3843 metres, as many as 270 button lifts, and 700 km of ski runs - with the bulk of the ski resorts higher than 2050 metres. They supplies for each level from novices as well as experts. See the skiing domains page for detailed look at all of the main domains: Auron, La Grave, Araches-la-Frasse, Plateau de Beille, Chatel and Val-d’Isere.

Astrology is the study of the differing planetary energies and their effects on humans. It is not fortune telling it is an incredible calculable tool, which when studied, can help you find out the reason for this incarnation, what you have incarnated to learn this life time to help you through your evolvement.

Through the study of astrology and your birth chart, you will learn the qualities, gifts and talents which you have brought in with you from previous lives that when realized and harnessed can be shared with the world and humanity.
The planets have differing qualities of energy, some of these qualities I will now list for you, as examples. The Sun, a true star is a warm, generous ball of fire, with a never ending amount of energy which it lovingly gives to all life. The Sun represents our Father.

The Moon is quite different from the Sun, it allows us to feel our emotions, and it also influences the waters of the seas giving them higher or lower tides depending on the phases of the moon. It allows us to get in touch with our past and to be in tune with our feminine side and to nurture. The Moon represents our Mother.

The planet Venus has differing qualities again; its energies allow the opportunity to relate to others, to have self worth or lack of it. It is the planet of love, beauty, balance and peace. All these qualities of energy can be played out negatively or positively. It is our choice, so once we are aware of these energies and with some knowledge of Astrology we can choose to play our game of life positively. Then, our life will be more enjoyable, more peaceful within ourselves and the world and more content with our lot, because, what we give out we get back, it’s that simple.

Now, my belief is that on a soul level, we as humans chose the parents, the date, time and place we needed to be born at, so that the planets would be in such a configuration, and beaming their differing qualities of energy, that we need to have this life time to learn the lessons, required to help us climb a little further up the ladder of evolution…
We as human beings are here to learn, we do not do things wrong or make mistakes, we are just learning. Life is a journey of learning. Whilst we are here on earth we will continue to learn our lessons, whether we like it or not, whether we are aware of it or not.

The more we are open and aware of any reactions we may have when interacting with others, and the more flexible we are to change. The easier our life will flow.
By finding out just where all the planets were stationed in the heavens, when you were born will tell an astrologer just what lessons you have incarnated to learn.

An astrologer will cast a natal birth chart for you; with the information of the place and time you were born. With this information an astrologer can see in the chart just where the planets were, and if they have any aspects (connections) to each other. These aspects can be easy or a difficult, thereby indicating where your greatest challenges in life are.

Through the study of astrology and being willing to change my dysfunctional behaviour I have created a very happy, peaceful and fulfilled life. I have found creative abilities which I was not aware of before, and find myself at the great age of 62 building and maintaining websites http://www.soulstardesign.com, singing, boogie boarding, painting, and generally having a wonderful life.
I have created one of my websites http://www.cdordersonline.com to help promote local talent here on the Gold Coast Australia. My other website http://www.joanellerby.com has more information on astrology, with keywords for all 12 signs of the zodiac explained to help you.

Most people believe that you must have religious training or attend a church regularly in order to pray. The truth is anyone can pray. You can pray anywhere you like. No one needs to hear you pray except GOD or Jesus, if you believe in them.

Prayer is the best meditation there is. Simply chanting or breathing a certain way might calm you outwardly, but inner peace comes through prayer meditation.

So many people think all praying is like what they have heard. Children saying bless mother, grandmother, etc. Others who say lengthy prayers that seem to be formatted in some special way.

GOD doesn’t listen more to prayers that are said in some sort of format invented by holy men than he does to simple prayers issued by people who are sinners. As a matter of fact, He listens to the prayers of the sinner even more and the angels in heaven rejoice whenever a sinner asks Jesus into his heart.

Jesus didn’t come to earth to gather the righteous, he came to save the sinners. We all sin. None of us are perfect. You do not need to be perfect to use prayer and meditate with GOD. He listens to everyone.

There is always a lot of focus on things to pray for and whether or not GOD will answer your prayers. GOD knows what is in your heart and knows what you need more than you do. Praying for a Ferrari and not getting one does not mean GOD isn’t listening to you or answering your prayers.

Ask for things that will help you achieve the purpose that GOD has for you. Ask GOD to guide you and let you know what that purpose is. Ask GOD for wisdom. Ask Him to fill you with the Holy Spirit so that you will know the things to ask for.

You do not need to go to a special location to use prayer meditation. You simply need to make time for GOD in your life. Even those of you who go to church need to do this. Not only on Sunday morning, either. Who are you to say how much time you are willing to give GOD, who gave you the time you now have in the first place?

Going to church is a good thing, but setting time aside to pray and meditate alone with GOD is even more important. You can do it at home or anywhere you choose. You can choose a special place that helps you be calm and in a meditative mood.

I like to turn off all the lights and play worship music for awhile. As I listen to the music, I focus on ridding my mind of all things worldly. I attempt to not think about my work, things I need to do, things that bother me, people who irritate me, or anything else that might distract me during meditation.

Once I have achieved that calmness, (you will know), then I begin to pray. I ask GOD to fill me with the Holy Spirit, reaffirm my love and belief in GOD and Jesus Christ, and ask GOD to reveal to me the things I should pray for.

This works. Ask and ye shall receive does not mean you get the Ferrari. It means you can gain the wisdom to know your true purpose on this earth, something that most people, even Christians, do not know.

When you know what GOD wants you to do, then pray and meditate for the things you need to achieve those goals, you will see your prayers answered quickly. You cannot just believe in GOD, you have to believe GOD will provide those things you need.

Believe those prayers will be answered. Meditate and envision those things being given to you, those doors opening for you, that life you want being given to you.

Getting your prayers answered through prayer meditation is the easy part. It is what you do after you receive your gifts from GOD that is difficult. You must openly and proudly give GOD all the glory for the things He has helped you to accomplish.

Give credit where credit is due. We all like to proclaim how smart we are or how good we are and we like people to think that is why we prosper. We want them to think we are special. It is much better for you to let them know that all that you have and all that you achieve is because GOD gave it to you for believing in Him.

However you choose to meditate before GOD, I advise you to start soon. The sooner you start, the sooner you will learn how to talk with GOD and the sooner He can give you all the things He wants you to have.

Remember to do this alone. Remember to rid your mind of all things that are of this world and focus on GOD. Remember that he listens to everyone who will set this time aside in His Name. You will find also that the more glory you give to GOD for all He has done for you, the more He will continue to do for you.

This article is not intended to offend anyone’s chosen religious preferences. I wrote the truth as I know the truth to be. I hope you will come to know the same truth or at the very least some parts of this article reach you and teach you how to pray.

Robin Darch has a website at meditation-tips.com giving useful information and links about meditation and its benefits.

Trees play an important role in Taoist practice … They serve, for one, as a metaphor for the human body, awakening to its natural state:

~ feet open and alive, like the roots of a tree, descending and spreading and drawing life-force/nutrients upward;

~ torso strong and fluid/radiant at its core, like the trunk of a tree containing and drawing sap upward, to nourish branches & leaves;

~ limbs lengthening, like the branches of a tree;

~ crown of the head soft & receptive, sense organs purified & spirit quickened, like the beautiful flowers and luscious fruits of trees in the spring and summer seasons.

What also has been discovered ~ through the “research” of the Masters of the Taoist martial & healing arts, and many generations of qigong practitioners ~ is that trees are actually nourished by the “negative” energy of human beings. So when we practice qigong next to a tree, and in that practice release energies that are harmful or constricting to us, the tree (that is our practice partner) absorbs these energies as though they were, to it, a form of food! The relationship is, by design, a mutually beneficial one.

When you’re cultivating the capacity to see the energy-bodies/auras of beings, trees are a good place to start … Somehow their subtle bodies tend to be more visible, at certain times of the day especially (dawn & dusk) than the subtle bodies of other life-forms. If you’d like to try this, go out at dawn or dusk, when the sun has dropped below the horizon, or hasn’t quite risen, but still there’s plenty of light in the sky … choose a tree (pine trees are great for this), and then let your gaze rest very softly upon it. Let your focus be diffuse, as though you were making a relaxed effort not only to see the entire tree, but at the same time to expand your peripheral vision. Or imagine that somehow you’re able, and are going to look right “through” the physical form of the tree. What you’ll notice, eventually, is a golden-white “outline,” which is the subtle body of your new friend, revealing itself to you.

Taoism presents us, also, with a whole variety of tree-hugging practices. And for the same reason that trees’ subtle bodies are relatively easy to see (because they have ~ at least the healthy ones ~ a lot of energy!), they also are great hugging partners: they’ll give you energy, balance your energy, and happily receive energy from you. And if you don’t have an actual tree handy, simply imagining the practice is almost as good … Stand with your feet shoulder-width, and parallel. Bend your knees just slightly (feeling the backs of the knees as soft and hollow), allowing your weight to descend fully into your feet, legs and pelvis. Then float your hands and elbows up to the level of your heart, palms facing your torso, creating a circle with your arms, with four or five inches between the gently extended fingers of your right & left hands … just as though you were indeed hugging a tree. And then imagine that you are hugging that tree, and as you hug the tree you’re also becoming a tree: feel your roots descending, sap being drawn upward through the center of your torso, your arms & legs lengthening, your crown softening to receive sunlight and the energy of the blue sky from above you, your senses becoming more clear and bright … Feel yourself blossoming, bearing fruit, becoming the meeting-place of Heaven & Earth … How wonderful!

Elizabeth Reninger holds Masters degrees in Sociology & Chinese Medicine, is a published poet, and has been exploring Yoga ~ in its Taoist, Buddhist & Hindu varieties ~ for more than twenty years. Her teachers include Richard Freeman and Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. For more essays on yoga-related topics, please visit her website at http://www.writingup.com/blog/elizabeth_reninger.

The ultimate aim of meditation is achieving a state of enlightenment. The enlightenment has many degrees. The question which is frequently being asked is how to attain deeper enlightenment. The answer is quite simple: in order to attain deeper enlightenment you should learn to love the truth more deeply. The truth is the very essence of man, and can be perceived only if we are open enough. There are few people on earth who can recognize the entire truth about themselves and the world in which they live. Rare are those who are open and simple. The truth should stand high above any ego-game. If you can see the truth and are capable of choosing, then choose the truth. The truth is better than any other possibility, even better than the idea of attainment.

We know that our ego helps in suppressing the truth in various efficient ways, for instance, by influencing our senses. Furthermore, our ego makes us run away from the current situation in order not to confront the truth of it. In that, the ego employs our intellect, even without us being aware of it. Therefore, protect yourselves consistently. You should be simple, and open, relaxed and conscious, alert and focused, and be above any ego-game. Let the truth always come first.

The truth is not rough or terrible as it is often imagined. Rather the ego-game can be terrible. The truth is pure and shines like a diamond. Every idea is a limitation with respect to the truth. Even contemplating on truth represents a limitation of it. The truth is a Divine quality. Everyone has to find his/her own truth. One should be able to perceive, defend, and love the truth. Truth, just like love leads to enlightenment. God is Truth, God is Love.

Even the shallowest enlightenment - direct experience of the truth - is more valuable than the deepest intellectual insight. An ounce of practice is worth a see of theory. You should take part, and be aware of you process of individualization and striving for personal growth. Many people come to the very door of unconsciousness but they are unable to open it. This is not accidental, because nothing in life comes by chance. The greatest achievement is the fulfillment of one’s destiny. We should listen to ourselves, in order to find out what our inner wholeness, God in us, wants us to undertake in a given situation.

Furthermore, it is important to know that the true power of positive changes lies in the acceptance. Say “yes” to everything which is happening. To our “lower I” sometimes it appears impossible to equally accept good and bad, joy and pain. Nothing in the Universe is meaningless. You are one with the world around, one with the Universe. You can reach enlightenment, cosmic consciousness, in which love is the most prominent quality.

Saying “yes” even to painful experiences enables us to comprehend the meaning of those experiences, and go through them intensively. If you are able to look at what brings you suffering, the change is already happening. The greater your ability to experience intensively, the weaker is the distinction between good and bad, pleasant and unpleasant. Start every sentence with “yes”. Out of a positive “yes” a constructive attitude for the future is being built up, which, in turn, opens new paths for developing our personality.

We are used to good and positive things. Being afraid of negative experiences, we have lessened our capacity of feeling, and therefore closed ourselves even with respect to positive things. Our aim is not only to live better and easier, but also to live in harmony with the Universe, to be one with the whole creation, and with our “True self”. What we are going to do with our own lives depends only on us. Whether we are going to enter the world of enlightenment, new-age meditation, top mystical cosmic experiences, and realize the Truth, it depends only on us. Everything is in us. The enlightenment can come for an instant or for good. Therefore, make a step toward your “true self”, the one who you really are, God in you.

Olga Rezo is a mystic, writer, and painter. She is the founder and leader of the Psychophysical Development Society of Belgrade. She helps the disciples on the spiritual path with her original spiritual development method “Sunny Ray”. She is the author of the book “I am who I am”, and webmaster of the internet site
http://www.sunnyray.org

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I’m convinced that our mental and physical health depends on our attitude toward others and how we treat them. Included in this is forgiveness. In fact, if I could choose the one gift from God that I personally need to have and to give, it would be the gift of forgiveness both for others and for myself (by the way, have you forgiven yourself, dear reader?!).

Maltbie Babcock wrote years ago: “How sure we are of our own forgiveness from God. How certain we are that we are made in His image, when we forgive heartily and out of hand one who has wronged us. Sentimentally we may feel, and lightly we may say, `To err is human, to forgive divine;’ but we never taste the nobility and divinity of forgiving till we forgive and know the victory of forgiveness over our sense of being wronged, over mortified pride and wounded sensibilities. Here we are in living touch with Him who treats us as though nothing had happened — who turns His back upon the past, and bids us journey with Him into goodness and gladness, into newness of life.”

Well, God asks that we do the same for others and ourselves.

We all know someone we are reluctant to forgive, for whatever reasons. There’s that bit of pride that hides in the corner of our heart and flashes out to bite us when that certain person digs in with sarcasm and corrodes our self-esteem. After being bitten royally one day–again–I asked myself if someone else had said this same thing, would it have bothered me so much? What a surprise to realize that I wouldn’t have thought once much less twice about it. But it was this person! Why? I still haven’t figured it out!

But it was at that moment I realized that my attitude was wrong, and that I’m only hurting myself, not the other person who probably isn’t even aware of what is happening. So I am learning to treat this person as though nothing had happened.

If there is one certainty in life, it is this: love never fails! What a revelation and relief to finally put aside how I feel and to will a love that only God can give. The great gift is that I truly love this person now!

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Using the astonishing therapy method called Future Life Progression, males and females can often now see six years in the future and learn if you get engaged to the lady you are kissing. The astonishing hypnosis method was first learnt 20 years ago and has been researched ever since by top psychics. It has presently taken till the twenty first century for this awesome method to be made readily available to all. Learn how spiritual healing energy can help free yourself from disease.

The Future Life Progression therapy technique first starts by putting a female into a relaxed state using FLP and this commonly takes around 7 minutes. The relaxation therapy technique will make men and women feel outstanding and girls and boys will then be made to relax even further. The hypnotist will ordinarily ask you to then imagine you are in a flying car and you are moving fast forward until you get to your 5th year. This will be when you travel fast forward 6 years and then you will probably be able to see with your very own eyes your own future.

There are loads of wonderful uses for Future Life Progression, you can see if you are married, you will view if you are still living in the same town and you will also view if you are working in the same firm.