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Relaxation and Reflection - Key to Meditation
When the sun is in its zenith, half the day is gone, half of the work done, half of life's stirrings over, yet the joy of living, its challenges and rewards are whole, meditate.Dr Abe V Rotor Paulinian...
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Unspoiled environment is key to happy life to those with Infirmities
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen and even touched. They must be felt within the heart.” Dr Abe V Rotor“Good bye,” said the fox to The Little Prince, “And here is my...
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Insects, insects everywhere! Insects in verses
"If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months." - E. O. WilsonDr Abe V RotorPrecariously perched,...
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A Checklist: Poor Self-image Behavior
Dr Abe V Rotor"Mirror. mirror on the wall,who is the fairest of them all?" (From Cinderella) Our self-image may not be the same as our public image. Rightly so, we are being...
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Learn Science in your Garden
Dr Abe V Rotor Living with Nature School on Blog Plants lose water by transpiration (through stomates) and gutation through special "valves." Here gutation is shown in Rhoeo discolor. Droplets line...
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Let's Promote Nature Field Trip
"There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more."...
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Enigma of the Animal World
Dr. Abe V RotorLecture on Zoology Orangutan (right)Who came first, with mind closed and eyes blind,We know who emerged at the dawnof knowledge and consciousness, leaving behindan ancestor long humans...
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Unusual Fruits in the Philippines
Rare are fruits that fail the palate,To be in the market or on the plate,Away from man their seeds are sownTo grow unsung and unknown. ~ avrDr Abe V Rotor1. Macopa (Eugenia jambalana) picked and...
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Can fish understand human music?
"Our worlds apart, sea and landacross a thin transparent sand." avr Dr Abe V RotorAuthor plays before a home aquarium of Oscar fish. I touch your senses with the violinin a variety of tune and...
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10 Verses: Seeing the Child in Us Today
"We see the child of yesterdaythrough a window today." avrDr Abe V. RotorLiving with Nature - School on Blog1. How can the sun reach the hadal depth,Where the world is cold, where love is dearth?Hasn't...
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NATURE CRUCIFIED: Remembering Our Suffering Mother Nature this Lenten Season
"I am Nature crucified, hungry, thirsty, imprisoned, naked, abandoned – wishing some souls to stop, look and listen." AVRDr Abe V Rotor Silhouette of a tree skeleton, Manila (AVR Photo)I am Nature...
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40 Ways ro Spend Summer - A Checklist
Dr Abe V RotorDetails of mural paintings by the authorBeating summer heat, San Juan, Ilocos SurSummer is here. Generally, it is a season synonymous to vacation. To others a time of reflection, extra...
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Good health is the key to sexual vitality
It is important to keep always in mind that good health is the key to sexual vitalityDr Abe V RotorFresh eggs, whole wheat bread, brewed coffee (not decaffeinated) for breakfast - add a fruit or two,...
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Vitamins that add zest to sex life
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. – George Sand, 1862Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature - School on BlogLesson: A healthy and fulfilling sex life can be enhanced by vitamins that...
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Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT): Simplest remedy for dehydration
Here is a simple formula for oral rehydration therapy (ORT): a fistful of sugar + a pinch of salt + a jug of water. This old home remedy is now recognized by the WHO and UNICEF of the United Nations...
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Nicholas Rosal: "Beyond the Crossroad of Philosophy and Theology*
Philosophy takes us to the highest plane of reason, whereas theology takes us to that of faith. Can a philosopher be a theologian, and vice versa? Can a learned person embrace both, their similarities...
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Outstanding Graduate Thesis on Ethnobotany in Australia by a Filipino
The Masteral Thesis of Ms Rocielie Valencia proved that plants indigenous to the place continue to play a major role in the maintenance of health and welfare, as well as the quaintness of living,...
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Father and Son and a Carabao
Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on BlogA pair of Philippine buffalo (carabao) beating down summer heat on a stream in Agoo, La Union.Once upon a time there lived a father and son who had a...
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Who are the Privileged?
Dr Abe V Rotor Do you still have time for leisure? Details of mural by AVRThe privileged today, according to Ivan Illich, a social thinker, are not those who consume most but those who can escape the...
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Humor and wit take away cares and worries
Dr Abe V Rotor Living with Nature School on Blog Light moments, Amadeo, Cavite, author and graduate students of UST1. A judge in sentencing a criminal recently said, "I am giving you the maximum...
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