MONDAY 22nd APRIL 2013 07:20 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (22nd April 1943)
In the Warsaw Ghetto...Heavy fighting between the SS and Jewish fighters.

In Berlin...
President Jozef Tiso and his Slovakian delegation meet with Hitler.

In the Mediterranean...
Italian vessel Tagliamento sunk by RN submarine HMS Saracen
Italian vessel Milano sunk by RN submarine HMS Unbroken
RAF fighters claim 16 Me 323 transports shot down over the Gulf of Tunis

In Tunisia...
The British 1st Army opens a new offensive toward Tunis.

In the Atlantic...
British vessel Amerika sunk by U-306

In Burma...
General Koga's Japanese columns advance toward Maungdaw and Buthidaung in the Arakan.

In the Indian Ocean...
USN submarine Grenadier, previously damaged by Japanese aircraft, is scuttled off Penang.
Japanese vessel Yamazato Maru sunk by Free Dutch submarine O-21

Today's Air Raids...
Bay of Biscay Minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Carloforte, Italy by USAAF
Tunisia Axis airfields by USAAF
Funafuti Atoll by Japanese bombers
Nassau Bay and military targets, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Silchar, India by Japanese aircraft

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging first thing
A good soak in the tub!
The milk run
Client follow-up
Designing Bradford band Skylight's debut ep CD cover
Long meditation and some me time after lunch
Making supper
Missus time thereafter

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3. TODAY'S SELF OBSERVATION
From my Christian era (1983 - 2009) I picked up the proverb "don't be so heavenly as to be of no earthly use" Having moved on to a nondualist philosophy, the same principle still applies. I am fully aware that what I call "me" is simply an assumed role I play, a mechanism by which the Universe contributes to the consciousness of itself. However if that's all I focused on, the universe would be giving up the opportunity to experience itself from this particular point.

I consider my life experience to be a useful and worthy addition to the consciousness of the Universe, so I am resolved to play it out to the finish. It now intersects with a reasonable number of other life experiences, and combined with the data trail it will leave behind, this makes it both worthwhile and fun to play.

When you watch a movie or play a video game, on one level, you know you are simply seeing light and hearing sound from a machine. However, to derive value from the experience, you immerse yourself in and participate in the illusion created. In the same way, I retain awareness of the energy field that everything truly is, but participate in the illusion created by my perception (maya) in order to maximise the benefit of the experience. Spreading my consciousness over both levels enables me to be enriched by the experience without becoming lost and therefore frightened by it.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Is what you've been told how it really is?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy with sunny periods
Clear overnight
Wind will be moderate and south-westerly, veering westerly overnight.
Max Temp = 10 degC
Min Temp = 4 degC
Sunrise at 05:51
Sunset at 20:21

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
A good listener is someone who can look really interested while thinking about something else : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Todd Allen on familarity and footwear

8. TRIVIA
Humans have, on average, 9,000 taste buds, mostly on the tongue but some are on the roof of the mouth and some are in the throat

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss