SATURDAY 22nd AUGUST 2015 07:16 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (22nd August 1945)
Moscow...
Stalin orders Marshal Vasilevsky to suspend plans for an amphibious invasion of Japan

Mille Atoll...
The Japanese garrison surrenders aboard USN destroyer escort Levy

Off Japan...
Three Japanese vessels are sunk by Soviet submarines

Kuril Islands...
Soviet forces begin landing on islands in the northern part of the chain

China...
Soviet airborne units land at Port Arthur and Darien
A detachment of Soviet Trans-Baikal Front links up with Communist Chinese 8th Route Army and advances toward Peking
US Joint Chiefs of Staff orders General Wedemeyer to halt all training and equipping of Chinese forces

Indochina...
An OSS team arrives in Viet Minh-controlled Hanoi
Emperor Bao Dai abdicates and the Japanese-sponsored government of Annam collapses

Ceylon...
General Leclerc arrives to take command of a planned French expeditionary corps for return to Indochina, meets with Mountbatten, and continues to Tokyo

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION

My preference for this character would have been to be much less sensitive - it's hard work indeed to manage the rampant emotions that get stirred up by circumstances. I liken it to being "possessed" on an all-too-frequent basis. When the surroundings and circumstances are uneventful for a day or two, character gets closer in nature to the Higher Consciousness observing it - this is the "real me"

That said, I cannot deny that their very presence was also the engine that drove self-development - it was a necessity to survive! It has forced me to learn and develop effective skills that I have taught with great success to clients and to pass on wisdom to a wider audience. They are also an effective "brake", preventing me being corrupted by the manipulative power I could wield if I wasn't so busy keeping my own emotions in check every day.

In short, my emotions have forced me to awaken to ultimate reality whilst most people continue to dream on within their limited perception, completely ignorant of the fact that they are not truly awake at all. For me, due to circumstances, my dream was a nightmare, giving me a strong incentive to wake up. Whilst I'd have preferred the ignorance of a good dream again I cannot deny that awakening has led to a fulfilling life.

The bottom line is the character is set whether it likes that or not! To experience it at its most fulfilling, there has to be firstly acceptance then focus on right things. 

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you want to know what's really going on?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dull and overcast in the morning, with occasional drizzle likely
Cloud will thin out in the afternoon to allow some sunny periods
Showers likely in the evening, but it will be dry overnight
A light or moderate north-easterly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 21 degC at 5pm
Min Temp = 15 degC at 7am
Sunrise at 05:57
Sunset at 20:22
Moon: 

Weathertrack: A weather front dividing a large mid-Atlantic depression from a large Scandinavian anticyclone will remain static over Britain

Air Pressure: 1016 millibars and falling

6. TODAY'S ONELINER

Every time I open my mouth, some idiot starts talking :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!

Emo Philips on Just For Laughs 1995

8. TRIVIA

The crossbow was invented and first used by the Chinese. They were also the first in the world to use chemical and gas weapons, 2,000 years before gas was used in Europe during WWI

9. ZEN WISDOM

Make today blossom in the manner most appropriate to the person you uniquely are