SUNDAY 1st SEPTEMBER 2013 08:02 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (1st September 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 5th Army liberates Dorogobuzh, west of Smolensk
Soviet partisans launch coordinated attacks against German-controlled rail lines.

In the English Channel...
The German hospital ship Strassburg is heavily damaged by a mine, run aground, and written off.

In Rome...
Badoglio's government sends message to the Allies accepting armistice terms.

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Nankai Maru is sunk by USN submarine Pompano 

USN Task Force 11 lands US 804th Aviation Battalion on Baker Island

IJN submarine I-182 sunk by USN destroyer Wadsworth off the New Hebrides

A Battalion of the US 35th Infantry Regiment reaches Orete Cove on Vella Lavella Island 

USN Task Force 76 departs Milne Bay with Australian 9th Infantry Division invasion force for Lae, New Guinea

In India...
A severe famine in Bengal is causing mass-starvation.

Today's Air Raids...
Northern France and Netherlands RAF Fighter patrols
Italy multiple military targets by USAAF
Alexishafen, Madang and military targets, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
New Britain military targets by USAAF and RAAF
Lesser Sunda Islands military targets by US 5th Air Force
China military targets by US 14th Air Force
Mandalay, Burma by USAAF

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The Milk Run
Ironing
Lunch
Meditation
Bookwriting/Me Time
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I have found that practising acceptance enables me to practise another important discipline - inner silence. The Discipline of Inner Silence will be the main goal of my spiritual practice from this point. It takes considerable practice in both meditation and acceptance to even begin to practise this discipline and the realization that your thoughts are not "you". 

When I achieve Inner Silence, bliss is total - the best feeling you can have with or without clothes on! Since the trauma of "the divorce", I had relapsed into ego somewhat, which tends to happen in any intense life-experience. I have had to go through the various recovery stages to return to full awareness, and now, fittingly at the start of a new month, I am ready once more to play the character from the perspective of the player.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you curious to know what this experience you call "me" actually is?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry, cool and cloudy throughout.
A strong cool westerly wind will blow throughout.
Max Temp = 13 degC
Min Temp = 12 degC
Sunrise at 06:15
Sunset at 19:58 

6. TODAY'S ONELINER  
I had a dream last night that i was with the grim reaper cutting carrots into small chunks... I was dicing with death : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!   
Unlikely Things to Hear in Hospital - particularly good!

8. TRIVIA
In English, to “decimate” means to completely destroy. The word comes from the Latin decimare, which evolved from the practice of killing every tenth Roman soldier if they tried to mutiny.

9. ZEN WISDOM
“What kind of future do I envision for myself? What kind of self am I trying to develop? What do I want to accomplish in my life?” The thing is to paint this vision of your life in your heart as specifically as possible. That “painting” itself becomes the design of your future. The power of the heart enables us to actually create with our lives a wonderful masterpiece in accordance with that design.