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...only disappointment readers of the comic may feel is that director and co-writer Terry Zwigoff (who last did "Crumb," about the underground comix master) turns the focus of the movie more on Enid and her emerging relationship with Seymour rather than the girls' friendship. The book enjoys its reputation primarily for the uncanny naturalness and intimacy of the two girls' banter as they constantly affirm each other with "I know," or refer to each other's past history with questions like "Isn't that the thing David Lipton gave you in the fifth grade?" Much of the book...
...city principals, announced Henry and 14 others as members of the "first ever national corps of urban school principals." (The program hopes to grow rapidly). The principals-to-be get seven weeks of tuition-free training in educational leadership, a one-year paid "residency" under the tutelage of a master principal, and, once in charge of their own schools, two years of intensive professional development. Chicago and other cities have agreed to waive many of their experience requirements for New Leaders fellows. School districts in Alabama, North Carolina and Ohio have begun their own similarly structured leadership programs...
...yoga butt? That's the funniest thing I've heard. But it sums up how the West views yoga: as an aid to master the physical. Sure, yoga can help one develop a perfect behind. But yogis don't look good because of their butts. When you encounter a yogi he mesmerizes you by his enigmatic presence. Yogis vibrate on a totally different plane...
...Basically yoga is made up of two parts: bahirang (external yoga) and antarang (internal yoga). The West practices only the former. It needs to enter into antarang yoga. For that you need a true master to take you into spiritual yoga. Someone who has walked inside himself. Such a master will ask: Now friend, you have known the body, you have known your breath, your mind, so what next? After that begins the trip to the unknown where the master makes the student gradually aware at every stage, where you know that you are not the body or the mind...
...Bharat Thakur, a living Himalayan master, teaches the ancient art of yoga and meditation and has a wide following in India. He can be contacted at bharatyogi@hotmail.com