Waching daily Nov 23 2017

it's brandi of www.blogginbrandi.com and in this video I figured we would talk

about how Bloggin Brandi came to be because I get this topic or I guess

question a lot with people is they're worried about how to start and what

other people think about them and what other people might say and I mean you're

gonna have haters no matter what level you are you can have a hundred people

following you or you can have a hundred thousand or you can have a million

people following you and you just need to remember that that many more people

are also going to unfollow you and unsubscribe from you the bigger that you

get and it's just part of the business people's likes change people

accidentally sign up sometimes people do it on purpose

sometimes it's your competition so don't take it as a negative thing if somebody

really has something negative to say about you then that should just let you

know that that's something wrong with them anyways everyone is responsible for

themselves and you know you can't judge everyone else so just keep that in mind

and don't let other people's comments deter you because you know the truth and

you you know you need to start just telling

like your truth and so when I started my blog I had started out talking about

girls and like girly topics and then I think I started talking about one of my

businesses at the time was selling on Amazon and eBay so I started talking

about selling on those platforms and then it just kind of evolved and someone

actually kept hating on me and they kept saying oh blog and barrini blog and

brainy because I said that it you know wanted to start my blog and finally I

just kind of looked up the se I want it and I figured out that it would actually

work and that no one was using it and that the name was available so I after

doing my research purchased the name and I just started using it with social

media I knew all the handles were available so I used all those handles

the same so my content and or excuse me my handle is the same so people can find

me on all the platforms it's the same at blog and brandy which is really

important you know when you're trying to brand your business is that you're

really uniform across the different platforms and your colors and your

branding in your name so people know who you are but either way I took you know a

hater or someone that maybe just didn't get it at the time I took those negative

comments and then laughing at me and I turned it into my name which is where I

am now so don't think that what people say about you can be a bad thing I mean

I took those lemons and turn them into lemonade because it ended up being an

amazing SEO opportunity for me and the domain was available because I can't

think of like what am I gonna you know make my name and whatnot it's a pretty

cool story about how my name came to me which is blog and brandy if you have any

haters just remember they are going on their own that they probably had a bad

day and remember you never know what they're going through people always take

stuff out on you because of what they're going through and also because they

don't know you know they don't know when people fear the unknown they always have

that guard and and whatnot up so you can't blame them but either way I

thought that was just a really unique story for you so that you don't get down

and you know I tell this to people a lot but I never kind of put it out there on

video but I figured it'd be worth sharing so don't get your hopes up and

don't get your feelings hurt if somebody says something that you feel hurt your

feelings cuz sometimes people take things a

certain way and maybe they took something you said a certain way and

vice versa with the world becoming world text friendly people are real quick to

just kind of shoot things off and they don't realize what they sound like in a

text and also remember that people are behind a screen so they're totally about

just saying whatever they want when they're behind the screen they're not

going to think about do you think they'd come to your face and say it no probably

not and a lot of times people will hate on

you especially if you're getting ready to kind of like start your business

because one it can be out of love because they

love you and they care about you and it's kind of like they don't really know

that they're doing it in the wrong way and then the other way is because people

are jealous and they just don't want you to start so you can't let them deter you

once you you kind of kind of get started just start you're gonna kind of like get

your feet wet and you honestly are gonna have to fail before you learn so you're

gonna start you're gonna have steps and you're gonna learn from those and just

keep going and like I said you know my name came from somebody making fun of me

and it turned into a great opportunity for me and it's what became my business

in my brand so turn those lemons into lemonade

For more infomation >> How I Named My Company - Duration: 5:52.

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Simple Composites In Photoshop - Duration: 6:23.

HEY GUYS

In today's video, we will see how to make a simple photo composition in Photoshop

Also known as Composites Compositions is the art of mixing photos and transforming them into a totally different photo

Watch the end of the video to see the final result

You will need one or more photos, to do this

The first step is to cut out your subject matter from the main subject of the photo, You pose to wear masks here too, just like we did in last week's video

Select everything you want to cut

Then click on Create Mask

With the trimmed object it is time to bring the photo of the new fund

You can simply drag it to Photoshop

Size the photo or photo of the fun and organize the layers

To have a more realistic effect you can also resize the main subject photo

With everything in place is time to hit the colors, I will use the Curves adjustment to correct the illumination of the photos

With the lighting ready it is time to hit the colors between the photos

In this case, I will use the color balance adjustment

With the colors in place, it's time to hit some details of the photo

Here I will create a shade for my main subject to make it better set the photo

If you are creating a shadow, select the main subject mask, create a new layer, and fill the selection with black

Position the shadow where it would most likely be

You can manipulate the dimension and perspective of the shadow so that it looked more real

After doing this a Gaussian Blur filter and work the opacity of the shadow

Create a new layer with all previous layers, merge image, Command + CRTL + SHIFT + E on MACOS

In this new layer, you can make all other adjustments to your photo using Lightroom or Camera Raw

You can also use the Nik Collection Plugins, I love them!

Make every issue you want and export

DONE!

Subscribe to the channel for more tutorial like this! And don't forget to leave your Like

CYA....

For more infomation >> Simple Composites In Photoshop - Duration: 6:23.

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¿TIENE EDAD EL CAMBIO DE GÉNERO? entrevista a Erika (menor trans) | Ang Alferez FTM - Duration: 5:00.

Hi! My name is Angel Alferez

Welcome to my YouTube channel

Thursdays at 20 p.m (Spain)

New video!

better this way

Today I bring a new video and a new interview but also a thought

Does anyone think that there's a "right" age to do the transition?

I used to think what would had happen if I did my transition earlier.... maybe when I was a teenager....

I don't know if maybe I would had been more happy

But we have to live in the present!

Because If we only think about "what happened if...", we couldn't go on with our lives!

And for that reason, today with her parents consent

I wanted to talk with Erika, transgender kid, that knew she was trans from a very early age! and told to her parents!

In my opinion is a clear example that in the trans community nothing is established

And everyone has their own experience!

There will be some that will come out earlier at a very young age, and some others that decided to take this step being teens or adults!

And not for that reason we feel more or less trans persons

It's just that sometimes experience and our personality told us when is the right time to come out as trans!

So let's see the video!

Today I'm in company of Erika!

I wanted to talk with her, to explain us how she being so young, knew and told her parents that she is just like any other girl!

But let's her tell more about it!

Hi my name is Erika, I'm from Badalona, I'm 9 years old and i study 4th grade (elementary school)

Q: How did you realize that you are a girl?

A: Well when I was 2 years approximately, I used to see at the street girls wearing girls clothes, and I couldn't understand why me i wasn't wearing that same clothes?!

And in that moment I asked myself, why they are dressing me with boy clothes if I'm a girl?

Q: Did you knew that you where a trans person?

A: No! and my parents neither!

Till I told them that I feel like a girl and in that moment they started to search info about it!

Q: How did you told your parents?

A: Since I was little I told my parents that I feel like a girl!

And they freak out!

But when I was 5 years old, at my birthday told my mom that I was ready to have a birthday like a girl!

At that moment I realized myself that I did not wanted being a boy, all I wanted is to be a girl!

Q: Once you told them, how was the family reaction?

In first place they were shocked

When they saw me they were shocked to see me in other gender

But once they saw my happiness living as a girl

they were cool about it and they started to treat me as girl!

At the beginning of your transition, did anyone treat you different o make you feel uncomfortable?

Well at the beginning of my transition and specially because of the lack of information, some people treat me different

But after some time, and now that everyone knows about my transition, everyone treat me like any other kid!

Q: What would you say to other kids that feel the same way but they are afraid to tell their parents?

I would say to them that is ok!

And is ok to tell your family, parents, brothers and anyone that can help us to be who we want to be and live in the gender we feel, boy or girl!

I want to thank her parents and Erika to tell us her experience, because I consider that is very important!

As you can see in my case I decided to do my transition as an adult

And in other cases like Erika, from a very young age decided to take the step and do the transition!

The most important thing is to be happy and be yourself living in the gender you want! right?

Yes!

Remember that if you are minor, parent or teacher, you can find more information about transitioning in kids, you have all you need to know at the website of Chrysallis

Chrysallis is an Association of trans kids and their families based in Spain

They will help you if you need more info about this topic!

Also you will find the link to the website at the description box! just In case you need to contact them

Well that's everything! I really hope you liked this video!

Don't forget to give a like!

Also don't forget to suscribe to my Youtube Channel: Ang Alferez

And we see us in the next video! Bye!!

For more infomation >> ¿TIENE EDAD EL CAMBIO DE GÉNERO? entrevista a Erika (menor trans) | Ang Alferez FTM - Duration: 5:00.

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Complicated Avril Lavigne | Cover - Duration: 4:39.

Uh huh, life's like this

Uh huh, uh huh,

that's the way it is

La la la la cause life's like this

Uh huh, la la la la

Thats the way it is

Chill out what ya yelling for?

Lay back, it's all been done before

And if you could only let it be,

you would see

I like you the way you are

When we're driving in your car

And you're talking to me one on one

But you become

Somebody else 'round everyone else

You're watching your back, like you can't relax

You're trying to be cool, you look like a fool to me

Tell me

Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?

I see the way you're

Acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated

Life's like this, you

you fall and you crawl and you break

And you take what you get and you turn it into

honesty Promise me I'm

never gonna find you fake it

no no no

You come over unannounced

Dressed up like you're something else

Where you are and where it's at, you see

You're making me

Laugh out when you strike your pose

Take off all your preppy clothes

You know, you're not fooling

anyone

When you become

Somebody else 'round everyone else

You're watching your back, like you can't relax

You're trying to be cool, you look like a fool to me

Tell me

Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?

I see the way you're

Acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated

Life's like this, you

you fall and you crawl and you break

And you take what you get and you turn it into

honesty Promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it

no no no

no no no

no no no

no no no

Chill out, what you yelling for?

Lay back, it's all been done before

And if you could only let it be

You would see

Somebody else 'round everyone else

You're watching your back, like you can't relax

You're trying to be cool,

you look like a fool to me

Tell me

Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?

I see the way you're

Acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated

Life's like this, you

you fall and you crawl and you break

And you take what you get and you turn it into

honesty Promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it

no no

Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?

yeah yeah

I see the way you're

Acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated

Life's like this, you

And you fall and you crawl and you break

And you take what you get and you turn it into

honesty Promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it

No, no, no

No, no, no

No, no, no

For more infomation >> Complicated Avril Lavigne | Cover - Duration: 4:39.

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Sarah Interviews Rabbi Susan Silverman | I Love You, America on Hulu - Duration: 7:51.

- My next guest is a rabbi, an author, a mom,

and a big sister to me.

Please welcome Rabbi Susan Silverman.

(audience applauds)

Hi Susie.

- Hi sweetie.

- This is how we always are.

- I know.

- On a bed, snuggling, talking, shooting the s**t

in front of millions or possibly hundreds of people.

(laughs)

And here I am so happy that you're here.

My third favorite sister, you guys.

(laughs)

We grew up with no religion.

I don't know if you'd say atheist.

I would say agnostic.

Or, I don't know, how would you say we were raised?

- Well, mom always said she was agnostic,

like, "Who knows, the world is big."

And dad, he said he's an atheist.

I mean, his line was, "If there's a god, he's an as****e."

(laughs)

It's like, if anyone wants any tips on raising a rabbi.

(laughs)

- You went to BU.

You went to Harvard.

La-di-da.

She's so embarrassed.

Why are Harvard people always embarrassed

they went to Harvard?

I'd be like, anyway, at Harvard,

I'll have two hotdogs, please.

I don't know. (laughs)

And then you decided, all of a sudden,

you're gonna go to rabbinical schools, and Dad said what?

- He said, "A rabbi?

When we found out you were Jewish, we sat Shiva."

(laughs)

- Google it if you don't understand that.

I don't know what it is that ties me

to Judaism other than I'm just Jewy.

But what is it for you?

What is your version of religion?

- So for me, it's the repairing the world,

being God's partner, not being at God's whim,

or a subservient to God, but actually being God's partner.

And saying, "The way the world is

right now is completely uncool and I need to change it."

Like, it's not acceptable and it's not like,

oh, this is how God made it.

It's, like, no, maybe it is, but it's f****d up

and we gotta do something about it.

- You talk about, in your book, about how you're allowed

to be angry at God and you're allowed to get pissed at God

and you're allowed to do that s**t.

(audience laughs)

You were arrested three years ago.

Why don't you tell us about it.

Why don't you explain yourself to this audience.

- So, wait, you're talking about the most recent arrest?

- Yeah, well, you've been arrested many, many times.

I've been arrested with you even.

- You were, you were like, 16?

- [Sarah] I was 17.

- 17.

- Okay, tell me about your most recent arrest

in Jerusalem where you live.

- Women of the Wall are women who go and they pray

at the Western Wall, which is a holy site in Jerusalem.

And the law was that women can't dress in

what is traditionally men's garb,

like a prayer shawl and tefillin,

which is translated as phylacteries,

but if you don't know what tefillin is,

you probably don't know what phylacteries are.

- I don't know what phylacteries--

- Like that black box stuck on your head.

- Oh, that's so stupid.

I mean, I respect all religions.

(audience laughs)

- So if you wore that stuff, you could be arrested, and so--

- [Sarah] You're a rabbi!

- [Susan] I know, that makes it worse.

- But not in the eyes of, what, Israel?

- No, in the eyes of Israel as a state, yes.

But in the eyes of the ultra Orthodox Rabbinate

that runs the holy sites, no.

- I was gonna say, well, why do they run the holy sites,

but that's your whole point. - Exactly.

Exactly. - Why should that be a law,

their version of Judaism?

- That's right, so when you make any kind

of religious interpretation the civil law,

then it becomes fascism, essentially.

It becomes a religious fascism.

- Since then, that was three years ago, what has changed?

- So since then,

the courts have been on our side, very much so.

And now, you can't be arrested for any of that.

But it's still a political game.

I mean, the reality is that the ultra Orthodox Rabbinate

still runs all the holy sites

and it's in charge of lifecycle events in Israel,

and that's hugely, hugely problematic.

It's antidemocratic and I think it's anti-Jewish.

- Right.

I remember when I first when to Israel and people were like,

"You're gonna feel so connected," and blah-biddy-blah.

And it's like, and I know it's a special place for you

and I don't wanna s**t on that,

but it is funny because you walk around and you're like,

this is where Jesus wiped his brow,

and this is where blah blah.

And you're like, oh my God, but at the same time,

there's Doritos, empty Doritos bags on the ground,

litter everywhere.

It's so bizarre.

And then when you go to the Western Wall,

or the Wailing Wall, same thing, right?

There's this much space for men,

and this much space for women.

My reaction wasn't, this is amazing.

It was, f**k you.

And then you write a little message to put on the wall

and I put, no more religion.

I love you though! (laughs)

- I love that.

- Aw.

I love you for loving that.

Ever since I've known you, which is my entire life,

since birth, you've always wanted a big family.

You've always talked about having five kids.

Five kids, five kids, five kids.

And now, you have five kids.

And now, they're all old.

They're not even cute anymore.

- I know. (audience laughs)

- But you always wanted a big family

and you always wanted to adopt

and it was like a childhood thing,

but it became a very grownup thing.

And adoption became a huge part of your life,

obviously with Adar and Zamir, who are my nephews, her sons.

But why is adoption important to you?

- There are 400,000 kids in the foster care system.

They are between eight and 12 million kids

in institutions living outside parental care worldwide.

There are tens of millions of kids on the street.

For many, many of those kids,

the best option for them to have

a permanent loving family is adoption.

Not for all, but for many.

Kids who--

- Could you say those numbers again?

- Well, between eight and 12 million kids in intuitions,

which is like, really, you don't f****ng know

how many kids are in institutions?

With technology, you don't f*****g know?

- Like a four million human child discrepancy.

- Exactly.

And we could know.

As a world, we don't care.

We do not prioritize it because they're not voting,

they're not giving money to our organizations,

you know, screw them.

And then, kids who come from foster care,

girls who age out of foster care,

they're 82% of sex traffic girls.

Right, of course,

because they don't have parents to go back to.

There are literally pimps waiting outside

of institutions on release days,

waiting for the kids to come out.

- When females age out of--

- Or boys to different kinds of trafficking.

This is what happens.

So if we care about homelessness, we care about poverty,

we care about these issues, let's frigging stop it.

Let's give these kids permanent, loving families

before they age out of the system.

(audience applauds)

- Don't spoil her.

Susie, thank you so much.

I love you so much. - You're my whole heart.

- You're most of my heart.

You're like, 7% of my heart.

(laughs)

And I love you, the sky and the moon.

I love you forever.

- [Susan] Love you forever.

(audience applauds)

- Okay.

Spoon me Susie.

What a fun show.

Goodnight, America.

I lurve you.

(audience applauds)

For more infomation >> Sarah Interviews Rabbi Susan Silverman | I Love You, America on Hulu - Duration: 7:51.

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Snake Master | পটুয়াখালী রাজ্জাক বিশ্বাস বিভিন্ন জায়গায় বিষধর সাপ ধরার লাইভ ভিডিও (নতুন পর্ব)-০৭ - Duration: 10:30.

Snake Catching by Abdus Razzak Biswash

For more infomation >> Snake Master | পটুয়াখালী রাজ্জাক বিশ্বাস বিভিন্ন জায়গায় বিষধর সাপ ধরার লাইভ ভিডিও (নতুন পর্ব)-০৭ - Duration: 10:30.

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Dirty Bomb: Next Map Castle - Duration: 4:37.

For more infomation >> Dirty Bomb: Next Map Castle - Duration: 4:37.

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Çukur 6. Bölüm Fragman Analizi (İdris Gerçeği Öğrendi) - Duration: 2:17.

Çukur!

For more infomation >> Çukur 6. Bölüm Fragman Analizi (İdris Gerçeği Öğrendi) - Duration: 2:17.

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Test De Abnegación: ¿Hasta Qué Punto Vives Para Los Demás? | 30K Coaching - Duration: 5:42.

For more infomation >> Test De Abnegación: ¿Hasta Qué Punto Vives Para Los Demás? | 30K Coaching - Duration: 5:42.

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ABC Song ABCDEFGH New Year Song for Kids a b c d e f g h LetterSchool D'Nealian Alphabet for Toddler - Duration: 14:23.

ABC Song ABCDEFGH New Year Song for Kids a b c d e f g h LetterSchool D'Nealian Alphabet for Toddler

For more infomation >> ABC Song ABCDEFGH New Year Song for Kids a b c d e f g h LetterSchool D'Nealian Alphabet for Toddler - Duration: 14:23.

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What We Are Thankful For - Duration: 2:33.

Hey cruisers Happy Thanksgiving we're not gonna bore you with a normal video

today but we did want to come on and say Happy Thanksgiving to our wonderful

cruising family and to let you know that we are so thankful for you and also just

thought it would be fun to share a few other things that we are thankful for

here at cruisetipstv of course we are so thankful for the people in our life well

thankful to each other our families our friends our colleagues and of course our

awesome sponsor CruiseLine.com who's come into our life this year they're a

great part of our life and we're just so joyful for all of the opportunities the

2017 has brought to us we are also so thankful that we have been able to

experience the gift of travel this year as a family we were able to go on three

cruises the carnival miracle was our cruise in May for my husband's birthday

to the Mexican Riviera and then we were also able to go to Alaska even though we

ran inside cabin this summer we did it and we are off to the Panama Canal very

soon with my mom and we were so grateful for that opportunity as a family to get

to go experience the Caribbean and a partial transit of the Panama Canal we

are just so appreciative to have the opportunity to travel and not a moment

ever goes by that we do not appreciate and thank our lucky stars for all the

opportunity that we have we are also so thankful this year that we have doubled

our subscribers here at cruisetipstv it is true really truly you guys we have

doubled our subscribers in less than a year and that is all because of you and

we are so incredibly grateful for that I also would like to say that I'm very

grateful for our travel agent who puts up with my constant phone calls all the

changes that we make to our trips gets us upgrades she is just the bomb so

thank you Ann Marie for being such a great part of our life we really

appreciate you and last but most importantly we are thankful for you guys

we are thankful for your support we're thankful for your loyalty we're so

thankful that you have made this the most fun cruising community and you

introduced us to new episode ideas you introduced us to other communities on

YouTube and Facebook that love cruising as much as we do and we are just so glad

that you are a part of our life so in honor of all of you today Happy

Thanksgiving Happy Holidays we're so so happy they're

part of our life and we just want to wish you a very happy

holiday Happy Thanksgiving and cheers mwah

I forgot my outro until next time I'll see you on the high seas don't

For more infomation >> What We Are Thankful For - Duration: 2:33.

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সরাসরি আজকের গুরুত্বপূর্ণ বাংলা খবর চ্যানেল 24 লাইভ ২৪ নভেম্বর ২০১৭ Channel 24 News Today - Duration: 18:36.

bangladesh news 24

For more infomation >> সরাসরি আজকের গুরুত্বপূর্ণ বাংলা খবর চ্যানেল 24 লাইভ ২৪ নভেম্বর ২০১৭ Channel 24 News Today - Duration: 18:36.

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Vaheed Feminism - Duration: 11:10.

For more infomation >> Vaheed Feminism - Duration: 11:10.

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Dylan Dauzat's Sibling Selfie | HP Sprocket Photo Printer | HP - Duration: 0:43.

Let me show you how simple

and easy it is to use the HP Sprocket.

First of all it's so compact you can actually

put it in your pocket.

I mean you can take

it to school, too. You can mobile print photos

any where you want,

let me show you how you do it. So for an example,

I want to take a photo

with you and Daisy,

all I've got to do? Like that.

Click on your favorite photo you want to use.

Hit the little button on the bottom

and it's that easy.

Momma we could put the photo on the refrigerator,

and it's sticky on the other side.

So you can go take it,

put it right there.

I love it!

For more infomation >> Dylan Dauzat's Sibling Selfie | HP Sprocket Photo Printer | HP - Duration: 0:43.

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What is Zoroastrianism? - Duration: 10:26.

Zoroastrians have been around for over 2,000 years.

Their influence can be found in Christianity and Islam, and they bring you cultural relics

like the zodiacs.

Today, we're going to go deep in our Human history, maybe further back than we've ever

gone so far on Step Back and tell the story of this ancient and endangered religion.

I'm Tristan Johnson, and this is Step Back History.

Zoroastrianism is old.

Super old.

It comes from modern-day Iran and has its origins with a significant religious reformer

named Zarathustra from around the 6th century BCE.

Outside of Iran, Zarathustra typically goes by the name Zoroaster, so for the rest of

this video, I will use that.

It's the Greekification of his name.

The religion is a strange overlapping mix of monotheism and dualism, and because of

this, it's suspected that it influenced Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Zoroastrianism had a massive impact on ancient Greek society.

Greeks often saw the world as a sort of combat between forces of order and chaos, and this

comes from Zoroastrianism.

It also exported astrology with the twelve signs of the zodiac you know today.

In western history, the Zoroastrians also have an association with magic.

The term mage comes from Zoroastrian words for their clergy.

It also has a lot of relevance to the Abrahamic religions.

Elements of the life of Zoroaster pop up in the life stories of prominent figures in Judaism

and Christianity such as Balaam, Baruch, Ezekiel, Nimrod, Seth and even Jesus!

Now Zoroastrianism isn't and wasn't ever focused on its monotheism like Islam and Judaism

are, but it seems it was an attempt to unify people behind the worship of a singular god

they call the Wise Lord, or Ahura Mazda.

They believed that there were more gods a long time ago, but this has fallen away over

the literal millennia.

They still have minor deities that they won't go so far as to call gods, but kinda are and

aren't.

Another prominent feature of Zoroastrianism is a concept in religious studies called dualism.

It's when a religion believes the world is made up of two opposed principles that

are the centre of all existence.

For Zoroastrianism, these are the forces of order and chaos.

They believe Ahura Mazda created spirits of order and chaos and that their battle is the

defining conflict of existence.

They think Humans, with their capacity for free will, can choose between these two aspects,

and so in living an ordered, good life are part of this epic struggle.

Part of this good life includes a little bit of ecology.

Their scripture calls for the protection of water, earth, fire, and air, and many interpret

that as a desire to maintain the ecosystem of the planet.

We don't know much about the time of the founding of Zoroastrianism.

It's far enough back that their language has a name like Indo-Aryan, where we just

know that there is some language between two others we know of later.

This was also a time where Iran worshipped early drafts of the Hindu gods.

So, many of the core figures and practices of Zoroastrianism come from old proto-Hindu

ones.

Enter Zoroaster.

Not a ton survives about him, but he was a significant reformer, creating some form of

religious turmoil in the Achaemenid Empire where this took place.

He lived somewhere in eastern Iran and seemed not to make a big splash while he was alive.

Either that or the Achaemenids of his time sought no reason to write about him.

Zoroastrianism didn't emerge as a real force for a few centuries.

The first mention of Zoroastrianism in a history book is… the Histories.

A Greek text by a historian named Herodotus.

So the religion took hold sometime before the mid-5th century BCE.

Historians suspect King Darius I to be the first Zoroastrian leader of the Achaemenid

empire.

He made references to worshipping Ahura Mazda, but this doesn't necessarily mean that he

was a follower of Zoroaster.

However, many Zoroastrians today use a lot of texts dated to this period, and even still

use a calendar from it.

So this was at least a growing age for the religion.

Zoroastrians claim there were many more writings in this period, but that they were lost when

Alexander the Great conquered the region, and some archaeological evidence seems to

back this up.

The invasion of Alexander appears to have caused the growing religion to scatter under

a wave of Greek religion.

Nearly all the Iranian deities disappeared for centuries.

It wasn't until the first century BCE that the gods began returning, meshed with the

Greek ones.

You had gods with names like Zeus Oromazdes, Apollo Mithra, or Helios Hermes.

Though it looks like Zoroastrianism moved.

One piece of evidence comes from a formalised Zoroastrian calendar from around the same

time but found in modern day Turkmenistan.

It implies that in this period, some of the Zoroastrian texts had formalised, and with

the religion it grew out of mostly dead, it could now come into its own.

Zoroastrianism grew in this region to become the dominant religion.

I'm skipping a lot of the history of antiquity, but later on, a new empire in Iran called

the Sasanian Empire adopted it and spread it with their conquests between the third

and seventh centuries CE.

This is the peak of Zoroastrian prominence.

It was all downhill from here.

Muslim Arabs conquered the Sassanids in the 7th century.

They became part of the massive Umayyad Caliphate, and Islam began to flourish in Iran.

The Muslims tolerated Zoroastrianism, but there was a lot of conversion in this period

to Islam.

Zoroastrians tried to revolt against this rule, incurring more and more persecution.

They also were Dhimmi, or non-Muslims living in a Muslim state, which means they kept their

rights and way of life, but they paid the Jizya, a tax on non-Muslims.

Zoroastrians produced many books to save their knowledge from the threat of destruction and

survived as a persecuted minority in small pockets of Iran.

Some Zoroastrians left Iran in the wake of the conquest and emigrated to India.

They settled in a region called Gujarat, and until the 15th century stopped talking to

the Zoroastrians back in Iran.

They began to adapt to Indian and Hindu forms of dress and adopted the Gujarati language.

When the British arrived, they took British customs and clothing and made a big deal about

how super monotheistic they were.

Many of these Indian Zoroastrians involved themselves in commerce and grew wealthy under

British rule.

Starting in the 19th century, they began to use this wealth to help their Iranian lost

family.

The religion continued to decline in numbers, and though they still exist today, are an

extreme minority.

Estimates put that there are less than 200,000 Zoroastrians around today and that number

is dropping.

So, let's talk about some of their religious practices.

Zoroastrian religious ceremonies feature fire.

It's used as the symbol of their faith.

It's a purification symbol.

They believe it is the medium for insight and wisdom.

Water is also considered very important as the source of that wisdom.

Children are initiated into the religion between the ages of seven and 10.

Part of that involves receiving some ceremonial clothing.

They also have many purification rituals, one of which requires a dog to perform.

They call their main ceremony the Yasna.

It's a ceremony wherein they sacrifice sacred liquor (they used to do blood but decided

to put that one to sleep) recite from their holy text called the Avesta, and give offerings

of food to the sacred fire.

The sacred fire must be kept burning.

There are rituals for refuelling the fire performed five times a day, and if it does

go out, there is yet another ritual for reigniting the flame.

Zoroastrians have some interesting rituals when it comes to death.

The corpse is first visited by a dog five times a day.

They bring a fire in, and it's kept burning until three days after the body has been removed.

The corpse must be removed during the day, and brought to the dakhma, or the tower of

silence.

Here, the corpse is exposed to the elements naked where vultures devour the body in about

two hours.

The bones left over after bleached by the sun are swept into a central well.

On the fourth day after death, they believe the soul has found the next world and appeared

before the deities for judgement.

This is when the solemn remembrance events happen.

Ok, let's cleanse our pallet by talking about holidays!

Happiness is a core part of a good life for Zoroastrians, so festivals are essential.

They have six seasonal celebrations, and a year-end day of remembrance for the dead.

Each day of the month and each of the months is also named after a deity.

When the day and month are the same deities, there's a feast for that deity.

The biggest one is their new year's festival called Noruz.

Zoroastrians have a belief that relies heavily on combatting evil and maintaining life.

Maintaining life means many Zoroastrians believe that farming and procreating are essential

duties for everyone.

There's also historically a tendency towards...

Consanguinous marriages, a fancy word for incestual marriage.

Probably an inspiration for the Targaryens from Game of Thrones.

They also have a firm belief in redemption.

They have three rituals for purification and redemption for sins.

So there you have it.

Zoroastrianism, a very old, very complex, and pretty unique faith that is a strong contender

for one of the oldest living religions today.

There is a lot I had to leave out due to time, so if there's more you know leave it in

the comments.

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Thankful for Changes - Duration: 2:50.

Hi friends! It's Thanksgiving this week and instead of just talking about

all the things that I'm grateful for of which I have many things to be grateful

for I want to specifically focus on the ways in which my life has changed that

I'm grateful for. This year was a difficult year for me it's not over yet

but it was definitely a year of big changes in my life and I think some of

those changes um, were not of my choosing and some of them

were but I think of all of the changes that happened this year I would say this

has been the first year that I've really been able to focus on not just surviving

and focus on becoming my truest self and figuring out exactly who that is and

being proud of who that is scars and all I don't actually have...

well I have scars but you know what I mean, just you know, the good parts and the bad parts of

me. I am proud of of me in totality and that's a big deal. I'm thankful for the

changes in my family no new members of my family or anything have happened just

the way in which I am honest and open with my husband the way that my

relationship has changed with my mother recently, with my brother as well and the

amount of time that I'm taking with my kids. I don't have as much with my new

job but I'm using that time more wisely, if that's a thing I can say then I ever

did before. So I'm thankful for the way that my family has changed. I'm thankful

I have so many people that love me, that genuinely care about me and that showed

me not just with words but with actions

that they love me, they support me regardless of, you know, who I am and

who I am becoming.

This year has been a year of changes a lot of changes and a lot of

pretty big changes in my life and it happened gradually over the course of

this year but I have a lot to be grateful for.

I want to know what are

the ways in which your life has changed that you're grateful for? L,et me know in

the comments and Happy Thanksgiving if that's holiday that you celebrate.

Personally, it's my favorite holiday because no gifts just food and I get to

be with people that I love.

Thanks for watching and we'll see what happens next week.

Alright bye!

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Thanks for watching Lifetree Kids!

Today we're heading to the deserts of Peru, to the oasis

town of Huacachina.

People come from all over the world to enjoy its refreshing lake.

It's a great place to sit and relax or even enjoy the sandy beaches.

It's wonderful that God made such a joyful place in the middle of the desert.

Another one of the coolest things about Huacachina is the sandboarding!

We're going to join Raoul and his friends as they go out to the dunes.

Wow!

I can already tell this is going to be a fun day in the desert!

After taking a dune buggy part of the way up the hill, Raoul hikes even farther up the dune!

Nehemiah chapter 8 verse 10 says, "The joy of the Lord is your strength."

Isn't is great to know that God can give Raoul both joy and strength to ride these huge dunes?

Wow!

Talk about a view!

It's amazing that in such a harsh place as a desert, God created so much joy.

God gives us joy!