Sunday, 1 February 2026
The Ego
Perhaps, the problem is that the ego sometimes gets out of control. This happens when the higher self loses control of the psyche. The psyche then falls under the leadership of the ego, an entity that was never meant to lead. The ego is meant to be in the service of the higher self. When this relationship is functioning, the ego is a useful intermediary, representing the whole self but not thinking that it is the whole self. Then, it is almost as if the ego is the self playfully pretending to be the separate entity called “I.” Like an actor, the ego plays the roles that the world asks us to play in order to be part of the program. In this way, the ego can be a tool enabling us to be in the world but not of it.
As long as we are in touch with our higher self, our ego is not a threat. They are useful tools in the service of spirit. We keep our egos in check when we continually nurture our awareness of who we really are. Then our egos are free to serve without trying ineffectually to rule. It is healthy to have ego, but like all things in life, ego functions best when it is in balance and harmony with your whole self. (Daily OM)
South Korean researchers create electrode that captures carbon from exhaust and converts it to valuable chemical in one step
It captures CO2 from mixed industrial exhaust or air without needing costly purification.
The device converts the captured CO2 into valuable formic acid in a single step.
This process turns carbon capture from a cost into a potential revenue stream.
It works efficiently with both flue gas and ordinary air, a historic breakthrough.
A team of South Korean researchers has unveiled a novel three-layer electrode that directly captures carbon dioxide from industrial exhaust and even ordinary air, converting it into a useful industrial chemical. This advancement, reported in the journal ACS Energy Letters, moves carbon capture technology from a costly theoretical exercise into the realm of practical, economically viable deployment. The device works efficiently under the messy, mixed-gas conditions of real-world emissions, a historic hurdle that has long stalled scalable solutions.
For years, the promise of carbon capture has been hampered by a fundamental problem: most systems require pure, concentrated streams of CO2 to function. In reality, the flue gas from power plants or factories is a cocktail of nitrogen, oxygen, and other gases. Purifying the CO2 first is an energy-intensive and expensive step, making the entire process inefficient and costly. Furthermore, many technologies merely capture the gas for underground storage, a service with no economic return....<<<Read More>>>...
Tomatoes Face the Axe Under Labour’s ‘Nonsensical’ Junk Food Crackdown
Food chiefs have warned that government plans to label thousands of products containing sugar as unhealthy would encourage companies to replace natural ingredients with additives.
Products labelled as unhealthy under the new system – from pureed fruit to vegetables – could be included in a ban on advertising junk food before the broadcasting watershed.
If ministers decide to include them, it means products such as pasta sauces and fruit yogurts could be forbidden from being advertised before 9pm if they are above the sugar thresholds.
Under a planned crackdown on junk food, unveiled by Labour last week, health officials set out plans to update the classification system for what is deemed healthy and unhealthy. The new methodology will include “free sugars” that are released from fruit and vegetables when they are pureed or mashed.
The overhaul is part of a wider crackdown on obesity and forms part of Labour’s 10-year health plan, which aims to reduce the £11 billion-a-year cost of obesity to the NHS.
However, food bosses said including free sugars in the calculations would encourage manufacturers to strip out natural products, making it harder for the public to eat their five portions of fruit and vegetables a day and get a range of nutrients and fibre.
Stuart Machin, the Chief Executive of Marks & Spencer, labelled the plans “nonsensical” and said the proposed change “encourages us to remove fruit purees from yogurts or tomato paste from pasta sauces and replace them with artificial sweeteners”. …
Health officials are considering whether to use the new classification system – officially referred to as the Nutrient Profiling Model (NPM) – for the junk food advertising ban, which currently only applies to products such as crisps, sweets and biscuits.
If taken forward, many products made with fruit and vegetable purees would be banned from being advertised before 9pm. The watershed limit would apply to sauces, ready meals and fruit juices.
Kate Halliwell, the Chief Scientific Officer at the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), said companies would be likely to consider reducing the amount of fruit and vegetables from their recipes in order to escape the restrictions....<<<Read More>>>....
UK’s Shocking Dependence on Ultra-Processed Food Exposes a Dangerous System
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are defined by the NOVA classification system as industrial formulations made largely from substances extracted or refined from foods, and combined with additives designed to enhance flavour, texture, and shelf life.
They are not designed to just be convenient. They are durable, uniform, and cheap to produce relative to their caloric yield. Ultimately, they are engineered to perform well in large-scale supply chains.
When a population derives the majority of its dietary energy from these products, it signals a massive shift in the food system from agriculture to manufacturing. Food essentially becomes an industrial input rather than a biological one. ...<<<Read More>>>...
