new fortune and some renaming

[feisty_meow.git] / infobase / fortunes.dat

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@@ -43748,4 +43748,22 @@ it is more descriptive to call it the vital wind force.
 ~
 Do they know this kid likes his chemistry set a little too much?
   -- The Sopranos
+~
+The Nine Expressions of Dance
+
+The upper part of one's body should have the demeanor of a lion.
+The waist should maintain the demeanor of elegance.
+The wrists and ankles should maintain a demeanor of dexterity.
+The thigh muscles should maintain a relaxed demeanor.
+The blood should maintain a fiery red demeanor.
+The countenance should maintain a handsome demeanor.
+The movements should maintain a slow demeanor.
+The knees should maintain a supple demeanor.
+The feet and head should maintain a demeanor of happiness.
+And overall [the dancer] should maintain a demeanor
+That is both heroic and magnificent.  
+
+  -- by Konchog Lhadrepa and Charlotte Davis, from "The Art of Awakening:
+     A User's Guide to Tibetan Buddhist Art and Practice", published by
+     Shambhala Publications