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finding0

[IMG]http://i52.tinypic.com/f36fzq.jpg[/IMG]

federica

The two symbols either side of the 'eyeball' (which look like a number 8 on their side) are called "Lemniscates".

Just thought I'd add....

Thank you for the illustration.
Although I actually find the image in your avatar far more interesting, intricate and fascinating.
Care to post a bigger version....?

finding0

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://seaoffaces.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/buddha1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://seaoffaces.info/category/a-new-way/&usg=__55O0MuQKVca2lApZoFuzuAjCQ8M=&h=479&w=399&sz=54&hl=en&start=63&zoom=1&tbnid=uEV-MHfZrw4foM:&tbnh=139&tbnw=116&ei=DrpATZn5HNX04gaSyfjMAg&prev=/images?q=images+of+buddha+faces&um=1&hl=en&sa=G&biw=1366&bih=653&tbs=isch:10,1482&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=250&vpy=303&dur=647&hovh=246&hovw=205&tx=123&ty=221&oei=ALpATdy0OoOEOtKG1K0D&esq=4&page=4&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:8,s:63&biw=1366&bih=653

federica

The link is too long to condense and became corrupted. I found the picture online and posted a new link.
I'll have to leave it as it is, and it's just going to have to span the screen....
It's a great picture.

PeacefulAssemblyChur

Yup. The avatar is more cool!
Thanks.

Nidish

What does that picture mean?? And what are those lemisisces or whatever???

federica

Plus, minus, positive, negative, perpetual motion round and round, seeing everything flows, everything is connected, from binary origins to atoms, to the Buddha to nature, all one in a never-ending cycle of being.

or something like that.

It's LEMNISCATES.
Don't be rude or dismissive about things. The word is above you in the post. If you can't spell it, copy it.

dorje

From Sea of Faces

Way too cool for an avatar!

Ada_B

Here's the link more manageable http://bit.ly/hdQk4H

DaltheJigsaw

I also love this book: http://www.maharajnisargadatta.com/I_Am_That.pdf

Nidish

Plus, minus, positive, negative, perpetual motion round and round, seeing everything flows, everything is connected, from binary origins to atoms, to the Buddha to nature, all one in a never-ending cycle of being.

or something like that.

It's LEMNISCATES.
Don't be rude or dismissive about things. The word is above you in the post. If you can't spell it, copy it.

I am sorry... I know, I should have copied at least... And is it a biological thing???

federica

It's a mathematical symbol denoting "eternal, perpetual, without end".
Interesting that most symbols have a title ...
& = ampersand, ¬ means 'negation' and so on....

This @ however - has the name (simply) 'At'.

In Italian it's called a "Chiocciola" ('ladybird') and in French "arobase".

Nidish

Oh i just googled it... Forget my previous question... :P

Vangelis

The lemniscate is used in mathematics to represent infinity. Interesting that even though I've used it many times in mathematics, I don't recall that we were ever told its name or even the equation for the Lemniscate of Bernoulli. Maybe my memory is finally fading...