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By now, you've heard the infamous Yanny or Laurel video for yourself.

At the very least, you've heard the debate.

It's The Dress all over again, but this time it's people's sense of hearing that's turning

husband against wife and sister against brother.

But, as is the case with most things, there is a correct answer.

#Yannygate, which no one is calling this, involves a single audio clip played in a video.

Some people hear "Yanny."

Others hear "Laurel."

Others hear both.

(For me, I heard "Yanny" in a high pitched voice, but when I brought my phone closer

to my hear, I heard "Laurel" clearly in a deep voice, and I can no longer hear "Yanny")

People are joking about this being grounds for divorce, and respond with shock and disbelief

that anyone could hear anything but what they themselves are hearing.

But there is a correct answer.

The voice is saying "Laurel."

Officially.

As with so many social ills, this one originates on reddit.

A redditor by the name of RolandCamry made a recording of the robotic pronunciation of

"Laurel" from vocabulary.com.

He says that, because he recorded the audio off of his speakers, there is a distortion

that creates the auditory peculiarity.

Speaking to TMZ , RolandCamry says that the " Yanny vs Laurel " debate originated when

he played the recording for his friend, who heard "Yanny."

They then decided to broadcast this peculiar audio clip to find out what others hear.

The words "Laurel" and "Yanny" have very similar acoustic qualities.

If you're wondering why people hear it differently, there are a couple of factors.

One, different people played the audio on different devices under different circumstances.

Do you ever switch a song from one device to another and suddenly it sounds clearer

(or like crap)?

That difference can radically alter your perceptions.

Two, different people hear things differently and process auditory information differently.

In fact, people's senses can vary a great deal without realizing it.

Age is even a factor.

Those with "younger" ears are more likely to hear "Yanny," which is at a higher pitch.

Those with "older" ears are more likely to hear "Laurel."

Three is that our brains work based on efficiency rather than accuracy.

If you already "know" what you're hearing, that is what you're likely to hear.

Which is why some people heard both, and had to process the audio over multiple listens

before they heard it differently.

This is a similar phenomenon to how one might hear song lyrics.

Once you read that Rihanna sings "so if you must falter, be wise," your mind is less likely

to process the audio as "Caligula, salsa, beehive."

So, there you have it.

Congratulations to Team Laurel.

You guys were right.

Congratulations to Team Yanny.

You guys have younger ears, for whatever that's worth.

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What If Sonic Was In Fortnite? - Duration: 3:59.

Hey guys!

Welcome back to Top 10 Gaming, I'm Ron McKenzie-Lefurgey.

We talk a lot about Sonic on this channel.

And we talk a lot about Fortnite on this channel.

But today we're gonna combine the two into one glorious video, as we look at what would

happen if Sonic, was in Fortnite.

Just like Thanos.

If you enjoy this video, let us know by throwing us a thumbs up down below.

And if you want more, check out our video on the 10 most requested Smash Bros Characters!

But before you do that, get ready, it's time to answer the question, What if Sonic

was in Fortnite?

As you may know, Fortnite has two different game modes.

The first is called "Save the world", which involves the player exploring, scavenging

for items and resources, building weapons and fortifications, and fighting off waves

of zombie-like monsters.

The other mode, Battle Royale, is much more popular, involving a large number of players

fighting each other with hopes of being the last man or team standing.

So, this video will look at how each of these game modes might change if Sonic was involved.

And just to keep it interesting, we'll assume that Sonic can't transform, so he's just

at base levels.

No Super Sonic.

Let's hop in.

Starting off with the lesser known of the game modes, if Sonic was in the Save the World

game mode, he would be awfully useful to the players.

His incredible speed would make him a huge asset, and his experience dealing with Robotnik's

minions would make him perfect for dealing with the monsters.

He could just bounce, bounce, bounce, along all of them with his homing attack, without

having to worry about ammo, or really getting caught.

It's possible that water elementals might pose a threat since they can slow enemies,

but Sonic would probably be able to avoid their attacks.

Of course, this is assuming that Sonic was with the good guys.

If Sonic was actually one of the monsters, that invaded following the storm, things would

look pretty rough for the survivors.

There isn't much they could do to stop someone who runs faster than the speed of sound.

The only real hope they would have would be to throw boogie bombs at him and hope to catch

him and force him to dance, but boogie bombs are only in the Battle Royale mode.

So Sonic would probably take out everyone; he could just speed past defences, and take

out all the players before they knew what was happening.

That said, if the fortifications were made strong enough, there's a chance that the

survivors could keep him out long enough to get a lucky shot.

But that would be a hell of a longshot.

Chances are, Sonic would come out on top.

Oof.

So Sonic would clearly be a gamechanger in Save the World whichever side he was on.

But would he be as useful in Battle Royale?

Yep!

Fortnite involves humans running at human speeds, and shooting guns.

It's already pretty darn hard to hit a moving target, especially from far away.

But if Sonic was one of your enemies, good luck beating him.

Not even Ninja would be able to hit him, unless Sonic decided to run straight at him without

moving at all.

Which, I mean, he might, Sonic's not the sharpest tool in the shed, but it's much

more likely that he'd zig zag to avoid fire.

He's pretty used to avoiding gunfire after all his dealings with Eggman and his egg guns.

Traps wouldn't work either, since he would move faster than the traps could react.

Honestly, even if it was 99 players against Sonic, he'd probably be able to zip around

taking everyone out before the storm circle even shrunk.

So, surprise surprise, Sonic would dominate in Battle Royale as well.

Well there we have it, it seems like Sonic would be super overpowered in Fortnite whichever

game mode he was in.

If he was defending against the monsters, he would be a one man army, bopping nerds

on the head like little bunny foo foo.

Now THERE'S a reference I never thought I'd make.

On the other hand, if Sonic was one of the monsters, the good guys would be in heaps

of trouble, since his ridiculous speed would let him do more or less whatever he wanted.

And of course, as you may have suspected, he would absolutely demolish in Battle Royale.

Unless I was controlling him.

In which case I'd inexplicably come in last place.

Because I suck.

That's it for today!

Hope you guys enjoyed, if you did please smack that thumbs up button and subscribe to Top

10 Gaming for more videos!

Let me know in the comment section which video game character you think would be the most

powerful in Fortnite!

And of course, check out the Infinity Gauntlet game mode that's up right now, so you can

play as Thanos.

It looks insane.

Until next time, I'm Ron McKenzie-Lefurgey with Top 10 Gaming.

Later gamers!

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What's New in VS 15.7 for Xamarin Devs! - Duration: 2:27.

hello friends last week at Microsoft's BUILD conference visual studio 15.7 got

released and there's some pretty big new features for xamarin developers in it so

today I want to give you a rundown of them my name is Matt Soucoup and I'm a

senior cloud developer advocate at Microsoft so let's get rolling remember

the days of creating a traditional Xamarin iOS or Android app and seeing

just a ton of options in the file new templates I'm sure you do was just last

week that they were all there but now with vs 15.7 the templates are greatly

cleaned up easier to use and find what you're looking for

not only that but they've been modernized as well the master detail

template for iOS is now based on the UI split view controller the Android

templates now provide a navigation drawer template so a bottom tabs Android

template Plus Visual Studio will now look at your

Android project dependencies and make suggestions as the SDK components to

download this way you don't have to guess which SDKs you need the Android

SDK manager will tell you. To enable it go to tools options Xamarin Android

settings enable auto install Android SDKs. Now I'm not shy about admitting my

love for salmon forms and this release of Visual Studio gives a whole lot of

love to XAML intellisense. Check out the auto suggestions. I type layout and it

grabs all of the elements that have the word layout in them. if I want to

refactor a tag VS has me covered there! Automatically changing the end tag as

soon as I start typing in the start. And resource intellisense! I have a color in

the resource dictionary and I don't want to have to remember the key name I gave

it, here it is in the intellisense! Finally I saved the best until last.

When I define the view model in the XAML I get full intellisense to the

properties in the commands when doing data binding!

Those are all but a few new features in Visual Studio 15.7 for Xamarin

developers be sure to check out the documentation for the rest of them!

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What IS Weekly Welcome Mat anyways? - Duration: 5:48.

Hey! Hey! Let me take a little sip here. I I have to start by telling you that I

was asked a question -- somebody saw my license plate. And my license plate says

Weekly Welcome Mat. So in case you don't know, Weekly Welcome Mat is

the name of my business, okay? So Weekly Welcome Mat with Angel Przybylski is

the name of my business. Weekly Welcome Mat is not just --it's not

just me being a Realtor. Weekly Welcome Mat is for you. It's not about me. I

cannot tell you how many people that when they're a Realtor they throw up all

of these, you know, posts which --you know, of their homes that they're selling or

the homes that they're buying -- which is great! When you work with a Realtor you

want them to do that for you, right? But here's the thing: I want this business to

be about you. And I want that very very clear. Because I don't think it's been

clear. I want to educate, help and serve so that you guys understand that I'm

working for you. I'm here for you. I'm gonna use what I've learned as a

coordinator --I'm not I can't with all integrity, I cannot let you get in over

your head and underwater on a house just because I want to sell a house. I'm not

that kind of a realtor. I want to make sure that you understand that I'm gonna

be -- I think I posted a picture the other day on the Facebook page about -- there was

a storm trooper standing in front of the door, and the storm trooper is who I am!

Like it's making me emotional because I'm still like aah!! So the storm trooper

is who I am for you, like to make sure that you're not gonna get jacked up,

right? Like, hang on! Let me calm down. So this industry -- this real estate industry

has such a bad reputation. My word. Between insurance agents

and divorce attorneys and freakin pit bosses at Las Vegas, we're like top five

of the most distrusted careers or industries. And it's so frustrating

when you go in and you're like, no, no, I haven't heart to serve. I want to help

you. I want to help you! So what I want to make sure that is very, very clear -- and

pardon the apparently I'm very, very emotional about it -- is that I want to

honor you. Whether you're selling, whether you're buying, whether you're, you know, in

search of you know a rental -- whatever it is, I'm here for you. I'm not looking at

you as a paycheck-- as a commission. And I think that that is so often how, sadly,

people in my industry see their Center of Influence. They call it a Center of

Influence, Sphere of Influence, the people around them. And I'm like -- I want

to help them. I want to serve them. I want to make sure that they understand that

I'm working for them. So I just was you know on my on my Instagram and I'm

reading some of these posts and, you know, I'm gonna -- if I'm working for you as your

seller, you bet I'm gonna blow it up that, you know, your house is awesome and we

want to sell it. I'm gonna do my job. But I want it known that I'm gonna do my

job for you, not for me. That will come. I'm not -- I'm not gonna

sweat that. But um -- and if you're for buying, I'm gonna do my homework and I'm

gonna make sure we're not just freakin messing around with your time. It's very

very valuable. And I was just in my feet and I'm watching and I'm reading and I'm

like -- it's so not about us. It's about you guys. So anyway that's my heart out

for all the world to see. It's um -- it's just really like --I just want to scream

it. Like some of the people that I like work with -- I love my friends that I work

with, but they don't have the same perspective and that's fine. There

will be clients for them too. But I just want it like out there for the -- that's

why I do teaching Tuesday or Tip Tuesday. That's why I do Wednesday wisdoms,

that's why I'm trying to like help you understand like where I'm coming from. So

I don't know where -- I don't know I just got like a fire in me of like I need to

make sure people understand. So um anyway -- I'm out here crying and I don't even --

that was not part of the plan. But um whether it's to buy or sell your home or

to help you understand that there's something cool going on in town that I

think you would like, that's the -- you know, it's Bakersfield -- its Weekly Welcome Mat,

Bakersfield Home and Lifestyle. So, of course, I'm gonna help you with your home

but it's also about your lifestyle. I'm not gonna be your Cruise Director. I'm

not gonna be Julie McCoy from back in the day on Love Boat. There's probably

three of you that know what that means -- but I will tell you some cool stuff

that's happening, but I also want to make sure you know like it's more than just

buying your home, you gotta freaking have a life too.

So anyway I am kind of going off on a rant here, but I will get it together and --

um yeah, So that's what I wanted to share. I appreciate those of you that are

here. Thank you for waving and loving you and loving me and being kind. And um I --I

hope you guys have a great day. Talk to you later. Bye! How do I end this?

I don't even know? I haven't done a live on Instagram. Okay. Here we go!

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THRIFT & DISCOUNT STORE HAUL: Talize & Wow! What A Deal - Duration: 5:08.

Hey guys, just doing a quick update; I just wanted to let you know I was not planning

to take the first half of May off! [laughs] I was fully expecting to only take a couple

of days off; I actually did and filmed a haul right at the start of May, so I thought, "Okay,

I'll take a couple days off and then I'll edit that and I'll get it up"... and then,

not only did I start having issues with my editing software, but then over the last week

I have been quite ill. I still am, but I think it's clearing up? I dunno… [laughs]

Basically, I have not been in any kind of mood to do any kind of editing or anything,

and I was still struggling with my editing program… basically, things have not gone

the way I expected them to at the beginning of May! So I apologize for disappearing for

a solid two weeks, or however long it'll be by the time you see this.

If you're seeing this at the beginning of the next haul, we'll get into that now,

and please enjoy! [laughs]

I went to Talize again this week to drop off some more stuff, and of course I poked my

head in to see what I could find, and then I went next door to a discount store called

Wow! What A Deal and picked up some more crafty stuff there! So we'll start with the Talize haul...

I got two more books for $2.99 each: "The Girl On The Train" and "Gone Girl",

which have both been on my to-read list for a while now.

And then I got two grab bags for $3.99 each - I've been trying to avoid picking up anymore

grab bags with greeting cards in them, because I already have so many in my stash, but this

one appears to be full of postcards, which I always find so interesting to go through,

and the idea of repurposing postcards for various things really interests me, so I'm

excited to go through that and see what's in there.

And then I found a bag of Pokemon cards! [laughs] At least I think they're all Pokemon cards;

it's hard to tell. There are definitely quite a few in here, so I'm excited to go

through that as well.

So that was all I found at Talize, and then I decided to go next door to Wow! What A Deal.

I went to this store back in December and got a bunch of really cool crafty Christmas

stuff there, but of course I never posted the haul. Wow! What A Deal is pretty much

the same thing as Your Dollar Store With More - they carry the same lines as Your Dollar

Store With More carries, and like that store, Wow! What A Deal can be a bit pricier than

other dollar stores. In fact, I've been specifically avoiding going in there, because I could easily

spend $100 in the craft section alone! [laughs] I would say this store is comparable in size

to the giant Your Dollar Store With More that Tina Kazarian and MakeupMunchiesandMore go

to… it's pretty big. I think that Your Dollar Store With More is still bigger, but this

Wow! What A Deal is a really big store.

Starting with the practical stuff, I picked up this supposedly "heavy duty" hole punch

for $1.99, so we'll see if this works better than the regular hole punch I have…

And I got another pack of the three different sizes of foam tape; I really like these, and

I haven't seen them at Dollar Tree for a while now. And this was $1.50.

I got a little bit of paper… I got these sets of two sheets of double-sided glitter

embossed cardstock… I'll take them out so you can see them better - this set is called "Yummy"...

[music]

… and this set is called "Cupcake Craze"...

[music]

So I got two of each set, and they were $1.29 each.

I found this 8 ¼ x 11 ½ piece of washi crop-it sticker for $1.49… this was the only one

of this design, and I just thought it was just gorgeous.

And then I got this pack of 6x6 distressed cardstock in pastels… I thought they looked

really cool, and they actually feel really soft, almost like linen. And this was $1.50.

I'll see if I can zoom into the texture for you…

… I just thought the texture was really cool!

And then… [sighs]... stickers [laughs]. They have so many gorgeous stickers there,

but they're almost all $2.00 each, so I have to fight to control myself [laughs]. These

Color-Match Gems were only $1.29 each, though, so I picked up one of each colour…

[music]

I grabbed these vintage-looking button stickers for $1.50.

And then the rest of these were all $2.00 each… I got two sets of this blue tag & button

medley, which I've never seen before…

I grabbed two sets of these metallic key and anchor stickers…

And then I picked up two each of these beautiful handmade stickers… I got the love theme...

… the friends theme…

… and the trendy theme.

And that is it for this unexpectedly large haul! [laughs] If you enjoyed this video,

please give it a big thumbs up; give it a share; subscribe to my channel if you haven't

already; and click that little bell in the corner to be notified when I next upload a

video. And I will see you guys in the next one.

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What Happens When You Stop Using Shampoo - Duration: 6:07.

Hi guys. Kate here with theluxicon.co. Today I'm going try a new product for

you. In my Influenster box, I got the dp HUE ACV (apple cider vinegar) rinse and I

don't really know about this I got it for free because it's from Influenster

so I'm giving my honest review. Basically what it does is, instead of

shampooing your hair you rinse with this stuff and it's supposed to restore your

hair's pH and your scalp's and cleanse your scalp, make your hair feel really clean

without stripping the natural or oils that you do when you shampoo. So, I

feel like it's kind of like a dry shampoo and but you have to get your

hair wet so I think, I don't know, usually I use dry shampoo or I just wash

my hair and I'm not sure, we'll see. because if I were gonna get my hair wet

I think I'd just wash it but maybe I'll change my mind after I use it. I was

concerned about a few things when I got it. I don't know about putting it on red

hair because red hair fades really easily and that's always a concern of

mine any time I try a new shampoo product or something.

So I read some reviews and it does say that it's color safe. It says it's fine

to put it on colored hair so hopefully that's right and also it's apple cider

vinegar so I don't know about going around all day smelling like that. I like

the smell of my dry shampoo. A lot of people who reviewed it said that sure it

does smell like apple cider vinegar while you're in the shower but it

doesn't smell like that afterwards. I am a tough critic. I have a good nose I

will be letting you know on that. I'm gonna give it a try and I will be back

to tell you how it worked. Okay guys I tried it today I think you can tell by

the things that I was saying before that I did not want to be sold on this

product. I reluctantly said yes, that I would be willing to try

apple cider vinegar rinse when I was filling out the survey and then of

course I got picked and then it came and I was like oh my god what if this ruins

my hair what if it's not good for color, so I literally have been holding on to

this for like three weeks until now. It's the deadline I have to post it

otherwise, you know, it looks bad for me and I was waiting until it was like closer

to my hair appointment, so if it screws everything up my hairstylist can fix it.

He's gonna be so mad at me. So there you have it, I really expected to not like it

but guys I'm pretty sold. Um first of all, I didn't understand why you would need

this because, like I said, I used dry shampoo, but that adds more product into

my hair so here's what I came up with. I'm still gonna use dry shampoo when I

feel like I need to, but my hair was really greasy this morning I mean I

hadn't washed it in like, a minute. We've been crazy this week with the baby

and everything and I just think that it would be perfect for those days after

the gym, when your hair is like super sweaty and you feel like you have to

wash it but you didn't really want to wash your hair again. My hair feels

like it's light you know it's not weighed down by conditioner I feel like

I washed it. It's super soft and I can get my fingers through it. Oh that's another

thing that I was worried about. My hair is very fine and I was worried that if I

didn't put conditioner in it I wouldn't be able to get a brush through it but

the thing is that this does not really lather.

I parted my hair like they said a couple sections just kind of put it on

like that. Let it sit for a couple minutes and then I rinsed it out.

Because it doesn't really lather you don't really tangle your hair much while

you're doing it and I was able to brush my hair pretty easily so that wasn't a

factor. People did say that the smell was unpleasant and I do agree with that but

it's not a good smell when you're in the shower but it doesn't

linger. I had my husband smell my hair after it dried just to make sure

I'm not nose blind and walking around smelling like vinegar because I

got used to it. It really does not carry that scent with you after it

dries. My hair feels really soft it's shiny it looks just like I washed it and

all I did was water and rinse with this and supposedly it does not leave any

kind of product residue and it doesn't strip your hair of its natural oils like

shampooing does so maybe I throw this in place of a couple of shampoos too, not

just like gym days I think that would probably be helpful because I do kind of

struggle with that. I feel like I have to wash twice with shampoo to get

all of the chemical residue from products that I use out of my hair and

then condition and my hair is just super stripped. so it feels really good. I'm

really happy with the results and I'm definitely gonna keep using it. I

sometimes find things that I really like and I'm like okay that was

cool yeah I'll use it until it runs out. I'm gonna buy this. I'm definitely gonna keep

using it, so I highly recommend it. If you want to give this a try, hop on over

to theLuxicon.co I will have a link for you so that you can shop for it and I

will have all the information on it. Also, if you enjoyed this video, give me a like

share and follow it helps me keep making videos like this for you and if you are

watching this on youtube then go ahead and jump over to theLuxicon.co because

if you enjoyed this you're gonna really like what I do in the blog I do a lot

more than just videos. Bye guys!

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Look What Happened Immediately After John Kerry Was Spotted With Iranians - Duration: 13:12.

Look What Happened Immediately After John Kerry Was Spotted With Iranians

Before President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran deal last week, former Secretary

of State John Kerry was spotted meeting with Iranian officials as he frantically tried

to save the deal.

Now, this has literally blown up in his face in a huge way.

Right Wing News reported that Jason Osborne, a former senior advisor to Donald Trump's

2016 campaign, took to Twitter to write about Kerry's treasonous antics in Iran.

"So John Kerry just left a meeting @ L'Avenue in Paris w/3 Iranians.

A friend was sitting next to their table and heard JK blasting @realDonaldTrump.

The Iranians had a 5 person security detail and left in diplomatic vehicles.

Is he FARA registered?" he tweeted.

One of the officials Kerry met with has since been identified as Kamal Kharzai, Iranian

politician, and diplomat, as well as Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs from August 1997

until 2005 These meetings have completely backfired,

however, as an Iranian organization is now offering a $100,000 reward to any person who

bombs the newly opened U.S. embassy in Jerusalem.

The group offering this bounty is the Iranian Justice Seeker Student Movement, which is

distributing posters calling for an attack on the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, which has

been opposed by Palestinian and Iranian officials as an affront to the holy city.

"The Student Justice Movement will support anybody who destroy the illegal American embassy

in Jerusalem," the posters state in Farsi, Arabic, and English.

There will be a "$100,000 dollar prize for the person who destroys the illegal American

embassy in Jerusalem," the poster continues.

Michael Rubin, a former Pentagon adviser, explained that terrorism of this nature is

embedded in the Iranian regime's hardline stance.

"Unfortunately, terrorism directed toward diplomats and embassies has become a central

pillar of the Islamic Republic's culture," Rubin said.

"Terrorism is lionized in Iranian schools.

This bounty is more the rule than the exception.

To blame Washington or Jerusalem is to blame the victim and give terrorists a veto over

U.S. policy."

It's disturbing that Kerry tried to save a deal by meeting with officials from a nation

that is so blatantly threatening the U.S.

SHARE this story so we can EXPOSE John Kerry!

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What Is Reality - Duration: 5:09.

What Is Reality

By Dylan Harper

The following is an excerpt from the book �The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing

Who You Are� by Alan Watts exploring incredible wordplay for the ultimate question of self

exploration:

When children ask me those fundamental metaphysical questions which come so readily to their minds:

�Where did the world come from?� �Why did God make the world?� �Where was I

before I was born?� �Where do people go when they die?� Again and again I have found

that they seem to be satisfied with a simple and very ancient story, which goes something

like this:

There was never a time when the world began, because it goes round and round like a circle,

and there is no place on a circle where it begins. Look at my watch, which tells the

time; it goes round, and so the world repeats itself again and again.

But just as the hour-hand of the watch goes up to twelve and down to six, so, too, there

is day and night, waking and sleeping, living and dying, summer and winter. You can�t

have any one of these without the other, because you wouldn�t be able to know what black

is unless you had seen it side-by-side with white, or white unless side-by-side with black.

In the same way, there are times when the world is, and times when it isn�t, for if

the world went on and on without rest for ever and ever, it would get horribly tired

of itself. It comes and it goes. Now you see it; now you don�t. So because it doesn�t

get tired of itself, it always comes back again after it disappears.

It�s like your breath: it goes in and out, in and out, and if you try to hold it in all

the time you feel terrible. It�s also like the game of hide-and-seek, because it�s

always fun to find new ways of hiding, and to seek for someone who doesn�t always hide

in the same place.

God also likes to play hide-and-seek, but because there is nothing outside God, he has

no one but himself to play with. But he gets over this difficulty by pretending that he

is not himself. This is his way of hiding from himself.

He pretends that he is you and I and all the people in the world, all the animals, all

the plants, all the rocks, and all the stars. In this way he has strange and wonderful adventures,

some of which are terrible and frightening. But these are just like bad dreams, for when

he wakes up they will disappear.

Now when God plays hide and pretends that he is you and I, he does it so well that it

takes him a long time to remember where and how he hid himself. But that�s the whole

fun of it�just what he wanted to do. He doesn�t want to find himself too quickly,

for that would spoil the game.

That is why it is so difficult for you and me to find out that we are God in disguise,

pretending not to be himself. But when the game has gone on long enough, all of us will

wake up, stop pretending, and remember that we are all one single Self�the God who is

all that there is and who lives for ever and ever. Of course, you must remember that God

isn�t shaped like a person.

People have skins and there is always something outside our skins. If there weren�t, we

wouldn�t know the difference between what is inside and outside our bodies. But God

has no skin and no shape because there isn�t any outside to him.

[With a sufficiently intelligent child, I illustrate this with a M�bius strip�a

ring of paper tape twisted once in such a way that it has only one side and one edge.]

The inside and the outside of God are the same. And though I have been talking about

God as �he� and not �she,� God isn�t a man or a woman. I didn�t say �it�

because we usually say �it� for things that aren�t alive. �God is the Self of

the world, but you can�t see God for the same reason that, without a mirror, you can�t

see your own eyes, and you certainly can�t bite your own teeth or look inside your head.

Your self is that cleverly hidden because it is God hiding.

You may ask why God sometimes hides in the form of horrible people, or pretends to be

people who suffer great disease and pain. Remember, first, that he isn�t really doing

this to anyone but himself. Remember, too, that in almost all the stories you enjoy there

have to be bad people as well as good people, for the thrill of the tale is to find out

how the good people will get the better of the bad.

It�s the same as when we play cards. At the beginning of the game we shuffle them

all into a mess, which is like the bad things in the world, but the point of the game is

to put the mess into good order, and the one who does it best is the winner. Then we shuffle

the cards once more and play again, and so it goes with the world.

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