Are there any sites that offer real money games that I can just sample (play at play money tables or freerolls) before I decide whether or not to make a deposit? If there are, when I decide to make a deposit can I still use bonus codes?
Im thinking of Party Poker, Bodog and Pacific Poker in particular, but any sites would be great.
Im already on Poker Stars, thinking of expanding.

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I live in New York, so my online poker options are limited. I used to really enjoy playing on the ipoker network. Sites such as Poker770, CDpoker, Noble Poker, Poker Ocean were all on this network. Unfortunetely they do not allow USA players anymore. I also did OK on the Prima Poker Network, Sites such as (Dream poker, Crazy Poker, and Golden Riviera Poker) were on this network. I have tried Absolute Poker, Poker Stars and Bodog Poker and I do not win to often anymore. Does anyone know what are the easiest poker sites to win at??.

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The recent introduction of the Internet Skill Game Licensing and Control Act of 2008 by U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is important for its specific mention of online poker as a game needing protecting in the form of definition and regulation by the federal government. The bill was crafted with the assistance of the Poker Players Alliance and reflects the nature of the political world in which online poker exists, rather than attempting to create a perfect world for online poker.

In a release accompanying the announcement of the measure, the PPA noted several important facets as it exists in its initial form. The PPA listed these as the bill's key provisions:

* Thorough vetting of potential licensees;
* Mandatory implementation of technologies to protect against underage gambling and to monitor and detect individuals with excessive gaming habits;
* High standards to thwart fraud and abuse of customers;
* Regulation to prevent money laundering; and,
* Processes to prevent tax avoidance.

Those elements ring of political expediency, and within the context of the bill can be viewed as an attempt to reach the across political spectrum and defuse many of the arguments sure to face both this particular bill and online poker in general in the coming months. The bill is available in its entirety on the PPA website at www.pokerplayersalliance.org, but this piece examines the proposal's most important facets in an attempt to bring greater understanding to the poker world.

The 28-page bill is surprisingly brief by federal standards, and following the bill's definition of important terms, goes directly into the licensing requirements expected for firms doing business within the U.S. One of the key elements among the definitions is that of poker as a game of skill: The term 'Internet skill game' means an Internet-based game that uses simulated cards, dice, or tiles in which success is predominantly determined by the skill of the players, including poker, bridge and mahjong.

One secondary effect of the bill would be to short-circuit recurring efforts by the Internal Revenue Service to tax net poker winnings as if from a game of chance, rather than a game of skill, a battle which dates back to the celebrated (Billy) Baxter v. United States case circa 1980. Another key definition defines poker as a non-house-banked game, meaning one where players compete against each other rather than the house, an important element is defining poker's status as a skill game.

As for licensing, all vendors would be registered with the Secretary of the Treasury, which would have authority for determining the standards necessary for official federal licensure, including the applying firm's corporate structure and financial stability and the willingness to be placed under U.S. jurisdiction should other matters of law arise. Once the first license has been issued, a six-month grace period would exist before all other potential skill-game licensees would either need to become licensed or become targets for potential prosecutorial efforts. The bill also includes an a priori ban on any applicant who has been convicted of money laundering or similar crimes or who has been judged to be in violation of the gambling laws of other countries.

Following the application requirements, the bill moves to the safeguards intended to be put in place for the industry. These are in essence the bullet-point items highlighted by the PPA. Among the safeguards are: an 18-year age minimum; recognition of state and tribal exceptions where the skill games may be authorized banned under existing law; the creation of mechanisms to capture applicable state and federal taxes based on the payment of proceeds; reasonable protections against fraud and money laundering; protection against problem and addictive gambling; and requirements that the games offered are themselves safe, secure and fair. The payment of proceeds provision seems to indicate that taxes would be due – or at least accounted for – upon the withdrawal of any real funds from an online account, rather than after every session, game or hand played.

After a section dealing with the reach of U.S. law as defined under the measure, the Menendez proposal then clarifies a payment-processing carveout for both individuals and financial institutions. Not only would individual players be free to transmit money to and from licensed sites (and the banks free to process those payments), the bill also appears to open the door for the banks themselves to participate in investment funds that include the stocks of licensed skill-games vendors.

From there the measure clarifies the State and Indian Tribe Opt Out that acquiesces to states' rights, the traditional stance of the federal government regarding games considered as by some jurisdictional entity. Governors and tribal leaders would have 90 days following the bill's becoming law to file their prohibitions, meaning that licensed vendors could not offer their games to players in the prohibited states or regions. However, the prohibition appears to also preclude any state or tribal region hoping to serve up its own online service to a captive audience otherwise banned, thereby keeping the bill in line with existing Commerce Clause requirements that, in general, prevent against protectionist prohibitions that would hamper free trade. The efforts of some tribal jurisdictions to claim exclusive rights to offering poker – such as in an ongoing battle in Florida – would be directly challenged by this bill. Still, each affected state or Indian tribe retains the right to impose additional restrictions regarding players in its jurisdiction.

The bill then clearly bans sports betting from being included under its reach, a move of political expediency, since sports betting clearly does not qualify as a game of skill under the bill's own earlier definitions. The specific language reads as follows: No provision of this subchapter may be construed to permit a bet or wager in connection with a sporting event or contest of a sporting league.

In fact, the original wording of the bill's language regarding sports betting is so strongly worded that a modification may be necessary at a later date. According to a later section of the bill: A licensee may not, as a condition of its license, facilitate a bet or wager in connection with a sporting event or contest of a sporting league. In the absence of a specific exception for the brick-and-mortar business conducted by Nevada sportsbooks, this clause seems to preclude major American casinos from being able to offer online skill games while also offering any form of sportsbetting services.

When queried by PokerNews, PPA Executive Director John Pappas confirmed that the above language may in fact be too strict, and cited it as a probable language drafting error that would be addressed as the bill receives further consideration. Existing casino operations such as Harrah's, owners of the World Series of Poker, would have a difficult choice to make if the language of the bill technically precluded these companies from offering online poker while simultaneously offering land-based sportsbook services. It would likely require language clarifying the Nevada sportsbook operations' land only legality, even if, as Pappas noted, a corporation could still do a workaround by creating a subsidiary specifically for online-poker purposes.

Also uncertain as this bill receives attention is the role existing online poker rooms would have should the Menendez bill somehow become law. A reshaping of the U.S. market that fully cleared the way for online poker might also include conditions that put existing U.S.-based casino corporations in a most favored position, to the possible detriment of many existing online poker rooms, which among other considerations could be forced into mergers or buyouts as major U.S. companies made their presences felt. The affiliate-based nature of the online poker world would likely also go through a significant restructuring.

In short, Sen. Menendez's Internet Skill Game Licensing and Control Act would do far more than just clarify online poker's legality; it would result in a significant makeover for the online poker world itself. The relationship between gambling, the Internet and government interests remains an immense, complex and very valuable battleground. One thing's for certain: more changes lie ahead.

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Las Vegas has more than 100,000 hotel rooms to choose from. There is something for every budget, and enough entertainment within walking distance to keep anyone occupied for months, never mind the usual weekend stay or honeymoon. There are few cities which have as many luxury hotels as Las Vegas.
For travellers searching for top of the line accommodation, try the Four Seasons Las Vegas. It offers an oasis of tranquil elegance, comfort, luxury, and seclusion. Though it has no in-house casino, it is adjacent to Mandalay Bay Casino. Four Seasons Las Vegas is a tranquil retreat from the bustling city. This hotel offers 424 rooms are located on floors 35-39, and the views from the floor-to-ceiling windows overlook the famous Las Vegas Strip. The Business Center and Concierge service at this hotel have an extremely good reputation for meeting special needs of guests, such as arranging limousine on a moments notice.
The Bellagio, a Las Vegas landmark, is a five-star hotel located on the 122-acre site of the legendary Dunes Hotel and Golf Course at the corner of Flamingo and Las Vegas Blvds. It contains one of the most attractive casinos in Las Vegas as well as numerous shops and restaurants. Bellagios world-famous fountains combine opera, classical and whimsical music with a breathtaking water and light show. The Conservatory Botanical Gardens holds rows of exotic plants and flowers with unique displays for every season and holiday. Its an inviting location for a honeymoon photo opportunity.
Caesars Palace is the long-standing epitome of Las Vegas luxury hotels. It holds the famous Forum Shops, Spago, an Imax theater, and a new shopping wing and tower. For those guests who want to relax and be pampered, this hotel offers the Spa at Caesars, Venus the Salon, and the Garden of the Gods Pool Oasis.
Caesars also offers guests access to the exclusive Cascata Golf Club. It features mountain scenery, beautiful waterfalls and rivers, and panoramic views combined with challenging holes and velvety greens to produce a golfing experience unparalleled anywhere else in the world. No expense has been spared, from the opulent clubhouse and pro shop to the personal and attentive service personel. Cascata was named listed as #56 by Golfweek Magazine in its article 2004 Americas Best Top 100 Modern Courses. Golfweek also listed Cascata as #2 in Nevada in their list of s Best State-by-State Public Access Courses. In addition to be being named in Golfweeks America’s Best Modern Courses, Gary Galyean at Golf Magazine named Cascata #19 in the Top 45 Courses Since 1959.
Luxor is a Nile-theme hotel which features a sphinx and a large pyramid which has become a Las Vegas landmark. The Pyramid has 2,256 rooms with 236 Spa suites, two in each corner of every floor. The rooms are reached by inclinating elevators which travel sideways at a 39-degree angle up 30 stories. The Luxor features a wide variety of restaurants and entertainment.
Mandalay Bay is a tropical-theme new resort offering visitors the chance to walk inside a plexiglass tunnel through the Shark Reef Aquarium, which holds sharks and rays. The hotel has a 30,000 square foot world-class Spa Mandalay and the 11 acre Mandalay Beach pool complex. The House of Blues music theatre has a seating capacity of approximately 1,800, and plays host to an eclectic mix of live music.
The Mirage Hotel is has an exploding volcano and a 20,000 gallon aquarium the greet guests as they enter this luxury hotel. The large pool complex has a quarter mile of shoreline along two large pools and smaller lagoons, and features a grotto and waterslides. The 2.5-million-gallon Dolphin Habitat is home to a family of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins.
The Mirage Hotel Tiger Habitat is the open-air home of Siegfried Roys Royal White Tigers, available for viewing by the public during the day and evening. The tigers environment features a swimming pool with fountains and simulated mountain terrain. Unlike conventional tigers, which have black and gold markings, white tigers are white with black stripes, pink paws and ice-blue eyes.
Visitors can find French-themed shopping and dining at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel. It has a replica of the Arc De Triomphe and a half-scale Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower Experience allows guests to ride 460 feet to the top to see a stunning, panoramic view of the valley.
Paris is not the only European city recreated in miniature. The Venetian, renowned for its spacious and luxurious rooms, has gondolas in the midst of Las Vegas, as well as the Grand Canal Shoppes, a 500,000 square foot shopping plaza complete with cobblestone streets and beautiful traditional venetian style storefronts. The Grand Canal Shoppes host Streetmosphere, a cast of Carnivale street performers and opera singers.
For bargain hunters, the Rio hotel is not the newest or most elaborate building in town, but this all-suite Las Vegas hotel just off the Strip was rated No. 1 in value by CondГ© Nast Traveler.
The Rio was voted to have the best slot club according to Casino Player 2004. The Rio has more than 100,000 square feet of casino floor, hosting around 1,200 state-of-the-art slot and video poker machines, more than 80 table games including blackjack, craps, baccarat, roulette, Let It Ride, Caribbean Stud Poker and Mini-Baccarat as well as a Keno Lounge and full-service Race and Sports Book.
The Rio offers a great variety of entertainment all under one roof, from afternoon programs to risque late-night adult revues and interactive theater such as Tina and Tonys Wedding.
The Rio has opened a new restaurant, the Mah Jong Chinese Noodle Bar, which offers authentic Cantonese and Chinese dishes such as Beef Brisket Noodle Soup, Preserved Egg and Pork Congee as well as seafood entrees like Salt Pepper Seabass and Scallops with Asparagus. Asian inspired decor and a fluent Chinese staff make this restaurant a memorable place to dine.
This list is just a small sample of the luxurious theme available in Las Vegas. This city has something unique for every taste and budget.

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Some kypost.com readers have already pointed out the inconsistency in Beshears policies on gambling.
It has become more apparent that Gov. Beshear is nothing more than a shill for the gaming industry, wrote mtnmachine on Monday.
Mtnmachine also points out that Kentucky is facing all sorts of problems such as increasing poverty, health care issues, an education system that is ranked in the bottom of the nation and plenty of other issues, but Beshear has chosen online gambling as a top priority.
I guess that he still believes that gambling with brick and mortar casinos will bring our state prosperity. I guess that he believes that they do not prey on poor people. The lottery was supposed to boost our education system, but it has not and the only people that buy a ticket are the financially destitute, mntmachine wrote.
It is simply ridiculous We need to remind the Governor Beshear that he should be focusing on more important and pressing needs, and quit catering to his own special interests.
Another commenter, peoplestandup, agreed that Beshear is only looking out for his own self-interest with the move against the online gambling industry.
Furthermore, and which I feel is by far worse, what right does he and/or any other Government body have, to instruct the public, [what] they can and cannot do (within reason), in the privacy of their own homes? Ahh, they pick and choose which , lines their own pockets more, peoplestandup wrote.
Citizens of Kentucky should be appalled and not allow Government to pass laws, based on nothing more than a pitiful, incorrect self-interest, which invade the privacy of their homes!
peoplestandup also makes that point that if the government limits a persons freedom to gamble online, perhaps therell soon be a law limiting how many six-packs a person can buy per week or a limit on the amount of lottery tickets a person can buy.
But Beshear actually encourages the purchase of lottery tickets, which is in complete contradiction to his reasons as to why online gaming should be outlawed, according to peoplestandup.

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If you are beyond the experience level of a mere novice in the world of online casino and poker sites, then one of the most appealing opportunities for you are online poker tournaments. In a regular poker game, the outcome is usually based on a complex combination of luck and skill. On the other hand, with tournaments, your skill level as a player has a much bigger role in determining the end results. So if you think you may be able to hold your own in a tournament, go for it!

As far as table games go, most veteran online casino players report that poker has the potential to be the most compelling and entertaining game around. And participating in a poker tournament increases that appeal tenfold, in addition to getting you that much closer to bigger pots of money. And just like with regular poker games you will have your choice of getting into a slow game or a faster game, depending on your preferences.

If you have a considerable amount of experience in online casinos and especially in poker, then your best bet is to immerse yourself in the slower playing games. Your skill will be a real asset to you there. Another aspect that you will have a lot of options for is bonuses. Getting involved in a tournament helps you gain access to a whole different supply of special poker bonuses. Who can resist that temptation?

With all of the perks that come with tournament play, it is important to keep in mind that the stakes are also going to be higher, accordingly. For each tournament there is a common pool in addition to the ultimate prize money package. People are attracted to online casino poker tournaments for this reason. The tournaments will bring in the high rollers who are ready and willing to lay down the big bucks in order to gain entry.

Given the high stakes of an online casino poker tournament environment, it is advisable to put a lot of consideration into each and every decision of each and every hand in a game. Every single player has a buy in and gradually, more and more players are forced to leave the game, mostly due to bankruptcy. As you play, be carefully attuned to the playing styles of your competitors. Build your strategies around their strengths and weaknesses as best as you can.
As you get deeper and deeper involved in an online casino poker tournament game, be sure to keep your chip stack at a good healthy amount because the blinds in tournament play keep mounting as the games go on. It is never fun if your chip stack gets completely obliterated early on. Trust me I speak from experience! This is the best thing you can do to stay alive in the game and work toward becoming a viable force to be reckoned with. And this is really key. If you can keep a steady, respectable stack of chips on you, your chances of sticking out the leaner times are greater. If you are able to adhere closely to this strategy and then rely on your well developed skills in the game, you should survive for quite a while.

More and more online poker sites have added tournaments to their repertoire because they are such a draw for the more moneyed, experienced players. Poker tournaments are experiencing a growth spurt within the online casino industry. Expect to see more and more sites pop up with new and exciting tournament options in the coming weeks and months.

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Choosing the right online poker room does not involve any rocket science, but there are some important concepts to keep in mind as you research your different options. One factor to keep in mind is which type of software works best with your playing style and preferences. Some sites offer a fun, highly realistic atmosphere with state-of-the-art graphics. Others may not be as well-designed in the visual sense but they provide fabulous game speed so you can get more and more games in during the time that you have to play. For some online casino players, this is their wedge issue. Granted, nobody enjoys playing on a platform that is tedious and slow to load, but for some people this is their Number 1 priority. Along with speed, some folks just prefer to keep things as simple as possible. They dont want any bells and whistles or elaborate settings and scenarios they just want to get in and play a fast round of games.

Many poker rooms out there in the online casino industry are rated for a variety of factors and offerings. There are sites out there that are there with the sole purpose of rating poker sites. But sometimes they can be a little tricky to figure out because each one tends to rate a different selection of criteria to judge which are the best out there. Some rely strictly on the payout percentages of each individual casino. They will give the highest ratings to those sites that are known for reliably giving the highest payout percentages.

Determine how you as a player prefer to work in a poker room. Some folks like the atmosphere to be wild and chaotic. Whether you are looking for loose, less structured games or simply a whole bunch of players to go up against at any one time, there is an online casino poker site that will cater to your every whim and desire. Be able to accurately assess your level of experience and skill in playing the game. Examine the software platform employed by the poker room to see what player strengths it tends to attract.

Another thing to consider may be the most important factor to address above and beyond anything else we have discussed. And that factor is your money. Every online casino or poker site you contemplate visiting should have nothing less than a spotlessly stellar reputation in terms of smooth and fast deposits and withdrawals. You always want to be on the safe side when it comes to protecting your money and your private banking information.

Especially since, in recent months, players who reside in the United States are having much fewer options for processing their online payment transactions. Be sure to verify before you enter into any financial involvement with an online casino site that the poker room of your choice has systems in place to accommodate your payment preferences, whether they be e-wallets, cash transfers, or credit and debit cards. If they dont have adequate services set in place to adjust to meet your needs, why bother? Move on to a poker room that can and does.

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The Internet has got it all! From information to writetainment contented to affair and purchases of commodities, be it critical and elite army and food, name it, it can be found in the virtual world.

The most general license sport in the world, poker, can now be played through the Internet. therefore, we have what we call online poker.

Online poker is poker or license sport played with notebooks linked to the Internet. It is unsaid that online poker has spread, and dramatically in that sensation, improved the generality of poker worldwide.

orders background on poker

To better understand the features of online poker, it would help if you will know something about the license sports background and annals.

Poker is a category or class of license sport referred to as vying sport, where players shot to outpace or beat each other by advent out with the best likely combinations of licenses.

Historians dispute about the genuine source of poker. Linguistic scholars aver that the name poker factually descended from poque, a French word which in become came from a German word pochen, which means to crack.

But looking densely at the workings of poker, scholars say the license sport should have been resulting from the as nas sport in old Persia (now Iran). Studies insinuate that the Persian sailors in the 17th century had qualified the sport to French settlers in the US chaos of New Orleans.

From then on, a lot of modifications in the workings and way of live have been introduced. It would be careful to assert that like humanity, poker has evolved and online poker is just one form of evolution the sport has full over the decades.

Online poker vs. brick and mortar poker

Traditional of conventional venues for live poker are also, and more generally, known in the betting jargon as brick and mortar. Some players regularly play timid to play poker at the brick and mortar venues like nightclubs and poker quarters due to intimidation an geographic troubles.

some brick and mortar venues and operators are also initial to lift away because of cheap and token profit they can breed from the operations. You must sensation, how could this transpire when they rush so greatly for commissions or hunt. For your information, those rushs and fees do not commonly offset the overheads in operation or working an actual poker window.

Brick and mortar venues and nightclubs strategically outlive today from revenue breedd by slot equipment in their houses.

Online poker, in differ, are now more favorite by poker organizers because the sport entails cheaper overhead overheads. For case, adding one more online poker shelve will not take long and will not entail more window, different in brick and mortar.

Players regularly observe online poker as friendlier and more stretchy. Ecah player is prompted by a software when it is already his or her become to bewilder licenses. therefore, no one will be missed. Online poker is also more attractive for beginners because they can be permitted to play online poker even for greatly worse stakes, which can be as low as a separate cent!

Most of the online poker sites almost forever do not amass entry or registration fees. Can you write a poker window or nightclub lacking paying entry rushs? sweet economical and workable, huh?

Protection in online poker venues

Cheaters are everywhere and they will forever shot to do their affair in all the accessible venues and meapersuadeds. therefore, the online poker venues are appealing exciting and attractive sights and sites for them, too.

However, to stop fraud and agreement among online poker players, Internet sites and affaires that run these sites regularly mount defiant-agreement detection software and programs. This could not be likely in the brick and mortar nightclubs and poker quarters.

How does it work? Online poker operators or quarters do delay an online players Internet protocol (IP) address to make persuaded no two players are located at the same site or household. That would stop overlap. Players with open alternate servers are also stoped from live online poker on a separate or same poker shelve.

Online poker quarters also delay on an online players policy or play annals. This would make patterns of deeds or opinion detecshelve than in brick and mortar venues, where some players conspire by folding hands or having mystery signal languages.

therefore, it is recommendable that if you are where far from any known poker window or nightclub, log on to the Internet. A lot of sites present online poker sports, and you can desire whether you would want to play against genuine-time players located where in the ball or against notebook programs. The last would be a genuine challenge.

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Degrees in psychology are undergraduate Bachelor of Science degrees offered by most colleges and universities that engage the learner in the study of human behavior and provide basic knowledge and sharpen analytical skills of the interested student. If a person has a strong interest in what makes people tick, is unusually insightful into underlying stimuli of human actions and is adept at critical thinking, they may naturally have an aptitude for a career influenced or gained by a degree in psychology. This field of study is widely chosen by entering freshmen in colleges and universities. Many choose the degree if they have a general interest in the study of human behavior and are not exactly sure of which career they may pursue, but know that this course offers general and fundamental knowledge in human studies. A degree in this field, however, is the only undergraduate degree that a student cannot enter the professional field of psychology with the title "Psychologist" unless he or she has completed the graduate and/or postgraduate level. A terminal degree is required in professional careers and the postgraduate level is required in many of the highest qualified fields of the psychological sciences.

Pursuing a bachelors level education with this program can provide general studies that will equip graduates in varied fields such as social work, mental health organizations, management and application in volunteer service organizations, law enforcement, technical writing, reporting, media, and much more. A degree in psychology can qualify an individual for a broad array of jobs and careers because of the broad application of human studies curriculum that is required to graduate with a Bachelor of Science. Degrees in psychology require the general core courses typical of college programs with the major areas of study in learning and analyzing human behavior. Courses exploring areas such as human growth and development, marriage and family, research and testing statistics, abnormal psychology and psychological theories are studied to prepare the student for such a wide field of jobs. In order to step beyond the entrance level jobs that are available to graduates with bachelor's degrees in psychology, it is necessary to purse an M.A. and PhD. in order to qualify for professional careers in exclusively psychological fields such as practicing as a licensed psychologist.

This course of study is not difficult to find throughout the states either online or on-campus. Many aspiring students who pursue the M.S. and PhD. now have the option to pursue degrees in psychology online for an accredited certification that can be approved for a license. These graduate and postgraduate students may continue working in their present jobs while pursuing upper level grad classes. The acceptance requirements are generally the same at most institutions, including competent scores on the GRE, approved GPA, approved transcript and an interview. If someone is interested in the field of psychology at whatever level of achievement, a degree in psychology can be the beginning of a rewarding career that can provide personal satisfaction for those who especially enjoy working with people in areas of human service. "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

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A group of blind men heard that a strange animal, called an elephant, had been brought to the town, but none of them were aware of its shape and form. Out of curiosity, they said: We must inspect and know it by touch, of which we are capable. So, they sought it out, and when they found it they groped about it. In the case of the first person, whose hand landed on the trunk, said This being is like a drain pipe. For another one whose hand reached its ear, it seemed like a kind of fan. As for another person, whose hand was upon its leg, said, I perceive the shape of the elephant to be like a pillar. And in the case of the one who placed his hand upon its back said, Indeed, this elephant is like a throne. Now, each of these presented a true aspect when he related what he had gained from experiencing the elephant. None of them had strayed from the true description of the elephant. Yet they fell short of fathoming the true appearance of the elephant.
This parable is used to describe the Jain concepts of concepts of anekāntvāda and syādvāda.
Anekāntavāda is the principle of pluralism and multiplicity of viewpoints. It is the idea that truth and reality are perceived differently from different points of view and no single point of view is the complete truth. Proponents of Anekāntavāda apply this principle to religion and philosophy, reminding themselves that any religion or philosophy, even Jainism, that clings too dogmatically to its own tenets, is committing an error based on its limited point of view.
Syādvāda is doctrine of postulation of Jainism. It is used to derive an axiom using a starting assumption called saptabhanginaya from which other statements are derived. It is impossible to determine the truth of a system within its own thought structure, and such development or furtherance of various claims of truth can be observed only in relation to other systems in uniform motion. Each truth is valid within its one system, various truths are synthesized and are mutually exclusive. Amongst several truths about a particular thing, one or the other or both may in fact be valid.
I think that the concept of Anekāntavāda beautifully elucidates the limitation of human perspectives and how it is futile to attempt to comprehend, claim and represent absolute truth. It is the opposite of narrow monotheistic thought or doctrine and if practiced it can lead us to a true sense of religious tolerance and acceptance of others.
More can be found on wikipedia.

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There’s a nifty passage in Eudora Welty’s autobiographical One Writer’s Beginnings in which she talks about what she experiences when reading. I especially like it because of how it actually does something interesting to those of us who read the passage -- as though we, too, get to experience (momentarily, anyway) exactly what Welty is describing.

Here is the passage:

“Ever since I was first read to, then started reading myself, there has never been a line read that I didn’t hear. As my eyes followed the sentence, a voice was saying it silently to me. Is isn’t my mother’s voice, or the voice of any person I can identify, certainly not my own. It is human, but inward, and it is inwardly that I listen to it. It is to me the voice of the story or the poem itself. The cadence, whatever it is that asks you to believe, the feeling that resides in the printed word, reaches me through the reader-voice.”

As you read that (silently to yourself, I would guess), didn’t you become self-conscious about whether or not you “heard” that “voice” she is describing? Did you hear it?

She goes on to talk about how this capacity to hear the “voice of the story or the poem itself” or “reader-voice” or whatever you want to call it may well be tied to her being a writer. Welty lived a long, long life (90-plus years) and wrote many novels and stories, and so perhaps was one of those people who is better equipped than most of us to “hear” what a book might be saying.

This passage gets excerpted and anthologized sometimes under the title “Listening.” I see all sorts of possible ways of interpreting this passage, but they all tend to come back to the simple notion of paying attention while you read -- of really listening to what the author is trying to say in a way that allows the book to “speak” to you in some fashion.

It is certainly possible to read without “listening.” I know sometimes I do it, and thus unlike Welty there have been many, many lines I have read in my life that I didn’t “hear.” I might sometimes be able to blame the author -- if the book isn’t interesting or well-written, I may well drift away, for sure. But then there are times when I’m just distracted, and no matter how good the quality of writing or insight, that “reader-voice” is mostly silent.

That one can draw an analogy here with what goes on at the poker table should be obvious to anyone who has read thus far, I’d think. Anyone who has been listening, anyway.

Some of us listen all the time at the table. Some of us can only do so now and then. And some of us don’t ever listen. That Full Tilt Poker commercial with Jennifer Harman -- you’ve seen it, the “Speak to me, buddy” one -- kind of dramatizes what we’re talking about here, I think.

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