mystics, cosmologists and some fringe scientists are just a few of the groups who've always believed that, at some level, everything is alive, that in fact the whole Universe is a living entity, metaphorically speaking
mainstream scientists are getting a nudge toward that view from a new report by an international group of geologists - including one from the Geological Survey of Canada - proposing evidence that rocks evolve in ways similar to plants and animals
the report presents a comprehensive analysis of a multitude of rock-life interactions and concludes that rocks are dynamic "species" which emerged and transformed over time, largely in concert with other living things
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Blessed Be
20081128
20081107
beyond this universe
a few years ago the science guys told us we can only ‘see’ 4% of what we think of as The Universe
by seeing, they meant not only with optical telescopes, but also through our interpretations of data collected by radio telescopes, electronic telescopes, satellites, at x-rays levels, at ultraviolet levels – way more than we can see with human eyes; that slice is probably about 0.002% of the known universe; the other 3.998% is scientific data; put it all together, process in a computer with sophisticated graphics programs, and you get pretty pictures
meanwhile, shaman etc. have always taught there are more realities than the physical world humans see; Buddha taught that reality is an illusion – we create our own individual, and thus unique, realities, so we can change our reality by changing our mind; Aleister Crowley defined magic as “the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will”
the recently popular concept of some kind of ‘multiverse’ is an interesting metaphor/myth that doesn’t even come close to describing the cosmic zoom
now, scientists have stirred things by suggesting our universe may exist within another context, i.e. there may be something outside The Universe
imagine that! it’s easy; shaman have been doing it for millenia
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Blessed Be
by seeing, they meant not only with optical telescopes, but also through our interpretations of data collected by radio telescopes, electronic telescopes, satellites, at x-rays levels, at ultraviolet levels – way more than we can see with human eyes; that slice is probably about 0.002% of the known universe; the other 3.998% is scientific data; put it all together, process in a computer with sophisticated graphics programs, and you get pretty pictures
meanwhile, shaman etc. have always taught there are more realities than the physical world humans see; Buddha taught that reality is an illusion – we create our own individual, and thus unique, realities, so we can change our reality by changing our mind; Aleister Crowley defined magic as “the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will”
the recently popular concept of some kind of ‘multiverse’ is an interesting metaphor/myth that doesn’t even come close to describing the cosmic zoom
now, scientists have stirred things by suggesting our universe may exist within another context, i.e. there may be something outside The Universe
imagine that! it’s easy; shaman have been doing it for millenia
more next time
Blessed Be
20081101
Let them eat cake
an AlterNet writer says John McCain is effectively campaigning for Barrack Obama
Alexander Zaitchik thinks McCain's tirades about Obama’s promises to share the economic pie more equitably are winning votes for Obama among people who like that idea [maybe McCain ought to get out in the real world more]
before Canadians start laughing, we need to remember whom we just re-elected to tell us who gets how much of our pie
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Blessed Be
Alexander Zaitchik thinks McCain's tirades about Obama’s promises to share the economic pie more equitably are winning votes for Obama among people who like that idea [maybe McCain ought to get out in the real world more]
before Canadians start laughing, we need to remember whom we just re-elected to tell us who gets how much of our pie
more next time
Blessed Be
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