February 2012
“You need to learn how to select your thoughts just the same way you select your...”
– Elizabeth Gilbert (via elige)
MiraclesAwake: The Truth about Advaita: Eckhart... →
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Advaita is just a delusional state of an individual human brain that fantasizes it occupies a “God-like” point of view, a “universal presence or awareness.” This is untrue, and it is just another thought. Every single experience you have, even the so-called transcendent ones, are actual just states of your human brain. This is the most important, central teaching of all...
Shaman Neon Skin ☼: It's really sad that the... →
elige:
and it’s especially sad that the food and health industries are tired together so that one can cause illness and the other can finish you off. This will eventually change. It will. It really will. Order will be restored but, it’s up to us to help make things happen. Nobody can become knowledgeable for you.. you have to go out there and research and learn and absorb as much valuable...
It's time to raise minimum wage again →
In fact, there are numerous other channels through which the higher wage is absorbed:
–profits: to the extent that the increase is paid for out of profits, we shouldn’t expect job losses. And in an economy where profits have dazzled while paychecks have fizzled, that ain’t a bad thing.
–prices: some studies find that a small bit gets passed through to higher prices.
–productivity: to the...
“There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement...”
– Carl Jung (via streetphilosophers)
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Bob Frissell - Hour 1 - Transitioning Into The 4th Dimension February 5, 2012
Bob Frissell is a teacher of thirty years, whose books are regarded as underground spiritual classics. He is a qualified and authorized facilitator of Flower of Life Research. Bob teaches the MerKaBa Meditation, sacred geometry, and Breath of Life Rebirthing along with other heart opening techniques....
“A living body is not a fixed thing but a flowing event, like a flame or a...”
– Alan Watts (via theuniverseworks)
“Blinking is some way of tabulating—a kind of carriage return, click, or save to...”
– Fascinating interview with artist Josh Melnick, who used a scientific research camera to film portraits of NYC subway riders in ultra-slow-motion to an effect reminiscent of looking through a high-powered microscope, revealing a degree of temporal detail inaccessible to the naked eye. (via...
In limbo between India and Bangladesh, a refugee...
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Some of the camp’s residents remain stateless 65 years after they arrived following the formation of India and Pakistan in 1947. http://dlvr.it/19xcN0
“Whatever you are giving your attention to already has a vibration of its own,...”
– Abraham Excerpted from the workshop in Silver Spring, MD on Saturday, April 19th, 1997 (via divinebaby)
The Guardian: Occupy: Cardiff group march against... →
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#Occupy supporters in Cardiff have carried a coffin through the city centre. Symbolises death of protest…
— steven morris(@stevenmorris20) February 8, 2012
Steven Morris tweets from the trial in Cardiff of two men arrested after trying to set up an Occupy camp in Cardiff castle. Read…
Global Proxy: Saudi 'pledges secure energy supply'... →
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@France24_en // Saudi Arabia has pledged to ensure a stable supply of oil to South Korea, which is under pressure from the United States to reduce purchases from #Iran, a report said on Wednesday.
The assurances came as South Korea’s President Lee Myung-Bak held talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday…
DNA evidence suggests the whole world is a little...
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Did modern man first settle on the Arabian Peninsula before migrating to the rest of the world? Scientists believe their research proves they did. http://dlvr.it/19sN36
Farming from space - satellites take on new role...
globalproxy:
Feb. 8 - Israeli scientists have developed a small-scale method of analyzing microclimates using satellite images, to improve prospects for better farming. The researchers say the system could boost yields and ultimately increase the food supply world-wide. Jim Drury reports. http://dlvr.it/19smCM
India Ink: The Number of Foreigners From Developed...
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Professionals fleeing slow-growth developed economies are landing in India. http://dlvr.it/19smDT
Protein propaganda: It’s what’s for dinner
By Michele Simon
1 Feb 2012 7:05 AM
Early USDA guidelines highlighted the “meat group.”
This post is part of Protein Angst, a series on the environmental and nutritional complexities of high-protein foods. Our goal is to publish a range of perspectives on these very heated topics. Add your feedback and story suggestions here.
Most vegetarians are tired of being...
The great carbon bubble: Why the fossil-fuel...
By Bill McKibben
7 Feb 2012 1:29 PM
The 2012 version of NASA’s iconic “Blue Marble” image. (Photo by NASA Goddard Photo and Video.)
This essay was originally published on TomDispatch and is republished here with Tom’s kind permission.
If we could see the world with a particularly illuminating set of spectacles, one of its most prominent features at the moment...
This old house: Why fixing up old homes is greener...
By Greg Hanscom
25 Jan 2012 6:49 PM
Remodeling an old pad like these ones, in Baltimore, is more eco-friendly than building a new one. (Photo by cinderellasg.)
Looking for the ultimate earth-friendly bungalow? No need to engineer some LEED certified space pod. Buy an old house and gird yourself for an eco-friendly remodel.
A study released Tuesday finds that in almost every...
Why do we suck at building subways?
By Sarah Laskow
7 Feb 2012 12:16 PM
At Salon, Will Doig asks why American public transit projects have decades-long time lines, while in China, new transit projects open in a heartbeat. And as Matt Yglesias points out, American transit projects are also more expensive than comparable build-outs in other big, rich cities, like London.
So what’s our problem? (Besides, you know,...
“On no subject are our ideas more warped and pitiable than on death … Let...”
– John Muir (via slychedelic)
“With teachers, true expertise also includes mastery over many areas of...”
– Technology Transforms Teachers Into Master Chefs of the Classroom (via world-shaker)