News from Pastafaria (thanks, Brendan!) http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14135523 . Niko's strainer, collander, sieve, whatever you call it, made pastafarian history.
For those who are not already aware of pastafaricness, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster
Speaking of hats, reminded me of the study http://berkeley.intel-research.net/arahimi/helmet/ that showed the foil hats often used for protection against remote mind control by aliens and Big Brother, often not only failed to protect the brains of the potential victims, but actually amplified the radio signals inside the foil at frequencies that are specifically reserved for government use. Is it possible that it was a plot all along, to peer into the brains of the most paranoid? Yikes ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OuhHUvl6Sc
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Soul, and Consciousness
Michael Singer
The Untethered Soul, in the library at https://library.minlib.net/record=b2526392~S1
Or you can go to his book web site http://theuntetheredsoul.com/index.html
This book has been out since 2007 ! " Who are you, really ? " The parts I liked best were Chapter 15, The Path of Unconditional Happiness, and Chapter 17, Contemplating Death. Remarkably insightful.
On a related note, on the idea of consciousness, there are two TED videos that are immediately relevant:
First is Jill Bolte Taylor's http://blog.ted.com/2008/03/12/jill_bolte_tayl/ direct experience with left and right brain when she suffered a stroke, and eventually recovered over a long time.
Second, Simon Lewis had his own direct experience with a remarkable recovery, coming back from a severe injury http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_lewis_don_t_take_consciousness_for_granted.html and the many aspects of technologies that were of help to him along the way, both relating to his consciousness and the recovery of his physical body.
The Untethered Soul, in the library at https://library.minlib.net/record=b2526392~S1
Or you can go to his book web site http://theuntetheredsoul.com/index.html
This book has been out since 2007 ! " Who are you, really ? " The parts I liked best were Chapter 15, The Path of Unconditional Happiness, and Chapter 17, Contemplating Death. Remarkably insightful.
On a related note, on the idea of consciousness, there are two TED videos that are immediately relevant:
First is Jill Bolte Taylor's http://blog.ted.com/2008/03/12/jill_bolte_tayl/ direct experience with left and right brain when she suffered a stroke, and eventually recovered over a long time.
Second, Simon Lewis had his own direct experience with a remarkable recovery, coming back from a severe injury http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_lewis_don_t_take_consciousness_for_granted.html and the many aspects of technologies that were of help to him along the way, both relating to his consciousness and the recovery of his physical body.
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