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I'm browsing through old journals, which is one of my favorite activities!
NarwhalUniquorn ...and the water came down and sort of floated them away ...which is why you never see a Unicorn to this very day.
Messenger of Time.Relish this moment here and now.the star of youth revolves in its orbit.Dance with delight in this circle of blissEternal in this moment Here and now.
Words in motionHearts devotionSay, is it true Love Or just a notion?Or is it like the Ocean?A Universal potion?
"When growth is diverted from the direct path. it almost necessarily leads to the production of that most beautiful of curves, the Spiral."
Alfred R. Wallace
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Added by Michael Grove at 16:49 on September 18, 2019
equence of the experience of events such as those that have now
happened in the financial markets that underpin the economy of
our global village as well as the recent advent of a Global Pandemic
and an increased awareness of the consequences of our collective
lack of action with regard to and respect for the consequences of
climate change for the last 30 years and more • NEVER FORGETTING
that ALL the WORLD's PROBLEMS can be solved in A GARDEN.THIS CONTINUING PROCESS will be destabilising, unnerving &, in most instances, perceived as calamitous but it is encumbant on ALL of those amongst the people,who have attained the 'big-picture wisdom' to assume the responsibility of collectively leading the way forward.
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ng the resulting hypotheses. Habits of observation and experiment probably developed from magical and divinatory practices of early Taoism. The only Taoist word ever used for a temple means "watch-tower" - a platform from which to observe the natural world and launch naturalistic explanations of its phenomena.
Taoism has, in Confucian eyes, a reputation for magical mumbo-jumbo, but Taoists can transcend magic by means of their doctrine of NATURE - to the one who would control her - is like any other
beast to be tamed or foe to be dominated - she must be known first. Tao has a mystical image in the West, but is rooted in commonplace observations - water, for instance, reflects the world, permeates every substance, yields, embraces, changes shape at a touch, and yet erodes the hardest rock. Thus it becomes the symbol of an all-shaping , all-encompassing, all-pervading Tao. In the Taoist yin-yang image of a circle halved by a serpentine line, the cosmos is depicted as two waves mingling. Part of the result is that Taoism encourages the rudiments of scientific practice: observation, description, classification, and experiment. The k’ao-cheng tradition, the scientific imperative that arose from some fundamental ethical and religious assumptions, is implicit in some early Taoist writings. Grand theory is discouraged as an intrusion of reason into the workings of wisdom, which can be attained ONLY through the accumulation of knowledge. Chinese science has always been weak on theory, strong on technology. It is probably no coincidence that the modern tradition of experimental science in the West began in the 13th century at a time of greatly multiplied contacts across Eurasia, when numerous Chinese IDEAS and INVENTIONS were reaching Europe across the steppeland and silk routes, via the Muslim world.
Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
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cognized the dangerous trajectory humankind was hurling toward. In short, we have developed systems incoherent with life-systems. We have energy, finance, production, and many other systems foundational to our civilization that do not result in the regeneration of life. We have mutated dis-harmonically from the precious aspect of Spaceship Earth's Life Support Systems. Ironically, we haven't found another inter-galactic habitat that offers the same kind of support as our own. However, an awareness of this dilemma has spread globally among the commons in a variety of manners from nuclear power-plant disasters, toxic plastic in our water, lack of dignity for all forms of life, and a myriad of other situations. My realization to this dynamic occurred a couple of decades ago when I realized and witnessed the influence the communications network had on human behavior; and that it wasn't oriented toward the benefit of life, but the short-sightedness of manipulation and control. Since then, I have been on a quest for what Buckminster Fuller described as a fulcrum point. A dynamic point that if you apply some energy toward it, it would catalyze a significant shift in the direction of a system - similar to the rudder of a ship. This took me on a journey across many disciplines spanning anthropology to virtual reality in search of that fulcrum. The journey was extremely humbling because of the wisdom we have available to us from our history and present day. It also frequently caused despair because of the magnitude of corruption that permeates so many of our systems. It made me question whether we were worth the effort of trying to help. But continuously I would encounter amazing people and fellow earthlings to inspire and fuel my pursuit. Paul Quaiser - Human Sustainability Institute
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t-ups and venture-capital firms—marking the largest American bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis. Two days later, the cryptocurrency-focused, New York–based Signature Bank was also seized by regulators. What happens next for the U.S. economy remains to be seen. But what is becoming apparent is that the promise of Silicon Valley is beginning to lose its luster.
It wasn’t so long ago that a job in Big Tech was among the most secure, lucrative, perk-filled options for ambitious young strivers. The past year has revealed instability, as tech giants have shed more than 100,000 jobs. But the bank collapse is applying pressure across all corners of the industry, suggesting that tech is far from being an indomitable force; very little about it feels as certain as it did even a few years ago. Silicon Valley may still see itself as the ultimate expression of American business, a factory of world-changing innovation, but in 2023, it just looks like a house of cards." Kelli María Korducki
Evidence enough I would most humbly suggest, that the crypto-blockchain gang are near on dead in the water & thank GOD that those who were responsible for the establishment of the original World Wide Web are in[DEED] in[RUPT]ing SOLID for a future WEB 3.0.
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