some excerpts from Paul Hawken’s percipient work on the “Largest Social Movement in History!” – Blessed Unrest Inspiration is not garnered from the recitation of what is flawed; it resides, rather, in humanity’s willingness to restore, redress, reform, rebuild, recover, reimagine, and reconsider. “Consider” (con sidere) means “with the stars”; reconsider means to rejoin the Read More
OK, so we know that Obama is perhaps a media darling, and may be somewhat of a whore to the whole military-industrial /corporate purse string complex like all the others (excluding Ron Paul and a few other unusual, unlikely suspects)- but we think at least he actually cares enough to attempt to initiate change for Read More
“… in the first decade of the new millennium, humanity has entered into a condition that is in some sense more globally united and interconnected, more sensitised to the experiences of suffering of others, in certain respects more spiritually awakened, more conscious of alternative future possibilities and ideals, more capable of collective healing and compassion Read More
BBC’s Horizon documentary on the evolutionary use of psychedelic drugs in medicine can now be viewed courtesy of google video here, bless them. … talks to the new generation of researchers looking at compounds such as ayahuasca, ibogaine, ketamine and lsd. Interesting.
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“Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as though nothing happened” ~ Winston Churchill Paranoid of conspiracy theories? Can’t see the wood for the trees? Try this perspective out for size, never underestimating the power of denial and the investment in ones belief system… The Read More
vmix.fr totally rocks my trousers. Soulful, funky, deep house streaming loud, has me gettin’ down in the garden! (planting a marriage of bamboo, lavender, ceratostigma, arbutus and acanthus – ‘nother subject)
Freedom next time. If you listen to the news, then it would behoove you to recognise your media’s position. This is an enlightening talk from erudite investigative journalist, John Pilger, given recently in Chicago and broadcast today on NPR – Demacracy Now, by Amy Goodman. Here’s my edit, but the full monty is here [audio:http://www.niksnexus.net/media/freedom_later-media_talk.mp3]
First of all: iPhone will work on any GSM carrier; that’s the whole purpose of standards like GSM, and iPhone is a GSM phone.
Directed by Darren Aronofsky. 2006. This is a film of extra-ordinary beauty and richness (my humble opinion). Deepening layers of visual poetry and symbolism reveal themselves on each successive viewing. It plays on the inter- connectedness of the past, the present and the future. It’s about mortality and the eternal love life of the soul. Read More
Rest in peace you fucker [look, though ignoble, this is just a public rant to get it out of my system, unto the ether, OK] his brutal strength crushed my spirit his iron fist rules made me passive aggressive his stupid love made me hate – at least him his idiot dogma though, freed my Read More
letter to the editor: The Economist: [No, really, it’s interesting] The issue of unfulfilled promises by the United Nations, in-spite of best humanitarian intentions, misses a critical point. In the big picture, they are competing with far more powerful entities that control resources (we) might have distributed more equitably. Coca Cola, for example, are uniquely Read More
On the European Union Treaty Tellingly, EU leaders coldly swatted aside a Polish request for laws on “public morality” to be exempted from the charter of fundamental rights. Given the Poles’ record of populist social conservatism, it was feared that an exemption would lead to “gays being tarred and feathered” on the streets of Warsaw, Read More
How can the boy president commute a sentence when he can’t even construct one? ~ Joseph W. Schultz thanks to Chris Case at the floatingworld for the quote of the month.
A new infra red digital survey of the entire sky from the Universities of Virginia and Massachusetts shows our Solar System to be at the exact nexus crossroads where two galaxies are actually joining. The Milky Way is the blue spiral, the dwarf galaxy is the red stream and our sun’s position is marked by Read More
[audio:http://www.niksnexus.net/media/Pollan128K.mp3] www.bioneers.org
Well from my research so far, I figured the answer, like all quests for the perfect solution, doesn’t exist. But you might at least find the quest entertaining: “Content Management Systems I Would Or Wouldn’t Fuck”
A helpfull quote from Robert Anton Wilson. I’m jus messing with themes and layouts for these blog pages. Should you feel disoriention or sea~sickness, just put your head between your knees, breath steadily and count to 3.14159, or just go back to my home page where you can explore calmer waters and be relatively safe Read More
who passed away recently: Bill Gates [who?] says, ‘Wait till you can see what your computer can become.’ But it’s you who should be doing the becoming, not the damn fool computer. What you can become is the miracle you were born to be through the work that you do.
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more ripe real world satire… . [googlevideo]-6657946182549269723[/googlevideo]
What is it, then, that does begin at the moment we are born? Fear! Fear & the child are born together. Fear is our faithful companion, our twin brother, our shadow. ~ Frederick Leboyer When we are born, we cry that we are come To this great stage of fools. ~ King Lear. yet here, Read More
has no name, has no center, is unprecedented in human history, represents the common spirit of humanity – it is the mounting wave of all organisations working globally towards social justice, human rights and ecological restoration. Listen to Paul Hawken here at the 2006 Bioneers Conference to appreciate this phenomenon better Please click below for Read More
Here’s another groovy test: A personality quiz about your religious and spiritual beliefs [Warning: Belief-O-Maticâ„¢ assumes no legal liability for the ultimate fate of your soul.] www.beliefnet.com Yes, apparently yours truly is Neo Pagan (and 11% Jehovas Witness, but you already knew that.) 1. Neo-Pagan (100%) 2. Mahayana Buddhism (99%) 3. Unitarian Universalism (97%) 4. Read More
The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, confused, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter; and in these, the spirit blooms timidly, and struggles to the light amid the thorns. George Santayana US (Spanish-born) philosopher (1863 – 1952)
from the Technology Entertainment Design talks. Visit www.ted.com for more divers high flying inspiritors. . [googlevideo]-5625548517080716077[/googlevideo]
An intriguing test recommended to all curious fools and wanderers. INTP – “Architect”. Greatest precision in thought and language. Can readily discern contradictions and inconsistencies. The world exists primarily to be understood. 3.3% of total population. Not that I agree entirely, nor with elaborated description being generic, but the process is instructive if self indulgent. Read More
Yes, this is our chance to over-come (pun intended) the dark forces by harnessing potent creative sexual energy using focussed intention… (comin’ right atcha mr president) Global Orgasm [mission] to effect change in the energy field of the Earth through input of the largest possible surge of human energy. globalorgasm.org
Krishnamurti – Complete Works (Ebook) A declaration of independance: https://intothedialectic.com/?page_id=48