Thursday, March 31, 2011
ONE MIND
"The earth and myself are of one mind"
- Chief Joseph - Hinmaton-yalatkit -
- Chief Joseph - Hinmaton-yalatkit -
An interesting mythological story about whales and dolphins concerns a tribe in west Africa called the Dogon of Mali. The Dogon, whose culture is alive and well today, at one time lived on the southern coast of the Mediterranean. They have many religious and creation beliefs which very much involve the whales and dolphins. They have perpetuated these beliefs in their religious ceremonies and in the form of sand drawings.
In their basket weavings they had 50.8 divisions, the reason for which is that they had quite specific knowledge of the Sirius star system which is a binary star system. They understood how Sirius B, the white dwarf, moved around the main bright star Sirius A. They used sand drawings to illustrate the orbital paths of the stars. The white dwarf Sirius B takes 50.8 years to complete an orbit of Sirius A. The Dogon knew this.
In the 1950's a British astronomer named Robert Temple was traveling on a plane across the Atlantic. Sitting beside him was Arthur C. Clark. Robert Temple began to tell Arthur C. Clark about the new knowledge of the Sirius star system provided by the advancing technology of radio astronomy.
Sirius B, the white dwarf, is not visible using a telescope whereas radio astronomy allows one to hear Sirius B. Arthur C. Clark simply said to Temple, "You would be interested in the Dogon." Richard Temple began research on the Dogon and discovered how much knowledge the Dogon had of the Sirius Star System. He then went on to spend seven years of his life with the Dogon and wrote a book called 'The Sirius Mystery'.
When Temple went to meet the Dogon he asked, "How did you get this knowledge?" The Dogon's answer was very simple.
They said
"These creatures came from the star Sirius landed in the ocean and were in the form of amphibians, whales and dolphins.
They gave us the knowledge about the Sirius star system."
Then Temple asked, "What else did they tell you?" The Dogon replied, "They told us the story of life on Earth." And their story of life on Earth was as follows: There are three energies on the Planet Earth, Nomo, O Nomo and Ogo the unfinished species. Nomo the small whales or dolphins would be the messengers, announcing the time of the sacrifice.
O Nomo, the great whales, the masters of the water, would be sacrificed for the purification and the re-organisation of the planet, allowing completion. That was their story.
Only Sirius A is visible to the human eye. It is in fact the brightest star in the sky. Sirius B is known to us only through listening carefully with a radio telescope. We listen for stars!
In their basket weavings they had 50.8 divisions, the reason for which is that they had quite specific knowledge of the Sirius star system which is a binary star system. They understood how Sirius B, the white dwarf, moved around the main bright star Sirius A. They used sand drawings to illustrate the orbital paths of the stars. The white dwarf Sirius B takes 50.8 years to complete an orbit of Sirius A. The Dogon knew this.
In the 1950's a British astronomer named Robert Temple was traveling on a plane across the Atlantic. Sitting beside him was Arthur C. Clark. Robert Temple began to tell Arthur C. Clark about the new knowledge of the Sirius star system provided by the advancing technology of radio astronomy.
Sirius B, the white dwarf, is not visible using a telescope whereas radio astronomy allows one to hear Sirius B. Arthur C. Clark simply said to Temple, "You would be interested in the Dogon." Richard Temple began research on the Dogon and discovered how much knowledge the Dogon had of the Sirius Star System. He then went on to spend seven years of his life with the Dogon and wrote a book called 'The Sirius Mystery'.
When Temple went to meet the Dogon he asked, "How did you get this knowledge?" The Dogon's answer was very simple.
They said
"These creatures came from the star Sirius landed in the ocean and were in the form of amphibians, whales and dolphins.
They gave us the knowledge about the Sirius star system."
Then Temple asked, "What else did they tell you?" The Dogon replied, "They told us the story of life on Earth." And their story of life on Earth was as follows: There are three energies on the Planet Earth, Nomo, O Nomo and Ogo the unfinished species. Nomo the small whales or dolphins would be the messengers, announcing the time of the sacrifice.
O Nomo, the great whales, the masters of the water, would be sacrificed for the purification and the re-organisation of the planet, allowing completion. That was their story.
Only Sirius A is visible to the human eye. It is in fact the brightest star in the sky. Sirius B is known to us only through listening carefully with a radio telescope. We listen for stars!
-The Oceania Project-
Established in 1988, The Oceania Project is an independent, non-profit research organization dedicated to the conservation and protection of whales, dolphins and the oceans.
ONE HEART
Healing Water Ceremony
with
Dr. Masaru Emoto
水の伝道師・江本勝が送るメッセージ
2011年3月31日に祈りの言葉をささげるイベント
「福島原発の中の水たちよ 辛い思いをさせてごめんなさい。
われわれを許して下さい。そしてありがとう。愛してます。」
2011年3月31日に祈りの言葉をささげるイベント
「福島原発の中の水たちよ 辛い思いをさせてごめんなさい。
われわれを許して下さい。そしてありがとう。愛してます。」
Day and Time
March 31st, 2011
March 31st, 2011
TODAY
at
noon
in each time zone
Please say the following phrase
Please say the following phrase
“The water of Fukushima Nuclear Plant,
we are sorry to make you suffer.
Please forgive us.
We thank you, and we love you.”
Please say it aloud or in your mind.
Please say it aloud or in your mind.
Repeat it three times as you put your hands together in a prayer position. Please offer your sincere prayer.
ONE BEING
ੴ ਸਤਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥
Ikoaʼnkār saṯ nām karṯā purakẖ nirbẖao nirvair akāl mūraṯ ajūnī saibẖaʼn gur parsāḏ.
One Universal Creator God. The Name Is Truth. Creative Being Personified. No Fear. No Hatred. Image Of The Undying, Beyond Birth, Self-Existent. By Guru's Grace
SIKH
Origin-Belief System
Origin-Belief System
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
ONE MORE FOR KIDS & THOSE WHO LOVE THEM
"Leo Lionni first saw the light of day on May 5, 1910, in a suburb of Amsterdam. Some eighty-seven years later, in his autobiography, he mused about his birth-
"It had been a hectic, scary day, but, in retrospect, a good one. . . . Two fives—my hands. Ten, my fingers. I would be making things."
And make things he did: paintings, sculptures, collages, drawings, mosaics, designs, posters, advertisements—and forty childrens books. He became widely recognized as one of the most distinguished and innovative designers and artists of the twentieth century.
His life, most especially his early, formative years,
bears testimony to how his everyday experiences, his family, and his surroundings
influenced him as an artist and creative thinker."
His life, most especially his early, formative years,
bears testimony to how his everyday experiences, his family, and his surroundings
influenced him as an artist and creative thinker."
From
Why Leo Writes
Find out why Leo loved to write about animals in his own words
animated versions of two of his stories
Swimmy
Frederick
THIS ONE'S FOR CHILDREN and ALL DEAR HEARTS
.
Introducing the tender, imaginative genius of
ShaunTanhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Who are picture books and stories for?
The artist answers in his own words:
http://www.shauntan.net/Shaun Tans homepage
where you can see all his books, projects movies and much more:
http://www.shauntan.net/Meet Elsie Kay
The Red Tree Amazing book by award winning author/artist Shaun Tan. I made the music and did the edit. It's been an inspiring project to work on, I hope you enjoyed it.
You can see more of my work at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/The Animalarium
Here is the fabulous site that lifts my spirit
each time it appears, and, because of which this post exists :
http://theanimalarium.Creating Lifelong Love of Reading
Pen American Panel With Mary Ann Hoberman, Francine Prose, Meir Shalev,
and Vera B. Williams; moderated by Benjamin D. Schrank
How do authors create and hold on to young readers in the electronic world? Three distinguished panelists—Vera B. Williams, an award-winning author and illustrator; Mary Ann Hoberman, the U.S. Childrens Poet Laureate; and Francine Prose, the award-winning author of picture books, childrens, young adult, and adult novels—offer their expertise.
How do authors create and hold on to young readers in the electronic world? Three distinguished panelists—Vera B. Williams, an award-winning author and illustrator; Mary Ann Hoberman, the U.S. Childrens Poet Laureate; and Francine Prose, the award-winning author of picture books, childrens, young adult, and adult novels—offer their expertise.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
TODAY BEGINS AND ENDS WITH DEATH
Wystan Hugh Auden
February 1907–September 1973
The central themes of his poetry are love, politics and citizenship,
religion and morals, and the relationship between unique human beings and the anonymous, impersonal world of nature.
(Title?)
by W.H. Auden
Defenseless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
.
There is a Girl Inside
by Lucille Clifton
There is a girl inside.
She is randy as a wolf.
She will not walk away and leave these bones
to an old woman.
She is a green tree in a forest of kindling.
She is a green girl in a used poet.
She has waited patient as a nun
for the second coming,
when she can break through gray hairs
into blossom
and her lovers will harvest
honey and thyme
and the woods will be wild
with the damn wonder of it.
June 1936 – February 2010
She is randy as a wolf.
She will not walk away and leave these bones
to an old woman.
She is a green tree in a forest of kindling.
She is a green girl in a used poet.
She has waited patient as a nun
for the second coming,
when she can break through gray hairs
into blossom
and her lovers will harvest
honey and thyme
and the woods will be wild
with the damn wonder of it.
Reincarnation
by Ms
January 1943-
January 1943-
Days evaporate like rain water.
Most sink, some rise up into the aether.
Clouds drift, changing shape with each random wind.
You trod on shifting ground from here to there.
What's tangible and material today,
becomes a pulsing wave tomorrow.
Everything that ever was, still is.
Nothing that ever existed is lost.
Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
SNOW FELL ON CHERRY BLOSSOMS THIS YEAR
1912
AMERICA & JAPAN
THE GIFT OF CHERRY TREES
Our annual Cherry Blossom Festival is a spring celebration commemorating the March 27, 1912 gift of Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo, to the city of Washington. The donation was intended to enhance the growing friendship between the United States and Japan.
More at:
THE 'GREAT WAR'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
For those wishing to understand the complexity of this war, how it's events, and unsettled arguments bled into World War II, as though there were no distinct boundary line, and what it felt like to be living at ground level through this much neglected period of time,
look to original cultural history sources.
Read George Simmers
http://greatwarfiction.
For those wishing to understand the complexity of this war, how it's events, and unsettled arguments bled into World War II, as though there were no distinct boundary line, and what it felt like to be living at ground level through this much neglected period of time,
look to original cultural history sources.
Read George Simmers
http://greatwarfiction.
1918-1932
TIME LINE WORLD EVENTS
1932
JAPAN
TRADITIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
1935
was held in Washington, D.C., under joint sponsorship of numerous civic groups, becoming an annual event.
The cherry trees had, by this point, became an established part of the nation's capitol.
1938
PROTESTPlans to cut down the trees to clear ground for the Jefferson Memorial prompted a group of women to chain themselves together at the site in protest.
A compromise was reached where more trees would be planted along the south side of the Basin to frame the Memorial.
A Cherry Blossom Pageant was begun here.
On December 11th, four trees were cut down. It is suspected that this was retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan four days earlier, though this was never confirmed. In hopes of dissuading people from further attacks upon the trees, they were referred to as
"Oriental" flowering cherry trees for the war's duration.
During the final stages of World War Two, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan,
on August 6, and August 9, 1945.
These two events are the only active deployments of nuclear weapons in war to date. More details at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
1940
ANNUAL PAGEANTA Cherry Blossom Pageant was begun here.
1941
PEARL HARBOR BOMBEDOn December 11th, four trees were cut down. It is suspected that this was retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Empire of Japan four days earlier, though this was never confirmed. In hopes of dissuading people from further attacks upon the trees, they were referred to as
"Oriental" flowering cherry trees for the war's duration.
1945
HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKIDuring the final stages of World War Two, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan,
on August 6, and August 9, 1945.
These two events are the only active deployments of nuclear weapons in war to date. More details at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
1947
FESTIVAL RESUMESSuspended during the World War, the festival resumed with the support of the Washington, D.C., Board of Trade and the D.C. Commissioners.
2010
FESTIVAL
2O11
EARTHQUAKE
TSUNAMI
WASHINGTON STANDS
This year it is tinged with grief for the thousands of lives lost, and devastating destruction due to the triple tragedy of earthquake which struck Japan at 4:46 on March 11th, the tsunami that followed it, and the ongoing threat of radiation contamination.
REAL NEWS
View
Earth Beat looks at the United States today, which is host
Earth Beat looks at the United States today, which is host
to the largest concentration of radioactivity on the planet.
THE GIFT TO BE SIMPLE - THE GIFT TO BE FREE
.
American Traditional Shaker Melody
The text is an adaptation of Psalm #145
The text is an adaptation of Psalm #145
This Shaker Melody is often attributed to "Anonymous"
but was probably written by Elder Joseph Brackett Jr. (1797-1882) in 1848.
It has had several names
Simple Gifts - Tis The Gift to be Simple - Lord of the Dance - Shaker Dance Song
Appalachian Spring
Ballet score composed by Aaron Copeland
premiered in 1944
Ballet score composed by Aaron Copeland
premiered in 1944
Scored for a thirteen-member chamber orchestra, it was created upon commission of choreographer and dancer Martha Graham, with funds from the Coolidge Foundation, headed by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. It premiered on October 30 1944, at the Library of Congress in Washington DC, with Martha Graham dancing the lead role. The set was designed by the Japanese American sculptor, Isamu Noguchi. Copland was awarded the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his achievement. Within the composition are five variations on this Shaker theme, sung by a solo clarinet. It was taken from a collection of Shaker melodies compiled by Edward D. Andrews, and published as The Gift to Be Simple. The melody of Simple Gifts was used almost literally.
More detail at:
Saturday, March 26, 2011
ICE BUDDHA MELTING at THE RUBIN MUSEUM NYC
Buddha
Atta Kim
Imprint
Hand to Heart
#1
#2
#3
#4
Here, all is neither light, nor shade
where no solid thing is seen
What once became, is thus unmade
evaporating back to dream
*
(refer back to post of March 24th for details of the exhibition)
(refer back to post of March 24th for details of the exhibition)
&
NINA PALEY ONE MORE TIME :-} LO-LOL TO HER!
58 Minutes
Why Copying Is Not Theft
Explicating the Economic Model
The first eight minutes is just the windup time needed for her to really get down to saying what needs to be said. She is a supremely generous artist,
deserving of all the attention and reward that comes from reciprocity.
She has consciously liberated herself, and others from suffering,
and, in my book, counts among the best enlightened beings of the planet.
also read
also read
Support the Artist
If you decide to purchase this film,
purchase Only the Artist Endorsed Copy
see
Mimi and Eunice
http://mimiandeunice.com/
Question Copyright.org - A clearinghouse for new ideas about copyright.
http://questioncopyright.org/
Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom - Pro-Commerce & Anti-Monopoly
http://c4sif.org/
Sita Sings the Blues
for free
You may still watch, share and copy the film
It is her gift to all
http://www.sitasingstheblues.Mimi and Eunice
http://mimiandeunice.com/
Question Copyright.org - A clearinghouse for new ideas about copyright.
http://questioncopyright.org/
Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom - Pro-Commerce & Anti-Monopoly
http://c4sif.org/
Video from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu0Rjhu8gq4
March 25, 2011
Agora I/O - The Agorist Unconference
http://agora.io/etienne/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu0Rjhu8gq4
March 25, 2011
Agora I/O - The Agorist Unconference
http://agora.io/etienne/
All THE SCAREY TALES DESERVE HAPPY ENDINGS
.....'specially if three ravens & a wicked witch,
who could "charm the skin off a snake" are involved
VIEW
The Three Ravens
(24 minutes)
Based on the early German folk tale, The Six Swans. After the queen dies, an evil witch ensnares the king, and turn his three sons into ravens to rid herself of her rivals. The princess escapes and must stay silent for three years, three months, three weeks and three days in order to break the spell.......And, then..........................well, see for yourself
I warrant that was much more entertaining and comforting than this story
wherein
Superstition is Alive
Not Well
Not Well
and
Holding Forth at Harvard University
(15 minutes)
READ
the article below from Freedom-To-Action for perspective on this event
http://www.talk2action.org/
**
Satyagraha Is Not Passive
The Indian activist Mahatma Gandhi lead many peaceful rebellions against oppressive governments, first in South Africa and later in British-controlled India. At first he called his strategy "passive resistance," but later disavowed that term because it had negative implications. He ultimately chose the Sanskrit word satyagraha, meaning "love force" or "truth force." "Truth (satya) implies love," he said, "and firmness (agraha) is a synonym for force. Satyagraha is thus the force which is born of truth and love."
READ
the article below from Freedom-To-Action for perspective on this event
http://www.talk2action.org/
**
Kindly Consider These Thoughts
Superstition is a product of ignorance
Ignorance is a curable condition
Hatred is a disease of the fear-bound mind
Fear is not love
***Satyagraha Is Not Passive
The Indian activist Mahatma Gandhi lead many peaceful rebellions against oppressive governments, first in South Africa and later in British-controlled India. At first he called his strategy "passive resistance," but later disavowed that term because it had negative implications. He ultimately chose the Sanskrit word satyagraha, meaning "love force" or "truth force." "Truth (satya) implies love," he said, "and firmness (agraha) is a synonym for force. Satyagraha is thus the force which is born of truth and love."
May All Beings Be Well
May all beings be safe and free from suffering
May all beings be Happy
Friday, March 25, 2011
BEAUTY? - YES - MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
REST IN PEACE
The funeral of Elizabeth Taylor took place just outside Los Angeles.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/
FIRE - ONE HUNDREDth ANNIVERSARY TODAY!
MARCH 25TH 1911
New York City
Reenactment by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union
A fire at the Triangle Waist Company factory in New York City killed 146 workers. The large number of deaths exposed the dangerous conditions in high-rise factories and prompted the creation of new building, fire, and safety codes around the United States.
READ MORE
&
Thursday, March 24, 2011
GOLDEN RULE-HOW ABOUT THE PLATINUM RULE?
I might be thinking about our three wars.
I might be thinking about nothing at all
I MIGHT BE DIVERTING TO LOW HUMOR
OR
PERHAPS THERE IS SOMETHING HEREIN
WORTH THINKING ABOUT.
THE GOLDEN RULE
presumes that others enjoy what you enjoy. But that's wrong.
There are many things you'd like to have done unto you that others would either despise or be bored by. Here's a new, improved formulation, which we call the Platinum Rule:
Do unto others as they would like to have you do unto them.
-Rob Bresney-
**
SOME HOT TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION
(from http://www.religioustolerance.org/reciproc.htm)***
VISIT THE ICE BUDDHA 'MELTDOWN' FRIDAY
FREE FRIDAYS
Beginning at 6 PM
MARCH 25, 2011
THE RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART
150 West 17th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 620-5000
-Grain of Emptiness-
As a culminating event to the current exhibition,
the sculpture by Atta Kim (one of five artists in this show) will be melted down,while visitors will be encouraged to take some of the water.
The process may take all night and part of the next day,
therefore the museum will remain open through the night
for viewers to come and go as they wish.
View the whole exhibition of contemporary interpretations of the Buddhist principle of emptiness when you visit.
Read More:
http://www.rmanyc.org/nav/
MARCH 25, 2011
THE RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART
150 West 17th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 620-5000
-Grain of Emptiness-
As a culminating event to the current exhibition,
the sculpture by Atta Kim (one of five artists in this show) will be melted down,while visitors will be encouraged to take some of the water.
The process may take all night and part of the next day,
therefore the museum will remain open through the night
for viewers to come and go as they wish.
View the whole exhibition of contemporary interpretations of the Buddhist principle of emptiness when you visit.
Read More:
http://www.rmanyc.org/nav/
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
THE LIGHTNING & THE LIGHTNING BUG
(Tonight, with sheet lightning shooting across the sky over Manhattan, this post seems too appropriate,
though it was not meant to accompany a storm)
*
"The difference between the right word and the almost right word,"
said Mark Twain,
"is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug."
though it was not meant to accompany a storm)
*
"The difference between the right word and the almost right word,"
said Mark Twain,
"is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug."
*
'The Situation and the Story'
by Vivian Gornick
(http://www.amazon.com/
*(http://www.amazon.com/
Illuminates, brilliantly, the choices of some of the best (sometimes unexpected) writers of personal memoir, in such a way, using precisely the right word, so as to acquaint us with both individual technique, and each individual writer. Her own 'voice' has always interested me, from the days of following her weekly in the Village Voice.to 'Essays On Feminism'.Now, decades later, I'm playing catch up with what I missed. Her dissection, and critical explication of the romance novel in 'The End of The Novel of Love' was enlightening. I'm looking forward to 'Fierce Attachments'.......
Reading List
- The Men in My Life (2008, MIT Press)National Book Critics Circle Award finalist for criticism.
- The Solitude of Self: Thinking About Elizabeth Cady Stanton (2005, FSG)
- The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative (2001, FSG)
- The End of the Novel of Love (1997, Beacon Press)
- Approaching Eye Level (1996)
- Fierce Attachments: A Memoir (1987, FSG)
- Women in Science: 100 Journeys into the Territory (1983)
- Essays in Feminism (1978)
- The Romance of American Communism (1977)
- The Ancient Dream (Sep/Oct 2010, Boston Review)
WHAT ISN'T A CIRCLE STILL CIRCLES SOMETHING
If Life
If life is, despite impermanence,
sometimes so sweet as this-
Spring sprung to commence
like an afternoon kiss.
Sometimes so sweet as this-
This stranger appears in my heart
like an afternoon kiss,
setting a moment apart.
This stranger appears in my heart,
a beginning burning open,
setting a moment apart,
and not one word spoken.
A beginning burning open,
Spring sprung to commence,
and not one word spoken-
exquisite impermanence.
&
For the other side of living
READ THE WHOLE REVIEW
"Dana Levin’s third book, Sky Burial, takes us on a virtual tour of responses to death, from human sacrifice to scientific interest in decaying corpses, from mythology about the River Styx to Buddhist temple offerings for lost babies."
http://therumpus.net/2011/03/
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