Well, this is something that we all need to look at: The Story of Stuff. This is something that I am getting better at, but still vastly guilty of, and these are always good things to look at to remind us exactly what level of responsibility are we willing to take for our lives. It seems these days, not much. Which is sad; we have become so complacent and so willing to give away our power. Look at your life, take a deep breath, face the music and then find a new way of relating to yourself, your choices and what you actually want out of life.
Here are some other helpful things to look at today.
1. Watch The Story of Stuff
2. Check out your Ecological Footprint
3. Look At all your options
4. Empower Yourself
5. Know that you're never alone
6. Come back and tell us about what you have discovered about yourself; we're all in this together. So let's inspire each other, give back, sound the trumpets, and take the plunge... Even if it's scary, even if it's uncomfortable, there is so much we are choosing to be blind to, what else are we sacrificing in the meantime? Love, happiness, a sense of purpose?
7. Have Faith
“When you have come to the edge Of all light that you know And are about to drop off into the darkness Of the unknown, Faith is knowing One of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or You will be taught to fly” -- patrick overton
“To rid ourselves of our shadows - who we are - we must step into either total light or total darkness” -- Jeremy Preston
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
The Expanding Universe
This is amazing -- Everyone should watch this. Everyone. Here: Neal Adam's Amazing Expanding Earth is the link to the actual website, but below are some examples to spark your interest.
Debunking Pangea:
Shrinking/Expanding Earth:
Debunking Pangea:
Shrinking/Expanding Earth:
The Evolving Universe
What does this look like to you??
It looks like brain synapses right? Well, behold: this is the "dark matter" of the universe -- ever heard the phrase, "as above, so below" ? or Microcosm, which seems to be a catch phrase now. It is important to consider that As humanity spirals into an expanded future in consciousness as has been predicted - whether you believe in the Apocalypse (the unveiling), 2012, GC states of consciousness, the end of the world, 1000 years of peace, whatever: it seems the universe is evolving too.
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Astronomers from the University of Nottingham, UK, and the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain), have found the first observational evidence that galaxies are not randomly oriented. Instead, they are aligned following a characteristic pattern dictated by the large-scale structure of the invisible dark matter that surrounds them.This discovery confirms one of the fundamental aspects of galaxy formation theory and implies a direct link between the global properties of the Universe and the individual properties of galaxies.
Galaxy formation theories predicted such an effect, but its empirical verification has remained elusive until now. The results of this work were published the 1 April issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Nowadays, matter is not distributed uniformly throughout space but is instead arranged in an intricate "cosmic web" of filaments and walls surrounding bubble-like voids. Regions with high galaxy concentrations are known as galaxy clusters whereas low density regions are termed voids.
This inhomogeneous distribution of matter is called the "Large-scale distribution of the Universe." When the Universe is considered as whole, this distribution has a similar appearance to a spider's web or the neural network of the brain. But it was not always like this.
After the Big Bang, when the Universe was much younger, matter was distributed homogeneously. As the Universe was evolving, gravitational pulls began to compress the matter in certain regions of space, forming the large-scale structure that we currently observe.
According to these models and theories a direct consequence of this process is that galaxies should be preferentially oriented perpendicularly to the direction of the linear filaments.
Several observational studies have looked for a preferential spatial orientation (or alignment) of galaxy rotation axes with respect to their surrounding large-scale structures. However, none of them have been successful, due to the difficulties associated with trying to characterise the filaments.
The research conducted by the astrophysical group formed by Ignacio Trujillo (University of Nottingham, UK), Conrado Carretero and Santiago G. Patiri, (both from the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain) has been able to measure this effect, confirming theoretical predictions.
To achieve this goal, they used a new technique based on the analysis of the huge voids that are found in the large-scale structure of the Universe. These voids have been detected by searching for large regions of space depleted of bright galaxies.
In addition, they took advantage of information provided by the two largest sky surveys yet undertaken: the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the Two Degree Field Survey. These surveys contain positional information for more than half a million galaxies located within a distance of one billion light-years of the Earth.
Other parameters provided by the surveys, such as the position angle and the ellipticity of the objects, were used to estimate the orientation of the disk galaxies.
"We found that there is an excess of disk galaxies that are highly inclined relative to the plane defined by the large-scale structure surrounding them," explained Dr. Trujillo. "Their rotation axes are mainly oriented in the direction of the filaments.
"Our work provides important confirmation of the tidal torque theory which explains how galaxies have acquired their current spin," said Trujillo.
"The spin of the galaxies is believed to be intrinsically linked to their morphological shapes. So, this work is a step forward on our understanding of how galaxies have reached their current shapes."
Source: Royal Astronomical Society
It looks like brain synapses right? Well, behold: this is the "dark matter" of the universe -- ever heard the phrase, "as above, so below" ? or Microcosm, which seems to be a catch phrase now. It is important to consider that As humanity spirals into an expanded future in consciousness as has been predicted - whether you believe in the Apocalypse (the unveiling), 2012, GC states of consciousness, the end of the world, 1000 years of peace, whatever: it seems the universe is evolving too.
___________________
Astronomers from the University of Nottingham, UK, and the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain), have found the first observational evidence that galaxies are not randomly oriented. Instead, they are aligned following a characteristic pattern dictated by the large-scale structure of the invisible dark matter that surrounds them.This discovery confirms one of the fundamental aspects of galaxy formation theory and implies a direct link between the global properties of the Universe and the individual properties of galaxies.
Galaxy formation theories predicted such an effect, but its empirical verification has remained elusive until now. The results of this work were published the 1 April issue of Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Nowadays, matter is not distributed uniformly throughout space but is instead arranged in an intricate "cosmic web" of filaments and walls surrounding bubble-like voids. Regions with high galaxy concentrations are known as galaxy clusters whereas low density regions are termed voids.
This inhomogeneous distribution of matter is called the "Large-scale distribution of the Universe." When the Universe is considered as whole, this distribution has a similar appearance to a spider's web or the neural network of the brain. But it was not always like this.
After the Big Bang, when the Universe was much younger, matter was distributed homogeneously. As the Universe was evolving, gravitational pulls began to compress the matter in certain regions of space, forming the large-scale structure that we currently observe.
According to these models and theories a direct consequence of this process is that galaxies should be preferentially oriented perpendicularly to the direction of the linear filaments.
Several observational studies have looked for a preferential spatial orientation (or alignment) of galaxy rotation axes with respect to their surrounding large-scale structures. However, none of them have been successful, due to the difficulties associated with trying to characterise the filaments.
The research conducted by the astrophysical group formed by Ignacio Trujillo (University of Nottingham, UK), Conrado Carretero and Santiago G. Patiri, (both from the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain) has been able to measure this effect, confirming theoretical predictions.
To achieve this goal, they used a new technique based on the analysis of the huge voids that are found in the large-scale structure of the Universe. These voids have been detected by searching for large regions of space depleted of bright galaxies.
In addition, they took advantage of information provided by the two largest sky surveys yet undertaken: the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the Two Degree Field Survey. These surveys contain positional information for more than half a million galaxies located within a distance of one billion light-years of the Earth.
Other parameters provided by the surveys, such as the position angle and the ellipticity of the objects, were used to estimate the orientation of the disk galaxies.
"We found that there is an excess of disk galaxies that are highly inclined relative to the plane defined by the large-scale structure surrounding them," explained Dr. Trujillo. "Their rotation axes are mainly oriented in the direction of the filaments.
"Our work provides important confirmation of the tidal torque theory which explains how galaxies have acquired their current spin," said Trujillo.
"The spin of the galaxies is believed to be intrinsically linked to their morphological shapes. So, this work is a step forward on our understanding of how galaxies have reached their current shapes."
Source: Royal Astronomical Society
2012-Queztlcoatl
In Toward 2012, the first episode in a series of short animated films entitled "Postmodern Times," director Joao Amorim of Curious Pictures presents new ideas about global consciousness and techniques for social and ecological transformation. Toward 2012 is based on concepts from the best-selling book, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl (Tarcher/Penguin) and is narrated by author Daniel Pinchbeck.
Based on my own research, Queztlcoatl is a Christ Figure for the Mayans. There is this idea of reckoning, reconcilliation etc. Also might be good -- if this is of interest to you, to read The Mayan Code by Barbara Hand Clow (even if some things may be inacurate.. so I've been told, it still creates space or demands that we create a space for new concepts.) Anyway.
Based on my own research, Queztlcoatl is a Christ Figure for the Mayans. There is this idea of reckoning, reconcilliation etc. Also might be good -- if this is of interest to you, to read The Mayan Code by Barbara Hand Clow (even if some things may be inacurate.. so I've been told, it still creates space or demands that we create a space for new concepts.) Anyway.
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