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A field full of pyramids, but on a micro scale. Each of the pyramids hides a living cell. Thanks to 3D micro- and nano scale fabrication, promising new applications can be found. One of them is applying the micro pyramids for cell research: thanks to the open 'walls' of the pyramids, the cells interact. Scientists of the research institutes MESA+ and MIRA of the University of Twente in The Netherlands present this new technology and first applications in Small journal of the beginning of December.
According to a study involving 500 great apes published in the, ahem, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, chimpanzees and orangutans experience a midlife crisis, just like us.
Monkey vs Monkey
“Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.” -Confucius.
Imagine a Nuclear Bomb being passed down from generation to generation ..... except for one thing ..... we never gave you the User Manual .... and as a bonus a big Red button you can press on whenever you feel like it .......
welcome to the Age of Kali Yuga .... An Age where all The User Manuals of All Religions has been lost .... and the few adventurous souls throughout the ages who ventured beyond the walled garden they lived in ..... discovered that the Garden extends beyond his / her wall .... with so many more species of flowers and plants to enjoy
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The moment you accept what troubles you've been given,
the door will open. .... Rumi ...... Be Water my Friend ..... Flow
SON OF THE SUN
by Orfeo Angelucci very interesting read
“Why, then, Orfeo, why, I humbly ask in my ignorance, did I
receive the first flicker of a spiritual dawn when I became afflicted
and doomed Chapter 60 .... Agrippa on Melancholy?”
His words, his fervent sincerity, had tapped a small reservoir of
wisdom within me which I had not known existed. I got up from
the table, turned off the stove and brought cups, spoons and sugar
to the table for our coffee. I answered him while doing this.
“Because, Adam, the real value of yourself is that thread of
essence within you, like the thread that weaves through all society.
The bulk of you, in personality and aspect, was conditioned by
society. You accepted things as those around you molded them.
You had to make a success of yourself in that society, so you
conformed. You forgot your childhood intuitions and instincts,
almost giving your very soul to others around you. You even
insulated yourself against the call of love from your other half,
which can be filled only by a woman. You were capable, so
success came easily to you. You are handsome, and except for
your present illness, you are very healthy by earth standards in our
present stage of civilization. You felt that others might be sick and
infirm, but you, never; you felt like one privileged.
“It was as though God had set a special stage to serve you in
your string of successes, the end object of which you could
neither see nor care about. You felt that God would give you a
heaven after you had become totally successful. But you could not
see that God does not expend one creature for the mere
gratification of another. It is all a brew in the caldron of progress,
Adam. You today, me tomorrow. Ignorance of the truth
makes it so. We were put here from the beginning in
a primitive state of mere survival, and all the elements and
substances of attaining to perfection were provided us at
the same time.
From that nearly impossible condition, and purely by our own efforts through learning and intuition, we must attain
to perfection. It is either that or its utter opposite, the destruction
that ultimate arrogance brings. Now, let’s drink some of this nice,
fresh coffee.”
DEV ORSS & Co., Publishers 516 WEST NINTH STREET Los
A NGELES 15, CALIFORNIA 1959
p 154
“You see, Adam, Moses led a mass of people out of bondage of
other people, but not out of evil. The people had to find their own
way out of evil. And Joshua did not do better by breaking down
the gates of Jericho, or its walls. Remember always that evil in
itself is ignorance, and therefore ignorance is evil. Shed light on
any darkness and it is no longer dark. Shed knowledge on
ignorance and ignorance no longer exists. The love of pure
learning is the only true virtue that exists, and apathy and care-not
attitudes are the only sins that be. The rankest atheism is nothing
more than the manifestation and expression of lazy minds and
ignorant souls. Allegories and symbolic expressions are the
underlying and steadfast truths of things that were and are yet to
be. No building project could be started without the blueprint,
just as no blueprint could be produced without the ideal. People
gawk at a building but admire it not, for they do not consider the
architect, the builder, or the conceiver. And so all things that are
not comprehended in the fullest shall crumble, but first shall
crumble those who have not comprehended what was lavished
upon them, and then the lavished plenty shall topple upon them.
“This is not materialist idealism, for what is made as a result of
man’s thinking and ideal is of a high order. Some may frown on
the very notion of seeing a material product assembled by man,
but these same ones will bow their heads and thank God for bread
and fruit, thank Him at every meal. Yet, is not food as material as
anything could possibly be? Some thank God for health, but is not
the seeking of health, with no effort to learn why it should be, as
materialistic as anything could be? Indeed, in my concept, it is far
worse. People who seek spiritual healing as something given them
by God for nothing and not given others by the same God, are
seeking material repairs for a material body. Not in all the
history of our Alpha Centaurian home has one plea
for healing by merely praying for it or asking for it been an
swered by God directly. Neither have we observed it to occur in
the history of any other planet.
“In the beginning there was the thought, and the thought
became Word and the Word became worlds and life. That still
remains as the dynamic, the beginning and the end of everything.
From imperfection all things must evolve to perfection, and the
order and the wherewithal abound within all things to evolve.
Once set in motion, God has spoken to or replied to none of the
lesser creation. As the lowly beginnings rose to high perfection,
the risen ones were given much dominion. It is these who are
intermediaries between man and the Supreme Intelligent Power,
for whom the name God so well fits. Of course, ‘God’ is not God’s
name, for every language has a different name. No one knows the
true name of God. A thought is the best means by which we can
approach the truth of Him.”
Many are obsessed with places like Sedona mountain or superstition Mountain ..... those are examples ..... there are many others ....... but the truth is ..... as the Universe is Fractal ...... the same vortex is within you ..... and really all you need is to trust in your instinct and find your sweet spot .... you can even use your gps to help confirm your instinct ..... find your GPS HM 6
cheers and enjoy experimenting ..... the way of the Samurai
Verse ( see also etymology of sura previously posted )
Desire draws the Moon and Sun to hold Each other; hid in darksome depths, the bold
Embrace of sibling spirits joined in love
Unites the world below with sky above.
Unasked, the Dart of Passion strikes; be bold!
According to the flow of our discussion ...... ...... it seems we have reached a Milestone ..... makes you wonder
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All is analogy / Fractal
“The ultimate aim of martialarts is not having to use them”
― Miyamoto Musashi , Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
All the five books are chiefly concerned with timing. You must train sufficiently to
appreciate this.
If you practice day and night in the above Ichi school strategy, your spirit will naturally
broaden. Thus is large scale strategy and the strategy of hand to hand combat propagatedin the world. This is recorded for the first time in the five books of Ground, Water, Fire,Tradition (Wind), and Void. This is the way for men who want to learn my strategy:
1.Do not think dishonestly.
2. The Way is in training.
3. Become acquainted with every art.
4. Know the Ways of all professions.
5. Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters.
6. Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything.
please bare with me ...... this morning ..... before i woke ...... I had this "dream" / " vision" .... of a slot Machine rolling ( weird as i am allergic to gambling ) ..... rolling like any slot machine .... and then for each row .... it aligned M .... then i woke up ..... what do you make of that .......... My instinct knows .... but what do YOU guys make of it
The Apocryphon of John is commonly referenced by two other names: The Secret Book of John and The Secret Revelation of John, depending upon how the word "Apocryphon" is translated. Their are four surviving Coptic manuscripts of this text: two shorter version found in the Berlin Codex; and Nag Hammadi Codex III, and two longer version, found in Nag Hammadi Codex II and IV. This translation prepared by Dr. Wisse for the Nag Hammadi Library in English uses all four manuscripts to produce a single text.
Separate translations of the short and long version, along with extensive additional resources, are available in the Apocryphon of John Collection of the Gnostic Society Library.
12 The names of the glories who are over the seven heavens are these: The first is Iaoth, the lion-faced {The first is Aoth, the lion-faced}. The second is Eloaios, the donkey-faced. The third is Astaphaios, the hyena-faced. The fourth is Iao, the snake-faced with seven heads {The fourth is Yaw, the serpent-faced and lion-faced}. The fifth is Adonaios, the serpent-faced. The sixth is Adoni the monkey-faced {The sixth is Adonin, the monkey-faced. The seventh is Sabbadaios, whose face is a shining fire}. The seventh is Sabbataios, whose face is a flame of fire that shines. This is the hebdomad of the week. These are those who rule the world. Yaldabaoth-Saklas (is) the one whose forms are without number such that he can appear with any face at will.
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(Medical Xpress)—Today saw the launch of Re-Timer, a wearable green light device invented by Flinders University sleep researchers to reset the body's internal clock.
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The research is published in the obstetrics and gynaecology section of the online journal BMJ Open.
The findings prompt the authors to urge that guidelines be drawn up to improve standards so that women can make fully informed choices about an increasingly popular procedure that has come under little scrutiny to date.
Cosmetic surgery is available to women who simply don't like the way their genitals look. Procedures include "vaginal rejuvenation" and "G-spot amplification," as well as altering the shape of the external lips (labia) of the vagina.
oh empathy ..... where are you .... when we need you
In Hinduism, Saraswati (Sanskrit: सरस्वती, Sarasvatī ?) is the goddess of knowledge, music, arts and science ( See NUM of KAMASUTRA ). She is the companion of Brahma, also revered as his Shakti. It was with her knowledge, that Brahma created the universe . She is a part of trishakti "Saraswati" "Lakshmi" "Parvati" . All the three forms helping Tridev "Brahma" , "Vishnu" , and "Mahesh / Shiv" , in creation, maintenance and destruction of Universe . [1] Her figure is also popular in the Jain religion of west and central India.[2]
Saraswati is known as a guardian deity in Buddhism who upholds the teachings of Gautama Buddha by offering protection and assistance to practitioners. She is known in Burmese as Thurathadi (သူရဿတီ, pronounced: [θùja̰ðədì] or [θùɹa̰ðədì]) or Tipitaka Medaw (တိပိဋကမယ်တော်, pronounced: [tḭpḭtəka̰ mɛ̀dɔ̀]), in Chinese as Biàncáitiān (辯才天), in Thai as Surasawadee (สุรัสวดี) and in Japanese as Benzaiten (弁才天/弁財天). In the East Indian states of Bihar, West Bengal, and Orissa, Saraswati is considered to be a daughter of Durga along with her sister Lakshmi and her brothers Ganesha and Karthikeya.[3]
Did not know the following
Names
The name Saraswati comes from saras (meaning "flow") and wati (meaning "she who has flow"). In Telugu Langquage(తెలుగు భాష) she is also known as chaduvula talli(చదువుల తల్లి), Sarada(శారద). In Konkani, she is referred to as Sharada, Veenapani, Pustaka dharini, Vidyadayini. In Kannada, variants of her name include Sharade, Sharadamba, Vani, Veenapani in the famous Shringeri temple. In Tamil, she is also known as kalaimagal (கலைமகள்), Kalaivaani (கலைவாணி), Vaani (வாணி). She is also addressed as Sharada (the one who loves the autumn season), Veena pustaka dharani (the one holding books and a Veena), Vaakdevi, Vagdevi, Vani (all meaning "speech"), Varadhanayagi (the one bestowing boons) and many other names.
In addition to her role as a goddess of learning, Saraswati is known as "Druga" in reference to her role as a guardian of Earth. "Druga" refers to her fighting off Drug, the name for a female demon in ancient Veda, from the Sanskrit root druh, "to be hostile". The name Druga is made of Sanskrit dru or dur ("with difficulty") and gā or jā ("come", "go").
Characteristics
Saraswati is strongly associated with flowing water in her role as a goddess of knowledge. She is depicted as a beautiful woman to embody the concept of knowledge as supremely alluring. She possesses four arms, and is usually shown wearing a spotless white saree and seated on a white lotus or riding a white swan.
According to writer Sailen Debnath, "Saraswati is the Goddess of learning; and the meaning of the goddess in association of all the symbols with her signifies that if a learner really understands and pursues the connotative and denotative meaning of the goddess, he or she can easily advance in acquiring knowledge. The realization of the Goddess makes the learner ready to embark on the world of knowledge and wisdom.[4] ( all is analogy )
I had this "dream" / " vision" .... of a slot Machine rolling
Well, My association goes to pieces coming together, 'jackpot' if you like. I'd say that it indicates confirmation of some sort, you have come to a conclusion which you are being confirmed about in it's correctness. The slot machine and your dislike of gamble indicates that your thought that is confirmed is a new way of seeing things that you have discovered and have been working with for some time, a new door that has opened and you are told to trust your intuition although the new thought might contradict some of your present beliefs.
Would be interesting to know if this makes sense or if I'm just mirroring parts of my own thoughts at the moment
I seldom remember dreams too, but it is changing, I get to keep some of it. A few nights ago I was at the olympic games, in a quite worn out stadium somewhere. There were lots of activity but no competing, each one of the athlets were doing their thing, supporting each other if and when they could. But it was not training, it was the actual game.
The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them
3. Become acquainted with every art.
6. Develop intuitive judgement and understanding for everything.
9. Do nothing which is of no use
When I was about ten or eleven years old, I went to Ju-Jutsu training for about a year or so. I was clumsy and not the most brilliant pupil, but I learned some and tried to keep up.
That period change my life for ever. The training itself is mind-changing and mind-evolving. In retrospect, it is the most positive experience I've ever had, although I was so young and couldn't see what direction it gave me. At that age you are already in rapid change and growth, not knowing where it ends or what direction you are taking or being given.
The 3,6,9 advice resonates strongly with me. I'd say that the little training I did as a kid was and is very helpful in coming closer to those insights.
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