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See Fridgehenge, an interesting piece of art here.  

  

  

  

Akiane is a artistic prodigy, who paints her visions of heaven. Click here for her website

  

CLICK HERE for a highly recommended radio interview with George Ure and his colleague 'Cliff', two self-described "time monks," who share dire predictions based on their web bot technology. Their method captures changes in language patterns within Internet discussions. This aggregated data is then processed with software to determine various keywords, which they interpret in a predictive fashion.  

Ever heard of this guy?



Esref Armagan is a Turkish painter, but he's completely blind. And he's bloody good:
Google Images
His personal website  

Here is one of the newspaper advertisements for 異次元の刻印, in the Daily Yomiuri.

  

The Japanese version of Supernatural was released on the 5th of September, under the title: 異次元の刻印

Please take a look here:
異次元の刻印(上)-人類史の裂け目あるいは宗教の起源 (ハードカバー)
異次元の刻印(下)-人類史の裂け目あるいは宗教の起源 (ハードカバー)

  

  

A fisherman was lying in the sun on a beach, dozing. He had finished his fishing for the day' he had his lunch, and now it was time for his rest.

A businessman noticed him lying down lazily, and asked, "why are you not at work today?"

"I have finished my work. I went out in my little boat this morning, caught some fish, sold some, cooked and ate some; now it is time to rest, time for my siesta," said the fisherman.

"But you could catch some more fish, couldn't you?" asked the businessman.

"Why should I do that?" asked the fisherman in surprise.

"Then you could have more money, buy a bigger boat with an engine which would carry much larger nets and catch even more fish" replied the businessman.

"Why?" asked the fisherman.

"Well, then you can have a fleet of boats, set up a company, and when it's successful, you can sell it and make lots of money," said the businessman.

"Then what?" The fisherman was at a loss.

"Then you can retire and lie on a beach without any worries, forever," insisted the businessman.

"But I am already doing exactly that now. I am having my siesta. I have no worries about the future. I am happy, very happy. I have enough, and enough is enough for me. I am blessed with the sea and the sunshine and plenty of time to enjoy life. Why would I go to all that trouble?"

The businessman, at first speechless, soon went away smiling.  

From Satish Kumar's book, Spiritual Compass

The Three Qualities.
Sattvic is buoyant and shining
Rajasic is stimulating and moving
Tamasic is heavy and dominating

The concept of the 3 qualities was developed as part of the philosophy and practice of Ayurveda, the traditional Indian health system dating back nearly 5,000 years. Ayurveda is a way of cultivating and maintaining our personal and social health as well as the health of the planet, and is still widely practiced in India.

In Ayurveda, physical well being is dependent on two interconnected aspects: on the one hand, a healthy mind is the prerequisite of a healthy body, and on the other, without a healthy society and a healthy environment, personal health will remain a distant dream.

All objects, all thoughts, all actions and all relationships have one or the other of these three qualities or tendencies.

Time, too, can be understood in terms of these three qualities. Living in the here and now, acting spontaneously and unselfconsciously, responding to a situation as it is and seeing the present moment as a beautiful moment is sattvic. In sattvic time there is no judgement, no gloss, no interpretation, for these belong either to the past or to the future; they are part of reflecting on what has already happened or planning what is to come. Living in the present moment, being satisfied with what is now, and feeling a sense of gratitude for all the gifts of the moment, is sattvic.

Part 2 tomorrow  

http://www.earthpilgrims.com/  

Masuda no iwafune is an ancient megalith, left by the ancients in Asuka, near to Nara in Japan. For anyone close by, I highly recommend going to visit.



There are many, many interesting megaliths scattered around the town of Asuka. Nobody knows exactly what they are, or what they're for, but theories reside around the concept of ancient astronomical tools.

Go check them out!

also  

  

Ever heard of Sealand?

Sealand is a micronation that established itself on an abandoned naval fort constructed by the British Army during World War II.

It is sitated 6 miles from the coast of South East England, and was used as a defensive outpost until 1956, at which point it was abandoned. 10 years later, a gentleman by the name of Paddy Roy Bates and a friend landed on Sealand and occupied it. Like most nations, Sealand suffered many take over attempts. After Roy declared himself Sovereign of Sealand, his friend tried to sieze control of the construction. Roy defended the fort using guns and petrol bombs.

In 1978, while Bates was away, the Prime Minister of Sealand, Professor Alexander G. Achenbach, and several German and Dutch citizens, staged a forcible takeover of Sealand holding Bates' son Michael captive, before releasing him several days later in the Netherlands. Bates thereupon enlisted armed assistance and, in a helicopter assault, retook the fortress. He then held the invaders captive, claiming them as prisoners of war.

Sealand is not recognized as a sovereign state by any United Nations member, but continues to operate as an independant country under Roy Bates. They issue Sealand Passports to their citizens, and have their own currency and football team.

A more detailed history of this interesting nation can be found here


Paddy Roy and Princess Joan Bates on Sealand  

http://www.guerrillagardening.org/

Guerrilla gardening is an illegal but very nice activity whereby people decide to solve urban blight by removing trash and replacing it with plants.

It is illegal because in many cities there are local laws that prohibit a private party from planting trees, shrubs and flowers in a public area.

They come at night, remove trash, and plant trees, shrubs and flowers.

Thankyou to Herman for that link.  

George Carlin: Saving the Planet