November 2009
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Renewable Energies - Human & Global - Link Roundup
It has been a quiet time here as we move on into Fall, and with that it is a good time of year to give renewed attention to our energy. Here are several links that have shown up recently having to do with our own body and the global body we are part of.
“Strange! Humans Glow in Visible Light” - Found this one intriguing as it points to what Seers have been saying about humans for...
September 2009
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Daniel Dennett Podcast - the 'Culture as Operating... →
Joe says: A fellow student turned me on to this. Select the last episode, “Consciousness Explained” an interview with Daniel Dennett, and play it (requires Flash). About 22 minutes in, he explains “…as if culture installs in us a different kind of operating system”. (We’ve run into Dennett before with his thoughts on belief systems…) Yet, the...
July 2009
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Heliobiology - The study of Life as dependant on...
A term coined by taichi teacher Joe Deisher, that seeks to reframe the felt affect of the Sun on our home planet of Earth.
As Joe says: “How about life thought of as the sun made a difference? In case you haven’t noticed, all life is dependant on extraterrestrial input - Sunshine.”
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Known as the Dalai Lama’s Healing Chant,...
March 2009
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Something about Belief Systems: Daniel Dennett &...
Joe: Hey J, Below is the book and the author that I mentioned… “Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon” by Daniel C. Dennett He is being taken as a darling by the Skeptic crowd…, which makes me more than a little skeptical…. Since I have not, in fact, read his book I don’t really know which way he runs his approach to “Religion as a Natural...
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Our world may be a giant hologram - space - 15... →
Joe says: I found the discussion delightful and provocative…! Threads to follow: hologram, interference patterns, phase relationships, imaginary values, imagination, Karl Pribram’s proposal that the brain is itself a hologram, David Bohm, others….
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“Deisher has a very wide ranging view of the benefits of Internal arts practice....”
– from the Pa Kua Zhang Interview
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Here’s a protection mantra mp3 for 2009. A...
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A Dymaxion Map of Home
R. Buckminster Fuller asked the question: “How do we make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological damage or disadvantage to anyone?” These days we probably have to talk about “ecological repair” as well. Fuller’s notion of the “One World Island” fits well with the essential...
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"What's a Modern,Intelligent, Imaginative...
This blog is a reference point and a storage spot for the work being put together in a more systematic fashion over at taichisage.com .
Joe’s further investigations into the deep connections between taichi, community building, and health will be documented here to help spread the word, and the actions, necessary in living well.
We welcome your thoughtful words and germane links in the...