Monday, August 4, 2008
Aldous Huxley On Language
Aldous Huxley On Language 1 & the rest (5 parts)
update: streaming videos down, check out torrent sites for this lecture.
An excellent must hear talk on language, its limits, the realities it forms and ends wonderfully about constantly evolving our model of reality. This is what this blog is all about! He even suggests teaching children about this, I agree, if we had more awareness about language we would be much less susceptible to propaganda and a lot of corruption in this world could go away. I hope to generate as much awareness about belief systems as I can with more projects in the near future.
The Wise Three that lie
In Belgium there was an 11 year running funny quiz show named 'The Wise Three' or 'The three Wise Men' (De Drie Wijzen), reruns are still airing. Every show featured questions or video segments on which the three Wise Men gave a possible explanation and the two candidates had to pick the right one. The candidate that won got to go the final, where every wise one of the panel (usually consisting of musicians, actors, comedians, etc.) would tell a story and the candidate (and the audience) would have to guess wether they're telling the truth or not. BS detection! ;p Interesting symbolism to have 'wise men' that lie on every episode of a tv show isn't it? ;)Do they really think the earth is flat?
From BBC News, an interesting look at the BS of the flat-earther:
"On 24 December 1968, the crew of the Apollo 8 mission took a photo now known as Earthrise. To many, this beautiful blue sphere viewed from the moon's orbit is a perfect visual summary of why it is right to strive to go into space.
Not to everybody though. There are people who say they think this image is fake - part of a worldwide conspiracy by space agencies, governments and scientists.
Welcome to the world of the flat-earther.
Our attitude towards those who once upon a time believed in the flatness of the earth is apparent in a new Microsoft advert.
Depicting an olden-days ship sailing on rough seas, presumably heading towards the "edge of the world", the advert is part of a $300m campaign aimed at rescuing the reputation of Windows Vista by comparing its critics to flat-earthers."
lol at Vista, I guess I'm a flat-earther, but only to Microsoft's BS. Who knows about what NASA (Never A Straight Answer) images are fake? :p But as the article author feels, believing the world is flat and horizontally infinite after all these centuries is getting a little silly and has nothing to do with questioning but with believing.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
RadicalChangeGroup: Reality Tunnel podcast
Check out this great podcast about reality tunnels at Radical Change Group: You can stream the podcast here or download it.
Reality tunnel is a term coined by Timothy Leary and popularised by Robert Anton Wilson. The theory states that, with a subconscious set of mental “filters” formed from their beliefs and experiences, every individual interprets this same world differently, hence “Truth is in the eye of the beholder”. (Wikipedia)
Reality tunnel is a term coined by Timothy Leary and popularised by Robert Anton Wilson. The theory states that, with a subconscious set of mental “filters” formed from their beliefs and experiences, every individual interprets this same world differently, hence “Truth is in the eye of the beholder”. (Wikipedia)
- What is reality? - Our own perspectives of realities & reality tunnels
- Spiritual
- NLP
- Perceptions that we hold true - “Perception engineering”
- Reality from the scientific & spiritual perspectives
- Structure of subjective reality
- NLP: reality strategies
- Beliefs
- Values
- Imprints (response potential)
- Expanding the definition of reality of NLP
- NLP: reality of the past
- Beliefs, Values, Imprints: reality in the now
- Map of realities: reality of the future
- Linguistic constructs of realities
- Visualization
- Future behavior generator (NLP)
- Holding reality in the body
- Submodalities (compare: hopes, dreams, desires)
- Location, location, location
- Linguistic constructs of realities
- Epistomology - how do we know what we know, how do we know what is true
- What our beliefs allow inside
- Summary of perspectives on realities
- Remembering past (NLP)
- Beliefs and values
- How do you return to what is true for you, and yet go through different tunnels of reality
- The map is not the territory - once you change the map, the territory is transformed
- How do realities evolve (models)
- Stages of different realities - 8 circuit model, response potentials
- Work of Dr. Clare Graves, and the derived work on Spiral Dynamics
- The chakra system
- Joseph Campbell: The Monomyth, the Hero’s Journey
Ulysses by James Joyce
"A woful lunatic! Mulligan said. Were you in a funk?"
Read it on a webpage online here or use scribd
Ulysses's groundbreaking stream-of-consciousness technique, careful structuring, and highly experimental prose—full of puns, parodies, and allusions—as well as its rich characterizations and broad humour, have made the book perhaps the most highly regarded novel in the Modernist pantheon. In 1999, the Modern Library ranked Ulysses first on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
Read it on a webpage online here or use scribd
Ulysses's groundbreaking stream-of-consciousness technique, careful structuring, and highly experimental prose—full of puns, parodies, and allusions—as well as its rich characterizations and broad humour, have made the book perhaps the most highly regarded novel in the Modernist pantheon. In 1999, the Modern Library ranked Ulysses first on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
Ergos
A buddy of mine once said: "You can't understand God, he's like the architect with his ergos :p"
Daily Conspiracy: Eris
Eris - Planet X?
Note: I don't believe anything on this page (or on my site). Belief is the death of thought, but this shit is too interesting and eyebrow raising to dismiss :p
This is a primer on the 10th planet found in our Solar System. Eris
Its orbit is not discussed in anyway by the authorities, because it is an orbit some say they don't want you to think or know about, because it's headed our way.
"The Mayan's calender date of December 21, 1999, was the beginning of a time of reckoning. It signaled a time when the living universal presence will began calling out our names. To check out how many of her children are awake and attentive. The sensitive ones who are hearing her have little to worry about, alternatively those who refuse to awake and remain narcissistic, careless, and abusive may have everything to worry about."
Michael Tsarion
Object Larger than Pluto Named Eris (click for wiki link)
[The name in part reflects the discord in the astronomical community caused by the debate over the object's (and Pluto's) nature.
And the discord it will possibly cause in our solar system and on our planet. from the wiki)]
By Alicia Chang - Associated Press - posted: 14 September 2006 - 07:50 am ET
LOS ANGELES (AP)-A distant, icy rock whose discovery shook up the solar system and led to Pluto 's planetary demise has been given a name: Eris.
The christening of Eris, named after the Greek goddess of chaos and strife, was announced by the International Astronomical Union on Wednesday. Weeks earlier, the professional astronomers' group stripped Pluto of its planethood under new controversial guidelines.
Since its discovery last year, Eris, which had been known as 2003 UB313, ignited a debate about what constitutes a planet.
Astronomers were split over how to classify the object because there was no universal definition. Some argued it should be welcomed as the 10th planet since it was larger than Pluto, but others felt Pluto was not a full-fledged planet. (Pluto is an astrological sign of Rebellion, if it remained a planet. The coming of Eris - meaning Chaos - would be the 11th planet. 11 is a number of purity, something the authorities are not fond of.)
After much bickering, astronomers last month voted to shrink the solar system to eight planets, downgrading Pluto to a "dwarf planet,'' a category that also includes Eris and the asteroid Ceres. The new definition states that dwarf planets are not really planets.
Meanwhile this week, Pluto received a numerical designation to reflect its demotion to dwarf planet status.
Eris' discoverer, Michael Brown of the California Institute of Technology, said the name was an obvious choice, calling it "too perfect to resist.''
In mythology, Eris caused a quarrel among goddesses that sparked the Trojan War. In real life, Eris forced scientists to define a planet that eventually led to Pluto getting the boot. Soon after Pluto's dismissal from the planet club, hundreds of scientists circulated a petition protesting the decision.
Eris' moon also received a formal name: Dysnomia, the daughter of Eris known as the spirit of lawlessness.
Eris, which measures about 70 miles wider than Pluto, is the farthest known object in the solar system at 9 billion miles away from sun. It is also the third brightest object located in the Kuiper belt, a disc of icy debris beyond the orbit of Neptune.
Eris had been without a formal name while astronomers grappled over its status. Brown nicknamed it "Xena'' after the fictional warrior princess pending an official designation. He admits the new name will take some getting used to.
GV searches:
Nibiru
Eris
Planet X
Note: I don't believe anything on this page (or on my site). Belief is the death of thought, but this shit is too interesting and eyebrow raising to dismiss :p
This is a primer on the 10th planet found in our Solar System. Eris
Its orbit is not discussed in anyway by the authorities, because it is an orbit some say they don't want you to think or know about, because it's headed our way.
"The Mayan's calender date of December 21, 1999, was the beginning of a time of reckoning. It signaled a time when the living universal presence will began calling out our names. To check out how many of her children are awake and attentive. The sensitive ones who are hearing her have little to worry about, alternatively those who refuse to awake and remain narcissistic, careless, and abusive may have everything to worry about."
Michael Tsarion
Object Larger than Pluto Named Eris (click for wiki link)
[The name in part reflects the discord in the astronomical community caused by the debate over the object's (and Pluto's) nature.
And the discord it will possibly cause in our solar system and on our planet. from the wiki)]
By Alicia Chang - Associated Press - posted: 14 September 2006 - 07:50 am ET
LOS ANGELES (AP)-A distant, icy rock whose discovery shook up the solar system and led to Pluto 's planetary demise has been given a name: Eris.
The christening of Eris, named after the Greek goddess of chaos and strife, was announced by the International Astronomical Union on Wednesday. Weeks earlier, the professional astronomers' group stripped Pluto of its planethood under new controversial guidelines.
Since its discovery last year, Eris, which had been known as 2003 UB313, ignited a debate about what constitutes a planet.
Astronomers were split over how to classify the object because there was no universal definition. Some argued it should be welcomed as the 10th planet since it was larger than Pluto, but others felt Pluto was not a full-fledged planet. (Pluto is an astrological sign of Rebellion, if it remained a planet. The coming of Eris - meaning Chaos - would be the 11th planet. 11 is a number of purity, something the authorities are not fond of.)
After much bickering, astronomers last month voted to shrink the solar system to eight planets, downgrading Pluto to a "dwarf planet,'' a category that also includes Eris and the asteroid Ceres. The new definition states that dwarf planets are not really planets.
Meanwhile this week, Pluto received a numerical designation to reflect its demotion to dwarf planet status.
Eris' discoverer, Michael Brown of the California Institute of Technology, said the name was an obvious choice, calling it "too perfect to resist.''
In mythology, Eris caused a quarrel among goddesses that sparked the Trojan War. In real life, Eris forced scientists to define a planet that eventually led to Pluto getting the boot. Soon after Pluto's dismissal from the planet club, hundreds of scientists circulated a petition protesting the decision.
Eris' moon also received a formal name: Dysnomia, the daughter of Eris known as the spirit of lawlessness.
Eris, which measures about 70 miles wider than Pluto, is the farthest known object in the solar system at 9 billion miles away from sun. It is also the third brightest object located in the Kuiper belt, a disc of icy debris beyond the orbit of Neptune.
Eris had been without a formal name while astronomers grappled over its status. Brown nicknamed it "Xena'' after the fictional warrior princess pending an official designation. He admits the new name will take some getting used to.
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Saturday, August 2, 2008
The Giver
The Giver is a novel written by Lois Lowry. It is set in a future society which is at first presented as a utopian society and gradually appears more and more dystopian. The novel follows a boy named Jonas through the twelfth year of his life. The society has eliminated pain and strife by converting to "Sameness", a plan which has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. Jonas is selected to inherit the position of "Receiver of Memory," the person who stores all the memories of the time before Sameness, in case they are ever needed to aid in decisions that others lack the experience to make. As Jonas receives the memories from his predecessor — the "Giver" — he discovers how shallow his community's life has become.Not on scribd this one ;) Will have to find your own. Audiobook is available too.
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