Up At The Ranch And Beyond

[Melinda]

Thought some of you could find this engaging. Originally I was just going to post the vid (see below) but thought I'd add some extracts of the content to give a taster.

Apparently recorded on November 20th, 2013 at the University of Alberta, Paul Hawken (author of The Ecology of Commerce) talks about addressing the global issues of our time, like poverty and environmental destruction, and comments on the beauty of connectedness in earth's ecosystems.

He refers to what he calls the "narcissism of failure", where people simply dwell on the problems we face and lose sight of our propensity for healing and change. He talks about the way change does not need to come from a centralised authority with a minority of leaders, like governments and corporations infected with corruption; but that focusing our energy on change through grassroots and community groups can and does affect tremendous change.

He offers basic common sense, at a time when fear of anything carbon-related can lead to misconceptions, and reiterates that carbon is our ally, only its abuse (through burning excessively for fuel) is our enemy.

Around 50 minutes in he talks about progress in making technology more efficient, offering examples of :
- a private company in California called Tri Alpha Energy working on fusion technology to replace coal power.
- a company in Silicon Valley who've reinvented the refrigeration cycle with no compressor, reducing energy use by 70% and water by 90%.

At 18:40 he says : "We've become very good at imagining the end of the world, but not very good at imagining the beginning of the world... [...] ...What's become unimaginable now is the belief that we are intelligent, problem-solving animals. And that we're brilliant, and we're extraordinary, and that we are going to do something about this, and that we are right now."

At 58:22, whilst playing a Joshua Bell violin recording, he says : “Puccini (the composer) was asked once, how can you write such beautiful music? And he said 'I don't. I don't.' He said 'I hold the pen and God writes the music.' And for me God is life. I don't think of a God, I think of life itself, and its vastness and its mysteriousness and its complexity and its beauty. That to me is God, alright. And to me what we're talking about in this century, to make it through this century, in a way that's civilised and beautiful and extraordinary, is that we have to hold our pen but we have to let life speak through us. And to do that... […] ...we cannot demonise the world, whether it's people or whether it's carbon, or whether it's governments or whether it's corporations. It doesn't mean we don't speak truth to power. But we have to ask ourselves this question, 'cause we did it, we did this... Did climate change happen to us or is it happening for us? 'Cause if it's happening to us then we're victims, then we're cut off and we're separated... […] but if it's happening for us we are so empowered, and we see this as a gift not as a curse, to reimagine the world, every single aspect of it... […] ...The only civilised thing we can do is come together.”

He talks about the problems with EROI in the energy sources offered by the mainstream, such as tar sands being 2 and a half to 1 compared to oil (cited around 17 to 1), there being no real net energy from corn/ethanol, and the limitations of solar (much as he supports its development) with the EROI being 5 to 1 on a good day.

He says BP explained to him that they and Exxon are only the 17th and 16th biggest oil companies, with the other 15 being state owned or private, and he comments that that's what's running the world.

Throughout the talk he gently reiterates the importance of empowering ourselves, commenting that : “Really what climate change is saying to us is that life wants to speak to us...” and “What we need to be in this century is fearless, not hopeful.”

I found it worthwhile and uplifting.

Paul Hawken: Reimagination of Carbon

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=eTyvNlBaN80

P.S. Blessings for the thread master – envisioning his safe return...

[Calz]

Posted by Melinda (here)

At 18:40 he says : "We've become very good at imagining the end of the world, but not very good at imagining the beginning of the world... [...] ...What's become unimaginable now is the belief that we are intelligent, problem-solving animals. And that we're brilliant, and we're extraordinary, and that we are going to do something about this, and that we are right now."

... a bit of synergy ... while you were posting that ... I was posting this:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=y2pLFfM-9ns

[Melinda]

Posted by Calz (here)

Posted by Melinda (here)

At 18:40 he says : "We've become very good at imagining the end of the world, but not very good at imagining the beginning of the world... [...] ...What's become unimaginable now is the belief that we are intelligent, problem-solving animals. And that we're brilliant, and we're extraordinary, and that we are going to do something about this, and that we are right now."

... a bit of synergy ... while you were posting that ... I was posting this:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=y2pLFfM-9ns

Love it

[Wookie]

Coast To Coast AM - March 4, 2015 Hypnosis & SpaceTime

In the first half, Joseph Sansone, a consulting hypnotist, talked about the history of hypnosis, including its use in ancient cultures, as well its contemporary applications. Hypnosis is a paradoxical state where a person is very relaxed, yet they are also in a heightened state of reality, that is very different from sleep, he noted. Hypnosis has been around for thousands of years in one form or another. The ancient Babylonians, for instance, had a practical approach to healing that involved repetitive suggestions. Egyptian priests used hypnotic techniques in their practice, and ancient Greece had a hypnosis cult that was connected with medicine, and mental health. Hypnosis got re-introduced with Mesmer in the 1700s, who called the process "animal magnetism" and related healing to an invisible fluid.

The way hypnosis yields results, Sansone explained, is by learning how to enter a deeply relaxed state, while focusing on such things as visualizations and affirmations, and really surrendering yourself to the process. He shared techniques for starting self-hypnosis: Begin with setting up a trigger for entering a relaxed state-- this could be holding your thumb and index finger together, and taking a deep breath for five seconds, and then relaxing. You can then imagine a white light from the top of the universe falling onto your head, and go through a progressive relaxation as the light moves down. Clench and release tightened muscles. Sansone also spoke about "bioplasticity," which refers to the mind's ability to alter or heal the human body.

------------------------------------

Nassim Haramein has spent most of his life researching the geometry of hyperspace, theoretical physics, cosmology, quantum mechanics, biology, and chemistry, as well as anthropology and ancient civilizations. In the latter half, he discussed connections between science, physics, and spirituality, and our place in an evolving universe. One theory that explains parallel universes or multiverses posits that universes could be embedded within each other in a concentric fashion on many different scales, and that our universe "bubble" could exist inside a larger bubble and so on. Our universe, he added, "acts very much like a hologram," and could be thought of as "a projection of a set of information on a deeper level in the structure of space," which is comparable to a complex computing system.

Our bodies and brains operate as receivers and transmitters of information that is part of the holographic field we call our reality or world, Haramein continued. The organizing agent of the universe is the function of information learning about itself, an incredible form of living feedback that could be conceived of as intelligent design or God, he remarked. Haramein also touched on the possibility of manipulating space and time, and being able to traverse throughout the universe, and how this might have already been accomplished by a very advanced civilization.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SLYa-oBYCzo

[Wookie]

[Wookie]

TODAY'S WORD

from the urban dictionary ...

Student
To study for 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, 2 weeks per year

Peaceful Journeys Wookie

[Wind]

Better late than never.

Bad Storms, GMOs, Space Weather | S0 News March 5, 2015

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bz7X-Evu_4s

[Calz]

Posted by Wookie (here)
TODAY'S WORD

from the urban dictionary ...

Student
To study for 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, 2 weeks per year

Peaceful Journeys Wookie

[Calz]

Preemptive welcome for Gio ... carry on my wayward ... brother

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=7ob_Iwbd8h4

[giovonni]

Greetings Rancher's ...

Thanks to everyone for keeping the thread flowing/busy the last few days ...

And yes Calz it's time again for me to continue those (so called) wayward ways of mine ...

So let's get started shall we ...



Solar Flares are Back | S0 News March 6, 2015

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=KcIoIatahH4

Also in the news ...

Afghan Men Wear Burqas to Rally for Women's Rights :
VICE News Capsule, March 6

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ek143NHZfT4

[giovonni]

they don't call it an operating theater for nothing ...

[giovonni]

TODAY'S WORD

from giovonni's dictionary ...

Ouch ~ used in answer to something unkind.

[giovonni]

There's something to be said about pain and suffering ...
Without it ... i would have never learned to appreciate
how wonderful and truly precious everything else is.

Life is not measured by the breaths you take ...
But by the moments that take your breath away.

Onward & Upward

King of Pain

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=n-oLnJUZ820

Music by the Police
Jenny Floor (Piano)

[giovonni]

the latest ...

James Gilliland ~ As You Wish Radio

Original air date Feb 28, 2015 / Published on Mar 2, 2015

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=26qFqyMHjh4

[giovonni]

A Twofer ...

Jeff Rense & Frosty Wooldridge - Immigration Out Of Control

Clip from February 24, 2015 / Published on Mar 3, 2015

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xQh3AEtxJ_M

Also

Jeff Rense & Richard Sauder - Secret Underground Bases

Clip from February 27, 2015 / Published on Mar 5, 2015

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3d2De1yFz-E

[giovonni]

the weather during the last thirty days has truly been ...

Unnaturally Surreal | The Darkest Of Days February 2015

Published on Mar 4, 2015

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IpGOVbDUuJI

[giovonni]

hmm ...



Did VA just confirm UFO dangers ?

[giovonni]

the Latest

UFO News

From Open Minds Production

"A woman in Mississippi recorded video of a large triangle-shaped UFO. We discuss this and other space and UFO stories on this episode of Spacing Out! Jason McClellan also talks with Jessica Chobot, host of Nerdist News and of the Bizarre States podcast. Plus, we show you a brief glimpse of the 2015 International UFO Congress."

Published on Mar 6, 2015

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cT9x0M3gniY

[giovonni]

The Kremlin's Secret War: Russia's Ghost Army in Ukraine

From Vice News

(Full Length)

The bitter conflict in Ukraine has cost thousands of lives, but the Russian government has continuously denied sending its soldiers to the frontlines, despite accusations to the contrary from NATO and Western officials.

Since August 2014, a small but steady stream of coffins began arriving in villages across Russia, containing the maimed bodies of soldiers killed in “unknown circumstances.” Some would be buried hastily at night or in secret funerals, their graves zealously guarded from prying outsiders. Journalists investigating the deaths have reported being threatened with intimidation and attacks.

In cases that the Kremlin could not so easily ignore, the dead or injured have been hailed as “volunteers” who entered Ukraine on leave from the army — heroes who fought unofficially for the freedom of their Russian-speaking brethren.

VICE News travels to Russia to investigate the mysterious deaths of dozens — possibly hundreds — of active-duty Russian servicemen who are believed to have been killed in Ukraine. Accounts gathered from soldiers’ families, human rights workers, and government officials cast doubt on the Kremlin narrative, revealing the unacknowledged sacrifices borne by Russia’s ghost army.

Published on Mar 6, 2015

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=C66mAkS1ZfM

[giovonni]

Recap Friday Folks

Have a wonderful weekend everyone !

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=LAU9IqnSaNM

also

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=yhcrTbgGG-c