Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Buddha and Binoculars

Wow… 

Opened a box and found our teak Buddha and all 4 sets of binoculars. 

Also the 3 singing bowls…  

This is what can happen when you move…    
 
At least when someone else packs you up, tosses everything in a truck, and randomly unloads boxes into your new abode… 

Lots of mystery… 

Can’t find a damn thing! 

Open a box and…  

Surprise! 

Or, looking for that bottom piece for the 55 inch TV. 

Can’t do anything with the TV until you find it. 

Serendipity…  

After 24 hours found it with miscellaneous stuff in the garage!  

Will take us at least a month to unpack and organize our new place. 

Glad I took 6 weeks before starting my new job. 

Took a break today… 

We biked for an hour, just 6 miles. 

Nice loop… 

Checking out “the hood…”     

Checking out the decks…  

We need to deck and landscape the back yard… 

Feeling lucky… 

A beautiful new place…  

With my beautiful life partner and wife… 

Smaller house…  

Smaller land… 

Letting go…  

Jupiter is up in the night sky…  

Can use the binoculars to see the moons… 

Buddha will go on a high shelf to oversee… 

Just remember… 

If you meet the Buddha in the road…  

You must kill him…  

Or, invite him out for a micro-brew… 

Or, a nice Zin…  

With garlic fries! 

Namaste







Friday, July 1, 2016

Everything is Real

My wife and I and a close friend participated in a weekend shamanic journeying workshop.

The leader Timothy Cope stated, “everything is real.”

He was speaking about the shamanic or spirit world. 

How you have to respect the beings you may meet in these places. 

This may be a difficult concept for a basic scientist (Heretic!). 

However, I ran across a recent article in Science News regarding how even quantum information is physical. 

Interesting! 

I had not even known that regular information was felt to be physical! 

This of course relates to Einstein’s equation E=mc2. 

Energy and mass are interchangeable. 

Since information is energy, then everything is potentially matter, even thoughts. 

Wow! 

For me this relates to how even our thoughts might influence the world. 
 
Perhaps in ways we still are too primitive to understand. 

If you are interested in reading more about these edges of science, I suggest books by Lynne McTaggart and books and writings by Larry Dossey, especially his editorials in the journal Explore.  Also, 2 related books:  Irreducible Mind and Beyond Physicalism. 

Happy exploring!