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Assimilate this.  The Earth (also known at Gaia) is a collective consciousness.  Humans are the nervous system of this collective.  As we grow and evolve our civilization, the Earth learns, grows and evolves.   Here is a picture to help with the visualization.

from http://english.cri.cn/811/2006/05/07/421@85556.htm Rare Mirage Lasts for 4 Hours off East China Shore     2006-05-07 19:57:23      Xinhua (A mirage appears off the shore of Penglai City in eastern China’s Shandong Province on Sunday, May 7, 2005. Photo: China Photo Press) (A mirage appears off the shore of Penglai City in eastern China’s Shandong Province on Sunday, May [...]

The story seems to be first broken in English by Ananova. Swiss watch found in 400-year-old tomb Archeologists in China are baffled after finding a tiny Swiss watch in a 400-year-old tomb. The watch ring was discovered as archeologists were making a documentary with two journalists from Shangsi town. “When we tried to remove the [...]

Here is an exercise from Four philosophical questions to make your brain hurt that I thought was an interesting check of my understanding of good, evil, moral and immoral actions. Philosophy involves standing back and thinking – intensely and rigorously – about aspects of our lives that are at once ordinary and fundamental. And when the surface [...]

Current Western pop culture is limiting our ability to see beauty.  Paraphrased, someone once said enlightenment is the ability to see beauty in all things.  I personally can’t define enlightenment, but I know learning to see beauty is a skill that requires development and we should develop it. Leonardo Da Vinci has a sketch known [...]

This is a class I have taught several times. I thought I should write it down since I am getting tired of teaching it. This class is not for the beginning student. It is for someone with several years of study who hasn’t yet been able to achieve the techniques in the advanced classes. I [...]

Others have thought about people simultaneously having the same invention or discovery. There have been studies done and papers written about it. Some have pondered the effects a man of ideas has vs. the effects a man of action has on the world. And some have even concluded that when near-simultaneous invention happened, it must [...]

I think I will start a new tradition. On some of my posts, I will propose interesting questions but will not provide the answers. I may give some links to places to start research or propose possible solutions, but I will the legwork and the pondering to the reader. Here is my first homework question [...]