Georg Groddeck (1866 - 1934) was a fascinating man
Georg Groddeck (1866 - 1934) was a fascinating man
Inside the U.S. Army’s Warehouse Full of Nazi Art (newyorker)
One of the world’s largest collections of Nazi propaganda sits in a climate-controlled warehouse at Fort Belvoir, in northern Virginia. Much of it is virulent; most of it is never seen by the public.
"If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are." - Zen Proverb
“We’ve arranged a society based on science & technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance & power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces.” - Carl Sagan (1996)
Reverse Engineering the source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine (berthub)
Now, these words may be somewhat jarring - the vaccine is a liquid that gets injected in your arm. How can we talk about source code? This is a good question, so let’s start off with a small part of the very source code of the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine, also known as BNT162b2, also known as Tozinameran also known as Comirnaty. The BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine has this digital code at its heart. It is 4284 characters long, so it would fit in a bunch of tweets. At the very beginning of the vaccine production process, someone uploaded this code to a DNA printer (yes), which then converted the bytes on disk to actual DNA molecules.
A team of scientists from Japan and the United States has announced a significant breakthrough in understanding origins of life. Published yesterday in Nature Communications, researchers say they have made direct observations of a key molecule used to build other organic molecules within a meteorite. If confirmed, the discovery of the prebiotic organic molecule called hexamethylenetetramine (HMT) would validate theories that extraterrestrial environments can form life.
The Gene Drive Files are a trove of emails and other records uncovered by civil society investigators. The Files reveal the US military as the number one funder and influence accelerating the development of “gene drives”, a controversial and powerful new genetic extinction technology. The files also reveal that a previously undisclosed gene drive “advocacy coalition,” was run by a private PR firm who received $1.6 million in funds from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. They appear to have used covert lobbying tactics to influence expert UN discussion.
Taiji Qigong Shibashi
Shibashi is a gentle, beautiful and flowing qigong exercise routine that is both a joy to do and deeply relaxing. It’s suitable for all groups and all ages. As always it is better to practice every day even for just 15 minutes than to do an hour twice a week. Here is a great practice video.
Shibashi, when correctly pronounced in Chinese, literally means ‘eighteen postures’. This Qigong form, which is deeply relaxing and pleasurable to learn, offers numerous health benefits that significantly slow the process of ageing.
Currently practised by over ten million people, it has become the national health exercise in Malaysia and Indonesia and, in China, all students of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) – roughly estimated to be 100,000 men and women – are now required by the Government to study Shibashi, which is currently the most popular and fastest growing Qigong in the world.
Based on the philosophy and principles of Tai Chi, it is in fact a ‘hybrid’ of Qigong postures, Qigong breathing and modified ‘Yang Style’ Tai Chi movements that have been choreographed into a smooth, continuously flowing sequence of 18 movements that are precisely synchronised with deep, relaxed abdominal (Dan Tien) breathing – which is why Shibashi is often called ‘Taichi Qigong’.
Very little motivation is required to maintain Shibashi as a daily routine because this gentle, beautiful, flowing routine is exceptionally pleasurable and provides a prolonged feeling of wellbeing.
Shibashi is also ideal for those working in any of the healing professions because it not only replenishes energy that is expended in the process of dealing with other people’s health imbalances, but it also serves to build up a great deal of Qi (energy) in the palms of the hand, which is especially useful for bodywork therapists. In addition, it is also an excellent self-healing Qigong that can be recommended to one’s clients.
Shibashi was developed in 1979 at the Chinese Medicine Research Institute of Shanghai University by the renowned scientist, physician, healer and Qigong Master Professor Lin Hou-Sheng. On March 10, 1978, Lin Housheng’s name rapidly became known in China when a famous nuclear scientist, Gu Hansen, used scanning technology that recorded Lin projecting, from the palms of his hands, low-frequency, infrared ray modulations and electromagnetic waves:
“It is the first time that the physical nature of qi was proven. The publication of the results of the experiment created waves within the country, aroused interest and drew the attention of numerous scientists towards qigong research. Their heroic undertaking had a determining effect on the rise of qigong in contemporary China.” (David A. Palmer, Qigong Fever, Columbia University)
In 1980, Professor Lin’s book Qigong Makes Health was published. It was the first book about Qigong to appear after the end of the Cultural Revolution, and Lin Housheng subsequently became a Chinese Qigong superstar.
In 1988, nearly ten years after the first set of movements was created, Professor Lin choreographed Shibashi Set II, which was later followed by further variations, though the original set remains the most important, and is more than sufficient on its own.
Professor Lin first visited the United States in 1989, to participate in a research project at San Diego State University, and in 2010 he chose to become a US citizen.
Although Shibashi is fairly easy to learn and practise, it has proved itself to offer benefits equal to, and often exceeding, far more complex forms of Qigong, thus epitomising the truth that sometimes ‘simplicity’ can be ‘the highest expression of an Art’.
The soft, rocking motions and smooth, synchronised breathing gently stretch and release deep muscular contractions, which increases both flexibility and suppleness, and as the body’s tissues soften, the joints release and open, and the blood vessels and acupuncture meridians dilate, allowing your life force (Qi) and blood circulation to flow more freely. Psychological and emotional tensions gradually dissolve, and what remains is a wonderfully pleasurable sense of physical and emotional wellbeing and a renewed sense of energy on multidimensional levels of being, that improves mental focus and clarity and enhances intuition and creativity.
Professor Lin Housheng explains that, with practice, the mind merges effortlessly with the even-paced movements and rhythmic breathing and, when this happens, one becomes deeply aware of the sensations arising from the life energy streaming through the arms, legs and body; at this stage, all the beneficial effects are considerably enhanced.
In TCM, sickness is thought to be caused by excesses or depletions or stagnation of the Qi. Shibashi can help to rectify such imbalances to bring about a state of health and wellbeing because physical and emotional problems are washed away in the increased flow of life energy. Importantly, Shibashi’s gentle movements can be practised by young and old alike to rejuvenate the body, mind and soul, and to improve physical balance and flexibility.
Shibashi also provides an excellent warm-up routine for all types of sport because, unlike most Western forms of exercise, which work mainly on the larger muscle groups, the movements of Shibashi increase athletic performance by encouraging the stimulation, strengthening and stretching of the tiny muscles and ligaments that support and protect the joints of the body from the various injuries that often arise from high-impact sporting activities.
Sifu Wing Cheung, a renowned Canadian champion of Tai Chi who studied Shibashi with a colleague of Professor Lin Hou-Sheng, asserts: “I have learned more than 30 different styles of Qigong. Tai Chi Qigong Shibashi is one of the most effective and easiest to learn. Most of my students are able to master it in just a few lessons.”
Although not often mentioned in the existing literature, as one’s sensory awareness of the ‘internal Qi/life force’ increases, one also tends simultaneously to experience a deepening awareness of the Qi energy that is all around us. When this happens, we may sometimes experience a profound awakening that allows us to sense the connection/unity between our own life force and that of all living beings. Some people experience this as a spiritual realisation of the oneness of divine presence that connects all forms in existence.
Master of weather? China in drive to advance rain-making tech (SCMP)
China’s expanded weather modification efforts would support emergency response plans to deal with events such as drought and hailstorms. Its artificial rainfall and snowfall operations will cover an area of more than 5.5 million sq km – greater than the total size of Southeast Asia.
AI Update, Late 2020 - dumpster fire - by Filip Piekniewski
2020 is a very strange year and a dumpster fire in many respects. Everything is still holding together but it feels like the news we get are just progressively more absurd. Similarly is the case with AI where a slow motion train wreck is progressing eliminating more and more hyped up companies and researchers. There could still be more waste to come, though there is a feeling of decline in the air.
Here are things they want you to forget today: Practically the entire western establishment and media (English, American, etc.) was adamantly pro Hitler, Mussolini and Fascism - right up to WW2.
via https://twitter.com/historic_ly/status/1256050642608631813
"My message is very simple and universal, not very intellectual, but humane. Just love each other and live." - Alton Ellis
Interview with Catherine Austin Fitts, on economic warfare and the new world order.
Predictably Youtube toke the video off with in day. Here is an alternative link - and one more
"Build Back Better" Compilation - "The Great Reset" Montage