Yes, 96% of it is assumed to be phenomena that cannot be observed, and by their nature only interact with reality to generate gravity. And yes, they were looking for what could create that gravity before they "found" dark matter and dark energy. So it's somewhat obvious that those two phenomena were made up to fit the extant conceptions of the universe.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Really?
This is the estimated composition of the universe (pulled off wikipedia):
Yes, 96% of it is assumed to be phenomena that cannot be observed, and by their nature only interact with reality to generate gravity. And yes, they were looking for what could create that gravity before they "found" dark matter and dark energy. So it's somewhat obvious that those two phenomena were made up to fit the extant conceptions of the universe.
Yes, 96% of it is assumed to be phenomena that cannot be observed, and by their nature only interact with reality to generate gravity. And yes, they were looking for what could create that gravity before they "found" dark matter and dark energy. So it's somewhat obvious that those two phenomena were made up to fit the extant conceptions of the universe.
Matter v. Mass
I was reading an article on the Thunderbolts of the Gods site and I came across an explanation on the difference between matter and mass. We assume they are the same, or at least directly proportional. Turns out that's not the case.
An amount of matter is sensed, typically by our muscles. An amount of mass is determined by its relationship to perceived force and movement, m = F/a.
In order to measure mass and relate to matter, our physicists look at motion and forces and extrapolate based on how matter is sensed here on earth. This tends not not work out very well. Saturn has been calculated to weigh less than water, Mercury is posited to have a very dense core, Comets are fluffy ice despite looking like rocks, and, of course, there needs to be a hundred times more observed matter in the universe (so they made up dark matter and black holes).
Newtonian Movements need to be revised, this is totally out of control.
An amount of matter is sensed, typically by our muscles. An amount of mass is determined by its relationship to perceived force and movement, m = F/a.
In order to measure mass and relate to matter, our physicists look at motion and forces and extrapolate based on how matter is sensed here on earth. This tends not not work out very well. Saturn has been calculated to weigh less than water, Mercury is posited to have a very dense core, Comets are fluffy ice despite looking like rocks, and, of course, there needs to be a hundred times more observed matter in the universe (so they made up dark matter and black holes).
Newtonian Movements need to be revised, this is totally out of control.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Suffusion of Happiness
Many years ago I was hanging with some friends and someone brought over a new drug he wanted us to try, it went by the name of salvia divinorum, or the salve of the gods.
A few buddies tried it before I did, and lost coherency for a minute or two, looking around confusedly or giggling softly while staring into space. My experience was much more intense. About halfway through my third rip of the stuff in a 30 second space, energy erupted up through my spine. The energy had a character and a structure- that of pure laughter.
I entered a synaesthesic state where every sense was joined in experiencing this laughter- the world became composed of laughing mouths which I was laughing along with. The energy in my spine was the most powerful- it was like a solid column reverberating with universal mirth. The most significant aspect of the experience was the totality of it- every aspect of my being was laughing, I could think nothing, feel nothing, sense nothing apart from the laughter. And all aspects of the laughter- the spinal column, the laughing mouths, my own laughter, was in perfect synch, it was all the same laugh. Slowly, over a period of a minute or two, the laughing mouths resolved into the confused face of my friends that had been staring at me while I decended and returned from the extreme laugh state.
Anyway, I've come to view this experience as my body touching the primal plane of the universe- and that the energy of this plane flooded into my body. Like a pasta press, my body altered the flow of the energy to be capable of release through my own nadi exits, and it took the form of extreme mirth. I now find this experience spiritual, it showed me that the universal energy, when pushed through the human form, creates joy. Thus, anything that does not create joy is not connected to the universal energy, and does not lead to the divine.
Yogananda supports tapping into the universal mirth as a path to God on page 92 of "How to be Happy All the Time":
A few buddies tried it before I did, and lost coherency for a minute or two, looking around confusedly or giggling softly while staring into space. My experience was much more intense. About halfway through my third rip of the stuff in a 30 second space, energy erupted up through my spine. The energy had a character and a structure- that of pure laughter.
I entered a synaesthesic state where every sense was joined in experiencing this laughter- the world became composed of laughing mouths which I was laughing along with. The energy in my spine was the most powerful- it was like a solid column reverberating with universal mirth. The most significant aspect of the experience was the totality of it- every aspect of my being was laughing, I could think nothing, feel nothing, sense nothing apart from the laughter. And all aspects of the laughter- the spinal column, the laughing mouths, my own laughter, was in perfect synch, it was all the same laugh. Slowly, over a period of a minute or two, the laughing mouths resolved into the confused face of my friends that had been staring at me while I decended and returned from the extreme laugh state.
Anyway, I've come to view this experience as my body touching the primal plane of the universe- and that the energy of this plane flooded into my body. Like a pasta press, my body altered the flow of the energy to be capable of release through my own nadi exits, and it took the form of extreme mirth. I now find this experience spiritual, it showed me that the universal energy, when pushed through the human form, creates joy. Thus, anything that does not create joy is not connected to the universal energy, and does not lead to the divine.
Yogananda supports tapping into the universal mirth as a path to God on page 92 of "How to be Happy All the Time":
O Silent Laughter, smile thou through my soul. Let my soul smile through my heart, let my heart smile through my eyes. O Prince of Smiles, be enthroned beneath the canopy of my countenance, and I will protect Thy tender Self in the castle of my sincerity, so that no reble hypocrisy may lurk to destroy Thee. Make me a smile Millionaire, so that I may scatter Thy smile in sad hearts freely, everywhere!He's talking about accessing the laughing energy that I blustered into whilist on drugs, only accessing it with finesse instead of ripping the door down and letting the flood in. To open one's spine and let a little of that laughter in, to keep in within the "canopy of my countenance", and then spread it around.
Jokes and Humor
I've been thinking about Yogananda's anti-joke stance, given that I've heard yogis and the Dalai Lama are both way into the humor of everyday life. I decided that stand-up comedy is a poor method of getting humor across.
I think that proper humor is making light of everyday situations by using comic timing. As a friend or colleague is musing about something is that is odd or strange, you take the opportunity to say "Well, it needs at least a little spackle." Spackle is a funny word, and your friend was just thinking about how there was no way the object would function without a ton of spackle, despite the speech the expert had just given. That would be a proper use of humor.
The way that stand-up comedy works is by taking the audience to the time you and your friend encountered the spackle-free object, and saying the phrase at the right comically-timed moment. Yogananda doesn't say that this is bad, just that we shouldn't do it too much. I think I get what he is saying and the difference between in-the-moment humor and telling a joke.
In-the-moment humor involves everyone present, it shows that you are in tune with other thought processes and understand what they are thinking (and of course bad humor shows the opposite). Telling a joke is taking someone to your funny place, regardless of their thought processes. While it's possible to tell jokes that are in tune with a person's thoughts, telling too many jokes (which Yogananda specifically recommends against) is to ignore the thoughts of others on beleive that one's own experiences are the best entertainment. The folly there is obvious.
I think that proper humor is making light of everyday situations by using comic timing. As a friend or colleague is musing about something is that is odd or strange, you take the opportunity to say "Well, it needs at least a little spackle." Spackle is a funny word, and your friend was just thinking about how there was no way the object would function without a ton of spackle, despite the speech the expert had just given. That would be a proper use of humor.
The way that stand-up comedy works is by taking the audience to the time you and your friend encountered the spackle-free object, and saying the phrase at the right comically-timed moment. Yogananda doesn't say that this is bad, just that we shouldn't do it too much. I think I get what he is saying and the difference between in-the-moment humor and telling a joke.
In-the-moment humor involves everyone present, it shows that you are in tune with other thought processes and understand what they are thinking (and of course bad humor shows the opposite). Telling a joke is taking someone to your funny place, regardless of their thought processes. While it's possible to tell jokes that are in tune with a person's thoughts, telling too many jokes (which Yogananda specifically recommends against) is to ignore the thoughts of others on beleive that one's own experiences are the best entertainment. The folly there is obvious.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
I've got work to do
Just started reading Paramhansa's How to be Happy all the time. I love this guy, and what he has to say. Except what he says about joking, I don't buy that. Making fun of other people is wrong, but finding humor in the self and in everyday situations seems somewhat divine to me.
One great quote from page 56-
There is no "good" or "bad", just forward and backward. And going backward merely means extra forward, nothing else. So we must never feel bad about what we do now or in a past life, because feeling bad has only one outcome- more feeling bad, more going backward. Happiness is an internal choice made completely independent of outside influences. In fact, it can never come from without, only fleeting pleasure results, never the building blocks of true joy.
One great quote from page 56-
Give both the good and the bad that you do to God. Of course, that means you should not deliberately do things that are bad, but when you cannot help yourself because of too-strong habits, feel that God is acting through you. Make Him responsible. He likes that! For He wants you to realize that it is He who is dreaming this experience.I think this goes back to the Indigo Girls' concept of "fault". We are all Gods that have placed a shard of our consciousness here on earth so that all of our divine knowledge won't cause preconceptions about all that we can learn while embodied here on earth. We all planned likely probabilities for our lives before birth from this God-state. Upon death we reconnect with the temporarily forgotten parts of ourselves, and are able to look back at our lives in perfect honesty with no regrets, and reflect on how everything went.
As long as you are making the effort, God will never let you down!
There is no "good" or "bad", just forward and backward. And going backward merely means extra forward, nothing else. So we must never feel bad about what we do now or in a past life, because feeling bad has only one outcome- more feeling bad, more going backward. Happiness is an internal choice made completely independent of outside influences. In fact, it can never come from without, only fleeting pleasure results, never the building blocks of true joy.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Damn Hippies
So I was in the car plowing down to LA this past weekend and I heard the Indigo Girls song "Galileo". I've sang that song with many jews and campers around a guitar and/or a fire, and never really listened to the lyrics. I guess I haven't really heard it since I've gained a true understanding of what reincarnation is and how it works according to the Vedas.
Basically, it looks to me as though the Indigo Girls missed the point. They give voice to the misgivings many of us may have about living outside just this one life, but don't offer the solution, they don't show what's good about it. Terms like "you squandered big bucks in your lifetime/ now I have to pay" imply that there is fault inherent in the Karma cycle. That it's someone's fault that suffering exists. That's just not true.
Suffering is the state of the world. Energy devours other energy, if it didn't then physics would not allow the universe to exist. Complex energetics are no different than basic energetics in this respect, they still have to obey the laws of cause and effect, of the conservation of energy and mass. So to suffer is to be part of the universe, and to have knowledge of one's own suffering is the first step on the Karmic path.
So we start on the path existence composed of suffering, of energy devouring other energy, needing to eat other life and possibly cause more suffering. But I say again, without that mechanic there would be no universe.
To blame your suffering on your past lives, to actually bear resentment or judgment against those actions is like getting hung up on the time you puked when you were six months old. Those actions in that past life were made by someone mired in the cycle of suffering- you can't blame them, they simply lived out their Karma. They obviously didn't mess it up so bad that you have no knowledge of the divine nature of suffering, so harboring resentment breeds negative Karma that doesn't even get you anything.
Then, if these Indigo Girls really knew and really cared about Karma and the divine cycle of reincarnation, they would have mentioned something about helping others with compassion. Instead we get "But then again it feels like some sort of inspiration/ to let the next life off the hook." This is profoundly selfish. While an end to suffering is a great goal and can help to drive the masses to seek divine knowledge, spreading compassion is really what it's about. Any method of suffering that does not include compassion for others will not get you very far down the Karmic road.
It's this kind of thinking that makes the Hippie movement sound lame and silly. On the surface it sounds enlightened but just under that it's very self-serving. As if eating raw and buying a hybrid will have much impact on the pollution in China. I feel the American New-Age movement offers a quick fix, something compulsive to do that offers only freedom from liberal guilt for the practitioner.
Basically, it looks to me as though the Indigo Girls missed the point. They give voice to the misgivings many of us may have about living outside just this one life, but don't offer the solution, they don't show what's good about it. Terms like "you squandered big bucks in your lifetime/ now I have to pay" imply that there is fault inherent in the Karma cycle. That it's someone's fault that suffering exists. That's just not true.
Suffering is the state of the world. Energy devours other energy, if it didn't then physics would not allow the universe to exist. Complex energetics are no different than basic energetics in this respect, they still have to obey the laws of cause and effect, of the conservation of energy and mass. So to suffer is to be part of the universe, and to have knowledge of one's own suffering is the first step on the Karmic path.
So we start on the path existence composed of suffering, of energy devouring other energy, needing to eat other life and possibly cause more suffering. But I say again, without that mechanic there would be no universe.
To blame your suffering on your past lives, to actually bear resentment or judgment against those actions is like getting hung up on the time you puked when you were six months old. Those actions in that past life were made by someone mired in the cycle of suffering- you can't blame them, they simply lived out their Karma. They obviously didn't mess it up so bad that you have no knowledge of the divine nature of suffering, so harboring resentment breeds negative Karma that doesn't even get you anything.
Then, if these Indigo Girls really knew and really cared about Karma and the divine cycle of reincarnation, they would have mentioned something about helping others with compassion. Instead we get "But then again it feels like some sort of inspiration/ to let the next life off the hook." This is profoundly selfish. While an end to suffering is a great goal and can help to drive the masses to seek divine knowledge, spreading compassion is really what it's about. Any method of suffering that does not include compassion for others will not get you very far down the Karmic road.
It's this kind of thinking that makes the Hippie movement sound lame and silly. On the surface it sounds enlightened but just under that it's very self-serving. As if eating raw and buying a hybrid will have much impact on the pollution in China. I feel the American New-Age movement offers a quick fix, something compulsive to do that offers only freedom from liberal guilt for the practitioner.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Summation
It's a simple equation.
See, there's three kinds of people: dicks, pussies, and assholes. Pussies think everyone can get along, and dicks just want to fuck all the time without thinking it through. But then you got your assholes, Chuck. And all the assholes want us to shit all over everything! So, pussies may get mad at dicks once in a while, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes, Chuck. And if they didn't fuck the assholes, you know what you'd get? You'd get your dick and your pussy all covered in shit!
With a simple solution.
We're dicks! We're reckless, arrogant, stupid dicks. And the Film Actors Guild are pussies. And Kim Jong Il is an asshole. Pussies don't like dicks, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes: assholes that just want to shit on everything. Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way. But the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick, with some balls. The problem with dicks is: they fuck too much or fuck when it isn't appropriate - and it takes a pussy to show them that. But sometimes, pussies can be so full of shit that they become assholes themselves... because pussies are an inch and half away from assholes. I don't know much about this crazy, crazy world, but I do know this: If you don't let us fuck this asshole, we're going to have our dicks and pussies all covered in shit!
Duh.
See, there's three kinds of people: dicks, pussies, and assholes. Pussies think everyone can get along, and dicks just want to fuck all the time without thinking it through. But then you got your assholes, Chuck. And all the assholes want us to shit all over everything! So, pussies may get mad at dicks once in a while, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes, Chuck. And if they didn't fuck the assholes, you know what you'd get? You'd get your dick and your pussy all covered in shit!
With a simple solution.
We're dicks! We're reckless, arrogant, stupid dicks. And the Film Actors Guild are pussies. And Kim Jong Il is an asshole. Pussies don't like dicks, because pussies get fucked by dicks. But dicks also fuck assholes: assholes that just want to shit on everything. Pussies may think they can deal with assholes their way. But the only thing that can fuck an asshole is a dick, with some balls. The problem with dicks is: they fuck too much or fuck when it isn't appropriate - and it takes a pussy to show them that. But sometimes, pussies can be so full of shit that they become assholes themselves... because pussies are an inch and half away from assholes. I don't know much about this crazy, crazy world, but I do know this: If you don't let us fuck this asshole, we're going to have our dicks and pussies all covered in shit!
Duh.
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