Cosmic Soup
They call me the seeker …
When I land a Prime Time TV series, the theme music will have to be The Seeker by The Who! Basing myself in Bali, I’ve begun diving into exploring the region’s mystical mysteries. Beneath the relatively thin veneer of modernity (including motorscooter-clogged roads, gaggles of Eat, Pray, Love tourists, and Aussie Spring-Break seeking partiers), there’s … Continue reading
Seven months in America
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” – Einstein “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.” – Clinton “Cuz, remember: no matter where you go … there you are.” - Buckaroo Banzai + + + In just over a week, I’ll be … Continue reading
Star Trek, Cousin Alfred & Cancer Research
I’m exploring my 95-year-old cousin Alfred’s breakthrough cancer detection research from the 1970s, in which he applied electricity to a drop of blood sitting upon NASA-created liquid crystals, and took remarkable photographs of the resulting color patterns. Here’s Alfred in a 1982 “In Search of” TV episode, hosted by Leonard “Spock” Nemoy: In nearly all test cases, … Continue reading
Bookmarks of an incredible journey
Sacred Geometry. Spontaneous Remission. The conspiracy film Thrive. My web browser is quickly filling up with dozens of folders and scores of bookmarks – in the past few days, I’ve added wikipedia entries on fractals, lucid dreaming, geomagnetic reversal, quantum mysticism and Peru’s Nazca lines. I’ve watched a YouTube video in which a steady stream of … Continue reading
The universe is a symphony
When Michio Kaku talks, people should listen. Not because when, as a high school student, he built a particle accelerator in his family’s garage. Or because Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb, tried to recruit him (unsuccessfully) into a Star Wars weapons development program. Listening to him yesterday being interview by NPR’s Terry Gross (transcript), I … Continue reading
How Old Man Cerini saved Straus Family Creamery
As I write, the season’s first major rain is falling on our fields. I’m reminded of a winter, 35 years ago during the drought of 1976-77, when our family farm, like so many others here in northern California, teetered on the edge of dissater. Bone-dry wells and powder-dry reservoirs lay barren, unable to quench the voluminous … Continue reading
People (and fish) who see energy
Recently, my close friend ‘Barbara’ revealed an unusual experience: she can see energy. It happened like this – some years ago, after being led through a meditation practice which focused on feeling energy flow through the body, she began (and continues, to this day) to see energy: It’s like seeing heat waves coming off an … Continue reading
Infinite and Randomly Generated Thoughts
Taking a momentary break from attempting to grok hypothetical tachyon particles traveling faster than the speed of light to alter the past, I head over to my friend’s ranch for an afternoon BBQ celebrating the birth of her twins. As I wander their heirloom apple orchards and well-tended rose garden, thoughts of infinity float through … Continue reading
Science & Nonduality -Part I
Some years ago, while standing in the check-out line at the local grocery store, I ran into my Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Doolittle. ”Michael,” she begins, “when you were in 1st grade, do you remember telling me that you skipped straight to 2nd grade math?” I nod. “Do you remember telling me how you managed to do … Continue reading
Life in Slow Motion
At last week’s Bioneers Conference, filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg’s time-lapsed nature footage left me breathless, nearly speechless with his profoundly awe-inspiring and visually stunning glimpses into the hidden lives of insects, flowers and fungi. In another recent talk, he offered: Nature invented reproduction as a mechanism for life to move forward, as a life force that … Continue reading
