Cosmic Soup
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
Can dirt replace Prozac?
Chalk up another ‘win’ for nature, the gift that keeps on giving – this time, we need look no further than the soil beneath our feet. When most of us think about soil, we think about growing food or having a garden. But now, scientists in the UK, USA and elsewhere have discovered another crop … Continue reading
