M.J. Rose

In this video montage, physicist Michio Kaku discusses the types of civilizations (we’re still type zero!), extraterrestrial life, the recent discovery of earth-like twins, worm holes, U.F.O.s, and other fascinating things related to science and astrology…

We all want it. We all have trouble achieving it. What is the great mystery about relaxation and why does it elude us so? Leave it to the Buddhist scholars to clue us in on the secret…

Two Ways of Learning Relaxation

by Shinzen Young

There are two ways of learning relaxation, because there are two distinct levels at which a person can relax. I speak of top-to-bottom relaxation versus bottom-to-top relaxation. “Top” refers to the surface conscious mind, “bottom” the deep unconscious.

Top-to-bottom relaxation is what most people think of when they think of relaxation. It’s voluntary relaxation, like a progressive relaxation where you make an effort to relax. When a person sits to meditate I think it is good to do whatever possible to relax the overall body. I usually try to get an overall sense of the body relaxing. I call it a “settled-in” sense. For example, I notice that during sitting sometimes my shoulders will come up, so I’ll relax them as an act of conscious intention…

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Hidden In Plain View: The Physics Of Cloaking Time, Space And Experience

by Adam Frank (NPR)

The path light travels determines the image you see.

You never experience the world as it is. You only experience it in the way light brings it to you.

And light can be taught to lie.

Last week researchers at Cornell University announced they had created a time cloaking device. Using their machine they could hide an event from detection, even if it occurred in plain view of very capable detectors.

This “time cloaking” experiment comes on the heels of a series of results over the last few years of “space cloaking” technologies in which a stationary object could be made invisible to detectors…

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