This blog covers current topics in the news, with a metaphysical twist, and a pinch of humor.
Friday, November 17, 2017
Thanksgiving Week
Thanksgiving opens the door to the Holiday Season as another year ends.
As we move into Thanksgiving Week, many will reflect on how difficult 2017 has been, at home and abroad. It's been a whiplash year of developments enough to awaken even the most spiritual person about the fate of reality. That which has been abused and hidden is now coming to the surface. Along with that, we find the predictable increase in all the things I've blogged about for over the past two decades from climate change, to natural disasters, to imploding paradigms in the human condition and more. Many American families will celebrate Thanksgiving in ways they never imagined one year ago and yet the human spirit will prevail yet with a different perspective on the flow of reality.
You are among the lucky people, if 2017 brought positive things to your life and to those you love and care about most. On the matter of how much people have become enlightened in 2017 - there were the usual healing and awakening events that go along with one's belief in their source of creation. For those heading out this weekend, for a week away with family and friends, travel safely. Travel conditions look good across the country. Once again I'll be in NJ with my children, grandchildren, and extended family. It's been a positive year for us and we all appreciate it.
Mob Ties
Interstellar asteroid is given a name BBC - November 17, 2017
Notorious Sicilian Mafia "boss of all bosses" Salvatore "Toto" Riina has died from cancer in jail, aged 87. Riina was serving 26 life sentences and is believed to have ordered more than 150 murders.
A viral video showing hundreds of years of varnish being wiped off a centuries-old painting has horrified experts in the field. The short video was posted on Twitter by the art dealer Philip Mould, who hosts the BBC TV show "Fake or Fortune?" and was involved in the cleaning process, according to statements he's made to other news organizations. The clip shows someone glopping a gel-like substance directly on the face of a Jacobean lady pictured in a 1618 portrait and scrubbing it away with what looks like a paintbrush, almost immediately revealing the vibrant colors of the mysterious face beneath the aged yellow surface.
Math at the Met - Amid the museum's 2 million works of art lie numerous mathematical curiosities Scientific American - November 16, 2017
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City - known worldwide and hereinafter as "the Met" - is the largest art museum in the United States, and one of the ten largest in the world. Founded in 1870, it holds two million works of art, from antiquity to today, from all around the world. We propose here a guided tour of the Met's hidden math. The Met's collections include works of art with surprising mathematical content. These works span the globe, human history, and the Met's curatorial departments. They include numerals, shapes, perspective, astronomy, time, and games. (On a second tour, still in the planning stages, we hope to show you patterns, symmetries, and various mathematical activities.)
'Leonardo da Vinci artwork' sells for record $450m BBC - November 16, 2017
A 500-year-old painting of Christ believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci has been sold in New York for a record $450m (£341m). The painting is known as Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World). It is the highest auction price for any work of art and brought cheers and applause at the packed Christie's auction room. Leonardo da Vinci died in 1519 and there are fewer than 20 of his paintings in existence.
Have archaeologists found Buddha's remains? Cremated bones discovered
in a 1,000-year-old chest in China may belong to the 'enlightened one'
Gautama Buddha (c. 563 BCE/480 BCE - c. 483 BCE/400 BCE) is the primary figure in Buddhism. He is recognized by Buddhists as an enlightened teacher who attained full Buddhahood, and shared his insights to help sentient beings end rebirth and suffering. Accounts of his life, discourses, and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition and first committed to writing about 400 years later. Buddha - In the News, Text, Pics
Gondwana
As we go back in time to find the secrets of Antarctica the focus turns to Plate Tectonics - Continental Drift - Crustal Displacement - Pole Shifts - Geology - Earth's Energy Grids - Global Warming - and more to uncover the ancient history of this once fertile land. For those into pseudoscience and Ancient Alien Theory, a glimpse of what lies beneath helps to unfold the unexpected revelations about human history. Everything is connected by either a land bridge or the grids that created and document this experiment.
More than 170 million years ago, Antarctica was part of the supercontinent Gondwana. Over time Gondwana broke apart and Antarctica as we know it today was formed around 25 million years ago. Gondwana was the largest continental landmass on Earth, covering an area of 100,000,000 km2 (39,000,000 sq mi) or 64% of today's continents. Located in the Southern Hemisphere, it incorporated several modern landmasses, including Antarctica, South America, Africa, Madagascar, and Australia, as well as the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent, which have now moved entirely into the Northern Hemisphere. Gondwana was named by Austrian scientist Eduard Suess, after the Gondwana region of central northern India which is derived from Sanskrit for "forest of the Gonds". Read more ...
Antarctica wasn't always a land of ice. Millions of years ago, when the continent was still part of a huge Southern Hemisphere landmass called Gondwana, trees flourished near the South Pole. Now, newfound, intricate fossils of some of these trees are revealing how the plants thrived - and what forests might look like as they march northward in today's warming world.
Finding nothing new to blog about today, I decided to go out for a while. Along the way I met a neighbor in the food industry and asked him for a suggestion. He smiled and said, "Check this out" .... Bob Blumer's Dishwasher Salmon Recipe. Just a silly thing in this crazy world.
Politics and abuses on all levels highlight along with the return of Trump. If you like your share of political dramas to discuss today there are lots to pick and chose from as corruption will always run deep - Trumps, Clintons, Sessions and of course Roy Moore who should be gone for all the reasons you and I agree on. Whether Moore wins or loses, there is no good outcome for Senate Republicans. In a bipartisan democracy, as with anything that starts with the word "bi" the pendulum will always swing back and forth for experience. It's all about duality.
I often listen to the news when driving. Yesterday I heard something that stunned me - 50% of the population has high blood pressure. It seems to coincide with the increase in anxiety, depression, and substance abuse everywhere.
Stories of death and destruction after the Iran-Iraq 7.3 earthquake also take center stage. The aftermath of the quake is just starting to unfold. Recovery from natural disasters is an accelerating theme especially in areas were dwellings are poorly constructed..
Monday, November 13, 2017
Stargate :: 12 Around 1 To Create Physical Reality Grids
The posts below are connected reflecting the beginning, the middle, and the end of this edition of realty. Our saga, written hard against the backbone of history, is awash with mythic overtones, replete with revelations of mystical realities. It is our journey brought for into the element of time for your experience.
One would hope that major chaotic events such as this earthquake would ignite the humanitarian part of our programming as souls ban together to help each other. Sadly things will return to their normal politically driven programming in the future.
Sunday night I watched three of my favorite shows dealing with politics, terrorism, and espionage - NCIS LA, Berlin Station, and Madame Secretary. The audience and writers may think they know what's going on behind the scenes in the global panorama of politics, but the equations update too quickly. For those programmed for the high and lows, there will always be new connections with another set of circumstance that define reality and engage players. The Trump administration is a spike in the grids that diverts and deceives as some choose to speculate on who did what, when, and to who. If the grids didn't update, the audience would not remain engaged. Computer end program.
I never write about Saudi Arabia but as of late have mentioned internal political upheavals and their effect on the global picture. When I scrolled down the Wiki article, the Dilmun Civilization caught my attention with its references to ancient Sumer which takes us back to the beginning and how this biogenetic experiment came to be. Anunnaki The stone structures displaying pyramids with circles on top take me to the 1994 film Stargate when Daniel Jackson (James Spader) figured out how to open the stargate.
Stargate: 36 around 1 To Create Consciousness Realities
Source and Streaming Consciousness
The color red references physical reality - the seat of emotions.
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Today is 11.11 Veterans Day
US Veterans Day is the anniversary of the ending of World War I.
Major hostilities ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
Today we honor those who served in the US Armed Forces. As I live down the street from Fort Hamilton there are always memorial services there and in the Senior Center just outside.
Have you ever had a past/future life in the military? Close your eyes, take a slow deep breath and see what your consciousness wants you to remember on this day, especially as it might impact your journey in this timeline. Take your time to see the imagery, hear the sounds of war, and other sensory experiences.
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by separatist Congregationalists who called themselves "Saints". Later they were referred to as Pilgrims or Pilgrim Fathers. They were fleeing from religious persecution by King James of England. They traveled aboard the Mayflower in 1620 along with adventurers, tradesmen, and servants, most of whom were referred to by the Separatists as "Strangers". The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620 by the Pilgrims. They used the Julian Calendar, also known as Old Style dates, which, at that time, was ten days behind the Gregorian Calendar. Signing the covenant were 41 of the ship's 101 passengers, while the Mayflower was anchored in what is now Provincetown Harbor within the hook at the northern tip of Cape Cod.
Friday, November 10, 2017
The Truth Will Out About Sexual Abuse
Stories of sexual assault by men in power are flooding the airwaves, taking down Hollywood entertainers among others. It's as much about power and control (bullies, mentally instability) as sexual activity. Men and women who have had to deal with the repercussions of sexual abuse, in and related to the workplace, are coming forward making this a movement in End Times linked to Disclosure and Healing. You may bury a sexual violation against you for years, or decades, but it remains in your consciousness and will one day be revealed to those involved. The Hollywood saga of abuse is hopefully ending as the stories keep coming and victims have their day in court.
Everything that is hidden - in any sector of the equation - appears to be surfacing in end times. The final reveal goes to who created the hologram. Wait for it. You should see it coming as the consciousness grids collapse around those programmed to do harm and conceal the facts thereafter. Those who prefer not to hear or face truth, will have no choice. The truth will out not just in the games of emotions but in every aspect of realty.
The Truth Will Out in Science
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Update
Scientists at CERN are still looking to breach other dimensions and figure out how energy became matter. With all the conspiracies in the world - such as the "revelation" last week that a large void was found in the Great Pyramid after which Zahi came forward and said it was discovered 25 years ago - I believe the secrets of the LHC are being kept secret with the age-old excuse, "It's for the good of the people who don't need to know." As we follow the algorithmic patterns of our creation, this leads to conspiracies and dissension in the ranks while certain sectors maintain control of information.
'Holy Grail' Hadron: Scientists Are Close to Detecting the Elusive Tetraquark Particle Live Science - November 10, 2017
Flit, zip, jitter, boom. Quarks, the tiny particles that make up everything tangible in the universe, remain deeply mysterious to physicists even 53 years after scientists first began to suspect these particles exist. They bop around at the edge of scientific instruments' sensitivities, are squirreled away inside larger particles, and decay from their higher forms into their simplest in half the time it takes a beam of light to cross a grain of salt. The little buggers don't give up their secrets easily. That's why it took more than five decades for physicists to confirm the existence of an exotic particle they've been hunting since the beginning of quark science: the massive (at least in subatomic particle terms), elusive tetraquark.
The Truth Will Out About Space-Time
Tuesday afternoon
Another former high school friend named Linda emailed me on Facebook. She wrote: "Hi Ellie....just thought I would say hello and remind you of lunch hours spent on the steps of Lincoln. As I recall, you were a mini crumb cake luncher. I also remember some philosophical talks. We should catch up." Ah yes ... Drakes Crumb Cakes ... but more than that I remember, Linda and I laughing and talking about life. Though that was just a few years after my UFO experience in the Nevada desert, that part of my destiny would remain in the closet for the next two decades. Linda and I spoke later in the day about old times and new.
I am actually one of the few people I know who has fond memories of High School though I was happy to graduate early (January before turning 17) - going on to Brooklyn College - then gradating the summer after my 20th birthday. NYU followed after that for one year.
Back to this timeline ... the sun was shining as off I went to run errands. While at Walgreens on 3rd Avenue and 97th Street I was guided to the bagel store across the street where I was "told" I would find Crumb Cake 2017 Brooklyn Style ... and here it is. Interesting that I wasn't drawn to buy a piece, though I have tried them in the past and enjoyed. Please have a piece.
Next I took a drive along the Belt Parkway stopping to enjoy the last vestiges of summer with people of like-mind. There were two young couples shooting a scene for a documentary, bicyclists, joggers, along with others who pulled over to relax in the energies of the day while sitting on a bench. If only life could be this calm for everyone. A local man took these two pics of me by the Verrazano Bridge. As the sun was behind me, they came out dark, but today was all about the water and the bridge.
The Truth Will Out About Reality This Is All An Illusion Bridging Across Space and Time
The Truth Will Out About Political Decisions
"We are not going to let the United States be taken advantage of anymore." That's what President Trump told a meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders in Vietnam Friday. The go-it-alone pitch must have been difficult for many of the countries to hear; most had pinned their economic hopes on a U.S.-led regional pact. Read more
The tax plan that Senate Republicans unveiled on Thursday would preserve prized exemptions like the mortgage interest deduction, and postpone a corporate rate cut to 2019. Such a delay isnÕt likely to go down well with the White House. Google News
Saturday is 11.11 - Veterans Day
US Veterans Day is the anniversary of the ending of World War I.
Major hostilities ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by separatist Congregationalists who called themselves "Saints". Later they were referred to as Pilgrims or Pilgrim Fathers. They were fleeing from religious persecution by King James of England. They traveled aboard the Mayflower in 1620 along with adventurers, tradesmen, and servants, most of whom were referred to by the Separatists as "Strangers". The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620 by the Pilgrims. They used the Julian Calendar, also known as Old Style dates, which, at that time, was ten days behind the Gregorian Calendar. Signing the covenant were 41 of the ship's 101 passengers, while the Mayflower was anchored in what is now Provincetown Harbor within the hook at the northern tip of Cape Cod.
Carl Sagan was born to Jewish parents in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, NY. He was American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences. His best known scientific contribution is research on extraterrestrial life. Sagan assembled the first physical messages sent into space: the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, universal messages that could potentially be understood by any extraterrestrial intelligence that might find them. He is world-famous for writing popular science books and for co-writing the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage.
Sagan wrote the novel Contact, the basis for the 1997 film of the same name starring Jodie Foster whose name is Ellie in the film. Sagan believed that the Drake equation suggested that a large number of extraterrestrial civilizations would form, but that the lack of evidence of such civilizations the (Fermi Paradox) suggests that technological civilizations tend to destroy themselves rather quickly. Sagan also played a prominent role in the U.S. space program, with his involvement in the Mariner, Viking, and Voyager spacecraft expeditions.
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were.
But without it we go nowhere.
There are positives and negatives in everything in a dualistic reality. But what would life be like if AI took over?
Raymond "Ray" Kurzweil (February 12, 1948) is an American author, computer scientist, inventor and futurist, involved in fields including optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology, and electronic keyboard instruments. Read more
Famous Futurist Ray Kurzweil Explains Why We Shouldn't Fear AI NBC - November 8, 2017
Kurzweil discussed the future of AI at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in Washington, D.C. on Friday. And, while he agreed with Tesla CEO and founder Elon Musk who warned of the potential existential risks a super-intelligent AI could bring, Kurzweil said that humanity would be able to overcome these difficult episodes, if they ever actually happen.
Thursday, November 9, 2017
The Big Chill
After a record-setting warm autumn, the temps have dropped as early signs of winter arrive in the city. It sets the tone for upcoming holidays as stores and online shopping move to holiday sales in hopes this will be a good season. There are holidays sales ahead but many retailers are already marking items down. This week I threw away a few old things and updated my wardrobe for the winter. Didn't need much but its fun to shop.
Ladies ... this year I'm feeling velvet or velour jumpsuits, be they new or retro. I couldn't find anything I liked in the stores but I did find two velour jumpsuits on eBay - emerald green & brown (new) - for a fraction of their retail price. They arrive within the week.
Also keeping me warm ... Workers are back on my roof this morning - hammering away as I blog - putting a new roof on my building complete with insulation. The area over my apartment has been completed so we shall see. One thing I learned about roofing when I owned a home is patching a hole is just a "temporary fix," like meditating or praying to solve a major issue. An old roof needs to be replaced whether it was damaged by the severe natural disasters that are befalling us, or just worn down though time like many souls.
There was a warm reception for the performers last night the 51st annual Country Music Association Awards which kicked off with a tribute to the victims of last month's Las Vegas tragedy. Darius Rucker led an all-star group of country superstars in a rendition of his Hootie and the Blowfish hit "Hold My Hand". On stage with him was a who's-who of the country world including Keith Urban, Lady Antebellum, Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire and more. CMA Awards hosts Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley not only paid tribute to victims of the horrific shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Vegas but also the most recent mass shootings that have made headlines, also recognizing the victims of the hurricanes that devastated Texas, Florida, the Caribbean and Puerto Rico. Read more
Carl Sagan was born to Jewish parents in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, NY. He was American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences. His best known scientific contribution is research on extraterrestrial life. Sagan assembled the first physical messages sent into space: the Pioneer plaque and the Voyager Golden Record, universal messages that could potentially be understood by any extraterrestrial intelligence that might find them. He is world-famous for writing popular science books and for co-writing the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. He wrote the novel Contact, the basis for the 1997 film of the same name starring Jodie Foster. Sagan believed that the Drake equation suggested that a large number of extraterrestrial civilizations would form, but that the lack of evidence of such civilizations (the Fermi paradox) suggests that technological civilizations tend to destroy themselves rather quickly. Sagan also played a prominent role in the U.S. space program, with his involvement in the Mariner, Viking, and Voyager spacecraft expeditions.
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were.
But without it we go nowhere.
From the moment of creation, one's consciousness is forever scanning the vast matrix of endless possibilities that align with their programming for experience. It all happens very quickly though it may not seem that way at this level of consciousness. Time and Reality are accelerating exponentially hence decision making must also step up leading to confusion. Many people just can't keep up. As a result there is frustration, anger, feeling out of control, and the inability for the person to function. Sadly, the reaction is negative action.
Yesterday, I had dinner with my friend Peter, who took a break from working at the senior center where locals go to vote. Peter, is in his late 60's, retired from the corporate world, and has experienced much in life. Through it all he is amazed at the insanity level that is permeating reality today. Each generation grows up assuming that the next will be smarter, accomplish more, and live in a safer world. They will learn from the mistakes of the past and be stronger for it. And yet, as we sat there talking, he said we seem to be reverting back to primitive behavior to which he sees no resolve.
I agree with Peter though not sharing my philosophy on reality as a hologram that is coming to closure. You cannot understand my perspective unless programmed to do so and once there helps makes sense of the chaos permeating our little experience. One day Peter and I may revisit this conversation, but on Election Day 2017 we agreed Mayor De Blasio would be reelected along with Democratic Governors in New Jersey and Virginia.
How many penalties are there for divorce? If you ask any person who has been through the process they would say endless. Some men count the years of alimony and child support as if a jail term. Others go to therapy. For today they face a new obstacle in the proposed tax bill. Alimony tax break killed in GOP tax plan CNN - November 8, 2017
Ray Kurzweil and AI
There are positives and negatives in everything in a dualistic reality. But what would life be like if AI took over?
Raymond "Ray" Kurzweil (February 12, 1948) is an American author, computer scientist, inventor and futurist, involved in fields including optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology, and electronic keyboard instruments. Read more
Famous Futurist Ray Kurzweil Explains Why We Shouldn't Fear AI NBC - November 8, 2017
Kurzweil discussed the future of AI at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in Washington, D.C. on Friday. And, while he agreed with Tesla CEO and founder Elon Musk who warned of the potential existential risks a super-intelligent AI could bring, Kurzweil said that humanity would be able to overcome these difficult episodes, if they ever actually happen.
A Panama tower carries Trump's name and ties to organized crime NBC - November 17, 2017 
