You Can Relax Now

Exploring songs I loved a long time ago. This one is among my favorites. ~Americ

Multiplicity Is Only Apparent

Oneness of All Things

Coffee House Mediation

Practice meditation for eleven minutes in a coffee house. Put on a timer. Focus on being present to your body, breath, and ambient sounds. Letting go of fleeting thoughts as they arise. Be here: on the spot. Sometimes it's helpful to gaze at your hands on the table holding a book. You want to look normal within a social environment - not calling attention to what you're really doing. Notice when you slip away into "elsewhere". Return. Do this practice until the eleven minutes are up. You'll find this practice carries over into your everyday life. You become more present to your life moment to moment.

Collaborative Intelligence

The "Collaborative Intelligence Laboratory" emerged while teaching 500 students "Introduction to Computers on behalf the the School of Engineering at UC Berkeley.  Students and myself engaged in on-line dialogue using a web-based discussion system. These where the web's early days. The Internet amplified the ability of groups to dialogue, plan, and share information. A world of viewpoints beyond political and geographic boundaries suddenly opened up. Along the way, the idea of a "Collaborative Intelligence Quotient (C-IQ)" emerged. Every group has a certain C-IQ.

Eventually, I let all these ideas pass when offered a position within the Peace and Conflict Studies department; thus dropping the "C-IQ" focus to deal with something far more difficult - the study of war and peace. Still, C-IQ may be what "saves the world". We now live connected to a "net" that includes almost all the world. Time will tell.   

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Chaos Within You

"You must have chaos within you,

to give birth to a star."

~ Friedrick Nietzsche

Live Today

Live today

as if it's

the only day.

Live with 

deep full

presence 

here & now

moment 

to

moment

Governor Andrew Cuomo Calls on New Yorkers to Unite in the Fight for Tolerance and Justice

Time, Money, and Love - Magic Trio

"Time, money and love" is a magic trio. Several combinations of "time, money and love" are possible:

• Time on your hands but little or no money.
• Large sums of money but no free time.
• Lots of love but not enough time and money.

Other combinations are possible. Extreme variations throw societies out of balance. Extreme differences between rich and poor are harmful to a society. People stop seeing each other as human beings and start identifying with their particular social class or status. Harm comes upon our relationships when the time, money, and love ratios are extreme. 

Older & Wiser

Invisible Man

Here Now

Live 

here now

no

other place

or 

other time

is

really real

The Paradox of Our Age

listen

just the sound

of the rain

is enough

.

.

.

Things and People

Stopping Time - Alan Watts

https://youtu.be/Bw-_DO-KUQk

Connectivity Dependency

The Internet is our collective global nervous system; thereby creating a serious dependency on connectivity.  Stores often don't sell food unless their cash registers are on the network. Alternative backup systems need to be in place and occasionally tested. 

Here & Now

Can't be anywhere else.

photo by americ azevedo