Discoveries 103

Every Tuesday I offer three (or so) contributions to the web that I found interesting. I hope you, too, find them inspiring. Enjoy!

This week (05/25/2010):

Some nice visual deceptions or let’s say: this is our brain at work. Reality? Who knows . . look for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvVfcyVCdNA&NR=1

Watch this interview with a polar bear monitor called Atagootak. He says he likes ‘ . . to make big things because I am  a little guy’. Maybe a metaphor for most of us?:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2010/apr/27/catlin-arctic-survey-arctic

Zappa PLays Zappa means Dweezil Zappa interprets the work of his father Frank with his band, sometimes joined by old Zappa band members like Steve Vai or Terry Bozzio. You can imagine what ‘Zombie Woof’ means by listening to Steve Vai’s guitar solo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xcoHA33mH8

"The essence of the meditative effect is the refinement of consciousness, not the relaxation of the body." Amen. Meditation produces a unique effect in humans different from sleep, dreaming, running a marathon or playing music. Read more and follow some of the links (the 8 numbers at the top) to deepen your understanding:
http://natural-meditation.org/CIM/TextBook/T2.3.htm

 

 

 

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