28 October 2011 is when the cosmic bounce occurs. I like the idea of a cosmic rhythm, a universal pulse. Something like your heartbeat, of the regular spinning of earth or earth circling the sun every year. But bigger and more complex in the unseen dimensions, the world of gravity and emotion. On a universal …
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Category:7 Holonics and Life
Victory! Or shame?
Gaddafi is gone. That’s good. And right. Gaddafi is dead. Maybe that’s not right. Almost inevitable in this world. But it was not the best we could have done. The evidence streamed around the world of a battered, bloodied old man, interspersed with rejoicing is an embarrassing show of primitive instinct. All male. Guns. Blood. …
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Is your milk good for you?
A friend of ours, who is an agricultural engineer and farmer, mentioned a strange notion recently while rinsing his milk pails. “Check out the issue of A2A2 milk”, he said. So I did. I don’t drink much milk, though I really enjoy the luxury of the raw milk that he gives us. But my children …
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Feel the cosmic rhythm.
Most of us ignore the spiritual dimension. The pressures of daily life, the pursuit of material objectives, the desire for new things and experiences take up all our thoughts. But sometimes we feel the invisible. We have empathy for another. Or we reflect on friendships, family or love. Perhaps we feel fulfilled by a religious …
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Personal and shared ownership at the same time.
We had a wonderful treat last night. We went to a fishing village on the coast of Gozo, rode bumper cars and had fresh pizza and ravioli for supper. We also had sweet, fizzy drinks. At first the drinks were distributed one to each of us. We were mostly abstemious with “our” drinks, one of …
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Ray Anderson
His passion could make you cry. He turned the dirtiest of industries in to the cleanest. He set the example. He died 8 August 2011. You can hear him talk about changing the world here. Wikipedia’s entry is here. Here is an obituary from The Economist. And here is a little poem he liked to …
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Why are we all getting cancer?
This latest report says that 40% of us are getting cancer. That’s a big number. It seems like it was a very unusual disease just a couple of decades ago. Have we polluted out food, homes and lifestyles so much that our bodies can not cope? Probably. Is it just that we’re living longer and …
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The passion of dissent – Aung Sang Suu Kyi
Aung Sang Suu Kyi talks about her life and work as a political reformer. Listen to her on Radio 4 here. Hope without delusion. Suffering by choice. The spirit of change. Download the Reith Lectures podcast Read the transcript of Lecture 1
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A drink or two helps cancer grow in you.
The latest research finds that people who drank more than two standard drinks a day for men and one drink a day for women were particularly at risk of alcohol-related cancers. Of course anyone who is drinking every day is displaying signs of addiction. Can you remember the last day you didn’t have a drink? …
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