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I'm always fascinated by observing human behaviour, particularly how it varies across cultures. It struck me that certain postures are more prevalent in specific regions. For instance, squatting is a common resting position in many parts of Asia and Africa. Yet, it's far less common in Europe, where people typically sit on chairs, and many struggle to even get into a squat.
Interestingly, I've identified another global posture that transcends cultural boundaries: the phone hunch. No matter where you go, you'll see people hunched over their smartphones, engrossed in the digital world. This modern posture is a testament to our universal connection to technology, yet it also serves as a reminder of the physical impact our digital habits have on our bodies.
14-Jan-2021: 1. Death to 2020
Fave! Mockumentary.
Tennyson Foss, historian: "Now, of course, all this division, all this intractable conflict, was tearing humankind asunder at the worst possible time. Because, of course, at the very moment that we were preoccupied with fighting each other, the corona virus was steadily bearing down upon us. Now, those who've closely studied the history books, such as myself, knew that this was strongly reminiscent of the time the White Walkers led their army of the dead towards the warring factions of Westeros."
Interviewer: "So you mean like in 'Game of thrones'?"
Foss: "No, no. I am discussing history."
Interviewer: "I'm pretty sure that was 'Game of thrones'."
Foss: "Well, I'm pretty sure that I am the historian here."
Foss: "…"
Foss: "Cut to a map or something."
Dr Maggie Gravel, behavioural therapist: "Human beings are social animals, so shutting down social interactions goes against our instinct. I mean, for most folks, not me. I fucking hate people. My god, it was bliss!"
Kathy Flowers, soccer mom: "I know criminal behaviour when I see it. Whether it's someone breaking a window or a Black man sitting in a car."
Interviewer: "Wasn't there a video of you haranguing a Black man sitting in a car that went viral this year?"
Flowers: "…"
Man in video clip: "And I'm telling you this is my car!"
Flowers in video clip: "Well, then I'm sure you'll prove that with some ID! Yeah."
Flowers: "First of all, I… I wasn't haranguing. I was politely inquiring. For less than an hour."
Interviewer: "So that was the only time you did something like that this year?"
Flowers: "Um… There was an incident at a pool."
Woman in video clip: "Give it back!"
Flowers in video clip: "Do you have a receipt for this towel? I just need to see a receipt!"
Flowers: "Uh, there was an incident up in the hills."
Man in video clip: "I'm painting a water colour!"
Flowers in video clip: "OK, the way that you're wielding that paintbrush is very unsettling to me."
Flowers: "And at the hospital."
Flowers in video clip: "Sweetie, are you absolutely sure that this is your dialysis machine?"
Girl in video clip: "Mommy, the crazy lady's back again!"
Flowers in video clip: "I was just asking. I'm allowed to ask."
Flowers (voice breaking): "I don't know why people are so quick to judge."
Flowers: "…"
Flowers: *points to boom operator, a black man*
Flowers (mouthing): "Is he with you?"
Interviewer: "That's Mike. He's been here all day."
21-Feb-2021: 2. David Attenborough: A life on our planet
Fave! Docu. BRB CRYING
David Attenborough: "A marked change in atmospheric carbon has always been incompatible with a stable Earth. It was a feature of all five mass extinctions. In previous events, it had taken volcanic activity up to one million years to dredge up enough carbon from within the Earth to trigger a catastrophe. By burning millions of years' worth of living organisms all at once as coal and oil, we have managed to do so in less than 200."
"Rewilding the world is simpler than you might think. And the changes we have to make will only benefit ourselves and the generations that follow. A century from now, our planet could be a wild place again. And I'm going to tell you how. Every other species on Earth reaches a maximum population after a time – the number that can be sustained on the natural resources available. With nothing to restrict us, our population has been growing dramatically throughout my lifetime. On current projections, there will be 11 billion people on Earth by 2100. But it's possible to slow, even to stop population growth well before it reaches that point. Japan's standard of living climbed rapidly in the latter half of the 20th century. As healthcare and education improved, people's expectations and opportunities grew, and the birth rate fell. In 1950, a Japanese family was likely to have three or more children. By 1975, the average was two. The result is that the population has now stabilized and has hardly changed since the millennium. There are signs that this has started to happen across the globe. As nations develop everywhere, people choose to have fewer children. The number of children being born worldwide every year is about to level off. A key reason the population is still growing is because many of us are living longer. At some point in the future, the human population will peak for the very first time. The sooner it happens, the easier it makes everything else we have to do. By working hard to raise people out of poverty, giving all access to healthcare, and enabling girls in particular to stay in school as long as possible, we can make it peak sooner and at a lower level. Why wouldn't we want to do these things? Giving people a greater opportunity of life is what we would want to do anyway. The trick is to raise the standard of living around the world without increasing our impact on that world. That may sound impossible, but there are ways in which we can do this."
28-Feb-2021: 3. Crush proof
1-Mar-2021: 4. Mank
2-Mar-2021: 5. The social dilemma
Fave! Docu about social media addiction and stuff. If you need to lock yourself out of the Internet or just specific sites (and a time-locked cookie jar isn't strong enough for you), I strongly recommend the app Freedom. If time = money, Freedom will pay its own way pretty quickly… At least it did in my case. :p Willpower depletion is a thing.
In other news, the docu mentioned the idea of taxing data collection. I approve of this. :q
3-Mar-2021: 6. The game changers
Fave! Docu about a bunch of vegan athletes who get insane results. Produced by Arnold, Jackie Chan, and some other people. :)
6-Mar-2021: 7. A plastic ocean
Docu. I expected to fave it, of course, but I didn't. For reasons. -_- Anyway, click here for a great video about cute baby birds. Stop making humans.
16-Mar-2021: 8. Becoming
Fave! Docu.
18-Mar-2021: 9. Ricky Gervais: Humanity
Stand-up show.
30-Apr-2021: 10. Eat pray love
15-May-2021: 11. The truth about alcohol
Docu. (I do not partake.)
20-May-2021: 12. Eurotrip
In honour of the 10th anniversary of my first Interrail trip...
9-Jun-2021: 13. The Santa incident
Yeah, that happened. I ordered the DVD in the final week of 2020 and it arrived like 4 months later and… -_-
10-Jun-2021: 14. The prom
Fave! And the soundtrack too! x)
11-Jun-2021: 15. The intouchables
12-2021: 16. Once upon a time in Hollywood
14-Jun-2021: 17. Rocketman
Fave! The best non-documentary film I saw this year. I became especially obsessed with the "Saturday night’s alright" scene and watched it OVER 9 BAZILLION TIMES. o_O AAAAAAAAAAAAAA. And several other songs also made me go "Hmm, this sounds pretty nice. I should probably check out more of his music." I'd had a handful of Elton songs in my collection for decades (I first heard him on "The lion king" soundtrack), but now I really started to spend time with ALL THE ALBUMS. (Er, I'm almost done.) Normally, the high point of my week is… the Flickr upload… :B But the Flickr habit had kind of been broken over the summer, for reasons. So the new high point of each week was to sit the fuck down with a new (to me…) Elton album and a can o' energy drink and no distractions. Ahhh. And I've got THREE ELTON SHOWS booked for 2022 and 2023! But I half expect them to get postponed or cancelled. :'( I COULD have started listening to him properly in 1995 or some shit. PS. Fave Elton song: "Live like horses". :'D Never heard it before 2021. D:
15-Jun-2021: 18. Bo Burnham: Inside
Comedy special. Funny and catchy songs. xD I put several of them on my iPod, such as "How the world works" and "Sexting". :B
19-Jun-2021: 19. Django unchained
25-Jun-2021: 20. The mustang
27-Jun-2021: 21. Steve Jobs
21-Jul-2021: 22. Kingsman: The secret service
Fave!
22-Jul-2021: 23. Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Heehee. :B
23-Jul-2021: 24. Chernobyl 1986
There’s a scary man in this movie. Oh, and a nuclear meltdown.
31-Jul-2021: 25. Harriet
11-Sep-2021: 26. Assassin's creed
18-Sep-2021: 27. Mammal
25-Sep-2021: 28. The big short
2-Oct-2021: 29. Deepwater Horizon
9-Oct-2021: 30. Late night
Employee Gabe: "I'm in a single-income household. And Jen and I just had our second baby, Taylor. *shows photo* Adorable, huh?"
Boss Katherine: "She takes after you."
Gabe: "Yeah. Thanks. So, there's just a lot of expenses at home right now, and I think it's time for a raise."
Katherine: "I see. This is actually very exciting to me."
Gabe: "Really? Great."
Katherine: "Because what you're describing is the most clear-cut example of the classic sexist argument for the advancement of men in the workplace. You're asking for a raise not because of any work-related contribution you've made, but simply because you have a family. And that's why, in the 1950s, family men were promoted over the women they worked with. I've never encountered it, actually, in such a clean, teachable way."
Gabe: "I don't think that's at all what's happening."
Katherine: "I can't give you a raise, Gabe. It's like giving a raise to a drug addict."
Gabe: "What?"
Katherine: "Well, your situations are virtually identical. A drug addict makes certain decisions outside of work for their sense of self and comfort, and then the addiction demands more time, more energy, more money, just like a child."
Gabe: "My child's like a drug problem?"
Katherine: "Exactly. :D You want special treatment. I'm sure you can see how unfair that would be to a single man, or woman."
Gabe: "There are no women on this staff."
Other employee: "Gabe…"
Gabe: "And the reason there aren't any women is because you hate women. So you can sit there spouting all this pseudo-feminist bullshit, but we all know what's going on here."
Katherine: "We need to hire a woman. [To Gabe] You're fired, obviously."
16-Oct-2021: 31. Attack of the Hollywood clichés!
Fave! Docu.
23-Oct-2021: 32. Cast away
My biology studies included a course in outdoor pedagogy, during which we had to choose a practical project. My classmate took a bunch of kindergarteners into the woods for a nice day of grilling hot dogs over a campfire and shit like that. A kid had reportedly happened to drop their hot dog in the fire, which caused them to exclaim…
"I HATE NATURE!"
This became a bit of a catchphrase in our class whenever something went slightly or terribly wrong in the great outdoors.
So I heard "I HATE NATURE!" in my head kind of frequently while watching "Cast away". :B
13-Nov-2021: 33. No time to die
*nudge* Check out my photos of A CERTAIN BRIDGE! :B I found out during the roadtrip that the new Bond movie would feature the Atlantic Ocean Road… IIRC, it was filmed only a few weeks before my visit! :D (But don't quote me on that.)
14-Nov-2021: 34. Eurovision Song Contest: The story of Fire Saga
Fave! It… it made me want to start watching the actual Eurovision Song Contest. o_O THE PEOPLE FROM MY KEWL NINE INCH NAILS CIRCLE MUST NEVER FIND OUT
27-Nov-2021: 35. Last Christmas
Kate, re Brexit: "They're not gonna send you back. You live here. This is your home."
Mum: "I know how it start. They point a finger. They say, 'Those people, they are reason your life is bad.' And people believe. They believe."
Kate: "I know. I know."
Mum: *sob*
Mum: "I blame the Poles."
Kate: "OK…"
Kate: -_-
If you liked this movie, you may also enjoy "The sixth sense", "Sweet November", and "Truly, madly, deeply". Lastly, thanks to Netflix for spoiling the movie with a poorly chosen still that is shown while the movie loads. YEAH! At least I didn't spot the spoilage right from the start. Nor did I suspect that the very title is kind of spoily. Ahem.
11-Dec-2021: 36. En underbar jävla jul (a.k.a. Holy mess)
24-Dec-2021: 37. The road to El Dorado
25-Dec-2021: 38. Bird box
Music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross! Mad breath-holding skillz and body-heat-preservation skillz by the little birdies in the box. o_O
Dec-2021: 39. The square (2013)
Docu.
31-Dec-2021: 40. Don't look up
Fave! I'm happy it seems to be so popular. :B Netflix dropped the trailer on me one day. I only read the synopsis and put the movie on my to-see list immediately. :p
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Vegan FAQ! :)
The Web Site the Meat Industry Doesn't Want You to See.
Please watch Earthlings.
Scan of Slide S4807 The White Glove by George Lambert:
LAMBERT, George
Russia 1873 – Australia 1930
Australia 1887-1900; England 1900-01; France 1901-02; England 1902-21; Australia from 1921
The white glove 1921
oil on canvas
106.0 (h) x 78.0 (w) cm
signed and dated 'G.W.LAMBERT/ 1921' lower right
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, purchased in 1922 Sydney photograph: Jenni Carter for AGNSW
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This is a lively bravura portrait of a modern Melbourne woman of fashion, style and elegance. It has an arresting vitality. Her belongings, a luscious blue stole, elegant feathered hat and jewelled ring, are as much the subject of this work as is Miss Collins herself, and contribute to it a sense of opulence. Her flamboyant pose, with her head slightly tilted back and poised to one side, and her arms caught in mid-action, matches her vivacious personality. Her eyes appear to be laughing in accord with her smile and she seems to be deliberately posing or hamming it up for the artist.
The subject, Miss Gladys Neville Collins, was the daughter of J.T. Collins, lawyer, Victorian State Parliamentary draughtsman, and trustee of the Public Library, Museums and National Gallery of Victoria. Lambert appears to have enjoyed painting her portrait and described her to Amy on 10 December 1921 as ‘a dear girl [who] sits for the fun of it and because her Dad thinks I am it’ (ML MSS 97/10, p.393).
Lambert portrayed the individual features of Miss Collins but, with her collaboration, he arranged them to denote a characteristic type. Miss Collins’s tilted head, her half-open mouth, half-closed eyes, and almost-bare right arm suggest an individual sensuality, but they also indicate a form of codified (sexual) behaviour. Lambert's portrait presents a witty version of the pose of Bernini’s Ecstasy of St Teresa 1645–52 (Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome), an established expression of the ecstatic experience, and one which was subsequently taken up by photographers, film-makers and advertisers.
What is more, Lambert presented Miss Collins in a variation of the pose used by Joshua Reynolds in his portrait Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse 1784, which in 1921 (the year Lambert painted this portrait) the Duke of Westminster had controversially sold to The Huntington Library and Art Collection in California. By associating Miss Collins with this classic image of a leading actress, he hinted that she was playing a role in this portrait. It is also possible that Lambert knew Sargent’s Portrait of Ena Wertheimer: a vele gonfie of 1905 (Tate, London), a lively portrait of Ena wearing as a joke a black feathered hat and billowing cloak, painted essentially in black and white. It is similar to Lambert’s painting in its sense of extravagant posture and light-heartedness. If nothing else, both paintings are a reflection of the spirit of the times.
In this portrait Lambert used a limited range of colours to great effect: a dark Manet black and a Gainsborough blue, with the addition of purple in the jewel on a chain around her neck. Lambert paid close attention to the clothing, capturing an array of textures – the lustrous steel-blue silk of her stole, the fluffy white fur collar, the white leather gloves, the transparent black lace sleeve and the black velvet of the hat wreathed with white ostrich plumes.
Lambert painted the portrait with broad brushstrokes, and spontaneously, as a kind of ‘performance in paint’. When exhibited, it stood out from the prevalent brown tonalist portraiture painted at this time by other Australian artists, such as John Longstaff and W.B. McInnes. (W.B. McInnes’s much more restrained Portrait of Miss Collins was awarded the Archibald Prize for 1924 at the Art Gallery of New South Wales).
Lambert’s tour de force was purchased for 600 guineas by the Art Gallery of New South Wales when it was shown at the New South Wales Society of Artists exhibition in 1922; at that time the highest price paid by a public gallery for a portrait by an Australian artist.
He's going to be the spokesperson for my contest :P. I wanted to get a good image for a banner or a layout, but I think I have to keep on trying.
What drives me nuts is his blushing..the coverage didn't turn out that great, so I think I'm going to try to add some more layers on. If it gets ruined, I'll just redo him completely ^^;.
Some flowers, such as tulips and poppies, open during the day and close at night. Underwater, the rhythms are often set by the tides rather than the sun. Carijoa soft corals open when the tide is running fast and close at slack tide. They are animals not plants, and this behaviour maximises their ability to catch food. Shiprock
Male kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) on coastal cliffs with recently caught rodent. Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, UK.
After neatly eviscerating the carcass it delivered it to the hungry family nearby.
This male swan was getting very agitated as he felt the family 'next door' were too close to him and his nesting wife. The fact that a fence divided them made no difference as he tried to bite his way through it
Cock Pheasants squaring up to each other although this encounter ended peacefully with just a bit of posturing before one decided to walk away.
Okay I found the Birdie Porn shot-of course mating isn't bad-but this interspecies thing just ain't right!
Happy Birds Behaving Badly Feathery Friday
Photo by my daughter :)
The grass is greener on the other side. Actually there is almost no green grass around since we have not had rain for months!!! Anise checks out the sheep that will keep her company while she's at the farm.
Just spotted the highly unusual and possibly illegal activity of this Stagecoach driver whilst on the move...are we to think that maybe he doesnt want to be photographed...July 11 2013.
Some really nice visitors to a local reserve including a pair of Redpolls, unfortunately I couldn't get any shots of the female on this occasion.
Found on the path near the pond at Woods Mill - really large, are these hornets or queen wasps? What are they doing? Fighting or mating? They did now move much and were not distracted by me standing over them.
ID as European Hornets (Vespa crabro)
I had so much fun chasing them with my cameras for 2 hours. Each time, I could get closer and finally I could do a 1:1 with the 60mm. Their movement is fast. I thought it would be nice to have a dragon in mid-flight shooting with existing light and a macro lens at 60mm focal length. That would be a great challenge. Indeed, it was a great challenge, I had many blur photographs.
I believe I have to spend more time with them to understand their behaviour and may be just one day, I could do that with a 60mm
Caught him eating. He was so swift. Without a sign, went off, came back with this fly, I supposed, in his mouth. He chew on it for about a minute and I still could see some part of the fly protruding from his mouth. I presume it is a he.
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"_ I use alcohol or drugs before entering a feared social situation"
_ If I attend a social situation I stay only a certain length of time
_ I'm likely to avoid eye contact
_ I'm likely to set other conditions on attendance such as staying close to certain "safe" people or staying in a certain place
_ I frequently try to distract myself by daydreaming or thinking about other things
Other: _____"
Greater Manchester Police has praised the behaviour of visitors to Manchester during a weekend of sport in the city.
On Friday 20 May 2016, the Great City Games saw a number of athletes compete in various events on a purpose-built athletics arena in Albert Square and track on Deansgate.
The following day (21 May 2016) saw Manchester United beat Crystal Palace 2-1 to win the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium, with a number of fans watching the match in public venues throughout Greater Manchester.
The weekend extravaganza concluded on Sunday 22 May 2016 with over 30,000 lining up to take part in the Great Manchester Run before England defeated Turkey 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium in a UEFA Euro 2016 warm-up match in the evening.
The events saw tens of thousands of visitors to the city centre, creating a buzzing and carnival-like atmosphere.
Assistant Chief Constable John O’Hare said: “This has been a fantastic weekend for Manchester and the atmosphere in the city has been superb from start to finish.
“It was great to see so many pictures of smiling faces and people having a good time and I hope everyone who has visited the city this weekend will be going away with some great memories.
“I would like to thank everyone who has played a key role in ensuring that the weekend has been successful.”
For more information about Policing in Greater Manchester please visit www.gmp.police.uk
To report crime call police on 101 the national non-emergency number.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
Ring-billed Seagulls. The female is whining & circling the male. I had no idea that he held a present for her!
Member of the Flickr Bird Brigade
Activists for birds and wildlife
Museum of Modern Art De Pont, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Part of the Museum Behaviour series bit.ly/H0skbp
One of Greater Manchester Police’s dedicated anti-social behaviour vehicles at work on the streets of Stockport.
The Force recognises that anti-social behaviour can blight community life and is dedicated to effectively policing the problem.
The vehicle’s distinctive livery is designed to be a highly visible deterrent to would be culprits and they are fitted with video surveillance equipment.
For more information about Neighbourhood Policing in Greater Manchester please visit our website.
An aura develops around the spectator's despised sihouette. the immobility or mobility of the spectators act on the shape of the surrounding aura, its shades and behaviour. Color fluxes can accelerate, propagate, slow down, and transform to gradually invade the picture. To many spectators, interactions such as energy exchanges produce a work in the darkness of an empty body of meaning.The aura (also referred to as the auric field, radiance, or the eighth chakra) is an electromagnetic field surrounding the human form. People with enhanced psychic ability are able to see the movement and varied colors of the aura. Kirlian photography is a technique that captures the light from the auras of humans and plant life. The aura is also commonly referred to as the eighth chakra. Auras are like magnets picking up vibrational energies that are floating around everywhere we go. It is important to cleanse your aura frequently to free it of foreign vibrations and negative energies. Auras (colors and light) envelope our physical bodies are enveloped by our auras (colors and light). Some people are able to see auras plain as the nose on your face. On occasion some people will get a glimpse of an aura around someone. These glimpses serve as a reminder that we are first and foremost spiritual beings. Our physical bodies are secondary to who we are.
To live on this planet not only is it fashionable to have a human cloak, being connected to a body is a necessity to having a human experience. That's the whole point of being here, to experience challenges and joys of being human in order to evolve spiritually. It can be even more surprising to see (or sense) energetic lights (orbs, beams, light flashes, or human shapes) without them being associated with a living person, animal, or plant. When this occurs you are likely encountering an angel, spirit guide, or ascended master. Angel intuitive, Eileen Anglin, says that she associates specific light colors with the archangels and in some instances Ascended Masters... blue for Archangel Michael and yellow for Archangel Gabriel. Here is a complete list of Eileen's color associations (note that these colors are personal for her and could, therefore, be different for others).The evolution of mankind is progressing more rapidly than any other time in recorded history. With a growing unrest, we look not to the future but to the teachings of the past to bring greater meaning to our human existence. When we dive deeply, we find the forgotten knowledge of the Mystery Schools: legends of people levitating, yogis living hundreds of years and even walking through walls. For each tradition, the teachings of the light body were those skills reserved for the highest initiates, forming the foundations of these god-like feats.Mystical traditions knew that everything is energy: billions of molecules each acting as their own cosmos. As nothing in this world is just physical, it’s this culmination of constantly moving energy creating matter. Knowing how to use form optimally was the work of the sages, and is now becoming the practices of the awakened collective.
The human energy field is made up of several layers. The terms etheric body, mental body, astral body and emotional body are all aspects of the light body. Beyond these densities are further ways to activate the higher functions of the light body.
In electrical impulses, energetic bodies beyond the physical can be detected. Aura photos, also known as Kirlian photography, can capture images of these bodies. Shamans and gifted healers regularly work within these fields.
MERKABA
This is an Egyptian term translated as: Mer (light) Ka (soul) Ba (body).
It’s known as the chariot of the soul and must be activated to achieve ascension.
Drunvalo Melchizedek has taught this knowledge extensively. Specific breathwork combined with visualization can activate the light body as sacred geometry around the physical body. Even with books and guided online meditations, attending a workshop is necessary to achieve these very precise steps accurately.
RAINBOW BODY
Once the light body is activated, more sincere practices in absolute love are necessary to elevate the light body to the rainbow body state.
The rainbow body is the result of maintaining a constant frequency of unconditional love.
Having healed every wound, purified every thought and released every judgment, the rainbow body will ignite. It’s an absolute unwavering of this vibration which allows us to achieve ascension.
Both Jesus and Buddha ascended in this form. In their perfection of the human, they became “gods” and showed others the way to accomplish this frequency. The teachings of both masters are instructions illuminating the path for others to follow.
ASCENSION AND THE LIGHT BODY
Once the MerKaBa is activated and our highest fields of the light body are achieved, we illuminate the rainbow body through our consistently loving thoughts and sustained ecstatic frequency. With this luminous vibration intact, we’re able to dissolve back into Source, creating any form we wish, thereby achieving immortality as it was promised.
Ascension is our graduation to full cosmic consciousness, the rainbow body is the highest graduation of the light body, and the MerKaBa must first be activated to hold these higher frequencies if we wish to ascend.
EXPERIENCING THE LIGHT BODY
“If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”
Roald Dahl
Have you ever been around someone who exuded sacred? Amma comes to my mind. As soon as you’re in their presence you feel peaceful, inspired and more fulfilled. Way beyond charisma, this is a direct experience of a highly activated light body.
Being near them is discernible in your own body. I recall being at a couple of events with teachers of such caliber and feeling light-headed, unable to focus on anything. The magnitude of their field influenced my vision, my mind and my spirit.
In the presence of such beings, we’re being activated ourselves, brought into greater spiritual alignment and being shown we too are capable of such mastery.
To activate a light body is not the work of gurus and masters, it’s a way of being intended for every living being who wishes to pursue it.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LIGHT BODY
Beyond the supreme mastery of the physical form, the light body teachings are crucially important at this time for humanity. It’s in this concept we’re reminded we’re more than physical, more than what we think and what we do. We’re extraordinary manifestations of a universe so much bigger than our limited scope can comprehend.
BLESSING OF ITS SUPPRESSION
We can conceive how essential this knowledge is to the advancement of humanity and we can also assume why it’s been so hidden from us: to keep us from achieving ascension.
Backing off the powers-that-were blame game, I believe the fact that it’s been kept from us is a great boon. For in its suppression, it retained power. In its preservation, it gave humanity a chance to catch up.
Mass consciousness is clicking in dramatically now, grasping onto ancient teachings and seeking out transparency in all affairs. What once seemed complex is now being illustrated in memes and hashtags. A peek through any social media feed will illuminate a new trend toward reclaiming ancient wisdom. Humanity has evolved and it’s now that we’re able to achieve these teachings with finesse and mastery.
NECESSITY OF DISCERNMENT
The teachings of the Mystery Schools were shared with only a select few. Initiations would bring spiritual seekers through these gateways after many years of ritual to prepare the body, mind and spirit. While the light body teachings would have been present in every tradition, it may take many lifetimes to master. Now however, even a YouTube search will yield hundreds of techniques.
With such vast resources available, misinformation is rampant. The specifics of the techniques have likewise been muddied. I always seek a direct experience with my guides or turn to trusted teachers. Use your own intuition and discernment when seeking out such guidance. I find the integrity of teachers can vary greatly. I’m supremely vigilant in who I follow, and prefer the clear guidance of my own spirit allies and team of Ascended Masters to ensure the teachers' vibration matches mine.
HOW TO ACTIVATE THE LIGHT BODY
Your light body is a vehicle to assist you in experiencing your God state and it’s the most worthy gift you can give yourself. Don't beat yourself up: do your best, stay in your truth and heal missteps as they occur. Intention matched with frequency will be the surest path to ascension. Below, I share a few steps for activation:
RAISE YOUR VIBRATION
Vibration and purity of intention must be in place before undergoing the activations. Here are a few ideas to get you started.
PINEAL GLAND DECALCIFICATION
Decalcification of the pineal gland is mandatory for us to achieve higher states of awareness. Fluoride intentionally shuts down the pineal gland, supporting the suppression of its importance. Be conscious in your work to facilitate this healing.
FOOD
The food we eat carries cellular vibrations and memories. Do you know how was your meal gathered, treated and prepared? While a straight vegetarian diet may be the most optimal, small changes like non-GMO, organic and sustainably raised animal products will go a long way.
Additionally, bless your food. Ask that the vibration match you and serve you exactly where you are now.
MEDITATION/ PRAYER
Every breath is a prayer. Use your thoughts to connect to the universe and give gratitude for everything. Meditation will also bring us into the stillness within, where we can connect with the wisdom of our own hearts.
MUSIC & SOUND FREQUENCIES
Sound is the language of the cosmos. The right music, binaural beats, classical music or even heavy metal at the right moment can break up stagnant energy and alleviate any low-vibrational thoughts.
Tom Kenyon is rightfully heralded as a master of sound; listening to his auditory activations will be a fast track to your growth.
LAUGHTER
Korean shamans use laughter as their primary healing tool. Anytime we find ourselves in a lower state, depressed, irritated or angry, know your go-to to bring you into giggles. A YouTube video or funny joke will bring you back to higher frequencies.
NATURE
Time outdoors is the most fundamental ally to change your frequency. Commune with nature to remember the rhythm and timing of the the universe which is vastly different than our human drive for instant gratification.
THE SUN
The sun has been a boon of humanity in every world culture. Get yourself some Vitamin D to lift any funk and stimulate the pineal gland.
BE CLEAR
Dishonesty and addiction are detractors from this work. To be pure light in an active light body means holding purity in our thoughts, will and intention.
Be impeccable with your word and heal what clouds your mind, allowing more light to penetrate.
LIGHT BODY ACTIVATION MEDIATION
To prepare, find a comfortable seat without interruption. Breathing normally, direct your mind to "see" the visuals. No need for stress or strain, just give your imagination permission to create this for you.
Visualize yourself sitting inside a pyramid with the base resting on your hips and the tip pointing up toward the cosmos. Fill this pyramid with the color of lightning.
See the downward-pointing pyramid with the base at your heart and the tip resting in the earth. Fill this pyramid with the color of lightning and breathe normally for a few breaths.
When you can feel these two around you, exhale powerfully from your navel, sending out a sphere of golden light to encircle the octahedron.
Breathe deeply and allow yourself to experience this field around you.
When you can feel all three elements without strain, give them a spin clockwise: the pyramids first, then the sphere surrounding it. You may notice activation of a higher frequency, or a slight shift in physical sensations.
You’ve now activated the living light body and will notice a discernible difference in your body and mind.
The fuel of your light body is love.
Breathe with it, send it to others and direct that love into the internal spaces that need healing and affirmation. Send it to your emotions, your pain, your physical ailments and organs. This is the breath of life. It loves you and gives you the power to heal yourself.
Stay in this state for as long as you feel comfortable. Allow the MerKaBa to fade when you’re ready to return. This light body is available to support you anytime.
ECSTASY AS OUR BIRTHRIGHT
The truest vibration of the universe is ecstasy. Though it’s through pain that we experience separation from God, it’s in the triumphant return to him where we grow the most.
We’ve not only been taught that feeling good is bad, we’ve been taught to actively block joy. Through the media we watch, the food we eat, the medication we’re thrust, feeling depressed is force-fed to us, and not subliminally. Watch any big pharma commercial to hear blatantly stated, “You don't feel good and something is wrong with you.”
Maintaining the frequency necessary to achieve ascension is challenging. The light body can stay activated for long periods, getting us closer to ultimate enlightenment, but this final achievement of the rainbow body is intentionally difficult. The good news: there are documented cases in the ancient texts of at least 160,000 souls achieving this feat. If they were able to do it in their day, we are so much closer with the current incarnations of evolved souls on this planet.
By doing this capillary flow experiment in space we discovered several surprising mechanisms of fluid behaviour. Important for 1000s of industrial processes.
Bei diesem Kapillarexperiment haben wir sehr überraschende Verhaltensweisen von Flüssigkeiten entdeckt. Wichtig für tausende Industrieprozesse auf der Erde!
Credits: ESA/NASA
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Phill and I quite often split up when we go out photographing as we tend to go for different things. And quite often something unusual will have happened during his absence. So when he returns, I say "you never guess what you missed" and then show him the evidence. This was taken at Dungeness back in the summer and it is the second time he has 'missed' the action when he has been off photographing old buildings and boats down there. This is the second photoshoot I have seen there, so it must be a popular place used by agencies
See below for the last time I witnessed a photoshoot on the beach
These pics were part of a series taken at a distance from the shore at Burghead. We were watching juvenile gannets diving for fish when we saw this one touch down in the sea and attack a long tailed duck. It spent several minutes wrestling with its victim apparently trying to drown it. A second gannet swooped in taking the attacker by surprise. The duck was dropped but it was impossible to tell whether it escaped as it was never seen again.