Should consciousness follow the body (in lab) or the body follow consciousness (on mat)?
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Always be mindful of the here and now.
(Dr. Crazynovich) April 19, 2026: John Titor and the Second American Civil War. On November 2, 2000, a user calling himself "TimeTravel_0" appeared on the Time Travel Institute forums and made a claim that should have been dismissed as obvious fiction. He was a soldier from the year 2036, sent back on a military mission to retrieve an IBM 5100 computer that his era needed to debug legacy systems inherited from the late twentieth century. He had been routed through the year 2000 for what he called personal reasons. He was there, he said, to observe the world before it changed. Within weeks, he migrated to the Art Bell forums under a new name, John Titor, and began posting with a specificity that no casual hoaxer has ever sustained for long. He described his time machine in engineering detail.
It is deadly easy to laugh at "time travel." But what we are laughing at is not the real thing so much as all our assumptions about it. Is it real? We have reason to think so. Jewish science, for example, in the form of Alvy Einstein, Bibi Spinoza, and Dr. Brucey Goldberg. Alvy drew up no equations making it impossible, did he? Time might go in either direction, and there's the curious case of retrocausation, not to mention "spooky action at a distance," which Alvy doubted, now known as quantum entanglement.
What about God? - Yeah, what about it? When Alvy, who was quite possibly a JewBu, was asked about that it, he stated that his God was Spinoza's God.
However, Bruce Goldberg is the most interesting of the three named, for he says with absolute certainty that not only is time travel possible, we're already doing it. Who's "we"? We as in you and me. What? Here's easy proof. Close your eyes. Close them! Hold perfectly still. More still, samadhi-like stillness, quietude. Feel it?
Right NOW, right here, we're traveling into the future. It's true! Look at the calendar! Look at a watch! Oh, that doesn't count! No proof is good enough, and it never has been. Stubborn!
So we are "traveling" in time, you admit? Yes, look, the real question is, Can we go back (or sideways) in time? That immediately brings up the problem of space, not outer space, not even inner space. I'm talking about the space right here. To go "sideways" is my way of saying bilocation or colocation. For instance, when "now" arrived the first time, I was right here. Might I, on the second occasion, have been somewhere else?
Can I go back to that now and be somewhere else that time? If so, that would be time travel! Can I, or all of us, go back at all? Goldberg says yes, and if you pay him, he'll take you back, so you can shut yer yapper and stop asking all these doubt-filled questions full of investigative energy and childlike curiosity. After all, what will that mean?
NOTE: If time travel becomes possible, WHEN will we have it? WHEN will it be true? WHEN will I get to do it? - These questions were all answered in an instant when we gathered to protest at JPL's back parking lot near the head of Tovaangar's Gabrieleno Trail (JPL). We were all chanting, "What do we want!?" - "Time travel!" - "When do we want it!?" - "Whenever!" ("Whenever"? Shouldn't we have answered, "NOW!"? which is how protest chants usually go? Well, yes, but as many on the scene argued, it won't matter. Why? It won't matter because WHEN we have time travel (due to our ability to go back or forward to any time that's ever been or will be), we will have had time travel all along, and "all along" includes NOW, which is when we have it, if we EVER get it. Get it? See the problem? If not, refer to the increasingly inaccurate trilogy borne out of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in which the genius Douglas Adams discusses the problematic grammar (tense constuctions) of having it.
That is hard to say because it seems to mean various things -- and those things change our view and version of "reality." Sci-fi says going back and changing anything means changing it [and everything else due to the butterfly effect] for everyone.
What if it only changes for us? For example, I said "no." What if I went back in time and were to say "yes"? Just that change, what would it do? Would all the world and universe be different? Would it shatter our dimension? Would I be happy? Would the world regret it? It seems Brucey Baby is talking about not that but jumping timelines to a line (which is to say a time) where I did. And what happened?
I could go see. Would anybody else see? They would in that timeline, but I might like to come back to this timeline. Could I? Yes, Dr. Goldberg says, and he adds that that's what we're doing all the time anyway. (That may be the realization of reality we are not ready for).
So we already are time traveling! Jewish science. Is it a coincidence that those identifying as Ashkenazi Jews are the one who have made these speculations, advancements, and claims?
Maybe, but no one can say anything about it or risk being ostracized, listed, and categorized as an "antidentite." So grin and bear it and not just because our beloved Dr. B. Goldberg of LA is a dentist who may have inhaled some pharmaceutical fumes.
In Buddhist phenomenology, akasha is divided into "limited space" (ākāsa-dhātu) and "endless [or boundless] space" (ajatākasā) [9]. The Vaibhāṣika, an early school of Buddhist philosophy, holds the view that the existence of akasha is real [10].
Ākāsa is identified as the first arūpa jhāna("formless/immaterial absorption," dhyana in Buddhism), but that plane (among the four immaterial planes of the 31 Planes of Existence) and that absorption (by which one arrives at it) is usually translated as "infinite space" [11], with WQ preferring "boundless" space.
Two meanings of "space"
Sir, is 'space' fifth great element?
"Space" (Pali Ākāśa, Sanskrit, akasha) holds two primary meanings in Abhidhamma and Abhidharma analysis [12].
There is spatiality, where Ākāśa is defined as the absence that delimits forms. Like the empty space within a door frame, it is an emptiness (hollow) that is shaped and defined by the material boundary surrounding it.
And there is "vast space," where Ākāśa is described as the absence of obstruction (boundlessness), categorized as one of the nityadharmas ("permanent phenomena") because it remains unchanged over time.
Ether (aether) is real
In this sense, it is likened to the discarded Western concept of aether—a real but scientifically rejected immaterial, bright, lminous "fluid" (possibly like the Bible's "waters above" the firmament) that supports the Four Great (material) Elements (Buddhism's mahābhūta).
These "elements" (dhatus) are actually four major qualities of matter or materiality understood as various particles (RUPA-kalapas), exhibiting a predominance of one quality over the others, which amounts to more than a dozen major expressions placed for simplicity into four big categories.
Now listen up. This is verified Buddhist science.
BUDDHIST "PARTICLE" PHYSICS: A rupa-kalapa or "form particle" is a "corporeal group," a "material unit" that designates a combination of several physical phenomena constituting a temporary, flowing, functional unity.
Therefore, for instance, inanimate or so-called "dead matter" forms the most primitive group, consisting only of eight physical phenomena. These are called the "pure eightfold unit" or "octad" (suddhatthaka-kalāpa), comprised of: The Four Elements (solidity, fluidity, temperature, motion); color, smell, taste, nutriment (pathavī, āpo, tejo, vāyo; vanna, gandha, rasa, ojā).
In The Path of Purification (Vis.M.) and elsewhere, it is also called ojatthamaka-kalāpa, "the octad with nutriment as the eighth factor." The simplest form of living matter is the "ninefold vitality unit" or "life-ennead" (jīvita-navaka-kalāpa), formed by adding "vitality" (jiva) to the octad. Seven decads, or "units of ten" (dasaka-kalāpa), are formed by adding to the ninefold unit one of the following corporeal phenomena: HEART(citta, hrdayam, the physical seat of mind) [the physical seat of consciousness, not formally declared by the Buddha but understood to be located near the physical heart at a tiny spot at the upper part of it where it exhibits greenish hue and mirror-like function, reflecting conscious experience, which may sound preposterous but is personally verifiable by meditative-scientists, as are all of the claims made in this physics section], sex, eye, ear, nose, tongue, or body.
See Vis.M. XVIII, 4; Compendium of Buddhist Philosophy (PTS), p. 164, 250; Atthasālini Tr., II, 413f. Source
Oh, to know the world as the Buddha knew it!
Ether's radiant quality (aether meaning "brightness") often serves as a metaphor for pure luminous (or original) mind or buddhahood, which is described as shining like the sun or space.
In Buddhist samatha meditation, ākāśa is significant in the context of the sphere of boundless/infinite space (ākāśānantyāyatana), the first of the four immaterial absorptions (arupa-jhanas or dhyānas) [12].
Philosophically, ākāśa is considered one of the uncompounded phenomena (asaṃskṛtadharmas) in six Buddhist schools, including the defunct Sarvāstivāda and Mahāsāṃghika, and later the Yogācāra. However, three other schools, including the extant Theravāda, reject this interpretation [12]. More
Chronos (Ancient Greek Χρόνος, Romanized Khronos, lit. "Time," Modern Greek ['xronos], also spelled Chronus like the Wise Woman The Crone but not the Titan Cronus), is a personification of time in Greek mythology discussed in pre-Socratic philosophy and later literature [1]. His consort is Goddess Ananke.*
Chronos is frequently confused with, or perhaps consciously identified with, the Titan Cronus in antiquity, due to the similarity in names [2]. The identification became more widespread during the Renaissance ("Rebirth"), giving rise to the iconography of Father Time wielding the harvesting scythe [3] like Death (Buddhist Mara).
Greco-Roman mosaics depicted Chronos as a man turning the zodiac wheel [4]. He is comparable to the deity Aion (kalpa,aeon) as a symbol of cyclical time [5]. More
*Goddess Ananke: In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Ananke (Ἀνάγκη, from the common noun "force, constraint, necessity," ἀνάγκη), is a personification of inevitability or compulsion, and is customarily depicted holding a spindle. The births of Ananke and her incestuous brother and divine consort, Chronos (the personification of time), were thought to mark the division between the aeon of Chaos and the beginning of our cosmos. She is considered the most powerful dictator (director) of fate and circumstance. Mortals and gods (devas) alike respect her power and pay her homage. She is considered the Mother of the Fates, hence she is thought to be the only being to overrule their decisions [1] (according to some sources, excepting Zeus also). According to Daniel Schowalter and Steven Friesen, she and the Fates "are all sufficiently tied to early Greek mythology to make their Greek origins likely"[2]. More
We sent a GoPro [camera with a fisheye lens] into SPACE | full footage
(Landon McCoy) May 14, 2018. PANAMA CITY BEACH. After a year of planning, designing, and preparing, the Engineering Club at Arnold High School in Panama City Beach, Florida, has finally released a high-altitude weather balloon to float up to space (or close enough).
It traveled a total of 90,000 feet (~28,000 meters) into earth's atmosphere, capturing stunning views of near-space with its onboard GoPro camera equipped with a fisheye lens to make sure we saw curvature across the plane of the flat earth.
With the help of a Spot Gen3 GPS tracker included in the payload, the recovered camera was found in St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Wakulla County, Florida, a full 100 miles (160 km) from Gulf Coast State College, where we launched it.
Many people contributed their time to making this launch possible, so thanks to all the groups and people involved:
The rangers of St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. (Without them, there would be no footage!)
Gulf Coast State College (Tony, Alan, and Brandon)
The entire AHS Engineering Club: Joseph Bell (engineering and math teacher as well as head of the Engineering Club)
Notable time stamps
0:00:00 (launch)
1:50:00 (Panama City Beach, FL)
1:50:34 (St. Marks Wildlife Refuge + more)
1:50:58 (landmarks in GA, AL, and FL)
1:55:45 (balloon burst)
2:34:00 (landing)
The Engineering Club is planning on creating a full video, outlining the design process, set up, launch, and retrieval of the balloon (that isn't 2.5 hours long), so stay tuned for that.
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Flat earth? Who knew?
🚀 NOTES:
1) Due to the influx of comments asking about the fisheye lens or flat earth, let's address that here:
Yes, the Club knows it used a deceptive fisheye lens -- that causes the optical illusion of curvature -- instead of a regular flat lens. But the Club was not concerned with proving that earth isn't flat. If it's flat, it's flat. The Club can't help that. The camera sees what it sees. Yes, the Club put a distorting lens over what it sees, but that doesn't mean the Club was trying to prove that the earth is flat. The Club assumed it was curved and globular like nearly everyone says it is and like we all believe because of childhood indoctrination from having earth globes in all classrooms since childhood.
The Club just wanted a very wide view from 90,000 feet and figured a fisheye lens was the best way to go -- and to keep NASA and secret government agencies from taking the video down for showing the truth we aren't supposed to question, investigate, or know, considering we had never done anything like this before and already though that earth isn't flat. (But let's leave that debate for the comments section).
Side note: The Club actually planned on having two GoPro cameras capture the footage, one with a standard flat lens on one side and another with wide angle (fisheye lens) turned on the other side.
Because the Club had never done this before, someone accidentally let some helium leak out of the canister while inflating, so it prematurely ran out of helium before hitting the target lift.
In order to compensate, the Club had to reduce the total weight by removing one GoPro (the regular lens because that GoPro was heavier) and the 3D printed Tesla Roadster that was going to be sent up as well.
Even with these setbacks and kinks and inadvertently proving the earth flat, the Club still considered this launch very successful since its members were able to accurately predict where the camera would land to be recovered, got good footage back, hit the target altitude, and had a lot of fun in the process.
The Club is willing to ignore the evidence and still consider earth a globe instead of a flat plane just to avoid being ridiculed or questioned.
2) The "smudge" on the camera lens? Although it appears as though someone got fingerprints on the camera lens, the Club just let that slide after a year of planning. Wait, that's completely incorrect. After getting everything set up and ready for launch, the box tipped over due to a heavy wind, and the camera lens hit the concrete, permanently scratching it. It was a scratch. Nobody's fault.
The Club knew the lens was scratched before launch, but no one had time to find a new camera and replace it, due to the custom 3D printed mounts that were designed and printed specifically to the dimensions of each camera. However, the smudge really isn't that bad, and the Club is still extraordinarily happy with the illusory footage.
3) Yes, the Club knows that 90,000 feet (~28km) isn't technically "space" but just a little over a quarter of the way because the Karman line (the most agreed on boundary of "space") starts at 100 km straight up. But the line where space starts, if one ignores the Karman line, doesn't have an officially recognized starting point anyway. Technically, earth's atmosphere extends for thousands of miles into space.
Disregarding the Karman line, the balloon still reached an altitude that was above 99 percent of earth's atmosphere, at a temperature of -77°F and a pressure so low that blood would begin to boil at body temperature, so it was close enough to "space" for the sake of saying "space," which sounds a lot better than "a quarter of the way to space." 😉
Zetetic means "investigating, inquiring," proceeding by actual observations (experiments) rather than assumptions, as distinct from the sort of "science" we preach on earth, which is theoretic. We pretend to practice the former, but settle for the latter mocking others who disagree.
This old text advocates science over speculation. Let us proceed by empirical experiment to build a picture of truth or reality. Any theory of a globular (oblate spheroid) or flat (contoured) earth needs evidence. But no one is allowed to question the data, the "proof"? No one runs experiments? We're just expected to accept what the government says? We only hear from on high what NASA dictates and shows CGI evidence for? And when someone up there awakens to the fact that some lies are being, they'd better keep quiet or be fired. Whistleblowers will not be tolerated.
It could be different. Working together, remaining open, and gathering tangible data, we could quickly figure out this world, but this debate is not allowed. The question of the shape of the earth is not allowed by "scientists" themselves.
Someone somewhere is going through a lot of trouble to keep us in the dark and fearful of questioning the powers that be. "Oh no, we'll be ridiculed! We'll be called pointy heads for believing anything here is flat -- even what we can see with our own unassisted eyes."
Stop the video periodically to read the amazing series of memes gathered. It may not be possible at first sight to appreciate their import, but as one learns more about this serious subject, they are startlingly clear. It really is a joke how we have been lied to.
Is the earth flat?Probably not. Is the earth a globe (oblate spheroid) spinning around at 1,000 MPH with water clinging to it everywhere flat an undistorted? Certainly not. So what shape is it? What is this world? Let's investigate instead of believing lies or thinking we know it all already so that there's no need to question.
As for this terrible presenter who can neither speak the language nor speak at all, s/he explains: "i can't speak, i had speech disorder. so, i am sorry to use robot voice on the video. many people complain about this. but now, i had buy a better speech software with good voice. i also put the text on the video, so you can read them if you not comfortable with this voice. so, here we go!"
Clip from the Discovery Channel documentary "The First Time Machine"
Recently reports of a laser array experiment to create temperatures much hotter than the sun were reported. Such an expensive experiment makes little sense -- until this physics principle is understood (see minute 1:30). Light bends time. It does so better than motion. And with the help of lasers...
High-Intensity Lasers that Curve Researchers defy the laws of physics by making a laser beam bend
Ultra-intense lasers hold much promise for improving scientific tools such as laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), and deepening researchers' under-standing of atomic, molecular, optical, and plasma physics. The enormous intensity of these lasers (attributed to the brief but powerful pulses of energy they emit), however, makes it difficult for scientists to fully characterize and understand them.
Researchers at the University of Arizona in Tucson (U.A.) and the University of Central Florida in Orlando (U.C.F.) report in Science this week that they have found a way to bend a high-intensity pulsed laser beam, a breakthrough they are hoping will help them better understand how ultra-intense laser pulses travel through the air and find potential new uses for the technology.
"People expect lasers to do certain things, like propagate in a straight line," says lead researcher Pavel Polynkin, an associate research professor at U.A.'s College of Optical Sciences. "The fact that a laser beam actually curves is quite unusual." More>>
Artist's rendering shows a National Ignition Facility (NIF) target pellet inside a hohlraum capsule with laser beams entering through openings on either end. Photo: Lawrence Livermore Nationa Security, LLC, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Department of Energy.
After more than a decade of work and $US3.5 billion ($AU5.2 billion), US engineers have completed the world's most powerful laser, capable of simulating the energy force of a hydrogen bomb and the sun itself.
The US Energy Department will announce today that it has officially certified the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, clearing the way for a series of experiments over the next year that eventually is hoped will mimic the heat and pressure found at the centre of the sun.
The facility, the size of a football field, comprises of 192 separate laser beams, each travelling 300m in a one-thousandth of a second to converge simultaneously on a target the size of a pencil eraser.
While the NIF laser is expected to be used for a wide range of high-energy and high-density physics experiments, its primary purpose is to help government physicists... More>>
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