On Rothschild Island, Antarctica (1908)

(Tartaria History)

22,000-year-old White Sands footprints

Ice Skating on Portage Lake, Alaska (video)

Aurora Roth, NPR, 1/28/24; CC Liu, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Amber Glenn is first LGBTQ+ woman to win US Women's Figure Skating Championship

The lake at Portage Glacier has transformed into an ice-skating destination

Aurora Roth, Weekend Edition Sunday, NPR.org, Jan, 28, 2024

This 3-minute listen looks at a fascinating skating destination. The Portage Glacier just outside Anchorage, Alaska (USA), is a huge tourist attraction in the summer. In the winter, the lake at the toe of the melting glacier freezes over, and anyone can skate to it. The lake at Portage Glacier has transformed into an ice-skating destination (NPR)

How dare you question climate change!

Astrum, 8/31/23; Dr. J. Curry, 2023; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

Dr. Judith Curry, PhD: "Relax, there is no climate emergency!"

This will be Astrum's most disliked video in YouTube | Climate Change

How dare you! I've lived before, so I know!

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Proof science is wrong: Great Unconformity

ReYOUniverse, July 2, 2023; Sheldon S., CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Where did a billion years of Earth's history go?

(ReYOUniverse) Who knew a quarter of the Earth's geologic history is missing? It's not that we can't find evidence. It's that the evidence doesn't exist, physically.

Grand Canyon has three layers

This is not a joke, not an exaggeration, not a conspiracy. It's a scientific fact. (So much for science). It has an equally mysterious name: The Great Unconformity. Today we learn:

• Where and why did a 14-kilometer layer of soil disappear without a trace across the planet?
• What is the connection between the Grand Canyon [or the even grander Copper Canyon in Mexico] and the mountain ranges in Australia?
• How did the deadliest winter in the history of the planet become the cradle of vibrant life?
• Who turned off Earth's magnetic field 500 million years ago?

We're off to explore the mystery of the grandest event in planetary history, the mystery of the Great Unconformity. #reyouniverse  #ryv_earth

Lake on Top of the World: Tajikistan

Tracks, Unseen Tajikistan, 1/25/18; Amber Larson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The Rough and Unforgettable Pamir Highway

Central Asian Buddha in Gandhara style

Catch a glimpse of one the most isolated parts of mountainous, formerly Buddhist Central Asia -- an astonishing area around Lake Kara-kul not been filmed for TV prior to this documentary.

This remarkable journey takes viewers to the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, eastern Tajikistan.

Environmental expert Jamshed is travelling via the twisted and uncertain highway through the Pamir Mountains to investigate a threat to the area's natural water supply: shrinking glaciers.

The expedition's final destination is the exceptional Lake Kara-kul, sitting high in the Ak-Baikal Pass, 15,270 feet (4,655 meters) above sea level, surrounded by 23,000-foot (7,000 meter) peaks, where Jamshed is to meet with geologist Nasser Kundur Al-Fakhry.

Land of Saccans (Scythians, Shakyians, Sakas)

Along the lengthy and neglected "Pamir Highway," the crew makes stops at the famous hot springs of Garam Chashma, the 3,000-year-old pre-historic petroglyphs of Langar, and Yamchun Fortress a 12th century structure overlooking the Wakhan Valley along the Silk Road in formerly Buddhist Afghanistan.

TRACKS publishes unique, unexpected, untold stories from across the world every week. From the series "Lakes on the Roof of the World." Facebook: facebook.com/TRACKSTravel… Content licensed from Sky Vision. Any queries, please contact: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com.

Railroad ruins Thoreau's "Walden Pond" (audio)

Prof. Laura Dassow Walls, Host Mitch Jeserich (Letters & Politics, May 24, 2018, KPFA.org, Berkeley); Crystal Quintero, Dhr. Seven, Seth Auberon, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

You could buy anything in the good ol' US of A. Negroes, need Negroes? Auction block.

We restored the trees and forests around Walden Pond, Mass. (Walden Pond Project)

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Laura Dassow Walls, author of Henry David Thoreau: A Life, talks about nonviolent Henry David Thoreau’s work on Civil Disobedience during the Walden Years.

Why would he, in apparent contradiction to nonviolence, support abolitionist (pro-abolition of slavery) John Brown’s armed raid on Harper’s Ferry?

Thoreau witnessed the disastrous coming of the railroad through Walden Pond, Massachusetts, the wiping out of the Native Americans, United States' deforestation, and the Industrial Age. More + AUDIO

Slaves revolt

US Marines enforce slavery, attack John Brown

John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry was an anti-slavery movement effort in the U.S. Abolitionist John Brown tried to initiate a slave revolt in 1859 by taking over a U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

But Brown's valiant party of 22 was defeated by a company of U.S. Marines, led by First Lieutenant Israel... More

Photos in the Library of Congress are evidence of the USA's genocide of Native Americans

• GUEST: Laura Dassow Walls is the Willliam P. and Hazel B. White professor of English graduate program in history and philosophy of science at Notre Dame University.

Alaskan Sphinx and pyramid discovered (video)

Seth Auberon, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly; Linda Moulton Howe (earthfiles.com), Coast to Coast 

Earthfiles is reported and edited by Linda Moulton Howe, reported monthly on Coast.

The Alaska Range contains Castner Glacier, Black Rapids, and so on (Frank K./wiki).

Early photo of the Great Sphinx, actually a modified Anubis monument, at Giza, Egypt.

Another Sphinx like this famous one? C'mon!

A "Sphinx" -- like the chimera in Giza, Egypt (which is not lion with a human head but the dog god Anubis with its head replaced by a pharaoh) -- has been found.

It is on Castner Glacier near Black Rapids, Alaska, according to investigative reporter Linda Moulton Howe at EarthFiles.com. Could it be connected to the deep underground, power-generating “Dark Pyramid” near Mt. Denali, the highest peak in North America, that was previously reported?

• VIDEO: The Sphinx, "dreams" in ancient Egypt

The Great Pyramid in Alaska

(Unknown Country via WOMP) Whitley Streiber interviews Linda Moulton Howe about the Dark Pyramid west of Mt. McKinley (Denali, Alaska) twice the size of Egypt's Great Pyramid at Giza.

Click to enlarge this detailed sky photograph of Alaska Range Glacier (Jack French/wiki).

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Linda Moulton Howe

As usual readers will assume our government, whether through the military or clandestine agencies, does not know. But some militarized unit knows.

The monument was surrounded by armed, uniformed men with guns who were not regular Army. They had set up a perimeter and were protecting the area, according to an eyewitness she interviewed on Coast to Coast, April 28, 2016. Where is it?
 

Denali (Mt. McKinley) from the north, Wonder Lake in foreground (Albert Herring/wiki)

“The Sphinx is supposed to be up Castner Glacier four days [from Black Rapids],” she quotes Jared Beeler, a former U.S. Army infantryman from Fort Richardson, Alaska.

Alleged large underground “Dark Pyramid” 60 miles west of Denali (Mt. McKinley) is 120 miles southwest of alleged Sphinx seen on Castner Glacier near Black Rapids, Alaska. See archived 2012 Earthfiles “Dark Pyramid” reports beginning here. More + AUDIO at Earthfiles (C2C summary and audio)

Science vs. Nature

PHOTOS: Mother Nature Cries in Melting Glacier

Science Video: "Global Warming's Six Americas" (ABC News)

Engaged Buddhism: Resources (DharmaNet.org)

10 Surprising Sex Statistics (LiveScience)

Meat Eating? 44 tons of meat rot (AP)

3 Americans share Nobel Prize for Medicine (NY Times)

Our (private sector) future in space (Pajamas Media)

Fighting Autism: Environmental cause

Science Video: Closer look at Climate Change in U.S. (ABC News)

Healing the World with Dharma

Socially Engaged Buddhism Newsletter

Not personal practice, "whole practice" (Buddhist Channel)

14 Guidelines of Engaged Buddhism

Engaged Buddhism: organ-izations such as the Buddhist Peace Fellowship and the International Network of Engaged Buddhists are devoted to building the movement of environmentally active Buddhists engaged in the world. Other groups include the Zen Peacemaker Order, Tzu Chi, Fo Guang Shan, the Benevolent Organisation for Development, Health, and Insight, and Gaden Relief Projects. Prominent figures in the movement include Thich Nhat Hanh, Robert Aitken Roshi, Joanna Macy, Gary Snyder, Alan Senauke, Sulak Sivaraksa, Maha Ghosananda, Sylvia Wetzel, Diana Winston, Fleet Maull, Joan Halifax, Tara Brach, Roshi Bernard Glassman, and Ken Jones.

1. Do not be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology, even Buddhist ones. Buddhist systems of thought are guiding means; they are not absolute truth.
2. Do not think the knowledge you presently possess is changeless, absolute truth. Avoid being narrow minded and bound to present views. Learn and practice non-attachment from views in order to be open to receive others' viewpoints. Truth is found in life and not merely in conceptual knowledge. Be ready to learn throughout your entire life and to observe reality in yourself and in the world at all times.
3. Do not force others, including children, by any means whatsoever, to adopt your views, whether by authority, threat, money, propaganda, or even education. However, through compassionate dialogue, help others renounce fanaticism and narrow-mindedness.
4. Do not avoid suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in the life of the world. Find ways to be with those who are suffering, including personal contact, visits, images and sounds. By such means, awaken yourself and others to the reality of suffering in the world.
5. Do not accumulate wealth while millions are hungry. Do not take as the aim of your life fame, profit, wealth, or sensual pleasure. Live simply and share time, energy, and material resources with those who are in need.
6. Do not maintain anger or hatred. Learn to penetrate and transform them when they are still seeds in your consciousness. As soon as they arise, turn your attention to your breath in order to see and understand the nature of your hatred.
7. Do not lose yourself in dispersion and in your surroundings. Practice mindful breathing to come back to what is happening in the present moment. Be in touch with what is wondrous, refreshing, and healing both inside and around you. Plant seeds of joy, peace, and understanding in yourself in order to facilitate the work of transformation in the depths of your consciousness.
8. Do not utter words that can create discord and cause the community to break. Make every effort to reconcile and resolve all conflicts, however small.
9. Do not say untruthful things for the sake of personal interest or to impress people. Do not utter words that cause division and hatred. Do not spread news that you do not know to be certain. Do not criticize or condemn things of which you are not sure. Always speak truthfully and constructively. Have the courage to speak out about situations of injustice, even when doing so may threaten your own safety.
10. Do not use the Buddhist community for personal gain or profit, or transform your community into a political party. A religious community, however, should take a clear stand against oppression and injustice and should strive to change the situation without engaging in partisan conflicts.
11. Do not live with a vocation that is harmful to humans and nature. Do not invest in companies that deprive others of their chance to live. Select a vocation that helps realise your ideal of compassion.
12. Do not kill. Do not let others kill. Find whatever means possible to protect life and prevent war.
13. Possess nothing that should belong to others. Respect the property of others, but prevent others from profiting from human suffering or the suffering of other species on Earth.
14. Do not mistreat your body. Learn to handle it with respect. Do not look on your body as only an instrument. Preserve vital energies (sexual, breath, spirit) for the realisation of the Way. (For brothers and sisters who are not monks and nuns:) Sexual expression should not take place without love and commitment. In sexual relations, be aware of future suffering that may be caused. To preserve the happiness of others, respect the rights and commitments of others. Be fully aware of the responsibility of bringing new lives into the world. Meditate on the world into which you are bringing new beings. Source

From Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged Buddhism (revised ed., Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, Berkeley, CA).

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Himalayas are melting

Himalayan mountain range (AFP)

VIDEO

A region of the planet -- the "roof of the world" -- extending between Afghanistan and China is suffering the effects of global warming. The Himalayas, steeped in Buddhist legend and mystery and home to the highest peaks on earth, are melting. AFP reports.