Nov 9, 2020 Grab a tissue, brace yourself for an extreme case of goosebumps and enjoy what might be the most beautiful video of the year. It shows Marta C Gonzalez, a former prima ballerina who danced with the New York Ballet in the 1960s, sitting in her wheelchair at a nursing home in Valencia and listening to the finale of Swan Lake through headphones. As she does so, she begins to go gracefully through the choreography she learnt decades ago. And that’s not even the most remarkable part. Ms Gonzalez, who sadly died last year, was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease at the time. While the video is from 2019, it’s only just been released by Asociación Música para Despertar, a Spanish charity that provides therapy for dementia patients by using important music from their lives. It’s now gone viral, and there can’t be a dry eye on the planet. ‘The power of music is immeasurable,’ the charity said. ‘May she rest in peace.’ Subscribe to RT! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpwv… RT LIVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFAcq… Check out http://rt.com Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on VK https://vk.com/rt_international Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt Follow us on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/rttv#RT (Russia Today) is a global #news network broadcasting from Moscow, London, Paris and Washington studios to over 100 countries. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.

South China Morning Post UPDATE: the principal explained why teaching students a shuffle dance. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyDjh… Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube In Xi Guan Primary School in China’s Shanxi province, students can shuffle dance with their principal during break time. The principal, Zhang Pengfei, learned the shuffle dance himself and taught his students. Knowing that students tend to stay in front of computers and phones, he hoped every student would exercise more with the dance.

Bob Dylan In 1991, Bob Dylan released his collection of unreleased works The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 – watch the official music video of ‘Series of Dreams’ now. http://smarturl.it/BD_YTP_MV?IQid=ytd… Watch Bob Dylan’s official music videos http://smarturl.it/BD_YTP_Live?IQid=y… Watch Bob Dylan live through the years iTunes: http://smarturl.it/BD_TEBD_iTunes?IQi… Amazon:http://smarturl.it/BD_TEBD_Amzn?IQid=… Spotify: http://smarturl.it/BobDylan_Spotify?I… Google Play: http://smarturl.it/BD_Gplay?IQid=ytd…. Facebook: http://smarturl.it/BD_YD_FB?IQid=ytd…. Twitter: http://smarturl.it/BD_YD_T?IQid=ytd.b… Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/BD_YD_YT?IQid=ytd…. Lyrics: I was thinking of a series of dreams Where nothing comes up to the top Everything stays down where it’s wounded And comes to a permanent stop Wasn’t thinking of anything specific Like in a dream when someone wakes up and screams Nothing truly very scientific Just thinking of a series of dreams Bob Dylan is a rare artist that has managed to transcend genre to become a universally praised songwriter, performer and musician of the 20th- and 21st-centuries. Starting out as a chronicler of social issues in the 1960s, Dylan has had true staying power with thirty-two studio albums released in 53 years – the most recent of which is 2015’s critically acclaimed Shadows in the Night.

I was thinking of a series of dreams
Where nothing comes up to the top.
Everything stays down where it’s wounded
And comes to a permanent stop.
Wasn’t thinking of anything specific,
Like in a dream, when someone wakes up and screams.
Nothing truly very scientific,
Just thinking of a series of dreams.Thinking of a series of dreams
Where the time and the tempo drag,
And there’s no exit in any direction
‘Cept the one that you can’t see with your eyes.
Wasn’t making any great connections,
Wasn’t falling for any intricate schemes.
Nothing that would pass inspection,
Just thinking of a series of dreams.Dreams where the umbrella is folded,
And into the path you are hurled,
And the cards are no good that you’re holding
Unless they’re from another world.In one, the surface was frozen.
In another, I witnessed a crime.
In one, I was running, and in another
All I seemed to be doing was climb.
Wasn’t looking for any special assistance,
Not going to any great extremes.
I’d already gone the distance,
Just thinking of a series of dreams.Dreams where the umbrella is folded,
And into the path you are hurled,
And the cards are no good that you’re holding
Unless they’re from another world.I’d already gone the distance,
Just thinking of a series of dreams.
Just thinking of a series of dreams.
Just thinking of a series of dreams.

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Songwriters: Bob Dylan / Dylan Bob
Series of Dreams lyrics
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“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”

– attributed to Winston Churchill

Tom Bilyeu This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Go to https://betterhelp.com/impact for 10% off your first month. BetterHelp is an online counseling company with the mission to make professional counseling accessible, affordable, and convenient. What if everything you think you know about yourself is wrong? Most people have the intuition that they have a self separate from their body and brain, and that they can control their experience with conscious will. But what if that isn’t true? Best-selling author Annaka Harris is devoted to challenging our deepest intuitions about the nature of consciousness and the self. On this episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu, she discusses experiments on the cutting edge of physics and neuroscience, and explains why those experiments matter. The result is a fascinating conversation that will leave you questioning some of your most cherished, comforting intuitions. SHOW NOTES: Consciousness is exactly as mysterious as it seems to be [2:29] Annaka defines what consciousness is [4:54] Tom and Annaka discuss the story of Phineas Gage [6:31] Annaka talks about the difference between consciousness and high level thought [9:14] There is a basic level of consciousness that doesn’t involve awareness of consciousness [11:35] Challenging intuitions is a basic element of the scientific method [14:58] Is there outer evidence of conscious experience? Is consciousness doing anything? [18:46] Upending comfortable intuitions is eventually a freeing experience [20:57] Annaka explains how the brain binds disparate signals to make them seem congruent [22:23] Annaka and Tom discuss how much unconscious brain functioning we take for granted [27:09] Annaka describes the false sense of self and conscious will [29:53] We make decisions before we are aware of them [33:41] Annaka discusses the question of whether or to what extent plants are conscious [35:30] Trees take care of their own kin, and defend their kin [40:48] What if consciousness is a field like gravity? [43:39] Annaka describes the double slit light experiment [46:13] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uva6g…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9tKn…https://drive.google.com/open?id=11YD… Measuring an event can change the past [51:41] Annaka discusses problems with the views that consciousness emerges from life [54:25] Annaka shares the impact she wants to have on the world [1:03:06] QUOTES: “There’s something jarring about learning that the things that feel most true to you about reality are possibly not structured that way.” [21:29] “We feel that consciousness is behind our willed actions, when in fact, there is a lot of neuroscience to suggest that it’s actually the reverse. It’s at the end. That all this processing happens, a decision gets made, and we’re kind of the last to know.” [31:54] “We have no evidence that consciousness is due to complexity.” [1:00:24] FOLLOW: WEBSITE: https://annakaharris.com INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/392CIl1 FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/2GTsk36 TWITTER: https://bit.ly/2RUoY63 BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: “Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind”, https://amzn.to/2u7OR9H [2:19] IMPACT THEORY MERCHANDISE: Check out Impact Theory’s Merch Shop: http://bit.ly/ImpactTheoryShop

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Why Religion?: A Personal Story

by Elaine Pagels 

Why is religion still around in the twenty-first century? Why do so many still believe? And how do various traditions still shape the way people experience everything from sexuality to politics, whether they are religious or not? In Why Religion? Elaine Pagels looks to her own life to help address these questions.

These questions took on a new urgency for Pagels when dealing with unimaginable loss—the death of her young son, followed a year later by the shocking loss of her husband. Here she interweaves a personal story with the work that she loves, illuminating how, for better and worse, religious traditions have shaped how we understand ourselves; how we relate to one another; and, most importantly, how to get through the most difficult challenges we face.

Drawing upon the perspectives of neurologists, anthropologists, and historians, as well as her own research, Pagels opens unexpected ways of understanding persistent religious aspects of our culture.

A provocative and deeply moving account from one of the most compelling religious thinkers at work today, Why Religion? explores the spiritual dimension of human experience.

(Goodreads.com – contributed by Heather Williams, H.W., M.)

Jan 24, 2020 They were children during the Holocaust. Today, they’re among the last living survivors. Here, they share their stories, including what they want future generations to remember — and what’s at stake if we forget. FRONTLINE’s documentary offers a haunting look at how disturbing childhood experiences and unimaginable loss have affected the daily lives and relationships of some of the Holocaust’s youngest victims — from survivor’s guilt, to crises of faith and second-generation trauma. This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: http://www.pbs.org/donate Love FRONTLINE? Find us on the PBS Video App where there are more than 250 FRONTLINE documentaries available for you to watch any time: https://to.pbs.org/FLVideoApp Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/1BycsJW#HolocaustRemembranceDay#LastSurvivors#Documentary Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frontlinepbs Twitter: https://twitter.com/frontlinepbs Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frontline FRONTLINE is streaming more than 200 documentaries online, for free, here: http://to.pbs.org/hxRvQP Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Major funding for FRONTLINE is provided by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Ford Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the Abrams Foundation, the Park Foundation, The John and Helen Glessner Family Trust, and the FRONTLINE Journalism Fund with major support from Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation.