Humans will soon have new bodies that forever blur the line between the natural and synthetic worlds, says bionics designer Hugh Herr. In an unforgettable talk, he details “NeuroEmbodied Design,” a methodology for creating cyborg function that he’s developing at MIT, and shows us a future where we’ve augmented our bodies in a way that will redefine human potential — and, maybe, turn us into superheroes. “During the twilight years of this century, I believe humans will be unrecognizable in morphology and dynamics from what we are today,” Herr says. “Humanity will take flight and soar.”

This talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by our editors on the home page.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Hugh Herr · Bionics designer
At MIT, Hugh Herr builds prosthetic knees, legs and ankles that fuse biomechanics with microprocessors to restore (and perhaps enhance) normal gait, balance and speed.

On Friday June 1^st at ACIM Gather on Paltalk 3pm Pacific time 6 pm Eastern Time. Please join us for an hour of discovery and fellowship.

Human decency is much different than political philosophies and personal morality. On NPR a woman who is a political strategist made the statement that Roseanne Barr’s Twitter had nothing to do with politics but was a statement of inhumanity that she (Rosanne Barr) lacked the humane decency toward another (paraphrasing). This is an important idea in my opinion. Political leanings should have nothing to do with decency, humanness, and basic moral character.

Each of us sees life differently, according to how we were taught as children and the basic dynamic of our families. Our differences at all levels are to be celebrated, not judged in such a manner as leaving us demeaned. Morality and the embracing of humanity can’t be taught. It is, I believe, an internal gyroscope of life’s direction. Instinctively we know to preserve life and embrace the beauty of diverseness in our environment.  Each rose is slightly different as each puppy from the same parents has different looks and personalities.  These differences are the very bases for infinite variety we know to be so about the nature of reality. Only by cooperating with the differences in any system is life preserved. Darwin’s survival of the most fit does not deal with strength but is a statement of those capable of fitting into systems and working with in a system. This however, does not eliminate the rogue mind or the artistic and intellectual endeavor to explore outside the boxes.

All systems tend to weaken if they are not infused with new ideas and diversion. If we look back on history we can find many examples where systems and plans failed not because they were wrong or bad, but because they became stale and weakened in their ability to accept new and different into the system and adapt as needed.

Part of survival and humanness is being able to think abstractly in such a manner as to step aside from what we have been taught and to see what is necessary for us to move forward and preserve life in a manner that embraces the basic inalienable rights of all life. This moment where we step outside of our family background, our personal prejudices, our ego minds desire to always be right is our rogue mind. Our rogue mind reaches out to the Universe in search of the new and the miracles of life unfolding.  Miracles don’t happen if we are incapable of being decent toward all life. We miss the beauty and excitement the eternal hope and faith of life continuing. We miss the joy of a rose unfolding in the morning dew and sun, of a new life of all sorts being born… all giving us a kind of sustenance that is particular to those who set aside judgment of good and bad, of black and white, and look with love into the great unbounded whole we call the Universe.

No matter what our gender, our belief about gender, and sexuality, our religious/spiritual and political beliefs we are united as life. Expressing in infinite variety created out of life embracing life in a moment of creation.

No matter what your story, you were conceived in a phenomenal moment where time, space, and life stood still. A moment of love, and in this we are given insight into decency, morality, and humanness.

© Suzanne Deakins

From Sexual Fluidity to be released Fall 2018

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CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS : Cello Concerto in Am, Op; 33

Gautier Capuçon, cello
Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra
Gábor Takács-Nagy

Excerpt from a live webcast at the Verbier Festival on July 27. Recorded at the Salle des Combins in Verbier (Switzerland) during the 2012 edition of the Verbier Festival. Directed by Anaïs Spiro

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Uploaded on May 23, 2018

Wendy Cicchetti

This Sagittarius Full Moon is a call to adventure and initiation into greater truth and freedom. Opposing the Sunis Gemini — the light of the mind — the fiery SagittariusMoon illuminates our soul’s wisdom, the knowing we carry in our hearts and in our bodies. This Full Moon also inspires a higher perspective on our life’s path, allowing for new possibilities as we create our future.

Adding fuel to the Sagittarius fire, the Moon forms a grand trine with Chiron in Aries and the North Node in Leo. Fire can burn away illusion, and the truth that emerges has the power to heal. We liberate the healing gifts of this trine when we trust and act on our inner guidance, and share our truth with love and vulnerability. Physical movement can be especially helpful now; if you’re feeling stuck, go for a walk or a run — dance or stretch.

Jupiter, ruler of Sagittarius, is retrograde in Scorpio, suggesting that the fierce fire activated by this Full Moon is best channeled into confronting our own inner demons. We’re called into our emotional depths to uncover and face our fears, and root out the belief systems that hold us back.Byron Katie’s four questions essential to “The Work” — the work of freeing ourselves from the mind’s limitations — can be useful now. For any thought that triggers an emotional reaction, we can ask: “Is it true? Can you absolutely know that it’s true? How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought? Who would you be without the thought?”(http://thework.com)

Jupiter’s trine to Neptune in Pisces opens doorways to higher consciousness. Our receptivity to the invisible, subtle realms is heightened, and our dreams and intuition have important messages for us. We can make strong progress in our spiritual understanding and growth, and it’s helpful to take time for rest, meditation, and just being. Venusoccupies a third water sign, Cancer, forming a water grand trine that facilitates emotional and sexual expression and intimacy.

Reinforcing the inward pull of Jupiter retrograde, Mars, ruler of Scorpio, has entered its retrograde shadow as of May 12. We’re already starting to feel the influence of Mars retrograde (June 26 – August 27), a time to slow down, rethink our desires and direction, and regenerate our vitality. Mars conjoins the South Node in Aquarius, indicating a loss of vitality and power when we try to force our ideas on others, follow the dictates of our mind rather than our heart, or sacrifice our authenticity to be accepted by others.

Retrograde Saturn in Capricorn reminds us that our happiness doesn’t depend on outer circumstances, but that we have the authority to determine our inner state through our mind’s interpretation of events. While Saturn’s strength at the Full Moon can stir up fear, triggering the urge to control the flow of life and shut down our heart, we can access this lunation’s higher potential through trust and surrender. “In surrender, life is served up in perfection you couldn’t imagine with the controlling mind. Surrender assumes that the highest possible outcome has already been selected by your essence and that you are experiencing exactly what your soul intends, no matter how you think it looks.” (Ariel Spilsbury)

Written by Emily Trinkaus for the Mountain Astrologer Magazine

http://www.milkywayastronomers.com/2017/07/nasa-detects-mystery-sounds-originating.html

SINGULARITY
by Marie Howe

(after Stephen Hawking)

Do you sometimes want to wake up to the singularity
we once were?

so compact nobody
needed a bed, or food or money —

nobody hiding in the school bathroom
or home alone

pulling open the drawer
where the pills are kept.

For every atom belonging to me as good
Belongs to you.   Remember?

There was no   Nature.    No
them.   No tests

to determine if the elephant
grieves her calf    or if

the coral reef feels pain.    Trashed
oceans don’t speak English or Farsi or French;

would that we could wake up   to what we were
— when we were ocean    and before that

to when sky was earth, and animal was energy, and rock was
liquid and stars were space and space was not

at all — nothing

before we came to believe humans were so important
before this awful loneliness.

Can molecules recall it?
what once was?    before anything happened?

No I, no We, no one. No was
No verb      no noun
only a tiny tiny dot brimming with

is is is is is

All   everything   home

(brainpickings.org)