The Heavy Stuff

One of the `esoteric takeaways’ of the 1960’s and 70’s was the `tree-hugging’ phrase - “Be Here Now”. And, frankly, ultimately, it had a lot of `meanings’ - from the non-attachment of Zen, to a `re-connecting’ with the environment and spirituality, to a `self-centering’ - awareness and meditation connotation - and even more. It was a `hip’ thing to say (or - to say that you were `doing’).

(This would actually be `not-doing’ to those `into’ Carlos Castaneda.)

Anyway, that phrase BHN entered my mind again the other week and this post has been brain bubbling since then - so - let’s see how my mind treats this today. And, as you might expect - my mind generally has been mauling over the whole Phenomenology aspect of the phrase first - both in relation to `science’ and my so called Phillips Phenomenology. (see my categories (labels)  on this page for much more about PP)

The first `science’ thing that comes into my mind - is - of course, the shear impossibility to BE HERE NOW - as `all nows’ pass and have NO duration; and our actual `here’ is moving at an incredible rate of motion. All while being the pinpoint of the time-cone - with that exact balance of the actualized past `picking’ the next actualized space (the now) of the `future’.

Indeed, if we just consider THE REAL SPACE - that one (humans) occupied as matter — the `space’ that `was you’ - an instant ago ———- has truly `moved’ hugely. 

Do you know the reason?

Well, we are `traveling’ on a planet that is `rotating’; we are `traveling’ on a planet that is moving in rotation around a star; and we are `traveling’ as part of that stars rotation around OUR galaxy; and we are `traveling’ as part of the Milky Way’s `movement’ in a particular direction that all local galaxies are moving in. EVERY SECOND. Every Moment. (Indeed, I once added all this movement up and it is a large portion of 1% of the speed of light - every instant. The `here’ of `our last instant’ is `miles’ from the actual location of the `here’ of `this, our current instant’.)

So, that should put to rest in your mind that what we perceive as a permanent local space - is ONLY so - because it (every object within)  ALSO is moving at the same rate. We are matter spiraling thru space points - and have NO claim to a HERE in the human mind sense of the term. Indeed, only the `counting’ of the here’s of our space/matter - provides us with a `now’ or more precisely, a here-now,  at all.

And, before I even get to the `now(ish)’ - lets look at how human consciousness might fit into the words of this BHN phrase.

Certainly, the best connection of human consciousness lies in its own `beingness’.Beingness of the actualized past; beingness of the unactualized past; beingness of the actualized future (now); beingness of the `unactualized’ (referred to as the) future.

A beingness of `our space’ (body/matter) - a beingnessof `our minds’ (sense-knowingness of actualized memory, sense-knowingness of actualized now, sense-knowingness of actualized fantasy) - but most of all - a Beingness of Determinism via self-knowingness.

Indeed, we ARE, - our being IS, - because we KNOW the determinism we experience of space-time-and our consciousness - as only a BEING with a Ontological Knowingness can. BEINGS with ontological knowingness determine the `what is not able to not be’. That is, at least concerning their own perception structures of other SPACES (the not able to be) and other TIMES (the able to not be) - internally or externally.

(But spaces ARE NOTHING (not able to be) without duration (time - able to not be(ness) and time IS NOTHING without space to be (time needs to give a space it’s able to not be(ness) to MAKE - the determined Not Able To Not Be ————— that we call reality.

Finally, lets talk about what science has told humans about their consciousness of `our external senses of now’. First and foremost, research indicates that humans `see’ about 100 or so `frames’ of our external reality each second - YET - our consciousness picks about 8-12 of these and `molds them’ into a flowing reality for perception purposes. (Not only that - reality itself - turns on and turns off - trillions of times in that frame of reference.) I won’t even mention that what we `see’ in our brain is upside-down and the whole process needs to be righted for our senses.

But, even more important than that - at least to me - is that EVERYTHING we see —- all objects ——- are objects from the PAST — as the light that bounces off objects - which allows us to sense them -  has taken (time)(or a counted space)  to reach our retina. Time which MAKES that datum a PAST, a determined past that is UN-alterable as to its location or time of its data being sent by the light bounce.

So, if EVERYTHING outside of us is FROM the past (to us)  and is Now(ish) —- isn’t the best a human can do is - Be Here Nowish?

About 35 years ago I encountered the book `The Crack In The Cosmic Egg’ - an intellectual book that sought to explain reality by looking at `the cracks’. The idea was that in the few locations where `reality cracked’, we could find the true deepest esoteric ideas about the world we live within.The author often used the `miracles’ of Castanada’s `Don Juan’ (a Mexican Indian Sorcerer), the `miracles’ of Jesus in the bible, and `miracles’ such as walking across hot coals - as the `cracks’ to be examined.

Now, I will not ruin a great read - but - in a nut shell - `The Crack In The Cosmic Egg’ author - chose the concept of belief - as the `ultimate answer‘ - to `what makes our reality’. It was to be this `belief’ that allowed Castaneda to observe Don Juan’s other world - which was as REAL as ours. It was this `belief’ that allowed Jesus to walk on water and to manipulate the visual reality. Just as it was the `belief’ of the firewalkers - that allowed them to cross and not even have their robes or clothes affected.

Now, the concept that `other realities’ exist - is a powerful one. Religions, which still have a grip on the minds of many in humanity, are based on the concept. Scientists, have told us that `dimensional realities’ may exist. Shaman have sworn to it that special consensus realities exist; as have LSD users.

But, what examples exist of such realities that DON’T involve the religious visions, science findings and speculations, or occultish or drugged `states of mind’? Has `reality’ given us all clues to `the cosmic crack’? What kind of `clues’ exist that seem to show REAL Anomalous Realities (RAR)?

Well, I can think of several that I often like to `throw out there’ - as being - A Seam Of The Cosmic Bubble Of Real. And, to me, that `seam of real’ has at least several variations I’d like my readership to consider.

The first is the appearance of Doppelgangers into our reality(the most extreme case being that of Eastern Flight 401’s Pilot and Co-Pilot - which I have blogged about here http://theheavystuff.com/?p=17). For those that are new to the Doppelganger term - I’m using it to represent those cases where a `Dead’ Person - is seen in `Living Form’ in our reality.

Historical cases have included `immigrants’ who died while crossing the ocean - being seen in the flesh in the streets of where they lived in Europe (often at the time of death - but, afterwards too) - in addition to occasional `Civil War’ Doppelgangers that get reported from time to time. Certainly, these examples point to a reality that has anomalous cracks and which should be a subject of study.

The same can be said of what I call `shared subjective reals’.

One example is indeed, the shared realities that Castaneda is said to have `shared’ with Don Juan - Non-Ordinary Realities. Indeed, in the back of the first Castaneda book about Don Juan there is a section called `A Structural Analysis’ - which, Carlos uses to describe the attributes that formed that non-ordinary reality that he observed and experienced as a participant firsthand.

Indeed, this `ability’ to `go to a new landscape’ — to a new reality — also exists in nearly the exact state described by Charles Tart in his book `Altered State’ in a section called Mutual Hypnosis. Via a particular method of hypnosis - two or even more participants could enter into a `new mutually shared reality’. Certainly, these experiences must be surfing along one of the Cosmic Cracks too - don’t you think?

Now, obviously, the Doppelganger `crack’ seems to occur as an anomaly in our `outer mutual common consensus’ reality. Whereas, the Mutual Hypnosis `crack’ seems to occur as an anomaly of real within an `inner special consensus’ reality. But, both break thru - to provide a real experience - for the observer.

And, both are representative of of real anomalous realities that challenge the Cosmic Crack

IF you enjoyed this post check out - http://barfstew.blogspot.com/2010/05/castanedas-structure-of-perception.html

More links:
The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge
I Was Carlos Castaneda: The Afterlife Dialogues

Hello, welcome back to what is now the second annual listing of The Top 10 Anomalous, Dubious, Hoax, Events and Links of 2009 - a year end tradition started here at The Heavy Stuff  (THS) last December (You can find a link to last years list at the bottom of this post.). And, this year, like last, we have a bevy of links that appeared on the internet that qualified as anomalous in many areas of ParaNormality - but - mixed in - of course, - we had the tricksters, hoaxers, and just plain unquantifiable information - which we have to include in this day and age of CGI videos and more. Indeed, the coverage by the MSM of the hoaxes is becoming part of the total Fortean story. Such is the state of the anomalous internet world of 2009.

And, with that, THS presents 2009’s Best Hoaxes, Anomalous Events And Dubious Links Listing: (In Reverse Order)

#10 - The Mind Reading Machine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwda7YWK0WQ On June 28th, the CBS newsshow 60 minutes aired this piece that proved that a machine can read specific thoughts in someones mind. Be ready to be blown away. Only 6,000 or so have seen this video.

#9 - What is using Bio-Sonar in Lake Champlain? http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/champ-sonar/ Now, here is a real mystery - not only that - the person that discovered this is no slouch; and is a real scientist who has discovered previous animals using sonar too. Great read.

#8 - WebBot prediction for November 27th Obama Alien Disclosure On TV and more. http://ufodisclosurecountdownclock.blogspot.com/2009/11/web-predicts-obama-alien-disclosure-on.html Perhaps the prediction that will put the Exopolitics movement on hold until next years National Press Club meeting. This link also includes links to the WebBot prediction about Andrew Basiago becoming planetary famous soon due to his discovery of life on Mars (If you follow the link you can find out what human life on Mars is like too.).

#7 - A 747 Jetliner UFO Hovers 100 Feet In The Alabama Skies - http://www.ufocasebook.com/2009/huntsville010909.html – Oh yeah. One of the strangest sightings of the year on Jan. 9th in Huntsville Alabama - great read - with super strange picture too.

#6 - OVER The Top UFO Video’s - As you know, for several years now, each year brings a few UFO videos that just seem too good to believe - but who knows - so, in that regard and with those word of caution - here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vUQIynCNYU&feature=related Texas - supposedly in 2008: http://naturalplane.blogspot.com/2009/05/videos-ufos-captured-over-lahore.html Pakistan, April 27th, 2009:

#5 - Encounter With A Black-Eyed Child - http://from-the-shadows.blogspot.com/2009/04/encounter-with-black-eyed-child.html In the last few years more and more first person accounts of Black-Eyed `humans’ have emerged - here’s an account that will leave your skin crawling.

#4 Beast Of Gum Hill Bigfoot Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeL9c3HoWXU Filmed April 5th, 2009 in USA. One of the better ones as far as I’m concerned of this temporal entity. Here also is another Bigfoot video that emerged in 2009 - supposedly found in an attic type story and supposedly shot in the 1970’s - still, it’s worth a click http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/bf-pa77/

#3 - Champ Lake Creature Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT49LQMxthg - One of the very best, clear, surface, videos of something anomalous I’ve seen in quite awhile.

#2 - The Animals Of Mars - http://ufomedia.blogspot.com/2009/06/animals-of-mars.html You think I’m kidding don’t you? Well, take a look at these pictures - supposedly undoctored from NASA and from the surface of Mars  - and tell me what you think these are?

#1 Story Of The Year - ORBS

The change in how ParaNormalists viewed Orbs over the past decade has been evolving - no longer are they dust specks caught on camera or filmed on video. NO, in 2009 - Orbs have become a very hot commodity and are seemingly taking over some of the most interesting things happening in th paraNormal field. Examples of this include the UFO Orbs in the sky - which are again being `called’ (like last year) by certain individuals - such as can be seen in this link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpPYymvNTfA and then here - same guy, different Orb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE-G7QtKgpU. But, calling Orbs in the sky is just one part of the evolving story about Orbs - for example - this year - more and more spirit Orbs are being seen with Entities INSIDE of them - here’s two links - http://naturalplane.blogspot.com/2009/08/photo-new-orb-face-emerges-updated.html - http://naturalplane.blogspot.com/2009/07/face-in-orb-biological-entity.html - and, while these two remind you that it might be humans existing within these Orbs - this link, a series of 5 picture links you must see all of - might suggest that `Aliens’ may be riding in these Orbs - in what may be the Link Of The Year - http://supernaturalparanormal.com/abstraction-in-ufology/.

This is the link to last years Top 10 http://theheavystuff.com/?p=94

THS looks forward to your comments - thanks for your support in 2009 - please bookmark THS and send this link to a friend and visit our sidebar and great blogroll. Thanks for reading.

Oh, nearly all these links and many more that just missed the cut - can be found in my Link archive at www.squidoo.com/anomalymanarchive.

You can also find the link to EVERY post made on this site with a short explanation here - http://www.squidoo.com/theheavystuff#module2462278

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