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Post by asiaticdarkperson on Mar 3, 2012 14:15:45 GMT -5
that the nile river used to flow parallel to the equator from east to west but the ancient egyptians diverted its flow near the equator and directed it into the nile valley?
Apparently, they blew up entire mountains to do this.
And it is very rare on earth to find a large river that follows practically a straight course for thousands of kilometers. (there's only one) But seriously, look at the nile on the map and tell me it wasn't intentionally directed to run through egypt..
And I have a source for this claim too. A little fairy told me about it. And I'm sure she wasn't lying cause the next day I found karlsie talking about diverting rivers.. and karlsie has a way of providing me with unbelievable synchronicities all the time.. almost like she can read my mind or something.
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Post by karlsie on Mar 4, 2012 18:14:10 GMT -5
Asi, you really had me knee slapping on that one. Maybe our minds simply think in much the same manner... I don't know. What i find odd is that while i was writing my hydroelectric article, i began dwelling on a separate ancient hydroelectric feat; the amazing canal system built by the Mayans two thousand years ago that continues to be used by the inhabitants for irrigating fields, washing clothes and bathing. I didn't include or mention it for two reasons. One, even though most archeologists will agree that the Mayans were familiar with electricity and had batteries, most of the "educated" world does not. I didn't want a deterrent argument on Mayan technology.
Second, i truly believe that civilization as we know it, is crumbling to an end. Most of the big coastline cities can no longer support their infrastructure, are rapidly running out of options, and are completely unprepared for climate change. Most urbanized people have no clue as to how to survive in nature. They are packed together like lemmings and would rather fight each other than try to arrive at solutions. I believe that, barring a major catastrophe that completely obliterates life from the Earth, the Arctic Rim will produce the next great civilization. I didn't want to mention this, either, because i don't want to see a lot of panicking end of the worlders moving up here to escape the wrath.
We can survive climate change. We're quite used to large scale disasters. Nature dishes them out to us all the time. We don't want, however, to be the answer to the urbanized areas that have used up all their natural resources and are looking for an easy route for keeping their habits supplied. We don't want to be flooded with urbanized people whose only concern is living comfortably in a land that is as hostile as it is beautiful and who cannot see past their immediate needs long enough to look at the future they are affecting.
The big cities, this industry of war machines and mass consumption, need to die out. They are a disease upon the earth, but the best and brightest of its technology doesn't necessarily need to die. Maybe this is how it has always been. Maybe the craftsmen of the Nile, the Mayan canal, the pyramids, amazing aqueducts, and underground marvels were aware their cities were going into death throes, and had taken the best of their technology to rebuild on uncharted land. Maybe it is, by the laws of nature's turn, for the Arctic Rim to start preparing not only for its survival, but to become the next step into a new era, one that involves the movers and shakers to lay down the foundation for a new civilization, one that involves using our renewable resources instead of throw away commodities.
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Post by asiaticdarkperson on Mar 5, 2012 17:51:13 GMT -5
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Post by asiaticdarkperson on Mar 5, 2012 18:17:45 GMT -5
karlsie, what would you say if I told you that we have TVs built into our heads.. tvs that broadcast visions in extreme high-definition.. visions that come straight from infinity itself.. what if it were possible to see visions of anything anywhere anytime in the entire cosmos as if you were right there looking with your eyes.. I think our eyes can detach from our heads and go anywhere in time and space in the blink of an eye.
TV on the other hand is a bunch of crap tailored by corporations to keep people numb and stupid.. nothing on TV could ever compare to natural 'inner-vision'; and anyone who has experienced endogenous visions won't ever be able to enjoy TV again. It'll just seem extremely unnatural, boring and stupid.
And what if it turned out we were all equipped with cellphones in our chests.. what if we could communicate with anyone anywhere directly through our thoughts?
All people who take ayahuasca in groups experience this; all you do is 'want' to send a thought to someone and they hear it in their head.. that's all there is to it; no batteries, no dialing no antenna no monthly fees
Why aren't we developing our innate abilities rather than letting them atrophy while we watch tv and use cellphones?
It's really none of my business what other people do and everyone is free to live whatever lifestyle they want.. but I think people who don't have inner-vision are just as blind as people who don't have regular vision.
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Post by asiaticdarkperson on Mar 5, 2012 18:59:59 GMT -5
You probably know that Muslims have to undertake the Hajj pilgrimage once in their lifetimes as a mandatory religious rite..
A hundred years ago, groups of muslims living close to eachother would go on the journey together.. They would set out on foot, with donkeys to carry their stuff and a horse or two just in case they needed to get somewhere fast, and they'd head towards Mecca. This journey usually took about a month for Persians, and even longer for people who lived further away.
Now try to imagine a group of people walking together across the earth, passing many different places and cultures, sleeping somewhere new every night, meeting new people every day, on a journey to reach Mecca. I can imagine what an exciting adventure it must have been. I can also imagine the bonds that would form between the people who undertook this trip together.
And in those days whenever a group of pilgrims passed through a muslim town or city, they were treated very hospitably and generously. The townspeople would each invite a few of the pilgrims to stay at their home for the night; they would offer the pilgrims food, a hot bath and a soft bed. In the morning, after breakfast they would just ask the pilgrims to pray for them also when they get to Mecca.
I imagine that when Mohamed made it mandatory for every muslim to go to Hajj, he was keen on people experiencing the journey on foot. I don't think he realized that airplanes and trains would be invented one day and they'd fuck the whole thing up.
Today, people get on a plane and they are in Mecca a few hours later. They spend a week shopping in Mecca and mingling with the other "tourists" (not-pilgrims) and they spend the next week in Medina doing again the exact same. There are many big fancy hotels and shopping centers in both cities and they are always teeming with people. Then the tourists go back home and they say "I don't really feel like I've grown or changed much like the Prophet said I would.. must be BS."
For people a hundred years ago, once they spent a while in Mecca and Medina, they'd have to set out again on their return journey. They would usually take a little bit of Mecca's sand (or buy souveniers) and on their return trip they would give gifts to all the people who had helped them on their way to Mecca. All in all, back then the trip was very long.. epic really and all people claimed that they felt reborn and renewed when they got back to their homes. The stories from their hajj pilgrimages were told and retold for a lifetime.. sometimes the stories became famous.
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And I think obesity today is essentially our cars' fault. What's so bad about walking?
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Post by karlsie on Mar 6, 2012 18:46:05 GMT -5
Asi, the one thing that most Alaskans believe in as a common trait is telepathy. I think this has much to do with the distance between us, as well as climate harshness. We aren't always in places where we can contact each other via cell phone or telephone lines. Because of the high mountain ranges, signals are often lost. Telephone lines often fall down during storms. We get these feelings about each other. It doesn't matter how long it's been since we heard from the person; if some kind of crisis has come into his or her life, we suddenly get a feeling that something isn't quite right. It's time to make a check. It's not uncommon for this check up to be a life saving event. The person might have taken a fall and can't move around, or is very ill and has no means of going to a doctor.
It seems like, all we have to do is think about someone we haven't heard from in awhile, and that person appears, or gives us a call. Some of the closest friendships aren't really based as much on conversational agreement, but simply on knowing what each other wants to do and doing it without more than five minutes of discussion. A three day trip can be planned out and executed within a half hour just because everybody already had in their minds that this was where they wanted to go and wished to do. What seems spontaneous, i think, is actually the rapport of telepathy. It's just that the messages aren't actually concrete words. They are feelings and associations. I also think these feelings and associations become stronger among people who just accept them than among those who try to dismiss them as coincidence or demand proof. The analytical process blocks the transmission.
As far as walking goes.... i have so many thoughts about it. Walking is our ground connection to Mother Earth. It's how she communicates with us. When i was young, i was an avid back packer. I walked an average of 16 kilometers a day. Even though i'm older now, with a tight work schedule, i still average walking around 5 or 6 kilometers a day. I don't like sidewalks and pavements. I prefer paths. The paths are what speak to me and tell me their stories. Pavements are just drudgeries that hurt my bones after awhile.
When i walked some of the paths in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and in Mexico, i could hear the lives of generations of people who had taken the same path; old people, children, travelers and pilgrims. I could feel their footsteps under mine. I think archeologists who are good in their field, are so good because they can hear the civilization under their footsteps. That is why a pilgrimage by foot is so much for effective; you are connected with the other pilgrims who have made the journey.
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