They say YES.
To understand the Song
of a tiny feathered Heart,
and reflect upon
the music of his
magical moment,
is to understand
Life.
As beautiful Birds sing
and flutter around
you,
they say
YES.
Yes,
to Life.
And Yes
to Living.
If
we pause long enough,
and truly listen
to the sensations of their
Hearts,
we no longer decipher
this World
by thought,
but by feeling
and finally knowing,
knowing we belong
in the Beautiful Web
of Life.
We belong.
All
Living Things
are elegantly interdependent
and connected to
everything.
There is
so much Beauty
in this World,
your Heart
cannot comprehend
the profound awe and wonder
of it.
There are deeper forces
at play.
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Go outside.
Go into God’s World.
Close your eyes.
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Listen.
Just listen,
and your Heart will see –
a larger perception of
Reality
abides all around
the Dream
that is you
and me.
There is Magic
in the moment
you discover
your Spiritual Nature
is in the Wisdom
of Being.
It is simple.
Remove yourself
from the artificial constraints
and the linear constructions
created by the feeble mind
of our kind.
A far greater Love
than we can even imagine,
has Lovingly crafted and created
the truly meaningful moment
that is
YOU.
And the journey
of discovery
My Friend,
is effortless,
like Magic.
Simply go
into the Natural World
created by God.
Sit quietly
under the shade
of His beautiful Tree.
It is simply a matter
of listening,
hearing, feeling
and sensing
what is all around
YOU.
The dark shadows
of our thoughts
can be confusing,
chaotic,
irrelevant.
Stop searching
your mind
for somewhere to go,
something to discover,
something to figure out.
The clarity
we seek,
we need not
look for.
It will find
YOU.
It will find YOU.
My Dear Friends,
the awareness
of our kinship
with all of Nature
is long overdue.
It is a relationship
that reaches beyond
Mankind –
and extends everywhere.
It is not bounded
by the dimensions
of our species.
It connects
with kindred currents
and ancestral rivers,
visible
and invisible.
.
Shift
from experiencing Life,
to truly Living
in the flow.
Allow the Love
of God
to flow through you,
and all around
you.
When
our precious Hearts
feel the Loving flow
of this beautiful Universe,
we are open
and aware –
centered
in the here and now,
and forever more.
We no longer
expect
anything.
What we feel
is more real,
than real.
With no expectations,
our fragile Human Hearts
gently flow
to a deeper state of
Being.
Your Heart cannot comprehend.
“The harmony
of Natural Law,
reveals an intelligence
of such superiority
that,
compared with it,
all the systematic thinking
and acting of Human Beings
is an utterly insignificant
reflection.”
– Albert Einstein
The Universe God created
always
responds to our deep need
to leave our thoughts
and allow the Love
in our Hearts
to flow out
to all
Creation.
So often
we get into
our own way.
We never open
the door
to the most magnificent Gift
that is before
us.
We fail
to explore
the Wisdom
hiding all around
us.
Everything that Lives
has something of value
to share with
you.
As a young Child,
we learned to label
the World.
In trusting others
and not ourselves,
we learned
to color our feelings
about everything
around us.
Everything we see is a mirror.
We came to forget
what we instinctively
always knew,
that every Creature in this World
was a beautiful Living Being,
with its own
feelings,
and Hope
for the future.
We failed
to find Wonder,
Knowledge and Insight
and pure Delight,
in the Magic of the moment
we were with them.
All
Living Things
are Beautiful Instruments
through which
the Mind of the Universe
feels,
and thinks
and speaks
and acts.
We
are ALL
instruments
in a vast Cosmic Orchestra,
essential
to the harmonious and complementary
playing of the
Whole.
So very often,
the Creatures God Created
that we fear the most,
or hate,
are the ones that offer
the greatest lessons
for our own personal
growth.
And
this includes
other people.
But,
in remembering our connection
to ALL things Living,
we begin to realize
that everything we see
is a mirror
to our own deeper
Being.
Our Mother,
this Earth,
has dressed Herself up
for a command performance –
with the Stars,
arrayed upon the black
of night,
and entwined in Her Hair.
She will forgive you
for not taking
the Time
to know
Love is there,
and everywhere.
“While
with an Eye
made quiet
by the Power of Harmony,
and the deeper Power
of JOY,
we see into
the Life of Things.”
– William Wordsworth
We
are One.
Goodnight.
Entwined in Her Hair.
Google Futurist Ray Kurzweil Hacks His Body With These
Ray Kurzweil has many followers. Some call him a prophet.
Over a decade ago, Ray Kurzweil predicted that, within decades, we will have medical nanorobots, now called nanodocs, swimming through our veins keeping us healthy. In a 2007 essay in the Guardian, Kurzweil made the following prediction:
“Within a couple of decades, we will have ‘nanobots’ in our blood stream, basically small robots the size of blood cells, that will keep us healthy at the cellular and molecular level.” Kurzweil later added, “These devices will be a billion times more powerful than they are today in 25 years, and will continue the accelerating path to radical life extension.”
Ray Kurzweil made that prediction back in 2007, and his prophecy is becoming a reality, at least in the treatment of solid-tumor cancer. According to a recent report on bacteriobots, a physician in Montreal may be the first to treat cancer patients with tumor-killing nanorobots.
Futurist, Heal Thyself.
Kurzweil was diagnosed with high cholesterol and type 2 diabetes when only 35. The diagnosis of type 2 diabetes was a wake-up call for Ray, so he read up on the latest nutritional research, went on a diet and cut his fat intake. All that hard work paid off for Ray Kurzweil, who says he reversed both his diabetes and high cholesterol,
losing 40 pounds in the process.
Immortality Isn’t Easy for Ray Kurzweil
As reported by the Financial Times (FT.com), the futurist used to eat 250 pills a day. Now, he’s down to 100. In an interview a few years back, Kurzweil told the Financial Times’s Caroline Daniel that he spends “a few thousand dollars per year” on vitamins and supplements. According to press reports, Kurzweil also spends one day a week in a doctor’s office, receiving intravenous longevity treatments in a bid to live forever.
In addition to taking vitamins and supplements, Ray also eats a healthy diet, rich in plant compounds called phytonutrients. According to Caroline Daniel, his breakfast includes berries, dark chocolate infused with espresso, smoked salmon and mackerel, vanilla soy milk, porridge and green tea.
If the supplement plan doesn’t work, Ray Kurzweil has a backup plan. The outspoken futurist has signed up to for cryonics. Kurzweil joins other notables such as SENS Foundation’s Aubrey de Grey on the member list of the cryonics firm Alcor. Ray Kurzweil has arranged for the cryopreservation of his body shortly after death, with the hopes of being revived when medical science has found a cure for whatever felled him.
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Ray Kurzweil’s Supplement List
Most of the items on this list come from Kurzweil’s book, Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever, published back in 2005 when Ray was taking 250 supplements a day. The list has been updated to include the supplements vinpocetine, vitamin D, and alkaline water, recently added to Kurzweil’s list, based on current press reports.
Here’s the list of 80 of the 100 supplements that Ray Kurzweil reports taking:
Anti-Inflammatories
Curcumin
EPA/DHA (Omega-3 Fish Oils)
Blood Thinners
Aspirin
Lumbrokinase
Blood-Vessel Health
Arginine
Choline
TMG
Brain Health
GABA
Glyceryl phosphatidylcholine
Melatonin
Nextrutine
Quercetin
Phosphatidylcholine (Intravenous) – Brain health/cell membrane health
Chelation Therapy (detoxification)
DMPS
EDTA
Digestion
Acidophilus bifidobacteria
Betaine HCL
Fish protein
Fructooligosaccharides
Gentian root
l-glutamine
n-acetyl-d-glucosamine
Peppermint
Pepsin
Eye Health
Bilberry extract
Lutein
Testosterone Boosters
DHEA
Chrysin
Ginger
Indole-3-carbinol
Nettle
PtC
Testosterone (prescription)
Inhibit AGEs
Note: AGEs or advanced glycated end products form when sugar corrupts a cellular component, such as a protein molecule, causing macromolecular damage. Anti-aging researchers called geroscientists link the build-up of AGEs in our aging bodies to a variety of diseases.
Alpha lipoic acid
Carnosine
Quercetin
n-acetyl-carnitine
Reduce Homocysteine Levels
Vitamin B-6
Folic acid
Stress
Beta-sitosterol
Green tea extract
L-theanine
Phosphatidylserine
Type 2 Diabetes
Chromium
Gymnema sylvestra
Metformin (prescribed for Ray’s type 2 diabetes )
Cholesterol
Grapefruit powder
Guggulipid ( aka Gugulipid or Guggul)
Lecithin
Oat Bran
Plant sterols
Policosanol
Psyllium
Atorvastatin (prescription) – To lower LDL cholesterol
Vitamin B-3 (Niacin) – To raise HDL cholesterol
Vitamins / Nutrients
Coenzyme Q10 – Nutrient / anti-oxidant
Daily multivitamin (various vitamins and supplements)
Pyridoxal-5-phosphate (active form of vitamin B-6)
Vitamin B-12 shots (megadose)
L-carnitine – Nutrient
Lecithin – Nutrient
Linoleic acid – Nutrient
Vitamin D
General Health
Bilberry extract – antioxidant
Lycopene – antioxidant
n-acetyl-l-cysteine – antioxidant
Resveratrol – antioxidant.
Silymarin (flavonoid) – Liver health benefits.
Grapeseed extract – Cardiovascular benefits / anti-oxidant.
Echinacea – Immune support.
Garlic – Multiple health benefits.
Various Herbs.
Miscellaneous
Vinpocetine
Alkaline Water
Glutathione (Intravenous) – Liver health
Saw palmetto complex – Prostate health
Antioxidant skin creams – Skin anti-aging
How Not To Live Forever
As reported in a previous article, large doses of some vitamins can cause harm. A few of the supplements on Ray Kurzweil’s list could ruin his health or shorten his life, notably the vitamins B-3 and B-6. Recent research on vitamin B-6 shows that taking more than 100 milligrams of the vitamin over an extended period can cause a form of nerve damage called neuropathy. Research shows that taking excessive vitamin B-3 lowers cholesterol, but can also harm the liver.
Department of Redundancy Department
There’s redundancy in Ray Kurzweil’s longevity regimen.
Ray takes EPA/DHA fish oil supplements. Studies show that when compared to omega-3 supplements, whole fish is a healthier source of these oils. Ray Kurzweil should stick to his salmon.
Kurzweil has a healthy diet, rich in fruit and vegetables. He doesn’t need that many supplements. Ray Kurzweil is going overboard.
I’m puzzled by Ray’s testosterone-boosting regimen. Kurzweil takes many supplements that increase testosterone. At the same time, Ray takes the drug itself.
The best thing to boost testosterone is testosterone itself.
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Bottom Line on Ray Kurzweil’s Regimen
On the plus side, Kurzweil has an otherwise healthy lifestyle. He takes prescription drugs for legitimate reasons, such as aspirin for the heart, metformin for diabetes and statins for high cholesterol. Some of the medicines have dual purposes. Metformin has been shown to prevent cancer, and it’s a general anti-aging drug to boot. Cholesterol-lowering statins are also proposed for anti-aging purposes.
On the other hand, while justification can be found for some of the items on his list, it seems as if the futurist is taking too many overall. A recent report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) suggests that vitamin supplements aren’t all they are cracked up to be. Instead, the JAMA article recommends that people obtain most of their vitamins and minerals through a healthy diet. The report suggests that those people with specific conditions or at certain life phases might consider vitamin and mineral supplements. Furthermore, two of the B vitamins that Ray takes are shown to be harmful to the health when taken to excess.
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References
[Cover Photo: Ray Kurzweil in June 2017 video. Screenshot courtesy of Singularity Hub.]
Ray Kurzweil, Terry Grossman. Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever. September 27, 2005. Link.
Caroline Daniel. Breakfast with the FT: Ray Kurzweil. The Financial Times. April 10, 2015. Link.
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