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Tuesday, September 30
What is SCIY ?
by
ronjon
on September 30, 2008 11:00PM (PDT)
Welcome to the Science, Culture and Integral Yoga webzine - "SCIY" SCIY (pronounced "sci-y") is a free webzine. Start by scrolling down this page. SCIY's Purpose Statement
Vision: To consider emerging
planetary science and culture in the context of the "Integral Yoga" of Sri Aurobindo and his spiritual colleague the Mother. Mission: To explore trends within contemporary science and culture fostering the co-evolution of integral spirituality, scientific research and emerging planetary culture.
Goals: To encourage mutually respectful dialog among those who aspire to create a world of increasing truth, beauty and sustainable human unity.
Who we are: The founders and core group of SCIY are engaged in the study and practice of Sri Aurobindo's "Integral Yoga," a non-sectarian spiritual path toward realizing "a living embodiment of an actual Human Unity."* - Our aspiration for SCIY is to foster inclusive scientific, cultural and spiritual research that serves this realization. We invite those who share this aspiration to join us.
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"There are people who love adventure. It is these I call, and I tell them this: 'I invite you to the great adventure...' " ~ The Mother_____________ SCIY is a large site with thousands of articles & comments. Click here for important usage tips & posting policies. Wednesday, September 3
"Once By The Pacific" by Robert Frost
by
ronjon
on September 3, 2008 10:46PM (PDT)
Once by The Pacific by Robert Frost The shattered water made a misty din. Great waves looked over others coming in, And thought of doing something to the shore That water never did to land before. The clouds were low and hairy in the skies, Like locks blown forward in the gleam of eyes. You could not tell, and yet it looked as if The shore was lucky in being backed by cliff, The cliff in being backed by continent; It looked as if a night of dark intent Was coming, and not only a night, an age. Someone had better be prepared for rage. There would be more than ocean-water broken Before God's last Put out the Light was spoken. Sunday, September 7
Building the 'Big Bang machine': LHC Startup on Monday (10sep08)
by
ronjon
on September 7, 2008 09:11AM (PDT)
The Large Hadron Collider is not just an extraordinary science experiment, it is also a remarkable engineering undertaking. Just getting it built is an astonishing story in itself...
The LHC took 10,000 scientists a total of 14 years to assemble. ... Here's the story of the biggest science experiment in human history ... more » Saturday, September 6
Volcker Says Finance System`Broken,' Losses May Rise
by
ronjon
on September 6, 2008 09:00AM (PDT)
Sept. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker said the U.S. financial system, dependent upon securitization rather than traditional bank loans, is broken, and may contribute to the weakest expansion since the 1930s.
``This bright new system, this practice in the United States, this practice in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, has broken down,'' Volcker said today at a banking conference in Calgary. ``Growth in the economy in this decade will be the slowest of any decade since the Great Depression, right in the middle of all this financial innovation.'' ... more »
Gold and the Collapse of Fiat Paper Money
by
ronjon
on September 6, 2008 09:00AM (PDT)
Free will, like the idea of free markets, has an unmistakable appeal. Nonetheless, even its most committed advocates did not choose or will their birth, their gender, their proclivities, their talents or their foibles; and whether we wish to be here or not, all of us are now gathered together on the very precipice of extreme change.
To most, the appearance and severity of the current crisis is unexpected. To Professor David Hackett Fisher, author of The Great Wave, Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History (Oxford University Press 1996) the crisis and its severity was both expected and understood. According to Professor Fisher, waves of rising prices have interrupted long periods of stability throughout history. These great waves are often accompanied by unexpected disasters, extreme social upheaval and always end in economic collapse... ...We have been living through a period of “deep change,” when one “change regime” yields to another...In periods of deep change, understanding lags behind the movement of events…In the United States problems of economic understanding have been compounded by the effects of economic prosperity…The Greeks called it hubris, and thought that it always ended in the intervention of the goddess Nemesis. That lady makes her appearance when wave-riders begin to believe that they are wave-makers, at the moment when the great wave breaks and begins to gather its energy again. ... more »
September 6 Quote of the Day
by
ronjon
on September 6, 2008 12:00AM (PDT)
The best protection is
an unshakable faith in the Divine Grace. ~ The Mother Friday, September 5
USA: growing Indian membership leads to conflict in Vedanta Movement—by Richard Cimino
by
RY Deshpande
on September 5, 2008 04:54PM (PDT)
Vedanta, an American and Hindu-based organization created for Westerners interested in Eastern religious thought and practice, is becoming increasingly Indian Hindu in makeup, causing controversy and concern among the remaining non-Indian members. Such members claim that Vedanta is losing its distinctive mission of reaching Westerners with Eastern philosophy and spirituality… more »
In the Eye of the Storm of the Credit Crisis Hurricane
by
ronjon
on September 5, 2008 09:00AM (PDT)
We have long warned our readers of a coming real estate crash which would then lead to a credit crunch, and eventually a major round of bank failures. We have argued that these developments would be the precursors to a major recession, and perhaps a depression.
As predicted, the collapsing values of bonds backed by subprime mortgages did indeed lead to a collapse of the entire mortgage market, a bank liquidity crisis, a credit crunch and a steep fall in consumer confidence. This was the first leg of the storm, but the full blown banking collapse and the deep recession are not yet manifest. The conventional wisdom holds that the bullet has been dodged. At its core, our economy is simply showing the effects of a national depletion of wealth caused by decades of consuming more than we produce and spending more than we earn. The natural corrective mechanism to such a condition is a recession. But recession is very bad for politics, especially in an election year. So, the potential corrective recession has been postponed by a massive injection of billions of dollars into the economy. At a time when we needed serious physical therapy, the government instead offered four massive pain killers:... ...Last week, the FDIC announced that bank losses have tripled to $26.4 billion, leading to a fall of 86.5 percent in bank earnings. The Case-Shiller home price index shows American housing to have fallen in value by some 20 percent and still sliding. These massive movements have yet to be felt along the entire economic spectrum…but it is inevitable that they will be. Don’t be lulled into a false sense of security and start buying U.S. equities at seemingly knockdown prices. We are in the eye of the hurricane. Beware of the second leg! ... more »
September 5 Quote of the Day
by
ronjon
on September 5, 2008 12:00AM (PDT)
Never forget that you are not alone.
The Divine is with you helping and guiding you. ~ The Mother Thursday, September 4
Stronger Hurricanes Result of Global Warming? (NYT/Nature)
by
ronjon
on September 4, 2008 09:13AM (PDT)
A new study finds that the strongest of hurricanes and typhoons have become even stronger over the last two and a half decades...
“I think we do see a climate signal here,” said James B. Elsner, a professor of geography at Florida State University who is the lead author of the paper, being published in Thursday’s issue of the journal Nature. The study, which also found that more typical, less powerful tropical storms had not become stronger over the 26-year period studied, is consistent with other researchers’ hurricane models, Dr. Elsner said. With oceans expected to continue warming, “one would expect more 4s and 5s,” he said of Category 4 and Category 5 hurricanes, those with maximum sustained winds of at least 131 miles per hour. ... more »
September 4 Quote of the Day
by
ronjon
on September 4, 2008 12:00AM (PDT)
O Divine and adorable Mother,
with Thy help what is there that is impossible? ~ The Mother Wednesday, September 3
September 3 Quote of the Day
by
ronjon
on September 3, 2008 12:00AM (PDT)
Get out of your mind
to have the true intelligence. ~ The Mother Tuesday, September 2
Integrity Bank Becomes 10th U.S. Failure This Year [Bloomberg]
by
ronjon
on September 2, 2008 01:00AM (PDT)
Integrity Bank of Alpharetta, Georgia, was closed by U.S. regulators today, the 10th bank to collapse this year amid a surge in soured real-estate loans stemming from the worst housing slump since the Great Depression...
Banks are being closed at the fastest pace in 14 years as financial companies report more than $505 billion in writedowns and credit losses since 2007. California lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc., which had $32 billion in assets, was closed July 11 in the third-largest bank seizure, contributing to a 14 percent drop in the U.S. deposit insurance fund that had $45.2 billion at the end of the in the second quarter. ... more »
September 2 Quote of the Day
by
ronjon
on September 2, 2008 12:00AM (PDT)
Get out of your sensations
to have the true feelings. ~ The Mother Monday, September 1
Dara Shikoh: A Forgotten Link—by Mini Krishnan
by
RY Deshpande
on September 1, 2008 04:49AM (PDT)
Dara Shikoh, whose death anniversary fell on August 30, was more than a Sufi-prince, scholar and translator. He was also a hands-on editor-publisher of translations. Every Indian who has ever translated a text into English owes something to a Mughal prince who lies buried in the compound of Humayun’s tomb in Delhi. The anniversary of his death, August 30, is a date we should remember with national melanchol y. The school-room facts are well known: in the struggle for the Mughal throne 350 years ago, Shah Jahan’s eldest son Prince Dara Shikoh was defeated, and brought to Delhi where he was led through the city in a disgrace-parade on an old and unwashed elephant… more »
A Nasty Twist to the Cartel “End Game”?
by
ronjon
on September 1, 2008 01:00AM (PDT)
...there is increasing evidence that this “End Game” involves a heretofore hidden “Nasty Twist” which could seriously injure investors and non-favored (by The Cartel) financial institutions around the world. To understand this Nasty Twist we must provide a bit of background.
A key component of this multi-faceted Scheme is the replacement of the U.S. Dollar with the “Amero” as the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) consultant Robert Pastor named it. This, of course, would entail the final destruction of the U.S. Dollar, a demise of which has already begun – or should we say, is being managed by The Cartel*. This Scheme appears to be an integral part of The Cartel’s Interventional Regime which involves manipulation of many Markets and Statistics. ... more »
September 1 Quote of the Day
by
ronjon
on September 1, 2008 12:00AM (PDT)
O, my Lord, my Lord!
What you want of me, let me be. What you want me to do, let me do. ~ The Mother Sunday, August 31
Have we really never had it so bad? [Scotland SundayHerald]
by
ronjon
on August 31, 2008 01:15PM (PDT)
SO, IS it the worst economic crisis in 60 years? Worse than the 1970s with its hyperinflation and the three-day week? Worse than the recession of 1990-92 when hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes in the property crunch?
Banks, such as Northern Rock, that depended on asset-backed securities were the first to go. With losses from sub-prime loans in the US expected to rise above $1 trillion, a wave of bank failures is under way in America. And with the huge US government sponsored mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in deep trouble over their $5.2 trillion mortgage book, there are fears for the security of the world financial system itself. Banks lend many times the actual reserves they hold, and at the moment many are effectively insolvent and dependent on state support. Central banks, such as the Bank of England, have stepped in to buy much of the bad debt, but they can only go so far. When the central bankers use up their available funds and once the banks burn up their assets, there could be a complete meltdown in the global financial system. At the very best, we face a decade of credit restriction and an inevitable recession. ... more »
August 31 Quote of the Day
by
ronjon
on August 31, 2008 12:00AM (PDT)
The nobility of a being is measured by
its capacity of gratitude. ~ The Mother Saturday, August 30
August 30 Quote of the Day
by
ronjon
on August 30, 2008 12:00AM (PDT)
All music is only the sound of His laughter...
~ Sri Aurobindo Friday, August 29
August 29 Quote of the Day
by
ronjon
on August 29, 2008 12:00AM (PDT)
Beauty is His footprint
showing us where He has passed... ~ Sri Aurobindo Thursday, August 28
August 28 Quote of the Day
by
ronjon
on August 28, 2008 12:00AM (PDT)
O Lord,
in the depths of all that is, of all that shall be, is Thy divine and unvarying smile. ~ The Mother Wednesday, August 27
August 27 Quote of the Day
by
ronjon
on August 27, 2008 12:00AM (PDT)
O Lord, grant that each element
of the universe may become conscious of its principle of being and, without disappearing, be transformed... ~ The Mother Monday, August 25
August 25 Quote of the Day
by
ronjon
on August 25, 2008 12:00AM (PDT)
No power can slay my soul; it lives in Thee.
Thy presence is my immortality. ~ Sri Aurobindo |
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