Inspiration
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1909
Not even death can stop The Purple One’s name from changing.
On Wednesday night, the University of Minnesota posthumously awarded the Prince of Funk with an honorary doctor of humane letters degree.
By “germ” he means microbes like bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. In other words, Norins, a physician turned publisher, wants to know if Alzheimer’s is infectious.
It’s an idea that just a few years ago would’ve seemed to many an easy way to drain your research budget on bunk science. Money has poured into Alzheimer’s research for years, but until very recently not much of it went toward investigating infection in causing dementia.
But this “germ theory” of Alzheimer’s, as Norins calls it, has been fermenting in the literature for decades. Even early 20th century Czech physician Oskar Fischer โ who, along with his German contemporary Dr. Alois Alzheimer, was integral in first describing the condition โ noted a possible connection between the newly identified dementia and tuberculosis.
This (Tchaikovsky’s Overture 1812) was one of his favorite pieces -and, man, did he (and his brand-new hi-fi stereo) let the neighbors know it.
Anyway, today was his “service” so I publish and play this for the memory of him … on full blast …
Space Oddity … SpaceX’s live feed of the Tesla launch to Mars
Sadly, the tremendously talented singer, Dolores O’Riordan (of the Cranberries), has passed away …ย ๐
Oprah for president … -100% brilliant.
Good people, that’s who we need in the White House, good and intelligent people. We are now outside the box.
“They go low …. -we go high”.
Mother Mother “Train of Thought”
Jump on my train
My little train of thought
Dip your tongue
Into my honey pot
I know what I have
Do you know what you got?
Jump on my train
My little train of thought
๐~ SPREAD THE WORD ~ย ๐
Why do what you will regret?
Why bring tears upon yourself?
Do only what you do not regret,
and fill yourself with joy.
โ
Life of the Buddha
According to traditional dating, Shakyamuni Buddha (Shakya thub-pa), also known as Gautama Buddha (Gau-ta-ma), lived from 566 to 485 BCE in central north India. Buddhist sources contain numerous, varying accounts of his life, with further details appearing only gradually over time. Since the first Buddhist literature was written down three centuries after Buddhaโs passing away, it is difficult to ascertain the accuracy of any of the details found in these accounts. Further, just because certain details emerged in written form later than others is not a sufficient reason to discount their validity. Many details could have continued being passed down in oral form after others were written down[โฆ]
The earliest sources for the life of the Buddha include, within the Theravada scriptures, several Pali suttas fromย The Collection of Middle-Length Discoursesย (Pali: Majjhima Nikaya) and, from the various Hinayana schools, several Vinaya texts concerning monastic rules of discipline. Each of these texts, however, gives only pieces of Buddhaโs life story.
Just wanted to pass along this wonderful and gentle stir from Bill on keeping mindful of being present, being awake and being conscious …ย
Here is the rest of Bill’s interview with Charlie Rose …ย
Conquer badness with goodness.
Conquer meanness with generosity.
Conquer dishonesty with truth.
-The Buddha
Netflix has an outstanding and engaging documentary on fourย friends with Asperger’s who’ve formed a comedy group, “Asperger’s Are Us”. Here it is on YouTube, for those without access to Netflix … …
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