Category Archives: oil spill
Meditation Synchros
Rob is teaching a meditation course at our gym, a somewhat unusual pursuit for a place where people grunt and sweat and pound out their miles on treadmills. It’s considered a specialty class, so attendees have to pay over and … Continue reading
Adele’s John Lilly Dream
John C. Lilly This following story came from Adele, and it was left as a comment under the June 3 … Continue reading
Days 65-66
Day 65 of the oil gusher in the gulf doesn’t look much better than day 64. Or day 58, 57, 56, 55. In fact, every day the disaster continues looks worse than the day before it. Last night on Countdown, … Continue reading
Paradigm Shift?
I’m not sure where Jung would put paradigm shifts. He experienced several during his lifetime, wrote about them, and the shifts he lived through certainly influenced his search and his writings. But are paradigm shifts strictly cause and effect? If they … Continue reading
Huh?
President Obama’s speech tonight about the crisis in the gulf was one of the weakest he has ever given. It is the first time Obama has addressed the people from the oval office. I was hoping to hear at least … Continue reading
Day 55
We encountered these wind turbines two days ago on Aruba’s northeastern coast where the trade winds hit hard. There are ten of them, huge things visible for miles across this desert geography, giants on the landscape when you are up … Continue reading
What $ Can Buy
This update isn’t about the horrors of the spill. It’s about BP’s efforts to control the public’s access to information. According to ABC News, BP has bought several phrases on search engines like Google and Yahoo, so that the first … Continue reading
Dolphins and BP
Three times, Megan and I swam with dolphins. Twice, it was at a place in Key Largo called Dolphins Plus. The third time was on the island of Margarita, off the coast of Venezuela. Each experience was unique, magnificent, and … Continue reading
Tracking the Gusher
This 39 second video tracks the gusher since its genesis through May 28. As you watch the spill spread and move, it’s eerie. I could see the shapes of marine life that are or will be devastated by this. Some … Continue reading
Day 40
Day 40 It’s now official. Top Kill has failed to plug the gusher. The next step is to use robot subs to cut off the damaged riser from which the oil is gushing and attempt to cap it with … Continue reading