Monsanto is… NAUGHTY
Posted On: July 31, 2009 by cdin~~~
Welcome! : ) This site was created to provide interesting tidbits and facts that seem especially positive, uplifting, entertaining, interesting, inspirational, or of particular benefit to health and well being. Be sure to check out the numerous articles collection listed in the right column. We're glad you're here and hope you enjoy the content. If you have anything wonderful to share, please tell us about it, here.
~~~
Astounding Image Man & Whale
Posted On: July 17, 2009 by cdinA Right Whale follows and observes a swimmer in the waters of the Auckland Islands. He turns his head carefully so as to bring his plate sized eye within inches of the diver. He is so gentle that he barely disturbs the water… with the merest flick of his tail, he could have sent the diver spiraling uncontrollably or crushed him like a bug.
From National Geographic: “Just a few hundred of these giants survive along the coasts of North America, but their numbers are growing in southern seas.”
Quotes from the photographer, Brian Skerry (Full Article HERE):
“I’ve been diving for about 30 years, and I can honestly say that I’ve had some amazing encounters with sharks, squids, and other whales. But the encounter with the right whales in the Auckland Islands was probably the best thing I’ve ever done. It was just that amazing.
…I immediately suited up, jumped in—and these city buses swam up to me…
I’m standing on the bottom, and as it comes down, I get on my knees, lean over backwards—my scuba tank is now digging into the sand.
And of course their eyes are on the side of their heads, so it had to turn and look at me. It came within inches.
Here’s this softball-size whale eye looking at me. But then it stops—stops on a dime. It’s just hovering there, and literally one flick of its tail, and it would have crushed me like a bug. But it doesn’t. It was just highly curious.
…Instead of continuing, the whale stops and turns and waits for me. It was like a dog that was following me around …the whale would follow me. It was like swimming around with a friend.”
~~~
Out of Balance by Coppola
Posted On: July 17, 2009 by cdinThis is entitled, “Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of Balance” by Francis Ford Coppola. It is a stunning piece of work. It predates “Home” by over 25 years.
It brings to question – Are things all as they should be? Or are things out of balance? Could it be that everything is always in balance, but to a greater of lesser extreme?
This would mean that the horrible would equal the sublime at either ends. Thus making life inequivocably, inexplicably perplexing to us. After all, we are not necessarily equipped to deal with such expansive notions.
We forget that we humans are genetically 98% similar to chimpanzees. Smart as we are, we are still, more or less, somewhat smart, somewhat stupid albeit cunning, crafty and savvy, monkeys.
Made, in the image, of God in one small sense… having partaken of the tree of knowledge and coming to know of good and evil, being given “free choice.”
What will we do with our free choice? Will we choose the guidance of a higher power? Or, will we assume we are like Gods, able to flourish and succeed strictly on our own?
time will tell…
~~~
