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Nanotech Report 2004

from The Nanotech Report 2004 --

Nanotechnology will have both direct and derivative impacts on the world’s largest industries, beginning with chemicals and specialty materials industry. As one example, Germany’s Nanogate Technologies produces nano-enhanced protective coatings that make ceramic surfaces like sinks and toilets stain- and scratch-resistant. This nanoscale innovation dramatically affects the US$36 billion contract cleaning industry, threatening cleaning supplies manufacturers and contract cleaning companies like Clorox, Reckitt Benckiser, and Aramark. In The Nanotech Report 2004, Lux Research examines nanotechnology’s derivative effects on a number of industries, including electronics, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, energy, and defense/homeland security.

(via) Way cool!

Brain Waves and God

Bill Harris, creator of Holosync is this week's featured guest on Integral Naked. In a dialogue entitled, Brain Waves and God, Bill Harris and Ken Wilber talk about the "states and stages in the brain-mind."

The conclusion of brain-mind research to date therefore suggests the following: technologies such as Holosync can help one induce brain states (such as theta-alpha), which normally would take many months to achieve using meditation alone. The induction of brain states (in the UR) is accompanied by the correlative mind or consciousness states (in the UL)—e.g., alpha brain states with relaxed-alert consciousness states. Finally, repeated exposure to altered consciousness states helps one develop through consciousness stages. Stages, as usual, cannot be skipped, but repeated induction of brain states and correlative consciousness states appears to accelerate growth through the various stages.

Speaking of brain waves, check out the famous EEG machine recording,

...where Ken enters various meditative states, one of which is a type of "thoughtless," "image-less," or "formless" state, whose correlate is that his brainwaves come to an almost complete stop, as clearly recorded on this portable electroencephalograph (EEG) machine. (This video is discussed in One Taste, April 10 entry.)

Holosynchronicity it is. Weird.

(NOTE: Integral Naked is a premium site. As of this writing, FIRST MONTH IS FREE. Eavesdrop on the dialogues you can hear nowhere else.)

Holosynchronicity?

I'm still feeling like a lazy bum, but I managed to shook it off a bit. Then an idea popped in my head while doing my brain-mind machine practice: Holosynchronicity. Yet the pile of laundry keeps staring at my un-Original Face.

Project Trinity Logo

Project Trinity gets a logo. Website design to follow... NOTE: Kosmically inspired logo design by Ben Wright.

What is Project Trinity?

Prologue

If you are reading these words right now, chances are you’ve already heard about the Integral Theory, Spiral Dynamics®, and AQAL—all quadrants, all levels, all lines, all states, all types. Maybe you even have your customized Integral Transformative Practice (ITP). In short, you are one of the lucky ones who are “integrally informed.” I welcome you to the club.

If you fit the integrally informed stereotype, this could be your life story: All your life, or most of your adult life, you intuit that something was “wrong” with you, the people around you, and the world—a recurring hemorrhoid, not in your ass, but in your brain[1]. So you started your own version of the hero’s journey[2].

You immersed yourself in reading, working, wondering… wandering. You considered the possibility of psi, maybe even convinced that UFOs, Bigfoot, and the Lochness monster exist. You used to be religious or belong to a traditional religion, by birth or by choice. You were proud of your astrological sign (Aquarius?) and consulted your Tarot cards before buying your shoes. You are employed in a nine-to-five job, maybe you have your own business, or maybe you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth. But no matter how much, or how little wealth you have, you were unsatisfied. Maybe you got married, have kids, and felt that you are trapped in the rat race.

Then something happened: You suddenly have big fucking problems. Maybe someone close to you, your favorite soap opera character, or your pet died. Maybe your spouse/special someone/partner cheated on you. Maybe you’ve been struggling with your sexuality. Maybe you lost your job, a starving artist, or just a lazy bum. Maybe you’ve caught a disease, had a near-death-experience, or even a mind-blowing peek at Cosmic Consciousness—you lucky bastard you.

But whatever your problems or hang-ups, you simply just got sick and tired of it and started looking outside of your immediate boundaries. If you are in the East, you looked towards the West. If you are in the West, you looked towards the East. You understand that Science has an excellent handle on reality, but you feel that it’s lacking on what really matters. So you started psychotherapy, journaling, drinking, sleeping around, exercising, yoga, and meditating, just to get away from it all. You joined a commune, followed a guru, or practiced on your own. You became a vegetarian, a vegan; or maybe you couldn’t stand your own hypocrisy so you went back to eating meat—but only those you can kill with your bare hands. You felt you needed a break, so you went to a U2 concert, maybe Yanni; maybe Metallica; maybe Britney; or just stayed home and listened to Bach or Mozart, the Blues, or whatever your musical taste is. Or maybe one day, you just went to a movie, alone, from afternoon to closing, wondering whether you were just like those actors—playing a role assigned by some Kosmic Tarantino[3]. You thirst for bigger pictures. You got tired. You went home. You slept. And the cycle continued.

Then one day while hanging out in the Metaphysical or New Age section of your favorite bookstore, a rogue copy of A Brief History of Everything[4] (or any of the books from The Collected Works[5]) fell on your lap (in my case, my head). You were first annoyed by the arrogant bald headed figure on the cover—“You think you know everything, huh?” But something inside you decided to give the voice of this bald dude a chance. And then, the first time you saw and understood the elegance of the Four Quadrants, your jaw dropped. You could only voice your excitement with “What the fuck?!”. And your mind was stretched so much it could no longer retract to its original dimension. If you somewhat fit this profile, cool . If not, the heck, I still want to welcome you. Welcome to the rabbit whorl of Project Trinity. Please come in, buckle up, hold on to your butts, and enjoy the fast and the furious ride.

Project Trinity @ http://www.projecttrinity.net

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Hypernotes:

1. I personally think that this metaphor is much more accurate than Morpheus’s famous line: “What you know you can't explain, but you feel it. You've felt it your entire life, that there's something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's there, like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad.” Whatever :)

2. Star Wars Origins: Joseph Campbell and the Hero’s Journey – “In 1949 Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) began a revolution in anthropology (the study of people and culture) with his book The Hero With a Thousand Faces… Lucas had already written two drafts of Star Wars when he rediscovered Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces in 1975 (having read it years before in college). This blueprint for "The Hero's Journey" gave Lucas the focus he needed to draw his sprawling imaginary universe into a single story… Note that the Wachowski Brothers' wonderful film The Matrix is carefully built on the same blueprint.”

3. Quentin Tarantino – the uber-demented-awesome indie movie director and writer who brought us such lovable romantic movies like Pulp Fiction and the Matrix-like-kick-ass-techno-kungfu-fighting Kill Bill.

4. A Brief History of Everything – A mind-blowing skull opener. Guaranteed to make you integrally informed and a little more whole.

5. The Collected Works of Ken Wilber (Volumes 1-8) @ Shambhala – Ken Wilber is the first living philosopher to have his collected works published.