To truly understand plasma, we almost need to suspend what we think we know about it.
And, in today’s pursuit of truth, we’ll go beyond plasma.
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To truly understand plasma, we almost need to suspend what we think we know about it.
And, in today’s pursuit of truth, we’ll go beyond plasma.
We’ve all learned about the three states of matter – solid, liquid and gas. But did you know that there’s a fourth state of matter?
Solids, liquids and gasses, in fact, only make up 1% of the entire universe and human beings are just part of that 1%. Plasma makes up the other 99% of the observable universe.
So, what is plasma? That’s what this presentation is all about.
In this video, Laurie Anne Fuhr shares her poetry with The Question Community.
If we discovered our personal calling and followed it with passion, what could we achieve?
You are not Malala. You are not Steve Jobs. You are authentic inhabitants of your own life.
You aspire to make a difference in the habitat of your own life whether you name it “a calling” or not.
You are genuinely provoked by the question of “a calling”. Is it what you do, or is it who you are?
You are aware of how you express “who you are” in whatever you are doing. Whether or not you officially acknowledge “your calling” in life.
You operate your real life from a deeper place, a centre that guides and colours whatever you do. Sometimes subtle. Sometimes dramatic.
So, what do you believe about your calling? Is it a big question? A small question? How important is this to you?
This original song by Andrew Douglas is about not being able to deal with something in a waking life and having no choice but to deal with it in the dream world, having intense lucid conversations with people.
It’s also about losing this ability when you’re stressed and you’re unable to sleep.
This song by Andrew Douglas chronicles his first existential crisis as a 19-year-old. His friend had earned a scholarship for track and field and Penn State. Unfortunately, she got struck with an illness despite being fit and healthy.
This song by Andrew Douglas is about how romantic relationships are the most jarring in the way they end. When romantic relationships are done, they are really done. One day you can be close to somebody, and suddenly they’re not there anymore.
Do you have a calling?
Do not reverently dismiss this question. A reverent dismissal is our way of recognizing that generally the idea of a calling in life is an intriguing mystery with a history.
For example, if you’re a religious person of any persuasion, you don’t have to reach far to grasp the significance of a perpetually burning bush.
If you’re not religious, history is full of remarkable instances of calling.
The general idea of a calling carries a certain amount of built-in reverence based on the amazing deeds we associate with historical figures.
But for the same reasons that we are reverent toward the idea of a calling, we are often dismissive of the idea that we ourselves could become part of this mystery with a history.
If we experience truth in an instant, do we wonder if an alternate truth would have been possible if we were moving a little more slowly and a little more intentionally?
Do our intentions change when we experience a truth in an instant? Because we’re left with an uneasiness about the outcome and how we got there.
On the other hand, do we avoid intentions that might heighten our fear or cause us to be puzzled more than we are, or render us awestruck by the wonder of an unexpected reality?
Do we avoid intentions that might lead us to experience truth by inches?
We live in a complicated world with complicated lives, within a complicated human landscape. Our complicated lives are made more complicated by the complicated biological, ecological, zoological, psychological, socioeconomic, political, technological, and cosmological realities that we interact with every day.
In this video, presenter Frederick Tamagi shares the message behind symmetry.