Forwarded from Sounds of Stillness
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
~ Voltaire
。Natural ocean pool carved from rock (by Romans!) in Italy.
Superior to your chlorine human-soup and has lasted thousands of years.
Superior to your chlorine human-soup and has lasted thousands of years.
Napoleon's Empire was probably one of the first states to have an air force.
the use of military balloons during the Napoleonic era
the use of military balloons during the Napoleonic era
Napoleon tasked a famous female baloonist with investigating and, if possible, preparing, wider military usages for baloons, potentially including cross-channel transport.
SOPHIE BLANCHARD — FIRST WOMAN BALLOON PILOT
SOPHIE BLANCHARD — FIRST WOMAN BALLOON PILOT