Some shirts hide you from cameras, but will anyone wear them?
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Article,
Ars Technica
Some shirts hide you from cameras—but will anyone wear them?
It's theoretically possible to become invisible to cameras. But can it catch on?
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Italy's daily coronavirus death toll and new cases decline slightly
Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 570 on Friday, down from 610 the day before, and the number of new cases also slowed modestly to 3,951 from a previous 4,204.
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Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 570 on Friday, down from 610 the day before, and the number of new cases also slowed modestly to 3,951 from a previous 4,204.
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Some historic information inspired by the lack of physical contact these days:
The handshake is believed by some to have originated as a gesture of peace by demonstrating that the hand holds no weapon, back in the cavemen days.
In Greek art dexiosis 'to give (someone) the right (hand)' was depicted as shaking hands with gods or as a farewell in gravestones. @COVID19Up
The handshake is believed by some to have originated as a gesture of peace by demonstrating that the hand holds no weapon, back in the cavemen days.
In Greek art dexiosis 'to give (someone) the right (hand)' was depicted as shaking hands with gods or as a farewell in gravestones. @COVID19Up
Nitric oxide inhibits the replication cycle of SARS coronavirus
Article,
Article,
Journal of Virology
Nitric Oxide Inhibits the Replication Cycle of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus | Journal of Virology
ABSTRACT
Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule between cells which has been
shown to have an inhibitory effect on some virus infections. The purpose of this study
was to examine whether NO inhibits the replication cycle of the severe acute…
Nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule between cells which has been
shown to have an inhibitory effect on some virus infections. The purpose of this study
was to examine whether NO inhibits the replication cycle of the severe acute…
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🇮🇱 Israel: Protest currently at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv against 5G
It should be noted that Israel does not have 5G, but does have over 10,000 coronavirus cases. @COVID19Up
It should be noted that Israel does not have 5G, but does have over 10,000 coronavirus cases. @COVID19Up
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The path of inner transformation taught by Jesus was one of kenosis, from a Greek verb meaning “to let go” or “to empty oneself’:
“Underlying all his teaching is a clarion call to a radical shift in consciousness:
away from the alienation and polarization of the egoic operating system and into the unified field of divine abundance that can be perceived only through the heart.”
The path of inner transformation taught by Jesus was one of kenosis, from a Greek verb meaning “to let go” or “to empty oneself’:
“Underlying all his teaching is a clarion call to a radical shift in consciousness:
away from the alienation and polarization of the egoic operating system and into the unified field of divine abundance that can be perceived only through the heart.”
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Jesus Christ, who underwent a divine void, a letting go of divinity in order to be fully human (Phil.2), a kenosis, ( "...[he] emptied himself..." )
becomes the model and exemplar of what a “virgin”, that is a truly emptied person, is like.
A truly emptied person is so vulnerable to beauty and truth, to justice and compassion, that he or she becomes a truly hollow and hallowed channel for divine grace.
Jesus emptied and he was emptied, and thus he becomes a source of wisdom, a royal person, a prophet through who the divine word can gush and flow with intensity and sensitivity.
Through him God, the underground river, bursts above ground into human lives and human history. But only because Jesus, so fully grounded himself, is a hollow conduit in full contact with the divine source and wellspring underground. And we too are invited to be patterned after this same emptied and hollowed image of God.
Loving whatever God has handed you.
This is the teaching of the Jesus Christ perfectly resonating with the message of the Buddha. Kenosis is the emptying of one’s own will and becoming entirely receptive to the Divine Will of God. It is active and dynamic. It moves from the inside out-milk poured from the pitcher, honey from the pot.
This reminds us of Buddhism’s Sunyata, or emptiness, that place of no-place, that source of no-source, that origin of no- origin, from which all things arise and to which they return.
Kenosis and Shunyata; by their fundamental nature, both are empty of self, both embody that bathwater maxim:
loving is about turning over, about letting go and giving away. And both connect us to the ceaseless flow between form and void, between everything and nothing. In this flow, all things are possible. The rise and fall are eternal. The only constant is change and subsequent transformation.
It is absolutely immaterial as to how you name this endless process/cycle of creation and destruction.
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Jesus Christ, who underwent a divine void, a letting go of divinity in order to be fully human (Phil.2), a kenosis, ( "...[he] emptied himself..." )
becomes the model and exemplar of what a “virgin”, that is a truly emptied person, is like.
A truly emptied person is so vulnerable to beauty and truth, to justice and compassion, that he or she becomes a truly hollow and hallowed channel for divine grace.
Jesus emptied and he was emptied, and thus he becomes a source of wisdom, a royal person, a prophet through who the divine word can gush and flow with intensity and sensitivity.
Through him God, the underground river, bursts above ground into human lives and human history. But only because Jesus, so fully grounded himself, is a hollow conduit in full contact with the divine source and wellspring underground. And we too are invited to be patterned after this same emptied and hollowed image of God.
Loving whatever God has handed you.
This is the teaching of the Jesus Christ perfectly resonating with the message of the Buddha. Kenosis is the emptying of one’s own will and becoming entirely receptive to the Divine Will of God. It is active and dynamic. It moves from the inside out-milk poured from the pitcher, honey from the pot.
This reminds us of Buddhism’s Sunyata, or emptiness, that place of no-place, that source of no-source, that origin of no- origin, from which all things arise and to which they return.
Kenosis and Shunyata; by their fundamental nature, both are empty of self, both embody that bathwater maxim:
loving is about turning over, about letting go and giving away. And both connect us to the ceaseless flow between form and void, between everything and nothing. In this flow, all things are possible. The rise and fall are eternal. The only constant is change and subsequent transformation.
It is absolutely immaterial as to how you name this endless process/cycle of creation and destruction.
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