'Old' Therapy New Again

I thought this was great. Bravo to the one's who considered the benefits of this!!!

Psychedelic trips aid cancer patients in study

By MALCOLM RITTER (AP) – [April 23, 2010]

NEW YORK — The big white pill was brought to her in an earthenware chalice. She'd already held hands with her two therapists and expressed her wishes for what it would help her do.

She swallowed it, lay on the couch with her eyes covered, and waited. And then it came.

"The world was made up of jewels and I was in a dome," she recalled. Surrounded by brilliant, kaleidoscopic colors, she saw the dome open up to admit "this most incredible luminescence that made everything even more beautiful."

Tears trickled down her face as she saw "how beautiful the world could actually be."

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This patient has ovarian cancer and was very anxious and fearful. This study and a handful of others like it, using plain ol' LSD, MDMA (i.e., Ecstasy) and the primary ingredient of "magic mushrooms" (psilocybin), otherwise known as "mind-altering drugs" and which could also be titled "mind-expanding drugs", are getting a second look.

"There is now more psychedelic research taking place in the world than at any time in the last 40 years," said Rick Doblin, executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, which funds some of the work. "We're at the end of the beginning of the renaissance."

Of special note, every single participant in the study stated they would . . .

" . . . do it a second time in a New York minute."

Our Future Today

I haven't posted for quite a while. Sorry. Have had to go into contemplation mode. We've all been waiting for "the change" to come along, and it is. We have earthquakes, volcanoes, market crashes and the like happening all around us. These things have happened . . . and will continue to occur . . . until we are forced to or have no choice but to change and adapt.

But these event are not and should not be our focus. Deep within our being we know Spirit is working its magic and all will be well in our world if we are open and are aware. So I want to focus on magical opportunities instead of the miraculous ways Spirit puts us in positions where we have little choice but to change and grow.

The strange image above is actually something right out of "The Jetsons" futuristic cartoon show from the 1960's & '70's. Except, this isn't fantasy. That weird egg-shaped thing is constructed of sand and a special adhesive and was created by . . . a printer.

3D printer could build moon bases

PhysOrg.com) -- An Italian inventor, Enrico Dini, chairman of the company Monolite UK Ltd, has developed a huge three-dimensional printer called D-Shape that can print entire buildings out of sand and an inorganic binder. The printer works by spraying a thin layer of sand followed by a layer of magnesium-based binder from hundreds of nozzles on its underside. The glue turns the sand to solid stone, which is built up layer by layer from the bottom up to form a sculpture, or a sandstone building.

The D-shape printer can create a building four times faster than it could be built by conventional means, and reduces the cost to half or less. There is little waste, which is better for the environment, and it can easily “print” curved structures that are difficult and expensive to build by other means. Dini is proving the technology by creating a nine cubic meter pavilion for a roundabout in the town of Pontedera.

The printer can be moved along horizontal beams and four vertical columns, and the printer head is raised by only 5-10 mm for each new layer. The printer is driven by a computer running CAD software and prints at a resolution of 25 dpi (dots per inch). The completed material resembles marble, is stronger than concrete, and does not need iron reinforcing. The printing process can successfully create internal curves, partitions, ducting, and hollow columns. (Bold mine)

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Now, don't think this is destined for outer-space only. Yes, it can be used to create structures on the moon or Mars or any other planet for that matter . . . even ours.

Nine cubic meters BTW is approximately 29 square feet.

Here's a video of the technology in action. Tres cool, huh?