Otis Funkmeyer, The Ph.D. of Popping

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May 24, 2007. For those who see it, the world is changing faster than ever. This is probably most obvious technologically, as the web and ever more powerful cell phones transform life as we’ve known it for millenia and millenia and millenia. Less obvious, but just as dramatically, we are experiencing a spiritual revolution. It is less obvious because it is under the radar and is happening on an individual basis. It is a leaderless, faceless movement, composed of millions of people who are waking up to the fact that they are more beautiful, more powerful, and more expansive than they had ever dreamed.

Those who may have previously dismissed this article as more new-age mumbo jumbo may be changing their tune, as the movie “The Secret” spreads like wildfire to a world ready to hear its message. There is a law operating in the universe, a law that has ALWAYS been operation, and it goes like this: what you think about expands.

Sounds simple, but it has profoundly dramatic implications. Such as, you create your reality. Such as, you have the power to be, do, or have anything you can possibly imagine. Such as, your imagination is REAL, as real as the eyes you use to read these words or the screen or paper you read them on. Such as, it is possible for you to be so happy you dance in the streets, so rich you don’t know what else to do with your money but give it away, so healthy you realize you could live forever. Such as, we can create a world where this is the day-to-day reality of everyone on Earth. And that the only thing we need to do to create such a world is to imagine it en masse.

WOW.

Sounds like wishful thinking. Sounds like someone has stepped way into denial. Sounds like someone is living in a fantasy land bound to crumble sooner or later. Perhaps. But what about this. What if both are true. What if we are powerful and we are weak. What if we have the possibility for great joy AND we are sad. What if we have the potential to all be wealthy beyond belief AND we scramble to pay rent. Because in the new world, in the new physics, the key word is AND–the word OR is about to get the door shut in its face.

And the word that best sums up the power of AND thinking is Integration. Integration is the process of blending, of taking what was once fractured and of making it whole. Physics is showing us in greater and greater detail each day that the world that seemed to be so solid is nothing more than a projection of our minds. Each of us, fragments of the same whole, projects our consciousness into the universe and sees what we see. We each feel like we are *the* seer and the others are simply that–others.

But this “others” thinking is really what every single issue we face as individuals, as nations, and as a global society boils down to. Each of us, and all of us, have bought into the idea that we are in some way separate from each other. And because we are each fragments of the same whole, we each experience this feeling of separation in some form or another.

Which brings us to honesty. To deny this truth, that we feel separated, that we feel fractured, only further embroils us in the very pain that we long to be free of. It is only through honesty, through stopping and taking a breath and truthfully expressing how we REALLY feel, that we integrate and become whole once again. This means not just expressing day-to-day feelings like “Work was good” or “This food sucks” but rather getting way down deep into the feelings that we are sure none of the “others” would like if they found out we felt.

For in reality, all of the things we each fight against, whether they are war, various politicians, injustice, or corruption, are merely outer manifestations of the lies we tell ourselves. Of the way we are corrupt in hiding certain information about ourselves from ourselves. Of the way we think we should only tell the “others” certain things–wouldn’t want to make them mad or sad or feel too bad. So the outer changes we look for are NOTHING BUT inner changes. It is not whether one is more or less important, it is that they are identical things, appearing to be separate because of the state of consciousness we are in.

And the beauty of inner changes is that they can occur much faster and yet they have the same impact as outer changes do–in fact, they are what CAUSE outer changes.

And this brings us back full circle to positive thinking. So while some may have felt that to only focus on the good, to only see the sunny side is childish or unrealistic, we are now being given the opportunity to see that once we are honest about where we are and the choices we have made to get us where we are, we now have the POWER and the FREEDOM to make new, more empowered choices, choices that are respectful first and foremost to ourselves and because of that, are always respectful of the whole, those that appear to be “others.”

This power that we have to choose and thus create our reality with our thoughts, is getting more and more apparent as the changes occurring all over the Earth accelerate. This is well in line with many ancient teachings, including that of the Mayans, who prophesied (quite scientifically I might add) that this was going to culminate in a massive change centered on December 21, 2012. But that’s a whole other topic.

I encourage you to empower yourself and check out this material:
http://iasos.com/metaphys/bashar

REMEMBER, YOU ARE POWERFUL! YOU ARE CREATOR ITSELF! REJOICE!

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Pretty random occurrence to make me think such a thing, but check this out.

Flickrvision

Twittervision

It’s a world map and a constantly updating Flickr/Twitter feed combined. One at a time, it shows you photos people are uploading to Flickr/Twitter as you watch. Talk about a slice of life, from literally all over the world. The twitter one is cool too because you see people writing in their own language, whether it’s Chinese, Dutch, English, or Portugese–yes, it’s only these 4 languages allowed.

It’s not too far off when almost everything that can be has been virtualized and commoditized and given away for free. When there is no such thing as a consumer because every consumer is producing something.

Brave new world indeed. I’m glad to be alive.

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wow.

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So I bit the bullet–joined the early adopters. My background is from the warez scene and so early adoption usually meant 0-day. Times have changed, life has changed, morals have changed, copy protection has changed
Steinberg Sequel is not going to be cracked, at least not by me, at least not on the Mac. So with that being said, I jumped in because that little voice said GO!

AND I AM GLAD I DID.

The software is like Acid for the PC or Garageband for the Mac combined into a relatively powerful, SUPER easy to use music creation tool that will have you up and making tracks in a matter of minutes–and they’ll probably be good if your ear is even decent.

I’m not going to explain loops or interfaces or anything like that, because well, you can figure it out I’m sure. I will say this. The loops and instruments that come with the software are excellent for the $80 (student discount–old habits die hard!) I paid for it. I’m sure they will last me at least 9 months and 250 tracks, which comes out to less than a buck per track–not bad.

And lest I forget, the main reason I bought this software is that Garageband can’t import WAV files. I love Apple more than I can put into words, after unknowingly suffering in PC-ville for 25 years but I must say, their software is rather evil. They lock you into it more and more and more and more… and well, that’s a whole other rant.

Anyway, the point and the power of importing WAV files is this. WE LIVE IN THE ERA OF WEB 2.0! FREE IS THE NEW PAID FOR! Free loops, samples, and instruments, even entire synths ABOUND all over the web. I think this is an area that many people are underestimating with software like this. So even though I may run out of the loops that the software comes with, I have already downloaded 30 more that I love!

Check out these sites to see what I mean:

Loopasonic (good loops)

Sampleswap (even better loops and a great forum)
VST Central (free synths)

So what I’m thinking is this. It seems clear to those of us who spend our time in nerdy endeavors like googling “reason vs. ableton” and “best sequencer mac” that Ableton Live is the cat’s meow for most of us. I played with Ableton and I have a feeling that in 9 months I’ll be upgrading, but for the time being, Sequel is like Ableton-lite. It’s like a digital version of honing your chops or paying dues. And it’s fun. Let me repeat.

IT’S FUCKING FUN!

And when it really comes down to it, in a world where we can increasingly (at least on a digital level) do whatever we want to do, that’s really the most important thing of all!

Here are 2 tracks I made the first day I got the software. And as The Grouch said, “I like my songs, and my friends like my songs.” Word. I give it an A. And after years of warez, an A means something.

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