Consciousness Minded

sonder – n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. Narrated, written, directed, edited and coined by John Koenig. THE DICTIONARY OF OBSCURE SORROWS http://www.dictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/ The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is a compendium of invented words written by John Koenig. Each original definition aims to fill a hole in the language—to give a name to emotions we all might experience but don’t yet have a word for. Follow the project, give feedback, suggest an emotion you need a word for, or just tell me about your day. Email the author: [More]

President Donald Trump’s nominee for drug czar, Republican Congressmember Tom Marino, had to withdraw from consideration after a Washington Post/”60 Minutes” investigation found he led a drug industry-backed effort to pass a law that weakened the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s ability to crack down on addictive opioids. Meanwhile, calls are growing to look at the major pharmaceutical companies that have fueled the opioid crisis. A new investigation by Esquire magazine reveals how the secretive Sackler family, owners of the company that invented OxyContin, downplayed the risks of addiction and exploited doctors’ confusion over the drug’s strength. We speak with Christopher [More]

For the first time ever, scientists scanned a brain on LSD using modern technology.  What they saw was a more “unified brain.” When tripping on acid, people often say that everyday objects become drenched with deep meaning and significance. In The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley famously wrote of becoming utterly captivated by the folds in his gray flannel pants during his first-ever psychedelic experience. “I looked down by chance, and went on passionately staring by choice, at my own crossed legs,” the writer and philosopher recollected. “Those folds in the trousers ― what a labyrinth of endlessly significant complexity! [More]

Please watch to the entire video before forming an opinion. I think you find that it’s edgy, but also creative, heartfelt, and meaningful. A great combination of content, in my opinion. Lyrics With all due respect I don’t have pity for you black niggas, that’s the way I feel Screamin’ “Black Lives Matter” All the black guys rather be deadbeats than pay your bills Yellin’ “Nigga this” and “Nigga that” Call everybody “Nigga” and get a nigga mad As soon as I say “Nigga” then everyone react And wanna swing at me and call me racist ’cause I ain’t black [More]

Why You Feel What You Feel Alan Watkins | TEDxOxford Understanding why you feel what you feel is one of the most important aspects of human development. After understanding comes control. When you control your emotions through vertical development, you can be more successful and happy. We’ve all seen adults behave like children and ‘throw their toys out of the pram’ if they don’t get their way. An inability to control emotions prevents us from growing up and becoming mature successful human beings. Dr. Alan Watkins, founder of Complete Coherence, introduces the key phases of human development and explains why [More]

Vernon Wilmer’s winning music video from the Las Vegas 2012 convention contest.  The video features an outstanding mash-up of Star Trek clips synced to the 1987 hit song, “Pump up the Volume” by British recording act M|A|R|R|S.

Pau G. O’Callaghan (Klangnomad)     1. 00:00-05:56 – Exuma – Baal (Christopher Schwarzwalder Edit) 2. 06:39-11:00 – Rico Puestel – Starfish (or actually Cripple and a Starfish – Anthony and the Johnsons, maybe the original) 3. 12:09-17:35 – FM Laeti – Show Me The Way (David Keller Remix) 4. 17:36-22:03 – Asaf Avidan – Is This It (Kulkid remix) 5. 22:00-27:23 – Peer Kusiv – Someone Told Me 6. 27:00-31:32 – Herr Vogel – Sexy And I Know It 7. 36:36-40:08 – The Cardigans – My Favourite Game (KlangKuenstler Remix) 8. 41:12-45:28 – Johny Cash – Hurt (Bastian Le [More]

Marshall Rosenberg, Ph.D. Nonviolent Communication Nonviolent communication is a language designed for everyone to get what we want.  This translates to what we might be feeling or needing each moment of our lives. This workshop covers the feelings we have when we’re observing without evaluating, and connecting those feelings to the universal needs.  Those needs are then followed up with how we meet them through strategies, preferences & requests. “Please” is an expression of unmet need & “thank you” is an expression of met needs.  The root of feelings are our ‘needs.’ All needs are universal.  What differs immensely is [More]

In light of Charlottesville, Jimmy invites Riz Ahmed to perform a spoken-word version of his song “Sour Times.” Subscribe NOW to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: http://bit.ly/1nwT1aN Watch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Weeknights 11:35/10:35c Get more Jimmy Fallon: Follow Jimmy: http://Twitter.com/JimmyFallon Like Jimmy: https://Facebook.com/JimmyFallon Get more The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Follow The Tonight Show: http://Twitter.com/FallonTonight Like The Tonight Show: https://Facebook.com/FallonTonight The Tonight Show Tumblr: http://fallontonight.tumblr.com/ Get more NBC: NBC YouTube: http://bit.ly/1dM1qBH Like NBC: http://Facebook.com/NBC Follow NBC: http://Twitter.com/NBC NBC Tumblr: http://nbctv.tumblr.com/ NBC Google+: https://plus.google.com/+NBC/posts The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon features hilarious highlights from the show including comedy sketches, music parodies, celebrity interviews, ridiculous games, and, of course, [More]

Charlie Munger: The Psychology of Human Misjudgement An animated video of Mr. Munger speaking about the framework for decision making and the factors contributing to misjudgements. In 1995, Charlie Munger, American investor, businessman, and philanthropist, gave a speech about how the human mind tricks itself into making poor decisions. This is an abridged and animated version of that speech. Topics Discussed Include: Psychological Denial Agency Cost Consistency & Commitment Tendency Pavlovian Association Reciprocation Tendency Social Proof Contrast-Caused Distortion Over-Influence By Authority Deprival Super-Reaction Syndrome Envy Jealousy Chemical Dependency Misgambling Compulsion Liking Distortion Other Normal Limitations Of Sensation Memory, Cognition & Knowledge [More]

DOUBLE KING A film about love and regicide. Made by Felix Colgrave over the course of 2 years. DOUBLE KING merchandise available at http://felixcolgrave.com/shop ——————————— http://felixcolgrave.com http://felixcolgrave.tumblr.com http://twitter.com/felixcolgrave The image below is by artist, Nathan Malone.

Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price BRAVE NEW FILMS This film exposes Wal-Mart’s unscrupulous business practices through interviews with former employees, small business owners, and footage of Walmart executives. SUBSCRIBE:http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c… BRAVE NEW FILMS BOXED SET: http://www.bravenewfilms.org/10thanni… (2:22) – How Walmart Destroys Communities – Whether it’s a family run hardware store or a small eye glass store, when Walmart opens in small towns like Middlefield, Ohio long established, independently run stores are hurt. The Hunter family open H&H Hardware in 1962. When a new Walmart was built in town, they were driven out of business. (15:20) – How Walmart Profits [More]

With marijuana illegal and DEA’s attempts to make alternative pain meds like cbd hemp oil Schedule I, Big Pharma has only reaped the benefits.  But when the DEA threatened that cushy relationship by expanding its war on drugs to fight opioid drugmakers, Big Pharma’s kid gloves came off.  Despite the tens of thousands of U.S. opioid overdose deaths a year, pharma companies used their money and influence to disarm the DEA’s best tools against keeping opioids like oxycodone off the black market.  Opioid addiction kills 78 people each day and another 20.8 million have a substance use disorder, but just [More]

LEVITATION | [Mix Dance and 3D Mapping]   Levitation is a dance performance choreographed by Anna Abalikhina and designed by Sila Sveta studio for the show Bolshoi Ballet for Russia K TV.  In it, dancer Jura Chulkov defies gravity with the aid of beautiful 3D mapping projections. Interpretive dance and 3D projection mapping, levitation is a showcase of collaboration between the dancer and choreographer Anna Abalikhina, and specialist in projection, Sila Sveta. Set up against a wall, the dancer Jura Chulkov moves like a puppet on a string in conjunction with Sila Sveta’s amazing visual elements.  The dance is choreographed in [More]

Falling as darkness pulls me to the ground. I struggle within to get free. Fighting to reach for the light. Is this my reality, a memory or just a dream?       A short choreography film with by RubberLegz and James Gregg.           Choreography: @RubberLegz James Gregg   Director of photography: FROMTHEZOOFILM http://fromthezoofilm.com/ Editing: Rauf Yasit Music: @Bearcubsmusic

Psychedelic Awareness There is new research emerging that outlines the positive, anti-addiction, and life changing effects of psychedelics. However, there is still a large majority of people who are ignorant to the positive effects of these tools. These individuals are in need of a new perspective. Please share this video to raise awareness. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/psychedsubstance Like us on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/pg9lrat Johns Hopkins Mushroom Studies: Aid in quitting smoking study: http://tinyurl.com/k2xzqz6 Long term psychological health study: http://tinyurl.com/3wvx3ur Near Death Cancer Patient study: http://tinyurl.com/n3fefeg     This guy is doing some awesome stuff in the name of ‘entertainment’ and [More]

An INTENSE convo between a young black activist & a police officer in Selma, 1965. Are We All Created Equal? On the surface, it seems we are all very different from one another.  We are all unique in many ways.  Each person’s ethnic background can lead them to be more gifted and or more talented in certain areas than others from other ethnic backgrounds.  No two men are similar in physical constitution, capacity, and temperament.  But what does that really mean? Sheriff Deputy, L.C. Crocker says… “There are no two people equal” Really!?!? In the eyes of whom?  If this [More]

Jim Carrey Dream Up A Good Life Inspiring speech by Jim Carrey. All the footage is from Jim Carrey Movies. Main Clips are from: – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – The Truman Show – Bruce Almighty – The Mask Transcript: Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Like many of you, I was concerned about going out into the world and doing something bigger than myself; until someone smarter than myself made me realize that there is nothing bigger than myself. Don’t let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through [More]

Rivers and Tides – Andy Goldsworthy Andy Goldsworthy is a is a British sculptor, photographer, and environmentalist producing site-specific sculptures and land art situated in natural and urban settings. He lives and works in Scotland. Andy Goldsworthy is the subject of a 2001 documentary feature film called Rivers and Tides, directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer with music was composed and performed by Fred Frith.  In this spellbinding film, Andy Goldsworthy makes mesmerizing sculptures entirely out of objects he finds in nature — stones, twigs, clay, ice, snow, leaves, plant stalks, thorns, bark, grass, and pine cones. The film received a number of awards, including the [More]

Be Like the Sun Ram Dass   “Aditya rdiyam punyam sari shatru bena shenam” “All evil vanishes from life for him who keeps the sun in his heart”   Ram Dass encourages us to bring warmth to the world and to all those around us, without discrimination. “We and them is a state of mind. If you don’t like living in that state, change your mind” (1969)   100,000 Stars interactive Chrome site: stars.chromeexperiments.com

Ex-Cops Smoking Weed   Rene, David, and Robert are all retired police officers who smoke weed on video for all to see. They describe their background and experience after smoking marijuana. This video was recorded in Washington State where the recreational use of marijuana has been legalized. Produced, Directed, and Edited by Cut.com

Three-Dimensional Mid-Air Acoustic Manipulation ( Acoustic Levitation )   Yoichi Ochiai / 落合陽一(The University of Tokyo / 東京大学) Takayuki Hoshi / 星貴之(Nagoya Institute of Technology / 名古屋工業大学) Jun Rekimoto / 暦本純一 (The University of Tokyo / Sony CSL) The essence of levitation technology is the countervailing of gravity. It is known that an ultrasound standing wave is capable of suspending small particles at its sound pressure nodes and, so far, this method has been used to levitate lightweight particles, small creatures, and water droplets. The acoustic axis of the ultrasound beam in these previous studies was parallel to the gravitational [More]

Rainn Wilson: A Spiritual Revolution is Coming   Rainn Wilson talks about the coming spiritual revolution that must happen in order for us to move forward as a human race. “I think that there’s another revolution coming. I’m not sure what to look like but I’m sure it’s very interesting and it’s going to unfold over the next 10 years and I think it needs to be a spiritual revolution.   I think that our systems are broken. I don’t think that our political systems will ever work no matter how great a man… If you cloned JFK and Abraham [More]

Drought continues to wreak havoc in the American west, especially in places like Lake Mead. The impact of climate change plays itself out in the water arena says Brookings Senior Fellow Pat Mulroy, former general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority. She discusses the crisis Southern Nevada faced during one of the worst droughts in the history of the Colorado River. Pat Mulroy served as general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) from 1993 until retiring in February 2014. Mulroy has accumulated decades of experience in water resource management. She also served as the general manager of [More]

Fik-Shun World of Dance Las Vegas 2014 Du-Shaunt “Fik-Shun” Stegall is the male winner on Season 10 of So You Think You Can Dance. This video was filmed at the World of Dance Las Vegas 2014. Fik-Shun lives Las Vegas where he was born and raised. He  first started dancing at the age of 5 or 6 and later spent time as a Vegas street performer before he hit the big time. Dance Videos @ http://WORLDOFDANCE.COM Music: Jibbs – Chain Hang Low (Crizzly & AFK Remix)