Ten Simple Ways to Take Back Your Brain and Own Your Life

Do you ever feel like you’re not in charge of your own life, that you’re just a cog in the machine of life? Or, maybe you think there is nothing you can do to change the world; there are a lot of big problems, but there’s nothing you can do about that. If so, that’s […] Source: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/ilchilee/2019/07/23/ten-simple-ways-to-take-back-your-brain-and-own-your-life/…

The eclipse that marked the start of the Iroquois Confederacy

The total solar eclipse of August 22, 1142 may have coincided with the birth of the Iroquois Confederacy, oldest democracy in North America and possibly on Earth. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/solar-eclipse-marks-beginning-of-iroquois-confederacy…

Google Unveils ‘Code With Google,’ Awards $1 Million To CS Teachers Group

theodp writes: TechCrunch reports that Google kicked off the 2019 Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) Conference in style with the announcement of Code with Google, a new coding resource for teachers which collects Google’s own free course curriculum on teaching computer science and coding. Google also announced a $1 million grant to the teachers group alongside the unveiling of Code with…

An Ancient Path to Soul Completion

When I first started teaching, I gathered with my students in a small park in South Korea. Today, my students have much nicer facilities, practicing the exercises and principles I teach in centers around the world, now known in English-speaking countries as Body & Brain Yoga centers. I have struggled sometimes to know what to […] Source: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/ilchilee/2019/07/09/an-ancient-path-to-soul-completion/…

Today in 2003: Opportunity blasts off to Mars

NASA’s Opportunity rover spent some 15 years exploring Mars. It surpassed all expectations for its endurance and longevity, to become one of the most successful planetary missions. Then it went silent. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/this-date-in-science-nasa-rover-opportunity-blasts-off-to-mars…

The Pineal Gland, Seat of Spiritual Connection

You may think of the spiritual world as being completely beyond and outside of the body, but in fact spirituality is a built-in feature of the human brain. Just as we have ears to help us hear sound waves and eyes to help us see shapes and colors, we have a bodily organ to help […] Source: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/ilchilee/2019/06/24/the-pineal-gland-seat-of-spiritual-connection/…

Summer solstice tale of 2 cities

On the June solstice, the sun will set at the same time in New York City and St. Augustine, Florida. But New York will have an hour more of daylight. How’s that happen? Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/summer-solstice-tale-of-2-cities…

WordPress.com VIP Platform Outage Reverts Sites To Default Themes

An anonymous reader shares a report: Web blog hosting platform WordPress.com is currently facing a significant technical issue that has resulted in premium blogs going down or reverting to using default themes. Impacted sites include major news outlets like BBC America, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, DroneDJ, and Electrek; but also many companies that were using the WordPress.com’s VIP offering to host…

Connect to Your Inner Child Through Your Body

Do you remember what it was like being a small child, three or four years old? You may not have very clear memories of this time in your life, but perhaps you can at least recall the sense of carefree wonder you had as you went through your day. Everything was new and every moment […] Source: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/ilchilee/2019/06/10/connect-to-your-inner-child-through-your-body/…