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How Does Your Zodiac Sign Influence Your Love Life?

The new year means new potentials for the zodiac signs, though love is the most profound. Today being a day for celebrating love, it’s the perfect time to read up on what you and your’s signs mean for romantic relationships. Each person reacts and develops relationships differently. The zodiac signs highlight the uniquely distinct aspects of each personality.

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You always thrive on mystery and intellect, particularly when your on the hunt for or building a romantic relationship. You desire the unorthodox,  the complicated, and something spontaneous.

You want a whirlwind experience that keeps you on your toes or completely floored. You can be emotionally distant at times, but do your best to stay open to the possibilities. What you’re looking for may be right under your nose!

Pisces

You are the most sensitive of signs, and this is your strength and your weakness. You climb back on the horse even after it kicks you off with unfair gumption. You get hurt easily so you shy away from people until you know them. Don’t push people away this year, give people chances and you’ll be surprised with the outcome! Your wild nature can attract the most of dynamic characters, so pick carefully!

Aries

Perhaps-The-Dreams-Are-Of-Soulmates_signed12-1024x576A sign of strength and independence, Aries know what they want, and are willing to work to get it. You’re confidence and audacity can come off arrogant and domineering.

Try to let others interject and show off that sensitive side you normally keep hidden. You want someone who can cool that fiery passion, understand the difference between your anger and your passion.

An important part of your search for love is that the other person have goals they are actively working towards.

Taurus

Your naturally stubborn, tough, and aloof manner sometimes works against you. You have a tendency to not be great with words so let your actions and intentions guide you. You are a hard worker and seek another independent soul. Be careful to not get too far from the one you care about. Watch your criticisms, you mean well but spoken at the wrong time it won’t be accepted as a productive observation.

GeminiWarning Signs From the Universe

You are known for your broad nature, there are aspects within your formation that are constantly dueling each other. This means your desires are always in flux and you are likely to fall in and out of love at the drop of a hat.

You got to find someone who can roll with the punches and doesn’t mind abrupt gear changes. Use that goofy, fun loving personality to attract a person that won’t try and slow you down.

Cancer

Easily misunderstood, Cancer’s complicated nature has inherent sensitivity and deep resources for love. You wear your heart on your sleeve, so its constantly getting battered by the elements. You fall in love easily, as long as the person isn’t just playing games. But you get hurt just as easily, don’t be afraid to keep trying! Find someone who respects your sensitivity and nurtures you when you fall.

Leo

A powerful character can easily scare away love. This is your case Leo, but it can be lonely in the spotlight. You have a magnetic personality so all sorts of characters are normally flocking to you. You have built a distance between you and the casual observer but are you sure how casual this person is? You are hilarious and charismatic, use these traits to build real connections with people.

Virgo

signs-youre-a-Your extreme analytic nature can backfire on you frequently. Try to listen to your heart and gut more than the mechanism in your skull.

Your soul is kind and you see potential everywhere you look. You are guarded and picky, so be prepared for a long quest my friend.

As you search, don’t mutate the idea of love or put it on a pedestal.

Libra

Balanced and stable, Libras are looking for someone to bring growth and appreciation to their world. Someone who is honest, and themselves, someone not ‘rocking the boat’ simply to make waves. The subtle nature of what you are seeking, that common vibration, will take time and scrutiny. Don’t lose faith!

Scorpio

You are strong willed, mysterious, and seductive. You rarely share that wealth of deep feelings with the people in your life. You need someone you can genuinely be open and share with. Find someone who gets you and doesn’t try to tame those beautiful tendencies.

Sagittarius

You are an emotional nomad, traveling from relationship to relationship. Your open heart seems to be at odds with your aloof nature. As you find someone you care about, take the time and focus to let them explore your emotions. This will be rewarding for both of you and will provide incentive for them to keep up with your adventurous ways.

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Hard work is your forte, dear Capricorn. You need to be dragged from your hobbies and work to experience the lighter side of life. You are normally introverted and serious, I would recommend a lighter spirit for you.

Someone who creates and acknowledges fun, humor and beauty in life. This person must have respect for goals and deadlines though, or you will be constantly arguing.

This is What Sound Looks Like Through The Eyes of A Dolphin

Cymatics is the study and creation of models of vibrations. Everything vibrates at a certain level and these scientists are placing different mediums in direct interaction with sound waves and other distinguishable vibrations. Different  sounds create distinct geometric representations in different mediums.

The CymaScope device registers vibrations by sounds on the surface of distilled water. The surface tension of the water provides the stark clarity you can see in the video below. It has been used to record representations of various music and speeches. This representation is how scientists believe that dolphins ‘hear’ and recognize words. Though we don’t quite understand how.shutterstock_369692897

Each medium is beautiful unique in it’s representation of sound. The spiraling geometry is not only an amazing visual but a revealing metaphor for perception. Seeing the shifting shapes in relation to tonal changes is created by crazily simple science.

The medium (in this case water) is vibrated, causing the regions of maximum and minimum displacement are made visible. The Cymascope registers the variations of displacement and clarifies them through imaging technology. Continue reading

This 40,000-Year-Old Bracelet Suggests That Ancient Humans Used “Drills” Similar To Ours

Denisova Cave is located deep in the  Bashelaksky Range of the Altai mountains, Siberia, Russia. This mountain range is well known for the discovery of the ‘X woman’ and well preserved remains of now extinct animals. The year long ambient temperature of the region is a chilly 0 degrees. This temperature work to preserve bio material for thousands of years.

Archaeologists have found evidence of a group of humans that don’t fit into the Neanderthal or modern human DNA by at least 202 genetic markers. This race has been dubbed, Denisovans (Denisova hominins).These people lived around 600,000 years ago and are believed to be nomadic. Evidence was found from their name sake’s cave that leads us to believe these people were ingenious craft workers. Little is known about their physical features.

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A finger bone of a seven- or eight-year-old Denisovan girl was found near bracelet fragments. While a lot of information was gathered from the finger segment, it was the craftsmanship of the bracelet that caught specialized interest. The stone showed a level of cutting and polishing that was 1,000s of years ahead of its time. The stone was not indigenous to the find site, it would be naturally found 150 miles away.

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The stone was well polished by an unknown method, in fact it was still shining when the expedition team found it. While found in fragments, it has been recreated visually. worn around the wrist there was a strap that held another piece. The strap was wrapped through a hole in the stone. The manner that the hole was made is also a mystery. It is made with a precision that again wasn’t thought to exist until much later.

The bracelet’s current home is the Museum of History and Culture of the Peoples’ of Siberia. More study is necessary to unravel secrets about the little known Denisovan people. For now though, speculation is high as people quest for answers.

 

The Science of Intuition: Gut Feelings Are Much More Than A Feeling

Everybody experiences ‘feelings’ that seem to originate from our abdominal region. That sinking sensation before addressing a room of people, ‘butterflies in your stomach’, or that awful twisting feeling from negative situations, are a few of the common experiences. While a mostly unexplained phenomenon, humans have learned to trust and acknowledge these feelings.

They are highly relatable to our intuition, growling our subconscious thoughts and feelings when our mind is preoccupied.

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Your nervous center can be broken up into your central and peripheral systems. The central is your brain, where we make use of all of those awesome cognitive processes.

The peripheral is where impulses are sent from the brain to various systems and functions. Researchers have been probing the concept of these ‘gut feelings’ and finding out we may need to re vamp the peripheral nervous system’s definition.

A dense network has been found in the abdominal cavity. This network consists of over one hundred million neurons and is called the Enteric Nervous System (ENS). Dr. Jay Pasricha, Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Neurogastroenterology, has conducted internationally renowned research into the topic. The Dr. explains,

“Its main role is controlling digestion, from swallowing to the release of enzymes that break down food to the control of blood flow that helps with nutrient absorption to elimination. The enteric nervous system doesn’t seem capable of thought as we know it, but it communicates back and forth with our big brain—with profound results.”shutterstock_218492107

There are studies across the world being conducted to better understand the ENS and its relation to the rest of the body.

There are prevailing suppositions that this system is related to Irritable Bowl Syndrome, metabolism control, and may be a potential way for us to reduce risks type two diabetes.

By understanding the ENS system more we will learn more about neurology as a whole but also more about the intricacies of the human body as a whole. Uncovering the secrets between this connection and our emotions will prove invaluable.

There’s Something About Karma That Many People Don’t Realize

I’m not condemning any spiritual methodology. I respect that everyone has their own experiences and from those experiences beautifully unique theories and mentalities surrounding the mystery of human life. In that vein of respect and acknowledgement, I would like to point out the misunderstandings surroundings Karma. Karma has been equated to a system, where you ‘get what you put in’ or ‘reap what you sow’. This is true to an extant, but the ‘pay off’ or ‘reaping’ happens in another life time. There is also a system of intertwining energies and intentions.

‘Karma in Buddhism is action. Action in the form of the thinking. Thinking is acting. Speaking is acting. And doing things is acting. And every act has a result. That is Karma. And nothing can be lost. It continues always. The shameful action continues and if you perform positive Karma, it will continue very well if you help other people.’ Thich Nhat Hahn on Tibetan styled Karma.

 The important distinction is that your actions be selfless. You cannot preform kindnesses and compassionate acts with the expectation of expecting anything in return. SELFLESS. You cannot trick the system. If you do something ‘good’ to get ‘good’ back, this is an inherently selfish action, and in the end unproductive. As we move forward in this discussion, I would like to take some of the emotional content out of this subject. Good and bad are highly charged words, this gives them too much ‘weight’ outside of their very subjective meanings. The more emotion and energy we poor into words and concepts, they change from their original context into personalized behemoths of our mind. Lets not fight any giants today.

Chopping the scales from ‘good’ and ‘bad’ I offer the terms ‘productive’ and ‘unproductive’. The wheel of Samsara (suffering) is always spinning. Nothing can or should ever even attempt to stop it. We encounter suffering and have two options. Turn it into a productive or unproductive experience. Learn from the mistakes we make, or continue to repeat them; lamenting our station in life. Forgive those who have hurt you or keep the cycle of unnecessary pain going.

As you go through your current life and form, you are blessed with a multitude of experiences that you can be productive or unproductive with. How you choose to live your life will dictate your next. A person who has spread pain and violence, has spent his or her energy and potential unproductively. They have limited their experiences and closed their mind. Their next life will not be a punishment, there is already enough suffering in the world. It will be another chance, from a different perspective that will encourage that entity to open their minds and hearts.

According to Karma, we should stop trying to control everything in life. Deal with what you are handed and help your neighbor when you can. The eventual sum of your actions are beyond what you can understand in your mortal form. Don’t limit your future by mixing in your fears and desires. As an infinite being in the ever expanding universe, you have so many more options and avenues of influence than I’d dare try to name. Be careful of you you respond to suffering and remember that the more you operate out of the idea of ‘you’ the better you will feel.

What Is The True Purpose Of The Pineal Gland? Here Are The Straight Facts

The pineal gland is relatively small hormone producing organ found in vertebrate brains. This endocrine gland can be found in every animal on the planet that has a spine. This organ produces melatonin, melatonin derivatives, seratonin and DMT (N-Dimethyltryptamine).

shutterstock_155349410 Melatonin is related to our natural sleep patterns (circadian rhythm). DMT is recognized as the the Spirit Molecule. It’s properties are widely discussed, though little is known.

It is found in every living creature on our planet. The fact that every animal (including humans) has this chemical present  adds a level of connectivity. There are quantum properties of DMT that are very interesting as well.

This pea sized hormonal organ effects us in a major but mostly unnoticed way. The gland is located at the the center of the sixth chakra, Ajna. This energy spiraling out of this organ is known as the ‘third eye’.

This chakra houses intuition and other ‘intangible thoughts’. The pineal gland powers our ability to seeing through false formations, and see the truth of a situation where none may be apparent.

If you are trying to nurture your pineal gland, you’ll want to stay away from fluoride. This common household ingredient calcifies this part of your brain!