Do Geeks Dream of Virtual Sheep?

I had an interesting dream last night, one that may give an interesting peak into my subconscious, or possibly suggest I should be kept under observation for safety reasons. Personally I think it simply backs up that age old quote for the Bible “The Geek shall inherent the Earth“.

I should point out, the start of the dream could have been inspired by the fact I recently watched the whole 1st Season of  “Game of Thrones“, And am working my way through the “Wheel of Time” series of Books.

So the dream started with me in a typical fantasy world, of Swords, Knights, horses, normal Medieval technology level. I was in a small land that was being attacked by a bigger neighbor, I have no idea why, the politics of the conflict did not interest me, as much as offering my services as an “adviser”, which helped turn the tide and allow the smaller land to win.

On a side note, its amazing the weapons and traps you can make with just basic technology and modern knowledge. Also charging cavalry get really confused when they come across my medieval version of landmines. Hey it was some fantasy world, there probably wasn’t even a Geneva let alone a Geneva Convention.

Well on the high from our small victory, we went on the offensive to claim damages from the aggressors and increase the size of the country. Alas that’s when bad fortune hit our plucky country, our beloved King died while examining my rudimentary gunpowder grenades. Luckily I had just left the room moments before the accident which also had the misfortune to take out the direct line of airs to the throne. Since we were at war, and needed strong leadership to keep us safe I volunteered my own services as military leader while the lords of the land worked out who should become the new king.

Now I think on it, they never did come up with who should rule the country. I guess they were too busy on the front lines as part of the forced military conscription that we needed to help fight the wars on all fronts. By the time I woke up I had unified three quarters of the land, and given an extra half hour of sleep I’m sure my steam cannons would have made short work of the mountain fortresses of the free people.

I think this dream shows two points.

  1. Knowledge is Power
  2. I should not be allowed to rule any country, no matter how small.

 

 

Butterfly Tai Chi – Feel healthier & Calmer in 20 mins aday

DVD CoverI got back to the Ninja Temple last night to find an envelope waiting for me containing a copy of “Butterfly Tai Chi“. I had been wanting to watch this since I first saw the clips/info about it when it was being filmed. I should point out I have a slight background in BaGua, and have been interested in the concept of TaiChi for a while now.  Since I have been meaning to get into it for a while, I was interested in the Butterfly TaiChi with its advertised “Take just twenty minutes out of your day to practice the seven simple elegant movements of Butterfly Tai Chi you will feel healthier happier and more energised“. Twenty minutes a day? I can find time for that, especially it it does not require much floor space.

I watched the DVD last night, It comes in three parts 1)A Warm-up, 2)The Basic Set, & 3) Advanced set. The techniques are simple to follow, and the instructor explains the moves well including any health benefits. Unlike some other DVD’s I have seen in this area the moves were explained simply for people without any previous training, and instructions were given on how to adapt the moves while you are learning, and that its better to get the feeling right than exactly mimic the instructor on the screen. Overall the feeling from watching the DVD was almost like having a one on one session with a trainer in a friendly atmosphere than a more technical manual of what you should be doing.

I did not try out the moves (err something to do with beer in the temple fridge) but I am looking forward to planning to set aside some time to start following the system. And I’ll post a practitioners review after I’ve spent a while trying the moves.

For those interested in more information on Butterfly Tai Chi, you can visit the website at http://butterflytaichi.co.uk/

Pick a Card, Any Card

QUICK! Think of a regular pack of 53 cards. Pick one of those cards.

“You picked the Joker right?”

Don’t feel bad if you did, 80% of people will pick the Joker when asked, because I mentioned 53 card deck, not 52.  People are easy to manipulate. Lets try some more.

Think of a Card, any card, make a bright image of it in your mind.

“You thinking heart/diamond?”

Make sure you have a feel for the card! *bang fist to chest*

“You thinking heart now?”

You seeing how you can influence people into thinking along the lines you want?  Lets have a couple of more.

Think of a card, see the number of the card in your mind.

OK, so you will not be picking Jack,Queen, King!

Think of a card, concentrate, see the picture on the card!

Now its likely to be a face card, Jack, Queen, King.

You put a load of these slight suggestions together into the sentence asking them to pick a card, and you will be able to guess the correct card 9 times out of 10.

This is the very basic beginings of more complicated mind control/Influence like the things Derren Brown does.

I am trying to teach myself these Jedi Mind Powers, and have decided to blog some of my experiments, thought, suggestions, as I go along.

So watch this space.

Mind Power

I have been thinking. I know a dangerous occurrence!

We all know that we are all different physically, we all do things in different ways. But have you ever considered if we all do things differently mentally?

I’m curious, where when you think do you feel you are thinking, DO you think in pictures, words, I always assumed we thought the same, but do we?

So I am thinking of coming up with a series of questions to put to people in a slight survey of the mental processes.

CN