Gustave Courbet wikipedia.org

Origins of Watsu

Watsu® (Water Shiatsu) began in 1980 in the warm pool at Harbin Hot Springs when Harold Dull started floating people while applying the stretches and principles of the Zen Shiatsu he had studied in Japan. In the Orient, stretching as a way to open channels through which our Chi energy flows is even older than acupuncture. Stretching strengthens muscle and increases flexibility. Warm water, which many associate with the body’s deepest states of waking relaxation, is the ideal medium. The support of water takes weight off the vertebrae and allows the spine to be moved in ways impossible on land. Gentle, gradual twists and pulls relieve the pressure a rigid spine places on nerves and helps undo any dysfunctioning this pressure can cause to the organs serviced by those nerves. The Watsu receiver experiences greater flexibility and freedom. During Watsu a range of emotions can come up and be released into the process of continuous flow. This reprograms receivers to face life out of the water with greater equanimity and flexibility.

Another principle of Zen Shiatsu, that of connecting with the breath, takes on a new dimension in Watsu. On land, the breathing is coordinated with leaning into points. In water, our most basic move is the Water Breath Dance, in which we float someone in our arms and let them sink a little as they breathe out and let the water lift us as we both breathe in. Repeated over and over at the beginning of a Watsu, this creates a connection that can be carried into all the stretches and moves. This Water Breath Dance, and its stillness, is returned to throughout the session.

Experiencing both giving and receiving this most nurturing form of bodywork can help heal whatever wounds of separation we carry and renew in us our sense of connection and oneness with others. For this reason Watsu is Rebonding Therapy. Watsu is used around the world by professional bodyworkers, physical therapists, psychologists, as well as the general public.

Watsu, and the way it is taught, has evolved over the years. In the beginning the focus was primarily on stretching. With the Waterbreath Dance and the greater connection of moves to the breath, a more meditative stillness entered in. The use of flotation devices on legs that would otherwise sink has widened the possibilities and the ease of a Watsu.

Once a practitioner has reached the level of presence and connection that the carefully evolved Watsu Forms instill, they are taught and encouraged to explore the creative potential in Watsu Free Flow.

Reference: www.watsu.com

An allen Türen blieb der blinde Knabe,
auf den der Mutter bleiche Schönheit schien,
und sang das Lied, das ihm sein Leid verliehn:
“Oh hab mich lieb, weil ich den Himmel habe.”
Und alle weinten über ihn.

An allen Türen blieb der blinde Knabe.

Die Mutter aber zog ihn leise mit;
weil sie die andern alle weinen schaute.
Er aber, der nicht wußte, wie sie litt,
und nur noch tiefer seinem Dunkel traute,
sang: “Alles Leben ist in meiner Laute.”

Die Mutter aber zog ihn leise mit.

So trug er seine Lieder durch das Land.
Und als ein Greis ihn fragte, was sie deuten,
da schwieg er, und auf seiner Stirne stand:
Es sind die Funken, die die Stürme streuten,
doch einmal werd ich breit sein wie ein Brand.

So trug er seine Lieder durch das Land.

Und allen Kindern kam ein Traurigsein.
Sie mußten immer an den Blinden denken
und wollten etwas seiner Armut weihn;
er nahm sie lächelnd an den Handgelenken
und sang: “Ich selbst bin kommen euch beschenken.”

Und allen Kindern kam ein Traurigsein.

Und alle Mädchen wurden blaß und bang.
Und waren wie die Mutter dieses Knaben,
der immer noch in ihren Nächten sang.
Und fürchteten: wir werden Kinder haben, -
und alle Mütter waren krank..

Da wurden ihre Wünsche wie ein Wort
und flatterten wie Schwalben um die Eine,
die mit dem Blinden zog von Ort zu Ort:
“Maria, du Reine,
sieh, wie ich weine.
Und es ist seine
Schuld. In die Haine
führ ihn fort!”

Bei allen Bäumen blieb der blinde Knabe,
auf den der Mutter müde Schönheit schien,
und sang das Lied, das ihm sein Leid verliehn:
“Oh hab mich lieb, weil ich den Himmel habe -”
Und alle blühten über ihm.

Links:
Rainer Marie Rilke wikipedia.org

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There is a good chance that I can help you online through iChat’s build in screen sharing function.

I am an experienced Apple Mac Super User. I have been working with supporting Apple computers, networks, servers, websites, development, programming, scripting, design, service and Apple users for more than a decade. I love my work.

3 Simple Prerequisites:

1. You have a reliable Internet connection (If you read this you probably have!)
2. iChat with Screen Sharing enabled (All Apple computers ship with iChat)
3. Get a Mac Service Ticket below (Easy and secure online payment with PayPal)

iChat or mail me – and I will help you with your Mac right now: docdyhr@me.com

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Links: Ichat apple.com

Mac Service Ticket

This is possible on Mac OS X with X11 Forwarding.

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN REWRITTEN (Manual set of the $DISPLAY variable is insecure!)

Prerequisites:

X11 environments on both the local and remote machine (see man X). Ensure network access for X11. In Mac OS X  on X11 Quartz check the authorization and client access options under Preferences in the Security pane.

Enable X11 Forwarding with the “X11Forwarding yes” option set in “/private/etc/sshd_config” for your SSH Daemon own local X11 host in order to recieve X11 client request back from  the remote machine through ‘ssh‘ with the -X option set.

Start or restart the Remote Login (SSH) Service  under System Preference / Sharing pane on Mac OS X. The SSH daemon should run on the remote machine as well!

See “man ssh”,  ”man ssh_config” and “man sshd_config” for the complete explanation.

3 Simple Steps to X11 Forward on Mac OS X

1. Open  ”Terminal” in Mac OS X Leopard.

2. ssh -X X11 Forward to your remote host (See “man ssh” for the use of the -X or -Y flag X11 forward):

ssh -X johndoe@123.456.789

3. Start your remote X11 program and view the user display on your local machine:

xeyes &

Voila it works! The X application will start up your X11 environment. Its quite easy to do X11 forwarding when you first get the hang of it.

Do elegant X11 stuff with ssh -X -f  like:

ssh -X -f user@remotehost xcalc -bg black -fg green

Caveat Notes:

Have the latest and updated versions of Mac OS X, Developer and X11.

3 Clues to successful X11 forwarding:

A. When you make changes to /etc/sshd_config remember to restart the Remote Login Service (SSH).

B. Remember to allow incoming access to X11 in the X11 preferences and through your firewall(s) and router!

C. And you have will of curse have to be accurate about your local and remote machine naming convention i.e. John-Does-iMac.local or privat.happycamper.com. Check with “echo $HOSTNAME”. On the remote machine you could also do a check with $REMOTEHOST (if set) to check your own machine name on the remote host.

NOT! Sometimes it is necessary to use xhost +remotehost and set the $DISPLAY environment variable manually on Mac OS X (something -X or -Y flag in ssh should normally do for you). Try “echo $DISPLAY” on the local machine and remote to get hints of the $DISPLAY status. You can always check your environment with “env” and “$”. On Mac OS X Leopard you use EXPORT with bash shell to set environment variables as opposed to tcsh that uses setenv. You should only set the $DISPLAY variable manually in a secure environment i.e. local network.

NEW! Do not set the DISPLAY variable on the client. You will most likely disable encryption. (X connections forwarded through Secure Shell use a special local display setting.)

If you have further problems try to use -v, -vv or even -vvv verbose flag with ssh to debug.

X11 Forwarding:
X11 Forwarding www.ssh.com
Configurering and running X11 Applications on Mac OS X developer.apple.com
X11 FAQ  - Technical Q&A QA1232 developer.apple.com
Technical Q&A QA1383 Enabling X11 Forwarding developer.apple.com
Forwarding X11 from a Remote Computer to the Mac oroborosx.sourceforge.net
ssh X forwarding debugging mac.com
Display Names xfree86.org

X11:

X Window System wikipedia.org
The X Window System freebsd.org (Introduktion from FreeBSD Handbook)
XQuartz project xquartz.macosforge.org (X11)

Command-Line Administration Version 10.5 Leopard (PDF) manuals.info.apple.com (Connecting to Remote Computers p. 31 – 37)
Introduction to Command-Line Administration Version 10.6 Snow Leopard (PDF) manuals.info.apple.com (Connecting to Remote Computers p. 27 – 33)

Open Source X11 developer.apple.com
UNIX & Open Source downloads apple.com

When others act, I am still; When others talk I listen. If you know your nature, you’ll have few troubles; if you know your destiny, you won’t worry.

Reference:
Alchemists, Mediums, and Magicians: Stories of Taoist Mystics
by Thomas Cleary
ISBN: 9781590306598

p. 14

Alexander Pope

Links:
Alexander Pope wikipedia.org

Hatha Yoga: The Report of a Personnal Experience
by Theos Bernard
ISBN 0955241227

The Gheranda Samhita: A Treatise on Hatha Yoga
Sris Chandra Vasu
ISBN 1436690420

Raja Yoga
by Swami Vivekananda
ISBN 8180900363

Sacred Texts: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
by Swami Vivekananda
ISBN 1905857039

A Search in Secret India
by Paul Brunton
ISBN 1844130436

The Morning of the Magicians (Mysteries of the Universe)
by Louis Pauwels, Jacques Bergier
ISBN 0285635832

The Serpent Power: Secrets of Tantric and Shaktic Yoga
by Arthur Avalon
ISBN 0486230589

Tantrik Texts
by Arthur Avalon
ISBN 8177557254

Yoga: Immortality and Freedom (Works of Mircea Eliade)
Mircea Eliade
ISBN 0691017646

Tibet’s Great Yogi Milarepa
by W.Y. Evans-Wentz
ISBN 8178222523

The Gheranda Samhita: A Treatise on Hatha Yoga
by Sris Chandra Vasu
ISBN 1436690420

Links:
Raja Yoga wikipedia.org

The field of quantum theory is like Disney land – everything is possible!

Yesterday I was introduced to Nassim Haramein’s grand unified field theory by my girlfriend through a popularized presentation on youtube. Although Nassim Haramein say “oh my God” a bit to often for my personal taste, he comes across as is an original thinker.

In short “we are embedded in a fractal feedback dynamic that intrinsically connects all things via the medium of a vacuum structure of infinite potential”.

Nassim Haramein touches such diverse subjects as Applied physics, Quantum mechanics, Anthropology, Archeology, Astrophysics, Biology, Black Hole Physics, Chemistry, Cosmology, Crop Circles, Event, Psychology and Sociology.

I tried to find Nassim Haramein’s page on wikipedia.org but apparently it has been deleted.

One of Nassim Haramein’s logics: If the world is expanding, the world must be contracting at the same time, according to Newtons fundamental law of motion in physics (To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction). This is a compelling argument, but what do this have to do with messages to the human race from outer space in crop circles?

Thank God I am not a physicist or even a scientist, but just a layman.

Links:
The Resonance Project theresonanceproject.org
Nassim Haramein 1 – 45 youtube.com
Grand Unified Field Theory: Nassim Haramein Pt.1 (10 min. interview) youtube.com
Crossing the Event Horizon youtube.com

Related:
Science and the Akashic Field: An Integral Theory of Everything
by Ervin Laszlo
ISBN 9781594770425

Links:
Guolin Qigong neigong.net