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February 2010You may need to
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WelcomeThis month I have not moved far from home. I had a weekend trip to Christchurch to see Avatar in 3D and to meet up with the Christchurch Theosophical Society. It was great to catch up with friends too. I have started a new programme at work, which is always good. It has been great during January having a whole month without evening meetings to catch up on everything. My flatmate went home during the university holidays, but he will be back soon.I found the software I had been using to send out these emails has had a problem and did not always sent messages out. I have changed my software, so I hope it runs smoothly now. Interesting WebsitesThe TED videos I have written about are extending the range of videos they have. They have now started a "Best of the Web", where they collect not only their own videos, but other outstanding talks available on the Internet. One good one was JK Rowling talking to new graduates at Havard University about the benefits of failure. Ted.com have also joined with TEDMED, to give a more full range of talks on medical topics. Well worth a look!Russel Ackhoff talking on the BBC introducing a systems perspective on business management.  There
is a youtube version of a BBC TV programme called the Secret Life of
Chaos featuring Jim Al Khalili's giving an excellent overview of Chaos theory. You will note that Jim also wrote the book, "Quantum", which is reviewed below.Just on the Wikipedia site for the Mandelbrot Set, I came across this three dimensional version of the Mandlebrot Set as shown on the left. How's that for a mathematically generated graph that looks more like a pine cone! Robin Dunbar write on his Social Brain Hypothesis He interestingly notes that our brain and its capacities, among other things, mean we as humans tend to gather in groups of around 150. More books...
As
we decided to put together a weekend workshop linking Ken Wilber's and
the Integral Institute's Integral Life Practice with
Theosophy, I bought the book. The book is a well thought out guide
to living a
rounded, full life of spirit. It recognises nine aspects that make up a
human being: physical, mind, spirit, shadow (these being the four core
aspects), ethics, work, relationships, creativity and soul. We need all
of these to be strong and regularly practiced in our life, and they
must be balanced. The muscle builder who only concentrates on the
physical or the absent minded professor focusing on the mind will
be
unbalanced and will not reach their full potential. |
Subscribe to this newsletterIf you would like to receive this newsletter as a monthly email just send me an email. You may choose to email me to Unsubscribe. Previous NewslettersNewsletter archiveOld "Recent News" Books I read this monthQuantum: A Guide for the Perplexed by Jim Al-Khaliliis a professor of theoretical physics, who is very good at presenting science in a way that is easy to understand. He has plenty of great metaphors to help make sense of quantum physics, which is pretty weird at the best of times. This is a good book to help you get your head around some strange concepts I found this little cartoon I really liked |
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Victor's web page Victor's complexity website Subscribe Email Victor Victor's first book |
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Integral Life Practice by Ken Wilber, Terry Patten,
Adam Leonard and Marco Morelli