Just as the long night of the Arctic ends, the brilliant sunshine of truth shall come forth again, and those who are of Darkness shall fall in its Light.
—Admiral Richard E. Byrd, 1956 (via cameradude666)
The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself.
—Thich Nhat Hanh (via crscwldpt)
The world ends a million times a day…
When two bodies orbit around each other in space, we know exactly what happens. The bodies trace out conic sections, they do so in accordance with Kepler’s laws, and that’s it, more or less.
When three or more bodies orbit around each other in space, things can be more complicated. In the general case, no explicit formula for the orbits exists, and we have to rely on numerical simulations. As the first two animations illustrate, these can get messy. (These animations by my friend poulenque.)
Among all these possible orbits, though, there exist some which repeat after some time. These are called n-body choreographies (with n = the number of bodies), small islands of order in a large chaotic space of ways-things-can-be. That’s what all those other animations are. (These animations are by Chris Moore, from here, where he has some others too.)
Most of these are completely unstable, in that the slightest nudge or imbalance in their masses will get amplified until they go flying. However, the one that traces out a figure 8 above is only somewhat unstable, in that (apparently) it will resist small nudges or variations in mass. It is estimated that between 1 and 100 naturally-occurring such figure 8 configurations exist in the entire observable universe.
In all of the animations above except for the second, the masses of all the objects are the same. This is important if you want to wonder about them.
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(via skepticalavenger)
If you are truly present and know how to take care of the present moment as best you can, you are doing your best for the future already.
—Thich Nhat Hanh (via crscwldpt)
Inside is made of outside.
When we touch our own skin, we touch the water,
heat, air and earth that are within us.
At the same time, we know that these elements
also exist outside our bodies.
Touching deeply, we realize that the sun is also our heart.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh ~
—(via itsmymessengeroflove)
(Source: wearecosmicloveconnection)
Inside is made of outside.
When we touch our own skin, we touch the water,
heat, air and earth that are within us.
At the same time, we know that these elements
also exist outside our bodies.
Touching deeply, we realize that the sun is also our heart.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh ~
—(via itsmymessengeroflove)
(Source: wearecosmicloveconnection)
can someone with connections to the mainstream tumblr area send this to them
(via buddhabrot)
(Source: anatomyofmelancholy, via cosmicwolfgirl)
(via j-hene)
