Difficult to Say Categorically Whether the Earth Moves
...it is still remarkably difficult to say categorically whether the earth moves...
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Theme: “The World Got Still”
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All Entities Move and Nothing Remains Still
All entities move and nothing remains still.
from Cratylus (dialogue) by Plato
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The Centre of the World Was Not a Position of Honor
But the actual tendency of the geocentric system was, for the medieval mind, precisely the opposite. For the centre of the world was not a position of honor; it was rather the place farthest removed from the Empyrean, the bottom...
Source: The Great Chain of Being by Arthur Oncken Lovejoy
Human Beings Literally Lost the Ground of Their View
There are people who regard the deed of Copernicus as the biggest of the cultural revolutions which humanity has ever experienced as far as the historical memory reaches. One has to admit that the impression and the influence of this...
Get Your Head Down out of the Clouds
Now, Bastian, you're old enough to get your head down out of the clouds and start keeping both feet on the ground. Right?
Source: The NeverEnding Story
A Radical Change to Astronomy and Cosmology
The years when Jesuits established their first schools coincided with the beginning of the so-called scientific revolution and the origin of modern science. In 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus had published his book, De revolutionibus orbium celestium, in which he proposed the...
Source: Jesuit Contribution to Science by Agustín Udías
The Greatest Change in the Mind of Man Since the Dawn of Creation
It may be postulated that this single bit of physical awareness brought about the greatest change in the mind of man since the dawn of creation. Before Magellan's time, mankind had simply accepted as self-evident the fact that there was...
Source: JFK by L. Fletcher Prouty
The Growing Dominance of the Ego
What sets the mental-rational structure apart from the previous three structures is that it is the most separated from “Origin.” In it, human consciousness, which had previously felt a fundamental connection to the world around it, was now unattached and...
Source: The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman
Reverse the Vacuum and Blow the Air Back onto the Planet
We’ve got to act fast. Step one, we reverse the vacuum and blow the air back onto the planet.
Source: Spaceballs
That Pain Won’t Stop Until the Twin Towers Come Crumbling Down
I can still feel the pain right now and Hulk Hogan that pain won’t stop until the twin towers come crumbling down
Humans for the Most Part Don’t Have a Clue
Humans for the most part don't have a clue. They don't want one or need one either. They're happy. They think they have a good bead on things. Why the big secret? People are smart, they can handle it. A...
Source: Men in Black
Start by Making the Trade Center Disappear
To start by making the trade center disappear, though, seems a good way to begin.
Source: Divided We Stand
The Earth Must Be Stationary
First, the Greeks expected that if the Earth moved then we would feel a constant wind blowing against us, and we would be swept off our feet as the ground raced from under us. However, we feel no such constant...
Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh
🎼 Song Excerpts
I Look at the World, and I Notice It’s Turning
I look at the world, and I notice it's turning - While my guitar gently weeps
Come Down Now, but We’ll Stay
Come down now, but we'll stay
Mountains Come out of the Sky and They Stand There
In and around the lake, mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
To the Tallest of the Towers That Fall and Rise
From farmers in the fields - To the tallest of the towers that fall and rise
Got an Empty Feeling That I Never Want to Fill..
Got an empty feeling that I never want to fill... Absolutely Still
Suddenly Things Stand Still
When I think that I'm moving, suddenly things stand still
Ripple in Still Water
Ripple in still water When there is no pebble tossed Nor wind to blow
Under Pressure, That Brings a Building Down
Under pressure, that brings a building down - Splits a family in two
He Was Something to Observe
I could see the city light - Wind was blowing, time stood still - Eagle flew out of the night - He was something to observe - Came in close, I heard a voice
He’ll Never Be Together Again
For an eggman, falling off a wall - He'll never be together again
Your World Just Spins Whilst Mine Stands Still
Your world just spins whilst mine stands still - Nothing's changed in your gravity grave
The Earth Laughs Beneath My Heavy Feet
The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet, at the blasphemy in my old jangly walk
I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet
I feel the earth move under my feet
This Ground Is Not the Rock I Thought It To Be
This ground is not the rock I thought it to be
You’re Tellin’ Me the World Does Not Even Spin Around?
You're tellin' me the world does not even spin around? You're tryna say the car we're sittin' in don't belong to gravity?
If This World Is Turning Too Fast for Your Head
If this world is turning too fast for your head, just remember how bad times can roll instead - Guess I'll have to search the space in my mind, for that stillness in time.
There’s a Room Where the Light Won’t Find You
There's a room where the light won't find you - Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down - When they do, I'll be right behind you
Under Water, Time Is Standing Still
Under water, time is standing still, you’re the treasure - Dive down deeper still
You’re Just Standing Still
You don't mean nothing if you don't do nothing - You're just waiting at the bottom of the hill - You don't mean nothing if you don't do nothing - You're just standing still
One Day We’ll All Get Still
One day the blood won't flow so gladly - One day we'll all get still, Get still
Come Crashing In, into My Little World
Come crashing in, Into my little world
You Just Sit Still
Let me take you on a trip, around the world and back, and you won't have to move - You just sit still
I’ll Stop the World and Melt with You
I'll stop the world and melt with you
The World Got Still
And the sun went down, as I crossed the hill - And the town lit up, the world got still
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My Friends Would Think I Was a Nut
When the human race learns to read the language of symbolism, a great veil will fall from the eyes of men.
Cause Everything Is Never As It Seems…
With a wave of his hand, he had made the Earth a planet and set it spinning.
Cause It’s the World I Know
We accept the reality of the world with which we’re presented. It’s as simple as that.
My Friends and I We’ve Cracked the Code
One day the blood won’t flow so gladly. One day we’ll all get still. Get still.
