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The World Got Still

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Difficult to Say Categorically Whether the Earth Moves

...it is still remarkably difficult to say categorically whether the earth moves...

from The Discovery of Dynamics by Julian Barbour

All Entities Move and Nothing Remains Still

All entities move and nothing remains still.

from Cratylus (dialogue) by Plato

📖 Excerpts Library

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

Copernicus and His Time in the Light of Spiritual Science

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...

Source: Copernicus and His Time in the Light of Spiritual Science

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 Secret Teachers of the Western World

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

Wrestlers Randy Savage & Hulk Hogan predict 9/11 Attack in 1989!

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

Source: Wrestlers Randy Savage & Hulk Hogan predict 9/11 Attack in 1989!

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

Source: While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles

Come Down Now, but We’ll Stay

Come down now, but we'll stay

Source: Such Great Heights by The Postal Service

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

Source: Roundabout by Yes

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

Source: America by Imagine Dragons

Got an Empty Feeling That I Never Want to Fill..

Got an empty feeling that I never want to fill... Absolutely Still

Source: Absolutely Still by Better Than Ezra

Suddenly Things Stand Still

When I think that I'm moving, suddenly things stand still

Source: Looking for Space by John Denver

Ripple in Still Water

Ripple in still water When there is no pebble tossed Nor wind to blow

Source: Ripple by Grateful Dead

Under Pressure, That Brings a Building Down

Under pressure, that brings a building down - Splits a family in two

Source: Under Pressure by Queen & David Bowie

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

Source: Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel

He’ll Never Be Together Again

For an eggman, falling off a wall - He'll never be together again

Source: Einstein on the Beach by Counting Crows

Your World Just Spins Whilst Mine Stands Still

Your world just spins whilst mine stands still - Nothing's changed in your gravity grave

Source: Gravity Grave by The Verve

The Earth Laughs Beneath My Heavy Feet

The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet, at the blasphemy in my old jangly walk

Source: Thirty-Three by The Smashing Pumpkins

I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet

I feel the earth move under my feet

Source: I Feel the Earth Move by Carole King

This Ground Is Not the Rock I Thought It To Be

This ground is not the rock I thought it to be

Source: Flood (Tool) by Tool

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?

Source: We Didn’t Make It To The Moon by Milky Chance

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.

Source: Stillness In Time by Jamiroquai

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

Source: Everybody Wants To Rule The World by Tears for Fears

Under Water, Time Is Standing Still

Under water, time is standing still, you’re the treasure - Dive down deeper still

Source: 10,000 Emerald Pools by Børns

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

Source: Standing Still (Ringo Starr) by Ringo Starr