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SORRY WE’RE LATE! PLANET, PLEASE SLOW DOWN!The UPGRADEmag (or just the "UP") is a global edutainment round-up, ‘broadcast’ weekly to =[10,519]= Alternative// Activist// Zippy// Trance// New Age folks who’ve been recommended to the Parallel YOUniversity//Megatripolis Dance Dept as "showing signs of life". Since many recipients choose to forward it to their own lists, we estimate 29,000+ recipients. Further, because of its less 'specialist' content, it's increasingly being posted on a variety of sites worldwide, making a total weekly ‘readership’ of 275,000+ U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U UP P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P … CANCEL THAT! WELCOME TO THE FIRST UP! DIRECT FROM THE HEART OF THE HUMAN BE-IN! YES, WE ALL HAD A LUVLY TIME AT THE BUDDHAFIELD AND RETURN REFRESHED AND RARING TO GO INTO THE FINAL 2 MONTHS OF ‘CHANNELING’ THE NEW HUMAN BE-IN. THIS, AS WE SAID, IS A SHORTER UP! AND IT IS AND WILL INCREASINGLY BECOME A FACT SHEET ON DEVELOPMENTS IN THOSE PREPARATIONS FOR WHAT IS BEGINNING TO DAWN ON EVERYONE INVOLVED IS DESTINED TO BE THE MAJOR FORCE FOR CHANGE TOWARDS THE ALTERNATIVE FUTURE HUMAN BE-IN UPDATE: THE STILL POINT AT THE CENTRE OF THE STORM It is well known and accepted that, in the meditative life, there are times for ‘Retreat’ (from the Outer World) to help deepen concentration on the Inner Spiritual goal. Though less well known, there are also Traditions which call for an “Advance” (into the very heart of the Outer World) to test our concentration and sharpen our perception of the Outer Spiritual goal. For Inner & Outer are but different aspects of the Whole. You cannot understand the world without understanding yourself, but neither can you understand yourself without understanding the world. Through the whole 12 hours of the HUMAN BE-IN, then, three meditators will contemplate the event from above The Human DanceIn, the main dance-floor. People involved with the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO) and the Buddhafield Festival have agreed to organise a team to achieve this. FWBO is an international Buddhist movement committed to developing new ways of teaching and practising the Buddha’s wisdom in today’s world. If you wish to volunteer for a short half hour attempt to find THE STILL POINT AT THE CENTRE OF THE STORM, apply to Lokabandhu on the night. It is our sincere hope that other clubs and events will follow our example and introduce such consciousness-raising practices which help the meditators and also raise the awareness of the dancers! www.buddhafield.com UP! * * * * * * * * * *ASTRO ENERGY ANALYSIS july 24-30 * * * * * * * * * * *
UP!DRAMATIC PROJECTION CAN GO THE HEART OF THE MATTER The first of two full moons in Aquarius occurs Wednesday night. This is a party moon, especially a party which features talking. We begin, in fact, a two-year cycle of forceful speaking, perhaps acting as if our lives depended on our convincing projection (or that of another). That could be so, for a good component of aggression accompanies our thoughts and words now. For more, see Maya’s Daily Success Guide at www.daykeeperjournal.com * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * LONGEST CLUB DJ SET RECORD BROKEN!! Martin Boss has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as setting the record for "The Longest Club Marathon DJ set"! The official record is 74 hours. Guinness included the 15 minute breaks that he was required to take every 8 hours. cain@djmartinboss.com UP! GURU MADNESS JOINS THE HUMAN BE-IN! Iconoclastic, divinely inspired and totally unpredictable (some say just plain crazy) Don Pecker and the Knowledge will play in the Only YOUman Room after midnight. It will be, shall; we say, a unique experience The band’s Fairyland went to number 2 in the charts some years ago on the back of Kula Shaker’s Sound of Drums. Hold onto your sanity (if u want to!) UP! LIES OF MASS DESTRUCTION Dear Fraser, did you hear Scott Ritter this morning on Radio 4, (the leader of last weapons inspection to Iraq)? He said it was virtually impossible for Iraq to have 'weapons of mass destruction' & explained why. He also said the US & UK seemed not to know the difference between inspecting & spying, which is what caused the problem re inspections for the Iraqi government, & is still a problem. Plus he said that any attack on Iraq would be wholly illegal. Can people spread this about, write to BBC radio 4, newspapers etc, SO THAT MORE PEOPLE KNOW THAT HE SAID THESE THINGS BECAUSE IT MAKES IT PLAIN THAT US & UK GOVERNMENT ARE LYING. loppy garrard / uk the interview with Ritter is on the BBC radio 4 Today website to listen to. UP! I assume you know the story of Stewart Brand (Whole Earth Catalog etc) & how he started the lobby that gotNASA to take the original full shot of the earth... Well, I went to that same hill where he was for that historic dose & had a little puff & meditated - and a beautiful realisation came to me This is beautifully balanced as I went to the same spot with Rick Griffin the designer of the original poster for the Human BEIN the day before he had his fatal accident… - Well, now I try to write about it it’s difficult to put into language, but it felt like this NEW HUMAN BE-IN project has the thrust of history to it - a far greater energy than the forces that bear down on us... Anyway, I haven't gone nuts or anything! I guess it is a classic example of the tao that cannot be put into words being the eternal tao... Stefan G / san francisco UP! hey bro, tings are getting a wee bit stale with the hip list of late. perhaps a change of tune is in order!? why don’t we try to jump the mind out of the ruts they can get in, and lets face it, they come in all shapes and sizes. the message is good! but maybe the deliverance could be a bit more in tune with ultimate novelty, after all the timewave zero is crashing all around us! my only suggestion in your aid is - try to think out ofYOUR box! thereby practicing what you preach! it’s a continual journey after all! PUMP UP THE VOLUME, the possibilities are endless! Love and Light , Yann / uk ps - look forward to the party in ocean! - lways good advice, thanks yann. I shall dig deeper. but it may be that it’s ACTION that’s needed now. and that’s got to be the BE-IN which is now galloping forwards into history’s camera line. UP! GM GENES COULD PROVE HARD TO STOMACH British scientific researchers have found that genetically modified DNA material from crops is finding its way into human gut bacteria. The GM material poses no health problems (according to a Guardian report) but antibiotic resistant marker genes in the plants could compromise antibiotic resistance among humans. http://www.guardian.co.uk/gmdebate/Story/0,2763,756666,00.html UP! Not every fish came out of the sea Not every monkey came out of the trees Some of us have destiny beyond the galaxy... Human: Form of retarded ape defined mainly by only using 10% of it's brainpower. On the verge of self-extinction. New Human: Category of Human that continues to evolve beyond the base form due to hybrid vigour (genetic & cultural), inner exploration & applications of available tools. What we are up against: “Everything that can be invented has been invented" Charles Duell, commissioner US office of patents 1899. "There will only ever be a worldwide market of five computers" Thomas Watson, Chairman IBM , 1943 "640K is all anybody will ever need" Bill Gates 1981. On the other hand: "Those who are unwilling to explore beyond the next mountain will forever be at the mercy of whatever is on the other side" Gene Roddenberry In a pitch for a TV show, 1965. stefan gosiewski / san francisco UP! TECHNOLOGY’S ROLE IN HUMAN EVOLUTION & THE REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE BE-IN - a talk to be delivered at the BE-IN’s ALTERNATIVE FUTURE POWWOW by Michael Gosney Besides the annual DIGITAL BE-IN which Michael Gosney has been producing in San Francisco for 12 years, he has also produced the TOKYO DIGITAL BE-IN, the Community Dance at BURNING MAN, and the bi-annual Paradox Conference at Arcosanti. <http://www.be-in.com/12/highlights.html > <http://www.radiov.com/comdance/ > <http://www.arcosanti.org/paradox> A pioneering publisher and producer, Michael’s Verbum magazine (1986-91) also helped spawn the digital media revolution. <http://www.verbum.com> In 1998 he launched Radio-V.com, one of the first music channels on the web, and the first to explore global dance culture in depth he calls it "transmodern tribalism". The following year he co-founded Green Century Institute, a non-profit "dedicated to the development of sustainable communities in the 21st Century." <http://www.GreenCenturyInstitute.org> THE NEW HUMAN BE-IN @ OCEAN Michael Gosney will both present a history of the DIGITAL BE-IN (including historic video footage) and address the role of technology in human evolution. Cyberspace and other advanced communications tools are the transmitters of the new "cultural DNA" - memes of personal/social transformation that can lead us toward the development of a new, sustainable civilisation with its collective feet firmly on the ground and its collective head - the noosphere - networked with the living cosmos. BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DIGITAL BE-IN Beginning in the late 1980s as a party for Verbum magazine held during Macworld Expo, THE DIGITAL BE-IN quickly became a magnet for artists and programmers pioneering in desktop publishing and multimedia. <http://www.be-in.com> Named for the HUMAN BE-IN - the original counterculture event held in 1967 in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park - its connection to its namesake shows in the involvement of HUMAN BE-IN organizers Allen Cohen, Chet Helms, and Timothy Leary as well as early proponents for democratic new-media systems, such as John Perry Barlow (Grateful Dead songwriter), Brenda Laurel, Paul Brainerd, and Ted Nelson. The first two DIGITAL BE-INS featured adhoc displays/ presentations by digital wizards, artists and new culture meme-streamers. DIGITAL BE-IN 3 was held at a modern art gallery and included the birth of "blendo" - the art of mixing live video with on-the-fly effects and animation with the all-girl MIDI marimba band D'Cuckoo and the Video Toaster crew. DIGITAL BE-IN 4 was the 25th anniversary of the HUMAN BE-IN, and was called the NEW HUMAN BE-IN. <http://www.be-in.com/12/highlights.html> DIGITAL BE-Ins 5 & 6 drew 3000 people each and were held at San Francisco's space age Fashion Center, during the height of the digital media boom. DIGITAL BE-IN 7 featured Timothy Leary's last appearance. DIGITAL BE-IN 8 saw the first theme introduced: "FREEDOM OF SPEECH ON THE INTERNET", showcasing the Electronic Frontier Foundation <http://www.eff.org> and the launch of the Blue Ribbon Campaign. DIGITAL BE-IN 9 was themed "CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN CYBERSPACE" and featured the BE-IN’s first rave element, dubbed "the Seminar" and introduced at midnight by theologian Matthew Fox. <http://www.creationspirituality.org/matthew.html> DIGITAL BE-IN 10, the Tenth Anniversary, aligned with the 50th Anniversary of the International Declaration of Human Rights with the theme of "HUMAN RIGHTS IN CYBERSPACE." DIGITAL BE-IN 11, "BODY, MIND AND CYBERSPACE,” hosted Ken Kesey's last visit to San Francisco, featuring the day-glo bus and a band of Merry Pranksters - on the road, and online. <http://www.radiov.com/main/beam/features/be-in/> DIGITAL BE-IN 12, with a theme of MEDIA REVOLUTION, featured social justice attorney Dan Sheehan, founders of Indymedia.com, and other key figures addressing the need for more advanced alternative media networks. UP! INVENTING THE COUCH POTATO 50 INVENTIONS WHICH CHANGED THE WORLD? TV dinners and Dolly the sheep have been included in a list of 50 inventions which changed the world. The ready-meal, first manufactured from surplus turkey, in 1954 was followed in 1955 and 1956 by the non-stick saucepan and the TV remote control. Further evidence that the compilers, from the ThinkTank centre in Birmingham, see increasingly sedentary lifestyles as epoch-defining comes with the TV satellite (1962) and the VHS video recorder (1976). http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,756626,00.html UP! nigeria “IF WE DIE, CHEVRON WILL DIE WITH US” Unarmed WOMEN Shut Down Oil Giant in Nigeria AP. 13 July 2002. As standoff continues, protester describes how unarmed women shut down oil giant in Nigeria. Anunu Uwawah lets a small smile escape as she tells how she and a band of 150 village women shut down most of a multinational oil company's Nigeria operations for nearly a week. drive my people there and we circled it," she said. "We wouldn't let anyone come in or anyone go out." skirts shut down the docks and the helicopter pads, she said. The women began talks with senior ChevronTexaco management in Nigeria on Friday after days of false starts, but Uwawah and other leaders in the group say they wouldn't leave the terminal until the company commits to hiring people from the neighboring villages and helps them build better infrastructure. [ProletarianNews] UP! MIXMASTER MORRIS JOINS HUMAN BE-IN! Legendary ambient dj and musician Mixmaster Morris will play on the ambient floor of the BE-IN, (restaurant & auditorium) thus completing a long history of involvement in the ongoing efforts of the Parallel YOUniversity which is co-producing the event. UP! THE GREAT CHARADE John PIlger It is 10 months since 11 September, and still the great charade plays on. Having appropriated our shocked response to that momentous day, the rulers of the world have since ground our language into a paean of clichés and lies about the 'war on terrorism' - when the most enduring menace, and source of terror, is them. The fanatics who attacked America came from Saudi Arabia and Egypt. No bombs fell on these American protectorates. Instead, more than 5,000 civilians have been bombed to death in stricken Afghanistan. Not a single al-Qaeda leader of importance has been caught. The drum-beaters rarely mention this truth, and the people of Iraq. Everyone is Saddam Hussein, the demon of demons. Four years ago, the Pentagon warned President Clinton that an all-out attack on Iraq might kill 'at least' 10,000 civilians: that, too, is unmentionable. In a sustained propaganda campaign to justify this outrage, journalists on both sides of the Atlantic have been used as channels, 'conduits', for a stream of rumours and lies. These have ranged from false claims about an Iraqi connection with the anthrax attacks in America to a discredited link between the leader of the 11 September hijacks and Iraqi intelligence. When the attack comes, these consorting journalists will share responsibility for the crime. From Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, an ally of crypto-fascists, to impeccably liberal commentators, the new imperialists share a concept whose true meaning relies on a xenophobic or racist comparison with those who are deemed uncivilised, culturally inferior and might challenge the 'values' of the West. Watch the 'debates' on Newsnight. The question is how best 'we' can deal with the problem of 'them'. 'Let it not be said that people in the United States did nothing when their government declared a war without limit and instituted stark new measures of repression. We believe that questioning, criticism and dissent must be valued and protected. Such rights are always contested and must be fought for. We, too, watched with shock the horrific events of September 11. But the mourning had barely begun when our leaders launched a spirit of revenge. The government now openly prepares to wage war on Iraq - a country that has no connection with September 11. 'We say this to the world. Too many times in history people have waited until it was too late to resist. We draw on the inspiration of those who fought slavery and all those other great causes of freedom that began with dissent. We call on all like-minded people around the world to join us.' It is time we joined them. UP! CAPITALISM DEAD BY 2030 MAYNARD KEYNES Capitalism is not the root of our problem. We seem to have two essential problems - one personal/spiritual and the other social/political. The personal/spiritual problem is the non-recognition of genius at the heart of being and becoming. We are all born with a little genius - if that were not so we would all be apes! The trouble is that our societies are so class-ridden and conformist (and so crucified by convention) that by the age of 18 or so we have very little genius left! But we retain the power to recognise it in others, and that is our saving grace. Blake called genius - God; just as he called brotherhood and forgiveness - Jesus. The social/political limitation is - war and coercion - born of civilisation, kingship, empires, priesthoods and armies some 6000 years ago. Today empires and war are on their way out. The USA is the last great empire and it is currently heading into its last lethal round-up, over Iraq next Spring. Peter Cadogan / uk. U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U UP P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P the UP! //:-) la - la - la - lap-toppling da system! 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