This is a trailer for Samsara – a documentary shot entirely on 70mm film and five years in the making. Samsara (or Sansara) means “continuous flow”. It is teh cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth. Although, today it is more often used to refer to possessios or a place. The documentary uses powerful images […]
Planet Under Pressure: The Anthropocene
You should watch this video and learn about the “Anthropocene”. This is a new era for the world – one in which the growth of mankind is a force equivalent in scale to a major geological process. Or perhaps you don’t care – if that’s the case then the animation is still worth watching. It’s […]
What is the meaning of Self?
What if each one of us where trillions of semi-independent functions each with their own evolutionary agenda? What if? That’s exactly what biological science is suggesting is true. This could be startling and thought provoking news to many people. It raises lots of questions – a key one being “What is Self?”. Where does your […]
Funny video gives us a crash course in Islam and the Five Pillars
This video is from a series of crash-course history lessons. It starts by making the case that in the West the history of Islam is not well known. It’s hard to debate that. John Green is charismatic and funny in this video – and yet it quickly covers the history of Islam without religious bias and judgement. […]
10 amazing pictures of Earth for Earth Day
Today is Earth Day. It is a time to recognise the planet we live on and the challenges we face with it. To celebrate Earth Day this blog, In Pure Spirit, has collected 10 amazing pictures of nature which have surfaced on LiveJournal communties. None of these pictures were shared originally with a photographer attribution […]
Earth Day music: made by nature by Burt’s Bees
Burt’s Bees is a brand behind natural skin care, hair care, soaps, baby productions and natural lotions. The brand, which is active in the States and the UK, makes sure they have a community focus and you can read about their effort for Earth Day in their forum. It’s also worth checking out this video […]
Most Haunted to return in 2012?
Most Haunted was one of the most popular ghost hunting TV shows in the UK. Many would credit it with creating the genre. It has been off the air for years however there have been some developments. In 2011 Sky Living decided not to recommission Most Haunted but did give the rights to the brand […]
The Beautiful Perpetual Ocean
This animation uses algorithms from NASA to work out how the surface tides of the ocean would flow and shift. It carefully paces these flows as they progress over the years so we can see the patterns and swirls they make. The result is a wonderful visual that reminds this blogger of van Gogh’s The […]
Is the South Carolina sea monster just a sturgeon?
The internet was a buzz with questions about a strange creature that washed up on Folly Beach in South Carolina. The creature, clearly aquatic, was huge. The monster was also a strange, pale, orange. There was talk about mutation – the result of the BP oil disaster, some said. However, it seems more likely that […]
Sponsored Video: Technology and Pheromones
Relationships are always complex – more complex than the most sophisticated computer network or program. In fact, a single brain is a more intricate than the world’s most powerful super-computer due to the billions synapses and neurons. That’s why men and women react to a far wider range of stimuli than computers and do so […]
