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April 4, 2023

The Eight-Circuit Model of Consciousness

The Eight-Circuit Model of Consciousness is a psychological and philosophical framework originally developed by Timothy Leary, a psychologist and counterculture figure, and later expanded upon by Robert Anton Wilson in his book “Prometheus Rising.” This model suggests that the human brain operates on eight interconnected “circuits” or levels of consciousness....

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December 16, 2022

i’m a little late to the party with this

OK, so i know I’m a little late to the party with this, but it took me a little while to source all the goodies. Here is my advent calendar for you. I went for a music theme because, well, why not?! And it’s rock n’ roll, so I can’t...

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November 9, 2022

Would anybody care if you went missing

Putin has begun training high school students for war. You know you’re in the shit when you have to start training 15- and 16-year-old boys how to fire an assault rifle and dress a field wound. This, he hopes, will put fear into the people at home and convince them...

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August 30, 2022

How’s your thinking?

I’m currently testing out H5P, a free web app that allows you to create interactive content. The app was created to give freelance e-learning designers like me, an open source and free alternative to the pricey commercial e-learning authoring tools. This is an interactive video I made with H5P. It’s...

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July 28, 2022

A personal development and self-improvement playbook

Ok, I finally pushed publish on my new learning and development project. It’s a personal development and self-improvement program delivered in the form of a newsletter. Each issue consists of a microlearning module and links to additional resources to support the selected topic. each week, the microlearning module will cover...

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December 30, 2021

I think I’m going to take on a massive blogging project and do the Indie blogging thing for a year.

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November 18, 2021

The Only Time You Don’t Have Time

The only time you don’t have time is when you don’t and that only happens once! Even the best of us get tripped up by the things we preach about regularly. And today, I got tripped up, but I quickly caught myself, made the necessary adjustments, and then soldiered on....

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July 3, 2021

MJ002 The Musical Journey Show

If you didn’t catch the Musical Journey show live this week (why not?) here’s the replay. We had a great time exploring some of favourite tracks in the indie / alt rock genre. This is a genre not so familiar to Cristina so it was definitely a journey for her....

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June 28, 2021

MJ001 The Musical Journey Show (Reboot)

soulcruzer, back from his intergalactic trip, finds a world in desperate need of some musical loving to unite our souls as only music can! he dusts off decks, finds the nearest internet connection, and beams a burst of musical joy through cyberspace…

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June 10, 2021

Digital Calm #30

We venture into deep water on this episode tackling consciousness and self-awareness and how they affect who we believe ourselves to be. On the playlist we have music from Justin Warfield, Air, Beth Orton, Skylab, Poets of Thought and more.

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September 21, 2020

The Internet is our soma

It’s not as if I didn’t know this already. We are, without a doubt, collectively addicted to the Internet. It doesn’t matter how many digital detoxes you go on, or how many times you delete all the social media apps from your phone (to include WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram), you will...

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July 5, 2020

Still working on the groove

I didn’t blog as much as wanted to this week. My notebook is full of scribbles, but I haven’t digested them yet. Nor I have I edited all of the photos, but here a few from mu Batsford walk and my wanderings around the paths that lead out from my...

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June 30, 2020

Re-inventing myself

“Like the legend of the phoenix, all ends with beginnings” – Daft Punk This is my first entry on the new soulcruzer site. I am not new to blogging. I’ve been in the game since 2004. My most consistent trait as a blogger has been experimentation. If you’ve been a...

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October 18, 2019

Lost in the woods

Admiral McRaven has put into words what has been on mind and spirit for the past three and butt years. America has lost its way because the leaders of the country have lost their way and have lost sight of America’s values and what we stand for as a Nation....

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September 23, 2016

Let’s Tweetup!

Art is for everybody. It’s not about going to an art gallery where you have to ring the bell to get in.  We don’t want it to feel like it’s prescriptive.  We want you to walk in and look at something and have it resonate and think I love that....

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September 10, 2016

Netwalking in the Clent Hills

I have a love/hate relationship with small business networking events, but netwalking – networking while hiking – is awesome.  What makes it different is we’re  all focused on the shared activity of walking – the networking is secondary and happens naturally as we walk along the trail talking with one...

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