“Quasars reveal the early universe moved slower than it does now | CNN”

 

 

Scientists have peered into the early days of the universe, when it was about 1 billion years old, and discovered that things moved in slow motion compared with now.

The finding supports Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, which suggests that the distant universe moved much more slowly in the past.

Given the vastness of the universe, studying its earliest days is like looking back in time. Faint light from the oldest galaxies is still traveling across the universe to reach Earth, so the farthest reaches of the universe visible to scientists is light from the past.

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Link contributed by Gene Savoy, Jr.



“Scientists find key evidence for existence of nanohertz gravitational waves”

 

nanohertz gravitational waves

 

A group of Chinese scientists has recently found key evidence for the existence of nanohertz gravitational waves, marking a new era in nanohertz gravitational wave research. The research was based on pulsar timing observations carried out with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST).

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Cosolargy Newsletter November 2023

 

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Services for the Week of November 18, 2023

 

 

Saturday, November 18, 2023
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child

RRF Gene Savoy, Jr.
Lector: Rev. Noriko Roy
Cantor: Rev. Greg Kninedinst
Reader: Sonya Savoy

6:00 PM Pannuches
Chapel of The Holy Child

RRF Gene Savoy, Jr.
RF Ted Staver

Sunday, November 19, 2023
SUNRISE DIVINE SERVICE
Church of the New Epiphany
Leave: 5:45
Gate: 6:20
Service Starts: 6:37
Sunrise: 6:52
RRF Gene Savoy, Jr.
Concelebrants:
RF Robert Petrovich
Rev. Bruce Kanzelmeyer
Assistant: RM Barbara Whitney

OPEN-AIR COMMUNION

Church of The Americas Rev. Shane Grady

Church of The New Covenant Claudia Grady

Wednesday, November 22, 2023
12:00 NOON COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child,
RRF Gene Savoy, Jr.

Friday, November 24, 2023
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
RC Amanda Buchanan



Once You Start on the Path of Spiritual Development, Stay on It

 

Marcus Aurelius

“Now that thou hast taken these names upon thee of good, modest, true; of emfrwn, sumfrwn, uperfrwn; take heed lest at any times by doing anything that is contrary, thou be but improperly so called, and lose thy right to these appellations. Or if thou do, return unto them again with all possible speed. And remember, that the word emfrwn notes unto thee an intent and intelligent consideration of every object that presents itself unto thee, without distraction. And the word emfrwn a ready and contented acceptation of whatsoever by the appointment of the common nature, happens unto thee. And the word sumfrwn, a super-extension, or a transcendent, and outreaching disposition of thy mind, whereby it passeth by all bodily pains and pleasures, honour and credit, death and whatsoever is of the same nature, as matters of absolute indifference, and in no wise to be stood upon by a wise man. These then if inviolably thou shalt observe, and shalt not be ambitious to be so called by others, both thou thyself shalt become a new man, and thou shalt begin a new life.” ~Marcus Aurelius

Emphrōn, Symphrōn, Hyperphrōn

Aurelius is making a little wordplay here with the last three adjectives in Greek which are emphrōn, symphrōn, and hyperphrōn. This is the translation in more modern English of that sentence.

“If you ever get to call yourself good, moral, honest, conscientious, amenable, and dignified, never exchange them for other labels or lose them. He is warning people that once they achieve such an honorable description, they take care not to lose it or violate it.

This doesn’t apply only to those attributes listed by Aurelius, but to all improvements made as part of your spiritual growth path and techniques, including the development of humility, and love for all.

Return to Them Again

Here, Aurelius is saying that if we should stray from the path of truth, justice, humility, and love, rather than quitting in frustration, we must make every attempt to get back on the path. While we shouldn’t brush it off as meaningless, we should also not give up too readily when we stray. For the vast majority of people, the path of spiritual development is often two steps forward, one step back, rather than a steady path forward. Partly, this is because the forces of darkness try so hard to pull us away from the Path of Light.

Intent and Intelligent Consideration

Here, Aurelius is telling us that one thing we can do to help prevent us from straying off The Path is to think out each thing before we do it carefully. Ask ourselves if it is what a peaceful, loving person of humility should do. If not, don’t do it. Some modern Christians would say, “Ask what would Jesus Do?” That would be good advice if they actually knew what Jesus would do, but they have made it clear that many of them have no idea what Jesus would do, only what their favorite preacher would do, and those preachers are rarely true representatives of the teachings of Jesus. By now we should all know that the true path to God and salvation is through humility and love, as well as Solar techniques, so by simply asking ourselves if the thing we are about to do or say meets those criteria, we should be heading in the right direction. Eventually, most of us develop our intuition well enough that it helps keep us from straying.

Pain, Pleasure, Death, and Indifference

Aurelius says that pain, pleasure, death, and indifference are “in no wise to be stood upon by a wise man.” So he is advising us to avoid doing anything that brings pain or death to others and to avoid being indifferent to the pains and difficulties of others, even strangers. Pleasures may seem out of place here, but there are different kinds of pleasures, and Aurelius is warning us not to take pleasure in things that are mostly physical in nature, such as overeating and sexual indulgences. It is not so much that such things are bad in themselves, but that we tend to get attached to physical pleasures and then they easily distract us away from the spiritual. The ancient spiritual teachers warned that becoming attached to physical things tends to slow down, if not stop, our spiritual progress. And it provides openings for the dark beings to attack and manipulate us. So as Marcus warns, do not be ambitious, and become a new man or woman.

The image used to illustrate this post shows Marcus Aurelius granting clemency to prisoners rather than having them put to death, so he practiced what he preached.



“Quantum Light Experiment Proves Photosynthesis Starts with a Single Photon”

 

photosynthesis illustration

 

The process that powers much of life on Earth, photosynthesis, is so finely tuned that just one photon is enough to kick it off.

Scientists have long suspected that photosynthesis must be sensitive to individual photons, or particles of light, because despite the way it dominates our days, the sun’s light is surprisingly sparse at the level of individual plant cells. But only now, with the help of quantum physics, have researchers been able to watch a single packet of light begin the process in an experiment described on June 14 in the journal Nature.

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“A new type of atomic nucleus discovered”

 

atomic nucleus

 

Researchers have succesfully produced a previously unknown atomic nucleus with 85 protons and 105 neutrons. In an experiment performed in the Accelerator Laboratory of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, the researchers produced 190-Astatine, the lightest isotope of astatine.

Astatine is a fast-decaying, hence is a rare element. The new isotope was created by fusing 84Sr beam particles with silver target atoms. Using the detectors from the RITU recoil separator, the isotope was found among the products.

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“Decades-long bet on consciousness ends — and it’s philosopher 1, neuroscientist 0″

 

 

From Nature: “A 25-year science wager has come to an end. In 1998, neuroscientist Christof Koch bet philosopher David Chalmers that the mechanism by which the brain’s neurons produce consciousness would be discovered by 2023. Both scientists agreed publicly on June 23, at the annual meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC) in New York City, that it is still an ongoing quest, and declared Chalmers the winner.”

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Services for the Week of November 11, 2023

 

 

Saturday, November 11, 2023
10:00 AM COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child

RRF Gene Savoy, Jr.
Lector: Rev. Francine Petrovich
Cantor: Rev. Mike McIntyre
Reader: Dea. Stephan Fuelling

Sunday, November 12, 2023
SUNRISE DIVINE SERVICE
Cathedral of the Americas
Note: Daylight Saving Time ended this morning
Leave: 5:30
Gate: 6:15
Service Starts: 6:30
Sunrise: 6:45
RRF Gene Savoy, Jr.
Concelebrants:
RF Robert Petrovich
Rev. Bruce Kanzelmeyer
Assistant: RM Barbara Whitney

OPEN-AIR COMMUNION

Church of The End Times RF. Ted Staver

Church of The Christian Churches Rev. Mike McIntyre

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
12:00 NOON COMMUNION
Chapel of The Holy Child,
Rev Shinobu Fuelling

Friday, November 17, 2023
9:00 AM PRAYER & FELLOWSHIP
Chapel of the Roses
Rev. Noriko Roy



OCTOBER 2023: Intercession & Memorial Services

OCTOBER 2023

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The People of Ukraine
Kiyomi Sonoda †
Umeko Kuraoka †

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The People of Ukraine
Kiyomi Sonoda †
Umeko Kuraoka †
Taylor Martin †
Brody Mrkvicka
Amanda Black
Nickolett Montanez and her family

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The People of Ukraine
Prayer for Peace in Eastern Europe
The People of Israel and Palestine
Prayer for Peace in the Middle East

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The People of Ukraine
Prayer for Peace in Eastern Europe
The People of Israel and Palestine
Prayer for Peace in the Middle East

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The People of Ukraine
Prayer for Peace in Eastern Europe
The People of Israel and Palestine
Prayer for Peace in the Middle East
Gary Silverman †
Darla Waterman

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The People of Ukraine
Prayer for Peace in Eastern Europe
The People of Israel and Palestine
Prayer for Peace in the Middle East
Darla Waterman

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The People of Ukraine
Prayer for Peace in Eastern Europe
The People of Israel and Palestine
Prayer for Peace in the Middle East
Brenda Foster †
Teru Sonoda †
Cody Rollins

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The People of Ukraine
Prayer for Peace in Eastern Europe
The People of Israel and Palestine
Prayer for Peace in the Middle East
Brenda Foster †
Ryuichi Saitou
Cody Rollins

† indicates Memorial Prayer