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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.09,0:00:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Pythagorian philosopher Plato hinted
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.09,0:00:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enigmatically that there was a golden key
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.81,0:00:13.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that unified all of the mysteries of the universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.07,0:00:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is this golden key that we will return\Nto time
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.06,0:00:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and again throughout our exploration.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.00,0:00:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The golden key is the intelligence of the\Nlogos,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.05,0:00:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the source of the primordial om.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.08,0:00:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One could say that it is the mind of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.04,0:00:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With our limited senses we are observing only\Nthe outer
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.08,0:00:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manifestation of the hidden mechanics of self\Nsimilarity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.09,0:00:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The source of this divine symmetry is the\Ngreatest mystery of our existence.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.04,0:00:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of history's monumental thinkers such\Nas Pythagoras, Keppler,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.06,0:01:05.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leonardo da Vinci, Tesla and Einstein have\Ncome to the threshold the mystery.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.09,0:01:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Einstein said, "the most beautiful thing we\Ncan experience is the mysterious.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.05,0:01:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the source of all true art and science.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.04,0:01:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He to whom this emotion is a stranger,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.01,0:01:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who can no longer pause wondering and stand\Nrapt in awe
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.06,0:01:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is as good as dead. His eyes are closed."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.04,0:01:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are in the position of a little child
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.09,0:01:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entering a huge library filled with books\Nin many different languages.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.08,0:01:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The child knows someone must have written\Nthose books.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.03,0:01:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does not know how.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.04,0:01:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does not understand the languages in which\Nthey are written.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.06,0:01:51.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The child dimly suspects a mysterious order\Nin the arrangement of the books
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.03,0:01:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but doesn't know what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.03,0:01:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That, it seems to me, is the attitude of even\Nthe most
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.04,0:02:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intelligent human being toward God.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.01,0:02:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see a universe marvelously arranged and\Nobeying certain laws.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.06,0:02:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our limited minds can not grasp the mysterious\Nforce that moves the constellations.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.46,0:02:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every scientist who looks deeply into the\Nuniverse
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.03,0:02:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every mystic who looks deeply within the\Nself,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.82,0:02:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eventually comes face to face with the same\Nthing:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.06,0:02:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Primordial Spiral.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.08,0:03:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A thousand years before the creation of the\Nancient observatory at Stonehenge,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.08,0:03:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the spiral was a predominant symbol on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.03,0:03:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ancient spirals can be found in all parts\Nof the globe.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.09,0:03:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thousands of ancient spirals such as these\Ncan be found all over Europe,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.08,0:03:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,North American New Mexico, Utah, Australia,\NChina, Russia.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.10,0:03:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Virtually every indigenous culture on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.02,0:03:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ancient spirals symbolize growth, expansion\Nand cosmic energy embodied within the sun
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.16,0:03:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the heavens.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.01,0:03:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The spiral form is mirroring the macrocosm\Nof the unfolding universe itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.38,0:03:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In native traditions, the spiral was the energetic\Nsource, the Primordial Mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.01,0:04:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Neolithic spirals at Newgrange, Ireland\Ndate back five thousand years.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.02,0:04:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are five hundred years old than the Great\NPyramid at Giza
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.49,0:04:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are just as enigmatic to modern observers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.60,0:04:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The spiral goes back to a time in history\Nwhen humans were more
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.05,0:04:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,connected to the Earth-to the cycles and spirals\Nof nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.13,0:04:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A time when humans were less identified with\Nthoughts.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.00,0:04:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The spiral is what we perceive to be the torque\Nof the universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.07,0:04:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prana, or creative force, swirls Akasha into\Na continuum of solid forms.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.01,0:04:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Found at all levels between the macrocosm\Nand the microcosm,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.98,0:04:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from spiral galaxies
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.01,0:04:53.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to weather systems,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.16,0:04:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the water in your bathtub,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.38,0:05:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to your DNA,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.04,0:05:09.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the direct experience of your own energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.01,0:05:11.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Primordial Spiral is not an idea,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.91,0:05:18.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but rather that which makes all conditions\Nand ideas possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.13,0:05:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Various types of spirals and helices are found\Nthroughout the natural world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.56,0:05:34.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Snails.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.95,0:05:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sea coral.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.73,0:05:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spider webs.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.51,0:06:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fossils.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.90,0:06:07.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seahorses' tails.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.22,0:06:16.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And shells.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.66,0:06:21.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many spirals appearing in nature are observable\Nas logarithmic spirals
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.41,0:06:22.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or growth spirals.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.73,0:06:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you move out from the center the spiral\Nsections get exponentially larger.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.84,0:06:37.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like Indra's Net of Jewels, logarithmic spirals\Nare self-similar
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.91,0:06:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or holographic such that the characteristics\Nof every part are
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.08,0:06:44.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reflected in the whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.100,0:06:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,2400 years ago in ancient Greece, Plato considered\Ncontinuous
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.17,0:06:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,geometric proportion to be the most profound\Ncosmic bond.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.47,0:07:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Golden Ratio, or divine proportion was\Nnature's greatest secret.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.02,0:07:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Golden Ratio can be expressed as
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.25,0:07:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ratio of A + B to A is the same as the\Nratio of A to B.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.92,0:07:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To Plato, the world's soul binds together\Ninto one harmonic resonance.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.94,0:07:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same pentagonal pattern that exists in\Na starfish,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.84,0:07:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in a slice of okra, can be seen in the\Npath of
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.42,0:07:39.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the planet Venus traced in the night sky over\Nan eight year period.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.06,0:07:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The intelligible world of forms above and\Nthe visible world of material
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.75,0:08:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,objects below, through this principle of geometric\Nself similarity.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.07,0:08:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From the self-similar spiral patterns of the\NRomanesco broccoli
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.15,0:08:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the arms of galaxies, logarithmic spirals\Nare a ubiquitous and
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.03,0:08:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,archetypal pattern.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.67,0:08:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our own Milky Way galaxy has several spiral\Narms which are logarithmic
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.04,0:08:23.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spirals with a pitch of about 12 degrees.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.60,0:08:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The greater the pitch of the spiral, the tighter\Nthe turns.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.01,0:08:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you observe a plant growing in time-lapse\Nvideo you witness it
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.01,0:08:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dancing with the spiral of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.00,0:09:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A golden spiral is a logarithmic spiral that\Ngrows outward
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.02,0:09:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a factor of the Golden Ratio.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.04,0:09:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Golden Ratio is a special mathematical\Nrelationship that pops up
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.78,0:09:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over and over in nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.83,0:09:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pattern that is observable follows what\Nis called the Fibonacci series
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.96,0:09:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Fibonacci sequence.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.07,0:09:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Fibonacci series unfolds such that each\Nnumber is the sum of the previous two numbers.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.10,0:09:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The German mathematician and astronomer Keppler\Ndiscovered that self similar
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.03,0:09:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spiral patterns are observable in the way\Nleaves are arranged on stems of plants.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.96,0:09:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or in the floret and petal arrangements of\Nflowers.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.03,0:09:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leonardo da Vinci observed that the spacing\Nof leaves
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.04,0:09:55.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was often in spiral patterns.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.01,0:09:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These patterns are called "phyllotaxis" patterns
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.10,0:10:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or leaf arrangement patterns.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.95,0:10:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Phyllotaxis arrangements can be seen in self-organizing
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.04,0:10:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DNA nucleotides
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.88,0:10:21.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in everything from the family trees of\Nreproducing rabbits,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.77,0:10:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to pine cones,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.82,0:10:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cacti,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.03,0:10:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to snowflakes
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.96,0:10:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in simple organisms such as diatoms.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.09,0:10:34.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Diatoms are one of the most common types of\Nphytoplankton;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.69,0:10:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,single celled organisms that provide food\Nfor countless species
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.08,0:11:05.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout the food chain.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.65,0:11:15.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How much math do you need to know to be a\Nsunflower or a bee?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.38,0:11:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nature doesn't consult the physics department\Nto grow broccoli.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.02,0:11:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The structuring in nature happens automatically.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.10,0:11:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scientists in the field of nanotechnology\Nuse the term self-assembly
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.20,0:11:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to describe the way complexes are formed such\Nas
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.10,0:11:35.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the initial hexagonal phase of DNA formation.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.03,0:11:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In nanotechnology engineering, carbon nanotubes\Nare
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.05,0:11:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comprised of a similar arrangement of materials.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.04,0:11:47.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nature does this type of geometry over and\Nover, effortlessly.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.09,0:11:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Automatically. Without a calculator.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.02,0:11:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nature is precise and extremely efficient.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.05,0:11:59.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the famous architect and author\NBuckminster Fuller,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.44,0:12:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these patterns are a function of timespace.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.10,0:12:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DNA and honeycomb are the shape they are for\Nthe same reason a bubble is round.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.01,0:12:13.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the most efficient shape for requiring\Nthe least amount of energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.21,0:12:18.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Space itself has shape and allows only certain\Nconfigurations for matter,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.01,0:12:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always defaulting to what is most efficient.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.63,0:12:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These patterns are the strongest and most\Nefficient way to build
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.01,0:12:41.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,architectural structures such as geodesic\Ndomes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.09,0:12:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Logarithmic spiral patterns allow plants maximum\Nexposure to insects
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.71,0:12:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for pollination, maximum exposure to sunlight\Nand rain
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.07,0:12:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and allow them to efficiently spiral water\Ntowards their roots.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.05,0:13:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Birds of prey use the logarithmic spiral pattern\Nto stalk their next meal.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.15,0:13:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Flying in a spiral is the most efficient way\Nto hunt.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.84,0:13:28.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One's ability to see the spiral of life dancing\NAkasha into material form
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.88,0:13:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is related to one's ability to see beauty\Nand symmetry in nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.71,0:13:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Poet William Blake said, "the vegetative universe\Nopens like a flower
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.88,0:13:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Earth's center, in which is eternity.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.07,0:13:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It expands from stars to the mundane shell
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.05,0:14:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there it meets eternity again both within\Nand without."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.00,0:14:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The study of patterns in nature is not something\Nthat is very
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.03,0:14:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,familiar in the West, but in ancient China,\Nthis science was known as "Li."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.31,0:14:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Li reflects the dynamic order and pattern\Nin nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.50,0:14:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it is not pattern thought of as something\Nstatic,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.38,0:14:33.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,frozen or unchanging, like a mosaic.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.02,0:14:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is dynamic pattern as embodied in all living\Nthings.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.09,0:14:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The arteries of leaves, the markings of the\Ntortoise
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.33,0:14:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the veined patterns on rocks are all expressions\Nof nature's
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.07,0:14:55.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,secret language and art.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.07,0:14:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The labyrinth is one of many Li patterns.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.88,0:15:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is found in coral structures,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.09,0:15:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mushrooms like the morel,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.04,0:15:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cabbages,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.14,0:15:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the human brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.25,0:15:23.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cellular pattern is another common pattern\Nin nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.01,0:15:26.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are a myriad of different cellular structures
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.64,0:15:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all have a similar orderliness defined\Nby their purpose and function.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.53,0:15:40.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is easy to be mesmerized with the constant\Nplay of forms,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.07,0:15:44.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what is most interesting is that certain\Narchetypal forms
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.57,0:15:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seem to be woven into the fabric of nature\Nat all.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.81,0:15:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The branching pattern is another Li pattern\Nor archetypal pattern
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.38,0:16:26.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is observable at all levels and in all\Nfractal scales.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.07,0:16:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take for example, this incredible image of\Na supercomputer simulation
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.07,0:16:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,known as the "millennium run"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.06,0:16:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showing the distribution of dark matter in\Nthe local universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.04,0:16:41.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was created by the Max Planck Society in\NGermany.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.04,0:16:49.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dark matter is what we previously thought\Nof as empty space.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.37,0:17:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is like an invisible nervous system that\Nruns throughout the universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.26,0:17:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The universe is literally like a giant brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.00,0:17:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is constantly thinking using a type of\Ndark or hidden energy
Dialogue: 0,0:17:08.08,0:17:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that science is only starting to understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.07,0:17:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through this immense network, unfathomable\Nenergy moves
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.34,0:17:42.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,providing the momentum for the expansion and\Ngrowth of the universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.08,0:17:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nature creates branching patterns automatically\Nwhen we set up the right conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:50.31,0:17:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nature is an art generating machine or a beauty-creating\Nengine.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.42,0:18:00.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, electricity is being used to grow silver\Ncrystal branches.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.41,0:18:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The footage is time-lapsed as they grow over\Nseveral hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.66,0:18:10.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The crystals form on the aluminum cathode\Nas ions are electrodeposited
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.08,0:18:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a silver nitrate solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.04,0:18:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The formation is self-organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.79,0:18:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are seeing artwork generated by nature\Nitself.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.03,0:18:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe said,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.02,0:18:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"beauty is a manifestation of secret natural\Nlaws which otherwise
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.56,0:18:37.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would have been hidden from us forever."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.09,0:18:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this sense, everything in nature is alive,\Nself-organizing.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.10,0:18:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When higher voltage is used the fractal branching\Nbecomes even more obvious.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.08,0:19:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is happening in real time.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:21.90,0:19:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the human body, tree-like structures and\Npatterns are found throughout.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.04,0:19:29.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are, of course, the nervous systems\Nthat
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.10,0:19:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Western medicine knows about.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.43,0:19:37.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in Chinese, Ayurvedic and Tibetan medicine\Nthe energy meridians
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.02,0:19:41.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are an essential component to understanding\Nhow the body functions.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.54,0:19:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The "nadis," or energy meridians form tree-like\Nstructures.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.92,0:19:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A post mortem examination will not reveal\Nthe chakras or the nadis,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:51.07,0:19:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that does not mean they do not exist.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.43,0:19:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to refine your tool that you use\Nto look.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.02,0:20:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You must first learn to quiet your own mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:02.08,0:20:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only then you will observe these things first\Nwithin yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.03,0:20:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In electrical theory, the less resistance\Nin a wire,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:12.01,0:20:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more easily it can carry energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:15.03,0:20:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you cultivate equanimity through meditation
Dialogue: 0,0:20:18.40,0:20:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it creates a state of non-resistance in your\Nbody.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.01,0:20:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prana, or chi, or inner energy is simply your\Ninner aliveness.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.07,0:20:33.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you feel when you bring your consciousness\Nwithin the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.01,0:20:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The subtle wires within your body that carry\NPrana, the nadis,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.42,0:20:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become able to move more and more pranic energy\Nthrough the chakras.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.09,0:20:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your wiring becomes stronger as you use it,\Nas you allow energy to flow.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.53,0:20:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where ever consciousness is placed chi, or\Nenergy, will begin to flow
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.55,0:21:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and physical connections blossom.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.05,0:21:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within the brain and nervous system, physical\Nwiring patterns
Dialogue: 0,0:21:03.07,0:21:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become established by repetition.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:08.10,0:21:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By continually placing your attention within
Dialogue: 0,0:21:11.06,0:21:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lowering resistance to the sensations\Nyou are experiencing,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.04,0:21:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you increase your energetic capacity.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:33.10,0:21:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Taoism, the yin yang symbol represents\Nthe inter-penetration
Dialogue: 0,0:21:37.08,0:21:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the spiral forces of nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.08,0:21:46.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The yin yang is not two and not one.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:46.01,0:21:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ancient concept of the "hara" is represented\Nby
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.00,0:21:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a yinyang or spiral swirl.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.80,0:21:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the power center located within the\Nbelly below the navel.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.05,0:22:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hara means literally sea or ocean of energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:02.17,0:22:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In China, the hara is called the lower dantien.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.05,0:22:08.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In many forms of Asian martial arts,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.79,0:22:15.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the warrior with strong hara is said to be\Nunstoppable.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.07,0:22:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the Samurai tradition one form of ritual\Nsuicide or
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.92,0:22:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seppuku was hara kiri, which was often mispronounced\Nas "hairy cairy".
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.01,0:22:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means to impale one's hara thereby cutting\Noff one's
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.92,0:22:37.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,chi or energy channel.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.06,0:22:41.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moving from this center creates the grounded\Ngraceful movement
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.02,0:22:52.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you see not only in martial arts,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.27,0:22:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in great golfers,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:57.01,0:23:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,belly dancers,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:07.92,0:23:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Sufi whirling dervishes.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.66,0:23:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the cultivation of single-pointed,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:12.10,0:23:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disciplined consciousness that is the essence\Nof hara;
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.01,0:23:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the stillness in the eye of the hurricane.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:31.00,0:23:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is the gut instinct in connection to one's\Nenergy source.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:49.41,0:23:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A person with good hara is connected to the\NEarth
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.79,0:24:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to the intuitive wisdom that connects\Nall beings.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.04,0:24:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To think with your belly, "hara de kanganasaii"
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.04,0:24:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to tap into your inner wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.05,0:24:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ancient Australian Aboriginees concentrated\Non the same area
Dialogue: 0,0:24:20.40,0:24:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just below the navel-where the cord of the\Ngreat rainbow serpent lay coiled.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.89,0:24:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, a representation of the evolutionary\Nenergy in humankind.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.55,0:24:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is no accident that it is in the hara where\Nnew life begins.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.08,0:24:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.05,0:24:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Enteric nervous system, sometimes referred\Nto as the "gut brain"
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.14,0:25:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is capable of maintaining a complex matrix\Nof connections
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.06,0:25:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,similar to the brain in the head, with its\Nown neurons and neurotransmitters.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:07.06,0:25:12.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It can act autonomously, that is with its\Nown intelligence.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.08,0:25:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could say that the gut brain is a fractal\Nversion of the head brain,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:17.03,0:25:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or perhaps the head brain is a fractal version\Nof the gut brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:22.01,0:25:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A healthy bear has strong hara.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:28.16,0:25:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When a bear knows where to forage for herbs,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.00,0:25:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it follows the movement of chi through its\Nsenses,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.64,0:25:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,centered in the hara, or belly.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.04,0:25:41.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the bear's connection to the dream\Nlodge; the place in native
Dialogue: 0,0:25:41.06,0:25:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traditions where all knowledge comes from\N- to the spiral of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.07,0:25:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But how did ancient peoples know about the\Nspiral if modern science
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.06,0:25:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is just starting now to recognize its significance?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:59.10,0:26:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask the bees, for they have not forgotten\Nhow to love.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.08,0:26:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bees have a special connection to the source
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.07,0:26:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as part of a symbiotic system helping beauty\Nand diversity to flourish.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:18.93,0:26:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They are a bridge between the macrocosm and\Nthe microcosm.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.80,0:26:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is one heart that connects all, a hive\Nmind if you will.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.10,0:26:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like an open brain, the hive sends out its\Ndreams to the world
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.08,0:26:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be manifested.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.42,0:26:51.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In nature many creatures know how to act unison,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.06,0:27:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to move with one spirit, one direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.06,0:27:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not all benefit the other species around\Nthem.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:46.04,0:27:50.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, the locust will devour everything\Nin its path.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:50.68,0:27:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A locust has no choice but to act like a locust.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:55.05,0:28:00.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will never make honey or pollinate plants\Nthe way a bee does.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.14,0:28:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A locust's behavior is rigid, but a human\Nis unique
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.01,0:28:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that we can act like a bee or we can act\Nlike a locust.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.43,0:28:12.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are free to change and manipulate the patterns
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.04,0:28:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how we interact with the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:15.05,0:28:16.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can exist symbiotically
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.09,0:28:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or as a parasite.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.01,0:28:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today humans try to understand the spiral\Nwith the rational mind
Dialogue: 0,0:28:39.53,0:28:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was never thinking that connected us\Nto the spiral of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:50.02,0:28:57.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have always been connected.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.06,0:29:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thinking has been what keeps us in the illusion\Nof separateness,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:01.00,0:29:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within our own identities.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:03.90,0:29:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thinking IS the creation of separateness.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:06.08,0:29:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The experience of limitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:09.06,0:29:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more we align with thought, the more removed\Nwe become from the source.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.30,0:29:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ancient cultures that were less thought-oriented\Naligned themselves
Dialogue: 0,0:29:21.06,0:29:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the spiral in a more direct and personal\Nway than we do today.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:26.53,0:29:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In ancient India, Kundalini is a representation\Nof one's
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.04,0:29:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inner energy which moves in snake-like or\Nhelix-like pattern up the spine.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.10,0:29:43.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the ancient yogic traditions of India the\Ninner worlds of people
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.51,0:29:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at that time were comparable to those of hara\Ncentered cultures.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:48.01,0:29:51.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To balance the power of the spiral with the\Nstillness of your
Dialogue: 0,0:29:51.18,0:29:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,witnessing consciousness is to align with\Nyour full evolutionary potential.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:56.10,0:30:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To blossom into the unique multi-faceted being\Nyou were designed to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:02.77,0:30:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ida"-the feminine or moon channel is connected\Nto the right brain
Dialogue: 0,0:30:10.01,0:30:18.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and "pingala" the masculine or sun channel\Nis connected to the left brain.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:18.28,0:30:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When these two channels are in balance, energy\Nflows up a third channel,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:23.80,0:30:28.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sushumna, along the center of the spine, energizing\Nthe chakras
Dialogue: 0,0:30:28.01,0:30:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and unlocking one's full evolutionary potential.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:33.05,0:30:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word "chakra" is an ancient Sanskrit word\Nmeaning energy wheel.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:42.01,0:30:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kundalini is nothing less than the primordial\Nspiral
Dialogue: 0,0:30:45.07,0:30:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that dances your human life into existence.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:48.06,0:30:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a different order of energy than we\Nnormally understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:53.14,0:30:57.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like a bridge from "gross matter" to the most\Nsubtle energies.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:57.79,0:31:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are that bridge.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:00.06,0:31:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Kundalini is not energy that can be forced\Nby will, effort and friction.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:04.07,0:31:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is analogous to growing a flower.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:07.04,0:31:14.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All we can do as good gardeners is prepare\Nthe soil and proper conditions,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:14.14,0:31:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let nature take its course.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:20.10,0:31:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you force a flower to open prematurely,\Nyou'll destroy it.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.02,0:31:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It grows with its own intelligence, with its\Nown self-organizing direction.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.28,0:31:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The egoic mind which fixates on the outer\Nworld
Dialogue: 0,0:31:35.01,0:31:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what keeps you from experiencing your true\Ninner vibratory nature.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.51,0:31:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When consciousness is turned within it becomes\Nlike the sun's rays
Dialogue: 0,0:31:45.28,0:31:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the lotus within begins to grow.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:52.01,0:31:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Kundalini awakens within one's self one\Nbegins to see
Dialogue: 0,0:31:56.28,0:31:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the signature of the spiral in all things.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.67,0:32:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In all patterns within and without.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:03.05,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This spiral is the link between our inner\Nworlds and our outer worlds.