Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds - An Excellent Film about Spirituality

Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds (2012)

Director: Daniel Schmidt

Garnering high ratings on all film review sites, I was somewhat surprised that I hadn't heard of this movie until recently.  Normally, high ratings wouldn't be convincing enough, but I felt something drawing me towards this movie, and I'm glad I decided to give it a chance. The final verdict: a well-made, philosophically thought provoking, and, although unclear to me at present, motivating movie (on some indescribable and fundamental level). Most highly recommended.

Summary:
"There is one vibratory field that connects all things. It has been called Akasha, Logos, the primordial OM, the music of the spheres, the Higgs field, dark energy, and a thousand other names throughout history. The vibratory field is at the root of all true spiritual experience and scientific investigation. It is the same field of energy that saints, Buddhas, yogis, mystics, priests, shamans and seers, have observed by looking within themselves. Many of history's monumental thinkers, such a Pythagoras, Kepler, Leonardo DaVinci, Tesla, and Einstein, have come to the threshold of this great mystery. It is the common link between all religions, all sciences, and the link between our inner worlds and our outer worlds." (from http://www.imdb.com/)

YouTube links to Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds:

• "Akasha"
• "The Spiral" 
• "Serpent & Lotus"
• "Beyond Thinking"

Alternatively, all 4 parts combined into 1 video can be purchased from the movie's website. It can be downloaded as well for free at archive.org.

I haven't seen the follow up film, Samadhi Movie, but since it's made by the same folks I'll be watching it in the very near future:

• "Maya"
• "The Hindrances"

 

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Harden Security and Misc. Tasks for Ubuntu 15+

Remove Misc. Lenses from the Unity Dash:
Note: You may not want to do this if you're new to Ubuntu 14+
sudo apt-get autoremove unity-lens-music unity-lens-photos unity-lens-video

Install Unity Tweak Tools: sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool

Install Ubuntu Tweak: http://ubuntu-tweak.com/

Install Preload:
Predicts applications and loads them into memory based on the ones you run the most.
sudo apt-get install preload

Enable the firewall: sudo ufw enable

Secure shared memory space:
sudo gedit /etc/fstab

Add the following line:
none /run/shm tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0

Deny "su" to everyone except administrators:
sudo dpkg-statoverride --update --add root sudo 4750 /bin/su

Secure your Home directory:
chmod 0700 /home/username

Disable guest account access:
echo allow-guest=false | sudo tee -a /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-ubuntu.conf

Misc. other security tools

• Facebook security checkup tool (more info available at https://threatpost.com/facebook-security-checkup-tool-keeps-tabs-on-security-settings/114039)

17 Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu 14.04

1) Always show menus:
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity always-show-menus true

2) Install Privacy Indicator:
"The goal of Privacy Indicator is to make it easy it change settings that influence the user’s privacy or the automatic collection of data and to delete automatically collected data."
http://www.florian-diesch.de/software/indicator-privacy/
or
http://www.florian-diesch.de/software/indicator-privacy/dist/indicator-privacy_0.05_all.deb

3) Install Unity Folders:
"Easy way to organize your apps, files, folders, chrome web apps, links and shell scripts. Tested on Ubuntu 14.04"
http://unity-folders.exceptionfound.com/
or
http://unity-folders.exceptionfound.com/unity-launcher-folders_1.0.3_all.deb

4) Install System Load Indicator:
"A system load monitor capable of displaying graphs for CPU, ram, and swap space use, plus network traffic."
https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/precise/indicator-multiload/

5) Install Laptop Mode Tools (if applicable):
"Laptop mode is a Linux kernel feature that allows your laptop to save considerable power, by allowing the hard drive to spin down for longer periods of time."
sudo apt-get install laptop-mode-tools

6) Install Bleachbit:
"Free cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, shred temporary files, delete logs, and discard junk."
sudo apt-get install bleachbit

7) Install codecs and enable DVD playback:
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gxine libdvdread4 icedax tagtool easytag id3tool lame nautilus-script-audio-convert libmad0 mpg321 gstreamer1.0-libav

8) Enable playing encrypted DVDs:
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/./install-css.sh

9) Install Flash plugin on browser:
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer

10) Install Preload:
"Speeds up application load time by monitoring the software that is loaded and used day to day, the software used most often, and cache them in memory."
sudo apt-get install preload

11) Swappiness:
"Swappiness is a Linux kernel parameter that controls the relative weight given to swapping out runtime memory."
sudo gedit /etc/sysctl.conf

Add the following lines:
#Use workable swap level
vm.swappiness=10

#Improve cache management
vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50

12) Re-enable Ctl-Alt-Backspace:
sudo gedit /etc/default/keyboard

Replace XKBOPTIONS="" with this line:
XKBOPTIONS="terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"

13) Block connections to Ubuntu's Ad server
sudo iptables -A OUTPUT -d 91.189.92.11 -j DROP

14) Install extra archive utilities:
sudo apt-get install p7zip-rar p7zip-full unace unrar zip unzip sharutils rar uudeview mpack arj cabextract file-roller

15) Install GNOME Music player:
sudo apt-get install gnome-music

16) Install rkhunter and chkrootkit:
sudo apt-get install rkhunter chkrootkit

Run and update rkhunter using the following commands:
sudo rkhunter --update
sudo rkhunter -c -l Desktop/rkhunterlog.txt

Run chkrootkit by simply running:
sudo chkrootkit

17) Install Aptik:
"Aptik is an open source package that simplify backup and restore of PPAs, Applications and Packages after a fresh installation or upgradation of Debian based Ubuntu, Linux Mint and other Ubuntu derivatives."
http://www.teejeetech.in/
or
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/67740416/linux/aptik-latest-i386.deb?dl=1

Mozilla Tweaks (Partial List)

In searching around the Internet recently, I came across some cool add-ons for Mozilla Firefox that I thought I would share (and keep in an organized place for myself, especially since I am always having to redo one of my systems). Here are the links and information:

+ Greasemonkey Add-on for Firefox:

• Step 1: Use Firefox to navigate to the Greasemonkey Add-on page;


• Step 2: Click the Add to Firefox button, assuming you are using a compatible version (as of this writing, versions 1.5 to 3.0.* are supported);


• Step 3: Restart Firefox and ensure Greasemonkey is enabled by glancing at the lower right corner of the Firefox window. If it has been installed correctly there will be a smiling monkey there to greet you;


• Step 4: Find user scripts to install at the following website: userscripts.org.

Now, if you use Gmail and like to organize using labels (or wish there was a way to organize using a folder-like structure), go to userscripts.org and install Folders4Gmail, a script allowing folder-like organization using the label interface.


Some other Greasemonkey scripts I found useful follow:

+ YousableTubeFix - Enhances YouTube
"Removes ads and unwanted sections (configurable), allows downloading and resizing videos, displays all comments on video page, expands the description, can prevent autoplay and autodownload, adds a HD (High Definition) select, etc..."

+ Script Updater
"Regularly checks us.o for updates for all of your scripts."


Other Firefox Add-ons that I found useful/interesting:

+ Download Statusbar
"View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar - without the download window getting in the way of your web browsing."

+ GooglePreview
"A Mozilla Firefox browser extension that inserts preview images (thumbnails) of web sites and popularity ranks into the Google and Yahoo search results pages. Thumbnails are created and provided by GooglePreview servers."

+ IE Tab
"Embedding Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox"

+ Microsoft.NET Framework Assistant
Add-in for Firefox that allows publishing and installation of ClickOnce applications. Included in the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 update.

+ Firefox Showcase
"Showcase provides a new way to manage your Firefox tabs and windows by showing them as thumbnails in a single window, tab or sidebar. Includes a find bar that will filter the thumbnails, and the capability to select the thumbnails in the same way you would select files in your system."

+ Download Statusbar
"View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar - without the download window getting in the way of your web browsing."

+ PDF Downloader
"PDF Download by Nitro PDF Software is the leading tool for handling and viewing Web-based PDF files and is enjoyed by millions of Firefox and Flock users every day. The browser extension removes the pain often experienced when encountering PDF files online, and now lets you quickly convert your Web pages into high-quality PDFs that are ideal for archiving, printing and sharing."

+ Toolbar Buttons
"Toolbar Buttons is the single biggest button pack for Firefox, Thunderbird or Sunbird there is. You will find buttons that enable hidden functionality or is too many clicks away, but some of the best buttons are those unique to the extension, a number that is ever increasing."

+ Xoopit
"Browse all your email and web photos and videos in one spot. Photo and YouTube links sent to you are automatically collected, saving you the hassle of going to these sites."

More coming soon (direct links below)... Enjoy!

Chris

P.S. Here are the direct links to the extensions if you wish to skip obtaining them from their respective websites:

Direct link for Download Statusbar v0.9.6.3: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/file/30823/download_statusbar-0.9.6.3-fx.xpi

Direct link for GooglePreview v3.16: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/file/41521/googlepreview-3.16-fx.xpi

Direct link for IE Tab v1.5.20080823: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/file/36071/ie_tab-1.5.20080823-fx-win.xpi

Direct link for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (Full Package): http://download.microsoft.com/download/2/0/e/20e90413-712f-438c-988e-fdaa79a8ac3d/dotnetfx35.exe

Direct link for Firefox Showcase v0.9.4.9: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/file/26752/firefox_showcase-0.9.4.9-fx.xpi

Direct link for Download Statusbar v0.9.6.3: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/file/30823/download_statusbar-0.9.6.3-fx.xpi

Direct link for PDF Download v2.0.0.0: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/file/34070/pdf_download-2.0.0.0-fx.xpi

Direct link for Toolbar Buttons v0.6.0.4: http://codefisher.org/download/toolbar_buttons/toolbar-buttons-0.6.0.4.xpi

Direct link for Xoopit for Gmail v1.0.11406: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/file/40714/xoopit_for_gmail-1.0.11406-fx.xpi

Welcome!

This blog will be the stage for my writings, past and present. It's not really addressed to anyone, nor do I expect it to be read. It's just an arena for me to catalog writings that at one time meant a great deal to me, all of them older than six years or more. If you do decide to join in this act of transcription, then please feel welcome and make yourself comfortable. Indeed many things will come to pass.

Having said that...

The issue is, for me, wanting to write when the fever takes over and consumes the pages… I prefer to write when I’m fully aware of what is being written, and really delve deep into the text as if we all were sitting adjacent.

The damned feeling that something great needs to be done hovers right out of arms length.

I guess it lies in the inherent gap in language, where all these enigmatic words/feelings/desires lay waiting patiently by, especially when all of the texts and words slide through the cracks in the floor.

For that we can still talk and be amazed at it all.