Conflux No.21

	Gallery 1 A Point of Light
	One-line abstracts / of science news reports / to flummox your mind / and generate a chaotic flux / of yearning / in your non-existent soul. / And from amidst that chaos / emerge a few beautiful sutras / elucidating the science of the soul. / Yes, the soul does exist, / and only it exists! / That is the whole point.
	Kissing Cousins Sire Kids by the Dozens Related couples appear to have a reproductive advantage
	The Black Rat Cometh Genetic analysis reveals the rodent is on a global march, spreading disease as it goes
	Alchemy in the Age of the Laser Ultrafast pulses can make aluminum—and many other metals—look like gold
	1.   This is a quantum leap: from mind to no-mind; from reason to existence; from thinking to silence — a quantum leap.   2.   This is moment to moment living. This is moment to moment loving.  This is the dance of the moment.     3.   Move on drowning yourself in a pure innocence where no question arises and no answer has to be given.   4.   Just be: it is your birthright. You have been here all the time and you will be here all the time.   5.   The reality is that you, the witness, remain always the same, never old, never young, never child, never man, never woman — just a point of light which goes on from eternity to eternity.   6.   Those who have gone within themselves to find who is in have not returned back. Reaching the innermost, they themselves were not there, only a pure space.
	Taking the Heat Off Coral A natural ocean "thermostat" is counteracting the effects of climate warming
	How to Give a Gator Heartburn Surgery on alligators solves the mystery of their unique circulatory system
	Experts: AIDS Vaccine Research Has "Lost Its Way" Scientists want NIH to focus more on basic science, less on product development
	In my vision, these are the only two classes: a few people sleeping, a few people awake. But basically they are constituted of the same stuff, that we call buddhahood, and everybody is free to continue to sleep or to wake up.  The master, at the most, functions at the bedside like an alarm clock. The clock does not condemn you; it just reminds you that it is time, it is morning. If you want to take another turn and pull your blanket over, it is up to you — the clock is completely unconcerned. It has done its work, it has made you aware that it is morning and time to get up. But you are free; if you want to get up late today — perhaps last night's party's hangover ... so what? Just don't snore.                                                                                                          - Osho