Playful pandas at the Panda Research Center, ChengDu 成都

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A picturesque ascent. Part of the ZhangJiaJie scenic area.

With The New Atlas, Brian Berletic and Angelo Giuliano ... With Carl Zha ...

Jiddu Krishnamurti talks about how we are enslaved, and how to be free; clear sight, without prejudice, reveals the truth / what is - that is the true knowing / now. "Distortion will inevitably come into being when there is fragmentation, when one part of you condones or condemns what you observe. We are the result of propaganda, what we have been told from childhood to believe and not to believe. Knowledge is the past; there is no knowledge in the present. To be aware without choice is to observe without the observer, which is the past, the image-maker." BB says : truth begins when belief ends ... To be free, to be eternal, is to be here, right now, not chained to the past (baggage that blinds us), or forever focused on the future (in fear). This, is it. Until we realise it, the past controls us - both own own experience (in those chains), and all that we have believed. The past gives rise to fear. Love is the absence of fear.

With MiuMiu (周昭妍 Zhōu ZhāoYán) and famous Chinese indie band Tong Yang 和痛仰乐队的叔叔们一起祝大家六一节快乐 Song by Chinese rock band 痛苦的信仰 (Miserable Faith), 2008. Love this ...

With ErMi ChuiYan ... Bonus film - kiwi wine ...

Not the rise of, just the return. A talk by Australian Malcolm Turnbull ... A comment re defense spending - per capita (person), China is not even in the top 15 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditure_per_capita Defense spending is in fact very small considering the size of the country.

Sections of the Great Wall near BeiJing, including HuangHua, filmed from a small, remote-controlled quad-copter drone; awesome ...

Chóngzhōu lies about 35 kilometers west of downtown ChengDu. A beautiful film ...

With Brian Toon ... With Carl Sagan (1985) ...