Awakening and Opening

"Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it."--Sylvia Boorstein

Many people have heard of SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Radio telescopes are systematically being pointed around the universe in an attempt to locate radio signals, and thus find other intelligent beings. SETI is organized out of the University of California at Berkeley.

What you may not know is that SETI relies on countless Internet-connected computers around the world for analysis of all the data collected by the radio telescopes. I participated in this for a while two years ago. The program is safe and runs in the background on your computer. No-one has experienced problems in all the years this system has been in operation. There is a bit of a competitive nature to the data analysis as well. People can form teams and earn "credits" for the number of analyses they complete.

On the chance that people might like further information, I have included the link to a fellow member of the Autumn Leaves Webring, Nilknarf. He tells how to start on your own or join a team. I have just joined his.

Being connected up with SETI again is a nice counterpoint to my blogging. A blog is a way to put bits of yourself into the indefinable ether to see if someone might be listening. SETI is making it more likely that Earth will hear if someone is calling out to us. And I can do my part. Link