Powerful Videos

Brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor's stroke of insight
Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU[/youtube]

Brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor studied her own stroke as it happened -- and has become a powerful voice for brain recovery. Full bio and more links



Tour Through Visual Reality
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0f1fGQViKA&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]



I Met the Walrus
In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced him to do an interview. 38 years later, Levitan, director Josh Raskin and illustrators James Braithwaite and Alex Kurina have collaborated to create an animated short film using the original interview recording as the soundtrack. A spellbinding vessel for Lennon's boundless wit and timeless message

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmR0V6s3NKk[/youtube]


Bill Hicks - It's just a ride
Comedian Bill Hicks explains how life is just a ride

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlrKW7fh_Bo[/youtube]


The Matrix Of Illusion - Quantum Physics & Consciousness
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oePY_MH3mqk&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]


Everything is OK
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAQrsA3m8Bg&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]


Speech by War Veteran - The Real Enemy is at Home
Our real enemies are not those living in a distant land whose names or policies we don't understand; The real enemy is a system that wages war when it's profitable, the CEOs who lay us off our jobs when it's profitable, the Insurance Companies who deny us Health care when it's profitable, the Banks who take away our homes when it's profitable. Our enemies are not several hundred thousands away. They are right here in front of us

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akm3nYN8aG8&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]


Schools Kill Creativity
Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY&feature=player_embedded#![/youtube]


A Qigong Master Emits Heat From Hand at Over 200 degrees & Walks on Paper
Master Jo shows his unique abilities to Ripley's Beleive it or Not

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fc0bI5CPuk[/youtube]


Qigong - Chi Energy - John Chang Healing & Fire
John Chang demonstrates his abilities and understanding of Chi Energy

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aos0hnwiHt8&feature=related[/youtube]


End the Wars - Don't Support the Troops
War is terrorism. Soldiers are not heroes. Presidents are not saviors. A powerful call to action, to move from ritualized 'protests' to sustained rebellion. Filmed at UC Santa Barbara on May 7, 2010. Thanks to Emma Kaplan and Matthis Chiroux.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTEhbf92FdM[/youtube]

Two portions of this were lifted from "What You Didn't Know About the War" -- watch it here: http://bit.ly/jVSSn