World Clock

World Clock
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My friend sent me a link to the world clock today and it was intriguing enough that I thought I would publish a little piece about it on our blog. I can't speak for the credibility of the site but the statistics and numbers were very scary. It tells you how many cars are produced, how many barrels of oil, how many abortions, world population, and the list goes on. Some of these statistics are very sad to me - abortions, species extinction, forest cut, military expenditures, etc. etc. The one positive I noticed was that there is more bycycles being produced than cars per minute in the world and that makes me feel pretty good!

This site really brings in the fact that we really need to be pressing into the word and trusting that God has a larger plan than this earth will ever offer. The site is being serviced and produced by a gentleman name "Peter Russell".

Peter Russell is a well educated man hailing from Cambridge in the UK and now sitting as a fellow on the think tank "The Institute of Noetic Sciences". He has some interesting views on life and I can't say that I agree with a whole lot of what he writes about, however it is always good to have perspective.

A brief bio is as follows:
Peter Russell is a fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, of The World Business Academy and of The Findhorn Foundation, and an Honorary Member of The Club of Budapest.

At Cambridge University (UK), he studied mathematics and theoretical physics. Then, as he became increasingly fascinated by the mysteries of the human mind he changed to experimental psychology. Pursuing this interest, he traveled to India to study meditation and eastern philosophy, and on his return took up the first research post ever offered in Britain on the psychology of meditation.

He also has a post-graduate degree in computer science, and conducted there some of the early work on 3-dimensional displays, presaging by some twenty years the advent of virtual reality.

In the mid-seventies Peter Russell joined forces with Tony Buzan and helped teach "Mind Maps" and learning methods to a variety of international organizations and educational institutions.

Since then his corporate programs have focused increasingly on self-development, creativity, stress management, and sustainable environmental practices. Clients have included IBM, Apple, Digital, American Express, Barclays Bank, Swedish Telecom, ICI, Shell Oil and British Petroleum.

His principal interest is the deeper, spiritual significance of the times we are passing through. He has written several books in this area -- The TM Technique, The Upanishads, The Brain Book, The Global Brain Awakens, The Creative Manager, The Consciousness Revolution, Waking Up in Time, and From Science to God.

As one of the more revolutionary futurists Peter Russell has been a keynote speaker at many international conferences, in Europe, Japan and the USA. His multi-image shows and videos, The Global Brain and The White Hole in Time have won praise and prizes from around the world. In 1993 the environmental magazine Buzzworm voted Peter Russell "Eco-Philosopher Extraordinaire" of the year.

The one place on this website that was very interesting to me was the "Life Expectancy Calculator" - click here life expectancy that will tell you your age and life expectancy by filing out a series of questions related to your history and lifestyle. My virtual age was 15.62 years of age and Melissa is 1 years old - even though I am 28 and she just turned 32 in real life? I guess I will grow to be an old man and she will be at my funeral..... I know that God's timing is perfect and I will live my days on earth serving him for as long as he has me here. Hope you find the website interesting.

Cheers,

N