Descent To Kashmir

Music=

1. Tomorrow Never Knows- Beatles

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Astira & the Dragonfly glanced up the steep narrow path running up the rockface & watched Jammu- as if an illusion- vanish into the ceiling of clouds...

Later that night, above the clouds, the savaged trio set up their makeshift camp. The mountains' ferocity & inhuman scale stunned Astira, even though she was at home in the high mountains of Dauphine.

"When we get to dividing line & start our descent?" asked Astira.

"Maybe tomorrow." said Jammu, warming his naked hands by the small fire.

"Is not too soon for me!" said Astira, smiling at M as she lay back and stared upward into the roof of heaven- thousands of crystalline stars formed a roof of diamonds in the thin night air.

The Vale Of Kashmir

Music=

1. Within You Without You- Beatles

2. We Three Kings- Mannheim Steamroller

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A small campfire flickered beneath a vast & deep crystalline night sky. The guide Jammu spoke- "We will travel the Nathu La pass from the Tibetan Plateau. It is difficult in winter but you wish to avoid the Clans. We start in the morning at the break of day. Any questions?"

"No," said the Dragonfly.

"How many days we trek?" asked Astira.

"I suggest you focus on completing the trek- alive. Kashmir is but the afterlife to many."

"Kashmir like what? Heaven or hell?" joked Astira.

"The Galactic Emperor Jahangir called Kashmir "The Paradise of the Milky Way". It is the divine eye of a great hurricane of mountains." And with that brief reply Jammu turned away in order to properly rest for the night.

Humble Tree

Music=

1. Star of Wonder- Tori Amos

"Those who are firm, enduring, simple & unpretentious are nearest to virtue." - Confucius

UFOtext=

"Where?" asked Astira.

"Yes, A, a few rice traders of the Outer Clans whisper to me the Dragon is their captive- the Outer Clans wish to take over the trading in the rare earth minerals- those key minerals of high technology the Foundation values & will pay anything to get. Of course my master Dragon is the primary trader in the rare earths."

"Who is the whisper trader?" asked Astira.

"Yes, Munehisa Homma, the wealthy rice trader who writes in the living book "The Fountain of Gold- The Three Monkey Record of Money." Lately his living book talks about the Outer Clans uniting to take over the Silk Path. They plan to meet in the Himalayan Mountain Worlds within a few weeks. Rogue traders from beyond the Mountain Worlds will be there too, including the infamous Honey Badger whose trading philosophy is very simple- he "takes what he wants." "

Waiting For Saint Nicholas

Music=

1. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman 2- Mannheim Steamroller

UFOtext=

The Count beheld a spectacular fanlike array of bonds- Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, French & German.

"Gentleman, they all look so good- where would I ever start? And those yields are just icing on the cake!"

And the Count feigned great interest, his custom in the presence of high society.

Black Roses

Music=

1. Gone Away- The Offspring

2. Stay Don't Go- Spoon

"And remember, no matter where you go, there you are"

- Confucius

UFOtext=

"Yes, A, I found out where they took the Dragon!"

deep forest of possibility-

tigers of fire & ice,

testing virtue & vice-

deep forest of possibility…..

And Astira looked up from her iPad with excitedness-

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Meanwhile- for the Count every day with the Princess became the apple of his Eye. Night after night she locked up his heart as if a chain of iron roses…..

Probability Tree

Music=

1. Hope (Instrumental)- Smashing Pumpkins

2. Look Back In- Moby

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"Look, M, I construct probability tree." and Astira turned her iPad filled with strange math & 1 diagram toward Miss Change.

"We need 2 get very lucky 2 get on this branch. If we do get on this branch then we must be thanksful & make gr8 effort to make right turns. Is only hope on tree…."

Possibility Tree

Music=

1. Linger- The Cranberries

"Hold faithfulness & sincerity as first principles."

- Confucius

UFOtext=

"Let's think of the future as a tree of possibilities- as we travel along a branch our time flows into the future. Important events are branching points where future history chose which branch to follow. These branching events can be unpredictable for a travelling observer with limited information. Thus we must consider all possible branching pathways into our future- the future endpoints on our tree can be spectacularly different…."

And so for Layla Elliott & Mark de Valentine the trees of autumn turned to spectacular falling beauty...

Now= 0 → Future= 1 or 0

Music=

Now= Our Bleeding Hearts- Gr8 Northern

Future= Square 1- Coldplay

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps."

- Confucius

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"Where is the Dragon?" asked Astira, looking at Miss Change.

"Yes- my Master lives in the present & sees into the future." said Miss Change, lowering her eyes.

"Where in the present?" asked Astira.

"Yes- the place forseen in the future of the past, the present place where the future of the present can be changed." and the dragonfly closed her eyes to see more clearly.

"Can the Dragon change the present future of the Silk Path?" asked Astira.

"Yes- the goal of my Master is to preserve the Silk Path for many thousands of years."

"Is the goal accomplished?" asked Astira.

"No- the balance of the Silk Path is very unstable." and the dragonfly opened her eyes & looked up across the milky glow of a vast ribbon of stars.

After a few minutes of heavenly quiet & a shooting star, Astira said

"From hero to zero, that is us for sure- but I have plan & maybe we get lucky break- for a change."

One Or Zero

Music=

1. Learn To Fly- Foo Fighters

2. Stand Inside Your Love- Smashing Pumpkins

"Do or do not. There is no 'try.'"

- Confucius

UFOtext=

Astira rushed out of darkness & called out-

"Miss Change! Let's get out of here- I have mail truck!"

The dragonfly then opened her eyes to the material reality of the rapid universe.

"Yes- the delivery girl. Are you the mouse or the lion?" she asked.

"Wtf!? I am Astira of the Second Foundation!" And for once Astira felt the joy of stating the naked truth.

"I sense a ring of tigers. We do not have much times!" And Astira drew her laser pistol & ushered Miss Change into the darkness.

Tiger, tiger, burning bright

In the forests of the night.......

And Astira felt the blast of emotional heat- psychohistory didn't repeat- but it could rhyme….

Samhain

Music=

1. 1979- Smashing Pumpkins

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The Dragon of the Black Market felt the drag of acceleration double his weight as the lights of Temasek fell away- the carnival in Italy so many years ago- the double cross of the Count- Layla & the conception of their daughter Simona- all memory dust now scattered across the stars…….

And just below Miss Change & the delivery girl would fall prey to the burning tigers- if they were not dead already. All psychohistory of the Second Foundation- nothing more.

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Astira multitask = {sense wave 1 heat of emotions- ring of tigers, now danger for Dauphine June bug skimming on Silk Path}

Choose One Or Zero

Music=

1. They Never Got You- Spoon

"Person who chases two rabbits catches neither."

- Confucius

UFOtext=

Simona de Valentine listened to the Foundation engineer explain the theory behind the hyperjump- "largescale waves of thermodynamic curved spacetime emerge from the collective behavior of prespacetime "atoms of information". A quantum spray of these atoms can disconnect from the largescale spacetime continuum & then reconnect- a quantum hyperjump. The Protostar will harness this quantum prespacetime effect in a brand new & untested way." And then he stopped & looked at Simona,

"Are you with us- you could be the very first person to step through our new spacetime hyperdoor….."

Music=

1. Untitled- Smashing Pumpkins

"Choose a job you love & you will never have to work a day in your life."

- Confucius

UFOtext=

Magic- one light touch of her silver pendant & the news of the day filled the air- the formation of the First Union on Kalgon, growing discord between the Free Traders & the Foundation & then something small, something on a more human scale, but somehow it seemed more important.

"Toran, look at this" said Beta, her voice unsettled. Toran sat up & read the story she projected through the air. And then he looked at Beta sadly.

"The secretive engineer who designed your silver pendant- he died today." And Toran reached out to gently hold the gleaming silver pendant laid precisely upon her snow white figure, framed by her silk hair of fine black lace.

"He remains a black box- he said fame for the sake of fame was delusion leading to suffering, that a fully awakened being has no need for such delusion."

And Toran & Beta looked out over the beach of New Daytona as the ephemeral spray of the surf lived out its brief & bright existence …….

Bread & Circus

Music=

1. My Mathematical Mind- Spoon

2. Apples & Oranjes- Smashing Pumpkins

"Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses."

- Confucius

UFOtext=

The FaceTime image of Rhondo Callerizii appeared.

"Well, well such a surprise. How many years has it been Count?" said Rhondo, his face resolving into a suspicious curiosity.

"Not so many for one such as myself." said the Count.

"But Rhondo, let's get down to business. I wish to book passage to the Italian System- on your fastest ship, the Skylark."

"How many in your party & what kind of cargo- is it legal or will we have to dodge the authorities?" asked Rhondo matter of factly.

"Only three other passengers" said the Count "no cargo to speak of."

"Are these hot passengers or are they legal?" inquired Rhondo, matter of factly.

"I prefer that we travel discreetly." said the Count.

"Who are these passengers?" asked Rhondo.

"Just between you & me- one is a Turkish princess in exile, one is a Swiss Baron who is starting a new life on the Silk Path & the other is a Lady from the Foundation."

"From the Foundation?" said Rhondo, looking concerned.

"I don't like it that she is from the Foundation-

they are powerful & hated by some- she could cause trouble." he said, looking at the Count.

"I will introduce you to her, she is very beautiful." said the Count. "You worry too much Rhondo."

"Right, that's why I am still alive & in business." said Rhondo, & he flipped off his screen.

∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ Silk Path- 80,000 Lightyears Distant ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞

Suddenly the dragonfly opened her invisible wings & struck down the guard- he crumpled to the floor & she resumed her serene pose. Astira stared in wonder at Miss Change & then she saw it- a sandan black belt wrapped around the diminutive waist of the dragonfly.......

First Up

Music=

1. Night Bird- Deep Forest

2. How Can I Refuse- Heart

"I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep, for my shadow in the pool can do better than that."

- Confucius

UFOtext=

The first day of Fall- Beta breathed in the fresh crisp air of the Research Park, turning to look at Toran.

"You know" said Toran, "sometimes you are as stubborn as a mule."

∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ Silk Path- 80,000 Lightyears Distant ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞

Guard talk- offbeat Android phone device. Astira relax & read emotion.... fragmented confused wave 4 ∆ emotion pattern- now overconfident wave 5 impulse emotion pattern- near completion & she gazed at a serene Miss Change, a dragonfly doji in the black of night, marking the transition from Life to Death....

The Discreet Writer

Music=

1. Overchay With Me- Damone

"The whole end of speech is to be understood."

- Confucius

UFOtext=

Magic- one light touch of her silver pendant & shiny words filled the air. Beta felt free & real- her fingers stirred in rhythm to her heart, her words took flight to Toran......

Deja Vu

Music=

1. Got Nuffin- Spoon

"Only the wisest & stupidest of men never change"

- Confucius

UFOtext=

Deja vu- the same dream. And the Count remembered the words of Athena from that distant morning on Samos- "You have nothing now, but your nothing is better than something when that something is but a pernicious chain of shadows in a Platonic world." Indeed, & the Count arose, casting aside the shadowy chains of the night.

Deja vu- and so each day became bread for the soul - & carried the night- dark shadows, but for a finger of faithful light from the stars….

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Strange distant place- read emotions real time- psychohistory minutes time scale- vu deja miss change dragons- Astira now change plan real time seconds time scale

LaunchPad

Music=

1. Dreams- The Cranberries

"The way of a superior man is threefold: Virtuous, he is free from anxieties; wise, he is free from perplexities; bold, he is free from fear."

- Confucius

UFOtext=

Astira 3 Apps = {Truth, Endeavor, Love}

Alternate Failure= Drunkard in Plato Cave.

Fibonacci Years

Music=

1. Wasted Years- Damone

UFOtext=

As if a celestial cradle, vast black waves rocked faithfully through the night, their fluid bosom the only semblance of Terra Firma.....

And then the Count awoke.

Make Fibo by adding prior 2 numbers-

Fibo= {0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55…}

"Golden Ratio"≈.618≈21/34≈34/55 …

or flip 1/.618 ≈ 1.618 ≈34/21≈55/34…

Simba OS X

Music=

1. Sweet Lullaby (Ambient Mix)- Deep Forest

UFOtext=

Astira ≈ Lioness ↝ leave her kopje cover.

Despair

Despair

Music=
1. Till I Get Over You- Michelle Branch
2. All I Want- Toad The Wet Sprocket

"There was not a word to be said. The echoes of the blast rolled
away...." - from Chapter 26, End Of The Search, Foundation & Empire by
Isaac Asimov

UFOtext=

As love for Beta arose, waves of despair broke upon Toran's heart.

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Search For The Second Foundation

Search For The Second Foundation

Music=
1. Mood For A Day- Yes
2. Something's Always Wrong- Toad The Wet Sprocket

UFOtext=
Beta poured over her history notes floating conveniently in the air. If the stories of the Second
Foundation were true, then any new crisis for the First Foundation
would be solved according to plan- according to a plan from 300 years
ago. But were any Second Foundation planners alive today, & if so,
where were they hiding?

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Free From The Crowd

Free From The Crowd

Music=
1. Wanting Out- Michelle Branch
2. Used To Bad News- Boston
3. Walkin' at Night- Boston

UFOtext=
Terminus lay at the edge of the Milky Way galaxy. Here the visable
stars numbered few & shown like rare bright diamonds set in the canopy
of deep intergalactic night. In the waves of psychohistory the new colony
was born at the social peak of a small wave 2 countertrend inside a
larger wave A social decline which ultimately would destroy the
galactic empire. These waves were smaller parts of a galactic
supercycle wave 2 social decline that would see 30,000 years of
barbaric chaos spread throughout the galaxy. That is, if the gigantic
& endogenous social inertia of the galactic supercycle wave were left
to it's own devices. But the psychohistorically conceived placement of
the First Foundation on Terminus sowed a subtle & exogenous seed of
freedom........

The garden path shown in a faint silver light beneath the
intergalactic night. A black silhouette seemed to float upon the faint
silver path as if a mysterious spirit. It was right here where Beta
could free her mind of distraction & think in deep clear streams of
thought. Here the psychology of the crowd gave way to the individual light of
reason much as the Diamonds slowly rose in the eastern sky. Here she
could breathe free & liberate her heart.

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Black Swan

Black Swan

Music=
1. Breathe- Michelle Branch

"Bayta said in Toran's ear, "Why doesn't he talk about the Mule? The
Traders never revolted."
Toran shrugged his shoulders."

- Text from chapter18, Fall of the Foundation, in the novel Foundation

& Empire by Isaac Asimov, who dedicated the novel to his father

UFOtext=
Second Foundation spies on Terminus provided the First Speaker with
continual updates on people & events that might affect the powerful
flow of psychohistory. From a distance of 50,000 light years & a breathtaking 10 degrees of trend within a psychohistorical model, it was
clear to the First Speaker that a young Foundation girl named Bayta,
or Beta as he called her, would have no significant impact on galactic
history. She would remain an ugly duckling in the irrelevant small degree
backwaters of galactic psychohistory.

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Research Park

Research Park

Music=
1. Stare Out Your Window- Boston

UFOtext=
The circle surrounds the most area of any loop with given length. And
so the interior portion of the research park achieved maximum area- a
light forest permeated by trail & stream. As if a pair of sunglasses,
an invisible yet strong lattice of carbon nanotubes formed the curved
walls of the structure, & the precise shape & optical properties were
computer controlled in response to the weather. It was here the
Foundation engineers met with Simona de Valentine to try & convince
her to take a ride in their new spaceship- the Proto Star 1.

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Test Pilot

Test Pilot

Music=
1. Feelin' Satisfied- Boston

UFOtext=
The Foundation engineers on the design team at New Daytona felt
satisfied- sort of. The physics of the gravitic propulsion was new &
not yet fully understood. For long jumps through hyperspace no one
really knew for sure what would happen. And so they needed a test
pilot, someone to take that very first jump into the dangerous
unknown. Simona de Valentine fit the bill.

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Terra Firma

Terra Firma

Music=
1. Save Your Love- Jefferson Starship

"The grass must bend when the wind blows across it." -Confucius

UFOtext=
Athena gazed at Edmond, bright blue paint above unorthodox eyes.
Edmond brushed out strands of seaweed entangled in his thickly matted
hair & beard, & then he slowly tried to right his tortured body. As if
she were a bizarre nurse, Athena helped him rise to take his first
steps on Terra Firma.

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Samos

Samos

Music=

1. Rhinocerous- Smashing Pumpkins

"The firm, the enduring, the simple, & the modest are near to virtue"- 
Confucius

UFOtext=
The tempeste of night swirled in dark chains of clouds. Edmond Shing fell 
upon the hard rocks of the shoreline, & in his delirious exhaustion 
the rocks became but velvet cushions fit for a king. And then he fell 
into a deep unconscious sleep....
And then gradually the stirring of consciousness returned in evanescent layers of the recent past. In this manner he relived his remarkable journey- and then finally he awoke.

His eye focused upon a young woman kneeling over his body. The warm morning surf washed over his wretched body and the hard black rocks of the shoreline. She spoke in strange words- he couldn't understand- but then she spoke in silent words as if her thoughts emerged within his mind without the benefit of sound.

"Edmond, we must move on before the return of the Turkish smugglers. Move fast."

"Who are you?" 

"My name is Athena Pythagorous. I live here on Samos." 

"How do you know me?"

"You were dreaming & I sensed those dreams- thus I know you- you cannot lie in your dreams." 

Tabula Rasa 2

Tabula Rasa 2

Music=

1. It's All 2 Much- Beatles

UFOtext=

New Year Resolution=

[Simplify, Purify, Beautify]

Rain Day

Rain Day

Music=
1. Rain- Beatles

UFOtext=
It felt like a rain day.

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Spring Day

Spring Day

Music=
1. I'm Only Sleeping- Beatles

UFOtext=
It felt like a countertrend day.

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Like Wave 3

Like Wave 3

Music=
1. Like A Hurricane- Neil Young

UFOtext=
The days of the week & the weeks of the month rotated in their
heavenly orbits- a beautifully calm eye.

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Spring Rain?

Spring Rain?

Music=
1. Let It Rain- Eric Clapton

UFOtext=
Layla felt the gravity of failure- every single forecast missed the
mark- every single one! When would the fractal flow of history break
in the right direction & follow her music? Or was that very question the problem itself?

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Harmonic String

Harmonic String

Music=
1. Always Where I Need 2B- Kooks

"Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do
without."- Confucius

UFOtext=
Astira felt tight- like a guitar string.
Notice guard for Miss Change get up & look outside every 5 minute- every
5 minute! Astira get idea.

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One Day

One Day

Music=
1. This Could Be Heaven- Seal

"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart."- Confucius

UFOtext=
"This is the day of your freedom..." and the Count paused, holding the
word freedom as if it were a precious jewel. The Princess blanched,
breathed deeply & gathered her thoughts.
"And Count... What exactly do your words of freedom mean?"
"First," & the Count paused again, " You see Princess, I am not really
a Count- my father was an excellent fisherman on the planet Samos. I
am but an imposter." and the Count gazed into the disbelieving eyes of
the young Princess.
"But everyone in Paris knows you are a Count.."
"The Count is but an Illusion in their mind- nothing more."
And the Count paused again- thoughtfully,
"And now Princess, you are free to go whenever you wish."

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The Eve Of Valentine Day

The Eve Of Valentine Day

Music=
1. Like You'll Never See Me Again- Alicia Keys

" It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you not stop." -
Confucius

UFOtext=
Each day with the Princess became one beat of the Count's heart. One
beat in a blouse of silvery grey marble- as if she were an Egyptian
sphinx bathed in moonlight. Another beat cloaked in a dash of spring
violet- a defiance of the cold winter & the cool heaven of the Count's
existence. And of course the beat of the falling empires.....

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Galactic Super-Top

Galactic Super-Top

Music=
1. Is It Any Wonder- Keane

" A. The psychohistoric trend of a planet- full of people contains a
huge inertia. To be changed it must be met with something possessing a
similar inertia. Either as many people must be concerned, or if the
number of people be relatively small, enormous time for change must be
allowed." - H. Seldon in the novel Foundation by Isaac Asimov

UFOtext=
The Count & Princess beheld the orange moon rise from a bank of
cinnamon clouds. The eerie light imbued a dark emerald green upon the
never resting inertial sea mass. Just above the distant surf, the
Count spoke in measured tones.
"Since the collapse of the galactic empire from it's zenith of power,
the network of aristocracies in our galaxy fell into chaos- is it any
wonder a princess such as yourself lives in exile?"

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Avalanche

Avalanche

Music=
1. Walk On- U2

"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." - Isaac Newton

UFOtext=
Miss Change stood firm in a pose of mystery. Astira stretched her
Second Foundation mind to read her thoughts-and then the white leopard
in a veil of blinding snow appeared yet again......
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Layla turned from Marc & looked up toward the summit. And then she
stopped dead in her tracks- a powerful white curtain of snow raced
down the mountain.

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Trend Change

Trend Change

Music=
1. Square One- Coldplay

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Confucius

UFOtext=
"The key data points are extreme points marking a change of trend. The
extreme points mark the last page of the old trend & the first page of
the new trend. Note the fractal pattern in the extremal points."
Astira closed her eyes to think about the fractal pattern.

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