Noima Loop

De când mă știu, am o stare specială la fiecare colț al timpului. Percepție pură și simplă. Azi, am simțit zorul Solstițiului de vară, context astral, în care vreau să vă vorbesc despre Hypericum perforatum, cunoscută și sub numele de Sunătoare sau St John’s wort.

Această plantă sălbatică este renumită pentru capacitatea sa de a îmblânzi demonii interiori ai depresiei, o afecțiune care somatizează nu doar durerile sufletești, ci și pe cele morale. Denumită și Fuga daemonum, sunătoarea a fost și este folosită de vindecători pentru a alunga energiile și entitățile nefaste și larvele acestora.

Absența iubirii de sine, pierderea stimei de sine și conflictele interioare pot duce la încetinirea funcțiilor psiho-motorii și la intrarea în zona gri a existenței. În astfel de momente întunecate, sunătoarea poate aprinde luminițe în suflet, asemenea florilor sale galbene strălucitoare, cu petale asimetrice și stamine numeroase, care conferă florii un aspect pufos. Petalele au mici puncte translucide, vizibile în lumină, care sunt, de fapt, glande pline cu uleiuri esențiale și rășini benefice.

Există două componente esențiale ale Sunătoarei care mă fascinează:

Hipericina: Un derivat antrachinonic, hipericina este un pigment roșu, contribuind la culoarea caracteristică a extractelor de sunătoare. Hipericina ajută la creșterea metabolismului serotoninei, un neurotransmițător esențial pentru dispoziție și somn, și al melatoninei, hormonul care reglează ciclurile circadiene. Astfel, hipericina contribuie la reglarea receptivității organismului la lumină, având beneficii în gestionarea dispoziției și a ritmului somn-veghe. De asemenea, hipericina are proprietăți antivirale, inhibând replicarea unor virusuri precum HSV, HIV, HCV, EBV, virusurile gripale și CMV.

Hiperforina: Un derivat prenilat al floroglucinolului, hiperforina influențează recaptarea neurotransmițătorilor precum serotonina, dopamina, norepinefrina, GABA și glutamatul. Acest proces crește nivelurile acestor neurotransmițători în spațiul sinaptic, îmbunătățind comunicarea neuronală și starea de spirit.

Întrebuințare și Pază

• Pentru a optimiza efectele benefice ale plantei, sunătoarea trebuie culeasă în zorii zilei, sub influența lui Marte, Jupiter și Venus, și niciodată sub influența Lunii!
• Un aspect important al utilizării sunătoarei este potențialul de interacțiuni medicamentoase. Hiperforina poate induce enzimele citocromului P450, implicate în metabolizarea multor medicamente, reducând eficacitatea acestora, inclusiv a anticoagulantelor, anticoncepționalelor și medicamentelor pentru HIV.
• Deși hiperforina nu este la fel de fototoxică ca hipericina, utilizarea pe termen lung a extractelor de sunătoare poate crește sensibilitatea la lumină, crescând riscul de arsuri solare și alte reacții cutanate.

În speranța că v-am trezit curiozitatea și interesul pentru această minunată plantă de leac, vă urez un Solstițiu de vară strălucitor și a toate vindecător!

În ADN-ul puterii, se regăsesc aceleași structuri și modele care au guvernat relațiile sociale și economice încă din Evul Mediu. Aceste patternuri originale sunt documentate cu lux de amănunte în arhivele contabile și normative ale vremii, care reflectă cu fidelitate relațiile dintre suzerani și vasali, drepturile și obligațiile fiecărei părți, precum și controlul exercitat asupra resurselor și mijloacelor de producție.

În Evul Mediu, puterea era deținută de o clasă restrânsă de nobili, care controlau pământurile și resursele. Aceștia își asigurau autoritatea printr-un sistem complex de vasalitate și feude, unde suzeranii ofereau protecție și pământ vasalilor, în schimbul loialității și serviciilor. Acest sistem era menținut și legitimat prin documente oficiale, acte contabile care înregistrau taxele și impozitele datorate, și prin normative care stabileau drepturile și responsabilitățile fiecărei părți, patronate, de orice altceva, dar nu de Duhul Blândeții…

Astăzi, chiar dacă trăim într-o epocă dominată de post-umanism, unde tehnologia și digitalizarea par să redefinească structurile sociale și economice, în esență, funcționăm încă după aceleași principii eterne ale puterii. Giganții tehnologici contemporani – corporațiile care controlează datele și infrastructura digitală – au preluat rolul suzeranilor de odinioară. Aceste entități exercită un control enorm asupra resurselor moderne, adică datele și informațiile, și își asigură autoritatea prin intermediul unor sisteme complexe de licențiere, abonamente și acces controlat.

Un exemplu concret care ilustrează această dinamică poate fi observat în campaniile electorale din România pentru alegerile locale și europarlamentare. Discursurile politice rămân adesea ancorate în filosofia nimicului și a nimicniciei, unde candidații marionete, manipulați de mai marii lor, își urmăresc propriile interese. Acești “păpușați” căpușează resursele unui stat care pare să nu mai aibă un sistem natural de imunitate, un stat care se autosabotează constant și care a început să-și vândă din organele vitale.

Aceste campanii electorale demonstrează cum tehnologia și rețelele de socializare sunt folosite pentru a manipula percepțiile publicului, pentru a distrage atenția de la problemele reale și pentru a perpetua puterea unei elite restrânse. Mesajele politice sunt adesea goale de conținut, concentrate pe atacuri personale și promisiuni iluzorii, fără a adresa nevoile reale ale cetățenilor. În același timp, resursele statului sunt redirecționate pentru a servi interesele celor care dețin controlul, lăsând puțin loc pentru inițiativa proprie și creativitatea cetățenilor.

Rețelele de socializare și tehnologiile digitale, care la suprafață par să democratizeze accesul la informație și să stimuleze creativitatea, ne joacă adesea feste. Ele consumă din resursele noastre, din voință, din propria inițiativă și creativitate. Utilizatorii devin astfel, în mod paradoxal, atât beneficiari, cât și victime ale acestor sisteme, fiind constrânși să contribuie constant cu date și atenție în schimbul accesului la platforme.

Chiar dacă acest concept de tehnofeudalism a fost adus în discuție și popularizat de economistul Yanis Varoufakis, el se aplică într-adevăr pe absolut orice falie a societății actuale. Fie că vorbim despre economie, educație, sănătate sau divertisment, structurile de putere rămân neschimbate în esență. Ceea ce s-a schimbat sunt doar mijloacele prin care această putere este exercitată și legitimată – de la fortărețele medievale și documentele pergamentoase, la serverele cloud și algoritmii digitali.

Pentru a recupera adevărata noastră libertate și a ne elibera de influența tehnofeudalismului, este esențial să ne deconectăm periodic de la rețelele de socializare și de la dispozitivele digitale. Acest gest de recuperare de sine poate fi transformat într-un ritual necesar și benefic, dar și într-un gest de frondă împotriva structurilor de putere contemporane.

Although nothing will ever be the same again, I eagerly look forward to December 2023, a promising month that holds the hope of (re)gaining confidence in our inner strength and divine protection. This comes after enduring two challenging years marked by the significant alignment of the planets Saturn and Pluto in the sign of Capricorn on January 12, 2020.

The preceding 11 months have not been a straightforward journey for anyone, and even the most optimistic among us have sensed the sorrow of autumn. The energy of the Universe, entwined with that of the planet and all coexisting realms, imposed a faltering rhythm, slowing down the carousel of life in which we had settled since birth. We awoke to a new reality, compelled to shift paradigms, values, personal rituals, and group customs.

However, malevolence is receding from the womb of the world, making room for a sequence of seven astrological events that foretell liberation from the labyrinth of everyday life:

I. The final day of Neptune’s retrograde phase on the 8th of December initiates a decisive process during which we release personal illusions and emotional turmoil.

II. The New Moon in Sagittarius on the 12th of December urges us to explore novel ideas, locations, and perspectives. Simultaneously, we kindle optimism, enthusiasm, and life force, while marveling at the tinkling of bells. Granted, this energy is somewhat tempered by Mercury’s retrograde, which endeavors, at last, to complicate matters or further entangle emotional threads on the same day.

III. The winter solstice on the 22nd of December heralds the [re]birth of the Sun. On the longest night, we possess ample time to eliminate everything that is no longer useful, including fear or self-sabotage programs.

IV. On the 23rd of December, Mercury re-enters Sagittarius, providing the opportunity to be enveloped in positive thoughts and happiness. The Christmas spirit will revitalize our entire being, quite literally!

V. The Full Moon in Cancer on the 26th of December predicts limitless emotion and the longing to nestle in the bosom of the family. It is an opportune moment to meet the right person at the right time. Ask, and it shall be given!

VI. On the 29th of December, Venus enters Sagittarius, sparking emotional fireworks and unforgettable adventures.

VII. The cherry on top arrives on the 30th of December, the final day of Jupiter’s retrograde phase, as it ultimately regains its beneficent status, restoring all lost hopes.

Should we aspire to gaze confidently towards the future and envisage the prospects of 2024, it becomes imperative to brush away the tears that disrupt both reality and opportunities. With a modicum of courage, let us confidently embrace what lies ahead.

Welcome the whispers of destiny, dance beneath the moonlight, and allow the universe to unveil its mysteries in the chapters that remain unwritten. Wishing you a transcendent transition into the dawn of a new year, replete with cosmic blessings, profound insights, and limitless manifestations of your heart’s desires!

H. hailed from an old Saxon family, a lineage so distinguished that not even the Stalinist juggernaut could erase its prestige. Despite being stripped of almost all material possessions, they were left with an annex of their house where, before the war, their servants had dwelled, transformed through a sinister alchemy into party and state functionaries. A grand maneuver. It was not a gesture of generosity or gratitude, but rather an edict from the powers-that-be, decreeing that H.’s family must survive to continue the craft that had defined them. From generation to generation, they understood the power of plants, which they turned into personalized remedies. There was no one in the small Transylvanian village who had not sought out the treatments of H.’s family. Everyone found healing and solace there.

The story is not about the family but about H., the last descendant, whose chronic ailment could not be treated by renowned healers. Seemingly without purpose, people loved and respected H. even more for this defeat in the face of destiny. They considered H.’s affliction a payment for the sins and deaths forcibly extracted from the community’s collective body. The elderly, in particular, revered H., more than his own parents, believing that H. was, if not God Himself, at least a faithful observer on Earth.

I was young when I met him, but with the mind of a child, I realized that his parents could have been his grandparents or even great-grandparents. He was over 30 years old, but he acted beyond his years. He did not get along with anyone. He operated by his own rules. He was not violent; he did not interact. He looked at you without seeing you. He was peculiar, without inspiring fear.

Perhaps no one would have known he existed if H. did not have the habit of standing naked at the window facing the road, his genitals on the windowsill, like a living, fat, and hairy statue. People passed by their house as if it were a storefront with an unkempt mannequin. No one was intrigued. There was nothing erotic about it. I often caught his parents seemingly dismantling him from the window and pulling him behind curtains, where no one knew what was happening. In fact, no one was interested in the dramatic and peculiar aspect of the family.

And as intriguing as the scene was in an extremely aseptic moral and social framework, not even the children commented on the shocking images, no matter how tempting it might have been as a subject for analysis and vociferation.

The exposed nudity of H. came to my memory one day as I was scrolling through the latest online posts of acquaintances. In reality, I don’t know most of them in the flesh, and of those I have met, many have become relics in the cemetery of long-term memory. Nevertheless, I find myself developing a new type of knowledge, visual, without contact. I know them, but I don’t know them, and if we were to meet in real life, I believe I would avoid any form of social interaction.

The new trend of exposing one’s personal life on the virtual stage has brought me back to an existential episode in which a part of me and the culture I was raised in now urge me to look away, to shield myself from the grotesque inadequacy. I cannot accept the excuse of adopting hybrid communication as a general practice if it nullifies an individual’s or a family’s privacy.

These are cries masked as expressions of loneliness and a sense of being lost in a story that does not fit anyone’s narrative. In vain, they seek attention.

Moral: A prestigious brand transcends its own imperfections.

The internet hums with promotion of just about anything and anyone. From self-promotion to challenging immutable values, everything is permitted. Do you hear it? Keyboards clatter. Words flow. Texts are posted. Rivers of impressions settle in a parallel virtual reality, attempting to intentionally distort the perception of real reality.

Awareness exercise: Imagine yourself at a concert (with a ticket) to see your favorite band in a sensational performance, but at the entrance, because the organizers didn’t budget the event correctly, you receive a headset playing the same music you have on your phone, and the stage is animated with YouTube images. In other words, instead of a concert, you get an improvisation that has nibbled at your resources (money, time, vital energy) and self-esteem (because you feel deceived). #BadLuck? #Bummer?

It’s the same with online promotion, which often lacks offline coverage: promises, stylistic fireworks, streamers, images without integrated messages, excessively inflating customers’ expectations, which, when disappointed, transform post-festum into a battalion of frustrated individuals whose negative feedback can machine-gun the brand into eternal disrepute.

I admit, this text is written from the perspective of a weary communicator, increasingly amazed by customers’ ability to undermine their own brand and its reputation, placing promotion services at the bottom of their priority list, as well as the fixation that anyone with a few basic writing and reading skills can bring value to the business they manage. All of these together, a latent threat, nothing more.

The trend where business owners personally engage in promotion, even if they lack the necessary education and skills, brings other major risks. One of these risks is related to the loss of objectivity, which can lead to excessive self-promotion of their products or services at the expense of the real needs and expectations of customers. Additionally, owners may not be up to date with the latest marketing trends and strategies, which can leave them lagging behind in the market.

Moreover, if the promotion is perceived as unprofessional or amateurish, it can damage the brand’s reputation and credibility in the eyes of consumers, which can be very difficult to recover from. Thus, attempting to transform a flawed initial promotion into a successful campaign can be as challenging as trying to turn a caricature into an impressionist painting.

I admit there is a lot of subjectivity in what I’m saying, but also professionalism because I will insist on presenting the principle of fluency in promotional texts.

So, in the context of promotion narratives, fluency is the key to capturing and retaining the audience’s attention. A smooth narrative creates a pleasant consumption experience and facilitates the understanding of the message. Furthermore, a fluent narrative is more memorable and less likely to be forgotten by potential customers.

One of the main factors that can disrupt the fluency of a promotional narrative is subject fragmentation. This phenomenon occurs when promoters/influencers deviate from the central message and introduce peripheral or irrelevant ideas. For example, in the promotion of a hotel, subject fragmentation could include adding information about local events, which, while interesting, distracts from the services and facilities offered by the hotel.

Verbal fragmentation, which compromises the fluency of any narrative, including promotional ones, is of the same kind. This aspect refers to the use of verbs or expressions that are not congruent with the central message or that introduce confusion. For example, in a spa promotion campaign, the use of aggressive or inappropriate verbs, such as “attack stress” instead of “eliminate stress,” can create a negative impression and discourage potential customers.

Semantic fragmentation leads to the dissolution of sentences, separating essential elements of a coherent message. Such situations occur, especially in the case of automated translation from other languages, using a chaotic copy-and-paste method of multiple texts, resulting in a patchy message that often discourages through its lack of fluency and authenticity.

The obvious conclusion is that a brand or company is exposed to the risk of suffering significant harm in the absence of a message written in accordance with style and content creation requirements. Even though social media formats allow a variety of posts, it is essential to understand that effective promotion entails not only presence but also the transmission of a coherent and appealing message. In the absence of these aspects, posts may rather explode the brand’s image than promote it, undermining the credibility and trust of the public. It is essential to invest time and resources in creating quality content and adhering to communication rules to ensure truly effective and positive promotion.

In the last paragraph, while maintaining the same note of subjectivity, I emphasize Noima Loop’s deep commitment to the quality of texts and honest, clean, and correctly crafted messages. For us, texts/messages/graphics represent not just a means of communication but miniature artworks capable of conveying the essence and values of each brand we promote.

Celestia cast me down to Earth, into the pit of humans. I would have preferred the pit of lions or one with dragons, where death would have been grand and swift. Under these circumstances, I must wait far too long, for both grandeur and death…

And, as if that weren’t enough, I was granted access to a world in an arena with people adrift, descendants and continuators of an aberrant people with a history twisted by betrayal, individualism, and anarchy. I found myself in an arena where the rules of the game are unknown, simply because they haven’t been invented, where the players pivot on instinct. There is no scoreboard, and the referee is conveniently summoned from the Beyond. Chaos. I was born into chaos, in a space without growth, where time is devoured in seconds by rusty clocks.

Within these coordinates, I was given the right to live among, with, and for people. I reluctantly embraced my destiny, and the fact that I’m telling you this story and not another is a consequence of my own weaknesses. I embarked on the wonderful journey in the flesh, strongly anchored to another reality that continually hypnotically drew my attention and a significant part of me. Over time, this experience gradually changed its relevance, from fascinating in childhood to exhausting later on. Now, it no longer has power over me. I am preparing for the Return, which radically changes the form of protection and manifestation.

For now, I am human, in search of existential happiness. I enter the catacombs of the world and the soft corners of the bodies that surround me. I break walls, slam doors, overturn situations, and disrupt minds.

Through these virtual pages, I open the stories of those like me, those who master the power of words and discern on every written page the Grille in which the letter fastens the web of thoughts over the White Abyss.

Only those familiar with flight will recognize the sensation!

Locked inside with a personal doubt, he asked me if it would help him to go to the pool for a few hours. I said “yes,” as encouraging as I could, even though the question served as a new pretext for a pilot episode of self-victimization. The heavy vibe kept him from diving into the water, the most beneficial way to remove toxins/sins. He refused. He didn’t have the “state”…

But the conversation was also for me, creating the necessary “state” to recap the lessons I learned from Water.

And I immersed myself in the water like in an amniotic portal so as not to forget:

to be a healer,

colorless, odorless but omnipresent,

all-encompassing,

warm,

slightly acidic,

permissive,

to provide the feeling of floating/support to those I interact with directly,

to be alive,

to accept that I am alive and that life flows through me, and I can create life,

to bubble with passion,

to be a shard of ice in the compromise zone of any kind,

to stay away from stagnant waters, toads, blockages, and blockage collectors,

to take the shape of situations,

to forget ill will by passing over seven stones,

to evaporate from the place/the person who doesn’t understand me,

to be a drifting cloud, patient and waiting for new challenges,

and to fall in the form of rain where I am wanted and invoked.

But, most importantly, not to forget that everyone has their own Ark of Knowledge through which they will successfully cross the passage of understanding, the one that leads from the dam of desires to the ocean of all possibilities.