Vessels of Intention
a Juggernaut?
a Juggernaut?
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In a reputed deal worth over a billion dollars cash, Google has announced it will purchase Vessels of Intention.
Vessels of Intention, which was started by sailor/surfer Mike Kaminskas in his garage in 2010, is an environmentally friendly company which makes protective covers for mason jars. . . "They are not just protective covers for Mason Jars", says Kaminskas, "they are all wrapped up in sailing lore and sacred geometry too"
Google stock closed mixed on the move, despite the fact that Vessels of Intention has shown a clear profit in the past year, unlike other Google acquisitions in the past. Analysts agree: "Lots of companies that make products that are valuable" says one Google analyst (who refused to go on the record ), but how many companies have roots going back to Masons. . ." Kaminskas added, "Yeah, and the Holy Grail was a personal drinking container too." The sale will not disrupt the companies output of approximately one unique vessel per day.
When asked what he was going to do with the money, Kaminskas said. . . "Nothing."
This April Fools Day article continues. . .
I started making these because I couldn't believe how many single use containers were being thrown away. . . This became apparent to me when I started working at the Lopez Island S.W.A.P. (Solid Waste Alternatives Program ) as a volunteer. I never imagined the volume of trash was so great --especially on a little island. . . . I imagined the mountains of trash back on the mainland. I thought, this is going to have to stop, so I made a pledge to stop using throw away containers. Naturally, I had to think of an environmentally friendly alternative, thus Vessels of Intention were born.
They are environmentally friendly because they are made to last a long time. . .a very long time.
When asked why a company would pay a billion dollars for something that can easily be made on a sailboat, the inventor said: "Exactly, that's the point. . . we the consumers need to solve the problems of trash and waste in our society. Some big company is not going to do it for us. . . I set the price at 1 billion because the price needed to be high enough to eliminate all the Venture Capitalist who clearly couldn't afford something like this. . . The price simply eliminated them from the bidding and I was glad I didn't have to answer the question: " Why should I pay for a company which has no real estate assets, intellectual property, government contracts or legal leverage; a company whose technology you are giving away for free; and a company which has no evidence of swaying public opinion?" Google is really the perfect buyer: they are already into every aspect of our lives and they know exactly every click we make on our keyboard and mouse already. Up to now, I think Google just thought that anyone who wasn't clicking on a computer keyboard was a "nobody". . . "I just convinced them that this is not true. Call it an emerging market, or call it the silent majority, if you can't afford a computer and an internet connection, you can surely afford a personal drinking container. I guess I earned the money when I convinced them of this. . . Furthermore. . . who knows why Google does anything, ? Maybe they are trying to get a handle on Sacred Geometry."
What are the meanings behind the Geometries? " Oh, there are so many designs, I even created a Google Blog vesselsofintention@blogspot.com to explore the differing meanings behind the geometrical patterns I create. . . But basically, as an intro, there are three basic designs:
The Honey Vessel which is made of 7 strands is about order; like orderly, structured, in control: I use it for storage and the geometry of seven strands keeps things the same. Realistically, the strands do keep things the same because they protect the glass, and geometrically speaking, seven is used for all types of things to order them as in the days of the week and the seven colors of the rainbow.. . You know, there are a lot more colors. . . it just a system of organization. I find no irony in the fact that law enforcement agencies use a seven pointed star for their logos, since they are also trying to promote order. In sailing lore, North is the basis for direction on the globe and the North Star is in the constellation Ursa Minor which is a constellation made up of seven stars. . .it is the same in the Southern Hemisphere since the Southern Cross is also made up of seven stars.
What is the 'intention' behind the Honey Vessel?
Basically, there is no intention behind the Honey Vessel. That's the meaning behind staying the same. Orderly. I equate it to the NOW as in Baba Ram Dass. It is the realization that all is OK in its present state. Archeologist have found edible honey in Egyptian tombs, so it goes without saying that Honey is a substance which IS.
For that matter, the Fibonacci Vessel, with 8 strands, is really just a Honey Vessel with Intention. I define the 8-strand Fibonacci Vessel as the Growth Vessel. But, unlike the unsustainable (exponential) growth we lament all around us. Or, the undesirable growth of things like a persons waistline, the growth of the National Debt, or the growth of a Cancer; Not to mention negative growth, as in shrinking; the growth I am talking about here is Fibonacci Growth. Named for the Italian math wiz, Leo of Pisa, Fibonacci replicates the growth found in nature. I make the vessels with four strands of two colors to create balance. Balance is what Fibonacci growth is about: The fibonacci sequence is a system of replication (growth) where each number in the sequence is the sum of the two number that came before it. . .hence, the fib. sequence goes like this: 1,1,2,3,5,8,13. You see, each number in the sequence is the sum of the previous two numbers, ie 5+ 8 =13, and so on. . . the numbers also increaseas a function of the golden Mean: which is: 1.618034.
The Golden Mean is the number which embodies balance in Growth. Furthermore, and the key to Fibonacci growth and growth in nature is that the growth is defined from the beginning. You don't see a tree continuing to grow forever! A tree starts from a seed and the extent of the growth is contained in the definition of what it is.
The reason the Fibonacci vessel is made of 8 strands is that 8 is a fibonacci number. 8 also has so many examples of symmetry and growth as a unit: it is a squared number, 8 is the symbol for infinity when it is turned on its side ∞ ,
One Billion has nine zeros $1,000,000,000. How many times did you have to repeat this in your negotiations with Google?
To actually communicate with "google", you have to put things in terms tof zeros and ones. It's binary codespeak. You have to ask for :111011100110101100101000000000 to actually get the one billion, otherwise you just get $512.00.
"Nine is still a significant number of zeros though. . . you have to think of it as three- threes. . . That's the basis of the Mantra Vessel.
We are out of time, is there anything you would like to add?
Yep, I wish there was more time.
