ඓඩ ම඿්න,  මබ් පොන් ගාජලි දමනි කායිකතු  පෙලයක මෙනින් තික් මෙනි නේතු. වලායම ක දමනියෙ ධීමග හාහාcé�ෝ. වීනියන් ම්නී, දිනිසිරි, that viruses and bacterias are not new, it is just this particular one is a little new to our systems. The important thing to understand is how to handle this human being, because if you do not know how to handle this one, then you are handling everything else only by accident. So this is what karma means, that is you become conscious, you become conscious of your actions. Physical action, psychological or mental action, emotional action and energy activity, you become conscious of all this.  So this time, this forced holiday that most of you have got, this break that you have from your normal chores, work, business, variety of other responsibilities and duties that one may have in their life, this break can be made use of to turn inward. Turning inward means this. Turning inward means that everything that we have gathered is outward. The world around us for sure outward, things that we possess in our life, our home, our clothes, our automobiles, our relationships, well even our body, because this also we gathered over a period of time. So everything that we have gathered is outward including the content of your mind which you gathered from outside and the karmic substance that you gathered with through the process of life.  So the difference is just this, what is me and what is mine, this distinction needs to happen in your experience. For this there are many methods. Today or probably by tomorrow morning, we are packaging two things. One is a chant, another is a isha kriya together. This is a good time to do it because this is a good time to distance yourself from everything that you have gathered including your virus if you have gathered it. If there is a distance between you and what you have gathered, your ability to manage situations, above all your ability to manage yourself is so greatly enhanced, so greatly enhanced that people who do not know how to manage themselves almost start thinking you are superhuman. Well, as I've said many many times, this is not about being superhuman but realizing that being human itself is super. And now a whole lot of people are complaining, what do we do with our time?  What do we do at home? When did home become such a terrible place? If home has become such a terrible place, you must take this fifteen days to fix it and make it into a wonderful place because that's where you live, that's your base. If your home base is so horrible in your experience, isn't it time to fix it? Well, I'm telling you, the problem is not with your home, the problem is with yourself because you have to spend time with yourself which is scaring lot of people.  It is very important that we fix that also. This is a good time to do that because well, in some way, hope the losses of life, the loss of life will be very minimal for all of us but whether it happens or not right now, the fear of virus means essentially mortality is tearing in your face. If mortality is tearing in your face, you understand how fragile human life is. So at a time like this, it is good to make a distinction between what is you and what is not you, what is me and what is just mine. What belongs to me is all right. What is me is of vital importance. Whatever may belong to you, you may spend a lifetime gathering things but well, there is no container service at the end of your life. So we have come here with a limited amount of time and energy. Now there is a reminder of our mortal nature by a microorganism. Well, I want you to understand that the organism is not against you. It is just trying to make its life. Unfortunately, its aggressive way of making life takes your life. Like human activity, human beings in search of their well-being, how they have destroyed life on this planet, how they are threatening the very life of the planet itself. Not with bad intention, of course. Just with the intention of living well. So similarly the virus just wants to thrive and you are the host. It is just doing what we are doing to the planet. That's about it, nothing more, nothing less. But it is right now, not a time to philosophize and remind ourselves of this and that. Right now, your fundamental responsibility is to stay alive and to keep everybody around you, especially those who are vulnerable, alive. We have to pass this test. This will only happen out of responsible action. Right now in India, nearly the entire country is like going into a lockdown in the next twenty-four hours, I think. Till thirty-first, that means nearly ten days or nine days. Well, instead of going half-hearted at these things, it is better to go full hog. That's what Gount has decided. The state onwards have also made up their minds on this. So airlines are all grounded, trains are cancelled, no public transport, except a few essential services, everything is down. This resolve is very necessary to make this into a successful process. Otherwise, half-hearted resolve just causes substantial amount of trouble without results. We must go all out and we must be ready for a two or three lockdown. I know this is very expensive economically in terms of business, in terms of livelihoods. Many problems are there. But all these problems are better than being dead. Being alive is the most important thing. Problems we will handle, we will pick up the pieces of our life after this situation is over and see how to build back our lives. Institutions, businesses, individual people, everybody will take the hit. But it is important that we do not allow people to die. We do not allow people to perish simply because of irresponsible action. It's extremely important that you stay alive. That's the most important thing right now. Rest of it we will see later. But at the same time, the economic activity need not 100% stop. Today is the year of... This is the time of technology. With this a whole lot of things can be kept going. Not all of it, at least parts of it can be kept going. Let us not panic, let us not create distress because if you worry too much, you will double the trouble. That's all that happens. There's already enough trouble. Don't multiply the trouble in your mind and create panic and fear. We will deal with this to the best of our abilities. Our commitment, our focus should be that least amount of mortality should happen. We should not allow widespread deaths to happen because of this virus. This is the responsibility both in India and rest of the world. Every society and every individual must take. I thought there are questions from various people. Namaskaram, Sadhguru. The first question is from Ritika. Sadhguru. Where is she from? She is from Bangalore. Sadhguru, I recently read that in Italy, in the coming closer to the shore, in Poland, girls are walking on the street. In China and many other countries, pollution has come down. Is it nature's way of teaching us a lesson? We are referred to as human beings. No other creature on this planet is referred to as a being. We are human beings. That means the basic qualification is we know how to be. Unfortunately, humanity is going out trying to defy this. Well, I've been saying this in many, many ways. If we don't learn to do things right consciously, nature will teach it to us in a very cruel way. The most important thing in all this is population itself. Right now, what is it that is bothering us with this corona? There is the density of population which makes it jump all over the place. But nobody wants to address. Generally, leaders in the world have not addressed this because nobody wants to go against religious groups who are always against this for whatever reason. This is going on for too long. So one basic thing is population. This is really the only problem if you ask me. That is, we are nice but we are just too many. Now, with death into our hands, with medical sciences, vaccinations and everything, once we take death into our hands, it's just simple sense to take birth also into our hands. But we believe is God's work. Death we want to ensure we are responsible for it and we will handle it. Birth also should be handled with the same thing. If death is postponed, birth needs to be postponed. This is an important thing. The human footprint has become so big, so very big that there is no room for other creatures to live. Now, this may not be scientifically correct. Probably it is not. But suppose you were a virus, suppose you were a virus and you live in other animals and animal population is going down and down, would you not choose a new habitat? Maybe that is what the virus has done because there are not enough animals. One thing is wild animals have dissipated in a very tragic way. Another thing is every day other animals are being slaughtered in a year. We are slaughtering over 70 billion animals for food. 7 billion people killing 70 billion animals across the world. I'm sure we are not eating that much, but that's how violently we are living. So if the animal hosts are disappearing, maybe the virus is mutating to live in a human being. This is not... I'm not talking science, it's just simple logic. If you were a virus, would you not do that? Definitely you would do that because if your habitat is disappearing, you would like to find new habitat, new places to survive. So in a way it is, but this is not a time to talk about these things. This is not a time to say, you did this, so this is what is happening to you, you deserve it. No, this is not a time for that. This is a time for sensible action. If people are infected and they are suffering, they need your compassion and attention. This is not a time to talk about all this, but long term we must think about these things that if we don't make room for every other creature to survive in this planet, then you will see we will not be able to survive because our life is not independent of all the other creatures, particularly micro-organisms. They are very much a part of our life. You can live without your relatives and friends, but you cannot live without micro-organisms. They are making so many things happen. For all you know, this virus also may turn friendly over a period of time because that is how these pathogens work. They are looking for a place to live and thrive. So, their activity is going on a certain way. Is this a teaching? See, in every situation there is a teaching if we are willing to learn. If you are willing to learn, calamities should not happen every day. Every moment there is a teaching, there is a learning, but unfortunately we don't learn. We wait for calamities to happen and then we want to philosophize about it. Please do not philosophize. Please do not go about saying, well, we got it and you actually we deserve it or people deserve it. Those people who did this deserve that. Leave this nonsense. This will not take us anywhere. Right now, the thing is to see how not to carry the virus. The important thing is you don't become a carrier. You don't get infected. Make sure nobody else gets infected. The simple thing is distance right now, distance from everything. This is the time to be alone. This is the time to turn inward. Well, I have been trying to turn your spiritual for a long time now. It looks like it needed a virus for you. Please. Namaskaram, Satguru. Is there anything all the Isha volunteers all over the world can do in making the situation a little better? All these millions of volunteers we have, right now the best thing is to stay off the streets, stay away from people around you, keep five to six feet distance and the simple predatory etiquette that everybody is talking about, manage this, right now there is nothing much to do. In the local areas here around Isha Yoga Center, we thought of launching a awareness campaign for the rural folk that is still in consideration because what I gather is most most people are already aware because of the television and the social media that is on. So they are pretty well informed even in rural areas. The next step is well if things go out of control, if there is a massive diffusion of this, if such a thing happens, hope it doesn't with this lockdown, I hope we don't get that. But yesterday in my conversation with the health minister in Tamil Nadu we have offered that if it becomes necessary that you need thousands of disciplined volunteers we are available and we will come and serve. So this commitment we have taken similarly in wherever you are in the world this is something that you can offer well there is a risk to this of course there is a risk going out to see that you don't add to the problem instead of trying to solve the problem you should not go there and you yourself become sick and add to the problem every person who gets infected is adding to the problem this is what we need to stop right now the best thing is to stay away from people, stay at home or if you are if you are not in a city if you are somewhere in more spacious areas it's best to be outdoors rather than indoors instead of being cooped up with the family of five or ten in small building with four walls it's better to be outside the important thing is you maintain at least two meters space around you all the time till this passes well this is going to pass off just like that maybe not but if we hold it for long enough our ability to handle it could be greatly enhanced this is what all the scientists and doctors are saying next question is from Zahid Namaskaram Sadguru I have been binging on your videos from the last few days of lockdown I must say you are a rock star I want to know what's the next step for people like me who have not learnt any of your spiritual practice so far how can we start our spiritual journey I don't know why you are downgrading me I am a yogi but now you are downgrading me to be a rock star because as far as I know most rock stars live a very bad life I am not living a bad life I am living a very good life within myself and around myself so don't put me down because I am one I know what you are trying to say that's fine well see this is the whole thing only when most human beings do not have enough intelligence to do what is most vital in their life when things are happening well in their life they need a calamity they need a disaster to wake them up when things come hope it doesn't turn into a disaster but an impending calamity is staring us in the face so this is the time you want to turn spiritually it's fine I don't know or I don't care for what reason you turn spiritual as long as you make your life profound first of all let us understand what is spirituality and what is a spiritual practice everything that you have gathered including relationships and works it's all physical things that which you did not gather that which is life itself this is spiritual process essentially what you are saying is should I do a spiritual process should I find a means to delve deep into myself know the profoundness of my existence or should I live just on the surface should I just live with the heap of things that I have gathered or should I know the nature of my existence this is the question you are asking you should you did not do it all this time now you think I am a rock star so if you like that it doesn't matter how it works for you but as I said we are putting out a package of a certain chant and a certain practice called isha kriya is available on the app you can make use of it the chant is about generating samadprana or heat in the system usna in the system usna the English word would be just heat but it is not in terms of temperature but there is something called as usna and shita which in English language translates into heat and cold but that's not what exactly it means it indicates the direction so if you generate enough samadprana and create usna in the system your immune system will function much better so the chant is about that the chant will generate a certain amount of strength in the immune system because it generates heat you have heard probably you have not but most Indian people would have heard a word called thapas thap means heat thapas means a process which generates heat in the system because keeping the immune system at a high level of resistance is most important if we want to go through life in a comfortable way without small things throwing us off from the purpose of our life colds and coughs and fevers are throwing people off whatever they wish to do in their life simply because the immune systems are not as good as they should be so we will teach you this chant and isha kriya which will help you to hold yourself little away little away from everything that you have gathered including your body and the content of your mind if you do this the important thing is just this see you know only two kinds of suffering physical suffering and mental suffering once you create a little distance between you and your body between you and your mind this is the end of suffering so this is a time when you should make yourself in such a way you are beyond suffering once you are beyond suffering you will naturally want to explore the very depth of your existence not panic and be calm in this situation it is very difficult for me to stay quiet thank you for your help and take care of you well different people around the world are placed in different situations just yesterday I was talking to somebody that I know very well that her son is in New York city infected with coronavirus here mother and father are here in India the boy is alone there in his apartment and they are terrified now she is telling me why do we send our children so far away can't they be happy and well here where we are we send them so far away now he is infected with coronavirus and I don't know what to do well I reminded her well ten years ago you were also very far away from your parents now you come back maybe before you die he will also come back that's not the point the point is just this that you need to understand human well-being will not come because of going here or going there or doing this or doing that the wonderful rain out here we are outdoors I understand the struggle that people who are dear to you are elsewhere particularly in a place which is going through throes of infection and I'm sorry hundreds of deaths per day definitely you will be concerned but by worrying yourself to sickness by panicking you are not going to solve any problem as I said don't worry that you will only double your trouble there is trouble right now nobody can deny that there is genuine trouble for all of us no question about it but shall we deal with the trouble to the best of our capabilities or shall we multiply it in our mind this is the choice we have I would advise please do not multiply this in your mind there is enough problem in the world already how to deal with this how to minimize this problem for ourselves and everybody else around us this is the focus this is what it should be and this is what we should execute because this is what is needed out of a human being this question is from Tejas Namaskaram Sadhguru I recently read an article mentioning that after the lockdown in China divorce rate went up now that we are starting it in India do you have any tips for us Indian couples well if your marriages are surviving only because of separation it's a sad state well at least the viruses made them realize they're in a marriage which actually they did not have because staying together for a couple of weeks it's going to break up everything well that means you really didn't have a marriage you just had an arrangement which was going on because of your absence not because of your presence I don't think that will be a big issue in India I'm sure here those who have been busy all their lives they will enjoy being with their families they will bond well and make their families more meaningful for themselves and for everybody else that's how we deal with this here I don't think we have to implant that when a society becomes absolutely about how to use everything for your well-being if you're only thinking in terms of how your husband or wife should serve you whether they're useful for you or not if this is the constant thought this kind of thing will happen let your life be in such a way that you're always looking at how to make somebody else's life beautiful you being beautiful is a project that you should finish within yourself and now your project should be about how to make everybody else's life beautiful thank you very much let's close here it's pouring rain


Smoky Mountain Alpine Coaster. Ride the hill, feel the thrill. Well, as I say, I had the opportunity to feel the thrill on this alpine coaster located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, during my visit to the area in late December 2019. This is the only alpine coaster my family visited during our time here, though there are I believe about 11 of these alpine coasters located around this immediate area, so you can definitely find these all over the place if you are ever visiting the Pigeon Forge or Gatlinburg area. Smoky Mountain Alpine Coaster opened in 2013. It can operate in rain and snow. It closes for thunderstorms and heavy rain, according to the website. Now this is advertised as being over a mile long, but surely this is with the huge lift up the mountain included. The roller coaster database lists the length as being 3,937 feet, so I'm guessing that's how long it is once you are let go from the cable lift hill, which actually is really, really long. I mean almost 4,000 feet long. That's pretty awesome, actually. And it is a very long ride. It's advertised as taking around seven to eight minutes to complete the course. Looking at a POV of it, I timed it from the beginning of the climb up the mountain to the braking area at the end of the ride. And based on the POV, it was about six minutes 45 seconds. So it definitely can vary as you can apply brakes and things like that during the ride if you wish to do so. It takes about five minutes to climb all the way up to the top. And after that, the ride is just under two minutes long, approximately, once gravity takes over and you coast down the mountain. The price to ride the Smoky Mountain Alpine Coaster is $5 for children three to six years old, $12 for children seven to 12 years old, and $15 for adults. You can do re rides in the same day for $8 as long as you have your original receipt. The height requirements for this are 56 inches tall to ride alone, or you must be at least 38 inches tall if riding along with somebody, though the person controlling the sled has to be 56 inches and at least 16 years old. So do keep that in mind. There is a max height for this as well, which is seven feet tall. Now, as far as my experience goes on the Smoky Mountain Alpine Coaster, I had an amazing time on this. I rode this twice in a row at night. So it was completely dark. It was very surreal and it was such a cool feeling just flying down the mountain so fast at night and you had the lights and the views of Pigeon Forge being way up in the mountains. Now this ride is advertised as reaching an approximate max speed of 27 miles per hour, which obviously can vary, which is why it's approximate. But I'll tell you what, it sure felt a lot faster than that when I rode this thing. I let gravity take over and do its own thing for the most part, though there were a couple times where I did apply brakes just very, very slightly as we were approaching a couple of the turns because we were just hauling so fast. I had my niece riding with me. My six year old niece really wanted to ride it with me both times and I didn't know how she felt about it. So I did kind of apply brakes a little bit around a couple of those turns and you get amazing laterals going through some of these turns.  It's really crazy. Like I said, it sure feels like you're going a lot faster than 27 miles per hour. I mentioned the break that you have. There's a lever on the side of the sled that you will use to break. Obviously you have to break at the end of the ride so you don't bump into anybody. Each sled can hold two people, but as long as you are 56 inches tall, you can ride by yourself if you wish to do so. Smoky Mountain Alpine Coaster was manufactured by a company called Weigand. They've built nearly 250 of these Alpine coasters. So they definitely know what they're doing with these things. These are pretty popular. They can be found all over the world now. So yeah, this company has built a lot of these. Overall, like I said, I really loved my rides on the Smoky Mountain Alpine Coaster. It was just really cool. I definitely recommend doing this or one of the many Alpine coasters around the area. If you're ever around Pigeon Forge or Gatlinburg, it's definitely worth your time. And I would say it's worth the price to ride at least once. Like I said, I did get two rides. So I spent about $23, which isn't too terrible, I feel like, for the experience that you get, it's definitely worth doing it. So definitely check out one or two of these or however many you want to do. There's tons of them around the area. Now I am going to give you guys my final score as I do with all of my roller coaster reviews. My final score for the Smoky Mountain Alpine Coaster is a very solid seven out of 10. I definitely recommend riding this or one of the many different Alpine coasters out there. It's truly an awesome experience. So day, night, I'm sure you'll have great time on these. Definitely check them out. Let me know what you think about the Smoky Mountain Alpine Coaster if you've ridden it, or if you've ridden any other Alpine coasters, which ones are your favorites? Be sure to like this video and check out many other roller coaster reviews and a playlist on my channel. Subscribe for more content like this. And thanks so much for watching. This is Coaster Daddy. Bye.


The weird circle, in this cave by the restless sea we are met to call from out the past stories, strange and weird. Bellkeeper, hold the bell so all may know we are gathered again in the weird circle. Speak again the immortal tale, the ghost's touch. Is it true that when you are very close to death the dead are really able to reach out to protect you? I don't know but Ralph Zandt and I had been married only a few months when he died. We had been so completely and deeply in love that the memory of the happiness we had found is a thing which will always dominate my life. Well, John Stevens, one of Ralph's best friends had invited me to spend some time with him on the coast where he had a large house. He was in the town where I had first met Ralph. Mrs. Stewart, my housekeeper and companion went with me and Paul Weston, another of Ralph's closest friends was also there. But he lived in his own house nearby. I had been enjoying my stay there immensely. John had not been with us much but Mrs. Stewart and I enjoyed the park and the beach. John had been particularly careful about my food, a fact which greatly pleased me. One morning Mrs. Stewart and I had just returned from the beach. We were standing in the great front hall of the house when she brought up something I know had been on both our minds ever since we'd arrived. Mine's quiet in this big old house. Hasn't it been quiet Mrs. Stewart? You know, I can remember when this was one of the liveliest houses in St. Anne's and John was one of the jolliest men alive. Sort of gives me the willies Mrs. Zant. There's something kind of brood in here. No one ever around this part of the house. The servants are all way off in the back there. Has that seemed strange to you?  Oh no, ma'am. There's something funny here. You mark my words. I didn't want to say nothing, hoping not to worry you. But Mr. John has acted so strange too. He's a lot more thoughtful than he ever was before. And then there's that funny smell. Yes, I've smelled that too. But I thought it was just my imagination. And the strange way Mr. John looks at you after breakfast when he gets up so solemn light and goes up into that room at the head of the stairs. He never comes out again till dinner. So what's in that room anyway Mrs. Zant? Well, I don't know. It's a study of some sort. I guess where John's doing some work. You know, yesterday I got hunting for that smell and I traced it right to that door. I snipped all around there and tried to decide what it was. I heard something in there too. What? Mr. John was in there. I could hear him muttering to himself. No words mind you, just muttering. And every once in a while it sounded as though he was stirring something in the glass. Finally, guess what he says? Oh Mrs. Stewart, I think you've been imagining things. We're letting ourselves get nervous over something that's probably nothing at all. Well, he said... Ah, at last. Now I'm certain this will work. Just then he came toward the door so I ran back to my room and shut the door. Well, I don't think he'd mind if we went and paid him a visit. Then we can see what he's doing. I wonder if he's up there now. Oh, my goodness. That startled me. He's just the front door. Why, it's Mr. Paul. I can see him through the glass and the door. I'll just let him in. Takes these servants here so long to get from way back where they are. Oh, hello Mrs. Stewart. Is Mrs. Zant here? Hello Paul. Come on in. Oh, my Dorothy, what are you standing there like that for? You look worried and as though you're just about to do something about it. Well Paul, as a matter of fact, we were just going up to pay John a visit in his study. There at the head of the stairs. Study? My Dorothy, didn't he tell you what that is? No. That's a laboratory. And he's forbidden everyone to come in there practically on pain of death. Well he hasn't forbidden me in. I'm going to find out what goes on in there. I think there was a little mean of him. Oh Mrs. Zant, do you think he'd better? Certainly I do. And I'm going up now. Well, I might as well get hung for a sheep as a lamb. I'll come along too. Look, come on Mrs. Stewart. Well, you aren't frightened are you Mrs. Stewart? There's no telling what we may find. Well, it can't be too awful. John's no demon anyway. No answer. Maybe he's gone out. I'm going to look and see. Be careful Mrs. Zant. Get out. I told you. Oh Dorothy, come in. I didn't realize it was you. Well, we're all here John. We came up to pay you a little visit. Fine, fine.  Hello Paul. When did you arrive? Just came in. Dorothy said she wanted to come up here. I told her we'd all been forbidden but she insisted. So my curiosity got the better of me too. Well that's fine. I'm really glad you did. This is a good day for me. This is really magnificent. Yes Dorothy. What do you think of my private domain? Well, it's big enough. I'll say that for it. It's a little frightening. Don't smell so good to me either. Mrs. Stewart doesn't understand experiments the way we do, does she Dorothy? No I don't Mr. John. After seeing Mrs. Zant fooling with them dangerous chemicals I don't know as I want to either. What's that Dorothy? You? Well yes Paul. I've been doing some experiments. Just for fun mostly but it does take up my time since I'm alone so much. That's why I think it was so unfair of John not to tell me he had such a wonderful laboratory here. Well Dorothy I've been saving that for later until this experiment is well underway. I've been hoping we might work together very soon. John what are those tables over there? They look like... The dissecting tables? Yes that's what they are. Well of course if you're going in for anatomy on the side I'm... I'm afraid you'll leave me way behind. Well I know my dear quite the contrary. I had hoped you'd follow right along. I'm sure you will with this new experiment. Well you've got to tell us now what this experiment is. You've certainly got our curiosity aroused. Now I'll tell you of course. I have finally developed a new formula. This is the chemical part which will eventually make a subject absolutely impervious to pain. That is I will be able to operate without the use of anesthetics. Perform any sort of operation I wish. How does it work? I feed small doses of a certain formula. A very dangerous one by the way. To the patient in his food. Dangerous because while he's taking them the patient occasionally falls into semi-conscious states in which he is very close to death. Then when a certain stage is reached there is one more dose which the patient must drink straight without any other food. Then the subject becomes unconscious of any pain whatever. But what's the purpose of that? Surely the development of anesthetics. This you see leaves the scientists free to operate unconscious living animals without the stopping of some functions brought on by anesthetics.  Have you ever tried it? Several times my dear and with success. I am just waiting now to try my greatest experiment of the lot. To use my formula in the most complicated of living organisms. The human. But John you're not going to go on with this are you? Well certainly why should I stop now? Especially when I'm so near the final experiment. Do you mind John if Mrs. Stewart and I go down to the beach? I'm afraid the air in here has made me a little dizzy. That's a good idea Dorothy. We'll come right along to walk with you. By all means go ahead. Do get plenty of fresh air my dear. I hope you'll see more of the laboratory later. Much more. I wondered then what it was in John's look that started me. Or was it something in his voice? A chill of apprehension made me turn and hurry ahead of Mrs. Stewart out into the cool seashore air. I was sure that John was telling me something. Saying something to me alone. And I was afraid even then to let myself believe what I thought it was. Mrs. Stewart and I walked through the little park that lay between the house and the beach. It was a place of many wonderful memories to me. A place where Ralph had first kissed me. We passed the tree where Ralph and I had stood that day Mrs. Stewart bless her. Knew what I felt as we came to the spot. She looked at me. These memories aren't good to spoil your visit now are they Mrs. Zant?  Oh no Mrs. Stewart. My memories of him wouldn't spoil anything. They're too beautiful. Well I just thought in the way you were looking over at that tree the one... You know I'm going over and touch that tree. Just for luck. I feel as though I need some luck right now. Mrs. Zant. Mrs. Zant. Mrs. Zant. What's wrong? What are you looking like that for as though you'd seen a ghost? Oh Mrs. Stewart I... Where are you? Mrs. Zant. Can't you see me here? What are you looking at me as though you've gone blind? Mrs. Zant. Mrs. Zant. Mrs. Zant. No. I'm not blind. I can see everything. The tree, the grass, the whole park. But you've gone. I can't hear you anymore. I can't see you. Mrs. Stewart. Mrs. Stewart. You remember didn't you Dorothy? You're not afraid. Yoy. It seems as though I can feel your hand on mine. But I can't see you. I'm right here beside you darling. Always beside you. You've been gone so long Ralph. I'm always beside you. But I haven't seen you. I haven't been with you before. Dorothy. Dorothy darling. It can't be for long this time either. They're coming soon. They're on their way now. Who my dearest? All of them. Don't forget the others. They'll be here. Don't forget the others. Why can't I see you Ralph? When I want to so much. I can still feel you. It seems though you have your arm around me. Oh Ralph. Oh Ralph. I'm here though. Right here with you my darling. Why didn't you let me know before that we were so near to each other? Because you had to come a long way to me first. And now it's time for you to know it certainly. You already know why. Are you here to protect me? You are. You are. I know it. But from what Ralph? From what? Dorothy. Dorothy. Mrs. Sands. Oh thank heavens Mrs. Sands.  You will protect me. I'll come back to see you here Ralph. I'll come back. Ralph! Dorothy it's alright. Dorothy can't you hear me? Can't you see me? Oh it's you. Yes Dorothy. Do you feel alright? Mrs. Stewart. Oh Mrs. Sands. I ran in front of Mr. Paul as fast as I could. You stood there looking straight at me and you wouldn't answer me.  Oh you gave me an awful fright. Mrs. Stewart came running for us. She said you seem to have gone into a trance. I came as soon as I could. She's alright now isn't she? Yes now she is. But it certainly is strange. Not strange at all. In fact rather to be expected. Why Mr. John? Mrs. Zandt hasn't ever had anything like that before. You didn't even see how she was. Mr. Paul here can tell you. Why expected John? Oh perhaps the air in the laboratory upset her. Perhaps something she ate. Who knows. The shock of Ralph's passing away hasn't really left her yet has it my dear. I think we're imagining things. I'm afraid that perhaps the food my cook has been serving has been a bit rich these past few days. I spoke to her about it this morning. You alright now Mrs. Zandt? Oh quite alright thank you. I think we'd better go down to the beach. I'll come along with you Dorothy. If you'll excuse me I must get back to the laboratory. My dog has been acting rather strangely in the last few minutes. Something very interesting may develop. Will you excuse me? Certainly John. We'll be back shortly. Don't worry dinner won't be ready for a while and that's all you need to be back for. I'll see you later. Dorothy I don't like this at all. Are you afraid of something Paul? Mr. Paul means this funny spell you just had and I agreed with him. It was very strange but it was very wonderful. Tell me Dorothy you know something about chemistry. Would it be possible for John actually to do what he says he has done? Well there are a great many strange things that can be done with chemistry Paul. And I believe yes that a mind bent on such an insane purpose could probably develop such a combination. But wouldn't it be very dangerous? You're thinking of that spell I just had in connection with it aren't you? Well he did say some strange things there in the laboratory. And you may be very right too Paul in suspecting him. I may already have been... Dorothy! Oh Mrs. Zandt no please let's go home today. But Dorothy if you think... No Paul. Something happened when I was standing under that tree. I talked to Ralph and I promised to go back to talk to him again tomorrow. You see I have to stay here now because I must talk to him again. It isn't possible. I may be in great danger Paul. Even this minute here with you on this sunny beach I may be very near to death. But I want to see whether what I believe is true. Because perhaps I am so close to death that the spirit of the man who loves me can reach across the narrow space that divides us and protect me. If that is so I will have discovered more than a thousand insane experiments can prove. You see I have to stay now. But Dorothy hasn't he protected you already? Hasn't he warned you? No Paul. He's waiting for something. Something else. I think I know what. Didn't he say? No but there will be more. He told me to come back. He wouldn't have done that if there weren't more would he? Shall I have the main dish brought in? Are you both ready? I think you'll find the dinner very good tonight. Since I spoke to the cook this morning she... Oh here it is now.  Yes thank you Paul. I feel very well now. The afternoon must... Oh Rogers. I believe you've mixed the plates. That one is for Mrs. Zant. That's all right John. I don't believe I'll have much dinner anyway. I'm not very hungry. Give Dorothy mine. But I insist. Dorothy's is really quite special. I... Is something wrong my dear? Oh I... No no it was nothing. But John does it really matter that much? Perhaps John has had something special prepared for me Paul. That's very nice of him. And it will be quite all right. Thank you Dorothy. We scientists seem to understand each other don't we? Dorothy. Dorothy. It's all right Paul. This dinner and going to bed early tonight will fix Dorothy up splendidly Paul. Wait and see. Suddenly I had felt Ralph close to me again. He gave me a new confidence. A knowledge that whatever happened now I was protected. I tasted nothing strange about the food. But I hadn't noticed anything in the meals before either. Ralph was waiting I was sure now until John became bold enough to spell his own destruction. The next afternoon nothing could have kept me in the house. John had been in the laboratory all morning. And when I looked in I noticed through the shutter that one of the operating tables was covered with clean white sheets. I went quickly out to the tree where I had been with Ralph the day before. It seemed a long time before I again felt that strange numb feeling as though my life had almost left my body. What? Dorothy my darling you are here under our tree. How could I help coming Ralph when you promised that we'd be together again today. I didn't promise my dear I couldn't promise that much but remember my darling I am always near you. Ralph. Ralph where are you? Look. The grass is all beginning to burn turn brown. Our tree is withering. Ralph. What was that? That great black mass coming toward me. John where did you come from? I can only see your face staring at me out of that awful darkness. It's all right isn't it? Who said so last night? That's true. I don't know anything now. Where's Ralph? Oh John why are you frightening me this way? Ralph! Ralph! Now aren't you Dorothy? It's one of those spells again Mrs. Zand I'm frightened. Mrs. Stewart and I came out to walk with you Dorothy. We found you here again just standing here not seeing anything. I'm gonna call Mr. Paul. I don't like this. It frightens me. Mr. Paul I don't know what to do. Shall we go back to the house Dorothy? You'll feel better in a minute. No John let's just wait here a minute. Mrs. Stewart will be back with Paul. But everything is ready at the house. I have some work waiting. But John I I let darkness all around you. I can't see anything but your face again. You will follow me back to the house. Yes John of course I'll come with you. Everything hears Brown and burnt Park has grown so well it's horrible here now. Look at those birds over there. They're such big black birds and they're falling dropping right into the sea. What's the matter with them John? Why don't they come up again? Don't be afraid of them Dorothy. Just come with me one step. And look those awful things. Snakes huge one and they're not moving. John they're dead. Nothing here ever stays alive anymore. It's open and it's all dark in there. So dark I can't even see your face anymore. John can't find anything. It isn't real. I've lost something I can't remember. Even John has gone away now and there isn't any light Brown. Near me. I can feel you here now. I'm not alone. It's near now. It's almost time my darling.  I can feel your hands are mine Ralph. But I still can't see you. It's so dark in here. Your hand is helping me along. Hold me tight. It's the laboratory Ralph.  Ralph I'm afraid. We're all right together won't we? I'm so terribly thirsty. That heat. The park is so hot. It's all burned up. I'm thirsty. Not afraid now Ralph. I'm thirsty. Why can't I have a drink? It'll be all right. Lord what's got him? He's choking to death. Something strangling him. John. He's dead. He was just holding that glass to your lips Dorothy when we came in and suddenly it shook out of his hand as though someone had grabbed hold of his wrist. A powerful hand. It was like if a ghost had reached out and knocked that glass out of his hand. Someone did Paul. Ralph. But no one was here. It couldn't have been. Oh Mrs. Sand. I was protected. I knew I would be. Ralph was able to reach across and save me. I know it. One made it of the past. We have brought you The Ghost's Touch. Bell Keeper. Pull the bell.


Always wanted to know what the relationship is between digital transformation and service design. Make sure you stick around because at the end of this video, you'll know how these two fields can benefit from each other. Let the show begin. Hi, I'm Mark and welcome to the service design show. This show is all about helping you to build organizations that put people at the heart of their business. Now before we dive into digital transformation and service design, I just want to do a quick disclaimer. This video isn't about which one is better. That's a completely irrelevant question as you'll discover in this video. This video is really about understanding the relationship between the two fields. So what's the problem here? Well, on the outside, digital transformation and service design can look quite similar. We share a lot of the same tools and methods. We talk about customer experience a lot, but just because we're similar on the outside doesn't mean we're similar on the inside. And what I see happening is that we miss a lot of opportunities to actually learn from each other and benefit from each other's strength. And even I see happening that people are sort of guarding their own field, their own silo. And that's usually never a good thing. Let's get the obvious thing out of the way first. I'm not an ultimate expert on digital transformation. There are much more experienced and smarter people out there that can talk about this topic. But I know one or two of these people and have seen digital transformation projects close enough that I think I can say something about it. From what I see happening is that digital transformation is a lot about digitizing existing services and products to work smarter, to work more efficiently, and yes, to improve customer and employee experience. That's the ultimate goal. And it's often also about the organizational culture and changing that. For instance, allowing people to work remotely and providing the technical infrastructure to that. It's not just a technological change. It's also a cultural change. So yes, there is or at least there should be if done right, a lot of emphasis on the user needs and the user experience in any digital transformation project. But here's the big clue. Anything digital transformation touches is a service 100% of the time. I don't care if it's about digitizing services for customers or for employees. It's always about a service. It can be a service about digitizing the ordering of a meal or it can be about digitizing an analog form and making a digital version. All of it, all of the time, is part of a service. Now, when you know that and when you realize that it's not so strange that you see a lot of service design tools and methods being applied in digital transformation projects. So how do we then relate to each other? Well, digital transformation, it's already in the name is about tech. It's the focus is on using modern technology to find ways to work smarter, find ways to deliver services in a more efficient way. Well, service design is all about finding the needs of the users, finding the needs of the business, and applying a design, the design approach, the design toolkit, that design mindset. So, which means it's all about co-creation, prototyping, visualizing, all that you know of design. But it's not the starting point. It's never technology. So with service design, you might end up actually removing technology and making things analog again. Just think about, for instance, the AVR machines where you call and you have to go through a menu. Maybe you should replace it by a human who connects you to the right person. Or think about your to-do list in Post-its and digitizing that into a tool like Trello. Yes, it might be smart to put it in Trello for to collaborate and archive it. But you also lose some of the personal relationship with your teammates. Maybe getting back to the question, how can we use each other's strength to actually create something that's even better? I think adding more service design to digital transformation projects would make the process even more user-centered. I often feel that digital transformation is about doing existing things better while service design is much more about finding the things, the better things you should do. So rather than actually just digitizing existing processes, existing services, existing forms, service design, questions more, should we work in this way? Is this really the service we should be delivering and then moving on to maybe digitizing it? So that's the way I think we can use each other's strengths, learn from each other, and make the process even better. What do you think? What is the relationship between service design and digital transformation and how can we use each other's strength in the most optimal way? Leave a comment down below. Let's continue the conversation over there. Now, one of the most important ways to understand what service design is and being able to explain it to the people around you is by actually having a really clear picture of where it fits in, for instance, compared to digital transformation. So in the next video, we're going to talk about how service design relates to design thinking. If you're interested in that, make sure you check out this video because that's what we're going to talk about over there. Thanks for watching and I'll see you over here.