Food for Consciousness

raw milk and dairy update

2011-10-21T01:11:00.005+01:00

About the treatment of milk:

Thermised milk is raw milk that has been heated for at least 15 seconds at a temperature between 57 °C and 68 °C. Pasteurisation is a process by which milk is is heated to 71.7 °C for 15–20 seconds.

So pasteurisation involves higher temperatures than thermisation but both processes heat the milk to above biological temperature and damage important nutrients and biological factors. Many cheeses described as 'unpasteurised' are in fact thermised and therefore not truly raw - it's worth checking with the supplier if you want genuinely raw cheese.

click here for a comprehensive list of suppliers of raw milk and dairy products

take possession of your own mind

2011-10-17T23:37:00.002+01:00

"take possession of your own mind and direct it to ends of your own choice" Napoleon Hill

raw chocolate making with a difference

2011-10-17T00:04:00.000+01:00

interviewed by Kenny Sunshine...

75g cacao butter
50g coconut butter
50g cacao paste
dash sea salt/ Himalayan salt

melt these ingredients together in a bowl over hot water or in a dehydrator

stir in 2 Tbspns raw honey

Mix together these dry ingredients:

3 Tbspns lucuma
3 Tbspns maca
2 Tbspns mesquite
2 Tbspns purple corn flour
1 Tbspn hemp leaf powder
1 Tbspn strawberry powder
1/4 tsp vanilla powder
1/4 tsp he shou wu
dash cayenne powder

stir melted ingredients in, pour into moulds and set in fridge or freezer

the wonders of the yoga swing

2011-10-16T23:38:00.000+01:00

The yoga swing can be hung up on a beam or from a frame in your house to jump on when you please or is fun to be used like this in a local park doing yoga like a monkey! Children love it as well as adults.

Hanging upside down reverses the effects of gravity and allows more blood to flow to the head. It reduces acid accumulation, moves lymph fluid and detoxes the body. It is a traction treatment for the back. Lots more information here!

rawgeous cafe

2011-10-15T00:59:00.001+01:00

Is it possible to have gorgeous raw food on tap at a festival? Yes it is, folks!

interview with Kate Magic !

2011-10-14T11:10:00.003+01:00

http://www.katesmagicbubble.com/interviews/interview-with-holly-paige

Holly Paige is difficult to put into words! A fiercely independent thinker, she joins the dots between raw foods, consciousness and transformation in a way that is at once profound and accessible. Holly is mother to four children, and has been raw over ten years. She spends a lot of her time researching information and developing ideas, as well as teaching classes and sharing information on her blogs. You may not have heard of her, because she isn’t particularly interested in pursuing fame, more trying to reach for the truth, but I feel she has an extremely valuable level of information to share, and is a true pioneer of the raw foods movement. She really understands the biochemistry of how the raw food diet works, particularly how it affects brain chemistry. She then draws on that understanding, to extrapolate how humanity and our world might alter if we all were operating on that purer frequency. She believes the three key areas we need to address to move into a more positive future state are: changing our diets to include more raw foods and superfoods; becoming more directly connected to the earth and tuned into the natural world; and de-programming our consciousness, so that our thoughts and feelings create joyful and abundant scenarios, rather than the fear and scarcity based paradigm that we are currently living in. Join us for this fascinating interview!

Chocolate Love Temple Glastonbury!!!!

2011-10-13T14:25:00.001+01:00

Chuen / B'atz' — The Trecena of Creativity

2011-06-21T13:54:00.001+01:00

Master of all the Arts, Chuen, or B’atz’ in K’iche’ Maya, is the weaver of the thread of life and the cords of time. It symbolizes movement, motion, and development; initiation, affirmation, and favorable divination readings; as well as marriage and pregnancy. Chuen is the nagual of the arts, artists, and the art of weaving, and as such, represents all concepts and elements of life related to art and weaving, from time itself—called by the Maya “the thread of life”—to the life-connecting umbilical cord. Not surprisingly, Chuen is often referred to as “Monkey,” for monkeys were the mythic patrons of the arts in ancient Mayan lore. The monkey is, in fact, Chuen’s animal totem.

On Chuen days, the Maya express their intention to freely receive all that they have requested from the universe, and to be able to unravel or resolve any matter or issue. Chuen days are extremely auspicious for all artistic works and endeavors; in fact, it is a powerful day to begin any project. And it is the best day in the Tzolk’in to ask for a partner or to be married.

The upcoming thirteen days embody a magical period of creativity, art, music, dance and play. This is the time to slip out of your rigid corporate persona, leave that business suit and tie in the closet, and let the real, creative you thrive.

This trecena can help you transform your life from fulfilling the mundane daily tasks of modern existence to one of endlessly vibrant, exuberant experience. We know of many such transformations. But as with any creative or magical power, you need to respect and honor it, and lend it your deepest talents and skill, and guide it as you would any wild untamed force of nature. Lose sense of what you’re doing and it will snap into chaos.

Do you have the courage to be who you are?

http://www.maya-portal.net/newsletters/quetzal/chuen_trecena

Planetary Tantra Talk Installment 6 with John Lash

2011-05-29T23:27:00.000+01:00

In this episode John Lash takes on a detailed and careful explanation of how to set up a lunar calendar and the importance of doing so. This subject touches on the nature of Dakini Instruction, the ordinary mindstream compared with the Buddha mind, the implementation of the Fibonacci sequence in the calendar, the Dakini "flavor" of the month and much, much more.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/grok-the-talk/2011/05/24/planetary-tantra-talk-installment-6-with-john-lash-2011519

John Lash on a variety of topics

2011-04-25T00:27:00.002+01:00

http://www.mediafire.com/?t2mprl992swfmpq

The Goddess regaining communication with the galactic centre and correcting her course; planetary tantra ~ connecting to Gaia through the binding of the iron in your blood to the bioelectric magnetic aura of the Earth; being guided by the Sophia story and at the same time being a participator in that story; sexuality and shamanism; understanding sexuality as an instrument of Gaia's own desire, Gaia's driving force is desire, healthy sex is arrangement between a man a woman and the Earth; dakini elixirs, telestic shamanism, the practice of the shaman seers in the mysteries, who define their aim; the delusion and toxicity of saviour religions and the way they have infected the human mind, the saviour as 'divine victim'; the understanding that you don't have a 'life of your own' ~ your life potential is connected to her, Gaia, the Earth; the hoax of the Annunaki script as social control device describing a master slave relationship; gnosis is cognitive ecstasy, this ecstasy is our salvation, our salvation is in immersion not ascension (disassociation); service is not in Gaia's syntax, she wants us to play and evolve; the use of transpersonal rage against the perpetrators on the planet, the intraspecies predators.

The sophia myth is for living ~ live it! ~ each of us also has a personal myth that weaves into hers, it is your destiny vector.

The Fall of the Wisdom Goddess

2011-04-24T23:56:00.001+01:00

This is a reading of "The Fall of the Wisdom Goddess" that John Lash has recreated from the Nag Hammadi Texts on his website, metahistory.org. It was created with the intent of helping persons interested in the Sophia myth and the Gnostic viewpoint absorb this beautiful story in an audible format.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/grok-the-talk/2011/02/28/the-fall-of-the-wisdom-goddess-a-narration

Planetary Tantra with John Lamb Lash

2011-04-24T23:36:00.001+01:00

1st installment This is the long awaited commemorative first Talk on Planetary Talk with Telestes John Lash. This is a series of talks that will continue for as long as deemed necessary. Topics covered in the initial first step, Melchizedeck, Castanedian magic, the Shakti Cluster, the Gaian Tantra Vow, the definition of Planetary Tantra and much much more.

2nd installment Aspects of bonding with Gaia/Sophia, Shaktism and the handling of power are discussed along with the energetic nature of the atmosphere, symbolism inherent in the Gaian Tantra Vow, attuning to the Dakinis with the Shakti Cluster and Kala Tantra.

3rd installment John Lash continues to explore the unique nature of Planetary Tantra. In particular John details his Planetary Tantra "download" in 2008, the events that unfolded on Infinity ridge, the role of the archons, some further observations about Melchezideck, and their relation to the Divine experiment.

4th installment John continues to talk about the Divine experiment, the factors and entities that are working to derail it, how Gaia-Sophia herself sees us, the direction we are going, the psychological make-up of psychopaths and how we can deal with them. We also go into the nature of the Planetary shift that is unfolding and the part rage plays in it.

5th installment In this first talk following the Kanto-Pacific earthquake, John talks about the difficulty of determining the authentic from the false in world events, the implications of the 3/11 earthquake, the practices of the Tantrika of Kali and the earth changes that make this time so efficacious for Planetary Tantra. We also begin to dive into the theme of The archontic factor, PT and the future of the Earth.

magic and initiation among the endtime tribes

2011-04-24T03:06:00.002+01:00

The vast spiritual emergency to be undergone by the human species in ever-increasing numbers, with natural disasters, social violence, and outright madness escalating up to and beyond 2012, will open the seals of paranormal faculties and burst the floodgates of non-ordinary reality. As the world humans have made comes apart in convulsions of fire and flood, a world will arise anew, but first within human perception, because seeing the Next World comes with traumatic extrapolation of the senses toward non-ordinary reality, in the very moment we behold the destruction of the existing world.

http://www.metahistory.org/ENDTIME/PartyXolotl.php

John Lamb Lash on Cosmic Gnostic

2011-04-24T02:05:00.003+01:00

John Lash explains the Sophia Myth and the nature of the human problem.

"The purpose of the divine experiment on Earth is for the human species who is engineered in the imagination of the Gaia-Sophia is to interact with that engineer, the Goddess. Everything that interferes with this in terms of make-believe or technology gets in the way."

Planetary Tantra with John Lamb Lash

2011-04-23T23:44:00.002+01:00

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/grok-the-talk/2011/04/23/planetary-tantra-talk-installment-5-with-john-lash-2011421

John talks about the causes of the Japanese earthquake and whether they were natural; the dangers of playing into the fearmongering scenarios of the 'New World Order'; and the effects of the movement of the barycentre - the centre of mass of the combined earth and moon.

In these times it is impossible to know through the intellect alone what is happening; through Planetary Tantra we can find out from Gaia herself what is happening on the planet and also she shows us what to do including how to take down the predators within our species once and for all. The predators cannot be simply figured out or brought to accountability...

We enter Planetary Tantra though desire; it is the path of desire and pleasure. Firstly we connect to the earth by barefoot connection with her, and observation through the five senses; secondly we connect to the BEMA - bioelectric magnetic aura of the Earth through the iron in our blood, and thirdly through observation of the sky and the moon.

pesticides and unborn children

2011-04-21T23:30:00.000+01:00

Researchers found that exposure during pregnancy to pesticides called organophosphates – used on food crops – may impair child cognitive development.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/8463533/Pesticide-link-to-lower-IQ.html

David Wolfe on tobacco

2011-04-21T23:02:00.000+01:00

http://www.thebestdayever.com/news/content/podcast-40-david-wolfe-on-tobacco/

"Tobacco is the most sacred food of the entire Americas. People test strong to organic tobacco and weak to chemical tobacco".

Tobacco plants protect gardens from rodent and critters.

Telemores - Truth Calkins

2011-04-21T22:54:00.000+01:00

http://www.thebestdayever.com/news/podcast/podcast-68-truth-calkins-on-dna-and-telemores/

The potential lifespan of humans who live well is currently 120-130 years - this is dictated by telemere length - with cutting edge information emerging now about telomerase youth can be greatly extended - this information has fascinating implications.

We need to eat plenty of nucleotides e.g. blue green algaes and nutritional yeasts; enough proteins and trace minerals. Certain strains of astragalus (active component is TA-65) can turn on telomerase, the enzyme which lengthens telemeres.

Space of Love - Anthony Anderson

2011-03-29T10:37:00.001+01:00

http://superforest.org/tag/blackbird-naturals/

For more than four years, whilst living in the heart of New York City, Anthony spent the dark hours on late night dumpster diving expeditions, bringing home so much edible, discarded fresh produce that he had to stay up an extra few hours to process and juice it all so it could fit in his fridge. He never spent more than $10USD a month on food. Anthony also began wild food foraging in such unlikely places as Central Park and today continues to promote the importance of wild foods in our diet.

When Anthony’s blog first started, he was very adamant about being 100% raw vegan. In a way he was extremist about it and believed animal products were verily poison to the human body. After a lot of soul searching and constant self education, he now eats a more flexible diet that is mostly raw but also includes raw eggs and dairy- he stresses the importance of constant evolution and escaping from the dogma that surrounds any movement. His courage in admitting his change of views always struck me as an example of his honesty, openness and fearlessness. His blog has many readers who have heated discussions in the comments section because he delves into important issues and is unafraid to be challenged.

Now Anthony is a self taught permaculturalist who has created a magical food forest in Minnesota after only two years of intermittent but efficient work, complete with a winterised biodome greenhouse with a hot tub in the center! From a barren piece of land with poor soil, he now only has to minimally maintain an abundant food forest that produces so much food he doesn’t know what to do with it!

Anthony’s attitude that nothing is impossible is obvious in what he has achieved, even growing wild tropical fruits such as sapote, cacao and bananas in the freezing Minnesota winter! Influenced by Vladimir Megre’s Anastasia (Ringing Cedars) series, he creates Spaces of Love and actively believes in, as well as builds, paradise on Earth.

The Trecena of Light

2011-03-23T01:21:00.002Z

Light is the ultimate source of all life. Born of the sun and the stars, Light cannot be seen yet illuminates all else. It exists both as waves and as particles and is the fastest elemental force in the universe. For us, it is also an eternal source of inspiration and insight, truth and clarity, art and creativity. It guides our spirit, infuses us with joy, and challenges us to take the highest path.

Like the values and truths it embodies, Light allows for no excuses, no weakness, no failures of character or ability. While clouds both on Earth and in our soul may modulate the strength, brilliance and color of the light we see or feel, Light remains, always, the purest expression of itself and all that it illuminates.

All of the Earth’s peoples, cultures, and races have turned their faces to the sun since the beginning of time, whether in joy, wonder or adoration. In fact, so have all living things, whether plants, insects or animals. Even the greater forces that shape our world, from climate to the oceans, respond and interact with Light. There is perhaps nothing more natural than for Life to align with Light in a sacred dance of co-existence and co-creation.

In the Mayan Calendar, Ahau is the Lord of Light, embodying the highest potential of all life and illuminating the infinite sacred journeys of evolution along which all living things travel.

Your challenge in the Trecena of Ahau is to purify your light so that the path you travel may be clear and apparent. You may burn away the fog of uncertainty, fear, doubt and superstition, but the real test comes in not allowing them to return.

Follow the path of Ahau, and experience the power of sight like you never have before.

~ Birgitte Rasine

'god consciousness'

2011-03-18T12:25:00.000Z

if everyone was doing this there would be no time or inclination for building nuclear reactors

ringing earth

2011-03-15T01:15:00.002Z

"There is a secret cave of spirits in Tibet. The Tibetan saints are sleeping in this cave. The old men and monks are saying that Shiva is starting to sing his mantra calling for Gods to return to the Earth. This mantra has three levels. The last level means the coming of the new era. Listen to this sound recorded by russian enthusiasts who were allowed to visit the place near the cave where it was possible to record the sound. This sound has no artificial changes and is presented in raw format (only noises were reducted)."

expanding earth

2011-03-15T01:12:00.001Z

human genetic mysteries

2011-03-10T22:00:00.001Z

"When the human genome was first deciphered more than a decade ago, some scientists expected to find extra genes that explained why humans had an intellectual edge over their closest living relatives and other species. But since diverging from chimpanzees around seven million years ago, it turns out that our human ancestors lost several hundred snippets of DNA, which together led to traits that are uniquely human, the researchers claim.

In ditching these chunks of DNA, our ancient ancestors lost facial whiskers and short, tactile spines on their penises. The latter development is thought to have paved the way for more intimate sex and monogamous relationships. The loss of other DNA may have been crucial in allowing humans to grow larger brains."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/mar/09/penis-spines-human-genetics-chimps

It's very interesting to compare characteristics of different species but this does not mean they evolved from eachother Darwinian style. This is a big topic but one of my favourite takes is from David Wolfe:
"If the Theory of Evolution were correct, species ought to be fluid at the present time. They should be "adapting" and turning into one another. There should actually be no species, but only a surging mass of individuals, engaged in a race towards complexity," "humanity," and "intelligence." This, of course, is not the case. The "struggle" is quite inconclusive. The lower forms, simpler--less fit?--have not died out, have not yielded to the principle of Darwinian evolution. They remain in the same form they have had for eons. Why do they never "evolve" into something "higher?"

The way we are formed is not only dependent on our DNA but also on the way it is read or transcribed.

emotional freedom techniques

2011-03-10T21:50:00.001Z

"I lost a quarter a million and it will not work for me!" (it did!)

citizens' arrest of judge in birkenhead

2011-03-10T11:10:00.001Z

This happened on Monday - surely more will follow - many charges such as the council tax are actually unlawful.

"Today, history was made, time will show the true magnitude of the event of the 7th at Birkenhead.

This was a declaration of lawful INTENT, an expression of right... In a nutshell, a wonderful (if noisy) revocation on their presumed legitimacy to rule! We only want a fair playing field, one law for all... surely not an unreasonable goal?

Here is a very different form of protest, not a protest an assertion . 'Judge' Michael Peake was 'civilly arrested' for treason, he failed to produce the warrant he claimed on the record to hold under the Queen, nor did he affirm his standing on his oath of office, time and again refusing to acknowledge his oath with its ascribed duties and obligations. Administrative law, not justice.

Also details emerging of a sheriff not exercising his obliged duties (full story on that bombshell to come out in time, and it's massive), and police behaving very well it seems, and yet still protecting a criminal at large - aiding and abetting his "rescue" - or if you prefer "importing" aid and comfort to the enemy...

The mainstream media are telling us 300 supporters on the ground in support of lawful rebellion, less jaded eyes say it could have been far more that turned out to support Roger Hayes defend himself from an utterly corrupt and morally bereft judiciary, and in the process 'civilly arrest' the Judge, Michael Peake and Seize the court - which was held for almost an hour. "

http://informedminds.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/history-in-the-making/

http://nominedeus.wordpress.com/2011/03/07/and-the-sun-shines-in-maybe/

Grounding

2011-03-09T21:45:00.002Z

http://www.groundology.com/about_grounding.php

By the way, these grounding solutions are actually really straightforward - a cord that plugs in the mains (which is grounded under the house anyway with some kind of copper rod)is attached to a wrist/ankle strap or a mat to put under the computer or put bare feet on.

This company supplies very affordable straightforward 'barefoot' technology with free UK delivery - I have no vested interest - just trying to help!

Grounding, or earthing, refers to connecting electrically with the Earth. A growing body of research is finding numerous health benefits as a result of the physical body being grounded. Unfortunately, with our modern rubber or plastic soled shoes and insulated sleeping arrangements, we no longer have a natural electrical connection to the Earth, unless walking barefoot.

There are two key reasons why this electrical connection is important:

The Earth is a massive reservoir of negatively charged free electrons. Without a connection to this reservoir, the cells in our body are unable to balance the positive charge which results from things like electron-deficient free radicals. The effect of excess positive charge in the blood can be seen very clearly by the way in which the cells are attracted to clump together (see Scientific Research).

Our modern environment is full of a wide spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, from computers, mobile phones & masts, radio & TV broadcasts, WiFi, Bluetooth, power lines, domestic wiring, and other electrical appliances. This electromagnetic radiation induces voltages in our bodies, disrupting the trillions of subtle electrical communications which are a vital part of the function of our body's systems. By being grounded to the Earth we greatly reduce the levels of these induced voltages, as we are then effectively shielded by the Earth's large electrical mass.

On a less tangible level, it may also be that the connection we make with the Earth actually carries information, and helps align us with the greater network of intelligence of our planet.

The simplest way to be grounded is to go outside and place your bare feet or hands on some grass or earth, or to immerse yourself in a body of conductive water such as the sea or a mineral-rich lake.

When indoors, an excellent Earth connection can be made by driving a long copper rod into the ground outside, running a copper wire from the rod, and then connecting it to ourselves.

This may sound like a lot of hassle, but fortunately the majority of domestic electrical systems in the world already have such a copper rod and wire running indoors, connecting to the 3rd pin on every mains electrical outlet.

There is a safety consideration here, and so all the products we offer on this website have built in protection in the (very unlikely) case that a socket has been mis-wired (see the FAQs for more information).

The most immediately noticeable effect people report from being grounded is that they ‘feel better’. This has been described as a feeling of greater peace within themselves, feeling calmer with reduced stress levels. If there is pain present then often this is reduced or disappears completely.

People who notice negative effects from using computers or other electrical equipment report a reduction or elimination of these effects when grounded.

With regular grounding, numerous health benefits have been observed, such as:

Improved immune function
Improved digestion
Improved sleep
Rapid healing of injuries
Reduction of high blood pressure and improved blood flow
Harmonisation and stabilisation of the body's basic biological rhythms
Accelerated recovery from intense athletic activity
Improvement of many illnesses and conditions, including:
Fibromyalgia
Chronic inflammation (and associated conditions)
Arthritis
Autism
Insomnia
Stress / anxiety / depression / irritability
PMS
Menopausal symptoms
Bad circulation
Wounds
Aches & pains
Electrosensitiviy
Please note that many of these observations have come from anecdotal reports. None of the information here constitutes medical advice in any way, or claims cure or treatment of any medical condition. Always consult a medical doctor regarding any personal health issues.

The Trecena of Respect

2011-03-09T11:57:00.002Z

Dignity, strength, humility and power. Respect, honor and integrity. These are the values Manik’, the Deer, embodies. Free of the toxic effects of ego, Manik’ stands head and shoulders above the skirmishes of mankind, the epitome of grace in the face of danger and uncertainty that’s all around him.

Profoundly spiritual and peaceful, Manik’ seeks to impart no violence or harm to others, but does have the raw power to defend himself and others when the need arises. He is no gentle or weak spirit—he crushes the stereotype that states spiritual beings are soft and passive. Indeed, the deepest spiritual thinkers and most balanced individuals carry the greatest personal strength. And what is strength but the direct result of ultimate self-respect?

This trecena, your challenge is to find your strength. This doesn’t mean ramping up your time at the gym or signing up for aikido. It means developing a stable sense of self-respect, without the arrogance, judgment, and ego that often hang on to our psyches, latching on like so many psychic parasites.

Respect without reservation, respect without judgment or self-importance. Respect who you are and what you do for no reason other than because you are here. Respect your inherent talents and skills, respect the role you play in your family and society and the legacy you will leave to future generations. Respect yourself, and live that respect through every pore of your being. It will then naturally flow outward to those around you.

You will find that true respect, for both yourself and others, does indeed build strength—the kind that will carry you through storm and upheaval, and enable you to stand on your own feet regardless of the challenge.

~ Birgitte Rasine

March 9, 2011: Dawn of the Unity Wave - Carl Calleman

2011-03-02T22:17:00.001Z

Last year large numbers of people gathered in the Conscious Convergence event on July 17-18, 2010, setting an intention to manifest unity consciousness as the Ninth, and highest, of the Mayan waves brings the universe to its highest state of existence. This event served as a base camp for intention setting and ascension towards Unity consciousness; We celebrated in joy in the most varied forms, ranging from the temples of Bali to the Mayan elders in Guatemala and from the Sami in the North to the Bushmen in the Kalahari. We could for the first time ever see our planet emerging as a sacred space encircled by a global medicine wheel.*

We are now approaching the actual beginning of this wave of unity consciousness, which begins on March 9, 2011. This is the ninth wave also known as the Universal Underworld. This wave includes thirteen uaxaclahunkin (18 day) periods that propel a process designed to lead the universe and the human beings to their highest state of consciousness.** The purpose of this article is to provide some additional background to this wave, its initiation date and suggest how the energy of the wave may be used in the most beneficial way. This requires that I again summarize the basic structure of the cosmic time plan as understood from the Mayan calendar.

R ead more here

Gabor Mate - Hold On To Your Kids

2011-02-26T23:38:00.008Z

"that's where we are as human beings - we're deeply hooked into one another...from the beginning of life, from conception to the very end"

According to girls' journals, 50-60 years ago their primary concern was the contribution they could make to society, now it's "what do I look like?" or "will I be accepted by my peers?"
Authority comes from attachment.
Self-esteem is not about what others think of us or peer approval.
Development needs vulnerability. The primary quality for learning is a sense of curiosity, curiosity is vulnerable, it means you care about something and that you don't know.

The Trecena of Source

2011-02-24T23:46:00.000Z

Ix, the Jaguar, is one of the most enigmatic and mystical animals on earth. Called “the silk hand” in South America for its soundless, soft step that you don’t hear until it’s too late, the jaguar embodies the very source of Mother Earth, bearing a deep, feminine energy that heals as well as culls, bearing a profound intuition about the essence of all things, and everlasting patience that follows in the footsteps of time until that critical split-second of decisive action arrives.

Endowed with extraordinary strength and resilience, Ix rules the spirit of jungles, plains and mountains. Its intelligence often comes paired with clairvoyance—and there is no surprise there, as this powerful energy is free of the debilitating effects of ego, ambition, judgment, fear and control.

So when you connect to your source, remember that this too is yours, this primal, unspoken and ancient energy that underpins our collective consciousness. Here, no ego, no judgment, no self-doubt or fear exist, for these mindsets are far too close to the surface of our human emotions to have any impact on the ancient archetypes, the elemental currents underlying life itself.

Many native traditions emphasize the importance of walking to commune with Nature and her soul—and, by extension, our own. This tradition has been nearly lost on the modern world, where even those of us who do take walks in the outdoors rarely stop to look and listen to the extraordinary diversity of life all around us. So next time you take a walk, with a friend, colleague or family, try to talk less and listen more.

Liberate yourself from the shackles of societal imprints, and walk the path of the Jaguar—you alone, in tune with your own natural essence.

~ Birgitte Rasine

If Modern Humans Are So Smart, Why Are Our Brains Shrinking?

2011-02-23T20:25:00.000Z

Here are some leading theories about the why the human brain has been getting smaller since the Stone Age.
by Kathleen McAuliffe; illustrations by Stuart Bradford

From the September 2010 issue of Discover; published online January 20, 2011
http://discovermagazine.com/2010/sep/25-modern-humans-smart-why-brain-shrinking

John Hawks is in the middle of explaining his research on human evolution when he drops a bombshell. Running down a list of changes that have occurred in our skeleton and skull since the Stone Age, the University of Wisconsin anthropologist nonchalantly adds, “And it’s also clear the brain has been shrinking.”

“Shrinking?” I ask. “I thought it was getting larger.” The whole ascent-of-man thing.

“That was true for 2 million years of our evolution,” Hawks says. “But there has been a reversal.”

He rattles off some dismaying numbers: Over the past 20,000 years, the average volume of the human male brain has decreased from 1,500 cubic centimeters to 1,350 cc, losing a chunk the size of a tennis ball. The female brain has shrunk by about the same proportion. “I’d call that major downsizing in an evolutionary eyeblink,” he says. “This happened in China, Europe, Africa—everywhere we look.” If our brain keeps dwindling at that rate over the next 20,000 years, it will start to approach the size of that found in Homo erectus, a relative that lived half a million years ago and had a brain volume of only 1,100 cc. Possibly owing to said shrinkage, it takes me a while to catch on. “Are you saying we’re getting dumber?” I ask.
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Hawks, a bearish man with rounded features and a jovial disposition, looks at me with an amused expression. “It certainly gives you a different perspective on the advantage of a big brain,” he says.

After meeting with Hawks, I call around to other experts to see if they know about our shrinking brain. Geneticists who study the evolution of the human genome seem as surprised as I am (typical response: “No kidding!”), which makes me wonder if I’m the world’s most gullible person. But no, Hawks is not pulling my leg. As I soon discover, only a tight-knit circle of paleontologists seem to be in on the secret, and even they seem a bit muddled about the matter. Their theories as to why the human brain is shrinking are all over the map.

Some believe the erosion of our gray matter means that modern humans are indeed getting dumber. (Late-night talk show hosts, take note—there’s got to be some good comic material to mine here.) Other authorities argue just the opposite: As the brain shrank, its wiring became more efficient, transforming us into quicker, more agile thinkers. Still others believe that the reduction in brain size is proof that we have tamed ourselves, just as we domesticated sheep, pigs, and cattle, all of which are smaller-brained than their wild ancestors. The more I learn, the more baffled I become that news of our shrinking brain has been so underplayed, not just in the media but among scientists. “It’s strange, I agree,” says Christopher Stringer, a paleoanthropologist and expert on human origins at the Natural History Museum in London. “Scientists haven’t given the matter the attention it deserves. Many ignore it or consider it an insignificant detail.”

But the routine dismissal is not as weird as it seems at first blush, Stringer suggests, due to the issue of scaling. “As a general rule,” he says, “the more meat on your bones, the more brain you need to control massive muscle blocks.” An elephant brain, for instance, can weigh four times as much as a human’s. Scaling is also why nobody seems too surprised by the large brains of the Neanderthals, the burly hominids that died out about 30,000 years ago.

The Homo sapiens with the biggest brains lived 20,000 to 30,000 years ago in Europe. Called the Cro-Magnons, they had barrel chests and huge, jutting jaws with enormous teeth. Consequently, their large brains have often been attributed to brawniness rather than brilliance. In support of that claim, one widely cited study found that the ratio of brain volume to body mass—commonly referred to as the encephalization quotient, or EQ—was the same for Cro-Magnons as it is for us. On that basis, Stringer says, our ancestors were presumed to have the same raw cognitive horsepower.

Now many anthropologists are rethinking the equation. For one thing, it is no longer clear that EQs flatlined back in the Stone Age. Recent studies of human fossils suggest the brain shrank more quickly than the body in near-modern times. More important, analysis of the genome casts doubt on the notion that modern humans are simply daintier but otherwise identical versions of our ancestors, right down to how we think and feel. Over the very period that the brain shrank, our DNA accumulated numerous adaptive mutations related to brain development and neurotransmitter systems—an indication that even as the organ got smaller, its inner workings changed. The impact of these mutations remains uncertain, but many scientists say it is plausible that our temperament or reasoning abilities shifted as a result.

Numerous phone calls later, it dawns on me that the world’s foremost experts do not really know why our organ of intellect has been vanishing. But after long ignoring the issue, some of them have at least decided the matter is of sufficient importance to warrant a formal inquiry. They have even drawn some bold, albeit preliminary, conclusions.

DUMBING DOWN
In search of a global explanation for our cranial downsizing, some scientists have pointed to a warming trend in the earth’s climate that also began 20,000 years ago. Since bulky bodies are better at conserving heat, larger frames may have fared better in the colder climate. As the planet warmed, selection might have favored people of slighter stature. So, the argument goes, skeletons and skulls shrank as the temperature rose—and the brain got smaller in the process. Stringer thinks there is something to that idea, but he doubts it is the whole explanation. As he points out, comparable warming periods occurred many times over the previous 2 million years, yet body and brain size regularly increased.

Another popular theory attributes the decrease to the advent of agriculture, which, paradoxically, had the initial effect of worsening nutrition. Quite simply, the first farmers were not very successful at eking out a living from the land, and their grain-heavy diet was deficient in protein and vitamins—critical for fueling growth of the body and brain. In response to chronic malnutrition, our body and brain might have shrunk. Many anthropologists are skeptical of that explanation, however. The reason: The agricultural revolution did not arrive in Australia or southern Africa until almost contemporary times, yet brain size has declined since the Stone Age in those places, too.

Which brings us to an unpleasant possibility. “You may not want to hear this,” says cognitive scientist David Geary of the University of Missouri, “but I think the best explanation for the decline in our brain size is the idiocracy theory.” Geary is referring to the eponymous 2006 film by Mike Judge about an ordinary guy who becomes involved in a hibernation experiment at the dawn of the 21st century. When he wakes up 500 years later, he is easily the smartest person on the dumbed-down planet. “I think something a little bit like that happened to us,” Geary says. In other words, idiocracy is where we are now.

Earthing - go barefoot!

2011-02-22T23:29:00.002Z

Earthing might be a better antioxidant than foods and supplements combined. We've insulated ourselves from the earth's unlimited supply of electrons since we began wearing rubber soled shoes in the 1960s. Earthing (or grounding) rejoins us with earth's natural healing energy. A plethora of studies document the amazing effects of earthing as an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, pain-reliever, wound-healer, nervous system balancer, blood sugar regulator, thyroid regulator, cortisol regulator, and blood thinner. The second benefit of earthing is that it protects you from EMFs*. Alix demonstrates this effect using a voltmeter. (*I say in the video that earthing "discharges" EMFs, but "protects" or "shields" is probably more accurate.) Sounds too good to be true? Early studies do support these findings. In Part 1, Alix gets a bit personal & shares some of her story of a missed Lyme diagnosis and how earthing has helped her 14 year-long headache and 8 year-long battle with Lyme-inducted insomnia. More info on earthing: www.earthing.com

more wild edibles

2011-02-22T00:50:00.002Z

In Cornwall, but to be found in many other places:

gorse flowers - they taste a bit like coconut

rose garlic

and most seaweed is edible, with a few exceptions - if you fancy it...

wonderful rhodiola

2011-02-21T01:25:00.008Z

I don't generally use this blog as a place to promote products, but as so few people I meet seem to have heard of rhodiola and it is so wonderful I am going to mention it here. When I occasionally provide refreshments for talks and events I always turn up with the usual teas and coffees that I know most people will want but also with my supplies of tulsi, ginkgo and rhodiola and I am always encouraged by the positive response when i explain about them. Personally i think that in the current state of play many of us need some kind of stimulation to keep our brains working at very best. To keep it short, our pineal and other glands are under producing important hormones and also we live in suppressing unnatural environments. Years ago I was a user of caffeine and alcohol, which I personally felt in the end to be detrimental to my freedom - they gave me something but took away more. I have also been through an abstemious strictly raw phase where I would hardly even allow myself a cup of herbal tea - I was straining at the leash...I now use herbal teas that fill the gap, helping my mind become clearer and boosting those neurotransmitters in a sustainable way.

Rhodiola rosea is a root grown in Russia that provides a healthy caffeine free alternative to coffee and tea. It is useful for mental work - it gives you that edge of clarity and bit of a buzz that a cup of coffee gives you without the side-effects and can be used to help stay awake if needing to work or wanting to play late. I drink it mixed with ginkgo (improves memory) and tulsi (adaptogen and relaxant) early in the day. It is becoming increasingly popular in the Russian party scene as an alternative to unhealthy stimulants.

Basically rhodiola is a kind of 'good for everything' folk remedy which also increases serotonin levels (caffeine reduces them - not many people know this) and gives you a healthy lift without a come down.

"Folk medicine has used rhodiola for practically every known ailment; to increase energy, endurance, longevity, stimulate sexual arousal, enhance mood and psychic abilities. In Siberian mountain villages, the roots are still given to couples prior to marriage to assure fertility and many healthy children. It's just now getting notice here in the west due to extensive pharmacological and clinical studies showing Rhodiola to enhance cognition; improving memory and learning, greatly reduce stress and fatigue, stimulate the immune system, increase metabolism, aid thyroid function, protect the cardiovascular system, boost fertility and sexual function, and alleviate depression.

Modern research has shown that it increases the body's resistance to any type of stress by regulating the body's hormonal response. Its use has been shown to have a protective effect upon the neurotransmitters such as serotonin and dopamine in the brain. The root also enhances the transport of serotonin's precursors into the brain and studies have shown that use of this herb can increase brain serotonin by up to 30%. It has an enhancing effect upon physical endurance. Taken late in the day, the root's powerful psychostimulant effects can keep you awake, and once asleep induce vivid dreams. The root is an adaptogen. Unlike most adaptogens that need to be taken for several weeks to be effective, rhodiola begins to act with the first dose. "

edible wild greens

2011-02-21T00:07:00.002Z

In South Devon the wild greens are now emerging out of the hedgerows.
Unlike with some other greens, you can consume lots of nettles for a long time and get nothing but benefit; I juice hundreds of them with unwashed organic carrots to bulk the juice out. Raw carrots contain the monatomic elements rhodium and iridium which facilitate subtle perception. Nettles increase serotonin levels, raise metabolic rate, and very mild positive psychoactive effects. You can juice nettles with a twin gear or hand turned juicer or add the leaves to a juice in a blender and drink with a straw.

Young cleavers are also great juiced or in salad and are very cleansing. I was delighted to find some garlic mustard peeping out between them today.

Penny wort is a lovely mild leaf for salads.

and wild garlic is also lovely in salads; also blended with tomato, sun-dried tomato, avocado, carrot and spring water to make a raw soup.

'healing'

2011-02-19T03:11:00.003Z

"leave your troubles behind and just come and have a good time :)"

The greatest transition - the return of paradise - Susan Joy Rennison

2011-02-19T03:09:00.001Z

The greatest transition in the history of mankind - the return of paradise - Susan Joy Rennison

"To understand the fact that our world is a facing the greatest transition in the history of mankind and that means rapid evolutionary change with a new destiny for mankind, it is necessary to recognize that this scenario has been predicted by a wide cross section of religious, esoteric, and indigenous traditions. Astronomical information relating to cosmic cycles − that occur over vast periods of time − have been retained and passed down through millennia. Today, Mayan calendars have been popularized, but there are many other calendars
and information embedded into art, architecture and literature.
The understanding amongst the learned that has been passed down to us is that after the Conflagration there will be a Restoration, a New Heavens and a New Earth − literally Earth’s tilt will change and the dome of heaven will appear differently. Since, changes are already occurring, maybe we can hope that there is a
universal plan for planet Earth that does not involve major catastrophe. "
Susan Joy Rennison

http://www.susanrennison.com/Greatest%20Transition%20V1.1%2014th%20September%202010%20Part%201.pdf

"In terms of evolutionary change within the cosmos, for a few decades, cosmologists agreed to promote the Big Bang model of the evolution of the universe that emphasised the beginning. In retrospect, it seems that it’s introduction in the 1930s by a Belgium astrophysicist and priest Abbé Georges Edouard Lemaître (1894-1966) served the purpose of uniting religion with science, in an effort to elevate Christian beliefs into our origin, to a new sublime level of credibility with the masses. It took a while, but the scientific community
became convinced when better mathematical detail was produced by George Gamow and Ralph Alpher in 1948. These days, it seems many scientists are losing patience with Big Bang cosmology and are proposing new alternatives like ‘The Big Bounce’. This is a quote is from the Universe Forum produced for NASA by the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics:
“The Big Bang is actually not a “theory” at all, but rather a scenario or model about the early moments of our universe, for which the evidence is overwhelming. But the Big Bang scenario cannot be the whole story, and its details are a subject of intense research.”
“It is a common misconception that the Big Bang was the origin of the universe. In reality, the Big Bang scenario is completely silent about how the universe came into existence in the first place. In fact, the closer we look to time “zero,” the less certain we are about what actually happened, because our current description of physical laws do not yet apply to such extremes of nature. The Big Bang scenario simply assumes that space, time, and energy already existed. But it tells us nothing about where they came from or why the universe was born hot and dense to begin with.”
We must presume that many can no longer suspend their critical thinking capabilities and believe that something as magnificent as the universe came from nothing, this is alongside the need to reject the incompatibility with the ‘hallowed’ laws of physics."

"Simply, the metaphysical belief by a wide range of groups and believers is that we are entering a New Golden Age. However, a more scientific explanation is that due to the changing cosmic environment, there is a strong possibility that Earth could be headed towards an intense high energy plasma environment. If this is correct,then ancient knowledge − that we think of as mythology, rituals, and traditional art from diverse cultures around the globe − is abundantly clear, primeval man experienced a wondrous and enigmatic firmament, that may have lasted for thousands of years, where various stages of extremely intense electrical discharges in the sky, were recorded as petroglyphs or “rock art.”"

“In Celtic creation stories, trees were the ancestors of mankind, elder beings of wisdom who provided the alphabet, the calendar, and entrance to the realms of the Gods. Trees were also associated in the Shamanic beliefs of the Druids and other Celtic peoples with the supernatural world.”
“Trees were a connection to the world of the spirits and the ancestors, living entities, and doorways into other worlds. The most sacred tree of all was the Oak tree, which represented the axis mundi, the center of the world. The Celtic name for oak, daur, is the origin of the word door- the root of the oak was literally the
doorway to the Otherworld, the realm of Fairy.”
"The mythology of ancestors that were associated with a Sacred Tree, does not make sense if we only think in terms of a hypothetical world axis, but it makes perfect sense if the Sacred World Tree was a massive Birkeland current in glow mode that was seen at various points around the globe and was used by plasma entities as the easiest way to travel in and out of Earth’s environment."

http://www.susanrennison.com/Greatest%20Transition%20V1.1%2014th%20September%202010%20Part%202.pdf

activating genes and genius, spring water

2011-02-18T21:17:00.004Z

Daniel Vitalis and David Wolfe talk about how habitat shapes our genetic expression; the significance of bringing up children in a natural environment; how the shamanic perspective can be interjected into the modern world; spring water; and bioactive and neurologically active food substances and the effect on intellectual prowess - "people could be having very new conversations".

"there's still water on the earth that's never seen any pollution and that water comes to the surface as springs - people can go to a spring and gather their own water... and over the course of a few days...with water alone you could make 75% of your body...out of the cleanest substance available anywhere on the earth"

http://www.thebestdayever.com/news/podcast/podcast-52-david-wolfe-and-daniel-vitalis/

Eden was a Garden, Not a Farm

2011-02-17T00:11:00.001Z

Is Sustainable Agriculture an Oxymoron?

Published in Permaculture Activist #60, May, 2006)

Jared Diamond calls it “the worst mistake in the history of the human race.”(1) Bill Mollison says that it can “destroy whole landscapes.”(2) Are they describing nuclear energy? Suburbia? Coal mining? No. They are talking about agriculture. The problem is not simply that farming in its current industrial manifestation is destroying topsoil and biodiversity. Agriculture in any form is inherently unsustainable. At its doorstep can also be laid the basis of our culture’s split between humans and nature, much disease and poor health, and the origins of dominator hierarchies and the police state. Those are big claims, so let’s explore them.

Permaculture, although it encompasses many disciplines, orbits most fundamentally around food. Anthropologists, too, agree that food defines culture more than our two other physical needs of shelter and reproduction. A single home-building stint provides a place to live for decades. A brief sexual encounter can result in children. But food must be gotten every day, usually several times a day. Until very recently, all human beings spent much of their time obtaining food, and the different ways of doing that drove cultures down very divergent paths.

Anthropologist Yehudi Cohen (3) and many subsequent scholars break human cultures into five categories based on how they get food. These five are foragers (or hunter-gatherers), horticulturists, agriculturists, pastoralists, and industrial cultures. Knowing which category a people falls into allows you to predict many attributes of that group. For example, foragers tend to be animist/pantheist, living in a world rich with spirit and in which all beings and many objects are ascribed a status equal to their own in value and meaning. Foragers live in small bands and tribes. Some foragers may be better than others at certain skills, like tool making or medicine, but almost none have exclusive specialties and everyone helps gather food. Though there may be chiefs and shamans, hierarchies are nearly flat and all members have access to the leaders. A skirmish causing two or three deaths is a major war. Most of a forager’s calories come from meat or fish, supplemented with fruit, nuts, and some wild grain and tubers.(4) It’s rare that a forager will overexploit his environment, as the linkage is so tight that destruction of a resource one season means starvation the next. Populations tend to peak at low numbers and stabilize.

read more here

The Fall of the Wisdom Goddess

2011-02-16T14:55:00.000Z

" Here in a nine-part synopsis is one version of the sacred myth of Sophia, the "fallen goddess" of the Pagan Mysteries. The fallen goddess scenario (FGS) is not the invention of this author, John Lash. It is his reconstruction of a mythic narrative developed by ancient seers who applied it as a vision story for guiding humanity to evolve interactively with the living planet, Gaia. I consider this complex narrative to be the singular and paramount explanation of cosmic purpose produced by human imagination, truly a myth to guide the species."
- JLL, October 2010

http://www.metahistory.org/GAIA%20SOPHIA/Synopsis9SM.php

getting lucky!

2011-02-16T14:41:00.003Z

"...research revealed that lucky people generate good fortune via four principles...They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition, create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/3335275.stm

John Fielder on Raw Children, Animal Products, Vegan Pregnancy Problems

2011-02-14T00:55:00.002Z

In John Fielder's experience women need some kind of animal produce to conceive and produce strong healthy children. This can be raw, for example kefir.

The Trecena of Innovation

2011-02-12T02:48:00.004Z

We in the West get really excited about anything "new". New technologies, new friends, new jobs, new homes, new options on the menus of our favorite restaurants. And so you'd think today would be reason for celebration throughout the entire Maya world. But it's not.

There are two reasons for this.

First, Imix is not the first daysign of the Sacred Tzolk'in for all Maya people, as we have been taught to believe for so many years. K'iche' Mayan Elder Don Rigoberto Itzep Chanchavac of Momostenango, and various texts by Mayan Calendar scholars, including Ken Johnson and Dr. Robert Sitler, confirm that the K'iche' Maya celebrate the new round of the Tzolk'in on 8 B'atz' (Chuen). Yet many other Maya populations do indeed use 1 Imix.

Secondly, and more importantly, for the Maya, time is cyclical, and so there is no beginning or end. There is no "last Tzolk'in round", no end date, whether it's October 28, 2011 or whatever other dates have been proposed. That is quite simply impossible if you're talking about the true Mayan Calendar, because it's not how the Maya practice it. The trecenas simply repeat, one following the other in an unending choreography of time. Their celebrations honor the sacred, the cyclical, the timeless. The numbers and day signs, of course, do have meaning, and that is what matters, more than beginnings or endings.

As one of our Facebook community members said today, "I watch detached because I see the dates as just another division amongst people. We need to get out of dates and get in touch with evolutionary cycles, prepare the people spiritually for the shift happening. "

Imix is the Alligator, the initiator of new ideas and activities, a sign of radiant Eastern energy. He will rule the next thirteen days, and as his fresh essence percolates through your consciousness, don't worry too much about getting work done. In fact, the Maya themselves avoid any appreciable amount of activity, because for them, Imix is a challenging day, charged with reflecting the deep, visionary aspect of reality, sometimes called the "left side" of reality... not unlike, as author Ken Johnson describes it, Carl Jung's concept of the collective unconscious.

Take this time to plan the next phase of your personal or professional journey, flesh out your vision, dreams and goals, and prepare for the time when you will need to take that first step.

Birgitte Rasine

http://www.maya-portal.net/

Raw Foods We No Longer Eat : Renegade Health

2011-02-12T02:43:00.004Z

interesting...

agave, kombucha, tamari, chocolate, spirulina, dehydrated foods, cashews, nut milks, wheat, oats...
my experience is very similar, most of these would be on my list too, they just fell away of their own accord. I do eat raw cacao still though suspect that will fall away more, the only dehydrated food i eat is my almond and honey cereal which seems different somehow, cashews feel too uncomfortable to eat, hemp milk I use but not nut milks, and no grains, agave, kombucha or tamari. I ate all these foods when I first went raw.

http://renegadehealth.com/blog/2011/02/11/raw-foods-we-no-longer-eat/

doing fun things and making money

2011-02-10T00:41:00.002Z

"Instead of focusing on trying to make more money, put your time and energy into CREATING and DELIVERING real value. Find a way to give people what they want and/or need".
from 'How to succeed during a recession' by Steve Pavlina in winter 2011 issue of Funky Raw magazine:
Very entertaining and inspiring article - Steve Pavlina's website is here http://www.stevepavlina.com/

bringing order to the biological diversity

2011-02-09T02:14:00.004Z

"Over many eons the fallen goddess produces an atmosphere and oceans. The Generator veils herself demurely in the cloudy marbled vapors of the biosphere. Upon her planetary body life arises in rampant forms. Creatures great and small appear in such abundance that Sophia is unable to manage her progeny. Looking on from the galactic core, the Generators see her plight. By communal assent they send her counterpart, the Aeon Christos, to bring order to the biological diversity teeming in Sophia’s world. In an action that reflects intentionally what Sophia committed without intention, Christos crosses the Pleromic boundary and intercedes in the experiment unfolding in the spiral arms. The Generator organizes the life-forms burgeoning upon the planet and then recedes, withdrawing to the galactic center."

from The Fall of the Wisdom Goddess by John Lamb Lash

ninth wave

2011-02-09T01:37:00.001Z

Carl Calleman says March 9th is actually the beginning of the ninth wave:

http://treeoflifecelebration.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19:an-explanatory-note-regarding-february-11-2011-and-march-9-2011&catid=1:discussions&Itemid=1&lang=en

raw food humour competition intensifies...

2011-02-09T01:11:00.008Z

Durianrider reviews David Wolfe's ant extract and deer placenta:

Daniel Vitalis spoofs David Wolfe, Matt Monarch and himself:

Bananarider explains how to eat raw in cold climates

Pete Vincent declares World Raw III:
http://petevincent.typepad.com/rawhumourblog/2011/01/raw-controversy-over-raw-food-controversies.html

and Matt Monarch declares Raw Food is Lame!

John Lash - Not in HIS Image

2011-02-09T00:44:00.000Z

fascinating interview - this Gnostic material challenges some of the deepest programming in our minds; we so often don't spot it because it is ubiquitous

'Researcher and author John Lamb Lash joins us to discuss his book "Not in His Image: Gnostic Vision, Sacred Ecology, and the Future of Belief". We begin to talk about Gnosticism, the origins of the Gnostic Texts, who've done the translation? We move on talking about the Abrahamic Religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. We focus on Christianity and talk about the Saviour Complex and God's need for a Sacrifice. Topics Discussed: Religion, Manipulation, Elaine Pagels, Nag Hammâdi, Translation Problems, Dead Sea Scrolls, The Gnostics, Yahweh; The schizoid God and much more.'

Freeman on space wars etc

2011-02-09T00:39:00.000Z

"the universe is mental"

myths of vegetarian nutrition

2011-02-09T00:11:00.000Z

Myths About Whole Grains and Vegetarianism

By Marlene Merritt, DOM, LAc, ACN

http://www.acupuncturetoday.com/mpacms/at/article.php?id=32369

Continuing with the theme of what we "think" we know about food and nutrition, I would like to deal with two sacred cows -- whole grains, and vegetarianism. Not in the way of right and wrong, but rather with the realization that without adequate information, most people are damaging their health completely inadvertently, and quite significantly.

Let's start with grains. From a blood sugar perspective grains will cause an insulin reaction, so I recommend that people pay attention to how much they have, measure the grams of carbs, and learn what a serving size is, or just limit them. I'm going to assume that you know that refined grains are a complete waste of time. But the myth is that we have to eat grains, and that we think we can digest them. Let me explain. Grains, nuts and seeds, just like soy, contain a number of "anti-nutrients" that need to be dealt before they become digestible. Think about a bird eating a seed -- the seed is designed to survive the digestive track of the bird, so that it can live to sprout another day. Those protections are also present when you eat those grains, nuts and seeds. Just like soy (and legumes and seeds in general), all grains contain phytic acid in the hull of the seeds, and phytic acid combines with calcium, iron, magnesium, copper, and especially zinc, preventing their absorption in the digestive tract. Other anti-nutrients include enzyme inhibitors (inhibiting trypsin and chymotrypsin) which puts stress on the pancreas and inhibits digestion. There are also tannins which can irritate the system, along with gluten and other related difficult-to-digest proteins that can cause digestive problems, and lead to over 40
different diseases. We had a patient with multiple sclerosis reduce her symptoms to zero by finding out she had Celiac disease.

Anti-nutrients are there to protect the seed -- they prevent sprouting until the time is right. What we forget is that animals that nourish themselves on plants and grains have longer, slower digestive tracts, with some having multiple stomachs for digestion. Those plants, grains and seeds want moisture, warmth, time and slight acidity to sprout, and imitating that is what will allow you to eat grains and legumes (soy excluded), extract the nutrients from them, and not have them cause short and long-term damage. All traditional cultures eating grains either fermented or soaked them. So what should you do to your rice, granola, oats, beans, and your wheat for homemade bread?

Soak your legumes, grains and seeds overnight in water with a little whey or other acid-like lemon. Make sure you don't eat them raw -- cook your grains, even just a little, to reduce the anti-nutrients. Heat alone will not negate these compounds (although the very high heat used to extrude grains to make cereals will damage the nutrients completely and make the proteins into poisonous compounds) but some heat has to be used. Add a little whey, vinegar, lemon juice, kefir or yogurt to provide the acidity to activate phytases and break down some of the anti-nutrients. For great suggestions on this, read "Nourishing Traditions" by Sally Fallon Morel, who provides recipes and explains why the traditional methods of preparation prevented many of the nutritional problems we see today.

Another "myth" about food is that being vegetarian is healthier. I am not, in any way, against vegetarianism from a philosophical point of view -- my only qualm with it is that many, if not most, vegetarians, and to a greater extent, vegans, are damaging their health due to a lack of knowledge about nutrition. Take the grains I just wrote about -- vegetarians tend to be the worst offenders in terms of carbohydrate intake. The staple of many vegetarian diets is, in all honesty, not vegetables, but rather foods like pastas, beans, breads, and grains. If someone is trying to be "healthy," hose might be whole grains, but for most people, it's a mix at best. I see insulin-resistant vegetarians all the time in my practice, and they got there because their thoughts are that if they're eating whole grains, it must be OK. Did you know that a serving size of rice is one-third of a cup? cooked? Do you know anyone who is eating that small of a serving? I don't. Nor are those grains, nuts and seeds being properly prepared to prevent the problems mentioned above.

Soy is another minefield. People, and vegetarians in particular, have been told that eating soy is healthy, and it cannot be said more emphatically that it is not. As one of the most genetically modified foods grown, soy for that reason alone should be avoided - indigestibility, phytoestrogens, and link to hypothyroidism are just a few of the many reasons that it should not be a staple in anyone's diet (fermented soy excepted). My article in AT's January 2011 edition titled, "Food Myths: Bamboozled by the Soy Hype" discusses the drawbacks of soy in detail.

Another big myth is that vegetarians can get all their nutrients from plant products. Fat-soluble vitamin A is a good example. Assuming someone has all the enzymes necessary in the correct amounts to cause a conversion from beta-carotene to vitamin A (a certain percentage always will not), one would have to eat two cups of cooked kale, two cups of carrots, or one cup of sweet potatoes per day versus the one serving per week of liver, or the half teaspoon of cod liver oil that provides the same amount. The conversion rate is not 1:1 but, depending on an individual, anywhere between 2.4 and 20.2, which explains why a study involving pregnant Indonesian women who were fed enough carotenes for three times the recommended amount of vitamin A (according to WHO), had a large amount of them suffering from vitamin A deficiency.

Vitamin D, associated with sunshine and cod liver oil, has been shown again and again to protect against cancer, prevent autoimmune diseases, increase bone density -- the list goes on and on. Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) is the form most effective for humans, although a vegetarian form of vitamin D2 has been found in mushrooms exposed to UV light. Vitamin D2, however, appears to be five to 10 times less effective at supporting good nutritional status, and had been linked to abnormal calcification of the kidneys and arteries. That's the form added to soy and rice milk.Vitamin B12 is often very deficient in vegetarians and while the end result of B12 deficiency is pernicious anemia and irreversible nervous system damage, other conditions manifest earlier, most often neurological problems like numbness, pins-and-needles sensations, memory loss, irrational anger, and psychological conditions like dementia, depression and OCD. President Kennedy was quoted as saying that he never would have become president without vitamin B12 injections to deal with many of his illnesses.Vegetarian references often state that one can get adequate vitamin B12 from plant sources, but that's incorrect -- sources like spirulina and seaweed contain analogs of B12 (called cobamides) that actually block the B12 receptors and prevents absorption of the real B12. High intake of folic acid (from green leafy vegetables) can also mask B12 deficiency and it's for that reason that it's best to take B12 and folic acid together. The food sources of B12 are almost exclusively in the animal products of shellfish, liver (these are the best sources), meat, fish, milk and eggs. Unfortunately, eggs also contain a substance that blocks vitamin B12 absorption, leaving only milk as a good source of B12 for vegetarians (although pasteurization deforms the milk proteins that aid in absorption). And vitamin B12 deficiency is rampant -- as early as 1974, it was found that 92 percent of vegans, 64 percent of lactovegetarians, 47 percent of lacto-ovo vegetarians, and 20 percent of semi-vegetarians had blood levels below normal (meaning, below the low range that marks pernicious anemia).

Some others that shouldn't be ignored: vitamin B6 in plant form is ineffective without B2, which is found in animal products, essential fatty acids from plant forms are more vulnerable to oxidation and increase omega-6 inflammation, vitamin K2, which only comes from animal products and natto, amino acids like carnitine, taurine, glycine, creatine, zinc -- the list is long. There is not enough space to write about other potential deficiencies.

It might be best said in the words of one of my patients, "I completely agree with the philosophy of being vegetarian; it's just that I'm unwilling to sacrifice my health over it." It's with that thought that, if you wanted to find a middle ground, it would be great to incorporate eggs, and butter, and full-fat cheeses. Adding seafood would be huge. You just want to make sure of a couple of things: that your food is organic and nutrient-dense, that

it's local if you can get it (for example, vitamin C in broccoli is lost in seven days, so it might not have much if it's been shipped), that it's non-GMO, that your meat is also nutrient-dense, meaning it's grass-fed, pasture-raised or wild-farmed. There is definitely a way to eat responsibly and attain optimal health in order to prevent the scourge of health issues from the typical American diet. It's just a matter of educating yourself and your patients.

To read Marlene Merritt's previous articles on nutrition "The Snackwell Effect" and "Food Myths: Bamboozled by the Soy Hype" visit www.acupuncturetoday.com.

Lierre Keith on agriculture and ancient diets

2011-02-08T00:52:00.004Z

Lierre Keith examines some of the myths about modern agriculture and ancient diets in the second part of her interview on Grok-the-Talk radio.

listen now

Personally i think there was a human existence before hunting; however clearly many plant foods eaten today are not our natural biological foods, our bodies are designed for fruit rather than vegetables. Grains are especially foriegn to us and can trigger auto-immune disorders.

Abe on alternative therapies

2011-02-07T22:35:00.002Z

"it's all vibrational...a really effective healer gets in the vortex and is guided to the process that is most likely to coax them closer in the vicinity of allowing their own healing...no healing takes place outside the vortex..you put your new and improved version of them in your vortex - that's why we call it co-creation"

anger management

2011-02-07T22:20:00.004Z

"no matter how angry we get at somebody else we still don't have any control over them"

six steps of inner bonding

2011-02-07T22:06:00.000Z

with Margaret Paul

Why Young Brains Are Sick

2011-02-04T02:29:00.001Z

Sick Brains in Teens - Is There A Root Cause?
Thursday, February 03, 2011 by: Dr Sherri Tenpenny, citizen journalist
Natural News
http://www.naturalnews.com/031198_psychiatry_teens.html

The list of assailing particles on children is long, and starts with chemical exposure in the womb. In July, 2005, the Environmental Working Group released a hallmark study using cord blood to assess the chemical exposure of neonates in-utero. The placenta has long been thought to shield the developing baby from pollutants in the environment. The study's alarming results dispelled this as a wishful myth. Of the 287 chemicals identified in the umbilical cord blood of 10 infants, 180 were known carcinogens, 217 were toxic to the brain and nervous system, and 208 have been associated with birth defects or abnormal development in animal tests. The study concluded that, "the dangers of pre- or post-natal exposure to this complex mixture of carcinogens, developmental toxins and neurotoxins have never been studied."(4)

Within hours of emerging from the womb, a newborn is given a dollop of antibiotics in the eyes, injected with the hepatitis b vaccine, with known neurotoxic properties,(5)and jabbed with a vitamin K shot, which contains 9 mg of benzyl alcohol. In 1992, Golding published concerns that vitamin K injections could be associated with a doubled risk of malignant disease in children, particularly leukemia. While there have been considerable doubts about whether the association is coincidental or causal, the controversy has never been completely resolved.(6)

Starting around the 60th day of life, infants with still immature immune systems are subjected to a battery of vaccines: DTaP, HiB, polio, Prevnar, and a squirt of oral rotavirus vaccine, all generally given at the same time. The onslaught of these shots, including two additional injections of hepatitis b vaccine, repeats twice, every 60 days. This deposits approximately 66 different viral or bacterial antigens and measurable amounts of a dozen different chemicals into a six month old infant.

By the time a child is five years old, a little 40 pound human will receive up to 35 injections, containing at least 110 different weakened pathogens (or pathogen particles), and an assortment of 59 different chemicals. If all approved shots are administered, the little tot will also be injected with stray viral DNA, four types of animal cells, cells from aborted fetal tissue and a bit of human albumin (a foreign protein.) By the way, all of these substances are listed on package inserts for each vaccine.

Subjective Labels for Brain Pathology
According to the U.S. Surgeon General, nearly 20 percent of American children and adolescents suffer from a mental disorder so significant, it interferes with their day-to-day life.(7) The plethora of diagnoses fall into a few fairly well defined categories: Conduct disorders, such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); learning disabilities, a spectrum of speech delay and comprehension issues; and mood disorders, which include depression, bipolar disorder and chronic anxiety.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) approximates that nearly 5.4 million children 4 to 17 years of age have been diagnosed with ADHD alone (2007 data). This represents nearly 1 in 10 of all children - and the number has been escalating. Between 2003 and 2007,(8) the number of parent-reported children diagnosed with ADHD increased by 22 percent. Disturbingly, in an attempt to quell their out-of-control behavior, more than two thirds of these children have been placed on at least one prescription medication. Since the underlying cause for the sick brain and hyperkinetic behavior has not been identified and addressed, the drugging is akin to tightening down the lid on a boiling pot of water.

One of these behavioral disorders, called Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD),(9)is said to manifest around 8 years of age. Mannerisms include: easily losing one's temper; aggressively arguing with adults and defying requests; refusing to follow rules; deliberately annoying other people; blaming others for one's own mistakes or misbehavior; and being touchy, easily annoyed or angered, resentful, spiteful, or vindictive. In 2008, ODD was the most common reason children were referred to mental health professionals for an assessment, accounting for at least half of all out patient visits to psychiatrists and psychiatric practitioners. These children, mostly boys, are commonly diagnosed and treated for several coexisting mental disorders.(10)

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) is about to be released, replacing the older DSM-IV. The DSM (11) is a catalog of hundreds of psychiatric conditions, including a long list of anxiety, personality and adjustment disorders. Diagnoses are available to give children who struggle with math and writing skills a diagnosis (Mathematics Disorder 315.1 and Disorder of Written Expression 315.2, respectively), labeling a child who has a missing skill with a mental deficiency. New disorders are on the horizon too, such as Temper Dysregulation Disorder with Dysphoria (TDD),(12)a tweak to the current diagnosis of bipolar disorders for children under the age of ten.

Treatments offered for malfunctioning, unhealthy brains include an extensive list of prescription medications, divided by class, based on the effect they are thought to have on brain chemistry. Antidepressants, mood stabilizers, anti-psychotics and sedatives are prescribed to ostensibly correct imbalances in brain chemicals. If one drug doesn't work, more are added, perhaps with unintended consequences on behavior.

A recent 69-month study identified 484 drugs that accounted for 780,169 serious adverse events, including violence and aggressive behavior. The drugs were associated with 387 reports of homicide, 404 physical assaults, 27 cases indicating physical abuse, 896 homicidal ideation reports, and 223 cases described as violence-related symptoms. Medications most strongly associated with violence(13) were 11 different antidepressants, particularly the serotonin reuptake inhibitors (ex: Lexapro, Paxil, and Zoloft); 6 different sedative/ hypnotics (ex: Xanax and Clonipin) and 3 drugs given for ADHD, including Ritalin and Concerta. Additionally, the anti-psychotics drugs, Seroquel, Zyprexa and Respirdol, commonly used to treat ODD,(14)are among drugs that can lead to violence.

Combined Effects
Significant populations of children in the U.S. have been exposed to a combination of chemicals, vaccines and multiple prescription medications - from infancy through early adulthood. No studies have examined the effect these components have individually on brain function, let alone in combination. Mental health experts try to convince us that the chemical exposures are so small they cannot have negative effects. Same with vaccines. "Experts" espouse that vaccinations are safe, effective, protective and harmless. No thought -- or research -- has been done to examine the potential problems that can arise from the combined effect of four or more simultaneous medications, vaccines and chemicals. There has been little effort by the government (FDA/CDC), the pharmaceutical industry or doctors -- all of whom profit handsomely from massive drug and vaccine use --- to evaluate the combined negative effects of these exposures.

Brain inflammation has been the hallmark of severe reactions since the first vaccine -- smallpox. The pertussis vaccination can have profound effects on the developing brain of a child, leading to permanent changes in behavior, personality, intelligence, emotional stability, and physical ability. Virtually every year--from 1933 to the mid-1980s-- a paper was published discussing the adverse effects of the whole cell pertussis vaccine.(15) Instead of spending more money to create new drugs and vaccines, we should demand that industry and governments study the complications and injuries caused by the combined use of the products we already have.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/031198_psychiatry_teens.html#ixzz1Cx9vJn2o

The Nature of Conflict

2011-02-04T01:38:00.002Z

Highlights from the book, The Nature of Conflict, by Tom Crum
By Joyce A. DeVoss

It may be helpful in learning to deal with daily conflict to reflect on its nature and see beyond what meets the eye. Conflict is natural. It is neither positive or negative. It just is. Conflict is just an interference pattern of energies. Nature uses conflict as its primary motivator for change, creating beautiful beaches, canyons, mountains, and pearls! It’s not whether you have conflict in your life. It’s what you do with that conflict that makes the difference. Conflict is not a contest. Winning and losing are goals for games, not for conflicts.
Learning, growing and cooperating are goals for resolving conflicts. Conflict can be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither side loses and a new dance is created. Resolving conflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgement and appreciation of differences. Conflict begins within. As we unhitch the burden of belief systems and heighten our perceptions, we live more fully and freely.

Conflict resolution blog :
http://www.conflictresolutionblog.com/2007/03/whats-your-conflict-quotient/

Eastern cultures embrace conflict, knowing that it is only an interference of opposing energy patterns. Simply put, two or more person’s positions (energy patterns) are at odds or inconsistent with those of the other’s. The word “embrace” is deliberately italicized. Eastern cultures urge us to welcome, if not befriend, conflict in order to align our intentions and energies with it, thereby offering little – if any – resistance. Once so aligned, we are able to move positively through the conflict, gradually embracing the outcome. One Eastern philosopher has described this principle as, “Embrace Tiger, return to mountain”.

Love is the Cure

2011-01-30T23:22:00.001Z

Love is the cure,
for your pain will keep giving birth to more pain
until your eyes constantly exhale love
as effortlessly as your body yields its scent.

~ Rumi

John Lash on Feminine Mojo Radio

2011-01-30T23:09:00.004Z

"it encompasses far more than taking a walk in the woods and growing vegetables... :) it really encompasses a direct, vivid, living, conscious, ecstatic bond with the life-force of the planet...the divine feminine...the animating life-force of the earth"
...sacred unity embodied here and now"

We are not alone in our own minds; we have the capacity to examine our own minds and see what is in our own minds that alienates and deviates us from being human. The signatures of the deviating powers of the Archons are simulation, mimicry and imitation. We become entranced and fascinated by simulations rather than the real thing. We are suggestible and we ought to take our suggestions from the right place which is our own imagination and develop and test and articulate and share the the expressions of our imaginations. Use your imagination - or someone else will...

The power of your imagination and the strength of your desire is what connects you to Gaia. The most powerful emotion of the Earth is desire. You do it with her. We cannot do anything by ourselves.

Planetary Tantra is a power sharing arrangement. If the faculties of desire and imagination are developed by people independent of her, Gaia, the Earth, it is narcissism - you have to satisfy it by Archontic means, that is you have to substitute real things with things you have to buy or simulate.

Narcissism is probably the worst pathological disease that our species is suffering from; intimate connection with Gaia is the cure for our insane pathological egos.

Salbuchi - your free will - The global power elite's Achilles heel

2011-01-30T22:08:00.003Z

"the global power elite needs you to be a willing accomplice...to be passive...to sell your soul to them...to sign a virtual contract in which you say "i will obey.. if only you will let me live and give me some rights" RIGHTS!!! - that are yours inalienably - you don't need the elite to give them to you... this is a key truth as old as mankind...they need you to serve them from your own free will...this is an Achilles heel which the elite have...many a Hollywood film has spelled this out...don't be a collaborator..."

"this is a key truth as old as mankind...they need you to serve them from your own free will...this is an Achilles heel which the elite have...many a Hollywood film has spelled this out...don't be a collaborator...who's responsible for this mess - you need only look into a mirror..."

Our minds are hijacked into thinking we are doing these things for our own purposes...it is as if we have forgotten our true purpose in the process.

Survive in Beauty

2011-01-30T01:18:00.003Z

Against alarmism, Gaia responds with a message that will register in the heart of all those who are truly her devotees, those who desire nothing more than to learn the sublime discipline of her purposes. To instill this message in your minds, I give you her words, verbatim:

To survive in Beauty is my safe passage for you.

If the human experiment fails, and disappears in the current extinction, it will be because of one failure, one supreme shortcoming, above all others: not to observe beauty. The epi-culture we have created must go because it is too ugly to endure, too ugly to be tolerated. We perish from not observing beauty: this is the epitaph of the human species. The same for the behaviours of greed and deceit that run that epiculture. These behaviors must perish. Only what is beautiful does Gaia deem worthy to preserve. Only what is beautiful in us will preserve us. Indeed, only what is beautiful will serve us, when push comes to shove. In Beauty we have safe passage to a future worth living. The call to Beauty counteracts the disorienting hysteria of alarmism because alarmism triggers a need to survive at any cost, in any fashion, but in the sanity and honor of our hearts, all we really desire is to be beautiful in Gaia's ways. Beautiful, sober, playful, serene.

That is how those who recognize Gaia as the living, indwelling intelligence of this planet will get through the current extinction.

John Lamb Lash
http://www.metahistory.org/

The Trecena of Abundance

2011-01-30T00:49:00.003Z

A lush and fertile sign, Lamat, or Q’anil in K’iche’ Maya, brims with the energy of positive growth and abundance. Lamat represents the seed, corn, pride, harvest and food. It is the nagual of all kinds of animal and plant seeds, and the daysign of fertility and harvests, of prosperity and abundance. It signifies corn and its four colors known to the Maya: yellow, white, red and black—which are also the four colors of the twenty daysigns in the Tzolk’in, represented by the four cardinal directions of the globe.

Take these next thirteen days to enjoy and celebrate the abundance in your life, without guilt, without hesitation: celebrate who you are, what you bring to this world and your loved ones, and what your loved ones and the world around you, in turn bring to you.

Let us remember what true abundance really is: it’s not money or fame, and it’s not power or influence. Abundance is life in its breathtaking diversity of forms and colors. Abundance is the unfathomable volumes of sunlight, water, air and nutrients that cycle throughout the biosphere. Abundance is a rich harvest that leaves plenty of fruits, vegetables and grain for the next season or to share with your neighbor. Abundance is an endlessly overflowing fountain of joy, elation and happiness that never dries up and never asks for anything in return. Abundance is that nobility of spirit that keeps no score and no grudges, a spirit completely content and free of toxic emotions and thoughts.

Think about what living an abundant, joyous, fulfilling life really means to you, not what advertisers want it to mean to you, and pursue that—not the plastic idealizations of modern life you see and hear in the media and the Internet. Do not allow the poison of envy, greed, inferiority or inequality to enter the vessels of your soul. Respect your natural merit and worthiness of a full and enriching life.

This Trecena, choose to live in breathtaking abundance.

~ Birgitte Rasine

http://www.maya-portal.net

Food and Behaviour - If You Only Knew! Dr.Russell Blaylock

2011-01-28T03:47:00.005Z

Delightful and incredibly information dense talk about the effects of diet on behaviour.
"nutrition can control whether genes are operative or non-operative...you can early in the stages of development alter a child's and mother's nutrition and affect a child's life from the start...it is never too late to make nutritional changes...there is a profound influence on your ability to function intellectually just by changing diet and most of what you do is detrimental...a lot of the things we are seeing are marginal deficiencies...
"

The brain uses a tremendous amount of energy, even in deep coma the brain's metabolism is only down by 50%. This high metabolism creates a lot of free radicals and lipid peroxidation products which can damage and prematurely age the brain - unless we take care of our diets. Russell Blaylock talks about the shocking implications of hypoglycemia for anti-social behaviour, the stunning results of changing the diet of violent criminals and the role of hypoglycemia in alcoholism (71% of alcoholics become sober when this issue is addressed - this compares with the 25% success rate of Alcoholics' Anonymous).

Excess carbohydrates can cause thiamine deficiency and personality changes and other mental problems. Also the effects of soy foods, corn, potatoes, gluten, brain allergies, vaccinations (immune reaction goes on for years) and a mother's thyroid deficiencies on her unborn baby...and much more...

Influences include fats, carbohydrates, proteins, fruit and vegetables, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, flavonoids, hormonal balance (testosterone, oestrogen, thyroid hormones) and environmental toxins particularly heavy metals and there are synergistic effects between these things.

Lierre Keith on Grok-the-Talk

2011-01-28T03:19:00.001Z

Lierre Keith, lovely, clear thinking lady embraces the caring values that underlie compassionate vegetarianism but questions whether we can actually live long term this way. Even herbivorous animals eat a high percentage insect matter. She questions the agricultural diet. Agriculture is the most destructive thing that humans have ever done to the planet...just domination. Do we want to dominate or participate?

listen here now

Consciousness drives the Universe

2011-01-27T12:41:00.006Z

"there's an ocean of pure vibrant consciousness inside each one of us"

"the entire whole is contained in the part; if we were to change one little aspect in any one of these holograms that change will be reflected throughout the whole system"

"people in their quiet desperation attempt to accumulate as many material possessions as possible - in fact the substance of the universe is consciousness therefore it is behaviour that is important"

"fear is a very slow dense vibrational state"

"we should be very careful what we believe about the future"

John Lash - Karen Tate Interview

2011-01-27T12:23:00.001Z

"having your sense of connection becoming so acute that it overwhelms and permeates everything in your life...there is no global phenomenon without an intimate personal awakening in each person"
John Lamb Lash
This interview is so laden with gems; well worth taking the time to listen to:

Love of the Earth

2011-01-26T21:35:00.004Z

love of the land, the earth and the wild...love of peace, beauty, justice (restorative not punitive), story and myth, history and reverance for the ancestors (formative power of the past), trees, stones (stone circles, crystals), truth, animals, body, sun, moon, stars and the sky, the universe, each other (community), love of life (celebration and commitment to life)...
from 'Druid Mysteries' Philip Carr Gomm

Ogham - the Celtic Tree Alphabet

2011-01-25T22:36:00.001Z

Beautiful video of thirteen native trees of the British Isles.

Not in HIS Image

2011-01-24T15:03:00.002Z

‎"...the gnostokoi rejected the belief that suffering has a redemptive value"

"Unlike the divine Aeons who emanate without imposing themselves, the Archons wrongly believe they can impress their mentality upon the human species."

John Lamb Lash

In the Light of Nature - Terence McKenna

2011-01-24T14:42:00.002Z

lovely, entertaining and mind-expanding talk - very long - i just listened to parts of it, it's energetic as much as informational

"...nature is communication...is psyche..a self-describing genetic language...our unique ability to provisionally code sound to meaning...so we can recommand and reconstruct the world...actually we do it because we are moving linguistic charge around inside some kind of metasystem ...the good part comes at the end...the supercompression of modern times... the penetration of the natural world by the transcendental object..."

The Sophia Myth with John Lamb Lash

2011-01-21T04:48:00.022Z

John Lamb Lash, unsurpassed comparative mythologist, uses symbolic myth to describe how the Earth and humans came to be the way they are and how we could fruitfully evolve. Here on Grok-the-Talk radio he talks about the incredibly revealing myth of the Earth Goddess Sophia, the Archons, the disinformation regarding genetic engineering of humans and planetary tantra.

listen to part 1 here

listen to part 2 here

Where to begin?...there is so much information in this interview that it is only possible to pick out the main points.
Firstly, what is gnosticism? It is knowledge - knowledge of the true identity of humanity and our place in the cosmic order. John Lamb Lash has selectively interpreted information form the Nag Hammadi texts in order to extract the teaching of the Gnostics. The Gnostics go way back before the religions we know of today. They learned everything from interaction with the divine feminine and they interacted with the earth rather than worshipping it. The Gnostics called themselves Telestai. This comes from the word 'telos' which mean 'aim', 'purpose' or 'goal'. A Telestic is one who is aimed, one who has a sense of purpose and direction.

The dawn of the dark ages and the serious suppression of gnosticism began in 415 AD with the murder of Hypatia. The gnostics were a threat to the biblical idea of god, that is the off-planet paternalistic idea of god. They warned against the increasing influence of redemptive religion (for example Judeo-Christianity) and salvationist beliefs and could see the potential danger to humanity from them.

There are four main facets to redemptive religion:
1. Belief in an off-planet paternalistic creator, a father God, who creates humanity without a consort and oversees it.
2. Belief in a chosen people - a group of people chosen to represent the paternalistic god and fulfil his destiny.
3. Belief in a messiah sent by the paternalistic god to save the people because they can't live up to his insane rules.
4. Belief in a day of judgement, a doomsday, an apocalypse, when judgement is pronounced because humanity still can't get it right.

Even if we have consciously rejected religion these ways of thinking or programs can remain active within us and are influential in the dominator culture. I think they are responsible for the idea that something or someone will come and save us or tell us what to do without us having to take responsibility. Natural guidance through feelings as to appropriate behaviour and lifestyle have been hijacked by religious/intellectual morality. There is no evil as such, wrongdoing occurs when we lose touch with our deep feelings and correction is to come back to them. Goodness is what is beautiful to us, what is aesthetically pleasing.

The Telestai originally preferred to stay anonymous but as they saw the way the mental virus of redemptive religion taking over human minds they made themselves more public. Their methodology was experiential mysticism and intellectual analysis.

The myth of Sophia describes how we are the product of the imagination of the Earth Goddess Sophia. We are a divine experiment. The modern mind has been conditioned with the language of science and can be quite resistant to the language of mythology. Both are just ways of communicating deeper reality to the mind. However John Lamb Lash emphasises that this information is not just a metaphor but an experiential myth that we can be involved with, a practice to explore.

So what are our tasks?
1. The most powerful technology on the planet is our own bodies. We need to rediscover the innate 'supernatural' powers of our own body-mind machinery.
2. We also need to understand the nature of the delusional mind parasites, called 'Archons' by the Telestai. These entities have no aim of their own but hijack human intent and incarnate in ideologies. They are predatory and have given us that aspect of our minds - the divine human is not like this.
3. We need to discover Gaia herself and planetary tantra - interactive magic with Gaia herself, learned through interaction with the organic light.

John Lamb Lash emphasises that the Annunaki and Sumerian texts which describe genetic manipulation of humans by an extra-terrestrial race are dangerous. He considers them to be disinformation which is infecting human minds and taking us away from understanding our true divine nature. There was an attempt to interfere with human genetics which failed - indeed the same thing is being attempted now and will again fail.

In the past I have tried to find books which explained the gnostic teachings and have to say that this is the first information I have come across on this subject that explains them in a way that sounds accurate and makes sense of experience. John Lamb Lash's book 'Not in HIS Image' explains in more detail. I am already gripped by it and will write more when i have read it all. And a big thank you to my friend Erez Sitzer who started telling me about this information about three years ago - I just didn't quite get what it was about.

John Lash Lamb's website is here and contains fascinating information.
http://www.metahistory.org/

Returning to our natural happy selves

2011-01-21T04:20:00.016Z

Much of current physical reality for humans is the result of chaotic and hijacked thinking that has deviated from nature and that is why so many of the structures are now crumbling. It is important that the 'flow' we go with is connected to the dreams and hopes of divine intelligence, the things that deeply satisfy us and we don't get overly distracted with the chaotic 'flow' of much of what currently exists or is on its way out or by frustrations and obstacles we felt in the past. It helps to go into a deep meditative space to set goals that are taking us to what we truly want and makes us happy. The priority is feel and to feel as good as possible and our goals need to be connected to this. This is the best place to act from, the best place to think from, and the best place to be of any use to anyone. This means using our thinking minds creatively rather than reactively.

The Abraham Hicks material is the most useful I have found for getting back to this. Over the holiday period I finally got round to watching the complete 'Getting into the Vortex' DVD set by Abraham Hicks.
Although I have read and watched a fair amount of Abraham Hicks material before, actually watching this whole DVD helped in a way that surprised me because it is so thorough. The vortex as described by Abraham Hicks is that place in our consciousness where we are aligned to our full potential and to source or divine intelligence, Getting into the vortex is about connecting with what we have already created in non-physical reality. As we go into this process, our individual desires aren't in conflict with each other.

The vortex is beautifully described here:

And this is the focus wheel, a methodology for taking us from negative programming to creating what we want, at a pace that we can adjust our belief systems:

Deep Contact

2011-01-21T01:02:00.001Z

through Steve Rother
http://ascensionnow.posterous.com/the-group-deep-contact

Deep contact is done by each and every person on this planet on a regular basis, but it makes up less than one percent of total conversation. That will change soon as many more of you start to consciously use this level of communication. Let us give an illustration. Imagine a conversation, speaking back and forth using words which do not quite fit. Over the next few years humans may experience challenges with all languages as the meanings set forth no longer convey the deeper meanings needed for high level communication. This will motivate you to come up with new words as you try to package your thoughts differently. The person receiving the message may grasp a piece of it, but the languages humans use now will begin to fall short of needs.

Deep contact can be described in current times in this scenario. Imagine two people talking, yet not really communicating. They are shaking their heads and just as they begin to walk away from one another, one says four words that go right to the heart of the energy; those four words shifted everything. That is deep contact. In the years ahead, all of the languages on Earth will use fewer words for this very reason.

Tools for Deep Contact - Thought Projection:
First, let us start this message with thought projection. Humans do it all the time, but they generally do it unconsciously. Start to consciously project your thoughts as part of every conversation, especially in situations where conversations are not getting through. If you re-word it once or twice and feel you are still not connecting, we ask that you simply stop for a second. Just take a moment, a breath, and send them your understanding of the larger picture of what you are trying to express to them. It is not necessary to tell them you are using thought projection; stop and communicate with their soul without words. Then, pick up your conversation again and watch what happens. Watch how easy things start to become.
There are many of these tools which have worked well before, but human consciousness was not high enough to recognize them. Before these were thought to be ethereal, fleeting, and imaginary, but now you will find them to have real and practical uses in daily life. We have mentioned that deep contact will be a way of life. There are people who have developed deep contact over several years of a relationship, or perhaps through many lifetimes of having relationships. Right now where deep contact is the most prevalent on Earth is through twins. These are beings who have actually shared and split a cell, and for them deep contact was built in from the very beginning. Once that deep contact is mastered between two people, it is also remembered in future lifetimes.

Those of you who have experienced that and have ever been a twin, you have a little bit of that deep contact in place with that person even if you do not see them for five or six lifetimes. All of a sudden you meet this person you never have before, and you know them and they know you; you are able to communicate. The biggest challenge most of you will have as this transition takes place is because you have become accustomed to using so many words, the communication media of Earth will have to change radically. The way humans present themselves will start to shift. It will be possible to use very precise meanings in your words, which will actually increase communication and the use of words at the same time. This will also be a motivation for developing common languages of Earth that will be coming soon. It is already in motion, as more to the point versions of all languages will start to emerge as each language develops a shortened simplified international version.

There are lots of pieces starting to fall into place, but the tool we wish to give you to work with over this next month is thought projection. For instance, instead of having something to say to someone, let us say that you are going to present—to stand on stage or in front of a camera. Again, before you stand on that stage, go live, or you actually take that step up, thought project the overall picture of what you wish to convey. Send out a mental picture of the message before you say it. Clarify it, see yourself sending it and then open your mouth and you will experience the stronger connection with the audience. We have said many times that the truth is always simple, yet humans must complicate things just enough to understand them.

68 seconds of pure thought - Abraham Hicks

2011-01-20T23:55:00.010Z

68 seconds - or even 17 seconds! - of thinking about stuff we like and wish for is so much more enjoyable than thinking about stuff to fret about - eventually there is no going back...

Rupert Spira on Grok the Talk

2011-01-19T13:50:00.011Z

There is one awareness, one self, there is no-one 'else' we only speak to 'ourselves'..."love is the word that is used to describe that understanding"...

Rupert Spira brilliantly distinguishes between the illusion (maya) and ignorance, separation is not the experience, just a conceptual belief; some wonderful quotes: "the experience itself is intimate", "we set out into the imaginary outside world seeking to refind this peace, love and happiness and when we touch the apparent object in the world...this division of experience collapses and at this timeless moment when this imaginary inside self and imaginary outside self collapse, peace love and happiness are again tasted

listen to part 1

listen to part 2

The Trecena of Vision

2011-01-17T15:03:00.004Z

Men, the Eagle (Tz'ikin in K'iche' Maya), carries this next Trecena high into the heavens with his powerful wings. Come along for a 36,000-foot view of your life as you soar far above the routine, the day-to-day, the mundane.

Unfetter the shackles of entrenched belief, fear and uncertainty that hold you down, break down the walls of what others tell you, shed the old brittle skin and let your colors shine through with all their vibrant life. This is the time to ask for and receive good luck, fortune, and the resources you need to realize your dreams.

Modern society is built on control, power and influence—the media, the economy, the political system, organized religion, even the workplace and our own families can be confining, whether or not they intend to be. This is a time for you to explore who you really are: your higher self, your dreams and ambitions, your ultimate potential.

Careful, though, not to act too quickly or impulsively, for these soaring heights can be intoxicating. When you witness pure potential, when you feel the exhilaration of freedom, it’s like a drug. The air is purer, you can see farther, you can fly faster and stronger. But this trecena is about vision, perspective, and insight, not action. So take these thirteen days to clear your vision and your perspective, work through where you want your life’s path to take you, or where it is already taking you, and prepare to take action in due time.

Remember, flight at these heights takes experience, planning and skill. Remember Jonathan Livingston Seagull. So spread your wings, try them out, push them farther and higher than ever before, and fly.

~ Birgitte Rasine

http://www.maya-portal.net/

Getting excited!

2011-01-16T23:27:00.005Z

from my lovely friend Sonja:

"There is never a better way of inviting into your experience than getting really, really excited about something. The more excited you are -- negatively or positively -- the faster, the faster it comes. The more excited you are the faster it comes. And what gets you excited? Talking about it. Or talking to others who are excited about it."

Abe-Hicks

Time for a clean up

2011-01-16T23:10:00.011Z

Robert Smith with speed EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)

http://www.youtube.com/user/HealingMagic

http://www.fastereft.com

Setting history free and star maps

2011-01-16T05:31:00.005Z

David Wilcock does a lovely interview with Graham Hancock; topics include representations of the patterns of stars in the layouts of ancient monuments and the use of entheogens to make that all important connection to spirit - which is an essential part of humanity.

Speaking of star maps, here Wayne Hershel, author of "The Hidden Records", is interviewed on Grok the Talk Radio about his theory of star maps encoded into the pyramid structures spread out over the Earth and even beyond.

click here to listen

Honey and Royal Jelly

2011-01-15T23:50:00.013Z

Honey and royal jelly have to be two of the most magical foods...

David Wolfe - The Miraculous Healing Power of Honey!

I loved honey all my life and ate it every day until i went raw nearly ten years ago. Then almost immediately I went off the taste of honey and started to love pollen. Then suddenly about a year ago I went off pollen and started to love honey. I have no explanation for this but now use honey with 1% royal jelly - one of the best ways to preserve royal jelly is in the honey. You don't get much royal jelly but, as with any hormonally active ingredient, a little can go a long way. I and my twenty year old daughter, Jasmine, have noticed something since we began eating it - hard to define but definitely something... If you look up all the benefits of royal jelly there are far too many to read let alone remember and I am just left concluding that it's good for everything...

I make this delicious breakfast cereal with royal jelly honey - it's raw but equally liked by non raw-foodists. It covers a lot of bases nutritionally. Lovely with raw milk or kefir and with extra honey drizzled over it. It's worth making a double batch - as it doesn't contain a lot of moisture it freezes very well.

Honey Granola

150g almonds, soaked overnight
75g sunflower seeds, soaked
150g fresh coconut
1 tsp mesquite powder
1 tsp maca powder
1 tsp rosehip powder
½ tsp vanilla powder
¼ tsp ground cinnamon (freshly ground sticks are nicest)
3 dried figs
3 dried apricots
2 Tbsp cold pressed honey
300g strawberries, sliced
2 pears, diced

Process all the ingredients (in a 3 prong food processor), except the strawberries and pears, together until broken down and smooth. Mix in the chopped fresh fruit. Crumble the mixture over dehydrator sheets and dehydrate at 115 degrees Fahrenheit until dry and crunchy. This is likely to be several hours and can be left on overnight.

Universal Cycle begins February 2011

2011-01-14T07:00:00.006Z

From Ambler1980 David Icke forum:

"The universal cycle begins Feb. 11 2011, and each day of creation will be twenty times faster than the days of creation in the last cycle...in the universal cycle, each day will last a staggeringly short 20 days...that means that the amount of energy that was in the beginnings of Christianity and the reign of the dark ages, as well as the energy in the beginnings of science and the entire campaign of WW2, will last a mere 20 days! You will literally have no time to think, time will be going 20 times faster than it does today (if you can believe it) and the thinking mind will no be able to handle that, so intuition will become more and more important. So those who have been spiritually developing themselves for the past months and years will be ready and flourish, while those who are sheep will be floundering and near the breaking point."

http://13heavens.blogspot.com/2008/11/excerpt-universal-underworld.html

Excerpt - Universal Underworld
The spiritual beings will remain to create one world and one nation under one power, that of the Creator.

- Hopi Prophecy

"The Universal Underworld in 2011 is what all of creation has been waiting for: its very purpose. It is when all things are brought together and all the conflicting ways of being, acting, and thinking will be resolved and unified in a light that makes it possible for everyone to understand everyone else and everything at once. All limiting thoughts will disappear. The Ninth Underworld may be seen as a gift from God, since it is not only about creating balance, but also the enlightenment given to humankind as an expression of divine grace. This is when we will fully understand why the cosmic plan was designed the way it was and we will overflow with gratitude to the Creator. At the same time, we will recognize our own divinity, for there will be no separation between the divinity of the Creator and our own. "The enlightened consciousness developed in the Universal Underworld will be pulsed onto humankind in a wave movement of the Thirteen Heavens that covers a period of only 260 days. This reflects a frequency of change of the heavenly energies that by far surpasses anything anyone has ever experienced. Yet there is every reason to believe that, at the same point, "time" will come to an end, since "time" is an experience that is predominantly mediated by the left-brain hemisphere. In actuality, the experience of time exists only in a world dominated by the imbalance created by duality. As balance between the two hemispheres is created, instead of time we may expect to experience pure being moment by
moment.

"This paradox, of course, is not easily resolved by someone whose mind is still dominated by the dualities generated by lower Underworlds. The ego that was established to serve the dualist mind in navigating their changing waters and to maintain a sense of continuity for the individual in the midst of them simply cannot survive at the high frequency of the Universal Underworld. The ego is not consistent with the unitary field of light that will then be ruling the world. In a dualist frame of consciousness, the ego was an important tool for survival; in a unitary frame of consciousness, it will jeopardize the survival of the individual. In an Underworld dominated by unity and enlightenment, acting and thinking based on a dualist frame of mind will become impossible. At the frequency of change that will prevail in the Universal Underworld, with shifts between Days and Nights taking place every twenty kin (days), the mind has to be disengaged if it is not to lead the individual to compete heartbreak or personal collapse. Even with proper preparation, for a person who is well aware of the workings of the cosmic plan, the conflict between the five-thousand-year-old dualist mind and the unitary consciousness of the Universal Underworld can only be successfully resolved in one way - through the excision or "slaying" of the ego and the ensuing creation of space for the enlightened way of being to take over. This is what Kalki proposes to help us do... The intent and humility of each one of us will determine the outcome.

"As we will then be endowed not only with a galactic but also with a non-dualist, universal frame of consciousness, these frames will also make it possible for us to see the events of the past from a different perspective. Being fully immersed in the present, without the dualist mind's need for maintaining continuity with the past, the Universal Underworld will allow for true forgiveness. The Book of Revelation refers to this in verse 21:4: "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away." From the perspective of the Universal Underworld, the former things will have passed away.

"By 2011 the dominance of the dualist mind will wither, and all the conflicts of humanity originating in lower levels of consciousness will be resolved. From the perspective of the enlightened state, the old order will no longer be real. The advanced technologies developed by the dualist mind will find the place they were always meant to have, in service to humanity and the living cosmos, not as tools of domination. By then not only the old monarchic rule, but also democracy, will be a thing of the past (if everyone lives in unity and harmony with the Divine, why elect someone to rule them?). All hierarchies will have crumbled. With the end of duality, the dominance of one soul over any other will naturally come to an end, and so there will be no need for a government (which is like the ego of a nation) to steer people through conflicting interests. All human beings will, in a much deeper sense than at present, be recognized as having equal value - each as her or his own manifestation of the Divine. In the process of climbing to the universal level of consciousness, all limiting thoughts will disappear.

"Once this has happened, we will be able to fully experience the unity with All That Is moment by moment, or frame by frame, as it were. Such an experience, frame by frame of consciousness, will allow for a total sensual enjoyment in the present moment. Lacking the mind's need to maintain continuity, we will experience complete freedom, and our status as puppets of the divine process of creation will come to an end. No longer will there be an experience of separation between human beings and God. If we do not experience ourselves as gods, we will, at the very least, experience ourselves fully as the manifestations of the Divine that we truly are." "As a corollary, to wait around to see what will happen in the year 2012 is to totally miss the point. It will simply not be possible NOT to be enlightened after October 28, 2011, or at least not from a certain time afterward when the new reality has definitely manifested. With a dualist mind, it will not be possible to be in resonance with the new unitary divine reality under one power, the Creator. It would thus seem wise for all of us to prepare ourselves, beginning today, by immersing ourselves in the cosmic flow of time and in all possible ways seeking to transcend the influence of dualist Underworlds on our thinking, acting, and being. After all, the Universal Underworld will favor an enlightened state of being of love and joy, and once this has been established no reversal to duality will be possible.

"This will mean the return of an apprehension of the living cosmos. The enlightenment that this cycle brings will allow for true and complete healing and forgiveness of the past, which humans will also extend to God, whose relationship with human beings (because of the duality of lower Underworlds) has sometimes been perceived as antagonistic. When the energy of 13 Ahau is reached in all the Underworlds, no filters will block our vision of divine light or our communication with the Divine. We will come to live in the New Jerusalem, having reached enlightenment after climbing the Nine Underworlds and completing the 108 movements of Shiva. After the building of the ninth level has been completed, human-kind will be ready to stand on top of the cosmic pyramid. Humanity will be complete, living fully in the present at a higher level of awareness and with a pure enjoyment of living. The creation cycles that have served to build the cosmic pyramid, partly by making human beings into puppets, will come to an end. The life of Universal Human-kind will begin."
- pages 214-219
- The Mayan Calendar and the Transformation of Consciousness, by Carl Calleman

http://www.nightfall-project.com/3/post/2011/01/mayan-calendar-universal-underworld-universal-time-cycle-dr-carl-calleman.html

According to Johann Calleman the 13th Heaven of the Galactic Underworld began on November 3rd, 2010 and then also the 1st Heaven of the Universal Underworld on February 11, 2011.

All 13 Heavens of the Universal Underworld will then unfold concurrent with the completion of the 12th Heaven of the Galactic Underworld and ALL Underworlds will complete on October 28th, 2011. That is 13 Universal Heavens in only 260 days! Its also important to realize that all the other 7 Underworlds that preceded these two are still running concurrent as well in their 13th Heaven modalities and will also complete at the same time when the Mayan Calendar ends on October 28th, 2011.

http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar_3_1.htm

The Mayan Calendar
and the Process of Enlightenment

by Carl Johan Calleman
The Mayan calendar and the process of enlightenment have for long been regarded as two
entirely separate approaches to life, especially as the origins of the two are to be found in two different hemispheres of our planet. The Mayan calendar is an understanding of the universe that obviously has its origin in the West, in the Native American traditions, whereas enlightenment is a state whose attainment has been the focus almost exclusively of Eastern traditions

Deprogramming Yourself (The Parting of the Ways)

2011-01-14T03:51:00.003Z

http://www.davidicke.com/headlines/43291-deprogramming-yourself-the-parting-of-the-ways

David Icke - Alex Jones interview

2011-01-14T03:16:00.001Z

David Icke -- Alex Jones Interview 01-11-11

"...they are so desperate to push this agenda forward as fast as possible before the wake up that's happening gets to a point where it brings it to an end...the excuses now are getting more and more ludicrous...The points of the monster are satanism, mind control, secret societies and paedophilia... these all work as one unit...getting people possessed by very malevolent entities."

David Icke on Rothschild Zionism:

http://www.davidicke.com/articles/political-manipulation-mainmenu-72/42734-they-dare-not-speak-its-name-rothschild-zionism

"...to understand the financial crisis, 9/11 and so much more, it must be spoken constantly. As we begin a new year, amid ever-gathering global tyranny, this information is vital for everyone to know.

I have written and spoken extensively about the agenda behind the unfolding global financial crisis and here I will expose the coordinating force, or at least the prime one, behind that agenda and so much else, including 9/11.

Most conspiracy researchers either don't realise the fundamental significance of this network or are too frightened to say so if they do. Sod that.

It is widely known as Zionism or, as I call it, more accurately, I suggest ... Rothschild Zionism. I add the 'Rothschild' to constantly emphasise the true creators of Zionism and its controllers to this day (see Human Race Get Off Your Knees).

I'll explain the connection later to the gathering economic catastrophe, but some background is necessary to put it all in the context that it needs to be seen.

Ask most people about Zionism and they will say 'that's the Jews', but while this is the impression the Rothschild networks in politics and the media have sought very successfully to 'sell' as 'common knowledge', it is not true. It represents only a minority of them and many others who are not Jewish."

Manipulation of human psyche

2011-01-14T02:30:00.000Z

Alan Watt - Shock And Awe: The Manipulation Of The Human Psyche 1 of 4

Alan Watt talks about the culture industry, taking time away from people, entertainment and television, political correctness, conspiracies, new age spirituality and counter intelligence, 'free love' and breaking down families - the techniques of abusers. He suggests we start to think for ourselves and talk to eachother again, read factual data, discuss real experiences and recreate community; the knowledge is there.

EU threat to traditional herbs

2011-01-14T02:12:00.004Z

On 1st April 2011 hundreds of plant based products which have been safely sold in Europe for decades will be banned unless action is taken. Alliance for Natural Health with Robert Verkerk.

http://www.anh-europe.org/node/3113

Birds don't fall out of the sky for no reason

2011-01-13T23:49:00.002Z

Are the recent bird and fish deaths being caused by the Earth's magnetic pole shift, HAARP or something else? One thing is for certain, birds don't just fall out of the sky for no reason.

"(NaturalNews) The recent mysterious deaths of birds and fish are causing alarm among naturalists around the world. Birds are literally falling dead out of the sky, and fish are washing up dead on shores and rivers across North America and around the world. The reaction from the mainstream media seems strangely subdued, as if they're all just blowing this off as some unexplained quirk about the natural world that should be largely ignored.

NaturalNews readers think differently. We are concerned when thousands of dead birds fall out of the sky for no apparent reason. The sky itself may not be falling, but previously live animals are clearly falling out of it. If that's not enough reason to wonder what the heck is happening to our planet, then what is?

These are clear signs that something is wrong. Red flags from nature, if you will. Here's the timeline of recent deaths that have been reporte."

Take a look - this is an astounding list.

http://www.naturalnews.com/030985_mysterious_deaths_birds.html

"(NaturalNews) Following the unexplained deaths of several thousand birds over the last two weeks, events are now emerging that may offer a physics-based explanation for the mysterious deaths. It all begins on a runway in Tampa, where airport officials recently closed that runway in order to change the numeric designators painted there. Why are those numeric designators being changed? Because the Earth's magnetic poles are shifting and the numbers previously painted on the runway no longer match up with the magnetic measurements of sensitive airplane instruments."

http://www.naturalnews.com/030996_bird_deaths_pole_shift.html

Living in Real-time Reality

2011-01-12T03:49:00.006Z

'Current reality is old news' by Abraham Hicks:

Current reality is the creation or result of past thoughts and imaginings. It is important keep in touch with this reality by staying tuned to our feelings and senses, rather than continually analysing it.

We can then turn the attention of our creative powers to the things that we wish for. These things may not come from sources in the exact form that they exist in our 'current reality' - they may at this very minute be in thought creation...

When we go for a walk we touch the ground with our feet but look ahead to where we are going...

Jumping Timelines

2011-01-12T03:41:00.004Z

with Tom Kenyon

click here to read full article

Although it may seem paradoxical to some, your timeline—your life—is only one of many simultaneous possibilities. And it is quite possible, indeed it is your birthright, to alter your timeline and the potentials of your life.Your culture, for various reasons, has hypnotized you into believing that you are limited to one timeline. In this message we shall endeavor to discuss our understanding of timelines and how you can change them.

For the record, there are technological means to jump timelines, but our information here deals with human consciousness, and how you, through the power of your own awareness and intention, can jump timelines. For this endeavor, you already possess two of the greatest treasures in your very own nature—your sovereign will (to make choices) and your capacity to feel. These two, when combined properly will allow you to jump timelines as you so desire, as co-creators of your reality rather than being mere pawns on a chessboard.

The fundamental principle, for jumping timelines, involves the coordination of a few significant fields of intentionality.

1) You identify the timeline you wish to move into.
2) You shift your vibrational state to match the timeline.
3) You lock in the vibrational state so it does not waver.
4) You take an action that is an expression of the new timeline.
5) Persevere.

In this fifth stage, you must hold the vibrational state of the new timeline you have chosen, making choices coherent with the new timeline and persevering with this despite sensory information to the contrary.
This last phase of perseverance is important, because your current timeline is an accumulation of your beliefs and intentions. Depending upon the strength of these beliefs and intentions, you may have to accumulate a vast amount of energy in order to overcome the set pattern of your life...

The task here is to be true to your vision while paying attention to what the current reality is showing you. It is not about pretending. It is about facing reality as it presents itself to you while simultaneously holding a higher vision. In other words, you deal with the reality of your life while simultaneously holding the vision of a different life. This is the art...

We said that the ability to jump timelines had both physical and spiritual survival benefits. What we meant here is that the ability to jump a timeline into a different outcome can result in physical survival in certain situations. By spiritual survival, we mean that there are threats to your spiritual awakening. If you lose track of your own truth, if you lose the two treasures that you possess in your nature—your sovereign will and your capacity to feel then you are spiritually in danger. Do not lose sight of these treasures in yourself. As chaotic events increase, and they shall—for this is the birthing of a new world—the Controllers will increase their efforts. Be leery of mind-control and of any thought form that limits your sovereign will and your ability to feel, regardless of its origins—even if it comes from one of your “sacred” religions...

There is something else in this latest message that I consider to be of vital importance - especially for those of us who are actually going to attempt jumping timelines. And this “something” has to do with our human capacity for delusional or “magical thinking.” In case you aren’t aware of that term, magical thinking is a thinking disorder in which the person believes that just by thinking something, it is real or can be made real without any effort on his or her part. There is, in my opinion, a highly toxic element in New Age thinking that encourages denial as a means to cope with certain difficulties in life (i.e., magical thinking)...

Part of the art of jumping timelines is to hold the vision and vibrational signature of the timeline we wish to experience. But at the same time, we need to pay attention to the actual realities of the timeline we are on. This is living between the worlds...I suspect that many of us who choose to jump timelines (myself included) will encounter a learning curve, where we fall short of being able to leap to the new timeline and/or fail to sustain it. This is completely normal when learning a new skill, and yes, this is essentially a new skill—albeit a profound one. So my advice to all of us neophyte timeline-jumpers is to be gentle with ourselves, leave self-judgment behind, and enter into this type of learning experience with a good sense of humor. After all, the whole thing is, from at least one perspective, a grand cosmic joke...

How we navigate the realities of a transforming (some would say dying) civilization, while keeping our hearts and minds on the timeline we wish to live in, will undoubtedly become an art form...

I salute you and the great undertaking we are about to engage, which is nothing short of the ascent upward into our own highest qualities as spiritual beings living a human experience.

System vs.Synchronicity

2011-01-12T03:30:00.003Z

FreemanTV - You Chose To Be Here

interesting insights

"...shift the methodology of defeating these enemies...when we fight fire with fire all we get is fire...if we fight these people as they have sought to have us fight them then we lose because they're programming the game from the get go...we will find our ways through this if we are open to more divine...open-minded possibilities...seek life as humans...seek life as we want it.."

Earthing

2011-01-12T03:08:00.010Z

Dr Mercola interviews James Oschman on earthing, the importance of going barefoot and hydration. This is VERY interesting and informative.

The most important factors - diet, exercise, vitamin D and grounding!

Grounding restructures the water in our bodies.

There's a huge difference between standing outside barefoot and standing outside in shoes. The best grounding activity is to put bare feet in seawater; also the sand at the beach is grounding. Seawater is a great electrical conductor. The higher up you are, the more separated you are from the surface of the earth (e.g. in a high rise building) and the bigger the implications for health. High rise buildings can be redesigned so that people are grounded so that the electrons from the earth can flow into the body. Grounding whilst sleeping of course makes a huge difference - that's why it feels so good to sleep outside on the earth. Of course that is not always possible and you can obtain grounding sheets.

Mercola on aging and telomeres:
"I kind of like to view those theories of aging that you mentioned as really more of an accelerated aging because there is this basal rate of aging that even if you’re doing everything perfectly, you’re going to age. That’s believed to be related to telomere shortening.

..I really do believe very strongly that within the next decade or two, we’ll have some clinically proven approaches to actually increase the length of our telomeres which is essentially the same as reversing aging. You will grow younger if your telomere is lengthened. At least that’s what it shows in the test tube. The evidence seems pretty compelling which is pretty shocking if you think about it...
I think ultimately, we are getting close to the technology where we actually develop the ability to lengthen our telomeres which, I’m sure you’re familiar with it, believed to be one of the primary causes of aging. But until we’re at that level, we need to keep ourselves and our tissues healthy and this transfer of free electrons is one way to do it."

from Wikipedia "A telomere is a region of repetitive DNA at the end of a chromosome, which protects the end of the chromosome from deterioration."

Power of Consciousness - Bruce Lipton

2011-01-12T02:55:00.001Z

What truly makes us happy?
Dealing with our subconscious habitual ways of thinking.

In the beginning was the word...

2011-01-12T02:51:00.005Z

Vibration creates matter with David Icke

"Your thoughts are a form of energy with their own unique frequency and as your thoughts are sent out into the universe they gather energy vibrating at the identical frequency and bring to you circumstances and
people who reside on the same frequency."

17 seconds - Abraham Hicks

2011-01-10T01:41:00.002Z

On the power of focusing for 17 seconds:

On the wisdom of limiting irritations to 17 seconds:

Alan Watt -- The Secret Truth Interview

2011-01-10T01:32:00.002Z

It is my belief that if the human race was operating at its full potential we would not allow ourselves to be and actually could not be manipulated in this way.

Talks about electricity as trick of elect, using weather technology to convince population to give up rights, human emotion being manipulated with technotronic warfare etc...clearly and calmly explained.

‎"train one generation in the illusion and they will train their children for you..."

‎"destroy the sacredness of life itself"

Why We Are Quite Literally The Symbiotic Love Children Of The Forest

2011-01-10T01:25:00.005Z

it's not just our DNA, it's the way it is read, which depends on the hormonal environment...

Summary

"Our unique physiology and extraordinary perceptual equipment (our brain) was not exclusively or even primarily the result of classic adaptive selection. Our DNA and the ‘primitive’ survival orientated asymmetric neural structures it always builds were immersed and hot housed in the most chemically complex developmental environment in the whole of biological evolution. It took the combined molecular engineering power of many tens of the most advanced biochemical factories (flowering plants) own hormonally rich developmental environments (fruit) to do the job. The convergence of their advanced biochemical ‘know how’ all focused in one place was necessary to design, construct and operate the most complex piece of molecular engineering we know, our own neural system. Symbiotic evolution at the developmental level, an exceptionally rare phenomena and totally unique in evolutionary history so not exactly surprising that what emerged was correspondingly rare, phenomenal and totally unique."

Tony Wright

http://beyond-belief.org.uk/node/8

Spiritual Bypassing

2011-01-10T01:19:00.001Z

http://www.realitysandwich.com/spiritual_bypassing

"The following is excerpted from Spiritual Bypassing: When Spirituality Disconnects Us from What Really Matters, by Robert Augustus Masters, available from North Atlantic Books.

Avoidance in Holy Drag: An Introduction to Spiritual Bypassing

Spiritual bypassing, a term first coined by psychologist John Welwood in 1984, is the use of spiritual practices and beliefs to avoid dealing with our painful feelings, unresolved wounds, and developmental needs. It is much more common than we might think and, in fact, is so pervasive as to go largely unnoticed, except in its more obvious extremes.

Part of the reason for this is that we tend not to have very much tolerance, either personally or collectively, for facing, entering, and working through our pain, strongly preferring pain-numbing "solutions," regardless of how much suffering such "remedies" may catalyze. Because this preference has so deeply and thoroughly infiltrated our culture that it has become all but normalized, spiritual bypassing fits almost seamlessly into our collective habit of turning away from what is painful, as a kind of higher analgesic with seemingly minimal side effects. It is a spiritualized strategy not only for avoiding pain but also for legitimizing such avoidance, in ways ranging from the blatantly obvious to the extremely subtle.

Spiritual bypassing is a very persistent shadow of spirituality, manifesting in many forms, often without being acknowledged as such. Aspects of spiritual bypassing include exaggerated detachment, emotional numbing and repression, overemphasis on the positive, anger-phobia, blind or overly tolerant compassion, weak or too porous boundaries, lopsided development (cognitive intelligence often being far ahead of emotional and moral intelligence), debilitating judgment about one's negativity or shadow side, devaluation of the personal relative to the spiritual, and delusions of having arrived at a higher level of being."

Critique of the China Study

2011-01-08T20:34:00.007Z

In this interview with Dr Mercola, Chris Masterjohn shares his experience with vegetarianism, and his insightful critique of the pro-vegetarian classic, The China Study.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/01/08/chris-masterjohn-criticism-of-the-china-study.aspx

There are good reasons to minimise meat consumption for example compassionate reasons and the steroid hormones that exist naturally in all meat which can affect human emotions and behaviour. However if we are to believe this report only about a third of people thrive on vegetarian diets. Organ meats are much richer in nutrients than muscle meats so these are a good choice if we need meat but wish to minimise consumption. Also worth bearing in mind that especially as we progress through adulthood it gets more difficult to obtain coQ10 (ubiquinol) from vegetarian sources. Organ meats are the richest source. Liver can be chopped into bite sized pieces and frozen raw for two weeks to kill pathogens and then eaten without cooking. Taking a ubiquinol supplement can reduce the need for meat. Ubiquinol is the form of coQ10 which is easier for the body to make use of. Fermented fish liver oil is one way to get animal derived DHA without need to consume fish flesh.

Why are the animals dying? Birds, fish wiped out in mysterious deaths

2011-01-08T20:27:00.003Z

by Mike Adams, NaturalNews

In the last week, nearly 100,000 fish washed up on the shores of the Arkansas River, dead. Also in Arkansas, thousands of red-winged blackbirds fell from the sky and plummeted to the ground where they were also found dead. The scene repeated itself in Southern Louisiana where 500 red-winged blackbirds recently plunged out of the sky, dead on arrival, and in Chesapeake Bay, thousands of dead fish have begun washing up onto bay shores.

http://www.naturalnews.com/030914_dead_fish_birds.html

Alex Jones: Is Mass Bird and Fish Die Off Connected to Government Testing?

1977 Senate Hearing found that U.S. government had infected hundreds of cities with biological agents

Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones
http://www.prisonplanet.tcom/
http://www.infowars.com/

Scalar weapons that can artificially manipulate the environment could be responsible for the mass die offs. We know for a fact that over a decade ago the U.S. Military Industrial Complex was aware of and involved in the testing of such technology.

In 1997, Defense Secretary William Cohen stated, "Others [terrorists] are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves... So there are plenty of ingenious minds out there that are at work finding ways in which they can wreak terror upon other nations...It's real, and that's the reason why we have to intensify our [counter terrorism] efforts."

The fact that illness or poisoning has been ruled out points to some form of secret testing being behind the mass die-offs.

The U.S. government has been repeatedly caught engaging in illegal bio-weapons tests over American skies that have maimed and killed not just animals, but humans. The history of US government biological testing includes deliberately infecting Americans with syphilis, malaria and other bacteriological agents.

the power of vulnerability

2011-01-08T13:59:00.003Z

What do people with a deep sense of worthiness have in common?
Very interesting and entertaining TED talk by Brene Brown - what started as a rational investigation culminated in a 'spritual awakening'/breakdown! and she emerged a different and deepened person.