Daniel Vitalis being phenomenally clear and informative...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKKT6v0sFVU&feature=related
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
Monday, 4 October 2010
The Trecena of Creativity
http://maya-portal.net
Finally, a fun trecena! The eleventh trecena is ruled by Chuen, the playful Monkey. 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: a Wall Street investment broker who quit his job to dedicate his life to photography, a Washington DC accountant who shed his corporate skin to be the painter he always was, a freelance writer who started a company dedicated to beauty and sustainability.
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?
A message from Carl: 10.10.10
During this trecena, we are going to experience a unique date in the Gregorian Calendar: October 10, 2010 (10.10.10). While this date is not a particularly noteworthy date in the Mayan calendar (7 Caban/No'j), Dr. Carl Calleman reminds us that because of its numerology and the prevalence of the Gregorian calendar, this day will be celebrated with global events and meditations around the world. It may also be looked upon, Dr. Calleman says, as a preparation for the Ninth wave and a continuation of the Conscious Convergence.
Finally, a fun trecena! The eleventh trecena is ruled by Chuen, the playful Monkey. 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: a Wall Street investment broker who quit his job to dedicate his life to photography, a Washington DC accountant who shed his corporate skin to be the painter he always was, a freelance writer who started a company dedicated to beauty and sustainability.
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?
A message from Carl: 10.10.10
During this trecena, we are going to experience a unique date in the Gregorian Calendar: October 10, 2010 (10.10.10). While this date is not a particularly noteworthy date in the Mayan calendar (7 Caban/No'j), Dr. Carl Calleman reminds us that because of its numerology and the prevalence of the Gregorian calendar, this day will be celebrated with global events and meditations around the world. It may also be looked upon, Dr. Calleman says, as a preparation for the Ninth wave and a continuation of the Conscious Convergence.
When you need animal products and don't want to kill...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGAinl3dFf4
David Wolfe chatting about various stuff then some interesting perspectives on use of animal products - yes realistic perspectives on raw food are emerging thick, fast and nutrient rich right now...
David Wolfe chatting about various stuff then some interesting perspectives on use of animal products - yes realistic perspectives on raw food are emerging thick, fast and nutrient rich right now...
ubiquinol and stamina
Ubiquinol is a form of Coenzyme Q10 and its key role is in the making of mitochondrial energy in the cells of our bodies - in other words it is very important for energy production and every part of the body including the brain and particularly for the workings of our hearts.
Although there are plant sources of it such as parsley, broccoli and grapes, to get the ideal levels daily from manageable volumes of food is difficult if we are not eating organ meats such as liver and heart. If we choose not to eat organ meats we need to be aware of how we can avoid deficiencies that can easily arise. Personally I prefer to avoid meat for many reasons - we just need to be aware what it takes to make this workable.
The point is, as usual, that our assimilation systems are not what they could be. Our archaic diet was probably plant based but there are considerable challenges with this way of eating in our current situation because of these assimilation difficulties. And CoQ10 is one of those issues. Since beginning an ubiquinol supplement I have been astonished at the increase in stamina levels and am bewildered as to why i did not start this supplement before! It's not that my stamina was low, but now it is back to what it was years ago. I had been craving and eating lots of parsley for over a year and had a sense that there was something in it that I needed, but not enough - which led me to CoQ10. There was a noticeable difference for me in 24 hours and a marked effect within a week.
Here Dr Mercola explains the difference between straight CoQ10 and ubiquinol and explains the need.
Sequel to this post: I rang my mum to recommend ubiquinol and she rang me back the next day to thank me - the health shop where she purchased it said she would feel a different person after a few months on this stuff. Happy day! If you have parents on statins, consider doing the same for them.
Although there are plant sources of it such as parsley, broccoli and grapes, to get the ideal levels daily from manageable volumes of food is difficult if we are not eating organ meats such as liver and heart. If we choose not to eat organ meats we need to be aware of how we can avoid deficiencies that can easily arise. Personally I prefer to avoid meat for many reasons - we just need to be aware what it takes to make this workable.
The point is, as usual, that our assimilation systems are not what they could be. Our archaic diet was probably plant based but there are considerable challenges with this way of eating in our current situation because of these assimilation difficulties. And CoQ10 is one of those issues. Since beginning an ubiquinol supplement I have been astonished at the increase in stamina levels and am bewildered as to why i did not start this supplement before! It's not that my stamina was low, but now it is back to what it was years ago. I had been craving and eating lots of parsley for over a year and had a sense that there was something in it that I needed, but not enough - which led me to CoQ10. There was a noticeable difference for me in 24 hours and a marked effect within a week.
Here Dr Mercola explains the difference between straight CoQ10 and ubiquinol and explains the need.
Sequel to this post: I rang my mum to recommend ubiquinol and she rang me back the next day to thank me - the health shop where she purchased it said she would feel a different person after a few months on this stuff. Happy day! If you have parents on statins, consider doing the same for them.
Vasopressin and Nicotine
As mentioned previously, nicotine lifts vasopressin levels and vasopressin is a hormone connected to bonding. A need to smoke seems so often to be connected to interruption of the bond with the mother in childhood. Traditionally tobacco was smoked by Native Americans to seal a covenant or treaty - again we have the bonding link. Despite the problems associated with it, nicotine is a kind of medicine for grief - so in these times it is not surprising it is getting more popular, expecially amongst women. People give up smoking and get past withdrawal symptoms and addiciton, only to return to it because of this hormonal need. What the solutions are i'm not sure, apart from the fact that grief is eventually healed by staying aware of the feelings in the body. Also when people become more closely connected to a particular other human or to other humans in general the need to use nicotine often lessens. It's good to understand a little more of what makes us, as humans, behave the way we do.
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
A little-known hormone, Vasopressin
There are many chemical messengers involved in human responses to eachother and abilities to learn but for this post I am going to draw attention to vasopressin because we hear so little about it. Vasopressin is a brain hormone that is released by the pituitary gland. It improves attention, concentration, memory retention, and recall (both short-term and long-term). Vasopressin facilitates more effective learning by helping to "imprint" new information in the memory centres of the brain, a function which cannot be achieved without the action of vasopressin. It is involved in pair bonding and the ability to connect with other people.
Cocaine, LSD, amphetamines, Ritalin, and Cylert (pemoline) cause a release of vasopressin. Frequent use of these drugs can deplete levels of vasopressin with a result of making you slow and dopey.
Alcohol and marijuana, however, inhibit the release of vasopressin. Adding vasopressin when using these drugs will compensate for much of the dopiness caused by them. Nicotine increases vasopressin levels which is maybe one reason there is a tendency to add it to the mix when using alcohol or marijuana.
In my opinion...it's increasingly obvious how use of various chemicals can significantly interfere with our relationships with others and how important it is to keep things on an even keel in this regard because it is so confusing to everyone involved when levels of hormones such as vasopressin are being randomly tinkered with. It make sense to adjust our brain chemistry in a more on-goingly sustainable way which i think can be done. Especially now at a time when it seems such an urge for us to collectively link up.
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