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16 May 2013 - 5:02pm
'Climate research nearly unanimous on human causes, survey finds' - the title of the latest article, published today within The Guardian online newspaper, stating that...
'Of more than 4,000 academic papers published over 20 years, 97.1% agreed that climate change is anthropogenic' - read the whole article at...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/16/climate-research-nearly-unanimous-humans-causes
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15 May 2013 - 12:41pm
Like many people looking at the calendar and wondering what the heck is happening in this time of global change, I have some thoughts about the state of the world. What is happening with the sun, the weather, the earth, the social order…. all this is troubling to me and to many. Yet on another level of awareness, I know that everything is working out for the soul of humanity to experience the most remarkable transformation into understanding its innate divinity and expressing that in a way that will forever be remembered as a new birth for the planet. But for now, to look around, there are some troubling things going on. What to do in the face of them? Not get overwhelmed, and not shut down. Remember that your experience of healing is connected to a greater collective consciousness which is also healing. Your awareness and mindfulness in moving through your own buried trauma, however small, your realization of your own power to transform your life, is going to ripple into that collective and have an impact on the whole. Remember that, and be encouraged.
Trying to keep balanced with the knowledge that there’s a bigger picture I’m not fully aware of, I have nonetheless watched with increasing alarm the situations playing out that are bringing to the surface aspects of human experience most in need of healing. Brutality. Toxicity. Hypocrisy. Cruelty. For example, last week’s big news story: Now that the women in Cleveland are free from their decade-long horror of exploitation, how will they integrate their experience and heal from it? What they lived through is beyond the ability of most people to even approach comprehending. How are we as the ones witnessing it going to process a level of pain and inhumanity this unfathomable? How can you release your own pain of isolation, slavery, powerlessness, pain? I have been watching the recognitions coming out of this event, and working on my own inner pain with the awareness of connection to the global consciousness of enslavement that has been part of our culture, overtly and covertly, for much too long. It is not easy to confront, but doing the work is what leads to being free for everyone. I am humbled to participate in this collective healing, brought into focus by these survivors, these great souls.
This is just one example. There are so many these days to choose from. We could use them as crowbars to wrench ourselves as a people free from the hidden bonds of night. Is it useful to apply what we witness to bring ourselves into alignment with our soul’s plan, and the plan of the soul of the planet? Can greater understanding be found in exploring our own pain? How do you deal with the distress that comes up on your screen? It’s necessary to take a clear and honest look at what is dying in our world to be ready to welcome rebirth. It is time to let go of the pain that has caused so much degradation, so much poisoning of our people and our world, and to do what we can do to stay above the level of worry about what might happen, or what is happening that we have no control over. You are the only one who can help yourself come out of the darkness of sleep. In sharing the light you discover in healing, in bringing together the shattered aspects of self living in this world of 3D, you help.
To open up this discussion further, I invite you to engage in some of the groups going on at the O9 website, and to create new groups to stimulate a greater healing with the community. Bring your fears and your hopes, your concerns and observations. Post videos, photos, words, music to enrich understanding and transformation. Share what you know! Every voice is precious. This is the time for bringing it all together and out in the open. Remember: The site exists for you, in resonance with the deep vibration of love that the League of Light have been opening up for us all. Take advantage of what’s there and create it to be what serves the collective of humanity in this time of transformation.
I wish you all peace and wholeness.
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12 May 2013 - 11:50am
Will the next generation of solar panels be pressure sensitive, i wonder??? :-)...
If so, rain drops could, in theory, generate electricity due to the registered impact onto such next generation panels :-)...
Looking further afield still, such 'weather panels' could also, in theory, generate electricity due to the pressure exerted upon them by wind - thus heralding a '3 in 1' solution to our energy needs... :-)
Groovin With Mr Bloe ~ Wind...
Many thanks to Ray Rose for reminding me of this apt single, by playing it earlier today on, 'manchester piccadilly magic 1152' radio station :-) :-) :-)
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12 May 2013 - 10:21am
...news...
Yet another important article published in The Guardian online newspaper, today - what will we do, bury our heads within the ever increasing sand, or wake up and recognise that we are fast approaching global climatic 'tipping point'???...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/12/climate-change-expert-stern-displacement
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11 May 2013 - 3:32pm
Global carbon dioxide levels reach '400 parts per million for the first time in human history'...
An article published within The Guardian online newspaper, yesterday...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/10/carbon-dioxide-highest-level-greenhouse-gas
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30 Apr 2013 - 1:01am
Significance of frogs in our environment
Written by Mohan Raj K.
Amphibians means double life - animals that metamorphose from a juvenile water-breathing form to an adult air-breathing form. Amphibians spend their life both in aquatic (water) and terrestrial (land) environments. Frogs and toads belong to order Anura. Anura means tail-less. As we know, the earliest known frog appeared during the late Jurassic period about 190 million years ago. Frogs that live in water have webbed toes. Some frogs that live high in trees use their webbing to glide and parachute. Ground dwelling frogs are more muscular in shape.
The frog skin functions to regulate moisture and fluid transfer. Most frogs and toads breathe (and take in moisture) through their skin through a process called cutaneous gas exchange, but they also have lungs with which they breathe.
Why should we pay attention to the frogs?
Frogs are an important indicator of ecosystems. Climate change and global warming have left some frogs with no suitable place to live and reproduce. Frogs and toads live in water and nearby terrestrial soils as eggs, embryos, larvae, tadpoles and adults. The places where the frog survives are the places we cultivate our crops and get drinking water.
Many of the human activities are unhealthy to frogs and their habitats. We drain the wetlands to claim land for cultivation, housing and other human activities thereby causing habitat destruction. Other upstream land use practices also affect the water quality leading to habitat pollution. The fertilizer and pesticide usage at farms in Nilgiris is a good example of upstream pollution. Pesticides, fertilizers and other agricultural chemicals find their ways into streams, rivers, ponds and lakes and causes the decline in frog populations.
Experts have noted that the effects of contamination in water affect the adult frogs, their eggs and tadpoles. Frogs also absorb and concentrate toxins in their fatty tissues. The study also reports that frogs exposed to pollutants have extra, misplaced or missing limbs.
Frogs are also friends of farmers. Frogs feed on many insects and pests that frequently destroy the crops. Also, they are consumed by fish, some large insects, snakes, lizards, larger frogs, birds and small mammals. In the food chain, frogs play a big role in maintaining healthy environment.
These amphibians have an intimate association with the environment, which is precisely why they provide such an alarming harbinger of our own future. When the frog population declines, we can be sure of decline in our environment. It is important to conserve the frogs and their habitats as they are our future.
http://www.greenosai.org/environment/diversity/58-significance-of-frogs-in-our-environment.html
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16 Apr 2013 - 9:39pm
"Watch, learn and experience the strangest alien like life forms move, breathe and survive. Also, see microscopic creatures moving body parts up close as well as cells duplicating. Our waters hold secrets yet to be discovered. There is always life where is should never be. Here, this deep sea life can only be described as alien. Enjoy this educational underwater experience.
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The stunning footage of deep-sea squids comes from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), where researchers use remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to observe and record deep-sea animal behaviors."
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14 Apr 2013 - 6:06pm
Joshua Tree National Park in California closed down due to social media and graffiti are in the headlines.
This subject hits too close to home for me and I have to respond to this and other things I have seen such as the two young girls who were caught on camera kicking pregnant seals on the beach in San Diego but have yet to be caught. It is no wonder that all of these practices are happening in places where the most negative energy resides which some say is evil or of the lower dimensions. Our national parks here contain murders (Yosemite National Park), crimes, and pollution and they are a reflection of society here. I feel torn. Do I give up and retreat to a beautiful Island paradise to be a hermit and just wait for the sea of greed and wrath to sink my Island like Atlantis or do I stay here and fight a battle that is looming all around me and I am still a hermit but one who is trying to save humanity from itself? I like being a drama queen if it helps me get my way. Maybe I should have everyone take a vote as I pass out flyers kind of like a survey. The chemical companies and oil companies and others of that genre are going to despise me but I really hope they learn from all of this too. I am scared to go boldly where no soul has gone before but it is a leap of faith really. I have to do something because apathy is so wrong.
Nature is designed to be a paradise and it is our spirituality and well being. The effects of nature on our soul are bliss, happiness and peace of mind. Our surroundings reflect our inner soul energy. The people who are selfish and destroy nature are mentally ill. I know I am blunt and truth is bitter but people are destroying my heart and my home. Home is where the heart is after all. Maybe we can save them from themselves and their egos. Their selfish actions (bad karma)imprints on their soul and they carry this with them forever unless they can find a way to reverse this natural process of imprinting. The cause and effect and intent processes happen naturally and we will reap what we sow as our souls are immortal and we live many lives in different dimensions. I am not being a judge but only an observer and I am part of the problem because I drive a car that pollutes and I eat meat and I do selfish things but I will have to say that my intent is good and I need to change and I have started with myself first. I have stopped eating meat so I do feel better now.
I love the 3rd dimension of Earth and nature as the best of any of them. Unconditional love energy that is found in nature powers the energy in our souls to give us power. It is reciprocal like the ripple effect that our unconditional love energy radiates out of us that creates the beauty in nature as it is sensed by the living beings like the plants and animals. Energy is feeling. Destroying the earth are hate crimes against humanity and all living things including the Earth in the negative energy or selfish energy radiating out of the mentally ill upon the planet.
I love the Earth and the physical experience of Earth and those who are blind to the soul energy are fated as they are breaking the laws of nature in altering the delicate balance of nature. I would like to see a paradise on Earth when I reincarnate back here in the future. I wish everyone had the ability to see what lies in their soul so they may have their energy centers (chakras) open including the third eye of wisdom and intuition and the crown chakra in the knowing.
I have this from connecting with nature and it is the most powerful state of being humanity can achieve. I wouldn't trade this for anything because it is amazing and the most powerful force in the universe because unconditional love energy is mental sanity. Maybe we need to close nature off to the mentally insane until they understand truth and love energy?
I am upset that the mentally ill are drooling over the melting of the ice caps so they can see what lies underneath in their greed but this comes at the expense of the lives and health of all of us. I am wondering if global warming and weather control in the form of chem. trails are intentional because I am not really buying their excuse as the spraying of aluminum and other metals as well as fluoride into the atmosphere as being only for cell phone transmissions to be better. Our cell phones are more dangerous to our health than landline phones were. I use my cell phone everyday but only some states in the US have warning labels on them. There are so many population control mechanisms going on that most people would be surprised to hear about the reality of our environment and the overall health of the planet. Who knows what diseases they will unleash yet again once the ice is gone and they start gutting the Earth again? Greed has a price. It is the blind leading the blind.
History repeats and the Great Flood in Noah’s time was because of this same thing. The world leaders know this stuff yet they keep it from the public and they continue to allow private organizations and corporations to decide the fate of the Earth. I feel like I need to be the voice of the Earth, the delicate balance of nature, the laws of the universe, living beings and youth who have to be protected for our future happiness and well being.
Gee, I wish there was a machine that could measure someone's intent. A machine kind of like the sensors that go off when we are shopping and it could trigger the alarm to go off and then only the people who are sane could pass through freely into nature. I just realized that this would mean the mentally ill should not even be on the planet unless they are healed first. Yikes!
Why does the first dimension of the underworld keep seeping up from below the Earth? I think people are writing books and promoting themselves and at the same time misleading humanity. I am blessed so much because of my connection with nature that I am able to see truth in the world and beyond. I am humbled and thankful for my gifts everyday. Everyone has the ability to love them selves unconditionally but the ones who do not are blindly following the mind control programs (social media) of the ones who are enslaving their souls. Media is just a tool as money is just a tool. It is how we use these tools that is the critical factor. I believe the only way for the veil to be lifted is for us the spiritually powerful and enlightened to come forward and share our knowledge and gifts. I am thankful for other spiritually enlightened people who have come forward to share because it has helped me greatly. I was searching, suffering, lost and confused until I started realizing that there were others out there like me and then I was comforted by their stories and realities.
I understand why the spiritually blind exhibit anger and hate and all the other negative energy as they are not spiritually free. I realize that as the media sets out an agenda then this agenda becomes the mindset of the youth. My children were taught in school by the teachers that they are not allowed to go on sites like Wikipedia and they are not allowed to do research and they are encouraged to only use the social networking sites. When I am researching about ancient history then I see that many video games show up and that is really perplexing to me. How could video games be using all the elements of the past in their agendas? That topic should be explored.
I do research everyday on the internet to learn more about truth and spirituality and my children have told me that I am doing a wrong thing. They get upset because they say there are bad things on the internet and especially Wikipedia. I have found some sites to be trustworthy and others are not. I tell my children that I am okay and safe because I have the power to discern truth. I am so thankful for my gifts in my spiritual freedom that I received from nature growing up. I do not blame the teachers for telling kids not to go on any sites besides social media because children of today rarely have the ability to discern right and wrong and I am speaking of the place where I am living out here in California. I am not sure if I am able to have much of an influence on my children or the youth here because I see they are lost souls to some degree. It makes me want to teach youth about the importance of nature even more. We are a reflection of our society and all I feel is negative energy so it is no wonder that I cannot connect with nature here. How could the children connect with nature here also? I have so many ideas and I should just be bold and do it.
My children did not have the freedoms of being out in nature that I was blessed to have when I was growing up. The world has become a dangerous place for youth to go out and freely play in nature without adult supervision and that is sad. In fact I remember seeing adults stalking others in our neighborhood. I saw many people coming through our neighborhood doing strange things like barking really loud to get a rise out of the dogs so they could avoid the homes with dogs and then trying to break into homes and my car was vandalized. I did not feel safe and I lived in a constant state of fear everyday. I see the children being born with Autism and the parent has to supervise them all the time. I know these things are no accident but a product of our environment and other factors attributed to population control. I have seen this in my research. I can follow the trails. Maybe I will teach others about my work so they may do the work themselves too. It requires looking at information and then asking questions about the information and then finding the answers. For me, the answers just come up and they are there all the time and I just put the pieces together and they fit.
I understand why people go out and destroy nature and harm animals and post this on the social media for attention because they believe this is the way to live life. I see the sexualization of youth to prevent them from being free spiritually. Sexual energy drains spirituality downwards and out of the body. Sex, drugs, rock and roll have been around since the days of early humanity. They used to say wine, women, and song as a means of the control of the souls of humanity. They had beer and wine and a wife and many concubines and they had music in the days of the gods. Is it shocking for humanity to realize that we are being controlled? The people out here do not have unconditional love energy and they do not know what it is. They do not care about nature or spirituality and they believe I am crazy and I need to get real. I guess I am not able to look at life from their perspective either because they feel we need everything just the way it is and they are just following along. I am not an obedient person when it comes to having to change my values and the fate of my soul when it comes to another person’s agenda which may or may not be in the interest of the good of humanity. I wish they would get real when they see the imprinting of the selfish energies on our souls either directly or indirectly.
I do not believe we have ever been free in our souls because the leaders did not have this reality themselves as they destroyed nature in the selfish pursuit of wealth. The Pandora’s box opened up over and over again that destroys life. Drugs and alcohol have destroyed some of my children’s friends and their parents deal with the grief. I feel like this is so unnecessary to have suffering and misery in the world.
I have seen and heard of some really crazy stuff from my kids in some of the fads. I thought my generation was bad enough because I was always a rebel. Youth are rebellious because they are the ones who are supposed to be inventive and change society but hopefully for the good. I believe therein lies goodness in the ability of the soul to be a conductor of unconditional love energy. I think I should not even write about the stuff I have heard from my children because the stuff is so mentally ill. I am glad that my children are okay and are still surviving in this place. I still worry about my children everyday as I am not with them. I am not sure if there are places left that are still okay. If we created a safe and sane paradise environment then I would feel at peace. I hope everyone wants this very passionately and does this soon. What kind of world do we choose to reflect out of our souls? Do we have the responsibility to call out the mentally ill and offer them healing so they may stop hurting themselves and others? If we sit around and watch and do nothing then do we become part of the problem? The only way to understand life is to know truth.
I see the agenda of the mentally ill in their selfishness of not allowing others to have power in their soul energy and it is shocking to me. My wish is to be able to protect nature but it starts with protecting youth also until they are 24 years old globally and hopefully they will all be spiritually enlightened in divine energy and wisdom. This is not a control but a protection and an encouragement of unconditional love. There is so much spiritual energy that is untapped in humanity. I wish we could have a celebration of spiritual freedom. I wish we could break the spells of deception. I feel like all of our answers are hidden in nature for us to connect to and to become empowered. This is the secret so why is it kept hidden and away from us to enjoy? Who but the mentally ill do not want us to be free in our soul energy and power? I see truth in the reflection of others and if the reflection speaks of a selfish agenda then I see the trail of deception. If the reflection speaks of nature and unconditional love then I see a trail of truth. I am a product of nature and the divine energy of the highest dimension. Want to join the club?
shining in the light and love,
skaterr
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22 Mar 2013 - 7:53pm
There are 7 billion humans on earth.
This is estimated to be 350 million tonnes of human biomass on the planet.
There are 10,000,000-1,000,000,000 billion ants on earth.
This is equivalent to 900-9,000 million tonnes of ant biomass on the planet.
A tonne is a metric ton. It is a unit of mass equivalent to 1000 kilograms.
The English version of ton is equal to 2000 pounds. This is called a “short ton” whereas a “long ton” is 2,204 pounds.
I am using short tons here.
There are 907.18474 kg per short ton.
Thus, 900 million tonnes of ants = 992.080179828 million tons of ants.
And 9,000 million tonnes of ants = 9920.80179828 million tons.
The estimate is that there are thus 992.1 to 9,920.8 million tons of ants on earth.
Humans only make of 350 million tonnes = 385.808958822 million tons.
There are approximately 12,634 species of ants in the world comprising their share of 992-9921 million tons of biomass.
How many species of humans comprise their share of 385.8 million tons of biomass?
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Reference and Answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomass_(ecology)
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20 Mar 2013 - 10:40am
On Monday i heard, 'Suzanne', by Leonard Cohen, being played by Ray Rose, on 'Radio Piccadilly Magic 1152' - my attention was drawn to the lyrics, so i noted it, for future reference :-)...
On Tuesday, whilst shopping, some oranges caught my eye, so i bought some :-)...
Upon my return, myself and another rurally-hearted gentleman, planted three trees; halfway through, i popped inside to make a cuppa for us both, and espied said oranges, so took one for each of us to enjoy - late on Wednesday evening, i found occasion to post 'Suzanne', by Leonard Cohen... :-)
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19 Mar 2013 - 11:37pm
This trip to china has gradually built more understanding about the energies in food. Yesterday I became to a point that basically my body and mind said: no more meat.
I have not eaten meat for a long time in a quantities. Just little bit on a business trips if could not be avoided. Once I do not eat it that often larger quantities it puts the body into a mess. Locals wanted to take us in to traditional Chinese restaurants and the amount of meat and different flavors of it was present. About 15 people on a same table and all were expecting me to try out all of the possible meat while they told me that 13000 pig where found dead in the river and majority of them where leg missing (sorry for images this produced in your 3rd eye). It is huge food scandal here and all authorities do not recommend any pig eating while convincing the same time all is fine. I am not really saying what is right or wrong but my body voted. It made a stop on meat products. My body just could not any longer function – chopsticks did not move in my hand and I needed to say: guys sorry but I am vegetarian can I have just vegetables and salads. I realized the change when I said this in the energy of myself, and in the others. They all understood this and actually where a bit sorry for me (compassion but also questioning why). I should have said this earlier – made my life so much easier.
At first night my two colleagues where having a set of beef and I had very delicious huge salad. They were wondering how my body can get full of that food. Well I said to them that indeed it is enough and actually could not even finish the huge salad and it indeed keeps me going very well. When next day all food scandals started to come into the surface here from the news colleagues of mine also where totally shocked and joined on "vege club" for a one day.
The strong feelings I have had here around the food and energies of it has been very educational. Since here the food energy is quite chaotic it has again proven to me that what even we do it will always have an energy fingerprint and everything is two way road. One can consume food that has chaotic energy but it just simply start matching our vibration to that. Going to fruit breakfast now.
Today moving to south of the China and looking forward a warm weathers. It has been for a while for me to feel nice temperatures - it has been coldest spring-winter for a man memory in Finland.
Love
T
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16 Mar 2013 - 1:02pm
Only when we combine our concern for the planet with spiritual practice will we have
the tools to make the profound personal transformations necessary to address the
coming environmental crisis. In this excerpt from his important new book,
The World We Have, Thich Nhat Hanh offers us the guiding principles for a new
ecospirituality of mindful living.
We are like sleepwalkers, not knowing what we are doing or where we are heading. Whether we can wake up or not depends on whether we can walk mindfully on our Mother Earth. The future of all life, including our own, depends on our mindful steps. We have to hear the bells of mindfulness that are sounding all across our planet. We have to start learning how to live in a way so that a future will be possible for our children and our grandchildren.
I have sat with the Buddha for a long time and consulted him about the issue of global warming, and the teaching of the Buddha is very clear. If we continue to live as we have been living, consuming without a thought to the future, destroying our forests and emitting greenhouse gases, then devastating climate change is inevitable. Much of our ecosystem will be destroyed. Sea levels will rise and coastal cities will be inundated, forcing hundreds of millions of refugees from their homes, creating wars and outbreaks of infectious disease.
We need a kind of collective awakening. There are among us men and women who are awakened, but it’s not enough; the masses are still sleeping. They cannot hear the ringing of the bells. We have built a system we cannot control. This system imposes itself on us, and we have become its slaves and victims. Most of us, in order to have a house, a car, a refrigerator, a TV, and so on, must sacrifice our time and our lives in exchange. We are constantly under the pressure of time. In former times, we could afford three hours for one cup of tea, enjoying the company of our friends in a serene and spiritual atmosphere. We could organize a party to celebrate the blossoming of one orchid in our garden. But today we can no longer afford these things. We say that time is money. We have created a society in which the rich become richer and the poor become poorer, and in which we are so caught up in our own immediate problems that we cannot afford to be aware of what is going on with the rest of the human family or our planet Earth. In my mind I see a group of chickens in a cage disputing over some seeds of grain, unaware that in a few hours they will be killed.
The Chinese, the Indians, and the Vietnamese are still dreaming the "American dream," as if that dream were the ultimate goal of mankind—everyone has to have a car of their own, a bank account, a cell phone, a television set. In 25 years the population of China will be 1.5 billion people, and if each of them wants to drive their own private car, China will need 99 million barrels of oil every day. But world production today is only 84 million barrels per day, so the American dream is not possible for the Chinese, nor the Indians or the Vietnamese. The American dream is no longer possible for the Americans. We cannot continue to live like this. It is not a sustainable economy.
We have to have another dream: the dream of brotherhood and sisterhood, of loving-kindness and compassion and that dream is possible right here and now. We have the dharma; we have the means; we have enough wisdom to be able to live this dream. Mindfulness is at the heart of awakening, of enlightenment. We practice breathing to be able to be there in the present moment, so that we can recognize what is happening in us and around us. If what’s happening inside us is despair, we have to recognize that and act right away. We may not want to confront that mental formation, but it is a reality and we have to recognize it in order to transform it.
We do not have to sink into despair about global warming; we can act. If we just sign a petition and forget about it, obviously nothing is going to change. Urgent action must be taken at the individual and the collective levels. We all have a great desire to be able to live in peace and environmental sustainability. What most of us don’t yet have are concrete ways of making our commitment to sustainable living a reality in our daily lives. We haven’t organized ourselves. We can hardly blame our leaders for the chemicals that pollute our drinking water, for the violence in our neighborhoods, for the wars that destroy so many lives. It is time for each of us to wake up and take action in our own lives.
Violence, corruption, abuse of power, and self-destruction are happening all around us, even in the community of leaders, both spiritual and social. We all know that the laws of our country don’t have enough strength to manage corruption, superstition, and cruelty. Only faith, determination, awakening, and a big dream can create an energy strong enough to help our society rise above and go to the shore of peace and hope.
Buddhism is the strongest form of humanism we have. It came to life so we could learn to live with responsibility, compassion, and loving-kindness. Every Buddhist practitioner should be a protector of the environment. We have the power to decide the destiny of our planet. If we awaken to our true situation, there will be a collective change in our consciousness. We have to do something to wake people up. We have to help the Buddha wake up the people who are living in a dream.
Yet everything, even the Buddha, is always changing and evolving. Thanks to our practice of looking deeply, we realize that the sufferings of our time are different from those of the time of Siddhartha, and so the methods of practice should also be different. That is why the Buddha inside of us also should evolve in many ways, so that the Buddha can be relevant to our time.
The Buddha of our time can use a telephone, even a cell phone, but he is free from that cell phone. The Buddha of our time knows how to help prevent ecological damage and global warming; he will not destroy the beauty of the planet or make us waste all our time competing with each other. The Buddha of our time wants to offer the world a global ethic, so that everyone can agree on a good path to follow. He wants to restore harmony, cultivate brotherhood and sisterhood, protect all of the species of the planet, prevent deforestation, and reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.
As you are the continuation of the Buddha, you should help him offer the world a path that can prevent the destruction of the ecosystem, one that can reduce the amount of violence and despair. It would be very kind of you to help the Buddha continue to realize what he began 2,600 years ago.
Our planet Earth has a variety of life, and each species depends on other species in order to be able to manifest and to continue. We are not only outside of each other but we are inside of each other. It is very important to hold the Earth in our arms, in our heart, to preserve the beautiful planet and to protect all species. The Lotus Sutra mentions the name of a special bodhisattva: Dharanimdhara, or Earth Holder, someone who preserves and protects the earth.
Earth Holder is the energy that is holding us together as an organism. She is a kind of engineer or architect whose task is to create space for us to live in, to build bridges for us to cross from one side to the other, to construct roads so that we can to go to the people we love. Her task is to further communication between human beings and other species and to protect the Earth and the environment. It is said that when the Buddha tried to visit his mother, Mahamaya, it was Dharanimdhara who built the road on which the Buddha traveled. Although the Earth Holder bodhisattva is mentioned in the Lotus Sutra, there is not a chapter devoted entirely to her. We should recognize this bodhisattva in order to collaborate with her. We should all help to create a new chapter for her, because Earth Holder is so desperately needed in this era of globalization.
When you contemplate an orange, you see that everything in the orange participates in making up the orange. Not only the sections of the orange belong to the orange; the skin and the seeds of the orange are also parts of the orange. This is what we call the universal aspect of the orange. Everything in the orange is the orange, but the skin remains the skin, the seed remains the seed, the section of the orange remains the section of the orange. The same is true with our globe. Although we become a world community, the French continue to be French, the Japanese remain Japanese, the Buddhists remain Buddhists, and the Christians remain Christians. The skin of the orange continues to be the skin, and the sections in the orange continue to be the sections; the sections do not have to be transformed into the skin in order for there to be harmony.
Harmony, however, is impossible if we do not have a global ethic, and the global ethic that the Buddha devised is the Five Mindfulness Trainings. The Five Mindfulness Trainings are the path we should follow in this era of global crisis because they are the practice of sisterhood and brotherhood, understanding and love, the practice of protecting ourselves and protecting the planet. The mindfulness trainings are concrete realizations of mindfulness. They are non-sectarian. They do not bear the mark of any religion, particular race, or ideology; their nature is universal.
When you practice the Five Mindfulness Trainings, you become a bodhisattva helping to create harmony, protect the environment, safeguard peace, and cultivate brotherhood and sisterhood. Not only do you safeguard the beauties of your own culture, but those of other cultures as well, and all the beauties on Earth. With the Five Mindfulness Trainings in your heart, you are already on the path of transformation and healing.
In the First Training we vow to cherish all life on earth and not support any acts of killing. In the Second Training we pledge to practice generosity and not support social injustice and oppression. In the Third Training we make a commitment to behave responsibly in our relationships and not engage in sexual misconduct. The Fourth Training asks us to practice loving speech and deep listening in order to relieve others of suffering.
The practice of mindful consumption and mindful eating is the object of the Fifth Mindfulness Training:
Aware of the suffering caused by unmindful consumption, I vow to cultivate good health, both physical and mental, for myself, my family, and my society by practicing mindful eating, drinking, and consuming. I vow to ingest only items that preserve peace, well being, and joy in my body, in my consciousness, and in the collective body and consciousness of my family and society. I am determined not to use alcohol or any other intoxicant or to ingest foods or other items that contain toxins, such as certain TV programs, magazines, books, films, and conversations. I am aware that to damage my body and my consciousness with these poisons is to betray my ancestors, my parents, my society, and future generations. I will work to transform violence, fear, anger, and confusion in myself and in society by practicing a diet for myself and for society. I understand that a proper diet is crucial for self-transformation and the transformation of society.
The Fifth Mindfulness Training is the way out of the difficult situation our world is in. When we practice the Fifth Training, we recognize exactly what to consume and what to refuse in order to keep our bodies, our minds, and the Earth healthy, and not to cause suffering for ourselves and for others. Mindful consumption is the way to heal us and to heal the world. As a spiritual family and a human family, we can all help avert global warming by following this practice. We should become aware of the presence of bodhisattva Earth Holder in every one of us. We should become the hand, the arms of the Earth Holder in order to be able to act quickly.
You may have heard that God is in us, Buddha is in us. But we still have a vague notion of what Buddha is in us and God is in us. In the Buddhist tradition it is very clear. Buddha resides inside us as energy, the energy of mindfulness, the energy of concentration, and the energy of insight—that will bring about compassion, love, joy, togetherness, nondiscrimination. Our friends in the Christian tradition speak about the Holy Ghost or the Holy Spirit as the energy of the Buddha. Wherever the Holy Spirit is, there is healing and love. We can speak in the same way of mindfulness, concentration, and insight. The energy of mindfulness, concentration, and insight gives rise to compassion, forgiveness, joy, transformation, and healing. That is the energy of a Buddha. If you are inhabited by that energy, you are a Buddha. And that energy can be cultivated and can manifest fully in you.
It’s wonderful to realize that we are all in a family, we are all children of the earth. We should take care of each other and we should take care of our environment, and this is possible with the practice of togetherness. A positive change in individual awareness will bring about a positive change in the collective awareness. Protecting the planet must be given the first priority. I hope you will take the time to sit down with each other, have tea with your friends and your families, and discuss these things. Invite bodhisattva Earth Holder to sit and collaborate with you. Make your decision, and then act to save our beautiful planet Earth. Changing your way of living will bring you a lot of joy right away. Then the healing can begin.
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Adapted from The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology, by Thich Nhat Hanh.
© 2008 by Unified Buddhist Church. With permission from Parallax Press, http://www.parallax.org/.
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10 Mar 2013 - 10:46am
Judi Gerber
February 18, 2013
Since ancient times, many civilizations have realized the healing qualities of gardens with their fruit trees, flowers, water, and songbirds. The earliest hospitals in the Western world were infirmaries in monastic communities where herbs and prayer were the focus of healing and a cloistered garden was an essential part of the environment.
Restorative gardens for the sick, which were a vital part of the healing process from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century, provided ordered and beautiful settings where patients could begin to heal, both physically and mentally. These were often part of hospitals prior to the mid-twentieth century and are regaining popularity now.
For the home or individual gardener, I think of a healing garden as a place that “heals” us in all ways: physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. But, it doesn’t just heal our souls by bringing joy, peace, balance, and wholeness; it also has the added benefit of helping our physical self as we work to maintain this oasis of beauty.
With the pace and the stress of modern life, its hard to find such a place, but your garden can be your own place of refuge and recuperation, a restorative landscape that’s a place for contemplation and a place that offers the chance to revive in the peace, serenity and beauty of nature.
No matter how large or small, it’s easy to transform your own yard, patio, or garden into a personal and meaningful garden for your soul by using the elements of water, scent, color, sound and planting schemes to create a “sensory” healing garden.
Sensory gardens use plants and other design elements to provide experiences to awaken all five senses giving the gardener new ways to enjoy the garden. Garden elements in sensory gardens involve seating, lighting, water features, paths, and whimsy. But the bottom line is this is your own special place, so think of what appeals to you.
13 Tips to Create Your Own Healing Garden
The key when designing is to remember that simplicity is essential in designing a soothing healing garden, because the point of having one is to deal with stress, and its important that the space not have too much going on to add any additional stress.
You also want to design for interaction between people and plants. Here are some easy tips to help you do this:
* Choose plants that engage all of the senses. Use a variety of textures, scents, colors, and plants that make pleasant sounds as wind rustles their leaves. Don’t forget, providing seasonal varieties will let you connect with the cycle of nature.
* Plants with interesting visual texture add to the sensory garden experience. Excellent additions for sensory gardens include smooth, rough, ruffled, fuzzy, or lacey-textured plants.
* Color provides a visual stimulus while adding focal points, accents, and definition to a garden. Warm colors such as red, orange, and yellow enliven the emotions and promote activity. Cool colors, such as blue, purple, and white tend to be soothing, and promote tranquility.
* Scent is one of our most powerful senses so think about adding fragrant plants alongside garden seating, along the edges of paths and outside windows. Creeping herbs like thyme, planted right in pathways will release their aroma when they are walked on. Incense and scented oils in garden torches can add additional scents.
* Don’t forget the sense of touch. Choose plants that are durable enough to withstand frequent brushing or handling. Think of things like soft flowers, fuzzy leaves, springy moss, rough bark, succulent leaves, and prickly seed pods. For both fragrance and texture include scented geraniums, basils, and peppermints.
* One of the most overlooked senses in the garden is sound, but it broadens the garden experience. Many plants make sounds with a small amount of wind or jostling: bamboo stems knock together, grasses rustle, palm fronds sway. Seed pods of some plants make natural sound shakers. Have grasses and bamboos outside of windows so when it rains you hear the sound of the movement.
* Sounds of animals enliven the senses so incorporate elements that will attract bird, hummingbirds and other forms of wildlife including berry-producing shrubs, birdbaths and bird feeders. But avoid plants that attract large numbers of bees or undesirable insects. Accessories for bringing soothing sounds to the garden include waterfalls, wind chimes and fountains.
* In a sensory garden, the taste buds can tingle from edible fruits, vegetables, herbs, and spices. Include plants that can produce a large number of edible parts over time such as mint leaves, strawberries, or edible flowers.
* Make sure there is shade available or you won’t use your garden. You can do this using sunscreens, trellises, fences, walls, and even certain plants. These also provide shelter from the wind.
* Provide quiet places to sit and contemplate by adding comfortable seating with back support and arm rests.
* Think about adding solar lights for nighttime garden visits. They eliminate the hassle of having to get electricity out there, and now come in a wide variety from accent lighting to path lighting and umbrella lights.
* Provide a water feature because water is a soothing agent. Still water can provide a setting for meditation while the sound and view of moving water is restorative. You can use a small fountain or create a pond with koi or goldfish.
* Do bugs bug you? Get a screened gazebo or a screened patio cover to provide a shaded, bug-free alternative.
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/create-your-own-healing-garden.html#ixzz2N8HFCo73
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10 Mar 2013 - 5:13am
visit SalmonConfidential.ca for more info. Write adrian.dix.mla@leg.bc.ca to let him know in order to get your vote you want him to stand up for the wild salmon economy and remove the farms from the migration routes of wild salmon.
Blog entry
27 Feb 2013 - 7:43pm
While out walking with my family in the still snow clad mountains on Sunday, we came across these beautiful ice creations that I thought I'd share :-)
Teaching
20 Feb 2013 - 8:48pm
The miraculous water molecule
Understanding what water really is seems to be an ancient lost science that Humanity today seems to choose to look past as they drift unknowing about the future they create with water alone. Nothing in creation was ever created to be dominated , or controlled in anyway. Only freedom and choice was created.
Water resonates frequency like everything. Crystals resonate the same 1st dimensional frequency and are made of water. The water molecule is subjectable to our feelings of it. It does react and hold memory of its past. If our water is detained, filtered, controlled, polluted and not thought of with love for what it is, it becomes weakened and drained. It can no longer serve its true purpose. We have pipeways and unnatural 90 degree angles chemical treatments, bottled and our entire source of water is slavery and dominated. Life is made up of water and what Humanity decides to do with our water is going to come around back to you as Humans are water in a more complex structure. So Humanities dominance and control will take longer but is the exact path Humanity is taking today.
I believe freeing water will clean it and free us as well in the end. I see water as a foundation to Humanity and we need to build from foundations. Water is a building block of life. We do not exist without it and need it to be healthy happy and clean as we desire to be. In this geometric universe how we treat creation and our selves is how we create our future.
If we love water it will show us many technologies to free us from so much work and servitude. It has many advanced technologies hidden within it and is a major part of our technological future if we can make it healthy again. There is not paperwork, policy, or law that will help, these are all forms of dominance and create more of the very problem but in times folded over as humans take more and more control. Control is fear and Nature suffers from the fears of humanity. The universe will balance one way or another and humanity has a choice to go with freedom and light or continue down the path of darkness, dominance and control, running from their fears until they catch up with nowhere to run in the end.
Humanity needs to see they are going to live the life of the creation they dominate. Factory farm animals lives will be the future of humanity if the dominance does not stop. Factory farm animals are the memories of low frequency torture and suffering. They are made up of water that you eat and the energy of that frequency becomes you. It is density to the body and causes depression, illnesses and even on to cancer. There is nothing research and pulling from the middle to dominate that will stop this freight train of darkness from consuming humanity other than following the Laws of quantum Nature and the laws the stars tell you to follow. Everything we do must go before it is done to you. It is about the foundations we trigger, Without taking control, triggers of light will prevail and lead humanity into abundance and freedom.
It is about what you are doing at this very moment , Physically in the world to create love full circle around the world and back to you. Or you live in service to self and are damaging the water molecules that bind you to life. If you have held the thought a way will be provided it has but Humanity must jump now and grab it or it will be lost forever and the opportunity will pass you by.
Love and light always Anela,,
Blog entry
16 Feb 2013 - 6:21pm
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It seems like we're on for a major shake up and mass awakening about what's really going on on our beloved planet...
I want to share this video, as it makes a compelling case that our planet may be under some sort of "terraforming" process that will not benefit humans.
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"The Most Important Topic For 2013"
The discussion in this video centers on scientific research into the mass geoengineering and why the spraying of the skies is occurring around the world.
According to the UN Environment Program, the Earth is in the midst of an acute mass extinction event.
Scientists estimate that 150-200 species of plants, insects, birds and mammals become extinct every 24 hours.
This is nearly 1,000 times the "natural" or "background" rate and, say many biologists, is greater than anything the world has experienced since the vanishing of the dinosaurs nearly 65m years ago.
George Carlin talked about 25 species disappearing a day.... Those were the days my friend.
He ends by saying: "I think we’re part of a greater wisdom that we won’t ever understand, a higher order. Call it what you want. You know what I call it? The Big Electron…"
No, we don't have to save the planet. Independently of what we, humans, may do to this planet, it will recover.
I think it's time to question this "higher order" before it's too late.
The Big Electon might be Big Brother.
Much love,
Johanna
Blog entry
9 Feb 2013 - 10:37am
Hello friends from all over the World....don't want to be a party-pooper, ....as carnaval drops in for the next days....
....so does (again) the freezing snow..snow..and snow!
Extreme Weather Fluctuations as the Climate Reacts to Geoengineering
by Dane Wigington, February 7, 2013
What’s Wrong With The Weather?
Global geoengineering/weather modification programs are completely disrupting the planets natural weather patterns from top to bottom. The entire climate system is so totally out of balance at this point that it is swinging radically from one extreme to another. These massive fluctuations are being “forced” by the global climate/weather modification programs known as “solar radiation management” (SRM) and “stratospheric aerosol geoengineering” (SAG).
Adequate Precipitation, Or Colder Temperatures? Now, More Often Than Not, You Can’t Have Both, Thanks To Geoengineering
If one takes the time to examine the first NOAA map below,(temperature forecast) even without any meteorological experience, it is easy enough to recognize that there is extreme contrast. Temperature gradients should tear more from north to south, not from west to east.
The NOAA projected temperature map below is for the period from 2/10/13 to 2/14/13. The oranges to red colors with the letter “A” indicate “above” normal temperatures. The darker the color, the further above normal the temperatures are predicted to be. In this case, the darkest shaded areas would indicate a prediction in the 15 to 20 degree above “normal” range.
Toward the west/southwest US, a range of blue coloration (with the letter B for “below” normal) reflects far below average temperatures. In the darkest shaded areas these maps predict something in the 15 to 20 degree below average range.
The second map below reflects rainfall “predictions” (more accurately considered “scheduled” weather as virtually all the “weather modeling” maps for NOAA are now done by defense industry contractors like Raytheon, the same contractors conducting the geoengineering programs). The second map is for the same period as the first map. Again, areas with the “A” indicates a “prediction” of above normal rainfall. The darker the color, the further above normal. “B” is below normal rainfall. The darker the shaded area, the dryer it is “predicted” (scheduled) to be.
So How Is Geoengineering Effecting The “Forecast” Maps And The Weather?
Here is the important consideration between these maps, in general, the further above average the temperatures are, the more precipitation there will be. The lower the temps, the less precipitation there will be. At first glance this could seem straight forward enough. After all, the atmosphere does hold 7% more moisture for every degree of temperature rise, but that is not the full story any longer. The atmosphere is being completely saturated with toxic, reflective, desiccating geoengineering particulates, and the jet stream increasingly appears to be consistently manipulated with ionosphere heater installations. (See HAARP manipulates jet stream)
The more the geoengineers spray to try and cool down the temperatures, the less it will rain, period. (The science is clear on this. Google “geoengineering reduces rainfall” , there are simply too many studies on this to link only one.) Add “artificial ice nucleation” to the spray mix and the precipitation appears to go down still further. “Artificial ice nucleation” is a chemical process that can produce colder weather/cloud temperatures and snow out of what should have been a rain storm at well above freezing temperatures. If the temps are already cold enough for snow, this same process can lower the temperatures even further, but at a cost, not much snow compared to historical norms.
There are, of course, exceptions to this when a very moisture laden storm system is ice nucleated, but the “snow” from such system “conversions” is “heavy wet snow”. This recent term coined by the Weather Channel describes the concrete-like “snow” that sticks like glue to trees and causes utter decimation to the forests. Broken and tipped over trees are everywhere in the Pacific Northwest from just such an “ice nucleated” storm in late December. The massive amount of heavy metals in these snow storms, tested at the state certified lab, proves our storms are being “seeded”. This “seeding” of artificial ice nucleating agents is accomplished by spray disbursement into the clouds of a weather system by jet aircraft.
Though the geoengineering programs can and do cool very expansive regions, there is a paradox, it comes at the cost of a worsened warming of the climate overall. The more they spray, the more they have to spray to cover up the damage already done. In addition, as already covered, the “engineered weather” comes at extreme cost to the environment as a whole. It is also important to consider there are likely many as of yet unknown aspects of the global spraying agenda.
The More They Spray, The Less It Will Rain Overall
So, as previously stated, in general, when excessive geoengineering chemical spraying is done to cool the temps down the precipitation goes down accordingly. The spraying can and does blot out the sun by the creation of very large scale upper level haze/cloud cover. When clouds are super saturated with toxic heavy metal and/or chemical particles of a very small size, (10 nanometer particles are specified as a preferred size by geoengineers and some geoengineering patents) then there are to many “condensation nuclei” for cloud droplets to combine and fall as rain. Storm clouds can be blown apart into an expansive, mostly rainless, and often featureless upper level canopy of haze, sometimes spanning immense distances (hundreds or even thousands of miles). Again, the blocking of sunlight and the effect of ice nucleating agents/particulates cools the air mass below the clouds but at the cost of reducing or even eliminating precipitation.
Conversely, if the spraying is reduced enough, total available condensation nuclei is reduced. This allows the cloud droplets to combine and fall as rain though the temperatures, then generally remain well above normal given the time of year and the region.
At this point, the atmosphere has been so devastated from the decades long geoenigneering programs, and so saturated with the toxic metal and chemical fall out from the constant spraying, there is virtually no completely “natural” weather.
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~~in love and spirit, peter
Blog entry
19 Jan 2013 - 3:45pm
There's nothing more magic than looking at the clock and seeing '12:12',
then suddenly hearing on the radio 'Dont worry, about a thing, cause every little thing is gona be all right'
Thank you Universe! Thank you Bob!!
The magic of life, signs and synchronicities never fails to have me in awe of its magicalness!
I live in Dorset, South England, and for once we actually have SNOW!! If we ever get snow its usually only ever about an inch. But we've had over 4 inches! Theres nothing that brings out my inner fairy self more than snow!
Its so awesome to watch all the kids having so much fun sledging down the hill by my house. I want to go show them how its done ;)
There is something so beautiful and magical about the energy of snow. Its like the air is alive and charged, yet at the same time there is such a beautiful serenity that fills everyone and heals them from snow I feel.
White - the ray of Ascension and Purity.
We are going through a humoungous shift right now over this past week.
I feel the snow has come for reasons of enhancing this shift here over England.
I love it :)
For the first in the several years of my illness I've always longed to be able to go out in the snow. For the first time in so long I was able to to for a little snow walk with my dad!! It was AMAZING! :D
I'm now a very happy fairy:)
SNOW ANGEL!!
Me and my Amazing snowy tree buddy!
Blog entry
18 Jan 2013 - 10:56am
Playing with words...
Monsanto = mon + santo, which can also become, mon + saton, if the word order of 'santo' is rearranged...
What a very unfortunate choice of company name, some may observe...
Blog entry
8 Jan 2013 - 7:10am
Well, here we go...I seem to remember a vid we posted here regarding the first successful test of controlling magnetics..
if anyone knows how to track it down, post it here if you can:)Thanks ! I imagine this discovery is further along in impelementing,
than the scientists
indicate ..... with love to you all , annie
January 07, 2013
BREAKING NEWS:
New Discovery Provides Unprecedented Control of Magnetic Fields
by Mitch Battros - Earth Changes Media
In a new study, physicists have shown that surrounding a magnetic source with a magnetic shell can enhance the magnetic field as it moves away from the source, allowing magnetic energy to be transferred to a distant location through empty space.
Note: It is best to read the information provide below more than once, it not several times. It may take a little time to digest and understand the depth of its meaning. As I was writing, I soon realized this will take at least two parts to convey this astounding news and its meaning.
(Part-1) Science Begins to Understand 5th World Transition
New scientific release has me sitting back in my chair babbling words such as: What the ...? Are you kidding me? Is this for real? In short, the release of this information has me stunned as to their (i.e. science team) willingness and ability to go public with their findings.
Yes, I'm probably overreacting - but what this data appears to be saying will push the limit of what would normally be outside the bounds of traditional science and open the doors to an established acceptable understanding in the human process of "transition".
Sure, I have written several articles addressing ancient text and their message of a changing time of which the Hopi and Mayan specifically use the word "transition". I have held a strong conviction of a time of 'transition' - furthermore, I have gone public telling of what my research identifies as the initiator of a 'transitional process'. It is "charged particles" coming from our Sun, our galaxy Milky Way, and various celestial events such as gamma ray bursts and supernovas.
Below is what I wrote back in 2005 and have inserted into almost every newsletter since that time.
Just as the Sun's solar activity affects the Earth's magnetic field which has a dramatic affect on Earth's "weather" i.e. earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, hurricanes - [consequently], this wave of electrical currents affect the human body's magnetic field. Mitch also reveals a little-known development from modern medicine known as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). TMS provides empirical evidence of how magnetic fields can influence human emotions.
"I believe it will be the magnetic influence produced by the Sun which will usher in what is described by our ancient ancestors as "the transition" bringing the Earth and us to a new state-of-being". (Mitch Battros)
New Devise Provides Unprecedented Control of Magnetic Fields
New research just released signifies charged particles (electromagnetic) energy can be captured, concentrated, and directed. This newly discovered technique lies in the transformation of electromagnetic waves which involves *metamaterials. Researchers have found a method to control magnetic fields by designing a magnetic shell with specific electromagnetic properties.
In this new study, physicists have shown that surrounding a magnetic source with a magnetic shell can enhance the magnetic field as it moves away from the source, allowing magnetic energy to be transferred to a distant location through empty space.
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*Metamaterials: Most metamaterials gain their novel characteristics through the existence of resonances in the component artificial structures - enabling those materials to manipulate magnetic fields or waves in previously impossible ways. Metamaterial principal is a close cousin to the **"metamorphoses" process and gives a deeper understanding of ***metaphysics. These can be oscillations in the electron density or atom density which occur at some natural, tunable frequency.
**Metamorphoses: to change the form or nature of; transform - to undergo or be capable of undergoing a change in form or nature.
***Metaphysics: Meta: "after" or "beyond" physics. Physics: science that deals with matter, energy, motion, and magnetism. Modern physics, based on quantum theory, includes atomic, nuclear, particle, and solid-state studies. 'Metaphysics': The study of universal laws which includes ontology, cosmology, and epistemology - the study of human origin and of human potential which surpasses the physical.
Physicists, Carles Navau, Jordi Prat-Camps, and Alvaro Sanchez at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona in Spain, have published their results on their new method of magnetic energy distribution and concentration in a recent issue of Physical Review Letters.
"We have tried with this work to open new ways of shaping magnetic fields in space since magnetic fields are so crucial for so many technologies (e.g., almost 100% of energy generated uses magnetic fields), finding these new possibilities may bring benefits."
The basis of the technique lies in the transforming fields that deals with the control of electromagnetic waves and involves metamaterials. While researchers have usually focused on using transformation ideas to control light, here the researchers applied the same ideas to control magnetic fields by designing a magnetic shell with specific electromagnetic properties.
The shell works by dividing the space into an exterior and interior zone and then transferring the magnetic energy completely into one domain or the other. This method differs from the way that superconductors and ferromagnets distribute magnetic energy, where the energy always returns to the domain where the magnetic sources are.
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
The magnetic shell could also have medical applications, such as for biosensors that measure the brain's response in magnetoencephalography, a technique used for mapping brain activity. The physicists also showed that the shells can be used to surround multiple magnetic sources arranged in a circle, allowing them to concentrate magnetic energy in the center of the circle.
This arrangement could be used in transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), a technique used to treat psychiatric disorders. While TMS generally targets regions near the brain's surface, the magnetic shells could help extend the reach of magnetic fields to deeper targets.
FAQ's for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation - http://bit.ly/137K5kC
(Part-2) New Magnetic Field Process Captures DARPA's Attention
Why would a black ops agency such as DARPA be interested in magnetic fields? Hmm, their mission is to "prevent strategic surprise from negatively impacting U.S. national security and create strategic surprise for U.S. adversaries by maintaining the technological superiority of the U.S. military."
It would appear there are some who would rather not see advancement of its people. Stay tuned!!
Web: http://www.earthchangesmedia.com
Blog entry
31 Dec 2012 - 3:34am
more food for thought & exploration:
The New Science:
Magnetism and Plasmatronics Will Change Everything We Know About Health and Our Universe
The developed world has dwelled on primitive technologies for far too long. Whether it be conventional aircrafts, primitive vehicles with combustible engines, or treatment systems that are worse for our health than the diseases they attempt to cure, there is no end to the stagnant lack of advanced technology available to humanity. All that is about change in less than a decade. Think about traveling at 40 times the speed of sound or being able to eradicate any disease even before it is ever created. Science will soon be unlearned and the new science will take over the planet. This incredible emerging technology is coming our way soon, and this time the people of the world will know it is here to stay.
The very first thing world powers do when their control systems are threatened (and they can’t elimate the idea) is they create a misinformation system to make people believe that powerful new emerging technologies are a hoax. That is fine as this is the game they play and we have all accepted that for decades. However, that time is now coming to an end, and the true hoaxers are now losing the game.
Scientists have long yearned to understand the secret intelligence of creation and the mechanisms behind the maintenance of energy, gravity and motion that has been achieved in the universe. Thanks to new insights into these mechanisms and to new methods and technologies that mirror them, researchers have now found that a vast amount of energy and gravitational force can be generated within the core of a manmade reactor.
The technology developed by The Keshe Foundation is a totally integrated system capable of creating energy and gravity in its core. Within this system energy is produced by the same means that govern the natural dynamics of Earth, using geomagnetic forces and principles to create energy, dynamic magnetic fields and gravity.
2002, Mehran Tavakoli Keshe he has concentrated on completing the full range of his technology for launching into the scientific world and industry. In September 2004 he was invited by a leading western country, through its government office organizations, to present his technology for evaluation. In March 2005, the report from the university declared that energy production through this new technology is feasible.
Since the beginning of 2006 several prototypes of dynamic plasma reactors specifically designed to achieve lift and motion have been built and successfully tested.
The use of plasma reactors for health purposes has been tested, in cooperation with doctors, and some of the results achieved in these trials can be seen in the Health section of the Keshe Foundation website.
What Kesche has essentially proved is that it is possible to achieve lift by using gravitational positioning and without the use of fuel. Thus by utilizing the basic forces of nature, man will be able to construct new systems for flight in space, free of manmade fuels and the shackles of Earth’s gravity.
At present our technology is being fully developed for hundreds of applications. These new developments are the tip of the iceberg of new opportunities generated by this new technology. Our development and design work on these reactors has led to many new discoveries in the past months, and there are many more to be made.
Ultimate Jamming
The space defense technology developed by the Keshe Foundation using magnetic and gravitational force fields (Magravs) has proved to be the best method for blocking magnetic field communication systems at any frequency.
The system is capable of jamming all communication lines and when used correctly can directly block all communication in a large area even from a distance.
This means that with a minimum effort all satellite communications can be blocked.
When this system is used effectively by forces that are active in a certain area, the opposite side cannot send information to its destined receiver.
Barack Obama recently censorsed Keshe technology, proving their concern about how advanced the technology is and in reality the US does not have any system that can overcome such a powerful technology, and by means of the decree they are trying to outlaw new technologies so that they have an excuse to label organizations like the Keshe Foundation as a rogue organization.
Rethinking Science
The world of science and industry has been searching for ever for an efficient means to produce motion. The reality is that a method for delivering this at negligible cost has existed all along, and man only had to look within his own planet to find the answer.
It is important to keep in mind that all large objects in space are made up of combinations of fundamental elements on the atomic and molecular level, and that between these elements various processes of building and decay are happening continuously.
The strength of the magnetic field and gravity of planets depends more on the composition of the material(s) and the speed of motion in the central core of the planet than on the size, heat or any other factors in the structure of the planet or star.
To have a comprehensive gravitational system, universal laws of physics have to be followed to the letter in the design of any workable apparatus or reactor if it is to achieve the creation of heat, magnetic force fields and gravity. However, magnetism and gravity can be created at all temperatures.
It is a long-standing misconception in science that high temperature and high pressure are needed to bring about basic interactions between the elements of the periodic table.
Let us remember:
Planets do not have wings, but they have been flying round in their orbits for millions of years.
Planets do not have engine rooms or jet engines fixed to them, but they create energy and are in motion in several dimensions at the same time.
Planets do not have exhaust pipes, but they burn fuel and create heat, some internally and some externally like stars.
Planets do not have any defense headquarters, but they protect their inhabitants with a magnetic shield called the atmosphere.
Planets do not have valves and gaskets in their cores, but they bring together the material they need to maintain their existence through natural laws.
Planets do not need to hold on to their matter and their inhabitants by attaching them or keeping them underground, but they create gravitational forces that are weak enough for them to be free to move, yet at the same time strong enough to hold on to them.
Planets and stars, using the natural laws of physics and materials, do all of these things, all at once and together, without separate machinery and control rooms and fuels. They do this as one fully integrated system.
Thus for the first time in the world of technology and research, we have designed and tested a new system that functions according to the fundamental principles of nature, and demonstrates how all these effects can be very simply attained, all at the same time, and in a natural universal manner in one system.
Rethinking Health
In 2006, through the progress of different aspects of Keshe’s technology, a new dimension was added by using plasma reactors for medical applications. Initially simple single core reactors and then multiple core models were developed and tested.
The first test results were encouraging in helping simple conditions, such as migraine relief, energy boosting, and so on. Following successful trials, in January 2007 full-scale testing was initiated and the results have been more than encouraging.
Subsequently a number of plasma reactor prototypes have been designed and developed for medical use, a specific prototype for each illness. These reactors are based on the specific magnetic field configuration of the organ(s) to be treated using plasma concepts.
Similarly we consider any living body to be a complex dynamic SEPMAF’s (Specific Entangled Plasmatic Magnetic Fields) system, and we treat it as such. Each organ of the body (stomach, kidneys, liver, lungs, brain, etc.), the circulation/vessel systems (gastro-vascular, lymph, nerve), glands, bones, muscles and all their contents (blood, single cells, DNA, RNA, genes, etc.) are also considered and treated as SEPMAF’s. In our view an illness or chronic sickness is related to imbalances in the body’s SEPMAF’s.
Using The Plasma Reactors
As described by Kesche:
(1) The plasma reactor imparts specific electromagnetic frequencies to a quantity of water, which are transferred to the patient’s body when they drink it. Since we can configure the materials inside the reactor we can “tune” the electromagnetic radiation at preferred wavelengths depending on the state of the body, which itself is composed of more than 65% of water.
(2) Similarly we use the reactor to add specific electromagnetic frequencies to air in a container that holds a variable amount of water vapor as well as other elements. The patient inhales this at regular intervals.
When the new SEPMAF’s of the treated air and water are introduced into the body, through their dynamic nature they interact with the body’s less charged SEPMAF’s and deliver energies to feed them, replacing losses such as heat and supplying other needs.
(3) A plasma reactor with its magnetic fields specially tuned according to the state of the patient is placed close to certain points on their body.
By processing the patient’s intake (beverages and food) and/or by placing the specially tuned reactors close to the body, it is possible to alter the body’s energy levels, activate internal processes, add, reduce or influence specific SEPMAF’s and bring about other processes in the organs and cells. These interactions of plasmatic magnetic field forces lead to a change in the organ’s magnetic fields, and hence the return of the cells to their original SEPMAF. These methods have been tested with more than 20 volunteers in four countries and the results are encouraging.
Test study cases are currently running in a number of fields with volunteers in four countries. These tests are/were carried out to validate the concept and establish its limitations. These include COPD (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), Fibromyalgia FMS, Epilepsy, Overweight, Pain and inflammation, Migraine, Parkinson’s, Cancer.
Here are additonal highlights to Keshe’s video above after his conference in Belgium.
1) Moving 35-40 times the speed of sound is possible with this technology.
2) This is Real and it is suppressed technology. China, Iran and Russia now have this technology and so too does Belgium and Holland.
3) Health benefits of using a replicator to create Vitamins as a plasmatron.
4) Any disease that has not even been generated yet, can be eradicated.
5) His arrest (Dr. Keshe) by Canadian Authorities was a planned controlled operation and they confiscated all his belongings.
6) following his arrest Dr. Keshe published everything taken from him, on the internet.
7) Mach 35- 40 with wheel-less cars is possible on Earth but no more that, it is earths limit for humans.
8) Space suits are not needed in space with plasma gravity magnet-tronics you go to that frequency.
9) Magnets can be bi polar or single north polar at all sides These Mono-polar elements create permanent oscillation i.e. free energy.
10) Create or replicate your own water from the atmosphere no matter where you are.
11) Weightlessness in space in not necessary we just replicate that atmosphere and live with in it.
12) Mars travel and well beyond is now a matter of time here from earth with this application of technology.
13) Lady wakes from coma with these frequencies to the astonishment of hospitals.
14) Reprocessing the body to eat and drink as the body demands is now possible in plasma circles.
15) no need for hunger or drought.
16) no person on earth should be without this concept principle and devices should be world wide.
17) Plasma is a cell and we use the energy inside that atom and when we have used it we replace it in the atom and have damaged nothing, this is clean energy and Fukushima could be cleaned out at the correct frequency.
18) CO2 from air ( the vacuum of space) could produce anything in a replicatior i.e. a solid steel tube.
19) Light can make anything from more light to food, from earth for example, it is strong and can reproduce anything.
20) His lights do not go out unless disconnected manually.
21) In space we do not need to take anything with us NOTHING except this technology, and we can thrive where ever.
22) No need for physical body for space and just energy only, the body will only interact with our cells.
23) Once you understand the structure of the universe we can then see it is not possible to be alone in this galaxy.
24) this universe is split out of these atoms , the same process…bigger gravitational fields, so we are part of universal cosmos.
25) Crossing the universe is only a matter of a split second in human terms with this anti matter condition or transition energy.
26) Principle matter or anti matter will come forward with this technology and our body can a-tune to different dimensions with light as a portable plasma.
27) Light is a plasma shape form and changes “its jacket” so to speak and the light is due to the friction of the tool which is energy based on friction generated inside.
28) The dark matter or sourcefields of energy are everywhere in the universe and are reachable with this technology.
29) The BIG BANG THEORY is NONSENSE and the reality is EXPLAINED.
30) Dr Keshe classic Quote ” This technology will not cause damage in any way to any body or living creature”.
Sources:
keshefoundation.org
lightworkersx m.wordpress.com
jhaines6.wordpress.com
About the Author:
Michael Forrester is a spiritual counselor and is a practicing motivational speaker for corporations in Japan, Canada and the United States
Blog entry
28 Dec 2012 - 6:25am
ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE FIELDS AND PLASMA ENERGY STATES ON OUR TREES, 23 ...
We are at a primitive stage of understanding what the life force actually is
Susan Joy Rennison - Hour 1 - Global Energy Leap
December 20, 2012
http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2012/12/RIR-121220.php
"Space Weather is the real game changer!
The Mayan calendar Dec 21, 2012 is just a Marker for the end of a 25 year long shift from the last cycle/age into this New Cycle/Age.
Earth's shields are down, releasing old energy, and being refreshed with these New Energies.
Spirituality should be more about learning how we interact with the cosmos, and the practicality of adapting to our changing environment Together.
Strange emissions from the Sun are being shot out from the Sun and interacting with Earth & all
matter....mutating, changing matter, which is no longer considered a constant.
Evolution and Devolution.
Far more explosive reactions are occurring between the planetary & interplanetary plasma electromagnetic fields. Something, possibly Sound , is directing the Sun's behavior. This Directive, Universal Consciousness of dark matter, is affecting the morphogenetic controlling fields & templates, which changes all cells, and ultimately, physicality."
http://www.redicecreations.com/radio/2012/12/RIR-121220.php
Susan Joy Rennison - Hour 1 - Global Energy Leap
December 20, 2012
Susan Joy Rennison has an honors degree in physics and geophysics. She is an independent researcher and author of "Tuning the Diamonds - Electromagnetism & Spiritual Evolution." Susan returns to Red Ice to discuss space weather and energy driven evolutionary changes. We begin discussing how an astronomer priest class has created a religion from science and talk about the connection between NASA and the Vatican. Then, Susan talks about an influx of energy flooding the Earth which is coming from a specific point in space. We’ll talk about how this will affect the planet, including a global energy leap. Susan presents an esoteric reason for why the elite are attempting to remove C02 from the atmosphere. She speaks of the arrival of plasma discharge which will change the planet, bringing us into a new era. In the second hour, we discuss the Mayan Calendar and scientific evidence proving an energy shift has been taking place. Then, Susan details the effects of space weather on the planet and also talks about the morphogenetic field, dark matter and fluxuating magnetic fields. We’ll also discuss Somatic hypermutation, the ability to adapt to rapid changes and relate this to ideas of evolution and de-evolution. Later, we’ll cover super storms and weather manipulation.
Hour 2 thru subscription to Red Ice radio.
as reference to two of the many ideas she mentions:
http://lightworkers.org/blog/113486/sun-emitting-mystery-particle
Synesthesia, a change in perception & senses of mind:
noun
a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color.
Also, synaesthesia.
It is a rare condition in which stimuli are perceived by different senses. Some people might see music or taste colors. If you want to go further into the topic, there are projectile and associative synesthetes. Projectile is when you acual...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_Synesthesia
http://lightworkers.org/blog/88371/carbon-dioxide-co2-not-pollution
"I am at a loss to understand why anyone would regard carbon dioxide as a pollutant. Carbon dioxide, a natural gas produced by human respiration, is a plant nutrient that is beneficial both for people and for the natural environment. It promotes plant growth and reforestation. Faster-growing trees mean lower housing costs for consumers and more habitat for wild species. Higher agricultural yields from carbon dioxide fertilization will result in lower food prices and will facilitate conservation by limiting the need to convert wild areas to arable land." - David Deming, Ph.D. Professor of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma
"Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. It is a colorless, odorless trace gas that actually sustains life on this planet. Consider the simple dynamics of human energy acquisition, which occurs daily across the globe. We eat plants directly, or we consume animals that have fed upon plants, to obtain the energy we need. But where do plants get their energy? Plants produce their own energy during a process called photosynthesis, which uses sunlight to combine water and carbon dioxide into sugars for supporting overall growth and development. Hence, CO2 is the primary raw material that plants depend upon for their existence. Because plants reside beneath animals (including humans) on the food chain, their healthy existence ultimately determines our own. Carbon dioxide can hardly be labeled a pollutant, for it is the basic substrate that allows life to persist on Earth." - Keith E. Idso, Ph.D. Botany
"Atmospheric CO2 is required for life by both plants and animals. It is the sole source of carbon in all of the protein, carbohydrate, fat, and other organic molecules of which living things are constructed. Plants extract carbon from atmospheric CO2 and are thereby fertilized. Animals obtain their carbon from plants. Without atmospheric CO2, none of the life we see on Earth would exist. Water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide are the three most important substances that make life possible. They are surely not environmental pollutants." - Arthur B. Robinson, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry
previous interview on Red Ice:
Plasma Electric Universe, Space Weather & Cosmic Radiation~Return of the Ancestors
9 August 2010 - 1:51am | sierra
Susan Joy Rennison - A New Cosmic Age, Space Weather & Cosmic Radiation
July 25, 2010
Susan Joy Rennison has an honors degree in physics and geophysics from a British university, she is an independent researcher and author of "Tuning the Diamonds - Electromagnetism & Spiritual Evolution". She joins us to talk about her new essay called "The Greatest Transition in the History of Mankind - The Return to Paradise" and what she calls "The New Cosmic Age". What is happening in our universe? How are we being influenced by cosmic changes and space weather? Topics Discussed: Space Weather, the Ether, 1989, Mayan Elders, Cosmic Energies, Space Environment, Killer Electrons, Gamma-Ray Bursts, Energies from Deep Space, Magnatars, Upgrade of the Human, Space-Time Changes, Earthquakes, Shifting Into a Higher Energy Point, The Effect on Humans, Clash of two Magnetic Fields, Plasma Manifestation of the World Tree, HAARP, EISCAT, Missile Defense Shield, X-Men, Crop Circle, "Evolutionary Bomb", Metaphysics, Synesthesia, Near Death Experience, Intuition, Brain Rewired, Daniel Tammet, One out of Twenty Three, Raising The Kundalini Energy, Evolutionary Process, Norwegian Spiral, Plasma Phenomena, Plasma Mythology, Intelligence Supervising Everything in the Universe, Universal Intelligence, Jose Arguelles, Rainbow Bridge, 2012 and more. We'll go deeper into the areas of the plasma phenomena in our next hour with Susan. We talk about UFO's, "plasma entities" as another form of life that now is increasing in numbers on the planet , according to Susan. Are our ancestors returning? We talk about organic dust, earth lights, fire balls and the incredible number of sightings that are happening around the world. It's something else then nuts and bolts space ships, these are balls of light, ball lightning, orbs being seen. We tie in the crop template or crop circle communication aspect into this as well. Is there an interaction going on with this phenomena? We ask Susan how strange things will get in the future as an increase of cosmic rays and cosmic radiation seems to be the case. Planes have already been affected by cosmic radiation, how bad could it get? This is a very intriguing second hour that you shouldn't miss if you're curious to hear more about the phenomena and what Susan believes is going on and how this could pan out in the years to come.
this link will take you to the player for Hour 1
www.redicecreations.com/radio/2010/07jul/RIR-100725.php
Links & Sources to the program
Blog entry
4 Dec 2012 - 3:14am
Hello, lightworkers!
Tuesday evening (USA) I'll interview former Kansas TV weather personality Scott Stevens, the only meteorologist who publicly acknowledges the chemtrail program. I spoke with Scott this evening and can't wait to do this interview!
Even if you think you know all there is to know about chemtrails, I GUARANTEE you'll learn something new Tuesday night. That's because there's something new to learn - something that will dispel the myth of "persistent contrails" once and for all!
Plus, Scott has knowledge of enormous events on the horizon with implications far beyond the topic of chemtrails.
Don't miss this show!
Blog entry
28 Nov 2012 - 1:16am
Hey dear Lighty friends,
Living in Oz can be such an exciting and exhilarating experience. It can also be thwart by many natural predators. We have the most poisonous and dangerous species of creatures anywhere in the world. However, they don't usually bother us, unless we bother them. You soon learn
The sheer expanse of this island continent is awe inspiring and overwhelming. There are still many places here in Australia, where white man has not yet set foot. Many millions of years of complete isolation and being tucked away down here in the southern hemi, far away from the rest of world, has enabled our unique and rare flora and fauna to flourish without any interference from outside influence.
When you think about it, the europeans only settled here a little more over 200 years ago and most of our population are situated along the coast lines, in the fertile valleys between the ocean and the mountains. The middle of our continent is basically empty, very sparsely populated indeed.
We are completely surrounded by water - so naturally, most Aussies have an affinity with aquatic life and the ocean. We value and protect our water boundaries and the unique inhabitants that live under the waves. Some if these sea creatures are so rare, that they can only be found along our sometimes hostile shorelines.
Ningaloo Reef, in Western Australia happens to be one such place, it is regarded on par with our far nor east Great Barrier Reef, with it's unique diversity of aquatic life. Come on a little trip and I will show you what I mean. Just for something a bit different - let's take an adventure into the wild and beautiful. IN-JOY.
Much love and happiness to you all
Ish )O(
Blog entry
27 Nov 2012 - 1:04am
*I don't know why the video's not posting?
Amnesia lyrics
I can see myself tucked in and fast asleep
Looking all peaceful but in my dreams I weep
From far up I'm looking down upon myself
And I wonder who it is that's lying there
I feel like in a world all beside myself
Afraid I won't wake up with no one there to care
I know someone used to watch me in my sleep
But some things seem just impossible to keep
I fight hard to bring it back into my mind
But to no use, it all seems to be a blank
I wonder what it was that had me defined
But one thing I know, I have myself to thank
I feel like I have amnesia
But I know it's myself I've lost
I wonder what's happened so far
And what might have been the cost
I'm not sure I want to know
Any of the things I've done
I don't know yet where to go
But I'll accept my past is gone
I feel like I have amnesia
And I've missed the heavenly host
I'm surprised I've come this far
Living without what I need most
I don't think I can go back
To the things that were before
Though I'm now always wearing black
I don't bemoan my life of yore
I wake up and feel like I should be at home
But I do not know this, it's not where I belong
My head is dazed and my mind is all confused
And I'm not quite sure that I'm really there
But the mirror shows me looking out, bemused
Into a blank place that could be anywhere
I feel like I have been left out in the cold
And it hurts to know that this is all my fault
I leave this place to find familiar ground
But the whole world seems to have been rearranged
Now my former self is nowhere to be found
And I know that it's myself that's changed
I feel like I have amnesia
But I know it's myself I've lost
I wonder what's happened so far
And what might have been the cost
I'm not sure I want to know
Any of the things I've done
I don't know yet where to go
But I'll accept my past is gone
I feel like I have amnesia
And I've missed the heavenly host
I'm surprised I've come this far
Living without what I need most
I don't think I can go back
To the things that were before
Though I'm now always wearing black
I don't bemoan my life of yore
I feel like I have amnesia
I feel like I have amnesia
Blog entry
2 Nov 2012 - 2:41pm
OK People I am hearing rumbling again and my cabin is shaking. It is not thunder. There are not storms anywhere around us. It sounds like an earthquake. But it could be sonic booms. I don't know. All I know is that there no earthquakes registering officially in Florida. I am talking about me sitting here and BOOM my whole cabin RUMBLES and the floor is shaking.
Has anyone been experiencing this. Please give your location if so.
Love to you all~ Cari
Story
27 Oct 2012 - 11:52pm
brothers and sisters, the woman of the apocalypse needs your help. She needs courage. She's just a kid sometimes, but sometimes our kids were raised with just the right dash of everything and knows what is right. but despite her tougher looking exterior, she really is just a girl. Albeit conflicted. But being conflicted is what makes it so hard to find the courage. She needs help tonight. I don't mean the 'send love over here' thing, but i'll absolutely take it if that's what you're willing to give her.
She's snooty, and a brat sometimes, but she really is a beautiful soul. She has a lot on her plate that she'd forgotten was on the order.
LLL
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Blog entry
23 Oct 2012 - 5:50am
NASA's Swift satellite makes find near center of Milky Way galaxy
updated 10/22/2012 8:01:32 PM ET
Astronomers have spotted a rare X-ray star explosion near the center of our Milky Way galaxy, revealing a previously unknown black hole munching on gas from a neighboring sun-like star.
NASA's Swift satellite made the cosmic find last month when it detected a new and rapidly brightening X-ray source a few degrees from the galactic center of the Milky Way. Astronomers identified the outburst as a short-lived bright X-ray nova, which is produced when a stream of gas rushes toward either a neutron star or a black hole. Unlike a supernova, which is the explosive death of a star, novas are smaller explosions that do not completely destroy a star.
The black hole is thought to be 20,000 to 30,000 light-years away in the galaxy's inner region. Astronomers, who named the bright X-ray nova Swift J1745-26 after its coordinates in space, said witnessing such an event is rare.
Space news from NBCNews.com
Blue Origin
Blue Origin capsule aces rocket test
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: Amazon.com billionaire Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket venture notched a blazing success when it tested the pad-escape system for its crew capsule.
Rare star explosion reveals hidden black hole
Soyuz to launch US-Russian crew to space station
NASA hunts gravitational waves on atomic level
"Bright X-ray novae are so rare that they're essentially once-a-mission events and this is the first one Swift has seen," Neil Gehrels, of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., said in a statement. "This is really something we've been waiting for."
[ Stealth Black Hole Revealed by Nova (Video) ]
http://www.space.com/17920-x-ray-black-hole-revealed-by-stealthy-nova-star-video.html
At its peak in high-energy X-rays on Sept. 18, the nova reached an intensity equivalent to that of the Crab Nebula. While these rays dimmed, the nova brightened in lower-energy emissions detected by Swift's X-ray Telescope through at least the beginning of October, according to NASA.
Additional observations suggested that a black hole was at the center of this radiation flare-up.
"The pattern we're seeing is observed in X-ray novae where the central object is a black hole," Boris Sbarufatti, an astrophysicist from Milan's Brera Observatory who currently is working with the Swift team, said in an Oct. 5 NASA statement. "Once the X-rays fade away, we hope to measure its mass and confirm its black hole status."
The Swift team believes the black hole is part of a low-mass X-ray binary system, in which gas flows from a star into a disk around the black hole, spiraling inward and heating up greatly as it heads toward the center.
But a cosmic glitch can disrupt the steady flow of gas and cause it to accumulate in the outer portion of the disk like water behind a dam, according to NASA scientists.
After enough gas has built up (often over several decades), the disk can switch to a hotter, more ionized state that sends the gas rushing toward the center of the black hole, creating the X-ray nova.
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17 Oct 2012 - 3:33am
Our World is Changing: looking beyond ' the 2012'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woVitezc-zU
I went back into old blogs to renew a view at some information coming out then...
always good to keep the mind open, and looking at new (unlearned) thought- it can really change our perceptions:
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is Not Pollution ( a blog from 2009)
http://lightworkers.org/blog/88371/carbon-dioxide-co2-not-pollution
Do algae microbes renew and rejuevenate?
http://lightworkers.org/blog/125325/methane-disappears-gulfare-algae-microbes-somehow-secret-renewal-and-rejuevenation
Blog entry
9 Oct 2012 - 7:43pm
Embracing the World
( http://www.embracingtheworld.org/ )
-exists to help alleviate the burden of the world’s poor through helping to meet each of their five basic needs – food, shelter, education, healthcare and livelihood – wherever and whenever possible. We believe that having these needs met is the fundamental right of any human being, and that it is the responsibility of each of us to strive hard to ensure that one day, every human being can live in dignity, safety, security and peace. We also believe that everyone – rich or poor – has the power to make a difference in the life of another, and that no selfless gesture is insignificant. Rather, it is the selfless actions we perform for one another that hold the keys to true peace – peace in the individual, peace in the community, and peace among diverse cultures, nations and faiths.
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The indeed campaign for nature
http://www.embracingtheworld.org/indeed/
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PEEP's Theme Song
( peepandthebigwideworld.com/theme-song/ )
Lyrics:
Well, it's a sunny day
I feel brand new
There's about a million things
That I could do!
Whoa-oh-oh
Would you like to
Do them, too?
Yeah
Well, it's a big wide world
And it's waiting for me and you!
Let's look around
What will we see?
Round every corner, a discovery!
Whoa-oh-oh
There's no place I'd rather be!
Oh, yeah
Well, it's a big wide world
And it's waiting for me and you!
Written by:
Eggplant Music and Sound Design
Performed by:
Taj Mahal
Blog entry
26 Sep 2012 - 12:43pm
Hey dear Lighty friends,
It's with great excitement that we announce the return of Migaloo - our countries Great White Humpback Whale guardian, protector of Australia's northern and southern waters and extensive shoreline, way down here.
Here is a one in a million chance encounter, up close and personal with Migaloo the white Humpback Whale as he leaves the Great Barrier Reef, migrating back to Antarctica after spending the worst of the southern hemisphere winter off Port Douglas
This vid was taken one day ago. Isn't he just magnificant? We all love him dearly.
Migaloo wants to say something to us all. I think he wants to thank us - IN-JOY lol
The Oceania Project was established in 1988 as a scientific, charitable and public institution for the advancement of community education in the field of Cetacea (Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises) and the Ocean Environment.
We as the new generation of caretakers of the planet Earth have learnt from the mistakes of our elders and are helping nurture the Rebirth of a Species.
Much love and happiness to you all
Ish )O(
Teaching
25 Sep 2012 - 11:16am
Ecology and the Human Heart
According to Buddhist teaching, there is a very close interdependence between the natural environment and the sentient beings living in it. Some of my friends have told me that basic human nature is somewhat violent, but I told them I disagree. If we examine different animals, for examples, those whose very survival depends on taking others lives, such as tigers or lions, we learnt that their basic nature provides them with sharp fangs and claws. Peaceful animals, such as deer, which are completely vegetarian, are gentler and have smaller teeth and no claws. From that viewpoint we human beings have a non-violent nature. As to the question of human survival, human beings are social animals. In order to survive we need companions. Without other human beings there is simply no possibility of surviving; that is a law of nature.
Since I deeply believe that human beings are basically gentle by nature, I feel that we should not only maintain gentle, peaceful relations with our fellow human beings bur also that is very important to extend the same kind of attitude toward the natural environment. Morally speaking, we should be concerned for our whole environment.
Then there is another viewpoint, not just a question of ethics but a question of our own survival. The environment is very important not only for this generation but also for future generations. If we exploit the environment in extreme ways, even though we may get some money or other benefit from it now, in the long run we ourselves will suffer and future generations will suffer. When the environment changes, climatic conditions also change. When they change dramatically, the economy and many other things change as well. Even our physical health will be greatly affected. So this is not merely a moral question but also a question of our own survival.
Therefore, in order to succeed in the protection and conservation of the natural environment, I think it is important first of all to bring about an internal balance within human beings themselves. The abuse of the environment, which has resulted in such harm to the human community, arose out of ignorance of the importance of the environment. I think it is essential to help people to understand this. We need to teach people that the environment has a direct bearing on our own benefit.
I am always talking about the importance of compassionate thought. As I said earlier, even from your own selfish viewpoint, you need other people. So, if you develop concern for other people's welfare, share other people's suffering, and help them, ultil11ately you will benefit. If you think. only of yourself and forget about others, ultimately you will lose. That is also something like a law of nature.
It is quite simple: if you do not smile at people, but frown at them, they respond similarly, don't they? If you deal with other people in a very sincere, open way, they behave similarly. Every body wants to have friends and does not want enemies. The proper way to create friends is to have a warm heart, not simply money or power. The friend of power and the friend of money are something different: These are not true friends. True friends should be real friends of heart, shouldn't they? I am always telling people that those friends who come around when you have money and power are not truly your friends, but friends of money and power, because as soon as the money and power disappear, those friends are also ready to leave. They are not reliable.
Genuine, human friends stand by whether you are successful or unlucky and always share your sorrow and burdens. The way to make such friends is not by being angry, nor by having good education or intelligence, but by having a good heart.
To think more deeply, if you must be selfish, then be wisely selfish, not narrow-mindedly selfish. The key thing is the sense of universal. responsibility; that is the real source of strength, the real source of happiness. If our generation exploits everything available - the trees, the water, and the minerals - without any care for the coming generations or the future, then we are at fault, aren't we? But if we have a genuine sense of universal responsibility as our central motivation, then our relations with our neighbors, both domestic and international.
Another important question is: What is consciousness, what is the mind? In Western world during the last one or tWo centuries there has been great emphasis on science and technology, which mainly deal with matter. Today some nuclear physicists and neurologists say that when you investigate particles in a very detailed way, there is some kind of influence from the side of the observer, the knower. What is this knower? A simple answer is; A human being, the scientist. How does the scientist know? With the brain, Western scientists have identified only a few hundred so far. Now, whether you call it mind, brain, or consciousness, there is a relationship between brain and mind and also mind and matter. I think this is important. I feel it is possible to hold some sort of dialogue between Eastern Philosophy and Western science on the basis of this relationship.
In any case, these days we human beings are very much involved in the external world, while we neglect the internal world. We do need scientific development and material development in order to survive and to increase the general benefit and prosperity, but equally as much we need mental peace. Yet no doctor can give you an injection of mental peace, and no market can sell it to you. If you go to a supermarket with millions and millions of dollars, you can buy anything, but if you go there and ask for peace of mind, people will laugh. And if you ask a doctor for genuine peace of mind, not the mere sedation you get from taking some kind of pill or injection, the doctor cannot help you.
Even to day's sophisticated computers cannot provide you with mental peace. Mental peace must come from the mind. Everyone wants happiness and pleasure, but if we compare physical pleasure and physical pain with mental pleasure and mental pain, we find that the mind is more effective, predominant, and superior. Thus it is worthwhile adopting certain methods to increase mental peace, and in order to do that it is important to know more about the mind. When we talk about preservation of the environment, it is related to many other things. The key point is to have genuine sense of universal responsibility, based on love and compassion, and clear awareness.
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http://www.dalailama.com/messages/environment/ecology-and-the-human-heart
Teaching
25 Sep 2012 - 11:07am
A Buddhist Concept of Nature
HH 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet
Tonight I will say something about the Buddhist concept of nature.
Nagarjuna said that for a system where emptiness is possible, it is also possible to have functionality, and since functionality is possible, emptiness is also possible. So when we talk about nature, the ultimate nature is emptiness. What is meant by emptiness, or shunyata? It is not the emptiness of existence but rather the emiPtiness of true or independent existence, which means that things exist by dependence upon other factors.
So whether it is the environment that is inhabited, or the inhabitants, both of them are composed of four or five basic elements. These elements are earth, wind, fire, water and vacuum, that is space. About space, in the Kalachakra tantra there is a mention of what is known as the atom of space, particles of space. So that forms the central force of the entire phenomenon. When the entire system of the universe first evolved, it evolved from this central force which is the particle of space, and also a system of universe and would dissolve eventually into this particle of the space. So it is on the basis of these five basic elements that there is a very close inter-relatedness or interrelation between the habitat that is the natural environment and inhabitants, the sentient beings living within it.
Also, when we talk of the elements there are internal elements which are existent inherently within sentient beings; they are also of different levels- some are subtle and some are gross.
So ultimately according to Buddhist teachings the innermost subtle consciousness is the sole sort of creator, itself consisting of five elements, very subtle forms of elements. These subtle elements serve as conditions for producing the internal elements, which form sentient beings, and that in turn causes the existence or evolution of the external elements. So there is a very close interdependence or Interrelationship between the environment and the inhabitants.
Within the meaning of interdependency there are many different levels that things are dependent upon casual factors, or upon their own parts, or the conceptual mind, which actually gives the label, the designation.
The topic that we are discussing today is the interrelationship or interdependence between the natural environment and the sentient beings living within it.
Now here, you see, some of my friends told me that basic human nature is something violent. Then I told my friends, I don't think so. If we examine different mammals, say those animals such as tigers or lions that very much depend on other's life for their basic survival these animals because of their basic nature have a special structure, their teeth and long nails, like that. So, those peaceful animals, such as deer, which are completely herbivorous, their teeth and nails are something different; gentler. So from that viewpoint, we human beings belong to the gentle category, isn't that so? Our teeth, our nails, these are very gentle. So I told my friends, I don't agree with your viewpoint. Basically human beings have a non-violent nature.
Also, about the question of human survival, human beings are social animals. In order to survive you need other companions; without other human beings there is simply no possibility to survive; that is nature's law, that is nature.
Since I deeply believe that basically human beings are of a gentle nature so I think the human attitude towards our environment should be gentle. Therefore I believe that not only should we keep our relationship with our other fellow human beings very gentle and non-violent, but it is also very important to extend that kind of attitude to the natural environment. I think morally speaking we can think like that and we should all be concerned for our environment.
Then I think there is another viewpoint. In this case It IS not a question of morality or ethics, not that question; is a question of our own survival. Not only this generation, but for other generations, the environment is something very important. If we exploit the natural environment in an extreme way, today we might gee-some other benefit but in the long run we ourselves will suffer and other generations will suffer. So when the environment changes, climatic conditions also change. When it changes dramatically, economic structures and many other things also change, even our physical body. So you can seethe great effect from that change. So from that viewpoint this is not only a question of our own survival.
Therefore, in order to achieve more effective results and in order to succeed in the protection, conservation and preservation of the natural environment, first of all, I think, it is also important to bring about internal balance within human beings themselves. Since negligence of the environment - which has resulted in lots of harm to the human community - came about by ignorance of the very special importance of the environment, I think it is very important first of all to instill this knowledge within human beings. So, it is very important to teach or tell people about its importance bring own benefit.
Then, one of the other most important things again, as I am always saying, is the importance of compassionate thought. As I mentioned earlier, even from ones own selfish viewpoint, you need other people. So, by showing concern for other people's welfare, sharing other people's suffering, and by helping other people, ultimately one will gain benefit. If one thinks only of oneself and forgets about others, ultimately one will lose. This also is something like nature's law. I think it is quite simple. If you do not show a smile to other people, and show some kind of bad look or like that, the other side wi1l also give a similar response. Isn't that right? If you show other people a very sincere and open attitude there will also be a similar response. So it is quite simple logic. Everybody wants friends and does not want enemies. The proper way to create friends is through a warm heart and not simply money or power. Friends of power and friends of money are something different. These are not friends.
A true friend should be a real friend of heart, isn't it so? I am always telling people that those friends who come to you when you have money and power are not your true friends but friends of money and power. Because as soon as your money and power disappear, those friends are also ready to say goodbye, bye-bye. So you see these friends are not reliable. Genuine and true human friends will always share your sorrow, your burdens and will always come to you whether you are successful or unlucky. So the way to create such a friend is not through anger, not mere education, not mere intelligence, but by the heart - a good heart.
So, as I always say if you think in a deeper way if you are going to be selfish, then you should be wisely selfish, not narrow mindedly selfish. From that viewpoint, the key thing is the sense of Universal Responsibility, that is the real source of strength, the real source of happiness.
From that perspective, if in our generation we exploit every available thing: trees, water, mineral resources or anything, without bothering about the next generation, about the future, that's our guilt, isn't it? So if we have a genuine sense of universal responsibility, as the central motivation and principle, then from that direction our relations with the environment will be well balanced. Similarly with every aspect of relationships, our relations with our neighbors, our family neighbors, or country neighbors, will be balanced from that direction.
Actually, in ancient rimes many great thinkers, as well as great spiritual masters were produced in this country, India. So, I feel in modern times these great Indian thinkers, such as Mahatma Gandhi as well as some politicians, implemented these noble ideas like ahimsa in the political arena. In a certain way India's foreign policy of non-alignment is also related to with that kind of moral principle. So I think further expansion, or further development of these noble ideas, or noble actions, in this country is very relevant and very important.
Now in this respect, another thing which I feel to be very important is what is consciousness, what is mind? Up to now, especially I think in the Western world, during the last one or two centuries science and technology have been very much emphasized and that mainly deals with matter.
Now, today, some of the nuclear physicists and neurologists have started investigating and analyzing particles in a very detailed and deep way. While doing so, they found out some kind of involvement from the observer's side which they sometimes call "the knower". What is," the knower"? Simply speaking it is the being, the human being, like the scientists through which ways do scientists know? I think through the brain. Now, about the brain, Western scientists have not yet fully identified the more than hundred billion of cells of the brain. I think out of a hundred billion only a few hundred have been identified so far. So now the mind, whether you call it mind or a special energy of the brain, or consciousness, You will see that there is a relationship between the brain and the mind and the mind and matter. This I think is something important. I feel there should be some sort of dialogue between eastern philosophy and Western science on the basis of the relationship between mind and matter.
In any case, today our human mind is very much looking at or very much involved with the external world. I think we are failing to care for or study the internal world.
We need scientific and material developments in order to survive, in order to get benefits and in order to have more prosperity. Equally we need mental peace. Any doctor cannot inject mental peace: no market can sell mental peace or happiness. With millions and millions of rupees you can buy anything but if you go to a supermarket and say I want peace of mind, then people will laugh. And if you ask a doctor, I want genuine peace of mind, not a dull one, you might get one sleeping pill, or some injection. Although you may get rest, the rest is not in the right sense, is it?
So if you want genuine mental peace or mental tranquility the doctor cannot provide it. A machine like the computer, however sophisticated it may be, cannot provide you with mental peace. Mental peace must come from the mind. So everyone wants happiness, pleasure. Now, compare physical pleasure and physical pain with mental pain or mental pleasure and you will find that the mind is superior, more effective and more dominant. Therefore it is worthwhile to increase mental peace through certain methods. In order to do that it is important to know more about mind. That also, I always feel, is very important. I think that is all.
So when you say environment, or preservation of environment, it is related with many things. Ultimately the decision must come from the human heart, isn't that right? So I think the key point is genuine sense of universal responsibility which is based on love, compassion and clear awareness.
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http://www.dalailama.com/messages/environment/buddhist-concept-of-nature
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6 Sep 2012 - 8:52am
Thankfully, traditional lightbulbs have not now been banned by the EU(?) :-)...
So, how do we turn such traditional lightbulbs, into 'energy saving' ones, that will last for years and years???...
If your lighted area needs a 60w bulb, for example, then buy a 100w - 150w bulb, and link it to a dimmer switch, and job's a gud'un - for as is, Rightly, said, 'Every little Helps' :-) :-)
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26 Aug 2012 - 8:21pm
Hi All,
There is a swarm of earthquakes occurring right now in Southern California. More than 40 quakes have been reported thus far, the biggest being a 5.3/5.4 - depending on who is reporting.
Here's an article: http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/08/26/cluster-of-quakes-reported-near-brawley/
Here's a map: http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/
Being that I'm in Arizona, it's a little too close for comfort!
Blessings and Namaste,
Pamela
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25 Aug 2012 - 11:06am
Do we allow any passing 'ET's' to 'come on down'??? - My reply: No...
Do we build our own 'DNA rebalancing chambers??? - My reply: No...
Do we start trying to put things right ourselves??? - My reply: Most definately and emphatically, YES :-) :-) :-)
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24 Aug 2012 - 7:21pm
"Why We Shout In Anger"
A Hindu saint who was visiting river Ganges to take bath found a group of family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his disciples smiled 'n asked.
'Why do people shout in anger shout at each other?'
Disciples thought for a while, one of them said, 'Because we lose our calm, we shout.'
'But, why should you shout when the other person is just next to you? You can as well tell him what you have to say in a soft manner.' asked the saint
Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the other disciples.
Finally the saint explained, .
'When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other to cover that great distance.
What happens when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk softly, Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is either nonexistent or very small...'
The saint continued, 'When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper 'n they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other 'n that's all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.'
He looked at his disciples and said.
'So when you argue do not let your hearts get distant, Do not say words that distance each other more, Or else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return.'
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23 Aug 2012 - 9:08pm
The Following is a Petition I am asking you to consider signing and passing on to your Lightworker/social media networks. Thank you for your consideration...
Dear friends across the US,
This Saturday land considered sacred by the Native Sioux people could be auctioned off to the highest bidder - and turned in to a golf course or tourist trap. US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar can step in to save this sacred land in the Black Hills, but he needs to hear from us first. Sign now!
This weekend an area considered sacred by the Native Sioux people could be auctioned off to the highest bidder, to potentially be bulldozed into a road or a golf course. The Sioux have launched a last-ditch campaign to save their land - if we join them now we can stop the sell off.
For generations the Sioux have used this undeveloped but privately owned stretch of prairie in the Black Hills of South Dakota for important annual ceremonies, but this Saturday's auction could pave the way for its destruction. That’s why Avaaz member Sara Jumping Eagle, of the Oglala Lakota Sioux tribe, started a petition asking the government to protect the land by designating it a historical landmark. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has the power to do that, but to push him to use it, we need to show that the Sioux have support from every corner of the country.
There’s no time to lose, the auction is this Saturday. Stand with Sara and the Sioux tribes of the Dakotas to save this land from the auction block. Sign now and share with everyone:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Help_Lakota_Sioux_Save_Buy_Pe_Sla_Sacred_Black_Hills_Land/?bzTXpdb&v=17301
Pe' Sla (“The heart of all that is”) is an area in the Black Hills of South Dakota, not far from Mount Rushmore, that’s at the center of the Lakota Sioux’s creation story, a place Sioux families visit every Spring for important rituals of rebirth and renewal. More than a hundred years ago, the US Government stole the Black Hills from the Sioux after gold was found there, and the treaty granting them “permanent” land rights was ripped to shreds. In 1980, the Supreme Court ruled on behalf of the Sioux Nation, ceding that their land had been taken unlawfully, but the Sioux have refused to accept compensation, saying the land has never been for sale.
Now with Pe 'Sla at risk of being lost forever, an unprecedented coalition of Sioux tribes have come together launching an online fundraiser to buy back the land, but with only days to go until the auction, they are nowhere near raising the millions needed. That’s why taking the land out from under the auctioneer’s gavel is the only real way to save it, and why Avaaz member Sara Jumping Eagle is asking for support from around the country to help stop the sale.
Sara tells us, “Pe ‘Sla is a symbol of a resurgence and belief in who we are as Lakota Oyate (the people). If somebody were to come and build a road or desecrate it in any way, it would be like the Wounded Knee Massacre happening all over again. Can you imagine the Vatican, or Mecca or Bethlehem being bulldozed for an amusement park?”
Right now if enough of us support the Sioux and their fight to protect this land central to their tradition and their religion, we can help correct a longstanding historic injustice, and make the United States a little more united around the rights of Native people. We only have four days to stop the sale -- sign the urgent petition and please share with your friends and family:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Help_Lakota_Sioux_Save_Buy_Pe_Sla_Sacred_Black_Hills_Land/?bzTXpdb&v=17301
From the Massai people of Tanzania fighting displacement, to indigenous tribes of the Amazon battling a destructive mega dam, the Avaaz community has long stood side by side with native people defending their rights. Here in the US let’s not let history repeat itself -- and join hands with the Sioux to protect what’s sacred.
With hope, determination, and spirit
Joseph, Ian, Emily, Emma, Ricken and the whole Avaaz team
More Information
Sioux tribes worry sale of sacred site in South Dakota’s Black Hills could lead to development (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/sioux-tribes-worry-sale-of-sacred-site-in-south-dakotas-black-hills-could-lead-to-development/2012/08/18/ede0c628-e961-11e1-9739-eef99c5fb285_story.html
The Sioux campaign to buy back the Black Hills that belong to them (The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/16/sioux-campaign-buy-back-black-hills
UN human rights expert calls on US to consult with indigenous people over land sale (UN News Centre)
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=42723&Cr=United+States&Cr1
Exclusive: Sioux Spiritual Leader Speaks Out on Land Sale at Sacred Site (Truth Out)
http://truth-out.org/news/item/11035-exclusive-truthout-interview-sioux-spiritual-leader-speaks-out-on-land-sale-at-sacred-site
Black Hills Auction: The Auction of the Sacred (Winona LaDuke)
http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/ict_sbc/black-hills-auction-the-auction-of-the-sacred
Pe' Sla: Help Save Lakota Sioux Sacred Land! (Sioux fundraiser to save the land)
http://www.indiegogo.com/PeSla-LakotaHeartland
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13 Jul 2012 - 8:00am
Hey dear Lighty's,
Would you eat from a rubbish bin??? Well meet some 'dumpster divers' aka Freegans, that really don't have a problem with it.
Dumpster diving for the socially conscious. Who knew? They all look like pretty happy, healthy and clean people to me.
Much love and happiness to you all - One Mans Trash is anothers Mans Treasure.
Ish )O(
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27 Jun 2012 - 2:42pm
Yellowstone Geysers Become Active Again After Dormant Periods
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/yellowstone-geysers-become-active-again-after-dormant-periods/
June 23, 2012 – YELLOWSTONE WATCH - Yellowstone geyser enthusiasts are reporting that a handful of Yellowstone National Park geysers appear to be active again after periods of dormancy, including one geyser that last erupted almost two decades ago.
Morning Geyser, quiet for 18 years, is now active, and there is news that an electronic monitor on Echinus in Norris Geyser Basin picked up an eruption. North Goggles Geyser has also started erupting more regularly than the lone annual display it has typically shown over the past few years. The last time it was this active was 2004.
Joining the list of newly reactivated thermal features are Fan and Mortar geysers, which may be beginning an active cycle. Morning Geyser is one of the tallest and prettiest geysers in the Lower Geyser Basin. The wide eruptions have the potential of reaching 200 feet tall. It is located in the Fountain Paint Pots area, just behind Fountain Geyser.
Morning Geyser last erupted in 1994. The first reported eruption this year occurred on Wed., June 20. A second eruption was reported the following day, with geyser gazers reporting online that Morning Geyser spewed for up to 30 minutes, reaching a height of 200 feet.
For the past few weeks, geyser gazer Maureen Edgerton has watched a change in her favorite geyser, Fountain Geyser, of longer intervals between eruptions than seen in recent years. It may be that there is a connection between Morning Geyser and Fountain Geyser, and a change in Fountain Geyser could result in changes in other thermal features in the area.
The announcement of a third geyser reactivating came from an email sent to a geyser email list from Yellowstone National Park ranger Denise Herman, who relayed a message from Jacob B. Lowenstern, the scientist in charge of the U.S. Geological Survey’sYellowstone Volcano Observatory.
Lowenstern noted that a temperature probe indicated that Echinus erupted at 3:25 a.m. on Mon., June 28, stating that “no one saw it, but it is the first known eruption since January 2011.” –Yellowstone Gate
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25 Jun 2012 - 4:31pm
Gets more fascinating everyday, what is being discovered/uncovered !
Giant Crystal Pyramid Discovered In Bermuda Triangle
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Terrence Aym
The Bermuda Triangle: mysterious, unworldly, sometimes deadly. For decades intrepid researchers delved into the maze of mysteries hidden deep within this most enigmatic place on Earth.
Some speculate the bizarre time anomalies, disappearances and weird phenomena can be explained by natural occurences. Others are insistent that relics of an advanced, unknown culture left behind fantastic technology…great energy machines that literally warp spacetime and open portals to other realities.
Now American and French explorers have made a monumental discovery: a partially translucent, crystal-like pyramid rising from the Caribbean seabed— its origin, age and purpose completely unknown.
Pyramid discovery challenges current archaelogical theory
A gigantic structure, perhaps larger than the Great Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt, and initially identified by a doctor in the 1960s, has been independently verified by diving teams from France and the U.S.
The discovery has rocked scientists around the world. Will they rush to investigate it? No, they’re more likely to studiously ignore it. If pressed, they’ll officially position themselves as highly skeptical—especially in light of the potential ramifications.
The pyramid could confirm some engineers’ contentions that pyramids were originally created as massive power sources, support the claim that the ancient city-state of Atlantis did exist, or even provide answers to the mysterious goings-on that have been recorded since the 19th Century in the region of the Atlantic dubbed the Bermuda Triangle.
Artist’s conception of the incredible crystal pyramid
First discovered in 1968
According to the history, the pyramid was accidentally discovered during 1968 by a doctor of naturopathy, Ray Brown of Mesa, Arizona.
Brown was in the Caribbean on vacation and making dives with friends in a region off the Bahamas known as “the Tongue of the Ocean.” The area acquired that name because a tongue-shaped portion of the seabed extends out from the island before sharply dropping off into much greater depths.
When relating his discovery, the doctor explained he became separated from his diving friends underwater. While attempting to rejoin them he came upon a massive structure rising from the ocean floor: a black, hulking object silhouetted against the lighter sun-filtered water. The object was shaped like a pyramid.
Because he was low on air, he didn’t spend much time investigating the pyramid, but did find a strange crystal sphere.
Images of 3 pyramids can be seen in Brown’s crystal
He brought it to the surface with him and later when the ancient crystal was studied researchers were astonished by its properties.
Is the crystal pyramid causing the Triangle phenomena?
Some Triangle researchers have theorized for years that a strange energy source exists at the bottom of the sea within the region of the ocean affecting planes, ships, and boats.
A few investigators postulate that if the fabled Atlantis really did exist the remains of its mythical energy-vortex machine might still be intact at the bottom of the ocean. Such a machine, they claim, would likely be pyramidal-shaped and the original historical template that succeeding cultures around the globe copied much later.
Mysterious pyramids scattered across the world
Pyramid structures have been discovered across North, Central, and South America; Eastern Europe; the icy tundra of Siberia; Northern and Central China; and possibly Antarctica. The South Pole pyramid cannot be confirmed as it’s deep under more than a mile of ice and images of it are controversial.
Years ago, mysterious ruins—the vestiges of an unknown culture—were discovered on a small island called Malden in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The ruins were claimed to also have the remains of an ancient pyramid.
Enigmatic Pacific Island Malden in the middle of nowhere
Believers in the ancient land of Lemuria (also called Mu) proposed that the ruins might be all that were left of that ancient land, while others speculated it might have been an outpost colony of Atlantis.
An anthropologist from the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii explored the ruins back in 1924 and found no pyramid. What scientist Kenneth Emory did find, however, was evidence that a small Polynesian tribe once settled there briefly, perhaps no further back in time than the 16th Century.
Despite that finding, more revelations were to come from the tiny island during the ensuing years.
Researcher Mitch Williamson dug deeper into the mysteries.
Reporting on some of Williamson’s amazing findings, Rich Hoffman, explorer and investigator, writes: “There are 40 stone temples on Malden Island that are described as similar in design to the buildings of Nan Madol on Pohnpei, some 3,400 miles (5,475 km) away. In fact, there is a basalt road that runs along the bottom of the Pacific Ocean which connects these islands under hundreds of feet of water.
“This suggests a culture that is more than 50,000 years old and that this entire land mass was once above water supporting a civilization that had no trouble moving around tremendous stones to build very large, complicated societies which we know absolutely nothing about, other than the fact that someone built them and they are older than biblical history.
“Yet, nobody discusses them because they don’t fit into our understanding of the human race and their origins. Scientists have their diffusion theories of how migrants arrived in North America using the land bridge of the Bering Straight and they are sticking with it.”
The same can be said of the scattered ruins of the Caribbean that suggest a very large civilization extending from the coastal waters off the Florida Keys, toward the Bahamian waters, crossing near Bimini, and east into the Atlantic.
Cuba too has underwater ruins off its coast that may have been part of the same city-state complex.
Two divers explore the rambling ruins off Bimini
Hoffman also mentions, almost in passing, the incredible report of explorer Tony Benik who made the momentous discovery of yet another huge pyramid under 10,000 feet of water in the middle of the Atlantic.
The pyramid, Benik claims, is capped with a huge crystal.
And if that’s not enough, Hoffman shares the discovery of the Ari Marshall expedition in 1977. The team discovered a smaller pyramid off Cay Sal in the Bahamas. Marshall snapped underwater photos of the pyramid that’s submerged beneath 150 feet of water.
According to Marshall’s account the mystery pyramid glows. He also reported the water around the pyramid was luminescent and glistening white water flowed out of openings in the pyramid.
Despite the water at that depth being dark (not much light reaches that far down), the water surrounding the amazing pyramid was lit by the glow from the structure and appeared like a phosphoresent green color.
No follow-up exploration has ever been done of the find.
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6 Jun 2012 - 4:23pm
WHIZ KIDS
Adam and Shayla made a scientific breakthrough that might transform a billion-dollar industry. But their parents still expect them to set the table.
By Farrah MeraliFrom Reader’s Digest Canada, June 2012
Hidden near the end of a coiling side road in Buckhorn, Ont., sits the Larson residence: an open-concept home with high ceilings and tall windows. It’s dinnertime and Shayla Larson and Adam Noble are bickering about what kind of animal heart they dissected in their Grade 11 biology class. Shayla thinks it was a pig. Adam says rat. “We’ve been referred to as ‘the old married couple,’” says Shayla.
Like most kids their age, Adam, 18, and Shayla, 17, have lots of friends, enjoy playing sports and love to party. And yet, you can’t quite call them typical. The teens are obsessed with nanosilver: microscopic, germ-fighting bits of silver found in everything from riding helmets to toothpaste to baby pacifiers. Silver’s potent antibacterial powers were well known even to the ancient Greeks, who used the metal for plates and jugs to combat spoilage. For the last 60 years, silver has been broken down into tiny concentrations for a range of commercial applications, such as swimming pool cleaners, but the advent of nanotechnology has accelerated its introduction into hundreds of new products. The medical community, for example, is excited by the prospect of nano-silverized bone pins, catheters and artificial body parts—three of the many medical devices that can act as carriers for infection.
Adam and Shayla, however, have learned the miracle component isn’t all it’s hyped to be. After months of research, they proved the chemical is also kryptonite for euglena, a lake-based algae deemed an “indicator species,” or an ecological early-warning system that signals environmental pollution. The discovery that euglena are harmed by nanosilver is a vindication for nanotech critics worried about the lack of research on the full array of nanoparticles now entering the environment. Should Adam and Shayla’s research eventually prove nanosilver is toxic to human cells, the finding could cripple the nanosilver trade, currently a multi-billion-dollar industry.
In May 2011, the teens earned one of four $4,000 Young Canadian Innovation Awards; the annual competition takes place at the Canada-Wide Science Fair, held that year in Markham, Ontario, just outside of Toronto. (The awards are an initiative of the The Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation, based in Calgary.) Adam and Shayla’s project, titled “The Hazards of Nanosilver Uncovered,” beat out hundreds of other entries, among them a new search-engine algorithm and a cancer-fighting drug, and was given the science fair’s gold prize. Three months later, the nanosilver project garnered the pair an expense-paid trip to the Stockholm Junior Water Prize—the highest international award for youth in water studies—where, against finalists from almost thirty countries, they placed in the top five. Their fame followed them back home to Buckhorn, where they made local headlines—something their friends still tease them about. “When I go to a party, my friends introduce me as the super genius,” Adam says. “It’s kind of cool.”
* I found this article at my dentist's office. What drew me to read it was not the discovery these two young people made, but the fact that their parents are not treating them like celebritries and are still making them do their chores, etc.
Blessings,
Blog entry
4 Jun 2012 - 8:57am
Hey dearest Lighty friends,
It's like love for the first time. Every time I see my country Australia, I fall in love with Her more deeper than ever before. As an Aussie, I give thanks and I'm so grateful to be so blessed to be able to live in one of the most beautiful, unique, rare, wild, vast,remote and ancient lands on earth.
I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains
Of rugged mountain ranges
Of droughts and flooding rains
I love Her far horizons
I love Her jewelled sea
Her beauty and Her terror
The wide brown land for me
(Dorothea Mackellar)
I just wish to share a snippet of my beautiful homeland.
Much love, peace and happiness to you all - hope you can visit me down here one day, for I will always call this glorious land home.
Ish )O(
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24 May 2012 - 10:46pm
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24 May 2012 - 10:41pm
If population levels are putting an undue strain on Mother Earth...
And if we wish to reduce popluation levels, Peacefully - at least until Mother Earth has Recovered...
Then we should limit the number of children we have, voluntarily, by making the appropriate, Conscious and Responsible free-will choices, should we not???
Once again, offered as simple food for thought. :-) :-) :-)
Blog entry
23 May 2012 - 8:12pm
When we go shopping, we take home a lot more than the products we have purchased...
For we also take home a veritable 'mountain' of packaging...
We notice this when we separate the packaging from the products...
We notice even more when we separate such packaging and put them into, as many as seven different 'rubbish bins'...
The next step in the process of dispensing with such 'rubbish', is to have it collected and thrown back into the land...
So it can be clearly seen that, for instance, we destroy the lungs of Mother Earth by chopping down the trees, wrapping them around products, and then burying them in the ground, when they have served their 'purpose'...
So, at present, in order to live, we destroy life and then throw it into the land, like a dead corpse...
This can surely only be seen as total insanity???...
When i was a child, i remember having to be careful when opening a box of porridge oats, in case the oats came pouring out...
Nowadays, this is all too often not the case...
If the sellers of such packaged products had to, rightfully, pay the costs of 'packaging disposal', without passing such a cost onto the consumer, then i feel that they would become much more conscious of exactly what it is they are doing, and would have a great incentive to remedy the situation...
And thus they would rightly accept the responsibility, for the part they play in the stress they are putting Mother Earth under.
Blog entry
21 May 2012 - 12:38pm
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” – Henry David Thoreau
Blog entry
20 May 2012 - 12:46pm
Environmental degradation, overpopulation, and everything that affects us all as earthlings are worldwide problems that go beyond the borders of a nation.
Blog entry
13 May 2012 - 7:21pm
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
John Lennon
Blog entry
10 May 2012 - 2:17pm
http://www.vezneva-pictograms.com/en/index.php
GLOBAL WARMING
WARNINGS AND DIRECTIONS FOR ACTION WITHIN
THE SYMBOLS OF THE CROPCIRCLES
For more than 20 years in the corn fields around the world perfectly shaped circles have emerged, sometimes forming geometrical figures and complex compositions which can be seen only from a bird's eye view. Through the internet, shots taken of them are distributed and become known amongst us.
The Bulgarian writer Mariana Vezneva , an architect, phenomenon and supersensory explorer, a correspondent-member of the International Academy of Informatization at UNO is the first and only one in the world who has managed to reveal the messages in the crop circles and to establish a connection with their creators..
The author reveals that the pictograms in the crop rings contain warnings against catastrophic occurrences following Global Warming and the dangers of self-destruction of the human race. Each consecutive crop formations are the answers to her unspoken questions about the preservation of life. Hence this circle continues every year.
The book entitled "The Eye of Omniscience", the fifth in the series "The Secret School", is in fact a manual focused on the universal sacred cosmic language of symbols and allegories. The understanding of this language and the mental connection are necessary prequel for the dialogue
between them and us. We are in need of such a dialogue so that we can survive critical situations that await us and about which the scientists raise an alarm more and more actively.
THE SYMBOLISM IN THE GLOBAL WARMING MESSAGES
Symbol of Fire
The standing triangle in white is a symbol of fire.
Symbol of Water
The turned upside-down triangle in black is a symbol of water.
Symbol of Ice. Glaciation.
The hexagon - a symbol of ice. The hexagon, having 12 white and 12 blacks triangles contains information that the harmony disorder between fire and water shall lead to an Ice Age.
Symbol of Life
The six-pointed star is a symbol of life.
Symbol of an Earthquake
The square - a symbol of the preserved Earth surface. The rectangle, the trapezium and the rhomb symbolize the changed Earth surface on a global scale. The rectangle with a marked center, which turns, is a symbol of earthquake and its epicenter. The equal figures, ranged in the circle, show that earthquakes shall happen all over the Earth.
Symbol of a Volcano
The circle, divided on two parts - a white one, with a bud, and a black one, symbolizes the eruption of a volcano. The white part is the lava, and the black part is the smoke and the volcanic ash. The equal figures, ranged in the circle, representing different-size volcano, symbolize volcano eruptions all over the Earth.
Symbol of GOD ('the third eye')
The eye - a symbol of the Lord. In this case God indicates the time of some event. The number 4 (in the forth concentric circles) symbolizes the Earth. The number 9 (2x9=18), put into each circle, symbolizes a final cycle, the end.
Symbol of Sun
The central figure here represents a 12-pointed circle, which is a symbol of the Sun, indicating the time - 12 hours, 12 months.
Symbol of Earth surface
The straight square symbolizes the preserved Earth surface, if we take the advice of using the solar energy.
Symbol of the message in wheat circles
The figure, which begins by a circle and it is completed by new circles enlarging more and more their perimeter, symbolizes the whole message in the wheat circles, that begins by an pictogram and continues in the following pic-tograms. The cover suggests that the message is complemented of a mental relation.
Symbol of Education
This figure, similar to the previous symbol of whole message, but having an additional cover, symbolizes the education on an universal sacral language.
Symbol of the dialogue between them and us
The symbol of this message is repeated to the left and to the right side as a mirror image. This double figure gives association for a dialogue. On the one hand, the question, and from the other hand - the answer, wrote out in the wheat circles. The whole figure suggests the idea of diffusing the information worldwide.
21.08.2005, MardenA, B; Wiltshire
The Earth is a living, breathing creature. With your actions you are killing your mother - mother Earth, who feeds and nourishes you. The pollution (a result of your thoughtless actions) of the water, the air and the soil, doom the human world to extinction.
If you continue to slowly kill the Mother Earth you will inexorably enter the last cycle of existence on your planet.
8.07.2006, Waylands, Smithy, Oxfordshire
Immediately begin to use clean energy sources that do not bring about pollution and will not cause wars. Use the neverending energy of the Sun which is accessible to all. This is the only way you will be able to clear out the toxic waste, to live in peace and harmony and to merit a chance to save life on Earth.
22.07.2001,AveburyTrusloe, Wiltshire; 14.07.2001, WindmillHill, Wiltshire;23.06.2005, WindmillHill, Wiltshire
You have ruined the harmony between humans and nature, between Yin and Yang. The destructive energy has become twice as much as the constructive, which leads to cataclysmic consequences for life on Earth.
The equilibrium between fire and water - the most essential for the civilized way of life has been dangerously tilted. The earth will turn into a dead, lifeless desert, turned to ash by fire in some locations, whilst in others water will flood entire scenes. The melting of the ice caps will lead to the rise in the Ocean's water level.
01.06.2001, Wakerbey Woods, Barrowen, Nr. Hamptonshire;22.06.1998, Clanfield, Hampshire; 24.07.2005, AveburyHenge, Wiltshire
As result of global warming storms will ablaze. Hundreds of conflagrations and inundations and hurricanes will provoke earthquakes and the stirring of dormant volcanoes. Lava, smolder and volcanic ash will engulf the entire world. The Sun will be overshadowed and the Earth will begin to cool - a fine setting for an ice age. Despite all this in several places life will continue to reside.
06.07.2006, SavernakeForrest, Wiltshire; 11.07.2006,Aldbourne, Wiltshire 20.07.2006, StraightSoley, Berks
We want to help you and are seeking to communicate with you. It is required for you to crate a centre in the Southern Hemisphere and the Northern Hemisphere so that they are connected through responsible and influential personas who have but one goal - the perseverance of life on the planet. Through the centers let our messages to you be spread out, just as through the pictograms as the hidden words contained within them. Learn the universal sacred language of symbols!
Once you've mastered the universal cosmic language of symbols and the mental link with them, then the dialogue between us and you will deepen. We will give you indications and instructions how to act in critical situations that await you and how to avoid them; how the human race can survive and preserve the Earth. For every question asked you will receive an answer in the form of a pictogram in the corn circles throughout the duration period from April till September. Ask questions at congresses, forums and presentations. We are prepared to answer.
Story
10 May 2012 - 2:16pm
http://www.vezneva-pictograms.com/en/index.php
GLOBAL WARMING
WARNINGS AND DIRECTIONS FOR ACTION WITHIN
THE SYMBOLS OF THE CROPCIRCLES
For more than 20 years in the corn fields around the world perfectly shaped circles have emerged, sometimes forming geometrical figures and complex compositions which can be seen only from a bird's eye view. Through the internet, shots taken of them are distributed and become known amongst us.
The Bulgarian writer Mariana Vezneva , an architect, phenomenon and supersensory explorer, a correspondent-member of the International Academy of Informatization at UNO is the first and only one in the world who has managed to reveal the messages in the crop circles and to establish a connection with their creators..
The author reveals that the pictograms in the crop rings contain warnings against catastrophic occurrences following Global Warming and the dangers of self-destruction of the human race. Each consecutive crop formations are the answers to her unspoken questions about the preservation of life. Hence this circle continues every year.
The book entitled "The Eye of Omniscience", the fifth in the series "The Secret School", is in fact a manual focused on the universal sacred cosmic language of symbols and allegories. The understanding of this language and the mental connection are necessary prequel for the dialogue
between them and us. We are in need of such a dialogue so that we can survive critical situations that await us and about which the scientists raise an alarm more and more actively.
THE SYMBOLISM IN THE GLOBAL WARMING MESSAGES
Symbol of Fire
The standing triangle in white is a symbol of fire.
Symbol of Water
The turned upside-down triangle in black is a symbol of water.
Symbol of Ice. Glaciation.
The hexagon - a symbol of ice. The hexagon, having 12 white and 12 blacks triangles contains information that the harmony disorder between fire and water shall lead to an Ice Age.
Symbol of Life
The six-pointed star is a symbol of life.
Symbol of an Earthquake
The square - a symbol of the preserved Earth surface. The rectangle, the trapezium and the rhomb symbolize the changed Earth surface on a global scale. The rectangle with a marked center, which turns, is a symbol of earthquake and its epicenter. The equal figures, ranged in the circle, show that earthquakes shall happen all over the Earth.
Symbol of a Volcano
The circle, divided on two parts - a white one, with a bud, and a black one, symbolizes the eruption of a volcano. The white part is the lava, and the black part is the smoke and the volcanic ash. The equal figures, ranged in the circle, representing different-size volcano, symbolize volcano eruptions all over the Earth.
Symbol of GOD ('the third eye')
The eye - a symbol of the Lord. In this case God indicates the time of some event. The number 4 (in the forth concentric circles) symbolizes the Earth. The number 9 (2x9=18), put into each circle, symbolizes a final cycle, the end.
Symbol of Sun
The central figure here represents a 12-pointed circle, which is a symbol of the Sun, indicating the time - 12 hours, 12 months.
Symbol of Earth surface
The straight square symbolizes the preserved Earth surface, if we take the advice of using the solar energy.
Symbol of the message in wheat circles
The figure, which begins by a circle and it is completed by new circles enlarging more and more their perimeter, symbolizes the whole message in the wheat circles, that begins by an pictogram and continues in the following pic-tograms. The cover suggests that the message is complemented of a mental relation.
Symbol of Education
This figure, similar to the previous symbol of whole message, but having an additional cover, symbolizes the education on an universal sacral language.
Symbol of the dialogue between them and us
The symbol of this message is repeated to the left and to the right side as a mirror image. This double figure gives association for a dialogue. On the one hand, the question, and from the other hand - the answer, wrote out in the wheat circles. The whole figure suggests the idea of diffusing the information worldwide.
21.08.2005, MardenA, B; Wiltshire
The Earth is a living, breathing creature. With your actions you are killing your mother - mother Earth, who feeds and nourishes you. The pollution (a result of your thoughtless actions) of the water, the air and the soil, doom the human world to extinction.
If you continue to slowly kill the Mother Earth you will inexorably enter the last cycle of existence on your planet.
8.07.2006, Waylands, Smithy, Oxfordshire
Immediately begin to use clean energy sources that do not bring about pollution and will not cause wars. Use the neverending energy of the Sun which is accessible to all. This is the only way you will be able to clear out the toxic waste, to live in peace and harmony and to merit a chance to save life on Earth.
22.07.2001,AveburyTrusloe, Wiltshire; 14.07.2001, WindmillHill, Wiltshire;23.06.2005, WindmillHill, Wiltshire
You have ruined the harmony between humans and nature, between Yin and Yang. The destructive energy has become twice as much as the constructive, which leads to cataclysmic consequences for life on Earth.
The equilibrium between fire and water - the most essential for the civilized way of life has been dangerously tilted. The earth will turn into a dead, lifeless desert, turned to ash by fire in some locations, whilst in others water will flood entire scenes. The melting of the ice caps will lead to the rise in the Ocean's water level.
01.06.2001, Wakerbey Woods, Barrowen, Nr. Hamptonshire;22.06.1998, Clanfield, Hampshire; 24.07.2005, AveburyHenge, Wiltshire
As result of global warming storms will ablaze. Hundreds of conflagrations and inundations and hurricanes will provoke earthquakes and the stirring of dormant volcanoes. Lava, smolder and volcanic ash will engulf the entire world. The Sun will be overshadowed and the Earth will begin to cool - a fine setting for an ice age. Despite all this in several places life will continue to reside.
06.07.2006, SavernakeForrest, Wiltshire; 11.07.2006,Aldbourne, Wiltshire 20.07.2006, StraightSoley, Berks
We want to help you and are seeking to communicate with you. It is required for you to crate a centre in the Southern Hemisphere and the Northern Hemisphere so that they are connected through responsible and influential personas who have but one goal - the perseverance of life on the planet. Through the centers let our messages to you be spread out, just as through the pictograms as the hidden words contained within them. Learn the universal sacred language of symbols!
Once you've mastered the universal cosmic language of symbols and the mental link with them, then the dialogue between us and you will deepen. We will give you indications and instructions how to act in critical situations that await you and how to avoid them; how the human race can survive and preserve the Earth. For every question asked you will receive an answer in the form of a pictogram in the corn circles throughout the duration period from April till September. Ask questions at congresses, forums and presentations. We are prepared to answer.
Blog entry
8 May 2012 - 12:33am
~*~ Conscious Gardening ~*~
Gardens offer us a perfect opportunity to reconnect to our true selves and remember our place in the
natural world. Rather than approach our gardens as mere investments of energy, we can look at the
entire process of gardening, from planting seeds to harvesting food, as a way of deepening our
conscious relationship with the creative force of the universe. If we are willing to shift our intention
from dominating, or at least directing nature, to co-creating with nature instead, we may discover a
deep peace and renewed sense of wonder.
To co-create we must first begin with a foundation of mutual respect. As you create your garden in
partnership with nature, you can respect the earth, water, insects and animals by using organic seeds,
soil and fertilizers. You can also communicate with the plants, insects and elements involved in your
garden, and create a regular practice of stillness to listen for any messages they may have for you.
When it comes time for harvesting fresh vegetables or picking beautiful blooms, you might even ask
permission first. If you ask with an open heart, you will always receive an answer.
Imagine what it would be like to surrender certain aspects of your human world to the precision and surety
of the natural environment. You might decide, for example, to forego your calendar and plant in rhythm with
the cycles of the moon. Or, you might choose to ignore clock time and water your garden when the sun hits
a certain position in the sky. By opening your garden experience to more of nature’s input, you can become
available to witness a whole universe of miracles, while engendering a greater sense of honor between
the two worlds.
When we recognize ourselves as allies, co-creators, with the earth and the natural world, our relationship to
our environment begins to change. We no longer feel the need to control the circumstances around us and
can relish in the perfection of all that is.
Have a Lovely Day ~
http://www.dailyom.com/articles/2008/14094.html
Blog entry
4 May 2012 - 1:20pm
Hi everyone.
Just showing you some pics of where I live in Qld. Australia.
This stretch of the south east Qld coastline is just a small area that has some nice calm Moreton Bay waters,
which is great for pinics at the local parks and boating. This stretch above is where I walk the doggies, Ginger
and Charlie, and it's just a block away from where I live.
There are walkways all along the Bay which meet up with the many parks and takes us through some nice
greenery.........meeting many fellow walkers and bikers, and dogs also.
Sunset over the Bay.
This is a huge pic., but shows the southern end of the Esplanade, the top picture is the walkway in the background.
A typical cottage along the waterfront, and lots of other holiday lets.
Not terribly exciting, but it's the area I walk around a lot. The locals are quite friendly and more often than not,
smile and sometimes have a chat on the many walkways.
Have a nice weekend everyone,
Friday, almost midnight here,
see you all on Saturday.
Love Tara *~~
Blog entry
2 May 2012 - 10:13pm
Man grows 1,360-acre forest in India...by himself,
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread836208/pg1
Blog entry
30 Apr 2012 - 12:27am
About an hour ago I was messing with a little gizmo that I had recieved for Christmas. A pack size barometer, altimeter, thermometer, clock, flashlight and COMPASS.
I pointed myself in the direction of south (180) I was off, South was about twenty more degrees to the east than I had ascertained when we moved in here. I did the rocks around the magnolia bed with markers at the cardinal directions.
Hmmm. So, then I turned around and faced what I supposed had been north and found I was off roughly thirty degrees, also east! Scratched my head some, did it again. Questioned my sanity, remembered that was a dead end, then off to find the wife.
Yep same thing. We had north and south poles about 130 degrees apart on the east side.
IN what may be an unrelated matter, I also looked at "my graphs" and noted an extremely quiet magnetic field.
So, sensitives, channelers, lightworkers, keep your antennae up. Observe.
IN another potentially unrelated fashion, the Artis solar IMG site is off in protest of CISPA (the latest internet choking law that is on the way to the senate).
"Your head is there to move you around..."
Shine Bright.
Blog entry
22 Apr 2012 - 10:23am
". . . on April 22, 1970, Earth Day was held, one of the most
remarkable happenings in the history of democracy. . . "
-American Heritage Magazine, October 1993
By Senator Gaylord Nelson, Founder of Earth Day
What was the purpose of Earth Day? How did it start?
These are the questions I am most frequently asked.
Actually, the idea for Earth Day evolved over a period of seven years starting in 1962. For several years, it had
been troubling me that the state of our environment was simply a non-issue in the politics of the country.
Finally, in November 1962, an idea occurred to me that was, I thought, a virtual cinch to put the environment into
the political "limelight" once and for all. The idea was to persuade President Kennedy to give visibility to this issue
by going on a national conservation tour. I flew to Washington to discuss the proposal with Attorney General
Robert Kennedy, who liked the idea. So did the President. The President began his five-day, eleven-state
conservation tour in September 1963. For many reasons the tour did not succeed in putting the issue onto the
national political agenda. However, it was the germ of the idea that ultimately flowered into Earth Day.
I continued to speak on environmental issues to a variety of audiences in some twenty-five states. All across the country,
evidence of environmental degradation was appearing everywhere, and everyone noticed except the political establishment.
The environmental issue simply was not to be found on the nation's political agenda. The people were concerned, but the
politicians were not.
After President Kennedy's tour, I still hoped for some idea that would thrust the environment into the political mainstream.
Six years would pass before the idea that became Earth Day occurred to me while on a conservation speaking tour out
West in the summer of 1969. At the time, anti-Vietnam War demonstrations, called "teach-ins," had spread to college
campuses all across the nation. Suddenly, the idea occurred to me - why not organize a huge grassroots protest over what
was happening to our environment?
I was satisfied that if we could tap into the environmental concerns of the general public and infuse the student anti-war
energy into the environmental cause, we could generate a demonstration that would force this issue onto the political
agenda. It was a big gamble, but worth a try.
At a conference in Seattle in September 1969, I announced that in the spring of 1970 there would be a nationwide
grassroots demonstration on behalf of the environment and invited everyone to participate. The wire services carried the
story from coast to coast. The response was electric. It took off like gangbusters. Telegrams, letters, and telephone
inquiries poured in from all across the country. The American people finally had a forum to express its concern about
what was happening to the land, rivers, lakes, and air - and they did so with spectacular exuberance.
For the next four months, two members of my Senate staff, Linda Billings and John Heritage, managed Earth Day affairs
out of my Senate office.
Five months before Earth Day, on Sunday, November 30, 1969, The New York Times carried a lengthy article by Gladwin Hill
reporting on the astonishing proliferation of environmental events:
"Rising concern about the environmental crisis is sweeping the nation's campuses with an intensity that may be on its way
to eclipsing student discontent over the war in Vietnam...a national day of observance of environmental problems...
is being planned for next spring... when a nationwide environmental 'teach-in'...coordinated from the office of
Senator Gaylord Nelson is planned...."
It was obvious that we were headed for a spectacular success on Earth Day. It was also obvious that grassroots activities
had ballooned beyond the capacity of my U.S. Senate office staff to keep up with the telephone calls, paper work, inquiries,
etc. In mid-January, three months before Earth Day, John Gardner, Founder of Common Cause, provided temporary space
for a Washington, D.C. headquarters. I staffed the office with college students and selected Denis Hayes as coordinator
of activities.
Earth Day worked because of the spontaneous response at the grassroots level. We had neither the time nor resources to
organize 20 million demonstrators and the thousands of schools and local communities that participated.
That was the remarkable thing about Earth Day. It organized itself.
http://earthday.envirolink.org/history.html
Story
12 Apr 2012 - 5:57pm
Every Creature is Deserving of Respect and Appreciation
Message from Archangel Ariel
Channeled by: Julie Miller
April 12, 2012
There are numerous messages regarding the blessing and care of yourselves, those around you and your many brothers and sisters across the globe. They are all needed to educate, uplift and inspire each of you wherever you are sitting right now on your journey. Today precious ones we speak of the animals, the pets in your life and the creatures that live inside the forests and neighbourhood parks.
Every creature, even the insects that sting and cause distress are created by God, and each one has a purpose and believe it or not that purpose is not to irritate you even though many times it seems the case. The smallest of insect to the largest of beast all deserve respect and appreciation. There are many animal species each year that reach the threat of extinction and most of it is because of the great expansion into their homelands. As the forests get smaller because population increases, it is important to provide healing and support to the many animals that live in those regions that are being forced to move on into higher ground or not exist at all. It is well understood not everyone is able to become a member to certain helpful organizations. What I do see is that everyone on the globe is able to contribute a small portion of help, even if it’s helping to keep a park clean from litter, encouraging young children or anyone not to put their candy or gum on the ground, leave out dog hair or long hair to aid the birds to building a nest. There are many creative ways that you can help. The environment that surrounds you requires tender loving care from each of you. If you insist to have a clean and well maintained home, then equally insist to help where you live to maintain Mother Earth.
The furry, scaly and sometimes feathery friends many dear people take as pets fill your hearts with the unmistakable purest form of love – unconditional love. Pets do not require being pedigree or having special papers to prove authenticity; their only need is love, and they return that love many times over the period of their living lives. Even as pet owners, especially if you consider these animals members of your family, it is utmost important to treat them with the respect they deserve. Just as the wee babes you have given birth to, they do not know good or bad, they only know the warmth and comfort their mother brings them and that warmth extends to you who chooses to bring them home and into your life. Pets of many kinds have been proven to increase health and vigor in the aging population and helps boost morale in children hospitals where children have cancer or other difficult and possible terminal illnesses.
There is never any reason to mistreat any animal. Even those that are brought specifically to farm, breed or help on the land. Respect and Appreciation is essential. There are many farmers that still rely on good sturdy animals for hauling and they take great pride in looking after them with proper medical attention when it’s needed. A pet is no different and neither is an animal that has had to give up its home in order to make room for the ever-expanding population of the human race.
It is a crying shame when we see animals of any kind being hunted for pure sport, being treated cruelly, or purposely harmed. There are many animal advocates across the globe that helps bring medical aid to the creatures that have been harmed by thoughtlessness. Love is being shared to those that are causing the harm. Some precious ones come from a long line of mental disturbances and the animals end up suffering as a result. All people, even the ones that cause harm to any creature of God deserves healing, love and light. They are responsible for their actions and the Law of Cause and Effect does come into play. Sometimes Karma does takes its time, just like nature everything must have balance.
Allowing yourselves to become fuelled by rage over the news lines of animal cruelty will not solve the crime dear ones and it does not help the animal that has been hurt. What needs to be done is more people being informed on what they can do to help and to take care of your local environment. Every small step of helpful action is beneficial precious ones. Become active and involved as much as you can.
I know many may think they are not responsible for another person’s mess when they walk by cups or cans laying on park’s path. It doesn’t hurt anything to use a tissue or napkin to pick up the trash and put it in its proper place. You know in your heart you are doing something right to correct something that was done in error. Always move with love and light from your heart precious ones, let love guide you through your actions.
The birds are happily chirping in our background today as some seed has been left out, it is music to my ears. My love for each of you and for every creature that lives across this planet is filled to overflowing precious ones.
And so it is, Archangel Ariel through Julie Miller
Blog entry
6 Apr 2012 - 7:14pm
Like a scene from Avatar but on our own planet: Natural phenomenon turns sea water an electric neon blue as it washes up on beach
Posted by truther on April 4, 2012 //
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The chemical reaction, called bioluminescence, occurs when a micro-organism in sea water is disturbed by oxygen
It may look like an alien life-form has washed up on a beach, but this striking neon blue effect is a completely natural phenomenon.
The incredible image was taken by photographer Doug Perrine during a visit to Vaadhoo, one of the Raa Atoll islands in the Maldives.
It captures a natural chemical reaction called bioluminescence, which occurs when a micro-organism in the water is disturbed by oxygen.
Natural phenomenon: Glowing blue water washes up on a beach in Vaadhoo, one of the Raa Atoll islands in the Maldives. The result of a chemical reaction called bioluminescence, it occurs when a micro-organism in sea water is disturbed by oxygen
The reaction is similar to the ‘glow’ that fireflies use to attract prey or mates.
Although a rare sight on a shoreline, the phenomenon is more commonly seen at sea in the wake of ships that stir up the oxygen in the sea, which causes the bioluminescent bacteria to glow.
Many undersea organisms ‘glow’, especially creatures that live at depths where light from the surface is less likely to penetrate.
The night-time glow is a side-effect of blooming red algae, known as red tide, which can turn entire beaches scarlet and murky during the day.
Inspiration? The bioluminescence looks similar to the strange blue alien world of the 2009 blockbuster Avatar
The smell of decay, caused by rotting kelp, plankton and fish often accompanies the event as the red algae starves the water of oxygen and light.
By night, there is an increase in microscopic plankton called dynoflagellates, which glow in the dark when disturbed by currents or waves.
Mr Perrine’s photo also shows the glow of a ship’s lights on the horizon towards the right of the photo, while the stars in the sky above provide a muted contrast to the blue aura on the beach.
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3 Apr 2012 - 2:14pm
Dwarf Galaxies Help to Unlock Secrets of Dark Matter
www.space.com
by Clara Moskowitz
This image of a dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the constellation Fornax, released April 2, shows a satellite of our Milky Way and is one of 10 used in Fermi's dark matter search. The motions of the galaxy's stars indicate that it is embedded in a massive halo of matter that cannot be seen.
CREDIT: ESO/Digital Sky Survey 2
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ATLANTA — While scientists still don't know what makes up the mysterious dark matter thought to dominate the universe, a new study of dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way presented here Sunday (April 1) at the American Physical Society has chipped away at the possibilities, offering intriguing hints about the nature of dark matter.
Dark matter is the name given to whatever makes up roughly 80 percent of the mass in the universe, holding galaxies together and exerting its gravitational force on regular matter. Yet dark matter is also invisible and, so far, impossible to directly detect.
One way astronomers aim to study the elusive stuff is by looking at its effects on observable things.
For example, one theory suggests that dark matter is made of exotic particles called WIMPS (weakly interacting massive particles). Sometimes, these particles should encounter their antimatter partner particles, anti-WIMPS, and the two should annihilate each other as matter and antimatter always do.
This annihilation would produce radiation in the form of high-energy gamma-rays that telescopes should be able to observe.
The recent study used NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope to search for these gamma-rays in the small dwarf spheroidal galaxies that orbit the Milky Way.
"Dwarf spheroidals are some of the most dark matter-dominated objects in the universe, and these objects are not expected to be emitting gamma-rays from anything other than dark matter," astrophysicist Jennifer Siegal-Gaskins of Caltech said here Sunday (April 1) at the meeting. "This means they're very clean targets for gamma-ray signals from dark matter." [Gallery: Dark Matter in the Universe]
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Siegal-Gaskins and her colleagues analyzed 12 of these mini galaxies orbiting the Milky Way, and found basically no gamma-rays.
The result means that if dark matter is made of WIMPS, the particles don't annihilate with their antimatter counterparts very often. That reduces the varieties of WIMPS that could explain dark matter.
"For the first time, we're now starting to prove the combinations of particle parameters that are favored by cosmology," Siegal-Gaskins said. "We're really starting to probe the really interesting theoretical models of dark matter."
One property of microscopic particles is called cross section, which can be thought of as the area of the particle, predicting how often it will collide with other particles. Fermi's lack of gamma-ray sightings in the dwarf galaxies means that if dark matter is made of WIMPS, they can't have some of the cross-section values that conventional models have predicted.
The researchers hope that continued observations of more of the Milky Way's dwarf galaxies could help eliminate further possibilities for dark matter, helping to corner the elusive particles.
"This study is based on two years of data," Siegal-Gaskins said. "In the next few years, it's quite possible that more dwarf spheroidal galaxies of the Milky Way will be discovered. We have the potential to push that limit even lower. I think we have a lot of exciting prospects."
I thoroughly love our space and all its incredible wonder that tells us so much not just of ourselves but of other elements, beings and so forth that are so important in our own growth.
Love and Light
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25 Mar 2012 - 3:28pm
THE EARTH MEDITATION
by ArcturianStar
In support of " Earh Hour " march 31st 2012
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DO NOT DRIVE OR OPERATE MACHINERY while listening to this audio
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A very powerful 40 minute Meditation & Blueprint Creation for Earth's Highest Perfection.
Uniting people, heart mind & spirit, to protect & heal planet earth & make a commitment to help save Planet Earth.
Be it recycling, committing to turning all house Lights off when they aren't necessary.... choosing evironment- friendly products... planting trees...saving the amazon forest... or getting meditation groups together....etc... It doesn't matter...
Follow your heart, the passion where your love is...and do it...!!
If everyone around the world commits to creating positive change...
It will manifest...
This is our world, our home.... we are the ones
responsible for caring for this cosmic jewel we call Earth.
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While in THETA state, the human mind is capable of deep and profound healing, growth,& learning.
Our thoughts and visualizations become powerful blueprints for manifestation.
THETA is where our minds connect to the Divine and manifest change in the material world.
Thought is creative, and we as a race are barely beginning to scratch the surface of our innate powers.... of creation....
the powers of the human mind are much vaster than we understand. It is time to focus our creative thought and power on what we DO want for Planet Earth and its race...
We get what we focus our attention on...
Please do not give your attention to negativity or conspiracy.
These are tools of darkness.
Fill your hearth and minds with thoughts of the highest nature and hold the highest visions for our world.
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25 Mar 2012 - 10:34am
The Wisdom of Nature
Being outdoors, even digging in the dirt, benefits mind and body in sometimes surprising ways.
Chili plant
Nature's Bounty: Soil Salvation
Eating colorful fruits and veggies is great—but only half the story. There's surprising evidence that our mental and physical health depends on growing them ourselves.
By Daniel A. Marano
Fresh Strawberries growing in container
Consider the earthy pleasures of gardening. You're outdoors. The sun warms your muscles. You're doing something both productive and edifying. And the activity places you back into the natural world, where exercise and relaxation are organically linked.
Edible gardening is better still; even the smallest of backyard or container gardens can put a surprising amount of food on your table in ways that make great nutritional and economic sense. Not to mention the juicy satisfaction of plucking that robust tomato or those tart raspberries.
But there is an even bigger yield. Call it soil-borne wellness, and here is where science is plowing totally new ground. Researchers are discovering that growing your own food—however much or little you can do—is better for your health than anyone ever suspected. And the nutritional value of what you harvest is almost the least of it. Growing your own food by messing around in your own garden proves to be nature's fruitful way of cultivating your health—physically and psychologically.
The soil is a rich repository of microbes and other organisms with which we've coexisted from the beginning. As science digs deeper into understanding the effects of bacteria on human health, and especially on the immune system, it looks increasingly like ingesting components of the soil itself might be as critical to human health as the very finest fruits and veggies grown in it.
In 2007, University of Colorado neuroscientist Christopher Lowry, then working at Bristol University in England, made a startling discovery. He found that certain strains of soil-borne mycobacteria sharply stimulated the human immune system. The very same bacteria also boosted serotonin levels in the brains of mice.
Mycobacteria are a broad genus of durable and waxy bugs that include many harmless critters and a few nasty pathogens, like M. leprae and M. tuberculosis. Lowry's group focused on the immune response toMycobacterium vaccae, a benign strain ubiquitous in soil. It is most abundant in peat bogs and other earth rich in moist organic matter.
M. vaccae thrives in typical backyard garden environments or anywhere soil is enriched with organic matter. You—yes, you—are exposed to it through inhalation and ingestion of small particles any time you dig outside or eat lettuce plucked from your garden. And that's a good thing.
M. vaccae triggers a complex cascade of neurosignaling, says Lowry, who is trying to decipher the exact mechanism. But in the process, the bacteria stimulate immune cells to raise the threshold for inflammatory processes. Mycobacteria also interact with the nervous system to rev up production of serotonin.
Lowry is now conducting oral trials of the bacteria in mice to mimic our own exposure to mycobacteria. "At the moment, mycobacteria is a black box"—but in its effect it is "basically no different from all the SSRIs."
It's known that the SSRI antidepressants such as Prozac inhibit the reuptake of serotonin, increasing its availability to receptors. But exactly how these drugs work against depression, and their many undesirable effects on the body, are poorly understood. Many scientists regard the SSRIs as particularly blunt instruments for treating mood disorders.
By contrast, Lowry finds, mycobacteria "are very selective and specific." They excite small subsets of serotonin-releasing neurons and pathways in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus, where they directly impact cognition and mood regulation. Exposure cleanly increases the ability of test animals to cope effectively with stress and anxiety.
The possibility that mycobacteria might have anything to do with mood arose serendipitously in earlier clinical studies of the bacteria as a treatment for cancer and inflammatory disorders. Researchers observed a boost in the quality of life of their human subjects.
Collectively this work has yielded "the hygiene hypothesis." Accumulating evidence suggests that lack of exposure to M. vaccae and other common dirt-borne pathogens early in life—resulting from deliberate attempts to sanitize our environments—might explain the sharp rise in chronic inflammatory, allergic, and immune disorders (such as asthma and inflammatory bowel disease) in the industrialized world.
The hygiene hypothesis suggests that there are real costs to displacement from the natural world. It disrupts a deep and direct connection we have to the soil and its resident organisms, a connection that our own immune and nervous systems have relied on for well-being all along.
Getting out in the garden plants us back in what now appears to be our optimal habitat. Eating fruits and vegetables—even antioxidant-rich tomatoes, melons, beets, cabbage, and berries—turns out to be only half of a newly evolving story of health. Our bodies and brains depend on the whole experience of growing our own. Our mental and physical health seem to be deeply rooted in the dirt. —Daniel A. Marano
Know What To Grow
Growing one's own fruit or vegetables can be done with surprising ease and efficiency and little space, not much more than a sunny slab of concrete.
What to plant. Late summer/early fall is the preferred time for cool-season seed crops like lettuces, Asian greens, beets, radishes, spinach, and many peas. Most fruit-bearing trees, berries, shrubs, and vines prefer a fall planting, too. Find local growers and nurseries that stock native and acclimated varieties. Don't ignore the mother of all fall-planted root crops, garlic.
Growing spinach in a container
Hot pots. Container gardening has never been more popular, with everything from self-feeding planters to soil-less growing of lettuces, tomatoes, herbs, and more (see gardeners.com, gurneys.com, or smithandhawken.com). Soil is crucial, regardless of location: Use well-composted fertile soil, rich in organic matter, slow-releasing nutrients, and mycobacteria, as most store-bought peat and potting mixes have been sterilized. Nothing beats finished backyard compost.
Growing garlic in containers
Maven havens. Discussion and regional forums at gardenweb.com can connect you with expertise and regional info about plants. Talk to your neighbors and local gardeners and growers. Seek counsel, too, from the slow food movement (slowfoodusa.org), guerrilla gardeners (guerrillagardening.org), and those advocating reclamation of our eating and living spaces (edibleestates.org).
www.onetomato.org The One Tomato Project was launched by Megan O’Neil and Darren Hakker on Earth Day in 2009 to encourage Sarnia’s residents to plant, grow and eat more vegetables, giving their extras to local food banks. The following outlines some of the group’s many successes.
* This project is based in the city which I live. I have already begun growing by seed purple beens (they cook up green) and three varieties of tomatoes, plus some fun gourds for my daughter. I grow all my own ceremonial herbs also and this year I am growing my own chamomile. I used to have quite an extensive herb and backyard vegetable garden with my daughter's father. But small is okay. We are still doing something that is healthy for us, the environment and we are saving a little money and if we do grow any surplus the food banks are not too far away to walk to for us to share with.
Teaching
25 Mar 2012 - 9:39am
The Wisdom of Nature
Being outdoors, even digging in the dirt, benefits mind and body in sometimes surprising ways.
Nature Gave Us Four Kinds of Happiness
Does a dip in happy neurochemicals mean something is wrong?
by Loretta Graziano Breuning, Ph.D.
www.psychologytoday.com
Happiness is just a neurochemical spurt. Different happy chemicals produce different ways to experience happiness.
Endorphin happiness is triggered by physical pain. The body's natural morphine masks pain, which allowed our ancestors to run from predators when injured. Humans experience endorphin as euphoria, but it obviously did not evolve to trigger a constant feeling of joy. You would touch hot stoves and run on a broken leg if your brain were always releasing endorphins. Nature saves them for moments when they help you do what's necessary to survive.
Dopamine happiness is triggered when you get a new reward. When you see a finish line, your brain releases dopamine. It's nature's reserve tank of energy. Dopamine keeps you going until you catch the prey you've been stalking, even when the chase is long and frustrating. If you surged with dopamine all the time, your energy would be depleted when you really needed it. We evolved to save dopamine for those moments when an important goal is within reach.
Oxytocin happiness is triggered when we trust those around us. It promotes bonding between mother and child, and between sex partners. It's stimulated when you're with a group of like-minded people, or when you get a massage. But we did not evolved to feel oxytocin happiness all the time because there's no survival value in trusting people who are not trustworthy.
Serotonin happiness is triggered when you feel important. Animals release serotonin when they dominate a resource. Their serotonin falls when they cede a resource to avoid conflict. Being one-up feels good, but conflict can cause painful injuries. The brain is constantly analyzing information to balance the risk of pain against the satisfaction of winning.
Each of the happy chemicals evolved to do a job. They work by making you feel good, which motivates you to go after whatever triggered them. You have inherited a brain that motivates you to go toward anything that promotes the survival of your DNA.
Sometimes you stumble on happiness. When an ape accidentally stumbles on a luscious fruit tree, its brain surges with dopamine. That creates memory, which helps the ape find the tree in the future. New rewards trigger dopamine whether the rewards came by accident or with sustained effort.
The happy chemicals feel so good that we use our big cortex to figure out how to get more. Apes negotiate groomings with each other, and it stimulates their oxytocin. Apes dominate their troop-mates when they think they can get away with it, which stimulates their serotonin. Apes invest time teasing termites out of a mound, and it stimulates their dopamine. Apes are not known to hurt themselves in order to get an endorphin high. People do all kinds of things once they find that it stimulates their endorphins, or their dopamine, or their oxytocin, or their serotonin.
Sometimes it works.
But the brain only releases happy chemicals in limited bursts for specific aims. It did not evolve to release them all the time. If happy chemicals flowed all the time, they could not do their jobs.
When your happy chemicals dip, however, you notice. Something feels wrong.
Nothing is wrong. Your happy chemicals evolved to ebb and flow. But if you attend to this feeling that something is wrong, it can preoccupy you. Your cortex will scan the environment for evidence that something is, in fact, wrong. And it will find evidence to confirm that feeling.
If you expect all the happy chemicals all the time, you're going to be disappointed. And if you focus on that disappointment, you wire your brain to see the world through that lens.
Try as you might, you can't control your environment in a way that ensures a steady flow of happy chemicals.
You could instead accept the fact that happy chemicals evolved to promote survival behaviors, and just appreciate them as they come and go.
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24 Mar 2012 - 6:36pm
The Surprising Power Of A Solar Storm
March 23, 2012
www.redorbit.com
Solar storm dumps gigawatts into Earth’s upper atmosphere
A recent flurry of eruptions on the sun did more than spark pretty auroras around the poles. NASA-funded researchers say the solar storms of March 8th through 10th dumped enough energy in Earth’s upper atmosphere to power every residence in New York City for two years.
“This was the biggest dose of heat we’ve received from a solar storm since 2005,” says Martin Mlynczak of NASA Langley Research Center. “It was a big event, and shows how solar activity can directly affect our planet.”
Mlynczak is the associate principal investigator for the SABER instrument onboard NASA’s TIMED satellite. SABER monitors infrared emissions from Earth’s upper atmosphere, in particular from carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitric oxide (NO), two substances that play a key role in the energy balance of air hundreds of km above our planet’s surface.
“Carbon dioxide and nitric oxide are natural thermostats,” explains James Russell of Hampton University, SABER’s principal investigator. “When the upper atmosphere (or ‘thermosphere’) heats up, these molecules try as hard as they can to shed that heat back into space.”
That’s what happened on March 8th when a coronal mass ejection (CME) propelled in our direction by an X5-class solar flare hit Earth’s magnetic field. (On the “Richter Scale of Solar Flares,” X-class flares are the most powerful kind.) Energetic particles rained down on the upper atmosphere, depositing their energy where they hit. The action produced spectacular auroras around the poles and significant1 upper atmospheric heating all around the globe.
“The thermosphere lit up like a Christmas tree,” says Russell. “It began to glow intensely at infrared wavelengths as the thermostat effect kicked in.”
For the three day period, March 8th through 10th, the thermosphere absorbed 26 billion kWh of energy. Infrared radiation from CO2 and NO, the two most efficient coolants in the thermosphere, re-radiated 95% of that total back into space.
In human terms, this is a lot of energy. According to the New York City mayor’s office, an average NY household consumes just under 4700 kWh annually. This means the geomagnetic storm dumped enough energy into the atmosphere to power every home in the Big Apple for two years.
“Unfortunately, there’s no practical way to harness this kind of energy,” says Mlynczak. “It’s so diffuse and out of reach high above Earth’s surface. Plus, the majority of it has been sent back into space by the action of CO2 and NO.”
During the heating impulse, the thermosphere puffed up like a marshmallow held over a campfire, temporarily increasing the drag on low-orbiting satellites. This is both good and bad. On the one hand, extra drag helps clear space junk out of Earth orbit. On the other hand, it decreases the lifetime of useful satellites by bringing them closer to the day of re-entry.
The storm is over now, but Russell and Mlynczak expect more to come.
“We’re just emerging from a deep solar minimum,” says Russell. “The solar cycle is gaining strength with a maximum expected in 2013.”
More sunspots flinging more CMEs toward Earth adds up to more opportunities for SABER to study the heating effect of solar storms.
“This is a new frontier in the sun-Earth connection,” says Mlynczak, and the data we’re collecting are unprecedented.”
Stay tuned to Science@NASA for updates from the top of the atmosphere.
Footnote: (1) No one on Earth’s surface would have felt this impulse of heat. Mlynczak puts it into perspective: “Heat radiated by the solid body of the Earth is very large compared to the amount of heat being exchanged in the upper atmosphere. The daily average infrared radiation from the entire planet is 240 W/m2—enough to power NYC for 200,000 years.”
Source: redOrbit (http://s.tt/180fU)
Blog entry
24 Mar 2012 - 6:12pm
Blood, Milk And Mucus Are The Future Of Computer Engineering
March 8, 2012
Source: redOrbit (http://s.tt/16MQ8)
Researchers have successfully taking a first step towards building biodegradable display screens for electronic devices.
Tel Aviv University researchers have created protein-based transistors from organic materials found in the human body.
They used blood, milk and mucus proteins to help take the first step in making silicon an outdated formula to build semi-conductors.
The TAU researchers said when they applied the organic materials to any base material, the molecules self-assembled to create a semi-conducting film on a nano-scale.
The three different kinds of proteins can create a complete circuit with electronic and optical capabilities.
Ph.D. student Elad Mentovich said the blood protein has the ability to absorb oxygen, which permits the “doping” of semi-conductors with specific chemicals in order to create specific technological properties.
The milk proteins form the fibers which are the building blocks of the transistors, while the muscosal proteins keep red, green, and blue fluorescent dyes separate, creating the white light emission that is necessary for optics.
The natural abilities of each protein allowed the researchers to have “unique control” over the organic transistor, allowing adjustments for conductivity, memory storage, and fluorescence.
Mentovich said technology is shifting from a silicon era to a carbon era, and this new type of transistor could help play an important role.
Transistors built from these proteins could be ideal for devices that need to be flexible, whether it be screens, cell phones or tablets.
Because the researchers are using natural proteins to build their transistors, the products they create will be biodegradable.
Their research, which has appeared in the journals Nano Letters and Advanced Materials, recently received a silver award at the Materials Research Society Graduate Student Awards in Boston, MA.
Source: redOrbit (http://s.tt/16MQ8)
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17 Mar 2012 - 3:50am
Well worth the 90 minutes to watch this documentary in its entirety. Spread this video far and wide with a message to send healing and protection...
We Are All One!
SO It Is... And It is So!
With profound Gratitude and Love, I am declaring and It Is Done! Blessed BE.
Teaching
15 Mar 2012 - 6:08pm
Do you FEEL a strong pull on your heart-strings to begin a Mission Now?
Learn More about Project: Eagle Triad here:
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Commit to 15-20 minutes per day to Project: Eagle Triad
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...first you will fly, then you will soar...
Time to Get Serious
http://ashtarstrinity.sanandaseagles.com/channelings/time_to_get_serious.html
ASHTAR
Channeled Through Janisel
My Dearest Friends.... I come to assure you that things are as they should be. There are great amounts of energy bombarding your Earth at this time and everything is being greatly accelerated. NOW is the time for 'focus'. You who are the bridges between Heaven and Earth are the 'hands and feet' of the Command, so to speak. It is through you that much of our work is done. As I said, much has been accelerated and, although we wish you to remain in a state of joy and lightheartedness, it is now time to put your 'work' in its proper perspective and concentrate on the mission at hand. We are working very diligently to gather the Lightworkers together in order to prepare the general population for what is to come.
This means that each and every one of you are needed at this time to make a commitment in your own heart as to what role you will play in this. In other words, it is time to get serious. We are not asking you to give your lives over to the Ashtar Command exclusively, for you each have many missions and sub-missions that you are here to accomplish. What we are asking, however, is that for those of you who feel your connection to us to band together, so to speak, in order to establish and implement certain 'activities' towards the goals which have been set before us. You have shown that you can do this numerous times, such as in the planting of the crystals and the activation of the grid. This was an excellent example of the Unity we wish for you to achieve, and our heartfelt thanks go to all of you who have participated in this project. Rest assured there will be other projects we will ask you to work on. For the time being, we are asking you to continue in this Unity, and stay focused on the tasks at hand.
Do not let yourselves become 'bogged down' in the mundane affairs of your day-to-day activities. We wish for those of you who are aligned with the Command and its work to use this wonderful email forum to interact with each other in manifesting this bond of Unity. You are held within the gentle hand of All That Is and encircled with the energy of Unconditional Love of such depths that your present consciousness can not truly comprehend its magnitude. We of the Command and the Spiritual Hierarchy are working most diligently to help you and all mankind reach their full potential. As a 'return energy exchange', we ask each of you to now search your hearts and decide what it is that you are capable and willing to do in partnership with us. For you see, we are truly in a partnership in which each and every one must play their part. NOW is the time to begin. NOW is the time to decide your focus.
NOW is the time to dedicate yourselves to the work at hand. We need your hands, we need your feet, we need your voice, we ask your commitment. To paraphrase the words of The Most Radiant One, spoken so long ago, "it is time to be about the Father's business". There is no longer the luxury of time to be spent in petty pursuits, bickering, judgment, or anger. Your time, which we have worked towards for eons, is at hand. Know that, even though you may not see us in your skies, we are most definitely close to you, and send you our deepest blessings and love.
Your Friend and Brother,
Ashtar
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Here are more free links for your IMMEDIATELY NEEDED Lightworker Learning:
ASHTAR and The Ashtar Command
http://ashtarstrinity.sanandaseagles.com/pages/ashtar_command.html
MEDITATIONS
http://ashtarstrinity.sanandaseagles.com/meditations/meditations.html
SPACECRAFT in Art Throughout History
http://sanandaseagles.com/pages/spacecraft_in_art.html
They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles. Isaiah 40:31
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2 Mar 2012 - 11:25pm
ALL POINTS ALERT to east coast USA -- North East USA -- South USA -- and South East USA . Multiple towns WIPED OFF THE MAP ! 17 OFFICIAL national weather service Tornado WARNING areas... and 43 reported tornadoes so far today — and we haven't even seen the storm reach the east coast! These numbers will end up being MUCH HIGHER when all is said and done over the next 12 hours from now (500pm CST 3/2/2012.)
correction..make it OVER 50 reported tornado WARNINGS !!!! wow !!!! thats per a NWS certified meteorologist here in Saint Louis MO ! KSDK news.. was officially from NWS 43 about an hour ago !
Website post with links you will need to monitor these severe storms:
http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/322012-43-repo...
Indiana town wiped off the map:
http://news.yahoo.com/storms-wreck-ind-town-flatten-house...
A dozen or more states are in the path of this outbreak.... be prepared if you live or know someone who lives in :
Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, and New england... TORNADOES are on the ground in each southern state heading east northeast towards the general direction of New York City, Washington DC and Richmond VA.
PREPARE NOW!
Blog entry
20 Feb 2012 - 1:33am
Much love to you all
Ish )O(
video
16 Feb 2012 - 10:04pm
Directed by Dreams & Rubies / Music by Iwasaki Taku / 2012 /
Blog entry
14 Feb 2012 - 11:17pm
I was inspired by a friend of mine to create an account with this organization and to begin fundraising. WAIT! Before you turn away thinking you can't help. What if a better tomorrow for someone simply meant pledging your birthday to helping them get clean drinking water?
Here is my page on their site: http://mycharitywater.org/tabithasbirthday
Please atleast go and look. Check out the foundation and what they are trying to do. See if you feel like it's something you could see yourself committing to.
Personally I think it is the best possible birthday gift anyone could get. :)
Blog entry
11 Feb 2012 - 2:45pm
Exerpts taken from Dan Bortolatti's book "Wild Blue".
What, then, drove the economic engine that led to the unimaginable slaughter of blue whales in the Antarctic? The answer is that hundreds of thousands of these animals died so they could be turned into margarine and soap.
It was a sad irony that as humans were blasting blue whales with grenade harpoons in the Antarctic, a by-product of those same animals was blowing up soldiers on the battlefields of Europe. As Richard Ellis puts it, the whales "gave up their lives so that humans might die."
In the 1929-30 season, whalers killed more than 19,000 blues, as many as all other species combined. The following season saw the record catch of any single species: 29,409 blues, representing 80 percent of the worldwide harvest of whales. Perhaps another 10 percent were struck and killed, but not recovered, meaning that the death toll was more like 32,000.
It is a tragic irony that it took a war involving nations from six continents to halt the slaughter that was taking place off the seventh.
What is harder to figure out is why the whaling companies continued to pursue blue whales well into the 1960s, despite the obvious fact that the species was headed toward oblivion.
"The little we biologists know about whales in life would hardly provide enough material for an essay by a high school student."
It is impossible to overstate the futility of conservation measures in the 1930s. Some of the regulations were absurd--the selective ban on pelagic whaling, for example, was like making it illegal for Americans to pick pineapples except in Hawaii.
Can there be a greater act of stupidity than setting a quota so high that there were not enough whales alive to meet it?
At the IWC's 1964 meeting, the Norwegians reported that they had seen just eight blue whales the previous season, of which they had killed four.
In what must surely be the most belated conservation measure ever enacted, the nations of the IWC agreed in 1965 to a complete ban on killing an animal they had already ushered into oblivion.
Between 1947 and 1972, Soviet whalers in the southern hemisphere illegally killed a staggering 43,000 humpbacks, 21,600 sperm whales and at least 9,200 blues.
"Nobody liked to see the whale suffer. It wasn't nice to see the killer harpoon go in and watch the body shudder when the grenade exploded inside. When you got one that was shot badly, then everyone did their utmost to bring about its demise as quickly as possible. But there was comfort on the other side--this was your bread and butter. This is what you had come for, to make your money on, so you had to get them."
"How few people realize the despairing fight it puts up before dying of convulsions with an explosive shrapnel grenade tearing at its vitals. It has to be seen to be believed."
And yet, in the words of whale biologist Steven Katona, "perhaps more than any single animal, the blue whale stimulated the resurgence of public interest in ecology." How did the enigmatic and almost invisible blue whale capture so many human hearts?
One of the more remarkable scenarios has been the disappearance of blue whales from Mingan, the very place where Sears first encountered the species in the 1970's. They were regulars there until the early 1990s, when they vanished "as if aliens came and beamed them up." Some of the animals that had been identified in that area have never been seen since.
There was also the question of why blue whales off California had suddenly become so common. "Our data do not show any increasing trend, at least for the little-over-10-year period that we've been making these estimates. So even though we have this large and very healthy population, at this point we're not sure that it's growing--it may be a stable population. There are still more blue whales than anyone thought existed in the North Pacific, so it's good news, but we have to be cautious.The only remaining explanation was that the California animals must have come from somewhere else.
...no one has observed a newborn blue whale anywhere in the world.
One of the most simple and elegant of these food chains is the one that goes phytoplankton to krill to blue whale. As biologist and author Douglas Chadwick puts it, "It means that the blues are only a couple of steps removed from dining directly on sunlight."
For a 75-foot blue, a mile is just 70 body lengths, and a hundred miles is an easy day's jaunt. "Their spatial scale is so far beyond ours, that it's difficult for us to consider what distance means to them," Croll says
So, some of my questions & comments about this are:
*Since we, as lightworkers, know that whales are spiritual beings who are here to help us evolve, is it possible that they are fully conscious of what is going on with whaling & are participating willingly in order to help facilitate humanity's awakening?
*Could it be that the population of blue whales has fluctuated around the world for reasons beyond whaling? The disappearance of the Mingan population & the appearance of the California population are, as yet, unexplained by scientists. I thought it was interesting that this author even comments about how it seemed that aliens came & beamed the whales up. :)
*Given what we believe about whales being the Akashic record holders & activators of the earth grids, does it not make sense that their spatial scale is beyond human's perception? Their voices carry hundreds of miles. Think about that.
youtu.be/eWLi86VDaIA
Teaching
5 Feb 2012 - 5:07pm
Elephant
Story found here: www.a-gallery.de/docs/mythology.htm
Numerous myths are told in Africa about its biggest animal, the elephant, whose very size makes it unassailable in nature, except by man, who has weapons and magic to kill it. In the African fables the elephant is always the wise chief who impartially settles disputes among the forest creatures. A hunter in Chad found an elephant skin near Lake Chad and hid it. Soon he saw a lovely big girl crying, because she had lost her good 'clothes'. The hunter promised her new clothes and married her. They had many big children, for the son of an elephant cannot be a dwarf. One bad day when the grainstore was empty, his wife found the elephant skin at the bottom, where the hunter had hidden it. She put it on and went back to the bush to live as an elephant again. Her sons became the ancestors of the clan whose totem was the elephant. They do not have to fear elephants.
A myth of the Kamba in Kenya tells us how elephants originated. A very poor man heard of lvonya-Ngia, 'He that feeds the Poor'. He decided to go and find Ivonya-Ngia but it was a long journey. When he finally arrived, he saw uncounted cattle and sheep, and there, amidst green pastures, was the mansion of Ivonya-Ngia, who received the poor man kindly, perceived his need and ordered his men to give him a hundred sheep and a hundred cows. 'No', said the poor man, 'I want no charity, I want the secret of how to become rich.' Ivonya-Ngia reflected for a while, then took a flask of ointment and gave it to the poor man, saying: 'Rub this on your wife's pointed teeth in her upper jaw, wait until they have grown, then sell them.' The poor man carried out the strange instructions, promising his wife that they would become very rich. After some weeks, the canine teeth began to grow and when they had grown into tusks as long as his arm the man persuaded his wife to let him pull them out. He took them to the market and sold them for a flock of goats. After a few weeks the wife's canine teeth had grown again, becoming even longer than the previous pair, but she would not let her husband touch them. Not only her teeth, but her whole body became bigger and heavier, her skin thick and grey. At last she burst out of the door and walked into the forest, where she lived from then on. She gave birth to her son there, who was also an elephant. From time to time her husband visited her in the forest, but she would not be persuaded to come back, although she did have more healthy children, all elephants. It was the origin of elephants and it explains why elephants are as intelligent as people.
In Southern Africa there is told the tale of the girl who grew up so tall and fat that no man wanted her as a wife because she was accused of witchcraft. She was exiled from her village and wandered into the wilderness on her own. There she met an elephant who began speaking to her politely in good Zulu. She agreed to stay with him and he helped her to find wild cucumbers and other fruits of the forest. She gave birth to four human sons, all very tall and strong, who became the ancestors of the Indhlovu clan of paramount chiefs.
In the African fables, the elephant is usually described as too kind and noble, so that he feels pity even for a wicked character and is badly deceived. The Wachaga in Tanzania relate that the elephant was once a human being but was cheated out of all his limbs except his right arm, which now serves as his trunk. He paid for nobility!
The Ashanti of Ghana relate that an elephant is a human chief from the past. When they find a dead elephant in the forest, they give him a proper chief's burial.
*beautiful myths and stories. Elephants are most definately deserving of our respect and appreciation as all creatures, big or small that roam our fine Earth.
Blog entry
31 Jan 2012 - 10:49am
Researchers Discover Ancient Tulip-like Creature In The Canadian Rockies
* I found the article on: www.redorbit.com
A strange tulip-shaped creature discovered in half-a-billion-year-old rocks had a feeding system unlike any other animal, researchers reported this week.
Officially named Siphusauctum gregarium, the fossils, unearthed from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rockies, reveal a peculiar creature roughly 7-8 inches long with a unique filter feeding system.
The creature has a long stem with a bulbous cup-like structure — similar to that of a tulip — near the top that encloses the filter feeding system and a gut. Researchers believe the animal fed by filtering particles from water actively pumped into its calyx through small holes. The stem ends with a small disc which anchored the animal to the seafloor. The research team also believe the animal lived in large clusters, due to slab samples showing as many as 65 individual fossils in one group.
“Most interesting is that this feeding system appears to be unique among animals,” study researcher Lorna O’Brien, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto, told LiveScience in a statement.
“Recent advances have linked many bizarre Burgess Shale animals as primitive members of many animal groups that are found today, but Siphusauctum defies this trend. We do not know where it fits in relation to other organisms,” she said.
“Our description is based on more than 1,100 fossil specimens from a new Burgess Shale locality that has been nicknamed the Tulip Beds,” O’Brien added.
The Tulip Beds — located in Yoho National Park, British Columbia — were first discovered in 1983 by the Royal Ontario Museum. They are found high up on Mount Stephen, overlooking the town of Field. The beds represent rock layers with exceptional preservation of mostly soft-bodied organisms.
The Burgess Shale is protected under the larger Rocky Mountain Parks UNESCO World Heritage site and is managed by Parks Canada. It preserves fossil evidence of some of the earliest complex animals that lived in the oceans of our planet 500 million years ago.
The research was partially funded by University of Toronto fellowships to O’Brien and a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant awarded to professor Jean-Bernard Caron, curator of invertebrate paleontology at the Royal Ontario Museum, coauthor of the study.
The study findings were published Monday (Jan. 18) in the online science journal PLoS ONE.
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Image Caption: In this reconstruction of Siphusauctum gregarium, the animals are shown in life position, standing upright in the water column. (Illustration by Marianne Collins)
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31 Jan 2012 - 2:16am
Uploaded by dutchsinse on 30 Jan 2012
If you were outside today in Downtown Chicago -- Any time after about 1030am CST -- 1/30/2012 -- you were exposed to some amounts of NUCLEAR RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT from the steam laced with TRITIUM that was vented by the Byron Illinois / Exelon Nuclear power plant.
Here is the full story:
http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/300465/3/Illinois-nuclear-reactor-loses-
video
28 Jan 2012 - 3:49pm
I hope this works...I am not as phone savvy as my phone. But I really want to share what came to my mail box this morning.
Love and Light
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTa6hBVXzZE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I included the link in case I did this thru my phone wrong.
Have a light filled weekend
Blog entry
24 Jan 2012 - 1:02pm
The Gift of Solar Flares
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Spending time in the sun always lifts our spirits, makes us feel alive, energised and positive. Well that golden orb in the sky is also assisting us to transition into a new vibration along with the earth.
The solar flare reports from NASA and other scientific research facilities have become quite regular and more information is being released to the public in regard to the ‘effects’ that these ‘eruptions’ on the sun’s surface have on life here on earth.
Solar flares are simply huge explosions of built up gases and magnetic forces on the sun’s surface. They travel through space, and if they explode in earth’s direction, the electromagnetic field of earth is impacted, as is the earth and all living creatures. The biological and neurological system of life are shaken up with these bursts of highly charged energy.
This excerpts from a fabulous article written in 2010 by Steve Beckkow, will give you the heads up as to what to expect, how to deal with it and how to look after yourself. Treat these solar flares as gifts from the universe as we all shift and align to the new vibration of life.
How Do Solar Flares Affect Us?
A recent study in the New Scientist magazine indicates a direct connection between the Sun’s solar storms and the human biological system. The conduit which steers Earth’s weather through the Magnetic Field on Earth is the same conduit that facilitates the influx of charged particles from the Sun through the magnetic (auric) field around the human body.
The increase in the frequency and amplitude of geomagnetic sun storms is causing large-scale planetary changes which include earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, tornadoes, and windstorms. There is also indication of human disturbance as result of the solar activity.
Geomagnetic Activity Influences Human Consciousness
Solar activity is known to influence human consciousness. Solar flares affect the Central Nervous System, all brain activity (including equilibrium), human behavior patterns, and all of our psycho-physiological (mental/emotional/physical) responses.
Symptomatically, solar flares can cause us to feel nervous, anxious, worried, jittery, dizzy, irritable, lethargic, exhausted, nauseous, and queasy. Some people may become unusually forgetful, and others may experience heart palpitations. People may also endure periods of prolonged head pressure and headaches.
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Clearing Our Cellular Memories
The solar flares and photonic waves emanating from the sun are changing the fabric of our physical reality as they exert a powerful effect on our physical cellular level, causing our cellular memories to awaken and clear.
Unprocessed emotions from past traumas and experiences are stored in the form of low frequency energy as cellular memories. Photonic waves from the sun consist of higher frequency energy that serves to elevate the lower emotional frequency of our cellular memories.
As these cellular memories are re-calibrated to the higher frequency, we may find ourselves spontaneously releasing the lower emotions of sadness, anger, and grief, without knowing why. These sudden periods of ‘release’ may last up to twenty minutes, and may also include the sensation of the body heating up in the form of a “hot flash”. It may feel like a surge of unexpected feelings has surfaced from out of the blue, and have just as suddenly dissipated.
Awakening Our Soul Purpose
The elements of our Divine Blueprint are interwoven within our cellular memory. The recent infusion of photonic energies is amplifying our cellular memory, causing various elements of our Divine Blueprint to leak into our waking consciousness. As a result, many people are beginning to remember their Soul Purpose, and are suddenly driven to make changes in their lives to realign with a sense of higher purpose.
Instant Manifestation
Another ramification of the influx of photonic energy is that since it represents a higher frequency, it increases the power, speed, and manifestation capacity of our thoughts. We are quite literally able to exercise ‘instant manifestation’; whatever we think, we create instantly. We have never before experienced this heightened level of manifestation potential.
Photonic energy blends with the vibratory frequency our thoughts, so it is vitally important that we place our attention on what we want to create, rather than what we do not want to manifest in our lives. We will manifest rapidly in the direction of our thoughts, and it is up to us to decide where to direct our attention.
For those of us in the process of positive change and transformation, this energy is empowering and advantageous. On the other hand, those who are stuck in the past through victimization and anger will continue to manifest even more negativity, until they are ready to release the old way of ‘being’ and shift to a higher, more positive vibration.
The good news is that we have free will to decide how we choose to use this rich and accessible resource of electromagnetic energy.
Additional Affects of Recent Solar Flares
The increased frequency and intensity of solar flares is helping to break apart old patterns that are no longer needed so that new patterns can emerge. This is a dynamic and inevitable process of change that has caused many people to feel agitated and uncertain in recent months. Solar flares have also wreaked havoc on technological instruments such as computers.
As the increase in solar activity persists, new symptoms are emerging. Dimensions of time and space are beginning to ‘wobble’ erratically. Some people seem to be losing track of time, and/or they are losing words when speaking. For others, the day seems to simply disappear.
A number of people are having difficulty sleeping, tossing & turning in the night and often experiencing unusual dreams. Others report that when they close their eyes at night, the world around them spins.
Some of us are feeling huge power surges in our bodies; these surges are often followed by a drop in energy level. There are reports of nausea, body aches, pains, and dizziness. Some people are feeling a sense of overwhelming grief, while others are experiencing euphoria. There are reported cases of visual disturbances, inner ear issues, buzzing in ears, throat and thyroid issues, and cold feet.
What To Do If You Are Sensitive to Solar Storm Activity
If you are experiencing any of the aforementioned effects, don’t worry– be happy! We are being offered a unique and powerful opportunity to consciously participate in the rapid advancement in our evolution as energetic beings. Our auric/energy systems are being re-calibrated to resonate at a much higher, finer frequency.
The more informed and aware we are of the changes taking place, the more empowered we are to embrace this process as a necessary step towards the betterment of our lives. We are growing in the direction of mental, emotional, and spiritual awakening, with the extraordinary help of the Sun!
On a practical, physical level, we can mitigate some of the more challenging effects of our energetic evolution by getting extra rest and drinking lots of water. For those who live near the ocean, a walk on the beach (or better yet, a swim!) will help to balance the incoming energies.
In the meantime, we can all fasten our seat-belts, and enjoy the ride!
Via Steve Beckkow
NAMASTE
http://www.medicineforyourspirit.com/_blog/The_Gift_of_Solar_Flares
video
22 Jan 2012 - 7:22pm
THE CITY DARK is a feature documentary about light pollution and the disappearing night sky.
After moving to light-polluted New York City from rural Maine, filmmaker Ian Cheney asks: "Do we need the dark?" Exploring the threat of killer asteroids in Hawaii, tracking hatching turtles along the Florida coast, and rescuing injured birds on Chicago streets, Cheney unravels the myriad implications of a globe glittering with lights—including increased breast cancer rates from exposure to light at night, and a generation of kids without a glimpse of the universe above.
Featuring stunning astrophotography and a cast of eclectic scientists, philosophers, historians, and lighting designers, THE CITY DARK is the definitive story of light pollution and the disappearing stars.
Written & Directed by Ian Cheney / Documentary / 84 min. / 2011 /
http://www.thecitydark.com
Blog entry
14 Jan 2012 - 11:05am
Hey dear family,
This was forwarded to me on FB, from the current Labour Party Member of Parliament MP, (Brett Eddington)from Ballarat Victoria. He accompanied this link with the following message:-
'What are peoples thoughts on E-cat? The next global revolution in energy since the industrial revolution or pie in the sky fantasy, the gist is for under a few thousand dollars and $20-$30 per six months for refills you could power and heat your entire home free from the grid. Dick Smith and the Skeptics are currently checking it out in Australia for the $200,000 reward offered for new energy.'
http://www.e-catworld.com/
Dick Smith, an Australian entrepreneur and member of the Australian Skeptics group has promised to give $200,000 to the Byron New Energy Charitable Trust if he can be convinced that the E-Cat is a valid technology.
Much love to you all
Ish )O(
Blog entry
4 Jan 2012 - 11:00pm
This Shift of the Ages is already happening, and I don’t think it has anything to do with the Doomsday prophecies that fill “you tube” and the mainstream media. I don’t believe either one is a sure thing; we are creating all of it. There is no one who knows what the future holds. We are deciding our future right now.
This is a dream that we are mutually having. It is not bigger than us. We are the dream. The dream is ours. Currently there are many different versions of what it looks like.
Our power exists in Oneness. We can dream anything. We are already shifting. We are coming from Love.
I would like to dream something different (regarding Mother Earth) than what is out there now. How about a planet without catastrophe?
If we join as one, united in intention, I believe we can create a new future. This is a future we have not seen. It is one we will create. It is one where the celestial changes don’t devastate this earth.
I believe this is a dream and anything is possible. There are those who want to keep us separated by instilling fear and polarity thinking. It is just as probable nothing will happen, and there is no reason to fear.
There are not enough powerful voices out there telling us to stick together, love each other, get in each others space and unite. We do not believe we have the power to effect this big a change, but in truth, we are doing so right now.
We are changing from polarity to unity. We are 7 billion strong. If we send out some ripples of thought that our earth is fine and it spreads, well, who knows what effect this will have? Can we hold that vision, share it, and make it real?
Will we succumb to fear or take control and love? It is up to us. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.
In Lak’ech.
video
4 Jan 2012 - 10:57pm
We are dreaming this... Let's dream love and unity and no catastrophe for our Mother Earth.
www.sophialove.org
Teaching
31 Dec 2011 - 8:52am
50 WEEKS TO 12/21/12: PLANET NOW READY FOR THE BIG LEAP FORWARD
Erle Frayne D. Argonza / Guru Ra
31 December 2011
A Happy New Year to all spiritual seekers, freethinkers, aspirants, mystics & gurus!
The Planetary Ascension is just 50 weeks and couples of days away as of this writing. Terrans just celebrated the last Christmas (Dec. 24/25) for the 3rd dimension/density history of the planet. Tonight will witness the last New Year’s Eve celebration, last because there just may be no such celebration by the end of 2012. Post-2012, a new calendar system would most likely be instituted, replacing the Gregorian calendar imposed by the Europeans on the planet.
As far as Terra is concerned, the readiness for the big leap forward is already at a 99% level. The 1% remaining works for the planet are those nitty gritty specifications that will ensure the Divine Plan’s execution for the planet to full throttle.
Consider the following phenomena: (a) the Christ Grid niched at the EMF (electromagnetic frequency) has been fully erected, thus enabling the quantum leap in consciousness that is now going on; (b) major and minor energy centers of the planet were already activated, aiding a quickening in energy balancing for all regions and the globe; and, (c) major and minor hyperspace portals were already opened, thus ensuring greater access to the planet from other regions of the Solar system and galaxy.
Many years earlier than those phenomena mentioned, the preparatory steps were already being done at higher levels of intelligences: (a) energy releases from the being-essence of the Planetary Logos, at the spiritual center in Shamballah, accelerating the energy balance all over the planet, circa 1930s onwards; (b) energy releases from the being-essence of Highest Divine Beings in the Central Spiritual Sun, reinforcing the burning down of negative energies and catalyzing the initiation processes of evolved souls towards Atmic (soul) awakening.
To further ensure greater maneuverability and manageability of planetary changes, the Almighty Father began intervention from the 1970s onwards. Timeline changes began taking shape, such as to witness certain land formations (e.g. California) still standing up squarely, even way after they were prophesied to sink below the sea waters. The intervention has been mitigating the catastrophic changes, so that the discontinuous high-level turbulence (prior to intervention), inclusive of radical land form changes, can be slowed down a bit and distributed widely across a thousand years perhaps.
In other words, those changes that can compress themselves into a 25-year squeeze ‘time crucible’ (from 12-21-2012 through 2037), can be distributed across wide latitudes of time and space. Catastrophic damages can therefore be minimized, while the surviving Terrans will be given sufficient lead time to prepare for the next scenarios of radical changes.
Which means that, right after the planetary space-mass expansion post-polar shift and leap to 4th dimension space, the new cities and global polity can be erected pronto. Nations and old polities will melt away during the most rapid shifts to new realities, which will then permit a greater viability of a global polity led by Ascended Beings, a center where all the post-nation cities will gravitate to—magnificent cities that will mushroom in highly planned fashion across the globe.
Meantime, the target of the Divine Beings and spiritual masters of a 20% survival, with the service-for-others criterion serving as core yardstick for qualification to the new world, is optimistically achievable. Mass initiation is now taking place across the planet that is catalyzing the awareness-raising of the most prepared in the Path. From the personal unconscious, the effect will be felt more and more as the days pass in the months ahead, effects that will then be realized at the conscious level, which at the least will end the polarity within, break down the social antipathies and estrangements, and ensure global cooperation efforts among the survivors.
I need not belabor the point that the (a) Evolutionary Laggards and (b) Demoniacs (negative persons) will be swept off to oblivion as a denouement of the global change. Their transfer to worlds fit for their own awareness levels has been going on, as the mass transshipment of souls of the dead ones among them have already begun since 2008 yet.
The way to the New Age of Light is now even more traversable, and so the birthing-to-infancy of the New Terra is expected to be a highly successful surgical operation by the Divine life-givers of all sentient beings. Welcome to the New Age of Light!
video
27 Dec 2011 - 12:04pm
Louie Schwartzberg is an award-winning cinematographer, director, and producer whose notable career spans more than three decades providing breathtaking imagery for feature films, television shows, documentaries and commercials.
This piece includes his short film on Gratitude and Happiness. Brother David Steindl's spoken words, Gary Malkin's musical compositions and Louie's cinematography make this a stunningly beautiful piece, reminding us of the precious gift of life, and the beauty all around us.
As a visual artist, Louie has created some of the most iconic and memorable film moments of our time. He is an innovator in the world of time-lapse, nature, aerial and "slice-of-life" photography - the only cinematographer in the world who has literally been shooting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week continuously for more than 30 years.
Louie was recognized as one of the top 70 Cinematographers for the On Film Kodak Salute Series. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
Louie is credited by many with pioneering the contemporary stock footage industry by founding Energy Film Library, a global company with a network of 12 foreign offices, which was acquired by Getty Images in 1997. Motion picture clients of his cinematic artistry include Sex in the City, The Bourne Ultimatum, Die Hard 4, Syriana, Crash, Men in Black and classics such as American Beauty, Koyaanisqatsi and E.T. among others.
Louie went on to found BlackLight Films, a creative production company specializing in producing original theatrical feature, large format films, HD and TV programming.
In 2004, BlackLight Films completed production of the theatrical feature film, America's Heart &Soul, distributed theatrically by Walt Disney Pictures. In 2006, BlackLight Films completed a series of HD shorts, Louie Films, for the launch of Buena Vista Home Entertainment's Blu-Ray DVD releases. In 2007, the company produced a 1-hour special, Chasing the Light, which aired nationally on PBS.
Past projects include the 35mm film Seasons of the Vine for Disney's California Adventure Theme Park and a 26-half hour series, America!, for The Hallmark Channel.
Louie has won two Clio Awards for Best Environmental Broadcast Spot, an Emmy nomination for Best Cinematography for the Discovery Channel Special, Oceans of Air, and the Heartland Film Festival's Truly Moving Picture Award for Walt Disney Pictures' feature film release America's Heart & Soul.
Louie completed production on a feature length nature documentary, Wings of Life, to be theatrically released worldwide, under Walt Disney Pictures' new production banner, Disneynature. The film was released in France (March 2011) under the title Pollen and won the Roscar Award for Best Cinematography at the 2011 Wild Talk Africa Film Festival.
Louie spoke at the TED 2011 conference in Long Beach, CA and has been a regular presenter at the annual Bioneers Conference in San Francisco. Currently, Louie is in production with National Geographic to produce Hidden Worlds, a 3D Imax film.
event video by: http://repertoireproductions.com/
Blog entry
13 Dec 2011 - 8:03pm
With the economic downturn and the spiritual upturn we're experiencing on Earth, we've got lots of great ideas for putting a little less consumerism and a little more consciousness into YOUR Christmas (or Chanukah or Kwanza).
To kick things off, we’d invite you to take a quantum leap in consciousness with us. While our families and jobs DO provide the tangible means for our income, God, Spirit, the Universe, is our SOURCE and SUPPLY of everything! What do you need more of right now? With that in mind, take this Karen Drucker lyric out for a spin, “God is my Source, God is my power, God gives me everything I need. So I give thanks for all my blessings, God gives me everything I need…” When we start here, we open to possibility and dance with the Divine in an affirming and accepting way. We begin by feeling more grateful for what we have and where we are and let go of any feeling of “lack.” Sing it whenever you you need the reminder!
Then we’d urge you to get clear about what Christmas/Chanukah/Kwanza means to you. Take some space alone in the quiet to ask your heart what you LOVE about this time of year. What memories pop up? What spirit needs to shine through for you to feel the JOY? Maybe it’s trimming the tree, lighting the menorah, giving gifts or perhaps it’s simply spending time with loved ones in front of the fire. Whatever makes your heart sing for the season, do your best to incorporate that into YOUR celebration. We’d urge to share this with your family and let them know where you are coming from. At the same time, encourage them to share the parts that will mean the most to them too! Now more than ever, it's about honoring the "we" over the "me."
If you have kids, this is especially important. Let them know ahead of time that while they have a fabulous list, they won’t get EVERYTHING on it this year. Ask them to highlight the one or two things that they really, really want and assure them that Santa will do his/her best! Spend some time talking about the true meaning of the holidays. We LOVE the "Gift of the Magi"story by O. Henry to show this better than either of us could tell it!
Now, onto the gift-giving part. Here are our ideas for making the most of your holly jolly time and resources this year. As our Earth awakens, it’s wonderful to be re-thinking our approach together!
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – this motto of environmental conservation works equally well for having a more conscious, less consumer Christmas.
REDUCE the number of presents you are giving by suggesting to your family, workplace or social group that you draw names or have a “white elephant” Christmas gift exchange. Each person then brings just one gift to give to a specific person or to someone at random. If you used to go for a $50 limit, try $25 or even $10 this time and see how creative you can get!
REUSE gifts that you have been given in the past. “Re-gifting” has gotten a bad rap, but if you have gotten a gift that you can't use or don't like, but you know someone who you think would genuinely love it, we say go for it! You don't have to tell them you are re-gifting, only that you thought of them when you saw it.
When it's time to wrap, look around your house for wrapping paper, cards, tags and see what you can reuse from last year. This means spending less on paper AND making less trash for our planet! With this in mind, go outside and see if you can gather enough evergreens to make your own wreath. Once you open to doing things differently, we have a feeling the ideas will FLOW!
RECYCLE by shopping at second-hand stores for antique, vintage or “like-new” items. We are huge fans of Good Will, Value Village and other second-hand stores. Often the things you find there are better than new because they tend to be unique or one-of-a-kind and not the same old, same old that is being sold in every retail outlet this year. This also turns your shopping trip into a scavenger hunt, which takes some of the tedium out of it for you and makes it, gasp, FUN!!!
Here are some other ideas for creating a more conscious Christmas:
Nothing can make you feel prosperous and more open-hearted than giving to those who have far greater needs this time of year. Include your kids in this activity. Adopt a local family, send gifts to a service man or woman overseas or volunteer to serve food at a shelter this holiday season. Spending time helping others always helps us focus less on what we don't have and more on what we DO.
Shop locally! As easy as it is to load that Amazon cart and hit “check-out,” why not give the little guy your dollars this year and save on gas & shipping costs too? Walk around your neighborhood and see what the elves are offering. If you start earlier, you’ll have plenty of time and be surprised by all the goodies right around you!
Give the Gift of Time (and your talents) – Gifts of time and talent can take many forms. If you are giving it to someone you don't get to see often or spend a lot of time with, make it a gift for a whole day together doing some of your favorite things like an all-day movie party or a home spa day where you paint each others nails and give each other foot baths. If it is for a partner or parent, a coupon book for some “honey-dos” is often a great gift. Give a coupon for a batch of cookies, a back rub, or an afternoon spent raking leaves or changing out all the batteries in their fire alarms. Anything that you know they hate doing or can't do on their own makes a great coupon. If you are a massage therapist, hairstylist, plumber or have some other high demand skill, give free or discount coupons to everyone on your list. We have a feeling they'll ooh & aah!
Give experiences not things – If there's a movie or a play you have seen or a restaurant you have eaten at that you know your friend would love too, give them the gift of this experience. If it's in your budget, buy another ticket for yourself and make it the gift of time spent together as well.
Get crafty – That’s right, tap into your artistic side and make something. If you have a hobby that you particularly love or are good at, make homemade gifts for your friends and family. The extra love you put into a homemade gift really shows and you get to spend your time doing something you enjoy instead of pounding the pavement at the mall desperately searching for the “perfect” gift.
Give the gift of appreciation – Instead of buying presents for your nearest and dearest, write each of them a letter letting them know how much you appreciate having them in your life. Be specific and mention special times you have shared, moments you have treasured and memories that will stick with your forever. Perhaps include an old photo of the two of you together if you have one.
Pay it forward – Make a donation in honor of a friend to a cause that is near and dear to a their heart. Most organizations will send a letter to the person letting them know that a gift has been made in their honor. They will most likely be touched that you went out of your way to support a cause that they care about.
Cook, Eat & Drink Less – Take that feast made for a King and Queen down a notch! We all know how easy it is to overdue it this time of year and belly-aches and hangovers can be telltale signs! Buy a little less, bake a little less and imbibe a little less of everything you're offered.
As you plan your holidays, we would also suggest that you be mindful of how you are spending your time and make sure that there is plenty of “down time” in order to make the “up time” more enjoyable. One of our favorite quotes for the holiday season is, “DO LESS; ENJOY IT MORE.” Take this as your mantra this year and choose to do only those things which really feed your soul and enliven your spirit. Practice saying “no” gracefully and take time to nurture yourself with healthy food, regular exercise, long salt water baths, soothing or invigorating music, and plenty of sleep (we recommend lots of naps this time of the year :).
And last, but certainly not least, let LOVE be your guide. It’s easy to get caught up in feeling like you have to give the BEST gift, buy the most expensive item and make the most amazing meal so your family feels cherished. By infusing the feeling of love into everything you do and buy this season, your true intent will shine though.
Peace, Oneness, Love and Light to you during this busy season and into 2012!
Jennifer & Lara
Blog entry
11 Dec 2011 - 3:13am
Online Pad Article
written by Artickle101 of The Fractal Times (self-authored)
ISMS OUT for 2012: Global Awakening gathering steam
[Read whilst I Occupy MY Mind and YOURS........]
*Let's Write it Right* *always read the fine print*
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If you are reading this then EVERYTHING is NOT as it seems, TURN OFF YOUR TV SET, and listen close.
Every -ism that has been implemented has failed as a working system, a bulging list of ideologies are broke, we need an alternative way of thinking and living, we need something...NEW.
The year of 2011 has been, and is a year of evidential awakening in the human race, much work has been done in helping spread the messages of truth, awareness and love. There is more work that needs to be done, and it really is time to roll your sleeves up and take some time and energy to understand things and start working with honesty and integrity in mind, as we approach 2012.
Free thinking people across the globe have become "truthers." Truth-seekers, separating fact from fiction on many topics and changing the way they live and see the world, and often helping change the way we all think and act.
With the help of self organising social media internet platforms there is a growing global consensus on the single fact that the governments and systems of control are simply corrupt to the core. All around the world there is a continuing 24/7 battle going on, and most of us don't even realise it. At this crucial time, we have to remember the words "Don't Panic"
Activism movements worldwide are linking and sharing information, as they connect with the "information sphere", are helping breathe light and life into the activities of all people on Earth. It has also been another critical age of warfare, mass-hysteria and propaganda. Information and document leaks are liberation of information for the people, but are seen as acts of war by the special interests that control the worlds governments.
The age of information has born unto itself the "infowarrior" class, anonymous and everywhere, working for the freedom of information and sharing it with the world. The aims are multiple, the voice is wise, and the progress is multidimensional. The information is there which shows the apparatus and activities of special interest entities, and is working to change the education of every mind.
In this "quasi-information age" there exists a “digital Berlin wall” between information networks and understanding of knowledge. Encircling mainstream media and the mass public, and limiting the freedom of understanding and information that is freely available with an unblocked IP connection. This war is an attempt to keep us too badly informed to have opinions that are strong enough to change and evolve with our surroundings.
There are organisations and people who are actively working with spreading truthful information and awareness, and encourage its natural time course of effect and correction. There is an opposing force, working with darkness and lies, which has become startlingly obvious and is trying to keep people unaware and incapable of rebellion.
People of the world are confused in so many ways from so many directions. To be self-conscious and aware, of their potential and their predicament and to actualise that potential fully is rare. Most people are oblivious or scared of the autocratic assimilating power hungry elite. As it takes time to catch up on ourselves, there is a Stockholm Syndrome tendency to remain live under the thumb of the corrupt systems in place.
The confusion and corruption is so deep, that the “special interest” of this corrupt core has been working to crash and burn the global awareness of these issues, by using "false flags" and promoting false information to the world, the SIE pretend to protect and represent the people they that wish to cripple and enslave .
Even countries and individuals that stand aside from this tide of corrupt thinking and actions, but keep their access routes "open" are ruined. Financial, political, food, utilities and other markets are ruined. People's lives, their minds and their entire being of self and community are ruined, this matched by the refusal of admittance by the denying and the greedy few.
The official information from governments is hypocritical and sensitive around domestic activism and information inquiry, calling those wishing access to information as enemy spies, planning for disaster by storing food as enemies of the state, and peaceful protesters as terrorists, and treating them so.
There are bills being passed all the time which impeach on basic human rights, even the "good" ones are filled with fine print which will enable governments new ways to oppress, interfere, gather more information and keep it secret for their special interests even more, these SIE are using the UN as a focal point to pass legislation. These laws are controlled by the wealthiest countries in the world who carry veto and the largest say, and these laws have laws within them which are illegal and immoral.
Every day the current voted elective remove the basic human rights of everyone and try to stifle the abilities of individuals. We all have a right to protest peacefully, speak freely and share information in life. We must stand up for that right, the 99% will be heard.
The conscious people with light in their hearts envision the future of Earth without these enemies of freedom. The people will bring about progress, peace and sustainability. As Occupy becomes the worlds' newest organism, the “Occupus.”
Time, energy and reality are interacting in new ways that encourage growth and revival of the human spirit within us all, the strives for freedom, love and happiness.
The global spheres of power are externally stressing the difficulty and complications of rebuilding the mess that is apparent, and internally attempting to shift power away from the individuals and building a global pyramid scheme of untold size. They are actively rebuilding missile defence networks and re-arming themselves for another cold war, on an epic Orwellian scale.
For those seeking success and fortune many have found the best “way to the top” and to earn money is to scam the pants of off people and if you are really good, you also sell them a suit made of invisible gold. Thereby a huge amount of people really believed in what they were taught at school and what the corrupt power structures tell them to do, tricking them into all sorts of scenarios and beliefs, all of which are played out against each other in a heavily censored, televised battle.
People of the world are confused in so many ways from so many directions. To be self-conscious and aware, of their potential and their predicament and to actualise that potential fully is rare. Most people are oblivious or scared of the autocratic assimilating power hungry elite. As it takes time to catch up on ourselves, there is a Stockholm Syndrome tendency to remain living under the thumb of the corrupt systems in place.
The confusion and corruption is so deep, that the “special interest” of this corrupt core has been working to crash and burn the global awareness of these issues, by using "false flags" and promoting false information to the world, the SIE pretend to protect and represent the people they that wish to cripple and enslave .
Even countries and individuals that stand aside from this tide of corrupt thinking and actions, but keep their access routes "open" are ruined. Financial, political, food, utilities and other markets are ruined. People's lives, their minds and their entire being of self and community are ruined, this matched by the refusal of admittance by the denying and the greedy few.
One of many SIE's within play is the example of H.A.A.R.P. a USA funded and governed organisation supposed to measure and detect the earth's magnetic environment for scientific reasons, and who's facilities destabilise the ionosphere, in turn destabilizing geological and meteorological systems on a massive global scale. The effort by global warming initiatives has been a false flag in many ways,covering up the issues of cleaning energy, and over-legislation and cooling to a system that has a much higher tipping point than is portrayed.
One of the many positive human consciousness projects is the lightworkers.org organisation and the positive encouragement of personal learning and evolvement that is promoted when being humble and working in the light and truth of yourself and the world.
The weakening of the ionosphere is not a good thing, it lowers the global temperature, it allows cosmic radiation from all sources, most of which is harmful to penetrate into the Earth's atmosphere. Predicted increases in solar activity, which may happen over the coming years would cause more radiation. Electrical systems regularly fail in these conditions, and human interference exposure to this type of radiation can lead to increased cancer rates and motor-neurone dysfunction.
There needs to be a global effort from every person to interrupt the special interest groups that represent a twisted monster that is the autocratic politic elite of the obscured financial manipulators. They seek to crush the independence of the world, to crash democratic processes, and follow through with ultra-fascist policies updated for the next age of human awareness.
It is up to all of us to speak our minds, and connect with consciousness of love and truth and meditate as often as possible. Time itself is an inter dimensional entity, and is warping as we pass through it. The time it takes you to breath deeply and think clearly will save you time and energy in the long run, so remember to do so as often as possible. Time is also accelerating as the entropy or energy of Earth increases.
The TRUTH to Success is HAPPINESS
The TRUTH to Fortune is WISDOM
Feel free to adapt my thoughts as you encounter new information that accelerates your personal growth, and awareness, the flowing river is the learning self and thoughts are just pebbles that we pick up and put down. :) The mind can be fixed, and it can also be fluid. Enable the flow of consciousness and it will enable all things within yourself and your manifestation of reality.
Namaste
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Recently, I just had a very interesting phone call...with an anonymous employee of the Houses of Parliament UK. After i explained my problems she said I was a knowledgeable and articulate gentleman, and that i should call back again... well here I am :)
dannyosiris@live.co.uk
Blog entry
1 Dec 2011 - 8:45pm
Consumer Reports: Arsenic in fruit juices
http://www.9news.com/news/article/233051/188/Consumer-Reports-Arsenic-in-fruit-juices
http://www.consumerreports.org/content/dam/cro/magazine-articles/January%202012/Consumer%20Reports%20Arsenic%20Test%20Results%20January%202012.pdf
KUSA - Arsenic has long been recognized as a poison and a contaminant in drinking water, but now concerns are growing about arsenic in foods, especially in fruit juices that are a mainstay for children.
Controversy over arsenic in apple juice made headlines as the school year began when Mehmet Oz, M.D., host of "The Dr. Oz Show," told viewers that tests he'd commissioned found 10 of three dozen apple-juice samples with total arsenic levels exceeding 10 parts per billion (ppb). There's no federal arsenic threshold for juice or most foods, though the limit for bottled and public water is 10 ppb. The Food and Drug Administration, trying to reassure consumers about the safety of apple juice, claimed that most arsenic in juices and other foods is of the organic type that is "essentially harmless."
But an investigation by Consumer Reports shows otherwise. Our study, including tests of apple and grape juice (download a PDF of our complete test results), a scientific analysis of federal health data, a consumer poll, and interviews with doctors and other experts, finds the following:
•Roughly 10 percent of our juice samples, from five brands, had total arsenic levels that exceeded federal drinking-water standards. Most of that arsenic was inorganic arsenic, a known carcinogen.
•One in four samples had lead levels higher than the FDA's bottled-water limit of 5 ppb. As with arsenic, no federal limit exists for lead in juice.
•Apple and grape juice constitute a significant source of dietary exposure to arsenic, according to our analysis of federal health data from 2003 through 2008.
•Children drink a lot of juice. Thirty-five percent of children 5 and younger drink juice in quantities exceeding pediatricians' recommendations, our poll of parents shows.
•Mounting scientific evidence suggests that chronic exposure to arsenic and lead even at levels below water standards can result in serious health problems.
•Inorganic arsenic has been detected at disturbing levels in other foods, too, which suggests that more must be done to reduce overall dietary exposure.
•Our findings have prompted Consumers Union, the advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, to urge the FDA to set arsenic and lead standards for apple and grape juice. Our scientists believe that juice should at least meet the 5 ppb lead limit for bottled water. They recommend an even lower arsenic limit for juice: 3 ppb.
"People sometimes say, 'If arsenic exposure is so bad, why don't you see more people sick or dying from it?' But the many diseases likely to be increased by exposure even at relatively low levels are so common already that its effects are overlooked simply because no one has looked carefully for the connection," says Joshua Hamilton, Ph.D., a toxicologist specializing in arsenic research and the chief academic and scientific officer at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass.
As our investigation found, when scientists and doctors do look, the connections they've found underscore the need to protect public health by reducing Americans' exposure to this potent toxin.
Many sources of exposure
Arsenic is a naturally occurring element that can contaminate groundwater used for drinking and irrigation in areas where it's abundant, such as parts of New England, the Midwest, and the Southwest. See the map from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) showing test results of arsenic levels in groundwater throughout the United States.
The public's exposure to arsenic extends beyond those areas because since 1910, the United States has used roughly 1.6 million tons of it for agricultural and other industrial uses. About half of that cumulative total has been used since only the mid-1960s. Lead-arsenate insecticides were widely used in cotton fields, orchards, and vineyards until their use was banned in the 1980s. But residues in the soil can still contaminate crops.
For decades, arsenic was also used in a preservative for pressure-treated lumber commonly used for decks and playground equipment. In 2003 that use was banned, (as was most residential use) but the wood can contribute to arsenic in groundwater when it's recycled as mulch.
Other sources of exposure include coal-fired power plants and smelters that heat arsenic-containing ores to process copper or lead. Today the quantity of arsenic released into the environment in the United States by human activities is three times more than that released from natural sources, says the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
The form of arsenic in the examples above is inorganic arsenic. It's a carcinogen known to cause bladder, lung, and skin cancer in people and to increase risks of cardiovascular disease, immunodeficiencies, and type 2 diabetes.
The other form that arsenic takes is organic arsenic, created when arsenic binds to molecules containing carbon. Fish can contain an organic form of arsenic called arsenobetaine, generally considered nontoxic to humans. But questions have been raised about the human health effects of other types of organic arsenic in foods, including juice.
Use of organic arsenic in agricultural products has also caused concern. For instance, the EPA in 2006 took steps to stop the use of herbicides containing organic arsenic because of their potential to turn into inorganic arsenic in soil and contaminate drinking water. And in 2011, working with the FDA, drug company Alpharma agreed to suspend the sale of Roxarsone, a poultry-feed additive, because it contained an organic form of arsenic that could convert into inorganic arsenic inside the bird, potentially contaminating the meat. Or it could contaminate soil when chicken droppings are used as fertilizer. Other arsenic feed additives are still being used.
What our tests found
We went shopping in Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York in August and September, buying 28 apple juices and three grape juices. Our samples came from ready-to-drink bottles, juice boxes, and cans of concentrate. For most juices, we bought three different lot numbers to assess variability. (For some juices, we couldn't find three lots, so we tested one or two.) In all, we tested 88 samples.
Five samples of apple juice and four of grape juice had total arsenic levels exceeding the 10 ppb federal limit for bottled and drinking water. Levels in the apple juices ranged from 1.1 to 13.9 ppb, and grape-juice levels were even higher, 5.9 to 24.7 ppb. Most of the total arsenic in our samples was inorganic, our tests showed.
As for lead, about one fourth of all juice samples had levels at or above the 5-ppb limit for bottled water. The top lead level for apple juice was 13.6 ppb; for grape juice, 15.9 ppb.
The following brands had at least one sample of apple juice that exceeded 10 ppb: Apple & Eve, Great Value (Walmart), and Mott's. For grape juice, at least one sample from Walgreens and Welch's exceeded that threshold. And these brands had one or more samples of apple juice that exceeded 5 ppb of lead: America's Choice (A&P), Gerber, Gold Emblem (CVS), Great Value, Joe's Kids (Trader Joe's), Minute Maid, Seneca, and Walgreens. At least one sample of grape juice exceeding 5 ppb of lead came from Gold Emblem, Walgreens, and Welch's. Our findings provide a spot check of a number of local juice aisles, but they can't be used to draw general conclusions about arsenic or lead levels in any particular brand. Even within a single tested brand, levels of arsenic and lead sometimes varied widely. To see our complete test results for all 88 samples, download this PDF.
Arsenic-tainted soil in U.S. orchards is a likely source of contamination for apples, and finding lead with arsenic in juices that we tested is not surprising. Even with a ban on lead-arsenate insecticides, "we are finding problems with some Washington state apples, not because of irresponsible farming practices now but because lead-arsenate pesticides that were used here decades ago remain in the soil," says Denise Wilson, Ph.D., an associate professor at the University of Washington who has tested apple juices and discovered elevated arsenic levels even in brands labeled organic.
Over the years, a shift has occurred in how juice sold in America is produced. To make apple juice, manufacturers often blend water with apple-juice concentrate from multiple sources. For the past decade, most concentrate has come from China (PDF). Concerns have been raised about the possible continuing use of arsenical pesticides there, and several Chinese provinces that are primary apple-growing regions are known to have high arsenic concentrations in groundwater.
A much bigger test than ours would be needed to establish any correlation between elevated arsenic or lead levels and the juice concentrate's country of origin. Samples we tested included some made from concentrate from multiple countries including Argentina, China, New Zealand, South Africa, and Turkey; others came from a single country. A few samples solely from the United States had elevated levels of lead or arsenic, and others did not. The same was true for samples containing only Chinese concentrate.
The FDA has been collecting its own data to see whether it should set guidelines to continue to ensure the safety of apple juice, a spokeswoman told us.
The Juice Products Association said, "We are committed to providing nutritious and safe fruit juices to consumers and will comply with limits established by the agency."
Answering a crucial question
We also wanted to know whether people who drink juice end up being exposed to more arsenic than those who don't.
So we commissioned an analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), conducted annually by the National Center for Health Statistics. Information is collected on the health and nutrition of a nationally representative sample of the U.S. population, based on interviews and physical exams that may include a blood or urine test. Officials and researchers often use the data to determine risk factors for major diseases and develop public health policy. In fact, data on lead in the blood of NHANES participants were instrumental in developing policies that have successfully resulted in lead being removed from gasoline.
Our analysis was led by Richard Stahlhut, M.D., M.P.H., an environmental health researcher at the University of Rochester with expertise in NHANES data, working with Consumer Reports statisticians. Ana Navas-Acien, M.D., Ph.D., a physician-epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health, also provided guidance. She was the lead author of a 2008 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (PDF) that first linked low-level arsenic exposure with the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the United States.
Stahlhut reviewed NHANES data from 2003 through 2008 from participants tested for total urinary arsenic who reported their food and drink consumption for 24 hours the day before their NHANES visit. Because most ingested arsenic is excreted in urine, the best measure of recent exposure is a urine test.
Following Navas-Acien's advice, we excluded from our NHANES analysis anyone with results showing detectable levels of arsenobetaine, the organic arsenic in seafood. That made the results we analyzed more likely to represent inorganic arsenic, of greatest concern in terms of potential health risks.
The resulting analysis of almost 3,000 study participants found that those reporting apple-juice consumption had on average 19 percent greater levels of total urinary arsenic than those subjects who did not, and those who reported drinking grape juice had 20 percent higher levels. The results might understate the correlation between juice consumption and urinary arsenic levels because NHANES urinary data exclude children younger than 6, who tend to be big juice drinkers.
"The current analysis suggests that these juices may be an important contributor to dietary arsenic exposure," says Keeve Nachman, Ph.D., a risk scientist at the Center for a Livable Future and the Bloomberg School of Public Health, both at Johns Hopkins University. "It would be prudent to pursue measures to understand and limit young children's exposures to arsenic in juice."
Robert Wright, M.D., M.P.H., associate professor of pediatrics and environmental health at Harvard University who specializes in research on the effect of heavy-metals exposure in children, says that findings from our juice tests and database analysis concern him: "Because of their small size, a child drinking a box of juice would consume a larger per-body-weight dose of arsenic than an adult drinking the exact same box of juice. Those brands with elevated arsenic should investigate the source and eliminate it."
A chronic problem
Arsenic has been notoriously used as a poison since ancient times. A fatal poisoning would require a single dose of inorganic arsenic about the weight of a postage stamp. But chronic toxicity can result from long-term exposure to much lower levels in food, and even to water that meets the 10-ppb drinking-water limit.
A 2004 study of children in Bangladesh (PDF) suggested diminished intelligence based on test scores in children exposed to arsenic in drinking water at levels above 5 ppb, says study author Joseph Graziano, Ph.D., a professor of environmental health sciences and pharmacology at Columbia University. He's now conducting similar research with children living in New Hampshire and Maine, where arsenic levels of 10 to 100 ppb are commonly found in well water, to determine whether better nutrition in the United States affects the results.
People with private wells may face greater risks than those on public systems because they're responsible for testing and treating their own water. In Maine, where almost half the population relies on private wells, the USGS found arsenic levels in well water as high as 3,100 ppb.
And a study published in 2011 (PDF) in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health examined the long-term effects of low-level exposure on more than 300 rural Texans whose groundwater was estimated to have arsenic at median levels below the federal drinking-water standard. It found that exposure was related to poor scores in language, memory, and other brain functions.
Chronic arsenic exposure can initially cause gastrointestinal problems and skin discoloration or lesions. Exposure over time, which the World Health Organization says could be five to 20 years, could increase the risk of various cancers and high blood pressure, diabetes, and reproductive problems.
Signs of chronic low-level arsenic exposure can be mistaken for other ailments such as chronic fatigue syndrome. Usually the connection to arsenic exposure is not made immediately, as Sharyn Duffy of Geneseo, N.Y., discovered. She visited a doctor in 2007 about pain and skin changes on the sole of her left foot. She was referred to a podiatrist and eventually received a diagnosis of hyperkeratosis, in which lesions develop or thick skin forms on the palms or soles of the feet. It can be among the earliest symptoms of chronic arsenic poisoning. But she says it was roughly two years before she was finally referred to a neurologist, who suggested testing for arsenic. She had double the typical levels.
"Testing for arsenic isn't part of a routine checkup," says Duffy, a retiree. "When you come in with symptoms like I had, ordering that kind of test probably wouldn't even occur to most doctors."
Michael Harbut, M.D., chief of the environmental cancer program at Karmanos Institute in Detroit, says, "Given what we know about the wide range of arsenic exposure sources we have in this country, I suspect there is an awful lot of chronic, low-level arsenic poisoning going on that's never properly diagnosed."
Emerging research suggests that when arsenic exposure occurs in the womb or in early childhood, it not only increases cancer risks later in life but also can cause lasting harm to children's developing brains and endocrine and immune systems, leading to other diseases, too.
Case in point: From 1958 through 1970, residents of Antofagasta, Chile, were exposed to naturally occurring arsenic in drinking water (PDF) that peaked at almost 1,000 ppb before an arsenic removal plant was installed. Studies led by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley found that people born during that period who had probable exposure in the womb and during early childhood had a lung-cancer death rate six times higher than those in their age group elsewhere in Chile. Their rate of death in their 30s and 40s from another form of lung disease was almost 50 times higher than for people without that arsenic exposure.
"Recent studies have shown that early-childhood exposure to arsenic carries the most serious long-term risk," says Joshua Hamilton of the Marine Biological Laboratory. "So even though reducing arsenic exposure is important for everyone, we need to pay special attention to protecting pregnant moms, babies, and young kids."
Other dietary exposures
In addition to juice, foods including chicken, rice, and even baby food have been found to contain arsenic-sometimes at higher levels than the amounts found in juice. Brian Jackson, Ph.D., an analytical chemist and research associate professor at Dartmouth College, presented his findings at a June 2011 scientific conference in Aberdeen, Scotland. He reported finding up to 23 ppb of arsenic in lab tests of name-brand jars of baby food, with inorganic arsenic representing 70 to 90 percent of those total amounts.
Similar results turned up in a 2004 study conducted by FDA scientists in Cincinnati, who found arsenic levels of up to 24 ppb in baby food, with sweet potatoes, carrots, green beans, and peaches containing only the inorganic form. A United Kingdom study published in 2008 (PDF) found that the levels of inorganic arsenic in 20-ounce packets of dried infant rice cereals ranged from 60 to 160 ppb. Rice-based infant cereals are often the first solid food that babies eat.
Rice frequently contains high levels of inorganic arsenic because it is among plants that are unusually efficient at taking up arsenic from the soil and incorporating it in the grains people eat. Moreover, much of the rice produced in the U.S. is grown in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas, on land formerly used to grow cotton, where arsenical pesticides were used for decades.
"Initially, in some regions rice planted there produced little grain due to these arsenical pesticides, but farmers then bred a type of rice specifically designed to produce high yields on the contaminated soil," says Andrew Meharg, professor of biogeochemistry at the University of Aberdeen, in Scotland. Meharg studies human exposures to arsenic in the environment. His research over the past six years has shown that U.S. rice has among the highest average inorganic arsenic levels in the world-almost three times higher than levels in Basmati rice imported from low-arsenic areas of Nepal, India, and Pakistan. Rice from Egypt has the lowest levels of all.
Infant rice cereal for the U.S. market is generally made from U.S. rice, Meharg says, but labeling usually doesn't specify country of origin. He says exposure to arsenic through infant rice cereals could be reduced greatly if cereal makers used techniques that don't require growing rice in water-flooded paddies or if they obtained rice from low-arsenic areas. His 2007 study (PDF) found that median arsenic levels in California rice were 41 percent lower than levels in rice from the south-central U.S.
Setting federal standards
Evidence of arsenic's ability to cause cancer and other life-threatening illnesses has surged because some of the diseases linked to it have latency periods of several decades. Only recently have scientists been able to more fully measure the effects in populations that were exposed to elevated levels of arsenic in drinking water many years ago.
The Environmental Protection Agency periodically revises its assessment of the toxicity of various chemicals to offer guidance on drinking-water standards. Based on such a review, the agency changed the water standard for arsenic to 10 ppb, effective in 2006, from the 50-ppb limit it set in 1975. The EPA had proposed a 5-ppb limit in 2000, so the current limit is a compromise that came only after years of haggling over the costs of removing arsenic. Since 2006, New Jersey has had a 5-ppb threshold, advising residents that water with arsenic levels above that shouldn't be used for drinking or cooking.
For known human carcinogens such as inorganic arsenic, the EPA assumes there's actually no "safe" level of exposure, so it normally sets exposure limits that include a margin of safety to ideally allow for only one additional case of cancer in a million people, or at worst, no more than one in 10,000. For water with 10 ppb of arsenic, the excess cancer risk is one in 500.
Debate over that standard is likely to begin anew. The agency's latest draft report, from February 2010, proposes that the number used to calculate the cancer risk posed by ingesting inorganic arsenic be increased 17-fold to reflect arsenic's role in causing bladder and lung cancer. The proposal "suggests that arsenic's carcinogenic properties have been underestimated for a long time and that the federal drinking-water standard is underprotective based on current science," says Keeve Nachman, the Johns Hopkins scientist.
Each year the FDA tests a variety of foods and beverages for arsenic and other contaminants. It also started a program in 2005 to test for specific toxins such as arsenic and lead in domestic and imported products. As of late November, that program had published results for 160 samples of apple juice and concentrate. And the agency can alert inspectors at U.S. ports to conduct increased surveillance for products suspected to pose risks. Currently there's an alert for increased surveillance of apple concentrate from China and six other countries "where we have a suspicion there may be high levels of arsenic in their products," says FDA spokeswoman Stephanie Yao. But in fiscal 2010, the agency conducted physical inspections of only 2 percent of imported food shipments. For more about the FDA's tests, read our update and download a PDF of our complete test results.
Consumers Union urges federal officials to set a standard for total arsenic in apple and grape juice. Our research suggests that the standard should be 3 ppb. Concerning lead, juice should at least meet the bottled-water standard of 5 ppb. Such standards would better protect children, who are most vulnerable to the effects of arsenic and lead. And they're achievable levels: 41 percent of the samples we tested met both thresholds.
Moreover, the EPA should impose stricter drinking-water standards for arsenic, Consumers Union believes. (The drinking-water threshold for lead is 15 ppb, which acknowledges that many older homes have water pipes or solder with lead.) Officials should also ban arsenic in pesticides, animal-feed additives, and fertilizers.
As our tests show, sources of lead haven't been eliminated, but dramatic progress has been made: Since the 1970s, average blood lead levels in children younger than 6 have dropped by about 90 percent, thanks to a federal ban on lead in house paint and gas. The U.S. should be equally aggressive with arsenic, suggests Joseph Graziano at Columbia University. "We tackled every source, from gasoline to paint to solder in food cans," he says, "and we should be just as vigilant in preventing arsenic from entering our food and water because the consequences of exposure are enormous for adults as well as children."
How much juice do children drink?
Too many children drink too much juice, according to our poll of parents. One in four toddlers 2 and younger and 45 percent of children ages 3 to 5 drink 7 or more ounces of juice a day. The American Academy of Pediatrics cautions that to help prevent obesity and tooth decay, children younger than 6 should drink no more than 6 ounces a day, about the size of a juice box. (Infants younger than 6 months shouldn't drink any.) The possible presence of arsenic or lead in juices is all the more reason to stick with those nutrition-based limits.
Our findings are from 555 telephone interviews in October with parents, who were asked about children's juice consumption the previous day.
Find out how much arsenic is in your groundwater
Arsenic can contaminate groundwater used for drinking and irrigation in areas where it is geologically abundant and in other areas where chemical conditions are likely to cause it to dissolve into water. Levels can vary widely throughout the United States, as illustrated in the map at right showing arsenic measurements for groundwater samples from about 31,000 wells and springs in 49 states compiled by the USGS.
Orange or red symbols on the map indicate areas where samples contained arsenic at levels exceeding the federal limit of 10 micrograms per liter, or 10 parts per billion (ppb) for public drinking water.
Public-water-supply systems are required to treat water that tests high in arsenic so that it meets federal limits before delivering it to consumers. And in New Jersey, public water systems must meet an even stricter limit of 5 ppb. But if you have a private well rather than a public system, you are responsible for testing and treating it.
To learn more about why it's so important to reduce your exposure to even relatively low levels of arsenic in your drinking water, check out this helpful video produced by the Dartmouth Toxic Metals Superfund Research Program. And for tips on how to get your water tested and how to select a home treatment system, read "Ways to Reduce Your Family's Risk."
The 31,000 groundwater samples represented in this map were collected for studies on potable groundwater resources by the USGS, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the Texas Water Development Commission, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the six New England states. Estimation of the arsenic concentration in groundwater in any specific area must consider the following limitations and sources of variability:
•The data include a variety of well types, including private wells, public-supply wells, and monitoring wells not used for water supply.
•These groundwater samples do not represent drinking water served by public-water-supply systems because these utilities may treat or mix groundwater with high arsenic concentrations from individual wells with water containing lower arsenic levels in order to meet drinking water standards before delivering it to consumers.
•The appearance of the arsenic distribution is influenced by the order in which wells are plotted. In this map, wells with higher concentrations are drawn on top of those with more moderate concentrations. This overplotting may exaggerate the frequency of high values in areas where wells are close together. But given the risks posed by arsenic exposure, we opted in favor of making areas with elevated arsenic visible whenever possible to encourage private well owners in those areas to test and treat their water to reduce exposure risks.
•Arsenic concentration may vary with depth within the same aquifer, or between aquifers that are stacked vertically-for example, a shallow sand and gravel aquifer can overlie a deeper bedrock aquifer. The map does not show the vertical distribution of arsenic.
•Many of the wells were sampled more than once, but evaluation of the data indicates that there is no relation between arsenic concentration and time tested for most of the wells.
With these qualifications in mind, the data above provides an estimate of arsenic occurrence in the groundwater resource in general. Visit the USGS for additional information on the studies behind the map, along with more detailed maps for various portions of the country.
Ways to reduce your family's risk
Test your water. If your home or a home you're considering buying isn't on a public water system, have the home's water tested for arsenic and lead. To find a certified lab, contact your local health department or call the federal Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 800-426-4791. You can get information for your public-water system from the EPA.
Limit children's juice consumption. Nutrition guidelines set by the American Academy of Pediatrics can help. The academy recommends that infants younger than 6 months shouldn't drink juice; children up to 6 years old should consume no more than four to six ounces a day and older children, no more than 8 to 12 ounces a day. Diluting juice with distilled or purified water can help meet those goals.
Consider your food. Buying certified organic chicken makes sense because organic standards don't allow the use of chicken feed containing arsenic. But for juice and other foods, it's not so certain. Organic standards prohibit the use of synthetic fertilizers and most pesticides, but organic juices still may contain arsenic if they're made from fruit grown in soil where arsenical insecticides were used.
Need a home-treatment system? Contact NSF International (800-673-8010) for info on systems certified to lower arsenic levels to no more than 10 ppb. The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension discusses treatment technologies; click on "Removal of Arsenic from Household Water."
If you're concerned, get tested. Ask your doctor for a urine test for you or your child to determine arsenic levels. Don't eat seafood for 48 to 72 hours before being tested to avoid misleadingly high levels from "fish arsenic." For a medical toxicologist in your area who can interpret results, call the American Association of Poison Control Centers at 800-222-1222.
(Copyright © 2011 Consumers Union of U.S., Inc. All Rights Reserved.)
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