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Noise,beep,beep,ring

2012-02-06T11:21:00.000-08:00

I've often wondered what all the noise, flashing lights and plinking everything in our life does to our senses. My home office is full of a bunch of blinking lights from electrical hardware when I turn off the overhead lights at night.

Everything is plugged in charging, getting ready to sound off in the morning at start up of another day..beep, beep,ring,,, tone sound, text message and purr the printer is ready.

Start up is pretty noisy and the lights are sort of pretty but what does this do to my mind, body and senses?

As a dog trainer who has worked with many traumatized animals I know how noise and lights can affect their senses and ability to relax or concentrate.

What about us humans?

Can noise, flashing lights and background fuss affect us?

I often see animals that are very shy or afraid of loud noises, animals don’t put on a persona or personality like humans do in pretending we can handle life.

Animals don’t worry what another dog will think of them if they are scared or shy.

Animals don’t hide their feelings until they are conditioned or trained to act a certain way.

We don’t train our dogs to obey us but to adjust to the environment we place them in, our homes. We train them to act a certain way under specific circumstances.

People on the other hand are, like the new pup brought home, taught from day one to hide their feelings by behaving. We tell them “don’t be afraid of the noise or light, it’s a television child, see the cartoon.” Lol.

As we age, like the pup we learn to relate to the sounds and sights around us. The noise levels and environment are pretty important to our senses too. Think of how some of us react by standing there when fire crackers go off and others flip out.

Those who flip out usually have a story to tell about why. They remember the fear or surprise the noise caused them in the first place.

This is especially true for those with PTSD or a past history of trauma associated with noise. Animals and people have been known to be gun shy, meaning when a gun goes off they freak out.

They are not afraid of being shot but the noise makes them react without any reasoning or with confused reasoning. Noise can do funny things to some people while other people seem to be unaffected. Some prefer to have a loud environment, others need quite and calm.

Noise and distractions come in many forms, a partner in a hurry or a child fussing can create noise in our environment we have to adjust to. Text messages coming in and voice mail ring tones, then the phone ringing along with the lights alerting us of these incoming distractions do take us away from or interfere with what we are doing at that moment even if we are only sitting watching television.

This affects us by setting off our internal body alerts that get us ready to adjust to what these sounds and lights will bring. Most of the noises in our life are alerts for us to get going doing something so our body learns to prepare for what is to come when the noise or light goes off.

Just light when a stop light turns red and we stop we learn when the text message beeps we must act. The more beeps and rings in our life the more we must be ready to act which puts our body into a mode of preparing to act with little time to relax.

After a while we experience burn out due to remaining in this mode of ready for action which depletes our body’s resources causing us to come to stand still due to no rest or peace and quite.

At a stand still our body gets to rest because we do not feel like doing anything anymore, we have had it with all the noise and distractions although we might say it is our job or environment that burnt us out.

All the body wants to do then is sit there and look at the blinking lights or stare at the computer screen like blah. A weekend away from work and the body bounces back. Is it the work we need a break from or the distractions from peace and quite which gives our body the time to relax in a safe comfortable unrushed mode?

It’s a thought to ponder.

Here’s a great article about “How to turn down the noise in your life. “ and put yourself back in a comfortable zone of being calm.

They say, “Sometimes, as hard as you try to move yourself into the focus zone, you might feel stuck in overdrive. That's likely because other forces are at work on your mind: Whether you realize it or not, your concentration is being hijacked by an emotion — for instance, a hurt feeling over a snide comment at work. Major clue: You find yourself mindlessly clicking through TV channels or Websites or flipping through catalogs you don't need. "It's easy to lose ourselves that way; it makes us forget tough issues that, deep down, we know we have to face," says Palladino. "But those unresolved conflicts generate stress chemicals, which rob our brain of its ability to concentrate and problem-solve."

Incredible Nature Video

2012-01-25T12:03:00.000-08:00

Here is an incredible nature film by Jean Jacques Annaud

The Bear

If you love nature and animals, you really have to watch this!

Thanks to Flixxy.com for posting this and Rick for sending it to me.

Belief Systems

2012-01-07T19:23:00.000-08:00

Belief Systems

Pain Management

Placebos prove the power of the mind

Everything is based on our belief systems

In other words, it's all in our mind..life is too

When we meet, speak or interact

all we do is let each other

into our heads for awhile

like when I come online

to surf.....

I venture here for while

to refuel my mind

to refresh my place in yours

to post to the world, "here I am"

To make my life more fun to be

adding this taste for you to see

as my mind forms along the way

we shall see what belief I'll find to hold

Meditation

Meditation can reduce pain and manage other aspects of our body.

Pain is manageable with the use of meditation. In this video researchers have been doing brain scans of people who meditate regularly. The researchers found that the brain did respond during mediation and the response was in an area of the brain a person could feel and relate to.

An Apple a Day

2012-01-03T17:07:00.000-08:00

An Apple a Day

Keeps the Doctor away

The old saying" An apple a day, keeps the doctor away", may very well prove itself true one day. Every part of the apple tree; fruit, flowers, buds, leaves, bark and twigs have been used as a medicinal herb. The one draw back is the apple has is that the seeds are Toxic!

Digesting more seeds then the few seeds each apple holds should not be consumed. This is why our livestock that get into the apple trees are often found very sick afterwards. As little as one cup of seeds have been known cause death.

Apples are all descended from the Wild Crab Apple, a member of the Rose family. The rose also has many medicinal uses. The inner part of the bark of the apple tree is generally preferred by the herbalist for healing, partly because, the bark can be obtained fresh year round from the tree.

The buds, blossoms and leaves are gathered by healers in the spring, just before reaching maturity.

Apple Blossoms

Apples themselves are excellent for anyone suffering from digestive problems. Unripe Apples, peeled and grated can be effective for Diarrhea. When a mild laxative is needed, the whole ripe apple is called for. Because Apples are slightly laxative, calming and purging (produces an emptying of the bowels) they are regarded as having a cleansing influence on the liver, colon, spleen and kidneys.

The peelings can be saved and made into tea that is recommended for Rheumatic illness. There is a long standing tradition that apples help the body to be rid of stones in the kidneys and bladder. Apple Cider is a fine way to obtain the therapeutic effects or results.

Apple blossoms have been known to be made into a tea and used to treat sore throats and colds. Apple tree bark has been used to treat nausea,fever,vomiting and flu symptoms.

Apple Cider Vinegar has been said to help balance the body' s PH level and many people enjoy a cup of warm water with a teaspoon of vinegar and honey at night before bed to help keep them on a "regular" bathroom schedule.

Rose Tea

2011-12-28T16:59:00.000-08:00

Rose Tea

This is a long time favorite tea recipe of northern Europe.

Very high in vitamin C. This is good for daily use when extra Vitamin C is required.

You can purchase the Rose hips tea at most health food stores and herb shops.

You can gather Roses from old fashion garden varieties of roses known as Tea Roses.

Step 1:

Grind or crunch up a couple of teaspoons

of dried Rose hips.

Step 2:

Soak in a small amount of water for

12 hours before using.

Step 3:

Make a tea by simmering 1 teaspoon of

prepared Rose hips in 3 cups of water

for 30-40 minutes.

Step 4:

Add water if needed as the tea simmers.

Step 5:

Honey, lemon or mint can be added for extra taste.

Step 6:

Sit back and enjoy!

The World of Herbs

2011-12-12T15:48:00.000-08:00

Butterfly on Lilac

The World of Herbs

We can learn more about natural healing by digging deeper into the world of herb wisdom.

Herbal wisdom covers many topics and types of alternative medicine techniques that use plants known as herbs for healing. Alternative medicine or healing with herbs is not as simple as making a cup of tea, although it can be with an understanding of why plants work to heal.

Healing with herbs works better when used as part of a alternative healing system which addresses the body as a whole.

These systems of logic do not necessarily correspond with those of science but they have worked for healers for thousands of years.

Knowing the difference of the healing systems is valuable for choosing the right herbs to use for health.

Natural Healing

2011-12-12T15:21:00.000-08:00

Holistic Healing

Herbology is often referred to as Holistic Healing but Holistic healing is only one of the alternative healing systems that use herbs as medicine. Holistic healing is a much broader subject then plants alone and includes preventive and treatments by diet, attitude, emotions, relationships, and activities along with the use of herbs.

All of these factors play an important role in the well being of the body. Holistic therapies are aimed at treating the whole person not just the body part that is ill.

The therapy might include fasting or massage along with herbal support. As you can see Holistic healing covers a whole realm of subjects that are for the betterment of the body, both mentally and physically.

Homeopathic Healing

Another system of alternative healing began in Europe and spread to America in the 19th century is Homeopathic medicine. This system is based on the logic that symptoms (such as fever) are the means by which the body acts to eliminate the cause of illness.

Homeopathic treatment is designed to reinforce the symptoms instead of fighting the symptoms by using a very small amount of herbal drugs that when given to a health person produce the symptoms of the illness.

This type of alternative healing system is mainly governed by the Hippocratic idea of eliminating illness by helping the body’s own powers of healing. Therefore if the body is producing a fever to fight an infection an herb is given to help the body stay feverish to fight off the illness and get through the “healing crisis”.

Hippocrates is known as the father of medicine because he introduced the theory of the Healing Crisis to western medicine. Hippocrates reasoned that during a crisis the body goes back through the development of the ailment one stage at a time.

One after another symptoms of the ailment appear as toxins are eliminated from the body. The crisis is a period of regression and when the crisis stopped, he believed the body’s natural healing process also stopped and the body was healed.

Naturopathy

A third system of alternative healing that believes in helping the body heals is Naturopathy. This system relies on simple herbal remedies with fasting, water and diet as important for healing as the herbs are.

This system strongly believes as all alternative healing systems do that the body does heal itself and as a living being the body is linked to the properties and influences of natural organic substances. A large number of these substances are necessary for life itself while others are valuable for maintaining the body at the best level possible.

The main philosophy of all these natural healing systems is that the body is very capable of healing itself if given the proper support to do so.

Natural healing systems are designed to strengthen and enhance the body’s systems so that harmful substances or illnesses can be neutralized. The United States is one of the few countries where the use of herbs and natural healing does not coexist with modern medicine.

Eagle owl in Flight

2011-11-16T21:40:00.000-08:00

An Eagle Owl in Flight..very cool shot

I hope you enjoyed this video as much as I did.

Owls are amazing...so rarely seen but always watching.

Amazing sight in Ireland

2011-11-10T19:57:00.000-08:00

Amazing Sight in Ireland

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Wow !

early American Sally Lunn Bread

2011-10-31T10:22:00.000-07:00

I love to learn how our grandmothers baked those great breads and rolls we remember from our childhoods.

This recipe is from my collection of early American remedies and recipes.

Many of the recipes I'll be sharing with you here date back over a hundred years ago.

I hope you enjoy them as much as I have.

American Sally Lunn Bread from the 1700's

Lightly flour a mold pan or medium size cake pan and set it aside. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Then gather these ingredients.
4 cups of Flour
3 Tablespoons of Yeast3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt Butter the size of an egg
milk

Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl, add the butter and eggs,
mix well then fold in milk until it makes a almost stiff batter.

Cover with a towel and Set the mixture in a warm place to rise and when risen pour into a the lightly floured pan and set to rise again so that it will make a light and fuffy bread.

Bake at 400 until golden brown.

I had this article on Ehow who offered to buy it from me.

I decided I would keep my rights to my articles in order to be able to publish them here for you.

This article received 4.5 stars with 6 ratings published on ehow: 9-7-08

a couple of the reviews were:

Desula said: on 2/8/2009 Thank you for this old-fashioned bread recipe.

soulmates said: 9/10/2008 sound good, I never heard of this before

2011-06-01T17:39:00.000-07:00

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2011-05-29T09:59:00.000-07:00

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Sunburn, Acne, Fleas and Snakes

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Safe and Natural Alternatives to Chemicals

Using healing and herbal cures can save money

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Saving money and making your family safe
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Time tested and proven by many years usage

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Land of Opportunity ?

2011-05-08T10:35:00.000-07:00

If your looking for work don't feel alone.

The days of finding a job buying a house with 2 cars in the driveway
and raising children as middle class Americans with benefits
and a retirement are disappearing.

Today people have to think of other ways

to support their lives....here is an interesting read about:

America's Struggle to Maintain its Class

Radiation Detected

2011-04-24T21:20:00.000-07:00

Click the Map for a full size view.

Source:LiveScience

The Mountain

2011-04-19T17:21:00.000-07:00

Remember our Ancestors

2011-04-08T08:51:00.000-07:00

"People had this crucial knowledge, but they were busy with their lives and jobs, and many forgot," said Yotaru Hatamura, a scholar who has studied the tablets.

One stone marker warned of the danger in the coastal city of Kesennuma: "Always be prepared for unexpected tsunamis. Choose life over your possessions and valuables."

This is why the Native Americans say to remember ones ancestors.

"High dwellings are the peace and harmony of our descendants," the stone slab reads. "Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any homes below this point."

See the whole story at the link above and I believe this was very good advice if only everybody had remembered the Stones.

Rain upon the Rooftop

2011-04-01T11:56:00.000-07:00

http://EarthShots.org

Rain upon the Roof top

Echo's in my mind

Summer days of plenty

Winter snows falling heavy

Rain upon the Roof top

Crackling fire beneath

Wraps the Heart

In harmony once upon a time...

Radiation Concerns-Natural Iodine

2011-03-15T10:18:00.000-07:00

Toxicologist Lee Tin-lap at the Chinese University of Hong Kong said such a radiation level was not an immediate threat to people but the long-term consequences were unknown.

"You are still breathing this into your lungs, and there is passive absorption in the skin, eyes and mouth and we really do not know what long-term impact that would have," Lee told Reuters by telephone.

Around eight hours after the explosions, the U.N. weather agency said winds were dispersing radioactive material over the Pacific Ocean, away from Japan and other Asian countries.

and....

"Radioactive material will reach Tokyo but it is not harmful to human bodies because it will be dissipated by the time it gets to Tokyo," said Koji Yamazaki, professor at Hokkaido University graduate school of environmental science.

"If the wind gets stronger, it means the material flies faster but it will be even more dispersed in the air."

In other words and in my words...they do not know really what harm this disaster will produce in the long run...

Radiation does occur naturally and we are exposed to its effects daily but the human body can only take so much and once the limit within the body is reached the immune system can not keep up and the body begins to break down.

With this in mind, it stands to reason to prevent damage to the body from over-exposure to radiation a person should boost the immune system with extra radiation fighting foods and herbs.

Here's a list of herbs and foods I found that may help us protect ourselves against any damage in the long run...which may be many years from now...

Here is a forum that explains what radiation sickness is and there is a great discussion going on about cures.

http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/radiation.html

Great Advice and explanation here too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_iodide

FDA site about Radiation:

http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/EmergencyPreparedness/BioterrorismandDrugPreparedness/ucm072265.html

Godspeed everyone !

Garlic

Potassium Iodide...natural replacement = Bananas

Kelp is a natural KI source.The iodide content can range

from 89 g to 8165 mcg/g in Asian varieties, making prepared foods content difficult to estimate. Eating 3-5 grams of most dried, unrinsed seaweeds will provide the 100-150 micrograms iodide recommended daily allowance.

Side effects of Iodide Treatments: IMPORTANT!!

Potential Acute Health Effects: Slightly hazardous in case of skin contact (corrosive, irritant), of eye contact (irritant,
corrosive), of ingestion.

Potential Chronic Health Effects:
CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS: Not available.

MUTAGENIC EFFECTS:
Mutagenic for mammalian somatic cells. [Potassium
Iodide].

TERATOGENIC EFFECTS: Not available.

DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY: Classified Reproductive system/toxin/

female, Development toxin [POSSIBLE] [Potassium Iodide].

The substance may be toxic to blood, skin, eyes, thyroid.
Repeated or prolonged exposure to the substance can produce target organs damage.

See complete chart: http://www.sciencelab.com/xMSDS-Iodine_Potassium_Iodide_TS-9926001

Thank you for the cool graphic..

Comes The Dawn

2010-11-06T09:57:00.000-07:00

After a while you learn the subtle difference
         Between holding a hand and chaining a soul

And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning
        And company doesn't mean security

And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts
        And presents aren't promises

And you begin to accept your defests
       With your head up and your eyes open

With the grace of a woman,not the frief of a child,
       And you learn to build all you roads on today

Because tomorrow's ground is to uncertain for plans
      And futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight

After a while you learn
     That even sunshine burns if you get to much

So you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul
     Instead of waiting for somebody to bring you flowrs.

And you learn that you really can endure
     That you really are strong

And you really do have worth
    And you learn and learn
          With every goodbye you learn....

Author unknown
I still carry the above poem with me, as I have for many years
As I go about laying down the stepping stones through life's gardens.

The World of the Enchanted Flower, The 5th Direction

2010-09-07T20:28:00.000-07:00

Time is man made. Time exists because a person paid attention to how long a day was or how much they could get done in a day. People are the only living beings who have time.

Other living beings exists in a rhythm of rest and motion some with patterns based on dark or light but none by a clock on the wall except us.

We too, are the only ones who have been able to write and leave a tale of our existence for others to learn of. No other living being can leave behind a written word or photographs like us, the other living beings leave only frozen fossil foot prints in the sand.

Sharing thoughts and teachings from Magdala

"In this beautiful world where the true human being have always been, all is bonding into one, for it is the one that unfolded, the one that understands where you have always been, for you are being integrated into a higher version of your own self. There is one single language, that resides in the outside as well in the inside, for communication happens in a very direct form, there is no filters that create a process, it is a communication that is unfolding instantaneously, and is happening with everything that exist, at the same time, for time equals zero, love is the energy that connects in the purity of the essence, and the connection is the way of living." read more at my friend's site at link above.

Dragonfly who visited the garden recently.

And Man Created Dog | National Geographic Channel

2010-08-01T18:15:00.001-07:00

"Man's Best Friend"

And Man Created Dog follows the genetic journey of the most diverse species on the planet: dogs.

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A Birthday Wish

2010-05-16T11:33:00.000-07:00

I have always felt the world should not be all about money..

I believe life is worth much more then money can ever buy.

The world has come to a point where all that matters is money.

People think without money they can not do anything

They do not try to do anything

unless they have the money.

This will be the downfall for many

when the time comes

people will see that money is not what life is about.

If the World was Like I Wish on my Birthday

If the world was like I wanted :)

I would drive my sun powered car to NY

which would cost me no money

because the sun is free and

I already paid for car...

Then I would get on a sailing ship to Europe that does not need gas or money to run..people would work the ship and take care of each other along the way in trade for the ride, cook,clean and sail..

no money needed...

then my friend would pick me in a sun power car

and

we go to her town where

we ride

horses...

no money needed they will eat grass along the way!

How fun that would be!

In the No money needed world of my dreams.

I would be very happy to go on this journey :)

Ture, it would take longer to get there.

Look at all the fun we miss by zipping over to europe on a jet polluting all the way!

It is the journey through life

that counts

and

what we do along the way

is what is

important at the end.

Cures from the Kitchen Medicine Cabinet

2010-05-11T12:49:00.000-07:00

photo from yahoo search

Bentley's Finest Tea Classic Collection, 120-Count Tea Bag in Assorted Tins (Pack of 2)Lipton Black Tea, 312-Count Tea Bags

Here is an article I wrote this morning about first aid items we have available in the home kitchen that can be used for bleeding, pain and bandages until help arrives. Onions, Honey, Cloves and Tea Bags are my basic first aid kit,,,although some people think I am half crazy when I tell them that. Its ture, when injury strikes I head for my kitchen.

Learn more in my article: http://naturalmedicine.suite101.com/article.cfm/cures-from-the-kitchen-medicine-cabinet

Is your Dog or Cat Right or Left Handed?

2010-05-11T12:41:00.000-07:00

Merial Frontline Plus Flea and Tick Control for Cats and Kittens, 6 Doses

Here is an new article I wrote about how animals are right or left footed just like us! Knowing how to read our pets helps us to communicate with them easier and in a more gentler way. Instead of fighting with the pet to get them to go the direction we want it is easier to use their natural movement to the advantage by turning in the direction they are use to doing naturally.

Here is the full article: http://petcare.suite101.com/article.cfm/animals-are-right-handed-or-left-handed-just-like-people

Water is Life

2010-04-26T11:05:00.000-07:00

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