MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT HEALTH

ALL ABOARD? LAST CALL FOR LOVE!

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:37:00 +0000

“The earth that you once knew is no longer…there is a new vibrational pattern that has permeated the blueprint of the planet and you now exist as members of the galactic community, cousins to the enlightened citizens of your galaxy.” -Pleiadian High Council

New Earth

In just a couple more days, thru the solstice on 12/22, we will have completed the last and final recalibration of 2011, and according to the PHC, this completes our journey to new earth. We may not have a full understanding of what this means for each of us individually yet, and most of us are still too weary to find out, but I am hearing that the profound realignment that took place over the last several weeks was required to fortify ourselves with LOVE so that we are fully anchored in christed-consciousness for the global restructuring that will take place this coming year as a result of our arriving here. And it promises to be another big year in the sense that the physical restructuring and transformations of 2012 are inevitable, and will serve their purpose to effectively shift the human collective to the HEART of all matters and open all pathways to LOVE.

This will mean many different things to many different people but above all else, the PHC wish to allay any fears of 2012 calamity and remind everyone that ascension is an inward journey where our outer world is merely a projection our own consciousness, and that our individual part in the collective experience of earth is vital right now. Each of us holds a piece to this universal puzzle, and so each of us has a major role to play in raising our own vibration, increasing our LOVE quotient, so that collectively we can increase the vibration of the planet and participate in the wonders of the new world.

(NOTE: There are a lot of fear-based-energies circling the planet with regard to this coming year and all the prophecies, predictions, & intentional programming designed to thwart our inevitable arrival into 5D, so it is important to stay connected to LOVE thru the holiday season and just allow those energies to be if you feel them. If you’re sensitive, you may be feeling a sense of impending doom, or just an unidentifiable anxiety looming over you. This will pass shortly, but even quicker if we remain detached and merely observe the collective energies in motion.)

In 2012 we will be learning that LOVE is all we need… but not in a lyrical way, in a very vibrational way. When we make this profound shift, LOVE literally becomes the animating force of life…the fuel for our creations, our biology, and our relationships. When LOVE is fully woven into the tapestry of our lives, miracles become the very fabric of our existence.

LOVE, not 2012, is what we have all been gutted primed for…

Source Code Revealed

There is a very scientific aspect of ascension that is beginning to permeate more of the collective mind with regard to resonance, and those at the forefront of a new-humanity know this intimately. Those souls who are ushering in the new world are beginning to sing to a different tune. Literally. The new (angelic) human is attuned to the 528 Hz resonance of the sacred (high) heart which resonates in harmony with the crystalline (Christ) grid.

The 528 Hz vibration of LOVE is the Source Code of creation…THE universal key required to unlock our co-creative potential, to free ourselves from bondage and enter the playground of new earth. This code acts as a vibrational buffer to ensure that the sacred powers of the universe are only bestowed upon those of pure heart.

For those of you who saw Christopher Nolan’s Inception, there is literal truth in the many layers of symbology in that film. The most obvious in this case being the mathematical code “528″ that is repeated over and again throughout the movie…a phone number, on a napkin, the hotel room…but the most interesting is that the number 528 was in the actual vault combination to “unlock” the safe which contained the secret to the cathartic relief of emotional suffering….and all of which was driven by the “heart” of the main character to return “home” to his children where his LOVE is.

It took me a couple months to connect all the dots, and some of you may have figured it out long before me, but I realized (in retrospect) that the last several energy updates were leading to this revelation and that each title I was given was very telling…even obnoxiously so… beginning with: “Inception: the final initiation”, “11-11-11: Source Code Activation”, and all the way to “The Arrival of Universal LOVE”.

In other words, as we cross the threshold into 2012 we are literally waking from the dream, from the illusion of limitation. The resonance of universal LOVE that we are required to embody unlocks the proverbial gates of heaven so we are no longer trapped within the making of our unconsciously-created & holographically projected world of fear…those fears that have been providing us with ample “proof” that we are not good enough, worthy enough, loved enough, well enough, or just plain: not enough.

So what’s most pressing in this moment, before we step into completely uncharted territory, is the observation/release of anything remaining in our mental, emotional or physical selves that are based in fear and therefore holding us back from the embodiment of LOVE. Whatever wounds you are revisiting right now, it’s important (but not easy) to view as objectively as possible and with the (light) understanding that we don’t have to drag this baggage around any longer…that a clean slate is not only a possibility now, but a requirement.

“The new blueprint of earth requires LOVE now more than ever, and for those who hear the call, the impacts will be greatly lessened. For those who refuse the call, the impacts will be greater. We say this not to elicit fear, but to remind each of you that true healing is possible now but requires the firm commitment to release all that is not LOVE. For those who have been dedicated to the work of releasing these patterns of fear, unprecedented openings are before you. “ -PHC

Wave of LOVE

This wave of LOVE that the unseens are forever telling me about and that always seems just slightly out of our reach must be a really big deal because they are not only asking me to emphasize and repeat the word LOVE a trillion times in this article, but they are asking me to dedicate this section to it (& to leave my 2 cents out). Also, my personal experience with the Pleiadians is that whenever the council shows up, it’s time to pay attention.. their austere mannerisms seem to seriously mean bizzness:

“The incoming wave of LOVE is pervasive and unstoppable. It is lifting you to heights unknown. We will say this…you are not only going to be delighted at what you have created for yourselves, in that the universe multiplies & returns your LOVE-based efforts 10 fold…but you will be in awe of your own personal dedication to this journey. You will be swept up in the throes of self-love like never before, for you will realize, maybe even for the first time, how much LOVE was really required on your part to arrive here.

We understand your contempt, but can’t emphasize this enough. Considering the circumstances, the fact that each of you will feel the absolute warmth and glow of creator’s LOVE touch your hearts and lives is nothing short of miraculous, and this holiday season we wish for you to bask in the knowing that it is you who brought forth these energies…and, collectively, it is you who delivered the world from evil…and it is you who responded to creators call to come forth and in some cases, to incarnate in human flesh for the first time, just to see your missions through. These grand missions of LOVE are not by accident or default, but by the compassionate grace of GOD that lives within each and every one of you and desires for nothing but the purity of LOVE for all.

We, the Pleiadian Light Family, are filled with the same LOVE for all of you, our human family, our galactic kin, and deeply we appreciate and honour your contribution to the collective journey of earth’s ascension. You are soon to be taken back by the full breadth of this truth, for when see and feel LOVE from our vantage point, undoubtedly you will be transformed.” -PHC

12:12

The 12:12 stargate that we recently passed thru…seemingly unfazed…was a time of completion. According to the PHC, the 12:12 activated/imprinted the final encodement required to make the shift into unity, or christed-consciousness for those at the helm.

“Now, we say this with great care, for we realize that there are those who are not yet operating on the unity timeline, but for those who are, this is a marker point, a time of solidifying the results from your grand efforts.” -PHC

The 12:12 gateway (and the energy leading up to it) was at least partly responsible for this latest round of emotional debris that has been kicked up to be expunged from deep within our core. Kind of like a last-ditch effort to resolve all fear-based (e)goo matters that we have been working on throughout 2011.

No doubt, we are all being revisiting by our ghosts of (Christmas) past, and in some cases…depending on the density still remaining in our lives…this has been a time of some really impacting, life-changing revelations. These things that are rushing to the surface for our attention can seem daunting/terrifying at first glance, but this urgency/intensity is just the answer to a universal clarion call to whole-heart-edly illuminate every corner of our lives and bodies so that by the time the solstice rolls around we can lock into position for 2012, and begin again….in an entirely new cycle, with a new life and in brand new world of our making.

This is not to say that what comes up at this time will simply vanish, just that we are being gifted with the awareness of where LOVE is still needed in order to fully shift into our 12th dimensional blueprint bodies. If these finalizing energies dropped a bomb on your life, realize that an explosion can serve two divine purposes…1) it will unmistakably, and without fail, bring our focus and attention to EXACTLY where it’s needed so that we can heal/release/restore whatever is calling us… and 2) it can serve to shift us, rather quickly, into the mental & emotional framework required to align with LOVE during this pivotal time. If you’ve experienced a jolt, realize that a jolt was needed, but that once you are aware of why, 75% of the work is already done. The other 25% is in LOVing yourself back together.

“We would add that the 12:12 presented many of you with options to choose a new pathway, these options were presented as either revelations, or a call to action. How you respond to these situations is what matters now, not in the resolving of them.” -PHC

So although there wasn’t as much fanfare around the 12:12 as the 11:11, the PHC say this passageway was nevertheless impacting because it opened the doorway to the 12th level of genetic activations, the finalization of the christed-template on the planet.

“We would say that these energies are coming to uplift humanity in certain sectors, and to equally dismantle corruption in others. The way for each of you lies in the choices presented to you now…how you choose will determine the path of your soul in the coming year. Choosing LOVE over fear is the only path to redemption.” -PHC

2012: Phase Two

“The coming calendar year, the greatly anticipated year of 2012, is a monumental breakthrough in what we term, planetary consciousness. By this we mean that those who have laid the plan for a new earth have far exceeded our expectations. Because of this, what is coming to pass is much grander, much more comprehensive and more delightful than even we imagined.” -PHC

2012 is what the Pleiadians call the year of…drumroll please…LOVE! Actually, they refer to it as the year of divine or universal love, but this is also the year we enter (on the solstice) into what they have termed “phase 2″ of ascension: the physicalization phase, and the implementation of the divine radiance of love. This is the year when those who are here to serve the highest good for the planet and her people will be “coming out of hiding”…this group will wholly supported, protected & catapulted to positions of greater influence, whereas those who are self-serving will be continually called to divine-order.

This is the time/year/world/era we have been waiting/working so diligently for and the unseens share that all the many potentials that are arising revolve around LOVE as the driving force of creation of our new lives. The new earth is here and LOVE is the only way to enter….LOVE is the key code that grants each of us access to the co-creational forces of the universe and can only be accessed from within ourselves and by loving ourselves.

In 2012, LOVE will finally become the predominant force on the planet and anything, anyone in opposition to LOVE will fall away. No one, no thing is exempt.

Would you like to hear my secret on how I became really good at manifesting?

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 05:11:00 +0000

The secret is actually very simple. I live my life with my eyes and ears wide open. The universe operates with certain laws that ALWAYS work. One of them is that the moment you ask for something, the universe has to answer.

Small signs will start appearing everywhere. The trick to go from small items to bigger items is to say thank you whenever something magical happens in your life. This is where most people completely get it wrong.

They start asking the universe for bigger and bigger things without ever appreciating the present. There is so much for you to be grateful for and to appreciate RIGHT NOW.

If you cannot see that, then there is no way you will ever be able to turn the cycle around in your favour.

So, start to make gratitude a daily habit and say thank you every single day for all of the miracles that are already in your present. Once you do, and you have to truly mean it, then the doors of the universe will swing wide open and you will become more and more powerful at manifesting.

528HZ SOUND “MIRACULOUSLY” CLEANED OIL POLLUTED WATER IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY BY A CANADIAN RESEARCHER

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:45:00 +0000

Perdido Bay, Alabama—A series of sounds played to oil polluted water from the Gulf of Mexico has “miraculously” cleared test samples of the deadly petrochemicals, says a well known Canadian researcher.

According to John Hutchinson, an electro-magnetic energy expert from Vancouver, B.C., Canada, a selection of “music” has helped purify poisoned water. The frequencies included the “sound of Jupiter,” recently recorded by NASA, vibrating close to 528Hz frequency.

That sound energy has been determined to match the color greenish-yellow--the heart of the rainbow, the electromagnetic color spectrum, celebrated by the botanical world, according to Dr. Leonard Horowitz, who has published most on that pure tone. Nature obviously celebrates that shade, the pigment chlorophyll, to produce oxygen and energy needed for life.

According to Dr. Horowitz, Hutchinson’s study results are most promising, as they were certified by the Analytical Chemical Testing Laboratory, Inc. of Mobile, Alabama, and are consistent with studies and predictions based on the most advanced discoveries in mathematics, physics, and biophysics.

528Hz frequency, the “Miracle” note of original Solfeggio musical scale, is only one of nine “core creative frequencies” in a “Perfect Circle of Sound” that animates physical reality, like atomic energy technology, using spinning electrons vibrating with electro-resonance.

This is an image of one of the most perfect, detailed, pure water crystals ever photographed. It formed to reflect the

sound of the sun

In 2009, researcher David Sereda sent Dr. Horowitz NASA recordings of the sun along with this crystallograph produced by researchers in Russia. Later, Dr. Horowitz compared the sound of the sun, and jupiter to the pure tones of “The Perfect Circle of Sound” frequencies, including 528Hz. TheHarvard trained public health expert noted 528Hz was most obviously harmonic to both recordings.

Dr. Horowitz believes 528Hz is also fundamental to “LOVE”—the “Universal Healer;” and he recommends combining the frequency of “LOVE/528,” with the “Universal Solvent”—Water—to advance “the future of medicine”—LOVE Hydrosonics. To this end, the award winning author and film-maker publishes two online journals Hydrosonics, that discusses the powerful impacts of sounds on water, and Medical Veritas, heralding advances in natural ways to end pollution and advance healing.

John Hutchison, is a well known scientist best known for examining The Bermuda Triangle, and explaining strange occurrences in this infamous area of the Atlantic ocean, called the “Hutchison-Effect,” all associated with electromagnetic disturbances of unknown origin. The Canadian Government has persecuted Hutchinson heavily over the years, the last time for supposedly causing his neighbor to levitate without consent.

Hutchinson’s partner, Nancy Lazaryan, a journalist from Minnesota, said their research was “intuited” to include the 528Hz sound that they observed causing oxygen to bubble up heavily from the bottom of the oil soaked Gulf and Perdido Bay, between Florida and Alabama.

The couple started their research requesting samples of polluted Gulf water be sent to Hutchison's lab in Vancouver. There, Hutchison and Lazaryan experimented using ancient Solfeggio sounds and Gregorian chant frequences that have been traditionally used for healing. The frequencies were applied to several polluted water samples using audio and radio waves, with wonderful results.

So Hutchison and Lazaryan packed up their lab equipment, borrowed a trailer, and farm truck, and traveled from Canada to the Gulf. Their chemical analysis from their first "open air frequencies" experiments in Perdido Bay proved to them that, “the Gulf water can be healed.”

To date, the federal government has relied on the deadly oil dispersant, Corexit, a Goldman Sach/Boots & Coots chemical causing a lot of people, and wildlife, to get sick and die.

Alternatively, Hutchinson and Lazaryan recommend a harmonic "stream of sound" to completely purify the polluted water. The couple claims the inspiration for these harmonics came from the Essenes, a sect of Israel where Jesus was a member. The Essenes "inner circle" taught the "stream of sound" as part of the Creator’s power to create.

The 528 hz tone is known by the ancients to be a "healing frequency," and many people believe it can be used to repair damaged DNA. Most recently, Dr. Horowitz, working with mathematician Marko Rodin, advanced the mathematical relationship to genetic structuring, as DNA segments reflect Rodin’s “infinity pattern,” that others predict willrevolutionize everything. (CLICK HERE for a YouTube presentation on this knowledge.)

In 2009, Dr. Horowitz produced Live H2O: Concert for the Living Water , in which groups from 72 countries participated by singing and chanting in 528Hz, praying for all polluted water to be blessed worldwide.

One of the honorees at LIVE H2O was Dr. Masaru Emoto who conducted years of research sending purifying intentions and “LOVE/528Hz frequency vibrations into water with astonishing results published in dozens of languages and two New York Times bestselling books. Dr. Emoto actually filmed the molecular structure of the water changing from disorganized arrays of crystals in polluted water, into beautiful snowflake formations included visible “messages” as through the water was actually “conscious.”

Dr. Horowitz, among Dr. Emoto’s leading scientific supporters, explains this metaphysically by relating the power of LOVE in human hearts to the power of the Creator to respond to prayer and heart-felt loving intentions to heal the world and be helpful to one another.

Hutchison and Lazaryan, likewise, are hoping to bless the planet with their new discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico.

"We declare PEACE," says Lazaryan, "the war upon the Gulf is over."

Mayan Code Triology

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:40:00 +0000

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Alzheimer Patient Regains Memory

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:13:00 +0000

I thought you would like to hear about another miracle. This time it is an Alzheimer patient. We haven't found many Alzheimer patients as they are often hidden away somewhere and always have relatives that know better. But in this lady's case her son had watched the medical doctors do absolutely nothing for years and he has seen MMS do something, so he was willing to try.

Within two weeks she was back to thinking clearly. (Who knows how clearly, but that is what she says as opposed to saying that she could not think at all.) In addition, much of her memory had returned. Of course, she is not totally cured yet, but she is back to living her life. All the indications are that she will be well in a few more weeks. Have you ever heard of a medical drug doing anything similar in such a short time? Well, if you did hear of such a thing, it was not true, because there are no such medical reports. As I write this sentence (9/8/2010) this lady has finished her 3rd week and a telephone call to her this morning proves she is feeling even better with even better thinking and more memory returned.

I know, You’re Thinking, “Where's the Proof?”
Where are the double blind clinical trials? Well, we will probably get some of those trials soon. We simply haven't had the money for such trials so far. We are hoping to do so soon. Meanwhile, if you absolutely wanted to prove it to yourself we could organize a trip for a group of us to visit this lady. She'd be OK to see a group, but you would have to accept her word. Actually, you could talk to her neighbors to find out how she has been doing for the past 5 years, and we might even be able to get her doctor to visit while the group is there. But do you see, the simpler thing is, why try to prove it?

·         Why not just get some MMS and try it like several million people have already done? It's cheap, about $20 for a year's supply. Oh, you will spend more because you need citric acid or lemon juice, but the most you will spend is still about 2 cents a dose.

Ignorant MMS Critics

My critics still refuse to test it, or check a single person who has been cured of anything, and they continue to claim I am making thousands selling it. But since I have never made a cent from the sales of MMS, their critical accusations ring hollow. Can you believe that they would continue to spout critical lies while never checking a single person, or studying a single point about chemistry to see if I am right? All of them have to be unwilling or unable to ever check their beliefs, because if they did, they would find thousands of healed people back to their lives, happy to be done with the suffering. These critics are definitely a group who "hold their head in the sand”. Unfortunately, they live their lives to create the maximum damage to themselves and society, because the few who believe them will continue to suffer and die rather than treat their diseases.

Ministers of Health Doing “the Impossible”

In South America on the day that I cured myself from malaria, I swore to bring this chemical solution now called MMS to the world. I'm 78 years old and I don't need to get rich. But I do need to see the millions of suffering people in the world returned to health. If that were an impossible thing, to overcome 98% of the suffering, then I wouldn't worry about it, and I'd retire like most of the others my age.

·         But it is not impossible, and we can do it, and we have got to do it. Those of you who understand know that we have got to do it.

I've been doing it for 13 years now and I have seen more incurable diseases cured than any man has ever seen. The Ministers of Health are doing it now, they are becoming more and more able to cure disease and it is what we will all do. Together, will create a world free of disease. I can't do it alone, but all of us together can. I will continue to help, but now I have others helping me, the Ministers of Health, Doctors of MMS, and many of you.

I searched for a way, a vehicle so to speak, that would not only help bring about a world without diseases, but would also help protect the Ministers of Health who are being created in my Seminars. These people, the ones I have already trained and the ones that will be trained, need to be protected. They know more, and are more capable of curing more people of more different diseases, than any person before them. They are doing it right now. I do not compare them with medical doctors, as they cure diseases as opposed to merely treat symptoms. They are all compassionate, sensitive, loving people who mostly treat people free of charge and depend upon donations.

Our Children Need Protecting

Our children are under attack by our governments. It is now determined that every child must have over 50 vaccinations before 6 years of age and all vaccinations contain poisons. And they make billions for the drug companies. I shouldn't have to prove any of this to you, as the medical profession has never proven that vaccinations prevent or even reduce diseases. I say it again. Vaccinations have never been proven to protect a single child against a single disease.
All a doctor will ever tell you is, "It's well known that vaccinations work." They won't offer you a single proof. I mean something like this:
·         “Here is a group of kids who were vaccinated and here is another group of kids in the same school who were not vaccinated. See, the vaccinated group is much healthier.”
That's never happened. All you will get from a doctor is double talk. The doctor will sound so learned and so educated in the upper technology of vaccinations that you will leave 9 times out of 10 convinced that he has proven it. But stop and think. What did he really prove beyond listing a lot of impressive schools and doctors? Well it's nothing, because there is no proof that vaccinations work. Until you prove it for yourself, please take my word for it, because if you allow your child to be vaccinated you could be dooming him or her to a life of Autism or numerous other problems.

The Harm Done by Vaccinations
There are now more than 24,000 new cases of autism each year. Autism was unheard of before vaccinations came along in about 1950, but so was childhood brain damage and ADHD and dozens of other problems.   Remember, follow the money and you will see why various things are happening. By 1960, it was estimated that over 1 million children had vaccine-caused disabilities, including
·         Learning difficulties
·         Behavioral problems
·         Allergies
·         Speech difficulties
·         Visual problems
·         Problems in adjustment and coping
A hundred million since then. If you would like to know the truth about vaccinations, it's simple. Just go to those doctors who are not making millions or to companies who are not making billions from vaccines who know about health. Go to google and search "Vaccines truth," or "polio truth." It is so unbelievable that people, including our Congressmen, would allow such a thing, that people just continue to allow it The harm done now by vaccines is far beyond what was done in 1960.  But it is set so the problems mostly come on slowly and show up months or years later. Who would believe that they will allow millions to suffer and die just for the money? Well, you need to believe it, because your
children are in imminent danger.

Luckily, believe it or not, MMS is curing the problems of Autism. One doctor in Mexico has been doing that, healing the problems of autism using MMS. I know it is terribly hard to believe that our government would do this or allow this, but again, it's your children who are in immediate danger. You could be terribly sorry the rest of your life if you don't check this out. Go to google and check “vaccines truth”.

I had to mention vaccinations so you would know about why children need protection from the Government. So we needed a vehicle, a way of protecting children from vaccines and our Ministers of Health from prosecution for healing people, and of course, many other people from these and other suppression such as laws against home education of children.

A Protective Church
And so I started a church, legally, in the way it is really supposed to be done. This church is not a church of religion, but rather a church of (1) health, (2) healing, (3) doing good deeds and (4) always doing what is right. That is about the extent of the beliefs that you need to have to be a member of our church. We have other beliefs, but in order to be a member of our church these are the only beliefs you need, the 4 beliefs mentioned above. We are the Genesis 2 Church of Health and Healing. Genesis denotes the beginning. The 2 indicates it is the 2nd beginning. And we are the genesis of a world without disease.

You may say, "So what, who cares, a religion won't help”. Ah, but it will. Governments throughout the world think twice before interfering with a religion, and more importantly, common law and most other law systems have been set for thousands of years, mostly by the Catholic Church, to respect religion. You may not have been aware that the legal philosophy of separation of Church and State is that the Church and State are of equal power in their areas. That means that in its area, the church is as powerful as the government -- it is equal. The government can't dictate to the church.

Part 2 will follow.

SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS / LEVELS

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:09:00 +0000

Many say that the Indians are very spiritual beings, well they are however they are only on the first or second level, please read about the five levels below. To pass from the second to third level one needs to be Karma Free and with all the killing of those innocent beings it is impossible to progress towards being a total "Spiritual Being". Just on the second level there are many powers such as magic, astral travel, healing powers and more, this does not make one "ENLIGHTENED". An "enlightened being" is a totally "Karma Free Being".
Cosmology

The first level ASTRAL

The first level of enlightenment, corresponds to the subtle, or “Astral” level of heaven. It is said to be the emotional level. The Astral level is made up of many varied sub-levels. Souls at this level occupy the astral body and are bound by feelings and emotions. It has at least 6 kinds of miraculous power (e.g. clairaudience, clairvoyance, telepathy, precognition, healing and astral travel)

The second level CAUSAL

The second level of God-knowledge is the “causal”, or intellectual level. The most striking abilities that one achieves are eloquence and highly developed IQ. The Physical, Astral and Causal levels make up the "three worlds". Although the Astral and Causal levels might seem increasingly magnificent according to human conception, the three worlds are said to be still mainly under the influence of dark forces.

The third level DEBTS (KARMA)

Only after clearing all the debts (karma) of the physical world, then the soul could go beyond the three worlds and is said to be liberated from the authority of the dark forces. However the worlds of the third level are still not everlasting and although the soul is not required to enter the physical world again, if it wishes to perform good deeds in order to climb further into the eternal world. At this level the soul has creative power and still "believes itself to be something which it is not"(ego).

The fourth level SOUL REALIZATION

At the fourth level, the soul is said to be highly realised and with greater degree of freedom. At the peak of the fourth level is a vastly dark region, like a pitch black city night. The only light comes from the souls existing here, which are waiting for a chance to encounter a master to show them how to enter the fifth level. The fifth level cannot be entered on account of any merit gained as can the levels below it. A fifth or above level soul must accompany a soul wanting to enter this level therefore that soul must already be on the Fifth or above levels.

The fifth level ENLIGHTENMENT

The fifth level is the origin of all individual souls. Here we experience eternal happiness and unchanging joy and here we have absolutely reunited with our essence..

Finding The Hope Within You

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:15:00 +0000

"Often in a life one can find a moment where all the energy of creation feels like a void inside. Despair over predicaments and dramas can lead to the inability to create anything productive in a linear sense.

In times of troublesome mass consciousness the individual may simply run out of hope for a better creation with the life.

Dramas can cause blindness to the true capabilities of the soul. Each moment unfolding feeling worse than the last. It is easy to be overwhelmed with the negativity and just give up.

By doing so one merely reinforces the sense of defeat. When one believes they are overcome they will be.

By remaining steadfast to your soulful energy one can regain the hope within and overcome anything.

Be one with our soul choosing to ignore the mass energy that can become overpowering in its negativity.

Instead of getting in the mix of defeat, attempt to break out of the crowd and become individual with your thoughts.

One does not have to follow the mass moments of consciousness. One is capable of creating their own stream if they are willing to be bold and just do it.

We realize how intricate physical reality is created. We also know how difficult it is to attempt to break out of the mold and be different. This is especially so at this time in our culture.

Reinvent how you think about ourselves and our surroundings.

Attempt to change thought patterns that have gotten you to where you are now. Somewhere deep down our hope still exists. Do not allow the exterior to rule the interior of us.

Dig deep and find ourselves. Regain our grip on hope. It is a special ingredient in our reality. Add it to our thoughts and allow it to regain its foothold within us."

LOVE IS.... WELL.... IS

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 03:36:00 +0000

LOVE IS ...

... WELL ... IS ...

The antidote to the madness of Mind is the knowing of heart. It is what we call 'love', though no word exists, not even a vibration, which can capture the meaning of love in its Infinite, stillness and silence.

Mind thinks it knows love, but it is blind to its true immensity, numb to its music, its poetry, its All Knowing.

Rumi wrote:
Those who don't feel this Love
pulling them like a river,
those who don't drink dawn
like a cup of spring water
or take in sunset like supper,
those who don't want to change,
Let them sleep.

This Love is beyond the study of theology,
that old trickery and hypocrisy.
If you want to improve your mind that way,
Sleep on.

I've given up on my brain.
I've torn the cloth to shreds
and thrown it away.

If you're not completely naked,
wrap your beautiful robe of words
around you,

And sleep.

We talk about the 'conscious' Mind when Mind without true Consciousness is unconscious. Most of this 'world' is unconscious as it - unconsciously - follows the programs of Mind believing them to be self-awareness and personal 'choice'. Yet it is only reaction to program, like a computer reading a disk.

Mind is the vehicle for Consciousness - but the 'car' has become also the driver.

A LIFE AFTER DEATH JOURNEY

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Sat, 29 May 2010 04:43:00 +0000

by Patricia Diane Cota-Robles

Jim McAndrew, a dear friend of mine, made his transition into the Inner Realms of Light on February 20, 2009. The day after his passing, I received a beautiful E-mail describing another person’s near-death experience. This information is profound, very inspiring, and comforting. I would like to share this with you now.

As you read these words, go within to the Divinity of your heart. Ask your I AM Presence to help you follow this near-death experience as though you were on this sacred journey yourself. This is truly a mind-expanding and a consciousness-raising opportunity for all of us.

By expanding this sacred knowledge through your Heart Flame, you will anchor this profound Truth into the Earth’s Crystal Grid System, and you will expand it through the mental and emotional strata of the planet. This wisdom will then be tangibly available to the masses of Humanity, and it will lift all Life up in energy, vibration, and consciousness.

In the midst of the chaos and confusion that is surfacing to be healed at this time, this information will be a powerful, healing gift to ALL Life on this planet.

A JOURNEY THROUGH THE LIGHT AND BACK
Near-Death Experience Story of Mellen-Thomas Benedict

Mellen-Thomas Benedict speaks:

In 1982 I died from terminal cancer. The condition I had was inoperable, and any kind of chemotherapy they could give me would just have made me more of a vegetable. I was given six to eight months to live.

I had been an information freak in the 1970s, and I had become increasingly despondent over the nuclear crisis, the ecology crisis, and so forth. So, since I did not have a spiritual basis, I began to believe that nature had made a mistake and that we were probably a cancerous organism on the planet. I saw no way that we could get out from all the problems we had created for ourselves and the planet. I perceived all humans as cancer—and that is what I got.

That is what killed me. Be careful what your world view is. It can feed back on you, especially if it is a negative world view. I had a seriously negative one. That is what led me into my death. I tried all sorts of alternative healing methods, but nothing helped.

So I determined that this was really just between me and God. I had never really faced God before or even dealt with God. I was not into any kind of spirituality at the time, but I began a journey into learning about spirituality and alternative healing. I set out to do all the reading I could and bone up on the subject, because I did not want to be surprised on the other side. So I started reading on various religions and philosophies. They were all very interesting and gave hope that there was something on the other side. I ended up in hospice care.

I remember waking up one morning at home about 4:30 AM, and I just knew that this was it.

This was the day I was going to die. So I called a few friends and said goodbye. I woke up my hospice caretaker and told her. I had a private agreement with her that she would leave my dead body alone for six hours, since I had read that all kinds of interesting things happen when you die. I went back to sleep.

The next thing I remember is the beginning of a typical near-death experience. Suddenly I was fully aware—and I was standing up but my body was in the bed. There was this darkness around me. Being out of my body was even more vivid than ordinary experience. It was so vivid that I could see every room in the house. I could see the top of the house, I could see around the house, I could see under the house.

There was this Light shining. I turned toward the Light. The Light was very similar to what many other people have described in their near-death experiences. It was so magnificent. It is tangible; you can feel it. It is alluring; you want to go to it like you would want to go to your ideal mother’s or father’s arms.

As I began to move toward the Light, I knew intuitively that if I went to the Light, I would be dead. So as I was moving toward the Light I said, “Please wait a minute; just hold on a second here. I want to think about this. I would like to talk to you before I go.” To my surprise, the entire experience halted at that point. You are in control of your life-after-death experience. You are not on a roller coaster ride.

So my request was honored, and I had some conversations with the Light. The Light kept changing into different figures, like Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, mandalas, archetypal images and signs. I asked the Light, “What is going on here? Please, Light, clarify yourself for me. I really want to know the reality of the situation.” I cannot really say the exact words, because it was sort of telepathy.

The Light responded. The information transferred to me was that during your life-after- death experience your beliefs shape the kind of feedback you are getting before the Light. If you were a Buddhist or Catholic or Fundamentalist, you get a feedback loop of your own stuff. You have a chance to look at it and examine it, but most people do not. As the Light revealed itself to me, I became aware that what I was really seeing was our Higher Self matrix.

We all have a Higher Self, or an oversoul part of our being. It revealed itself to me in its truest energy form. The only way I can really describe it is that the Being of the Higher Self is more like a conduit. It did not look like that, but it is a direct connection to the Source that each and every one of us have. We are directly connected to the Source. So the Light was showing me the Higher Self matrix. I was not committed to one particular religion. So that is what was being fed back to me during my life-after-death experience.

As I asked the Light to keep clearing for me, to keep explaining, I understood what the Higher Self matrix is. We have a grid around the planet where all the Higher Selves are connected.

This is like a great company, a next subtle level of energy around us, the spirit level, you might say. Then, after a couple of minutes, I asked for more clarification. I really wanted to know what the Universe is about, and I was ready to go at that time. I said, “I am ready, take me.”

Then the Light turned into the most beautiful thing that I have ever seen: a mandala of human souls on this planet. Now I came to this with my negative view of what was happening on the planet. So as I asked the Light to keep clarifying for me, I saw in this magnificent mandala how beautiful we all are in our essence, our core. We are the most beautiful creations.

The human soul, the human matrix that we all make together, is absolutely fantastic, elegant, exotic, everything. I just cannot say enough about how it changed my opinion of human Beings in that instant. I said, “Oh, God, I did not know how beautiful we are.” At any level, high or low, in whatever shape you are in, you are the most beautiful creation.

The revelations coming from the Light seemed to go on and on. Then I asked the Light, “Does this mean that Mankind will be saved?” Then, like a trumpet blast with a shower of spiraling lights, the Great Light spoke, saying, “Remember this and never forget; you save, redeem and heal yourself. You always have. You always will. You were created with the power to do so from before the beginning of the world.”

In that instant I realized even more. I realized that WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAVED, and we saved ourselves because we were designed to self- correct like the rest of God’s Universe. This is what the second coming is about. I thanked the Light of God with all my heart. The best thing I could come up with was these simple words of total appreciation: “Oh dear God, dear Universe, dear Great Self, I Love My Life.”

The Light seemed to breathe me in even more deeply. It was as if the Light was completely absorbing me. The Love Light is, to this day, indescribable. I entered into another realm, more profound than the last and became aware of something more, much more. It was an enormous stream of Light, vast and full, deep in the Heart of Life. I asked what this was.

The Light responded, “This is the RIVER OF LIFE. Drink of this manna water to your heart’s content.” So I did. I took one big drink and then another. To drink of Life Itself! I was in ecstasy.

Then the Light said, “You have a desire.” The Light knew all about me, everything past, present and future. “Yes!” I whispered.

I asked to see the rest of the Universe, beyond our solar system, beyond all human illusion. The Light then told me that I could go with the Stream. I did, and was carried through the Light at the end of the tunnel. I felt and heard a series of very soft sonic booms. What a rush!

Suddenly I seemed to be rocketing away from the planet on this stream of Life. I saw the Earth fly away. The solar system, in all its splendor, whizzed by and disappeared. At faster than light speed, I flew through the center of the Galaxy, absorbing more knowledge as I went. I learned that this Galaxy, and all of the Universe, is bursting with many different varieties of LIFE. I saw many worlds. The good news is that we are not alone in this Universe!

As I rode this stream of consciousness through the center of the Galaxy, the stream was expanding in awesome fractal waves of energy. The super clusters of Galaxies with all their ancient wisdom flew by. At first I thought I was going somewhere, actually traveling. But then I realized that as the stream was expanding, my own consciousness was also expanding to take in everything in the Universe! All creation passed by me. It was an unimaginable wonder! I truly was a Wonder Child; a babe in Wonderland!

At this point, I found myself in a profound stillness, beyond all silence. I could see or perceive FOREVER, beyond Infinity.

I was in the Void.

I was in pre-creation, before the Big Bang. I had crossed over the beginning of time/the First Word/the First Vibration. I was in the Eye of Creation. I felt as if I was touching the Face of God. It was not a religious feeling. Simply, I was at one with Absolute Life and Consciousness.

When I say that I could see or perceive forever, I mean that I could experience all of creation generating itself. It was without beginning and without end. That is a mind expanding thought, isn’t it?

Scientists perceive the Big Bang as a single event which created the Universe. I saw during my life-after- death experience that the Big Bang is only one of an infinite number of Big Bangs creating Universes endlessly and simultaneously. The only images that even come close in human terms would be those created by super computers using fractal geometry equations.

The ancients knew of this. They said God had periodically created new Universes by breathing out and recreated other Universes by breathing in. These epochs were called Yugas. Modern science called this the Big Bang. I was in absolute, pure consciousness. I could see or perceive all the Big Bangs or Yugas creating and recreating themselves. Instantly I entered into them all simultaneously. I saw that each and every little piece of creation has the power to create. It is very difficult to try to explain this. I am still speechless about this.

It took me years after I returned from my near-death experience to assimilate any words at all for the Void experience. I can tell you this now: the Void is less than nothing, yet more than everything that is! The Void is absolute zero, chaos forming all possibilities. It is Absolute Consciousness, much more than even Universal Intelligence.

The Void is the vacuum or nothingness between all physical manifestations. It is the SPACE between atoms and their components. Modern science has begun to study this space between everything. They call it Zero point. Whenever they try to measure it, their instruments go off the scale, or to infinity, so to speak. They have no way, as of yet, to measure infinity accurately. There is more of the zero space in your own body and the Universe than anything else!

What mystics call the Void is not a void. It is so full of energy, a different kind of energy that has created everything that we are. Everything since the Big Bang is vibration, from the first Word, which is the first vibration. The biblical “I AM” really has a question mark after it. “I AM—What am I?” So creation is God exploring God’s Self through every way imaginable, in an on-going, infinite exploration through every one of us. I began to see during my near-death experience that everything that is, is the Self, literally your Self, my Self. Everything is the great Self. That is why God knows even when a leaf falls. That is possible because wherever you are is the center of the Universe. Wherever any atom is, that is the center of the Universe. There is God in that, and God in the Void.

As I was exploring the Void during my life-after- death experience and all the Yugas or creations, I was completely out of time and space as we know it. In this expanded state, I discovered that creation is about Absolute Pure Consciousness, or God, coming into the Experience of Life as we know it. The Void itself is devoid of experience. It is pre life, before the first vibration. Godhead is about more than Life and Death. Therefore there is even more than Life and Death to experience in the Universe!

When I realized this, I was finished with the Void and wanted to return to this creation, or Yuga. It just seemed like the natural thing to do. Then I suddenly came back through the second Light, or the Big Bang, hearing several more velvet booms. I rode the stream of consciousness back through all of creation, and what a ride it was! The super clusters of Galaxies came through me with even more insights. I passed through the center of our Galaxy, which is a black hole. Black holes are the great processors or recyclers of the Universe.

Do you know what is on the other side of a black hole? We are; our Galaxy, which has been reprocessed from another Universe. In its total energy configuration, the Galaxy looked like a fantastic city of lights.. All energy this side of the Big Bang is Light. Every sub atom, atom, star, planet, even consciousness itself is made of Light and has a frequency and/or particle. Light is living stuff. Everything is made of Light, even stones. So everything is alive. Everything is made from the Light of God; everything is very intelligent.

As I rode the stream on and on, I could eventually see a huge Light coming. I knew it was the First Light; the Higher Self Light Matrix of our Solar System. Then the entire Solar System appeared in the Light, accompanied by one of those velvet booms.

I could see all the energy that this Solar System generates, and it is an incredible Light show! I could hear the Music of the Spheres. Our Solar System, as do all celestial bodies, generates a unique matrix of light, sound and vibratory energies. Advanced civilizations from other star systems can spot Life as we know it in the Universe by the vibratory or energy matrix imprint. It is child’s play. The Earth’s wonder child (Human Beings) make an abundance of sound right now, like children playing in the backyard of the Universe.

The Light explained to me that there is no death; we are immortal Beings. We have already been alive forever! I realized that we are part of a natural living system that recycles itself endlessly. I was never told that I had to come back. I just knew that I would. It was only natural, from what I had seen during my life-after-death experience.

I don't know how long I was with the Light, in human time. But there came a moment when I realized that all my questions had been answered and my return was near. When I say that all my questions were answered on the other side, I mean to say just that. All my questions have been answered. Every human has a different life and set of questions to explore. Some of our questions are universal, but each of us is exploring this thing we call Life in our own unique way. So is every other form of life, from mountains to every leaf on every tree.

That is very important to the rest of us in this Universe. Because it all contributes to the Big Picture, the fullness of Life. We are literally God exploring God’s Self in an infinite Dance of Life. Your uniqueness enhances all of Life.

As I began my return to the life cycle, it never crossed my mind, nor was I told, that I would return to the same body. It just did not matter. I had complete trust in the Light and the Life process. As the stream merged with the great Light, I asked never to forget the revelations and the feelings of what I had learned on the other side.

There was a “Yes.” It felt like a kiss to my soul.

Then I was taken back through the Light into the vibratory realm again. The whole process reversed, with even more information being given to me. I came back home, and I was given lessons from my near-death experience on the mechanics of reincarnation. I was given answers to all those little questions I had: “How does this work? How does that work?” I knew that I would be reincarnated.

The Earth is a great processor of energy, and individual consciousness evolves out of that into each one of us. I thought of myself as a human for the first time, and I was happy to be that. From what I have seen, I would be happy to be an atom in this Universe. An atom. So to be the human part of God—this is the most fantastic blessing. It is a blessing beyond our wildest estimation of what a blessing can be. For each and every one of us to be the human part of this experience is awesome and magnificent. Each and every one of us, no matter where we are, screwed up or not, is a blessing to the planet, right where we are.

I went through the reincarnation process expecting to be a baby somewhere. But I was given a lesson on how individual identity and consciousness evolve. I was so surprised when I opened my eyes. I do not know why, because I understood it, but it was still such a surprise to be back in this body, back in my room with someone looking over me, crying her eyes out. It was my hospice caretaker. She had given up an hour and a half after finding me dead. My body was stiff and inflexible. She went into the other room. Then I awakened and saw the light outside. I tried to get up to go to it, but I fell out of the bed. She heard a loud “clunk,” ran in and found me on the floor.

When I recovered, I was very surprised and yet very awed about what had happened to me during my near-death experience. At first all the memory of the trip that I have now was not there. I kept slipping out of this world and kept asking, “Am I alive?” This world seemed more like a dream than that one. Within three days I was feeling normal again, clearer, yet different than I had ever felt in my life. My memory of my near-death experience came back later. I could see nothing wrong with any human Being I had ever seen. Before that I was really judgmental. I thought a lot of people were really screwed up. In fact, I thought that everybody was screwed up but me. But I got clear on all that.

About three months later a friend said I should get tested, so I went and got the scans and so forth. I really felt good, so I was afraid of getting bad news. I remember the doctor at the clinic looking at the before and after scans, saying, “Well, there is nothing here now.” I said, “Really, it must be a miracle”’ He said “No, these things happen; they are called spontaneous remissions.” He acted very unimpressed. But here was a miracle, and I was impressed, even if no one else was.

During my near-death experience I had a descent into what you might call Hell, and it was very surprising. I did not see Satan or evil. My descent into Hell was a descent into each person’s customized human misery, ignorance, and darkness of not knowing. It seemed like a miserable eternity. But each of the millions of souls around me had a little star of Light always available. But no one seemed to pay attention to it. They were so consumed with their own grief, trauma and misery. But, after what seemed an eternity, I started calling out to that Light, like a child calling to a parent for help.

Then the Light opened up and formed a tunnel that came right to me and insulated me from all that fear and pain, That is what Hell really is. So what we are doing is learning to hold hands, to come together. The doors of Hell are open now. We are going to link up, hold hands and walk out of Hell together. The Light came to me and turned into a huge golden Angel. I said, “Are you the Angel of Death?” It expressed to me that it was my oversoul, my Higher Self matrix, a super ancient part of ourselves. Then I was taken to the Light.

Soon our science will quantify spirit. Isn't that going to be wonderful? We are coming up with devices now that are sensitive to subtle energy or spirit energy. Physicists use these atomic colliders to smash atoms to see what they are made of. They have got it down to quarks and charm, and all that. Well, one day they are going to come down to the little thing that holds it all together, and they are going to have to call it...God. We are just beginning to understand that we are creating too, as we go along. As I saw forever, I came to a realm during my near-death experience in which there is a point where we pass all knowledge and begin creating the next fractal, the next level. We have that power to create as we explore. And that is God expanding itself through us.

Since my return I have experienced the Light spontaneously, and I have learned how to get to that space almost any time in my meditation. Each one of you can do this. You do not have to die or have a near-death experience to do this. It is within your equipment; you are wired for it already. The body is the most magnificent Light Being there is. The body is a Universe of incredible Light. Spirit is not pushing us to dissolve this body. That is not what is happening. Stop trying to become God; God is becoming you. Here.

I asked God: “What is the best religion on the planet? Which one is right?” And Godhead said, with great love: “I don't care.” That was incredible grace. When Godhead said, “I don't care,” I immediately understood that it is for us to care about. It is important, because we are the caring Beings. It matters to us and that is where it is important. What you have is the energy equation in spirituality. Ultimate Godhead does not care if you are Protestant, Buddhist or whatever. It is all a blooming facet of the whole. I wish that all religions would realize it and let each other be. It is not the end of each religion, but we are talking about the same God. Live and let live. Each has a different view. And it all adds up to the big picture; it is all important.

I went over to the other side during my near-death experience with a lot of fears about toxic waste, nuclear missiles, the population explosion, the rainforest. I came back loving every single problem. I love nuclear waste. I love the mushroom cloud; this is the holiest mandala that we have manifested to date, as an archetype. It, more than any religion or philosophy on Earth, brought us together all of a sudden, to a new level of consciousness. Knowing that maybe we can blow up the planet fifty times, or 500 times, we finally realize that maybe we are all here together, now.

For a period they had to keep setting off more bombs to get it in to us. Then we started saying, “we do not need this any more.” Now we are actually in a safer world than we have ever been in, and it is going to get safer. So I came back from my near-death experience loving toxic waste because it brought us together. These things are so big. As Peter Russell might say, these problems are now “soul size.” Do we have soul size answers” YES!

The clearing of the rain forest will slow down, and in fifty years there will be more trees on the planet than in a long time. If you are into ecology, go for it; you are that part of the system that is becoming aware. Go for it with all your might, but do not be depressed. It is part of a larger thing.

Earth is in the process of domesticating itself. It is never again going to be as wild a place as it once was. There will be great wild places, reserves where nature thrives. Gardening and reserves will be the thing in the future. Population increase is getting very close to the optimal range of energy to cause a shift in consciousness. That shift in consciousness will change politics, money, energy.

After dying, going through my near-death experience and coming back, I really respect life and death. In our DNA experiments we may have opened the door to a great secret. Soon we will be able to live as long as we want to live in this body.

After living 150 years or so, there will be an intuitive soul sense that you will want to change channels. Living forever in one body is not as creative as reincarnation, as transferring energy in this fantastic vortex of energy that we are in. We are actually going to see the wisdom of Life and death, and enjoy it. As it is now, we have already been alive forever.

This body, that you are in, has been alive forever. It comes from an unending Stream of Life, going back to the Big Bang and beyond.

This body gives life to the next life, in dense and subtle energy.

This body has been alive forever already.

ASTROLOGY FOR 2010

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Wed, 26 May 2010 02:58:00 +0000

Greetings, I feel compelled to write this note about what we astrologers are

seeing coming. We are in the beginning of a very unique time in history that

will redefine the foundations of our lives.. The astrological circumstances

are uncommon and very dramatic. Change is likely to affect every level of

our being, even though each person will feel it differently and in varying

degrees of intensity.

I'm writing this note so that you may make better use of this time and

understand what it is about. As astrologers we are aware of cycles that

affect our existence; because this coming cycle is very unique, I feel it is

important to share this information. I will try to keep it simple and not

burden you with a long text and excessive details.

There are multiple planetary bodies that are gradually forming a very

particular and rare alignment. This configuration began to form during the

fall of 2008. Politically, that time was when the economical crisis exploded

and when US president Barack Obama was elected. The configuration will move

into a second phase during November 2009 and January/February 2010. (Saturn

will move into the Cardinal sign of Libra and will form powerful angle to

Pluto in Capricorn)...

The third phase is probably the most dramatic and intense, and will occur

from the end of June to the end of July 2010, when all the factors of the configuration will align together in a cross at the very beginning of

Cardinal signs in astrology. (Cardinal signs are the signs of new cycles).

The planets in questions are Pluto, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars. These

planets are slow moving bodies and therefore it is absolutely exceptional

that these slow moving bodies end up all aligned in a cross on these very

sensitive degrees!

In normal circumstances, some people go through changes while others

continue their routine. Here the alignment is so strong and dramatic that

everyone's life can be considerably affected. it is likely that your life

will not be the same by fall 2010! The question that often arises is:" Is it

bad, or is it good?" The answer is that it depends on the way one deals with

the events; a conscious approach can make a difference.

One thing for certain: do not expect security, consistency, and

predictability during this time. Reality is bound to change fast and so it

is better to move with the flow, while remaining conscious of what is going

on. Flexibility is one of the most important assets during this time. This

influence is analogous to a gigantic wave forming. You can ride on that wave

and go farther than ever expected -experience a powerful transformation that

can elevate you to new grounds. But this wave can also destroy a lot of what

you are currently attached to.

Redefinition may occur in different fields: you may change vocation,

relationships, location, mindsets, to name but a few. New people will move

into your life, current ones may leave. New ideas and projects will develop

and you may feel inspired to completely reinvent yourself! The cards are

re-shuffled! This is a time of an awakening, a revolution. An internal and

social revolution.

Everything is shaking up. Everything. From November 2009 until August 2010,

nothing will stay still. It can be very good, but you have to learn to

navigate these changes and seize opportunity when it comes. Don't try to

have it all perfect, don't try to keep the cake and eat it: change can take

you to a completely new and perhaps higher level of what you are about, but

you will have to let go of your security during this time. It is a time for

risk, reinvention, new ideas, new concepts, new vision, and the impetus to

make it happen.

Marriages may break, jobs and possessions may be lost, people may get sick,

and simultaneously, new relationships may emerge, new passion may awaken, a

completely new lifestyle is in the making...You are embarking on an

adventure whether you know it or not, whether you like it or not. My

suggestion: make peace with the idea, don't resist the adventure. If you are

accepting it, you will make the best of it. If you fight and resist it, you

won't win. This is what I mean by being open to risk taking. it may be time

to take that "plunge!"

Risking does not mean giving in to every silly venture. It is about hearing

a calling for truth. Things you have denied, postponed, avoided, feared, but

things you know were true. This is a time to be more truthful and follow a

calling.

Collectively, while the forces of corruption and manipulation may attempt to

control the course of events, they are bound to disintegrate. Scandals will

continue to hit the news. Natural events will continue to shake the earth.

At worst, a war may break during summer 2010 or later because dramatic changes

can spur fear and conflict.... But it does not have to go that way; we are

creators of our own destiny in the midst of the given circumstances.

As you go through these changes, it is crucial that you take good care of

your immune system because as positive as changes may be, they can overwhelm

you and weaken your immune system: eat more healthy, avoid fast sugar,

ingest raw garlic and onions daily (sandwich), exercise, take time out of

the intensity loop, do not let negativity take over-these are basic tips

that can keep you grounded.

Importantly: the situation heating up is like a piece of molten iron that

can be beaten into a better form-personally and collectively. Be an

ambassador of good and avoid wasting time on trivial details. For example,

as we see the earth being depleted and all resources and species dwindling,

people waste time arguing if global warming is or is not happening. If it is
man-made or not! IT DOESN'T MATTER! What matters is that the natural world
is vanishing before our eyes because of our misaligned actions: excessive
pollution, deforestation, and peaking toxicity levels are a reality beyond
global warming debates.

Similarly, the economy is not likely to stabilize any time soon. But

perhaps, necessarily so. And so it will be with many other aspects of your life...you will not have immediate answers. Be patient and keep doing your best. When the cycle will complete, new circumstances will emerge... This cannot be

artificially rushed. These dramatic times are an opportunity for us to

restructure our lives, personally and collectively. As many things are being

redefined, we can relinquish bad habits and attachments, open up to new

ideas, and invest in what works rather than settle for immediate gratification. Patience is another essential asset.

In this context, do not expect others to change for the better if you don't

do it yourself. We blame the governments and project our frustration on

distant "evils," but fail to open our hearts ourselves. Being pro-active may

work better than being self-righteous.

IMPORTANT DATES TO NOTE:

June 25 to August 5, 2010

November 1 to December 26, 2010

GENERAL SUGGESTIONS:

Understand this is an opportunity to reinvent ourselves in a better way.

Understand there will be a price to pay, something may need to go.

If you lose something or someone, understand this is the sign of these

times, use a crisis to venture into new horizons and create something new.

Understand this is an adventure and risk must be taken.

Understand that this is not a time when we can expect security-we are in

transition...

Listen to your inner truth, make your life truly happen now.

Take care of your immune system: avoid bad diets in general. They render you

vulnerable to opportunistic viruses.

Support your friends and family, we all shall need one another for support

during this transition time.

Cultivate your spiritual practice: this is also important for your immune

system.

Do your best to do good: whatever you seed now will have effect now and

later.

There is probably more than can be said and explained, but you get the

point. An incredible opportunity is arising, now and throughout 2010. This

type of cycle has not happened in recent history. We can expect a certain
level of destruction to occur-that is the price to pay. But the prospect of

experiencing an awakening and creating a better future is now within reach.

We are now in the midst of a revolution-a cultural, social, and political

revolution. On a personal level, it is a conceptual, emotional, and or
spiritual revolution. Truly, it is in the making!

VeganEra - NEWS/Health & Wellness

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Mon, 17 May 2010 11:02:00 +0000

Hey guys,My name is Jess and I’m new here, so please be kind. The lovely Vegan Era people have asked me to join them as their wellness writer. It’s kind of intimidating being the newbie. There’s all that angst wondering ‘Will they like me?’ Will they call me names?‘Will they pull my hair and giveme wedgies?’But then I remembered that this is nothing like being the new kid in school.This is Vegan Era – a place where everyone practices love, peace and kindness. So now that I’ve gotten over my first-post jitters I am totally amped to be contributing to this awesome site.Once a week I will be getting all preachy about natural health and wellness – a subject I am incredibly passionate about.Living a healthy lifestyle is not something I do just for kicks; it’s something that keeps me kicking.Almost two years ago I was diagnosed with a very aggressive, rare form of cancer called Epithelioid Sarcoma, which is in my left hand and arm. After having a high dose of chemo pumped through my arm following scans showed I was clear of cancer. Little did I know it would come back, not even a year after going into remission.After being told by doctors that my only real chance of long-term survival would be to have my arm amputated at the shoulder I decided to take matters into my own hands (excuse the pun). I politely refused their offers of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation and began searching for natural, alternative cancer treatments. The way I saw it I had two choices. I could rely on the slash, poison and burn method offered to me by the medical profession and become stuck in the ‘cancer patient’ category for who knows how long, or I could take responsibility for my illness and bring my body to optimum health so that it can heal itself. For me it was an easy decision. Chemo and radiation do not have great success on the type of cancer I have, and there is no way I’m going to let them cut my arm off.I quit my magazine job in Sydney, swapping a lifestyle of back-to-back parties for one of relaxation and meditation. Ditching a diet that consisted mostly of champagne, canapés and late night Lean Cuisine I became a carrot juice guzzling, lentil-loving vegan.I packed up and moved back to the Sunshine Coast to live with my family and began devoting all my time and energy to restoring my health. I am now all about cleansing, detoxing and nourishing my body with delicious organic, vegan wholefood – the recipe for my new wholesome existence.I will be coming at you each week to share musings from my healing journey. I hope you are able to get something out of my posts.Until next week, happy healing!Jess x

VeganEra - NEWS/Health & Wellness

Vegetarians Make Plenty of Essential Fats (DHA)

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:20:00 +0000

DHA status of vegetarians by Thomas Sanders in the August-September 2009 issue of the journal Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids concluded, “…the relatively lower intake of linoleic acid and the presence of preformed DHA (fish) in the diet of omnivores explain the relatively higher proportion of DHA in blood and tissue lipids compared with vegetarians. In the absence of convincing evidence for the deleterious effects resulting from the lack of DHA from the diet of vegetarians, it must be concluded that needs for omega-3 fatty acids can be met by dietary ALA (alpha linolenic acid).”1 ALA is made by plants.

Comment: Your well-meaning friends and family may insist you eat fish in order to get enough of the essential fat DHA for the sake of your brain. The two fatty acids (fats) that are essential for human health are the omega-3 alpha, linolenic acid (18:3n-3; ALA) and the omega-6, linoleic acid (18:2n-6; LA). Only plants can synthesize these two fats. No animal or fish can make these fats, but they can be stored in their bodies. These essential fats are converted in animals, including fish, to longer chain derivatives, such as DHA and EPA. DHA, which stands for docosahexaenoic acid, is a type of fat found abundant in the membranes of the retinas of the eyes and the brain. DHA is naturally found in human breast milk, and preformed dietary sources for adults include fatty fish. The human body has no difficulty converting the plant-derived omega-3 fat, ALA, into DHA or other omega-3 fatty acids, in the liver, thus supplying our needs even during gestation and infancy.

With this solid science you can put your friends’ worries at ease—as a non-fish-eater you will be just fine. And you’ll also avoid all that toxic mercury and help restore our oceans. 1) Sanders TA. DHA status of vegetarians. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2009 Aug-Sep;81(2-3):137-41.2 Langdon JH.

Has an aquatic diet been necessary for hominin brain evolution and functional development? Br J Nutr. 2006 Jul;96(1):7-17 From my friend Dr McDougall ; ) Udo Erasmus PhD (author of Fats That Heal Fats That Kill) has also recently written an article about this saying the same thing as he was frustrated that his words have been taken out of context and largely to promote fish oil :

A SPIRITUAL CONSPIRACY

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:25:00 +0000

Talking about A SPIRITUAL CONSPIRACY

On the surface of the world right now there is war and violence and things seem dark. But calmly and quietly, at the same time, something else is happening underground.

An inner revolution is taking place and certain individuals are being called to a higher light.

It is a silent revolution. From the inside out. From the ground up. This is a Global operation. A Spiritual Conspiracy. There are sleeper cells in every nation on the planet.

You won't see us on the T.V.

You won't read about us in the newspaper

You won't hear about us on the radio

We don't seek any glory

We don't wear any uniform

We come in all shapes and sizes, colors and styles

Most of us work anonymously!

We are quietly working behind the scenes in every country and culture of the world Cities big and small, mountains and valleys,in farms and villages, tribes and remote islands.You could pass by one of us on the street and not even notice.

We go undercover. We remain behind the scenes.

It is of no concern to us who takes the final credit But simply that the work gets done Occasionally we spot each other in the street .We give a quiet nod and continue on our way.

During the day many of us pretend we have normal jobs But behind the false storefront at night is where the real work takes a place Some call us the Conscious Army.

We are slowly creating a new world with the power of our minds and hearts. We follow, with passion and joy. Our orders come from the Central Spiritual Intelligence. We are dropping soft, secret love bombs when no one is looking.

We each express ourselves in our own unique ways with our own unique gifts and talents.

Be the change you want to see in the world

That is the motto that fills our hearts.

We know it is the only way real transformation takes place.

We know that quietly and humbly we have the power of all the oceans combined.

Our work is slow and meticulous. Like the formation of mountains. It is not even visible at first glance and yet with it entire tectonic plates shall be moved in the centuries to come.

Love is the new religion of the 21st century.You don't have to be a highly educated person Or have any exceptional knowledge to understand it. It comes from the intelligence of the heart Embedded in the timeless evolutionary pulse of all human beings.

Be the change you want to see in the world. Nobody else can do it for you. We are now recruiting. Perhaps you will join us Or already have. All are welcome. The door is open ~ author unknown

9.9.9. and the Mayan Calendar

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:12:00 +0000

9.9.9. and the Mayan Calendar. The number nine has been endowed with a special significance in many different spiritual and religious traditions. Nine was the number of muses in Greek mythology and Nine were the number of worlds in the Scandinavian. Nine was the number of doors to the holiest part of the temple in Jerusalem and the month of Ramadan is the Ninth in the Muslim calendar. Moreover, the counting system used by most of the world today includes nine numbers and so the relevance of this number is much ingrained in us. Also, in the Mayan tradition the number Nine plays a predominating role.

The only existing inscription from ancient times that discusses the meaning of the Mayan calendar “end date” for instance speaks of Nine “deities” that will descend then as its crucial event. This would in modern wording mean that Nine energies, or Nine cosmic forces would fully manifest then since the ancient Maya would look upon time periods as “deities”. As far as we can tell these “deities”, or cosmic forces, are like evolutionary wave movements, built on top of one another where we are currently riding on the eighth one getting ready to ride on the ninth.

The Nine Cosmic levels (Underworlds) that according to the only existing Mayan inscription about the calendar end date (Tortuguero monument 6) will manifest then. Currently we are in the eighth level (The Galactic Underworld) gearing up to the Ninth and highest level, the Universal Underworld. Photo of the Pyramid of the Jaguar in Tikal by the author.)In the manifestation of these evolutionary waves we may now as we approach the Ninth level notice an amazing synchronicity. This is that the upcoming date 9.9.9 (September 9, 2009 in the Gregorian calendar) happens to coincide with the beginning of a Mayan Sacred Calendar count of 260 days. Hence, in this calendar, in use since 3000 years, the modern date 9.9.9 has the energy of Hun Imix, or 1 Alligator as its English translation reads, which happens to be the first of its energetic combinations. If we ponder what this synchronicity may be telling us the most natural conclusion to draw is that on this particular date we are called to focus on the number nine and especially the Ninth level of the Mayan calendar system, whose coming into existence we are soon about to witness.

I believe that behind these cosmic forces, whose times of activation are described by the Mayan calendar, is an intelligent plan for the history of humanity that comes from a higher source and has a benevolent intention. To realize this is also to understand the importance of the guidance regarding how to follow this plan that we may gain from the calendar of the Maya. These nine cosmic forces are influencing and in fact governing our collective consciousness and so we have every reason to pay attention to what is going on in this cosmic time plan.

Synchronicities can often be interpreted in different ways, but if they are profound they always deserve our attention. 9.9.9, three Nines in a row, may for instance be seen as symbolic of three sacred calendar rounds of 260 days that will now in three steps lead us to the completion of the Ninth level of evolution which is its highest level.

To the best of our knowledge this highest energy state of the universe will be attained on the energy 13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13.13 13 Ahau (13 and Ahau are symbols of completion in the Mayan calendar) on the Gregorian date October 28, 2011. This highest state does not in any sense mean the end of the world, but only that all the Nine wave movements are then completed. Maybe we can use the metaphor that we are now about to climb the last hard steps of a ladder until we climb on to the roof where we will find a new stability under our feet and a place to rest. Regardless of what this final climb will mean we thus have reasons to expect an unprecedented period of change in a very short period of time. This is partly because we are entering the final phase of the eighth level of evolution and partly because a wave movement of a very high frequency, the Ninth level, will radically come to transform the collective consciousness in such a way that we will see the world in an entirely different light. It is for this reason that in the three upcoming Sacred Calendar rounds that follow upon 9.9.9 we will need to network and focus our intentions so that they converge in the birth of a new world.

This is all the more important as there are several sources that seem to indicate that the sixth night of the Galactic Underworld, beginning on November 8, 2009, may come to generate a deep downturn in the world’s economy. The first of these 260-day Sacred Calendar rounds, the one which actually begins on 9.9.9 and goes on until May 26, 2010, may be seen as a period of build-up to the Ninth level that is suitable for prayer, meditation and mental focusing.

We encourage community building, networking and spiritual synchronization in this time period, also of a practical nature. The second 260 calendar round, starting 27.05.10 will create a preliminary arrival of the Ninth level and the beginning of this will be marked by the Cosmic Convergence, July 17-18, a significant focus point for spiritual projects of a practical nature that will prepare for the birth of a new world. The third Sacred Calendar round of 260 days will begin February 11, 2011 and includes the actual activation of the Ninth level, the Universal Underworld on March 8, 2011. This may be the most dramatic of the three steps as it leads up to the establishment of the highest energy state of the universe on October 28, 2011. I believe that through these three steps, three Sacred Calendar rounds, starting on 9.9.9: 1/ Build-up, 2/ Preparatory Ninth level and 3/ Actual Ninth level of the evolution of the cosmos, the universe is now about to deliver what it has been striving towards all along, the establishment of a new level of consciousness, a unity consciousness. I also believe that the Ninth level is designed especially to generate such a unity consciousness, which will transform all of human society.

For the human race it will mean very big challenges and opportunities. These changes will however not happen by themselves and need to be manifested by the human beings themselves who may then chose to resist or welcome them. From this perspective we may thus look at the date 9.9.9 not only as a numerological curiosity to celebrate, but also as an opportunity for us to focus on and embrace the participation of humanity in a transformation process of a very large scale, the one brought by the Ninth level of the Cosmos.

From what we may understand of the Mayan calendar the unity consciousness will set an end to all forms of dominance of one human over another and especially those generated by the left brain. What this likely will mean is that instruments of dominance, such as the current financial system, weapons, national borders and many other structures upholding authority in this process will come to crumble as an effect of this unity consciousness coming into existence and so conclude with the birth of a new world where a divine harmony characterize the human relations. This end to dominance will also affect the relationship between the genders on a global scale that as a result will profoundly shift.

Needless to say, there will never be any return to business as usual. Instead we will need to approach the birth of the new world consciously and with an intention of co-creating it in a positive sense and not just react to the various difficulties that lie ahead. I believe that such a collective intention of co-creating the new world will be the best way of easing the consequences of these difficulties. Although what is starting on 9.9.9 is only the build-up phase to the Ninth level, this date is nonetheless a very important focusing point since the timing of the continued preparations for the emergence of this level are of the essence.

From this follows that the more practical projects that will start to manifest in the Cosmic Convergence, July 17-18 2010 as the name implies, will have to be based on an understanding that the very framework of the human existence and of consciousness will be dramatically expanded. The expansion of human consciousness is what will bring the socio-economic transformation at a time when the hardships of the old systems may be expected to be painfully felt also by nations that currently may been considered as wealthy.

As the Ninth level is finally activated our identities will come to be defined in a much expanded spiritual framework.This article comes much too late to encourage people more broadly to focus and intend together for the future. Nonetheless, many will celebrate the 9.9.9 date regardless. The purpose of my present article is then only to inform those that will be celebrating this date anyway, that indeed this is not just a numerological curiosity in the Gregorian calendar, but that the date plays a profound objective role in the cosmic plan as we may understand this from the Mayan calendar directly leading up to the birth of a new world through the Ninth level, 9.9.9. It is an ideal time to participate in prayers and meditations with the focus and intention of co-creating a new and better world. Additional tools for networking and communication with the focus on the Cosmic Convergence, July 17-18, 2012 will be developed as we go along. 9.9.9 may be seen as an initial and modest initial call for the co-creation of the birth of a new world.Malmö, September 6, 2009 (11 Edznab)Carl Johan Calleman

9.9.9. and the Mayan Calendar

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GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTION

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:01:00 +0000

It’s critical that we bring down our greenhouse gas(GHG) emissions now. Dr. James Hansen, one of the world’s leading climate scientists and Director of NASA’s Goddard Institute of Space Studies recently said in an interview: “Yes, we’re really running out of time… this next year or two years are the critical time period."

And in June this year, research by international climate scientists revealed grave news: “The world faces a growing risk of "abrupt and irreversible climatic shifts" as fallout from global warming hits faster than expected.” Though we definitely need to transition from our dependency on coal to renewable, sustainable energy, it takes several hundred years for the carbon dioxide that is already in our atmosphere to break down and dissipate. And meanwhile planetary warming keeps rising because we’re not limiting other greenhouse gases that can abate climate change much quicker than carbon dioxide reductions. There is hope. We can quickly reduce our impact on planetary heating by focusing on limiting the shor-tlived greenhouse gases (GHGs) like methane. Reducing the short-lived GHGs will substantially slow down global warming over a short period of time - this is what needs to happen. Methane in particular has a very short atmospheric life. If we stopped all our methane emissions now, the methane currently in the sky will disappear within less than 20 years and that would reduce a substantial amount of warming effect.

According to the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, methane has a warming impact 72 times that of carbon dioxide over a 20 year time frame. Limiting this gas is relatively inexpensive and will produce rapid results.

In Australia, sources of methane are derived from a variety of sectors but the one that produces the most is Agriculture; 58.7% of Australia’s emissions are from animal agriculture. The methane from this sector is mainly caused by the digestive processes of cows and sheep also known as enteric fermentation.

As well as being major contributors to global warming, livestock farming and feedlots have extensive impacts on our Earth’s resources:

Deforestation
o In Queensland, 96% of land cleared in 2006 was for animal grazing.

Water Scarcity
o Meat production, particularly ‘feed’ production for livestock consumes large amounts of critically important water resources.

Land Degradation
o About 70% of all grazing land in dry areas is considered degraded, mostly because of overgrazing, compaction and erosion caused by rearing of animals for their meat.

Water Pollution
o More than 2 billion tons of animal manure was produced worldwide during the late 1990s. Assuming an average nitrogen content of around 5%, this makes 100 million tons of nitrogen finding its way into our water systems.

Loss of Biodiversity
o Tropical forests hold half of the world’s species which are becoming extinct at an alarming rate due to deforestation for meat production. Not to mention the energy resources used to transport, refrigerate and process livestock into meat, and not forgetting the black carbon generated from deforestation specifically resulting from livestock grazing. Black carbon may only stay in the atmosphere for a short amount of time but is an incredibly potent climate warming agent.

Avoiding the Tipping Points
It’s essential that we avoid the tipping points identified by climate scientists – climatic thresholds that are irreversible once exceeded. Surpassing these tipping points will lead to catastrophic climate events such as unprecedented food and water shortages, massive changes in weather patterns, and the further melting of ice sheets that could introduce unforeseen rates of rise in sea level. Focusing on reducing carbon dioxide emissions Even if we could shut down all the coal-fired power stations tomorrow a problem arises in that these power stations generate, as well as carbon dioxide, sulphate aerosols, which have an immediate cooling impact. They lessen the impact of CO2 emissions from coal-fired power stations. Taking out this cooling effect without a quick reduction in other GHGs at the same time, could rapidly lead to an even hotter planet, running the risk of crossing dangerous tipping points. By focusing on reducing methane and nitrous oxide emissions now, we can avoid going over these tipping points, buying us more time to transition to renewable energy.

What You Can Do
In light of the planetary emergency we face, the single most effective thing that individuals can do right now to bring down net GHG emissions that doesn’t cost the earth is, go vegan. If changing to a vegan diet is considered difficult at present then the next effective thing to do is:

* Eat less meat. Choose to eat vegan meals at least twice or more times per week. The less animal products consumed the greater the impact on rapidly reducing our net GHG emissions. If we are to save our world and ourselves from the impending dangers of runaway climate change we need to act as quickly as possible.

POSITIVE ASPIRATIONS - Wise Words of Buddha

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:48:00 +0000

'Be a lamp unto yourself. Don't search for light anywhere else;

The light is already there, the fire is already there...

Just probe a little deeper into your being, enquire.

Maybe much ash has gathered around the fire...

Just probe deep inside, and you will find the spark again.

And once you have found a single spark inside you,

you will become a flame, soon you will be a fire...

a fire that purifies, a fire that transforms,

a fire that gives you a new birth and a new being.

Be a lamp unto yourself.'

Last words of Gautama, the Buddha

How Do Body Toxins Cause Poor Health?

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:15:00 +0000

You see, every day your body is bombarded with millions of toxins from genetically modified foods , toxic beverages, polluted air and water, prescription drugs, excessive stress, attack by parasites, and exposure to heavy metals and radiation. You absorb toxins from pesticides in crops, hormone-injected meat and dairy products, soy, white flour, table salt, MSG (monosodium glutamate), microwaved foods, refined sugar, artificial sweeteners, caffeine, alcohol, electromagnetic radiation, poisoned drinking water containing arsenic, chorine and fluoride, industrial chemicals, and so much more! These toxins suppress your body's self healing mechanism causing sickness, low energy levels, anxieties, weight gain, and many other negative health conditions.

Over 90% of these toxins enter your body through the INTESTINAL TRACT! From there they enter your bloodstream and begin to damage every living cell, organ, and biological system. Just as crops wither when vital water is withheld, your body's self-healing mechanisms can become overwhelmed by toxins … and disease or poor health is the result! Through my research, my former clinical practice, and also my work as a natural healthcare educator and "living green" consultant, I have discovered body toxins to be the underlying cause in nearly every case of general illness and poor physical or mental health! I am thus able to affirm the old saying that "Disease Starts and Health Begins in the Colon." Did you know you can strengthen and retrain your intestinal system to work as the first line of defense against toxins? Just as the potential for disease exists inside the body, so does the solution!

It has been long established that the body can heal itself if properly nourished and cleansed of toxins. By incorporating regular internal body cleansing and other organic lifestyle techniques into your health regimen, you can reactivate your body's natural healing systems. Plus, by adopting an eco-friendly green mindset, you can actually increase your vitality and reduce your impact on the world's resources at the same time.

LIES ABOUT FLUORIDE IN OUR WATER

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:07:00 +0000

'Fluoridated water prevents tooth decay.'
THIS IS A DEADLY, DISGRACEFUL LIE...

First of all, the reverse is true. One of the last cities in Europe to permit fluoridation was Basel, Switzerland, and they just stopped. Why? Because after they started fluoridating, kids' cavity rates increased. By contrast, rates in the rest of fluoride-free Europe declined. So why, you may ask, did anyone fluoridate in the first place?

FOLLOW THE MONEY. Fluoride is a by-product of aluminium production ...

And aluminium producers must dispose of it. But this was a very expensive proposition prior to fluoridation. Back then, the only approved uses for fluoride were as an INSECTICIDE or a RAT POISON.

So what did they do? I don't exactly have a smoking gun (yet), but one of the first studies 'proving' the anti-cavity power of fluoridated water was funded by the aluminium industry.

Ingenious, huh? If you can't dispose of a toxin, just delude health authorities that it's healthy, and presto... .

Now we pay them to pour rat poison into our water supply...

And what's the result? Fluoridated water doesn't prevent cavities, but it definitely can prevent a long, healthy life. I could show you evidence linking it to cancer, osteoporosis...

Plus, if you want to slash your Alzheimer's risk overnight...

Starting tomorrow, drink no fluoridated water.

Why? Because fluoride makes your body absorb extra aluminium. And where does the aluminium go? Your brain. And what metal shows up alarmingly in the brains of Alzheimer's victims? You guessed it.

In your FREE BONUS GIFTS, I'll explain the cheapest and easiest way to filter out all this toxic junk, along with several even easier ways to cut your Alzheimer's risk.

Then we'll put to rest all your needless fears about cancer...

MMS - MIRACLE MINERAL SOLUTION

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:48:00 +0000

Over 200,000 people are now taking MMS (Miracle Mineral Supplement), hoping to eliminate body toxins. MMS is a broad spectrum two-cent per dose germicidal agent that you mix in your kitchen. People drink it to remove pathogens and heavy metals from the body, claiming they can eventually achieve total detoxification.If you aren't involved with MMS yet, the health benefits and testimonials have proven to be extra-ordinary. People report being fully cleared of malaria, turberculosis, and other pathogens that disappear from their blood tests - sometimes in two to ten days.

MMS was Invented and packaged for internal use in 2001 by Inventor Jim Humble. Between 2001 and 2006 over 75,000 human volunteers demonstrated the amazing ability of MMS to rid the body of virtually any and all viruses, bacteria, fungi, yeast, and poisons. Now available on the internet for general use, a few doctors have begun to use MMS in their clinics claiming that MMS boosts the immune system. It radically detoxifies the body in ways similar to competing oxygen therapies but without harming any living body cells.For 70 years chlorine dioxide gas was used to eliminate bacteria from garden vegetables, and to purify city water supplies.

It is the preferred method of removing anthrax from wherever it needs to be excised.Jim Humble formulated a way to produce chlorine dioxide in slow release form within the stomach. Beginning in 2001 many people who were doomed with malaria or TB were rescued and brought back to disease-free health by using MMS as the agent for pathogen removal. For those who follow the inventor's dosage and mixing instructions (posted at end of article) there is hope for recovery from all sorts of illnesses.

MMS is said to get rid of insecticides, most heavy metals, candida bumps in arteries, poisons, and possibly all of the killer diseases where viruses or bacteria are involved. Think of MMS as a broad spectrum antibiotic but it has no fine print about side effects, no prescriptions, no environmental worries, no warnings, and very low cost. Children and adults take varieties of MMS-like pills or liquids on camping trips in the form of water-purifying drops. Further information about MMS is in the links at the end of article.MMS users are sometimes surprised by sudden nausea as they increase dosage along the way to comprehensive detoxification.

This article asserts that MMS users can reduce and even avoid nauseaas they progress through the detoxification process.By closely observing how chorine dioxide progressively destroys pathogens, MMS users can act to reduce or prevent nausea.FIRST OBSERVATION:Nausea occurring during the one to three drop phase can be reduced or avoided completely.Using standard instructions, MMS users start with one drop morning and evening (mixed as directed). The next day they move up to two drops morning and evening, etc. Eventually at the 15 drop (or higher) level they stay at that high level for 5 to 7 days, then drop back to a small maintenance level of 4 to 6 drops twice each week.

Recently it was discovered that a few people are allergic to citric acid. The MMS instructions state that one or another weak acid must be mixed with MMS. Five drops acid mixed with each one drop of MMS. If someone experiences nausea at the one drop level, it could indicate a reaction caused by the use of citric acid. Probably one or two drops of citric acid under the tongue would trigger the reaction if that is a factor to be considered.Similarly, a few people are allergic to lemon juice which could cause an early nauseous reaction. Such people can easily switch to another acid such as lime juice or unfiltered vinegar. These early nausea cases represent rare anomalies. Nausea can be bypassed easily by experimenting with different acids at the one drop level.

(For the uninitiated, the MMS and acid is mixed and then after three minutes it is diluted with water or apple juice for easy drinking).There's logic to this slow dosage ramp-up. The liquid that you drink slowly releases chlorine dioxide in the stomach. Red blood cells pick it up cheerfully (they think it's oxygen) and the blood carries a small amount of the gas to all parts of the body. The gas has no attraction at all to living cells, but upon coming into proximity with a virus or bacteria, the ClO2 plunders 4 or 5 electrons out of the wall of the virus. As though struck by lightening, the virus wall collapses and its fragments float away in the blood stream to the liver where they're recognized and marked for exit to the elimination systems.

The MMS molecule also self-destructs, reverting into two molecules of water and one molecule of salt.This is the reason why instructions mandate starting with one drop, then moving up slowly. No one knows how infested you may be with pathogens. Even walking around in good health, you still have no idea how many pathogens are going to be found and torched. Of course, maybe you're sick already and you know there are flu or cold germs to be destroyed. Maybe TB. Maybe HIV. Maybe hidden germs from a previous infection. They will gradually get torched as you ramp up.And what about all the years of vaccinations and injections you received since childhood (containing mercury and formaldehyde).

What about the MSG in almost every can of soup, and Aspartame in diet drinks and 100 food products (sticking to the nerves)? Some people cooked for years in aluminum pots, now aluminum is in the brain along with fluoride and lead from drinking water. Have you breathed exhaust fumes? Cigarette toxins in your lungs? Mercury in teeth fillings? What will the MMS find to kill in your body - much or little?Being in the dark about your "infestations" it's recommended that MMS users start with a very low dosage. A few people report getting diarrhea at the two drop level. Actually this is welcome and the sooner you pass this phase the better. You'll be pleased to know that MMS does NOT destroy desirable flora, the acidophilus, and other welcomed aids that improve nutritional absorption.

The structures and PH levels of these organisms make them unattractive to the chlorine dioxide gas. Parasites and diverticular folds are readily cleared out by ClO2 in the blood stream. Old sausage links and "stuck-stuff-unmentionables" may be expelled.As is typical of all advertised detoxifying herbs and methods, diarrhea is one of the desired outcomes. You know you're in the detoxifying stage when your intestines want to expel whatever was undesirable. Diaper Up. Be happy. It might last two to four days. Get ready. Usually it happens at the 7 to 9 MMS drop level. But your biochemistry is unique to you. You don't know the scope of accumulated toxin-buildup in your body. Therefore, "urgent elimination" could begin at the two drop level. Nausea, however, usually occurs later.

A few aggressive people have called who felt invincible and who started with five drops and moved up three drops each day. Some people notice no effects of any kind and imagine that "nothing's happening - it's not working" so they leap ahead. How soon the proud are fallen. At low levels pathogens ARE being executed. The elimination systems easily handle the small amount of debris so you imagine nothing's happening.Eventually there will be nausea, and even throwing up for these aggressive people. Maybe they're the type of people who never took doctor's orders seriously. Nausea may be disabling in some cases. You may be unable to go to work, for example.

For not understanding the nature of the progression, nausea is sometimes the moment of turning back, of wanting to quit, or giving up. The cliche' will be "I was sick already and MMS made me sicker." Or "Marketing hype promised that MMS will bring health but it's making me WORSE!" Even out on the internet forums you'll see crude talk like "Can't believe what a scam this is - I puked all day and want to warn everyone about this #xyz% MMS scam..." (This quote has been weakened a bit....")So let's be clear: If you want to detoxify with any herbal or other detox product on the market, you're asking for bowels to be cleared out and other things as well. Diarrhea and nausea are not unique to MMS.

However, unlike other detox products, the MMS option costs mere pennies. It clears metals out of your brain and fungus from your toes. You want clearing out? Then don't fuss when it happens. Throwing up proves that fragments of torched pathogens were killed rapidly - too rapidly. Your elimination systems couldn't handle that much garbage that rapidly. The garbage man knocked at your door saying "stop putting so much trash out in one day! We've had it with you and we aren't going to process your garbage today until you learn to spread it out more reasonably.SECOND OBSERVATION:MMS nausea at the seven to ten drop level can be reduced or avoided by lowering the dosage temporarily, or by increasing hours between doses.If you understand why nausea occurs, you can probably avoid it altogether.

As you move upward in dosage drops, more ClO2 gas is carried in the blood and it also goes further and deeper throughout your body with each passing day. With more of it going further, there will be a surprising moment when more pathogens, yeast, bacteria, viruses, and metals are collapsed into flotsam and jetsam particles.They are truly garbage-toxins at this stage and they're floating in the blood. Soon they pass through the liver where the toxins are marked for elimination.But too much garbage coming too rapidly can put the elimination systems into stress, meaning it couldn't keep up. These excess toxins end up back in the stomach. There they are recognized as "bad food." Nausea might cause you to walk around the house all day carrying a little bucket - UNLESS you understand how to avoid it.By listening to your body, you can sense when nausea might soon follow as you increase dosage. This sounds too obvious, but there's a geometric progression - a suddenness where one additional drop will thrust you into sullen sadness. You need to hold, or back off one drop just as soon as there's a hint of possible nausea and thereby avoid it.

There is an antidote if you ever feel "overdosed" with MMS. If disabling nausea erupts suddenly with no warning, the antidote that stops further production of ClO2 gas is to quickly drink water with about two tea spoons of baking soda. That will neutralize the production of ClO2. Since there are toxins in the stomach already, after you stop ClO2 production it may be 30 to 60 minutes before nausea ceases. Another antidote is orange juice, or vitamin C which also diminishes the production of ClO2 gas.Here's an analogy that explains the SUDDEN aspect. Picture this assignment. You want to cut a 20 mile path through a forest of bamboo and tall jungle grass. You start on day one from your hut with one machete (one drop dose). Hacking begins and by nightfall you've cleared a path for 100 feet. The knife is worn out (MMS is used up) and you go home for the night. Stay with me - this is going somewhere....Next day a friend joins and together you set out (two drops) - two hacking men and two machetes. BUT NOTICE:They do a cake-walk down the first hundred feet. There's no resistance - the path has already been cleared. They sing male duets and whistle until they reach the jungle. Then they both begin hacking. Behold, the two of them go 200 feet beyond the first 100 feet. At day end 300 hundred feet total have been cleared.Next day a three drop team starts out - three men and three machetes. They stroll happily for 300 feet, then start hacking. Now, beyond the first 300 feet they clear 300 more feet. There are now 600 feet of cleared path. As this continues with more men (or drops) per day, there'll be a point when the team walks 10 miles on a cleared path to the middle of the jungle, and then on that day the complete second half of the 20 mile path will get finished in one last happy day - 10 miles all in one last day. What a bunch of happy choppers on that last 10 mile hack - all in one day.This is not true, but picture this progression. (fantasy here...)

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A Spiritual Conspiracy

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Sun, 17 May 2009 06:45:00 +0000

On the surface of the world right now there is
war and violence and things seem dark.
But calmly and quietly, at the same time,
something else is happening underground
An inner revolution is taking place
and certain individuals are being called to a higher light.
It is a silent revolution.
From the inside out. From the ground up.
This is a Global operation.
A Spiritual Conspiracy.
There are sleeper cells in every nation on the planet.
You won't see us on the T.V.
You won't read about us in the newspaper
You won't hear about us on the radio
We don't seek any glory
We don't wear any uniform
We come in all shapes and sizes, colors and styles
Most of us work anonymously
We are quietly working behind the scenes
in every country and culture of the world
Cities big and small, mountains and valleys,
in farms and villages, tribes and remote islands
You could pass by one of us on the street
and not even notice
We go undercover
We remain behind the scenes
It is of no concern to us who takes the final credit
But simply that the work gets done
Occasionally we spot each other in the street
We give a quiet nod and continue on our way
During the day many of us pretend we have normal jobs
But behind the false storefront at night
is where the real work takes a place
Some call us the Conscious Army
We are slowly creating a new world
with the power of our minds and hearts
We follow, with passion and joy
Our orders come from the Central Spiritual Intelligence
We are dropping soft, secret love bombs when no one is looking
Poems ~ Hugs ~ Music ~ Photography ~ Movies ~ Kind words ~
Smiles ~ Meditation and prayer ~ Dance ~ Social activism ~ Websites
Blogs ~ Random acts of kindness...
We each express ourselves in our own unique ways
with our own unique gifts and talents
Be the change you want to see in the world
That is the motto that fills our hearts
We know it is the only way real transformation takes place
We know that quietly and humbly we have the
power of all the oceans combined
Our work is slow and meticulous
Like the formation of mountains
It is not even visible at first glance
And yet with it entire tectonic plates
shall be moved in the centuries to come
Love is the new religion of the 21st century
You don't have to be a highly educated person
Or have any exceptional knowledge to understand it
It comes from the intelligence of the heart
Embedded in the timeless evolutionary pulse of all human beings
Be the change you want to see in the world
Nobody else can do it for you
We are now recruiting
Perhaps you will join us
Or already have.
All are welcome
The door is open
~ author unknown

MMS, Jim Humble and the Miracle Mineral

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Sun, 10 May 2009 06:40:00 +0000

This is excellent, worth knowing. Good on him for all his humanitarian work.

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VEGETARIANISM IN RELIGION

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:31:00 +0000

Christianity

Thou shalt not kill. ~ Exodus 20:13, Holy Bible

It is contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer and die. ~Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2418

Those who eat meat break the Five Constant Virtues.

1. Killing animals to satisfy our taste is inhumane.

2. Killing animals, causing separation in their family, in order to feed our relatives are unrighteous.

3. Making befoul food offering from animal meat to the deities is disrespectful.

4. Praising the eating of animals as if it is God‟s gift so as to justify the killing of animals is unwise.

5. Lure and trick animals into the snare is untruthful. Worldly people must keep the five constant virtues; breaking these intentionally is to break the moral principles.

And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat.

~ Genesis, Holy Bible

VEGETARIANISM IN RELIGION

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:18:00 +0000

Buddhism

I forbid all meat eating, regardless of whether the animal dies naturally or is killed. I have never allowed my disciples to eat meat, and I will not allow in the present or future.

~ Shakyamuni Buddha, Lankavatara Sutra

All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill. ~ Shakyamuni Buddha, Dhammapada

One is not a great one because one defeats or harms other living beings. One is so-called because one refrains from defeating or harming other living beings.

~ Shakyamuni Buddha, Dhammapada

All Buddhas and Bodhisattvas essentially practice the principle of great compassion. The suffering of living beings brings forth their great compassion. From this great compassion emerges the great wisdom, and with this great wisdom, they attain the ultimate enlightenment. ~ Shakyamuni Buddha, Avatamsaka Sutra

People who eat meat are destroying the great merciful seed of their own Buddha nature, and any sentient beings seeing them would leave them. Therefore, all Bodhisattvas (spiritual practitioners) must refrain from eating the flesh of sentient beings as this will incur boundless sin.

~ Shakyamuni Buddha, Brahmajala Sutra

Hurt not others with that which pains you yourself. ~ Buddhist Sutra Udanavarga 5,18

All the saints abhorred eating blood or flesh…. Celestial beings never go near people who eat meat as their mouth always has a foul smell…. Meat is not good, meat is unclean; meat eating generates evils and destroys merits and blessings. All the saints denounce eating meat!

~ Shakyamuni Buddha, Lankavatara Sutra

So with a boundless heart should one cherish all living beings, radiating kindness over the entire world, spreading upward to the skies, and downward to the depths, outward and unbounded.

~Metta Sutra, “Loving-kindness”

“Bodhisattvas (spiritual practitioners) should discern that all meats are from the filthy bodes, which are combined by pus, blood, dirtiness, red-bindu (Bright Drop)s, white-bindus of the parents. Thus, discerning the dirtiness of meat, Bodhisattvas should not eat meat.”

~ Lankavatara Sutra

“All meats are like the dead bodies of human beings…. the cooked meats are as stinky and feculent as the burned dead bodies, so how could we eat such things?”

~ Lankavatara Sutra

“Meat eating can increase desires, meat eaters are greedy….For the instinct of protecting and cherishing life, there is no difference between human and animal….

Anyone who wants to eat meat should first discern the pain of cutting his own body, and then discern the pains of all living beings, and then give up meat eating.”

~ Lankavatara Sutra

“Meat eaters have so many countless offences, thus vegetarians have masses of countless merits and virtues.”

~ Lankavatara Sutra

“Now in this Lankavatara Sutra I say, at all times, all kinds of meats are inedible, unexceptionally. Mahamati, I forbid meat eating not only for one time, I mean that both in present and future, meat eating is forbidden.”

~ Lankavatara Sutra

A disciple of the Buddha must not deliberately eat meat. He should not eat the flesh of any sentient being. The meat-eater forfeits the seed of Great Compassion, severs the seed of the Buddha Nature and causes [animals and transcendental] beings to avoid him. Those who do so are guilty of countless offenses.

~ Brahmajala Sutra

All men tremble at punishment, all men fear death. Likening others to oneself, one should neither slay nor cause to slay. ~ Dhammapada Sutra

A state that is not pleasing or delightful to me, how could I inflict that upon another?

~ Samyutta Nikaya v. 353

One planet. One chance.

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:31:00 +0000

If the future of the world depended on me, what would I do?

This wondrous planet is our Earthly home. From our animal co-inhabitants, to the lush rainforests and life giving soil, we cherish all these as gifts from our creator. It is a common theme in the world’s major faiths that during our temporary stay here, we should be good stewards of Mother Earth - leading a balanced life while following a spiritual path. Not only must we nourish our spirits but we share the responsibility to care for nature and our fellow beings. In light of recent scientific evidence, stressing the grave state of our planet caused by climate change, this important message is ever more meaningful.

Brazilian explorers search 'medicine factory' to save lives

noreply@blogger.com (Sonia) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:51:00 +0000

Brazilian explorers search 'medicine factory' to save lives

Quest for cancer cure may also protect rainforest by providing alternatives for those who once earned money by destroying it!

The boat ploughs north along this vast, rust-tinted river. Ahead, a white haze of torrential rain and a task as immense as the Amazon rainforest itself: discovering a new treatment for cancer somewhere in the depths of the greatest tropical rainforest on earth.

Onboard three men prepare themselves for their mission into the jungle: Drauzio Varella, a gangly 65-year-old oncologist, broadcaster and best-selling author who is also Brazil's most famous doctor; Mateus Paciencia, 33, a fresh-faced botanist from São Paulo; and Osmar Ferreira Barbosa, 45, a former chainsaw operator turned mateiro or forest guide, armed with a machete and a life-time's knowledge of the rainforest.

"From an amoeba to an elephant… every living thing is a factory of substances, and plants aren't different," enthused Paciencia, as the boat edged ever closer to his group's scientific base, a small wooden shack on the banks of the Cuieiras river, around four hours' boat journey from Manaus, the capital of Brazil's Amazonas state.

"A plant or tree is a small medicine factory. All we need to do is try and find the application for these substances."

The boat is a floating laboratory belonging to São Paulo's Paulista University (Unip) and is on the frontline of a quest for the medicines of the future and part of an innovative drive to save the Brazilian rainforest by providing economic alternatives to those who once destroyed the forest.

The project is the brainchild of Drauzio Varella, a São Paulo-born oncologist who has dedicated much of his career to cancer patients, among them his younger brother, Fernando, a smoker who died of lung cancer in 1991, aged 45.

Today, spurred on by an obsession with the Amazon and nearly 40 years as an oncologist, Varella leads monthly expeditions up the Cuieiras river in search of natural medicines that he believes could change the future of his profession and eventually bring new hope to cancer victims around the world.

"[As a child] I didn't even know that [the Amazon] existed," Varella told the Observer during his latest mission to the group's base on the Cuieiras river. "I'd heard the children's stories, about the Indians with two feathers in their hair. But you didn't even talk about the Amazon back then. It was such a distant thing."

That changed in October 1992, during a trip to the Amazon with Robert Gallo, the US biomedical researcher credited with co-discovering the HIV virus. One afternoon, while visiting the rivers around Manaus, Gallo inquired if anyone was looking for new medicines in the plants and trees of the Amazon.

"You can see the biodiversity here ," recalled Varella. "And Gallo said to me: 'Who is studying this? [Who is] looking for activity in these species?' And I didn't know what to tell him. This idea stayed in my head."

In 1995 the idea became a reality with the first trip. Since then Varella's team has gathered more than 2,000 extracts from plants and trees in the rainforest. This year sees a step change in activity following a partnership with São Paulo's Sírio-Libanês Hospital, one of Brazil's leading research institutes. The team will explore a new area further up the Rio Negro towards the border with Colombia, and within two years they aim to have set up a third base.

After being plucked from the rainforest the samples are taken to Manaus, where they are dried and transformed into a powder before being shipped to São Paulo for testing. Over 70 extracts have demonstrated some impact on tumour cells while over 50 have shown results against bacterial infections.

"The advantage of these natural products is their unpredictability," said Varella. While molecular design techniques used by laboratories would remain crucial, natural products could suggest paths "we didn't even imagine existed," he said, citing Taxol, a drug which originated from the bark of the North American yew tree and is now widely used to treat ovarian and breast cancer. "You open the door to the unknown."

Paciencia believes medical research could also hold the key to slowing rainforest destruction. Environmentalists claim that almost 20% of the Brazilian Amazon has disappeared, mostly since the 1960s.

"Instead of replacing the forest with cattle we are studying a cure for cancer and for infectious diseases," said the botanist, sporting a goatie beard and a tattoo of Bob Marley on his bicep. "You don't need to chop a single tree down to obtain these resources. You cut a little piece of the plant… [and] next year it will have grown back. I can't see anything more environmentally correct than a project like this."

The group's guide is a case in point. Born in the remote Amazon town of Canutama, a notorious hotspot for illegal deforestation, Barbosa used to work for the loggers as a chain-saw operator. Now the father of three is employed to guide Varella's team through the labyrinthine jungle.

Currently the project focuses on two types of forest environment – the submerged forests or "igapós" and the "terra firme", or dry land. During each visit the team collects samples from families of plants that have shown positive results in the group's São Paulo laboratory, as well as new species.

"We don't know yet if the plants we are going to collect today have [these qualities]. But this group of plants has shown pretty positive results," explained Paciencia, picking his way towards an area of thick rainforest where his team has demarcated three different sectors in which specific trees and plants are monitored. Further on, the group's guide, Barbosa, shimmied up a towering tree and clipped off half a dozen branches. The branches crashed down through the rainforest canopy before settling on the damp earth and being separated into specially marked sacks.

Few doubt that the Amazon rainforest conceals an abundance of medical secrets. But, according to Varella, government bureaucracy is as dense as the forest itself, prompted by a deep fear of bio-piracy. It means foreign scientists or pharmaceutical companies find it hard to join the hunt for natural medicines in the Brazilian Amazon.

"If it is difficult for us, then imagine for people from overseas," says Varella, whose project is one of a tiny number that has official permission from the Brazilian environmental agency, Ibama. "They have no chance."

"Ten to fifteen years is the average time between finding the plant, [identifying its exact use] and patenting it into a drug [so] it is a long-term investment. It is commercially very uninteresting and it will create political problems for the business, so why do it?"

As a pair of toucans peer down at the expedition, their bright yellow beaks poking out from a green mesh of leaves, Pacienca reflects:"The Amazon has something like 20% of all the biodiversity in the world. Just in terms of plants with flowers, there are around 22 or 23 thousand."

"It is impossible to imagine that… not one of them will have an active substance for some disease."

The rainforest, he says, is "an infinite sea of possibilities".