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2005-11-01T13:59:00.000-08:00

Dear Friends:

Thank you for visiting this blog. This is my first blog started few month ago. Now it has expanded into other blogs mainly because I keep on getting the message of
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Tale of Two tails

2005-06-28T23:58:00.000-07:00

VISUALIZING A DOME OF LIGHT OVER BAGHDAD

2005-05-08T11:32:00.000-07:00

By David Spangler
01 May 2005
Occasionally the inner world sends me a message I can't ignore and asks me to pass it on. This happened recently.I was working about the house when I felt a familiar sensation that indicates someone on spiritual levels is about to communicate. It feels like a door opening to one side of me with a warm and friendly light shining through, bathing me in its energy.
The communication was a simple one, taking the form of an image. I saw the city of Baghdad. Rising over it was a small dome of Light. The feeling of this dome was that it was a portal through which a sacred Light and blessing could pour out into the city and beyond into the country of Iraq and the Middle East in general.It felt to me like a similar portal that came into being above the site of the World Trade Towers right after their collapse on 9/11. At that time I felt and saw that a tremendous and loving sacrifice was being made, that the deaths that occurred that day would not be in vain but would hold open a doorway through which a spiritual power could pour into the earth.
I felt the same this time seeing this dome of Light growing in the midst of the turmoil, the pain, the suffering and the deaths in Baghdad and throughout Iraq. Something wondrous and blessed was taking place, emerging in part through the will of the citizens of that city and country to bring an end to the fighting and the dying. But I also saw that this portal was being held open and sustained by hundreds of souls--Iraqis, Americans, other nationalities, and even those who had been insurgents and terrorists--all of whom had died as a result of the Iraqi war.
Through an act of will and love, these individuals were choosing not to move on in the postmortem worlds but to remain close to earth to be instruments to open this portal through which healing and a sacred Light can be accessible to those of us on the physical side of life. They were adding their contribution to enable Baghdad to become a holy place, a place of peace and new vision. I had a strong sense that this dome of Light would continue to grow in the days ahead.With this image came a request that I share it so that others who wished to do so might join their prayers for peace and healing to the Light of this dome and to the efforts of those brave and forgiving souls who, having moved, often violently, beyond the physical realm, have turned back to give us a gift of spirit. A simple act of visualizing this dome of Light in our minds and seeing its radiance spread through out Baghdad and the country beyond, pushing back darkness, fear and hatred, would be of great value.May our spirits meet theirs in co-creative partnership. May our prayers and Light, sent in whatever way is most comfortable and holy to us, match with theirs in offering blessing for Baghdad, for Iraq, for the Middle East, and indeed, for all humanity.Thank you,
David Spangler
http://lorian.bigmindcatalyst.com/

Silent Genocide

2005-05-08T11:22:00.000-07:00

By Robert C. Koehler 03/25/04

"Tribune Media Services" -- "

After the Americans destroyed our village and killed many of us, we also lost our houses and have nothing to eat. However, we would have endured these miseries and even accepted them, if the Americans had not sentenced us all to death." This will not be easy to read, especially if you've projected evil out of your own heart, into some cave in Afghanistan or a spider hole in Iraq, and reduced the age-old question it inspires to this one: How can we bomb it off the face of the earth? Before the damage we inflict grows greater, before history's judgment gets worse, before we contaminate the whole world - even before we vote in the next election - we must stop what we're doing. We must stop now. It's time to listen for a moment not to defense analysts briefing officers, pols or pundits, but to people like Jooma Khan, a grandfather who lives in a village in Laghman Province, in northeastern Afghanistan, who is quoted above. Surely he deserves 30 seconds of our undivided attention. "When I saw my deformed grandson," he told an interviewer in March of 2003, "I realized that my hopes of the future have vanished for good. (This is) different from the hopelessness of the Russian barbarism, even though at that time I lost my older son Shafiqullah. This time, however, I know we are part of the invisible genocide brought on us by America, a silent death from which I know we will not escape." We're waging war-plus in Afghanistan and Iraq - in effect, nuclear war, with our widespread use of depleted-uranium-tipped shells and missiles. This is no secret. DU, with its extraordinary penetrating power and explode-on-impact capability, helps assure our military dominance everywhere we go. But people like Jooma Khan and his grandson reap its toxic legacy. So, of course, do our own troops.
Kahn's words are only a sliver of the damning testimony contained in the documents of the International Criminal Tribunal for Afghanistan, a Japanese citizens' initiative that recently concluded its two-year inquiry into the first phase of the Bush Administration's war on terror. But they say everything that we cannot hear. If we could hear Jooma Khan, and others who are sounding the alarm about DU, such as former Livermore Labs geologist Leuren Moret, who testified at the tribunal, there would not be mere thousands of people in the streets of American cities demanding that we stop the war, but hundreds of thousands, or millions - the sort of numbers that turn out in other parts of the world. The use of DU weaponry is not the extent of our criminal irresponsibility in Afghanistan and Iraq, which led to the tribunal's guilty verdict against George Bush on charges of war crimes, but it's the most chilling. (You can check out the full report at, among other places, http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2004/Afghanistan-Criminal-Tribunal10mar04.htm )
As Moret testified, depleted uranium turns into a infinitesimally fine dust after it explodes; individual particles are smaller than a virus or bacteria. And, "It is estimated that one millionth of a gram accumulating in a person's body would be fatal. There are no known methods of treatment."
And DU dust is everywhere. A minimum of 500 or 600 tons now litter Afghanistan, and several times that amount are spread across Iraq. In terms of global atmospheric pollution, we've already released the equivalent of 400,000 Nagasaki bombs, Moret said. The numbers are overwhelming, but the potential horrors only get worse. DU dust does more than wreak havoc on the immune systems of those who breathe or touch it; the substance also alters one's genetic code.
Thus, birth defects are way up in Afghanistan since the invasion: children "born with no eyes, no limbs, tumors protruding from their mouths ...deformed genitalia," according to the tribunal report. This ghastly toll on the unborn - on the future - has led investigators to coin the term "silent genocide" to describe the effects of this horrific weapon.
The Pentagon's response to such charges is denial, denial, denial. And the American media is its moral co-conspirator. But blame is beside the point. Surely even those who still await "conclusive proof" that DU is the cause, or a factor, in the mystery illnesses and birth defects emanating from the war zones, can see the logic in halting its use now. Global terrorism? Listen to Jooma Khan. Then look in the mirror.

cats' hug

2005-05-02T16:49:00.000-07:00

Rama with orbs and nature spirits

2005-05-02T16:45:00.000-07:00

RULES FOR DYSFUNCTIONAL PATTERNS

2005-04-20T17:43:00.000-07:00

SOME INTERESTING FACTSABOUT TRANSMUTATION
Pre-encoded Activation
The seeded entities that comprise this mission were pre-encoded to awaken at this time. That means that their DNA structures were genetically designed to go off, like time bombs, at a designated moment in order to accommodate more light that the current human model was prepared to entertain. The time for genetic detonation is now.
Time/Space Anomalies and Their Physical Functions
A. The Dimensional Shift: Time/space anomalies are being experienced on your planet at this moment. Most people have the nagging sense that there isn’t as much time as there used to be. This is usually expressed as, “My, isn’t time flying!” The reason for this sensation of less time is because there is less time.
In order for a dimensional shift to occur, time is collapsing to create a new dimensional space. Conversely, space is collapsing to create a new dimensional time. In other words, the time/space relationship that determines your third-dimensional reality is up for grabs.
“Now” is an actual event. It does not refer simply to living in the present, although that is strongly recommended. A time warp is truly occurring and will continue to accelerate until “now” is fully reached, and the dimensions can finally interface, much like a ship docking in a spaceport at a predetermined moment.
Now there is more “now” than there was even a few months ago, and even more “now” is on the way. When Mission Control or any of its alliance members state “the time is now,” we are reminding you of your genetic agreement as well as being literal.
B. The Genetic Shift: Another interesting aspect of this anomaly is that your DNA codes were set to go off “now” before you left. As you may have noticed, that did not occur at your birth, or at any other time, until now. Even though you have lived through many “nows,” you have not yet lived through this one. The genetic shift is triggered by “now” to accommodate more “now,” and the degree of your awakening is in direct relation to the degree of “now” that you are experiencing because “now” determines that awakening.
Note: In an emergency situation, “now” can be brought about instantaneously and all DNA codes activated simultaneously. This is a bit like calling up the reserves, and we would rather not use this method if possible. A more organic approach is preferred. (Please see “Emergency Procedure” in Troubleshooting for more information.)
Deprogramming
As the transmutation of genetic structure unfolds throughout the planet, your pre-encoded genetic program will activate. For a time, you will groggily begin the process of deprogramming from the old systems. Your identity will begin its march out of the third dimension while your personality and ego may be more inclined to cling to a sinking ship.
As the old programs of a dying world begin to unravel, you may experience a little discomfort, such as your entire world falling apart. It may be useful during this transition to remember that you are an interdimensional master who is an expert at transmuting crumbling realities. You have done this many times before.
Debriefing
All that you have endured during your residency on Planet Earth is extremely valuable to Mission Control. What interests us is not the information concerning the nature and effect of human dysfunctionality. If that were all we wanted, we could have just as easily read a newspaper. However, the fact that you endured human denial is of great importance. Why? Because, as you transmute, all the dysfunctional patterns that you have willingly taken on will transmute with you.
Although you may not recall, you agreed to do this to assist the Earth in her birthing process into the light. The nature of the agreement was that you would willingly transmute the denial you have borne, who you have been erroneously told you are, and all that you have come to humanly represent. You agreed to transmute all this into the very fabric that is to become the new garment of a transfigured world. Consequently, your debriefing process is very dear to us because it is a sacred act.
Helpful Hints for the Second Coming
The Second Coming is imminent, and you may as well get ready. This is a particularly good idea because you’re it. You are the Second Coming. Mission Control does not wish to stay on this topic very long because we are aware of the charge that surrounds it due to 2,000 years of organized denial. For this reason, we will give you only one more helpful hint: Become your own Messiah—why wait?
That statement is not only not heretical, it is the entire point. That is what the transmutational process is all about. Mission Control has no further comment.

Every step count!

2005-04-17T22:23:00.000-07:00

Rama and P'taah's mom

2005-04-17T22:21:00.000-07:00

Pause on that!

2005-04-17T22:19:00.000-07:00

Watchers

2005-04-17T22:15:00.000-07:00

Part time vegetarians

2005-04-17T22:11:00.000-07:00

How is your day?

2005-04-17T22:09:00.000-07:00

P'taah with an orb around his heart

2005-04-17T22:08:00.000-07:00

Be Still and Know

2005-04-09T22:12:00.000-07:00

Be present

2005-04-09T22:10:00.000-07:00

Wlak, while you walk

2005-04-09T22:07:00.000-07:00

Kiss, while you kiss

2005-04-09T22:05:00.000-07:00

Dalai Lama campaigns for wildlife

2005-04-09T21:38:00.000-07:00

The Dalai Lama's voice is likely to be heard

The Dalai Lama has called for an end to illegal wildlife trafficking between Nepal, Tibet, India and China.
He is appealing to exiled Tibetans, who are increasingly involved in the bloody trade, to remember their dedication to Buddhist non-violence.
Last year, Tibetan officials intercepted 32 tiger, 579 leopard and 665 otter skins in one single shipment.
This prompted the Dalai Lama and a pair of wildlife charities to launch an awareness drive around the Himalayas.
"We Tibetans are basically Buddhists, we preach love and compassion towards all other living beings on Earth," said the exiled Tibetan leader. "Therefore it is the responsibility of all of us to realise the importance of wildlife conservation."
We must realise that because of our follies a large number of our animals are getting killed
The Dalai LamaThe Dalai Lama is working with the charities Care for the Wild International (CWI), from the UK, and the Wildlife Trust of India, to promote an understanding of the damage illegal trading can cause.
The team plan to make videos and leaflets which they will take to Tibetan refugee settlements around India. They also hope to broadcast anti-poaching messages over the TV and radio.
"Thousands will be reached in this way," said Barbara Maas of CWI. "Eventually we hope to reach every single one - we will go to schools, we will go to refugee camps, we will go to villages."
Urgent action
Dr Maas says their project has a sense of urgency because illegal wildlife trading is set to get worse, thanks to a new train line being constructed between the old Tibetan capital of Lhasa and Beijing, the capital of China.
This new transport link will make things easier for poachers wishing to shift animal body parts.
"You can imagine what will happen when the train link opens," said Dr Maas. "So we are trying to pour water on the flames as they are at the moment and also take pre-emptive action."
Other charities are in strong support of this new initiative.
"Our own investigation has shown that Tibetans are heavily involved in the organised smuggling of tiger and leopard skins between India and Tibet, and that Tibet is a major market and distribution point for these skins," said Debbie Banks, of the Environmental Investigation Agency.

The illegal wildlife trade is devastating populations of endangered Himalayan wildlife"We are encouraged that the Dalai Lama is taking action on this serious issue and hope that his message helps to prevent this disgusting trade from spiralling further out of control."
CWI claims that the illegal wildlife trade is devastating populations of endangered Himalayan and sub-Himalayan wildlife such as tigers, leopards, snow leopards, rhinos, otters and bears.
Many of these animal body parts head for China, where they find their way into the traditional medicine market.
Wildlife organisations have long worried about this sad pilgrimage, but few have appealed to people's religious sensibilities to prevent it.
The Dalai Lama carries enormous weight, especially with Tibetans living in exile, so his voice is likely to be heard.
"It is in the Pali and Sanskrit tradition to show love and compassion for all living beings," he said at a press conference in New Delhi, India. "It is a shame that we kill these poor creatures to satisfy our own aggrandisement.
"We must realise that because of our follies a large number of our animals are getting killed and we must stop this."
Loud voice

Even the New York Times said something ...

2005-04-02T13:44:00.000-08:00

This message is available on the Internet at http://www.wanttoknow.info/050328binladenfbiflight911
In the frenzied days after Sept. 11, 2001, when some flights were still grounded, dozens of well-connected Saudis, including relatives of Osama bin Laden, managed to leave the United States on specially chartered flights. The F.B.I. gave personal airport escorts to two prominent Saudi families who fled the United States, and several other Saudis were allowed to leave the country without first being interviewed. -- New York Times, 3/26/05

Grid Work of Adama - by Adama

2005-03-28T14:23:00.000-08:00

Questioner: Adama, you revealed that you are involved in grid work. We would like to know what grid you are working on and what is your role in the grid work.

Adama: Blessing Master Teachers, for you are all truly masters who have joined together in this Grand Experiment, for this is the first time that consciousness has been raised in this manner through the integration of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies concurrently.
I am involved in an energy grid inside the planet that works together with the physical crystalline structure on the surface of the planet; these grids have to do with the planet herself. The energies from that grid go out from within, and form an etheric grid around the planet. It has to do with the vibrational raising of energy, tying in with planetary shift, even with astrology such as times when activations take place when the magnetic and other planets move into proper position to allow those shifts to happen.
This grid is also connected with the Piscean energy, and has been used to hold the Christ energies. In the past, it has been used to hold these energies of the planetary grid until such a time that they can raise up again. As they begin now to shift into the Aquarian energy and we begin to turn back towards the Great Central Sun through the raising of consciousness, it is no longer necessary for the energies to be held here. These energies are now shifting to a more Aquarian, to a more feminine vibration or feminine expression of them. This does not mean that the masculine is being lost. It means that the both polarities are being integrated. The vibration that comes out of Lemuria, especially out of Telos is in itself such a generator of energy, because of its positions within Mount Shasta, where all energies that are being showered on your planet from the galactic cores and the Milky Way are hitting the planetary grid here in Mount Shasta which is the main entry point for this planet. From here, in matter of seconds and less than a minute those energies hit in succession all other major planetary points of the grid, which are situated on mountain tops, and from there are distributed over the rest of the grid. Each grid has various entry and exit points. The exit points are the areas where that energy is disseminated to other grids and the rest of the planetary energy pathways on the planet.
The grid that has been created by the Lemurian consciousness and love is also being mirrored in each one of you. This grid is being integrated into the sacred geometries of your bodies. The intention is to set a focus for the higher energies of divine purpose. There is a division now of energies on the planet, a division between personal and global consciousness. Although both levels of consciousness are in truth one and the same, for the time being there is an individuation between the two to allow the vibrational shift in each individual through free choice. This understanding was reached by the Lemurian High Council to reinforce on a cellular level the true dimensionality of this shift, and to fuse it into the collective consciousness of the human race.
Prior to this decision, it was thought that the global shift could happen with a series of infusions of energy to the planet herself, and through the planet to you. But you are as such the cells of the body of the planet, and we understand now that you must anchor and integrate the vibrations individually to fully account for all of the unique permutations of human consciousness. The DNA matrix (or crystalline grid) will shift in a slightly different manner for each individual, and in doing so will hold the full spectrum of vibration that is needed for a true global shift. As energies then harmonize for larger and larger groups of individuals who have accomplished their individual shifts, the global shift will happen in ever increasing waves.
There is a sound that accompanies this shift. It generates from the etheric realms, but it can be heard on this plane. We call it the "singing of the soul." Harps and lutes cannot produce as beautiful a sound as this wave of love that stirs from the soul and tickles the vibration of the heart and the eardrums simultaneously. We have a 3-stringed instrument in Telos that is played by caressing the strings, rather than plucking them, between the thumb, fore and middle fingers. This vibration is a bit different, but resonates in the same spectrum as the soul songs. It is most beautiful and inspirational.
The grid changes, the DNA matrix changes that are taking place in each one of you will allow your own songs to be heard. Each of you has your own song, and we sing them in recognition. They are like the other titles and names that you have that signify who you are by vibration. We truly celebrate you as you rediscover your songs. We grace your dreams with reminders in song to help you on your path.

The Inner Smile

2005-03-27T19:59:00.000-08:00

This is a simple technique I use and teach that is very effective. It is simple and magical. One great advantage is that each person can play around with it and explore its possibilities on their own and in their own way. There are no lists of rules, no sequence of moves to be remembered, no correct procedures; just start the process and let it develop, as it does. Follow along, like following a stream, innocently, curiously, in wonderment.If you can, accept the concept, that each person was created by God, or the Universe, or Tao. As the Bible states, God formed clay and "breathed into it". We have inside us, like a memory, that Pulse of Breath; our Original Breath, just as you might have read of our Original Face or our Original Mind. This is what we were, before.If you like think of it as the proverbial twinkle in your parents eyes just before they conceived you. That pulse of joy that brought you into existence.I like to imagine my Original Face as that of a child with a smile on it. It is an easy image for anyone I think, a young face with a smile. While this is not using the inner child concept of New Age psychology, there is value in imagining that happy young energy inside. The original breath inside us is a young child, innocent and open.Taoist practices try to get us in touch with our own energy. Once one can accept the concept of our own inner energy one can start to feel it. Once you start to feel it you are in a position to cultivate it. This is the aim of the inner smile practice.The practice:Shut your eyes and feel your lips. Immediately you should feel the energy on the lips. Now bring them into a slight smile. I think it is impossible to do this and not feel some happy feeling at the same time. A student of my School of Esoteric Arts, a biologist, speculates that as the muscles move into a smile then the wiring of our emotions is such that we feel good; that it is hard to put the lips into a smile and not feel happy.This good feeling, this sense of a happy energy inside is the basis of all that follows.Life on earth is sun based. We get the gravitational effect of the moon on the tides etc but our main energy source is the sun. We are energetically linked to the sun. It shines its energy on us and we grow with it. Without it we will become extinct. It is central to our existence.
When I shut my eyes for this practice I like to imagine a big ball of golden energy like the sun just above my head and beaming into my face. I turn the corners of my lips into a slight smile. I breathe into that smile, feeling good. I feel that golden ball of energy. I feel warm on my face. After some breaths I put that stretching smiling energy across my forehead. With each in breath I stretch it across, across each lobe of the brain; with each out breath relax and just feel the energy there. Then I put it so it stretches across my eyes, into the corner of each eyelid. I find this very relaxing.In this way I move down the body, with each breath feeling that energy of the sun melting me inside, smiling across me.Spots that can be included are across the throat, from the heart across the chest, across the belly in front and then across the back at belly button level, Ming Men (this links into the belt chi or kidney meridian); from the spine in middle of the shoulders to the shoulders. There is a gate on the spine there where energy gets stuck.Each inbreath a smile then relax and feel.If you ever lose focus go back to the lips and feel a smile there.Across inner organs, pelvis, groin, across knees, across soles of feet, across toes, hands.You can do it just as you like, for as long as you likeI tell my students to love their body. When you smile at your body it is like a boss coming into a place of work and letting the employees know they are appreciated. When you scowl at yourself you are like an intimidating dominating boss making the workers tense. Your organs will function better if they feel appreciated and loved.Some people go around with an inner scowl and life confirms it. They see all that is wrong and it makes them feel worse. They seek for what is wrong. They are the critics of life. They have the eyes and nose for that, inner scowl at the ready. Some go around with an inner smile. When things go wrong they make them better.
Inside us we have all sorts of different and competing energies. A smile is like saying,"OK. It is all OK" like a fond mother who watches her children and friends play. We are doing the best we can, so give your self a smile.You can beam inside a smile to someone in need of it, someone ill, someone unhappy, to someone with whom you have a problem maybe.Then end the practice with an inside thank you.I use it when I practice my moving forms. This is not as easy as sitting with a smile, for, by habit, as one focuses carefully or when tries to remember the sequence one loses a smile. I have students who purse their lips or grimace as they concentrate. When one is trying to concentrate on inner sensations, internal movement one can lose the smile and go blank with concentration.It is not an external grin. We often grin when we are trying to project something or manipulate somebody. Radiant flashes of teeth.
It is a smile that bubbles up from inside, something essential inside, of contentment. Like when a baby sees someone who loves it. A smile that says, "Here I am","Here you are", "Here we are and isn't it grand?" The sort of smile you hope God has when She sees you doing your best.
You can imagine a very accomplished martial artist who is challenged by someone he knows he can easily beat. He can smile, a smile of total confidence, of knowing his power, a smile of nothing to prove, nothing to do, just sure of it all.In my forms I often try to maintain that smiling energy and in each move have it flow there. As I extend the smiling energy flows along the arm, the muscles stay relaxed and I imagine the smile extending beyond the fist, beyond the palm, into the world. When I stand up the smile spirals up inside and reaches above my head, stretching into "heaven". When I sink it goes down into the earth.
So much of our life is spent trying to accomplish something, to get somewhere. The inner smile recognizes that where we are is All, and All is Good.
David Fiske
fiskedavid@hotmail.com
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KUNDALINI

2005-03-27T18:16:00.000-08:00

As you evolve you discover that your own energy is linked to a life force. David Suzuki says, "We are our environment" in that whatever we put out into it we eventually take back into our bodies. It is as though there is energy on our planet that expresses itself as life here, changing and spiralling. It will go on whether humans survive their own follies or not.

In one sense our growth depends on how we utilise our own energy. Nothing happens without energy. If you want to evolve you need more than energy you need POWER. Power is focused energy, not a profligate energy that is scattered and wasted, but an energy that is accumulated, cultivated, refined and directed towards a goal.

As you grow you begin to prioritise your desires so instead of fluttering in all directions you try to fly specifically.As you do this you discover that instead of you toiling with great effort up a slope the path is often graced by the goal lifting you up for a few paces. You get drawn up.What I am saying is is this. We live in a sea of energy. For a while it seems like we grow by imbibing that energy; what is without is taken within. But sometimes it seems more as if that energy is filling us. As I have repeatedly told my students, "When you enter the Mystery, the Mystery enters you." Then what seemed without is now living within.This is what Kundalini achieves.We have bodies that are 'wired' for Bliss. We have an energy grid (meridians and channels, nadis) already in place. However the grid has blocks and the energy that flows along it is not at maximum. Our task is to clean up the energy lines. You can call it scouring the system. Purification. Our task is to open up to the energy in the Universe. This is done by what we eat, drink and breathe. Not just that, but how we do them too; with what attitude, with what feeling. How we sit, how we stand, and how we move.

Just recognising that you are an internal energy system is a big step in the right direction. It means you need to feel within. What is within is going to spill out. As I like to quote, "What you think, you will say; what you say, you will do and what you do, you will become." You lay out your future in this way and when it arrives at your door you can't blame anyone for the wailing and weeping!When you start feeling you are an internal energy system you can start cooperating with it. You practise Right intent.1) Harmonise your body posture2) Harmonise your breathing3) Harmonise your mind.This is the essence of Tai Chi and what I teach.It is fundamental tenet of mine that there is a Force in life that wants us to evolve. It isn't trying to make the path unnecessarily hard, to arbitrarily throw obstacles in our way. As you start to feel a harmony within you start to harmonise with this Force. There is an energy that knows better than your small self what you need. At times this energy takes over and gives you a jolt in the right direction. This is Kundalini. Kundalini is that Power which makes the crooked straight, which goes before you to prepare a place, which sweeps through your system. When it is active go along for the ride!It has been my experience that many of the bliss experiences are purification of the system. As Kundalini cleanses you can feel pleasure, even sensual. Your breathing follows a pattern of its own. Your body can move. You can make sounds. It is like that energy that dog has when it shakes itself dry. A spontaneous cleansing. (The sort of thing our planet is beginning to do, as we seem incapable to doing it ourselves. The earth will shake and we will wonder "why is this happening?")In Tantric terms Kundalini is the Shakti power. It is the Goddess and she wants to unite with Her Lord Shiva in your head. She desires Him. She can become impatient to join with Him. All her movements are to get there; to rise up your spine in a gush of Ecstacy, Light and Power and shimmer in your head.

Energy loops back on Itself. She, Shakti, who is creation returns to the Silent One. There is completion in that Joy.Kundalini will completely seduce you. She is a jealous lover though. You have to give her your All. You know when you are with someone but they know you are elsewhere. You even look over their shoulders. This will get you nowhere. You know how rejected you feel when this happens to you. There are no half measures with Kundalini. Oh yes you can do it that way. Just as I can have students who regard what I teach as a hobby, something to do once a week, when they are not busy with something else.
Each step is still a step in the right direction. No effort is wasted. Nevertheless to find the All you must give your all. When you do that, the All comes to you.David

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Related phenomena..?

2005-03-27T15:28:00.000-08:00

Circular patterns and formations do not only occur in grain fields, beans, thistles, corn, rice, reed, wild grass and so forth. Circlular formations (as rings, concentric rings or spirals) is also found in other media at different seasons all around the globe.
TREE CIRCLESICE CIRCLESSNOW CIRCLESSAND CIRCLES
TREE CIRCLESTHE CZECH REPUBLIC
BENT TREE STEMS! Circles have occurred in trees (forests) where the stems, which are bent towards the ground, make up a ring. Thick tree trunks are bent right above the root in a similar way to the grain stems in the crop circles. At these pictures from the Czech Republic shown on Italian television, we can see that the stems are bent towards the centre of the circle. Regrettably no pictures were taken from some altitude, but there are good close-ups of this unique phenomenon.(Source: Internet: http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/mmmgroup/e-tree.html)
CZECH REPUBLIC Thick tree stems bent by the root

Trees bending to the ground
CANADA, Grand Lake, New Brunswick
2 tree circles, approx. 4m in diameter, was found in a pine tree seedling forest in Canada in the late sixties. The trunks, about 3 ins. thick, were bent right above the root. All the stems were layed down flat to the ground, the tops of the trees pointing towards the outside of the circle. An eyewitness to the incident tells that the police and army vehicles were on the site, and people in their cars were motioned to not stop, but to move along. Months later the trunks were cut, and fencing was put up. Unfortunately we have no photos of the two pine tree circles, but the incident, told by the eyewitness, a now 50 year old Canadian, is most interesting. It is to be read here.
UNKNOWN LOCATION
In 1984 a tree circle was discovered by a farmer. A group of 13 meter high (!) pine trees were all laid down into an anticlockwise swirl. The circle was surveyed, photographed and videofilmed by experienced crop circle researchers, but unfortunately this was not done until 1988 - four years after it formed. At that time, the trees in half of the formation still laid down, where as in the other half a hawthorn tree had grown up through it and pushed it all up. Because the farmer does not want any publicity, the location of the circle is kept secret.
The story is reported by the well-known crop circle researcher and photographer Busty Taylor in his article “Of things seen on the ground” at the web site The Cereologist (by CCCS – Centre for Crop Circle Studies). We have contacted Busty Taylor (in 2003), hoping to obtain permission to present a photograph of the tree circle at our web site, but Taylor answered that he will make the information available “in due time”. All we can say, is: We are indeed looking forward to see the photos/videoshot of the circle, and to get his full version of this very interesting story! We hopefully pray that Mr. Taylor won't "keep us on the rack" for too long, as more than 20 years have passed since the circle occured. It's our guess that this information will be of great interest to all concerned about the crop circle- (& tree circle) enigma.
ICE-CIRCLESNORWAY, Sandvika, Bærum (a suburban town south of Oslo) Circles also appear in ice! This perfectly circular ice formation occurred in the Sandvika River the 5th of February 2002. Asker og Bærum Budstikke (the local newspaper) wrote this about the phenomenon.
SANDVIKA Feb. 15th 2002 PHOTO: K. Helbak
SWEDEN, Piteälven river south of Älvsbyn (in northern Sweden)
Gösta Nilsson discovered this ice ring on the Piteälven river south of the little town Älvsbyn in northern Sweden in January 1987. The inner circle diameter is approx. 50 metres. The pictures have been published in the book "Alien Art: Extraterrestrial Expressions on Earth" by Sarah Moran (introduction by Erich Von Däniken), Quadrillion Publishing, USA 1998. ISBN 1-85833-859-X. The author has these comments to the ice circle.The photographer Clas Svahn (a researcher for UFO Sweden) states: "Gösta Nilsson, seen in the pictures, witnessed how the 50 metres large ice floe had formed during a period of several weeks. Such rotating sheets of ice form as ice fragments gather where a river makes a turn, or on any flowing water. This is an unusual, but well known phenomenon, and not the least mysterious".The Norwegian Crop Circle Group is aware of this prevailing theory, but feels there is reason to question whether it supplies the full solution, as ice circles can also be found in small ponds with stagnant water - one even include an extension to the circle. (See photograph further down from Churchville, Maryland, USA.)
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The December 2nd, 2000, this beautiful ice-circle appeared in Delta, Ontario in Canada. The ring was set on thin surface ice on a pond, approximately 4,6 metres diameter and 7,5 centimetre wide. Surrounding ice and ground were covered with a light dusting of snow, with no tracks.Source: The Canadian Crop Circle Research Network - CCCRN.
CANADA Delta, Ontario - December 2nd, 2000 PHOTO: Cathie WhittakerUSA - Norwalk, Connecticut
On March 11th 2003 an Ice Circle or Ice Ring appeared in a private residents' back yard pond in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. Precisely etched into thin ice, about 1/4 inch thick, about 25 feet 9 inches in diameter. It formed during the night, in a section of a tributary that feeds the Silvermine River in Norwalk, and amazingly, formed a "tangent" with the pond wall! Discovered by the owner at about 6:00am, after night temperatures fell to about 16 degrees Farenheidt, the circle remained frozen until later that afternoon, melting only after most of the ice around it had disappeared.
Apparent in the photograph, and affirmed by the pond owner, the ice showed no sign of having been swirled by rotating water that froze. No trees overhung the Ice Circle, and nothing unusual was reportedly heard or seen by the residents, or neighbours, in association with its creation. The pond belongs to the owner, is in his backyard... and they have a dog that usually barks if something's in his yard.Source: http://www.cropcircleanswers.com/Icecircle_2003.htm
USA Norwalk, Connecticut, found in a private residents backyard March 11th 2003 © Millennium Research
read more: http://uk.kornsirkler.org/relaterte_fenomen.htm

About Mount Shasta

2005-03-26T17:25:00.000-08:00

... Strange lights and sounds are often seen or heard on the mountain. Lenticular clouds, shadows and outstanding sunsets add to the mystical aura of the mountain. Several tunnels stretch far into the interior of this majestic mountain. Mount Shasta is also the home of the present-day Lemurians, survivors of the sinking of the continent of Lemuria over 12,000 years ago. Yes, our Lemurian brothers and sisters are real; they are well and physically alive, living in the subterranean city of "Telos" underneath sacred Mount Shasta.
Prior to the sinking of their continent, fully aware of the eventual destiny of their beloved continent, the ancient Lemurians, using their mastery of energy, crystals, sound and vibrations, hollowed out a vast underground city, with the intention of preserving their culture, their treasures and their records of ancient Earth's history; history that has been lost since the sinking of Atlantis. Lemuria was once a vast continent, and larger than North America, connected to parts of California, Oregon, Nevada and Washington. This large continent disappeared overnight into the Pacific Ocean over 12,000 years ago in a vast cataclysm. All inhabitants of the Earth at that time considered Lemuria, their motherland, and there was much weeping on the Earth when at the time of its destruction. About 25,000 Lemurians at that time were able to migrate into the interior of the mountain, the most important of their various administration centers prior to the sinking of their Motherland. And beloveds, you who are reading this writing, know in your heart, that they have never left. They are still here in physical immortal bodies, totally unlimited, living a life of pure Heaven on Earth.
Wondrous little people, often referred to as "The Little People of Mount Shasta", are also kind of physical, but not quite, and they are very often seen visually around the mountain. They are third dimensional beings like humans, but they live on a slightly higher level of the third dimension, such as third and one half level, and they have the ability to make themselves visible and invisible at will. The reason they are not showing themselves physically to many people is because they have a collective fear of humans. At one time, when they were as physical as we are, and could not make themselves invisible at will, humans living at that time viciously maligned them. They became so fearful of humans, that they collectively asked the spiritual hierarchy of this planet for the dispensation to be elevated in their frequency, so that they could make themselves invisible at will, in order to be able to continue their evolution unharmed and in peace.
There are also reports of the Bigfoot race of people being seen on some remote areas of Mount Shasta, along with many other mysterious beings. The Bigfoot people are now very few in numbers around the world and around Mount Shasta. They are of average intelligence and possess a peaceful heart. They have also obtained the dispensation to be able to make themselves invisible at will to be able to avoid confrontation with us and thus, like the little people, avoid being harmed, mutilated and used as a slave race.
Things have not changed so much on Earth in our days. We have not yet, as a species, understood that we are guests here on this planet. We are the guests of our gracious Mother Earth who has volunteered to provide a platform of evolution for the many kingdoms she has chosen to allow to be evolving here. Humans are only one of those kingdoms. It was always intended and agreed at the beginning that all kingdoms would be honored, and be allowed to share this planet "equally". And it was that way for a very long time at the beginning. But for hundreds of thousands of years, humans have taken over, arrogantly thinking that they are the superior race, and that they have the right to control and manipulate other kingdoms that appear to be more vulnerable than they.
Many of the species of the animal kingdom have also become invisible. They are still here, but in a slightly higher frequency and thus, invisible to us. Where do you think that all those supposedly "extinct" species have gone? Many of them are extinct because they have made a collective choice to not interact with us any more. Those species of the animal kingdom, which are still here physically with us, are not always loved and honored by humans. Go into your heart and explore how most of the animals are treated, used and abused by the supposedly "superior race". Are all animals treated, honored and loved as beings of other kingdoms meant to share this planet with us "equally"? Think how so many whales, dolphins, cows, chickens, cats, dogs, horses, etc. etc. have been and still are used. The list is endless, and could be the subject of several encyclopedias. (I know that this last paragraph will raise many eyebrows, but it needs to be said. Let's now continue with Mount Shasta)...

E=MC²: Quantum Consumer Theory ...

2005-03-26T16:25:00.000-08:00

E=MC²: Quantum Consumer Theory Formula Explains Behavior of Internet, Consumers, even Shopping Malls
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND. (SatireWire.com) — Why do Americans consume so much? What do glazed doughnuts have to do with the Internet's rapid growth and sudden upheaval? Why do small people accidentally walk into Big and Tall shops?
According to researchers, all the answers can be found in a one revolutionary, and somewhat insulting, theory: Quantum Consumer Theory. While its name is daunting, the theory itself is rather simple: consumers generate gravitational fields, and large numbers of consumers create even larger gravitational fields. If the consumers are also themselves large — if they have, in scientific terms, "substantial mass" — then they create a commercial gravitational field that will literally be impossible for others to avoid.
This explains why, for instance, the U.S. tends to lead in economic consumption, says Richard Steinman, a researcher at the Royal College of Economic Physics.
"Individual Americans, being among the most overweight of the planet's inhabitants, generate larger gravitational fields than anyone on Earth," he says, "and groups of American consumers, huddled together, can draw in even more consumers simply by being in the same place."
And this, Steinman asserts, solves more than a few mysteries. For instance, it has always been assumed that cars seen circling the lots at shopping malls were looking for a place to park. But Quantum Consumer Theory reveals that this is not the case. Instead, as malls are packed with consumers, they have strong commercial gravitational fields, meaning that cars circling the lot are actually in orbit around the mall, and only when that orbit reaches a critical point of decay will that car park and that consumer go inside. This also explains why people who don't intend to shop come home with packages — they simply get too close to a commercial gravitation field and are sucked in — and why many people of average size accidentally walk into Big and Tall shops — they are drawn in by the sheer mass of the individuals in the store.

Two brothers, one mind

2005-03-17T19:27:00.000-08:00

Rama and P'taah, masters of being in the moment

2005-03-17T19:24:00.000-08:00

Rama, master of carefree

Master of Love, P'taah

2005-03-17T19:20:00.000-08:00

Heal-All, Prunella vulgaris

2005-03-17T19:12:00.000-08:00

Other Names: Prunella, All-Heal, Hook-Heal, Self Heal, Slough-Heal, Brunella, Heart of the Earth, Blue Curls, Carpenter-weed, Common Selfheal, Consolida Minor, Lance Selfheal, Sicklewort, Woundwort, Xia Ku Cao
Habitat Perennial herb found throughout Europe, Asia, Japan and the U. S., (to mention a few) its origin seems to be European though it has been documented in other countries since before any history of travel. Found growing in waste ground, grassland, woodland edges, usually on basic and neutral soils. Cultivation: Heal-All thrives in any damp soil in full sun or in light shade. Plants are apt to become troublesome weeds in turf that is at all damp. Self heal is a good plant for growing in the spring meadow. Sow seed in very early spring in a flat outdoors, or give a short cold and moist conditioning treatment before sowing in a warm place. Growing from 1 to 2 feet high, with creeping, self-rooting, tough, square, reddish stems branching at leaf axis. The leaves are lance shaped, serrated and reddish at tip, about an inch long and 1/2 inch broad, grow on short stalks in opposite pairs down the square stem. The flowers grow from a clublike, somewhat square, whirled cluster, immediately below this club are a pair of stalkless leaves standing out on either side like a collar. Flowers are two lipped and tubular, the top lip is a purple hood, and the bottom lip is often white, it has three lobes with the middle lobe being larger and fringed upwardly. Flowers bloom at different times depending on climate and other conditions. Mostly from June to August. Gather whole plant when flowers bloom, dry for later herb use. Leaves and small flowers are edible.
Photo by Deb Jackson Copyright 2000
Properties Heal-All is edible and medicinal, can be used in salads, soups, stews, or boiled as a pot herb. Used as an alternative medicine for centuries on just about every continent in the world, and for just about every ailment known to man, Heal-All is something of a panacea, it does seem to have some medicinal uses that are constant. The plants most useful constituents are Betulinic-acid, D-Camphor, Delphinidin, Hyperoside, Manganese, Oleanolic-acid, Rosmarinic-acid, Rutin, Ursolic-acid, and Tannins. The whole plant is medicinal as alterative, antibacterial, antipyretic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, astringent, carminative, diuretic, febrifuge, hypotensive, stomachic, styptic, tonic, vermifuge and vulnerary. A cold water infusion of the freshly chopped or dried and powdered leaves is a very tasty and refreshing beverage, weak infusion of the plant is an excellent medicinal eye wash for sties and pinkeye. It is taken internally as a medicinal tea in the treatment of fevers, diarrhoea, sore mouth and throat, internal bleeding, and weaknesses of the liver and heart. Clinical analysis shows it to have an antibacterial action, inhibiting the growth of pseudomonas, Bacillus typhi, E. coli, Mycobacterium tuberculi, which supports its use as an alternative medicine internally and externally as an antibiotic and for hard to heal wounds and diseases. It is showing promise in research for cancer, AIDS, diabetes, and many other maladies.
Folklore Once proclaimed to be a Holy herb and thought to be sent by God to cure all ailments of man or beast, and said to drive away the devil, which lead to the belief that Heal-All was grown in the Witches garden as a disguise. The root was used to make a tea to drink in ceremonies before going hunting by one Native American tribe to sharpened the powers of observation.
Recipe Medicinal tea or infusion: Add 1 oz. dried or fresh herb to a pint of boiling water, steep till cool, take in ½ cup doses, sweetened with honey, as a general strengthener.
Article by Deb Jackson & Karen Bergeron

source: http://altnature.com/gallery/healall.htm

Always there

2005-03-13T20:40:00.000-08:00

P'taah meditates with sunset

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Rama meditates with sunset

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Coming to your sacred part of the planet at Sunrise, March 20th, 2005!

2005-03-11T13:31:00.000-08:00

A Global SOLAR WAVE of Intent Can Bring Forth a Global Healing!
A message from Aluna Joy and the Star Elders
The Solar Wave was an idea born in 1990 while on a pilgrimage to Palenque Mexico. In an amazing overnight stay in the Temple of the Sun, I was taught, or better yet down loaded with a vision. I was shown an energy that was coming to the planet. It was going to come in energy waves in multiplying voltage. Today, 15 years after the initial vision, the waves are getting too big to ignore. (You can read about this experience by reading "GETTING THERE- A PALENQUE STORY" at http://www.kachina.net/~alunajoy/2003jan.html)

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"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

It is clear that the earth is telling us that we are out of balance. The earth is asking us for our help. With our new heightened manifesting abilities, we can NOW do something about it. We can anchor balance, peace, harmony, love, truth, and integrityŠ and all positive intent by living these qualities in each moment. We can magnify these intents one thousand times if we use powerful balanced energy of an equinox.
Many ancient traditions of the world marked the EQUINOX as a powerful time for manifesting dreams and visions in the future. From the pyramids in Egypt and Mexico, to the stone circles in England, to the solar markers in the Native northwest, this time was revered as a powerful and transformative time. We have an awesome opportunity to make even a more profound difference this coming equinox. On equinox, the Earth and Sun are in perfect balance and harmony, as the sun is centered between the Northern and Southern hemispheres, and centered between earth and sky. This creates a sacred cross of balancing energy that naturally harmonizes the planet and humanity. If we consciously work with this energy in a balanced harmonious way, we have a great opportunity to affect even deeper and positive changes on this planet.

"Our lives begin to end, the day we become silent about things that matter."- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Let's open the eyes from our hearts, and see ...

2005-03-11T13:26:00.000-08:00

Equinox Focus

2005-03-11T13:21:00.000-08:00

Hello,
The following two suggested meditations for the coming equinox on March 20 - one, the Solar Wave, to be done preferably at sunrise, the other one, the Golden Water Activation meditation, to be done preferably at 8 p.m., local time - will evoke an inner resonance within many people and are inspiring formats through which a global unification of souls, in common purpose for the Highest Good of All, can be furthered.
At this juncture where so much is at stake and when global awakening and concerted spiritual activities fostering true unconditional love in all relations, absolute integrity in all human activities and inner and outer peace wherever humans live, the unique opportunity offered at this time of the year, when both the southern and northern hemispheres of our planet are receiving the same amount of solar energy, is the perfect moment for such a global celebration of Peace, Love and Harmony on Earth.
Please make right now adequate preparations to participate and help others avail themselves of this information so they may also join and therefore enhance the beauty and magnitude of these precious moments of global spiritual Oneness.
Jean Hudon
Focus Group Facilitator
http://www.aei.ca/~cep/focusgroup.htm

A Few Words From A "Liberated" Iraqi

2005-03-11T12:56:00.000-08:00

http://207.44.245.159/article8201.htm

We do not hate America for its "freedom or democracy". We don't hate America. We hate the crimes, the destructions, and the devastation committed by America against the innocent people in our country. (...) Having known the facts, you did not apologize for the victims of the American torture but went ahead putting the blame on only the "seven bad apples". That did not STOP the torture or the human rights violations committed by your troops in Iraq. Reports are still coming to date confirming that torture is being committed against the Iraqis in the American detention camps. I am sure that your advisors will tell you that this is necessary to protect the security of America, several thousands of miles away from Iraq. Your partners in the "coalition of willing" are not doing any better!The British and Danish armies are both torturing Iraqi detainees. Now we discover through human rights reports that the "new Iraqi army", created and trained by your government, is also torturing the Iraqis. It is clear to me, Mr. President, that while we were tortured, before the "liberation", by one force of evil, now we are being tortured by at least four evil forces after the "liberation". It looks to me, Mr. President, that contrary to your announcement, the "torture chambers" may truly be here forever. CLIP

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Pharisee Nation - American Nation Brainwashed

2005-03-11T12:35:00.000-08:00

by John Dear 02/17/05 "CommonDreams" - -

Last September, I spoke to some 2,000 students during their annual lecture at a Baptist college in Pennsylvania. After a short prayer service for peace centered on the Beatitudes, I took the stage and got right to the point. "Now let me get this straight," I said. "Jesus says, 'Blessed are the peacemakers,' which means he does not say, 'Blessed are the warmakers,' which means, the warmakers are not blessed, which means warmakers are cursed, which means, if you want to follow the nonviolent Jesus you have to work for peace, which means, we all have to resist this horrific, evil war on the people of Iraq." With that, the place exploded, and 500 students stormed out. The rest of them then started chanting, "Bush! Bush! Bush!" So much for my speech. Not to mention the Beatitudes.
I was not at all surprised that George W. Bush was reelected president. As I travel the country speaking out against war, injustice and nuclear weapons, I see many people consciously siding with the culture of war, choosing the path of violence, supporting corporate greed, rampant militarism, and global domination. I see many others swept up in the raging current of patriotism. Since most of these people, beginning with the president, claim to be Christian, I am ashamed and appalled that they support war and systemic injustice, that they do it in the name of God, and that they feign fidelity to the nonviolent Jesus who gave his life resisting institutionalized injustice. I am reminded of Flannery O'Connor's great book, "Wise Blood," where her outrageous character Hazel Motes is so fed up with Christian hypocrisy that he forms his own church, the "Church of Christ without Christ," "where the lame don't walk, the blind don't see, and the dead don't rise." That's where we are headed today.
I used to think these all-American Christians never read the Gospel, that they simply chose not to be authentic disciples of the nonviolent Jesus. Now, alas, I think they have indeed chosen discipleship, but not to the hero of the Gospels, Jesus. Instead, through their actions, they have become disciples of the devout, religious, all-powerful, murderous Pharisees who killed him.
A Culture of Pharisees We have become a culture of Pharisees. Instead of practicing an authentic spirituality of compassion, nonviolence, love and peace, we as a collective people have become self-righteous, arrogant, powerful, murderous hypocrites who dominate and kill others in the name of God. The Pharisees supported the brutal Roman rulers and soldiers, and lived off the comforts of the empire by running an elaborate banking system which charged an exorbitant fee for ordinary people just to worship God in the Temple. Since they taught that God was present only in the Temple, they were able to control the entire population. If anyone opposed their power or violated their law, the Pharisees could kill them on the spot, even in the holy sanctuary.
Most North American Christians are now becoming more and more like these hypocritical Pharisees. We side with the rulers, the bankers, and the corporate millionaires and billionaires. We run the Pentagon, bless the bombing raids, support executions, make nuclear weapons and seek global domination for America as if that was what the nonviolent Jesus wants. And we dismiss anyone who disagrees with us.
We have become a mean, vicious people, what the bible calls "stiff-necked people." And we do it all with the mistaken belief that we have the blessing of God. In the past, empires persecuted religious groups and threatened them into passivity and silence. Now these so-called Christians run the American empire, and teach a subtle spirituality of empire to back up their power in the name of God. This spirituality of empire insists that violence saves us, might makes right, war is justified, bombing raids are blessed, nuclear weapons offer the only true security from terrorism, and the good news is not love for our enemies, but the elimination of them. The empire is working hard these days to tell the nation--and the churches--what is moral and immoral, sinful and holy. It denounces certain personal behavior as immoral, in order to distract us from the blatant immorality and mortal sin of the U.S. bombing raids which have left 100,000 Iraqis dead, or our ongoing development of thousands of weapons of mass destruction. Our Pharisee rulers would have us believe that our wars and our weapons are holy and blessed by God.
In the old days, the early Christians had big words for such behavior, such lies. They were called "blasphemous, idolatrous, heretical, hypocritical and sinful." Such words and actions were denounced as the betrayal, denial and execution of Jesus all over again in the world's poor. But the empire needs the church to bless and support its wars, or at least to remain passive and silent. As we Christians go along with the Bush administration and the American empire, we betray Jesus, renounce his teachings, and create a "Church of Christ without Christ," as Flannery O'Connor foresaw.
CLIP - Read the rest at http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8113.htm

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A message from Ramsey Clark:

2005-03-11T12:26:00.000-08:00

IMPEACHMENT MORE URGENT THAN EVER
http://www.impeachbush.org/

Dear VoteToImpeach / ImpeachBush.org Members, We are urging all of those who are part of the impeachment movement to participate and bring the message of impeachment with signs and banners to the hundreds of local demonstrations that will be taking place on March 19/20, the second anniversary of the beginning of the criminal war against Iraq. CLIP

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Nature's compassion

2005-03-11T12:07:00.000-08:00

Sun-rays

- U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864 - (letter to Col. William F. Elkins) -

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"As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war. God grant that my suspicions may prove groundless."

- U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864 - (letter to Col. William F. Elkins) - Ref: The Lincoln Encyclopedia, Archer H. Shaw (Macmillan, 1950, NY)

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Two brothers and two orbs in the woods - this evening

2005-03-10T19:20:00.000-08:00

Thunderbolts of the Gods

2005-03-10T12:20:00.000-08:00

Thunderbolts of the Gods by David Talbott and Wallace Thornhill, is the first in a series of volumes contending that planetary instability and large scale electrical phenomena in ancient times led to a series of global catastrophes remembered around the world.
Talbott and Thornhill claim that earthshaking upheaval occurred so recently as to have profoundly affected early human cultures. And the two authors suggest that the myths and religions of all ancient peoples memorialized these events. To make their case, they offer a new synthesis of ancient testimony, high-energy plasma laboratory experiments, and space age discoveries.
The study of plasma discharge is a new and exciting development in space age astronomy. Talbott and Thornhill show particular interest in these developments because they see space plasma as a bridge between the ancient and modern worlds. To advance their case, they present side-by-side comparisons of laboratory plasma experiments and globally recurring symbols of the ancient sky. The evidence, they report, shows an ancient obsession with extremely violent electrical discharge formations in the heavens.
At the core of this reconstruction is the unique behavior of plasma. This "fourth state of matter" has been studied for less than a hundred years, and only in the recent decades of the space age have astronomers begun to realize its importance to the understanding of structure in space. Astronomical objects ranging from supernovas and intergalactic filaments to interstellar banks of excited gasses and all of the stars in the heavens are now known to be constituted of plasma—a conductive medium that also permeates the near-vacuum of space. Celestial objects move in and through cells of plasma.
Because the plasma state is defined by the presence of charged particles, electrical and magnetic forces often dominate gravitational forces. Many structures now revealed in space, while defying gravitational equations, are predictable under the laws of plasma behavior observed in the laboratory. From these discoveries, a new approach to the understanding of the physical universe is emerging. This approach is called plasma cosmology.
Through unimaginable labors, our ancestors carved unexplained pictures on stone, numbering in the tens of millions. But what inspired this massive endeavor around the world? The laboratory experiments make clear that the ancient artists were copying spectacular electrical phenomena in the heavens. Indeed, the global correspondence between laboratory discharge configurations and the pictographs on stone is so detailed that same-scale images from the laboratory and from archaeological investigation can be overlaid with astonishing precision.
By systematically comparing these images to the most prominent mythological themes, the authors reach a revolutionary conclusion. In ancient times, electrical activity produced gigantic and violently metamorphosing formations above the ancient witnesses. According to Talbott and Thornhill, these terrifying apparitions were the true source of the enigmatic celestial serpents, dragons, cosmic mountains, long-tongued demons, and metamorphosing gods, goddesses, and heroes of the ancient world.
... The first monograph, Thunderbolts of the Gods, now available for viewing in pdf, will be followed by The Electric Universe in July of 2005. A one-hour DVD to accompany the monographs is presently in production.
Please take a moment to view:
Download a PDF of Introduction and Chapter One
Download a PDF of Chapter Two
Download a PDF of Chapter Three

PLEASE FORWARD THIS PASSAGE TO APPROPRIATEPERSONS AND GROUPS WITHIN YOUR OWN CIRCLE.

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Astronomers find star-less galaxy

2005-03-10T11:56:00.000-08:00

The invisible galaxy could only be "seen" using radio wavesAstronomers have discovered an object that appears to be an invisible galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter.
The team, led by Cardiff University, UK, claims it is the first such object to be detected.
A dark galaxy is an area in the Universe containing a large amount of mass that rotates like a galaxy, but contains no stars.
It was found 50 million light-years away using radio telescopes in England and Puerto Rico.
Very little is known about "dark matter", even though there is much more of it in the cosmos than "normal", or baryonic, matter, which constitutes the visible material from which stars and planets are built.

They have always been seeing what I have yet ...

2005-03-09T15:06:00.000-08:00

A Message for the Life Sustainers

2005-03-09T14:52:00.000-08:00

A Message from the Hathors through Tom Kenyon June 21, 2004

You are at a pivotal point in the fulcrum of consciousness. Your earth is about to undergo a purification the likes of which have not been seen for 26,000 years. The timelines of this would have been sooner were it not for the intervention of beings in many realms and the efforts of what you call light workers, which we view as "life sustainers."There is a highly catalytic energy coming from deep space, which is striking the Great Central Sun (of your galaxy) and the Sun of your solar system. Your Sun is experiencing immense changes in its magnetic field, and this is, in turn, affecting the magnetic field of your Earth. This is altering many dynamic systems on your planet including, but not limited to, the oceanic conveyer belt. This deep-space energy that is affecting both the Sun and your Earth is essentially an energy of accelerating self-awareness and spiritual evolution. The universe (or at least this part of it) is waking up to itself in new and different ways. And this process of increased self-awareness is speeding things up, so to speak. It is important to realize that what looks like a disturbance at one level of consciousness can be seen as a catalyst at another level.Whether life is allowed to continue on this planet or not, will be decided collectively through a reaction to the choices you make as humanity. If the collective is able to receive these energies from deep space and make an evolutionary and spiritual leap, the disturbance of the electromagnetic fields, specifically the magnetic poles, will not affect the conveyer belt the way that it is now. Think of yourself as living on a giant gyroscope. The slightest movement of a gyroscope creates tremendous movement in the rings of the gyroscope, the stabilizing rings. So the gyroscope of Earth is fluctuating, but this fluctuation can be expressed as physical manifestation, or as elevations of consciousness. But if the collective consciousness of this Earth does not elevate quick enough, then the gyroscope will simply transfer the energy to the physical dimension, specifically the magnetic poles and the magnetic field, which, in turn, affects the conveyer belt. If the conveyer stops, life, as you know it, will become very difficult or end altogether, quickly. We would say to you that you are very close to this point.
As to weather, expect increasingly turbulent storms of greater strength and amplitude. We wish to convey to you a clear understanding that these storms are an out-picturing of the violence, the misdirected energy, and the imbalance of human consciousness. If, somehow, enough individual consciousnesses within the collective are able to elevate themselves into the fifth or higher dimensions of consciousness, the energies from deep space will be integrated through the process of elevation.If, collectively, you are not able to attain this, these energies will affect the physical aspect of Earth's gyroscope, to use that metaphor. And life as you know it and have experienced it will be very difficult due to climatic and Earth changes. You are about to see a tremendous increase in geothermal activity, including volcanoes and earthquakes. You are already seeing a tremendous increase in tornadoes and this will only escalate. The hurricanes that will be coming in the next year and the years to follow will make previous hurricanes seem like a gentle breeze.
So let us summarize the first idea we wish to convey. The impulse for increased consciousness is flowing from deep space, striking your Sun, and affecting the subtle energies of your earth. If humanity is able to rise to a level of spiritual mastery these affects will be decreased, transmuted, and become a source for further elevation.If humanity is not able to attain this, then the physical act of purification must take place-simply because energy cannot be destroyed. We are not alarmists. This message is not intended to create distress, but rather to create awareness of the need for taking care of yourself and your loved ones in specific ways.
There are two areas of action we suggest. The first has to do with spiritual preparation and the second has to do with physical survival. From the standpoint of yourselves as souls, it is immaterial whether your present embodiment continues or not. Spiritual preparation means to prepare for the possibility of your death through a recommitment to your life-to living and choosing what is essential for ever-increasing experiences of appreciation and joy. It sounds odd, but following your deepest sense of joy will lead you to be in the places where you will most likely survive, should the Earth go into a period of purification.Spiritual preparation also includes clearing away the obstructions between you and your own psychic knowing, and being willing to move in an instant's notice, and a willingness to move even if those around you insist on remaining where they are. Should the Earth go into its travail of purification, you must be prepared to follow your own inner knowing, for that is the only compass you will have, both literally and figuratively. In terms of physical survival, at the very least, you will need to obtain and store food and emergency supplies, including water and warm clothing, even if you live currently in a mild to tropical environment. Get to know your friends and neighbors, for it may require a level of cooperation you are not used to, in order to physically survive the purification. Even if outright catastrophe is averted, there will be a radical increase in aberrant weather and possible challenges to food production.Finally we would say to begin a discipline of connecting with your spiritual aspect, in whatever ways you find most effective. You will want to strengthen these connections, for if the Earth enters into travail, there will be much chaos and many voices from those in distress and in confusion, and you will need to have access to your innermost self-to the small silent voice within-to tell you where to go and what to do, and sometimes that may mean going nowhere and doing nothing.For those living within the US, know that you are being lied to, both politically and economically. It is not our focus to discuss these issues facing you. Anyone interested in such things can find the information. Let us just say that it is quite possible that the US economy will falter within the next year or two. Simple logic and common sense are your allies here. Preparing for a possible economic downturn means to become financially self-reliant. Should this occur, you will find that life gets much simpler. For one who has achieved a detachment from their monetary expectations, the devaluing of money will be a difficulty, to be sure, but not an emotional and spiritual catastrophe.
Build your house upon solid ground, not the shifting sands. And in this case, the shifting sands are your monetary system. The solid ground is your connection to your own God-Self, to the spiritual dimensions where you dwell, even as you live on Earth.Finally we wish to say to you that as difficult as the challenges are, you are still the Masters of your destiny, although you slumber in forgetfulness. If you are to survive you must awaken. In our world we have a ritualistic object. It is made of the finest gold that has been culled from the ninth dimension. In this box there are three symbolic stones. We refer to this box as the Ark of Humanity, as a symbol for that which will carry you (humanity) into a new dimension.
The three stones represent the three within humanity. There are those who would rather kill and die than awaken to the truth of themselves as Creator Gods. They remain asleep, though dangerous, since they sleepwalk and appear to be like everyone else. These are the people of the first stone.The second stone represents those who do not wish to be bothered; do not wish to change how they live life. They are not particularly violent, just numb.The third stone represents those who are awakening and have awakened to themselves as Creator Gods, understanding that they are responsible for their aspect of Creation and who willingly accept the responsibility of living upward through joy and harmony in a world so full of conflict.
The Ark of Humanity holds all three stones, and if the Ark of Humanity is to carry the entire collective into the fifth dimension and beyond, it must carry all three stones. The task for collective transmutation rests upon the shoulders of those of the third stone. Even though you are late in the hour (so to speak), total catastrophe can be averted. Ironically it has more to do with how the third stone of humanity chooses to live their life. If you succumb to the emotions of fear and horror, the Ark of Humanity will not be carried into the fifth dimension and beyond, because the purification will destroy most life on Earth. If this occurs, you will simply find that you will return to the spiritual realm according to the level of your development and spiritual attainment.So we speak not to the first or second stones, for they cannot hear us; although their eyes may see these words or their ears hear the words, they will not comprehend. This is for those of you of the third stone. You know who you are. For you will have been electrified by what you have just read.We bow to you, the protectors and the guardians of the human spirit. We bow to you, sages and masters, for your spiritual courage to have incarnated upon this Earth at this time. Live more fully. Laugh more heartily. Forgive more completely. You are the Masters of your destiny. Be Happy.The Hathors
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2005-03-09T13:40:00.000-08:00

Establishing a New Science of Human Experience

2005-03-09T13:36:00.000-08:00

By Dr. John Mack Lecture Transcription for Audio tape Florence Italy November 16th 2003
Thank you to the Gruppo Academico Scandicci GAUS and Paola Harris for inviting me to Florence for this conference. What I'd like to do first is give an overview of the so-called Abduction phenomena and lead into questions of how do we know or what are the ways of knowing when we are dealing with something this strange . I also will discuss the implications of this and phenomena like this for our world. I am a Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst and I have a special interest in extraordinary experience. I'd like to discuss how our language shapes the experience. For instance, words like "abduction" and alien shape the conversation a certain way. The word "abduction" is off in two different ways. First, it implies that every person who has this encounter experience is taken against his or her will like an abduction in human terms. It also implies that each person who has an experience is physically taken, the whole body is taken up into a craft, which is also not true in all instances.
Another aspect of contact is transferring information to humans telepathically or showing us images. A lot of this information has had to do with what our species are doing that is destructive to our planet. It is as if what we are doing ecologically with the planet is creating some kind of larger problem in the Galaxy. Also "the Experiencers" are given certain skills, certain capabilities that they were not given in their schooling. For instance, they may discover that they may have a great artistic ability that comes from this contact. Also they may have been given important mathematical and scientific knowledge that goes way beyond anything they learned in school and yet they are downloaded the most complicated mathematical formulas and when the scientist and physicists recognize that there is truth coming from these individuals and sometimes more than the physicists themselves know, they recognize it as genuine. I have personally seen many examples of these.
I'd also like to speak about the question of evidence, how do we know that this experience is true? How do we evaluate these reports and how do we determine truthfulness. For example, when I evaluate, I become clear that people of sound mind have no reason for making up this story. It is sure that they did not get it from the media because often they know more than the media. But there is something missing in what we have to evaluate or determine when a person tells us a story so bizarre whether he/she is telling the truth and whether we should take them seriously. But as yet we have had no criteria to evaluate the truth of such encounters. So I am working on just this and I'm just beginning to establish a science of Human Experience.
Now in traditional science when we observe certain phenomenon, we bring some objectivity to what we have studied. But when you are trying to understand something so profound and important to a person you can not stand back but you must enter "into "the consciousness of that person. So what the critics will say "what you are learning is too subjective" here is the problem, if you are going to learn about something this profound, then the learning needs to be "intersubjective." So still there is the problem of discovering the truth. If I say it just feels like they are telling the truth, then this is not enough. So we have to start with the "holistic way of knowing". This is close to what we know as intuitive knowing. It is like a knowing of the heart and a knowing of the spirit that has been part of traditional cultures for hundreds and thousands of years but has been lost in the west. I received some help in this matter from Vatican representative Monsignor Corrado Balducci who says "we in the church take this UFO Encounter Phenomena very seriously and the reason for that is, that there seem to be so many reliable witnesses. In the church, we have had centuries of having to evaluate miraculous reports by some kind of criteria and so they had to develop the notion of the "reliable witnesses."
So I began to apply this idea of the reliable witness to these cases. How do we know who is a reliable witness? For my cases, it not only had to do with the fact just that these people who were trustworthy reported something but it had to do with the power of their communication that came across to me. I would experience with these people when they would be reliving their experience, the most powerful vibration. I was in the presence of something awesome in its intensity. The experiencers themselves would give language to that. They would say something like "every cell in my body was vibrating"! When you are in the presence of that, it passes your judging mind and you feel it in your whole being.
Going back to "What is a reliable witness", it has to do with a resonance between the person who is reporting or sharing the experience and the clinician. It might be called "a direct knowing". You just know that with your whole being that this person is telling the truth. There are other examples of this "direct knowing" as demonstrated when the Tribunal that was hearing testimony of the torture in Bosnia questioned witnesses. The judge said after hearing the testimony of a particular woman about how she was tortured." I do not need any more testimony". I can just tell that it is not possible that she is not telling the truth. That is sufficient.
Now everyone knows torture exists. That is accepted. But it is not accepted in our society that these UFO encounters exist. Therefore you need to have evidence of a pattern of such similarities that is showing up in hundreds, if not, thousands of cases. One of these experiencers is helping me out with this statement she made about witnesses. " When a witness speaks, all recognize that they have been in another realm. Sincerity and truth and power of spirit are just as measurable as inches and pounds but not in the same way." It is ironic that experiences like alien abduction encounters, UFOs, Crop Circles, and near-death experiences are called anomalies. In another words, in our culture, what lies outside the realm of the cultural agreement, about what is real is called anomalous.
Therefore a huge amount of human experience is called anomalous when I have discussed this with Native Americans, and they say it is not anything anomalous. We know about this. It is part of the human experience.Establishing a new "worldview" In the last minutes, I want to talk about matter of a worldview and how it works. It has always been referred to as a paradigm and it has more of a scientific ring to it. But I prefer to call it worldview because it refers to something bigger. A worldview is the way we organize reality. It is the way we believe things work. In a way, it is like an instrument of navigation. Our worldview is what holds the human psyche together. What I came to realize with that Harvard Committee was that I was threatening the scientific medical world View by which they were living. What has been the dominant worldview in our society could be called Newtonian-Cartisianism or anthropocentric humanism. It is a worldview that puts the human being as the top of the cosmic hierarchy of intelligence.
The simplest term for this is, is that which I call "scientific materialism." In this world view, matter and energy is the primary reality and there is no larger intelligence in the Cosmos. The principle method of study is objective reality which separates the investigator from the matter that is being investigated. Now in recent years, this view, which has dominated our society, is failing. It is failing in every important element that the worldview is supposed to serve. First there is a huge amount of phenomena, which it can not explain nor deal with. There is no method of study for many things that we are talking about today. Secondly, it leads to terrible destructiveness because it treats the entire planet as simply physical resources to fight over by who are the most powerful and most important countries. Thirdly, "scientific materialism" does not give human beings any real satisfaction. It leaves us without spirit and it leaves us with an empty feeling. Because all it has to offer are more and more material things
Now we have new emerging worldviews that are different. In this worldview, there is intelligence dwelling in the universe. That experience which happens to my clients is one example of the intelligence dwelling in the universe and the beings that have come to my clients are another example. The Crop Formations are also evidence of this intelligence that is trying to communicate with us. Also it is a model of the universe and us in it which says that everything is connected with everything else and we know that "cutting edge" physics is supporting this worldview. So it includes not only new ways of knowing but it also involves a spiritual awakening.
This change which is happening around us is met with enmity and a great deal of resistance because there's a huge psychological economic and political investment in maintaining the Old World view. I will give you one examples of the UFO resistance because books being written which discuss this new paradigm are being called "new age, pseudoscientific, psychocentric, in order to dismiss them out of hand because some people who write such books do not hold themselves responsible to any scientific standards whatsoever.I will conclude by speaking about the implications of this new worldview. We see around us all kinds of forces which are supporting the emergence of this way of thinking. People around the planet are opening up to new ways of thinking. Groups, like the GAUS (GRUPPO ACADEMICO UFOLOGICO SCANDICCI), are committed to the new emerging paradigm.
How would this planet be different if the emerging world view became the dominant worldview? We would be connected to all living beings not just those around us, and with all nature and spirit which would make it impossible for us to treat nature in such a exploitative way. For example, we would be able to identify with other peoples, other religions and with all animals so we would not treat them just as products to consume. With this deeper reality, we could appreciate that we are connected to the Divine, the creative principle which would be more fulfilling than the material focus that has been so dominant today.
So it would be global like a "global awakening of the heart" instead of global exploitation, a word that has that connotation today. I might add "opening of the heart" has been a fundamental aspect of alien encounter experience I learned from my dealing with experiencers. Sometimes experiencers get information from these beings that we are not just a menace to the Earth but we are a menace to the Galaxy. In conclusion, as this emerging paradigm this emerging world view, takes hold, we might become more responsible citizens of a galaxy instead of becoming the eminent menace we appear to be!

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FOURTEEN KEYS TO THE COMING WORLDVIEW

2005-03-09T13:16:00.000-08:00

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All roads lead from consciousness. The more emotionally clear, mentally focused, and spiritually aligned we are, the more we can create anything through conscious intent, inside or outside ourselves, that we desire -- from dissolving tumors to avoiding police radar traps. Consciousness is no mere accidental by-product of brain chemistry; it is a field with many levels, some of which connect us to other people and some of which are filtered through our brains. One's emotional body, for example, has a distinct frequency-based dimensional status, but literally suffuses or interpenetrates one's entire physical body -- and then some! This is why stress, fear, anger, or guilt can predispose one to physical disease and, indeed, why psychoneuroimmunology works at all.
We are on the verge of becoming a member of a galactic federation with other extraterrestrial races. (Please see the Formal Extraterrestrial Contact section.)
Love is at the core of our being -- part of our God/Goddess self -- not simply an emotion we are sometimes lucky enough to experience. It is, however, covered over by fear and other unhealthy emotions. We do not create love; we allow it by letting go of fear. Much psychopathology, criminal behavior, and general unhappiness can be traced to a perceived lack of love and to subsequently mistaken ways of trying to find it. With the power of discerning love, those in the self-help movement are reclaiming their lives. Sooner or later, love brings up all things unlike itself for healing.
Gender equality is only the beginning. Gender equality is a critical evolutionary goal. Behind it, however, is a more profound transformational agenda, namely, the fuller integration of the archetypal feminine into the lives and consciousness of both men and women. Women do not want equal rights merely to succeed in a world that men have created. They want a different world with more empowering and enriching ways of creating relationships, conducting business, and healing ourselves and the planet. As they integrate the archetypal feminine they discover within themselves -- an energy far broader and enriching in its implications than the female gender role that calls academic feminists to arms -- men, too, will work for a different world.
A free press is only as good as the information its news journalists are allowed to uncover. The whole truth about many things has long been known by the few and withheld from the many in order to consolidate power and nurture greed. The Atlantean Hall of Records under the Sphinx, mind-control agendas, suppressed help for disease, free energy technology, and the ways wars have been arranged and the news manipulated, for example, will become progressively open to public scrutiny in the coming years. They already have in many alternative news publications.
Reincarnation is a fact of lives, not just on Earth, but elsewhere, too. If you are not convinced by the evidence now, you soon will be. The important idea to keep in mind as we transition into this new worldview, however, is that the purpose of reincarnation is not punishment for moral failure; it is to learn lessons and grow. We choose the main script (yes, even a so-called "rotten" script) before we are born, and we can modify it throughout life. With this realization, our perception of human history and psychology, together with our actions based on those perceptions, will undergo a profound revolution. Every victim, for example, has been an oppressor, just as every so-called winner in some lives has experienced great loss in others. And, no, reincarnationists do not all claim to have been Cleopatra or Julius Caesar. They are interested in past l! ives, because they look for more growth in this life than merely repeating actions which did not serve them well in the past.
There is energy and consciousness (intelligence) in everything. Recognition of this will change the way business is done in many arenas. It doesn't mean, for example, that we should never eat flesh. It does mean, however, that the way we treat that flesh (whether fish, fowl, or hoofed) while alive, and the attitudes and techniques we bring to its preparation, will be transformed. It also means that the practice of organ transplants needs a fundamental review, unless of course putting the donor's leftover fear and anger in your body is appealing. And, ironically, it means that "chaos" in nature is there for a reason, not to validate the second law of thermodynamics on the road to ran- domness, but to birth instead new levels of creative evolution. Finally, the consciousness in all things does not mean that we should never bulldoze trees. It means that! , if this is essential, we should acknowledge their contributions to the greater good. Mother nature is not looking to be saved by a belated recognition of codependence. She would, however, appreciate being honored and loved for what she is.
Without psychology, morality will not get very far. The great moral agendas of our time -- ending racism, establishing peace, feeding and housing the poor, eliminating crime and violence, educating the masses, and overcoming drug abuse -- are not primarily about morality. Nor are they about scarce resources, of which we have ample amounts to address these challenges. They are instead about simple but powerful dynamics of consciousness: fear (of dying, being left out, not being honored, scarcity, etc.); control (of markets, resources, people, information, etc.); and feeling unconnected to ourselves, our neighbors, the earth, and the Divine Source in which we are sustained. If these dynamics are not addressed, one heart at a time, all the legislation, moralizing, and resource reallocation in the world will not accomplish our goals. Least of all will mo! re centralized power at the top (as made to SEEM necessary through contrived and misinterpreted social crises) accomplish anything other than cultural apartheid, strangled freedoms, and more wealth for the few. The more political power is decentralized, the more personal responsibility can flourish.
Religions have one primary reason for being, namely, to empower their members in a quest for direct, felt spiritual alignment. All other reasons, e.g., ceremonial communion, helping the poor, and moral rectitude, should derive their significance to the degree they reflect this prime directive. Feeding the hungry because "God says so" is better than not feeding the hungry at all. But feeding the hungry because the nectar of compassion connects your heart to the world is where religion must direct itself. Dogmas and faith will no longer satisfy the quest of the human spirit to find its place. Nor will moral righteousness built on the crumbling foundations of guilt and retribution. Only the experienced reconnection with God/Goddess will suffice. The universe was not created as a moral testing ground for humans, as an altar for worshipping a deity, or as! a prayer stage where we will be saved from ourselves. It was created because God/Goddess wished to experience everything that could be created (just knowing everything is rather boring) and because S/HE wished to share the results of this adventure. We were created as mini-gods and goddesses from the same Divine Source that sustains everything, so that this source could experience "otherness" within itself and thereby enjoy the long journey of our finding our way home. We were created in order to create -- as joyfully, passionately, and diversely as possible. The goal of religion, then, should be to empower our sense of this mutually co-creative journey. This will result in a move away from traditional theism toward a more inclusive panentheism.
The paranormal not only is here to stay, but also will become normal. Critics tell us that the phenomenal rise of interest in paranormal phenomena reflects wishful thinking, irrationality, and the need to find transcendent order in times of great stress. In their view, some people think they see angels because they need to see angels. In fact, the reverse is true; some see angels because angels exist. The great lesson of paranormal phenomena is that humans are multidimensional beings and are awakening to that fact, even as events and beings from those dimensions increasingly penetrate our consensus reality of three dimensions bounded by the five senses. Apparitions, healings, auras, channelings, near-death and out-of-body experiences, past-life regressions, and invisible friends all express this larger truth. Even as the skeptics from CSICOP tell us ! that we cannot be experiencing what we know we are, their worst nightmare is coming true. Ironically, some of their children or grandchildren may soon be doing psychic readings and offering them hands-on healing.
The interest charged on illusory credit instruments to fund the equally illusory assumption that debt-based economic growth must continue forever only results in the rich getting richer faster than everybody else, who by definition then fall further behind. Only political expedience keeps this long-term trend in check. Beyond achieving economies of scale and addressing genuine human needs, rather than conditioned responses, no economy must grow forever in order that its citizens may prosper. Growth has been made the religion of business to keep the workers employed and satisfied while the rich get really rich. And through long-term cycles of boom and bust, we have been conditioned with mind-numbing efficiency to believe that going ever further into debt is the way to finance growth. There comes a point where debt can only be serviced by taking ! on more debt if one's current standard of living is to be maintained. At this point, only those toward the top of the economic pile can prosper while the rest are consumed by their need to survive. Banks facilitate debt through fractional banking practices, i.e., the right to create money from out of nothing -- and charge interest on it! An economic and financial revolution relating to personal and collective debt, central banking practices, taxation, and the backing of currencies, is not far off.
This nation's educational ills can be effectively addressed when political, business, and educational leaders spend as much energy on appropriate MEANS as they do whining about raising standards to meet foreign competition. First, we need to get serious with students (and their parents!) who abuse drugs or disrupt class, not with suspensions, punishment, and moral lectures (which achieve almost nothing), but with core level emotional reconstruction which can be done in school. Second, with the exception of a few courses in learning styles, personal growth, and master teaching, abolish colleges of education; require teachers to master the content of what they are to teach, not the methods of how to teach it. Third, reduce their paperwork by 75% and take a good hard look at the fear-based tidal wave of "accountability." Fourth, pay them well and reward! them twice as much for results as for advanced degrees or seniority. Fifth, dismiss weak teachers, then get the principals, county review committees, and school boards off good teachers' backs. Sixth, encourage creativity and experimentation; teach with sensitivity to different learning styles and rates. Seventh, develop a coherent curriculum in which all the pieces have both a genuine reason for being and fit together in a vision that unites, rather than fragments. Eighth, integrate new technologies available for accelerated whole-brain learning, creative _expression, skill acquisition, and assorted behavioral challenges such as ADD (for which biofeedback works far better than Ritalin!). But don't confuse techno-fix with educational transformation. Johnny's computer skills may help get him a job, but he won't be able to keep it unless he has something interesting, useful, and literate to say; he must learn to spell before he gets a spell-check function. Ninth, introduce short co! urses and daily time slots that deal with personal growth: settings that help students and teachers confront their feelings, set boundaries, communicate authentically, and connect with each other. Awaken both to the ways of the heart. Tenth, get parents involved in more than fundraising; some can teach better than substitutes, assist other teachers, mentor students living on the edge, tutor, and spread the compassion that currently burned out teachers would like to rekindle. Finally, prepare teachers for a generation of children who will demonstrate abilities not explained by any current paradigm. Forget political correctness; it's not needed. Move beyond the mind-set of "winners and losers." Schools and parents have not lived up to their potential until all children get to be "student of the month."
The first large-scale, fully integrated conventional/alternative hospital in America will produce "miracles" (by current standards), generate six-month waiting lists, and accelerate the revolution in medical education and the insurance industry. Alternative medicine is far more than a grabbag of new treatments that mainstream medicine has not tried out. It encompasses a whole new vision of both health and disease, a redistribution of responsibility for both, and more caring relationships between patients and their physicians. Health is not merely the absence of symptoms of disease, but a predisposition to optimum wellness and response to the threat of disease on biochemical, psychological, environmental, and spiritual levels -- all of which are interconnected. Alter- native medicine looks at root causes, which are typically systemic, not localized, a! nd respects the innate intelligence of the body to heal itself, if given health promoting, rather than disease killing, remedies. Instead of immediately giving you a shot for the flu, for example, the alternative practitioner inquires into the health of your immune system. Why was it not able to ward off the flu to begin with? Or instead of prescribing a hormone that merely compensates for stressed adrenals, she will suggest ways to bring them to a state of optimum function. This may include dealing with your repressed fears, and acupuncture, as well as caffeine reduction. When chronic disease, such as cancer, does occur, there are effective alternative remedies, such as essiac, ozone therapy, ultra-violet blood suffusion, Poly MVA, spiritual healing, and deep emotional work -- not well received by the AMA or the FDA. Increasingly, however, it must be our responsibility to stay healthy more than the physician's responsibility to save us from ourselves. Without that shift, both! the quality and quantity of health care will decline in direct proportion to skyrocketing costs and the mindless expansion of bureaucratic regulations.
Stand in your own light. Those invested in the status quo will summon their resources to convince you that none of the above is true. They will fail, however, because interdimensional penetration by the energies of Light and Love are lifting the veil of illusion and awakening the entire human race. We are slowly but powerfully moving beyond local and global duality dramas. A silent revolution in the collective unconscious is bringing adversarial relationships to the point of collapse even as fears pushed to the surface fan their flames! The sooner we acknowledge this fact and respond accordingly, the greater will be our prosperity and joy. Friends and family may laugh today. Tomorrow, they will be knocking on your door, asking if you've read Conversations With God or seen the film Indigo. Next week, they ! will be changing the way "business is done" at work. And next month, they may be speaking with angels. Count not the ships in the harbor, but look instead to the direction of the winds -- and hold fast! The dream of the earth is again radiating throughout the galaxy.

'Hobbit' Brain Supports Species Theory

2005-03-09T13:07:00.000-08:00

Science - AP
By JOSEPH B. VERRENGIA, AP Science Writer
Scientists working with powerful imaging computers say the spectacular "Hobbit" fossil recently discovered in Indonesia had distinctive brain features that could justify its classification as a separate — and tiny — human ancestor.
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The new report, published Thursday in the online journal Science Express, seems to support the idea of a sophisticated human dwarf species marooned for eons while modern man proliferated.
The new research produced a computer-generated model that compared surface impressions on the inside of the fossil skull with brain casts of modern and ancient humans, as well as chimps and other primates.
The scientists said the model shows that the 3-foot specimen, nicknamed Hobbit, had a brain unlike anything they had seen before in the human lineage. The brain is chimplike in size, about 417 cubic centimeters.
Yet the Hobbit's brain shared wrinkled surface features with the much larger brains of both modern humans and Homo erectus, a tool-making ancestor that lived in southeast Asia more than 1 million years ago. Some of those brain features are consistent with higher cognitive traits.
These brain features coincide with physical evidence of advanced behaviors, such as hunting, firemaking and the use of stone tools, which were found alongside the bones in a cave on the remote equatorial island of Flores. To some, this suggests an organized society of tiny hunters flourished on the island for millennia at a time when modern humans dominated the planet.
"This is a unique creature," said Florida State University anthropologist Dean Falk, who led the study. "We found amazing, specialized features across the surface from front to back."
"These findings are consistent with the kinds of sophisticated behaviors that are hypothesized" for the Hobbit, Falk said, but she stopped short of saying the Hobbit was a tool-maker.
In October, scientists from Indonesia and Australia caused an international sensation with their report of a trove of tiny fossils. As many as eight individuals were represented in layers that were dated from 95,000 to 12,000 years ago. The Hobbit skeleton was the most complete specimen and contained the only skull.
In a project funded by the National Geographic (news - web sites) Society, Falk and researchers from Washington University in St. Louis created a three-dimensional computer model of the brain using CT scans of the interior of the Hobbit's skull. Known as virtual endocasts, these images show the wrinkles, vessels and other surface features that made faint impressions on the skull's lining.
They compared that model with the brains of chimps, a female Homo erectus, a contemporary woman, a pygmy and a European specimen of a person with a small-brain syndrome known as microcephaly.
Scientists say its brain shape is most closely associated with that of Homo erectus. However, it also reflects some features of modern humans, including:
_A fissure near the back of the brain known as the lunate sulcus, similarly found in the modern human brain. "I almost fell over seeing this feature in something so small," Falk said.
_A swollen temporal lobe, the mid-brain area between the ears where hearing, memory, image identification and emotions are processed.
_A part of the frontal lobe near the eyes that is thought to be involved in planning and initiative-taking.
Such advanced brain features were especially surprising because the rest of the skeleton has more primitive traits like coarse teeth and an apelike pelvis similar to human ancestors that emerged in Africa some 4 million years ago.
"It's a really strange combination of traits," said Michael J. Morwood of the University of New England in Australia, one of the Hobbit's excavators. "It is a new, diminutive human species."

Whether the Hobbit evolved into a dwarfed form of Homo erectus or hails from another, older human cousin is unknown, he said.
Other human evolution specialists were split over the new report.
Katerina Semendeferi of the University of California-San Diego described it as a "cutting edge study." While the Hobbit brain does not fit neatly into an evolutionary pattern, she said it is too much to expect that all species would have brain sizes that would neatly transition in size from ape to modern human.
But some experts dismissed the brain-scan study as "trivial." Primatologist Robert Martin, provost of the Field Museum in Chicago, said the Hobbit probably was a modern human that suffered from a form of microcephaly.
But Falk said the Hobbit brain was quite different from the brain of a modern human with abnormal brain growth, or a human pygmy.
source: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050303/ap_on_sc/hobbit_brain_2

A measure of our success

2005-03-06T13:22:00.000-08:00

Japanese fishermen kill the largest number of dolphins anywhere in the world and dolphins and porpoises face grave danger in Japan's coastal waters when the annual hunt begins. This year the drive fishery, a method in which dolphins are forced ashore and hacked to death, has taken place in Taiji and Futo. We traveled to both of these fishing villages to document the massacres and expose them to the world.In Taiji the annual dolphin hunt starts October 1st and continues through March 30th. Here, the massacre of dolphins is strongly encouraged by three local dolphinariums that purchase show-quality dolphins at a high cost and ship some of them off to othe facilities in Japan and abroad.We were able to film the entire capture procedure in January last year when more than 100 bottlenose dolphins were forced ashore and some 20 dolphins selected by dolphinaria. Several dolphins were killed during the selection process and our powerful footage was recently aired by the BBC in a documentary entitled "Dolphin Hunters" and has been viewed by more than 300 million people worldwide.This kind of major international exposure is the last thing the fishermen and the dolphin captivity industry want, and it came as no surprise to us that they were fuming with anger upon our return to Taiji in October.
Since the beginning of our campaign to expose the barbaric methods used to capture and kill dolphins, the fishermen have gone to extreme effort and expense to prevent us from carrying out our documentary work. What they are doing to the dolphins is so brutal; they know they have to conceal it from the rest of the world to avoid a huge international outcry.The fishermen have driven a large pod of bottlenose dolphins into the killing cove.They are cutting off the dolphins' escape with two nets placed 50 feet apart.Photo by Helene O'BarryThey used to carry out the massacres in a large lagoon by a public road, but the mounting exposure has forced them into one last hiding place; a small cove hidden between two mountains. The cove is part of a public park and tourists from all of Japan come here to walk the picturesque trails along one of the most spectacular coastlines in the world.During the drive fishery season, which lasts six months out of the year, the fishermen take the area into their possession, employing exceptionally hostile tactics to keep westerners and Japanese tourists away from the cove while dolphins are being killed. In doing so they have created a threatening and sinister atmosphere in an otherwise beautiful and friendly village.Hiding their activities the best they can has been part of the fishermen's policy for years but they have now taken their cover-up to a new, fanatic level. Supported by local authorities they have banned us from climbing the mountain from where we can see the killing cove.They are so scared of our cameras; they have tied barbed wire around the trees we used to climb to photograph the massacres and at the top of the mountain have installed a hideous wall made of fabric and plastic to block our view. They have tied metal chains to trees everywhere along the paths leading to the killing cove. Attached to the chains are signs with hand-written words of warning: "Keep Out!" and "No trespassing!"After the massacre the water remains red with blood for hours and the ludicrous signs warning people of non-existent dangers such as "Falling rocks!" and "Mud-slides!" are not removed until after the sea has washed the blood away and all evidence of the butchery has vanished.The fishermen have even erected a large piece of fabric across the mouth of the cove to prevent us from photographing the bloodbath from a boat and as further proof of their deep-rooted fear of the truth being known to the world have placed a gigantic piece of blue tarp across the entire killing cove so we can't film the massacres, not even from a helicopter.The fishermen have succeeded in hiding the massacres almost to perfection but their strategy is backfiring in a way they probably did not anticipate. The dolphin slaughter is surrounded by so much contemptible deception and is so profoundly guarded; it has raised much curiosity among the visiting Japanese tourists who wonder what the secrecy is all about. We spoke to many of them and the one thing they kept asking was: "What are the fishermen doing behind the blue tarp that's so terrible that no one is allowed to see it?"The extreme cover-up is undermining one of the fishermen's principal justifications for killing dolphins: That it's a tradition they are proud of. If they are truly proud of killing dolphins, then why are they so frantic about hiding it? The fact that they hide the bloodbath behind blue tarp, chains, barbed wire and walls of fabric reveals that they are well aware that the dolphin massacres, once fully exposed, will be viewed as deplorable by the rest of the world, including the Japanese people.The fishermen spend a lot of time waving large signs in front of our camera lenses, yelling, "Don't take photos!" What they are really saying is, "We have something to hide."By acting so hostile and secretive, they involuntarily bring more attention to themselves and the dolphin massacres. As a young girl visiting from Tokyo put it: "I never realized that dolphins are being killed here until I saw that creepy-looking blue plastic covering the lagoon."

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Sacred Mathematics

2005-03-06T12:29:00.000-08:00

Sacred Mathematics, by way of definition, refers to the concepts which, according to ancient (and a few modern) scholars, encompassed all of creation in mathematical terms. It includes numerical ratios of the most profound significance (literally Transcendental Numbers), the nature of numbers themselves (Numerology), their mutual relationship (Astrology), strange beasts such as Magic Squares and Infinite Series, those astounding aspects of geometrical relationships in Sacred Geometry which defy logical or rational explanation, and the manner in which all of these aspects describe the universe.
Sacred Mathematics represents a wholly contained and internally consistent philosophy -- a philosophy which describes physical reality, its cosmogony and every aspect of its science. The Greek Philosopher, Plato, has said: “Geometry is knowledge of the eternally existent. Numbers are the highest degree of knowledge. It is knowledge itself.”
This profoundly philosophical interpretation or Mathematical Theory is echoed in many spiritual traditions. Such references are not always direct, however, and in fact may have been intentionally obscure in order to prevent the “uninitiated” from gaining access to the power inherent in such knowledge. The School of Pythagoras, for example, was known to limit the dissemination of the mathematical and philosophical understandings they achieved. The so-called Mystery Schools of ancient Egypt, Sumeria, Greece, and Judaea were also very much into keeping their own counsel and limiting access by the uninitiated. The biblical prohibition from eating of the Tree of Life or Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil may represent another case of a little knowledge being a dangerous thing.
The same can be said of the modern world, where mathematics are taught in such a dismal and inadequate manner, that mathematical anxiety has become a psychological condition semi-officially recognized by the public school systems, and in some respects encouraged as a means of convincing the majority to avoid like the plague the very idea of numbers and geometries. Accordingly, the odds are very good that those who think of themselves as mathematically untalented (those who might quickly refer to A Non-Mathematical Digression, for example), may find they know far more mathematics than they might otherwise have expected. Music, for example, is a primary illustration of the ability of individuals to unknowingly appreciate geometry and mathematics, even when they’re not serious left brain thinkers.
The key in this regard [pardon the pun] is that Music is basically about ratios, frequencies (geometrical sine waves), and timing (a very mathematical kind of thingamagig). There is also a strong geometrical connection, in that, if one takes the unique 3-4-5 right triangle (with sides of 3, 4, and 5 equal units -- the only triangular shape utilizing a combination of whole numbers which result in one angle of the triangle equaling 90 degrees), and strings a continuous fine wire to each of the three points of the triangle, it is then possible to tune one of the sides to a particular note, and have the other two sides be in a tuned harmony. The three sides of the triangle form a series of tones that are equivalent to the first three strings of a tuned guitar. (One might also note that geometrically, one only has to tune one side of the triangle, while the guitar requires all three strings to be individually tuned!)
Other examples of geometrical knowledge not always appreciated include: The well known Vesica Pisces (at least in one of its interpretations), The Great Pyramids (which are readily visualized and understood), and diamonds of various cuts (i.e. geometries). The latter are often fully understood and greatly appreciated by the mathematically disinclined (if not, in fact, a set of geometries quickly and accurately appraised from a financial view point by the truly discerning individual -- i.e. most of the females on the planet). Initially, one may not be familiar with the distinction between a dodecahedron and an icosohedron (or a Rose cut), but once enlightened as to their definition and practical aspects, examples of the geometries suddenly begin showing up most everywhere.
Sacred Mathematics is not exclusively about geometry, however. There are, for example, Magic Squares , Fibonacci Numbers, numbers in general (e.g. Nines), Numerology, and a whole host of other strange relationships among the very real aspects of the universe.
Pythagoras (of Pythagorean Theorem fame) taught that the motions of the planets, the Moon and Sun (as well as an invisible Anti-Earth on the other side of the Sun), created the Harmony of the Spheres, but which ordinary people could not hear because they were too accustomed to it. [Either that, or an ancient Napster got caught in the act!]
Pythagoras and his followers made no distinction between music, mathematics and magic. Magic and music, for example, were found to be based upon mathematical laws (albeit, sometimes very subtle ones). Furthermore, everything in the universe followed these mathematical laws and the universe was created out of the geometrical relationships of the numbers, and thus constituted the true basis of reality. Which says a lot.
Pythagoras believed that each number was holy and had its own powers. One was the indivisible monad, creating everything out of itself. Two was the pure duality, perfect balance between opposites. Three was the number of the gods, while four was the number of the material world (hence the four elements). And so on. This became the foundation of the Numerology that the Order of Hermes ultimately adopted. The Tarot is also strongly reminiscent of Pythagorean thought in this regard.
Plato -- in addition to being a geometry nut (the Platonic Solids are named after him; see also A Graphics Description) -- was also into the numbers. So to speak. After Socrates had been executed -- allegedly for the horrendous crime of accepting money from those he taught! (Imagine!) -- Plato left Athens and traveled to Egypt, Sicily and Italy. At the latter pit stop, Plato learned of Pythagoras, and quickly came to appreciate the value of mathematics. Based on ideas Plato gained from Pythagoras’ disciples, Plato decided:
“...that the reality which scientific thought is seeking must be expressible in mathematical terms, mathematics being the most precise and definite kind of thinking of which we are capable.” <http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Plato.html>
Plato even came to believe strongly in the importance of the numbers 216 and 12,960,000 -- that is, according to: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/PlatosNumber.html. It’s not real clear why these two numbers were important, but we can note that both reduce to Nine. (See Numerology for an explanation of reducing numbers.)
Theon of Smyrna put together a handbook for philosophy students of Plato which showed how prime numbers, geometrical numbers such as squares, progressions, astronomy, and music were interrelated. With respect to numbers Theon went Pythagorean, and discussed odd numbers, even numbers, prime numbers, composite numbers, square numbers, oblong numbers, triangular numbers, polygonal numbers, circular numbers, spherical numbers, solid numbers with three factors, pyramidal numbers, perfect numbers, deficient numbers and abundant numbers. Clearly, Theon’s days were numbered. Link to: <http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Theon_of_Smyrna.html> for more information.
More recently, Stan Tenan <www.meru.org> in his treatise, “The God of Abraham, A Mathematician’s View”, notes that, “Each and every culture has made accurate and effective models of the cyclic, self-propagating and self-referential nature of all life in terms appropriate to its needs and experience.” In other words, the idols of sophisticated people are the cultural, social, and scientific Paradigms of their societies. On this basis, Abraham “acts as a mathematician: he postulates a meaningful and functional definition of Unity.” [emphasis added]
Mathematically, any wave shape can be derived from an Infinite Series of simple sine waves. Typically, an approximation is accomplished by using only the larger terms of the series, but even in the case of a “square wave”, a finite number of sine waves can provide a close mathematical approximation. It follows by extrapolation, according to Tenan, that an infinitely loud, short, sharp pulse (an “Om” or “Big Bang”, which might be compared to a musical or mathematical singularity) would produce the harmonic spectrum of all tones. The latter could be considered to be equivalent to All-That-Is.
To add a bit of scientific credibility to all of this, we might note also that quantum physics -- the state-of-the-art version -- is now fully supportive of Sacred Mathematics. Lothar Schäfer, for example, in discussing the concept of Causality, has noted that, “Epistemic principles are transcendental because they are neither derived by a process of reasoning, nor my operations performed on physical reality. They are, simply, principles of the human mind. Thus, identity, object permanence, causality, external reality -- all the requisites for a resonable and enlightened life, albeit uncertain to experience and reason -- are valid because they are transcendental principles provided by the human mind. By producing these principles, it is as though the mind remembered a higher order than can be found in the laws of logic or the visible patterns of physical reality. Thus, it is a valid question whether evidence can be found from physical science of this transcendent part of physical reality, where such a higher order might have its roots.” [1]
More specifically, quantum waves are a third type of wave (in addition to matter waves and electromagnetic waves -- sound and light and so forth). These waves are not only non-material -- i.e., needing no material medium in which to propagate -- but they are empty. “Lightwaves can travel in empty space, but they carry energy. Quantum waves also exist in empty space, but carry no energy or any other mechanical quantity.” [1]
In other words, quantum waves are simply numbers, numerical relationships. “Because they are empty, evidence of their existence is circumstantial; we must think that the universe is a network of quantum waves because the observable order appears as a manifestation of their interference.” Also, “The reality of quantum waves is inferred from the expression of their interference in the observable patterns of reality.” [1]
Forms, patterns, geometries, ratios...
What an electron does is based on probabilities, which are in turn dimensionless numbers. “Probability waves are empty in that they carry no energy or mass. Numerical relations are their exclusive contents.” “At the foundation of reality, we find numerical relations -- non-material principles -- on which the order of the universe is based.” [1]
But it doesn’t end there. Quantum “stuff” is basically “mind-stuff” -- see Wave-Particle Duality and/or Quantum Knowing. “The mind-like properties of the background of reality are also suggested by the fact that its order is determined by principles of symmetry [aka geometry], abstract mathematical patterns, to which the constituents of the material world have to conform.” [1]
Schäfer also references Werner Heisenberg -- one of the most known world class physicist (for whom the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is named). “The elementary particles in Plato’s Timaeus are not substance but mathematical forms. ‘All things are numbers’ is a sentence attributed to Pythagoras. The only mathematical forms available at that time were such geometric forms as the regular solids or the triangles which form their surface. In modern quantum theory there can be no doubt that the elementary particles will finally also be mathematical forms, but of a much more complicated nature.” [1] [emphasis added] And maybe, just maybe, not that much more complicated!
In sum: “In the quantum phenomena, we have discovered that reality is different from what we thought it was. Visible order and permanence are based on chaos and transitory entities. Mental principles -- numerical relations, mathematical forms, principles of symmetry -- are the foundations of order in the universe, whose mind-like properties are further established by the fact that changes in information can act, without any direct physical intervention, as causal agents in observable changes in quantum states.” [1]
Finally,
“Philosophy is written in this grand book --
I mean the universe --
Which stands continually open to our gaze.
But it cannot be understood
Unless one first learns to comprehend the language
And interpret the characters in which it is written.
It is written in the language of mathematics,
And its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures,
Without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it.”
-- Galileo Galilei, Il Saggiatore (1623)

The fundamentals of Sacred Mathematics are briefly considered in everything from:
Magic Squares to Sacred Geometry
Pythagorean Theorem to Fibonacci Numbers
Golden Mean to The Great Pyramids
Nines, Cycles, Music, and Harmony of the Spheres to the Geometry of Alphabets
Therefore, choose your hemlock. You only go around (i.e. cycle) once. [2] And inasmuch as it's all about numbers, you're the one to visit here.

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References:
[1] Lothar Schäfer, In Search of Divine Reality; Science as a Source of Inspiration, The University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, 1997.
[2] Or twice. Or numerous times. Or even thousands of times. After all, Reincarnation Is Making a Comeback. On the other hand, why not finish up this time around, and thereby avoid having to be a teenager again?

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Meditation focus

2005-03-06T12:04:00.000-08:00

Once again a new tragic episode of dolphin beaching is being widely reported. And once again the use of powerful military sonar is being blamed as the most likely cause for the death of these gentle, intelligent beings who are also still being slaughtered by some tuna fishing fleets, notably from Mexico, and by Japanese fishers near the fishing village of Taiji. Several similar massive strandings and the resulting death of dolphins, whales and porpoises have been previously reported in the Canary Islands, the Bahamas, North Carolina, Hawaii, Washington state, Greece, Puerto Rico, and Portugal, each time near areas where high intensity active sonars have been used by the US Navy and NATO. Low Frequency Active Sonar is a dangerous technology and its use is being challenged worldwide. It has been reported that LFA sonar sound has been measured at 140 decibels 300 miles away from the sonar source. Some mid-frequency sonar systems can put out over 235 decibels, as loud as the giant Saturn V moon rocket at launch. Sound of this intensity can cause actual physical damage, resulting in internal organs being severely damaged. Scientists believe the powerful sonar sound waves either rupture the mammals' sensitive hearing or scare them into surfacing from deep water too quickly, resulting in decompression damage - known in human divers as the bends. Sound is crucial to whales, dolphins and porpoises and some other marine species for navigation, communication and finding food. Any disturbance that undermines their ability to transmit or recognize sounds may jeopardize their capacity to function and, over the long term, to reproduce and survive. There is increasing scientific evidence showing that noise pollution from various sources (e.g. high intensity military sonar, shipping, drilling and construction noise, sea-bed explorations and extraction activities) can disturb, injure and even kill whales and other ocean life.
After the International Whaling Commission and other international scientific agencies issued reports supporting the link between active sonar and whale deaths last year, and in light of research indicating a link between the mass strandings of whales and nearby naval use of sonar, the European Parliament voted 441 to 15 last October to urge member states to cut back on sonar in EU waters and to create a multi-national task force to draw up agreements on limiting emissions. However, the Pentagon insists that national security must take priority. The Bush administration is strongly opposing international efforts to restrict the Navy's use of active sonar anywhere in the world, putting it at odds with European allies and several key ocean-protection organizations. The Pentagon even managed to persuade Congress to modify the Marine Mammal Protection Act in ways that critics say reduce protection for whales. The LFA hyper-loud speakers are being deployed to reach deep-sea nuclear submarines wherever they may be. The death and injury of thousands of sea creatures is considered by the US military as unfortunate, unavoidable, collateral damage. When the Navy's LFA sonar is fully deployed, 80 percent of the world's ocean could be polluted with sound. Sound so loud, according to the Marine Mammal Commission's 1997 report to Congress, that uncountable numbers of living creatures will die.
Please dedicate your prayers and meditations, as guided by Spirit, in the coming two weeks, and especially in synchronous attunement at the usual time this Sunday and the following Sunday, to contribute in preventing worldwide marine life devastation at the hands of a military establishment bent on getting its way despite the overwhelming evidence proving the catastrophic consequences of its underwater detection and communication technology. Let us envision instead a world where the respect for other life forms, especially for species whose intelligence and kindness is remarkable, has become an incontrovertible reality in everyone's minds and hearts, leading to uncompromising precautions to protect them and their habitat in a global effort to restore the fragile balance of the Web of Life everywhere on Earth. May all humans soon connect with the Life Force in them that created and nurtured the vast and uniquely magnificent ecosystems perpetuating Life on Earth, so as to understand and honor their deep connections with all other life forms, for the Highest Good of All.
This whole Meditation Focus has been archived for your convenience at http://www.aei.ca/~cep/MeditationFocus126.htm
Please note that a Special Equinox Meditation Focus will soon be issued and that it will feature information on the 11th ANNUAL SOLAR WAVE 2005 taken from http://www.kachina.net/~alunajoy/solarwave2005.html as well as information on the forthcoming Three Spiritual Festivals and Global Ascension Meditation.

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Bloodline of the Holy Grail continues.........

2005-03-05T12:17:00.000-08:00

Revelations on Ancient Secrets by award-winning author, historian and Knights Templar, Sir Laurence Gardner

To facilitate the best possible trust in the Gospels, we must go back to the original Greek manuscripts with their often used Hebrew and Aramaic words and phrases. In this respect, we discover that (just as with the Nativity story) a good deal of relevant content has been misrepresented, misunderstood, mistranslated, or simply just lost in the telling. Sometimes this has happened because original words have no direct counterpart in other languages. Christians are taught that Jesus's father Joseph was a carpenter, as explained in the English-language Gospels. But it did not say that in the original Gospels. By the best translation, it actually said that Joseph was a Master of the Craft or Master Craftsman. The word 'carpenter' was simply a translator's concept of a craftsman. Anyone associated with modern Freemasonry will recognise the term 'the Craft' and it has nothing whatever to do with woodwork. The text simply denoted that Joseph was a masterly, learned and scholarly man, and the description was especially concerned with matters of scientific metallurgy. Another example is the concept of the Virgin Birth. English-language Gospels tell us that Jesus' mother Mary was a 'virgin' and, as we understand the word, it denotes a woman with no experience of sexual union. But this was translated not from the Greek initially but from the Latin, which referred to her as being a virgo, meaning nothing more than a 'young woman'. To have meant the same thing as 'virgin' does today, the Latin would have been virgo intacta - that is to say, a 'young woman intact'. Looking back beyond the Latin text we discover that the word translated to virgo (a young woman) was the old Semitic word almah which meant the very same: a 'young woman', and it had no sexual connotation whatever. Had Mary actually been physically virgo intacta, the Semitic word used would have been bethulah, not almah. So, have we been completely misguided by the Gospels? No; we have been misguided by the English translations of the Gospels. Also by a Church establishment that has done everything in its power to deny women any normal lifestyle in the Gospel story. Hence, the New Testament's key women are portrayed as virgins, whores and sometimes widows - but never everyday girlfriends, wives or mothers, and certainly never priestesses or holy sisters. Notwithstanding the Virgin Birth dogma, the Gospels tell us time and time again that Jesus was descended from King David through his father Joseph. Even St Paul explains this in his Epistle to the Hebrews. But Christians are taught that Jesus's father was a lowly carpenter, while his mother was a virgin - neither of which descriptions can be found in any original text. It follows, therefore, that to get the best out of the Gospels we have to read them as they were written, not as they have been interpreted according to Church doctrine and modern language. Precisely when the four main Gospels were written is uncertain. What we do know is that they were first published at various stages in the second half of the first century. They were unanimous initially in revealing that Jesus was a Nazarene. This is actually upheld in the Roman annals. Additionally, the 1st-century Jewish chronicles, along with the Bible's Acts of the Apostles, confirms that both Jesus's brother James and St Paul were leaders of the sect of the Nazarenes. This Nazarene definition is very important to the Grail story because it has been so often misrepresented to suggest that Jesus came from the town of Nazareth. For the past 400 years, English-language Gospels have perpetuated the error by wrongly translating 'Jesus the Nazarene' as 'Jesus of Nazareth', albeit there was no historical connection between Nazareth and the Nazarenes. In fact, the settlement at Nazareth was established in the AD 60s, thirty years or so after the Crucifixion. Nobody in Jesus's early life came from Nazareth - it was not there! The Nazarenes were a liberal Jewish sect opposed to the strict Hebrew regime of the Pharisees and Sadducees. The Nazarene culture and language were heavily influenced by the philosophers of ancient Greece and their community supported the concept of equal opportunity for men and women. Documents of the time referred not to Nazareth but to the Nazarene community, wherein priestesses coexisted in equal status with priests. It has to be remembered, therefore, that Jesus was not a Christian: he was a Nazarene - a radical, westernised Jew. The Christian movement was founded by others in the wake of his own mission, with the word 'Christian' first recorded in AD 44 in Antioch, Syria. In the Arab world, the word used to describe Jesus and his followers is nazara. This is confirmed in the Islamic Koran and the word means 'keepers' or 'guardians'. The full definition is Nazara ha-Brit: 'Keepers of the Covenant'. In the time of Jesus, the Nazarenes lived in Galilee and in that mystical realm which the Bible calls the 'wilderness', which was actually a very defined place. It was essentially the land around the main settlement at Qumrân which spread out to Mird and other places near the Dead Sea. It was, of course, at Qumrân that the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1948. Some time after the Crucifixion, Peter and his friend Paul went to Antioch, then on to Rome, beginning the movement that became Christianity. But Jesus, along with his brother James and the majority of apostles, continued the Nazarene teachings, progressing them into Europe, where they were associated with the Celtic Church. This Church had been formally implemented as the church of Jesus in AD 37, while the Roman Church was itself formed 300 years later. Through many centuries the Celtic Church, with its Nazarene culture, was directly opposed to the Church of Rome - the main difference being that the Celtic faith was based upon the teachings, codes and practices of Jesus himself. Roman Christianity, on the other hand, turned Jesus into the object of its religious veneration, forsaking his teachings to create an Imperial 'hybrid' faith for the benefit of the emperors and popes. It exists, in fact, not as Christianity, but as 'churchianity'. Apart from straightforward misunderstandings, misinterpretations and mistranslations, the canonical Gospels suffer from numerous purposeful amendments. Some original entries have been changed or deleted, while other entries have been added to suit the Church's vested interest. The majority of these edits and amendments were made in the 4th century, when the texts were translated into Latin from their original Greek and Semitic tongues. Even earlier, in about AD 195, Bishop Clement of Alexandria made the first known amendment to the Gospel texts. He deleted a substantial section from the Gospel of Mark (written more than a hundred years before that time) and justified his action in a letter, stating: 'For even if they should say something true, one who loves the truth should not, even so, agree with them - for not all true things are to be said to all men'. What he meant was that, even at that very early stage, there was already a discrepancy between what the Gospel writers had written and what the bishops wanted to teach. Today, this section deleted by St Clement is still missing from the Gospel of Mark. But when Mark is compared with the Gospel that we know today, we find that today's Gospel is a good deal longer than the original, having had spurious additions made. One of these additional sections comprises the whole of the Resurrection sequence - amounting to twelve full verses at the end of Mark, chapter 16. It is now known that everything told here about the events after the Crucifixion was added by Church scribes sometime in the late 4th century. But what exactly was in this section of Mark that Clement saw fit to remove? It was the item which dealt with the raising of Lazarus. In the context of the original Mark text, however, Lazarus was portrayed in a state of excommunication: spiritual death by decree, not in a state of physical death. The account even had Lazarus and Jesus calling to each other before the tomb was opened. This, of course, defeated the bishops' desire to portray the raising of Lazarus as a spiritual 'miracle', not as a straightforward release from excommunication. More importantly, it set the scene for the story of the Crucifixion of Jesus himself, whose own subsequent rising from spiritual death was determined by the same three-day rule that applied to Lazarus. Jesus was raised (released or resurrected) from death by decree on the statutory third day but, in the case of Lazarus, Jesus flouted the rules by raising his friend after the three-day period of symbolic sickness. At that point, civil death would have become absolute in the eyes of the legal elders of the Sanhedrin Council, whereupon Lazarus would have been wrapped in sacking and buried alive. His crime was that he had led a violent people's revolt to safeguard the public water supply which had been diverted through a new Roman aqueduct in Jerusalem. What made the Lazarus raising special was that Jesus performed the release while not holding any priestly entitlement to do so - subsequent to which Herod-Antipas of Galilee compelled the High Priest of Jerusalem to acknowledge the unprecedented event. There was, however, rather more to the removed section of Mark because, in telling the story of Lazarus, the account made it perfectly clear that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were man and wife. The Lazarus story now appears only in the Gospel of John, but contains a strange sequence which has Martha coming from the Lazarus house to greet Jesus, whereas her sister, Mary Magdalene, remains inside until summoned by Jesus. In contrast to this, the original Mark account related that Mary did come out of the house with Martha, but was then chastised by the disciples and sent back indoors to await Jesus's instruction. This was a specific requirement of Judaic law, whereby a wife in ritual mourning was not allowed to emerge from the property until instructed by her husband. There is a good deal of information outside the Bible to confirm that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married. But is there anything relevant in the Gospels today - anything which perhaps the editors missed? Indeed there is. There are seven lists given in the Gospels of the women who were Jesus's regular companions. These lists all include his mother, but in six of these seven lists the first name given (even ahead of Jesus's mother) is that of Mary Magdalene, making it plain that she was, in fact, the First Lady: the Messianic Queen. But is the marriage itself detailed in the Gospels? Actually, it is. Many have suggested that the wedding at Cana was the marriage of Jesus and Mary Magdalene - but this was not the wedding ceremony as such, being simply the pre-marital betrothal feast. The marriage is defined by the quite separate anointings of Jesus by Mary at Bethany. Chronologically, these anointings (as given in the Gospels) were two-and-a-half years apart. Readers of the 1st century would have been fully conversant with the two-part ritual of the sacred marriage of a dynastic heir. Jesus, as we know, was a Messiah, which means quite simply an 'Anointed One'. In fact, all anointed senior priests and Davidic kings were Messiahs; Jesus was not unique in this regard. Although not an ordained priest, he gained his right to Messiah status by way of descent from King David and the kingly line, but he did not achieve that status until he was ritually anointed by Mary Magdalene in her capacity as a bridal high priestess. The word 'Messiah' comes from the Hebrew verb mashiach: 'to anoint', which derives from the Egyptian messeh: 'the holy crocodile'. It was with the fat of the messeh (holy crocodile) that the Pharaoh's sister-brides anointed their husbands on marriage, and the Egyptian custom sprang from kingly practice in old Mesopotamia. In the Old Testament's Song of Solomon we learn of the bridal anointing of the king. It is detailed that the oil used in Judah was the fragrant ointment of spikenard (an expensive root oil from the Himalayas) and it is explained that this ritual was performed while the kingly husband sat at the table. In the New Testament, the anointing of Jesus by Mary Magdalene was indeed performed while he sat at the table, and specifically with the bridal ointment of spikenard. Afterwards, Mary wiped Jesus's feet with her hair and, on the first occasion of the two-part ceremony, she wept. All of these things signify the marital anointing of a dynastic heir. Other anointings of Messiahs (whether on coronation or admission to the senior priesthood) were always conducted by men: by the High Zadok or the High Priest. The oil used was olive oil, mixed with cinnamon and other spices, but never spikenard. This oil was the express prerogative of a Messianic bride who had to be a 'Mary' - a sister of a sacred order. Jesus's mother was a Mary; so too would his wife have been a Mary, by title at least if not by baptismal name. Some conventual orders still maintain the tradition by adding the title 'Mary' to the baptismal names of their nuns: Sister Mary Theresa, Sister Mary Louise, for example. Messianic marriages were always conducted in two stages. The first (the anointing in Luke) was the legal commitment to wedlock, while the second (the later anointing in Matthew, Mark and John) was the cementing of the contract. In Jesus and Mary's case the second anointing was of particular significance for, as explained by Flavius Josephus in the 1st-century Antiquities of the Jews, the second part of the marriage ceremony was never conducted until the wife was three months pregnant. Dynastic heirs such as Jesus were expressly required to perpetuate their lines. Marriage was essential, but community law protected the dynasts against marriage to women who proved barren or kept miscarrying. This protection was provided by the three-month pregnancy rule. Miscarriages would not often happen after that term, subsequent to which it was considered safe enough to complete the marriage contract. When anointing her husband at that stage, the Messianic bride was said to be anointing him for burial, as confirmed in the Gospels. From that day she would carry a vial of spikenard around her neck, throughout her husband's life, to be used again on his entombment. It was for this very purpose that Mary Magdalene would have gone to Jesus's tomb, as she did on the Sabbath after the Crucifixion. After the second Bethany anointing, the Gospels relate that Jesus said: 'Wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her'. But did the Christian Church authorities honour Mary Magdalene and speak of this act as a memorial? No they did not; they completely ignored Jesus's own directive and denounced Mary as a whore. To the esoteric Grail Church and the Knights Templar, however, Mary Magdalene was always regarded as a saint. She is still revered as such by many today, but the interesting fact of this sainthood is that Mary is the recognized patron saint of wine-growers: the guardian of the Vine. Hence, she is the guardian of the sacred Bloodline of the Holy Grail. There is much in the Gospels that we do not presume to be there because we are never encouraged to look beyond a superficial level. However, we have been aided greatly in this regard in recent years by the Dead Sea Scrolls and by the extraordinary research of Australian theologian Dr Barbara Thiering. The Scrolls not only explain the offices of the Messiah of Israel; they tell about the council of twelve delegate apostles appointed to preside over specific aspects of government and ritual. In turn, this leads to a greater awareness of the apostles themselves through understanding their duties and community standing. We now know that there are allegories within the Gospels: the use of words that have hitherto been misunderstood. We know that baptismal priests were called 'fishers', while those who aided them by hauling the baptismal candidates into the boats in large nets were called 'fishermen', with the candidates themselves being called 'fishes'. The apostles James and John were both ordained 'fishers', but the brothers Peter and Andrew were lay 'fishermen', to whom Jesus promised ministerial status, saying, 'I will make you to become fishers of men'. Also, we now know there was a particular jargon of the Gospel era, a jargon that would have been readily understood by readers of the time, embodying words that have been lost to later interpretation. Today, for example, we call our theatre investors 'angels' and our top entertainers 'stars', but what would a reader from some distant culture in two thousand years' time make of a statement such as 'The angel went to talk to the stars'? The Gospels are full of such jargonistic words: the 'poor', the 'lepers', the 'multitude', the 'blind' - but none of these was what we presume it to mean today. Definitions such as 'clouds', 'sheep', 'fishes', 'loaves' and a variety of others were all related (just like our modern 'stars') to people. When the Gospels were written in the 1st century they were issued into a Roman-controlled environment and their content had to be disguised against Imperial scrutiny. The information was often political, so it was coded and veiled. Where such relevant sections appear, we see them often heralded by the words, 'for those with ears to hear' - for those who understand the code. It was, in practice, no different to the coded information passed between members of oppressed groups throughout history, such as the documentation issued by latter-day Jews in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s. Through our knowledge of this scribal cryptology, we can now determine dates and locations with very great accuracy. We can uncover many hidden meanings in the Gospels, to the extent that the miracles themselves take on a whole new context. This does not in any way decry the fact that Jesus might have had special powers, but the Gospel 'miracles' were not in themselves supernatural events. They gained prominence because, in the prevailing political arena, they were thoroughly unprecedented actions which successfully flouted the law. Let us consider the water and wine at Cana by following the story as it is told in the Bible, in contrast to its common pulpit portrayal. Of all the four Gospels, only John records the wedding feast at Cana - an event which embodies the said 'miracle' of the water and wine transformation. Actually, if this was such an important miracle (as Church teaching promotes) one would rightly expect the account to appear in the other Gospels as well. However, in the context of this story, Christians are generally taught that the party 'ran out of wine' - even though the Bible text does not say that. What it says is: 'When they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus said, They have no wine.' In practice, wine taken at betrothal feasts was only available to priests and celibate Jews, not to married men, novices or any others who were regarded as being unsanctified. They were allowed only water - a purification ritual, as stated in John. When the time came for this ritual, Jesus's mother (clearly not happy about the discrimination and directing Jesus's attention to the unsanctified guests) said: 'They have no wine'. Having not yet been anointed to Messiah status, Jesus responded, 'Mine hour is not yet come', at which Mary forced the issue and Jesus then flouted convention, abandoning the water to provide wine for everyone. The Ruler of the Feast made no comment whatsoever about any miracle; he simply expressed his amazement that the wine had turned up at that stage of the proceedings. It has often been suggested that the feast at Cana was Jesus's own wedding ceremony because he and his mother displayed a right of command that would not be associated with ordinary guests. However, this event can be dated to the summer of AD 30, in the month equivalent to our modern June. First weddings were always held in the month of Atonement (modern September) and betrothal feasts were held three months before that. In this particular instance, we find that the first marital anointing of Jesus by Mary Magdalene was at the Atonement of AD 30, three months after the Cana ceremony which appears to have been their own betrothal feast. Aspects of the Gospels (though not always in agreement with each other) can actually be followed outside the Bible; even the trial and crucifixion of Jesus are mentioned in the Annals of Imperial Rome. We can now determine from chronological survey that the Crucifixion took place at the March Passover of AD 33, while the Bethany second marriage anointing was in the week prior to that. We also know that, at that stage, Mary Magdalene had to have been three months pregnant - which means she should have given birth in September of AD 33. If the Gospels are read as they are written, Jesus appears as a liberating dynast, endeavouring to unite the people of the region against the oppression of the Roman Empire. Judaea at the time was just like France under German occupation in World War II. The authorities were controlled by the military occupational force and resistance movements were a part of everyday life. Jesus was awaited, expected and, by the end of the Gospel story, had become an anointed Messiah. Interestingly, in the Antiquities of the Jews, Jesus is called a 'wise man', a 'teacher' and the 'King', but there is no mention whatever about his being divine, as contrived in later 'churchianity'. While the Dead Sea Scrolls identify the Messiah as the supreme Military commander of Israel, the New Testament also makes it clear that the apostles were armed. From the time of recruitment, Jesus checked that they all had swords and, at Jesus's arrest, Peter drew his sword against Malchus. Even Jesus himself said, 'I came not to send peace but a sword'. Many of the high-ranking Jews in Jerusalem were quite content to hold positions of power backed by a foreign military regime. Apart from that, the Hebrew groups were sectarian and did not want to share their God Jehovah with anybody else, certainly not with unclean Gentiles (Arabs and other non-Jews). To the Pharisees and Sadducees, the Jews were God's 'chosen people': he belonged to them; they belonged to him. But there were other Jews - in particular the Nazarenes and Essenes, who were influenced by a more liberal, western doctrine. In the event, Jesus's mission failed because the sectarian rift was insurmountable - and the rift is still there today. The sentencing of Jesus was by the Roman Governor, Pontius Pilate, but Jesus had actually been condemned and excommunicated prior to that by the Sanhedrin Council of Jewish elders. It was decided, however, to contrive a punishment whereby Jesus would be formally sentenced by Pilate, who was already trying other prisoners for leading insurrections against himself. As recently confirmed by the Supreme Judge and Attorney General of Israel, it was quite illegal for the Sanhedrin Council to sit at night or to operate during the Passover - so the timing for committing Jesus to Roman law was perfect. As for Jesus's death on the cross, it is perfectly clear this was spiritual death, not physical death, as determined by the three-day rule that everybody in the 1st century would have understood. In civil and legal terms, Jesus was already dead when he was placed on the cross, prior to which he was denounced, scourged and prepared for death by decree (excommunication). For three days Jesus would have been nominally 'sick', with absolute death coming on the fourth day. On that day he would be entombed (buried alive), but during the first three days he could, in fact, be raised or resurrected, as he had predicted would be the case. Raisings and resurrections (apart from the fact that Jesus once flouted the rule with Lazarus) could only be performed by the High Priest or by the Father of the Community. The High Priest at that time was Joseph Caiaphas (the very man who condemned Jesus), therefore the raising had to be performed by the patriarchal Father. There are Gospel accounts of Jesus talking to the Father from the cross, culminating in 'Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit', and the appointed Father of the day was the Magian apostle Simon Zelotes. Christians are taught that Jesus's physical death was proved by the blood and water that flowed when he was pierced by the spear, but this has been very badly translated. The original word does not translate to 'pierced' ; it translates to 'pricked' or 'scratched'. This in turn was mistranslated into the Latin verb 'to open', and then into the English word 'pierced'. Indeed, just like today, a common test for reflex action was scratching, prodding or pricking the skin with a sharp instrument. A surgeon of the British Medical Association recently stated: 'Medically, the outflow of water is impossible to explain. Blood flowing from a stab wound is evidence of life, not death. It would take a large, gaping laceration for any drop of blood to flow from a dead body because there is no vascular action'. In the event, it is blatantly apparent that Jesus survived. This is explicitly maintained in non-canonical Gospels and even the Islamic Koran confirms the fact in no uncertain terms. During that Friday afternoon when Jesus was on the Cross, there was a three-hour-forward time change. Time was recorded then by sundials and by priests who marked the hours by a sequence of measured prayer sessions. In essence, there were daytime hours and there were night-time hours. Today we have a twenty-four-hour day but, in John, Jesus is recorded as saying, 'Are there not twelve hours in a day.' There were, in practice, twelve hours in a day and another twelve hours in the night - with the daytime hours beginning at sunrise. From time to time, the beginning of daytime changed, as a result of which the beginning of night-time changed. At Passover time (modern March), the beginning of daytime would have been somewhere around six o'clock in the morning as we know it. We know from the Gospels that Joseph of Arimathea negotiated with Pontius Pilate to have Jesus removed from the cross after only a few hours of hanging, but the Gospels do not actually agree on the precise timing of events. This is because of the notional time change, when three hours disappeared from the day, to be replaced with three night-time hours (that is to say, daylight hours were substituted with hours of darkness). The Gospels explain that the land fell into darkness for three hours, which relates to our own split-second changing of clocks for daylight saving. However, these three hours were the crux of everything that followed The Hebrew lunarists made their change during the daytime, but the solarists (of which the Essenes and the Magi were factions) did not make their change until midnight. This actually means that, according to the Mark Gospel (which relates to Hebrew time), Jesus was crucified at the third hour, but in John (which uses solar time) he was crucified at the sixth hour. On that evening the Hebrews began their Sabbath at the old nine o'clock, but the Essenes and Magians still had three hours to go before their Sabbath. It was those extra three hours which enabled them to work with Jesus during a period of time wherein others were not allowed to undertake any physical activity. And so we come to one of the most misunderstood events in the Bible - the Ascension. And in consideration of this, the births of Jesus and Mary Magdalene's three children become apparent. We know from Gospel chronology that the Bethany second-marriage anointing of Jesus by Mary Magdalene was in the week before the Crucifixion (at the time of the March Passover). Also that, at that stage, Mary was three-months pregnant and should, therefore, have given birth six months later. So, what do the Gospels tell us about events in the notional month of September AD 33? In fact, they tell us nothing, but the story is taken up in the Acts of the Apostles, which detail for that month the event which we have come to know as the Ascension. One thing which the Acts do not do, however, is to call the event the 'Ascension'. This was a tag established by way of a Roman Church doctrine more than three centuries later. What the Bible text actually says is: 'And when he had spoken these things ... he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight'. It then continues, relating that a man in white said to the disciples: 'Why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus ... shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go'. Then, a little later in the Acts, it says that heaven must receive Jesus until 'the time of restitution'. Given that this was the very month in which Mary Magdalene's child was due, is there perhaps some connection between Mary's confinement and the so-called Ascension? There certainly is - and the connection is made by virtue of the said 'time of restitution'. Not only were there rules to govern the marriage ceremony of a Messianic heir, but so too were there rules to govern the marriage itself. The rules of dynastic wedlock were quite unlike the Jewish family norm, and Messianic parents were formally separated at the birth of a child. Even prior to this, intimacy between a dynastic husband and wife was only allowed in December, so that births of heirs would always fall in the month of September - the month of Atonement, the holiest month of the calendar. Indeed, it was this very rule which Jesus's own parents (Joseph and Mary) had themselves broken. And this was the reason why the Jews were split in opinion as to whether Jesus was, in fact, their true Messiah. When a dynastic child was conceived at the wrong time of year, the mother was generally placed in monastic custody for the birth so as to avoid public embarrassment. This was called being 'put away privily' and Matthew states quite plainly that, when Mary's pregnancy was discovered, 'Joseph, her husband, being a just man and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily'. In this instance, special dispensation for the birth was granted by the angelic priest Simeon who, at that time, held the distinction of 'Gabriel', being the archangel in charge. The Dead Sea Scrolls detail that the archangels (or chief ambassadors) were the senior priests at Qumrân who retained the traditional Old Testament titles of Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Sariel, etc. In the case of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, however, the rules of wedlock had been obeyed to the letter, and their first child was properly conceived in December AD 32, to be born in September AD 33. From the moment of a dynastic birth, the parents were physically separated - for six years if the child was a boy and for three years if the child was a girl. Their marriage would only be recommenced at the designated 'time of restitution'. Meanwhile, the mother and child would enter the equivalent of a convent and the father would enter the 'kingdom of heaven'. This kingdom was actually the Essene high monastery at Mird, by the Dead Sea, and the ceremony of entry was conducted by the angelic priests under the supervision of the appointed Leader of the Pilgrims. In the Old Testament book of Exodus, the Israelite pilgrims were led into the Holy Land by a cloud and, in accordance with this continued Exodus imagery, the priestly Leader of the Pilgrims was designated with the title 'Cloud'. So, if we now read the Acts verses as they were intended to be understood, we see that Jesus was taken up by the Cloud (the Leader of the Pilgrims) to the kingdom of heaven (the high monastery), whereupon the man in white (an angelic priest) said that Jesus would return at the time of restitution (when his earthly marriage was restored). If we now look at St Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews we discover that he explains the said Ascension event in some greater detail. Paul actually tells of how Jesus was admitted to the priesthood of heaven when he actually had no entitlement to such a sacred office. He explains that Jesus was born (through his father Joseph) into the Davidic line of Judah - a line which held the right of kingship but had no right to priesthood, for this was the sole prerogative of the line of Aaron and Levi. However, says Paul, a special dispensation was granted, and that 'for the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law'. As a result of this express change of the law, it is explained that Jesus was enabled to enter the kingdom of heaven in the priestly Order of Melchizedek. In September AD 33, therefore, the first child of Jesus and Mary Magdalene was born, and Jesus duly entered the kingdom of heaven. There is no reference to this child being a son (as there is for the two subsequent births) and, given that Jesus returned three years later (in AD 36), we know that Mary must have had a daughter on this occasion. By following the chronology of the Acts, we see that in September AD 37 a second child was born, followed by another in AD 44. The period from the first of these two births to the second restitution in AD 43 was six years, which denotes that the AD 37 child was a son. This fact is also conveyed by the use of cryptic wording - the same cryptic wording afforded to the AD 44 child - so we know that this third child was also a son. In accordance with the scribal codes interpreted from the Dead Sea Scrolls, everything cryptic within the New Testament is set up beforehand by some other entry which explains that the inherent message is 'for those with ears to hear'. Once these codes and allegories are understood, they never ever vary. As Dr Thiering has pointed out, they mean the same thing every time they are used, and they are used every time that same meaning is required. For example, the Gospel of John explains that Jesus was called the 'Word of God': 'And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us'. John goes to great lengths to explain the relevance of this definition and subsequent entries give details such as 'the Word of God stood by the lake' and 'the Word of God was in Samaria'. Messages conveying information about fertility and new life are established in the Parable of the Sower, whose seed 'bore fruit and increased'. Thus, when it is said that 'the Word of God increased', those 'with ears to hear' would recognise at once that Jesus increased - that is to say, he had a son. There are two such entries in the Acts, and they fall precisely on cue in AD 37 and AD 44. Probably the most misrepresented book of the New Testament is the book of The Revelation of St John the Divine - misrepresented by the Church, that is, not by the book itself. This book is quite unlike any other in the Bible. It is dubbed with terrible supernatural overtones and its straightforward imagery has been savagely corrupted by the Church to present the text as some form of foreboding or prophecy of warning. But the book is not called The Prophecy or The Warning'; it is called The Revelation. So, what does the book reveal? Chronologically, its story follows the Acts of the Apostles and the book of The Revelation is, in fact, the continuing story of Jesus, Mary Magdalene and their sons - particularly the elder son, Jesus Justus. It follows his life and details his marriage, along with the birth of his own son. This much misunderstood New Testament book is not a foreboding or a warning as the fearful Church would have us believe. It is precisely what it says it is: a revelation. As we saw earlier, ordained priests of the era were called 'fishers'; their helpers were called 'fishermen' and baptismal candidates were called 'fishes'. Jesus became an ordained fisher when he entered the Kingdom of Heaven, but until that time (as explained by St Paul) he held no priestly office. In the rite of ordination, the officiating Levite priests of the Sanctuary would administer five loaves of bread and two fish to the candidates, but the law was very firm in that such candidates had to be circumcised Jews. Gentiles and uncircumcised Samaritans were on no account afforded any such privilege. Indeed, it was this particular custom which Jesus had flouted at the so-called Feeding of the Five-thousand, when he presumed entitlement to his own liberal ministry by offering the loaves and fish to an unsanctified gathering. Apart from eventually becoming a fisher, Jesus was also referred to as the Christ - a Greek definition (from Khristos) which meant the King. In saying the name Jesus Christ, we are actually saying King Jesus, and his kingly heritage was of the Royal House of Judah (the House of David), as mentioned numerous times in the Gospels and in the Epistles of St Paul. From AD 33, therefore, Jesus emerged with the dual status of a Priest Christ or, as is more commonly cited in Grail lore, a Fisher King. This definition, as we shall see, was to become the hereditary and dynastic office of Jesus's heirs, and the succeeding Fisher Kings were paramount in the continuing Bloodline of the Holy Grail. Prior to the birth of her second son in AD 44, Mary Magdalene was exiled from Judaea following a political uprising in which she was implicated. Along with Philip, Lazarus and a few retainers, she travelled (by arrangement with King Herod-Agrippa II) to live at the Herodian estate near Lyon, in Gaul (which later became France). From the earliest times, through the medieval era, to the great Renaissance, Mary's flight was portrayed in illuminated manuscripts and great artworks alike. Her life and work in France, especially in Provence and the Languedoc region, appeared not only in works of European history but also in the Roman Church liturgy - until her story was suppressed by the Vatican. Mary Magdalene's exile is related in the book of The Revelation, which describes that she was pregnant at the time. It tells also of how the Roman authorities subsequently persecuted Mary, her son and his heirs: 'And she, being with child, cried and pained to be delivered. And behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and seven crowns stood before the woman for to devour her child. And she brought forth a man-child. And the woman fled into the wilderness. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war forever with the remnant of her seed - which have the testimony of Jesus Christ'. It was to Gaul that Mary was said to have carried the Sangréal (the Blood Royal: the Holy Grail), and it was in Gaul that the famous line of Jesus and Mary's immediate descendant heirs, the Fisher Kings, flourished for 300 years. The eternal motto of the Fisher Kings was 'In Strength' - inspired by the name of their ancestor, Boaz (the great-grandfather of King David), whose name similarly meant 'In Strength'. When translated into Latin, this became In Fortis, which was subsequently corrupted to Anfortas, the name of the key Fisher King in Grail romance. We can now return to the Grail's traditional symbolism as a chalice containing the blood of Jesus. We can also consider graphic designs dating back well beyond the Dark Ages to about 3500 BC and, in doing this, we discover that a chalice or a cup was the longest-standing symbol of the female. Its representation was that of the Sacred Vessel - the vas uterus: the womb. And so, when fleeing into France, Mary Magdalene carried the Sangréal in the sacred chalice of her womb - just as the book of The Revelation explains. And the name of this second son was Joseph. The equivalent traditional symbol of the male was a blade or a horn, usually represented by a sword or a unicorn. In the Old Testament's Song of Solomon and in the Psalms of David, the fertile unicorn is associated with the kingly line of Judah - and it was for this very reason that the Cathars of Provence used the mystical beast to symbolise the Grail bloodline. Mary Magdalene died in Provence in AD 63 and, in that very year, Joseph of Arimathea built the famous chapel at Glastonbury in England as a memorial to the Messianic Queen. This was the first above-ground Christian chapel in the world, and in the following year Mary's son Jesus Justus dedicated it to his mother. Jesus the younger had previously been to England with Joseph of Arimathea at the age of twelve, in AD 49. It was this event which inspired William Blake's famous song Jerusalem: 'And did those feet in ancient time, walk upon England's mountains green'. But who was Joseph of Arimathea - the man who assumed full control of affairs at the Crucifixion? And why was it that Jesus's mother, his wife and the rest of the family accepted Joseph's intervention without question? As late as the year 900, the Byzantine Church (which had split from the Church of Rome) decided to announce that Joseph of Arimathea was the uncle of Jesus's mother Mary. And from that time, portrayals of Joseph have shown him as being rather elderly at the Crucifixion, when Mother Mary was herself in her fifties. Prior to the Church announcement, however, the historical records of Joseph depicted a much younger man. He was recorded to have died at the age of 80 on 27 July AD 82, and would therefore have been aged 32 at the time of the Crucifixion. In fact, Joseph of Arimathea was none other than Jesus Christ's own brother James, and his title had nothing whatever to with a place-name. In fact (like Nazareth), the place later dubbed Arimathea never existed in those times. It therefore comes as no surprise that Joseph negotiated with Pilate to place Jesus in his own family tomb. The hereditary 'Arimathea' title was an English corruption of the Graeco-Hebrew style ha-Rama-Theo, meaning 'of the Divine Highness', or 'Royal Highness' as we use the term today. Since Jesus was the senior Messianic heir (the Christ, or King), then his younger brother was the Crown Prince - the Divine (Royal) Highness, Rama-Theo. In the Nazarene hierarchy, the Crown Prince always held the patriarchal title of 'Joseph' - just as Jesus was a titular 'David' and his wife was a conventual 'Mary'. In the early 5th century, Jesus and Mary's descendent Fisher Kings became united by marriage to the Sicambrian Franks, and from them emerged a whole new reigning dynasty. They were the noted Merovingian Kings who founded the French monarchy and introduced the well-known fleur-de-lys (the ancient gladiolus symbol of circumcision) as the royal emblem of France. From the Merovingian succession, another strain of the family established a wholly independent Jewish kingdom in southern France: the kingdom of Septimania, which we now know as Languedoc. Also, the early princes of Toulouse, Aquitaine and Provence were all descended in the Messianic bloodline. Septimania was specifically granted to the Royal House of David in 768, and Prince Bernard of Septimania later married a daughter of Emperor Charlemagne. Also from the Fisher Kings came another important parallel line of succession in Gaul. Whereas the Merovingian Kings continued the patrilinear heritage of Jesus, this other line perpetuated the matrilinear heritage of Mary Magdalene. They were the dynastic Queens of Avallon in Burgundy: the House del Acqs - meaning 'of the waters', a style granted to Mary Magdalene in the early days when she voyaged on the sea to Provence. Those familiar with Arthurian and Grail lore will by now have recognised the ultimate significance of this Messianic family: the Fisher Kings, the Queens of Avallon and the House del Acqs (corrupted in Arthurian romance to du Lac). The descendant heirs of Jesus posed an enormous threat to the Roman High Church because they were the dynastic leaders of the true Nazarene Church. In real terms, the Roman Church should never have existed at all, for it was no more than a strategically designed hybrid movement comprised of various pagan doctrines attached to a fundamentally Judaeo-Christian base. Jesus was born in 7 BC and his birthday was on the equivalent of 1 March, with an official royal birthday on 15 September to comply with dynastic regulation and the month of Atonement. But, when establishing the Roman Church in the 4th century, Emperor Constantine ignored both of these dates and supplemented 25 December as the new Christ's Mass Day - to coincide with the pagan Sun Festival with which his Imperial subjects were familiar. Later, at the Synod of Whitby held in England in 664, the bishops also expropriated the Celtic festival of Easter (Eostre), the Goddess of Spring and Fertility, and attached a wholly new Christian significance by aligning it with the Resurrection of Jesus. In so doing, they actually changed the date of the old festival to sever its traditional association with the Jewish Passover. Hence, today's two main Christian festivals (Christmas and Easter) are spurious Roman inventions and, historically, they have nothing whatever to do with Jesus. Christianity, as we know it, has evolved as a composite religion quite unlike any other. If Jesus was its living catalyst, then Christianity should rightly be based on the teachings of Jesus himself - the moral and social codes of a fair-minded, tolerant ministry, with the people as its benefactors. But orthodox Christianity ('churchianity') is not based on the teachings of Jesus: it centres upon the teachings of the bishops, which are entirely different. There are a number of reasons for this, the foremost of which is that Jesus was deliberately sidestepped in favour of the alternative teachings of Peter and Paul: teachings which were thoroughly denounced by the Nazarene Church of Jesus and his brother James - teachings which the Nazarenes called 'the faith of fools'. Only by removing Jesus from the front-line could the popes and cardinals reign supreme. When formally instituting Christianity as the State religion of Rome, Constantine declared that he alone was the true Saviour Messiah - not Jesus! As for the Bishops of Rome (the popes), they were granted a fabricated Apostolic descent from St Peter, since the legitimate Messianic descent from Jesus and his brothers was retained within the parallel Nazarene Church. The only way for the Roman Church to restrain the heirs of Mary Magdalene was to discredit Mary herself and to deny her bridal relationship with Jesus. But what of Jesus's brother James? He too had heirs, as did their other brothers, Simon, Joses and Jude. For all its effort to forge a new scriptural history, the Church could not escape the Gospels, which state quite clearly that Jesus was the Blessed Mary's 'firstborn son', and so Mary's own motherhood also had to be repressed. As a result, the bishops portrayed Mother Mary as a virgin and Mary Magdalene as a whore - neither of which description was mentioned in any original Gospel. Then, just to cement Mother Mary's position outside the natural domain, her own mother, Anna, was eventually said to have borne her daughter by way of immaculate conception! Over the course of time, these contrived doctrines have had widespread effect. But in the early days it took rather more to cement the ideas because the original women of the Nazarene mission had a significant following in the Celtic Church. These included Mary Magdalene, Martha, Mary-Jacob Cleophas and Helena-Salome, each of whom had run schools and social missions throughout the Mediterranean world. These women had all been disciples of Jesus and close friends of his mother, accompanying her to the Crucifixion, as confirmed in the Gospels. In the face of such records, the Church's only salvation was to denigrate women altogether; to deny them not only rights to ecclesiastical office, but to deny them rights to any status in society. Hence, the Church declared that women were all heretics and sorceresses! In this, the bishops were aided by the words of Peter and Paul, and on the basis of their teachings the Roman Church was enabled to become wholly sexist. In his first Epistle to Timothy, Paul wrote: 'I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp any authority over the man, but to be in silence'. In the Gospel of Philip, Peter is quoted as saying that 'Women are not worthy of life'. The bishops even quoted the words of Genesis, wherein God apparently spoke to Eve about Adam, saying 'He shall rule over thee'. The Church Father Tertullian summed up the whole Roman attitude when writing about the emergent disciples of Mary Magdalene: 'These heretical women! How dare they! They are brazen enough to teach, to engage in argument, to baptise. It is not permitted for a woman to speak in church, nor to claim a share in any masculine function - least of all in priestly office'. Then, to cap it all, came the Roman Church's most amazing document, The Apostolic Order. This was compiled as an imaginary conversation between the apostles after the Last Supper. Contrary to the Gospels, it supposed that Mary Magdalene had been present at the event, and it was agreed that the reason why Jesus had not passed any wine to Mary at the table was because he had seen her laughing! On the basis of this extraordinary, fictitious document, the bishops ruled that, even though Mary might have been a close companion of Jesus, women were not to be afforded any place within the Church because they were not serious! But why has this sexist attitude persisted within the Church to the present day? Because Mary Magdalene had to be discredited and removed from the reckoning so that her heirs could be ignored. Notwithstanding the avid sexist movement, the Messianic heirs retained their social positions outside the Roman Church establishment. They progressed their own Nazarene and Celtic Church movements and founded Desposynic (Heirs of the Lord) kingdoms in Britain and Europe. They were a constant threat to the Roman High Church and to the figurehead monarchs and governments empowered by that Church. In fact, they were the very reason for the brutal Catholic Inquisition because they upheld a moral and social code which was contrary to High Church requirement. This was especially apparent during the Age of Chivalry, which embraced a respect for womanhood, as exemplified by the Knights Templar whose constitutional oath supported a veneration of the Grail Mother, Queen Mary Magdalene. Prior to the Middle Ages, the individual stories of the Grail family were historically well known, but when the Church began its reign of fanatical persecution, the whole Nazarene and Desposynic heritage was forced underground. But why did the vengeful persecutions begin at that particular time? Because the Knights Templar had not only returned from the Holy Land with documents that undermined the Church's teachings, they also established their own Cistercian churches in opposition to Rome. These were, however, not just any churches - they were the greatest religious monuments ever to grace the skylines of the western world: the Notre Dame cathedrals of France. Despite their present-day image, these impressive Gothic cathedrals had nothing whatever to do with the established Christian Church. They were funded and built by the Knights Templar in collaboration with their Cistercian allies, and they were dedicated to Mary Magdalene - Notre Dame (Our Lady) - whom they called 'the Grail of the world'. This, of course, defeated every dogma that the High Church had encouraged, and the bishops retaliated by re-dedicating numerous other churches to Mary, the mother of Jesus. But, in so doing, they made a strict decree that all artistic portrayals of Mother Mary (the Madonna) must henceforth show her dressed in 'blue and white only' - so as not to grant her any rights to ecclesiastical office in the male-only priesthood. Mary Magdalene, on the other hand, was being portrayed by the world's greatest artists wearing the red mantle of cardinal status, the black robe of a Nazarite High Priestess, or the green cloak of fertility, and there was nothing the Church could do about it. The bishops' only option was to proclaim the practice sinful and heretical because, in having previously elected to ignore Mary Magdalene and her heirs, she was for all practical purposes outside their jurisdiction. It was at that time that Grail lore was itself denounced as a heresy by the Vatican. The 6th-century prophesies of Merlin were expressly banned by the Ecumenical Council, and the original Nazarene Church of Jesus became an underground stream, aided by such notable sponsors as Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli. In those days, the Church policed and controlled most literature in the public domain and so, in order to avoid outright censorship, the Grail tradition became allegorical and its message was communicated by way of secret watermarks, esoteric writings, Tarot cards and symbolic artwork. But why should Grail lore and the prophesies of Merlin have posed such a problem for the Roman Church? Because, within the context of their adventurous texts, they told the descendant story of the Grail bloodline - a bloodline which had been ousted from its dynastic position by the Bishops of Rome who had elected to reign supreme by way of a contrived apostolic succession. This succession was said to have been handed down from the first bishop, St Peter (indeed, this is still the promoted view), but one only has to consult the Church's own Apostolic Constitutions to discover that this is simply not true. Peter was never a Bishop of Rome - nor of anywhere else for that matter! The Vatican's Constitutions record that the first Bishop of Rome was Prince Linus of Britain (the son of Caractacus the Pendragon), who was installed by St Paul in AD 58, during Peter's own lifetime. From the 1100s, the powerful Knights Templar and their cathedrals posed an enormous threat to the male-only Church by bringing the heritage of Jesus and Mary Magdalene to the fore in the public domain. The cardinals knew that their whole establishment would tumble if the Messianic descendants gained the upper hand. They had to be crushed - and so the brutal Inquisition was implemented: a hideous persecution of all who dissented from the rule of the bishops. It all began in 1209, when Pope Innocent III sent 30,000 soldiers into the Languedoc region of southern France. This was the home of the Cathars (the Pure Ones), who were said to be the guardians of a great and sacred treasure -a mysterious secret which could overturn orthodox Christianity. The Pope's so-called Albigensian Crusade lasted for thirty-six years, during which time tens of thousands of innocent people were slaughtered - but the treasure was never found. In 1231, the main thrust of the Inquisition (or Holy Office as it was called) was instituted by Pope Gregory IX during the course of the Languedoc massacre, and it was set against anyone who supported the Grail heresy. By 1252 the torture of victims was formally authorised, along with execution by burning. Heresy was a wonderful charge to level against captives, because only the Church could define it. The victims were tortured until they confessed and, having confessed, they were executed. If they did not confess, then the torture continued until they died anyway. One recorded form of torture was to spread the victim with fat, and then to roast him alive (upwards from the feet) over an open fire. These savage persecutions and tortures were openly waged for more than 400 years, to be extended against Jews, Muslims and Protestant dissenters. But the Catholic Inquisition was never formally terminated. As recently as 1965 it was renamed the Sacred Congregation and its powers are theoretically still in force today. Undaunted by the Inquisition, the Nazarene movement pursued its own course, and the story of the bloodline was perpetuated in literature such as the Grand Saint Grail and the High History of the Holy Grail. These writings were largely sponsored by the Grail courts of France (the courts of Champagne, Anjou and others) and also by the Knights Templar and the Desposyni. In the course of this, Arthurian romance became a popular vehicle for the Grail tradition. Consequently, the Templars became a specific target of the Inquisition in 1307, when the henchmen of Pope Clement V and King Philip IV of France were set in their direction. The papal armies scoured Europe for the Templar documents and treasure but, like the Cathar inheritance, nothing was found. Nevertheless, many Knights were tortured and executed in the process. In all this, however, the Templar hoard was not lost and, while the Vatican emissaries were searching, the treasure and documents were locked away in the Chapter House Treasury vaults of Paris. They were under the protection of the Templar Grand Knights - those styled the Guardian Princes of the Royal Secret - who loaded the hoard one night onto 18 galleys of the Templar fleet at La Rochelle. By daybreak, the ships had set sail for various destinations - notably Portugal and Scotland. The latter were welcomed, upon their arrival, by King Robert the Bruce who, along with the whole Scottish nation, had been excommunicated by the Pope for challenging the Catholic King Edward of England. The Templars and their treasure remained in Scotland, and the Knights fought with Bruce at Bannockburn in 1314 to regain Scotland's independence from Plantagenet England. Subsequent to the Battle of Bannockburn, Bruce and the Guardian Princes founded the new Order of the Elder Brothers of the Rosy Cross in 1317 - from which time the Kings of Scots became hereditary Grand Masters, with each successive Stewart King holding the honoured title of Prince Saint Germain. But, why was it that King Arthur, a Celtic commander of the 6th century, was so important to the Knights Templars and the Grail courts of Europe? Quite simply, because Arthur had been unique, with a dual heritage in the Messianic line. King Arthur was by no means mythical, as many have supposed, but he has generally been looked for in the wrong places. Researchers, misguided by the fictional locations of the romances, have searched in vain through the chronicles of Brittany, Wales and the West of England. But the details of Arthur are to be found in the Scots' and Irish annals. He was indeed the High King of the Celtic Isle and was the sovereign commander of the British troops in the late 6th century. Arthur was born in 559 and died in battle in 603. His mother was Ygerna del Acqs, the daughter of Queen Viviane of Avallon, in descent from Jesus and Mary Magdalene. His father was High King Aedàn of Dalriada (the Western Highlands of Scotland, now called Argyll), and Aedàn was the British Pendragon (Head Dragon or King of Kings) in descent from Jesus's brother James. It is for this reason that the stories of Arthur and Joseph of Arimathea are so closely entwined in the Grail romances. Indeed, the coronation records of Scotland's King Kenneth MacAlpin (a descendant of Aedàn the Pendragon) specifically refer to his own descent from the dynastic Queens of Avallon. King Aedàn's paternal legacy emerged through the most ancient House of Camu-lot (England's Royal Court of Colchester) in a line from the first appointed Pendragon, King Cymbeline, who is well-known to students of Shakespeare. By the 6th century, Messianic descendants had founded Desposynic kingdoms in Wales and across the Strathclyde and Cambrian regions of Britain. Arthur's father, King Aedàn of Scots, was the first British monarch to be installed by priestly ordination when he was anointed by Saint Columba of the Celtic Church in 574. This, of course, infuriated the Roman bishops because they claimed the sole right to appoint kings who, according to them, were supposed to be crowned by the Pope! As a direct result of this coronation, Saint Augustine was eventually sent from Rome to dismantle the Celtic Church when St Columba died in 597. He proclaimed himself Archbishop of Canterbury three years later, but his overall mission failed and the Nazarene tradition persisted in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and across the breadth of northern England. An important fact to remember is that the Grail dynasts were never territorial governors of lands. Like Jesus himself, they were designated guardians of the people. The Merovingians in Gaul, for example, were Kings of the Franks - never Kings of France. King Aedàn, Robert the Bruce and their Stewart successors were Kings of the Scots - never Kings of Scotland. It was this implicitly social concept which the High Church found so difficult to overcome, for the bishops preferred to have dominion over territorial kings who were authorized by the Pope. Only by maintaining ultimate spiritual control over individuals could the Church reign supreme, and so whenever a Grail dynast came to the fore he was met by the wrath of the papal machine. In 751 the bishops managed to depose the Merovingian succession in Gaul, and they established a new tradition whereby kings of the Carolingian succession (that of Charlemagne) had to be approved and crowned by the Pope. But the Church could never topple the Desposynic lines in Scotland, even though the old Celtic kingdoms of England had been dismantled by Germanic Anglo-Saxons from the 6th century. Even into the Middle Ages - long after the Norman Conquest of England - the Nazarene Church and the long prevailing cult of Mary Magdalene were prominent in Europe. Women's rights of equality were upheld throughout the Celtic structure, and this was an enormous problem for the male-only priesthood of orthodox 'churchianity'. The underlying principle of the Grail monarchs was always one of Service, in accordance with the Messianic code. Hence, they were kings and common fathers of their realms, but they were never rulers. This key aspect of the Grail Code was perpetuated at the very heart of nursery tale and folklore. Never did a valiant cardinal or bishop ride to the aid of an oppressed subject or a damsel in distress, for this has always been the social realm of Grail princes and their appointed knights. The Grail Code recognises advancement by merit and acknowledges community structure, but above all it is entirely democratic. Whether apprehended in its physical or spiritual dimension, the Grail belongs to leaders and followers alike. It also belongs to the land and the environment, requiring that all should be as one in a mutually unified Service. Throughout the ages, parliaments and governments have had as much trouble as the Church in confronting the Messianic social code, and the position is no different today. Presidents and prime ministers are elected by the people. They are supposed to represent the people - but do they? In actual fact, they do not. They are always affiliated to a political party and they achieve their positions by way of majority party vote. But not everybody takes the trouble to vote and sometimes there are more than two parties to vote for. Consequently, at any given time, more than half the people of a nation may not be represented by the political party in power. In this regard, even though a majority vote has been applied, the democratic principle fails. What emerges is not 'government BY the people FOR the people', but 'government OF the people'. Jesus confronted a very similar situation in the 1st century. At that time, Jerusalem and Judaea were under Roman occupation, with King Herod and the Governor, Pontius Pilate, both appointed by Rome. But who represented the people? The people were not Romans; they were Holy Land Jews: Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes and the like. Apart from that, there were large numbers of Samaritans and Gentiles (non-Jews; the Arab races). Who represented them? The answer is 'no one' - until Jesus made it his mission to do so. This was the beginning of the Grail code of non-affiliated princely service: a code perpetuated by the Messianic dynasts in their continuing role as people's guardians. The Grail code is based on the principles of liberty, fraternity and equality, and it was particularly apparent in the American and French Revolutions, both of which discarded the lordship of despotic aristocracy. But what has replaced it? It has been replaced by party politics and largely non-representative government. Many people have asked me why the hitherto suppressed information in Bloodline of the Holy Grail is coming to light at this particular time. The fact is that the information has never been suppressed by those whom it concerns. It has been suppressed by outside power-seekers who have sought to serve their own interests, rather than serve the communities they are supposed to represent. Today, however, we are in a new age of questing as many people grow more disillusioned with the establishment dogmas that prevail. We live in an age of satellite communications, sound-barrier travel, computers and the Internet - so the world is effectively much smaller than before. In such an environment, news travels very quickly and the truth is far more difficult to restrain. Also, the very fabric of the male-dominated Church and governmental structures is being questioned, and it is generally perceived that the old doctrines of spiritual control and territorial management are not working. More and more people are searching for the original, uncluttered roots of their faith and for their purpose in society. They are seeking more effective forms of administration to combat the all too apparent slide into social and moral decline. They are, in fact, questing for the Holy Grail. This quest for new enlightenment is considerably heightened by the coming new millennium and there is a widespread feeling that this should also present a new Renaissance: an era of rebirth wherein the precepts of the Grail Code are acknowledged and practised - the precepts of liberty, fraternity and equality. Indeed, Grail lore spells out loud and clear that the wound of the Fisher King must first be healed if the wasteland is to return to fertility.

source: http://paulapeterson.com/Bloodline_of_Holy_Grail_Part2.html#TOP

Rama lives with free energy

2005-03-04T17:43:00.000-08:00

P'taah meditates

2005-03-04T17:39:00.000-08:00

Our seed supply under threat

2005-03-04T16:01:00.000-08:00

There are some disturbing developments in the regulation of our seed supply in Canada, and your help is needed to stop these changes. The official comment period ends March 8.
A coalition of large seed companies and their parent biotechnology companies, under the name of the Seed Sector Review, are recommending changes to the Seed Breeders Rights Act that will:
- give seed companies royalties on saved seed and products derived from that seed (ie: bread)- create more barriers to small, local seed companies, driving them out of business (or underground)- Set the stage for the the end of farmers' rights to save their own seed
- Give seed companies higher royalties, longer collection periods, suppressed competition, and powerful new enforcement tools
- Give the farmers nothing but higher costs, reduced choice and increased risks.Another aspect of this is that the companies who control most of the seed supply at the moment are dropping large numbers of small-market seed varieties. These are the very varieties that BC organic farmers depend on. If these companies are given complete control of our seed supply by these changes, it could have a serious impact on our very ability to grow food. The varieties which Monsanto, et al. want us to use are dependent on chemical inputs to thrive.The ability of farmers and gardeners to breed and exchange their seeds is a human right which we have enjoyed since humans began planting their own crops. This right is now under threat.
Please take a moment to write toPlant Breeders' Rights Office, Canadian Food Inspection Agency59 Camelot Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0Y9
Phone: (613) 225-2342 Fax: (613) 228-6125
cfiamaster@inspection.gc.ca
and express your views on changes to the Plant Breeders Rights Act proposed by the Seed Sector Review. Thanks.
For more information, see
http://nfu.ca/seedsavercampaign/
http://www.etcgroup.org/search.asp?slice=english
Grant Watson
Neighbours Organic Weekly Buying Clubs
http://www.nowbc.ca

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Sun Rays

2005-03-04T15:03:00.000-08:00

Hydro's dirty secret revealed

2005-03-04T14:57:00.000-08:00

CONTRARY to popular belief, hydroelectric power can seriously damage the climate. Proposed changes to the way countries' climate budgets are calculated aim to take greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower reservoirs into account, but some experts worry that they will not go far enough. The green image of hydro power as a benign alternative to fossil fuels is false, says Éric Duchemin, a consultant for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). "Everyone thinks hydro is very clean, but this is not the case," he says. Hydroelectric dams produce significant amounts of carbon dioxide and methane, and in some cases produce more of these greenhouse gases than power plants running on fossil fuels. Carbon emissions vary from dam to dam, says Philip Fearnside from Brazil's National Institute for Research in the Amazon in Manaus. "But we do know that there are enough emissions to worry about." In a study to be published in Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Fearnside estimates that in 1990 the greenhouse effect of emissions from the Curuá-Una dam in Para, Brazil, was more than three-and-a-half times what would have been produced by generating the same amount of electricity from oil.
This is because large amounts of carbon tied up in trees and other plants are released when the reservoir is initially flooded and the plants rot. Then after this first pulse of decay, plant matter settling on the reservoir's bottom decomposes without oxygen, resulting in a build-up of dissolved methane. This is released into the atmosphere when water passes through the dam's turbines. Seasonal changes in water depth mean there is a continuous supply of decaying material. In the dry season plants colonise the banks of the reservoir only to be engulfed when the water level rises. For shallow-shelving reservoirs these "drawdown" regions can account for several thousand square kilometres. In effect man-made reservoirs convert carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into methane. This is significant because methane's effect on global warming is 21 times stronger than carbon dioxide's.
Claiming that hydro projects are net producers of greenhouse gases is not new (New Scientist, 3 June 2000, p 4) but the issue now appears to be climbing up the political agenda. In the next round of IPCC discussions in 2006 the proposed National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Programme, which calculates each country's carbon budget, will include emissions from artificially flooded regions. But these guidelines will only take account of the first 10 years of a dam's operation and only include surface emissions. Methane production will go unchecked because climate scientists cannot agree on how significant this is; it will also vary between dams. But if Fearnside gets his way these full emissions would be included. With the proposed IPCC guidelines, tropical countries that rely heavily on hydroelectricity, such as Brazil, could see their national greenhouse emissions inventories increased by as much as 7 per cent. Colder countries are less affected, he says, because cold conditions will be less favourable for producing greenhouse gases. Despite a decade of research documenting the carbon emissions from man-made reservoirs, hydroelectric power still has an undeserved reputation for mitigating global warming. "I think it is important these emissions are counted," says Fearnside.
Author: DUNCAN GRAHAM-ROWE
This article appears in New Scientist issue: 26 FEBRUARY 2005 http://www.newscientist.com

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TIPPING POINT by William Thomas

2005-03-04T14:34:00.000-08:00

Excerpted from Convergence Weekly:

"Now hear this! Space Colony Earth is foundering. All hands report to your emergency stations! Initiate damage control. Secure all carbon-burning devices. Ground all jet traffic now. Turn off all unnecessary lights and machinery. Stop burning wood. Park all non-essential vehicles immediately. This is not a drill."Out on the fringes of a backwater galaxy, a small space colony orbiting a minor star rushes through the irradiated vacuum of deep space, shedding her magnetics and solar radiation shielding as greenhouse gasses released into an enclosed atmosphere continue cooking a runaway greenhouse.Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently told 114 government representatives that Earth has "already reached the level of dangerous concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere" that could cause the climate to abruptly flip. Rather than causing gradual changes over many centuries, Fortune belatedly reports, "growing evidence suggests the ocean-atmosphere system that controls the world's climate can lurch from one state to another in less than a decade.""Climate change is poised to change our pattern of life. But the US president won't listen," says Britain's top science advisor, Sir David King. The UK weather expert points to a doubling of extreme weather events over the past decade, heat waves that killed 23,000 Europeans, floods in Africa, droughts in Asia and the United States, and 300 million people uprooted by natural disasters-before the Asian Tsunami.On his return from persuading Putin to sign off on Kyoto, thereby activating its 2012 carbon-reducing deadline, Dr. King warned that when Greenland's ice sheets completely melt this century, the world sea level will rise 20 feet or higher. Because most people live and most farming is conducted along or near coastlines, even a three-foot sea level rise would be catastrophic. "When Antarctica melts it will be another 110 metres," King added.Thawing quickly, the massive Western Antarctic glaciers are already moving toward the sea three times to eight times faster than before the Great Melting began. "It is happening quicker than we thought-in some cases the responses have been within months," adds a senior research scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. The data "clearly indicate previous estimates (of sea-level rise) are being outpaced."If the warm Gulf Stream is shut down by glacial meltwaters, northern Atlantic coasts will experience a sudden 5° to 8°F cooling. With fuel prices about to double and double again, these regions will face winters twice as cold as the worst winters on record in the past century. Year-round frost would soon finish farming in those areas, while droughts triggered by past shutdowns of the North Atlantic Conveyor could wither "breadbaskets" around the globe.The last time this happened, between 1300 and 1850 a "Little Ice Age" caused severe agricultural, economic, and political dislocations across a no longer "Greenland", and a Europe inhabited by a fraction of the folks living there now. Another abrupt cooling 8,200 years ago lasted about a century. During the Younger Dryas about 12,700 years ago, average temperatures in the North Atlantic region abruptly plummeted nearly 8° F and remained that way for 1,300 years.
CLOBBERED BY CLATHRATESWhatever we do, we don't want to melt the clathrates [clay-thrates]. Locked in northern tundra, 400 billion tons of thawing methane ices could soon be released into the atmosphere. Methane gas traps 21-times more heat than CO2.But computer models predicting an unlivable nightmare for the offspring of all species do not calculate sudden methane releases from melting clathrates concentrated in far northern regions, where global warming is now occurring eight-times faster than in the Lower 48. These elaborate simulations also neglected to factor the melting of hydrates frozen in seabeds off the world's coastlines, which could burp another 2,000 billion tons of methane to the surface.
BEEN THERE DONE THATOur plucky planet has survived at least two runaway greenhouse events, one of them just barely. About 55 million years ago, a tremendous methane belch trapped enough sunlight to heat Earth by as much as 13° Fahrenheit, disrupting global climate for more than 100,000 years.An even bigger global warming hiccup occurred 250 million years ago, when a carbon-clogged atmosphere melted all of Earth's ice and methane. The ensuing "Great Dying" nearly extinguished all life. More than 100 million years passed before ecologies reached their former healthy diversity.Ward's team found no residues from a comet or asteroid impact. It looks like volcanism and methane releases caused this greenhouse cull.PARK YOUR PORTABLE VOLCANOOur chimneys, tailpipes and jet exhausts are emitting carbon dioxide in volcanic quantities. US government geologist John Atcheson says, "According to the U.S. Geological Survey, burning fossil fuels releases more than 150 times the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by volcanoes-the equivalent of nearly 17,000 additional volcanoes the size of Hawaii's Kilauea."During ice ages atmospheric carbon dioxide falls to around 200 parts per million (ppm). During warm periods, concentrations of this heat-trapping gas zoom to around 270 ppm.Right now, global readouts show atmospheric carbon dioxide levels at 379 ppm and rising steeply.All Trekkies know we must reduce atmospheric carbon levels onboard our spaceship immediately. Three-fourths of carbon emissions come from burning coal, oil, and natural gas. The rest come mostly from clearcut logging and industrial processes.COUNTDOWN 2030If we don't act right now by parking our vehicles, and turning down furnaces and whatever other greenhouse thermostats each of us can reach, by 2030 it will be too late.The Extreme Weather Events currently bedeviling wildlife, people and economies around the globe were triggered by an l° F temperatures climb over the last century. As temperatures climb more than another 1° over the next 25 years, food production will sag and water shortages will grip countries like China. If temperatures climb another 3° F, as expected by mid-century we'll need another ark.POPSpurred by the sophisticated mass-marketing of rapacious corporations, exploding consumer populations are destroying our spaceship's life support webs as surely as Captain Cook's sailors pulled the spikes from their ship's timbers to trade for the favors of Tahitian vahines ashore. This time around, billions of people will get screwed. But it will not be fun.Right now, our groaning space colony is carrying 6.4 billion souls-more than four times our numbers at the start of the 20th century. With 1.7 billion people now at reproductive age, Earth could be accommodating 7 billion people by 2013; 8.9 billion by 2050.But don't count on it. With as many as 5.5 billion people residing in regions facing catastrophic crop losses, and another 3 billion people facing life-threatening water shortages, America's fundamentalist regime may get their Armageddon after all.It's our "right" to wreck the planet, says America's oil president. As he rushes to outsource US industry to overseas child sweatshops and Chinese slave labor camps while encouraging massive immigration of exploitable cheap labor at home, Bush bleats that battling climate collapse is not worth one lost American job.
But Apollo Alliance is promoting renewable energy production that will create three million new jobs. "What it would not do is prop up the oil/coal/nuclear regime that makes obscene profits for a few," says Truthout's William Rivers-Pitt.ROGUE NATIONThe US has so far refused to join 160 countries in signing the accord it helped sponsor to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2008-2012. Instead, the most piggish nation on the planet continues to censor its best atmospheric scientists, while trying to sabotage every international attempt to avert climatic calamity.Despite intense White House pressure, Russia's ratification of Kyoto commits signatories who account for 61% of CO2 emissions to reduce those pesky pollutants to at least 5% below 1990 levels by 2012.
But the EU is already moving quickly. By developing and promoting more-efficient industrial and household appliances, retrofitting older buildings, and setting new efficiency standards that make its industry more competitive, Germany has already lowered its emissions by 9% since 1991-and is seeking another 40% reduction by 2020.The United Kingdom, which has cut emissions by 8% since 1990, aims to reduce them 60% by 2050-and is urging the rest of the European Union to do the same. Not content to wait, more than 600 cities worldwide have developed their own plans to reduce record levels of carbon emissions.The big solutions are equally straightforward: "Stabilize population, reduce consumption and share wealth," says Richard Steiner, a professor and conservation specialist in Alaska. Just $40 billion a year-about what consumers spend on cosmetics-would provide everyone on Earth with the clean water, sanitation, health care, adequate nutrition and education.WHAT CAN YOU DO?When we look into our children's eyes, who isn't motivated to "get the lessons" of our own species’ adolescence-and change? There are no solution shortages, once we change our minds. But what can we do to avert or delay the worst of what's coming?Yale University Master of forestry and food production, Elysa Hammond suggests we start tackling global warming with our knives and forks:1. Eat Local. A supermarket uses up to 17 times more petroleum for transporting food than the same meal using local ingredients.2. Eat Less MeatMore than half the grain grown in the United States is fed to livestock. One calorie of meat energy for humans takes 28 calories of energy to produce.3. Eat OrganicOrganic farming uses no synthetic chemicals and significantly cuts nitrous oxide emissions from soils interacting with chemical fertilizers. Whether emitted by jetliners or factory farms, NOX has 310-times the heat trapping power of CO2.And remember, every day our cars, vans, SUVs, Hummers, trucks, go-carts, snowmobiles, powerboats, skidoos, motorcycles and planes stay parked is a victory for life. If Americans join with Europe and more than 100 other Kyoto signatories in reducing carbon emissions to just those first tentative targets, by the end of this century the offspring of all surviving species-including our children's children-will gain six precious years to deal with the disaster we've caused.Our grandchildren might not thank us. But they could survive long enough not to repeat our mistakes.# # #The author has served on the environmental front lines for the past 20 years.
For the complete 4,100-word article, including illustrations and references, please visit http://www.willthomas.net/For commercial reprint rights, please contact William Thomas at rwt@willthomas.net.

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FRANKFURT

2005-03-04T14:22:00.000-08:00

http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/29717/story.htm
- Europe could build a network of hydrogen filling stations for next-generation cars for just 3.5 billion euros ($4.6 billion) over the next 15 years -- much less than first thought, a study unveiled on Thursday said.The expense of building up a new distribution system for hydrogen-burning cars that emit only water vapour has often been cited as a potential stumbling stock for the technology that could one day make standard petrol and diesel engines obsolete.But the study commissioned by German industrial gases group Linde and carried out by energy consultant e4tech and Imperial College, London, concluded the cost of building 2,800 hydrogen stations across the continent was manageable."The results of this study are a clear signal to us," Linde President Wolfgang Reitzle said in a statement. "A transition to the hydrogen economy is feasible." CLIP

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Cherokee Wisdom

2005-03-04T13:08:00.000-08:00

An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life.
"A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy.
"It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves.
One is evil. He is anger,envy, sorrow, regret, greed,
arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority,
lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.
The other is good. He is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity,
humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity,
truth, compassion, and faith.
This same fight is going on inside you,
and inside every other person, too."
The grandson thought about it for a minute
and then asked his grandfather,
"Which wolf will win?"
The old Cherokee replied simply,
"The one you feed."

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TRANSMITTING ENERGY USING PARTICLES

2005-03-03T18:55:00.000-08:00

Particle energy is transmitted by transferring energy from one particle to adjacent particle to adjacent particle. A chain reaction is initiated when stimulated elemental particles, compress, until their energy is imparted to adjacent particles. The energy radiates outward omni directionally at various velocities per second, and the particles oscillate back and forth allowing frequencies to be established. This process continues until the energy is dissipated by the resistance of the particles themselves, or transmitted to surrounding particle environments and dissipated.
The surrounding environments may be made up of similar to dissimilar particles, unmassive to massive, or small to large environments from the volume of a molecule to the volume of the outer atmosphere of the Earth. As the mass of the surrounding environment increases, the velocity of transmitting stimulated particle energy increases, as does the resistance, which decreases the time and distance to dissipate the energy.
The particles internal structure will compress or decompress to various degrees, depending on: (1) Their inherent density; and (2) the pressure exerted by the mass of the surrounding environment.
1. As the elemental particles become smaller and more dense, the internal particles of the structure move closer together. The elemental particles need to compress a shorter distance before imparting their energy to adjacent particles. This takes less time, and the velocity of transmitting energy per second, increases. The elemental particles can oscillate back and forth more times in a second, because the distance they need to compress is less, and the frequency will increase.
2. As the mass of the surrounding environment increases, it exerts more pressure, and compresses the internal structure of the particles, which has the same effect as the above stated paragraph. The velocity of transmitting energy and its frequencies, are dependent on a combination of these two factors.
Example: If a siren is moving toward us, the oncoming stimulated elemental particles are compressing the surrounding environment ahead of it, increasing the total mass and pressure, resulting in a higher frequency. If the siren is moving away from us, the receding stimulated elemental particles are decompressing the surrounding environment behind it, decreasing the total mass and pressure, resulting in a lower frequency.
Larger particles have a greater amount of open area around them, relatively, than do smaller particles, which inherently enables them to oscillate back and forth a greater width when stimulated. A large low mass particle would have a low frequency and a small high mass particle would have a high frequency. The amount of oscillation in any one direction is limited by the surrounding particle environment, therefore the frequency is either increased or decreased, to compensate.
To illustrate: An equal energy is applied to particle environments of basketballs and tennis balls. Basketballs with an oscillation width of 1 inch, and the tennis balls, a width of 1/4 inch. If the basketballs frequency is 1000, it will have oscillated back and forth 2000 inches. The tennis balls will need to increase the frequency to 4000, to oscillate back and forth the 2000 inches to dissipate the same amount of energy, in the same amount of time.

There, our magic place

2005-03-03T18:31:00.000-08:00

Rama on the deck, P'taah on the bench

2005-03-03T18:27:00.000-08:00

I shall never take any moment for granted...

2005-03-03T18:23:00.000-08:00

I shall never take any moment for granted...
Rama and P'taah and I just had a great time playing in the field. Spring is all around us. I was knitting a magic hat for a special lady, Ziva, who has raised 4 brilliant young adults and still a girl within her inner garden. Someone put a bench in this field just for us. I like to think that was from the fairies and elves in this land. This is not un-logical because nobody come to this land most of the time, except the three of us. The owners in this land, Tony and his wife, lived far away. Tony told me: " you come to here meditate anytime you want, ok?! " Our frinedship based not on words but simple eye-contact. He bought this land when his children were small ... now they are parents themselves. Tony told me that they used to meet bears in this land. I have never meet a bear here, but deer, elks, birds ... and invisible friends ... Sometimes shooting stars, other times a presence that bring me happy chills.
The other day I heard someone shooting birds like in a deep sick pleasure ... P'taah was in the land near the gunshots, I know this from my heart. Suddenly I had this intense strength, walking into the field, close to the gunshot---
"Hey, there is a human here, don't shoot like an ass-hole."
In the mean time, I was calling P'taah's name and sang his favorite song. Those who had guns were trying to scare me away ... boon-boon-boon-boon-boon, --- had humanity gone mad????
I had no fear, I wanted to meet these bastards eyes to eyes, after that we might become frineds. I walked closer and closer to the gunshots ... a part of me was experiencing what my brothers and sisters were experiencing in those foreign land, killed by someone else' lies. I was fearless. I shall not be silent any more. Soemwhere in my mind, I was in a battle field, not die for someone else's lie but live for my deeper truth.
I did not know how long this had lasted, until P'taah jumped out from the bush and I laughed with tears. "P'taah!!! Let's go home." Rama and P'taah happily running toward each, kissing each other, surrounded by the gunshots ... we three sang our songs, danced our way home. the gunshots became quieter and quieter ... Did they ears drop on us? We had our silent peace again, before the stars dancing around the rising moon.
This afternoon, we were quietly sitting under the golden sun. No gunshots, no human dramas ...
New leaves and buds were busily coming out to greet the Spring. Three golden dandelion flowers just bloomed while we were there. We three were so still, listen to the wind.
Life is so beautiful and so precious, I shall never take any moment for granted ...

Omni Particle

Even the throw away pile looked artistic

2005-03-03T18:21:00.000-08:00

Brilliant like nature

2005-03-02T11:32:00.000-08:00

Walking Eagle

2005-03-02T11:27:00.000-08:00

President Bush was invited to address a major gathering of the American Indian Nation last weekend in Arizona. He spoke for almost an hour on his future plans for increasing every Native American's present standard of living. He referred to his career as Governor of Texas, how he had signed "YES" 1,237 times - for every Indian issue that came to his desk for approval.
Although the President was vague on the details of his plan, he seemed most enthusiastic about his future ideas for helping his "red brothers".
At the conclusion of his speech, the Tribes presented the President with a plaque inscribed with his new Indian name - Walking Eagle. The proud President then departed in his motorcade, waving to the crowds.
A news reporter later inquired to the group of chiefs of how they come to select the new name given to the President. They explained that Walking Eagle is the name given to a bird so full of shit it can no longer fly.

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Heads roll at Veterans Administration - Mushrooming depleted uranium (DU) scandal blamed

2005-03-02T11:21:00.000-08:00

From: http://www.sfbayview.com/012605/headsroll012605.shtml

by Bob Nichols

Project Censored Award WinnerConsidering the tons of depleted uranium used by the U.S., the Iraq war can truly be called a nuclear war.Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter charged Monday that the reason Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi stepped down earlier this month was the growing scandal surrounding the use of uranium munitions in the Iraq War.Writing in Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter No. 169, Arthur N. Bernklau, executive director of Veterans for Constitutional Law in New York, stated, "The real reason for Mr. Principi's departure was really never given, however a special report published by eminent scientist Leuren Moret naming depleted uranium as the definitive cause of the 'Gulf War Syndrome' has fed a growing scandal about the continued use of uranium munitions by the US Military."Bernklau continued, "This malady (from uranium munitions), that thousands of our military have suffered and died from, has finally been identified as the cause of this sickness, eliminating the guessing. The terrible truth is now being revealed."He added, "Out of the 580,400 soldiers who served in GW1 (the first Gulf War), of them, 11,000 are now dead! By the year 2000, there were 325,000 on Permanent Medical Disability. This astounding number of 'Disabled Vets' means that a decade later, 56% of those soldiers who served have some form of permanent medical problems!" The disability rate for the wars of the last century was 5 percent; it was higher, 10 percent, in Viet Nam."The VA Secretary (Principi) was aware of this fact as far back as 2000," wrote Bernklau. "He, and the Bush administration have been hiding these facts, but now, thanks to Moret's report, (it) ... is far too big to hide or to cover up!""Terry Jamison, Public Affairs Specialist, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs, at the VA Central Office, recently reported that 'Gulf Era Veterans' now on medical disability, since 1991, number 518,739 Veterans," said Berklau."The long-term effects have revealed that DU (uranium oxide) is a virtual death sentence," stated Berklau. "Marion Fulk, a nuclear physical chemist, who retired from the Lawrence Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab, and was also involved with the Manhattan Project, interprets the new and rapid malignancies in the soldiers (from the 2003 Iraq War) as 'spectacular Š and a matter of concern!'"When asked if the main purpose of using DU was for "destroying things and killing people," Fulk was more specific: "I would say it is the perfect weapon for killing lots of people!"Principi could not be reached for comment prior to deadline.References
1. Depleted uranium: "Dirty bombs, dirty missiles, dirty bullets: A death sentence here and abroad" by Leuren Moret, http://www.sfbayview.com/081804/Depleteduranium081804.shtml
2. Veterans for Constitutional Law, 112 Jefferson Ave., Port Jefferson NY 11777, Arthur N. Bernklau, executive director, (516) 474-4261, fax 516-474-1968.
3. Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter. Email Gary Kohls, gkohls@cpinternet.com, with "Subscribe" in the subject line.
Email Bob Nichols at bobnichols@cox.net.

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NAZI PAST OUR PRESENT

2005-03-02T11:18:00.000-08:00

A woman called tonight that has seen our video called Arsenal of Hypocrisy: The space program and the military industrial complex. She was very moved by the part of the video that tells the story about the Nazi rocket scientists brought to the U.S. after WWII in the secret military program called Operation Paperclip. I first learned about the story when I read the book Secret Agenda by former CNN investigative reporter Linda Hunt. The book told in detail how 1,500 top Nazi scientists were smuggled into the U.S. through Boston and West Palm Beach, Florida. One hundred of them, along with 100 copies of Hitler's V-2 rocket, were brought to Huntsville, Alabama to create the U.S. space program. Wernher von Braun, the head of Hitler's team that built the V-1 and V-2 rockets was made the first director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville.
In Germany the Nazis had a concentration camp called Dora where 40,000 Jews, French resistance fighters, homosexuals, communists and other prisoners of war (including a black American GI) were brought to build the V-1 and V-2 inside a mountain tunnel called Mittelwerk. By the time the slaves were liberated by the allies, over 25,000 had perished at the hands of the Nazi rocketeers.Hitler's military liason to von Braun's rocket team was Maj. Gen. Walter Dornberger. Several times Dornberger and von Braun met with Hitler requesting more money and more slaves so they could step up the rocket production effort. Hitler was anxious to use the rockets to terrorize the cities of London, Paris and Brussels toward the end of the war as the Nazi army began to lose. Dornberger and von Braun showed Hitler moving pictures of the V-2 rocket launches to prove they were making significant progress.
Dornberger came to the U.S. along with von Braun's rocket team during Operation Paperclip. According to author Jack Manno in his book Arming the Heavens: The Hidden Military Agenda for Space, 1945-1995, Dornberger was appointed as a vice-president at Bell Aviation Corporation and went on to serve on the first military oversight committee that ensured that NASA was controlled by the Pentagon from the first days. It was Dornberger who first came up with the idea of "missile defense" as an offensive program that would have nuclear powered satellites orbiting the planet and able to hit targets on Earth.Kurt Debus, the chief of V-2 launch operations in Hitler's Germany, later became Chief of Operations for NASA at Cape Canaveral. When tourists converge on the Kennedy Space Center they will pass by a portrait of the former German SS member that hangs in the entrance in honor of Debus's service as the center's first director.
In a recent book called The Hunt for Zero Point, respected military journalist Nick Cook talks much about the "black" (the Pentagon's secret) budget. For 15 years Cook has been a defense and aerospace writer for Jane's Defence Weekly, which some consider the bible of the international weapons community. Cook spent the last 10 years researching secret military programs in the U.S. and believes that over $20 billion a year is spent on these programs outside the purview of Congress. Cook states, "It (black programs) has a vast and sprawling architecture funded by tens of billion of classified dollars every year. The height of its powers was probably in the Reagan era. But it has not stopped since then. In fact, under the Bush administration it is having something of a resurgence. Stealth technology is a primary example...research into anti-gravity technology...has been going on for quite some time."Cook traces the roots of the U.S.'s secret programs back to the Nazi scientists brought to the U.S. after WW II in Operation Paperclip. He states, "We know the size and scope of Operation Paperclip, which was huge. And we know that the U.S. operates a very deeply secret defense architecture for secret weapons programs... it is highly compartmentalized... and one of the things that's intrigued me over the years is, How did they develop it? What model did they base it on? It is remarkably similar to the system that was operated by the Germans - specifically the SS - for their top-secret weapons programs.""What I do mean," says Cook, "is that if you follow the trail of Nazi scientists and engineers who were recruited by America at the end of the second world war, the unfortunate corollary is that by taking on the science, you take on - unwittingly - some of the ideology...What do you lose along the way?"Could this be what former President Dwight Eisenhower was talking about just a few years later when in 1961 he warned the American people to "beware" of the power of the military industrial complex? Could Eisenhower's prophetic warning been that an ideological contamination had come from America's embracing of the Nazi operatives?The woman who called me tonight recently wrote a letter to the editor telling her community the story about the Nazi's creating the U.S. space program. The responses called her crazy. Even her own son, a local fire fighter, was outraged with her over the letter and told her that she should support George W. Bush or not talk politics to him ever again. She called me to ask for more evidence which I gladly will provide her.
I was impressed by this woman's great courage to step out and to tell a story that America wants to bury with the rest of our dark past. But the woman was right, this story informs the present -- maybe more than that -- guides and directs the present. This is a story that must rise from the dead if we are to halt U.S. plans for global empire. We must face our collective national demons. Let the telling begin.Bruce K. GagnonCoordinatorGlobal Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in SpacePO Box 652Brunswick, ME 04011(207) 729-0517(207) 319-2017 (Cell phone)
globalnet@mindspring.com
http://www.space4peace.org
http://space4peace.blogspot.com (Our blog)

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clips

2005-03-02T10:30:00.000-08:00

VIDEO: CNN reported no plane hit Pentagon (MUST SEE!)
http://www.total911.info/2005/02/video-cnn-reported-no-plane-hit.html
Best video on Pentagon 911 missile attack (MUST SEE!)
http://www.freedomunderground.org/memoryhole/pentagon.php#Main
Recommended by Joey who wrote: "Check out this video.... incredible! The closeups on these pictures are really graphic.....the truth is out there!"
Bill Maher on Jeff Gannon -- 02.18.05
http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm
Is Dubya in the Closet? (Feb 28, 2005)
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/printer_6318.shtml
Ah, the irony of it all. The administration of George W. Bush, easily the most homophobic president of modern times, deployed a homosexual escort and promoter of gay life styles as one of its "propaganda as journalism" shills. James Dale Guckert, aka Jeff Gannon, infiltrated the White House press corps as a so-called journalist working for two GOP-backed web sites. He quit after some left-wing blogs outed him but - like most Washington scandals - the story gets juicier. (...) We once thought it impossible that anyone could top Bill Clinton's ability to look the American public in the eye and lie like hell but Dubya makes Bubba look like a bumbling frat boy. (...) Perhaps Bush, like other public homophobes, decries the gay life because of yet another secret in his sordid past. Maybe booze and cocaine wasn't the only thing our President stuffed into an available orifice. CLIP
$10,000 Reward for Jeff Gannon Sex Evidence (2/26/05)
http://kellyanncollins.com/2005/02/reward-jeff-gannon-information.html
A wealthy Washington socialite is offering a $10,000 reward for proof that Jeff Gannon, an allegedly gay kinky-sex prostitute / escort / white house reporter / GOP operative, has had sexual relations with top-ranking government officials. CLIP

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Good morning, Rama!

2005-03-01T20:13:00.000-08:00

P'taah's morning excise

2005-03-01T20:04:00.000-08:00

Findhorn's Global Network of Light

2005-03-01T17:18:00.000-08:00

The Findhorn Foundation and Community, known around the world as a centre of spiritual education and ecological innovation, is set to extend its inspiration through the creation of its new online Global Network. Now people everywhere can be part of the community - via the internet.
Be part of the Findhorn community through special features containing news, articles synchronised meditations and sharings. Well known spiritual teachers such as Caroline Myss, William Bloom and David Spangler will write monthly articles to nourish the soul. Community residents will describe their lives and times across the range of cultural, economic and spiritual activities that are a feature of life in this special community that is a place of pilgrimage to so many.
The life and work of the Findhorn community is based on the values of connecting with our inner source of divine wisdom, co-operation with the intelligence of nature and service to the world. The name holds a special place in the hearts of many, evoking transformation and a special kind of magic. Now, whether you are in Aberdeen or Hong, Kong, you will be able to be transported to the the Ecovillage or Nature Sanctury, be touched by the Angel of Findhorn and experience the essence of the Findhorn community through cyberspace and the online Global Network.
As co-ordinator Mattie Porte said, "Findhorn helped in the exploration of consciousness and became known for its co-operation with nature. Though tucked away in northern Scotland we have always held a planetary perspective.
"Our Global Network enables our light to shine brighter and further and reaches out, as never before, to those who are not able to visit, and enables us to maintain our connection. From Falujah to Zimbabwe and far away places, Findhorn's reputation for being a beacon of light in an uncertain world will be strengthened by you. I invite you to visit usŠeither at Findhorn or online."

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The map of "the Creator"

2005-03-01T16:58:00.000-08:00

A find of Bashkir scientists contraries to traditional notions of human history: stone slab which is 120 million years covered with the relief map of Ural Region. This seems to be impossible. Scientists of Bashkir State University have found indisputable proofs of an ancient highly developed civilization's existence. The question is about a great plate found in 1999, with picture of the region done according to an unknown technology. This is a real relief map. Today's military has almost similar maps. The map contains civil engineering works: a system of channels with a length of about 12,000 km, weirs, powerful dams. Not far from the channels, diamond-shaped grounds are shown, whose destination is unknown. The map also contains some inscriptions. Even numerous inscriptions. At first, the scientists thought that was Old Chinese language. Though, it turned out that the subscriptions were done in a hieroglyphic-syllabic language of unknown origin. The scientists never managed to read it, the doctor of physical and mathematical science, professor of Bashkir State University, Alexander Chuvyrov admits, "The more I learn the more I understand that I know nothing." Namely Chuvyrov made that sensational find. (...) Geological structure of the slab was determined: it consists of three levels. The base is 14 cm chick, made of the firmest dolomite. The second level is probably the most interesting, "made" of diopside glass. The technology of its treatment is not known to modern science. Actually, the picture is marked on this level. While the third level is 2 mm thick and made of calcium porcelain protecting the map from external impact. It should be noticed, - the professor said, "that the relief has not been manually made by an ancient stonecutter. It is simply impossible. It is obvious that the stone was machined." X-ray photographs confirmed that the slab was of artificial origin and has been made with some precision tools. (...) Latest investigations of the map bring one sensation after another. Now, the scientists are sure of the map being only a fragment of a big map of the Earth. According to some hypothesis, there were totally 348 fragments like that ...

Russian DNA Discoveries

2005-03-01T14:45:00.000-08:00

From: http://www.luisprada.com/Protected/russian_dna_discoveries.htm
All information is from the book "Vernetzte Intelligenz" von Grazyna Fosar und Franz Bludorf, ISBN 3930243237.Article edited and translated from German. Summarized and commented by Baerbel. The book is unfortunately only available in German so far.
You can reach the authors here: Kontext - Forum for Border Science http://www.fosar-bludorf.com

Esoteric and spiritual teachers have known for ages that our body is programmable by language, words and thought. This has now been scientifically proven and explained.
Published for the first time in this website on February 10, 2004.The human DNA is a biological Internet and superior in many aspects to the artificial one. The latest Russian scientific research directly or indirectly explains phenomena such as clairvoyance, intuition, spontaneous and remote acts of healing, self healing, affirmation techniques, unusual light/auras around people (namely spiritual masters), mind's influence on weather patterns and much more.
In addition, there is evidence for a whole new type of medicine in which DNA can be influenced and reprogrammed by words and frequencies WITHOUT cutting out and replacing single genes. Only 10% of our DNA is being used for building proteins. It is this subset of DNA that is of interest to western researchers and is being examined and categorized. The other 90% are considered "junk DNA."The Russian researchers, however, convinced that nature was not dumb, joined linguists and geneticists in a venture to explore that 90% of "junk DNA." Their results, findings and conclusions are simply revolutionary!
According to there findings, our DNA is not only responsible for the construction of our body but also serves as data storage and communication. The Russian linguists found that the genetic code -especially in the apparent "useless" 90%- follows the same rules as all our human languages.To this end they compared the rules of syntax (the way in which words are put together to form phrases and sentences), semantics (the study of meaning in language forms) and the basic rules of grammar. They found that the alkalines of our DNA follow a regular grammar and do have set rules just like our languages. Therefore, human languages did not appear coincidentally but are a reflection of our inherent DNA.
The Russian biophysicist and molecular biologist Pjotr Garjajev and his colleagues also explored the vibrational behavior of DNA. In brief the bottom line was: "Living chromosomes function just like a holographic computer using endogenous DNA laser radiation." This means that they managed, for example, to modulate certain frequency patterns (sound) onto a laser-like ray which influenced DNA frequency and thus the genetic information itself.
Since the basic structure of DNA-alkaline pairs and of language (as explained earlier) is of the same structure, no DNA decoding is necessary. One can simply use words and sentences of the human language! This, too, was experimentally proven!
Living DNA substance (in living tissue, not in vitro) will always react to language-modulated laser rays and even to radio waves, if the proper frequencies (sound) are being used. This finally and scientifically explains why affirmations, hypnosis and the like can have such strong effects on humans and their bodies. It is entirely normal and natural for our DNA to react to language.
While western researchers cut single genes from DNA strands and insert them elsewhere, the Russians enthusiastically created devices that influence cellular metabolism through modulated radio and light frequencies, thus repairing genetic defects.They even captured information patterns of a particular DNA and transmitted it onto another, thus reprogramming cells to another genome. So they successfully transformed, for example, frog embryos to salamander embryos simply by transmitting the DNA information patterns! This way the entire information was transmitted without any of the side effects or disharmonies encountered when cutting out and re-introducing single genes from the DNA.
This represents an unbelievable, world-transforming revolution and sensation: by simply applying vibration (sound frequencies) and language instead of the archaic cutting-out procedure!This experiment points to the immense power of wave genetics, which obviously has a greater influence on the formation of organisms than the biochemical processes of alkaline sequences.
Esoteric and spiritual teachers have known for ages that our body is programmable by language, words and thought. This has now been scientifically proven and explained.
Of course the frequency has to be correct. And this is why not everybody is equally successful or can do it with always the same strength. The individual person must work on the inner processes and development in order to establish a conscious communication with the DNA.
The Russian researchers work on a method that is not dependent on these factors but will ALWAYS work, provided one uses the correct frequency. But the higher developed an individual's consciousness is, the less need is there for any type of device: one can achieve these results by oneself. Science will finally stop laughing at such ideas and will confirm and explain the results. And it doesn't end there.
The Russian scientists also found out that our DNA can cause disturbing patterns in a vacuum, thus producing magnetized wormholes! Wormholes are the microscopic equivalents of the so-called Einstein-Rosen bridges in the vicinity of black holes (left by burned-out stars).These are tunnel connections between entirely different areas in the universe through which information can be transmitted outside of space and time. The DNA attracts these bits of information and passes them on to our consciousness. This process of hyper-communication (telepathy, channeling) is most effective in a state of relaxation.
Stress, worry or a hyperactive intellect prevent successful hyper-communication or the information will be totally distorted and useless. In nature, hyper-communication has been successfully applied for millions of years. The organized flow of life in insects proves this dramatically. Modern man knows it only on a much more subtle level as "intuition." But we, too, can regain full use of it.As an example from nature, when a queen ant is separated from her colony, the remaining worker ants will continue building fervently according to plan. However, if the queen is killed, all work in the colony stops. No ant will know what to do. Apparently, the queen transmits the "building plans" even if far away - via the group consciousness with her subjects. She can be as far away as she wants, as long as she is alive.
In humans, hyper-communication is most often encountered when one suddenly gains access to information that is outside one's knowledge base. Such hyper-communication is then experienced as inspiration or intuition (also in trance channeling). The Italian composer Giuseppe Tartini, for instance, dreamt one night that a devil sat at his bedside playing the violin. The next morning Tartini was able to note down the piece exactly from memory. He called it the Devil's Trill Sonata.
For years, a 42-year old male nurse dreamt of a situation in which he was hooked up to a kind of knowledge CD-ROM. Verifiable knowledge from all imaginable fields was then transmitted to him that he was able to recall in the morning. There was such a flood of information that it seemed a whole encyclopedia was transmitted at night. The majorities of facts were outside his personal knowledge base and reached technical details of which he knew absolutely nothing. When hyper-communication occurs, one can observe in the DNA, as well as in the human, supernatural phenomena.
The Russian scientists irradiated DNA samples with laser light. On screen, a typical wave pattern was formed. When they removed the DNA sample, the wave pattern did not disappear, it remained. Many controlled experiments showed that the pattern continued to come from the removed sample, whose energy field apparently remained by itself. This effect is now called phantom DNA effect. It is surmised that energy from outside of space and time still flows through the activated wormholes after the DNA was removed. The side effects encountered most often in hyper-communication in humans are inexplicable electromagnetic fields in the vicinity of the persons concerned.
Electronic devices like CD players and the like can be irritated and cease to function for hours. When the electromagnetic field slowly dissipates, the devices function normally again. Many healers and psychics know this effect from their work: the better the atmosphere and energy, the more frustrating it can be for recording devices as they stop functioning at that exact moment. Often by next morning all is back to normal.
Perhaps this is reassuring to read for many, as it has nothing to do with them being technically inept; it means they are good at hyper-communication.
In their book Vernetzte Intelligenz, Grazyna Gosar and Franz Bludorf explain these connections precisely and clearly. The authors also quote sources presuming that in earlier times humanity had been just like the animals: very strongly connected to group consciousness and thereby acted as a group. In order to develop and experience individuality, however, we humans had to forget hyper-communication almost completely.
Now that we are fairly stable in our individual consciousness, we can create a new form of group consciousness -namely one in which we attain access to all information via our DNA without being forced or remotely controlled about what to do with that information. We now know that just as we use the internet, our DNA can feed proper data into the network, can retrieve data from the network, and can establish contact with other participants in the network. Remote healing, telepathy or "remote sensing" about the state of another can thus be explained. Some animals know from afar when their owners plan to return home. This can be freshly interpreted and explained via the concepts of group consciousness and hyper-communication.
Any collective consciousness cannot be sensibly used over any period of time without a distinctive individuality; otherwise we would revert to a primitive herd instinct that is easily manipulated. Hyper-communication in the new millennium means something quite different.Researchers think that if humans with full individuality would regain group consciousness, they would have a god-like power to create, alter and shape things on Earth! AND humanity is collectively moving toward such a group consciousness of the new kind.Fifty percent of children will become a problem as soon as they go to school, since the system lumps everyone together and demands adjustment. But the individuality of today's children is so strong that they refuse this adjustment and resist giving up their idiosyncrasies in the most diverse ways.
At the same time more and more clairvoyant children are born. Something in those children is striving more towards the group consciousness of the new kind, and it can no longer be suppressed.As a rule, weather for example is rather difficult to influence by a single individual. But it may be influenced by group consciousness (nothing new about this to some indigenous tribes). Weather is strongly influenced by Earth resonance frequencies (Schumann frequencies). But those same frequencies are also produced in our brains, and when many people synchronize their thinking or when individuals (spiritual masters, for instance) focus their thoughts in a laser-like fashion, then it is not at all surprising that they can influence the weather.
A modern day civilization which develops group consciousness would have neither environmental problems nor scarcity of energy: for if it were to use such mental powers as a unified civilization, it would have control of the energies of its home planet as a natural consequence.
When a great number of people become unified with higher intention as in meditating on peace -potentials of violence also dissolve.Apparently, DNA is also an organic superconductor that can work at normal body temperature, as opposed to artificial superconductors which require extremely low temperatures between -200 and -140°C to function. In addition, all superconductors are able to store light and thus information. This further explains how DNA can store information.There is another phenomenon linked to DNA and wormholes. Normally, these super-small wormholes are highly unstable and are maintained only for the tiniest fractions of a second. Under certain conditions stable wormholes can organize themselves, which then form distinctive vacuum domains in which for example, gravity can transform into electricity. Vacuum domains are self-radiant balls of ionized gas that contain considerable amounts of energy. There are regions in Russia where such radiant balls appear very often.
Following the ensuing confusion the Russians started massive research programs leading finally to some of the discoveries mentioned above. Many people know vacuum domains as shiny balls in the sky. The attentive look at them in wonder and ask themselves, what they could be.
I thought once: "Hello up there. If you happen to be a UFO, fly in a triangle." And suddenly, the light balls moved in a triangle. Or they shot across the sky like ice hockey pucks: they accelerated from zero to crazy speeds while sliding silently across the sky. One is left gawking and I have, as many others, too, thought them to be UFOs. Friendly ones, apparently, as they flew in triangles just to please me.
Now, the Russians found -in the regions where vacuum domains often appear- that sometimes fly as balls of light from the ground upwards into the sky, and that these balls can be guided by thought. Since then it has been found that vacuum domains emit waves of low frequency that are also produced in our brains and because of this similarity of waves they are able to react to our thoughts. To run excitedly into one that is on ground level might not be such a great idea, because those balls of light can contain immense energies and are capable of mutating our genes.
Many spiritual teachers also produce such visible balls or columns of light in deep meditation or during energy work, which trigger decidedly pleasant feelings and do not cause any harm. Apparently this is also dependent on some inner order, quality and origin of the vacuum domain. There are some spiritual teachers, like the young Englishman Ananda, for example, with whom nothing is seen at first, but when one tries to take a photograph while they sit and speak or meditate in hyper-communication, one gets only a picture of a white cloud on a chair.In certain Earth healing projects, such light effects also appear on photographs. Simply put, this phenomena has to do with gravity and anti-gravity forces that are ever more stable forms of wormholes and displays of hyper-communication with energies from outside our time and space structure. Earlier generations that experienced such hyper-communication and visible vacuum domains were convinced that an angel had appeared before them: and we cannot be too sure to what forms of consciousness we can get access when using hyper-communication.
Not having scientific proof for their actual existence, people having had such experiences do NOT all suffer from hallucinations. We have simply made another giant step towards understanding our reality. Official science also knows of gravity anomalies on Earth that contribute to the formation of vacuum domains. Recently gravity anomalies have been found in Rocca di Papa, south of Rome.

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IMAGINE - John Lennon

2005-03-01T14:36:00.000-08:00

Imagine there's no Heaven

It's easy if you try

No hell below us

Above us only sky

Imagine all the peopleLiving for today

Imagine there's no countriesIt isn't hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people

Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

National ID - Gateway To Bio-Chip Implant

2005-03-01T14:28:00.000-08:00

By Paul Walter

Last week the House of Representatives passed an unconstitutional piece of legislation which will force all Americans to accept a national ID/driver's license. Those who refuse to accept this card will not be able to fly, take the train and one day you will be unable to travel the roads and streets without "your papers, please!" According to Congressman Ron Paul, "The bill establishes a huge, centrally database of highly personal information about American citizens: at a minimum their name, date of birth, place of residence, social security number and other sensitive data. [Read: National ID Bill Masquerading as Immigration Reform]
The bill even provides for this sensitive information to be shared with Canada and Mexico! Imagine a corrupt Mexican official selling thousands of identify files, including social security numbers to criminals."Congressman Paul goes on to say, "Supporters claim the national ID scheme is voluntary. However, any state that opts out will automatically make non-persons out of its citizens. The citizens of that state will be unable to have any dealings with the federal government because their ID will not be accepted. They will not be able to fly or to take a train. In essence, in the eyes of the federal government they will cease to exist. It is absurd to call this voluntary, and the proponents of the national ID know that every state will have no choice but to comply."
Of course, this is unconstitutional and not just because the federal government has issued a direct threat to the sovereign states of the Union and their citizens. The driver's license and state identification cards are and always have been the domain of the states under the Tenth Amendment.Congress is trying to crush the independence of the states and the people should rise up and tell their U.S. Senators that while the House has passed this draconian piece of Nazi-style legislation, that you will refuse to accept these documents. Enormous heat must be put on the Senate to kill this legislation.Only someone with their head in the sand can't see what's coming. Because these IDs will become like gold on the black market, counterfeiting will become so massive as we have already seen with theft identity, the next logical step is forced biometric implantable chips - into your right wrist. Congress is consistent at creating a mess and then destroying your rights to "fix it." Nothing could be further from the truth as we have seen over and over and over with all these broken government systems.How can anyone deny this? Being forced to have a bio chip implanted under their skin isn't the Mark of the Beast as foretold in the Bible where you will be unable to do any business, commerce or travel without it? Now is the time to demand the Oregon State Legislature refuse to allow the federal machine to come into our state and force such draconian, Nazi-style intrusions into our lives. Speak up now or in a few years you'll be sporting the Mark of the Beast.Is our government using the fear and threat of terrorism to enslave us all? You bet they are.Note: National drivers license is the precursor for the bio-chip implant. You see, if they demand bio chip implant right of[f] the bat, people won't accept it. So, the stage has to be set first. Once the people accept the national drivers license, it will be a cinch to sell the sheep the bio chip implant, guaranteed, all in the name of security. And the 501-c-3 corporate church leadership will help them.

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UFOs hidden under electromagnetic flux invisible to human eyes ...

2005-03-01T14:15:00.000-08:00

QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN RAISED LATELY ABOUT THE ACCURACY OF CLAIMS MADE THROUGH THIS SOURCE WHICH IS NOT BASED IN INDIA BUT IN THE U.S. STILL THIS IS AN INTERESTING PIECE...
From: http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/1629.asp

UFOs hidden under electromagnetic flux invisible to human eyes but thousands of them are hovering all around us Feb. 16, 2005 Scientists in India finally understands how UFOs hover all around us without being visible. In Pune, India, some DRDO (Indian Defence Research & Development Organization) engineers are busy experimenting with a device that can see through the stealth effects of intense electromagnetic flux. According to some of these super smart brains of India, the final stealth effects come from creating an intense electromagnetic flux around any object. The Russians have been experimenting with similar stealth mechanisms. The electromagnetic flux can be created through very advanced applications of super conductors. There are paranormal means of creating this flux that make anything invisible in true sense. The electromagnetic flux can be created through spiritual concentration by any human being. When such an event takes place, strange phenomena happen. And people call it miracle, heavenly effects and so on.
The scientists are getting very early indications that electromagnetic flux is used to keep the UFOs invisible from human eyes. Some animals have sensors that can sense energy levels beyond the electromagnetic flux. Probably dogs or cats are seeing UFOs all the time. But they cannot express what they see. According to these scientists, a device that can see through electromagnetic flux is able to see UFOs all the time. The reason why UFOs are visible only in very rare cases and for a short time is as follows: When a UFO enters the earth's atmosphere and approaches an object or a destination in the earth, the UFO has to transform from ultrasonic speed (speed of light times n) and maneuvering techniques to sonic or supersonic levels and adjust to earth's electromagnetic and gravitational effects. Right at that moment, to avoid electromagnetic interference, the artificial flux is withdrawn for a very short span of time. After reaching speed levels that the UFO can use in earth's atmosphere, the electromagnetic flux or cloud is regenerated and put all around the UFO. That explains why in many countries the Air Force Pilots have chased an UFO only to have them disappear in front of their own eyes.
Based on this new discovery, there can be innumerable UFOs all around us. There are early indications that teleport mechanisms will also come from advanced research of electromagnetic flux.

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What do trees know that humans don't know?

2005-02-18T00:45:00.000-08:00

A LETTER FROM THE FUTURE

2005-02-18T00:04:00.000-08:00

From: http://www.museletter.com/archive/110.html
By Richard HeinbergMarch 2002

Greetings to you, people of the year 2001! You are living in the year of my birth; I am one hundred years old now, writing to you from the year 2101. I am using the last remnants of the advanced physics that scientists developed during your era, in order to send this electronic message back in time to one of your computer networks. I hope that you receive it, and that it will give you reason to pause and reflect on your world and what actions to take with regard to it.Of myself I shall say only what it is necessary to say: I am a survivor. I have been extremely fortunate on many occasions and in many ways, and I regard it as something of a miracle that I am here to compose this message. I have spent much of my life attempting to pursue the career of historian, but circumstances have compelled me also to learn and practice the skills of farmer, forager, guerrilla fighter, engineer - and now physicist. My life has been long and eventful . . . but that is not what I have gone to so much trouble to convey to you. It is what I have witnessed during this past century that I feel compelled to tell you by these extraordinary means.
You are living at the end of an era. Perhaps you cannot understand that. I hope that, by the time you have finished reading this letter, you will.I want to tell you what is important for you to know, but you may find some of this information hard to absorb. Please have patience with me. I am an old man and I don't have much time for niceties. If what I say seems unbelievable, think of it as science fiction. But please pay attention. The communication device I am using is quite unstable and there's no telling how much of my story will actually get through to you. Please pass it along to others. It will probably be the only such message you will ever receive.Since I don't know how much information I will actually be able to convey, I'll start with the most important items, ones that will be of greatest help in your understanding of where your world is headed. Energy has been the central organizing - or should I say, disorganizing? - principle of this century. Actually, in historical retrospect, I would have to say that energy was the central organizing principle of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as well. People discovered new energy sources - coal, then petroleum - in the nineteenth century, and then invented all sorts of new technologies to make use of this freshly released energy. Transportation, manufacturing, agriculture, lighting, heating - all were revolutionized, and the results reached deep into the lives of everyone in the industrialized world. Everybody became utterly dependent on the new gadgets; on imported, chemically fertilized food; on chemically synthesized and fossil-fuel-delivered therapeutic drugs; on the very idea of perpetual growth (after all, it would always be possible to produce more energy to fuel more transportation and manufacturing - wouldn't it?). Well, if the nineteenth and twentieth centuries were the upside of the growth curve, this past century has been the downside - the cliff. It should have been perfectly obvious to everyone that the energy sources on which they were coming to rely were exhaustible. Somehow the thought never sank in very deep. I suppose that's because people generally tend to get used to a certain way of life, and from then on they don't think about it very much. That's true today, too. The young people now have never known anything different; they take for granted our way of life - scavenging among the remains of industrial civilization for whatever can be put to immediate use - as though this is how people have always lived, as if this is how we were meant to live. That's why I've always been attracted to history, so that I could get some perspective on human societies as they change through time. But I'm digressing. Where was I?
Yes - the energy crisis. Well, it all started around the time I was born. Folks then thought it would be brief, that it was just a political or technical problem, that soon everything would get back to normal. They didn't stop to think that "normal," in the longer-term historical sense, meant living on the energy budget of incoming sunlight and of the vegetative growth of the biosphere. Perversely, they thought "normal" meant using fossil energy like there was no tomorrow. And, I guess, there almost wasn't. That was a classic self-confirming expectation - nearly.
At first, most people thought the shortages could be solved with "technology." However, in retrospect that's quite ludicrous. After all, their modern gadgetry had been invented to use a temporary abundance of energy. It didn't produce energy. Yes, there were the nuclear reactors (heavens, those things turned out to be nightmares!), but they cost so much energy to build and decommission that the power they produced during their lifetimes barely paid for them in energy terms. The same with photovoltaic panels: it seems that nobody ever sat down and calculated how much energy it actually took to manufacture them, starting with the silicon wafers produced as byproducts of the computer industry, and including the construction of the manufacturing plant itself. It turned out that the making of the panels ate up nearly as much power as the panels themselves generated during their lifetime. Nevertheless, quite a few of them were built - I wish that more had been! - and many are still operating (that's what's powering the device that allows me to transmit this signal to you from the future). Solar power was a good idea; its main drawback was simply that it was incapable of satisfying people's energy-guzzling habits. With the exhaustion of fossil fuels, no technology could have maintained the way of life that people had gotten used to. But it took quite a while for many to realize that. Their pathetic faith in technology turned out to be almost religious in character, as though their gadgets were votive objects connecting them with an invisible but omnipotent god capable of overturning the laws of thermodynamics.
Naturally, some of the first effects of the energy shortages showed up as economic recessions, followed by an endless depression. The economists had been operating on the basis of their own religion - an absolute, unshakable faith in the Market-as-God; in supply-and-demand. They figured that if oil started to run out, the price would rise, offering incentives for research into alternatives. But the economists never bothered to think this through. If they had, they would have realized that the revamping of society's entire energy infrastructure would take decades, while the price signal from resource shortages might come only weeks or months before some hypothetical replacement would be needed. Moreover, they should have realized that there was no substitute for basic energy resources.The economists could think only in terms of money; basic necessities like water and energy only showed up in their calculations in terms of dollar cost, which made them functionally interchangeable with everything else that was priceable - oranges, airliners, diamonds, baseball cards, whatever. But, in the last analysis, basic resources weren't interchangeable with other economic goods at all: you couldn't drink baseball cards, no matter how big or valuable your collection, once the water ran out. Nor could you eat dollars, if nobody had food to sell. And so, after a certain point, people started to lose faith in their money. And as they did so, they realized that faith had been the only thing that made money worth anything in the first place. Currencies just collapsed - first in one country, then in another. There was inflation, deflation, barter, and thievery on every imaginable scale as matters sorted themselves out.In the era when I was born, commentators used to liken the global economy to a casino. A few folks were making trillions of dollars, euros, and yen trading in currencies, companies, and commodity futures. None of these people were actually doing anything useful; they were just laying down their bets and, in many cases, raking in colossal winnings. If you followed the economic chain, you'd see that all of that money was coming out of ordinary people's pockets . . . but that's another story. Anyway: all of that economic activity depended on energy, on global transportation and communication, and on faith in the currencies. Early in the twenty-first century, the global casino went bankrupt. Gradually, a new metaphor became operational. We went from global casino to village flea market.
With less energy available each year, and with unstable currencies plaguing transactions, manufacturing and transportation shrank in scale. It didn't matter how little Nike paid its workers in Indonesia: once shipping became prohibitively expensive, profits from the globalization of its operations vanished. But Nike couldn't just start up factories back in the States again; all of those factories had been closed two decades earlier. The same with all the other clothing manufacturers, electronics manufacturers, and so on. All of that local manufacturing infrastructure had been destroyed to make way for globalization, for cheaper goods, for bigger corporate profits. And now, to recreate that infrastructure would require a huge financial and energy investment - just when money and energy were in ever shorter supply.Stores were empty. People were out of work. How were they to survive? The only way they could do so was by endlessly recycling all the used stuff that had been manufactured before the energy crisis. At first, after the initial economic shock waves, people were selling their stuff on internet auctions - when there was electricity. Then, when it became clear that lack of reliable transportation made delivery of the goods problematic, people started selling stuff on street corners so they could pay their rents and mortgages and buy food. But, after the currency collapse, that didn't make sense either, so people began just trading stuff, refurbishing it, using it however they could in order to get by. The cruel irony was that most of their stuff consisted of cars and electronic gadgets that nobody could afford to operate anymore. Worthless! Anybody who had human-powered hand tools and knew how to use them was wealthy indeed. And still is.
Industrial civilization sure produced a hell of a lot of junk during its brief existence. Over the past fifty or sixty years, folks have dug up just about every landfill there ever was, looking for anything at all that could be useful. What a god-awful mess! With all due respect, I have always had a hard time understanding why - and even how - you people could take billions of tons of invaluable, ancient, basic resources and turn them into mountains of stinking garbage, with apparently almost no measurable period of practical use in between! Couldn't you at least have made durable, well-designed stuff? I must say that the quality of the tools, furniture, houses, and so on that we have inherited from you - and are forced to use, given that few of us are capable of replacing them - is pretty dismal.Well, I apologize for those last remarks. I don't mean to be nasty or rude. Actually some of the hand tools left behind are quite good. But you have to understand: the industrial way of life to which you have become accustomed will have horrific consequences for your children and grandchildren. I can vaguely remember seeing - when I was very young, maybe five or six - some old television shows from the 1950s: Ozzie and Harriet . . . Father Knows Best . . . Lassie. They portrayed an innocent world, one in which children grew up in small communities surrounded by friends and family. All problems were easily dealt with by adults who were mostly kind and wise. It all seemed so stable and benign.When I was born, that world, if it had ever really existed, was long gone. By the time I was old enough to know much about what was happening on the bigger scene, society was beginning to come apart at the seams. It started with electricity blackouts - just a few hours at a time at first. Then the natural gas shortages clicked in. Not only were we cold most of the winter, but the blackouts got dramatically worse because so much electricity was being produced using natural gas. And then the oil and gasoline shortages hit. At this point - I guess I was a young teenager then - the economy was in tatters and there was political chaos.By the time I was an older teenager, a certain identifiable attitude was developing among the young people. It was a feeling of utter contempt for anyone over a certain age - maybe thirty or forty. The adults had consumed so many resources, and now there were none left for their own children. Of course, when those adults were younger they had just been doing what everybody else was doing. They figured it was normal to cut down ancient forests for wood pulp for their phone books, pump every last gallon of oil to power their SUVs, or flick on the air conditioner if they were a little warm. For the kids of my generation, all of that was just a dim memory. What we knew was very different. We were living in darkness, with shortages of food and water, with riots in the streets, with people begging on street corners, with unpredictable weather, with pollution and garbage that could no longer be carted away and hidden from sight. For us, the adults were the enemy.
In some places, the age wars remained just a matter of simmering resentment. In others, there were random attacks on older people. In still others, there were systematic purges. I'm ashamed to say that, while I didn't actually physically attack any older people, I did participate in the shaming and name-calling. Those poor old folks - some of them still quite young, by my present perspective! - were just as confused and betrayed as we kids were. I can imagine myself in their shoes. Try to do the same: try to remember the last time you went to a store to buy something and the store didn't have it. (This little thought exercise is a real stretch for me, since I haven't been in a "store" that actually had much of anything for several decades, but I'm trying to put this in terms that you will understand.) Did you feel frustrated? Did you get angry, thinking, "I drove all the way here for this thing, and now I'm going to have to drive all the way across town to another store to get it"? Well, multiply that frustration and anger by a thousand, ten thousand. This is what people were going through every day, with regard to just about every consumer item, service, or bureaucratic necessity they had grown accustomed to. Moreover, those adults had lost most of what they had in the economic crash. And now gangs of kids were stealing whatever was left and heaping scorn on them as they did so. That must have been devastating for them. Unbearable.
Now that I'm so ancient myself, I have a little more tolerance for people. We're all just trying to get by, doing the best we can.I suppose you're curious to know more about what has happened during this past century - the politics, wars, revolutions. Well, I'll tell you what I know, but there's a lot that I don't. For the last sixty years or so we haven't had anything like the global communications networks that used to exist. There are large parts of the world about which I know almost nothing. But I'll share what I can.As you can imagine, when the energy resource shortages hit the United States and the economy started to go into a tailspin (it's interesting that I still use that word: only the oldest among us, such as myself, have ever seen an airplane tailspin, nose-dive, or even fly), people became angry and started looking around for someone to blame. Of course, the government didn't want to be the culprit, so those bastards in power (sorry, I still don't have much sympathy for them) did what political leaders have always done - they created a foreign enemy. They sent warships, bombers, missiles, and tanks off across the oceans for heaven knows what grisly purpose. People were told that this was being done to protect their "American Way of Life." Well, there was nothing on Earth that could have accomplished that. It was the American Way of Life that was the problem!The generals managed to kill a few million people. Actually, it could have been tens or hundreds of millions for all I know; the news media were never very clear on that, since they were censored by the military. There were antiwar protests in the streets, and persecutions of the antiwar protesters - some of whom were rounded up and put in concentration camps. The government became utterly fascistic in its methods toward the end. There were local uprisings and brutal crackdowns. But it was all for nothing. The wars only depleted what few resources were still available, and after five horrible years the central government just collapsed. Ran out of gas.
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See also:
China and the Final War for Resources
http://www.321energy.com/editorials/winston/winston020905.html
Unrestricted War: China's Master Plan to Destroy America is a treatise for world domination written in 1999 by People's Liberation Army Colonels Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui. In order for China to become a dominant global power over the United States, the PLA emphasizes "The Final War over Resources", must be won. CLIP

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Kyoto Protocol Basics

2005-02-18T00:01:00.000-08:00

What is the Kyoto protocol?It's a pact agreed by government delegates at a 1997 U.N. conference in Kyoto, Japan, to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by developed countries by 5.2 percent of 1990 levels during 2008-2012. A total of 141 nations have ratified the pact, according to U.N. data.Is it the first agreement of its kind?Governments originally agreed to tackle climate change at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. At that meeting, leaders created the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, which set a non-binding goal of stabilizing emissions at 1990 levels by 2000, a goal not met overall. The Kyoto protocol is the follow-up to that and is the first legally binding global agreement to cut greenhouse gases.Is it legally binding?Kyoto will have legal force for its participants from Feb. 16 after meeting twin conditions -- backing from at least 55 countries and support from nations representing at least 55 percent of developed countries' carbon dioxide emissions. It passed the second hurdle in November 2004 when Russia ratified and now has backing from nations representing 61.6 percent of emissions. The United States, the world's biggest emitter, has pulled out, saying Kyoto is too expensive and wrongly omits developing nations.
How will it be enforced?Under a 2001 deal made by environment ministers, if countries emit more gases than allowed under their targets at the end of 2012, they will be required to make the cuts, and 30 percent more, in the second commitment period, which is due to start in 2013. They rejected the idea of a financial penalty.Must all cut emissions by 5.2 percent?No, only 39 countries -- relatively developed ones -- have target levels for the 2008-12 period, adhering to a principle that richer countries should take the lead. Each country negotiated different targets, with Russia aiming for stabilization at 1990 levels and the European Union taking an eight percent cut.How are supporters doing so far?Many countries are lagging behind Kyoto targets. Emissions by Spain and Portugal were 40.5 percent above 1990 levels in 2002. U.S. emissions were up 13.1 percent. Emissions by ex-communist bloc states fell most sharply due to the collapse of Soviet-era industries -- Russian emissions were down 38.5 percent.What are greenhouse gases?Greenhouse gases are gases that trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere. The main one is carbon dioxide (CO2), and burning fossil fuel has added to natural emissions. The protocol also covers methane (CH4), much of which comes from agriculture and waste dumps, and nitrous oxide (N2O), mostly a result of fertilizer use. Three industrial gases used in various applications, such as refrigerants, heat conductors and insulators, are also included -- they are hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6).
How will countries comply?The European Union set up a new market in January 2005 under which about 12,000 factories and power stations are given carbon dioxide quotas. If they overshoot they can buy extra allowances in the market or pay a financial penalty; if they undershoot they can sell them. Prices in the EU market are now about 7.2 euros per metric ton.
What if a country misses its target?The protocol provides for "flexible mechanisms" -- ways for countries to reach their targets without actually reducing emissions at home. These include emissions trading -- where one country buys the right to emit from a country that has already reduced its emissions sufficiently and has "spare" emissions reductions. Another is the "clean development mechanism" where developed countries can earn credits to offset against their targets by funding clean technologies, such as solar power, in poorer countries. Countries can also claim credits for planting trees in the Third World that soak up CO2 -- so-called carbon "sinks."
U.S. cites investmentsThe Clinton administration signed the protocol in 1997, but the U.S. Senate refused to ratify it, citing potential damage to the U.S. economy and insisting that it also cover countries with fast-growing economies such as China and India.
President Bush in 2001 withdrew the United States, the world's top greenhouse gas emitter, saying it was too costly and wrongly excluded developing nations from goals for 2012. Australia has also withdrawn.On Tuesday, the State Department noted that the Bush administration intends to spend nearly $5 billion in 2005 on research into climate change and potential technology to fight it."While the United States and countries with binding emissions restrictions under the Kyoto Protocol are taking different paths, our destination is the same, and compatible with other efforts," said spokesman Richard Boucher.In addition, he said, $700 million will be available in tax incentives for renewable energy and energy efficiency programs and $200 million will be spent on foreign aid programs that contribute to climate change benefits.Ebell is among those who agrees with that approach. "India, China and other major developing nations have come to agree with the Bush Administration that even if global warming does turn out to be a problem, then the only workable solution will be long-term technological transformation of the global energy sector," he said. "Now we need to work on expanding that consensus to include the EU and Japan."
In any case, most agree the fight against climate change after 2012 hinges on policies by Washington, which has rejected Kyoto-style caps on emissions."Kyoto won't work unless the United States is included after 2012," said Bo Kjellen, a researcher at Britain's Tyndall Centre. Countries like China or India would feel little incentive to sign up if Washington is exempted, he said.

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It's Much Too Late to Sweat Global Warming

2005-02-17T23:56:00.000-08:00

From: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/02/13/INGP4B7GC91.DTL

By Mark Hertsgaard

It's Much Too Late to Sweat Global WarmingBy Mark Hertsgaard - The San Francisco Chronicle13 February 2005Time to prepare for inevitable effects of our ill-fated future.At the core of the global warming dilemma is a fact neither side of the debate likes to talk about: It is already too late to prevent global warming and the climate change it sets off.Environmentalists won't say this for fear of sounding alarmist or defeatist. Politicians won't say it because then they'd have to do something about it. The world's top climate scientists have been sending this message, however, with increasing urgency for many years.
Since 1988, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, comprised of more than 2,000 scientific and technical experts from around the world, has conducted the most extensive peer-reviewed scientific inquiry in history.In its 2001 report, the panel said that human-caused global warming had already begun, and much sooner than expected. What's more, the problem is bound to get worse, perhaps a lot worse, before it gets better.
Last month, the climate change panel's chairman, Rajendra Pachauri, upped the ante. Although Pachauri was installed after the Bush administration forced out his predecessor, Robert Watson, for pushing too hard for action, the accumulation of evidence led Pachauri to embrace apocalyptic language: "We are risking the ability of the human race to survive," he said.Until now, most public discussion about global warming has focused on how to prevent it - for example, by implementing the Kyoto Protocol, which comes into force internationally (but without U.S. participation) on Wednesday. But prevention is no longer a sufficient option. No matter how many "green" cars and solar panels Kyoto eventually calls into existence, the hard fact is that a certain amount of global warming is inevitable.
The world community therefore must make a strategic shift. It must expand its response to global warming to emphasize both long-term and short-term protection. Rising sea levels and more weather-related disasters will be a fact of life on this planet for decades to come, and we have to get ready for them.Among the steps needed to defend ourselves is quick action to fortify emergency response capabilities worldwide, to shield or relocate vulnerable coastal communities and to prepare for increased migration flows by environmental refugees.We must also play offense. We must retroactively shrink the amount of warming facing us by redoubling efforts to remove existing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and sequester them where they are no longer dangerous. One way is to plant trees, which absorb carbon dioxide via photosynthesis.Researchers are exploring many other methods as well, some of them supported by the Bush administration. And Norway is burying carbon dioxide in abandoned oil wells beneath the North Sea.
The problem with the Kyoto Protocol is not that the 5 percent greenhouse gas emission reductions it mandates don't go far enough, though they don't. (The climate change panel urges 50 to 70 percent reductions.)The problem is that Kyoto governs only future emissions. No matter how well the protocol works, it will have no effect on past emissions, which are what have made global warming unavoidable.Contrary to the impression given by some news reports, global warming is not like a light switch that can be turned off if we simply stop burning so much oil, coal and gas.
There is a lag effect of about 50 to 100 years. That's how long carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas, remains in the atmosphere after it is emitted from auto tailpipes, home furnaces and industrial smokestacks.So even if humanity stopped burning fossil fuels tomorrow, the planet would continue warming for decades.So far, the greenhouse gases released during two-plus centuries of industrialization have increased global temperatures by about 1 degree Fahrenheit and raised sea levels by 4 to 7 inches.
They have also given rise to the larger phenomenon of climate change. The climate change panel scientists predict that because of global warming, the future will bring more and deadlier weather of all kinds - more hurricanes, tornadoes, downpours, heat waves, droughts and blizzards - and all that comes in their aftermath: flooding, landslides, power outages, crop failures, property damage, disease, hunger, poverty and loss of life.In California, torrential rains induced a mudslide on Jan. 11 that killed 10 people, buried children alive and crushed dozens of houses. In 2003, a record summer heat wave killed 35,000 people, most of them elderly, in Western Europe. And this is just the beginning.Scientists are careful to say that no single weather event can be definitively linked to global warming, but the trend is unmistakable to the insurance companies that end up paying the bill.
"Man-made climate change will bring us increasingly extreme natural events and, consequently, increasingly large catastrophe losses," an official of Munich Re, the world's large reinsurance company, said recently. Swiss Re expects losses to reach $150 billion a year within this decade.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair regards climate change as "the single biggest long-term problem" of any kind facing his country. His government's top scientist, Sir David King, goes further, calling climate change "the biggest danger humanity has faced in 5,000 years of civilization."Although the Bush White House continues to downplay the urgency of global warming, some parts of the Bush administration have recognized the gravity of the situation. A report released last year by the Pentagon's Office of Net Assessments said that by 2020, climate change could unleash a series of interlocking catastrophes including mega-droughts, mass starvation and even nuclear war as countries like China and India battle over river valleys and other sources of scarce food and water.All of this underlines the urgency of revising the world's response to climate change. To be sure, it remains essential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by strengthening the Kyoto Protocol and augmenting it with other measures. Otherwise, the amount of warming that civilization eventually will have to endure will prove too great to survive.
In the meantime, it is imperative to prepare against the climate change already on its way.The need for such a two-track strategy of prevention and protection is gaining acceptance from most of the world's governments. In Britain, the Department of the Environment promises to publish its strategy for adapting to global warming by the end of 2005.At the most recent international meeting on global warming, held in Buenos Aires in December, a majority of the delegates supported the establishment of a fund to aid countries already suffering from the early effects of global warming.A leading candidate for such aid is Tuvalu. A Pacific atoll whose highest point is 12 feet above sea level, Tuvalu was largely submerged last year by 10- foot seasonal high tides. But the United States opposed the adaptation assistance, arguing that there is no "certainty what constitutes a dangerous level of warming..."
Preparing to live through the global climate change bearing down on our civilization will be an enormous undertaking. It will require immense financial resources, technical expertise and organizational skill. But perhaps what's needed most of all, especially in the United States, is fresh thinking and political leadership - an acceptance that climate change is inescapable and requires immediate counter-measures.
The unspeakable death and destruction wrought by the Indian Ocean tsunami showed what can happen when people are unprepared for disaster, but there is no reason global warming should take us by surprise.Our civilization's early warning system - the scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - have been telling us for years that great danger is approaching. The question is, will we act quickly and decisively enough to protect ourselves against the coming storm? Or will we simply stand and face our fate naked, proud and unafraid?
---Mark Hertsgaard is the author most recently of "The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World;" and "Earth Odyssey: Around the World In Search of Our Environmental Future."

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Bad Seed

2005-02-17T23:50:00.000-08:00

http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/20050209202055239
(...) The Bush administration, as usual, has put the profits of multinational corporations ahead of the needs and rights of people. Order 81 not only prohibits the practice of saving patented seeds brought into the country, but allows the patenting of new varieties developed from existing seeds through scientific plant breeding or genetic modification. To achieve a patent on a new plant, that plant must meet stringent standards that farmers' seeds cannot meet, so only corporate-owned seed strains can be patented. Since it is almost impossible to prevent genetic pollution once a variety of seeds is released into the environment, it is likely that any crops grown in Iraq alongside genetically modified or scientifically bred and patented varieties will pick up part of patented genetic codes within a decade. This is even more probable given the record of illegal releases of such materials in places like India. Once a plant is found to have patented genetic material it belongs to the company that developed that particular material. If an Iraq farmer saves traditional seeds and his crops have been cross-pollinating with a neighbour's patented variety, then the seed-saving farmer no longer owns his crop or anything made from it. According to Order 81, "The court may order the confiscation of the infringing variety as well as the materials and tools substantially used in the infringement of the protected variety. The court may also decide to destroy the infringing variety as well as the materials and tools or to dispose of them in any noncommercial purpose." In other words a farmer who has done nothing but to follow traditional farming methods that go back to the very dawn of human civilisation can lose not only his crop and the bread made from it, but may also lose his tractor, plough, and storage facilities. That seems a rather unfair price for an Iraqi farmer to pay for George Bush's campaign contributions, but Paul Bremer's edicts rarely have the best interests of the Iraqi people in mind and the bio-tech companies need new markets. In the end the Iraqi farmer will have two choices. To try to grow crops from seeds of existing crops that have become rare during decades of war and sanctions or to buy seeds from companies like Monsanto, Dow, Syngenta and Bayer. If they choose the first option they risk accidentally running afoul of a law imposed on them by the US government. If they choose the second option they risk poverty and future food shortages. Quite the choice to have to make. CLIP
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BRAZZAVILLE

2005-02-17T23:46:00.000-08:00

- African leaders agreed bold plans at the weekend to preserve the world's second biggest rainforest area but Kenya's Nobel prize-winning environmentalist told them they would need to root out corruption to succeed. At a conference in Brazzaville, central African heads of state signed a treaty pledging to protect the forests of the Congo Basin from massive poaching and illegal or irresponsible logging which threaten the flora and fauna of the region.Stretching across some 200 million hectares and six states, the dense forests are home to half of Africa's wild animals -- including gorillas, chimpanzees and forest elephants -- as well as more than 10,000 plant species.
About 70 percent of the Congo Basin forests may be gone by 2040 unless action is taken, global conservation group WWF says.Kenya's deputy environment minister, Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, accepted an invitation from the leaders to become a roving ambassador for the Congo Basin even though her country is not part of the region.But Maathai, who won the Nobel prize after leading a massive tree-planting scheme and campaigning against corruption, also noted several speakers at the conference in the capital of Congo Republic had stressed the need for good governance.
"It is not by coincidence. Rather, it is because it is a serious issue and we must address it," she said on Saturday."We have many friends," she said. "They want to help us. But we must create an enabling environment for development partners to do their part."
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The United States Must Curb Global Warming

2005-02-17T23:35:00.000-08:00

From: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050216/news_lz1e16dianne.html
By Dianne Feinstein - The San Diego Union Tribune
16 February 2005
The Kyoto Protocol on global climate change takes effect today - a historic occasion marking one of the best examples of international cooperation to sustain the world's environment.
More than 140 nations, including all 25 members of the European Union, Russia and China, have ratified the agreement to reduce man-made emissions of greenhouse gases. The United States - which accounts for about one-fourth of the greenhouse gasses believed responsible for global warming - has refused. I believe this is a serious mistake. We've already seen:
* Four hurricanes of significant force pounding the state of Florida in a six-week period last fall. The storms formed over an area of the ocean where surface temperatures have increased an average of 1.7 degrees over the past decade.
* Eskimos being forced inland in Alaska as their native homes on the coastline are melting into the sea.
* Glaciers beginning to disappear in Glacier National Park in Montana. In 100 years, the park has gone from having 150 glaciers to fewer than 30. And the 30 that remain are two-thirds smaller than they once were.
* California's water supplies being threatened by smaller snowpacks in the Sierra Nevada. Record snowfalls this winter have provided hope, but the region still could face drought or floods unless temperatures stay cold enough to maintain the snowpack and average snowfall continues for the rest of the precipitation season.
A study by San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography that will be released later this week found strong scientific reinforcement for scientific estimates that global warming could have serious ramifications in the very near future, including:
* A water crisis in the western United States due to the smaller snowpacks.
* The disappearance of the glaciers in the Andes in Peru, leaving the population without an adequate water supply during the summer.
* The melting of two-thirds of the glaciers in western China by 2050, seriously diminishing the water supply for the region's 300 million inhabitants.
There is no doubt that our everyday activities at home, at work and in between are causing the Earth's temperature to slowly rise.It is time that the United States - the world's largest contributor to climate change - stepped up and took responsibility for our actions and their impact on the world. We failed our global neighbors miserably by hiding behind claims of scientific uncertainty.Scientists now agree on three main facts about global warming.Fact 1: The Earth is warming.Fact 2: The primary cause of this warming is fossil fuel consumption.Fact 3: If we don't act now to reduce emissions, the problem will only get worse.The United States missed the bus by failing to work with the rest of the world on the Kyoto Protocol. We can now try and make up for that by restraining greenhouse gas emissions and participating in international climate talks.It is shameful that the United States is the only member of the Group of 8 nations not to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. It is even more shameful that 40 of our own states have devised their own plans to address climate change, while the federal government looked for ways to offer incentives to energy companies to drill and mine more of the fossil fuels that cause global warming.Currently, nearly 30 percent of greenhouse gases emitted by the United States come from cars, trucks, and the rest of the transportation sector. Another 30 percent of our nation's greenhouse gas emissions come from power plants.We already have technologies to reduce the amount of energy we consume; we just need to use them. This would include reducing the amount of energy we consume and producing more energy from renewable sources.
Using less energy will help us to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that we create. Increasing energy efficiency at power plants will reduce the quantity of fossil fuels that are burned while still generating enough electricity for consumers. Consumers can save energy, and save on their utility bills, by using energy efficient technologies in their homes and selecting energy efficient appliances, electronics and lighting. Drivers can save energy while also saving money on gasoline by driving a car that is very fuel efficient.Using renewable sources of energy, such as solar power, wind power, geothermal and biomass systems, also helps to combat global warming. They do not give off carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases and have little or no impact on the environment while generating electricity for homes and businesses nationwide. In addition, using more renewable energy sources would help our nation gain independence from foreign energy sources.
Being a responsible steward of the climate is more than just taking steps to pollute less. It also requires participating in international negotiations on the policies the world will need to achieve significant, long-term reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
Feinstein, a Democrat, represents California in the U.S. Senate.
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WashPIRG : help protect Washington's waters

2005-02-15T16:33:00.000-08:00

Around the country, our oceans are in crisis. Nowhere is this more serious than in Washington, where fish, crabs, clams, and oysters are essential components of our culture and economy. But habitat destruction and pollution have led to an alarming decline in ocean health from the Puget Sound to Grays Harbor. One threat to our coastal waters that WashPIRG is tackling is the pollution coming from cruise ships. With up to 5,000 passengers and crew, cruise ships are floating towns - but Washington state does nothing to regulate the wastes they discharge in our waters. In fact, in 2003, a cruise ship discharged 16,000 gallons of raw sewage off Whidbey Island, but avoided state prosecution! We are working to pass a bill in the legislature that will protect our coastal waters from cruise ship pollution. Please take a moment to tell your state representatives to support this important legislation. Then ask your family and friends to help by forwarding this e-mail to them.To take action, click on this link or paste it into your web browser:http://washpirg.org/WA.asp?id=526&id4=ES WashPIRG's oceans work also includes protecting Puget Sound and Washington waters from other sources of pollution, as well as protecting fish, whales and other species in the U.S. Congress. I'll be sure to let you know how you can play a part in those efforts in the near future.

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Love: Let's Make It Popular

2005-02-15T14:43:00.000-08:00

For so many people, the key missing ingredient to their lives is the simple act of love. Beyond our material possessions, families, relationships, and careers, each of us quietly seeks the feeling and experience of love.
As we move about in our daily routines, faced with ever-increasing issues of stress and challenge, fear and doubt, a soft inner voice is beginning to speak to us. This is the voice of deeper truth and reason.
There is another way, another path. It is a path paved with the conscious use of love. It is going beyond personal love into the realm of unconditional love. It is the recognition that all life deserves love regardless of its appearance or actions. All life is sacred despite any illusion to the contrary.
It is with this recognition that we can affect amazing change in our lives, both personal and global. In fact, right this moment you are affecting life just by your current attitudes, perspectives, thoughts, and feelings. What if you decided to view life with love?
Let's make love a choice and let's make it popular by our word, deed and action. Begin with yourself by loving yourself and then share it with everyone and everything around you. Sound simple? It is.
Love requires no special talent, skill or knowledge. It is held within each of us every moment. We need only realize it is ever present and available to invoke its gift. When we choose love, we receive and share in the beauty of life itself.

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Tree of Life

2005-02-14T17:52:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day

2005-02-14T17:38:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day!!!
May humanity begin to love one another without the conditions of chemical matching, and the concern of success and failure ... May we love in truth ...
May we love like trees, sky, oceans ... Animal Kingdom and Plant Kingdom.

In Oneness, Love

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THE SPANISH WORD FOR COMPUTER

2005-02-14T15:31:00.000-08:00

A Spanish teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.
''House'' for instance, is feminine: ''la casa.''
''Pencil,'' however, is masculine: "el lapiz.''
A student asked, ''What gender is 'computer'?''
Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves whether ''computer''should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation. The men's group decided that ''computer'' should definitely be of the feminine gender (''la computer''), because:
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is impossible to understand for everyone else;
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later retrieval;
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

The women's group, however, concluded that computers should be Masculine(''el computer''), because:
1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they are the problem;
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.

Source : email. ^_^ well, this is a good example of how conditioned humans are. Omni Particle

Do you know how to dream?

2005-02-08T16:37:00.000-08:00

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The Coronation Viewed from IsraelKing George By URI AVNERY

2005-02-08T16:28:00.000-08:00

When King George V died, we got a day off from school as a sign of mourning. Palestine was then a part of the British Empire, which ruled the country under a League of Nations mandate. To this very day, a central street in Tel-Aviv, not far from my home, bears the name of King George.George V was followed (after a brief interlude) by George VI, who was until recently the last George in our life. Now we have a new King George, not British but American.The relationship between the United States and Israel is difficult to define. The USA has no official mandate over our country. It is not a normal alliance between two nations. Neither is it a relationship between a satellite and the master country.Some people say, only half in jest, that the USA is an Israeli colony. And indeed, in many respects it looks like that. President Bush dances to Ariel Sharon's tune. Both Houses of Congress are totally subservient to the Israeli right-wing much more so than the Knesset. It has been said that if the pro-Israeli lobby were to sponsor a resolution on Capitol Hill calling for the abolition of the Ten Commandments, both Houses of Congress would adopt it overwhelmingly. Every year Congress confirms the payment of a massive tribute to Israel.But others assert the reverse: that Israel is an American colony. And indeed, that is also true in many respects. It is unthinkable for the Israeli government to refuse a clear-cut request by the President of the United States. America forbids Israel to sell an expensive intelligence-gathering plane to China? Israel cancels the sale. America forbids a large-scale military action, as happened last week in Gaza? No action. America wants the Israeli economy to be managed according to American precepts? No problem: an American (circumcised, to be sure) has just been appointed as Governor of the Central Bank of Israel.As a matter of fact, both versions are right: The USA is an Israeli colony and Israel is an American colony. The relationship between the two countries is a symbiosis, a term defined by the Oxford Dictionary as "an association of two organisms living attached to each other or one within the other" (from the Greek words for "living" and "together".)Much has already been said about the origins of this symbiosis. American Christian Zionism preceded the founding of the Jewish Zionist organization. The American myth is almost identical with the Zionist Israeli myth, both in content and symbolism. (The settlers fleeing from persecution in their homelands, an empty country, pioneers conquering the wilderness, the savage natives, etc.) Both are countries of immigration, with all that this implies for good or ill. Both governments believe that their interests coincide. On Independence Day in Israel, many American flags are to be seen next to the ! Israeli ones a phenomenon that is without parallel in the world.The inauguration of George Bush last week therefore had a special significance for Israel. The state-controlled TV channel broadcast it live. In many respects, the President of the United States is also the King of Israel.George Bush is a very simple, very violent person with very extreme views, as well as being very much an ignoramus. This is a very dangerous combination. Such people have caused many disasters in human history. Maximilian Robespierre, the French revolutionary who invented the reign of terror, has been called "the Great Simplifier" because of the terrible simplicity of his views, which he tried to impose with the guillotine.The ideologues who govern the thoughts and deeds of Bush are called "neo-conservatives", but that is a misleading appellation. Actually they are a revolutionary group. Their aim is not to conserve but to overturn. Mostly Jewish, they are the pupils of Leo Strauss, a German-Jewish professor with a Trotskyite past who ended up developing semi-fascist theories and propagating them at the University of Chicago. He illustrated his attitude towards democracy by citing the story of Gulliver: when a fire broke out in the city of the dwarfs, he put the fire out by urinating on them. This is the way, in his view, the small elite group of leaders must treat the ignorant and innocent public, which does not know what is good for them.In his coronation speech, Bush promised to bring freedom and democracy to every corner of the world. No less, no more. He cited the two countries in which he has already achieved this aim: Iraq and Afghanistan. Both have been devastated by American planes that dropped the message from their bomb doors. Recently, the American soldiers wiped a large city from the face of the earth in order to convince the opponents of "American values". Now Falluja looks as if it had been struck by a tsunami.It is no secret that the Neo-Cons intend to "bring democracy" to Iran and Syria, thereby eliminating two more traditional enemies of the USA and Israel. Dick Cheney, the Vice-President (certainly no Virtue-President), has already prophesied that Israel may attack Iran, as if threatening to unleash a Rottweiler.It could have been hoped that after the total debacle in Iraq and the less obvious but equally serious failure in Afghanistan, Bush woul! d shrink from more such actions. But as almost always happens with rulers of this type, he cannot admit defeat and stop. On the contrary, failure drives him on to more extremes, vowing, rather like the captain of the Titanic, "to stay the course."There is no way to guess what Bush may perpetrate, now that he has been re-elected by his people. His ego has been blown up to giant proportions, reaffirming what the Greek fabulist Aesop said some 27 centuries ago: "The smaller the mind the greater the conceit."He has kicked out the hapless, feeble Colin Powell (as David Ben-Gurion eliminated Moshe Sharett in preparation for his 1956 onslaught on Egypt) and appointed Condoleezza Rice, his personal servant (as Ben-Gurion replaced Sharett with Golda Meir.)Now the order is "clear the deck for action". On this deck, Bush is a loose cannon, a danger to everyone around. The results of these elections may be viewed by history as a worldwide catastrophe.In domestic affairs, he may cause similar disasters. In the name of "American values", he is about to destroy one of the foremost American values: the separation of Church and State. His is the religion of a "born again" convert, a primitive religion without morality and compassion. Imposing this religion on all fields of life from the prohibition of abortions and same-sex marriages to the revision of schoolbooks may push society centuries back and void the constitution. After four more years of this, America may be a very different country from the one we loved and admired in our youth.A friend of mine asserts that there are two souls residing in the American nation, a good and a bad one. That may be true for every nation, i! ncluding even Israel and Palestine, but in America it is much more extreme. There is the America of Thomas Jefferson (even if he liberated his slaves only on his death), Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower, the America of ideals, the Marshall Plan, science and the arts. And there is the America of the genocide perpetrated against the Native Americans, the country of slave traders and the Wild West myth, the America of Hiroshima, of Joe McCarthy, of segregation and of Vietnam, the violent and repressive America.During Bush's second term, this second America may reach new depths of ugliness and brutality. It may offer the whole world a model of oppression. I would not want my country, Israel, to be identified with such an America. Any advantage we can derive from it may well turn out to be short-term, the damage long-lasting, and perhaps irreversible.One of the advantages of the US constitution is that Bush cannot be re-elected for a third term. As the popular Israeli song goes: "We survived Pharaoh, we shall survive this, too." Perhaps this could become an anthem for the whole world.Uri Avnery is an Israeli writer and peace activist with Gush Shalom. He is one of the writers featured in The Other Israel: Voices of Dissent and Refusal. He is also a contributor to CounterPunch's hot new book The Politics of Anti-Semitism. He can be reached at: http://us.f148.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=avnery@counterpunch.org.

Dancing Bears

2005-02-08T16:16:00.000-08:00

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Terminator Technology

2005-02-08T14:54:00.000-08:00

Terminator Technology
http://www.globalissues.org/EnvIssues/GEFood/Terminator.asp
There is a technology available suitably called the Terminator technology, which is designed to genetically switch off a plant's ability to germinate a second time. What is the purpose of switching off seed germination? Many believe it is purely a business idea by forcing farmers to buy a fresh supply of seeds each year -- many of whom are in the developing world and cannot afford to do this. The traditional practice (tried and tested for thousands of years) of saving seeds for the next harvest comes under threat due to a US patent on this technology to prevent "unauthorized seed-saving" by farmers. Supporters of the terminator, or suicide, technology believe that the idea of it is for the protection of corporations from unscrupulous farmers. Control of seed germination helps prevent growers from pirating their technology. If crops remain fertile, there is a chance that farmers could use any saved transgenic seed from a previous season. This would result in poorer profits for companies. This then becomes a battle over a farmer's (traditional) right and a corporation's right. Effect on farmers - In India, this is a cause for some concern as scientists fear for the livelihood of 400 million farmers and for food security in the country. Already some poorer Indian farmers have been driven to suicide. It is feared that this type of technology could be used to make the poorer farmers even more dependent. CLIP
Monsanto Terminator Technology -- Worldwide Famine & Starvation
http://www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/terminator.shtml
Monsanto is in the process of acquiring and patenting their newest technology, known as "Terminator Technology." This technology is currently the greatest threat to humanity. If it is used by Monsanto on a large-scale basis, it will inevitably lead to famine and starvation on a worldwide basis. Billions of people on the planet are supported by farmers who save seeds from the crops and replant these seeds the following year. Seeds are planted. The crop is harvested. And the seeds from the harvest are replanted the following year. Most farmers cannot afford to buy new seeds every year, so collecting and replanting seeds is a crucial part of the agricultural cycle. This is the way food has been grown successfully for thousands of years. With Monsanto's terminator technology, they will sell seeds to farmers to plant crops. But these seeds have been genetically-engineered so that when the crops are harvested, all new seeds from these crops are sterile (e.g., dead, unusable). This forces farmers to pay Monsanto every year for new seeds if they want to grow their crops. CLIP
Terminator Five Years Later
http://www.etcgroup.org/article.asp?newsid=389

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Child Surgery

2005-02-07T13:02:00.000-08:00

Two little kids are in a hospital, lying on stretchers next to each other, outside the operating room.

The first kid leans over and asks, "What are you in here for?"

The second kid says, "I'm in here to get my tonsils out and I'm a little nervous."

The first kid says, "You've got nothing to worry about.

I had that done when I was four. They put you to sleep, and when you wake up they give you lots of Jell-O and ice cream. It's a breeze!"

The second kid then asks, "What are you here for?"

The first kid says, "A circumcision."

And the second kid says,

"Whoa, Good luck buddy! I had that done when I was born - couldn't walk for a year!"

this is the funniest joke I got from email today. : )