Harmony

- My Philosophy

- How Many of These Ridiculous "Disorders" Do YOU Suffer From?

- Alkalize and balance your PH

- Stevia: The sweet herb

- Prosperous and sincere humility

- "Raw nutrition and personal growth"

- "Spiritual Naturism"

- "Human Relations"

- "A message from Nelson Mandela"

- "Can one be an ecologist without being vegetarian?"

- "Prana: and alternative way of nourishment"

- "Food Health"

Our bodies are energy systems that while vibrating, emit sounds; depending on the quality of our emotions, the level of the frequency of vibration will be more or less intense, which will determine the quality of our lives.
We have the power to control these frequencies through our thoughts, words and actions. "Each emitted thought is an infinite wave which sets off his walk through the Universe and than brings us what we have transmitted" "What you give is what you get"

Through music and dance, the level of frequency with which we vibrate increases its intensity, this way it gives us the possibility to tune ourselves and learn to "play" together like an orchestra, increasing consciously the quality of our sounds.

One of the music used as a better mean to achieve a high level of frequency is "Psychedelic Trance", due to the variety and composition of its sounds and rhythms. As its name implies, it is about a state of consciousness where we can access information from the Universal conscience and, if we feel like it, acquire more knowledge about ourselves and our surroundings, becoming more sensible and understanding with everything around us.

"Nature, supported by the Universal Law, requires that the human being always be in his top level of his physical, mental and spiritual conditions. Who violates the Law of Nature, essence of the Divine Code, has no other choice than to suffer the punishment."

For this reason, it is necessary to maintain ourselves in perfect health, which consists of a perfect balance of physical body, mind and soul, with nothing that can disturb us. Each human being can, if he desires, rise himself to such a condition. We can live in such a simple but scientific way, that we will not only acquire great resistance to diseases but also obtain maximum capacity of our creativity.

These days we have the availability to obtain infinite information on various methods to achieve this, thanks to the experiences of persons that have gone over the limits imposed by Society Rules, and are now the live examples, that we can hope for a better world only by changing a little bit our behaviour. Thanks to the variety of methods, each one of us have the possibility to find the way back to our real being, the one which reflects better our own qualities.

We consider our bodies as perfect vehicles which allow us to appreciate this life, therefore it should be one of our priorities to give it the more suitable and best quality fuel so that our performances can be carried out in an excellent way.

From my own experience, each one of us has to find what suits best for our bodies, thankfully today we can find infinite information that can fulfil our needs, always taking into account the respect of this Planet and all its inhabitants.

If we want to be truthful to our desire of living in freedom then we must authorize freedom to all living creatures that surrounds us as well. Eating animal products the way it is done in our Society today does not reflect this freedom. Animals are not free to live, they have to die to fulfil our pleasures. If we care for this Planet we can compromise ourselves to search for a way of fulfilling the needs of our body without breaking the balance with Nature. There are many examples and information, some are listed below:

Jasmuheen is one of these persons that through her own personal experience have been educating and informing the rest of the world for nearly 20years on how does our human biological system operates as a whole, and how we could optimize our evolution in accordance with the Law of Nature, respecting all beings on this Planet. She has been living purely on Prana since 1993 and brought to our occidental world this ancestral knowledge: Pranic nourishment. She has written a variety of books, one of which is "The Prana Program" of which we offer some extracts as an introduction to an alternative way of living in harmony on Earth.

" We live in a Planet where 95% of the resources are controlled by 5% of the population and where approximately half of the population lives with less than 2$ a day, in limited conditions with limited access to healthy food, decent shelter and educational programs which could teach them how to break the poverty cycles. It comes a point in the evolution of each species where these issues need to be resolved effectively and harmoniously.

Humanity is at a crossroad and can choose a path of enjoyable evolution, through reawakening to our true nature and experiencing its gifts, or a path of continual chaos which comes from ignoring our true nature.
When we recognize that all beings are interconnected and work as a harmonious whole then we will have an effective and also more enjoyable evolutionary path.."
Individually an effective and enjoyable evolution can be measured by our personal levels of health and happiness which is a reflection of our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual wellbeing.
The Prana Program path is about mastering energy flow within us and around us so that we can consciously create a present and a future that provides increased health and happiness levels for all.
What is Prana? Called the microfood of life. The vital, life-sustaining force of both the individual body and the Universe. Qi, Ch'i, in Japan and China, Pneuma in Greek, Maná in Polynesia and South America, Ruah in Hebrew.
Pranic nourishment is the ability to attract and then absorb all the nutrients, vitamins and nourishment one requires, to maintain a healthy being, from the Universal life force, a force which is also termed as Cosmic Particles or Chi energy.
Prana stimulates the release of higher intelligence within us, increasing its flow within us, allow us to perceive life from a different perspective, as it expands our awareness and activates the usage of our master glands - the pituitary and pineal - and stimulates them to function in a different way. These glands also regulate brain wave patterns to either Alpha, Theta, or Delta wave frequencies.
Research already have established that holding Alpha brain wave patterns makes us less stressed and consequently healthier and that is achieved through the practise of things like yoga, meditation and positive thinking. We have found that when we can stabilize our brain wave patterns into the Theta zones then this also magnetizes more prana to us and gives us much more freedom from perceived human limitation. Increasing its flow eliminates feelings of separation, loneliness, frustration, fear and ignorance, thus making life more enjoyable. Prana can actually be felt as an inner pulsation of love, so increasing its flow increases our experience of self love and love for others.
Prana is the base frequency of all cells as it gives life to all molecules and atomic structure, however as our cells store mental and emotional imprints from our experiences in life, sometimes cells can be polluted with emotional and mental toxicity, to the point that the pranic flow is diluted. This results in unhappiness and/or disease within a system and eventually the system breaks down and dies. By consciously increasing the pranic flow, because it is a pure energy with transmuting powers, we can recalibrate our cells back into a more supportive frequency that enhances both the quality and quantity of our life. The benefits of doing this, when understood make it a very attractive way to exist in this world and makes our personal and global evolutionary process not only more effective but also more enjoyable. It would eliminate all disease on physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual levels, the unification of our species into a more harmonious and respectful state of coexistence and the elimination of all pollution on our planet.

An individual who is attracted in the idea of Prana, as a form of alternative nourishment, must have attained a certain level in their own personal evolution. It is said that many souls come to Earth expressly to experience its density and limitation, to know joys of having 5 senses and the fun of eating, drinking water and wine, the joy of sex and procreation and all that Earth offers as we clothe ourselves in physical matter. However, there also comes a time in a soul's evolution here, that their two higher senses of intuition and knowing become more active so that we soon long to move beyond duality and feelings of separation and merge back into an experience of being part of a more unified whole. The drive to be harmoniously integrated with all aspects of our being - from lower to higher levels - comes to all souls in time once they have learnt most of what being on Earth plane has to teach them.
As we are in this world to give and to receive, this way of being can refine our world so that everyone gets to see the beauty of life and move into the state of experience where they feel that every moment is perfect."

CAN ONE BE ECOLOGIST WITHOUT BEING VEGETARIAN?
[a letter sent to The Ecologist by Eric Gallego (Barcelona)]
Oct/Nov/Dec 2005

"Sometimes I ask myself if people that consider themselves ecologist have had anytime the moral dilemma which arises from feeding oneself with meat of other beings who can feel. In most cases it is an affirmative answer, but in few of these cases we see that one chooses a way that goes in accordance with these convictions.
Maybe it is possible to untie ecology from the feeling towards other beings, like most ecologists do. But I believe that doing so would be in disagreement, if not hypocritical, since being concerned with the natural environment and not caring for the sensitive beings (who feel) that live in it, is not wanting to see a part of this reality. If we than add up that the systematic exploitation of non human animals is one of the most unknown (and harmful) disease of the Planet and human health which exists today, I consider that being ecologist cannot be understood without a way of life which is vegetarian or vegan.
Otherwise you only need to investigate a little bit to discover that more than half of soya, corn and wheat growth in the USA is used for feeding livestock for human consumption (with its deforestation included), or that to make hamburgers you need the same water as to shower yourself 17 times.
It is not enough to buy eggs from a yard or meat from ecological farming, the industries will not cease to have financial gains until we adapt an ethical diet. Statistics can be wrong once or twice but not in all cases.
Inform yourself like I have done. You will discover that eating meat or fish and its by-products destroys the Planet, causes unimaginable suffering and allows the industry getting richer at the expenses of our ignorance on the subject."

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness that most frighten us.
We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
You playing small does not help the world.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone.
And as we let our inner light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we are liberated from our fears, our presence automatically liberates others.

Since my childhood I have been able to live in a continuous change of environment, between continents, countries, cities, villages and islands. This has made me a person without a sense of nationality or belonging to any place or religion. Travelling around, here and there and feeling like a foreigner throughout the route I crossed, has given me the opportunity to observe all people with open eyes, without the limited view of preconceptions and prejudices set up by each different society.

However, this situation has helped me to realise that I had, nevertheless, formed my own judgments, consequence of my personal experience with each individual. So, I arrived at the conclusion that my judgment of any being that crossed my path was a result of the quality of my state of conscience in that precise moment, therefore could not be established as the Truth.

I have experienced that my view of the exterior depends directly on what I project from my interior. The perception of my reality has been a result of the different kind of information I have integrated in my consciousness throughout the existence.

"In each moment your conscience creates the world you live in. One of the great knowledge which has arisen from modern physics is the unity between the observer and the observed: the person that directs the experiment - the observing conscience - cannot separate himself from the observed phenomenon, and a different way to look at it makes the observed phenomenon behave in a different manner. If you believe, in a deep level, in the separation and fight for survival, then you see this belief reflected around you and your perceptions are governed by fear." ("The Power of Now" Tolle Eckhart)

When we try to get rid of what we define "bad" within us or others, this, somehow, will appear in the exterior, even as a disease. However, if in each moment we accept that which IS, without judging it, we would know what to do with it and than transcend it, without disturbing our inner space. Negativity is caused by the mind as a form of resistance, a non acceptance of the present situation.

"The opportunity which is hidden in each crisis, does not become evident until all facts of a certain situation are recognized and accepted completely. While you deny them, while you try to escape from it or wish that things where different, the window of opportunity will not open, and you will remain trapped in such situation, which will continue to be the same or it will deteriorate even more. The acknowledgment and acceptance of those facts, bring a certain level of freedom." (The Power of Now, Echkart Tolle.

If one day we try to stop any activity and we take a little time for ourselves, away from distractions, in contact with Nature, alone, we ask with sincerity to our heart:

We wait in silence, without thoughts, without any mental images, focusing our attention in our interior body and what surrounds us, only conscious to be present there, and even if our mind wants to distract us, we will observe it passively, without causing any emotions, without mattering. If we can achieve this, even if only for a few minutes, we will have felt our real Being, we will have glimpsed the Reality which exists beyond any concepts or definition.
And this will be the answer of our heart "I want to BE". Without judgments or culpability. The real freedom, liberation from the claws of the mind.

What has this got to do with Human Relations? The process of the evolution of humanity consists of BEING that, not only when we are away from daily life, or when meditating (otherwise we would have all been born to be hermits!), but all the time, and human relations are fundamental for this purpose, as they offer us the opportunity to integrate this knowledge through practise and comprehend who we are. It is not easy, but very necessary for our growth. We could convert it in an amusing game, by leaving our mind aside, we would observe each other and through what we feel, we could discover aspects of our personality hidden up to now, qualities and beauty which we did not acknowledge; the simple truth, a ray of light clearing the clouds of what the ego wants us to believe.

In my opinion, human relations should be given our full attention and understanding, due to the reaction that each encounter causes to our own energetic fields and therefore as a result to the energetic field of the whole Planet.

How many times have we come out of our meditation practises full of love and understanding but as soon as a situation occurs that does not agree with our state of mind, we are left irritated or confused?

We know that any person that is attracted to our field, does so for the affinity of its resonance, the interconnection of such energies will result in some form of reaction, allowing the release of information from our subconscious mind, for our evolution.

To be conscious of this information, we need to maintain our attention focused on our inner space, observing our emotions, otherwise our mind will take control and any thoughts arising could censor or distort the information which is trying to come up, resulting in misunderstandings or rejection, fight or discussion.
When we meet, each one of us experiences a different aspect of such encounter, you will be the mirror of my interior self, reflecting those aspects I am not conscious of.

The most important thing that we want to achieve here, is to learn to respond and perceive from our interior Being, by feeling; and not from the mind/ego, cause of superficial emotions which can fluctuate depending on the kind of thoughts we input. This practise brings us an increase on the level of our vibrations, changing our resonance field, thus our reality.

If we can reach the point of accepting that we are all equal and that we are the cause of our lives, we will accept that everything else are opportunities to bring light to what we fear most, thus helping us to wake up from the illusion.

Of course, it is not easy, but possible and being conscious is not enough, it is the first step. Even though I am writing these words, it does not mean that I have finished the course and passed successfully the exam, I feel more at the beginning of another journey. But, yet I have discovered aspects of my personality I did not see, by accepting them I can now work on them. The mind is very clever, and the ego does not want to loose the power we have given so easily; it will continue surprising us any moment we are not present.

(To study in depth this subject I suggest the reading of the book "The Power of Now" from Eckhart Tolle or his new book "New Earth")

The Great Solution is Spiritual Naturism. This means looking after the body and the spirit, which we are. But there are so many different followers on this regard, that it is necessary to put a personal and clarifying stamp, so not to make any confusion AND AVOID WRONG INTERPRETATIONS.

The spiritual naturism looks for satisfying the integral necessities of the human being. It is based on the human being not a simple meat conglomerate, but there is more to discover in its internal structure. As well as giving health, it is directed toward the knowledge of such a Reality or the reasons for existence.

For this reasons its faith is set on the Awakening of latent potentials in the human organism. There has been testimony in the past and other more recent and including in the present day which guarantees this. With the help of various personal experiences and intuitions, the Spiritual Naturism penetrates in the field known as Religion ( which means bind again man to its origins, the so called creator or God). It is understood that the path towards the divination of man can happen and is only possible through a healthy life (pure, saint), in all senses and meanings, which implies physical, mental, and spiritual purity.

With this regard, Society knows very little, as the important truths necessary for the healing of the body and the good spiritual atonement, are not very well known and given.

Our work structure is and must be scientific. That is provable. Because the true science and the true religion have to go parallel if not united. And with this premise we talk and we express ourselves. We follow Shakespeare’s saying “Be sincere with yourself and you will be sincere with all men”. We are also faithful to the words of the great Truth lover the biologist Herbert M. Shelton, who said “Say the truth even if the heavens are falling” And equally consider the great sage Salomon “Before anything, my son, acquire knowledge”.

Saying this we demonstrate that progress in any line of knowledge requires truth, sincerity and transparency in what one says, does and transmits. Only this way we truly are of service to Society and to one self. It is to do with the practise of truth, which will take you to knowledge.

We live moments of great social alteration. The media in their competitive intention to gain audiences, transmit programmes which are every time more high-sounding, from the most extreme violence to noisy laughter, never ending facts which move and perturb emotions, to sell more. All the contrary of what the body and human spirit needs, education in truth. Truth on health, it is the launching pad, to the correct spirituality, which is not duly promoted, and in fact, it is eclipsed by mundane and obscure interests. The spiritual or religious phenomena are also socially distorted and manipulated due to the same attitude, to maintain or defend theories which are not provable. To re-conduct both aspects to its correspondent place, is the great task and inclination of any being aligned to support his own evolution and personal development. For that, the application and revelation of knowledge, is absolutely necessary (based on observation, study and impartial investigation). Physical nourishment is essential but is the spiritual nutrition as well, which takes you to knowledge. Because of this we share with you a bit of our double vision, body and spirit.

Today the great human and social necessity is for healing. And this can only be achieved by detoxify or purifying the body. To heal does not mean to take away the symptoms. To heal is making the body re-establish its own internal balance and thus allows the symptoms to disappear in a natural way. To this effect diet has a great importance. And here we should consider Dr. Castelo Blanco’s words, who said “What does not heal natural medicine, nothing nor anybody will” Its action is slow but effective, like it should be.

It is very difficult to follow a natural diet in a society which pushes you to consume an infinitive types of anti-natural and adulterated products (preservatives, flavour enchanters, thicker, colourings). But who truly desires it, will grow a real and proven health, more energy, vitality and will obtain the best Health Insurance. Also you need to take into account that NATURAL is the only way that which nature gives. And that natural (whole, from complete) always will be the best on the long run. Creation has appointed beings to provide food to man, these alive beings are called trees and plants. We squander our internal organs with inappropriate food, not natural. The most natural diet, not cooked, is necessary and superior for health.

The human being is a physical and spiritual entity in and evolution process. We all have a Divine Essence capable to awaken to harmonize body and mind with the application of acquired knowledge. The spiritual development is a reality which in its optimal form, requires organic purification. This way is how latent supernatural abilities can emerge.

We are energetic stations capable to tune to non rational information channels and for that we need the organic cleaning before mentioned. History confirms, that on this line, lived the most important philosophers, sages, which humanity has had.

Love is an energy which looks to express itself. To love is to live with responsibility and with respect to all life. It is to flow stimulated by goodness in all you say and do. To promote truth gives power to social wellbeing. Longing for power and possession are obstacles to it.

The root of all evil is love for money (being an exchange tool, in this created system,). The use it is destined for, sets the levels of consciousness and personal ethics. There is no greater love than that to serve to truth and humanity.

It is not wise to defend opinions, ideas and theories (these require investigation and verification) the right thing is to support and bet for those transcendental truths which can be demonstrated, the only one which encourage the social progress. This is to do justice. Refuse this or block it, is unjust and irrational.

We remind that education on Health is the fundamental base. And even though it does not appear to be so, it is really very deficient. Someone that has spent more than a decade through the hard school of illness tells you so. Diet is important, but it is not everything. For obtaining results, It is absolutely necessary to live a different style to conventional. The present contamination requires it. And only knowledge will clarify it.

If you are interested in knowing and study in depth health, your maintenance and recuperation, you can contact us for personal assessment, weekend seminars or conference to group and associations.

vidaisalud@yahoo.com. o VIDA Y SALUD Apartado 222 12600 Vall D`Uixó, Castellón. o Tel: 659-660741 F. Segarra (Diplomado en Naturismo y Dietética Natural, Profesor de EGB) Experiencia, 25 años.

Nowadays, while global consciousness is expanding, we can observe how all of us are slowly becoming aware that the type of food we ingest is one of the factors directly related to our general state of wellbeing.

For whom truly desires to compromise to achieve a balanced health in all senses, there is access to endless information through internet, books, etc. Unfortunately this can, many times, create a little confusion and discouragement. Therefore, even though, these information may be correct, as much the scientific as any other, in my opinion, the only way to prove if this is certain, is by observing and feeling our own body, the only real indicator of our wellbeing.

Illnesses and pains are our best guides to find out what is it that is really happening inside here, and even though remedies can alleviate symptoms, they do not contribute much in helping us to become conscious of the true message which they want to reveal, and so definitely cure us.

Four years ago I embarked upon a new (or forgotten) adventure without being conscious where it would lead me; this is how I started to feed myself with raw food. Now, after many experiments and investigations I feel I have acquired the necessary conscience to share my personal experience with you, hoping that it can be useful as reference on your own individual research.

First, to cleanse or purify the body, I spent 1 month eating only fresh and dried fruits and nuts, in the quantity that the body asked me. The first week I had some pains in the stomach which, according to information, it is caused by bacteria which are formed by cooked food, especially cereals and animal products. I could verify how raw food does not create anxiety, nor addiction – when you are hungry, it is not painful, nor avidity to eat, it is an act of gratitude to Mother Earth to sustain us; it comes natural to eat in quietness and respect, tasting the nutriment.

Before this experience, I had been vegetarian for 3 years, eating sometimes eggs and cheese. I was never a great meat or fish lover, becoming vegetarian was above all a decision of respect for the animals and coherence with my love for them. Even though eliminating completely the majority of animal products made me feel better, still I could observe that my way of nourishment was not adequate, my body was naturally more attracted to fresh fruit and vegetables. For that I decided to start experimenting.

During the first month and after, the levels of energy increased considerably, daily I used to walk kilometres in the mountain, picking up olives and working once a week as a waiter, just eating fruit! Independent of exterior factors a sense of happiness and joy grew in me and a deeper connection with all around. After around 10 days stomach pains disappeared, and could start enjoying the taste of each food without anxiety, eating only when I felt so. I am person of tall constitution, but I did not become skeleton-like, my body always maintained its ideal weight and much healthier appearance than preceding years.

I could maintain happily 100% raw diet for 4 months, up to when for some objectives that I wanted to achieve, I changed job and environment. Than I experienced how my unbalanced emotional state, caused by stress etc., started to influence my will at the time of choosing nutriments. Due to nervousness, I started picking toasted nuts, a bit of cheese etc. etc.; until I went back to the wheel of anxiety and addiction again. Even though I was noticing how my energy levels were getting worse and all my abilities, as much mental as physical, had lost its clarity and slenderness, the state of mind overpowered my will.

The 4 years after, I followed investigating and acquiring more knowledge and practising; maintaining raw nourishment sometimes 100%, 70% or 50%. Observing the body and state of mind in each moment has helped me understand which one are the nourishment and lifestyle suitable to strengthen the will, reveal inborn abilities and therefore develop the evolution of my humanity towards higher levels.

I observed that my body does not digest properly any of the cereals (wheat, corn etc.) nor milk and by products or eggs. To be able to give the nutrients it needs, food (fruits, vegetables, seeds etc.) must be raw. I found a theory related to blood types, which could partially explain why. My blood type is “O”, which comes from Old, from the first human beings that inhabited the Planet. This type of blood does not contain the elements to digest properly cereals, milk etc., as these nutrients were included in the diet later, when man settled and started agriculture. (from here type A and AB which are more recent).

According to this theory the first human beings were nomads and hunters and its diet was based exclusively on meats, therefore, supposedly, for people of this group it is difficult to become vegetarian. I agree to cereals and milk, but I have been vegetarian since 7 years with no problems and never needing animal protein. And my body does not digest well meats neither.

Other theories, which I share as I have observed it on my body, indicate that original human beings lived in the forest, eating fruits, roots, herbs and seeds. Due to climate changes they were forced to change its diet and start hunting. On my opinion, it is possible that persons of this group are more suitable for a raw food diet without animal products. It just needs to be tried out and observed. (www.kaleidos.org.uk)

Independently of any diet we follow I am of the opinion that it is very important to eat as much fruit as possible, as they contain enzymes which regenerate our cells and are very good substitute for sweets. I was able to prove that by eating fruit in the morning and at night, even though at midday and afternoon the food is cooked, this gives the body a chance for purifying.

Changing a habit which have been implanted in our mind since many generations is not easy, there is a variety of factors that influence us, revealing the fact that nourishment is not simply a physical necessity but it is bonded with our emotional, mental and spiritual state and is, in my opinion, the first step which help us comprehend ourselves and all the rest.

As we are more accustomed to use more our rational mind, which in fact dominates us, we are manipulated by the suggestions that we receive from the surroundings. One of the basis of the global economy is nutrition, therefore, the commercial interests are centred in spreading information to generate demands, to a variety of products which, even though better the economy, little have to do with the true necessities for an optimum functioning of our bodies. Today the general nutrition is based around the pleasure of taste, therefore more addictive, than healthy. We all know the consequences, diseases, and the situation seems to get worse. Is this a positive and effective solution for the betterment of the species?

But it is clear, many millions euros turn around illness. Being healthy is not profitable. You do not need medicines, nor doctors or hospitals. If all human beings would dedicate to a correct nutrition, according to the real necessity of each body, how many industries would need to close?

Therefore if we want help to look for the right way of nourishment, for its own survival, the world that surrounds us cannot give it to us. Even though it sounds absurd, the reality is, that to have a balanced health, we need to go like salmons, against the current. To be firm and imperturbable in front of amounts of comments, doubts and all sorts of “temptations”, some beliefs are not enough. We need to KNOW from our inner self that this is right. Only the direct demonstration is effective. “An image has more value than thousand words”. When we are healthy, the shine we emit is noted by all and is the proof which goes beyond any concept, fear or mental belief.

By eating raw we become more sensitive with the body sensations and the changes in the energy levels. Thanks to this, it is an effective help to maintain the mind free of thoughts during meditation, and with a bit of practise also during the day. We begin to understand that each physical symptom is caused by an emotion, result of some aspect of our physique, normally unconscious. All together we will have more trust to effect a change in our way of living which is more adequate to our true nature.

Now I understand that it has been and it still is a purification process on all levels. While the body is purifying the mental processes improve as well, using more the intuitive side. The necessary knowledge comes to me in the precise moment, is like suddenly a window opens in the consciousness and than I comprehend, so clearly that does not leave space for doubts or debates. “In front of the Truth, everything is silent”. It is here where the true discernment between true and false begins, in one’s world. During those moments of clarity is when knowledge becomes wisdom.

All of us are carriers of the Light; an image of a projector comes to me. The source of all projections is pure light, depending what we insert, the projector will reflect one image or another. And if the lens through which the image is passing is not clean, than this will be blurred or full of stains. Our bodies could be like this. Depending on which type of food, lifestyle, thoughts we introduce, so will be the projected image and its degree of purity.

The simpler and most effective form that I have found to purify the mind and body after many trials, is through raw nutrition accompanied by an adequate meditation technique (which helps me stop the flow of thoughts) daily exercise in natural surroundings ( walk, dance, yoga etc.) and sometimes fasting.

Depending on the quantity of toxins accumulated, it will be a more or less slow process but efficient, where patience, constancy and above all love and acceptance of one self as we are, are important factors to have a pleasant adventure.

Purifying is like cleaning a junk room which has been long time closed; sometimes there will be things that we don’t want to see, simply because our mind has judged it like “bad” or “mistaken”. But to know what to do with it we will need to see it, instead of judging it, either we throw it in the rubbish for useless, or we will pass a clean cloth and resolve it and so it will not bother us anymore.

Furthermore being in contact with people that are already in this walk is fundamental, valuable information is exchanged and mainly for not feeling alone and giving each others strength.

Meeting Balta and Marta at the Comunidad Cruda has helped me clarifying small insecurities which were going around my mind. Reading the Newsletter of Naturaleza Cruda with the experience of many others helps me comprehend better the path I am on.

The social factor and living with people which do not eat raw has been my major obstacle to convert to 100% raw, not for the others fault of course, but for my lack of will power and no-conscience which through meditation and research I have been able to overcome.

Now I can happily sit with a group of friends that do not eat raw and maybe not even vegetarian, enjoying a salad without craving anything different, while they eat whatever they desire. On my opinion the beauty of humanity is based on its diversity and true love is the thread which unites us all, making us accept and appreciate this diversity beyond our beliefs, philosophy of life and personal truths, which can be important for us but not necessarily for others, and this has to be respected. If we are not happy with what we have, only we are responsible to change the situation and we have the ability to do it. We cannot oblige others to change so that we can live happily with what we suppose truth is.

Even though, in my daily life, I am appreciating many benefits of this way of nourishment, I do not try, and it is not the intention of this writing, to convince anyone and not spurning anyone eating cooked food. Only by eating raw one can understand what it means to eat raw. I have found my path, and I have done it from freedom, it emerged from my interior and than I looked for the means to make it reality. From when I received the information about raw until I put it into practise it took me 6 years, and after 4 years I can say I am a raw vegan eater “Better late than never” they say.

On my opinion, each one of us have the innate capability and the obligation to find which one is the path we have come to travel through in his life, the rest is to learn to discern and find which are the elements which help us fulfil such function, and which are the ones that work against us. Body and mind are tools to experiment Life, their state determines the experience. It is the individual responsibility but conscious that this is what we contribute to the wellbeing (or discomfort) of the whole, the human species and its habitat, Planet Earth.

Sometimes it could be that you may have a desire to eat chips, for example, do not restrain yourself, eat them, taste them and enjoy, be completely conscious of each moment, of the sensations of the body, so you will be able to understand the base of this desire, and next time it can be that before a dessert you will ask yourself if it is worth few moments of glory for the taste buds, and hours or days of imbalances in all your bodies.

Little by little with this practise I discovered that these desires do not appear anymore because I am satisfied, I am complete, my desires now are to give, not needing or craving, but transmitting this peace and therefore allowing the vibrations which my bodies emit to be as positive as possible.

And this is where this wonderful adventure is leading me, to enjoy Life from fullness, not from lacking or dissatisfaction. Feeling peace within, simply by being; learning to comprehend and appreciate the beauty of each image which comes from the projector, in each instant, knowing that I am going through an evolutionary process of my conscience for the betterment of the species, anything that helps towards this aim, it is welcomed.

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12 STEPS TO RAW FOODS – Victoria Boutenko
INTUITIVE EATING – Humbart ”Smokey” Santillo
PRIMAL MOTHERING IN A MODERN WORLD – Hygea Halfmoon
YOUR NATURAL DIET – ALIVE RAW FOODS – Dr. T.C. Fry & David Klein

Humility, when is genuine and sincere, touches you from it simplicity. Already its etymology relates to the essential, to the Earth. Because the word humility comes from Latin "humilis", and this from "humus": that which Nature gets rid of and which at the same time enriches it, fertilizes it and allows it to grow. Humility tells us to free ourselves of the accessories, to be able to develop the essential. It invites us to realise, as well, that precisely our limitations is what make us human, and thanks to it we can be conscious of what is left to be done and to grow. For this reason, the sincere expression of humility is not a sign of naivety or weakness, in fact it is all the contrary: it is of clarity and interior strength.

Far from being fragile, humility shows us the greatness of the person that manifests it, precisely because it is born from the feeling of our own lacking: there is always something or someone from whom to learn; it is always possible to do things better, one can question the value and sense of what we are doing in one's personal or professional life, and from there face the challenges, develop new abilities, learn new lessons or build new bridges. For this reason, humility comes together with conscience and has a great revealing power because from it the perspective of thought and action are infinite, as they rise from common sense, from the reasonable doubt, from bareness which recognizes that there is still a lot of work to do, always to incarnate quality in all its dimensions, in oneself, in relation with another, in our actions or creations, in Life.

Fortunately the richness which humility generates does not come out from the drug of success which creates so much addition and is like a well without bottom or like the carrot that is maintained at a distance from the nose which makes the donkey pulling the cart until it burns down for pure exhaustion moved by a fantasy. Perhaps for this reason, humility has more to do with fulfilment than with success, to fulfil with duties, with what has been promised, with what has been agreed, doing well what has to be done, what is necessary.

Therefore the humble does not show off, or gets distracted with his achievements, but goes on working an enjoying the task, knowing that success is not an aim in itself, but a symptom which is not very convenient to give too much attention to, because not only it is misleading, but it also bewilders and can generate a severe and serious stupidity and absorption in oneself which is manifested as a consequence of collective flattery.

Neither it is convenient to mistake humility with false modesty, which never fails to be an hypocritical vanity, being humility precisely the contrary of vanity. And while this one blinds us, moves us away from reality and separates us from others, humility reveals us and puts us in contact with what is real, with the essential, with the genuine which we can find in the exterior and in our interior.

Its expression is manifested in the small things, in those details, in communication codes which are not at all ostentatious, but simple and basic, but of great value, because are genuine. With time, it is these gifts that we remember, with the perspective that life is giving us, and we know that those and only those gifts are the ones that remain, because they are in the memory, beyond matter, and nothing nor anybody can take them away. Today, that nearly everything is within our reach, being in cash or in comfortable instalments, we forget the value of the essential, which cannot be bought with money and it is humble in its essence, but of a not quantitative value, sometimes even infinite. The examples are many...

To know how to listen; to offer somebody our silent receptivity, silencing our own necessity of talking; opening ourselves to the necessity of the other one to feel attended, accompanied, respected, it is without doubt a gesture of humility which fertilizes the relationship and enriches the value of friendship.

Also a simple and sincere smile takes us to complicity, to playfulness, betters any encounter and can also change the sign of a better conversation or relationship.

Gratefulness is also a precious gift which is born from humility and the recognition of the other. With it, those who have participated in the kind exchange are able to grow. And what about caresses, of tenderness. These are in essence pure humility, as they are born from the skin, from nakedness and bring us to the essential. Within them we find ourselves again and we express what words cannot reach in detail. Also knowing when to keep quite; not to disturb; not to be in the way is a valuable humble gift. Leave the other one alone when this is his/her desire. Liberate them from an unwanted advise, of the help that has not been asked for or the company which in that moment is bothering, and this sometimes costs us much to understand, because it implies applying to us the same recipe and attend to such silence or loneliness which everyone is so afraid of nowadays. To respect the necessity of loneliness of the other can be a great gift which rises from humility, in these days where one of the greatest limited good is silence and quietness.

The list of "humble gifts", but of great value, could be endless. They abound everywhere, are economical and fertilize every relationship, in other words, they are prosperous because they nourish the essence, the being which gives them and whom receives them. They do not need a material object for exchange, and only depend of our arrangement towards the other one, including towards our own selves.
For that it is worthy to put them into practise, because on top of it, they are extremely beneficial! Stimulates imagination, confidence, respect, compromise and joy, between many others. Maybe a good part of the quality of life and our relationships lie in them.

Alex Rovira Cema is professor of Esade, lecturer and writer.
(Article from EP[S])

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When you ingest too many acidic or acid-producing foods, for instance meat, dairy products, yeast-containing bread, processed food etc. the acid will corrode tissues and organs. Acid creates a favorable environment for harmful micro organisms and bacteria to grow that can damage glands and organs.

The term for this over-acidification of your body cells is Acidosis. Acidosis will interrupt cellular activities and functions, which is a major root of disease and illness. If your body pH level is in imbalance, your cell system will be negatively affected.

Allergies (the absorption of undigested proteins due to an overly acidic body is a major cause of allergy conditions), osteoporosis, join pain, fatigue (an over-acidified body produces toxins and weakens the body’s ability to produces enzymes and hormones) and heart attacks can be traced back to acidosis. Above that our body creates fast cells to protect itself from potentially serious damage, to carry these acids away from our vital organs (results in obesity). Chronic pain in various parts of the body is often a sign of excess tissue and cell acidity.

The reason for that lies in the realization that the body’s internal environment is more important on our health than the impact of any micro organism. If our internal terrain is in an alkaline condition (the pH level is slightly above neutral at the pH scale, which is between 7.35 and 7.4), the exposure to even the most virulent microbes may not be able to make us sick.

Conversely, if our internal environment is in an unhealthy, too acidic state, disease becomes inevitable. If the pH balance inside us is thrown off, our body loses its ability to assimilate essential nutrients, including vitamins, proteins and minerals. As a result, our energy production slows down, the cells regenerate poorly and we struggle to produce enzymes and hormones that are vital to our health.

To avoid such a decrease of your overall healthiness you have to take a completely new look at your nutrition and diet. Eating as much as possible alkaline and alkalizing foods will help to balance the body ph and get rid of acid wastes. Sunflower sprouts, flax oil, brown basmati rice, millet, soaked almonds, tomato slices, fresh avocado, vegetable soups or green vegetable juices, salads, freshly squeezed vegetable juices or powdered green plant supplements are a great way to fight your acidic internal environment. All these foods offer a low carbohydrate and high fiber way to nourish your system with what it really needs to prevent us from acidosis.

What is the smart way to do? Apparently very few people are able to eat as much vegetables and greens as demanded from nutritionists and scientists. They all state that we need five servings of vegetables and greens per day, everyday. But if you simply do not have access to enough fresh vegetables at each meal, you can boost your alkalinity with the help of highly concentrated green sprouts and vegetables supplements (in addition to your daily nutrition and diet).

The best ones contain high concentrations of greens vegetables, such as broccoli or spinach, combined with dehydrated juices from cereals and sprouted seeds (such as barley, wheat grass, kamut or alfalfa leafs). They give your system all what it needs to help your body to alkalize and balance its ph and supply your system with the alkaline energy of several servings of fresh vegetables.

In this way, the excess acidity inside the body is neutralized, and enough minerals necessary for optimal cell function are provided. If our supply of minerals is inadequate and acid wastes accumulate, the body needs to find minerals where it can and may pull them from the bones (calcium) and muscles (magnesium). Studies have shown that people with chronic acidosis were at greater risk for bone loss (osteoporosis) than those with normal, neutral pH levels.

The key to real healthiness is to alkalize the body system by decreasing the intake of acid-forming food, while at the same time increasing the consumption of alkaline ones. In this way our body pH is balanced, our energy levels will increase immensely and the body naturally drops to its healthy weight. Simply put: an alkaline diet restores health!

The key to achieving pH balance and restoring our body to its ideal pH is to create the proper balance of alkaline food and acid forming food. Since a healthy pH level is slightly alkaline (approx. 7.35 on the pH scale), our diet and nutrition should also reflect this. Eating as much as possible alkaline and green foods will help to balance the body ph and get rid of acid wastes. In this regard we should ingest at least 80% of alkaline foods, and never more than 20% of neutral or acidifying foods. Eating alkaline foods transform our body’s pH balance from dangerously acidic to slightly above neutral.

Especially important for our human body system is the green plant pigment chlorophyll. Chlorophyll contained in plants and grasses is identical to the blood of humans, except of one atom. It is the only known and existing substance that is able to transform sunlight into eatable energy - a process without there wouldn’t be life on earth! In other words we “eat sunlight” when we eat salad, greens and vegetables. That is why nutritionists and scientists all over the world state that people need five servings (5!) of vegetables per day. But where and how in our fast paced lifestyle, eating on the run, are we going to be able to do this?

An easy way to do so anyway is to take, in addition to the diet, highly concentrated green food dietary supplements, which will help the body to alkalize, energize and oxygenate, and neutralize body acids, containing powdered green vegetables and grasses, leaves and grains sprouted for maximum cell absorption. In this way (or by eating vegetables all day long and constantly maintaining this acid alkaline balance diet) the body’s pH level will gradually be balanced.

When pH balance is achieved, the body naturally drops to its healthy weight, food cravings will diminish and energy levels will increase immensely. As soon as the acidic environment is eliminated, there will be no need for new fat cells to form. That means the fat in our body is no longer needed, and literally melts away. Above all, this alkaline way of life will help to balance your internal system, and is the perfect start to restore the overall health.

Balance-pH-Diet is dedicated to create awareness regarding the constantly growing over-acidification of our cell system (acidosis). Acid waste grows inside the body due to our unhealthy lifestyles. If our internal environment is too acidic, disease becomes inevitable. Balance-pH-Diet demonstrates how to alkalize, how to balance body ph levels and how to restore the overall health.

The concept of acid alkaline imbalance as the cause of disease is not new. In 1933 a New York doctor named William Howard Hay published a ground-breaking book, A New Health Era in which he maintains that all disease is caused by autotoxication (or "self-poisoning") due to acid accumulation in the body:

"Now we depart from health in just the proportion to which we have allowed our alkalies to be dissipated by introduction of acid-forming food in too great amount... It may seem strange to say that all disease is the same thing, no matter what its myriad modes of expression, but it is verily so."

More recently, in his remarkable book "Alkalize or Die" (see recommended reading), Dr. Theodore A. Baroody says essentially the same thing:

"The countless names of illnesses do not really matter. What does matter is that they all come from the same root cause...too much tissue acid waste in the body!"

Dr. Bircher-Benner, concisely summarized the relationship between light and cells: "The absorption and organization of sunlight, the essence of life, is derived almost exclusively through plants. Since light is the driving force of every cell in our bodies, that is why we need green plants."

"After twenty-five years of research I have learned that all functions of the human organism are acidic and that the ideal and optimum state of the human organism is to maintain its alkaline design."

How Many of These Ridiculous "Disorders" Do YOU Suffer From?

By Christopher Kent, D.C., J.D.

An article titled “Retail Therapy1” caught my attention. It described the results of a study where “compulsive shoppers” were treated with either the drug Citalopram or a placebo. The lead researcher was thrilled with the results, “Patients said to me: ‘I go to the shopping mall with my friends and I don’t buy anything.’” Well, this patient at least bought something -- the notion that excessive shopping is a disease to be treated with medication.
What constitutes excessive shopping? The article states that one of the subjects “owned 55 cameras.” I once collected cameras. Perhaps that makes me a “victim” of this disease. By the way, the treatment came with a price -- “some side effects, which include loss of sexual desire and sleepiness.” The study further admits, “It is not known why Citalopram is effective for treating compulsive shoppers.” With big pharma seeking new markets for existing drugs, and developing drugs in search of diseases, it is not surprising that many of life’s challenges are no longer considered legitimate components of the human experience, but are now medical conditions amenable to treatment.
The Definition of a Medicalized Society
Webster’s New Universal Unabridged Dictionary 2 defines “medicalize” as follows: “To handle or accept as deserving of or appropriate for medical treatment.”
Sato3 offers a more specific definition for medicalization: “A process or a tendency whereby the phenomena which had belonged to other fields like education, law, religion, and so on have been redefined as medical phenomena.”
Examples abound in psychiatry’s code book for psychiatric disorders and “conditions or problems ... which may be a focus of clinical attention and require appropriate coding ...” This remarkable tome is DSM-IV4. DSM-1 was first published in 1952, titled Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
My journey into DSM-IV made me think I had fallen into Alice’s rabbit hole.
Normal Human Experience Now Masqueraded as “Disorders”
Do you have difficulty sleeping after drinking coffee? The problem isn’t a product of your poor judgment in guzzling java immediately before retiring. You are a victim of 292.89 -- Caffeine-Induced Sleep Disorder F15.8. If you reflect on your shyness while tossing and turning, the problem could be the epidemic of 300.23 -- Social Phobia F40.1. Don’t worry. Drug treatment is available.
Unfortunately, if you’re thinking about your place in the cosmos or spiritual issues, you’ve got V62.89 -- Religious or Spiritual Problem Z71.8, and I couldn’t locate a drug for that.
Bad parenting is about to become a thing of the past. It’s not your fault, or your child’s fault. Besides the ubiquitous pandemic of ADHD, there are other disorders you may not be aware of.
Your ill-behaving child may be suffering from 313.81 -- Oppositional Defiant Disorder F91.3. If your child often argues with adults, loses their temper, deliberately annoys people, etc., you’re dealing with ODD. Of course, this must be differentiated from 312.8 -- Conduct Disorder F91.8, and 312.9 -- Disruptive Behavior Disorder Not Otherwise Specified F91.9.
Should the problem be getting along with a brother or sister, the condition is V61.8 -- Sibling Relational Problem F93.3. And should you argue with your spouse about whether the child should be grounded or drugged, you might be looking down the barrel of V61.1 -- Partner Relational Problem Z63.0.
If math homework is a challenge, be sure to check for 315.1 -- Mathematics Disorder F81.2. You must be careful not to confuse this with a V62.3 -- Academic Problem Z55.8. If things are OK in the math department, but you have a teen experiencing uncertainty about life goals, career preferences, values, loyalties, etc., you’re dealing with 313.82 Identity Problem F93.8. This has been downgraded from a “disorder” in DSM-III-R, to a mere “problem” in DSM-IV. I’ll bet that makes you feel better.
A Pill for Every Issue You Don’t Want to Face
A plethora of sexual issues are described as “disorders.” We are all familiar with Bob Dole making erectile dysfunction a household word, with the blue pill offering a solution. But that’s just the tip of the, um, iceberg. If the target of your libidinal interest is ignoring you, the problem may be 302.71 Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder F52.2.
Lest anyone be offended, I will not address the other disorders codified in Chapter 20. Simply be happy that there are solutions that do not require you to address issues in your relationship.
Men can obtain testosterone cream if a doctor determines that it’s “right for you.” The stuff is said to work well. According to an ad in JAMA5, “Sexual enjoyment and satisfaction with erection duration were improved vs. baseline, but these improvements were not significant compared to placebo.” The ad shows a couple dancing, a couple riding a motorcycle, and two pictures of men swinging golf clubs (alone) and smiling.
Perhaps the next version of DSM will have a category for “golf disorders.”
REFERENCES
1. Wood H: Retail therapy. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2003;4:700.
2. Webster’s New Universal Unabridged Dictionary. Barnes and Noble. New York. 1996.
3. Sato A: Medicalization and medicalization theories.
4. Reed WH, Wise MG: DSM-IV Training Guide. Brunner/Mazel, Inc. Philadelphia, PA. 1995.
5. JAMA 2003;290(11):1427.

Dr. Mercola's Comments:
(from www.mercola.com )

First, I want to thank Dr. Kent for this article. He is a good friend, and one of the leaders in the chiropractic profession. He runs the Chiropractic Leadership Alliance along with another good friend of mine, Dr. Patrick Gentempo who is one of the leading chiropractic educators in the US today. Patrick and I regularly spend time together and enjoy a brotherly relationship in that we are both aligned in our mission to transform this fatally flawed medical paradigm.
ADHD – The Poster Child of Over-Medication
Dr. Kent is one of the wittiest and brightest medical teachers I know of. His article is a masterful collection of just how much conventional medicine has been able to get away with in creating labels that justify the use of even more unnecessary drugs.
It’s unfortunate that so many get stuck on the issues of ADD/ADHD, (ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER) and feel singled out when they read about unnecessary drugging, and the over-diagnosing of people’s problems, because the fact remains that a vast majority of these new “disorders” and “dysfunctions” are NORMAL life occurrences, NOT signs of disease that require drug interventions.
ADHD, for example, is a significant and real problem that some people are challenged with. However, the symptoms for diagnosis are so broad and vague that you’re hard-pressed to find a child who doesn’t fit the highly non-specific profile. This of course is used to justify the use of highly toxic and dangerous pharmaceuticals. It is the rare clinician who will address this with simple dietary changes.
About 10 percent of all school age children are “diagnosed” with ADHD. Production of Adderall and Dexedrine, just two of the drugs used to treat ADHD, has risen 2,000 percent in nine years.
And, according to the study Trends in the Prescribing of Psychotropic Medications to Preschoolers, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association last February, psychotropic medication use tripled in preschool children ages two to four over a five-year span.
Something about these equations just doesn’t add up.
I just don’t buy the idea that many of U.S. children are in need of amphetamines to function “normally.” It also strikes me as truly bizarre that our society condemns street-drug amphetamine use, yet has no qualms about giving it in massive doses -- under legalized brand names -- to two-year-olds who are in their prime physical- and mental developmental years.

How Does Disease Mongering Work?
One of the key strategies that make medicalization of society work, is by targeting your news media with stories designed to create fears about the condition or disease, and draw attention to the latest treatment. This has led to problems on several key levels:
• People with benign, normal symptoms end up taking dangerous drugs. Once you’re convinced that natural signs of aging and common conditions are diseases or treatable symptoms, you take drugs for such things as balding, anxiety, mild bone loss and indigestion, which puts your health at risk over issues that were not true illnesses or risks in the first place.
• People who are tested regularly end up undergoing unnecessary treatments with drugs and invasive surgery. Very few people after middle age can pass tests without being told that they have some sort of "risk." This risk is then turned into a pseudo-disease leading to such things as dangerous breast and colon surgery and "preventative" medications.
• As a result of "disease mongering," the more the medical industry influences a nation, the sicker that nation "considers itself to be." It eats away at your self-confidence and teaches you that you're weak and incapable of staying well, and that all signs and symptoms are potentially dangerous conditions and diseases. Truly, this sort of marketing has blurred the lines of what drugs and surgery you really need to save your life, and which you don't.
Rather than focusing more time and attention on your health as you age, or as you see degeneration setting in, you might settle for a “diagnosis” and the latest medications. The only winners are the ones who profit financially.
Worst of all, many now seek passive medical intervention for both physical and mental wellbeing, rather than actively participating in it.
When symptoms arrive as a result of how poorly you've neglected your body and mind, rather than taking personal responsibility for your own wellness (restoring wholeness) and trusting in the God-given recuperative powers of your body, many seek those who are now only too willing take on this role for you.
As a result of handing over the full authority of your life over to the industry of medicine, the pharmaceutical and medical establishments have become so bloated, profitable and powerful, we're now witnessing it getting completely out of control.
The harm that the present health care delivery system causes now outweighs the good. It's time that balance gets restored -- taking the good of medicine and replacing the bad with new ways of thinking and more appropriate ways of taking care of your body.
How Can You Help Restore Balance?
Dr. Bruce Lipton offers encouraging and enlightening advice on how to do this, and reminds us that conventional medicine is in fact referred to as “the central dogma” in medical schools. And dogma literally means, “A belief based on religious persuasion and not scientific fact.”
How ironic is that?!
We are currently experiencing a parallel view of biological medicine, aptly similar to what happened in 1925 when Newtonian physics -- the concept that a material universe rules the world – was discovered to be completely incorrect; that we do not live in a universe based on matter, but actually a universe based on energy -- because atoms are not made out of “atom,” they’re made out of energy.
Hence, EVERYTHING that is material is made, or created out of energy.
The “new biology” (it’s actually been around for 20 years, but it takes time to turn the tide of brainwashed beliefs) has proven that our current view of biology is just as incorrect as our pre-1925 view that we live in a material universe.
Whereas the current medical dogma states that you are ruled by your genes, and therefore you are at “risk,” you are a victim of your genetic makeup. But the new biology has already dispelled this idea as a myth, a belief that is not based on scientific fact. In truth, your genes do not predispose you to any ONE particular fate. Something else, which you have total control over, rules over your genetic expression!
What is that thing?
Your MIND.
As Dr. Lipton said in my recent interview with him, “… the new biology is going to take us from a world today of crisis and ill health, and a failing environment and world, and take us to another level of masterful control, where we -- in our consciousness and our experiences of life -- will actually have power over our own lives and not be the victims that we were programmed to be.”
You’re in control. All you need to do is to “get with the times,” and accept it.

What kind of beliefs does a man have who paints pretty pictures of imagination and inspiration? I have had many philosophical and spiritual beliefs in this life, sometimes held strongly, other times just in inquiry or even mystery. I noticed that my beliefs are always changing. And I more or less think of my beliefs as just how things seem to me now.

I see people invest great passion in the "rightness" of their held beliefs. Jews, Christians, Muslims and others, often so sure they are right and others are wrong, the fundamentalist of each ready to kill others in the name of their "god" and their "rightness". And those with such "conviction" calling those who disagree with their side "terrorists".

I have listened to many teachers and I have checked in to my own experience and innermost being to validate, or not; what is said. It is my experience that we are all the same oneness, and that our "separateness" is indeed an illusion; that this illusion is vast and pervasive and seems very real; that the stronger we indulge in the illusion the more egoist we act, the more ignorant we are, and that all suffering we experience is in some way a result of this complex illusion. The illusion is a distortion of the Truth, which is always present behind the illusion and That is all of our true nature.

When we are truly in our hearts, truly feeling the connectedness, the love, we then feel joy and peace as we are more being our true nature. Truth does not assert, defend, or try to convince others. Our true nature IS Heart, is love.

The pain and suffering and apparent "wounds" are a result of being in illusion, in one's egoist activity too much. Most of what is going on in our day to day world is just a bunch of egoist programming interfacing with other programming, more like the Matrix (film) than people think. I know it is possible for each individual to wake up out of the dream or illusion to realize one's true nature, one's true being. The requirement is putting that commitment above all else - making realizing one's true nature one's highest priority in life. And that commitment leads in some way to honest SELF INQUIRY (specifically, SELF INQUIRY into the truth of one's self, one's true nature, and what activities of MIND one habituates which keeps one from realizing what they already always are).

And when it comes to "beliefs" it is important not to simply take the words of another and recite them as one's own, or quote them from a scripture, but to always find out for oneself through personal experience. And to share from there (personal experience) what one has found freely, openly, and relaxedly with others - for them to accept or reject as they wish. The diversity of perspectives, when shared casually with others can be a wonderful thing, expanding life's possibilities. Wanting or forcing others to see things the way you do is counter productive and not fun. I think this is one of the downfalls of traditional religions - trying to force or persuade others to their way of seeing things.

My devotion is to Truth. My highest priority and commitment in life is to abiding as and living life from my true, natural state. I regularly visit and listen and speak with my teachers, who talk about this with others who are interested. I have found some great teachers who are quite good at pointing to the Truth. I gladly point to the pointers and you can connect with them here if you wish.

1) We are all the same one "consciousness" that can take itself to be anything - and thus we seem to be what we take ourselves to be.

2) All that we experience in life is based on our interpretation. Our interpretation determines the nature of our existence.

3) ALL suffering and unfulfillment is the result of faulty interpretation - of taking ourselves to be "somebody" separate from others - taking ourselves to be an identity different from our true nature.

4) Therefore, having the broadest, truest angle of vision, the most accurate interpretation is wise.

5) Truly realizing and abiding as one's true nature (consciousness), the natural state, is the only way to accomplish this.

6) The requirement for enlightenment is to make #5 one's highest priority in life, above comfort, security, pleasure, etc. Then one will naturally attract the help and support one needs to wake up and stabilize in living that awakening. Stabilizing involves inquiring into and seeing all the ways in which one has avoided one's true nature, all the programming and habits and fixations, including one's very notion of being "separate".

Thus, I have found that the ONLY solution to the world's and an individual's struggle and suffering or unfulfillment is true self-realization (enlightenment). All other approaches and "solutions" are pseudo and/or temporary and are of the realm of hidden programming, which goes deeper than people realize. All those beings throughout history who have truly self-realized have said the same things -among those things that we are in a state of illusion which is so profound that even our notion of separateness is illusion; that the answer to life's woes is through Truth - which inevitably leads to self-realization - the awake state. The awake state is always present behind the illusion. It is not "attained", it is what is always there and comes forth when the illusion is busted. All are now invited to wake up from the dream.