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Some people think a super focus on food will help get this planet on the right track. A focus on food by millions of people, one so huge a new round of spiritual activism will spring from our hearts that makes the sixties look small. And since we know how many people from the sixties sold out once they made it big, since we know that those who didn't sell out were attacked and marginalized until their progress slowly became a thing of the past, since we know how media works against the truth movement so that people become confused about our need for activism.......
Food is starting to become the last place that has any rally power....
This post is deadicated to those who aim to bring new life to spiritual activism.
The post is just a little info the jump start deeper discussions....
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The below is just some of what i found about it, please follow the link to get the full report. But here is enough of the info for our purposes....
Here is the jump start...
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Sometimes science discovers something so very special... that even the scientists who uncover it may not realize just how momentous it is -- at least for many decades.
On some occasions, that's been due to lack of available instruments to dig deeper into the discovery. Such was the case with the discovery of prostaglandins, which are produced in every cell of your body.
Continuing research will surely reveal tremendous new insights into these fascinating nutrients.
Scientists already know that they have dramatic and far-reaching implications for your state of health... and that they particularly impact your body systems, especially if you are a woman.
Are you interested in discovering how to improve the action of prostaglandins for your most fabulous health? Then keep reading...
How the Accidental Discovery of Prostaglandins Gives You Intentional Health Support
Prostaglandins are part of a family of substances called eicosanoids. They were first discovered during the 1930's by Ulf von Euler of Sweden. He named them prostaglandins because he thought they came (only) from the prostate gland.
Since that time, scientists determined that they exist in every cell of your body, regardless of your sex. They act like hormones, in that they perform many regulatory functions.
But unlike hormones, they don't travel around your body. Instead they perform their functions locally, right in the cells where they're made.
In mammals, prostaglandins form by synthesizing fatty acids.
These prostaglandins are active for just a short time. They are highly potent substances which you must continually produce to supply your needs, because they cannot be stored by your cells.
Some of the processes they are thought to contribute to include:
Moving calcium and other substances into and out of cells*
Supporting optimal blood viscosity*
Controlling blood pressure levels*
Regulating secretions, including digestive juices and hormones*
Controlling fertility processes*
Regulating division and growth of cells*
Supporting your body's immune system*
Regulating the metabolic rate of various tissues*
Since they can impact your health in so many ways, what can you do to improve your production of prostaglandins?
Prostaglandin Production at Warp Speed
One of the best ways to improve your prostaglandin production is to adjust your diet for maximum control of your insulin levels... by reducing or eliminating sugars and grains, and by developing an exhilarating exercise program which helps your body manage its insulin production.
Of course, normalizing your vitamin D levels, getting adequate sleep, eating plenty of veggies, and optimizing your omega-3 levels all play a role in your optimal health and prostaglandin production.
But if you're a typical seeker of high level of health, you probably want to enhance your prostaglandin production in all the ways you can...
And that's precisely why I developed Krill for Women with Evening Primrose Oil (EPO) -- especially with female health in mind.
For your ease and convenience -- and the synergistic effect of combining krill oil and EPO -- I developed a product that merges them into one easy 'caplique'.
Consider this...
How Evening Primrose Supports Optimal Health*
The beautiful evening primrose may contribute to your beauty by supporting healthy skin, hair, and other systems of special interest to women.*
Evening primrose is a North American wildflower that isn't even really a true primrose. Its flower opens in the evening, explaining that part of its name.
Traditionally valued as a source of food (its roots and seeds were eaten), it was also used as an herbal medicine by Native Americans.
Modern interest focuses on its small dark seeds, which produce an oil rich in essential fatty acids. Its EFA profile includes 65% linoleic acid and 8-10% gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), critical precursors for manufacturing prostaglandin E-1 -- which helps support normal inflammatory levels and optimal health.*
A little more explanation is in order...
Understanding the Mysterious Prostaglandin Connection
Gamma linolenic acid (GLA) is an essential fatty acid (EFA) in the omega-6 family, found mainly in certain plant-based oils, like evening primrose oil. Your body needs EFAs, but cannot produce its own supply. That's why EFAs must be obtained from your diet.
GLA is responsible for normal functioning and growth of cells, nerves, muscles and organs throughout your body -- including normal brain function, skin and hair growth, bone health, metabolic control, and reproductive health.*
Truly, all your cell membranes depend on GLA to carry out their functions*.
Without adequate GLA, your cells operate at less than full capacity. Sooner or later, important functions break down, leaving you feeling at less than your peak... possibly even feeling droopy, dragged out and unable to enjoy all the assets and activities of your life.
A new interview came in......
Interview with Suzanne Swift
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Recently, Wally Cuddeford (wallynotorious) wrote in guerillanews and had the honor of interviewing war resister and military sexual assault survivor Spc. Suzanne Swift. She writes, "During her deployment to Iraq in 2004, Suzanne was violently coerced into a sexual relationship by her superior officer, and was subjected to public humiliation and retribution when she filed a grievance while in Iraq. She is currently serving out the remainder of her enlistment, after the military refused to grant her a medical discharge or punish the perpetrator. You can read more about her case at www.suzanneswift.org.
But the focus of this interview is not to recount the same Suzanne Swift story that has been told so many times before. While many accounts stop with the court case, that’s where this update starts. Where is Suzanne Swift now? Were any of her demands met? Is she still in the military? What has it been like being a poster-woman for military sexual assault survivors? The purpose here is to address all these other unanswered questions, both to complete the story for the public record, and as a gift to all those who see Suzanne Swift as the inspiration she is."
Stop through and finish reading the interview. Any feelings and feedback are welcome in the project comment section we are posting in here THE a book.....
Another place we can go from chapter one is into healing movements.....
Maybe we can look at healing arts of movement as something that can be done....
Why not start with our own?
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Audio : Hunger Striker Takes on Shell Oilhttp://breakfornews.com/forum/viewtop...
The Next Level Show - 13th September, 2008
As Shell Oil persists with plans to impose development of a gas field
over the protests of a local community, a 54-year-old school principal,
Maura Harrington has commenced a hunger strike to prevent
the laying of a sea pipeline. We speak with her live from the protest
scene, and with fellow Shell to Sea campaign member Terence Conway.
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'Ireland should not negotiate away it's environment for the sake of a few jobs..''
Dr Owens Wiwa, brother of of executed Nigerian poet Ken Saro Wiwa
Email your protest in support to:
public.relations@allseas.com
Harrington hunger strike continues
By Toni Bourke - 12/09/2008
High-profile Shell to Sea campaigner Maura Harrington has vowed to
continue her hunger strike until written confirmation is given that the
Solitaire is out of Irish territorial waters. At the time of going to print
yesterday evening (Thursday) she was in her car at Glengad maintaining
her protest.
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Interview with Maura Harrington
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Shell to Hell
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Discover Corporate Ireland
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Hunger strike and arrests at sea as Shell ship arrives
BY ADAM MURPHY - An Phoblacht
GARDAÍ arrested local fishermen off the Corrib coast in County Mayo on
Wednesday for being near the world’s largest pipe-laying vessel, brought
in by the Shell multinational oil giant to develop its controversial gas
pipeline.
And as the Garda was being used to defend the oil giant’s interests, local
schoolteacher Maura Harrington has gone on hunger strike in front of the
Shell compound, vowing to refuse food until the Shell-contracted ship
leaves the area.
The ship at the centre of this latest episode in the long battle against
multinational exploitation, the Solitaire, arrived off the coast of Mayo this
week. The ship is accompanied by a number of Shell support craft, a
Garda Water Unit and the Irish Naval Service.
Hundreds of gardaí have been drafted into the area, the main road to the
beach has been closed, and internet access in the area near the Shell
compound has been cut off.
Locals have been alarmed at the draconian security operation in
progress, particularly by the presence of figures in green rainjackets who
have not been identified as gardaí.
Opposition to the pipe-laying operation includes local fishermen who are
worried about contamination of the waters they depend on, residents
concerned that the offshore section is being put in place while no planning
permission exists for the onshore section, and environmental and political
activists based in the solidarity camp.
Gardaí are threatening to detain anyone on any craft that approaches the
path of the Solitaire. Fishermen from nearby Porturlin who refused to
move their crab gear from the path of the Solitaire were arrested on
Tuesday night. A large group of local people protested outside the police
station in Belmullet at the arrests. The men were released at midnight,
went fishing again on Wednesday morning, and were immediately
rearrested. Protesters are engaged in a series of actions designed to
slow the project.
In recent weeks there have been 29 separate arrests in the area around
Glengad beach, where the pipeline is due to make landfall. While some
newspapers have claimed that the project - which is being carried out by
a consortium of companies including Statoil from Norway and Marathon
Oil from Texas in the United States - will benefit Ireland, even though all
of the natural gas will belong to the Corrib partners and no royalty will be
charged, there is no contractual obligation for Shell, the scheme’s major
shareholder and operator, to sell any of the gas to Bord Gáis Éireann, and
so the resource will be sold to the highest bidder.
Bord Gáis has confirmed that there will be no financial benefit to Irish
consumers from the Corrib gas field.
Environmentalists have warned that Shell will use the precedent of an
onshore refinery to strong-arm their way into installing similar schemes in
other places around the world. A production pipeline passing through a
residential area is unprecedented.
The Irish Government, including Green Party ministers at the Department
of Environment and Natural Resources who opposed Shell before going
into government, has backed Shell’s scheme. Last month, the Garda
released figures showing that €11 million has been spent policing the
project since 2006 - more than half the amount the force spent on fighting
organised crime.
Activists on the ground have asked for solidarity actions such as pickets
and lobbying of Green Party politicians in Ireland, Britain and mainland
Europe to take place in solidarity with the people of Mayo and against the
actions of the Shell multinational oil giant.
Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris has strongly condemned the arrest of
fishermen in Broadhaven Bay and called on the Green Party members
of the Government, prominent in support of the Rossport Five in 2005,
to use their influence to bring an end to the heavy handed treatment of
local protesters.”
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http://breakfornews.com/forum/viewtop...New Audio - DANGER: New World Order Imploding!
The Next Level Show - 7th October, 2008
DANGER:
New World Order Imploding!
The systemic crisis which birthed Globalism has now gone critical as
a $2,000 Trillion edifice faces deflation of up to 60/1 leveraging, and
potential wipeout of Wall Street stocks and American's retirement savings.
Fintan Dunne examines the opportunities and dangers of the
collapse of the Globalist Economic Order; and the threat of a huge
tax burden and command economy which would destroy America.
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Regarding Zeitgeist
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:57 pm Post subject:
Technology becomes more dangerous in the hands of psychologically disoriented societies! The greatest abundance is to be without need.
If we see the planet as a resource then we become a resource.
Society is run by a death urge, because it acts out consciously for what is needed internally. psychologically. Weapons are technology that reflect a psychological state of mind.
Inside is connected to outside. How do we shift one's consciousness past ego, past contradictions, this is the question and the answer!
Special Comment: The Election, The Elite, And The Economyhttp://breakfornews.com/forum/viewtop...
It appears that the elite have christened Obama to be the next president. This is usually not the case in the two way political contest system. Most often the elite do indeed make certain that both candidates [ as they have in this election:] are 100 percent in their grasp, but usually allow for a “fair” contest that the two appointed flunkies fight it out on their own terms within the parameters that the elite set for them. In this election the obvious mentally unstable and borderline senility McCain is exhibiting has rendered him disqualified. [Even the elite want a reasonably healthy and sane flunky to guard their interests:].
McCain’s actions that have precipitated the elite to intervene and cancel him out began with the selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate. This obvious political mistake became apparent when the public saw her dangerous incompetence and ignorance as recent events unfolded, such as the Katie Couric interview among others.
Initially the selection of Palin boosted McCain’s poll ratings over Obama after the republican convention. But right after the Lehman Brothers collapse that initiated the economic downturn, the polls began a steep turn in Obama’s favor and hasn’t let up since. Additionally the “steady” calm Obama over the erratic McCain in the debates added to McCain’s downfall.
The most probable intervention of the elite in this election is through the manipulation of the recent economic crash, in which they are using to boost Obama’s candidacy. Even though people were seeing Palins clear incompetence after the republican convention in the few interviews she gave, the polls were not moving in Obama’s favor until the economy began its declivity.
Indeed the unqualified ignoramus, Sarah Palin, alone as McCain’s running mate wasn’t enough for the clueless American people to disqualify McCain’s candidacy. For didn’t the same electorate vote TWICE for the dunce Bush. Here the elite has to threaten the self-centered American sheep with economic doom to move them away from the republican brand [where conventional wisdom has it that they are a bad choice in bad economic times:] into the democratic brand [where conventional wisdom has it that they are the best choice in bad economic times:].
After Obama is elected the economy eventually will calm down, the elite will keep it in distress for a while only so it can appear this was a real phenomenon not the manufactured farce it most likely is.
Am I saying therefore that the elite have created the economic collapse solely to elect Obama? The answer to that is no.
Remember this: the elite NEVER do anything for just one reason. They are masters at the art of ramifications. In this sense the ramification of manipulating the economy to Obama’s favor will also bring more wealth, control; and power into the hands of those whom already possess it.
Indeed, it was a delight to the elite that they could use their intent to help Obama by manipulation of the economy, in which could serve as a means for them to again be
PIGS AT THE TROUGH OF RAMIFICATIONS!
Z
For Vendetta
The Storm Has ArrivedKelly Johnson
Chapter Five
God is Nature.
Perhaps the most difficult transition that will be made is the one of spirituality. It is the dividing rod. It is also the most nonsensical reason for our many divisions. God is nature and nature is god. God is every little thing down to the smallest subatomic particle and the energy that moves it. We must understand that God is so vast that humans could never have the capacity to fully comprehend it. When we even try to define God we limit our understanding of God. It takes all of our mutual-accumulative understanding to even touch the surface of the vastness of God. So to divide ourselves on this basis is futile. No one of us could possibly understand the depths to which God exists, so therefore, we may all have a small sampling of its reality. Sharing our understandings and accumulating and compiling our knowledge, are ways of increasing our connections to one another and to God. We must also include within our understanding of God, the living world and universe. To exclude these things from our understanding of God will only decrease our ability to deeply understand God and our duty to ourselves and each other and the earth we live on. God and nature have systems of balance and complexity in which they thrive. To limit complexity limits nature’s ! mechanisms to function in a healthy way, thus damaging our selves.
The Fifth paradigm shift will be: We humans will realize that we are all part of God and will rediscover our connection with each other and nature through this understanding. We will begin to understand the vastness of God and that we are a small and precious part of it.
Chapter Six
The System Change
Ultimately, the only way we will survive our own habitation is to change the system of society in which we live. The massive conglomeration of power in the system to a relative few is in deep contrast to the natural order of small niche ecosystems that function so well in the natural environment. If we extend this analogy to the societal structure, we find that extreme waste and consumption is eliminated. We find that needs supersede wants. We see that our own niches will provide what we need; if we live within the boundaries that nature sets up so that balance exists.
The Sixth Paradigm Shift will be: We will come to see the value of and the opportunity that is provided by the natural systems in which we all live. We will realize the wisdom of using nature as a survival guide because we will have realized that we are, indeed, part of nature and must live within the boundaries and parameters that exist naturally for balance and survival to exist.
Chapter Seven
Natures Way, Change Over Time
The one constant in life is the striving for survival and the changes that have always occurred to life systems over time so that life survives. Does it not follow, then, that nature or God would provide the means for our survival. Striving for life is one of the mechanisms built into the natural system for survival. And, if we are, indeed, the highest life form on the planet, then would it not follow that we have within ourselves the mechanism to survive our own destructive behavior, if only by socially evolving to the point of making the choice to live in a way that would provide that outcome. Wouldn’t nature or God make us smart enough or intuitive enough to realize that we have a choice? ! And self-interested enough to make that choice? Suicide is not the way of nature, if it was no species would survive.
The Seventh Paradigm shift will be: We will come to see our value; as a species and each of us, as individuals. We will come to understand that there is a way to survive because nature or God has given us the tool to catalyze the change.
We will begin to love ourselves again.
The Storm Has ArrivedKelly Johnson
Philosophy, Theology, Science,
Time, Space, Earth,
Energy, Mass, Life.
All connected, ALL ONE.
Chapter One
Own Yourself
The truest thing is that we own ourselves. This has many implications and ramifications: ultimate responsibility for ones choices, the ability to learn from choices who’s outcome was other than what we wanted, that we can not be owned or ruled by another, we can comply with the path set by others but it is ultimately our choice whether we will follow the communal path or we can choose to see and question this path and its validity.
We have lived so long under the impression that we can be ruled by others and that our actions are another’s burden to bear. This is the result of having a culture of hierarchy in which only the top of the structure bears the burden of responsibility. And yet we live with paradox that those at the top have the power to avoid responsibility because they control the ramifications. Thus, there is no one taking responsibility for anything. “There is nothing we can do about it,” is a self-fulfilling prophesy.
The First Paradigm Shift will be: We, the masses, will begin to take responsibility for the choices we make and their ultimate outcome. We, as one, will change our behaviors so that the structure is one of sustainability, not growth. We will, further, understand that “WE” are the only ones with the power to make the world what we know it must be so that we can survive.
Chapter Two
Only We
Humans have constantly divided ourselves into groups of we and they. This is part of our nature that also results in the hierarchy culture. Both are falsehoods. There is no they and there is no hierarchy of personal value. The only difference in each of us is the moments that have brought us to the result of the here and now. We, which in my view would include all human life, are intimately and ultimately connected. What happens to one of us, will inevitably impact all of us. We all need air, water, food, shelter. We all survive on the same sustenance.! We live on a sphere. It is a lovely analogy for what comes around goes around, but it is, also, quite a literal fact. The air and water we pollute will come back around and quietly poison us later.
The “we, they” lie is what made slavery possible, it is what makes the murder of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi’s acceptable. We do not put together the connection of action and consequence. Terrorists are made, not born; they are made by poverty, pain and desperation.
The Second Paradigm shift will be: The people of the world will realize that we are all subject to the impact of our actions and choices. We will understand that we share so much more in common than we have qualities that divide us. We will realize the futility and destruction that results from the wasteful consumption of needless material things. We will realize that there is a joy in those around us and that happiness is found in those relationships and not the stuff we collect. We will come to understand that we have the qualities that are needed to heal our species’ collective spirit and we will make the choice to do so.
Chapter Three
Born Perfect
The single most damaging belief that we as a species hold is that we are born flawed, sinful, tainted. We justify our harmful deeds by believing that we could act no other way. We are only human after all. This is a cop- out, bull-shit. This very idea is why it is possible for us to do terrible, ugly, harmful, heinous things and not be shocked and awed by our abominable behaviors. We believe that we could act no other way. The apocalypse is a human created suicide path that could be avoided if we come to understand that we don’t have to destroy ourselves. There is a way to live within the earth’s natural rules and guidelines that will create equity and peace for us. All we have to do is change our minds about who we are as a species. Who we are as a world society. Remember that no two people share the exact same moments so no two people have the exact same perspective on the world. We must understand that our differences are things to be cherished and valued for they enhance our species and our differences are the one characteristic that binds us because they are the one true commonality that we all share. We are all different. Different in our physical construct and in our moments.
The Third Paradigm Shift will be: that the human race will understand that they are part of the natural web of life and that we are as perfect, fragile, lovely and unique, as is all life. That we are connected to and are part of the natural world and its systems and that diversity and complexity are part of the natural system’s means for survival and sustainability and thus, must be cherished. We will come to value diversity and complexity for the natural miracles that they are. We will no longer divide ourselves on the basis of superficial differences that are the true gift of nature. We will also come to cherish our connections with one another and the natural world.
Chapter Four
The Myth of Ownership
It is hard to come to terms with a social learning experience. I call it a learning experience because I believe the word “mistake” has so many negative connotations. The prism though which we see the world does not allow us to see “mistakes” for what they are: learning experiences. We must really understand this. We must see our past, our history, as opportunities to learn. Embrace our past so that we might learn from it. What worked, what did not? This brings me to my point; we have the responsibility to see what has worked in our culture and in natu! re. What social theories have worked on a global and natural scale? Have the social conceptions that we have adopted around the globe proven successful over the long term? These are questions that could easily be answered with even a superficial glance at human and natural history.
Ownership. How far can that word go? We know that we own ourselves. We own the clothes on our back, the house we live in, the car we drive. What about Earth’s water supply, air, bio-diversity, DNA strains, all life as we know it? How far does our reach go? The moon? The solar system? The universe?
The learning experience that we have to encounter and overcome is the myth that we own it all. That we could even conceptualize owning everything blows my mind. As big as we like to believe ourselves, we don’t, in fact, own everything. Owning means that we can do what we want with said owned thing. This terrible misconception has taken on a new life with the discovery of genetics. Now it seems humans can own a species or all of them, baring the whole human. One can, however, own the patents to the human G-nome. I’m serious. How far will we go with this? Is this a back door to slavery? What if we own a DNA block that only Irish have? Does it then follow that we own part of the Irish Body? This is very dangerous ground to be covering. The concept of ownership is a cornerstone of the society in which we live. And it is a distorted reality. Distorted by some of us who feel that the only power we can have is through the ownership of other things. The greatest power we have, though, is the power of choice. We can simply change our minds about ownership and what we can own and what we do own.
The forth Paradigm shift will be: We as a species will understand the limit of our capacity to own. We will realize our personal, physical boundaries and understand the nature of the “commonwealth”. We will come to understand the impacts of imaginary ownership and the impacts that it has on the rest of humanity and the living world. We will understand that ownership of the commons must be returned to the commons so that the vast common, public interest will be served.
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Nawang Khechog is a Grammy nominee and one of Tibet's formost world music composer and musician. He is also one of the first Tibetan musicians to be able to break into international world music scene with his original and authentic musical compositions (solo and collaborative albums) to be distributed around the world through different record label. In 2007 Nawang received Tibetan Music Award ( Special Recognition , similar to Life Time Achievement Award) and International Civil Golden Award , The highest civilian award of Nepal.
Nawang was a monk for 11 years and studied Buddhist philosophy and meditation with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and many other Tibetan masters. He also lived as hermit, meditating in the Himalayan foothills for several years under the guidance of His Holiness.
When Nawang was hermit meditator in Himalaya
At Sedona Cultural Park
October 2001
Photo by Gerard Hutton
He aims to utilize music as a means to inspire non-violence, compassion and spirituality and for the freedom of Tibetan people. In the last few years, there has been some signs of interest from PRC governement for the future of Tibet by inviting the delegations of HH Dalai Lama and Tibetan Government in Exile in Tibet and China. "I hope", says Nawang, "this is a genuine sign of PRC government's interest in resolving the tragedy and suffering of Tibet. It is hard to trust but it will reveal its true face by year 2010. If this is genuine, negotiation and dialog is best for both sides interests."
Nawang has produced five albums by himself and co- produced two albums with Kitaro and Peter Kater-'Karuna'; a solo album, and 'The Dance of Innocents ' with Peter Kater on piano, ' Wind of Devotion' with R. Carlos Nakai (the most prominent Native American Flutist) ' In a Distant place ' with R. Carlos Nakai, William Eaton (one of the world's great designer and builders of unique guitars ) Will Clipman (a leading percussionist). This album , they not only recieved the Grammy nomination but they also got three prestigious nominations from the 'Nammy Awards' (the Native American music awards) 'the Record of the Year',' the Best Instrumental Recording ' and 'the Best Duo or Group of the Year '.
Philip Glass, Allen Ginsberg,
Laurie Anderson and Nawang.
He also wrote and performed the music for the New York play, 'Road Home' directed by award winning director, Lawrence Sacharow and played by Martin Luther King Jr's daughter, Yolanda King, and other actors. (This is a multimedia play, filmed by Academy Award Winner Barbara Kopple and written by Academy Award Winner James Lecesne). He has played on Kitaro's Grammy nominated albums 'Mandala' and 'Enchanted Evening' and toured with him extensively in the US, Japan, Canada, Brazil and South East Asian countries.
Tour with Kitaro and Band
Nawang has performed at Carnegie Hall, Universal Amphitheater, Radio City Music Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, The Pentagon, World Peace Festivals, numerous schools, Art Galleries and RFK Stadium, just to mention a few.
Nawang with Edie Brickell, Paul Simon and Natalie Merchant.
He has collaborated with Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Kitaro, Trey Anastasio [Phish:], Ustad Sultan Khan, Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, David Bowie, Michael Stipe (R.E.M.), Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (nephew of the famous Qawalli singer), Natalie Merchant, Peter Kater, R. Carlos Nakai, Paul Winter, Allen Ginsberg, Patty Smith, Steve Gorn, and performed in the same concerts with U2, Pearl Jam, Taj Mahal, Beastie Boys, Ben Harper, R.E.M., Alanis Morissette, Bjork, Sonic Youth, Billy Corgan, Moby, Dave Matthews, Herbie Hancock, Tracy Chapman, KRS-1, Sean Lennon and A Tribe Called Quest.
Nawang with Nobel Peace Laureate Jose Ramos Horta
He has also performed many times at the prestigious yearly concerts of Tibet House, New York, benefit & Tibetan Freedom Concerts. Nawang also supports and participated many times with Peacejam Programs, an organization with twelve Nobel Peace Laureates on their Board of Advisors dedicated to youth education and greater human values.
Nawang's music has been used in various documentaries, most recently for part of the sound track of Hollywood's major motion picture 'Seven Years in Tibet,' directed by Jean Jacques Annaud and starring Brad Pitt. He also worked as a Tibetan Assistant Director and played six different acting rolls for the film.
Nawang as Assistant Director on the set of Seven Years in Tibet
He has also worked at a wide range of causes and organizations, ranging from Schools, Prisons, Buddhist Centres, Interfaith Services to the numerous benefit concerts for AIDS, Environment, Peace, and many Tibet support groups, as welI as the US Tibetan Re-settlement Projects.
Nawang was born into a nomadic family in Eastern Tibet, on a high mountain plateau, where trees can not grow and the wind whispers through the grasslands. He learned about life's lessons and survival at an early age. When he was only three years old, a yogi meditator convinced his father that it would be devastating for their family to remain in Tibet, so they fled the land. the family travelled thousands of miles to India on the backs of yaks. Following a treacherous three year journey, the yogi's prediction came true in 1959, when China took over Tibet. Nawang's family still suffered - most of his family, including his two younger sisters perished in the hot climate of India.
In 1981, Nawang met Leslie Christianson, they married and had two beautiful children, Sangye (son) and Tenzin (daughter). Now, they are grown up as two bright and beautiful children. While they were together in Australia, they helped to establish and became founding board members of Australia Tibet Council (ATC) with other Tibetans and Australians who were dedicated to help the situation in Tibet. Meanwhile Leslie became the first founding National Director for ATC and worked hard and effectively to make the ATC the most powerful Tibet support group in Australia. Nawang toured throughout Australia performing and educating Australians for the Tibetan cause and suffering. He also twice presented the first and second 'Five Point Peace Plan' for Tibet by His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawk. After eight years of thier marriage,they seperated in 1989 but now both are re-married since 1997. Nawang's spiritual friend and his wife Tsering Youdon has finally able to immigrate and join him in USA, after three years of immigration waiting period.
In 1991, he was invited by Tibet House, New York and the co-founder and actor Richard Gere, for a North American tour. Nawang toured numerous cities by giving concerts and speaking out about the situation in Tibet to audiences, radio stations and newspaper journalists during the 'International Year of Tibet' Celebration.
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Intention - Mission, Vision, and Values
Mission: To host a vibrant and uplifting festival of yoga, dance, and music which awakens and nourishes each individual’s potential for positive change within, leading to positive change in our homes, in our communities, and around the world.
Vision: An annual multicultural festival celebration of yoga, dance, and music, which gathers and grows a diverse global community of teachers, performers, and participants. The festival will contribute positively to the ecological health, cultural vibrancy, and overall vitality of Bali.
The festival will serve as a centerpiece event and revenue engine for a foundation dedicated to global healing through local action. Based in Ubud, this foundation will provide the island of Bali with ongoing classes, workshops, and trainings in the fields of arts, culture, ecology, and spirituality, with an emphasis on programming for local youth.
Values: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” We recognize that the roots of global healing are found within each and every individual. We honor, respect, and promote the power of the sacred arts of yoga, dance, and music to nourish these roots. We pray that their fruits, a healthy and harmonious world, may be enjoyed by generations to come.
We are forever inspired by the island of Bali and the guiding principle of Balinese culture…
Tri Hita Karana: Harmony with God, Harmony in Community, Harmony with Nature
A member of a hiking group that shares trips into nature for the purposes of dealing with the stress that comes from be aware of what has harmed our planet, environments, and the people of the earth has recently posted a link to a documentary on youtube. This video is an alarming expose' on a secret agenda to turn people into slaves of a new world order. Do you know anything about this?
About This Video
If you're not awakening to The New World Order, you will be. Everything that's needed for the rich and powerful to run every aspect of your life is in place. Within a few years there will be a cashless one world government, run by the richest people in the world. You will be "chipped" and tracked by the government, and if you protest, speak out, or otherwise displease Big Brother, your chip will be turned off, preventing you from buying or selling anything. The plan has started and in 2008, the "North American Union" will effectively eliminate the borders between the US, Canada, and Mexico. Also in 2008, you will be required to have a national I.D., soon after to become an implanted chip.
These scenes are taken from a video available at http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com I suggest you go there and watch the whole thing. It's about 2 hours long.
A concerned group of nature lovers.....
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And what about Buddhism Practice as something people are doing and have done to take and give action?
One being that works so truly is Khenpo, have you heard about the Denang project? www.denang.org
A brother effort in a far off other part of the world is also at work........
The basic characteristic of Buddhist teachings is its emphasis on facing reality, engaging in practice and attaining insight. It does not require blind following of doctrines. Instead, the teachings aim to point out the real situation to awaken suffering beings that are lost in delusions.
The teachings reveal the path toward emancipation from suffering through analyses of its causes and consequences. In addition, they provide a positive and mature vision for human existence.
Whoever would aspire to liberation from worldly sufferings and dedicates oneself to the development of increasingly positive mental states could tread the guided steps and eventually attain enlightened realisation.
Practice
Buddhist practices are an engagement in order to gradually learn about how to reduce attachments and worldly tangles that are based on all sorts of grasping. Thus, liberated and skilled to develop positive attitudes, one may eventually approach limitless oneness in original purity.
Observation of Reality
Impermanence
All things are continuously evolving.
Suffering
Human lives are full of all sorts of problems and hardships, especially obvious among them are the sufferings related to birth, aging, sickness and death. Although there are pleasures of life, none could last long. Therefore, from an extended point of view, human existence would seem to be just a gradual approach to decay and decease.
Transmigration
Based on some cases of rebirth and records of profound religious experiences it could be inferred that death does not amount to becoming naught. Rather there seems a spiritual continuity that goes through birth and death from life to next life.
Explanation of Reality
Conditional Arising
All phenomena arise as the result of combination of all sorts of conditions. All things are related as mutual causes or conditions for their interdependent co-emergence.
Causal Relations
Under all sorts of situations causal relations among events could be discerned. Even though it is impossible to comprehend all causal relations and their underlying principles, through accumulation of experiences we have had enough confidence in the existence of causal relations and their effective operation among phenomena.
Self-View
Ordinarily people identify with body, blood relation, locality, society, culture, race, country, etc., as the center of importance at various levels and associate them with the notion of "self." Consequently, whatever outside this "self" becomes "others" and a barrier or even antagonism ensues.
Karma
Based on attachments to various kinds of "self" thoughts, speeches and activities arise to affect people and their surroundings. The collection of all traces of such thoughts, speeches and activities is called karma.
Summary
As results of conditional arising all things are impermanent. The world is full of sufferings. Based on attachments to "self" people create karmas. Tied down by causal relations it is difficult to escape from transmigration.
www.yogichen.org
Here is a list of links, we clicked through a few, you do the rest!http://www.wildrockies.org/sites.html
Alliance for the Wild Rockies (AWR)
http://www.wildrockiesalliance.org/
Alliance for the Wild Rockies (AWR) formed to meet the challenge of saving the Northern Rockies Bioregion from habitat destruction. We are thousands of individuals, business owners, and organizations taking a bioregional approach to protect and restore this great region. A membership-based nonprofit organization, our board and advisors include some of the nation's top scientists and conservationists. More about AWR- its mission, boards, and members.
Big Sky Conservation Institute
http://www.bigsky.org
We are a non-profit, public interest organization dedicated to providing high quality technical and artistic services, training, consulting, and products to organizations, agencies, and individuals committed to environmental conservation and economic sustainability. We provide these goods and services in order to facilitate the creation and distribution of factually accurate and readily understandable public education materials, offering our specialized skills and knowledge to enhance the capacity of citizens working in the public interest from the local to the global level.
Buffalo Field Campaign
http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/
Clark Fork Pend Oreille Coalition (CFPOC)
http://www.clarkfork.org
Cold Mountain, Cold Rivers (CMCR)
http://www.wildrockies.org/cmcr/
The Ecology Center, Inc. (TECI)
http://www.wildrockies.org/TECI/
Friends of the Clearwater
Friends of the Wild Swan
The Fungal-Jungal
Great Bear Foundation
High Plains Films
Montana People's Action (MPA)
Musicians United to Sustain the Environment
Natural Trails & Waters Coalition
National Forest Protection Alliance
Picture Tomorrow
Predator Conservation Alliance
RESTORE the North Woods
Swan View Coalition
WildBison.org
WildFire Info Center
Wilderness Watch
Wildlands Center for Preventing Roads (WCPR)
Wild Rockies Field Institute (WRFI)
Women's Voices for the Earth (WVE)
LUVeR is what THEY told us only a few years ago how the internet would be. But THEY now want us to believe that we little people can’t do this. In fact THEY are trying to force us little people off the internet, making the web just another corporate-controlled selling medium!
http://www.luver.com
How to submit your band's music
You send it, we will play it!
Send your CDs, MP3 disks, tapes or vinyl to:
Frank Moore
PO Box 11445
Berkeley, CA 94712
LUVeR is a totally new communication media which combines live streaming, on-demand libraries of programming, audio, and video. LUVeR is an anti-corporate, anti-capitalist revolution! LUVeR is and will remain a non-corporate, d.i.y., totally uncensored, noncommercial, nonprofit internet-only communal collective with 24-hour "live" programming (by amazing people) with "no-limits" content.
Rise Up Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
http://www.fallingmountain.com
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/200...
MOVING MOUNTAINS CD RESPONDS TO AN APPALACHIAN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE
The quest for Appalachian coal has led to mountaintop removal, a process that's been called strip mining on steroids.
The March 2006 issue of National Geographic added to the growing chorus of national publicity about "The High Cost of Cheap Coal". One of the two articles was "Where Mountains Move" about the people and places of rural southern Appalachia being devastated by mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining. The first picture in the article showed Larry Gibson of Kayford Mountain in southern WV, standing on his family's 50-acre homestead surrounded by a barren moonscape where mountains used to stand - dense, wrinkled and tree covered.
Larry's own voice is one of 6 interviews with coalfields residents included on the Moving Mountains: Voices of Appalachia Rise Up Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining compilation CD, produced by coalfield activist and musician Jen Osha. The CD includes one of her songs and 12 others from artists deeply moved by the complete and unprecedented reshaping of Appalachia's contours and forests, including the late legendary fiddler Vasser Clements, songwriter and occasional West Virginia Public Radio host Kate Long, and guitarist and songwriter Mike Morningstar, as well as Falling Mountain's own Andrew McKnight and Keith & Joan Pitzer.
Listen to "Voices of Appalachia" segment with Julia "Judy" Bonds
Listen to "Keepers of the Mountains" by Elaine Purkey
Listen to "The Most Beautiful Place in the World" by Mary Anne Hitt
Listen to "Company Town" by Andrew McKnight
Streaming MP3s
Why should you as a music listener and consumer feel like a part of our family at Falling Mountain?
We live in a world where the music industry at large seeks more complete control over your access to music. Small, independent radio stations and record stores are bought up by large multi-industry conglomerates, who then dictate what small definition of music will be heard between the commercials.
Since 1991, Falling Mountain has chosen a different path, giving a voice to music that has become increasingly marginalized by these commercial forces and forging direct relationships with each of our customers. Our response has been to empower an ever-growing wealth of consumers to seek a wide array of musical choices unimpaired by commercial considerations--via the internet, and through our one-to-one contact with you, our fans. We enthusiastically support and service independent and public radio stations that share our commitment to provide a more diverse and meaningful spectrum of music to their listeners. You no longer need to depend on those large corporate entities to satisfy your musical cravings. Here we are, whenever you'd like to drop by.
We view you the listener and CD-buyer as a vital partner in this mission. Each of our artists is committed to cultivating this synergy one show at a time, one CD at a time, one discerning listener at a time. Thank you very much, and welcome.
From their home nestled in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, they at Falling Mountain are committed to bringing you the very finest acoustic music. Our music spans a truly breathtaking diversity of styles and influences; a continuum of folk and acoustic music covering literally hundreds of years, from traditional music of many lands to cutting edge contemporary instrumentalists and the latest generation of folk influenced singer/songwriters. If you like to support independent artists directly, you have come to the right place.
They've designed our website with US in mind, and we hope you enjoy many visits that inspire you to expand your music collection. All of our CD titles are available for $13.99 at our secure online store as well as providing easy mail and email orders. In addition, you can hear our music streamed or downloaded to your desktop, on broadcast and internet radio worldwide, and at concert appearances across much of North America.
Our artists have graced the stages of virtually every major American acoustic music festival; Americana festivals (Telluride Bluegrass, Merlefest, and Walnut Valley); Folk festivals (Falcon Ridge, Rocky Mountain, Kerrville, Greater New Bedford Summerfest); Celtic festivals (Potomac and Erie Celtic Festivals); and major metropolitan and arts festivals such as Chattanooga's Riverbend Festival and the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival. All of our Artist Pages include calendar links, so we hope that will encourage you to reward yourself with a night out at a live performance soon.
In addition, our "Songs & Strings" tours bring some of those diverse artists together in concert settings in select areas. We invite you to join our mailing list for periodic updates on tours, new releases and exciting projects, and to read our latest Newsletter from Falling Mountain.
If you find the idea of attending a concert compelling, consider hosting a concert for one or more of our artists at your local church, cafe or even the comfort of your own home. We've developed a very handy and easy-to-use resource to guide you through the process, our "How to Host an Acoustic Music Concert" manual. In addition to great discussions on the basics of organizing, presenting and publicizing a concert, it includes a very useful one-page checklist. It is a read-only Microsoft Word document, click here to download. For more information, please send us an email at info@fallingmountain.com. Learn more about how you can help support Falling Mountain and its artists.
Radio, press and industry folks may find our Media Center and its many resources about our artists and titles especially useful.
Whatever your musical tastes, we're confident that you will find some delights here both familiar and unexpected. Send us a hello at info@fallingmountain.com. Thank you for dropping by, and enjoy your visit.
Manuel Valenzuela writes, "Human beings do not respond well to lies and deception, and the bigger the lie, the more malignant the truth, the greater is the quest to uncover what has been hidden, especially when the truth is as self-evident to common sense as to logic and reason and analysis and research. Humankind, by and large, craves the truth in everyday life, detesting lies, charades and manipulations. We also seek the concepts of justice where injustice dwells, desiring to bring justice to a world we know is full of injustice. The quest for truth and justice compels us forward, brings us strength, mobilizes energy and unites truth seekers."
Please read his statement in full.....
"The Unearthing: An Awakening Has Arrived"
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Hydrogen Peroxide
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HYDROGEN PEROXIDE.....H2O2
We know ..........vinegar/baking soda and now peroxide - our mothers
were right!
I want to share this with you, which was written by Becky Ransey of
Indiana:
"I would like to tell you of the benefits of that plain little
ol' bottle of 3% peroxide you can get for under $1.00 at any drug store. Most doctors don't tell you about peroxide, or they would lose thousands of dollars."
1. Take one capful (the little white cap that comes with the bottle) and
hold in your mouth for 10 minutes daily, then spit it out. (I do it when I
bathe or shower.) No more canker sores and your teeth will be whiter
without expensive pastes. Use it instead of mouthwash.
2. Let your toothbrushes soak a cup peroxide to keep them free of germs.
3. Clean your counters, table tops with peroxide to kill germs and leave
a fresh smell. Simply put a little on your dishrag when you wipe, or spray
it on the counters.
4. After rinsing off your wooden cutting board, pour peroxide on it to
kill salmonella and other bacteria.
5. I had fungus on my feet for years - until I sprayed a 50/50 mixture
of peroxide and water on them (especially the toes) every night and let dry.
6. Soak any infections or cuts in 3% peroxide for five to ten minutes
several times a day. My husband has seen gangrene that would not heal with any medicine, but was healed by soaking in peroxide.
7. Put two capfuls into a douche to prevent yeast infections. I had
chronic yeast infections until I tried this once or twice a week.
8. Fill a spray bottle with a 50/50 mixture of peroxide and water and
keep it in every bathroom to disinfect without harming your septic system
like bleach or most other disinfectants will
9. Tilt your head back and spray into nostrils with your 50/50 mixture
whenever you have a cold, plugged sinus. It will bubble and help to kill
the bacteria. Hold for a few minutes then blow your nose into a tissue.
10. If you have a terrible toothache and can not get to a dentist right
away, put a capful of 3% peroxide into your mouth and hold it for ten
minutes several times a day. The pain will lessen greatly.
11. And of course, if you like a natural look to your hair, spray the
50/50 solution on your wet hair after a shower and comb it through. You
will not have the peroxide burnt blonde hair like the hair dye packages, but more natural highlights if your hair is a light brown, faddish, or dirty blonde.
It also lightens gradually so it's not a drastic change.
12. Put half a bottle of peroxide in your bath to help rid boils,
fungus, or other skin infections.
13. You can also add a cup of peroxide instead of bleach to a load of
whites in your laundry to whiten them. If there is blood on clothing, pour
directly on the soiled spot. Let it sit for a minute, then rub it and
rinse with cold water. Repeat if necessary.
14 This list didn't have it, but I use peroxide to clean my mirrors;
there is no smearing, which is why I love it so much for this.
15. Gargle with hydrogen peroxide, put drops in the ear and nose to end
colds, flu, chronic sinustis (including polyps], and infections.
16. Use as a vegetable wash or soak to kill bacteria and neutralize
chemicals.
17. Disinfect your dishwasher or refrigerator.
18. Use it on trees and plants as a natural fungicide, insecticide, and
as a weed killer
19. Clean with hydrogen peroxide when your house becomes a biohazard
after its invaded by toxic mold, such as those with water damage.
Throughout the world hydrogen peroxide is used instead of chlorine as a
safer and eco-friendly municicpal water purifier. Some use H2O2 in pools
and spas.
